27 SEPTEMBER 1890, Page 15

LORD BYRON'S LIFE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—My attention has been directed to the review of my "Life of Byron" in the Spectator of the 20th inst. I am sorry your reviewer thinks I have been unfair in my treatment of Lady Byron, for I endeavoured to be scrupulously just to both husband and wife. For the latter I have respect, though not liking, and I have distinctly admitted how much she had to put up with. I have also admitted that Lord and Lady Byron cared for one another. Whatever may be the merits of my comparison, it is misprinted in your quotation,— " looking back to escape," should read "looking back to embrace," &c.—I am, Sir, &c., Burgess Hill, September 25th. RODEN NOEL.