PROFESSOR DOWDEN ON GOETHE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I can hardly regret that I have been misunder- stood since the misunderstanding has called forth so able a defence of Goethe as that in your article in the Spectator of May 9th. In the address given before the English Goethe Society on May 1st, I played the part of Devil's Advocate for the purpose of providing our members with a statement of the adversaries' case. This the audience perfectly under- stood ; the reporter of the Daily Chronicle, necessarily ab- breviating what I said, omitted the portion of my address which explained its object. And in the number of the Daily Chronicle following that which contained the report, I supplied in a letter the necessary correction. The address will shortly appear in print.—I am, Sir, Sze , Killevey, Co. Dublin, May 9th. EDWARD DOWDEN.
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