MAJOR PENDENNIS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrEcrAToit.") SIR,—The gentleman who last week reviewed for you Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick's "Below Stairs" does my great-great- uncle, Major Pen.dennis, something less than justice. He speaks of "the tardy but complete self-assertion of the Major's man in Pendennis,' when Morgan rides roughshod over the effete and senile dandy." If he will refer to the history of our house, compiled by the late Mr. Tbackeray, he will find (" Pendennis," vol. ii, chap. 30) that, on the occasion when Morgan threw off his mask and tried to blackmail his employer, "the stout old boy" (Mr. Thackeray's words) terrified the rascally valet out of his wits. In feet, the boots for the roughshod riding were on the Major's legs.—I am, Sir, &c., ARTHUR WARRINGTON PENDENNIe.
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