4 JANUARY 1896, Page 33

[ 0 .* We regret to say that the reviewer of A

Flash of Summer, by Mrs. W. K. Clifford, in the article on "Recent Novels," in the Spectator of December 28th, was in error as to the mode of the heroine's death, which was not as described in the notice. Katharine does not throw herself under the train; but, on a sudden impulse, into the river. We have read the passage carefully, and regret that the false impression was given. The reviewer sincerely deplores the blunder.—En. Spectator.]