6 JANUARY 1883, Page 22

SIR NOEL PATON'S "DESIGNS FROM SHELLEY AND SHAKESPEARE."

rTo THY fiDITOZ OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Slit,—As it is a matter that somewhat concerns my character for good-taste, and, indeed, for common-sense, will you kindly allow me to state in your columns, what has already been stated in another London weekly, that I am in no way responsible, for the republication of the "Designs from Shelley and Shakespeare," which you" dispose of" in your issue of the 30th ult. with an amount of forbearance for which I am duly grateful P These designs were originally published in London nearly forty years ago, and have been dragged from their long obscurity without any knowledge or sanction on my part, and much to my annoy-