16 JANUARY 1904, Page 15

DR. KEATE.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The most remarkable thing about Dr. Keats was the singular successes of the boys. Among those at Eton from 1820 to 1829 were twelve Bishops : R. Durnford, W. K. Hamilton, G. A. Selwyn, Lord A. C. Hervey, E. H. Browne, J. C. Ryle, W. J. Trower, R. Gray, C. B. Bernard, C. J. Abraham, E. Hobhouse, E. W. Tufnell ; six Judges : A. Cleasby, C. J. Selwyn, C. Blackburn, J. Wickens, G. Mellish, H. Cotton ; and eleven Cabinet Ministers : Lord Stanley of Alderley, Earl of Malmes bury, Duke of Northumberland, S. H. Walpole, Duke of Somerset, Sir G. C. Lewis, Duke of Buccleuch, W. E. Gladstone, Duke of Newcastle, Earl Granville, Earl of Elgin.—I am, Sir, &c.,