THE ZANCIGS.
1-1.0 THE EDITOE Or TIM "SPECTATOR."'
Sin,—The following may throw light on the " method" of Mr. and Mrs. Zancig. Some forty years ago my father, who held a country living in Surrey, called on a neighbouring rector (whose name I enclose for your information) to inquire for his wife, who had been dangerously ill. He was told that she was better, and that the occurrence I am about to describe had taken place on the previous day. The nurse who was in attendance had been reading to Mrs. P— from a dressing-room communi- cating by an open door with the bedroom. In the course of her reading Mrs. P— stopped her, and corrected the sentence. " How do you know what I read, Ma'am ? " said the nurse. "I can see the page quite plainly," said the invalid, and pro- ceeded slowly, but quite correctly, to read from that page. Presently she stopped, and said " Please turn over the page, for I have read to the bottom " (which was quite true). My father went up with Mr. P—, and witnessed a similar exhibition. It seemed quite natural for Mrs. P— to pause at the bottom of the page, and the moment the page was turned she recommenced reading quite smoothly and without a break. Headaches so frequently followed the efforts that they were soon discontinued, and with returning health the power ceased altogether, and never returned. The bed, I might say, was quite out of sight of the part of the dressing- room in which the nurse was sitting.—I am, Sir, Ac., Chelsworth Rectory, Ipswich. F. G. MONTAGU POWELL.
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