21 NOVEMBER 1896, Page 30

MR. HARE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In a review in the Spectator of October 31st I saw quoted, from Mr. Augustus Hare's autobiography, a very incorrect version of a pun upon " Jex " and " Jaw," " Lex"' and "Law." This pun was, I believe, published first when Miss (now Doctor) Sophia Jex-Blake was studying medicine at Edinburgh, and involved in a lawsuit as to her right to prosecute her studies. As far as I can see, the pun derives- any point it may possess from the connection between " Jex and " Lex." It is difficult to believe that the late Master of Balliol would have indulged himself in a rather pointless witticism at the expense of a personal friend, and it is in justice to his memory that I beg you to publish this cox.-