The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-15

How many Of the miiiksu. that daily
usa The alphabet ever stop ts thank -
- origin AMI long history In IL
tnIe spirit 81 \ ~.tasicnt lsAAr Taylor. .
we'll kbowu Engiish wutsr on paiio-
sophlcal and pathological s~ubiects. ha
RECENTLY written and published IN Lsn-
don two ssoa; volumes under the ttlo.
The Alphabet An Account - tho
origin AMI Development 81 Letters 10
- only by hep 81 20 sent discoveries -
early inscriptions ms the progress IA
The ri 81 reading Lost languages susi
ieciphering hitherto uuk symbols.
thai such n we'll pos,sd history hA. to
come possible. Iy careful stuis 81 tho
learned essays and scientific .nYestiga-
tinns of the lsi.., philologi.is. Iaylor
has set forth "a languages Ut sAsy casn-
pr~.hsnsion the origin of III. alphahsf,
showing thai our own Roman l.t-
tsrs may l~ foiIowcd bach to their very
beginning. some twenty oT morn osuiu-
r"s ago. .. he asserts. We have so
more letter.. according To this Account.
than iho.e II the Italian printers - ID.
fifteenth century. These ser sn ta,..i
from ,he Lrauiiful manuscript Of tho
tenth AMI el.sepih centuries. ubs ~lnts.t-
- ~ v Sttst - 80
man al the Algustan we. Roman l-t-
'er,. ia their turn. are traced to these
crnplnysI nj kotn. In TIA. third century
H. G., AMI Tie Is do nnt differ greatly
from forms used Ia the e~arijsst s1t.t.ny
specimens of Latin writing. dating from
tHe hfth c~sntury II. q. The primitive
alphabet ~ Rome was derived srem a
10 al iorm oi ths Greek aiphatat. Ia 49,.
xhs.ssa The 18th ~ - -
was = sarSrsy o. tbs e~afises, Greek al
phat~t belonging tn the eighth. of even
Ia ihs ninth century D. e. The Gur-ks
got their letters from the Thras saus.
aud theirs are clearly iTaeeabss in the
mos sne.ssai known form Of the sssnit-
a.
Tse ms,si aHcIvn,oi t<,ssA payyrus
i.4sn.i n Ist-ss. and Dow 81 in
tbs ffeneh National Library. supplies
the earl 81, fprms 81 the ls.sss a. A in
Its Srmshc aphah~t The snr tailss
- The ias could have b~en p~-s.lbls ,o
Vie Jc~s oasiy nr,anas % ulssf Ia-.s%
ss'a 81 an a4phah~i. and thus thn Biol.
sni tnasiern pathological sai--~e uniis
"a Ascriping = cotnmon oEsgn "a tho
a4psAt"t hieh - ia daily use through
oaisas world The ninetsvs aA century
ID = "a bed BY las ior Ia De The at,
sfonsAafs date 81 the vrxa Il too
APtaat~'sie writing. and froas thai tine
u grr~ by slos degrees. ~hsle from
10 pa re hume II the Jew. during
snsiF long captivity. the kse~icfy~ II
'heir rsp;sEi;y sas carried q All 4 r.~.
tor her- alphsl~t ara How found.
Lbs AFyaos are thought 20 haze ten
TIE raj io bring iiss pr nss ave Nlphai-,
L" psffsston. sud sAch lssEr ard each
ssisi saAy o~ iracei. ~ raysur a eAra-
ii1 Nnssysis through al ;hs ehanzes ira.
hssr nssr&ed the ys~ih prvxr-zs aad.
. sous ~s'sn she dsray a dia.r~at
lssi~rs o. various alphabet II \. an
i~ntsseasnS fact MAJ iss Dds. kse~n
u. IA sststene~ - a ehigia
sspaaass. ~Ta,eAsa Ca = li,,s~ lna Ia.
he 90 black VAR. f0snpl in ssse 80 ,h.
ste~~s ersek ssts5~sussi ia ltak
uisssisd 70 the 1ith e~n,nry H. & Th-
sSbesi <iisrs II naay LATER oae4 az
s "aAy - Inscriptions. as.4 !. 4.
s@s rsf'si t~nersas~. ~ Fsosas d. or~r-
,~. % ibsss PF~~io~s f-sasnnsats tha.
has in*plrek nsnes diisx~ns ss4~r~h
sha qubssard sAs zeal az 1893
s4narass m mastering the ssssnsnt. =,
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thfsAgsas, the sustI A. Lite /. rS7s
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ca uss vail # 80 oh ian.es. Asv~ -
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bets Ut Asia. from which hay, -.
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