for your guide. He has the sense to begin the vast, the immense majority of his words with a lower-case letter. And there are doubtful words: Titanic, Cyclopean. I never know these without turning 'em up for myself.
To sum up: (a) take a firm stand against capitals generally; (b) be prepared to make moderate (i. e. grudging,) concessions; (c) have little Murray at your elbow.
After so long a letter, Teixeira contented
himself with a few annotations to one next
day.
On my telling him that I had congratulated a common friend of his son's "blue", he interposed:
(I would write to A. P. if I knew what a
"blue" was; but I really have not the remotest
idea. Word of honour, I'm not conniegilchristing.
I presume it has to do with cricket; and
it's a mere guess.)
I have studied your exposition of capitals, I continued, with great interest and, I hope, profit, though there is a fundamental difficulty which I
