, 1881-07-31

| Me Hl1u t9e 5ame statement repeated, with thu
| Information that tho is iguorantly Inserted
ns 9 IS eSen M ffsnfa is Droper Tsta aet ptSt
eaenned fas1eet tnat spenS pvoa Of % s oaer and
erssx word 'as Ike "o?S" ?;'1t,.n:. sna' .,k'
Grees!tngs. So siIie, Which has besn i disguised d
rs scytle, our Worchester thinks, from m i'm
preston that 1t was from Latin scit,tio. Millions
| sorrnn Is down as the true spelling Of sovcreigs,
| an outEroth or the Idle fancy that the word was
compounded with reign. We informed that
co.td is the older and better form Of could The
,rod und Should The Tartass also I recover here re
from the French Kings pun BY which they wer
trItolc, und s1amc acca and other Ike c1ymologi-
Gu! blundcrs nre branded rs they deserve.
These UT specimens OF the reform demanded
chronology. Word by word these corrections
may al be made i1l popular print without
nnkns # + 9ntnte' i, Isf, or even Ken earas,
! generation vii see them generally made Us it
/; was that our generation should see so many Of
| Webstcr's corrections adopted.
Webster sucsecdcsl in reforming tho spelling
OF tho Lutl2i words. The teachers and literary
men who controlc the spelling, with the advice
and consent Of tho printers, knew that tho Latin
m.sica has no !: i'll ii, and honor no in it; ccou-
olny, baekt By clylnoiogy. demanded the drop
T! ing Of the K and tho Il. The same reasons urge
OF could, nud it seems impossible that tho blum
ders can hold their grouud much longer.
The experiments which have been SO tiligcut
ly prosecuted in England und In this cuntry to
determine tic best pract!cub aifubcric ritine
for English r not OF nature To be set forth III
Il paper like this The work in this cuntry has
been don nutnly BY our interchangeable unl in
Eeniot,s manager, Mr. Fickroy, who can c1pound
the details IT the Society shal be interested TO
hear them.
One thing is Of special interest to us: Tho
more tho English experiment the nearer they
draw to the ideal nlfabct proposed by the Amer
icun FiDlogicAl Association.
hje ra.
count more progrcs in tito schools, in tho intro
luction Of text books, to teach tho beginnings of
Fieat Ro s pes ,ns Il rsr o III y 5
1or biologists So thut they can I'll ore easily dis
cover and record tho laws of language aud pre-
sery tho history OF words with accuracy is, in
decd, Il worthy object. The removal Of tho
uprObrium which rests on our scholars for coll
tinuing: to use, such ih irregular. anomalus,
contradictory, lnsOubt set OF puzzles ia oilr
words nr, Is so1nthtn1, but tho rcll power which
impcls this reform is che relief Of tho masses Of
tue peplc from tho lAbur Of !cr1l1ng spelling.
Tho prevailing interest in spelling is not to be
found i'll historical or genealogical cozlsideru-
uons-n hundred etylnolossts- n million ncu
sentiment than that often attributed to Arch
bishop Trench, that it u unscholnrty to YIELD tho
peculiar advantage or the student in the old
spelling for the sake Of tho ignorant anu un-
educated, stig;untzing it most uutruly us level
ins down and not leveling up. That is not
speak. lit is NOT worth whte,'' says Prot. Had
ley, Il for tho benefit of scholars to impose II
kevy burden upon the world ut largc." % 1t is
much more III nristocratic luxury" suy5 Pruf.
Whitney, " thnu popular bcueilt. +. Such
IL satisfaction Is II selfish one, and improperly
and rons!y obtained If bought By II sacrifice OF
Ereat public or speakers aud ritcrs." Nor, i'll
truth. is tue languu=e Of Enslishnen different.
;. II we can save tho tolling uluritudc,' suys Sir
London conference, ''we ar bound to do it,
and SO Matthew Arnold, Or. Angus, and the
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