EDWARD LEAR.
[TO TSB EDITOR OP TSB NSPIOTITOR."] SIR,—It anay interest you to know that Edward Lear was a great friend of my father, W. Frith, R.A.; that he wrote some of his "nonsense" verses with my eldest brother—now dead—on his knee ; and that he used to be much astonished that his
" nonsense " was preferred to his pictures. I recollect going - to see him in his studio in or close to Langham Chambers, very many years ago; he had a large picture of " Cedars of Lebanon" on his easel, and he told me, quite seriously, that he had had to keep his windows closed, as the London sparrows would come in and try to roost in the branches! I thought, in view of your interesting review last week, these notes might be of interest to your readers.—I am, Sir, &c., 17 Loudoun Road, St. John's Wood. J. E. PANTON.
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