22 SEPTEMBER 1888, Page 14

" SNEAP " OR " SNUB P"

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.”]

Sin,—The letter in your issue of June 9th, just to hand,. with regard to the use of the word " snap " for " snub " in some districts, puts me in:mind of a curious marginal note in,. I think, the first edition of " The Pilgrim's Progress,"— " Christian snibbeth his fellow," which gives the word in still another form.—I am, Sir, Sce., P. T. KaxwAv. Waimata Valley, Gisborne, New Zealand, August 4th.