TWO CORRECTIONS.
[To rim EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —As, perhaps, interesting evidence of how closely your American readers note any slips you may make, I beg leave to call attention to two in the Spectator of December 9th. In discussing "Municipal Corruption" you follow (apparently) Mr. Martin in calling the Mayor of Boston "Quincey." This for an American is as bad as "Pit" for "Pitt" would be regarded in England. The Mayor's family is the famous Quincy family of Josiah Quincy and John Quincy Adams. In the article, " Journalists as Debaters," you refer to a time "when Sherman reached Richmond." You knew, of course, that Sherman reached Atlanta. It was Grant who took Richmond. These slips simply show how hard it is these crowded days to keep tracks of men and things in another 88 Linden Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
[We were well aware of the Mayor of Boston's distin- guished lineage, and the misspelling of his name was a blunder we regret. The slip of Richmond for Atlanta was equally reprehensible and equally a sin against knowledge, and especially bad in us as we were the only paper in the world that divined that Sherman's objective was the sea when he plunged into the enemy's country.—En. Spectator.]
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