23 NOVEMBER 1912, Page 17

THE TURKS.

[To TER EDITOR or SRI " SPICTATOR."1 SIE,—Can you tell me the true origin and derivation of the word " Turk " P That given in the " Century Dictionary " seems to me to be fanciful, and that of de Guignes, quoted in a foot-note by Gibbon, is perhaps more so. It is strange how little one knows of a word that is now in everybody's mouth.