"A" or "An."—Quem Deus vult perdere.

Allow me to refer your correspondents "PRISCIAN" and "E.S. JACKSON" (of No. 22.), to the *Selections from the Gentleman's Magazine*, London, 1814, vol. ii. pp. 333. and 162., for some interesting papers on the subjects of their respective inquiries. The paper first referred to, at p. 333., is certainly well worth perusal, as the writer, "KUSTER," has examined the question with considerable care, and proves, by many curious instances, that most of those whom we have been taught to look up to as the greatest authorities in English writing—Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, and others—seem to have had…