23 MARCH 1901, Page 15

THOMAS ERSKINE.

pro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1 you allow me to correct an error in your interest- ing article under the above beading in the Spectator of March 16th? Thomas Erskine was not a "divine." He was a layman, and a member of my own profession, the Scottish Bar, although his whole life and energies were devoted to theological writing. The Erskines who were divines belonged to that very school which George Macdonald has sought to fight to the death.--I am, Sir, Sze.,