THE NEW UTOPIA.
[To TEE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOR."] your article on Herr Richter's " Pictures of the Socialist Regime," in the Spectator of September 23rd, you make no mention of Mr. Jerome's admirable sketch," The New Utopia." I think it appeared first in a magazine, and was reprinted with a " Diary of a Pilgrimage " and other incon- gruous articles, in a volume published by Arrowsmith, of Bristol. It ought to be published in a separate form, with a brief introduction or appendix on the history and literature of the subject as indicated in your article, and so would have a wide circulation ; but it is lost and buried where it is. This very able sketch seems to have anticipated Herr Richter's elaborate work, and sums up theI system as.that of a convict prison. In one respect, it is more complete, as marriage also is taken in hand by the State, which breeds the number of convicts required, no more and no less. I suppose the new comic opera, Utopia, now in preparation by Mr. Gilbert and Sir A. Sullivan, is on the same lines.—I am, Sir, &c., W.
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