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Richard C. Boys, University ofMichigan
Ralph Cohen, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles
Vinton A. Dearing, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles
Lawrence Clark Powell, ClarkMemorial Library
W. Earl Britton,University of Michigan
Emmett L. Avery, State College ofWashington
Benjamin Boyce, DukeUniversity
Louis Bredvold, University ofMichigan
John Butt, King’s College,University of Durham
James L. Clifford, ColumbiaUniversity
Arthur Friedman, University ofChicago
Edward Niles Hooker, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles
Louis A. Landa, PrincetonUniversity
Samuel H. Monk, University ofMinnesota
Ernest C. Mossner, University ofTexas
James Sutherland, UniversityCollege, London
H. T. Swedenberg, Jr.,University of California, Los Angeles
Edna C. Davis, Clark MemorialLibrary
The answerers who rushed into print in 1712 against Swift’sProposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the EnglishTongue were so obviously moved by the spirit of faction that, apartfrom a few debating points and minor corrections, it is difficult todisentangle their legitimate criticisms from their political pre