7 APRIL 1900, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

Stn,—It surely is not the physical fact of death that most regard with apprehension, but it is the "dread of something after death " that "gives us pause." The calm words of Cicero may be of service to many still :—" Non enim temere nec fortnito sati et creati stmt's; sed profecto fuit qudam vis, generi consuleret humano nec id gigneret ant coleret, quod, quum exanclavisset omnes labores, turn incideret in mortis malum sempiternnm. Portnm potius paratum nobis et perfugium puterans."—I am, Sir, &c., S. D.