16 JULY 1910, Page 17

SHAKESPEARE AND DIALECT.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—In reference to your notice of "A New Shakespearean Dictionary" in last week's issue, may I say that my gardener uses the word "kecksy" for hemlock ? He also uses " collogue" in the sense of "seduce." This I thought was a word of his own coining till I came across it in "Silas Marner."—I am, Sir, Ste., W. H. WHITING. Sutton Bridge Vicarage, Lincolnshire.