24 DECEMBER 1898, Page 17

"CHARLES LAMB AND THE LLOYDS."

[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "Seam/on:9 SIR,—I find myself between two fires, Mr. Clark Russell and the AthencTuns. Mr. Clark Russell complains that I have needlessly darkened the character of Charles Lloyd ; the Athenzum's view is that I have misbehaved in a manner precisely contrary. Mr. Clark Russell will probably agree with me that the subject is not one for discussion in public. I would, therefore, if he really believes me to have forsworn discretion in this matter, reply by referring him to the review of " Charles Lamb and the Lloyds" in the Athenmunt of December 10th, and to the article on Charles Lloyd in the "Dictionary of National Biography."—I am,