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De Latijnsche Genitief Singularis van de O-Stammen. Pp. 21. By Jos. SCHRIJNEN. (Extracted from Mededeelingen d. Kon. Ak. v. Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde, Deel. 67, Serie A, No. 4, pp. 91-111.) Amsterdam: 1929.

Professor Schrijnen examines the distribution of the ending - of the genitive singular, and outside Latin and Celtic he finds it in Venetic, Messapian, 'Celto-Ligurian', and 'Lepontic' inscriptions, possibly also in Etruscan. On this basis, along with its absence from other branches of Indo-European, he sets up the theory that the ending is taken from a non-Indo-European language spoken by the pre-Indo-European population of the region. He reviews other theories as to the origin of the -7, but seems to overlook two factors. If the -7 is by origin a monophthong, as is usually held, then it is hard to deny equation with the Sanskrit adverbs' in - which form periphrastic phases, e.g., with the verb kr. On the other hand, Ehrlich in his Untersuchungen über die Natur der griechischen Betonung 66 ff. may be right in holding that this genitive ending is an old locative in -ei, which became monophthongized in Latin before the earliest records, and is therefore distinct from the product of original -oi (nom. pl. of o-stems) and -ai (dat. sg. of cons. stems; despite Hirt, Idg. Gram. 3.48-53), which became monophthongs later. Schrijnen seems not to have weighed Ehrlich's argument carefully, for he speaks of his 'miskenning van het beslist monoftongische karakter van de ' (3 93).

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A somewhat similar argument for the non-Indo-European origin of the r in medio-passive verbs is not worked out in so much detail by Professor Schrijnen, and appears not to take adequately into account the r in Indo-Iranian verbs of the third person plural, nor the use of the same verbal ending in Hittite. Yet the whole article is well-documented and stimulating, an antidote to a too narrowly Indo-Europeanistic attitude.

ROLAND G. KENT

Die griechische Dichtung. Pp. 383. By ERICH BETHE. Wildpark-Potsdam: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenainon, 1924. (Handbuch der Literaturwissenschaft, edited by Oskar Walzel).

The work deals with linguistic problems only in the most incidental fashion. However, what we see of the ancient Greek language, is seen so largely through the refracting medium of literature, that no discussion. of Greek literary problems can fail to interest the linguist, least of all one as attractive and suggestive as that before us. Consequently a brief notice of the work seems not out of place.

It is a discussion (magnificently printed and superbly illustrated) of Hellenic poetry beginning with the predecessors of Homer and closing with the Evangelists. For poetry is here defined by its contents and not by metric form. The treatment consists largely of aesthetic appreciations, and is addressed to a circle wider than that of professional scholars; but it is one from which professionals too may learn. For we have here not stereotyped opinions, but personal reactions based on an intimate acquaintance gained through the author's detailed investigations in the field, especially in the drama, the epos, and the saga.

G. M. BOLLING

NOTES AND PERSONALIA

ARCHIV ORIENTÁLNÍ is the title of a promising new journal the first number of which appeared in March, 1929, under the editorship of B. Hrozný, with the coöperation of a group of other scholars.

This journal, which is to appear three times a year, is one of the first fruits of the Czechoslovak Oriental Institute established by a munificent endowment of President Masaryk of the Czechoslovak Republic, on the seventieth anniversary of his birthday, to start and maintain scientific and economic relations with the Orient. Its pages are open to articles and reviews written by any scholar in oriental studies, without regard to his place of residence or his nationality, the permissible languages being English, French, and German. All three languages are represented in the present issue, which contains five articles, two short notes, and two reviews; in all, 90 pages. Manuscripts offered for publication should be sent to Prof. Dr. B. Hrozný, Praha XVIII, Vořechovka 285; books and periodicals for review should be sent to Orientální Ústav (Archiv Orientální), Praha. The subscription price is $3 per annum.

PROFESSOR A. V. WILLIAMS JACKSON, as the duly appointed delegate of the Linguistic Society of America, attended the twenty-fifth anniversary meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, held in New York, April 23 and 24, 1929. A distinguished gathering of men and women was present, and the Academy awarded three gold medals. The medal for excellence in literature and arts was awarded to Edith Wharton. The two other awards have an interest also from the standpoint of spoken language, since the gold medal for excellence in stage diction was awarded to Julia Marlowe, and the gold medal for excellence in radio diction, awarded for the first time, was given to Milton J. Cross of the National Broadcasting company.

JAMES RENWICK RODGERS, a Foundation Member of the Linguistic Society of America, died on April 13, 1929, at Bryn Mawr, Penna., in his seventy-second year.

Mr. Rodgers was born in Philadelphia and received his education in that city, at the Faries Classical Institute and the University of Pennsyl

vania, from which, many years later, he received the baccalaureate degree as of the Class of '78, to which he had belonged while in college. By profession he was an insurance broker, but by avocation a student of Greek, especially of the New Testament, on the reading of which, in the original, he spent much of his free time. Because of this interest he became a member of the LINGUISTIC SOCIETY at the time of its formation, and he remained a faithful and enthusiastic member until the time of his death.

HARDIN CRAIG, formerly Professor of English at the State University of Iowa, is now at Stanford University.

J. ALEXANDER KERNS, until recently at Whitman College, has gone to New York University as Instructor in Classics.

MILMAN PARRY, of Drake University, has accepted a call to Harvard University as Instructor in Classics.

GUENTER K. WAGNER is pursuing studies in anthropology and linguistics at the University of Berlin.

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A. J. FRIEDRICH ZIEGLSCHMID goes this month to the State University of Iowa as Assistant Professor of German. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Northwestern University in June, 1929, and his doctoral dissertation, Zur Entwicklung der Perfektumschreibung im Deutschen, will appear as No. 6 in the series of Language Dissertations published by the LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

EDGAR A. MENK, until recently Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures at the University of North Dakota, has gone to the Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana.

THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERS have been received into the LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, subsequent to the last published list, and up to June 21:

Prof. Benjamin P. Bourland, 11105 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. (Romance Langs., Adelbert Coll.)

Mr. Lyman R. Bradley, New York Univ., Washington Square East,

New York City. (German)

Prof. Romanus F. Butin, Catholic Univ., Washington, D. C. (Oriental

Langs.)

Miss Lou W. Conklin, Box 423, Roslyn, N. Y. (Comp. Ling.)

Prof. Wilbur E. Gilman, 1323 Wilson Ave., Columbia, Mo. (English, Univ. of Missouri)

Mr. Eugene Gottlieb, 1450 Jesup Ave., Apt. 6 D, New York City. (Indo-European Ling.)

Mr. Zellig S. Harris, 5601 Diamond St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Mr. Maurice Hicklin, P. O. Box 892, Arcata, Humboldt Co., California. (Eng. and Journalism, Humboldt State Teachers Coll.)

Miss Grace A. Hill, College of the City of Detroit, Detroit, Mich. (Head of French Dept.)

Rev. P. Michael Hlavčák, O.S.B., St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pa. (Prof. of Latin, Greek, Slovak)

Dr. E. J. Johns, 149 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, Conn. (Spanish, Univ. of Florida)

Prof. Edwin Lee Johnson, College Hall, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn. (Latin and Greek)

Prof. Marguerite E. Jones, Hunter College, Park Ave. and 68th St.,
New York City. (Dept of Speech)

Mr. Edwin O. Koch, 1010 E. Kankakee St., Keokuk, Ill. (Latin)
Miss Lydia Palmerini, Hunter College, Park Ave. and 68th St., New

York City.

Mr. Leon P. Smith Jr., Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. (Romance Langs.)

Mr. Luzerne L. Stirling, 160 Alden Ave., New Haven, Conn. (Classics) Prof. Pauline Taylor, New York Univ., Washington Square, New York City. (French)

Mr. Benjamin L. Whorf, 320 Wolcott Hill Road, Wethersfield, Conn. (Mexican Langs. and General Linguistics)

Prof. A. J. Friedrich Zieglschmid, State Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. (German)

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