28 JUNE 1913, Page 34

BRITON VERSUS BRITISHER.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sra;—Are Mr. E. L. Oliver and other of-your correspondents so ashamed of the old name of Briton that they must substi- tute for it the horrible word " Britisher " ? It pains many of your readers to see such- a word in the Spectator.—I St. James'