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A Dissertation on the Nature and Character of the Chinese System of Writing, by Peter S. Du Ponceau. to which are Subjoined a Vocabulary of the Cochinchinese Language, by Father Joseph Morrone, with References to Plates, Containing the Characters Belonging to Each Word, and with Notes, Showing the Degree of Affinity Existing Between the Chinese and Cochinchinese Languages, and the Use They Respectively Make of Their Common System of Writing by M. de la Palun and a Cochinchinese and Latin Dictionary

Peter Stephen Du_Ponceau

Published: 1838

Total Pages: 438


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.
Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.
CONTENTS.--vol. I. List of the officers and members of the historical committee. Constitution of the historical committee. Literary notice. Report of the committee to the [American] Philosophical Society. [Duponceau, P.S.] Corresponding secretary's report to the committee, on the languages of the American Indians. List of ms. donations to the committee, concerning the Indians and their languages. Heckewelder, J.G.E. An account of the history, manners, and customs, of the Indian nations, who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighbouring states. A correspondence between the Rev. John Heckewelder ... and Peter S. Duponceau ... respecting the languages of the American Indians. Heckewelder, J.G.E., comp. Words, phrases, and short dialogues, in the language of the Lenni Lenape, of Delaware Indians. 1819.--vol. II. Duponceau, P.S.A. dissertation on the nature and character of the Chinese system of writing ... to which are subjoined, A vocabulary of the Cochinchinese language, by Father Joseph Morrone ... and A. Cochinchinese and Latin dictionary ... 1838.
Addresses the customs of land and sea warfare. A notably humane work, it condemns actions against civilians and advocates the fair treatment of prisoners of war. Du Ponceau's able translation includes a biography of the author, a table of cases and an annotated bibliography. With a new introduction by William E. Butler.