27 JULY 1901, Page 15

LORD ROSEBERY.

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."

SIR,--Permit me to pursue the rowing metaphor, elaborated in your article on Lord Rosebery in the Spectator of July 20th, one step further, by reminding you of the existence of the " coach." The coach is nearly as indispensable to good rowing as " stroke," although " he does not enter the boat to take an oar, but is content to shout his criticisms from the bank." Moreover, it is the most sportsmanlike thing a great coach can do to give his services to either rival in a race indifferently, as Cambridge University has occasion gratefully to testify. Will the analogy not hold for Lord Rosebery here too P—I am,