From Carriacou
SIR.—I am being shifted back from the tiny island of Carriacou to Grenada (one of the Windward Islands), and I feel I must write you a line, if you will allow me. For some happy but inexplicable reason the local library in Carriacou continues to subscribe to the Spectator. I am pretty sure no one else reads it, though the District Officer may perhaps glance at it ; but for myself I would not miss it for worlds. Your some- times much abused Janus I thoroughly enjoy, but the whole tone of the paper I like.
You are accused sometimes of being, if not anti-Catholic, at least unfair to Catholics. But it always seems to me that if a man saw our point of view entirely, unless he were in bad faith, he would become a Catholic —and we can hardly expect that of you just now I But you are very fair, I think, in the way you stand up to blows from us, as from anyone ; and I do not suppose you are broken-hearted when some over-annoyed Catholic writes to say that he will subscribe to the paper no longer.
One letter—alas, I only remember it vaguely, and it had nothing to do with religion—was so well written, so scathing at your expense, and yet so amusing. that 1 was tempted to think (especially as you gave it promi- nence by priority of place in the correspondence columns) that the writer was a personal friend of yam. Editors I suppose must also have their fun. You will I trust forgive this effusion, when I tell you that I have just sent off my subscription to the manager.—Yours sincerely,
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