7 NOVEMBER 1891, Page 30

KANT ' S SCOTTISH GRANDFATHER.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Hans Cant, grandfather of Kant, the philosopher, left Scotland in or before 1678, and was living, as a strap-maker, at Memel, in East Prussia, in 1685. Can any one furnish authentic information of the birthplace and family in Scotland of Hans Cant P—I am, Sir, &c., SANTI118.