18 OCTOBER 1913, Page 17

THE LATE PROFESSOR DOWDEN.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Will you kindly insert for me in your columns the' following request ? We are intending to prepare for publica- tion a selection from the letters of my husband, Professor Edward Dowden, and I shall be very grateful to any of his correspondents in the British Isles and elsewhere who coulcb kindly lend me letters suitable for the purpose, of literary, political, or general interest. All letters will be carefully kept*. and returned to their owners.—I am, Sir, &c.,