THZ EDITOrt OF THE "SPZOTALTOB:1 • SIB, —Will you allow me
to express the sympathy I feel for you after reading Mrs. Fawcett's extraordinary and uncalled. for letter in your issue of December 1st P One would have thought that even a woman might have sufficient humour to appreciate Mr. Tallack's innocent little anecdote, the insertion • of which was obviously no more intended as an insult than was John Bright's smiling exclamation of "Silly girls !" in reference to some of his own relatives. I have up till now regarded Mrs. Fawcett as one of "the best women," whose .name and influence in the cause she has so much at heart went far to redeem the extravagances and vulgarities of some of our sisters. I regret that she has so violently hurled herself off the pedestal on which I had unconsciously placed her. All I can feel about her now is that she sorely needs the "lesson in manners" which she so regrets cannot be administered to you.—I am, Sir, &c., A SCOTSWOMAN.
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