THE LATE DEAN OF ST. PAUL'S.
To THE EDITOR OW THE "SPECTATOR." _I
SIR,—In your article on the late Dean of St. Paul's, you draw a most interesting comparison of the distinctive features of' three great men, Bishop Lightfoot, Dr. Liddon, and the late Dean. Of Bishop Lightfoot you say that "he had a mind and judgment as massive as they were simple, but the field of hi&. deepest interests was rather narrowly limited." The writer must have had a very special knowledge of the Bishop ; and,. I can well remember in June, 1888, how the great Bishop, in: a remark to us students at Bishop Auckland, bore out what you say of the Dean. Speaking to one of us, he said : "I do not know any one who has more many-sided and deeper culture than Dean Church." I well remember the tone in which he said it, expressing reverence and wonder at the same time. How true it is that a man who is really great will
always recognise real greatness in another am, Sir, &c., H. E. HUNTINGTON.
4 College Grounds, Malvern, December 27th, 1890.
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