" I WAS IN PRISON."
[To THE EDITOR or sea "SpzerAroa."] SIR, —I regret to find from your review in the Spectator of December 3rd of my recently published book, " I was in Prison," that your reviewer has drawn the conclusion there- from that I regard myself as a " martyr." I am not aware of any passage in the book which suggests this, beyond a very vague reference in the opening chapter to the effect that "a political movement had demanded its victims, and that I was honoured in its choice." Excepting in this phrase, I do not touch either upon the incidents which led to my imprison- ment or to the motives which prompted my refusal to pay the imposed fine. In the writing of "I was in Prison," I had not the least desire to pose as a martyr. My sole object was that of calling public attention to the conditions under which the occupants of our prisons live. So far as I am aware, my book contains the first published account of the daily routine and the atmosphere of prison life. The fact that my record is principally of a subjective character, is due to the necessities of the case and not to personal choice.—I am, Sir, &o.,
F. BROCKLEHITRST.
107 Mauldeth Road, Withington, Lanes., December 5th.
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