4 OCTOBER 1913, Page 31

SIMILARITIES IN TITLES.

[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECIAT014.]

Sin,—In fairness to myself I would like to point out that my book, "The Spoilers"—now on sale in a cheap edition—was published before Mr. Rex Beach's " Spoilers "—also on sale in a cheap edition—and, to prevent further complications, that my book, " The Stumbling Block," was published before Mr. Forman's "Stumbling Block." Of Mr. Bernard Capes's recently published story, " Tony's Drum " (my best-known book is entitled " Tony Drum ") I can only say that here is an instance of the long arm of coincidence being in danger of