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HOW PIG FLAMINGO SITS!

Recently before Mr. Justice Darling and a Sperial Jiny an setion for damages for an alleged fibel published by the detonilant, Me, Abel Chajstnan, an author, in a letter written to the pegprietors" of they Saturday Review" of and concern. ing the plaintiff, Mr. Harold Hodge, the

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The defendant counterclaimed against the plaintiff and Colonel William, Wil- į Toughby Verner for damages for alleged

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contained in a review pubitsbed in | the Satay Review of the plaintiff's hook, Unexplored Spain," the review having been written by Colonel Verner,

Lord Robert Fell, K., mul, Mr. The bald Mathew appeared for the plain-1 tiffimi, Mr. W. W. Smith, K... stal Mr. Adn Roche for the defendant. Mr. Casopisell, K.0%, anul Mr. Malcolma Marc) † naghten appeared for Colonel Verur,

In opening the plaintiff's case Lord Robert Coeil said that the action was brought in respect of a liter which was written by the defendant to the proprie- tom of the Saturday Review." The letter read as follows-

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Mr. Chapman, the defendant, had writs ten this book, "Unexplored Spain," deal- day Review, Gentlemen-Being ing with sport and natural history in that aequainted with the methoxis of journal-antry, and ilus book was sent by the is. I do not know what degree of inter-editor to be revieweil by Colonel Verner, dependence exists between the direction who was a man of a distinguished career, i of a newspaper and its staff. I cannot and had also travelled a lot, and knew believe, however, that the proprietors of this subject well. The defendant was such a paper as the Saturday Review *

sportsnam and naturalist, hit was also would willingly use or abuse the power one of that most dangerous class of men of the Press for the purpose of perpetrat ing a personal attack upon a private in 1883, he made a discovery about a man with a grievance. Years ago, dividual. That is what I charge your bird called a

Haming. This bird was staff with having done in my own came.

one of bright colouring, with long red Ja publishing a review of my book legs, and in 1983 moet things were known Unexplored Spain Walter J. Buck ations it: but there was one thing which and myself I suggest to you, Sirs, that

was not known, and that was how it sat in the said Section.." the reviewer employed was a man who. during

a long series of years past, has its not. It used to he supposed that on the watery mod fats where shema Grety of tinistration by a Remarkable pursued a systematic course of falshood | birds go that it made a kind of pyramid fecrease at Nerve and intellectual Power, and unscrupulous, malicious disparage with a hollow on the bon, and sat with

ment towards myself, I refer to Colonel is legs hanging down ou either side. Comfort Digestion is Invigorated. Willoughby Verner. His conduct (except Appetita Increases wanderfully, Sierp

Mr. Justice Darling :-What does becomes exime and refreshing. The Face vařicas books of mine extending back ovez

vatter how the flamingo sat? becomes fullar, the Lios red, the Ex impugned his honesty and bona fidesma

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unter the guise of a review, what was neither mere or less than a fraudulent,at they as on their nests in the ordi. dishonest, and malicious attack upon tucked up under theni.

mary drentous manner with their legs

myself, who had exposed him.

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favor hly review, and Colonel Verner" claim i absolutely share in the dis

very of the flamingo's habits of nest- inz: but Mr. Chapman apparently wished

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make out that Colonel Verner and

Colonel Urby, now unfortunately dead. !

entered into a conspiracy to deprive him of the credit. In 1910 the book Unexplored Spain" came out, which Colonel, Verner had reviewed, and as no complaint End been made up to that time, Colonel Verner had no idea that Mr. Chipman had gay grievance against him,

with details 1 1400 x "Erhein" wote nchoak have already espressed my without any wat of ambigute both to haps show you my lettem-otherwise cupies are at your disposal. So much for the reviewer: but I further charge the editor of being, guilty of main fides in that he appented an editorial footnote to a let fer of mine in your paper-which footnota contained what was virtually ani in effect a deliberate untruth-ard published the sane will knowing it to be untrue) in order to decrive the public and to cor- een! tím dishumourable character of the review My work is not unknown to the Saturday Heview, which has received that in the book itself I had expressly Verner and to your editor, who will per- nearly a quarter-century. A comparison of the notices (copies of which are a Four disposall will accentuate the char acter of this last-which I denounce AS an outrage on all that stands for honour, straightforward dealing, and manliness.

**ADEE CHAPMAN,

Joist author of Unexplored Spain.

· P.S.-I ask nothing. My object in writing is merely to place the whole mut- tere on recnul, meanwhile, and to ensure

stil less in grievance against Mr. Hodge.

In the hook there was a passage to this thaler u make this categoric claim, effect: Science is impersonal, never!

simply because the credit (quantum valeat has been taken.... This is analogous to Dr. Cook and the North Pole." Colonel Verner when he read the the Hamingoen nesting, but had no iden book knew that' this passage referred to that it referred to him in any way.

Counsel then read Colonel Vernor's re

your having been informed of the under view as published, and characterized it us most moderato and fair criticism. In hand and dishonourable tricks of which the course of the article the reviewer the Saturday Review can be quilty Those who read the author's first under such subordinates."

The letter, Lord Robert proceeded to comment on, and said that such a seri. ets letter as this ought not to have been written, unless the writer was sure of his facts. It was the main business of a

book, Wild Spain,' will find a good deal of repetition. We confess that, the first. in spite of sundry insecuracies and ob.. vious exaggerations, appealed to us fer more than this one.... With so much

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After reading the review Lord Robert -Creil said he believed there were papers which w by indiscriminate praining, but the Saturday Review" was hot one of that description. After the publication of the review a long correspondenco sturt ed betaren the defendant and Mr. Hodge. The defendant began it by a letter in which

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