4 OCTOBER 1884, page 15

Poetry.

THE GREAT QUESTION. IrcxED spirit, fold thy wings: why ever pine In aspirations infinite as old, Whose loving discontent still seeks the shrine Paved with Faith's interwoven......

Caste And Christianity.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—As you could not afford space to discuss "Caste and Christianity" at great length, I trust you will allow me to refer Mr. Dyson, and......

" Gerrymandering."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTAT0R."] Sia,—The simplicity of those Liberals who believe that Lord Salisbury would allow the Franchise Bill to pass the House of Lords on the mere......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator:1 Sta,—the Following Is

a copy of an epitaph on an old tomb- stone in the neighbourhood of Montrose :— " Here lies the Smith—to wit—Tam Gouk, His Father, and his Mither, Wi' Tam, and Jock, and Joan,......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."1 Sin,—in The Old

church of Wrexham there was (in 1859) a tablet with the following inscription :— " Here lieth, underneath these stones, The Beard, the Flesh, and eke the Bones Of Wrexham's......

Rare Epitaphs.

To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, — The following curious epitaph, taken from a brass in St. Michael's Church, Coventry, and not hitherto published in a collection of......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator:]

Sts,—I saw the enclosed epitaph in Mylor Churchyard, near Flushing, Cornwall, on Tuesday, and can vouch for its accuracy in spelling and capital letters, &c. :— " In Memory of......