13 DECEMBER 1924, Page 14

IN HIS OWN IMAGE

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I am at a loss to know when and how any pub- lisher has tht permit to publish my son's most eccentric

book, In Own Image. Andrew Carey has hit off very exactly the type of my son's writings, but I ask him to with- draw the false classification of Mr. Rolfe's character as a " scoundrel." His writings were the antithesis of himself— this his intimates and my sons and daughters would endorse. In his human relationships Mr. Rolfe had the virtues of a] Christian character. I would refer Mr. Carey to verses 11 and 12 of the fourth chapter of the Epistle of St. James, and plead; that the judgment of man be left to the unerring Judge. II and the members of my family belong to the Church ot