18 FEBRUARY 1928, Page 19

" SUMMINGS UP "

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

Srn,—I heard and jotted down the " Rag and Bone Man's Epitaph" sixty or seventy years ago. It should run thus :-

" Here lie the bones of William Jones Who while he lived collected bones. But death, that bony grizzly spectre, That most amazing bone collector, Has boned poor Jones so snug and tidy And here he lies in bond fide."