Prof. Edward H. Sehrt, Professor of Romance Languages at Gettysburg College, has gone to the George Washington University as Professor of German.

Since the last published list, and before October 1, three members have been received into the Society:

Miss Florence W. Nightingale, 45 Copley Road, Upper Darby, Pa. (Latin, Seaford High School, Seaford, Del.)

Mr. Allen Walker Read, 1322 Wilson Ave., Columbia, Mo. (English, Univ. of Missouri.)

Madame Nadine Stchoupak, 7 rue LeClerc, Paris XIV, France (engaged in literary work).

During the current year, before October 1, the number of library subscriptions has been increased from twenty-two to sixty, and the exchanges from twenty-six to forty. A complete roll of these, as well as of the members of the Society, will be published in the first issue of LANGUAGE for 1927.

BOOKS RECEIVED

American Speech. Vol. I, Nos. 10–12, pp. 513–686. Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1926.

Anthropos; Ephemeris Internationalis Ethnologica et Linguistica. Edited by P. W. KOPPERS. Vol. XXI, Nos. 3-4, pp. 351-732. Wien: Anthropos-Administration, 1926.

Archiv für das Studium der neuren Sprachen und Literaturen. Edited by ALOIS BRANDL and OSKAR SCHULTZ-GORA. VOL. CL, Nos. 1-4, pp. 1-312. Braunschweig and Berlin: Georg Westermann, 1926.

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The Beginnings of English Literary Periodicals; A Study of Periodical Literature 1665-1715. Pp. viii+92. By WALTER GRAHAM. York: Oxford University Press, American Branch, 1926.

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Biblica; commentarii editi a PONTIFICIO INSTITUTO BIBLICO. VII, No. 3, pp. 233-352, and 45*-68*. Roma: Piazza della Pilotta 35, 1926.

Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris. Vol. XXVII, No. 1, pp. 1-140. Paris: Edouard Champion, 1926.

Caractères généraux des Langues Germaniques. Pp. xvi+286. By A. MEILLET. Third edition. Paris: Libraire Hachette, 1926. English Studies; a Journal of English Letters and Philology. Edited by E. KRUISINGA and R. W. ZANDVOORT. Vol. VIII, No. 4, pp. 97-128; with a Supplement. Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1926.

Indogermanische Forschungen; Zeitschrift für Indogermanistik und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft. Edited by FERDINAND SOMMER and ALBERT DEBRUNNER. Vol. XLIV, No. 1, pp. 1-116. Berlin and Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1926.

Italica; Bulletin of the American Association of Teachers of Italian. Vol. III, No. 3, pp. 49-75. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1926. The Journal of the Polynesian Society. Vol. XXV, No. 2, pp. 73-178. New Plymouth, N. Z.: Thomas Avery and Sons, 1926.

Leuvensche Bijdragen; Tijdschrift voor Moderne Philologie. Vol. XVIII, No. 1, pp. 1–50, with Supplement pp. 1-42. 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1926.

Man; a monthly record of Anthropological Science. Published under the direction of the ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. Vol. XXVI, Nos. 7-9, pp. 113-71. London, 1926.

The Modern Languages Forum. Vol. XI, No. 3, pp. 1-34. Los Angeles: Mod. Lang. Assoc. of S. Calif., 1926.

Modern Philology; a Journal devoted to research in Modern Languages and Literatures. Vol. XXIV, No. 1, pp. 1-127. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1926.

Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums. Edited by I. HEINEMANN. Vol. LXX, Nos. 3-4, pp. 65–144. Frankfurt a. M.: J. Kauffmann, 1926.

Le Monde Oriental; Archives pour l'histoire et l'ethnographie, les langues et littératures, religions et traditions de l'Europe orientale et de l'Asie. Edited by K. V. ZETTERSTEEN. Vol. XIX, Nos. 1-3, pp. 1–216. Uppsala: A. B. Lundequistaka Bokhandeln, 1925.

Le Muséon; Revue d'Études Orientales. Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, pp. 1-124, with 6 plates. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1926.

Noord- en Zuid-Nederlandsche Dialectbibliothek. Vol. 1. Handleiding bij het Noord- en Zuid-Nederlandsch Dialectonderzoek. Pp. x+111, with 1 map. By L. GROOTAERS and G. G. KLOEKE. 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, 1926.

Philologus; Zeitschrift für das klassiche Altertum und sein Nachleben. Vol. LXXXII, No. 1, pp. 1-120. Leipzig, Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1926.

The Quarterly Journal of Speech Education; the Official Organ of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SPANISH. Vol. XII, No. 2, pp. 129-223; No. 3, pp. 129-241. Champaign, Ill.: 1926. Revista de Filología Española. Edited by RAMON MENÉNDEZ PIDAL. Vol. XIII, No. 1, pp. 1-112. Madrid: Calle de Almagro 26, 1926.

Revue Hispanique; Recueil consacré à l'étude des langues, des littératures et de l'histoire des pays castillans, catalans et portugais. Edited by R. FOULCHE-DELBOSC. Vols. LXIII-LXV, Nos. 143-8. New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1925.

Ricerche Religiose. Edited by ERNESTO BUONAIUTI. Vol. II, Nos. 3-4, pp. 193-388. Roma: Via Giulio Alberoni 7, 1926.

LEONARD BLOOMFIELD: Why a Linguistic Society?..
THE CALL FOR THE ORGANIZATION MEETING..
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION MEETING.
ABSTRACTS

NOTES AND PERSONALIA..

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY

LIST OF FOUNDATION MEMBERS.

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This Journal is published quarterly by the Linguistic Society of America. Members of the Society receive it without extra charge; to others, its price is Four Dollars per annum. Subscriptions and other business communications should be addressed to Roland G. Kent, Treasurer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Manuscripts for publication should be sent to George Melville Bolling, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

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OFFICERS FOR 1925

President, PROFEssor Hermann COLLITZ, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,

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Vice-President, PROFESSOR CARL D. BUCK, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Secretary and Treasurer, PROFESSOR ROLAND G. KENT, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Executive Committee, the preceding, and

PROFESSOR FRANZ BOAS, Columbia University, New York City.

PROFESSOR OLiver Farrar EMERSON, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

PROFESSOR EDGAR HOWARD STURTEVANT, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

Committee on Publications:

Term expiring 1927: PROFESSOR GEORGE MELVILLE BOLLING, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Term expiring 1926: DR. EDWARD SAPIR, Victoria Museum, Ottawa, Canada. Term expiring 1925: PROFESSOR AURELIO M. ESPINOSA, Stanford University, California.

The Linguistic Society of America was founded in December, 1924, for the advancement of the scientific study of language. The Society plans to promote this aim by bringing students of language together in its meetings, and by publishing the fruits of research. It hopes to establish both a quarterly journal and a series of monographs; the latter will appear at irregular intervals, according to the material offered to the Committee on Publications and the funds available for the purpose. Members will receive both in return for the annual dues of Five Dollars.

Membership in the Society is not restricted to professed scholars in linguistics. All persons, whether men or women, who are in sympathy with the objects of the Society, are invited to give it their assistance in furthering its work. Application for membership should be made to the Secretary, Professor Roland G. Kent, University of Pennsylvania, Pa.