Modifications of Roman, Greek, Russian, and other characters are shown under Abkhazian, Albanian, Altai-Tartar, Badaga, Karelian, Maliseet, &c. The lesser known scripts, such as Glagolitic (Slavonic), Cuneiform, Egyptian, the now obsolete Bisayan, the Cherokee, Georgian, Gothic, have been transcribed into Roman characters for purpose of comparison.
The Publishers are indebted to many who have rendered assistance in the preparation of the work, and especially to Mr. George E. Hay, whose rare linguistic attainments have been devoted to the task of editing, collating, and translating during the past six years. Even now the collection is far from complete or perfect, but it was felt impossible to further delay publication, which has been long and anxiously expected by many interested in the work, and final revision and completion has been left for another edition.
February, 1905.
