20 JANUARY 1933, Page 17

LEARNING TO SPELL

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

Suc,—The following short sentences are made up of English words in common use, but I doubt if one in five of your readers would get full marks if they were given as a dictation exercise :

" A harassed pedlar met an embarrassed saddler near a cemetery to Rauge the symmetry of a lady's ankle. This manoeuvre they performed with unparalleled ecstasy."