26 JANUARY 1907, page 25

' About Dictionaries.

W HAT is a dictionary ? The question is not one which it is easy to answer off-band. But we may safely say that a dictionary is a book of reference; it is not intended to be......

"noscitur A Sochs."

I F this were quite true, it would be a great deal easier than it is to read character aright. The wisdom of the ages concentrates itself into unqualified assertion, but the......