1 AUGUST 1914, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOR."1 SIR,—Among all the

suggestions I have seen for London's motto the most obvious has been omitted : " No Mean City." St. Paul's words are specially appropriate when we think of the legend connecting him with Mount Lud, the place where the cathedral bearing his name now stands. Other mottoes that suggest themselves are : " The City is the People," " God Build the City," " For the Common Weal," "God Guide Our Acts," "The Heart of the World." It is just as well to swagger in a motto, for it is something to live up to.—I am,