28 NOVEMBER 1903, Page 18

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — For the origin of

the phrase "bag and baggage" used by Mr. Gladstone, permit me to direct the attention of your correspondents Mr. Tollemache and "F. B. E." (Spectator, November 21st) to .As You Like It (III. 2) and Winter's Tale (I. 2). Probably it was a colloquial expression in Shake- speare's days, and has continued to be so ever since.—I am,