A HAND-BOOK

OF

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

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

LONDON:

TAYLOR, WALTON, AND MABERLY,

UPPER GOWER STREET, AND IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1851.

LONDON:

Printed by SAMUEL BENTLEY & Co.,

Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

GENERAL ETHNOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

SECTION

CHAPTER I.

GERMANIC ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.-DATE.

1. English language not British

2. Real origin German

3. Accredited immigrations and settlements

4, 5. Criticism

CHAPTER II.

PAGE

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4, 5

GERMANIC ORGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THE GERMANIC AREA