13 AUGUST 1881, Page 11

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

THE LATE DEAN STANLEY.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1

SIR,—I do not know whether you will care for another story about the Dean. It may serve to comfort others, as it did myself, in a sense of deficiency. I was talking to him about the difficulties of parochial work. Said the Dean, "No one feels up to his work. I have always thought that a Dean should have three qualifications, none of which I possess. First, I think a Dean should know something about music ; I am abso- lutely ignorant of the subject. Secondly, I think a Dean should know something about architecture ; 1 know nothing about it Thirdly, I think a Dean should know something about the 'management of business ; I 'am always thankful when our audit is over, and we have not come to some grievous mishap." Those who knew him will feel how badly the story is told, and what it loses at second-hand.—I am, Sir, Src., The Vicarage, Greenwich, August 8th. B. L.