28 APRIL 1906, Page 34

THROUGH INDIA WITH THE PRINCE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1

Sxn,—Your review of Mr. Abbott's "Through India with the Prince" in last week's issue assumes that the author has only visited India for the purpose of accompanying the Royal tour. Will you allow me to correct this misapprehension, and to say that Mr. Abbott has been residing for some years in India, in the capacity of editor of the Calcutta Statesman ? I think it will not be denied that the editorial chair of an important newspaper confers upon the occupant the privilege of dealing with serious problems in the country where he resides, without exposing him to a charge of "absurd