15 OCTOBER 1904, Page 14

THE LIFE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

Siu,—The notice of my book on Frederick the Great in last week's Spectator suggests (p. 518, 1. 12) that British plans of battles are wont to be ugly, and that the plans in this book are British. Both propositions seem to me to be disputable. With regard to the second, my book, as the title-page shows, was printed in the United States, and the plans of battles (which I saw for the first time when the book was published) are apparently of German origin.—I am, Sir, &c., King's College, Cambridge. W. F. REDDAWAY.