31 DECEMBER 1904, Page 16

Stu,--The invention of this word must be of a much

earlier date than that suggested by your correspondent last week. After Bishop Wilberforce inherited the estate in Sussex in right of his wife, I remember hearing that Bishop Blomfield of London said to him : "I have often seen a squarson, but you are the first squishop I have known." " Squishop " was understood to be Bishop Blomfield's invention ; " squarson," a term even then of not uncommon use, to describe a "black squire."—I am, Sir, &c., H. H. B.