II. REPLY OF DR. KUYPER. I received the following letter, March 29th: AMSTERDAM, _March 28th, 1900._ TO M. YVES GUYOT. SIR, Only having received one number of your paper (23,381) I do not know whether your criticism is finished. As soon as I have it all before me--with references to the documents cited, if you please, otherwise it is difficult to follow--I will see whether it calls for a detailed reply on my part, in which case I might, according to American precedent, republish my article, inserting, with your permission, your reply. This was done by the New York _Outlook_, when it published in the same number, "the Case of the Boers," and "the Case of the British." At the same time the copyright of my article belongs to the Editor of the _Revue des Deux Mondes_, without whose permission I can do nothing. As I shall be in Paris before long I will ask him for it, should your polemic attack seem to me to require a reply. With regard to your proposal to leave the risks of a fresh publication to you, while sharing the profits, although I appreciate the delicacy of such a suggestion, I could not accept it. KUYPER. The following remarks on his letter were published by me in _Le Siecle_, March 30th. "With regard to the first point, I regret that, at the time of writing, Dr. Kuyper should only have received one number of _Le Siecle_; each of my replies having been sent to him under registered cover on the day of publication. It is unfortunate for me that Dr. Kuyper's Article should have appeared in the _Revue des Deux Mondes_, for that brings me again into contact with M. Brunetiere, and it is well-known that M. Brunetiere who, last year for fifteen days burdened _Le Siecle_ with his prose, does not wish this discussion to be presented to the reader in its entirety. I am greatly afraid of his desiring the same isolation for Dr. Kuyper's article. "As far as I am concerned, having began my reply to Dr. Kuyper I shall continue it. If it is not M. Brunetiere's wish that our articles should be published together he will thereby acknowledge anew the force of my replies. Were they not documented and convincing, he would not fear their proximity." III. ANOTHER LETTER. On April 6th I sent the following letter to Dr. Kuyper (registered). _April 6th, 1900._ SIR, In a few days I shall have finished my replies to your article; they will then be published in pamphlet form. I have the honour to ask you definitely whether you accept my proposal to precede them with your article in the _Revue des Deux Mondes_. YVES GUYOT. In answer to this I received the following letter from Dr. Kuyper written from the Grand Hotel, Paris: GRAND HOTEL, 12, BOULEVARD DES CAPUCINES, _April 12th, 1900._ SIR,