DERIVATION OF NEWS.

I have read with much interest the respective theories of the derivation of *news*, and it seems to me that Mr. Hickson's opinion must give way to an excellent authority in questions of this kind, Dr. Latham, who says, Some say, *this news* IS good in which case the word is singular. More rarely we find the expression, *these news* ARE good; in which case the word "news" is plural. In the word "news", the -*s* (unlike the -*s* in *alms* and *riches*) is no part of the original singular, but the sign of the plural, like the -*s* in "trees." Notwithstanding this, we cannot subtract the *s*, and…