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for ascertaining linguistic affinity.

I have just been reading Julius Platzmann's autobiographical pamphlet in whic he explains why he republished so many Americana. The reason was, he wanted to prove that the Amer. langs. (all of them) are substantially the same as the Aryan, Semitic, African & Chinese [[tongues?]] ! He gives many examples of verbal identity. Such cranky productions are either sad or humorous, as you choose to take them. If I hear of any [[underlined]] good [[/underlined]] article on the subject, I shall acquaint you with it.

Cordially yours
[[signature]] Dls Brinton [[/signature]]