19 OCTOBER 1901, Page 14

DR. KRAUSE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your "News of the Week" of October 12th you quote certain passages from letters believed to have been written by Dr. Krause, with reference to Mr. Forster, which bear such a strong resemblance to words used with regard to my ancestor, Sir Henry Vane the younger, that I cannot forbear directing your attention to them. Charles II. wrote in June, 1662, to Lord Clarendon :.—" Certainly he is to dangerous a man to let live if we can honestly put him out of