THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In the Spectator of August 20th, you speak of " that singularly-named institution, the Johns Hopkins University? But the late Johns Hopkins was the " onlie begetter" of the University, which therefore might bear his name without singularity. That Mr. Hopkins should have borne a surname for a Christian name surely cannot be accounted singular. Perhaps, however, the family name he did thus bear may appear odd to you, but it is familiar in the neighbourhood of Maryland; the late Bishop Johns, of Virginia, was something of a "personage," and must be known to you at least by name.
May I add that what I did find to be singular in the same number of the Spectator, was that you should describe Geneva (or any place) as a "commercial emporium."—I am, Sir, &c.,
J. E. LEARNED.
121 West 71st Street, New York, September 10th.
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