A CORRECTION.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The notice of my book, " Love's Victory " (Percival and Co.), in the Spectator of July 11th, contains a serious misrepre- sentation, which, as it relates to a matter of fact, not of opinion,
I must ask to be permitted to correct.
Referring to my poem, " Sunrise upon Atlas," after having accused me of writing " something that is not far from non- sense," the reviewer proceeds to ask, in support of his accusa- tion, " Why should cedar woods be said to moan with the hollow sound
'Of horns rising sullen, slow and regal ' I"
Now, Sir, this line does not occur in the poem my critic pro- fesses to quote. The stanza referred to runs thus :-
"About yon peak I see the broad-winged eagle Sail slow, and now the cedar woods around, Gray-grown, are moaning with the hollow sound Of Eurus, rising sullen, slow and regal."
Had my reviewer quoted correctly, and not mismetred me, the unfairness of citing this single line, or any other, apart from the context of the stanza, would still remain.—I am, Sir, &c., J. A. BLAIKIE. Basile Club, 107 Piccadilly, W., July 14th.
[This was, of course, a pure misprint of " horns " for " Ennui." And we are sorry that the blunder did not catch the reviewer's eye.—En. Spectator.]
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