25 JULY 1891, Page 14

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S EXAMPLE.

LTO TILE EDITOR OP TER " SPECTATOR:1

Sin,—The able article of your contributor on this subject reminds me of what I once read in Washington Irving's "Sketches." That was (I quote from memory) this :—" You will find it hard to cudgel Squire John out of sixpence; but when the row is over, he is so eager to shake hands, that you may cajole him out of the original grounds of quarrel."—I am,