An Oxford-trained scholar surveys the dream of a common tongue, from Latin as the language of Europe through the philosophers’ universal schemes to Volapük and Idiom Neutral, comparing their versions of the Lord’s Prayer. He then makes the case for Esperanto and supplies specimens of the language and its grammar.
A lively document of the 1900s enthusiasm for an international language, for linguists and Esperantists alike. Download the free EPUB.