29 DECEMBER 1888, Page 16

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—The feeling alluded to in the latter part of your article of December 22nd on "The Evil Eye," is not unknown in Europe.

My wife and I observed it on two occasions during our visit to Greece last spring. We were resting one day at a cottage, on our way down Pentelicus, and my wife and a Greek lady who was with us were admiring a little child, when the mother suddenly darted forward, and abruptly hurried it away. Our Greek friend immediately said, in explanation,— " They often do not like strangers to admire their children ; they think it unlucky."

We had a very similar experience at a khani on Cithieron.