The papers in this volume present a colourful picture of the range of research currently being undertaken in the field of the history of linguistics, with contribution both from established scholars and from younger researchers. The volume is organised on a geographical basis, with sections devoted to a number of different traditions in linguistics world-wide.The opening section is concerned with a number of general and methodological topics - ranging from the notion of 'revolution' in linguistic historiography to the history of the study of ape language- with contributions from Konrad Koerner, Peter Schmitter, Pieter A.M.Seuren, Talbot Taylor and Stuart Shanker. The second section is devoted to 'missionary linguistics', an umbrella category for the early contacts of Europeans with non-European languages. This section includes contributions from Cristina Altman, Manuel Breva-Claramonte,Lindsey Crickmay, Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Julia Falk, BeatrizGarza Cuarón, John Joseph, Michael Mackert, Cristina Monzón, ElkeNowak and Richard Steadman-Jones. Subsequent sections address individual traditions in linguistics. III. The Celtic Tradition:Daniel Davis, Eugene McKendry, Erich Poppe and Paul Russell. IV. TheChinese Tradition: Stephen Matthews. V. The Georgian Tradition: NinoD. Kemertelidze and Alexander Potskhishvili. VI. The Hebrew Tradition:Yaakov Gruntfest, [the late] David Téné. VII. The Japanese Tradition:Tadao Shimomiya. VIII. The Persian Tradition: Mehdi Meshkatod Dini,Éva M. Jeremiás. IX. The Russian Tradition: Sylvie Archaimbault andPatrick Sériot. X. The Tamil Tradition: Jean-Luc Chevillard.This volume contains papers on linguistic historiography ranging chronologically from ancient Greece to the present, and covering philosophical, social and political aspects of language as well as the study of grammar in the narrow sense. The work opens with the report on a round-table discussion of problems in translating ancient grammatical texts, which was chaired by Pierre Swiggers and AlfonsWouters, with John Joseph, Wilfried Kürschner, Jean Lallot and DirkSchenkeveld as speakers. The remainder of the volume is arranged in chronological sections, with contributions as follows. II. Classical and Medieval: Mark Atherton, Don Chapman, Louis Kelly, DaniloMarcondes, Brian Merrilees and William Edwards, Eugen Munteanu,W. Keith Percival. III. Seventeenth Century: Werner Hüllen, MichaelIsermann, Jaap Maat, William McMahon, Judith Olszowy-Schlanger,Marijke van der Wal, Nick Wilding. IV. Eighteenth Century: GerdaHaßler, Matthew Lauzon, Andrew Linn, Jan Noordegraaf, RobinSmith. V. Nineteenth Century: Donata Chiricò, Matilde Gallardo, MatiHint, Kurt Jankowsky, Joan Leopold, Brigitte Nerlich, HermanSeldeslachts and Pierre Swiggers, Frank Vonk. VI. Twentieth Century:T. Craig Christy, Els Elffers, Béatrice Godart-Wendling, JacquelineLéon, Benigno Salgado, Frits Stuurman.