Excerpt from New Hebrides Linguistics: There New Hebrides Languages (Efatese, Eromangan, Santo)I deem it a pleasure and an honour to co-operate, in however humble a way, in this truly enlightened movement; and I trust that this little work, though merely introductory and fragmentary, will be found not without real and permanent value. For instance, the late Mr. Gordon, 111 his notice of the Eromangan dialects (see below, p. 78 and following) has given materials of the highest value to the study of Oceanic, a family of languages spoken by from thirty to fifty millions Of the human race. And it need scarcely be said, as it has always been taken for granted by the great scholars above referred to, that the problems of Oceania Of deepest interest to mankind can only be solved by the scientific investigation of that linguistic family. In the sketch of the Efatese grammar below it will be noted that various references are made to that family, and I have now merely to refer those who are interested in the subject to the work bv the present writer, entitled, Oceania (melbourne and London), published simultaneously with this.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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