2 JUNE 1888, page 13

Vagaries Of Speech.

O UTSIDE the ranks of such words and phrases as are to be found in dictionaries, and are sanctioned by Academies —the " regulars " of speech, in fact—exist a great number of......

Correspondence.

BURNING OF THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY. SIR,—Gibbon is, I believe, the first writer who has cast doubt ,on the generally received account of the burning of the library of Alexandria......