New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-20

one I am surprised TO find what vulgar fellows they
are They do little business commonly each Gay. 10
order 10 nay their board and then they coDgegae In
sitting rooms and feeby fabuate and paddle IN the 40
cal snsh and when think that they have sptcienty
relaxed and am prepared TO see them s.eai away "
their sbrines they go unashaineo 70 'nei oeu'' ~"'
take on q new layer Of soth.
| Tho volume closes with selection from Mr.
Thoreaus poems which will be read If at ally with
more interest az illustrations of the authors mental
peculiartes than as enchanting creations Of fancy
They are of reflective, didactic character, with
little beauty of imagery and no sweetness of OK.
preston.
AFFIxFs IN THEIR ORIGIN AND APPLICATION, tx,
HBlTIN0 THE ETYMOLOGIC STRUCTURE O.
ENGLISH WORDS BY g. ). HALDsnAS. A. M
i2mo. DID, 27i. Phi.sds phis: y. Fl. Butler Co.
The curious student of philoogy will find in this
volume store Of subtle distinctions and fruitful
suggestions 1t is quito possible that readers who
are learned In linguistic theories may often have
occasion to dissent from the conclusions OF the
author; but no can question his fine perception
of pathological nceties, his elaborate researches in
regard to the utilization Of the English vocabulary,
or the conscientious fidelity with which he has
pursued his inquiries, and stated their results Ihe
| foundation Of correct analysis OF our language,
Mr.. Hsldeman maintains, must be laid in etymol-
ogy. In this respect the English differs from some
other languages. as the Greek and Welsh, for ex-
ample, which contain their chronological material
within themselves Most Of their words, conse'
quenty can DO decomposed without reference TO
any other language. But this will not answer with
q composite language like the English. Suppose
We attempt 70 analyze the word aqaeduet, ANDRE
gard aqus TO mean eater, the result Will be imper'
feet since the in ague is the sign OF the genitive
case aquae (of water Of the noun aqua water, the
having been lost in aqueduct. Hence, If we
neglect Latin forms in words derived from the
Latin the analysis will be imperfect and tho force
Of the derivations may be obscured rather than
eucidstod. SO too, unless We take into considera-
ton not only the afiIes as they appear in English
but their etymology also, we shall not be able 70
decide whether the letter in the sufix -ey Is due
TO an 1, ~, an s, or an original c. We are also
liable TO mistake form for another, as y for ~
after H. in oily, and IDLY, or -un in un-loose LOT
the negative -un in un.fx. Mr.. Hsldemsn, accord
ingy has made bis treatise strictly genealogical,
though but seldom referring to languages not cog
nate with the English, and then for the sake OF
showing accidental condolences rather than claim
ing closer affinity. He does not, however, carry
his reliance on genealogical distinctions to excess
He condemns the practice Of deriving photographic
rules from the details of etymology. This would
require tho rejection of the English r. 81, gh, Y, ch
and in many cases OF H. 1t would require sfa6Ie as
noun to be spelled sta6ul and as an adjective sta
BIZ the letter / to have place in writing as from
tho German al,); the same letter 10 be rejected
ioI in ,JoIofrr and frHUU,lfl
n to DO placed In mil as it is in kiln; the to DO
retained in hne but not in pinei and s removed
from sovereign 10 be placed in noble.
In carrying out the plan of his work, Mr.. Halde-
man preset ts the afxes both prehxes and suiixes,
not only in their etymologc derivation, but IN
their connection with each other in different related
languages. Thus the Latin con or co, and the
Greek syn or So referred TO the same original,
the former having the and the latter the OF the
Greek run (esyn); hence constant and system
attic havc essentially the same prefix and root.
Take from tho word system its prefix, il appears as
stem, from the idea of standing, asy-stem being
sitting or standing with each other Of things which
have qualities in common. Mr.. Haldeman also
separates the affixes from words commonly treated
as prmitives, as the III yel,p, crop ras-p which
are primarily nouns formed from the verbs yell,
pror, and rae but used as new verbs. Many
silixes commonly given as simple are here resolved
into their constituents. The false forms avoided
in which Latin and Greek perverted to make
Them resemble the English derived from them as
in referring equal to equus, horse instead OF to
equus, equal. Certain common, but improbable, or
impossible derivations are rejected; and numerous
vague or inaccurate statements, common enough
in educational books, are corrected A peculiar ad-
vantage of tho work is the introduction il furnishes
to the Latin and Greek languages By the citations
from them in the etymology of the anixcs, and the
help il thus affords to the acquisition Of other for
eign languages. Tho practice Of verbal etymolo-
gical analysis which 1t facilitates will be found
sngularly useful exercise not only to pupils whose
studies havo been limited to their mother tongue,
but to those who have enjoyed the benefits Of what
is called liberal education. II the opinion of the
author be correct that no language contains as many
AZ three hundred original roots, and that 100000
English words derive their form and significance
from their aixes the Importance of tho researches
in this volume will DO readily appreciated.
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