13 JANUARY 1933, Page 18
LEARNING TO SPELL
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
Sia,—Your judgement of *Bing may be as sound as your spelling of " judgement " but if Mi. Wilson Harris'S spelling of " autarchy " is right, can he be right in translating it •
" self-sufficiency " P—I am, Sir, &c., ARISTOTLE.
[The Oxford Dictionary spells it " Autarchy," and translates it " self-sufficiency," .adding " :better -inky, or areie." But are these forms, in fact, ever used P—En. The Spectator.]