21 JUNE 1902, Page 3

We regret to note that on Friday were reported the

deaths of three eminent men,—the King of Saxony, Lord Acton, the learned historian, and Mr. Butler, the ingenious author of " Erewhon." We cannot deal with any one of the three to- day, though we hope to do so next week, but must on the present occasion be content with recording the facts of their demise.