SCOTTISH RULERS AND BRITISH SENTIMENTS [To the Editor of the
SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The letter signed " T." is nonsense larded with prejudice. What is a " typical Englishman " ? I don't know and neither does anyone else, for there is no such thing. " T." may conjure up a picture in his own imagination and write round it, but that does not establish the fact. The English and Scottish people are one and the same race ; of like descent, sentiment and general character. Superficially, a Yorkshire man is more akin to a Lowland Scotsman than he is to a Cockney. We have had rulers, good, bad and indifferent, hailing from both sides of the Tweed and we shall have them again. We are British, and although labelling ourselves English or Scottish may add zest to a Rugby international, there it ends.—I am, Sir, &c.,
" TYPICAL SCOTSMAN."
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