Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Ecumenical List of Translations of the Holy Scriptures: Classified Scientifically According to Geographical, and Linguistic, Considerations Up to the Year 1900
This is confessedly a new departure: after the work of a Century, it is not sufficient to pick up pebbles on the sea-shore, throw them into a bag, and make an alphabetical list of the contents. Language is a Science, and has certain Laws.
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