"The word _chien_ becomes when analysed (and the explanation of the alphabet will show how this happens) _ic iv ien_; or, as _ien_ can be reduced to _iv_, we may say it is equal to _ic iv iv_. No matter which of these two forms we adopt, the analysis of _chien_ will be still the same, since both are expressive of haste. _Ic iv ien_ means _the thing come_ or _go_, or _life life_. Thus if we contract _iv ien_ to one word, we have _vien_, so that _ic vien_ will mean _the come_; and this word is we know expressive of haste, since _venir_, as we have seen in the account given of _oient_, means the wind (_ir ven_). In like manner _ic iv iv_ may mean _the life life_, which we know from the repetition of _life_ must imply quickness. And hence it is that _iv iv_ become when contracted, _vive_, that is, _be alive_. Now when we contract _iv ien_ to _vien_, if we give to _ic_ its primitive meaning, which is that of _here_, we shall, by allowing that _vien_ in the beginning went before _ic_, have for the meaning of both words, come here (_vien ic_). Hence it is we still hear a dog called upon in English by _Here! here!_ and in French by the word _Ici_ with the dog's name attached to it. The English word _dog_ is also, when analysed, expressive of haste, since it makes _id eo ge_ or _id-o-ge,_ which implies _the thing go_, or _the go, go_." We conclude this brief, and, we fear, imperfect notice of so great a work, by suggesting for the author's consideration, whether, in a revisal of his views, he might not bestow some attention on one or two other languages than English and French. His attainments in these seem to be of a superior order, and he seems also to have made considerable progress in the Latin rudiments. We do not hold that Greek is essential, but we respectfully submit that the acquisition of Anglo-Saxon, and some other older dialects of Europe, with which English is generally supposed to have some connexion, might with advantage be attempted. Not that we imagine Mr Kavanagh's views would then be changed or improved. The etymologist's eye, "in a fine frenzy rolling," may have intuitive perceptions of results such as no course of study could attain. But still there is a vulgar prejudice to which we think it prudent to pay some deference, and which recommends that, before writing on a subject, we should know something about it.