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to the probability that some of the missing I admit that I have gone to school to might be stated to occur. A reference to
MSS. somewhere in England. The Edward Meyer, the ablest historian of Greece $ 24 will show that the absence of declension
statement made by Mr. Hamilton in his since George Grote, according to the writer by inflection in Persian is clearly stated.
Memorials of Frederick the Great' (London, on Greek history in the new Encyclopædia May I also say that domi of the Latin is.
1880, vol. i. p. 270), that he had seen an Britannica'; but your reviewer is unlucky really an adverb, and not comparable in any
autograph of the king's Pièces diverses in his choice of an instance by which to way with the Persian dar khāna, the equi.
in the private library of the Emperor Wil. prove my alleged dependence upon the valent of which in Latin is the rarer use
liam I. , is declared by Prof. Mangold to rest Berlin master. “Thus,” he argues,
in domo ? A similar adverbial usage occurs.
on some misunderstanding, and it is sug- our author alludes to a new fragment as if it in colloquial Persian, as when one says Āgā
gested that he may have seen this MS. some. were without doubt from Theopompus, because Ichāna ast (“the master is at home”), omit-
where in England.
this improbable thesis is maintained by Prof.
ting the preposition of the locative case.
Two centuries have now passed since Meyer in his edition of the fragment. ”
Secondly, your reviewer objects to my
Frederick the Great was born; yet we I do nothing of the kind. In my only allu-
possess no satisfactory critical edition of sion to the fragment in question have presentment of the functions of the particle
his works, excepting his correspondence. queried its attribution to Theopompus this particle by my dissatisfaction with the
A service to the cause of historical inquiry (p. 327).
would be rendered by any one who could There is no need to multiply instances of examples given in § 31a of my Grammar are
ordinary explanations of its function. The
send me information which might lead to your reviewer's inability to see what lies necessarily limited, but I have numerous
the discovery and collation of these im- in clear type on the page in front of him.
notes of the occurrence of this particle, and
portant documents.
I should like simply to add, Mr. Editor, in every instance I am convinced that the
E. A. SONNENSCHEIN. that a judgment based upon defective obser-author employed it as a particle of emphasis.
vation is worthless. If it were harmless, I I should be glad to have a reference to
should not have written this letter to you.
passages in which it can be shown that
'HELLENISTIC ATHENS. '
WILLIAM SCOTT FERGUSON.
Firdausī only employed this particle for the
Harvard University.
The reviewer acknowledges his error
purpose of eking out his metre.
in missing the foot-note references to
THE review of my book on 'Hellenistic
Finally, I hope that the wording of the
Athens' which appeared in a recent issue Droysen
and to Hertzberg in a volume (as he Remark on p. 48 as to the use of banda by a
of The Atheneum (1911, ii. p. 618) contains said). “ bristling with learned references. " But speaker” to indicate himself, in prefer-
he still maintains that the author made very ence to using the pronoun of the first person,
so many serious misrepresentations of fact
that you will, I think, acknowledge my
scant use of these two older books, one of is sufficiently clear. I can hardly think that
right to protest. “The subject," it is
which is officially on part of his subject, and any person who reads the Remark in ques-
claimed,
the other far more than an incidental treat- tion could imagine that it is intended to
ment of Athens. In the face of these two apply, to the “classical Persian literature. ”
"requires the skill and enthusiasm of a Droysen, elaborate books, the only real gap is from If a knowledge of Persian is to be of any
and, strange to say, his great history of Hellenism, 221 to 146 B. C. But the reviewer never
value to others than those who are content to
which covers the epoch_up to 221 B. C. , is never
even mentioned by Prof. Ferguson. ”
said that the older books put the new one read Firdausi and Sa'di, to the exclusion of
out of court. Here are his words :-
the idiom of the language of the present day,
This statement is inaccurate. Droysen's
work is cited by me in four of the five
There have been scores of monographs since such idiomatic usages as that to which your
a grammar of the language must deal with
chapters of my historical essay which deal published on special points; many inscriptions
have been found illustrating obscure matters, reviewer takes exception.
with his field (pp. 18, 125, 138, 178, 202,
so that, even after these pioneer works, there was
GEORGE RANKING,
234), and his name appears with an ap- ample material for Mr. Ferguson to arrange and
preciative comment in its proper place in
discuss. In the latter task he has shown himself
We cannot admit that the history
my general bibliography (p. 469).
highly competent,” &c.
and affinities of the Persian language justify
" For its latter portion,” continues my Regarding the book of Prof. Mahaffy in the addition of four cases to the five which
critic,
question, the reviewer has again to confess are commonly recognized. Of course, any
" there is the very learned and careful 'History
that he overlooked one reference to it in one is at liberty to say that dar khāna is a
of Greece under the Romans' by Hertzberg, a
a foot-note. Prof. Ferguson need not have locative case. Our point was that such a
book which seems unknown to this specialist in justified himself by the silence of Beloch, description is unnecessary, and therefore
the subject. Here again a capital source of any more than he need condemn himself on to be deprecated. We could supply Col.
information is ignored. '
account of the frequent mention of the book Ranking with numerous instances in which
Firdausi
By no means. It is neither unknown nor by Holm.
uses the particle mar without
ignored. I have placed Hertzberg's name
"The fragment of the new Theopompus(? )” intending to lay special emphasis on the
That man
with that of Droysen in my bibliographical is not a very clear phrase, which, it appears, following word. E. g. , he says,
appendix (p. 469), and I have also cited
our reviewer misunderstood. We now know of pure religion had a son," and immediately
him in the text where a suitable occasion that he meant the new fragment of Theo- afterwards, The ambitious youth had
arose (pp. 379, 427, 447).
pompus (? )
the name of Zahhāk” (Pizzi, Antologia
“There is another book which Prof. Ferguson general estimate of Prof. Ferguson's work as
We cannot agree that our learned reviewer's Firdusiana, p. 65, 11. 15 and 17). Although
mar is employed in the former instance and
mentions but once, and then to disagree with it,
“ is worthless. ” not in the latter, we fail to detect the
Diri Mahaffy's Greek Life and Thought' during We regret that Mr. Ferguson has been able emphatic force which Col. Ranking would
this very period. ”
This, again, is inaccurate. Dr. Mahaffy's though we
to prove some “ defective observation," ascribe to it invariably. He is mistaken in
book is cited more than once (pp. 90, 178), position in the world of letters.
are glad he appreciates our supposing that we objected to his dealing
with the idiomatic of banda. We
and not always to disagree with it. Nor
criticized his statement on the ground that
have I any apology to offer for this generous
it was not limited in any way, whence the
treatment of his popular work, though
reader would naturally conclude that it
Prof. Beloch, who thinks it has some merit "A GRAMMAR OF THE PERSIAN applies to Persian literature as a whole.
(iii. 2, p. 17), does not cite it at all in the
LANGUAGE.
volume of his
• Greek
History' (iii. 1)
which tells the story of the Hellenistic
Beech Lawn, Park Town, Oxford.
epoch.
May I be permitted to reply very briefly
BOOK SALE.
My book, as I state in a brief Preface, to the criticisms contained in the very appre- MESSRS. SOTHEBY's first sale of the new year,
"aims to fill a conspicuous gap in historical ciative notice of my work which you have which took place on Tuesday, January 23rd,
literature," namely, the lack of “a con- been so kind as to publish in your issue of and the two succeeding days, included the follow-
nected history of Athens during the Hel- | January 13th ?
ing interesting books : Beaumont and Fletcher,
lenistic period. ”. Your reviewer misquotes
Wit Without Money, 1639; Fletcher and Shake-
Firstly, fault is found with my statement
speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, 1634; and four
my text in making his argument against that there are nine cases, in Persian. I others, 311. Military Costume of Europe, 2 vols. ,
His argument, moreover, is not simply venture to think that the view is borne out 1822, 161. 108. A Collection of Playbills from
that my field is covered substantially by the both by the affinities and evolutional history the Library of John Genest, 26 vols. , 1786-1832,
old familiar histories of Hellenism in general of Persian, and by the phenomena of the
161. 108. ; a similar collection, 25 vols. , 1776-1831,
---which is a sheer absurdity, and unworthy language in both its classical and modern
231. Gould, Birds of Great Britain, 5 vols. , 1873,
of The Athenæum-but also that I am un-
491. Thevet, The New Found Worlde, or An-
form. The objection urged by the critic tarctike, 1568, 151. Ackermann, Microcosm of
acquainted with these works, which I have that “the so-called cases are in reality in London, 3 vols. , 1808-9, 161. Spenser, The
shown to be false. I have, in fact, acknow. stances of the government of the unin.
Faerie Queene, both parts, 1596 ; Colin Clout's
ledged my indebtedness to them on p. x of Aected noun by prepositions ” would equally and Daphnaida, 1596, 651. The total of the sale
66
an
use
me.
Come Home Again, 1595 ; Foure Hymns, 1598 ;
my Preface.
apply to whatever number of
was 1,3031. 88.
cases
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autograph of the king's Pièces diverses in his choice of an instance by which to way with the Persian dar khāna, the equi.
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liam I. , is declared by Prof. Mangold to rest Berlin master. “Thus,” he argues,
in domo ? A similar adverbial usage occurs.
on some misunderstanding, and it is sug- our author alludes to a new fragment as if it in colloquial Persian, as when one says Āgā
gested that he may have seen this MS. some. were without doubt from Theopompus, because Ichāna ast (“the master is at home”), omit-
where in England.
this improbable thesis is maintained by Prof.
ting the preposition of the locative case.
Two centuries have now passed since Meyer in his edition of the fragment. ”
Secondly, your reviewer objects to my
Frederick the Great was born; yet we I do nothing of the kind. In my only allu-
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send me information which might lead to your reviewer's inability to see what lies necessarily limited, but I have numerous
the discovery and collation of these im- in clear type on the page in front of him.
notes of the occurrence of this particle, and
portant documents.
I should like simply to add, Mr. Editor, in every instance I am convinced that the
E. A. SONNENSCHEIN. that a judgment based upon defective obser-author employed it as a particle of emphasis.
vation is worthless. If it were harmless, I I should be glad to have a reference to
should not have written this letter to you.
passages in which it can be shown that
'HELLENISTIC ATHENS. '
WILLIAM SCOTT FERGUSON.
Firdausī only employed this particle for the
Harvard University.
The reviewer acknowledges his error
purpose of eking out his metre.
in missing the foot-note references to
THE review of my book on 'Hellenistic
Finally, I hope that the wording of the
Athens' which appeared in a recent issue Droysen
and to Hertzberg in a volume (as he Remark on p. 48 as to the use of banda by a
of The Atheneum (1911, ii. p. 618) contains said). “ bristling with learned references. " But speaker” to indicate himself, in prefer-
he still maintains that the author made very ence to using the pronoun of the first person,
so many serious misrepresentations of fact
that you will, I think, acknowledge my
scant use of these two older books, one of is sufficiently clear. I can hardly think that
right to protest. “The subject," it is
which is officially on part of his subject, and any person who reads the Remark in ques-
claimed,
the other far more than an incidental treat- tion could imagine that it is intended to
ment of Athens. In the face of these two apply, to the “classical Persian literature. ”
"requires the skill and enthusiasm of a Droysen, elaborate books, the only real gap is from If a knowledge of Persian is to be of any
and, strange to say, his great history of Hellenism, 221 to 146 B. C. But the reviewer never
value to others than those who are content to
which covers the epoch_up to 221 B. C. , is never
even mentioned by Prof. Ferguson. ”
said that the older books put the new one read Firdausi and Sa'di, to the exclusion of
out of court. Here are his words :-
the idiom of the language of the present day,
This statement is inaccurate. Droysen's
work is cited by me in four of the five
There have been scores of monographs since such idiomatic usages as that to which your
a grammar of the language must deal with
chapters of my historical essay which deal published on special points; many inscriptions
have been found illustrating obscure matters, reviewer takes exception.
with his field (pp. 18, 125, 138, 178, 202,
so that, even after these pioneer works, there was
GEORGE RANKING,
234), and his name appears with an ap- ample material for Mr. Ferguson to arrange and
preciative comment in its proper place in
discuss. In the latter task he has shown himself
We cannot admit that the history
my general bibliography (p. 469).
highly competent,” &c.
and affinities of the Persian language justify
" For its latter portion,” continues my Regarding the book of Prof. Mahaffy in the addition of four cases to the five which
critic,
question, the reviewer has again to confess are commonly recognized. Of course, any
" there is the very learned and careful 'History
that he overlooked one reference to it in one is at liberty to say that dar khāna is a
of Greece under the Romans' by Hertzberg, a
a foot-note. Prof. Ferguson need not have locative case. Our point was that such a
book which seems unknown to this specialist in justified himself by the silence of Beloch, description is unnecessary, and therefore
the subject. Here again a capital source of any more than he need condemn himself on to be deprecated. We could supply Col.
information is ignored. '
account of the frequent mention of the book Ranking with numerous instances in which
Firdausi
By no means. It is neither unknown nor by Holm.
uses the particle mar without
ignored. I have placed Hertzberg's name
"The fragment of the new Theopompus(? )” intending to lay special emphasis on the
That man
with that of Droysen in my bibliographical is not a very clear phrase, which, it appears, following word. E. g. , he says,
appendix (p. 469), and I have also cited
our reviewer misunderstood. We now know of pure religion had a son," and immediately
him in the text where a suitable occasion that he meant the new fragment of Theo- afterwards, The ambitious youth had
arose (pp. 379, 427, 447).
pompus (? )
the name of Zahhāk” (Pizzi, Antologia
“There is another book which Prof. Ferguson general estimate of Prof. Ferguson's work as
We cannot agree that our learned reviewer's Firdusiana, p. 65, 11. 15 and 17). Although
mar is employed in the former instance and
mentions but once, and then to disagree with it,
“ is worthless. ” not in the latter, we fail to detect the
Diri Mahaffy's Greek Life and Thought' during We regret that Mr. Ferguson has been able emphatic force which Col. Ranking would
this very period. ”
This, again, is inaccurate. Dr. Mahaffy's though we
to prove some “ defective observation," ascribe to it invariably. He is mistaken in
book is cited more than once (pp. 90, 178), position in the world of letters.
are glad he appreciates our supposing that we objected to his dealing
with the idiomatic of banda. We
and not always to disagree with it. Nor
criticized his statement on the ground that
have I any apology to offer for this generous
it was not limited in any way, whence the
treatment of his popular work, though
reader would naturally conclude that it
Prof. Beloch, who thinks it has some merit "A GRAMMAR OF THE PERSIAN applies to Persian literature as a whole.
(iii. 2, p. 17), does not cite it at all in the
LANGUAGE.
volume of his
• Greek
History' (iii. 1)
which tells the story of the Hellenistic
Beech Lawn, Park Town, Oxford.
epoch.
May I be permitted to reply very briefly
BOOK SALE.
My book, as I state in a brief Preface, to the criticisms contained in the very appre- MESSRS. SOTHEBY's first sale of the new year,
"aims to fill a conspicuous gap in historical ciative notice of my work which you have which took place on Tuesday, January 23rd,
literature," namely, the lack of “a con- been so kind as to publish in your issue of and the two succeeding days, included the follow-
nected history of Athens during the Hel- | January 13th ?
ing interesting books : Beaumont and Fletcher,
lenistic period. ”. Your reviewer misquotes
Wit Without Money, 1639; Fletcher and Shake-
Firstly, fault is found with my statement
speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, 1634; and four
my text in making his argument against that there are nine cases, in Persian. I others, 311. Military Costume of Europe, 2 vols. ,
His argument, moreover, is not simply venture to think that the view is borne out 1822, 161. 108. A Collection of Playbills from
that my field is covered substantially by the both by the affinities and evolutional history the Library of John Genest, 26 vols. , 1786-1832,
old familiar histories of Hellenism in general of Persian, and by the phenomena of the
161. 108. ; a similar collection, 25 vols. , 1776-1831,
---which is a sheer absurdity, and unworthy language in both its classical and modern
231. Gould, Birds of Great Britain, 5 vols. , 1873,
of The Athenæum-but also that I am un-
491. Thevet, The New Found Worlde, or An-
form. The objection urged by the critic tarctike, 1568, 151. Ackermann, Microcosm of
acquainted with these works, which I have that “the so-called cases are in reality in London, 3 vols. , 1808-9, 161. Spenser, The
shown to be false. I have, in fact, acknow. stances of the government of the unin.
Faerie Queene, both parts, 1596 ; Colin Clout's
ledged my indebtedness to them on p. x of Aected noun by prepositions ” would equally and Daphnaida, 1596, 651. The total of the sale
66
an
use
me.
Come Home Again, 1595 ; Foure Hymns, 1598 ;
my Preface.
apply to whatever number of
was 1,3031. 88.
cases
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