15 FEBRUARY 1957, Page 15

THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE SIR,-1 am preparing for Alfred A. Knopf

an abridgement of H. L. Mencken's The American Language, to be based on the fourth edition (1936) and the two supplements (1945, 1948). I should be grateful for any information about statements of fact that may no longer be completely accurate.—Yours faithfully,

RAVEN I. MCDAVID, JR.

Department of English, Western Reserve University, Cleveland 6. Ohio