23 DECEMBER 1916, Page 17

"R. L. S." AND THE CEVENNES.

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTAT013..9 Sra,—Don't you think that when Lydia Pantel called her father a Dorbyste she meant Darbyite1 The Plymouth Brethren were very busy seeking adherents in the Cevennes about or before the time of Stevenson's visit. M. Pantel may have also attended the Moravian Church, but his questions to " R. L. S." were very characteristic of the Plymouth Brethren.—I am, Sir, &c., H. B.