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location of the one volume among five thousand 

 which escaped, when he and his assistant, Mr. 

 Fred Perry, believed they had cast every vestige 

 of the forbidden work into the fiery furnace. On 

 Tuesday last, when the discovery was made that 

 a copy of ' The New Papacy ' was in existence, 

 Publisher Britnell, of Yonge Street, was at once 

 the suspected holder, and in a short time his 

 book-store was the resort of army agents sent 

 to reconnoitre " (" Toronto News," April 28th, 

 1889). 



Is this a forgery, or is it not ? Is it in sub 

 stance true or false ? 



When Mr. Trotter has answered these inquiries 

 categorically, we may proceed to discuss the ques 

 tion of interpolations in Mr. Sumner's book. 



I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



[On the 26th of December a letter, signed J. T. 

 Cunningham, late Fellow of University College, 

 Oxford, called forth the following commentary.] 



