VISIBLE SPEECH.
To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")
Sin,—If your reviewer will kindly give me an opportunity of orally explaining to him the system of " Visible Speech," I pledge myself to give him, in one hour, a clear understanding of its principles, as well as, I trust, a satisfactory appreciation of the value of the system.
In the preface to the inaugural volume, I refer to the " impos- sibility of communicating an exact knowledge of sounds before the appropriate symbols of the system are understood," as the chief reason why the work should have been published orally, as well as in print, pro bono publico.
I trust you will allow me to make your columns the medium of an offer to give the benefit of free oral initiation to all who are interested in the subject, by means of a weekly evening lecture in South Kensington Museum, if the facilities of that establishment are rendered available for the purpose.
In about a month I shall have ready a popular shilling book, devoted exclusively to "English Visible Speech." This work, by confining attention, at first, to known sounds, will make the sub- ject clear to all readers.—I am, Sir, &c.,
ALEX. MELVILLE BELL.
18 Harrington Square, N. W., November 28, 1867.
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