"Land and sea, weakness and decline, are great separators, but Death is the great divorcer for ever. When the pang of this thought has passed through my mind I may say the bitterness of death is passed."—Yours, etc.,
S. P. J.
Llangollen, February 8th.
[This is a perfect example, as it comes not from a set composition but from a familiar letter.—Editor.]
TAMHTAB
(To the Editor of The London Mercury)
Sir,—There is an example of the "Moor Eeffocist" language which is not open to "A. P.'s" very just objection.
When I was very young and had a vivid imagination I was taken into a Chinese Restaurant, where I saw TUO YAW writ large on a glass door. For a long time I thought I knew at least two words of Chinese.—Yours, etc.,
Donald J. Wardley.