16 SEPTEMBER 1893, Page 17

" SODY AND BOUL."

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")

Sin,—Your correspondent, in the Spectator of September 9th, Francis W. Holmes, has added another to the amusing tale of verbal transpositions of which that at the head of this note is a well-known example. " Hand- grenades," for the extinction of fire, we have all heard of and seen. " Fire-brigades" are found in every city and town; but " hand-brigades ? "--where