26 JANUARY 1901, Page 16

EDWARD VII.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

Sin,—Dean Stanley deserves quotation at this moment :—

"Henry's first-born was the first of that long series of Edwards,' which, though broken now and then by the necessities of intervening dynasties, is the one royal name that constantly reappears to assert its unchanging hold on the affections of the English people." Quod omen faustuan felizque sit !—I am, Sir, &c., E. F. 0.