, 1879-02-16

1utur, neer or remot, to deytz simpler and NOR
satisfactory forms, that shall still fctan caractcr-
compound. The tn Of thin and then shud of
cours dilcr perscptibly from eech other.
\ modified nit tax the plas Of z in is, as, has
and tic iik, while the public nervs wcr acquir-
ing strength to bear the NOR angular Letter. so'
too, cclllla or Frcurh nit BE- permitted tn Gu
duty in such words place, hence, since. until
cuu setl down grasefuly tn its on proper biznes
Tl,er need be no contest over and L. Both ar
not needed, but neither need be hastily driven
out. Both ina be 1lzcl for tim; the fitcst vii
suryiv @ is comparativly uselcs, but its pres
ent us is SO uniform bclor that it iz harmless
X is not really needed, but 1t haz sum Valu az an
abrevation aud it necd not be rudy zorcised.
The plan thus hastily sketcht is substantially
want of sutabl tips it cannot be illustrated her;
but it's practicabllity ma be sed to hay bin pretty
thoroly ytested daring the past ycer, it having bin
quit extensively uzd in prlyat correspondents.
huv myself witcn shores OF letters in DUR foncttcs
to thoz hu no nothiu. or the subject and III no
instans baz eDy difficulty bin experleusd in the
rerdiur: Will In several instances much satis-
faction ilaz bin cxprcst in referens tu the sim
plsity Of the spelling by thoz tu hoom the idea
OF spelling reform Waz entirely uu.
1t will redily ocur 10 every wun that In such
q sistcm US / hay descrlbd a lari proper
tion of the words wud be unnfstallabl; and az
tu the difficulties which the un'uit'atcd ina think
tha foresc there solution ma be breetly indicated
UJa LOU Ut GGEE lluotA<Ats AhI hVkA "At ~
Writclrwith tl1c dotted. After seeing this the
reader IL not lilsly to mstak meet written with
wun ctlotctl for met. -ly IL written mi, with the
coming bclo the line Qong y; after which
might written with 4 similar ! aud Without gh WI
not he mistaken for mt. The Of father haz
the uzual form, while that of day (writen with
out the " is notisably different, ad that at IL
different IRON ether. The recder tan hardly
fal tn notis 1hez difcrenses, after which he haz
no trubf tn distinguish tdfe WITHOUT the {, but
n, I'll frnfn
In concluding this alrcdT too long COM
llnication dcsir tn urj upon OF interested in
this vastly important reform to oecum members
uf the Spelling Reform Association. In union
tlcr is strength. This Asosation was organizeu
in 1876 and includes meny Of the leeding skolcrs
and educational men oy the country. BY be-
cunning 1nc1nbcrs and obtaining its bulletins III
vii increcs yur nolcj or the subject at the sam
time that yu help to swell its numbers, its i'll
nucns. anu its usetnlnes. Funts are crafty
needed. tost Of membership, wun dollar per
alnllul, wun hundred cents III which 20 tu
adyans the coz, NJ o ofrcrs work for nothing and
lind tfemsclvs. Send tn the Secretary, Melyil
Dewey, Boston.
eft OF fre adyertizment by publishing list
oy the officers, which send yu herewith:
President Francis \. March, Ii. D., Easton.
yice-Presidcnt.7 $ S;;u,Ha Mnlde;man, ;, H. 2.
Eng the i;cy. \. II. Sayce, A. b. Oxford Eng.
tic lion. ". I. Harris, L.. p, st: Louis, 40.
E. Jones, .. A.. Liverpool, Eng; =. D. Whit
ney, LII. D.; New Haven, Conn. Henry Sweet
Esq, Lonton, Eng. Il. j: Child, Ph. D., Cam
bridge, Mass. the ltey: ". ". Skeat, a. H.,
Cambridge, Eng. c. L: Nelson, D. u, Annapolis,
Md Eliza u. Burns :,} Park how, New York,
Secretary Mciyil Dewey, \. NJ, editor Library
journal, s.! Hawlcy street, Boston.
Treasurcr-E Hubbard Barlow, A. NJ, Easton,
Pa.
First D,fcctor-O. c. Blackmer, 4. H., President
Adams, Dlackmer Is Lyon Publishing Company,
14T-l49 Fifth avenue, Chicago.
Director for the Sonthwest-r. r. Eickroy, 4.
81, 11l7 North Twcnty-hflh street, ST. Louis,
Mo e. D. 3,