LAST WORDS TO MR. FLEMING
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—To conclude an unpleasant discussion, I beg to be allowed to express a natural regret that Mt. Fleming does not apply to himself his strictures on inaccuracy in others. (i) I am not American, but British—by birth and marriage.
(2) He is wrong in persisting that the typescript essay sent to him privately was published in Paris. It has not heen nor was it intended to be published anywhere.
(3) He is wrong in imagining that the award for this es-ay was made by a distinguished committee and jury. This committee and jury was formed to award a prize for the hest book on England written recently by a French writer. "1`he prize was, in fact, awarded to Mr. Albert Noblet for his "Outre Manche : leur Gouvernement," and has nothing to do with the modest and ex gratia award which Mr. Fleming so ungraciously deplores.—I am, Sir, very truly yours, THE DONOR OF THE Two PRIZES.
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