15 SEPTEMBER 1900, Page 15

EPITAPH.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

Sin,—These lines on a gravestone in a village on the Mendips are new to me :-

" One less at home :

The charmed circle broken, a dear face Missed day by day from its accustomed place: But cleansed, and saved, and perfected by grace, One more in heaven."

—I am, Sir, &e.,