14 DECEMBER 1912, Page 18

SIR JOHN WOTTON.

[To TRH EDITOR Of THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your issue of November 16th your reviewer of "Shepherd Songs of Elizabethan England" (Constable and Co.) names some of the poets from whose works the songs are taken, and thus: "Sir Henry Wotton and Sir John Wotton (who was he ?)." This query suggests an error on my part. John Wotton was, according to Izaak Walton, knighted by Queen Elizabeth, and supposed by Budges to be Sir John Wotton, half-brother of Sir Henry. See Mr. A. H. Bullen's Introduction to "England's Helicon," 1899 edition, page xviii, for further particulars respecting him.—I am, Sir, &c.,

The Grey Friars, Chichester.

ADELAIDE L. J. COSSET.