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 32 MttLLER pprsitv and a member of the academy of IcTences. Benfey regards him as the highest authority on comparative philology and eti nology Ynd he has written extensively on these subjects for periodicals. His principa JO*B are Reise der ostirreichuchen Fregatte Ao lara- Linguistischer Theil (Vienna, 1867), and Ethnog g raphischer Theil ! (1868); and All- gemeine Ethnographic (1873). TT^, i " : ^;ni offontion to ban- Brockhaus first work a translation of the Hitopadeca, flection of Hindoo fables. After Attending the lectures of Bopp and Schellmg in Berlin, and examining the collection of Sanskrit man- uscripts then purchased by the government, he went to Paris, where he prepared himself, at Burnouf's suggestion, to undertake the edit- ing of the Rig Veda with the Sayana commen- tary For the purpose of comparing the manu- scripts of the Louvre with those in the pos- session of the East India company and those contained in the Bodleian library, he went in 1846 to England, where Bunsen and Wilson induced him to remain, and the East India company assumed the expense of the publica- tion of his edition of the Rig Veda. The first volume of this stupendous work appeared in 1849, and the sixth and last at the end of 1874. Each volume consists of more than 1,200 pages. This edition has a special value from the mas- terly introductions prefixed to the volumes, which form important additions to the science of Indian antiquities and linguistics. The first volume of a second edition of the Rig Veda, without the Indian commentary, was published at Leipsic in 1856. He has published in Ger- man an excellent translation of Kalidasa's Me- ghaduta (Konigsberg, 1847), a charming novel entitled Deutsche Liebe (Leipsic, 1857 ; English translation, Chicago, 1875), and several articles in philological journals ; but most of his publi- cations are in English. After a series of essays on the modern dialects of India, which ap- peared in the " Transactions of the British As- sociation" and literary journals in England, he issued in 1854, on the occasion of the Crimean war, a treatise entitled " Suggestions on learn- ing the Languages of the Seat of the War in the East." After the publication of " Proposals for a Missionary Alphabet " appeared his "His- tory of ancient Sanskrit Literature" (1859), which has passed through several editions. The greatest success, however, has attended his "Lectures on the Science of Language," de- livered at the royal institution of Great Britain in 1861 and 1863 (2 vols., London, 1861-'4), in which he shows in a popular style the bear- ing of the science of language on some im- portant problems of philosophy and religion. His " Handbooks for the Study of Sanskrit," of which the first volume was published m i865, are held in high esteem. They comprise a Sanskrit grammar and dictionary, and an edition of the text of the Hitopadeca with a Latin transcription, an interlinear translation and grammatical notes. In the years 1867-'70 appeared several volumes of his essays first published in periodicals, under the title of " Chips from a German Workshop," on sub- jects pertaining to the science of religion, mythology, and the history of literature. In 1870 he delivered a course of lectures intro- ductory to the science of religion, which pro- duced considerable discussion in Europe and America. When they were published he added two essays on "False Analogy" and 'The Philosophy of Mythology." He lectured in 1872 before the newly inaugurated university in Strasburg, and in 1873 in Westminster ab- bey, which led to remonstrances on the part of the orthodox clergy. Having settled in 1848 in Oxford, where his edition of the Kg Veda, was to be printed, he was invited by the university to give courses of lectures on com- parative philology as deputy Taylorian pro- fessor. Though once defeated as candidate for a professorship of Sanskrit, a new profes- sorship of comparative philology was founded in 1868, with his name in the statute as the first incumbent. He has been since 1865 di- rector of the oriental department of the Bod- leian library, and in 1874 he presided over the Aryan section of the first international orien- tal congress. MIJLLER, George, an English philanthropist, born at Kroppenstadt, Prussia, Sept. 27, 1805. He graduated at Halle, went to England in 1829, and in 1830 was settled as pastor over a small Independent chapel at Teignmouth. Ill a few months he relinquished his salary, be- lieving that God would supply his wants in direct answer to prayer. In 1832 he became pastor at Bristol, refusing all salary except voluntary offerings. He established a free breakfast for all poor persons who would^ listen to religious reading while eating; but this was discontinued because the neighbors objected to the presence of so many beggars. In 1833 he opened two day schools, and before the end of the year had four schools in operation. In 1836 he determined to establish an orphanage, and hired a house for that purpose. By June, 1837, he had received 1,000 for his orphans, and considerable sums for other benevolent purposes. In 1838 he hired three houses, and supported 86 orphans. In 1842 he had ten schools and 96 orphans. In 1845 he deter- mined to erect a building sufficient for all orphans that should be sent to him, and began to pray for 10,000, besides current expenses. In December a donation of 1,000 was sent to him; in July, 1846, he received a donation of 2,050; and up to January, 1847, he had received 9,284 besides current expenses. In 1850 the large orphan house was built and furnished at a cost of 15,000, and was im-