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ABSTRACT IN your review of Dr. Joseph Bowden's “Elements of the Theory of Integers,” there is included a severe condemnation of the very moderate instalment of spelling reform which the
author appears to have introduced into his work. A discussion on the general question of spelling reform would, of course, not be suitable to your pages, and I therefore confine myself to
making a respectful remonstrance against your reviewer's sweeping condemnation of what I conjecture to be an attempt to remedy a few of the glaring inconsistencies and anomalies of the
current English spelling. Other languages have, from time to time, reformed their spelling so as to bring it more into harmony with the pronunciation, and this has been the case in our own
time with German. It can scarcely be doubted that, sooner or later, the same will be the case with English. In that event the spellings you quote will certainly be adopted, with the
exception of “_fixd_,” which will, of course, be spelt _fixt_. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS
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