10 JUNE 1899, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] have this morning seen

the Spectator of June 3rd, and beg to send you a translation of the epitaph on p. 787, if you think it worth printing :— " Panels not= In life known but to few,

paucloribus ignotus To fewer now unknown, hlc lace, Democritus the New Democritus Junior Lies underneath this stone, cul vitam dedit et mortem Turn'd here to clay,—

melancolla." Melancholy's child and prey.