Twenty-two.
[TO THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR, —Mr. Godley's suggestion (Spectator, July 22nd) as to the Greek origin of the Slavonic use of 22 to express numbers is interesting but......
" Doth " And N Figgit."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEER . ..ITO/1.1 Sitt,—In the sentence of the Te Deum, " The Holy Church doth acknowledge Thee," doth is probably plural. Doth and bath are frequently......
*** Erratum—we Regret That In Last Week's Issue The Name
of the late Mr. H. G. Dakyns in Mr. H. Plunket Greene's letter was printed by mistake "H. E. Dakyns."—En. Spectator.......
Poetry.
NEWS FROM THE NORTH. As I went down by London Bridge (And I not long on land), I met a lad from the North country, And gripped him by the hand, And said : " If you be late from......
[to The Editor Or The "spectktor."1
SIR,—The letter of your correspondent, Mr. A. D. Godley, on the use of No. twenty-two to indicate a large number sug- gests to me the parallel use of No. four (quattro) in the......
Books.
THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.* " WITH the accession of George I. and the government of the Tory Party the Speakership acquired a permanent character hitherto unknown in its......
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