Mr Kavanagh appears to us to have lived for some time in France, and if so, he has not lived there in vain. He has acquired the knack of framing a bill of fare, that would do honour to the reigning prince of restaurateurs, whoever he may be, and would create an appetite under the ribs of death. Take the following excerpts from the contents:-- "What the author should do before attempting to prove the discovery of the science of languages. This he does, and a great deal more." "View of the human mind. That taken by eminent philosophers inquired into, and found to be erroneous. The author's view of it." "Proof that there are no such words as substantives or nouns." "Pronouns, supposed like nouns, but erroneously, to represent substances. They never represent nouns, as they have been supposed to do. Proof that they never stand for substances, nor can be, any more than nouns, the subject of propositions. Their real nature shown, and difficulties and locutions connected with them accounted for. The original form of _oh me_! and _ah me_!" "Thus far the author pretends to have shown that there is but one part of speech." "The author's account of the verb. Why it cannot be compared like the adjective. The verb is an adjective or name in the fourth degree. It does not represent an action. TO and DO. Shown how it does not represent an action, and how grammarians have been led to suppose that it does." "How men expressed themselves in the beginning of the world, when they had occasion to make use of the verb TO BE." "The nature of a past participle in English and French. This knowledge of a past participle in French leads to a precious discovery." "How to find the etymology of words. Instances given: the meaning of _friend_, _mind_, _blind_, &c., shown." "The origin of the termination _ish_ discovered. The etymology of the words, _Ireland_, _Scotland_, _Dublin_, with many other etymologies." "The feminine and plural of _mon_, _ton_, _son_, explained. _Mes_, _tes_, and _ses_, not plural numbers. _Notre_ and _votre_ do not come from the Latin words _noster_ and _vester_. No language derived from another." "The first names man ever had for his own dwelling, with several other etymologies, such as _barrack_, _good-by_, _property_, _coin_, _copper_, _maistre_, _castor_, _out-cast_, _caserne_, _quoit_, _cat_, _quiet_, _discus_, _Apollo_, _tranquil_, _keel_, _cuisse_, &c." "The delicate meaning of certain words." "The extraordinary wisdom displayed in the formation of words: different accounts of the words _man_, _woman_, _Adam_, &c. The meanings of _animare_, _animal_, _animation_, _beget_, _amo_, _Venus_, _shame_, _honte_, &c. "The etymology of _squat_, _cower_, _square_, _four_, _year_, _fair_, _faire_, &c."