CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I. Confessions of a Spelling Reformer 1
II. Attitude of the Educated 56
III. The Orthographic Situation 94
I. THE PROBLEM 94
II. MOVEMENT OF VOWEL-SOUNDS 100
III. THE VOWELS 113
IV. THE DIGRAPHS 134
V. THE CONSONANTS 160
IV. The Question of Honor 194
V. Methods of Relief 238
VI. Objections, Real or Reputed 280
I. LOSS OF KNOWLEDGE OF DERIVATION 283
II. LIKENESS OF SPELLING IN WORDS WITH UNLIKE MEANINGS 307
III. EXISTING BOOKS RENDERED VALUELESS 314
IV. IMPOSSIBILITY OF PHONETIC SPELLING 320
VII.     The Final Consideration 331
Index 343