2 JUNE 1894, Page 16

EDMUND KEAN.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." ] SIR —My grandfather was present in the theatre at Dor- chester when the London manager came down to see Edmund Kean act, and engaged him on the spot, and I am pretty sure that the part he took on that occasion was the part of Richard III. Perhaps this may be the origin of Mr. Knight's statement challenged in the Spectator of May 26th.—I am, Sir, &c.,

Stone House, Broadstairs, May 27n. E. D. STONE.