19 NOVEMBER 1927, Page 18

RASPUTIN

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR. j

Sni,—In your review of Prince Youssoupoff's Rasputini in- the issue of the 12th inst., Rasputin is consistently referred to as a.priest ; I think I. am right in saying that he was neither a priest nor a monk, but a professional pilgrim.—I am, Sir, &e.,

The Union Society, Cambridge. A.- E. DuricAw-JoNEs.