4 JUNE 1881, Page 12

ECCENTRIC WILLS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sur,—The

compiler of the work on the above (reviewed in the Spectator of May 28th) can hardly have been at the pains to verify his references, as the will attributed to the fifth Earl of Pembroke is a satirical piece, due to the art of Samuel Butler, the author of "Hudibras." It will be found among his posthu- mous works, iu the second volume of the edition published by " Sam. Briscoe, at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hil1,1720."—I am, Sir, &c., [Our correspondent is quite right.—En. Spectator.]