11 OCTOBER 1902, Page 18

MATTHEW ARNOLD'S LITERARY JUDGMENTS. rTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")

SIB,—In his letter (Spectator, September 27th) Mr. Lionel Tollemache states that "Arthur Stanley agreed with his old schoolfellow, Matthew Arnold." In the usual acceptation of the word, they were not schoolfellows. Arthur Stanley left Rugby in June, 1835; Matt. and Tom Arnold did not join from Winchester till 1836 certainly, and, I think, not till 1837.-1