23 SEPTEMBER 1916, Page 14

LUCAN ON THE WAR.

[To TUE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—May we not adapt what Luoan says of Curio?— " llomentumque fuit mutatus Ferdino rernm." —Phars, IV. 819.

By the way, he attributes to Caesar (addressing his troops) the doctrines of hacking through and frightfulness :

" Ite per ignavas pates, famosaque regna, Et primo ferri motu prosternite mundum." —lb., VII. 278.