POPE VINDICATED

"P.C.S.S." is too great an admirer of Pope not to seek to vindicate him from one, at least, of the blunders attributed to him by Mr. D. Stevens, at p. 331. of the "Notes and Queries." "Singed are his *brows*, the scorching *lids* grow black." Now, if Mr. S. will refer to Homer, he will find that the original fully justifies the use of "brows" and "lids" in the *plural*. It runs thus (*Od.* ix. v. 389.): "Παντα δε υι βλεφαρ αμφι και οφρυασ ευσεν αυτμη." "P.C.S.S." wishes that he could equally remove from Pope the charge of inaccuracy respecting the *three* cannibal meals of Polyphemus. He fears…