20 JUNE 1908, Page 18

THE LIFE OF DELANE.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOE."1

SIR,—As I have reason to believe that many letters written by Mr. John Delane when editor of the Times are now in private hands, will any reader of the Spectator who has in his possession letters from my uncle on questions of political, social, and literary interest kindly allow me to copy them, with a view to their inclusion in the next (the third) edition of my " Life of Delane" P-1 am, Sir, &c., ARTHUR IRWIN DASENT.

The Dutch House, Hampton-on-Thames.