7 JANUARY 1928, Page 21

SUMMINGS UP

[To the Editor of the SPEc-r.vron.] Sin,— Here are two little-known epitaphs :—

Here lies poor Tom Parr. What, old Tom ? No, young Tom. Ah.

To the Memory of an Honest Attorney.

The gates of Heaven to him will open wide, But will be shut to all the tribe beside.

The Vicarage, Szvaffhatra, Norfolk.