_The Authorship of the Epigram upon the Letter "H"_ (Vol. v., p. 258.).--I
observe that a controversy has lately been carried on in your columns upon
the authorship of the celebrated enigma on the letter _H_. Permit me, as
one well acquainted with the circumstances, to corroborate the statement of
E. H. Y. The epigram in question was written at the Deepdene, the seat of
the late Thomas Hope, Esq., by Miss Catharine Fanshawe, in the year 1816,
as is recorded in the heading of the original MS. of it contained in a
contemporary _Deepdene Album_ still existing.
You may rely upon the authenticity of this information, which proceeds from
one acquainted with the volume in question and its history.