15 DECEMBER 1900, Page 13

CANON HUGH PEARSON AND PRINCE LEOPOLD. [TO THE EDITOR OP

THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—May I give you the true version of the encounter between the late Duke of Albany and Canon Pearson ? During the time of the Prince's undergraduate life at Oxford, he happened one day to be detained at Reading Station between trains. Among those who were promenading on the plat- form his quick eye recognised Hugh Pearson, whom he greeted, as he passed, with a smile and a bow. The genial Canon had not the remotest idea who the Prince was, but coming forward in his bright, cordial way, said : " Oh ! How are you ? How are you ? How are they all at home ?" —I am,