16 JANUARY 1904, Page 15

THE MIDDLE EASTERN QUESTION.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sts.,—I notice that in your excellent review of Mr. Chirol's book, "The Middle Eastern Question," in the Spectator of January 9th, you draw attention to the want of a map of Persia. Will you allow me to point out that the book is provided with an excellent map of the country, as you will see from the enclosed copy, but that, through an oversight on the part of the binder, it was omitted from a few of the early copies F That in your reviewer's hands must have been one of these. —Apologising for troubling you, I am, Sir, &c.,