13 NOVEMBER 1909, Page 18

WAYLAND SMITH.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the article on " Ceremony and Survival " (Spectator, October 30th) Wayland Smith is said to be common ancestral property to Englishmen and Americans. The Germane and the Scandinavians, however, niay claim a share in him. In the. Wielandsaga, of the Edda, Wieland the Smith speaks of his home as by the cliffs of the Rhine.—I am, Sir, &c.,

3 Hew Court, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.

WILLIAM BARNARD.