31 AUGUST 1895, Page 17

[To THE EDITOR ON THE " SPECTATOR, " ] SIB,—The other day,

before a large party in a country-house, intent only on making an early start agreeable for his depart- ing guest, a genial host observed : "I am very sorry to find that no one else is leaving by the early train."—I am, Sir, &c.,

G.