M. REVILLE.
To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."
SIR,—Much interest will be awakened by your " Long Vacation Correspondent's" account of a Protestant minister's sermon at Dieppe. Permit me, however, to notice that the name of the minister is a misspelt. It is not "Revel," but " Reville." M. Reville (zAre), was minister at Dieppe for many years, and was known to myself and many friends twenty or more years ago. I conclude, as a visit to the mother only is mentioned, that the respectable old minister is no more. He was accustomed to speak of his highly gifted son with enthusiastic affection.
If I am not mistaken, the minister listened to by your cor- respondent writes very ably in the Revue des Deux lliondes on theological subjects; he has also published a "Manual of Religious Instruction" and a standard work on St. Matthew. The father was a truly liberal divine, abhorring every species of bigotry. The personal description given of the son agrees well with the recollection I have of the father, though he was probably then between fifty and sixty.—I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
London, 19th Sept., 1863. Z.
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