16 JULY 1910, Page 17

PINDAR AND KING EDWARD VII.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I send you the following lines from Pindar's fourth Olympian, hoping that you will think them as appropriate to King Edward VII. as they seem to me :— het Inv (Livia, udita ILEY Tpectoiis E704LOP TIFIrev, XdpOPTC1 TE tevicas wav8Juois xal wpbs icroxfav ipatfratv xatlapii 7141.4 Terpamdvoy. —01. IV. 13.

(" I praise him as one zealous in the rearing of horses, rejoicing in open hospitality, and bent with honest heart on peace which guides states right.")

Abbey Park, St. Andrews.