21 SEPTEMBER 1901, Page 15

THE LATE PRESIDENT.

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Before the last sad news could be known here, the first words of an acquaintance were, " I fear we shall lose the President." Surely the " we " and the " the " will go straight

to the heart of your American readers.—I am, Sir, &c., F. E. B.