26 FEBRUARY 1910, Page 16

LIBERTY AND PARTY SPIRIT.

[To THE EDITOR OE TEE "SPECTATOR."] Sra.,—It might be of some interest at the present moment to recall the words put into the mouth of Pococurante by Voltaire (Candide, chap. 25):—" Je serais content de la liberte qui inspire les genies Anglais, si la passion et l'esprit de parti ne corrompaient pas tout ce que cette precieuse liberte a