2 SEPTEMBER 1893, Page 15

THE CURATE'S MISREADING.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")

SIR,—In vindication of my class, may I be allowed to point out that the sentence quoted in "Pillow-Problems," in the Spectator of August 19th,—" And when they arose in the morning, behold, they were all dead men,"—is no curate's misreading, but (except that " men " is substituted for "corpses ") the inspired text of 2 Kings xix. 35.—I am, Sir, &c., [Is not the true meaning, "And when folk arose in the morning, behold, they (the enemy) were all dead corpses " F- ED. Spectator.]