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[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—In reply to your

correspondent I know of no more beautiful and appropriate form of grace before meat than the second verse of the 103rd Psalm in the Authorized Version. " Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all His benefits." It is (1) brief and pithy ; (2) reverent; and (3) in English words, and very ancient.—I am, Sir, &c., H. S. CASHEL AND WATERFORD. The Palace, Waterford.