From the "Coterian" publisht at Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.

Perhaps ther iz nuthing in Inglish literatiur so beheind whot shud be, az our speling. It iz kumbersum, difikult, and inkonsistent. It iz a burden tu everiwun, and an advantaje tu nowun, It iz robing the children ov at leest three ov the best yeerz ov thair skool leif, and it iz a vast ekspens tu aul hoo yuze it, bei rekweiring so meni more leterz in wurdz than ar neseseri, Bei it, reiting iz made tediüs, speling and reeding ar difikult, and the ekstenshon ov our langwaje iz hinderd. It iz the laafing stok ov the wurld, and the inkiubus ov page 4Inglish sivilizashon. It iz the onli relik left ov the barbarik state from whens we kame; for we hav wunderfuli improovd in aul literatiur, eksept in the leterz and thair kombinashonz tu reprezent wurdz. We hav grown tu be men and wimen, but hav not taken of our babi klothez; and we whein leik children when eniwun treiz tu improov our apeerans.

Our neglekt tu beter our orthografi iz without reezon; it iz simpli neglekt, thát iz aul—stuborn, wilful, unreezonabel neglekt; and we aut tu be ashamed ov it. Ov koars, az with aul our neglekts and foliz and bad habits, we hav our ekskiusez, but thay ar wurthles ekskiusez. Our speling iz radikali rong, and rong shud hav no deféns and no plase. Whot iz reit shud hav the reit ov way, without kavil. Reezon in literatiur, az in everithing els, shud not be made tu take a bak seet, wheil eror iz kept at the frunt. We shud akt, not from our prejiudisez, but from our reezon; not from our prezent konveniens, but for our ultimate interest; not from a selfish stand-point, but for the graitest gud tu the graitest number.

Our alfabet iz kweit az foolish, perpleksing, and unseientifik, az our speling. C, q and x shud be thrown out, or yuzed tu reprezent soundz which hav no leterz; and eech ov the 36 elementari soundz ov our langwaje shud hav a distinkt leter. Seilent and siupérfliuus leterz wud then be unyuzed, and speling wud be simpli reiting the soundz ov wurdz.

Such an alfabet wud not be hard tu make. It wud be neseseri tu ad onli therteen niu leterz tu thoze we hav, and most ov theze kud be made from prezent leterz a litel modifeid. If we aded stil a fiu more, we shud hav a yuniversal alfabet; thát iz, it wud inkliud leterz for aul the soundz ov aul langwajez; for it iz estimated ther ar but about fifti-three. Then, hou much eezier we kud lern foren langwajez, and hou much eezier forenerz kud lern Inglish!

Let thoze hoo see the importans ov simplifeid speling, trei it in thair korespondens, and in an okazhonal artikel for the Pres. It wud not then be long before we shud bring it intu komon yuse; and this wud leed tu piur fonetiks. I hav yuzed it in this way for sum eim with sum suksés.