MR. JOHN MORLEY AND FREE EDUCATION.
[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—I have only just seen the Spectator of August 15th, in which Mr. Lloyd Evans writes to inform your readers that " Mr. Chamberlain had evidently been studying Mr. Morley's writings before he brought out his unauthorised programme' in 1885."
As I had something to do with bringing Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Morley together, and remember the exact position of each as politician at the earliest stage of their acquaintance, will you permit me to say that Mr. Chamberlain was in the field then as an active politician and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Education League, whereas Mr. Morley was not known as a politician at all,—the laurels which he had up to this time gained were purely literary. His acquaintanceship with Mr. Chamberlain led to his being selected a member of the Executive Committee of the National Education League, and shortly after, in consequence of his touch with Birmingham, he published his admirable volume on " National Education," and became otherwise identified with Radical politics.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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