4 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 34

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — In the delightful article

entitled "Ad Matrem " in the Spectator, October 14th, no mention is made of Pope's tribute to his mother, than which, excepting Cowper's, there is nothing more beautiful in our language.

"Me let the tender office long engage

To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye And keep awhile one parent from the sky !"

I am, Sir, &c., F. Wiwsius.

Poplar Avenue, Birmingham.