COUNT AXEL FERSEN.
[To THZ EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The so-called " secret papers " of Count Axel Fersen are by no means unknown to the world at large. Mr. Herbert H. Sturmer will find an extensive selection in " Le Comte de Fersen et la Cour de France. Extraits des papiers du grand Marechal de Suede, Comte Jean Axel de Fersen, publics par son petit neven, le Baron R. M. de Klinekowstrom, Colonel Subdois" (Paris,. Firmin-Didot, 1878, 3 vols.). Like- the Talleyrand Memoirs published thirty years ago, they proved to be a very " tame" affair. Most of the incidents related were previously known to readers of the remarkable series, Mdmoires sur la Revolution Francaise (Paris, Baudouin Freres, 1822-26, 44 vols.).—I am, Sir, &c., 36 Somerleyton Road, Brixton, S.W. ANDREW DE TERNANT.
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