15 OCTOBER 1881, Page 16

PROFESSOR CLIFFORD'S EPITAPH.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Anthologia Graeca will be found an epitaph (Jacobs, Appendix, No. 280) which may possibly have suggested, the opening words, at least, of that of Professor Clifford,. quoted in the Spectator of October 8th. It runs as follows :— MX IflY, 7£14)143110 .7),C4 EY, 0201 Etta TOGrayT et • El S' clAJtal; Ti 5 060ET0LI OinG E5014e:01,