31 JULY 1897, Page 16

COINCIDENCES.

[To TER EDITOR OW TRH “13111CTATORn

Sut,—The following statement of what I take to be a genuine coincidence may possibly interest your readers. A few weeks ago, being at Milan, I had a dream which—when I awoke— brought to my recollection a former friend of mine in Pekin, whom I will call Vicars. I had not seen Vicars for several. years, and for a few minutes I lay wondering what had become of him, how his schemes had prospered, and whereabouts be was living. In a short time I got up, dressed, and went down- stairs. On the hotel table lay the Daily Telegraph. I opened it, and the first thing I saw was the announcement of Vicars's