Walter W. Se:eat.

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[to The Editor Op The "spectat03.1

Stn,—Would not Mr. Wyse's purpose be served by describing "boycott," "Bobby," and the like as "nominant words," or, still more simply, as " nominants " ? In common speech this......

Emile Zola.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 [TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—May I add to your remarks on M. Zola in the Spectator of October 4th by citing some words of Macaulay......

[to The Editor Of Tee " Sprctator."1

have waited a week, hoping that somebody of higher authority than myself in matters of hygiene would correct the fallacy in Major M. Collie's reference to the work of the......

Suggestions For A New Word To Denote Words Derived From

PROPER NAMES. (To THE EDITOR. OP THE "SPECTATOR:] Sin,—A word derived from a man's name may be correctly denoted by " anthroponym." Also " anthroponymic," formed like......

Greek At Our Universities.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPROTATOR.1 SIR,—The letter under the above heading in the Spectator of October 11th awakens a reminiscence of the way Greek was taught in the University......