MISCELLANIES.
Etymology of "News."—The word "news" is not derived, as many suppose, from the adjective new, but from a practice that obtained in newspapers of an early date, of prefixing to the title the letters expressive of the cardinal points, thus:—
| N. | ||
| E. | W. | |
| S. |
meaning that their intelligence was derived from all quarters of the globe. This must, at any rate, be allowed as ingenious etymology.
J.U.G. GUTCH.