UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES

| languages capable of serving as an easy means of communication throughout the world. Tho only approximately universal language there has ever been is Latin, which was the common educated and learned speech of Roman and medizval times. For many years thereafter French was the most widely spread language, as it still remains the language of diplomacy; but in point of vogue English appears now to be gaining favor rapidly, especially in the commercial world. Since the time of Leibnitz (1666) many attempts have been made to devise an artificial universal language. The two -chief attempts are VoLAPuK, by Schleyer (1886); and Esrzranto, by Dr. Zamenhof (1887).