20 SEPTEMBER 1884, Page 16

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I be allowed

to add a few " Yankee " epitaphs to the entertaining list you so kindly publish ?— " JAKE C. M.

Here lies one who's Life's threads cut Assunder; she was Struck dead by a clop

of thunder."

"JOHN L.

If there is a world above, be is in bliss ; If there is not, he made the most of this."

—I am, Sir, &c.,

New York City, U.S.A., September 2,id. M. L. PARSONS.