THE MORALITY OF " EXPERTISING."
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The following anecdote told of the great Duke of Wel. lington by Gleig ("People's Edition," p. 448) seems an apt illustration of your recent article on " The Morality of Expertising ' " :—" Of the Duke's rigid integrity an instance occurred in reference to the estate which is well worth placing on record. Some farm adjoining to his lands was for sale, and his agent negotiated for him for the purchase. Having con- cluded the business, he went to the Duke and told him that he had made a capital bargain. What do you mean ? ' asked the Duke. Why, your Grace, I have got the farm for so much, and I know it to be worth at least so much more.' Are you quite sure of that " Quite sure, your Grace, for I have carefully surveyed it." Very well, then, pay the gentle- man from me the balance between what you have already given and the real value of the estate. " And it was done.—
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