31 AUGUST 1912, Page 15

LADY SHELLEY.

[To ERR EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You recently reviewed the Memoirs of Lady Shelley, and perhaps the following extract from Sir Walter's first

letter to "the long cornet," his son Walter, may not be too late to be interesting. I happened on it in "Lockhart" last night. Having spoken of Sir John, he adds :- "I like his lady very much. She is perfectly feminine in her Manners, has good sense, and plays divinely on the harp; besides

all which, she shoots wild boars, and is the boldest horsewoman I ever saw. I saw her at Paris ride like a lapwing in the midst of all the aide-de-camps and suite of the Duke of Wellington."

Eversley, Poole.