12 OCTOBER 1934, Page 19

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,-The meaning of the

words, quo quisque eat sollertior et ingeniosior, hoc docet iraeundius et laboriosius, is plain enough to anyone who finishes Cicero's 'sentence, quod cairn ipse eeleriter arripuit, id cum tarde percipi videt, discruciatur. (pro Q. Roscio Corn. xi.)-I am, Sir, yours, &c.,

MACAULAY'S SCHOOLBOY.