14 OCTOBER 1911, Page 18

THE ROMANTIC PAST. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—In

your kind review of Mr. Ralph Nevill's "Romantic Past," on page 653 of the Spectator for October 7th, you draw attention to a misprint by which the name Juliette Drouet is twice given as Juliette Adam. Will you allow us to state that this mistake was discovered immediately after the publication of the book, and that all copies that could be obtained from the trade were recalled and a cancel page inserted? We regret that it was then too late to recall review copies, as several reviews had already