20 APRIL 1889, Page 14

THE PACE-EGGERS.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

SrR,—Your interesting article on " Pace-Eggers " recalls the late Mrs. Ewing's delightful story, "The Peace-Egg," which has attached to it "A Christmas Mnmming Play," which she adapted from the old traditional plays of her native Yorkshire, omitting the coarser elements so as to fit it for refined nurseries ; and also a short essay on the origin of the plays and the variations they have undergone. Her play contains all the characters you have mentioned, and some of your readers, if there are any who do not know Mrs. Ewing's stories, may be glad to be