ENGLISH AS A WORLD LANGUAGE
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Siu,—I hope that the article by Mr. Harold Cox in your issue of May 10th will cause renewed and increased interest to taken in the subjects of our difficult and inconsistent spelling and English as a world language." Many scholars in other countries feel the need of a world language and .are strongly in favour -of English ; but our difficult _ spelling is a great obstacle, as it also causes a waste of valuable .time
in our schools. - .. • .
It will be much easier to introduce some improvements and simplifications than is generally supposed ; - and the Simplified Spelling Society of which Professor Gilbert Murray, LL.D., D.I.itt., F.B.A., F.R.S.L.-, is president, is now con- sidering the question of publishing an attractive book of -fiction, or otherwise, of general interest, in simplified spelling.
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