11 JANUARY 1908, Page 18

2170 A YEAR.

LTD TDB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:]

common with all your readers who are interested in the art of living within their income, the experiences of " Contentus sorts meii" have filled me with envy and admira- tion; but surely all the credit should be given to the wife, whose price must indeed be far above the price of rubies, for not only has she brought up a large family, and bad the entire care of a house, without regular help, but she has evidently succeeded where so many have failed,—in making her husband the contented man he is.—I am, Sir, &c., M. G. S.