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4C4iV 6 1 1 1.0 4 VaITOVII, indeed Why, there are three hundred pages,

containing each on an average ten names, most of them being names of distinct dialects at least. Cardinal Mezzofanti is said to have known somewhat more than one hundred languages and dialects, but what are even these vast acquirements to the mass of knowledge that is to be attained ? The editor tells us, too, that he has additional matter to make a second volume. He deserves the praise of having made a very laborious and careful compilation, which will bo of much use to the student of philology.