NOTE. THE following Treatise forms a part of the introductory matter to Webster's Dictionary of the English Language. Its fitness for the use of young students has suggested its publication in a separate form. CONTENTS. LANGUAGES KINDRED TO THE ENGLISH, §§ 1-13 GENERAL FEATURES OF THE TEUTONIC LANGUAGES, PAR- TICULARLY THE ANGLO-SAXON, §§ 14-23. THE ANGLO-SAXON AS A LITERARY LANGUAGE, §§ 24-26 INFLUENCE OF OTHER LANGUAGES ON THE ANGLO-SAXON, TRANSITION FROM ANGLO-SAXON TO MODERN ENGLISH, §§ THE ENGLISH A COMPOSITE LANGUAGE, $$ 40-44 . |