FOOTNOTES:[1]As this opinion of Professor Child has been questioned, I give here an extract from a letter written by him for publication, and printed in theHome Journalof New York for June 21, 1882. This paper was then engaged in gathering the opinions of scholars and men of letters on the subject of English orthography. “One of the most useful things just now,” wrote Professor Child, “is to break down the respect which a great, foolish public has for the established spelling. Some have a religious awe, and some have an earth-born passion for it. At present I don’t much care how anybody spells, so he spell different from what is established. Any particular individual spelling is likely to be more rational than the ordinary.”[2]Times, December 27, 1906.[3]Act V, scene 1, line 269.[4]Mrs. Cowden Clarke’s Concordance gives but thirty-four. She omits the instance of its occurrence which is found in IHenry IV., act ii, scene 4.[5]The formsepulchreis found in the folio of 1623, inRichard II., act i, scene 3, and in IIIHenry VI., act i, scene 4.[6]Addison’sRemarks on Italy, etc., ed. of 1705,fiber, p. 212;salt-peter, p. 239;scepter, pp. 19, 124;theater, pp. 102, 155, 156, 433 (twice), 521;theatre, p. 50;amphitheater, pp. 57 (twice), 127, 176, 219, 224, 302, 345, 379;amphitheatres, p. 225.[7]Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, London, 2 vols., 1726.Centerappears in vol. i, pp. 60, 67; vol. ii, pp. 36 (twice), 37, 43 (twice); twicemeagerappears in vol. ii, pp. 63, 105.[8]The Rape of Lucrece, l. 217.[9]Venus and Adonis, l. 622.[10]Sonnets, lxviii.[11]Sonnets, cxlvi.[12]Sonnets, xvii.[13]Venus and Adonis, l. 931.[14]IHenry IV., act i., scene 3.
[1]As this opinion of Professor Child has been questioned, I give here an extract from a letter written by him for publication, and printed in theHome Journalof New York for June 21, 1882. This paper was then engaged in gathering the opinions of scholars and men of letters on the subject of English orthography. “One of the most useful things just now,” wrote Professor Child, “is to break down the respect which a great, foolish public has for the established spelling. Some have a religious awe, and some have an earth-born passion for it. At present I don’t much care how anybody spells, so he spell different from what is established. Any particular individual spelling is likely to be more rational than the ordinary.”
[1]As this opinion of Professor Child has been questioned, I give here an extract from a letter written by him for publication, and printed in theHome Journalof New York for June 21, 1882. This paper was then engaged in gathering the opinions of scholars and men of letters on the subject of English orthography. “One of the most useful things just now,” wrote Professor Child, “is to break down the respect which a great, foolish public has for the established spelling. Some have a religious awe, and some have an earth-born passion for it. At present I don’t much care how anybody spells, so he spell different from what is established. Any particular individual spelling is likely to be more rational than the ordinary.”
[2]Times, December 27, 1906.
[2]Times, December 27, 1906.
[3]Act V, scene 1, line 269.
[3]Act V, scene 1, line 269.
[4]Mrs. Cowden Clarke’s Concordance gives but thirty-four. She omits the instance of its occurrence which is found in IHenry IV., act ii, scene 4.
[4]Mrs. Cowden Clarke’s Concordance gives but thirty-four. She omits the instance of its occurrence which is found in IHenry IV., act ii, scene 4.
[5]The formsepulchreis found in the folio of 1623, inRichard II., act i, scene 3, and in IIIHenry VI., act i, scene 4.
[5]The formsepulchreis found in the folio of 1623, inRichard II., act i, scene 3, and in IIIHenry VI., act i, scene 4.
[6]Addison’sRemarks on Italy, etc., ed. of 1705,fiber, p. 212;salt-peter, p. 239;scepter, pp. 19, 124;theater, pp. 102, 155, 156, 433 (twice), 521;theatre, p. 50;amphitheater, pp. 57 (twice), 127, 176, 219, 224, 302, 345, 379;amphitheatres, p. 225.
[6]Addison’sRemarks on Italy, etc., ed. of 1705,fiber, p. 212;salt-peter, p. 239;scepter, pp. 19, 124;theater, pp. 102, 155, 156, 433 (twice), 521;theatre, p. 50;amphitheater, pp. 57 (twice), 127, 176, 219, 224, 302, 345, 379;amphitheatres, p. 225.
[7]Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, London, 2 vols., 1726.Centerappears in vol. i, pp. 60, 67; vol. ii, pp. 36 (twice), 37, 43 (twice); twicemeagerappears in vol. ii, pp. 63, 105.
[7]Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, London, 2 vols., 1726.Centerappears in vol. i, pp. 60, 67; vol. ii, pp. 36 (twice), 37, 43 (twice); twicemeagerappears in vol. ii, pp. 63, 105.
[8]The Rape of Lucrece, l. 217.
[8]The Rape of Lucrece, l. 217.
[9]Venus and Adonis, l. 622.
[9]Venus and Adonis, l. 622.
[10]Sonnets, lxviii.
[10]Sonnets, lxviii.
[11]Sonnets, cxlvi.
[11]Sonnets, cxlvi.
[12]Sonnets, xvii.
[12]Sonnets, xvii.
[13]Venus and Adonis, l. 931.
[13]Venus and Adonis, l. 931.
[14]IHenry IV., act i., scene 3.
[14]IHenry IV., act i., scene 3.