22 MARCH 1913, Page 20

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

Sm—In the review of " Common Objects of the Riviera," in your issue of March 15th, the following couplet is quoted as being inscribed on Lord Brougham's statue at Cannes "Inveni portum: apes ac fortuna valete Sat me lusistis ; ludite nuns alios."

You may be interested to know that this is a translation of an

-epigram in the Greek anthology (Ann. Pal. ix. 49) :— 'Emrts Kah ct Tt X,1 It 6,a xedpere Tbv AIALW gime

Oi3iv Iµol x raiCere Tad per