[to The Editor Of Trh "spectator.") Srn,—a Propos Of "a
Briton's" remarks (Spectator, Febru- ary 21st), has it occurred to you that the confusion between " lie" and " lay "—a confusion more general, and shared by better writers, than......
Pro Tee Editor Op The " Spfctator*"1 Sir, —it Is Pretty
generally assumed—as by the well-known "Standard Dictionary "—that what used to be denounced as " the odious vulgarism," " Britisher," became current in America during the......
The New Scheme Of Naval Training.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 am delighted to remark that the writer of a letter so lucid and impartial as that of " R. N." (Spectator, Febru. ary 21st) finds himself in......
The King's English As She Is Spoken.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] is rank blasphemy to differ from the editor; still, let me say that your comment on "A Briton's" letter in the Spectator of February 21st......
With The Eyes Of De Wet.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —In the Spectator of December 6th I notice a commentary on Christian De Wet's Three Years' War." May I be allowed to give you the true......
Our Food Supply In Time Of War.
{TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. ") Sur,—The fact that the price of wheat rose in the Crimean War is quite worthless as an argument unless it can be shown that distress......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator.]
SIR,—In illustration of your remark in the Spectator of February 21st that the coinage of words like " Britisher" is due to "some natural tendency of the language," you will......
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