SIR C. GAVAN DUFFY'S REMINISCENCES OF CARLYLE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, May I be allowed to add my protest to that of your- correspondent " A. W.," against the cruel aspersions of Carlyle on the character of the late Derwent Coleridge, and also my confirmation of his statement that F. D. Maurice made an application that a vacant preferment then at the disposal of the Government, might be offered to the man he- considered to be eminently fitted to fill it P I was calling on Mr. Maurice on the very day on which he had made the ap- plication, and he told me of it, expressing his great admiration and regard for the character and attainments of Derwent Coleridge. I was at the time a parishioner of Hanwell, and intimately connected with the Rector, Derwent Coleridge, for fifteen years, and I can testify that his presence, his high cul- tivation, above all his Christian spirit, were appreciated alike by rich and poor; while the family at the rectory were always accessible, gracious, and ready to help all who needed.. help. No brother had ever a greater admiration and a deener regard fcr his brother than Derwent Coleridge kept to "ne end for Hartley. The habit of raking up and publisbl-ng every
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