15 NOVEMBER 1924, Page 14

RICHARD ROLLE.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—For many years I have been collecting materials for a catalogue of the writings of Richard Rolle, hermit of Hempole, the pioneer among mediaeval English mystics. I have lately seen manuscripts of his works in Italy, Austria, Bohemia and Sweden, and the fact that his writings are so widely distributed abroad would give the presumption that the same is true in England, and that many manuscripts of his work probably exist outside the great public collections. Some private owners have already very kindly let me examine manuscripts of Rolle in their possession, and I should be very grateful if I could hear of other volumes that have not yet been brought