GERMAN SOLDIERS' SONGS. rTO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR...1 Sin,—In
connexion with the love of song evidenced by the German soldier of to-day, the following lines from the Him.
pogon, or Beardhater, of the Emperor Julian seem to me to be of interest :— "iocao.(feee TO I Kai Tobs 671-41 Tip TilPOP Papacipour eyeta ,aAn Alteg wEronoapa wapalanrctic TOM xpamoir Taw Tpaxb Portyvrom dpvteenv '56DYTICS Kai EtrOpilIPOktEPOUP &l TOTS itheAftiiP. ETPOIL oyisp t1 IF UpACtleoft T'OiS tDetkOtT 1.4ourr1dtv Ampois Air TO7P BERTpillS, l'aTOS Qf which - Dr. Wright gives the following translation : " Indeed I have observed that even the barbarians across the Rhine sing savage songs composed in language not unlike the croaking of harsh-voiced birds, and that they delight in such songs. For I think it is always the case that inferior musicians, though they amuse their audiences, give very great pleasure to themselves."--I am, Sir, &c., Balcombe House, Balcombe, Sussex. L. C. R. Masan,.
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