books.google.com - In this reader, 19 articles have been collected that bring out the central position of John Wilkins and his Essay Toward a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (1668) in the history of ideas in 17th-century Britain....http://books.google.com/books/about/John_Wilkins_and_17th_century_British_Li.html?id=5pP2LoB9eJkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareJohn Wilkins and 17th-century British Linguistics