7 NOVEMBER 1896, Page 31

MR. LANG'S LIFE OF LOCKHART : [To TIE EDITOR OF THE

"SPECTATOR."] referred to " Valerius" (Spectator, October 24th) because it is more remembered than "Adam Blair," though neither can be said to have lived ; and I believe, with Matthew Arnold and Mr. Traill, in the survival of the fittest. Of course, Mr. Lang refers at length to "Adam Blair," though critically rather than enthusiastically. It anticipated the "psychological" novel of our days with some success; but unfavourable critics appear to have compared it with