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.

LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

TO

RICHARD GARNETT, ESQ.,

OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

These Pages are Dedicated,

IN

REMEMBRANCE OF MANY ACTS OF HELP AND KINDNESS.