THE DOCTOR OF DIVINITY.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I add one thing to Mr. Dolphin's delightful article in your issue of September 15th on Dr. A. S. Farrar, of Durham, under the above title ? Those who possess that very rare and valuable volume by Dr. Farrar, the Bampton Lectures for 1862, on "A Critical History of Free Thought," know well how true it is that he was "a learned man," and that "the literary and theological world would be richer to-day had lie not been over-sensitive to criticism." In the course of my work of lecturing on Christian Evidences I have often wished that Dr. Farrar had continued his splendid work, or that
someone else with his remarkable gifts of penetration and balance would have provided us with a history of Free Thought brought down to the present time.—I am, Sir, &c.,
W. H. GRIFFITH THOMAS.
129 Maplewood Avenue, Germantown, Pa., U.S.A.
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