10 AUGUST 1889, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR,"]

SIR,—In a garden in Normandy, not far from Falaise, I remember seeing some years ago the following inscription on a sun-dial:— " L'ombre passe et repass%

Et sans repasser l'homme passe."

—I am, Sir, &e., House of Commons, August Sth.

GEORGE J. STONE.