The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
A discussion has arisen as to the oompaIalive
losses OF the Japanese and Russian forces during
iho Teeen, engsgeme1t a. Laoyane and those OF
VIII you kindly publish The best authenticated re-
turns Of the casualties in both evenlsf n .ov,x
There arc no authentic figures yet available Of
tho losses al Liaoyang. Will there DO any until
long after the Is over Published estimates have
been mere gucsswork and have ranged from 2o'ooo
to 10000. During the three days nghtlng AZ Get'ys-
burg the Federal army, according 10 omcia ro-
ports, lost s,o72 killed. N.<oI wounded and 6,<s$
captured or missing. Tho Confederate losses. 40.
oordng TO ofpcial reports. which have been called
In question. were 1852 killed, l27c wounded ana
$3.50 captured or missing.
Can you give me complete llst Of the published
works Of M. W. h. Yeats the Irish posstt o,ypr
"Mosada." a. play reprinted from Dublin Uni
versty Review. In pamphlet FORM out OF print
and very scarce C8S6.
The wanderings OF osin and Other Poems-
1880.
Tho Countess Kathleen and Various Legends
and LYRICS dse?.
-The Land Of Hearts Desire A play $3.50.
Poems" Selected 1885.
The Wind Among the Reeds" 1880.
Poems" tS09).
THE Shadowy Waters" 1900.
Poems" CsOp.
In tho Seven Woods POEMS chiefly OF tho
Irish heroic age d9o3.
Tho Kings Threshold limited edition pm
vately printed In New York isoD- Out OF print
PROSE.
John Sherman and Dhoya' t1seD.
The Celtic Twilight" usss)-
Tho Secret Rose" uss7)-
The Tables OF the Law. The Alteration OF the
Magi." Privately printed dssO.
N In A play (lp0n,
The Celtic Twilight" new and revised edi-
ton Ceop.
Plays for an Irish Theatre" vols. t1so0.
ideas OF Good and Evil, essays tisos,.
Mr.. Yeats has also edited the following works.
Fairy and Folk Tales Of the Irish Peasantry-
1850.
Representative Irish Tales, vols. $500.
stories from Carlton" (lS9D.
The Works OF william Blake" IN conjunction
with Mr.. z. J. Ellis)- vols. usas
Poems OF William Blake" ussS).
Irish Fairy Tales" nseD.
"A Book OF Irish Verse" 1885.
"A Book of Images" Drawings by VI. T. Horton
1885.
"Beltaine.- The organ Of the Insh Literary
Theatre 1850 1900,
a Book Of Irish Verse new Issue. revised
$500.
"Samhaln.- The organ Of the IHsh National
Theatre Society. .vols. 1901 -loo2).
Esopus. JACK PILOT
No.
I. Who was the author Of the little prayer. Now
! lay me down TO sleep pray the LORD my soul 10
is il not a fact that a number. of years ago
street and that said bridge was built for nerma:
nent structure and not temporary anaI' Az u
cost and when was 1t taken down. A. V. n.
l. We do not know. The lines occur In the i777
reprint OF the New England Primer and are said
TO have been in the earliest edition. q The Leew
Bridge across Broadway at Fulton street was de-
signed as a relief to the congested traffic OF the
lower streets OF the city. II was completed In May.
1867 but, as few pedestrians used II, was taken
down In the following year. We do not know what
II cost
Isthe expression II guess and so as used TO day
survival of an obsolete English mode OF speech,
| No. To guess" as meaning to suppose. Is an old
! Derbyshire provinciall,m still surviving In the
| glossary of the Clarendon edition of Chaucer We
| nud: "GesS. to deem. suppose. think, guess
Du Gissen Sw., Gissa Dan. Gsse, to believe. sup
pose" 1t Is used practically we use II 10 day In
Chaucers couplet:
Her yellow hair was braided In ,ress.
Behind her head yard long. guess"
The expression was In common use at the time
! Of the Restoration, as Nanbrugh In The Mistake"
makes one of his characters say:
| IF were. l might ind more cause.
guess. than your mistress has given our
master here"
| notice In recent issue OF THE Sun account
of the British advance in Tibet In which Is stated
in England giving an account Of ali the attempts
which had been made to reach the sacred city OF
Lhasa. II you can give Inc any Information as 10
WAS BRUCE CRAVEN
| Information concerning all attempts to reach
Ihasa up to 1879 is contained In Narratives of the
| r. le ~ Nhetap doff ~
| of Thomas Manning to Lhasa." Edited with notes.
| an Introduction and lives Of Mr.. Boyle and Mr.
Manning. by Clements r. Markham, London 1870.
that there was no foundation for The story that
| Theodosa Purr was captured by pirates Some
ssse in nsh 81 so ON his
confessed that he was one Of the pirates and saw
That .ams venerable fraud used 70 turn up his
toes at regular Intervals to the accompaniment OF
the same old death bed confession. There was
never q shred OF valuable evidence adduced In
support of the pirate yarn.
Please lie, me know the source OF the saying:
-lt's wise child that knows Its own father
A contends there IS no such word In the English
snEua s.s ,Rens Of .sS sye,
following instances In which he claims The word
| Is properly used: /: Her hair got white" 2.
| Il got embarrassed In the ompany Of so many
women" s. They got large mess Of ish on their
to-day than had year ago" s, We got together
last night for conference, AZ contention Is based
latter day dictionaries. BIS on his understanding
Of the grammar of I-indley Murray: II Improperly
used la the INSTANCES here given, please give few
instances In which. In your opinion the word may
| be tightly employed WILLIAM FIcKKhr.
Bis hight. The English language is a thing Of
fe too free to be hampcred By the shackles Of the
purist and the dictionary maker. In none Of the
Instances quoted can the word be said to be In
correctly used. Compare Shakespeare:
The plebeians have got your fellow tribune and
hale him up and down"
Teanyson
81 see 1t Is a trick got up betwtxt you and the
woman there"
Herbert:
Thou hast got the face OF man..
And for tho main capabilities OF the verb. transi.
tive and intranstive. see the passage from Arstar.
chus by DR.. withers led. 1872, quoted in the Cen.
tury Dictionary and beginning:
| az hoya VII n,nutes mi