29 OCTOBER 1904, Page 17

" il.4511 TOI waripow 5i7' ageivover eil'ALEfie Erma."

And it is noteworthy, on the other hand, that it is from the Golden Age of Augustus that there comes Horace's cry of pessimism-

" Aetas parentum, pejor avis, tulit Nos nequiores."

—I am, Sir, &c., J. C. V. DURELL.