“Logopandecteision, or an Introduction to the Universal Language . . . was published in quarto in 1653 . . . Urquhart’s plan of an universal language is rather indicated than fully developed in the first book of his work, entitled Neaudethaumata, or Wonders of the New Speech ; and the reader will scarcely regret that the subject is, in a great measure, abandoned in the remaining books, which are chiefly occupied with domestic details, exhibiting a lively picture of the times, drawn by the pencil of no unskilful limner. The subject of the different books is disclosed by their titles,—Chrestasebeia, or the Impious Dealing of Creditors—Cleronomaporia, or the Intricacy of a Distressed Successor or Apparent Heir—Chryseomystes, or the Covetous Preacher—Neleodicastes, or the Pitiless Judge—and Philoponauxesis, or Furtherance of Industry. These topics are illustrated by a great variety of personal anecdotes and local notices ; and the work, which may be truly described as instructive and entertaining, concludes with a [petition] . . . or ‘proquiritations’ upon the State.” -- Sylvester Douglas Sterling, The Works of Sir Thomas Urquhart (1834). p. xx. • 2023 Hardcover Edition.