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(To ma EDITOB OP TER "SPECTLF0101 correspondents have not noticed

that " snub," 4' sneap," and " snib " are undoubtedly connected with " snip," so that when you snub a man, you simply "cut him short," or "take him down a bit."—I am, Sir, &c., The Vicarage, Woodville, Sept. 25th. EDWARD LYTTEL-