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Title: A Handbook of the English Language

Author: Robert Gordon Latham

Release Date: March 29, 2009 [EBook #28436]

Language: English

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Transcriber's note: A few typographical errors have been corrected: they
are listed at the end of the text.

[=a] signifies "a with macron"; [)e] "e with breve";
['e] "e acute" (or stressed); [`e] "e grave"; [^e] "e circumflex";
and so forth. "eth" and "thorn" are rendered "dh" and "th" respectively.

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A HAND-BOOK

OF

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

FOR THE USE OF

STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND
HIGHER CLASSES OF SCHOOLS.

BY

R. G. LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S.,

LATE PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE,
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

NEW-YORK: D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 443 & 445 BROADWAY. M.DCCC.LXIV.

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CONTENTS.

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PART I.

GENERAL ETHNOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

CHAPTER I.

GERMANIC ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.--DATE.

SECTION PAGE

1. English language not British 1
2. Real origin German 1
3. Accredited immigrations and settlements 2
4, 5. Criticism 4, 5

CHAPTER II.

GERMANIC ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.--THE GERMANIC AREA OF THE
PARTICULAR GERMANS WHO INTRODUCED IT.--EXTRACT FROM BEDA.

6, 7. Jutes, Angles, and Saxons 6
8, 9. Extract from Beda 6, 7
10-13. Criticism 8-11
14, 15. Angles 11, 12
16. Saxons of Beda 12,