22 FEBRUARY 1902, Page 16

ANTICIPATIONS.

fTo THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sru,—The article headed "Anticipations" in the Spectator of February 15th must be a very interesting one to many of your readers. In case you are open to contributions in regard to the subject, allow me to call attention to a very ancient fore- cast of the modern telephone. In the Book of Job =rya 35 God addresses the patriarch Job in these words: Canst thou :send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee,

Here we are ' ? " "Are you there ? " is the ordinary expres- sion in opening communications by telephone. "Here we are," or its equivalent, is the usual response. Lightnings and electricity are so closely related that no one nowadays needs an explanation.—I am, Sir, &c., Y. E. A.