Show C Common Language Movement Is Discussed In the tho wake of otan all that has been said In the past few tew years sears of ot the need for fora a a. common plane for tor humanity A Short History of ot the International Language Movement by Albert Leon Guerard should receive studious at attention at- at The special value of ot this work lies In Professor Guerard's complete and fascinating fas faa account of ot the international language movement and of ot all the projects and possibilities which will have havo to be considered before betor any In International International international In- In agreement as to the adoption adoption adoption tion of ot an auxiliary language can be arrived at With the development of ot science the Independence of ot nations has become a fact but the people have never been separated by wider or more I perilous chasms Professor Guerard 1 sees the dangers as more than national or racial and Interprets even the causes of ot the great war In the same way To speak different languages Is tho the one Impassable frontier but the theauthor theauthor theauthor author does not propose that a common common com coin mon language should supersede the ex existing ex- ex tongues any more than the league of ot nations will absorb the existIng existing existing exist exist- ing national states In his examination of ot the history and of ot artificial languages the theauthor theauthor theauthor author Is la rather scathing In his treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment of at the sentimentalists and scientists pseudo-scientists who reject them He lie discusses the tho merits of ot and objections to Esperanto Ido and rival rh systems and comes to the conclusion that a compromise will be bo affected Inthe in inthe the tho near future among the protagonists of ot the various systems The London Times says A welcome should be given Professor Protessor Guerard's very Important important important tant book book book-a a masterly and Judicial summing up of ot tho the whole case a scholarly scholarly scholarly schol schol- arly although by no means dull review re ye- view by an author who has a apercu apercu- lucid and attractive English style Professor Protessor Guerard writes with persuasive eloquence and wit This Is surely the most important and authoritative au- au book on a subject no longer academic but one ono which Is dally daily receiving more serious and re- re respectful attention by not on only the time humanitarians but by the politician and business men the world world- over York Doni publishers Nea j |