15 NOVEMBER 1913, Page 33

[To THE EDITOR Or vHE "SPECTATOR., SIR, — In Charles Lamb's essay,

" Grace Before Meat," he tells of a pleasant school-fellow, C. V. L., who, when importuned for a grace, used to inquire, "Is there no clergyman here P " significantly adding" Thank God." May not these two words, thus wittily but irreverently spoken, when spoken reverently form an impressive and sufficient grace, fulfilling as they do all the requirements of your correspondent.—I am, Sir, Sze.,