2 FEBRUARY 1901, Page 15

(TO THE EDITOR OP TIIE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR, —You often cite Mr.

Bagehot. This is what he says in his essay on Sterne :—" It is wise to be suspicious of aged reminiscents ; they are like persons entrusted with untold gold ' ; there is no check on what they tell us."—I am, Sir, &c.,

D. O.