SPEECH AND LITERATURE

AN OUTLINE OF THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH
OF THE LANGUAGE, WITH CHAPTERS ON THE
INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE, THE VALUE OF
THE DICTIONARY, AND THE USE OF THE GRAM-
MAR IN THE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE

BY

FRANK H. VIZETELLY, LITT.D., LL.D.
Managing Editor of the "Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the
English Language," Author of "A Desk-Book of Errors

in English," etc.

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY ·

NEW YORK AND LONDON