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Show j'y -"Oood English." ff-'.i v In discussing editorially tho art of L ' ' ' writing good English, tho Now York f " Evening Post assorts, what wo may i j, . easily belln.-o, that the fault of most h ' manuscript submitted to its editors is K ' not erratic uinctuatlon, grammatical j - blunders or Improprieties. These are superficial vlcos. "Tho artlclos aro 1 . ' clogged wit'1 words, all of thorn cor- 1 rect, half o' .bem superfluous;" which - roculls a pa. sago In Iloswoll's "John- Jib son:" "I took down Thomson," said tf6 Johnson, "a;nl read aloud a largo por- ' , tlon of him nd then assert: 'Is not this flno?' Shlels having expressed tho highest admiration, 'Well, lr,' said I, 'I havo omlttod ovory other lino.' " a |