THE AUTHOR OF "TRIXIE"
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The Vicarage,
Old Kensington.Percy Turton, Esq.,
My dear Sir,
I venture to solicit your aid in settling a dispute which has arisen regarding the authorship of two recently-published and highly successful novels. Both parties to this dispute are well known to me, and I have induced them to submit their claims to you, in your official capacity as arbiter. The matter is so important, not only to the persons directly concerned, but to English Letters, that I feel I am justified in suggesting to you that you should associate with yourself a committee of writers—say, five in number, whose position in the World of Letters is thoroughly established and whose verdict is likely to be accepted by the public. The responsibility of making a decision in this matter is
