5 JULY 1913, Page 26

PALINDROMES.

[To THE EDITOR or THE ..sracrivon."3

Sia,—The other morning I wandered into the church of St. Martin, Ludgate, and I was interested to see the Greek baptismal palindrome carved on the font:

NIVON ANOMHMA MH MONAN I do not know of any other palindromes in Greek ; the encyclopaedias give several instances of this form of literary ingenuity in Latin, to which I would add (taken from Barclay's Dictionary, 1807): "Subi dura a rudibus " (undergo hard knocks at quarter-staff). Has this Elizabethan amuse- ment survived to these times ? And can your readers supply any English examples other than the simple names Hannah, Ada, and the words with which the first man perhaps intro: duced himself to his spouse; "Madam, I'm Adam " P—I am,