20 OCTOBER 1917, Page 17

THE LETTER "AITCH."

ITo THE EDITOu OP TOL " SPECTATOR: '1 SIR,—Y011 speak of the letter " aitch" as having nloue " the dignity of a name." Stay I point out that another letter has at trait the dignity of being a word ? Rent, in King Lear (II. ii.). addresses the Steward as "Thou ... zed! thou unnecessary