4 MAY 1918, Page 11

" THE OLD HOUSE."

[To THE EDITOR or. THE " SPECTATOR.

SIR,—I have been interested in reading. the letter contributed to the Spectator describing the late Mr. Henry Adams. To those who have had the privilege of visiting it, one of the most attractive houses in the U.S.A. is " The Old House " at Quincy, Massa- chusetts, now lived in by Mr. Brooks Adams. It was in this house that three successive generations kept their golden weddings-- John Adams, second President U.S.A.; John Quincy Adams, fifth President; and Charles Adams, Ambassador to England—a record of combined dignity, ability, and longevity hard to beat in