refuses to profit by Criticism

51 XV. Summary of Objections to an International Language 53 XVI. The Wider Cosmopolitanism—The Coming of Asia 57 XVII. Importance of an International Language for the Blind 61 XVIII. Ideal v. Practical 63 XIX. Literary v. Commercial 65 XX. Is an International Language a Crank's Hobby? 70 XXI. What an International Language is not 73 XXII. What an International Language is 73

PART II

Historical

I. Some Existing International Languages already in Partial Use 74 II. Outline of History of the Idea of a Universal Language—List of Schemes proposed 76 III. The Earliest British Attempt 87 IV. History of Volapük—a Warning 92 V. History of Idiom Neutral 98 VI.

The Newest Languages: a Neo-Latin Group—Gropings towards a "Pan-European" Amalgamated Scheme

103 VII. History of Esperanto 105 VIII. Present State of Esperanto: (a) General; (b) in England 121 IX. Lessons to be drawn from the Foregoing History 131

PART III

The Claims of Esperanto to be taken seriously:
Considerations based on the Structure of the Language itself

I. Esperanto is scientifically constructed, and fulfils the Natural Tendency in Evolution of Language 135 II. Esperanto from an Educational Point of View—It will aid the learning of other Languages and stimulate Intelligence 145 III. Comparative Tables illustrating Labour saved in learning Esperanto as contrasted with other Languages: (a) Word-building; (b) Participles and Auxiliaries 155 IV. How Esperanto can be used as a Code Language to communicate with Persons who have never learnt it 161

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