10 JUNE 1899, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—How would this do for the inimitable epitaph on Burton ? Of course it is considerably longer than the original through the need of particles in English :-

Known but to few, And yet unknown to fewer, Here lies Our modern Democritus, Deathless and Dead alike Through Melancholy.

The original is perfect, and one cannot help asking, Who

could have composed it I—I am, Sir, &c., J. D.