The Times" Newspaper and the Coptic Language

J.E. quotes a passage from *The Times* newspaper respecting the Coptic language, and asks if any correspondent can furnish a clearer account of its structure than the writer of that article has given. A reference to the work which he was reviewing (Kenrick's *Ancient Egypt under the Pharaohs*) will show the origin of the apparent inconsistency on which J.E. animadverts. In that work it is said (vol. i. p. 100.): "The roots of the Coptic language appear to have been generally monosyllabic, and the derivatives have been formed by a very simple system of prefixing, inserting, and affixing certain…