Etymology Debate on Canada Name in Reader Letters
In the Saturday Review of Books discussion of Miss MacPherson’s Scenic Sieges and Battlefields of French Canada readers question the common origin of Canada’s name. They examine Spanish terms such as Tierra Canada and Tierra de la Canada and consider Indian and other map notes that may have influenced early cartography along the Gulf of St. Lawrence. John S. Alexander cites map history and Spanish naming as plausible sources for the term, noting that original notes on maps passed into later charts. Lake Mohawk, Aug. 25.
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Canada
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Tierra de la Canada
St. Lawrence
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West Indies
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Bay of Fundy
Bahia Fonda
Long Island
John Ss. Alexander
Lake Mohawk
Esperanto Debate in The Times on Universal Language
Henry W. Fisher of the Pittsburg Esperanto Society argues against English or Ido as world languages. He cites Esperanto’s global adoption by Good Templars and Red Cross, warns against language cranks, and urges readers to study Esperanto texts in The Times. George R. Bishop adds a literary opinion from New York, Sept. 2.
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George R. Bishop
Readers dispute over word choices in sea poetry
A reader challenges a Letters of Readers correction from Aug 22 claiming the term babbles in a sonnet honoring William Sharp misrepresents the sea’s tone. The writer argues the Jersey shore, not New England, inspired the critique and defends the ocean’s deeper, reserved power beyond small playful sounds.
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William Sharp
Jersey Seacoast
New England
Jersey Shore
Makers of Modern Medicine Defends Book on History of Medicine
Dean JAS. J. Walsh of Fordham University writes in defense of The Makers of Modern Medicine a volume tracing the lives of twelve pioneers. He notes critics praised the book and lists figures such as Morgagni Laennec Pasteur Bernard and Jenner as Catholic contributors to nineteenth century medicine. Walsh mentions Virchow as the only major figure omitted due to his twentieth century death.
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Fordham University Press
London Faneet
Morgagni
Virchow
Auenbrugger
Johann Muller
Laennec
Galvani
Schwann
Corrigan
Claude Bernard
Pasteur
O'Dwyer
Jenner
Graves
Stokes
Jas. J. Walsh
Fordham University
Language limits for scientific nomenclature debated
Civilizational progress expands dictionaries and polysyllabic terms yet no language, be it English Latin or Esperanto, can simplify scientific nomenclature. Correspondents argue against worn foot words as a vehicle of thought, warning against inadequate language for scientific temple. Cincinnati Sept. 1.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Kansas
E.P. Foster
Whomsoever versus whosoever in mortgage deeds debated
The letter discusses English grammar use in a mortgage deed phrase handling a surplus payment to the company or its assigns. It weighs whether whomsoever is valid after to or if whom may be replaced by who, noting that general usage often favors who rather than whom in such constructions and suggesting any one who as a compromise.
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Childe Harold
New York Times
Saturday Review of Books
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Boston
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Critique of Herrick novel prompts call for apology
A Chicago reader laments Prof. Herrick s latest work for misquotations and crude views on love and religion. The letter argues the author devalues married happiness, questions his social stance, and hopes he writes a gracious apology to American women.
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Saturday Review of Books
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Alice
Stephen
Chicago
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