EDWARDS, BETHA.M-EDWARDS, AND EDWA.RDES. [TO Ton EDITOR OF Till "SPROTATOR."]
*litt,—A friend of mine has just sent me your notice on my Holidays in Eastern France." May I beg, whilst thanking you for your review, to insert this disclaimer of any such title as your critic gives me ? There is no "Mrs..Edwards " in our literature that I know of, and the two ladies bearing that name have, one might suppose, after twenty years of literary work, plainly established their identity, even in the minds of the busiest of reviewers. Let me, however, have the opportunity of stating, for once and for all, that the work in question is, as stated on the title-page, by Miss Bethara-Edwards, author of "Kitty," and not by Miss Amelia B. Edwards, author of "A Thousand Miles up the Nile." Mrs. Edwardes, whose distinctive e at the end of her name distinguishes her from my cousin and myself, is the author of many popular novels, but I believe of no works of travel whatever. in any case, the work in your reviewer's hands, entitled " Holidays in Eastern France," is not by the author of " Ought We to Visit Her ?" but by your obedient and
(Author of " Kitty," " Dr. Jacob," " A Winter with the Swallows," "A Year in Western France," "The Sylvostres," "John and I," " Felicia," &o.)
Dijon, Prance, September 27th.
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