11 FEBRUARY 1871, Page 15

THE APOCRYPHA.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—If " Anglicanus " had read my letter before answering it, he would have seen that I expressly admitted Tobit and Judith to be unsuited for reading in divine service, and that I was aware that the lessons from the Apocrypha were only to be reduced in number and not abolished altogether, according to the new Table of Lessons. The House of Commons however, would not be bound by the proposals of the Commissioners, and if it should take the matter seriously in hand, the powerful Puritan interest will doubtless endeavour to push the reform to the exclusion of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus. I only wished to protest against such an extreme course.—I am, Sir, &c., N. G. BATT.