12 MAY 1883, Page 13

THE WORSHIP OF RANK.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

"The Chimes," by Charles Dickens, are the lines :—

" 0 let us love our occupations, Bless the Squire and his relations;

Live upon our daily rations, And always know our proper stations!"

Have we not here the original, and is not Charles Dickens the