13 MAY 1899, Page 16

THE LAPIDARY STYLE.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—When I was curate of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, in the "fifties," the parish church contained (and . no doubt still contains) a marble slab near the west door inscribed as follows: " In a Vault underneath lie several of the SAUNDERSEs fate of this Parish. Particulars the lest day will disclose. Amen." e —I am, Sir, &c., F. W. GREENSTREET.

Wormley Rectory, ITerts, May 9th.