MRS. JULIA. WARD HOWE.
[TO Ten EDITOR OF Tat " SPROTATOR..) Stn,—The careful Spectator occasionally blunders. In your article on "Songs for Soldiers" (May 25th) is a tribute to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "by the late Mrs. Julia Ward Howe." Enclosed is a cutting from the New York Times of May 28th telling how Mrs. Howe celebrated her eighty-eighth birthday with her children, grandchildren, and great-grand- children. Mrs. Howe occasionally reeites the hymn for some good cause or reunion with fire and impressiveness—I am, Sir, lee., JULIA W. REDFIELD. Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
[We are delighted to stand corrected in such a case. We offer the poetess our sincerest apologies for our blunder, and ask to be allowed to express our pleasure at knowing that she has lived to see the Republic she helped to save—hers was one of the songs that nerve a nation's heart—great, prosperous, and united.—En. Spectator.]
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