a A. f \q[f' BBAOYOLKEY90#1.LBO3S4T3LvA.N1GUc.A1GE OF SYMBOLISM 3 T153 0DB0315M E THE LOST LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLISM By the Same Author The Tragedy ofSirFrancisBacon (GrantRichards,igos) The Shakespeare Symphony(Chapman &-Hall, igo6) A NewLight on the Renaissance(Dent, igog) The UndiscoveredCountry(Cassell, 1918) ArchaicEngland(Chapman 6-Hall, igig) The LostLanguage ofLondon(Cape, ig35) — Spalding's Quarterly(Spalding(S-Hodge, igsj igsg) AWAITING PUBLICATION The Magic ofWords PrehistoryinPlaceNames The Wandering Jew St. Credaand Crete King Arthur Noah's Ark (A sequelto King Arthur) The Birth ofBritannia Zebedee and Queen Sheba Bogand Bogies The RootofJesse The Couth Goths The Great WhiteHorse C6 THE ^^ LANGUAGE LOST a3 OF SYMBOLISM y^yz AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN . i LETTERS, WORDS, NAMES, FAIRY-TALES, V ' \ FOLKLORE, AND MYTHOLOGIES BY HAROLD BAYLEY "The English mind, not readily swayed by rhetoric, moves freely under the pressure offacts." c- r Tylor "One may, for a moment, arouse interest by a new hypothesis, but it is only by the accumulation offacts that public opinion is perceptibly influenced in the end." Walter Johnson. VOL. I New York BARNES & NOBLE, INC. FirstPublished - - - - 1012, Reprinted - - - - 1051 Reprinted - - - - 1952 I'KINTEUIN GREATBRITAIN BY l.llWi: AND HRVDONEPRINTERSLIMITED,LONDON, N.W.IO