THE LANGUAGES OF CHINA BEFORE THE

CHINESE.

LINGUISTIC AND ORIENTAL WORKS.

By PROF. DR. TERRIEN DE LACOUPERIE.

Du Langage: Essai sur la Nature et l'Etude des Mots et des Langues.-ParisLeipzig, 1867, 1 vol., 8vo.

Les Noms propres.-Le Havre, 1868.

Early History of the Chinese Civilization (with plate of early Chinese and Babylonian characters).-London, 1880, 8vo.

The Silver Coinage of Tibet (with plate).-London, 1882, 8vo. (Repr. from Numismatic Chronicle).

A Lolo Manuscript written on Satin.-London, 1882. 8vo. (Repr. from J.R.A.S.) Paper Money of the Ninth Century, and supposed Leather Coinage of China.— London, 1882, 8vo. (Repr. Num. Chron.)

On the History of the Archaic Chinese Writings and Texts.-London, 1882, 8vo. (Repr. from J.R.A S.)

Orientalia Antiqua (edited by T. de Lacouperie).-London, 1882, 8vo.

The Oldest Book of the Chinese and its Authors (Jour. Roy. Asiat. Soc., 1882, vol. xiv., pp. 781-815; 1883, vol. xv., pp. 237-283. 484).-Second edition in the press. The Old Numerals, the Counting Rods, and the Swan-pan in China.-London, 1882, 8vo. (Repr. N. C.)

The Affinity of the Ten Stems of the Chinese Cycle of Ten with the Akkadian Numerals.-London, 1883 (Repr. Academy).

The Chinese Mythical King and the Babylonian Canon.-London, 1883 (Repr. Acad). Traditions of Babylonia in Early Chinese Documents.-London, 1883 (Repr. Acad.) Chinese and Japanese Coins (Historical Sketch of), pp. 198-235, Coins and Medals by the authors of the British Museum Official Catalogues. - London, 1885, 8vo. The Cradle of the Shan Race.-London, 1885 (Introd. to A. R. Colquhoun's Amongst the Shans).

The Sinim of Isaiah, not the Chinese.-London, 1887 (Repr. Bab. and Or. Record). Did Cyrus introduce Writing into India ?-London, 1887 (Repr. B. O. R.) Babylonia and China. Western Origin of the Early Chinese Civilization.London, 1887 (Repr. B.O.R.)

Beginnings of Writing (with six plates).-London, 1887, 1 vol., 8vo.

The Languages of China before the Chinese (Repr. from the Address of the President to the Philological Society).-London, 1887, 1 vol., 8vo.

Formosa Notes on MSS., Languages and Races.-London, 1887 (Repr. J.R.A. S.) Ideology of Languages, and its Relation to History.-London, 1887, 1 vol., 8vo.

In the press.

The Coins of China, from the British Museum and other Sources.-Vol. i., 4to. In the press.

The Science of Language, chiefly with regard to S. E. Asia.-1 vol., 8vo. Soon in the press. The Chinese and their Future Prospects (J. Soc. of Arts, July, 1880).-The Lolo and Mosso Writings (Proc. R. G. S., 1882, supp. pap. I.)-On a Bagspa Legend on Coins of Ghazan (Catalogue of Oriental Coins, British Museum, vol. vi., 1881). Chinese Inscriptions (Academy, 24th Sept., 1881).-The Chinese name of the Roman Empire (ibid., 1st October, 1881).-The Sumerian and Accadian Dialects (ibid., 24th Jan., 1882).-Lolo not connected with Vei Characters (Athenæum, 23rd Sept., 1882).-The Yh-king (ibid., 21st Jan., 9th and 30th Sept., 1882).-Chinese and Accadian Affinities (Academy, 20th Jan., 1883).-The Shifting of the Cardinal Points, as an illustration of the Chaldeao-Babylonian Culture borrowed by the early Chinese (abstr., ibid., 12th May, 1883).-Early Chinese Literature (ibid., 28th July, 1883).-Chinese and Siamese (ibid., 11th August, 1883).-Tin-yût not India (ibid., 2nd May, 1885).-India from China (ibid., 5th Sept., 1885).—Babylonian and Old Chinese Measures (ibid., 10th Oct., 1885).-Indo-Chinese Philology (ibid., 24th Oct., 1885).-The Nestorian Tablet (Times. 4th Feb., 1885).-The To Indigenes of Tungking (Proc. R. G. S., April, 1886).-Babylonia and China (Academy, 7th Aug., 1880).-The Nestorian Tablet at Si-ngan fu (Times, 1st Sept., 1886).-Comparative Ideology (Academy, 4th Sept., 1886).-Akkadian and Sumerian in Comparative Philology (Bab. and Or. Record, Nov. 1886). -The Kushites, who were they? (ibid., Dec., 1886).-A New Writing from S. W. China (Academy, 9th Feb., 1887).-A Native Writing in Formosa (ibid., Aug., 1887).-Les Langues de la Chine avant les Chinois (Le Muséon, Janvier, Avril, Juillet, 1887).

THE LANGUAGES OF CHINA

BEFORE THE CHINESE.

RESEARCHES ON THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY THE PRE-CHINESE RACES OF CHINA PROPER

PREVIOUSLY TO THE CHINESE

TERRIEN DE LACOUPERIE,

DOCTOR IN PHILOSOPHY AND IN LETTERS;

PROFESSOR OF INDO-CHINESE PHILOLOGY (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON);
M. OF COUNCIL ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY AND PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY;

C.M. ACADEMIE DE STANISLAS OF NANCY,
PEKING ORIENTAL SOCIETY, ETC.

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DAVID NUTT, 270, STRAND.

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