OF

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

FOR

THE USE OF STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITIES

AND

HIGHER CLASSES OF SCHOOLS.

BY

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

LATE FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; AND LATE PROFESSOR OF
ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

Fourth Edition, Rebised and Enlarged.

LONDON:

FOR LIBREME
LIBRARY

NEW-YORK

WALTON AND MABERLY,

UPPER GOWER STREET, AND IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW;
LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

1859.

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LONDON:

PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER,

ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

CHAPTER I.

GERMAN ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.LATEST AND EARLIEST

DATES FOR ITS INTRODUCTION INTO ENGLAND.-DIRECTION AND

RATE OF ITS DIFFUSION.-LANGUAGES WITH WHICH IT CAME IN

CONTACT.-WALES.

3. Earliest date.

4. Early German Populations

5. Direction in which the English language spread

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CHAPTER II.

CRITICISM OF THE CURRENT NOTIONS RESPECTING THE INTRODUCTION

OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FROM GERMANY.

9. German Origin of the English language

10. Current details

11. Criticism

12. Beda and his authorities

13-14. Criticism.

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