27 MARCH 1880, Page 16

MRS. GATTY'S " PARABLES FROM NATURE."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATC/R.”1 SIR,—As publishers of the above-named book, the new edition of which was reviewed by you with so much appreciation last week, will you allow us to say that such a "little edition, in five small volumes," as you ask for is already in existence P It is the original edition, in a " miniature (square) shape," for which Mrs. Gatty herself had a fancy, and of which the first three• volumes are illustrated by her. There is, moreover, another " miniature " edition, in two small volumes ; but the only one• which includes Mrs. Ewing's memoir is that to which your