THE HISTORY OF THE BELVOIR HUNT.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—Will you kindly allow me to point out that your reviewer in the Spectator of September 23rd is surely in error when he objects to my description of the poet Crabbe at Belvoir ? In those days the distinction of class was much more defined than at present, and considering his origin, the poet was not likely to be at his ease in his surroundings at the Castle. This opinion I found confirmed by Crabbe's own letters and his son's commentary on these, as well as from the well-known lines in the "Patron," in which the poet gives vent to the bitterness of spirit he felt at a dependent position. One other point. Far from expressing admiration for Beau Brummell, my estimate of him was unfavourable, though I endeavoured to account for the evident liking dis- played for him by people so admirable as the fifth Duke of Rutland and his Duchess.—I am, Sir, &c., THOS. F. DALE. East India United Service Club, 16 St. James's Square.
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