AN ESSAY

ON THE

ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE,

BASED ON MODERN RESEARCHES,

AND ESPECIALLY ON THE WORKS OF M. RENAN.

BY FREDERIC W. FARRAR, M.A.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1860.

1237.23 1237.23

1868, Sept. 12. Gift of President Fellin's Family.

LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

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TO

RICHARD GARNETT, ESQ.,

OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

These Pages are Dedicated.

IN

REMEMBRANCE OF MANY ACTS OF HELP AND KINDNESS.