THE AUTHOR OF " CECILIA DE NOEL."
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J
SIR,—Many of your readers will learn with great regret that the author of "Cecilia de Noel" and" The Hotel d'Angleterre " passed away on June 16th. It was a good deal owing to the weight of Mr. Hutton's opinion that " Cecilia de Noel" got its hearing from just that public which has ever since continually valued it. Miss Hawker's health, and other circumstances, precluded more literary work. She was a true artist, and, at the height of what then was a considerable reputation, I know she refused a large sum of money for a story which she did not think artistic. One must regret that the exquisite finish of a small book, "Hampshire Vignettes," is the only work of recent years.—I am, Sir, &c., G. M. IRELAND BLACEBURNE.
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