1 MARCH 1884, Page 13

SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE, SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.

[TO THY EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR.""]

SIR,—I quite agree with the Duke of Argyll's argument to the effect that a landlord who drains land should be entitled to the entire profits of the improvement, independently of its cost ; and conversely, that, however great the cost may be, he should get nothing, if the work fails to produce any profitable result. But how is it that the Duke is the most persistent opponent of this just arrangement, when a tenant's improvement is in ques- tion ? In that case, the Duke contends that the tenant should get only the return of his outlay, with interest, when the result is profitable, and nothing at all when it is not.—I am, Sir, &c.,

Clement's Inn Passage, February 25th.

WILLIAM E. BEAR.