, 1877-10-27

1ItIGAalIkt bEtFNUEl1 I'll iIllClt5llhE lFtHECh
them. and the interchange Of lItcraturc,-tte
excess. Of course, being very largely on the tfde
t,f f'ritish hooks and periodical publications.
have been eeaseicsa1y at Mork 10 bringing the
pie 70 uniformity. We have taken much from
our Drttlah brethren, bnt they have taken some
thing from US. The same influences, constantly
STRENGTHENING and sprcalfnR, wilt continue AMI
desired and looked icr thsce-quarters of I ten-
and seSer. &c IL unEio?hty ia q ,h.s fs.pee. ss tSat
which now exists between cultivated circles. Of
man grammastAn. in his great English gram.
mar, cites With equal freedom American and
Hrltieh authors u authoritative upon usage In
the English language. 30 much for the Intro"
Euage. .
MT only, however, has there been no dis.
tincttvc American verbal character given to tho
EnglIsh language here. but the very words
which were oncc regarded a. OF American CUM
age have been found to be Of English origin
an'1 tanetioncd BY thc best English usage.
This remark. necessary here, has been mads 10
often Of late years that 4 IT, proper TO eay that
ago, ~ the readers of :" shakspcarc'a scholar "
and OF my edition Ut Shakespeare know. TAat
there arc words aui phrases which, having f1a,i
their origin here, and having been received lnto
called Atnertcan}|.m.. II have 'r no o. thought of
denying. But they are coHlparntively lew; and,
Of those very words wtlrh were stiRnattze.t
most strongly Us Aulcrfcanfsins, not few may
be SHOWN, think, 10 DC Al undcnfabiy EnR istl
by origin and by usage as any word In the ia1.
gIacc. As my grst example Of these shalt
NOTION.
THIS Is perhaps. nf ati so-caIled American
tsms, regarded as the must absolutely American
! and Yankee. fankec.notlons" las become
not only q sort Of hy-wortl of jocoae feproach
aguinst Sew-Englanderst but q well:rccognixed
: trade-phrasc. There are dealers In Yankee NO
arc such % their signs and in their alscrtise-
meaning .'anlall wares Or trihcs," and
says OF 1t that It is "much used bv
ss'ss 9s srr a The :sss sssss
Of fankce pcttdscr who says that lie has - all
sorts Of notious," and mentions atnung thcm
caltcoes, French.work collars anil enpcs. sotlt-
! books, essences, and smctling.bottfcs. And yet
Eravest Of English dldattic poems, By British
puct who lived and wrote nore than hundred
md aftv ,ycass ago. Young, In his "Sight-
:: Thoughts h1s this passaEe:
! And other worlds send odars. source. and song.
And robes, and notions framed in foreign looms.
] -Ss9ht Second.
I The Yankee pcdd'er and tho British poet both
use the word with exactly the same meaning, ns
tIoninR In detail the very same articles under
the general head OF "uotior,s" os will be found
! by a comparison Of the pnssagts cited. atn
I atle e bring forward Cut ono such use
| + have We no. searc},ed ior ''H ny EXAMPLES, ,
which havr fal'cn III my mar unsought: but
! this one Is from AT author Ut such a position.
and Is 20 very clear and decided IN !ss character.
gard 10 ny y.nert example, However, l happen to
be moro thoroughly eanippea:
| This word, which Is defined By johnson as ito
<fs<,sxk AT.
! epics oi jadga;sntsS Or TO conjecture r.gkiiy,
| OF upon some }ust Ecasor," is used here, and
! particularly IN New England, In the sensc TO
believe. 70 suppose. to shink; and tll's use is
most ,narkcd typo. Mr. bartlett graycly reads
I n little lecture upon II a. d dreadful example,
aud The REV. K. G. tlcikie, in tho Canalia,.
journal, is gool.naturcdIy ecornful 0f con-
VIZ 5 t"ksn ss tn Is:tsesf,ss s se yss G ID
Ills translation of tho New Testament:
In that ourc the dlscIplts canon to ihcsus ct sell
den who a<;;t:t thou T. Csettcr In tho k5ngdom Of
na. psit ssas to im tay ,,, BE- 'th Il, tses
aenufaeu bo haade for monsy.-dets. rtlt., u.
Herc, as tn the foregoing passage, the acnso
! Of "Rucss" ID, plainly, think, suppose; tho
tass 3assk xss 50 " cssns; cs%.s ryne,s
thought" Hli!ch ~as retained Ii the received
version. The same passage appears In the Wy
| cliflito "ApoloEy for tho Lollarde. p. 48; for
| thu 3t4se,f to have the gtft OF God for money!
Fr,m this latter book also quot1 the following
| passage:
! Hector trhebf anus man sum TYNE rchcst, wen
1 hn wcnt to usn nhIloHonhie 1t Athens. be kcst 4
wnv rrrat nctss Of coin: he 0tsfid that he mirht
| not hnns 10 siIre rlchcs md ysrtn.-P. III
.,"...,. r.. ,,-..t.,A -, IT,
hnn 2! thls u hf TUG na9!S ulsptcu q az, tant no
sbs nSsua iii ~ o' '""'a 'a'''s u
n t,,e flr.t of thea. na.,oe.. o,.-,.~y hs. III,
a.n.e ri s,,nnost,. thonrht in ihn scronis thot
ot ho,torot1 Mcyt III ,ha,,o.r. ~ ~D0S
oA oe'ss seu' neA. s4.o eaauee4.
| ana .! my count have fiRht now Of shea
| good concs1l ~ III ny W. qf!ses
l.. 1'o't"s o"a tFesAo'. hoo6 Il
for such u,anerc folk 1fsss
D!9anen love, az nothing Of him know:
They spskcu mat never ocnt az eowG. ~
| -to.' oooe ~.
tight for her tronsh md Tor her kindnesse
Iaal aosra han ast'c! ena; sasn hesss't Go, qfst
| Aeqe"a - ooea "o"e"' - 4ooA'
| Ia inc Afat VI tEcsc passages, - Eesse -
Lncarh, suppose, tmaglhe: in The second And
| third, believe, au1 sure. These examples arc
from sucl ancient English wr!ters--the Tcry
earliest OF those who arc strictly called Enptta!
| that tllcy might b. fa.though not 1ustIy) sci
asidc "a too antl9uated TO support modern