4 FEBRUARY 1905, Page 15

SIR,—I have read or heard that at the time of

the Crimean War the nepotism of highly placed persons in the Army was being discussed in Dean Mangers presence, with especial reference to the number of inefficient junior officers, who were helped by interest rather than by merit. Dean Manse! immediately quoted the lines at the end of the mnemonic verses, by which the forme in logic are reniembered. They ran :-

" Quinque Subalterni totidem Generalibus orti,

Nomen habont nullum, nec, si bene colligis, usum." I am conscious that I am giving a very meagre account of the story, and that probably there were other details which would make the quotation happier than it appears as I have fuller version, I am, Sir, Sec., V. DE S. FOWKE.