Questions at Issue in
Our English Speech

Practically all the matter in this collection of essays has beenprinted elsewhere. Four of the articles, “A Question of Preferencein English Spelling,” “Authority in English Pronunciation,” “WhatIs Slang?” and “Briticisms versus Americanisms,” first appeared inthe “Popular Science Monthly” and are here reproduced with the kindpermission of the editor of that journal. The paper, “Vulgarismswith a Pedigree,” is rewritten from three brief essays on alliedthemes which were published in the “Atlantic Monthly” and the “NorthAmerican Review.” The essay on “Our English Spelling of Yesterday—WhyAntiquated?” is reprinted from the “Methodist Review.” I wish hereto thank the publishers of these periodicals for permission toreprint.