The statement made in several newspapers that Mrs. Stowe will
reply to the criticisms ou her story in the October number of Macmillan's Magazine is a mistake. We understand that she reserves her reply. The Guardian states, on what it deems "sufficient authority," that the controversy will shortly be "settled for ever" by "the publication of a statement in Lord Byron's handwriting." We doubt whether the publication of any such statement will settle anything "for ever." If it acmes him- self, his advocates will be able to produce a good many instances of his love for mystifying the world, and will still dispute it. If it declares him innocent, his assailants will be able to produce a good many instances in which he has denied what was yet true. Statements from such witnesses as Lord Byron rarely settle -anything "for ever."
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