26 AUGUST 1899, page 16

Timor Domini Initium Sapientle. •

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Your correspondent "H. G." confidently quotes the above saying from the books of the Hebrew " Wise Men," as a rebuke to the "......

An Epitaph.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Thirty or forty years ago, Henry S. Bicknell and I went to that beautiful spot, Chipstead, Surrey. In the churchyard there he noticed......

Vanishing Birds.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —More than one vanishing form of bird life has fallen a victim to the collecting mania of the amateur naturalist during the last six......

The Dying Of Death.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—That the fear of death is absent in the last hours— which few who have been brought much into contact with the " king of terrors " will......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator.1

SIB,—In the course of this most interesting discussion, I have been surprised that neither the writer of the article nor any of your correspondents have adduced the well-known......