LORD MORLEY AND THE "DAILY NEWS "
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—I feel that I ought to make some reply to the note in your last week's issue on the story of Lord Morley and the Daily News in my book A Number of People.
I told the anecdote solely for the sake of Lord Morley's neat phrasing, and I felt no responsibility for his facts or his opinions. When I read Mr. Gardiner's letter to the Sunday Times, I regretted that I had not given the newspaper a fancy name ; but as it was, I did not see what answer I could make except to maintain the accuracy of my record, which I thought would give Mr. Gardiner no satisfaction. Perhaps I was wrong, and, if so, I am sorry.
It would be tempting Providence to say what I should do if a second edition of my book were to be called for.—I am,
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