On so disputed a point as the authorship of the _Whole Duty of Man_,
your readers will probably welcome any discussion by one so competent to
form an opinion in such matters as Hearne.

The letter above given was unknown to the editor of Mr. Pickering's
edition.

J.E.B. MAYOR.

Marlborough College.

[Footnote 2: The printed copy has _Trinity_ College.]

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MISTAKE ABOUT GEORGE WITHER.

In Campbell's _Notices of the British Poets_ (edit. 1848 p. 234.) is the
following, passage from the short memoir of George Wither:--

"He was even afraid of being put to some mechanical trade, when
he contrived to get to London, and with great simplicity had
proposed to try his fortune at court. To his astonishment,
however, he found that it was necessary to flatter in order to
be a courtier. To show his independence, he therefore wrote his
_Abuses Whipt and Stript_, and, instead of rising at court, was
committed for some months to the Marshalsea."

The author adds a note to this passage, to which Mr. Peter Cunningham