3 SEPTEMBER 1927, Page 19

THE LATE PRESIDENT ELIOT OF HARVARD [To the Editor of

the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—At the request of the executors of the late Charles W. Eliot, Mr. Henry James, of 10 East Tenth Street, New York City, has undertaken to prepare a biography of the former President of Harvard University. Mr. James would be glad to hear from anybody who has kept interesting letters from Dr. Eliot. Original letters, or copies of them, may be forivarded to the above address in New York, and will be duly returned if desired.—I am, Sir, &c.,

(H.B.M. Consul-General).