[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Not even journalists can
be omniscient, as, being one, I know. In an article on• the Civil List last week—which, if I may say so, weakened a good cause • by contemptuous reference to persons obviously in need of sympathy—I find the following sentence : " Of Mr. Pegram's works we cannot judge, for they are hidden in the obscurity which envelopes so many academicians.". If you, Sir, have time to go down to Norwich,- I would ask you to look at the fine statue of Sir Thomas Browne and the monument to Nurse 'Cavell. If you are visiting Cape Town shortly, you might care to look at the statue of Cecil Rhodes ; or, if you chance to be at Shanghai, that of Sir Robert Hart. None of these sincere pieces of work are wrapped' in any' obscurity, but are in the most public places. If you have no time for so long a journey, you might turn into St. Paul's, and have a look at the great candelabra which were placed 'there in 1897. Some of these works may not be in fashion today, but they are finely executed by a high-minded• - and conscientious craftsman.—Yours faithfully, •
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