20 SEPTEMBER 1884, page 15

Rare Epitaphs.

[TO THE Eiii.im OF THE " SPECTATOR." SIR,—Having many years ago cullei quaint epitaphs in Ilfra- combe Churchyard, 1 wonder at my not having met with that sent you by Mr.......

[to The Editor Of Vi " Spectator."'

SIR,—I have not seen the following epitaphs among those which have appeared lately in your columns. You may think them sufficiently quaint to deserve publication :- " Here lies......

Lord Dufferin.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR ") 8E14—Why is Lord Dufferin so emphatically called an Irish- man ? Is it because his lineal male ancestor crossed from Scotland to Ulster in......

Christianity And Caste.

11.0 THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J Sta,—In response to Mr. Dyson's letter in your last issue, I have been nearly all my life in India, in the Madras Presidency, and......

The Apologists For Cannibalism.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Sin,—In your article last week, "The Apologists for Can- nibalism," you appear to me to have entirely overlooked a point • This 14 the true......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."] Sir,—i Think Your...

Mr. William Thorne12,-, will find the epitaph he contributes to your columns in an old popular poetic dialogue, entitled the "Messenger of Mortality ; or, Life and Death......

[to The Editor Of Thf. " Spectator...] Sir,—a Few Years

ago, I copied this epitaph from a mural tablet in the little old parish church of Minster, near Boseastle in Cornwall. I think it is more quaint than most :— " Forty-nine years......