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E(^vQ  n  6713.Q.40 


HARVARD  COLLEGE 
LIBRARY 


FROM  THE  BEQUEST  OF 

MRS.  ANNE  E.  P.  SEVER 
OF  BOSTON 

Widow  of  Col,  James  Warren  Sever 

(CUm  of  1817) 


THE    EAGLE 


THE    EAGLE 


A    MAGAZINE 


SUPPORTED    BT 


MEMBERS  0¥  ST  JOHN'S  COLLEGE 


VOL  XVIII 

(CONTAINING  NOS.  CXI — CVIl) 


Camlrribfle : 


E   JOHNSON   TRINITY   STREET 

PHINTSD  BY  METCALFE  AND  CO  LIMITED  ROSE  CRESCENT 
FOR  SUBSCRIBERS  ONLY 

1895 


Edv.c  R  6713.P.40 


jo/io^k^4<^^*-^ 


CONTENTS. 


Notes  from  the  College  Records  (continued)    . 

PACK 
I 

Ibsen                ..... 

14 

CrrossiDg  the  Bar    . 

26 

••Croquettes"  ..... 

27 

Camus  et  Camenae                «... 

28 

William  Ernest  Henley  .... 

38 

An  Echo  of  W.  E.  Henley  .... 

48 

In  Behalf  of  Freshmen  .... 

49 

The  Fairies'  Song  ..... 

53 

Si  Je  Puis       . 

54 

Why  we  Talk         ..... 

56 

Wordsworth's  Room  in  St  John's 

61 

To  an  Ideal            ..... 

62 

Obituary: 

Charles  Edmund  Haskins  M.A. 

63 

Herbert  Dukinfield  Darbishire  M.A. 

.         67 

Charles  Alexander  Maclean  Pond  M.A. 

72 

The  Rev  Leonard  Blomefield  M.A. 

74 

Sir  Charles  Peter  Layard  K.C.M.G.     . 

78 

Francis  Dixon  Johnson  B.A. 

78 

The  Rey  Arthur  Thomas  Whilmorc  Shadwell    . 

80 

The  Rev  Ralph  Raisbeck  Tatham  M.A.    . 

81 

Our  Chronide ..... 

84 

The  Library             ..... 

III 

List  of  Subscribers          .... 

"5 

Notes  from  the  College  Records  fcontinuedj    . 

121 

A  Translation  ..... 

«3i 

Walter  Pater           ..... 

.        132 

CONTENTS. 


"Cuculus  Fadt  Monaco" 

Die  Philosophic  Der  Liebe    . 

Modem  Greek  Songs 

The  College  Register  of  Admissions  (Part  II) 

Suspiria 

A  Training  Breakfast 

Of  Early  and  Late  Rising 

In  Memory  of  Bosco,  A  Pug  Dog 

Jack,  the  King  of  Cobs 

In  the  Words  of  the  Masters 

Obituary : 

The  Very  Rev  Charles  Meriyale  D.D. 

Arthur  Milnes  MarshaU  M.A.  M.D.  F.R.S. 

The  ReT  Thomas  James  Rowsell  M.A. 

The  Rev  John  Castle  Burnett  M.A. 

Sidney  Charles  Harding 
Our  Chronicle  .... 

The  Library      .... 
The  College  Register  of  Admission  (Part  II)    . 
A  Lover's  Prayer 
The  English  Lakes 
Told  at  Ditton 

Vain  Hopes  .... 

The  Drowning  of  Thorgils 
Camus  et  Camilli    .  ... 

Some  Cigarette  Papers   . 
The  Poetry  of  William  Barnes :   A  Note 
The  Relationship  between  Literature  and  Science 
Hafiz        ..... 
The  Sojourn  of  Home-Clergy  in  the  Colonies 
Correspondence        .... 
Obituary : 

The  Honorable  and  Very  Rev  George  Herbert 

The  Ven  Brough  Mallby  M.A.     . 

The  Rev  Arthur  Malortie  Hoare  M.A. 
Our  Chronicle  .... 

The  Library      .... 


156 
158 
168 
169 

174 
176 
176 
178 

183 
194 
201 
204 
205 
209 
232 
235 

245 
246 

253 

258 

259 
260 
271 

274 
276 
281 
300 
302 

303 
303 
305 
309 
332 


CONTENTS. 


Notes  from  the  College  Records  (continued)     . 

PAO« 

337 

The  Maiden  Castle         ..... 

347 

Robert  Louis  Steyenson       ...               *               * 

3SO 

A  River  Idyll                  .               -               .                .                . 

373 

ninsions  Perdnes     ....•• 

376 

A  Voice  of  the  Sea       • 

381 

A  Higher  PUne  Curve          ..... 

382 

A  Cirde           ...... 

382 

The  Library  at  Hawkshead  Grammar  School,  and  the  School-days 
of  Wordsworth         ..... 

383 

In  Suspense     ...... 

388 

Editorial  ....... 

389 

Obitnary : 

Charles  Carpmael  M.A.  F.R.A.S. 

390 

Sir  Henry  Alnslie,  Hoare,  Bart.  .... 

391 

Onr  Chronicle  ...... 

392 

The  Library            ...... 

417 

List  of  Subscribers          ..... 

425 

The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood               .... 

43  J 

Nil  Desperandnm            ..... 

451 

The  River               ...... 

452 

A  Missing  Manoscript    ..... 

453 

•  Ne  Sntor  Ultra  Crepidam  "               .               .               .               . 

461 

A  Smooth  Cycloid          ..... 

462 

A  Perfectly  Rough  Sphere   ..... 

46a 

A  Philosopher's  Voyage  Round  London  at  Night    . 

463 

Sator  Sartorqne  Scelerum      .             ' . 

468 

Mr  Pater's  Style             ..... 

470 

After  Paul  Verlamc               ..... 

483 

A  New  Prose  Translation  of  Homer 

484 

Correspondence        ...... 

489 

Obituary : 

The  Rev  Gerald  Thomson  Lermit,  LL.D. 

492 

The  Rev  Theobald  Richard  OTflahertie     . 

492 

The  Right  Rev  James  Atlay  D.D.      .               .               ♦ 

495 

Edward  Hamilton  Acton  M.A.     .... 

503 

Oor  Chronicle.                 ..... 

512 

CONTENTS. 


The  Library             ..... 

53« 

Notes  from  the  College  Records  (continued) 

535 

life          .....               . 

.        548 

The  Dredging  Song       .               .               .               .               . 

55 1 

From  a  College  Window      .               .               •               . 

•       559 

A  Sea  Dirge — ^Naenia  Pdagia 

560 

Septentrionalia         .               .               •               ,               . 

.        564 

The  Helix        ...... 

571 

A  Problem              ..... 

•       571 

Cluvienus :  His  Thonghts 

57« 

Soph.  Oed.  Col.  668—719    .... 

.       576 

Footprints  of  Famous  Men 

578 

The  Quiet  Life                 .               •               .               . 

586 

Philomela                ..... 

.        587 

On  Examinations             .... 

588 

Rondel     ...... 

.       596 

The  Adams  Memorial  in  Westminster  Abbey               , 

597 

Johnian  Dinner               .... 

599 

Obitnary : 

Bishop  Pearson         .... 

600 

Rev  John  Henry  Pooley 

602 

Rev  Charles  Thomas  Whitley 

60s 

Rev  Archibald  ^neas  Julias 

608 

John  Henry  Merrifield    .               .               .               • 

.        609 

Our  Chronicle  . 

610 

The  Library             •               .               .               .               . 

629 

THE  EAGLE. 


NOTES  FROM  THE  COLLEGE  RECORDS. 


(Continued from  Vol  xviJ,  p.  589^. 

jHE  Grammar  School  at  Sedbergh,  first  founded 
by  Roger  Lupton,  Provost  of  Eton,  about 
1528,  and  refoundecf'by  Edward  VI  after  the 
Reformation,  has  always  been  closely  con- 
nected with  the  College.  Lupton  himself  founded  two 
Fellowships  and  six  Scholarships  in  St  John's  College 
for  Sedbergh  boys,  and  in  1588  Henry  Hebblethwaite, 
described  as  a  Citizen  of  London,  but  probably  of 
Sedbergh  origin,  founded  a  Fellowship  and  two 
Scholarships  with  like  preference. 

For  nearly  four  hundred  years  the  College  and  the 
School  have  thus  been  in  close  connexion.  The  recently 
published  Register  of  Admissions  to  the  College  shews 
that  between  January  i6§g  and  July  17 15,  no  less 
than  348  Sedbergh  boys  were  admitted  to  the  College. 
Many  of  these  became  Fellows,  worked  for  the  College 
and  got  College  Livings,  or  went  out  into  the  world  and 
became  famous  in  their  day. 

The  College  on  the  other  hand  appointed  the  Head 
Masters,  and  so  kept  up  the  stream  of  capable  boys. 
The  one  weak  point  in  the  old  system  was  that,  if  the 
College  made  a  bad  or  unfortunate  appointment,  it  had 
no  power  of  removing  the  Head  Master. 

VOL.  XVIII.  B 


2  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

One  appointment  rfiade  in  Commonwealth  times 
,  gave  rise  to  great  disputes  at  Sedbergh,  was  the  cause 
of  much  litigation  there,  and  probably  of  much  vexation 
in  College.  The  times  were  disturbed.  William  Beale, 
the  Master,  had  been  turned  out,  to  fly  from  England 
and  die  in  Madrid.  Twenty-nine  Fellows  of  the  College 
were  ejected  and  their  places  filled,  by  order  of  the 
Earl  of  Manchester,  with  persons  examined  and  ap- 
proved by  the  Assembly  of  Divines.  In  1648  Gilbert 
Nelson,  the  Head  Master  of  Sedbergh,  died,  and  to  the 
•  intruded '  Fellows  fell  the  choice  of  his  successor.  In 
July  1648  Arrowsmith  the  Master  and  five  Fellows  of 
the  College  wrote  to  the  Governors  to  say  that  their 
choice  had  fsiUen  on  Richard  Jackson,  a  *  Master  of 
Arts,  heretofore  of  our  College.'  His  name  does  not 
appear  in  the  Admission  Register,  so  that  he  was  then 
probably  a  man  of  over  40  years  of  age. 

We  may  assume  that  Jackson  was  a  Parliament  Man, 
and  it  would  appear  that  many  at  Sedbergh  were 
Royalist  in  their  sympathies.  To  those  who  were  for 
the  King  the  choice  of  the  intruding  Fellows — bardi  uf 
plurimum  et  infruniti  ingenii  hofnunculi^  as  Dr  Peter 
Barwick  in  his  life  of  Dean  Barwick  calls  them,  3/^?^^- 
heads  for  the  most  part  and  senseless  scoundrels^  as  Hilkiah 
Bedford  his  translator  puts  it — was  probably  suspect 
from  the  first.  After  the  lapse  of  nearly  two  hundred 
and  fifty  years  it  is  not  easy  to  say  what  did  happen^ 
but  apparently  Jackson  commenced  lawsuits  against  the 
Governors  or  feoffees  of  the  School  in  respect  of  the 
estates  or  rents.  The  Governors  petitioned  the  College 
against  him,  and,  in  addition  to  the  signatures  of  the 
Governors,  those  of  37  inhabitants  of  Sedbergh  testify 
to  the  fact  that  *the  schoole  house  instead  of  young 
Athenians,  been  left  lodging  for  owls  and  batts  to  roost 
and  rest  in.'  This  petition,  still  preserved  in  College, 
will  be  found  printed  in  Miss  Piatt's  History  of  the 
Parish  and  Grammur  School  of  Sedbergh.  This  volume 
also  contains  a  number  of  other  documents  concerning 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  3 

these  disputes.  They  are  taken  from  the  originals  pre- 
served among  the  school  papers,  and  may  be  regarded 
as  stating  the  case  for  the  prosecution.  Preserved  in 
College,  on  the  other  hand,  are  some  papers  sent  pre- 
sumably by  Jackson,  and  containing  his  views  of  the 
matter.  The  gravest  accusation  against  him  was  that 
he  was  intemperate  in  his  habits.  It  will  be  observed 
that  Jackson  at  most  admits  that  drink  was  forced  upon 
him.  His  chief  tormentor  seems  to  have  been  George 
Otway.  This  man  was  brother  of  Sir  John  Otway, 
Fellow  of  St  John's,  and  afterwards  Reader  at  ^Gray's 
Irin,  and  prominent  at  the  Restoration  of  Charles  II. 
George  Otway  is  mentioned  in  Fox's  Journal  in  1657, 
as  *  this  wild  man,'  and  it  seems  clear  that  he  was  a 
very  boisterous  and  turbulent  person. 

The  documents  which  follow  give  us"an  idea  of  the 
proceedings  of  this  Otway,  and  a  curious  picture  of 
a  country  town  in  those  days.  It  is  a  little  difficult  to 
see  how  the  first  could  be  relevant  to  a  suit  in  Chancery, 
but  relevance,  we  shall  see,  was  not  Mr  Jackson's  strong 
point. 

vpon  a  Suite  in  Chancery. 

Betwene  Richard  Jackson  Clerk  Pit.  & 
John  Couper  with  others  Defendants. 

That  I  Samuel  Shawe,  being  Scholler  unto  Richard  Jackson 
Clerk  M'  of  ye  free  Cramer  Schoole  of  Sedbergh  in  ye  Countie 
of  York  in  January  one  thousand  six  hundreth  fifty  three** 
Doe  very  well  Rememb'  that  y«  aforesaid  M*",  quietly  and 
Constantly  then  following  the  Schoole,  one  George  Otway,  of 
Ingmeare  frequently  singing  and  Ringing  the  said  Jackson's 
farewell  out  of  England  as  he  called  it  And  Boasting  to  Banish 
him  after  he  had  with  shamelesse  Insolency  made  a  fiddler  play 
both  at  his  Chamb'  window  and  else  where  Dancing  and  Sing- 
ing w*h  his  Drunken  Companions  useing  all  revileing  tearmes 
to  y«  said  Jackson's  disgrace.  He  did  upon  a  Tuesday  the 
seaventeenth  of  January  (as  I  take  it),  In  the  Morninge  send 

♦  Le.  165}. 


4  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

one  My  Garthwaite  (whom  y®  M'  suffered  to  teach  under  him) 
earnestly  solicitinge  for  his  Company  at  ye  Alehouse  w^h  y© 
M*"  refused  utterly.  And  after  two  or  three  Messages  the  said 
Otway  came  himselfe  in  person  w'^  a  Debauched  and  Murtherous 
quarrelour  called  Edward  Corney.  Craving  leave  to  come  into 
his  Schooloft,  saying  he  would  stay  noe  longer  then  y«  Mr 
pleased.  But  having  provided  ale  to  be  brought  after  him  he 
urged  the  Mr  to  Drinke,  saying  he  would  stay  noe  longer  than 
y«  Taking  of  one  Pipe  of  Tobacco.  But  y«  Mr  Refused  to 
Drinke  w**»  him  as  he  desired  &  weary  of  his  long  stay  went 
from  his  own  loft  to  teach  y«  Schollers  callinge  one  out.  Then 
y«  said  Otway  &  Garthwaite  came  downe,  upon  which  y« 
Schoolem'  bid  him  farewel  and  presently  went  up  y«  staires, 
Otway  threateninge  that  he  should  fetch  him  downe  by  the 
Eares  upon  w^^  y«  Schoolm"^  shutt  the  doore  &  he  fell  to 
Brangle  w^**  y«  Boyes  for  aboute  y®  space  of  an  howre  at  least 
sayinge  he  was  as  much  Mr  as  Jackson.  And  Gooinge  away 
at  length  a  little  before  Eleaven  of  ye  Clock  to  a  little  Alehouse 
standing  in  y«  Churchyard  he  from  thence  sent  y®  said  Corney 
w*^  a  challeng  to  y«  Schoolm'  upon  a  false  &  frivolous  occasion 
of  his  own  devising.  And  presently  uppon  y*  coinanded  y«  said 
Corney  to  call  back  ye  Schoolm'  or  bring  him  by  y«  eares 
whereupon  y«  Schoolm*^  having  a  sore  leg  Corney  Run  after  him 
threatninge  to  tripp  up  his  heeles  w<^*»  w"  he  could  not  doe 
y«  said  Otway  came  Running  a  Tilt  w***  his  staff  at  his  face. 
But  both  of  them  were  staved  of.  Company  coming  in  After- 
wards at  Night  y«  said  Otway  w*^  Corney  &  Jo :  Washington 
(Now  gone  wt^»  him  Into  Ireland)  Drinking,  Singing  &  Rioting 
before  Jackson's  Lodginge  w*Mn  night  did  shortly  after  fall 
upon  two  men  of  y«  parish  w^^  was  left  in  danger  of  death. 
Whereupon  M^"  Jackson  Binding  Otway  with  his  Complices 
to  good  behaviour  enioyd  some  quiet  till  y*  quarter  Sessions, 
where  y®  said  Otway,  having  his  Recognizances  given  in  con- 
trary to  law  (as  y«  My  said)  by  y®  fauour  of  Sir  Rob*  Barwick 
(then  Senior  Justice  in  place)  the  said  Jackson  hauinge  left 
y«  Schooledoore  lockt  durst  not  nor  could  not  by  occasion  of 
ye  Schooles  businesse  (as  I  had  Reason  to  Believe)  Return  back 
againe  having  spoken  unto  me  this  deponent  and  written  in 
Easter  last  that  I  should  teach  those  schollers  w<^^  came  in  his 
absence  (the  cheifest  returning  home  w*^  purpose  to  stay  till 
his  rcturne  upon  y*  occasion)  w<^^  thing  I  was  ready  to  undertake 


Notes  from  tJie  College  Records.  5 

but  that  a  present  Ague  possessed  me  so  that  in  the  Meane 
space  y«  ffeoffees  by  y«  assistance  of  y^  said  Otway  broke  open 
y«  doore.  Put  Garthwaite  in  place  sayeinge  he  should  be 
M',  Nayling  up  y«  Schoolm'^'  loft  doore  where  his  Bookes,  papers 
and  goods  lay,  refusinge  him  (upon  his  returne  from  solicitinge 
y«  schoole  causes)  all  entrance  into  his  owne  chamber.  And 
Boastinge  that  Garthwaite  should  be  M',  who  refused  to  teach 
one  of  y«  best  schollers  called  Jo  :  Harper  or  suffer  him  to  be 
taught  by  y«  Mr  who  came  along  with  him  (as  I  have  heard). 
And  shortly  after  threatened  y«  Tenannts  of  y«  Loft  house  if 
they  paid  y*  Schoolm^  any  Rents  and  Robert  Hall  in  Bpeciall  if 
he  afforded  him  meate  drink  or  lodginge  at  his  house.  And 
y«  said  Otway  was  reported  at  y«  Market t  crosse  in  Sedbergh 
to  have  threatened  all  y®  Townsfolks  So  that  the  Schoolmr 
having  had  noe  good  Accoiuodacon  from  his  first  cominge  was 
now  to  have  none  at  all  but  was  compelled  to  seek  his  lodginge 
in  Garsdaile  some  three  miles  distant ;  where  he  had  soiourned 
long  before  as  I  have  seene  by  a  certificate  under  y  hands  &  so 
seems  rather  driven  away  then  putt  out  of  possession  by  y«  fury 
of  this  Otway  who  hath  animated  them  to  seaze  upon  these 
lands  of  Loft  house  wch  weare  more  then  six  yearcs  his  in 
possession. 

Sworne  ffeb.  the  5th  1654 
Tho:  Benet 

Sheffeild  Stubbs. 


Westrideing  of 
Yorkshire. 

The  Jurors  for  the  Lord  protectour  of  the  common-wealth 
of  England  Scotland  and  Ireland  doe  vpon  there  oathes  present 
that  George  Otway  late  of  Ingmire  within  the  constablerie  of 
Sedbergh  in  the  County  of  Yorke  Gent,  the  eleauenth  day  of 
January  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  six  hundred 
fifty  three  at  Sedbergh  in  the  westrideing  of  y*  said  County  did 
then  and  there  wickedly,  prophanely,  advisedly  and  deliberately 
Bweare  fiftie  prophine  oathes,  to  witt,  By  God,  by  God's 
woundes,  by  God's  blood,  God's  heart,  and  by  the  Lord  God, 
by  reiterating  them  ouer  and  ouer  again,  to  y®  great  dishonour 
of  God,  to  y«  euill  example  of  others  in  y«  like  case  offending, 
contrarie  to  y«  publicke  peace,  and  contrary  to  y**  forme  of 
y®  statute  in  y*  case  made  and  provided. 


6  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

Westrideing  op 
Yorkshire. 

The  Jurors  for  y«  Lord  protectour  of  y«  comonwealth  of 
England,  Scotland  and  Ireland  doe  vpon  there  oathes  present 
that  George  Otway  late  of  Ingmire  within  y«  Constablery  of 
Sedbcrgh  in  y«  county  of  Yorke,  Gent,  Edward  Corney  late  of 
Sedbergh  aforesaid  labourer  and  John  Washington  late  of  the 
same  blacksmith  y«  17th  day  of  January  in  y«  yeare  of  our  Lord 
God  1653  &  divers  other  dayes  and  times,  as  well  before  as 
after,  by  force  &  armes  &c.  at  Sedbergh  aforesaid,  in  y«  west- 
rideing of  y®  said  County,  being  armed  with  sword,  staues, 
knifes,  and  other  weapons,  as  well  offensive  as  defensive  did 
vnlawfully  riotously,  &  vn justly  assemble  themselves  together 
with  an  intent  to  disturbe  y«  publique  peace,  &  then  &  there 
riotously,  &  by  force  of  armes  made  vpon  one  Richard 
Jackson  Gierke.  Schoolmaster  of  y«  free  Schoole  of  Sedbergh, 
aforesaid,  in  Gods  peace  &  in  y«  publicke  peace,  then  and  there 
being  an  assault  and  fray  did  make,  and  him  y«  said  Richard 
Jackson  then  and  there  riotously  they  did  beat,  wound  and  cuill 
entieate,  so  that  his  life  was  in  much  danger  and  other  injuries 
to  him  then  and  there  did  doe  to  y®  greate  damadge  of  y«  said 
Richard  Jackson,  contrary  to  y«  publicke  peace,  and  contrary  to 
y«  form  of  y®  statute  in  that  case  made  and  provided. 

The  petition  to  the  Parliament  which  follows  and 
the  Petition  to  the  Lord  Protector  which  will  appear 
in  our  next  number  are  both  printed  documents. 
The  letter  from  Jackson  to  the  College  in  Greek 
seems  to  allude  to  these.  Dr  Sandys  has  kindly 
furnished  me  with  some  notes  pointing  out  the  quo- 
tations from  Lucian  which  he  has  detected  in  this  letter, 
and  Mr  G.  C.  M.  Smith  has  furnished  me  with  an 
English  translation.  In  printing  the  Greek  I  have 
retained  Jackson's  system  of  accentuation. 

To  THE  Right  Honourable  the  Parliament  of  England. 
The  humble  Petition  of  Richard  Jackson  Gierke^  Master  of  the 
free  Gramme f  Schoole  in  Sedbergh. 

Humbly  Sheweth : 

That  your  Petitioner  rejoiceth  much  to  hear  how  your  grave 

Wisdomes  have  graciously  taken  into  consideration  the  riotous 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  7 

disorders^  horrible  abuses,  and  hellish  mischeifes,  which  are  and 
have  beene  by  drinking  and  forcing  of  healths ;  and  well  knowing 
by  late  experience,  that  the  multiplicity  of  petty  Alehouses  in 
the  severall  corners  of  the  Land,  are  not  onely  become  the 
source  of  this  sinfull  enormity,  whereby  many  a  man  runneth 
his  Patrimony  through  his  throat,  lavishing  away  all  in  drink, 
whilest  Wife  and  Children,  wofully  lament  for  want  of  bread, 
but  also  the  nurseries  of  innumberable  iniquities ;  vi%,  Oathes, 
Whoredomes,  Lies,  Thefts,  Murders,  and  Calumnies;  en- 
couraging and  complying  with  cursed  and  incorrigible  wretches, 
Blasphemers  of  God,  contemners  of  the  Word,  scorners  of 
piety,  and  absolute  enemies  of  all  civill  order  and  peace ;  as  too 
evidently  appeared,  in  the  poore  towne  of  Sedbcrgh  in  Yorkishire 
in  the  Liberty  of  Encrosse,  this  last  yeare,  by  the  riotous  ranting, 
blasphemous  swearing,  and  incredible  insolence  of  one  George 
Otway  oi  Ingmeere,  who  in  Jan.  last  1653  ^^  ^^  about  the  house 
of  one  Edward  Fauceiy  his  Cousin  and  a  petty  Alehouse-keeper, 
with  two  of  his  quarrellous  complices,  (^Edward  Comey  and 
John  Washtngiofi)  did  so  abuse  and  riotously  beat©  two  Brothers 
inhabiting  there,  that  they  were  in  despaire  even  of  life :  and 
yet  being  poore  (as  one  of  them  said)  they  durst  neither  com- 
plaine  nor  seeke  redress:  and  from  the  ninth  of  that  month 
to  the  seventeenth,  the  said  Otway  most  spitefully  pursued  your 
Petitioner  with  all  manner  of  scurillous  language,  and  drunken 
revilings,  singing  and  ringing  his  farewell  out  of  England,  and 
soone  after  shamefully  assaulted  him  both  in  his  own  Schoole 
house,  and  in  that  they  call  the  Churchyard.  For  no  other 
cause  apparent  (besides  the  vindication  of  the  Schooles  right, 
wherein  his  elder  brother  hath  made  himselfe  most  deeply 
concerned),  but  that  your  Petitioner  slighted  his  insolence,  and 
utterly  renounced  his  evill  society,  so  being  necessitate  to  bind 
him  unto  good  behaviour.  At  the  next  Quarter  Sessions,  1654, 
your  Petitioner  preferred  two  inditements  against  him,  which 
were  both  found  by  the  Grand  Jury.  Yet  through  the  favour  of 
Sir  Robert  Barwicke  (Senior  Justice  then  in  place),  hee  had  his 
Recognisance  given  in,  and  was  let  goe  out  of  the  towne, 
without  the  consent,  and  against  the  will  of  your  Petitioner, 
who  in  open  Court  gave  unquestionable  rfcason  to  the  contrary. 
Then  againe,  upon  the  first  opportunity  he  pursued  your  Peti- 
tioner with  redoubled  spite  (having  formerly  threatened  to  kill 
him).    Not  onely  by  captiously  seeking  a  frivolous  occasion, 


8  Notes  fro7n  the  College  Records. 

and  so  maliciously  commencing  a  suite  at  Law  by  the  aid  and 
assistance  of  his  Brother  (one  John  Oiway  Esquire  a  young 
Lawyer  of  Grayes  Inne)  but  also  in  August  last  at  the  said 
Faucei^s,  and  especially  at  ohq  Jane  Atkinson^ s^  the  said  Oiway 
continuing  swearing,  drinking,  and  roaring,  till  two  a  Clocke  in 
the  morning,  came  riding  with  his  sword  drawne  to  your 
Petitioners  lodging,  rayling  at  him  with  all  termes  of  reproach 
intollerable,  having  since  also  offered  the  like  abuses  and 
language  in  the  sight  and  audience  of  his  Brother  the  Lawyer 
unrebuked,  and  then  proudly  boasting  to  expell  and  banish 
him ;  in  order  to  that  end  he  threatened  the  townesfolke  with 
utter  undoeing,  if  they  afoorded  him  either  meate  or  drinke,  so 
that  your  Petitioner  was  and  is  constrayned  to  seeke  his  lodging 
in  Garsedah,  for  necessary  safety  and  accomodation.  Your 
Petitioner  therefore  seriously  pondering  the  pride  and  insolence 
of  these  malicious  upstarts,  in  suche  a  place  of  ignorance, 
poverty,  and  profaness,  where  the  rich  and  arrogant  (as  some  of 
the  parish  did  assert)  have  been  always  impatient  of  truth  and 
piety,  or  long  to  endure  any  good  man  amongst  them,  and 
easily  observing  the  partiality  of  some  Justices,  as  besides  the 
above  said  Sir  Robert  one  Ralph  Raines,  Attourney,  late  in 
Commission  for  the  Peace,  who  after  sufficient  notice  did  not 
onely  connive  wilfully  at  the  notorious  villanies  of  a  common 
lyar  and  felon,  proclaimed  at  the  market  cross  in  Sedhergh,  but 
also  upon  the  Act  of  oblivion,  (in  favour  of  out  John  Cowper 
father  of  the  felon)  tooke  occasion  to  mqlest  and  prosecute  the 
innocent;  who  long  before  had  given  him  first  notice  and 
information  upon  just  and  weighty  occasion ;  seeing  therefore 
that  the  abominable  pride  of  such  Bravadoes  (through  the 
oscitancy  or  injustice  of  some  in  authority)  will  shortly  render 
all  the  blood  expended  for  freedom  and  safety,  not  only  fruitlesse 
and  unprofitable,  but  in  all  the  honest  party  very  odious  and 
execrable,  in  so  exciting  vile  men  to  the  arbitrary  exercise  of 
their  extravagant  humors,  to  the  disgrace  and  scorne  of  the 
godly  honest  in  every  country;  as  if  after  so  large  proposalls  of 
just  and  religious  ends  we  had  intended  the  extirpation  of  all 
order  and  justice,  and  the  abolition  of  all  difference  between 
Power  and  Law,  quite  contrary  to  the  tennor  of  the  present 
establishment. 

Your  Petitioner  therefore  in  order  to  an  universall  and 
more  effectual  redress  of  such  like  grievances,  most  humbly 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  9 

prayeth  your  most  serious  thoughts  upon  that  assertion  of 
the  ablest  Roman  Orator,  viz,  Haec  sptciant  leges  omnes 
z'ncolumem  fore  civium  conjunctionem  &  sode/a/em,  quam  qui 
dirimunt  morie,  vinclis,  damno,  exilio  sunt  coercendi,  together 
vith  that  heavenly  observation  of  the  heathen  Poet, 
iroXXoVic  avfindira  iroXig  Kaicov  dv^pog  iiravpti.  Secondly,  that 
such  honest  men  as  close  with  the  government,  may  not 
continue  in  brutall  slavery,  to  the  meere  will  and  power  of 
superbious  malignants,  truely  so  stiled ;  but  freely  partake 
of  those  provisions  which  are  promised  for  the  securing  of 
our  just  rights  and  liberties,  so  as  to  eate,  slee{>e,  and  follow 
our  business,  without  any  molestation  by  vaine  and  idle 
men,  by  barbarous  ruffians,  or  disorderly  rioters.  Thirdly, 
therefore  that  due  and  well  fitted  correction  and  punish- 
ment may  be  inflicted  upon  such  giantly  monsters  as  rebell 
against  God  and  tyranize  over  men  by  peremptory  perturba* 
tion  frequently  offered  to  the  quiet,  orderly,  and  industrious; 
without  that  excessive  charge  and  trouble,  which  often 
wcarieth  out  the  Prosecutor,  both  in  purse  and  patience. 
Fourthly,  that  Officers  of  Justice  whensoever  they  Act 
against  the  duty  of  their  office,  or  the  nature  of  God's 
ordinance,  viz.  (government)  through  love,  or  hatred,  feare, 
or  interest,  they  may  suffer  such  censure  and  punishment, 
by  which  themselves  and  others  may  clearely  perceive,  viz. 
that  government  itselfe  is  matter  of  no  private  interest,  but 
of  publike  utillity;  the  safety  and  welfare  of  the  governed 
being  the  chiefest  end  of  all  their  authority.  Fifthly,  Seeing 
that  lies  and  calumnies  are  the  very  plague  of  particular 
persons,  and  bane  of  the  body  politick,  that  some  compen- 
dious  way  of  convicting  these  pernicious  and  treasonable 
offenders,  may  be  plainly  established ;  as  also  due  punish* 
ment  for  the  convicted,  both  by  way  of  shame,  and 
satisfaction  to  the  wronged.  Sixtly,  for  that  the  Barrs  of 
impudencie  are  thus  broken  downe,  and  all  reverence 
whether  to  things  or  persons  (wealth  onely  excepted) 
utterly  abolished  (lest  we  altogether  bend  to  that  beastly 
barbarisme  which  banished  Hermodorus)  that  your  deepe 
wisdome  would  devoutly  ponder  what  coercive  meanes  may 
be  justly  prescribed  for  securing  due  honour  to  good  men 
in  authority,  and  some  civill  respect  to  able  dispencers  of 
the  Gospell,  as  also  tp  men  of  great  learning  and  parts» 
VOL.  XVIII.  C 


10  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

when  their  integrity  is  found  answerable  to  their  sufficiency, 
and  so  well  fitting  them  for  publicke  use,  whensoever  they 
shall  be  imployed.  So  that  neither  of  these  sorts  may  be 
necessitate  to  sooth  the  defects,  and  flatter  the  vices  of 
arrogant  and  impious  men,  turning  fooles  to  humor  such  as 
are  so ;  nor  ever  be  as  some  of  them  lately  hav  been. 
Omnium  injutiarum  mancipia  &  nebulonum  ludibria. 

And  your  Petitioner  shall  &c. 


Mar.  7,  1654* 

This  Petition  was  intended  for  the  Parliament,  in  November 
last  1654,  and  though  approved  upon  perusal),  by  a  grave  and 
pious  member  of  that  house,  well  knowing  the  place,  yet  he  saw 
no  opportunity  of  presenting  it,  which  occasioned  this  printing; 
so  to  expose  the  same,  to  the  consideration  of  the  Lord 
Protector  and  his  Counsell,  of  whom  the  same  things  are 
humbly  craved  and  expected. 


Addressed;  To  the  right  Wors'»^l  The  Maister  with  The  Senior 
ffelowes  of  St  Johns  Colledge  In  Cambridge  these. 

Ovic  ivSoid^fo  (avSpi^  AlBiaifiot)  fii)  ^avepov  vfii¥ 
^eviaOai,  irw  ovro^  oi  avriSiKot  ^fi&v  (^€^<f>vx^  fov  ^arava 
Spfava)  eh  ipya^  dvoalov^  teareOiiyovTO,  toU  tov  i^dovou 
fiiXta^y  irporj/coyrtafiivoi  nravjore  tov  rificofAevoy  rj  rip^aadai, 
A^iov  ikoK^ara  SiafiaXkovTO^,  S^d  yap  to  elvai  inrift^Qovov 
TOi?  v7roX€i7ro/i6voi9  avTOVf  airavre^  tc(»  iiriTo^d^ovrai, 
icaddirip  ri  /c<o\v^a  Kal  ijAiroSiov  irpoopdfAevoi.^  oirep  ov 
6avfiaaTiov ,'  irp&ro^  yap  avro^  SKaaTO^  €ivai  /Soi;Xo/a€vo9 
TrapoaOelrah  rov  irXrjatoy  xal  rbv  nrpo  dvrov  viroa'xjeiki^^iv 

*Jto  yap  TO  dvai — wpoopupeyoi.    This  sentence  is  borrowed 

from  Lucian,   Calumniae  non   temere  credendum,   §  12  : — 2ia/3aX« 

Xcrai  piv  ovy  utQ  ro  voXv  paXttrra  v  ripwpeyoQ   kqi  ^id  tovto  role 

ifiroXtiiropiyoiQ    ahrov   ivl<I^Bovo£'    awavree   ydp    rfh*    eVirofa^ovrai 

KaOdiTip    Ti   KtiXvpa    Kal   ipTroiiov   vpoopuip^yoi,   Kal   cicaaroc  ourai 

wpuiroQ  avroQ  iirtadai»  r^2*  eTriroU^oyTai  (printed  in  earlier  editions 

rf  5*  eVirofofoKrac)  is  borrowed  by  Lucian  from  Homer,  /had  iii 

79,  r«3  i"  iviTO^dl^oyTO^ 

♦  t\e.  1651. 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  1 1 

nri;^«i^€t*  ivda  h  ikkv  ')(fififrtQ%  attyy&^i  wapaaiavprai,  xal 
TO  TtXeirratoVt  arlfuw^  i^inarai.  irpo^  Se  ra^  roiavra^ 
K€ucafideia9  vt0ava>Tepo^,  Kal  KoXuKevTiKmrepo^,  €vSoKifA€tg 
icai  o\ai9  <p0d<Ta^  KpareT ;  irapa  roif^  tcphrii^  riiiw^  yapyaXi' 
^ofiivov^  ra  &Ta  vrro  r&v  Sia/SoX&v,  paSim^  leal  avi^erdarw^ 
wnruTTcvfiivwv^ ;  oXa^^  fkiv  a€ao<f>iafJk€vai^,  S^KaioX6yo9 
otho^  avv  T049  vireyyvoi^,  iravra  icdXoiv  iKivijaai^  Xaffa^ 
Tiva9  T§  avKo<f>avTia  ^rjTOvyre^  &<rT€  fi€  riyyeaOai  inro  rrj^ 
tcaxoSo^ia^,  ^ivov  fyap  aifT^  (^ayav  dXa^oviK^)  Soxel  to 
vpayfia  irivtj^  avSpairo^  oifx  viroTrnjaatov  koI  to  irepKrrd- 
fievov  i\€v0€pm^  Xiyav,  ov8afi&^  ^ipomi  rt)y  irapprfaCay 
teal  Ttjy  dXi^Beiav  rwv  Xoymv.  Si*  fjv  alriav  leal  Stf  vfia^ 
irapfjTeiTO  SiaiTtjTd^f  ov^  eyo)  iXoyi^6fif)y  iTrirfjStiov^,  (&9 
Xjififxdrwv  ifjkelvov^  xal  Svafieveia^  firjr*  iT9pa')(0rj  rijv 
hkdvoiav  exovra^,  aXV  iv  latp  rpona  del  rd  Sixaia  raXaV' 
revovra^*  Sioti  ravra  ra  iyypa^a  vpXv  direaraXjukiva 
eial,  T^9  ^fieripa^  dffXa/Seia^  elq  Seiy/na  xal  fiaprvpiov 
OfJLOV  T€  T^9  avT&y  axaioipla^,  ef  &y  dveyvw/cortov,  /cal 
fiaaavi^ofiivav  r&v  fieipatciav,  rtov  avroOi  ivrpe^ofiivmVf 
Suvaarevere  tqu?  ^Oovepmrdrov^  t^9  dffeXrffpla^  i^eXiyx^^y* 
el  fiif  ideXi^aeTe  KaKOT€xvio.i^  dvSp&v  iviSovvai,  toy  irivtira 
evayyeXLov  tcijpvKa,  eh  Kaxlav  StcSorov ;  eiiropov  fiiv  del 
TO)v  Karr^yoplav  KvepiyeviaOai  ?>  atirep  re  Ofiov  ainarot, 
irpohrjXov  e^ovaai  Tr)v  airlav^  ei  fitj  iv  vpXv  eiaX  rive^  ol 
tcdy  fAdfftoaiy  iarepoy  aS»«ot)9  SuifiefiXfifiiyov^  trap*  avrol^ 

'  Lucian/t^.  J.,  §  i  o :  irpOroq  avroQ  tKaffroQ PovXopeyoQirapiitOeiTai  xal 
wapayKuviZ^Tai  tov  irXijtriov  ical  tov  irpo  avrov,  tl  ^vvairOf  vfrotnr^ 
Koi  viroeiCfXlin. 

*iyda  6  pey — 4>ddeac  rparet.  Borrowed  from  Lucian,  u.  J., 
§  lO : — eyda  6  pey  ypriaroQ  drex^^^  evdve  dyatfTpairrat  koI  vapa* 
aiffvprai  xal  to  reXevratov  dnpufe  c£e<ti<rrai}  6  ^i  icoXatccvrdCcJrejEMC 
Kal  npoc  roc  roiavrac  KaxoridtlaQ  TriOaywrepoe  iv^oKiptt,  koi  oXcuc 
fddtrac  cparcc. 

^  pa^iwc   Kol  dyi^TddTwc   'jnintrrtvpiywy  coxncs   from  Lucian, 

U.S..  %26. 

*  trdyra  KoKuy  Ulyriaay.   Cf.  Lucian,  Scj'/ha,  §  1 1 : — irdyra  KqXiay 


I  a  Notes  from  the  College  Records^ 

T0V9  4>i\ov^t  ofito^  vir*  aic')(yv7i<:  &v  iniarevaav,  ov8*  in 
irpoaieadai,  avTOV^  tj  rt^v  aXi^deiav  roX/A&ai'^  el  S*  apa 
gvv€iS6t€^  iari  aTaXaiiropot,  ©9  oifBiv  eKCivoi^  ijfSiov  rrjf 
tear*  Cfiov  yXtoaaaXyia^,  t^  iraiSapidySe^  xal  ayoTjrq^  vfA&v 
fioptq>  diro)(^p7)aafi€Vf)^,  eW*  6>^6i\oK  fierd  irappfjaia^ 
axoXaaTi/cfj^  t^i'  iaurcjv  avoiav  iiravopdtoariTey  eh  ri 
Kadopi^uv  eKeivov^  twv  ISitoy  ivvoi&v  to  ^Airrjx^^*  aira^ 
yap  'TTCpiyivo/iivov  fiov  t^9  tovtwv  aKevaapla^,  rtfv  KOirpov 
€KKad^pai  avdi^  rov  *Avy eiov  ay  eindvtiayn^t  ^  lovroi^ 
mdXiv  avfATrXiKcaOai'.  Tovro  /jlovov  vfia^  ahovftai,  €uSi« 
dyeiv  iraclv  vp,iv  irpoaevxp^ievo^. 

T^9  vfieripa^  £0^979 

fitiepa  KH  a')(V€.  Vi'Xfiphos  laxaoy* 

Translation, 

I  doubt  not,  reverend  sirs,  that  it  has  been  plain  to  you  how 
that  those  our  adversaries,  (living  tools  of  Satan)  have  been 
incited  to  unholy  ragings,  being  pricked  by  the  darts  of  envy, 
which  ever  slandereth  most  one  that  is  held  in  honour  of 
is  worthy  to  be  so :  for  by  reason  that  this  man  stirreth  the  envy 
of  those  that  fall  short  of  him,  all  shoot  at  him  as  though  seeing 
in  him  some  hindrance  and  impediment  to  themselves.  The^ 
which  is  no  marvel.  For  each,  wishing  himself  to  be  first* 
thrusteth  aside  his  neighbour  and  essayeth  to  trip  him  that  is 
before  him.  Whereby  the  good  man  verily  hath  been  dragged 
at  and  at  last  thrust  out  with  contumely.  And  as  touching  such 
evil  dispositions  it  is  the  plausible  roan  and  the  flatterer  who  is 
held  in  good  repute  and  by  seizing  his  opportunity  hath  entire 

^  fviropov  fjttv  dtl  rwv  Karfiyopluy  ktX.  Cf.  Lucian,  Calumniae 
non  iemere  credendum^  §  4 : — aTrioroc  yap  ai'roOi  ij  Karrryopia 
Trpu^TjXoy  i')(ov<ra  Tijy  aiWuv. .  .  .§  25,  fial  ^i  rii'cc  ot  nuy  ^ddiaaiv 
vartpov  dliKttiQ  liaPe,S\rj^£vovg  wop*  avToiiQ  tovq  ^/Xovc,  ofiuQ 
vtt'  altry^uvrjQ  tSy  iviarevaay  ovS*  en  vpoffUffdai  ov^i  tcpoapiKkirtiv 
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Notes  from  the  College  Records.  1 5 

power  with  the  judges,  whose  ears  are  pleasantly  tickled  by  the 
slanderers  so  that  they  are  believed  lightly  and  without  examina- 
tion. By  which  evil  dispositions  cloaked  in  sophistries  this 
man  of  fair  words  with  his  sworn  witnesses  have  left  no  rope 
tintumed,  seeking  by  their  trickery  some  things  to  lay  hold  of 
whereby  I  may  be  overwhelmed  by  ill  fame.  For  to  him  (being 
a  great  blusterer)  it  seemeth  a  strange  thing,  a  poor  man  that 
doth  not  cower  but  freely  speaketh  of  that  which  hath  come 
about,  since  he  by  no  means  endureth  that  a  tale  should  be  told 
openly  and  in  truth.  For  which  cause  he  asked  to  have  you  as 
umpires,  whom  I  judged  proper  persons  thereto  as  who  should  be 
superior  to  bribes  and  malice  and  having  no  biassed  mind  but 
ever  weighing  evenly  what  is  just.  Wherefore  these  writings  are 
sent  to  you  for  a  proof  and  testimony  of  our  innocency  and 
likewise  of  their  mischievousness.  From  which  when  ye  have 
read  them  and  have  strictly  examined  the  lads  who  are  being 
reared  here,  ye  may  convince  the  most  malicious  of  folly, 
unless  ye  shall  be  willing  to  surrender  to  the  evil  devices 
of  men  the  poor  preacher  of  the  Gospel,  given  over  unto 
villany.  It  is  easy  indeed  to  get  the  better  of  accusations,  which 
everywhere  are  beyond  belief,  having  a  cause  manifest,  unless 
there  are  some  among  you  who  even  if  they  afterwards  learn 
that  their  friends  have  been  slandered  among  them  unjustly, 
nevertheless  from  shame  at  having  believed,  dare  not  even  then 
to  admit  them  or  the  truth.  But  if,  as  men  indifferent,  ye  know 
in  yourselves  that  to  them  nothing  is  more  sweet  than  to  revile 
me  and  so  abuse  the  young  and  thoughtless  part  of  you,  I  would 
that  with  the  plain  speech  of  the  school  ye  would  correct  their 
thoughtlessness  so  that  they  should  put  some  bound  to  the 
discord  of  their  own  thoughts.  For  when  I  have  once  got  the 
better  of  their  mischievousness,  I  would  desire  to  clear  the  dung 
once  more  from  the  Augean  stable  rather  than  to  engage  with 
these  men  again.  This  is  all  I  ask  of  you.  Praying  for  the 
prosperity  of  you  all 

A  wellwisher  of  your  glory  and  good  fame 
Richard  Jackson. 
from  London 

28th  day  April  (or  May)  1655. 

R.  P.  S. 

(To  he  continued). 


IBSEN. 

HAVE  no  intention  of  giving  any  account  of 
Ibsen  himself  in  this  paper.  His  life  can  be 
read  elsewhere  by  anybody  who  wishes  to 
know  more  of  him.  Here  one  must  content 
oneself  with  an  endeavour  to  get  some  reasonable  idea 
of  his  works  and  meaning.  For  the  benefit  of  the  un- 
informed one  may  premise  that  he  was  born  at  Skien, 
in  Southern  Norway,  in  1828,  and  finally  left  his  country 
in  1864,  to  divide  his  life  between  Italy  and  Germany, 
his  favourite  places  being  Rome  and  Munich. 

No  one,  I  suppose,  will  deny  that  he  is  a  great  man, 
or  that  he  has  at  least  elements  of  greatness.  A  little 
man  could  not  have  produced  the  effect  he  has  had  on 
the  minds  of  men.  It  is  into  the  sources  and  nature  of 
this  greatness  that  we  have  to  inquire. 

In  the  first  place,  so  far  as  can  be  gathered  from 
translations  which  are  supposed  to  be  very  faithful,  he 
is  no  great  stylist.  The  jerk  that  is  so  painfully  obvious 
in  his  social  dramas  may  be  due  to  Mr  Archer.  It 
is  true  that  it  is  less  perceptible  in  Brand  nrhich  is 
translated  by  Mr  Watson,  but  even  there  it  is  not 
absent.  Hence  one  may  not  unreasonably  lay  it  to 
Ibsen's  charge.  It  may  be  also  said  that  he  has  no  very 
conspicuous  gift  of  humour.  There  are  those  who  say 
he  has  none  at  all.  This  may  be  exaggeration.  Still 
such  humour  as  one  meets  is  too  often  commonplace. 
The  distress  of  the  philosopher  Kytron,  the  trick  of 
Anitra,  and  the  delusions  of  the  Cairo  mad-house  people, 
are  not  very  high  flights  after  all.  Many  people  find  him 
hard  to  read  from  other  causes.     His  work  has  little 


Ibsen.  15 

padding,  and  is  obscure.  His  characters  are  oftener 
mad  than  is  usual  in  most  books.  Moreover  there  is  a 
sort  of  nudity  about  their  spirits,  which  is  a  little 
perplexing  to  those  who  see  chiefly  what  I  may  call  the 
clothing  of  actions.  You  see  too  far  into  his  characters 
to  be  able  to  feel  they  are  quite  real  people  after  all. 
This  however  may  be  the  reader's  fault  rather  than 
Ibsen's.  No  doubt  if  one  could  see  right  through 
people,  one  would  find  them  very  much  as  he  finds 
them. 

Setting  aside  his  manner,  we  may  pass  on  to  his 
matter.  On  this  people  are  less  agreed  than  before. 
This  may  arise  from  the  fact  that  one  finds  in  Ibsen  as 
elsewhere  chiefly  that  for  which  one  looks.  Hence  one 
man  finds  in  him  a  sort  of  museum  of  specimens  of 
psychology,  while  another  finds  normal  human  beings 
—or  nearly  normal.  One  finds  morality  subverted, 
another  finding  it  more  firmly  based  than  ever.  Gene- 
rally speaking  you  may  say  most  people  admit  a  certain 
deGrundyzation,  so  to  speak,  of  morals  to  be  a  leading 
characteristic  of  Ibsen.  This,  with  all  due  regard  to 
that  pillar  of  society,  whose  name  I  have  tak^n  in  vain, 
I  am  prepared  to  admit.  Whether  again  he  teaches 
this,  that,  or  the  other  doctrine,  or  merely  paints  human 
life,  I  am  not  prepared  to  discuss.  Perhaps  one  may 
conclude  from  the  type  of  picture  he  usually  paints, 
and  from  the  way  in  which  one  picture  complements 
another,  that  he  has  after  all  something  to  say  of 
importance.  This  we  must  endeavour  to  discover. 
Should  we  fail  to  discover  anything,  every  man  must 
draw  his  own  conclusion  for  himself  concerning  Ibsen's 
mind  and  his  own. 

The  question  now  meets  us,  How  should  we  begin  ? 
If  you  begin  with  The  Master  Builder  or  Rosmersholm^ 
it  is  highly  probable  you  will  soon  leave  off.  These  are 
to  my  mind  the  hardest  of  his  plays.  Nor  would  I 
advise  beginning  with  a  social  drama,  unless  it  were 
The  Lady  from  the  Sea  or  Pillars  of  Society.    Anyone 


i6  Ihsen. 

who  begins  with  The  DoWs  House^  for  example,  or 
Iledda  Gahler^  will  have  a  tendency  to  conclude  abruptly 
that  Ibsen  believes  marriage  to  be  a  failure,  its  tie  of 
no  importance,  suicide  not  at  all  culpable,  and  society 
generally  worthless.  Nothing  could  be  farther  from 
the  truth.  I  should  therefore  recommend  beginning 
with  Emperor  and  Galilean,  and  then  going  on  to  the 
following:  Brandy  Peer  Gynt,  The  Lady  from  the  Sea^ 
and  The  Enemy  of  Society^  and  thereafter  any  play  one 
pleases.  For  the  present  I  propose  to  adhere  more  or 
less  closely  to  this  order,  until  we  get  something  better 
to  work  at. 

Beginning  then  with  Emperor  and  Galilean^  you  will 
find  it  a  strong  play  of  great  interest,  with  very  little  of 
the  so-called  "  Ibsenism  "  which  the  British  Public  in 
its  rough  and  ready  way  identifies  with  lunacy.  The 
central  figure  is  of  course  Julian,  and  the  setting  is 
admirable.  Christian,  orthodox  and  heretic,  heathen, 
philosopher  and  scoffer,  all  are  there.  Student,  courtier, 
townsman  and  soldier,  Greek  and  barbarian,  all  help  on 
the  action  of  the  play.  The  characters  are  clear  and 
very  typical  of  the  classes  they  represent.  So  far  as 
I  can  judge,  the  tone  and  aspect  of  society  are  well 
caught,  while  generally  speaking  the  history  of  the 
period  is  religiously  respected.  The  piece  consists  of 
two  plays  of  five  acts  each,  the  second  being  to  my 
mind  more  striking  than  the  first. 

It  need  hardly  be  said  that  the  story  of  Julian's 
apostasy  is  the  theme  of  this  great  work.  One  is  made 
to  see  very  clearly  the  stages  by  which  he  came  to 
revert  to  the  old  gods.  The  chief  cause  was,  according 
to  Ibsen,  a  feeling  that  the  Christianity  of  his  time 
failed  to  include  all  human  life,  that  many  important 
and  valuable  elements  of  it  fell  outside  the  teaching  of 
the  Church,  and  that  the  religion  of  the  Nazarene 
was  too  hard  and  austere  to  be  the  final  religion. 
Accordingly  Julian  betakes  himself  to  philosophy  and 
mysticism,  and  throughout  the  book  the  Mystic  Maxi- 


Ibsen.  17 

mus  is  his  bosom  friend  and  adviser.  At  the  same 
time  political  causes  are  not  wanting.  Julian  feels 
bitterly  the  treatment  his  family  and  himself  have 
received  at  the  hands  of  the  Christian  Emperor 
Constantius.  At  the  end  of  the  first  play  he  resolves 
on  revolt,  and  dedicates  himself  to  the  old  gods. 
Accordingly  we  find  him  in  the  beginning  of  the 
second  play  inaugurating  the  restoration  of  the  old 
worship  amid  the  approval  of  courtiers  and  apostates. 
Very  soon,  however,  he  reaches  the  real  Church,  and 
finds  that  it  will  not,  like  its  parasites,  yield  at  a  touch. 
He  then  in  reality  abandons  his  declaration  that  he 
will  not  persecute  any  religion,  though  he  veils  this  from 
himself  by  maintaining  that  he  is  crushing  contumacy 
and  rebellion.  The  stout  resistance  of  the  Christians, 
their  exultation  in  martyrdom,  and  their  general  blend- 
ing of  loyalty  to  the  Emperor,  though  a  persecutor, 
with  an  unflinching  devotion  to  their  religion,  are  very 
well  drawn  indeed.  One  may  mention  notably  the 
boldness  of  Gregory  of  Nazianzus,  and  of  Basil,  the 
former  fellow-students  of  Julian  at  Athens,  and  the 
denunciation  of  Bishop  Maris.  Similarly,  the  episodes 
of  the  boy  Hilarion  and  his  mother,  and  of  the  repentance 
of  Hekebolius  the  apostate,  are  both  striking  and  highly 
characteristic  of  such  persons  in  all  ages.  Gradually  it 
is  borne  in  upon  Julian  that  he  cannot  crush  Christianity. 
At  point  after  point  he  finds  himself  baffled  by  the 
Nazarene,  till  at  last  he  falls  wounded  with  the  cry 
Vicisti  Galilaee.  This  may  indeed  not  be  a  historical 
fact,  but  it  is  very  well  used  by  Ibsen. 

To  turn  to  Julian's  view  of  Christianity  and  his  idea 
in  abandoning  it,  we  are  struck  by  several  notable 
passages  in  the  drama,  which  are  rather  hard  to  under- 
stand. In  the  third  act  of  the  first  play,  Caesuras 
Apostasyy  we  have  a  strange  seance  described  and  a 
stranger  conversation  between  Julian  and  Maximus. 
There  is  a  hint  of  a  mysterious  "  third  empire,  which 
shall  be  founded  on  the  tree  of  knowledge  and  the  tree 
VOL  xvm.  D 


1 8  Ihsen. 

of  the  cross  together,  because  it  has  its  living  sources 
under  Adam's  grove  and  under  Golgotha."  Julian 
scarcely  understands  this  more  than  ourselves  at  the 
time,  but  the  thought  recurs  again  and  again.  In  the 
third  act  of  The  Emperor  Julian  they  are  again  discuss- 
ing it.  "The  right  man,"  who  is  to  found  the  Third 
Empire,  is  to  "  swallow  up  both  Emperor  and  Galilean.*' 
He  is  to  be  " twin-natured,"  "God-Emperor"  and 
"  Emperor-God,"  "  self  begotten  in  the  man  who  wills." 
Julian  is  a  failure,  because  he  will  have  the  one  without 
the  other,  the  older  without  the  newer,  while  the  "  right 
man  "  is  to  comprise  both.  It  would  seem  as  if  Ibsen — 
or  Maximus — inculcated  some  sort  of  blending  of  the 
human,  typified  by  the  world  of  Pan,  and  the  divine, 
typified  by  the  Logos.  Christianity  does  not  satisfy 
Julian  as  doing  this,  because,  as  he  admits  to  his  friend, 
it  is  always  outside  him.  The  Galilean's  "  unconditional 
inexorable  commands"  are  "always  without"  {^C,A. 
iii,  p.  145,  Archer's  Translation).  This  is  not  perhaps 
clear,  but  in  the  light  of  Peer  Gynt  it  becomes  much 
clearer. 

When  we  come  to  the  play  Brand,  we  are  in  quite  a 
different  region.  Brand  is  a  clergyman  with  a  lofty 
sense  of  duty  and  a  fine  manhood.  He  sacrifices 
himself  for  the  sake  of  a  northern  Norwegian  parish. 
But  he  unhappily  goes  further  than  this  and  sacrifices 
everybody  else.  He  has  a  cast-iron  theory  of  religion. 
God  exacts  "all  or  nothing"  according  to  him.  So 
does  he.  This  "all  or  nothing"  policy  makes  hira 
unspeakably  cruel  at  times.  His  refusal  to  see  his 
dying  mother,  because  she  will  not  give  up  all  the 
property  she  holds  in  defiance  of  what  he  considers  the 
just  claims  of  an  outsider,  makes  one  feel  there  is 
something  wrong  with  his  theory.  Again  when  he  will 
not  go  South  to  save  his^child's  life,  and  when,  later  on, 
he  compels  his  wife  to  part  with  every  relic  of  the  dead 
child,  one's  feelings  revolt  against  him.  He  is  the  very 
incarnation  of  the  spirit,  which  Julian  saw  in  Christian- 


lisen,  19 

ity,  of  the  hard,  awful,  inexorable  sternness  which  drove 
him  out.  All  Brand's  personality  is  subjected  to  the 
harsh  law  from  without.  He  has  not  incorporated  the 
divine  with  the  human ;  he  has  crushed  the  human 
without  getting  the  divine  at  all.  Ibsen  makes  it  clear 
that  Brand's  conception  of  the  ideal  is  hopelessly 
wrong.  The  miraculous  voice  at  the  end  of  the  play-— 
"He  is  deus  carttatis" — may  be  inartistic,  as  some  say, 
but  it  is  a  great  relief.  Summing  up  the  results,  we 
find  that  in  Brandy  Ibsen  gives  us  one  of  the  poles  we 
have  to  avoid.  In  Emperor  and  Galilean^  we  get  a 
glimpse  of  what  the  ideal  man  is  to  be.  Here  we  can 
learn  what  he  is  not  to  be.  In  Peer  Gynt  we  go  further, 
and  learn  what  else  he  should  not  be,  and  by  contrast- 
ing the  two  we  shall  be  able  to  reach  some  conclusion. 

Peer  Gynt  is  a  distinctly  pleasing  play.  It  is  as  light 
and  amusing  as  any  play  of  Ibsen's,  and  has  at  the 
same  time  great  serious  value.  It  is  full  of  folk  lore, 
which  requires  explanation.  Mr  Archer's  edition  gives 
almost  as  much  as  is  necessary  for  practical  purposes. 
Peer  Gynt  has  been  brought  up  on  folk  lore  and  fairy 
tales,  and  they  form  a  great  part  of  his  being.  He  is 
the  exact  opposite  of  Brand  in  every  way.  Brand  was 
serious.  Peer  is  a  trifler.  Brand  held  to  one  course 
of  action.  Peer  Gynt  never  goes  in  unreservedly  for 
any  one  line.  He  can  wish  a  thing  done,  and  see 
its  desirability,  but  to  do  it  irretrievably  is  too  much 
for  him. 

Ay,  think  of  it — wish  it  done — will  it  to  boot,— 
but  do  it — !  No,  that's  past  my  understanding. 

Act.  iii.  sc.  I. 

He  will  attempt  to  blend  impossibles  rather  than 
take  a  decided  step.  He  at  one  time  exports  idols  to 
China.  He  feels  it  to  be  wrong,  but  cannot  give  it  up. 
To  set  matters  right,  he  **  opened  straightway 

a  new  trade  with  the  self  same  land. 

I  shipped  off  idols  every  spring, 

each  autumn  sent  forth  missionaries."    Act  iv.  sc.  i 


20  Ibsen, 

In  fact  he  believes  that  the  art  of  life  is 
**  to  know  that  ever  in  the  rear 
a  bridge  for  your  retreat  stands  open. 
This  theory  has  borne  me  on, 
has  given  my  whole  career  its  colour."  Act,  iv.  sc.  i. 

No  greater  contrast  to  the  ''all  or  nothing"  man 
could  be  imagined.  Brand  gives  up,  crushes  and 
annihilates  self.  Peer  Gynt  lives  for  self  avowedly. 
If  he  has  one  fixed  principle,  it  is  the  troll -principle — 
**  Troll,  to  thyself  be  enough/'— which  he  learns  from 
the  Troll-King.  He  likes  pleasure  and  takes  it,  careless 
of  everybody.  He  is  moody,  fitful  and  dreamy.  He  is 
always  about  to  do  things  but  never  does  anjahing* 
particular.  Where  Brand  wore  out  his  life  prematurely 
for  a  principle.  Peer  Gynt  fritters  it  away  with  no  result. 
They  are  both  failures,  but  one  is  a  good  failure,  the 
other  a  bad.  To  fail  with  Brand  would  be  better  than 
to  succeed  with  Peer  Gynt. 

The  last  few  scenes  of  Peer  Gynt  are  most  striking. 
Peer  meets  a  man  with  a  large  casting-ladle,  who 
confesses  to  being  a  Button-Moulder,  and  in  search  for 
Peer  Gynt.  Peer  is  not  unnaturally  alarmed  when  he 
learns  that  it  is  in  order  to  melt  him  down.  He  soon 
learns  why.  Peer  as  a  boy  used  to  cast  buttons  himself. 
If  they  were  spoiled  in  the  making,  he  threw  them 
away.     The  man  catches  him  up  thus  : 

"  Ah,  yes ;  Jon  Gynt*  was  well  known  for  a  waster, 

So  long  as  he'd  aught  left  in  wallet  or  purse. 

But  Master,  you  see,  he  is  thrifty,  he  is ; 

and  that  is  why  he's  so  well-to-do. 

He  flings  nothing  away  as  entirely  worthless 

that  can  be  made  use  of  as  raw  material. 

l^o^\you  were  designed  for  a  shining  button 

on  the  vest  of  the  world  ;  but  your  loop  gave  way ; 

so  into  the  waste-box  you  needs  must  go, 

and  then,  as  they  phrase  it,  be  merged  in  the  mass. 

Peer:  You're  surely  not  meaning  to  melt  me  up 

with  Dick,  Tom  and  Harry  into  something  new  ?" 

♦  Peer's  father. 


Ibsen,  2 1 

Learning  that  this  is  indeed  to  be  his  fate,  Peer  is 
aghast.  He  is  unwilling  to  lose  "  a  doit  of  himself." 
He  would  prefer  to  go  outright  for  a  century  to  **  Him 
of  the  Hoof,"  rather  than  submit  to  "this  Gynt- 
cessation."  He  is  told  thereupon,  there  is  no  need  to 
worry  himself:  he  has  never  been  himself  at  all,  so  that 
to  leave  off  will  not  hurt  him.  This  Peer  indignantly 
denies.  He  has  been  "  Peer  all  through — ^nothing  else 
in  the  world,  no,  nor  anything  more."  He  asks  and 
obtains  time  to  produce  vouchers  and  witnesses  to 
prove  this.  He  meets  the  Troll-king,  whom  he  reminds 
how  he  refused  to  become  a  nationalised  Troll.  But 
the  King  points  out  that  though  he  refused  the  last 
steps  in  this,  he  had  been  living  the  Troll -life — "  Troll, 
to  thyself  be  enough" — he  had  given  up  his  real  self  for 
a  Troll  self.  Failing  in  this.  Peer  endeavours  to  get 
"  Him  of  the  Hoof"  to  swear  to  his  utter  depravity,  and 
again  fails.  '*  The  Lean  One"  compares  the  thoroughly 
bad  man  to  a  good  photographic  negative,  which  is 
handed  over  to  him  to  be  developed.  Peer,  however, 
has  "  smudged  himself  out,"  and  must  like  the  majority 
end  in  the  casting  ladle.  From  this,  however,  Peer  is 
saved  at  the  last  moment  by  the  faithful  love  of  his  wife 
whom  he  had  long  ago  deserted. 

We  then  ask,  as  Peer  asked  the  Button-Moulder, 

•'  What  is  it,  at  bottom,  this  *  being  oneself  '  ?  ** 

The  answer  is  fairly  clear : 

•*To  be  oneself  is :  to  slay  oneself. 

But  on  you  that  answer  is  doubtless  lost ; 

and  therefore  we'll  say :  to  stand  forth  everywhere 

with  Master's  intention  displayed  like  a  signboard." 

Peer  realises  what  this  was  at  the  last,  thanks  to  his 
wife,  who  knew  all  along  what  the  intention  for  her  was. 

Now,  what  is  the  conclusion  of  the  whole  matter  ? 
Brand,  Julian,  and  Peer  all  failed.  They  failed  because 
they  could  not  accomplish  the  ideal.  This  is  to 
harmonize  in  oneself   the  divine  and  the    human,  to 


21  Ibsen. 

know  and  to  be  the  self  the  Master  designed,  to  have 
the  law  of  life  and  rule  of  conduct  within,  in  a  word,  if 
I  may  say  it  with  all  reverence,  to  be  God  in  man  and 
man  in  God.  The  divine  without  (as  in  Julian's  case) 
is  useless  to  a  man.  The  law  without  is  ineflFectual. 
Duty  from  without  is  meaningless.  As  was  said  else- 
where, */the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  is  within  you."  The 
human  within  you  must  be  made  divine ;  the  divine 
without  you  must  be  brought  in  and  made  human. 
Brand  seems  to  suggest  that  the  divine  must  be  so 
incorporated  that  service  is  instinct  and  love,  and  not 
duty.  While  it  is  duty  it  cannot  be  done.  Mrs  Solness, 
in  The  Master  Buildery  is  an  example  of  the  person 
whose  conceptions  of  duty  come  from  without  and 
are  dreary  and  burdensome  in  consequence.  Dr  Stock- 
mann,  "the  Enemy  of  Society,"  is  the  opposite.  He 
has  realised  the  "Master's  intention,"  and  opposition 
and  ill-will  fail  to  keep  him  from  displaying  it. 

A  very  large  number  of  Ibsen's  dramas  are  devoted 
to  proving  what  failures  men  and  women  make  when 
they  live  on  any  other  principle.  We  have  seen  Brand 
and  Peer  fail  so.  In  the  other  plays  we  have  many 
flabby  people  with  no  conception  of  their  proper  "self," 
who  make  messes  of  their  lives  with  dodges  and  "  round 
about"  policies  and  shirkings  of  the  true.  You 
have  them  in  almost  every  play,  and,  if  you  like  to  look, 
in  daily  life  too.  A  good  deal  of  the  dislike  of  Ibsen  seems 
to  be  caused  by  this.  He  draws  "  the  flabby  gentleman" 
of  the  common  sort  too  truly  to  be  popular  with  him. 
He  shews  up  the  paltriness  of  the  policy-mongerer,  his 
shuffles,  pettinesses,  and  lies.  He  makes  it  clear  that 
nothing  is  ever  to  be  gained  in  the  long  run  by  bating 
a  jot  or  tittle  of  the  truth.  Mrs  Alving,  in  Ghosts^  tried 
to  do  this.  She  screened  her  vicious  husband,  till  he 
became  a  popular  saint,  leaving  their  son  in  such 
ignorance  of  his  heirloom  of  tendencies  as  to  ruin  him. 
The  play  is  dismal,  but  its  moral  is  that  of  Marcus 
Aurelius — "No  one  was  ever  yet  hurt  by  the  truth." 


Ibsen.  23 

Comment.  6, 2 1 ).  Similarly  in  Pillars  0/ Society  Ibsen  gives 
a  wonderful  picture  of  men  of  worthy  and  respectable 
exterior  engaged  in  deceiving  the  public,  lest  a  scandal 
should  occur.  We  see  blame  shifted  on  to  innocent 
shoulders  for  the  same  reason.  Finally  all  the  hollow- 
ness  is  discovered,  and  the  play  ends  with  the  repent- 
ance and  confejssion  ofBernick,  the  chief  sinner. 

In  close  connexion  with  this  part  of  the  subject  we 
must  consider  two  important  points,  with  which  is 
bound  up  most  closely  the  common  conception  of  Ibsen. 
They  are  Convention  and  Marriage.  Convention  may 
perhaps  be  defined  roughly  as  the  codified  experience 
of  society.  The  observance  of  it  occupies  an  important 
part  of  Ibsen's  plays.  Though  commonly  his  characters 
are  supposed  to  be  unconventional,  I  believe  that  in 
reality  this  is  far  from  being  the  case.  As  a  general 
rule  the  most  striking  situations  in  his  plays  arise  from 
some  previous  deference  to  Convention  on  the  part  of 
the  actors.  There  may  be  said  to  be  three  reasons  for 
deferring  to  Convention — an  outward,  an  inward,  and  a 
mixed.  The  first  is  very  clear.  One  can  observe  a 
convention  because  it  is  "  the  thing,"  because  to  disre- 
gard it  may  involve  trouble  of  any  sort,  or  simply 
because  it  is  generally  observed  by  other  people.  This 
type  of  reason  Ibsen  shows  to  be  no  sort  of  reason  at  all. 
It  is  the  law  without,  against  which  Julian  revolted.  It 
is  an  utterly  insufficient  guide  for  action.  You  may  in 
the  end  be  right  in  following  the  convention,  but  you 
can  claim  no  credit  for  it.  You  may  be  wrong,  and 
you  are  to  blame,  for  sinking  your  own  intelligence  for 
an  outsider's.  The  unhappy  Hedda  Gabler  acts  on 
such  motives  throughout,  until  her  mind  becomes  up- 
set, as  her  conduct  clearly  shows.  She  "  renounces  the 
world,  because  she  has  not  the  courage  to  make  it  her 
own,"  that  is  of  course  so  far  as  she  has  a  world  to 
renounce.  (C-^.,  Act  v.,  p.  150,  Archer).  In  the 
second  case  an  inward  reason  turns  convention  into 
conviction,  and  the  man,  who  has  it,  acts  with  con- 


24  Ibsen, 

vention  rather  than  after  it.  It  is,  as  was  said  before, 
the  law  within.  In  this  case  to  act  otherwise  would  be 
fatal.  The  third  case  is  that  of  people  who,  distrusting 
their  own  judgment,  accept  the  common  finding  in  the 
idea  that  it  is  more  likely  to  be  right  than  their  own. 
They  are  better  that  those  who  act  merely  because 
others  act,  for  they  have  thought  of  reasons  for  and 
against  their  course  of  action.  But  they  too  are  liable 
to  misadventure.  For  example,  in  Ghosts^  Mrs  Alving 
has  a  very  clear  notion  of  what  she  ought  to  do,  but  she 
allows  herself  to  be  led  by  her  clergyman.  The  result 
is  terrible,  and  she  realises  in  the  end  the  mistake  she 
made.  It  may  perhaps  be  said  that  the  two  poor 
reasons  are  the  most  widely  accepted,  otherwise  there 
would  not  be  so  many  "flabby"  people  in  Ibsen's  plays 
and  the  world  they  represent.  To  my  mind  "the 
flabby  gentleman"  in  The  Wild  Duck  is  a  very  common 
type. 

As  to  Marriage,  nothing  could  be  wilder  than  the 
popular  estimate  of  Ibsen's  view  of  it.  So  far  from 
disregarding  its  sanctity,  it  seems  to  me  he  could  hardly 
insist  on  its  sacred  character  more  strongly  than  he 
does.  It  is  not  by  any  to  be  enterprised  nor  taken  in 
hand  unadvisedly,  lightly,  or  wantonly  ;  but  reverently, 
discreetly,  advisedly,  soberly,  and  in  accordance  with 
"the  Master's  intention."  {PG,y  V.  9,  p.  261,  Archer). 
The  true  "self"  of  each  is  to  be  kept  sacred.  Any 
other  sort  of  marriage  is  about  as  great  a  crime  as  can 
be  committed.  In  three  plays  in  particular  Marriage 
is  the  chief  subject.  In  A  DolVs  House  we  have  the 
picture  of  Torvald  Helmer  and  his  wife  Nora.  They 
were  very  fond  of  each  other,  and  lived  in  great 
happiness.  But  there  was  a  lack  of  confidence.  Nora 
tells  him  fibs  now  and  then.  By  and  by  Helmer  finds 
out  from  a  stranger  that  an  action  of  his  wife's  may  get 
him  into  trouble.  She  has  forged  her  father's  name, — 
it  is  true,  with  no  idea  that  she  was  doing  anything 
wrong.     Should  the  case  come  into  court,  he  cannot 


Ihsen^  25 

but  be  involved,  though  utterly  unaware  of  her  action. 
It  is  too  much  for  him,  and  the  essential  selfishness  of 
the  man  comes  out.  Nora  discovers  that  she  and  her 
husband  are  strangers  after  eight  years,  that  she  has  been 
living  on  him  "  by  performing  tricks  for  him,"  and  that 
they  have  no  real  communion  at  all.  So  feeling  that  she 
cannot  and  does  not  love  him,  she  leaves  him,  not  to 
return  till  they  "both  so  change  that  communion 
between  them  shall  be  a  marriage."  In  Hedda  Gabler 
and  The  Lady  from  the  Sea  we  have  pictures  of  women 
who  have  married  to  save  themselves  annoyance.  Hedda 
is  very  like  Diana  of  the  Crossways.  She  marries 
the  student  J5rgen  Tesman,  knowingly  in  defiance  of 
what  she  is  and  must  be.  Of  course  she  finds  marriage 
a  failure.  So  she  shufHes  out  of  it  in  the  weakest  and 
worst  way  by  shooting  herself.  The  **  Lady  from  the 
Sea,"  Mrs  Dr  Wangel,  on  the  other  hand,  bears  her  un- 
happiness  more  bravely,  till  in  a  great  crisis  she  realises 
the  love  and  trust  her  husband  has  for  her  and  finds  her 
own  go  out  to  him  in  response.  In  other  words  her 
marriage  is  converted  from  a  sort  of  commercial  pact 
into  a  real  communion  of  soul.  One  word  more.  How 
far  Ibsen  would  approve  the  action  of  some  of  his 
women  in  abandoning  wrong  marriages,  he  only  can  say. 
The  ordinary  individual  will  rather  cherish  the  belief 
that  the  best  way  out  of  a  bad  business  is  to  make  it 
a  good.  This  I  think  will  commend  itself  to  most 
people. 

One  or  two  more  points  remain  to  be  noticed.  Ibsen 
is  a  strong  believer  in  heredity.  The  sins  of  the  father 
come  out  in  the  son.  This  is  writ  large  in  Ghosts.  On 
the  other  hand  his  virtues  may  come  out  equally  welL 
Petra  Stockmann  is  very  like  her  father  {An  Enemy 
of  Society  J,  Nemesis,  too,  plays  a  large  part  in  Ibsen's 
plays.  So  far  as  I  can  understand  The  Master  Builder 
at  all,  retribution  strikes  me  as  its  main  feature. 
Solness  has  wronged  anybody  who  came  in  his  way  in 
order  to  his  own  success.  Hilda  Wangel  causes  him 
VOL.  xvm.  £ 


;f&  IBsen. 

to  lose  his  life  with  a  view  to  gratify  her.  But  a» 
some  say  the  whole  play  is  an  allegory,  and  as  it 
certainly  is  very  obscure,  I  leave  it.  In  The  Pillars  of 
Society  the  idea  of  Nemesis  is  strongly  brought  out,  and 
it  is  this  which  accomplishes  the  change  in  that  re- 
spectable hjrpocrite,  Bemick.  In  Brandy  too,  there  is  a 
notable  scene  where  Brand  has  his  own  measure  meted 
out  to  him.  Ejnar,  a  man  to  whom  he  looked  for  sym- 
pathy, turns  from  him  as  harshly  as  he  had  himself 
turned  from  those  who  looked  to  him. 

Here  I  end  my  discussion.  I  have  set  forth  one 
view  of  Ibsen,  and  there  are  many  others*  The  best 
plan  is  to  read  for  oneself  and  learn  at  first  hand  what 
are  his  intentions  and  his  meaning.  No  fair-minded 
reader  can  deny  that  Ibsen  is  a  great  dramatist.  I 
do  not  think  that  he  is  a  second  Shakespeare ;  but  then 
I  cannot  read  Norwegian.  T.  R.  G. 


CROSSING    THE    BAR. 

After  Tennyson. 

Die  Sonne  sinkt,  die  Abendsterne  gltihn, 
Ein  heller  Anruf  fordert  mich  ins  Meer  : 

Sei  rair  gewahrt  es  brause  kein  GestOhn 
Am  Hafenausgang  wenn  ich  seewarts  kehr'. 

Es  ftihre  mich  die  stille  Fluth  dahin, 

Die  ohne  Tosen,  ohne  Schaum,  erschwillt : 

Wenn  das  muss  in  die  Heimath  wieder  ziehn 
Was  her  aus  grenzenloser  Tiefe  quillt. 

Die  Dammrung  sinkt,  die  Abendglocken  lauten. 
Nun  graut  die  Nacht,  die.Finsterniss  nicht  harrt : 

Lasst  keine  Trennungsklage  mich  begleiten 
Wenn  ich  besteig'  den  Kahn  zur  letzten  Fahrt. 

Denn  ob  die  Fluth  auch  ilber  Zeit  und  Ort, 
Der  Menschheit  Schranken,  weit  mich  tragt :  Vertraun ! 

Ich  hoffe  doch  am  Hafenausgang  dort 
Den  Antlitz  meines  Lootsen  anzuschaun. 

D.  MacAlister. 


«  CROQUETTES," 

Think  not,  ye  hungry  souls,  who  every  day 
With  ravening  eyes  come  crowding  into  hall. 

That  this  is  an  Epicurean  lay, 
'Tis  not,  at  all. 

'Tis  of  those  crawling  craft  I  sing,  that  come 

With  oars  that  pause  and  fall,  and  raise  black  jets 

Of  blackest  Cam  (save  when  the  crew  doth  slum}. 
Yclept  croquettes. 

Tlie  word  is  French,  but  nought  doth  it  pertain 
To  that  sweet  game  fair  maidens  love  to  play 

At  garden  parties  with  a  favoured  swaia 
Some  summer  day. 

The  word  recalls  the  voice  of  fierce  reproach, 
The  garish  gesture  and  the  scornful  smile. 

The  churlish  chiding  of  the  captious  coach — 
"The  time  is  vile," 

For  Bow  is  late,  and  that  erratic  Two, 
Like  some  vast  avalanche,  his  vast  weight  hurls 

Forward,  and  Five  digs  deep,  as  divers  do 
For  precious  pearls. 

So  when  to  roll  yon  *  egg-box'  doth  begin. 
As  though  'twere  tossed  upon  a  wintry  sea, 

That  coach's  words  are  not  so  suave  as  in 
Society. 

And  yet,  mayhap,  there  once  will  come  a  day. 
When  he  that  rowed  will  mournfully  regret 

That  those  sweet  words  as  clean  have  passed  away 
As  that  croquette  ! 

A.  J.  a 


CAMUS  ET  CAMENAE. 

[HEY  were  paying  a  short  visit  to  Cambridge, 
and  had  strolled  down  to  the  river,  and  along 
the  towpath  as  far  as  Baitsbite  Lock.  It  was 
a  beautiful  hot  morning  in  the  May  Term, 
and  nothing  disturbed  the  stillness  of  the  much-harassed 
river,  which,  as  yet,  provided  none  of  that  material  on 
which'  the  old  rowing  man  loves  to  exercise  his  critical 
faculties.  But  it  is  a  kind  of  law  of  nature  that  feet 
which  have  trodden  the  tow  path  will  fit  no  other 
road  half  so  easily ;  and  so  along  the  tow  path  they 
came,  as  not  having  much  choice  about  the  matter,  and 
sat  down  on  the  long  bars  of  the  lock-gates,  facing  each 
other,  with  the  water  between  them :  which,  indeed,  is 
a  position  of  great  excellence  for  argumentative  dis- 
course, if  the  day  be  hot  and  the  discoursing  parties  too 
lazy  to  seek  that  greater  proximity,  or  that  handier 
supply  of  missiles,  which  is  essential  for  the  successful 
application  of  the  argumentum  ad  caput. 

For  a  time  they  smoked  in  silence ;  till  at  last  the 
philosopher,  answering  his  own  thoughts  aloud,  remark- 
ed, "After  all,  it  isn't  such  a  bad  old  river.  It  may  be 
dirty,  narrow,  and  crooked,  I  admit:  yet  I  question 
whether  the  straightest,  broadest,  and  most  pellucid 
stream  on  the  market  would  be  half  so  dear  to  us  as 
our  poor  abused  old  Cam." 

"  There  ain't  a  river  in  the  land, 
rd  swop  for  my  dear  old  Ditch," 
sang  the  poet. 

"  In  fact,"  continued  the  philosopher, "  it  is  just  these 
peculiarities    that  constitute    its  principal    charm,   as 


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supplying,  in  the  first  place  an  inexhaustible  source 
of  what  I  may  call  grumbling  material — without  which 
no  pleasure  in  life  is  complete — and  secondly  a  never-^ 
ending  excuse  for  bad  rowing,  being  efficiently  aided 
in  the  latter  respect  by  the  eccentricities  of  boats  and 
oars  and  still  more  of  other  people.  For  we  all  know 
that  every  frequenter  of  the  Cam  is  a  paragon  of 
oarsmanship,  actual  or  potential,  though  generally  more 
potential  than  actual :  but  for  this  the  thickness  and 
sluggishness  of  the  water,  the  constant  succession  of 
corners,  the  perverseness  of  tholes  and  slides,  and  the 
incapability  of  the  rest  of  the  crew  may  be  seen  by  the 
impartial  observer  to  supply  the  cause  in  every  case.'* 

"  That  quite  falls  in  with  my  experience,"  said  the 
poet>  "  which  was  after  this  fashion : — 

Oh  I  list  to  these  sorrows  of  mine, 

Which  are  turning  my  hair  snowj  white.  • 
At  rowing  I  never  can  shine, 

Although  Tm  a  paragon  quite. 
I  once  used  to  think  with  delight 

Of  my  future  aquatical  fame : 
But  the  coaches  all  say  I'm  a  'sight' — 

And  the  water  alone  is  to  blame. 

Of  blues  I  would  rival  the  best, 

Were  the  water  no  thicker  than  whey: 
My  hands  would  fly  out  from  my  chest, 

But  the  water  is  sluggish  as  they. 
They  say  I  catch  crabs,  by  the  way. 

And  it  cannot,  I  fear,  be  denied: 
But  what  if  I  catch  them  all  day? 

I  should  not  if  the  river  were  wide. 

They  tell  me  I  slide  at  the  pace 

Of  a  stone  from  a  catapult  sped: 
But  why  should  /  be  in  disgrace  ? 

Put  the  blame  on  the  river  instead. 
But  alas,  for  xay  fame  that  is  fled ! 

Though  a  paragon  surely  I  am: 
Yet  I  think  I'd  best  row  on  my  head. 

The  next  time  I  try  on  the  Cam." 


30  Camus  et  Camenae. 

"  It  is  perhaps  a  mistake,"  resumed  the  philosopher, 
"to  regard  the  Cam  as  one  indivisible  entity.  We 
should  rather  hold  that  there  exist  two  rivers,  the 
exoteric  and  the  esoteric  Cams.  The  former  is  no 
doubt  dirty  and  occasionally  has  a  bad  smell ;  but  the 
other  is  a  far  more  ethereal  stream,  being  a  kind  of 
compound  of  sweet  and  bitter  memories,  of  struggles, 
victories,  and  defeats,  blended  and  harmonised  by  time, 
and  that  greater  artist — the  mind;  for  the  mind  is  a 
master  of  artistic  composition,  and  well  skilled  in  using 
the  shadows  only  to  throw  the  lights  into  greater  relief. 
Indeed  I  am  not  sure  after  all  that  there  is  more  than 
one  Cam ;  I  scarcely  believe  in  the  existence  of  the 
exoteric  Cam  at  all.  It  is  only  the  esoteric  river  that 
really  exists ;  but  it  cannot  be  known  but  by  those  who 
with  much  pain  and  hard  labour  have  attained  to  the 
rank  of  the  initiated." 

Then  the    poet   broke   out    into  his  ideas   on   the 
subject : — 

"  Let  other  bards  the  Isis  grace, 
And  scomfully  the  Cam  deride ; 
With  us,  our  river  holds  a  place 

No  other  stream  may  come  beside. 
No  doubt  it's  not  extremely  wide ; 
Perhaps  it's  not  precisely  clean. 
But  yet  its  charm  no  scorn  can  harm, 
The  charm  of  things  that  once  have  been. 

Here's  Baitsbite,  where  we've  gone  ashore, 

Stripped  sweaters,  and  embarked  again, 
And  listened  for  the  *  cannon's  roar,' 

And  quivered  with  the  needle's  pain ; 
The  starting  post  with  bung  and  chain, 

That  plagued  us  so  when  first  we  steered ; 
The  path  where  ran  each  partisan, 

And  inarticulately  cheered. 

The  places  where  a  crab  we've  caught. 

Or  made  a  bump,  or  lost  an  oar, 
Or,  sculling,  set  the  rules  at  naught, 

And  stopped  a  Trial-eight  or  Four ; 


Camus  et  Camenae.  3 1 

The  bridge,  which  many  a  time  of  yore, 
Done  up  and  dry,  we  longed  to  view, 

And  turned  an  eye  with  glances  sly, 
And  got  a  slating :  "  Watch  it,  two ! " 

Or  where  our  first  attempt  to  scull 

Was  ended  in  the  usual  way ; 
First  potent  lesson  in  the  full 

Effects  of  Barnwell  Pool  bouquet. 
For  who  has  rowed  from  day  to  day, 

That  drinks  not  oft  from  memory's  well  ? 
There's  scarce  a  yard  that  does  not  guard 

A  tale  we're  never  loth  to  tell. 

More  limpid  waters  may  there  be, 

There  may  be  other  streams  more  fair ; 
But  what  concern  with  them  have  we  ? 

We've  rowed  no  bumping  races  there. 
Their  scenes  may  make  the  tourist  stare, 

And  fast  the  nimble  Kodak  ply ; 
But  memories  green  of  what  has  been 

Shall  keep  the  Cam*s  supremacy." 

"  By  the  way,"  continued  the  poet,  "  how  about  those 
dead  dogs  ?  Have  they  any  place  on  your  ideal  river  ? 
Ah  !  it's  a  sublime  thought !  The  astral  body  of  a  de- 
ceased puppy  floating  serenely  upon  the  esoteric  flood ! 
I  must  make  a  note  of  that.  Everybody  who  brings 
out  a  volume  of  verse  nowadays  has  lines  on  a  dead 
dog.     But  I  fancy  mine  will  knock  them  all  out." 

"  No,"  replied  the  philosopher,  "  it  won't  do.  The 
dead  dogs  and  such  external  phenomena  are  but  a 
relic  of  the  animal  worship  practised  by  the  ancient 
Egyptians,  and  serve  to  veil  the  higher  mysteries  from 
the  uninitiated.  For  if  the  matter  be  investigated,  much 
reason  will  be  found  for  supposing  that  rowing  and  its 
mysteries  were  the  true  esoteric  religion  of  the  Egfypt- 
ians,  and  that  "many  traces  of  that  inner  worship  have 
been  handed  down  even  to  our  own  times.  Take,  for 
instance,  the  name  of  the  great  deity  Amen-Ra^ 
and   after  inverting  it  and   writing  it  Ra-Amen,  let 


32  Camus  et  Camenai. 

loose  upon  it  one  untamed  philologist,  who  has  been 
kept  without  mental  food  for  three  days.  Then  you 
will  find  that  the  head  of  the  Egyptian  Pantheon  re- 
presented Rowing  personified,  and  that  his  name  is 
the  parent  of  the  words  for  rowing  in  a  dozen 
different  languages.  Of  Isis  I  need  hardly  speak  :  and 
may  we  not  also  recognise  the  original  of  our  own 
river  in  the  god  Khem  ?  Then  again  the  god  Osiris, 
under  his  true  name  of  Hesar,  the  judge  of  the  dead,  is 
typified  by  the  term  *  Easy' — the  term,  that  is  to  say, 
which  every  coach  uses  at  the  end  of  a  course  as  a 
prelude  to  criticising  and  passing  judgment  upon  the 
performance  of  his  crew.  Ptah  also  bears  out  my 
theory,  for  he  is  described  as  *the  father  of  the 
beginnings.'  We  may  also  conjecture  that  the  Apis 
bull  was  worshipped  as  a  symbol  of  training  break- 
fasts." 

"Let  us  now,"  continued  the  philosopher,  "philo- 
sophise on  the  subject  of  rowing.  For  a  rowing  man 
has  need  of  a  certain  amount  of  philosophy  to  enable 
him  to  keep  the  true  ends  of  rowing  before  his  eyes, 
to  face  trouble  and  inconvenience  and  to  make  light 
of  it.  For  he  who  grieves  as  much  over  an  occasional 
blister  or  a  few  rolls  of  the  boat,  as  he  would  over 
being  ploughed  in  his  Tripos  or  declared  a  defaulter  on 
the  Stock  Exchange,  is  putting  his  own  personality 
forward  too  readily;  which  is  moral  or  constructive 
bucketing. 

However,  let  us  proceed  to  discuss  Rowing  generally. 
I  have  heard  it  defined  as  *  wriggling  at  the  end  of  a 
pole' — ^but  that  was  the  invention  of  a  calumnious  foot- 
ball-maniac, though  aptly  descriptive  in  his  case — or  as 
*  seeking  fame  at  the  end  of  an  eight-foot  spruce' — 
which  is  a  romantic  definition,  but  vague,  not  to  say 
incorrect.  However,  let  us  leave  generalities  and 
descend  to  particulars.  And  first  with  regard  to  boats 
and  oars,  which  are  to  be  classed  together  on  the 
^ound  that  they  jnay  be  subdivided  on  similar  prin- 


Camus  et  Catnenae.  33 

ciples.  For  as  authorities  hold  that  a  boat  consists 
of  a  bow,  a  stern,  and  a  part  between  the  bow  and  the 
stern,  so  does  an  oar  consist  of  a  blade,  d  handle,  and  a 
part  between  the  blade  and  the  handle.  Though  in- 
deed of  late,  through  the  operation  of  a  process  which 
you,  as  a  student  of  evolution,  will  understand,  many 
oars  have  come  to  consist  of  a  handle  and  a  non-handle, 
forming  a  sub-variety  known  as  toothpicks,  but  also 
useful  as  pipe-cleaners  or  letter-files. 

And  now  let  us  speak  of  Eights,  which  are  of  two 
species,  the  light  or  racing,  and  the  tub  or  heavy  kind. 
The  former  is  of  a  flighty  and  nervous  nature,  apt  to  be 
unsteady  and  frequently  having  its  delicate  sides  in  a 
state  of  tingle :  the  other  is  a  more  stolid  craft,  and 
usually  equipped  with  a  nickname  of  a  more  or  less 
vituperative  character.  Now  the  chief  end  of  Eights — 
at  Cambridge  at  least — is  the  bumping  race,  but  oi  it 
I  shall  attempt  no  description — even  a  lady  novelist  is 
scarcely  capable  of  doing  it  full  justice." 

"  True,"  said  the  poet :  "  but  then  the  hero  is  always 
rowing  in  the  successful  boat,  and,  being  a  model  hero, 
sees  nothing  more  than  the  back  of  the  man  in  front  of 
him.  However,  though  we  may  pass  over  the  appear- 
ance of  a  bumping  race,  let  me  attempt  a  description  of 
some  of  its  sounds :— * 

"  Tiddle  her  up  gently ! 

•*  Tiddle  her  I  bow  and  two !  " 
Hoarsely  but  eloquently 

The  starter  gives  his  cue : 
"  Tiddle  her  up  gently ! 
*     "Easy!  that'll  do!" 

"  Come  along,  lads  I  well  started  t '' 

Answers  the  booming  gun ; 
While  the  eight  lads  stout-hearted 

Swing  to  it,  eight  like  one. 
''  Come  along,  lads !  well  started  I 

"  Steadily  I  Let  her  run  I " 
VOL.  XVIIL  F 


34  Camus  et  Camenae. 

**  Up  with  her !  now  you're  straight,  lads ! 

••  Quicken,  and  make  her  go ! 
''  Got  them  as  sure  as  fate,  lads  1 

"That's  the  right  way  to  row ! 
**  Up  with  her  I  now  you're  straight,  lads  ! 

"  Up  with  her !  all  you  know  1 " 

"  Easy,  you  men !  you've  bumped  them ! 

**  Never  a  bump  so  clear  I 
*•  Did'nt  you  feel  you'd  thumped  them  ? 

*'  Fetch  her  in,  cox,  just  here. 
"  Jolly  well  rowed  !  You've  bumped  them  ! 

••  Up  with  the  flag  and  cheer ! " 

"  Next,"  said  the  philosopher,  "  let  us  take  the  Four, 
which  is  a  craft  that  needs  good  rowing,  but  is  more 
apt  to  get  bad  language." 

"I'll  set  you  a  conundrum,"  said  the  poet.  "What 
is  the  difiFerence  between  a  good  and  a  bad  Four  ?"  "  Give 
it  up,"  said  the  philosopher,  promptly. 

"The  letter  O,"  said  the  poet:  "one  does  courses, 
and— '^ 

Then  the  philosopher  managed  to  reach  a  stone,  so 
that  the  rest  is  lost  to  history. 

"  We  must  now  pass  on,"  said  the  philosopher,  afler 
a  pause,  "  to  the  Pair,  on  which  subject  I  consider  my- 
self an  authority,  having  several  times  caught  a  crab  in 
such  a  vessel,  got  my  oar  wedged  into  the  small  of  my 
back,  and  then  rescued  myself  from  that  artistic  but 
embarrassing  position  without  upsetting  the  boat. 
There  is  only  one  fundamental  principle  in  pair-oared 
rowing.  It  is  to  keep  your  hands  and  tongue  steady 
and  your  temper  in  ice,  and  to  divide  the  responsibility 
of  making  the  boat  roll  with  the  impartiality  of  a 
Boundary  Commission." 

"  I  think,"  said  the  poet,  "  that  the  principle  need 
not  be  confined  to  one  branch  of  rowing.  However,  let 
me  celebrate  the  Pair  (standard  design)  in  verse : — 


Camus  et  Camenae.  35 

Siroke— 

Why  did  I  row  in  a  pair  ? 

Why  wasn't  I  sooner  beheaded? 
Why  is  Bow*s  oar  in  the  air, 

While  mine  in  the  mud  is  embedded? 
Why  is  his  language  so  rank? 

Bargees  might  hear  it  and  quiver. 
Why  must  he  make  for  the  bank? 

Why  can't  he  stick  to  the  river? 

Bow — 

Difficult  'tis  to  discern 

Why  o'er  the  stretcher  Stroke  lingers. 
Why  does  he  bury  the  stem. 

And  bark  on  the  gunwale  my  fingers? 
Why  made  that  coach  such  a  row? — 

His  cox  at  the  game  isn't  handy: 
Why  am  I  now  at  the  'Plough,' 

Drinking  hot  water  and  brandy? 

The  Impartial  Observtr — 

Here's  an  infallible  tip 

For  all  who  would  go  a-light-pairing :— > 
Smartness  and  watermanship 

Move  a  boat  faster  than  swearing. 
Whether  at  stroke  or  at  bow, 

Drop  all  that  snapping  and  sneering; 
And  don't  think  your  mate  such  a  cow, 

Because  >'<?«  mismanage  the  steering." 

**Of  the  Rowing  Man  in  general/'  resumed  the 
philosopher,  "I  have  only  to  remark,  that,  present 
company  being  rigorously  excluded,  he  is  the  best 
fellow  in  the  world,  so  long  as  he  remembers  to  be 
human  and  to  let  other  rowing  men  be  the  same.  I 
have  heard  him  described  as  a  triumph  of  matter 
over  mind  :  but  that  is  unjust  and  untrue.  Few  people 
recognise  the  true  psychological  nature  of  rowing, 
which,  properly  considered,  is  a  triumph  of  mind  over 
matter.    For  instance  in  the  middle  of  a  hard  race^ 


36  Camus  et  Camenae. 

it  isn't  your  material  part  that  wants  to  go  on  :  no — 
it  would  stop  if  the  matter-conquering  mind  did  not 
force  it  to  do  its  utmost  towards  attaining  an  end  which 
is  principally  for  the  mind's  gratification.  The  two 
generally  have  a  tough  struggle  at  a  comparatively 
early  stage  of  a  race.  If  mind  wins,  the  man  will  row 
till  he  splits ;  if  matter,  he  will  *  sugar '  judiciously  for 
the  rest  of  the  way,  and  get  a  reputation  for  deficiency 
in  the  internal  regions :  but  that  is  wrong ;  for  it  is  a 
sign  of  a  super-abundance  of  piattery  which  is  naturally 
of  a  lazy  disposition." 

♦*  I  see  your  point,"  said  the  poet.  **  We  may  treat 
the  psychological  aspect  of  a  race  after  this  fashion :— »- 

When  the  boats  are  running  level,  man  for  man,  and  oar  for  oar. 
When  the  blades  swish  through  the  water  at  a  stroke  of  forty-four. 
When  you're  clearing  for  the  open  past  the  head  of  Temple  Isle, 
When  you're  feeling  very  dicky  just  about  the  Quarter  Mile, 
When  your  wind  is  getting  shorter,  and  your  hands  are  getting 

slow, 
And  you  think  upon  the  many  lengths  there  yet  remain  to  go, 
Then  there  comes  one  short  black  minute,  when  the  mind  is  all 

forlorn, 
And  you  gasp  a  malediction  on  the  day  when  you  were  bom. 

Yet  there  comes  a  blessed  moment  when  such  shadows  seen) 

to  flit, 
And  your  wind,  instead  of  giving  out,  improves  a  little  bit, 
When  you  find  you're  swinging  longer,  as  the  onlookers  applaud, 
And  it  dawns  upon  you  after  all  that  life  is  not  a  fraud. 
Then  there  comes  the  joy  of  racing,  and  it  grips  your  being 

fast. 
All  forgotten  are  the  trials  and  the  troubles  of  the  past. 
For  the  mind  has  conquered  matter.      What  are  wind  and  limb 

to  you  ? 
Whete  are  pain,  discomfort,  trouble,  if  you  beat  the  other  crew  ?'* 

"  I  always  think  this  the  prettiest  spot  on  the  Cam,'* 
said  the  poet,  after  an  interval  of  meditative  silence, 
looking  across  the  little  backwater  below  the  weir.  •*  If 
I  were  a  river  god,  I  should  take  up  my  abode  here." 


Camus  et  Camenae.  37 

**  I've  no  doubt  Father  Cam  will  take  your  advice," 
responded  the  philosopher. 

*•  He's  done  that  already,"  rejoined  the  poet.  "It's 
the  only  place  I  know  of  where  his  slumbers  would  be 
undisturbed  by  the  ever-restless  oar. 

I'll  tell  you  how  he  came  here : — 

Where  does  Father  Cam  reside  ? 

Is  it  where  reflections  Wl 
On  his  scarcely  moving  tide 

Of  bridge  and  lawn  and  college  wall  ? 
Once  he  dwelt  there ;  found  the  spot 

Passing  fair ;  yet  none  the  less 
Freshmen  were  a  daring  lot, 

Startled  thence  His  Sleepiness, 

Then  he  chose  a  new  abode 

Somewhere  by  the  Ditton  shore ; 
But  the  pranks  of  them  that  rowed 

Made  it  noisier  than  before. 
Pin  incessant  overhead : 

Cox's  shout  and  coach's  bawl ; 
Oars  disturbed  his  muddy  bed ; 

Couldn't  get  to  sleep  at  all. 

So  he  passed  beyond  the  throng, 

Where  the  water  o'er  the  weir 
Sings  a  soporific  song. 

Where  the  stream  is  almost  clear  i 
Him  the  soothing  waters  lull 

'Neath  an  eddy  cool  and  deep  : 
Undisturbed  by  oar  or  scull 

Peacefully  he  lies  asleep." 

**And  an  inn  close  at  hand  too!"  murmured  the 
philosopher. 

<*  Happy  thought ! "  responded  the  poet. 

R.  H.  F, 


WILLIAM  ERNEST  HENLEY*. 


No  Sttad 
and  no 
Henley  f 


lOME  curious  observer,  not  untouched  with  a 
shallow  optimism,  has  noted  that  the  appear- 
ance of  every  new  shape  of  physical  evil  is 
followed  by  some  kind  of  remedy  or  counter- 
poise. We  could  have  dispensed  with  the 
remedy,  on  condition  that  the  evil,  too,  were 
withheld.  Yet  in  the  moral  and  spiritual 
world,  we  can  but  regard  such  a  disposition  with  grati- 
tude, for  here  we  must  be  willing  to  purchase  any 
positive  good  at  whatever  price  may  be  asked  for  it. 
The  birthday  of  the  Review  of  Reviews  will  scarcely  be 
marked  with  chalk  in  our  calendars,  nor  does  the  evolu- 
tion of  M.  Zola  and  his  school  give  humanity  reason  to 
rate  itself  too  high.  But  if  we  had  to  elect  for  either 
"no  Stead  and  no  Henley"  or  our  present  endowment, 
if  our  great  Enemy  could  make  us  an  explicit  offer, 
"Forget  your  Stevenson,  and  I  will  keep  my  Zola,"  we 
should  probably  acquiesce  in  things  as  we  have  them. 


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William  Ernest  Henley.  39 

All  that  is  best  and  most  wholesome  in  what 
sireei.  Englishmen  are  writing  to-day  finds  sure  re- 
cognition, even  if  it  has  not,  as  often,  found 
also  an  inspiration,  in  Mr  Henley's  literary  censorship. 
Rash  as,  at  first  sight,  the  comparison  may  appear, 
there  is  more  than  a  distant  analogy  between  the  central 
position  of  Swift  among  men  of  letters  in  the  seventeen- 
hundreds,  and  the  relation  of  Mr  Henley  to  his  con- 
temporaries. Romance,  in  the  persons  of  Stevenson 
and  "  Q  "  and  Kipling,  poetry  as  represented  by  Richard 
le  Gallienne,  William  Watson,  and  Norman  Gale,  even 
the  criticism  of  our  only  critic,  Andrew  Lang,  each  and 
all  discover  a  ground  of  union,  or  a  common  starting- 
point  for  new  energies,  in  his  friendship  or  his  tutelage. 
Under  his  guidance  the  National  Observer  has  become 
not  merely  an  exponent  of  sound  politics  and  healthy 
morals,  but  a  sacred  Palladium  to  those  who  love  letters, 
a  terror  and  a  sign  to  Philistines,  to  gnash  their  teeth 
thereat. 

Strange  it  is  that  a  man  who  has  done  so  much,  in 
genuine  result,  should  have  so  little  of  work  in  material 
shape  to  show :  two  little  books  of  verse,  a  by-no-means 
large  volume  of  criticism — written  in  a  desultory  manner 
for  various  journals — the  part-authorship  of  three  plays. 
So  much  (in  mere  bulk)  might  have  been  offered  to  the 
public — wrought  by  no  means  ill — by  many  a  young 
man  who  could  claim  to  win  from  it  only  the  veriest 
rudiment  of  a  reputation. 

Of  Mr  Henley's  plays,  the  uninitiated  must 
*  speak  with  caution.  The  discrimination  of 
the  diflferent  hands  is  not  everywhere  to  him  that  runs. 
That  Mr  Henley's  influence  is  most  traceable  in  Deacon 
Brodie — we  know  that  he  is  an  authority  on  slang,  and 
a  serious  student  of  the  manners  of  thievery — that 
Mr  Stevenson  gives  more  of  the  tone  to  Beau  Austin^^ 
though  if  the  Prologue  that  speaks  of- 

that  great  duel  of  Sex,  that  ancient  strife 

which  is  the  very  central  fact  of  life, 


40  William  Ernest  Henley. 

should  not  be  signed  W.  E.  H.,  then  itdvja  ivaXKa 
yivoiTo — thus  much  may  be  hazarded.  But  the  ways  of 
collaborators  are  fearsome  and  devious.  It  may  even  be 
that  Pew  himself,  the  most  intimate  creation  of  Mr 
Stevenson's  fancy,  has  taken  service  under  a  new  master. 
Who  dare  say?  However  it  be,  the  mastery  is  still 
apparent. 

In  his  verse  Mr  Henley  is  studied,  curiously 

wrought  sometimes,  often  remmiscent,  with 
another  kind  of  reminiscence  to  that  we  know  in  a  Milton 
or  a  Tennyson,  resetting  in  the  pure  gold  of  a  most 
individual  style  the  brilliants  of  many  a  word-jeweller 
dead  and  gone.  What  Mr  Henley  appropriates  is  a 
mode  of  utterance,  rather  than  phrase  or  thought ;  yet 
he  does  not  imitate.  When  he  finds  prepared  to  his 
hand  an  instrument  proper  to  express  the  harmony  in 
his  mind,  he  cares  not  who  has  compelled  music  from  it 
before.  He  does  not  even  care  to  impress  upon  it  his 
own  stamp.  If  the  thought  be  truly  his  own,  it  is 
enough  to  reject  those  mannerisms  of  an  alien  style 
(yet  not  alien,  for  it  will  serve  his  turn)  which  would 
offer  to  the  thought's  clear  presentation  a^  difficulty. 
One  instance  is  enough.  The  spirit  of  wine,  as  Henley 
sings  it,  might  have  been  sung  by  I-ongfellow  in  his 
happiest,  least  moralising  vein  s  only  Longfellow  would 
never  have  given  his  spirit  the  keys  of 

that  secret  spiritual  shrine 

Where,  his  work-a-day  soul  put  by, 

Shut  in  with  his  saint  of  saintSf 

His  radiant  and  conquering  self 

Man  worships  and  talks  and  is  glad. 

The  entire  congruity  of  such  a  characteristic  note  with 
the  note  of  the  whole  poem*  shows — what  might  else 
have  escaped  us — how  subtly  yet  completely  that  is 
moulded  by  the  author's  distinctive  touch. 

Those  who  prefer  to  regard  Mr  Henley  as  the 
English  apostle  of  "Impressionism-"  must  find  an 
immense  advance  on  his  former  work  in  the  Song  of  the 


William  Ernest  Henley.  4 1 

Sword.  A  Book  of  Verses  is  by  comparison  quite  simple. 
To  re-cast  language  into  a  shape  capable  of  giving  effect 
to  the  most  delicate  nuances^  the  phantom-like  sugges- 
tions of  a  drugged  imagination — towards  this  quite  the 
largest,  and,  at  least  in  my  opinion,  the  most  enjoyable 
half  of  his  poetry  makes  no  attempt.  The  truth  seems 
to  be,  that  with  an  entirely  right  feeling  for  word-music, 
with  his  full  share  of  the  artist's  passion  for  "  the  exotic 
word,  the  moving  cadence  of  a  phrase,"  Mr  Henley, 
still  belongs  to  those  who  in  execution  can  only  not  lose 
on  their  conception.  His  inspiration  comes  all  from 
within,  and  in  no  way  arises  out  of  his  material.  Many 
a  worse  poet  has  been  inspired  by  the  exigency  of  a 
rhyme,  the  compulsion  of  an  intractable  phrase,  till  the 
rough  sketch  grew  under  his  hands,  as  it  were  spon- 
taneously, into  beauty.  In  the  volume  of  1892,  dealing 
with  deeper  mysteries  than  the  Book  of  Verses  had 
attempted,  the  poet's  utterance  seems  half-strangled  by 
the  difficult  medium,  as  of  a  heavy  choking  air,  through 
which  it  has  to  struggle  to  our  ears. 

A  keenly  discerning  eye  it  goes  without  saying  that 
Mr  Henley  has  for  the  externals  alike  of  man  and 
nature.  Every  claimant  for  the  rank  of  even  minor 
poet  must  to-day  be  thus  equipped,  or  at  least  passably 
counterfeit  such  equipment.  In  London  Voluntaries  no 
less  than  in  the  sketches  In  Hospitaly  he  shows  himself  a 
brilliantly  faultless  draughtsman.  There  is  nothings 
blurred  or  botched,  and  nothing  shirked.  The  truthful- 
ness is  as  undeniable  as  the  skill.  But,  for  all  his  un- 
shrinking truthfulness,  it  stands  out  on  the  surface  that 
Mr  Henley*s  tendencies  are  romantic  rather  than  realist. 
He  never  holds  his  hand  from  painting  what  presents 
itself  to  be  painted  :  the  ugly,  the  terrible,  the  obscene. 
But  when  he  has  done,  we  no  longer  say  "  this  is  ugly, 
or  terrible,  or  obscene  "  :  only,  "  this  is  art."  His  treat- 
ment is  Rembrandtesque,  rather  than  Dutch.  To  bring 
into  sharpest  opposition  the  realism,  say,  of  Maupassant, 
and  the  kind  of  realism  Henley  allows  himself,  needs 

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42  William  Ernest  Henley. 

but  to  suppose  an  Infernohy  the  French  and  the  English 
artist.  It  is  not  caricature  that  declares  the  impression 
we  should  obtain  from  Henley's  would  be  an  impression 
of  colour — lurid  and  searing  flame :  from  Maupassant's, 
smelly  fetid  and  obscene. 

Out  of  the  sordid  and  utter  blank  unloveliness  of  an 
Infirmary  ward,  Mr  Henley  has  contrived  to  extract 
colour,  fun,  almost  romance.*  When  he  is  waiting  to 
"storm  The  thick  sweet  mystery  of  chloroform,  The 
"  drunken  dark,  the  little  death-in-life,"  or  is  living  on 
his  back  in  the  long  hours  of  repose  a  "  practical  night- 
"  mare  of  life,"  and  the  "  new  days  "  pass  "  in  endless 
. "  procession  ;  A  pageant  of  shadows  silently,  leeringly 
"  wending  On  .  .  .  and  still  on  .  .  .  still  on,"  or  when 
"  dizzy,  hysterical,  faint "  he  is  at  last  carried  out  from 
that  "  transformed  back-kitchen  "  into  the  "  beautiful 
"  world,"  and  "  the  smell  of  the  mud  .  •  .  blows  brave 
"  like  a  breath  of  the  sea  " — ^what  a  strong  and  constant 
spirit  breathes  in  the  lines,  what  a  delightful  openness 
of  soul  to  every  influence,  every  suggestion  of  life  and 
of  the  living  1  In  trying  to  select  from  Mr  Henley's 
sketch-book,  one  is  at  a  stand,  because  everything  is  so 
perfect.  The  "  brace  of  boys "  playing  at  operations, 
the  phthisical  ploughman  who  tells,  when  you  "  let  his 
"  melancholy  wander "  "  pretty  stories  Of  women  that 
"  have  wooed  him  Long  ago  " ;  the  "  Visitor,"  "  bearing 


•  It  is  only  fair  to  say  that  of  the  sketches  In  ffospitcU  I  cannot  pretend 
to  speak  as  *'  one  who  knows  "  :  a  friend  who  can,  gives  me  this  among  other 
criticisms.  <'  I  like  the  thing,  but  am  not  very  much  *  taken '  with  it.  It 
<'  strikes  one  as  having  been  written  when  time  had  blunted  the  keen  edge  of 
« the  writer's  memory.  There  is  too  little  detail — one  notices  the  little  things 
'*  at  such  a  time,  for  in  sickness  everything,  both  pleasure  and  pain,  is  inten- 
'*  sified.  For  a  poem  there  is  not  enough  of  the  writer's  own  feelings — a  sick 
'*  man  is  somewhat  apt  to  be  confidential.  And  then  he  doesn't  seem  to  get 
«(  keen  on  medical  *  shop  *  or  to  talk  of  his  ailments,  or  to  gradually  sink  from 
"  pity  to  somewhat  callous  curiosity  about  each  new  case.  The  descriptions 
**  of  the  nurses  and  the  scrubber,  the  house«surgeon,  and  the  night  after  the 

*' operation,  are  good.*' "He  seems  to  me  to  have  missed  the 

«*  intensity  of  the  first  few  days." 


William  Ernesl  Henley.  43 

"  a  sheaf  of  tracts,  a  bag  of  buns,  A  wee  old  maid  that 
"  sweeps  the  Bridegroom's  way,"  and  that  unsurpassed 
festival  of  New  Year's  Eve  when  "  Kate  the  scrubber  " 
(forty  summers,  stout  but  sportive)  treads  a  measure  to 
the  music  of  the  "  Wind  that  Shakes  the  Barley,"  from 
a  penny  whistle  "tickled  by  artistic  fingers";  the 
patients,  for  once  forgetful  of  mangled  limbs  or  cruel 
diseases,  "brisk  and  cheerful  Are  encouraging  the 
dancer.  And  applauding  the  musician."  The  gas  burns 
dimly  in  an  atmosphere  of  "  many  ardent  smokers " : 
"  full  of  shadow  lurch  the  comers,  and  the  doctor  peeps 
"  and  passes."  Hogarth's  pencil  could  have  drawn 
nothing  more  instinct  with  life  :  nothing,  certainly,  half 
so  genial. 

When  Mr  Henley  has  done  with  the  darker  hues,  the 
harsher  outlines,  his  appreciation  of  what  is  fresh  and 
vivid  and  youthful  takes  us  right  back  to  Chaucer  in  its 
joyous  naiveU. 

Once  indeed  the  poet  gives  way  to  a  mood  of 
despair.  Life  may  be  a  brilliant  game :  it  is  not  for  him 
to  play  it.  He  is  broken  at  last.  He  would  barter 
every  hope  for  release  from  imminent  pain.  Yet 
although  a  darkness  that  may  be  felt  possesses  his 
heart,  he  cannot  but  mark  how 

out  in  the  bay  a  bugle 
is  lilting  a  gallant  song. 

The  clouds  are  racing  eastward, 

The  blithe  wind  cannot  rest, 
And  a  shard  on  the  shingle  flashes 

Like  the  soul  of  a  shining  jest. 

For  the  most  part,  Mr  Henley's  Echoes  are  "  all  the  joy 
*'  of  life."  His  verse  has  in  it  an  elemental  rapture. 
"  Cloud-shadow  and  scudding  sun-burst,"  "  the  look  of 
"  leaves  a-twinkle  with  windlets  clear  and  still,"  wood- 
lands and  meadows  "o'erblown  with  sunny  shadows 
**  o'ersped  with  winds  at  play " :  of  such  stuff  are  his 
dreams  made. 


44  Wtlltam  Ernest  Henley. 

He  has  something  of  the  spirit  of  the  old-world  poets 
who  loved  so  dearly  the  play  of  sun-light  on  flashing 
armour,  the  swift  thrust  and  parry  of  swords  in  green 
wood  or  tapestried  chamber.  He  would  give  but  little 
for  your  friendship  if  it  is  only  with  moderate  pleasure 
that 

in  the  silver  dusk  yoa  hear, 
Reverberated  from  crag  and  scar, 
Bold  bugles  blowing  points  of  war. 

All  that  is  weird,  remote,  with  mystery  fraught,  has  no 
less  fascination  for  him  than  the  colours  of  romance,  the 
joyous  freshness  of  Spring  and  youthful  Love. 

He  hears  ever  a  voice  "calling  until  you  cannot 
stay  " 

Out  of  the  sound  of  ebb  and  flow. 

Out  of  the  sight  of  lamp  and  star, 
It  calls  you  where  the  good  winds  blow, 

And  the  unchanging  meadows  are : 
From  faded  hopes  and  hopes  agleam. 

It  calls  you,  calls  you  night  and  day 
Beyond  the  dark  into  the   dream 
Over  the  hills  and  far  away. 

His  soul  goes  out  as  on  a  quest  to 

The  still  strange  land,  unvexed  of  sun  or  stars^ 
Where  Lancelot  rides  clanking  thro'  the  haze. 

Something  might  be  said  of  his  experiments  with  the 
ballade  and  the  rondeau — not  merely  pretty  toying  with 
an  exotic  muse,  pleasant  jingling  of  vers-de-socieU^  but, 
sometimes  it  would  seem,  a  veritable  avatar — in  the 
Puritan's  own  land — of  Francis  Villon  the  old-French 
lover,  scholar,  house-breaker,  poet,  ardent  and  life- 
loving  as  ever,  but  with  morals  considerably  improved. 
Nor  should  the  saga-like  fury  of  the  Song  of  the  Sword 
go  altogether  unmentioned.  It  is  enough,  however, 
merely  to  note  how  a  strong  personality  and  a  clear 
artistic  vision  make  themselves  felt  almost  equally 
everywhere  in  these  so  rich  and  various  activities. 


William  Ernest  Henley.  45 

__.  _  Of  Mr  Henley's  prose  it  need  not  be  said 

His  Prose, ,     .,,. 

that  It  IS  vigorous,  brilliant,  versatile.    As  a 
critic  he   is   as  unlike  Andrew  Lang  as  he  is  unlike 
Mathew  Arnold.     He  never  plays  with  a  subject,  con- 
triving to  get  infinite  amusement  out  of  it  by  the  way, 
and  yet  leaving  his  readers  with  a  clearer  opinion  or 
wider  knowledge  at  the  end.     Nor  does  he  make  the 
merits  or  demerits  of  the  reviewed  a  text  from  which  to 
read  us  a  homily  on  faults  of  national  temper  or  limits 
of  human  capacity.     The  most  salient  feature   of  his 
method  is  the  unswerving  steadiness  with  which  it  keeps 
the  end  in  view.     A  critic's  function  is  to  estimate,  to 
weigh,  to  find  for  the  thing  criticised  its  relative  place. 
For  anything  that  has  no  direct  bearing  on  that,  Mr 
Henley  cares  nothing.     In  spite  of  its  business-like  air, 
his  prose  is  full  of  good  things.     There  is  his  advice  to 
the  essayist  "in   default  of  wisdom  ...  to  have   no 
scruples  about  using  whatever  common  sense  is  his "  : 
his  praise  of  Addison's   essays   as  proving  "that  'tis 
possible  to  be  eloquent  without  adjectives  and  elegant 
without  aflFectation."     There  is  his  description  of  our 
attitude  to  literature:    "M.  Guy  de  Maupassant  can 
write  but  hath  a  devil,  and  we  take  him  not  because  of 
his  writing  but  because   of  his  devil ;  and  Blank  and 
Dash  and  So-and-So  and  the  rest  could  no  more  than 
so  many  sheep  develop  a  single  symptom  of  possess- 
ion among  them,  and  we  take  them  because  a   devil 
and  they  are  incompatibles.     And   art   is  short  and 
time  is  long ;  and  we  care  nothing  for  art  and   almost 
as  much  for  time."     Perhaps  Mr  Henley's  pedestrian 
muse  is  most  delightful  with  "  her  work-a-day  soul  put 
by " :  when   criticism   is  a   superfluity,  and    sympathy 
everything.     He  is  in  his  very  best  and  brightest  mood 
when  he  comes  down  from  the  tribunal  and  speaks  to  us 
frankly  and  pleasantly  of  his  own  feelings :  of  how  in 
reading  the   prose  version   of   the  Odyssey  he   has  "a 
breath  of  the  clear,  serene  airs  that  blew  through  the 
antique  Hellas."      Or  he   sends  us  back  once  more. 


46  IVtltiam  Ernesi  Henley. 

with  his  eulogy  brilliant  almost  as  the  very  master-piece 
he  praises,  to  the  furnisher-forth  of  our  childhood's 
whole  imaginings,  that  haschish-made-words,  as  he 
quaintly  calls  it,  the  book  of  the  Thousand  Nights  and 
a  Night.  We  wonder  that  it  is  so  long  since  we  last 
took  our  pleasure  in  that  "  voluptuous  farce,  masque  and 
anti-masque  of  wantonness  and  stratagem,  of  wine- 
cups  and  jewels  and  fine  raiment,  of  gaudy  nights  and 
amorous  days,  of  careless  husbands  and  adventurous 
wives,   of  innocent  fathers   and  rebel    daughters  and 

lovers  happy  or  befooled There,"  he    reminds 

us,  "  the  night  is  musical  with  happy  laughter  and  the 
sound  of  lutes  and  voices ;  it  is  seductive  with  the 
clink  of  goblets  and  the  odour  of  perfumes:  not  a 
shadow  but  has  its  secrets,  or  jovial  or  amorous  or 
terrible :  here  falls  a  head,  and  there  you  may  note 
the  contrapuntal  effect  of  the  bastinado.  But  the 
blood  is  quickly  hidden  with  flowers,  the  bruises  are 
tired  over  with  cloth-of-gold,  and  the  jolly  pageant 
sweeps  on." 

Henley  the  poet,  Henley  the  dramatist, 
Henley  the  critic,  are  only  the  varied  mani- 
festations of  a  far  greater  force  than  any  or  all  of  them. 
I  mean,  of  course,  Henley  the  man.  Admirable  as  his 
literary  gifts  are,  it  is  the  personality  underlying  them 
that  calls  forth  most  genuine  and  hearty  enthusiasm. 
One  feels  that  the  most  abiding  and  truest  qualities  of 
his  work  are  qualities  of  heart  rather  than  of  intellect. 
There  is  a  refreshing  wholesomeness  in  his  nature.  He 
has  looked  life  in  the  eyes,  and  has  seen  in  them  both 
the  terror  and  the  charm.  He  has  borne  his  share  of 
pleasure  and  pain,  and  he  looks  back  on  each  with 
kindly  tolerance.  He  knows  that  salutary  truth — to-day 
so  often  forgotten — that  to  be  a  good  artist  it  needs  first 
to  be  a  good  man.  And,  with  no  smug  Pharisaism  but 
in  true  nobility  of  soul,  he  can  never  feel  grateful  enough 
for  the  boon  of  being  born,  first  a  man,  and  then  an 
artist.     One  might  say  of  him  what  has  been  said  so 


William  Ernest  Henley.  4  7 

well  of  Montaigne:  "Merely  to  live,  merely  to  muse 
over  this  spectacle  of  the  world,  simply  to  feel,  even  if 
the  thing  felt  be  agony,  and  to  reflect  on  the  pain,  and 
on  how  it  may  best  be  borne — this  is  enough  for 
Henley." 

Mr  Henley  marks  in  a  special  degree  the  reaction 
from  the  melancholy  temperament  diffused  through 
English  thought  in  the  generation  that  has  just  passed 
away.  Increased  knowledge  seemed  to  have  brought 
with  it  only  bitterness.  The  old  faiths  and  the  old  ideals 
were  gone,  and  with  them  seemed  to  go  all  the  meaning 
of  life.  The  more  man  learned  of  his  destiny,  the  more 
desperate  it  appeared.  The  paroxysm  of  that  despair 
is  over,  and  we  can  listen  hopefully  to  those  who  like 
Mr  Henley  are  exhorting  us  to  face  our  destiny  un- 
daunted. If  our  life  is  but  as  the  snuff  of  a  candle  that 
goes  out,  how  much  more  exquisitely  should  we  feel  the 
preciousness  of  this  short-lived  boon !  If  life  is  a 
burden,  full  of  misery  and  weariness,  should  we  not  be 
thankful  for  the  prospect  of  a  Great  Release  ?  He  does 
not  shut  his  eyes  to  the  evil  that  exists.  He  does  not 
take  refuge  in  a  futile  common-place,  that  '*  all  things 
are  working  for  the  best."  But  it  is,  he  says,  at  least 
the  privilege  of  each  man  to  make  the  best  of  his  own 
lot.  The  hotter  the  fire,  the  brighter  the  martyr's 
crown  !  Only  this  crown  can  not,  musl  not,  be 
anything  more  than  the  consciousness  of  his  own 
martyrdom. 

Mr  Henley's  *  over-word '  is  not  of  a  kind  to  be  pro- 
claimed from  University  pulpits,  to  find  a  welcome  in 
country  r6ctories.  It  is  a  word  spoken  to  those  who 
walk  in  rough  places  of  the  earth.  It  is  meant  for  those 
who  suffer,  who  labour,  who  fight,  and  its  burden,  like 
the  song  of  Leo,  is  that  whatever  happens,  we  must 
never  be  afi-aid. 

Religions  and  policies  and  ideals  all  have  their 
appointed  date,  but  when,  while  mankind  still  continues 
to  inherit  this  earth,  and  to  call  itself  by  the  name  of 


48  An  Echo  of  IV.  E,  Henley. 

Man,  will  there  cease  to  be  force  in  this  man's  message, 
that  is  so  simple  and  so  true  ? 

Out  of  the  night  that  covers  me, 

Black  as  the  pit  from  pole  to  pole, 
I  thank  whatever  Gods  may  be 
For  my  unconquerable  soul. 

«        «        «        «        « 

Beyond  this  place  of  wrath  and  tears 
Looms  but  the  Horror  of  the  shade. 

And  yet  the  menace  of  the  years 
Finds  and  shall  find  me  unafraid. 

It  matters  not  how  strait  the  gate, 

How  charged  with  punishments  the  scroll, 

I  am  the  master  of  my  fate : 
I  am  the  captain  of  my  soul. 

J.  A.  N. 


AN   ECHO   OF  W.  E.   HENLEY. 

The  nightingale  has  a  lyre  of  gold, 

The  lark's  is  a  clarion  call, 
And  the  blackbird  plays  but  a  box-wood  flute. 

But  I  love  him  best  of  all. 

For  his  song  is  all  of  the  joy  of  life, 
And  we  in  the  mad  spring  weather, 

We  two  have  listened  till  he  sang, 

Our  hearts  and  lips  together.  W.  E.  H. 


The  glow-worm  has  a  shining  face, 

The  bee  has  a  shining  ball. 
The  grasshopper  stands  on  both  his  legs. 

But  I  love  him  best  of  all. 

For  his  chirp  is  all  of  the  heat  of  life, 

And  we,  in  the  rainy  weather, 
Have  wondered  much  in  our  passion's  pain 

How  he  puts  his  legs  together. 

W.  A.  C. 


IN    BEHALF    OF    FRESHMEN. 

HAVE  but  vague  recollections  of  the  feelings 
and  aspirations  of  this  variety  of  my  species, 
for  since  I  myself  emerged  from  Freshman- 
hood  is  a  very  long  time.  Ever  so  many 
years  ago  1  became  a  Bachelor,  and  now  have  left  that 
state  behind  me  too. 

By  the  way,  the  tale  of  my  fall  may  be  of  suflRcient 
interest  to  merit  insertion  here. 

I  met  Sarah  for  the  first  time,  in  the  train,  on  a 
journey  from  Cambridge  to  the  North.  She  had  with 
her  a  littFe  girl,  whose  face  was  quite  the  sweetest  I  had 
ever  seen.  Framed  in  waving  golden  hair,  the  smooth 
square  forehead,  the  pensive  blue  eyes  with  their  long 
lashes,  and  the  tender  unconscious  lips  struck  the  most 
casual  beholder,  and  filled  me  with  a  desire  to  be  per- 
mitted to  buy  sweets  for  the  loveable  little  possessor  of 
so  many  charms.  This  was  Evelyn,  Sarah's  daughter, 
for  Sarah  was  a  widow. 

We  had  not  glided  many  miles,  when  Evelyn,  who 
had  been  looking  from  the  window,  touched  her  mother's 
arm  with  a  tender  caress  and  asked  some  childish  ques- 
tion. With  a  frown,  Sarah  twitched  her  arm  away  and 
told  the  child  not  to  bother.  Evelyn  shrank  back,  all 
her  trusting  nature  hurt  at  the  rebuff  she  had  sustained 
from  her  ill-favoured  mother.  I  ought  to  have  known 
better ;  I  had  read  Calverley ;  I  knew  that  "  hearts  may 
"  be  hard  though  lips  are  coral  "  (besides  which  Sarah's 
lips  are  not  coral),  yet  I  then  and  there  resolved  to  marry 
Sarah  (if  possible),  in  order  that  her  poor  child  should 
have  at  least  a  kind  step -father,  who  would  protect  her 
VOL.  XVIII.  H 


50  In  behalf  of  Freshmen. 

from  the  harshness  of  her  mother,  evidently  a  selfish 
and  unsympathetic  woman. 

As  our  way  led  through  Bletchley,  there  was  ample 
opportunity  to  become  known  to  each  other;  we  dis- 
covered that  we  had  mutual  acquaintances — and,  to  be 
brief,  were  married  a  few  weeks  later. 

This  was  several  years  ago,  and  I  may  add  that  of  all 
the  dear  kind  sympathetic  wives  that  our  unworthy  sex 
ever  led  to  the  altar  Sarah  is  an  easy  first.  The  happy 
economy  of  my  household  contains  only  one  flaw,  the 
serenity  of  our  lives  is  only  marred  by  one  cloud  — 
the  incorrigible  pertness  of  that  odious  little  Evelyn. 

She  is  perpetually  'showing  off'  her  precocity  and 
continually  asking  ridiculous  questions.  Wherever  we 
three  go,  or  if  there  are  a  hundred  in  the  party,  Evelyn 
imagines  that  she  is  the  only  important  personage  there 
and  that  the  rest  are  hired  for  her  amusement.  No  one 
has  a  chance  of  ignoring  her  if  she  is  within  a  hundred 
yards.  She  interrupts  the  most  interesting  teie-d-iiie 
with  her  imperative  interrogatories,  and  has  incurred 
the  enmity  of  every  mother  of  daughters  of  our  acquaint- 
ance. If  we  are  driving  (sayj  to  Windsor,  not  a  house 
do  we  pass,  not  a  chimney  do  we  sight,  but  we  have  to 
answer  the  question,  *  Is  that  Windsor  ?'  When  she  was 
up  here  once,  in  the  May  week,  she  aked  no  less  than 
five  times  in  two  days  if  the  Lady  Margaret  Boathouse 
was  King's  College  Chapel. 

In  this  kind  of  behaviour  did  she  persist,  in  spite  of 
all  our  representations  and  persuasions.  I  endured  the 
trial  for  many  months.  Then,  one  day,  I  took  her  out  in 
a  boat,  ostensibly  for  a  row  (pronounced  roe).  There 
was  a  half-hundred  weight  and  a  coil  of  cord  in  the 
stern.  I  rowed  to  the  very  middle  of  Putney  reach  and 
there  rested  on  the  full  tide.  "  Evelyn,"  I  said,  panting 
from  my  exertions,  "just  out  there,  about  two  yards 
from  us,  you  will  see  a  tiny  stickle-back  scarcely 
bigger  than  the  needle  of  my  pocket  compass.  Do 
you  imagine  that  that  stickle-back  knows  where  he  is  i 


In  behalf  of  Freshmen,  5 1 

/  will  guarantee  that  he  has  never  known  where  he  was 
since  he  was  hatched.  Consider  that  the  tide  changes 
everything,  twice  every  day.  Land-marks  are  things 
unknown  to  him ;  small  irregularities  are  utterly 
evanescent  and  his  eye  cannot  distinguish  large  ones. 
He  probably  doesn't  know  the  difiference  between 
Craven  Steps  and  Chiswick  Eyot;  Gravesend  and 
Sirius  are  for  him  equi-distant ;  nay,  it  is  quite  possible 
that  he  is  so  ignorant  as  not  to  know  even  that  he  is  a 
stickle-back.  He  only  knows  that  he  exists ;  he  can't 
tell  why ;  and  yet  do  you  deny  that  he  is  happy  ?  See 
him  making  ripples,  all  by  himself,  with  his  very 
own  nose ! "  I  was  just  coming  to  the  moral  of  my 
whole  discourse,  moreover  my  heart  was  rapidly 
softening  within  me,  when  she  slowly  turned  upon  me 
those  wide   enquiring    eyes    and    asked,   "Pa,   has   a 

stickle-back  got  a  liver  ? " 

«««««« 

I  suppose  that  to  ask  questions  is  a  sign  of  civilisa- 
tion. A  friend  of  mine  tells  me  that  the  sentence  in- 
dicative was  invented  some  months  before  the  sentence 
interrogative.  He  often  wants  to  tell  me  lots  of  other 
things  on  the  same  subject,  but  I  won't  let  him.  If  the 
books  are  wrong,  it  is  not  worth  while  going  wrong  with 
them.  Elementary  facts  are  all  I  want.  I  can  construct 
my  own  theories.  Man,  then,  first  of  all  made  remarks* ; 
then  he  issued  commands ;  then  perhaps  he  asked  easy 
questions  about  common  objects ;  then  he  invented  the 
subjunctive  mood ;  then  he  propounded  subtle  questions 
about  interiors,  such  as  Evelyn's  concerning  the  stickle- 
back's liver ;  and  now  in  the  age  of  Greece  and  New 
Zealand  we  have  got  into  the  habit  of 

Searching  an  infinite  Where, 

Probing  a  bottomless  When, 
Dreamfully  wandering, 
Ceaselessly  pondering, 

What  is  the  Wherefore  of  men. 

*  Now  it  is  rude  to  make  remarks.      Once  it  was  man's  only  lingual 
attainment.     Qua/uerint  artes^  vitia  sunt. 


51  In  behalf  of  Freshmen. 

May  I  confess  my  ignorance  on  one  point  ?  For 
everyone  there  is  one  thing  unknown,  and  what  I  don't 
know  is,  at  what  stage  of  his  existence  man  invented 
riddles. 

I  think  it  the  very  height  of  egotism  for  a  man  to  ask 
himself  questions  all  about  himself.  I  knew  one  who 
was  always  wanting  to  know  whether  he  was  happy  or 
not.  In  the  midst  of  a  ravishing  waltz,  he  would  stop 
dead,  with  one  foot  on  that  of  his  partner  and  the  other 
on  her  train,  struck  rigid  by  this  doubt.  At  least  he  did 
this  once.  He  may  have  been  happy  just  before,  but 
he  wasn't  after. 

I  once  woke  up  this  man  of  whom  I  am  speaking 
and  asked  him  if  he  was  asleep.  I  forget  what  he  said, 
but  it  is  not  a  great  pity,  as  the  Editors  wouldn't  pub- 
lish it. 

He  was  in  many  ways  a  strange  man.  A  very 
funny  thing  happened  to  him  while  he  was  a  Fresh- 
man 

And  that  brings  me  back  to  the  subject  in  hand.     I 

trust  ( y^  old  joke  .  .  .  ArtemusWard  ( y* 

Freshman    ....   St  Mary's surplice,   gown, 

tall  hat,  umbrella  and  gloves  ( )**  not  half  a  bad 

sort  and  should  be  encouraged. 

G.  G.  D. 

[We  have  been  compelled  to  cut  out  considerable  portions  of 
the  last  thirty  folios  of  this  article.  We  have  roughly  indicated 
the  length  of  each  lacuna,  by  means  of  dots  and  algebraical 
symbols. — Edd."] 


THE    FAIRIES'    SONG. 

O,  the  fairies'  song !  the  fairies*  song ! 
Somewhere  'tis  ringing  the  whole  night  long  I 
Where  the  far  lines  stretch  by  the  starlit  way, 
Like  airy  Blondins,  we  play,  we  play  : 
And  a  song  resounds  from  our  elfin  choirs 
That  throbs  and  sobs  on  the  pulsing  wires, 
A  song  of  joy  and  a  song  of  sorrow, 
A  song  that  shall  ring  in  men's  hearts  to-morrow. 

O,  the  fairies'  song !  the  fairies'  song ! 
Somewhere  'tis  ringing  the  whole  night  long! 
Where  in  the  moonlight,  hand  in  hand, 
A  youth  and  a  maiden  lingering  stand  : 
Though  earth  is  white  and  the  skies  are  bare, 
They  reck  not,  they  feel  not  the  piercing  air, 
They  are  wrapt  in  bliss  while  the  round  world  rolls ; 
Our  fairy  singing  has  filled  their  souls  ! 


0,  the  fairies'  song  !  the  fairies'  song  ! 

Somewhere  'tis  ringing  the  whole  night  long ! 

Where  the  mother  watches  her  slumbering  boy 

And  his  face  grows  light  with  an  inward  joy : 

Where  alone,  in  a  chamber  cold  and  mean. 

The  old  man  dreams  of  the  days  that  have  been  : 

Where  the  meek  of  the  earth,  who  have  kissed  the  rod. 

Dream  of  the  rest  of  the  sons  of  God — 

Be  sure  in  the  midnight  watches  long 

We  fairies  are  singing  our  sweet,  sweet  song ! 

G.  C.  M.  S. 


"SI    JE   PUIS." 


Words  by  R.  E.  FORSTER. 

Solo.     _         . 

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Bo  w»»'ll  work  together  facing 

Ptltin^  rain  or  burning  gun : 
II'm  not  only  in  t)ie  racing 

That  ft  place  Is  lost  and  won : 
Stick  to  ]Tdctice,  stick  to  training 

R'y<ilulely.  every  man : 
W  lile  there*B  aaght  to  do  remaining 

We  tnuat  do  it  if  we  can  ! 
ChoruB.  If  we  can  I    If  we  can  I    If  we  can  I 
Then   row  for  Lady  Margaret  every 

man  1 
Never  mind  about  the  weather  I 
Watch    the    time    and    swing    and 

fcatlter ! 
And  we'll  get  the  boat  togctlier 
If  we  can  I 


Srd  Verse. 
Then  when  scarlet  blades  are  flasliing 

As  the  good  sliip  gntluTs  pace, 
And  the  rattle's  hmdly  crashing 

At  the  crisis  of  the  race. 
Though  whoe'er  you  jileaae  ahead  bo 

Follow  out  this  simple  iilan : 
Let  the  motto  of  the  lied  bo 

"  We  will  bump  them  if  we  can  I  '• 

Choru$.  If  we  can  1    If  wo  can  I    If  we  can  I 
Then  row  for  Lady  Margaret  every 

man ! 
And  tog»>ther  raise  the  chonis, 
We'll  let  no  one  triumph  o'er  us, 
But  we'll  bump  tho  bout  before  ua 
if  wc  can  1 


WHY  WE  TALK .• 

I  HE  question  before  us  this  evening  is  an 
absurdly  simple  one.  Why  do  we  talk? 
Why,  because — because  we've  got  something 
to  say.  Very  good,  but  what  gives  us  some- 
thing to  say?  Suppose  I  am  going  along  the  street 
and  I  meet  Bill — good  old  Bill,  you  know — just  opposite 
a  pub.  What  do  I  say  ?  I  say  "  'ere  Bill,  coam  and  have 
a  drink,  mate ! "  How  do  I  know  that  Bill  will  say  "  Not 
for  me,  mate,  I  signed  the  pledge  night  afore  last,"  or 
perhaps  walk  into  the  pub.  and  expect  a  pint  of  'arf  and 
'arf  ?  If  I  made  a  mistake  and  instead  of  Bill  it  was  a 
Frenchman  who  didn't  know  any  English,  he  wouldn't 
stop,  and  yet  he  would  hear  just  the  same  sounds  as 
Bill. 

Perhaps  after  all  the  first  question  is  not  why  do  we 
talk  at  all,  but  why  do  we  talk  differently.  I  remember 
once  reading  a  book  about  the  adventures  of  a  boy  in 
America  who  ran  away  from  home  with  a  nigger  called 
Jim.  Jim  was  a  slave,  and  they  were  very  much  afraid 
of  being  caught,  so  they  made  a  raft  of  logs  and  floated 
down  a  great  river  on  it,  lying  hidden  all  day.  Well, 
Jim  being  a  nigger  and  a  slave,  hadn't  been  taught 
much,  and  Huck,  that  was  the  boy,  wasn't  much  wiser ; 
but  one  day  he  thought  he  would  show  off,  and  he  said 
"  Jim,  what  would  you  say  if  a  man  said  to  you  *  Polly 
voo  franzy  ?'  "  "  Say,"  said  Jim,  "  I  would'nt  say  any- 
thing— I'd  knock  him  down,  I  wouldn't  let  no  man  call 
me  that."     "  But  he  wouldn't  be  calling  you  anything, 

•  This  paper  was  found  among  the  late  Mr  Darbishire's  MSS  by  Dr 
Sandys ;  it  is  probably  the  draft  of  an  address  given  to  working  men  during 
the  time  of  Mr  Darbishire's  residence  at  University  Hall,  and  is  here  printed 
as  one  of  his  lighter  contributions  to  the  popularisation  of  Comparative 
Philology. 


Why  we  Talk,  57 

said  Huck, "  he  would  be  saying  *  Can  you  speak  French  ?'  " 
"Well,  why  don't  he  say  it  then  ?"  said  Jim.  "He  is 
saying  it,"  said  Huck,  "  that's  his  way  of  saying  it." 
"A  blame  foolish  way  of  saying  it/'  says  Jim,  "Now 
look  here,"  says  Huck,  "haven't  cats  got  their  own  way 
of  talking,  and  cows  have  their  way,  and  dogs  have 
their  way,  and  we  can't  understand  them  :  why  shouldn't 
Frenchmen  have  their  own  way  ? "  "  Now  look  here, 
Huck,"  says  Jim, "  is  a  cat  a  man  ? "  "  No  i"  "Well  is  a 
dog  a  man  or  is  a  dog  a  cat  or  is  either  of  them  a 
cow?"  "No."  "Ain't  a  Frenchman  a  man?"  "Yes." 
"Well  then,  what  I  say  is,  why  don't  he  ^Iklike  a 
man  ? " 

After  all  isn't  it  rather  strange  that  if  you  kick  a  cat 
across  the  street  here  in  London  it  will  say  Afee-a-ow, 
and  if  you  do  the  same  to  a  French  cat  in  Paris  it  will 
use  just  the  same  language ;  while  on  the  other  hand  if 
you  tramp  on  an  Englishman's  foot,  he  will  use  a  very 
short  word  indeed,  which  I  am  afraid  I  mustn't  mention  ; 
but  if  you  tramp  on  a  German's  foot  he  will  say  "Himmel- 
kreuzpotzblitzhunderttausendmillionendonnerwetter/'or 
perhaps  something  longer  still. 

Or,  again,  here's  a  loaf  of  bread.  It  is  the  same  loaf 
•whoever  looks  at  it.  It  has  the  same  size,  the  same 
colour,  the  same  weight,  the  same  smell,  and  the  same 
taste,  and  /call  it  a  loaf  and  a  Frenchman  calls  it  some- 
thing quite  diflFerent.  Why  shouldn't  everybody  call 
the  same  thing  by  the  same  name  ?  Supposing  you 
travelled  more  than  2,000  miles  right  over  to  America, 
you  would  find  the  people  there  calling  it  a  loaf  of  bread, 
and  yet,  if  you  only  went  about  100  miles  over  to  Calais, 
nobody  would  understand  you.  You  may  say  that  the 
Americans  are  really  English,  and  are  the  same  race  as 
we  are,  while  Frenchmen  are  like  Red  Indians  or 
niggers,  and  so  naturally  talk  differently,  but  this  is  not 
so.  Frenchmen  and  Germans  and  Italians  and  Greeks 
and  even  Hindoos  are  all  descendants  of  the  same 
people  as  ourselves. 

VOL.  XVIII.  I 


58  IVAy  w^  Talk. 

Now  this  people  lived  hundreds  and  thousands  of 
years  before  history  begins.  They  lived  on  the  shores 
of  the  Baltic  Sea  about  half  way  between  Berlin  and 
St  Petersburg.  That  part  of  Europe  was  then  covered 
with  big  forests  of  firs  and  oaks  and  beeches,  and  our 
ancestors  lived  partly  on  beechnuts  and  acorns,  and 
partly  on  milking  their  cows,  and  partly  by  farming  in 
a  very  rudimentary  fashion.  They  had  cows  and  dogs 
and  perhaps  some  poultry,  but  they  had  no  horses 
or  sheep  or  cats.  They  don't  seem  to  have  had  very 
many  clothes  among  them,  but  they  were  fairly  sensible 
people  and  had  family  life.  They  were  able  to  count 
up  to  twelve,  and  very  likely  up  to  a  hundred,  and  you 
must  know  that  there  are  some  tribes  on  the  earth  to- 
day who  can  only  count  up  to  fmo. 

Well,  one  fine  day  these  forefathers  of  ours  had  got 
over-populated.  There  wasn't  enough  to  eat.  Beech- 
nuts and  acorns  were  so  dear  that  they  had  to  be 
counted,  while  as  for  milk,  it  was  only  the  swells  who 
could  afford  to  drink  it.  So  a  lot  of  the  young  and 
strong  people  thought  it  would  be  a  good  plan  to  emi- 
grate, and  they  did.  But  they  didn't  emigrate  the  way 
people  do  now,  in  a  railway  train  and  on  a  steamboat. 
No !  they  did  every  yard  of  it  on  their  own  feet.  So 
they  wandered  all  across  Russia  and  then  into  Asia  and 
half  across  that  until  finally  they  settled  in  India.  Well, 
after  this  lot  had  gone  off,  things  looked  better  at  home 
for  a  while,  but  after  a  time  they  got  just  as  bad  again, 
so  another  lot  started  to  emigrate.  They  did  not  follow 
the  same  course,  but  made  their  way  down  into  Greece 
and  Italy  and  Spain,  and  some  of  them  crossed  France 
and  settled  in  these  islands.  After  these  came  another 
lot  who  spread  over  Germany  and  Denmark  and  Hol- 
land, and  then  crossed  over  here  and  drove  the  first 
comers  over  to  Ireland  and  Wales  and  up  to  Scotland. 
So  you  see  the  French  and  Germans  and  Italians  and 
even  Hindoos  are  all  our  cousins  just  the  same  as  the 
Americans. 


WAy  we  Talk.  59 

Well,  if  that's  so,  why  don't  they  talk  the  same  ? 

Suppose  we  think  of  the  first  lot  of  emigrants  who 
set  off — naturally  they  hadn't  many  words  to  take  with 
them,  for  they  hadn't  very  many  ideas,  and  words  and 
ideas  always  go  together.  However,  they  took  all  they 
could,  unless  they  left  some  behind  in  the  hurry  of 
packing.  Now  think  of  all  the  new  ideas  they  would 
get  while  on  their  travels.  They  started  from  a  cold 
sort  of  forest  where  there  was  nothing  but  trees  and 
rocks  and  sparrows  and  squirrels  on  the  seashore  of  a 
very  drfeary  sea,  and  then  they  first  had  to  cross  Russia 
where  they  might  travel  for  days  and  days  and  never 
see  a  tree  of  any  kind,  and  then  over  Asia  where  they 
would  get  nearly  burnt  up  in  the  deserts,  and  finally 
came  to  India  with  its  warm  sun  and  magnificent  trees 
and  palms  and  cocoanuts,  with  tigers  and  snakes  in  the 
jungles  and  crocodiles  in  the  rivers.  What  a  lot  of 
things  they  would  have  to  find  names  for !  Just  think 
of  the  first  one  who  strolled  down  to  the  river  for  a 
bucket  of  water  and  met  a  crocodile  for  the  first  time. 
What  would  he  call  it  ?  He  probably  had  never  seen 
anything  more  like  a  crocodile  than  a  lobster.  Well  of 
course  he  wouldn't  stop  to  call  it  anything,  he  would 
drop  his  bucket  and  run  for  his  life.  But  when  he  got 
home  and  his  wife  asked  him  where  the  water  was  and 
what  he'd  done  with  the  bucket,  he  couldn't  very  well 
say  he  had  run  away  from  a  lobster. 

Well,  that  is  one  way  that  languages  change.  People 
come  across  new  things  and  have  to  find  new  names  for 
them.  Another  way  is  that  children  are  always  being 
bom,  and  no  child  talks  exacthy  the  same  as  its  parents. 
The  diflFerence  is  not  enough  to  notice,  but  after  a 
hundred  generations  it  soon  mounts  up. 

Now  that's  how  it  comes  that  people  don't  all  talk 
the  same,  but  why  do  they  talk  at  all  ? 

What  is  talking  ?  Any  one  can  do  it,  but  how  is  it 
done  ?  Most  people  think  it  is  with  our  tongues,  and 
certainly  the  tongue  has  a  good  deal  to  do  with  it; 


6o  Why  we  Talk. 

but  people  have  had  their  tongues  cut  out  and  yet  been 
able  to  talk  very  respectably.  I  daresay  most  of  you 
have  felt  that  hard  lump  in  your  throats  which  is  called 
Adam's  apple,  because  it  is  much  more  noticeable  in 
men  than  in  women,  and  so  people  used  to  say  that  Eve 
swallowed  the  piece  of  apple  she  took,  but  Adam  hadn't 
time,  and  so  it  stayed  in  his  throat.  Now  that  hard 
lump  forms  a  kind  of  little  box  just  at  the  top  of  the 
wind-pipe  by  which  the  air  comes  from  the  lungs,  and, 
when  we  like,  we  can  draw  two  little  elastic  pieces  of 
skin  over  it  so  as  to  put  a  lid  on  the  box  and  prevent 
the  air  getting  through — (cough).  When  we  want  to 
talk  or  sing  we  don't  shut  it  quite,  but  leave  a  narrow 
slit  and  stretch  the  edges  tight,  so  that  when  the  air 
pushes  through  them  they  make  a  musical  note.  When 
people  sing  they  change  this  note,  but,  when  speaking, 
it  is  pretty  much  the  same  and  more  gentle.  Then  it 
becomes  «,  ^, «',  Oy  u  according  to  the  shape  of  the  mouth 
and  the  height  of  the  tongue. 

Quite  another  kind  of  sound  is  made  by  stepping 
your  breath  and  letting  it  out  with  a  rush,  /,  i,  or  by 
forcing  it  through  a  very  narrow  passage  j,  th.  Some 
languages  have  tuts  and  clicks — (kissing). 

Of  course  our  tongue  does  most  of  the  work  in 
changing  from  one  sound  to  another,  so  it  is  not  sur- 
prising to  learn  that  it  is  a  very  strong  member.  It  is 
made  up  of  bundles  of  little  muscles  which  end  to  end 
would  stretch  two  miles,  and  if  they  all  pulled  together 
could  lift  half  a  hundredweight.  Fancy  lifting  half  a 
sack  of  coals  with  our  tongues !  It  is  no  wonder  some 
people  can  talk  so  long  without  being  tired. 

•  **««« 

Well  now,  I've  been  trying  very  hard  to  tell  you  all 
I  know  about  why  we  talk,  and  I  am  afraid  we  are  not 
any  nearer  it.  It  is  much  easier  to  explain  hozv  a  man 
says  '  cat'  than  it  is  to  explain  why  he  says  it.  And  as 
for  the  question  why  we  talk  at  all,  I'm  afraid  I  shall 
have  to  give  it  up,  and  ask  some  of  you  to  tell  me. 

H.  D.  D. 


WORDSWORTH'S  ROOM  IN  ST  JOHN'S. 

|E  are  indebted  to  the  proprietors  of  the 
lllcs/fmmVer  Gazette  for  permission  to  re- 
produce the  above  engraving  of  the  room 
occupied  by  Wordsworth  from  1787  to  1791, 
and  recently  demolished  in  the  alterations  made  to 
the  Kitchen.  The  engraving,  which  is  after  a  sketch 
taken  by  MrR.  Lofts,  Clerk  of  the  Kiichen,  was  sent  to 
the  Westminster  Gazette  by  Mr  H.  D.  Rawnsley,  of 
Crosthwaite,  and  gives  a  very  good  idea  of  the  general 
arrangements  of  the  room  (ist  Court,  F  2*). 

The  door  on  the  left  is  that  by  which  the  rooms  were 
entered  from  the  staircase.  The  little  window  on  the 
left  is  that  by  which  light  was  admitted  into  the 
*  dark  cupboard,'  which  formed  the  poet's  bedroom. 
Nearer  us  on  this  side  (though  not  shown  in  the  sketch) 
was  the  door  of  the  bedroom,  to  which  the  poet  drew 
his  bed  in  order  to  see  the  *top  of  the  window'  in 
Trinity  College  Chapel,  below  which  stands  the  Newton 
statue  {Prelude  HI).  The  door  facing  us  in  the 
sketch  is  that  of  the  gyp-room.  The  fireplace  was  on  the 
right  on  this  side  of  the  window.  This  window,  which  now 

•  For  proof  that  this  was  Wordsworth's  room  see  EagU  xvi,  429-30. 


62  To  an  IdeaU 

lights  the  Kitchen,  has  been  filled  by  two  of  the  Fellows 
of  the  College  with  stained  glass  bearing  the  inscrip- 
tion : 
William  Wordsworth  My  abiding-place, 

1787— 1 79 1  a  nook  obscure 

The  Prelude 

As  the  floor  and  side  wall  of  the  room  have  been  re- 
moved in  order  to  throw  its  space  into  the  Kitchen,  this 
memorial  window  can  now  be  seen  high  up  on  the  left 
hand  on  entering  from  the  screens.  The  outline  and 
stone  mouldings  of  the  fire-place  were  preserved  when 
the  outer  wall  was  refaced,  and  are  still  visible. 


TO    AN    IDEAL. 


Sweet  o'er  the  flowerets 

Stealeth  the  dew, 
Kissing  and  giving  them 

Beauty  anew. 

Sweetly  the  sun  arrays 

All  things  in  light, 
Bringing  the  welcome  day 

After  the  night. 

Sweet  to  the  mariner, 

Tossed  on  the  foam, 
Is  the  far  haven  seen 

Telling  of  home. 

But  sweeter  far,  I  ween. 

Sweeter  to  me. 
Loving  and  loved  to  rest 

Once  more  with  thee. 

L.  H.  S. 


Charlss  Edmund  HasIuKs  M.A. 
Bom  13th  January  1849,  died  24th  October  1893. 

The  University,  and  St  John's  College  in  particular,  have 
lost  an  active  and  efficient  member  by  the  death  of  Mr  Charles 
Edmund  Haskins.  Cambridge  exacts  much  important  and 
gratuitous  labour  from  her  resident  sons,  and  without  such 
Idbour  the  Academic  machine  would  not  be  kept  going.  In  this 
work  Mr  Haskins  cheerfully  bore  his  share,  and  that  he  served 
the  University  well,  especially  on  the  Classical  Board  and  the 
Local  Examinations  Syndicate,  will,  I  feel  sure,  be  acknow- 
ledged by  his  former  colleagues.  Eminently  fair  and  open- 
minded,  though  sturdy  in  maintaining  his  own  opinions,  never 
seeking  to  evade  direct  issues  or  shirk  difficulties,  he  was  ever  a 
helpful  member  of  deliberative  bodies.  As  Examiner — a  duty 
often  discharged  by  him,  particularly  in  the  Classical  Tripos — 
I  have  always  heard  colleagues  speak  of  him  with  the  highest 
respect,  and  my  own  experience  fully  agrees  with  theirs.  For 
arriving  quickly  at  a  just  decision,  and  for  allowing  due  weight 
to  the  opinions  of  others,  I  never  knew  his  superior.  He  has 
been  truthfully  described  as  a  good  man  to  work  with- 

As  College  Lecturer  he  was  a  vigorous,  bright,  and  successful 
teacher.  I  once  had  as  Tripos  Examiner  to  sit  with  others  in 
judgment  on  a  special  part  of  the  work  of  which  he  had  charge 
as  teacher  in  St  John's.  This  was  the  History  paper  in  Part  I,, 
and  the  high  standard  attained  by  the  Johnian  candidates  was 
commented  on  by  more  than  one  Examiner.  No  wonder,  for 
their  teacher  threw  his  heart  into  his  work,  and  had  them  con- 
stantly in  his  thoughts. 

As  an  ordinary  College  Fellow,  and  in  private  life,  he  was  a 
fine  specimen  of  genial  vehemence,  of  unaffected  loyalty  and 
honour.  He  often  said  more  than  he  meant,  particularly  when 
speaking  against  this  or  that.  Then  those  who  knew  him  would 


64  Obituary. 

smile,  well  knowing  that  bitterness  formed  no  part  of  his  simple 
and  generous  nature.  But  he  was  liable  to  be  misunderstood  by 
strangers.     Who  is  not,  more  or  less  ? 

He  was  born  at  Exbury  in  Hampshire,  the  son  cf  a  country 
clergyman,  who  moved  afterwards  into  Nottinghamshire  and 
finally  to  the  living  of  Stow-in-Lindsey  in  the  county  of  Lincoln. 
From  Haileybury  (where  he  was,  I  believe,  the  first  Head  boy  of 
the  school)  he  came  up  to  St  John's  in  October  1867,  with  an 
Open  Exhibition  gained  the  preceding  Easter.  In  1868  he 
was  bracketed  for  the  Bell  Scholarships  with  Appleton  and 
Kirkpatrick  of  Trinity.  In  1870  he  was  elected  to  a  Foundation 
Scholarship  in  St.  John's.  In  1871  he  was  Third  Classic.  In 
1872  he  was  elected  Fellow  of  his  College.  For  a  time  he  took 
private  pupils,  and  he  was  for  about  two  years  a  master  at 
Bedford  School.  In  1 874  he  came  back  into  residence,  and  in 
1875  was  appointed  Classical  Lecturer.  In  this  ofiice  he  did  his 
duty  till  four  days  before  his  death.  In  1882  he  went  under  the 
new  Statutes  and  married. 

It  is  to  be  lamented  that  a  man  of  so  much  energy  and 
ability,  so  thoroughly  a  'Mive  man,"  as  the  Americans  say, 
should  have  left  no  sufficient  literary  evidence  of  his  powers. 
His  work  on  Liican  was  hurried  over  too  fast  to  do  him  full 
justice  ;  and  he  was  never  fond  of  appearing  in  print.  In  this 
respect  he  was  much  what  he  always  promised  to  be  as  an  under- 
graduate. He  was  more  ready  to  give  valuable  help  to  others 
than  to  push  himself. 

If  it  be  true — and  to  a  very  great  extent  it  is  true — ^that  you 
may  judge  a  man  by  the  company  he  keeps,  Mr  Haskins  was  in 
his  undergraduate  days  well  able  to  stand  the  test.  He  knew 
men  of  all  sorts,  as  a  sensible  man  should ;  but  his  intimate 
friends  were  a  picked  body  of  men.  and  he  wisely  saw  a  great 
deal  of  them.  Two  great  merits  bound  them  to  him ;  he  always 
contributed  largely  to  the  flavour  and  freshness  of  any  social 
gathering,  and  he  was  perfectly  free  from  jealousy  of  any  kind. 
We  all  know  the  vivacious  and  well-informed  man  whose 
social  function  is  apparently  rather  to  silence  than  to  stimulate 
others.  This  is  just  what  Mr  Haskins  was  not.  No  one  was 
better  pleased  than  he  when  his  remarks  were  capped  or 
corrected,  not  that  this  was  often  an  easy  thing  to  do.  His  in- 
formation on  many  subjects  was  marvellously  wide  and  accurate. 
In  travel  and  geographical  discovery  he  was  always  deeply  in* 


Obituary.  65 

terested.  The  geographical  distribution  of  plants  and  animals, 
their  history  and  habits,  the  early  history  of  mankind,  the  con- 
dition of  primitive  races,  were  all  matters  which  he  studied  in  a 
spirit  not  that  of  a  dilettante  reader.  He  absorbed  great  masses 
of  detail  in  very  short  time,  and  it  was  striking  to  note  how  he 
brought  to  bear  on  a  new  book  the  stores  of  a  singularly  faith- 
ful memory.  Hence  it  came  that  he  approached  the  classical 
writers  of  Greece  and  Rome  in  a  larger  spirit  than  some  of  us  ; 
and  this  was  true  of  him  to  the  end. 

He  travelled  a  great  deal  in  Europe.  Norway  and  Sweden 
were  his  favourite  countries.  He  also  reached  the  Faroe 
Islands  in  the  North,  the  Canaries  in  the  South,  and  California 
in  the  West.  He  was  a  great  fisherman,  and  keenly  alive  to  the 
sights  and  sounds  of  wild  life. 

It  is  hard  to  describe  in  staid  and  measured  terms  the  life 
and  character  of  an  old  and  true  friend  whom  you  have  known^ 
often  disagreeing  never  quarrelling,  for  more  than  five  and 
twenty  years.  I  only  hope  I  have  not  written  too  coldly.  This 
is  not  the  place  for  lifting  the  veil  from  a  happy  domestic  life 
broken  by  an  early  death,  or  for  showing  a  good  man  dying 
bravely,  thinking  of  and  for  others  to  the  last.  If,  besides 
justifying  the  words  with  which  I  began  above,  I  succeed  in 
rendering  a  sober  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  dead,  a  tribute 
in  which  others  may  join,  it  is  enough. 

The  above  notice  was  contributed  by  request  to  the  Cam" 
bridge  Review  of  2nd  November  1893.  It  has  met  with  such 
authoritative  approval  from  those  best  able  to  judge  in  the 
matter,  that  I  send  it  bodily  to  the  Eagle,  I  know  well  that  I 
might  have  said  much  more.  I  might  for  instance  have  de- 
scribed my  friend  in  his  garden,  the  place  where  he  was  more  at 
home,  more  happy,  more  himself,  than  perhaps  in  any  other. 
There  he  got  healthy  exercise  working  at  an  occupation  after 
his  own  heart.  He  knew  and  loved  every  plant,  not  least  his 
roses:  the  botanical  status  and  history  of  his  plants  as  living 
things  were  familiar  to  him  ;  and  as  one  walked  round  with  him 
one  felt  in  the  presence  of  something  that  may  be  called 
immediate  sympathy  with  the  vegetable  world.  He  was  remark- 
ably tender  with  wild  animals,  and  would  tolerate  anything  if 
they  would  only  not  harm  his  plants.  I  never  knew  a  man  who 
regarded  the  so-called  Mower'  creatures  with  less  of  human 
VOL.  XVUI.  K 


66  Obituary, 

self-satisfaction  and  pride.  He  often  made  me  think  of  SCr 
Courthope's  lines  in  the  *  Paradise  of  Birds ' : 

Books  he  shall  read  in  hill  and  tree ; 

The  flowers  his  weather  shall  portend, 
The  birds  his  moralists  shall  be; 

And  everything  his  friend. 

For  he  had  indeed  much  in  common  with  the  subject  of  those 
lines,  Gilbert  White.  In  our  hard  and  formal  Academic  life  he 
represented  an  element  none  too  plentiful:  and  that  life  is 
distinctly  the  poorer  in  his  loss. 

W.  E.  Heitlahd. 

Mr  Graves  writes  to  us :  "I  have  known  Haskins  well  since 
his  undergraduate  days,  and  can  bear  the  warmest  testimony  to 
his  sterling  worth.  A  more  thoroughly  kindly  and  honourable 
man  1  have  never  known.  Only  one  thing  he  hated — hypocrisy 
or  humbug  of  any  kind.  But  this  is  not  the  place  to  speak  of 
his  private  life.  We  have  been  brother- lecturers  for  eighteen 
years,  and  a  better  colleague  than  Haskins  no  man  could  hope 
for.  Entirely  in  earnest  about  his  own  work,  he  was  singularly 
loyal  and  unselfish,  never  putting  forward  his  own  interests, 
always  ready  to  postpone  his  own  convenience,  always  at  hand 
with  some  suggestion  prompted  by  clear  common  sense.  As 
Senior  Examiner  for  the  Classical  Tripos  he  was  at  his  best. 
There  his  admirable  scholarship,  his  unvarying  fairness  and 
sense  of  justice,  his  punctuality  and  business-like  qualities, 
combined  with  unfailing  patience  and  forbearance  towards  all 
who  acted  with  him,  smoothed  many  a  rough  place,  and  made  it 
a  pleasure  to  serve  with  such  a  chairman.*' 

("An  Obituary  of  Mr  Haskins  which  appeared  in  the  Canh- 
bridge  Chronicle  reminds  us  that  it  was  he  who  presented  to  the 
College  the  portrait  of  Lord  Palmerston  in  the  College  Hall, 
which  was  copied  in  water-colours  by  Miss  A.  F.  Hole  from  the 
oil-painting  at  the  Reform  Club.  It  is  also  stated  that  it  was 
owing  mainly  to  Mr  Haskins'  repeated  representations  that  the 
Undergraduates'  Guest-table  was  established.] 


Obituary.  67 

Herbert  Dukinfield  Darbishire  M.A. 

Nearly  thirty  years  have  elapsed  since  the  last  occasion  on 
which  one  of  our  Fellows  died  within  the  walls  of  the  College. 
Our  Senior  Fellow,  Archdeacon  France,  died  in  his  College 
rooms  in  1 864,  and  now  we  have  to  lament  the  loss  of  one  of 
the  youngest  members  of  the  Society.  Mr  Herbert  Dukinfield 
Darbishire  died  in  College  on  Tuesday  July  18,  at  the  early  age  of 
thirty,  only  a  few  days  after  coming  into  residence  for  the  Long 
Vacation  with  a  view  to  giving  a  course  of  lectures  on  Com- 
parative Philology.  He  had  recently  gone  to  Hunstanton  for  a 
change  of  air,  and  during  his  absence  he  caught  a  chill  which 
was  followed  by  an  attack  of  pleurisy.  He  was,  however, 
recovering  from  this,  when  a  sudden  and  unexpected  hsemor- 
rhage  from  the  lungs  took  place,  and  he  died  in  a  few  minutes. 
Dr  MacAiister,  who  had  attended  him  in  his  illness,  was  alone 
with  him  at  the  time  of  his  decease. 

Mr  Darbishire  was  born  at  Belfast,  and  received  his  early 
education  at  the  Royal  Academical  Institution  in  that  city.  He 
afterwards  entered  the  Queen's  College,  Belfast,  where  his  career 
began  in  1 880  by  his  winning  the  Sullivan  Scholarship,  and  ended 
1883  with  his  attaining  a  Senior  Scholarship  in  Greek,  Latin, 
and  Ancient  History.  In  the  same  year  he  obtained  a  first  class 
with  honours  in  Classics  in  the  examination  for  the  degree  of 
B.A.  in  the  Royal  University  of  Ireland.  In  October  1884  he 
came  into  residence  at  St  John's  College,  Cambridge.  He  had 
already  given  proof  of  his  proficiency  in  Classics  at  the  examina- 
tion for  Entrance  Scholarships,  but  want  of  practice  in  Verse 
Composition  prevented  his  attaining  the  place  to  which  his 
general  merits  might  well  have  entitled  him.  To  the  same 
cause  it  was  due  that,  when  he  presented  himself  for  the  first 
part  of  the  Classical  Tripos  at  the  end  of  his  second  year,  he 
was  placed  in  the  second  class,  though  in  the  first  division  of 
that  class.  Two  years  afterwards,  in  1888,  he  was  in  the  first 
class  of  the  second  part  of  the  Classical  Tripos,  the  subjects  for 
which  he  obtained  that  position  being  classical  scholarship  and 
comparative  philology.  ^leanwhile  he  had  been  elected  to  a 
Foundation  Scholarship.  In  January  1889  he  was  elected  to  a 
McMahon  law  studentship,  which  he  held  for  the  full  term  of 
four  years.     He  read  for  the  Bar  in  the  chambers  of  Mr  J.  G. 


68  Obituary. 

Butcher,  M.P.  for  York.     In  November  1892  he  was  elected  to 
a  Fellowship  and  was  called  to  the  Bar  shortly  aftt-rwards. 

During  his  University  course  he  had  devoted  much  of  his 
time  to  the  study  of  Greek  philosophy,  but  it  was  as  a  com- 
parative philologist  that  he  showed  the  highest  promise. 
Several  of  his  papers  were  published  in  the  Transactions  of  the 
Cambridge  Philological  Society.  His  **  Notes  on  the  Spiritus 
Asper  in  Greek,"  together  with  some  contributions  to  Greek 
lexicography  (cVc^c£(oc  e»  3e£toc,  &c.),  appeared  in  1 890 ;  and  his 
paper  on  the  Indo-European  names  for  Fox  and  Wolf,  in  1892. 
To  the  Journal  of  Philology  he  contributed  an  article  on  the 
••  Numasioi  Inscription,"  and  to  the  Classical  Review  a  paper  on 
"Abnormal  Derivations,"  besides  several  important  reviews. 
The  last  of  these  was  found  in  an  unfinished  form  among  his 
papers,  and  is  published  in  the  number  for  October.  It  is 
hoped  that  in  due  time  a  small  memorial  volume  may  be  pub- 
lished, containing  about  twelve  of  his  published,  or  unpublished, 
papers  in  a  collective  form.  Meanwhile,  in  accordance  with 
his  father's  wishes,  a  few  of  his  books  have  been  presented  to 
the  University  Library.  A  far  larger  number  have  been  given 
to  the  College  Library,  including  a  considerable  number  of 
classical  text-books,  and  a  valuable  series  of  works  on  that 
department  of  Comparative  Philology  which  he  had  made  the 
subject  of  special  study. 

In  1891,  when  the .  Readership  of  Comparative  Philology  at 
Cambridge  was  vacated  by  the  resignation  of  Dr  Peile,  Mr 
Darbishire  was  urged  to  be  a  candidate  for  the  office ;  of  all  the 
candidates,  he  was  the  youngest,  but  he  was  acknowledged  by 
competent  authorities  to  be  also  one  of  the  ablest.  He  had 
already  begun  to  make  his  mark  as  a  philological  investigator 
and  as  a  teacher.  As  a  private  tutor,  during  several  Long  Vaca- 
tions, he  gave  courses  of  lectures  on  the  Elements  of  Com- 
parative Philology.  These  lectures  were  highly  valued  by  those 
who  had  the  privilege  of  attending  them,  and  the  same  course 
was  delivered  at  Girton  College.  The  principal  of  the  latter 
wrote  as  follows  on  hearing  the  announcement  of  his  death  : — 
•*  We  have  seldom  had  a  lecturer  who  had  inspired  his  pupils 
with  greater  admiration  for  his  methods  and  greater  confidence 
in  his  knowledge ;  and  even  those  who  have  known  him  for  a 
short  time  only,  feel  that  they  have  sustained  a  great  loss  in  his 
death." 


Obituary.  69 

Mr  Darbishire  won  the  affection  and  admiration  of  his 
many  friends  by  the  singular  beauty  of  his  character,  and  also 
by  the  unwavering  courage  and  the  perfect  good  temper  with 
which  he  struggled  against  physical  weakness  resulting  from  an 
accident  which  befell  him  in  early  life.  The  brightness  of  his 
intellectual  ability,  as  well  as  the  dignity  of  his  bearing,  and  the 
charming  and  unaffected  courtesy  of  his  manner,  will  long  be 
remembered  by  all  who  knew  him. 

In  the  choice  of  his  friends  he  was  far  from  restricting  him- 
self to  those  who  were  interested  in  the  same  department  of 
study  as  himself.  Of  those  who  knew  him  best  two  at  least 
'were  distinguished  in  Mathematics  and  in  Natural  Sciences. 
One  of  them,  Mr  F,  F.  Biackman,  *  first  met  Him  at  the  whist- 
table,  where  he  was  a  keen  and  brilliant  player.'  'Attracted  to 
him  by  the  sparkling  yet  kindly  wit,  lodged  in  a  frame  that  would 
have  made  a  cynic  of  a  weaker  mind,  1  discovered,  as  an  in- 
timate friend,  the  real  beauty  and  fineness  of  his  character.' 
Another,  Mr  R.  A.  Sampson,  notices  two  points  as  chiefly 
characteristic  of  his  intellectual  ability.  The  first  was  a  singular 
•  ingenuity,  that  showed  itself  in  his  work,  his  amusements,— 
chess,  puzzles,  and  so  forth,  and  continually  in  his  conversation,' 
The  second  was  his  *  independence  ;  so  strong  a  feature  as  to 
make  it  very  difficult  for  his  closest  friends  to  do  him  any 
service.'  One  of  his  classical  friends,  the  Rev  A.  L.  Brown,  of 
Trinity  and  of  Selwyn,  writes : — '  I  knew  him  at  Cambridge, 
and  away ;  the  brightest  spot  in  my  memory  of  him  is  a  visit  paid 
a  year  ago  in  his  own  home.  I  never  knew  him  below  his  best. 
One  thing  always  struck  me  very  forcibly  about  him  ;  and  that 
was  how  he  absolutely  triumphed  over  his  physical  infirmity ; 
there  never  seemed  to  me  to  be  any  signs  of  a  struggle  or  even 
any  consciousness  of  its  existence.  And,  moreover,  his  physical 
courage  was  considerable.  1  have  been  long  walks  with  him, 
and  I  never  knew  him  allow  that  he  was  tired,  although  in  going 
up  hill  his  lungs  clearly  gave  him  trouble.  For  his  many-sided 
intellectual  activity  it  was  impossible  to  feel  anything  less  than 
reverence.' 

I  quote  the  following  from  an  appreciative  tribute  to  Mr 
Darbishire's  memory  which  appeared  in  the  Athenaeum  for 
July  29  : — 

"He  was  one  of  the  most  promising,  if  not  the  most  promising,  of  British 
comparative  philologibts,  and  might  have  been  expected  to  found  a  new  school. 


70  Obituary, 

His  papers  published  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Cambridge  Philological 
Society  and  in  the  Classical  Review  display  singular  acumen  and  originality, 
together  with  a  thorough  grasp  of  sound  scientiiic  method ;  his  separately 
published  *  Notes  on  the  Spiritus  Asper  in  Greek '  is  quite  a  model.  Mr 
Darbishlre  was  also  an  excellent  classical  scholar  and  critic.  His  very  attrac- 
tive character  was  ennobled  by  the  modest  dignity  and  cheerful  courage  witli 
which  he  bore  serious  physical  disadvantages  entailed  by  accident  during 
infancy.  His  intellectual  power  and  brightness,  his  rare  charm  of  manner,  his 
wit,  and  his  genial  mood,  made  him  a  delightful  companion  and  he  was  a 
prime  favourite  with  children," 

I  append  an  extract  from  Dr  Postgate's  notice  in  the  Academy 
of  the  same  date  : — 

(His  dissertation  entitled  **  Notes  on  the  Spiritus  Asper*')  "was  a  very 
remarkable  performance ;  especially  noteworthy  was  the  way  in  which  it  used 
hitherto  unobserved  coincidences  in  Greek  and  Armenian,  (the  correspond- 
ence) of  the  spiritus  lenis  to  Armenian  g,  and  of  the  spiritus  asper  to  Arme- 
nian V,  to  distinguish  two  different  w*s  in  the  parent  language.  All  his  con- 
tributions to  the  Classical  Review,  and  other  learned  publications,  showed  the 
same  acuteness  of  vision  and  freshness  of  treatment, 

**  He  was  an  excellent  teacher;  and  it  was  a  matter  of  some  regret  whea 
he  left  us  for  the  Bar.  though  there  is  no  question  that  his  acumen  and  sub- 
tlety admirably  qualified  him  for  that  profession. 

Mr  Darbishire,  as  all  his  fiiends  can  testify,  was  a  man  of  a  singular  modest 
and  amiable  character.    His  loss  makes  us  sadly  feel,  in  the  words  of  Horace, 

*  neque  candidiores 
terra  tulit,  neque  quis  me  sit  devinctior  alter.*  '* 

The  latest  tribute  to  his  memory  is  that  offered  by  Dr  Peile, 
Master  of  Christ's,  who,  in  his  valedictory  address  as  Vice- 
Chancellor,  spoke  as  follows  in  closing  the  record  of  the  death- 
roll  of  the  University  during  the  past  academical  year : — 

"  Last,  aged  but  thirty  years,-  died  Herbert  Darbishire,  Fellow  of  St 
John's,  in  whom  remarkable  acumen  and  ripe  judgment  were  combined  with 
a  sweetness  of  nature  which  will  long  be  remembered  by  those  who  knew  him 
well:- 

0¥  ol  6io2  ipiXovaiv  &iroOvii<rKii  viovj'* 

J.  E.  Sandys. 

With  all  the  memories  of  eight  years'  unbroken  intimacy 
with  Herbert  Darbishire  suddenly  thrown  into  painful  relief  by 
the  news  of  his  death,  it  is  indeed  a  sad  pleasure  to  pay  to  his 
character  and  life  a  tribute  of  affection  and  gratitude  which 
have  hitherto  lacked  expression  alone.  To  those  who  knew 
and  appreciated  his  busy  life  and  wide  interests,  and  they  are 


Obittmry,  7 1 

many,  all  that  I  can  say  must  seem  a  miserably  narrow  and 
meagre  record,  whilst  to  those  who  were  not  so  fortunate  I 
cannot  hope  to  present  any  adequate  idea  of  the  man  as  he  was. 

On  Sunday,  July  i6,  I  received  his  last  letter  from  Hun- 
stanton, of  which  he  wrote  as  "a  haunt  familiar  to  both  of  us." 
The  allusion  is  in  reference  to  one  of  the  characteristic  acts 
of  a  most  unselfish  life,  so  perhaps  I  may  be  pardoned  for 
its  relation.  One  morning  shortly  before  the  Classical  Tripos 
of  1888  I  awoke  feeling  terribly  out  of  sorts  and  jaded. 
Darbishire,  coming  in  to  breakfast,  at  once  perceived  my 
condition,  insisted  with  his  wonted  determination  that  I  must 
go  down  at  once  to  the  sea,  and  selected  Hunstanton.  He 
made  every  arrangement  on  my  behalf  and  gave  up  his  own 
time,  just  then  absolutely  invaluable  as  he  was  writing  his 
monograph  on  the  Spifiius  Asper  for  Part  II,  in  order  to 
accompany  me.  Once  there,  he  insisted  on  our  keeping  in 
the  air,  though  I  well  knew  he  felt  the  cold  severely.  On  the 
return  journey  we  had  to  wait  five  weary  hours  at  Lynn,  and 
to  beguile  them  and  keep  up  my  spirits  he  recited,  almost 
without  a  break  the  whole  time,  from  the  stores  of  his 
prodigious  memory.  But  -the  above  incident  is  only  one  of 
the  many  which  I  could  relate  of  his  unselfishness.  In  all 
my  grief  I  cannot  think  of  him  without  the  recollection  of 
some  kindly  deed  rising  above  the  sense  of  his  loss.  A  heavy 
burden  had  been  laid  upon  him,  but  he  bore  it  without  ever 
once  murmuring  or  repining.  Indeed,  the  physical  energy 
and  indomitable  spirit  maintained  under  this  constant  trial 
were  so  habitual,  that  what  might  have  seemed  incredible 
became  familiar.  In  term  time  he  was  a  splendid  walker  and 
his  "grinds  "  extended  as  far  as  Royston,  Linton,  Ely,  and 
Huntingdon.  In  the  vacations  he  would  organise  boating 
and  fishing  expeditions — the  latter  of  which  not  infrequently 
started  at  3.15  a.m.  and,  though  not  always  piscatorial  successes, 
always  proved  dies  nobis  signandi  melioribus  lapillis  by  reason 
of  his  imperturbable  good-humour. 

To  an  intellect  which  was  singularly  keen  and  penetrating, 
he  united  a  breadth  of  mind  and  generosity  of  thought  which 
were  unbounded,  and  an  intuitive  perception  of  and  con- 
sideration for  the  feelings  of  others,  which  won  the  hearts  of 
all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  The  lesson  of  his  life 
has  not  been  lost.    A  friend,  writing  to  his  parents^  assured 


72  Obituary. 

them  that  "his  life,  though  short,  had  not  been  lived  in  vain." 
May  we  not  ask  with  Laelius  Cum  illo  turo  quis  negtt  actum  esse 
praeclare  ? 

H.  J.  Spenser. 


Charles  Alexander  Maclean  Pond  M.A. 

We  regret  to  record  the  early  death  of  Mr  Charles  Alexander 
Maclean  Pond,  Fellow  of  the  College,  and  an  ex-editor  of 
the  Eagle,  who  died  in  New  Zealand  on  October  28th,  having 
been  attacked  by  Bright's  disease  a  few  months  previously. 
As  a  boy  Mr  Pond  obtained  the  Pope  Scholarship,  given  for 
competition  among  all  boys  under  thirteen  who  had  been 
three  years  in  a  London  Public  Elementary  School.  With  this 
start  in  life  he  entered  the  City  of  London  School,  came  thence 
to  St  John's,  obtained  a  First  Class  in  both  parts  of  the 
Classical  Tripos  in  1885-7,  ^"^  ^^^^  years  later  gained  the 
position  of  a  Professor  in  a  Colonial  University. 

Shortly  after  his  degree  Mr  Pond  made  his  mark  as  a 
master  at  Liverpool  College.  In  ^1890  he  was  appointed  to 
the  Prendergast  Greek  Studentship ;  and  in  the  same  year  was 
elected  to  a  Fellowship  at  St  John's.  The  main  subjects  of 
his  study  were  Ancient  History  and  Comparative  Philology. 
As  a  candidate  for  the  Studentship  and  Fellowship  above 
mentioned,  he  submitted  to  the  electors  a  learned  and  extensive 
series  of  papers  on  the  Law  of  Inheritance  at  Athens  and  at 
Gortyn.  As  Prendergast  Student  he  worked  for  some  time  in 
the  University  of  Vienna ;  and  shortly  after,  was  appointed  in 
1 89 1  Professor  of  Classics  and  English  at  the  University  College 
of  Auckland.  He  was  a  singularly  sound  scholar ;  and,  had 
he  lived,  would  probably  have  attained  a  high  reputation  as 
an  exponent  of  the  Comparative  Study  of  Ancient  Law  on 
the  lines  first  laid  down  by  Sir  Henry  Maine. 

J.  E.  S. 

Mr.  H.  F.  Baker  writes :  "  In  his  undergraduate  days  Pond 
was  one  of  a  set  of  good  fellows  among  whom  I  remember 
Darbishire,  H.  J.  Spenser,  E.  J.  Rapson,  F.  W.  Hill,  Bradford, 
Widdowson,  A.  E.  Foster,  and  'Sam'  Greenidge.  When 
of  an  evening  in  a  circle  of  friends  Pond  began  to  talk, 
dwelling  in  a  pleased  way  on  his  own  words  to   make  them 


Ohiiuary,  73 

:s&  accurately  descriptive  as  possible,  everyone  immediately 
listened  with  interest;  he  was  always  stimulating,  instructive, 
and  original,  and  his  physiognomy  ^ave  an  impression  of 
mental  power  that  was  irresistible.  Some  of  his  con- 
temporaries will  remember  the  article  on  the  *Coat  of 
Arms  of  St  John's  College '  which  Pond  wrote  for  Soapsuds 
in  the  early  part  of  1890.  He  was  very  fond  of  singing: 
many  of  us  will  never  forget  the  street  song  which  he  had 
learned  by  following  the  singer  through  the  streets  of  London, 
and  which  he  sang  in  character :  "  She  put  'er  l>asket  on  *er 
^ead,  and  gang-ed  along — ."  His  interest  in  this  song  was 
part  of  his  interest  in  all  things  literary:  I  remember  how 
proud  he  was  of  his  copy  of  In  Memoriam,  which  he  had 
annotated  at  the  feet  of  Dr  Abbott  at  the  City  of  London  School. 
In  character  he  was  generous  to  an  extreme  degree." 

Mr.  C.  H.  Heath,  who  was  with  him  in  the  Fifth  and  Sixth 
forms  at  the  City  of  London  School,  and  entered  with  him 
for  the  Scholarship  Examination  at  St  John's,  writes  as  follows  : 
'**  He  appeared  to  lack  the  feeling  of  rivalry  and  to  be  only 
eager  that  his  friends  (for  I  was  only  one  of  many  who  drew 
help  and  ardour  from  knowing  him)  should  do  their  best  even 
against  himself.  On  the  other  side  our  six  years  of  intimacy 
shewed  me  that  every  success  he  gained  was  well  deserved,  and 
won,  at  times  under  great  disadvantages  of  ill-health,  by  a  clear 
head,  honest  work,  and  great  perseverance." 

Mr  H.  J.  Spenser,  who  lived  next  to  him  in  the  *  Colony,' 
writes :  **  My  recollections  of  C.  A.  M.  Pond  date  back  to  1884, 
when  he  was  in  his  second  year,  and  we  were  neighbours  on 
H  New  Court.  My  first  impressions  of  him  were  of  a  small 
man  with  a  square  powerful  head,  and  looking  very  straight  at 
me  through  large  round  glasses,  who  called  and  placed  his 
Lares  and  Penates  at  my  disposal  till  such  time  as  my  own 
should  arrive.  With  Pond  it  was  impossible  to  feel  strange  or 
reserved  for  more  than  a  minute.  The  good  nature  and 
benevolence  that  beamed  in  his  face  impressed  you  at  once,  and 
time  only  seemed  to  deepen  the  impression  and  the  confidence 
.inspired.  Though  his  powers  of  sarcasm  were  intense,  I  never 
heard  an  ill-natured  or  ungenerous  remark  fall  from  his  lip^. 
He  was  a  striking  example  of  a  self-made  man  without  a  trace 
of  egotism  or  ostentation,  possessed  of  a  large  heart  and  gene- 
rous instincts.  '  Old  Pond,'  as  everyone  called  him,  was  the 
VOL.  xvin.  L 


74  Obituary, 

life  and  soul  of  a  reading  set,  who  assembled  nightly  for  the 
discussion  of  tobacco  and  harmony  in  the  after-dinner  hoar. 
If  he  had  not  been  a  first  class  Classic  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  he  would  have  been  a  first  rate  actor,  for  ■  his  manner  of 
telling  a  good  story,  and  the  accompanying  facial  expressions, 
were  unique.  In  particular,  his  knowledge  of  London  street 
life  and  his  reproduction  of  the  gallery  in  a  small  suburban 
theatre — both  the  results  of  personal  observation — -were  most 
amusing.  The  deaf  old  man  with  a  gallon-bottle  of  beer — the 
garrulous  young  man — and  the  manageress  with  the  ever-re- 
curring expostulation  *I  will  'ev  them  dors  kep'  shet,' — one 
actually  saw  them !  And  the  street  song  which  he  had  picked 
up  when  a  boy,  with  its  street  singer's  quavers  and  graces — how 
many  a  Johnian  will  remember  the  singer!  One  ludicrous 
device  which  he  adopted  to  rid  himself  of  the  touts,  who  at  that 
time  pestered  one  to  buy  every  imaginable  article  from  a  fancy 
waistcoat  to  a  steel  engraving,  was  to  say  that  his  father '  was  in 
that  same  particular  line/  I  remember  his  telling  me  with 
great  glee  than  this  pious  fraud  had  discomfited  fi\%  touts  in 
one  morning.  His  energy  and  application  were  remark- 
able. He  read  up  the  mathematics  for  the  London  B.A. 
in  ten  days — was  classed  in  Honours,  and  gained  the  Exhibition, 
All  his  work  was  done  very  quietly  and  steadily,  though  at  one 
time  he  was  burning  the  candle  at  both  ends  with  a  vengeance 
— working  all  the  morning — running,  playing  Lacrosse,  Tennis, 
or  Football  in  the  afternoons — playing  whist  till  lo  p.m., 
and  then  doing  another  four  hours'  work.  Whatever  his  hand 
found  to,  do  he  did  it  with  all  his  might  Others  will  • 
speak  of  his  scholarships— I  speak  of  him  as  a  genial  host, 
an  ever  welcome  guest  and  a  warm-hearted  comrade,  whose 
intense  humanity  and  good  nature  will  ever  be  gratefully  re- 
membered by  a  wide  circle  of  sorrowing  friends." 


The  Rev  Leonard  Blomefield  M.A. 

Mr  Blomefield  (whose  patronymic  was  Jenyns)  was  bom  in 
London  May  25,  1800,  and  died  at  Bath  on  September  i  last, 
in  his  ninety- fourth  year.  His  father  was  the  Rev  George 
Leonard  Jenyns,  a  Canon  of  Ely  and  a  magistrate  for  Cam- 
bridgeshire, in  which  county  he  was  a  large  landowner,  and  his 


Obituary.  75 

mother  a  daughter  of  Dr  Heberden,  a  leading  physician  of  that 
day,  and  a  Fellow  of  St  John's.  After  being  privately  educated 
at  Putney  he  went  to  Eton  in  18 13,  where  he  had  as  school- 
fellows the  Earl  of  Carlisle  (afterwards  Lord  Lieutenant  of 
Ireland)  and  the  famous  Dr  Pusey  and  his  brother.  Sir  John 
Davis,  the  diplomatist,  who  died  near  Bristol  a  few  years  ago, 
at  an  advanced  age,  went  to  the  same  school  at  Putney,  as  also 
Professor  Maiden,  who  filled  the  Greek  chair  in  University 
College,  London.  From  Eton  Mr  Blomefield  came  to  St  John's 
College  in  1878,  taking  his  degree  four  years  later.  In  18*3  he 
took  orders,  being  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Pelham  of  Exeter, 
in  Old  Marylebone  Church,  London,  and  priest  a  year  after- 
wards in  Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  by  Bishop  Kaye,  of  Lin- 
'coln,  who  was  then  Head  of  that  House.  His  first  curacy  was 
that  of  Swaffham  Bulbeck,  in  Cambridgeshire,  a  parish  of  about 
700  in  population  adjoining  his  father's  property,  and  the  Vicar, 
who  was  non-resident,  resigning  five  years  afterwards,  .the 
Bishop  of  Ely  gave  him  the  living,  which  he  held  for  thirty 
years,  and  only  resigned  on  account  of  his  wife's  health.  This 
lady,  who  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  Rev  A.  E.  Daubeny, 
Vicar  of  the  Ampneys,  Gloucestershire,  brother  of  Dr  Charles 
Daubeny,  the  well-known  Oxford  Professor,  died  after  Mr 
Blomefield  had  settled  in  Bath  in  i860,  and  two  years  later  he 
married  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  Rev  Robert  Hawthorn,  Vicar 
of  Stapleford,  Cambridge,  who  survives  him. 

His  choice  of  the  Church  as  a  profession  was  the  fulfilment 
of  youthful  ambition,  and  though  he  will  be  remembered  rather 
as  a  man  of  science  than  as  a  student  of  divinity  and  a  parish 
priest,  his  clerical  labours  extended  over  a  third  of  his  long  life 
and  were  marked  by  the  same  earnestness  and  thoroughness 
which  characterised  his  scientific  pursuits.  On  the  Sunday 
following  his  ordination,  at  the  age  of  23,  he  began  work  by 
taking  two  Sunday  services,  and  he  was  the  first  resident  clergy- 
man the  people  of  his  parish  had  ever  known.  Hence  it  is  not 
surprising  that  he  found  religion  to  be  more  a  matter  of  form 
than  anything  else.  His  work  and  example,  however,  gradually 
wrought  a  happy  change.  He  enlarged  the  vicarage,  built  a 
new  school  house,  established  a  Sunday  school,  founded  village 
clubs  for  clothing,  coals,  &c.,  and  in  the  church  as  well  as  out 
of  it  he  sought  to  follow  the  ideal  of  George  Herbert's  priest  to 
the  people.    The  result  of  his  ministrations  may  be  summed 


76  Obituary. 

up  in  the  testimony  of  his  Bishop,  that  his  parish  was  one  of  the 
best  regulated  in  the  diocese.  Accordingly,  when  he  retired,  it  was 
to  the  great  sorrow  of  his  parishioners,  who  showed  their  regard 
for  him  by  presenting  him  with  forty-nine  handsomely  bound 
volumes  of  Divinity.  During  a  sojourn  of  a  few  months  in  the 
Isle  of  Wight  he  took  occasional  duty,  and  when  he  went  ta 
Bath  in  1850  he  held  for  eight  years  the  curacy  of  Woolley, 
then  as  now  attached  to  Bathwick,  of  which  his  friend  the  late 
Prebendary  Scarth  was  rector. 

But,  as  we  have  said,  it  is  as  a  man  of  science  that  he  will 
be  remembered,  and  the  present  and  future  generations  will 
profit  by  his  researches  and  writings.  Very  early  in  life  he 
was  introduced  to  Sir  Joseph  Banks  as  'the  Eton  boy  who  lit 
his  room  with  gas  of  his  own  manufacture,'  and  as  years 
advanced,  and  opportunities  presented  themselves,  his  devotion 
to  science  became  more  ardent.  Always  a  careful  observer,  his 
researches  were  remarkable  for  their  accuracy  and  thorough- 
rress ;  no  point  was  too  minute  to  be  overlooked,  no  problem 
in  his  domain  too  abstruse  for  solution.  With  his  innate 
love  for  science,  it  was  but  natural  that  whilst  at  Cambridge 
he  should  take  especial  interest  in  the  professorial  lectures 
that  treated  of  science  in  its  several  branches.  It  was  here 
he  came  to  know  Professor  Henslow,  whose  memoir  he  wrote 
in  later  years,  the  many-sided  Whewell,  Charles  Darwin, 
Adam  Sedgwick,  Julius  Hare,  said  by  Bun  sen  to  be  the  most 
learned  man  of  the  age,  the  accomplished  Bishop  Thirlwall, 
and  many  others  more  or  less  known  to  fame.  Botany^- 
zoology,  ornithology,  and  meteorology  were  subjects  to  which 
he  directed  his  chief  study,  and  on  all  these  he  was  one  of  the 
greatest  living  authorities,  and  had  obtained  not  only  national 
but  European  fame.  His  two  most  important  works  in  his  own 
estimation  were  The  Fishes  of  the  Voyage  of  the  Beagle  (written 
at  the  earnest  request  of  his  friend  Darwin),  and  his  Manual  of 
British  F<?r/^3ra/^  ^«i*W(2/j,  the  latter  published  in  1836.  This 
was  followed  in  1846  by  his  Observations  in  Natural  History^  in 
1858  by  his  Observations  in  Meteorology,  and  in  1862  by  his 
Memoir  of  Prof  essor  Henslow.  In  addition  to  the  above  books  he 
contributed  a  variety  of  papers  and  short  articles  at  different 
times  to  the  Transactions  of  scientific  bodies  and  to  other  peri- 
odicals. Among  his  later  contributions  were  a  letter  to  the 
Bath  Chronicle  on  the  Selborne  Society,  a  paper  read  before  the 


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Field  Club  in  November  1891  on  ihe  Distribution  and  Movements 
of'  Briiish  Animals  and  Plants^  and  one  on  the  Habits  of  Rooks 
which  he -read  before  the  Selbome  Society  at  the  beginning  of 
last  year. 

He  was  the  founder  (1855)  and  first  President  of  the  Bath 
Natural  History  and  Antiquarian  Field  Club,  and  the  donor  of 
the  Jenyns  Library,  a  munificent  gift,  now  housed  in  the  Royal 
Literary  and  Scientific  Institution.  This  contains  consider- 
ably over  2,000  volumes,  mostly  works  on  Natural  History, 
his  valuable,  not  to  to  say  priceless,  Herbarium  of  British 
Plants,  consisting  of  more  than  forty  folio  volumes,  besides 
others  in  quarto,  the  results  of  his  life  work  in  this  branch  of 
science.  The  Proceedings  of  the  Field  Club,  which  now  fill 
several  volumes,  abound  with  papers,  addresses,  and  other  con- 
tributions from  his  pen.  Not  the  least  valuable  are  those  on 
the  Climate  and  Meteorology  of  Bath, 

The  University  of  Cambridge  and  the  Cambridge  Philosophi- 
cal Society  are  indebted  to  Mr  Blomefield  for  various  bene- 
factions, especially  for  the  collection  of  Fishes  made  by  Darwin 
on  the  Beagle,  and  for  a  fine  collection  of  British  Bats. 

As  Mr  Blomefield  was  one  of  the  most  eminent,  so  he  was 
the  oldest,  naturalist  in  England.  As  long  ago  as  1822  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Linnaean  Society,  and  had  been  the 
Father  of  the  Society  for  many  years.  In  November  of  last 
year,  on  attaining  the  seventieth  anniversary  of  his  election,  "an 
event  unprecedented  in  the  annals  of  this  or  perhaps  of  any  other 
Society,"  the  Fellows  presented  him  with  a  congratulatory  address 
recording  their  gratification  that  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety- 
two  he  still  retained  a  vivid  interest  in  that  branch  of  science  of 
which  during  an  exceptionally  long  career,  both  by  precept  and 
example,  he  had  been  so  able  an  exponent.  In  the  same  year  in 
which  he  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Linnaean  Society  he  joined 
the  Cambridge  Philosophical  Society,  before  which  body  he  gave 
a  course  of  lectures — the  only  lectures  properly  so-called  he  ever 
delivered — more  than  sixty  years  ago.  He  was  an  original 
member  of  the  Zoological,  Entomological,  and  Ray  Societies, 
joined  the  British  Association  in  1832,  being  the  second  j^ear 
of  its  existence,  and  the  Geological  Society  three  years  later, 
and  was  an  honorary  member  of  various  other  Societies  of  a 
national  or  local  character. 


78  Obituary. 

Sir  Charles  Peter  Layard  K.C.M.G. 

This  distinguished  Colonial  Administrator  died  at  the 
advanced  age  of  86,  July  17,  at  his  residence,  54  Elm  Park 
Road,  S.W.  He  was  a  son  of  Mr  C.  £.  Layard,  of  the  Ceylon 
Civil  Service  (by  Barbara,  daughter  of  Heer  Gualterus  Mooyart) 
and  cousin  of  the  Right  Hon  Sir  Austen  H.  Layard.  He  was 
bom  in  Ceylon  in  1806,  entered  St  John's  as  a  Pensioner 
29  January  1829,  but  left  College  in  1 830,  when  he  was  appointed 
an  extra-assistant  in  the  Colonial  Secretary's  Office  in  Ceylon. 
In  1 83 1  he  became  Magistrate  at  Jaffra,  in  1832  Assistant- 
Collector  at  Colombo.  In  1836  he  married  Louisa  Anne, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Clement  Edwards.  In  1 840  he 
became  District  Judge  of  Trincomalee,  and  in  1851  District 
Judge  at  Galle.  He  became  Government  Agent  for  the 
Western  Province  of  Ceylon  in  the  same  year,  and  subsequently 
a  Member  of  the  Legislative  Council.  He  was  created 
K.C.M.G.  in  1876.  His  last  official  employment  was  in  con- 
nexion with  the  Paris  Exhibition  in  1878,  when  he  represented 
Ceylon.  He  had  for  some  years  lived  in  retirement,  but  re- 
tained to  the  last  considerable  influence  in  official  circles. 


Francis  Dixon  Johnson  B.A. 

One  of  the  founders  of  the  Lady  Margaret  fioat  Club  has 
passed  away  in  the  person  of  Mr  F.  D.  Johnson  of  Akleyheads 
near  Durham.  Mr  Johnson,  who  at  the  time  of  his  death  had 
almost  completed  his  ninetieth  year,  was  the  eldest  son  of  the 
late  Mr  Francis  Johnson,  of  Akleyheads,  his  mother  being 
before  marriage  Miss  Hetherington,  of  the  Hill,  Burton-in- 
Lonsdale,  Yorkshire,  whose  father  at  one  time  was  President  of 
the  Virginia  Islands  in  the  West  Indies.  The  Johnson  family 
had  large  hereditary  property  at  Virgin  Gorda  and  Tortola,  in 
the  British  West  Indies,  which  became  utterly  valueless  through 
the  emancipation  of  the  slaves. 

After  completing  his  education  at  Durham  School, 
Mr  ^Johnson  proceeded  to  Cambridge,  and  was  entered 
at  St  John's  College,  graduating  Senior  Optime  in  1827. 
Six  years  later  he  was  called  to  the  Bar  at  Gray's  Inn.  He 
chose  what  was  then  designated  the  Northern  Circuit,  since 


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divided,  and  now  known  as  the  Northern  and  North-Eastern 
Circuits.     In  his  early  days  he  was  also  a  keen  sportsman. 
Eventually  coming  into  possession  of  the  family  residence  and 
estates,  Mr  Johnson  laid  the  wig  and  gown  aside,  and  devoted 
himself  to  the  duties  of  a   country  gentleman.     He  married 
Miss  Greenwood,  a  member  of  a  well-known  Lancashire  family, 
by  whom  he  had  a  family,  three  members  of  which,  namely 
Mr  C.  G.  Johnson  and  two  daughters,  still  survive.      As  a 
politician    the  deceased  gentleman  was  most  consistent  and 
fervid  in  the  ranks  of  the  Conservative  Party,  and  during  the 
stormy  period  both  prior  to  and  immediately  after  the  repeal  of 
the  Corn  Laws,  and  again  at  the  time  of  the  Catholic  Eman- 
cipation,   Mr  Johnson   frequently  figured  in  lengthy  debates 
which  took  place  in  the  long  room  now  occupied  as  a  School 
of  Art  in  Durham.    The  making  of  the  North  Road  at  Durham 
was  due  in  a  great  measure  to  his  efforts,  and  thus  one  of  the 
greatest  improvements  of  the  town  will  remain  associated  with 
his  name.    Mr  Johnson  was  a  philanthropist  of  a  practical  kind, 
and  was  a  firm  supporter  of  the  Durham  County  Hospital  to  which 
only  lately  he  gave  a  donation  of  /'soo.     He  was  also  much 
interested  in  and  one  of  the  original  Governors  of  the  County 
Penitentiary.    He  succeeded  the  late  Dean  Waddington  as  Chair- 
man of  the  Governors,  and  always  proved  himself  most  attentive 
to  the  duties  of  his  position.      In  fact,  after  he  had  reached  his 
eightieth  year  it  was  reported  that  Mr  Johnson  was  the  only 
member  of  the  committee  who  had  during  the  preceding  year 
never  missed  a  single  meeting  of  the  committee.     Until  a  few 
years  ago  Mr  Johnson  was  also   senior  Vice-President  of  the 
Durham  County  Agricultural  Society,  and  invariably  presided  at 
the    annual    business    meetings.     Mr   Johnson   was   a  warm 
supporter  of  many  of  the  Reading  Rooms  from  time  to  time 
established  in  Durham,  such  as  the  Mechanics'  Institute  in 
Claypath,  the   Subscription   Library  in    Saddler   Street  (only 
recently  closed),  and  the  Athenaeum  in  the  Market  Place,  now 
a  political  club.    It  is  stated  that  he  was  the  possessor  of  a  very 
valuable  library,  including  about  forty  manuscript  volumes  of 
much   historical  value,   and  collected   by   his    ancestors,  Ihe 
Dixons.      Mr  Johnson  was  greatly  attached  to  the  National 
Church,  and  whenever  opportunity  offered  never  failed  to  prove 
himself  one  of  the  ablest  of  her  local  defenders. 

We  subjoin  a  letter   addressed    to    the    Dutham    County 


8o  Obituary, 

Advertiser  by  Canon  Kynaston,  whose  father  was,  like  Mr. 
Johnson,  a  founder  of  our  Boat  Club,  and  who  himself  (not 
content  with  being  Senior  Classic  and  a  Cricket  '  Blue  ')  repre- 
sented the  Lady  Margaret  in  the  University  Races  of  1856  and 
1857,  o^  ^^  ^^^^  occasion  as  stroke. 

Sir, — No  doubt  you  wiU  be  collecting  informatioa  respecting  the  life  of 
the  late  F.  D.  Johnson  Esq.,  of  Akleyheads,  and  I  therefore  offer  you  the 
following  :  Mr  Johnson  was  one  of  the  twelve  members  of  St  John's  College, 
Cambridge,  who  in  1825  founded  the  Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club,  and  started 
the  first  Eight-oared  boat  on  the  Cam  ;  the  crew  of  this  boat  consisted  of— 
I,  E.  G.  Peacock  (bow),  now  Archdeacon  Cust,  Canon  of  Ripon ;  2,  F.  Checre, 
3,  F.  D.  Johnson ;  4,  C.  Merivale,  now  Dean  of  Ely ;  5,  R.  Snow,  my  father ; 
6,  T.  Spyers ;  7,  Selwyn,  afterwards  Lady  Margaret  Professor  of  Divinity, 
brother  of  the  late  Bishop  of  New  Zealand  and  Lichfield;  stroke,  Hon.  R. 
Le  Pocr  Trench,  afterwards  Captain  in  the  Army ;  and  C.  Fisher,  coxswain. 
I  believe  that  Dean  Merivale  and  Archdeacon  Cust  are  now  the  only 
survivors  of  that  crew,  which  is  a  historic  one,  as  having  manned  the  first 
eight-oar  on  the  Cam.  In  the  summer  of  1826  the  Trinity  men  put  on  an 
eight  oar,  and  the  two  measured  their  strength  against  each  other  in  the 
fashon  described  by  Dean  Merivale  at  the  University  Boat  Race  Commemora- 
tion Dinner  in  188 z  thus : — '*  The  only  idea  of  encounter  they  had  was  that 
each  should  go,  as  it  were,  casually  down  stream  and  lie  in  wait,  one  of  them, 
I  believe,  sounding  a  bugle  to  intimate  its  whereabouts,  when  the  other 
coming  up  would  give  chase.  In  the  year  1828  most  of  the  other  colleges 
manned  their  eights."  The  brothers  Selwyn  (William  and  George]  rowed 
together  as  7  and  6  in  the  crew  of  1828,  but  Mr  Johnson  was  no  longer  one  of 
the  eight. 

I  am.  Sir, 

Yours  faithfully, 

H.  KYNASTON, 
Captain  of  Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club,  1856  and  1857. 
The  College,  Durham,  Nov.  20,  1893. 


The  Rev.  Arthur  Thomas  Whitmorb  Shadwell. 

It  IS  not  every  College  in  Cambridge  which  can  claim  to 
nave  had  a  representative  in  the  Oxford  Boat.  St  John's 
Claims  two,  the  Rev  A.  T.  W.  Shadwell,  cox  of  the  Oxford  Boat 
1868^^^'  ^^d  Mr  R.  G.  Marsden,  stroke  in  1867  and  four  in 
'  8.  Both  were  the  sons  of  Johnians  and  migrated  to  Oxford 
after  residing  in  St  John's. 

Rect        ^^^  ^"  ^'   ^'  Shadwell  (who   died  at  Little  Ilford 
ory  on  October  26,  at  the  age  of  73)  was  a  son  of  Vice- 


Obituary.  8i 

Chancellor  Sir  Lancelot  Shadwell.  After  leaving  Eton  he  was 
admitted  to  St  John's,  4  April  1838,  and  commenced  residence 
on  October  10.  He  rowed  three  in  the  Lent  Boat  of  1839,  his 
brother  Alfred  H.  Shadwell  rowing  stroke. 

Mr  A.  T.  W.  Shadwell  won  the  Colquhoun  Sculls  in  1840 
and  held  them  till  1842,  there  being  no  race  in  1841.  After 
keeping  the  Easter  Term  of  184 1  he  migrated  to  Balliol  College, 
Oxford,  whither  his  reputation  had  preceded  him  and  where  he 
soon  made  a  name  for  himself.  He  at  once  began  to  coach  the 
Oxford  crew  and  steered  the  winning  eight  against  Cambridge  in 
1842.  In  the  following  year  he  steered  the  seven-oared  crew 
which  won  the  Grand  Challenge  Cup  at  Henlej  Regatta. 
Shortly  afterwards  Mr  Shadwell  wrote  The  Principles  of  Rowing 
and  Steering^  the  first  of  the  text-books  on  rowing,  and  one 
whirh  was  for  a  long  time  the  standard  work  on  this  subject. 
A  letter  from  him  will  be  found  in  Morgan's  University  Oars, 
p.  314. 

He  became  Rector  of  Langton,  Yorks,  in  1850,  and  in  1879 
vas  presented  by  Hertford  College,  Oxford,  to  the  Rectory  of 
Little  Ilford. 

We  believe  that  the  Mr  Shadwell  who  rowed  second  in  the 
first  race  for  the  Colquhoun  Sculls  in  1837  was  Mr  A.  H, 
Shadwell. 


The  Rev  Ralph  Raisrbck  Tatham  M.A. 

A  loyal  member  of  the  College  passed  away  on  October  i  at 
St  Leonard's-on-Sea,  in  the  person  of  the  Rev  Ralph  Raisbeck 
Tatham,  Prebendary  of  Chichester.  Born  on  April  18  1822,  he 
received  his  early  education  at  Highgate  School  and  King's 
College,  London,  entering  St  John's  as  a  pensioner  in  October 
1840,  during  the  Mastership  of  his  namesake  and  cousin,  Dr. 
Ralph  Tatham.  Although  without  any  brilliant  abilities,  he 
^as  a  student  of  unremitting  industry,  and  about  the  middle  of 
Ws  career  his  labours  were  rewarded  by  his  election  as  a  scholar 
of  the  College.  In  January  1 844  he  took  his  B.A.  degree  as 
Fourth  Junior  Optime,  proceeding  to  his  M.A.  degree  in  1847. 
He  was  one  of  the  many  Cambridge  men  of  his  day  who  were 
prevented  from  proving  their  classical  capabilities  by  the  rule 
that  mathematical  honours  were  a  sine  qua  non  of  every  other 
<iUiinction. 

VOL.  xvm.  M 


82  Obit  nary. 

In  1845  he  was  ordained  deacon  lo  the  curacy  of  St  Michael's, 
Highgate,  entering  the  ranks  of  the  priesthood  in  the  following 
year  Here  he  laboured  earnestly,  in  the  quiet  unobtrusive 
manner  which  always  distinguished  him,  for  three-and-a>balf 
years,  until  in  the  autumn  of  1 848  he  was  presented  by  the  late 
Earl  of  Ashburnham  to  the  living  of  Dallington,  in  East  Sussex. 
This  beautiful  spot,  situated  high  on  the  Weald,  and  command- 
ing an  extensive  view  of  the  South  Downs  and  Pevensey  Baj, 
was  destined  to  be  the  scene  of  his  life's  work.  Yet  he  entered 
upon  his  duties  here  with  much  doubt  and  hesitation.  He  has 
often  described  to  the  writer  the  grave  disadvantages  by  which 
he  was  surrounded  when  he  began  his  ministry  in  this  place.  A 
scattered  country  parish,  without  any  resident  gentry,  which  had 
suffered  for  years  from  the  non-residence  of  its  nominal  Vicar ; 
a  church  almost  in  ruins,  a  dilapidated  vicarage,  and  a  very 
scanty  emolument— these  were  some  of  the  difficulties  with 
which  he  had  to  contend.  Of  the  revolution  which  he  worked 
in  the  moral,  intellectual,  and  spiritual  well-being  of  the  popu- 
lation during  45  years  of  an  active  and  zealous  pastorate  it  is, 
perhaps,  hardly  necessary  to  speak  in  detail  in  the  pages  of  the 
Eagle;  but  it  may  be  said  that  he  was  a  noble  example  of  the 
men — so  commonly  sent  by  the  Universities  of  Oxford  and 
Cambridge  in  these  days  into  the  country  parishes  of  England  -^ 
who,  devoid  of  all  self-seeking,  find  complete  contentment  and 
happiness  in  devoting  their  energies  to  the  cause  of  Christ 
among  the  masses  of  the  people. 

Although  in  politics  a  strong  Conservative,  as  a  Churchman 
Mr  Tathara  was  always  singularly  devoid  of  party  bias,  and, 
while  himself  neither  Papist  nor  Puritan,  it  seemed  to  be  his 
chief  aim  to  avoid  all  extremes  in  the  endeavour  to  attach  his 
people  by  the  bonds  of  affection  to  the  Church  of  England. 
He  was  a  staunch  upholder  of  the  doctrine  of  the  historical 
continuity  of  the  English  Church  from  the  earliest  times.  He 
was  a  devoted  parish  priest,  eminently  thorough  in  every  depart- 
ment of  his  work.  In  character  kindly,  gentle,  courteous  and 
full  of  sympathy, 

with  a  hand 
open  as  day  for  melting  charity, 

he  was  always  the  loved  friend  of  his  parishioners,  and  (as  the 
shadows  lengthened)  the  venerable  father  of  his  flock.  In  1878 
he  became  Rural  Dean  of  oae  of  the  largest  deaneries  in  the 


Obiiuary.  Z^ 

diocese  of  Chichester,  and  in  1889  Bishop  Durnford  still  further 
promoted  him  to  the  prebendal  stall  of  Marden  in  Chichester 
Cathedral. 

During  the  later  years  of  his  life  Mr  Tatham  was  seldom  at 
Cambridge,  but  his  affection  for  St  John's  was  unbounded,  and 
his  recollections  of  Johnian  worthies  of  former  days  remarkable 
for  their  minuteness  and  accuracy.  One  of  the  greatest  pleasures 
of  his  life  was  the  renewal  of  his  connexion  with  the  College 
when  his  son  went  into  residence  in  1883 ;  and  almost  his  last 
act  before  his  fatal  illness  was  to  send  a  message  to  Mr  G.  C.  M. 
Smith  with  reference  to  the  list  of  occupants  of  college  rooms, 
which  the  latter  was  then  compiling  for  the  pages  of  the  Eagle, 

T.  B.  T. 


College  Calendar  1894. 

Lent  Term  (74  days,  56  to  keep). 

All  years  come  up Monday January  15. 

Lectures  begin    Wednesday    ....  January  17. 

College  Examinations  about  March  5—12. 

[Term  kept    Sunday    Maich  11.] 

Easter  Term  (73  days,  55  to  keep). 

All  years  come  up Wednesday    . . .  .April  18. 

Lectures  begin   Friday April  20. 

College  Examinations about  June  4—9* 

[Termkept    Monday June  1 1]. 

Michaelmas  Term  (80  days,  60  to  keep). 

Sizarship  Examination Friday September  28. 

Freshmen  come  up  by Monday October  8. 

„        Lectures  begin   Wednesday    ....  October  10. 

Other  years  come  up Wednesday    ....  October  10. 

„        „     Lectures  begin Friday October  12. 

College  Examinations about    December  5—8. 

[Term  kept    Saturday December  8.] 

Entrance  Examinations  will  be  held  on  January  16,  April  19, 
June  8,  and  September  28. 


OUR  CHRONICLE. 

Michaelmas  Term  1893. 

Mr  W.  Lee  Warner  C.  S.  L  has  been  appointed  to  the  very 
honorable  position  of  Member  of  the  Legislative  Council  of 
India.  Mr  Lee  Warner,  who  was  formerly  a  Scholar  of  the 
College  and  Editor  of  the  Eagle,  spent  the  early  part  of  the 
present  term  within  our  walls.  We  therefore  hail  this  last 
honour  to  which  he  has  attained  with  especial  pleasure. 

The  Right  Honorable  Sir  J.  E.  Gorst,  M.P.  for  the  Univer- 
sity and  Honorary  Fellow  of  the  College,  has  been  elected  Lord 
Rector  of  the  University  of  Glasgow  by  the  votes  of  the  students. 
His  opponent  was  the  Home  Secretary,  Mr  Asquith. 

Mr  Passmore  Edwards,  proprietor  of  the  Echo  newspaper, 
has  made  an  offer  to  the  Trinity  House  to  build  a  monumental 
Lighthouse  on  St  Agnes  Beacon,  Cornwall,  in  memory  of  the 
late  Professor  J.  C.  Adams,  as  a  distinguished  Cornishman. 
The  lighthouse,  when  built,  will  command  40  miles  of  coast 
(about  20  miles  on  each  side),  and  30  miles  at  sea. 

At  the  Annual  Election  on  November  6,  the  following  were 
elected  to  Fellowships: — James  Gibson,  First  Class  in  the 
Moral  Sciences  Tripos  Parts  L  and  H.  1890-91,  with  special 
distinction  in  the  History  of  Philosophy ;  Walter  Coventry 
Summers,  First  Class  (first  division)  Classical  Tripos  Part  I. 
1890,  Craven  Scholar  1890,  Second  Chancellor's  Medallist  1892 ; 
Ernest  William  MacBride,  First  Class  Natural  Sciences  Tripos 
Parts  I.  and  H.  1890-91,  Hutchinson  Student  in  Zoology,  and 
now  Walsingham  Medallist  in  Biology,  University  Demonstrator 
in  Animal  Morphology.  At  the  same  Election,  the  Rev  C.  E. 
Graves,  Lecturer  in  Classics,  and  the  Rev  Dr  F.  Watson,  Lecturer 
in  Theology,  were  re-elected  Fellows  of  the  College. 

With  the  sanction  and  support  of  the  Master  and  Fellows  of 
the  College,  patrons  of  the  living,  it  has  been  decided  to  place 
in  the  church  of  SS  Peter  and  Paul,  Ospringe,  a  memorial  to 
the  late  vicar.  Canon  Griffin,  who  so  long  and  so  faithfully  made 
the  Church  in  the  parish  a  living  Church  of  God  among  men. 
The  proposed  memorial  is  to  be  the  decoration  of  the  present 
reredos  and  of  the  east  end  in  opus  sectile  and  mosaics  from  the 
studios  of  Messrs  Powell  and  Son,  of  Whitefriars,  the  architect 
being  Mr  F.  Lovell  Lee.    The  estimated  cost  is  £ilo. 


Our  Chronicle.  85 

The  Rt  Rev  Dr  Atlay,  Bishop  of  Hereford,  formerly  Fellow 
and  Tutor  of  the  College,  was,  on  June  24  presented  on  behalf 
of  the  diocese  with  his  portrait,  painted  by  the  Hon  John 
Collier. 

The  Rev  Thomas  Field  (B.A.  i844\  Rector  of  Bigby,  and 
formerly  Fellow  and  Tutor  of  the  College,  has  been  appointed 
to  the  prebendal  stall  of  Welton  Painshall  in  Lincoln  Cathedral. 
Mr  Field  has  more  than  once  contributed  to  the  pages  of  the 
Eagle^  and  his  many  Johnian  friends  will  rejoice  at  his  latest 
promotion. 

The  Rev.  R.  B.  Mayor.  Rector  of  Frating,  having  resigned 
his  position  as  one  of  the  Governors  of  Felstead  School, 
Dr  Sandys  has  been  co-opted  in  his  place. 

Ds  J.  H.  B.  Masterman,  Scholar  of  the  College,  and  late 
Editor  of  the  Eagle,  has  been  appointed  a  Lecturer  in  History 
to  the  Non-Collegiate  Students'  Board. 

Mr  H.  W.  Simpkinson,  late  Fellow  of  the  College  and  now 
one  of  the  Examiners  in  the  Education  Office,  Whitehall,  has 
been  appointed  Secretary  to  the  Departmental  Committee  on 
Secondary  Education. 

The  Rev  Augustus  Jackson  (B.A.  1859)  has  been  appointed 
by  Earl  Amherst,  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  Kent,  to  be  Junior 
Provincial  Grand  Chaplain  of  the  Kent  Freemasons. 

Mr  William  Garnett  (B.A.  1873),  D.C.L.  Durham,  formerly 
Fellow  and  Steward,  has  resigned  the  Principalship  of  the 
Durham  College  of  Science,  Newcastle,  to  take  up  the  position 
of  Director  of  Technical  Education  to  the  London  County 
Council. 

Mr  R.  A.  Sampson  (Third  Wrangler  1888,  and  First  Smith's 
Prizeman),  Fellow  of  the  College  and  Isaac  Newton  Student  in 
Astronomy,  has  been  appointed  Professor  of  Mathematics  in 
the  Durham  College  of  Science,  Newcastle,  in  succession  to 
Principal  Garnett. 

Dr  Arthur  Schuster,  Professor  of  Physics  in  the  Victoria 
University,  and  formerly  Fellow-Commoner  of  the  College,  has 
been  awarded  the  Royal  Medal  of  the  Royal  Society  for  his. 
electrical  researches  and  discoveries. 

The  first  Walsingham  Medal  hitherto  awarded  has  been  gained 
by  E.  W.  MacBride,  Fellow  of  the  College,  for  his  researches  in 
Zoology.  The  Medal  was  founded  by  the  High  Steward,  Lord 
Walsingham,  F.R.S.,  for  the  encouragement  of  original  research 
in  Botany,  Zoology,  Geology,  and  Physiology,  and  is  awarded 
by  the  Special  Board  for  Biology  and  Geology. 

The  Royal  Statistical  Society  has  awarded  its  Howard  Medal, 
with  a  cheque  for  /  20,  for  an  essay  on  The  Perils  and  ProUclion 
of  Infant  Life,  to  Dr  Hugh  R.  Jones  (B.A.  1884). 


86  Our  Chronicle. 

Ds  W.  B.  Morton  (Eighth  Wrangler  1892),  has  been 
appointed  Assistant-Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Queen's 
College,  Belfast. 

Mr  Philip  Baylis  (B  A.  1872)  has  been  appointed  Her 
Majesty's  Deputy  Surveyor  of  the  Royal  Forest  of  Dean,  in 
the  room  of  Sir  James  Campbell,  Bart.,  retired. 

Mr  Benedict  Jones  (B.A.  1879),  has  been  elected  Mayor  of 
Birkenhead,  after  seven  years'  service  on  the  Council  of  the 
Borough. 

Mr  W.  G.  Rushbrooke,  formerly  Fellow  of  the  College,  has 
been  appointed  Head-master  of  St  Olave's  School,  Southwark. 
Mr  Rushbrooke  was  for  many  years  one  of  Dr  Abbott's  ablest 
lieutenants  at  the  City  of  London  School,  and  all  who  know 
his  work  and  influence  there  will  be  glad  to  see  him  placed  in  a 
wider  sphere  of  usefulness. 

Mr  John  Russell  (B.A.  1882)  has  been  elected  Warden  of 
University  Hall,  Gordon  Square,  London,  in  succession  to 
Mr  Philip  Wicksteed.  He  retains  his  mastership  at  University 
College  School. 

Ds  A.  E.  Monro  (Eleventh  Wrangler  1889)  has  been  ap- 
pointed a  Naval  Instructor  in  Her  Majesty's  Service. 

Ds  W.  W.  Haslett  (First  Class  Classical  Tripos  1891)  has 
been  appointed  Head-master  of  the  newly-founded  St  Andrew's 
School,  Dublin. 

Ds  Gerald  H.  Harries  (B.A.  1893)  has  been  appointed 
Assistant-master  at  the  Choir  school  of  St  George's  Chapel, 
Windsor. 

We  are  glad  to  observe  that  in  the  Final  Examination  of 
Candidates  selected  for  the  Indian  Civil  Service  in  1892  the 
first  and  second  places  are  taken  by  Johnians,  K.  C.  D6  and 
J.  F.  Gruning.  Ds  W.  N.  Maw,  and  Ds  F.  X.  D'Souza  are 
respectively  tenth  and  twenty-fourth  on  the  list.  Among  those 
selected  in  1891  C.  L.  S.  Russell  took  the  eighteenth  place 
in  the  Final  Examination.  Ds  J.  G.  Burn  is  among  those 
selected  in  1893,  ^^^  ^^^  returned  into  residence  to  prepare  far 
his  Final. 

J.  G.  Leathem,  Scholar  of  the  College,  appears  in  the  First 
Division  of  the  Pass  List  for  the  degree  of  B.Sc,  and  Ds  J.  B. 
Dale  (B  A.  1893)  in  the  First  Division  for  B.A.,  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  London. 

R.  K.  McElderry  has  obtained  First  Class  Honours  in 
Ancient  Classics  at  the  M.A.  examination  of  the  Royal  Univer- 
sity of  Ireland,  being  the  only  one  in  the  class.  Ds  R.  C. 
Heron  (B.A.  1893)  has  obtained  First  Class  Honours  in  Mathe- 
matical Science  in  the  same  examination,  and  has  been  awarded 
a  special  prize  of  if  40. 


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Among  those  just  called  to  the  Bar  are  Mr  George  James 
Turner,  of  Lincoln's  Inn  (B.A  1889),  an  ex-editor  of  the  Eagle^ 
and  Mr  A.  R.  Pennington,  of  the  Inner  Temple  (B.A.  1889), 
well-known  for  his  services  and  benefactions  to  the  Lady 
Margaret  Boat  Club. 

Dr  George  Parker  (B.A.  1877)  has  been  appointed  Assistant- 
physician  to  the  Bristol  General  Hospital.  He  was  presented 
with  a  handsome  testimonial  by  his  patients  at  the  Bristol 
Dispensary  on  resigning  office  there. 

The  Rev  T.  F.  Scott,  of  this  College,  took  part  as  a  Cam- 
bridge Graduate  in  the  ceremonies  at  Upsala  (September  S  to  7), 
commemorating  the  Tercentenary  of  the  Swedish  Reformation. 

A  handsome  window  has  been  placed  in  Emmanuel  Church, 
Clifton,  as  a  memorial  of  the  services  of  the  Rev  T.  G.  Luckock 
(B.A.  1854),  who  erected  the  church,  and  recently  resigned  the 
incumbency. 

The  Hymers  College,  Hull,  founded  in  pursuance  of  the 
intention  of  the  late  Dr  Hymers,  Rector  of  Brandesburton,  and 
formerly  Fellow  and  Tutor  of  St  John's,  was  formally  opened 
on  October  30  by  the  Lord  Chancellor  (Lord  Herscheil).  The 
Master  and  the  President  represented  the  College  at  the 
ceremony. 

The  College  Essay  Prizes  for  the  year  1892-3  have  been 
awarded  as  follows  : — Third  Year — Not  awarded.  Second  Year — 
G.  S.  Osborn.     First  Year—],  A.  Chotzner. 

A  bust  of  the  late  Dr  Kennedy,  Regius  Professor  of  Greek 
and  Fellow  of  the  College,  has  been  presented  by  Mr  Graves 
to  the  College  Library.  The  bust  is  the  work  of  Mr  Henry 
Wiles  of  Cambridge. 

Among  the  books  published  in  the  past  term  by  the  Uni- 
versity Press  is  a  volume  of  Greek  and  Laiin  Verse  by  a  dis- 
tinguished member  of  the  College,  the  late  Canon  T.  S.  Evans, 
Professor  of  Greek  at  Durham.  The  volume  is  edited  by  his 
son-in-law.  Canon  Waite  of  Durham,  who  has  contributed  a  most 
interesting  memoir  of  the  author. 

The  Classical  Review  for  October  opens  with  an  important 
review  of  the  Gotlingen  School  of  Comparative  Philology  by  the 
late  Mr  Darbishire.  The  corresponding  position  in  the  No- 
vember number  is  occupied  by  a  long  and  interesting  article  by 
Mr  E.  E.  Sikes,  Fellow  and  Assistant  Lecturer  of  the  College, 
on  Folk-lore  in  the  *  Works  and  Days*  of  Hesiod. 

Dr  Sandys  has  presented  to  the  Collection  of  College 
Worthies  in  the  Combination  Room  an  autotype  reproduction 
of  Hay  don's  second  portrait  of  Wordsworth,  drawn  at  Rydal 
Mount  in  1818,  and  engraved  by  Thomas  Landseer  in  1831.    It 


88  Our  Chronicle. 

is  the  portrait  which  the  poet  himself  used  to  describe  as  that 
of  *  The  Brigand.*  {See  Prof  William  Knight's  Wordsworthiana, 
PP-  37-39). 

The  following  have  also  been  added  to  the  collection  of 

i^ohnian  portraits  in  the  smaller  Combination  Room:  (i)  A 
arge  mezzotint  of  "The  Right  Honble  Thomas  Philip 
l.ARL  DE  Grey,  Fint  Lord  of  the  Admiraltw  &c.,  &c.  Painted 
by  William  Robinson,  Engraved  by  Wm.  Brett  and  S.  Cousins** 
Lord  de  Grey  (1781 — 1859)  was  **  Lord-lieutenant  of  Ireland, 
an  excellent  architect,  and  munificent  patron  of  fine  arts  '* 
(  Cooper). 
Presented  hy  Dr  Donald  Mac  A  lister^  Tutor. 

(2)  An  aquatint  of  "Soame  Jenyns  Esqr.  Painted  by  Sir 
Joshua  Reynolds,  Engraved  by  W.  Dickinson,  Sept.  r\ihy  1776. 
Soame  Jenyns  (1704 — 1787)  was  a  poet  of  note,  **an  able 
essayist  and  miscellaneous  writer."    {Cooper), 

Presented  by  Dr  Donald  Mac  A  lister,  Tutor. 

(3)  A  large  engraving  of  **The  Reverend  James  Ind 
Wklldox,  D.C.L.,  Head  Master  of  Tonbridge  School.  London^ 
Fbtuary  \st,  1888,  published  fy  the  Fine  Art  Society  {Limited)^ 
148,  Nt7V  Bond  Street^'*  signed  by  the  artist,  T.  Blake  Wirgman. 
Dr  Welldon  was  Fifth  Classic  and  Thirtieth  Wrangler  1834, 
Fellow  of  the  College,  and  for  more  than  30  years  Head  Master 
of  Tonbridge  School.  The  original  picture  hangs  in  the 
School  House,  Tonbridge. 

Kindly  presented  by  the  Members  of  the  Old  Tonbridgian  Society. 

The  preachers  in  the  College  Chapel  this  term  have  been — 
the  Master,  Mr  Almack  (Vicar  of  Ospringe).  Mr  Graves,  Mr  J. 
Sephton  (formerly  Head  master  of  the  Liverpool  Institute).  Mr 
Chamberlain  (Rector  of  Staplehurst),  and  Mr  Bevan  (Gresham 
Professor  of  Divinity). 

The  following  members  of  the  College  were  ordained  at 
Norwich  in  July,  the  ordination  having  been  postponed  in  con- 
sequence of  the  change  in  the  See : 

Name.  Diocese,  Parish. 

Cole,  J.  W.,  B.A.  Norwich      Quidenham 

Phillips,  W.  Richmond,  M.A.      Norwich      Christ  Church,  Lowestoft 

At  this,  the  first  ordination  held  by  Bishop  Sheepshanks,  Mr 
Richmond  Phillips  was  the  Gospeller. 

The  following  were  admitted  to  Deacon's  Orders  at  the 
September  Ordinations : 

Name,  Diocese,  Parish,. 

Bannerman, W.  E,  M.A.  Lichfield  Hominglow 

Cassell,  J.  R.,  B.A.  Oxford  St  John,  Reading 

Cole,  A.  B.  F.,  B.A.  Oxford  Wing 

Corder,  B.  J ,  B.A.  Oxford  IlanslOpe 


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89 


The  following  ecclesiastical  appointments  are  annonnced : 


Name. 
Andrews,  G.,  M.A. 
Davies,  D. 
Pkyke,  W.  E.,  M.A. 
I-ucas,  W.,  M.A. 


B,A.  From 

(1872) 

(1886)  V.St  Asaph 

(1866)  Head    Master^    Lan- 

caster  School 
(1858)  V.  Oltringham 


KoberU,  C.  M.,  B.D.  (1857)  R.  Brinkley 

Davies,  J.  P.,  M.A  (1873)  R.  Street 

Street,  J.  H.  (1874)  V.  Tonge 

Crosslcy,  C.  H.,  M.A.  (1882)  R.  Nowton 


I-loyd,  J.  A.,  M.A. 
X.ewis,  G-.  H. 


(1873)  C.St  Margaret,  Lynn 
(1870)  Furlough 

Sitwell,  G.  W.,  M.A.      (1861)  V.  Leamington,  Hast- 
ings 
Clarke,  J.,  M.A.  (1870)  V.  Burton  Fleming 

Easton,  J.  G.,  M.A.      (1876)  V.  IlketshaJl 

"Wcllacott,  W.T.,  M.A.  (1875)  Assistant  Master,New- 

ton  Abbott  College 

Stuart,  E*  A,  M.A       (1876)  V.   St  James,  HoUo- 

way 

Wajton,  a  F.,  M.A.     (1872)  V.  St  Thomas,  York. 


(1851)  V.      Christ     Church, 

Dover 
(i88z)  V.  Walmersley 


Everard,  G.,  M.A. 

Evans,  J.  D.,  MA. 

Nicholson,  W.W.,  M.A.  (1882)  Chaplain  R.  N. 

Starkey,  G.  A.,  M.A.  (1870)  V.  Whiteparish 

Bluett,  T.  L.  l^^n)  C.  Southchurch 

Walker,  R.  H.  (1879)  C.M.S.,  Eq.  Africa 

Jones,  \V.  W.,.  M.A.  (i860) 


Field,  T.,  B.D. 


(1841)  R.  Bigby 


Jackson,  G.  F.,  M.A.  (1882)  C.  H.  Trin.,  Brompton 

Ainger,  F.  E.,  MA.  (1882) 

Anderson,  W.  M.  (i886)  C.  Faringdon 

Claxkc,  F.  W.,  MA.  (1880)  C.  Tidenham 


To  be 

Ra  Great  Longstowe^ 
Derby 

R.  Brymbro,  Wrex* 
ham 

R.  Marwood,  Barn- 
staple 

V.  Burstwick,  York 

R.  Aldridge,  Walsali 

R.  Twineham 

Y.  St  Saviour,  Bingley 

Rural  Dean  of  Hom- 
ingsheath 

V.  St  Giles,  Norwich 

Chaplain    Ghorepuri, 
Poonah 

Rural  Dean,  Dun- 
church 

V.  Lissington 

R.  Briukley,  New- 
market 

V.  Bradworthy,  Devon 

V.  St.  Matthew,  Bays- 
water 

V.  St  John,  Wolver- 
hampton 

V.St.  Andrew,  South- 
port 

Rural  Dean,  Bury, 
Lanes. 

Chap,  to  the  Camper- 
down 

R.  Hawkswell,  Essex 

V.  Colney  St  Peter, 
Herts. 

Archdeacon  of  Uganda 

R.  Woodbridge,.  Suf- 
folk 

Prebendary  of  Welton 
in  Lincoln  Cathedral 

Chap,  at  Barcelona 

V.  Sparsholt,  Hants. 

R.  BryanstOR,  Dorset 

V.  Caldecot,  Chepstow 


Amongst  the  appoiatments  above  recorded  may  be  specially 
noted  that  of  Mr  R.  H.  Walker,  well  known  in  connexion  with 
Eastern  Equatorial  Africa,  to  be  the  Bishop's  deputy  in  Uganda  ; 
of  Mr  Everard,  an  influential  mission  preacher,  who  removes  from. 
Dover  to  the  leading  church  in  Southport ;  of  Mr  E.  A.  Stuart, 
the  very  successful  Thursday  morning  lecturer  at  St  Mary-le-Bow, 
who  exchanges  St  James's,  Holloway,  for  one  of  the  principal 
churches  in  the  West-end  of  London,  St  Matthew's,  Bayswater ; 
and  of  Mr  Nicholson,  who  is  appointed  to  H.M  S.  Camperdcwri. 
VOL.  XVIU.  N 


90  Our  Chronicle. 

The  removal  of  Mr  Torry  to  Marston  MorUine  left  the  parish 
of  Marwood  in  North  Devon  vacant ;  to  this  the  College  has 
presented  Mr  Pryke,  formerly  Scholar  and  Naden  Divinity 
Student,  14th  Wrangler  in  1866  and  Second  Class  in  the  Theo- 
logical  Tripos  in  1867.  Mr  Pryke  has  been  for  twenty  years 
Head  Master  of  Lancaster  School,  which  he  has  raised  to  a  high 
place  among  the  Grammar  Schools  of  the  North  of  England. 
Among  his  boys  were  Dr  Tucker,  (Senior  Classic  1882),  Mr 
Marr,  our  present  Lecturer  in  Geology,  and  Mr  Seward,  Univer- 
sity Lecturer  in  Botany. 

Mr  Chamberlain's  presentation  to  Staplehurst  left  Aldridge 
vacant,  which  has  been  filled  by  the  appointment  of  Mr  C.  M. 
Roberts,  Rector  of  Brinkley,  formerly  Scholar,  and  for  many 
years  Head  Master  of  Monmouth  School.  Mr  Roberts  is 
succeeded  at  Brinkley  by  Mr  Easton,  formerly  Scholar,  and 
sometime  Head  Master  of  Yarmouth  School. 

Besides  Mr  Blomefield,  whose  death  is  recorded  in  our  Obituary, 
the  College  loses  another  clergyman  who  took  his  degree  over 
sixty  years  ago.  The  Rev  J.  C.  Burnett  graduated  in  1829, 
and  after  serving  several  curacies  and  incumbencies  in  the  South- 
west was  appointed  to  the  living  of  St  Michael,  Bath,  which  he 
held  for  thirty-six  years. 

The  senior  clergymen  now  on  the  College  books  are  the  Rev 
Sir  John  Henry  Fludyer  (1826)  and  Canon  C.  T.  Whitley 
(Senior  Wrangler  1830). 

A  brass  in  memory  of  the  late  Dr  Parkinson  has  lately  been 
put  up  in  the  College  Chapel.  It  bears  the  following 
inscription : 

In  memoriam  •  mariti  *  carissimi 
Stephani  •  Parkinson  •  S  •  T  •  P 

CoUegii '  Divi  •  Johannis 
Socii  •  Lectoris  •  Tutoris  •  Praesidis 
qui  *  summos  *  in '  studiis  *  mathematicis '  houores  *  adeptus 
vixit  •  Collegio  •  fidelis 
amicis '  iucundus 
discipulis '  dilectus 
monumentum  •  uxor  •  superstes  •  ponendum  •  curavit 
natus  •  A  •  S  •  mdcccxxiii  •  obiit  A  •  S  "  mdccclxxxix 
Another  brass,  the  inscription  of  which  is  subjoined,  has  been 
put  up  in  memory  of  Mr  F.  C.  Wace. 

In  loving  Memory  of 
Frederick  Charles  Wage,  MA :  JP :  DL. 

Esquire  Bedell 

Late  Fellow  and  Lecturer  of  this  College 

Mayor  of  Cambridge  1889— 189 1 

Alderman  of  the  Borough  and  of  the  County  Council. 

Born  June  17th   1836  Died  Jan.  2Sth  1893 

Buried  at  Cherryhinton, 

This  tablet  is  placed  by  his  family. 


Our  Chronicte.  91 

The  Manner  of  the  Coronation  of  King  Charles  the  First  of 
England^  edited  for  the  Henry  Bradshaw  Liturgical  Text 
Society  by  Mr  Chr.  Wordsworth,  is  described  by  the  Editor  in 
the  following  words : 

"The  manuscript  marked  'L.  15/  in  the  Library  of  St 
John's  College,  is  the  main  source  which  supplies  the  text  now 
printed  for  our  Society  as  the  Coronation  Service  actually  used 
at  the  Coronation  of  King  Charles  I  in  Westminster  Abbey, 
2  Feb.  i62i. 

It  is  believed  to  be  the  very  book  which  King  Charles  held 
in  his  hand  on  that  occasion. 

For  this  interesting  fact  we  have  the  express  statement 
in  the  handwriting  of  Abp  Sancroft,  "/  have  reason  to  thinks 
y*  tis  y  very  Boolt  which  the  King  held  in  his  Hand  at  y*  great 
solemnity^ 

The  little  book,  which  measures  6J  inches  by  4]  inches,  is 
well  bound  in  a  seventeenth  century  binding  of  green  leather 
i^ilt,  the  edges  of  the  leaves  are  gilt,  the  pages  are  ruled  with  red 
lines  for  the  margin,  and  the  ceremonial  directions  are  rubri- 
cated. Text  and  rubrics  are  alike  written  in  a  clear  large  print- 
like  hand,  occupying  the  greater  part  of  67  pages.  The  hymn 
Veni  Creator  comes  as  an  appendix  on  p.  69. 

The  first  quire  in  the  book  (leaves  i — 12)  consisted  in  King 
Charles'  time  mainly  of  blank  paper,  the  8th  leaf  being  the  title 
page,  and  the  9th,  loth,  and  i  ith  being  occupied  with  the  note 
Ex  Libto  Regalif  the  prescription  for  the  Oil  and  the  list  of 
Bishops,  &c. 

The  volume  subsequently  fell  into  Abp  Sancroft's  hands, 
and  he,  while  respecting  the  blank  backs  of  the  leaves  already 
containing  writing  on  one  side,  filled  pages  1*,  2*,  2^  3*  with 
historical  notes  and  extracts  from  Fuller  and  Heylin ;  and  others 
on  pp.  67,  70  at  the  end  of  the  volume.  For  the  practical  purpose 
of  utilising  the  book  for  the  Coronation  of  King  James  II  and  his 
consort,  he  interlined  the  text  book  of  the  Coronation  office 
(which  concerned  the  crowning  of  King  Charles  I  without  his 
Queen)  with  such  corrections  and  additions  as  would  make  it 
correspond  with  a  certain  old  copy  which  he  had,  and  would 
render  it  applicable  for  the  double  Coronation  in  1685.  This 
he  was  readily  able  to  do,  as  there  were  copies  extant  of  the 
discarded  form  which  bad  been  prepared  on  the  supposition 
that  Henrietta  Maria  would  be  crowned  in  1626.  The  copy 
which  Sancroft  employed  for  his  purpose  in  168}  was,  as  lie 
tells  us,  a  form  on  large  folio  paper  in  the  King's  Paper  Office. 
He  found  space  on  pp.  71 — 75  for  transcribing  the  whole  Order 
for  the  actual  Coronation  and  Investiture  of  the  Queen  Consort, 
but  for  his  collation  of  those  rubrics  which  related  to  the  King, 
or  to  the  King  and  Queen  jointly,  in  other  portions  of  the 
Service  he  did  not  find  the  margins  of  K  in  every  case  sufficient 
for  his  addenda.  Accordingly  he  made  use  of  the  verso  page  of 
the  last  leaf  of  the  (unnumbered)  quire  at  the  beginning  of  the  book 


Q2  Our  Chronicle* 

as  a  receptacle  for  four  of  his  longer  and  least  manageable  in- 
sertions from  the  Paper-Office  copy,  and  when  12^  was  thus 
filled  he  worked  backwards  to  12^.*' 

We  hope  in  our  next  number  to  give  a  descriptive  notice  of 
the  second  volume  of  the  Register  of  Admissions,  which  was 
issued  from  the  University  Press  during  the  summer.  Mean- 
while the  following  article  from  the  Manchesier  Guardian  of 
2g  August  1893  ^^1^  convey  some  impression  of  its  contents  to 
those  of  our  readers  who  have  not  yet  seen  the  book. 

•'  St  John's  College,  Cambridge,  has  produced  many  men  who 
in  the  different  walks  of  life  have  deserved  well  of  their  country. 
Its  history  forms  a  part  of  the  national  life,  and  the  esprit  de 
corps  of  its  students  may  well  be  nourished  upon  the  traditions 
of  its  past.  The  same  claim  might  indeed  be  made  for  every 
great  school  and  college,  and  it  would  be  well  if  all  such  insti- 
tutions gathered  up  their  records  and  put  in  black  and  white 
the  evidence  of  the  services  they  have  rendered  to  the  com- 
munity. A  step  in  this  direction  has  been  taken  by  St  John's 
in  the  publication  of  the  *  Admissions'  of  students  from  January 
*6JJ  to  July  17 1 5.  Eleven  years  have  elapsed  between 
the  issue  of  the  first  and  second  volume,  but  historical  and 
genealogical  students  will  rejoice  to  possess  these  books,  with 
their  admirable  and  elaborate  indices,  and  will  be  grateful  to 
Professor  John  E.  B  Mayor  for  the  labour,  in  which  he  has 
been  zealously  aided  by  Mr.  R.  F.  Scott,  the  Bursar  of  the 
College.  There  are  many  Northern,  Lancashire,  Cheshire, 
Welsh,  and  Shropshire  names  to  award  the  inquiries  of  local 
antiquaries.  There  are  indications,  too,  of  the  outbreaks  of  war 
and  pestilence,  and  there  are  occasional  phrases  which  bring 
before  us  in  a  vivid  manner  the  difference  between  now  and 
then,  as  in  the  case  of  the  two  scholars  who  in  1647  came  from 
'  Strand,  in  the  suburbs  of  London.'  A  remarkable  fact  be- 
comes apparent,  that  in  the  period  covered  by  this  register — 
not  a  time  to  which  we  look  for  enthusiasm  in  the  cause  of 
either  leariiing  or  philanthropy — many  poor  men's  sons  found 
their  way  to  St  John's.  Amongst  the  trades  enumerated  of  the 
fathers  of  the  pupils  are  those  of  barber,  baker,  collier,  inn- 
keeper, tanner,  weaver,  wheelwright,  shepherd,  and  shipwright. 
One  page  records  the  admission  of  eight  young  men.  The  first 
was  the  son  of  a  knight,  the  second  of  the  college  butler,  the 
third  of  the  college  baker,  the  fourth  of  a  citizen  of  London,  the 
fifth  of  a  clergyman,  the  sixth  and  seventh  of  husbandmen,  and 
the  eighth  of  a  gentleman.  Thus  the  registers  tell,  to  use 
Professor  Mayor's  phrase,  'how  far  the  College  fulfilled  its 
mission  of  uniting  class  to  class.  We  see  noblemen,  baronets, 
esquires,  gentlemen,  meeting  on  equal  footing  with  the  pro* 
fessional  and  commercial  classes  and  with  artisans.  Together 
all  went  to  the  same  grammar  school,  together  the  more 
promising  proceeded  to  the  University ;   for  plain  living  threw 


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open  doors  to  every  fortune/  And  he  adds:  *We  boast  of 
our  reforms,  but  should  be  puzzled  to  show  that  the  highest 
and  the  lowest  of  our  countrymen  find  as  much  to  attract  them 
here  now  as  they  did  two  centuries  and  a  half  ago.'  Something 
may  depend  upon  the  different  trade  terminology  of  the  seven- 
teenth, eighteenth,  and  nineteenth  centuries,  but  when  such 
allowances  have  been  made  there  remains  the  fact  that  our 
ancestors  not  infrequently  succeeded  in  guiding  poor-  but  clever 
lads  from  the  primary  school  to  the  University— an  achievement 
that  many  people  imagine  to  belong  to  the  present  age  ex* 
clusively." 

The  Rev  C.  J.  Blomfield,  Rector  of  Launton  and  Rural 
Dean  of  Bicester,  who  is  publishing  a  History  of  the  parishes  in 
his  Deanery,  has  recently  issued  Part  vii  dealing  with  the 
parishes  of  Fritwell  and  Soulderne.  For  some  facts  in  the 
history  of  both  parishes  he  has  made  use  of  documents  pre- 
served in  St  John's  among  the  papers  relating  to  the  College 
living  of  Soulderne.  Soulderne  was  one  of  the  benefices  given 
to  the  College  by  John  Williams,  then  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  and 
afterwards  Archbishop  of  York  and  Keeper  of  the  Great  Seal. 
Mr  Blomfield  gives  a  full  account  of  all  the  Rectors  presented 
by  the  College,  derived  from  the  College  Registers  and  anno- 
tated from  Prof  Mayor's  collections  and  other  sources.  Two 
names  occur  in  the  list  of  Rectors  which  are  of  interest  in 
literary  history,  the  Rev  Geoffrey  Shaw,  the  subject  of  *'  The 
Soulderne  Ghost  Story,"  an  account  of  which  has  appeared  in 
the  Eagle  (xvi,  17),  and  the  Rev  Robert  Jones,  Rector  from  1805 
till  1835,  the  friend  of  Wordsworth,  who  has  given  a  sketch  of 
him  in  one  of  his  Poems  of  Sentiment  and  Reflection.  Wordsworth 
visited  Jones  at  Soulderne,  and  hasdescribed  the  old  Rectory 
House  (now  destroyed)  in  one  of  the  Miscellaneous  Sonnets,  'A 
Parsonage  in  Oxfordshire.'  Wordsworth  and  Jones  travelled 
together  in  France,  a  fact  recorded  in  the  third  of  the  Sonnets 
dedicated  to  Liberty  : 

Tones,  as  from  Calais  southward  yon  and  I 

Went  pacing  side  by  side .... 

The  poet  also  refers  to  him  as  "one  of  my  dearest  and 
earliest  friends."  A  view  of  the  old  Rectory  House  is  given  in 
Mr  Blomfield's  book. 

In  Dr  William  Wright's  recent  book  The  Brontes  in  Ireland 
will  be  found  a  very  full  account  of  the  Rev  Patrick  Bronte, 
father  of  the  novelists  (B.A.  1806).  Dr  Wright  is  very  severe 
on  the  *  baseless  assertion '  that  the  Brontes  were  called  Brunty, 
Branty,  or  Prunty  in  Ireland.  Those  who  hold  this  view  argue 
that  no  Irish  name  ends  in  an  accented  e  and  that  if  the  name 
was  pronounced  Brunty  that  was  how  it  must  have  been  spelled. 
When  Patrick  Bronte  entered  St  John's  ist  October.  1802, 
the  keeper  of  the  Admission  Register  entered  him  as  Patrick 
Branty.    But  he  signed  himself  on  Matriculation  in  that  term 


94  Our  Chronicle. 

Pair.  Bronte.  He  appears  in  the  University  Calendar  of  the 
term  as  Brontt  and  with  the  same  spelling  in  the  College 
Register  of  Scholars  and  Exhibitioners. 

Prof  Mayor  has  given  good  reasons  for  believing  that  the 
entries  on  admission  were  for  many  years  taken  down  from  the 
lips  of  the  man  himself.  So  by  help  of  an  Irish  brogue,  for 
Bronte  was  of  humble  birth,  'Bronte'  might  well  sound  like 
'  Branty '  to  English  ears. 

Those  who  believe  in  the  change  of  name  have  an  ingenious 
theory.  In  1799  the  King  of  the  Two  Sicilies  had  resolved 
and  ordained  that  the  ancient  and  famous  town  of  Bronte,  on 
the  skirts  of  Etna,  with  its  territories  and  dependencies  should 
be  conferred  on  Lord  Nelson;  and  in  January  1801  Nelson 
obtained  the  permission  of  his  Sovereign  to  assume  the  title,  and 
began  to  sign  himself  "  Nelson  and  Bronte."  What  more 
natural  than  that  the  patriotic  young  freshman  should  be  anxious 
to  drop  the  vulgar  Branty  and  blossom  out  into  the  glory  of 
the  foreign-looking  Bronte  ?  But  if  he  did  so  it  was  between 
the  time  of  his  entry  at  St  John's  and  his  matriculation. 

In  Dr  Wright's  volume  will  be  found  photographic  facsimiles 
of  Bronte's  signature  on  Matriculation  and  on  his  obtaining  the 
B.A.  degree  22  April  1806.  There  is  also  an  excellent  portrait 
of  him  at  p.  159. 

An  article  by  E.  S.  T.  in  the  ChrisVs  College  Magazine  for 
last  Easter  Term  gives  some  interesting  statistics  of  the  pro- 
portion of  men  entered  at  the  ten  largest  Colleges  who 
ultimately  graduated  in  Arts.  From  Easter  1880  to  Lent  1890 
the  following  numbers  matriculated : 

Trinity 1829        Pembroke , . .  527 

St  John's 964        Clare    524 

Trinity  Hall 631        Christ's 441 

Jesus 579        Corpus 391 

Caius •     573        Emmanuel 340 

Of  these  the  following  percentages  graduated  with  First  or 
Second  Class  Honours,  or  in  the  '  Poll/  between  1883  and  1892  : 

XBt  Class       and  Class.         Poll. 

Trinity 10-9     ..     15-6     ..     359 

St  John's 14*2     .,     207     .,     37'2 

Trinity  Hall 2-1     .,       77     ..     39-0 

Jesus 3*5 

Caius ...••  ii'2 

Pembroke 8*0 

Clare 5-5 

Christ's 127 

Corpus 2*4 

Emmanuel    10*6 

Total 89  15-2  39*5 

It  is  satisfactory  to  note  that  St  John's  comes  out  so  well  in 
this  comparison.  Its  proportion  of  First  Classes  is  the  largest 
of  all. 


107 

.    37-5 

H-3     . 

.     34-6 

15-9    ..    503 

ii'8     , 

.     447 

20*9      . 

.     42-4 

"5     . 

.     547 

194    . 

.     329 

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JOHNIANA. 

Voll  Hoffhung  nnd  gehobenen  Geistes  sah  er  sich  eingereibt  in  die  Zabl 
der  Undergraduates  von  St  John's  College.  Anfangs  fand  er  alle  Erwartung- 
en  noch  iibertroffen.  Das  neue  Kleid,  die  voile  Borse  mit  unbeschrankter 
Freiheit  der  Verfugung,  die  Fragen,  Ratschlage,  Wamungen  und  unscbuld- 
igen  Neckereien,  mit  denen  jeder  Neuling  in  die  Sitten  und  Gebrauche  der 
sdma  mater  eingeweiht  wird,  die  Einladungen  scbnellgewonnener  Freunde 
zvk  solennem  Abendessen  mit  Wein  und  Siidfruchten — alles  war  cine  Well 
zxx  sehr  verschieden  von  der  einfach  bauerlicben,  in  der  er  aufgewachsen  war, 
urn  ihn  nicht  wie  ein  Feenmarchen  za  blenden  und  zu  verwirren. 

Marie  Goihein :  William  Wordsworth  L  13  (1893). 

The  Old  Screen  of  St  JohrCs  College  Chapel 
Sir, 

Your  excellent  article  on  June  24th  re  the  Melton  Mowbray  meeting 
of  the  LincDln  Architectural  Society  has  only  just  come  under  my  notice.  Let 
ine  note  an  interesting  omission  in  your  allusion  to  Whissendine  Church,  viz. 
that  in  the  south  aisle  of  nave  the  rood-screen  of  St  John's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, has  found  a  resting  place.  Passing  beneath  it,  above  a  hundied 
generations  of  old  Johnians  were  "  marked  "  on  entering  chapel ;  but  on  the 
building  of  the  new  chapel  in  1865  it  was  ruthlessly  discarded  by  Sir  G.  G. 
Scott,  and  was  with  pleasure  and  regret  discovered  the  other  day  by 

An  Old  Johnian. 
The  Builder :  29  July  1893. 

Let  us  not  forget  the  atrocities  which  disgraced  the  reign  of  Henry  the 
Kighth.  Do  we  not  remember  the  fate  of  the  pious  Bishop  Fisher,  whose 
power  was  exercised  only  for  the  advancement  of  learning,  and  whose  life  was 
devoted  to  the  promotion  of  piety  ?  Little  did  he  think,  when  he  advised  his 
royal  pupil  to  erect  the  munificent  foundations  of  St  John's  and  Christ  s 
Colleges,  that  they  would  swarm  with  the  enemies  of  his  religion  and  the 
friends  of  his  persecutors ! 

The  Examiner:  27  January  1828  (p.  SO* 

The  Rev  William  Taylor  Newbold  of  St  John's  College,  Cambridge,  the 
first  Cantab  who  had  filled  the  office  [of  Head  Master  of  St  Bees  School] 
since  the  appointment  of  Jonathan  Banks  in  168 1,  and  the  first  who  was  not 
a  native  of  either  Cumberland  or  Westmorland,  was  nominated  Head  Master 
in  January  1880  by  the  Rev  Dr  Magrath,  Provost  of  Queens',  also  the  first 
not  being  a  native  of  either  of  those  two  counties  who  had  held  that 
distinguished  position. 

[Then  follows  an  account  of  the  New  Scheme  for  the  Government  of  the 
School,  and  the  expenditure  of  ;^I4,793  15^.  on  new  buildings.]  Brief  though 
the  p>eriod  is  since  this  large  expenditure  was  incurred,  and  great  as  is  the 
increased  accommodation,  it  is  already  insufficient.  So  successful  has  been 
Mr  Newbold's  administration  that  he  has  been  compelled  to  purchase  the 
largest  house  in  the  village  for  the  overflow  of  the  boarders  who  are  under  the 
care  of  the  Rev  Mr  Alderson,  the  second  master.  The  number  ot  scholars  at 
present  is  160,  of  whom  120  are  boarders  :  and  it  may  be  that  we  may  see  a 
still  further  extension  of  the  buildings,  for  it  is  more  than  probable  that  the 
coal  royalty  will  be  much  greater  in  the  futtu-e  than  it  ever  has  been  in  the 
past. 

TV.  yackson,  F.S.A, :  Papers  and  Pedigrees  mainly  relating  to 
Cumberland  and  Westmorland,  U.  pp.  224,  226  (1892). 


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Our  Chronicle. 


Mr  G.  W.  Childs  is  to  erect  a  handsome  black  granite  monument  over  die 
neglected  grave  of  Richard  A.  Proctor  [B.A.  i860],  in  Greenwood  Cemetery, 
New  York*    On  one  side  of  the  monument  will  run  the  inscription :— > 

RICHARD  A.  PROCTOR,  Astrqnomkk, 
Bom  in  Chelsea,  Englaud, 

March  23,  1837. 

Died  in  New  York  City, 

Sept.  12,  1888, 

Aged  51  years. 

How  good  !  how  kind !   and  he  is  gone ! 

Erected  by  George  W.  Childs. 
The  apex  of  the  shaft  will  appropriately  be  crowned  by  a  star. 

The  most  interesting  point  about  the  memorial,  however,  will  be  the 
following  curious  epitaph  letter  from  Mr  Herbert  Spencer  on  the  back  of  the 
memorial : — 

Fairfield,  Pewsey,  England. 

On  public  as  on  private  grounds  Prof  Proctor's  premature  death  was 
much  to  be  lamented.  He  united  great  detailed  knowledge  with  broad 
general  views  in  an  unusual  degree,  and,  while  admirably  fitted  for  a  popular 
expositor,  was  at  the  same  time  well  equipped  for  original  investigations, 
which,  had  he  lived,  would  doubtless  have  added  to  our  astronomical  know- 
ledge. Prof  Proctor  was  also  to  be  admired  for  his  endeavours  to  keep  the 
pursuit  of  science  free  from  the  corrupting  and  paralysing  influence  of 
State  aid. 
July  5,  1893.  Hs&BS&T  Spencer. 

A  re-burial  service  will  be  conducted  by  Dr  Talmage. 

H'^estminsUr  Gautte :  29  August  1893. 

College  Examinations  iSgj. 


ird  Year  (Dec. 
\st  Class, 
/Dale 
\  Franks,  R.  S. 

Cummings 
J  Heron 

\  Hudson,  £.  C. 
I  Hardwick 
\  Sargent,  H. 


1892). 


Zrd  Year, 
1st  Class, 

Sheepshanks 

Horton- Smith,  L. 

Long,  H.  E. 


Prizemen. 

Mathematics. 

%nd  Year. 

1st  Year. 

1st  Class. 

1st  Class. 

Leathem 

Bromwich 

Borchardt 

Maclaurin 

Hibbert-Ware 

Maclachlan 

Raw 

Smallpeice 

Werner 

Cama 
D6 

Newling 

Hart 

Brock 

Edmunds 

Carter 

Webb 

Schroder 

SmaU 

Hay 

Powell 

Classics. 

2nd  Year, 

1st  Year, 

1st  Class. 

1st  Class, 

McElderry 
Tate,  R.  W. 

Hardwich  {div.  i) 

Chotzner        ,, 

GaskeU 

Moore  {div.  2) 

Byles        „ 

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Natural  Sciences. 
Candidates  for  Part  L  of  the  Natural  Sciences  Tripos, 

2nd  Year.  1st  Year. 

1st  Class,  1st  Class, 

Eagles  Blackman,  V.  H. 

Horton-Smith,  R.  J.  West 
Orton 


HlSTOEY. 

Law. 

Indian  Civil  Service. 

1st  Year. 
1st  Class. 
McKee 

2nd  Year. 

Yusuf-AU 

Prizes. 

RusseU 

El  John  Herschel. 

Greek  Testament. 

Hebrew. 

Dale 
Prox.  ace, 
Cummings 
Franks 

None  awarded. 

ird  Year, 
Hutton,  A.  R.  R. 

2nd  Year, 
Pearson 

Reading. 

Newcombe  Prize. 

/  Edmunds 
lTait,A.J. 

(for  Moral  Sciences). 
Corbett 

Wright's  Prizes. 

yd  Year. 
Franks,  R.  S. 
Sheepshanks 

2nd  Year. 
Leathern 
McEldeny 
Orton 

1st  Year. 
Bromwich 
Hardwich 
McKee 
West 

Hughes  Prizes.                           Hughes  Exhibition. 

IDale 

"I  Horton-Smith, 
Masterman 

{for 
L. 

Church  History) 
Earle 

English  Essay  Prizes  (December  1892}. 
ird  Year.  2nd  Year.  1st  Year. 

Brown,  W.  L.  Kidd  Osbora 

Foundation  Scholarships  Continued. 


Aickin 

Blackman,  S.  S.  F. 

Borchardt 

Brown,  W.  L. 

Chevalier 

Chotzner 

Cummings 

Dale 

D*Souza 

Franks,  R.  S. 

Hardwich 

Heron 

Hibbert-Ware 


Horton-Smith,  L. 

Hough 

Hudson,  E.  C. 

Tones,  H.  P. 

Leathern 

Long,  B, 

Lupton 

MacBride 

McDougall 

McEldcrry 

Maclachlan 

McNeUe 


Masterman 

Newling 

Nicklin,  J.  A. 

Pocklington 

Raw 

Sheepshanks 

Smallpeice 

Smith,  R.  T. 

Stone 

Tate,  R.  W. 

Villy 

Werner 


Hutchinson  Studentship. 
Blackman,  F.  F. 

VOL.  xvm. 


Choral  Studentships. 
Thatcher 
Reissmann 

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tion Scholarships. 

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Corbett 

tnd  Year, 
Horton-Smith,  R.  J. 
Orton 

\st  Year, 
Blackman,  V.  H. 
Bromwich 
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GaskeU 
Maclaurin 


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EXHTBITIONS. 

Proper  Sizars 

Brock 

zndYw. 

Byles 

Webb 

Carter 

Emslie 

Edmunds 

Thatcher 

Hart 

Eagles 

Hay 

Hart 

Hutton,  A.  R.  R. 

\5t  Year. 

Long,  H.  E. 

Brock 

McKee 

McKee 

Moore 

Moore 

Powell 

West 

Purvis 

Schroder 

Webb 

West 

Yusuf-Ali 

Limited  Exhibitions  (October,  1893). 

Baker  Exhibition  :  L.  A.  Body  (Durham  School). 
Dowman  Exhibition :  T.  F.  Brewster  (Pocklington  School). 
Munsteven  Exhibition  :  C.  A.  M.  Evans  (Oundle  School). 
Somerset  Exhibition:   C.  P.  Keeling  (Manchester  School). 
Jones  (Hereford  School). 

Vidalian  Exhibition  :  J.  E.  McConnick  (Exeter  School). 


£.  A.  A. 


Tripos  Examinations,  Easter  Term  1893.* 
Classical  Tripos  Part  I. 


Class/. 

Class  //. 

Class  ///, 

Horton-Smith,  L.  (div. 
Sheepshanlcs               „ 

a)        Long,  H.  E.  {div,  i)        Richards     {div,  i) 
Moss-BlundeU  (rfiV.  2)     Walker,  B.  P.   „ 
Lewis,  W.  R.  {div,  3)     Passingham  [div.  2) 
Stowell              „ 
Coe              {div,  3) 
Wrangham        „ 

Part  IL 

Class  /. 

Ds  Stone  {//istory). 

Natural  Sciences  Tripos  Part  I. 

Class/, 

Class  //, 

aass  ///. 

Blackman,  S.  S.  F 
Horton-Smith,  R. 
Orton 

Eagles 
J.             Holmes 

Williamson 

Briggs.  G.  F. 
Bythell 

Cameron,  W.  E. 
Kitchin 
Ds  Rosenberg. 

aass  L 

Partn. 

Class  //. 

Ds  Brown  W.  L 

{Physiology)                         Purvis 

Ds  Smith,  R.  T. 

*  For  Triposes  not  here  given,  see  our  last  number,  Eagle  xvii,  681 


Our  Chronicle,  99 

Theological  Tripos  Part  I. 

Class  IL  Class  11  L 

Earle  Hutton 

Part  II. 

Class  IL 

Ds  Lupton  (New  Testament), 

Ds  Natley  {History  and  Literature). 

Law  Tripos  Part  II. 
Class  L  Class  IIL 

D'Souza  Pitkin 

Historical  Tripos. 

Class  L 

Masterman. 

Admitted  to  the  degree  op  B.D. 
Mag  Joseph  Hirst  Lupton,  formerly  Fellow. 

Adbutted  to  the  degrees  of  M.B.  and  B.C. 
Mag  Daniel  West  Samways,  formerly  Fellow. 
Ds  John  Herbert  Godson. 
Ds  Cecil  Ernest  Millington  Lewis. 
Ds  Frederick  Henry  Lewis 

The  following  University  appointments  of  members  of  the 
College  are  announced  :  Mr  A.  C.  Seward,  University  Lecturer 
in  Botany  ;  Dr  A.  Macalister,  Professor  Liveing,  Mr  J.  E.  Marr, 
and  Mr  A.  Harker,  members  of  the  Sedgwick  Geological 
Museum  Building  Syndicate;  Dr  D.  MacAIister,  Professor 
Liveing,  Mr  R.  F.  Scott,  and  Mr  I.  A.  Tillyard,  members  of  the 
Agricultural  Examinations  Syndicate;  Mr  A.  Caldecott,  Ex- 
aminer for  the  Moral  Sciences  Tripos;  Mr  C.  E.  Graves, 
Examiner  for  the  Bell  and  Abbott  Scholarships ;  Mr  J.  T.  Ward, 
Examiner  for  the  Maitland  Prize ;  Dr  Taylor,  a  Governor  of  St. 
David's  College,  Lampeter;  Professor  Liveing,  a  Governor  of 
the  South  Eastern  Agricultural  College;  Dr  D.  MacAIister, 
Assessor  to  the  Regius  Professor  of  Physic ;  Mr  H.  F.  Baker, 
Examiner  for  Part  II  of  the  Mathematical  Tripos ;  Dr  W.  J. 
Sollas,  Mr  P.  Lake,  Mr  A.  C.  Seward,  Mr  W.  Bateson.  and  Dr 
H.  D.  Rolleston,  Examiners  for  the  Natural  Sciences  Tripos ; 
Mr  E.  H.  Acton,  Examiner  for  the  Second  M.B.  Examination  ; 
Mr  W.  Moore  Ede,  a  Governor  of  the  Royal  Grammar  School, 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne;  Mr  A.  C.  Seward,  member  of  the 
Botanic  Garden  Syndicate ;  Dr  E.  C.  Clark,  member  of  the 
Fitzwilliam  Museum  Syndicate ;  Dr  A.  Macalister,  member  of 
the  Antiquarian  Committee ;  Dr  Sandys  and  Mr  J.  R.  Tanner, 
members  of  the  Library  Syndicate ;  Dr  D.  MacAIister,  member 
of  the  Local  Examinations  Syndicate ;  Mr  J.  Larmor,  member 
of  the  Observatory  Syndicate ;  Dr  Taylor,  member  of  the  Sex 
Vin\  and  of  the  Proctorial  Syndicate ;  Dr  D.  MacAIister, 
member  of  the  State  Medicine  Syndicate ;  Mr  J.  R.  Tanner, 


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member  of  the  Special  Board  for  History;  Dr  Garrett,  member 
of  the  Special  Board  for  Music  ;  Mr  R.  F.  Scott,  member  of 
the  Financial  Board ;  Dr  Sandys,  member  of  the  General  Board 
of  Studies. 

The  following  books  by  members  of  the  College  are 
announced:  Greek-English  Lexicon  to  the  New  Testament 
(Macmillan),  by  W.  J.  Hickie;  Cicero  pro  Milone  (Macmillan), 
by  F.  H.  Colson ;  The  Iheory  of  Conditional  Sentences  in  Greek 
and  Latin  (Macmillan),  by  Richard  Horton  Smith;  Hydrostatics 
(Macmillan),  by  A.  G.  Greenhill;  Materials  for  the  Study  of 
Variation  in  Animals^  vol  i  (Macmillan),  by  W.  Bateson  ;  Organic 
Chemistry  for  Beginners  (Macmillan),  by  G.  S.  Turpin  ;  Physio- 
graphy for  Beginners  (Macmillan),  by  J.  E.  Marr  and  A.  Harker  j 
Physiology  for  Beginners  (Macmillan),  by  M.  Foster  and  L.  E. 
Shore ;  Selections  from  Early  Christian  Writers  (Macmillan),  by 
the  Rev  Prof  H.  M.  Gwatkin ;  Addresses,  Essays^  and  Lyrical 
Translations  of  the  late  Dr  T.  C.  Finlayson  (Macmillan),  with  life 
by  Dr  A.  S.  Wilkins  ;  Geometrical  Conies,  Part  ii  (Macmillan),  by 
J.  J.  Milne  and  R.  F.  Davis ;  Latin  and  Greek  Verse  Composition 
(University  Press),  by  the  late  Rev  Canon  T.  S.  Evans  D.D.  ;  The 
Scientific  Papers  of  John  Couch  Adams,  vol  i  (University  Press), 
edited  by  Professor  W.  G.  Adams ;  The  Story  of  our  Planet 
(Cassell),  by  the  Rev  Dr  T.  G.  Bonney;  Plain  Introductions  to 
the  Books  of  the  Bible  (Cassell),  by  the  Rt  Rev  Dr  C.  J. 
EUicott ;  The  Shapes  and  Embroidery  of  Ecclesiastical  Vestments  as 
represented  in  Medieval  Monuments  (St  Osmund's  Society),  by 
R.  A.  S.  Macalister;  Aristophanes*  Vespae  (Pitt  Press),  by 
Rev  C.  E.  Graves ;  Common  Sense  Euclid,  books  i — iv  (W.  H. 
Allen  &  Co.),  by  the  Rev  A.  D.  Capel ;  A  History  of  the  Theory 
of  Elasticity,  vol  ii  (University  Press),  by  the  late  Dr  I. 
Todhunter,  edited  by  Professor  Karl  Pearson  ;  Practical  Physio- 
logy  of  Plants  (University  Press),  by  F.  Darwin  and  E.  H.  Acton  ; 
Fossil  Plants  (University  Press),  by  A,  C.  Seward  ;  Text-Book  of 
Physical  Anthropology  (University  Press),  by  Professor  A. 
Macalister;  PrendevilUs  Livy,  book  iv  (Deighton),  edited  by 
J.  H.  Freese. 

Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club. 

First  Captain—^,  B.  Reid.  Second  Captain^K,  P.  Cameron.  Hon. 
Secretary—^,  H.  Bonsey.  Hon,  Treas.—K.  G.  Butler.  First  Lent 
Captain— K.  P.  Hadland.  Second  Lent  Captain -^F.  A.  Rose.  Third  Lent 
Captain — C.  G.  Leftwich. 

Andrews  and  Maples  Freshmen's  Sculls,  These  sculls  were 
rowed  for  on  June  17.  There  were  three  entries,  F.  A.  Rose, 
K.  C.  D6,  and  W.  H.  Bonsey.  The  race  ended  in  a  win  for 
Rose. 

University  Coxswainhss  Fours,    The  following  four  was  in 


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practice  for  three  weeks,  but  did  not  compete  owing  to  inability 
to  get  together : 

A.  P.  Cameron  {how)^ 

2  A.  E.  Buchanan 

3  W.  H.  Bonsey 

S.  B.  Reid  {stroke) 
•  Steerer. 

J.  B.  Close,  of  First  Trinity,  kindly  coached  us. 

Sculling  Handicap,  A  sculling  handicap  race,  for  a  prize 
presented  by  R.  H.  Forster,  was  rowed  on  November  13 
and  14.  The  course  was  from  Ditton  Ditch  to  the  winning 
post  near  the  Big  Horse-Grind.  There  were  eleven  entries. 
G.  F.  Cooke  (150  sees.)  won  the  race,  A.  F.  Alcock  (90  sees.) 
being  second. 

University  Clinker  Fours.  The  L.M.B.C.  did  not  put  on  a 
Clinker  Four  this  year. 

Pearson  and  Wright  Sculls :  November  16.  There  were  only 
two  entries  this  year,  S.  B.  Reid  and  W.  McDougall.  Reid  won 
by  about  20  yards. 

Colquhoun  Sculls:  November  21,  22,  and  23.  There  were 
seven  competitors  this  year,  two  of  them  being  members  of  the 
L.M.B.C,  viz.  S.  B.  Reid  and  W.  McDougall. 

First  Round. 

Heat  I. 

Station  2— T.  G.  Lewis,  3rd  Trinity i 

„      I— J.  R.  B.  Branson,  ist  Trinity o 

Lewis  beat  Branson  by  a  length.    Time  8  min.  55  sec. 

Heat  //. 
Station  i— A.  T.  L.  Rumbold,  ist  Trinity  . . ..  i 
„      2— S.  B.  Reid,  L.M.B.C 2 

Rumbold  won  by  100  yards.  Reid*s  wrist  gave  at  Ditton. 
Time  8  min.  56  sec. 

Heat  HI. 

Station  2— R.  P.  Croft,  Trinity  Hall i 

„      I — ^A.  R.  Green,  Sidney    o 

Croft  won  by  70  yards.    Time  8  min.  55  sec. 

Heat  IV, 

W.  McDougall,  L.M.B.C.,  rowed  a  bye. 

Second  Round. 

Heat  I, 

Station  2— A.  T.  L.  Rumbold,  1st  Trinity  ....   I 
„       i-W.  McDougaU,  L.M.B.C o 

Rumbold  won  by  50  yards.    TiniQ  9  min.  5  sec. 


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Heat  II. 

Station  2— R.  P.  Croft,  Trinity  Hall i 

„      I— T.  G.  Lewis,  3rd  Trin o 

Croft  won  by  i^  lengths.     Time  8  min.  51^  sec. 

Third  Round. 

Final  Heat, 

Station  2— R.  P.  Croft,  Trinity  Hall i 

„      I— A.  T.  L.  Rumbold,  ist  Trinity  ....  o 

Croflt  won  by  2^  lengths.    Time  8  min.  33  sec. 

Trial  Eights,  Rowed  on  Thursday,  November  30.  There 
were  two  Seniors  and  three  Juniors.  The  Seniors  were  coached 
by  Butler  .and  Cameron,  and  Rose;  the  Juniors  by  Leftwich, 
Hadland,  and  Whitman.  The  Seniors*  race  was  a  very  good 
one,  Rose's  eight  winning  by  three  seconds.  Whitman's  crew 
won  the  Juniors. 

Junior  Crew. 


W.  A.  Dohcrty,  how 

2  S.  P.  Dastur 

3  C.  T.  Powell 

4  H.  C.  Andrews 

5  V.  B.  Manby 

6  W.W.Duncan 

7  G.  G.  Baily 

P.  Green,  stroke 
J.  D.  Davies,  cox. 


Senior  Crew, 

St,  lbs, 

W.  A.  Houston,  bow    . . .  •  9    8 

2  W.  S.  Shimield 9  13 

3  R.  R.  Cummings  • 10    7 

4  A.  C.  Scoular    10  12 

5  J.  G.  McCormick  . , 12    3J 

6R.Y.Bonsey    12    6 

7  C.  F.  Hare 10  13 

H.  Bentley,  stroke 10    7$ 

G.  F.  Cooke,  cox, ........  8    2 

The  weights  of  the  Junior  Crew  were  not  taken. 

A  supper  was  held  in  Lecture  Room  VI  after  Hall  on 
Thursday  night,  when  the  pots  were  presented  to  the  winning 
crews  by  Mr  Lister,  who  presided. 

It  gives  us  much  satisfaction  that  the  College,  after  an 
interval  of  some  years,  has  again  had  a  representative  in  the 
University  Trial  Eights,  W.  H.  Bonsey  having  rowed  seven  in 
the  losing  boat  (December  i).  We  trust  that  this  will  be 
followed  up  by  his  obtaining  his  "  blue." 

Cricket  Club. 

The  following  Officers  have  been  elected  for  the  ensuing 
season  : 

President^'Mi  J.  R.  Tanner.  Treasurer— Mr  G.  C.  M.  Smith.  Captain — 
G.  P.  K.  Winlaw.  Secretary — F.  J.  S.  Moore.  Committee— J,  J.  Robinson, 
W.  G.  Wrangham,  H.  A.  Merriman,  W.  Falcon,  J.  H.  Metcalfe. 

Mr  F.  L.  Thompson,  President,  and  for  so  many  years 
Treasurer  of  the  Club,  has  resigned  office  to  our  great  regret, 
in  consequence  of  his  approaching  departure  from  Cambridge. 
We  wish  him  all  happiness  and  success,  and  hope  we  may  often 
see  him  again  on  the  cricket  ground  where  he  has  played  so 
many  years  for  the  College. 


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Rugby  Union  Football  Club. 

Captain,'-],  J.  Robinson.    Secretary — W.  Falcon. 

Up  to  the  present  we  have  had  a  fairly  successful  season, 
having  won  six  matches  out  of  eleven,  drawn  one  and  lost  four. 
The  reverses  were  suffered  at  the  hands  of  Trinity  (twice),  Clare, 
and  Jesus.  As  there  are  still  several  fixtures  to  be  played  next 
term  as  well  as  this,  and  the  vacancies  among  the  '  colours' 
have  not  yet  been  filled  up,  a  further  account  will  be  reserved 
till  the  next  number. 

Our  *Blue'  and  'International'  J.  J.  Robinson  has  been 
playing  regularly  for  the  'Varsity  during  the  term.  Several  old 
Tohnians  have  played  against  the  'Varsity — A.  E.  Elliott  for  St. 
Thomas's  Hospital,  C.  D.  Edwards  for  Guy's  Hospital,  and 
T.  L.  Jackson  for  the  Old  Leysians.  G.  R.  Joyce  has  played 
with  much  success  for  Surrey. 

Association  Football  Club. 

Captain— C,  O.  S.  Hatton.         Hon,  5^^.— B.  J.  C.  Warren. 

With  nine  colour  men  remaining  out  of  last  year's  team,  we 
were  confident  of  a  fairly  good  season,  and,  although  on  several 
occasions  we  have  been  obliged  to  put  a  very  weak  eleven  into 
the  field,  the  record  is  moderately  good.  Had  several  of  the 
old  colour  men,  however,  condescended  to  come  down  to 
practice,  the  result,  especially  in  the  cup  tie,  might  have  been 
still  more  satisfactory. 

The  forwards  have  been  much  better  together  than  last  year, 
and  the  shooting,  although  not  everything  that  could  be  wished, 
has  been  more  effective,  as  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  in  only  one 
match  have  we  failed  to  score.  The  centre  and  outside  right 
are  perhaps  the  two  weakest  spots,  but  Reeve  was  unfortunate 
in  getting  hurt  when  he  was  beginning  to  combine  better  with 
the  other  forwards.  Cole  has  also  played  well  in  several 
matches.  H.  H.  Davies  at  outside  left  and  Merriman  inside 
have  played  consistently  well,  and  Warren's  passing  is  good. 

The  backs  and  halves  have  all  been  fairly  reliable,  but 
Mundahl  is  much  slower  than  last  year. 

We  congratulate  Hatton  on  playing  several  times  for  the 
'Varsity,  and  Reeve  on  playing  in  the  Freshmen's  match. 

Out  of  a  total  of  1 5  matches  played  up  to  the  present  time 
we  have  won  nine,  drawn  two,  and  lost  four.  We  have  kicked 
52  goals  to  33.  In  the  first  match  with  Pembroke  we  had  only 
ten  men  and  got  beaten  5 — 7,  but  made  ample  amends  in  the 
return  by  winning  5 — o. 

We  drew  a  bye  in  the  first  round  of  the  College  Cup  and 
were  unfortunate  in  getting  beaten  (2 — 3)  by  Trinity  Hall  in  the 
second  round ;  nearly  all  the  team,  however,  were  in  want  of 
practice  and  training. 

The  second  eleven  have  done  remarkably  well,  and  with  the 


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exception  of  one  draw  have  won  all  their  matches  and  have 
kicked  28  goals  to  7. 

The  team  has  been  made  up  as  follows  : 


T.  H.  Metcalfe        Goal  H.  A.  Merriman)  j   ,,     .^^ 

C.  O.  S.  Hattonl     „    .,  H.  H.  Davies      |  LefU-^ing 

B.  T.  C.  Warren  J  «  •  •  ^ 

Half. Backs  F.  G.  Cole  }  R'S^t-v^'^g 


H.  M.  Tapper     j    ^^^^^  H.  Reeve  Centfe 

F.  O.  Mundahl 
W.  H.  Ashton 
E.  H.  Vines 

The  following  have  also  played— F.  W.  Walker,  F.  J.  S.  Moore,  C.  M" 
Webb,  F.  A.  S.  McClelland,  C.  C.  Sumner,  A.  J.  Story. 

The  following  is  the  result  of  matches  up  to  the  present 
time : 

istXI. 

GoaU. 
Club.  Result  For         Against 

Clare Won    ....  $  2 

Pembroke  Lost 5  7 

Trinity  Hall    Lost 2 3* 

Christ's    Won    ....  4  I 

Emmanuel Won    ....  2  ......  i 

Caius    Won    ....  ±  2 

West  Wratting  Park    Won    ....  8  3 

Peterhouse Lost o  ••.... 

Trinity  Hall   Won    ...  4  2 

Trinity  Rest Lost 2  

Trinity  Harrovians    Won    ....  5  

Pembroke  Won    ....  5  o 

Corpus Won    ....  3  i 

Emmanuel Draw  ....  I  I 

Jesus Draw  ....  2  2 

2nd  XI. 

Jesus  Won  ....  2  i 

Fitzwilliam  Hall   Won  ....  4  o 

Caius   Won  ....  6  o 

Clare   Won  ....  6  I 

Fitzwilliam  Hall    , .  Won  ....  5  ......  i 

Queens* Won  ....  3  2 

Jesus  Draw  ....  2  ......  2 

•  Cup  Tie. 
The  characters  will  appear  in  the  next  number  of  the  Eagle. 


Athletic  Club. 

President'-li,  M.  St  C.  Tapper.  Hon.  Secretary~~V^ .  Falcon. 
Committee— J.  J.  Robinson,  C.  H.  Rivers,  G,  P.  K.  Winlaw,  E.  A.  Strick- 
land, C.  C.  AngeU,  E.  H.  Lloyd-Jones,  C.  O.  S.  Hatton,  K.  Clarke,  H. 
Reeve,  S.  B.  Reid,  Capt.  L.M.B.C.  (ex  officio). 

We  congratulate  K.  Clarke  upon  his  success  in  the  Long 
Jump  at  the  Freshmen's  Sports. 

In  the  athletic  competition  held  at  Fenner's  on  December  2, 
between  the  University  and  the  L.A.C.,  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw  was 


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chosen  as  the  University  'first  string'  in  the  Long  Jump,  and 
C.  H.  Rivers  in  the  Weight,  which  he  won  with  a  put  of  35  feet 
10  inches.  Winlaw  jumped  20  feet  5  inches;  Tapper,  who 
jumped  against  him  for  the  L.A.C.,  20  feet  7-^  inches. 

C.  C.  Angell  and  H.  B.  Watts  have  been  representing  the 
'Varsity  in  the  *  Hare  and  Hounds.' 

In  the  Freshmen's  Race  of  the  C.  U.  *  Hare  and  Hounds* 
Club,  run  on  October  24,  H.  B.  Watts  came  in  first  in  48  min. 
59  sees. 

General  Athletic  Club. 

President— VLi  H.  R.  Tottenham.  Treasurer-^Mr  J.  J.  Lister.  Com- 
muUe—Ur  J.  E.  Marr,  S.  B.  Rcid  (L.M.B.C.),  C.  O.  S.  Hatton  (A.F.C. 
and  L.T.C),  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw  (C.C),  J.  J.  Robinson  (R.U.F.C.),  E.  J. 
Kefford  (L.C.C.),  H.  M.  Tapper  (A.C.),  W.  McDougaU. 

The  expenses  of  the  General  Athletic  Club  have  been  un- 
usually heavy  this  year.  Three  new  boats  were  required  by  the 
Boat  Club  in  the  May  Term ;  one  of  them  was  paid  for  by 
private  subscription,  but  the  cost  of  the  other  two  has  added 
/'zo  to  the  deficit  of  last  year. 

Balance  Sheet  for  the  Year  1892 — 1893. 


Receipts.  £ 

Subscriptions  : 

Michaelmas  Term 237 

Lent  Term 180 

Easter  Tenii 236 

Loan  by  Treasurer    20 


673  13    o 


Deficit IIS    5    7 

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Oct,  31,  1893. 


Expenditure.         £ 

Overdraft  at  Bank 94 

Deficit  on  Long  Vacation, 

1892     5 

Paid  to  Treasurers  of  Clubs : 

L.M.B.  C.    409 

Cricket  Club 98 

Football  Club    25 

Lawn  Tennis  Club    ....  85 

Athletic  Club     34 

Lacrosse  Club    2 

To    Carey    for    collecting 

Subscriptions 9 

Cleaning  lecture  rooms    . . 
J.  Palmer,  for  printing. . . .     i 

Bank  charges I 

Two  cheque  books    

Repayment    of    loan     of 
Treasurer    20 


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Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

At  a  general  meeting  held  on  November  6,  the  following 
officers  were  elected : 

President—MxK.Y.Scoii.  ra/tom—C.  O.  S.  Hatton.  Hon.  Secretary 
— B.  J.  C.  Warren.  Treasurer— S.  W.  Ncwling.  Committee— G.  W. 
Poynder,  A.  J.  Tait,  and  M.  W.  Blyth. 

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i06  Our  Chronicle. 

Eagle  Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

Pr/xiVIm/- Mr  K.  F.  Scott.  ZV^owr^—G.  P.  K.  Winlaw.  Secretary-^ 
W.  Falcon. 

The  foUowing  gentlemen  were  elected  members  of  the  Club 
at  a  meeting  held  on  October  22— R.  P.  Hadland,  C.  G. 
Leftwich,  F.  J.  S.  Moore,  F.  A.  Rose,  A.  J.  K.  Thompson. 

Lacrosse  Club. 

Lacrosse  in  Cambridge  is  at  present  in  a  flourishing  con- 
dition, and  is  particularly  well  supported  in  St  John's,  though 
we  should  like  to  see  a  few  more  recruits  from  the  ranks  of 
those  likely  to  remain  in  residence  for  some  time.  In  the 
'Varsity  first  team  five  Johnians  have  been  playing  regularly, 
J.  Lupton,  E.  J.  Keflford,  W.  Raw,  E.  E.  Prcst,  and  W.  J. 
Leigh-Phillips. 

The  following  have  represented  the  College  in  the  'Varsity 
second  team :— F.  D.  Patch.  W.  Bull,  A.  M.  C.  Field,  H.  L. 
Gregory,  C.  A.  Palmer,  W.  K.  Wills. 

On  November  21  a  College  team  played  against  the  rest  of 
the  'Varsity,  and  a  very  good  game  resulted  in  a  draw,  each 
side  scoring  two  goals. 

We  are  looking  forward  to  several  good  matches  next  term« 

Fives  Club. 

President—Mi  H.  R.  Tottenham.  Captain^'L,  Horton-Smith.  SecreU 
afy^A,  J.  Tait.  Treasurer— C,  R.  McKee.  Committee— Mr  Harker, 
J.  Lnpton,  A.  B.  Maclachlan,  G.  W.  Poynder, 

The  Club  has  had  a  very  successful  term,  playing  three 
matches  under  Rugby  Rules  and  winning  each  of  them  very 
easily. 

We  beat  Selwyn  by  125  points  to  80,  Old  Merchant  Taylors 
by  129  to  65,  Clare  by  143  to  77. 

The  four  is  as  follows : — L.  Horton-Smith,  J.  Lupton,  A.  B, 
Maclachlan,  A.  J.  Tait. 

C.  R.  McKee  also  played  in  one  match. 

Debating  Society. 

President^K,  K.  B.  Yusuf-Ali.  Vice-President— "R,  S.  Dower. 
Treasurer— VI,  B.  Allan.  Secretary— Vi,  H.  Davies.  CommitUe—K,  J.  K, 
Thompson,  J.  F.  Skrimshire. 

The  debates  for  the  term  have  been  as  follows . 

Oct,  21 — "That  this  House  approves  of  the  Payment  of 
Members  of  Parliament."  Proposed  by  W.  B.  Allan,  opposed 
by  E.  H.  Coleman.    Lost  by  casting  vote,  20  to  20. 


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Oct.  28 — ''That  this  House  strongly  censures  the  conduct  of 
the  miners  in  the  recent  Coal-strike."  Proposed  by  A.  J.  K. 
Thompson,  opposed  by  R.  O.  P.  Taylor.     Carried  by  20  to  8. 

Nov,  4 — No  debate — owing  to  College  Popular  Concert. 

Nov.  II — Impromptu. 

Nov,  18 — "  That  Conservatism  is  the  true  basis  of  Socialism." 
Proposed  by  J.  H.  B.  Masterman,  opposed  by  Peter  Green. 
Carried  by  18  to  13. 

Nov.  25— "That  in  the  opinion  of  this  House  to  be  Uncon- 
ventional  is  to  be  Reasonable."  Proposed  by  H.  H.  Davies, 
opposed  by  J.  F.  Skrimshire.     Carried  by  13  to  6. 

Dec,  2 — "That  this  House  considers  the  present  Session  of 
Parliament  to  be  one  of  the  most  glorious  in  the  history  of  the 
century."  Proposed  by  A.  K.  B.  Yusuf-Ali,  opposed  by  R.  W. 
Tate,     Lost  by  9  to  24. 

Many  freshmen  have  made  their  dS5u/  and  give  promise  of 
successful  debates  in  future. 

Among  our  visitors  have  been  the  President  and  Vice- 
President  of  the  Union,  and  Mr  Binning  of  Downing. 

The  average  attendance  for  the  term  has  been  about  40. 

Musical  Society. 

president — Dr  Sandys.  Treasurer — Rev  A.  J.  Stevens.  Secretary — 
J.  M.  Hardwich.  Assistant  Secretary— -¥,  G.  Cole.  Committee— Vf ,  R. 
Elliott,  C.  T.  Powell,  W.  H.  Bonsey. 

The  term  has  been  on  the  whole  a  success ;  the  concerts 
were  attended  in  greater  numbers  than  was  the  case  last  year; 
the  Freshmen  have  contributed  quite  their  quota  to  the  Society, 
and  a  certain  amount  of  new  talent  has  been  discovered. 

The  Society  had  the  honour  of  giving  the  first  of  the  Saturday 
Popular  Concerts  in  the  Guildhall  on  November  4 ;  Mr  Ward 
kindlv  consented  to  take  the  chair.  The  concert  went  off  with- 
out any  hitch  ;  but  the  effect  of  the  Part-Sjngs  was  quite  spoilt 
by  some  of  the  audience  seated  in  the  Orchestra,  who  however 
happily  were  not  members  of  the  College.  We  have  to  thank 
Mr  Hamilton  for  the  help  he  gave  us,  and  we  are  much  indebted 
to  six  of  the  choir-boys,  who  sang  under  the  supervision  of 
Mr  Lister,  the  choir-master. 

Three  Smoking  Concerts  were  given  during  the  term.  At 
the  first,  October  30,  Mr  Baker  took  the  chair.  Mr  Eltringham, 
of  Trinity  College,  was  given  an  enthusiastic  encore  for  his 
Banjo  Solo:  H.  Reeve  made  his  first  appearance  as  a  tenor 
with  Molloy's  "  Fame  the  Fiddler."  The  second  was  held  on 
Monday,  November   13,  Mr  Sikes  acting  as   chairman.     For 


io8  Our  Chronicle. 

the  large  attendance,  enthusiastic  encores,  wealth  of  "floral 
tribute,"  and  jokes  from  the  Chair,  the  concert  was  quite  one  of 
the  best  that  have  been  given  for  some  time  past ;  six  items 
were  encored;  A.  J.  Chotzner's  comic  songs  were  the  feature  of 
the  evening.  On  November  27  the  third  concert  was  given. 
Mr  Glover  kindly  officiated  as  chairman.  The  visitor  on  this 
evening  was  Mr  Fitzgerald  of  Trinity  College,  who  sang  Irish 
songs  and  was  encored  three  times.  Seven  out  of  the  fourteen 
items  on  the  programme  were  encored.  The  monotony  of  solos 
which  usually  prevails  was  in  this  case  varied  by  two  duetts  for 
the  piano,  one  for  the  voice,  a  trio,  and  a  quartette.  We  hope 
that  the  efforts  of  the  Society  will  be  as  well  supported  next 
term,  and  that  the  number  of  subscribers  from  the  second  and 
third  years  will  be  increased. 

Theological  Society. 

President— O.  S.  Osborn.  Ex-President— K,  R.  R.  Hutton  B.A. 
Treasurer — G.  Watkinson.  Secretary — R.  O.  P.  Taylor.  Committee — 
G.  G.  Pearson  and  W.  H.  Ashton. 

Four  papers  have  been  read  before  the  Society  this  term  : 

OcL  27— "The  Infailibity  of  the  Church."  by  A.  R.  R. 
Hutton.  New,  3—"  S.  Francis  of  Assisi,"  by  R.  O.  P.  Taylor. 
j^oy,  io~"The  Eschatology  of  St  Paul,"  by  Prof  Stanton. 
Nov,  17 — "The  Supernatural  in  Creation,"  by  the  Rev  R. 
Hudson  of  Selwyn.  % 

The  discussion  following  the  reading  of  the  paper  has 
become  a  much  more  prominent  feature  of  the  meeting. 
Whereas  it  often  used  to  be  a  mere  duet,  now  almost  every 
member  takes  some  share  in  it. 

The  alterations  of  the  rules  so  as  to  admit  men  who  intend 
to  take  Holy  Orders,  even  though  they  are  not  taking  the 
Theological  Tripos  or  Special,  has  resulted  even  more  happily 
than  was  expected,  and  has  raised  both  the  numbers  and  the 
character  of  the  Society. 

A  grateful  Secretary  has  also  to  record  the  abolition  of  the 
custom  of  inserting  an  abstract  of  each  paper  in  the  minutes, 
which  has  always  caused  great  wear  and  tear  of  the  minds  and 
patience  of  all  concerned. 

The  Social  Meeting  is  expected  to  take  place  on  December  7 
in  G.  Watkinson's  rooms. 

4TH  (Camb.  Univ.)  Volunteer  Battalion  The  Suffolk 
Regiment. 

After  a  career  of  usefulness  extending  over  30  years,  B  Com- 
pany's muster  roll  Lad  through  one  cause  or  another  been 
allowed  to  relapse  into  single  figures.  However,  **  the  night  is 
darkest  before  the  dawn,"  and  though  our  night  was  dark 
indeed,  the  dawn  has  certainly  come  up  like  thunder  out  of  the 


Our  Chronicle.  109 

patriotic  section  of  the  College.  In  looking  for  materials  from 
which  to  start  the  rebuilding  of  a  College  company  which  should 
be  a  credit,  not  a  disgrace,  the  immediate  suggestion  was  to 
approach  that  club  which  is,  from  its  nature  and  its  tasks,  the^ 
most  patriotic  of  all  Clubs,  the  Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club.  The 
response  to  the  appeal  was  instantaneous  and  decisive.  We 
have  now  on  our  roll  a  very  creditable  collection  of  men,  many 
of  whom  are  prominent  athletes,  while  all  strive  to  be.  More- 
over we  can  safely  boast  that  there  is  goodwill  throughout  and 
a  thorough  determination  to  work  together.  With  a  prospect 
like  this  there  is  nothing  to  fear.  There  is  only  left  the  pleasant 
task  of  thanking  all  who  have  come  forward  in  the  emergency, 
in  particular  the  First  Captain,  our  future  oflScer,  whose  energy 
has  been  all-powerful.  It  has  been  decided  that  the  Company 
Cup  shall  be  shot  for  by  this  year's  recruits.  We  wish  the  new 
company  a  speedy  and  unqualified  success. 

Bicycling. 

The  50  miles  Road  Race  of  the  C.U.Bi.C.  was  won  on 
Oct.  28th  by  Mr  G.  T.  Bennett,  late  Fellow  of  the  College  and  at 
present  Fellow  of  Emmanuel.  In  1891  Mr  Bennett  came  in 
third  in  this  race,  in  1892  he  was  only  beaten  by  a  few  feet,  this 
year  he  won  the  race  by  about  half  a  mile  in  the  fastest  time  yet 
recorded,  viz.  3  hrs  1  min.  It  will  be  remembered  that  Mr 
Bennett's  predecessor  as  a  Johnian  Senior  Wrangler,  Mr  W.  M. 
Orr,  was  also  a  distinguished  bicyclist. 


College  Mission  in  Walworth. 

Since  last  June  several  changes  have  taken  place  at  the 
Mission,  and  especially  serious  is  the  fact  that  the  Mission  staff 
is  now  unavoidably  reduced  to  two,  Mr  E.  B.  Ward  having  left 
for  a  parish  in  Yorkshire,  since  the  expiration  of  the  Bishop  of 
Winchester's  grant,  promised  for  three  years.  We  wish  him 
great  success  in  his  new  sphere  of  work. 

During  the  Long  Vacation  a  cricket  team  from  Walworth 
visited  Cambridge,  and  greatly  enjoyed  their  Bank  Holiday. 

Mr  Phillips  visited  the  College  at  the  commencement  of  this 
term,  and  Mr  Wallis  paid  a  visit  to  speak  at  the  meeting  in 
Lecture  Room  VI,  at  which  the  Master  took  the  chair,  and 
Dr  Watson,  Mr  Wallis,  Dr  Sandys,  and  W.  J.  Leigh  Phillips  ad- 
dressed the  assembled  subscribers. 

The  Harvest  Festival  in  Walworth  was  well  amended.  The 
sermon  was  preached  by  the  Bishop  of  Marlborough,  and 
altogether  about  foity  past  and  present  Johnians  attended  the 
service. 

A  good  article,  with  engravings,  on  the  College  Mission- 


no  Our  Chronicle. 

appeared  lately  in  an  issue  of  the  Illustrated  Church  News. 
Copies  may  still  be  obtained  from  the  Senior  or  Junior 
Secretary. 

The  Committee  was  much  pleased  to  receive  lately  the  sum 
of  five  guineas  from  a  former  Fellow,  being  the  fee  for  services 
rendered  to  the  College,  which  he  begged  to  forward  to  the  sick 
and  poor  fund,  at  this  season  of  the  year  particularly  needing 
liberal  replenishment. 

Long  Vacation  Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

Captain--^.  Lupton.    Secretary— B.  J.  C.  Warren.     Treasurer— "F ,  ViDy. 

In  some  respects  the  tennis  in  the  Long  Vacation  was 
a  failure,  but  some  distinctly  creditable  things  were  achieved. 
The  list  of  matches  was  very  irregular;  and  though  this 
was  due  simply  to  the  reason  that  several  Colleges  had  no 
teams,  it  was  none  the  less  irritating.  Fifteen  matches  were 
arranged  in  all,  of  which  four  were  against  Trinity.  Five 
matches  were  scratched  to  us,  and  of  the  rest  we  won  five  and 
lost  five ;  our  wins  were  against  Pembroke  9 — o,  The  Hall  9 — 0, 
The  Town  7 — 2,  St.  Ives  7 — 2,  and  Downing  5 — o ;  we  were 
beaten  by  Trinity  3 — 6,  1 — 8,  4 — 5,  and  by  The  Town  3 — 5. 
The  fourth  match  against  Trinity  was  practically  abandoned 
owing  to  the  rain. 

The  return  of  P.  F.  Barton  to  the  team  strengthened  it 
enormously,  and  it  was  due  to  him  that  our  first  pair  beat 
Ransome  and  Scott,  the  Trinity  half-blues,  undoubtedly  their 
best  performance  during  the  Long. 

On  paper  we  were  a  very  strong  team,  but  the  paucity  of 
matches  prevented  the  team  becoming  as  good  as  it  might  have 
become  with  more  practice.  C.  H.  Blomfield,  an  old  colour- 
man,  came  up  half-way  through  the  Vacation  and  was  naturally 
included  in  the  team. 

Those  photographed  finally  were  P.  F.  Barton,  J.  Lupton, 
B.  J.  C.  Warren,  F.  ViUy,  C.  H.  Blomfield,  W.  J.  S.  Bythell, 
and  S.  W.  Newling. 

Skrimshire  and  A.  J.  Tait  also  played  several  times  for  the 
College. 

JoHNiAN  Dinner* 

It  is  proposed  to  hold  this  dinner  in  1 894,  as  in  previous 
years,  in  London,  probably  on  the  night  before  the  Boat  Race. 
Many  fresh  promises  of  support  have  been  received.  It  will 
facilitate  the  arrangements  if  the  names  of  those  who  are  likely 
to  attend  could  be  sent  to  any  of  the  following:  R.  F.  Scott 
(St  John's  College),  R.  H.  Forster  (23  Members  Mansions, 
Victoria  Street,  London,  S.W.),  E.  Prescott  (76  Cambridge 
Terrace,  London,  W.) 


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ROBKRTSON,  Rev.  A.  J. 

(E.  1895) 
Robertson,  C. 
Robinson,  Rev.  J. 
Rosenberg,  G.  F.  J. 
Roughton,  H. 
Sainsbury,  a.  J.  (E. 

1894) 
Sandall,T.  E.  {E.*96) 
Sanders,  R.  L. 
Sanger,  J. 

Sapsworth,  C.  (E.  '96) 
Sargent,  H. 
Seccombe,  P.  J.  A. 
Shaw,  P.  E. 
Simpson,  H.,  m.b.,  b.o. 
Skene,  W.  H. 
Smallpeice,  Rev.  G. 
Smith,  A.  £. 
Smith,  E.  W. 
Smith,  F.  M. 
Smith,  Rev.  G.  H. 


Smith,  Rev.  P.  G. 
Smith,  R.  T. 
Smith,  Rev,  T. 
Smith,  Tunstall  (E. 

1894) 
Speight,  H.,  LL.B. 
Standring,  T.  M. 
Stanwell,  H.  B. 
Stone,  W.  A. 
Stowell,  R. 
Stroud,  F.  R. 
Sznroowski,  H. 
Teape,  Rev.  W.  M. 
Teltord,  Rev.  J.  A. 
Tetley,  A.  S. 
Thomas,  L.  W. 
Tovey,  C.  H. 
tTurner,  G.  J. 
Turner,  D.  M. 
Villy,  F. 
Waite,  T. 
Waldon,  W. 
Walker,  B.  P. 
WaUer,  Rev.  C.  C. 
WaUis,  Rev.  A.  T. 
Walsh.  F.  A.  H. 
Ward,  Rev.  G.  W.  C. 

(E.  1895) 
Warner,  G.  F. 
Way,  C.  P. 
Whipple.  A.  H. 
White,  Rev.  G.  D. 
Wihl,  O.  M.,  LL.B. 
Wilcox,  H. 
Wilkins,  A.  N. 
WiUcocks,  H.  S. 
Williamson,  H. 
Willis,  Rev.  W.    N. 

(E.  1897) 
Wills,  B.  R. 
tWiUson,  St.  J.  B.  W. 
Wilson,  A.  J. 
Wilson,  W.  C. 
t  Windsor,  J.,  ll.b. 
WOODHOUSK,  A.  A.  (E. 

1895) 
Wrangham,  W.  G. 
Wright,  W.  F. 


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Ashton.  W.  H. 
Baily  G.  G.  (E.  1898) 
Bartoing,  A. 
Bemrose,  H.  C. 
BenweU,  E.  J.  H. 
Blackman,  S.  S.  F. 
Blair,  G. 
Blyth,  M.  W. 
Body,  L.  A. 
Bojiscy,  W.  H. 
BoTcfaardt,  W.  G. 
Brincker,  J.  A.  H. 
Brock,  T.  A. 
Bromwich,  T.  J.  I' A. 
Brown,  H.  H. 
Brown,  W.  C. 
Buchanan,  A.  E. 
BuUcr,  A.  G. 
Byles,  C.  E. 
Cameron,  A.  P. 
Captain,  N.M. 
Carey,  W.  M. 
Carter,  F.  W. 
Catling,  H.  D. 
Chotzner,  J.  A. 
Cleworth,  J.  (E.  *97) 
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Coore,  A. 
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Davis,  C.  N.  T. 


Dearden,  G.  A. 
dc  Castro,  J.  P. 
Desmond,  G.  G. 
Devenish,  H.  N. 
Doherty,  W.  A. 
Dore,  S.  E. 
Dower,  R.  S. 
Eagles,  E.  M. 
Ealand,  A.  F. 
Ealand,  E. 
Earl,  E.  A. 
Edmunds,  C. 
EUis,  C.  C. 
Emslie,  H.  H. 
England,  A.  C. 
Evans,  H.  D. 
Falcon,  W. 
Fearnlqr,  P.  H. 
Field,  A.  M.  C. 
Fielding,  C.  C. 
Fox.  W.  J. 
Gardiner,  H.  A.  P. 
Garrood,  J.  R. 
Gaskell,  W. 
Geen,  W. 


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Undergraduates : 

Golby,  W.  A. 
GoultoD,  J. 

Gregory,  H.  L.  (E.  '96) 
Gruber,  P.  O. 
Gruning.  J.  F. 
Gunn,  H.  O. 
Hadland,  R.  P. 
Hardwich,  J.  M. 

(E.  '97) 
Hare,  C.  F. 
Hart,  S.  G. 
Hatton.  C.  O.  S. 
Hay,  Ti 
Hewett,  A.  S. 
Hibbert-Ware,  G. 
HOARE,  H.  J.  (E.  '98) 
Hole,  J.  R. 
Horton-Smith,  R.  T. 

(E.  1896; 
Hoyle,  ;  " 
Hudson, 
Hunter,  Dr  W. 
Inchley,  O. 
Jackson,  E.  W. 
Jenkin,  A.  M. 
Jones,  E.  H. 
Jones,  H.  P. 
Keflford,  E.  J. 
Kempt,  G.  D. 
Kendall,  E.  A. 
Key,  S.  W. 
Kidd,  A.  S. 
Killey,  J.  B. 
King,  H.  A. 
Knight,  H.  E. 
Koid,  J.  N. 
Lamb,  W.  A. 
Lane  E.  A. 

Langmork,A.C  (E.  '98) 
Leathern,  J.  G. 
Leftwich,  C.  G. 
Lewis,  C.  W.  G. 
Lillie,  C.  F. 
Lord,  A.  E. 
Long,  W.  A. 
Maclachlan,  A.  B. 
Manby,  V.  B. 
McClelland,  F.  A.  S. 
♦McDougall,  W. 
McElderry,  R.  K. 
McKee,  C.  R. 
McNeile,  A.  P. 
*Merriman,  H.  A. 
Metcalfe,  J.  H. 
Moore,  F.  J.  S. 
Morris,  T.  W. 
Muller,  J.  S. 
Mundahl,  F.  O. 
Nair,  K.  W. 
Nambyar,  P.  K. 
NewUng,  S.  W. 


Nicholb,  F.  J. 
Nicklin.  J.  A. 
Northcotc,  J.  F. 
Nutley,  W. 
Orton,  K.  J.  P. 
Osborn,  G.  S. 
Palmer,  C.  A. 
Patch,  J.  D.  H. 
PhilHps,  W.  J.  L. 
Powell,  C.  T.  (E.  '97) 
Prior,  E.  H.  T. 
Pryce,  H.  V. 
Pugh,  H.  W. 
Radcliff,  R.  T.  M. 
Raw,  W. 
Reissmann,  C.  H. 
Rivers,  C.  H. 
Robinson,  J.  J, 
Rose,  F.  A. 
Russell,  C.  L.  S. 
Rustomjee,  P.  H.  J. 
Sandwith,  H. 
•Sargent,  P.  W.  G. 
Schroder,  H.  M. 
Scott,  E.  F. 
Sheepshanks,  R. 
Sheppard,  P.  G. 
Sherwen,  W.  S. 
Skrimshire,  J,  F. 
Smith,  V.  M. 
Staley,  J.  A. 
Storey,  E.  G. 
Strickland,  E.  A. 
Tait.  A.  J. 
Tallent,  J.  H. 
Tapper,  H.  M.  St  C. 
Tate,  R.  W. 
Taylor,  E. 
Taylor,  R.  O.  P. 
Thatcher,  N. 
^Thompson,  A.  H. 
Thompson,  A.  J.  K. 
Tiarks,  L.  H. 
Tomlinson,  H. 
Verrall,  A.  G.  H. 
Vines,  E.  H. 
Vizard,  A.  E. 
Walker,  A.  J. 
Walker,  F.  W. 
Warner,  W.  H. 
Warren,  B.  J.  C. 
Watkinson,  G. 
Webb,  C.  M. 
West,  W. 
Whitelcy,  A. 
Whiteley.  G.  T. 
Whitman,  H.  G. 
Wilkinson,  R.  B. 
Wills,  W.  K. 
Winlaw,  G.  P.  K. 
YusufAU,  A. 


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Bcntley,  H. 
Boas,  W.  P. 
Bonsey,  R.  Y. 
Brewster,  T.  F. 
Brislow,  E. 
Clarke,  K. 
Cook,  S.  S. 
Cooke,  G.  F. 
Coltam,  C.  E. 
Dastur,  S.  P. 
Davies,  J.  D. 
Deed,  W.  R.  W. 
Douglas,  Rev.  A.  H. 
Duncan,  W.  W. 
Edwardcs,  F.  E. 
Evans,  C.  A.  M. 
Fischer,  H.  G.  R. 
Fitt,  H.  S. 
Greeves,  P. 
Gunn,  A.  H. 
Hcmmy,  A.  S. 


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Howitt,  J.  H. 
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Lydall.  F. 
Male,  H.  W. 
McCormick,  J.  G. 
Mercer,  C. 
Morgan,  D.  J. 
Multineux,  M. 
Neave,  W.  S. 
Orton,  L. 
Parker,  H.  A.  M. 
Percival,  B.  A. 
Pollard,  C. 


Poyndcr,  G.  W. 
Ram  Chandra,  P. 
Reeve,  H. 

Rivers,  Dr  W.  H.  R. 
Robinson,  C.  D. 
Robinson,  H.  J. 
Ross,  C.  H. 
Scarlin,  W.  J.  C. 
Scoular,  A.  C. 
Shimield,  W.  S. 
Siddique,  M. 
Story,  A.  J. 
Stoughton,  J.  W. 
Sumner,  C.  C.  W. 
Taylor,  E.  C. 
Townsend,  C.  A.  H. 
Turner,  E.  G. 
Tyler,  E.  A. 
Watts,  H.  B. 
Woffindin,  H.  L. 
Wood,  J.  A. 


J!'Oli   CORRECTION. 


It  is  requested  that  these  Xists  may  te  shown  to  Old 
Kemhers  of  the  College,  and  that  oorreotions  and  additions 
may  be  sent  to  Mr  G.  G.  M.  Smith,  St  John's  College.  Any 
record  of  a  tenancy  shonld  give  the  year  and  term  in  whioh  the 
tenancy  begem  and  ended,  and,  if  possible,  the  names  of  the 
preTlons  and  subsequent  oooupants. 


42  etc. 

s  1842  etc. 

M 

^  Michaelmas  Term. 

c  42  etc. 

=  about  1842  etc. 

L 

=  Lent  Terra. 

ad. 

=«  admitted. 

£ 

=  Easter  Term. 

r,l 

=  right,  left. 

Plan  of  Staircases  op  Nkw  Court. 
H      Q         F       I  I       D         C         B 


Wkst 


East 


Screen 

Arrangement  of  Rooms  on  Staircases  C,  D,  F,  Q. 
Vbrtioal  Sbotion  as  sbbn  from  thb  Court 


7 

C0 
K 

< 

8 

6 

6 

a 

4 

1 

2 

In  issuing  the  Lists  of  Occnpants  of  Rooms  in  the  New 
Court,  I  must  begin  by  thanking  the  many  members  of  the 
College  who  have  sent  me  corrections  and  new  information 
in  connexion  with  the  lists  already  issued.  Though  it  is 
invidious  to  mention  names,  I  must  own  a  special  obligation 
to  the  Rev  W.  Rotherham,  the  Rev  J.  B.  Hatbord,  and  es- 
pecially the  Rev  T.  Widdowson  for  valuable  information  in 
regard  to  the  arrangements  of  the  Labyrinth.  I  hope  that 
every  member  of  the  College  who  comes  across  the  present 
lists  will  kindly  give  me  what  help  he  can  towards  making 
them  and  their  predecessors  more  complete  and  more  accurate. 

The  present  denotation  of  the  rooms  in  the  New  Court 
has  been  in  use,  speaking  generally,  almost  if  not  quite  from 
the  time  of  the  opening  of  the  Court  (1830).  I  have, 
however,  come  across  some  notes  in  the  handwriting  of 
Mr  H.  H.  Hughes,  Tutor  of  the  College,  written  about  the 
above  date,  in  which  the  denotation  of  the  rooms  was  different. 
He  describes  certain  rooms  as  '  18  B  in  New  Building,*  '  22  A  in 
New  Building.'  Possibly  this  system  was  abandoned  even 
before  the  rooms  were  occupied.  On  this  point  I  have  no 
information. 

The  New  Court  Lists  naturally  contain  many  names  of  interest. 
The  undergraduate  rooms  of  our  present  Master  were  H  2,  those 
of  the  late  Master,  Dr  Bateson,  H  4.  Professor  Adams  as  Fellow 
was  in  A  9.  Omitting  for  want  of  space  other  academic  celebrities 
and  rulers  of  the  College,  we  find  Bishop  Selwyn  in  H  2 1,  Bishop 
C.  F.  Mackenzie  (before  his  migration  to  Caius)  in  B  9.  (I  was 
in  error  in  stating  before  that  Bishop  Mackenzie  was  in  the 
First  Court),  Among  other  churchmen.  Archdeacon  Gifford 
was  in  I  10,  Mr  Harry  Jones  in  I  i,  Mr  Orby  Shipley  (before 
his  migration  to  Jesus')  in  C  8,  and  Archdeacon  J.  M.  Wilson 
(late  Headmaster  of  Clifton)  in  H  16.  To  take  other  famous 
Headmasters,  Mr  H.  W.  Moss  of  Shrewsbury  lived  as  an 
undergraduate  in  F  7,  Mr  A.  W.  Potts  of  Fettes  in  G  i,  and 
Dr  E.   A.   Abbott  of  the   City  of  London  School   in  H  10. 

iudges  are  represented  by  Lord  Low  (E  12)  and  Sir  G.  L. 
)rinkwater.  Deemster  of  the  Isle  of  Man,  who  was  the  first 
occupant  of  G4.  The  poets  include  T.  E.  Ash  (H  8),  A.  C, 
Hilton,  the  immortal  author  of  the  Light  Green  (D  1),  E.  W. 
Bowling  (*Arculus')  I  3,  and  W.  M.  W.  Call  (C  2  and  Ai). 
May  I  not  add  R.  H.  Forster  (D  4.)?  Mr  S.  Butler,  author  of 
Erewhon  was  in  D  6,  Mr  R.  A.  Proctor,  the  astronomer,  in  G  4, 
and  Professor  E.  H.  Palmer,  the  orientalist  and  traveller,  in  B  8. 
Sir  John  Gorst,  M.P.  for  the  University,  was  in  C  6 ;  his  successor 
at  the  Board  of  Trade,  Sir  John  T.  Hibbert,  was  in  E  14. 

It  is  proposed  to  republish  all  the  Lists  of  Occupants  of  Rooms 
in  a  collected  form,  all  new  information  being  incorporated. 

G.  C.  M.  S. 


NEW  COURT. 


A1 

Ground  JiooTf  opposite  the  entry. 

The  present  Porter's  Lodge  takes  the 
place  of  the  rooms  originally  called 
A  I,  and  the  whole  staircase  has 
been  re  numbered. 


M42 

45 

M59 
62 

65 
L  65 
M68 

69 

70 
E  71 
M71 

73 

L  77 

M  78 

80 

82 

f^ 
fl 
89 
91 
93 


W  M  W  CaU 
(?A  B  or  T)  Wren 
R  H  Wood 
W  G  Martin 

T  Palmour 
W  Fontaine 
E  B  I'Anson 
W  Routh 
R  Echenique 
E  B  Edmunds 
J  W  Corbet 
J  A  Strachan 
R  M  Perkes 
W  Bumside 
R  F  Winch 
H  F  Nixon 
F  C  Littler 
W  E  Stewart 
F  S  Hughes 
H  H  Fuller 
H  D  G  RusseU 
A  C  Millard 
T  Waite 
H  Brown 
T  D  H  Patch 
J  H  Howitt 

A2 


Ground  fioor^  /,  looking  into  New 
Courts 


M42 

45 


M54 
57 
60 

^* 
65 
68 

71 

M77 

79 

81 

L  82 

M83 

87 
90 

93 


H  Lee  Warner 
A  Martell 
A  Willink 
R  Howard 

W  B  Flowers 
R  W  Pedder 
G  T  Edwards 
W  S  Wilson 
T  O  Wright 
W  Prevost 
C  Welsby 
E  H  Shears 
B  A  Smith 
Tunstall  Smith 
TRGill 
H  Hickman 
W  W  Cordeaux 
F  C  G  Foulkes 
H  H  Monckton 
W  C  Fletcher 
H  J  Bumpstead 
A  S  Hewitt 
W  S  Neave 


A3 

Ground  fioor^  r,  at  foot  of  stairs, 

G  J  Compton 
W  Field 
ED  Ward 


M43 

Ms7 

58 
61 

M61 

67 

67 
L  68 
M  70 
L  71 
M73 
E  76 
M76 

77 
80 
82 

II 

L  89 

M91 

92 

93 


G  H  Van  Hemeres 
AFTorry 
T  T  Walker 
T  H  Walker 
G  W  Bloxam 
C  E  Thorpe 


?  here 


T  J  Syckelmore  / 


I 


R  M  West 

KFox 

M  Tibbits 
W  S  Clarke 
C  H  Simpson 
A  G  Sparrow 
H  T  Adams 
J  A  Potbury 
C  F  Whitfield 
J  A  Leon 
J  L  Whitaker 
H  Tinsley 
Y  Fujimura 
M  Soyeshima 
FAS  McClelland 
G  H  Woollett 


A4 

First  floor t  at  head  of  stairs, 

F  B  Scott 
T  Field 
M  44    C  Smith 

F  W  W  Smart 


M60 

E  K  Clay 

E  64 

J  P  Vaughan 

M66 

C  Fagan 

L  68 

H  R  Bennett 

M70 

J  H  Freese 

L  73 

G  A  Savielle 

M74 

F  B  N  Norman  Lee 

NS 

R  H  Ryland 
G  Crossley 

M80 

A  Chapman  (?  A  G  C) 

82 

P  A  Robin 

8^ 

W  H  Mandy 

S  Humphries 

89 

E  Mainer 

91 

W  G  Borchardt 

A5 

First  floor^  looking  into  New  Court. 

Prof.  W  H  Miller 

L6s 

Mr  J  Woolley 

NEW  COURT. 


W  H  Fawkts 
HAH  Goodridge) 
W  L  J  Goodridge  / 
Mr  W  M  Hicks 
W  A  Bond 
W  W  Gossage  \ 
E  F  Gossage     J 
Mr  J  B  Mullinger 

A6 

First  fioor^  looking  towards  Trinity. 

Mr  W  H  Bateson  \  .  *  r 
L  45    Mr  J  A  Coombc     /  •  ^  S 


I-  7a 
M73 

E  74 

M81 

8a 

83 


MS3 
6z 

E  71 

M81 

87 


Mr  G  H  Marsh 
Mr  F  W  CoUison 
Mr  B  Williams 
Mr  B  W  Home 
Mr  C  Taylor 
Mr  W  M  Hicks 
Mr  H  S  FoxweU 


A7 

First  floor t  at  foot  of  stairs^ 

W  David  Morrice 
G  H  Ainger 
M  42    A  Bower 


MS3 


M60 

% 

71 

74 
75 
77 

L  81 

83 
M84 

87 
90 
93 


B  T  Atlay 
J  H  Cotton 

WEarle 
H  M  Quayle 
Fted  Watsoft 
H  Th  Wood 
R  M  Wood 
S  R  Wilkes 
W  E  Fairbum 
F  E  Swabey 
H  C  Swabey 
A  J  David 
A  Chaudhuri 
W  Bamett 
G'B  Buchanan 
C  D  Edwards 
F  A  Rose 


A8 

Second  floor,  at  head  of  stairs* 

T  Frampton 
Churchill  Babington 
M  42    J  S  Boucher 
44    A  W  Snape 

?M4S    P  Lilly 

I  S  Clarke 
M  52     S  Tebay 
54    FGLys 


E  60 
M63 

66 
E  70 

71 
M  72 

76 

M  76 

77 

79 

80 

L  82 

M84 

86 

89 
90 
92 


W  Previti 

F  B  Bamett 

A  G  Cane 

C  Marklove 

D  H  James 

R  F  A  Redgrave 

E  H  Winstone 

W  G  Wills 

J  H  Jenkins 

J  B  Tidroas 

H  C  Pinsent 

T  Clarke 

FIzon 

W  J  Lomaz 

F  A  E  Leake 

E  P  Gatty 

A  W  Dennis 

ASKidd 

J  G  Leathem 

A9 


Second  floor,  looking  into  New  Court ^ 

Mr  Almack 
E  43    Prof  J  C  Adams 
53    Mr  W  H  Besant 

MrJRigg 
M  61     Mr  T  G  Bonney 
E  65    Mr  W  H  H  Hudson 

76    Mr  E  Hill 
M81     HT  Wills    I 
AGAVills    f 
84    MrJEMarr 
L  93    Mr  E  E  Sikes 

A10 

Second  floor,  looking  towards  Trinity  ^ 

Mr  (inits.)  Kennedy 
Mr  J  W  Colenso 
£  46    Mr  C  C  Babington 

Mr  J  B  Haslam 
M  69    Mr  A  Freeman 
79    Mr  P  T  Main 

All 

Second  floor,  at  foot  ofttairs, 

B  Wake 

G  Vincent 
M  41     J  B  Smith 
43     C  D  Goldic 
46    J  B  Kearney  (?) 


L  67 
E  68 
L  71 
M71 
M73 
76 


R  U  Steele 
J  Boyd 
W  Rainsford 
R  M  Perkes 
J  H  Lloyd 
r  R  Kennedy 


NEW  COURT. 


79 
£  82 
M84 
L  86 
M88 

90 
£  92 


F  W  Singleton 
J  H  Taylor 
G  E  Matthey 
J  B  Maxwell 
D  A  Kicholl 
A  C  Langmore 
H  H  Brown 


M4t 
44 
45 

M59 
60 

63 
64 
L  65 
M67 
L  68 
M69 


L  70 
M  72 

73 
E  75 
M76 

80 

83 
86 
89 
93 


A12 

Third  floor,  at  head  of  stairs, 

P  Kingsford 
R  G  Maul 
W  Molesworth 
C  J  Barrow 
S  F  Williams 

TEG  Bunbury 
GBP  FieldlDg 
C  H  Burrows 
S  Burgess 
J  Wood  house 
R  C  Rogers 
FH  Wood 
F  Coleby 
T  G  B  Poole 

B  W  Gardom 
R  W  Wickhanx 
R  P  Maxwell 
E  G  Fox 
W  Foster 
W  S  F  Long 
W  F  Lund 
T  B  Tatham 
G  P  Davys 
R  C  Chevalier 
E  G  Turner 


A13 


Third  floory  first  rooms  looking  into 
New  Court. 


{?  W  N  or  H  W)  Molesworth 

P  W  Molesworth 

M42 

HSwan 

45 

C  P  Stuart 

47 

F  H  Cope  (?) 

W  H  WilUngton 

J  M  Hare 
T  K  Bros 

M53 

56 

J  Ogden 
J  R  W  Bros 

59 

62 

M  H  Marsdcn 

65 

T  E  Congreve 

68 

H  Baker 

69 

HFJCoape- Arnold 

71 

W  S  Kelley 

73 

W  H  Fawkes 

E  75 

C  B  Brownlow 

M75 

A  A  Spencer 

77 

R  G  Townscnd 

80 

L  H  Edmunds 

83 

89 
M91 


J  E  Marr 
W  J  Westoby 
E  B  Nicholson 
W  C  H  Moreland 
D  E  Frossard 
H  A  Merriman 


A 14 

Third  floor,  second  rooms  looking  into 
New  Court. 


M41 
L46 


M  52 
E  56 

MS9 
62 

^* 
67 

70 

73 

\t 

80 
82 
86 

87 
90 


H  Vaudry 
W  Kerry 
S  F  Russell 
W  R  Stephens 
T  J  Buxton 

F  Pontifex 
W  Ogden 
T  G  Bonney 
W  Baily 
GBody 
H  W  Street 
A  Bonney 
R  A  McKee 
F  Nevinson 
T  Adamson 
J  Pope 

C  G  W  Bancks 
J  O  Anthonisz 
H  Stroud 
S  H  A  Lambert 
T  R  Cassell 
J  B  Crompton 
H  H  Davis 


A15 

Third  floor,  looking  towards  Trinity » 

R  Montgomerie 

C  J  Newbery 
M  53     F  Wentworth 
56    W  H  L  Pattisson 
59    THMrtddy 

62  R  H  Dock  ray 

63  or  65    Prof  C  C  Babington 
66    Mr  C  Stanwell  1 


67 
L   72 

79 
M82 
L  84 
M85 

88 

92 


Mr  A  Marshall  J 
Mr  A  Marshall 
Mr  F  Watson 
Mr  R  R  Webb 
A  J  David 
R  Hodgson 
A  Hill 

Prof  A  Macalister 
Mr  R  A  Sampson 


A 16 

Third  floor,  looking  across  river. 
J  R  Foot 
H  O  Crawley 
M  43     U  Davies 


\ 


NEW  COURT. 


J  F  Snaith 

60 

F  C  B  Terry 

MS9 

C  Hockin 

^^ 

C  M  Friedlander 

E63 

G  W  Bloxam 

T  A  Ledgard 
jGooch 

M65 

H  Bumside 

M68 

F  Bumside 

L  70 

S  G  Lewis 

L69 

C  £  Cummings 

M70 

A  Lloyd 
H  T  Newton 
H  Porter 

M71 

E  St  J  Morse 

71 

72 

T  Cave 

72 

f^ 

R  F  Clarke 

E  73 

M  Stewart 

H  N  Sharp 

M75 

L  78 

G  F  Coombcs 

79 

L  W  F  Berkeley 

R  0  Wever 

L  80 

F  Hammond 

M78 

0  Rigby 

M82 

H  R  Jones 

81 

G  F  Stout 

85 

L  H  K  Bushe.Fox 

L  85 

T  A  Wait 

L  89 

R  P  Stewart 

M86    l>EShaw 

E91 

Mr  J  J  Lister 

87 

(WG  or  J)  Price 

88 

A  Clegg 

B1 

89 

S  C  Craxton 

Ground  fl9or^  r. 

L  90 
M91 

A  Brooke 
C  F  Lillie 

T  Ramsbotham 

92 

B  P  Strangways 

W  Chawner 

93 

WRWDeed 

M43 

C  W  Giles 

B3 

(?  F  W)  Vmter 

First  floor,  first  rooms. 

(?WC)  Evans 

ST  Dallas 
J  Slade 

Mr  T  A  Coombe 
J  Wright 
Mr  Bullock 

M53    NNeviUe 

L  54     TMacCormick 

M56    RH  Parkinson 

M41 

l\ 

C  H  Hawkins 
C  H  H  Cheyne 

L  45 

M45 

i^ 

H  M  Gwatkin 

(W  W  or  E)  Baxter 

67 

F  W  B  Praed 

E  G  Hancock 

70 

?^J^'*3r 

M51 
L  54 

J  Ponsford 
W  S  Shipley 

G  B  Lloyd 
ELCuny 

H  Lattey 

Mr  J  T  Ward 

Mr  H  R  Tottenham 

E  H  Foster 

L  79 

M61 

K  Wilson 

81 

64 

A  A  Bourne 

M81 

F  W  W  Tunstall 

E  71 

H  C  Waud 

E  82 

W  F  R  Weldon 

""ll 

R  P  Maxwell 

M83 

J  G  King 

J  M  K  Boyd 

M84 

T  A  Beckett 

78 

A  M  Brown 

L  85 

W  H  Ainger 

80 

^  Carpmael 

M87 

C  E  Owen 

'd 

J  A  Beaumont 

90 

Mr  H  H  Brindley 

P  Horton-Smith 

L  91 

F  F  Blackman 

90 

B;P  Walker 

M92 

J  R  Hole 

93 

J  JV  Stoughton  • 

B2 

84 

Ground  floor,  I. 

First  floor,  middle  rooms. 

J  L  AUeyne 
W  H  Taylor 

G  Hutchinson 

R  N  Blaker 

M42 

;rRigg 

.[  Edwards 

M43 

A  Campbell 

45 

L44 

J  Hattersley 

Moser  (?  injt.) 

W  M  Skelton 

M52 

E  K  Green 

J  T  Halke 

55 

W  W  Baylis 

M52 

D  G  Day 

57 

G  N  Hedges 

L53 

W  Muir 

NEW  COURT. 


C  J  Brereton 
E  W  S  Reed 

67 

J  P  Farlcr 
H  J  Wickens 
A  C  Boyd 

M6o 

69 

E  J  S  Rudd 
WGovind 

71 

L  63 

L  74 

J  C  Hanson 

M65 
L  68 

A  F  Bros 

77 

A  Williams 

G  F  Stokes 

M80 

W  F  Vinter 

M68 

F  W  Reynolds 

82 

E  H  H  Bartlett 

71 

C  Shield 

II 

R  D  Cumberland- Jones 

72 

H  T  Talbot 

R  W  Hogg 

E  77 

B  W  Smith 

E  87 

J  G  C  Mendis 

M  78 

W  C  Prance 

M89 

C  E  Fyncs-Clinton 

E  81 

J  F  Lomax . 

9" 

C  J  Eastwood 

M83 

A  F  Glover 

92 

Mr  G  T  Bennett 

85 

T  T  Lancaster 

93 

0  R  Lewis 

87 

A  E  Bbden 

89 

E  G  Storev 
G  A  Dearclen 

B7 

92 

Second  floor,  middle  rooms. 

(S  A  or  R  or  W)  EJJis 

B5 

W  Mills 

First  floor t  last  rooms. 

M42 

E  JeflFery 

M41 

W  H  Bateson 
Mr  Woolley 
Read 

L43 

M44 

45 

W  Morgan 
T  Simpson 
G'  Ayres 

Hattersley 

( J  V  or  T  M)  Theed 
F  C  Smethurst 
W  T  Marriott 

M51 
52 

P  J  F  Gantillon 
Mr  J  Wolstenhohae 

M52 

E53 

T  B  Spraguc 
F  C  Wace 

57 

H  Hockin 
F  W  J  Recs 
S  Alford 

L  6s 

Mr  C  Taylor 

Mr  (?  E  L)  Lcvett 

A  N  Obbard 

L  63 

E  T  Luck 

E  71 
M71 

M  65    J  R  Stemdale  Bennett 
66    ECunliffe 

I;  72 

C  B  Drake 

E  69 

A  M  HaviUnd 

M73 

W  T  Raymond 
MrWGiiffith 

71 

M  ^l 

W  H  Paglar 
R  C  Haviland 

L  80 

Mr  A  F  Tony 

74 

79 

!^ 

87 

E  J  Ford 
S  B  Gwatkin 

£  86 

Mr  G  H  Whitaker 

L  90 
M90 

91 

Mr  A  Caldecott 
'  A  Cameron      \ 
W  E  Cameron    j 
W  E  Cameron    \ 
A  P  Cameron     / 

J  H  Taylor 
;VS  Sherrington 

G  Whittle 

A  H  W  Ridsdale 

93 

WHBonseyl 
R.Y.Bonsey/ 

B6 

89 
91 

F  D  Hessey 
E  W  Jackson 

Second  floor,  first  rooms. 

88 

F  France 

Second  floor,  last  rooms. 

A  Morgan 

Mr  W  H  Trentham 

L44 

T  M  Gisborne 

Mr  T  D  Lane 
G  W  Hemming 

(J  K  or  F  or  W  H)  Harrison 

M44 

,  W  J  or  C)  Baker 

CL51 

Mr  J  Merriman 

M52 

H  Turner 
F  J  Lyall 

H  Callendar 

L  55 

^SZ 

T  I  Walton 

M57 

D  W  Sitwell 

60 

R  L  Page 

W  A  Proctor 

61 

H  D  Jones 

MS9 

R  A  Proctor 

L  64 

J  Johns 

60 

C  C  Scholcfield 

M65 

R  FitiHerbcrt 

63 

A  J  Fludyer 

8 


NEW  COURT. 


E  64 
L  69 
M  70 
L  73 
E  73 

M75 

85 
86 
88 


M41 
44 
45 


M54 

60 
63 

% 

68 
71 
E  74 
M75 
77 
L  80 
M83 

\l 

91 


M41 

42 

M44 


Mr^A  F  Tony 
Mr  W'Griffith 
Mr  W'A  Cox 
L  T  Hippislcy 
E  D  Marten    ) 
R  Marten        j 
Prof  E  H  Palmer 

Mr  S  L  Hart 
T  Ashbumer  \ 
W  Ashbumer  j 
WBNeatby  I 
TMNeatby  / 
Mr  W  Bateson 

B9 

Third  floor^  first  rooms. 

R  D  Jones 
J  Margitson 
HJBuU 
C  F  Mackenzie 
J  Barton 

(R  or  J  C)  Hall 
T  R  Polwhele 
J  Savage 
F  G  Burder 
G  M  Custance 
A  Smallpeice 
H  H  BagnaU 
H  M  Hewitt 
J  Musgrave 
R  H  Potts 
R  N  Laurie 
W  B  Baiinghunt 
C  A  MouU 
H  Sandford 
F  Sandford 
T  Neale 
J  Watson 
T  P  King 
P  W  G  Sargent 

B10 

Third  floor,  middle  rooms. 

F  H  Thwaites 
(W  or  H  E)  Bennett 
E  J  Beckerley 
J  P  Merritt 
D  J  H  O'Brien 

C  Harper 
F  W  Chorley 


J  C  Wetherell 
M60    TWood 
63    TN  Perkins 
65    W  N  Boutflowcr 


M  66  C  Wotherspoon 

69  E  W  Garrett 

73  E  W  Purdon 

75  R  G  Gwatkin 

78  E  Rosher 

81  F  Day 

83  A  S  Hamilton 

86  F  G  Storey 

87  C  D  Henry 
89  FVilly 

93  G.  F.  Cooke 

B11 

Third  floor,  Ictst  rooms. 

T  F  Parratt 

F  Morse 
E  42      W  G  Wilson  (to  end  L  43) 
M  45     Mr  F  W  Harper 

G  A  Caley 
M  52    J  Chambers 
L  59    Mr  A  W  Potts 
M  61     J  H  A  Branson 

62    Mr  C  Taylor 
L  65    Mr  J  Snowdon 
M66    Mr  WF  Smith 
L  71     GHWhitaker 
M  71     Mr  F  Watson 
E  72     Mr  C  E  Haskins 
L  75    Mr  J  H  Freese 
M  75    Mr  H  S  Foxwell 
87    Mr  G  F  Stout 

CI 

(?  C  or  A  S)  Campbell 

WBurbury 
E  43    G  Allfree 
M  45    H  L  Cooper 

R  Agassiz 
T  Sampson 
M  53    J  Fisher 


M59 

M62 

69 
72 

73 

L  74 

77 

80 

M82 

84 

87 
90 

93 


J  H  Wharton 
B  Christopherson 

S  B  Barlow 
J  PuUiblank 
T  J  H  Teall 
J  Adamson 
RPeck 
E  F  Upward 
T  A  Gumey 
GDDay 
G  T  Lloyd 
G  S  Turpin 
G  Smallpeice 
H  E  Knight 
LOrton 


NEW  COURT. 


C2 


C4 


-WMWCaU 

J  Rose 

E  W  Cook 

RHey 

M  41     W  Kitching 

M41 

C  A  Yatc 

44     R  X  Blagden 

P  Bedingfield 
H  M  Roxby 

S  Walters 

M54 

G  S  Gruggen 

CH  Wood 

57 

E  Boulnois 

M  52     C  £  Bowden 

60 
61 

A  J  Stuart 
SLaing 

L  62 

W  Boycott 

J  Whitehorst 

M66 

W  Bonsey 

M  59    P  F  Gorst 

T  Bainbridge 

61     RGHurle 

69 

J  N  Quirk 
H  J  Newton 

L  64    W  F  Barrett 

72 

M  65    H  H  Cochrane 
66    FC  Norton 

M 

W  H  Rammill 

A  W  Davys 

71     A  Forbes 

78 

£  H  Hodgkinson 

72     T  J  F  Bennett 
75    JHGwillim 
L  78    W  Calvert 

81 

RPGiU 

82 

HSGill 

L83 

E  A  Goulding 

E  81     LVSimkin 

^li 

'J  P  Nicholson 

M82     TH  Parker 

W  C  Summers 

84    WABadham 
86    HW  Hartley 

93 

H  S  Fitt 

89    FH  Lewis 

C5 

90    C  E  Warren 

E  91     J  B  Dale 

(?RT)  Burton 
J  Tomlins 

M41 

G  Snowball 

C3 

43 

W  W  Williams 

A  M  Julius 
J  W  Stephen 
L  44    J  Gordon 

(W  J  or  J  C  (Reade)  or  H) 

Read 

E54 

T  Franey 
E  W  Stock 

(?R  H  or  G  or  J  F)  Wilkinson 

W  Calder 

HElwes 

M  52    T  A  Collins 

M59 

J  T  Cartwright 

55    RWPrichard 

62 

S  B  Barlow 

57    R  S  Bewick 

^ 

A  Forbes 

58    D  S  Ingram 

R  Benson 

62    A  Davis 

71 

EGA  Lane 

L  64    A  W  Watson 

L  74 

RPeek 

66     TW  Home 
M68    FMathison 

M75 

H  R  Hutchinson 

L  79 

S  N  Huda 

71     N  J  Littleton 

E  81 

M  Rafique 

7d    WHWidgery 
78    R  0  Wever 

M83 

L  Fisher 

85 

R  A  Sampson 

L  81    W  M  Hardman 

89 

W  B  Morton 

M  83    G  C  Ewing 

92 

V  B  Manby 

86    TBSeDwood 
88    J  Price 

89    A  Gladstone 

C6 

92    KJPOrton 

W  L  Rolleston 
C  F  Edge 

lO 


NEW  COURT. 


M42 

43 

H  H  Cole 
T  Lloyd 

?  M  49  0  Shipley 
T  W  Lowe 

45 

W  H  Rowlatt 

M  5a    G  Evans 

G  Wheatcroft 

53    J  C  Harkne«s 

M49 

W  Allen 

GKent 

S3 

J  E  Gorst 

M  59    G  Armytage 

M60 

% 

E  A  Canston 
W  J  Stobart 
W  Neish 
F  A  Mackinnon 

61     R  Noble 

64  WR  Fisher 

65  RKPrickard 

66  HRBeor 

69 

G  L  Hodgkinson 
J  Luxton 

(?  R  J  or  A)  Griffiths 
E  W  Wilkins 

67    F  Savage 
L  71     F  Rice 
E  72    H  L  Patdnson 
L  73    JWJeudwine 

82 

87 
90 
93 

G  G  Wilkinson 
M  Merrikin 
J  G  H  Halkett 
C  T  Woodhousc 
E  J  Roberts 
W  A  Lamb 
K  Clarke 

C7 

M  75    G  C  Price 

78    J  Richardson 
L  81     F  H  Colson 
M  81     TR  Cousins 
84    E  R  Cousins 
86    JAUec 
89    WS  Hooton 
92    LA  Body 

T  G  Middleton 
H  J  Marshall 

D1 

M41 

44 

E  H  Price 

E  Gwynne 

R  W  Kcnyon 

A  B  Burnett 
M41     WLaidlay 

M  Bland             (to  end  E  50) 

44    FPWiUington 

?  Chadwick 

£  A  Claydon     (tiU  end  E  50) 

(?  A  or  J  N  P)  lEnd 

J  W  Rimington 
E  54    RPL  Welch 

M54 

C  Birch 
A  Ford 

55    FTibbits 
M  58    T  M  Beavan 

55     Cx  L  1"  arthing 
E  57    TWhitbv 
M  57  58  59    W'FdcWend 
M62    HWatncy 

61     Genge  (?  E  H  G  adm.  May  62) 
65    G  L  Bennett 
67    HMcLDymock 
70    A  C  Hilton 

65 
L  67 
M67 

W  H  Chaplin 
F  A  Macaona 
W  E  Heitland 

72    G  G  Hildyard 
L  76    P  Sabcn 

L  70 
M72 

E  M  Price 
F  W  S  Price 

M  76    C  T  Andrews 

78    ENWHabershon 

L  7^ 

F  A  Gatty 
W  G  GouJding 

L  80    W  R  Shepherd 
L  83     G  B  Strelton 
85    THAChapliii 

M78 

H  V  Hebcr-Pcrcy; 

81 

W  Easterby 

M86    AFKellett 

fl 

T  B  Roby 

M  H  W  Hayward 

88    B  Constantine 

86 

90    CWGLewis 

89 

W  L  Brown 

C3 

L  Qi     R  P  Ridsdale 
M93    J  A  Wood 

J  H  Emery 

D2 

A  Lighton 

M43 

C  Rippingall 

J  W  S  Rugcley 
S  Gray 
M  41    G  E  Freeman 

?  Chadwick 

43    T  Aston 

NEW  COURT. 


II 


M46    BroaghMaltby  (to  end  £49) 

T  Hcycock 
H  French 
L  53    J  Thomas 
M5S    WCHarrey 

56    £  D  Smith 
L  58    T  Barrowby 
M  59    J  Laing 
62    CN  Keeling 

64  RKPritchard 

65  £  D  Holditch 
69    H  Collier 

71  E  C  Peake 

74  J  Allen 

75  AMManhaU 
77  HNicholls 
79  T  Roberts 

L  87  £  A  Anthony 

M88  SHCubitt 

91  R  Stowell 

92  S  W  Newling 

D3 

(?'G  H  or  A  G)  Ray 
T  N  Rippingall 
M  42    G  Lambert 
45    WStockdale 

M47    JFBateman(toendLorE5i) 

c    54    W£East 


M61 
6< 


% 


.7? 

^! 

87. 
90 

93 


M41 

L  4a 
M44 


A  Bateman 
P  H  Kempthome 
R  G  Whytehead 
F  Ritchie 
G  Young 
J  Hopkin 
H  J  Lewis 
G  D  Haviland 
W  R  Kinipple 
H  S  Branscombe 
F  L  Allen 
W  E  Forster 
H  J  Richards 
A  F  Cameron 

D4 

C  W  M  Boutflower 
R  W  Whcder 
W  Ellis 


J  C  Dougan 
F  Jackson 


M  47    O  W  Davys  (to  end  E  50) 
J  E  Gorst  (?) 


M59 


R  H  Pigott 
J  SnowdoD 


£  63 
M66 
L  71 

E  72 

M7 


M 


79 
L  81 
M82 
85 
90 
92 


C  A  Hope 
G  £  Cniikshank 
W  R  Wareing 
J  B  Woosnam 
C  £  Cooper 
C  H  Harper 
J  H  Kimpple 
J  Tally 

I  C  S  Macklem 
R  H  Forster 
TW  Morris 
AJTait 

D5 


(?  W  or  R  W  or  R)  King 
J  Margitson 
M42    FJHelyar 

HI  Borrow  (till  end  £  50) 
"-  £  Thompson 


MS3 

FAMant 

i 

H  Ludlow 

C  £  Graves 

J  B  Haslam 

65 

G  H  Adams 

L  67 

A  G  Greenhill 

E  71 

B  H  Dixon 

M73 
L  75 

J  W  R  Stephens 

D  P  Ware 

M  76 

A  C  Odel! 

L  79 

W  Barton 

81 

G  V  Stephen 

M81 

H  Godwm 

84 

J  C  Wright 

87 

C  E  Lewis 

89 

H  £  Choppin 

L90 

F  Dewsbury 

M92 

A  M  C  Field 

D6 

E  Everett 

J  Buckhara 
H  T  Barnard 
S  W  Lloyd 

M41 

44 

(?  M  A  or  C  H  S)  Leicester 

(till  end  £  50) 

B  W  Home  (?  see  G  2) 

B  H  Williams 

W  M  Leake 

M54 

S  Butler 

A  Yardley 

M61 

G  G  Evans 

63 

W  Unett 

66 

W  W  Cooper 

69 

C  Hemsley 

»4 


NEW  COURT. 


E7 

M66 

ACDRyder 

First  floor,  back,  east. 
Mr  G  BuUock 
H  Lee  Warner 

69 

HFPinder 

M  76 

J  H  Armstrong 
W  Spicer 
C  Slater 

M4I 

(?  S  or  W)  Franklin 

81 

E  Fisher 

42 

45 

W  Gilby 
C  E  Bote 

^ 

A  J  Clark 
E  H  Hankin 

(?  C  or  C  T)  Hudson  (to  end 

92 

A  H  Thompson 

E50) 

E10 

H  Patch                         \ 

Second  floor,  back,  east. 

TH  Latham                     ^j^^ 
THGNewton                 '^' 

?  J  Stirling 
H  Fenwick 

M54 

57 

(?  W  or  W  A)  Newton 

M41 

F  W  Burnett 

44 

A  Stewart 

M63 

H  Newton 

E45 

D  J  Boutflower 

64 

W  Griffiths 

L  69 

J  T  WeUdon 
F  Harris 

£  R  Birch 

E  70 

£  £f  Clayton 

M72 

T  B  Lloyd 

M52 

£  Collins 

75 

W  H  Thornton 

77 

A  J  Toller 

M  E  Wilkinson 

H  H  Smith 

79 

MS9 

J  G  Bigwood 

L  83 

HSGill 

62 

C  E  Graves 

WPGill 

66 

D  Mac  Liver 

M86 

J  Mc  K  Cattell 

L  67 

F  G  Kiddle 

L  89 

HCFegan 

E  70 

T  H  Chadwick 

Mqi 

1  L  Gregory 

M  72 

C  Jackson 

BMK  7* 

75 

E  J  Brook  Smith 

E8 

79 

F  A  Sibly 

L  82 

H  Wilson 

Second  floor,  front. 

M84 

W  G  Matthew 

Mr  T  Crick 

87 

F  V  Theobald 

Mr  E  Bmmell 

90 

A  Baines 

JilJ 

Mr  E  Headlain 

93 

C  A  H  Townsend 

Mr  I  Todhunter 

L6s 

Mr  F  C  Wace 

Ell 

L  76 

Mr  T  G  Bonney 

Third  floor,  front,  centre. 

M81 

Mr  E  Hill 

Hon  GPS  Smythe . 
H  Hoghton 

90 

Mr  G  H  Whitaker 

E  92 

L  Farrand               \ 
Mr  R  A  Sampson  / 

M42 
L46 

Mr  A  M  Hopper 
Mr  T  Field 

M92 

S  S  F  Blackman 

F  F  Blackman 

Mr  W  P  Hiem 

V  H  Blackman 

M68 

Mr  A  J  Stevens 
Mr  A  Marshall 

71 

E9 

L  78 

R  E  Boyns 

Second  floor,  back,  west. 

81 

Mr  W  A  Cox 

M41 

E  Houghton 

Mr  P  Frost 

Mr  H  Thompson  jun 

83 
M85 
L  90 
M93 

R  N  Goodman 
Mr  S  L  Hart 
Mr  A  W  Flux 
Mr  T  R  Glover 

H  B  Browning 

E12 

R  Horton-Smith 

E  57 

H  E  Booth 

Third  floor,  back,  east. 

1)  61     C  J  E  Smith 

\  Jackson 
J  H  L  Wingfield 

M62 

J  H  Walker 
H  M  Loxdale 

E  63 

M42 

W  M  Savage 

NEW  COURT. 


>S 


43 

TSBence 

42 

A  W  Simpson 

l;« 

RHarkness 

L43 

G  Comport 

M45 

C  E  Stuart 

M43 

J  T  Hibbert 

Aitkinson  (?  E  Atkinson  or 

A  Highton 
R  S  Cutler 

A  Aitkcns) 

C  E  Titterton 

"1! 

H  Dugdale 

M52 

CRHunt 

H  S  Williams 

53 

W  P  Jones 

J  H  Robson 

E63 

; '  B  Boyle 

JHWallis 
S  W  Cope 

M63 

Isherwood 

M61 

E  64 

'F  Barnard 

66 

A  Low 

M64 

R  G  Marsden 

67 

H  Stokes 

E  65 

J  W  Cassels 

L70 

G  Cooper 

M67 

'  TWelldon 

73 

H  Pigeon 

L  69 

WMEde 

M74 

A  R  Wilson 

72 

D  H  Cox 

77 

P  T  Wrigley 

M74 

G  White 

L  81 

E  C  Andrews 

77 

A  Howard 

M84 

T  A  Herbert 

79 

W  B  Chamberlain 

L  90 

FMayaU 
:  i  C  Goodman 

81 
L  82 

G  M  Riley 
C  A  Smith 

92 

Mr  E  E  Sikes 

M82 

C  P  Shcppard 

93 

W  A  Corbett 

85 

T  T  Groom 

89 

R  L  Kingsford 

E13 

92 

GGBaily 

Third  floor,  front,  east. 
J  Blow 

F1 

7LP  Lewis 

M41 

iTH  Wilkinson 

T  Miller 
'  FHinde 

42 

S  Tlioinpson 

44 

[SHoarc 

M43 

WAger 

45 

[Pearse 

:^ev(?GH)Marali 

L44 

J  Scratlen 

1-52 

P  B  Luxmore 

(?  W  G  or  R  0  T)  Thorpe 

m|^ 

J  H  Hancock 

G  Wilkinson 

Jason-Smith 

M53 

N  H  Roberts 

59 

E  M  Pritcharcl 

L  63 
M63 

R  J  Perkes 
C  Hoare 

?  W  E  Cresswefl 

66 

W  A  Haslam 

69 
71 

J  E  Johnson 
WE  Koch 

M61 

C  R  Rippin 
J  B  Pearson 

L  74 

C  Adam 

E  64 

G  A  Bankes 

77 

G  M  Burnett 

""% 

A  N  Obbard 

80 

A  J  Poynder 

WG  Terry 

M82 

rSCkrke 
H  R  Stephens 

71 

J  Staffurtll 

84 

E  75 

Powell  Jones 

87 

B  W  Atdee 

76 

G  M  Light 

90 

L  Horton-Smith 

M78 

TAW  Flynn 

79 

F  B  Clive 

82 

C  C  Frost 

E14 

\t 

E  Manley 
MSheiir 

Third  floor,  back,  east. 

87 

;  LeGDnHeaume 

88 

Sanger 

S  Parkinson 

91 

;   G  Leathern 

C  T  Frampton 

92 

/FNorthcott 

M41 

S  Thompson 

92 

E  A  TyJer 

i6 


NEW  COURT. 


F2 

J  H  Clubbe 
A  Chisholm 
M  43    J  Ground 


L  52 
M52 

M61 

65 
69 
71 
74 

L  77 
80 

M81 
83 
85 
87 
88 
90 
92 

E  93 

M93 


M43 

45 


61 

% 

L  76 

M77 
81 

f^ 

87 

88 

E  89 

M  91 


M42 
45 


W  Haslam 

A  H  S  Stonchousc- Vigor 

E  W  Pearman 

A  D  Robinson 

G  T  Valentine 

A  Jackson 

J  W  Best 

B  F  Williams 

J  S  Ff  Chamberlain 

E  B  Edmunds 

W  Garnett 

H  A  Williams 

J  M  Stone 

NCash 

H  H  Wilkes 

C  J  F  Symons 

W  S  West 

HIP  Lanphier 

H  Pullan 

A  E  Elliott 

H  M  Tapper 

E  H  Llovd  Jones 

E  C  H  B  Norris 

F3 


Bibby  (?) 

S  Blackall 

H  E  Bennett 

W  Vassall 

J  W  D  Hemaman 

A  T  Watson 
TFAgR 
A  J  Wilkinson 
A  K  Cherrill 
W  H  Hooper 
J  S  Salmon 
R  R  Webb 
L  S  Newmarch 
G  C  M  Smith 
H  B  Stanwell 
G  Gray 
M  Sheriflf 
M  A  Khan 
H  S  Willcocks 
R  K  McEldeny 

F4 

(?  S  C)  Brown 
T  M  Groodcve 
T  B  Lloyd 
R  Barlow 


H  G  Jebb  (till  end  E  50) 
T  Hevcock 

M  53  C  Bufd 

55  T  C  Hayllar 

58  A  H  Steward 

61  W  M  Barnes 

62  J  Alexander 
65  W  F  Barrett 

E  67  GWFonest 

M  69  C  P  Layard 

71  R  B  Dowling 

E  74  P  Lloyd 

M76  A  E  Swift 

L  79  LI  Lloyd 

M  81  H  L  Harrison 

83  THKirby 

85  A  R  A  Nicol 

87  JRScholfield 

89  WR  Elliott 

92  C  H  Rivers 

F5 

W  Greenwell 
J  Wedge 
M43    (?  M  or  E)  Stocks 

E  P  Colquhoun 
E  V  Williams 
M  53    J  R  Little  (to  end  E  54) 


G  F  Dean 

W  P  Hiem 

F  Young 

W  Mercer 

W  Hoare 

A  B  Haslam 

H  C  Skefflngton 

A  Foxwell 

J  H  George 

H  Askwith 

C  Carthew-Yorstoun 

C  A  Smith 

N  C  Barraclough 

H  C  Barraclough 

C  H  Tovey 

A  C  England 

FAS  McClelland 

F6 

?  Higson 
J  Day 

E  J  Beckerley 
W  Temple 

JSPadley 
F  N  Ripley 
E  W  Pearman 


M61 

69 
73 
74 

n 
79 
80 
82 

it 

89 
91 

93 


M41 
45 


M52 


NEW  COURT. 


'7 


T  Langshaw 

M59  WH  Valentine 

62  A  Langdon 

64  G  C  Whiteley 
E  68  G  Gatenby 

70  L  E  Kay-Shuttleworth 

M71  HHolcroft 

73  H  A  Swann 

76  W  O  Sutcliffe 

80  PGExham 

82  R  A  Stuart 

85  E  W  Bardslcy 

86  A  B  Baldi^-in 
89  C  P  Way 

92  G  T  Whitdey 

F7 

J  M  Cripps 
C  Tennant 

M  42  E  Layng 

44  JCThring 

M49  WJBrodribb 

51  CEBowlby 

5d  E  S  Bagbhaw 

56  A  W  Gruggen 

59  H  Thornlcy 

60  H  W  Moss 
62  W  F  Smith 

65  G  H  Hallam 
69  T  E  Page 

73  C  Pendlebury 

E  77  P  H  Bowers 

L  79  W  L  O  Noott 

M  80  F  S  McAulay 

83  M  Jackson 
85  J  Hodson 

89  WWHaslett 

92  ERF  Little 

93  J  D  Davis 


F8 

J  H  Lang 
E  W  Symons 
M  42     C  Riley 

44  WB  Lloyd 

45  W  Wilson 

J  A  Cheese 

M  50  E  S  Bowlby 

53  WKer 

55  W  S  Bagshawe 

58  T  Gwatkin 

62  M  Beebee 

66  HBCotterill 

E  69  P  Uewcllin 


M  70 
71 
73 
76 

L  78 
81 

M82 

?5 
87 
90 

93 


J  Deaktn 
E  T  Burges 
H  Workman 
M  F  I  Mann 
S  T  Winklcy 
C  S  Kroenig 
A  B  Clifton 
A  H  Bindloss 
T  R  J  Clark 
E  L  C  F  Goi^t 
J  FNonhcoik 


G1 

(?  R  or  H  J)  BuU 

J  Walker 
M  43    J  G  Harding 
L  44    GPOtley 


Msa 
^l 
54 
57 

l\ 

^^ 
67 

70 
74 
77 
79 
82 

1^ 

88 

91 
92 


D  Craig 

(?  A  or  E)  Calvert 

CBurd 

F  G  Sykes 

A  W  Potts 

J  C  Wood 

E  A  Ely 

A  A  Vawdrey 

E  L  Pearson 

F  S  Bishop 

F  C  Bayard 

A  Mackenzie 

R  V  C  Bayard 

F  L  Muirhead 

G  M  Riley 

D  W  Whincup 

E  B  Ward 

W  J  Brown 

J  H  Adeney 

M  W  Blythe 


G2 


G  J  Christian 

R  P  Tomkins 

M4I 

E  W  Wilkinson 

E  42 

A  Newton 

M45 

W  G  Gatliff 

E  B  Wawn 

M50 

B  W  Home 

E  55 

C  Hindle 

M53 

J  F  Jenkins 

56 

C  U  Bower 

L  58 

I  L  Archer 

60 

H  Jones 

M62 

J  H  Cutting 

63 

W  H  Chaplin 

i8 


NEW  COURT. 


L  79 

81 

M83 

5s 
87 
89 
92 
93 


J  A  Percival 
W  Watkins 
G  R  Grasett 
T  W  Bagshaw 
R  H  Walkcf 
F  R  A  Wcldoo 
£  Knowles 
J  C  Brown 
C  T  Phillips 
G  S  Middlemiss 
G  £  Blondell 
J  H  Tallent 
H  Bentley 


G3 


S  Wbitaker 
T  Greenwell 
M41    CWClubbe 
45    R  D  Jonea 


MS3 


M61 

63 
66 
69 
7« 
E  76 

M81 
84 


^11 
91 
93 


E  G  Moore 
J  F  Falwasser 
CG  Leslie 
J  Green 

W  H  Tarleton 
W  F  Mercs 

kW  Hodgson 
J  Martyn 
F  C  Cursham 
G  H  Raynor 
W  T  WiUiama 
A  W  Beard 
F  C  Marshall 
G  F  Warner 
H  W  Macklin 
£  F  Gedye 
A  H  Whipple 
E  C  Taylor 


G4 

M  30    G  L  Drinkwater 


M41 

£  42 

45 


R  Bagley 
B  Whitelock 
E  Pickard 
W  A  White 
X  S  Bence 


W  H  Weston 
J  T  Turner 
M  52    J  Cowic 

A  O  Kubsell 


% 

71 

L  78 
M78 
L  81 
M83 

85 

88 

E  89 

M92 


M43 

L  45 

M47 

50 

L  59 

M63 

66 

68 

69 

71 

75 

77 

80 

82 

L  84 

M84 

87 

89 

92 


M41 
4I 

M5| 

L  60 

M61 

£  64 

67 

71 


R  A  Proctor 
A  B  Dickinson 
A  Eldmonds 
Ern  Carpmael 
Edw  Carpmael 
G  H  Fiiz  Herbert 
F  Dyson 
E  Marsden 
F  C  Hibburd 
W  H  Dodd 
A  B  Featherstone 
W  W  Nicholson 
G  Beauchamp 
H  C  Lees 
M  Soyeshima 


G5 

C  Sangster 

F  P  WooUcombe 

J  Mayn 

W  Stigant 

A  Shears 

J  G  Tiarks 

FC  Wace 

FLee 

£  Smith  Thorpe 

H  H  Cochrane 

T  £  Johnson 

W  Edmonds 

W  J  F  V  Baker 

Q  E  Roughton 

H  F  Price 

C  A  Scott 

W  H  Charlesworth 

A  W  Ward 

H  Heward 

R  H  Stacey 

F  W  Camegy 

£  J  H  BenweB 


G6 

(?  F  W  or  G)  Sbai 

Parnell 

R  P  Tompkins 

F  F  Gough 

G  D  Li  vein  g 

H  E  T  Gough 

B  W  Home 

C  Stanwell 

TRule 

FDuke 

E  J  Warmington 

?  J  N  Isherwood 

F  W  C  Haslam 

G  W  Agnew 


NEW  COURT. 


«9 


L  74    WL  Raymond 

81 

J  G  CJiariesworth 
H  Hanmer 

E  75    J  B  Brine 

83 

M  77    AG  Sparrow 
L  8o    A  B  Winstone 

86 

L  G  Glover 

89 

HA  King 

M82    EWChilcott 

92 

J  H  G  SmaUpdce 

84    S  Lewis 

87    G  Longman 

HI 

90    H  Williamson 
93    B  P  Strangways 

(Staircase  called  The  Colony.) 

Ground  floor^  /,  looking  into  New 

Court, 

Q7 

S  S  Gower 

C  D  Gibson 

GRBeU 

W  G  F  Jenkyn 
M43    GF  Murdoch 

M41 

43 

D  Foggo 

W  0  Newnham 

44 

R  W  S  Hicks 

?  A  Broke 

45 

T  B  Smith 

J  Whitehead 
C  Wolston 
MS3    WPFison 
C  M  Roberts 

M50 
M54 

L^i 
M69 

72 

'^ 

L  78 
E  81 
L  84 

^^6 
89 
91 
93 

R  0  Lloyd 
AS  Kay 
R  L  Roberts 
A  WSnape 
S  W  Churchill 

F  G  Sanders 
M60    GTNicholls 
62    TW  Taylor 
£  63    R  B  Maseiield 
M64    JMCoUard 
67    CE  Haskins 
E  71     G  S  Raynor 
M73     JTillard 
77     NC  Marris 
80    E  Hinchcliff 
82    AGS  Raynor 
85    H  B  Smith 
89    WNMaw 

91  A  Brooke 

92  CFLiUie 

R  T  Sammons 
WDoig 
H  WilUams      ^ 
M  C  R  Cotes 
H  L  MacheU 
L  Morton-Brown 
MFTMann 
C  C  Harrison 
M  Wetherall 
TBrownbiU 
R  B  M  Panton 
C  J  Gibbons 
J  R  Thomas 
Mr  F  J  AUen 
W  F  Wright 
W  W  Duncan 

G8 

H2 

J  J  Hopwood 
F  J  Gruggcn 
M42    WVassaU 

Ground  flooTy  first  rooms  looking 

into  Backs, 

S  Smith 

43    G  J  Taylor 

J  B  Chalker 
T  H  Edwards 

M42 

PWhalley 

L  45 

V  D  Vyvyan 

F  R  Gorton 

W  L  CabeU 

T I  Walton 

F  T  Y  Molineux 

M54    GKendaU 

M53 

W  Harpley 

E  K  Kendall 

56 

G  H  Hewison 

M56    HCBarstow 

g 

C  Taylor 

M59    GPLaue 

G  H  S  Pearson 

62    G  F  L  Dashwood 

65 

A  E  Sykes 
C  W  WooU 

65    W  Lee- Warner 

68 

68    CH  James 
71    WMoss 

71 

H  G  Smith 

74 

E  Luce 

75    J  H  Ireland 
77    W  J  Chapman 

75 

F  C  Hill 

78 

JSYeo 

78    GR  Alston 

79 

A  R  AspinaU 

20 


NEW  COURT. 


L  8i 

J  H  Ford 

M83 

C  S  H  Brercton 

86 

T  L  Harrison 

89 

£  B  Kershaw 

L  90 

H  Drake 

M93 

W  GaskcU 

H3 

Ground  floar^  middle  rooms  looking 
into  Backs, 

T  P  Boultbee 
J  C  Battcrsby 
M  42     S  S  Penny 
45    H  C  Eade 


Mso 
52 
E  59 
L  60 
M60 
61 

63 

64 

£  68 

E  70 

M  72 

7S 

82 

55 
87 

91 


£  J  Hubbard 

T  W  Hathaway 

H  Buckston 

A  H  Herrtage 

H  £  Curtis 

(?  H  P)  Homo 

T  Green 

C  D  RusseU 

S  Haslam 

L  £  Kay  ShutUeworth 

H  Dixon  BeU 

R  P  Burnett 

J  H  Hallam 

C  Middleton 

J  F  Powning 

W  L  OrgiU 

"  K  Jacques 

H  Reeves 

Thatcher 


1^ 


H4 

Ground  flooTy  last  rooms  looking 
into  Backs, 
W  H  Bateson 
W  A  Chapman 

W  H  Holmes 

W  Greenwell 
M  42    J  R  Rumsey 
45    W  Gee 

£  A  Kempson 
L  53    A  H  S  Stonehouse- Vigor 

W  A  Newton 

M  59  W  Groves 

61  T  Roach 

64  T  Toone 

66  J  W  Dale 

69  C  H  Pierson 

71  FT  Lo^'c  • 

L  74  C  J  East 

M  76  H  K  Fuller 

78  F  Terry 

81  E  J  Scares 

84  R  W  Rippon 

I.  %^  T  W  K  Curtis 


M8s 

H  D  RoUeston 

E  87 

F  Taylor 

M89 

P  Baylcy 

90 

E  Taylor 

93 

J  P  Dc  Castro 

H5 

Ground  floor y  r,  at  foot  of  Stairs. 
M  30    H  Sandford  (to  end  E  32) 

H  R  Benson 

W  Ellis 
M41    T  Walker 
44    G  S  Pinhom 
47     P  J  F  Ganiillon 
5 1     R  Johnson 
53    L  Sunham 

R  D  Pierpoint 

M61  JTPeachell 

64  E  Fynes-Clinton 

67  E  M  Jones 

70  H  Percival 

73  J  M  Tate 

74  A  D  Piper 

76  A  J  Toiler 

77  S  L  Hart 
82    A  L  Morris 

85  J  F  Tarleton 

86  SHWorsley 

89  C  M  Rice 

90  W  M  Payne 
£93  A  A  Kanthack 
M93  WJScarlin 

H6 

First  floor y  over  ff  ^, 
NFane 

(?  J  B  or  J)  Charlcsworth 
M42    (?  W'orGL)Harkness 

J  Harris 
(?  G  B)  Bennett 
Msa    JTHalke 


M60 

62 

65 

66 

69 

L  73 

M76 

79 
82 

f^ 
87 
90 

E  93 


W  Warren 
E  A  Abbott 
C  Warren 
GDIngUs 
B  W  Gardom 
D  L  Boyes 
D  M  Cowie 
J  S  Sandys 
K  Spencer 
E  H  Craggs 
H  H  Brindlcy 
B  J  Hcllyer 
R  Sheepshanks 
S  B  Reid 


A'HW  COURT. 


SI 


M42 
44 


L  56 

E  57 

M60 

61 

L  64 

M66 

69 

72 

E  74 

M77 

L  80 

M80 

81 

L  85 

M86 

89 

91 

92 


M41 

43 


MS2 

56 
59 
62 

64 

68 

7* 

E  75 

^'  n 
78 

M79 
81 

83 

86 

90 

E  93 


H7 

First  floor i  ever  Hl^ 

1  Dcwe 
W  L  Hardisty 
W  H  Taylor 
H  Sandford 

J  B  Wilson 
W  J  Rees 
S  S  Walton 
G  Jackson 
H  Bererley 
H  P  Home 
R  G  Marrack 
G  W  Surkcy 
J  Bonnett 
C  S  Shield 
H  H  Tooth 
H  J  Adams 
F  J  Allen 
H  W  Smith 
E  H  Hensley 
Mr  F  Watson 
C  E  Halstead 
H  H  Mayor 
A  A  Economo 
J  R  GarTQod 

H8 

First  floor,  over  H%n 

A  Mills 
A  Frost 
S  Gray 
R  G  Gorton 

A  T  Hayne 
A  C  Haviland 

}J  Proctor 
Foster 
H  Roberts 
TE  Ash 
C  Dorsett 
J  R  Sparkcs 
F  W  Harper 
W  J  Ford 
J  G  Gartside 
M  J  Michael 
R  Bullock  Webster 
RHall 
H  W  Smith 
S  A  S  Ram 
T  F  Stout 
H  P  Jones 
A  Bartning 

H9 

First  floor,  over  Hi, 

(r  H  C  or  C)  Rothcry 
W  B  Jowett 


M42 

C  R  Drury 

45 

A  W  D  Stewart 

G  A  Hayward 

M50 

\  Small  peice 
'iTEEwen 

52 

54 

E  G  Wilkinson 

57 

R  C  Stevens 

L  59 

H  C  Mace 

61 

T  0  Barnes 
T  W  Brogden 

M63 

E  66 

J  Watkins 
FAS  Reid 

M68 

E  71 

A  W  Brodie 

L  74 

W  Northcott 

M77 

E  J  Wild 

80 

S  0  Roberts 

83 

L  W  Reed 

85 

C  toppin 

86 

A  Mond 

89 

G  F  J  Rosenberg 
E  A  Lane 

92 

HIO 

First  floor,  over  H  $^ 

F  Stonestreet 

W  Fellowes 

M43 

E  Whieldon 

T  Openshaw 

M50 

H  J  Roby 

52 

H  S  Millard 

57 

E  A  Abbott 

60 

G  W  Hill 

% 

W  E  Pryke 

F  Baynes 

L  68 

FHKay 

M  70 

W  earless 

73 

E  H  Bell 

76 

J  Hugh  Jenkins 
J  H  Freeze 

77 

E  79 

C  E  B  Bell 

M81 

J  A  Pattinson 
W  H  Jefferies 
T  H  Evans 

i^ 

89 

C  M  Hutchinson 

9X 

G  Watkinson 

H11 

Second  floor,  over  116, 

P  Frost 

T  Ingleby 

M42 

W  Franklin 

44 

C  T  Calvert 

W  H  B  Coham 

F  W  Farle 

M52 

C  H  Leathes 

22 


NEW  COURT 


?  Trollope 

M80 

A  T  Knight 

Vi^l 

J  Hartley 
W  A  Cottee 

82 

J  S  Spraguc 
H  J  Spenser 

L  61 

W 

M63 

T  H  Baynes 

J  Lupton 

64 

J  E  Sandys 
W  E  Heitland 

93 

A  HGunn 

73 

L  77 

C  C  Harrison 

H14 

M80 
81 

Dr  A  Schuster 
F  Mellor 

Second  floor^  over  H^. 

84 

J  Goodman 
J  Gibson 

F  LI  Lloyd 

87 

B  Girling 

91 

G  P  K  Winlaw 

M42 

P  E  Wrench 

L  43 

F  Morse 

H12 

M43 

T  Moveriey 

Second  floor^  over  Hf, 

W  Hutton 

C  Colson 

T  H  Newman 

?M39 

R  Toynes 
R  Pierson 

Msa 

C  Hancock 

M42 

\.% 

F  T  MitcheU 
G  Lambe 

M61 

J  H  Clark 
'  T  Watson 

64 

TMoss 

r  Batler 
Mr  H  Bailey 
,   CBlissard 

L69 

H  PhilUps 

M50 
54 

M71 
73 

W  Rain?ford 
P  D  Rowe 

57 

'  Francis 

76 

T  P  Cort 
F  G  Mayor 

60 

'  \  C  Brown 

79 

62 

i  ?  T  G  or  W  J)  Eamshtw 

80 

W  P  Mayor 

^ 

G  Oldacres 

81 

J  S  Sprague 

GFSWood 

82 

EHEde 

71 

TMLaycock    \ 
Mr  J  E  Sandys/ 

84 

E  M  EUerbeck 

85 

A  S  Manning 

73 

H  E  J  Bevan 
C  H  Garland 

L  87 

[  Colson 

77 

M89 

C  H  Blomfield 

£  82 

F  W  Clementsoul 

91 

A  Wilkins 

M83 

CAM  Pond 

93 

M  Siddique 

.87 

St  J  B  Wynne-Willson 

9» 

A  H  Norregaard,^ 

H15 

Second  floor,  over  H  10. 

93 

A  G  Butler 

H13 

(?  G  W  or  J  P)  Pany 

J  Fan- 

D  F  Jarman 

Second  floor t  aver  H%, 

M41 

M  H  Becher 

44 

WGee 

HTM  Kirby 

M43 

G  L  Harkness 

(?W  A  or  A  or  AT)  Watson 

G  H  Sweeting  \ 

F  H  Falkner        ?  H  13 

M53 

J  0  West 
A  V  Hadlcy 

M53 

H  S  Band        ) 

W  D  Donaldson 

M59 

J  B  Pennington 
W  Marsden 

D  D  Masscy 

60 

M60 

A  L  Clay 

% 

A  C  Skrimshire 

62 

H  G  Hart 

F  Watson 

65 

WEHartjun 

70 

L  T  Birch 

68 

W  Cordcaux 

E  72 

T  G  Wise 

7« 

[  Baincs 

M74 

CE  Wedmore 

73 

'  PA  Bowers 

77 

J  S  Tute 

76 

'  ^  Saben 

80 

G  W  Clark 

L  79 

S  B  Armstrong 

L  83 

W  R  Blackett 

NEW  COURT. 


n 


M85 

W  Mc  F  Orr 

L  43 

W  Coleman 

L  90 

Mahomed  Ahmed  Uddin 

M45 

BSwan 

M92 

F  J  Skrimshire 

J  G  Lees 

H16 

7  S  Swift 

Third  floor ^  over  Hii» 

M52 

54 
55 

\  K  Davies 
J  M  Fuller 
tf  RPugh 

(?  J  B  or  J)  Charlesworth 

G  V  HoQsman 

59 

G  Austin 

L  44 

Mr  F  A  Paley 

62 

[Massie 

Mr  Coape  (?  J  C,  Christ's) 
R  H  St  Martin 
T  G  Carver 
A  C  Higgs 
W  W  English 
J  C  Moss 
H  T  E  Barlow 
E  J  Brooks 
W  A  Stone 
E  Bristow 

72 
80 

J  M  Wilson 
H  F  Pooley 
H  W  Moss 
E  K  Bayley 
Mr  C  Stanwell 
Mr  W  S  Wood 
E  H  Sankey 
T  F  Howell 
F  G  Storey 

E  66 
M66 

r    ^7 
L  71 

89 
93 

L  88 

P  L  Moore 

MS9 

H  E  S  Cordeaux 

Hig 

92 

W  F  Aston 

Third  floor,  over  IfJ^, 

H17 

R  Inchbald 

Third  floor,  over  If  12. 

M4I 

C  Kotheiy 
R  Pierson 

T  Stevenson 

42 

H  LI  Hussey 

7Stansfeld 

45 

J  B  Whieldon 

M41 

W  Morgan 

L  43    E  Jeffery 

M  45  (or  L  46)    F  H  Tucker 

M50 

(t  C  or  G)  Pamell 
R  Timbrell 

52 

R  Cayley 

R  Lawrance 

54 

R  B  Worthington 

M50 

EFord 

56 

J  C  Wood 
J  W  Gabb 

E  53 

W  E  Smith 

Et? 

M55 

T  Midgley 

A  W  G  Moore 

57 

J  Merriman 

M63 

C  C  Cotterill 

59 

G  F  Hose 

a 

W  Almack 

61 

[  F  Marsden 
W  E  Hart  sen 

W  Clark 

% 

E  72 

T  H  G  Pearson 

G  H  Whitaker 

M73 

E  P  Rooper 

E  70 

(?  P)  Ellis 

77 

R  R  King 

M72 

A  Simmonds 

to 

H  H  Odling 

73 

G  G  HOdyard 
HAH  Goodridge 

84 

P  E  Tooth 
G  E  D  Brown 

H  A  Soames 

87 

L  Norman 

79 

F  D  Gaddum 

89 

L  B  Burnett 

81 

J  B  Oldham 

92 

J  F  Gruning 

83 

J  D  Scott 

93 

C  H  Ross 

II 

E  J  Carlisle 
0  J  Schoolcraft 

H20 

E  90 

M90 

93 

H  H  Brindley 
G  R  Joyce 
CP  Keeling 

Third  floor,  over  H  15. 
H  S  Mott 
E  Davys 
J  S  Wood 

H18 

M45 

Third  floor,  over  H  i^, 

ARudd 
R  P  Cockle 

MS3 

TG  Dudley 
R  F  Follett 
R  K  Corser 

M42 

J  Jefferson 

24 


NEW  COURT. 


J  D  Evans 
H  W  Moss 

E  73 

T  A  Romney 
J  R  Davies 

M62 

M74 

63 

CFRoe 

77 

A  T  Bamett 

6s 

C  Carpmael 
T  H  R  Kirby 

80 

R  S  Bamett 

L  70 

11 

H  T  Bamett 

M72 

H  W  Simpkinson 

J  F  Tarleton 
M  N  Inaba 

It 

GCAUen 

88 

A  R  Aspinall 

90 

H  S  Moss  (fr  92  Moss- 

79 

JS  Yeo 

BlundeU) 

82 

W  Eardley 

E  93 

A  G  Butler 

85 

H  L  Firmstone 

M93 

B  L  T  Bamett 

8d 

A  W  White 

12 

91 

F  L  Kitchin 

93 

W  S  Shimicld 

Ground  flooTy  opposite  stairs. 

Mr  Stephen 

H21 

Mr  J  E  Cooper 

Highest  Rooms, 

hit 

Mr  J  B  Mayor 
MrWHH  Hudson 

G  A  Sclwyn  (?) 

E  65 

Mr  H  W  Moss 

M66 

Mr  P  T  Main 

A  T  W  ShadwcU 

79 

Mr  A  Freeman 

R  H  Kiiby 

82 

Mr  W  Warren 

M42 

R  B  Machell 

87 

Mr  A  E  H  Love 

E  43 

J  K  Harding 

M45 

G  A  Holdsworth 

13 

(?  C  or  G)  Pamell 

Ground  floor,  opposite  74. 

R  D  Graves 

C  W  A'Court 

M52 

A  W  Bruce 

John  Haviland 

53 

G  M  Tatham 

L  43 

A  W  Simpson 

55  J  J  Proctor 

56  K  S  Ferguson 

^ra 

A  Green 

W  R  Stephen 

57    J  R  Scriven 
60    H  Lee  Warner 

C  R  Hyde 

64 

E  W  M  Lloyd 

Mso 

Mr  R  Peirson 

<>7 

J  CoUins 

W  G  Williams 

L  S2 

Mr  G  D  Liveing 

70 

"U 

Mr  H  Bailey 

73 

R  F  Scott 

G  H  Hewison 

76 

C  E  Brooke 

M56 

E  W  Bowling 

79 

C  Square 
F  W  Fisher 

60 

Mr  J  B  Mayor 

£  81 

61 

J  Hale 

^'% 

W  N  Roseveare 

It 

A  S  Wilkins 

F  M  Dadina 

H  A  Holme 

91 

N  M  Captain 

70 

J  Higgins 
!  ^  J  Harrison 
A  H  Crick 

92 

H  C  Andrews 

71 

73 

11 

76 

H  Croft 

E  79 

R  Chadwick 

Ground  floor,  looking  towards  Trinity, 

M81 

A  G  Roby 

A  L  Goodard 

1^ 

C  H  Heath 

FHendy   • 

H  G  T  Jones 

M42 
45 

Harry  Jones 
F  Kewley 

J  Shaw 
E  Comford 

91 
92 

93 

A  J  Tait 
A  J  Chotzner 
W  P  Boas 

14 

"If 

T  C  Lewty 
C  Bamford 

Ground  floor,  looking  info  Nrtv  Court. 

ACust 

G  Gunning 

E  65 

C  M  Re>Tiolds 

(?  G  L  or  W  P  or  J  Cj  Roberts 

M69 

W  WiUs 

M43 

F  De  Jersey 

NEW  COURT. 


25 


M53 


MS9 

62 

66 

E  70 

72 

M73 

^  77 

M  78 

81 

84 

86 

«7 
90 
91 


IE  Law 

WE  Lock 
\  H  Simpson 

T  A  Appleton 
T  J  Ward 
PTMain 
£  S  Sazton 
T  F  Truroper 
H  C  M  Barton 
S  H  Thomas 
A  M  Brown 
D  C  Falcke 
J  H  Dr>sdale 
G  A  Mason 
H  H  Walker 
F  B  Glover 
C  E  Owen 
SEBore 


15 

First  floor,  looking  into  Backs. 

Mr  (?  M)  Jones     ) 
Mr  H  Thompson  >  ?  here 
L  45    MrEHeadlam     ) 

?  M  30  Mr  C  Blick 

?  M  46  Mr  W  H  Bateson 

M  57     Dr  G  F  Reyner 

77     Mr  J  W  Pietcrs 

83    Mr  k  F  Scott 


16 

First  floor,  looking  into  New  Court. 


E  46 

M57 

62 

L  64 

M68 

73 


Mr  J  WooUey 
Mr  C  J  Ellicott 
Mr  G  F  Reyner 
Mr  T  S  Wood 
Mr  H  R  Bailey 
Mr  A  C  Haviland 
Mr  E  W  Bowling 
Dr  J  E  Sandys 


17 


Second  floor,  looking  into  Backs, 

Dr  J  Hymers 
M  53    Mr  W  C  Sharpe 
62    DrJSWood 
83    Mr  RR  Webb 


18 

Second  floor,  looking  into  New  Court. 

Mr  A  J  Carrighan 
Mr  W  Keeling 
M45    Mr  GH  Marsh 


L  64 

67 
E  69 
L  71 
M82 

83 


Mr  H  Thompson 
Mr  T  Field 
Mr  W  H  Besant 
Mr  J  B  Mayor 
Mr  H  R  Bailey 
Mr  J  V  DureU 
Mr  E  K  Green 
Mr  W  F  Smith 
Mr  R  R  Webb 
Mr  J  T  Ward 

19 


Third  floor,  looking  towards  Trinity. 


M42 

45 

L  52 
M53 


M61 
L  65 
M67 

70 

^  75 
E  78 

M80 

L  84 

M86 
89 


Viscount  Clive 
Mr  F  W  Harper 
Hon  R  Clive 
Hon  R  C  Herbert 
M  M  B  Pell 
Mr  W  C  Sharpe 
W  L  H  A'Court 

WSelwyn 

WMUls 

W  Davies 

J  Haviland 

F  H  Cope 

Lord  Windsor 

(Sir)  T  D  Gibson-Carmichael 

G    C    Herbert   (aft   Earl   of 

Powys) 
J  H  Butterworth 
G  W  Atlay 
S  S  Hough 


no 

Third  floor,  facing  stairs, 

W  R  B  Marsh 

(?  A  H  or  A  T  W)  ShadweU 
M  41     EH  Giflford 
L  44    G  G  Holmes 

T  W  Powell 
L  54    HEFTracey 
M  56    Mr  R  D  Beasley 

58  A  Walsh 

59  A  Hogg 

E  61    W  D  BusheU 


26 


NEW  COURT. 


L  63 

M65 

70 
73 

M 

L  81 
L  82 

83 
E  83 
M84 
87 
89 
92 


M41 
43 


A  R  Catton 
Mr  A  Holmes  \ 
J  E  Sandys      ( 
J  D  Cochrane 
J  H  Piatt 
A  H  Highton 
A  Hawkins 
JFRay 
F  W  Parker 
J  G  King 
W  H  Green 
H  R  Armitage 
H  R  Langmore 
S  B  Reid 
H  N  Devenish 


111 

Third  floor t  opposite  II2. 

R  Fiske 
E  H  Gifford 
R  E  Hughes 
P  H  Pepys 
J  A  Warburton 


T  Bland 
R  D  Beasley 
M  53    H  Snow  (aft  Kynaston) 

57    WDBusheU 
E  61     H  S  Beadon 

63  R  T  Perkes 
L  64  F  Andrews 
M66    JWBamett 

70    C  J  Clarke 

72    EKeUy 


L  75 
M77 
79 
86 
89 
92 


R  C  Smith 

Dr  Schuster 

W  Bateson 

F  S  Locke 

C  Howarth 

Mr  E  W  MacBride 


112 


Third  floor ,  looking  into  New  Court, 

RCWiUy 

(?  A  K  or  W)  Curtis 
M  42    T  J  Bennetts 
L  45    S  Meredith 

pRRorHW)Kirby 
A  B  Skipworth 
M  52    AG  Marten 

J  H  Seeker 
M  59    P  Dinzey 

A  M  Beamish 

M  63  E  Beaumont 

67  J  Peake 

69  PHHibbert 

72  C  E  L  Carew 

75  H  T  Kemp 

E  78  TCoppock 

L  81  J  R  Andrew 

M  82  H  Ward 

85  H  S  Mundahl 

87  W  H  Thompson 

E  ^8  RE  Jackson 

M90  FO  Mundahl 

93  M  Mulliaeux 


Arthur  Milnfs  Marshall  Jr. A.  M  D.  F.R,S* 


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NOTES   FROM  THE  COLLEGE   RECORDS. 


(Continued from  p,  i^.J 


E  now  give  the  remaining  documents  relating* 
to  the  troubles  at  Sedbergh  School  during 
the  Commonwealth. 


To  his  Highncsse  OLrvKR,  Lord  Pfotector  of  England,  Scotland, 
and  Ireland,  with  the  Islands  Adjacent. 

TAi  Humble  Petition  of  Richard  Jackson,  Master  of  the  Free 
Grammer  Schoole  in  Sedbergh,  and  Preacher  of  the  Gospell  in 
Garsedale. 

Sheweth : 

That  whereas  yqur  Petitioner  in  August  1648  was  chosea 
Master  of  the  Free  Grammar  Schoole  in  Sedbergh,  and  sent 
down  by  the  then  Master  and  Seniors  of  St  fohn^s  in  Cambridge^ 
to  promote  Learning  and  Piety  in  those  parts ;  which  he  hath 
endeavoured  to  the  utmost  of  his  power  J  But  perceiving  how 
some  Feoffees  in  tnrst  for  the  Rervenews  of  that  Free-Schoole, 
had  basely  neglected  and  wilfully  broken  the  same  (losing 
severall  of  the  Lands  and  Tenements,  endangering  others,  and 
labouring  to  cast  away  the  rest,  for  inconsiderable  Rents  and 
Fines,  maugre  all  the  Masters  advice  and  direction  to  the 
contrary)  hee  was  necessitated  (sore  against  his  will)  to  seeke 
reliefe  in  Chancery,  through  a  tedious  and  chargeable  prosecu- 
tion of  almost  five  years  space,  so  protracted  by  the  solicitation 
of  one  Mr  John  Otway  (a  pretended  Feoffee)  together  with  one 
John  Foxcroft  his  Cousin,  and  Clerk  in  Court  to  your  Orator's 
Adversaries ;  both  which  men,  having  from  pride  and  malignity 
VOL.  XVUI.  R 


122  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

threatened  the  oppression  of  your  Petitioner.  In  order  to  that 
end,  they  have  animated  those  few  remaining  Feoffees,  not 
onely  to  detaine  all  the  Rents  and  profits  (quite  against  the 
letter  of  the  Patents)  but  also  to  imploy  the  same  to  the  great 
damage  of  the  sayd  Schoole»  and  your  Orators  utter  undoing* 
by  over  large  fees,  to  such  lofty  Counsell,  as  make  light  of  it, 
though  they  endeavour  to  overthrow  the  right  of  a  poor  man, 
in  the  presence  of  the  most  high,  Lam.  3.35.  and  doe  also  glorj 
if  they  can  subvert  a  man  and  his  cause,  verse  36,  by  any 
mistake  in  matter  of  form,  or  regularity,  though  it  bee  neyther 
materiall  nor  pertinent  to  the  thing  in  question,  vi%.  the  truth 
and  merits  of  the  cause :  for  your  Petitioner  having  (after 
abundance  of  care,  pain,  and  expence)  procured  an  hearing  in 
Michaelmas  Terme  before  the  Master  of  the  Rolls,  who  upon 
an  halfe  examination  seemed  very  apprehensive  of  much  equity 
in  your  Oratours  cause,  and  of  manifest  iniquity  in  his  Adver- 
saries, yet  admitted  of  a  Demurrer,  by  the  Allegation  of  Serjeant 
Mainard^  pleading  that  according  to  the  course  of  that  Court 
he  could  not  proceed  to  Order  and  Decree,  for  that  your  Orator 
prays  Processe  of  Subpoenaes,  and  so  served  them,  instead  of 
serving  them  with  a  Distringas^  although  your  Orators  Adver- 
saries {viz,  Mr  John  0/waj/,  John  Cowper^  Richard  Holmes^  Adam 
Sawer,  Anthony  Wiilan,  Edward  Ward,  Thomas  Blaikling,  John 
Bland,  James  HebUihwaii)  had  jointly  answered  as  Governours 
for  that  free  Grammar  School,  incorporated  by  King  Edward 
the  sixt,  and  proceeded  to  examine  Witnesses  with  all  advantage, 
the  said  Foxcrofi  being  not  only  their  Clerk  in  Court,  but  also 
making  himself  Commissioner,  and  Clerk  to  the  Commission, 
whilest  he  examined  a  part  by  a  strange  Commission,  most 
fraudulently  carried  on  with  full  purpose  of  reproach  and  pre- 
judice to  your  Petitioner:  Yet  for  all  this  they  waved  the  justest 
principle  of  common  practise  viz.  consensus  tollit  errorem,  and  this 
punctilio  of  regularity  was  applauded  to  the  infinite  prejudice  of 
your  Petitioner,  who  being  already  exhausted,  is  now  put  to  a 
renued  charge  (under  which  he  must  needs  perish)  and  they 
animated  to  continue  in  their  oppression,  having  already  by  the 
assistance  of  one  George  Otway  put  another  in  place  (a  vild 
fellow,  and  only  for  their  own  purpose)  and  nayling  up  the 
School  loft  door,  they  have  forcibly  excluded  your  Orator  from 
the  exercise  of  his  Office,  and  from  all  accomodation  either 
fitting  or  convenient.    Seizing  also  upon  the  Lands  which  since 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  123 

his  entrance  were  ever  in  his  possession,  and  ought  so  to  bee 
by  the  Letters  Patents.  Therefore  your  Petitioner  in  great 
heaviness  of  spirit  pondering  the  spiteful  combination  in  many 
places  of  factious  and  prophane  miscreants,  together  with  the 
iniquity  and  tyranny  of  that  which  is  called  Justice  in  its 
practice  and  dispensation.  And  hearing  from  very  good  hands 
of  a  pernicious  designe  which  some  jolly  time  servers  have  ia 
project,  WW,  to  strip  your  Highnesse  of  all  power,  by  continuing 
themselves  and  promoting  others  (of  base  minds  and  servile 
spirits)  into  all  places  of  profit,  trust,  or  authority,  in  order  to 
the  mine  of  that  righteons  interest  which  God  hath  owned  tn  a 
wonderfull  way  beyond  ordinary. 

Your  Petitioner  humbly  prayeth  your  Highnesses  Order 
for  his  Restitution  to  the  Place  and  Exercise  of  his  Office, 
as  also  to  what  other  things  have  been  forcibly  detayned 
from  him  by  the  factious  spite  of  these  Feoffees,  and  the 
fury  of  such,  who  from  fear  or  mallice^  secood  their 
malignity,  as  will  clearly  appear  by  two  other  Petitions 
directed  to  your  Highnesse  in  this  total  dispaire  of  any 
true  redresse.  Secondly,  seeing  your  Petitioner  hath  prof- 
fered to  double  the  means  (upon  their  discharge  of 
duty)  for  the  good  of  the  School  and  Common  wealthy 
(which  they  have  slighted  and  denied)  That  they  may  bee 
commanded  to  quit  their  usurped  power,  and  according  to 
the  tenour  of  the  Letters  Patents,  to  chuse  some  honest  and 
undetected  men,  who  shall  be  lawfully  sworn  to  perform 
their  trust,  according  to  the  end  expressed  in  their  Patents^ 
which  should  be  the  Law  and  Rule  of  their  power.  Thirdly^ 
that  seeing  the  aforesayd  Feoffees  have  wilfully  avoyded  an 
hearing,  to  weary  out  your  Oratour  of  all  judgement,  for 
want  of  moneyes  to  pay  for  it.  That  upon  their  full 
Answer  to  the  charge  of  this  renued  Bill  the  master  of  the 
Rowles,  or  the  Lords  Commissioners  may  bee  enjoyned  to 
appoint  an  hearing;  and  upon  these  depositions  already 
Swome  and  Published,  to  order  and  decree  according  to 
Justice  and  Equity,  as  touching  your  Petitioners  charges 
and  arreares,  mauger  all  such  triviall  irregularities,  as  turneth 
Judgement  into  Gall,  and  the  fruite  of  Justice  into  worme* 
wood. 

And  your  Petitioner  shall  evety  pray  &c. 


124  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

Endorsed: 

Oliukr  p. 

We  refer  this  Peticon  to  the  Masters  of  the  Rolls  to  Certifio 

vnto  vs  whatte  is  fitte  to  bee  done  ffor  the  Peticoners  releife. 
Julii  14th,  1655^ 

It  would  appear  however  that  these  Petitions,  well 
worded  as  they  are,  were  of  no  avail  and  Mr  Jackson 
had  to  go  in  obedience  to  the  following  order. 


Y9th  Marchi    By  the  Comm'*  for  ejectinge  scandalous  ignorant 
1655.*         and  insufficient  Ministers  and  schoole  Masters 

for  the  Westriddinge  and  Cittie  of  Yorke. 
Whereas  articles  of  scandall  have  beene  exhibitted  to  these 
Commiss"  bytwist  Richard  Jackson  Master  of  the  free  Schoole 
at  Sedbergh  in  the  Westridinge  of  the  County  of  Yorke  ?  and 
notwithstandinge  anie  defence  which  the  said  Richard  Jackson 
could  make,  it  is  sufficiently  proued  upon  oath  by  diverse 
iirittnesses  That  he  the  said  Richard  Jackson  hath  beene  a 
comon  frequenter  of  Alehouses  and  hath  beene  for  3  or  4  dayes 
Together  distempered  with  drinke,  And  hath  beene  drunke  vpon 
severall  Lordes  dayes,  And  also  that  he  hath  beene  of  late 
negligent  in  his  schoole,  leauinge  the  same  for  att  least  3 
monethes  together  and  duringe  that  time  locked  vpp  the 
Bchocle  doores,  discharged  his  Vsher  and  Schollers  All  which 
haueinge  been  considered  Wee  doe  hereby  Eiecte  and  displace 
the  said  Mr  Richard  Jackson  from  his  place  and  charge  hereto^ 
fore  had  or  exercised  in  the  aforesaid  schoole  of  Sedbergh  and 
from  the  benefitt  belonging  to  the  said  schoole. 

JoHK  Gbldart 
J:  Dickinson 
Robert  Washington 
Thomas  Bourchibr 
Jo:  Wordsworth 
Having   now  got   rid    of   Jackson,   the  Grovemors 
addressed  the  College  on  the  subject  of  his  successor. 
It  seems  that  they  would  gladly  have  had  Richard 
Garthwaite  who   had   acted   as   assistant  to  Jackson. 
Garth waite  was  admitted  to  St  John's  30  April   1640, 
eind'Was  bom  in  Dent,  so  that  he  was  a  local  man. 

«  i>.  1658. 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  125 

The  two  documents  which  follow  shew  in  what  high 
esteem  he  was  held  in  Sedbergh. 

To  the  Reverend  the  Master  and  Senior  fellowes  of  St  John's 
Colledge  in  Cambridge. 

We  whose  names  are  here  vnder  written  out  of  that  good  and 
laudable  Opinion  we  have  long  since  conceiud  and  doe  still 
retaine  of  the  worth  and  vertues  of  Mr  Richard  Garthwait 
Mr  of  Artes  of  your  Colledge  as  well  in  reference  to  his  Civill 
and  studious  demeanour  there  as  his  vigillant  and  blamelesse 
behaviour  here  Doe  Craue  leave  to  tender  this  our  Ingenuous 
Manifesto  to  y'  Reverend  grave  and  most  Judicious  thoughts 
(wz.)  that  we  humbly  conceiue  and  in  our  Consciences  are  fully 
persuaded  that  the  said  Mr  Garthwaite  is  very  able  and  thorowly 
accomplished  for  the  Inspection  ouer  the  free  Grammer  Schoole 
of  Sedbergh  in  Relation  to  the  Magisteriall  Charge  thereof,  he 
being  (as  many  yeares  experience  hath  well  hinted  to  vs) 
exemplarie  in  Manners,  dexterous  in  Method,  Industrious  in 
discipline;  And  (which  sweetens  all  other  endowments)  both 
peaceable  in  disposition  and  Pious  in  life  and  Conversation : 
And  whereas  we  haue  been  requested  by  Sundry  persons  well 
devoted  towards  learned  and  Religious  promotions  XA  vertue 
not  too  Epidemicall  in  these  divided  times)  wee  hold  ourselues 
in  Some  measure  Obliged  to  offer  vpp  this  testimonial!  result  not 
so  much,  of  our  affections  as  our  many  and  these  well  grounded 
perswasions.:  Wherevnto  (Graue  Sirs)  wee  Add  noe  more  but 
once  againe  Craue  pardon  for  this  our  bouldnes  humbly 
Subscribing  our  Selues 

Your  woP*  servants  in  all 
Christian  duties 
Richard  Jackson  Samuel  Harrison 

Rector  of  Whittington  m inister  of  Killington 

Geo.  ffoTHERGiLL  William  Waller 

Minister  of  Orton  minister  of  Denie 

John  Smith  Geor:  Burton 

minister  at  Kirkhy  Lonsdale        Schoolemaster  of  the  free  school  of 

Dente 
Richard  Tatham  ffRANCis  Jackson 

Minister  at  Heversham  master  of  y*  free  Schoole  of 

Leo  :  Burton  Kyrkhy-Lonsdale 

pastor  ibidem 


126  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

To  the  Right  Worshippfull  the  Master  and  Senior  fellowes  of 
St  Johns  Colledge  in  Cambridge. 

The  humble  Petition  of  the  Governors  of  the  free  Grammer 
Schoole  of  Sedbergh  together  with  the  Minister  and 
inhabitants  thereof. 

Sheweth : 

That  whereas  wee  y'  Petitioners  (out  of  a  deep  sense  of  our 
many  sufferings  and  no  lesse  dangers  impending  the  sad  con- 
dicon  of  the  free  grammer  schoole  of  Sedbergh  by  the  vnhappy 
Managerie  of  Mr  Richard  Jackson  then  master  thereof)  were 
constrained  to  pursue  our  most  just  complaintes  even  to  the 
Gates  of  your  Colledg  since  when  (by  divine  prouidence  and 
your  pious  Indulgence  towardes  vs)  we  blesse  God  for  it  we 
thankfully  enioy  a  happie  change  of  a  meeke  peaceable  and 
painfull  teacher  Instead  of  a  Cruell,  Covetous  and  vnconscion- 
able  controller,  To  say  no  more  for  wee  delight  neither  in 
renewing  the  memory  of  by  gone  pressures  nor  in  repeating  the 
number  of  former  Complaints  which  (if  need  were)  might  ia 
reason  be  rather  Augmented  then  in  any  wise  Retracted  by  vs. 
But  we  leaue  him  to  his  Augmentation  at  his  church  at  Garsdall 
where  now  he  lines.  And  we  thank  God  for  that  good  provid- 
ence hath  placed  him  so  farre  distant  from  vs,  who,  while  he 
might  have  peaceably  lined  amongst  vs,  studied  nothing  more 
than  how  to  be  at  variance  with  vs. 

May  it  therefore  please  your  graue  Wisdome  amongst  other 
pious  Intentions  and  endeavours  (which  we  have  euer  found 
ready  to  advance  Religious  and  conscientious  designes)  to 
confirme  that  our  former  and  this  our  present  petition  with  your 
suffrage  in  confirming  the  Mastershipp  of  the  free  Grammer 
Schoole  of  Sedbergh  on  Mr  Richard  Garthwaite  Mr  of  Artes  of 
your  Colledge  who  as  well  in  the  presence  as  absence  of  the 
late  former  Incumbent  has  for  many  yeares  past  borne  the 
burthen  of  the  Cure  not  withstanding  these  manie  disincourage- 
ments  that  haue  attended  him.  from  whome  hstuing  reapt  so 
many  harvests  of  exemplarie  life.  Civill  deportment  with  a 
carefull  and  industrious  discharge  of  the  duties  enioyned  him^ 
We  cannot  (without  much  wrong  done  him)  but  once  more 
Crave  leave  to  present  him  to  your  Worshipps  graue  and  most 
Judicious  approbation  who  (we  doubt  not)  like  a  gratefull  River 


Notes  from  the  Collgee  Records.  127 

will  (by  the  blessing  of  God)  retume  many  fresh  Streames  (in 
token  of  a  thankfull  heart)  to  that  vaste  Ocean  of  Religion  and 
Learning  from  whence  he  sometime  sprang,  that  God  may  haue 
the  honnour,  the  Churqh  and  Commonwealth  the  benefitt  and 
the  late  desolate  Schoole  of  Sedbergh  (with  those  that  belong 
vnto  it)  the  Comfort  of  this  so  much  desired  And  no  lesse  (we 
hope)  desemed  Recommenda^n  And  your  petitioners  shall 
ever  pray  &c. 

(The  signatures  of  Seven  governors  of  the  School  and  of  129 
inhabitants  of  Sedbergh  follow). 

Mr  Garthwaite  also  addressed  his  own  petition  to 
the  College.  If  the  Greek  letter  to  which  he  refers  was 
sent;  it  has  unfortunately  not  been  preserved. 


Literarum  Antistes 

Pridem  in  conspectnm  splendoris  vestri,  officiosam  banc 
schedulam  detulissem,  modo  amplitudinis  vestrae  reuerentia  me 
a  scribendo  non  cohibuisset;  verebar  etiam  ne  viderer  aut  alieni 
appetens  aut  assentatiuncul&  quadam  aucupari  gratiam.  Nihilo- 
minos  (cum  aliorum  operd,  aditus  ad  te  mihi  quodamodo  pate- 
factus  est)  pudore  quodam  subrustico  suffusus,  scripsi  quod 
epistoia  non  erubescat.  et  nescio  sane  an  dintinum  meum 
silentium,  an  hae  literulae  inuiti  (quod  aiunt)  Minerui  com- 
positae,  luculentius  vobis  imperitiae  testimonium  exhibebit; 
illinc  modesta  tacitumitas  cedebat  arenas,  hinc  imperita  loqua- 
citas  aciei  se  accingit.  Qnod  si  ad  scribendum  non  efflagitatus 
essem,  in  biuio  adhuc  stetissem  quia  consultius  censui  (si  paruis 
compon^r^r  magna  licebit)  nobilem  ilium  Cunctatorem  imitan, 
qui  maluit  sedendo  quam  pugnando  vincere,  quam  magno  conatu 
nihil  agere.  humilime  sane  percupiui  V.  V.  Societatem  Xcvjc^i^ 
^n^y  ir^diivai  Gubernatorum  nostrorum  votis,  me  Scholas 
praeficiendo.  Nam  cum  principis  alicujus  authoritate,  bene 
meritis  de  Republica  decemitur  honos,  gemma  (Pgenuina)  est 
nobilitas  quum  ad  virtutem  (omnis  verae  nobilitatis  parentem) 
accedit  principis  authoritas.  si  suffragium  vestrum  fidei  com* 
missorum  vobis  accedisset  aestimationi  meae,  incolumitati  et 
paci  Scholae  Sedbergenst's  consultum  esset.  At  non  auscultandum 
populo.     esto  sane,     non  inficias  ibo,  quin  vulgus  ex  veritate 


128  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

pauca  ex  opinione  multa  aestimet,  ideoqz^^  non  abs  re  homines 
ingenij  acumine,  artium  et  scientiarum  satellitio  stipati,  a 
multitudinis  sententia  plerninqv^  recesserunt,  nimirum  quod 
exploratum  haberent,  apud  probos  et  ernditos  momenta  ratio-* 
nis  plus  valere,  quam  imbecillam,  infirmamqc/^  vulgi  opinio- 
nem.  insignemqi^  esae  temeritatem,  falsa,  aut  certe  vix  dum 
satis  cognita,  pro  veris  habere.  Quod  ad  me  attinet,  vt  a 
laudatis  viris  laudari,  pulchrum  gloriosumqtf^  arbitror:  sic  a 
mails  culpari,  illudi,  aut  calumniari  non  moror.  si  quid  est  in 
me  laude  dignum  diuinae  benignitati  acceptum  refero.  licet 
vulgi  opinionem  de  me  conceptam  magni  non  facio,  non 
reijciendam  tamen  penitus  existimo.  sed  qaoniam  non  solum 
ij,  sed  pleriqv^  eruditi,  patriae  lumina,  calculum  adijcerunt,  valde 
ingratus  viderer  si  manibus  pedibusqii/  non  conarer  eorum 
expectation!  respondere.  Quod  si  Reverential  vestrae  placeret 
ixiylnjipiiiiv  et  eorum  omnium  votis  aurem  patientem  ac  beneuolam 
accommodare  iroXXac  iXmdac  ix^a  famam  Scholae  Sedbetgensis  ex 
cineribus  (Phoenicis  ad  instar)  reuiuiscere,  cujus  amore  tarn 
vehementer  fiagro,  nt  lubens  impendar  et  superimpendar  pro 
incolumitate  ejusdem  si  parcent  animae  fata  superstiti :  ignoscas 
audaciae  (Colendissime  Domine)  intestinis  ejusdem  litibus 
infanda  multa  perpessus  fui,  plura  ingruentia  prospicio,  nisi 
insurgentes  aestus  tridente  tuo  componere  digneris.  at  si  coeptis 
nostris  aspirare  boni  consuleres  rebusqv^  nostris  laborantibus 
opem  ferres,  non  si  male  nunc  et  olim  sic  erit.  procul  dubio 
majora  scholaeqii^  vtiliora  beneuolentia  et  ofioroi^  assequenda 
sunt,  quam  alij  rixis  et  litigijs  contenderunt,  nam  concordia 
parua  crescunt,  at  discordia  magna  dilabuntur. 

Epistolam  alteram  graece,  vt  potui,  vereor  ne  ingenio  plus 
quam  boeotico  composui ;  nihilominus  ipsa  candoris  et  humani- 
tatis  vestrae  fama,  magnam  timoris  partem  extulit,  quod  si 
tenuiculum  hoc  obseruantiae  meae  (vir  reuerendissime)  indicium, 
festinatum  magis  quam  exactnm  non  auersaris,  posthac  grandia 
conabor;  et  quae  per  temporis  angustias  assequi  inteUigenti^ 
nequeam,  saltem  persequi  diligently  contendam.  Utcunqi^^ 
non  omnino  male  mecum  actum  esse  reputabo,  si  idem  mihi 
euenerit,  quod  Seneca  de  quodam  refert  qui  cum  bis  in  eodem 
die,  graece  et  latine  declamasset  et  sciscitaretur  a  quodam 
quomodo  perorasset  responsum  tulit,  bene  icai  kqicwc,  bene  latine 
perperam  graece.  quoniam  si  o^aX/ia  n  ivpyc  seu  graecum  sine 
latinum  magna  mihi  spes  est  candorem  vestrum  non  iniqud 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  129 

ferre,  sed  potius  ut  solent  amantes  amicorum  naeuis  delectari-. 
Sed  vereor  ne  molestiis  fuero  importuno  officio.  Vale  itaq«^ 
XafivpoTQTri  Ki^dXri  et  me  vilissimum  caput  ad  pedes  vestros 
deflexum  propitio  digneris  ocello. 

Tua  Amplitudini  deuotissimus 

Ric.  Garth WAITE. 
feb.  Sedbergensis. 


The  choice  of  the  College,  however,  fell  upon  James 
Buchanan  M.A.  of  Sidney  College.  According  to 
some  letters  from  Sedbergh  preserved  in  College, 
Richard' Garth waite  became  Master  of  Kirkby  Lons- 
dale School.  The  Admission  Register  shews  that  he 
sent  a  number  of  boys  to  the  College.  He  probably 
remained  at  Kirkby  Lonsdale  until  1669,  when  he 
became  Head  Master  of  the  Free  Grammar  School 
at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  (Carlisle,  Endowed  Schools  ii 
256).  He  published  a  censure  upon  Lilly's  Grammar. 
He  was  removed  from  Newcastle  in  1690. 


Note. — Mr  W.  D.  Fane,  of  Melbourne  Hall,  Derby, 
sends  the  following  notes : — 

In  the  EagUy  vol  xvii,  p.  144,  Valentine  Carey,  Bishop 
of  Exeter,  writing  to  the  Master  of  St  John's,  3  October 
1623,  makes  interest  for  a  *  SchoUership '  for  one  of  the 
two  sons  of  his  brother  [in  law]  John  Coke.  John  Coke 
(afterwards  a  Master  of  Requests,  and  then  from  1625  to 
1640  one  of  the  two  principal  Secretaries  of  State) 
became  possessed  of  this  house  (in  which  I  have  lived 
for  19  years),  now  possessed  by  his  descendant  Lord 
Cowper.  He  left  a  large  quantity  of  papers,  which  are 
preserved  in  the  Muniment  Room  here.  Most  of  these 
have  recently  been  published  by  the  Historical  MSS 
Commission^  and  I  believe  copies  of  the  three  volumes  of 
the  Coke  Papers  are  in  the  College  Library. 

It  will  be  seen  in  the  Introduction  to  that  publication 
VOL.  xvill.  S 


130  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

that  the  two  sons  mentioned  by  "  Val.  Exon."  both  went 
to  Trinity  College,  that  the  elder  died  at  the  end  of  his 
first  term,  and  the  younger  became  Sir  John  Coke, 
M.P.  for  Derbyshire  in  the  Long  Parliament,  and  one  of 
the  Commissioners  to  take  charge  of  King  Charles  at 
Newcastle  and  Holdenby. 

A  third  son,  Thomas  Coke,  was  also  at  Trinity, 
Member  in  the  Long  Parliament  for  Leicester  Borough, 
an  adherent  of  King  Charles  I  and  II,  arrested  and 
attainted  for  *  treason'  in  1656;  whereupon  he  became 
an  informer  and  was  reprieved.  His  *  informations'  are 
set  out  in  the  Welbeck  Papers  of  the  Duke  of  Portland, 
Hist,  MSS  Commission, 

Mr  Fane  also  draws  attention  to  the  fact  that  there 
is  a  statement  of  the  expenses  of  Lord  Percy  at  St  John's 
College,  Cambridge,  16 14 — 1615.  Hist.  MSS  Comm. 
Report  VI.  p.  230  b.  See  also  1647,  Nov  15,  ibid,  p, 
209  b,  Dec  4,  ibid.  214  a. 

R.  F.  S. 

(To  be  continued.) 


A  TRANSLATION 

(Attempted  in  consequence  of  a  challenge). 

["  *  Mrs  Harris/  I  says  to  her,  *  dont  name  th^ 
charge,  for  if  I  could  afford  to  lay  all  my  feller  creeturs 
out  for  nothink  I  would  gladly  do  it ;  sich  is  the  love 
I  bear  'em.  But  what  I  always  says  to  them  as  has 
the  management  of  matters,  Mrs  Harris,' " — here  she 
kept  her  eye  on  Mr  Pecksniff — "  *  be  they  gents  or  be 
they  ladies — is,  Dont  ask  me  whether  I  wont  take  none, 
or  whether  I  will,  but  leave  the  bottle  on  the  chimley 
piece,  and  let  me  put  my  lips  to  it  when  I  am  so 
dispoged/  "    Martin  Chuzzlewitf  Chap.  xix]. 

**  S9  l^ar'*  avrap  iym  /juv  afiu^ofiivfi  wpoaieiiroy, 

'  Saifiovii^t  * AppiaaiaSim  ako")^  avrtOioio, 

fAtj  6riv  hii  irepX  fiiadov  avelpeOf  fifjS'  ovofia^  e 

rolyi  rydp  roi  iywv  dyavij  xal  ^iriff  €tfAl, 

^  Key  Xaoy  airayr    et  ^04  Svyafih  ye  vapettf, 

alrov  iiFfjeravov  jSiorov  0*  aXt^  eySov  iovro^, 

aairaaito^  Kal  afAiaOo^  iovaa  TrepiarelXaifi^ 

[iv  \€KTpq>  Xi^aaa  ravfjXeyio^  davdroio 

airni,  09  tc€  Sdvfiai  ^por&v  koX  ttotplov  iirlairj}.'] 

aW  €/e  Tot  ip€<o  ai^  8'  evl  (ppeal  /SdWeo  afjatv^'^'^ 

oaae  Bi  oi  Ue^veltpoy  iaiSpaxoy  datceXe^  aid — 

'^ '  teeivoiatv  yap  irdtri  in<f>av<rKOiiiyri  dyopevo} 

efr'  avSp^  etre  yvvai^    oriip  rdSe  Spy  a  fiifjkfjiXeVp 

&  <l)t\ep  riirre  av  raura  /*'  dveipeai ;  ovSi  Tt  ae  xpif 

iSfjiivai  fj  iSiXfo  viveiv  fiidv,  ^€  xal  ovx,i* 

el  S'  ay*  iir*  ia'xdpO(l)iv  xdraOh  Siva^  ^Seo?  otyov, 

S<l)p*  iv  x^P^^^  ^^^  irlvovad  re  repirop.ivrj  re, 

X^iXed  T€  wpoadeia*  oiroray  ^iXov  Tjrop  dycoy]^,^  '* 

Samuel  Butler. 


WALTER  PATER. 

I  HE  service  of  philosophy/'  writes  Mr  Pater 
in  the  beautiful  conclusion  of  his  book  on 
the  Renaissance — "the  service  of  philo- 
sophy, and  of  religion  and  culture  as  well, 
to  the  human  spirit,  is  to  startle  it  into  a  sharp  and 
eager  observation.  Every  moment  some  form  grows 
perfect  in  hand  or  face  ;  some  tone  on  the  hills  or  sea  is 
choicer  than  the  rest ;  some  mood  of  passion  or  insight 
or  intellectual  excitement  is  irresistibly  real  and  attrac- 
tive for  us — for  that  moment  only.  Not  the  fruit  of 
experience,  but  experience  itself  is  the  end.  A  counted 
number  of  pulses  only  is  given  to  us  of  a  variegated 
dramatic  life.  How  may  we  see  in  them  all  that 
is  to  be  seen  in  them  by  the  finest  senses  ?  How  can 
we  pass  most  swiftly  from  point  to  point,  and  be  present 
always  at  the  focus  where  the  greatest  number  of  vital 
forces  unite  in  their  purest  energy  ? " 

Mr  Pater,  in  five  short  volumes  of  exquisite  prose, 
has  given  us  some  results  of  his  attempt  to  solve  that 
question.  He  has  lived  among  impressions:  he  has 
made  use  of  that  counted  number  of  pulses  to  the  full : 
and  what  sweet  fragments  he  has  arrested  from  the 
perpetual  flux  of  things  he  has  imparted  by  the  power 
of  his  pen  to  those  who,  like  himself,  are  earnestly 
seeking  to  catch  in  fleeting  things  some  reflexion  of  the 
True  and  Beautiful.  His  life  is  quiet  and  reserved ;  a 
life  of  contemplation,  admitting  of  little  converse  with 
the  outer  world ;  a  tranquil,  self-reliant,  self-controlled 
existence,  too  busy  with  the  inner  motions  of  the  soul  to 
pay  much  attention  to  the  accidents  of  human  life. 


Waller  Pater.  133 

To  write  the  record  of  such  a  life  is  a  mere  matter  of 
dates.  Walter  Horatio  Pater  was  born  in  London  on 
the  4th  of  August  1839,  the  son  of  Mr  Richard  Glode 
Pater,  and  was  educated  at  King's  School,  Canterbury, 
which  he  left  for  Oxford  when  he  was  eighteen.  His 
essay  on  Winckelmann,  to  many  the  most  precious 
thing  he  has  written,  appeared  the  year  before  in  the 
Weslmtnsler  Review  for  January  1857 — surely  a  most* 
singular  instance  of  boyish  precocity.  He  was  entered 
at  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  on  the  nth  of  June  1858, 
and  took  his  degree  in  1862,  with  a  second  class  in 
Classics.  Two  years  later,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three, 
he  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  Brasenose,  where  he  became 
a  Tutor  in  1867,  and  continued  to  hold  that  office  until 
1883.  In  1873  he  published  his  famous  Sltidies  in  the 
History  of  the  Renaissance^  which  have  been  followed, 
during  the  last  ten  years,  by  Marius  the  Epicurean^ 
Imaginary  Portraits^  Appreciations^  and  a  series 
of  lectures  on  Plato  and  Platonism^  the  last-men- 
tioned book  appearing  in  the  spring  of  last  year. 
Besides  these  volumes,  he  has  written  at  intervals  for 
magazines  and  reviews. 

The  book  which  made  his  fame,  and  by  which  he  will 
be  remembered,  is  that  first  book,  Studies  in  the 
History  of  the  Renaissance.  He  has  altered  and  cut 
out  passages  in  subsequent  editions  to  suit  changes  of 
thought,  but,  in  substance,  it  remains  the  same — a 
collection  of  eight  short  and  brilliant  essays,  covering 
almost  every  aspect  of  that  splendid  era,  and  extending 
from  the  very  birth  of  modern  literature  in  Provence  at 
the  end  of  the  thirteenth  century,  to  the  revival  of  the 
Hellenic  spirit  under  Winckelmann  in  1764.  The  book 
is  short  but  priceless.  No  student  of  the  Renaissance, 
the  most  fascinating,  the  most  paradoxical  period  of  the 
world's  history,  has  ever  seen  so  deeply  into  its  spirit, 
or  has  criticised  its  leading  features  from  such  a  catholic 
point  of  view. 

It  is  hard  to  select  from  these  studies.   Undoubtedly, 


134  Waller  Pater. 

in  point  of  style,  the  short  essay  on  Botticelli,  and  the 
magnificent  appreciation  of  Lionardo  da  Vinci,  are  the 
best :  and  on  them  the  eye  loves  to  dwell  to  the  exclu- 
sion of  their  staider  and  more  sober  companions — ^but 
all  are  perfect  in  style  and  matter.  There  are  no  crude 
vulgarisms,  no  tasteless  rhapsodies — the  whole  work 
moves  along  slowly  and  with  stately  self-control,  amid 
absolute  calm  and  tranquillity. 

The  Renaissance,  as  Mr  Pater  understands  it,  was  a 
"general  and  enlightening  stimulus  of  the  human 
mind  "  which  "  may  be  traced  far  into  the  middle  age 
itself,  with  its  qualities  already  clearly  pronounced,  the 
care  for  physical  beauty,  the  worship  of  the  body,  the 
breaking  down  of  those  limits  which  the  religious 
system  of  the  middle  age  imposed  on  the  heart  and  the 
imagination."  And  this  is  why  he  begins  his  book  with 
the  little  Provencal  novel  Aucasstn  et  Nicolelle^ 
which,  written  for  a  large  circle  of  readers  of  all  classes, 
reflects  so  much  of  the  poetry  of  the  Troubadours,  and 
translates  into  the  language  of  daily  life  the  high-flown 
love  strains  of  Bernard  de  Ventadour  and  Pierre  VidaL 
As  we  read  this  short  critique,  we  feel  how  the 
mediaeval  spirit  prepared  itself  for  the  full  glory  of  the 
fifteenth  and  sixteenth  centuries,  revolting  from  the 
constraint  and  formula  of  religious  dogma,  and  losing 
itself  in  the  idolatry  of  love,  as  when  Tannhauser  lost 
his  heart  and  gave  his  soul  to  the  goddess  in  the  caverns 
of  the  Venusberg. 

In  the  essay  on  Pico  della  Mirandola,  we  read  how 
this  desire  for  freedom  from  the  trammels  of  con- 
ventional thought  resulted  in  the  revival  of  ancient 
learning :  how  Lorenzo  the  Magnificent  and  his  court 
varied  their  statecraft  and  their  amours  with*  learned 
research.  Hellenism  revived,  and  the  Hellenic  desire 
for  beauty  and  perfection  of  form  led  to  the  cultivation 
of  the  fine  arts — sculpture  and  painting.  Sandro 
Botticelli  in  painting,  Luca  della  Robbia  in  sculpture — 
these  are  the  two  examples  Mr  Pater  chooses  from  the 


Walter  Pater.  135 

earlier  artists,  to  show  the  development  of  the  sister 
arts.  And  then,  turning  from  the  goldsmiths,  painters, 
and  sculptors  of  Florence,  from  Italian  art  in  its  youth, 
we  arrive  at  the  splendour  and  perfect  beauty  of  its 
manhood,  manifested  in  the  two  greatest  men  of  genius 
of  the  Renaissance,  Michelangelo  and  Lionardo  da 
Vinci. 

**  Out  of  the  strong  came  forth  sweetness  " — that  is 
the  text  of  the  essay  on  the  "  Poetry  of  Michelangelo." 
Mr  Pater  shows  how  the  great  sculptor,  attractive  to 
some,  repellent  to  others  in  the  very  strength  of  his 
conceptions,  nevertheless,  by  his  love  of  life,  by  his 
longing  for  the  unseen  ideal  beauty,  infused  into  them  a 
certain  sweetness  and  gentleness.  This  view  of  his  work 
is  not  apparent  to  everyone.  The  ability  of  Michelangelo 
to  give  life  to  his  figures — that  suggestion  of  life  in  which, 
Mr  Pater  says,  lies  his  sweetness — has  been  denied  by  a 
school  of  eminent  critics.  Mr  Ruskin,  in  his  pamphlet 
on  the  relation  between  Michelangelo  and  Tintoret,  has 
asserted  that  Michelangelo  studied  his  anatomy  and  the 
pose  of  his  figures  exclusively  from  the  dead  body. 
And,  if  this  be  admitted,  at  once  the  sweetness  vanishes, 
and  the  strength  remains,  with  touches  of  the  grotesque 
and  macabre. 

Such  critics,  in  their  fervent,  exclusive,  short-sighted 
devotion  to  mediaeval  art,  to  the  virgins  of  Fra 
Angelico,  or  the  suffering  saints  of  Filippino  Lippi,  fail 
to  appreciate  the  pagan,  the  Hellenic  element  in 
Michelangelo  and  Raffaelle.  Their  movement  is 
essentially  retrograde ;  they  would  have  art  advance  to 
a  certain  point,  and  go  no  farther.  But  Mr  Pater 
acknowledges  the  necessity  of  artistic  progress,  and,  in 
the  catholicity  of  his  heart,  just  as  he  appreciates  to  the 
full  the  Christian  mysticism  of  Botticelli  and  his  con- 
temporaries, so  he  advances  to  the  fuller  perfection  of  art 
in  Michelangelo,  Raffaelle,  and  the  Venetian  school. 
Perhaps  no  juster  criticism  of  Michelangelo,  that  unique 
figure  in  whom  all  the  arts  are  co-related,  who  stood 


136  Walter  Pater. 

out  from  the  workshop  of  the  stiff,  stilted  Ghirlandajo 
to  make  an  epoch  in  the  history  of  art,  has  ever  been 
written  than  this. 

In  the  essay  on  "Lionardo  da  Vinci,"  Mr  Pater 
comes  nearest  to  us.  The  Master  has  given  some  of 
his  own  temperament  to  him.  Lionardo,  ever  on  the 
search  for  impressions,  noting  down  the  "  strange  eyes 
or  hair  "  of  those  who  passed  him  in  the  streets,  imbued 
with  the  smiling  of  women  and  the  solemn  movement 
of  water,  with  his  passionate  affection  for  those  four 
friends,  pupils,  and  servants,  with  their  wavy  curling 
hair,  whose  figures  stand  round  the  base  of  his  statue 
in  Milan — this  is  the  man  of  all  men  whom  Mr  Pater 
can  love  and  sympathise  with.  How  exquisitely,  for 
instance,  does  he  follow  through  Lionardo's  greatest 
paintings  his  love  for  moving  water.  "You  may 
follow  it  springing  from  its  distant  source  among  the 
rocks  on  the  heath  of  the  *  Madonna  of  the  Balances,' 
passing  as  a  little  fall  into  the  treacherous  calm  of 
the  *  Madonna  of  the  Lake,'  next,  as  a  goodly  river 
below  the  cliffs  of  the  *  Madonna  of  the  Rocks,'  washing 
the  white  walls  of  its  distant  villages,  stealing  out  in 
a  network  of  divided  streams  in  *  La  Gioconda '  to  the 
sea-shore  of  the  *  Saint  Anne' — that  delicate  place 
where  the  wind  passes  like  the  hand  of  some  fine  etcher 
over  the  surface,  and  the  untorn  shells  lie  thick  upon 
the  sand,  and  the  tops  of  the  rocks  to  which  the  waves 
never  rise  are  green  with  grass  grown  fine  as  hair." 

Of  this  essay  I  shall  speak  more  fully  when  the 
time  comes  to  discuss  Mr  Pater's  style.  The  book 
passes  on  to  the  lyric  poets  of  France — the  illustrious 
Pleiad  of  court  bards,  headed  by  Ronsard  and  Joachim 
du  Bellay,  who  gives  his  name  to  this  chapter.  And, 
lastly,  from  French  sonneteers  we  come  to  Winckel- 
mann,  the  great  German,  who,  amid  the  frigid  con- 
ventionalities of  the  last  century,  realised  the  ideal 
Hellenic  beauty,  as  one  born  out  of  due  time.  Here 
again  we  find   Mr   Pater  in  full    sympathy  with    his 


Walter  Patef.  137 

subject.  The  love  of  bodily  beauty  which  found  its 
only  adequate  expression  in  Greek  sculpture  is  common 
to  Winckelmann  and  Mr  Pater.  Painting,  they  both 
feel,  however  prerfect  it  may  be,  can  only  suggest  the 
soul :  in  sculpture  the  soul  is  plainly  manifested  in  the 
body.  And  thus  in  this  essay,  the  work,  it  must  be 
remembered,  of  a  schoolboy,  Mr  Pater  has  given  us 
one  of  the  most  admirable  and  sympathetic  appreciations 
of  Greek  art  which  we  possess.  He  has  also  done 
service  to  the  memory  of  Winckelmann  in  the  short 
sketch  of  his  romantic  life.  Winckelmann  has  been 
overshadowed  in  the  past  by  his  greater  disciple, 
Groethe :  some  of  this  shadow  Mr  Pater  has  removed 
for  us. 

We  shall  perhaps  find  it  more  useful  to  anticipate 
Mr  Pater's  second  great  work  Marius  by  a  brief 
glance  at  the  three  minor  volumes,  although  their 
appearance  has  been  of  later  date.  And  first,  let  us 
look  at  AppreciaHo7ts  published  in  1889.  This  book 
is  a  collection  of  essays,  principally  on  English 
literature.  It  cannot  be  denied  that  it  is  his  most 
unequal  attempt.  Some  of  the  essays,  and  especially 
those  on  "  Sir  Thomas  Browne "  and  *'  Shakspere's 
English  Kings,"  are  good ;  but  the  majority,  not  even 
excluding  the  often  praised  critique  of  Wordsworth, 
are  very  indifferent — vague  metaphysical  meanderings, 
written  in  a  somewhat  turgid  style,  contrasting  oddly 
with  the  style  of  the  Renaissance.  Yet  the  image  of 
Shakspere's  Richard  the  Second,  as  he  conceives  it, 
royal,  slim,  dainty  and  beautiful,  with  the  holy  oil 
of  anointing  on  its  head,  and  the  dignity  of  an  anointed 
king  in  its  heart,  ranks  beside  and  claims  kinship 
with  those  other  figures  which  Mr  Pater  has  so  ex- 
quisitely outlined  for  us — Aucassin  the  debonair,  like  the 
mediaeval  god  of  love,  the  delicate  Flavian,  and  the 
beautiful  clean-limbed  Denys  of  Auxerre. 

Denys  of  Auxerre  comes  home  to  our. hearts  most  of 
the  four  youths  whom  Mr  Pater  has  depicted  in  Ima- 
VOL.  xviu.  T 


138  Walter  Pater. 

ginary  Portraits,  No  greater  contrast  could  be  found 
than  that  which  exists  between  the  four.  Watteau,  the 
'*  Prince  of  Court  Painters,"  all  afire  to  gain  fame  with 
his  brush  at  the  French  Court :  Denys  TAuxerrois,  half 
a  pagan  god  revisiting  the  earth,  half  a  prophet, 
Savonarola-like,  inciting  his  townsmen  on  to  the  build- 
ing of  their  cathedral,  and  at  last  murdered  by  them, 
in  the  fury  of  middle-age  ecclesiasticism  and  super- 
.stition,  as  a  dealer  in  the  Black  Art:  Sebastian  van 
Storck,  retiring  from  the  simple  life  of  a  Dutch  country- 
house  into  mystic  research :  Duke  Carl  of  Rosenmold, 
yearning,  amid  Teutonic  barbarism,  for  the  new  musical 
and  artistic  culture  of  Italy— all  are  different,  and  all 
Mr  Pater  has  endowed  with  life  in  one  of  the  most 
fascinating  books  of  modern  days,  a  book  which  is  a 
diary  of  delicious  moments,  a  storehouse  of  beautiful 
scenes.  He  who  is  fortunate  enough  to  read  it  for  the 
first  time,  finds  a  new  world  of  thought  and  scenery 
opened  for  him.  And  perhaps,  on  that  account,  it  is 
best  to  begin  the  careful  study  of  Mr  Pater's  work  with 
this  book,  the  most  popular,  and,  in  a  certain  sense,  the 
most  beautiful  book  he  has  written. 

From  the  charming  Imaginary  Portraits^  it  be- 
hoves us  to  pass  to  his  latest  book  Plato  and  Plato^ 
nism.  Clever  and  suggestive  as  it  undoubtedly  is,  it 
contributes  very  little  to  our  knowledge  of  the  subject. 
The  chapter  on  "  Lacedaemon  "  is  at  times  as  good  as 
his  best  work,  and,  here  and  there,  we  can  perceive 
under  the  heap  of  epithet  and  parenthesis  with  which 
he  has  chosen  to  lade  his  later  prose,  some  touches 
which  recall  the  beauties  of  the  Renaissance  and 
Marius.  But  they  are  few :  the  book,  as  a  whole,  is 
toilsome  to  read,  the  main  thread  of  the  sentence  is 
lost  by  the  continual  intrusion  of  long  parentheses,  the 
author  perpetually  repeats  himself,  and  the  gain,  at 
the  end,  is  inconsiderable.  Mr  Pater's  style,  so  admir- 
ably suited  to  vivid  pictorial  description,  as,  indeed,  is 
plain  in  the  "  Lacedaemon"  chapter,  loses  itself  when  it 
attempts  to  tread  the  paths  of  abstract  discussion. 


Wai^r  Pater.  139 

We  have  reserved  Marius  to  the  last.  Marius  the 
Epicurean :  his  ideas  and  sensations  is  the  title  of 
the  book,  a  subtle  psychological  study,  a  record  of  im- 
pressions, bound  together  by  a  slight  clear  narrative. 
We  have  presented  before  us  Marius,  a  young  member 
of  an  ancient  family,  decayed  and  impoverished  by  its 
members'  excess,  left  its  head  by  the  death  of  his  father. 
How  lovely  that  old  villa  where,  trained  in  the  stern  old 
Roman  religion,  he  spent  the  early  years  of  his  life ! 
"  The  building  of  pale  red  and  yellow  marble,  mellowed 
by  age  .  .  .  was  indeed  but  the  exquisite  fragment  of  a 
once  large  and  sumptuous  villa.  Two  centuries  of  the 
play  of  the  sea-wind  were  in  the  velvet  of  the  mosses 
which  lay  along  its  inaccessible  ledges  and  angles. 
Here  and  there  the  marble  plates  had  slipped  from  their 
places,  where  the  delicate  weeds  had  forced  their  way. 
The  graceful  wildness  which  prevailed  in  garden  and 
farm,  gave  place  to  a  singular  nicety  about  the  actual 
habitation,  and  a  still  more  scrupulous  sweetness  and 
order  reigned  within  .  .  .  The  little  glazed  windows  in 
the  uppermost  chamber  framed  each  its  dainty  land- 
scape— the  pallid  crags  of  Carrara,  like  wildly  twisted 
snow-drifts  above  the  purple  heath  :  the  distant  harbour 
with  its  freight  of  white  marble  going  to  sea  :  the  light- 
house temple  of  Venus  Speciosa  on  its  dark  headland, 
amid  the  long-drawn  curves  of  white  breakers.  Even 
on  summer  nights  the  air  there  had  always  a  motion  in 
it,  and  drove  the  scent  of  the  new-mown  hay  along  all 
the  passages  of  the  house." 

What  wonder  that  the  boy,  with  this  perfect  home  on 
the  slopes  of  Luna,  grows  up  peculiarly  sensitive  to  im- 
pressions !  The  very  name  of  that  home.  Ad  Vigilias 
Albas,  White-Nights,  has  something  of  mystery  and 
romance  about  it  to  affect  the  mind.  Troubled  by  some 
boyish  complaint,  he  goes  to  be  healed  at  a  temple  of 
Aesculapius,  far  among  the  mountains,  and  there,  from 
the  lips  of  a  bland  white-robed  priest,  he  learns 
the  secret  which  afterwards  moulded  his  life— the  secret 


140  Walter  Pater. 

of  living  among  the  beautiful  and  for  the  beautiful,  of 
putting  out  of  sight  what  is  sordid  and  vile,  and  so 
transforming  the  mind  and,  as  far  as  possible,  the  body, 
into  conformation  with  ideal  beauty. 

Then  follows  the  death  of  his  mother,  the  sacred 
woman  with  the  shadow  of  grief  upon  her,  who  to  her 
son  had  always  seemed  divine,  and  his  schooldays  at 
Pisa,  told  in  a  succession  of  beautiful  pictures.  His 
schooldays  furnish  the  most  interesting  episode  of  his 
career,  his  tender  love  and  friendship  for  Flavian,  a 
brilliant  proud  youth,  the  son  of  a  freedman,  devoted  to 
the  study  of  that  Euphuism  which,  under  Apuleius,  was 
the  chief  literary  mark  of  the  Antonine  age — the  dainty, 
choice  selection  of  words  and  phrases  which  always 
sounds  a  note  of  decadence  in  literature.  Marius  and 
Flavian  are  inseparable:  Flavian  writes  quaint  odes, 
stimulated  by  impressions  received  in  the  streets — ^how 
like  Lionardo  I — and  Marius,  the  younger,  admires  and 
tries  to  follow  his  example.  But  the  bright,  beautiful 
Flavian  dies:  the  animula  vagula  goes  away-^- 
whither  ?  and  Marius  is  left  alone. 

It  is  at  this  point  that  his  Epicureanism  begins  to 
develop.  Left  solitary  by  the  death  of  his  friend— for 
his  is  one  of  those  natures  which  experience  few  attach* 
ments,  and  those  in  an  almost  exaggerated  intensity — 
he  turns  himself  to  the  doctrine  of  the  Cyrenaic  school, 
and  lives  to  catch  continual  impressions,  beautiful  sights, 
sounds,  odours,  preserved  from  the  inconstant  flux  of  all 
things,  and  treasured  in  the  memory.  In  this  state  of 
mind,  with  his  natural  receptivity  of  soul  cultured  to  an 
abnormal  sensibility  of  what  is  curious,  beautiful  and 
romantic,  he  journeys  to  Rome,  to  fill  the  place  of 
amanuensis  to  the  emperor. 

On  his  journey  he  falls  in  with  the  second  man 
whom  he  is  destined  to  love — the  centurion  Cornelius, 
a  sweet  but  shadowy  figure,  of  whom  we  would  fain 
know  more.  The  arrival  in  Rome,  the  return  of  Marcus 
Aurelius,    the    imperial    household,    the    gladiatorial 


Walter  Pater.  141 

contest  in  the  arena,  the  dinner-party  at  Tusculum 
where  Apuleius  was  a  guest — these  are  but  a  few  of 
the  bright,  tranquil  pictures  we  get  of  Marius'  life  in 
the  Imperial  city.  The  problem  of  life  seems  to  him 
more  puzzling  than  of  old,  when  he  sees  on  the  one 
hand  the  Stoic  emperor,  with  his  strangely  contradictory 
moods,  and  his  signal  indulgence  towards  his  licentious 
brother  and  adulterous  wife;  and,  on  the  other,  his 
friend  Cornelius,  placid  and  pure  of  heart,  in  whom 
there  is  surely  something,  some  deep-set  philosophy 
below  the  surface,  which  produces  that  unusual  calm- 
ness, whose  secrets  even  the  dearest  friend  cannot 
fathom. 

Cornelius'  philosophy  at  length  becomes  apparent — 
he  belongs  to  the  new  sect  of  Christians,  allowed, 
during  this  period,  the  "Minor  Peace  of  the  Church," 
to  rest  unmolested  and  hold  their  worship  as  they 
would.  And  Marius,  in  the  house  of  Caecilia  Metella, 
is  introduced  to  their  deepest  and  grandest  ceremony, 
the  celebration  of  the  Holy  Eucharist.  Already  led 
to  believe  in  some  divine  companion  along  the  road 
of  life,  some  Ideal,  some  Eternal  Reason,  some  Father 
of  Men,  these  sacred  mysteries  move  him  to  the  very 
depths  of  his  soul,  and  he  often  attends  the  service, 
wondering  at  its  profound  meaning,  its  purifying  and 
soothing  influence  on  a  character  like  that  of  his  friend. 

And  so  he  unconsciously,  but  surely,  arrives  nearer 
and  nearer  Christianity.  The  breaking  of  the  storm 
over  the  Church,  the  deaths  of  the  martyrs,  and  the 
visit  to  his  old  home  and  his  mother's  tomb,  act 
powerfully  upon  that  habit  of  subjective  meditation  in 
which  it  is  his  custom  to  indulge.  So  it  is  that  w^ 
find  him  at  a  little  town,  lying  on  the  road  between  the 
hillside  villa  and  Rome,  in  the  company  of  Cornelius. 
The  town,  already  plague-stricken,  is  visited  by  an 
earthquake ;  the  pagan  populace,  enraged  and  suspicious, 
attack  the  Christians  at  their  prayers  round  a  martyrs 
shrine,  and    slay  two    more    of  their    number.    The 


142  Walter  Paier. 

guards  quell  the  tumult,  and  seize  the  rest  of  the 
Christians,  among  them  Cornelius  and  Marius,  who 
had  been  present  at  the  service,  as  had  of  late  been 
his  use. 

Then  comes  the  end.  The  selfish,  self-absorbed 
Epicurean  sees,  as  by  a  flash  of  inspiration,  the  virtue 
of  self-sacrifice.  He  aids  Cornelius  in  his  escape,  and 
remains  to  suffer  himself.  Dragged  by  his  guards 
over  rough  mountain  roads,  his  delicate  frame  utterly 
worn  out  by  the  unaccustomed  travel  and  hard  usage, 
he  falls  sick  of  a  fever  in  a  rude  wayside  hut. 
There  he  lies  with  his  senses  slowly  ebbing  away 
from  him,  looking  over  his  past  life  in  the  instant  of 
death,  summing  up  these  precious  ideas,  those  ex- 
quisite sensations,  those  happy,  short-lived  friendships, 
and  so  in  calm  repose,  amid  a  supreme  hush  and 
tranquillity,  he  sinks  into  his  last  sleep,  fortified  at 
the  moment  when  his  strength  fails  him  and  his  sight 
grows  dim,  by  the  consolations  of  the  Church,  the 
super-substantial  bread  of  Christians.  So  he  dies :  so 
rests  his  soul,  that  antma  naturaliter  Christiana  in 
conquest  over  self  by  a  virtual  martyrdom. 

The  book  glides  gently  to  its  close.  There  is  no 
noise  and  hurry  in  its  ending.  From  beginning  to  end, 
through  that  brilliant  succession  of  bright  pictures,  it 
moves  along  with  a  slow,  peaceful  stateliness :  there  are 
no  hasty  abrupt  transitions  to  mar  its  perfect  evenness 
and  uniformity,  no  wasted  energy,  no  feverish  nervous- 
ness :  it  is  a  consummate  masterpiece  of  art,  fully  rounded 
off,  elaborated  and  perfected.  In  its  self-restraint,  its 
concentration  on  its  subject,  its  utter  stillness,  it  is 
complete. 

This  stateliness  of  motion,  this  statuesque  perfection, 
gives  Mr  Pater's  style  its  principal  charm.  The  very 
choiceness  and  beauty  of  his  language,  the  trim,  well- 
balanced  order  of  his  sentences,  the  happiness  of  his 
phrases,  soothes  and  purifies  the  reader's  mind.  To 
read  his  prose  is  to  walk  in  a  garden,  planted  with 


Walter  Pater .  143 

fragrant  flowers,  the  rare  exotic  plants  often  mingled 
with  the  more  simple  blooms  of  native  growth,  but  all 
harmonised  into  one  graceful  whole  by  the  gardener's 
utmost  love  and  skill.  In  the  cool  air,  filled  with  rich 
scents,  there  hangs  a  strange  silence,  a  peace  which 
assuages  the  passions  and  calms  the  mind. 

Yet  the  style,  with  all  its  alluring  seductiveness  of 
form  and  colour,  has  little  spontaneity.  It  depends  on 
a  careful  selection  of  words,  an  orderly  arrangement  of 
sentences.  Mr  Pater  corresponds  in  English  to  Apu- 
leius  in  Latin — to  Apuleius,  whose  spirit  he  has  so 
sympathetically  reproduced  in  his  incomparable  trans- 
lation of  the  story  of  Cupid  and  Psyche.  He  feels  it  his 
mission  to  refine  our  common  speech,  to  reconcile  ex- 
pressive foreign  phrases  with  it,  to  seek  fine  shades  of 
meaning  for  his  epithets — in  a  word,  to  euphuise  our 
language.  And,  beautiful  and  pleasing  to  the  eye  as  it 
is,  at  the  same  time,  euphuistic  style  is  a  mark  of  literary 
decadence.  The  French  of  Gautier,  Flaubert,  Feuillet, 
and  the  more  modern  brothers  de  Goncourt,  has  left 
its  trace  on  Mr  Pater's  style.  We  learn  it  from  the 
postscript  to  AppreciattonSy  and  his  use  of  epithets  in  a 
purely  French  sense  throughout  his  works  confirms  its 
influence. 

In  his  later  books,  he  has  carried  his  euphuism  to 
excess.  I  have  spoken  of  the  style  of  Appreciations 
and  Plato,  There  is  little  left  of  that  beauty  and 
winning  freshness  which  attracts  every  reader  who  cares 
a  single  jot  for  English  prose  style  to  the  Renaissance. 
The  calmness  and  stillness  indeed  remain,  but  every 
now  and  then  they  sink  into  lethargy  :  the  Gallic  influ- 
ence has  the  victory,  and  all  the  writer's  art  fails  to 
conceal  the  hunt  after  epithets,  the  torturing  of  words 
to  suit  alien  senses.  We  have  to  tread  every  sentence 
like  a  maze,  coming  here  and  there  to  impenetrable 
masses  of  parentheses  and  barricades  of  participles, 
always  beset  by  the  fear  that  we  shall  meet  in  the  next 
line,  in  the  next  word,  some  unconquerable  difficulty  of 
construction  or  meaning. 


144  Waller  Pater. 

After  all,  we  can  easily  forgive  his  affectation,  his  too 
scrupulous  nicety  in  the  selection  of  his  vocabulary, 
when  we  consider  the  pictorial  quality  of  his  style.  No 
author,  ancient  or  modern,  has  been  better  able  to  bring- 
before  our  eyes  what  he  wants  to  describe.  All  his  best 
work  is  a  series  of  grand  pictorial  effects ;  at  first  they 
are  mere  impressionist  sketches,  then  the  details,  faintly 
suggested  in  the  rough  outline,  are  filled  in ;  and  lastly 
he  triumphantly  sets  his  picture  before  us  in  its  com- 
plete beauty.  His  paper  is  his  canvas,  every  word  is  a 
touch  of  the  brush.  The  colours  are  bright,  but  always 
laid  on  with  sparing  hand,  never  garish  and  gaudy. 
And  the  strength  of  his  art  sometimes  lies  in  a  single 
phrase.  What  a  complete  picture,  for  instance,  he  gives 
of  Lacedaemon  in  five  words :  "  The  solemn  old  moun- 
tain village."  Or  of  Cyrene — "  the  brilliant  old  Greek 
colony  on  its  fresh  upland  by  the  sea."  Nowhere  can 
we  realise  his  gentle  touch,  his  vivid  colour,  more  than 
in  the  already  quoted  description  of  White-Nights, 
Marius'  home  among  the  Tuscan  hills. 

Not  only  is  his  landscape  perfect :  he  is  also  a  portrait 
painter.  His  characters  stand  out  sharply  and  dis- 
tinctly. Suave,  delicate,  and  serene  they  pass  before 
us  in  procession.  Pico  della  Mirandola,  Lionardo, 
Marcus  Aurelius,  Watteau,  Richard  the  Second, 
Socrates— these  are  but  a  tithe  of  the  figures  he  has 
painted  for  us.  No  phase  of  character,  no  type  of 
thought,  is  ever  too  deep  for  his  insight,  too  difficult 
material  for  his  art.  "A  man  of  about  five-and-forty 
years  of  age  " — thus  he  describes  Aurelius — **  with 
prominent  eyes — eyes  which,  although  demurely  down- 
cast during  this  essentially  religious  ceremony,  were  by 
nature  broadly  and  benignantly  observant.  He  was 
still  in  the  main  as  we  see  him  in  the  busts  which  repre- 
sent his  gracious  and  courtly  youth,  when  Hadrian  had 
playfully  called  him,  not  Verus,  after  the  name  of  his 
father,  but  Verissimus,  for  his  candour  of  gaze  and  the 
bland  capacity  of  the  brow  which,  below  the  brown  hair 


Waller  Paler.  145 

clustering  thickly  as  of  old,  shone  out  low,  broad  and 
clear,  and  still  without  a  trace  of  the  trouble  of  his  lips. 
You  see  the  brow  of  one  who,  amid  the  blindness  or 
perplexity  of  the  people  about  him,  understood  all 
things  clearly :  the  dilemma  to  which  his  experience  so 
far  had  brought  him,  between  Chance  with  meek  re- 
signation and  Providence  with  boundless  possibilities 
and  hope,  being,  for  him  at  least,  distinctly  defined." 

And  again,  to  take  another  example  of  this  portrait 
art,  what  a  picture  he  gives  us  of  his  beloved  Apuleius ! 
**  There  was  a  piquancy  in  his  rococo^  very  African,  and 
as  it  were  perfumed  personality,  though  he  was  now 
well-nigh  sixty  years  old — a  mixture  of  that  sort  of 
Platonic  spiritualism  which  could  speak  of  the  soul  of 
man  as  but  a  sojourner  in  the  prison  of  the  body  really 
foreign  to  it,  with  such  a  relish  for  merely  bodily  graces 
as  availed  to  set  the  fashion  in  matters  of  dress,  deport- 
ment, accent,  and  the  like,  nay!  with  something  also 
which  reminded  Marius  of  the  vein  of  coarseness  he  had 
found  in  the  Golden  Book** 

From  Mr  Pater's  merits  as  a  master  of  pictorial  style, 
it  is  but  a  natural  transition  to  his  merits  as  an  art- 
critic.  And  in  this  department  he  displays  a  marvellous 
catholicity  of  temperament.  We  have  remarked  his 
love  for  sculpture,  his  adoration  of  ideal  Hellenic 
beauty:  his  appreciation  of  painting  is  equal.  And 
not  of  a  limited  school  of  painting  only,  but  of  all 
schools  and  nations.  In  his  own  word-pictures,  we 
find  the  influence  of  them  all :  the  centurion  Cornelius, 
arrayed  in  full  armour  in  the  darkened  room  of  the 
inn — what  is  he  but  Giorgione's  study  of  a  knight  in 
our  J»f  ational  Gallery  ?  And  again,  in  the  opening 
scene  of  "  Sebastian  van  Storck,"  we  have  an  ice-scene 
by  Isaac  van  Ostade  or  some  other  of  the  genre 
painters  of  the  Netherlands.  And,  when  the  priest  of 
.  Aesculapius  opened  the  hidden  door  for  Marius,  what 
was  that  gentle  valley  the  youth  saw,  with  its  sloping 
sides,  its  bosom  filled  with  troops  of  white-robed  novices, 
VOL.  xvni.  u 


146  Walter  Pater. 

and  the  faint  suggestion  of  a  "dim,  rich  city"  in  the 
background,  but  a  landscape  by  Turner  ? 

Thus  the  susceptibility  of  his  mind  to  all  kinds  of 
painting  renders  him  an  admirable  critic  of  pictures. 
Two  famous  criticisms,  both  often  disputed,  both  often 
suspected  to  contain  more  style  than  matter,  cannot  be 
passed  without  quotation.  First  let  us  look  at  his 
reading  of  Botticelli's  "  Madonna  of  the  Magnificat "  in 
the  Uffizii  at  Florence. 

"With  Botticelli  she  too,  though  she  holds  in  her 
hands  the  *  Desire  of  all  Nations,'  is  one  of  those  who 
are  neither  for  God  nor  for  his  enemies ;  and  her  choice 
is  on  her  face.  The  white  light  on  it  is  cast  up  hard 
and  cheerless  from  below,  as  when  snow  lies  upon  the 
ground,  and  the  children  look  up  with  surprise  at  the 
strange  whiteness  of  the  ceiling.  Her  trouble  is  in  the 
very  caress  of  the  mysterious  child,  whose  gaze  is 
always  far  from  her,  and  who  has  already  that  sweet 
look  of  devotion  which  men  have  never  been  able 
altogether  to  love,  and  which  still  makes  the  born  saint 
an  object  almost  of  suspicion  to  his  earthly  brethren. 
Once  indeed  he  guides  her  hand  to  transcribe  in  a 
book  the  words  of  her  exaltation,  the  Ave^  and  the 
Magnificat^  and  the  Gaude  Marta^  and  the  young  angels, 
glad  to  rouse  her  for  a  moment  from  her  dejection,  are 
eager  to  hold  the  inkhorn  and  support  the  book ;  but 
the  pen  almost  drops  from  her  hand,  and  the  high,  cold 
words  have  no  meaning  for  her,  and  her  true  children 
are  those  others,  in  the  midst  of  whom,  in  her  rude 
home,  the  intolerable  honour  came  to  her,  with  that 
look  of  wistful  enquiry  on  their  irregular  faces  which 
you  see  in  startled  animals — gipsy  children  such  as 
those  who,  in  Apennine  villages,  still  hold  out  their  long 
brown  arms  to  beg  of  you,  but  on  Sundays  become 
en/ants  du  chcsur^  with  their  black  hair  nicely  combed 
and  fair  white  linen  on  their  sunburnt  throats." 

The  other  picture  is  that  famous  "  Monna  Lisa "  of 
Lionardo,  in  the  Louvre.     Thus  Mr  Pater  interprets  the 


Walter  Pater.  147 

in)rstic,  half  serious,  half  wanton  expression  of  the  face 
and  body. 

"The  presence  that  thus  so  strangely  rose  beside  the 
waters  is  expressive  of  what  in  the  ways  of  a  thousand 
years  man  had  come  to  desire.  Hers  is  the  head  upon 
which  all  the  ends  of  the  world  are  come,  and  the 
eye-lids  are  a  little  weary.  It  is  a  beauty  wrought  out 
from  within  upon  the  flesh,  the  deposit,  little  cell  by 
cell,  of  strange  thoughts,  and  fantastic  reveries  and  ex- 
quisite passions.  Set  it  for  a  moment  beside  one  of 
those  white  Greek  goddesses  or  beautiful  women  of 
antiquity,  and  how  would  they  be  troubled  by  this 
beauty  into  which  the  soul  with  all  its  maladies  had 
passed  ?  All  the  thoughts  and  experience  of  the  world 
have  etched  and  moulded  there  in  that  which  they  have 
of  power  to  refine  and  make  expressive  the  outward  form, 
the  animalism  of  Greece,  the  lust  of  Rome,  the  reverie 
of  the  Middle  Age  with  its  spiritual  ambition  and  imagi- 
native loves,  the  return  of  the  Pagan  world,  the  sins  of 
the  Borgias. 

*'  She  is  older  than  the  rocks  among  which  she  sits  5 
like  the  vampire,  she  has  been  dead  many  times,  and 
learned  the  secrets  of  the  grave ;  and  has  been  a  diver 
in  deep  seas,  and  keeps  their  fallen  day  about  her ;  and 
trafficked  for  strange  webs  with  Eastern  merchants; 
and,  as  Leda,  was  the  mother  of  Helen  of  Troy,  and,  as 
Saint  Anne,  the  mother  of  Mary  ;  and  all  this  has  been 
to  her  but  as  the  sound  of  lyres  and  flutes,  and  lives  only 
in  the  delicacy  with  which  it  has  moulded  the  changing 
lineaments  and  tinged  the  eyelids  and  the  hands." 

It  were  a  worthless  task  to  defend  Mr  Pater  against 
the  complaint  that  his  style  is  his  principal  object  in 
writing.  He  is  not  the  first  against  whom  the  accusa- 
tion of  "  sound  without  sense  "  has  been  preferred,  and 
it  is  always  easy  to  assail  a  style  which  deviates  from 
the  sober  ways  of  English  prose,  and  tends  to  refine  and 
subtilise  conventional  forms  of  speech.  Mr  Pater's 
Renaissance  by  itself  is   an  answer  to  its  critics.     No 


148  IVallor  Pater. 

one  who  takes  it  up  can  lay  it  down  without  feeling  that 
he  has  been  given  a  fresh  peep  into  that  fairy  world, 
that  he  sees  that  strange  dream  of  lovely  form  and 
fervent  passion  under  a  new  aspect.  Much  as  the  style 
may  enchain  and  enthral  him,  it  is  the  matter  of  the 
book  that  has  wrought  thus  upon  him. 

Perhaps,  however,  Mr  Pater,  in  a  too  eager  straining 
after  effective  style,  has  sometimes  got  a  little  in  advance 
of  his  thoughts.  It  can  hardly  be  said  of  the  style  that  its 
characteristics  include  the  simplicity  which  is  the  chief 
characteristic  of  his  mind.  We  have  before  remarked 
the  likeness  between  him  and  Winckelraann  in  their 
love  for  the  Hellenic  ideal  beauty.  The  aim  which  the 
priest  of  Aesculapius  taught  Marius  to  pursue— the 
attainment  of  that  gift  which  Plato,  in  the  PhosdruSy  calls 
the  "  aitoppoi]  Tov  KaWov^  " — the  effluence  of  true  beauty 
— which  conforms  our  lives  to  the  standard  of  our  ideal, 
and  repels  all  that  is  base  and  hideous  in  spirit  or  out- 
ward form — to  .this  Mr  Pater  has  attained.  In  all  that 
gallery  of  pictures  which  he  has  given  us  for  our  enjoy- 
ment and  profit,  there  is  nothing  that  is  ugly — the 
repulsive  side  of  things  is  not  only  hidden  from  us,  it  is 
absolutely  ignored,  as  though  it  had  no  existence.  And 
if,  as  in  one  or  two  cases  happens,  he  mentions  some 
circumstance  that  is  grotesque  or  ignoble,  he  puts  a 
darker  shade  or  two  into  his  painting,  which  only  serves 
to  contrast  with  and  enhance  the  beauty  of  the  main 
subject.  This  entire  devotion  to  beauty,  this  keen, 
adoring  love  for  exquisite  form  and  colour,  this  casting 
behind  the  back  of  all  things  unbeautiful — this  is  the 
highest  Hellenic  art,  and  the  art  of  Mr  Pater. 

Most  strongly  does  this  worship  of  perfect  bodily 
beauty  appear  in  a  negative  quality  of  his  work — the 
absence  of  old  age  from  his  pages.  Splendid  youth, 
ideal  manhood — this  we  see  in  his  characters,  but  old 
age  is  thrust  aside.  Once,  indeed,  an  old  man  appears 
in  a  prominent  position— Pronto,  the  tutor  of  the  impe- 
rial family— but  he  is  magnificent,  dignified,  venerable, 


Walier  Patef.  149 

no  toothless  doting  greybeard.  In  a  word  or  two  he 
dismisses  the  last  years  of  Michelangelo  and  Lionardo  : 
his  business  is  with  the  prime  of  their  youth.  Flavian 
dies  in  his  boyhood,  Marius  in  the  bloom  of  manhood — we 
feel  that  Mr  Pater  could  not  have  let  them  live  on.  He 
must  cut  short  the  lives  of  his  cherished  conceptions — 
all  the  four  heroes  of  Imaginary  Portraits  die  early. 
Truly  the  Greek  spirit,  the  perennial  youth  of  Dionysius 
and  Phoebus  Apollo,  the  adoration  of  male  comeliness 
— seldom  do  we  meet  a  woman  in  these  pages—  holds 
Mr  Pater  as  it  never  held  men  before. 

The  yearning  after  spiritual  beauty  through  the 
accidents  of  outward  form  or  the  revelations  of  mental 
grace,  occupies  a  life-time — ^^ay,  and  life-time  after  life- 
time, could  we  only  have  them.  Our  course  must  be 
through  a  series  of  impressions.  Moments  of  delight, 
of  ecstatic  mental  elevation,  the  lights  and  shadows  on 
sea  and  land,  the  shape  and  hues  of  the  human  face 
and  form,  the  sunrise  and  sunset,  the  splendid  picture 
or  statue,  rich  organ-music — all  are  the  vehicle  of 
distinct  impressions,  of  diflFerent  ideas  and  sensations, 
which  we  must  treasure  in  the  store-house  of  our 
memories,  would  we  reach  that  perfect  ideal.  To  obtain 
our  impression,  the  work  of  a  mere  soul-stirring  moment, 
then  to  work  it  out  clearly  and  fully  in  our  own  minds 
until  it  assumes  the  complete  form  ot  a  finished  picture 
— ^that  is  the  duty  of  our  artistic  life,  that  is  the  lesson 
which  Mr  Pater's  books  teach  us.  Our  emotions,  like  the 
strings  of  a  violin,  answer  to  the  least  touch :  it  is  for 
us  to  keep  them  in  tune  by  using  them.  Yet  once  more 
let  us  quote  from  the  author  whom  we  have  attempted 
but  unsatisfactorily  to  pourtray. 

"  While  all  melts  under  our  feet,  we  may  well  catch 
at  any  exquisite  passion,  or  any  contribution  to  know- 
ledge that  seems,  by  a  lifted  horizon,  to  set  the  spirit 
free  for  a  moment,  or  any  stirring  of  the  senses,  strange 
dyes,  strange  flowers,  and  curious  odours,  or  work  of  the 
artist's  hands,  or  the  face  of  one's  friend.    Not  to  dis- 


I50  Walter  Pater. 

criminate  every  moment  some  passionate  attitude  in 
those  about  us,  and  in  the  brilliancy  of  their  gifts  some 
tragic  dividing"  of  forces  on  their  ways  is,  on  this  short 
day  of  frost  and  sun,  to  sleep  before  evening. 

"We  are  all  condamnis^  as  Victor  Hugo  says:  we 
have  an  interval,  and  then  our  place  knows  us  no  more. 
Some  spend  this  interval  in  listlessness,  some  in  high 
passions,  the  wisest  in  art  and  song.  For  our  one 
chance  is  in  expending  that  interval,  in  getting  as  many 
pulsations  as  possible  into  the  given  time.  High 
passions  give  you  this  quickened  sense  of  life,  ecstasy, 
and  sorrow  o\  love,  political  or  religious  enthusiasm  or 
the  *  enthusiasm  of  humanity.'  Only,  be  sure  it  is 
passion,  that  it  does  yield  you  this  fruit  of  a  quickened, 
multiplied  consciousness.  Of  this  wisdom,  the  poetic 
passion,  the  desire  for  beauty,  the  love  of  art  for  art's 
sake  has  most ;  for  art  comes  to  you  professing  frankly 
to  give  nothing  but  the  highest  quality  to  your  moments 
as  they  pass,  and  simply  for  those  moments'  sake." 

This  is  Mr  Pater's  gospel  of  the  emotions.  Shall  we 
follow  it  or  reject  it  ?  Each  must  answer  that  for  him- 
self. At  all  events,  here  is  one  who  has  drunk  deeply 
from  the  cup  of  exquisite  sensations,  and  has  imparted 
to  the  world  some  of  its  contents  in  the  books  we  have 
glanced  at,  books  full  of  living  pictures,  painted  with 
wonderful  grace  of  manner.  And,  although  it  is  possible 
that  they  may  in  the  next  generation  be  put  away  and 
forgotten,  yet  Mr  Pater's  name  will  still  linger  in  the 
hearts  of  many  as  that  of  the  Epicurean  thinker,  the 
poet  in  prose,  the  painter  of  word-pictures,  and  the 
creator  of  a  new  style  in  English. 

A.  H.  T. 


"CUCULUS    FACIT    MONACO." 


\_TAe  Cuckoo  brings  the  climate  of  the  Riviera.'] 


"  Now  the  balmy  breath  of  Spring 

Hath  vanquished  Winter's  sting, 
And  once  again  the  earth  is  green  and  gay : 

Jear  no  more  the  icy  blasts 

For  its  rage  is  overpast, 
And  the  snow  is  for  a  season  fled  away." 

So  sang  the  shepherds  all 

'Neath  the  mountains  rough  and  tall 
(Though  the  sentiment's  a  trifle  commonplace)  : 

So  sang  the  shepherdesses 

As  the  zephyrs  blew  their  tresses 
In  frolicsome  disorder  o'er  each  face. 

But  a  thought  of  sadness  came 

This  exuberance  to  tame : 
"Too  soon,  alas  !  once  more  shall  Winter  reign ! 

Spring  is  but  for  a  time 

In  this  madly-weathered  clime  : 
Ah !  would  that  it  might  ne'er  depart  again ! " 

Breathed  the  wind  full  warm  and  soft, 

Sailed  the  fleecy  clouds  aloft, 
Green  shone  the  earth  and  sang  the  mountain  rill 

But  though  birds  sweet  concert  made. 

Though  the  frisky  lambkins  played. 
Yet  all  the  folk  were  discontented  still. 


152  Cuculus  Facit  Monaco. 

"  Can  no  method  then  be  found 

To  stay  the  Seasons'  round  ? 
Must  Winter  of  their  band  be  ever  one, 

Who  doth  swift  upon  us  steal 

Ere  there's  ever  time  to  feel 
The  comfortable  radiance  of  the  sun  ? " 

Then  said  they,  "  Let  us  hark 

To  the  village  patriarch, 
That  wisest  and  most  garrulous  of  men." 

For  the  simple  folk,  forsooth. 

Thought  he  always  spoke  the  truth : 
But  the  world  was  very  simple-minded  then. 

Him  they  sought  beneath  the  shade 

By  the  ivied  arbour  made, 
That  stands  beside  the  humble  village  inn  : 

Unto  him  they  made  their  wail, 

And  they  gave  him  pipes  and  ale. 
By  which  means  he  was  persuaded  to  begin. 

"  Many,  many  years  have  sped, 
Many  a  spring  and  winter  fled 
Since  first  I  saw  the  light,"  remarked  the  Sage : 
**  But  never  in  the  past 
Saw  I  winter  like  the  last  " 
(He  had  said  that  every  year  for  half  an  age). 

"  Now  Seasons  four  there  be, 

But  Winter,  ye  can  see. 
Is  by  far  the  most  consistent  of  the  lot ; 

For  he  cometh  without  fail. 

E'en  as  I  do  come  for  ale — 
Yes,  thank  you,  I  could  take  another  pot. 

"  But  the  Summer  and  the  Spring — 
Ah !  that's  quite  another  thing  ; 

They  seldom  seem  to  know  what  they're  about : 
For  they  don't  turn  up  always 
In  these  degenerate  days 

But  often  one  or  both  of  them  slip  out." 


Cuculus  Factt  Monaco.  153 

Here  paused  the  Sage  to  think 

(Thought  was  aided  by  a  drink) ; 
But  the  crowd  gave  vent  to  discontented  cries : 
"  We  have  heard  all  that  before, 

Search  again  thy  wisdom's  store, 
How  can  such  things  be  mended?   Please  advise." 

Quoth  the  Sage,  "  I  have  been  told 

By  people  gray  and  old 
In  the  days  when  I  myself  was  young  and  gay, 

That  the  Goddess  of  the  Spring 

Loves  to  hear  the  Cuckoo  sing 
And  while  he  singeth,  will  not  fly  away. 

"  Wherefore  this  do  I  advise. 

That  the  Cuckoo  ye  surprise, 
If  ye  would  that  Spring  for  ever  here  abide, 

That  ye  build  a  wall  all  round, 

Fashioned  like  a  village  pound. 
And  see  the  Cuckoo  snugly  stowed  inside." 

Loudly  did  the  shepherds  cheer. 

And  they  filled  the  Sage  with  beer. 
Saluting  him  as  Father  of  the  Dale ; 

And  the  shepherdesses  meek 

Kissed  his  weather-beaten  cheek. 
And  joined  in  the  providing  of  the  ale. 

So  he  drank,  but  all  the  rest 

Started  off  upon  their  quest. 
Intent  the  Spring-enchanting  bird  to  find  : 

Through  the  dale  and  o'er  the  hill 

Went  they  eagerly  until 
The  Cuckoo's  note  was  borne  upon  the  wind. 

Came  the  young  and  came  the  old, 

From  the  cottage  and  the  fold. 
And  they  gathered  stones  and  mortar  by  the  ton; 

And  guided  by  the  sound 

The  bird  they  compassed  round, 
And  at  once  his  prison-building  was  begun. 

VOL.  XVIU.  X 


154  Cuculus  Facit  Monaco. 

Then  every  shepherd  swain 

Wrought  with  might  and  wrought  with  main, 
For  every  shepherd  then  was  strong  and  tall  ; 

And  the  pretty  shepherdesses 

Made  pretty  little  messes 
As  they  tried  to  mix  the  mortar  for  the  wall. 

Rose  the  building  strong  and  neat 

Till  the  circle  was  complete. 
And  the  subtle  bird  was  straitly  prisoned  round : 

Yet  he  sat  and  viewed  the  wall, 

Nor  seemed  to  care  at  all ; 
In  fact,  the  Cuckoo's  calmness  was  profound. 

Now  the  coping-stone  is  set 

On  the  topmost  parapet : 
With  lightsome  hearts  the  lads  and  lasses  sing; 

Every  shepherd,  girl  and  boy. 

Now  doth  dance  for  very  joy 
At  the  prospect  of  a  never-ending  Spring. 

But  alas  !  that  I  must  tell 

Of  the  sorrow  that  befell. 
Of  hope,  that  seemed  a  certainty,  deferred^ 

Of  delight's  exuberance. 

Merry  song,  and  joyous  dance, 
All  banished  by  perverseness  of  a  bird. 

For  the  Cuckoo  didn't  seem 

To  appreciate  the  scheme. 
But  as  his  usual  dinner-time  drew  nigh. 

Flew  and  perched  upon  the  wall. 

Gave  one  loud  triumphant  call. 
And  left,  nor  stayed  to  further  bid  good-bye. 

Shall  I  picture  their  despair. 

How  they  wept  and  tore  their  hair. 
How  the  shepherds  used  expressions  impolite. 

How  the  dainty  shepherdesses 

Sobbed  in  direst  of  distresses  ? 
No,  the  tragic  scene  were  best  kept  out  of  sight 


Cuculus  Facit  Monaco.  1 5  5 

In  anger  and  in  shame 

To  the  village  inn  they  came, 
And  deep  they  drank  to  blunt  their  sorrow's  edge  ; 

And  blindly  in  their  rage 

Did  they  persecute  the  Sage, 
For  they  stopped  his  beer  and  made  him  sign  the  pledge. 

And  the  Cuckoo  now  is  shy 

And  difficult  to  spy, 
And  his  note  is  marked  by  something  like  a  jeer. 

And  you'll  see — so  I  expect — 

That  this  history's  correct 
From  the  fact  that  Winter  still  comes  every  year. 

R.  H.  F. 


DIE  PHILOSOPHIE  DER  LIEBE. 
(After  Shelley.) 

Sieh'  wie  bestfindig  sich  mischen  und  paaren 

Der  Quell  mit  dem  Fluss,  und  der  Fluss  mit  dem 
Meer, 

Und  wie  die  Winde  gesellig  sich  schaaren, 
Und  pfeifen  und  stiirmen  und  tanzen  umher. 

Denn  so  ist  es  wahrlich  von  jeher  gewesen^ 
Und  so  in  der  Zukunft  flir  ewig  wird's  sein, 

Dass  liebreich  sich  schmiege  das  Wesen  ans  Wesen, 
Doch,  Liebchen,  warum  lasst  du  mich  allein  ? 

Sieh'  wie  die  Berge  den  Himmel  durchkiissen, 

Und  wie  sich  umarmen  die  Wellen  im  Spiel, 
Und  sind  nicht  die  Blumen  auch  innig  beflissen 

Zu  zeigen  einander  ein  zartes  Gefilhl  ? 
Verjtingt  wird  die  Erde  von  Ktissen  der  Sonne, 

Die  See  auch  glftnzt  schOner  im  Mondenschein ; 
Doch  air  dies  ermangelt  an  Lust  und  an  Wonne 

Wenn  du  mich  nicht  ktissest,  o  Liebchen  mein. 

A.  J.  C. 


MODERN   GREEK  SONGS. 


XektSova  epx^rai 
Air'  Tfiv  dawpffv  SdXaaaav* 
KdSfjae  Kal  XaXi/ae* 
''  Mdprfiy  fidprfi  fxov  KaXi, 
"Kal  4>\€0dpfi  eXiffepi, 
•*  K*  &y  %<oviai79»  k*  &v  irovrlaj^^j 
"  IlaXe  avoi^iy  fivpi^ei^." 


[Fauriii  ii.  256]. 

II. 


'Bu7rv&  T^F  vv^Ta,  k    ipur&  r*  aarpa  fxi  rrjv  appdSa' 
Ta;^a  rl  xafiv*  6  ^/Xo9  fiou  rdpa  ^id  iravrappdha. 

[Ih.  272]. 


III. 

M^  T^  Si/ICO  cov  TO  (^i\l  *9  T0V9  ovpavov^  TT^rdfO, 
M^  rod?  a77eXoi;9  KaSofxai,  /a'  avro^f  Kofiivra  Kdvto* 

IV. 

Ta  7JXia  /Lt^  ra  xXd/iAfxaTa,  17  x^pa  /Lie  t^f  irpUav, 
Et9  /iiay  d>paK  (rirdpSrjKav,  fxa^t  i^€vvi]3r]Kav. 

[lb.]. 


VERSIONS. 


February  and  March. 

The  swallows  have  come 

Across  the  foam, 
And  they  sit  and  twitter  for  all  to  hear : 
"March,  month  mine,  and  Shrove  month  drear, 

Though  you  snow  and  rain 

Yet  you  bring  again 
The  scents  of  the  spring  of  another  Year." 


II. 

A  Friend's  Love. 

I  wake  at  night  and  tell  the  stars. 
Each  after  each,  as  on  they  wend: 

*Each  moment  be  my  registrars 

And  bear  me  word,  How  does  my  friend* 

III. 
Heavenly  Flight. 

Thanks  to  thy  kisses  I  can  scale  the  skies. 
Amid  the  angels  sit,  and  join  their  colloquies. 

IV. 

Or  EQUAL  Age. 

Tears  and  laughter,  woe  and  mirth, 
Had  one  begetting  and  one  birth. 

C.  E.  S. 


THE  COLLEGE  REGISTER  OF  ADMISSIONS 
Part  II. 

I  HE  appearance  of  this  book*  calls  for  an 
expression  of  gratitude  to  Professor  Mayor 
and  Mr  R.  F.  Scott  and  their  collahorateurs 
for  the  labour  and  care  spent  in  making  this 
part  of  our  College  history  accessible  to  all.  The  few- 
ness of  the  errors  in  such  a  work  and  the  remarkably 
complete  Indexes,  which  we  owe  to  the  loving  labours 
of  the  Rev  P.  J.  F.  Gantillon,  arouse  almost  a  feeling- 
of  awe  at  the  painful  patience  bestowed  on  the  publica- 
tion. Let  me  oflFer  some  results  of  the  pleasant  (and  I 
hope  not  wholly  unprofitable)  hours  spent  in  perusing 
this  monument  of  devotion  to  our  College. 

The  First  Part  (pp.  xxxiv  +172),  which  was  published 
in  i882t,  gave  the  Admissions  from  1630  to  1665  ;  the 
Second  Part  (pp.  Ixxxviii  +  220)  continues  the  list  for  the 
next  50  years,  down  to  17 15,  and  adds  an  index  (276 
pages),  or  rather  a  series  of  Indexes,  of  the  Persons, 
Places,  Trades  &c.  {a  English,  b  Latin),  Schools,  and 
Testimonials  contained  in  both  Parts.  These  Indexes 
add  vastly  to  the  value  of  the  Admissions  and  introduce 
order  and  coherence  into  the  mass  of  facts  which  had 
before  no  principle  of  arrangement  but  chronological 
sequence.} 

A   comparison   of  Part   II  with  Part  I  gives  the 

•  Admissions  to  the  College  of  St  John  the  Evangelist  in  the  University  of 
Cambridge,  Part  II,  July  166$— ^uly  1 7 15.  Deighton,  Bell,  &  Co.  1893. 
Price  8j. 

t  See  The  Eagle,  vol  xii,  p.  222. 

X  The  only  improTcments  that  suggest  themselves  in  this  nearly  perfect 
edition  are  (i)  the  cootinaous  paging  of  the  separate  Parts  and  the  consequent 
unifying  of  the  Indexes,  and  (2)  the  addition  of  head -lines  (*  Places/  *  Schools/ 
Sec)  to  the  276  pages  of  Index. 


The  College  Register  of  Admissions,  159 

following  results:  during  the  50  years  1665 — 17 15 
the  total  number  of  admissions  was  2646*,  giving  an 
average  of  52*92  per  annum,  which  shows  a  falling  off 
from  the  earlier  period  1630 — 1665,  when  the  total  for 
the  35  years  was  1950,  i,e.  an  average  of  557  yearly.f 
The  largest  entry  in  any  one  year  was  90,  which  was 
reached  once  in  each  period  ;  the  lowest  entry  was  in 
the  later  period  27  ;  in  the  earlier  13  and  9  are  the  totals 
for. two  successive  years.  The  smaller  limits  of  fluctua- 
tion follow  the  cessation  of  "  the  heat  of  the  wars  " : 
though  indications  are  not  wanting  of  the  presence  of 
other  troubles.  For  instance,  the  number  of  men  of 
whom  it  is  recorded  in  the  notes  that  they  died  in 
residence,  while  undergraduates  or  B.A.'s,  shows  the 
unhealthiness  of  the  times4 

In   this    connexion    observe    that    two    boys    were 
admitted  in  absence  "  ob  pustularum  metum,  &c."§    On 

•  The  total  is  gained  by  adding  the  yearly  summaries  given  in  the  Admis- 
sions, These  summaries  are  not  always  quite  accurate;  as  sometimes  a 
student  is  entered  twice,  and  sometimes  there  is  an  apparent  omission.  Perhaps 
the  two  errors  balance  each  other  in  the  grand  total. 

f  And  this  in  spite  of  the  entty  sinking  to  9  in  1643 — ^44 :  where  the  "page 

blank,  but  for  the  next  two  names*'  is  not  the  cause  of  the  smallness  of  the 

number  recorded  :  for  one  of  the  nine  testifies  "  I  was  admitted,  in  the  very 

heat  of  the  wars,  May  loth  1644,  ^^  ^^  John's  College  in  Cambridge    .    .    . 

.    .    .    There  was  but  nine  admitted  of  that  great  college  that  year,  etc." 

H.  Newcomers  Autobiography  quoted  on  p.  16  of  Prof  Mayor's  M.  Robinson, 

X  I  have  counted  about  40  such  in  the  notes  prefixed  to  Part  II.    Most  of 

these  were  buried  in   Cambridge  churches.    Country   churches  would  add 

largely  to  the  list.    Here  is  an  inscription  from  Poslingford,  near  Clare, 

My  corps  that 

herb  doth  rest 

shall  soon  be 

fvlly  blest 

Thomas  Goldixg 

aged  17  bvried 

YB    7   OF    SEPTEMB 

Ano  Dom  1676 
T.  G.  entered  the  College  the  year  before  ;  p.  54,  no.  40. 
§  P.  25,  nos.  12,  13  "  ita  tamen  ut  quahdo  advenerint,  a  Decanis  et 
Lectore  examinentur  et  approbentur,  etc."  Other  cases  of  admission  in 
absence  occur.  Sometimes  a  student's  name  is  entered  out  of  its  proper 
order  with  a  note  "  salvo  jure  senioritatis/'  p.  38,  1.  19 ;  p.  83, 1.  25,  &c.  I 
do  Dot  know  what  rights  of  seniority  followed  on  slight  priority  of  admission. 


i6o  The  College  Register  of  Admissions. 

the  other  hand  one  member  is  said  to  have  lived  to  be 
nearly  loo  Cp.  189,  no.  41).  It  is  perhaps  in  compen- 
sation for  the  average  brevity  of  life  that  some  start  very 
young  in  their  distinguished  career.  One  enters  at  the 
age  of  14  and  is  a  Minor  Canon  at  18  (p.  70,  no.  53); 
another  (Wm.  Wotton  "a  most  learned"  man)  came  to 
us  as  an  M.A.  from  St  Catharine's;  and  of  him  it  is 
recorded  that  "when  he  came  to  be  admitted  (to  St 
Catharine's)  he  was  but  eleven  years  old,  and  under- 
stood .  .  .  not  only  the  aforesaid  languages  (i.e. 
Latin,  Greek,  and  Hebrew)  but  also  the  French,  Spanish, 
Italian,  Assirian,  Chaldean,  and  Arabian  tongues. 
When  the  Master  admitted  him  he  strove  to  pose  him 
in  many  books,  but  could  not."  (p.  Ixiii).  It  is  no 
wonder  that,  with  such  large  store  of  learning,  he 
migrated  to  a  larger  college. 

It  may  here  be  mentioned  that  the  average  age  at 
admission  appears  to  have  been  17  or  18.  An  exact  state- 
ment is  impossible,  partly  because  the  yearly  totals  are 
not  altogether  trustworthy,  partly  because  the  age  is  not 
always  given,  and  also  because  when  given  it  is  often 
qualified  by  such  expressions  as  "praeter  propter," 
**  pene,"  "  et  quod  excurrit,"  etc.  The  extreme  limits 
that  I  have  noticed  among  the  ages  given  are  "  annos 
agens  11 "  and  27  ;  the  former  was  the  age  of  Edward 
Cecil,  "  4th  son  of  John  Earl  of  Exeter,"  who,  with  his 
brother  Charles  "annos  agens  13,"  was  admitted 
to  October  1696.  The  average  of  the  poorer  students 
was  higher  than  that  of  the  richer  classes. 

Before  going  further  it  may  be  as  well  to  observe 
that  the  record  of  admissions  (where  complete)  gives  us 
the  following  information  about  those  admitted:  the 
student's  name,  birthplace,  school  and  master  (and  time 
spent  there),  date  of  admission  to  the  college,  his  age 
at  that  date  and  the  rank  he  takes  (fellow-commoner, 
pensioner  or  sizar;,  the  name  of  his  college  tutor,  and, 
in  the  case  of  a  sizar,  the  name  of  the  Fellow  or  Fellow- 
commoner  to  whom  he  is  allotted :  and  also  the  father's 


The  College  Register  of  Admissions.  16 1 

name,  residence,  and  occupation  or  status.  In  few 
cases,  however,  are  all  these  details  preserved ;  they  are 
all  here  enumerated  as  they  will  be  convenient  pegs  on 
which  to  hang  my  desultory  remarks  on  the  mass  of 
information  in  the  Admissions. 

I.  Taking  first  the  names  of  those  admitted,  we  find 
Richard  Bentley,  Matthew  Prior,  Thomas  Baker, 
Ambrose  Phillips,  William  Wotton,  Richard  Hill. 
Thomas  Naden,  Matthew  Robinson,  and  young  Ambrose 
Bonwicke*  are  perhaps  of  greater  collegiate  than 
general  fame.  An  enumeration  of  those  who  distin- 
guished themselves  as  Bishops,  Physicians,  Judges, 
Diplomatists,  as  Masters  of  the  College  or  in  other 
honoured  service  rendered  to  their  generation,  would 
run  into  a  lengthy  list.  Let  it  suffice  to  refer  the  reader 
to  the  notes  prefixed  to  the  Admissions  by  Professor 
Mayor,  in  which  attention  is  directed  to  most  of  those 
who  attained  fame,  or  (alas !  we  must  add)  infamy :  for 
there  went  out  from  us  not  only  those  who  suffered  for 
conscience'  sake  in  those  less  tolerant  times,  but  also 


•  The  Life  of  M,  Robinson^  and  the  Life  of  Ambrose  Bonwicke  {A  Pattern 
for  Young  Students)  have  been  edited  by  Professor  Mayor.  Matthew  Robinson 
was  (on  his  own  testimony),  one  of  the  greatest  and  most  versatile  men 
of  this  or  any  age.  He  says  of  his  sermons :  "  His  divisions  of  his  text  were 
neat  and  his  method  so  exact,  that  any  ordinary  memory,  from  the  heads  and 
parts,  might  easily  carry  away  the  whole  sermon  :  and  his  fancy  was  so  rich, 
his  similitudes  so  lively,  his  historical  applications  so  pat,  his  flourishes  from 
the  fathers  and  other  authors  so  taking,  and  his  language  so  fine,  and 
elocution  so  graceful,  that  even  those  who  had  not  much  of  that  the  inward 
sense  and  harmony  of  divine  truth,  could  not  chuse  but  be  delighted  with  the 
magic  of  his  sermons,  nor  could  they  justly  complain  of  the  longness  oi  his 
glass,  more  than  of  their  own  glasses.*'    p.  7 1. 

''His  sermons  never  said  or  showed, 

That  Earth  is  foul,  that  Heaven  is  gracious, 
Without  refreshment  on  the  road. 
From  Jerome  or  from  Athanasius.*' 
But  Praed's  Vicar  is  left  far  behind  by  our  *'  gentle  Johnian."    He  sajrs 
^c  was  equally  good  in  business,  in  medicine,  and  in  *'vividisections  of  dogs 
and  suchlike  creatures." 

VOL.  XVMI.  Y 


1 62  The  College  Register  of  Admissions. 

such  as  "  Scum"  Goodman  Tp.  6,  no.  6),  and,  worst  of 
all,  Titus  Gates,  who  came  to  us  from  Caius.* 

Leaving  the  more  famous  names  which  are  to  be 
found  in  the  Ixxxviii  pages  prefixed  to  this  part  of  the  Ad- 
missions y  let  me  add  what  I  have  happened  upon  relating 
to  two  of  our  alumni  whom  the  editor  has  not  selected  for 
remark.  The  first  is  p.  41,  no.  72,  and  the  entry  about 
him  will  serve  as  a  fair  specimen  of  the  style  of  the 
book  under  review : 

"  Richard  Pepys,  of  Stoke»  Essex,  son  of  Richard 
Pepys,  *  yeoman ' ;  bred  at  Evington ;  admitted 
pensioner,  tutor  and  surety  Mr  Berry,  3  June  [1672J, 
aet.  past  16." 

"  Stoke,  Essex,"  is  undoubtedly  Stoke  by  Clare  in 
Suffolk,  on  the  borders  of  Essex.  One  branch  of  the 
Pepys  family  was  connected  with  Stoke  by  Clare ;  the 
above  Richard  Pepys,  yeoman,  was  living  at  this  time  at 
Ashen  in  Essex,  separated  from  Stoke  by  the  little  river 
Stour  which  divides  the  counties.  The  son  Richard 
was  evidently  bred  at  the  adjoining  village  of  Ovingtoa 
under  the  Rector,  John  Thomas,  whose  name  is  not 
inserted  in  the  entry,  perhaps  because  he  had  not  a 
*  school '  in  the  usual  sense  of  the  word. 

The  Genealogy  of  the  Pepys  Family\  gives  Richard 
Pepys  (the  "  yeoman "  aforesaid)  as  eldest  son  of 
Richard  Pepys  who  was  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  Ireland^, 


•  Conceniing  "  Titus  Gates,  the  infamous,"  the  following  is  quoted  from 
Baker's  MS  (on  p.  xl  of  the  Admissions^  Pt.  II.) :  •*  He  was  a  Lyar  from  the 
beginning,  he  stole  and  cheated  his  Taylor  of  a  gown,  which  he  denied  with 
horrid  Imprecations,  and  afterwards  at  a  Communion  being  admonisht  and 
advibM  by  his  Tutor,  confesst  the  fact.  This  and  more  I  had  from  Sir  J.  E., 
and  leave  it  in  testimony  of  the  truth" . .  "  Dr  T.  W.,  his  Tutor  at  St  John's, 
does  not  charge  him  with  immorality,  but  says  he  was  a  Dunce,  runn  into  debt, 
and  sent  away  for  want  of  moneys,  never  took  a  Degree  at  Cambridge.  So 
that  he  must  have  gone  out  Dr  per  saltum  at  Salamanca." 

t  By  Walter  Courtenay  Pepys.    G.  Bell  and  Sons,  1887. 

X  His  pedigree  and  connexion  with  the  diarist  are  given  in  the  Admission^ 
II,  notes  p.  1. 


Thg  College  Register  of  Admissions.  163 

and    prints    several     letters     that     passed    between 
them.* 

The  son  Richard,  our  pensioner,  is  in  the  Genealogy 
identified  with  "Richard  of  Warfield"  (the  eldest  son  of 
the  yeoman),  who  was  bom  "  1643."  This  however 
would  make  him  29  on  entering  St  John's,  instead  of 
"  past  16."  How  to  explain  this  discrepancy  I  see  not 
at  present,!  but  will  content  myself  with  extracting  from 
the  Genealogy  a  letter  from  our  undergraduate  to  his 
father  at  Ashen.  He  is  writing,  it  will  be  seen,  in  his 
fourth  year,  in  prospect  of  his  degree.  The  letter  not 
only  shows  "  the  care  of  seventeenth  century  college 
tutors  for  the  pockets  of  undergraduates'  parents  "  which 
(the  editor  of  the  Genealogy  thinks)  "  is  astonishing  in 
these  days " ;  but  seems  to  suggest  in  one  clause  that 


*  This  is  all  the  Genealogist  tells  us  of  the  two  R.  Pepys  of  the  Admissions: 
**  The  Chief  Justice's  eldest  son,  Richard,  married,  very  early  in  life,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  Scott  of  Walter  Belchamp,  co.  Essex  ;  and  his  name,  and 
that  of  his  wife  Mary  and  daughter  Mary,  are  found  in  the  list  of  passengers 
in  the  ship  **  Ffrands "  of  Ipswich,  John  Cutting,  master,  bound  lor  New 
England,  the  last  of  April  1634  (Researches  among  British  Archives 
Samuel  G.  Brake,  Boston,  1 86a).  Amongst  the  correspondence  (p.  56)  will 
be  foand  a  letter  from  the  Chief  Justice  to  his  two  sons,  Richard  and  George» 
addressed  to  them  at  Boston,  New  England,  in  1641.  In  1642  Richard 
Pepys  purchased  land  near  that  town  {Genealogical  Dictionary  of  First 
Settlers  in  New  England  Jas.  Savage,  vol.  iii,  p.  393,  Boston,  1861).  From 
£imily  letters  I  find  that  he  returned  to  England  about  1650,  when  he  settled 
down  at  Ashen,  Clare,  co.  Essex,  in  the  neighbourhood  of  his  wife's  home, 
aAd  there  several  of  his  children  and  grandchildren  were  baptized  (Parish 
Registers,  Ashen  Parish). 

"  Richard's  eldest  son,  Richard  of  Warfield,  Berks,  and  afterwards  of 
Hackney,  died  unmarried  in  1722,  and  his  will  was  proved  the  14th  May  in 
the  same  year  (Principal  Registry,  Somerset  House)."  Genealogy  of  tht 
Pepys  family,  pp.  28,  29. 

Thus  our  '  yeoman  *  kept  safely  aloof  from  the  civil  wars.  In  one  letter 
to  him  at  Ashen,  the  Lord  Chief  Justice  writes  as  if  his  fatherly  allowance  of 
;f  60  a  year  was  all  the  yeoman's  income :  if  so,  he  had  not  much  left  after  his 
son*s  Tutor*s  visit,  if  the  Tutor  succeeded  in  finding  his  domicile. 

t  Is  the  16  quite  clear  in  the  College  Register  ?  Could  it  not  be  read 
19  ?  1643  in  the  Genealogy  can  easily  be  a  mistake  for  1653.  The  age  19. 
would  agree  with  the  pedigree  appended  to  Pepys's  Diary  (Lord  Braybrooke'a 
Ed.  1849). 


1 64  The  College  Register  of  Admissions, 

the  tutor  of  that  time  paid  personal  visits  to  the  parents 
to  collect  his  fees.  Or  did  the  tutor  in  this  case — Mr 
Berry,  whom  I  take  to  be  Richard  Bury,  or  Berry,  of 
Part  I  of  the  Admissions y  Senior  Fellow — did  he,  I  say, 
hold  the  office  of  Bursar  of  the  College,  and  was  he 
thus  likely  to  visit  the  College  property  in  the  adjoining 
parish  of  Ridgwell  ?  But  here  is  the  letter  verbatim  et 
literatim  : — 

Richard   Pepys'   son   Richard   to   his  Father  from 
Cambridge  University. 

"  Deare  Father, 

''Sir,  since  I  came  up  my  tutor  hath  given  me  a 
mourning  gowne  &  cap*  new  to  cost  near  3  pounds.  He  hath 
bought  me  an  old  gowne  &  cap  to  were  to  chappel  in  mornings 
&  in  wet  weather,  for  he  would  have  me  spare  my  new  one 
which  I  wear  till  I  have  taken  my  degree,  y*»  price  of  y«  old  one 
is  but  11*6''. 

"You  may  understand  by  this  my  tutor  will  expect  more 
money  over  a  month,  by  which  time  or  before  he  minds  to  se 
you  in  y«  country.  Y®  3  next  quarters  &  this  which  is  passing 
will  stand  you  in  £10  a  quarter  with  my  degree.  I  thought 
good  to  give  you  notice  that  you  might  the  better  provide. 

"  Sir  when  I  came  up  I  left  a  booke  of  Mr.  Mays  called 
*  Don  Carlos '  upon  y«  hal  table  which  I  would  have  carried 
downe  if  he  had  been  at  home,  pray  present  my  service  to  him 
&  give  it  him  with  many  thanks.  Our  news  is  very  bad  at 
present.  Mr  Burback,  a  fellow  of  our  Colledge  &  my  next 
neibour  is  soe  mad  that  he  hath  run  about  y«  Court  with  a  naked 


♦  In  the  accounts  kept  by  John  Gibson,  undergraduate  of  St  John's 
in  1670  (see  £agle  xvii.  255),  we  have  the  item,  *  Mourning  gown  &  cap  . , 
1 2 J.  od,'  •The  mourning-gown  worn  at  both  Universities  by  Masters  of 
Arts,  (and  at  Cambridge  with  the  mourning-cap)  is  represented  by  Loggan 
(1670 — 85)  as  having  long  pudding  sleeves  pleted  round  the  wrist.'  Chr. 
Wordsworth,  Social  Life,  516.  In  1681  it  was  enacted  that  'whereas 
several  undergraduates  and  Batchelors  of  Arts  have  of  late  neglected  to  wear 
such  gowns  as  by  Order  and  Custom  are  proper  for  their  rank  and  standing. . 
none  residing  in  the  University,  under  the  Degree  of  Master  of  Arts  shall 
hereafter  le  allowed  to  apj  ear  publickly,  either  in  or  out  of  Colleges  iu 
mourning  gowns  or  gowns  made  after  that  fashion.*    lb.  514. 


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sword  &  hath  run  all  about  y»  town  naked,  he  brake  his  glass 
windows  &  doors  &  disturbs  all  with  knocking  &  calling  before 
3  o'clock  in  the  morning,  but  they  have  sent  him  away  to  be 
tamed. 

**Thus  returning  you  many  thanks  for  your  fatherly  care 
of  me, 

I  rest  yf  dutiful  son, 

R.  Pkpys. 
"Aug.  10,  1675." 

The  "  Mr  Burback,"  of  the  letter,  adds  a  seventh  way 
of  spelling  the  name  of  Birkbeck,  of  which  the  Admissions 
give  six  variations.  The  Admissions  show  him  to 
have  been  tutor  till  11  June  1672,  after  which  the 
Index  does  not  refer  to  his  name  until  21  Jan.  167^, 
when  he  is  in  residence,  but  not  as  tutor.  The  next 
mention  of  him  is  i  March  i6^,  when  he  appears  to 
have  come  back  after  being  "  tamed." 

One  more  remark  on  the  identification  of  "Evington  " 
with  '^Ovington,"  and  then  we  have  done  with 
R.  Pepys.  On  p.  49  1.  39,  "Ellington"  is  identified 
(by  the  Editors)  with  Ovington  by  means  of  the  name 
of  the  "  clerk,"  under  whom  the  sizar  from  that  place 
was  bred :  the  said  clerk  being  known  to  be  Rector 
of  Ovington,  and  apparently  teaching  his  own  boys 
and  any  others  that  came  to  him.  (I  cannot  find 
that  there  was  ever  a  school  there.)  Now,  if  Ellington 
is  known  to  be  Ovington,  certainly  "  Evington  "  is  the 
same;  especially  as  we  have  Stoke  and  Ashen  as 
guides  to  the  locality  required. 

The  other  entry  I  have  a  note  on  is  p.  187,  no  11, 
"Benjamin  HoUoway,  born  at  Stony  Stratford,  Bucks, 
son  of  Joseph  Holloway,  maltster  {prasiatoris)\  school, 
Westminster  (Dr  Knipe) ;  admitted  pensioner,  tutor 
and  surety  Mr  Anstey,  4  February  [i7o|],  annos 
agens  17."  Concerning  him  a  note  on  p.  320  of  Sir 
Henry  Ellis'  Letters  of  Eminent  Literary  Alen  seems 
worth  extracting.  That  it  refers  to  the  same  person 
seems  evident,  although  there  is  a  discrepancy  about 


i66  The  College  Register  of  Admissions. 

the  school  where  he  was  bred,  but  that  is  a  trifle. 
The  note  runs  thus : — 

"The  following  Anecdote  occurs  in  a  volume  of 
Memoranda  in  the  handwriting  of  Thomas  Warton,  the 
poet  laureate,  preserved  in  the  British  Museum. 

*  Mem.  Jul.  10,  1774.  In  the  year  1759,  I  was  told 
by  the  rev.  Mr.  Benjamin  HoUoway,  rector  of  Middleton 
Stoney  in  Oxfordshire,  then  about  seventy  years  old, 
and  in  the  early  part  of  his  life  domestic  chaplain  to 
Lord  Sunderland,  that  he  had  often  heard  Lord  Sunder- 
lajid  say,  that  Lord  Oxford,  while  a  prisoner  in  the 
Tower  of  London,  wrote  the  first  volume  of  the  History 
of  Robinson  Crusoe,  merely  as  an  amusement  under 
confinement ;  and  gave  it  to  Daniel  De  Foe,  who  fre- 
quently visited  Lord  Oxford  in  the  Tower,  and  was  one 
of  his  Pamphlet  writers.  That  De  Foe,  by  Lord  Oxford's 
permission,  printed  it  as  his  own,  and  encouraged  by  its 
extraordinary  success,  added  himself  the  second  Volume, 
the  inferiority  of  which  is  generally  acknowledged. 
Mr.  HoUoway  also  told  me,  from  Lord  Sunderland,  that 
Lprd  Oxford  dictated  some  parts  of  the  Manuscript  to 
De  Foe. 

*  Mr.  HoUoway  was  a  grave  conscientious  clergyman, 
not  vain  of  telling  anecdotes,  very  learned,  particularly 
a  good  orientalist,  author  of  some  theological  tracts, 
bred  at  Eton  school,  and  a  Master  of  Arts  of  St.  John's 
College  Cambridge.  He  lived  many  years  with  great 
respect  in  Lord  Sunderland's  family,  and  was  like  to 
the  late  Duke  of  Marlborough.  He  died,  as  I  remember, 
about  the  year  1761.  He  used  to  say  that  Robinson 
Crusoe,  at  its  first  publication,  and  for  some  time  after- 
wards, was  universally  received  and  credited  as  a 
genuine  history.  A  fictitious  narrative  of  this  sort  was 
then  a  new  thing. 

T.  Warton/ 

Commending  the  authorship  of  Robiftson  Crusoe  to 
Ignatius  Donnelly's  attention,  let  us  notice  a  few  of  the 


The  College  Register  of  Admissions,  1 67 

Christian  names  borne  by  the  boys  of  the  17th  and  i8th 
centuries.  I  have  not  observed  anything  quite  so 
characteristic  as  the  Surety-on-High  of  Pt.  I. ;  but 
yofuulaby  BarachiaSj  Obadiah^  Ishmael,  Hilkiahy  Mordecay^ 
Theophilus  and  other  rather  unusual  Biblical  names 
occur  frequently :  perhaps  Sydrahy  Bremstone  and  Mercy 
belong  to  this  class  (but  the  last,  found  on  p.  82, 1. 9,  may 
be  the  registrary's  mistake  for  Merry).  Rumphrey  must 
be  a  corruption  of  Humphry.  Perantus  and  Consilius 
are  the  names  of  brothers.  Narcissus^  Ninyan^  occur 
with  Kanelm^  Pooty  (Smith),  Billidgey  Foljambe^  Acclome^ 
Pheedy  and  a  host  of  others  as  strange  looking ;  some  of 
these  were  probably  surnames  originally.  Thanckfuly 
Merry^  Hartsirongy  Carrier^  Gr^y^  Long,  etc.,  look  more 
like  epithets.  Goodgionius  may  be  an  attempt  to 
Latinise*  Gudgeon  (his  cogfnomen  is  Jackman).  Some- 
times it  is  the  combination  of  Christian  and  surname 
that  strikes  one  as  odd :  Simon  Sayon  sounds  particu- 
larly scriptural;  Augustine  Caesar  son  of  Julius  Caesar 
is  belated  among  his  contemporaries ;  while  Seth 
Sissason  suggests  a  game  of  forieits.  One  surname 
appealed  to  the  humour  of  our  18th  century  registrary, 
and  gives  us  the  only  palpable  attempt  at  a  joke  in  this 
serious  record  :  "  William  Cuckow  ....  admitted 
%2  May  17 12  .  .  .  .  et  post  admissionem  avolavit." 
What  must  have  made  the  vagaries  of  the  old  time 
sponsors  more  burdensome,  is  their  neglect  to  give  their 
children  spare  names ;  out  of  over  5000  persons  men- 
tioned in  the  Admissions  Part  II,  hardly  more  than  half- 
a-dozen  have  a  middle  name. 

In  a  few  cases  parents  and  sons  have  different 
surnames,  e.g.  "Ri.  Lewis,  filius  Lewis  Dauys," 
p.   21,  no.  38;    "David  Evans,' son  of  Evan  Davis/* 

•  It  should  have  been  premised  (but  the  reader  has  by  this  time  found  out 
for  himself)  that  the  College  registrary  did  not  set  down  his  facts  in  plain 
English,  but  transfigured  them  into  the  language  which  was  commonly  known 
as  Latin  in  those  days :  a  practice  which  increases  our  difficulty  in  getting  at 
ihe  exact  truth  about  the  past 


1 68  Suspiriiu 

p.  79,  no.  51 ;  "  Godfrey  Jones,  son  of  John  Prichard," 
p.  193,  no.  26;  "Watson  Powell  alias  Watson,  son  of 
Henry  Powell,"  p.  203,  no.  20 — all  from  Wales,  where 
surnames  were  not  fixed  so  early  as  in  England.  The 
father  of  no.  30  on  p.  iii  had  perhaps  changed  his 
surname  since  his  son's  birth.  Variations  in  the  spellings 
of  the  names  of  father  and  son  are  too  habitual  to  call 
for  notice. 

(To  he  concluded.) 


SUSPIRIA. 

In  this  dim  hour  of  moonlight,  when  the  earth 
Seems,  what  in  truth  it  is,  a  vision  half  revealed. 
Nothing  is  real  but  thy  soul  and  mine. 

All  that  so  solid  and  enduring  seemed 

Into  a  dreamy  haze  of  grey  has  melted, 

Only  thy  soul  and  mine  of  all  that  was  remaining. 

Around  me  is  a  universe  of  love 

Bearing  me  up,  sustaining,  giving  life: 

No  thought,  no  force  is  left,  save  love  alone. 

This  veil  of  air  grown  visible,  made  silv'ry  white, 
Is  only  woven  in  my  soul  and  thine, 
Is  but  a  part  of  thy  soul  and  of  mine. 

I   stand   before   thee   now;   and   though  with  earthly 

sense 
Nothing  of  thee  I  can  discern,  my  soul 
Can  see  thine  own,  looking  from  out  deep  eyes. 

R. 


^J^'<'^y*W<^^/:: 


A  TRAINING  BREAKFAST. 

How  channing  for  you  lackadaisical  folk 

To  sit  by  the  fire  when  it's  raining, 
And  skim  through  a  novel,  and  lazily  smoke — 

Such  joys  are  forbidden  in  training. 

But  though  you  may  think  it  uncommonly  slow. 
And  sneer  at  our  plugging  and  straining, 

There  still  is  a  joy  that  jfou  never  can  know — 
The  joy  when  you  go  out  of  training. 

Boat  House  Ballads, 

The  day  had  dawned,  with  dawn  that  scarcely  seemed 
A  dawn,  so  dark,  so  drear  it  was:   i'  the  hall 
Flashed  forth  the  radiance  of  electric  lamps 
That  lit  bright  eyes,  whereon  the  hand  of  sleep 
Had  left  its  drowsy  mark,  now  half  unseen ; 
And  ever  on  the  board  the  breakfast  cups 
Made  cheerful  music  as  they  rose  and  fell. 
And  swains  there  were,  all  seated  round  the  board 
In  two  long  lines,  and  thrice  times  eight  were  they 
(For  coxes  come  not  into  training  hall); 
Brave  souls  who  ply  the  sudden-gleaming  oar 
And  swing  the  boats  adown  the  river  Cam. 
Thus  as  they  sat,  not  idle,  for  their  spoons 
Made  winsome  clatter  on  the  hollow  plates, 
One  swain  bespake  the  other,  who  in  turn 
Let  fly  the  shafted  arrows  of  his  wit. 
And  t'  other  was  as  naught;  and  so  anon, 
Like  to  a  ball  tossed  lightly  to  and  fro. 
The  talk  was  tossed  from  him  to  him,  until 
One  gallant  youth  (a  faithful  Five  was  he 
Of  monstrous  muscles  and  broad  brawny  back, 
VOL.  XVIII.  Z 


lyo  A  Training  Breakfast. 

But  one  in  whom  the  meditative  muse 
Had  not  yet  found  a  willing  worshipper) 
Upreared  his  porridge  plate,  and  thus  began: 

Genial  Joys  of  tetider  training. 

Why  arc  ye  still  left  unsung? 
Ye  are  worthy  of  attaining 

Some  illustrious  poet's  tongue. 
And  although  I'm  not  a  poet 

Still  my  love  for  you  is  true, 
And  1*11  see  if  1  can  show  it 

In  a  lay  to  honour  you. 

In  the  early  frost  of  morning. 
When  the  red  sun  routs  the  night. 

Warmth  of  bed  and  blankets  scorning. 
Forth,  like  birds,  we  wing  our  flight; 

Then  with  true  corporeal  tension 
Spurt  a  hundred  yards  or  so. 

Most — not  all,  I'm  bound  to  mention- 
Fly  like  arrows  from  the  bow. 

Why  describe  the  joys  of  eating 

Roast  and  boiled,  and  boiled  and  roast^ 
And,  alas,  the  far  too  fleeting 

Charms  of  chops  and  tea  and  toast  ? 
We've  no  need  for  sauce  to  forage. 

Hunger  is  of  sauce  in  stead. 
Come,  brave  boys,  and  pass  the  porridge 

For  the  glory  of  the  Red! 

He  ended,  and  anon  there  rose  a  hum 

Like  myriad  bees,  that  flit  about  i'  the  mom 

And  sip  the  dew-drops  from  the  pouting  flower; 

And  he  that  erst  had  spoken  passed  his  plate. 

And  once  again  'twas  heaped,  and  still  there  flowed 

The  lacteal  fluid  from  the  willing  bowl. 

But  one  there  was  that  sat  apart,  and  glum 

Of  countenance  was  he,  and  sad  of  eye ; 

And  never  did  a  light  word  pass  his  lips, 


A  Training  Breakfast  171 

For  versed  he  was  in  Mathematic  Lore 
And  problems  were  his  joy  :    then  thus  he  spake 
With  eyes  askance,  in  weighty  words  of  scorn 
Which,  though  precise,  seemed  to  have  lost  their  wings : 

0  farious  effervescing  Five, 

A  wondrous  tale,  as  Tm  alive! 
On  red-sun-routings  you  may  thrive^ 
/  don't, 

1  love  to  sport  my  outer  door 

And  do  sweet  problems  by  the  score^ 
Yotid  give  them  up  because  they*d  bore^ 
/  won't. 

Ah  I    Conic  Sections,  Theory 
Of  Gamma,  Trigonometry, 
This  is  the  kind  of  poetry 

I  sing; 
All  else  is  worthless,  stale  and  vile. 
Of  poet's  works  I'd  make  a  pile 
And  burn  them  every  one.     You  smile? 

Poor  thing  1 

He  said  no  more,  but  with  tip-tilted  nose 

He  turned  away,  and  gazed  upon  his  plate. 

As  though  thereon  a  circle  was  inscribed, 

And  there  was  need  somehow  to  fill  it  out 

With  lines  and  letters  meaning — who  knows  what? 

Then  each  man  looked  into  his  neighbour's  eye 

And  then  there  came  the  ripple  of  a  smile 

That  broke  the  stillness,  as  when  some  small  lad 

Flings  forth  his  float  upon  the  glassy  pond — 

His  float  a  cork,  his  fishing-hook  a  pin 

Full  deftly  hidden  by  the  subtle  bait 

Wherewith  to  tempt  the  wary  stickleback — 

And  as  it  falls,  the  wavelets  widen  out. 

Each  circling  round  the  other,  till  at  last 

The  whole  pond  seems  of  thousand  ripples  formed. 

And  so  the  smile  waxed  broader^  and  therewith 

Fach  mouth  waxed  broader,  till  in  sooth  it  seemed 

As  though  it  would  extend  from  ear  to  ear. 


172  A  Training  Breakfast 

And  then  at  last  like  to  a  thunder-clap, 

The  laughter  brake :  high  heaven  gives  back  the  sound. 

So  when  it  hushed,  then  one  found  voice  to  speak : 

Most  potent  Sir, 

I  dare  aver 
You  think  yourself  most  critical ; 

No  doubt  at  heart 

You  think  you're  smart, 
But  you're  not  what  a  wit  I  call. 

From  what  you  say 

I  think  we  may 
Conclude  your  reading's  cursory; 

To  spout  such  views 

You'd  better  choose 
Some  small  secluded  nursery. 

And  there  secure 

Pray  talk  of  your 
Poetical  obliquity; 

But  oh!  refrain 

To  air  again 
'Mongst  us  your  dull  iniquity. 

And  if  you'd  soar 
%  Like  this  once  more 

To  heights  of  such  sublimity, 
You're  one  who  knows 
The  river  flows 
In  perilous  proximity. 

He  made  an  end;    the  other  answered  nought 

But  merely  sate  with  eyes  upon  the  cloth, 

And  brooded  vengeance  in  his  wrathful  heart. 

And  so  it  seemfed  unto  him  th^  best, 

What  time  they  hied  them  forth,  to  send  a  splash, 

A  sharp  chill  splash  of  thrice  pellucid  Cam, 

Adown  the  taunter's  back  (for  both  of  them 

Rowed  in  the  self-same  boat,  one  Six,  one  Four) 

And  bring  discomfort  to  the  other's  soul. 

Thus  as  he  pondered  with  himself,  there  dawned 

A  smile  upon  his  lips,  and  all  were  ill. 


A  Training  Breakfast.  173 

And  now  mayhap  it  might  have  come  to  blows, 
But  the  loud  clang  of  covers  smote  the  ear 
That  heralded  the  coming  of  the  steak. 
And  each  was  'ware  that  he  must  save  his  strength 
And  gird  him  for  the  fray:   thus  all  was  well. 
And  so  for  twice  ten  minutes,  without  end 
They  bravely  battled  with  the  stalwart  steak: 
But  when  their  frames  were  weary   with  the  fray 
Now  he,  now  he,  would  lay  aside  his  knife. 
And  sadly  murmur  to  the  sobbing  gale: 

The  kitchen  steak,  the  kitchen  steak, 

Which  few  have  loved,  and  none  have  sung, 

Which  leaves  behind  an  anxious  ache. 

Where  was  it  born,  where  made,  whence  sprang  ? 

Eternal  summer  gilds  it  yet — 

We  eat  it — but  we  ne'er  forget! 

He  ended  speaking,  for  a  gust  of  sobs 

Did  shake  his  manly  breast,  and  he  was  fain 

To  wipe  the  furtive  tear-drop  from  his  eye, 

And  turn  himself  unto  the  marmalade. 

And  once  again  the  din  of  battle  rose 

And  knives  rang  loudly  on  the  plates  again.  ^ 

So  when  they  all  put  from  them  the  desire 

Of  meat  and  drink,  each  looked  towards  the  door. 

And,  not  in  silence,  slowly  passed  away. 

A.  J.  C. 


OF  EARLY  AND  LATE  RISING. 

|ARLY  Rising  is  but  a  faint  kind  of  Policy  or 
Wisdome ;  for  it  asketh  the  nature  of  a  Prigge 
and  a  stubborne  Hearte;  therefore  it  is  the 
weaker  sorte  of  Scholars  that  are  the  great 
Pestes.  It  argueth  indeed  a  Brutishness  for  one  endowed 
with  Reason  to  copy  herein  the  Manners  of  the 
Larke  and  suchlike  untimely  Fowles:  Beasts  arise 
betimes^  bui  then^  They  are  Beasts  and  we  are  Men. 
It  was  a  shrewed  saying  of  an  old  Greek,  that 
Thou  shouldest  know  Thyself e :  and  truly  the  World 
would  still  be  the  better,  if  Certaine  Persons  should 
study  Themselves,  and  their  own  Faults,  and  not  shift 
the  burden  of  their  own  ill  Habits  upon  their  Fellowes. 
Such  an  one  would  fain  call  Black  White,  and  make  a 
Grievous  Error  into  a  Rare  Virtue,  species  virtuttbus 
similes^  and  so  to  entice  others  from  the  wise  Path  of 
their  own  Inclinations.  For  there  be  many  Excellencies 
in  this  Early  Rising,  for  the  Few ;  but  still  more  in  Late 
Rising,  for  the  Many. 

Now  of  Early  Rising  there  be  these  degrees:  the 
first,  that  are  filled  with  a  mistaken  Sense  of  Dutye 
and  a  vain  Hope  of  making  a  good  Bargaine  with 
the  Day;  the  second,  that  cannot  sleep,  and  so  would 
rob  Others  of  that  which  is  denied  Themselves,  Invidia 
festos  dies  non  agit ;  and  the  third,  that  would  fain  be 
Superior  to  all  Mankinde,  sui  amantes  sine  rivalt. 
The  first  are  they  whom  Men  name  Orderlie  Persons ; 
but  truly  he  was  a  Wise  Philosopher  that  said, 
Preserve  me  from  the  Methodical  Man.    The  second  are 


Of  Early  and  Late  Risttif;,  1 73 

as  the  Dog  in  the  Manger,  and  are  but  Pestilent  Enviers. 
The  third  are  Workers  of  Vanitie,  that  mistake  a  rushen 
Candle  for  the  Light  of  the  Sun,  and  are  minded  that 
Little  Merit  is  the  object  of  Life.  Let  such  remember 
the  saying  of  Salomotiy  Rising  earfyy  it  shall  be  to  him  no 
better  than  a  Curse. 

Whereas  you  shall  observe  that  the  Late  Risers 
have  much  Defence,  and  not  least  that  they  do  not 
start  the  day  as  Busy  bodies,  setting  the  World  at 
rights :  but  rather  in  their  Beddes  may  they  make  their 
Mindes  at  rest  about  the  doings  of  the  Day  before,  and 
call  up  Courage  to  approach  their  coming  Exertions.  It 
is  a  strange  thing  that  Philosophers  praise  Rest  and 
Meditation,  but  that  the  supreme  Hours  of  the  four  and 
twenty  should  still  be  grudged.  And  (Celsus  as  a 
Physitian  that  was  a  Wise  Man  withal  giveth  it  for 
one  of  the  Precepts  of  lasting  Health :  That  a  man  doe 
use  Watching  and  Sleepe,  but  rather  Sleepe).  In  such 
Dreamy  Hours  no  longer  are  we  oppressed  by  Fears, 
Troubles,  Confusions  of  Spirit,  though  the  Envious  would 
ever  have  us  participes  cur  arum :  but  then  we  are  raised 
into  so  Sublime  a  State  as  the  Vulgar  would  term  a 
Seventh  Heaven.  Certainly,  Flaccus  has  told  us  post 
equitem  sedet  atra  cura^  and  this  may  in  truth  be  so,  for 
that  at  any  instant  he  may  lose  his  Seat.  But  for  the 
Lie-a-Bedde  there  are  no  Alarums  save  only  the 
Intrusion  of  Froward  Companions,  non  est  curiosus 
quin  idem  sit  malevolus:  and  in  all  Justice  we  could 
cry  Save  me  from  my  Friends.  But  easy  were  it  to  dwell 
more  at  Length  on  this  perplexed  Topic  :  it  sufiiceth  to 
say.  Let  the  Envious  Man  jeer  not  at  the  Pleasures  of 
the  Dreamer :  for  at  the  least  it  may  be  said,  One  Man's 
Meate^  another  Man's  Poison :  a  Wise  Physitian  knoweth 
his  own  Medicine,  and  Ignorance  is  found  in  the  Prating 
of  the  Vaine  Glorious,  magna  conatu  nugas. 

Verulamentabilis. 


IN  MEMORY  OF  BOSCO,  A  PUG  DOG, 

Who  died  at  Harrogatey  Sept   1893,  in  the  i%th  year  of 

his  age. 

Bosco  is  dead,  a  dog  by  all  confessed 
Of  blameless  life  and  virtue  rare  possessed. 
No  mournful  yew-tree  plant  beside  his  tomb ; 
Let  the  sweet  Myrtle*  o'er  his  ashes  bloom. 
Kind  to  his  Mistress,  to  the  world  polite, 
Nought  but  his  lawful  bones  did  Bosco  bite. 
Too  old  for  work ;  too  tired  for  sport  or  play. 
Loving  and  loved,  he  gently  passed  away. 
Bosco  is  gone !  May  I  thus  at  the  last 
Look  back  with  satisfaction  on  the  past. 
As  Bosco  served  his  Mistress,  so  may  I 
True  servant  to  my  Master  live  and  die ! 

JACK,  THE  KING  OF  COBS. 

Live  not  for  a  life  of  mere  pleasure ; 

Each  day's  full  of  sorrow,  alack ! 
But  a  joy  which  I  always  shall  treasure 

Is  a  ride  I  once  had  upon  Jack ! 

Arculus. 


•  He  was  buried  at  Harrogate,  in  the  garden  of  Dr  Myrtle. 


IN  MEMORIAM  BOSCONIS  "PUGILIS" 
OPTIMI. 

Heu  obiit  Bosco  rara  virtute  catellus, 

Qui  vitae  in  terns  integer  omnis  erat. 
Ne  sere  qua  dormit  taxi  illaetabilis  umbram ; 

Myrtus  odoratis  adsit  arnica  comis. 
Mitis  erat  dominae,  populo  mansuetus ;  in  ossa 

Non  nisi  legitimis  dentibus  arma  tulit. 
Tandem  operi  ludoque  senex  et  cursibus  impar, 

Lenibus  imperiis  mortis  amatus,  amans, 
Succubuit.     Suprema  mihi  cum  venerit  hora, 

Praeteritos  liceat  sic  revocare  dies. 
Serviit  ut  dominae  Bosco,  sic,  luce  relicta, 

Commendet  Domino  me  mea  vita  meo  ! 


IN  CORYPHAEUM  CABALLORUM  OPTIMU 

VrVERE  vis  recte  ?  Ne  te  mera  gaudia  captent  : 
Hei  mihi,  quot  luctus  parturit  una  dies ! 

Sed  nunquam  sua  creta  die  discedet  ab  illo 
Cum  veheret  dorsum  me,  Coryphaee,  tuum ! 

Arculus. 


VOL.  xvm.  AA 


IN  THE  WORDS  OF*  THE  MASTERS. 

|ITH  a  view  to  the  attainment  of  perfect  style, 
the  following  short  models  have  been  obtained 
from  our  leading  literary  masters.  It  was  the 
original  intention  to  have  included  poetry  as 
well  as  prose,  but  a  careful  examination  of  Mr  Traill's 
list  (to  say  nothing  of  recent  additions)  showed  that  the 
magnitude  of  the  task  was  too  great  for  the  Eaglet 
This  is,  however,  the  less  to  be  regretted  as  the  Editors 
are  convinced  that  all  their  contributors  write  perfect 
verse :    while  the  prose .    But  let  us  hear  the 

Masters. 

W.  H.  P r. 

For  this  harmony,  this  more  exquisite  music  that  we 
feel,  is  not  alone  in  its  diviner  promptings,  in  its  more 
suggestive  tumult,  and  its  subtler  tones,  which  thrill  us 
with  vag^e  murmurings  of  coyness  and  delight.  It  is 
not  alone  in  its  sagacious  wildness,  half  stirring  us  to 
intenser  and  more  spiritual  strivings  for  the  higher 
beauty  of  bewitchery  and  death.  Nor  is  it  altogether  or 
in  any  sense  a  complete  account  to  say  that  the 
passionate  intensity  with  which  one  receives  the  fonder 
elements  of  a  soul-stirring  and  emotional  impression 
leaves  no  trace  beyond  its  borders,  no  influence  beyond 
the  field  of  its  own  limited,  though  alluring,  enquiry- 
For,  indeed,  he  who  has  not  seen  the  involved,  the  more 
intricate  details,  "  the  white  music  of  the  waving  wings  " 


•  An  apparent  exception  to  our  rule  regarding  prose  and  poetry  in  the 
latitude  allowed  to  J.  A.  S.  arises  from  the  fact  that  that  contributor  informs 
us  he  never  writes  one  without  the  other — an  expression  true,  but  Uablc  to  be 
misunderstood. 


In  the  Words  of  the  Masters.  179 

as  Arlfes  in  his  quaint  Proven9al  has  it,  will  not  have 
grasped  in  its  entirety  and  fullness  the  true  bearing  of 
the  movement ;  and  will  have  in  no  wise  penetrated  to 
the  inmost  or  central  principle,  from  which  all  others 
emanate,  in  an  order — not  regular  or  in  any  sense 
uniform — but,  pulsating,  mystic,  and  subdued. 

J.  R n. 

The  Art  of  Bumping. 

Now  the  art  that  I  have  come  to  speak  to  you  about 
this  evening  is  one  which  amongst  you  has  sadly  fallen 
into  desuetude  and  decay.  And  yet  it  is  an  art  which  is 
well  worthy  of  your  study,  and  which  those  of  old  time 
who  were  masters  of  the  craft  followed  after  with  strain- 
ing and  toil,  taking  only  for  their  reward  the  Well 
rowed  I  of  the  enthusiast  and  such  trophies  as  were  meet. 
But  observe  that  when  they  who  were  indeed  masters 
achieved  success  and  victory  such  as  befits  the  Eagle 
that  you  wear,  the  Well  rowed  of  the  enthusiast  was  also 
the  Well  rowed  of  truth.  For  is  it  not — nay  must  it 
not  be  clear  to  all,  that  when  they  who  from  their  more 
lofty  height  and  wider  outlook  proclaim  peace  when 
there  is  no  peace,  aud  joy  when  there  is  no  joy,  that  they 
are  but  false  and  blind  guides  crying  Well  rowed!  when 
it  is  not  well  rowed,  and  are  but  as  the  sailor  sleeping 
on  the  mast,  heedless  of  the  path  to  be  traced  and  the 
dark  churning  waters  that  lie  before  ? 

But  now,  let  us  examine  into  the  real  meaning  of  this 
word  we  use  so  often.  Bump  (Goth,  and  Icel.  bomps)  is 
a  heavy  blow,  and  blow  is  literally  a  stroke.  Hence  we 
see,  veiled  under  the  common  meaning  of  the  word, 
some  trace  of  the  condition  of  the  true  stroke ;  and  we 
shall  always  find  that  the  etymological  and  ri^ht  use  of 
the  word  is  the  only  key  to  its  true  significance. 

J.  A.  S ds. 

It  was  a  hot  July  night.  I  had  drifted  slowly  down 
from  Newnham.  I  was  alone  in  the  Backs.  A  slight 
mist  rose  from  the  river.    It  was  a  whitish-grey.    The 


i8o  In  the  Words  of  the  Masters. 

elms  were  green.  So  were  the  banks  of  the  river. 
Scattered  lights  shone  here  and  there  from  men's  rooms. 
Some  of  the  lights  were  shaded  and  the  shades  were  of 
different  colours.  In  my  rooms  also  was  a  shaded  light : 
and  many  books  that  I  had  not  read.  But  I  stayed  out 
on  the  river,  for  the  night  was  very  still.  This  sug- 
gested  the  13th  of  my  Studies ; — 

A  symphony  of  fading  green ^ 

A  scintillating  mist  and  sheen^ 

The  fiver  placid  but  unclean, 

The  hour,  suggestive  of  the  Dean 

And  interviews 9  when  morning  bright 

Shall  chass  those  stars  of  shaded  lights 

That  shine  resplendent  in  the  night 

Behind  the  droop  of  willowy  green. 

The  night,  the  languor  and  the  mists. 

The  olive  tones  of  yonder  elm. 

Recall  again  as  reverie  lists 

Some  touch  of  lave  from  fancy* s  realm. 

Again  I  press  her  burning  lips. 

Again  I  tryst  my  fairy  queen. 

Behind  the  bridge  the  willow  dips : 

Am  I,  than  it,  more  emerald  gteen  f 

G.  M th. 

Our  Titan  humour  unhinges  presumption,  flinging 
wide  as  to  brazen-mouthed,  loud-crying,  eye-socket- 
starting,  the  herd  gaping  (instinctive  mouth-open 
Hunger),  the  doors  with  cannon-shaped  boom.  He  will 
hear  no  word  of  resistance.  Fling  wide  the  largess, 
golden  in  grape-shot  profusion.  He  would  soar  wing- 
fluttering,  claw-tearing,  eye-gleaming,  beak-striking,  a 
hawk  in  the  heaven,  rocket  spangled  with  stars.  Wo 
had  heard  from  Berwick  his  sparkles  in  boyish  indigna- 
tion. Clifton  gave  him  up.  He  washed  his  hands  of 
the  affair.  "  You  don't  hold  a  lion  with  hair-pins  or  a 
woman  with  tent-pegs,  at  least  not  Irene."  And  Clifton 
had  travelled.  Lady  Aberdeen  wrote :  "  Bright  colours 
want  background.    Try  Hensley."     But  he  would  have 


In  the  Words  of  the  Masters.  1 8 1 

none  of  him,  ciphering  zero,  voluminous  series  expand- 
ing pitched  back  on  nought — nay !  falling  abysmally, 
cluiched  shameless  the  void.  Of  alternative  wing-rayed 
perplexities,  Rumour  seized  full  on  the  Keepsake. 
"  Was  it  not  hers  ?    Why  should  she  ." 

A.  L g. 

The  objectionable  practice  of  9  o'clock  lectures  is 
still,  we  believe,  pursued  at  the  Cambridge  University. 
Probably  like  most  of  our  ceremonial  customs  it  dates 
back  to  savage  and  primeval  times.  The  natives  of  the 
Lundamun  islands  gather  in  groups  shortly  after  day- 
break, to  wait  for  the  sun-rising ;  and  the  warrior  who 
catches  the  first  glimpse  executes  a  light  step-dance, 
whirls  his  spear  seven  times  round  his  head,  and  men- 
tions, in  an  improvised  song,  those  of  his  deeds  which 
he  considers  will  be  chiefly  valuable  to  the  future 
historian.  Nothing  is  more  remarkable  than  the  fact 
that  the  keen-sighted  one  is  generally  the  most  notable 
warrior  present ;  and  the  resignation  of  the  others  is  as 
delightful,  only  more  certain,  than  that  of  Mr  Gladstone  : 
while  it  is  well  recognised  that  all  attempts  to  check  the 
singing  warrior  would  be  as  futile  as  that  gentleman's 
Homeric  hypotheses. 

A  point  of  some  importance,  to  which  the  attention 
of  a  certain  philological  school  might  be  directed,  is 
that,  though  in  other  respects,  as  unlike  as  a  niblick  and 
a  bunker-iron,  yet  9  o'clock  in  Cambridge  exactly 
answers  to  the  time  of  sunrise  in  the  Lundamuns  during 
the  Summer  Solstice.     From  which  we  see  that  the 

Dawn — 

R.  L.  S n. 

One  such  motive  I  remember,  one  such  memory, 
fleeting  and  full  of  boyish  grace,  I  sorrowfully  recall. 
But  the  hopes  and  promptings  of  that  time  and  its 
eager  expectation,  half-wayward  in  its  luxury,  yet 
half-Stoic  in  its  hardy  endurance  and  persistent  force — 
that,  all  that,  is  as  though  it  had  never  been.    For 


1 82  In  the  Words  of  the  Masters. 

they  play  strange  pranks  with  us,  these  fitful  memories, 
these  flashes  of  returning  youth,  illuminating  the  tired 
wanderer  on  the  dusty  road.  And  there  is,  to  me,  in 
the  following  sketch,  something  of  this  inexplicable 
charm,  of  this  confiding  mystery,  though  I  know 
too  well,  never  can  I  convey  it  to  another  in  its 
entirety  and  fullness  : — 

"In  the  year  of  grace  17 —  I,  being  baillie  to  his 
Honour,  and  shipmaster  to  the  brig  Rupert^  was 
sitting  on  the  sands,  as  was  my  custom,  with  my 
copy  of  Virgil^  which  I  had  just  opened,  when " 

B.  O.  H.  N. 

^'Come  in  and  take  a  seat." 

Old  Play. 

Thrice,  nay  four  times  Welcome !  Come  thou  within 
my  portals.  Oh  friendly  one !  with  bright  and  waving 
hair,  and  stand  upon  the  floor  of  knotted  pines  from 
far  Canadian  forest,  overlaid  with  tapestry  from  thy 
revolving  looms.  Oh  distant  Kidderminster !  And 
above  thy  erst-while  blackly-square  bedecked  head 
shall  stand  my  roofing  beams,  now  hidden  in  the 
hardened  paste  cemented  to  their  under  side,  and 
covered  with  that  wash  of  lime,  which  beareth,  even 
yet,  the  mellowed  semblance  of  its  brightness  in  the 
springing  time.  Now,  bend  the  knotted  knees  and 
let  the  gravitating  power  draw  down  the  shapely 
rounded  limbs,  to  seek  repose  on  this  fair  quadruple- 
supported  seat  of  oaken  work  and  well  tanned  hides, 
I  ween.  Backward  recline  thy  shoulders  broad  within 
its  ample  costly  depths ;  for  there  is  room  and  luxury, 
in  truth,  within — as  beseems  the  upholstery  work  of 
Chufiins.  And  I  too  will  stay  beside  thee,  in  the 
purpose  yet  to  hear  once  more  the  honeyed  accents 
of  thy  golden  mouth. 

Enoremme- 


^Iiftuarfi. 


(From  a  photograph  by  S,  A,  Walker^  230,  Regent  Street ^  London), 

The  Very  Rev  Charles  Merivale  D.D. 
1808 — 1893. 

The  constellation  of  'persons  of  distinguished  merit,*  formed 
by  the  Honorary  Fellows  of  the  College,  has  lately  lost  several 
of  its  most  conspicuous  stars.  Our  astronomers,  Adams  and 
Pritchard,  our  classical  scholars,  Kennedy  and  Churchill  Babing- 
ton,  have  been  taken  from  us;  and  we  miss  in  Sir  Patrick 
Colquhoun  the  genial  presence  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Ionian  Islands,  whose  name  is  inseparably  connected  with  the 


1 84  Obituary. 

annals  of  the  Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club.  And  now  we  lament 
the  loss  of  one  who  rowed  in  the  first  University  boat-race 
against  Oxford,  and  was  famous  in  the  world  of  letters  as 
the  author  of  the  History  of  the  Romans  under  the  Empire.  It 
was  nine  years  ago  in  last  June  that  the  College  added  the 
names  of  Adams  and  Todhunter  and  Merivale  to  its  distin- 
guished list  of  Honorary  Fellows,  and  now  the  last  survivor 
of  the  three  has  passed  away. 

Charles  Merivale,  who  was  born  on  March  8,  1808,  came  of 
a  family  of  Huguenot  origin,  which  first  settled  in  Northampton- 
shire, and  in  the  last  century  found  its  way  to  the  west  of  England. 
He  was  the  son  of  Mr  John  Herman  Merivale  of  Barton  Place, 
Devon,  who  was  born  at  Exeter  in  1779,  was  educated  at 
St  John's  College,  and  was  called  to  the  Bar  in  1805.  Loyalty 
to  the  cause  of  Queen  Caroline  is  said  to  have  impaired  his 
prospects  of  professional  advancement,  even  as  it  delayed  the 
distinction  of  his  friend  and  fellow-student  at  St  John's,  Thomas 
Denman,  who  was  ultimately  L6rd  Chief  Justice  of  England, 
and  is  duly  enshrined  in  our  gallery  of  College  portraits  in  the 
smaller  Combination  Room.  J.  H.  Merivale,  however,  was 
appointed  a  Commissioner  in  Bankruptcy  in  1826,  and  held 
that  office  till  his  death  in  1844.  He  edited  the  volumes  of 
Chancery  Reports  for  the  years  18 14  to  18 17,  and  was  also 
a  tasteful  cultivator  of  poetry,  being  particularly  successful  in 
translations  from  the  Greek  Anthology,  and  from  the  poems  of 
Pulci  and  Fortiguerra,  and  of  Dante  and  Schiller. 

Charles  Merivale's  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Dr  Drury 
(1750 — 1834),  Head-master  of  Harrow.*  He  was  accordingly 
sent  to  that  school,  where  he  proved  himself  a  keen  cricketer, 

*  The  Rev  Dr  Joseph  Drury  succeeded  Dr  Heath  as  Head-master  in 
1785,  having  in  1775  married  Dr  Heath's  youngest  sister  Louisa,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Heath,  D.C.L.,  of  Exeter.  He  resigned  his  mastership  in 
1805.  His  eldest  son,  the  Rev  Henry  Joseph  Thomas  Drury  (1778—18141), 
who  was  Lord  Byron's  tutor,  was  for  41  years  an  Assistant-master  at  Harrow, 
and  was  held  in  high  repute  as  a  scholar.  It  was  doubtless  mainly  owing 
to  his  being  on  the  staff  at  Harrow  that  Merivale  was  sent  to  that  School. 
It  was  his  only  sister  (Louisa  Heath  Drury)  who  was  Merivale's  mother. 
His  eldest  son,  the  Rev  Henry  Drury,  was  the  editor  of  Arundines  Cami^ 
to  which  his  cousin  Merivale  contributed  some  excellent  compositions, 
all  in  Latin  Verse;  while  one  of  his  younger  sons  is  the  Rev  Benjamin 
Heath  Drury,  formerly  Assbtant-master  at  Harrow,  and  now  President  of 
Caius  College. 


Obituary.  185 

playing  in  the  first  match  against  Eton  in  1824.  He  was  also 
an  eager  student  of  Roman  history  and  of  Latin  literature, 
having  imbibed  from  his  uncle  Henry  Drury  a  special  love 
of  Lucan.  In  after  years  he  used  to  express  his  thankfulness 
that  he  had  been  at  a  school  which  induced  him  to  read 
Gibbon  and  Lucan ;  and,  on  presenting  a  copy  of  his  History 
of  the  Romans  under  the  Empire  to  the  Harrow  library,  he 
inscribed  in  it  a  tribute  of  gratitude  to  that  school  as  the 
Alma  Mater y  cuius  in  gremio  delicatius  iacens  Gibhonum  perlegit^ 
Lucanum  edidicit.  This  inscription  is  recorded  in  a  letter  to 
the  Times,  dated  Dec.  28,  1893,  bearing  the  unmistakeable 
initials  of  the  Master  of  Trinity,  formerly  Head-master  of 
Harrow,  who  further  says  of  Merivale :  "  He  has  often 
spoken  to  me  in  his  pleasant  way  of  this  youthful  feat,  adding 
that  he  supposed  the  gift  of  learning  Latin  poetry  by  heart 
must  be  *in  the  family,*  for  that  his  uncle  Harry  Drury — the 
'  Old  Harry '  of  Harrow  fame — knew  Lucan  perfectly  by  heart, 
and  once  said  the  whole  of  the  Pkarsalia  to  himself  while 
walking  over  from  Harrow  to  Eton,"  His  own  recollections 
of  his  time  at  school  are  the  theme  of  a  passage  in  the 
Commemoration  Sermon  preached  at  Harrow  in  1872  : 

I  have  now  before  me  in  my  mind's  eye,  in  the  bright  recollection  of  my 
early  boyhood,  a  vision  of  Harrow  School-house,  as  it  was  erected,  I  believe, 
about  three  centuries  ago,  and  as  it  stood  unchanged,  in  its  unadorned  sim- 
plicity, in  the  year  18 18.  Grim  it  was,  hard  featured  it  was,  and  mean  it  was, 
but  it  was  thoroughly  business-like,  and  to  the  purpose.  It  seemed  to  declare 
its  object  unmistakeably,  and  to  hold  out  the  assurance  that  it  vrould  perform 
what  it  promised,  and  that  all  that  came  forth  from  it,  all  that  breathed 
its  tone,  or  was  impressed  with  the  stamp  of  its  influence,  should  be  solid, 
substantial  and  true.  A  portion  of  the  old  building  still,  as  you  know, 
remains ;  but  this  too  has  received  certain  touches  of  ornament,  and  even  of 
elegance,  which  are  foreign  to  the  original  design,  and,  perhaps,  impertinent 
to  it.  But  there  it  stood,  as  I  remember  it,  growing  in  solitary  power  upon 
a  rock,  and  seeming,  like  a  tor  on  the  Dartmoor  hills,  to  be  a  part  of  the  rock 
on  which  it  stood  (p.  15). 

From  Harrow  he  went  to  the  East  India  College  at  Hailey- 
bury,  and  won  a  prize  for  Persian,  with  other  distinctions,  but, 
after  two  years,  it  was  determined  that  he  should  stay  in 
England  instead  of  accepting  a  writership  in  Bengal.  It  was 
in  this  way  that,  as  he  humorously  assured  one  of  his  nephews, 
he  'saved  India':  his  change  of  plan  caused  a  vacancy,  'and 
they  sent  Lawrence  out  to  India  instead.'* 

•  Chr.  Wordsworth  in  Cambridge  Review y  Jan.  18,  1894.    p.  i62«. 
VOL.  XVm.  BB 


1 86  Obiltiary. 

From  Harrow  and  Haileybury  he  came  to  St  John's,  in  1826, 
having  been  entered  as  a  Pensioner  under  Mr  Tatham  on 
June  24.  Benjamin  Hall  Kennedy  and  William  Selwyn,  the 
Senior  Classics  of  the  next  two  years,  1827 — 1828,  were  already 
in  residence,  and  a  year  later  came  up  George  Augustus  Selwyn, 
the  future  Bishop  of  New  Zealand.  The  Lady  Margaret  Boat 
Club  was  founded  in  1825,  and  in  an  early  list  of  the  first-boat 
crew  we  find  Merivale  as  •four*  and  Wm  Selwyn  as  'seven'; 
while  in  the  races  of  the  May  and  October  Terms  of  1828,  and 
the  Lent  and  May  Terms  of  1829,  we  find  Merivale  as  'two' 
and  one  or  both  of  the  Selwyns  in  the  same  boat  as  'six' 
or  'seven.'  In  the  first  Inter- University  race  in  June  1829, 
the  Lady  Margaret  was  represented  by  W.  Snow  {stroke)^  G.  A. 
Selwyn  (7),  and  C.  Merivale  (4).*  At  the  Commemoration 
Dinner  of  the  Inter- University  crews,  held  in  1881,  Merivale 
claimed  for  himself  no  inconsiderable  share  in  originating  the 
contest.  'It  has  been  said,'  he  remarked,  'that  the  Bishop 
of  St  Andrew's  [Charles  Wordsworth]  was  the  first  to  suggest 
the  race.  I  don't  think  I  can  quite  admit  that.  He.  and  I  were 
old  school  friends,  and  had  often  competed  in  contests  both 
grave  and  gay,  and  I  should  rather  say  that  the  original  idea 
was  common  to  us  both.'  When  he  was  invited  to  preach 
the  Commemoration  Sermon  in  our  College  Chapel  in  1868, 
it  was  characteristic  of  the  man  that  he  chose  for  his  subject 
'  Competition,  Pagan  and  Christian.'  This  was  the  last  Com- 
memoration Sermon  preached  in  the  old  Chapel,  whose  windows 
were  adorned  with  the  coats  of  arms  of  distinguished  members 
of  the  College,  which  now  form  part  of  the  decoration  of  our 
Hall.     The  preacher  describes  himself  as 

One  who  after  long  and  not  unfruitful  experience  of  the  prindples  of  this 
place,  gained  within  these  precincts,  gained  between  these  four  walls,  gained 
in  the  companionship  of  some  now  in  rule  and  honour  among  you,  and  others 
who  have  been  but  lately  removed  from  you,  gained  under  the  auspicious 
radiance  of  these  stars  in  our  firmament,  these  pictured  memorials  of  great 

♦  Forster  and  Harris,  History  of  the  LM.B,C^  pp.  I— 10.  It  is  clear 
that  Merivale  could  not  have  been  in  the  Lent  Term  crew  of  1826  (as 
stated  on  p.  2),  since  he  was  not  even  a  member  of  the  College  until  June 
of  that  year,  and  (as  is  proved  by  the  President's  book)  was  not  a  member 
of  the  Club  until  November  1827.  On  Nov.  27,  1830,  he  was  in  the  winning 
boat,  manned  by  the  L.M.B.C.,  tliat  accepted  a  general  challenge  made 
by  a  strong  crew  including  five  Trinity  men  and  one  Johnian  (see 
EagUf  vi.  135).    He  was  President  of  the  L.M.B.C.  in  May  1831. 


Obituary.  187 

and  holy  men  whose  names  and  whose  merits  are  most  highly  pmed  among 
US— one  who  after  long-  experience  also  of  life  under  wider  and  more  varied 
infiuences,~cumes  here  home  to«day  as  a  pilgrim  from  a  far  land,  to  offer  >ou 
what  poor  tribute  he  can  bring  of  Christian  advice  and  exhortation  (p.  7). 

He  avows  that  he  is  no  great  friend  of  'Athletic  Sports/ 

*  sQch  as  running  and  leaping/  and  for  the  same  reason  for  which 

•  St  Paul  looked  with  disfavour  on  the.  contests  of  the  Pagans  at 
Corinth,  because  they  are  essentially  selfish*  He  continues  as 
follows : — 

I  am  speaking  here,  as  k  were,  among  old  friends  and  companions,  and 
I  need  not  refrain  from  using  a  tone  which  might  be  thought  hardly  congruous 
with  a  pulpit  elsewhere :  and  I  will  go  on  to  point  out  the  essential  difference 
between  the  old  English,  the  old  school  and  university  sports  of  cricket  and 
boating,  and  the  reckless  and  thougjtitless  amusements,  and  selfish — such  they 
are  in  my  view — that  distinguish  collegiate  society  at  the  present  day.  The 
games  of  an  earlier  generation  were  social  combinations ;  several  individuah 
joining  together,  to  assist  one  another  in  a  common  object ;  to  merge  their 
own  individuality  in  the  general  weal ;  to  institute  for  the  time  a  common- 
wealth, in  which  each  member  should  work  together  with  a  common 
sympathy  for  a  general  effect.  The  effort  was  corporate — and  .so  was  the 
honour — no  single  man  need  be  too  proud  of  being  the  eighth  part,  or  the 
eleventh  part  of  such  a  triumphant  confederation.  No  one  need  arrogate  to 
himself  even  his  own  due  proportion  of  the  glory :  it  might  be  an  exercise  of 
kindliness  and  humility  to  prefer  his  comrades  before  himself,  to  think  himself 
(he  least  of  the  eight  or  the  eleven,  not  worthy  to  be  called  one  of  them  at  all. 
And  when  he  reflected  that  what  was  his  own  side's  victory  and  triumph,  was 
the  defeat  and  humiliation  of  his  opponents— he  might,  if  he  were  a  kindly 
and  a  Christian  gentleman,  console  himself  with  the  thought  that  each 
individual  on  the  other  side,  some  of  them  perhaps  among  the  dearest  of  his 
own  friends^  felt  only  an  eighth  or  an  eleventh  part  of  the  disappointment  and 
chagrin  (p.  11). 

Some  of  those  who  heard  this  sermon  dimly  surmised  that 
the  preacher  had  been  a  boating  man  in  his  day,  but  they  were 
probably  hardly  conscious  of  his  having  had  the  double  dis- 
tinction of  playing  at  Harrow  in  the  first  match  against  Eton, 
and  rowing  for  Cambridge  in  the  first  race  against  Oxford. 

In  other  youthful  competitions  he  was  no  less  distinguished': 
in  1829  he  won  the  Browne  Medal  for  a  Greek  Epigram  on 
9KOT0V  ^i^opKtjQf  and  for  an  Alcaic  Ode  on  Caesar  ad  Rubtconem 
flumen.     The  first   two   stanzas  of  the  latter  are  well  worth 

quoting : 

Stabat  reUctae  in  limite  Galliae 
Caesar,  decennes  projiciens  moras, 
Fatisque  bellorum  secundis 
Ebrius  imperioque  lon^ja: 


1 88  Ohttuary. 

niic  micantes  adhere  turbido 
Respexit  hastas  signaque  milituro, 
Vultusque  converses  in  amnem 
Ulterioris  amore  ripae. 

In  his  maturer  years  he  pictured  the  passage  of  the  Rnbicon 
in  the  stately  prose  of  his  own  History  of  the  Romans.*  Even  as 
a  boy  he  had  been  familiar  with  the  rhetorical  description  of 
the  same  scene  in  Lucan,  and  as  a  freshman  he  received  a  copy 
of  the  Foulis  edition  of  that  poet  from  Dr  Wordsworth,  Master 
of  Trinity,  whose  son  Christopher,  the  future  Bishop  of  Lincoln, 
was  Senior  Classic  in  the  year  in  which  Merivale  was  fourth 
(1830),  both  of  them  having  already  taken  their  degrees  as 
Senior  Optimes  in  the  Mathematical  Tripos. 

Merivale  was  elected  to  a  Fellowship  on  the  same  day  as 
George  Augustus  Selwyn,  March  25,  1833;  and  sixteen  years 
later  the  Fellowship  then  vacated  by  Merivale  was  filled  by  the 
election  of  John  Eyton  Bickersteth  Mayor.  He  afterwards 
became  Assistant  Tutor  to  Dr  Hymers,  and  took  his  share 
in  giving  lectures  in  the  days  when  classical  lecturers  were 
assumed  to  be  perfectly  competent  to  lecture  on  almost  any 
subject  then  studied  in  the  University,  except  Mathematics. 
His  lectures  on  the  Greek  Testament  and  Butler's  Analogy 
gave  him  hardly  any  scope  for  his  special  powers  ;  even  those 
on  Plato's  Republic  did  not  add  to  his  reputation,  and  the  future 
historian  of  the  Romans  appears  to  have  discoursed  on  Tacitus 
without .  increasing  the  inherent  interest  of  his  theme.  The 
system,  which  then  prevailed,  of  giving  catechetical  lectures 
to  large  classes  of  men  of  very  unequal  attainments  was  almost 
fore-doomed  to  failure.  Merivale  was  not  unnaturally  apt 
to  be  annoyed  by  the  blundering  guesses  of  so-called  students 
who  had  neglected  to  prepare  their  work,  while  he  cordially 
recognised  the  good  sense  of  any  genuine  scholar  who,  like 
Socrates,  was  wisely  conscious  of  the  limits  of  his  own 
knowledge,  and,  when  asked  an  unexpected  question,  frankly 
answered  that  he  did  not  know. 

Merivale's  lectures  were  given  in  the  rooms  in  the  central 
staircase  of  the  New  Court  (E  5),  occupied  from  1861  to  1884. 
by  Parkinson,  among  whose  many  pupils  was  Merivale's  eldest 
son  Charles  (B.A.  1877,  M.A.  1881);    and  since  then  by  Mr 

♦  Chap,  idv,  vol.  II,  p.  131,  ed.  1865. 


Ohttiiary.      *  189 

Heitland,  whose  valuable  introduction  to  Lucan  includes  an 
exhaustive  refutation  of  Merivale's  incidental  remark  that 
Lucan  '  had  never  studied,  one  is  almost  tempted  to  imagine 
that  he  had  never  read,  Virgil '  {^Hist.  of  the  Romans,  c.  64). 
With  reference  to  Merivale's  lectures  I  may  here  quote  from 
a  letter  written  on  February  4,  by  the  late  Rev  Arthur  M.  Hoare, 
who  was  invited  to  contribute  to  these  pages  an  obituary  notice 
of  the  late  Dean  of  Ely,  and  who  within  so  short  an  interval 
of  time  has  himself  passed  away: 

He  was  several  years  my  senior  :  I  was  not  on  his  <  side  * ;  and  though  oar 
families  were  acquainted,  I  scarcely  knew  him  except  as  giving  the  Voluntary 
Clavsicai  lectures  which  I  attended.  He  was  habitually  rather  reserved, 
studious  and  thoughtful ;  he  read  a  great  deal  and  was  a  leading  member 
of  the  Apostles/  as  they  weie  called  [a  celebrated  club,  including  Tennyson, 
Trench,  Thompson,  (afterwards  Greek  Professor  and  Master  of  Trinity), 
and  Blake&ley  (afterwards  Dean  of  Lincoln)]  ;  so  that  he  had  very  little 
interest  in  midergraduates  generally.  He  was  considered  a  first-rate  Latin 
scholar;  not  so  strong  in  Greek;  but  I  do  not  think  his  College  duties 
ever  interested  him  much.  Perhaps  he  felt  that  the  system  of  lectures  which 
was  then  pursued  was  not  calculated  to  be  of  much  use ;  in  which  he  was 
right. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Fellows*  <  Book  Club,'  which  used  to  meet 
every  Monday,  between  Hall  and  Chapel,  and  where  conversation  on  the 
literature  of  the  day  was  pretty  general.  His  remarks  were  chiefly  laconic, 
something  short  and  terse,  made  even  more  effective  by  his  slight  difficulty 
of  utterance. 

I  am  glad  to  say  that  I  was  at  Ely  last  Spring  and  was  able  to  see  him 
for  a  short  time,  and  to  talk  over  College  friends  and  College  days;  a 
conversation  which  enjoyed  I  much,  though  his  failing  strength  would  not 
allow  him  to  continue  it  long*  His  memory  was  still  good  and  his  intellect 
clear  and  bright. 

He  examined  for  the  Classical  Tripos  in  1836-7,  and  preached 
four  University  Sermons,  in  November  1838,  which  were 
published  in  the  following  year  under  the  title  The  Church  of 
England  a  faithful  witness  for  Christ ;  not  destroying  the  Law,  but 
fulfilling  it.  The  closing  passage  of  the  last  sermon  rises 
above  the  ordinary  level  in  noble  and  dignified  expression, 
but  it  is  too  long  to  transcribe  for  the  present  purpose.*  He 
was  Whitehall  Preacher  in  1839-40. 

After  residing  at  St  John's  for  two-and-twenty  years  from  his 
admission  as  a  freshman,  he  accepted  the  College  living  of 
I^wford  in  Essex,  which  he  held,  for  the  same  number  of  years, 

•  In  College  Library,  W%  20,  56.    pp.  131. 


1 90  Obiiuary. 

from  1848  to  1870.  It  was  apparently  during  his  'year  of  grace* 
that  on  May  g,  1 848,  he  was  elected  to  a  Senior  Fellowship,  which 
he  vacated  on  March  27,  1849.  The  time  spent  at  Lawford  was 
the  most  permanently  fruitful  period  of  his  life  as  a  man  of 
letters.  It  was  marked  by  the  publication  of  the  seven  suc- 
cessive volumes  of  his  well-known  History  of  the  Romans  under 
the  Empire,  a  work  over  which  he  had  doubtless  brooded  in  his 
College  rooms  at  Cambridge,  but  which  began  to  see  the  light 
at  Lawford  in  the  spring  of  1850.  On  July  2  of  the  same 
year  he  married  Miss  Judith  Maria  Sophia  Frere,  daughter  of 
Mr  George  Frere  of  Twyford  House,  Hertfordshire  (a  leading 
solicitor  of  the  day,  and  a  friend  of  Coleridge  and  other  eminent 
men  of  letters),  niece  of  the  Rt  Hon  John  Hookham  Frere  (the 
translator  of  Aristophanes),  cousin  of  Sir  Bartle  Frere  (after- 
wards Governor  of  Bombay),  and  youngest  sister  of  the  wife  of 
his  distinguished  contemporary  at  Cambridge,  Christopher 
Wordsworth,  subsequently  Bishop  of  Lincoln.  During  the  next 
twelve  years  he  was  actively  engaged  on  his  History^  which  he 
brought  down  to  the  accession  of  Commodus  in  180  a.d.,  not 
desiring  to  compete  with  Gibbon  whose  detailed  narrative  begins 
at  this  point.  At  the  close  of  his  seventh  volume,  published  in 
1862,  he  writes: — *I  have  now  reached  the  point  at  which  the 
narrative  of  my  great  predecessor,  Gibbon,  commences,  and 
much  as  I  regret  that  the  crisis  [which  attended  the  public  accep- 
tance of  Christianity  in  the  Roman  world]  should  be  unfolded  to 
the  English  reader  by  one  who,  unhappy  in  his  school  and  in  his 
masters,  in  his  moral  views  and  spiritual  training,  approached 
it,  with  all  his  mighty  powers,  under  a  cloud  of  ignoble  preju- 
dices, I  forbear  myself  from  entering  the  lists  in  which  he  has 
stalked  alone  and  unchallenged.'  A  notice  of  the  first  two 
volumes  in  the  Edinburgh  Review  (xcii  57 — 94),  after  mentioning 
Gibbon  and  Arnold,  describes  Mr  Merivale  as  'no  unworthy 
successor  to  the  two  most  gifted  historirjns  of  Rome  whom 
English  Literature  has  yet  produced.*  Within  a  few  years  of  its 
completion  it  was  translated  into  Italian  and  German. 

Meanwhile,  in  1852,  he  had  edited  the  Catiline  2iYi^  Jugurtha 
of  Sallust;  and  in  1853  had  produced  his  Fall  of  the  Roman 
Republic,  which  was  followed  in  the  next  year  by  a  translation 
of  Abeken's  Cicero  in  seinen  Brie/en  under  the  title  of  the  Life- 
and  Letters  of  Cicero.  In  1858  he  published  a  pamphlet  on 
Open  Fellowships,  a  plea  for  submitting  College  Fellowships  to  Uni^ 


Obituary,  19  x 

versify  CompetHion^  a  letter  addressed  to  Phillip  Ftere^  Esq  ,  M,A ., 
Bursar  of  Downing  College,*  He  delivered  the  Hulsean  Lectures 
for  the  year  186 1-2.  In  1862  he  followed  up  the  com- 
pletion of  his  History  of  the  Romans  by  the  publication  of  a 
translation  of  the  first  two  books  of  Keats*  Hyperion  in  Latin 
verse  of  the  highest  elegance,  avowedly  modelled  on  the  style 
of  Ovid,  Statius,  and  Claudian,  rather  than  on  that  of  Lucretius 
and  Virgil.  A  second  edition,  including  the  third  book, 
appeared  in  the  following  year,  and  this  was  re-issued  with 
other  compositions  (reprinted  from  Arundines  Cami  and  else- 
where) in  1882.  The  completion  of  his  History  was  also 
signalised  by  his  nomination  as  Chaplain  to  the  Speaker 
(Feb.  1 863).     He  was  Boyle  Lecturer  in  1864  and  1865,  choosing 


*  Meriyale's  opinions  on  College  and  University  affairs  may  be  partly 
gathered  from  his  replies  to  the  inquiries  of  the  Cambridge  University 
Commission  of  1850,  dated  'Lawford,  March  13,  1851,'  e,g.  *I  am  of 
opinion  that  the  necessary  expenses  of  Students  cannot  be  materially 
reduced.. If  means  could  be  found  to  make  the  College  property  assessable 
for  University  purposes,  I  should  be  glad  to  see  the  Students  still  further 
relieved.'  Their  expenses  'might  be  reduced,  I  think,  indirectly  by  a 
constant  and  vigilant  superintendence.'  As  regards  private  tuition,  '  the 
ordinary  fee  for  a  term,  £i^t  might  be  abated.'  He  is  in  favour  of  the 
experimental  'establishment  of  Halls  for  the  accommodation  of  poor 
Students,'  and  for  the  training  of  missionaries  or  of  parochial  Schoolmasters. 
He  desires  <a  general  examination  before  matriculation.'  As  regards 
'inducements  to  leave  the  University,'  'any  means  by  which  new  vigour 
could  be  infused  into  the  general  character  of  University  education  would 
tend  to  retain  the  services  of  many  who  are  now  lost  to  us.'  As  to  the  staff 
of  College  Lecturers,  'the  grand  remedy  in  the  small  Colleges  would  be 
to  combine  them  in  groups '  for  purposes  of  instruction.  He  approves  of 
reducing  the  necessary  terms  of  residence  from  ten  to  nine,  but  opposes 
the  suggested  reduction  of  residence  to  two  years.  '  It  would  diminish  the 
attachment  of  alumni  to  their  University.'  He  adds,  what  (it  may  be 
hoped)  is  less  true  now  than  then  : — *  a  large  number  of  excellent  men  lose 
their  first  year  in  idleness,  their  second  in  ill-directed  attempts  to  recover 
themselves,  and  make  all  their  real  advance  in  the  third/  He  proposes 
a  /«//,  searching,  and  methodical  [University]  examination  of  the  Classical 
Students  three  times,  at  least,  in  the  course  of  their  three  years,'  including 
viva  voce,  writing  of  essays,  and  much  personal  communication  between  the 
examiner  and  the  examined  ;  and  lastly  he  suggests  the  appointment  of  a 
Professor  of  Latin,  of  Ancient  History,  and  of  Ancient  Philosophy.  Pp. 
173 — 176  of  evidence  appended  to  Report  of  Camb.  Univ.  CommissioD, 
published  1852. 


192  Obtfuary, 

for  his  themes  Tlte  Conversion  of  the  Roman  Empire ,  and  the 
Conversion  of  the  Northern  Nations.  In  1866  he  was  present  at 
the  opening  of  the  new  buildings  of  the  Union  Society  at 
Cambridge,  when  Lord  Houghton  in  his  memorable  Inaugural 
Address,  after  recalling  amid  loud  applause  the  names  of  some 
of  his  most  famous  contemporaries,  Cavendish,  Tennyson, 
Arthur  Hallam,  Trench,  Alford,  and  Spedding,  addel  amid 
renewed  cheers : — '  There  was  Merivale,  who,  I  hope  by  some 
attraction  of  repulsion,  has  devoted  so  much  learning  and  in- 
genuity to  the  vindication  of  the  Caesars.'  This  was  the  first 
occasion  when  I  saw  Merivale ;  I  was  then  in  my  third  year ; 
and,  with  Roman  History  for  the  Tripos  weighing  much  upon 
my  mind,  I  well  remember  wishing  I  could  appropriate  in  some 
magic  manner  all  the  historic  lore  that  lay  beneath  that  serene 
brow  and  that  ample  forehead.  His  Homer's  Iliad  in  English 
Verse  (1869)  was  less  successful  than  that  of  the  great  Earl 
of  Derby,  who  generously  described  it  as  one  of  the  finest 
things  in  the  English  language.  The  Scholar's  life  at  Lawford 
is  happily  reflected  in  the  dedication  of  this  work  to  his  devoted 
wife.  The  intrinsic  beauty,  as  well  as  the  biographical  interest, 
of  this  dedication  in  its  English  as  well  as  its  Latin  forms  may 
well  justify  the  quotation  of  both  versions. 

To  thee,  who  bending  o*er  my  table's  rim, 

Hast  mark'd  these  measures  flow,  these  pages  brim; 

Who,  link'd  for  ever  to  a  lettered  life. 

Hast  drawn  the  dubious  lot  of  student's  wife; 

Kept  huih  around  my  desk,  nor  grudged  me  still 

The  long,  dull,  ceaseless  rustling  of  my  quill; 

Content  to  guide  the  house,  the  child,  to  teach. 

And  hail  my  fitful  interludes  of  speech; 

Or  bid  the  bald  disjointed  tale  rehearse; 

Or  drink  harsh  numbers  mellowing  into  verse: 

Who  still  'mid  cares  sedate,  in  sorrows  brave, 

Hast  for  me  borne  the  light,  and  with  me  share  the  grave; 

And  grown  from  soft  to  strong,  from  fair  to  sage. 

Flower  of  my  youth,  and  jewel  of  my  age : — 

To  thee  these  lays  I  bring  with  joy.  with  pride, — 

Sure  of  thy  suffrage,  if  of  none  beside. 

O  quae  tam  magnam  vidisti  hanc  crescere  molem, 

Sueta  diu  chartis  invigilare  meis, 
Palladio  conjux  aeternum  nexa  marito ; 

Ahl   dubium  docti  sors  bona,  necne,  tori: 


Obituary.  193 

JussJi  taccre  tacens,  sed  non  habitura  crepaci 

Inyidiam  calamo,  jassa  tacere,  meo ; 
Sed  servare  domum,  subolem  contenta  docere, 

Inque  lucro  tetrici*  j)onere  verba  viri; 
Aat  tenue  informis  specimen  monstrare  libelli 

Praeciperc,  aat  crudos  jam  bibere  aure  modos ; 
Quae,  quibus  inciderim  curis  ac  luctibus  olixn, 

Ultro  ferre  Icves  aasa,  levare  graves; 
De  tenera  fortis,  de  pulchra  reddita  prudens; 

Tu  mihi  flos  juveni,  tu  mihi  gemma  seni : — 
£n  tibi  quos  dono  meritoque  lubensque  dicavi! 

Te  saltern  hi  numeri,  sis  licet  una,  juvaiit. 

In  1869  he  was  appointed  Dean  of  Ely;  and  on  Oct.  27, 
1870,  he  was  admitted  to  the  degree  of  D.D.  jure  digniiatts 
in  the  Senate-House  of  Cambridge.  By  the  kindness  of  the 
Public  Orator  of  the  day,  Mr  Jebb,  now  Regius  Professor  of 
Greek  and  Senior  Member  for  the  University,  I  am  enabled 
to  print  for  the  first  time  the  felicitous  speech  delivered  by 
the  Orator  in  presenting  him  for  his  degree : 

Multa  qnidem  verecundia  me  sensissem  praepedlri,  qui  virum  mea 
praedicatione  maiorem  ad  decretos  a  vobis  honores  deducam,  nisi  verenti 
laudare  ipsa  illius  laus  opem  tuHaset.  Adeo  enim  est  vobis  bene  notus  ut 
minus  cavendum  arbitrer  ne  parum  eius  meiita  praedicem,  qaam  ne  justo 
fusius  inter  scientes  dixisse  videar.     Pauca  tantum  e  multis  proferam. 

Credo  omnes  qui  adeslis  gravissimo  illi  bello  quod  Europam  tres  iam 
menses  arroorum  strepitu,  rumoribus  consiliorum  complete  quotidie  animos 
attendisse.  Quis,  acta  diurna  lectitans,  illud  non  sensit,  quam  sit  difficile 
magnos  magnarum  gentium  conatus  vel  in  triduum  animo  comprendere, 
memoria  persequi  T  Hie  autem,  quern  intuemur,  gentis  omnium  quae 
fiierunt  unquam  maximae,  hie  Romae  inquam  orbi  terrarum  moderantis,  re« 
pace  res  bello  gestas  non  per  trimestre  spatium,  sed  continua  seculorum. 
serie  animo  tenuit,  memoriae  prodidit.  Sensit  Vergilius,  de  apium  republics 
dicturus,  in  tenui  quidem  poni  laborem,  tenuem  vero  non  fore  gloriam,  si 
tentanti  res  pro»pere  successerit.  Quae  igitur  nostrati  laus  debetur,  qui 
positum  in  magno  laborem  feliciter  exhausit;  qui  Imperii  Romani  annales 
pro  rei  dignitate  condidit  ? 

Quod  vero  hie  Decani  Eliensis  munus  obtinet,  et  ipsi  et  nobis  gratulamur. 
Is  enim  qui  ad  Elienses  accedit  videtur  quasi  Cantabrigiam  rediisse.  Nimi- 
rum  cum  ille  Decanatus  annis  abhinc  trecentis  triginta  constitutus  sit,  hie 
autem  inter  Decanos  Elienses  vicesimus,  ni  fallor,  quintus  numeratur,  fere 
nemo  reperitur  ceterorum  quin  cum  hac  Academia  aliquam  necessitudinem 
habuerit. 

Optantibus  Grantae  Musis  accidiste  debet  jquod  vox  toties  cum  favore 
audita  iterum  ad  Cami  arundines  audietur.      In   eo  scilicet  hoc    temporis 

•  The  first  syllable  of  this  word  is  really  long. 
VOL.  XVIII.  CO 


194  Obituary. 

versantnr  Camenae,  ut  nunquam  laetiores  cultorem  neque  parcam  neqae 
non  illustrem  umbris  suis  vicinum  viderint.  Novimus  quanta  cum  ex- 
pectatione  hoininum  proximo  abhinc  lustro  sermonibus  divulgatum  sit, 
nobile  illud  Keatsii  poema,  cui  titulus  Hyperion,  Latine  redditum  a  viro 
qui  Senatui  Britannico  a  sacris  privatis  turn  esset  in  lucem  mox  proditururo. 
Sit,  quod  dicunt  nonnulli  ilia  versus  Graece  Latine  pangendi  studia 
aliquantulum  a  fastigio  inter  nos  declinavisse :  illud  saltern  aifinnare  ausim — 

Nondum  sidereos  Hyperion  perdidit  axes — 
£n,  Hyperionius  iam  glbcit  limine  fulgor. 

One  at  least  of  those  who  witnessed  the  scene  in  the  Senate 
House  can  still  recall,  as  he  pens  these  lines,  the  genial  smile 
that  played  about  the  lips  of  the  Dean  as  he  stood,  robed  in 
radiant  scarlet,  listening  to  the  last  two  lines  of  his  own  render- 
ing of  the  lines  of  Keats : — 

*  And  be  ye  naindful  that  Hyperion, 

Our  brightest  brother,  still  is   undisgraced — 

Hyperion,  lo  I    his  radiance  is  here ! ' 

His  tenure  of  the  office  of  Dean  was  not  niarked  by  the  pro- 
duction of  any  great  literary  work.  It  is  currently  reported  that 
the  first  sermon  which  he  preached  in  Ely  Cathedral  on 
succeeding  that  most  energetic  of  Deans,  Harvey  Goodwin,  was 
on  the  text,  *  From  henceforth  let  no  man  trouble  me.'  But,  in 
his  unobtrusive  way,  he  got  through  a  considerable  amount  of 
official  work  as  Dean  ;  and,  although  in  literature  he  did  not 
succeed  in  producing  another  masterpiece,  yet  he  published 
several  smaller  works  which  deserve  lo  be  mentioned.  To 
this  period  belong  his  Genetal  History  of  Rome^  in  one  volume ; 
a  volume  on  the  Roman  Triumvirates,  contributed  to  the 
•Epochs  of  Roman  History* ;  St  Paul  at  Rorm;  Four  Lectures 
on  Epochs  of  Early  Church  History ;  a  small  volume  on  the  Conti- 
nental Teutons  (S.  P.  C.  K.),  and  a  Memorial  Volume  on 
the  Bissexcentenary  of  Ely  Cathedral  (1873).  He  took  an 
interest  in  the  Cathedral  School ;  and  was  happy  in  the  com- 
panionship of  his  former  contemporaries  at  St  John's,  Kennedy 
and  William  Selwyn,  who  were  already  Canons  of  Ely  when  he 
went  there  as  Dean.  He  was  also  glad  to  come  over  to  his  old 
College  from  lime  to  time,  and  to  welcome  visits  at  Ely  from 
men  of  a  younger  generation  at  Cambridge.  In  October  1879, 
when  invited  to  stay  at  the  Deanery,  I  remember  finding  that  the 
Dean  had  lately  been '  revisiting  the  scene  of  an  interesting 
incident  of  his  earlier  life  (in  1833),  which  had  recently  led  to  the 
raising  of  a  memorial  to  mark  the  spot  where  a  famous  Johnian, 


Obituary.  195 

Thomas  Clarkson,  had  first  resolved  on  devoting  his  life  to  the 
Abolition  of  the  Slave  Trade.  The  memorial  was  unveiled  by 
Miss  Merivale,  and  the  account  of  the  ceremony  in  the  news- 
papers led  to  the  family  of  the  Dean  being  apprised  of  the 
existence  of  a  portrait  of  Ciarkson  by  Henry  Room  (1838).  The 
letter  conveying  this  information  was  placed  in  my  hands,  and 
was  thus  bYought  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Master  of  that  time, 
Dr  Bateson,  with  the  result  that  the  picture  was  purchased  by 
the  College  and  placed  in  the  Combination-room,  by  the  side  of 
the  portrait  of  Clarkson*s  fellow- worker,  Wilberforce. 

The  above-mentioned  memorial  to  Ciarkson  is  an  obelisk  erected 
between  two  and  three  miles  from  Ware  It  was  anveiled  on  Oct.  9,  1879; 
aod  on  this  occasion  Merivale,  who  46  years  before  had  stood  on  the  spot 
with  Ciarkson  himself  and  heard  his  reminiscences  of  an  event  that  happened 
48  years  earlier  still,  told  in  a  very  simple  and  unaffected  manner  a  story 
that  spanned  the  space  of  four  and  ninety  years.  It  was  in  June  1 785  that 
Ciarkson,  after  reciting  in  the  Senate- House  his  Latin  Essay  on  the  thesis 
*  is  it  lawful  to  enslave  people  against  their  will  ? '  took  horse  to  ride  to 
London.  It  was  near  Ware  that  he  made  the  great  resolve  that  gave  a 
direction  to  the  whole  of  his  subsequent  life.  By  the  co-operation  of 
Ciarkson  and  Wilberforce  the  slave-trade  was  abolished  in  1807,  and  the 
bill  for  the  emancipation  of  the  slaves  in  the  West  Indies  was  passed 
in  1833.  "In  the  same  year**  (to  quote  from  Merivale's  speech),  "Basil 
Montague,,  came  one  morning  to  my  father's  house,  and  said:  <  We  are 
going  to  take  a  step  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  Clarkson's  great  deed,  and 
to  commemorate  the  commencement  of  the  abolition.  Ciarkson  is  going 
with  me  down  to  Wadesmill,  where.. he  first  conceived  the  idea.. We  want 
to  take  with  us  some  younger  man,  who  may  perchance  survive  us  and  live 
to  point  out  the  spot,  and  interest  some  generous  spirits  in  giving  effect  to 
the  desire.'  I  had  the  honour  to  be  introduced  to  Ciarkson,  occupied  a  place 
in  his  carriage,  and  came  down  with  him  to  the  Feathers  Inn.  We  got  out, 
pot  up  our  horses,  and  set  out  for  the  place.  In  connexion  with  that  visit  I 
often  think  of  the  words  of  Wordsworth  : — Ciarkson^  it  was  an  obstinate  hill 
to  climb.  It  was,  and  Ciarkson  was  then  an  old  man. . .  He  had  evidently 
been  feeling  the  situation  very  much,  but  he  walked  up  the  hill,  looked  about, 
and  said,  *I  should  like  to  ascertain  the  exact  spot.'  He  seemed  a  little 
dazed,  and  I  think  the  hill  must  have  been  lowered  since  that  time.  He 
turned  round  and  said,  <  Oh !  I  remember,  I  just  turned  the  comer  of  the 
road,  and  noticed  the  smoke  from  the  Feathers  Inn.  I  wouldn't  go  down, 
because  I  felt  so  much  affected,  and  I  got  off  my  horse  and  sat  down  on  that 
spot.'  Then  Basil  Montague,  who  was  an  impulsive  man,  seized  my  arm,  and, 
dragging  me  across  to  the  place,  said,  'You  will  never  forget  that  place.' 
Therefore  I  always  felt  that  there  was  a  certain  obligation  resting  on  me  to 
commemorate  that  spot.  I  brought  the  subject  more  than  once  before  persons 
interested  in  the  great  history,  but  have  been  unsuccessful  until  about  one  year 
ago  our  excellent  friend,  Mr  Puller,  hearing  the  story— not  from  me,  but  from 


196  Obituary, 

another — said,  '  I  am  very  interested  in  what  you  tell  me,  and  I  should  like  to 
take  it  up  myself.  He  invited  me  to  his  house,  and  we  came  here  and  fixed, 
I  believe,  the  exact  spot. . ."  The  obelisk  is  of  Portland  stone  on  a  base  of 
rubbed  Yorkshire  stone,  standing  by  the  roadside  on  a  hill  overlooking  the 
little  village  of  Wadesmill,  among  the  pleasant  places  of  the  county  of  Hert- 
ford. It  bean  the  following  inscription: — *On  the  spot  where  stands  this 
monument,  in  the  month  of  June,  1785,  Thomas  Claikson  resolved  to  devote 
his  life  to  bring  about  the  abolition  of  the  slave  trade.*  On  the  base  arc  the 
words : — *  Placed  here  by  Arthur  Giles  Puller,  of  Youngbuiy,  October  9,  1879.* 
From  The  Times  for  Oct.  10. 

On  another  visit  to  Ely,  in  August  1893,  I  called  at  the 
Deanery,  and  was  allowed  the  privilege  of  a  few  minutes  of  con- 
versation with  the  Dean,  at  a  time  when  he  was  already  much 
enfeebled  in  health.  I  found  him  seated  in  an  upper  room, 
true  to  his  nephew's  happy  description  of  him  as  in  later  years, 
'  the  most  imperturbable  and  sedentary  of  men.**  In  such  a  room 
as  this,  with  a  goodly  store  of  books  on  every  wall,  he  had  doubt- 
less spent  many  of  his  happiest  hours,  '  as  he  sat,  slightly 
reclining,  his  head  backwards,  in  his  library  chair,  with  his 
eyes  upon  the  book  held  well  before  them.'  Sic  sedehat.  He 
told  me  of  his  College  rooms  when  first  he  came  to  Cambridge, 
the  rooms  between  the  First  Court  and  the  Second,  and  looking 
out  on  both  ;  and  listened  in  a  musing  way  while  I  mentioned 
the  endeavour  which  was  then  being  made  in  our  College 
magazine  to  form  a  record  of  the  rooms  tenanted  in  bye-gone 
years  by  former  members  of  the  College.  As  I  passed  from  his 
presence  I  felt  I  could  hardly  expect  to  see  his  calm  and 
kindly  face  again  :  I  suppose  I  must  have  been  the  last  Fellow 
of  his  College  who  actually  saw  him.  In  the  early  part  of  the 
afternoon  of  St  John's  Day,  the  27th  of  December,  after  having 
become  unconscious  on  the  previous  night,  he  gradually  and 
peacefully  passed  away;  and  on  January  2nd,  after  a  simple 
service  in  the  Cathedral,  his  body  with  a  few  flowers  strewn  on 
the  coflSn  was  borne  to  the  northern  cemetery  at  Ely.  There, 
in  the  presence  of  his  wife  and  his  three  sons  and  both  his 
daughters,  and  a  few  friends  besides,  was  laid  to  rest  all  that 
was  mortal  of  Charles  Merivale. 

J.  E.  Sandys. 

[We  are  indebted  to  the  courtesy  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Daily  Graphic 
for  the  characteristic  portrait  of  Deau  Merivale  which  heads  this  notice. 
Edd.  Eagle. '\ 

•  Chr.  Wordsworth  in  Comb.  Review,  Jan.  18,  1894.  p.  162  a. 


obituary.  197 

Arthur  Milnes  Marshall  M.A.  M.D.  F.R.S. 

Arther  Milnes  Marshall,  born  in  Birmingham  8  June  1852, 
vas  the  second  son  of  Mr  William  P.  Marshall,  for  many  years 
Secretary  of  the  Institute  of  Mechanical  Engineers.  He  was 
educated,  first  at  the  Rev  D.  Davis'  school  at  Lancaster,  and 
afterwards  at  Mr  J.  Sibree's  school  at  Stroud.  He  matriculated 
-with  honours  at  the  University  of  London  in  1868,  and  obtained 
the  B  A.  degree  there  in  1870,  winning  the  prize  for  Animal 
Physiology. 

He  entered  St  John's  in  October  1871  as  a  Sizar,  but  with- 
out an  entrance  Scholarship.  His  year  was  a  strong  one  in 
Natural  Science.  The  late  P.  H.  Carpenter,  of  Trinity,  had 
been  carefully  trained  by  his  father,  Dr  W.  B.  Carpenter,  and 
came  to  Cambridge  with  a  great  reputation.  But,  as  time  went 
on,  it  began  to  be  generally  known  that  Marshall  was  improving 
his  position,  and  when  he  was  Senior  in  the  Natural  Science 
Tripos  of  1874  his  College  friends,  though  gratified,  could 
hardly  be  said  to  Kave  been  surprised. 

He  had  in  1873  taken  the  B.Sc  degree  at  London.  After 
taking  his  degree  Marshall  resided  for  about  three  years  in 
Cambridge  and  assisted  his  friend  Prof  F.  M.  Balfour  in  his 
Comparative  Morphology  classes  (spending  however  some 
time  at  Naples  under  Dr  Dohrn  in  1875).  In  1877  he  removed 
to  St  Bartholomew's  Hospital,  London.  He  graduated  as 
D.Sc.  in  London  in  that  year,  and  in  November  was  elected  to 
a  Fellowship  at  St  John's  College. 

In  1879,  at  the  age  of  27,  he  was  elected  Professor  of 
Zoology  at  the  Owens  College.  Some  of  his  competitors  were 
men  whose  actual  scientific  attainments  at  that  time  were  greater, 
but  the  choice  of  the  electors  was  signally  justified  and  he  him- 
self recognised  that  he  had  found  his  life's  work.  He  took  the 
degree  of  M.D.  at  Cambridge  in  1882,  but  never  contemplated 
medical  practice.  In  1885  he  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal 
Society,  and  served  upon  its  Council  1891 — 92. 

Stich  in  brief  outline  is  a  sketch  of  Marshall's  career.  Of  the 
man  himself  it  is  more  difilcult  to  speak.  Gifted  with  a  singularly 
joyous  nature,  he  was  the  most  stimulating  of  companions. 
His  interests  were  wide  and  varied.  Literature,  Music,  Art,  all 
claimed  his  attention.  But  the  characteristic  which  impressed 
all  who  came  in  contact  with  him  was  his  vitality,  energy,  and 


iqS  Obituary, 

thoroughness.  Others  might  talk  of  what  they  would  do  when 
the  ever  present  spectre  of  the  Tripos  was  behind  them. 
Marshall  wanted  to  be  doing  something  now.  He  even  pleaded 
guilty  to  an  accusation  that  the  mere  act  of  getting  up  in  the 
morning  was  a  source  of  pleasure  to  him.  A  man  with  many 
friends  and  mixing  in  all  the  movements  of  College  life,  he  was 
yet  careful  and  economical  in  his  personal  expenditure.  When 
some  enquiries  were  made  as  to  the  cost  of  a  University  career, 
Marshall  informed  a  Tutor  of  the  College  (and  wished  his  name 
to  be  mentioned  as  authority  for  the  statement)  that  his  College 
expenses  had  never  exceeded  /  loo  a  year. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  he  found  his  true  vocation  as  a 
teacher  and  scientific  worker.  His  mind  was  of  that  rare  order 
which  not  only  sees  a  problem  clearly  itself,  but  is  cognisant  of 
every  step  taken  in  understanding  it,  enters  into  the  position  of 
those  who  approach  it  for  the  first  time,  and  foresees  where 
their  difficulties  will  be.  He  was  an  admirable  popular  lecturer. 
And  here  probably  his  secret  lay  in  the  fact  that  he  never  came 
down  to  his  audience,  but  starting  from  some  familiar  fact  or 
idea,  caught  their  attention,  and  keeping  it  in  his  grasp  led  them 
up  to  his  own  level. 

His  introductory  address  as  Professor  at  the  Owens  College, 
on  The  Modem  Study  of  Zoology^  is  a  good  illustration  of  thia 
power.  Speaking  to  an  audience  familiar  with  business  details 
he  reminded  them  of  the  usefulness  of  '  stock-taking.'  Then 
stating  that  he  proposed  to  take  stock  of  our  zoological  know- 
ledge, and  quoting  Huxley's  definition  of  Zoology  as  'the 
whole  doctrine  of  animal  life,'  or  as  Marshall  put  it  with  a 
characteristic  touch,  *all  about  animals,'  he  shewed  how  from 
the  earliest  times  there  were  names  not  only  for  animals  but 
for  groups  of  animals.  Thus  we  read  of  Solomon  (i  Kings 
iv,  32),  *•  he  spake  of  trees,  from  the  cedar  tree  that  is  in 
Lebanon  even  unto  the  hyssop  that  springeth  out  of  the  >xall; 
he  spake  also  of  beasts,  and  of  fowl,  and  of  creeping  things, 
and  of  fishes."  After  touching  on  the  classifications  of  Aristotle 
and  Pliny  he  came  to  the  classifications  and  methods  of 
modern  Science.  The  whole  is  so  gradual  that  one  hardly 
perceives  the  passage  from  the  old  to  the  new.  Referring  to 
the  attempts  which  had  been  made  to  construct  the  pedigrees 
of  existing  animals  by  the  aid  of  fossil  remains  of  extinct  forms, 
he  illustrated  them  by  a  reference  to  family  trees  where  the  stem 


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represents  the  earliest  ancestor  who  "  came  over  with  the  Con- 
queror," "  whose  sole  possessions  of  any  importance  appear  to 
have  been  a  crest,  a  motto,  and  a  coat  of  arms,  the  primary 
branches  representing  his  offspring,  and  so  on,  each  branch 
representing  a  generation.  Some  of  the  branches  die  and 
become  extinct ;  others  persist  and  thrive,  the  ultimate 
branchlets  bear  leaves,  which  are  the  actually  living  repre- 
sentatives of  the  family,  and  on  the  topmost  of  which  we 
inscribe  our  own  name." 

This  personal  touch  seems  to  have  been  a  favourite  peg  on 
which  to  hang  a  discourse.  For  at  the  British  Association 
Meeting  in  Edinburgh  in  1892  he  gave  a  lecture  on  Pedigrees^ 
when,  to  quote  Nature  (11  August  1892),  "Prof  Milnes 
Marshall  played  upon  his  vague  title  of  Pedigrees  until  the 
scintillations  lit  up  a  great  part  of  the  theory  of  Evolution." 
He  started  with  a  diagram  of  a  skeleton  tree,  the  base  of  which 
was  marked  I  and  the  ends  of  the  branches  T,  D,  and  H, 
and  shewed  that  I  (himself)  was  the  result  of  the  ancestors  T, 
D,  and  H,  which  symbols,  it  appeared,  stood  for  Tom,  Dick  and 
Harry.  Then  briefly  touching  on  the  carelessness  of  mankind 
as  to  their  ancestry  and  challenging  his  audience  to  think 
how  many  of  them  could  write  down  the  names  of  all  their 
great-grand-parents,  he  pointed  out  that  men  keenly  studied 
certain  descents.  '  For  example,'  he  said,  *  here  is  a  pedigree 
in  which  we  are  all  interested ' ;  and  then  the  lantern  threw  on 
the  screen  an  elaborate  pedigree,  complete  for  four  or  five 
generations,  and  culminating  in  the  name  of  Orme,  then  in 
the  height  of  his  notoriety,  scratched  for  the  Derby  and  not 
yet  the  winner  of  the  St  Leger. 

But  it  must  not  be  imagined  that  Marshall  was  superficial. 
The  playful,  almost  boyish,  character  of  his  demeanour  covered 
a  deep  earnestness  and  enthusiasm  for  his  work. 

When  he  first  went  to  Manchester  he  was  at  a  great  dis- 
advantage in  the  way  of  laboratory  accommodation.  But 
his  success  was  so  great  and  marked  that  new  laboratories 
and  lecture  rooms  were  erected  for  him.  The  admirable 
arrangements  of  the  Beyer  laboratories  at  Owens  College  are 
due  to  his  practical  faculty  for  organisation,  and  he  made 
splendid  use  of  his  opportunities.  His  popularity  with  his 
students  was  unbounded.  His  advice  was  often  sought  and 
was  valued  because  it  was  always  candid ;  while  his  geniality 


200  Obituary. 

and  kindliness  were  such  that  his    outspoken  criticisms  never 
gave  offence. 

To  some  it  seemed  that  this  capacity  for  organisation 
just  referred  to  was  his  greatest  distinction.  The  success  of 
the  Manchester  Meeting  of  the  British  Association  was  largely 
due  to  his  efforts  as  local  secretary.  He  also  rendered  excel* 
lent  service  to  the  Victoria  University  in  its  early  stages.  He 
was  for  eight  years  a  member  of  the  Court  of  Council,  for 
two  years  Secretary  to  the  Board  of  Studies,  and  for  two  years 
Chairman. 

Yet  with  all  this  administrative  business  he  still  found  time 
for  original  work.  He  wrote  many  scientific  papers  on  his  own 
lines  of  research,  and  his  text-books,  Tht  Frog,  Practical 
Zoology,  and  Vertebrate  Embryology,  have  been  very  successful. 
As  in  the  case  of  his  friend  Prof  F.  M.  Balfour,  death  came  to 
him  by  an  accident  among  the  mountains.  Of  late  years 
Marshall  spent  a  portion  of  each  autumn  in  climbing  among  the 
Alps.  Last  year  he  traversed  the  Matterhorn  from  the  Italian 
to  the  Swiss  side,  scaled  the  Aiguille  Dru,  and  climbed  Mont 
Blanc  by  a  variation  of  one  of  the  known  routes.  He  was  a 
careful  and  skilful  climber.  To  keep  himself  in  training  for  his 
favourite  amusement  he  was  wont  to  spend  Christmas  among 
the  mountains  near  Wastdale.  At  the  end  of  last  year  he  was 
doing  some  climbing  amongst  the  hills,  when,  on  31  December, 
with  a  party  of  friends  he  left  the  Wast  Water  Hotel  for  the 
north  face  of  Scawfell.  They  had  climbed  Scawfell  Pinnacle  by 
way  of  Steep  Ghyll,  the  Chimney  and  the  Low  Man,  and  were 
returning  by  the  easy  road  of  the  Lord's  Rake.  The  party 
had  halted  in  the  Rake  for  a  rest,  when  Marshall  crossed  the 
scree  and  mounted  a  low  ridge.  From  this  he  called  to  a  com- 
panion to  bring  the  camera  for  a  photograph.  While  this  was 
being  done  Marshall  further  ascended  the  ridge  to  get  a  more 
extended  view.  After  this  no  word  was  spoken  for  a  short  space, 
when  the  noise  of  falling  stones  was  heard.  Then  appeared, 
falling  down  the  broken  ground,  a  large  stone  followed  by  the 
body  of  Prof  Marshall.  His  friends  rushed  to  the  foot  of  the 
slope  only  to  find  that  he  was  lifeless.  What  precisely  happened 
is  not  known.  Perhaps  the  stone  on  which  he  was  standing 
gave  way,  or  possibly  a  stone  fell  on  him  from  above.  His 
name  is  the  last  in  point  of  date  on  the  long  death-roll  of  the 
College  for  the  year  1893, 

R.  F.  S. 


Ohttuary,  201 

The  scientific  attainments  and  the  great  success  as  a  teacher 
of  the  late  Professor  Arthur  Milnes  Marshall  are  well  known. 
The  pleasing  duty  of  putting  on  record  the  enthusiastic  admira- 
tion and  liking  which  he  won  from  so  many  of  his  pupils  falls 
to  me  as  one  of  them.  Professor  Marshall  was  an  inspiring 
lecturer,  and  never  failed  to  arouse  the  keen  interest  and  hold 
the  attention  of  the  large  number  of  students  who  attended 
him.  Many  of  us  must  always  remember  with  gratitude  the 
thirst  for,  and  delight  in,  the  gaining  of  knowledge  which  we 
derived  from  his  teaching.  He  had  a  wonderful  power  of 
making  difficult  points  clear,  seeming  to  make  us  follow  the 
workings  of  his  own  mind.  The  course  of  lectures  was  always 
closed  with  a  few  words  of  kind  advice  to  us,  many  of  whom 
were  just  entering  on  medical  study,  and  to  many  a  man  he 
gave  privately  earnest  encouragement  and  stimulus.  But  it 
was  not  only  in  the  lecture  room  and  laboratory  that  Professor 
Marshall  won  his  great  popularity.  His  enormous  energy 
enabled  him  lightly  to  perform  an  immense  amount  of  work, 
and  yet  find  time  to  take  a  very  active  part  in  the  College 
sports.  He  was  President  of  several  clubs  and  indefatigable 
in  promoting  their  success,  and  himself  took  part  in  the  games. 
In  the  winter  months  he  was  one  of  the  keenest  and  most 
skilful  of  the  workers  in  the  gymnasium,  and  in  summer  he 
played  in  the  tennis  and  cricket  teams  of  the  College. 

In  spite  of  his  devotion  and  great  services  to  the  Owens 
College  he  never  ceased  to  take  an  interest  in  St  John's,  and 
in  many  ways  helped  to  model  the  athletic  clubs  of  Owens 
on  the  same  lines  as  ours  here.  His  death  is  felt  as  a  very 
great  loss  by  all  who  came  in  personal  contact  with  him,  and  by 
many  others  in  Manchester  and  elsewhere,  who  only  knew  him 
as  a  teacher  of  remarkable  power  and  exhilarating  energy. 

W.  McD. 


The  Rev  Thomas  James  Rowsell  M.A. 

The  career  of  Canon  Rowsell,  of  Westminster,  which  has  just 
closed,  presents  many  features  of  interest.  Educated  at  Ton- 
bridge  School  and  St  John's  College  (B.A.  1838),  his  high 
spirits  aud  aptitude  for  all  athletic  games  interfered  much  with 
his  classical  reading.  He  was,  however,  exhibitioner  of  the 
College,  and  was  recognized  as  possessing  exceptional  ability. 
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Changing  his  first  intention  of  reading  for  the  Bar,  he  entered 
Holy  Orders  in  1839,  and  was  Curate  for  two  years  at  Kenning- 
ton  and  Stockwell.  Thence  he  was  appointed  in  1 844  to  the 
Incumbency  of  St  Peter's,  Stepney,  where  the  heaviest  work  of 
his  life  was  done.  In  that  populous  parish,  thronged  with  the 
poorest  class  of  East-end  operatives,  costermongers,  &c.,  he 
laboured  strenuously  for  seventeen  years.  During  that  time  he 
gained  the  confidence  and  affection  of  his  poor  parishioners  in 
a  remarkable  manner,  while  by  his  striking  sermons  he  attracted 
the  attention  of  the  outside  world.  At  this  time  the  East-end 
was  practically  a  /erra  incognita  to  the  West,  and  no  one  did 
more  than  Mr  Rowsell  to  kindle  that  interest  and  sympathy  in 
the  one  for  the  other  which  have  since  become  common.  To 
the  period  of  his  Stepney  work  belong  his  sermons  preached 
before  the  University  on  the  "  English  University  and  the 
English  Poor,"  which  created  no  small  stir  by  their  effect  upon 
some  of  the  noblest  spirits  among  his  hearers.  Among  the 
friends  who  were  drawn  to  him  in  his  Stepney  parish  were 
Dean  Stanley,  Professors  Kingsley,  Maurice,  Seeley,  Sir  Charles 
Buxton,  and  last,  but  not  least,  Mr  Gladstone,  whose  friendship 
never  failed,  and  who,  long  years  after,  presented  him  to  the 
Canonry  of  Westminster.  At  the  opening  of  his  "School- 
Church,"  the  first  thing  of  its  kind  in  England.  Mr  Gladstone 
showed  his  sympathy  by  coming  down  and  speaking.  The  con- 
dition of  the  East-end  at  this  time,  as  far  as  Church  matters 
were  concerned,  was  deplorable.  The  three  largest  and  most 
important  parishes  were  in  sequestration,  and  the  rectors  non- 
resident. It  was  no  easy  task  to  strike  out  a  line  in  advance  of 
the  times.  Prejudices  had  to  be  removed,  obstacles  to  be  over- 
come, powerful  interests  had  to  be  fought  and  bearded ;  but  the 
wear  and  tear  was  immense,  and  the  ways  and  means  a  constant 
source  of  anxiety,  and  even  Mr  Rowsell's  strong  constitution 
broke  down  at  last.  It  was  not  until  this  happened — after  many 
serious  illnesses — that  he  consented  to  leave  his  dearly  loved 
parish,  and  was  placed  by  the  then  Bishop  of  London,  Tait,  at 
St  Margaret's,  Lothbury,  for  comparative  rest,  in  i860.  Here 
be  found  opportunity  for  doing  another  kind  of  work,  reaching 
by  the  eloquence  of  his. sermons  vast  congregations  of  the  most 
cultivated  and  intelligent  men  in  the  City  of  London,  and  throwing 
himself  with  ardour  into  such  spheres  of  work  as  the  Bishop  of 
London's  Fund  and  the  London  Hospital.    He  exchanged  this. 


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iD  1 872,  for  a  West-end  living,  St  Stephen's,  which  he  resigned 
in  1882  on  being  appointed  to  the  Canonry  of  Westminster. 
Thus  in  his  fifty  years  of  .ministry  he  had  rung  the  changes  on 
every  phase  of  London  life,  and  gained  that  ready  sympathy 
with  every  class  which  comes  of  intimate  knowledge  of  their 
needs.  He  had  also  the  privilege  of  being  selected  by  the  Queen 
in  1867  3s  Chaplain-in-Ordinary,  and  in  1879  as  "Deputy  Clerk 
of  the  Closet,"  a  post  of  very  special  confidence  and  honour, 
which  he  prized,  as  being  the  gift  of  Her  Majesty  herself,  more 
perhaps,  than  any  other  honours  of  his  life.  One  of  his  most 
memorable  actions  was  in  connexion  with  the  Trafalgar-square 
riots  in  1887,  when  a  noisy  and  mischievous  mob  marched  to 
the  Abbey  one  Sunday  afternoon  and  filled  the  open  space 
around  it  at  the  time  of  service.  It  was  then  that  he,  already 
old  and  infirm,  went  over  to  them  alone,  clad  in  his  surplice, 
and  standing  on  a  chair,  used  his  clear  voice  and  ready 
eloquence  to  such  effect  that  he  stilled  the  mob  into  silence,  and 
persuaded  them  to  join  with  him  in  prayer  and  to  depart  in 
peace.  It  was  a  striking  instance  of  the  power  that  he  possessed 
of  appealing  to  what  was  best  in  his  listeners,  and  enlisting  con- 
science on  the  side  of  right. 

His  theological  position  would  be  difficult  to  define.  At  the 
outset  of  his  career  he  was  largely  influenced  by  what  was  called 
the  •'  Oxford  Movement,"  and  his  earliest  friends  were  some  of 
the  leaders  of  that  movement — Newman  and  Pusey  and  Manning* 
In  fact,  one  of  Newman's  latest  sermons  before  he  left  the 
Knglish  communion  was  preached  in  his  church.  As  his  mind 
matured,  his  views  widened,  and  he  found  in  the  teachings  of 
Professor  F.  'D.  Maurice  a  fresh  impulse,  and  a  fuller  satis- 
faction for  the  longings  of  his  soul.  But  he  was  never,  in  any 
sense,  a  party  man,  having  a  full  appreciation  of  the  good  work 
done  by  each  party,  and  an  honour  for  all  of  them  that  "  love 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity."  If  he  had  a  special  cult  it 
was  that  of  the  domestic  affections.  Singularly  happy  in  his 
own  domestic  life,  he  was  continually  dwelling  upon  the  Father* 
hood  of  God,  and  the  blessedness  of  home  life,  where  the  purity 
and  holiness  of  Christ  are  the  uniting  bond.  It  was  the  death 
of  his  wife,  the  companion  of  fifty  years,  that  finally  broke  him 
down,  and  he  fell  asleep  in  the  arms  of  his  eldest  son  on 
January  23,  in  the  seventy-seventh  year  of  his  age.  His  was  a 
well-rounded,  useful,  happy  career,  which  received  its  meed  of 


204  Obituary. 

honour;  but  it  is  well  to  remember  that  for  the  one  who  lives 
to  meet  with  some  reward  and  success  there  have  been 
hundreds  quite  as  true  and  good  and  loyal  who  have  never  been 
recognised,  and  that  upon  such  as  these  the  Church's  life  is 
built  up. 


The  Rev  John  Castle  Burnett  M.A. 

With  the  death  of  the  venerable  Rector  of  St  Michael's, 
Bath,  on  s  November,  one  of  the  last  of  the  prominent 
representatives  of  the  old  generation  of  Evangelicals  has 
passed  away.  Born  August  9,  1807,  in  the  Island  of  Grenada, 
where  his  father,  Captain  Richard  Parry  Burnett,  was  on  active 
service,  all  his  early  years  were  passed  amid  military  sur- 
roundings. His  own  mind  was,  however,  fully  made  up  while 
quite  young  to  enter  the  ministry,  and  on  leaving  school  he 
proceeded  to  St  John's  College,  where  he  graduated  B.A.  in 
1829,  taking  the  degree  of  M.A.  four  years  later.  In  1831  he 
was  ordained  deacon  by  the  Bishop  of  Chichester  for  the 
Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells,  his  title  to  Holy  Orders  being  the 
curacy  of  Yeovilton,  of  which  parish  his  relative.  Archdeacon 
Law  (afterwards  Dean  of  Gloucester)  was  Rector.  This  was 
the  beginning  of  a  close  intimacy  and  brotherly  friendship, 
which  continued  unbroken  till  the  death  of  the  latter.  In  1841 
Mr  Law  presented  him  to  the  vicarage  of  Berrow,  of  which, 
as  Archdeacon,  he  was  patron.  Here  he  at  once  set  to  work  to 
restore  the  church — a  task  which  was  hardly  completed  when 
he  received  the  offer  of  the  Chapter  living  of  North  Curry  with 
West  Hatch,  two  large  and  scattered  parishes,  tor  the  latter 
he  succeeded  in  building  schools,  a  parsonage-house,  and  in 
providing  an  endowment  which  enabled  it  to  be  made  into  a 
separate  incumbency ;  and  for  the  mother-parish  he  built,  and 
maintained  during  the  time  he  held  the  living,  large  and  Ex- 
cellent schools.  The  amount  of  opposition  which  he  had  to 
encounter,  arising  from»  the  ignorance  of  the  people,  who 
looked  upon  education  and  schools  as  dangerous  innovations 
which  must  be  resolutely  resisted  at  the  outset,  can  hardly  be 
believed  at  the  present  day.  When  in  the  year  1857  ^^ 
accepted  the  rectory  of  St  Michael's,  Bath,  the  twelve  years  of 
patient  work  and  faithful  ministry  had  not  been  thrown  away, 
and  he  left  North  Curry  amidst  the  universal  lamentations  of 


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kis  parishioners.     For  thirty-six  years  hB  continued  rector  of 

St  Michael's,  and  his  strikingly  tall  and  dignified  figure  was 

one  of  the  best  known  and  most  familiar  in  Bath.     Incessant 

in  parochial  activity,  laboriously  conscientious  in  bis  ministerial 

*ork,  he  toiled  on  till  long  after  the  age  when  men  are  usually 

^aid  aside  or  feel  themselves  entitled  to  rest ;    and,  although 

during  the  last  year  or  two  his  bodily  powers  were  weakened, 

kis  mental  vigour  remained  unaltered.     Such  is  a  brief  history 

of  the  public    life    of    one    whose    personal   character  was 

singularly  beautiful.     Its  two  principal  characteristics  were  love 

and  humility.     He  was  never  known  to  speak  an  unkind  word 

^0  or  of  anyone,  or  to  do  a  hasty  or  inconsiderate  action,  and 

ke  literally  obeyed  the  Apostolic  command,   in  lowliness  of 

'^^'^d  esteeming  all  others  as  better  than  himself. 

His  son,  the  Rev  R.   P.   Burnett,  also  a  member  of  our 

*^ge,  writes  to  us — "Though  it  is  nearly  sixty  years  since 

,.       father    quitted   Cambridge,   he   retained  to  the   last   the 

olrt        '  interest  in  the  University,  and  more  particularly  in  his 

College.     My  copy  of  the  Eagle ^  which  for  many  years  he 

^^^s  forwarded  to  me  in  India,  he  invariably  cut  and  studied 

\)efore  sending.     He  always  regarded  his  undergraduate  days 

as  among  the  most  happy  periods  of  his  existence,  and  used 

frequently  to  say  that  to  have  a  parish  in  Carfibridgc  was  the 

wish  of  his  life." 


Sidney  Charles  Harding. 


St  John's  can  claim  one  son  in  the  brave  band  which 
perished  gloriously  with  Major  Wilson  by  the  Shangani  River 
in  unequal  struggle  with  the  Matabele  on  some  unknown  date  of 
December  last. 

Sidney  Charles  Harding,  only  son  of  Colonel  Charles 
Harding,  Honorary  Colonel  of  the  4th  Volunteer  Battalion,  the 
Queen's  Royal  West  Surrey  Regiment,  was  born  10  December 
1 86 1.  After  leaving  Felstead  School  he  entered  St  John's  in 
October  1880.  He  was  gazetted  2nd  Lieutenant  in  the  Univer- 
sity Volunteers  on  5  January  1881,  but  resigned  his  commission 
in  the  following  April,  when  he  left  the  University  and  went  out 
to  South  Africa.  There  he  served  at  first  as  a  Lieutenant  in 
Dymes*  Mounted  Rifles,  but  on  the  settlement  of  the  Basuto 
question  joined  the  Natal  Mounted   Police.     For  four  years, 


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from  1889  to  1893,  h^  served  in  the  Bechuanaland  Border 
Police,  being  for  a  time  the  acting  quartermaster.  He  left 
Bechuanaland  on  May  1 5  last,  and  later  received  a  commission 
in  the  volunteers  for  the  Matabele  war,  and  went  up  to 
Mashonaland.  His  father,  in  notifying  his  death  to  the  press, 
writes,  "  I  have  lost  a  brave,  kind-hearted  son,  and  his  many 
friends,  here  and  everywhere,  one  who  was  as  cheery  as  he 
was  indifferent  to  all  anxiety  as  to  himself  A  portrait  of 
Mr  Harding  appeared  in  the  Daily  Graphic  of  January  18. 


The  following  Members  of  the  College  died  during  the  year 
1893  ;  the  date  in  brackets  is  that  of  the  first  degree. 

Rev  Stephen  Condor  Adams  {1858),  Vicar  of  St  Jude's,  Newbridge,  WoItcf- 
hampton  :  died  14  April,  at  Athens  (sec  EagU  xvii,  671). 

ReT  Matthew  Anderson  (1823),  Rector  of  Kemberton,  Shropshire:  died 
3  February  at  Sedlescombe  Rectory,  Battle,  aged  93. 

Rev  Henry  Ashe  (1867),  Vicar  of  Staveley-in-Cartmell :  died  August, 
aged  48. 

Rev  Humphrey  Lowry  Bamicoat  (1843),  formerly  Scholar,  Vicar  of  Landrake 
and  St  Ernery,  Cornwall :  died  August,  aged  73. 

John  Biden  (1846),  formerly  Master  at  Marlborough  :  died  8  April  at  Ham- 
mersmith, aged  71. 

Rev  Leonard  Blomefield  (Jenyns)  (1822),  formerly  Vicar  of  Swaffham 
Bulbeck,  Cambs :  died  I  September  at  Bath,  aged  93  (see  EagU  xvill, 
74). 

Rev  Anthony  Bower  (1846),  formerly  Fellow:  died  22  May  at  Caboume, 
aged  69  (see  EagU  xvii,  666). 

Rev  Charles  Edward  Bowlby  (1855),  formerly  Rector  of  Stanwich,  North- 
ampton :  died  25  September  at  Southend,  aged  59. 

Rev  John  Castle  Burnett  (1829),  Rector  of  St  Michael's,  Bath:  died 
5  November,  aged  86  (see  EagU  xvm,  204). 

John  Butler  (1850,  formerly  Chief  of  the  Parliamentary  Staff  of  the  Press 
Association  :    died  17  June  at  Raikes  Farm,  Abinger,  Dorking,  aged  75. 

Rev  Charles  William  Cahusac  (1840),  late  Vicar  of  Astwood,  Bucks,  and 
late  Captain  H.M.  Indian  Service :  died  28  August  at  Bedford,  aged  76. 

Rev  George  Carpenter  (1843),  'formerly  Vicar  of  Stapleford,  Wilts:  died 
5  May  at  Leignitz,  Silesia,  aged  7  f . 

Rev  William  Ashforth  Cartledge  (1843),  formerly  Vicar  of  Bilton,  Yorks : 
died  December  at  Harrogate,  aged  73.. 

Rev  David  Malcolm  Clark  (1829),  Prebendary  of  Wells  :  died  1  February  at 
Southboume,  Hants,  aged  84. 

John  Cowie  (1856),  of  Colvin,  Cowie,  and  Co. :  died  2S  April  at  Calcutta  (see 
EagU  XVII,  670). 

Rev  John  Marten  Cripps  (1841),  formerly  Rector  of  Great  Yeldham,  Essex  r 
died  21  September  at  Exmouth,  aged  75. 


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Rev  Charles  Daniel  Crofts  (1845),  Rector  of  Caythorpe,  Lines  :  died  15  April 
at  Caythorpe,  aged  71. 

Herbert  Dukinfield  Darbishire  (1887),  Fellow:  died  18  July  in  College, 
aged  30  (sec  Eagle  xviii,  67). 

ReT  Thomas  Darling  (1838),  formerly  Rector  of  St  Michael's  Paternoster 
Royal,  London :  died  August  at  10  Mecklenburgh  Square,  London. 

Rev  Uriah  Davies  (1847),  Vicar  of  St  Matthew's,  Canonbury  :  died  22  March 
at  3  Willow  Bridge  Road,  Canonbury,  aged  71. 

Rev  Robert  Dixon  (1857)  LL.D.,  formerly  Scholar,  Vicar  of  Aylesbeare : 
died  8  February  at  Teignmouth,  aged  57. 

Rev  Robert  Steward  Dobson  (1834),  Rector  of  Little  Leighs :  died  January. 

Rev  Heriot  Stanbanks  Drew  (1834):  died  31  December  at  Hayes,  Kent, 
aged  85. 

Rev  John  Mee  Fuller  (1858),  formerly  Fellow,  Vicar  of  Bexley,  Professor  of 
Ecclesiastical  History  at  King's  College,  London :  died  16  August  at 
Coombe  Martin,  Devon,  aged  65. 

Rev  Tansley  Hall  (1833),  Rector  of  Boylestone,  Derbyshire :  died  20  January 
at  Oaksmoor,  Bournemouth,  aged  81. 

Sidney  Charles  Harding,  killed  in  action  near  the  Shangani  River,  Matabele- 
knd,  with  Major  Wilson's  party,  December,  aged  32  (see  Eagle  xviir, 
205.) 

Charles  Edmund  Haskins  (187 1),  Fellow  and  Lecturer:  died  24  October  at 
Cambridge,  aged  44  (see  Eagle  xviii,  61). 

Rev  Melville  Holmes  (1845),  Vicar  of  Wadsley,  Sheffield:  died  19  September 
at  Wadsley,  aged  71. 

James  Jago  (1839)  M.D.  Wadham  College,  Oxford,  F.R.S. :  died  18  January, 
aged  77. 

Rev  Watson  King  (1838),  formerly  Vicar  of  Croxton,  Lines :  died  8  February 
at  Tunbridge  Wells,  aged  80. 

Sir  Charles  Peter  Layard  K.C.M.G. :  died  17  July  in  London,  aged  86  (see 
Eagle  XVIII,  78). 

Stephen  Martin  Leake  (1848),  Barrister-at  Law,  author  of  The  Law  of 
Contract :  died  7  March  at  Maskelles,  Ware,  aged  66  (see  Eagle  xvii, 
669). 

Rev  George  Wyld  Lees  (1873),  Vicar  of  Clifford,  Yorks,  and  Secretary  of 
the  C.E.T.S.  for  Sheffield  District :  died  20  June,  aged  42. 

William  Leyeester,  Barrister-at-Law,  Chief  of  the  Times  Parliamentary 
Staff :  died  22  December  at  Brixton,  aged  68. 

Rev  Francis  George  Lys  (1858),  Vicar  of  Eaton  :  died  21  November  at 
Eaton  Vicarage,  aged  59. 

Edmund  Lee  Main  (1874) :  died  14  April  at  South  Hampstead. 

Arthur  Milnes  Marshall  f  1874)  M.D.,  F.R.S.,  formerly  Fellow,  Professor  of 
Zoology  at  Owens  College,  Manchester :  killed  31  December  on  Scawfell, 
aged  41  (see  Eagle  xviii,  197). 

Very  Rev  Charles  Merivale  (1830)  D.D.,  formerly  Fellow  and  Tutor,  Dean  of 
Ely :  died  27  December  at  Ely,  aged  85  (see  Eagle  xviii,  183). 

Rev  James  Moore  (1873),  Curate  of  Pennington :  died  23  July  at  Folkestone, 
aged  44. 

John  Alldin  Moore  (1840) :  died  30  May  at  Hampstead,  aged  74. 
Charles  Mortlock  (1846) :  died  April  in  London,  aged  72. 


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Rer  William  Ordc  Newnham  (1847),  Rector  of  Weston  Patrick,  Hants  r 
died  5  October,  aged  68. 

Rev  Thomas  Overton  (1828),  formerly  Fellow,  Rector  of  Black  Notley, 
Essex :  died  14  December  at  Black  Notley,  aged  89. 

Charles  Alexander  Maclean  Pond  (1887),  Fellow,  Professor  of  Classics  at 
Auckland  :  died  28  October  at  Auckland,  N.Z.,  aged  29  (see  Ea^le 
XVIII,  72). 

Rev  Charles  Pritchard  (1830)  D.D.  Oxford,  Honorary  Fellow,  Savilian  Pro- 
fessor of  Astronomy,  Oxford :  died  28  May,  aged  85  (see  Eagle  xvix, 
664). 

Rev  John  Richards  (1835),  for  25  years  Head-master  of  Bradford  Grammar 
School :  died  18  May  at  Wood  View  Terrace,  Manningham,  aged  81  (see 
Eagle  xvii,  671), 

Rev  George  Crabb  Rolfe  (1834),  Vicar  of  Hailey,  Witney :  died  5  August , 
aged  81. 

Rev  William  Sandford  (1851),  late  Vicar  of  Bicton,  Shropshire:  died  18 
October  at  Port  Hill,  Shrewsbury,  aged  66. 

John  Bagot  Scriven  (1861) :  died  28  August  at  Dover,  aged  53. 

Rev  James  Slade  (1842),  Vicar  of  Little  Lever:  died  3  February',  aged  73. 

Rev  Hugh  William  Smith  (1835),  Vicar  of  Biddlesden:  died  20  March  at 
Brackley,  aged  81. 

Richard  Prowde  Smith  (1865),  formerly  Master  at  Cheltenham  College  :  died 
1 1  March  at  Whittonstall,  aged  49. 

William  Sparling  (1837),  Barrister-at-Law :  died  22  November  at  Floriana, 
Powis  Square,  London,  aged  79. 

William  Stuart  of  Tempsford  Hall,  Sandy,  formerly  M.P.  for  Bedford, 
1854—7  and  1858 — 68,  Barrister-at-Law,  Chairman  of  Beds  Quarter 
Sessions:  died  21  December,  at  Menabilly,  aged  68. 

Rev.  James  Shewring  Swift  (1853),  Vicar  of  Thorpe- Arnold,  Leicestershire  : 
died  20  November  at  Thorpe-Arnold. 

Rev  Ralph  Raisbeck  Tatham  (1844),  45  y^^rs  Rector  of  Dallington, 
Prebendary  of  Chichester:  died  I  October  at  St  Leonard's,  aged  71 
(see  Eagle  xviii,  81). 

Rev  George  Turner  Tatham  (1856),  Vicar  of  Leek,  Kirkby  Lonsdale:  died 
17  December  at  Leek  Vicarage,  aged  61. 

Rev  Robert  Loftus  Tottenham  (1831),  formerly  Chaplain  of  Holy  Trinity, 
Florence :  died  5  February  at  Villa  Santa  Marghenta,  Florence,  aged  83. 

Rev  Arthur  Towsey  (1872),  Head-Master  of  Emmanuel  School,  Wandsworth 
Common :  died  20  November,  aged  42. 

Frederick  Charles  Wace  (1858),  formerly  Fellow  and  Lecturer,  ex-Mayor  of 
Cambridge :  died  25  January,  aged  56  (see  Eagle  xvii,  554). 

Richard  Walmesly  (1839) :  died  26  May  at  Lucknam,  aged  76. 

Rev  John  Spicer  Wood  (1846)  D.D.,  formerly  Fellow,  Tutor,  and  President, 
Rector  of  Marston  Morteyne:  died  23  February,  aged  69  (sec  Eagle 
XVJI,  654), 


OUR  CHRONICLE. 
Lenf  Term   1894. 

Our  roll  of  Honorary  Fellows,  made  poorer  of  late  by  the 
deaths  of  Professor  Adams,  Professor  Pritchard,  and  Dean 
Merivale,  has  received  this  term  two  distinguished  additions : 

(i)  The  Right  Reverend  Charles  John  Ellicott  D.D.,  Bishop 
of  Gloucester  and  Bristol,  formerly  Hulsean  Lecturer,  Hulsean 
Professor  of  Divinity,  and  one  of  the  Divinity  Professors  at 
King's  College,  London  ;  Chairman  of  the  New  Testament 
Revision  Committee  f  author  of  a  Grammatical  and  Critical 
Commentary  on  St  PauVs  Epistles  (1854 — 1887),  a  treatise  on 
the  Revised  Version  of  the  New  Testament,  and  many  other 
i%orks ;  and 

(2)  The  Reverend  Joseph  Bickersteth  Mayor  M.A..  formerly 
Tutor  of  the  College,  and  Emeritus  Professor  of  Classical 
Literature  and  of  Moral  Philosophy  at  King's  College,  London  ; 
author  of  an  edition  of  Cicero  de  Natura  Deorum,  in  three 
volumes  (1880—1885),  a  Commentary  on  the  Epistle  of  St  James 
1 1892),  and  other  works.  Mr  Mayor,  who  is  a  younger  brother 
of  our  Professor  of  Latin,  was  second  in  the  First  Class  in  the 
year  in  which  Lightfoot  was  Senior  Classic  (1851).  He  was 
Editor  of  the  Classical  Review  for  the  first  seven  years  of  its 
existence  (1887 — 1893).  He  received  the  honorary,  degree  of 
Litt.D.  on  the  occasion  of  the  Tercentenary  of  the  University 
of  Dublin. 

Mr  E.  E.  Sikes  (First  Class  Classical  Tripos  1889 — 1890), 
Fellow  and  Assistant- Lecturer  of  the  College,  has  been  ap- 
pointed a  College  Lecturer  in  Classics  in  the  room  of  the  late 
Mr  Haskins. 

Ds  Francis  H.  Fearon  (B.A.  and  LL.B.  1891),  has  been  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  in  the  Gold  Coast 
Colony,  West  Africa. 

Dr  J.  McKeen  Cattell,  Fellow-commoner  of  the  College,  has 
been  appointed  Editor  of  the  Psychulogical  Review;  and  Dr 
Livingston  Farrand,  also  a  Fellow-commoner,  Instructor  in 
Physiological  Psychology  in  Columbia  College,  New  York. 

Mr  P.  T.  Main,  Superintendent  of  the  College  Laboratory, 
having  resigned  his  place  on  the  College  Council,  Mr  Graves 
was  on  March  5  elected  in  his  stead. 

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2IO  Our  Chronicle. 

Ds  J.  T.  Hewitt  (First  Class  Natural  Sciences  Tripos  i^t<^ 
— 1890,  D.Sc.  London),  formerly  Scholar,  and  Hutchinson 
Student,  has  been  appointed  Professor  of  Chemistry  at  the 
People's  Palace,  London. 

Ds  J.E.Purvis  (B.A.  1893),  has  been  appointed  Assistant 
to  the  Professor  of  Chemistry  (Professor  Liveing). 

Ds  W.  L.  Brown  (First  Class  Natural  Sciences  Tripos  i8gi 
—1892)  has  been  elected  for  research  in  Physiology  to  the 
Hutchinson  Studentship  vacated  by  Mr  E.  VV.  MacBride  on  his 
election  to  a  Fellowship. 

Ds  R.  Sheepshanks  (First  Class  Classical  Tripos  1893),  Bell 
Scholar,  has  been  elected  to  a  MacMahon  Law  Studentship. 

Ds  J.  Lupton  (First  Class  Classical  Tripos  1891  — 1892),  and 
Ds  J.  H.  B.  Masterman  (First  Class  Historical  Tripos  1893), 
formerly  an  Editor  of  the  EagUy  have  been  elected  to  Naden 
Divinity  Studentships. 

The  College  has  presented  the  Rev  Dr  William  Hart  (B.A. 
1867),  Head-master  of  Heversham  Grammar  School,  to  the 
Rectory  of  Black  Notley,  Essex,  vacant  by  the  death  of  the  Rev 
T.  Overton  B.D.,  who  had  held  the  benefice  since  1856. 

A  stained  glass  window  has  been  placed  in  Staplehurst  Church 
to  the  memory  of  Dr  Reyner,  well  known  in  the  College  as  a  Senior 
Fellow  and  the  Senior  Bursar  for  many  years  ending  1877,  and 
subsequently  for  16  years  Rector  of  Staplehurst.  The  window, 
which  is  in  the  nave  on  the  north  side  of  the  Church  and  close 
to  the  pulpit,  consists  of  two  lights  and  contains  figures  of  St 
Luke  and  St  John.  The  cost,  over  /  70,  was  defrayed  by  the 
subscriptions  of  the  parishioners  and  College  friends  of  Dr 
Reyner.  A  service  of  dedication  was  held  in  the  church  on 
Monday  evening,  January  8.  Notwithstanding  the  severity  of 
the  weather  a  very  considerable  congregation  assembled  to 
testify  their  respect  to  the  late  Rector.  A  sermon  was  preached 
by  Dr  Watson  from  i  Chron.  xxix.  14,  15  ;  and  appropriate 
prayers  and  collects  were  said  by  the  present  Rector,  the  Rev 
J.  S.  Chamberlain,  standing  along  with  the  choir  in  front  of  the 
window.  The  window  is  by  Kempe,  and  is  much  admired,  the 
colours  being  subdued  and  blending  well  together.  Professor 
Mayor  supplied  a  suitable  Latin  inscription. 

More  than  one  generation  of  Johnians  will  be  gratified  by 
the  news  that  the  Missionary  Bishopric  of  North  Japan  has  been 
offered  to  the  Rev  H.  T.  E.  Barlow  (B.A.  1885),  formerly  Naden 
Divinity  Student  of  the  College  and  Jeremie  Prizeman  of  the 
University,  who  last  year  became  curate-in-charge  of  Working- 
ton, Yorks.  Unfortunately  Mr  Barlow  is  not  able  at  present 
definitely  to  accept  the  appointment,  as  there  is  some  uncertainty 
about  his  health.     He  has  been  advised  to  take  two  months  for 


Our  Chronicle.  1 1 1 

further  consideration.  Mr  Barlow  is  the  son  of  the  Vicar  of 
Islington,  one  of  the  first  Editors  of  the  Eagle,  whose  Chronicle 
has  again  and  again  recorded  with  gratitude  the  son*s  loyal 
services  to  the  L.M.B.C.  and  to  the  College  in  general. 

Dr  Sandys  and  Dr  D.  MacA lister,  Tutors  of  the  College, 
were  in  February  elected  members  of  the  Athenaeum  Club, 
London.  Dr  Sandys  was  elected  by  the  Committee  under  the 
rule  empowering  them  to  elect  in  each  year  not  more  than  nine 
persons  of  distinguished  eminence  in  science,  literature,  the 
arts,  or  the  public  service.  Dr  MacAlister  was  elected  by  the 
members. 

On  Tuesday,  February  27,  the  Empress  Frederick  of 
Germany  visited  the  College,  and  was  shown  over  the  Hall, 
Combination-rooms,  and  Library  by  the  Master  and  Fellows. 
The  undergraduates,  in  academical  dress,  assembled  in  the 
Second  Court,  and  raised  three  hearty  cheers  as  Her  Majesty 
emerged  from  the  Library  staircase.  The  greeting  was  ob- 
viously appreciated  by  the  Empress,  who  drove  off  from  the 
front  of  the  New  Court  on  her  way  to  Girton. 

The  Rev  W.  S.  Picken  (B.A.  1885,  M.A.  1889),  curate  of 
Trewen,  Launcester,  has  been  appointed  Head-master  of  the 
British  School  at  Oporto. 

Mr  M.  Rafique  (B.A.  1883)  has  been  appointed  to  the 
Additional  Civil  Judgeship  of  Lucknow. 

MrN.  M.  Captain  of  the  Inner  Temple  has  been  admitted  to 
the  Bar. 

The  Seatonian  Prize  for  1893  has  been  awarded  to  the  Rev 
Gage  Earle  Freeman  (B.A.  1846).  This  is  the  third  time  Mr 
Freeman  has  been  successful  in  the  competition.  The  subject 
of  the  sacred  poem  for  which  the  prize  was  given  is  Damascus, 

At  the  annual  general  meeting  of  the  members  of  Univer- 
sity College,  London,  held  on  28  February,  Professor  H.  S. 
Foxwell  was  re-elected  a  Member  of  the  Council,  Dr  William 
Garnett  was  admitted  a  Life-Governor  of  the  College,  and 
Mr  H.  H.  S.  Cunynghame  was  elected  an  Auditor. 

The  Prince  Consort  Prize  for  a  dissertation  on  an  historical 
subject  has  been  awarded  to  Ds  L.  B.  Radford  (B.A.  1890),  and 
the  adjudicators  have  recommended  the  dissertation  for  pub- 
lication. 

A.  J.  Chotzner,  Scholar  of  the  College,  W2i^  proxime  accessil  for 
the  Chancellor's  Medal  for  English  verse.  The  subject  this 
year  was  The  English  Lakes, 

The  re-construction  of  the  College  Kitchen  and  outbuildings 
in  the  back  lane  has  now  been  completed.  The  result  is  highly 
satisfactory,  and  reflects  much  credit  on  the  Steward,  Mr  Bateson, 
and  the  architect,  Mr  Boyes.  A  roof  of  iron  and  glass  arches 
over  the  lane  in  the  space  between  the  Kitchen  and  the  offices. 


212  Our  Chronicle. 

and  a  new  wall  has  been  built  between  our  territor}'  and  the 
precinct  of  Trinity  College  Chapel. 

A  handsomely  framed  permanent  photograph  of  Haydon's 
last  portrait  of  Wordsworth  has  been  presented  to  the  College, 
through  Dr  Sandys,  by  Miss  Nicholson  of  Ashleigh,  Ventnor, 
two  of  whose  nephews,  the  Rev  E.  A.  Stuart  and  Mr  C.  M. 
Stuart,  have  been  on  the  foundation  of  the  College,  and  whose 
father,  Mr  Cornelius  Nicholson,  was  the  first  owner  of  the 
portrait.  The  original  is  No  xxiv  of  the  Portraits  of  Words- 
worth described  in  Professor  Knight's  Wordsworlhiana,  On  the 
back  of  the  portrait  the  artist  wrote  the  date  (1842),  with  a 
quotation  from  Wordsworth  : — *  High  is  our  calling,  friend/ 
In  writing  to  the  artist  in  1 846  the  poet  said,  *  I  myself  think 
that  it  is  the  best  likeness — that  is,  the  most  characteristic,  that 
has  been  done  of  me.'  It  was  this  picture  that  inspired  the 
following  sonnet  by  Mrs  Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning,  the  last 
two  lines  of  which  appear  to  reflect  on  the  portrait  by  Pickersgill, 
the  'faithful  portrait'  of  Wordsworth's  own  sonnet,  in  our 
College  Hall : 

Wordsworth  upon  Helvellyn  !  Let  the  cloud 

Ebb  audibly  along  the  mountain-wind. 

Then  break  against  the  rock,  and  show  behind 

The  lowland  valleys  floating  up  to  crbwd 

The  sense  with  beauty.    He^  with  forehead  bowed 

And  humble-lidded  eyes,  as  one  inclined 

Before  the  sovran  thought  of  his  own  mind, 

And  very  meek  with  inspirations  proud, 

Takes  here  his  rightful  place  as  poet-priest 

By  the  high  altar,  singing  praise  and  prayer 

To  the  higher  Heavens.     A  noble  vision  free 

Our  Haydon's  hand  hath  flung  from  out  the  mist ! 

No  portrait  this,  with  Academic  air — 

This  is  the  Poet  and  his  Poetr}'. 

The  following  pictures  have  been  added  to  the  collection  in 
the  smaller  Combination-room : — 

( 1 )  A  small  line  engraving  of  "  William  Bill  D,D,  Bom  at 
AshwelU  Hertfordshire^  Educated  at  St  JohrCs  College^  Cambridge^ 
elected  Fellow  1523;  Greek  Professor  of  the  University  of  Cambridge 
1542  ;  Master  0/  St  fohn's  College  1 546,  and  Trinity  College  1551; 
Provost  of  Eton  and  Dean  of  Westminster  1560.  Died  15  fu/y 
1 56 1.  Buried  in  Westminster  Abbey.  From  a  brass  on  his  monument 
in  Westminster  Abbey,  London^  Published  31  December  1822  by 
G.  P.  Harding,  1 8  Hercules  Bui/dings^  Lambeth.  Drawn  by  G.  P. 
Harding.     Engraved  by  Robt.  Graved 

(2)  A  ismall  engraving  of  "  Richard  Neile,  D.D.  Bom  in 
King  Street f  Westminster ;  Educated  at  Westminster ;  Fellow  of  St 
fohris  College^  Cambridge;  Dean  of  Westminster  1605,  Bishop  of 
Rochester  1608,  Lichfidd  and  Coventry  1610,  Lincoln  1613 — 14, 
Durham  1617,  Winchester  1627,  Archbishop  of  York  1631.  Died 
31  October  1640.  Aged  78.  Buried  at  York.  From  the  original 
picture  at  Stfohns  College,  Cambridge.    London,  Published  t  April 


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1822  by  G.  P,  Harding,  18  Hercules  Buildings^  Lambeth,     Drawn 
by  G.  P,  Harding,     Engraved  by  T,  Snmjor 
The  above  were  presented  by  the  President. 

(3)  A  mezzotint  engraving  inscribed  **  To  the  Very  Rev,  the 
Master,  the  Fellows,  and  Scholars  of  St  John*s  College,  Cambfidge, 
this  portrait  of  SiR  John  Frederic  William  Herschel  M  A. 
F.R.S.L,andE,  M.R.I.A,  F.R.A,S,  M,G,S,  &c,  &c,,  and  late 
FelloTV  of  their  Ancient  and  Religious  Foundation,  is  respectfully 
dedicated  by  the  Publishers,  Published  1835.  H,  W.  Picket s- 
giil  Esq  R,A,f  pinxt,  Wm,  Ward,  sculpt.,  engraver  to  His 
Majesty, 

Presented  by  Mrs  Adams. 

The  father  of  the  late  Mr  H.  D.  Darbishire  has  generously 
presented  to  the  College  Library  about  150  of  his  son's  books. 
Of  this  number  about  two-thirds  are  on  subjects  connected 
with  Comparative  Philology ;  the  remainder  consist  of  editions 
of  .Greek  and  Latin  authors  and  books  of  reference  hitherto 
not  comprised  in  the  Library.  The  books  will  be  kept  together 
and  will  be  distinguished  by  a  special  book-plate.  The  arrange- 
ments for  another  memorial  ^^f  Mr  Darbishire  are  in  progress. 
It  is  proposed  to  publish  his  philological  papers  in  a  collected 
form ;  and  the  Cambridge  Philological  Society  has  granted  a 
sum  not  exceeding  /  30  for  the  purpose  of  printing  such  of  his 
papers  as  have  not  yet  been  published. 

The  following  letter  from  Canon  Kynaston  will  explain 
itself:  Durham,         • 

Dear  Sirs,  Dec  18,  1893. 

You  have  done  me  too  much  honour  on  p.  80  of  ihe 
December  number  of  the  Eagle.  I  was  not  a  "  Cricket  Blue  '* : 
my  only  Cambridge  experience  of  that  branch  of  Athletics  was 
gained  by  playing  in  a  match— Lady  Margaret  1st  Boat  v, 
jst  Trinity  ist  Boat — in  which  I  had  the  honour  of  stumping 
out  the  Trinity  coxswain  (who  was  a  Cricket  Blue,  and  also 
steered  the  'Varsity  Ei^ht  in  1856),  •'Billy"  Wingfield,  when 
he,  after  making  some  80  runs,  took  unwarrantable  liberties 
with  our  coxswain's  bowling. 

Yours  faithfully, 

H.  Kynaston. 

Among  the  volumes  bequeathed  to  the  College  Library  by 
the  late  Professor  Adams  is  a  set  of  the  Indices  to  the  Townland 
Survey  of  Ireland.  The  Surveys  of  both  Kerry  and  Tipperary 
were  originally  wanting,  and  being  out  of  print  could  not  be 
supplied,  but  Kerry  has  since  been  presented  by  Mr  Heitland ; 
only  Tipperary  is  consequently  now  wanted. 

The  proposals  of  the  Council  of  the  Senate  for  the 
recognition  of  Post-praduate  Study,  by  the  creation  of  the  two 
new  degrees  of  Litt.B.  and  Sc.B.,  have  already  produced  some 


214  Our  Chronicle. 

excellent  literature,  grave  and  gay.  The  Cambridge  Review  of 
February  22nd  contained  an  article  on  the  question  by  Mr 
Heitland,  another  in  humorous  dress  signed  H.  R.  T.,  and 
some  sparkling  verses  over  another  familiar  triad  of  initials. 
These  we  subjoin  for  the  amusement  of  our  non-resident 
subscribers. 

THE  HIGHER   CAMBRIDGE. 

Ye  men  of  Rumtifoo, 

Matabele,  Turk,  Sioux, 
Ye  scholars  of  Vienna  and  ye  students  of  Lucerne, 

All  you  who've  won  degrees 

Anywhere  beyond  the  seas, 
Walk  up,  walk  up  to  Cambridge !   Come  and  give  our  show  a  turn  I 

We  are,  we  beg  to  state. 

Nothing  if  not  up  to  date ; 
We've  most  extensive  premises;  we're  cheapening  our  wares; 

See  our  new  Spring  season  goods! 

See  our  brand  new  stock  of  hoods ! 
Come  in,  come  in,  and  try  them  on!   Come  in  and  walk  upstairs. 

And  come,  ye  dainty  maids 

From  Columbia's  learnt  glades, 
Ye  scientific  spinsters,  and  ye  literary  dames! 

Come,  come,  ye  stockings  blue! 

From  China,  from  Peru, 
And  buy  our  magic  letters  to  improve  your  pretty  names! 

Come,  and  civilise  our  deans 
With  sweet  idyllic  scenes 
Of  Bachelor  researching  hand  in  hand  with  cultured  maid 
For  every  youthful  don 
•         Will  be  wild  to  try  it  on 
And  to  sport  mth  Amaryllis  B.Sc.  beneath  the  shade. 

Not  laborious  the  task; 

'Tis  but  small  the  price  we  ask ; 
And  think  what  an  advertisement  the  whole  affair  will  be ! 

Try  the  new  machine  we've  got ! 

Put  a  thesis  in  the  slot ! 
(The  right  hand  slot  for  Letters,  and  the  left  for  B.Sc.) 

Then  come,  ye  leamM,  please 

Come  and  try  our  new  degrees! 
If  you  be  "made  in  Germany,"  the  more  you're  up  to  date; 

White,  and  black,  and  blue,  and  green,  » 

Come  and  try  our  new  machine. 
Till  Culture*s  crown  of  Culture  be  a  Cambridge  graduate. 

R.  H.  F. 

In  a  paper  read  before  the  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society  on 
28  February,  on  A  Commonplace-book  kept  by  John  Duckworth  of 
St  John's  College  about  1670,  Mr  G.  C.  M.  Smith  stated— 

The  MS  book  is  the  property  of  Sir  Dyce  Duckworth,  who  bought  it 
from  a  Birmingham  bookseller. 

It  is  the  commonplace  book  of  John  Duckworth,  Undergraduate  of  St 
John's,  admitted  to  the  College  24th  March  1670  (our  reckoning),  B.A. 
1673,  M.A.  1677.  The  book  is  dated  *•  John  Duckworth,  his  booke,  1670." 
It  is  chiefly  interesting  as  throwing  some  fresh  light  on  University  studies  of 
the  17th  century. 


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The  autbor  is  described  in  the  Admissions  of  St  John's  College  as  "  of 
Haslingden,  Lancashire,  son  of  James  Duckworth,  yeoman ;  bred  in  Black- 
bum  under  Mr.  Sagar."  However  this  book  contains  a  Latin  letter 
addressed  by  him  apparently  to  the  Master,  in  which,  applying  for  a  Somerset 
Scholarship,  he  claims  to  have  been  educated  for  four  years,  "more  or  less," 
at  the  Manchester  Grammar  School.  He  was  not  elected  to  a  Somerset 
Scholarship.  This  book  also  contains  a  copy  of  his  supplicat  for  his  degree. 
Baines*  Lancashire  shows  that  after  leaving  Cambridge  he  was  incumbent  of 
bis  native  place,  Haslingden,  from  1680  to  his  death  at  the  age  of  44  in  1695. 

The  book  testifies  to  the  use  at  Cambridge  of  three  authors  particularly. 

(I)  Tbeophilus  Golius — (2)  Bishop  Robert  Sanderson — and  (3)  Eustachius 
&  Sancto  Paulo. 

1.  Duckwoith  begins  one  end  of  his  book  with  an  epitome  of  Theophilus 
Golius*  compendium  of  At  istotle's  Ethics. 

This  work  was  used  by  Sir  S.  D'Ewes  when  at  John's  in  1618,  and  by 
John  Gibson  in  1667. 

2.  Then  foUow  Annotationes  Sandersoni,  in  other  words  an  abstract  of 
Bishop  Robeit  Sanderson's  treatise  De  juramenti  promissorii  ohligatione 
PmUctiones  vii.  Lond.  1647,  a  work  said  to  have  been  translated  into  Eng- 
lish by  King  Charles  I.  This  is  followed  by  De  Ohligatione  Conscientia 
PraUctiones  decern^  that  is  to  sav,  an  abstract  of  another  of  Bishop  Sander- 
son's works,  printed  along  with  the  treatise  on  the  oath  in  the  edition  of  1670. 
It  is  interesting  to  observe  that  40  years  later  these  works  of  Sanderson 
were  still  studied  at  Cambridge.  Ambrose  Bonwicke,  in  his  second  year  at 
St  John's  (1 7U),  had  read  over  « Sanderson  de  Ohligatione  Jur,  &*  Consc* 

7.  Duckworth  heads  a  philosophical  epitome  merely,  £u,  Eth.^  and  it 
was  only  after  some  trouble  that  I  found  that  this  epitome  was  derived  from 
the  Ethics  of  Eustachius  ^  Sancto  Paulo,  of  which  editions  were  published 
at  Cambridge  in  1654  and  1707. 

Ambrose  Bonwicke,  when  at  St  John's  in  1710-11,  read  and  epitomised 
this  book  exactly  as  Duckworth  had  done  40  years  before. 

Mr  Smith  gave  evidence  to  show  the  great  vogue  enjoyed  by 
Eustachius  in  the  Universities  of  the  17  th  century,  and  in 
particular  at  Cambridge  ;  and  pointed  out  how  little  was  known 
of  the  man  himself,  his  name  not  appearing  even  in  the 
Biographic  UniverstlU, 

The  Preachers  in  the  College  Chapel  during  the  Lent  Term 
have  been  Mr  J.  T.  Ward,  Tutor ;  Professor  Mayor ;  Mr  A.  F. 
Torry,  Rector  of  Marston  Mortaine,  formerly  Junior  Dean  ;  and 
Mr  H.  T.  E.  Barlow,  Examining  Chaplain  to  the  Bishop  of 
Carlisle,  formerly  Naden  Divinity  Student. 

The  following  ecclesiastical  appointments  are  announced : 

Name,  B.A,  From  To  he 

Browne,  A.  Y.,  M.A.    (1882)  Chaplain  at  Bombay      Chaplain  at  Aden 
Moody,  W.  J.,  M. A.     (1889)  C.  St  George  R.     St     Saviour's, 

Jamaica 
Channer,  E.  C.  M.A.     (1871)  V.  Desborough  V.    Ravensthorpc, 

Northampton 
Harvey,  W.  J.,  M.A.  (1881)  C.  Gt.  Amwell,  Ware  V.  of  the  same. 
Askey,  A.  H.,  M.A.       (1884)  V.  of  Holton-le-Clay     V.  Ilolton  le-Clay  and 

R.  Btigsley,  Lincoln 
Sirakin,T.  L.  V.,M  A.  (1882)  C.  Cavendish,  Suffolk   V.  Bulmer,  Sudbury 
Barnes,  W.  L.,  M.A.     (1834)  R.  Rnapton,  Norfolk   R.  Barford  St  Martin, 

Salisbury 
Bonsey,  W.,  M.A.  (1867)  V.  Lancaster  R.  D.  of  Lancaster 


2i6  Our  Chro7iicle. 

Name.  B.A,  From  To  hi 

Coxwell  Rogers,  R.        (1868)  C.  Dowdcswcll,  Glou-  R.  of  the  same 

cester 
Mav,  J.  P.  (1885)  C.  Andover  P.C.Lockerlev.Hants. 

Quirk,Canon  J.NmM.A.  (1873)  V.  St  Mary,  Beverley,  V.  St  Paul's, Walworth 
Buckler,  J.F.,  M.A.       (1868)  R.  Bidston,  Cheshire  Dioc.  Inspector, Chester 
Scott,  A.  C,  M.A.,        (1883)  C.  St  John,  Norwood  V.  Hcadcom,  Kent 
Square,  C,  M.A.  (1881)  C.  Kenn,  Devon.  R.  St  Dominick,  Corn- 

wall 
Cooke,  F.  (1870)  C.  Clungunford  R.  Westbury,  Hereford 

Wilson,  J.,  M.A.  (1875)  Chaplain  Hants  In-     Chaplain  at  Smyrna. 

firmary 
Stoddart,  C.  J.,  M.A.    (1868)  C.  Askern  V.  Ottringham,  Hall 

Holmes,  B.  E.,  M.A.     (1882)  R.  Holy  Trin.,   King  R.  D.  of  King  Wil- 

Williamstown,S.A.      liamstown 
Collins,  J.  A.  W.  (1856)  V.  Hill  Farrance  V.  Newton  St.  Cyres, 

Exeter 
Pearson,    J.    B.,    Rt.  (1864)  Late  Bishop  of  New-  V.     Leek,     Kirkby 

Rev.,  D.D.  castle,  N.S.W.  Lonsdale 

Barton,  H.  C.  M.,  M.A.  (1873)  C.  St.  Margaret,  Lee    St  John.  Barley  Villa, 

Hants. 
Fde,  W.  Moore,  M.A.    (1871)  V.  Gateshead  Hon.  Canon,  Durham 

Hart,  W.,  LL.D.  (1866)  H.  Master  Heversham  R.  Black  NoUey,  Essex 

Grammar  School 
McCormick,  J.  (D.D.,  (1857)  V.  of  H.  Trin.,  Hull      V.     St     Augustine's, 

Dublin)  Highbury 

Metcalfe,  R.  W.  (1873)  V.    Ravenstonedale,     St  Aidan,  Newbiggin 

Westmoreland 
Moore,  C.  (1872)  C.  Dewsbury  Chaplam  R.N. 

Two  members  of  the  College  have  been  moved  recently 
from  East  Yorkshire  to  London.  Canon  McCormick,  after 
years  at  the  central  parish  of  Hull  (whose  Church,  Holy 
Trinity,  is  one  of  the  three  largest  Parish  Churches  in  England), 
has  been  appointed  successor  to  a  much-esteemed  preacher  and 
writer,  Mr  Gordon  Calthrop,  at  St  Augustine's,  Highbury,  N. 
Canon  Quirk  leaves  the  noble  Parish  Church  of  St  Mary  at 
Beverley  for  work  in  South  London,  in  Walworth,  in  fact,  and 
at  the  very  Vicarage  where  some  members  of  our  original 
Mission  Committee  met  the  representatives  of  the  Bishop  in 
order  to  be  shewn  the  locality  proposed  for  the  Mission. 

Mr  Moore  Ede  has  received  an  acknowledgment  from  his 
Diocese  at  the  same  time  that  a  most  appreciative  account  of 
himself  and  his  work  has  appeared  in  Church  Bells  (Feb.  23). 

Bishop  Pearson,  formerly  Fellow,  has  resumed  active  work 
by  accepting  the  Vicarage  of  Leek,  near  Kirkby  Lonsdale,  where 
he  will  have  his  old  friend,  Mr  Llewellyn  Davies,  as  a  neighbour. 

Mr  Moore's  appointment  as  Chaplain  in  the  Royal  Navy  may 
serve  to  call  the  attention  of  Mathematical  men  to  these  Chap- 
laincies. The  Chaplain  of  the  Fleet  is  prepared  to  accept, 
at  any  time,  the  names  of  Universitymen  to  place  in  his  list. 
He  insists,  however,  on  two  years  of  work  as  curate  in  a  large 
parish  before  he  will  make  any  appointment.  As  it  is  usual, 
though  not  essential,  to  attach  a  Naval  Instructorship  to  a 


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217 


Chaplaincy,  there  is  a  special  advantage  for  Mathematical 
men  who  have  taken  at  least  a  Senior  Optime  Degree.  Mr 
Moore  did  this  in  1892,  and  has  since  been  serving  under 
Canon  Lowther  Clarke  at  Dewsbury.  His  name  is  now  gazetted, 
and  he  will  receive  an  early  appointment. 

We  regret  to  record  that  the  Rev  C.  W.  M.  Boutflower 
(B.A.  1841),  Vicar  of  Dundry,  Somerset,  1855 — 1884,  died  at 
Clifton  on  January  14,  and  the  Rev  A.  M.  Hoare  (B.A.  1846), 
late  Fellow  of  the  College,  Rector  of  Fawlcy,  Hants,  since 
1863,  died  at  Fawley  on  February  26. 

The  following  members  of  the  College  were  ordained  deacons 
at  the  Advent  Ordinations,  1893 : 


King,  H.  A. 
GiTcn- Wilson,  F.  G. 
Smith,  P.  G. 
Hutton,  W.  B. 
Simpson,  £.  L. 
Ncwbcry,  F.  C. 
Smith,  G.  H. 
Ma&on,  H.  £. 
HuDtlcy,  A.  H. 
Fisher,  R. 
Masterman,  J.  H.  B. 


Dwcise» 
London 
Rochester 
Rochester 
Liverpool 
Liverpool 
PeterDorough 
Carlisle 
Hereford 
Wakefield 
Winchester 
Ely 


At  the  Lent  Ordinations,  1894: 


Way,  C.  P. 
Boden,  A.  £. 


Lichfield 
York 


Parish, 
St  Mark,  Regent  Park 
St  Jo'hn,  Waterloo  Road. 
Newington 
St  Peter,  Birkdale 
St  Luke,  Liverpool 
St  John,  Peterborough 
Workington 
Thnixton,  Hereford 
Christ  Church,  Wakefield 
Odiham 
St  Sepulchre,  Cambridge 


St  Peter,  Wolverhampton 
Bolsterstone 


After  graduating,  Mr  Given-Wilson  and  Mr  King  studied  at 
the  Cambridge  Clergy  School,  Mr  Simpson  at  Ridley  Hall.  Mr 
Fisher  at  King's  College.  London,  and  Leeds  Clergy  School, 
Mr  Newbery  at  Ely  Theological  School,  and  Mr  Way  at  Wells. 

Dr  Taylor,  our  Master,  has  been  appointed  an  Elector  to  the 
Professorship  of  Arabic ;  Dr  D.  MacAlister  an  Elector  to  the 
Downing  Professorship  of  Medicine ;  Dr  L.  E.  Shore  an  Ex- 
aminer in  Physiology  for  the  Natural  Sciences  Tripos;  Mr 
H.  R.  Tottenham  an  Examiner  for  the  Previous  Examination  ; 
Mr  G.  C.  M.  Smith  an  Examiner  for  the  Additional  Subjects 
and  the  Modern  Languages  Special ;  Professor  Gwatkin  an 
Examiner  for  the  Lightfoot  Scholarship;  Dr  Garrett  an  Ex- 
aminer for  the  Stewart  and  Rannoch  Scholarships;  Mr  J.  R. 
Tanner  an  Examiner  for  the  Members'  English  Essay  Prize; 
Mr  H.  W.  Moss  an  Examiner  for  the  Members'  Latin  Essay 
Prize ;  and  Dr  D.  MacAlister  a  member  of  the  General  Board 
of  Studies. 

Dr  J.  B.  Bradbury,  our  Linacre  Lecturer  of  Physic,  has  been 
appointed  Downing  Professor  of  Medicine,  in  succession  to 
Dr  P.  W.  Latham. 


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2i8  Our  Chronicle. 

The  following  books  by  members  of  the  College  are  announced? 
Sixty  years*  experience  as  an  Irish  Landlord^  memoirs  of  John 
Hamilton  D.L.  (Digby,  Long  &  Co.) ;  Last  words  on  the  Junius 
Question  (Longmans),  by  H.  R.  Francis,  formerly  Fellow; 
Modem  Plane  Geometry  (Macmillan),  by  the  Rev  G.  Richardson, 
formerly  Fellow,  and  A.  S.  Ramsey ;  Cicero  pro  Murena  (Mac- 
millan), by  J.  H.  Freese,  formerly  Fellow ;  Hydrostatics  (Mac- 
millan), by  Professor  A.  G.  Greenhill,  formerly  Fellow ;  Geo- 
metrical  Conies,  part  II.  (Macmillan),  by  J.  J.  Milne  and  R.  F. 
Davis ;  The  Real  Presence,  with  other  Essays  (privately  printed), 
by  the  Rev  W.  A.  Whitworth,  formerly  Fellow. 

JOHNIANA. 

Spring  at  Cambkidob. 
Haste,  lovely  Spring!   thy  fairy  train, 

Those  earliest  signs  of  thy  fetuming. 
The  little  aconites  again 

Their  yellow  lamps  have  set  a-buming. 

Come,  weave  thy  dainty  mists  of  green 

About  our  branches  interlacing. 
Bring  crocuses  of  golden  sheen, 

Or  white  with  amethystine  tracing. 

Of  royal  hue  or  virgin  white 

Let  not  the  fairy  snowdrop  linger, 
(Her  drooping  chalice,  airy-light. 

Green- scrolled  by  some  mysterious  finger). 

Spread  broideries  of  freshest  hue 

O'er  casement,  wall  and  buttress  hoary, 

Yon  cherished  •Wilderness*  bestrew 
With  daffodils  in  all  their  glory. 

Let  sheets  ot  blue-bells  light  its  shades. 

Their  swaying  ranks  in  careless  order. 
Bid  primrose-tufts  adorn  its  glades 

Or  nestle  by  the  streamlet*s  border. 

Shine  forth,  O  beauty!  from  that  home 
Where,  fair  beyond  all  mortal  seeming. 

Thou  dwellest  ever!    Hither  come 

Awake  our  world  from  winter  dreaming.        K.  M.  F. 

Cambridge  Chronicle :  February  9,  1894. 

The  genealogist  and  the  antiquary  will,  we  trust,  prove  grateful  for  the 
publication  of  Professor  Mayor's  laborious  transcript  Admissions  to  St  John's 
College^  Cambridge,  January   1629-30  to  July  1665  (Cambridge:  Deighton, 

Bell,  &  Co.), with  full  index  of  names,  places,  trades,  or  callings,  and 

other  useful  appendixes.  In  the  preface  Professor  Mayor  notes  some  of  the 
points  of  interest  revealed  by  the  register,  and  gently  chides  his  "  learned  and 
painful  friend,"  Dr  Grosart,  for  assuming  that  he  was  ignorant  of  the  existence 
of  any  evidence  that  Herrick  was  entered  at  St  John's  College.  He  knew 
all  about  it,  in  fact,  as  long  ago  as  1854,  and  is  under  the  impression  that  he 
acquainted  Dr  Grosart  with  what  there  was  to  be  known,  "  cither  directly,  or 
through  Mr  Aldis  Wright,"  before  Dr  Grosart's  edition  of  Herrick  appeared. 
If  Wood  claimed  the  poet  for  Oxford,  and  Thomas  Baker  made  no  protest, 
Dr  Bliss  gave  him  back  to  Cambridge,  on  the  strength  of  the  letters  of 
Herrick  cited  by  Dr  Grosart.  It  is  odd  that  Baker  does  not  record  the  fact 
that  Herrick  was  a  Johnian,  and  it  is  clear  that  many  persons  knew,  or 
ought  to  have  known  it.  Satutday  Review:  16  September  1893. 


Our  Chronicle. 


ai9 


I  would  plead  also  for  the  needs  of  the  Unirersity  and  Colleges,  and  of 
the  Church.  Why  should  Benedictines  and  Jesuits  be  more  loyal  to  their 
foundations  than  we  who  inherit  traditions  of  freedom  ?  If  each  of  us  adopted 
some  one  Cambridge  worthy,  and  collected  his  works  and  investigated  his 
history  for  preservation  in  our  libraries,  we  should  add  a  new  interest  to  our 
lives  and  new  glories  to  our  annals.  I  gratefully  acknowledge  the  services  of 
our  College  magazine  in  this  direction. 

Pro/essar  Mayor:  'Ready  to  Distribute,'  a  Sermon  preached  in 

St  John's  College  Chapel  on  the  ist  Sunday  in  Lent  1894,  p.  17* 

Jan.  1620,  Sir  Robert  Heath,  St  John's  College,  became  Solicitor-General.. 
The  Orator  complimented  him  and  the  country  on  his  just  promotion,  and 
begged  him  "  not  to  forget  the  University." 

Life  of  George  Herbert  (S.P.C.K.)  1893,  page  73. 

There  are  ancient  elms  in  the  grounds  of  St  John's  College  under  whose 
shade  he  might  have  rested  ib.  page  52.. 


Medical  Examinations.  Dkcembbr  1893. 

FitST  M.B. 

Chemistry,  ^c. 

Brincker 
Morgan,  D.  J» 
Percival 

Ds  Perkins 

Taylor,  E.  C* 

Biology. 

Brincker 
Second  M.B. 

Pharmacy, 

Garrood 
Inchley 
Ds  Leathes 
Lillie 
Prest 

Ds  Reid 

Skrimshire 
Sumner,  F.  W. 

Ds  Villy 

Ds  Williamson 

Anatomy,  ^c. 

Ds  Barton,  P.  F. 

Ds  Brown,  W.  L, 

Coleman 

Third  M.B. 

Horton-Smith,  R.J, 
Ds  Lord,  C.  C. 
Ds  Villy 

Surgery,  dr'c. 

Ds  Cameron,  J.  A. 
Ds  Goodman,  H.  C. 

Ds  Seccombe 

Medicine,  ^c. 

Ds  Cuff 
Mag  Henry 

DsLees,  B,H. 
Mag  Parry 

Entrance  Scholarships  and  Exhibitions,  December  i89j» 

Foundation  Scholarships  of  £%q  : 

K.  C.  Browning,  Dulwich  College  (for  Natural  Science). 
T.  C.  Tobin,  Liverpool  College  (for  Mathematics). 

Foundation  Scholarships  of  £']o: 

R.  F.  Pearce,  Durham  School  (for  Classics), 

G.  D.  Frater,  Merchant  Taylors'  School  (for  Mathematics). 

Foundation  Scholarships  of  £^0 : 

H.  M.  Alder,  City  of  London  School  (for  Classics). 
E.  R.  Clarke,  Tonbridge  School  (lor  Natural  Science). 
R.  J.  Whitaker,  Rugby  School  (for  Mathematics). 

Minor  Scholarships  of  £so : 

W.  F.  Clarke,  Bedford  Grammar  School  (for  Classics). 
O.  F.  Diver,  Winchester  College  (for  Mathematics). 
G.  E.  lies,  Pocklington  School  (for  Hebrew). 
K.  B.  Williamson,  St  Paul's  School  (for  Natural  Science). 


220 


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Exhibitions  : 

O.  T.  Locke,  Queen's  College,  Belfast  (for  Mathematics). 
A.  A,  Robb,  Queen's  College,  Belfast  (for  Natural  Science). 
A.  Wright,  Aberdeen  University  (for  Classics). 
A.  J.  Campbell,  Fettes  College  (for  Classics). 
J.  W.  Dyson,  Wellingborough  School  (for  Mathematics). 
K.  F.  C.  Ward,  Epsom  College  (for  Natural  Science). 
J.  A.  Glover,  St  PauPs  School  (for  Natural  Science). 
J.  H.  Blandford,  The  Owens  College  (for  Mathematics). 
G.  D.  McCormick,  Exeter  School  (for  Natural  Science). 

Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club. 

First  Captain — S.  B.  Reid.  Second  Captain-^A.  P.  Cameron.  Ifon. 
Secretary— W.  H.  Bonsey.  Hon.  7reas.—A.  G.  BuUer.  First  Lent 
Captain— K.  P.  Hadland.  Second  Lent  Captaifp—F,  A.  Rose.  Third  Lent 
Captain --Z,  G.  Leftwich. 

The  two  Lent  Boats  were  constituted  as  follows  : 


First  Boat. 

St.  lbs. 

^owC.  F.  Hare lo    o 

2    A.  C.  Scoular    lo  13 

R.  R.  Cummings  ....   10    7 
J.  G.  McCormick  ....   12    6 

F.  Lydall    12  11 

J.  B.  Killcy   II     7 

E.  C.Taylor 10 

Stroke  R.  Y.  Bonsey    . . . 
CoxG  F.  Cooke 


7 
12    7 

8  13 


Coach— S.  B  Reid. 


Second  Boat, 

St. 

Bowli.S.Y\XX 10 

2     A.  J.  Chotzner ii 

E.  H.  Lloyd- Jones  ..  9 

C.  C.  Ellis 10 

G.  G  Baily    10 

W.  P.  Boas 12 

V.  M.  Smith II 

Stroke  H.  Bentley 1 1 

Cox  J.  D.  Davies 8 

Coach— Vf.  H.  Bonsey. 


lbs, 

3 
II 

lOj 

12 

2 
6 

5 
o 

8* 


We  append  an  account  of  each  da/s  proceedings. 

Feb,  21.  The  Second  Boat  started  third  in  the  Second 
Division,  and,  getting  a  good  start,  gained  on  Emmanuel ;  but 
40  seemed  too  fast  for  them,  and  the  Emmanuel  Boat  drew 
away,  while  First  Trinity  III  came  on  and  got  within  half-a- 
Icngth  at  the  Railway  Bridge,  but  failed  to  catch  our  men. 

The  First  Boat  started  fifth  in  the  First  Division,  but  were 
bumped  by  Caius  I  at  Ditton. 

^  Feb.  22.    The   Second   Boat  rowed  over  again,  not  being 
pressed  by  Trinity,  who  were  bumped  at  Ditton  by  Pembroke  III. 

The  First  Boat  started  with  Corpus  behind  them,  and  going 
off  at  a  slow  stroke  gained  at  first  on  Caius;  Stroke  caught 
his  oar  on  the  wash  and  missed  two  strokes,  but  the  boat  soon 
picked  it  up  again  and  kept  their  place  till  Two  hit  the  wash, 
and  in  recovering  his  oar  it  slipped  from  his  hands.  Corpus 
then  came  on  and  our  men  were  bumped  just  as  they  had 
passed  Post  Corner. 

Feb.  23.  The  riggers  of  both  boats  were  now  strung  to  pre- 
vent the  possibility  of  men  losing  their  oars.  Fortunately  no 
mishaps  occurred  in  that  way  again.  Pembroke  HI  came  on 
from  the  first,  and  our  men  were  bumped  at  Ditton. 

The  First  Boat,  after  a  hard  race,  were  bumped  by 
Pembroke  II  at  the  Railway  Bridge. 


Our  Chronicle.  221 

Feb.  24.  The  Second  Boat  again  rowed  over  with  First 
Trinity  III  behind  them,  but  the  latter  did  not  get  within  a 
length. 

The  First  Boat  rowed  over  with  First  Trinity  II  behind 
them,  and  though  Trinity  was  within  three-quarters  of  a  length 
at  Ditton  they  failed  to  catch  our  men,  who  rowed  better  this 
night  than  any  other. 

Firsf  Boat, 

Bow — Rashes  after  his  hands,  and  hangs  over  the  stretcher.     Works  fairly 

well. 
Twa — Neat  and  painstaking.     Should  try  to  row  his  elbows  past  his  side  at 

the  finish.     He  was  **  unfortunate  "  in  the  races. 
TTtree — Form  ugly  and  unorthodox,  but  a  genuine  shover. 
Four — Like  port,  will  improve  with  age.    Tried  very  hard  in  practice,  and 

raced  well. 
Five — A  very  useful  man.   Rowed  hard  and  in  good  form ;  covers  his  blade  up 

smartly. 
Six — Would  row  better  with  his  head  up.    Tried  hard,  but  kept  bad  time. 
Seven — ^For  his  weight  is  a  real  hard  worker.    Should  cover  his  blade  up,  and 

cultivate  an  easier  finish. 
Stroke — ^Raced  well,  and  showed  promise.    If  he  can  learn  to  row  long,  will 

be  a  very  useful  man. 
Cox — Steered  well,  and  encouraged  his  crew.     Should  certainly  take   to 

rowing  at  his  weight  (14  st.). 

Second  Boat, 
The  Boat  went  very  well  in  practice  with  only  one  day's 
exception,  which  all  will  remember.  There  was  plenty  of  good 
racing-spirit  and  dash  about  the  men.  They  always  covered 
their  water  and  let  the  boat  run  well.  They  were  hardly  good 
enough  for  their  place,  and,  though  they  only  went  down  one, 
they  only  prevented  further  disaster  by  some  very  plucky  rowing. 
The  style  was  hardly  first-class,  but  the  marked  difference 
between  their  rowing  and  paddling  gave  much  satisfaction. 
**  When  you  row,  let^s  have  it  hard."  The  First  Boat  changed 
into  the  Granta,  the  Second  Boat's  ship,  on  the  Monday  before 
the  races,  and  the  Second  Boat  men  very  soon  made  themselves 
comfortable  in  the  First-Boat  ship.  They  want  to  be  very 
careful  of  time,  as  the  photograph  shows. 

Bow — Has  improved  since  last  term.    He  should  think  of  sitting  up  well  at 

the  finish.     **  Bow !  Think  of  sitting  up  at  the  finish.*' 
Two — Has  rowed  much  better  this  year,  both  in  practice  and  in  the  races. 

Wants  to  cover  up  his  blade  every  stroke.      "  Two !   Try  and  get  the 

beginning  a  little  harder." 
Three — Worked  very  hard,  though  not  in  very  good  form.     Was  rather 

handicapped  by  his  shortness  of  swing.     "  Three !  Try  and  hold  it  out 

longer." 
Four — Has  rowed  very  well,  though  there  was  a  want  of  freedom  in  his 

motions,  especially  at  the  finish.     "  Four !  Hands  out." 
Five — Rowed  very  well  indeed,  but,  like  Three,  has  a  short  swing.     Should 

be  careful  not  to  go  too  far  back.     "  Five !  Try  and  holcl  it  out  a  little 

longer." 


222  Our  Chronicle. 

Six — Has  improyed  very  much.  He  worked  very  hard  in  the  races.  Should 
be  careful  not  to  hurry  on  stroke.  **  Six  !  be  very  careful  to  watch 
the  time." 

Seven — Has  greatly  improved  since  last  year ;  is  a  good  worker.  "  Seven  I 
Eyes  in  the  Boat." 

Stroke — Stroked  his  men  very  well,  though  his  arms  gave  him  trouble  in  the 
races.  He  should  remember  not  to  drop  between  his  arms  at  the  begin- 
ning.    "  Stroke !  Arms  straight  coming  forward." 

The  Bateman  Pairs  were  rowed  on  Friday,  March  z.  The 
following  were  the  winning  crew : — 

A.  P.  Cameron* 
Stk.  A.  G.  Butler 
•  Steerer. 

After  the  Pairs,  Scratch    Fours  were  rowed   in  the  Long 
Reach.    The  following  Crew  won : — 
j^aw  H.  S.  Fitt 

2  C.  F.  Hare 

3  W.  H.  Bonsey 
Stk.  A.  P.  Cameron 
Cox  B.  A.  Percival 

At  a  meeting  held  on  March  8,  the  following  OflScers  were 
elected  for  the  May  Term  : — 

Ft'rst  Captain — A.  P.  Cameron.  Second  Captain — A.  G.  Butler.  Sec^ 
retary—^.  H.  Bonsey.  Treasurer—^,  P.  Hadland.  First  Lent  Captain-- 
F.  A.  Rose.    Second  Lent  Captain—C,  G.  Lcftwich. 

Rugby  Union  Football  Club. 

Captain — ^J.  J.  Robinson.    Hon,  Sec. — W.  Falcon. 

Matches  played,  12.  Won  7,  lost  4,  drawn  i.  Points  for,  80; 
Points  against,  90. 

Date,  Club.  Result,  Points. 

Oct.  20....  King's   Won....  I  g.  2  t.  to  It ii  to    3 

„     23....Selwyn Won..  ..I  g.  2  t.  to  Nil.. ..  .11  to    o 

>f     25 . . .  .Jesus » . . . .  Lost  ...  .Nil  to  2  g.  1 1 o  to  1 1 

„     27, ...Clare Lost ..  ..Nil  to  4g.  3  t o  to  29 

Nov.  3. . ,  .Trinity  Lost Nil  to  6  g.  it o  to  33 

„      6..,. Trinity  Hall Won. . ..3  t.  to  1 1 9  to    3 

„     10.... Christ's Draw    ..it.  to  It 3  to    3 

9i     i3....Caius Won.... 1 1.  to  Nil 3  to    o 

„     17..,. King's   Won....3  g.  1 1.  to  ig 18  to    5 

„     24....Trinitv   Lost .,  ..Nil  to  1 1 o  to    3 

„     27..,,St  John's,  Oxford    Won..  ..4  g.  to  Nil     ,.,...2010    o 

Jan.  25 ... . Middlesex  Hospital     .  .Won. ...  i  g.  to  Nil     $  to    a 

On  the  whole  the  Rugby  Team  has  had  a  successful  season, 
with  the  exception  of  one  disastrous  week  at  the  beginning  of 
the  season.  The  team  improved  considerably  as  the  term  went 
on,  and,  though  we  won  more  than  half  our  matches,  we  were 
not  quite  able  to  make  up  the  points  lost  in  the  earlier  part  of 
the  term. 

We  congratulate  J.  J.  Robinson  on  being  chosen  to  play  for 
Rest  of  England  v.  Yorkshire,  and  A.  E.  Elliott  upon  obtaining 
his  'international'  against  Scotland. 


Our  Chronicle.  223 

The  Rugby  Nines  have  been  played  off  this  term  as  usual, 
F.  L.  Rae's  team  proving  successful.  The  winning  Nine  was 
composed  as  follows : — F.  L.  Rae,  H.  H.  Brown,  A.  R.  Hutton, 

E.  A.  Lane,  W.  S.  Sherwen,  M.  W.  Blyth,  H.  J.  Robinson,  H. 
Reeve,  C.  A.  M.  Evans. 

Association  Football  Club. 

Captain— Z,  O.  S.  Hatton.    Secretary— '&,  J.  C.  Warren. 

Only  two  matches  have  been  played  this  term,  against  Selwyn 
and  Pembroke,  both  of  which  ended  in  our  favour,  the  former 
by  2  goals  to  i  and  the  latter  by  3  to  i.  A  match  arranged 
against  Hitchin  fell  through  owing  to  bad  weather. 

We  most  heartily  congratulate  C  O.  S.  Hatton  on  getting 
his  "  blue." 

The  following  form  the  team : 
y,  H.  Metcalfe  (goal) — Good  on  his  day,  but  not  always  safe.    Clears  well. 

C,  O.  S.  Hatton  (back)— A  good  back ;   also  served  well  as  centre  forward 
during  the  latter  part  of  the  season. 

H,  M.  St  C.  Tapper  (back)— A  fast  back,  and  hard  to  pass,  but  his  kicking  is 
not  always  reliable. 

W.  H,  Ashton — ^A  safe  and  hard-working  half.     Tackling  always  to  be 
depended  on. 

F,  O.  Mundahl — A  hard  worker,  but  suffers  from  lack  of  pace.     Heads  well. 

E,  H.  Vines — ^A  neat  half,  and  always  passes  well  to  his  forwards.      Has 

improved  considerably  this  season. 

F,  G.  CoU  (outside  right) — A  fast  and  energetic  forward,  but  does  not  centre 

well. 

B.  J.  C,  Warren — ^Passes  well,  and  makes  the  best  use  of  his  pace.    Must 
learn  to  shoot  better. 

H,  Reeve — A  good  dribbler,  but  does  not  pass  enough,  and  is  too  slow  in 
shooting. 

H.  A.  Merriman  (inside  right) — Knows  the  game  thoroughly,  and  combines 
well  with  Davies.    Would  shoot  better  with  more  practice. 

H,  H,  Davies  (outside  right) — The  best  forward  in  the  team,  but  is  rather  too 
selfish.    Shoots  well,  but  should  not  try  to  score  from  the  touch-line. 

The  Scratch  Sixes  were  won  by  the  following  team  : — 

H.  H.  Davies  (Capt.J,  H.  Reeve,  J.  J.  Robinson,  E.  C.  Taylor, 
A.  J.  K.  Thompson,  and  W.  Falcon. 

General  Athletic  Club. 

President—Mr  H.  R.  Tottenham.  Treasurer— ^ir  J.  J.  Lister.  C<wf- 
«!////— Mr  J.  E.  Marr,  S.  B.  Raid  (L.M.B.C.),  C.  O.  S.  Hatton  (A.F.C. 
and  L.T.C.).  G.  R  K.  Winlaw  (C.C),  J.  J.  Robinson  (R.U.F.C),  E.  J. 
Kcfford  (L.C.C.),  H.  M.  Tapper  (A.C.),  W.  McDougall. 

The  annual  balance  sheet,  which  was  published  in  the  Eagle 
last  term,  showed  a  deficit  of  £\is*  This  deficit  no  longer 
exists. 


224  Our  Chronicle. 

In  response  to  an  appeal  from  the  Master  the  following 
donations  have  been  made  to  the  Club : — 

Sir  F.  S.  Powell,  Bart 15  15  o 

SirD.  A  Smith    15  15  o 

Mrs  Parkinson  (Mrs  Cobb) 10    o  o 

Dr  Hartley lo    o  o 

Dr  Sandys ,.,  10    o  o 

The  Rev  Prebendary  Moss 10    o  o 

The  Rev.  W.  T.  Newbold 12    o  o 

To  this  sum  the  Master  has  added  the  handsome  donation  of 
thirty  guineas,  thus  completing  the  amount  needed  to  pay  the 
debt. 

The  thanks  of  the  Club  are  due  to  those  who  have  so  liberally 
contributed  to  free  it  from  its  embarrassment.  It  now  remains 
to  ourselves  to  keep  the  Club  in  a  sound  financial  condition. 
All  should  contribute,  if  possible,  to  an  object  in  which  all 
have  a  patriotic  interest. 

Athletic  Club. 

President^H,  M.  Tapper.  Hon.  Sec—VT,  Falcon.  CommitUe—J,  J. 
Robinson,  C.  H.  Rivers,  C.  O.  S.  Hatton,  E.  A.  Strickland,  E.  H.  Lloyd- 
Jones,  C.  C.  Angell,  K.  Clarke,  H.  Reeve,  S.  B.  Reid  (Capt.  L.M.B.C.), 
G.  P.  K.  Winlaw  (Capt.  C.C),  ex-oficio. 

The  Sports  took  place  on  February  8th  and  9th.  The 
weather  was  fine,  though  a  stiff  breeze  down  the  straight  proved 
a  great  inconvenience  and  no  doubt  increased  the  times.  The 
most  successful  competitors  were  C  H.  Rivers,  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw, 
and  A.  G.  Butler.  The  best  performances  perhaps  were  the 
Weight,  in  which  C.  H.  Rivers  put  35  ft.  ijin.,  and  the  Long 
Jump,  in  which  H.  M.  Tapper  cleared  20  ft.  ijin. 

Ft'rsl  Day, 

100  Yards.— First  Heat :  H.  M.  Tapper  i ;  H.  Reeve  2.  Won  by  2  yds. 
Time  i  x  i-5th  sec.  Second  ff<at :  A.  G.  Butler  I,  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw  2.  Won 
by  1}  yard.     Time  xi  i-sth  sec. 

Putting  th4  Weight.'--C,  H.  Rivers,  35  fl.  i)  in.,  i;  J.  H.  Metcalfe, 
29  ft.  9}  in.,  2. 

120  Yards  Handicap.— First  Heat:  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw,  scratch,  I ;  H.  M. 
Tapper,  scratch,  2.  Won  by  half-a-yard.  Time  13  sec.  Second  Heat:  W. 
Falcon,  3}  yds.,  i ;  W.  J.  Fox,  7  yds.  2.  Won  by  half-a-yard.  Time 
13  1.5th  sec.  Third  Heat:  A.  G.  Butler,  2\  yds.,  i;  G.  T.  Whiteley, 
6  yds.,  2.    Won  by  3  yards.     Time  12  3-Sth  sec. 

120  Yards  Hurdle  Race,—W,  Raw  I ;  E.  C.  Taylor  2.  Won  by  6  yards. 
Time  21  3-sth  sec. 

Long  yump.—G.  P.  K.  Winlaw,  19ft.  iijin.,  i;  H.  M.  Tapper,  pen. 
6  in.,  20  ft.  ijin. 

Quarter  Mile,— A.  G.  Butler,  pen,  8  yds.,  I ;  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw  2.  Won 
by  6  yards.    Time  54  2-5 th  sec. 


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Throwing  the  Hammer,— Z.  H.  Rircrs,  77  ft.  10  in.,  1. 

Hi^h  yrump.-^K.  M.  Tapper,  pen.  a  in.,  5  ft.,  i ;  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw, 
4  ft.  94  in.,  2. 

One  MiU^-^C  H.  Rivers  i ;  C.  C.  Angell  2  ;  C.  E.  Byles  3.  Rivers 
made  the  pace  throughout,  and  won  by  25  yards.  Thirty  yards  separated 
second  and  third.    Time  4  min.  54  i-5th  sec. 

Second  Day, 

TOO  Yards.— Final  Heat:  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw  I ;  H.  M.  Tapper  1.  A.  G. 
Butler  3.     Won  by  half-a-foot.    Time  1 1  2-5th  sec. 

Half-Mile  Handicap,— Vf ,  J.  Fox,  100  yds.,  I ;  C.  H.  Rivers,  scratch,  3  ; 
C.  £.  Byles,  40  yds.,  3.  Seven  ran.  Won  by  12  yards.  Three  yards  between 
second  and  third.     Time  2  min.  2  I -5th  sec. 

120  Yards  Handicap,— Final  Heat:  A.  G.  Butler,  3|  yds.,  i ;  G.  P.  K. 
Winlaw,  scratch,  2 ;  W.  Falcon,  34  yds.,  3.  Won  by  2  feet.  Half-a-yard 
between  second  and  third.    Time  12  4-5th  sec. 

Freshmen's  200  Yards,— E,  A.  Tyler  i ;  H.  Reeve  2.  Won  by  2  yards. 
Time  22  sec. 

300  Yards  Handicap.— A.  G.  Butler,  2  yds.,  I ;  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw,  scratch, 
2 ;  G.  T.  Whiteley,  12  yds.,  3.    Won  by  a  yard.    Time  34  i-5th  sec. 

Half-Mile  Boating  Handicap.— Z,  T.  Powell,  60  yds.,  I ;  £.  H.  Lloyd- 
Jones,  70  yds.,  2.     Won  by  3  yards.    Time  2  min.  2  sec. 

Three  Miles  Handicap.— Z,  C.  Angell,  scratch,  I ;  A.  G.  Batler,  50  yds., 
2 ;  H.  B.  Watts,  lOO  yards,  3.  Angell  obtained  the  lead  in  the  early  part  of 
the  sixth  lap,  and,  drawing  away,  won  by  150  yards  fiom  Butler,  who  was 
120  yards  in  front  of  Watts.    Time  x6  min.  24  sec. 

200  Yards  Handicap  (College  Servants), — ^J.  Collins,  scratch,  I;  G. 
Dockerill,  8  yds.,  2.    Twelve  ran.    Won  by  i  yard.    Time  24)  sec. 

We  congratulate  Tapper  on  gaining  a  Medal  in  the  'Varsity 
Handicaps  with  a  jump  of  2 1  ft.  i  i  in. 

In  the  'Varsity  Sports  C.  H.  Rivers  won  the  Weight  with  a 
put  of  36  ft.  6  in.  and  an  exhibition  put  of  37  ft.  gi  in.,  and 
Tapper  was  second  in  the  Long  Jump  with  a  distance  of 
20ft.  9iin.  Rivers  has  accordingly  been  made  'first  string'  in 
his  event  against  Oxford,  and  Tapper  (or  Matthews  of  Corpus) 
'second  string' in  the  Jump.  We  hope  that  Tapper  will  get 
his  '  blue,'^  and  that  both  Rivers  and  he  will  do  great  things  on 
the  day. 

Eagle  Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

President— Ux  R.  F.  Scott.  Treasurer— G,  P.  K.  Winlaw.  Secretary^ 
W.  Falcon. 

At  a  Meeting  held  in  Lecture  Room  IV,  on  February  8.  the 
following  gentlemen  were  elected  members  of  the  Club : — ^J.  H. 
Metcalfe,  C.  D.  Robinson,  £.  A.  Strickland. 

Lacrosse  Club. 

Captain— E,  J.  KefFord.    Secretary— Vf ,  G.  Leigh  Phillips* 
Lacrosse  in  St  John's  is  still  in  a  flourishing  condition. 
W.  Raw  has  been  awarded  his  colours  for  the  First  'Varsity 

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226  Our  Chronicle. 

team,  and  J.  D.  K.  Patch,  W.  K.  Wills,  C.  A.  Palmer  and  H.  L. 
Gregory  have  gained  the  like  distinction  for  the  Second, 
which  has  won  its  way  into  the  Final  for  the  South  of  England 
Junior  Flag  Competition,  having  beaten  Surbiton  by  9  to  love. 

This  term  the  return  match  with  the  rest  of  the  'V^arsity 
resulted  ia  a  win  for  the  College  by  4  goals  to  3,  after  a  very 
good  game.  Most  of  the  recruits  this  season  have  shewn 
unusual  aptitude  for  the  game,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  next 
season  we  shall  have  even  more  playing  members  in  the  two 
•Varsity  teams.    At  present  we  supply  about  half  the  places. 

Fives  Club. 

Prendent—^x  H.  R.  Tottenham,  Captain—^.  Horton-Smith.  Secre- 
tary^A,  J.  Tait.  Treasurer— C.  R.  McKee.  CommitUe^Mx  Harkcr,  J. 
Lupton,  A.  B.  Maclachlan,  and  G.  W.  Poynder. 

The  Club  has  had  a  most  successful  term,  having  played  four 
matches  under  Rugby  Rules,  and  won  them  all.  It  has  been 
lucky  in  having  the  services  of  all  four  colours  of  last  year  again. 
We  beat  Christ's  by  127  points  to  59,  Caius  by  134.  to  79,  Bed- 
ford Modern  School  by  1 10  to  107,  and  Caius  (return  match)  by 
120  to  56.  Thus  the  total  of  points  scored  for  us  is  491,  against 
us  301.  The  Record  for  the  whole  season  (that  is,  this  term 
and  last  term)  is  thus  seven  matches  won,  none  lost,  and  a  total 
of  888  points  for  us,  523  against  us. 

The  Four  is  as  follows : — L.  Horton-Smith,  J.  Lupton,  A.  B. 
Maclachlan,  A.  J.  Tait. 

Extra  colours  have  been  given  to  C.  R.  McKee,  who  played 
in  three  matches. 

There  have  been  three  tournaments: — the  Open  Doubles 
were  won  by  A.  J.  Tait  and  R.  W.  Tale,  the  Handicap  Doubles 
by  A.  J.  Tait  and  F.  E.  Edwardes,  the  Handicap  Singles  by 
G.  W.  Poynder, 

Matches  are  being  arranged  under  Rugby  Rules  against 
Merchant  Taylors',  St  Paul's,  and  St  John's  Hall,  Highbury, 
to  be  played  during  the  vacation. 

4TH   (Cambridge   University)   Volunteer  Battalion: 
The  Suffolk  Regiment. 

B  Company, 

The  ardour  shown  by  the  members  of  the  College  has  in  no 
way  cooled  this  term.  During  the  three  weeks  of  training  for 
the  Lents,  as  many  as  twenty  men  turned  out  each  morning  to 
drill  before  breakfast,  to  the  delight  and  admiration  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  New  Court.  In  consequence  the  drill  gener- 
ally (and  especially  Battle  Formation)  has  greatly  improved. 
The  Adjutant  was  good  enough  to  attend  in  person  to  instruct 
us.  In  addition  to  the  drills  in  College  there  has  been  a  very 
good  attendance  at  the  ordinary  drills  and  at  the  Shooting 


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Range.  Above  all  there  has  been  great  keenness  to  secure 
eflficiency  all  round.  The  Company  Cup  for  this  term  was  won 
by  2nd  Lieut.  Reid.  On  Saturday,  March  3,  we  turned  out  25 
strong  for  a  field  day  at  Bishops  Stortford,  and  had  plenty  of 
work  as  a  retiring  line.  We  hope  to  have  a  good  muster-roll  at 
Aldershot  on  the  14th  of  March.  This  year  we  are  to  be 
quartered  with  the  *  King's  Own '  Lancashire  Regiment  in  the 
North  Camp. 

Since  our  last  report  the  following  promotions  have  been 
gazetted : — 

Corp.  Cummings to  be  Sergeant. 

Corp.  McCormick „     Sergeant. 

Lance-Corp. Leftwich    ....     „     Corporal. 
Lance-Corp.  R.  Y.  Bonsey    „     Corporal. 

Pte  Hadland   • . . .  •     „     Lance-Corporal. 

Ptc  Lloyd  Jones     „     Lance-Corporal. 

Dr  L.  £.  Shore  has  been  appointed  a  Surgeon-Lieutenant. 
Dbbating  Society. 

Pr^sul^nt—K,  H.  Daviei.  Via- President -W.  B.  Allan.  Treasurer-^ 
C.  T.  PoweU.  Secretary— K,  J.  K.  Thompson.  Auditor— Z,  F.  Skrimshire. 
Committee— "A.  M.    Schroder,  C.    C.    Fielding. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  debates  for  the  term : 

Jan,  20 — "The  House  of  Lords  should  give  place  to  a 
representative  Senate."  Proposed  by  A.  K.  B.  Yusuf-Ali, 
opposed  by  W.  B.  Allan.     Lost  by  12  to  9. 

Jan.  27 — "In  view  of  the  impending  disturbance  of  the 
peace  of  Europe,  the  fighting  strength  of  this  country  be  im- 
mediately and  greatly  increased."  Proposed  by  C.  T.  Powell, 
opposed  by  J.  E.  Purvis.     Carried  by  19  to  lo. 

Feb,  3 — "  The  present  system  of  Education  by  Examination 
should  be  abolished."  Proposed  by  W.  B.  Allan,  opposed  by 
R.  S.  Dower.    Lost  by  19  to  9. 

Feb.  10 — "The  Revival  of  the  Worship  of  Beauty  is  the 
greatest  need  of  the  age."  Proposed  by  H.  M.  Schroder, 
opposed  by  F.  S.  McClelland.     Lost  bjr  10  to  9. 

Feb.  24 — "  Magazines  are  deprecated  as  the  enemies  of  books.'* 
Proposed  by  F.  N.  Mayers,  opposed  by  H.  H.  Davies.  Lost  by 
15  to  8. 

Mar.  3 — "  Busts  of  the  Presidents  of  the  Society  should  be 
placed  in  the  College  Chapel."  Proposed  by  H.  H.  Davies, 
opposed  by  Peter  Green. 

R.  O.  P.  Taylor  moved  an  amendment — "  That  the  Presi- 
dents provide  busts  in  the  College  Hall."  The  amended 
motion  was  lost  by  11  to  7. 


228  Our  Chronicle, 

Musical  SociErsr. 

President — Dr  Sandys.  Treasurer — Rev  A.  J.  Stevens.  Secretary — 
A.  J.  Walker.  Assistant  Secretary— 1^,  Reeve.  Librarian — C.  T.  Powell. 
Committee— K,  J.  ChoUner,  W.  R.  Elliott,  J.  M.  Hardwich. 

[In  the  list  of  officers  in  our  last  number,  read  Assistant  Secretary — F.  O. 
Mundahl.    Librarian — F.  G.  Cole.] 

On  Thursday,  lat  February  1894,  the  Musical  Society  of 
this  College  invited  its  members  to  a  Smoking  Concert,  at 
which  the  music  to  be  performed  was  of  such  a  kind  as  is 
called  classical.  Every  care  was  taken  that  the  fears  of  those 
who  were  opposed  to  such  a  concert  should  not  be  justified,  so 
that  while  all  the  music  performed  was  chosen  from  the  classics, 
none  of  it  was  of  a  very  diflScult  order ;  and,  again — what  in  all 
music  is  most  important,  but  in  classical  music  absolutely  im- 
perative— the  rendering  of  each  number  was  excellent,  even 
judged  from  the  highest  standpoint.  It  cannot  be  denied  that 
the  Society  was  compelled  to  seek  outside  help,  but  if  by  the 
will  of  Fortune  singers  cluster  round  one  College,  while  fiddlers 
cluster  round  another,  who  can  raise  an  objection  to  a  friendly 
exchange  of  musicians  on  such  occasions  as  these  ?  In  spite  of 
all  misgivings  the  Concert,  we  believe,  was  unanimously  agreed 
to  be  a  thorough  success ;  thorough,  because  not  only  were  the 
several  items  enthusiastically  received,  but  also  the  audience 
went  away  with  a  feeling  of  satisfaction,  and  not  merely  of 
excitement.  Is  it  not  to  be  sincerely  hoped  that  this  concert 
will  mark  a  new  epoch  in  the  history  of  the  College  music? 
The  success  of  the  evening  was  largely  due  to  Messrs  H.  E. 
Macpherson  and  W.  H.  Reed  of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Music, 
London,  and  to  G.  G.  Schott  of  Trinity  College,  who  most 
kindly  played.  To  them  and  to  Mr  Tottenham,  who  kindly 
presided,  we  return  our  best  thanks. 

The  second  Smoker  was  held  on  Monday,  26th  February, 
and  gained  for  itself  the  honour  of  the  record  attendance 
of  this  year.  In  the  first  section  of  the  programme  F.  G. 
Cole's  pianoforte  playing  was  particularly  good,  and  in  the 
second  we  were  glad  to  welcome  an  old  friend  in  Leftwich, 
and  a  new  friend  in  C.  A.  Knapp.  At  this  concert,  too,  Dr 
Garrett's  Hope  was  performed  by  a  choir  of  tenors  and  basses. 
We  trust  it  may  be  a  good  omen  for  similar  performances  at 
future  concerts.     Mr  Scott  kindly  presided. 

The  Rehearsals  for  the  May  Concert  have  been  in  full  swing 
this  term,  and  there  has  been  a  most  satisfactory  increase  in  the 
number  of  tenors  and  basses.  The  works  to  be  performed  are 
May  Day  (G.  A.  Macfarren)  and  The  Jackdaw  0/ Rheims  (Fox). 

Theological  Society. 

President—W,  Ashton.  Treasurer— G.  Watkicson.  Secretary— K.  O.  P. 
Taylor.     Committee— V,  M.  Smith  and  W.  B.  Gardner. 


Our  Chronicle. 


22g 


Five  meetings  have  been  held  this  term,  the  following  papers 
being  read : — 

Genuineness     of    the     Pastoral    Epistles,    by    G. 


Feb.  2 
Watkinson 
Feb.  9. 
Feb.  16, 
Feb.  23 
March 


St  Anselm,  by  C  Floyd. 

Immortality  in  the  Psalms,  by  Rev  A.  F.  Torry. 
Asceticism,  by  E.  J.  Kefford. 
I.     Differences  in  things  indifferent,  by  the  Rev  Dr 
Cunningham  (Trinity). 

There  has  been  a  very  decided  increase  in  the  attendance  at 
meetings  and  in  the  length  of  discussions  this  term. 

The  St  John's  College  Dinner,  17th  April,  1894. 

In  connexion  with  this  Dinner,  which,  it  is  hoped,  is  now 
established  on  a  permanent  basis,  the  following  gentlemen  have 
kindly  consented  to  serve  on  an  '  Honorary  Committee ' : 

The  Rev  C.  Taylor  D.D.,  Master  of  St  John's  College, 

The  Right  Rev  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Manchester  J^,l>.^ 

The  Right  Hon  Lord  Windsor, 

The  Right  Hon  C.  P.  Villiers  M.P., 

The  Right  Hon  Sir  J.  E.  Gorst  Q.C.  M.P., 

The  Right  Hon  L.  H.  Courtney  M.P., 

Sir  T.  D.  Gibson-Carmichael  Bart., 

Sir  F.  S.  Powell  Bart.  M.P. 


The  Rev  J.  F.  Bateman, 
The  Rev  H.  E.  J.  Bevan, 
The  Rev  Prof  Bonney  D.Sc, 
The  Rev  W.  Bonsey, 
W.  H.  Bonsey  Esq., 
E.  Boulnois  Esq.  M.P., 
The  Rev  E.  W.  Bowling, 
L.  H.  K.  Bushe-Fox  Esq., 
A.  P.  Cameron  Esq., 
L.  H.  Edmunds  Esq., 
A.  E.  Elliott  Esq., 
G.  B.  Forster  Esq., 
T.  E.  Forster  Esq., 
J.  Hartley  Esq.  LL.D., 

C.  O.  S.  Hatton  Esq., 

G.  W.  Hemming  Esq.  Q.C, 
R.  W.  Hogg  Esq.. 
R.  Horton  Smith  Esq.  Q.C, 
ProfW.  H.  H.  Hudson, 
E.  J.  Kefford  Esq., 

D.  M.  Kerly  Esq., 

The  Rev  Prof  Kynaston  D.D., 

E.  L.  Levett  Esq.  Q.C, 
J.  J.  Lister  Esq., 


J.  Lupton  Esq., 

Donald  Macalister  Esq.  M.D., 

W.  McDougall  Esq., 

A.  G.  Marten  Esq.  Q.C  LL.D., 

G.  A.  Mason  Esq., 

The  Rev  A.  H.  Prior, 

E.  J.  Rapson  Esq., 

S.  B.  Reid  Esq., 

C  H.  Rivers  Esq., 

tj.  Robinson  Esq., 
.  J.  Roby  Esq.  M.P., 
H.  D.  Rolleston  Esq.  M.D., 
W.  N.  Roseveare  Esq., 
Prof  R.  A.  Sampson, 
J.  E.  Sandys  Esq.  Litt.D., 
R.  F.  Scott  Esq., 
G.  C  M.  Smith  Esq., 
N.  P.  Symonds  Esq., 
H.  M.  St  C  Tapper  Esq., 
The  Rev  A.  T.  Wallis, 
The  Rev  J.  T.  Ward,  . 
The  Ven  Archdeacon  Wilson 

D.D., 
G.  P.  K.  Winlaw  Esq. 


230  Our  Chronic U 

Honorary  Secretaries — Emest  Prescott,  70,  Cambridge  Terrace, 
Hyde  Park,  W.,  and  R.  H.  Forster,  Members  Mansions, 
Victoria  Street,  S.W. 

The  following  is  the  corrected  form  of  a  circular  which  has 
been  issued.  It  must,  however,  be  understood  that  the  Dinner 
is  for  all  Johnians,  whether  they  have  received  a  circular  or 
not. 

Dear  Sir, 

The  St  John's  College  Animal  Dinner  will  be  held  on  Tuesday, 
April  17th,  at  the  First  Avenue  Hotel,  Holborn,  W.C.,  at  7.30,  when  the 
chair  will  be  taken  by  Mr.  R.  Horton  Smith,  Q.C. 

Should  you  desire  to  attend  the  Dinner,  we  shall  be  greatly  obliged  if  you 
will  communicate  to  us  your  intention  of  doing  so  as  early  as  possible,  in 
order  that  we  may  be  able  to  form  an  estimate  of  the  number  we  may  expect 
to  be  present. 

Applications  for  tickets  should  be  addressed  to  R.  H.  Porster,  Members 
Mansions,  Victoria  Street,  S.W.  The  price  of  tickets  is  8s.  6d.  each  (wine 
not  included). 

We  shall  also  be  glad  if  you  will  kindly  show  this  letter  to  any  Johnians 
whom  you  may  meet  as  there  may  be  many  who  would  wish  to  come  to  the 
Dinner,  whom  we  are  unable  to  address  directly. 

Any  communication  with  regard  to  the  arrangement  of  seats  reaching  us 
not  less  than  two  days  before  the  date  of  the  Dinner  will  be  attended  to  as 
far  as  possible. 

We  remain 

Yours  faithfully 

Ernbst  Peescott, 

R.   H.   FORSTKR, 

Hon,  SecritarUs, 

The  Colleoe  Mission  in  Walworth. 

Senior  Secretary — ^Rev  A .  Caldecott.      Senior  Treasurer — Dr  Watson. 
junior  Secretary — A.  P.  McNeile.        junior  Treasurer — ^Pcter  Green. 

A  meeting  in  connexion  with  the  College  Mission  was  held 
in  the  Master's  Lodge  on  the  evening  of  Sunday,  January  aSth, 
when  about  65  junior  members  of  the  College,  and  some  senior 
members,  were  kindly  entertained  by  the  Master.  Invitations 
had  been  sent  to  those  of  the  second  and  upper  years  who  had 
shown  themselves  interested  in  our  work  in  South  London.  The 
Master  opened  the  Meeting  with  a  reference  to  the  inaugura- 
tion of  the  Mission,  which  had  on  that  day  completed  its  first 
decade,  and  then  introduced  Canon  Jelf  of  Rochester,  University 
Preacher  for  the  day,  who  had  visited  the  Lady  Margaret  parish 
more  than  once.  In  the  course  of  an  earnest  and  interesting 
address.  Canon  Jelf  spoke  of  the  advantages  which  would  ensue 
from  some  form  of  co-operation  among  the  several  missions  in 
South  London,  and  this  suggestion  was  afterwards  taken  up  by 
the  Master  and  other  speakers.  Professor  Mayor  and  Professor 
Liveing  were  present  and  spoke.  Mr  Phillips  had  come  up  the 
day  before,  and  stayed  till  Tuesday,  and  was  thus  able  to  renew 
that  personal  acquaintance  with  the  men  which  is  so  necessary 
for  the  success  of  the  Mission.    He  spoke  with  pleasure  of  the 


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increasing  numbers  of  men  who  visit  Walworth  in  the  Vacations, 
and  we  were  glad  to  hear  him  say  how  great  was  the  encourage- 
ment that  the  Missioners  felt  from  their  visits. 

At  a  Committee  Meeting  on  Jan.  29  J.  D.  Davies,  C.  P. 
Keeling,  and  F.  Ljdall  were  elected  to  serve  on  the  Committee, 
as  representatives  of  the  First  Year,  during  1894. 

Our  thanks  are  due  for  two  donations,  recently  received  by 
Dr  Watson,  each  of  /'so.  by  which  a  great  part  of  the  debt  has 
been  wiped  off.  One  donor  was  Rev  T.  Browne  M.A.  (B.A.  1830), 
and  the  other  anonymous. 

Our  friends  at  the  Trinity  College  Mission  have  just  lost 
their  Senior  Missioner;  we  hear  that  one  of  the  Tutors  of 
Trinity  is  likely  to  take  his  place. 

ToYNBEE  Hall. 
(28  Commercial  Street,  near  Aldgate  Station,  £.). 

A  meeting  was  held  in  Lecture-room  VI  on  February  28  with 
Dr  D.  MacAlister  in  the  chair.  Canon  Barnett,  the  Warden, 
was  announced  to  speak  on  *  The  history  of  Toynbee  Hall,'  but 
at  the  last  moment  telegraphed  his  inability  to  come.  His  place 
was  taken  by  two  residents.  Mr  T.  J.  Jeffrey  of  Peterhouse  and 
Mr  H.  M.  Richards  of  St  John's  College,  Oxford,  who  gave  an 
interesting  account  of  the  various  kinds  of  work  in  which  they 
were  engaged.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  moved  by  Professor 
Macalister  who  spoke  of  the  effect  Toynbee  Hall  has  had  in 
producing  better  feeling  and  more  understanding  between 
classes. 

The  Annual  Loan  Exhibition  of  Pictures  will  be  open  daily 
from  March  20  to  April  8  inclusive.  The  Committee  is  anxious 
to  secure  the  services  of  men  to  take  '  watches '  of  two  or  three 
hours  so  as  to  ensure  order  in  the  rooms,  promote  the  enjoy- 
ment of  visitors,  and  guard  the  pictures.  The  *  watches '  are 
from  10  to  12,  12  to  2,  2  to  4.30,  4.30  to  7,  and  7  to  10  daily 
(Sundays  included).  Anyone  willing  to  assist  should  com- 
municate with  Mr  W.  Paterson,  Toynbee  Hall.  - 

Members  of  the  College  who  may  be  in  London  during  the 
vacation  will  find  this  a  specially  good  opportunity  for  making 
acquaintance  with  Toynbee  Hall  and  inspecting  the  various 
buildings  connected  with  it.  If  they  would  like  to  spend  a 
night  or  a  longer  time  there,  they  should  write  to  Mr  E.  Aves, 
Toynbee  Hall.  The  charge  for  one  night  (dinner,  bed,  and 
breakfast)  is  5/-. 


THE  LIBRARY. 


♦  7%i  asterisk  denotes  past  or  present  Members  of  the  College. 

Donations    and    Additions   to    the  Library  during 
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Palatine    of   Lancaster.      Report   of   the 

Director  of  Technical  Instruction,   J.  A. 

Bennion,  M.A.,  for  the  year  ending  Sept. 

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and  valuable  Library  of  William  Words- 
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Preston,  1859.    4-36.26»   •     .;..;..)  Dr  D.  Mac Alister. 

Jackson   (D.   C.)     A  Text-Book  on   Electro-  / 

Magnetism  and  the  Construction  of  Dyna- 

mos.     Vol.  I.     8vo.     New  York,    1893. 

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Potter  (M.  C.)    An  elementary  Text-Book  of 
Agricultural  Botany.    8vo.    Lond.     1893. 

3-29.38 1 

Ziwet    (Alex.)      An    elementary    Treatise    on 

theoretical  Mechanics.     Part  ii :  Introduc- 
tion  to   Dynamics;    Statics.      8vo.    New 

York,  1893.     3.30.12* 

•Allen  (F.  J.)    Choice  English  Lyrics  set  to 

Music  by  F.J. A.      sm.    fol.    Lond.  and 

Leipzig,  1892.     2.36.73   

Smith   (Strother  A.)    The   Times  Newspaper 

and  the  Climate  of  Rome.    8vo.    Lond. 

1878.     3.26.19 

School-Boy  Reminiscences.    A  Poem.     By  an 

Undergraduate.  8vo.  Camb.  1844.  4.38.49. 
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of    Dean    Colet    upon    the    Reformation  \ 

of  the  English  Church.    8vo.     Lond.  1893.  ( 

ii.t6.24« ' 

Koehler  (J.)    Exercises  de  Gfiomfitrie   analy- 

tique  et  de  Geom^trie  sup^rieure.     2  Parts. 

8vo.    Paris,  1886—88.    3.23.85.86  

Schroeter  (Dr  H.)     Die    Theorie   der  ebenen 

Kurven  dritter  Ordnung.     8vo.     Leipzig, 

1888.    3.23.87 

Caporali    (E.)    Memorie    di  Geometria.    8vo. 

Napoli,  1888.    3.23.88     

Darboux  (G.)    Sur  une  Classe  remarquable  de 

Courbes  et  de  Surfaces  Alg^briques  et  sur 

la  Theorie  des  Imaginaires.     8vo.     Paris, 

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THE   COLLEGE    REGISTER  OF  ADMISSIONS 


Part  II. 

(C&nHnuidfromp,  l68.> 

JNDER  the  head  of  Birthplace  of  Studenh 
we  will  only  note  in  passing  the  wide 
field  from  which  we  drew  our  students 
even  then.  All  parts  of  the  British  Isles 
will  be  found  contributing  to  the  Admissions ;  one  boy 
comes  from  the  "insula  vulgo  dicta  Barbadoes,"  two 
come  from  Jamaica  *'  apud  Indiam  occidentalem,"  and 
two  from  New  England.  France  also  furnishes  two  or 
three.  "  On  London  Bridge,"  given  as  the  birthplace 
of  one  who  was  admitted  in  1707,  reminds  us  that  that 
bridge  had  houses  on  it  until  the  middle  of  last 
century. 

3.  The  subject  of  the  Schools  which  fed  the  College 
Would  iQad  us  too  far  afield  if  treated  as  it  deserves. 
Let  it  here  suffice  to  say  that  a  glance  at  the  Index 
shows  that  in  Part  II  Sedbergh  was  far  and  away  our 
chief  supporter,  then  comes  Beverley,  then  Eton, 
Pocklington,  and  Shrewsbury.  The  number  of  small 
village  schools  is  noticeable;  and  many  of  the  boys 
were  bred  at  home  "  sub  patris  ferula  "  :  a  phrase  which 
sums  up  the  old  notion  of  efficient  teaching*. 

Here  the  patient  Editor  or  Index-maker  must  be 

♦  Sec,  amongst  others,  Mullinger's  l/niv.  of  Catnh.^  where  vol.  I.,  p.  345, 
the  mediaeval  examination  of  a  teacher  in  practical  work  is  given:  <*Then 
shall  the  Bedell  purvey  for  every  master  in  Gramer  a  shrewde  Boy,  whom  he 
shall  bete  openlye  in  the  Scholys,  &c.  .  .  .  Thus  endyth  the  Acte  in  that 
Faculty.*'  Bp.  Bedell's  schoolmaster  "was  very  able  and  excellent  in  his 
faculty ;  but  accordingly  austere "...  and  made  him  deaf  by  beating 
him  ••  off  a  pair  of  stairs.'*     Pp.  3,  4  in  Prof.  Mayor's  Wm,  BedelL 

>0L.  XVIU.  H 


236  The  College  Register  of  A  dmissions. 

thanked  for  grouping  the  numerous  schools  under 
appropriate  heads.  For  instance,  the  fourteen  schools 
in  Rutland  (Oucham,  Owkame,  &c.),  which  occur 
throughout  Parts  I  and  II  are  conveniently  treated  as 
one,  under  "  Oakham " ;  so  also  the  eight  Yorkshire 
schools  called  Sherbon^  Sherebume,  &c.,  are  grouped 
under  Sherburn  in  Part  I,  and  under  Sherburne  in 
Part  II ;  and  the  same  treatment  is  given  to  the  seven 
schools  known  as  Sedbrig,  Sedborough,  &c.  In  all 
this  the  Index-maker  has  done  wisely.  Lest  he  be  too 
much  puflFed  up  with  the  praise  he  so  thoroughly 
deserves,  let  me  point  out  a  blemish  or  two  in  his 
Index.  First,  it  is  in  some  points  too  full  and  becomes 
a  Concordance  instead  of  an  Index  of  facts.  Let  not 
the  unwary  statistician  be  led  by  p.  481  to  conclude 
that  one  of  our  alumntmigrsited  from  St  John's  College, 
Cambridge — the  mention  of  this  College  among  the 
Schools  that  supported  us  is  only  a  reference  to  a 
testimonial  from  Peterhouse,  giving  a  B.A.  "veniam 
removendi  ad  coll.  S'*  Johannis."  Next,  let  me  point 
out  some  sins  of  omission:  Why  (on  p.  489),  under 
Oxfordy  has  he  omitted  St  John's  College  and  attributed 
to  St  Edmund's  Hall  the  two  members  (pp.  176  and 
186)  who  came  to  us  from  our  namesake?  Why,  in 
his  Index  to  Part  I,  does  he  not  mention  among  London 
Schools  the  "templum  Sancti  dementis,"  at  which 
were  bred  the  two  lads  who  came  "de  Strand  in 
suburbiis  Londini"  ?  (Part  I,  p.  86,  nos.  6,  7).  If  to 
these  be  added  the  less  important  omission  (in  Part  II) 
of  "schola  audomarensis "  as  an  alternative  for  "St 
Omer,  France,"  I  have  given  all  the  errors  of  any 
moment  that  I  have  found  in  this  admirable  compi- 
lation. 

One  instance  must  suffice  to  indicate  the  field  of 
inquiry  opened  up  by  the  list  of  Schools  and  school- 
masters— that  of  Little  Thurlow  and  of  Great  Bradley 
in  neighbouring  Suffolk  villages.  Little  Thurlow  sent 
15  boys  to  St  John's  between  1630  and  17 15:  during 


The  College  Register  of  Admissions.  237 

ao  years,  however,  (1670—90)  the  entries  almost  cease, 
a.nd  Great  Bradley  sends  us  11  members,  mostly  in 
this  interval.  The  School  at  Thurlow  was  founded 
and  endowed  (a  neighbour  tells  me)  by  one. of  the 
Soame  family*  in  the  i6th  century:  within  the  last 
50  years  it  has  languished  into  a  day  school,  and  the 
endowment  has  been  converted  into  scholarships. 
A  considerable  number  of  small  endowed  schools 
within  a  few  miles'  radius  of  this  spot  are  now  decaying 
or  have  lately  ceased  to  exist.  The  existence  of  such 
schools  perhaps  accounts  for  the  length  of  the  Schools 
Index  to  the  Admissions.  The  Rector  of  Great  Bradley 
tells  me  that  he  can  find  no  trace  or  tradition  of  the 
school  there  which  sent  us  11  freshmen.  It  seems 
reasonable  to  conclude  that  from  some  cause  the 
Thurlow  School  was  for  these  twenty  years  prac- 
tically removed  to  Great  Bradleyf ;  perhaps  on 
account  of  illness  or  (as  I  incline  to  think)  on 
account  of  the  removal  of  a  popular  master  of  Little 
Thurlow  to  the  Rectory  of  Great  Bradley,  viz, 
Robert  Billingsley,  who  was  admitted  at  St  John's 
8th  December  1646  fsee  Part  •!,  p.  81,  no.  17).  He 
appears  in  the  Admissions  Part  II  as  Master  of  Little 
Thurlow  from  April  1656  to  December  i66a,  and 
Master  of  Great  Bradley  school  from  September  1662 
to  June  1675.  He  was  Rector  of  Great  Bradley  from 
September  9,  1662,  and  was  succeeded  by  T.  W.  Cox 
on  May  15,  1675.  Another  Master  of  Great  Bradley, 
*Mr  Harwood,'  (p.  75, 1.  35)  appears  as  *Mr  Harrard* 
at  Little  Thurlow,  (p.  128,  1.  17):  when  he  entered 
St  John's  in  1668  he  was  called  Henry  Harward, 
(p.  16,  no.  44).     This  variation  in  spelling  makes  the 

*  The  family  sent  several  sons  to  St  John's*  One,  Bamham  Soam» 
(p.  70,  no.  52),  attained  some  eminence  as  a  physician,  according  to  Cooper's 
note. 

t  Even  the  Soames  (who  had  endowed  Thurlow  School)  send  a  son  to 
Bradley :  the  former  school  must  therefore  have  been  under  a  cloud  of  some 
sort. 


238  The  College  Register  of  Admissions. 

identification  of  persons  and  places  difficult.  The 
Index  of  Persons  will  perhaps  in  future  parts  do 
more  towards  identifying  those  mentioned  in  the 
Admistion^ ;  at  present  we  must  do  this  for  ourselves. 
(For  some  help  in  identifying  Billingsley  and  Harward 
respectively,  see  the  Editor's  note,  p.  Hi,  1.  u.) 

4.  On  the  age  of  students  at  admission  something* 
has  already  been  said;  it  may  be  added  the  age  is 
seldom  given  of  those  who  migrated  from  other  colleges. 
These  formed  a  numerous  class,  for  in  those  staid  old 
times  students  moved  about  apparently  quite  as  much 
as  now.f  The  Index  (if  used  with  caution)  will  show 
the  number  who  came  to  us  during  these  50  years  from 
other  Cambridge  Colleges  (about  50),  from  Oxford 
(about  50),  from  Aberdeen,  Edinburgh,  Glasgow,  and 
Dublin  (a  smaller  number).  Of  several  of  these  the  age 
can  be  learned  from  other  sources,  as  perhaps,  e.g.  of 
"  Francis  Turner,  M. A.  of  the  4th  year,  •  sacellanus 
domesticus  illustrissimi  principis  Jacobi  ducis  Ebora- 
censis,'  rector  of  Therfeild ;  admitted  fellow  commoner, 
surety  Dr  Gunning,  the  Master,  8  May  1666  (afterwards 
Master  of  the  college,  i  f  April  1670  margin)*'.  Of  others 
the  record  is  tantalizing ;  e,g.  who  was  the  "  Reverend  us 
vir  Edmundus  Castell  S.T.D  et  Arabicae  linguae 
professor,  admissus  pensionarius  major  sponsore  et 
fideiussore  eius  magistro  coUegii "  and  who  examines  a 
candidate  for  admission  two  years  before  his  own 
entrance  is  recorded  ?  (p.  37,  no.  15,  and  p.  24, 1.  19). 

In  spite  of  the  average  age  at  admission  being  much 
nearer  to  what  it  is  at  present  than  is  generally  sup- 
posed, and  in  spite  of  many  being  at  entrance  over  20, 
I  follow  the  usage  of  writers  of  that  period  in  using 

♦  e.  g,  Dominus  Saywell,  pp.  2 — 33  and  Wm.  Say  well,  Master  of  Jesus 
College,  p,  132  ought  to  be  identified  with  Part  I,  p.  143,  no.  6. 

t  P'  I3S»  no.  10  brings  testimonials  from  Trinity,  Cambridge,  and  Jesus 
College,  Oxford,  both  of  the  same  year  as  that  in  which  he  enters  St  John's, 
1694.  P.  156,  no.  24  is  described  as  "Gallus"  bom  at  Nancy,  son  of  a 
Scot,  <*  bred  at  London  and  Utrecht." 


The  College  Register  of  Admissions.  239 

*boy'   as  a    convenient  synonym  for  person   in  statu 
pupillari* 

5.  On  the  date  of  admission  it  may  be  observed  that 
the  college  year  began  on  July  9,  and  entries  occur 
in  every  month  without  any  apparent  breach  of  con- 
tinuity. 

6.  The  proportion  of  the  different  classes  of  students 
can  be  seen  from  this  summary : 


Fell.  Com. 

Pens. 

Sizars 

Total 

1665—75        . 

•      54 

295 

364 

7'3 

1675—85        . 

•      55 

192 

308 

55S 

1685—95        , 

.      14 

'77 

210 

401 

1695—1705    . 

•      31 

191 

251 

473 

1705—1715    , 

•      31 

204 

269 

504 

185       1059       1402       2646 


The  extreme  fluctuations  may  be  seen  from  the  years 
167 1 — 72  (when  the  admissions  were  i3f.  c,  38  p., 
39  s.  =  90),  and  1692^-93  (when  the  numbers  were 
of.  c,  i8p.,  35  s.  =  53).  These  statements  must  be 
qualified  by  the  fact  that  a  boy  entering  as  sizar  or 
pensioner  sometimes  changed '  into  the  rank  above 
(when  in  some  cases  he  changed  his  College  Tutor 
also). 

Each  sizar  is  admitted  for  (pro)  a  Fellow  or  Fellow- 
commoner,  to  whom  he  is  attached  as  servitor.  Each 
Fellow  or  Tutor  had,  I  suppose,  several  sizars  allowed 
him :  but  I  can  make  no  exact  statement   as  to  the 


•  See  Matt.  Robinson's  Life,  p.  32 — "-One  morning  having  been  busy  in 
his  chamber  with  anatomising  a  dog,  and  coming  to  dinner  into  the  college 
haU,  a  dog  there  smelling  the  steams  of  his  murdered  companion  upon  his 
clothes,  accosted  him  with  such  an  unusual  bawling  in  the  hall  that  all  the 
boys  fell  a  laughing,  perceiving  what  he  had  been  a  doing,  which  put  him  to 
the  blush."  [Was  not  a  dog's  presence  in  hall  "unusual"  then?]  Strypo 
at  St  Catharine's  writes  to  his  mother,  "  At  my  first  Coming  I  laid  alone ;  but 
since,  my  Tutor  desired  me  to  let  a  very  clear  lad  lay  with  me  .  .  .  till  he 
can  provide  himself  with  a  chamber."  ["  Clearness  "  of  skin  was  iinportant 
when  many  had  the  "  itch  "  so  "  cruelly.**]  Letters  of  Eminent  Literary 
Men,  page  179. 


240  The  College  Regiskr  of  Admissions. 

manner  of  allotting  the  large  body  of  sizars  among  the 
residents.  Taking  at  hap-hazard  the  year  1683 — 84, 
out  of  the  24  sizars  20  are  attached  to  20  Fellows,  while 
two  Fellows  have  2  sizars  each.  On  p.  61,  1.  27,  w^e 
find  one  sizar  admitted  "pro  reverendo  in  Christo 
patre  domino  episcopo  Eliensi";  i,e.  for  the  late 
Master  Dr  Peter  Gunning.  Was  the  Bishop  in 
residence  ?  or  does  pro  here  mean  that  the  Bishop  would 
pay  the  lad's  College  expenses*  ? 

The  sizar  is  often  older  than  his  Fellow-commoner : 
thus,  "Mr  Cecil  sen."  (in  his  13th  year)  and  "Mr 
Cecil  jun.'*  (in  his  nth),  have  two  lads  of  about  18; 
admitted yfer  them. 

When  two  boys  enter  together  from  the  same  school^ 
(p.  52,  nos.  5,  6),  or  from  the  same  village,  (p.  92^ 
nos.  i8,  19  ;  p.  97,  nos.  31,  33),  their  relation  in  college- 
is  probably  a  continuation  of  school  or  home  life. 

7.  College  Tutor,  Although  all  resident  Fellows 
(including  B.A.'s),  and  the  Master  of  the  College  alsof 
could  take  pupils,  yet  the  practice  seems  to  have  been 
much  as  now :  two  or  three  Fellows  had  the  majority 
of  the  pupils,  and  occasionally  one  of  the  others  took 
one  or  two  stray  students,  with  whom  they  had  (ia 
some  cases)  other  ties.  Taking  the  year  1702 — 3  as 
a  sample,  out  of  54  freshmen  Mr  Bosvile  has  30,  Messrs 
Edmundson  &  Lambert  zZy  Mr  Smales  i  (his  younger 
brother)^  and  Mr  Brome  i.  (One  of  Mr  Bosvile's 
pensioners  (p.  166,  no.  27)  becomes  a  fellow-commoner 
under  Mr  Anstey  six  years  later).  The  partnership 
between  Mr  Edmundson  and  Mr  Lambert  appears  to 
be  a  unique  instance.  It  began  in  February  170 J  and 
ended  in  February  170J,  so  far  as  the  Admissions  ^ovf. 


•  P.  208,  no.  20,  is  elected  Fellow  on  the  presentation  of  the  Bishop  of 
Ely ;  but  that  is  another  matter,  and  an  irregularity  among  Admissions. 

t  Perhaps  the  Master  became  '  sponsor  *  only  for  the  more  eminent  fellow- 
commoner  graduates:  see  the  cases  of  F.  Turner,  M.A.  and  Dr  CasteU 
(above  mentioned). 

}  This  is  the  only  time  Mr  Smalcs's  name  occurs  as  College  Tutor. 


The  College  Register  of  Admissions.  241 

8.  The  last  points  to  be  noticed  in  the  details  of 
the  Admissions  are  the  particulars  about  the  boys* 
parents.  In  a  few  cases  instead  of  the  father's  name 
the  uncle's  is  given,  apparently  because  the  latter  is 
better  known  to  the  college  or  the  world  at  large,  or  it 
may  be  because  the  uncle  was  the  guardian  to  an 
orphan.  (P.  211,  no.  4,  *nepos  praenobilis  Baronis 
Griffin  de  Brabrooke' :  see  also  p.  184,  no.  26). 

The  proportion  in  which  the  various  social  ranks 
contributed  to  our  numbers  is  easily  seen  from  the  Index 
of  Trades — a  word  to  be  taken  in  a  very  wide  sense 
as  equivalent  to  profession  or  status^  seeing  that  Alder- 
men, Archdeacons,  Barons,  Bishops,  Deans,  Knights, 
and  Viscounts  are  included,  as  well  as  Parish  Clerks  and 
the  College  Butler  and  Baker.  The  Index  however 
properly  confines  itself  to  the  occupation  of  parents  of 
undergraduates :  so  that  we  do  not  find  in  it  the  Trinity 
College  Butler,  nor  the  "  Guardianus  "  of  Wadham,  nor 
the  "  Gymnasiarch "  of  Glasgow,  who,  as  signatories 
of  certificates,  are  immortalised  in  the  Index  of  Persons. 
The  entry  of  *  Sizar '  in  this  Trades  Index  is  an  error 
from  this  point  of  view,  as  seems  also  the  omission  of 
the  title  "  e  loci  consuetudine  baro  "♦  which  is  added  to 
*esq  '  p.  no,  1.  9. 

The  practice  of  latinising  the  English  words  denoting 
trade  or  occupation  has  given  the  Editors  considerable 
trouble  in  attempting  to  reproduce  the  original.  Some- 
times only  a  guess  can  be  made,  as  qitaestor  homicidii 
(?  coroner.)  Sometimes  the  vague  Latin  is  left  untrans- 
lated (especially  in  the  case  of  the  very  numerous  terms 
connected  with  law  and  justice) — among  non-legal  terms 
are  colonus^  and  mathematicus-mechanicus\ ;  sometimes 
the  record   is    so   caninely   plain    that   it   appeals  to 


♦  Docs  this  mean  Lord  of  the  Manor  ?  or  is  it  an  instance  of  a  local 
barony  like  that  in  Part  I,  p.  95,  1.  14  ?  on  which  see  the  Editor's  notes. 
Part  I,  p.  xxxiii  and  Part  II,  p.  xii. 

t  Does  this  mean  mathematical  instrument  maker  ? 


242  The  College  Regisler  of  Admissions. 

our  understanding  without  translation,  e.g.  in  grocerus 
organista^  stationarius.  The  untranslated  sacerdos  de- 
serves a  note  to  itself.  It  occurs  seven  times  (in  three 
cases  with  the  addition  of  '  deceased ')  and  only  in  the 
first  and  second  year  of  James  II  (1685 — 86).  It  does 
not  seem  to  be  a  mere  substitute  for  the  more  common 
clericus  which  occurs  throughout  the  book  and  is  not 
absent  from  these  two  years ;  but  whether  it  is  intended 
merely  to  denote  the  order  above  the  diaconate,  or 
whether  it  has  any  more  recondite  reference  to  Romish 
or  Nonconformist  movements  of  the  times,  I  cannot 
say. 

For  the  most  part,  however,  the  Latin  word  chosen 
depended  merely  on  the  whim  or  facility  of  the  registrar/ 
of  the  time,  as  appears  from  the  common  trades  of 
baker*,  brewer,  inn-keeper,  tailor,  shoemaker  and  the 
like,  having  from  four  to  six  different  Latin  words  to 
represent  each.  The  Admissions  make  us  acquainted 
with  some  very  curious  Latin  or  Greek :  pandoxaior^^ 
byrsariusy  afomatafiusy  pantopoleSy  etc.  Seldom  does  the 
Latin  help  us  to  understand  the  meaning  of  a  common 
English  word  {virgarius^  however,  shows  us  that  vergef 
means  a  wand-carrier) :  more  frequently  it  obscures  the 
meaning.  Is  it  from  intention  or  from  oversight  that 
the  Editor  has  rendered  Tabellarius  once  *  auditor '  and 
once  *  registrar '  ?  If  it  were  not  that  the  Latin  ia 
generally  given,  a  like  variety  could  be  wished  for  in 
the  rendering  of  some  other  words,  e.g.  vitriarius^  fot 
which  only  *  glazier '  is  given,  whereas  *  glass-worker ' 
or  *  glass-blowerj '  might  sometimes  be  intended. 
Sometimes  the  editor's  translation  corrects  what  appears 


•  Pam/eXy  at  first  thought  an  error  for  pannifex  (clothier)  is  later  on 
translated  *  baker/  The  Promptorium  Parvulorum  (a  15th  century  Norfolk 
monk's  Anglo-Lat.  Dictionary)  gives  the  word.  The  pani/ex  on  p.  43  lived 
in  East  Anglia. 

f  Prompt,  Parvul.  "Browne  ale  or  other  drynke,  (bruyn,  bruwydi 
browyn,  aL)  Pandoxor."     [Did  the  LjTin  monk  derive  brewing  from  brown  /] 

X  Prompt.  Parv,     ••  Glasse  wryte.     VitranuSf'*  {sic). 


The  College  Register  of  Admissions.  243 

an  error  in  the  registrary's  choice  of  a  Latin  word.  For 
instance,  who  believes  that  a  man  in  the  little  agri- 
cultural village  of  Thurlow,  occupied  himself  in  making 
ladies'  fans  or  fly-flaps?  (Part  I,  p.  14,1.  i^^  Jlabelli- 
fexf^).  Nor  do  I  believe  that  the  boy  meant  to  stuff  his 
tutor  with  this  notion  of  his  father's  occupation:  he 
meant  by  fan-maker  what  a  Suffolk  lad  would  mean 
now  if  he  used  the  word,  namely  a  maker  of  winnowing 
fans. 

Sometimes  the  Tutor  was,  luckily,  unable  to  translate 
the  English  word ;  and  so  we  have  Drisaller^  feltmaker^ 
tnholder^  maltster^  wheelwright  and  yeoman  left  in  their 
proper  perspicuityf. 

It  will  be  seen  from  a  glance  at  the  Indexes  that 
some  "  trades  "  are  confined  to  Part  I  or  Part  II,  while 
those  common  to  both  parts  contribute  in  more  or  less 
varying  proportions  in  the  two  periods.  Thus,  to  take 
the  most  frequently  recurring  terms,  the  entries  under 
clerk  and  gentleman  take  ij  column  of  Index  in  the 
50  years  of  Part  II,  esquire  |  column,  husbandman 
nearly  a  column,  yeoman  \  column,  rector  9  lines,  vicar 
3  lines;  in  the  35  years  of  Part  I  clerk  has  nearly 
J  column,  gentleman  i\  column,  esquire  f  column, 
husbandman  and  yeoman  more  than  ^  column  each, 
rector  nearly  J  column,  vicar  12  lines.  These  and 
similar  variations  are  no  doubt  partly  due  to  social 
changes,  but  also  partly,  perhaps  chiefly,  to  chance 
differences  in  the  classification  of  successive  regis - 
traries. 

•  Beatley  would  certainly  have  aauotated  :  leg.  vjinnifex,  cod.  flabelU/eXt 
qu.   flagellifex  ?    Prompt  Parv,    for    *'  Fann  *'    gives    only    vannus :    but 
*  Flappe,  instrument  to  smyte  wythe  flyys.     Flabfllum" 

t  I  should  like  nevertheless  to  have  had  the  17th  century  Latin  for 
'Drisalter,'  which  means  properly  (I  believe)  a  dealer  in  the  chemicals  used 
by  cloth  manufacturers.  0;5ilvie  (StuUnfs  Eng.  Dict^  ed.  1871)  used  to 
tell  us  as  school-boys  that  a  dry  salter  was  "a  dealer  in  salted  or  dry  meats, 
etc."  I  hope  he  knows  better  by  this  time,  for  he  was  more  misleading  than 
Bishop  Wilberforce,  who  in  answer  to  *•  What  is  a  drysalter  ? ''  answere  I, 
»*  Tate  and  Brady's." 

VOL.  XVlil.  KK 


244  The  College  Register  of  Admissions. 

The  '*  trade  "  of  the  father  is  not  always  an  index  to 
his  wealth;  the  son  of  an  agrtcola*  often  enters  as  a 
pensioner,  and  the  son  of  a  gentleman  or  Glerk  as  a  sizar» 

Many  interesting  topics  and  many  questions  there- 
from arising  remain  untouched — as  e.g.  the  chief  causes 
of  the  great  fluctuations  in  numbers  from  year  to  year 
and  from  decade  to  decade — ^but  we  must  stop  some- 
where. Perhaps  a  few  remarks  should  be  added  on  the 
want  of  completeness  and  the  frequent  carelessness 
shown  in  the  record,  a  carelessness  that  often  makes  the 
information  given  useless  or  misleading.  In  respect  of 
every  one  of  the  details  which  the  Register  aims  at 
preserving  (and  most  of  which  have  served  as  a  thread 
on  which  to  hang  the  foregoing  remarks),  false  informa- 
tion is  in  many  cases  given.  Not  anly  are  entries 
reduced  by  omission  to  the  most  n>eagre  limits,  but 
persons  and  places  are  done  out  of  all  recognition  by 
perverse  spelling  or  by  perversion  into  so-cedled  Latin,, 
or  information  is  so  recorded  as  to  be  hopelessly 
ambiguous,  t  The  "  boys  not  yet  rid  of  their  provincial 
brogue  "  (Part  I,  p.  vi)  were  surely  not  {pace  the  Editor) 
the  sole  or  chief  causes  of  this  misleading  irregularity. 
In  most,  if  not  in  all  cases,  the  boys  could  have  given 
their  Tutor  all  the  information  he  wanted  and  could 
have  told  him  how  to  spell  it  too.  The  fault  lay  rather 
with  the  Tutor,  who  was  too  careless  or  too  much  in  a 
hurry  for  accuracy.    Not  that  we  would  blame  the  old 


*  This  term  includes  apparently  all  occupied  on  the  land  or  in  country- 
pursuits,  from  the  *  yeoman '  and  gentleman  farmer  (p.  85,  1.  2,  we  have  the 
combination  agricola  and  gent.)  down  to  the  labourer. 

t  E.g.,  p.  I95»  no.  59,  a  boy  from  Pocklington  school  (Mr  Foulks)  is> 
admitted  sizar  *  pro  eodem,*  The  Editor  interprets  this  to  mean  for  a  resident 
Fellow  of  the  same  name  as  the  schoolmaster,  correctly  I  suppose,  though 
elsewhere  it  means  for  the  same  person  as  the  previous  sizar  was  admitted  for  ; 
see  also  p.  208,  no.  25.  As  examples  of  places  obscured  by  spelling,  *  Hearily  * 
is  supposed  to  be  Alderley,  *  Henchford,'  Chelmsford  (or  could  it  be  the  hundred 
of  Hinckford,  as  *  Isaach '  for  *  Isaack  *  ?)  It  is  in  solving  such  puzzles  a» 
these  that  the  help  of  Johnians  in  different  localities  is  asked  for  by  the 
Editors* 


The  College  Register  of  Admissions.  245 

Johnian  dons  personally ;  rather  would  we  thank  them 
that  living  before  the  age  of  scientific  accuracy  and  love 
of  truth  for  its  own  sake  they  have  left  a  record  so  full 
and  so  trustworthy  in  the  main.  No,  the  only  moral  to 
be  drawn  is  that  we  show  forth  our  gratitude  for  our  own 
happier  times  by  aiding  the  Editors  of  the  Admissions 
to  remove  the  errors  and  uncertainties  and  to  supply  the 
omissions  that  still  remain  therein.  Any  suggestions 
to  this  end  "  will  be  thankfully  received  by  Mr  Scott  or 
Professor  Mayor,"  p.  viii. 

William  Warren. 

Stoke-by-Qave^ 


A  LOVER'S  PRAYER. 

You  smiled,  you  spoke  and  I  believed, 
By  every  word  and  smile  deceived. 
Another  man  would  hope  no  more 
Nor  hope  I  what  I  hoped  before. 
Yet  let  not  this  last  wish  be  vain: 
Deceive,  deceive  me  once  again! 


W,  S.  Landor* 


AD  PUELLAM. 

Ridenti  tibi  credidi  et  loquenti? 
Decepit  pariter  loquela,  risus : 
Non  iam  spes  alii  foret  superstes,. 
Non  ipsi  mihi  sicut  ante  surgit: 
Contingat  tamen  hoc  mihi  supremum^ 
Tu  me  decipe  denuo,  Neanthe  I 

S.  S. 


THE   ENGLISH   LAKES .• 

A  RED  blush  mounted  to  the  Eastern  sky- 
In  joy  at  the  bright  coming  of  the  day, 
As  blushes  some  fair  maid,  when  she  is  ware 
That  her  dear  heart  is  near,  and  fondly  love 
Looks  trembling  from  her  eyes.     The  golden  dawn. 
That  wakes  the  world  with  magic  touch  to  life. 
Stepped  bravely  forth,  and  dropped  the  vale  of  mist 
That  all  but  hid  her  beauty ;  then  unbared 
In  radiant  splendour,  with  the  west  wind's  voice 
Bade  the  sweet  birds  uplift  their  note  of  praise. 
And  hymn  the  glory  of  their  lord,  the  sun. 
And  now  the  polished  surface  of  the  mere 
Stood  all  ablaze,  and  glittered  .to  the  light, 
The  while  the  circling  hills  bent  down  their  brows 
To  watch  the  sunlight  in  the  shimmering  deep 
Gild  their  dim  heads  with  gold,  and  still  the  brooks 
Stole  dimpling  down  thrpugh  dells  of  green,  like  threads 
Of  whitest  silver,  murmuring  as  they  went. 
Around  the  silent  tarns,  that  dreamless  lay 
In  slumberous  quiet,  feeling  not  the  kiss 
Of  lightest  breeze,  nor  blast  of  wrathful  gale. 
The  giant  boulders  stood,  like  sentinels 
Bidden  to  guard  the  sleepers :  e'en  the  hand 
Of  ruthless  Time,  that  smites  the  fairest  down, 
For  that  it  is  most  fair,  hath  smitten  them 
In  vain ;  a  long  Eternity  is  theirs. 

*  Proxime  acctssii  for  Uie  Chancellor's  English  Medal,  1894. 


The  English  Lakes,  247 

•Tis  autumn  now,  autumn  in  Grasmere  vale. 
Light  is  the  air  and  clear,  and  peaceful  rest 
Dreams  o'er  the  scene,  as  on  that  old-world  day, 
When  shepherds  sang  their  love  in  Arcady, 
Vying  in  honeyed  minstrelsy  of  song 
For  meed  of  goat  or  bowl,  and  grove  to  grove 
Told  but  of  Amaryllis  ever  fair. 
Far  as  the  eye  can  range,  calm  stillness  reigns. 
From  where  the  hill-top  with  its  robes  of  green 
Looks  down  upon  the  tiny  vale  beneath 
That  nestles  to  its  side,  like  some  fair  child 
That  nestles  to  his  mother's  knee,  to  where 
Helvellyn  rears  aloft  his  cloud-loved  head, 
Crowned  with  a  mighty  diadem  of  moss, 
And  white  no  longer  with  December  snow  ; 
While  ever  and  anon  the  restless  mists 
That  flit  about  him,  like  uneasy  souls, 
Break  and  are  gone.     And  oft  the  rustic  folk. 
Who  marvelled  when  they  saw  them  come  and  pass. 
Would  tell  their  children  on  a  wintry  day. 
When  loud  the  tempest  roared,  as  though  the  voice 
Of  God  spoke  through  the  gale,  and  hurrying  mists 
Swept  onward  blindly,  these  were  kinsmen's  souls 
Come  from  their  graves  to  guard  them  through   the 
night. 


So  still  it  is  that  e'en  the  soft  love  tale 
Whispered  by  bird  to  bird  in  sheltered  brake. 
And  blending  with  the  voiceful  rivulet. 
Serves  but  to  make  the  stillness  yet  more  still ; 
And  as  the  eye  looks  rapturously  down. 
And  sees  the  mirrored  glories  of  the  sky 
With  mingled  wealth  of  shadow  and  of  light 
Gleaming  unaltered  forth,  and  yet  refined 
By  the  blue  deep,  the  soul  would  fain  take  wing, 
And  like  the  bird  that  singeth  to  the  morn. 
Rise  with  a  song  that  is  not  all  a  song. 


248  The  English  Lakes. 

But  hath  in  it  the  echo  of  a  prayer 

E'en  to  the  gates  of  heaven.    Wondrous  thoughts. 

Well  half-unfashioned  to  the  brain,  like  dreams, 

And  fling  a  cloud  of  rapture  over  all. 

While  fancy  lightly  breathes  her  charms,  and  bids 

The  vanished  gladness  welcome  to  the  heart. 

Ah,  life  with  all  its  care  and  tears  and  sin. 

And  terror  and  dismay  that  racks  the  soul, 

Hath  still  some  glorious  moments,  worth  long  years 

That  know  no  light,  but  wrapped  in  sunless  gloom. 

Drag  on  and  die.    As  fitful  sunbeams  cast 

A  look  of  love  upon  the  snow-clad  earth. 

When  glooms  a  winter  morn,  and  fondly  linger 

Where  sunk  in  sleep  their  darling  violets  lie, 

And  softly  kiss  them  ere  they  steal  away. 

So  there  are  moments,  when  there  comes  a  glean* 

As  from  another  more  than  mortal  world, 

To  light  us  on  our  way :  so  seems  it  now, 

And  far  away  the  restless  fret  of  life 

Makes  fitful  moaning,  like  the  weary  wave 

That  ever  sobs  its  sorrow  to  the  deep. 

Thus  as  I  gaze,  the  veil  that  shrouds  the  past 
Floats  like  a  cloud  away  and  all  is  light. 
Here  where  the  dove  now  answers  to  his  mate. 
The  savage  boar  erst  prowled  with  glistening  tuskj. 
And  the  grey-coated  wolf  with  eyes  that  glowed 
Like  spots  of  fire  through  the  dim  murk  of  night,. 
In  lust  for  food  slunk  round  the  silent  fold. 
Here  on  a  day  there  came  with  tramp  of  steeds 
The  conquering  legions*  of  imperial  Rome, 
With  arms  aflame  beneath  the  summer  sun. 
While  the  proud  eagles  stood  above  the  host 
By  warriors  fierce  triumphantly  upborne. 


*  In  A.D.  121  Cumberland  was  conquered  by  the  Romans,  who  built  a 
wall  from  Newcastle  along  the  borders  of  Northumberland  to  the  Solway 
Firth. 


The  English  Lakes,  249 

And  as  they  passed,  the  dwellers  in  the  place 

Flew  to  their  arms,  and  donned  their  leathern  shields, 

And  there  did  battle  by  the  voiceful  mere. 

Twas  but  as  though  a  child  should  think  to  stem 

With  fort  of  sand  the  rushing  of  the  tide ; 

They  fought,  and  died,  and  all  was  peace  again. 

But  oft  in  after  time,  the  din  of  fight 

Woke  the  wild  echoes  in  the  shuddering  vale, 

When  fierce-eyed  Pict  or  Dane  with  flowing  locks 

Came  with  long  sweep  of  oars  and  swelling  sail 

In  gaily  painted  barques  across  the  foam ; 

And  sword  met  sword,  and  buckler  rang  with  steely 

And  fire  and  ruin  marked  the  path  he  trod. 

Or  when  through  one  long  day,*  the  surging  wave 

Of  battle  dashed  against  the  mountain  height. 

Where  that  proud  handful  still  embattled  stood. 

And  all  untaught  to  bear  the  tyrant's,  yoke 

Dishonoured,  chose  to  die  and  win  a  name 

That  shines  beyond  the  darkness  of  the  tomb. 

And  still  there  stands  a  pile  of  stones,  where  erst 

They  died,  upon  the  slope  of  Dunmail  Raise, 

And  each  mute  stone  hath  voice  to  tell  the  tale 

With  words  that  echo  down  the  golden  years. 

But  to  my  fancy  all  is  changed  again  : 

I  seem  to  see  the  stern  white-bearded  priests 

Clad  in  their  robes  as  white  as  driven  snow, 

Scale  the  tall  mountain  ere  the  rising  sun 

Has  tipped  the  peaks  with  gold,  and  kindle  fire 

For  sacrifice  of  blood  to  Beal'sf  might. 

And  dark  the  scene  was  as  their  deeds  were  dark. 

For  even  now  within  some  gloomy  dell 

Where  all  is  fierce  and  wild,  and  the  sad  wind 

Frets  without  end  amid  the  ruined  trees, 

~'  '  I         I       .1    •■  <      ■     ly 

*  In  945  when  the  Saxon  King  Edmund  defeated  the  Cumberland  ers  id 
a  decisive  battle  at  Dunmail  Raise,  between  Grasmere  and  Keswick. 

t  It  is  now  known  that  the  Druid  worship  in  Cumberland  resembled  the 
worship  of  Baal,  though  the  God  the  Druids  worshipped  wa&  known  as  Beal 
or  Baltine. 


250  The  English  Lakes, 

And  the  black  mists  of  night  flit  ceaselessly, 

Like  shadowy  phantoms  of  another  world. 

The  Druid  altar*  stands  in  circled  rock. 

And  here  of  old  the  youth  and  maid  alike 

Passed  through  the  flames  to  Be&l ;  when  the  plague 

Swooped  on  the  kine  like  ravening  birds  of  prey. 

The  herdsmen  drave  them  through  the  need-fire'sf  glow 

To  rid  them  of  the  taint  that  shadowed  death. 

But  all  things  change  and  pass,  the  idle  creeds 
That  vexed  the  world  a  moment  with  their  cries 
Are  but  as  floating  airs  that  scarce  are  felt. 
'Tis  only  nature  that  is  still  the  same, 
The  tender  mother,  old  yet  ever  young. 
That  looks  from  out  the  deep-blue  sky,  and  Speaks 
From  every  leaflet,  every  flower  that  blows 
Her  noble  words  of  God  and  Truth  and  Love. 

Here  now  is  rest  as  full  and  deep  and  sweet 

As  in  the  churchyard  where  the  Poet  lies, 

His  life's  task  ended.     Peaceful  is  his  sleep, 

But  not  more  peaceful  than  the  life,  that  passed 

In  converse  sweet  with  Nature  all  the  days ; 

Save  when  there  came  a  cryj  from  o'er  the  sea 

Boding  a  world  of  misery  to  men, 

A  voice  of  mingled  triumph  and  despair 

That  thrilled  the  world,  and  shook  it  to  its  depths. 

Ah  how  he  loved  each  vale,  each  tarn,  each  brook, 

The  fleeting  change  of  sky,  the  wistful  breeze 

That  murmured  through  the  yews  and  sycamores. 

And  then  was  gone ;  the  flying  cloud,  the  showers 

That  sped  in  robes  of  light  or  darkness  veiled 


•  There  are  traces  of  such  altars  at  Glenderaterra  and  Cumwhitton, 

t  The  "necdfue,"  still  so  called,   is  derived  from  the  Danish  word 

*<n6d"  meaning  cattle.    English  neat  herd.    In  some  parts  of  Cumberland 

the  practice  is  still  observed. 

X   The  French  Revolution,  which  irresistibly  attracted  Wordsworth  to 

faiib. 


The  English  Lakes.  25  \ 

From  hill  to  hill,  as  grateful  to  the  eye 

As  strains  of  joy  and  sadness  to  the  ear ; 

The  world  of  flowers,  the  tiny  daisy's  self 

That  raised  its  golden  head,  as  though  it  kne^ 

That  there  was  one  to  whom  it  was  most  dear* 

And  oft  he  passed  along  the  road,  that  winds 

By  Rydal  water  down  to  Windermere, 

Where  thousand  thousand  trees  in  armour  green 

With  ordered  lines  of  densely  waving  boughs, 

Stand  by  the  water's  edge,  as  though  to  guard 

Some  sacred  precinct  from  unhallowed  tread. 

Full  oft  he  clomb  the  path  to  Grisdale  Tarn 

And  saw  the  valleys  deepen  as  he  clomb. 

And  the  tall  mountains  looming  taller  still. 

While  far  below  the  waterfall  flashed  down 

In  dazzling  whiteness,  breaking  into  gems 

Of  lustrous  foam,  like  diamonds  of  spray ; 

And  higher  still  he  clomb,  and  saw  the  woods 

And  brooks  beneath  him,  dwindled  till  they  seemed 

A  fairy  world  bright  with  its  fairy  rills. 

'Jlien  higher  yet  to  steep  Helvellyn's  top 

Whence  he  beheld  the  ocean  gleaitiing  far 

With  gentle  swell  of  waves,  and  in  his  heart 

There  woke  a  mighty  joy,  as  when  he  saw 

The  host  of  clouds  spread  far  their  fleecy  wings, 

And  dart,  like  things  of  life,  across  the  vale 

0*er  steep  Nab  Scar,  or  when  by  Lyulph's  Toweif 

He  gazed  upon  the  sun-lit  daffodils. 

That  tossed  their  myriad  golden  heads  like  one. 

As  though  in  concert  with  the  scarce  heard  voice 

Of  falling  brook  or  distant  cataract. 

A  life  of  peace  'midst  friends  that  loved  him  dear  \ 
And  as  they  lived  together  still,  so  death 
Could  not  divide  them,  but  here  side  by  side 
They  lie,  and  sleep  their  never  wakening  sleep. 
Here  'neath  the  shadow  which  the  grey  tower  casts 
The  Poet  erst  had  lain,  and  listened  oft 

VOL.  XYIU.  LL 


2^2  The  English  Lakes. 

To  the  sweet  cries  of  children  at  their  play 
By  cottage  doors,  when  on  the  vesper  breeze 
Was  borne  the  lowing  of  the  kine,  and  bleat 
Of  pasturing  sheep,  while  by  the  rugged  wall 
The  Rotha  crept  with  tiny  wave  of  foam. 
There  now  he  sleeps,  and  now  the  mournful  streamy 
Whose  voice  had  meaning  for  his  ear  alone. 
Glides  sighing  past,  as  though  she  fain  would  kis» 
The  flowers  upon  the  grave  of  her  lost  love. 

Such  death  as  his  is  but  a  truer  life  : 

His  great  soul,  freed  from  the  base  chains  of  earth 

Still  dwells  among  us ;    oft  there  breathes  a  voice, 

A  soft  low  voice  e'en  from  the  silent  grave. 

That  tells  us  how  to  live,  and  how  to  die. 

Nature  hath  books  for  those  who  will  but  read^ 

And  all  things  tell  their  tale,  but  not  to  those 

Whose  eyes  are  hooded,  and  whose  soul  is  blind 

To  all  the  wondrous  works  that  ever  speak 

The  hand  of  God :    but  'tis  for  them  alone. 

Whose  heart  meets  Nature's  heart  with  answering  thrill^ 

That  her  sweet  voice  is  fraught  with  meaning  clear. 

And  fits  them  for  the  life  that  is  to  be. 

And  as  the  sun  now  sinking  in  the  west 

Sheds  its  last  rays  of  gold,  ere  vanishing 

Beyond  the  far  faint  hills,  and  heralds  in 

The  dawn  of  night  lit  by  the  evening  star. 

So  may  our  life's  end  be,  so  calm,  so  bright : 

And  through  death's  darkness  may  there  be  some  gleam^ 

To  guide  us  hence  with  light  and  love  and  hope, 

Like  yon  bright  star  that  glows  o'er  Grasmere  wave. 

A.  J.  Chotzner. 


TOLD    AT    DITTON. 


|ELL,  we  were  talking  shop.  I  usually  encour- 
age it  secretly,  though  many  people  whose 
judgment  in  other  things  I  respect  think  it 
wrong.  When  a  man  who  has  read  quite 
other  books  than  your  degree  requires  you  to  know  is 
willing  to  talk  about  them,  you  learn  a  little  of  his  work ; 
and,  more  than  this,  you  learn  that  there  are  things 
worth  knowing  not  comprised  in  the  subject  of  your 
tripos. 

Now,  I  am  a  theological  man,  well  able  to  discover 
differences  and  to  make  comfortable  constructions,  but 
of  the  particular  logic  of  the  lawyers  I  stand  a  chance 
of  never  knowing  anything ;  so,  he  being  a  lawyer,  I 
manoeuvred  him  very  tenderly  on  to  his  own  particular 
rail  and  let  him  go. 

I  remember  we  were  discussing  the  celebrated,  but 
hitherto  to  me  unknown,  'slop-smock  case.'  He  told 
me  how  a  man  indicted  for  stealing  a  slop  got  off  by 
shewing  that  he  had  taken  not  a  slop  but  a  smock : 

'  Balance  of  testimony  called  it  a  smock  and  the  case 
fell  through.  However,  the  grand  jury  were  in  the 
next  room  and  found  a  true  bill  for  feloniously  taking 
and  carrying  away  a  smock.  Plea,  autrefois  acquit 
and ' 

*  What's  autrefois  acquit  f  ' 

*  Oh,  it  means  "  I've  been  tried  once  for  this  thing  and 
acquitted,"  but,  in  order  to  get  off  on  this  plea,  you  must 
shew  that  you  were  really  in  jeopardy  at  the  former 
trial.     Now,  if  the  thing  was  a  smock,  the  man  had  not 


254  Told  at  Dittofu 

been  in  jeopardy,  because  the  indictment  had  said 
"  slop."  It  seemed,  then,  that  the  plea  was  a  bad  one. 
Not  a  bit.  He  called  a  number  of  witnesses  who  sworo 
that  the  article  in  question  was  a  slop  and ' 

I  never  heard  more  of  the  story  than  that,  for 
when  he  reached  that  point  something  very  dreadful 
happened. 

I  saw  his  eyes  start  from  their  sockets  and  his  jaw 
distinctly  drop.  This  for  an  instant.  Then  he  veiled 
his  eyes  and  turned  away  his  head,  while  a  deep  blush 
suffused  his  face  and  neck,  and  he  gave  me  the  impres-? 
sion  of  one  who  wished  to  sink  into  the  earth,  or  in  any 
other  manner  escape  some  particularly  embarrassing 
presence.  What  was  it?  I  looked  in  the  direction 
indicated  by  his  anguish  and  saw  nothing.  At  least,  I 
saw,  in  the  far  distance,  the  <  Bride's  cake,'  then  the 
electric  chimney,  then  a  tiny  cedar  tree,  then  a  railway, 
and  lastly  the  buttercups  at  our  feet.  I-rving  objects 
there  were  none,  except  a  soaring  lark  and  a  Dorking 
hen,  somewhat  broody  and  just  two  years  old*. 

Seeing  no  material  clue  to  my  companion's  con-. 
Stemation,  I  at  once  attributed  it  to  some  vision  he  had 
seen  and>  of  course,  felt  quite  excited  about  it,  never 
having  knowingly  been  in  the  presence  of  an  apparition 
biefore. 

*  For  Heaven's  sake,  come  away,'  he  said,  getting  up 
^nd  dragging  at  my  arm.  I  followed  him,  as  he  turned 
his  back  shudderingly,  yet  politely,  on  the  'Bride's^ 
cake,'  the  chimney,  and  the  cedar,  and  slunk -rapidly 
towards  Pitton-  Not  until  we  had  gone  half-a-mile  did 
he  begin  to  recover  his  faculties,  and  even  then  they 
seemed  to  return  seripusly  impaired,  for  his  first  words» 
whispered  fiercely  into  my  ear  as  he  convulsively 
clutched  my  arm,  were,  '*  I  had  one  for  lunch." ' 

*  Had  one  for  lunch,'  I  answered.    ^  Had  what  ? ' 


♦  In  order  to  be  exact,  I  got  these  facts  concerning  the  hen  from  its  proi 
pVittQi'.    Vntil  then,  I  was  not  sure  even  that  it  was  a  hen  at  all. 


Told  at  Ditton.  253 

♦Hush,'  he  said,  *  don't  speak  so  loudly.     I  had  a 

<» a' — he  almost  choked  as  he  finished  the  sentence 

•=.-*  a  chicken.' 

*Why  so  did  I.  At  least,  that  was  what  they 
called  it,  though  it  much  resembled  a  very  tough 
old .' 

*  Ough !  stop,'  he  shouted,  turning  quite  white ;  then 
halting  and  looking  at  me  very  sternly,  *  You  callous 
brute ! ' 

There  was  a  pause ;  each  was  too  moved  to  speak  fop 
awhile.    Then,  he  resumed  : 

*  You  mean  to  say  that,  this  very  day,  you  ate  a — a 
chicken  and  yet  you  are  not  ashamed  to  look  that  poor- 
hen  in  the  face  ? ' 

I  saw  it  all  now.  It  was  the  sight  of  that  hen,^ 
coming  forward  in  all  her  unconsciousness,  innocence, 
and  trust,  that  had  upset  my  sensitive  companion,  who 
had  so  recently  eaten  of,  perhaps,  one  of  her  sisters, 
though  just  possibly  her  grandfather. 

As  a  theological  student,  I  felt  piqued  at  being  con-« 
sidered  by  this  common  lay  creature,  nay  callous  lawyer, 
to  be  lacking  in  right  feeling  and  proper  shame.  I 
rallied  him  on  his  ultra-sensitiveness  and — may  \  be 
forgiven  !— r-I  called  him  a  girl. 

*  Why  how  will  you  like  badgering  witnesses,  as  you 
are  safe  to  be  expected  to  do,  when,  no  doubt,  your 
humanitarian  principles  make  you  hesitate  to  shoot  a 
rabbit  r ' 

*  Hesitate  1  I  wouldn't  shoot  a  rabbit  to  save  my  im- 
mortal soul.  But  then,  I  know  the  feelings  of  a  hunted 
ftnimal  much  better  than  you  possibly  can.' 

So  we  sat  down  again  and  he  told  me  his  story. 

♦You  know  that  last  year  I  went  partly  round  the 
world,  and  imitated  a  vast  variety  of  Romans,  in  a  great 
many  places.  Well,  in  Brazil,  four  or  five  of  us  once 
went  into  the  woods  and  began  to  shoot  a  sort  of  coney 
that  takes  the  place  of  rabbits  there.  We  had  seven  or 
^ight  dogs  to  fetch  them  out  of  the  bushes,  while  we 


256  Told  at  Ditton. 

shot  them  in  the  open,  and,  at  the  time,  I  thought  it 
great  sport.  After  some  time,  we  sent  the  dogs  home. 
and  all  lay  down  suh  tegmine  fagt^  so  to  speak,  and  must, 
have  dozed  off  to  sleep.  At  any  rate,  this  is  what  /did, 
for  I  was  awakened,  roughly  enough,  by  deafening 
grunts  and  squeals,  that  I  soon  found  proceeded  from  a 
herd  of  peccari,  that  broke  suddenly  upon  us.  The 
whole  party  took  to  their  heels,  in  every  direction,  and 
sought  the  shelter  of  the  neighbouring  bushes.  In  our 
hurry  we  did  not  miss  our  guns,  but  we  soon  learnt 
what  had  become  of  them. 

The  peccari  soon  found  me  out  and,  being  unarmed,  I 
deemed  it  expedient  to  remove  to  another  station,  for 
the  tusks  of  these  little  animals  soon  reach  an  artery  and 
they  are  not  easily  kept  at  bay.  While  I  scuttled  across 
an  open  glade,  judge  of  my  astonishment  when  I  felt 
severe  wounds  [all  over  my  legs  and  learnt  from  the 
report  of  a  gun  that  I  had  been  shot.  When  I  reached 
shelter,  I  peered  out  to  see  what  madman  had  thus 
assaulted  me. 

A  very  large  ape  stood  at  the  end  of  the  ride,  holding 
a  smoking  fowling-piece,  into  which  he  thrust  a  green 
cartridge,  which  another  handed  him  from  a  belt  he  was 
carrying.  The  ape  with  the  gun  was  chattering  over  his 
shoulder,  with  some  others  in  the  background,  similarly 
armed.  Evidently,  he  was  explaining  why  he  had 
failed  to  bag  me.  The  others  took  a  different  view  of 
the  matter,  and  I  remember  noticing  that  a  very  dirty 
ape  with  a  bald  spot  on  his  head  was  especially  derisive. 
(It  is  strange  how  one  notices  trivial  circumstances  in 
moments  of  extreme  peril.)  I  began  to  think  that  I 
should  be  safer  up  a  tree,  and  accordingly  I  began,  very 
stealthily,  to  climb  an  old  and  roomy  specimen  near  me. 
Before  I  could  do  this,  I  had  attracted  the  attention  of 
several  peccari  and  was  compelled  to  desist.  I  dropped 
to  the  ground  and  fell  on  my  back,  and  in  an  instant 
received  a  scar  across  the  face  from  the  sharp  tusk  of 
one  of  my  assailants.     Again  I  had  to  run,  and,  as  I 


Told  at  Dition.  ^$7 

crossed  to  the  next  cover,  the  bald-headed  ape  took  a 
shot,  but  very  wide  of  the  mark. 

I  can  tell  you  that  it  was  very  far  from  being  a  joke 
for  me,  though  those  thieves  of  apes  seemed  to  enjoy  it. 
A  straight  shot  at  twenty  yards  would  mean  death,  and 
it  is  only  owing  to  the  very  bad  aim  of  the  baboons  that 
I  am  here  to-day  to  tell  the  story.  Especially  badly 
did  the  bald-headed  one  shoot,  which  when  I  noticed,  I 
always  made  a  point  of  breaking  from  his  end  of  the 
cover. 

Meanwhile,  shots  from  other  directions  told  me  that 
my  companions  were  in  jeopardy  as  great  as  mine. 
Presently,  one  of  the  apes,  taking  aim  more  recklessly 
than  ever,  fired  full  into  the  face  of  another  ape,  and  to 
this  circumstance  I  think  we  all  owe  our  lives.  The 
accident  caused  such  excitement  among  the  shooters, 
that  the  whole  of  our  party  were  able  to  reassemble  at 
the  tree  where  all  had  been  sleeping  when  the  peccari 
burst  upon  us. 

Very  meekly,  we  made  our  way  home — where  we 
became  the  laughing-stock  of  the  country.  We  did  not 
tell  our  friends  of  the  extremely  unpleasant  half-hour 
we  spent  in  running  about  between  the  tusks  of  the 
swine  and  the  gtins  of  the  baboons,  but,  if  I  live  to  be  a 
hundred,  I  shall  never  forget  the  agony  of  that  time.  I 
made  a  vow  that  I  would  never  draw  trigger  on  fellow- 
creature  again,  and  that  is  the  easiest  vow  to  keep  that 
I  ever  took. 

*A  few  days  later  some  settlers  came  across  the 
thieves  and  recovered  two  of  the  guns.  It  was  with 
extreme  regret  that  I  learnt  that  the  bald-headed  ape 
was  slain  in  the  encounter.  He  shot  so  badly  that  I 
cannot  help  thinking  he  let  me  o£f  several  times  on 
purpose.' 

For  a  long  time  I  was  silent.  Then  I  hazarded  the 
remark,  *  All  this  is  quite  true  ? '  I  shall  not  forget  the 
look  that  he  gave  me.  At  last  his  face  cleared  a  little, 
and  he  said— 


i^S  Vain  Hopes* 

*  I  know  it  must  sound  strange  to  you,  so  t  will  give 
you  proof.  In  my  rooms  I  will  shew  you  a  cutting  from 
a  newspaper,  telling  how  our  guns  were  stolen  while  we 
slept,  and  also  a  kodak  picture  a  friend  was  fortunate 
enough  to  secure,  shewing  a  big  ape  making  off  with. 
my  favourite  Purdy.' 

These  proofs  he  did  shew  me,  that  very  night,  and  of 
this  I  am  glad,  for  without  them  I  should  not  have  dared 
to  offer  this  narrative  to  the  Editors  of  the  Eagle. 

G.  G.  D* 


VAIN  HOPES. 

Vain  were  my  hopes,  and  all  my  love  was  vaiili 
A  flickering  candle  held  against  a  gale, 
Born,  like  a  sudden  meteor  to  fail 

And  leave  behind  a  fiery  track  of  pain. 

My  storm-tossed  spirit  never  can  regain 
The  old  sweet  calm,  that  proved,  alas,  so  frail, 
When,  like  the  silver  star  of  evening  pale. 

Bright  love  shone  forth,  but  only  shone  to  wane* 

l*he  day  is  done.    The  sunset's  ruddy  light 
Fades  from  the  fir-stems.    Duller  grow  the  skies* 

But  still  the  western  heavens  glimmer  bright, 

Where  far  within,  though  vanished  from  mine  eyes, 

Beyond  the  gleaming  portals  of  the  night, 
Her  spirit  waits  for  mine  in  Paradise* 


THE  DROWNING  OF  THORGILS.* 

Drown  him,  drown  him  in  the  lake, 

Fell  destroyer  of  the  land, 
Drown  him  for  all  Ireland's  sake. 

Quench  the  rafter-burning  brand. 

Sure  a  Viking  loves  the  wave, 
Loves  the  water  fair  to  see! 

Let  it  be  the  warrior's  grave. 
As  it  gave,  so  let  it  free. 

Drown  him  with  a  mother's  curse, 
For  the  children  he  hath  slain, 

Drown  him,  we  can  do  no  worse. 
Cannot  pay  him  back  each  pain. 

Drown  him  with  a  sweetheart's  scream. 
Drown  him  with  a  vengeful  yell, 

Let  the  flood  above  him  gleam. 
Send  his  cursed  soul  to  hell. 


See,  he  grapples  now  with  death. 
Death  he  hath  so  often  given. 

See,  the  waters  drown  his  breath. 
See,  his  soul  departs  unshriven. 


Thorgils,  fiend,  our  debt  is  paid, 
Owel  our  vengeance  shall  complete; 

Ne'er  shalt  thou  in  grave  be  laid. 
Toss  there.    Ah!  revenge  is  sweet. 

R.  O.  P.  T. 

♦  Thorgils  (Turgesuls)  is  the  most  celebrated  of  the  "  land-leapers," 
Viking  invaders  of  Ireland  who,  about  the  end  of  the  9th  century,  swept 
right  across  Ireland,  plundering  and  destroying.     The  career  of  Thorgils  was 
cut  short  in  the  manner  above  described.    Loch  Owel  is  in  Westmeath. 
VOL.   XVIIL  MM 


CAMUS   ET   CAMILLI. 

Romani..  .pueros  nobiles  et  investes.  ..Camillos  appellant.  •• 
flaminum*  praeministros. 

Macrohius, 

T  was  some  time  before  they  emerged  from 
their  temporary  retirement,  and  began  to 
stroll  homewards  along  the  towpath.  But 
as  the  day  was  warm  and  the  magnetism  of 
the  river  as  potent  as  ever,  they  decided  to  make  the 
journey  in  "short  pieces  of  paddling,"  as  the  Poet 
expressed  it ;  in  accordance  with  which  resolution  they 
called  an  easy  at  Grassy,  sat  down  in  an  empty  barge 
by  the  wharf,  and  lighted  up  their  pipes  again. 

"  Some  day,"  said  the  Poet,  kicking  his  heels  against 
the  side  of  the  barge,  "  I  intend  to  write  a  masterpiece 
about  the  Cam  :  but  as  yet  I  can't  quite  settle  in  what 
style  to  treat  the  subject.  I  might  attempt  it  in  the 
Grand  or  Historico-Classical  style,  bringing  in  Julius 
Caesar,  and  making  him  renounce  the  wish,  imputed  to 
him  by  Lucan,  to  discover  the  sources  of  the  Nile,  ia 
favour  of  the  more  intricate  problem  of  the  direction  of 
the  Cam's  flow,  and  then " 


♦  Noti  by  t?ie  Philosopher.  This  means  "  who  are  always  calling  on  the- 
Deans." 

Note  by  the  Poet,  No,  it  doesn't.  How  could  any  one  call  on  the  deao 
•*  invcstis  "  ? 

Note  by  the  Philosopher.     "Investis  "  means  "  without  surplice,"  stupid  \ 

Note  by  the  Poet.  Wrong  again!  It  means  *qui  breves  deremigarcr 
solet.'  The  true  reading  is  evidently  **f!ammaram  praeministros/*  "bonfire- 
attendants." 

Note  by  both.  We  reserve  our  dissertations  until  after  the  establishment 
cf  post-graduate  degrees* 


Camus  et  Camillu  iti 

**  Meddle  not  with  Julius  Caesar,"  interrupted  the 
Philosopher:  "remember  the  fate  of  the  other  Cinna." 

"Well,"  said  the  Poet,  "suppose  I  try  it  in  the 
Lesser  or  Itinerario-topographical  style — something 
after  this  manner — 

First  thrills  the  Little' Bridge  the  expectant  heart 

With  thoughts  of  needle  and  the  eager  start ; 

Next  the  Post  Reach,  and  then  the  Little  Ditch, 

Where  labouring  oarsmen  feel  the  incipient  stitch ; 

To  reach  which  goal  oft  madly  strives  the  crew, 

Ere  ticks  the  stop-watch  hand  to  eighty-two, 

And  from  the  towpath  hears  the  dread  refrain 

**  Just  turn  her,  cox,  and  take  her  back  again !  "* 

Post  Corner  next  where  loud-ton gued  coaches  roar 

Stern  admonitions  unto  two  and  four : 

Then  comes  the  Gut,  where  spurts  the  striving  eight. 

Where  coxswains'  shrilly  tones  ejaculate 

The  words  of  mystic  import  "  Now  you're  straight  I  *' 

Next  Grassy's  bold  protuberance  we  see, 

Comer  not  well  beloved  of  bow  and  three : 

Then  up  Plough  Reach  the  speedy  ship  doth  run. 

Where  many  a  race  is  lost,  and  many  won. 

Now  Ditton — stay  1  what  power  of  speech  have  I 

Wherewith  to  picture  Ditton's  galaxy  ? 

The  thousand  beauties  ranked  beneath  the  trees. 

The  photographic  "  Now,  keep  steady,  please  1  '* 

The  ancient  oars  that  cheer  their  College  on. 

The  roomy  barge,  the  tub-propelling  don/' 

Then  the  Philosopher  moved  the  closure  and  took  the 
lead  himself.  "  There  are  some  branches  of  the  aquatic 
art,"  he  remarked,  "  concerning  which  we  have  not  yet 
discoursed.  Take  the  coxswain,  for  instance.  Now  the 
coxswain  is  a  person  for  whom  I  often  feel  a  large 
amount  of  sympathy.  I  once  steered  an  eight  myself — 
only  once,  and  then  for  but  two  hundred  yards ;  for  at 
the  end  of  that  distance  my  boat,  and  all  others  within 
reasonable  range,  were  dissolved  into  their  constituent 
atoms,  and  I,  like  the  original  Palinurus,  found  myself 


262  Camus  et  Camillu 

in  the  water.  -  Still  the  experience  gave  me  a  great  in- 
sight into  the  difficulties  of  a  coxwain's  position/* 
"  Ah !  "  murmured  the  Poet : 

"There  once  was  a  captain  who  steered^ 
But  his  second  appearance  is  feared; 

For  two  funnies,  one  whiflf, 

Three  fours  and  a  skiff 
Are  said  to  have  quite  disappeared." 

The  Philosopher  took  no  notice  of  the  interpolation^ 
but  resumed  his  discourse.  "The  only  point  in  which 
a  coxswain  really  scores  an  advantage  lies  in  the  fact 
that  he  is  not  obliged  to  train,  and  can  accordingly  jeer 
at  those  who  are.  But  even  this  amusement  is  not  with- 
out its  dangers  and  should  be  but  seldom  indulged  in, 
unless  the  coxswain  be  endowed  with  superlative 
nimbleness  and  given  to  eetrly  rising." 

"An  orthophoetosycophant,  in  fact,"  remarked  the 
Poet,  remembering  the  days  when  the  Lent  boat  crews 
used  to  pull  him  out  of  bed. 

"  A  judicious  amount  of  training,  too,"  continued  the 
Philosopher,  **  would  often  be  of  no  small  advantage. 
What  more  pathetic  sight  is  there  than  a  coxswain  who 
starts  his  career  with  not  ill-founded  hopes  of  winning 
distinction,  and  then  begins  to  increase  in  bulk,  his 
prospects  sinking  as  his  weight  rises,  till  the  vision  of 
a  *  blue '  fades  first  to  the  less  artistic  white  of  a  Trial 
Cap,  and  then  sets  altogether  ?" 

"  Yes,"  remarked  the  Poet ;  "  this  is  the  manner  of 
it: 

I  once  was  a  light  little  cox, 

The  smartest  that  ever  was  seen ; 
For  I  stood  but  five  three  in  my  socks. 

And  weighed  barely  seven  thirteen: 
The  figures  I  give  you  are  true, 

And  I  coxed  in  a  club  Trial  Eight; 
And  they  said  I  was  sure  of  my  blue, 

And  I  was — ^till  I  went  up  in  weight. 


Camus  et  Camilli,  263 

The  change  was  begun  in  the  Vac, 

For  I  spared  not  the  well-fatted  calf; 
And  I  found  myself,  when  I  came  back. 

Increased  by  a  stone  and  a  half. 
Still  they  set  me  to  cox  a  Lent  crew, 

But  docked  my  allowance  of  prog, 
Threw  doubts  on  my  chance  of  a  blue„ 

And  said  I  was  fat  as  a  hog. 

Yet  still  there  comes  increase  of  weight. 

My  garments  expansion  require, 
I  project  o'er  each  side  of  the  eight, 

And  my  buttons  are  fastened  with  wire. 
They  make  me  take  runs  in  the  Backs, 

(Now  my  running  is  marvellous  poor): 
And  their  pointed  allusions  to  "stacks" 

Are  very  ill-natured,  I'm  sure. 

O  'Varsity  President,  you 

Are  in  need  of  an  oarsman  of  weight : 
Then  give  me,  O  give  me  my  blue! 

Next  year  'twill,  I  fear,  be  too  late. 
For  if  in  this  way  I  enlarge. 

Next  year,  I  would  have  you  to  note. 
Nought  less  than  the  bulkiest  barge 

Will  be  able  to  hold  me  and  float!" 

"  Let  us  now  pass  on,"  said  the  Philosopher,  "  from 
the  coxswain  to  the  coach.  For  the  coach  is  another 
person  who  engages  my  sympathy.  I  have  often 
coached  a  boat  myself,  and  for  myself  my  sympathy  is 
always  prodigious :  which  may  be  termed  the  encourage- 
ment of  home  industries.  However  there  are  coaches 
and  coaches,  in  every  varying  degree,  from  the  bold, 
blatant,  and  bad-languaged,  to  the  smooth,  sententious, 
and  serio-comic.  Now  the  coach,  though  he  may  often 
give  the  crew  a  bad  time  of  it,  is  not  always  able  to  re- 
serve a  correspondingly  good  time  for  himself:  seeing 
these  things  go  in  direct  and  not  inverse  proportion.  For 
the  three  requisites  for  enjoyable  coaching  are  a  fine  day, 


264  Camus  et  Camillu 

a  good  crew,  and  a  horse  of  easy  action  and  somewhat 
sedate  habits.  But  when  it  is  raining  and  blowing 
hard,  when  the  crew  takes  more  than  two  minutes  over 
the  Post  Reach,  with  the  rest  of  the  course  to  match, 
and  when  the  horse  is  inclined  to  give  you  your  choice 
between  the  river  and  the  ditch,  then  the  language  of 
ordinary  conversation  is  wholly  insufficient  to  describe 
the  fiill  unenviability  of  the  coach's  position/' 
"  Quite  so,"  said  the  Poet  2 

"It's  somewhat  unpleasant  to  row 
In  a  boat  that's  unsteady  and  slow^ 

To  be  rated  and  baited 

And  horribly  slated, 
And  told  that  your  rowing's  so-so» 

You  know, 
That  you'll  have  to  do  better  or  go. 

But  what  of  the  man  on  the  gee  ? 
Not  unalloyed  pleasure  has  he: 

Though  it's  skittles  and  beer 

If  you're  able  to  cheer. 
Yet  when  the  crew's  shocking  to  see^ 

Dear  me! 
It's  quite  the  reverse  of  a  spree. 

When  the  crew's  getting  lazy  and  slack, 

When  they're  losing  their  smartness  and  smack^ 

You  would  gladly  throw  bricks 

When  the  stroke  swears  at  six, 
And  six  is  inclined  to  talk  back, 
Good  lack! 
How  their  heads  you  could  cheerfully  crack  I 

Yet  you'll  find  it  will  compensate  when 
They  are  swinging  and  shoving  like  men  ; 

You  will  lose  power  of  speech 

As  you  see  the  crew  reach 
The  Pike  and  Eel  under  nine  ten, 

Oh  then— 
What  an  impotent  thing  is  the  pen!" 


Cnmus  et  Camilli.  263 

**  From  the  coach,"  resumed  the  Philosopher,  "  we  may 
appropriately  pass  on  to  the  coach's  steed,  or  gee^  as  it 
is  more  commonly  called.  I  have  often  read  in  the 
•works  of  Mark  Twain  and  others  of  a  *  Mexican  plug ' ; 
but  why  a  horse  should  be  called  a  plug  was  beyond 
xny  comprehension,  until  I  saw  a  towpath  gee,  and  dis- 
covered the  origin  and  significance  of  the  term :  for  the 
word  'plug'  is  a  method  of  stating  the  value  of  the 
animal  in  tobacco,  which,  no  doubt,  formed  the  primi- 
tive currency  in  those  countries.  But  of  recent  years, 
owing,  no  doubt,  to  the  appreciation  of  tobacco  at  Cam^- 
bridge,  the  name  has  come  to  be  regarded  as  overrating 
the  value  o*f  the  beast,  and  has  accordingly  been 
dropped  in  favour  of  the  more  modern  term  of  gee* 
This  name — so  say  the  best  classical  authorities — is 
derived  fi-om  the  Greek  particle  78,  which,  except  in 
the  Greek  Iambics  of  the  modern  undergraduate, 
means  *  at  any  rate ' ;  and  by  a  judicious  application 
of  the  well-known  liuus  a  non  lucendo  principle  we 
find  that  it  refers  to  the  animal's  want  of  pace." 

"Still,"  said  the  Poet,  "just  as  misfortunes  are 
said  never  to  come  singly,  so  we  find  that  curiosities 
generally  appear  in  couples.  Hence  the  rider,  or 
perhaps  rather  the  rider's  riding,  is  often  a  fitting 
adjunct  to  the  horse.  So  we  must  not  be  too  hard 
on  him. 

The  towpath  gee,  the  towpath  gee. 

That  zoologic  mystery  I 
His  counterpart  you'll  never  see  • 

In  any  natural  history: 
A  strangely  put  together  beast, 

(To  judge  by  what  I  see  of  them): 
He  always  boasts  two  legs  at  least, 

And  often  musters  three  of  them.** 

"Hence,"  interrupted  the  Philosopher,  "the  true 
origin  of  the  word  tripos:  for  in  ancient  times 
these  animals  were  employed  in  ploughing."     "Now 


266  Camus  et  Camillu 

Heaven  save  us    from    these    philologists,"  said  the 
Poet.     '^  Don't  interrupt. 

His  pace  is  usually  not 

Much  faster  than  the  river  is; 
His  action,  when  he  tries  to  trot, 

Exciting  to  the  liver  is. 
He  often  takes  to  playing  tricks, 

This  equine  curiosity; 
He  sometimes  shies,  he  sometimes  kicks 

With  out-of-place  ferocity. 

Yet  still  I  like  him.    Though  he  fall 

Or  chuck  me,  what  is  that  to  me  ? 
There's  no  such  other  beast  in  all 

Comparative  anatomy. 
Long  may  he  flourish!   For  although 

Sarcastic  critics  are  with  him. 
He  somehow  suits  me ;   for,  you  know. 

My  riding's  on  a  par  with  him." 

"  We  have  now,"  said  the  Philosopher,  **  gone  through 
almost  the  whole  aquatic  pantheon.  However,  before 
we  leave  the  subject,  let  us  speak  of  those  whom 
people  usually  stigmatise  as  '  crocks.'  I  doubt  whether 
there  is  a  better  or  truer  rowing  man  on  the  river 
than  the  good  old-fashioned  hopeless  *  crock.'  I  have 
known  many  of  them  and  have  come  to  respect  their 
very  deficiencies.  Year  by  year  they  row  on  without 
hope  of  advancement,  or  even  of  more  success  than 
an  occasional  scratch  four  or  junior  trial  can  give, 
ever  cheerful  and  persevering  in  spite  of  the  most 
discouraging  circumstances.  And  where  his  club  is 
concerned,  the  genuine  crock  is  ahvays  as  keen  as 
if  he  assisted  it  to  win  the  Grand  Challenge  Cup 
every  morning  before  breakfast.  Let  us  therefore 
give  him  some  of  the  recognition  that  he  deserves 
but  seldom  gets." 


Camus  et  Camillu  267 

Then  the  Poet  sang  his  praises  as  follows: 

''Not  in  a  strain  of  pungent  ridicule 

I  sing  the  humbler  votaries  of  the  oar. 
Disturbers  of  the  peace  of  Barnwell  Pool, 

The  butt  of  budding  poets  heretofore. 
Others  may  mock  their  crabs,  their  clumsiness, 

Their  splashing,  digging,  bucketing  may  chide ; 
The  task  is  easy ;   yet  must  all  confess 

He  hath  done  something  who  hath  only  tried. 
Men  call  them  crocks:   but,  call  them  what  you  will, 
They  row  more  rightly  oft  than  some  that  have  more  skill. 

What  craves  the  noble  science  of  her  son, 

Who  to  that  title  fitly  would  aspire  ? 
Not  strength  alone,  though  measured  by  the  ton. 

Nor  only  skill  doth  she  of  him  require. 
Nay,  though  of  greatest  potency  be  these 

Corporeal  glories,  lacks  there  something  more; 
Not  only  physical  the  qualities 

That  go  to  making  up  the  perfect  oar: 
And  the  worst  crock  that  ever  yet  was  seen 
Is  higher  than  a  beast,  is  more  than  a  machine. 

And  have  these  nothing,  though  their  form  be  poor^ 

If  patriotic  effort  have  its  part 
With  pluck  and  perseverance  ?   For,  be  sure, 

The  gist  of  rowing  lieth  in  the  heart — 
The  sturdy  heart  that  learneth  how  to  bear 

An  oarsman's  troubles,  that  may  feel  the  stings 
Of  disappointment,  yet  not  know  despair. 

But  persevere  in  hope  of  better  things : 
Add  also  (O  si  adfuisset  semper!) 
The  oarsman*s  greatest  gift,  unrufBeable  temper.'*^ 

After  this  they  rose  and  walked  slowly  along  the 
towpath  as  far  as  Ditton,  stopping  again  just  at  the 
beginning  of  the  Long  Reach, 

"  Many  a  tight  race  have  I  seen  along  here,"  said 

the    Philosopher :     "  I    rowed    myself  in   one  of   the 

tightest  of  them  too.    It's  a  horrid  experience  to  be 

chased  from  here  to  the  finish  with  the  gap  between 

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268  Camus  et  Camilli, 

your  rudder  and  defeat  varying  from  one  foot  to 
three.  But  if  you  come  out  of  it  successfully,  it's  a 
thing  to  be  remembered  for  a  lifetime." 

"I  have  not  forgotten  the  race  you  speak  of,'* 
said  the  Poet.  **How  does  this  tally  with  your  re- 
pollection3  ? 

'Twas  just  after  Ditton  was  rounded, 

That  they  came  with  a  rush  in  the  straight^ 
And  loudly  their  rattles  were  sounded, 

Portending  our  imminent  fate ; 
And  their  men  on  the  towpath  were  shouting, 

Plunging  madly  through  gravel  and  dirt, 
And  they  thought  they  were  in  for  an  outing^ 

As  they  yelled  to  their  stroke  for  a  spurt. 

Aud  it  came-^like  a  rush  of  sea  horses : 

What  hope  to  escape  it  had  we? 
In  practice  we'd  done  no  fast  courses; 

All  said  we  were  slow  as  could  be. 
Aye,  it  came,  like  the  waves  o'er  the  shingles 

Driven  on  by  the  flow  of  the  tide ; 
It  came,  and  it  made  our  blood  tingle, 

It  came,  but  it  slackened  and  died. 

It  died,  but  with  sudden  reviving 

Came  again,  and  again  it  grew  slack  ^ 
And  on  we  went,  somehow  contriving 

To  stave  off  their  direst  attack. 
For  our  stroke  was  as  sturdy  a  hero 

As  ever  won  chaplet  of  bay. 
And  even  when  hope  was  at  zero. 

Still  somehow  he  kept  us  away. 

And  once  'twas  a  matter  of  inches, 

And  often  'twas  less  than  a  yard ; 
But  base  is  the  oarsman  that  flinches. 

Though  fortune  be  never  so  hard : 
go  we  struggled  right  home  to  the  finish* 

With  a  gap  of  a  yard  at  the  most, 
Put  we  suffered  that  not  to  diminish 

Till,  by  George,  we  were  safe  past  the  post.'" 


Camus  et  Camtllu  269 

**  Those  Were  hard  times,"  said  the  Philosopher  as 
they  continued  their  homeward  walk.  "Suppose  we 
have  something  more  cheerful  to  take  us  along.  For 
rowing,  like  most  other  things,  has  its  ups  and 
downs,  and,  if  you  stick  to  it,  you  get  compensation 
for  these  little  annoyances  in  time.  In  fact,  I  doubt 
whether  it's  a  good  thing  for  a  man  to  be  very  suc- 
cessful at  the  beginning  of  his  career.  A  little  whole- 
some adversity  will  keep  his  ideas  on  the  subject  of 
himself  at  the  proper  discount,  and  make  his  success 
all  the  sweeter,  when  it  comes — and  it  will  come  if 
he  deserves  it." 

"Well,"  said  the  Poet,   "here's  a  ditty  to  remind 
you  of  some  more  of  the  old  days : 

When  the  crew's  rowing  well, 

When  the  ship's  going  well, 
Moving  like  creature  alive, 

When  there  is  nought  to  do 

Save  what  is  sport  to  do, 
Only  to  swing  and  to  drive, 

Then  there^s  a  pleasure,  lads. 

Passing  all  measure,  lads, 
Which  to  the  heart  it  reveals, 

Thing  to  be  waited  for, 

Worth  being  slated  for, 
Only  to  know  how  it  feels. 

Even  and  long  the  stroke, 

Clean,  crisp,  and  strong  the  stroke. 
Gripping  the  water  right  back; 

Long,  smooth,  and  straight  the  swing, 

Steady  as  fate  the  swing. 
Blades  getting  hold  with  a  smack; 

No  dirty  finishing 

Rhythm  diminishing. 
Legs  working  hard  as  a  horse; 

Leaps  to  the  lift  the  ship, 

Steady  and  swift  the  ship, 
Over  the  whole  of  the  course. 


2^o  Camus  et  Camilli, 

Then  though  the  days  be  dark. 

Though  hopes  of  bays  be  dark. 
Stick  to  it  "  steady  and  true :  ** 

Be  your  stroke  long  enough^ 

Be  your  faith  strong  enough^ 
And  you  will  turn  out  a  crew. 

Then  a  good  time  will  come» 

Moments  sublime  will  come. 
Worth  all  the  trouble  bestowed. 

Words  benedictory, 

Glory,  and  victory. 
Then  you'll  have  really  rowed.'* 

•*I  was  just  about  to  remark,"  began  the  Philo- 
sopher— 

^^ Sed  tain  satis  est  philosophatumy'  interrupted  the 
Poet:    "it's  getting  nearly  time  for  luncheon." 

**  Tu  poeta  es  prorsus  ad  earn  rem  unicuSy"  retorted 
the  Philosopher. 

R.  H.  F. 


SOME    CIGARETTE    PAPERS. 

WENT  into  my  friend  Johnson's  rooms  the 
other  day,  and  found  him  out.  I  don't  mean 
found  him  out  in  the  ordinary  sense,  I  did 
that  long  ago,  once  and  lor  all ;  what  I  mean 
here  is  that  I  found  he  was  not  in.  Johnson  is  a  very 
refined  sort  of  person — refined  people  in  these  days 
always  bear  some  banal  name  like  Johnson,  or  Smith, 
or  Boggs,  the  reason  being,  I  think,  that  they  cultivate 
refinement  as  a  set-off  against  their  names. 

Having  helped  myself  to  the  best  cigarette  I  could 
find,  I  proceeded  to  investigate  his  waste-paper  basket. 
Among  the  heap  of  deceased  "comps."  and  unpaid 
bills  it  contained,  I  found  a  small  cardboard  cigarette 
box  covered  with  little  paragraphs  written  in  lead- 
pencil. 

I  went  away  with  the  box  and  some  more  cigarettes. 
The  cigarettes  I  have  smoked,  the  notes  are  trans- 
cribed below,  in  the  order  of  their  occurrence  on  the 
box.  I  have  endeavoured  to  discover  some  order  in 
them,  but  have  failed.  I  may  mention  that  Johnson 
and  order  are  not  on  speaking  terms.  The  only  order 
he  ever  has  is  a  coal  order,  and  that  he  promptly  gives 
away. 

Stone  walls  do  not  a  prison  make, 

Nor  iron  bars  a  cage, 
Minds  innocent  and  quiet  take 
That  for  an  hermitage. 
If  I  have  but  my  cigarette,  and  from  the  bore  am  free. 
Angels  alone  that  soar  above  enjoy  such  liberty. 


272  Some  Cigarette  Papers. 

Cigarettes  are  productive  of  a  most  delightful 
fegotism  in  conversation.  They  lead  men  to  narrate  the 
little  incidents  of  their  history  in  a  most  delightful 
manner — ^little  incidents,  scarcely  stories,  which  make 
the  narrator's  personality  so  much  clearer  and  so  much 
more  charming,  drawing  us  closer  together,  fastening 
our  friendship  with  yet  another  white  bolt.  They  are 
not  told  in  a  boasting  spirit — and  here  greatly  lies  the 
fcharm — but  in  illustration  of  the  matter  in  hand,  in 
perfect  sincerity,  and  without  a  trace  of  self-assertive- 
ness. 

I  do  not  like  the  man  who  says  cig.  It  is  profane, 
it  is  irreverent,  it  is  contemptuously  familiar. 

«««««« 

The  graceful  sound  of  cigarette  seems  so  fitting. 
The  slender  white-coated  shaft  has  all  the  delicate 
grace  of  the  word — this  word  and  this  work  were  made 
for  one  another.  And  contrast  cigarette  lisping  gently 
from  the  lips  with  the  rampant  sound  of  cigar  and  the 
vulgar  sound  of  pipe.  One  can  imagine  the  fairest  of 
of  fair  women  saying,  cigarette — but  those  other  words ! 

«««««« 

Who  could  imagine  an  angel  with  a  pipe!  But  a 
Cigarette  would  not  soil  even  an  angel's  fingers.  I 
myself  have  seen  cigarettes  in  the  fingers  and  betweeli 
the  lips  of  the  visible  angels  of  this  world!  the 
Cigarettes  seemed  perfectly  in  place,  and  a  shade  more 
charming,  a  little  hallowed.  But  to  return  to  the  in- 
Visible,  I  am  sure  my  guardian  angel  indulges  in 
cigarettes.  I  know  she  is  kinder  to  me  when  I  smoke 
them. 

The  cigarette  is  the  property  of  the  refined  man, 
cigars  are  too  brutal,  pipes  too  unclean.  But  between 
his  white  fingers,  between  his  cultured  lips,  it  finds  its 
resting  place,  and  there  perishes  in  its  rapture. 


Some  Cigarette  Papers.  273 

It  does  not  load  the  air  with  heavy  fumes,  but  sends 
up  its  own  tiny  column  of  dark  blue  smoke  quickly 
towards  the  sky,  while  a  slower,  broader  stream  flows 
from  the  smoker's  lips. 

It  looks  at  home  among  his  books  and  papers — is 
its  own  garment  not  of  paper  too,  paper  refined  to  the 
last  degree  of  thinness  ? 

I  should  define  a  Vandal  as  a  person  capable  of 
writing  a  verse  in  which  cigarette  should  be  made  to 
rhyme  with  you  bet. 

If  I  were  in  search  of  a  new  religion,  I  should 
worship  my  cigarette,  the  little  idol  with  its  tiny  in- 
scription in  letters  of  gold-:— not  the  cigarette  my  own 
hands  have  made,  but  the  beauty  that  appears  in  full 
perfection  from  I  know  not  where,  like  Minerva  spring-r 
ing  from  the  head  of  Jove.  Out  of  the  unknown  this 
charmer  comes  to  me  finished,  complete,  robed  in 
white  for  its  martyr-death. 

On  our  crusades  we  should  bear  it  before  us,  em- 
broidered in  silver  on  a  banner  of  cloth  of  gold 
(despite  the  pedantry  of  heralds),  as  we  went  forth 
conquering  and  to  conquer. 

And  we  should  light  up  the  darkest  corner  of  the 
land  with  its  red  glow,  and  from  the  lowliest  cottage 
and  the  greatest  palace  its  sweet  columns  of  incense 
should  arise. 

De  trop. 


THE   POETRY   OF    WILLIAM   BARNES: 
A  Note. 

IN  the  fourteenth  volume  of  the  Eagle 
(pp.  363,  etc.)  a  brief  opinion  was  given  that 
there  was  something  more  than  ordinary 
in  the  quality  of  the  poetry  of  a  member 
of  the  College  then  just  deceased,  William  Barnes. 
Not  much  was  said  then,  as  the  writer  was  quite 
aware  that  he  might  only  be  cherishing  an  Idol  of  the 
Cave  in  thinking  so  highly  of  the  Dorsetshire  poet. 
But  last  year  appeared  a  small  collection  of  essays  by 
Mr  Coventry  Patmore*,  in  whom  no  such  bias  can  be 
suspected,  and  this  contains  not  only  more  than  one 
most  forcible  expression  of  the  poet-critic's  opinion  by 
way  of  obiter  dictum^  but  also  an  Essay  with  the 
judicial  title,  A  Modern  Classic^  Wtlltam  Barnes.  In  an 
Essay  on  Distinction^  Mr  Patmore  speaks  of  Barnes 
along  with  Matthew  Arnold,  Newman,  and  Tennyson ; 
and,  further  on,  he  refers  to  a  saying  of  Mr  G.  S. 
Venables  that  there  had  been  "  no  poet  of  such  peculiar 
perfection  since  Horace "  :  and  to  the  "  generous  and 
courageous  justice  "  done  to  him  by  Professor  Palgrave. 
For  himself,  he  says,  referring  to  the  dislike  of 
"distinction"  by  the  crowd  and  its  favourite  arbiters 
of  literary  taste,  "  Witness  the  fate  of  William  Barnes, 
who,  though  far  from  being  the  deepest  or  most 
powerful,  was  by  far  the  most  uniformly  *  distin- 
guished '  poet  of  our  time." 

•  Religio  Poeta^  etc.    By  Coventry  Patmore.    G.  Bell  &  Sons,  1893. 


Poetry  of  William  Barnes.  275 

In  the  Essay  named,  no.  XIX  of  the  collection, 
Mr  Patmore  explains  what  he  means  by  a  "  Classic," 
and  works  up  to  the  conclusion  that  it  is  he  "in 
whose  every  verse  poetic  feeling  breathes  in  words  of 
unlaboured  perfection."  He  elaborates  this  in  refer- 
ence to  the  Dorsetshire  poems  by  bringing  out  the 
perfect  attainment  of  their  aim,  and  the  absolutely 
natural,  unlaboured  quality  of  their  art.  This  is  no 
exaggeration  or  distortion  of  judgment  such  as  would 
be  involved  in  calling  Barnes  a  poet  of  the  first 
magnitudey  or  even  the  second,  but  it  is  claimed  that 
he  is  a  poet  of  the  first  water.  It  is  claimed 
therefore  that  he  should  have  "  an  abiding  place 
among  such  minor  classics  as  Herbert,  Suckling, 
Herrick,  Burns,  and  Blake " ;  and  surpass  him  though 
every  one  of  these  may  "  in  some  point  of  wit,  sweet- 
ness, subtlety,  or  force,"  he  surpasses  them  all  in  "  the 
sustained  perfection  of  his  art"  and  in  '*the  lovely 
innocence  which  breathes  from  his  songs  of  nature 
and  natural  afifection?'  And,  finally,  Mr  Patmore, 
shrinking  from  the  vulgarity  and  disorganisation  of 
present  Art,  concludes  his  Essay  with  the  expression  of 
his  opinion  that  Barnes  may  be  one  of  the  last  English 
poets  likely  to  be  regarded  as  a  classic  in  the  sense 
assigned. 

There  is  no  need  for  us  to  endorse  every  opinion 
expressed  by  Mr  Patmore,  either  in  its  generality,  or 
in  its  application  to  Barnes.  But  it  may  be  permitted 
us  to  suggest  to  readers  of  the  Eagle  in  search  of  a 
summer  companion  that  they  may,  with  every  con- 
fidence of  winning  a  source  of  permanent  enjoyment, 
seek  the  friendship  of  this  latest  poet  on  our  long  roll. 

A.  C. 


VOL.   XVIII,  0  0 


THE  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN  LITERATURE 
AND  SCIENCE. 

MUST  plead  guilty  to  having  chosen  the 
title  of  my  paper  before  considering  whether 
I  had  aught  to  say  on  the  subject.  But> 
perhaps,  a  title  is  not  of  much  importance, 
indeed  I  have  the  support  of  the  Master  (of  Brant, 
wood),  in  choosing  a  title  which  is  hardly  akin  to 
my  subject-matter,  for  I  have  heard  that  country 
shepherds  are  sometimes  surprised  when  they  receive 
Mr  Ruskin's  work  On  the  Construction  of  Sheep/olds 
as  a  gift  likely  to  prove  acceptable. 

On  proceeding  to  consider  whether  there  was  any 
relationship  between  literature  and  science,  I  found 
myself  in  difficulties.  Looking  about  for  a  subject 
concerning  which  one  might  compare  the  utterances  of 
the  devotees  of  literature  and  of  science,  I  fixed  upon 
^  life'  as  being  of  interest  to  all  of  us.  My  search  seemed 
to  prove  that  the  literary  man  looked  upon  things 
from  an  entirely  different  point  of  view  to  that  taken 
by  the  labourer  in  the  field  of  science,  and  that  it 
would  be  hopeless  on  this  line  to  attempt  to  trace  any 
relationship  between  literature  and  science.  Thus> 
whilst  the  poet  speaks  of  life  as  "an  empty  dream," 
it  is  defined  by  the  philosopher  as  "  the  definite  com- 
bination of  heterogeneous  changes,  both  simultaneous 
and  successive,  in  correspondence  with  external 
co-existences  and  sequences." 
This  was  not  encouraging. 


The  Relationship  between  L  iterature  and  Science.    277 

After  ftirther  consideration,  I  discovered  an  im- 
portant relationship,  hitherto  overlooked.  It  is  evident 
that  literature  is  the  rich  relation  who  condescends 
to  introduce  poor  science  to  the  British  Public. 
Therefore,  we  find  that  the  infant  is  nourished  with 
milk  and  Arabella  B*ckl*y,  the  schoolboy  dilutes 
his  toflFee  with  Gr*nt  All*n,  the  middle-aged  man 
takes  his  grog-  with  a  chapter  of  T*nd*ll,  whilst  the 
veteran  is  cheered  into  his  grave  by  the  edifying 
patter  of  Dr  K*nns. 

It  is  true  that  there  have  been  great  scientific 
men  who  were  also  literary ;  for  instance,  it  is 
stated  that  the  first  sentence  of  Sir  Charles  Lyell's 
Principles  of  Geology^  with  one  or  two  verbal  changes, 
makes  two  lines  of  English  heroic  verse.  But  this 
is  exceptional.  Moreover,  little  pleasure  is  obtained 
by  discussing  what  is  good  and  perfect;  let  us  rather 
consider  the  efiFiisions  of  the  tiro,  for  the  pleasantest 
of  all  work  is  destructive  criticism. 

The  aspiring  literary  youth,  pure  and  simple,  is 
one  who  has  nothing  to  say,  but  an  agreeable  way 
of  saying  it;  whilst  the  future  writer  of  scientific 
monographs  and  epoch-making  memoirs  has  usually 
something  to  communicate,  but  does  not  know  how 
to  do  it.  How  awful  then  must  be  the  products  of  the- 
hybrid  scientific-literary  stripling!  Let  us  examine 
a  type. 

The  populariser  of  science  is  characterised  mainly  by 
his  scorn  for  the  unpopular,  or,  I  should  rather  say, 
super-popular  scientific  genius.  He  serves  up  a  hash 
consisting  of  some  quasi- scientific  knowledge,  a  descrip- 
tion of  scenery,  and  a  certain  amount  of  buifoonery. 
Notice  his  style. 

"  One  sunny  day,  as  I  was  wandering  listlessly  along 
the  rolling  chalk-downs  of  southern  England,  conscious 
through  the  medium  of  a  freshening  south-westerly 
breeze  that  the  boundless  ocean,  though  unseen,  was 
yet  not  afar  oflF,  I  diverted  my  glance  from  the  magnifi- 


278    The  Relationship  between  Literature  and  Science. 

cent  mammilated  mass  of  cumulus  cloud  that,  rising 
dome  above  dome  into  the  serene  azure,  was  cut  off 
sharply  below  as  by  a  scythe,  to  the  sweet  short  turf 
beneath  my  feet  (turf  so  dear  to  the  breeder  of  the  race- 
horse and  the  judge  of  good  mutton),  when  my  eye  was 
averted  by  the  appearance  of  an  insignificant  flower, 
which  anyone  but  a  very  close  observer  would  have 
passed  unheeded.  The  botanist,  proud  of  his  little  lore, 
would  have  named  it  the  Herminium  monorchism  but  let 
us  use  a  good  English  name,  and  speak  of  the  ball- 
footed  bedpost  plant." 

(Here  will  follow  an  inaccurate  description  of  the 
flower,  its  mode  of  fertilisation,  a  few  patronising 
remarks  on  Darwin,  and  a  concluding  paragraph 
calling  attention  to  the  wisdom  of  Dame  Nature — 
and  of  the  writer.) 

Very  different  is  the  style  of  the  next  author,  who 
has  a  little  knowledge  of  many  sciences,  and  is  hard 
on  all.  Listen  to  him  crushing  the  geologist,  as  the 
most  crawling  of  earthly  worms : — 

"  And  of  scientists,  to  use  one  of  the  words  which 
have  sprung  up  around  the  false  prophets  of  Nature, 
surely  the  most  ignoble  is  the  geologist.  Ignoble  not 
in  his  calling,  but  in  his  methods.  For  thrown  amongst 
.scenes  that  should  purify,  and  amidst  surroundings  that 
should  elevate,  he  wilfully  rejects  the  pearl  of  great 
price,  and  wallows  in  the  mire  of  ignorance.  Him, 
alone  amongst?  men,  have  I  tried  to  instruct  in  vain. 
He  has  turned  aside  from  the  mighty  crystal  of  the 
Matterhorn,  and  the  perfect  pellucidity  of  the  agate, 
and  devoted  his  time  to  palaeontology,  and  so  since 
the  days  of  J*  D.  Forbes,  no  geologist  has  rightly 
delineated  mountain  form,  and  none  has  taken  up  my 
challenge,  and  accounted,  as  I  the  humblest  of  students 
have  done,  for  the  variations  of  crystal-architecture  in 
a  mass  of  silver.  Therefore  geology,  which  with 
anatomy  should  share  in  the  glory  of  being  the  science 
of  the  study  of  beauty  (for  the  curve  of  the  mountain- 


Tie  Relationship  between  Literature  and  Science.    2  79 

slope  and  the  curve  of  the  girlish  figure  each  contains 
the  perfect  embodiment  of  loveliness,  that  is  of  love), 
geology,  [  say,  is  of  no  account,  and  the  geologist,  who 
should  be  uplifted  above  his  fellows,  is  abased;  wit- 
ness the  words  of  the  seer : 

'  Soine  drill  and  bore 

The  solid  earth,  and  from  the  strata  there 

Extract  a  register,  by  which  we  learn 

That  He  who  made  it  and  revealed  its  date 

To  Moses,  was  mistaken  in  its  age.' 
Notice  the  expression,  "  extract  a  register."  Nothing 
of  poetry,  nothing  of  harmony,  nothing  of  love, — naught 
is  extracted  save  a  meaningless  collection  of  facts  over 
which  men  cackle  and  dispute,  as  fowls  on  a  dust-heap. 
Woe  unto  you  geologists,  who,  for  the  sounding  of 
hammer  and  tinkling  of  chisel,  hear  not  the  voice  of 
Nature." 

Many  other  ways  of  introducing  science  to  the 
people  might  be  noted,  as  for  example  that  of  the 
Extension  Lecturer  with  his  syllabus,  lantern,  and  per- 
suasive eloquence ;  but  he  deserves  a  paper  to  himself, 
I  will  end  with  one  method  of  popularising  science 
which  has,  I  believe,  a  great  future  before  it.  It  is  the 
statement  of  scientific  facts  in  doggerel  rhyme.  It  has 
long  been  dear  to  us  as  an  easy  medium  for  conveying  a 
requisite  knowledge  of  Paley's  Evidences^  and  has  been 
otherwise  utilised ;  but  as  a  method  of  teaching  science, 
it  has  not  received  the  attention  it  deserves.  As  this  is 
probably  the  most  degrading  mode  of  instructing  the 
public  in  the  truths  of  science,  I  need  not  apologise  for 
quoting  a  short  didactic  effusion  of  my  own,  written  for 
this  purpose,  and  with  this  will  bring  my  paper  to  a 
dose. 

Pre-historic  Peeps  in  Cambridge. 

When  Camus  did  once  quickly  travel, 
Instead  of  mud,  he  carried  gravel, 
(Whilst  now,  in  times  of  fiercest  flood 
He  carries  nought  but  murky  mud). 


2  8o    The  Relationship  between  L  iterature  and  Science. 

No  gutter  then  through  slimy  flats 
Did  ooze  surcharged  with  freight  of  cats ; 
A  fiver  flowing  'midst  the  hills 
Received  as  tribute  sparkling  rills. 
The  hills  resounded  with  the  bellow 
Of  Urus  challenging  his  fellow; 
Aroused  from  slumber  by  the  Bos, 
Came  forth  the  huge  Rhinoargs ; 
The  Mammoth  with  his  gleaming  tusk 
Crashed  through  the  foliage  at  dusk; 
Whilst  man,  amongst  this  frightful  horde 
Was  then,  as  now,  Creation's  lord; 
Though  some  there  are  who  would  dispute 
His  claims  as  lord  of  fowl  and  brute. 
'Tis  true,  the  beasts  on  which  he  preyed 
Received  no  thrust  from  metal  blade — 
Indeed  man  could  not  polish  stone, 
But  splintered  bits  of  flint  and  bone, 
And,  taking  'vantage  of  the  cracks, 
Made  pre-historic  spear  and  axe. 
For  details  of  bis  home  and  dress 
(The  latter  scanty) ;    evening  mess 
Of  mammoth-pottage  ;    love  and  hate ; 
His  views  concerning  future  state; 
The  ways  in  which  his  foes  were  smitten ; 
See  Dawkins,  Early  Man  in  Britain, 

X.    Tkeme. 


HAFIZ. 

(Read  at  a  meeting  of  "The  Critics"  on  May  19,  1894.) 
I. 

DO  not  know  if  my  readers  share  the  difficulty 
with  myself  of  transporting  thoughts,  mental 
notes  of  the  proportion  of  history,  at  a 
moment's  notice,  as  Mr  Anstey's  theosophist 
said  that  he  could  his  body,  many  thousand  miles.  I 
am  alarmed  to  think  with  what  untoward  brevity  all 
the  most  important  cardinal-points  of  the  world's  ages 
fade  into  shocking  indefiniteness,  till  one  comes  to 
believe  that  the  story  books  with  their  *  in  days  of  old ' 
are  really  the  best  teachers  of  method  for  acquiring 
history,  in  preference  to  such  painful  masters  of  chrono- 
logical exactitude,  as,  for  example,  the  Welsh  genealo- 
gists, who  are  proud  to  inscribe  on  the  margin  of  their 
family-tree  a  remark  that  at  this  period  the  Flood 
happened. 

And  if  history  so  plays  the  cheat,  I  confess  that  in 
geography  I,  for  one,  am  no  better.  I  do  not  mean 
that,  with  the  subject  well-prepared,  it  does  not  seem 
incredible  not  to  know  the  number  of  miles  from  San 
Francisco  to  the  Cape,  but  the  merest  divergence  of 
interest  will  drive  such  knowledge  away,  and  one  feels 
inclined  to  reply  to  such  enquiries  with  the  Father  of 
History  that  though  one  has  been  told,  one  would  not 
willingly  mention. 

Things  are  worse  when  the  subject  so  described  can, 
in  no  human  probability,  become  part  of  one's  visual 
experiences.     So  that  the  laugh — to  come  to  the  matter 


282  Hajiz, 

immediately  in  hand — is  all  with  such  men  as  Sir  John 
Malcolm,  or  Professor  Palmer,  or  Mr  E.  G.  Browne  of 
Pembroke,  the  first  chapter  of  whose  Year  among  the 
Persians  is  as  good  reading  for  a  Cambridge  man,  what- 
ever be  his  course  of  study,  as,  to  my  knowledge,  can  be 
found  anyw)iere;  or  the  Hon  George  Curzon,  whose 
encyclopaedic  work  on  Persia  does  equal  honour  to  a 
sister  University.  Listen  to  these  *  travellers'  tales,'  to 
a  page,  and  that  an  introductory  one,  taken  at  random 
from  such  writers  as  these: — "Resuming  my  journey 
at  Teheran  the  opportunity  will  await  us,"  it  runs,  "  of 
seeing  something  of  a  Court  whose  splendour  is  said 
to  have  formerly  rivalled  that  of  the  great  Mogul,  of  a 
Government  which  is  still,  with  the  exception  of  China,  . 
the  most  oriental  in  the  East,  and  of  a  city  which  unites 
the  unswerving  characteristics  of  an  Asiatic  capital'  with 
the  borrowed  trappings  of  Europe.  Thence  the  high 
road — only  ninety  miles  of  which  is  a  road  in  any 
known  sense  of  the  word — will  lead  us  across  the  suc- 
cessive partitions  of  the  great  plateau,  possessing  a 
mean  elevation  of  4,000  to  5,000  feet  above  the  sea,  that 
occupies  the  heart  of  Persia;  and  whose  manifold 
mountain  ridges  intervene,  like  the  teeth  of  a  saw, 
between  the  northern  and  southern  seas.  In  the  plains 
of  greater  or  less  extent  lying  at  their  base  we  shall 
find,  in  the  shape  of  large  but  ruined  cities,  the  visible 
records  of  faded  magtiificence,  of  unabashed  misrule, 
and  of  internal  decay.  Kum,  from  behind  its  curtain 
of  fanaticism  and  mystery,  will  reveal  the  glitter  of  the 
golden  domes  that  overhang  the  resting  place  of  saints 
and  the  sepulchre  of  kings.  Isfahan,  with  its  wreck  of 
fallen  palaces,  its  acres  of  wasted  pleasaunce,  its  storeyed 
bridges,  that  once  rang  beneath  the  tread  of  a  population 
numbered  at  650,000,  will  tell  a  tale  of  deeper  pathos, 
although  in  its  shrill  and  jostling  marts  we  may  still 
observe  evidence  of  mercantile  activity  and  a  prospering 
international  trade.  Shiraz,  which  once  re-echoed  the 
blithe    anacreontics  of  Hafiz,  and    the    more  demure 


Hafiz.  283 

J)hilosophy  of  Sadi,  preserves  and  cherishes  the  poets' 
graves ,  but  its  merry  gardens,  its  dancing  fountains, 
and  its  butterfly  existence  have  gone  the  way  of  the 
singers  who  sang  their  praises,  and  are  now  only  a 
shadow  and  a  .lament.  In  this  neighbourhood,  and  in 
eloquent  juxtaposition  to  these  piles  of  modern  ruin, 
occur  at  intervals  the  relics  of  a  grander  imagination 
and  a  more  ancient  past.  Here  on  the  plain  still  stands 
the  white  marble  mausoleum  that,  in  all  probability, 
once  held  the  gold  coffin  and  the  corpse  of  Cyrus.  At 
no  great  distance  the  rifled  sepulchre  of  Darius  gapes 
from  its  chiselled  hollow  in  the  scarp  of  a  vertical  cliff. 
Opposite,  the  princely  platform  of  Persepolis  lifts  its 
dwindling  columns,  and  amid  piles  of  diiris  displays 
the  sculptured  handiwork  that  graced  the  palace  of 
Xerxes  and  the  halls  of  Artaxerxes."* 

It  is  something,  when  the  secretaries  of  our  India 
ofl&ce  can  write  like  that.  But  the  truth  is,  there  is  a 
fascination  about  the  Far  East,  which  has  exerted  itself 
over  some  of  the  greatest  thinkers.  It  is  so  different 
from  what  has  been  described  as  our  '^  multitudinous 
detail,"  our  ^'  secular  stability  and  the  vast  average  of 
comfort"  of  the  West.f  Goethe  himself,  just  about  the 
time  that  Europe  was  to  undergo  its  final  Napoleonic  con- 
vulsion, the  year  before  Waterloo,  turned  to  the  East  for 
inspiration,  and  set  about  his  Wesl-ostltche  Diwan :  and 
it  bears  the  mark  of  the  time,  for  Timur  is  Napoleon 
himself.  Goethe  was  followed  by  Rtickert  and  Platen. 
But  it  is  a  matter  of  national  pride  that  in  this  the  English 
had  already  anticipated  them,  in  the  pages  of  Forster. 
Goethe,  I  have  said,  was  absorbed  in  the  study  by  18 14 
— 18 15  ;  we  here  may  be  forgiven  for  remembering  that 
three  years  earlier  a  member  of  this  college  had  landed 
in  Shiraz.  The  pages  of  Emerson  are  replete  with 
tributes  to  the  genius  of  the  East.  Victor  Hugo,  though 
he  attempted  it  in  his  OrienlaleSy  did  not,  if  the  ex- 

•  Curzon,  Persia,  I.  9,  10.  f  Euierson,  Pertian  Poitry,  p.  174. 

VOL.  XVlil.  P  P 


284  Hafiz' 

pression  in  its  double  sense  may  be  permitted,  arrive 
so  far.  Nor  must  we  omit  Lamartine.  The  influence 
of  the  East  may  be  found  in  Calderon  and  Brahms. 
In  our  own  country  Robert  Browning  did  much,  and 
Mr  George  Meredith  in  a  book  that  some  of  us  will  for- 
bear to  characterize  yields  to  the  charm. 

I  hasten  to  set  the  minds  of  my  readers  at  rest  by 
stating  at  once  that  I  have  no  intention  of  giving  them 
even  in  the  tersest  phrases  a  sketch  of  Persian  History. 
The  painful  student  will  find  no  less  than  100  pages  of 
the  latest  edition  of  the  EncyclopcBdia  devoted  to  that 
time  and  country.  Most  of  us  have  sold  our  Xenophons, 
though  Herodotus  is  still  with  us.  But  it  will  not,  I 
think,  be  out  of  place  to  devote  a  few  words  to  Shiraz, 
the  city  of  Hafiz,  and  then  without  more  ado  we  will 
ring  up  the  curtain  and  begin. 

The  traveller  who  shall  have  passed  through  the 
Strait  of  Ormuz  intO'  the  Persian  Gulf  will  -find  him- 
self taken  500  miles  up  the  eastern  coast  to  the 
Port  of  Bushire,  if  that  can  be  called  Port  which 
is  unworthy  of  the  name,*  and  Bushire,  which  is 
separated  by  only  170  miles  from  Shiraz.  But — and 
it  is  refireshing  to  come  across  any  place  that  is  not 
connected  nowadays  with  every  other  by  railway  nor 
posting  road — these  170  miles  must  be  covered  by 
caravan.  They  consist  of  a  series  of  parallel  ridges 
which  from  their  character  and  steepness  may  almost 
be  characterised  as  ladders,  and  which  rise  to  a  height 
of  over  7,000  feet  above  the  Persian  Gulf.  The  island 
communication  of  Shiraz,  it  is  consoling  to  think,  is 
easier;  and  the  600  miles  of  road  connecting  Shiraz 
with  Isfahan,  Kashan,  Kum,  and  Teheran  may  be 
managed,  in  Mr  Curzon's  words,  as  fast  as  spur, 
bridle,  and  horsehoof  can  forward  the  traveller.!  The 
sea  route  which  I  have  indicated  is  the  one  used  by 


•  Curzon,  i  46.  f  lb.  i  4^—7. 


Hafiz,  285 

all  visitors  coming  from  India  and  by  all  Indian  and 
£nglish*merchandise  going  as  far  north  as  Isfahan* 

Shiraz  itself  lies  in  a  valley  about  ten  miles  in 
width  by  thirty  in  length:*  Shiraz,  of  which  Sadi 
has  said  that  '  it  turns  aside  the  heart  of  the  traveller 
from  his  native  land.'f  The  Zerghun  gateway  con- 
sists of  a  fortification  completely  stretching  across  the 
pass  from  mountain  to  mountain,  and  in  the  upper 
storey  of  the  gateway  over  the  arch  is  a  chamber  con- 
taining, upon  a  desk,  a  colossal  copy  of  the  Koraa 
said  to  weigh  eight  tons,  of  which  it  is  popularly 
believed  that  if  one  leaf-  were  removed  it  would  equal 
in  weight  the  entire  volume.}  From  the  gate  to  the 
city  walls  is  now  bare  and  desolate,  though  once  very 
different.  One  hundred  and  twenty  years  ago  the- 
population  stood  at  50,000.  It  is  now  from  20,000  ta 
30,000  only.  The  histories  relate  that  it  was  founded 
in  A.D.  694,  exactly  1,200  years  ago;  but  it  must  really 
be  much  older.  A  legend  of  the  Three  Kings,  wha 
in  Marco  Polo's  days  were  reputed  to  have  started 
from  here,  is  so  good,  that  I  am  sorry  I  must  not  stop. 
to  repeat  it.  But  Herbert  speaks  thus  of  the  city,  and 
is  approved  by  its  latest  historian: 

"  Here  art  magick  was  first  hatched ;  here  Nimrod 
for  some  time  lived ;  here  Cyrus,  the  most  excellent  of 
Heathen  Princes,  was  born ;  and  here  (all  but  his  head,, 
which  was  sent  to  Pisigard)  intombed.  Here  the  Great 
Macedonian  glutted  his  avarice  and  Bacchism.  Here- 
the  first  Sibylla  sung  our  Saviour's  incarnation.  Hence- 
the  Magi  are  thought  to  have  set  out  towards  Beth- 
lehem, and  here  a  series  of  200  Kings  have  swayed 

their  scepters."§     (i^^7)- 

As  early  as  1330  it  was  famous.  Ibn  Batuta  speaks 
of  the  tomb  here  of  Abn  Abdullah,  who  wandered 
about  Ceylon  with  a  sanctity  so  well  established  that  it 
was  recognised  by  the  elephants.    The  city  grew  and 

•  lb.  ii  95.  t  lb.    93.  X  lb.    94.  i  lb.  96. 


28«  Hafiz. 

grew,  so  that  in  later  days  the  vain -glorious  saying' 
arose,  '  When  Shiraz  was  Shiraz,  Cairo  was  one  of  its 
suburbs.'  In  1474  the  Italian  Angiolello  numbered  its 
inhabitants  at  200,000.  Yet  by  1668,  thanks  to  in<- 
lindation  and  earthquakes,  the  city  was  little  better 
than  a  ruin.  About  1770  it  was  entirely  rebuilt  of 
stone.  The  Kajars  pulled  all  this  down  and  rebuilt  - 
it  again  in  mud.  Though  regarded  as  a  princedom 
for  a  son  of  the  Shah,  the  Shah  himself  has  never 
visited  Shiraz  in  all  his  long  reign.  Mr  Curzou 
describes  its  Ark,  and  Old  Palace,  the  audience 
chamber  of  which  is  now  occupied  by  the  Indo^ 
fiuropean  and  Persian  Telegraph  office.  Its  bazaar 
is  the  finest  in  Persia.  Shiraz  wine  and  Shiraz  tobacco, 
which  are  both  so  famous,  are  completely  consumed, 
9ays  Mr  Curzon,  at  home ;  the  tobacco  sold  as  Shiraz 
elsewhere  coming  from  other  districts.  Some  old 
Shiraz  wine  which  he  drank,  be  tells  us,  was  by  far 
the  best  he  tasted  in  Persia.  Let  my  hearers  not 
think  that  I  am  wandering  far  from  my  text.  *  Xhesa 
Shirazi  characteristics  are,  as  we  shall  see,  of  im«> 
portance.  But  to  return  to  our  wine :  *  It  is  incredible,' 
says  another  traveller,  'to  see  what  quantities  they 
drink  at  a  merry  meeting,  and  how  unconcerned  the 
next  day  they  appear,  and  brisk  about  their  Business, 
and  will  quaff  you  thus  a  whole  week  together.'* 
Among  natural  products  especially  mentioned  are 
moss-roses  and  the  nightingale,  which  seems  to  be 
precisely  similar  to  our  English  bird.  The  real  life 
of  Shiraz  indeed  was  always  chiefly  in  its  gardens, 
an  out-of-door  life,  a  sort  of  perennial  May  Week.  '  In 
^11  my  life,'  said  Herbert  in  the  17th  century,  *l 
never  saw  people  more  jocund  and  less  quarrelsome." 

Just  one  -word  on  these  gardens  that  Hafiz  loved 
so  much.  '  From  the  outside,  a  square  or  oblong 
enclosure   is  visible,  enclosed  by  a  high   mud  wall, 

♦  IJ),  S,  100— I. 


Hafiz.  287 

over  the  top  of  which  appears  a  dense  bouquet  of 
trees.  The  interior  is  thickly  planted  with  lofty 
pyramidal  cypresses,  broad  spreading  chenawrs,  tough 
elm,  straight  ash,  knotty  pines,  fragrant  masticks, 
kingly  oaks,  sweet  myrtles,  useful  maples.  They 
are  planted  down  the  sides  of  long  alleys,  admitting 
of  no  view  but  a  vista,  the  surrounding  plots 
being  a  jungle  of  bushes  and  shrubs.  Water  courses 
along  in  channels  or  is  conducted  into  tanks.  Some- 
times the  gardens  rise  in  terraces  to  a  pavilion  at  the 
summit,  whose  reflection  in  a  pool  below  is  regarded  as 
a  triumph  of  landscape  gardening.  There  are  no  neat 
walks,  or  shaped  flower-beds,  or  stretches  of  sward. 
All  is  tangled  and  untrimmed.  Such  beauty  as  arises 
from  shade  and  the  purling  of  water  is  all  that  a 
Persian  requires.  Here  he  comes  with  a  party,  or  his 
family,  or  his  friends ;  they  establish  themselves  under 
the  trees,  and,  with  smoking,  and  tea-drinking  and 
singing,  wile  away  the  idle  hour.'  In  a  typical  one, 
such  as  I  have  described,  the  traveller  comes  upon  the 
tomb  of  an  English  explorer — ^perhaps  an  ideal  resting- 
place  to  some.  In  another  you  may  come  across 
'closely-veiled  Persian  ladies,  waddling  along  like 
bales  of  blue  cotton  set  up  on  end '  after  spending  an 
agreeable  afternoon  in  the  shade,  f 

One  mile  from  the  town  in  a  north-easterly  direction, 
just  under  the  mountains,  lies  the  tomb  of  Sadi,  who, 
with  the  subject  of  my  paper,  shares  the  chiefest 
honours  of  this  town.  Nearer  the  city,  and  on  the  out- 
skirts of  its  northern  suburbs,  in  a  cemetery  crowded 
with  Moslem  graves,  surrounded  by  a  frail  iron  railing, 
visited  by  bands  of  admiring  pilgrims,  is  the  last 
resting-place-^I  take  shelter  behind  the  deliberate 
words  of  a  man  who  is  nowise  given  to  exaggeration, 
the  Indian  statesman  to  whose  most  statesmanlike  book 
I  have  alluded— *  the  resting-place  of  a  national  hero 

U>-ll-l'i  ■■ 

♦  lb.  103.        tib.  105. 


288  Hafiz. 

and  the  object  of  adoration  to  millions/*    the  tomb  of 
Hafiz. 

What  is  the  kernel,  if  such  be  the  husk  \ 

II. 

It  will  be  convenient  to  bear  in  mind  five  dates.  The 
death  of  Mahomet  took  place  in  632.  Nearly  400  years 
later,  in  1020,  died  Firdusi,  *  the  unhappy  and  sublime 
Michael  Angelo  of  Persian  history.'  Not  quite  a  hun- 
dred years  later,  in  11 16,  Nizami  was  born,  and  the 
date  of  his  death  brings  us  to  A.D.  1200.  Sadi  died  in 
1292.  The  year  of  the  birth  of  Hafiz  is  unknown,  but 
he  died  either  in  1388,  or,  as  his  tomb  declares,  in  1391. 
His  boyhood  therefore  fell  in  the  last  years  of  Dante's 
life,  and  he  succeeds  Sadi  by  almost  exactly  a  century. 
The  15th  century  is  represented  by  Jami  (1414 — 1492). 
There  was  one  more  poet,  and  then  the  seals  were 
set. — Mahomet,  Firdusi,  Sadi,  Hafiz,  Jami.f  It  may 
be  worth  pointing  out  that  Omar  Khayyam  comes  be- 
tween Firdusi  and  Sadi  (1050 — 1123). 

As  little  is  known,  it  has  well  been  said,}  of  the  life 
of  Hafiz,  as  is  known  of  Shakespeare's.  He  seems  to 
have  lived  in  quiet  retirement  and  literary  ease.  He 
studied  poetry  and  theology,  and  mystic  philosophy, 
and  enrolled  himself  in  an  order  of  dervishes.  He 
studied  the  Koran  to  such  an  extent  that  a  college 
was  specially  founded  for  him  in  which  he  held  the 
post  of  Professor,  even  as  a  prefecture  for  Horace: 
and  it  is  from  his  devotion  to  the  Koran,  in  fact,  that  he 
owes  his  sobriquet^  for  Hafiz  merely  means  "one  who 
remembers"  and  is  technically  applied  to  any  person  who 
has  learned  the  Koran  by  heart.  The  restraints  of 
asceticism  were  little  to  his  taste,  and  his  *  loose  conduct 
and  wine-bibbing  propensities '  drew  on  him  the  censure 
of  his  colleagues :  with  what  result  we  shall  see.   Several 

•  Ih,  109.  t  Quarterly  Review,  Jan.  1892.  J  A/fltf»«7/fl«'jJl/fl^a«/*«/,xxx. 
452  (by  Prof.  Cowell). 


Hafiz.  ■     289 

monarchs  during  his  lifetime  invited  him  to  go  and  see 
them ;  one  in  the  South  of  India,  .and  Hafiz  actually 
set  out.  Crossing  the  Indus  he  passed  through  Lahore 
to  Ormuz,  and  embarked  on  a  vessel  specially  sent  for 
him.  He  seems,  .however,  to  have  been  a  bad  sailor, 
and  having  invented  an  excuse  for  being  put  on  shore,* 
Hafiz  wrote  an  ode  which  is  still  preserved,  and  gave 
it  to  his  friends  to  give  to  the  Vazir.  He  himself  had 
had  enough  of  the  sea  and  made  the  best  of  his  way 
back  to  Shiraz.  There  are  a  few  more  anecdotes,  true 
and  apocryphal,  nothing  more. 

Hafiz's  poems  are  all  ostensibly  about  love  and 
wine.  Sir  W.  Jones  called  him  "the  Anacreon  of 
Persia."  But  all  Persian  poetry  has  a  sufi  or  mystical 
character.  It  is  the  old  question  of  the  Song  of  Songs. 
As  to  the  character,  literal  or  mystical,  of  Hafiz's  poetry, 
erudite  Persians  still  dispute.f  The  subject  is  somewhat 
beyond  the  limits  of  this  paper.} 

III. 

The  form  of  the  ghazal^  in  which  Hafiz  wrote,  is 
well  known.  It  is  an  ode  which  must  not  exceed 
seventeen  couplets  and  is  usually  compressed  in  seven 
or  eight.  The  first  two  lines  rhyme,  and  this  rhyme 
recurs  at  the  end  of  every  alternate  remaining  one, 
the  intermediate  one  being  left  free.  The  couplets 
are  left  free  and  need  have  no  connexion.  They  are 
mere  pearls  on  a  string.  But  the  last  couplet  always 
introduces  the  poet's  name.  The  ghazals  themselves 
are  arranged  alphabetically   according   to   the   initial 


•  EncycL  Brit,  Ed.  IX.  But  we  also  MacmillarCs  Magazine,  loc,  cit.^ 
p.  253. 

t  Curzon.  ii.   106. 

X  •*  What  room  for  How  and  Why,  when  God  is  wise,*'  says  Hafiz.  The 
most  concise  key  to  Oriental  Mysticism,  as  far  as  I  am  aware,  will  be  found 
in  E.  H.  Palmer's  Work,  bearing  that  title  {Oriental  Mysticism,  Cambridge, 

1867). 


ago  Hafiz. 

letter,  so  forming  a  Dtwan.    Here  is  one  ghazal  that 
is  both  typical  and-perfect : 

"If  the  hand  of  thy  musk-^cented  tresses  hath  sinned 
against  me,  and  if  the  dark  mole  of  thy  cheek  hath  been 
heartless  to  me,  gone  is  gone! 

If  the  lightning  of  love  hath  destroyed  the  harvest  of  the 
poor  wool-garbed  dervish,  or  if  the  tyranny  of  a  mighty  king 
hath  injured  the  beggar,  gone  is  gone  I 

If  a  heart  hath  been  oppressed  by  the  glance  of  the  beloved 
who  hath  it  in  keeping,  or  if  aught  hath  marred  the  concord 
between  lover  and  loved  one,  gone  is  gone  I 

If  complaints  have  been  spread  abroad  by  the  tale-bearers, 
or  if  among  comrades  aught  unfitting  hath  been  spoken,  gone  is 
gone! 

On  the  highway  of  love  should  be  no  heart-bmi^ing : — ^bring 
me  wine  I  When  aught  that  was  impure  has  become  pure  again^ 
gone  is  gone ! 

In  the  game  of  love,  patience  is  needful:  be  strong,  my 
heart  1  If  there  was  heart-pain,  if  there  was  cruelty,  gone  is 
gone! 

O  preacher,  be  not  eloquent  on  the  backslidings  of  Hafiz, 
who  hath  escaped  from  the  cloister.  Who  shall  bind  the  foot 
of  the  freeman  ?    Gone  is  gone." 

Indeed  Hafiz  is  no  stickler  for  compromising 
measures.  "  If  my  heart  draws  me  to  the  musk-scented 
grape,"  he  says,  "so  be  it!  From  austerity  and 
hypocrisy  cometh  no  sweet  smell."  Still  more 
gracefully  he  pens  his  own  independence,  "  I  am  the 
slave  of  his  will,"  he  says  "  who,  under  the  azure  vault 
is  free  from  the  colour  of  submission."  And  twice 
again  he  speaks ;  "  Where  do  they  sell  the  wine  which 
overcometh  the  Sufi?  for  I  am  consumed  with  anger 
at  the  hypocrisy  of  the  devotee ! "  "  The  flame  of 
hypocrisy  and  deceit  will  consume  the  harvest  of 
religion.  O  Hafiz  I  throw  aside  thy  woollen  garments 
and  go  thy  ways."  And  Hafiz  knows  his  own  worth, 
and  the  value  of  the  immortality  he  is  conferring.  "  The 
poet,"  he  says,  "  conveys  your  favours  to  the  end  of  the 


Hafiz.  291 

world :  do  not  withold  from  him  allowance  and  provision 
for  the  journey."  "  Hafiz,  thou  art  a  monarch  in  the 
kingdom  of  speech ;  every  moment  thou  achievest 
victories  in  the  plain  of  words."  The  last  is  more 
daring.  '^  In  the  dawn  there  is  a  tumult  around  God's 
throne,  and  Wisdom  calleth  aloud,  'It  is  the  angelic 
Choir  which  chanteth  the  verse  of  Hafiz.'  " 

A  high  f)lace  must  be  found,  even  by  his  worst 
detractors,  for  such  of  his  verses  as  deal,  without  any 
question  of  interpretation,  on  religion.  "Every  gift 
of  happiness  which  God  hath  bestowed  ofl  Hafiz,"  he 
says  at  the  end  of  one  ghazal,  "  hath  been  the  reward 
of  the  nightly  prayer  and  the  morning  supplication." 
**  The  bird  of  my  heart  is  a  sacred  bird,"  he  begins  the 
next,  "  whose  nest  is  the  throne  of  God ;  tired  of  its 
Gage  of  the  body,  it  is  weary  of  the  way  of  the  world." 

"  If  once  the  bird  of  the  soul  flieth  from  this  pit,  it  findeth 
its  resting-place  again  only  at  the  gate  of  that  palace. 

And  when  the  bird  of  my  heart  soareth  upward,  its  place  is 
the  tallest  tree  ^  for  know  that  our  falcon  indeth  rest  only  on 
the  top  of  the  throne. .  • . 

In  both  worlds  its  home  is  the  bower  of  highest  sphere ; 
Its  body  is  from  the  pit/  but  its  soul  is  limited  to  no  place." 

"  We  are  neither  hypocritical  revellers,  nor  the  com- 
panions of  the  deceitful,"  he  says  in  another  ode.  "  He 
to  whom  no  secrets  are  hidden  is  aware  of  this." 

•*  We  discharge  all  our  duties,  and  do  wrong  to  no 
man,"  he  adds  in  Whitman's  vein — "  whatever  we  are 
told  is  unlawful,  we  say  not  that  it  is  lawful." 

"  The  heart  is  a  screen  behind  which  He  hideth  His  love : 
His  eye  is  the  glass  which  refiecteth  His  face. 

I  who  would  not  bend  my  head  to  both  worlds,  yield  my 
neck  to  the  yoke  of  His  mercies. . .  • 

"  What  should  I  do  within  that  holy  place  wherein  the  wind 
is  the  screen  of  the  shrine  of  His  sanctity  I  *' 

We    touch    ground    again    in    the    next.     "I  was 
amazed,"  he  says,  "when  I  discovered  last  night  cup 
VOL.  xvm.  Q  Q 


292  Hafiz. 

and  jug  beside  Hafiz ;  but  I  said  no  word,  for  he  used 
them  in  Sufi  manner." 

Into  his  attacks  on  the  Sufis  we  need  not  follow 
him.  It  is  ever  the  same  reformer's  cry — They  practise 
not  what  they  preach.  "O  Lord,"  he  cries,  "mount 
this  band  of  braggarts  on  the  backs  of  asses,  for  all 
this  pride  they  have  taken  from  their  slaves  and  mules." 

IV. 

We  shall  do  well  to  leave  this  line  and  follow 
Hafiz  into  his  own  province,  for  he  is,  of  course, 
more  especially  a  love-poet.  "  The  court  of  Love  is 
a  great  deal  higher  than  wisdom,"  he  writes.  "The 
eyebrow  of  my  beloved  alone  is  my  Mecca ;  what  has 
this  distracted  heart  to  do  with  the  Place  of  the 
Pilgrimage  ? " 

"In  the  school  of  truth,  in  the  presence  of  the  masters 
of  love,  work  unceasingly,  my  son,  that  thou  mayest  one 
day  become  a  master.  Wash  thyself  clean  from  the  dross  of 
the  body,  that  thou  mayest  find  the  alchemy  of  love  and  be 
transformed  into  gold." 

"  We  have  never  read  the  story  of  Alexander  and  Darius,'* 
be  writes,  "  ask  of  us  no  tale  but  that  of  love  and  loyahy/' 

"  Bow  thyself  down  in  adoration,  O  angel,  at  the  door  of  the 
tavern  of  love,  for  therein  is  kneaded  the  clay  from  which  man- 
kind hath  been  moulded." 

"My  heavenly  guide,  help  me  in  this  sacred  journey,  for  to 
the  wilderness  of  love  no  end  is  visible." 

''If  others  are  glad  and  joyous  in  pleasure  and  delight,  love 
for  the  beloved  is  the  source  of  delight  to  us." 

Hafiz  can  be  incisive:  "In  form  and  face  my 
beloved  is  the  queen  of  the  world.  Would  that  she 
knew  how  to  deal  justice." 

His  agony  at  separation  is  heartrending.  "  I  com- 
plain every  moment  of  the  hand  of  separation.  I 
weep  if  the  wind  does  not  carry  the  sound  of  my 
sighing  to  you." 


Hajiz.  293 

"  What  can  I  do  save  weep,  because  from  thy  absence  I 
am  in  such  case  as  I  would  have  thy  evil  wishes  to  share. 

Day  and  night  I  drink  tears  and  blood.  Why  should  I 
not,  since  I  am  far  from  thy  sight?  How  could  I  be  glad 
at  heart?" 

"  I  heard  a  sweet  saying  which  was  uttered  by  tha 
old  man  of  Canaan:  'No  tongue  can  express  the 
sorrow  of  separation  from  the  beloved ! ' "  (or,  according 
to  another  translation,  *  What  meaneth  the  separation 
of  friends.')  "  The  words  of  the  preacher  proclaiming  ta 
the  city  the  dread  tale  of  the  day  of  resurrection  are^ 
but  a  description  of  the  day  of  separation." 

"Let  no  one,"  he  cries  at  last,  "be  vexed  liko 
roe,  the  afflicted  one,  by  absence,  for  all  my  life  ha& 
been  passed  in  the  pain  of  separation,"* 

And  yet  how  buoyant  he  is! 

**  If  from  thy  garden  I  gathered  a  handful  of  flowers,  what 
matter  ?  If  before  the  glory  of  thy  lamp  I  bent  my  looks  to. 
my  feet,  what  matter  ? 

O  Lord,  if  I,  a  sun-stained  man,  rested  a  moment  beneath 
the  shadow  of  that  tall  cypress,f  what  matter  ? : 

O  seal  of  Jamshid  of  mighty  memories,  if  a  gleam  fron). 
thee  should  be  cast  upon  my  ring,  what  matter  ^ 

The  devout  man  wooeth  the  favour  of  the  King:  if  X 
value  more  the  fascination  of  a  fair  image,  what  matter? 

My  life  hath  varied  between  wine  and  my  beloved :  if  ill 
hath  chanced  to  me  from  one  or  from  the  other,  what  matter  ? 

The  Master  knew  that  I  was  a  lover,  and  kept  silence  ;i 
and  if  Ha£z  knowcth  it  likewise,  what  matter  ?  " 

Hafiz  has  a  considerable  fund  of  humour,  though 
some  perhaps  may  be  unconsciously  introduced  intq^ 
him  by  his  translators.  "I  often  put  aside  the  cup,," 
he  writes  once,  "  with  the  purpose  of  repentance^  but 
the  glance  of  the  cupbearer  does  not  encourage  jne." 

•  About  50  tctrastichs  are  alone  devoted  to  Separation.  Hafiz-Buckiill, 
326  et  ante, 

t  The  cypress  is  with  the  Orientals  the  type  of  independence..  Hafiz^ 
Bucknill,  68. 


294  Hafiz. 

^*My  lamenting  last  night  allowed  no  fowl  or  fish  to 
sleep;  but  behold,  that  scornful  one  never  unclosed 
her  eyelids."  "  Hafiz,"  he  cries  in  despair  in  another 
place,  "finds  it  impossible  to  make  a  short  song 
about  thy  tresses ;  the  rhyme  would  stretch  out  to 
the  day  of  judgment/'  "  If  the  cypress  become  vexed 
before  your  stature,"  he  adds  in  another  mqod,  "  do 
not  be  proud.  The  sense  of  tall  folk  has  no  reputa^ 
tion."  '*The  tongue,  the  reed  of  Hafiz,  will  never 
reveal  thy  secret  to  the  crowd  ^  long  as  thy  lover 
loseth  not  his  head."  "Perhaps  the  cupbearer  hath 
bestowed  on  Hafiz  more  than  his  share,  for  the  tassel 
of  his  turban  is  disordered." 

The  expressions  of  Hafiz  are  at  least  emphatic. 
^*In  that  place,  where  they  drink  to  the  memory  of 
her  beauty,  vile  would  be  the  reveller  who  should 
retain  consciousness."  Occasionally  he  outdoes  him- 
jself.  "  O  Hafiz,"  he  writes,  "  it  is  well  that  in  thy 
pursuit  of  union,  thine  eye  may  make  an  ocean  of 
tears  and  thyself  be  swallowed  up  in  it." 

As  strong  in  the  soul  of  Hafiz  must  have  been  the 
craving  for  Friendship.  "From  the  street  of  my 
friend  bloweth  the  soft  breeze  of  the  Dawning  Year, 
with  whose  help,  if  thou  wishest  it,  thou  mayest  light 
the  lamp  pf  thine  own  heart."  And  Friendship,  as 
it  did  with  Giorgione,  became  imperceptibly  com-s 
iningled  with  Music.  "I  want  a  pleasant  friend," 
}ie  writes,  "and  music  with  an  instrument,  so  that  I 
piay  give  out  my  grief  with  bass  and  treble  tone." 
To  his  taste  for  Music  I  shall  return:  but  the  ex-r 
periences  of  Hafiz  in  the  Court  of  Friendship  arQ 
worth  note.  If  shows  how  deep  in  the  human  heart 
)ie  sounded. 

"  My  cpmrades,"  he  says,  "  have  so  torn  the  covenant  of 
friendship  that  thou  wouldst  imagiqe  that  friendship  itself 
)iad  never  existed,  I  do  not  see  friendship  any  more.  When 
0id  friendship  come  to  an  end  ?  What  has  become  pf  th^ 
companions  ? 


Hafiz.  295 

The  water  of  life  became  darkened  :  where  is  auspicious- 
footed  Khizr?  Blood  runs  from  the  branch  of  the  rose: 
what  word  of  the  wind  of  spring  ? 

Thousands  of  roses  blossom,  and  the  song  of  not  a  single 
bird  is  heard.    What  has  become  of  the  nightingales? 

It  is  years  sii^ce  a  royal  ruby  came  from  the  mine  of 
humanity.  What  has  become  of  the  heat  of  the  sun,  and  of 
the  travail  of  the  cloud  and  rain  ? 

Love  does  not  touch  the  lyre :  is  that  harp  bunjt  ?  Nq 
one  has  a  lust  for  drunkenness :  what  has  befallen  wine- 
bibbers  ? 

Who  says  that  friends  observe  the  due  of  friendship  ? 
What  has  become  of  the  grateful  ?  What  has  become  of 
friends  ? 

The  ball  of  divine  grace  and  munificence  is  thrown  on 
the  ground.  No  one  appears  in  the  field :  what  has  become 
of  the  horsemen  ? 

Hafiz !  no  one  knows  the  secrets  of  God,  Be  sileut.  Why 
4o  you  ask  what  happens  in  the  whirl  of  time  ? " 

It  is  not  the  first  time  that  one  has  felt  the 
jresemblance  of  Hafiz  to  the  writers  of  the  Psalms, 

**0  comrade  of  my  heart,  from  whom  all  remembrance 
of  thy  friends  has  passed  away,  may  no  day  ever  come  in 
which  1  sit  for  a  moment  without  thought  of  thee." 

On  reading  such  passages  as  these  I  find  myself 
murmuring  with  A  Kempis — "  Whosoev$r  loves  krums 
the  cry  of  this  voice** 

I  have  alluded  to  Hafiz's  taste  for  music.  Two 
or  three  lines  will  suffice  to  illustrate  it.  "  That  the 
minstrels  may  tell  thee  of  my  desire  for  thee,"  he 
says,  "  I  send  thee  my  words  and  my  ghazals,  with 
music  and  with  instruments."  "What  manner  of 
Bong  hath  the  master  of  music  given  forth,  that  he 
hath  woven  into  his  singing  the  voice  of  the  beloved  ?" 
Hafiz's  measures  seem  to  have  been  summary,  to  say 
the  least.  ''As  the  harp  spoke  much  which  was 
jniserafele,  cut  its  chord,  that  it  may  not  cry  again/' 


2g6  Hafiz. 

"Do  not  grieve  for  the  revolution  of  time,  that  it 
wheeled  thus  and  thus.    Touch  the  lute  in  peace." 

Hafiz's  feeling  for  landscape  is  no  less  worthy  of 
remark.  "The  garden  of  Paradise  is  pleasant,"  he 
says,  "but  take  heed  that  thou  countest  as  gain  the 
shade  of  the  willow  and  the  border  of  the  field." 
"  Every  leaf  in  the  field  is  a  volume  of  a  different  kind : 
it  were  evil  to  thee  if  thou  couldst  be  unmindful  of 
them  all."  *.*  Why  should  not  the  beggar  deem  himselt 
a  monarch  to-day?  his  canopy  the  passing  meadow, 
his  palace  the  skirt  of  the  clouds**  "  Sweet  is  the  rose, 
and  sweet  the  green  border  of  the  stream ;  alas,  that 
this  pleasure  should  be  so  fleet !  "  "  Every  rose  which 
painteth  the  meadow  is  a  sign  of  the  beauty  and  odour 
of  His  beneficence.  From  the  cheek  of  a  cup-bearer, 
radiant  as  the  moon,  gather  a  rose;  for  around  the 
edge  of  the  garden  the  violet  dawns."  "  We  beheld  the 
fresh  dawn  on  thy  cheek,  and  we  came  from  the  garden 
of  Paradise  seeking  the  grass  of  love." 

What  imagery  it  is!  "The  nightingale  slew  him- 
self through  jealousy,  because  the  rose  wooed  the 
wind  in  the  hour  of  dawn,"  he  writes.  "Thy  small 
sweet  mouth  is,  perhaps,  the  signet  of  Solomon,  for 
the  impression  of  the  ring  of  its  ruby  lip  keeps  the 
world  under  its  seal." 

What  a  strange  medley  it  is : — fatalism  and  prayer 
and  blind  adoration.  Sentences  come  tumbling  out, 
helter-skelter,  something  after  this  fashion,  in  rapidly 
turning  over  the  book : 

"  Do  not  allow  me  to  be  buried  in  the  dust  on  the 
day  of  my  death ;  convey  me  to  the  tavern  and  throw 
me  into  the  cask  of  wine."  "Be  content  with  what 
thou  hast  received,  and  smooth  thy  frowning  fore- 
head, for  the  door  of  choice  is  not  open  either  to 
thee  or  me." 

"  How  seek  the  way  that  leadeth  to  our  wishes  ? 
By  renouncing  our  wishes.  The  crown  of  excellence 
is  renunciation." 


Hafiz.  297 

*'  Grieve  not,  Hafiz,  in  the  corner  of  poverty,  and  in 
the  loneliness  of  dark  nights  while  there  remaineth 
to  thee  prayer  and  the  reading  of  the  Koran."  "  Stain 
the  very  prayer-carpet  with  wine,  if  the  Host  of  the 
House  command  thee." 

"  Thou  didst  pass  by  in  thy  intoxication,  and  angels 
came  forth  to  gaze  at  thee  with  the  tumult  of  the  day 
of  resurrection." 

**  In  this  fantastic  abode  take  nothing  but  the  cup ; 
in  this  House  of  Illusion  do  not  play  any  game  but 
love. 

"  In  the  dawn  of  morning  I  confided  to  the  breeze 
the  story  of  my  longings ;  and  it  returned  to  me  a 
response,  *  Have  faith  in  the  compassion  of  the  Lord.'  " 


Of  the  touches  in  which  we  find,  if  the  expression 
is  permitted,  the  traces  of  Shakespeare,  of  Blake*,  of 
Browning — ^to  name  three — I  cannot  speak  at  length. 
Nor  can  I  dwell  now  on  other  shades  in  this  short 
character-sketch,  in  order  to  show  how  deeply  human, 
how  wide-eyed  he  is.  His  liberalism,  his  optimism, 
his  pessimism,  his  condensed  thought;  the  real 
modesty  of  the  man  in  the  midst  of  his  astounding 
apparent  conceit ;  the  modern  feeling  of  so  much  of 
his  verse,  his  ideals: — all  these  I  must  leave  in  one 
single  hint. 

Sir  W.  Jones  called  him  as  we  saw  the  Anacreon 
of  Persia.  Prof.  Palmer,  writing  in  the  Eagle  in  the 
sixties,  with  more  truthfulness  called  him  the  Persian 
Horace.  Emerson,  in  calling  him  the  Poet's  poet^ 
has  less  happily  invited  a  comparison  with  Spenser : 
but  he  is  no  Spenser.  I  confess  that  in  all  English 
literature    I  can  find    no   satisfactory   parallel,    save, 


•  He  writes,    «The  sun  is  wine   and  the  moon  the  cup.    Four  the 
sun  into  the  moon." 


igS  Hajiz. 

perhaps,  Herrick,  and  Herrick  lacks  the  majesty- 
lacks  so  largely  the  pathos  of  Hafiz.* 

I  have  chosen  him  for  my  subject  because  during 
the  last  few  months,  in  fact  ever  since  the  new  trans- 
lation appeared,  I  have  maintained  that  a  book  had 
at  last  arisen  which  was  worthy  of  and  demanded  a 
home  on  the  library  shelf  next  to  the  tiny  quarto 
volume  of  translations  by  Edward  Fitzgerald  from 
Omar  Khayyam  andjami.f 

I  have  left  Hafiz ;  but  a  page  from  Sir  J.  Malcolm's 
Sketches  of  Persia  will  most  aptly  bring  me  to  a  close. 
"  Hafiz  has  the  singular  good  fortune  of  being  praised 
alike  by  saints  and  sinners.  His  odes  are  sung  by 
the  young  and  the  joyous,  who,  by  taking  them  in 
the  literal  sense,  find  nothing  but  an  excitement  to 
pass  the  spring  of  life  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  world's 
luxuries;  while  the  contemplative  sage,  considering 
this  poet  as  a  religious  enthusiast,  attaches  a  mystical 
meaning  to  every  line,  and  repeats  his  odes  as  he  would 
an  orison.  At  the  time  erf*  his  death  there  were  many 
who  deemed  his  work  sinful  and  impious.  These 
went  so  far  as  to  arrest  the  procession  of  his  funeral. 

*  For  independence  of  mind,  for  hb  outspoken  language,  for  the  point  of 
▼iew  from  which  he  regards  life,  for  his  combination  of  the  scholar  and 
the  unbridled  man  of  passion,  I  may  be  forgiven  if  I  see  a  kinship  indeed 
with  one,  and  that  Landor. 

"  I  ttroTe  with  none,  for  none  were  worth  my  strife ; 
Nature  I  loved,  and,  next  to  nature,  art ; 
I  wanned  both  hands  before  the  fire  of  life ; 
It  sinks,  and  I  am  ready  to  depart.*' 
The  lines  might  have  been  written  by  Hafiz. 

I  am  indebted  to  Mr  A.  J.  Chotzner  for  pointing  out  to  me  the 
resemblance  of  Hafiz  to  Herrick. 

t  The  Translation  to  which  I  allude  and  from  which  all  the  greater 
pnrt  of  the  quotations  given  in  this  paper  is  drawn,  is  by  Mr  Justin  H. 
McCarthy  (Nutt,  1893).    It  costs  merely  a  few  shillings. 

The  somewhat  startling  resemblance  of  sdme  of  these  translations  to 
others  privately  published  by  the  late  Mr  S.  Robinson  of  Wilmslow,  in  a 
volume  Persian  Poetry  for  English  Readers^  calls  for  remark.  It  is  only 
fair  to  Mr  McCarthy  to  say  that  in  nearly  every  case  he  has  improved  the 
translation,  at  least  in  point  of  literary  style. 


Hafiz.  299 

The  dispute  rose  high»  and  the  parties  were  likely 
to  come  to  blows,  when  it  was.  agreed  that  a/<i/,  or  lot, 
should  be  taken  from  his  book.  If  that  were  favour- 
able to  religion,  his  friends  were  to  proceed;  but  if 
calculated  to  promote  vice,  they  promised  not  to 
carry  his  body  to  the  sacred  ground  appropriated  for 
its  reception. 

The  volume  of  odes  was  produced,  and  it  was 
opened  by  a  person  whose  eyes  were  bound.  Seven 
pages  were  counted  back,  when  the  heaven-directed 
finger  pointed  to  one  of  his  inspired  stanzas  : 

*'  Withdraw  not  your  steps  from  the  obsequies  of  Hafiz : 
Though  immersed  in  sin  he  will  rise  into  paradise." 

The  admirers  of  the  poet  shouted  with  delight, 
and  those  who  had  doubted  joined  in  carrying  his 
remains  to  a  shrine  near  Shiraz,  where,  from  that  day 
to  this,  his  tomb  is  visited  by  pilgrims  of  all  classes 
and  ages. 

Traits  such  as  these  which  I  have  named  have 
gained  for  Hafiz  from  a  recent  writer  the  title  of 
"the  greatest  of  all  Eastern  Poets."  Into  such 
adjudication  of  claims  I  am  neither  competent  nor 
willing  to  enter.  To  the  greatness  of  Sadi  I  have 
paid  my  tribute  elsewhere.  Let  us  not  be  burdened 
with  more  words  now.  Jami  himself  shall  step  in 
with  his  name  of  Hafiz's  praise — "The  Tongue  of 
the  Unseen,"  he  called  him,  on  account  of  the 
spiritual  knowledge  displayed  in  his  writings.  Let 
us  take  leave  of  Hafiz  and  Sadi,  laid  in  their  eastern 
tombs.  Sadi  and  Hafiz — No  wonder  that  in  Shiraz 
men  still  preserve  their  graves.  No  wonder  that  in 
the  history  of  that  city,  their  names  are  indissoluble 
from  its  own. 

C.  E.  S. 


VOL.   XVm.  RR 


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i?-:^ 


THE    SOJOURN    OF    HOME-CLERGY    IN    THE 
COLONIES. 


HE  Imperial  Idea  is  in  our  midst :  witness  the 
eloquence  of  statesmen  and  the  *  aery  domes 
and  towers '  of  the  Imperial  Institute. 

And  what  does  this  Idea  imply?  I 
answer,  a  Federated  Empire,  Free  Trade  throughout  the 
whole  English  territory,  and  a  Parliament  which  shall 
adequately  represent  the  whole.  The  material  induce- 
ment is  increase — or,  at  least,  maintenance — of  Com- 
merce: the  spiritual  basis  is  the  Brotherhood  of 
Englishmen,  or  rather  (for  this  the  Imperial  Idea  must 
come  to  acknowledge  as  its  necessary  root)  the  Brother- 
hood of  all  included  within  the  bounds  of  the  Empire, 

What  else  than  Brotherhood  can  give  a  real  unity  ? 
Proclamations  by  the  one  sovereign,  statues  of  her  set 
up  throughout  her  dominions,  her  image  impressed  on 
coins  and  postage-stamps,  cordons  of  military  force— 
these  all  do  much  for  unity :  but  these  will  surely  fail 
unless  they  are  accompanied  by  evident  tokens  of 
goodwill,  shown  in  (this  being  its  necessary  sphere)  the 
friendly  dealings  of  Englishmen  with  one  another, 
though  *'  broad  seas  "  roll  between,  and  of  Englishmen 
with  their  fellow-subjects  of  every  race. 

Now  to  us  who  are  thoughtful  members  of  the  Church 
the  conviction  comes  that  the  only  Gospel  which  shows 
care  for  a  man  completely — his  spirit  and  his  body — 
the  thoroughly  unselfish  Gospel,  is  that  of  Christ,  and 
that  it  is  His  Church  upon  which,  above  all,  the  duty 
falls  of  bringing  the  world  into  One  True  Fellowship. 

The  first  step  towards  this  grand  end  will  be  for  the 


The  Sojourn  of  Home-Clergy  in  the  Colonies.      301 

Church  to  realise  her  mission.  Can  this  *  first  step '  be 
taken  as  effectively  in  any  other  way  as  it  can  by  the 
sojourn  abroad  of  clergy  who  have  been  trained  at  home  ? 
The  character  of  their  home-training,  it  so  happens — the 
very  fact  of  their  having  come  from  home — will 
peculiarly  fit  them  for  this  special  work. 

It  is  the  hope  of  an  old  Johnian  that  members  of  the 
College  who  are — or  hope  to  be — ordained  will  take 
these  words  to  heart,  and  haying  had,  as  he  had,  three 
years  (at  least)  of  parochial  experience  at  home,  and 
being  still  young  and  prepared  to  rough  it,  try,  as  ho 
did,  a  Colonial  field.  Their  new  experience  they,  will 
find  most  valuable :  the  calls  to  "  hardness  ^  and  wider 
responsibility  are  in  themselves  exhilarating  physically 
and  spiritually:  the  broader  effects,  if  this  plan  of 
sojourn  became  general,  would  seem  to  be  of  the  im- 
portant nature  just  sketched  out.  There  is  nothing 
more  delightful  after  the  dialectic  atmosphere  of  class- 
rooms and  libraries,  and  (say)  the  unenchanting 
monotony  of  a  mining  village,  than  an  open-air  life — 
largely  in  the  saddle — in  a  wide  Australian  district; 
the  writer's  was  100  miles  long  by  50  wide.  The  fine 
spring-days  in  the  bush,  the  hearty  greetings  of  the 
people,  the  well-attended  services,  the  constant  variety 
in  traversing  so  wide  an  area,  are  now  memories  of 
delight — perhaps  one  might  add,  carry  with  them 
regrets  that  they  are  past*  The  sojourner  in  this  case 
found  it  harder  to  return  than  to  go  !  But  his  venture 
will  lead  to  the  end  it  was  taken  for,  if  it  leads  others  to. 
contribute  their  quota  to  this  plan  of  sojourn. 

The  Imperial  Idea  is  good  :  but  the  means  of  effecting 
what  is  best  in  it — the  means  of  effecting  a  deeper  and. 
wider  fellowship — is  the  Gospel  of  the  Catholic  Church, 
Above  the  *aery  domes  and  towers'  of  the  Imperial 
Institute  there  rise  the  bulwarks  of  the  City  of  God. 

W.  M.  Teape, 

Late  PrUst'in-charge  of  the  SM,  Mission^  Diocese  of  AdelaieUx 


CORRESPONDENCE, 

To  the  Ediiors  of  the  '  Eagle: 

Ijlwford  Rectory, 

Manningtree, 

May  24,  1894, 

Dear  Sirs, 

The  last  Dumber  of  the  Eagle  contained  an  interesting 
account  of  the  late  Dean  Merivale*  The  subjoined  inscription 
in  his  handwriting  is  at  the  beginning  of  the  Register  of 
Baptisms  of  the  Parish  of  Lawford,  and  may  possibly  be 
interesting  to  some  of  your  readers, 

HIC  .  PVTO  .  QVI .  NOSTRI .  DISTINGVET  .  FVNERA .  PAGI 

nVCTA  .  QVE  .  AB  .  ANTIQVIS  .  NOMINA .  GENTIS  .  AVIS 
VIX  •  PECIES  .  PECIMO  .  PERAGETVR  .  COMPVTVS  .  ANNO 

AETATVM  .  ADNYMERANS  .  SINGVLA  .  FATA  .  TRIVM 
RESPICE  .  FASTORVM  .  RECTOR  .  MONVMENTA  •  TVORVM 

QVISQVIS  .  ES  .  ET  .  MEMORES  .  TV  .  MEMOR  .  INDE  .  NOTAS 
NAM  ,  QVE  .  TWM  .  TITVLIS  .  NOMEN  .  MISCEBITVR  .  ISTIS 

EXCIPXAT  •  VITAE  .  QVOP  .  LIBER  .  IPSE  .  VELJS. 

C.  M.  Kal,  Jan.  MDCCciaiii, 

I  am,  Sir, 

Faithfully  yours^ 

E.  K.  GREEN, 


<^bttuars« 


Ths  Honorable  and  Very  Rev  George  Herbert. 

We  have  to  record  the  death  of  the  Hon  and  Very  Rev 
George  Herbert  M.A.,  Dean  of  Hereford,  brother  of  the 
late  Earl  Powis,  which  occurred  on  March  15,  after  a  short 
illness.  He  was  bom  in  1825,  and  educated  at  Eton  and 
St  John's  College,  taking  his  degree  in  the  year  1848. 
He  took  Holy  Orders  in  1850,  and  became  Curate  to 
the  Rev  T.  L.  Claughton,  afterwards  Bishop  of  St  Albans, 
at  Kidderminster.  In  1855  he  was  appointed  Vicar  of  Clun, 
in  Shropshire,  and  in  1863  married  Elizabeth  Beatrice,  daughter 
of  Sir  Tatton  Sykes,  Bart.  He  resigned  the  living  of  Clun  on 
being  appointed  Dean  of  Hereford  in  the  year  1867. 

During  his  tenure  of  office  as  Dean,  he  took  the  greatest 
interest  in  everything  that  concerned  the  Cathedral,  in  its 
beauty,  in  all  its  services,  its  music,  its  teachings :  and  the 
Triennial  Musical  Festivals  were  warmly  supported  by  him. 
He  did  all  in  his  power  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  Cathedral 
School,  and  of  St  Ethelbert's  Hospital,  of  which  he  was  Master. 
He  belonged  to  the  Evangelical  School  himself,  and  was 
opposed  to  Ritualism ;  but  he  was  very  tolerant  of  the  views 
of  other  parties  in  the  Church ;  and  the  eminent  preachers 
who  frequently  occupied  the  pulpit  in  the  Cathedral  by  his 
invitation  were  by  no  means  of  one  school  of  thought.  He 
was  an  able  and  eloquent  speaker,  and  will  be  much  missed  at 
various  meetings  in  the  City  and  elsewhere. 

A  most  courteous,  kind,  hospitable,  and  faithful  friend,  he 
will  be  very  long  regretted  by  rich  and  poor  alike. 

S.  S. 


The  Ven  Brough  Maltby  M.A. 

The  death  of  the  Ven  Brough  Maltby  M.A.,  Archdeacon  of 
Nottingham,  occurred  on  Friday,  March  30,  at  the  vicarage. 
Famdon,  near  Newark.    He  had  been  ailing  only  about  fourteen 


304  Obituary. 

days,  and  he  succumbed  to  a  sudden  attack  of  syncope.  The 
late  Archdeacon  was  a  scholar  of  St  John's  College,  where  he 
graduated  in  1850,  and  was  ordained  the  same  year  to  Westbury, 
Salop;  in  1851  he  was  appointed  curate  of  Whatton,  Notts, 
from  which  time  until  his  death  his  connexion  with  Nottingham- 
shire remained  nnbroken.  In  1864  he  was  preferred  by  the 
late  Bishop  Jackson  to  the  vicarage  of  Farndon.  In  recognition 
of  the  keen  interest  which  he  had  displayed  in  the  educational 
affairs  of  the  Lincoln  diocese,  of  which  Nottinghamshire  then 
formed  a  part,  he  was  collated  by  Bishop  Jackson's  successor. 
Bishop  Wordsworth,  to  the  prebendal  stall  of  St  Mary  Creekpool 
in  Lincoln  Cathedral  in  1871;  a  year  before  he  had 
been  appointed  as  Rural  Dean  of  Newark.  In  1871  he  became 
secretary  of  the  Notts  Committee  of  the  Diocesan  Board  of 
Education.  On  the  death,  in  1878,  of  Dr  Mackenzie,  Bishop- 
Suffragan  and  Archdeacon  of  Nottingham,  Mr  Maltby  was 
appointed  by  Bishop  Wordsworth  to  the  archdeaconry.  His 
charges  were  valuable  contributions  to  the  then  burning 
questions  of  the  day.  The  creation  of  the  see  of  Southwell 
in  1884  led  to  important  changes  in  diocesan  arrangements, 
but  did  not  affect  Archdeacon  Maltby's  tenure  of  ofl5ce.  In 
the  preliminary  efforts  which  culminated  in  the  foundation  of 
the  bishopric  he  took  a  leading  part,  and  himself  conducted 
the  ceremony  at  Southwell  Minster,  in  May  1884,  of  installing 
Dr  Ridding  as  the  first  Bishop  of  the  diocese.  In  the  work 
of  the  diocesan  conference  and  of  its  various  committees  he 
displayed  a  warm  interest,  contributing  largely  to  its  efficiency 
by  his  intimate  knowledge  of  the  county  of  Notts  and  his 
practical  business  powers.  He  was  a  member  of  the  governing 
body  of  St  Chad's  College,  Denstone,  and  in  aiding  the  move- 
ment for  the  erection  of  the  new  College  of  St  Cuthbert's„ 
Worksop,  as  an  off-shoot  of  the  work  at  Denstone,  he  afforded 
Canon  Lowe  and  others  invaluable  support.  At  Farndon  he 
was  greatly  esteemed  by  his  parishioners.  One  of  his  latest 
works  was  the  enlargement  and  complete  restoration  of  the 
parish  church.  The  late  Archdeacon,  who  had  been  for  some 
time  a  widower,  married  in  January  last  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
the  late  Mr  William  Fordham,  of  Bun  well. 

[See  Guardian^  April  4,  1 894^* 


Obituary.  305 

The  Rev  Arthur  Malortie  Hoare  M.A. 

Aequales  once — arcades  ambo  I  have  not  the  conceit  to 
say — but  aequales  once,  at  least  in  a  sense,  were  the  subject 
and  the  writer  of  this  unexpected  notice.  The  fact  brings  to 
mind  again,  freshly  and  vividly,  how  rapidly  the  band  dwindles 
on  either  side  the  great  dividing  line,  as  the  reinforcements 
pass  ceaselessly  on  to  join  the  ever  increasing  company  on 
the  other  side.  It  is  now  many  years  since  I  met  or  saw 
A.  M.  Hoare,  and,  but  that  I  had  come  to  associate  some  idea 
of  impaired  health  with  the  thought  of  him,  I  should  have 
seen  with  more  surprise,  as  well  as  pain,  the  announcement 
of  his  death  on  February  26,  although  he  was  already  on  the 
farther  side  of  the  appointed  term  of  man's  life. 

In  October  1840  we  were  freshmen  together,  he  on 
Dr  Hymers'  side,  myself  on  Mr  Crick's.  This  leads  me  to 
correct  a  curious  slip,  evidently  of  memory,  in  a  brief  notice 
from  him  of  the  late  Dean  Merivale  in  the  Eagle,  where  he  says, 
*'l  was  not  on  his  side."  Merivale  was  then  on  the  staff  on 
Dr  Hymers'  side,  as  Classical  Lecturer,  and  freshmen  were 
sometimes  allowed  to  attend  his  lectures  as  more  conducive 
to  their  interests  than  the  treadmill  proper  of  their  year. 
A.  M.  Hoare  was  certainly  therefore  in  Merivale's  lecture-room, 
and  I  have  a  dim  impression  on  the  kfiayiloy  of  my  memory 
that  he  was  allowed,  to  attend  such  lectures  in  the  last  term 
of  his  freshman's  year,  if  not  before.  But,  as  it  appears  that 
he  was  acquainted  with  Merivale  in  other  ways,  the  one 
recollection  has  very  probably  obliterated  the  other. 

Arthur  Hoare,  having  an  elder  brother  in  College,  one  year 
his  senior,  had  the  unquestionable  pleasure  and  advantage  of 
having  spent  most  of  the  preceding  Long  Vacation  in  College 
rooms  as  a  preparation  for  the  ensuing  terms.  As  his  education 
had  not  been  conducted  at  any  public  school,  but  at  home 
under  a  private  tutor,  this  was,  especially  to  one  of  his  joyous— 
not  to  say  frolicsome — temperament,  an  additional  benefit  in 
more  ways  than  one,  and  no  doubt  was  of  material  assistance 
in  gaining  for  him  the  distinction,  somewhat  rare  and  highly 
appreciated,  of  a  Scholarship  in  his  first  term.  In  those  days 
the  Scholarship  Examination  was  always  early  in  the  October 
term,  when  Questionists  (then  in  their  last  term),  Proper  and 
Ordinary  Sizars,  and  a  sprinkling  of  other  aspirants  passed 


3o6  Obituary. 

through  the  doors — not  very  tightly  closed — ^to  the  superior 
honours  of  the  Foundation.  So  for  a  freshman  to  pass  in,  was 
to  set  him  down  at  once  as  a  marked  man,  and  Arthur,  with 
his  freshness  and  buoyancy  of  face,  figure  and  demeanour,  and 
his  incipient  reputation  (freshmen  would  speak  of  him  as  the 
Scholarship  man)  deserved  to  be,  and  was  a  marked  man  in  his 
year.  His  playful  tricks  sometimes,  among  their  witnesses  as 
well  as  their  victims,  provoked  feelings  other  than  purely 
pleasurable — ^to  say  resentment  would  be  too  much,  although  I 
remember  one  young  Stentor,  after  Hoare  in  his  second  term 
had  sat  for  and  missed  the  Bell  Scholarship,  roaring  round  the 
Second  Court,  "So-and-so  has  got  the  Belli  How  Hoare 
must  be  soldi"  The  kitten  had  perhaps  scratched  him  in 
play.    Perhaps,  too,  the  question  of  •*  side  *'  came  in. 

He  was  not  the  only  Cricketer  whom  the  year  produced  for 
the  Eleven,  College  or  University,  and  perhaps  it  was  not 
until  after  his  B.A.  degree  that  he  became  so  highly  dis« 
tinguished  and  admired  in  that  capacity.  I  do  not  remember 
his  playing  in  more  than  the  College  Eleven  till  then.  He 
was  more  "  on  the  Piece  "  than  **  down  the  river  "  by  predilection 
and  circumstances.  My  own  acquaintance  with  him  was  but 
slight  at  the  time.  We  were  on  opposite  **  sides,"  and  therefore 
did  not  meet  in  the  lecture-room,  while  my  chief  business  lay 
on  the  river,  with  a  select  band  of  those  who  were,  and  whom 
the  world  has  been  far  from  backward  in  honouring.  G.  W. 
Hemming,  Q.C. ;  J.  Wilberforce  Stephen ;  William  Thomson, 
o  iraVv,  of  Peterhouse,  now  Lord  Kelvin,  with  a  few  others — 
we  formed  the  flotillas  of  skiffs  in  the  pre-outrigger  days.  I 
did  play  in  the  College  Eleven  in  my  third,  if  not  in  my  second 
year,  but  for  various  reasons  the  river  had  greater  charms  for 
me  than  the  "  Piece."  I  did  not  come  much  even  then  into 
his  company,  and  what  reading  we  did,  doubtless  diversified  by 
bright  gleams  and  flashes  of  idleness,  was  with  different  tutors. 
My  classical  friends,  too,  were  for  the  most  part  out  of  College — 
the  brilliant  W.  G.  Clark,  Maine,  Keary,  Wratislaw  (all  now,  alas  I 
gathered  to  the  great  company),  H.  A.  Hoiden,  Kendall,  C.  A. 
Bristed,  Francis  Galton,  and  others,  quos  dicere  longum  est. 

Thus  our  respective  courses  may  have  indeed  been  ordained 
to  run  parallel  so  far,  but  in  the  Tripos  of  1844  they  met  in 
the  bracket  where  the  recognised  claims  of  the  Alphabet  gave 
me  the  accident  of  priority,  however  otherwise  undeserved. 


Obituary.  307 

In  the  year  after  his  degree,  Arthur  felt  himself,  no  doubt,  at 
greater  liberty  to  cultivate  Cricket,  in  which  he  was  a  great 
and  very  favourite  ornament  of  the  Piece.  **  Muster  Hoare's 
in  an'  batting  splendidly  "  or  "  Muster  Hoare's  long-stopping— 
never  lets  a  ball  pass"  would  be  on  many  a  townsman's 
tongue.  There  was  an  easy  nonchalance  about  his  quick  and 
sure  return  of  the  ball,  and  a  neat  precision  about  his  very 
effective  batting,  when  once  well  set,  which  always  made  him 
a  feature  in  a  good  match.  I  think  he  found  great  favour  with 
the  Town,  as  well  as  fear,  for  his  prowess  behind  and  between 
wickets.  Fenner,  the  Cambridge  "crack"  and  Captain  of 
those  days,  had  a  great  opinion  of  "  Mr  Hoare,"  nor  could  the 
great  **  Black  Diamond,"  Cornell,  the  Town  longstop,  hold  a 
candle  to  him,  even  in  the  Town's  estimation^ 

I  had  been  elected  a  Scholar  pro  Domina  Fundatrice^  to  my 
pride,  in  October  1842.  In  1847  ^^  same  day  saw  us  elected 
Fellows ;  he,  I  think  pro  Doctore  Haly-tre-holme  (1  seem  to  re- 
member the  Master's  cadences),  myself  again  pro  Domina  Funda^ 
irict.  In  the  intervening  years,  Hoare  had  kept  up  the  fairly 
remarkable  succession  of  Johnian  winners  by  securing  the  Hulseaa 
prize,  against  I  do  not  know  what  competitor,  but  in  successioa 
to  Davies,  C.  J.  Ellicott,  F.  J.  Gruggen,  and  Churchill  Babinglon. 
He  also  won  the  Members'  Prize  (Bachelor's)  in  conjunction 
with  the  present  Bishop  of  Worcester,  who  was  gallantly  and 
to  his  honour  retrieving  in  many  ways  the  trouble  of  the 
Schools,  in  the  year  below  us.  Hoare  proceeded  to  Holy 
Orders  on  the  title  of  his  Fellowship  shortly  afterwards,  some- 
what earlier  than  did  his  aequalts  who  pens  this  brief  account. 
He  was  marked  in  his  devotion  to  the  congenial  studies  and 
labours  of  his  calling — not,  as  far  as  I  remember,  taking  any 
distinct  cure  (indeed  I  think  he  was  lecturer  at  the  time),  but 
rather  assisting  others.  Work  of  this  kind  seemed  very  much 
on  his  mind.  France  (his  great  friend)  blurted  out  one  day, 
'•There's  Arthur  Hoare  always  writing  sermons — he'd  fair 
better  be  reading  them."  Whether  from  his  constitution  or 
from  the  effect  of  his  work,  he 'used  not  unfrequently  ta  cause 
his  friends  some  little,  and  not  altogether  unexpressed^  anxiety 
as  to  his  health  and  stamina ;  but  in  the  latter  part  of  his 
College  days,  which  terminated  somewhat  before  mine,  he 
used  to  provide  for  fairly  regular  exercise  by  keeping  a  horse 
in  those  pleasant  days  when  Fellows  rode  together,  and  horses 

VOL.  X vm.  s  s 


3q8  Obituary^ 

ptood  and  dogs  barked  where  now  learned  words  are  listened 
to.  Trinity  fellow-commoners  would  point  to  that  horses- 
pretty  deceiver  1 — as  the  best  groomed  horse  in  Qambfidge» 
Arthur  used  to  lend  hiin  to  m(5  to  ride,  and  once  he  was 
pearly  the  death  of  me.  I  was  not  on  his  back :  his  oiincing 
dilatory  ways  nearly  maddened  the  brute  which  I  was  riding  in  his 
company,  ski|ling  Parker's  Piece,  and  I  received  a  slight  shock 
which  might  have  been  severe.  Even  Arthur  could  hardly 
justify  his  )iorse's  ways  to  himself  or  take  undiluted  pleasure 
in  them, 

From  College,  Hoare  passed  through  the  fate  of  matrimony 
to  the  pretty  living  of  Calbourne,  I.W.  Through  an  arrange- 
ment between  the  Bishop  and  his  father,  the  Archdeacon  of 
Winchester,  he  was  transferred  to  the  mOre  important  living 
of  Fawley,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He 
was  ardent  in  support  of  tbe  S.  P.  G.  and  kindred  causes,  for 
it  was  our  lot  to  haye  been  in  College  when  Qeorge  Augustus 
3elwyn  kindled  enthusiasm,  whe^  Thomas  Whitehead  was 
inore  than  ^  memory,  and  Cqlenso  had  QOt  yet  fallen  from  his 
pedestal.' 

Many  9  time  have  I  cherished  the  hope  of  seeing  him  once 
again,  in  his  own  Rectory,  but  the  lines,  once  parallel,  had 
widely  diverged,  and  many  a  time  the  hope  disappeared  in 
vacancy;  and  the  last  \  heard  of  him  was  at  no  very  long 
time  since,  from  the  cricket-comrade  and  steadfast  bowler 
J.  M.  Lee,  now  Canon,  who  gave  a  cheerful  account  of  him 
with  a  lively  recollection  of  the  merry  days  when  we  were 
young.  Apart  from  his  abilities  and  acquirements  (and  he 
had  very  decided  testes  and  acquirements  artistic  as  well),  I 
feel,  although  it  is  fqr  others  rather  than  myself  to  pay  this 
tribute,  that  there  was  all  through  a  high  tone  of  character^ 
^  real  kindliness,  not  the  less  real  from  an  evident  self- 
suppression-r-and  a  cultivated  mind,  which,  apart  from  genuine 
religious  feeling,  must  make  a  great  loss,  not  easily  to  be 
replaced,  to  his  relatives,  friends  and  neighbours,  eyen  as  he 
was  always,  even  to  comparative  outsiders,  a  man  of  mark 
»nd  pf  incrft, 

T.  FiELp. 


OUR  CHftONiCLE. 

JBas/er  Term  1894. 

l^oliowing  a  custom  which  has  now  beccfmei  almost  an  annual 
One,  the  Royal  Society  has  elected  to  its  Fellowship  two 
toembers  of  the  College.  The  new  F'.R.S.'s  ai'e  Mr  A.  E.  H. 
tovc,  Fellow  and  Mathematical  Lecturer,  and  Mr  W.  Bateson, 
Fellow  and  Steward,  and  late  Balfour  Student  in  Animal 
Morphology.  Among  the  Fellows  of  the  College,  there  are 
t)ow  ten  who  are  entitled  to  the  distinction  of  the  letters  F.R.S< 
Trinity  has'  nine. 

Both  the  Smith's  Prizes  have  this  year  been  won  by  Johnians* 
This  'double  event'  has  not  fallen  to  the  College  since  1855^ 
tvhen  J.  Savage  and  Leonard  Courtney  were  bracketed.  The 
mathematicians  who  now  have  thus  distinguished  themselves 
are  Ds  S.  S.  Hough,  Third  Wrangler  1892,  and  First  Class 
(div.  3)  in  Part  II  1893  *  ^^^  ^*  ^-  ^-  Pocklington,  bracketed 
Fourth  Wrangler,  and  First  Class  (div.  1)  in  Part  II  of  the 
tome  year.  The  names  are  in  alphabetical  order.  Ds  Hough 
sent  in  an  Essay  On  the  oscillations  of  an  ellipsoidal  shell  con* 
taining  fluid,  Ds  Focklington's  Essay  was  On  the  steady 
motion  and  small  oscillations  of  an  electrified  hollow  Vortex^ 

Prof.  J.  J.  Sylvester,  Honoralry  Fellow,  has  been  elected  one 
of  the  twelve  foreign  members  of  the  Italian  Scientific 
Academy  called  Dei  QuardHta.  The  two  other  English 
members  are  Lord  Kelvin  and  Professor  Huxley. 

Sir  Thomas  D.  Gibson-Carmichael  has  beed  appointed  by 
Lord  Rosebery  to  the  post  of  Chairman  of  the  Lunacy  Board 
for  Scotland. 

Professor  Li  vein  ^,  Fellow  of  the  College,  has  been  elected 
an  honorary  member  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society,  in 
recognition  of  his  services  to  agricultural  science  and 
education. 

Dr  Donald  MacAlister,  Fellow  and  Tutor,  has  been  appointed 
Linacre  Lecturer  of  Physic. 

Mr  William  Lee  Warner  (B.A.  1869)  has  been  appointed  to 
the  ofl&ce  of  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  in  the 
Foreign  Department,  vacated  by  Sir  Mortimer  Durand.     He 


3 1  o  Our  Chronicle. 

filled  at  a  previous  stage  of  his  career  the  office  6f  Under- 
Secretary,  so  that  he  is  not  without  experience.  He  is  at 
present  Secretary  to  the  Governor  of  Bombay  and  the  Official 
representative  of  that  Presidency  in  the  Viceroy's  Council. 

Mr  George  Eldon  Manisty,  of  the  Indian  Civil  Service,  has 
been  appointed  to  officiate  as  Accountant-General,  Bengal. 

Dr  H.  D.  Rolleston,  Fellow  of  the  College,  and  formerly 
Editor  of  the  Eagle,  has  been  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal 
College  of  Physicians  of  London.  Dr  Rolleston  has  attained 
this  honour  at  an  unusually  early  age.  His  editorial  colleagues 
offer  him  their  hearty  congratulations. 

At  a  public  meeting  held  in  the  Owens  College  on 
February  9,  it  was  resolved  to  raise  a  "  Marshall  Memorial 
Fund"  in  honour  of  our  late  Fellow,  Dr  A.  Milnes  Marshall. 
The  fund  willl  be  devoted  to  the  maintenance  of  the  Marshall 
Biological  Library,  presented  to  the  Owens  College  by  his 
family,  and  to  the  foundation  of  a  gold  medal  for  athletics,  to 
be  competed  for  by  the  College  Students. 

Mr  H.  H.  S.  Cunynghame  (B.A.  1874),  formerly  Secretary 
to  the  Pamell  Commission,  has  been  appointed  Assistant 
Under-Secretary  to  the  Home  Department. 

The  first  of  the  two  University  Scholarships  for  Sacred  Musics 
on  the  foundation  of  the  late  Mr  John  Stewart  of  Rannoch* 
awarded  for  the  first  time  in  the  present  term,  has  been  gained 
by  C.  B.  Rootham,  of  Bristol  Grammar  School,  who  was  elected 
to  a  Sizarship  for  proficiency  in  Classics  in  December  last,  and 
begins  residence  at  this  College  next  October. 

On  April  7,  at  Colchester  Castle,  the  long  and  valued  services 
of  the  Rev  Canon  R.  B.  Mayor  (B.A.  1842),  formerly  Fellow  of 
the  College,  were  suitably  acknowledged  by  the  presentation  of 
a  handsome  testimonial,  subscribed  for  by  the  residents  within 
the  Rural  Deanery  of  St  Osyth.  Canon  Mayor  has  for  thirty 
years  held  the  College  Rectory  of  Frating-cum-Thorington,  and 
for  eighteen  years  has  been  Rural  Dean.  The  latter  position 
he  has  recently  resigned,  and  the  occasion  was  taken  to  mark — 
by  the  gift  of  an  illuminated  address,  a  massive  piece  of  silver 
plate,  and  a  gold  bracelet  for  Mrs  Mayor — the  kindly  feelings 
entertained  by  his  parishioners  and  neighbours  towards  the 
Rector  and  his  wife*  The  presentation  was  made  by  Mr 
Round  M.P.,  and  the  accompanying  speeches  bore  testimony 
to  the  good  work,  on  behalf  of  the  Church  and  of  education, 
which  Canon  and  Mrs  Mayor  had  carried  through  during  their 
long  connexion  with  Prating  and  the  adjoining  parishes. 

Mr  J.  Bass  Mullinger,  Librarian,  has  been  elected  a  member 
of  the  Council  of  the  Camden  Society. 


Our  Chronicle.  3 1 1 

Dr  D.  MacAlistcr  has  been  appointed  by  the  General  Medical 
Council  Visitor  of  the  medical  examinations  of  the  Universities 
of  Aberdeen  and  Glasgow. 

Mr  G.  S.  Turpin  (B.A.  1887).  D.Sc.  London,  formerly 
Scholar  and  Hutchinson  Student,  has  been  appointed  Principal 
of  the  Huddersfield  Technical  School.  There  were  130  candi- 
dates for  the  post. 

A  good  portrait  of  Dr  A.  S.  Wilkins  (Fifth  Classic  i868>, 
formerly  Editor  of  the  Eagle^  is  given  in  The  Owens  College 
Magazine  for  June  1894. 

Mr  Eliot  Curwen  (B.A.  1886,  M.B.  1890),  who  has  recently 
returned  from  work  on  the  coast  of  Labrador  in  connexion 
with  the  Deep  Sea  Mission,  is  going  out  to  China  in  August  as 
a  Medical  Missionary,  under  the  London  Missionary  Society. 
He  will  be  in  charge  of  the  Hospital  at  Pekin, 

From  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Museums  and  Lecture 
Rooms  Syndicate,  we  learn  that  the  University  Collections  have, 
been  enriched  by  certain  important  gifts  made  by  Johnians. 
Mr  G.  D.  Haviland  has  presented  a  magnificent  series  of  Termites^ 
collected  by  himself  at  Singapore ;  Mr  W.  W.  Cordeaux,  of  the 
Queen's  Bays,  has  forwarded  many  valuable  zoological  specimens 
from  Northern  India,  including  a  lower  jaw  of  the  Mastodon ; 
and  Mr  J.  J.  Lister,  Mr  W.  Bateson,  Mr  F.  V.  Theobald.  Mr 
H.  H.  Brindley,  Mr  S.  B.  Reid.  Mr  H.  Woods,  Mr  A.  P. 
Cameron,  and  Professsor  A.  Macalister  are  among  the  other 
donors  who  are  specially  mentioned. 

Mr  R.  T.  Wright  has  resigned  his  Law  Lectureship  in  the 
College.  Mr  R.  F.  Scott  has  been  appointed  Director  of  Legal 
Studies. 

Mr  J.  H.  B.  Masterman,  Naden  Divinity  Student,  has  been 
appointed  to  lecture  in  Church  History  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  following  University  appointments  of  members  of  the 
College  are  recorded  this  term: — Mr  J.  B.  Mullinger  to  be 
Lecturer  on  the  History  of  Education  ;  Dr  J.  Phillips  to  be  an 
Examiner  for  the  Third  M.B.  Examination  ;  Mr  H.  Woods,  an 
Elector  to  the  Harkness  Geological  Scholarship;  Dr  L.  E. 
Shore,  a  member  of  the  Museums  Syndicate ;  Professor  Liveing 
and  Mr  P.  Lake  to  be  Examiners  in  Agricultural  Science. 

Dr  J.  E.  Sandys,  Tutor  and  Public  Orator,  has  been  appointed 
to  represent  the  University  at  the  Bicentenary  Festival  of  the 
University  of  Halle-Wittenberg  to  be  held  in  August  next. 
Dr  D.  MacAlister,  Tutor  and  Linacre  Lecturer,  has  been* 
appointed  a  delegate  of  the  University  to  the  International 
Congress  of  Hygiene,  to  be  held  at  Budapest  in  September 
1894. 


3 1 2  Our  Chrofiicle. 

Mr  R.  F.  Scott,  Senior  Bursar,  late  Mijor  C.U.R.V.,  has 
been  elected  a  Vice-President  of  the  County  of  Cambridge  aod 
Isle  of  Ely  Rifle  Association. 

At  the  annual  election  to  the  Council  of  the  College,  held  on 
June  2,  Mr  P.  H.  Mason,  Professor  Mayor,  Professor  Liveing, 
and  Mr  C.  £.  Graves  were  re-elected. 

Mr  H.  C.  Bantow  (B.A.  i860)  of  the  Inner  Temple  bai  been 
called  to  the  Bar. 

Mr  E.  E.  Sikes  has  become  Press  £ditor  of  the  Eagh  in 
place  of  Mr  G.  C.  M.  Smith,  who  has  resigned  after  five  years' 
invaluable  service.  A.  J.  Chotzner  and  C.  R.  McKee  have  been 
elected  to  serve  on  the  Editorial  Committee  next  term  in  the 
place  of  L.  Horton-Smith,  our  present  Treasurer,  and  H.  A. 
Merriman,  our  present  Secretary.  J.  M.  Hardwich  will  be 
Secretary,  and  A.  H.  Thompson,  Treasurer. 

In  the  covers  of  a  copy  of  Gregory  Nazian^en,  now  in  the 
College  Library,  have  recently  been  found  some  fragments  of  a 
kind  of  Calendar  or  Official  List  of  the  University  for  the  year 
1633.  It  appears  to  have  contained  a  list  of  the  Professors, 
Public  Orators,  and  Proctors  from  the  commencement.  An 
enumeration  of  degrees  "in  all  sciences  in  the  Universitie"  i» 
noteworthy  as  giving  the  Bachelors*  Degrees  in  the  following 
order — La'w,  Physick,  Musick,  Arts, 

Mr  R.  F.  Scott,  Senior  Bursar,  has  presented  the  Library 
with  15  volumes  of  Sir  J.  F.  W.  Herschel's  original  MSS» 
purchased  at  a  sale  of  Messrs  Sotheby,  Wilkinson  and  Hodge, 
November  1888.    They  comprise  the  following ; 

I.  Scientific  Miscellanies. 

a.  Supplement  to  Appeadis  to  LacroiSb 

3.  Matnematical  Papers. 

4#  On  the  Nautical  AloAanac.    8  pp. 

5.  Oa  continued  Products.  Trigonometrical  Series  an<{  £q«SKtioii& 

0.  Scientific  Papers. 

7.  Catalogues  of  double  Stars.    3  parts. 

8.  Report  on  Meteorological  Observations. 

9.  Consideration    of    various  Points    of    Analysis  contributed  to 

Philosophical  Transactions.     1814. 
10.    Contributions  to  Cambridge  Philosophical  Society. 
IX.    Lacroiz's    Differential    and  Integral  Calculus,  translated,  with 

Appendix  and  Notes,  by  Sir  J.  F.  W.  Herschel. 

12.  Report  on  the  South  African  Infant  School  Association  * 

13.  Original   MSS    of    Reviews    of     (i)    Works    on     Terrestrial 

Magnetism,  (2)  Whe well's  History  of  the  Inductive  Sciences. 

The  University  has  appointed  our  new  Honorary  Fellow, 
the  Bishop  of  Gloucester  and  Bristol,  to  be  Select  Preacher 

*  In  connexion  with  the  above,  Miss  A.  M.  Clerke's  statement  in  the 
Dictionary  of  National  Biography  deserves  to  be  quoted :  "  The  excellent 
system  of  national  education  prevailing  in  the  colony  was  initiated  by 
Herschel." 


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on  Suiidaf,  July  ti.  This  is  the  Sunday  when  there  will  be  a 
considerable  gathering  of  clergy  in  Cambridge  in  connexion 
with  a  series  of  theological  lectures  specially  arranged  for 
their  benefit,  after  the  example  of  Oxford  in  the  Long  Vacation 
of  last  year.  The  lecturers  include  Professor  Gwatkin,  Dr 
Jessopp,  Dr  Garrett,  and  Mr  Caldecott  (the  Secretary). 

The  Rev  W.  Hart  LI^.D.,  Head-Master  of  Hcversham 
Grammar  School,  found  himself  obliged  to  renounce  the 
presentation  of  the  College  to  the  rectory  of  Black  Notley, 
Essex,  recorded  in  our  last  number.  The  College  has  trans* 
ferred  the  presentation  to  the  Rev  Augustus  Shears,  M.A., 
formerly  Scholar,  34th  Wrangler  in  1851.  Mr  Shears  was  for 
a  few  years  a  Missionary  (S.P.G.)  in  Burmah,  and  since  1873 
has  been  Vicar  of  Sileby,  near  Loughborough. 

The  Rev  H.  T.  E.  Barlow  has  declined  the  Missionary 
Bishopric  of  North  Japan  on  the  ground  of  health. 

The  Preachers  in  the  College  Chapel  this  Term  have  been 
Dr  Watson;  Dr  H.  Bailey,  Honorary  Canon  of  Canterbury, 
formerly  Fellow;  Mr  G,  Richardson,  Second  Master  of 
Winchester,  formerly  Fellow,  who  preached  the  Commemoration . 
Sermon ;  the  Junior  Dean ;  Bishop  Pearson,  formerly  Fellow ; 
and  Mr  Quirk,  Canon  of  York,  late  Vicar  of  St  Mary,  Beverley, 
and  now  a  near  neighbour  of  the  Mission  as  Vicar  of  St  Paul's, 
Walworth. 

In  his  Commemoration  Sermon,  preached  in  the  College 
Chapel  on  May  6,  the  Rev  G.  Richardson,  of  Winchester, 
took  as  text  St.  John  xi.  5.  After  referring  to  the  general 
lessons  to  be  drawn  from  the  story  of  Mary  and  Martha,  ho 
said: 

We  are  assembled  here  to-day  to  commemorate  our  Fomidress,  Lady 
Margaret,  her  ei^ecutor  Bishop  John  Fisher,  who  in  a  very  real  sense  may 
be  called  our  Founder,  and  all  the  other  benefactors  who  have  added  to  the 
foundation,  and  made  our  great  and  beloved  College  what  it  now  is ;  and  I 
think  that  the  subject  I  have  chosen  for  our  consideration  is  not  inappropriate 
for  the  occasion.  In  his  funeral  sermon — the  Moneth  Minde  of  Lady 
Margaret — Bishop  Fisher  took  this  same  gospel  as  his  subject,  and  drew 
a  parallel  between  her  and  Martha,  shewing,  to  use  his  own  words,  **  wherein 
this  noble  France  may  well  be  lykned  and  compared  unto  the  blessyd  Woman 
Martha."  And  when  we  read  the  Bishop's  description  of  her  daily  life,  with 
the  numerous  religious  observances  in  conformity  with  the  strictest  usages  of 
the  times,  with  her  duties  at  Court  and  in  public,  with  personal  superintend* 
ence  of  her  household,  with  her  systematic  devotion  to  the  poor  and  sick, 
visiting  them  and  ministering  to  them  with  her  own  hand ;  and,  at  the  same 
time,  being  "  right  studious  in  Bokes  which  she  had  in  grete  number,  both  in 
Eenglysh  and  Frenshe,"  of  which  latter  she  translated  several  into  English, 
we  must  admit  that,  like  Martha,  she  was  in  the  best  sense  **  careful  and 
troubled  about  many  things."  She  recognised  fully  the  value  of  the  gospel 
of  little  things ;  ana  her  College— our  CoUege — ^has  lived  and  grown  on  this 
principle.  The  College  was  started  under  very  serious  difficulties,  and  tho 
original  foundation  was  far  short  of  what  Lady  Margaret  meant  it  to  be,  or 
what  Bishop  Fisher  strove  to  make  it ;  but  by  little  and  little,  through  tho 
munificence  of  benefactors,  most  of  them  members  of  the  College,  it  hai 


314  Our  ChrofHcle. 

increased  as  I  imagine  no  other  College  in  either  University  has  increased. 
Our  College  is  a  standing  witness  to  the  power  and  importance  of  little  things. 
We  have  received  from  the  fathers  who  begat  us  a  goodly  heritage,  which  is 
in  the  hands  of  the  present  Members  of  the  College  to  increase  or  to  diminish, 
to  ennoble  or  to  defame ;  and  it  is  by  the  united  exercise  of  little  services  that 
the  good  work  will  be  carried  on.  But  it  must  also  be  remembered  that  in 
little  things  there  is  a  like  power  for  evil  as  for  good,  and  that  petty  spites 
and  jealousies,  ill-tempered  bickerings,  and  selfish  isolation  may  be  powerful 
enough  to  tarnish  the  fair  fame  even  of  a  great  institution  like  this.  God 
grant  that  the  present  sons  of  Lady  Margaret  may  be  so  worthy  of  their 
noble  ancestry  that  the  College  may  still  go  on  from  strength  to  strength^ 
and  that  its  glory  and  usefulness  may  for  ever  continue  to  increase. 

The  year  that  is  past  has  been  a  mournful  one  for  the  College.  The 
death-roll  of  those  more  intimately  connected  with  the  foundation  is,  I  think, 
unusually  great.  I  have  counted  ten  names  of  Fellows  and  £x-Fellows — 
two  of  them  Honorary  Fellows — who  have  gone  to  their  long  home,  and  many 
others  distinguished  in  Church  or  State,  in  Literature  or  Science.  The  Eagle 
has  made  it  unnecessary  for  me  to  say  anything  about  those  whose  loss  to-day 
we  mourn,  and  I  am  sure  that  every  Member  of  the  College  must  feel 
grateful  for  the  excellent  obituary  notices  found  in  its  columns.  I  may, 
however,  I  trust,  be  pardoned  for  recalling  a  few  of  the  more  distinguished 
names.  I  will  commence  with  our  two  Deans,  Dean  Merivale,  Honorary 
Fellow,  the  well-known  Historian,  and  George  Herbert,  Dean  of  Hereford ; 
Thomas  James  Rowsell,  Canon  of  Westminster,  a  distinguished  preacher; 
Charles  Pntchard,  Honorary  Fellow  and  Savilian  Professor  in  ou*-  sister 
University ;  the  Rev  Leonard  Blomefield,  Naturalist,  the  friend  of  Darwin, 
the  father  of  the  Linnaean  Society ;  Sir  Charles  Peter  Layard,  a  distinguished 
Colonial  Administrator;  the  Rev  Thomas  Overton,  £j(-Fellow;  the  Rev 
Arthur  Malortie  Hoare,  £x-Fellow,  a  model  Parish  Priest ;  the  Rev  John  Mee 
Fuller,  Ex-Fellow,  no  mean  Theologian,  and  in  his  younger  days  a  first-rate 
Cricketer.  Nor  must  I  forget  to  mention  the  Rev  Anthony  Bower,  Ex-Fellow, 
the  inventor  of  so  many  of  those  well-known  problems,  which  in  our  younger 
days  gave  us  so  much  pleasureable  torture.  All  these  had  reached,  and  many 
had  far  exceeded,  the  ordinary  limit  of  human  life ;  they  had  finished  their 
course  full  of  years  and  honours,  and  to  most  here  present  they  are  but 
honoured  names.  There  are,  however,  four  more  who  have  been  cut  down  in 
life's  prime,  from  whom  much  had  been  expected,  because  they  had  already 
done  much,  and  risen  high  on  the  ladder  of  usefulness  and  distinction,  and 
whose  loss  has  not  only  been  universally  deplored,  but  to  many  here  present 
is  a  deep  personal  sorrow,  which  is  still  fresh.  The  College  is,  indeed,  poorer 
for  the  sad  deaths  of  Charles  Edmund  Haskins,  Arthur  Milnes  Marshall, 
Charles  Alexander  Maclean  Pond,  and  Herbert  Dukinfield  Darbishire. 

We  join  in  common  to-day  all  these,  and  many  others  I  have  not  men- 
tioned, with  our  Foundress,  Lady  Margaret,  Bishop  Fisher,  and  that  noble 
Roll,  unparalleled,  I  expect,  in  numbers  of  Benefactors,  by  whose  benefits  we 
have  been,  and  are  being,  brought  up  to  godliness  and  the  studies  of  good 
learning,  and  with  thankful  hearts  we  turn  to  Almighty  God  and  praise  His 
Holy  Name  that  for  us  these,  and  such  as  these,  have  lived  and  died. 

A  brass  tablet  to  commemorate  the  late  Mr  H.  D.  Darbishire 
is  to  be  .placed  in  the  College  Chapel  during  the  Vacation. 
Some  forty  of  his  friends  and  colleagues  have  joined  in  this 
tribute  of  esteem.    The  inscription  is  as  follows : 

IN  .  MEMORY  .  OF  .  THE 

GENEROUS   .   NATURE   .  AND 

GREAT  .  PHILOLOGICAL  .  GIFTS  .  OF 

HERBERT   .  DUKINFIELD  .   DARBISHIRE. 

FELLOW  .  OF  .  THE  .  COLLEGE 

BORN  .  AT  .  BELFAST  .  I3TH  .  MAY  .  1863 

DIED  .  IN  .  COLLEGE  .  i8tH  •  JULY  .  1 893 


Our  Chronicle.  315 

The  following  books  by  members  of  the  College  are 
announced:  Church  Work:  its  means  and  methods  (Macmillan), 
by  the  Rt  Rev  Dr  Moorhouse ;  The  Protected  Princes  of  India 
(Alacmillan),  by  W.  Lee-Warner  C.S.I. ;  Biological  Lectures  and 
Addrisses  (David  Nutt),  by  the  late  Dr  A.  Milnes  Marshall; 
English  Patent  Pfoctice  (Clowes),  by  H.  H.  S.  Cunynghame  ;  The 
Christ  has  come  (Simpkin  &  Co.),  by  E.  Haropden-Cook ; 
Aristophanes:  The  Wasps  (Pitt  Press  Series),  by  the  Rev. 
C.  E.  Graves ;  Creatures  of  other  days  (Chapman  and  Hall), 
by  the  Rev  N.  L.  Hutchinson ;  The  Pelasgi  and  their  modem 
descendants  (Oriental  University  Institute),  by  the  late  Sir  Patrick 
Colquhoun  and  Pasco  Wassa  Pasha;  A  short  Commentary  oh 
the  Book  of  Lamentations,  by  A.  W.  Greenup ;  The  Poems  of 
fohn  Byrom  (Chetham  Society),  by  Dr  A.  S.  Wilkins ;  The  Poems 
and  Masques  of  Thomcn  Carew  (Reeves  and  Turner),  by  the 
Rev  J.  W.  Ebsworth ;  W,  H.  Widgery,  Schoolmaster:  selections 
from  his  writings,  by  W.  K.  Hiii ;  The  Book  of  Chronicles 
(Hodder),  by  Professor  W.  H.  Bennett*;  fohnson's  Life  of  Pope 
and  Life  of  Swift  (Bell),  by  F.  Ryland ;  Hatrow  Octocentenary 
Tracts  IV  (Macmillan),  by  the  Rev  W.  D.  Bushell. 

The  following  ecclesiastical  appointments  are  announced  : 

J^ame,  B.A.  From^  To  he 

Stoddart,  C.  J.,  M.A.  (1868)  Form.  C.  Askem         P.  C.  Ostiingham 
Yeld,  C,  M.A.  (1865)  V.  Exton,  Oakham      V.  St  Mary,  Grassendale, 

Liverpool 
Keely,  A.  W.  J.,M.A.  (1877)  C.  Huddersfield  V.  St  Paul,  Huddcrsfield 

Brewer,  G.  S.  (i8ifo)  C.  Aston  V.  St  Catharine,Nechells, 

Birmingham 
Osborne,  G.,  M.A.      (1868)  P.  C.  Carlton,  Barns-  V.  St  Michael,  Sheffield 

ley 
Brown,  E.  H.  (1883)  C.  Mcrton,  Surrey       V.  Yaxley,  Hunts. 

Cocks  C.  M.,  M.A.      (1884)  C.  Urchfont,  Wilts      R.  Sparham,  Norfolk 
Bevan,  H.  E.  J.,  M. A.  (1878)  Gresham  Professor      Exam.   Ch-^plain  to   the 

Bishop  of  London 
Daubeny,  G.  W.  (1880)  C.  St  Thomas,  West- R.    Knoddishall-with- 

bourne  Park  Buxlowe,  Suffolk 

Fewtrell,  E.  A.,  M.A.  (1874)  C.  Dovercourt  V.  Dallington.  Sus^^ex 

Brown,  J.  C.  (1885}  R.  St  John,  HuU         V.  Si  Paul,  W.  Brixton 

Bauham,  H.  F.,  M.D.  (1869)  C.  St  Peter,  Islii^ton  V.    Tuddenham,    St 

Martin,  Suffolk 
Wooley,  A.D.  (1873)  C.  Cranleigh  .  V.  Westcott,  Dorking 

Davics,  R.  S.,  M.A.    (1885)  C.  Thornhill  Lees        V.  Earlesheaton,  Dews- 
bury 
Hibburd,  F.  C,  M.A.  (1881)  C.  Pulham  V.  Aldeby,  Beccles 

Saben,  P.,  M.A.  (1879)  C.  St  Jude,  Manning-  V.  St  Peter,  Accrington 

ham 
Wallis,  F.  W.,  M.A.    (1877)  R.    Martin-Hussing-  R.  Hindlip,  Worcester 

tree 
Newton,   Canon    H.,  (1864)  V.  Redditch  R.  D.  of  Bromsgrove 

M.A. 
Poynder,  A.  J.,  M.A.  (1882)  C.    St.    Matthew,      V.  St  Michael,  Burleigh 

Bayswater  Street,  Strand 

Fowell,  R.  G.,  M.A.    (1872)  Ass.   Sec.   Ch.  Pastoral 

Aid  Society 
Shears,  A.,  M.A.         (1851)  V.  Silcby  R.  Black  Notley,  Essex 

VOL.  XVUI^  TT 


3i6 


Our  Chronicle. 


Name.  B.A. 

Whitaker,  Canon  G.  (1867) 

H.,  M.A. 
Burd,  C,  M.A. 
^arbaniy  J. 


Froffi 


(1856)  V.  SMrlcv 
(1872)  C.  Saxted 


^fcCriricky  H^ 
Walker,  H.  A. 


(1890)  V.  Wlvcliscombc, 

Somerset 
(1887)  V.  Chattisham, 

Ipswich 


To  he 
Exam.  Chap,  to  Bishop 

of  Truro 
R.  D.  of  Solihull 
tecturer    at    St   Felix's 

Clergy   House,  Frana- 

lingbam 
Sec.  Nat.  Soc.  for  Dunster 

Deanery 
C.-in-Charge,    St    John 

the  Evan.,  Park  Hill, 

Bezley 


The  following  members  of  thp  College  ^ere  ordained  at 
Trinity : 

Diocese,  Parish, 

JCingsford,  P.  A.  London  Christ  Church,  Hackney 

Walker,  B.  P.  Exeter  Marwood 

Green,  J.  E.,  M.A.  Llandaff  St  Mary,  Cardiflf 

Judd,  W.  H.,  M.A.  Lincoln  Licensed  Preacher 

Aickm,  G.  E.  '  Oxford  Wargrave,  Berks. 


Appleford,  I{.  H. 
Long,  B. 


'  Oxford 
Oxford 
Oxford 


St  Qiles,  Reading 
Paversham 


Two  Naden  Divinity  Students  were  ordained  by  the  Bishop 
of  Oxford,  B.  Long  and  G.  E.  Aickin ;  Mr  Aickin  was  the 
Gospeller  at  this  Ordination.  B.  P.  Walker  goes  to  be  Curate 
to  an  old  Johnian,  Mr  Pryke,  at  Marwood ;  H.  H.  Appleford 
tp  another,  Mr  Fader,  at  Reading. 


Tripos  Examinations,  June  1894, 
Law  Tripos  Part  I. 


First  Class, 

Second  Class, 

a 

Baily  {brackete4) 

7 
10 

Earl 
YusufAli 

Third  Class. 

|6 

25 

Davis,  A. 
Davis,  C, 

k 

T.  (bracketed) 

Moral  Sciences  Tripos  Part  L 
First  Class.  Second  Class^ 

ps  Green  {Political  Economy)  Ds  Corbett 

Mathematical  Tripos 
Part  I, 


Wranglers. 
4     Leathern  {bracketed) 
13     Borchardt 
^^  (  HibbertrWare 
^°  \  Webb 

15     Werner  (bracketed) 

98     Jie^ling 


Senior  Optimes^ 
( Edmunds 
33  \Leftwich 

37  Hart 

38  Raw 
fFearnlcy 

4^  \  Thatcher 
46     Emslie 


Our  Chrontcle.  3 1 7 

junior  Optimet. 

'*  I  Rivers 
Partn. 
First  Class, 
Ds  Dale  (div,  3). 

Admitted  to  the  Degree  of  M.B. 

Bs  Cuff,  A.  W.  Mag  Henry,  C  .D. 

Ds  Lees,  B  .H.  Mag  Pany*  T.  W. 

TAiED  Examination  for  M.B.  Easter  Term  1894. 

Surgery  etc,        Ds  Barraclough        Mag  Parry 

Ds  King,  T.  P. 
Medicine  etc,      Ds  Cameron,  J.  A. 

Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club. 

Pirsi  Captain — A.  P.  Cameron.  Second  Captain-^K,  G.  Butler*  HoH* 
Sec.—W,  H.  Bonsey.  Treasurer^K,  P.  Hadland.  First  Lent  Captain--^ 
F.  A.  Rose.    Second  Lent  Captain — C.  G.  Leftwich* 

May  J^aces.^-The  Crews  were  made  up  as  follows  :-^ 


First  Boat, 

St,  lbs. 
Bow  C.  G.  Leftwich 10    i 

2  A.  G.Butler    11     2 

3  A.  J.  Davis 10  10 

4  A.P.Cameron    4 11     5 

5  R.  P.  Hadland    12    9 

6  R.  Y.  Bonsey  <  < 12    6 

7  W.  H.  Bonsey 11   10 

Stroke  F.  A.  Rose    ii     o 

Cox  A.  F.  Alcock. . .  ^ ......  7    9 


Second  Boati 

it.  Ihi. 
Bow  H.  Whitman ii     8 

2  A.- C.  Sconlar 11    0 

3  A.  J*  K.  Thompson  , . . . Ii     9 

4  C.C.Ellis II     I 

5  F.Lydall ......12    8 

6  W.  McDougall    11     2 

7  E.  C.  Taylor    10    9 

Stroke  W.  A.  Lamb    ........  9  13 

Cox  J.  D.  Davies. , * . .  8     7 


Friday i'  June  8* 

Second  Division,  The  Second  Boat,  starting  second  in  the 
division,  rowed  a  very  plucky  race  in  pursuit  of  the  sandwich 
boat  (First  Trinity  III).  The  latter,  however,  were  much  the 
heavier  and  stronger  crew,  and  although  our  crew  stuck  to 
their  work  with  great  dash  and  gameness,  they  did  not  succeed 
in  getting  nearer  to  their  opponents  than  three-quarters  of  a 
length.  The  following  boat  (Caius  II)  were  ** tailed"  by  a 
long  distance. 

First  Division,  The  First  Boat  starting  fourth  had  the 
misfortune  to  touch  the  bank  at  First  Post  Comer.  Happily 
the  mischance  did  not  prove  serious,  and,  although  they  lost 
some  distance  from  Third  Trinity,  they  rowed  over  well  away 
from  First  Trinity  II. 


3i8  Our  ChronicU. 

Saturday^  June  9, 

Second  Division,  The  Second  Boat's  experiences  were  very 
similar  to  those  of  the  preceding  evening,  though  they  scarcely 
came  so  near  to  the  sandwich  boat  as  in  the  first  race. 

First  Division,  The  First  Boat  again  rowed  over  well  away 
from  First  Trinity  II,  though  the  latter  gained  slightly  in  the 
Long  Reach. 

Monday f  June  11. 

Second  Division.  The  Second  Boat,  following  their  in- 
structions, took  matters  easily,  and  allowed  Caius  II  to  gain 
on  them  considerably.  This,  however,  was  only  on  sufferance, 
and  a  good  spurt  at  the  end  of  the  course  put  the  starting 
distance  between  the  boats  again. 

First  Division,  The  First  Boat  again  rowed  over,  but  showed 
a  much  greater  amount  of  smartness  than  in  the  first  two 
races. 

Tuesday,  June  12. 

Second  Division,  The  Second  Boat,  starting  second  in  the 
division,  gained  a  length  on  Corpus  by  the  Gut,  and  from  that 
point  went  up  to  them  at  a  somewhat  slower  rate,  till  a  good 
spurt  round  Ditton  secured  their  bump  just  past  the  corner. 

Fifst  Division,  The  First  Boat  started  badly,  in  consequence 
of  which  First  Trinity  II  gained  on  them,  and  their  advantage 
was  increased  by  better  steering  at  Grassy.  Matters,  however, 
were  in  no  degree  serious  until,  shortly  before  Ditton,  Four's 
slide  suddenly  jammed  when  right  forward,  causing  Four  to 
twist  his  rigger  and  bringing  the  whole  boat  to  a  standstill,  as 
the  shock  caused  the  break-down  of  other  slides  as  well,  and 
made  further  rowing  impossible.  This  disaster  allowed  First 
Trinity  II  to  row  by  and  secure  the  bump. 

The  Second  Boat  rowed  over  in  their  tub  ship  at  the  hotiom 
of  the  Division,  there  being  two  bumps  in  front  of  them. 

Apart  from  the  accident  which  caused  the  First  Boat  to  lose 
a  place  on  the  last  day  of  the  races,  the  results  of  the  term's 
rowing  have  been  disappointing.  No  doubt  this  is  greatly 
due  to  the  various  illnesses  and  accidents  which  have  hampered 
the  crew's  practice,  and  to  the  examinations  which  came  thick 
and  fast  during  the  four  days  of  the  races  as  well  as  the 
preceding  fortnight.  Still  the  crew  was  decidedly  lacking  in 
life  and  smartness,  and  in  that  long  well-controlled  swing 
forward  and  hard  well-sustained  leg-drive,  that  hard  clean 
grip  of  the  water,  and  long  leg-supported  finish,  which  must 
be  attained  by  any  crew  that  is  to  meet  with  real  success.  If 
these  points  are  carefully  attended  to  during  the  next  year, 
from  the  beginning  of  the  October  term  onwards,  we  trust  that 
we  shall  regain  the  place  lost  in  these  races  and  more,  especially 
as  there  is  plenty  of  good  material  to  work  upon. 


Our  Chronicle.  319 

The  Second  Boat  deserve  much  credit,  as  they  rowed  with 
great  pluck  and  smartness.  Their  principal  fault  was  a  general 
shortness  in  the  reach  forward,  and,  when  rowing  hard,  a 
tendency  to  clip  the  finish. 

The  best  thanks  of  the  Club  are  due  to  R.  C.  Lehmann  and 
L.  S.  Simpson,  First  Trinity,  for  the  trouble  they  kindly  took 
in  coaching  the  First  Boat- 

The  Second  Boat  was  coached  by  W.  H.  Bonsey. 

Fitsi  Boat. 

Scw—A  neat  and  useful  man  for  the  place :  wants  rather  iqore  length  at 
both  ends  of  the  stroke. 

Ttffo — As  useful  a  shover  and  ugly  an  oar  as  ever :  wants  more  steadiness,  a 
neater  finish,  and  fewer  esamiualions. 

TTtree — Rows  hard,  but  not  in  quite  so  good  a  style  as  formerly  :  should  get  a 
smarter  grip  and  longer  fmish. 

Jumr—Kss  been  rather  pulled  to  pieces,  but  is  nevertheless  a  useful  oar : 
should  get  a  smarter  grip,  as  he  loses  part  of  his  slide  before  his  blade 
gets  hold  of  the  water. 

J^tve — A  promising  but  rather  rough  oar :  must  get  hold  of  it  with  straighter 
arms  and  use  his  legs  at  once  and  right  through  the  stroke. 

Six—Very  promising :  must  swing  the  body  more,  grip  with  straighter  arms 
and  keep  his  blade  covered  longer  at  the  finish. 

S^ven  —Has  been  rather  put  back  by  having  to  be  out  of  the  crew  for  some 
time :  rows  neatlv,  but  with  not  quite  enough  life :  should  swing  more 
and  hold  the  finish  out  longer  when  rowing. 

Stroke— A  good  stroke :  keeps  it  going  well,  but  might  reach  out  a  trifle 
more ;  has  an  awkward  habit  at  the  finish  of  getting  his  body  away  from 
his  hands  instead  of  vice  vetsa. 

Cox — Steered  well  on  the  whole,  but  is  not  a  sure  hand  at  a  comer. 

Second  Boat, 

£ow — ^Wants  more  length,  especially  at  the  finish :  in  other  respects  rows  well. 

Two—K  promising  freshman :  with  more  experience  and  leg  drive  should  do 
well. 

7)^rrr— Rough,  but  a  good  shover :  should  be  steadier  forward,  especially 
with  his  slide,  and  so  get  a  firmer  grip. 

Four — Is  also  inclined  to  bucket,  and  inclined  to  clip  the  finish :  has  come  on 
wonderfully  well  this  term  and  works  hard. 

Five — Another  promising  freshman  :  wants  a  little  more  length  and  leg  driven 
but  has  capabilities  and  prospects. 

Six — Rowed  well  on  rather  short  practice :  a  bit  short,  but  is  a  useful  and 
patriotic  oar. 

Seven — Promising  freshman  once  more:  wants  rather  more  neatness  and 
polish,  but  works  well  and  sticks  to  it  like  a  terrier. 

Stroke — Stroked  with  dash  and  judgment,  though  rather  short  in  the  reach 
forward  :  a  good  and  cunning  oar,  with  unfathomed  capabilities  as  regards 
a  fast  stroke. 

C(?;c— Steered  welL 


320  Our  Chronicle. 

F.  J.  Lowe  Douhii  Sculling  Prize— -{see  Eagle,  xvil,  p.  570). 
Mr  Lowe's  bequest  of  /^lyo  (jfsoo  less  legacy  duty)  has  been 
dealt  with  as  follows  : 

Munsey:     Two  pairs  of  silver  challenge  ScoUs  in  rose-  £.  s.  d* 

wood  cases  with  silver  plates.  9  10  o 

Purchase  oi£2^(>  y,  "jd,  Cambridge  Corporation  3  per  cent. 

Stock.  260  10  o 


jfa70      o    o 

The  stock  stands  in  the  names  of  the  Rev  A.  H.  Prior, 
Mr  R.  H.  Forster,  and  Mr  John  Collin. 

Thus  the  income  of  the  fund  available  for  the  presentation 
prizes  will  be  a  little  over  jfj. 

The  first  race  for  these  sculls  took  place  on  May  15 
over  the  Colquhoun  Course.  Only  two  pairs  entered,  viz. 
A.  T.  L.  Rumbold  and  R.  W.  Broadrick  (First  Trinity),  and 
A.  S.  Bell  and  R.  P.  Croft  (Trinity  Hall).  The  latter  pair, 
starting  from  the  first  station,  drew  away  at  once  and  won  easily 
by  120  yards  in  7  min.  3  sec. 

It  is  worthy  of  note  that  this  time  is  considerably  faster  than 
the  fastest  recorded  time  for  the  Magdalene  Pairs.  We  hope 
that  this  fact  will  cause  a  larger  entry  for  the  Sculls  next  year, 
and  that  such  entry  will  include  representatives  of  the  L.M.B.C. 

It  is  unfortunate  that  the  nearness  of  examinations  prevented 
our  representatives,  W.  McDougall  and  S.  B.  Reid,  from  com- 
peting this  year,  as  they  had  been  going  well  in  practice  and 
were  reported  to  be  fast. 

Cricket  Club, 

President'-J.  R.  Tanner,  M.A.  Treasurer— G,  C.  M,  Smith,  M!.A. 
Captain^G.  P.  K.  Winlaw.  Secretary— ¥,  J.  S.  Moore.  CommitUe— 
J.  J.  Robinson,  W.  Falcon,  W.  G.  Wrangham,  J.  H.  Metcalfe. 

We  have  had  a  more  successful  year  than  we  have  experienced 
for  many  years ;  this  is  mostly  due  to  the  fact  that  Triposes  did 
not  interfere  with  the  team  much,  owing  to  the  number  of 
second-year  men  in  it.     We  greatly  missed  the  services  of 

i.  J.  Robinson,  and  only  hope  we  shall  be  repaid  by  seeing 
im  win  his  "Blue."  We  were  fortunate  in  finding  two 
freshmen  to  bear  the  brunt  of  the  bowling,  with  no  small 
success.  Our  best  performance,  without  doubt,  was  our 
victory  over  Trinity. 

Matches, 

Played,  18.    Won  4,  lost  i,  drawn  13. 

April  30.  V,  Pembroke.  Drawn.  Pembroke  235  for  3  wickets  (J.  Du 
V.  Brunton  83,  G.  S.  Wilson  62).  St  John's  124  for  8  wickets  (J.  G. 
McCormick  30). 

May  I  (Sr*  2.  V,  Jesus.  Lost.  Jesus  277  (T.  N.  Perkins  98)  and  28 
for  2  wickets,  (F.  E.  Edwardes  4  wickets  tor  34).  St  John's  139  (G.  P.  K. 
Winlaw  35,  II.  Reeve  31)  and  163  (F.  J.  S,  Moore  35,  J.  H.  Metcalfe  33). 


^\ 


Our  Chrontcle.  321 

May  3.  V.  Trinity.  Won.  Trinity  170  (H.  Reeve  3  wickets  for  22). 
St  John's  182  for  4  wickets  (F.  J.  S.  Moore  85*). 

May  5.  V.  Clare.  Drawn.  St  John's  196  for  4  wickets  (G.  P.  K. 
Winlaw  93»,  J.  J.  Robinson  42).     Clare  1 17  for  4  wickets. 

May  7  <&*  8.  v.  Christ's.  Won.  St  John's  170  (J.  H.  Metcalfe  72)  and 
167  for  3  wickets  (G.  P.  K.  Winlaw  84,  W.  Falcon  59).  Christ's  95  and  103 
(R.  O.  Schwartz  47,  F.  E.  Edward^s  4  wickets  for  20). 

May  10  XI  6*  12.  v.  Emmanuel.  Drawn.  Emmanuel  328  (J.  A.  B. 
Anderson  98,  C.  Bland  49).     St  John's  73  for  i  wicket.    Rain  ;itopped  play. 

May  i^,  v.  Exeter  College,  Oxford.  Drawn.  Exeter  213  for  7  wickets 
(F.  A.  Phillips  loo,  S.  R.  HigneU  78»J.  St  John's  99  for  4  wickets  (W.  G. 
Wrangham  36«). 

May  1$^    V.King's.    Drawn.    St  John's  175.    King's  78  for  3  wickets. 

May  16.  V,  Selwyn.  Drawn.  St  John's  33  for  no  wickets.  Rain 
stopped  play. 

May  17  dr*  18.  v.  Trinity.  Drawn,  St  John's  236  (J.  H.  Metcalfe  80, 
H.  Reeve  ^4).  Trinity  534  (J.  S.  Shearme  I54»,  W.  Mortimer  72),  (F.  E. 
Edwardes  6  wickets  for  102). 

May  19.  V.  Jesus.  Drawn.  St  John's  251  (J.  F.  S.  Moore  135). 
Jesus  119  for  2  wickets  (F.  L.  Hinde  50,  T.  N.  Perkins  47«). 

May  21  (St*  22.    v.  Caius.    Drawn.    Caius  85  (H.  Reeve  6  wickets  for 
and  343  (F.  E.  Brunner  115).     St  John's  250  for  6  wickets  (W.  G, 
rangham  69,  J.  H.  Metcalfe  45 •)  and  73  for  7  wickets. 

May  24.  V.  Ci-usaders.  Drawn.  St  John's  248  (C.  D.  Robinson  81). 
Crusaders  104  for  2  wickets  (A.  P.  Whitwell  49*). 

May  25.  V.  Magdalene.  Won.  Magdalene  178  (P.  G.  Hunter-Muskett 
81,  G.  P.  K,  Winlaw  4  wickets  for  39).  St  John's  251  for  4  wickets  (C.  D. 
Robinson  116). 

May  26.  V.  Whitgift  Wanderers.  Drawn.  Whitgift  Wanderers  146 
for  4  wickets  Q.  P.  Harvey  55*,  H.  L.  Turner  55).     St  John's  45  for  i  wicket. 

May  28.  V'  Peterhouse.  Won.  Peterhouse  58  (H.  Reeve  3  wickets 
for  I  run).  St  John's  122  for  3  wickets  (W.  G.  Wrangham  56«,  J.  H.  Met- 
calfe 52). 

A/ay  29.  V.  Trinity  Hall.  Drawn.  Trinity  Hall  17  for  i  wicket.  Rain 
stopped  play. 

May  30.  V.  Pembroke.  Drawn.  St  John's  197  for  4  wickets  (J.  H. 
Metcalfe  07,  G.  P.  K,  Winlaw  57).  Pembroke  19  for  3  wickets  (H.  Reeve 
3  wickets  for  no  runs). 

♦  Signifies  not  out. 

The  Eleven. 

O,  P.  K,  Wtnlaw.—llAS  scored  fairly  consistently  throughout  the  season ;  a 
good  bat  with  an  effective  cut ;  his  bowling  was  not  very  successful  this 
year, 

y.  y.  Robinson — A  fine  all-round  cricketer :  it  is  only  to  be  hoped  that  he 
may  gain  his  Blue. 

W,  G.  Wrangham—A  greatly  improved  bat ;  has  fallen  off  in  bowling,  but 
is  still  as  good  as  ever  in  the  field. 

C*  D,  Robinson^ A  good  bat  with  sound  defence ;  has  gained  many  more 
strokes  and  hits  cleanly  when  set ;  good  wicket-keeper. 


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F,  y.  S,  Moore— K  really  good  bat  with  any  namber  of  strokes ;  useful  change 
bowler  and  good  point. 

W.  Falcon — Has  not  shown  his  last  year's  form,  though  he  improved  towards 
the  end  of  the  season.     Good  field. 

C,  R,  McKee — Has  been  very  disappointing  as  a  bat,  but  greatly  improved  in 
the  field. 

y.  H,  Metcalfe — Has  been  in  great  foiro,  bitting  clean  and  hard;  a  good 
field,  but  inclined  to  rush  too  hard  at  th:  ball. 

H,  Reeve — Has  bowled  exceedingly  well  at  times,  but  bowls  too  much  to  leg 
and  has  had  luck.    A  fair  bat ;  slow  in  the  field. 

F,  E.  Edwardes — A  really  good  bowler  for  a  dozen  o\'ers :  should  not  bowl  so 
much  at  the  wicket.  Safe  field  in  the  slips ;  has  not  had  much  of  a  trial 
in  batting. 

y.  G*  McCormick — A  somewhat  shaky  bat  at  starting,   but  has  scored 

consistently.    Very  keen  in  the  field. 

K,  Clarke^ An  uncertain  bat  with  a  very  fine  forward  cut ;  should  do  better 
next  year.    Can  bowl  and  is  safe  in  the  field. 

Batting  Averages* 

No,  of  Most  in       No.  of  Times 

Name.  runs            Innings        Innings        not  out  Aver. 

J.  H.  Metcalfe 4»6 80    14    4  4x-6 

F.J.  S.Moore 453    135   '5    4  4«  »« 

O.  P.  K.  Winlaw 455    9J*  »8 3  30*33 

C.D.Robinson 405    xi6   15    z  28*92 

W.  G.  Wrangham  ....M 227    69    xz    3  28*37 

H.  Reeve   Z36    54    8    3 272 

J.  J.  Robinson 74    42    3      o  >4'<^ 

J.  G.  McCormick    27Z    34*  15    3  22  58 

W.  Falcon 157    59    x^      «  "744 

K.  Clarke  138    27    zo    z  15*33 

F.E.  Edwardes 46    2z    7    4  "5 

C.  B.  McKee 55    14    7    >  zx 

*  Signifies  not  out. 

Bawling  Averages, 

Name                        Overs  Maidens        Buns        Wkts.           Aver. 

H.  Reeve   X7'3     58    613  47    X3*04 

J.  J.  Robinson 66        X9    196  10    Z9*6 

F.  £.  Edwardes    sq6  4     ......    40    ^S^  28    23*25 

F.  J.  S.  Moore.'. xx8'3     22    349  X2    29*08 

K.Clarke 124       23    394  za    3>'S3 

The  Second  XI  have  had  rather  bad  luck  in  losing  no  less 
than  three  matches  by  less  than  40  runs.  Their  record  is: 
matches  played  12,  won  3,  lost  5,  drawn  4. 

In  'Varsity  Matches  this  term  we  have  been  represented  by 
J.  J.  Robinson,  who  has  taken  part  in  all  the  matches  that  have 
taken  place.  C.  D.  Robinson  and  F.  J.  S.  Moore  played  for 
the  XVI  V.  the  XI.  K.  Clarke  played  in  the  Freshmen's 
Match. 


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Rugby  Uuion  Football  Club. 

At  a  General  Meeting  held  on  Wednesday,  May  30,  the 
following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  season : 

Captainr-^ ,  Falcon.  Secretary-^C.  D.  Robinson. 

AssociATioiJ  Football  Club. 

The  following  officers  have  been  elected  for  next  season : 
Captaiip—B,  J.  C.  Warren.    Secretary— H,  Reeve. 

Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

Captdin—C.  O.  S.  Hatton.    Hon,  Sec—B,  J.  C.  Warren. 

All  our  matches  have  been  won  with  the  exception  of  thosef 
against  Trinity  and  the  Hall,  the  latter  of  which  was  played 
with  three  of  our  team  away,  and  only  lost  by  4 — 5. 

We  have  won  the  Inter-CoIlcgiate  Challenge  Cup  for  the 
first  time,  Hatton  and  Newling  beating  R.  B.  Scott  and 
L.  L.  R.  Hausburg  (Trinity)  in  the  Challenge  round  by  three 
sets  to  love  (6—3)  (7—5)  (6—4)* 

Hatton  has  been  playing  regularly  for  the  'Varsity,  and  has 
got  his  'Grasshopper.'  He  has  also  won  the  'Varsity  Open 
Singles  and  in  partnership  with  R.  B.  Scott  (Trinity)  the 
Doubles. 

The  following  colours  have  been  given :  C.  O.  S.  Hatton, 
t.  Lupton,  B.  J.  C.  Warren,  S.  W.  Newling,  W.  H.  C.  Chevalier, 
J.  F.  Skrimshire,  M.  W.  Blyth. 

Uatch€s, 
Matches  played,  15.    Won  13,  lost  a. 
Date.  Club.  Result.  Points, 

April  25 Pembroke Won . , 6—3. 

„     26 Christ's .....Won 5—4. 

,,      28 ..Emmanuel   ........Won ..8 — i. 

May     a Mayflies    Won 5—4. 

„       3 Coipas • Won ...5—4. 

,f       5 ..,.  Jesus , Won 7 — 2. 

„      II Christ's , Won /$ — '« 

„      12 King's Won 7—2. 

„      14 Caius Won •••••9 — o« 

„      15 Trinity  Hall Lost 4—5. 

„      18 Jesus Won 6—3. 

„     25 Mayflies    Won 7—2. 

yuns     I King's Won 6-3. 

„       a Clare Won 5—4. 

„       7 Trinity Lost ••...1—8. 

Eagle  Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

Prendent^Ut  R.  F.  Scott.  Treasurer—G.  P.  K.  Winlaw.  Secretary-^ 
W.  Falcon. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  above  Club  held  on  Wednesday,  May  18, 
the  following  new  members  were  elected : — W.  P.  Boas,  R.  Y. 
Bpnsey,  K.  Clarke,  J.  G.  McCormick,  H.  Reeve. 

Y0L,XV1U.  UU 


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Lacrosse  Club. 

Captain-^'E.  J.  Kefford.    Hon,  Treas,^VT.  T.  Lcigh-PhiDips. 

A  Meeting  of  the  above  Club  was  held  this  term  in  the 
Secretary's  rooms.  W.  J.  Leigh-Phillips  was  elected  Captain 
for  the  ensuing  season,  and  H.  L.  Gregory,  Secretary.  We  are 
glad  to  say  the  Club  is  in  a  most  flourishing  condition  and 
that  one  of  its  members,  J.  Lupton,  has  been  elected  Captain 
of  the  'Varsity  Lacrosse  Club  for  the  coming  season.  We  wish 
both  teams  prosperity  in  the  future. 

Recruits  will  be  heartily  welcome  and  we  hope  will  be 
numerous,  as  at  present  we  have  a  very  strong  College  team  and 
shall  be  glad  to  keep  up  our  old  reputation. 

Fives  Club. 

President^Vix  H.  R.  Tottenham.  Captain—J^.  Horton-Smith.  Secrr* 
iary—A,  J.  Tait.  Treasurer— C,  R.  McKce.  CommitUe—Mr  Harkcr, 
J.  Lupton,  A.  B.  Maclachlan  and  G.  W.  Poynder. 

The  Club  played  three  matches  in  town  during  the  Easter 
vacation. 

We  beat  St  John's  Hall,  Highbury,  bj  125  points  to  75^ 
and  Merchant  Taylors*  School  by  105  to  99  (in  Doubles),  but 
we  succumbed  to  St  Paul's,  being  beaten  by  132  points  to  95. 

In  the  Singles,  which  we  found  ourselves  bound  to  play  at 
Merchant  Taylors'  after  the  Doubles,  we  did  not  come  off  well. 
We  had  not  expected  to  play  Singles,  and  hence  bad  not  practised 
for  them — these  Singles  we  therefore  omit.  The  record  of 
matches  before  the  vacation  was — seven  won,  none  lost,  and  a 
total  of  888  points  for  us,  523  against  us.  The  sum  total  for 
the  whole  season  is  nine  matches  won  and  one  lost  (all 
Doubles),  and  a  record  of  1211  points  scored  for  us,  829 
against  us. 

4TH   (Cambridge  University)  Volunteer  Battalion 
The  Suffolk  Regiment. 

B  Company. 

At  the  conclusion  of  last  term  the  detachment  proceeded  to 
Aldershot.  Fifteen  members  of  the  College  accompanied  the 
Corps,  which  got  through  a  week's  training  in  fine  weather. 
Immediately  on  our  arrival  we  were  attached  to  the  Public 
Schools  Brigade  for  a  sham  fight  with  the  regulars ;  and  after 
the  contest  was  over  we  marched  past  the  Duke  of  Connaught» 
who' kindly  allowed  us  to  take  up  a  position  opposite  the 
saluting  base  and  there  watch  the  regulars — a  magnificent 
spectacle.  We  had  another  field-day  before  we  left,  this  time 
with  the  Field  Service  Training  Corps ;  and  after  that  a  small 
engagement  of  our  own.    Sergeant  McCormick  was  unfortunatelj 


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shot  early  in  the  day,  but  Corporal  Cummings  took  command 
of  the  Johnian  section  and  handled  his  men  .with  remark- 
able sagacity  and  courage,  while  Privates  Reid,  D.  P.  Hadland, 
and  Barnett  rifled  the  bodies  of  some  dead  cyclists  with  heroic 
bravery.  We  came  back  to  Cambridge  having  thoroughly 
enjoyed  our  taste  of  barnack-room  life. 

The  Inspection  was  held  this  term  and  was  very  successful—^ 
especially  the  night  parade  in  the  Corn  Exchange. 

All  Johnian  Volunteers  will  be  glad  to  know  that  Corporal 
R.  Y.  Bonsey  was  selected  to  be  photographed  as  one  of  thet 
**  Types  (of  beauty)  of  the  Volunteers.*' 

Every  member  of  the  Corps  must  join  in  recruiting  from  thQ 
best  of  next  term's  Freshers^ 


Debating  Society.. 

President— V^,  B.  Allan.  Vice-President— Q,  T.  Powell.  Jreasurer-^ 
H.  M.  Schroder.  Secretary-^'K.  O.  P.  Taylor,  Auditor— X.  P.  McNeile, 
Committee—T.  Hay  and  W.  A.  Gardner. 

The  debates  during  the  term  have  been  as  follows : 

April  28 — "That  this  House  views  the  Government  of  Lord 
Rosebery  with  entire  confidence,  and  wishes  it  a  long  tenure 
of  office."  Proposed  by  A.  K.  B.  Yusuf-Ali,  opposed  by  F.  N. 
Mayers.    Lost  by  6  to  8. 

May  5 — "That  the  so-called  comic  song  is  entirely 
objectionable."  Proposed  by  H.  M.  Schroder,  opposed  by 
G.  T.  Whiteley.     Lost  by  7  to  12. 

May  IS — **That  indiscriminate  charity  is  the  curse  of  the^ 
country."  Proposed  by  C.  T.  Powell,  opposed  by  R.  O.  P« 
Taylor.     Lost  by  6  to  9., 

May  19— "That  this  House  would  approve  of  the  Dis-. 
establishment  and  Disendowment  of  the  Church."  Proposed 
by  A.  J.  Story,  opposed  by  J.  E.  Purvis  B.A.     Lost  by  6  to  19. 

May  26 — "  That  this  House  would  welcome  the  establish- 
ment of  Slavery."  Proposed  by  W.  B.  Allan,  opposed  by 
T.  Hay. 

H.  H.  Davies  moved  as  an  amendment — "  That  this  House 
would  welcome  the  establishment  of  a  luncheon  bar  in  the. 
Third  Court."     The  amendment  was  carried  by  10  to  4. 

The  average  number  of  members  present  was  32,  but  oiv 
every  question  there  seemed  to  be  a  marked  disinclination  ixy 
record  a  vote.  The  debate  on  Disestablishment  was  fiercely 
fought  and  produced  some  excellent  speeches.  A.  }.  Walker, 
(Hon.  Sec.  of  the  Musical  Society)  made  a  vigorous  attempt  to 
get  the  comic  song  condemned.    The  last  debate  of  the  term 


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was  as  usual  a  long  one,  bristling  with  points  of  order.  We  are 
sorry  to  have  to  record  that  three  of  our  Ex-Presidents  are  going 
down  this  term,  among  them  Peter  Green,  whose  loss  we  shall 
feel  most  keenly. 

Theological  Society. 

Prisident^'G,  Watkinson.  Hon,  Treas.-^J.  S.  Mailer,  ffon,  Sic.-^ 
W*  A.  Gardner.     CommitUe^C.  C.  Ellis  and  H.  M.  Schroder. 

The  meetings  have  been  as  follows :— On  May  1 1  in  C.  C. 
Ellis'  rooms :  Some  thoughts  on  Inspiration,  Professor  Lumby. 

On  May  i8  in  J.  S.  Miiller's  rooms:  Some  questions  and 
answers  /torn  the  Ordinal,  Canon  Slater. 

On  May  23  in  R.  O.  P.  Taylor's  rooms,  a  Social  meeting 
took  place.  A  photo  of  the  Society  has  been  taken;  the 
number  of  members  this  term  was  25. 

Musical  Society. 

Prisident—jyr  Sandys.  Treasurer— B.tv  A.  T.  Stevens.  Secretary^ 
A.  J.  Walker.  Assistant  Secretary— -Yi.  Reeve.  Librarian — C.  T.  Powell. 
Committee — A.  J.  Chotzner,  J.  M.  Hardwich. 

On  Friday,  April  27,  the  Society  made  a  new  departure  by 
giving  a  Smoking  Concert  in  the  May  Term.  The  chief  items 
of  interest  were  Beethoven's  Sonata  for  Pianoforte  and  Violin 
(No.  5)  in  F,  performed  by  the  same  friends  from  the  Royal 
Acadeiny  of  Music  who  played  before  us  last  term,  and 
Mr  Thomas*  rendering  of  two  Scotch  songs  by  Stewart 
Macpherson.  T^e  interest  of  the  programme  was  also  increased 
by  the  fact  that  at  this  concert  *  The  Crotchets ' — a  quartette 
plub  founded  towards  the  end  of  last  term — made  their  first 
s^ppearance.  It  is  hoped  that  they  will  often  thus  favour  the 
Musical  Society. 

The  Annual  Concert  was  held  in  the  College  Hall,  by  kind 
permission  of  the  Master  and  Fellows,  on  Monday,  June  11. 
The  programme  was  as  follows : 

PROGRAMME. 
Part  I. 

f     Cantata «*May  Day" Sir  George  Macfurren 

%    Song "Aufenthalt"     Schubert 

A.  J.  Walker. 

3  Recitative  AND  Aeia...."  Che  Fard" .^....Gluck 

Miss  Dora  Barnard. 

.     c^»r..  /  (fl)  "  My  heart  and  lute "  \  jj  irj      tr-      ijx 

4  Songs {  ^  "  Sing,  Nightingale  - 1 HalfdanKjerulf 

Rev  F.  G.  Given- Wilson. 

5  Pianoforte  Duet  . . . .  "  Am  Springbmnnen  "    , « , . .  Schumann 

C.  p.  Kesling  and  F.  G.  Cole, 


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Part  n. 

^    ^-^-^^ {r*l"^lnt?r^Elc-^*~"}     ^'-'- 

The  Crotchets. 

7  Abja  (from  «SaM  j0;f ) .  •  <*  Honour  and  Anns  *'    .,.••,•.., Handtl 

C.  T.  Powell. 

8  Rbcitatve "  Nei  trionfi  d'Alessandro  **  I  w  ^j  i 

Aeia "Lusinghepiiicarc"  ]     aanati 

Miss  Kate  Cove. 

9  Song ........"  Ob,  Nanny,  wilt  thou  gang  witk  me  *'  .  • .  •^.  Somervell 

W.  R.  Elliott. 

10  Cantata ,...."  The  Jackdaw  of  Rheims  " George  Fox 

Last  year  Steradale  Bennett's  May  Queen  formed  the  chief 
item  in  the  programme.  This  year  a  short  cantata  was  inserted 
in  either  part.  The  chorus  and  orchestra  were  quite  equal  to 
the  occasion,  and  Sir  George  Macfarren's  May  Day  and  George 
Fox's  Jackdaw  of  Rheims  were  both  most  successfully  performed. 
Neither  work  reaches  a  very  high  artistic  level — the  Jackdaw  of 
Rheims  has  no  pretensions  to  that — but,  as  they  were  sung,  they  • 
could  not  have  been  better.  The  final  chorus  of  May  Day  was 
especially  good,  and  the  trebles  took  their  high  notes  very  well, 
with  a  success  which  was  wanting  in  some  parts  of  the  Jackdaw 
of  Rheims,  Miss  Kate  Cove  sang  magnificently  in  both  cantatas, 
while  in  the  second  Miss  Dora  Barnard,  the  Rev  F.  G.  Given- 
Wilson  and  A.  J.  Walker  sang  solos. 

It  would  be  hard  to  say  of  the  individual  contributions  which 
was  best  performed.  Miss  Dora  Barnard  sang  Che  Jard  from 
Gluck's  Orfeo,  and  Miss  Kate  Cove  charmed  the  audience  with 
her  wonderful  rendering  of  an  extremely  difiicult  recitative  and 
air  from  Handel's  Scipione,  Two  more  enjoyable  songs  could  not 
have  been  heard,  and  the  large  audience,  which  filled  the  Hall 
from  end  to  end,  heard  them  in  perfect  silence  and  applauded 
rapturously.  Miss  Cove's  encore  song  was  extremely  pretty, 
but  was  hard  to  listen  to  after  her  first  song  with  its  magnificent 
flights  and  runs.  To  those  who  heard  Lusinghe  pit*  care  for  the 
first  time,  it  must  have  revealed  the  lightest  and  most  beautiful 
side  of  Handel's  genius. 

C.  T.  Powell  sang  the  familiar  Honour  and  Arms  from  Samson 
and  surpassed  himself  in  it.  The  song  was  well  chosen  and 
suits  his  voice  admirably.  All  our  solo  talent  was  to  the  fore. 
A.  J.  Walker  and  the  Rev  F.  G.  Given-Wilson,  a  welcome  figure 
and  voice  after  a  year's  absence,  sang  in  the  first  part,  while 
W.  R.  Elliott  and  C.  T.  Powell  took  their  places  in  the  second. 
Comparisons  are  odious,  and  in  this  case  are  fortunately  un- 
pecessary.    All  four  sang  their  very  best. 

From  smoking  concerts  some  of  us  were  -familiar  with  the 
Schumann  duet  which  F.  G.  Cole  and  C.  P.  Keeling  played  so 


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well,  but,  for  all  that,  it  had  lost  none  of  its  freshness,  and  was 
all  too  short.  Erom  smoking  concerts,  too,  we  knew  of  the 
quartette  of  Crotchets.  Their  performances  in  the  Lecture 
Room  have  been  delightful :  in  the  Hall  they  were  better  than 
ever:  it  is  quite  impossible  to  praise  their  rendering  of  two  of 
Hatton's  glees  too  highly.  Their  choice  was  admirable :  their 
performance  justified  the  choice. 

The  Eagle  last  year  declared  that  the  concert  held  then  was 
the  most  successful  ever  held.  If  such  was  the  case,  this  year's 
concert  was  doubly  successful.  The  Hall,  with  its  red  carpet 
and  lavish  floral  decoration,  has  never  looked  better,  the 
singing  and  playing  has  never  been  so  good,  and  all  thanks  are 
due  to  the  energetic  Secretary  and  Committee  for  the  way  in 
which  the  whole  concert  was  carried  out.  And  the  highest 
thanks  and  praise  must  be  paid  to  the  Conductor,  Dr  Garrett, 
for  the  immense  pains  which  he  took  with  regard  to  the  concert^ 
and  in  training  the  choir* 


The  College  Ball. 

By  permission  of  the  Master  and  Fellows  a  Ball  was  given 
in  the  College  Hall  on  Tuesday,  June  12.  A  special  floor  was 
laid  by  the  universal  provider,  Mr  Whiteley  of  Bayswater. 
Supper  was  served  in  the  Combination  Room.  A  tent  for 
sitting  out  in  was  erected  behind  the  Chapel  Court,  the  walks  of 
which  were  illuminated.  The  Hall  was  decorated  with  flowers, 
and  our  beautiful  Combination  Room  looked  even  more 
charming  than  usual.  About  two  hundred  were  present.  The 
String  Band  of  the  Royal  Horse  Guards  (Blues)  supplied  the 
music,  and  dancing  was  kept  up  till  4  a.m.  The  Master  brought 
a  large  party  from  the  Lodge.  The  number  of  gentlemen 
present  slightly  exceeded  the  number  of  ladies,  so  that  the  latter 
were  always  fully  occupied.  Ladies  accustomed  to  the  blash 
men  about  town  expressed  their  astonishment,  at  the  vigour 
they  found  at  Cambridge.  The  Committee,  whose  names  are 
given  below,  are  much  to  be  complimented  on  the  general 
excellence  of  the  arrangements. 

The  Rkv  P.  H.  Mason,  President, 

Mr  R.  F.  Scott.  Mr  C.  O  S.  Hatton  {Secrttary\. 

Dr  L.  E.  Shore.  Mr  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw. 

Mr  a.  Hill  {Secretary)  Mr  W.  H.  Bonsky. 

Mr  S.  B.  Reid.  Mr  J.  II.  Miitcalfe. 

Mr  J.  J.  Robinson.  Mr  R.  Y.  Bonsey. 

Mr.  a.  p.  Cameron.  Mr  J.  G.  McCormick. 

A  Steward's  Breakfast  of  a  decidedly  festive  character 
followed  the  departure  of  the  ladies. 


Our  Chronicle. 


l^<i 


The  Johnian  Dinner,  1894. 

The  Johnian  Dinner  took  place  this  year  at  the  First 
Avenue  Hotel,  London,  on  Tuesday,  April  17.  Mr  R.  Horton- 
Smith,  Q'.C.  was  in  the  Chair.  As  will  be  seen  from  the  list 
of  those  present,  the  gathering  was  the  largest  and  most 
representative  which  has  yet  been  held. 

The  Toast  list  was  as  follows  :—7>5^  Queen  \  The  College^ 
proposed  by  the  Chairman,  replied  to  by  Sir  Francis  Powell, 
Rev  Dr  T.  G.  Bonney,  and  Mr  R.  F.  Scott ;  The  Lady  Margaret 
Boat  Club,  proposed  by  Mr  L.  H.  K.  Bushe-Fox,  replied  to 
by  the  First  Captain,  Mr  A.  P.  Cameron,  and  Mr  L.  H. 
Edmunds;  The  Chairman,  proposed  by  the  Rev  J.  F.  Bateman. 

Music  and  songs  from  J.  A.  Whitaker,  the  Rev  J.  A. 
Beaumont,  the  Rev  F.  G.  Given-Wilson,  Mr  E.  J.  Rapson,  and 
others,  and  recitations  by  Mr  H.  T.  Barnett  added  to  the 
enjoyment  of  the  evening. 

Members  of  the  College  who  would  like  to  receive  year  by 
year  notice  of  the  date  of  the  dinner  are  requested  to  send  their 
names  and  addresses  to  one  of  the  secretaries,  namely: — Ernest 
Prescott,  70,  Cambridge  Terrace,  Hyde  Park,  W.,  and  R-  H. 
Forster,  Members  Mansions,  Victoria  Street,  SAV. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  those  present : 


Chairman — R.  Horton  Smith,  Q.C. 


K.  E.  Baker 
A.  B.  Baldwin 
H.  T.  Barnett 
Rev  J.  F.  Bateman 
£.  Beaumont 
Rev  J.  A.  Beaumont 
Rev  Prof  Bonney 
W.  H.  Bonsey 

E.  T.  Brooks 
P.  H.  Brown 

G.  T.  M.  Burnett 
L.  H.  K.  Bushc-Fox 
S.  Butler 
J.  H.  Butterworth 
Rev  A.  Caldecott 
A.  P.  Cameron 
Rev  Canon  Clarke 
Rev  J.  S.  Clementson 
J.  Coates 

F.  H.  Colson 

Rt  Hon  L.  H.  Courtney 

M.P. 
Rev  G.  Crossley 

G.  E.  Cruikshank 
A.  J.  David 

Rev  H.  L.  Dawson 
A.  F.  Douglas 
L.  H.  Edmunds 


Rev  J.  C.  B.  Fletcher 

R.  H.  Forster 

T.  E.  Forster 

Rev  F.  G.  Given-Wibon 

T.  L.  Harrison 

Col.  J.  Hartley 

Rev.  W.  J.  Harvey 

J.  A.  Herbert 

Rev  E.  Hill 

Rev  J.  W.  Home 

W.  H.  Hudleston 

Prof  W.  H.  H.  Hudson 

D.  M.  Kerly 
R.  H.  Landor 
Rev  J.  P.  Langley 
N.  M.  Leake 

LI.  Lloyd 

Rev  W.  S.  F.  Long 
Rev  J.  H.  Lupton 
R.  Marrack 
Rev  H.  E.  Mason 
T.  Massie 
Rev  J.  J.  Milne 
Rev  W.  I.  Phillips 
H.  F.  Pooley 
Sir  F.  S.  Powell,  Bart. 
M.P. 

E.  Preacott 


E.  J.  Rapson 

H.  J.  Roby,  M.P. 

Rev  C.  M.  Roberts 

S.  O.  Roberts 

E.  Rosher 

Dr  J.  E.  Sandys 

Rev  C.  C.  Scholefield 

R.  F.  Scott 

G.  Silly 

B.  A.  Smith 

G.  C.  M.  Smith 

Rev  H.  Gibson  Smith 

Jason  Smith 

Rt  Rev  Bishop  Speechly 

Rev  W.  H.  H.  Steer 

G.  G.  Tremlett 

G.  J.  Turner 

Rev  A.  T.  Wallis 

B.  West 

J.  L  Whitaker 

G.  WTiite 

G.  C.  Whiteley 

G.  T.  Whiteley 

Aneurin  Williams 

Rev  C.  H.  Wood 

P.  T.  Wiigley 


330  Our  Chronicle 

The  College  Mission  in  Walworth. 

Senior  Secretary — Rev  A.  Caldecott.      Senior  Treasurer— T>x  Watson. 
Junior  Secretary — ^A.  P.  McNeUe.  Junior  Treasurer — ^Peter  Green. 

During  the  Easter  Vacation  ten  men  visited  the  Mission  at 
Walworth  and  assisted  the  work  of  the  Missioners,  exclusive 
of  those  who  merely  went  down  for  the  day.  The  Concert 
given  on  Easter  Monday  by  A.  J.  Walker  and  friends  was  a 
great  success,  and  largely  attended.  The  Lectures  given  by 
the  Master,  Dr  Rolleston,  Mr  Bourne  (Head-master  of  King's 
College  School),  and  Mr  Caldecott  last  term  were  greatly 
appreciated  by  the  people,  and  in  the  Annual  Report  which 
has  just  appeared  the  Missioners  express  a  hope  that  such 
Lectures  will  be  repeated  in  the  future. 

At  the  beginning  of  May  Mr  Wallis  took  Bishop  Speechljr's 
parochial  duties  for  a  fortnight,  and  during  his  absence  the 
Kev  W.  H.  Verity  took  his  place  at  the  Mission.  Mr  Wallis 
has  been  up  in  Cambridge  twice  during  the  term,  and  it  is 
to  be  hoped  that  one  result  of  his  visits  will  be  an  increase 
in  the  numbers  of  visitors  to  Walworth  during  the  coming 
Vacation.  It  cannot  be  too  strongly  urged  that  most  material 
help  can  be  given  to  the  Mission,  and  most  sincere  interest 
in  the  Mission  obtained,  by  frequent  visits  and  by  actual 
participation  in  the  work  that  is  being  carried  on  by  oar 
Missioners. 

The  collection  of  old  clothes  is  at  present  being  carried  on 
in  the  College.  Reference  to  the  Report  will  show  that  in 
the  weekly  sales  of  such  clothes  over  £$q  was  realised  last 
year.  As  we  confer  a  boon  upon  the  people  by  sending  the 
clothes  while  we  do  not  "pauperise"  them  by  giving  the  same» 
we  shall  feel  any  falling  oiF  in  the  supply  a  great  loss  both  to 
our  exchequer  and  to  our  powers  of  doing  good  in  Walworth. 

The  Parish  Magazine  has  now  established  a  firm  footing 
in  the  district,  and  can  be  obtained  by  application  to  the 
Missioners  or  the  Secretary;  it  contains  a  few  local  notes 
which  are  of  great  use  in  helping  one  to  keep  in  touch  with 
what  is  going  on  in  Walworth. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  as  many  as  possible  will  come  to  the 
"Johnian  gathering"  mentioned  in  the  Report,  which  takes 
place  at  the  time  of  the  Harvest  Thanksgiving,  ue.  early  in 
October,  before  the  date  for  returning  to  Cambridge. 

The  Report  is  now  being  circulated :  any  member  of  the 
College  not  receiving  one  is  requested  to  apply  for  his  copy 
to  one  of  the  Secretaries. 

There  is  a  statement  in  the  Report  that  an  old  Johnian  has 
given  £^0  to  the  reduction  of  the  debt  (/ 150)  on  the  buildings. 
Another  Johnian  offers  a  further  £^0  if  the  whole  is  cleared  off 
by  Christmas.    We  hope  our  supporters  will  notice  this. 


Our  Chronicle.  33 1^ 

ToYNBEE  Hall. 

28,  Commercial  Street,  £.  (near  Aldgate  Station). 

Many  members  of  the  College  would  find  a  visit  to  Toynbee 
Hall  of  great  interest,  and  if  they  have  not  seen  it  they  should 
take  the  first  opportunity  of  doing  so.  Men  who  are  going 
down  from  Cambridge  to  reside  in  London  are  reminded  of 
the  advantages  offered  by  Toynbee  to  all  who  prefer  a  sort  of 
College  life  to  life  alone,  and  who  are  willing  in  some  small 
way  to  help  others.  For  full  information  they  should  apply  ta 
the  Warden,  the  Rev  Canon  Barnett. 

Lists  of  Occxtpants  of  Rooms  in  St  John's  College. 

It  is  proposed  to  republish  these  lists  in  the  Long  Vacation 
with  such  corrections  and  additions  as  have  come  in.  Any 
further  correction  should  therefore  be  sent  to  Mr  G.  C.  M. 
Smith,  St  John's  College,  without  delay. 

College  Essay  Prizes. 

The  following  are  the  subjects  for  the  College-  Essay 
Prixes : 

For  Students  new  in  their  First  Year,        Bismarck. 

„  „  „  Second  Year,     The  development  of  the  ideal  of 

male  ana  female  cliaracter  ia 
the  leading  English  novelists 
of  the  present  century. 

„  „  „  7%irdYear,      Tlie  rights  of  majorities. 

The  Essays  are  to  be  sent  to  the  Master  not  later  than 
Saturday,  October  13,  1894. 


We  are  sure  that  all  Subscribers  to  the  Eagle  will  join  with 
the  Editors  in  tendering  their  very  hearty  thanks  to  Mr  G.  C.  Mr 
Smith  for  his  great  services  to  the  magazine,  and  in  expressing 
their  deep  regret  at  his  resignation.  During  his  five  years  of 
office,  in  addition  to  the  heavy  routine  of  the  Press  Editorship, 
he  has  found  time  for  other  work  which  calls  equally  for  our 
gratitude.  To  take  one  instance  of  his  devotion,  the  College 
owes  to  him  the  list  of  occupants  of  rooms,  the  preparation  of 
which  involved  much  labour  and  research.  His  interest  in  the 
history  of  the  College  deserves  the  thanks  of  past  Johnians  for 
strengthening  the  bond  of  sympathy  between  them,  and  uniting 
them  to  their  College  in  closer  ties  than  before ;  and  of  the 
present  generation  for  thus  connecting  them  with  their  pre- 
decessors. His  own  contributions  have  formed  not  his  least 
valuable  service ;  we  hope  that  his  retirement  will  cause  no 
break  in  his  literary  connexion  with  the  Eagle. 

VOL.  XVIII.  XX 


THE   LIBRARY. 

•  77t€  asterisk  denotes  past  or  present  Members  of  the  College, 

Donations    and    Additions   to    the   Library   during- 
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NOTES  FROM  THE  COLLEGE  RECORDS. 

(Continued  from  /.  tlOtJ 

|HE  present  instalment  of  Notes  is  concerned 
with  some  documents  relating  to  our  Foun* 
dress,  the  Lady  Margaret. 

The  date  of  the  first  deed  is  a  little  puzzling. 
If  the  regnal  years  of  Edward  IV  be  counted  from  his 
first  assumption  of  the  regal  power  (March,  146^;  the 
date  would  be  2  June  1472.  It  is  more  likely  that 
the  regnal  year  is  counted  from  the  restoration  of 
Edward  IV  (April  1471),  which  would  make  the  date 
of  the  deed  2  June,  1482.  This  is  also  rendered  more 
probable  as  we  know  that  Sir  Henry  Stafford's  will  was 
proved  in  May  1482  (Cooper,  Lt/e  of  the  Lady  Margaret 9 
p.  17),  no  doubt  soon  after  his  death.  The  terms  of  the 
deed  shew  that  he  was  dead. 

Edmund,  Earl  of  Richmond,  the  first  husband  of  the 
Lady  Margaret,  died  on  All  Souls'  Day,  1456,  and  was 
buried  in  the  house  of  the  Grey  Friars  at  Carmarthen. 
At  the  dissolution  of  the  house  his  remains  were 
removed  to  the  Cathedral  of  St  David's,  where  there 
is  a  monument  to  his  memory  (Cooper,  pp.  10,  11).  It 
will  be  observed  that,  at  the  time  this  deed  was  exe* 
cuted,  it  was  proposed  to  remove  his  remains  to  the 
Abbey  of  Bourne  in  Lincolnshire  :  a  house  founded  by 
the  Lady  Margaret. 

Sir  Henry  Stafford  was  buried   at   the   College  of 
VOL.  XVIII.  yy 


338  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

Plessy  in  Essex.    By  his  will  he  endowed  a  chanti^ 
priest  there  to  sing  masses  for  his  soul  (Cooper,  p.  17). 

The  instrument  which  is  preserved  in  College  is 
that  copy  which  was  sealed  by  the  Lady  Margaret, 
a  fragment  of  her  seal  being  still  attached.  It  may- 
be that  after  its  execution  it  was  delivered  up  to  be 
cancelled,  as  it  is  cut  through  in  half  a  dozen  places 
with  some  sharp  instrument. 

This  endentur  made  atte  Bawessej  the  seconde  day  of  Juyn 
The  yer  of  the  Reigne  of  kyng  Edward  the  fourth  after  the 
conquest  the  xij*^*,  betwene  Margaret  Countesse  of  Richmond, 
doughter  &  heir  of  John  late  Due  of  Somerset  in  the  oon 
partie,  And  the  moost  Reuerent  fader  m  god  Thomas  by  the 
miseracion  diuine  of  the  title  of  Seinte  Ciriace  in  Termine  of 
the  holy  chirch  of  Rome,  preest,  Cardynall  and  Archbisshop  of 
Cauntirbury,  the  worshipfuUes  faders  in  god  Robert  of  Bathe  & 
Welles,  William  of  Wynchestre  and  John  of  Excestr  Bisshops, 
John  Erie  of  Wilteshir,  Walter  Blount  knyght  lord  Mountjoye, 
Maister  Owyn  lloyd  clerk,  John  Catesby  serjeaunt  of  lawe,  and 
Richard  Page,  William  Hody  and  Reynold  Bray,  Gentlemen,  in 
the  other  partie :  Witnesseth  that  where  the  said  Countess  hath 
geuen,  grauntted  leten  demised  and  deliuered  to  the  said  Car- 
dynall, Bisshops,  Erie,  Walter,  Owyn,  John  Catesby,  Richard, 
William  and  Reynold,  the  maners  of  Mertok,  Cory  Ryvell,  Kynges- 
bury  Regis  and  Cammell  Regine  with  th appurtenances  in  the 
Countie  of  Somerset,  the  hnndredes  of  Bulston  Abdykeand  Hore- 
thorne  with  thappurtenances  in  the  same  Countie,  the  Burghes 
of  Langport  Estover  and  Langport  Westover  with  thappurten- 
ances in  the  same  countie,  the  maners  of  Sampford  Peuerell  and 
Allerpenerell  with  thapputtenances  in  the  Countie  of  Deuonshire, 
the  Burgh  of  Sampford  Peuerell  and  the  hundrede  of  Alberton 
with  thappurtenances  in  the  same  Countie  of  Deuonshire,  togidre 
with  knyghtes  fees,  Advowsons  of  Chirches  and  Chauntreys, 
franchises,  liberties,  priuileges  Whatsoeuer  they  be  to  the  said 
maners,  Burghes  &  hundredes  or  to  any  of  them  in  any  wise 
bilonging  or  perteinyng  To  haue  and  to  hold  to  them,  their 
hey  res  and  assigns,  for  euermore  to  parforme  and  fulfill  the 
Will  of  the  said  Countesse  with  thissues  proufittes  &  reuenues 
of  the  said  maners.  Burghs  and  hundredes  and  other  the 
premisses  with  their  appurtenances  commyng,  as  in  a  dede 


Notes  from  the  College  Recards.  339 

©f  feoflfement  thcrvpon  made  more  playnly  may  appier.  The 
Said  Countesse  wole  and  by  these  presents  endented  made 
vpon  the  said  feofiement  declareth  hir  will  and  intent  for  the 
parforming  of  and  accomplisshing  of  certain  charges  here  after 
specified  that  is  to  say :  She  Wole  that  all  the  issues,  proufittes 
and  reuenues  of  the  said  Maners,  Burghes  and  hundredes  and 
other  the  premises,  with  thappurtenances  comyng  and  growyng, 
be  leuied  and  gadred  vp  yerly  by  the  said  Reynold  and  ouer  the 
reparacions  and  other  charges  of  the  same  to  be  deliuered  by  the 
same  Reynold  to  the  said  Bisshop  of  Wynchestre  to  and  for  the 
payment  and  contentacion  of  the  dettes,  as  well  of  Edmond  late 
Erie  of  Richmond  fyrst  husband  to  the  said  Countesse,  As 
to  and  for  the  dettes  of  Henry  Stafford  knyght,  son  vnto 
Humfrey  late  Due  of  Buckyngham  secunde  husbond  to  the 
same  Countesse,  And  also  to  the  payment  and  contentacion 
of  and  for  the  costes  and  charges  of  and  for  the  translatyng 
of  the  bones  of  the  said  Edmond  oute  of  Wales  where  he  is 
buryed,  vnto  the  Abbey  of  Burne  in  the  Countie  of  Lincoln,  and 
of  and  for  the  costes  and  making  of  the  Tumbes  for  the  same 
bones  and  the  body  of  the  said  Countesse,  when  it  shall  please 
god  to  send  for  hir,  atte  the  same  Abbey,  honnrably  according 
to  their  estates  by  thadvise  of  the  same  Countesse  to  be  made. 
And  also  to  and  for  the  costes  and  makyng  of  a  Tumbe  to  be 
made  for  the  said  Henry  atte  Plaisshey  wher  his  bones  lye, 
in  semblable  wyse.  And  also  to  the  payment  and  contentacion 
of  and  for  the  costes  and  charges  to  and  for  the  foundacion 
of  two  chauntreys  of  two  preests  perpetual!,  oon  at  the  same 
Abbey  to  he  made  and  the  other  atte  the  College  of  Plaisshey 
in  the  Countie  of  Essex ;  To  syng  and  pray  for  their  soules  and 
other  soules  after  the  ordenance  of  the  said  Countesse  to  be 
made  in  that  behalve.  And  to  the  costes  and  charges  of  and 
for  the  purchasyng  of  xij'*»  marcs  lyvelode  by  yer  for  the  susten- 
tacion  of  euery  of  the  said  preestes  and  their  successours  and 
the  amortizing  of  the  same.  And  ouer  this  the  said  Countesse 
woU  and  by  these  present  endentures  declareth  that  the  said 
Bisshop  of  Wynchestr  or  other  persons  such  as  he  will  assigne 
hy  thadvise  of  the  same  Countesse  shall  make  payment  and 
contentacion  with  the  said  such  issues  proufittes  and  reuenues 
as  is  before  specified  for  the  said  dettes  and  other  charges 
before  expressed  by  thadvice  of  the  same  Countesse.  And  if 
the  said  Bisshop  of  Winchestre  or  the  said  Reynold  decesse 


340  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

within  the  tyme  of  the  said  charge  that  then  the  said  Countesse 
woll  that  other  persons  shall  be  assigned  in  their  place  and  stede 
as  shal  be  appointed  by  hir  or  by  other  persones  such  as  she  shall 
thereto  ycve  power  and  auctoritie.  And  also  the  said  Countesse 
will  that  the  said  Reynold  or  such  as  shall  be  assigned  in  his 
place  and  stede  as  is  beforesaid  shall  yerly  make  a  due  accompte 
and  rekenyng  of  the  Resceites  and  charges  in  this  bihalue, 
before  the  said  Bisshop  of  Wynchestre  or  such  as  he  therto 
woll  depute  and  assigne  or  before  such  persones  as  shall  be 
assigned  in  his  place  and  stede  if  he  dye  as  is  beforesaid  till  the 
tyme  all  the  said  charges  be  fully  parformed  and  fulfilled.  And 
ouer  this  the  said  Countesse  Woll  &  by  these  present  endentures 
declareth  that  as  sone  as  all  the  said  charges  be  fully  complete 
and  fynisshed  with  thissues  proufittes  and  reuenues  of  the  said 
maners.  Burghs  and  hundredes  &  other  the  premises  with 
thappurtenances  or  money  sufficiant  be  received  of  the  said 
issues  proufittes  and  reuenues  to  the  full  accomplissement  of 
the  same  charges,  that  then  the  said  feoffees  shall  make  astate 
of  the  said  maners,  Burghs  and  hundredes  and  other  the 
premises  with  thappurtenances  to  Henry  now  Erie  of  Rich* 
mond  son  and  heir  to  the  said  Edmond  late  Erie  of  Richemond 
To  have  and  to  hold  to  hym  and  his  heyres  of  his  body  comyng. 
And  for  defaute  of  such  issue  the  Remaindre  thereof  to  the 
said  Countesse  and  to  hyr  heyres  and  assignes  for  euermore. 
In  Witness  whereof  to  the  oon  part  of  thise  endentures 
remaynyng  towards  the  said  Cardynall,  Bisshops,  Erie  of  Wilt- 
shire, Walter,  Owyn,  John  Catesby,  Richard,  William  and 
Reynold  the  said  Countesse  hath  sette  her  seal;  And  to  the 
6ther  part  of  thise  endentures  remaynyng  towards  the  said 
Countesse  the  said  Cardynall,  Bisshops,  Erie  of  Wiltshire, 
Walter,  Owyn,  John  Catesby,  Richard,  William  and  Reynold 
tiaue  sette  their  seals  yeven  the  place  day  and  year  aforesaid. 


The  two  de^ds  which  follow  relate  to  the  tomb 
of  the  Lady  Margaret  in  King  Henry  the  Seventh's 
Chapel,  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

It  was  well  known  that  this  tomb  was  made  by 
Pietro  Torrigiano,  the  celebrated  Florentine  Sculptor, 
Mr  J.  W.  Clark  was,  however,  the  first  to  point  out 
that  it  was  originally  surrounded  by  a  cage  of  gilt 


Notes  from  the  College  Records,  341 

iron-work  resting  on  a  stone  plinth,  which  had  not 
only  disappeared,  but  all  tradition  even  of  its  existence 
had  been  lost.  This  he  discovered  from  an  examina- 
tion of  our  Audit  Books,  and  from  some  receipts  for 
the  work  which  have  been  preserved.  From  these 
receipts  Mr  Clark  arrived  at  the  exact  cost  {£,2^)  of 
the  iron  cage.  This,  it  appears,  was  paid  for  by  the 
College,  while  the  greater  part  of  the  cost  of  the  tomb 
was  borne  by  the  Lady  Margaret's  executors.  A  full 
description  of  the  tomb  as  it  now  exists,  with  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  escutcheons  and  inscription  by  Erasmus,  will 
be  found  in  Mr  Cooper's  Life  already  cited  (pp.  123 — 6), 
and  some  items  relating  to  its  cost  will  be  found  in  the 
accounts  of  the  executors  iih,  pp.  200 — i). 

The  result  of  Mr  J.  W.  Clark's  researches  will  be 
found  in  Vol  V.  of  the  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society's 
Communications y  p.  265 — 271- 

These  two  deeds  or  contracts  are  of  great  interest  as 
early  examples  of  what  we  should  now  call  specifications 
for  the  work. 

The  patterns  for  the  tomb,  we  learn  from  Mr  Clark's 
paper,  were  prepared  by  Meynnart  Wewyck,  a  Fleming. 
Its  cost  it  will  be  observed  waS;^4oo,  which  represents 
at  least  ;^4ooo  at  the  present  day. 

Symondson,  the  Smith,  received  £2^,  It  will  also 
be  noticed  that  there  was  a  difference  in  the  method  in 
which  they  were  paid — perhaps  due  to  the  difference 
between  an  artist  and  a  craftsman.  Torrigiano  is  paid 
the  money  down  and  enters  into  a  bond  with  sureties 
to  do  the  work.  Symondson  receives  a  payment  on 
account  and  thereafter  is  to  be  paid  by  instalments 
as  the  work  proceeds. 

The  name  of  Frystoball  or  Frystobald,  one  of  Torri- 
giano's  sureties,  occurs  in  a  letter  to  Bishop  Fisher 
already  printed  in  these  notes  {Eagle^  XVI.,  p.  352). 

The  iron  for  the  grate  was  to  be  *  bilbowe,'  i.e.  Bilbao 
iron. 

This  cndenture  betwene  the  Right  Reuercnde  ffaders  in 


342  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

Criste  Richard  Bisshop  of  Winton,  John  Bisshop  of  Roffen, 
Charles  Somerset,  knight,  lorde  Herbert,  Chamberleyn  to  our 
soueraigne  lord  the  king,  Thomas  Lovell,  knight,  Henry  Marney 
knight,  John  Seint  John,  knight,  Henry  Homeby  and  Hugh 
Ash  ton  clerkes  and  Excecutors  of  the  testament  of  the  late 
excellent  princesse  of  noble  memory  Margarete  the  moder  of 
our  late  soueraign  lorde  king  Henry  the  vij'*»  and  Graundame 
to  the  king  that  now  is  on  the  oon  partie  And  Peter  Thoryson 
of  fflorence  graver  on  that  other  partie ;  Witnesseth  that  the 
said  Peter  hath  couenanted  and  bargayned  and  by  these  pre- 
sentes  couenanteth  and  bargayneth  with  the  said  Executors 
to  make  or  cause  to  be  made  at  his  owne  propre  cost  and 
charge  wele,  clenly,  sufficiantly  and  workemanly,  A  Tabernacle 
of  copper  with  an  ymage  lying  in  the  same  Tabernacle  and 
a  best  called  an  yas  lying  at  the  fote  of  the  same  Tabernacle, 
With  like  pillers,  bases,  chaptrels,  gablettes,  crokkettes,  anelles, 
ffynials,  orbs,  housinges,  Scocheons,  graven  with  portecoleyses 
and  Roses,  all  of  copper  and  in  like  makyng  length  and  brede 
according  to  A  patron  drawen  in  a  Cloth  the  which  is  sealed 
with  the  seale  of  the  said  Peter  and  subscribed  at  the  oon  end 
with  his  owne  hands,  and  is  remaynyng  in  the  custodye  of  the 
said  executors.  And  the  said  Peter  couenanteth,  granteth, 
promytteth  and  byndeth  hym  by  these  presentes  that  he  shall 
aswell  and  as  sufficiauntly,  or  better,  gilde  or  do  to  be  gilded  all 
the  said  Tabernacle,  ymage,  beest  and  all  the  premisses,  as 
any  ymage  or  ymages  of  any  king  or  queyn  within  the 
Monastery  of  Westminster  is  or  haue  been  gilded  and  that  to  be 
avewed  and  adiuged  by  such  indifferent  persons  as  by  the  said 
executors  thereto  shalbe  assigned.  And  furdermore  the  said 
Peter  couenaunteth,  graunteth,  promytteth  and  bindeth  hym  by 
these  presentes  to  the  said  iLxecutours  that  he  at  his  own  costes 
and  charges  shall  wele,  sufficiauntly,  clenly  and  werkemanly 
make  or  do  to  be  made  A  Tombe  otherwise  called  the  case 
of  a  Tombe  of  good,  clene  and  hable  towche  stone  with  all  such 
werkmanship  in  the  same  as  shalbe  according  to  a  patrone 
drawen  and  kerven  in  Tymbre  and  signed  with  thand  and 
sealed  with  the  seale  of  the  said  Peter  and  remaynyng  in 
thandes  of  the  said  executours  and  a  stappe  or  a  grets  of  marble 
stone  rounde  aboute  the  same  Tombe  to  knele  vpon  of  syght 
bight  and  bredeth  as  shalbe  assigned  by  the  said  executours 
a^nd  also  shall  grave  or  do  to  be  graven  wele,  clenly,  werke- 


Nofes/rom  ike  College  Records.  343 

manly  and  sufficiently  viij  sufficient  and  clenly  scoucheons  in 
such  places  of  the  same  Tombe  or  case  and  with  such  armes  as 
shalbe  assigned  by  the  said  executours,  And  also  at  his  owne 
costes  shall  make  or  do  to  be  made  wele  clenly  and  werke- 
manly  such  borders  graven  all  of  copper  aboute  the  creest, 
lydger  or  edge  of  the  same  Tombe  with  such  scriptures  the 
letters  thereof  graven  outwards  as  shalbe  assigned  by  the  same 
executours.  And  the  same  Peter  shall  also  gilde  or  do  to  be 
gilded  the  same  borders  and  scriptures  as  well  and  sufficiauntly 
as  he  shall  gilde  the  foresaid  tabernacle^  ymage  and  other  the 
premisses.  And  also  the  said  Peter  couenanteth  and  granteth 
by  these  presentes  that  he  at  his  owne  costes  and  charges  shall 
well  sufficiauntly  and  clenly  polisshe  all  the  said  Tombe  or  case 
and  scocheons.  And  the  said  Peter  couenanteth  and  byndeth 
hym  by  these  presentes  that  he  shall  at  his  owne  costes  and 
charges  finde  all  the  copper,  touchestone,  gold  and  all  other 
stuff  that  shalbe  spent  and  occupied  in  about  and  vpon  the  said 
tabernacle,  ymage,  beast,  tomb  or  case  and  all  other  the  pre* 
misses.  And  also  that  the  same  Tabernacle,  ymage,  beest, 
tombe  or  case  and  other  the  premisses  shalbe  wele  and  suffi- 
ciauntly wrought  made  graven  and  gilded  after  the  fourme 
abovesaid  and  also  shalbe  sufficiauntly  framed  ioyned  fixed  and 
set  vp  in  the  south  Isle  of  the  Kinges  new  chapell  at  West- 
minster onthisside  the  first  day  of  ffeuer  the  which  shalbe  in  the 
yere  of  our  lord  M^V^.xij.  And  that  in  the  said  Tabernacle, 
ymage,  beest,  Tombe  or  case  and  ,other  the  premisses  or  in  any 
part  or  parcell  of  them  shall  neither  be  brek,  flawe,  erasure  nor 
any  other  deformyte.  And  that  the  lidger  of  the  said  tombe 
shalbe  in  length  vij  fote  viij  ynches  of  assise  and  in  brede 
iij  fote  viij  ynches  of  assise  and  all  the  other  werk  of  the  same 
tombe  shalbe  of  sufficient  length  brede  and  height  as  shalbe 
aduised  by  the  said  executors  or  their  assignes.  And  furder- 
more  the  said  Peter  couenanteth,  granteth,  promytteth  and 
byndeth  hym  by  these  presentes  that  he  from  henceforth 
contyncwelly  and  daily  at  all  tymes  conuenient,  shall  put 
hymself  in  his  faithfull  devoir  and  diligence  to  werk  or  do 
to  be  wrought  in  vpon  and  about  the  werking  &  making  of  the 
foresaid  tabernacle  and  tombe  and  other  the  premisses  for  the 
true  expedecion  performaunce  and  finisshement  of  the  same 
afler  the  fourme  abovesaid  without  any  delay.  And  that  it 
shalbe  leeffull  to  the  foresaid  Bisshop  of  Roffen  and  Henry 


344  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

Horneby  and  to  William  Bolton  prior  of  the  monastery  of  Seint 
Barthilmew  in  Westsmythfield  of  London  and  to  euery  of  them 
and  their  assignes,  at  all  tymes  conuenient  before  the  full 
finisshement  of  the  said  Tabernacle,  tombe  and  other  the 
premisses  after  the  forme  above  declared  without  any  let  or 
contradicion  of  the  said  Peter,  or  of  any  other  persone  or 
persones,  to  enter  and  haue  the  oversight  of  the  same  taber* 
nacle  and  other  the  premisses,  and  to  avewe  and  ouersee  that 
the  same  Peter  do  his  faithfull  labor  and  diligence  in  werking 
of  the  same  tabernacle  and  other  the  premises  without  delay. 
And  furdermore  it  is  couenanted,  condescended  and  agreed 
betwene  the  said  executors  and  Peter  by  these  presentes  that 
yf  hereafter  at  any  tyme  or  tymes  before  the  finisshement  of  the 
foresaid  tabernacle  and  other  the  premisses  it  shalbe  thought 
by  the  said  Bisshop  of  Roff.,  Henry  Horneby  and  prior,  or 
by  any  of  them  that  any  thyng  expressed  in  the  said  patrons  or 
in  eny  of  them  may  be  reformed  and  made  better  or  otherwise 
than  is  expressed  in  the  same  patrons,  or  in  eny  of  them,  that 
than  the  same  thing  and  thinges  so  found  contrary  to  their 
myndes  shalbe  reformed  and  made  after  such  forme  as  shall 
be  aduised  by  them  by  thaggrement  of  the  said  Peter  the 
couenantes  before  expressed  in  eny  wise  notwithstanding,  ffor 
the  which  tabernacle,  ymage,  beast,  tombe  or  case  and  all  other 
the  premisses  by  the  said  Peter  to  be  wrought  made  gilded  and 
in  all  things  fully  finisshed  and  set  vp  in  the  place  abouesaid 
after  the  forme  abouerehersed  and  for  all  the  copper,  gold, 
touchstone  and  other  stuffs  that  shalbe  spent  and  occupied,  in, 
vpon  and  aboute  the  same  The  said  executers  couenante, 
grante,  promytte  and  bynd  them  by  these  presentes  to  the  said 
Peter  to  pay  or  do  to  be  paid  to  the  same  Peter  to  his  executors 
or  assignes  foure  hundred  poundes  sterlinges  at  the  ensealing 
of  these  presentes.  Whereof  the  same  Peter  holdeth  hym  wele 
and  truly  contented  and  paid.  And  thereof  and  of  euery  part 
thereof  clerely  acquiteth  and  dischargeth  the  said  executors  and 
euery  of  them  by  these  presentes.  And  the  said  executors  for 
them  and  their  executors  woll  and  graunte  by  these  presentes 
that  yf  the  said  Peter  wele  and  truly  performe  obserue  fulfill  and 
kepe  all  and  euery  the  couenantes  grantes  and  premyses  aboue- 
said the  which  on  his  part  owen  to  be  performed  obserued 
and  kept  in  maner  and  forme  aboue  rehersed,  that  than  an 
obligacon  of  the  date  of  these  presentes^,  Wherein  the  said 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  345 

Peter  and  Leonard  ffristobald  and  John  Awalcant  merchauntes 
of  fflorence  be  hold  and  bound  to  the  said  executors  in  fyve 
hundred  poundes  sterlinges,  shalbe  void  and  had  for  nought, 
and  els  it  shall  stond  in  full  strength  and  vertue.  In  Witnesse 
whereof  the  said  parties  to  these  endentures  chaungeably  haue 
set  their  seales  yoven  the  xxiij  day  of  Novembre  the  third  yere 
of  the  Reigne  of  King  Henry  the  viij*^. 

perme  Piero  Torrigiani  Schultore  florintino. 


This  Indenture  made  betwene  Maister  Nicholas  Metcalf 
Gierke,  Maister  of  the  College  of  Seint  John  the  Evangeliste 
in  the  vnyuersitie  of  Cambridge,  And  William  Longford  clerk 
on  that  oon  partie,  And  Cornelyus  Symondson  of  the  parishe  of 
Seint  Clement  Danes  without  the  barres  of  the  newe  Temple  of 
London  in  the  Countie  of  Middlesex,  Smythe,  on  that  other 
partie,  Witnesseth  that  it  is  couenaunted  bargayned  and 
aggreed  betwene  the  seid  parties  by  these  presentes  in  manner 
and  fourme  folowyng  that  is  to  sey.  The  said  Cornelyus  coue« 
naunteth,  grauntith,  and  hym  byndeth  by  these  presentes  that 
he  shall  make  frame  fynysshe  and  sett  vp,  or  cause  to  be 
made  framed  fynysshed  and  sett  vp,  a  grate  of  Iron  to 
stande  aboute  the  Tombe  of  the  moost  excelent  pryncesse  lady 
Margaret,  late  Countesse  of  Rychemond  and  Derby,  sett  in 
the  Isle  of  the  Southside  of  the  newe  Chapell  of  Kyng  Henry 
the  vij'>»  at  Westmynster,  of  Suche  maner  and  forme  as  hereafter 
shalbe  rehersed,  that  is  to  wete,  ffirst  the  Soyle  of  the  said  grate 
to  be  made  of  Iron  lettyn  into  the  Steppe  of  hardstone  goyng 
round  aboute  the  said  Tombe,  and  in  euery  syde  of  the  said 
Tombe  shalbe  iij  pr)'ncipalle  poostcs  of  Iron,  that  is  to  say  two 
corner  postes  whiche  shalle  aunswere  to  the  werkes  both  at 
ende  and  atte  syde  that  they  serue  for,  and  oon  poste  of  Iron  in 
the  myddes  on  euery  of  the  two  sydes  to  aunswer  to  his  werkes, 
and  euery  poost  shall  haue  a  butteras  with  a  baase  to  aunswere 
booth  weys,  with  a  water  Table  in  the  middes  to  aunswere 
lykewyse  and  with  a  Chaptrell  above  and  a  Creste  of  three 
ynches  and  a  half  brode  to  goo  rounde  aboute  the  said  werke 
and  to  be  joyned  to  the  seid  Chaptrelles,  the  which  creste  shalbe 
made  and  vented  after  the  fashion  and  werkmanship  of  the 
creste  aboute  the  grate  q{  my  lord  of  Seint  Johns  Tombe,  above 
the  whiche  creste  euery  principall  shalle  ryse  a  foot  and  a  half 
and  shall  here  a  Repryse  with  a  busshe  of  Daysyes  vpon  it,  and 
VOL.  XVIII.  LZ 


346  Notes /ro7n  the  College  Records, 

the  foresaid  creste  shalbe  made  with  a  casement  of  two  ynctie* 

and  a  half,  the  whiche  shalbe  garnysshed  Rounde  aboute  with 

perculyus  and  roses>  eche  of  them  to  stand  within  half  a  ffoot 

of  a  nother.     And  the  seid  grate  shalbe  in  hight  from  the 

vppersyde  of  the  Soyle  vnto  the  neyther  syde  of  the  crest  four 

foot  and  a  half  to  be  garnysshed  with  arras  barres  of  threes 

quarters   of  an  ynche  square,   wele  and  clene   hamared,   Sa 

that  the  denies  of  the  hammer  be  not  seen  in  them,  fyxed 

in  the  seid  soyle,  and  to  the  seid  creste,  aboue  the  whiche 

creste  shalbe  a  dowble  crest  booth  within  and  without  after  the 

crest  of  Seint  Johns  aforesaid.    And  the  said  barres  to  be  sett 

eche  within  three  ynches  of  other  rounde  aboute  the  seid  grate,. 

And  over  the  seid  creste  there  shalbe  ffiowredelyces  rounde 

aboute   to   shewe   lyke  good    in  workmanship  aswell  within^ 

towarde   the    seid    Tombe  As   without.   And    betwene   euery 

flowredelyce  a  spere  point,  to  shewe  likewise,,  vnder  thendes- 

of  the   flowredelyce   aunswering  eyther  a  flowredelyce   or  a 

spere  point  to  euery  Arras  barre  that  Standeth  vnder  All  the. 

WHICHE  seid  grate  with  almaner  scochyns,  flowredelyces  and 

other  thynges  thereto  perteyning,  the   said  Comely  us   coue- 

nantith  grauntith  and   hym  byndeth  by  these   prcsentes  that 

they  shalbe  made  of  bylbowe  Iron  wele,  clene  and  workemanly 

wrought,  and  shalbe  fynyshed  and  sett  vp  in  alle  and  euery 

thinge  atte  propre  costes  and  charges  of  the  said  Cornelyus 

onthisside  the  feast  of  Easter  whiche  shalbe  in  the  yere  of  our 

Lord  M^CCCCC  and  xxviij*»  ffor  the  whiche  seid  grate  in 

alle  thynges  apperteynyng  to  Smythes  craft  after  the  fourme 

aforeseid  to  be  made  and  sett  vp.  The  seid  Maister  Nicholas 

Metcalf  and  William  Longford  couenaunte  and  graunte  by  these 

presentes  that  they  shall  pay  or  cause  to  be  paide  to  the  seid 

Cornelyus  or  his  assignes  twenty  and  fyve  poundes  of  good  and 

lawfull  money  of  England  in  maner  and  forme  folowyng  that 

isto  wete,  in  hande  atte  ensealyng  of  these  indentures,  fyve 

poundes  ii}»-  iii)<*-  wherof  the  seid  Cornelyus  knowlegeth  hyna 

self  wele  and  truly  contented  and  paide.  And  thereof  acquytetb 

and  dischargeth  the  seid  Nicolas  and  William  their  executors 

and  assignes  by  these  presentes,  And  the  Resydue  to  be  paide 

for  the  seide  werke  after  the  Rate  of  the  weyght,  as  the  same 

werke  gooth  forward  In  Witnesse  whereof  the  seid  parties  to 

these  indentures  interchaungeably  haue  sett  their  sealles  Yoven 

the  xiij'*»  day  of  Decembre  the  xviij*^  yere  of  the  Reigne  of 

Kyng  Henry  the  viij^^. 

fTo  hi  continued.) 

R.  F.  S. 


THE    MAIDEN    CASTLE. 


A  Study  in  Folklore. 

Spread,  my  Pegasus,  thy  pinions, 

While  this  tragedy  I  tell 
Of  a  king,  who  his  dominions 

Governed  wisely,  governed  well. 
But  as  preface  be  it  stated 

That,  as  far  as  man  may  know. 
The  events  to  be  narrated 

Happened  several  years  ago. 

His  said  Majesty,  however, 

Had  a  daughter — fair  princess: 
Legendary  monarchs  never 

Boasted  either  more  or  less: 
She,  like  those  in  other  stories. 

Was  of  beauty  rich  and  rare ; 
Full  description  of  her  glories — 

You  may  read  it  anywhere. 

But  alas !    the  regulation 

Fairy  godmother  had  she, 
Who  was  huffed  by  some  vexation, 

As  'tis  usual  she  should  be; 
Fairy,  who  with  spiteful  frowning, 

All  her  manners  quite  forgot. 
Said  the  chit  should  die  by  drowning, 

Spake,  and  vanished  from  the  spot. 


34^  The  Maiden  Castle. 

For  the  rescue  of  her  charmer 

Princely  lover  should  there  be, 
Turning  into  melodrama 

This  portended  tragedy. 
Yet  none  came.     *Twas  not  surprising: 

One  can  see  the  awkwardness 
Of  a  monarch  advertising 

In  the  columns  of  the  Press. 

Then  the  king  (what  king  surrenders 

Without  struggle  to  his  fate?) 
Straightway  wrote  inviting  tenders 

For  a  lofty  tower  and  great: 
Gave  no  heed  to  spare  his  cofifers; 

Yet,  by  wisdom  unforsaken, 
Guarded  lest  the  lowest  offers 

Necessarily  be  taken. 

Came  the  architects  with  tracings, 

Came  the  masons  with  their  tools, 
Came  with  bricks  and  granite  facings. 

Hammers,  chisels,  plumbs,  and  rules; 
Till  a  tower  of  strength  and  tallness 

Rose  upon  a  lonely  height; 
Windows  of  exceeding  smallness  : 

All  the  doors  were  water-tight. 

In  the  tower  his  hapless  daughter 

Like  a  convict  was  immured, 
And  her  abstinence  from  water 

Most  religiously  secured. 
Yet  is  fate  too  strong  for  mortals, 

Nor  could  aught  forfend  the  worst. 
Though  the  massive  iron  portals 

E'en  a  deluge  had  not  burst. 

For  a  lover  had  the  maiden. 
Though  no  princely  scion  he. 

Who  each  evening  ladder-laden 
To  the  tower  came  secretly: 


The  Maiden  Castle*  349 

Then  'neath  darkness'  kind  protection 

To  her  window  would  he  pass, 
And  the  pair  with  fond  affection 

Kissed  each  other  through  the  glass. 

Sadly  did  the  princess  linger, 

Till  an  inspiration  came. 
As  with  diamond-circled  finger 

On  the  pane  she  scratched  his  name : 
Then,  her  love  the  strength  supplying, 

Stopping  nor  to  sleep  nor  eat, 
Wrought  she,  till  the  glass  was  lying 

On  the  carpet  at  her  feet. 

Came  her  lover  with  his  ladder. 

And  for  flight  her  soul  was  nerved; 
But  alas!   her  fate  was  sadder 

Than  such  constancy  deserved: 
For  she  thought  she  heard  a  creaking, 

(Fate's  grim  shears  her  thread  had  cut:) 
Started,  slipped  her  foot,  and  shrieking 

Fell  into  the  water-butt. 

In  the  tower,  repining  deeply, 

Held  they  inquest  on  the  maid. 
Then  the  place  was  bought  up  cheaply 

By  the  local  building  trade. 
Yet  the  traces,  faint  and  broken. 

Of  its  circle  may  one  see. 
Sole  and  last  memorial  token 

Of  this  tearful  tragedy. 

R.  H.  F. 


ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVENSON. 

(Read  at  a  meeting  of  the  Critics,  October  20th,  1894.) 

jE  are  continually  told,  and  volume  after  volume, 
as  it  comes  from  the  publishers,  attired  in  the 
greenest  and  goldenest  of  bindings,  reminds 
us  that  our  age  has  banished  Genius,  and 
chooses  to  set  up  in  her  place  the  images  of  Cleverness 
and  Superficiality.  It  is  the  complaint  of  all  the  arts, 
but  more  especially  has  the  sacred  domain  of  letters 
suffered  from  the  intrusion  of  these  new  deities.  Instead 
of  the  great  poets  who  even  during  their  lifetime  have 
won  immortality,  we  have  dozens  of  ephemeral  versi- 
fiers, turning  out  their  little  books  *day  after  day, 
gaily-dressed  weaklings !  And  for  our  great  masters 
and  mistresses  of  prose  style — for  Thackeray  or  George 
Eliot,  with  their  deep  knowledge  of  the  human 
character  and  their  perfect  science  of  artistic  treat- 
ment, we  have  next  to  nothing  to  show  but  a  crowd  of 
blatant  essayists,  ignorant  adventurers  in  psychology, 
ready  to  weave  their  flimsy  epigrams  on  any  and  every 
subject  under  Heaven. 

But  from  the  press  of  literary  folk,  visible  to  all, 
there  stands  out  one  figure  in  stature  a  very  Saul 
among  that  lesser  herd,  one  who  has  deigned  to  enter 
into  their  midst  and  touch  their  tools,  who  has  not 
stood  outside  the  press,  like  certain  faultless  stylists, 
but  has  brought  into  it  a  full  measure  of  that  old 
divinity  which  the  gods  of  an  earlier  age  possessed. 
He  has  handled  the  implements  of  the  literary  crafts- 
man, and  in  his  hand  they  have  willingly  lost  their 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  35 1 

bluntness,  and  adapted  themselves  readily  to  any 
material.  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  is  a  Michelangelo 
of  letters,  capable  of  the  most  minute  and  delicate  gold- 
smith's work,  a  bold-handed,  great-brained  statuary,  a 
consummate  adept  with  pencil  and  brush. 

It  is  only  now  and  then  that  we  find  talent  of  this 
sort  springing  up  and  bearing  fruit  on  whatever  ground 
it  is  sown,  finding  moisture  in  the  hardest  and  stoniest 
soil  as  well  as  in  rich  and  fertile  earth.  The  ordinary 
man,  as  a  rule,  finds  his  own  province  and  cultivates  it, 
infringing  nowhere  beyond  his  proper  boundaries,  and 
seldom  setting  his  foot  outside  his  own  kingdom.  But 
here  we  have  one  to  whom  every  province  is  the  same, 
whose  kingdom  is  the  whole  world,  to  whose  call  nature 
and  man,  in  wholesome  federation,  yield  ready  obedi- 
ence. No  man  has  ever  been  at  home  among  so  many 
men  and  in  so  many  different  kinds  of  places  as  Mr 
Stevenson. 

For  it  is  in  his  wonderful  versatility  that  his  chief 
charm  resides.  Wherever  he  sets  foot  he  is  at  home. 
He  is  novelist,  essayist,  traveller,  poet,  playwright  all 
in  one.  He  can  invest  the  most  unpromising  material 
with  magic :  the  most  prosaic  subject  clothes  itself 
amply  in  romance  at  obedience  to  his  command.  And 
his  versatility  extends  beyond  his  choice  of  subject 
into  his  treatment.  No  two  books  were  ever  less  alike 
than  Prince  Otto  and  the  New  Arabian  Nights  \  and 
certainly  the  most  far-sighted  expert  could  not  be 
expected  to  discover  unaided  their  author  in  Virginibus 
Ptierisque  or,  to  go  further  still  into  the  unlikely,  in 
the  Child's  Garden  of  Verses.  There  is  a  common  link 
of  style,  but  even  that  is  again  and  again  of  the 
thinnest — but  beyond  that,  what  ? 

This  strange  ability,  we  might  almost  say,  of  taking 
an  interest  in  anything,  has  provided  for  us  a  remark- 
ably various  repast.  At  his  invitation  we  may  batten  on 
American  prairies,  or  seek  a  meal  on  the  barren  rocks 
of  Earraid,  or  stay  to  eat  at  Will  o'  the  Mill's  hostelry. 


352  Robert  Louts  Stevenson. 

or  consume  cream  tarts  in  the  bar  at  Leicester  Square  s 
so  many  are  the  caravanserais  he  has  set  up  on  the  high 
road  of  his  imagination.  Indeed,  it  is  a  vast  Palace 
of  Pleasure  that  Mr  Stevenson  has  built  for  us,  into 
which,  while  we  sit  at  meat,  eating  delicacies  of  his 
concoction,  figure  after  figure  enters.  Alan  Breck,  in 
all  his  tarnished  frippery,  sits  down  with  us,  and,  with 
ruffling  air,  calls  for  wine.  Prince  Florizel  of  Bohemia — 
now,  alas !  plain  Mr  Godall — enters,  smoking  a  choice 
cigar  from  the  divan  of  his  adversity,  and,  leaning  on 
the  arm  of  that  other  deposed  Sovereign,  Prince  Otto 
of  Grdnewald,  lends  him  some  of  the  practical  philo- 
sophy which  he  himself  borrowed  from  the  neglect 
of  his  duties :  John  Silver  stumps  in,  singing  "  Yo, 
ho,  ho !  and  a  bottle  of  rum ! "  and  we  see  them 
coming  in  one  by  one,  one  after  another,  all  those 
figures  we  know  so  well,  each  with  his  own  tell-tale 
trick  of  speech  or  gesture — and  the  while  Mr  Stevenson 
gently  flutes  to  us  and  gives  us  right  royal  entertain- 
ment. 

It  would  be  a  very  difficult  thing  to  decide  Mr 
Stevenson's  peculiar  province  amid  such  a  wide  diverg- 
ence of  subject.  Fortunately  we  can  give  the  riddle  up 
at  first  hearing.  He  has  no  peculiar  province :  he  has 
established  many  joint  kingships.  But  one  sovereignty 
unquestioned  belongs  to  him  alone.  He  is  the  prince 
of  raconteurs.  He  comes  to  us  with  material,  unpro- 
mising enough  at  first  sight,  and  we  sit  round  him 
in  languid  expectancy.  He  begins  to  speak :  a  sentence, 
and  we  feel  that  he  is  no  common  talker ;  two  sentences, 
and  we  hang  on  his  lips  and  hear  him  to  the  end  of  his 
tale.  And  at  the  end,  we  are  ready  to  listen  again  and 
again  to  his  inexhaustible  fund  of  narrative. 

For  it  is  in  his  homeliness,  the  conversational 
simplicity  of  his  style,  that  his  tharm  rests.  To  read — 
say  Vtrgimbus  Puerisque  or  Memories  and  Portraits — 
is  to  listen  to  a  series  of  reminiscences  told  by  the  most 
delightful  of  story-tellers.    The  ear  catches  everything : 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  353 

the  narrator  carefully  modulates  his  voice  and  chooses 
his  words  so  that  his  hearers  can  detect  the  very  least 
link  in  his  story  without  difficulty ;  he  uses  metaphor  in 
magnificent  abundance,  productive  of  a  purely  aesthetic 
delight.  There  is  no  page  in  Mr  Stevenson's  works 
which  does  not  read  perfectly  easily  and  naturally. 
There  are  no  bewildering  contortions  of  style  to  lead 
the  eye  continually  backwards,  and  accuse  the  mind 
of  dulness  and  want  of  comprehension :  there  are  no 
unheard-of  technical  words  to  drive  the  vast  majority 
of  general  readers  into  foreign  dictionaries.  Everything 
is  simple,  straightforward  and  natural. 

The  root  of  the  matter  lies  in  the  accident  of  Mr 
Stevenson's  nationality.  He  is  a  Scot  of  Scots,  and 
the  freshness  and  simplicity  of  the  Scottish  character 
breathe  through  all  his  work.  And  it  is  a  natural 
characteristic  of  the  Scotsman  to  find  himself  at  home 
everywhere.  There  are  tales  of  Scots  who  have  been 
Pachas,  Grandees  of  China,  Hetmans,  and  Cossack 
chiefs,  and  have  acted  up  to  their  positions  with 
exemplary  readiness:  and  Mr  Stevenson  ranks  with 
these.  His  books  come  to  us  from  the  most  extra- 
ordinary quarters  of  the  Western  Hemisphere :  Memories 
and  Portraits  is  dated  from  a  steamship  in  the  Pacific : 
the  Black  Arrow  comes  to  us  from  Sarranac  Lake, 
wherever  that  is!  and,  now  that  the  wanderer  has 
eventually  rested  his  foot,  it  is  not  in  "  Auld  Reekie," 
nor  in  any  of  those  Fifeshire  fishing-lowns  he  pictures — 
Dysart  or  the  Anstruthers  or  St.  Andrew's — but  in  a 
far-off  island  of  the  Pacific  where,  surrounded  by 
tropical  forests  and  almost  worshipped  by  the  natives 
in  terms  which  recall  the  beginnings  of  folklore  or — 
let  us  say — Mr  Rider  Haggard's  wildest  fancies,  he 
writes,  in  collaboration  with  his  son-in-law,  books  like 
the  Wrong  BoXy  a  volume  which  no  more  savours  of 
the  Pacific  and  the  Tropics  than  Butler's  Analogy  or 
Gibbon's  Decline  and  Fall, 

Yet  in  spite  of  his  manifold  experience  and  variety 

VOL.  XVIII.  AAA 


354  Robert  Louts  Stevenson. 

of  travel,  his  heart  is  in  Scotland.  His  essays,  those 
charming  garden-walks  where  Gravity  walks  side  by 
side  with  Humour,  bring  us  ta  his  native  land.  Who 
can  easily  forget  such  delightful  essays  as  The  Lantern 
Bearers^  or  the  Coasts  of  Fife^  or  the  gossip  on  Some 
Portraits  by  Raeiurn  f  But  the  most  vivid  picture  he 
has  given  us  of  Scottish  life  and  character  is  in  Memories 
and  Portraits.  The  book,  or,  rather,  its  first  half,  is  a 
collection  of  semi-autobiographic  essays — each  of  them 
a  complete  gem.  He  has  created  for  us  a  picture  of  life 
at  a  Scottish  University  much  as  Victor  Hugo  drew  the 
University  of  medieval  Paris.  He  touches  with  a  play- 
ful regret  on  the  days  that  are  past — he  lovingly  re- 
members the  old  figures  and  faces.  "  To-day,"  he  saysy 
"they  have  Professor  Butcher,  and  I  hear  he  has  a 
prodigious  deal  of  Greek:  and  they  have  Professor 
Chrystal,  who  is  a  man  filled  with  the  mathematics.*' 
But  it  is  the  professors  whom  he  knew  and  whose 
lectures  he  never  attended — for  he  confesses  to  havings 
been  a  sad  truant — that  he  regrets.  His  were  the  days 
of  the  Speculative  Society,  a  body  bearing  one  of  those 
quaint  and  pretentious  names  which  sounded  better 
than  they  sound  now,  and  in  one  of  his  pleasantest 
scenes  he  takes  part  in  founding  a  college  magazine 
with  those  brilliant  students  of  whom  he  has  given  us 
such  magnificent  portraits. 

Perhaps  when  we  think  over  this  charming  book, 
those  two  portraits  stand  out  most  clearly  in  our  memory 
— the  portraits  of  James  Walter  Ferrier  and  Robert 
Glasgow  Brown.  Of  Ferrier,  who,  we  read,  went  "  ta 
ruin  with  a  kind  of  kingly  abandon  like  one  who  conde- 
scended— but  once  ruined,  with  the  lights  all  out,  he 
fought  as  for  a  kingdom  : "  of  Brown  "  of  all  men.  .the 
most  like  to  one  of  Balzac's  characters"  who  "led  a 
life,  and  was  attended  by  an  ill-fortune  that  could  be 
properly  set  forth  only  in  the  Comedie  Humaine."  The 
passages  bear  reading  over  and  over  again:  in  the 
whole  realm  of  prose  it  is  hard  to  find  two  characters 


Robert  Louts  Stevenson.  355 

more  splendidly  pourtrayed  than  these.  And,  taking  up 
the  book  once  again,  and  looking  through  its  pages,  we 
iind  this  masterly  power  of  portraiture  everywhere :  the 
gardener  and  the  shepherd  of  Swanston :  the  author's 
father,  the  builder  of  Skerry vore,  and,  to  take  perhaps 
the  best  instance  of  all,  Robert  Hunter,  the  Sheriff  of 
Dumbarton,  "  chatting  at  the  eleventh  hour  under  the 
shadow  of  eternity,  fearless  and  gentle,"  And  as  clearly 
as  we  see  these  old  friends  of  Mr  Stevenson,  so  clearly 
do  we  see  in  his  pages  the  quaint  folk  of  the  past :  the 
Lord  Justice  Clerk  Braxfield,  Hackston  of  Rathillet, 
covering  his  mouth  with  his  cloak,  and  standing  by  in- 
active at  the  murder  of  Archbishop  Sharp,  and,  last  but 
not  least,  the  great  John  Knox,  that  sturdy  confessor 
proclaiming  his  "  Trumpetblast  against  the  Monstrous 
Regiment  of  Women,"  or,  in  far  different  guise,  sitting, 
a  very  Gamaliel  among  his  adoring  college  of  women- 
folk in  his  exile  at  Geneva. 

Mr  Stevenson's  appreciation  of  Scottish  character  is 
balanced  by  his  love  for  Scottish  scenery.  In  spite  of 
his  expressed  suspicion  that  we  hear  too  much  of 
scenery  in  literature,  Mr  Stevenson  does  not  disguise 
from  us  his  powers  in  that  line.  He  brings  out  his 
sketch-book  for  us,  and  what  a  perfect  series  of  sketches 
of  Scottish  rivers  he  shows  us.  "  How  often  and  will- 
ingly" he  says  "do  I  not  look  again  in  fancy  on 
Tummel  or  Manor,  or  the  talking  Airdle,  or  Dee  smiling 
in  its  Lynn :  or  the  bright  burn  of  Kiimaird,  or  the 
golden  burn  that  pours  and  sulks  in  the  den  behind 
Kingussie ! "  It  would  be  delightful  to  continue  the 
quotation,  but  the  quotation  would  mean  the  whole 
essay,  and  the  essay  would  lead  to  the  whole  book. 

Where,  however,  have  we  so  much  of  the  glorious 
northern  country,  the  land  of  the  western  isles,  and  the 
mystic  mountain  Schiehallion,  and  the  northern  shores 
that  are  lighted  by  the  midnight  sun,  as  in  Kidnapped} 
For  in  that  wonderful  book,  in  one  sense  Mr  Stevenson's 
masterpiece,  we  are  shown  the  Lowlands  and  the  High- 


356  Robert  Louts  Stevenson. 

lands  both  as,  I  venture  to  say,  we  have  never  seen  them 
before.  From  the  point  where  David  Balfour  saw  the 
high  land  fall  away  at  his  feet  and  below  it  the  plain  of 
Midlothian,  and  the  port  of  Leith,  with  the  ships  riding 
at  anchor,  and  the  city  of  Edinburgh  in  the  midst  of  all 
"smoking  like  a  kiln" — what  a  chord  that  phrase 
touches ! — through  his  terrible  privations  in  the  Isle  of 
Earraid ;  his  journey  across  Mull,  and  his  flight  with 
Alan  Breck  through  the  heather  to  the  point  where  he 
sees  the  lights  of  Queensferry  again,  and  visits  once 
more  the  house  of  Shaws — we  have  a  splendid  panorama 
unrolled  before  us,  unequalled  in  extent,  unsurpassed  in 
colour.  He  who  has  read  Kidnapped^  even  if  his  is 
merely  the  minimum  of  imagination,  has  been  to  Scot- 
land and  has  seen  Glencoe  and  the  braes  of  Appin  and 
Mamore  as  really  as  any  man  of  those  parts. 

It  is  a  very  hackneyed  comparison,  certainly — but  it 
occurs  naturally  to  the  reader  to  compare  Kidnapped 
with  Homer.  Kidnapped^  whose  title  can  hardly  be  said 
to  be  as  happy  or  natural  as  that  of  the  Iliad  or  Odyssey^ 
has  all  their  lightness  and  airiness,  all  their  steady, 
quick  action  ;  all  their  romance  and  bravery  of  subject. 
Mr  Henry  James,  in  his  excellent  essay  on  Mr 
Stevenson,  deprecates  the  business  of  the  House  of 
Shaws  in  this  connexion.  It  is  true,  of  course,  that  the 
adversities  of  David  Balfour  in  the  house  of  his  uncle 
form  a  somewhat  long  prelude,  and  the  real  Homeric 
interest  of  the  book  does  not  begin  until  the  unfortunate 
victim  of  treachery  helps  to  guard  the  round  house: 
but,  after  all,  the  comparison  holds  good,  for  the  Odyssey 
shows  the  same  hesitation,  and  we  have  several  books 
of  very  dull  and  inactive  prelude,  dealing  with  Tele- 
machus  and  the  island  of  Calypso — surely  a  far  less 
busy  spot  than  the  House  of  Shaws ! — before  we  get  to 
the  gist  of  the  matter.  In  Kidnapped^  we  reach  the  real 
point  of  departure  on  board  ship.  There  Alan  Breck, 
an  Ulysses  with  the  speed  of  Achilles,  and  the  hot- 
headedness  of  Ajax,  meets  us,  and  there,  if  we  may  say 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  357 

so,  the  Homeric  pendulum  begins  to  swing.  What 
shall  we  say  of  David's  wanderings  across  Mull ;  of  his 
meeting  with  the  two  catechists,  who  recall  at  once 
Thersites  and  Nestor ;  of  the  murder  of  the  Red  Fox, 
and  of  that  unsurpassed  flight,  when  the  two  fugitives 
leapt  the  water-fall  and  lay  all  day  in  the  baking  sun 
on  the  top  of  the  unsheltered  rock,  watching  and  fearing 
the  red-coats,  and  were  captured  by  Cluny's  man  and 
led  to  Cluny's  cave  ?  It  is  Homer  writing  again ;  Mr 
Stevenson  is  the  mere  agent.  And  the  finest  and  most 
Homeric  scene  of  all  is  before  us  when  the  two  fugitives 
walk  together  for  days,  David  Balfour  in  high  dudgeon 
with  Alan,  and  Alan  taunting  and  scoffing  at  David. 

But  to  what  end  is  it  to  recount  all  these  scenes  ? 
Each  may  find  them  for  himself  as  he  turns  over  the 
pages  of  that  wonderful  book.  And,  in  lauding  its 
charms,  we  have  naturally  slipped  from  Mr  Stevenson's 
love  of  Scotland  to  his  romantic  powers.  The  two  are 
inseparably  connected:  the  Scottish,  with  all  their 
hard-headedness  and  metaphysical  ability,  are  the  most 
romantic  nation  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  Their  scenery 
is  so  different  to  that  of  any  other  country,  and  presents 
such  startling  discrepancies  to  itself,  that,  in  the  hardest 
heads,  that  habit  of  mind  is  fostered  which  makes  for 
strangeness  and  variety,  and  creates  romance  out  of 
incident.  Granted  that  Victor  Hugo  is  at  the  head  of 
romanticists  :  Scott  is  not  far  behind,  and  the  "  Wizard 
of  the  North  "  has  resigned  his  mantle  to  Mr  Stevenson. 
And  Mr  Stevenson  has  enriched  it  with  the  gems  of 
perfect  style. 

For  Mr  Stevenson  has  very  little  taste  for  the 
mysteries  of  psychology.  He  has  read  his  Balzac 
and  his  Flaubert,  and  he  duly  appreciates  them  as 
authors  of  supreme  skill,  who  can  probe  the  soul  of 
man  to  its  lowest  depths.  But  it  is  not  in  their  pages 
that  he  delights  to  dwell :  he  wonders  at,  but  takes 
no  pleasure  in,  this  scientific  research,  this  leisurely 
vivisection,  and  turns  with  relief  from  the  dissecting 


358  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

room  to  the  open  air,  where  he  may  find  a  broader 
field  for  adventure.  From  the  day  when  he  bought 
the  sheets  of  characters  appertaining  to  Skelt's  Juvenile 
Drama,  at  '*  a  penny  plain  and  twopence  coloured,"  to 
the  day  when  he  closed  for  the  fifth  time  the  last 
volume  of  Le  Vicomte  de  Bragelonne^  he  has  set  his 
heart  on  Romance,  and  wooed  her  assiduously.  He 
loves,  with  a  boy's  healthy  and  untarnished  love,  a 
story  with  a  plot — and  a  plot  into  which  something 
of  the  marvellous  and  the  improbable  may  enter — in 
which  dead  kings  and  princes  and  the  famous  men 
of  the  earth  that  have  left  a  name  behind  them  may 
stalk  proudly  in  a  brilliant  pageant.  To  turn  from 
these  splendid  scenes,  from  the  long  series  of  volumes 
in  which  Athos,  Porthos,  Aramis  and  d'Artagnan 
commit  the  wildest  improbabilities  and  direct  the 
affairs  of  Europe,  back  to  the  pitiful  and  sordid  career 
of  Lousteau  or  Lucien  de  Rubempr6,  with  their  trifling 
episodes  of  ca/d  or  opera-house,  is  uncongenial  to  Mr. 
Stevenson.  He  loves  a  book  which  carries  him  away 
to  times  past,  which  sets  him  in  the  company  of  the 
brave  and  gay  of  old,  rather  than  to  sit  and  hear  Balzac 
lecture  on  the  physiology  of  de  Rastignac,  or  Flaubert 
demonstrate  on  the  depravations  of  Emma  Bovary. 

No!  he  has  not  outgrown  his  youth:  the  hands 
of  his  watch  have  not  yet  passed  those  moments  in 
which  he  took  Scott  and  Dumas  into  his  truancy*  And 
his  chief  delight  is  in  recalling  his  own  youth,  and  in 
writing  of  youth,  its  hopes  and  aspirations,  its  doubts 
and  distresses,  and  of  the  joie  de  vivre  which  over- 
masters all.  To  be  young!  To  be  young!  that  is 
his  ideal  of  bliss.  To  grow  old  is  impossible  with 
him,  for  the  bloom  of  youth,  if  it  departs  from  the 
body,  communicates  its  suave  gentleness  to  the  heart 
and  prints  it  there  imperishably.  He  goes  back  to  the 
very  age  when  children  first  begin  to  feel  and  under- 
stand anything,  when  their  ideas  are  the  crudest  and 
their  words  are  the  simplest :  he  throws  himself  back 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  359 

with  that  easy  readiness  and  grace  of  movement  which 
he  commands  alone,  and  writes  in  the  plainest  and  most 
natural  expressions  of  childhood,  that  exquisite  book. 
The  Child's  Garden  of  Verses^  unrivalled  in  its  perfect 
poetry  and  unalloyed  simplicity.  It  is  a  garden  indeed, 
a  garden  whose  flowers  bloom  with  the  purity  and 
naive  insouciance  of  infancy.  He  seeks  no  external 
aid :  he  tells  no  nursery  tales  or  fairy  fancies :  he  gives 
us  purely  the  ideas  and  feelings  of  childhood  in  incom- 
parable verse :  the  sentiments  of  childhood  on  good  and 
evil :  its  speculations,  for  example,  on  the  little  boy  who 
is  dirty  and  slovenly : 

He  is  a  naughty  boy,  Tm  sure, 
Or  else  his  dear  papa  is  poor; 

its  feeling  towards  animals: 

The  friendly  cow,  all  red  and  white 

I  love  with  all  my  heart: 
She  gives  me  cream  with  all  her  might 

To  eat  with  apple  tart. 

Or  its  joy  in  its  amusements : 

When  I  was  sick  and  lay  a-bed, 
I  had  two  pillows  at  my  head ; 
And  all  my  toys  beside  me  lay 
To  keep  me  happy  all  the  day. 

He  goes  on  to  tell  how  the  child  made  its  soldiers 
defile  through  the  creases  of  the  quilt,  and  built  fortresses 
here  and  there : 

I  was  the  giant,  great  and  still 
That  sits  upon  the  pillow  hill. 
And  sees  before  him  dale  and  plain. 
The  pleasant  land  of  counterpane. 

Let  us  quote  one  more  pleasant  verse  from  the  book— 
a  piece  of  advice  this  time : 

Children,  you  are  very  little; 
And  your  limbs  are  very  brittle. 
If  you  would  grow  great  and  stately 
You  must  learn  to  walk  sedately. 


.  3  6o  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

Surely  it  is  this  self-concentration,  this  speculative 
habit  of  mind  that  is  the  chief  feature  of  a  child's 
character :  this  precious  and  invaluable  love  of  make- 
believe  and  dramatic  pretence.  Mr  Stevenson's  book 
is  by  no  means  a  mere  collection  of  new  nursery- 
rhymes  :  it  is  an  accurate,  careful  study  of  childhood, 
and  would  hardly,  one  may  think,  be  so  attractive  to 
children  as  to  their  elders. 

But,  though  Mr  Stevenson's  fancy  roams  freest  in 
the  realm  of  youth,  his  books  afford  meat  for  all  ages  of 
man.  Provided  only  that  a  man  retains  his  love  of 
what  is  simple  and  healthy  and  young,  and  is  not  a 
mere  receptacle  for  abstractions,  he  cannot  fail  to  enjoy 
this  wonderful  series  of  books,  which  he  learns  to  love 
when  he  is  a  boy  at  school.  He  can  never  tire  of 
reading  these  volumes  which  show  us  youth  in  so  many 
shapes  and  under  such  different  aspects:  of  again 
making  acquaintance  with  bright  boys  and  hopeful 
youths  all  instinct  with  the  happiness  of  living  for 
life's  sake,  full  of  young  dreams  and  bright  purposes. 
Mr  Stevenson  has  no  very  startling  message  for  us: 
he  blows  no  theological  or  philosophical  trumpet :  he 
touches  us  softly  on  the  shoulder  and  says,  '*  Be  young, 
and  strong,  and  pure  and  happy." 

There  is  a  very  strong  likeness  between  Mr  Steven- 
son and  that  great  man,  Prince  Florizel,  of  Bohemia. 
It  is  true  that  the  owner  of  Vailima  seems  little  likely 
to  sink  into  the  fragrant  obscurity  of  a  tobacconist's 
shop:  but  in  his  love  for  curious  adventures  and  his 
passion  for  giving  entirely  palatable  advice,  he  has 
unconsciously  depicted  himself  in  his  own  creation. 
The  feeling  which  prompted  Florizel  to  leave  that 
turbulent  kingdom.  Seaboard  Bohemia,  in  order  to 
play  Haroun-al-Raschid  in  London  streets,  has 
prompted  Mr  Stevenson  to  travel  at  a  donkey's  tail 
through  Velay  and  Gevaudan,  and  to  experience  the 
privations  of  an  American  emigrant  train.  It  is  the 
insatiable  love  of  romance  which  conquers  him  and 
holds  him  a  ready  prisoner. 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson^  3 6 1 

He  has  given  Prince  Florizel,  with  whom  he  has 
so  much  in  common,  to  his  most  romantic  books,  the 
New  Arabian  Nights  and  its  sequel.  The  Dynamiter. 
He  would  be  a  happy  man  who,  if  wrecked,  like  a 
Jules  Verne  hero,  on  a  desert  island,  with  no  apparent 
chance  of  ever  quitting  it,  had,  among  his  saved 
possessions,  copies  of  these  two  books.  For  they 
furnish  a  marvellous  amount  of  entertainment:  there 
is  a  cloak  of  gravity  upon  them,  a  decent  solemnity  of 
style,  a  certain  pomposity  and  richness  of  phrase  which 
endears  them  to  us.  There  is  nothing  more  lovable 
than  a  gay  heart  under  a  temperate,  comely  and 
discreet  deportment.  And,  beyond  this,  the  narrator 
has  thrown  a  veil  of  mystery  and  Oriental  secrecy 
round  the  most  commonplace  circumstances  of  ordinary 
life.  It  is  impossible  to  forget  that  close  to  the 
intensely  prosaic  Strand,  in  the  purlieus  of  Charing 
Cross,  lay  the  den  of  the  Suicide  Club :  that  Mr 
Malthus,  that  paralytic  child  of  a  nightmare,  fell 
with  a  thud  over  the  parapet  of  Trafalgar  Square, 
propelled  by  the  assassin's  hand :  that  in  a  quiet 
square,  not  a  whit  different  from  those  we  see  in  every 
part  of  the  West  End,  Zero  meditated  his  horrid 
schemes,  and  experimented  with  his  deadly  engines. 

This  is  the  quality  which  endears  the  Ne^v  Arabian 
Nights  to  us :  this  air  of  plausible  impossibility.  We 
expect  to  find  Suicide  Clubs  and  mysterious  young 
ladies  in  the  streets  of  Bagdad:  but  to  find  them  in 
London  would  be  an  unattainable  triumph.  And  that 
makes  the  books  more  enchanting.  To  see  a  possible 
mystery,  to  know  that  any  quiet  suburban  villa  may 
be  a  very  Golconda,  adds  a  palatable  taste  to  our 
walks  through  the  familiar  highways  of  London. 
There  is  always  a  mystery  which  hangs  round  a  vast 
city:  a  picturesque  romance  with  an  impenetrable 
background  of  horror  and  fear,  springing  from  the 
very  presence  of  a  huge  population,  and  seen  in  the 
strange  faces  and  forms  that  cross  our  path,  and  the 
VOL.  xvm.  BBB 


362  Robert  Louis  Stevenson, 

long,  dull  rows  of  shops  and  houses  which  line  our 
way.  We  wonder  what  lies  behind  each  v^indow,  what 
secret,  what  history  may  not  lurk  at  the  back  of  each 
key-hole.  On  this  feeling,  doubly  intensified,  Mr 
Stevenson's  work  is  founded,  and  under  its  uncontested 
influence  these  wonderful  romances  have  been  written. 
There  is  only  one  other  author  who  could  have  treated 
the  subject  from  this  entirely  romantic  point  of  view- 
Mr  Wilkie  Collins.  How  he  would  have  treated  it, 
is  hardly  open  for  us  to  say,  though  we  could  make 
a  shrewd  guess.  That  his  treatment,  with  all  his 
abnormal  imaginative  powers,  would  have  been  inferior 
to  Mr  Stevenson's,  goes  without  saying. 

The  same  influence  lends  itself  to  Dr  Jekyll  and 
Mr  Hyde.  That  specious  story — for  surely  no  wild 
tale  was  ever  told  with  such  a  valiant  show  of  proba- 
bility— derives  a  great  deal  of  its  charm  from  the  old 
house  in  which  Dr  Jekyll  lived  his  double  life,  the  old 
gabled  building  with  its  back  door,  through  which 
Hyde  stumped  at  midnight  to  fetch  the  cheque;  the 
window  round  the  street  corner  where  Mr  Utterson 
and  his  cousin,  one  fine  Sunday  afternoon,  saw  Dr 
Jekyll  sitting  in  profound  melancholy.  It  is  impossible 
to  read  of  the  house,  and  picture  it  to  oneself,  without 
thinking  with  a  delightful  shudder  how  many  houses 
of  precisely  that  type  one  has  passed  during  one's 
life — it  may  be,  daily.  There  is  only  one  other 
house  in  the  range  of  fiction  which  excites  the  same 
dramatic  interest,  the  same  repellent  attraction — fronx 
quite  diflferent  reasons,  however:  and  that  is  the 
boarding-house  of  Madame  Vauquer,  in  Le  Pere  Goriot. 

But  Dr  Jekyll  does  not,  like  the  Neiv  Arabian  Nights,, 
make  wholly  for  romance.  Mr  Stevenson,  let  us  repeat, 
seldom  investigates  psychology.  None  can  sketch 
character  better — a  line  here  and  a  dot  there,  and  he 
gives  us  the  complete  sketch  of  a  trait  or  habit.  It 
is  this  Titanic  power  of  drawing  character  merely  by 
inference,  as  it  were — for  the  characters  of  his  novels 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  363 

are  never  presented  nakedly  to  our  eyes,  but  we  catch 
their  lineaments  from  a  mere  incident  or  a  trifling 
conversation — it  is  this  power  that  gives  him  his 
impartial  disdain  for  laborious  dissection.  And  it  is 
only  in  Dr  Jekyll  that  he  has  striven  wholly  and 
entirely  to  show  his  readers  a  phase  of  character,  and 
even  then  he  must  weave  a  garment  of  romance 
wherein  to  wrap  the  nakedness  of  his  design.  Dr 
Jekyll  is  a  happy  experiment  in  a  field  where  Mr  Stead 
has  clumsily  set  his  hob-nailed  boot,  and  where  Mr 
Oscar  Wilde  has  delicately  stepped,  his  patent-leather 
shoe  creaking  soft  epigrams.  Mr  Stevenson,  of  this 
various  trio,  is,  it  goes  without  saying,  far  the  most 
successful.  The  tale  is  very  specious:  the  characters 
are  so  very  matter-of-fact,  the  staid  professional  men 
whom  we  see  day  by  day  in  their  consulting-rooms 
and  at  the  dinner-table :  we  can  believe  a  tale  like 
this,  for  it  has  every  evidence  of  likelihood.  And 
further,  it  would  be  a  supremely  hard  task  to  find  such 
natural  and  life-like  doctors  and  lawyers  as  the  three 
friends,  Dr  Jekyll,  Dr  Lanyon,  and  Mr  Utterson. 
Seldom  has  anything  more  pathetic  been  written  than 
the  history  of  their  gradual  estrangement  and  the 
sorrow  it  works  in  the  breasts  of  these  three  grave, 
staid,  reserved  practitioners.  Mr  James,  in  the  essay 
alluded  to  before,  has  found  fault  with  one  feature  of 
the  book — the  disclosure  of  the  means  by  which  Dr 
Jekyll  procured  his  double  nature.  But  that  is  part 
of  the  effect  intended  by  the  book.  It  will  not  leave 
us  in  mystery  as  to  its  secret:  it  will  be  plain  and 
matter-of-fact  with  us.  And  who  shall  say  it  has 
not  succeeded  ? 

Pursuing  this  leisurely  stroll  among  the  creations 
of  Mr  Stevenson,  let  us  go  back  to  the  New  Arabian 
NightSy  the  starting-point  of  our  discussion  of  Dr 
Jekylly  and  start  again  down  another  bye-walk.  Not 
the  least  attractive  and  picturesque  of  that  collection 
of  wonderful  tales  is  the  short  story  called  A  Lodging 


364  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

for  the  Nighty  which  takes  us  from  Mr  Stevenson's 
enchanted  London  to  the  city  where  all  enchantment 
is  concentrated ;  to  Paris,  and  into  the  squalid  den 
where  Master  Fran9ois  Villon,  Master  of  Arts,  herds 
with  his  fellow-students  and  co-partners  in  roguery. 
Mr  Stevenson,  with  his  frank  Bohemianism,  does  not 
scruple  to  enter  this  abode  of  thieves.  He  discloses 
them  all  to  us :  Guy  Tabary,  Th^venin  Pens6te  and 
Dom  Nicolas,  the  monk  of  Picardy,  gambling  and 
quarrelling  with  their  royal  disdain  of  virtue  and 
honesty:  men  who  have  abjured  the  world,  and  have 
created  one  of  their  own,  a  world  into  which  few  can 
penetrate  without  horror,  a  world  whose  virtues,  such 
as  they  are,  are  bred  of  vices.  There  they  indulge 
in  their  wine  and  count  their  spoil,  and  shake  their 
sides  with  the  laughter  which  has  its  end  in  bloodshed. 
This  wonderful  picture  of  Villon  and  his  associates 
has  its  pendant  in  Men  and  Books.  There  we  have, 
written  in  the  lightest  and  most  comprehensible  style, 
the  life  of  Villon,  the  tale  of  his  squalor  and  misery, 
of  his  vile  loves,  his  bitter  and  wolfish  hatreds,  his 
sneaking  subterfuges  and  his  escapes  from  the  gallows. 
It  is  an  unpleasant  story,  no  doubt,  but  the  gay  love 
of  adventure  and  of  strange  sides  of  life  which  gave 
birth  to  Prince  Florizel  and  new  life  to  Alan  Breck 
Stewart,  now  fans  the  ashes  of  the  scholar  and  pick- 
pocket whose  verses  are,  with  the  Divifia  Coinmedia 
and  the  Canterbury  Tales^  the  most  valuable  legacy 
of  the  Middle  Age.  The  sly  villain,  with  his  splendid 
humour,  his  sad  old-time  verses,  the  Ballad  of  Dead 
Ladies  and  the  Ballad  of  Dead  Lords  wafting  their 
fragrance  to  us  over  a  gap  of  four  hundred  years, 
with  his  swinish  grossness,  stands  before  us  as  he  did 
before  the  folk  of  Paris — a  very  shifty  figure,  with  a 
ragged  coat  and  a  sly  foxy  face,  with  incomparable 
rhymes  in  his  own  pocket  and  the  nimble  fingers  that 
wrote  them  in  the  pocket  of  another.  We  can  see 
him  treading  swiftly  along  the  Paris  streets  from  one 


Robert  Louts  Sttvenson.  365 

rookery  to  another,  ever  on  the  look-out  for  danger, 
viewed  askance  by  honest  burghers,  yet  all  the  while 
meditating  some  Ballade  or  Rondel  which  shall  make 
his  name  famous  long  after  the  most  reputable  of 
them  all  has  been  laid  in  his  grave  and  turned  to 
nameless  dust. 

It  is  a  splendid  piece  of  portraiture,  worthy  of  Rem- 
brandt. But  Villon  is  by  no  means  the  only  figure 
which  we  meet  in  the  pages  of  this  book.  Such  a 
jumble  of  folk  was  seldom  seen.  Victor  Hugo  hob-nobs 
with  Burns;  Samuel  Pepys,  an  eminent  example  of 
human  frailty,  if  ever  one  was,  stands  cheek-by-jowl 
with  that  equally  eminent  instance  of  firmness  and 
rocky  immobility,  John  Knox.  The  only  two  people 
that  have  anything  in  common  are  the  innocuous 
Charles  of  Orleans  and  that  mischievous  scoundrel, 
Villon,  both  writers  of  ballades  and  other  poetry 
charming  by  virtue  of  its  artificiality.  Yet  it  is  im- 
possible to  give  the  palm  to  any  especial  portrait — all 
are  so  nobly  and  largely  drawn,  so  ingeniously  coloured, 
that  selection  is  rendered  useless.  But,  of  all  the 
characters  which  Mr  Stevenson  has  chosen  to  represent 
to  us,  into  none  has  he  seen  so  clearly  as  into  that  of 
Samuel  Pepys,  he  has  pictured  none  so  completely  as 
that  of  John  Knox.  In  this  book  his  humour  is  at  its 
best,  he  is  bright  and  pleasant  beyond  compare.  He 
has  picked  out  a  series  of  names  of  all  nations  and  of 
all  times :  he  has  made  their  owners  sit  for  their  por- 
traits and  in  every  case  has  succeeded.  He  flits  from 
one  easel  to  another  without  an  effort :  it  is  this  elasticity 
and  pliability,  this  contentment  with  one  subject,  and 
when  that  has  been  completely  worked  out  and  finished, 
this  ready  change  to  another,  which  is  his^most  remark- 
able and  conspicuous  gift. 

Surely  Mr  Stevenson  has  solved  the  secret  of 
happiness.  To  be  wholly  contented  and  absorbed  in 
one  thing,  and  yet,  when  that  is  exhausted,  to  welcome 
a  change  and  throw  one's  self  heart  and  soul  into  it, 


366  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

surely  this  is  the  precious  jewel!  Everything,  too, 
brings  him  contentment.  There  is  nothing  he  likes 
so  well  as  hard  labour — if  he  had  nothing  else  to  do 
he  would  work  in  his  shirt-sleeves  at  some  out-door 
pursuit.  Had  he  been  an  Israelite  in  Egypt,  he  would 
have  been  the  last  to  leave — he  would  have  enjoyed 
making  his  daily  tale  of  bricks,  and  the  sense  of  slavery 
alone  would  have  induced  him  to  desert  the  flesh-pots 
for  the  howling  wilderness.  What  a  story  he  could 
have  made  of  the  Plagues  and  the  Exodus;  he  who 
has  imparted  such  interest  to  his  wanderings  in  the 
Cevennes,  his  Inland  Voyage  on  French  rivers  and  his 
picnic  in  California. 

Out  of  those  little  journeys  and  pleasure-parties  he 
has  created  a  vast  fund  of  interest.  No  one  could 
imagine — that  is  to  say,  if  he  is  not  himself  a  Steven- 
son— what  an  amount  of  event,  what  immense  matter 
can  be  obtained  from  the  most  trivial  incidents  of  a 
country  walk.  For  that  tour  in  the  Cevennes,  after  all,  is 
nothing  more  than  a  country  walk  through  a  fine  and 
well-wooded  region,  not  especially  attractive  in  itself. 
The  interest  we  feel  lies  not  in  the  country,  but  in  the 
trifling  adventures  of  the  author :  the  misdemeanours  of 
his  donkey :  the  night  when  he  slept  in  his  sack  under 
the  pines,  or  the  dark  night  when  he  wandered  between 
the  villages  of  Fouzilhic  and  Fouzilhac.  We  carry 
away  from  the  book  a  series  of  scenes,  incidents  of 
very  ordinary  occurrence,  which  he  has  somehow  or 
other  transfigured,  with  his  perfect  understanding  of 
pictorial  arrangement.  He  can  group  his  pictures,  be 
they  figure  or  landscape,  so  admirably:  he  knows  to 
the  finest  accuracy  where  to  place  the  principal  figure, 
how  to  set  it  oflF,  and  what  background  it  must  have. 
For  instance,  he  never  showed  his  peculiar  power  of 
painting  scenes  so  strongly  as  in  one  which  assuredly 
must  stand  out  before  all  the  rest  to  readers  of  Travels 
with  a  Donkey.  He  is  descending  into  a  valley  in 
Lower  G^vaudan :  evening  is  approaching,  and  he  sees 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  367 

before  him  lone  farms  scattered  here  and  there,  and  the 
road  winding  for  miles  through  distant  trees.  And, 
just  as  evening  falls,  as  he  trudges  behind  his  beast  of 
burden  through  the  chestnut  avenues,  he  hears,  not  far 
from  the  road,  a  woman's  voice  crooning  some  endless 
ditty  with  a  refrain  about  a  hel  amour eux.  Why  does 
this  passage  strike  the  fancy  so  ?  Perhaps  it  is  that  he 
has  pictured  the  valley  as  so  lonely,  that  when  this 
chord  of  life  breaks  in  we  are  stirred  to  the  depths  by 
the  sudden  voice  and  feel  at  once  that  our  solitude  has 
been  dispelled.  The  fact  is,  Mr  Stevenson  merges  us 
so  deeply  in  his  personality  that  what  delights  him 
delights  us,  and,  as  we  read  him,  we  cannot  feel  or 
think  apart  from  him. 

There  is  another  scene  in  An  Inland  Voyage  which 
has  much  the  same  effect,  and  occupies  in  that  book  the 
place  of  the  chestnut  valley  scene  in  the  other— the 
field  on  the  upper  reaches  of  the  Oise  where  he  and 
his  companion  sit,  one  summer  Sunday  afternoon,  and 
listen  to  a  peal  of  church  bells.  But  both  books  are 
full  of  such  scenes.  They  are  storehouses  of  interest  for 
those  who  love  an  open-air  life,  and  love  to  live  among 
trees  and  fields  and  wild  flowers.  Mr  Stevenson  is  not 
only  the  Bohemian  of  the  town  we  have  mentioned, 
with  his  thirst  for  romance  and  adventure:  he  is  the 
Bohemian  of  the  country,  a  true  lover  of  those  whom 
his  fellow  Scots  still  primly  call  Egyptians,  of  their 
waggons  and  their  fires,  and  their  store  of  pots  and 
pans  for  sale.  A  thoroughly  healthy  nature  this!  a 
nature  which  will  even  condescend  to  pure  animal 
enjoyment  for  once  in  a  way,  feeling,  hearing,  seeing 
nothing  beyond  itself  and  the  crude  delight  of  existence. 

Considering  all  this,  it  is  strange  that  Mr  Steven • 
son's  physical  health  scarcely  coincides  with  our 
expectation ;  that  he  has  wandered  from  country  to 
country  over  the  greater  part  of  either  hemisphere  in 
search  of  it,  until  he  has  at  last  found  his  sanatarium 
in  Samoa,    It  is  curious  to  find  that  those  books  which 


368  Robert  Louis  Stevenson, 

breathe  throughout  such  a  buoyant  tone  of  cheerfulness 
have  been  written  for  the  greater  part  on  a  bed  of  sick- 
ness. That  he,  the  cheerfullest  and,  in  a  sense,  the 
youngest  writer  of  to-day,  should  have  endured  so  much 
suffering  is  difficult  to  believe.  But  he  was  trained  in 
a  hard  school  in  his  Scottish  home,  and  in  his  college 
days  he  learned  very  early  to  weather  the  storm,  and 
to  find  enjoyment,  pure  and  simple,  out  of  life.  With  a 
brave  heart  and  an  untiring  brain  he  has  overcome  his 
difficulties,  and  has  given  to  others  in  his  charming 
didactic  style  some  practical  philosophy  gleaned  from 
the  fields  of  adversity. 

The  heroes  of  his  stories  all  have  the  same  sanguine 
happy  temperament — not  without  thought  or  fear  for 
the  future,  but  light-hearted  enough  to  observe  every- 
thing around  them,  and  note  down  this  or  that  pleasant 
thing  for  their  subsequent  delectation.  Even  David 
Balfour — and  a  very  foreboding  and  luckless  lad  is 
David — has  spirits  which  many  of  his  age  might  envy ; 
while  Jim  Hawkins,  all  the  while  he  is  in  danger  on 
Treasure  Island,  is  keeping  his  eyes  well  open  and 
thoroughly  enjoying  his  situation.  While,  as  for  Alan 
Breck  and  Prince  Florizel,  they  all  touch  the  very 
summit  of  sanguine  happiness.  Even  they,  however,  are 
surpassed  by  one  person — Otto  Johann  Frederic,  Prince 
of  Grtinewald.  Who  ever  took  less  thought  for  the 
morrow  than  he  ?  He  is,  it  is  true,  a  little  despicable. 
But  then  he  is  very  loveable,  and  in  comparison  with 
Gondremark,  that  hulking  villain  and  intriguer,  is 
entirely  noble.  If,  as  Mr  Henry  James  tells  us.  Prince 
Otto  is  the  most  isolated  of  all  Mr  Stevenson's  works, 
then  the  family  likeness  between  the  rest  is  far  closer 
than  one  would  imagine.  Prince  Otto  is  surely  the 
quintessence  of  Stevensonian  happiness  and  careless- 
ness— for  it  is  through  that  very  carelessness,  that 
neglect  of  public  duty,  that  the  book  ends  so  happily, 
and  we  foresee  a  glad  future  for  the  Prince  and  the 
repentant   Princess,  while   Grunewald   may  be   tossed 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  369 

with  the  cares  of  state,  and  the  incipient  Republic  sink 
through  dissension  to  ruin,  for  all  those  ex-Sovereigns 
heed.  Certain  this  elaborate  negligence,  this  hunting 
and  hawking  when  the  business  of  the  Council  is  most 
pressing,  and  the  pillars  of  the  state  already  totter 
dangerously,  although  it  leads  to  much  tribulation, 
nevertheless  brings  its  reward  in  the  end. 

Amalia  Seraphina  is  the  only  woman,  until  the  days 
of  Catriona,  whom  Mr  Stevenson  has  taken  much 
trouble  to  sketch,  and  she,  in  spite  of  her  variety  and — 
we  cannot  call  it  by  any  other  name — her  infidelity,  is 
very  charming.  Mr  Henry  James  traces  the  influence 
of  George  Meredith,  a  novelist  beloved  by  our  author, 
in  the  tale,  and  beyond  a  doubt  Amalia  is  a  member  of 
that  class  whom  Mrs  Mountstuart  Jenkinson  so  happily 
christened.  She  is  a  rogue  in  porcelain^  daintier  and 
more  brittle  and  frail  than  was  Clara  Middleton.  While 
Prince  Otto  again  might  have  submitted  to  Mrs  Mount- 
stuart's  dictum  "  You  see^  he  has  a  leg"  For,  if  Amalia 
is  a  Clara  Middleton,  more  brittle  and  of  a  paler  com- 
plexion. Otto  is  a  Sir  Willoughby  Patteme,  confident  of 
his  security,  of  the  favour  of  God  and  the  regard  and 
respect  of  man,  until  he  finds  his  throne  tumbling 
beneath  him — a  shade  more  keen-sighted,  perhaps ;  a 
great  deal  less  disagreeable.  Let  us  not  compare 
Prince  Otto  for  a  minute  with  The  Egoist — The  Egoist  is 
a  great  and  stupendous  victory  of  unarmed  genius, 
Prince  Otto  the  mere  by-play,  the  facile  side-stroke  of  a 
dexterous  foil. 

It  is  unfair  to  say  that  Mr  Stevenson  has  altogether 
neglected  womankind.  It  is  true  that  women  play  a 
very  small  part  in  his  pages,  but  he  is  full  of  admiration 
for  them,  and  no  more  gallant  champion  could  be  found 
if  occasion  demanded,  to  enter  the  lists  and  fight  for 
the  ladies.  He  is  full  of  a  sense  of  their  beauty  and 
their  gentleness  and  weakness :  they  are  not  banished 
from  his  pages :  they  stand  by  and  watch  the  conflicts 
of  the  stronger  sex.  And  no  more  beautiful  picture  of 
VOL.  XVIII.  ccc 


370  Robert  Louts  Stevenson. 

woman  could  be  found  than  in  the  story  called  Oialla^» 
the  portrait  of  the  beautiful  devotee  hopelessly  immured 
in  the  estancia  with  her  savage  mother  and  idiot  brother. 
Or  again,  surely  the  lady  in  that  great  romance,  the 
Master  of  Ballantraey  the  lady  who  is  at  the  root  of  the 
whole  matter,  the  presiding  genius  of  that  dreadful 
story,  is  finely  conceived  and  magnificently  drawn* 
And  Mr  Stevenson,  if  he  has  sinned  in  giving  his  own 
sex  the  preponderance  in  his  works,  has  surely  written* 
his  palinode  in  the  title  of  the  sequel  to  Kidnapped. 
Finally,  we  must  not  forget,  in  this  connexion,  that  a 
woman's  hand  aided  him  in  writing  The  Dynamiter^  and 
creating  that  extravagant  young  lady,  who  suffered 
such  terrors  among  the  Mormons,  and,  in  another 
Avatar,  led  her  employer  to  his  death  in  the  loathsome 
swamps  of  the  West  Indies. 

Mr  Stevenson  is  a  man  of  many  aspects,  and  in  all 
he  is  equally  great.  But  the  aspect  in  which  he  will 
present  himself  to  future  ages  is  that  af  a  master  of 
story-telling.  Not  that  his  essays  and  his  charming 
books  of  travel  will  die !  they  will  live  too,  but  the 
nature  of  the  case  demands  that  they  appeal  to  fewer 
readers.  Treasure  Island  has,  one  might  say,  already 
won  its  place  beside  Robinson  Crusoe.  Kidnapped 
stands  on  the  highest  summits  of  fiction,  and  round 
about  it  cluster  the  Master  of  Ballantrae^  the  Nerity 
Arabian  Nights  and  Catriona,  Kidnapped  and  the 
Nights  have  already  been  examined ;  they  are  the  re- 
presentatives of  their  classes,  and  time  would  fail  to  tell 
of  the  others — of  those  books,  for  instance,  where  the 
great  master  has  sought  the  collaboration  of  his  son-in- 
law.  Collaboration  is  a  doubtful  experiment,  unless, 
as  in  The  Dynamiter^  style  is  welded  to  style,  and,  it 
must  be  confessed,  the  Wrong  Box  and  the  Wrecker^ 
excellent  as  they  are,  do  not,  by  any  means,  reach  the 
first  rank. 

Let  us  stay  for  a  moment  in  that  dark  garden  where 
the  candles  in  their  silver  sconces  shoot  their  steady 


Robert  Louis  Stevenson.  371 

flame  into  the  windless  night,  and  the  black  pool  of 
blood  lies  on  the  ground.  That  garden  alone,  were  it 
for  nothing  else,  even  did  not  the  Chevalier  Burke  gaily 
exist,  and  the  master  stalk  sinisterly  through  the  pages, 
would  make  the  Master  of  Ballantrae  a  classic  among 
classics.  And  let  us  halt  again  on  the  coast  of  Ostend, 
and  watch  Catriona's  father  play  the  traitor  and  stand 
at  bay  while  the  windmill  steadily  turns  its  changeless 
sails  in  the  background.  For  self-restraint  and  pre- 
cision of  style,  that  last  scene  is  the  ehef  d'oeuvre  of  Mr 
Stevenson's  later  writing.  Catriona  has  few  faults. 
As  a  work  of  style  it  is  flawless.  And  it  has  the 
crowning  merit  of  being  the  only  sequel  which  ever 
deserved  the  name. 

There  is  one  book  of  short  stories  in  which  Mr 
Stevenson  has  equalled  any  of  his  romantic  efforts — 
the  book  called  after  the  first  tale.  The  Merry  Men. 
in  that  story  he  re-introduces  to  us  under  another 
name  the  isle  where  David  Balfour  was  wrecked ; 
Earraid,  that  lies  across  the  strait  from  lona;  and, 
in  the  dismal  drama,  acted  on  a  lonely  rock  in  the 
Atlantic,  gives  us  a  foretaste  of  the  terrible  fancies 
which  bow  the  knee  to  Mr  Kipling.  The  rest  of  the 
tales  are  of  a  various  nature :  Will  0*  the  Mill  is  one 
of  the  author's  happy-go-lucky  favourites,  who  lives 
in  a  valley  all  his  life  without  going  outside  it,  until 
Death  comes  in  his  coach  and  takes  him  away  on 
his  travels.  Thrawn  Janet  and  Oialla^  tales  as  different 
as  they  can  be,  although  they  both  deal  with  madness, 
are  triumphs  of  art:  the  Treasure  of  Franchard  is 
written  with  all  Mr  Stevenson's  extraordinary  skill, 
but  leaves  a  weak  impression.  It  is  undeniable, 
however,  that  Markheim  is  the  finest  chapter  in  the 
whole  book — and  a  more  brilliant  piece  of  description 
has  never  been  given  us ;  before  this  picture  of  long- 
drawn  agony  every  other  pales.  The  murderer  stand- 
ing alone  with  the  body  of  his  victim  on  the  floor, 
the  clocks  of  the  jeweller's  shop  ticking  all  round  him. 


372  Robert  Louis  Stevenson. 

straining  his  ears  to  catch  the  least  sound  in  that 
insupportable,  time-measured  silence — and  then — the 
entry  of  the  mysterious  visitor :  the  ofifer  of  the  choice : 
and  the  murderer  at  the  last  instant  overcoming  him- 
self and  the  baseness  of  his  nature,  and  delivering  his 
body  into  the  hands  of  justice  at  the  moment  when 
he  opens  the  door  to  the  maid — =here  Mr  Stevenson's 
mighty  genius  wings  its  highest  flight.  Markhetm 
may  be  of  his  earliest  work ;  it  is  his  supremest  success. 
Andy  now  that  we  have  reached  the  most  perfect 
point  of  that  genius — a  flawless  gem,  faultless  in  style, 
brave  and  bold  in  execution,  it  is  time  to  stop.  What 
Mr  Stevenson  has  for  us  in  the  future,  we  cannot  tell ; 
he  is  still  in  the  meridian  of  his  life,  his  reputation 
continues  undiminished,  he  stands  at  the  head  of  the 
confraternity  of  letters  beside  the  great  men  of  the  past 
and  the  few  brilliant  lights  of  to-day.  For  the  score 
of  volumes  he  has  already  given  to  the  world,  we  are 
grateful  beyond  measure.  But  gratitude  has  no  bounds : 
and  a  further  score,  equal  to  the  last,  can  greatly 
increase  it.  If  this  is  not  to  be,  we  must  be  satisfied 
to  let  the  great  creator  survey  his  work,  resting  on  his 
laurels.  Imperishable  fame,  a  blameless  life,  the  satis- 
faction of  having  given  delight  to  all  sorts  and  conditions 
of  men — what  can  man  wish  for  more  ? 

A.  H.  T, 


A    RIVER    IDYLL. 
(By  a  river  Idler). 

There  is  nothing  so  weary  as  waiting, 
When  the  day  is  appallingly  hot 

And  the  weather  is  most  enervating — 
To  see  if  she's  coming  or  not. 

There  is  surely  no  harm  in  my  stating 

That  I  was  most  keenly  debating 

Whether  that  sweet  fascinating 
Miss  Dora  were  coming  or  not. 

I  had  passed  the  whole  morn  at  the  station 
In  the  midst  of  the  smoke  and  the  din, 

And  for  hours  'twas  my  sole  occupation 
To  watch  for  the  trains  to  come  in. 

If  you  follow  my  recommendation, 

It  is  better  by  far  in  vacation 

To  read  Ciceronian  oration 

Than  to  watch  for  the  trains  to  come  in. 

I  was  angry  and  stiff  and  rheumatic, 
I  had  put  many  pence  in  the  slot, 

I  had  shot  with  those  pop-guns  erratic, 
Which  is  death — when  the  weather  is  hot. 

I  repeat,  though  it  be  iteratic — 

Yet  one  cannot  be  too  emphatic — 

You  don't  feel  divinely  ecstatic 
Wnen  the  weather  is  fatefully  hot. 

At  length  in  the  distance  I  sighted 
The  smoke  of  a  train  in  the  air, 

It  arrived,  and  oh  joy!  there  alighted 
Her  mother,  her  sire,  and  the  Fair. 


374  -^  River  Idyll. 

When  one  has  felt  simply  benighted 
And  regarded  one's  prospects  as  blighted 
One  naturally  feels  quite  delighted 
At  the  coming  of  her  that  is  Fair. 

Her  sire  remarked  he  was  voracious, 

The  train  was  confoundedly  slow, 
She  hoped  I'd  not  waited — "Good  gracious," 

I  said,  "just  a  minute  or  so." 
It  is  strange  how  your  conscience  grows  spacious 
To  contain  such  a  statement  mendacious 
When  uttered  in  manner  vivacious — 
"  Oh,  only  a  minute  or  so." 

But  what  if  some  reader  is  saying, 

With  captious  ironical  grin, 
**  It's  all  very  well  to  go  maying 

But  where  does  the  Idyll  begin  ? " 
From  the  theme  I  am  really  not  straying 
In  blatant  hysterical  braying: 
I  have  very  much  pleasure  in  saying 

Next  line  doth  the  Idyll  begin. 

More  softly  the  sunlight  was  dancing 
On  the  shimmering  waters  in  front. 
And  I  said,  at  her  loveliness  glancing, 

"Would  you  care  to  come  out  in  a  punt?" 
When  the  shadows  of  night  are  advancing 
The  coolness  and  stillness  enhancing 
There  is  nothing  so  purely  entrancing 
As  to  dream  for  a  while  in  a  punt. 

In  my  soft  gliding  punt,  yclept  Nelly, 
We  crept  'neath  a  shadowy  grove, 

And  we  talked  of  the  poems  of  Shelley 
And  others  who  dream  about  love : 

The  music  romantic  of  Kelley 

(So  charmingly  sung  by  Trebelli), 

And  the  novels  of  Marie  Corelli 
Are  also  connected  with  love. 


A  River  Idyll.  375 

But  as  I  was  softly  employing 

That  language  that  some  might  call  bosh, 
A  launch  whistled  by  all-destroying 

And  sent  us  the  wave  of  its  wash. 
It  is  hard  to  find  aught  more  annoying 
Than  when  you  are  sweetly  enjoying 
The  rapture  of  carelessly  toying 

With  locks,  to  be  tossed  by  a  wash. 

In  a  voice  with  a  rising  inflection 

I  told  the  sad  tale  of  my  love, 
And  vowed  everlasting  affection 

By  yon  blue  vaulted  Heaven  above. 
I  may  say  to  you  in  this  connection, 
I  admit  to  a  great  predilection 
For  swearing  eternal  protection 

By  yon  blue  vaulted  Heaven  above, 

I  called  her  an  angel,  a  peri, 

I  said  she  was  fair  as  the  light. 
Her  lips  were  more  red  than  the  cherry 

Her  eyes  were  like  stars  of  the  night. 
At  my  words  perhaps  you  will  make  merry. 
And  your  face  in  your  handkerchief  bury. 
But  I  thought  it  felicitous  very 

To  call  her  eyes  "  stars  of  the  night." 

She  blushed  in  a  manner  transcending 
And  drooped  her  head  down  on  her  breast. 

Like  a  lily:  then  suddenly  bending 
She — nay,  draw  a  veil  o'er  the   rest. 

It  is  best  at  the  risk  of  offending 

The  critic  or  kind  or  unbending 

To  bring  this  sweet  tale  to  an  ending 
By  drawing  a  veil  o'er  the  rest. 

A.  J.  C. 


ILLUSIONS  PERDUES. 

Characters. 
Gerard  Vyvyan. 

Vernon  Wingfold,  author  of  Orphic  Dreams. 
Sir  Giles  Portington,  M.P.  for  Stockborough  English. 
Malcolm  Studley. 
Lady  Vyvyan. 
Miss  Arlington. 

Place. 

Vyvyan  Hall,  in  the  East  Riding. 

Scene  I. — The  billiard-room.  Time^  9  p.m.  Gerald 
Vyvyan  and  Sir  Giles  are  playifig  billiards,  Studley 
marks  for  them^  while  Wingfold  lies  at  full  length  on  a 
lounge. 

Sir  Giles.  My  dear  Gerald,  that's  the  third  easy 
cannon  you've  broken  down  at.  What  on  earth  is  the 
matter  with  you  to-night  ? 

Gerald.  Merely  abstraction,  Sir  Giles.  I  beg  your 
pardon. 

Sir  Giles.  Pshaw !  What  has  abstraction  to  do  with 
billiards  ?     I  wonder  if  I  can  play  this.     Ah,  too  fine  ! 

Studley.  Yes,  you  ought  to  have  hit  it  fuller. 

Wingfold.  I  sympathise  with  you,  Gerald.  But, 
my  dear  boy,  you  are  really  too  engrossed  with  your 
thoughts.  A  man  should  be  engrossed  with  nothing — 
not  even  with  billiards,  Sir  Giles. 

Sir  Giles.  Nobody  could  accuse  jt7«  of  concentration. 


Illusiofis  Per  dues,  377 

WiNGFOLD.  Concentration !  The  word  suggests 
nothing  but  Swiss  milk. 

Studley.    Did  you  never  like  Swiss  milk  ? 

WiNGFOLD.  Never !  I  hate  everything  Swiss — the 
Alps  included.  I  cannot  understand  the  Swiss  fever. 
Crowded  hotels,  dawn  on  the  Rigi,  Matterhorns,  endless 
jddelling  and  Dresden  shepherdesses  playing  on  tune- 
less pipes !     Insanity ! 

Gerald.  But,  Vernon,  didn't  you  say  yesterday  that 
insanity  was  glorified  existence  ? 

WiNGFOLD.  There  are  insanities  and  insanities,  my 
dear  Gerald. 

Sir  Giles.   Why  do  you  go  abroad  ? 

WiNGFOLD.  Because  I  can't  help  it.  London  in 
summer  is  Ashdod.  But,  thank  heaven,  ubt  Dagon^  thi 
Phtlistia.     Dagon  takes  his  trip  in  the  winter. 

Sir  Giles.    What  do  you  mean  ? 

Studley.    He  never  means  anything,  Sir  Giles. 

Sir  Giles.  What  a  comfort !  I  never  could  under- 
stand Orphic  Dreams, 

WiNGFOLD.  You  are  one  of  us,  Sir  Giles.  To  be 
intelligible  is  to  be  impossible. 

Sir  Giles.  Do  you  imply  that  you  find  it  impossible 
to  be  intelligible  ? 

Studley.    Come,  Gerald,  you're  twenty  behind  ! 

Gerald.    Oh,  it's  no  use !     I  can't  play  any  longer. 

Studley.   Are  you  unwell  ? 

WiNGFOLD.  Why  don't  you  play  with  Sir  Giles, 
Malcolm  ?    Gerald,  come  and  sit  here. 

Sir  Giles.    Come  on,  Studley.     Choose  your  cue. 

WiNGFOLD.  Now,  Gerald,  what  is  it?  I  can  see 
there's  something  wrong. 

Gerald.    Oh,  it's  nothing  much.     I 

WiNGFOLD.    You 

Gerald.  Well,  the  fact  is  this.  It's  about  Miss 
Arlington. 

WiNGFOLD.   Have  you  quarrelled  ? 

VOL.  XVni.  DDD 


378  Illusions  Per  dues. 

Gerald.  If  we  had !  To  tell  you  the  truth,  I  can't 
marry  her. 

WiNGFOLD.  I  sincerely  congratulate  you.  Gerald^ 
you  should  never  marry. 

Gerald.  I've  heard  you  say  that  so  often.  But  you 
don't  really  think  so. 

WiNGFOLD  Really  \  It  is  the  only  thing  I  thought 
really  about.    You  should  never  marry. 

Gerald.   But  supposing 

WiNGFOLD.  Suppose  nothing.  Supposition  is  the 
barren  fig-tree. 

Gerald.  Well,  I  won't  suppose.  If  I  break  with 
Miss  Arlington,  it  is  only  to— — 

WiNGFOLD.   Good  gracious !    You  surely  don't  mean 

Gerald.   Marry  someone  else  ?    I  do. 

WiNGFOLD.  Poor  boy!  And  tie  yourself  down  to 
eternal  slavery,  to  wither  away  beside  some  sallow  girl. 

Gerald.  Sallow  girl !  If  you  could  only  see  her^ 
Vernon,  you  would 

WiNGFOLD.  Now,  don't !  Please  spare  me  the  old 
tale.  Loveliness  and  Purity !  Rotten  boughs  and  dead 
apples ! 

Gerald.  You  are  too  cynical.  You  don't  know  her; 
you  have  never  even  seen  her.  Had  you  parted  from 
her,  as  I  did,  barely  two  hours  ago,  you  would  be  raving 
of  loveliness  and  purity.  Aren't  your  poems  full  of 
loveliness  and  purity  ? 

WiNGFOLD.  That  is  Art,  Gerald.  The  strongest  in- 
clination of  Art  is  to  the  inartistic. 

Gerald.  Epigrams!  Epigrams!  Take  me  in 
tamest,  Vernon.     I  love  her. 

WiNGFOLD.   Who  is  she  ? 

Gerald.   She — she  lives  in  the  village. 

WiNGFOLD.  Oh,  spare  me ;  Some  Molly  or  Susan ! 
You  are  a  fool,  Gerald. 

Gerald.   My  mind  is  made  up. 


Illusions  Per  dues.  379 

WiNGFOLD.  Then  I  repeat  it.  You  are  a  fool.  I  see 
you've  finished  your  game,  Sir  Giles. 

Sir  Giles.  Yes,  while  you  two  were  chattering  away 
there  in  the  comer.  Studley,  you  aren't  up  to  form 
to-night. 

Studley.  No  one  can  do  anything  against  your 
flukes. 

Sir  Giles.  I  did\i3.ve  a  little  luck  to-night,  I  confess. 
But  you  needn't  grudge  it  me,  Studley. 

Gerald.    Hadn't  we  better  join  the  ladies  ? 

Studley.  Excuse  me,  you  men.  I've  one  or  two 
letters  I  want  to  post.    I  think  I'll  go  down  with  them. 

Gerald.    Can't  I  send  the  butler  ? 

Studley.  Oh!  don't  trouble.  I  should  like  the 
walk  this  lovely  night. 

[^They  go  outJ] 

Scene  II. — The  drawing-room.  A  shaded  lamp  on  a 
side-labley  near  which  sils  Lady  Vyvyan  in  a  low  chair 
doing  crochet-work.    Miss  Arlington  at  the  piano. 

Lady  V.  What  is  that  delightful  thing  you  are 
playing,  Felicia? 

Miss  A.  A  piece  of  Schumann — Warum  f  What  a 
lovely  moon  there  is  !  (Rises  and  goes  to  the  window.) 
Shall  I  let  it  in,  Auntie  ? 

Lady  V.  Do,  dear !  (Miss  Arlington  draws  up  the 
blind.) 

Miss  A.    Oh! 

Lady  A.    What  is  it,  Felicia  ? 

Miss  A.  I — ,  nothing.  Auntie !  (Sits  down  at  the 
window.)        [Enter  Sir  Giles,  Gerald  and  Wingfold. 

Lady  V.  So  here  you  are  at  last.  Where  is 
Mr.  Studley? 

Sir  Giles.  He  has  just  gone  down  to  the  village  to 
post  some  letters. 

Miss  A.  What  a  lot  of  letters  he  has  had  to  post 
lately. 


A   HIGHER  PLANE   CURVE. 

In  very  sooth  a  curve  of  high  degree, 

A  noble  tracery  of  flowing  line 

And  dimpled  curvature :  a  true  design 

Come,  Nature-born,  from  an  equality 

In  X  and  y ;  a  perfect  harmony 

Of  form  !     See  the  twin  ovals,  whose  divine 

Soul-centred  sympathy  makes  each  incline 

To  each  in  a  symmetric  yearning!     See 

These  graceful  knotted  loops  that  meet  and  kiss, 

And  part,  to  meet  and  kiss  again  !     Mark  last 

This  simple  waving  thread, — how  it  has  passed 

The  doubtful  turning-point  of  finite  bliss, — 

How  to  infinity  it  gently  floats. 

Wafted  along  the  slender  asymptotes. 

G.  T.  B. 

A  CIRCLE. 

What  seeming  innocence  and  simple  grace 

In  this  fair  sweep  of  curve  the  compass-pen 

Has  rounded  off" !     'Tis  passing  strange  how  men 

Have  worried  their  poor  wits  to  mete  the  space 

Encircled  by  the  homely  oval  face. 

And  fit  it  by  some  clumsy  square.     And  when 

The  deeper  beauties  lay  unfathomed,  then 

The  equal  radius  first  was  put  to  base 

Unworthy  usage,  and  two  equal  sides 

Were  coarsely  fitted  to  a  g^ven  line. 

Let  us  who  know  the  subtlety  that  hides 

In  the  far  line  that  makes  plane  space  complete, — 

Let  us  do  homage  at  that  mystic  shrine 

Where  dwell  the  distant  points  where  circles  meet. 

G.  T.  B. 


THE  LIBRARY  AT  HAWKSHEAD  GRAMMAR 

SCHOOL,  AND  THE  SCHOOL-DAYS  OF 

WORDSWORTH. 

|N  consequence  of  the  re- cataloguing  of  the 
Library  at  Hawkshead  School,  I  have  been 
perusing  some  of  the  Old  School  documents 
relating  to  the  Library  in  former  generations. 
One  of  these,  drawn  up  by  the  Head -Master,  the  Rev 
T.  Bowman  M.A.,  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  Master 
from  1786,  seems  to  me  to  be  of  considerable  interest  to 
all  those,  at  any  rate,  who  have  any  aflfection  for  the 
writing  of  the  *'Lake  Poet,"  William  Wordsworth, 
admitted  to  St  John's  College  from  this  School  in  1787, 
since  it  gives  some  idea  what  Hawkshead  School  was 
like  in  his  day,  and  who  his  school-fellows  and  masters 
were. 

The  Rev  T.  Bowman  instituted  what  was  termed  the 
"New  Library"  at  Hawkshead,  although  from  the 
earliest  days  of  the  School  there  had  existed  a  "  Book 
Club,"  which  received  considerable  benefactions  in 
money  and  books  from  a  certain  Mr  Daniel  Rawlinson 
of  the  Vintners'  Company  in  London  in  1669.  Two  lists 
of  his  presentations  bearing  this  date  (1669}  remaia 
among  the  School  records: 

(i)  "The  names  of  severall  Bookes  given  by  M'  Daniell 
Rawlinson,  citizen  and  Vintner  of  London,  to  the  Free-Grammar 
Schoole  in  Hawkshead,  in  the  County  of  Lancaster." 

(ii)  "A  Catalogue  of  Bookes,  given  to  the  Free-Grammar 
School  at  Hawkesheade  in  Lane,  by  M^  Daniell  Rawlinson,  and 
others  at  his  request." 


384       The  Library  of  Hawkshead  Grammar  School. 

And  in  a  note  by  the  side  of  some  of  the  names  of 
the  books,  that 

"  These  were  given  by  M«"  Daniell  Rawlinson,  at  the  signe  of 
the  Miter,  in  Fen-Church  Street,  London." 

The  books  of  the  Old  Library  do  not  appear  to  have 
been  kept  on  shelves,  but  in  a  chest,  as  an  old  note  tells 
us  that 

**  The  press  wherein  these  bookes  belonging  to  the  Schoole 
are  laid  was  given  by  M"^  Edwin  Sandys  of  Epthwaite,  Gent., 
1670," 

a  descendant  of  the  Edwyn  Sandys,  Archbishop  of  York 
in  1585,  and  founder  of  the  School  at  that  date. 

Among  the  benefactors  of  1669  are  to  be  found  the 
names  of  Mr  Gibbon,  who  at  the  instigation  of  Mr  Raw- 
linson presented  a  now  rare  edition  of  "  Mr  Ffoxe,  his 
acts  and  monuments  of  the  Church"  (1641): 

"  Cambdeus  Brittania  in  English,  given  by  M'"  Thomas 
Martin,  Gentleman,  of  his  Maj''«s*  bedchamber." 

"An  Exposition  of  the  Creed,  by  D^  John  Pearson,  now 
bishop  of  Chester." 

"The  memorable  works  of  Josephus  in  English,  in  full,  given 
by  John  Tillotson,  Receiver  Generall  for  the  Deane  and  Chapter 
of  the  Cathedral  Church  of  S  Paul's,  London," 

'•  A  course  of  Sermons  for  all  the  Sundays  in  the  Yeare  by 
Jer.  Taylor  D^D.,  given  by  Edward  Browne,  fellow  of  Clare 
Hall  in  Cambridge  May  14,  1674." 

"Juvenal  and  Persius  with  Lubius  Comments,  given  by 
S'  Jonas  Moore  Knt.,  Surveyor  Generall  of  his  Ma*»«»  office  of 
the  ordinance,  in  the  Kingdoms  of  England  and  Ireland,  and  to 
his  Royall  Highness  the  Duke  of  Yorke  Sept.  22,  1674." 

"The  works  of  John  Jewell,t  Bp  of  Sarisbury  1674." 

"  '  Adagia  ex  sanctorum  patrum  ecclesiasticorum  Scriptorum 
prompta  ab  Aloysio  Robarino  Veronensi  Clerico  Regulari,*  and 
*  A  dictionary  of  the  French  and  English  tongues,*  both  these 


♦  i.e,  Charles  II. 

t  Apologist  against  the  Romanists  1559.     Works,    "Apology  for  the 
Church  of  England  "  and  *'  Defence  of  the  Apology." 


The  Library  of  Hawkshead  Grammar  School.     385 

given   by   Wlm.    Sancroft,*  Doctor  in  Divinity,  Deane  of  the 
Cathedral  Church  of  S  Paul,  London,  Jan  ii,  1674." 

In  another  list  both  the  above  books  are  mentioned  as 

"Given  by  D'  Sancroft,  then  being  Dean  of  S  Paul's, 
London,  but  now  in  this  Yeare  1679  Archbishop  of  Canterbury." 

Besides  which  are  several  books  given  by  members 
of  the  Sandys  family. 

In  this  last  list  are  also  mentioned : 

"  A  Century  of  Sermons  upon  severall  remarkable  subjects 
written  by  John  Hackett,  L^*  Bp  of  Litchfield  and  Coventry,  in 
full,  given  by  John  Pearson,  L^-  Bp  of  Chester." 

Among  names  of  benefactors  are — 

Dr  Edward  Layfield,  Archdeacon  of  Essex. 

Mr  Edward  Sherburne,  one  of  the  Principal  Officers  of 
His  Majesties  Ordinance  and  Armory  within  England. 

John  Sharpe,  D.D.,  Archdeacon  of  Birks  and  "Chapline 
to  the  L^-  Chancelour." 

And  among  books  is-— 

**  EiK(Ji/  /SaffiXucift  or  the  solitudes  of  King  Charles  the  first, 
in  8^0." 

Some  of  the  trades  and  professions  mentioned  are 
interesting,  showing  how  all  classes  contributed  to  the 
library.     The  following  occurring — 

'John  Christopherson,  Ushe  of  the  Free-schole  at  Hawks- 
head.' 

*  Rosse  Esq.,  Library-Keeper  to  his  Ma*^«.' 
'John  Magine  Esq ;  one  of  his  Ma*»««  Equerries.' 

*  George  Rigge,  Parish  Clarke  of  Hawkshead.' 

*  M'  John  Rawlinson,  linnen  draper.' 


*  One  of  the  Seven  Bishops  imprisoned  by  James  II  for  refusing  to  read 
his  Edict  of  Toleration. 

t  Now  generally  believed  to  have  been  written  by  Dr  Gauden  (Burnet 
says  he  was  told  so  by  James  in  1673).  Milton  answered  it  by  the 
EUovoK\a<rTnc.  Dr  C.  Wordsworth  defended  the  authorship  of  Charles, 
in  a  work  entitled,  *  Who  wrote  Eikon  Basilike  ?/  1824. 

VOL.  XVIII.  EEE 


386      The  L  ibrary  of  Hawkskead  Grammar  School. 

•  M'  John  Blashfield  citizen  and  fishmonger  of  London/ 

•  M*^  Samuel  Hail,  late  Warden  of  the  Company  of  Vintersy 
London.' 

'John  Sadler,  Schoolemaster/ 

'  George  Crawley  of  Billiter  Lane,  London,  Chirurgion/ 

'  M'  Moses  Pitt,  Bookseller,  at  the  White-heart/ 

With  an  apology  for  this  digression,  which,  however, 
is  justified  by  the  interest  which  must  be  attached  to 
a  great  many  of  the  names  mentioned,  we  return  to 
the  record  of  1789,  which  tells  us  of  Hawkshead  School 
as  it  was  in  Wordsworth's  time. 

Briefly,  the  reorganization  of  the  Library  at  that 
time  was  in  order  that  it  might  be  of  value,  not  only 
to  the  School,  but  also  to  the  surrounding  gentry; 
and  one  feature  to  maintain  a  supply  of  new  books 
was  the  introduction  of  the  custom  for  each  boy  to 
present  to  the  Library  some  book  on  his  leaving  the 
School,  to  be  inscribed  with  his  own  name,  and  to  be 
kept  as  a  memorial  of  himself. 

It  is  in  consequence  of  this  custom  that  we  are 
able  now  to  form  an  idea  of  Wordsworth's  school-days 
and  school-fellows.  (The  register  of  Admissions  has 
apparently  been  lost).     We  find 

**GilIies's   History  of   Greece"    inscribed  as  the  gift    of 
"  Rob*  Hodgson  Greenwood*,  of  Ingleton.    W"  Wordsworth 
of  Cockermouth,  John  Millar  of  Presall,  and  Tho»  Gawthorp 
of  Sedbergh,  admitted  at  Cambridge  from  this  School  1787," 
also 

**  Hoole's  Tasso's  Jerusalem  "  as  "  the  gift  of  Mess"  Green- 
wood, Wordsworth,  Millar,  and  Gawthorp." 

"  Cicero  "  is  the  gift  of  the  Poet's  brother,  Robinson 
Wordsworth,  who  left  in  1789,  and 

"  D*"  Robertson's  Historical  Disquisition  concerning  India,'* 
the  gift  of  **  Christopher  Wordsworth  of  Cockermouth, 
admitted  at  Trinity,  Cambridge,  from  this  School  1792." 

♦  Afterwards  Fellow  of  Trinity,  Cambridge. 


The  Library  of  Hawks  head  Grammar  School.     387 

He  was  afterwards  Master  of  Trinity,  and  well 
known  as  a  Theological  writer. 

The  mention  of  William  Raincock  leaving  in  1787,* 
proves  that  he  could  not  be  the  boy  mentioned  in 
*  the  Prelude/  who 

"....with  fingers  interwoven,  both  hands 
Pressed  closely  palm  to  palm,  and  to  his  mouth 
Uplifted,  he,  as  through  an  instrument, 
blew  mimic  hootings  to  the  silent  owls. 


This  Boy  was  taken  from  his  Mates  and  died 
in  childhood,  ere  he  was  full  twelve  years  old. 
Fair  is  the  spot,  most  beautiful  the  Vale 
where  he  was  born." 

although  the  I.  F.  MSS.  mention  William  Raincock, 
as  an  adept  at  making  a  musical  instrument  of  his 
fingers,  and  the  poem  has  been  generally  understood  as 
referring  to  him. 

Among  the  subscribers  in  1789  are  both  Christopher 
and  Robinson  Wordsworth.  Christopher  continues  in 
the  lists  until  the  Midsummer  of  1792,  when  he  left  for 
Cambridge. 

The  School  in  Wordsworth's  time  appears  to  have 
been  prosperous,  and  to  have  sent  up  many  boys  to 
Cambridge.  No  single  boy  appears  to  have  gone  up 
to  Oxford :  this  may  be  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that 
the  Head  Masters  at  this  time  were  Cambridge  men, 
viz.  the  Rev  William  Taylor  M.A.  and  the  Rev  Thos. 
Bowman  M.A. 

William  Wordsworth  went  up  in  1787  and  took 
his  B.A.  degree  in  1791.  The  following  Hawkshead 
boys  would  therefore  be  his  contemporaries  at  Cam- 
bridge : 

1786.  Fletcher,  Raincock,  Ed.  Birkett,  admitted  at  Cambridge. 

1787.  Hodgson,  Greenwood,  Millar,  Gawthorp. 

♦  The  book  he  prcscated  to  the  Library  being  so  inscribed. 


388  ///  Suspense. 

1788.  Preston,   Rudd,   Chambre,  Holme-Maude,   Balderston, 

Tho*'  Jack,  admitted  at  Cambridge. 

1789.  Harrison,  Hutchinson,  Sykes :  Cambridge. 

1790.  Tho»-  Younge,  admitted   at  Trinity,  Cambridge  (after- 

wards Fellow  and  Tutor). 

These,  no  doubt,  would  be  among  his  more  intimate 
acquaintances  at  Cambridge,  and  those  of  1786-7-8 
most  probably  his  especial  *  Chums '  during  his  school- 
days at  Hawksheadi  the  cradle  of  bis  poetic  genius. 

A.  E. 


IN  SUSPENSE. 

What  will  my  lady  say? 

What  will  be  her  reply? 
Will  it  be  yea  or  nay? 

I  wrote  to  her  to-day, 

*'  Bid  me  to  love  or  die  " : 
What  will  my  lady  say  ? 

Will  she  grant  all  I  pray. 

Or  soar  my  hopes  too  high  ? 
Will  it  be  yea  or  nay? 

I  hang  'twixt  grave  and  gay; 

I  sing  and  then  I  sigh, 
"  What  will  my  lady  say  ?  " 

Will  her  sweet  lips  say  "yea," 

Or  will  they  me  deny? 
Will  it  be  yea  or  nay  ? 

Will  she  regard  my  cry. 

Or  coldly  pass  me  by. 
What  will  my  lady  say. 

Will  it  be  yea  or  nay  ? 

R.  O.  P.  T. 


EDITORIAL. 


|HE  Eagle  has  for  so  long  maintained  its  popu- 
larity, and  has  been  so  generally  supported 
in  the  College,  that  we  may  now  consider  it 
a  permanent  institution.  This  has  been 
due,  in  a  large  measure,  to  the  efforts  of  Dr  MacAlister, 
who  for  ten  years  has  held  the  post  of  Chairman  of 
the  Editorial  Committee.  It  is  with  deep  regret  that 
we  now  announce  his  resignation  at  the  end  of  last 
term.  He  has,  however,  found  it  impossible  to  combine 
his  many  duties  with  the  work  of  the  Magazine.  We 
are  sure  that,  in  thus  speaking,  we  are  only  expressing 
the  feeling  of  all  members  of  the  College. 

As  we  announced  in  our  last  number,  Mr  G.  C.  M. 
Smith  has  also  left  us,  after  sharing  Dr  MacAlister's 
work  during  the  greater  part  of  those  ten  years  in  the 
capacity  of  Press-Editor.  It  would  be  an  impossibility 
for  us  to  express  at  all  adequately  our  debt  to  both  for 
the  untiring  energy  and  zeal  which  they  have  shown 
in  their  Editorial  duties.  We  can  only  assure  them 
of  our  sincere  gratitude  for  the  position  to  which  they 
have  raised  the  EagUy  and  for  the  example  they  are 
bequeathing  to  their  successors. 


®bttuar2« 


Charles  Carpmael  M.A.,  F.R.A.S. 

Mr  Charles  Carpmael  (who  died  at  Hastings  on  the 
20th  October  last)  was  born  19th  September  1846,  at  Streatham 
Hall,  Surrey,  and  was  educated  at  the  Clapham  Grammar 
School  under  the  late  Rev  Dr  Charles  Pritchard,  afterwards 
Savilian  Professor  of  Astronomy  at  Oxford.  Mr  Carpmael 
gained  a  Minor  Scholarship  at  St  John's  in  May  1865,  and 
commenced  residence  in  October  of  that  year.  He  was  elected 
Foundation  Scholar  in  June  1868,  and  took  his  degree  as  Sixth 
Wrangler  in  the  Mathematical  Tripos  of  1869.  He  was  elected 
a  Fellow  of  the  College  in  November  1870.  In  that  year  he  was 
also  a  member  of  the  British  Eclipse  Expedition  to  Spain, 
observing  the  eclipse  with  the  spectroscope  at  Estepona  near 
Gibraltar  {Eagle  vii  241-57,  299).  He  travelled  a  good  deal  on 
the  Continent,  visiting  most  European  countries.  He  first 
visited  the  United  States  and  Canada  in  1871,  remaining  until 
1872.  On  this  tour  he  visited  Toronto,  which  visit  ultimately 
led  to  his  settling  in  Canada.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Astronomical  Society  in  1873.  In  1876  he  was  made 
Director  of  the  Magnetic  and  Meteorological  Observatory  in 
Toronto  and  Director  of  the  Meteorological  Service.  Through 
his  exertions  the  Canadian  Weather  Bureau  was  developed. 

In  June  1 876  he  married  Julia,  daughter  of  the  late  Mr  Walter 
Mackenzie,  Chief  Clerk  of  the  County  Court  in  Toronto.  On 
the  formation  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Canada  in  1882  he  was 
appointed  Vice-President  of  the  Mathematical,  Chemical,  and 
Physical  Section,  and  in  1885  was  elected  President.  The 
Transactions  of  the  Society  contain  a  number  of  mathematical 
and  physical  papers  by  him.  In  1884.  he  was  elected  Life 
Member  of  the  British  Association  and  served  on  three  com- 
mittees. He  had  been  staying  for  some  time  past  in  the  South 
of  England  for  the  sake  of  his  health. 


Obituary.  391 

Sir  Henry  Ainslie  Hoare,  Bart. 

Sir  Henry  Ainslie  Hoare  of  Stourhead,  Wilts.,  died  on  the 
10th  of  July  last  at  his  residence  in  West  Eaton  Place.  He  was 
a  son  of  the  late  Mr  Henry  Charles  Hoare  of  Wavenden  House, 
Bucks,  and  Ann  Penelope,  daughter  of  General  Ainslie  and 
widow  of  Captain  John  Price  of  the  Coldstream  Guards.  He 
was  born  May  20th,  1824,  educated  at  Eton  and  entered 
St  John's  December  i6th,  1840,  but  did  not  take  a  degree.  In 
184s  he  married  Augusta  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  East  George 
Clayton  East,  Bart.,  and  became  a  Baronet  in  1857  ^^  *^®  death 
of  an  uncle. 

He  was  elected  M.P.  for  Windsor  in  1865,  but  unseated  in  the 
following  year.  He  represented  Chelsea  1868-74,  and  in  1885 
he  unsuccessfully  contested  the  Eastern  Division  of  Somerset- 
shire. He  was  a  J.P.  and  D.L.  for  Somerset  and  Magistrate  of 
Wilts. 


OUR  CHRONICLE. 

Michaelmas  Term  1894. 

Mr  W.  Lee  Warner  C.  S.  L  (B.A.  1869),  late  Editor  of  the 
Eagle^  author  of  'The  Protected  Princes  of  India,'  has  been 
appointed  as  Resident  in  Mysore.  Last  year  we  had  the 
pleasure  of  congratulating  Mr  Lee  Warner  on  his  appointment 
to  the  position  of  member  of  the  Legislative  Council  of  India  ; 
and  only  in  our  last  number  we  mentioned  his  promotion  to 
the  office  of  Secretary  to  the  Government  of  India  in  the 
Foreign  Department. 

At  the  Annual  Election  on  November  5,  the  following  were 
elected  to  Fellowships: — The  Rev  Lewis  Bostock  Radford  M.A., 
late  Scholar,  First  Class  in  the  Classical  Tripos  1890 — 91 
(Parts  I.  and  II.) ;  and  Mr  Henry  Cabourne  Pocklington  B.A., 
Scholar,  bracketed  4th  Wrangler  1892,  First  Class,  Div.  Lin 
Part  11.  of  the  Mathematical  Tripos  1893,  Smith's  Prizeman 
1 894.  Mr  Radford's  dissertation  was  Thomas  of  London  before 
his  Consecration^  which  obtained  the  Prince  Consort  prize  this 
year,  and  has  already  been  published  in  the  series  of  Cambridge 
Historical  Essays.  Mr.  Pocklington  presented  a  dissertation 
on  the  periods  of  the  vibrations  of  a  vortex  ring  constituted 
by  fluid  circulating  round  a  hollow  core,  in  which  the  periods 
of  the  unsymmetrical  types  of  vibration  are  for  the  first  time 
determined.  The  analysis  of  this  paper  also  includes  a 
determination  of  the  effects  which  an  electric  charge  would 
produce  on  the  vibrations  and  the  stability  of  a  vortex  atom 
in  a  rotational  aether.  In  a  minor  investigation,  which  will 
appear  in  the  next  number  of  the  Proc,  Camb.  Philos.  Soc, 
the  forms  assumed  by  two  parallel  cylindrical  hollow  vortices 
moving  steadily  through  fluid,  and  the  character  of  the  sur- 
rounding motion,  are  examined  in  detail. 

Mr  Alexander  Peckover,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Cambridgeshire, 
who  was  this  year  presented  with  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.D., 
has  become  a  member  of  the  College. 

Mr  A.  Caldecott,  late  Junior  Dean,  has  been  elected  Senior 
Dean,  in  the  place  of  Air  W.  A.  Cox.  Mr  H.  T.  E.  Barlow, 
who  was  lately  invited  to  become  Bishop  in  North  Japan,  has 
been  appointed  Junior  Dean. 


Our  Chronicled  393 

Mr.  G.  F.  Stout,  Fellow  of  the  College  and  Editor  of  Mind, 
has  been  elected  to  the  newly-established  University  Lecture- 
ship in  Moral  Science  for  three  years,  from  Midsummer  1894. 

Mr  J.  Bass  Mullinger,  College  Lecturer  in  History,  has  been 
appointed  to  the  University  Lectureship  in  History,  vacated  by 
Dr  Prothero,  of  King's  College. 

Mr  J.  J.  Lister  has  been  appointed  University  Demonstrator 
of  Comparative  Anatomy. 

The  Rev  C.  W.  E.  Body,  formerly  Fellow,  has  resigned  his 
Professorship  at  Trinity  College,  Toronto,  and  has  accepted  a 
post  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary,  New  York. 

Dr  Sandys  was  one  of  the  three  delegates  who  represented 
the  University  at  the  Commemoration  of  the  Bicentenary  of  the 
University  of  Halle. 

Mr  Scott  has  been  appointed  College  Representative  (a) 
for  election  of  members  of  the  Financial  Board,  [^b)  for  election 
of  Borough  Councillors  and  {c)  for  nomination  of  members  of 
the  Assessment  Committee. 

Dr  Donald  MacAlister  was  on  November  7  elected  for  a 
third  term  of  four  years  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the 
Senate ;  and  on  November  9  was  re-elected  University  Re- 
presentative on  the  General  Medical  Council  for  a  second 
term  of  five  years. 

Professor  A.  Macalister  has  been  elected  a  member  of  the 
Council  of  the  Royal  Society. 

Mr  H.  S.  Foxwell  and  Mr  J.  J.  H.  Teall  have  been  elected 
members  of  the  Council  of  the  British  Association. 

Mr  H.  D.  Rolleston,  Fellow  of  the  College,  has  been 
appointed  Goulstonian  Lecturer  at  the  Royal  College  of 
Physicians  of  London. 

The  new  Council  of  the  London  Mathematical  Society 
includes  a  substantial  number  of  members  of  the  College. 
Mr  A.  E.  H.  Love  is  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents ;  Mr  J.  Larmor 
is  Treasurer;  Mr  R.  Tucker  is  one  of  the  Secretaries;  and 
Professors  A.  G.  Grcenhill  and  W.  H.  H.  Hudson  are  members 
of  Council. 

The  Scientific  Medal  of  the  Academic  Internationale  de 
Geographic  Botanique  has  been  awarded  to  Professor  C.  C. 
Babington  F.R.S  ,  Fellow  of  the  College.  Among  the  other 
medallists  of  the  Academy  are  Pasteur,  Edison  and  Hooker. 

Mr  Hankin  (Professor  of  Bacteriology  at  Agra)  has  been 
appointed  to  represent  the  University  at  the  Indian  Medical 
Congress,  to  be  held  at  Calcutta  in  December  1894. 

VOL.  XVIII.  FFF 


394  Our  Chronicle. 

Dr  D.  MacAlister,  Professor  Marshall,  Professor  Gwatfcirr, 

and    Mr    Bateson,    have    been  appointed    members   of    the^ 

Advanced  Study  and  Research  Syndicate,  constituted  under 
Grace  i  of  8  November  last, 

Mr  Tottenham  has  been  appointed  to  conduct  the  Special 
Examination  in  Modern  Languages  of  Candidates  for  the 
ordinary  B.A.  Degree  in  the  present  term  in  the  place  of  Mr 
Tilley,  who  is  prevented  from  exaratnrng; 

Mr  J.  B.  Ridges  M.A.  (B.A.  1882)  has  been-  elected  to  the- 
Head  Mastership  of  the  Independent  College  at  Taunton. 

Mr  G.  W.  Kinman  (B.A.  1887)  has  been,  appointed  Head 
Master  of  Dolgelly  Grammar  School. 

Mr  A.  S.  Tetley  (B.A.  i8qo),  1st  Class  ii^  the  Classical 
Tripos,  has  been  appointed  Head  Master  of  Newton  School^ 
Montgomery  sh  ire^ 

Mr  Frederic  Chapman  has  been  appointed  Head  Master  off 
the  Penzance  High  School. 

Medical  students  from  St  John's  have  distinguished  them^ 
selves  this  term  in  the  competition  for  entrance  scholarships  at 
the  London  Hospitals.  Ds  W.  Langdon  Brown  has  won  the 
senior  scholarship  at  St  Bartholomew's  ;  Ds  W.  McDougall  the 
University  scholarship  at  St  Thomas'  •,.  Ds  At.  Graham  Butler 
the  University  scholarship  at  St  Mary's  ;  and  Mr  W^  Neatby  the 
corresponding  scholarship  at  St  George's. 

Professor  W.  H.  H.  Hudson,  formerly  Fellow  and  Lecturer,, 
&as  been  appointed  Vice-President  of  the  Teachers'  Guild. 

Ds  W.  B.  Morton  (B.A.  1892)  has  been  elected  to  a  Junior 
Fellowship  of  Mathematics  at  the  Royal  University  of  Ireland. 

Db  J.  B.  Dale  (B.A.  r8g3)  has  this  term  been  acting  as  Assis- 
taxct  Lecturer  in  Mathematics  at  King's  College,  London. 

Ds  N.  G.  Bennett  (B.A.  i89r),  has  gained  the  Saunders^ 
Scholarship,,  as  well  as  five  prizes  at  the  London  DentaP 
Hospital. 

St  Johii's.  again  appears  to  advantage  in  the  Final  Examina- 
tion for  the  Indian  Civil  Service,  being  represented  by  R.  Sheep- 
shanks (4th),  C.  M.  Webb  (1  ith),  A.  K.  B.  Yusuf  Ali  (20th).  and 
S.  G.  Hart  (29th).  The  total  number  of  successful  candidates 
from  the  University  was  twelve. 

The  Editors  of  the  Eagle  congratulate  Ds  G.  G.  Desmond 
(*•  G.G.D.")  on  being  called  to  the  Bar. 

Ds  E.  W.  Jackson  (Classical  Tripos  1894)  has  been  appointed 
to  a  Mastership  at  the  South  Eastern  College,  Ramsgate. 


Our  Chronicle,  595 

It  is  Interesting  to  note  that  Mr  C.  A.  Smith,  of  criclcJting 
Fame,  has  this  term  appeared  before  a  Cambridge  audience  in 
the  part  of  "  Aubrey  Tanqueray,"  and  met  with  an  enthusiastic 
Tcception.  Johnians  of  a  few  years  standing  will  have  a  vivid 
Tecoliection  of  Mr  Smith's  successes  in  the  "  Thespids," 

The  College  Essay  Prize  for  the  First  Year  has  been  awarded 
to  C.  Pollard  for  an  essay  on  Bismtrck.  The  Prizes  for  the 
Second  and  Third  Years  weise  not  awarded,  no  essays  being 
sent  in. 

Canon  McCormick,  vicar  of  St  Augustine's,  Highbury,  has 
Tecently  been  gazetted  as  Chaplain-in-Ordinary  to  the  Queen. 

The  Rev  W.  Evans  Humdall  (B.A.  1875,  Moral  Science 
Tripos),  has  been  appointed  Pastor  of  Westminster  Chapel,  the 
largest  of  the  Congregational  places  of  worship  in  England. 
The  Christian  Million  says  "the  chapel  seats  3000,  and  is 
-simply  the  most  perfect  acoustical  audience-room  in  London." 

At  Ospringe,  Kent,  special  services  were  held  on  St  Peter's 
Day  in  connection  with  the  completion  of  the  memorial  to  the 
late  vicar,  Canon  Griffin  {Eagle  xvii  557).  The  form  of  the 
memorial  has  been  the  decoration  of  the  sacrarium  and  the 
existing  reredos  in  mosaic  work.  The  sermon  was  preached  by 
the  Master.  In  memory  of  another  Johnian,  the  late  Rev  G.  T, 
Tatham  (B.A.  1856),  a  stained-glass  window  has  recently  been 
put  up  in  Leek  Church,  Kirkby  Lonsdale ',  the  su^ ect  repre- 
sented is  "Christ  Blessing  Little  Children."  Mr  Tatham  was 
vicar  of  the  parish  for  nearly  twenty  years,  and  has  been  suc- 
■ceeded  by  Bishop  Pearson,  a  former  Fellow  of  the  College. 

The  list  of  Select  Preachers  before  the  University  for  the 
academical  year  1894-95  includes  the  following  members  of  the 
College:  the  Rt  Rev  the  Bishop  of  Gloucester  and  Bristol, 
Honorary  Fellow;  the  Rev  Dr  F.  Watson,  Fellow;  the  Rev 
Canon  G.  Austen,  of  Whitby;  the  Rev  G.  Hodges  ;  and  the  Rev 
T.  W.  Thomas. 

The  Preachers  in  Chapel  this  Term  were  The  Master,  Mr 
Cox,  and  Mr  Graves,  in  residence;  Canon  A.  S.  Stokes,  the 
Diocesan  Inspector  of  Schools ;  Mr  H.  E.  J.  Bevan,  Gresham 
Professor  of  Divinity  and  Vicar  of  St  Andrew,  Stoke  Newington  ; 
and  Mr  W.  S.  Kelley,  of  the  Cambridge  Missionary  Brotherhood 
at  Delhi. 

In  his  sermon  on  November  25,  Mr  Kelley  called  attention 
to  the  very  prominent  part  taken  by  members  of  the  College 
in  the  work  at  Delhi ;  and  expressed  his  own  great  pleasure  ia 
being  invited  to  give  some  account  of  it  in  the  College  ChapeL 
Of  the  eight  Missionaries  now  at  Delhi,  we  have  Mr  Allnutt, 
Principal  of  the  College ;  Mr  Kelley  and  Mr  C.  Foxley :  whilst 


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Our  Chronicle. 


of  the  five  former  Missionaries  we  had  Mr  Murray,  now  Vicar 
of  Nynehead,  Somerset ;  H.  F.  Blackett  and  F.  Sandford,  both 
deceased. 

I'his  Mission  is  the  outcome  of  the  profound  interest  in 
the  religious  future  of  the  peoples  of  India,  felt  by  the  great 
Cambridge  theologians,  Lightfoot,  Hort,  and  Bishop  VVest- 
cott.  It  never  fails  to  call  forth  expressions  of  warm  admiration 
from  serious-minded  officials  and  travellers  in  India.  And 
from  its  example  have  proceeded  an  Oxford  Mission  in 
Calcutta,  and  one  for  members  of  the  University  of  Dublin  in 
Chota  Nagpore.  The  Delhi  Mission  now  needs  two  more 
men,  and  therewith  an  increase  of  annual  subscribers.  Mr 
Ward  is  the  Treasurer. 

The  following  ecclesiastical  appointments  are  announced  : 


Names, 
Osborn,  G. 

Fowell,  R.  G. 


Shears,  A. 

Gascoigne,  W.  J. 

Case,  F. 

Aingcr,  F.  E. 

Woolcy,  A.  D. 
Lcgg,  W.  P. 

Scott,  J.  H. 
WmckJcy,  S.  T. 

Chapman,  A.  G. 
Hills,  R. 
GoodaU,  J.  W. 

Mead,  R.  G. 
Anstice,  J.  B. 

Nicholson,  W.  W. 


B,A.  From  To  be 

(1868)  V.     Carlton,     Bam-  V.  Neepsend,  SheiEeld 

staple 
(187a)  formerly  Prof  of  Di-  Ass.  Sec.   Ch.  Pastoral 

vinity     in      Hurin      Aid  Society 

College,  Ontario 
(1851)  V.  Sileby,  Leicester-  R.  Black  Notley,  Essex 

shire 

(1881)  formerly    of    Heath,  R.      Upton  Hellens, 
Derbyshire  Devon 

(1872)  V.     Tudeley,     Ton-  V.    Holy     Trinity,     E. 
bridge  Peckham 

(1882)  formerly   C.    Culler-  R.  Layston,  Herts, 
coats 

(1863)  C.  Cranleigh  V.  Westcott,  Surrey 

(1888)  C.  All  SS.,  Maryle-  Dioc.  Missionaiy, 

bone  London 

(1868)  R.  of  Spitalfields         R.  Dean  of  Spitalfields 

(1880)  V.  St  Cath.,  Netting-  R.       Houghion-on-lhe- 
ham  Hill,  Leicester 

(1884)  C.  Adding  ton  R.  Tiniagel,  Cornwall 

(i860)  R.  Hordley,  Salop       R.  Tilstock,  Salop 

(1881)  V.    Dalton,     Rother-V.  lickhill,  Rolherham 
ham 

(1856)  R.  Balcombe,  Sussex  Prebendary  of  Chichester 
(1850)  V.  Hungerford  R.       Hariley-Westpall, 

Basingstoke 
(1888)  C.  Capel,  Dorking       Chap,  to  H.M.S 

Arethusa 

The  following  were  admitted  to  Deacon's  Orders  at  the 
September  Ordinations ; 


Name. 
Hibbert,  A.  F.,  M.A, 
Harding.  W.  H„  B.A. 
Nutley,  W.,  B.A. 
Pcgge.  J.  v..  M.A. 
Price,  W.  G..  B.A. 
Wilcox,  H.,  B.A. 


Diocese.  Parish, 

Lichfield  Denstone  College 

Southwell  Huckhall  Torkard 

Gloucester  St  Michael.  Bristol 

St  Albans  Rickmansworih 

"Worcester  C)ilton-on-Dunsmore 

Liverpool  St  Athanasius,  Kirkdale 


Mr  Nutley  was  at  Ridley  Hall  for  a  year  after  taking  his 
degree. 


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We  notice  the  decease  of  two  aged  clerical  members  of  the 
College,  each  a  man  of  considerable  influence  in  his  neighbour- 
hood, the  Rev  John  Mould,  i6th  Wrangler  fifty-six  years  ago, 
who  was  Vicar  of  the  pleasant  town  of  Oakham  for  nearly 
thirty  years;  and  the  Rev  James  Deans,  B.A.  no  less  than 
sixty-one  years  ago,  and  for  thirty-one  years  Vicar  of  another 
attractive  country  town,  Exminster,  Devon. 

Many  of  our  readers  doubtless  know  that  this  year  Dr  Garrett, 
our  renowned  organist,  celebrates  the  jubilee  of  his  musical 
career,  for  it  was  in  1844  that,  as  a  boy  of  the  age  of  ten,  he 
was  admitted  as  a  chorister  of  New  College,  Oxford.  Dr 
Garrett  was  born  at  Winchester  and  was  of  a  musical  family. 
His  father  was  a  lay-clerk  in  Winchester  Cathedral  and  master 
of  the  choir  school.  **  At  six  years  of  age,"  says  Dr  Garrett, 
"I  could  play  the  pianoforte  with  tolerable  fluency."  Only 
three  years  were  spent  by  Dr  Garrett  in  the  choir  of  New 
College,  for  an  attack  of  illness  compelled  him  to  leave  the 
choir  at  the  end  of  that  time.  After  regaining  his  health  he 
was  articled  to  B.  Long,  Mus.  Bac,  Oxon.,  deputy  to  Dr  Chard, 
organist  of  Winchester  Cathedral,  and  on  the  death  of  Chard  in 
1849  his  articles  were  transferred  to  Samuel  Sebastian  Wesley, 
who  came  to  Winchester  from  Leeds.  Under  Wesley  Dr  Garrett 
worked  nearly  five  years.  In  1854  he  had  the  off'er  of  the  organ 
at  the  Cathedral  at  Madras,  which  he  accepted.  The  appoint- 
ment was  a  very  good  one,  but  in  two  years  the  climate  proved 
too  much  for  him,  and  he  came  home.  About  the  time  of  his 
return  to  England  Alfred  Bennett,  organist  of  St  John's  College, 
was  preparing  to  start  for  an  appointment  at  Calcutta.  Bennett, 
who  had  himself  been  a  pupil  of  Wesley,  invited  Dr  Garrett  to 
come  up  to  Cambridge  and  try  for  the  appointment  that  he  was 
leaving.  There  was  no  compeiition  ;  Dr  Garrett  played  a  few 
services  and  was  elected  forthwith.  In  1857  he  graduated 
Mus.  Bac.  under  Prof.  Sterndale  Bennett,  and  Mus.  Doc.  ten 
years  later  under  the  same  Professor.  In  1 873  he  was  appointed 
University  organist  and  in  1878  the  degree  of  M.A.  was  conferred 
upon  him. 

Dr  Garrett's  reputation  as  a  composer  is  as  extensive  as  the 
field  of  the  Anglican  Church,  and  scores  of  organists  would 
echo  to-day  the  remark  which  Sir  John  Goss  made  over  thirty 
years  ago — *'  I  don't  know  what  we  should  do  without  Garrett's 
services."  Altogether  there  are  now  published  of  Dr  Garrett's 
compositions,  fi^t,  complete  services,  sixteen  or  seventeen 
anthems,  some  organ  pieces,  a  cantata,  Tht  Shunaviite^  two 
Church  cantatas.  The  Harvest  Cantata  and  The  Two  Advents, 
the  43rd  Psalm  and  some  choruses  for  male  voices  in  waltz  form 
entitled  "  Hope." 

[A  fuller  account,  with  an  excellent  photograph,  may  be  seen 
in  the  Musical  Herald,  September  i,  1894,  ^o  which  we  acknow- 
ledge our  indebtedness  for  the  above.] 


398  Our  Chronicle. 

The  following  University  appointments  have  been  announced : 
Dr  Watson,  to  be  a  Member  of  the  Special  Board  for  Divinity 
until  December  31,  1896,  in  the  room  of  Dr  Wallis,  lately 
appointed  Bishop  of  Wellington ;  Mr  Bateson,  an  Examiner  in 
Zoology  for  the  Natural  Science  Tripos  and  Special ;  Mr  Lake, 
an  Examiner  in  Geology  for  the  same  examinations  ;  Mr  Lister, 
an  Examiner  in  Elementary  Biology  for  the  First  M.B. ;  Pro- 
fessor Alexander  Macalister  and  Dr  Rolleston,  Examiners  in 
Human  Anatomy  for  the  Natural  Science  Tripos  and  Second 
M.B. ;  Mr  Heitland,  an  Examiner  in  the  Classical  Tripos, 
Part  L ;  Professor  Clark,  an  Examiner  in  the  Law  Tripos ;  Mr 
Mathews,  an  Examiner  in  the  Mathematical  Tripos,  Part  IL  ; 
The  Master,  a  Governor  of  the  Perse  School  for  five  years  from 
November  13,  1894;  and  to  be  a  member  of  the  Court  of 
Discipline ;  Mr.  J.  J.  Lister,  to  be  a  member  of  the  Botanic 
Garden  Syndicate ;  Dr  A.  Macalister,  a  member  of  the  Fitzwilliam 
Museum  Syndicate ;  Mr  A.  Harker,  a  member  of  the  Museums 
Syndicate;  Mr  I.  A.  Tillyard,  a  member  of  the  Agricultural 
Science  Syndicate;  Mr  J.  Larmor,  a  member  of  the  Special 
Board  for  Mathematics ;  Mr  J.  E.  Marr,  a  member  of  the 
Special  Board  for  Biology  and  Geology;  Mr  E.  E.  Foxwell, 
an  Examiner  at  Affiliated  Local  Lectures  Centres. 

The  number  of  members  of  the  College  on  the  Electoral  Roll 
of  the  Senate,  as  published  in  the  Reporter  (October  23),  for  the 
ensuing  academical  year  is  seventy-six. 

The  Editors  acknowledge  with  thanks  the  receipt  of  a  photo- 
graph of  Dr  Donald  MacAlister,  late  Chairman,  for  the  Editorial 
Album. 

The  following  verses,  written  on  a  sheet  of  letter-paper 
inserted  in  the  first  volume  of  the  fine  copy  of  Augustine's 
Works  in  the  College  Library  (2.14.1 — 15),  have  recently 
received  additional  illustration  from  a  paragraph  in  the  Life  of 
Whytehead,  published  in  1877,  where  at  page  76  he  writes: — 
*'  I  have  had  a  present  made  me  of  St.  Augustine's  Works, 
employment  enough  for  Freshwater  evenings."  The  verses  are 
from  the  pen  of  the  late  Mr  A.  J.  Beresford  Hope,  for  many 
years  representative  of  the  University  in  Parliament,  and  the 
allusion  to  'Vectis'  (Isle  of  Wight)  shews  that  the  copy  of 
Augustine  in  question  was  presented  to  Whytehead  by  Beresford 
Hope,  with  whom  he  was  intimate  at  the  University,  at  the 
time  of  the  former  leaving  St  John's  to  undertake  the  duties  of 
curate  at  Freshwater  under  Dr  Isaacson : 

To  THE  Rkv  T.  Whytehead. 

Dear  Friend,  who,  at  stern  duty's  voice,  exile 
To  fame  prefcrredst,  well  content  to  dwell 
Where  round  old  Vcctis'  rock-encircled  isle 
With  endless  boom  tumultuous  billows  bwell, 


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As  once  from  out  luxurioas  Italy 
Augustine  at  Ambrosius*  call  did  flee 
To  desert  Hippo,  there  with  watch  and  ward 
Steadfastly  "  God's  beleaguered  Church  "  to  guard ; 
Receive  his  writings,  thou  that  worthy  art 
Of  converse  with  an  Apostolic  heart, 
As  through  thy  life  to  these  cold  times  appears 
The  meek  deep  piety  of  bygone  years. 
And  in  thy  peaceful  countenance  we  trace 
Features  all  bright  of  an  old  saintly  face. 
Vigil  of  St.  Matthew,  Alex.  J.  Beresford  Hope. 

MDCCCXL. 

The  following  original  MSS.  by  Sir  J.  F.  W.  Herschel  have 
been  presented  to  the  Library  by  Mr  Scott : 

1.  Scientific  Miscellanies.    Folio. 

2.  Supplement  to  Appendix  to  Lacroix.    4to. 

3.  Mathematical  Papers.    4to. 

4.  On  the  Nautical  Almanac.     8pp.    4to. 

5.  On  continued  Products,  Trigonometrical  Series  and  Equations.    4to. 

6.  Scientific  Papers.    4to. 

7.  Catalogues  of  double  Stars.     3  books. 

8.  Report  on  Meteorological  Observations.     Folio. 

9.  Consideration  of  various  points  of  Analysis  contributed  to  Philosoph- 

ical Transactions.     Folio.     1H14. 

10.  Contributions  to  Cambridge  Philosophical  Society. 

11.  Lacroix's    Differential    and    Integral    Calculus,     translated,     with 

Appendix  and  Notes,  by  Sir  J.  F.  W.  Herschel. 

12.  Report  on  the  South  African  Infant  School  Association.    4to. 

I3«     Original  MSS.  of  Reviews  on  (i)  Works  on  Terrestrial  Magnetism 
(ii)  Wheweirs  History  of  the  Inductive  Sciences.    410. 

JOHNIANA. 

Just  across  the  little  "Low  Sand  Lane,**  as  it  is  called,  that  separates  the 
early  home  of  the  Wordsworths  from  the  buildings  opposite,  was  born  on 
July  4,  1787,  in  the  humble  cottage  of  a  handloom  weaver,  a  boy  who  j^rew  up 
to  be  a  kind  of  calculating  marvel,  to  whom  arithmetical  problems  were  as 
easy  as  the  eating  of  bread  and  butter.  Fearon  Fallows,  at  the  age  of  six, 
could  do  such  mental  arithmetic  as  the  computing  of  the  farthings  in  six 
guineas.  He  worked  on  at  the  loom  as  he  grew,  learned  Latin  between  the 
pauses  of  the  work  at  the  treadles,  became  Arithmetic  Master  at  Plumbland 
School,  went  thence,  by  means  of  a  scholarship  in  1809,  to  St  John's  College, 
Cambridge,  was  third  wrangler  in  18 13  (Herschel  being  first  in  that  year), 
became  lecturer,  and  moderator,  and  principal  examiner  at  Cambridge,  took 
orders,  and,  in  1826,  was  chosen  by  the  Admiralty  to  go  ont  to  Cape  Town  to 
found  an  observatory. 

There  at  the  Cape  Fearon  Fallows  lived  and  laboured  with  an  able  partner 
of  his  life  and  life's  work,  the  daughter  of  his  patron,  the  Rev  H.  N.  Har\ey, 
vicar  of  Bridekirk;  and  it  is  astounding  that,  with  the  imperfect  instruments 
supplied  to  him,  he  was  able  to  effect  what  he  did.  Alas !  work  and  worry, 
and  a  touch  of  sunstroke,  added  to  zn  attack  of  scarlet  fever,  called  him  too 
soon  to  his  rest ;  he  died  at  his  post  on  the  25th  of  July,  1 831,  in  the  forty- 
third  year  of  his  age. 

One  never  thinks  of  the  brave  man,  smitten  whh  death,  but  refusing  to 
leave  the  observatory  before  the  equinox,  without  remembering  how  splendidly 
his  wife  helped  him.  She  worked  away  at  the  astronomer's  art  till  she  was 
able  to  undertake  "  the  circle  observation  "  while  he  was  engaged  with  "  the 
tran&it,"  and  in  every  way  became  his  most  efficient  assistant. 


400  Our  Chronicle 

Let  us  go  out  of  Cockermouth  to  St  Bridget's  Kirk — Bridekirk  of  to-day— 
and  see  the  quaint  old  church,  with  its  deeply -interesting  Saxon  font  that,  as 
the  runic  inscription  tells  us,  *'  Richard  wrought,  and  to  such  state  of  beauty 
brought "  ;  and  let  us  remember  that  in  thai  font  was  baptized  the  vicar's 
daughter,  the  little  girl  who  afterwards  became  the  astronomer's  right  hand 
in  the  lonely  Cape  Town  Observatory. 

It  is  not  often  that  the  vicar  makes  the  son  of  his  parish  clerk  his  son-in- 
law  :  this  was  the  case  in  point,  and  worthier  son-in-law  no  vicar  ever  had. 
There  are  those  still  living  in  the  parish  who  can  call  to  mind  the  waveiing, 
quave^ng  voice  in  which  the  astronomer's  father  used  to  give  out  the  key-note 
of  the  psalm  that  was  to  be  sung  in  the  primitive,  ante-organ  days. 

Literary  Association  of  the  English  Lakes  :  H.  D.  Rawnsley 
(MacLehose  and  Sons  1894). 

What  I  have  said  may  be  illustrated  by  a  contrast  between  two  of  our 
benefactors,  not,  I  hasten  to  explain,  an  invidious  contrast,  for  I  can  truly 
assert  that  I  do  not  honour  the  one  the  less  because  I  honour  the  other  the 
more. 

There  is  a  name  on  our  list  of  benefactors  on  which  history  casts  no  slur, 
whose  wealth  was  not  ill-gotten  nor  ill-spent,  whose  charitable  gifts  could  not 
be  in  any  way  regarded  as  compositions  with  a  guilty  conscience  or  an  out- 
raged nation,  whose  private  virtues  corresponded  to  her  public  actions.  She 
was  the  daughter  and  mother  of  England's  kings,  the  descendant  of  Alfred 
and  the  ancestress  oi  Victoria,  the  foster-mother  of  a  numberless  family  of 
painful  students  and  diligent  servants  of  God  and  man.  She  is  one  whom  I, 
a  preacher  to-day,  and  as  in  private  duty  bound  for  thirty  years,  have  special 
cause  to  hold  in  the  highest  honour — the  Lady  Margaret. 

She  to-day  is  honoured  with  the  honour  that  is  her  due.  She  takes  first 
place  in  our  list  after  the  Royal  Benefactors,  as  the  Foundress  of  two  Colleges, 
as  the  establisher  and  endower  of  our  earliest  Professorship,  as  the  provider  of 
an  annual  stipend  for  a  public  preacher.  It  is  beyond  my  power  to  give  her  a 
worthy  encomium,  and  she  needs  none.  One  who  knew  the  secrets  of  her  life 
said  that  she  was  in  four  respects  noble, — by  birth  and  by  affinity,  by  manners 
and  by  nature ;  and  history,  which  blots  out  many  of  the  eulogies  pronounced 
on  princes,  witnesses  in  this  case  that  he  did  not  exceed  the  truth.  Those 
askmg  for  a  fitting  memorial  to  the  Lady  Margaret  must  be  told  to  look 
around  them :  her  own  works  still  living — beneficent,  vocal — bless  her  in  our 
gates. 

But  there  is  one  whom,  though  put  to  death  by  one  of  our  Royal  Bene- 
factors, all  good  men,  not  the  Pope  only,  call  blessed;  one  whose  noble 
benefactions  10  us  sprang  not  out  of  the  superabundance  of  Royal  wealth,  but 
out  of  narrow  fortunes  and  scanty  preferments  frugally  administered  and 
wholly  devoted  to  our  good.  If  not  one  penny  of  his  had  ever  come  our  way, 
still  as  our  prudent  Chancellor  for  thirty  years  in  critical  times,  as  the 
enlightened  yet  discriminating  advocate  of  the  New  Learning  amongst  us,  and 
the  munificent  and  much-loved  patron  of  its  first  great  teacher,  we  should  owe 
him  a  debt  not  to  be  measured  by  silver  and  gold.  Besides  all  this  he  was  the 
Lady  Margaret's  Confessor  and  Director,  who  turned  away  her  thoughts  from 
endowing  masses  at  the  rich  foundation  of  Westminster,  towards  which  the 
spoiler  was  already  stretching  out  his  hand,  by  reminding  her  of  the  needs  of 
Cambridge — the  fewness  of  its  colleges,  the  mean  endowments  of  its  learning, 
the  meagre  provisions  for  its  scholars.  She  might,  he  told  her,  double  her 
charity  and  her  reward  by  affording  as  well  supports  to  learning  and  encourage- 
ments to  virtue  amongst  us. 

It  was  to  this  man's  activity  and  endeavours  that  the  execution  of  the  Lady 
Margaret's  designs  after  her  death  was  wholly  due,  so  that  he  is  rightly  called 
the  sole  and  principal  agent  in  carrying  them  out.  It  is  on  record  concerning 
a  college  of  this  University  that  it  was  undertaken  by  his  advice,  was  endowed 
by  his  bounty  or  interest,  preserved  from  ruin  by  his  prudence  and  care,  grew 
up  and  flourished  under  his  countenance  and  protection,  and  was  at  last  per- 
fected by  his  conduct.    That  college,  in  the  last  moments  of  his  life,  address 


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him  as  their  father,  teacher,  praeceptor,  legislator.  Food  and  learning,  every 
good  thinjj  they  have  they  owe  to  nim.  All  that  is  iheiis  they  beg  of  him  to 
use  as  his  own.  They  are  and  ever  will  be  wholly  his.  We  say,  though  he 
in  his  modesty  would  have  forbidden  us,  that  wherever  the  Lady  Margaret  is 
foundress,  there  he  is  founder.  If  we  owe  much  to  the  Lady  Margaret,  to 
him  we  owe  the  Lady  Margaret  herself.  The  Un  versity,  in  an  extant  letter 
addressed  to  him,  acknowledges  all  this.  Their  obligations,  they  say,  are  more 
than  they  can  express.  They  decreed  to  him  by  statute  a  yearly  memorial 
service.  And  yet  the  name  of  John  Fisher,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  is  not  found 
in  the  list  of  benefactors  which  is  read  to-day. 

I  do  not  wish  to  refer  to  the  omission  of  Bishop  Fisher's  name  as  if  it  were 
due  to  the  misjudgment  of  those  who  compiled  our  list.  I  do  not  wish  lo 
regard  it  as  a  mistake  in  regard  to  an  individual  to  be  remedied  by  a  few 
strokes  of  the  pen.  Rather  I  regard  it  as  a  typical  case,  a  glaring  illustration 
of  the  fact  that  no  li-,t,  however  compiled,  can  comprise  the  names  of  our 
University's  greatest  benefactors. 

From  the  University  Sermon  preached  at  Great  St  Mary's  on  Sunday^ 
Nov.  4,  1894,  by  Dr  F.  Watson,  Lady  Margaret  Preacher. 

There  is  a  character  in  English  history — Loid  FalkLmd — who  was  killed  in 
the  Civil  War  at  the  battle  of  Newbury.  He  was  comparatively  a  young  man. 
There  was  nothing  to  distinguish  him  from  many  who  died  in  that  campaign, 
but  he  has  always  lived  to  these  times  because  of  his  passionate  desire  for 
peace.  Though  he  was  brave,  he  was  constantly  heard  murmuring  among  his 
companions,  '*  Peace,  peace,"  He  could  not  think  of  anything  but  an  end  to 
that  war.  There  are  millions  of  Lord  Falklands  now.  The  one  passion,  the 
one  secret  passion  of  every  breast  in  this  world  as  I  believe,  putting  the  caste 
aside  whose  unfortunate  destiny  devotes  them  to  war,  I  believe  the  one 
passion  of  every  disinterested  bosom  in  this  world  is  for  peace — industrial  and 
international  peace. 

From  Lord  Roskbery's  Speech  at  the  Guildhall  Banquet, 
November  10,  1894. 

[Peruvian  Bark]  was  imported  into  Spain  in  1639,  but  it  met  with  little 
favour,  and  popular  prejudice  ran  so  high  against  it  that  had  it  not  been  for 
the  Papal  Autnority  it  would  probably  have  been  consigned  to  oblivion — at 
least  for  a  time.  It  was  first  introduced  into  England  fourteen  years  later, 
and  was  used  among  others  by  Dr  R.  Brady,  Ma:»ter  of  Gonville  and  Cuius 
College,  who  became  Regius  Professor  of  Physic  in  1677.  Its  general 
adoption  in  the  treatment  of  malaria,  however,  was  chiefly  due  to  Robert, 
(aftei wards  Sir  Robert)  Talbor,  who  was  a  Sizar  of  St  John's  College, 
Cambridge  in  1663,  and  a  Fellow-commoner  in  1681,  the  year  of  his  death .... 
Some  interesting  details  of  this  once  celebrated  empiric  are  given  in  Master's 
Hisjtory  of  Corpus  Christi  College  (p.  387),  and  the  following  inscription  to 
his  memory  exists  in  Holy  Trinity  Church  in  this  Town  : 

Dns  Robertus  Talbor  alias  Tabor 

Eques  Auratus  et  medicus  singularis, 

Unicus  Febrium  Malleus, 

Carolo  2do  Ludovico  1410 

ilii  M.  Britanniae  Huic  Galliae 

Serenissimis  Regibus. 

Professor  Bradbury  :  Pharmacology  and  Therapeutics  (1894),  p.  15. 

Five  undergraduate  members  of  the  college  one  night  played  whist  from 
ten  o'clock  p.m.  till  the  chapel  bell  began  to  ring  for  morning  prayer  at 
quarter  to  seven  a.m  One  of  the  famous  Kennedys  (George)  was  of  the 
party.  Now,  it  happened  that  he  had  just  cut  out  when  the  bell  began  to 
toll,  and  as  he  had  nnrr  been  at  morning  chapel  before,  he  said  he  would 
for  once  go  and  keep  a  chapel ^  as  it  was  then  called.  Unfortunately  the 
Dean  noticed  his  unwonted  presence,   and,  his  suspicions  being    roused, 

VOL.  XVin.  GliCi 


402  Our  Chronicle. 

followed  him  to  the  iooms»  where  he  had  just  cut  in  for  a  new  rnbber.  Of 
course  the  doat  was  sported,  but  the  Dean  demanded  admittance,  and  the 
five  delinquents  were  had  up  and  duly  lectured  and  impositioned,  owing  their 
immunity  from  heavier  penalties  to  the  fact  that  a  roan  who  was  sure  to  be 
at  the  top  of  the  classical  tripos  was  among  them.  That  is  an  **  ower  true 
tale."    Two  of  the  party  are  still  in  the  land  of  the  living. 

St  John's  was  strong  in  whist  in  those  days.  George  Kennedy  was  a 
first-rate  player,  so  was  the  late  Master,  Dr  Bateson,  so  was  Henry  Ralph 
Frances,  and  so  was  a  deai  old  friend  of  mine,  who  ended  his  dajrs  some 
twelve  months  ago,  a  typical  country  parson,  beloved  and  lamented  by  all 
who  knew  him.  There  were  none  of  them  mathematicians,  they  were  all 
classics  of  the  old  schools  of  the  Kennedys,  Selwyns,  and  Wordsworths. 
And  this  leads  me  to  one  more  anecdote  to  cap  the  one  which  your  article 
iJ)aify  Chronicle^  Not.  27)  gives  us  of  Dr  Parr,  It  was  once  my  fortune  to 
oe  set  down  to  a  rubber  in  the  Common  Room  at  St  John's  with  three 
Senior  Wranglers,  and  I  can  truly  say  that  the  gentleman  who  was  my 
partner  was  ray  only  adversary,  and  that  I  received  raluable  help  irom  my 
right-hand  and  from  my  left-hand  neighbour.  I  da  not  hold  that  mathematics, 
have  much  to  do  with  making  a  good  whist  player. 

** Laudator  Temporis  Acti**  :  London  Daily  Chronicle,  November  29. 

[The  writer  questions  the  authenticity  of  the  famous  whis.t-stor}'  which 
Mr  Courtney  {**  English   Whist,  etc.**),  localizes  in   the  old  chapel  of  St 

iohn*s.     "Laudator  Temporis    Acti"    confesses   that   he  has    seen  cards 
andled   there,  but   adds  "sermons  in  chapel  were  few  and  far  between, 
and  rhetorical  preachers  were  an  uidcnown  quantity  there.'*  J 

The  following  books  by  members  of  the  College  are 
announced  r  Catalogue  of  the  Mesozoic  Plants  in  the  Department  of 
Geology,  British  Museum,  Part  i  fThallophyta-Pteridophyta),  by 
A.  C.  Seward ;  The  Central  Conic  (Macmillan),  by  J.  Milne  and 
R.  F.  Davis ;  Lessons  in  Organic  Chemistry  (elementary),  by  G.  S. 
Turpin  ;  The  Orations  of  Cicero  against  Catilina„  ueiu  edition 
(Macmillan),  by  Dr  A.  S.  Wilkins;  Livy,  book  xxi^  translated 
into  English  (Macmillan),  by  A.  J.  Church  and  W.  J.  Brodribb, 
late  Fellow;  A  Treatise  on  Bessel  Functions  (Macmillan),  by 
G.  B*  Mathews  and  A.  Gray ;  Lessons  in  Practical  Bacteriology 
(Macmillan),  by  A.  A.  Kanthack  and  J.  H.  Drysdale;  A  Course 
erf  Experimental  Psychology  (Macmillan)^  by  J.  McKeen  Cattell  ; 
Thermodynamics  (Sampson  Low),  by  J.  Parker;  Text-Book  of 
Palaeontology  for  Zoological  Students  (Swan  Sonnenschein),  by 
T.  T.  Groom  ;  Fertilisets  and  Feeding  Stuffs  (Crosby  Lockwood), 
by  B.  Dyer  and  A.  J.  David  ;  Arithmetic  for  the  Standards  (Bell), 
by  C.  Pendiebury  and  VV.  S.  Beard ;  Insect  Life  (Methuen),  by 
F.  W.  Theobald  ,-  A  Study  of  the  Argonautica  of  Valerius  Flaccus 
(Bell),  by  W.  C  Summers  ;  The  Orations  of  Socrates  (Bell),  trans- 
lated by  J.  H.  Freesc,  formerly  Fellow;  The  Scientific  Papers  of 
John  Couch  Adams,  Honorary  Fellow  of  St  fohn's  College,  6fc., 
vol,  /  (University  Press),  edited  by  Dr  J.  Grylis  Adams;  Morbid 
Anatomy  and  Pathology  (University  Press),  by  Dr  H.  D.  Rolleston 
and  A.  A.  Kanthack ;  Futuh  al-Habashah,  or.  The  Conquest  of 
Abyssinia  (Williams  and  Norgate),  edited  by  S.  A.  Strong; 
Thomas  of  London  (University  Press),  by  L.  B.  Radford,  {Prince 
Consort  Dissertation  1893);  ^^  Introduction  to  Abel's  Theorem  and 
the  allied  Theory  (University  Press),  by  H.  F.  Baker ;   The  Fables 


Our  Chronicle. 


403 


of  JEsop  (Macmillan),  by  Joseph  Jacobs ;  Spokes  in  the  Wheel  of 
Life  (S.P.C.K.),  by  C.  6.  Griffenhoofe.  Introduction  to  the 
study  of  English  History,  third  edition,  with  Supplement,  by  S.  R. 
Gardiner  and  J.  Bass  MuUinger,  (Kegan  Paul  &  Co.). 

College  Examinations  1894. 


Prizemen. 

Mathematics. 

Zrd  Year  (Dec.  1893). 

2nd  Year, 

1st  Year, 

ist  Class, 

1st  Class, 

1st  Class, 

Leathern 

Borchardt 

Webb 

Bromwicb 

Maclaurin 
t  Smallpeice 
\  Maclachlan 
I  Carter 

SmaU 
Brock 
Schroder 
McNeUe* 

Edwardes 

Houston 

Boas 

Turner 
Holmes 
Cook,  S.  S. 
Pollard 
LydaU 

*  Absent  from  part  of  the  Examination. 

Classics. 

ird  Year. 

2nd  Year, 

1st  Year, 

1st  Class, 

1st  Class, 

1st  Class. 

McElderry 
Tate,  R.  W, 
Jones,  H.  P. 

Gaskell  (div,  i) 
Hardwich  {div.  2) 
Chotzner 
Byles 

Townsend  {div.  i) 
f  Greeves  {div,  2) 
'  [  Ledgard 
GarcSier 
Keeling 

Natural  Sciences  (Dec. 

1893). 

Zrd  Year. 

2nd  Year. 

1st  Year, 

1st  Class, 

1st  Class. 

1st  Class. 

Brown,  W.  C. 

Northcott 
TaUent 

Hemmy 

Law  (Dec.  i 

1893). 

History. 
2nd  Year, 

1st  Class, 

1st  Class, 

Baily 

Prizes- 

McKee 

Hughes  Prizes. 

Wright's  Prizes. 

yd  Year, 

2nd  Year, 

1st  Year, 

Blackman,  S.  S.F. 

Leathern 

McEldeny 

BaUy 
Bromwich 
GaskeU 
TaUent 

m 

Sir  John  Herschel 

{for  Astronomy), 
Fearaley 

Greek  Testameih'. 
Not  awarded* 

Hebrew, 
Ds  Httttoa 

404 


Our  Chronicle. 


HocKiN  Prize 

Nevvcombe  Prize 

Semitic  Languages 

{for  Phyiics), 

{for  Moral  Sciences). 

{College  Prize), 

Not  awarded. 

Ds  Green,  P. 

Bristow 

Reading  Prizes. 

Choral  Students. 

Essay  Prizes. 

Powell 

Thatcher 

Osborn 

f  Reissman 

\  Sumner,  F.  W. 

Reissman 

Chotzner 

Reeve 

Hardwch 

Hutch rNsoN  Studentship 

{for  research  in  Pathology), 

Ds  Villy 

Foundation  Scholarships  Continued  for 

.  the  Ensuing  Year. 

Ds  Brown,  \V.  L. 

Holmes 

Morgan 

Blackman,  S.  S.  F. 

Ds  Horton-Smith,  L. 

Newling 

Blackman.  V.  H. 

Horton-Smith,  R.  J. 

Orton,  K.  J.  P. 

Borchardt 

Ds  Hou-jh 

Ds  Pocklington 

Bromwich 

Jones.  H.  P. 

Raw 

Caina 

Leathern 

Sui  illpeice 

Chotzner 

Maclachlan 

Ds  Stone 

Ds  Dale 

Maclaurin 

Tale,  R.  W. 

Edwardcs 

McNeile 

Townsend 

Gaskell 

McDougall 

Turner 

Hardwich 

Ds  Masterman 

Werner 

Hibbert-Ware 

Elected  to  Founda- 

tion Scholarships. 

Exhibitions. 

Proper  Sizarships. 

Ds  Green 

2nd  Year, 

2nd  Year, 

Ds  Hulton 

Brock 

Schroder 

ird  Year, 

Byles 

Small 

Brown,  W.  C. 

McKee 

1st  Year, 

Butler 

Schroder 

Cook,  S.  S. 

Webb 

Small 

Greeves 

2nd  Year,, 

1st  Year, 

Ledgard 

Baily 

Boas 

PoUard 

Carter 

Bristow 

Nortbcott 

Greeves 

Tallent 

KeeJing 

West 

Ledgard 

\st  Year. 

LydaU 

Hemmy 

Houston 

School  Exhibitioners  (Elected  i  October). 

DoTvman  Exhibition:  H.  T.  W.  BuUer  and  G.  E.  lies  (Pocklineton 
School).  ^ 

Newcome  Exhibition :  H.  N.  Matthews  (Grantham  School). 

Johnson  Exhibition  :  G.  B.  Norman  (Oakham  School). 

Somerset  Exhibition  :  W.  Baker  (Hereford  School). 

Lupton  and  HebbUthwaite  Exhibition  :  M.  Forster  (Sedbergh  School). 

Spalding  and  Symonds  Exhibition  :  W.  K.  Keflbrd  (Bury  St  Edmund's 
School). 

Marquis  of  Exeter  Exhibition :  H.  Sncath  (Stamford  School). 


( 


Blackman,  V.  H. 

Cameron,  A.  S. 

Brown,  W.  C. 

Coleman 

Butler 

Gregoi  y 

Northcott 

Liliie 

Tallent 

Sargent 

West 

Our  Chro7iicle.  405 

Tripos  Examinations  June  1894.* 
Classical  Tripos  Part  I. 

Class  L  Class  I L    ,  Class  II L 

McElderry       \  . ,.  Jones,  H.  P.  {div.  i)         Green         \  ...      . 

Tate,  R.  W.   /  ^'^'^-  ^)    Alcock  I    ...     ,.        Whitman  \  ^^"-  ^^ 

Tait,  A.  J.  ;  ^^'^'  3)        Davies,  H.  H.     ) 

Franks,  J.  E.      }   {div.  3) 
Jackson,  E.  W.  j 
Part  II. 
Class  I,  Class  II. 

Ds  Horton-Smith  {Philology)  Nicklin 

Natural  Sciences  Tripos  Part  I. 

Class  /.  Class  II  Class  III. 

Dore 
Golby 
Hare 
Phillips 
Stucey 
Wills 

Part  II. 
Class  I.  Class  ///. 

B'ackman,  S.  S.  F.  (Zoology)  Eajiles 

AIcDougall  {Physioloi/yf  Human  Anatomy) 

Law  Tripos  Part  II. 

Class  I. 
2    Ds  Sheepshanks 

Class  II. 
10    Ds  Moss-Blundell 

Class  III 
26  Allan 

40  Merriman  {bracketed) 

Theological  Tripos  Part  I. 

Class  II. 

Ashton 

Osbora 

Part  II. 

Class  /. 

Ds  Hutton  {Old  Testament) 

Aegrotat. 

Ds  Stone 


•  For  Tripos  Lists  not  here  given  see  the  last  number  of   the  EagU 
(xvm,  p.  316). 


4o6  Our  Chronicle. 

Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club. 
The  following  is  the  list  of  officers : — 

First  Captain— W,  H.  Bonscy.  Second  Captain^K.  P.  Hadland.  ffbn. 
Secretary — R.  Y.  Bonsey.  Ifon.  Treasurer— F.  Lydall.  First  Lent  Captain 
— E.  C.  Taylor.  Second  Lent  Captain^C,  C.  Ellis.  Additional  Captain^ 
A.  C.  ScoiUar. 

University  Coxswainless  Fours,  These  races  were  rowed  on 
November  i,  2,  and  3.     There  were  seven  entries. 

Heat  L — ^November  i. 

Station  I'^Emmanael. 
„       2 — Lady  Margaret. 

This  was  a  very  good  race.  Both  boats  started  well  and 
there  was  nothing  to  choose  between  them  up  to  Grassy.  At 
the  Red  Grind  L.M.B.C.  were  a  few  yards  ahead.  All  the 
way  up  the  Long  Reach  Emmanuel  gradually  drew  away,  and 
at  the  Railway  Bridge  were  twenty  yards  to  the  good.  Here 
our  men  spurted  and  gained  all  the  way  to  the  finish,  but  were 
beaten  by  eight  yards :  Emmanuel  doing  the  fastest  time  in  the 
day.     Our  crew  were : 

St.  lbs, 

W.  H.  Bonsey  fhow  dr*  steerer)     11  12 

2  F.  Lydall I2  10 

3  R.P.Hadland 12         8 

R.  Y.  Bonsey  ^j/r<?>&<; 12  8 

Mr  L.  H.  K.  Bushe-Fox,  whom  we  are  glad  to  have  once  more 
among  us,  coached  the  crew. 

R,  H,  Forster  Handicap  Sculls,  November  5  and  7.  Mr  R.  H. 
Forster  again  very  kindly  presented  a  prize  for  this  race.  There 
were  thirty-four  entries,  which  shows  a  great  increase  on  last 
year's  entry  of  1 1.  This  year  the  races  were  rowed  down  stream, 
from  the  Pike  and  Eel  to  Ditton  Corner.  In  the  final  H.  P.  Hope 
and  G.  T.  Whiteley  met,  H.  P.  Hope  winning  a  plucky  race  by 
thirty  yards.  The  winner  had  1 10  seconds  start,  G.  T.  Whiteley 
had  90  seconds  start. 

Pearson  and  Wright  Sculls,  There  were  four  entries,  viz., 
W.  H.  Bonsey,  F.  Lydall,  A.  C.  Scoular,  W.  J.  Fox.  The  races 
were  rowed  on  November  9  and  10. 

Heat  /.  W.  H.  Bonsey  had  second  station  and  passed  A.  C. 
Scoular  at  Ditton  Comer.  Secular's  wrist  unfortunately  gave 
way. 

Heat  II,  Won  by  F.  Lydall,  who  had  second  station,  and 
passed  W.  J.  Fox  at  Grassy  Corner. 

Final  Heat,  W.  H.  Bonsey  had  first  station  and  F.  Lydall 
second  station.     Both  got  away  well  from  the  start,  Lydall, 


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however,  began  to  gain.  On  rounding  Ditton  Comer  W.  H. 
Bonsey,  endeavouring  to  spurt,  upset,  and  Lydall  won  as  he 
liked. 

Clinker  Fours.  The  Clinkers  were  rowed  November  7,  8, 
12  and  13.  There  were  nine  entries.  L.M.B.C.  were  drawn 
against  the  winners.  Third  Trinity  rowed  a  very  plucky  race. 
Unfortunately  Third  Trinity's  pistol  went  off  before  they  reached 
the  post,  and  it  was  decided  to  row  the  race  on  the  following 
day.  Again  an  excellent  race  ensued,  Third  Trinity  winning 
by  eight  yards. 

Our  crew,  which  was  coached  by  Mr  H.  T.  E.  Barlow, 
rowed  most  pluckily  in  both  races.  We  shall  no  doubt  hear  of 
stroke  and  three  again.    The  crew  consisted  of : 

E.  H.  Lloyd-Jones,  bow 

2  H.  Bentley 

3  O.  F.  Diver 

E.  W.  Airy,  stroke 
L.  A.  Body,  cox 

Trial  Eights,  These  races  were  rowed  on  November  24. 
There  were  three  Senior  Trials  and  Four  Junior. 

Senior  Trials.  The  crew  coached  by  A.  J.  Davis  won  a  very 
good  race,  and  there  was  plenty  of  pluck  shown,  the  men  really 
rowing  themselves  out. 

Junior  Trials,  The  crew  coached  by  W.  J.  Fox  won  this 
race.  They  defeated  C.  C.  Ellis's  crew  in  the  first  heat,  and 
E.  C.  Taylor's  crew  in  the  final.  In  the  second  heat  E.  C. 
Taylor's  crew  beat  A.  C.  Secular's  crew  by  about  thirty  yards. 
The  following  were  the  crews : 

Senior  Crew.  yunior  Crew, 


H.  S.  Fitt,  how 

2  A.  J.  Walker 

3  R.  F.  C.  Ward 

4  F.  E.  Murray 

5  G.  E.  lies 

6  P.  L.  May 

7  E.  H.  Lloyd- Jones 
E.  W.  Airy,  stroke  \  E.  Bristow,  stroke 
J.  C.  F.  Grosjcan,  cox                     \  J.  II.  Rawcliffe,  cox 


P.  Dastur,  bow 

2  R.  N.  Thainc 

3  B.  L.  Hail 

4  M.  Forster 

5  J.  G.  McCorraick 

6  C.  T.  Davis 

7  E.  M.  Bendon 


Scratch  Fours.    These  were  rowed  on  November  26.     There 
were  sixty-five  entries.     The  following  crew  won  : 

G.  F.  Cooke,  bow 

2  H.  Bentley 

3  H.  S.  Fitt 

R.  H.  Forster,  stroke 
H.  P.  Hope,  cox 

The  L.M.B.C.  had  two  representatives  in  the  University  Trial 
Eights  this  year,  viz.  R.  Y.  Bonsey,  who  stroked  the  winning  crew, 


4o8  Our  Chronicle. 

and  F.  Lydall,  who  rowed  six  in  the  losing  boat.  Mr  Bushe-Fox 
coached  the  winning  crew  at  the  request  of  the  President  of  the 
C.U.B.C.  Since  the  Trials  were  rowed,  the  University  boat  has 
been  out,  coached  by  Mr  Bushe-Fox,  in  which  R.  Y.  Bonsey 
has  been  rowing  two.  We  sincerely  hope  he  may  succeed  in 
getting  his  *  blue.' 

Rugby  Union  Football  Club. 

Captain— W,  Falcon.    Bon,  Sec.—C,  D.  Robinson. 

Matches  played  lo:  won  6,  lost  3,  drawn  i.  Points  for,  76; 
points  against,  27. 

Date,  Club,  Result.  Points. 

Oct.  24th ....  Selwyn Won,  2  goals  2  tries  to  I  try 16  to    3 

„    26th..  ..Christ's  ,, Won,  I  goal  3  tries  to  m7 14  to    o 

„    30th ....  King's     Won,  i  goal  2  tries  to  «i/ 1 1  to    o 

Nov.    I  St.  • . . Caius Lost,  nil  to  i  goal o  to    5 

„      5th ....  Trinity     Drawn,  w/V  to  «i7    o  to    o 

„    i6th..  ..Jesus   Lost,  I  try  to  I  goal  I  try 3  to    8 

„    19th ....  Caius Won,  I  goal  I  try  to  m7    8  to    o 

„    23rd. . .  .Trinity    Lost,  I  goal  to  I  goal  2  tries 5  to  1 1 

„    2bth.... Trinity  Hall  , Won,  i  goal  i  try  to  m7    8  to    o 

Dec.   3rd. . .  .Emmanuel Won,  i  goal  2  tries  to  nil 1 1  to    o 

The  Rugby  team  has  had  a  very  successful  season,  although 
only  six  old  colour-men  were  available.  We  have  played  ten 
matches,  of  which  we  have  won  six,  lost  three,  and  drawn  one. 
Six  matches  were  scratched :  Clare  scratching  twice,  Jesus  once, 
and  Queens'  once,  while  the  Pembroke  and  Peterhouse  matches 
were  scratched  on  account  of  the  weather.  W.  Falcon  has  only 
been  able  to  assist  us  on  three  occasions,  whilst  P.  G.  Jacob  has 
only  been  able  to  play  once.  We  heartily  congratulate  both  of 
them  on  being  chosen  to  play  for  the  University  against 
Oxford.  Colours  have  been  given  to  the  following:  J.  M. 
Marshall  (lull  back);  K.  Clarke,  E.  C.  Taylor  (three-quarter 
backs) ;  P.  G.  Jacob,  A.  C.  Boy d( half-backs) ;  G.  D.  McCormick. 
A.  C.  Pilkington,  W.  T.  Clements,  C.  E.  Cottam,  H.  E.  Robeils 
(forwards). 

The  Second  XV  have  played  eight  matches,  of  which  they 
have  won  three,  lost  four,  and  drawn  one. 


Association  Football  Club 

Captain—^,  J.  C.  Warren.         Hon.  Sec—K.  Reeve. 

Of  the  eighteen  matches  played  up  to  the  present  time  we 
have  won  ten,  lost  five,  and  drawn  three. 

In  the  first  round  of  the  College  Cup  we  drew  a  bye,  defeated 
Peterhouse  in  the  second  round,  and  in  the  third  round  drew 
with  Jesus,  but  when  the  match  was  replayed  were  beaten. 

The    Second   Eleven   were   unfortunate   in    having   several 


Our  Chronicle. 


409 


matches  abandoned  owing  to  wet  weather,  but  out  of  eight 
played  four  have  been  won  and  four  lost. 

In  the  second  match  with  Fitzwilliam  Hall  we  had  only  ten 
men. 

We  congratulate  Wiltshire  and  Matthews  on  playing  in  the 
Freshmen's  Match. 

The  team  and  characters  will  appear  in  the  next  number  of 
the  Eagle. 


The  following  is  the  result  of  the  matches : 


1st  XI. 


Date. 
Oct.  1 8th 


Nov. 


Club.  Risult. 

.Clare  .•.,  Lost.,.. 

20th Peterhouse*  Won    ,., 

23rd Jesus   Won    , , 

25th TiinityHall   Won    .. 

27th .....  Pembroke Drawn . . , 

30th Emmanuel Won    . , , 

6th Trinity  Rest Won    .. 

8th...  ...Jesus* Drawn.. 

loth St.  Ives Won    . . 

13th Jesus* Lost.... 

17th King's     Lost...., 

2ist Emmanuel Lost...., 

23rd Trinity  Hall    Won    .. 

24th  ....  Wisbech Won    .. 

27th Selwyn Lost.... 

28th Christ's    Drawn . . 

29th Caius   Won    . . 

30th Clare , Won    .. 


For 

I 
2 

3 
4 

2 

3 
3 
I 

6 
o 

2 
o 
4 

4 

I 
I 
I 

2 


Goals. 

Againtt 

3 

I 

......  2 

I 

......  2 

I  • 

o 

••....  I 

I 

9 

4 

I 

3 

2 

3 

I 

o 

o 


2nd  XI. 

Oct.  30th Queens'   Won 

Nov.  1st Selwyn    Lost.. 

„      6th Trinity  Rest Lost.. 

„      7th WestWratting Lost.. 

„    loth Pembroke   Won 

„    19th Fitzwilliam  HaJl    Won 

„  22nd King's    Won 

„    24th FiUwilliam  Hall    Lost.. 


I 
4 
3 
2 
I 
o 
o 
3 


•  Cup  Tic. 


Athletic  Club. 

President—-^.  Falcon.  Hon.  Secretary — K.  Clarke.  Committee — G.  P.  K. 
Winlaw,  C.  O.  S.  Platton,  E.  H.  Lloyd- Jones,  J.  H.  Metcalfe,  C.  C.  Angell, 
H.  Reeve,  E.  C.  Taylor,  H.  B.  Watts,  W.  H.  Bonsey  (ist  Boat  Capt. 
tx  offUio). 

The  Sports  were  to  have  been  held  this  Term,  but  were 
postponed  till  next  term,  on  account  of  the  number  of  men 
Rowing  and  playing  Football. 

VOL.  XVIII.  HJiH 


4IO  Our  Chronicle. 

General  Athletic  Club, 

A  meeting  was  held  in  the  Reading  Room  on  Wednesday; 
October  31st,  and  the  following  were  elected: — F.  Lydall, 
Junior  Member  of  Commitiee'^  J.  G.  McCormick,  Han,  Secretary, 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  this  Qub  is  in  great  financial 
difficulties,  twenty-six  third  year  men,  twelve  second  and  eleven 
iirst  have  refused  to  join.  A  little  self-denial  and  patriotism  on 
the  part  of  these  gentlemen  would  enable  St  John's  to  compete 
on  level  terms  with  other  colleges  of  its  standing.  The 
Amalgamation  has  the  first  claim  on  every  member  of  the 
College,  and  till  this  is  clearly  understood  deficits  must  be 
always  looked  for. 

Eagle  Lawn  Tennis  Club* 

President—'^  R.  F.  Scott.  Treasurer—Vl ,  Falcon.  Secretary—^,  Y» 
Bonsey. 

The  following  members  were  elected  at  a  meeting  held  it> 
Lecture  Room  VI  on  Friday,  November  2nd : — Mr  H.  T.  E. 
Barlow,  F.  Lydall,  E.  C.  Taylor,  C.  C.  Ellis,  and  F.  E.  Edwardes. 

Lacrosse  Club. 

Captain-^W.  J.  Leigh-Phillips.        Hon,  Sec.-^K,  L.  Gregory. 

No  matches  have  been  played  this  term,  but  next  term  we 
shall  be  much  disappointed  if  the  College  is  not  found  equal  to 
the  task  of  beating  the  strongest  team  that  the  rest  of  the 
University  can  put  into  the  field.   That  St  John's  is  at  present  the 

Eremier  College  in  the  game,,  there  is  no  possible  doubt ;  but  U> 
ave  a  really  strong  team  we  must  have  more  men  playing  than 
at  present.  Such  men  as  have  joined  this  term  are  consickrably 
above  the  average  in  capability,  and  we  hope  that  more  will 
come  down  next  term  as  soon  as  the  demands  of  boating  and 
football  become  less  exacting.  In  W.  J.  Clements  and  A.  C. 
Boyde  we  have  gained  two  defence  men  of  exceptional  promise  ; 
while  among  the  older  men,  W.  K.  Wills  has  developed  into  a 
very  useful  centre.  His  energy  is  a  refreshing  sight,  but  he 
trusts  too  much  to  his  weight ;  if  he  could  learn  to  pass  better, 
he  would  find  that  he  would  be  able  to  economise  his  strength 
and  use  it  on  occasion  more  effectively  than  at  present.  We 
congratulate  him  on  getting  his  University  colours  this  term.  la 
Leigh-Phillips  we  have  a  captain  of  undoubted,  though  latent^ 
power ;  if  he  would  only  learn  how  to  do  himself  justice,  he 
would  be  really  good. 

The  College  furnishes  a  large  proportion  of  the  men  for  the 
University  teams.    Leigh-Phillips^  Gregory,  Wills,   Clements^ 


Our  Chronicle.  411 

Boyde,  Prest,  and  Lupton  have  all  played  for  the  University  ist 
XII ;  while  P.  C.  Taylor  and  P.  W.  G.  Sargeant  have  played  for 
the  2nd  XII. 

The  College  team  is  much  weakened  by  the  absence  of  the 
former  captain,  Kefford,  but  we  hope  that  it  will  be  able  to 
render  a  good  account  of  itself  in  the  matches  next  term. 


Fives  Club, 

President— lix  H.  R.  Tottenham.  Captain— 1,.  Horton- Smith.  Secre^ 
4ary — A.  B.  Maclachlan.  Treasurer — C.  R.  McKee.  Committee — Mr 
H.  T.  E.  Barlow,  F.  E.  Edwardes,  J.  Lupton,  A.  J.  Tail. 

The  Club  was  fortunate  in  having  the  assistance  of  three 
members  of  last  season's  team,  L.  Horton-Smith,  J.  Lupton, 
A.  B.  Maclachlan.  We  have  been  fairly  successful,  winning  three 
matches,  drawing  one,  and  losing  one.  On  our  own  courts  we 
beat  Queens'  by  126  points  to  85,  Caius  by  120  to  40,  and 
Christ's  by  118  to  loo,-  and  lost  to  the  Old  Merchant  Taylors 
hy  98  to  109.  The  return  match  against  Christ's  on  Christ's 
court  was  a  draw  in  favour  of  Christ's,  there  being  no  time  to 
play  more  than  the  first  rubber.  The  sum-total  for  the  term  is 
526  points  scored  for  ut,  414  points  against  us.  We  played  full 
strength  only  in  one  match.  C.  R.  McKee  played  in  every 
match,  and  F.  £.  Edwardes  in  four  out  of  five. 


Debating  Society. 

President— C.  T.  Powell.  Vice- President —K,  M.  Schroder.  Treasurer— 
T.  Hay.  Secretary— Pl,  P.  McNeile.  Auditor— W,  A.  Gardner.  Com- 
mittee—C,  P.  Keeling  and  V.  M.  Smith. 

The  debates  during  the  term  have  been  as  follows: 

Oct,  to — "  That  the  preponderating  influence  of  the  Press  is 
to  be  deprecated."  Proposed  by  T.  Hay,  opposed  by  R.  O.  P. 
Taylor.     Lost  by  6  to  14. 

Oct,  27 — **That  this  House  looks  forward  to  the  time  when 
Women  will  be  admitted  to  the  franchise."  Proposed  by  A.  P. 
McNeile,  opposed  by  C.  P.  Keeling.     Lost  by  1 1  to  23. 

Nov,^ — "That  this  House  would  welcome  the  opening  of 
Public  Museums,  Libraries,  and  Picture  Galleries  on  Sundays." 
Proposed  by  H.  M.  Schroder,  opposed  by  W.  A.  Gardner.  Lost 
by  6  to  7. 

Nov.  10 — "  That  the  present  War  in  the  Far  East  will  be  verj 
beneficial  to  humanity."  Proposed  by  A.  K.  Cama,  opposed  bj 
J  T.  Barton.    Carried  by  15  to  14. 


412  Our  Chrofiicle, 

Nov.  17— "That  this  House  would  strong:!}' discountenance 
any  proposal  to  disestablish  the  Church."  Proposed  by  R  W. 
Tate  B.A.,  opposed  by  R.  S.  Dower.  On  the  motion  of  R.  O.  P. 
Taylor,  the  debate  was  adjourned  till  the  following  Saturday. 

Nov,  24 — R.  O.  P.  Taylor  re-opened  the  adjourned  debate. 
The  motion  was  carried  by  16  to  5. 

j)ec,  I — "That  this  House  would  regard  with  favour  the 
establishment  in  this  Country  of  a  National  Theatre  subsidized 
by  the  State."  Proposed  by  H.  J.  Adams,  opposed  by  T.  Hay. 
The  motion  was  lost  by  16  to  9. 

Except  on  the  night  of  the  "  Pop,"  there  was  an  attendance 
which  averaged  over  forty  for  the  term,  though  comparatively 
few  members  ever  have  the  courage  of  their  convictions  sufficiently 
tQ  enable  them  to  vote.  The  element  of  lightness  which  has 
pervaded  the  Society  of  late  seems  to  be  dying  out,  and  no 
fewer  than  nine  out  of  every  ten  speakers  during  the  terra  are 
open  to  the  accusation  of  having  meant  all  that  they  said. 
Several  Freshmen  have  leapt  into  prominence,  and  the  First 
Year  have  taken  an  unusually  large  part  in  all  the  debates,  J.  S. 
Bryers  and  J.  M.  Marshall  having  reaped  their  reward  in  onerous 
duties  imposed  on  them  for  next  term.  May  they  keep  up  the 
reputation  of  the  Society  in  days  to  come,  and  take  their  seat  on 
the  Chair  of  the  Union. 


Musical  Society. 

Presid4nt—X>r  Sandys.  Treamrtr—'^T  A.  J.  Stevens.  Htm,  Secretary-^ 
A.  J.  Walker.  Assistant'Secrttary—C.  P.  Keeling.  Lihrarian-^Q.  T.  PowcU. 
Committee '"'j,  M.  Hardwich,  H.  Reeve,  C.  B.  Rootham. 

The  Society  is  in  a  very  flourishing  condition,  and  has  given 
this  term  three  Smoking  Concerts,  as  well  as  the  Annual  Satur- 
day Popular  Concert  in  the  Guildhall.  To  the  first  Smoker  all 
the  Freshmen  were  invited,  and  Lecture  Room  VI  was  well  filled. 
The  concert  evidently  made  a  favourable  impression,  as  the 
Freshmen  have  joined  in  large  numbers.  Mr  Barlow  took  the 
chair,  and  we  can  only  hope  that  he  may  often  undertake  the 
duties  of  Chairman  in  the  future.  On  Monday,  5th  November, 
the  Society  gave  its  Concert  of  Classical  Music  before  a  most 
enthusiastic  audience.  These  terminal  concerts  of  *  popular 
classics'  are  acquiring  a  deserved  reputation,  not  only  in 
St  John's,  but  also  in  the  University.  The  item  of  especial 
merit  at  the  concert  this  term  was  Greig's  Sonata  for  the  violin 
and  pianoforte,  by  Mr  W.  H.  Reed  of  the  Royal  Academy  of 


Our  Chronicle.  413 

Music  and  H.  P.  Allen  (Christ's).  We  were  honoured  on  this 
occasion  with  the  presence  of  several  senior  members  of  the 
College.  Mr  Sikes  kindly  took  the  chair.  At  the  last  Smoker 
Dr  MacAlister  presided  The  attendance  was  not  quite  up  to  the 
average,  and  the  usual  criticism  that  the  concert  was  better  than 
any  that  had  gone  before  cannot  be  passed.  The  performers  at 
the  platform  end  of  the  room  were  good  enough,  especially 
Keeling,  whose  brilliant  playing  soon  caught  the  attention  of 
the  whole  audience ;  but  frequent  interruption  of  a  few  voices 
from  the  back — not  very  musical,  but  evidently  anxious  to  be 
heard — spoiled  most  of  the  other  items.  However,  as  general 
disapproval  was  felt,  this  is  not  likely  to  occur  again.  Next 
term  the  Society  will  again  ask  Dr  Garrett  to  hold  rehearsals 
for  a  May  Concert  Cantata,  and  there  is  every  prospect  of  a 
strong  chorus. 

Theological  Society. 

Presidfttt—C,  C.  Ellis.  Hon,  Treat.— ^.  P.  Strangeways.  Hon,  Sec,^ 
W.  A.  Gardner.     Committee^n,  M.  Schroder  and  V.  M.  Smith. 

The  meetings  were  as  follows  : 

Nov,  9— In  C.  A.  M.  Evans'  rooms.  Subject,  "The  Catholic 
Doctrine  of  Grace,"  by  Rev.  E.  G.  Wood. 

Nov.  14 — In  J.  S.  Miiller's  rooms.  Subject,  "The  place  of 
Latimer  in  the  English  Reformation,"  by  J.  S.  Miillcr. 

Nov,  23 — In  J.  W.  Stoughton's  rooms.  Subject.  "  Religion  : 
its  share  in  the  progress  of  humanity,"  by  Rev  A.  Caldecott. 

Nov,  28 — In  H.  L.  Woffindin's  rooms.  Subject,  "The  atti- 
tude of  the  Church  towards  Nonconformity,"  by  G.  H.  Bournes 
(Corpus). 

Dec,  6 — In  R.  O.  P.  TayloPs  rooms.    A  Social  Meeting. 

There  was  usually  a  fair  attendance,  and  the  subjects  of  the 
papers  were  well  discussed. 

4TH  (Camb.  Univ.)  Volunteer  Battalion:  The  Suffolk 
Regiment. 

B  Company, 

Early  in  the  Term  there  was  *  Night  Outpost  Duty.'  at  which 
several  members  of  *B'  Company  were  present.  After  heroic 
efforts  the  *  Butts '  were  stormed  with  the  loss  of  one  man,  who 
fell  into  a  thorn  bush. 

Ptcs.  Clarke  and  Boas  were  the  only  Johnians  able  to  attend 


414  Our  Chronicle. 

the  Field  Day,  and  it  is  said  they  maintained  the  high  standard 
of  *B'  Company  in  eJ05ciency  and  good  conduct.  Many  miles 
were  covered  at  a  gentle  walk,  and  the  enemy  completely  beaten. 
The  Trials  interfered  with  the  presence  of  the  others. 

We  turned  up  in  great  force  to  see  the  Adjutant  crowned  in 
the  Senate  House  by  the  goddess  of  Peace,  in  the  shape  of  the 
Vice-Chancellor,  and  a  hood.     It  was  a  stirring  spectacle. 

It  is  with  great  regret  that  we  must  own  that  the  recruiting 
this  year  has  not  been  up  to  our  expectations.  If  present 
members  of  the  corps  will  only  bestir  themselves  a  littUy  we 
could  certainly  raise  another  thirty  men  in  the  College  who 
would  join.  The  Company  Cup — the  best  in  the  Corps — will 
be  lost  to  us  unless  enough  men  can  be  got  to  form  a  Company. 

We  must  congratulate  J.  A.  Glover  on  his  excellent  shooting — 
the  best  Third  Class  in  the  Battalion — which  won  our  Cup  for 
him  on  December  3rd. 

C.U.  Hare  and  Hounds. 

We  congratulate  C.  C.  Angell  on  being  one  of  those  chosen 
to  represent  Cambridge  in  the  Annual  Run  against  Oxford. 


The  College  Mission  in  Walworth. 

The  supporters  of  the  Mission  have  been  very  much  pleased 
and  encouraged  by  the  accession  to  the  Staff  made  since  our 
last  notes  appeared.  Just  the  right  thing  has  occurred.  One  of 
the  heartiest  undergraduate  supporters  we  have  had  since  the 
time  of  our  foundation  has  chosen  our  district  as  the  place, 
where,  above  all  others,  he  wished  to  being  his  work  as  a  clergy- 
man. Peter  Green  (B.A.  1893)  was,  as  every  recent  resident 
knows,  one  of  the  most  influential  men  in  College  and  one  of 
the  best  known  Johnians  in  the  University.  He  showed  an 
interest  in  the  Mission  from  the  outset,  and  both  the  work  itself 
and  the  personality  of  the  Missioners  cooperated  to  determine 
his  choice  of  a  first  sphere  of  work.  This  fresh  attachment  of 
the  work  to  ourselves  by  the  strongest  of  ties,  a  living  friendship 
and  association,  will  be  felt  keenly  on  the  College  side.  Our 
greatest  difficulty  would  arise  if  all  our  Missioners,  however 
much  esteemed,  were  too  remote  from  undergraduate  interests, 
and  we  rejoice  on  every  hand  in  now  having  three  different 
generations  of  Johnians  worthily  represented  on  the  staff  of 
Missioners.  Green  is  already  resident  at  6,  Chatham  Place,  and 
hopes  to  be  ordained  Deacon  at  the  Advent  Ordination.  We 
may  also  add  that  it  is  felt  that  Green's  strong  liking  for  social 
and  economic  subjects  will  be  highly  appreciated  and  most 
useful  in  his  new  position. 

The  gathering  of  Johnians   in  Walworth   at  the    Harvest 


Our  Chronicle.  4^5 

Festival  in  October  has  gradually  grown  larger  and  larger. 
This  year  Canon  Body  was  the  preacher,  and  there  was  a  very 
large  congregation,  composed  of  members  of  the  College  and 
the  people  of  the  district.  Great  pains  had  been  taken  with  the 
decorations  and  music.  After  Service  the  Master  presided  at  a 
Supper  in  the  Parish  Room,  when  nearly  fifty  Johnians  sat  down 
with  the  churchwardens  and  sidesmen.  Excellent  speeches 
were  made  by  Canon  Body,  Mr  Allen  Whitworth,  Mr  G.  C. 
Allen,  and  the  Senior  Missioner,  and  the  general  feeling  was 
one  of  gratification  and  hopefulness.  The  next  morning  there 
was  a  largely-attended  celebration  of  Holy  Communion,  when 
Dr  Watson  gave  the  address.  Some  twenty  Johnians  had  stayed 
in  Walworth  for  the  night. 

The  October  Meeting  for  this  year  was  hearty  and  encour- 
aging. For  speakers  we  relied,  as  is  usual  at  this  meeting,  on  our 
own  resources,  Mr  Phillips  and  Mr  Peter  Green  taking  the  chief 
burden,  or  pleasure,  of  the  evening ;  the  latter  naturally  dwelling 
on  the  help  he  hoped  to  receive  from  his  present  friends  and 
from  the  new  ones  he  looked  forward  to  making  in  College 
during  the  next  few  years.  We  may  announce  at  once  that  at 
next  Term's  meeting  we  hope  once  more  to  hear  our  staunch 
friend  R.  P.  Roseveare  (First  Captain  L.M.B.C.  1888),  who  has 
been  invited  by  the  College  to  preach  in  Chapel  on  Sezagesima 
Sunday. 

At  the  General  Meeting  of  Subscribers  on  November  26th,  it 
was  decided  that  all  members  of  Committee  who  have  served 
for  two  years  should  continue  to  be  members,  whilst  in  residence, 
and  that  the  Junior  Treasurer  should  be  continued  on  Com- 
mittee after  the  termination  of  his  ofiice,  as  the  Junior  Secretary 
has  been  for  some  years.  We  shall  therefore  have  as  ex-officio 
members  in  1895  A.  F.  Ealand  B.A.,  W.  Leigh  Phillips  B.A., 
A.  J.  Tait  B.A.,  A.  P.  McNeile,  W.  H.  Bonsey.  and  A.  J.  Walker. 
At  this  meeting  F.  Lydall  was  elected  Junior  Treasurer  for  1895, 
and  R.  Y.  Bonsey,  Junior  Secretary.  It  is  pleasant  to  find  that 
our  two  "Trials"  men  are  prepared  to  help  us  in  these  most 
important  offices.  A  poll  for  the  six  places  on  Committee 
resulted  in  the  election  of  H.  M.  Schroder,  V.  M.  Smith,  and 
A.  H.  Thompson  (third  year) ;  and  W.  A.  Gardner,  C.  P. 
Keeling,  and  C.  D.  Robinson  (second  year).  There  are  other 
places  to  be  filled  up  early  next  Term,  for  which  first  year  men 
will  be  eligible. 

Dr  Watson  kindly  allows  a  box  for  the  receipt  of  old  clothes 
to  stand  in  his  rooms,  ready  en  permanence.  This  will  be 
supplementary  to  the  regular  collections. 

Some  London  friends  of  the  Mission,  under  the  lead  of  the 
Hon  Mrs  Whately,  a  relative  of  Mrs  Cobb,  are  arranging  for  a 
Sale  of  Work  at  Mrs  Whately*s  house  on  February  21st,  on 
behalf  of  our  Funds  (notably  the  Third  Missioner's  Stipend, 
the  Deaconess  Fund,  and  the  beginning  of  a  Fund  for  an 
additional  room).    It  is  hoped  that  members  of  the  College  will 


4i6  Our  Chronicle. 

move  the  ladies  of  their  families  to  send  up  work  (to  Mrs  Cobb 
in  Cambridge,  or  to  Mrs  Phillips  in  London)  for  sale,  before 
February  7th,  if  possible. 

We  have  also  to  express  the  urgency  of  the  need  for  the  £10 
to  complete  the  /"iSo,  to  wipe  out  the  debt  on  our  existing 
Buildings.  As  stated  in  our  last  notes,  Mr  T.  Browne  gave  /  50, 
and  an  anonymous  gift  of  £10  will  be  made,  if  the  remaining 
£^0  is  in  hand  by  Christmas.  Of  this,  not  quite  £\i  is 
promised  so  far,  and  the  Treasurer  grows  anxious. 


ToTNBEE  Hall. 

A.  H.  Thompson  has  been  appointed  College  Secretary  for 
Toynbee  Hall. 


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•  The  asterisk  denotes  past  or  present  Members  of  the  College^ 

Donations    and    Additions  to    the  Library  during 
Quarter  ending  Midsummer  1894. 

Donations. 


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statics.    8vo.    Lond.  1894.    3.31.28 

Thomson  (Sir  Wm.).  Popular  Lectures  and 
Addresses.  Vol.  II.  Geology  and 
general     Physics.      8vo.      Lond.      1894. 

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Behrens  (H.).  A  Manual  of  Microchemical 
Analysis.  With  an  Introductory  Chapter 
by  Prof.  J.  W.  Judd.    8vo.    Lond.  1894. 


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Gumenings.  A  Chapter  of  Offa,  King  of 
Mercia,  translated  into  English.  Harrow 
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3rd  Edition.   8vo.  Kendal,  1846.  10.33.32. 

A   Description    of   the    Scenery    of   the 

District  of  the  Lakes.  8vo.  Winder- 
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II  Decameron.     1527,     4to.     Reprinted 

by  T.  Edlin,  I-ond.  1725.    Dd.9.39 

The  Decameron.     Translated    by   John 

Payne.     2  vols.     8vo.     Lond.  1893.    AB. 

24.S .. 

Scarron  (Paul).  The  Comical  Romance  and 
other  Tales.  Done  into  Eaglish  by  Tom 
Brown,  &c.  With  an  Introduction  by 
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Wright  (T.).  Royston  Winter  Recreations  in 
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&c.    8vo.    Royston,  1888 

—  Old  and  New  Industries  on  the  Cam.  8vo. 
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Collet  (A.).    Na\igation  Astronomique.    4to. 

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—  Der  Schachwettkampf  zwischen  Dr  S. 
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Dufresne  (Jean).  Kleines  Lcbrbuch  des 
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Bauer  (J.  A.).  Schach-Lexikon.  2te.  Ausgabe. 
8vo.    Leipzig,  1893.     10  13.74* 

Lange  (Dr  Afax).  Paul:  Morphy  sein  Leben 
und  Scbalfen.  3te.  Auflage.  8vo.  Leip- 
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Bird  (H.  £.).  Chess  Masterpieces.  8vo. 
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Chess  History  and  Reminiscences.    8vo. 

Lond,    N.D.     10.13.73 

Walker  (George).  Chess  Studies:  comprising 
one  Thousand  Games.  New  Edition, 
with  Introduction  by  £.  Frceborough. 
8vo.    Lond.  1893.     10.13.39 ., 

Wamsdorf  (H.  C.  von).  Des  Rosselsprunges 
einfachste  und  allgemeinste  I^ung.  410. 
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Boner  (Charies).  Chamois  Hunting  in  the 
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New  Edition.   8vo.   Lond.  i860.    10.32.15. 

Howell  (G).  The  Conflicts  of  Capital  and 
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considered,     and    Edition.     8vo.     Lond. 

1890.     1.37.33 

Mackay  (Thos.).  A  Plea  for  Liberty.  2nd 
Edition.    8vo.     I^nd.  1 89 1.     134.13.     .. 

Spedding  (James).  Reviews  and  Discus<iions, 
Literary,  Political  and  Historical,  not 
relating  to  Bacon.  8vo.  Lond,  1879. 
433.26 

Klein  (Felix).  Lectures  on  Mathematics 
delivered  from  Aug.  a8  to  Sept.  9,  1893, 
at  Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  111. 
Reported  by  Alex.  Ziwet.  New  York 
and  Lond.  1894,    3.30.17 

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little   Folks.     4to.     New   York,   [1894]. 

4-3-5 

Gomme  (Alice  B,).    Children's  Singing  Grames. 

With  the  Tunes  to  which  they  arc  sung. 

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— —  The    Traditional    Games   of    England, 

Scotland  and  Ireland.  Vol.1.    (Accroshay- 

Nutsiu^lay).    8vo.    Lond,  1894.    4.7.75/ 


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Physics.    8vo.    Salem.  Mass.  1891 

-«- —  The  Imaginary  of  Algebra.  8vo.  Salem. 
Mass.  1892 

— —  The  Fundamental  Theorems  of  Analysis 
generalized  for  Space.  8vo.  Boston,  [1892  j. 

■■  -  On  the  Definitions  of  the  Trigonometric 
Functions.    8vo.    Boston,  1893 

The  Principles  of  Elliptic  and  Hyperbolic 

Analysis,    ovo.    Boston,  1893 ^ 

•Greenhill  (A.  G.).  A  Treatise  on  Hydro- 
statics.   8vo.    Lond.  1894.    3.31.28.*    ,. 

Crabbe  (Geo.).     Some  Materials  for  a  History 
of  the  Parish  of  Thompson  in  the  County 
of  Norfolk.     Edited  by  A.  Jessopp  D.D. 
(Also  Green's  Plans  of  Thompson  Church). 
4to.    Norwich,  1S92.     H.7.34 

•Middleton  (H.).  Specifications  for  Steam 
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India.  Account  of  the  Operations  of  the 
Great  Trigonometrical  Survey  of  India. 
Vol.  XV.    4to.    Dehra  Dun,  1893.  6.1.65. 

•Jones  (H.  R.).  The  Perils  and  Protection  of> 
Infant  Life.  Read  before  the  Royal 
Statistical  Society,  December  19,  1893, 
8ro.    Lond.  1894.    •• 

Lake  Vjrrnwy ;   the  History  of  a  Valley 

and  of  a  submerged  Village.    2nd  Edition 
8vo.    Liverpool,  1892 ^ 

Fay  (E.  A.).  Histories  of  American  Schools 
for  the  Deaf,  1817 — 1893.  3  \ols.  8vo. 
"Washington,  1893.     1 1.41 

Ashley  (W.  J).  The  Anglo-Saion  "Town- 
ship." Reprinted  from  the  ••  Quart.  Jour. 
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Aristophanes.  Wasps.  By  C.  E.  Graves.* 
8vo.    Camb.  1894.    7.24.40 

Licinianus  (G.  Granius).  Annalium  quae 
siipersunt.  Edidit  K.  A.  F.  Pertz.  410. 
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Norwich;  1848,  Lincoln;  1849,  Salisbury; 
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—  Journal.  Vols.  I— L.  With  Index  to 
Vols.  I— XXV.  8vo.  Lond.  1845-93. 
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\  The  Author. 

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Rev.  A.  Jessopp  D.D. 

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The  Patentee. 
PfofC.  C.  Babington. 

[The  Author. 


Volta  Bureau, 
Washington,  D.  C« 

The  Author. 

The  Editor. 

Mr.  Glover. 


Rev  J.  Browne  M.A. 


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Great  Britain.      34th  and  37th   Editions.     8vo.     Lond.   1741,    1748. 

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chapters  on  Mendes,  &c.    By  £d.  Naville  and  Appendix  on  Byzantine 

Sculptures  by  Professor  T.  H.  Lewis,  &c.     4to.    Lond.  1894.     9.15.28. 
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Teuhner  Text,    8to.    Lipsiae,  1894. 
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continens.    8vo.    Lipsiae,  1894. 
Rolls  Series.    Calendar  of  Letters  and  State  Ps4)ers  rdating  to  English 

Affairs,  preserved  principally  in  the  Archives  of  Simancas.     Vol.  II. 

Elizabeth,  1568— 1579.    Edited  by  M.  A.  S.  Hunoe.    8vo.    Lond.  1894. 

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1675— 1676,  also  Addenda,  1574—1674.  Edited  by  W.  N.  Sainsbury. 
8vo.    Lond.  1893.    5-4* 

— ^  Calendar  of  the  Patent  RoUs  preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office. 

Edward  II.  A.D.  1307— 1313.     8vo.     Lond.  1894.    5-40- 
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Bain.    Vol.  I.     1560 — 1594.    8vo.    Edin.  1894.     S-J3-20. 

—  The  Register  of  the  Privy  Council  of  Scotland.  Vol.  XI.  A.i>.  1616— 
1 6 19.     8vo.     Edin.  1894.     5.32. 

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Ferguson  (R.  S.).    A  Histoiy  of  WestmorlandA 
(Popular  County  Histones).    8vo.     Lond. 

1894.        10.30.79 \^       T>*„,»U>.„r« 

MaUet  (Pierre).    Lc  Jeu  des   Damea.    Avec^*^' *^^°^^«^"»7- 
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d'Urte.      Edited    by    Llewelyn  Thomas.  ( 

4to.    Oxford,  1894 / 

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1893.    Vol.  II.    Jan.— June  1804.    fol.      /  ^^'  ^**«''- 
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sactions  for  1893.    Vol.  184.   2  parts.  4to.  J  Pi-of.  C.  C.  Babmgton. 

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Jeremiah.    Die  Thranen  oder  Klagelieder  Jere-  « 

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gister of  the  Manchester  School,  1730- 183  7. 

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British   Museum.      The  Wealden   Flora. 

Part  i.     Thallophyta-Pteridophyta.     8vo. 

Lond.  1894.    3.26.14 

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Tatham,  Rev.  T.  B. 
Teall,  J.  J.  H.,  f.r.s. 
Teape,  Rev.  W.  M. 
Terry,  F.  C.  B. 
Tetley,  A.  S. 
Thompson,  F.  L.  (E.  '96) 
Thompson,  H.,  m.d. 
Thomson,  Rev.  F.  D. 
Thorpe,  Rev.  C.  E. 
TORRY,  Rev.  A.  F.  (E. 

1898) 
tTottenham,  II.  R. 
Underwood,  Rev.  C. 

W.  (E.  1894) 
Vaughan,  M. 
Viney,  Rev.  R. 
t  Wace,  late  F.  C,  ll.m. 

(E.  1897) 
Ward,  Rev.  E.  B. 
Ward,  Rev.  J.T.  (E.  '93) 
Warren,  Rev.  W.  (E. 

1896) 
Watson,  Rev.  Fred.,  d.d 
Watson,  Frank 
Watson,  J. 

Bachelors  of  Arts  : 

Bumsted,  H.  J. 
Bum,  J.  G.,  LL.B. 
Burnett,  L.  B. 
Butler,  A.  G. 
BytheU,  W.  J.  S. 
Cameron,  A.  P. 
Cameron,  W.  E. 
Captain,  N.  M. 
Carlisle,  H.  D. 
tCamegy,  Rev.  F.  W. 
Catling,  H.  D. 
Chadwick,  Rev.  A.  (E. 

1894) 
Chambers,  E.  A. 
Chaplin,  T.  H.  A.  m.d. 
Chaplin,  W.H.(E. '96) 
Clark,  J.  R.  J. 
Clark,  W. 
Coe,  C.  H. 
Cole,  Rev.  A.  B.  F. 
Cole,  Rev.  J.  W. 
Coleman,  £.  H. 
CoUison,  C. 

CoLLisoN,  H.  (E.  1899) 
Colson,  Rev.  J. 
Corbett,  W.  A. 
Cordeaux,  H.  E.  S. 
Corder,  Rev.  B.  J. 
Coore,  A. 
Cox,  H.  S. 
Craggs,  E,  H. 


Webb,  R.  R. 
Weldon,    W.    F.  R., 

P.R.8.  (E.  1895) 

tWhitaker,  Rev.  G.  H. 
Whitworth,  Rev.  W. 

A.  (E.  1894) 
WiDDOWSON,  T.  (E.  *94) 
Willington,  Rev.  F.  P. 
fWiLKiNS,  Prof.  A.  S., 

LTTT  D.  (E.  1896) 

Wilkinson,  Rev.  G.  G. 
Wilkinson,  Rev.  J.  F. 

(E.  1898) 
Williams,  A.  (E.  '98) 
tWillson,  St.  T.  B.  W. 
Wilson,  W.S.(E. '98) 
WlNSTONE,  E.   H.  (E. 

1896) 
Wiseman,  Rev.  H.  J. 
Wright,  Rev.  F.  P. 
Wright,  R.  T. 
Wood,  Rev.  W.  S.,  d.d. 
Wood,  Rev.  W.  S. 
tYELD,  Rev.  C.  (E,  '99) 
Yeo,  J.  S.  (E.  '98) 


Croropton,  J.  B. 
CuBiTT,  S.  H.  (E.  '98) 
Cuff,  A.  W. 
Cummings,  R.  R. 
Cuthbertson,  F.  E.  L. 
Dale,  J.  B. 
Davies,  H.  H. 
De  Wend,  W.  F.,  LL.B. 
Desmond,  G.  G. 
Dewsbnry,  F.,  LL.B. 
Dinnis,  F.  R. 
Dore,  S.  £. 
Douglas,  A.  F.,  LL.B. 

(E.  1897) 
Douglas,  C.  £. 
Drake,  H. 
Drysdalb,  J.  H.,  M.B., 

B.O.  (E.  i8i96) 
Du  Heaume,  J.  Le  G. 
Eagles,  E.  M. 
Ealand,  A.  F. 
Ealand,  E. 
Earle,  A. 

Eastwood,  Rev.  C.  J. 
Edmunds,  C. 
Edmunds,  L.  H. 
Edwards,  C.  D. 
Elliott,  A.  E. 
Elliott,  W.  R. 
EmsUe,  H.  H. 
England,  J.  M. 


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Bachelors  of  Arts^continutd  : 


EWBANK,  A.  (E.  1894) 
Fagan,  P.  J. 
Fearnley,  P.  H. 
Field,  A.  P.  C. 
Field,  F.  G.  E. 
Fisher,  Rev.  R. 
Francis,  H.  A.,  m.b.,  B.a 
Eraser,  H.  W. 
Gadduh,  F.  D.  (E.  '96) 
Garcia,  Rev.  G.  H.  R. 
Geen,  W. 
Giles,  A.  L. 

Given-Wilsoii,Rev.  F.G. 
Gladstone,  A.  F. 
Godson,  F.  A. 
Godwin,  Rev.  C.  H.  S. 
Golby,  W.  A. 
Goodman,  H.  C. 
Gorst,  Rev.  E.  L.  le  F.  F. 
Gray,  C.  F. 
Green,  Rev.  P. 
Gkegort,  H.  L.  (E.  *96) 
Groom,  T.  T. 
Hackwood,  C. 
Hall,  R.  R. 
Halsted,  C.  E. 
Hamilton,  J.  A.  G. 
Harding,  R.  B. 
Hardwick,  J.  H. 
Hare,  C.  F. 
Harper,  W.  N. 
Harries,  G,  H. 
Harris,  W. 
Hart,  S.  G. 
Hatton,  C.  O.  S. 
Haydon,  T.  E. 
Henderson,  E.  E. 
Heron,  R.  C. 
Hibbert-Ware,  G. 
Hill,  H.  H.  L.  (E.  '94) 
Holmes,  H. 
Hooton,  Rev.  W,  S. 
♦Ho  RTON- Smith,  L.  (E. 

1895) 
Hough,  S.  S. 
HowARTH,  C.  (E.  '97) 
Humphries,  S. 
Hutton,  A.  R.  R. 
Hutton,  Rev.  W.  B. 
Inaba,  M.  N. 
Jackson,  E.  W. 
Jackson,  G.  C. 
Jackson,  R.  E. 
Jackson,  T.  L. 
Jefferis,  W.  H.,  ll.b. 
J  ONES,  Rev.  G.  (E.  '99) 
Jones,  H.  G.  T. 
Jones,  H.  P. 


Joyce,  G.  R. 
Keflford,  E.  J. 
Kent,  W.  A. 
Kerslake,  Rev.  E.  K. 
Kilbum,  G.  H. 
Killcy,  J.  B. 
King,  Rev.  H.  A. 
King,  J.  G. 
Kingsford,  Rev.  P.  A. 
Kingsford,  R.  L. 
Kitchin,  F.  L. 
Knight,  H.  E. 
Lambert,    S.    H.    A., 
M.B.,  B  c. 

Laming,  W.  C. 
Lane  E.  A. 
Langmore,  H.  R. 
Leathern,  J.  G. 
Leathes,  H.  M. 
Le  Sueur,  W.  R. 
Leftwich,  C.  G. 
Lewis,  C.  W.  G. 
Lewis,  F.  H.,  m.b.,  b.o. 
Lewis,  H.  S. 
Lewis,  W.  R. 
Lillie,  C.  F. 
tLong,  B. 
Long,  H.  E. 
Lord,  C.  C. 
LuPTON,  J.  (E.  1896) 
Macalister,  R.  A.  S. 
tMcDougall,  W. 
Mc  Elderry,  R.  K. 
Mackinnon,  F.  A. 
Mainer,  E. 

Marshall,  E.N.(E.'94) 
Mason,  Rev.  M.  H.  H. 
Mason,  Rev.  H.  E. 
fMasterman,    Rev, 

J.  H.  B. 
Maw,  W.  N. 
Mayers,  F.  N. 
[Merriman,  H.  A.,  ll.b. 
MiLLAED,  A.  C.  (E.  '93) 
Monro,  A.  E. 
Moore,  Rev.  C. 
Moore,  P.  L. 
Morton,  W.  B. 
Moss-Blundell,    H.   S., 

ll.b. 
Mundahl,  F.  O. 
Mundahl,  H.  S.,  LL.B. 
Mundella,  V.  A. 
Newbery.  Rev.  F.  C. 
Newling,  S.  W. 
Newton,  J.  H. 
Nicholl,  Rev.^L.  H. 
Nicklin,  J.  Ar 


Noaks,  B. 

Norregaard,  A.  H.  H.  M. 
Nunn,  H. 
Nutley,  W. 
Ogilvic,  A.  F. 
Orgill,  W.  L. 
Osborn,  G.  S. 
Palmer,  Rev.  J.  J.  B. 

(E.  1895) 
Patch,  J.  D.  H. 
Payne,  W.  M. 
Pcgg.  J.  H. 
Pennington,  A.  R. 
Perkins,  A.  B. 
Phillips,  Rev.  C.  T. 
Phillips,  W.  J.  L. 
Pitkin,  A.  J. 
Pope,  Rev.  R.  M. 
Powys,  Rev.  G.  F. 
Prescott,  E. 
Radcliff.  R.  T.  M. 
Rae,  F.  L. 
Raven,  C.  O. 
Raw,  W. 
Ray,  C.  E. 
Rcid,  S.  B. 
Rice,  C.  M. 
Richards,  H.  T. 
Rivers,  C.  H. 
Roberts,  J.  H. 
ROBKRTSON,  Rev.  A.  J. 

(E.  1895)^ 
Robertson,  C. 
Robinson,  Rev.  J. 
Robinson,  J.  J. 
Rosenberg,  G.  F.  J. 
Roughton,  H. 
Sainsburv,  a.  J.  (E. 

1894) 
Sandall,  T.  E.  (E.  ^96) 
Sanders,  R.  L. 
Sanger,  J. 

Sapsworth,  C.  (E.  '96) 
Sargent,  H. 
Sargent,  P.  W,  G. 
Shaw,  P.  E. 
Sheepshanks,  R. 
Skene,  W.  H. 
Smallpeice,  Rev.  G. 
Smith,  A.  E. 
Smith,  E.  W. 
Smith,  F.  M. 
Smith,  Rev.  G.  H. 
Smith,  Rev.  P.  G. 
Smith,  R.  T. 
Smith,  Rev.  T. 
Smith,  Tunstall  (E. 

1894) 


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Bachelors  of  Arts — continutd. 


Speight,  H.,  LL.B, 

tTumer,  G.  J. 

Wihl,  0.  M.,  LL.B. 

Staley,  J.  A. 

Turner,  D.  M. 

Wilcox,  H. 

Stone,  W.  A. 

Waite,  T. 

WiUcocks,  H.  S. 

Stowell,  R. 

Waldon,  W. 

Williamson,  H. 

Summers,  W.  C. 

Walker,  Rev.  B.  P. 

Willis,  Rev.  W.  N. 

Szumowski,  H. 

WaUer,  Rev.  C.  C. 

(E.  1897) 
Wills,  B.  R. 

Tait.  A.  J. 
Tapper,  fi.  M.  St  C. 

WaUis,  Rev.  A.  T. 

Watkinson,  G. 

WUls,  W.  K. 

Tate,  R.  W. 

Walsh,  F.  A.  H. 

Wilson,  A.  J. 

Taylor,  E. 

Ward,  Rev.  G.  W.  C. 

Wilson,  W.  C. 

Thatcher,  N. 

(E.  1895) 

t  Windsor,  J.,  ll.b. 

Teliord,  Rev.  J.  A. 

Warner,  G.  F. 

WoODHOUSE,  A.  A,  (E. 

Thomas,  L.  W. 

Way,  C.  P. 
Webb,  C.  M. 

1895) 
Wrangham,  W.  G. 

Thompson,  A.  J.  K. 

Tiarks,  Rev.  L.  H. 

Whitman,  H.  G. 

Wright,  W.  F. 

Tomlinson,  H. 

Whipple,  A,  H. 

Tovey,  C.  H. 

Undergraduates : 

Andrews,  H.  C. 

Earl,  E.  A. 

Jenldn,  A.  M. 

Angell,  C.  C. 

Eastwood,  A.  W. 

Jones,  E.  A.  A. 
Jones,  E.  H. 

Aston,  W.  F. 

Edwardes,  F.  E. 

Bailt  G.  G.  (E.  1898) 

EUis,  C.  C. 

Keeling,  C.  P. 

Bamctt,  B.  L.  T. 

England,  A.  C. 

Kempt,  G.  D. 

Bemrose,  H.  C. 

Evans,  C.  A.  M. 

Key,  S.  W. 
Kidd,  A.  S. 

BenUey,  H. 
Benweil,  E.  J.  H. 

Evans,  H.  D. 

Falcon,  W. 

Knapp,  C.  A. 
Koul,  J.  N. 

Blair,  G. 

Field,  A.  M.  C. 

Blyth,  M.  W. 

Fielding,  C.  C. 

Lamb,  W.  A. 

Boas,  W.  P. 

Fischer,  H.  G.  R. 

LANGMORK.A.C,  (E.'98) 

Body,  L.  A. 

Fitt,  H.  S. 

Ledgard.  W.  H. 

Bonsey,  R.  Y. 

Fox,  W.  J. 

Lewis,  0.  R. 

Bonsey,  W.  H. 

Gardiner,  H.  A.  P. 

Lord,  A.  E. 

Brewster,  T.  F. 

Garrood,  T.  R. 
Gaskell,  W. 

Long,  W.  A. 

Brincker,  J.  A.  H. 
Bristow,  E. 

Luddington,  L.  H. 

Goulton,  T. 
Greeves,  P. 

Lydall,  F. 

Bromwich,  T.  J.  I* A. 

Maclachlan,  A.  B. 

Byles,  C.  E. 

Gruning,  J.  F. 

Male,  H.  W. 

Carey,  W.  M. 

Gunn,  A.  H. 

Manby,  V.  B. 

Carter,  F.  W. 

Gunn,  H.  O. 

McClelland,  F.  A.  S. 

•Chotzner,  J.  A. 

Hadland,  R.  P. 

McCormic,  J.  G. 

Clarke,  K. 

♦Hardwich,  J.  M. 

•McKee,  C.  R. 

Clkworth,  T.  (E.  *97) 

(E.  '97) 

McNeile,  A.  P. 

Cook,  S.  S. 

Hay,  T. 

Mercer,  C. 

Cooke,  G.  F. 

Hemmy,  A.  S. 

Metcalfe,  J.  H. 
Morgan,  D.  J. 

Cottam,  C.  E. 

Hewett,  A.  S. 

Dastnr,  S.  P. 

Hoark,  H.  J.  (E.  '98) 

Moore,  F.  J.  S. 
Morris,  T.  W. 

Davies,  J,  D. 

Hole,  J.  R. 

Davis,  A.  J. 
Davis,  C.  N.  T. 

Holmes,  H.  T. 

Moxon,  H.  J. 

Horton-Smith,  R.  J. 

MiUler,  J.  S. 

Dearden,  G.  A. 

(E.  1896) 

MuUineux,  M. 

de  Castro,  T.  P.  F.  L. 
Deed,  W.  R.  W. 

Houston,  W.  A. 

Neave,  W.  S. 
Nicholls,  F.  J. 

Howard,  G.  H( 

Devenish,  H.  N. 

Howitt,  J.  H. 

Northcott,  J.  F. 
Orton,  K.  J.  P. 

Doherty,  W.  A. 

Hoyle,  J.  T. 
Hudson,  C.  E. 

Douglas,  Rev.  A.  H. 

Orton,  L. 

Dower,  R.  S. 

Hunter,  Dr  W. 

Palmer,  C.  A. 

Duncan,  W.  W. 

Inchley,  O. 

Parker,  H,  A.  M. 

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Percival,  B.  A. 
Pollard,  C. 

Powell,  C.  T.  (E.  '97) 
Poynder,  G.  W. 
Prest,  E. 
Prior,  E.  H.  T. 
Pryce,  H.  V. 
Pugh,  H.  W. 
Reeve,  H. 
Reissmann,  C.  H. 
Rivers,  Dr  W.  H.  R. 
Robinsou,  CD. 
Robinson,  H.  J. 
Rose,  F.  A. 
Ross,  C.  H. 
Sandwith,  H. 
Schioder,  H.  M. 
Scarlin,  W.  J.  C. 


UndergrcLduaUs — continued 

Scott,  E.  F. 
Scoular,  A.  C. 
Sherwen,  W.  S. 
Skrimshire,  J.  F. 
Shimield,  W.  S. 
Siddique,  M. 
Smith,  V.  M. 
Soyeshima,  M. 
Storey,  E.  G. 
Story,  A.  J. 
Stoughton,  J/W. 
Strickland,  £.  A. 
Sumner,  C.  C.  W. 
Tallent,  J.  H. 
Taylor,  E.  C. 
Taylor,  R.  O.  P. 
•Thompson,  A.  H. 
TowDsend,  C.  A.  H. 


Turner,  E.  G. 
Tyler,  E.  A. 
Verrall,  A.  G.  H. 
Vines,  E.  H. 
Vizard,  A.  E. 
Walker,  A.  J. 
Walker,  F.  W. 
Warner,  W.  H. 
Warren,  B.  J.  C. 
Watts,  H.  B. 
West,  W. 
Whileley,  A. 
W^iteley,  G.  T. 
Wilkinson,  R.  B. 
Winlaw,  G.  P.  K. 
Woffindin,  H.  L. 
Wood.  J.  A. 
Yusuf-AJi,  A. 


Subscribers  beginning  with  No.  105. 


Adams,  F.  S. 
Adkins,  F.  J. 
Adler,  H.  M. 
Airy,  E.  W. 
Atdee,  W.  H.  W. 
Ayres,  T. 
Baker,  W. 
Benson,  E.  M. 
Blandford,  J.  H, 
Boyde,  A.  C. 
Browning,  K.  C. 
Bryers,  J.  S. 
Butler,  H.  T.  W. 
Campbell,  A.  J. 
Clark,  W.  T. 
Clarke,  E.  R. 
Clarke,  W.  Fairlie. 
Clements,  W.  P. 
Crispin,  E.  H. 
Diver,  O.  F. 
Dyson,  J.  W. 
Evans,  G.  T.  M. 
Eastwood,  A.  W. 
Forster,  M. 
Foster,  J.  R. 
Frater,  G.  D. 
Fullagar,  H.  F. 
Gamer-Richards,  D.  B. 


Gillespie,  T . 
Glover,  J.  A. 
Grosjean,  J.  C.  F. 
Hall,  B.  L. 
Hamer,  H.  B. 
Hardman,  J.  K. 
Harvey,  A.  G. 
Harvey,  A.  W. 
Hayes,  J.  H. 
Heath,  F.  C. 
Hope,  H.  P. 
Hyne,  F. 
lies,  G.  E. 
Jacob,  P.  G, 
Kefford,  W.  K. 
Keymer,  E.  H. 
La  Trobe,  W.  S. 
Levy,  A.  W. 
Locke,  G.  T. 
McCormick,  G.  D. 
Marshall,  J.  M. 
Matthews,  J.  C. 
Matthews,  H.  N. 
May,  P.  L. 
Maxwell,  S. 
Murray,  F.  E. 
Neave,  D.  H. 
Nonnan,  G.  B. 


NuUey,  C.  E. 
Pass,  H.  L. 
Pearce,  R.  F. 
Pethybridge,  G.  H. 
Pilkington,  A.  C. 
Rawcliffe,  J.  H. 
Robb,  A.  A. 
Roberts,  H.  E. 
Rootham,  C.  B. 
Sanger,  F. 
Smith,  A.  D. 
Sneath,  H, 
Thaine,  R.  N. 
Thatcher,  A, 
Tobin,  T.  C. 
Visram,  M.  H. 
Wacher,  H. 
Wainwright,  E.  H. 
Ward,  R.  F.  C. 
Ward,  W.  D. 
Weatherhead,  E. 
Whitaker,  G.  S. 
Whitaker,  R.  J. 
Wilkinson,  H.  M. 
Wniiams,  M.  A. 
Williamson,  K.  B. 
Wiltshire,  H.  P. 
Wright,  A.  A.  G. 


Lent  Term 
1895 


THE   POETRY  OF  THOMAS   HOOD. 

(A  paper  read  at  a  meeting  of  the  Critics) » 

BN  spite  of  constant  protests,  the  practice  of 
classifying  poets  and  setting  them  down  in 
order  of  merit  seems  to  be  an  universal 
failing.  Some  have  their  lists  of  the  five,  ten, 
or  twenty  best  poets;  the  rival  claims  of  favourite 
authors  are  hotly  pressed ;  and  there  are  few  who  have 
not  some  kind  of  graduated  mental  tariff  of  great  names. 
In  such  classifications  Hood  usually  occupies  a  peculiar 
position.  There  seems  to  be  some  hesitation  in 
assigning  him  a  place,  and  this  not  infrequently  ends 
in  his  being  labelled  a  kind  of  poetical  nondescript. 

Beyond  the  universal  admiration  bestowed  on  his 
three  poems  "The  Song  of  the  Shirt,"  "The  dream  of 
Eugene  Aram,"  and  "The  Bridge  of  Sighs,"  Hood 
suffers  from  an  almost  paradoxical  injustice.  To  one 
he  is  the  poet  of  "  The  plea  of  the  Midsummer  Fairies," 
to  another  of  "Faithless  Nelly  Gray."  But  oddly 
enough  these  two  fields  of  achievement,  instead  of 
earning  him  a  two-fold  meed  of  fame,  are  allowed  to 
mutually  detract  from  one  another.  On  the  one  hand 
the  opinion  of  Hood's  contemporaries  that  he  was 
essentially  a  comic  poet  dies  very  hard;  and  many 
even  of  those  who   appreciate  his  really    fine  poetic 

VOL.  XVIII,  LLL 


43^  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

qualities  have  not  quite  shaken  off  the  idea  that  his 
serious  work  was  the  well  meant  though  somewhat 
abortive  attempt  of  one  who  had  temporarily  mistaken 
his  vocation.  On  the  other  hand,  those  who  see  in 
Hood  powers  and  beauties  of  the  rarest  kind,  are 
inclined  to  bear  a  grudge  against  his  comic  poems  for 
robbing  them  of  more  of  what  they  consider  his  finer 
work.  In  this  conflict  of  opinion  Hood's  reputation  as 
a  poet  suffers  considerably;  and  it  is  to  be  regretted 
that  there  are  comparatively  few  who  sympathise  with 
those  lines  of  Landor  which  Hood's  admirers  are  never 
tired  of  quoting : 

"Jealous  I  own  it  I  was  once, 
That  wickedness  I  here  renounce, 
I  tried  at  wit,  that  would  not  do. 
At  tenderness,  that  failed  me  too; 
Before  me  on  each  path  there  stood 
The  witty  and  the  tender  Hood." 

The  details  even  of  a  poet's  life  are  apt  to  be  tedious ; 
but  in  an  age  that  has  given  birth  to  the  interview,  no 
apology  is  needed  for  touching  on  the  main  features  of 
Hood's  life.  This  is  especially  the  case  since  the 
character  of  Hood's  writings  was  so  largely  determined 
by  exterior  circumstances — that  his  life  to  some  extent 
supplies  the  answer  to  the  question  as  to  why  his  work 
took  the  shape  it  did.  He  was  born  in  1798  and  died 
in  1845.  Of  these  forty-seven  years  only  the  latter  half 
were  spent  in  literary  work.  In  only  four  years  out  of 
that  half  was  Hood  in  comfortable  circumstances; 
while  throughout  his  whole  life  he  was  the  victim  of 
hereditary  consumption,  and  his  work  was  broken  in 
upon  by  frequent  serious  illnesses.  He  was  the  son  of 
a  London  bookseller,  and  his  intimate  acquaintance 
with  middle  class  London  life  was  used  to  good  purpose 
in  his  comic  poems.  He  was  in  turn  a  merchant's 
clerk  and  an  engraver.  The  latter  employment  doubt- 
less led  him  to  cultivate  that  talent  for  humorous 
drawing  and  caricature,  which  enabled  him  to  illustrate 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood.  433 

his  comic  poems  with  such  broad  farce.  Bad  health 
compelled  him  to  abandon  his  profession,  and  he  then 
turned  to  literature.  From  first  to  last  he  was  writing 
for  a  living,  and  it  was  journalism  and  especially  comic 
journalism  that  brought  him  in  the  best  income.  He  was 
successively  sub-editor  of  "  The  London  Magazine,' '  editor 
of  "ITie  Gem,"  "  Hood's  Annual,"  "  The  New  Monthly 
Magazine,"  and  "  Hood's  Own."  Besides  this  he  wrote 
three  prose  works — "  Tylney  Hall,"  a  novel,  "  Up  the 
Rhine,"  apparently  a  kind  of  "  Innocents  Abroad,"  and 
"National  Tales."  All  have  found  even  enthusiastic 
admirers,  but  they  are  no  longer  read.  Pecuniary 
necessity  gave  him  neither  time  nor  encouragement  to 
devote  himself  much  to  serious  poetry.  Such  serious 
poems  as  he  published  were  on  the  whole  little  read, 
and  brought  in  small  profits.  His  comic  poems  on  the 
other  hand  quickly  caught  the  public  favour,  and  his 
popularity  soon  became  immense.  Thus  he  was  able 
to  keep  up  the  struggle  for  respectability  to  the  end  of 
his  short  life,  delighting  an  enthusiastic  and  laughing 
public  with  his  comicalities,  while  troubles  were  wearing 
out  his  heart  in  secret — a  pathetic  parallel  to  Hans 
Anderson's  Punchinello. 

But  if  poverty,  ill-health,  and  some  lack  of  appre- 
ciation constitute  the  darker  side  of  Hood's  life,  they  are 
after  all  but  the  foil  against  which  the  other  side  shews 
more  brightly.  There  are  few  things  more  charming 
than  Hood's  domestic  life,  his  literary  friendships,  and 
above  all  his  own  cheery,  patient,  loveable  nature.  In 
spite  of  all  his  difiiculties  his  home  life  was  one  of  the 
happiest.  His  wife,  Jane  Reynolds,  was  in  every  way 
worthy  of  him ;  their  correspondence  reveals  the  true 
and  beautiful  character  of  their  affection: — "I  never 
was  anything,  dearest,  till  I  knew  you,  and  I  have  been 
a  better,  happier,  and  more  prosperous  man  ever  since. 
Lay  by  that  truth  in  lavender,  sweetest,  and  remind  me 
when  I  fail.  I  am  writing  fondly  and  warmly,  but  not 
without  good  cause.    First  your  own  affectionate  letter^ 


434  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

lately  received — next  the  remembrance  of  our  dear 
children,  pledges,  what  darling  ones  of  our  old  familiar 
love — then  a  delicious  impulse  to  pour  out  the  over- 
flowings of  my  heart  into  yours ;  and  last,  not  least,  the 
knowledge  that  your  dear  eyes  will  read  what  my  hand 
is  now  writing.  Perhaps  there  is  an  afterthought  that, 
whatever  may  befall  me,  the  wife  of  my  bosom  will  have 
this  acknowledgement  of  her  tenderness,  worth,  ex- 
cellence, all  that  is  wifely  or  womanly  from  my  pen." 
Hood  was  not  afraid  of  sentiment,  and  the  depth  of  his 
feeling  and  his  acute  sense  of  the  ridiculous  prevents  it 
from  ever  degenerating  into  sentimentality.  His  letters 
are  oddly  interspersed  with  pathetic  jokes  at  his  own 
ill-health.  "  Can  my  spitting  blood  have  ceased  because 
I  have  none  left?  What  a  subject  for  a  German 
romance,  The  Bloodless  Man."  His  love  for  his 
children  was  equally  warm.  Some  of  his  letters  to  his 
little  daughter  are  models  of  playful  sympathy  and  good 
advice.  How  thoroughly  his  children  returned  his  love 
is  witnessed  by  the  memoirs  they  compiled  after  his 
death.  Hood's  letters  to  his  friends  are  full  of  pleasantry 
and  frank  good  fellowship ;  he  was  on  very  intimate 
terms  with  Charles  Lamb,  and  in  their  letters  we  find 
them  keeping  up  a  friendly  rivalry  of  wit.  On  the 
death  of  Hood's  child.  Lamb  wrote  for  Mrs  Hood  the 
beautiful  "  Lines  on  an  infant  dying  as  soon  as  it  was 
bom."  And  it  was  to  Lamb  that  Hood  owed  his  intro- 
duction to  that  brilliant  literary  circle  of  which  Coleridge 
and  Hazlitt  were  the  chief  lights.  Hood's  life  is  a 
record  of  misfortune  met  with  a  smile :  a  smile  not  of 
bitterness  but  of  kindly  humour  and  tender  humanity. 
The  man  and  the  poems  are  inseparable,  for  it  is  this 
spirit  which  gives  the  poems  their  greatest  charm. 

Though  "  comic  "  and  "  serious  "  is  the  most  obvious 
division  of  Hood's  poetry,  it  is  far  from  satisfactory. 
To  begin  with  it  does  not  carry  us  very  far.  One  can 
hardly  place  the  "  Ode  to  Rae  Wilson  Esq."  in  the  same 
category  as  "  John  Trot,"  or  class  "  Lycus  the  Centaur  " 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood.  435 

with  "The  Bridge  of  Sighs."  It  is  easy  to  suggest 
subdivisions.  Thus  one  may  arrange  his  serious  poems 
under  some  such  headings  as  "lyrical,"  "Spenserian  ro- 
mantic," and  "homely  tragic;"  or  divide  his  comic  ones 
into  "punning  ballads,"  "humorous-domestic,"  "bur- 
lesques," and  so  on ;  but  one  feels  that  even  this  is  far  from 
exhaustive,  and  an  apparently  endless  vista  of  sub- 
divisions presents  itself.  Again  there  is  another  diiiiculty . 
Though  Hood's  work  is  so  varied,  it  is  impossible  not 
to  see  the  essential  unity  underlying  the  whole.  One 
can  trace  the  same  hand  everywhere ;  the  same  quaint 
fancy,  the  same  daring  turns  of  expression,  the  same 
profusion  of  imagery,  the  same  human  sympathy.  How 
are  we  to  class  such  a  poem  as  "  Miss  Kilmansegg "  ? 
In  the  midst  of  the  wildest  profusion  of  jokes  and  puns 
and  satirical  narrative,  we  are  suddenly  brought  up 
sharp  with  a  verse  such  as  this — 

"Who  hath  not  felt  that  breath  in  the  air, 
A  perfume  and  freshness  strange  and  rare, 
A  warmth  in  the  light,  and  a  bliss  everjrwhere 
When  young  hearts  yearn  together? 
All  sweets  below,  and  all  sunny  above. 
Oh,  there's  nothing  in  life  like  making  love, 
Save  making  hay  in  fine  weather." 

or  again — 

"  And  when  she  quenched  the  taper's  light, 
How  little  she  thought  as  the  smoke  took  flight. 
That  her  day  was  done,  and  merged  in  a  night 
Of  dreams  and  duration  uncertain. 

Or  along  with  her  own 

That  a  Hand  of  Bone 
Was  closing  mortality's  curtain." 

In  "  The  Fall  '*  again  occurs  this  passage — 

"  Who  does  not  know  that  dreadful  gulf  where  Niagara  falls. 
Where  eagle  unto  eagle  screams,  to  vulture,  vulture  calls, 
Where  down  beneath.  Despair  and  Death  in  liquid  darkness 

grope, 
And  upward  on  the  foam  there  shines  a  rainbow  without  hope. 


436  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

While  hung  with  clouds  of  Fear  and  Doubt  the  unreturning 

wave, 
Suddenly  gives  an  awful  plunge,  like  life  into  the  grave." 

The  piece  ends — 

*'  It's  Edgar  Huntley  in  his  cap  and  night-gown  I  declare, 
He's  been  a-walking  in  his  sleep  and  pitched  all  down  the 
stair." 

In  the  same  way  his  comic  methods  are  constantly 
employed  in  his  serious  poems.  Perhaps  the  best 
known  instance  occurs  in  the  "  Ode  to  Melancholy : " 

"  Even  the  bright  extremes  of  joy, 
Bring  on  conclusions  of  disgust : 

Like  the  sweet  blossoms  of  May^ 
Whose  fragrance  ends  in  must*' 

Even  in  that  exquisite  lyric,  "  The  Death-Bed,"  one 
catches  a  glimpse  of  his  trick  of  antithesis  which  he  has 
employed  with  such  good  effect  elsewhere : 

"Our  very  hopes  belied  our  fears. 

Our  fears,  our  hopes  belied, 
We  thought  her  dying  when  she  slept. 

And  sleeping  when  she  died." 

Thus,  while  adhering  roughly  to  the  divisions  "comic" 
and  "  serious,"  it  is  necessary  to  keep  in  view  several 
important  mental  reservations.  Hood's  comic  poetry, 
it  has  been  already  observed,  was  written  in  the  first 
place  to  obtain  a  prosaic  but  none  the  less  indispensable 
income.  Much  must  consequently  have  been  written 
hurriedly  and  under  depressing  circumstances.  Again 
he  wrote  for  an  age  that  delighted  in  grotesque  grimaces 
— that  loved  Grimaldi,  and  could  endure  the  harle- 
quinade. Yet  in  spite  of  all  one  can  hardly  wish  they 
had  not  been  written.  The  sly  humour,  the  queer  con- 
ceits, the  quaintly-drawn  characters  and  the  laughing 
philosophy  display  in  full  light  that  humorous  side  of 
Hood's  character  that  leavens  his  whole  life  and  work. 
Even  his  worst  pieces  are  redeemed  by  a  brilliant  flash 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood.  437 

here  and  there,  and  at  his  lowest  he  is  a  word-juggler 
of  no  mean  order. 

The  comic  ballads  are  perhaps  the  most  widely 
known  of  Hood's  writings,  though  they  are  by  no  means 
the  best.  Still,  in  "Faithless  Sally  Brown"  and 
**  Faithless  Nelly  Gray,"  he  may  be  said  to  have  created 
a  couple  of  classics.  These  two  poems  at  once  suggest 
Hood's  use  of  the  pun.  In  his  hands  the  pun,  which 
most  have  come  to  regard  as  the  direst  weapon  of  bore- 
dom's arsenal,  becomes  a  veritable  joy  for  ever.  His 
best  puns  are  no  mere  jingle  of  sounds :  he  himself  says 
"  a  double  meaning  shews  double  sense,"  and  most  of 
his  puns  will  read  either  way.  Some  of  them  are 
absolutely  sublime,  and  it  is  with  a  mingled  feeling  of 
astonishment  and  delight  that  the  full  glory  of  one  of 
Hood's  puns  is  borne  in  upon  one  in  all  its  symmetry. 
MrAinger  quotes  from  the  "Lines  to  a  lady  on  her 
departure  for  India" 

"Go  where  the  maiden  on  a  marriage  plan  goes. 
Consigned  for  wedlock  to  Calcutta's  quaj, 
Where  woman  goes  for  mart  the  same  as  mangoes. 

And  think  of  me." 

His  comment  on  this  is  "  *  the  same  as  man  goes ' ;  how 
utter  the  surprise  and  yet  how  inevitable  the  simile 
appears.  It  is  just  as  if  the  writer  had  not  foreseen  it, 
as  if  it  had  been  a  mere  accident. . .  .This  is  the  special 
note  of  Hood's  best  puns.  They  fall  into  their  places 
so  obviously,  like  the  lines  of  a  consummate  lyrist,  that 
it  would  have  seemed  pedantic  to  go  out  of  the  way  to 
avoid  them."  Hood  made  almost  every  conceivable 
kind  of  pun ;  now  it  is  a  play  on  words  and  now  on 
phrases.    Thus — 

"  All  you  that  are  too  fond  of  wine 
Or  any  other  stuff, 
Take  warning  by  the  dismal  fate 
Of  one  Lieutenant  Luff. 


438  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

A  sober  man  he  might  have  been. 

Except  in  one  regard, 

He  did  not  like  soft  water. 

So  he  took  to  drinking  hard. 

Said  he,  '  let  others  fancy  slops— 
And  talk  in  praise  of  tea, 
But  I  am  no  Bohemian 
So  do  not  like  Bohea.' 

If  wine's  a  poison,  so  is  tea. 
Though  in  another  shape; 
What  matter  whether  one  is  killed 
By  canister  or  grape." 

Or  again  in  the  description  of  the  effect  of  an  explosion 
on  a  dinner  party — 

"While  Mr  Davy  at  the  lower  end. 
Preparing  for  a  goose  the  carver's  labour. 
Darted  his  two-pronged  weapon  in  his  neighbour. 
As  if  for  once  he  meant  to  help  a  friend." 

Doubtless  Hood  ran  the  pun  to  death;  but  it  is  not 
every  punster  who  can  boast  of  having  won  from  such 
a  critic  as  Coleridge  the  epithet  "  transcendental." 

But  puns  however  excellent  are  not  the  only  good 
points  in  Hood's  ballads.  In  "Mary's  Ghost"  and  the 
"  Supper  Superstition  "  he  displays  considerable  humour, 
though  of  a  somewhat  gruesome  kind.  In  "Epping 
Hunt,"  the  most  pretentious  of  all,  the  humorous 
character  sketches  are  far  more  admirable  than  the 
puns.  The  comic  description  of  the  sporting  linen- 
drapers  and  the  misfortunes  of  the  venturesome  Huggins 
are  worthy  of  the  pencil  of  Randolph  Caldecott.  Lamb 
once  spoke  of  "  Hood,  that  half  Hogarth."  The  missing* 
half  was  doubtless  that  fierce  bitterness  of  satire  of 
which  no  signs  are  to  be  found  in  Hood.  His  power 
of  character-sketch  and  caricature  is  none  the  less 
admirable  because  it  is  unobtrusive.  It  is  nowhere  seen 
to  more  advantage  than  in  "The  Irish  Schoolmaster." 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood,  439 

The  character  was  doubtless  suggested  by  his  old 
dominie,  of  whom  he  says  elsewhere  "he  loved  teaching 
for  teaching's  sake ;  it  was  impossible  not  to  take  an 
interest  in  learning  what  he  seemed  so  interested  in 
teaching."  Opening  with  the  almost  Shakesperian 
lines — 

"Alack!  'tis  melancholj  theme  to  think, 
How  learning  doth  in  rugged  states  abide." 

— he  gives  us  a  charming  picture  of  the  old  dominie 
first  teaching  the  "  children  taken  in  to  bate,"  how  '*  to 
murder  the  dead  tongues,"  and  then  in  the  evening 
"  changing  his  ferula  for  rural  hoe."  The  closing  lines 
are  almost  libellous — 

"Would  there  were  many  more  such  wights  as  he. 

To  sway  each  capital  academie 

Of  Cam  and  Isis ;  for  alack !  at  each 

There  dwells  I  wot  some  dronish  dominie, 

That  does  no  garden  work  nor  yet  doth  teach, 

But  wears  a  flow'ry  head  and  talks  in  flow'ry  speech." 

But  the  whole  is  full  of  kindly  banter,  and  is  more 
typical  of  Hood's  true  humour  than  the  comic  ballads. 
Of  that  true  humour  we  have  fortunately  numerous 
examples— both  generally  in  all  his  work,  and  specially 
in  a  class  of  poems  for  which  it  is  hard  to  find  a  name. 
In  these  poems  an  atmosphere  of  early  Victorian 
suburban  domesticity  is  made  to  serve  as  a  background 
for  a  half  playful,  half  regretful,  philosophy  which  is 
wholly  charming.  At  one  moment  he  is  in  a  world  of 
street  cries,  rate  collectors,  area  steps,  and  Mary  Ann  j 
the  next  he  is  moralizing  on  the  littleness  of  men  from 
the  cross  of  St  Paul's,  or  in  a  balloon  with  Mr  Graham, 
the  aeronaut. 

"Ah!  me,  how  distance  touches  all. 
It  makes  the  true  look  rather  small. 
But  murders  poor  pretence." 
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440  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

Or  again  in  "  a  retrospective  view  " — 

*'A  hoop  was  an  eternal  round 

Of  pleasure.    In  those  days  I  found 

A  top  a  joyous  thing. 

£ut  now  those  past  delights  I  drop. 

My  head,  alasf  is  all  my  top, 

And  careful  thoughts  the  string. 

The  Arabian  Nights  rehearsed  in  bed, 

The  Fairy  Tales  in  school-time  read 

By  stealth  twixt  verb  and  noun. 

The  angel  form  that  always  walked 

In  all  my  dreams^  and  looked  and  talked 

Exactly  like  Miss  Brown." 

"When  that  I  was  a  tiny  boy. 
My  days  and  nights  were  full  of  joy. 
My  mates  were  blithe  and  kind. 
What  wonder  that  I  sometimes  sigh,. 
And  dash  a  tear-drop  from  my  eye 
To  cast  a  look  behind." 

Of  the  same  character  are  his  "  Odes  and  Addresses 
to  Great  People,"  which  won  such  warm  approval  from 
Coleridge.  Here,  in  a  jumble  of  puns  and  good-natured 
chaff,  he  quizzes  the  big  men  of  his  time ;  he  tells  Mr. 
Malthus  that  he  is  entirely  of  his  opinion,  with  regard 
to  the  population  question — 

"Why  should  we  let  precautions  so  absorb  usy 
Or  trouble  shipping  with  a  quarantine  \ 
When,  if  I  understand  the  thing  you  mean, 
Wc  ought  to  import  the  Cholera  morbus." 

And  in  the  same  way  he  has  his  joke  with  Mrs  Fry 
for  her  "  Newgatory  teaching."  Mr  Macadam,  the  road 
reformer,  he  hails  as  the  "  Roadian,"  come  to  mend 
the  evil  ways  "our  great  Macparent"  first  did  make. 
The  "Great  Unknown,"  for  whose  "Waverley," 
"Guy  Mannering,"  and  "Antiquary"  he  professes  the 
greatest  liking,  he  apostrophises  as — 

"Thou  disembodied  author — not  yet  dead, 
The  whole  world's  literary  Absentee." 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood.  441 

The  "Ode  to  Rae  Wilson  Esq."  stands  by  itself. 
Even  the  best  and  kindest  men  are  apt  to  wax  bitter 
when  dealing  with  their  religious  convictions.  Hood  is 
no  exception  to  the  rule,  and  he  does  not  spare  his 
satire  for  those  bigots,  "  who  rant  and  cant  and  pray," 
those  "pseudo-privy-councillors  of  God,"  who  "  mistake 
piety  for  magpiety"  and  "think  they're  pious  when 
they're  only  bilious."  "Of  all  the  prides,"  he  says, 
"  since  Lucifer's  attaint," 

"The  proudest  swells  a  self-elected  saint. 
A  man  may  cry  Church,  Church,  at  every  word 
With  no  more  piety  than  other  people. 
A  daw's  not  reckoned  a  religious  bird. 
Because  it  keeps  a-cawing  from  a  steeple." 

For  his  own  part,  he  says 

"All  creeds  I  view  with  toleration  thorough, 
And  have  a  horror  of  regarding  heaven  as  anybody's  rotten 
borough." 

Other  classes  of  Hood's  poems  are  *' hoaxes"  and 
"burlesques."  Of  the  former,  "  The  Demon  Ship,"  "  The 
Fall,"  "  The  Mermaid  of  Margate,"  and  the  "  Storm  at 
Hastings  "  are  the  best.  "  The  Fall,"  already  quoted, 
illustrates  his  method.  His  favourite  scene  for  such 
hoaxes  appears  to  be  the  sea.  Several  of  his  descrip- 
tions of  storms  at  sea  are  remarkable  for  fine  vigour  and 
intensity. 

"Ah!  me  it  was  a  dreary  mount. 

Its  base  as  black  as  night; 

Its  top  of  pale  and  livid  green. 

Its  crest  of  awful  white, 

Like  Neptune  in  a  leprosy, 

And  so  it  reared  upright. 

With  quaking  sails  the  little  boat. 

Climbed  up  the  foaming  heap; 

With  quaking  sails  it  paused  awhile. 

At  balance  on  the  steep. 

Then  rushing  down  the  nether  slope. 

Plunged  with  a  dizzy  sweep." 


44^  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

His  burlesques  are  too  numerous  and  too  varied  to 
attempt  to  classify.  They  include  plans  for  writing 
blank  verse  in  rhyme,  and  making  the  beginning  of 
lines  rhyme  instead  of  the  end ;  all  clever  enough,  but 
not  work  for  a  poet.  "  Bianca's  Dream  "  is  the  longest 
burlesque.  It  is  a  serious  story  with  a  moral  told,  as  is 
Hood's  way,  as  if  it  were  a  joke.  A  few  verses  from  a 
burlesque  pastoral  may  be  quoted  as  shewing  to  what 
base,  though  amusing,  uses  Hood's  muse  was  often 
put : 

Huggins        "  Of  all  the  girls  about  our  place. 

There's  one  beats  all  in  form  and  face ; 
Search  all  through  Great  and  Little  Bumpstead 
You'll  only  find  one  Peggy  Plumstead. 

Duggins         To  groves  and  streams  I  tell  my  flame, 
I  make  the  cliffs  repeat  her  name  ; 
When  Tm  inspired  by  gills  and  noggins. 
The  rocks  re-echo  Sally  Hoggins. 

Huggtns        Love  goes  with  Peggy  where  she  goes. 
Beneath  her  smile  the  garden  grows ; 
Potatoes  spring  and  cabbage  starts, 
'Tatoes  have  eyes  and  cabbage  hearts. 

Duggins         Where  Sally  goes  it's  always  spring, 
Her  presence  brightens  everything; 
The  sun  smiles  bright,  but  where  her  grin  is. 
It  makes  bras.s  farthings  look  like  guineas." 

"The  Last  Man,"  "Jack  Hall,"  and  "Miss  Kil- 
xnansegg  and  her  precious  leg"  form  a  class  by 
themselves.  They  are  grotesque  and  gruesome  night- 
mares told  with  a  reckless  gaiety  and  abandonment, 
now  rising  to  the  loftiest  heights  of  powerful  and 
impressive  writing,  now  descending  to  the  veriest 
doggerel.  "Miss  Kilmansegg,"  especially,  is  a  truly 
remarkable  poem,  and,  in  spite  of  its  unconventionality, 
rises  even  to  a  greatness.  In  this  haunting  tragedy 
of  gold,  we  are  hurried  at  break-neck  speed  through  all 
the  events  of  Miss  Kilmansegg's  life,  with  scarcely  time 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood,  443 

to  notice  the  admirably  drawn  characters,  the  out- 
rageous puns,  the  magnificent  satire;  here  and  there 
we  pause  at  a  startling  verse,  only  to  hurry  on  again 
till,  with  the  full  horror  of  gold  upon  us,  we  reach  her 
moral. 

"Gold!  Gold!  Gold!  Gold  I 

Bright  and  yellow,  hard  and  cold, 

Molten,  graven,  hammered  and  rolled. 

Heavy  to  get  and  light  to  hold. 

Hoarded,  bartered,  bought  and  sold. 

Stolen,  borrowed,  squandered,  doled. 

Spurned  by  the  young,  but  hugged  by  the  old. 

To  the  very  verge  of  the  Churchyard  mould. 

Price  of  many  a  crime  untold. 

Gold !  Gold !  Gold  I  Gold  ! 

Good  or  bad  a  thousand-fold. 

How  widely  its  agencies  vary. 

To  save — to  ruin — to  curse — ^to  bless, 

As  even  its  minted  coins  express. 

Now  stamped  with  the  image  of  good  Queen  Bess, 

And  now  of  a  bloody  Mary." 

It  is  impossible  to  do  justice  to  "Miss  Kilmansegg" 
in  a  small  space :  it  bristles  with  passages  clamorous 
for  quotation,  and  on  the  whole  it  should  be  ranked 
high. 

Many  of  Hood's  serious  poems,  and  especially  the 
earlier  ones,  are  clearly  marked  by  the  influence  of 
Spenser  and  Keats.  It  is  hard  to  understand  how  they 
could  have  failed  to  be  popular,  for  in  point  of  style,  at 
least,  he  has  produced  much  worthy  of  each  master. 
In  "The  two  Swans"  he  has  quite  caught  the  Spen- 
serian spirit  of  old  romantic  fairy  tale,  with  its  rich 
colouring  and  marvellous  imagery.  "Lycus  the  Cen- 
taur" is  much  in  the  same  style,  but  is  a  finer  poem. 
The  shuddering  fascination  of  the  enchantments  of  Circe, 
the  unutterable  woe  of  her  victims,  and  the  luxurious 
horror  of  the  surroundings,  are  admirably  expressed 
throughout  the  poem. 


444  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

•'  There  were  woes  of  all  shapes,  wretched  forms  when  I  came. 

That  hung  down  their  heads  with  a  human-like  shame ; 

The  elephant  hid  in  the  boughs,  and  the  bear 

Shed  over  his  eyes  the  dark  veil  of  his  hair ; 

And  the  womanly  soul  turning  sick  with  disgust. 

Tried  to  vomit  herself  from  her  serpentine  crust, 

While  all  groaned  their  groans  into  one  at  their  lot. 

As  I  bought  them  the  image  of  what  they  were  not. 

Then  rose  a  wild  sound  of  the  human  voice  choking. 

Through  vile  brutal  organs,  low  tremulous  croaking. 

Cries  swallowed  abruptly,  deep  animal  tones 

Attuned  to  strange  passion  and  full-uttered  groans." 

Or  again,  where  he  is  wooed  by  the  water  nymph : 

"In  the  very  noon-blaze  I  could  fancy  a  thing 
Of  beauty,  but  faint  as  the  cloud-mirrors  fling 
On  the  gaze  of  the  shepherd  that  watches  the  sky, 
Half  seen  and  half  dreamed  in  the  soul  of  his  eye. 
And  when  in  my  musings  I  gazed  on  the  stream. 
In  motionless  trances  of  thought  there  would  seem 
A  face  like  that  face,  looking  upward  through  mine, 
With  eyes  full  of  love  and  the  dim  drown6d  shine. 
Of  limbs  and  fair  garments  like  clouds  in  that  blue 
Serene:  there  I  stood  for  long  hours  but  to  view 
Those  fond  earnest  eyes  that  were  ever  uplifted 
Towards  me  and  winked  as  the  water  weed  drifted 
Between :  but  the  fish  knew  that  presence  and  plied 
Their  long  curvy  tails  and  swift  darted  aside." 

The  whole  poem  is  remarkable  for  soft-flowing  rhythm, 
languorous  grace  and  felicity  of  expression.  It  was, 
doubtless,  owing  to  the  influence  of  Keats  that  this  and 
other  of  Hood's  poems  read  in  places  so  much  like  the 
poetry  of  the  modern  aesthetic  school  of  poets.  Such 
phrases  as  "love-idle,"  "dirge  sad-swelling,"  "gold- 
broidered,"  "  pale  passioned  hands  that  seem  to  pray," 
and  the  like,  frequently  occur. 

"  Hero  and  Leander "  in  spite  of  some  fine  touches 
is  hardly  so  successful  as  Hood's  other  poems.  It 
reads  dully  and  disjointedly.  He  almost  neglects 
Hero's  grief  for  that  of  the  mermaid,  who  unwittingly 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood.  445 

drowns  Leander.  There  are  more  superfluous  verses 
than  usual,  and  several  fine  ones  are  spoiled  by  the  use 
of  unmusical  words  and  strained  phrases.  In  fact,  we 
find  in  it  illustrations  of  all  Hood's  faults  emphasized. 

In  his  "Plea  of  the  Midsummer  Fairies"  Hood  is 
quite  at  his  best  again.  It  cannot  have  been  entirely 
a  friend's  partiality  that  prompted  Lamb,  when  writing 
on  fairies  himself,  to  refer  his  readers  to  Hood,  saying 
modestly,  "the  words  of  Mercury  are  harsh  after  the 
songs  of  Apollo."  Nothing  could  be  more  daintily 
graceful  than  Hood's  pathetic  picture  of  those   . 

•*  Frail  feeble  sprites,  the  children  of  a  dream. 
Leased  on  the  sufferance  of  fickle  men  " 
of 

*'  Peri  and  Pixy  and  quaint  Puck  the  antic, 

And  stealthy  Mab,  Queen  of  old  realms  romantic  " 

as  they  stand  with  rueful  faces  cowering  before  old 
Time,  the  destroyer.  The  delicate  fancy,  the  keen, 
boyish  delight  in  that  Fairyland,  which  is  to  him  so 
real  a  place,  is  one  of  Hood's  most  pleasing  charac- 
teristics. The  reference  to  the  "  stalker  of  stray  deer, 
stealthy  and  bold.,.,  that  dares  Time's  irresistible 
affront,"  must  be  made  an  excuse  for  a  short  digression 
on  the  question  of  Shakespeare's  influence  on  Hood- 
Hood  was  an  ardent  student  of  the  dramatist,  and  in 
this  poem — and  indeed  in  many  others — he  has  quite 
caught  the  Shakespearian  spirit.  This  is  less  to  be 
wondered  at  in  one  who  himself  possessed  humorous, 
lyrical,  and  tragic  powers  of  no  mean  kind.  This 
influence  is  especially  noticeable  in  a  certain  bold 
directness  of  expression,  and  he  has  written  many  lines 
with  a  true  Shakespearian  ring. 

"The  Haunted  House"  has  been  considered  by 
many,  Hood's  finest  poem.  Edgar  Allen  Poe  speaks 
of  it  as  "  one  of  the  truest  poems  ever  written ;  one  of 
the  truest,  one  of  the  most  unexceptional,  one  of  the  most 
thoroughly  artistic,  both  in  its  theme  and  its  execution. 


446  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

It  is,  moreover,  powerfully  ideal  and  imaginative."  In 
this  poem  Hood  has  made  use  of  his  favourite  method 
of  laying  touch  upon  touch  to  the  picture,  gradually 
piling  up  a  cumulative  effect.  But  here  the  method  is 
far  more  in  keeping  and  far  more  successful  than  else- 
wha-e.  All  in  the  broad  glare  of  daylight,  the  reckless 
profusion  of  the  untended  garden ;  the  rank  weeds  and 
vermin  in  the  deserted  courtyard;  the  ruined  magni- 
ficence of  the  staircase ;  the  gorgeous,  decaying  tapestry 
and  the  awful  room,  which  even  the  spiders  shun,  where 
"  the  Bloody  Hand  shone  strangely  out  in  vehemence 
of  colour,"  are  depicted  with  marvellous  skill.  And 
all  the  while  the  horror  of  the  place  keeps  growing,  till 
one  almost  dreads  the  ever-recurring  refrain — 

"O'er  all  there  hung  a  shadow  and  a  fear, 
A  sense  of  mystery  the  spirit  daunted, 
And  said  as  plain  as  whisper  to  the  ear. 
The  place  is  Haunted/* 

The  Elm-tree  is  a  poem  on  similar  lines,  but  it  is  not 
nearly  so  successful.  It  has  had  admirers ;  but  it  is  far 
too  long  drawn  out,  and  has  many  weak  verses. 

Amongst  Hood's  other  poems  are  several  fine  odes, 
a  collection  of  sonnets,  and  numerous  short  lyrics.  The 
odes  to  "  Melancholy,"  to  "  Hope,"  and  to  "  Autumn," 
reach  a  high  degree  of  excellence  with  their  slow 
musical  rhythm  and  melancholy  cadences.  Of  his 
sonnets  those  on  "  Silence  "  and  "  Fancy  "  are  best.  Of 
the  former  Mr  William  Sharp  says  "the  sonnet  on 
Silence  is  not  only  exceedingly  beautiful,  but  ranks 
among  the  twelve  finest  sonnets  in  the  language." 
Evidence  of  Hood's  lyrical  gift  is  to  be  found  on  almost 
every  page  of  his  poems.  Many  of  his  short  lyrics  are 
extremely  beautiful.  Among  many  may  be  mentioned 
"  Fair  Ines  "  for  its  "  inexpressible  charm  "  of  graceful 
imagery  and  hidden  heart-ache;  "I  remember,  I  re- 
member "  for  its  spontaneous  expression  of  simple  senti- 
ment, "  The  Forsaken  "  for  the  intensity  of  its  suppressed 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood.  447 

passion,  "the  Exile"  and  "song  for  Music"  for  perfect 
lyrical  flow. 

Hood's  three  poems,  "  The  Dream  of  Eugene  Aram," 
"The  Song  of  the  Shirt,"  and  "The  Bridge  of  Sighs," 
are  so  well  known  that  criticism  is  almost  as  superfluous 
as  it  is  venturesome.  It  is,  however,  interesting  to  note 
that  they  by  no  means  stand  apart  from  the  rest  of  his 
poems,  but  rather  illustrate  his  general  characteristics 
with  greater  emphasis.  "  Eugene  Aram  "  is  a  striking 
example  of  that  tragic  power  which  Hood  has  used  in 
so  many  of  his  poems,  both  comic  and  serious,  with 
equally  telling  effect.  Nowhere,  however,  is  the  tragic 
force  so  well  sustained.  The  simplicity  and  directness 
of  the  narrative,  its  intensity  and  vivid  contrasts  are 
admirably  adapted  to  the  subject  of  the  poem.  But 
even  here  Hood  fails  to  escape  his  besetting  sin  of 
heaping  up  stage  effects,  so  to  speak ;  thus  the  lines — 

"  Of  lonely  folk  cut  off  unseen, 
And  hid  in  sudden  graves ; 
Of  horrid  stabs  in  groves  forlorn. 
And  murders  done  in  caves," 

are  very  crude  after  the  telling  simplicity  of 

"And  down  he  sat  beside  the  lad, 
And  talked  with  him  of  Cain." 

The  blood-avenging  sprite,  too,  smacks  somewhat  of 
the  "Ancient  Mariner."  One  of  the  most  striking 
features  of  the  poem  is  his  fine  use  of  the  last  two  lines 
of  each  verse ;  they  are  like  a  despairing  groan.  The 
last  verse  especially  is  sublime  in  its  calm  inexorability. 

"The  Song  of  the  Shirt"  is  Hood's  most  famous 
poem.  But  it  is  to  the  man  rather  than  the  poet  that  it 
does  honour.  As  a  stirring  appeal  it  is  unequalled ;  as 
a  poem  it  just  fails  to  reach  the  level  of  his  highest 
efforts.  Like  most  of  the  appeals  of  literature,  its  per- 
fection is  marred  by  the  faint  jingle  of  the  collection 
box.  But  it  seems  almost  sacrilegious  to  criticise  so 
vivid  and  piteous  a  picture  of  misery ;    so  generous  and 

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44  8  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

tender  an  outpouring  of  human  sympathy,  and  so 
effective  an  agent  of  good.  In  this  poem  and  in  the 
"Lay  of  the  Labourer"  and  the  "Assistant  Draper's 
Petition,"  one  feels  strongly,  as  one  feels  in  so  many  of 
his  poems,  whether  professed  appeals  or  not,  with  how 
much  truth  Hood  has  been  called  *  the  poet  of  the  heart/ 

In  the  "  Bridge  of  Sighs,"  Hood,  in  many  respects, 
reaches  his  highest  point.  One  feels  that  it  is  hopeless 
to  attempt  to  do  it  justice.  To  call  it  a  sermon  is  to 
libel  it,  yet  it  is  hard  otherwise  to  describe  the  profound 
impression  it  leaves.  It  is  impossible  to  know  which 
to  admire  most,  the  fine  reckless  handling  of  the  subject, 
the  wild  intensity  of  despair,  the  vivid  dark  colouring 
of  the  back  ground,  or  the  deep  unobtrusive  human 
feeling.  Such  lines  as  "  all  that  is  left  of  her  now  is 
pure  womanly  "  are  hard  to  match.  Poe,  in  his  "  Essay 
on  the  poetic  principle,"  writes :  "  The  vigour  of  this 
poem  is  no  less  remarkable  than  its  pathos.  The  versi- 
fication, although  carrying  the  fanciful  to  the  very  verge 
of  the  fantastic,  is  nevertheless  admirably  adapted  to 
the  wild  insanity  which  is  the  thesis  of  the  poem." 

Now-a-days,  after  passing  in  review  a  poet's  life  and 
work,  it  has  become  fashionable  to  raise  in  some  form 
or  another  the  question,  "What  was  his  purpose?"  or, 
"  What  does  he  teach  ? "  This  is  undoubtedly  a  highly 
interesting  question,  but  there  is  a  class  of  mind  of  the 
ultra-utilitarian  type  which  is  inclined  to  assign  it  an 
undue  importance.  "It  is  not  by  philosophy,"  it  has 
been  said,  "  but  by  imagination  and  form  that  a  poet 
lives."  Still,  without  necessarily  charging  a  poet  with 
deliberate  propagandism,  it  is  both  possible  and  pro- 
fitable to  endeavour  to  trace  that,  more  or  less, 
unconscious  "criticism  of  life"  that  will  shew  itself 
when  ink  is  once  put  to  paper.  Though  it  is  not 
difficult  thus  to  read  between  the  lines  in  Hood's  case^ 
he  has  been  subjected  to  some  misrepresentation.  It  is 
usual  to  dilate  on  his  unhappy  life  and  point  out  how, 
even  in  his  comic  poems,  he  constantly  turns  to  themes 


The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood,  449 

of  suffering ;  and  there  the  matter  is  often  left.  It  is,  of 
course,  quite  true  that  Hood  looked  on  life  as  a  sad  and 
serious  thing;  in  his  circumstances  it  could  hardly 
have  been  otherwise:  "There's  not  a  string  attuned 
to  mirth,"  he  writes,  "  but  has  its  chord  of  melancholy." 
But  his  constant  advice,  both  explicit  and  implied,  is  to 
make  the  best  of  it.  There  is  a  bright  side  to  every- 
thing, if  we  only  take  the  trouble  to  look  for  it — 

*'Beshrew  those  sad  interpreters  of  nature. 

Who  gloze  her  lively  universal  law; 

As  if  she  had  not  formed  our  cheerful  feature 

To  be  so  tickled  with  the  slightest  straw! 

So  let  them  vex  their  mumping  mouths,  and  draw 

The  corners  downwards  like  a  watery  moon. 

And  deal  in  gusty  sighs  and  rainy  flaw. 

We  will  not  woo  foul  weather  all  too  soon. 

Or  nurse  November  on  the  lap  of  June, 

For  ours  are  winging  sprites,  like  any  bird. 

That  shun  all  stagnant  settlements  of  grief, 

This  is  our  small  philosophy  in  brief.'* 

In  Hood  we  find  no  Titanic  effort  to  reconcile  the 
irreconcilable;  to  bring  individual  happiness  into 
harmony  with  human  progress.  He  is  no  baffled  cynic 
like  Byron,  no  "ineffectual  angel"  like  Shelley,  no 
passionate  idealist  like  Keats,  no  contemplative  recluse 
like  Wordsworth ;  he  faces  the  facts  of  life  and  seeks  for 
happiness  in  a  man's  self,  in  his  good  humour,  and  his 
charity.  With  Sir  Walter  Scott  he  is  content  "to 
consider  everything  as  moonshine  compared  with  the 
education  of  the  heart."  Altogether  Hood  is  such  a 
good  fellow,  and  wrote  so  much  that  is  charming,  that 
one  feels  almost  inclined  to  risk  the  charge  of  neglecting 
his  faults.  After  all  it  is  by  his  best  works  that  a  poet 
is  to  be  judged,  and  "  praise,  praise,  praise,"  we  have 
it  on  authority,  is  the  critic's  function.  Hood's  most 
obvious  fault  has  already  been  alluded  to  several  times. 
It  is  the  habit  of  piling  up  effects  and  accessories  more 
than  the  passage  can  well  bear.    Besides  this,  he  wrote 


450  The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood. 

a  considerable  quantity  of  rather  poor  stuff.  The  cir- 
cumstances of  his  life  will  account  for  much  of  this,  but 
not  all.  Even  in  those  poems  on  which  he  must  have 
spent  the  most  care,  we  find  frequent  lapses ;  and  it  is 
hard  to  imagine,  if  Hood  really  tested  his  poems  by 
writing  them  out  in  printed  characters,  how  many  of  the 
verses  passed  muster.  But  this  fault  was  the  penalty  of 
that  very  absence  of  restraint  and  boldness  of  ex- 
pression which  enabled  him  to  reach  such  heights  in 
other  passages.  At  any  rate  he  sins  in  good  company ; 
and  a  later  age,  whose  poetry  suffers  from  a  tendency  to 
over-nice  preciseness  or  over-studied  ruggedness,  may 
well  allow  bold,  unaffected  freedom  of  touch  to  cover  a 
multitude  of  sins. 

After  a  sketch,  which  has  been  in  the  main  anal3rtical, 
it  may  seem  presumptuous  to  put  forward  a  claim  for  a 
consideration  of  Hood's  work,  as  a  whole.  But,  though 
each  characteristic  of  Hood's  genius  predominates  in 
turn,  it  never  does  so  to  the  exclusion  of  the  rest.  The 
man  is  essentially  the  same,  whatever  the  point  of  view. 
Surely  then  it  cannot  be  wrong  to  raise  from  the 
doubtful  company  of  minor  poets  one  who,  to  a  deep, 
poetic  imagination,  a  fine  lyrical  gift,  and  unusual 
powers  of  expression,  added  a  delicate  fancy,  a  delight^ 
ful  humour,  and  a  broad-minded  humanity. 

C,  R.  M. 


NIL   DESPERANDUM. 

O  THOU  to  whom  this  life  may  seem 
A  weary  load  scarce  worth  the  pain; 
And  all  thine  aspirations  vain. 

And  all  thy  happiness  a  dream: 

In  thine  own  heart  are  heaven  and  hell, 
And  in  thy  hand  is  sorrow's  balm; 
For  memory  lulls  to  happy  calm, 

The  tempest  of  a  life  lived  well. 

And  sorrow  bom  of  ought  but  sin 

Is  never  sorrow  to  the  end: 

But  owns,  ere  long,  the  name  of  friend, 
And  dwells,  a  pensive  guest,  within. 

Tho'  sin,  rebelling  in  thy  blood 
Impure  from  wells  of  what  hath  been, 
From  mastery  of  the  soul  be  seen 

To  stem  awhile  the  tide  of  good. 

And  pluck  the  flower  from  thy  path 
And  dim  the  sunshine  in  thy  sky. 
And  God  forbidding  thou  should'st  die, 

Oft  make  thee  half  content  with  death : 

Yet  those  are  but  thy  darker  moods. 
And  sweet  is  nature  tho'  in  tears; 
And  summers  gild  the  growing  years. 

And  sunbeams  melt  the  winter  woods. 


C.  E.  B.' 


THE    RIVER. 

The  whispering  river  wanders  down 

In  sorrow  to  the  sea, 
And  thro'  the  wailing  of  the  town 

It  sadly  sings  to  me. 

O  where  is  now  the  happy  glen 
Of  my  pure  childhood's  years, 

Before  I  found  the  haunts  of  men, 
And  mingled  with  their  tears? 

A  dimpling  brook  I  once  did  flow 

With  silvery  pebbles  paved, 
And  mirrored  in  my  pools  below 

The  glancing  willows  waved. 

And  so  my  merry  morn  of  life 

I  lightly  laughed  away; 
And  little  recked  of  storm  and  strife 

As  children  at  their  play. 

But  now  my  face  is  sad  and  worn 

With  human  sin  and  stain: 
For  ocean's  lips  I  sigh  forlorn 

To  kiss  away  my  pain. 

The  stream  of  life  so  wanders  down 

In  sorrow  to  the  sea. 
And  thro*  the  wailing  of  the  town 

So  sadly  sings  to  me. 

C.  E.  B. 


A   MISSING  MANUSCRIPT. 
f  With  every  apology  to  the  shade  of  Sir  Richard  Burton.) 

|AVING  occasion  not  long  ago  to  visit  my  gyp- 
room  to  procure  a  pot  of  Keiller  wherewith  to 
do  honour  to  an  unexpected  friend,  I  noticed 
on  the  table  my  accustomed  allowance  of 
butter.  It  was,  as  usual,  wrapped  in  a  sheet  of  paper 
which  showed  marks  of  writing  on  the  outer  surface, 
but  my  attention  was  at  once  arrested  by  the  peculiar 
characters  of  which  the  writing  was  composed.  At  first 
I  thought  it  was  shorthand,  but  the  system  was  certainly 
not  Pitman's,  and  a  closer  inspection  soon  convinced 
me  that  what  I  had  mistaken  for  shorthand  was  really 
some  strange  character — though  precisely  what,  my 
acquaintance  with  strange  characters  did  not  enable  me 
to  say.  That  I  had  seen  something  like  it  in  a  glass 
case  in  the  University  Library  I  was  certain,  and  for  a 
moment  the  wild  thought  flashed  into  my  mind  that  the 
Librarian  had  pawned  the  Codex  Bezae^  but  this  I  dis- 
missed at  once  as  an  insult  to  my  own  intelligence  and 
a  reflexion  both  on  the  personal  character  of  the  Librarian 
and  on  the  extent  of  his  knowledge  of  the  fluctuations  of 
the  waste-paper  market. 

After  some  hesitation  I  determined  to  carry  my  dis- 
covery direct  to  the  depository  of  all  human  learning- 
Professor  M*y*r  himself,  and  having  carefully  removed 
some  outlying  portions  of  butter  which  still  adhered  to 
the  membrane,  I  bore  it  tenderly  towards  the  Second 
Court. 


454  -^  Missing  Manuscript. 

Professor  M*y*r  received  me  with  his  usual  cordiality, 
and  after  a  brief  inspection  of  my  treasure,  congratulated 
me  on  the  accidental  acquisition  of  a  missing  MS  of 
priceless  value.  "  This,"  he  remarked,  "  is  one  of  the  lost 
sheets  of  the  Alf  Laylah  wa  Laylah^  better  known  to 
Europeans  as  the  Thousand  and  one  Nights.  Orientalists 
have  long  suspected  that  the  number  looi  was  purely 
arbitrary,  and  that  other  *  Nights'  might  in  time  be  dis- 
covered, to  raise  that  improbable  total  to  a  round 
number,  such  as  1050— or,  still  more  probably — iioo. 
You,  my  young  friend,  by  singular  good  fortune,  com- 
bined with  a  keenness  of  observation  which  is  all  your 
own,  have  taken  the  first  step  towards  verifying  this 
most  necessary  and  reasonable,  but  hitherto  unverified, 
hypothesis." 

I  thanked  the  Professor  warmly  for  his  kindness. 
He  once  more  felicitated  me  on  my  discovery,  quoting 
such  passages  from  ancient  authors  as  seemed  appro- 
priate to  the  occasion,  and  I  withdrew. 

But  my  MS  would  not  allow  me  to  rest.  I  need  not 
follow  in  detail  the  tenor  of  my  meditations.  Suffice  it 
to  say  that  it  changed  the  whole  course  of  my  studies. 
I  abandoned  the  seductive  literature  connected  with  the 
honoured  name  of  Paley;  I  threw  up  the  study  of 
Trigonometry  (which  in  Mr  Hamblin  Smith's  fasci- 
nating treatise  had  hitherto  been  my  chief  delight)  :  in 
a  word,  I  flung  aside  all  my  former  occupations,  and 
devoted  myself  entirely  to  the  study  of  so  much  Arabic 
as  should  enable  me  to  decipher  the  buttery,  but  still 
legible  document,  of  which  I  had  by  so  singular  an 
accident  become  the  fortunate  possessor. 

The  result  of  my  studies  I  now  offer  to  the  public 
Avoiding  the  hideous  hag-like  nakedness  of  Torrens 
and  the  bald  literalism  of  Lane,  I  have  carefully 
Englished  my  original  in  all  its  outlandishness,  yet 
tiot  by  straining  verbum  reddere  verbo^  but  by  writing 
as  an  Arab  would  have  written  in  English,  for  on  this 
point  I  quite  agree  with  Saint  Jerome :  "  Vel  verbum  e 


A  Missing  ManuscripL  455 

verhoy  vel  sensum  e  sensUy  vel  ex  utroque  commtxtuMy  et 
medie  temperatum  genus  iranslationis*'  I  should  add, 
however,  that  when  I  came  to  examine  my  MS.  I  found 
it  in  many  places  incomplete.  These  lacunae  I  have 
filled  up  out  of  my  own  head,  after  the  most  approved 
fashion  of  modern  editors. 

The  scholar  who  reads  my  translation  in  a  lowly 
spirit,  and  who  does  not  attempt  to  compare  it  with  the 
original  (which  he  will  find  it  difiicult  to  do,  as  I  only 
allow  it  to  be  borrowed  under  a  bond  of  ;^50  to  return 
both  it  and  my  reputation  uninjured),  will  know  as 
much  about  the  subject  as  I  do  myself. 

The  Editor. 


iSofo  iolben  ft  ioas  t^e  tj^ousanti  anti  t&frtB-seconti  ntg6t 

Shahrazad  continued.  It  hath  reached  me,  O  auspicious 
King,  that  Al-Backsheesh  stood  and  marvelled  within 
himself  at  the  talisman  that  the  Ifrit  had  given  him. 
For  it  was  a  signet-ring  wherein  was  set  a  bezel-stone 
of  price,  and  thereon  was  graven  the  seal  of  the  lord 
Solomon,  David's  son  (on  whom  be  peace !).  The  sem- 
blance of  it  was  right  wondrous  and  marvellous,  and 
when  Al-Backsheesh  set  it  upon  his  finger,  lo !  he  was 
invisible  to  all  the  sons  of  Adam. 

And  as  he  stood  and  pondered  over  the  fortune  that 
had  befallen  him,  and  bethought  him  of  his  pursuers, 
and  the  death  he  would  die  when  they  should  find  him, 
it  seemed  as  it  were  a  cloud  that  veiled  the  sun,  and 
looking  steadfastly  he  saw  it  to  be  none  other  than  an 
enormous  bird,  gigantic  of  girth  and  inordinately  wide 
of  wing,  that  flew  swiftly  through  the  air.  Whereupon 
Al-Backsheesh  remembered  a  story  he  had  heard  afore- 
time of  pilgrims  and  travellers,  how  in  certain  waste 
places  of  the  earth  dwelled  a  huge  bird  called  the 
VOL,  xvm  000 


456  A  Missing  Manuscript. 

Rukh^  which  feedeth  its  young  upon  elephants,  and 
straightway  he  was  certified  that  this  was  none  other 
than  the  bird  itself.  And  as  he  looked  and  wondered  at 
the  marvellous  works  of  Allah,  the  bird  alighted,  but 
Al-Backsheesh  it  saw  not  because  of  the  signet-ring 
which  he  bore  upon  his  finger.  And  when  he  saw  this 
he  arose,  and  unwinding  his  turban  from  his  head 
twisted  it  into  a  rope  with  which  he  girt  his  middle 
and  bound  himself  fast  unto  the  leg  of  the  Rukh,  for  he 
said,  "  It  is  better  to  take  what  Allah  sendeth  than  to 
perish  here  in  the  wilderness."  And  eftsoons  the  Rukh 
rose,  and  spreading  its  wings  with  a  great  cry  flew  up 
into  the  air  dragging  Al-Backsheesh  with  it,  nor  ceased 
it  to  soar  and  to  tower  until  it  reached  the  limit  of  the 
firmament  whence  could  be  heard  the  Angels  of  the 
Seventh  Heaven  quiring  the  praises  of  Allah  Almighty; 
after  which  it  descended,  and  alighted  in  the  midst  of  a 
plain.  And  Al-Backsheesh  made  speed  to  unbind  his 
turban,  which  no  sooner  had  he  done  than  the  Rukh 
again  soared  high  in  air,  even  as  a  black  cloud  that 
grew  smaller  toward  the  eastern  verge,  and  at  length 
vanished  away. 

Then  Al-Backsheesh  gave  thanks,  and  looking 
around  him  beheld  on  the  horizon  the  spires  and 
towers  of  a  vast  city.  And  before  him  flowed  a  river, 
clear  as  pearls  and  diaphanous  gems.  And  it  was  hight 
the  Pool  of  Al-Barnwell.  And  as  he  marvelled  at  the 
clearness  of  its  waters,  behold  a  noise,  and  lo,  a 
shouting  which  drew  nearer  and  more  near  along  the 
river  bank.  And  Al-Backsheesh  sought  to  hide  him- 
self, but  he  remembered  the  talisman  which  the  Ifrit 
had  given  him,  and  taking  heart,  waited  to  see  what 
would  come  to  pass. 

Now  beside  the  river  ran  a  well-paved  road  whereon 
an  elephant  in  snow-shoes  might  go  and  make  no  holes, 
and  upon  this  road  sounded  the  hoofs  of  a  galloping 
horse.  And  as  the  sound  drew  nearer,  Al-Backsheesh 
beheld  a  sight  whereat  surprise  gat   hold  upon   his 


A  Missing  Manuscript  457 

vitals,  and  casting  ashes  on  his  head,  he  repeated  these 
couplets  : 


"  I  am  distraught,  though  signet-ring  from  eye  of  man  may  keep, 
For  round  me  gather  hosts  of  ills  from  which  I  cannot  flee: 
Patient  Til  be  till  Patience  self  with  me  impatient  wax, 
Patient  as  sun-parcht  wight  that  spans  the  desert's  sandy  sea." 

For  with  a  great  sound  as  of  the  splashing  of  oars  a 
boat  drew  nigh  upon  the  stream,  while  a  horseman 
galloped  beside  it  upon  a  sorry  jade,  such  as  a  thief 
might  be  borne  upon  to  the  bastinado  or  the  wheel.  And 
both  the  rowers  and  the  horseman  were  robed  in  vesture 
of  scarlet,  and  the  rowers  were  eight  sons  of  Adam,  who 
smote  the  water  in  order  and  drave  it  high  in  air.  And 
lo,  the  horseman  used  evil  language  unto  the  men  that 
toiled  at  the  oars,  and  cursed  them  by  his  gods,  saying 
that  they  were  miscreants  who  knew  not  the  path  of 
right  doing,  who  if  they  smote  the  water  with  tea- 
spoons should  make  better  speed.  He  likewise  made 
offer  unto  them  to  push  behind,  with  other  words  most 
grievous  to  hear  and  endure.  Then  Al-Backsheesh 
looked  that  they  should  arise  and  slay  him,  but  with 
one  consent  they  answered  him  not  a  word.  And  in  the 
boat  with*them  also  there  came  one  of  tender  years  who 
likewise  did  evilly  entreat  them,  yet  they  cast  him  not 
forth  but  did  rather  pay  heed  unto  his  words.  Then 
the  world  was  straitened  upon  Al-Backsheesh,  and  he 
had  neither  peace  nor  patience,  for  "  In  sooth,"  said  he, 
"  I  am  come  unto  the  City  o?  Cowards." 

Then  Al-Backsheesh  fared  on  towards  the  city, 
seeking  ^the  Sultan  thereof  that  he  might  claim  his 
protection,  and  perchance  stay  awhile  in  the  house  of 
his  hospitality  and  seek  thence  meat  and  drink  and 
raiment.  And  he  came  on  into  the  streets  of  the  city, 
thinking  to  find  the  King's  palace  where  he  might  tell 
his  evil  case.  And  lo,  it  was  a  city  of  palaces  rich  and 
rare,   with  doors    of   carven  oak  wood   and   windows 


458  A  Missing  Manuscript 

coloured  with  divers  hues  and  rich  saloons  right  well 
beseen.  And  he  saw  (himself  unseen)  where  many 
gfuests  feasted  on  divers  bakemeats,  and  strange  birds 
with  four  legs  and  no  breast,*  and  fruits  preserved  in  a 
lye  of  wood-ashes  after  the  manner  of  the  ancients-f 
And  they  drank  drinks  both  gr^en  and  brown,  burying 
their  faces  in  tankards  of  red  gold  set  round  with  gems 
of  price.  But  nowhere  could  Al-Backsheesh  see  aught 
of  the  King. 

Then  fared  he  forth  yet  further  unto  a  vast  Hall, 
with  a  gallery  upon  three  sides  of  it.  And  there  were 
gathered  together  at  the  bottom  of  the  Hall  a  multitude 
of  the  sons  of  the  accursed,  who  know  not  Mohammed 
the  Prophet  of  Allah.  And  the  gallery  was  as  it  were 
a  harem.  And  in  the  midmost  of  the  wall  where  the 
gallery  came  not  stood  three  thrones  of  red  carnelian, 
the  middle  throne  standing  higher  than  the  rest.  And 
thereon  sat  one,  as  it  were  a  prince,  who  reigned  and 
ruled  and  gave  audience,  with  his  Wazirs  on  either  side. 
And  of  the  Wazirs  twain,  one  was  a  world  in  himself, 
round  and  flattened  at  the  poll.J  Then  Al-Backsheesh 
thought  to  come  forward  to  declare  his  case.  But  as  he 
waited  for  an  audience  with  the  Sultan,  lo,  one  rose  up 
in  the  Hall  and  abused  his  neighbour,  sawing  the  air 
with  his  hand.  And  thereafter  rose  up  others  and  cast 
back  the  evil  words  they  had  received,  and  there  was  a 
Babel  of  bitter  tongues.  Then  Al-Backsheesh  looked 
that  the  Sultan  should  deliver  the  blasphemers  to  the 
Sworder  that  he  should  do  them  die ;  but  behold  there 
was  no  Sworder,  and  after  a  space  the  Sultan  himself 
came  down  from  his  throne  (while  another  sat  thereon), 


*  It  is  reported  that  at  Oriental  banquets  the  fowls  and  turkeys  served  to 
the  Sultan  and  his  Wazirs  have  four  wings  and  no  legs,  while  those  served  to 
the  multitude  have  four  legs  and  no  breast.  Hence  the  use  of  a  proverbial 
phrase  by  the  story-teller.    This  report  many  travellers  confirm. 

t  Generally  gooseberries,  a  favourite  food  in  the  East,  where  they  are 
eaten  at  all  seasons  of  the  year. 

J  lit.  **  btaten  at  the  poll." 


A  Missing  Manuscript.  459 

and  blasphemed  with  a  louder  and  more  varied 
blasphemy  than  the  rest.  And  after  a  little  space, 
while  the  soul  of  Al-Backsheesh  was  yet  straitened 
within  his  heart  by  reason  of  the  blasphemy,  a  bell 
tinkled  in  the  distance,  and  the  sons  of  the  accursed 
fought  in  the  doorway,  and  the  hall  was  as  the  Hall  of 
Iblis.  And  after  they  were  gone  there  came  one  of 
fierce  aspect  in  the  guise  of  a  Chief  Clerk,  and  the 
Sultan  trembled  before  him,  and  was  even  as  clay  in 
his  hands.  Then  said  Al-Backsheesh,  **This  King  is 
no  King,"  and  went  on  his  way  with  great  searchings 
of  heart. 

Then  fared  he  forth  in  sorrow  till  he  came  unto  a 
Hall  greater  and  more  splendid  than  the  last,  with  a 
gallery  upon  four  sides  of  it,  and  a  floor  of  black  and 
white  marble  cunningly  intermingled,  whereon  stood 
the  statues  of  kings.  And  the  floor  of  the  Hall  was  full 
of  venerable  sages,  and  the  galleries  of  youths  who 
were  clad  in  the  Cloak  of  Comeliness  and  crowned  with 
the  Crown  of  Completion.  And  both  on  the  floor  and 
in  the  galleries,  in  the  places  best  suited  both  for  seeing 
and  hearing,  were  unveiled  damsels  like  moons,  whose 
lips  were  like  double  carnelian,  their  mouths  like  the 
seal  of  Solomon,  and  their  teeth  ranged  in  a  line  that 
played  with  the  reason  of  proser  and  rhymer.  And  in 
the  midst,  upon  a  throne  of  Indian  teak  wood  plentifully 
adorned  with  French  polish  and  purfled  with  red  gold 
leaf,  there  sat  a  Prince  in  a  vesture  of  scarlet,  whose 
face  shone  as  the  sun,  and  his  words  distilled  them- 
selves like  melted  butter  over  the  souls  of  his  hearers. 
Then  Al-Backsheesh  joyed  with  great  joy  and  sus- 
tained dilatation  of  the  bosom,  saying  within  himself, 
*'  Surely  this  is  the  Sultan,  and  to  him  I  will  make 
known  mine  evil  plight." 

But  as  he  yet  spake,  behold,  the  young  men  who 
were  clad  in  the  Cloak  of  Comeliness  reviled  the  Sultan^ 
and  those  who  were  crowned  with  the  Crown  of  Com- 
pletion did  make  sport  concerning  him.    And  Al-Back- 


46o  A  Missing  Manuscript. 

sheesh  looked  for  the  Sworder,  and  saw  only  two 
Uncomely  Ones  who  bore  upon  their  shoulders  Pokers 
of  Power.  Neither  did  the  Sultan  deal  with  those  who 
evil  entreated  him  and  reviled  him,  but  kept  silence 
and  consulted  a  Kalendar,  since  he  had  no  Sworder, 
neither  Leather  of  Blood,  and  the  two  Uncomely  Ones 
knew  not  how  to  wield  the  Pokers  of  Power. 

Then  was  Al-Backsheesh  covered  with  shame  and 
confusion  of  face,  and  the  world  grew  dark  before  his 
eyes.  And  he  spake,  saying,  "  I  sought  for  a  King",  but 
I  have  come  unto  a  city  of  women  and  fools,  where 
Kings  are  not,  but  only  the  shadows  of  Kings.  There- 
fore I  will  speedily  get  me  hence  to  a  land  which 
prospereth  under  the  rule  of  a  Prince." 

So  saying,  he  hasted  to  go.  But  in  his  haste, 
catching  his  foot  in  his  robe,  he  stumbled  and  fell,  and 
his  signet-ring  slipped  from  his  finger.  And  straight- 
way the  assembly  was  ware  of  Al-Backsheesh  as  he  lay 
prone  upon  the  marble  floor,  with  his  turban  upon  his 
head  and  slippers  upon  his  feet.  And  there  was  a 
mighty  tumult  in  that  place.  Then  rose  up  one  in  a 
black  robe,  and  behind  him  were  two  in  dark  blue 
raiment  with  buttons  of  brassy  sheen.  And  their  look 
was  fierce  and  lowering.  But  with  a  great  cry  Al- 
Backsheesh  arose  and  fled  away,  while  the  Accursed 
Ones  pursued  after  him,  as  it  were  the  hounds  of  the 
Jinn.  And  as  he  sped  apace  down  the  street  of  the 
city,  with  those  that  followed  him  close  behind,  he 
sought  in  his  bosom  for  wherewithal  to  purchase  his 
life.  But  he  found  naught  save  six  dinars  and  eight 
dirhams  of  the  coinage  of  Haroun-al-Raschid  the  Com- 
mander of  the  Faithful  and  Prince  of  True  Believers. 
Then  Al-Backsheesh,  considering  that  they  would  be  of 
no  currency  in  a  city  of  the  infidels,  smote  upon  his 
breast  as  he  fled,  and  cried  out  with  an  exceeding  bitter 
cry,  so  that  the  whole  city  heard  the  voice  of  his  com- 
plaint. But  they  that  followed  him  drew  nearer  as  he 
ran — 


Ne  Sutor  Ultra  Crepidam,  461 

And  Shahrazad  was  surprised  by  the  dawn  of  day 
and  ceased  saying  her  permitted  say. 

Then  quoth  Dunyazad,  "  Oh,  my  sister,  how  pleasant 
is  thy  tale,  and  how  tasteful;  how  sweet,  and  how 
grateful !  "  She  replied,  "  And  what  is  this  compared 
with  that  I  could  tell  thee  the  nights  to  come,  if  I  live, 
and  the  King  spare  me?"  Then  thought  the  King, 
••  By  Allah,  I  will  not  slay  her  till  I  hear  the  rest  of  her 
tale,  for  truly  'tis  wondrous."  So  they  rested  that  night 
until  the  dawn.  After  this  the  King  went  forth  to  his 
Hall  of  Estate,  and  the  Wazirs  and  the  troops  came  in 
and  the  court  was  crowded,  and  the  King  gave  orders 
and  judged  and  appointed  and  deposed,  bidding  and 
forbidding  during  the  rest  of  the  day.  Then  the  Divan 
broke  up,  and  King  Shahryar  entered  his  palace. 


"NE   SUTOR   ULTRA    CREPIDAM." 
In  obitum  Flacci. 

OCCIDIT  heu  Flaccus ;  lacrimas  effundite,  Musae ; 

Qua  fuerit  victus  sorte  poeta,  rogas  ? 
Ilia  senex  noster  divina  poemata  vertit, 

Cui  stilus  in  dextra  more  bipennis  erat. 
Cur  petis,  infelix,  hederas  ?  cur  talia  vertis 

Carmina?  si  certum  est  vertere,  verte  nemus. 


Ah!  Horace,  our  poet,  our  singer,  is  dead, 
And  the  Muses  full  tearfully  stand, 

Mr  G.  has  translated  him  out  of  his  head. 
With  a  pen  like  an  axe  in  his  hand. 

"O  surely,  good  Sir,  thou  art  fatuous  grown," 

A  former  associate  said, 
"  'Twere  better  to  leave  such  word-chopping  alone. 

And  stick  to  wood-chopping  instead." 

A.  J.  Chotzner. 


A   SMOOTH    CYCLOID. 

This  is  that  happy  paradise  loved  best 
Of  all  the  particles.     No  tensive  string 
Is  here  to  check  their  mirth;   no  heavy  ring" 

Constrains  their  freedom  or  disturbs  their  rest. 

Some  clamber  to  the  high  cuspidal  crest 
And  slide,  exultant,  with  alternate  swing 
Down  through  the  lowest  valley;   glorying 

To  make  that  quickest  journey.     Some,  in  jest. 
Will  race,  contestful,  to  the  winning  post 

Where  slow  and  fast,  that  started  with  some  space 
Of  handicap,  must  needs  make  equal  boast 

Of  victory.    And  others,  worn  and  frail 

With  life's  hard  buflfetings,  think  small  disgrace 

To  seek  the  level  pleasures  of  the  dale. 


A    PERFECTLY    ROUGH    SPHERE. 

Art  yet  not  giddy,  thou  poor  twirling  sphere? 

Pleasure  is  this,  or  penance  for  some  sin, 

That  thou  must  rise  and  fall  with  normal  spin 
Monotonously  same?    When  thou  art  near 
The  hopeless  summit,  trembles  there  a  tear 

Of  dark  despairing  agony  within  ? 

Or  is  there  secret  happiness  to  win 
A  way  around  the  dreadful  dome?    In  fear 

Thou  hadst  thy  dwelling  once  upon  its  crown; 
And  slothful  pride,  that  heralded  thy  fall. 

Gave  the  one  little  touch  that  brought  thee  down: 
So  now,  perchance,  to  thee  thy  very  all 

Is  that  hid  Sisyphus  of  thine  own  soul 

That  helps  thee,  spinning,  to  the  topmost  Pole. 

G.  T.  B. 


'4 


A  PHILOSOPHER'S   VOYAGE   ROUND 
LONDON  AT   NIGHT. 

IVi^A  an  account  of  the  natural  phenomena  observed  in 
various  districts, 

|EN,  or,  perhaps  one  should  say,  poets,  have 
been  known  to  stand  on  the  bridge  at  mid- 
night while  the  clocks  were  striking  the  hour, 
but  there  is  no  record  of  their  having  re- 
mained there  for  any  appreciable  time.  If  the  number 
of  hours  which  the  bard  stood  on  the  (burning  ?)  bridge 
were  taken  to  be  in  inverse  ratio  to  his  poetical 
capacity,  the  present  writer  would  lay  claim  to  be 
considered  a  worse  poet  than  Longfellow.  His  place 
in  literature  would  also  be  lowered  by  the  consideration 
that  he  not  only  stood  on  the  bridge,  but  sat  down, 
drank  a  cup  of  coffee,  ate  something  which  purported 
to  be  cake,  and  heard  the  clocks  strike  several  hours 
after  midnight,  with  the  intervening  quarters.  Nor 
was  it  withal  a  lovely  night  in  June,  but  a  dampish 
night  in  February  1895. 

I  quite  feel  that  statements  like  the  above  require, 
and  anyone  is  justified  in  demanding,  full  and  circum- 
stantial explanation.  From  this,  however,  I  do  not 
shrink,  being  more  embarrassed  by  lack  of  adequate 
expression  than  any  scarcity  of  fact  or  detail. 

Let  me  begin  in  the  words  of  the  learned  and 
eminently  useful  Becker,  with  which  the  first  scene 
of  Gallus  opens. 

**The  third  watch  of  the  night  was  drawing  to  a 
VOL.  xvni.  ppp 


464  A  Voyage  Round  London  at  Night. 

close,  and  the  mighty  city  lay  buried  in  the  deepest 
silence,  unbroken,  save  by  the  occasional  tramp  of  the 
*  Nocturnal  Triumviri,'  as  they  passed  on  their  rounds — 
or  perhaps  by  the  footsteps  of  one  lounging  homewards 
from  a  late  debauch." 

There  is  nothing  new,  you  see,  under  the  sun,  save 
humour  and  woman.  Now  I  was  not  *  lounging  home- 
wards from  a  late  debauch,'  but  was  out  on  a  voyage 
of  discovery  and  observation.  I  had  conceived  the 
idea,  like  Gallus,  of  seeing  what  the  city  looked  like 
by  night.  A  book,  I  believe,  has  lately  been  written 
on  that  subject,  but  as  to  whether  it  is  written  in  prose, 
or  whether  in  verse,  or  by  whom  it  is  written,  or  at 
how  much  it  is  sold,  or  if,  having  read  it,  one  would  be 
pleased,  it  is  not  for  me,  not  knowing,  as  Herodotus 
might  say,  to  offer  an  opinion  among  those  who 
doubtless  do. 

With  the  afore-mentioned  end  in  view  I  passed  along 
the  empty  mysterious  streets,  and  ghostly  footsteps 
rang  on  the  wet  pavement  behind  me,  "  a  hollow  echo 
of  my  own." 

Somewhere  in  the  city  I  came  upon  a  very  cold  and 
impecunious  old  lady  leaning  against  a  door  in  the 
shadow  of  a  porch ;  apparently  quite  hopeless  and 
benumbed  into  indifference.  I  asked  her  if  she  had 
no  one  to  go  to,  no  one  to  look  after  her :  "  No,  no," 
moaned  the  cracked  old  voice.  I  said  I  was  in  the 
same  condition  myself,  and  put  a  small  contribution 
into  her  lean  and  ghastly  palm  protruded  from  beneath 
the  ragged  shawl ;  then,  with  the  croak  of  her  dispro- 
portionate blessings  still  in  my  ears,  I  passed  away 
into  the  nevermore  with  a  vague  regret  that  I  was  not 
a  workhouse,  or  even  a  cab-driver. 

After  continuing  this  healthy  and  meditative  form 
of  exercise  for  some  hours,  during  which  I  seemed  to 
traverse  most  of  the  principal  thoroughfares  of  the 
town,  and  feeling  tired  and  by  no  means  fastidious, 
I  chanced  upon  a  coffee-stall  on  the  further  side  of 


A  Voyage  Round  London  at  Night.  465 

London  Bridge.  I  was  not  aware  at  the  time  that  I 
was  in  that  locality,  but  suddenly  saw  the  break  in 
the  buildings,  and  the  regular  lines  of  twinkling  lights, 
and  in  between  the  stealthy  river  swirling  quietly,  with 
great  floes  of  ice  swimming  upon  it — for  the  frost  had 
just  •  broken — and  grating  slowly  under  the  dark 
echoing  arches. 

I  leant  over  the  parapet  with  one  knee  on  the  stone 
seat,  and  felt  sentimental:  thought  of  Hood's  Bridge 
of  Sighs,  and  weighed  the  advantages  and  disadvantages 
of  suicide,  deciding  finally  to  postpone  it  for  the  present. 
I  thought  of  Wordsworth's  sonnet : 

The  river  glideth  at  his  own  sweet  will : 
Dear  God!  the  very  houses  seem  asleep, 
And  all  that  mighty  heart  is  lying  still. 

It  certainly  was  an  impressive  sight.  I  went  up  to  the 
coffee-stall  and  had  a  cup,  which  possessed  the  super- 
lative merit  of  heat,  if  no  other:  I  also  obtained  for 
one  penny  a  slab  of  cake  about  the  size  of  a  small 
Genoa. 

These  delicacies  having  been  consumed,  and  some 
light  badinage,  or  ye(f>vpiafjk6^f  exchanged  with  the 
keeper  of  the  stall,  I  fared  forward  with  the  dim  idea 
of  testing  the  hospitality  of  the  College  Mission ;  but 
not  being  perfectly  confident  of  the  address  of  that 
institution,  or  my  own  geographical  position  with  regard 
to  it,  I  eventually  returned  to  "  Lum  Brigsh,"  as  it  has 
been  termed,  and  asked  the  coffee  man  tentatively  if 
there  was  anywhere  where  I  could  sit  down.  He 
replied  in  the  affirmative,  and  before  long  I  found 
myself  reclining  on  a  wooden  box,  with  two  other 
salutatores,  or  morning  callers  (parasites,  apparently, 
of  the  coffee  man,  who  was  a  comparative  *toff'  in  their 
opinion),  and  a  small  but  dirty  boy. 

We  sat  round  a  bucket-fire  and  smoked :  a  sack- 
cloth curtain  forming  a  kind  of  half-tent  kept  out  the 
bitter  East,  or  it  may  have  been  the  bitter  North,  at 


466  A  Voyage  Round  London  at  Night. 

our  backs,  and  the  coffee-stall  combated  the  draught 
in  front.  The  coffee  man  worked  the  engines.  Some 
hours  we  sat  and  discussed  the  ways  of  the  world 
round  the  bucket-fire,  much  as  one  does  in  one's  college 
rooms. 

My  companions  were  very  pleasant  and  communi- 
cative, and  much  more  deserving  of  respect,  it  struck 
me,  if  not  of  imitation,  than  many  upon  whom  Fortune 
casts  brighter  smiles. 

Life  meant  something  to  them,  the  life  of  the 
moment :  they  took  no  thought  of  the  morrow,  etc. : 
the  to-day  was  too  real,  too  inevitably  absorbing,  and 
more  than  enough  to  claim  their  whole  attention.  I 
learnt  a  lot,  much  more  than  1  can  ever  remember  or 
relate,  about  their  ways  of  life  and  aims  and  purposes  z 
the  odd  jobs  they  did,  how  they  slept  at  workhouses 
(not  at  the  same  one  twice  a  month  under  pain  of  ex.tra 
work),  or  got  taken  up  on  purpose  to  get  a  night's  rest. 

Selling  matches  was  the  best  business,  they  said : 
you  could  get  a  dozen  box.es  for  5//.  or  td,  (the  5^.  ones 
were  really  just  as  good)  and  make  half  profits.  Their 
notions  of  a  good  day's  business,  a  good  night's  rest, 
or  a  good  square  meal,  made  me  feel  absolutely 
ashamed  of  the  comforts  that  fall  undeservedly  to  my 
lot,  and  to  yours,  my  complacent  reader^ 

But,  as  Mr  Gallienne  tells  us,  we  have  discovered 
the  Relative  Spirit  of  social  and  other  philosophy: 
lower  pleasures,  lower  pains,  and  the  rest  of  it.  Have 
we  discovered,  may  I  ask,  relative  hunger  and  thirst  ? 
Do  people  require  less  clothing  the  less  they  have  to 
eat  ? 

One  of  my  friends  was  a  sailor,  or  rather  a  stoker, 
and  had  been  to  many  parts  of  the  world,  of  all  of 
which  he  had  something  to  say.  "  A  good  traveller,'* 
as  the  national  bard  has  it,  ''  is  something  at  the  latter 
end  of  a  dinner,"  and  I  found  him  also  most  interest- 
ing company  at  the  latter  end  of  London  Bridge, 
although    dressed  in  ragged    clothes,  unshaven,  and 


A  Voyage  Round  London  at  Night.  467 

smoking  an  unprepossessing  clay.     He  was    a  man, 
however, 

Qui  mores  hominum  multorum  vidit  at  urbes 

—a  man  of  large  experience,  if  of  little  refinement,  with 
a  gleam  of  genuine  kindliness  in  his  eye. 

Though  these  words  may  never  reach  the  eyes  of 
those  to  whom  they  relate,  I  must  say  that  that  night, 
if  one  of  the  strangest,  was  at  the  same  time  one  of 
the  pleasantest  and  most  instructive  I  ever  spent.  On 
such  occasions  one  lives  weeks  of  ordinary  humdrum 
life. 

At  about  4  a.m.  the  sailor  and  I  took  a  walk  as 
far  as  the  Elephant  and  Castle  and  back,  and  we 
exchanged  pipes  by  way  of  a  memento  of  the  evening. 

At  5  a  m.  in  London  "  the  noise  of  life  begins  anew," 
whether  the  blank  day  has  broken  on  the  bald  street 
or  not :  carts  go  to  market  and  men  go  to  work,  and 
call  at  the  night  coffee-stalls  for  their  breakfast.  Stray 
pedestrians,  and  the  *  Nocturnal  Triumviri/  of  course, 
are  about  all  night,  but  at  5  o'clock  there  is  quite  a 
sudden  ebb  of  re-awakening  life. 

The  thing  that  struck  me  most  of  all  in  the  men 
I  met  was  their  cheeriness  and  good  humour:  taking 
life  as  it  came  with  no  grumbling  or  cultured  pessimism, 
and  making  the  best  of  it :  with  very  great  capacities 
for  humour  and  sympathy  and  charity. 

Toynbee  Hall  and  similar  settlements  may  be  all 
very  well,  as  blind  and  uncertain  steps  towards  fusion 
of  the  classes — narrow  planks,  as  it  were,  across  the 
chasm  between  the  rich  and  poor — ^for  people  with 
cool  heads  and  strong  knees  (which  may  mean  any- 
thing you  like  to  make  it);  but  for  complete  and 
practical  bridging  over  the  gulf  commend  me  to  London 
Bridge,  and  its  night  coffee-stall  and  bucket-fire. 

C.  E.  B. 


SATOR   SARTORQUE   SCELERUM. 

SlNGy  Muse,  a  curse  on  that  sartorial  sot. 

Whose  treacherous  crime  hath  wrought  my  bitter  woe. 
May  he  upon  his  table  ever  squat 

Bent,  cramped,  and  bowed,  nor  change  of  posture 
know. 
Through  the  whole  scale  of  fierce  invective  go  f 

Sing  rhythmic  strains  of  bitterest  abuse ! 
O  may  he  reap  the  evil  he  doth  sow, 

Of  clumsy  fingers  may  he  lack  the  use. 

And  burn  his  caitiflF  hands  with  overheated  goose ! 

Wherefore,  ye  ask,  revile  so  base  a  wight ! 

Why  call  down  vengeance  on  a  wretch  so  mean  ? 
Alas !  my  heart  is  smitten  with  a  blight, 

Through  vile  default  of  him  and  his  machine. 
For  she,  who  was  my  heart's  enthroned  queen. 

Is  lost  for  ever  through  his  treacheries : 
And  when  I  meet  her  (ah !  what  might  have  been !) 

Her  handkerchief  she  hastily  applies 

Unto  her  dainty  mouth,  and  laughs  until  she  cries. 

She  was  an  angel  in  a  mortal  frame  : 

I  loved  her  madly,  yet  with  jealous  smart, 
For  other  lover  did  the  very  same. 

Nor  could  she  settle  which  possessed  her  heart. 
Wherefore  I  sought  the  aid  of  tailor's  art 

To  deck  my  person  :  soon  the  suit  was  made ; 
And  in  love's  race  methought  I  had  the  start, 

So  well  my  graceful  figure  it  displayed ; 

Adonis'  very  self  seemed  in  the  glass  portrayed. 

We  met,  and  walked  along  the  country  lane ; 

She  sat  to  rest  upon  a  rustic  seat ; 
In  burning  words  my  love  did  I  explain ; 

The  words  I  used  I  need  not  here  repeat ; 


Sator  Sartorque  Sulerum.  469 

Suffice  it  that  my  rhetoric  was  neat ; 

I  seized  her  hand,  she  seemed  inclined  to  yield, 

As  peroratively  before  her  feet 

With  graceful  pose  I  bent  me  down  and  kneeled  : 
But  O !  what  tragic  plight  was  suddenly  revealed ! 

I  heard  a  snap,  a  rending,  tearing  note ; 

(Alas !  that  posture  had  been  unrehearsed :) 
And  all  the  fabric  of  my  new-bought  coat 

Adown  the  centre  seam  was  torn  and  burst. 
And,  O !  sensation  twice,  nay,  thrice  accursed ! 

She  seemed  to  take  it  rather  as  a  joke. 
No  joke  I  ween,  but  rather  joke  reversed, 

To  kneel  there,  feeling  like  the  riven  oak 

Shivered  and  split  in  twain  by  lightning's  sudden 
stroke. 

"  O  stay  and  hear  me  \    Stay ! "  I  madly  cried  ; 

"  My  bosom  swells  with  love  as  though  'twould  crack." 
In  voice  half-choked  with  laughter  she  replied, 

**  It's  not  your  bosom  swelling,  it's  your  back ! " 
O  hast  thou  ever  trod  upon  a  tack 

With  naked  feet,  or  knocked  thy  funny-bone  ? 
Such  pains  are  keen ;  yet  is  their  torture  slack 

Beside  the  anguish  which  thus  made  me  moan, 

Which  shattered  all  my  hopes  and  turned  my  heart  to 
stone. 

"  O  stay ! "  I  cried.    No  prayer  her  heart  might  charm  : 
Convulsed  with  laughter  fled  she  down  the  lane, 

Met  with  my  rival,  took  his  proffered  arm, 
And  now  is  he  her  fond  affianced  swain. 

Then  sing,  O  Muse,  an  elegiac  strain  ! 
O  may  my  limbs  be  broken  on  the  wheel. 

If  ever,  falling  into  love  again. 

The  fiercest  passion  make  me  rashly  kneel. 
Unless  my  coat  be  bound  and  rivetted  with  steel ! 

R.H.F. 


MR  PATER'S    STYLE  • 

|T  were  hard  to  determine  whether  Mr  Pater 
is  read  (one  might  even  add — it  were  hard 
to  determine  whether  he  wrtles)  more  for 
his  matter  or  for  his  style — more  because 
he  has  something  to  say,  or  more  because  he  has 
such  a  superfine  way  of  saying  it.  But,  however  great 
the  value  of  his  thoughts,  and  the  influence  they  exert 
on  his  readers,  I  think  it  is  for  his  style  that  he  is 
most  commonly  applauded.  Here  admiration  rises  to 
the  height  of  worship,  and  worship  which  even  forgets 
the  substance  in  its  devotion  to  the  form.  How  many 
a  votary  may  one  meet,  who,  after  reading  a  book — or 
more  probably  part  of  a  book — of  Pater's,  while  he 
remembers  no  single  statement  of  his  author  about 
anybody  or  anything,  is  yet  ready  to  proclaim  from 
the  housetops  that  no  one  ever  yet  had  such  a  style  I 
There  is  something  of  profanity,  something  perhaps 
of  danger,  in  laying  a  rude  hand  on  any  object  of 
religious  reverence.  At  the  same  time  the  fact  that 
a  certain  sentiment  is  piously  held  by  a  number  of 
respectable  persons  justifies,  in  this  scientific  age,  an 
attempt  to  ascertain  the  bases  on  which  that  sentiment 
rests. 

I  hope  therefore  that  I  shall  not  be  dismissed  with 
too  much  contempt  if  I  venture  to  put  the  question. 
Is  Mr  Pater's  style  so  exemplary  as  we  are  told  ?  and 


•  Xhb  article  was  written  a  year  or  two  back  when  the  subject  of  it  was 
still  with  ns,  and,  however  unsatisfactory  I  have  left  it  as  I  then  wrote  it. 
This  may  excuse  a  certain  aggressiveness  which  might  appear  unseemly  so 
soon  after  Mr  Pater's  lamented  death.    G.  C.  M.  S. 


Mr  Pater's  Style.  47 » 

to    answer    it    by    an    honest    examination    into    the 
character  of  his  work. 

Before  going  further,  however,  we  must  consider 
what  is  implied  in  good  style.  On  the  one  hand  it 
must  satisfy  our  reason,  on  the  other  our  desire  for 
pleasure  and  variety.  The  former  requisite  is  supreme, 
the  latter  subordinate.  There  are  branches  of  literature 
in  which  the  reason  must  be  considered  almost  alone, 
in  which  the  least  play  of  fancy,'  the  least  infusion  of 
artistic  colouring,  would  be  impertinent.  But  most 
often  the  writer  knows  he  can  only  effect  his  purpose 
on  the  reason  if  he  makes  some  concurrent  appeal  to 
the  imagination  and  the  affections.  He  knows  in 
particular  the  aid  it  is  to  him  if  he  can  insinuate  his 
own  personality  into  his  words,  if  he  can  reproduce 
in  language  these  delicate  shades  of  thought  and 
feeling  which  make  him  the  man  he  is,  if,  as  we  read, 
we  have  no  longer  an  abstraction  speaking  to  us,  but 
a  man.  If  this  be  achieved,  much  will  be  gained  with 
it.  Pleased  to  catch  again  and  again  characteristic 
traits  of  expression  or  of  rhythm,  we  get  to  feel  for 
our  author  as  for  a  distant  but  familiar  friend.  The 
style  is  the  man,  and  the  man  has  become  an  elder 
brother,  who  exerts  upon  us  a  natural  persuasiveness 
which  is  beyond  the  ken  of  abstract  reason. 

All  this  Mr  Pater  has  seen  with  admirable  clearness, 
and  on  this  side  of  his  work  it  is  impossible  to  deny 
him  his  share  of  praise.  No  one  knows  better  than 
he  how  to  choose  the  word  which  raises  a  picture  to 
the  eye  rather  than  that  which  has  been  dulled  by  use. 
No  one  has  a  finer  sense  of  those  tender  half-tints, 
those  fugitive  aromas,  those  transient  effects  of  wind 
and  sky  which  the  most  of  men  miss  altogether.  No 
one  makes  his  own  nature  so  much  felt  in  his  books. 
It  is  true  that  the  last  process  may  be  overdone,  and 
this  does  happen,  I  think,  with  Mr  Pater  now  and  then. 
Himself  full  of  a  languid  luxuriousness  he  is  too  apt 
to  transfer  this  heavy  atmosphere  to  the  characters 
VOL.  XVIU.  QQQ 


472  ^^  Pater's  Style. 

with  whom  he  deals.  So  when  I  read  that  Charles 
Lamb,  the  healthiest  and  clearest  soul  that  ever  lived, 
displayed  in  his  love  of  quietness  *  a  sort  of  mystical 
sensuality' — I  awake  with  a  start  to  the  limitations  of 
Mr  Pater's  powers  as  a  critic.  *A  sort  of  mystical 
sensuality,'  that  is  the  phrase  for  Marius  the  Epicurean, 
for  Mr  Pater  everywhere,  but  as  applied  to  the  simple 
natures  of  this  world,  a  Walter  Scott  or  a  Chau"les 
Lamb,  such  a  phrase  is  morally  blasphemous  and 
artistically  false. 

This  is,  however,  less  an  example  of  faulty  style 
than  of  an  effect  of  style  in  obscuring  the  mental 
vision,  and  we  may  admit  without  stint  that  Mr  Pater's 
style  on  the  aesthetic  side  leaves  us  little  to  desire. 
It  is  full  of  beauties  of  a  rare  and  delicate  kind,  and  it 
is  saturated  with  the  spirit  of  its  author.  Mr  Pater 
gives  us  in  his  measure,  as  every  good  writer  must,  a 
double  revelation — a,  revelation  of  the  world  without 
and  a  revelation  of  the  world  of  his  own  being. 

But  the  question  now  faces  us.  Is  Mr  Pater's 
style  with  all  its  beauties  worthy  of  the  eulogies 
which  are  heaped  upon  it?  Is  it  an  exemplary  style, 
is  it  a  style  which  will  attract  readers  by  an  immortal 
charm  like  the  style  of  Plato,  of  Chateaubriand, 
of  Charles  Lamb  ? 

I  believe  we  must  answer.  No.  Among  all  the 
beauties  of  Mr  Pater's  style — one  beauty  and  that  the 
most  essential  is  wanting,  *  the  poetic  beauty '  (I  quote 
from  Marius  the  Epicurean)  *of  mere  clearness  of 
mind.'  Judged  by  the  senses  it  is  admirably  successful, 
judged  by  the  logical  faculty  it  fails  signally.  In- 
consequence, circumlocution,  ambiguity  of  all  kinds— 
these  are  some  of  its  characteristics :  it  is  these  which 
already  make  Mr  Pater's  books  hard  reading  even  for 
his  professed  admirers :  it  is  these  which  must  bar 
the  way  to  their  future  fame. 

Of  course,  I  do  not  affirm  that  because  a  writer 
presents  difficulty  to  his  readers^  he  is  therefore  desti; 


Mr  Pater*  s  Style.  473 

tute  of  literary  skill.  The  diflSculty  may  be  one 
inherent  in  the  subject  treated :  it  may  again  be  due 
to  that  mere  variety  and  freshness  of  expression,  which 
distinguishes  an  original  writer  from  the  common  herd. 
I  fully  admit  that  both  these  causes,  especially  the 
latter,  may  operate  in  Mr  Pater's  case,  but  I  have  now 
to  show  that  very  frequently  Mr  Pater  has  wantonly 
created  difficulties  for  his  readers  by  over-elaboration, 
by  sheer  clumsiness,  by  confusion  of  mind.  If  this  can 
be  proved  I  think  it  will  be  admitted  that  Mr  Pater 
is  not  the  literary  master  that  some  would  have  us 
believe. 

Lest  it  should  be  thought  that  in  my  character  of 
devil's  advocate  I  have  searched  high  and  low  to  fill 
my  brief,  I  have  collected  the  following  examples 
solely  from  three  essays — those  on  Style,  on  Charles 
Lamb,  and  on  Sir  Thomas  Browne  in  the  recent 
volume  euphuistically  called  Appreciations, 

If  what  I  consider  faults  appear  to  Mr  Paters 
admirers  to  be  virtues,  they  will  not,  I  hope,  be  sorry 
to  see  some  of  these  virtues  culled  and  ticketed. 

{a)  I  will  first  of  all  give  some  examples  to  show  the 
weakness  and  ambiguity  introduced  into  Mr  Pater's 
style  by  his  fondness  for  straggling  participial  clauses. 

p.  13.  He  will  be  no  authority  for  correctnesses  which  limiting 
freedom  of  utterance  were  yet  but  accidents  in  their  origin ; 
as  if  one  vowed  not  to  say  iVj  which  ought  to  have  been  in 
Shakespeare ;  /it's  and  hers  for  inanimaU  objects  being  but  a 
barbarous  and  really  inexpressive  survival. 

What  could  be  more  awkward  than  the  last  clause  ? 
and  beyond  that — to  pass  for  a  moment  from  style  to 
matter — what  could  be  more  misleading?  "Shake- 
speare," we  are  told,  "  did  not  use  the  form  its.  Instead, 
he  used  his  and  hers  for  inanimate  objects.  This  was  a 
barbarous  and  really  inexpressive  survival,  and  more- 
over, if  correct,  accidental  in  origin." 

I  hope  I  do  not  wrong  Mr  Pater  in  putting  his 


474  Mr  Pater^s  Style. 

implications  into  this  explicit  form.  And  what  do  we 
find?  Mr  Pater  seems  to  think  that  *his'  and  'hers' 
were  used  with  equal  frequency  for  inanimate  objects ; 
and,  from  his  use  of  the  expression — a  *  barbarous' 
survival — I  understand  him  to  mean  that  the  use  of 
these  pronouns  was  of  the  nature  of  personification. 
Can  he  be  ignorant  that  *  his '  in  Shakespeare — repre- 
senting *his,'  the  genitive  of  the  A.  S.  *hit' — is  as 
strictly  neuter  in  most  cases  as  *  its '  to-day  ?  That  it 
stands  on  an  altogether  different  footing  from  an 
occasional  use  of  *her'  for  an  inanimate  object?  And, 
if  so,  is  there  anything  more  barbarous  in  the  form 
'his'  being  both  masculine  and  neuter  than  the  Latin 
*  ejus '  or  the  modern  *  their '  ?  In  what  sense  such 
usages  of  language  are  'accidental  in  their  origin,'  I 
leave  Mr  Pater  to  answer  for  himself. 

p.  134.  "The  antiquity,  in  particular,  of  the  English  Church 
being,  characteristically,  one  of  the  things  he  most  valued  in 
it,  vindicating  it,  when  occasion  came,  against  the  '  unjust  scandal* 
0/ those  who  made  that  Church  a  creation  of  Henry  the  Eighth  J* 

What  a  sense  of  jerkiness  is  occasioned  here  by  the 
juxtaposition  of  two  participial  clauses  in  different 
constructions!  The  it's  provide  a  further  stumbling- 
block. 

p.  148.  "  Of  this  long  leisurely  existence  the  chief  events  were 
Browne's  rare  literary  publications  :  some  of  his  writings  indeed 
having  been  left  unprinted  till  after  his  death;  while  in  the 
circumstances  of  the  issue  of  every  one  of  them  there  is  something 
accidental  as  if  the  world  might  have  missed  it  altogether" 

Here  we  have  a  main  statement  modified  by  two 
clauses — the  first  an  absolute  participial  clause,  the 
second  a  clause  introduced  by  a  conjunction.  The 
relation  in  which  these  clauses  stand  to  the  main 
statement  is  of  the  shadowiest. 

p.  151.  **  And  yet  the  Discourse  of  Vulgar  Errors  seeming  as  it 
often  does  to  be  a  serious  refutation  of  fairy  tales — orguing, 
for  instance,  against  the  literal  truth  of  the  poetic  statement  that 


Mr  Pater's  Sfyle.  475 

'  The  pigt&n  hath  no  gall*  and  such  questions  as  *  Whether  men 
weigh  heavier  dead  than  alive  /'  being  characteristic  questions — is 
designed,  with  much  ambition,  under  its  pedantic  Greek  title, 
Pseudodoxia  Epidemica^  as  a  criticism,  a  cathartic,  an  instru- 
ment for  the  clarifying  of  the  intellect." 

Take  breath  and  think  it  all  out,  and  say  nothing 
discourteous  of  Mr  Pater. 

(3)  I  now  come  to  cases  of  the  ambiguous  use  of 
pronouns. 

p.  25.  "  In  his  love-letters  it  is  the  pains  and  pleasures  of  art 
he  insists  on,  its  solaces :  he  communicates  secrets,  reproves, 
encourages  with  a  view  to  that." 

Here  *that'  appears  to  refer  to  'the  pains  and 
pleasures  of  art,  its  solaces.'  But,  if  so,  it  is  such 
a  violence  wrought  to  English  idiom  that  it  necessarily 
causes  a  hitch  to  the  reader. 

1  need  not  point  out  the  awkward  way  in  which  the 
words  *  its  solaces '  are  introduced,  as  though  they  were 
an  equivalent  to  *  the  pains  and  pleasures  of  art/  which 
is  not  Mr  Pater's  meaning.  This  is  a  very  characteristic 
feature  of  his  style.  Compare  p.  143 — "full  of  the 
fantastic  minute  life,  in  the  fens  and  '  broads '  around 
Norwich,  its  various  sea  and  marsh  birds." 

p.  144.  "Still  like  one  of  these  gardens,  half  way  between  the 
medieval  garden  and  the  true  *  English'  garden  of  Temple  or 
Walpole,  actually  to  be  seen  in  the  background  of  some  of 
the  conventional  portraits  of  the  day,  the  fantasies  of  this 
indescribable  exposition  of  the  mysteries  of  the  quincunx  form 
part  of  the  complete  portrait  of  Browne  himself;  and  it  is  in 
connexion  with  it  that  once  or  twice  the  quaintly  delightful 
pen  of  Evelyn  comes  into  the  correspondence — in  connexion 
with  the  *  hortulane  pleasure.' " 

*  In  connexion  with  it.'  This  is  one  of  the  gems  of 
Mr  Pater's  style.  He  is  aware  that  the  reader  has  not 
the  least  clue  to  the  identity  of  this  *  it ' — it  may  be 
*  one  of  these  gardens,'  it  may  be  the  *  indescribable 
exposition,'  it  may  be  the  '  quincunx j'    it  may  be  the 


476  Mr  Pater's  Style. 

*  complete  portrait  of  Browne/  Does  he  then  strike  out 
the  phrase  for  another,  which  might  have  the  vulgar 
merit  of  intelligibility  ?  Certainly  not.  He  leaves  the 
reader  puzzled  for  three  more  lines  and  then  solves  the 
riddle — in  connexion  with  the  *hortulane  pleasure/ 
The  •  hortulane  pleasure '  had  never  made  its  appear- 
ance before  at  all.  The  poor  reader  has  been  befooled, 
and  retires  to  sing  the  praises  of  Mr  Pater's  new  efiEects 
in  style. 

The  following  needs  no  comment : 

p.  III.  "  These  having  no  longer  any  stimulus /or  a  generation 
provided  with  a  different  stock  of  ideas,  the  writings  of  thou 
who  spent  so  much  of  themselves  in  their  preparation,  have 
lost,  with  posterity,  something  of  what  they  gained  by  them  in 
immediate  influence." 

I  add  one  more  example, 
p.  145,   ''The    religious  daughter   who  goes  to   daily  prayers 
after  the  Restoration,  which  brought  Browne  the  honour  oi 
Knighthood/' 

Was  it  her  going  to  daily  prayers  for  which  her 
father  was  rewarded  with  a  knighthood  ?  Or,  if  the 
knighthood  was  due  to  the  Restoration,  for  what  pur- 
pose is  this  statement  thrown  in  ?  It  seems  in  no  way 
to  complete  the  picture  of  the  religious  daughter. 

{c)  Every  literary  student  is  aware  of  the  mental  con- 
fusion caused  by  Mixture  of  Metaphors.  The  following 
are  sufficiently  glaring  examples  of  this  fault. 

p.  133.  "'What  influence/  says  Johnson  again,  'learning  has 
had  on  its  possessors  may  be  doubtful/  Well  I  the  influence 
of  his  great  learning,  of  his  constant  research  on  Browne,  was 
its  imaginative  influence— that  it  completed  his  outfit  as  a 
poetic  visionary,  stirring  all  the  strange  'conceit'  of  his 
nature  to  its  depths." 

It  is  necessary  to  say  that  •  his  great  learning '  refers, 
not  to  Johnson's  learning,  as  would  at  first  appear,  but 
to  Browne's.  For  some  time  I  puzzled  over  Johnson's 
•constant  research  on  Browne/  till  I  remembered  that 


Mr  Pater^s  Slyli.  477 

with  Mr  Pater  things  are  not,  as  a  rule,  what  they 
seem. 

*//y  imaginative  influence'  again  presents  difficulties, 
unless  learning  and  research  are  identical,  which  is  not 
obviously  the  case. 

But  after  these  trifles,  what  are  we  told  of  this  influ- 
ence ?  "  It  completed  his  outfit  as  a  poetic  visionary." 
Was  a  more  execrably  Cockney  expression  ever  put  on 
paper  ?  An  *  influence '  completing  the  visionary's  out- 
fit it  would  seem  with  one  hand,  and  stirring  the 
•conceit'  (in  inverted  commas)  of  his  nature  with  the' 
other.  A  picture  of  the  sweated  seamstress  over  her 
porridge. 

p.  149.  "  As  with  Buffon,  his  full  ardent  sympathetic  vocabulary, 
the  poetry  of  his  language,  and  poetry  inherent  in  its 
elementary  particles — the  word,  the  epithet — helps  to  keep 
his  eye  and  the  eye  of  the  reader  on  the  object  before  it,  and 
conduces  directly  to  the  purpose  of  the  naturalist,  the  observer." 

"The  naturalist,  the  observer,  stuck  a  beetle,  a 
blackbeetle,  with  a  pin,  a  needle,  through  the  body, 
the  thorax."  This  is  one  of  Mr  Pater's  new  discoveries 
in  style.  For  *trouver  le  mot'  read  *trouver  deux  mots,' 
and  let  your  reader  choose  which  he  will. 

But  again  observe  the  picture — the  man  whose  "  full 
ardent  sympathetic  vocabulary  helps  to  keep  his  eye  on 
the  object  before  it."  To  possess  a  vocabulary  which 
will  neatly  pin  your  eye  to  an  object,  and  not  only  your 
own  eye  but  your  reader's  as  well,  must  be  indeed  con- 
venient. It  is  true  that  the  words,  "  the  object  before 
it,"  seem  to  imply  that  writer  and  reader  have  only  an 
eye  between  them,  and  this  will,  of  course,  somewhat 
reduce  the  proportions  of  the  achievement.  But  in  any 
case  we  may  believe  that  only  a  very  full,  ardent  and 
sympathetic  vocabulary  would  be  equal  to  the  feat. 

p.  117.  "  Customs  stiif  to  us,  stiif  dresses,  stiff  furniture. . .  .we 
contemplate. . .  .as  having  in  them  the  veritable  accent  of  a 
time,  not  altogether  to  be  replaced  by  its  more  solemn  and 
self-conscious  deposits." 


478  Mr  Pater's  Style. 

Is  it  the  *  accent '  or  the  *  time '  which  is  not  to  be 
replaced?  Is  it  the  *  accent's'  deposits  or  the  time's 
'deposits'  which  cannot  replace  it?  And  what  is  a 
*  self-conscious  deposit/  whether  of  a  time  or  of  an 
accent  ? 

{d)  A  very  curious  feature  of  Mr  Pater's  style  is  his 
use  of  Inter j actional  phrases.  Given  a  sentence  of  the 
simplest  form,  you  extract  the  subject  or  object  as 
the  case  may  be,  put  it  first  as  an  exclamation,  and 
then  substitute  a  pronoun  for  it  in  the  sentence. 

So,  for  *  Mary  had  a  little  lamb/  you  get  *  Mary ! 
she  had  a  little  lamb/  or  'A  little  lamb!  Mary  had 
that/  or  '  Mary !  A  little  lamb !  she  had  it.'  Examples 
of  this  are  the  following : 

p.  II.  "The  right  vocabulary  I  Translators  have  not  alwajs 
seen  how  important  that  is  in  the  work  of  translation  " . .  • . 

p.  1 6.  "Surplusage I  he  will  dread  that  as  the  runner  on  his 
muscles." 

I  do  not  expect  the  reader  to  understand  this  sentence 
at  present.  *The  runner  on  his  muscles'  raises  a 
horrid  picture,  whether  the  runner  runs  on  his  own 
muscles  or  someone  else's,  and  whether  under  these 
circumstances  he  feels  dread  or  inspires  it,  all  which 
is  at  first  uncertain.  Soon  you  will  find  that  you 
are  taken  in  again,  and  your  sympathetic  emotions 
have  been  squandered  without  cause. 

p.  19.  "To  give  the  phrase,  the  sentence,  the  structural 
member,  the  entire  composition,  song  or  essay,  a  similar 
unity  with  its  subject  and  with  itself:  style  is  in  the  right  way 
when  it  tends  towards  that." 

Is  style  in  the  right  way  when  it  tends  towards  this  ? 

p.  2.  "To  find  in  the  poem,  amid  the  flowers,  the  allusions, 
the  mixed  perspectives,  of  Lycidas  for  instance,  the  thought, 
the  logical  structure,"  (our  old  friend  'the  naturalist,  the 
observer')  "  how  wholesome  I  how  delightful !  as  to  identify 
in  prose  what  we  call  the  poetry,  the  imaginative  power  "  (*  the 
beetle,  the  blackbeetle '),  "  not  treating  it  as  out  of  place  and 


Mr  Pater's  Style.  479 

a  kind  of  vagrant  intruder,  but  by  way  of  an  estimate  of  its 
rights,  that  i.s  of  its  achieved  powers,  there." 

What  is  the  process  of  'identifying  in  prose  what 
we  call  the  poetry  by  way  of  an  estimate  of  its 
achieved  powers  there '  ?  *  To  identify  by  way  of  an 
estimate/  has  this  a  meaning  ?  and,  if  so,  is  this  the 
best  English  in  which  that  meaning  could  be  ex- 
pressed ? 

(e)  My  next  example  I  classify  as  the  Binary  Con- 
structiofiy  by  which  I  mean  the  appearance  of  virtually 
the  same  clause  twice  over  in  the  same  sentence,  as 
though  one  should  say,  *If  it  had  been  fine  I  should 
have  been  out  if  it  had  not  rained.'  Such  things  are 
common  in  slipshod  conversation,  but  are  usually 
avoided  by  professed  stylists. 

p.  20.  ^^  As  truly  to  the  lack  of  such  architectural  design,  of  a  single 
almost  visual  image,  vigorously  informing  an  entire,  perhaps  very 
intricate,  composition,  which  shall  he  austere,  ornate,  argument 
Native,  fanciful, yet  true  from  first  to  last  to  that  vision  within^ 
may  be  attributed  those  weaknesses  of  conscious  or  unconscious 
repetition  of  word,  phrase,  motive,  or  member  of  the  whole 
matter,  indicating,  as  Flaubert  was  aware,  an  original  structure 
in  thought  not  organically  compleie** 

This  is  of  the  form — '  To  the  lack  of  drink  may  be 
attributed  thirst,  indicating  dearth  of  refreshment.' 

I  do  not  pretend  to  suggest  the  meaning  of  '  member 
of  the  whole  matter.'  But  as  the  sentence  is  a  clear 
case  of  'conscious  or  unconscious  repetition,'  it  is 
interesting  to  find  it  passing  judgment  on  itself. 

(/)  Although  not  a  cause  of  ambiguity,  the  appear- 
ance in  prose  of  a  poetical  rhythm  or  of  rime  is  exceed- 
ingly disagreeable  to  the  ear,  and  diverts  the  reader's 
attention  from  the  statements  of  his  author. 

The  following  sentence  combines  in  a  glaring  way 
both  faults. 

p.  135.   "He  seems  to  possess  some  inward  Platonic  reality  of 

VOL.  XVin.  BBR 


48o  Mr  Pater's  Style. 

them — Church  or  monarchy — to  hold  by  in  idea,  quite  beyond 
the  reach  of  Roundhead  or  unworthy  Cavalier." 

'Quite  beyond  the  reach  of  Roundhead  or  unworthy 
Cavalier.' 

We  can  imagine  his  song— 

'*  Hurrah  for  Church  or  monarchy  I   to  hold  by  in  idea. 
Quite  beyond  the  reach  of  Roundhead  or  unworthy  Cavalier ! " 

[g)  Mr  Pater  is  fond  of  using  words  and  expressions 
not  in  their  common  acceptation,  but  in  the  sense 
which  they  bore  two  or  three  centuries  ago,  or  which 
they  bear  at  present  in  French.  No  sensible  man 
will  be  anything  but  grateful  to  a  judicious  writer, 
who  thus  adds  to  the  wealth  of  our  language.  At 
the  same  time  every  care  must  be  taken  to  avoid 
ambiguity  caused  by  the  intrusion  into  the  reader's 
mind  of  the  more  ordinary  meaning  of  the  words  thus 
used.  Mr  Pater  seems  to  disregard  this  precaution : 
he  expects  us  as  though  by  nature  to  read  English 
words  in  French  senses. 

p.  27.   **  In  that  perfect  justice"— 

The  word  'justice'  is  here  used  apparently  as  equi- 
valent not  to  French  *  justice'  but  French  'justesse,' 
meaning  therefore  'fitness,'  'exactness' — a  sense  in 
which  the  word  is  not  known,  so  far  as  I  am  aware,  in 
modem  English, 

In  the  same  passage^- 

•— "  omnipresent  in  good  work,  in  function  at  every  point." 
Here  '  in  function '  is  '  en  fonction,'  '  acting.'    The 
apparent  parallelism  between  '  in  good  work '  and  '  in 
function'  makes  a  reader  unprepared  for  the  sudden 
introduction  of  a  French  sense  into  the  expression. 

p.  123.  "Such  forni  of  religion  becomes  the  solemn  back- 
ground on  which  the  nearer  and  more  exciting  objects  of  his 
immediate  experience  relieve  themselves,  borrowing  from  it 
pn  expression  of  calm." 

*  Se  reinvent/    *  stand  in  relief/    This  not  being  thQ 


Mr  Pater's  Siyli.  481 

natural    meaning    of  the  English    phrase,   a    wanton 
ambiguity  is  caused. 

p.  133.  "The  son  inherited  an  aptitude  for  a  like  profound 
kindling  of  sentiment  in  the  taking  of  his  life/' 

The  phrases  'taking  of  life,'  *  taking  of  his  life,' 
have  a  recognised  meaning  in  English,  which  is  always 
certain  to  interfere  with  a  reader's  immediate  under- 
standing of  this  passage. 

ih)  Mr  Pater  rightly  or  wrongly  does  not  scruple  to 
put  an  adverb  between  '  to '  and  the  infinitive — being  in 
this  respect  less  of  a  purist  in  style  than  the  English 
Foreign  Office. 

p.  132.  "Browne^s  works  afe  of  a  kind  to  directly  stimulate 
curiosity  about  himself." 

{j)  He  will  give  a  substantive  a  strange  verbal 
fegimen,  even  when  ambiguity  is  inevitable. 

p.  116.  •*  You  catch  the  sense  of  veneration  with  which  those 
great  names  in  literature  and  art  brooded  over  his  intelligence, 
his  undiminished  impressibility  by  the  great  effects  in  them." 

The  last  words  *by.  .etc'  do  not  depend  as  would  be 
expected  on  the  verb  *  catch,'  but  on  the  substantive 
*  impressibility ' :  a  construction  as  foreign  to  English 
£is  to  Latin  idiom. 

There  is  extraordinary  awkwardness  in  the  early 
part  of  the  sentence,  which  states  that  the  great  names 
felt  veneration  for  his  intelligence,  but  means  the 
converse. 

{k)  One  example  of  laboured  prettiness  spoilt  by  a 
silly  euphuistic  use  of  the  word  *  thing'  ends  my 
catalogue. 

p.  125.  "One  who,  having  narrowly  escaped  earthquake  or 
shipwreck,  finds  a  thing  for  grateful  tears  in  just  sitting  quiet 
at  home,  under  the  wall,  till  the  end  of  days." 

English  of  this  kind  is  truly  'English  as  she  is 
wrote' — it  is  English  emasculated. 


482  Mr  Pater's  StyU. 

I  had  collected  examples  of  Mr  Pater's  strange 
treatment  of  the  indefinite  oru^  of  his  habit  of  connecting 
by  a  copula  statements  with  no  such  logical  connexion, 
€^  his  use  of  a  preposition  and  its  case  as  equivalent  to 
a  participial  clause,  etc.,  etc.  But  I  forbear.  I  will 
only  say  in  his  own  graceftd  words  '  he  is  still  a  less 
correct  writer  than  he  may  seem,  still  with  an  imperfect 
mastery  of  the  relative  pronoun/ 

And  to  what  conclusion  does  our  examination  point  ? 
Surely  to  this  that  Mr  Pater,  in  spite  of  his  delightful 
gifts,  is  not  to  be  accepted  as  a  master  ^  £nglisb 
prose. 

The  task  he  has  set  himself  is  indeed  one  worthy  of 
an  artist.  It  is  to  write  not  for  the  reason  merely, 
but  for  the  whole  man,  stirrii^  in  every  line  some  new 
sensation,  of  colour,  of  fragrance^  of  harmonious- 
sound.  To  a  certain  degree  he  has  succeeded.  This  is 
proved  by  the  luxurious  pleasure  which  we  have  all 
experienced — ^for  some  hours  at  any  rate — ^in  reading; 
his  books.  But  if  that  rich  pleasure  is  a  fact,  is  it  not 
also  a  notorious  fact  that  this  pleasure  cloys  ?  that  the 
book  we  began  with  such  warm  interest  grows  irksome 
and  laborious,  perhaps  is  never  finished?  That  sucb 
should  be  the  case,  in  spite  of  the  exquisite  n^ments- 
which  Mr  Pater  gives  us,  demands  an  explanation, 
and  I  claim  that  the  explanation  lies  in  what  has 
already  been  pointed  out.  In  the  search  for  finer 
sensations,  Mr  Pater  has  too  much  disregarded  the 
requirements  of  plain  reason,  the  *  poetic  beauty 
of  mere  clearness  of  mind.'  He  wanders  through  a 
garden  of  roses  gathering  the  rarest  as  he  goes,  but 
his  knees  faint  and  his  feet  stumble.  And  this  is 
decisive.  The  victors  of  literature  move  with  a  proud 
and  unfaltering  step  and  Mr  Pater  is  not  of  them. 

G.  C.  M.  S. 


AFTER   PAUL  VERLAINE. 
I. 

"IL  PLEURE  DANS  MON  CCEUR." 

Tears  in  my  heart, 

And  rain  o'er  the  town! 
Say,  grief,  what  thou  art 
That  creep'st  to  my  heart? 

Soft  sound  o'  the  rain 

On  the  earth  and  the  tiles! 
In  a  heart's  weary  pain 
O,  the  song  o'  the  rain! 

Reasonless  tears 

In  this  faint -beating  heart; 
Thou  traitor,  what  fears? 
These  are  reasonless  tears. 

'Tis  the  worst  o'  my  woe 
That  I  cannot  say  why. 
When  love  and  hale  go, 
My  heart  hath  such  woe. 

2. 

"UN  GRAND  SOMMEIL  NOIR." 

On  my  life  doth  fall 

A  cloud  o*  the  night; 
Sleep,  ye  hopes  all. 

Sleep,  all  delight. 

Dimmed  is  my  sight. 

The  sense  forgot 
Of  wrong  and  right, 

O,  the  piteous  lot! 

A  cradle  buoyed 

By  a  feeble  will 
On  the  brink  of  a  void,— 

Be  still !     O,  be  still  I 

G.  C.  M.  S. 


A  NEW   PROSE   TRANSLATION   OF    HOMER, 


|R  Samuel  Butler  has  kindly  sent  us  some 
sample  passages  of  his  new  prose  translation 
of  the  Iliad  and  Odyssey.  The  latter  work 
is  finished,  and  we  hope  will  shortly  be  pub- 
lished; the  translation  of  the  Iliad  is  to  appear  at  a 
later  date,  but  Mr  Butler  informs  us  that  this  part  of 
his  work  is  rapidly  approaching  completion.  The  aim 
of  the  translator,  according  to  the  provisional  title- 
page  of  the  translation  of  the  Odyssey,  is  to  "  freely 
render "  the  Greek  into  "  modern  colloquial  English 
for  the  use  of  those  who  cannot  read  the  original."  It 
will  be  seen  that  Mr  Butler  is  to  some  extent  breaking 
new  ground;  for  the  present  standard  translations  of 
Homer  are  written  in  styles  which  tend,  in  varying 
degrees,  to  be  archaic.  The  word  "colloquial"  is, 
however,  open  to  misinterpretation,  and  will  probably 
not  appear  on  the  title-page  of  the  published  work ;  as 
Mr  Butler  explains  in  a  letter,  he  does  not  aim  at 
modern  colloquialism,  but  merely  seeks  to  avoid  stilted 
and  affected  expressions. 

It  would  of  course  be  premature  (even  if  it  were 
possible)  to  criticise,  at  any  length,  a  work  of  which 
only  a  few  hundred  lines  are  at  present  in  print.  But 
some  idea  of  the  character  of  the  forthcoming  trans- 
lation   may  be    gained  from    the  following    extracts. 

(i)  Tell  me,  O  Muse,  of  that  ingenious  hero  who  travelled 
far  and  wide  after  he  had  sacked  the  sacred  town  of  Troy.  He 
saw  many  cities,  and  learned  the  manners  of  many  nations. 


A  Neiv  Prose  Translation  of  Homer.  485 

Moreover  he  suffered  much  by  sea  while  trying  to  save  his  own 
life,  and  to  bring  his  men  safely  home.  But  do  what  he  might 
he  could  not  save  his  men,  for  they  perished  through  their  own 
folly  in  eating  the  cattle  of  the  Sun-god  Hyperion.  So  the  god 
prevented  them  from  ever  getting  home.  Tell  me,  too,  about 
all  these  things,  O  daughter  of  Jove,  from  whatsoever  source 
you  may  know  them. 

And  now  all  who  had  escaped  from  battle  or  shipwreck  were 
safe  at  home  again,  except  Ulysses,  and  he,  though  he  was 
longing  to  get  back  to  his  wife  and  country,  was  hindered  by 
the  famous  goddess  Calypso,  who  had  got  him  into  a  large  cave 
and  meant  to  marry  him.  But  when  years  had  gone  by,  and  at 
last  the  time  came  when  the  gods  settled  that  he  should  go  back 
to  Ithaca,  even  then  when  he  was  among  his  own  people  his 
troubles  were  not  yet  over,  and  all  the  gods  took  pity  upon  him 
except  Neptune,  who  still  persecuted  him  without  ceasing,  and 
would  not  let  him  go  home.     (Od.  i.  i — ii). 

(2)  Thus  they  gathered  round  the  ghost  of  the  son  of  Peleus, 
and  the  ghost  of  Agamemnon  joined  them,  sorrowing  bitterly. 
Round  him  were  gathered  also  the  ghosts  of  those  who  had 
perished  with  him  in  the  house  of  iEgisthus  ;  and  the  ghost  of 
Achilles  was  first  to  speak. 

*Son  of  Atreus,'  it  said,  'we  used  to  say  that  Jove  had  loved 
'you  from  first  to  last  better  than  any  other  hero,  for  you  were 

*  captain  over  many  and  brave  men,  when  we  were  all  fighting 
'  together  before  Troy,  yet  the  hand  of  death,  which  no  mortal 
'  can  escape,  was  laid  upon  you  all  too  early.  Better  for  you  had 
'  you  fallen  at  Troy  in  the  heyday  of  your  renown,  for  the  Achaeans 
'  would  have  built  a  mound  over  your  ashes,  and  your  son  would 
'  have  been  heir  to  your  good  name,  whereas  it  has  now  been 

*  your  lot  to  come  to  a  most  miserable  end.' 

•  Happy  son  of  Peleus,'  answered  the  ghost  of  Agamemnon, 
'  for  having  died  at  Troy,  far  from  Argos,  while  the  bravest  of 
'the  Trojans  and  Achaeans  fell  around  you  fighting  for  your 
«  body.  There  you  lay  in  the  whirling  clouds  of  dust,  all  huge 
■and  hugely,  heedless  now  of  your  chivalry.  We  fought  the 
'  whole  of  the  livelong  day,  nor  should  we  ever  have  left  off  if 

*  Jove  had  not  sent  a  hurricane  to  stay  us.  Then,  when  we  had 
'  borne  you  to  the  ships  out  of  the  fray,  we  laid  you  on  your  bed 
'and  cleansed  your  fair  skin  with  warm  water  and  with  oint- 
'ments.    The  Danai  tore  their  hair  and  wept  bitterly  round 


486  A  New  Prose  Translation  of  Homer. 

'about  you;  your  mother,  when  she    heard,  came  with   her 

*  immortal  nymphs  from  out  of  the  sea,  and  the  sound  of  a  great 

*  wailing  went  forth  over  the  waters,  so  that  the  Achaeans  quaked 
'  for  fear.    They  would  have  fled  panic-stricken  to  their  ships 

*  had  not  wise  old  Nestor,  whose  counsel  was  ever  truest,  checked 

*  them,  saying,  "  Hold,  Argives !  fly  not,  sons  of  the  Achaeans ! 
"Uhis  is  his  mother  coming  from  the  sea  with  her  immortal 
**•  nymphs  lo  view  the  body  of  her  son."'     (Od.  xxiv.  19 — 56). 

(3)  Thus  he  spoke,  and  they  did  as  he  had  bidden  them. 
They  made  haste  to  prepare  the  meal,  they  ate,  and  every  man 
had  his  full  share  so  that  all  were  satisfied.  Then,  when  they 
had  had  enough  to  eat  and  drink,  the  others  went  each  to  his 
tent  to  take  his  rest,  but  the  son  of  Peleus  lay  grieving  among 
his  Myrmidons  by  the  shore  of  the  sounding  sea,  in  an  open 
place  where  the  waves  came  surging  in  one  after  another.  Here 
a  very  deep  slumber  took  hold  upon  him  and  eased  the  burden 
of  his  sorrow,  for  his  limbs  were  weary  with  chasing  Hector 
round  the  wind-beaten  city  of  Ilius.  Presently  the  sad  spirit 
of  Patroclus  drew  near  him,  like  what  he  had  been  in  stature, 
voice,  and  the  light  of  his  beaming  eyes,  clad,  too,  as  he  had 
been  clad  in  life.     The  spirit  hovered  over  his  head  and  said, 

*  You  sleep,  Achilles,  and  have  forgotten  me ;  you  loved  me 
'living,  but  now  that  I  am  dead  you  think  of  me  no  further; 

*  bury  me  with  all  speed  that  I  may  pass  the  gates  of  Hades. 
'The  ghosts,  vain  shadows  of  men  that  can  labour  no  more, 

*  drive  me  away  from  them ;   they  will  not  yet  suffer  me  to  join 

*  them  that  are  beyond  the  river,  and  I  wander  all  desolate  by 
'the  wide  gates  of  the  house  of  Hades.  Give  me  now  your 
'hand  I  pray  you,  for  when  you  have  once  paid  me  my  dues  of 
'  fire,  nevermore  shall  I  come  from  out  the  house  of  Hades. 
'Nevermore  shall  we  sit  apart  and  take  sweet  counsel  among 
'the  living:  the  cruel  fate  which  was  my  birthright  has  yawned 
'  its  wide  jaws  around  me — nay,  you  too  Achilles,  peer  of  gods, 
'  are  doomed  to  die  beneath  the  wall  of  the  noble  Trojans. 

*  One  thing  more  will  I  ask  if  you  will  grant  it :  let  not  my 
'  bones  be  laid  apart  from  yours,  Achilles,  but  with  them ;  even 
'as  we  were  brought  up  together  in  your  own  home,  what 
'time  Menoetius  brought  me  to  you  as  a  child  from  Opoeis 
'  because  by  a  sad  spite  I  had  killed  the  son  of  Amphidamas — 
'  not  of  set  purpose,  but  in  a  childish  quarrel  over  the  dice. 
'The  Knight  Peleus  took  me  into  his  house,  entreated  me 


A  New  Prose  Translation  of  Homer.  487 

'kindly  and  named  me  to  be  your  squire;  therefore  let  our 
'  bones  lie  in  but  a  single  urn,  the  two-handled  golden  vase 
•given  to  you  by  your  mother.'    (Iliad  xxiii.  54 — 92). 

These  short  passages  will  show  that  Mr  Butler's 
command  of  goody  straightforward  English  has  not 
deserted  him  in  the  new  translation.  That  it  will 
appeal  to  every  reader,  the  author  would  probably  be 
the  last  to  claim.  Many  students  of  Homer  no  doubt 
feel,  perhaps  unconsciously,  that  a  certain  archaism 
of  phraseology,  in  translation,  is  helpful  in  projecting 
the  mind  back  to  the  remote  antiquity  of  the  epic  itself. 
Others  lay  less  stress  on  the  accident  of  age  and 
country,  and  hold  that  Homer,  like  Shakespeare,  is 
modern,  inasmuch  as  he  belongs  to  all  time,  and  that 
the  Homeric  poems  are  therefore  not  unfitly  rendered 
in  a  modem  form.  To  such  temperaments  Mr  Butler's 
translation  cannot  fail  to  be  acceptable;  he  seems  to 
have  found  a  style  which  is  modem  without  being 
vulgar  or  commonplace.  Occasionally,  as  was  natural, 
he  has  lapsed  into  expressions  that  savour  somewhat 
of  the  antique;  e.g,^from  out^  what  ttme^  and  entreated^ 
in  the  last  passage.  These  expressions  could  no  doubt 
be  justified  as  poetical  rather  than  purely  archaic ;  but 
perhaps  the  substitution  of  the  simple  froniy  when^  and 
treated  would  be  more  in  accordance  with  the  general 
spirit  of  the  translation.  But  these  lapses  appear  to 
be  rare  and  trifling;  it  would  be  difiicult  to  pick  out 
a  single  archaistic  phrase  or  word  in  the  specimens, 
amounting  to  two  hundred  lines,  which  Mr  Butler  gives 
us  from  his  translation  of  the  Odyssey.  Indeed,  the 
most  old-fashioned  phraseology  in  these  extracts  is  to 
be  found  in  the  words  Neptune  and  Ulysses.  Mr  Butler 
might  well  have  retained  the  Greek  names  of  the 
Homeric  gods  and  heroes.  He  is  too  good  a  scholar  to 
ignore  the  advantages  of  the  Greek  nomenclature — the 
gain  in  accuracy,  and,  we  may  say,  in  poetic  feeling ; 
and,  surely,  at  the  present  day  the  forms  Odysseus  and 
VOL.  xvm.  sss 


488  A  New  Prose  Translation  of  Homer. 

Poseidon  are  as  intelligible  to  the  general  reader,  in 
other  words,  as  good  English,  as  their  Latin  pseudo- 
equivalents.  If  Tennyson  wrote  Ulysses  as  the  title  of 
an  early  poem,  he  afterwards  recognised  the  general 
spread  of  Greek  culture  by  using  the  forms  Ares  and 
Patios  Athene  in  "Tiresias,**  without  suspicion  of 
pedantry.  His  •*  Demeter  and  Persephone "  would 
hardly  have  been  improved  by  the  substitution  of  "  Ceres 
and  Proserpine.**^ 


WONACH  soil  man  am  Ende  traditen  ? 

Die  Welt  zu  kennen  und  nicbt  zu  verachterr. 

GO£TU& 

When  all  is  said,  the  struggle  of  the  wise 
Must  aim  the  world  to  know  and  not  despise* 

J.  E.  B.  M, 

Das  schwache  Weib  erstarkt  mit  Gott, 
Der  Starke  Mann  wird  schwach  mit  Spott. 

WiLHELM  SCHOPFF^ 

Through  God  weak  woman's  strength  is  crowned. 
Strong  man  through  scoffing  weak  is  found. 

J.  E.  B.  M. 


CORRESPONDENCE. 

T0  ike  Editors  of  the  '  EagU: 


Dear  Sirs, 


The  notice  inserted  in  the  Eagh  of  June  1 894,  asking 
those  members  of  the  College,  who  wished  information 
sent  them  respecting  the  Johnian  Dinner,  to  communicate 
with  us,  has  produced,  we  regret  to  say,  very  few  replies. 
We  wish  therefore  to  draw  the  attention  of  your  readers  to 
the  Dinner  once  more,  especially  as  we  shall  not  be  able 
to  distribute  circulars  this  year  so  widely  as  was  done  a  year 
ago. 

A  short  report  of  last  year's  Dinner,  and  a  list  of  those  then 
present,  will  be  found  in  the  Eagk  of  last  June.  The  list 
shows  that  the  gathering  was  the  largest  and  most  representa- 
tive which  has  yet  been  held,  nearly  every  year  from  1850 
being  represented.  But  we  think  that,  to  be  worthy  of  the 
College,  the  Dinner  should  be  made  larger  and  more  repre- 
sentative still,  and  we  therefore  urge  all  Johnians,  young  or 
old,  whether  their  names  are  still  on  the  boards  or  not,  if 
possible,  to  come  to  the  Dinner  and  help  to  ensure  its  successs, 
or  at  least  to  send  us  their  names  and  addresses,  so  that  they  may 
receive  regular  notice  in  future  years. 

We  think  we  may  say  that  the  Dinner  has  heretofore  given 
much  enjoyment  to  those  who  have  attended  it,  and  has  proved 
a  convenient  meeting-place  for  old  College  friends  who  have 
had  few  opportunities  of  seeing  each  other. 

We  hope  that  no  one  will  be  deterred  from  coming  by  the 
fear  that  he  will  meet  none  of  his  acquaintances.  In  such 
a  case  we  venture  to  suggest  that  he  should  persuade  one 
or  more  of  his  friends  to  meet  him  at  the  Dinner,  where  they 
will  be  seated  together  if  we  receive  notice  of  the  desire  to  be 
so  placed. 

We  would  also  ask  the  younger  generations  of  Johnians  not 


490  Correspondence, 

to  consider  themselves  as  debarred  from,  or  out  of  place  at,  the 
Dinner,  vhich  aims  at  being  representative  of  all  years  and 
all  interests. 

We  would  specially  urge  resident  members  of  the  College 
to  come,  as  the  Dinner  is  in  no  way  intended  to  be  confined 
to  those  who  have  left  Cambridge. 

We  would  also  ask  all  readers  of  the  EagU  to  impress  on  any 
Johnians,  whom  they  may  meet,  the  necessity  of  supporting 
the  Dinner.  We  shall  be  glad  to  give  further  information  if 
desired. 

The  Dinner  will  this  year  be  held  on  Thursday,  April  i8th, 
at  Limmer's  Hotel,  George  Street,  Hanover  Square,  W.,  at 
7.30  p.m. 

The  Master  has  kindly  consented  to  preside. 

The  price  of  tickets  (not  including  wine)  will  be  8j.  6</. 
each. 

We  hope  to  arrange  a  good  musical  programme  to  provide 
entertainment  after  the  Dinner. 

Any  communication  with  regard  to  the  arrangement  of  seats, 
reaching  us  not  later  than  April  17th,  will  be  attended  to  as  far 
as  possible.  Subject  to  any  such  communication,  the  seats 
will  be  arranged,  as  far  as  may  be,  with  reference  to  the 
different  years.  It  will  greatly  facilitate  this  arrangement,  if, 
in  applying  for  tickets,  the  applicants  would  kindly  state  tho 
years  during  which  they  were  in  residence  at  St  John's, 

We  remain. 

Yours  faithfully, 

Ernest  Prescott, 
76,  Cambridge  Terrace, 
Hyde  Park,  W. 

R.   H.   FORSTER, 

Members'  Mansions, 
Victoria  Street,  S.W. 
Hon,  Secretariat 


THE  JOHNIAN  DINNER,   1895. 


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The  Right  Hon  Sir  J.  E.  Gorst  Q.C.  M.P. 

The  Right  Hon  L.  H.  Courtney  M.P. 

Sir  T.  D.  Gibson-Carmichael  Bart. 

Sir  F.  S.  PowcU  Bart.  M.P. 


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G.  P.  K.  Wiilaw  Esq. 


(Ernest  Prescott, 
Members'  Mansions,  Victoria  Street,  S.W. 


Thb  Rbv  Gerald  Thomson  Lermit  LL.D* 

The  Rev  Gerald  Thomson  Lermit  (who  died  at  St  Florence 
on  the  25  October  1894),  ^^^  ^^i''^  ^5  April  1825,  at  Mundlaisin, 
in  India.  His  father,  Captain  Lermit,  died  from  fever  when 
he  was  only  three  years  old,  and  his  widowed  mother  at  once 
returned  to  England.  He  was  educated  at  Stamford  Grammar 
School,  of  which  Dr  Gretton  was  then  Head  Master,  and  at 
Boulogne.  In  1 845  he  entered  St  John's,  and  took  his  degree 
as  a  Junior  Optime  in  1 849.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  the 
same  year  and  Priest  in  1850  by  Bishop  Murray  of  Rochester^ 
and  held  curacies  near  Colchester.  In  1849  he  married 
Elizabeth  Henrietta,  daughter  of  Mr  William  Donnes  of  Hill 
House,  Dedham,  and  in  1853  ^^  appointed  Head  Master  of 
Queen  Elizabeth's  School,  Dedham,  where  for  thirty-one  years 
he  worked  unweariedly  at  the  School  house,  gaining  the  respect 
and  affection,  not  only  of  his  pupils  and  their  parents  (who 
fully  appreciated  his  efforts  to  make  their  sons  Christian 
gentlemen  as  well  as  able  scholars),  but  also  all  his  neighbours 
of  every  rank. 

In  1885  he  was  presented  by  the  College  to  the  Rectory  of 
St  Florence,  in  Pembrokeshire,  where  he  devoted  himself  to 
the  church  and  parish.  In  1892  Mrs  Lermit  passed  away, 
and  his  life  had  been  so  bound  up  with  hers  that  he  never 
really  recovered  her  loss;  two  years  later  strength  suddenly 
failed,  he  gently  fell  asleep  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  quiet 
churchyard  with  her  he  loved  so  well. 


The  Rev  Theobald  Richard  O'Fflahertie. 

By  the  death  of  the  Rev  Theobald  Richard  O'Fflahertie,  the 
Church  of  England  has  lost  one  of  those  curiously  learned  and 
yet  consistently  faithful  country  clergymen  who  are  becoming 
rarer  and  rarer  among  us  every  year. 

Mr  OTflahertie  was  born  on  the  7  October  181 8,  at  Castle- 
town, in  Queen's  County,  Ireland.    He  was  the  son  of  the 


Obituary,  493 

Rev  John  OTflahertic,  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  and  a 
scion  of  an  ancient  family  seated  in  the  county  of  Galway  for 
many  centuries.  From  boyhood  he  appears  to  have  been  of 
studious  habits  and  a  great  lover  of  books.  He  entered  at 
St  John's  in  1839  and  graduated  B.A.  in  January  1843.  ^^ 
appears  that  he  went  up  to  Cambridge  with  no  other  object  in 
view  than  to  qualify  himself  for  Holy  Orders,  and  having  taken 
his  degree  he  ceased  to  be  a  member  of  our  College.  He  was 
almost  immediately  ordained  to  the  Curacy  of  Odiham,  in 
Hants,  by  Bishop  Sumner,  and  admitted  to  Priest's  Orders  in 
the  usual  course.  In  1846  he  moved  from  Odiham  to  Tadley  in 
the  same  County,  and  in  1 848  he  married  Mary  Anne,  daughter 
of  Captain  John  Scott  R.N.,  and  was  presented  to  the  Perpetual 
Curacy  of  Capel,  near  Dorking,  Surrey,  the  only  preferment 
which  he  ever  held  and  which  at  no  time  brought  him  in  an 
income  of  three  hundred  a  year.  In  1851  he  became  Chaplain 
of  Dorking  Union  Workhouse,  which  post  he  retained  for 
sixteen  years,  resigning  it  in  1867.  In  1873  he  succeeded  to 
the  family  estates  in  Galway  which  were  put  under  the  manage- 
ment of  his  son,  who,  I  presume,  has  now  inherited  them ; 
but  with  the  exception  of  an  annual  visit  to  Ireland  to  show 
his  interest  in  his  tenantry,  Mr  O'Fflahertie  very  rarely  was 
absent  from  his  parish,  and  he  died  Vicar  of  Capel  on  the 
20  November  1894,  having  been  a  clergyman  in  the  diocese  of 
Winchester  for  more  than  fifty-one  years,  and  never  having 
received  the  smallest  recognition  at  the  hands  of  his  diocesan. 

Mr  O'Fflaherlie  had  a  family  of  fourteen  children,  who 
•'worked"  the  parish  with  a  cheerful  and  vigilant  zeal,  that 
earned  for  them  the  deep  affection  and  esteem  of  all  classes. 
The  Sunday  school  teachers  and  district  visitors — the  constant 
attendants  at  the  beautiful  Cottage  Hospital — the  managers  of 
all  the  good  works  that  were  carried  on  in  the  parish  were  the 
"Deaconesses"  and  "Sisters"  of  the  Vicar's  family.  They 
took  it  all  in  the  day's  work,  and  were  so  busy  that  they  had 
no  time  to  advertise  themselves. 

When  the  late  Dean  Alford*s  Edition  of  Dr  Donne's  works 
was  published,  six  volumes  8vo,  in  1839,  0*Ffiahertie's  attention 
was  drawn  to  the  book  by  the  severe  criticism  which  it  called 
forth.  If  the  truth  must  be  told,  Alford,  at  the  time  he  under- 
took to  tdit  Donne,  was  quite  ridiculously  unfit  for  such  a  task. 
Nevertheless  the  collected  edition  of  Donne's  work  was  much 


494  Obituary. 

needed,  and  this  reprint  was  the  means  of  attracting  attention 
to  these  noble  and  profound  sermons,  which  are  among  the 
most  solid  and  suggestive  contributions  to  Theological  literature 
which  the  Church  of  England  possesses. 

Somehow  Donne  has  never  failed  to  exercise  upon  some 
minds  a  fascination  which  is  quite  unique  in  its  character,  and 
I  may  add  almost  inexplicable.  After  the  publication  of  my 
little  volume  of  Donne's  Essays  in  Divinity  in  1855,  OTflahertie 
wrote  to  me  and  most  kindly  encouraged  me  to  go  on  as  I 
had  begun.  I  found  that  he  had  been  for  years  buying  up 
every  little  scrap  that  could  throw  any  light  on  Donne's  life, 
and  that  he  knew  a  great  deal  more  about  the  literature  of  the 
time  than  I  did.  The  subject  has  been  worked  at,  as  few 
periods  have  been  laboured  since  then;  but  young  men 
now-a-days  have  little  notion  of  the  difficulty  that  beset  us 
at  that  time.  For  myself  I  was  a  young  curate  and  rather  poor, 
but  I  should  have  had  no  hesitation  for  a  moment  in  pawning 
my  watch  to  buy  a  Donne  rarity,  and  O'Fflahertie  with  much 
larger  means  than  I  ever  had  was  just  as  reckless,  and  being 
my  senior  by  several  years  had  been  more  successful  as  a 
collector.  When  we  met  for  the  first  time  I  asked  him, 
"What  first  drew  you  to  Donne?"  He  answered  without 
hesitation,  "  I  was  never  drawn  to  him  1  One  day  he  laid 
hold  of  me  and  I  never  could  get  away  from  him!"  That 
exactly  described  what  went  on  with  myself. 

O'Fflahertie's  collection  of  Donniana  is,  beyond  compare, 
the  most  complete  assemblage  of  book  rarities,  directly  or 
indirectly  connected  with  the  life  and  writings  of  the  great 
dean  of  St  Paul's  that  has  ever  been  got  together ;  but  large 
as  the  collection  is,  it  may  safely  be  said  that  no  man  who 
ever  built  up  so  precious  a  library  had  a  greater  command 
of  Its  every  page.  By  the  time  that  my  friend  came  into  his 
inheritance  there  remained  very  little  more  to  buy  in  his 
favourite  subject.  During  the  last  twenty  years  or  so  he  had 
been  pursuing  most  diligent  researches  into  the  history  of 
the  Parish  of  Capel,  and  accumulating  a  large  mass  of  infor- 
mation from  manuscript  sources.  It  was  obvious  that  he  should 
be  led  on  to  gather  together  materials  illustrating  the  History 
of  Surrey,  and  he  devoted  a  great  deal  of  labour  to  unearth 
some  curious  and  recondite  lore  respecting  the  history  of  the 
Templars  and  their  possessions.  I  suppose  all  these  huge 
accumulations  will  come  to  the  hammer. 


Obituary.  495 

O'Fflahertie  wrote  a  hand  that  a  child  may  read  and  his 
minute  accuracy  and  clearness  of  head  reflects  itself  in  his 
faultless  penmanship.  There  is  no  knowing  what  his  MSS 
and  note  books  may  contain.  He  was  from  boyhood  a  student, 
the  weak  point  in  his  character  being  that  he  never  could  bring 
himself  to  display  his  enormous  learning.  It  went  on  like  a 
snowball  on  the  roll — gaining  more  and  more  to  the  end. 

Mr  OTflahertie  was  no  great  preacher :  he  had  a  monotonous 
manner,  but  the  matter  was  good  and  sound — there  was  too 
much  in  him  to  allow  of  rapid  verbiage  coming  from  his  lips. 
His  conversation  was  at  times  brilliant  and  sparkling,  and 
when  you  got  him  on  his  own  subjects  the  impression  he  left 
upon  you  of  the  vast  extent  of  his  knowledge  and  the  readiness 
with  which  he  could  produce  it,  almost  appalled  those  whose 
range  of  reading  was  to  his  but  as  a  little  parish  in  a  wide 
kingdom. 

Of  all  the  bibliophiles  I  have  ever  known — and  if  you  pleas© 
you  may  call  them  bibliomaniacs — there  are  only  two  whom  I 
associate  in  my  mind  with  O'Fflahertie.  Professor  Mayor  is 
one  and  Henry  Bradshaw  the  other. 

Of  course  I  do  not  mean  that  my  old  friend  was  on  anything 
approaching  the  same  level  as  those  two  gifted  scholars,  in  the 
extent  of  his  reading  and  knowledge  of  books — or  in  mental 
calibre  and  trained  scholarship.  A  country  parson,  be  his 
opportunities  what  they  may,  can  only  take  rank  with  the 
illustrious  Academics,  as  an  Amateur  does  among  Professionals. 
Bradshaw  and  Professor  Mayor  are  sure  of  a  place  among  the 
immortals.  Alas !  I  fear  that  O'Fflahertie's  name  will  be  for- 
gotten when  those  who  knew  and  loved  and  admired  him 
have  passed  away* 

Augustus  Jessopp. 


The  Right  Rev  James  Atlay  D.D., 
Late  Lord  Bishop  of  Hereford. 

Since  the  last  number  of  the  Eagle  appeared,  another  son  of 
the  College,  after  "  serving  his  generation  by  the  will  of  God," 
has  fallen  asleep. 

James  Atlay  was  the  son  of  a  fellow  of  St  John's.  He  came 
to  St  John's  himself  from  Oakham  School.  As  a  schoolboy  he 
must  have  heard  of  his  father's  College,  as  the  College  which 
VOL.  XVIH.  TTT 


496  Obiiuary. 

had  just  given  Cambridge  its  first  boat  club.  It  was  the  College 
of  the  Selwyns  and  Whyteheads — men  of  old,  men  of  renown — 
through  whom  St  John's  has  been  linked  (we  believe)  for  all 
time  to  the  Maoris,  whose  idea  of  an  Englishman  was  formed 
in  a  large  measure  by  the  life  and  work  of  George  Selwyn.  It 
was  the  College  at  which  Henry  John  Rose  was  just  finishing 
his  *•  seventeen  years  of  happy  residence,"  when  Atlay  entered 
as  a  freshman  in  the  October  of  1836. 

What  does  the  date  mean  to  us  ?  Fifty  years  later  another 
freshman  of  that  year,  a  firm  friend  of  Atlay  s  through  life,  told 
us  that  at  that  time  there  was  "no  railway  at  Cambridge,  no 
electric  telegraph,  no  board  schools,  no  papal  infallibility.*'* 
The  year  before  (1835)  Thirlwall's  History  of  Grtea  appeared. 
the  highwater  mark,  perhaps,  of  a  style  of  writing  history  which 
was  very  soon  to  become  obsolete.  In  that  October  term 
Simeon  died,  and  what  that  meant  to  Cambridge  men  a  few 
still  live  to  tell  us.  Before  another  October  term  came  round 
St  John's  had  another  Master  and  Queen  Victoria  had  ascended 
the  throne  of  England. 

One  who  came  up  with  Atlay  from  Oakham,  and  was  his 
life-long  friend,  looks  back  to  a  day  when  his  friend  knelt  in 
the  College  Chapel,  after  having  been  elected  to  a  Foundation 
Scholarship,  as  a  day  from  which  he  thought  he  could  see 
in  him  a  deeper  seriousness. 

The  trait  is  in  keeping  with  all  the  life  that  followed.  He 
was  a  man  who  never  took  these  good  gifts  as  though  they 
came  of  themselves,  and  whose  happiness  in  them  was  deepened 
and  enhanced  by  a  glad  child-like  acknowledgement  of  the 
Giver. 

Soon  after  taking  his  degree  Atlay  was  ordained  and  became 
Assistant  Curate  at  Warsop.  It  was  while  he  was  there  that  he 
was  called  upon  for  a  time  to  act  as  Private  Tutor  to  the  present 
Marquis  of  Exeter  and  his  brother.  The  impression  made  upon 
his  pupils  may  be  gathered  from  the  testimony  of  one  of  them. 

, , ,  ,"1  well  remember,"  writes  Lord  Exeter,  "my  first  intro- 
duction to  the  late  Bishop  of  Hereford,  somewhere  in  the  year 
1 843,  I  think  it  was,  when  he  came  as  Mr  James  Atlay  to  my 
brother  and  myself,  as  tutor  during  the  Eton  holidays,  in  con- 

*  Harvey  Goodwin,  late  Bishop  of  Carlisle.  Sermon  at  Great  St  Mary's, 
^886. 


Obituary.  497 

sequence  of  our  usual  tutor  being  unwell.  The  great  change  in 
the  system  of  Mr  Atlay's  tuition  not  only  won  our  hearts,  but  so 
improved  us  in  all  respects  that  the  Master  of  our  Division  at 
Eton  was  intensely  surprised  at  the  change  in  our  performances 
at  School,  Dr  Okes,  our  tutor,  being  equally  astonished  at  our 
diligence  and  improvement  all  round.  We  were  both  of  us 
'sent  up  for  good'  for  our  verses  that  half;  and  all  this,  I 
believe,  was  owing  to  Atlay  having  the  knack  of  making  book- 
work,  &c.,  a  pleasure,  instead  of  drudgery.  He  was  the  only 
tutor  I  ever  knew  who  was  able  to  understand  a  boy*s  character 
and  abilities  at  once,  and  shape  his  mode  of  instruction  accord- 
ingly. Later  on,  when  preparing  for  the  University,  I  found  his 
system  of  tuition  equally  beneficial,  and  I  have  always  remem- 
bered my  old  Tutor  as  one  who  had  gained  my  entire  respect 
combined  with  personal  affection. 

"  He  contrived  to  make  education  and  wholesome  recreation 
go  together;  and  my  reading  and  fishing  expeditions,  while 
under  Mr  Atlay's  charge  at  Market  Warsop  in  Nottinghamshire, 
and  our  walks  through  the  Lake  District — in  which  we  were 
accompanied  by  my  fellow  pupil,  Arthur  Garfit,  afterwards 
Rector  of  Easton  in  this  County,  and  Mr  Martin,  the  then 
Bursar  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge — are  amongst  the  hap- 
piest of  my  recollections." 

This  fresh  understanding  and  enjoyment  of  young  life,  and 
the  warm  response  elicited  by  it,  is  seen  in  the  following 
words : — 

. . , . "  My  son  has  a  loving  remembrance  of  Atlay's  Sunday 
evenings,  when  he  was  Vicar  of  Madingley,  and  used  to  come 
to  us  and  talk,  as  only  he  would  talk,  to  my  children.  This 
reminds  me  of  Atlay's  own  description  of  his  walks  from 
Madingley,  followed  a  mile  or  so  by  the  village  boys  and 
girls,  who  delighted  to  hear  his  voice,  as  he  illustrated  his  little 
lessons  on  the  way  by  many  a  tale  to  be  remembered  by  them 
in  afterlife."* 

That  the  cares  of  the  episcopal  office  did  not  impair  this 
beautiful  quality  is  well  known  to  those  who  have  spent  even  a 
day  in  the  Palace  at  Hereford.  "It  was  the  happiest  home 
I  ever  knew,"  writes  one.  And  this  is  what  a  boy  at  the 
Cathedral  School  tells  us — 

"  The  Bishop  was  a  very  great  favourite  with  the  boys  in  the 

*  The  Rer  Percival  Frost.    Letter  to  Canon  Lidderdale  Smith. 


498  Obituary. 

Cathedral  School,  in  which  he  always  seemed  to  take  a  real 
personal  interest,  and  fortunate  indeed  were  those  considered 
who  received  invitations  from  time  to  time  to  go  to  sapper 
at  the  Palace,  after  evening  service  on  Sunday.  On  these 
occasions  we  schoolboys  saw  the  Bishop  at  his  best,  from  our 
point  of  view,  and,  personally,  I  shall  never  forget  how  keenly 
interested  he  always  seemed  to  be  in  anything  connected  with 
our  school  or  home  life.  Having  spent  so  much  time  in 
Yorkshire,  as  Vicar  of  Leeds,  he  knew  the  Yorkshire  character 
and  the  broad  dialect  intimately,  and  I  well  remember  how 
delighted  he  was  on  learning  for  the  first  time  that  I  was 
a  Yorkshire  boy,  and  had  spent  my  whole  life  in  an  out-of-the- 
way  village  in  the  wolds.  Still  more  gratified  was  he,  I  think, 
when  he  found  that  I  could  hold  my  own  with  him  in  conversa- 
tions in  the  very  broadest  East  Riding  dialect,  and  I  have  no 
doubt  that  to  this  accomplishment  I  owe  the  many  invitations  I 
received  to  supper  at  the  Palace.  On  one  occasion,  I  remember, 
he  produced  a  list  of  difficult  and  unusual  Yorkshire  words, 
which  he  had  written  down  in  anticipation  of  my  coming,  with 
a  view  to  try  to  puzxle  me  with  their  meaning.  I  remember 
how  proud  I  was,  and  how  pleased  and  surprised  he  was,  when 
I  got  safely  through  the  ordeal  without  a  mistake.  You  wiU 
easily  understand  how  attractive  and  refreshing  a  feature  in  the 
Bishop's  character  was  this  real  sympathy  and  deep  sense  of 
humour  to  a  schoolboy,  who  was  naturally  inclined  to  be  over- 
awed by  the  position  and  dignity  of  his  host.  It  was  my 
privilege  to  be  confirmed  by  him,  and  I  think  and  hope  I  shall 
never  forget  the  beautiful  and  practical  addresses  which  he 
delivered  to  us  on  that  occasion."* 

During  the  years  of  his  residence  at  Cambridge  as  a  Fellow 
and  Tutor  of  x)ur  College,  we  hear  of  his  kindness  and  honesty ; 
and  how,  throughout  all  those  troublous  days  of  the  discussion 
of  the  new  Statutes,  though  a  stout  opponent  of  change,  he  was 
wholly  free  from  bitterness.  •*  He  was  always  very  genial  and 
hearty,  and  ready  to  give  his  willing  attention  to  any  matter  one 
brought  before  him.  I  well  remember  meeting  him,  after  he 
was  Bishop,  in  the  first  court  at  St  John's,  and,  being  accosted 
with,  *  Well,  old  fellow,  how  are  you  ?  Fm  very  glad  to  meet 
you ! '  to  the  amusement  of  one  or  two  friends  I  was  with."  f 


•  Letter  from  Rev  A.  Yorke  Browne,    t  The  Rev  Charles  Elsce,  Rugby. 


Obituary,  499 

How  his  residence  came  to  an  end  we  may  hear  in  the  words 
of  one  better  qualified  to  tell  us,  perhaps,  than  anyone  else — 

"When  Dr  Hook  became  Dean  of  Chichester  in  1859,  the 
twenty-five  trustees  of  the  Leeds  Parish  Church  had  no  easy 
task  trying  to  find  a  suitable  successor  to  *  t'ould  Vicar,'  who 
had  made  the  Church  in  Leeds,  and,  indeed,  throughout  York-* 
shire,  what  it  then  was,  and,  thank  God,  still  is. 

"  In  the  end  their  choice  fell  on  the  Rev  James  Atlay,  Fellow 
and  Tutor  of  St  John's  College,  Cambridge,  whose  name  had 
been  brought  before  them  by  Bishop  Barry,  who  was  at  that 
time  Head-Master  of  Leeds  Grammar  School,  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  late  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  then  Dean  of  Ely. 

"  At  first  sight  it  must  have  appeared  somewhat  strange  that 
a  College  Don,  with  a  comparatively  limited  experience  of 
parochial  work,  should  have  been  selected  as  Vicar  of  a 
large,  manufacturing  town  in  succession  to  one  who  was  justly 
regarded  as  a  model  parish  priest ;  but  Mr  Atlay  (as  he  then 
was)  had  the  reputation  of  being  not  only  an  accurate  scholar 
and  a  good  man  of  business,  but  also  a  hard  worker,  and  one 
who  would  be  likely  to  win  his  way  among  the  somewhat  rough, 
but  clear-headed.  Northerners  by  his  courteous  bearing  and  the 
evident  sincerity  of  his  religious  convictions. 

*•  The  result  proved  that  he  was  admirably  fitted  to  supply 
what  Leeds  required  at  that  time  from  its  Vicar.  To  maintain 
Dr  Hook's  ideal  of  the  Church's  position,  and  to  consolidate 
his  various  works  was  the  task  that  he  set  before  himself,  and 
which  he  accomplished  with  much  success  during  the  nine 
years  that  he  remained  at  Leeds. 

•*  It  must  not,  however,  be  supposed  that  the  new  Vicar  was 
content  to  let  things  remain  simply  as  they  were.  There  can 
be  no  such  thing  as  standing  still  in  the  religious  life,  either  of 
parishes  or  of  individuals:  not  to  advance  must  end  in 
retrogression.  And  so,  under  Dr  Atlay's  direction,  many 
improvements  were  made  in  old  methods,  and  various  new 
schemes  were  started. 

"The  great  work  of  education  both  in  Day  and  Sunday 
schools  was  one  in  which  the  Vicar  took  special  interest,  and 
which  he  furthered  in  many  ways,  such  as  Night-schools, 
classes  of  different  kinds,  and  systematic  Catechizing  in  Church 
or  Sunday  afternoons.  Evening  Communions  which  Dr  Hook 
had  introduced  at  the  Parish  Church  during  the  last  few  years 


500  Obituary. 

of  his  Vicariate  were  discontinued,  and  early  Celebrations  took 
their  place ;  the  weekly  Offertory  was  commenced,  the  Charch 
Institute,  founded  by  Dr  Hook,  in  hired  and  inadequate 
premises,  was  permanently  settled  in  a  handsome  and  com- 
modious building  of  its  own  ;  and  above  all  the  Leeds  Church 
Extension  Society  was  inaugurated  for  the  purpose  of  en- 
deavouring to  overtake  past  arrears,  and  to  keep  pace  with 
new  wants  in  the  matter  of  building  Churches  and  Mission 
Rooms,  and  the  supply  of  additional  clergy.  This  Socie^ 
continues  to  the  present  day,  and  has  been  instrumental  in 
raising  more  than  /^2 00,000  for  Church  purposes  in  Leeds. 

"  Dr  Atlay,  as  has  been  the  case  with  all  the  Vicars  of  Leeds, 
took  an  important  share  in  the  chief  societies,  Philanthropic, 
Educational,  and  Literary,  of  the  town,  and  in  this  capacity 
he  was  much  valued  by  the  leading  citizens  for  his  business 
habits,  and  his  prompt  yet  kindly  discharge  of  the  duty  of 
Chairman. 

"  Dr  Atlay  was  earnest  and  impressive  in  all  his  ministrations 
in  Church,  while  amongst  the  sick  and  suffering,  whether  rich 
or  poor,  he  was  a  constant  and  ever-welcome  visitor.  Those 
who  knew  Dr  Atlay  best,  his  Curates  and  the  la3anen  who 
were  brought  into  closest  contact  with  him,  speak  gratefully 
of  his  unceasing  kindness,  his  rare  humility  of  mind,  and  his 
genuine  yet  unaffected  personal  piety,  and  there  are  many 
still  left  in  Leeds  who  watched  his  career  as  Bishop  with 
unflagging  interest,  and  now  sincerely  sympathise  with  his 
widow  and  children  in  their  loss."* 

When  Bishop  Lonsdale  died,  Atlay's  name  was  one  of  three 
submitted  to  the  Queen  for  the  vacant  See  of  Lichfield,  which 
was,  however,  filled  (as  we  all  know)  by  another  Johnian. 
In  1867  he  was  offered  the  Bishopric  of  Calcutta.  On  going 
to  Hereford  in  the  following  year,  he  seems  [to  have  made  up 
his  mind  that  the  right  place  for  a  Bishop  is  his  Diocese — and 
that  quiet  doing  there  may  be  of  vastly  more  importance  than 
noisy  talking  elsewhere.  His  love  for  the^  young  made  his 
Confirmation  addresses,  as  we  have  seen  in  one  case,  a  happiness 
to  him  and  to  them.  His  need  made  him  zealous  in  the  matter 
of  religious  education.  "  His  hospitality  was  even  lavish,  to 
clergy  and  laity  alike.  Who  ever  went  to  the  Palace  and  was 
not  received  with  a  hearty  welcome  from  him  and  his  ?    Many 

*  Letter  (slightly  curtailed)  from  Canon  Wood. 


Obituary.  501 

in  the  diocese  can  tell  of  the  substantial  aid  he  gave  in  secret. 
Many  have  declared  him  to  be  the  best  friend  they  ever  had 
in  this  world.  On  hearing  of  a  curate  being  ill  and  wanting 
rest,  he  would  take  a  long  journey  to  help  him."  The  same 
witness  says : — "  He  was  a  sound,  strong,  and  most  reverend 
Churchman,  a  lover  of  his  Prayer-Book  which  he  knew  as  few 
men  did..  ..averse  to  extremes,  but  with  no  jot  or  tittle  of 
bitterness  against  those  who  differed  from  him,  ready  to  put 
a  kindly  interpretation  even  upon  what  he  disapproved.  He 
held  a  high  place,  though  he  would  not  have  admitted  it 
himself,  in  the  opinion  of  his  brother  bishops.  The  Bishop  of 
Gloucester  and  Bristol,  his  old  schoolfellow,  corroborates  this 
and  speaks  of  his  singularly  accurate  knowledge  and  unfailing 
memory,  and  of  the  weight  of  his  calm  impartial  judgment  in 
the  meetings  of  bishops."* 

It  is  notorious  that  Bishop  Atlay  found  the  Diocese  sadly 
perturbed.  He  met  this  by  "giving  himself  from  the  first  not 
to  the  more  showy  part  of  controversial  or  political  prominence, 
but  to  the  quiet  improvement  of  each  parish  in  his  Diocese. 
It  was  his  thoroughness,  kindness,  and  unmistakeable  earnestness 
which  gave  him  such  weight  among  those  who  knew  him. 
Reality  and  unaffected  goodness  were  his  distinguishing 
features." 

The  qualities  that  made  a  leading  merchant  of  Leeds 
pronounce  the  Vicar  too  good  a  man  of  business  to  be  a 
clergyman  were  naturally  appreciated  by  business  men  of 
Hereford,  as  was  freely  evinced  by  the  utterances  of  laymen 
after  his  death.  They  felt,  too,  that  "he  was  always  anxious 
so  far  as  in  him  lay,  to  render  that  little  portion  of  the  world 
which  he  could  influence  brighter  than  he  found  it."  It  was 
this  faithfulness  to  the  work  the  Master  had  given  him  to  do 
which  was  appreciated  by  the  laity  as  much  as  by  the  clergy 
of  the  Diocese. 

Testimony  to  the  same  qualities  comes  from  one  who  was 
for  many  years  brought  into  close  contact  with  him  as  Head 
Master  of  the  Cathedral  School.  "  He  was  a  thorough  man  of 
business,  and  in  stating  any  matter  to  him  it  did  not  do  to 
be  shaky  or  hazy  in  one's  facts,  but  when  he  knew  all  that 
he  wanted  you  were  certain  to  get  a  decided  opinion  from 
him.    And  he  had.  great  powers  of  sympathy — greater,  I  am 

*  Canon  Liddcrdale  Smith  in  his  funeral  sermon. 


302  Obiiuary. 

Biire,  than  manj  gare  him  credit  for.  I  alwajrs  (mentally) 
attributed  his  rather^  peremptory  manner*  and  his  intolerance 
of  the  feeble  or  the  irrelevant,  to  his  having  been  a  College 
Tutor,  and  his  downrightness  to  his  having  lived  among  and 
ruled  over  Yorksbiremen.**  Mr  Tatham  adds  that  the  Bishop 
was  always  the  first  to  call  upon  and  invite  to  dinner  any  new 
Master  who  came  to  the  School.  "  I  think  no  one  could  come 
into  contact  with  him  and  not  be  impressed  by  his  genuine 
piety  and  absolute  sincerity  of  purpose.** 

It  has  been  impossible  to  give  all  that  I  have  heard 
privately  and  seen  in  print,  but  what  has  been  set  down  here 
is  enough  to  show  how  much  reason  we  have  to  be  proad  and 
thankful  that  our  College  had  so  large  a  share  in  developing  the 
faculties  of  Bishop  Atlay.  May  I  add  my  own  testimony  by 
saying  that  his  unfaltering,  surprising,  kindness  and  forbearance 
helped  me  at  one  time  to  believe  in  the  reality  of  goodness  ? 

One  fact  must  not  be  omitted.  Bishop  Atlay  was  a  very 
active  friend  of  the  Walworth  Mission.  Perhaps  the  most 
touching  of  all  the  papers  that  have  come  under  my  eye  is 
a  sheet  of  note  paper,  grimy  now  with  the  dust  of  South 
London,  which  reached  Mr  Phillips  just  as  he  was  entering 
on  his  arduous  task.    On  it  is  written 

<' 8  March,  1884, 
"  My  dear  Sir, 

"  The  Lord  prosper  thee :  we  wish  thee  good  luck  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

"  Faithfully  yours, 

"J.    HbR£FORD. 

«  Rev  W.L  Phillips.^ 

Is  it  wonderful  that  one  so  ready  with  kindly  sympathy  for 
others  should  himself  have  been  so  happy  that  he  would  often 
say  to  a  friend,  "  The  lot  has  fallen  unto  me  in  a  fair  place ;  yea, 
I  have  a  goodly  heritage  1 " 

G.  H.  W. 


Obituary.  5^3 

Edward  Hamilton  Acton  M.A. 

The  terribly  sudden  death  on  Friday,  February  15th,  of 
Edward  Hamilton  Acton,  robbed  the  College  of  an  inde- 
fatigable teacher  in  the  Chemical  Laboratory,  and  the 
University  of  a  rising  worker  in  the  Botanical  School.  Death 
can  scarcely  overtake  a  man  more  suddenly  than  it  did  him* 
He  had  just  finished  explaining  to  me  a  chemical  problem 
in  his  usual  clear  and  pointed  way,  without  using  a  word  too 
few  or  a  word  too  many,  when  his  head  fell  back,  and  without 
the  movement  of  so  much  as  a  finger  his  breathing  during 
two  or  three  minutes  slowly  died  away.  A  mind  clear  and 
active  to  the  last  vanished  instantaneously  without,  apparently, 
the  least  struggle  or  pain.  Death  was  due  to  heart  disease. 
That  his  heart  was  in  any  way  weak  neither  he  nor  his  friends 
had  any  suspicion.  It  is  difficult  to  believe  even  now  that  it 
was  so,  with  his  rapid  walk,  his  bodily  strength  and  intense 
energy.  He  had  called  upon  his  heart  with  a  determined  will 
for  the  work  he  had  to  do,  until  at  last  as  he  was  resting  from 
his  day's  labour  it  refused  to  beat  any  longer. 

Edward  Hamilton  Acton  was  born  at  Wrexham  on 
November  16,  1862.  From  a  school  in  Chester  he  obtained 
in  1877  an  entrance  Science  Scholarship  at  Rugby.  When 
he  left  the  school  barely  four  years  later  he  carried  away  with 
him  a  goodly  number  of  prizes. 

He  came  up  to  Cambridge  in  1881  and  took  up  Natural 
Science.  At  school  he  was,  to  use  his  own  words,  ''taught 
nothing  but  classics,  a  very  proper  thing,"  but  yet  he  had  had 
also  the  right  early  training  for  a  scientific  man.  Brought  up 
in  the  country,  he  had  observed  from  boyhood  the  plants  and 
animals  around  him,  if  not  from  an  innate  love  for  living 
things,  from  the  guidance  of  his  parents.  His  father  was  a 
lover  of  nature,  a  keen  sportsman,  and  a  botanist  with  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  British  Flora,  and  Acton's  training 
at  home  as  a  boy  was  the  best  he  could  have  had  for  his  chosen 
work.  He  took  the  First  Part  of  the  Natural  Sciences  Tripos 
in  1883,  and  was  a  Scholar  of  the  College  the  same  year.  He 
took  his  B.A.  degree  in  1885  with  a  first  class  in  the  Second  Part, 
his  principal  subject  being  Botany.  In  1888  he  was  elected 
to  a  Fellowship.  Very  soon  after  his  degree  he  began  to 
assist  Mr  Main  in  the  Chemical  Laboratory,  and  his  worth  and 
VOL.  xvm.  uuu 


504  Obituary. 

energy  soon  made  him  indispensable.  He  gradually  took 
more  and  more  of  the  teaching  until,  on  the  resignation  of 
Mr  Main  in  1893,  ^®  ^^s  appointed  lecturer.  His  chief 
endeavour  for  many  years  had  been  to  further  the  eflficiency  of 
the  laboratory,  he  gradually  introduced  improved  apparatus 
and  newer  methods,  until  finally  this  term  the  students'  room 
had  been  largely  te-arranged  with  new  heating  appliances 
and  new  reagent  bottles,  all  of  which  he  was  a  few  weeks  ago 
shewing  with  pride  to  his  friends.  In  his  Chemical  teaching 
he  had,  with  no  small  dissatisfaction  to  himself,  to  restrict 
himself  to  the  wants  of  elementary  students,  yet  he  had  pitched 
for  himself  a  high  standard  for  his  elementary  demonstrations, 
a  standard  which  he  had  partially  to  abandon  for  want  of  a 
fully  appreciative  audience.  The  very  best  proof  of  the  success 
of  his  work  lies  in  the  fact  that  all  the  places  in  the  laboratory 
had  been  allotted  to  students  succeeding  one  another  through- 
out the  day.  Students  from  other  colleges  have  had  to  be 
turned  away  at  the  doors.  This  term  there  were  over  fifty  at 
work.  Such  a  number  can  only  be  accommodated  by  being 
taken  in  relays,  which  necessarily  entails  a  long  working 
day  and  tedious  repetition  for  the  teacher.  During  many  terms 
Acton  also  had  classes  in  Chemistry  at  Newnham  and  at  Girton. 

Acton's  favourite  field  of  science,  however,  was  not  pure 
Chemistry.  He  had  often  assisted  as  a  demonstrator  in  the 
Botanical  School,  especially  conducting  classes  on  the 
Physiology  of  Plants,  until  in  1892  he  gave  his  first  regular 
course  on  Vegetable  Physiology.  It  was  there  that  he  made 
bis  mark. 

In  1889  he  published  a  paper  in  the  Proceedings  of  the 
Royal  Society  on  **The  assimilation  of  Carbon  by  green  plants 
from  certain  organic  compounds."  This  described  many 
interesting  experiments  on  the  possibility  of  nourishing  green 
plants  entirely  on  those  substances  which  are  normally  inter- 
mediate products  in  their  nutrition,  or  on  such  as  naturally 
serve  as  food  for  colourless  fungi  only.  A  little  later  he  described 
in  detail  the  process  of  secretion  of  sugars  in  the  nectaries 
of  Narcissus.  In  1893  ^®  described  the  change  in  the  reserve 
materials  of  some  wheat  which  had  been  stacked  for  about  forty 
years  on  a  College  farm.  His  published  papers  by  no  means 
fully  represent  the  large  amount  of  original  work  and  critical 
repetition  of  the  work  of  others  which  he  carried  out  in  the 


Obtiuary.  505 

little  leisure  he  had  from  teaching.  This  unfinished  work  would 
have  done  further  justice  to  his  undoubted  ability,  and  have 
helped  to  place  his  name  still  higher  among  the  workers  in 
Vegetable  Physiology. 

The  course  of  instruction  he  gave  in  the  Botanical  School 
and  the  methods  he  introduced  there  are  fortunately  preserved 
in  the  book  he  published  in  conjunction  with  Mr  Francis 
Darwin  on  the  practical  Physiology  of  Plants.  This  work,  the 
first  of  its  kind  published  in  England,  has  already  achieved  a 
great  success :  it  appeared  in  August  1 894,  and  a  new  edition 
is  now  asked  for.  In  reviewing  the  book  the  British  Medical 
Journal  said  "  Its  freshness  and  power  bring  home  to  us  the 
loss  which  scientific  botany  has  sustained  by  the  tragically 
sudden  death  of  Mr  Hamilton  Acton." 

Acton's  knowledge  of  plants  and  animals  made  him  a  pleasant 
companion  for  the  country.  His  knowledge  was  always  to  be 
consulted  by  others,  but  it  was  never  thrown  at  them.  Even  if 
the  fields  around  were  full  of  uncommon  plants  he  had  no  desire 
to  display  his  knowledge  of  them  ;  and  if  the  fields  were  British 
fields  his  companions  might  suppose  that  he  treated  plants  with 
indifference.  He  knew  the  British  Flora  well,  and  I  have  never 
known  him  fail  to  identify  a  plant  shown  him  in  the  field. 
When  abroad  on  sporting  expeditions  he  had  an  eye  for  the 
plants  of  the  country ;  he  always  bought  a  local  "  Flora,"  and 
took  the  trouble  to  get  acquainted  with  it.  Acton  was  a  sports- 
man, a  good  shot,  and  a  skilled  fisherman.  There  was  no 
creature  he  loved  more  than  a  2olb  salmon.  He  began  to  fish 
as  soon  as  he  could  hold  a  rod,  and  by  spending  at  least  some 
weeks  every  year  at  a  river,  for  as  he  said  '*  I  should  have  no 
holiday  if  I  got  no  fishing,"  he  had  become  very  expert.  The 
difiiculty  of  getting  a  salmon  river  in  Scotland  drove  him  to 
northern  countries.  He  used  to  say  ''  You  cannot  get  a  good 
river  in  Scotland  for  any  sum,  those  who  have  them  know  they 
have  something  worth  more  than  money."  Norway,  Lapland 
and  Finland  he  visited  more  than  once,  but  it  was  in  Iceland 
that  his  favourite  rivers  lay.  In  company  with  a  few  other 
sportsmen  a  club  was  formed,  the  Iceland  Fishing  Club, 
several  rivers  were  leased  and  Acton  fished  one  of  them  in  each 
of  four  summers.  Last  summer  he  landed  the  biggest  fish  ever 
caught  by  the  fly  in  Iceland,  but  he  did  not  write  to  the  Field 
to  say  so.    That  was  characteristic  of  him.    He  hated  puff  and 


5o6  Ohituary. 

swagger  of  all  forms,  and  with  it  what  he  called  'Mnk-slinging** 
for  the  papers.  A  true  sportsman,  moreover,  will  seldom  divulge 
the  exact  place  where  he  has  had  really  good  sport ;  too  many 
Others  want  to  know  such  places.  If  the  sport  was  not  of  the 
best,  or  the  game  the  noblest,  it  was  not  beneath  his  notice ;  he 
made  the  best  of  what  there  was,  and  a  day  or  two  without  a 
fish  only  made  him  keener  and  his  art  more  nearly  perfect.  He 
would  never  condescend  to  take  a  mean  advantage  of  his  fish. 
No  better  companion  for  an  expedition  could  be  desired,  he 
subdued  his  wishes  to  those  of  his  companions,  was  "  game  for 
anything,*'  and  did  more  than  his  share  of  the  hard  work.  He 
never  shirked  anything.  A  virtue  of  his,  highly  appreciated  by 
those  with  him,  was  his  skill  at  cooking.  Whatever  there  was 
to  be  had  he  would  turn  out  to  the  best  advantage,  and  many 
are  the  elaborate  dinners  he  has  served  up  on  the  seat  of  a  boat 
from  a  couple  of  small  paraffin  stoves.  Those  who  have  been 
with  Acton  on  such  expeditions  have  got  to  know  him.  His 
determination  not  to  be  beaten  by  difficulties,  his  coolness  and 
steadiness  in  emergencies  were  obvious  enough ;  but  underlying 
these  was  his  consideration  for  those  with  him,  and  his  kindly 
and  unobtrusive  help  when  such  were  his  inferiors. 

After  all,  these  expeditions  formed  but  a  small  part  of  his 
life.  His  character  stands  out  as  clearly  in  his  daily  work.  He 
never  spared  himself  any  trouble  in  his  teaching,  and  any  work 
he  had  to  do,  however  much  he  may  have  disliked  it,  he  did 
conscientiously.  The  stem  of  bis  character  was  the  sense  of 
duty. 

Mr  Main  writes,  "he  was  a  noble  fellow,  always  most 
unsparing  of  himself,  and  most  thoughtful  and  considerate  for 
others.  His  high  moral  qualities,  as  well  as  intellectual,  have 
been  valuable  to  all  who  have  come  in  contact  with  him.  He 
was  retiring  and  unselfish  to  a  fault." 

To  those  who  knew  him  but  little,  his  very  outspoken  man- 
ner and  his  brusque  way  of  putting  things  may  have  seemed 
sometimes  to  have  been  inconsiderate  towards  others ;  it  pro- 
ceeded from  a  mind  already  made  up.  His  opinions — ^and  very 
conservative  opinions  they  were — were  given  concisely  and 
fearlessly,  and  with  a  wholesome  contempt  for  what  people 
thought  of  him. 

The  real  character  of  some  men  is  only  seen  when  they  are 
off  their  guard ;  Acton  was  never  on  his  guard — there  was  no 


Ohituary.  507 

veneer  to  remove  to  see  the  true  wood.  I  cannot  refrain, 
however,  from  mentioning  just  one  trifling  occurrence  which 
brought  his  heart  to  the  surface.  Acton  very  much  disliked 
cats,  "and  all  other  poaching  vermin,"  and  many  I  know  have 
fallen  to  his  gun.  One  day  as  he  was  leaving  my  room  hastily 
he  stumbled  over  a  kitten;  at  once  he  put  down  his  books, 
searched  for  it  and  tenderly  soothed  its  pain  away.  He  could 
not  be  cruel  or  unkind  to  any  creature,  even  one  to  him  so 
mean  and  worthless  as  a  cat. 

L.  E.  S. 


Another  friend  of  Acton's  writes : 

In  the  present  time  it  is  the  fashion  to  be  a  little  interested 
in  everything,  or  at  any  rate  to  be  able  to  feign  such  interest  at 
demand.  Acton  was  notable  for  his  complete  aloofness  from 
this  theory  of  life.  Two  things  in  life  were  profoundly  interesting 
to  him,  his  science  and  his  sport :  these  mistresses  divided  his 
heart:  for  other  things  (speaking  broadly)  he  made  no  pretence 
to  care  at  all.  And  so  while  many  of  us  fritter  our  powers  in  a 
score  of  directions,  and  live  half  our  lives  without  having  found 
where  our  strength  lies,  or  at  least  without  having  had  the  will 
to  act  on  that  knowledge,  Acton  had  no  such  doubts  and  inde- 
cisions. He  had  found  himself  and  he  never  had  the  least 
desire  to  be  anyone  else.  And  this  freedom  from  conflicting 
aims  helped  to  make  him  happy  in  himself,  and  simple,  cordial, 
and  consistent  in  his  relations  to  others. 

And  so  when  one  met  Acton,  one  knew  that  one  would  not 
hear  from  him  any  of  those  small  jests  or  last  good  stories  which 
go  the  round  of  the  Combination-rooms,  nor  impressions  of 
picture  galleries  or  theatres,  nor  personalia,  nor  even  politics. 
One  understood  that  he  kept  feminine  society  at  bay,  and  that 
his  political  opinions  were  those  of  a  country  squire  of  the  time 
of  George  III.  When  he  came  out  on  such  topics,  it  was 
generally  in  a  few  half-contemptuous  words  spoken  half  to  him« 
self,  followed  by  a  quick  glance  of  the  eye.  He  delighted  in 
his  own  strongly-marked  individuality,  and  wanted  to  see  if  yoa 
also  caught  the  humour  of  it.  Outrageously  extreme  as  his 
opinions  sometimes  were,  they  were  always  uttered  half- 
humorously,  never  bitterly,  and  gave  no  offence. 

But  once  get  Acton  on  his  own  ground,  ask  him  some 
question  on  sport  or  travel,  and  you  would  see  something  of 


5o8  Obtluary. 

the  vigour  and  thoroughness  with  which  he  threw  himself  into 
his  favourite  pursuits.  On  such  topics  he  was  a  master — ^he 
had  gone  through  extraordinary  personal  adventures,  he  had 
read  widely,  and  he  talked  with  the  force  of  a  strong  mind.  It 
is  a  pleasure  to  think  of  the  one  or  two  occasions  when  I  sat 
with  him  in  bis  rooms  with  the  rifles  and  fishing-rods  around 
us,  and  heard  him  talk  of  his  summer  expeditions  to  Iceland 
for  the  salmon  fishing,  of  his  long  rides  across  the  country,  of 
nights  spent  under  the  stars — all  to  catch  a  fish  which  he  would 
not  touch,  if  any  other  food  were  available.  Once  a  Danish 
friend  was  with  me  when  Acton  gave  us  some  of  these  reminis- 
cences and  he  went  away  greatly  impressed.  He  had  seen 
many  wonderful  things  in  England,  but  Acton,  he  thought,  was 
certainly  the  most  wonderful.  Once  too  I  spent  a  February 
night  at  Acton's  invitation  on  the  boat  which  he  kept  at  Ely. 
It  was  a  very  cold  night,  and  the  experience  required  an 
enthusiast  to  appreciate  it  to  the  full.  It  revealed,  however, 
that  unselfish  solicitude  for  the  comfort  of  his  guests,  which 
went  with  his  own  absolute  indifference  to  physical  discomforts. 

This  thoroughness  in  what  he  undertook,  self-forgetfulness 
and  kindness  gave  Acton  that  strong  hold  over  his  students  which 
was  evidenced  at  his  funeral.  One  of  them  has  said,  "Acton 
was  the  most  obliging  man  I  ever  met :  you  could  go  to  him  at 
any  time  and  he  was  ready  to  help  you.  He  always  seemed  to 
treat  you  as  if  you  were  doing  him  the  favour,  and  not  he  you." 
Another,  "One  never  heard  anything  said  against  Acton.'' 
I  have  been  told  one  little  trait  which  illustrates  his  consideration 
towards  his  servants.  Though  he  had  the  services  of  two 
attendants  at  the  Laboratory,  he  never  called  on  them  to  do 
anything  on  Sundays  in  the  way  of  keeping  up  fires,  &c.  What 
was  required  he  did  himself. 

It  is  not  only  a  teacher  and  thinker  of  unusual  ability,  but  a 
man  of  rare  simplicity,  unselfishness  and  uprightness,  who  has 
been  taken  from  us  in  Edward  Hamilton  Acton. 


The  following  Members  of  the  College  have  died  during  the 
year  1894;  the  year  in  brackets  is  that  of  the  B.A.  degree. 

Rey  WiUiam  Allen  (1880),  Vicar  of  Castle  Church,  Stafford:   died  at  the 
Vicarage,  September  19,  aged  38. 


Obituary.  509 

Bight  Rev  Jflmes  Atlay  (1840),  D.D.  Lord  Bishop  of  Hereford,  formerly 
Fellow  and  Tutor:  died  at  the  Palace,  Hereford,  December  24,  aged  77 
(see  Eagle  xviii,  495). 

Rey  Richard  Nathaniel  Blaker  (1844),  Vicar  of  Ifield,  Sussex,  1850-57 :  died 
at  St  Margaret's,  West  Worthing,  April  i6,  aged  72. 

Rev  Charles  William  Marsh  Boutflower  (1841).  Vicar  of  Dundry,  Somerset, 
1855-84,  Rural  Dean  of  Chew  Magna,  1876-83  :  died  at  93  Whiteladici' 
Road,  Clifton,  Bristol,  January  14. 

Thomas  Teshmakcr  Busk  (1875),  o^  Hermongcrs,  Rudgwick  and  Ford's 
Grove,  Winchmore  Hill:  died  at  Blankenberghe,  Belgium,  May  28, 
aged  41. 

Charles  Carpmael  (1869),  Director  of  the  Magnetic  and  Meteorological 
Observatory  in  Toronto  and  Director  of  the  Meteorological  Service  of 
Canada :  died  at  Hastings,  October  20,  aged  48  (see  Eagle  XVIII,  390). 

Rev  Henry  Codrington  (1830),  Vkar  of  Lyng,  Somerset,  1875-89 :  died  at 
Park  Terrace,  Taunton,  August  28. 

Rev  Thomas  Cole  (did  not  graduate).  Vicar  of  Shute,.  Devon,  1871-94 :  died 
at  the  Vicarage,  January  21,  aged  82. 

Rev  Charles  Frederick  Coutts  (1865),  Reader  at  the  Chapel  Royal,  Hampton 
Court,  1886-93,  Curaie  of  Kirby  Malzeard,  1893-94:  died  at  Kirby 
Malzeard,  June  20,  aged  51. 

Thomas  Wyndham  Cremer  (1858):  died  at  Beeston  Regis,  November  3, 
aged  78. 

Rev  Charles  Edward  Cnmmings  (1873)^  Rector  of  Yatton  Keynell,  Wilts, 
1883-85,  Rector  of  Wembworthy,  1889-94:  died  at  Exmouth,  July  21, 
aged  47. 

Rev  Frederick  Davies  (1857),  formerly  second  Master  at  Sedbergh  School, 
Chaplain  and  Mathematical  Instructor  R.N.  College,  Greenwich,  1874-79^ 
Chaplain  R.N.  and  N.I. :  died  at  18  Northbrook  Road,  Lee,  S.E., 
January  13. 

Rev  James  Deans  (1832),  Vicar  of  Exminster,  Devon,  1863-94:  died  at 
Exminster  Vicarage,  August  8,  aged  84. 

Rev  Francis  Peter  Du  Sautoy  (185 1)  B.D.,  Fellow  of  Clare,  1854-66,  Vicar 
of  Duxford,  Cambridgeshire,  1863-65,  Rector  of  Ockley  near  Dorking, 
1865-94:  died  at  Ampthill,  Beds.,  September  23. 

Rev  Harry  Edgell  (1831),  Rector  of  Nacton  with  Levington,  Suffolk,  1835.94^ 
Rural  Dean  of  Colneis,  1876-90 :  died  at  Nacton,  June  5,  aged  84. 

Rev  George  Arthur  Festing  (1857),  Vicar  of  Clifton  by  Ashbourne,  Derby- 
shire, 1867-94,  Rural  Dean  of  Ashbourne,  1872-94:  died  at  Clifton 
Vicarage,  September  4,  aged  60. 

John  Knight  Fitzhcrbert  (1843),  Barrister-at- Law,  J.P.  for  Derbyshire :  died 
at  Tw3mhara,  Bournemouth,  July  29,  aged  74. 

Rev  Francis  William  Fowler  (1844),  Chaplain  to  the  Bath  Union,  1872-94: 
died  at  Combe  Down,  Bath,  July  9,  aged  71. 

William  Goodman  Gatliff  (1849) :  died  at  Fulham,  May  26,  aged  67. 

Thomas  Matthew  Gisbome  (1847),  J.P.  D.L. :  died  at  Walton-on.Trent» 
Derbyshire,  September  12,  aged  70. 


510  Obtiuary. 

Hon  and  Very  Rev  Greorge  Herbert  (M.A.  1848),  Dean  of  Hereford :  died  st 
the  Deanery,  March  15,  aged  69  (see  Eagle  xviii,  303). 

Rer  Robert  Hey  (1869),  Vicar  of  St  Andrew,  Litchorch,  Derby,  1878-94; 
died  at  St  Andrew's  Vicarage,  December  30,  aged  48. 

Rev  Robert  Wood  Shepherd  Hicks  (1848),  Rector  of  Kirk  Smeaton,  Yorks^ 
1865-94  :  died  at  Kirk  Smeaton  Rectory,  September  5. 

Rev  Arthnr  Malortie  Hoare  (1844),  formerly  Fellow  and  Classical  Lecturer 
of  the  College,  Rector  of  Cabourne,  Isle  of  Wight,  1853-63,  Rector  of 
Fawley,  Hampshire,  1863-94,  Rural  Dean  of  Fawley,  1864-92  :  died  at 
Fawley  Rectory,  February  26  (see  Eagle  xviii,  305). 

Sir  Henry  Ainslie  Hoare,  Bart,  (did  not  graduate),  M.P.  for  Chelsea,  1868-74  - 
died  July  7  (see  Eagle  XVI 1 1,  391). 

Rev  Edward  Kaye  Kendall  (1856),  formerly  Professor  of  Mathematics  of 
Trinity  College,  Toronto,  Hon  D.C.L.  Toronto,  1886 :  died  at  Pcny 
Hill,  Kent,  February  ii,  aged  61. 

Rev  Gerald  Thomson  Lerroit  (1849)  LL.D.,  Head  Master  of  Dedham  School, 
1853-84,  Rector  of  St  Florence,  Pembrokeshire,  1885-94:  died  at  St 
Florence  Rectory,  October  25,  aged  69  (see  Eagle  xviii,  492). 

Rev  Thomas  Gflbert  Luckock  (1854),  Vicar  of  Emmanuel  Church,  CliAon, 
1866-92  :  died  at  Clcvcdon,  April  16,  aged  63. 

Ven  Brough  Maltby  (1850),  Vicar  of  Famdon,  Notts.  1864.94,  Rural  Dean  of 
Newark,  1870,  Prebendary  and  Canon  of  St  Mary  Creakpool  in  Lincoln 
Cathedral,  1871,  Archdeacon  of  Nottingham,  1878:  died  at  Famdon 
Vicarage,  March  30,  aged  68  (see  EagU  xviii,  303). 

Rev  Henry  James  Marshall  (1842),  Rector  of  Clapton  in  Gordano,  Somerset, 
1860-77,  Rector  of  Beaford,  Devon,  1877-94,  Author  oi  Book  of  Sermons^ 
1870 :  died  at  Beaford  Rectory,  January  2,  aged  73. 

Rev  Thomas  Vernon  Mellor  (1844),  Vicar  of  Idridgehay,  Derbyshire,  1855-94, 
Rural  Dean  of  Wirksworth  :  died  at  Idridgehay  Vicarage,  November  5, 
aged  73. 

Rev  Henry  Dawson  Moore  (1852),  Vicar  of  Misterton  with  Stockwith,  Notts, 
1858-80,  Vicar  of  Hornby,  Bedale,  1880-94 '  ^^^  ^t  Hornby  Vicarage, 
July  26,  aged  66. 

Rev  Samuel  Henry  Mott  (1842) :  died  at  Much  Hadham,  Ware,  January  11, 
aged  73. 

Rev  John  Mould  (1838),  Master  at  Walsall  Grammar  School  1844-45,  Master 
of  Appleby  Grammar  School  1845-54,  Vicar  and  Rural  Dean  of  Tamworth 
1854-65,  Vicar  of  Oakham  with  Egleton,  Langham  and  Brooke,  Rutland, 
1805  94:  died  at  Bournemouth,  July  22,  aged  78. 

Rev  John  Davidson  Munro  Murray  (1876),  Missionary  to  Delhi  1877-80, 
Vice-Principal  of  Wells  College  1881-87,  Vicar  of  Nynchead,  Somenet, 
1889:  died  at  Nynehead  Vicarage,  December  10,  aged  41. 

Rev  Theobald  Richard  O'Fflahertie  (1843),  Vicar  of  Capel,  Surrey,  1848-94, 
and  of  Lemonfield,  Oughterard,  Co.  Galway:  died  at  Capel  Vicarage, 
November  20,  aged  70  (see  Eagle  xviii,  492). 

.  Rev  Thomas  Poole  (1829),  Rector  of  Firbeck  with  Letwill  Vicarage,  Notts, 
1838-94 :  died  January  22,  aged  90. 


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Rev  Frederick  Nottidge  Ripley  (1854),  Vicar  of  Hartford,  Hunts,  1 870-8 f| 
Vicar  of  Bridge,  Kent,  1882-84 :   died  at  Bridge,  October  i6,  aged  63. 

Rev  Thomas  James  Rowsell  {1838),  Rector  of  St  Christopher  le  Stocks  with 
St  Margaret  I-othhury  and  St  Bartholomew  Exchange,  1860-72,  Vicar  of 
St  Stephen's,  Paddington.  1872-83  ;  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Closet  to  the 
Queen  1879,  Canon  of  Westminster  1881,  Domestic  Chaplain  to  the 
Duke  of  Sutherland  and  Chaplain  to  the  Queen,  Author  of  Sermons 
preached  before  the  University  of  Cambridge  on  English  Universities 
and  English  Poor,  Vol.  I.  1859,  Vol.  II.  1861 :  died  January  23, 
aged  78. 

Rev  Rupert  James  Rowton  (1842),  Rector  of  Southwood,  Norfolk,  1847-56, 
Vicar  of  Wessington,  Derbyshire,  1870-76,  Vicar  of  Eynsham,  Oxfordi 
1888-93  :  died  at  Oiiford,  December  30,  aged  77. 

Rev  Richard  Clarke  Roy  (1855),  Vicar  of  Upton,  Lincolnshire,  1 870-71,  Vicar 
of  Youlgrave,  Derbyshire,  1871-94:  died  at  Youlgrave  Vicarage,  Sep- 
tember 24,  aged  63. 

Rev  Richard  Charles  Swan  ^1840),  Rector  of  Hothfield,  Kent,  1849-94 :  died 
at  Hothfield  Rectory,  January  29,  aged  76. 

Rev  George  Thumell  (1850),  Vicar  of  Newbottle  with  Charlton,  North- 
amptonshire, 1 86 1 -2,  Vicar  of  Eye  near  Peterborough,  1862:  died  at 
Eye  Vicarage,  October  23,  aged  71. 

Rev  William  Biscoe  Tritton  (1844) :  died  a8  November  at  Hove,  aged  74. 

Rev  Thomas  Tweedale  (1854),  Vicar  of  Fring  and  of  Shemboume,  Norfolk^ 
1872-94:  died  at  Shernbourne  Vicarage,  September  28,  aged  63. 

Rev  William  James  Vernon  (1855),  Vicar  of  Sydling,  St  Nicholas,  Dorset, 
1874-94 :  died  at  Canterbury,  December  12,  aged  64. 

Rev  ^^niliam  Ameers  White  (1846),  Head-Master  of  Peterborough  Cathedral 
School  1851-56,  Rector  of  Northborough,  Northamptonshire,  1856-76, 
Vicar  of  Llantrissent,  Montgomery,  1876-91  :  died  at  Isherwoodi 
Surbiton,  Surrey,  November  27,  aged  70. 

Rev  Robert  Whittaker  (1844),  Vicar  of  LeesBeld,  Lancashire,  1846-86, 
Rural  Dean  of  Oldham,  1873-86,  Rector  of  Beckingham  with  Straggle- 
thorpe  and  Fenton,  Lincolnshire,  1886-91,  Honorary  Canon  of  Man- 
chester, 1878,  Author  of  Abridgement  if  fValker's  Sufferings  of  th€ 
Clergy^  1862  :  died  at  Edgmead,  Leamington,  January  8,  aged  75. 

Rev  Thomas  Wood  (1838),  Chaplain  Bengal  Establishment,  1841-60,  Rector 
of  Northboume,  Kent,  1877  :  died  7  February  at  Northbourne  Rectory^ 
aged  78. 

We  add  the  following  deaths  which  were  not  noted  during 
the  years  in  which  they  occurred. 

Rev  Daniel  Ace  D.D.  (B.D.  1861),  Vicar  of  Dacre,  Cumberland,  186^-70, 
Vicar  of  St  John,  Devonport,  1870-71,  Vicar  of  Laughton,  Lincolnshire, 
1871-93  :  died  August  27,  1893. 

Rev  Richard  Foster  Dixon  (1870),  Curate  of  Rise-hoime  with  South  Carlton, 
1873-1892  :  died  July  16,  1892. 

David  Alexander  Gibbs  (1857),  formerly  an  Assistant  Master  in  Christ*» 
Hospital :  died  November  14,  1889. 

VOL.  XVni.  XXX 


OUR  CHRONICLE. 

Len^  Term  1895, 

The  Seataxiian  Prize,  for  an  English  sacred  poem  on  Tie 
Broad  and  Narrow  Way,  has  been  gained  by  the  Rer  G.  E. 
Freeman.  This  is  the  fourth  time  that  Mr  Freeman  has  been 
successful. 

The  Sedgwick  Prize  has  been  adjudged  to  Mr  Hemy  Woodsv 
The  subject  of  his  essay  was  **  The  Gault  and  Cambridge  Green- 
sand,  and  their  relation  to  the  Red  Rock  of  Hunstanton."  The 
Prize  was  first  awarded  to  Mr  J.  J.  Harris  TeaH  (1^74),  and  on 
the  next  occasion  to  Mr  A.  J.  Jukes-Browne  (1877),  both 
Johnians:  in  1880  Mr  Keeping,  of  Christ's,  was  successful,  but 
since  that  year  the  Prize  has  gone  to  St  John's  without  a  breaks 
having  been  won  successively  by  Messrs  Marr,  Roberts,  Harker, 
and  Seward.  The  College  appears  to  great  advantage  in  recent 
geological  distinctions.  Mr  P.  Lake  has  recently  received  a 
grant  of /'50  from  the  Worts  Travelling  Scholars'  Fund  towards 
the  expenses  of  a  journey  in  Russia  and  Sweden,  for  the  purpose 
of  researches  on  the  distribution  of  Trilobites.  In  the  Geological 
Society  of  London,  a  grant  from  the  Wollaston  Fund  has  been 
made  to  Mr  A.  C.  Seward*  Mr  W.  H.  Huddleston  F.R.S.  is 
Vice-President  of  the  Society;  and  Mr  J.  E.  Marr  F.R.S.  and 
Mr  J.  J.  Harris  Teall  F.R.S.  have  been  elected  Secretaries  for 
the  ensuing  year. 

Ds  J.  A.  Nicklin  (B.A.  1894)  has  this  term  been  awarded  the 
Members'  Prize  for  an  English  essay.  The  subject  was  "  A  criti- 
cism on  the  works  of  W.  M.  Thackeray." 

A.  J.  Chotzner.  Scholar,  and  an  Editor  of  the  EagU,  has 
gained  Sir  William  Browne's  Medal  for  a  Latin  Epigram.  The 
successful  epigram,  together  with  a  translation,  will  be  found  on 
page  461  of  this  number. 

Before  the  usual  Lent  Term  Guest  dinner  on  Februafy  5, 
Dr  MacAlister  offered  to  the  College  on  behalf  of  Mrs  Adams  a 
fine  marble  bust  of  the  late  Professor  John  Couch  Adams.  In 
asking  the  President  to  accept  it  for  the  College,  he  spoke  of 


Our  Chronicle.  513 

the  veneration  in  which  Professor  Adams'  name  is  held  by  all 
good  Johnians,  and  said  that  it  was  but  right  that  in  the  College, 
where  so  much  of  his  early  work  was  done,  a  permanent 
memorial  of  him  should  find  a  place.  The  bust  was  not  only  a 
faithful  representation  of  the  great  astronomer's  features ;  it  was 
also  an  art-treasure  of  which  the  College  might  well  be  proud. 
The  President  accepted  the  munificent  gift  of  Mrs  Adams,  and 
spoke  warmly  of  the  artistic  beauty  of  the  sculpture,  for  which 
they  were  indebted  to  the  skilful  chisel  of  Mr  Albert  Bruce-Joy. 
The  sculptor  was  present  as  a  guest,  and  to  him  the  President 
offered  the  cordial  acknowledgements  of  the  College  for  the 
manner  in  which  he  had  overcome  the  difficulties  of  his  task. 

The  bust  represents  Professor  Adams  as  he  appeared  in  the 
later  years  of  his  life,  and,  seen  in  a  good  light  and  from  the 
proper  point  of  view,  it  suggests  well  the  fine  head  and  keen 
glance  of  our  late  distinguished  Honorary  Fellow.  It  has  been 
placed  on  a  carved  bracket,  also  the  gift  of  Mrs  Adams,  in  the 
oriel  window  of  the  hall,  opposite  the  bust  of  our  other  famous 
astronomer.  Sir  John  Herschel. 

Mr  Bruce-Joy  has  nearly  finished  the  large  marble  medallion 
of  Professor  Adams,  which  is  to  be  placed  on  the  side  of 
Newton's  tomb  in  Westminster  Abbey,  and  this  will  shortly  be 
set  up  as  the  national  memorial  of  the  English  discoverer 
of  Neptune. 

Our  readers  will  remember  that  in  our  last  number  (p.  397) 
we  spoke  of  Dr  Garrett  having  celebrated  the  jubilee  of  his 
musical  career.  We  did  not  point  out  at  the  time  that  a  move- 
ment was  then  on  foot  for  marking  the  general  appreciation  of 
this  event  in  a  practical  manner.  This  movement,  we  are  glad 
to  be  able  to  say,  not  only  took  a  definite  shape,  but  has  since 
been  brought  to  a  most  successful  issue.  A  Testimonial,  very 
largely  subscribed  to  not  only  in  Cambridge  itself  but  generally 
throughout  England,  was  purchased,  and  on  Monday  afternoon, 
January  28,  was  presented  in  the  Combination  Room  by  the 
Vice  Chancellor,  in  the  presence  of  a  large  and  influential 
gathering  of  Dr  Garrett's  friends  and  former  pupils.  It  con- 
sisted of  a  silver  tea  and  coflfee  service,  a  salver  with  a  suitable 
inscription,  and  a  set  of  Musical  Doctor's  robes.  The  speeches 
of  the  Vice-Chancellor,  the  Master  of  Trinity,  Dr  Donald 
MacAlister,  Dr  Alan  Gray,  and  Mr  Sedley  Taylor  were  all  in  the 
happiest  of  veins,  and  bore  eloquent  testimony  to  the  services 
Dr  Garrett  has  rendered  in  the  cause  of  Ecclesiastical  Music. 
Dr  Garrett,  in  an  epigrammatic  speech,  expressed  himself  as 
delighted  with  the  honour  conferred  upon  him.  We  can 
heartily  endorse  the  remarks  of  Prof  Niecks,  of  Edinburgh,  who, 
in  a  letter  read  on  the  occasion,  said  **  I  hope  Dr  Garrett  may 
have  another  fifty  years  before  him." 

Mr  W.  C.  Summers,  Fellow,  has  been  appointed  Classical 
Tutor  of  Ayerst's  Hostel. 


514  Our  Chronicle. 

Mr  W.  H.  R.  Rivers  (M.D.London),  Fellow-commoner,  has 
been  recognised  by  the  General  Board  of  Studies  as  a  Lecturer 
in  Physiological  Psychology,  for  five  years  from  Christmas  1894, 

A  Course  of  twelve  lectures  on  the  "  History  of  Education" 
has  been  delivered  during  the  present  term  by  Mr  J.  Bass 
Mullinger,  in  connexion  with  the  Teachers'  Training  Syndicate, 

The  Rev  W.  Moore  Ede  (B.A.  1872),  Rector  of  Gateshead, 
has  been  appointed  Hulsean  Lecturer  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  Rev  A.  W.  Callis  has  been  appointed  Head-master  of 
King  Edward's  School,  Bury  St  Edmunds, 

Mr  J.  J.  Alexander  (B.A.  1890)  has  been  appointed  Heai* 
master  of  the  new  Grammar  School  at  Tavistock,  which  is  to  be 
opened  next  month. 

St  John's  is  well  represented  on  the  staff  of  the  recently 
founded  Campbell  College,  Belfast: — H.  J.  Spei\ser  (B.A.  1888) 
being  First  Classical  Master;  W.  Harris  (B.A.  1888^  First 
Science  Master;  R,  C.  Heron  (B.A.  1893)  Assistant  Mathe^ 
matical  Master. 

Ds  G.  B.  Buchanan  (B.A.  1890,  M.B.  and  CM.  Glasgow, 
1895),  late  House-Surgeon  in  the  Western  Infirmary,  Glasgow, 
and  Resident  Physician  and  Surgeon  in  the  Hertford  British 
Hospital,  Paris,  has  been  appointed  Assistant  to  the  Professor 
of  Clinical  Surgery,  Glasgow  University,  and  Extra  Surgeon  to 
the  Dispensary  of  the  Western  Infirmary. 

The  following  Johnians  have  recently  been  called  to  the 
Bar:  Ds  H.  S.  Moss-Blundell  LL.B..  Ds  W.  H.  Payne,  and 
Ds  C.  Howarth.  Ds  H.  Nunn  has  passed  the  final  examination 
of  the  Incorporated  Law  Society, 

The  following  ecclesiastical  appointments  are  announced ; 
Names.  B.A,  From  To  be 

WhiUng,  W.  H.        (1883)  C.  All  SS.  Leeds         Dioc.  Insp..in-Chief, 

Lincoln 
Penny,  S,  T,  (1880)  C.  Plumtree,  V.  Weston,  Herts. 

Nottingham 
Tramper,  J.  F.  W,     (1873)  Fomoerly  C,  Tring       V.  St  Margaret's-with- 

Michaelchurch,  Eskley 
Wiseman,  A,  R.  (1878)  C.  St  Barthol.  Win.  V.  Binstead,  Isle ofWight 
Davis,  W,  H.  (1887)  C.  Wellingborough      V.  Avebury,  WUts. 

Jlyder,  A.  C  D.         (1870)  V.  Highcliffe, 

Winchester  R.  Trowbridge,  Wilts. 
Box,  W.  H.  (1889)  C.  Caynham,Hereford  R.  Puckington 

Tarleton,  J.  F.  (x888)  C.  Benwell,  V,  Bcltingham,  North- 

Newcastlc-on-Tync  umberlaad 


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Names,  B,A.  From  To  he 

Askwith,  C.  (1890)  C.  Boscombe,  V.  Christ's  Church, 

Bournemouth  St  Albans 

Raven,  B.  W.  (1858)  R.  Leiston,  Norfolk    Rural  Dean  of  Dunwich 

Livett,  G.  M.  (1880)  (South  District) 

Min.  Can.  Rochester  V.  Wateringbury,  Kent 
Moore,  C.  (1892)  C.  Dewsbury  Chapl.  and  Naval  Instr. 

to  the  Britannia 
Obbard,  A.  N.  (1868)  R.  All  SS.  Southtn.    R.  Chilbolton,  Hants. 

Woodhouse,  R.  I.      (1877)  V.  St  Luke's,  R.  Merstham,  Redhill 

Bromley  Common 
Prior,  A.  H.  (1879)  V.  St  Barnabas,  V.  St  Andrew's,  Derby 

Derby 
Fulliblank,  J.  (1866)  Sen.  Dioc.  Insp.  R.  Rampisham,  Dorset 

Liverpool 
Ratcliffe,  C.  E.  S.      (1876)  V.  Bickenhill  R.  Downham,  Brentwood 

Athill,  G.  J.  (1874)  Dioc.  Insp.  Wm.  V.  St  Barthol.,  Hyde, 

Win. 
Knowles,  A.  (1881)  C.  Bromley  St.  V.  St  James',  Ratcliffe 

Leonard's 
Powning,  J.  T.  (1883)  C.  Uffculme,  Exet.       Dioc.  Insp.  Exeter 

Smith,  H.  (1889)  C.  St  Matt.  Camb.       Chapl.  and  Censor, 

King's  Coll.  Lond. 
Ford,  E.  (1853)  Formeriy  R.  Exhall,    V.  Albrighton,  Shrews- 

Warws,  bury 

Moull,  C.  A.  (1878)  C.  Ho?e  Incumbent  St  Andrew's, 

Hove 
Ellis,  P.  (1873)  V.  Sowe,  Coventry      V.  Kirkwhelpington, 

Newcastle-on  -  Tyne 
Ncale,  J.  (1886)  Miss.  (C.  M.  S.)  V.  Harmston,  Line. 

Hangchow 
Russell,  H.  D.  G.      (1888)  Vice-Prin.  St  John's    Chaplain  at  Chittagong 

Coll.  Rangoon 
Shepherd.  W.  R.       (i8«2)  C.  Walford  R.  Etchingham,  Sussex 

Roberts,  W.  P.  (1861)  P.C.  St.  Peter,  Canon  of  Canterbury 

Marylebone 

The  following  members  of  the  College  were  ordained  at  tho 
Christmas  Ordinations  1894. 

Parish, 
St  Sidwell's,  Exeter 
Ashfordby  and  Kirby  Bellars 
Bramley,  Leeds 
St  Marjjaret,  next  Rochester 
Lady  Margaret,  Walworth 
St.  Andrew's,  Peckham 
Chap.  S.  W.  Train.  Coll.  Carmarthen 
Llandilofawr 
St  Mary's,  North-end 
Emmanuel,  Hastings 
Penwortham 

Mr  Peter  Green  is  our  third  Missioner ;  Mr  Ayers  is  Mathe- 
matical Master  at  Rochester  Grammar  School,  and  will  be 
attached  for  parochial  work  to  the  parish  above-named  ;  Mr 
Rice  was  one  of  our  first  Choral  Students,  and  has  been  serving 
as  Lay  Reader  at  Mildenhall  since  leaving  College  ;  Mr  James 


Name, 

Diocese, 

Rice,  C.  M, 

Exeter 

Gorst,  E.  L.  le  F.  F. 

Pelerboroui 

Floyd,  C.  W.  C. 

Ripon 

Ayers,  F. 

Rochester 

Green,  P. 

Rochester 

Price,  J. 

Rochester 

Brown,  H. 

St  David's 

James,  J. 
Graham,  J.  H.  S. 

St  David's 

London 

Roberts,  E.  J. 
Norris,  W.  H. 

Chichester 

Manchester 

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attended  at  the  Cambridge  Clergy  Training  School  while  in 
residence  ;  Mr  Price  resided  for  a  time  at  the  Rochester  Diocesan 
Clergy  School  at  Blackheath  ;  Mr  Gorst  passed  a  year  at  Wells' 
Theological  College. 

Mr  W.  Page  Roberts,  incumbent  of  Frederick  Maurice's 
Church  in  Vere  Street,  Oxford  Street,  has  been  appointed  to 
the  Canonry  at  Canterbury  Cathedral,  held  by  the  late  Canon 
Duncan,  for  so  many  years  Secretary  to  the  National  Society. 
Mr  Roberts  is  a  preacher  of  an  intellectual  order,  and  it  is  said 
that  more  members  of  the  Legislature  are  to  be  seen  in  his 
congregation  than  in  any  other.  His  independence  of  thought 
and  freshness  of  treatment  and  manner  account  for  this,  while 
his  demand  on  some  close  thought  on  the  part  of  his  hearers 
accounts  for  his  not  being  among  what  would  be  called  the 
popular  preachers  of  the  day.  It  is  somewhat  noteworthy,  in 
view  of  current  discussions  as  to  the  Honours  and  Ordinary 
Courses  here,  that  Mr  Page  Roberts  was  content  with  reading 
for  the  Ordinary  Degree. 

Mr  C.  Moore  has  now  received  his  first  appointment  to 
a  ship.  It  .should  be  better  known  in  College  that  Her 
Majesty's  naval  authorities  are  always  glad  to  hear  of  men 
with  a  taste  for  the  sea  to  serve  as  Chaplains.  It  is  required, 
however,  that  they  serve  in  a  curacy  first.  Mr  Moore  had  the 
benefit  of  two  years  under  Canon  Lowther  Clarke  at  Dewsbury, 
and,  after  six  months  at  the  Naval  College,  Greenwich,  is  now 
gazetted  to  the  Britannia.  Being  a  mathematical  man  (Senior 
Optime,  1892),  a  Naval  Instructorship  will  be  added  to  the 
Chaplaincy. 

The  College  has  presented  Mr  Pulliblank  to  the  parish  of 
Rampisham-cum-Wraxhall,  Dorsetshire.  Mr  Pulliblank  was  a 
Scholar  and  a  Wrangler,  and  has  worked  chiefly  in  Liverpool, 
latterly  as  Senior  Inspector  of  Religious  Knowledge  in  the 
Diocese. 

Mr  Prior,  who  has  been  promoted  by  the  Bishop  from 
St  Barnabas'  to  St  Andrew's,  Derby,  is  the  well-known  bow 
of  the  palmy  days  of  the  L.M.B.C.,  when  our  boat  was  in  the 
first  three,  one  of  the  four  who  won  in  1878  and  1879,  one  of 
the  crew  who  gained  glory  at  Henley  in  1879,  and  winner  of  the 
Colquhouns  in  the  same  year. 

The  Rev  Harold  Smith  M.A.  (First  Class  in  Classical  Tripos 
1889;  in  Theological  Tripos,  Part  n,  1890,  Carus  and  Jeremie 
Prizeman),  late  Scholar  and  late  Naden  Divinity  Student,  has 
been  appointed  Chaplain  and  Censor  of  King's  College,  London. 
Mr  Smith  is  a  former  student  of  King's  College,  and  will  reside 
in  the  College  itself,  with  charge  over  the  resident  students, 
and  will  assist  in  the  lecturing  under  Professor  Knowling. 


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The  Society  for  Promoting  Christian  Knowledge  have  com- 
missioned Mr  Caldecott  to  write  a  brief  history  of  the  Church 
in  the  West  Indies  for  their  series  of  Diocesan  Histories.  Mr 
Mullinger  has  in  preparation  for  the  same  Society  a  history  of 
the  rise  of  the  Protestant  Sects  in  England. 

On  page  401  of  the  last  number  of  the  Eagle  we  gave  an 
extract  from  Professor  Bradbury's  inaugural  lecture  on  Phar- 
macology and  TherapeuticSy  including  an  inscription  to  the  memory 
of  Sir  Robert  Talbor  of  St  John's.  The  inscription  was  by 
inadvertence  curtailed  ;  it  should  finish  as  follows : 

Ludovicae  Marine 

Htspaniarum  ac  Indiarum  Reginae 

serenissimo  Gallianim  Delpiuno 

plurimisq :    Principibus 

nee  non  minorum  Gentium  Ducibus 

ac  Dominis  probatissimis. 

Members  of  the  College  will  be  glad  to  note  that  the  name 
of  "  John  Fisher.  Bishop  of  Rochester,  adviser  of  Lady  Margaret, 
and  for  thirty  years  Chancellor  of  the  University,"  has,  some- 
what tardily,  been  added  to  the  list  of  Benefactors  contained  in 
the  University  Commemoration  Service.  The  omission  of 
Bishop  Fisher's  name  from  the  list  was  pointed  out  by  Dr  Watson 
in  a  sermon  preached  at  Great  St  Mary's  on  November  4th, 
1894  {^Eagle,  vol  xviii,  no  105,  pp  400-1), 

An  extract  from  a  book  catalogue,  published  in  February 
(Mr  John  Hutchinson,  51  Cherry  Street,  Birmingham),  may  be 
useful  to  any  of  our  readers  who  desire  to  obtain  a  complete 
set  of  the  early  volumes  of  the  Eagle : 

The  Eagle,  a  Magazine  supported  by  Members  of  St  John's  College, 
vols  1-6.  in  3  thick  vols,  8vo,  cf.  rare,  30J,  1859-69.— From  Dec.  1869  to 
Oct.  1880  (vols  ;  to  II),  except  3  parts,  25  parts,  i^i  td,  1869-80. 

On  the  retirement  of  Dr  Donald  MacAlister  and  Mr  G.  C.  M. 
Smith  from  the  Eagle  staff,  it  was  decided  that  a  testimonial 
should  be  given  them  by  resident  subscribers  in  recognition  of 
their  services  to  the  magazine.  The  present  to  Dr  MacAlister 
took  the  form  of  four  old  silver  dessert-spoons  with  silver-gilt 
bowls,  in  a  morocco  case  lined  with  velvet,  and  was  given  to  him 
at  the  end  of  last  term.  Mr  Smith's  present,  still  in  the  hands 
of  the  binder,  consists  of  Birkbeck  Hill's  edition  of  BoswelFs 
Ll/e  of  Johnson^  in  six  volumes  and  the  two  volumes  of 
Dr  Schmidt's  Shakspere  Lexicon. 

The  year  1 895  is  an  interesting  anniversary  in  the  history  of 
the  College.  Some  of  our  readers  may  have  noticed  an  inscrip- 
tion, F.  1795,  about  eighteen  inches  from  the  ground,  on  one  of 
the  pillars  in  the  S.W.  corner  of  the  Third  Court.  We  believe 
that  this  is  the  high-water  mark  of  the  numerous  floods  fox 
which  Cambridge  has  always  been  justly  famous.     But  the 


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modern  deluge  is  comparatively  degenerate;  last  term  tbe 
floods,  in  a  laudable  though  rather  "previous"  attempt  to 
celebrate  the  anniversary  by  competing  with  their  great  prede- 
cessor, were  obliged  to  content  themselves  with  the  Paddock 
and  other  outlying  parts  of  the  College  grounds. 

It  should  have  been  mentioned  in  the  last  number  of  the 
Eagle  that  Ds  L.  Horton-Smith,  J.  M.  Hardwich,  C.  T.  Powell, 
and  C.  H.  Reissmann  took  part  in  the  Chorus  of  the  Iphigenia 
of  Euripides,  in  the  Michaelmas  Term. 

The  following  University  appointments  of  members  of  the 
College  are  announced :  Dr  L.  E.  Shore,  an  additional  Member 
of  the  Special  Board  for  Medicine;  Mr  G.  F.  Stout,  a 
Member  of  the  Board  of  Electors  to  the  Knightbridge  Pro- 
fessorship of  Moral  Philosophy;  Mr  H.  J.  Roby  (Hon  LL.D.), 
a  Member  of  the  Board  of  Electors  to  the  Downing  Professor- 
ship of  Law ;  Professor  A.  Macalister,  a  Member  of  the  Board 
of  Electors  to  the  Downing  Professorship  of  Medicine,  also  an 
Elector  to  the  Professorship  of  Surgery ;  Dr  D.  MacAlister,  a 
Member  of  the  Board  of  Electors  to  the  Professorship  of 
Zoology  and  Comparative  Anatomy;  Mr  G.  F.  Stout,  an 
additional  Member  of  the  Special  Board  for  Moral  Science; 
Mr  H.  S.  Foxwell,  a  Member  of  the  Board  of  Electors  to  the 
Professorship  of  Mental  Philosophy  and  Logic  ;  Mr  W.  Bateson, 
Chairman  of  the  Examiners  for  the  Natural  Science  Tripos 
1895  ;  Mr  W.  A.  Cox,  an  Examiner  in  French  for  the  Previous 
Examination  1895  :  Mr  G.  C.  M.  Smith,  an  Examiner  in  German 
for  the  same  Examination ;  Mr  H.  R.  Tottenham,  an  Examiner 
for  the  Special  Examination  in  Modern  Languages  1895,  ^^^  ^^ 
Examiner  for  the  Previous  Examination  1895;  Dr  Garrett,  an 
Examiner  for  the  Stewart  of  Rannoch  Scholarships ;  Dr  Sandys, 
an  Adjudicator  of  the  Members'  English  Essay  Prize  ;  Mr  E.  E. 
Sikes,  an  Adjudicator  of  Members*  Latin  Essay  Prize ;  Mr  E.  E. 
Foxwell,  an  Examiner  for  the  Political  Economy  Special ;  Dr 
Besant,  an  Examiner  for  the  Special  Examinations  in  Mathe- 
matics 1895. 

JOHNIANA. 

Fortunately  I  learnt  that,  when  the  New  Chapel  of  St  John's  College, 
Cambridge,  was  built,  there  was  a  small  quantity  of  old  oak  panels  carved  in 
linen-fold  pattern  which  could  not  be  used  there ;  these  were  given  to  me,  and 
with  the  old  oak  benches  I  have  made  up  a  pulpit  and  two  chancel  seats  with 
their  desks. 

Thi  Rev  F,  R.  Lunn  B.D.  :  Reports  and  Papers  of  Associated 
Architectural  Societies,  vol  zv,  pt  u,  p  235. 

[The  above  extract  is  from  a  paper  on  Marston-cum-Grafton  Church ;  for 
another  relic  of  the  old  Chapel,  preserved  in  Wbissendine  Church,  see  EagU^ 
vol  xviii,  no  cii,  p  95.] 


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EXEQUI^  REGI^. 


What  scene  is  tbis  ?  what  mournful  throng 
In  sad  procession  moves  along 

To  yon  wide-yawning  tomb  ? 
What  darksome  banners,  reared  on  high 
In  sable  grandeur  proudly  fly? 
And  waving  to  the  starless  sky 

Increase  the  midnight  gloom  ? 

2. 

And  hark!   what  means  that  funeral  bell? 
It  tolls  a  deep,  a  solemn  knell; 

The  Knell  of  Britain's  boast ; 
And  see !  where  many  a  gloomy  land, 
Princes  and  Peers  and  warriors  stand, 
Mourning  for  Britain's  widowed  land, 

For  Britain's  Monarch  lost. 


King,  Father,  is  thy  spirit  fled? 
And  lies  thy  venerable  head 

Low  in  the  grave's  dark  night? 
And  hast  thou  left  a  land  to  mourn 
A  land  bereft  of  thee,  forlorn, 
While  upwards,  like  a  Seraph,  borne 

Thou  seek'st  the  realms  of  light  ? 


Yet  still,  although  thy  soul  be  fled. 
Although  Britannia  mourn  thee  dead. 

Her  blessings  on  thee  wait : 
And  mounting  upward  with  thee  fly 
And,  pleading  in  thy  cause  on  high, 
Unbar  the  portals  of  the  sky 

And  ope  the  heavenly  gate. 


There  was  a  throne  by  gold  unbought, 
A  throne  by  mortal  hand  un wrought 

Yet  firmest,  brightest,  best ; 
A  throne,  which  envy  could  not  stain, 
A  throne,  which  tyrants  cannot  gain, 
A  throne,  which  despots  seek  in  vain, 

'Twas  every  British  breast. 


Where'er  thy  cheering  face  appeared 
Emboldened  virtue  high  upreared 

Her  awful,  towering  form : 
While  trembling,  seized  with  conscious  dread, 
Pale  vice  concealed  her  hated  head, 
Or  started  at  thy  frown  and  fled 

To  shun  the  coming  storm. 

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Blest  Monarch,  'twas  thy  glorious  iate 
Stcure  to  guard  our  British  State 

From  vioAatioH  free; 
For  btill  on  Albion's  coast  appeared 
Ihe  nymph  by  tyrants  only  feared. 
To  every  Btitiah  heart  endeafcd,. 

Triumphant  liberty. 

8. 

TTwas  thine,  when  Gaul's  imperial  iwajr 
Bade  nations  and  their  kings  obey 

When  Europe  felt  the  shock; 
HTwas  thine  to  sttetch  thy  guardian  band^ 
'Twas  thine  to  save  thy  sinking  land, 
'Twas  thine  unchanged,  unmov'd  to  stand 

Firm  as  thy  country's  rock^ 

9' 

Thon  diest;   and  shall  our  sorrows  fade? 
No,  never!   to  thy  much-lov'd  shade 

Shall  memory  fondly  cling. 
Thou  diest ;   and  shall  thy  glory  die  ? 
Ko !   ages  hence,  with  glistening  eye 
Shall  fathers  to  their  children  cry — 

This  was  indted  a  King. 

xa 

*Tis  thus,  like  thee,  the  Lordly  Sun, 
His  daily  course  of  glory  run, 

At  evening  seeks  the  west ; 
His  orb.,  though  lessening,  grows  more  bright. 
Till,  slowly  fading  from  the  sight. 
He  leaves  a  stream  of  mellowed  Ught, 

And  grandly  sinks  to  rest. 

Shrewsbury  School,  Feb.  17,  1820.  B.  H.  Kknnidt. 

[These  verses,  which  have  been  communicated  to  the  Eagle  by  Mr  Scott, 
appeared  in  the  Cambridge  Chronicle  for  March  10,  1820.  As  Professor 
Kennedy  was  bom  in  1802,  he  was  at  that  time  barely  sixteen  years  of  age.} 

The  following  narrative  will  be  of  interest  to  the  friends  of 
A.  W.  Dennis  (B.A.  1890). 

«*  On  Sunday  afternoon  a  very  courageous  act  was  witnessed  by  a  number 
of  persons  on  the  banks  of  the  River  Avon,  near  the  foot-bridge  to  Browns- 
over.  Mr  H.  V.  Weisse  and  Mr  A.  W.  Dennis,  together  with  a  number  of 
boys  belonging  to  the  Lower  School  of  Lawrence  Sheriffe,  were  walking 
across  the  fields  in  the  direction  of  Brownsover,  when  a  fine  Airedale  terrier 
belonging  to  Mr  Barnard,  which  had  accompanied  the  party,  attempted  to 
run  across  the  partially  frozen  river.  When  the  animal  reached  the  centre  of 
the  stream  the  thin  ice  broke,  and  it  was  immersed  in  the  water.  For  about 
ten  minutes  the  poor  dog  made  frantic  efforts  to  get  a  foothold  on  the  ice. 
Numerous  attempts  were  made  to  reach  the  animal,  but  the  ice  was  too  thin 
to  allow  of  anyone  getting  sufficiently  near  to  reach  him.  All  idea  of  rescuing 
the  poor  brute  by  this  means  had  to  be  abandoned  as  hopeless,  and  as  the  dog 
was  fast  becoming  benumbed  and  exhausted,  Mr  A.  W.  Dennis  without  more 


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ado,  divested  himself  of  outer  clothing,  and,  after  smashing  the  ice  as  far  as 
possible,  plunged  pluckily  into  the  water  and  swam  out  to  the  now  drowning 
dog.  By  this  time  a  large  number  of  school-boys  and  others  had  assembled 
on  the  river  banks,  and  as  Mr  Dennis  got  his  arm  round  the  animal  and  struck 
out  again  for  the  bank,  a  ringing  cheer  went  up  from  the  spectators.  Th^re 
was  no  lack  of  willing  hands  to  assbt  Mr  Dennis  and  his  dumb  companion  to 
scale  the  bank.  In  endeavouring  to  reach  the  animal,  Mr  Dennis  received  a 
nasty  cut  on  the  head  from  the  sharp  edge  of  a  piece  of  ice  and  a  bruise  upon 
the  shoulder,  but  beyond  this  and  the  first  shuck  of  the  cold  water,  and  the 
discomfort  of  his  wet  clothes — which,  by  the  bye,  were  frozen  quite  stiflf  by 
the  time  he  reached  home. — we  are  pleased  to  hear  he  has  suffered  no  ill 
effects  from  his  gallant  act. 

Mr  Weisse,  in  a  letter  to  a  London  daily  on  Tuesday,  describes  Mr 
Dennis's  plucky  conduct,  and  says: — *I  think  it  a  fair  case  for  the  Royal 
Humane  Society.. . .The  all  but  bearing  thickness  of  the  ice  in  shore  made 
the  act  one  of  peculiar  courage  and  danger.  Humanity  towards  human  beings 
is  common  enough ;  the  Royal  Humane  Society  will  not  easily  find  a  better 
case  of  humanity  towards  a  dumb  animal.'  " 

Extract  from  the  ''Midland  Times,*'  1895. 

The  following  books  by  members  of  the  College  are 
announced :  The  Permanent  Value  of  the  Book  of  Genesis  as  an 
Integral  Part  of  Christian  Revelation  (Longmans),  by  Prof 
C.  W.  E.  Body,  formerly  Fellow  ;  Chronicles  of  Uganda  (Hodder 
and  Stoughton),  by  the  Rev  R.  P.  Ashe ;  Essays  and  Addresses^ 
new  edition  (Macmillan),  by  the  Ven  J.  M.  Wilson,  formerly 
Fellow;  Rochdale  Sermons  (Kegan  Paul),  by  the  same;  Half- 
Hours  with  the  Stars  (W.  H.  Allen),  by  the  late  R.  A.  Proctor; 
Mr  Dandelow  (S.P.C.K),  by  the  Rev  Dr  Augustus  Jessop  ;  Rest^ 
Meditation,  and  Prayer  (S.P  C.K.\  by  the  Rev  Harry  Jones; 
Jext'Book  on  Diseases  of  Women  (GriflSn),  by  Dr  J.  Phillips; 
Marmion  (Pitt  Press),  edited  by  Rev  J.  H.  B.  Masterman  ;  Hints 
en  Coxing  (Spalding),  by  A.  F.  Alcock;  Elementary  Practical 
Chemistry,  Inorganic  and  Organic  (Whittaker),  by  J.  T.  Hewitt 
and  F.  G.  Pope ;  The  Saga  of  King  Olaf  Tryggwason  (Nutt),  by 
the  Rev  J,  Sephton,  formerly  Fellow ;  An  Inquiry  into  the  Sources 
of  the  fews  in  Spain  (Nutt),  by  Joseph  Jacobs ;  Key  to  Todhunter's 
Plane  Trigonometry  (Macmillan),  by  R.  W.  Hogg,  formerly 
Fellow ;  Spain,  Portugal,  The  Bible,  and  The  Spanish  Reformed 
C^i/rf A  (Macmillan  and  Bowes),  by  Prof  J.  E.  B.  Mayor;  A 
Setmon  preached  in  St  fohns  College  Chapel,  Septuagesima  1895, 
by  the  Rev  J.  F.  Bateman. 

Open  Scholarships  and  Exhibitions,  December  1894, 

Foundation  Scholarships  of  f%o, 

R.  W.  H.  T.  Hudson,  StTPaul's  School  (Mathematics). 

G.  S.  West,  Royal  Coll.  of  Science,  London  (Natural  Sciences). 

Foundation  Scholarships  of  £']o, 

T.  H.  A.  Hart,  Oundle  College  (Classics). 
J.  F.  M.  Haslam,  Rugby  School  (Classics). 

Foundation  Scholarships  of  £bo. 

D.  Todd,  Dul^^ich  College  (Classics). 

E.  G.  B.  Wace,  Shrewsbury  School  (Classics). 


522  Our  Chronicle. 

Foundation  Scholarships  of  £^o. 

J.  L.  Coe,  Aldenham  School  (Classics). 
C.  Elsee,  Rugby  School  (Classics). 


Minor  Scholarships  of  £^q, 

J.  R.  Corbctt,  Manchester  School  (Mathematics). 

£.  F.  Hudson,  Dulwich  College  (Natural  Sciences). 

T.  F.  R.  McDonnell,  St  Paul's  School  (Natural  Sciences). 

£.  L.  Watkin,  Wellingboro'  School  (Mathematics). 

Exhibitions, 

T.  H.  Hennessey,  Merchant  Taylors*  School  (Hebrew). 

A.  C.  Ingram,  Felsted  School  (Natural  Sciences). 

A.  S.  Lupton,  St  Paul's  School  (Classics). 

N.  G.  Powell,  St  Paul's  School  (Classics). 

J.  Rice,  Royal  Academy  Institution,  Belfast  (Mathematics). 


Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club. 

Captain— VI,  H.  Bonsey.  Second  Captain-^K.  P.  Hadland.  Iftrn. 
Treasurer— F,'LydsL\\.  Hon.  Secretary — R.Y.  Bonsey.  First  Lent  Captain — 
£.  C.  Taylor.  Second  Lent  Captain— C,  C.  Ellis.  Additional  Captain— 
A.  C.  Secular. 

The  rowing  this  term  has  been  conducted  under  great  diffi- 
culties owing  chiefly  to  the  frost,  which  prevented  any  practice 
for  almost  three  weeks  continuously.  The  tow-path,  too, 
between  Clasper's  and  the  Common  has  been  almost  im- 
passable on  account  of  the  drainage  works  at  Barnwell. 

At  a  meeting  held  at  the  Goldie  Boat-house  on  Saturday, 
February  23rd,  a  very  small  majority  decided  to  hold  no  races 
this  term,  as  the  time  for  training  would  be  very  short,  and 
members  of  several  of  the  crews  were  laid  up  with  influenza, 
which  has  been  very  prevalent. 

The  Lent  boats  were  in  practice  during  the  term,  coached 
respectively  by  Mr  L.  H.  K.  Bushe-Fox  and  R.  P,  Hadland. 
They  were  made  up  as  follows: 


First  Boat. 
C.  B.  Rootham,  bow 
t  f.  H.  Metcalfe 

3  J.  A.  Glover 

4  W.  F.  Wright 

5  J.  C.  Matthews 

6  P.  L.  May 

7  O.  F.  Diver 

E.  W.  Airy,  stroke 
H.  P.  Hope,  coxs. 


Second  Boat. 
E.  H.  Lloyd-Jones,  bow 

2  G.  T.  M.  fevans 

3  A.  C.  Pilkington 

4  W.  P.  Boas 

5  H.  E.  Roberts 

6  J.  G.  McCormick 

7  R  .  F.  C.  Ward 
H.  Bentley,  stroke 

G.  F.  C.  Grosjean,  coxs. 


The  crews  were  quite  up  to  the  average,  and,  on  the  whole, 
better  than  last  year. 

We  are  very  glad  to  announce  that  L.M.B.C.  is  represented 
in  the  'Varsity  Eight  by  R.  Y.  Bonsey  (6).  He  has  our  hearty 
congratulations  and  wishes  for  every  success  in  the  race  on  the 


Our  Chronicle.  523 

30th.  R.  P.  Hadland  also  rowed  in  the  Eight  for  five  days  at 
the  beginning  of  term.  We  should  very  much  have  liked  to  have 
seen  him  secure  the  third  thwart  for  himself. 

The  prospects  for  next  term's  boat  are  very  favourable  as  far 
as  can  be  judged  at  present.  We  shall  have  an  excellent  coach 
in  Mr  L.  H.  K.  Bushe-Fox,  who,  by  the  way,  has  given  a  great 
deal  of  advice  to  the  University  Eight  during  the  term,  and  to 
whom,  at  the  time  of  writing,  their  care  is  entrusted. 

Bateman  Pairs.  Friday,  March  8.  Won  by  Mr  L.  H.  K. 
Bushe-Fox  and  E.  C.  Taylor,  who  beat  W.  H.  Bonsey  and 
R.  P.  Hadland  after  a  close  race. 

Rugby  Union  Football  Club. 

No  matches  have  been  played  this  term,  and  even  the  Rugby 
Nines  had  to  be  abandoned  on  account  of  the  severe  frost. 

Association  Football  Club. 

Captain — B.  J.  C.  Warren.    Secretary— H.  Reeve. 

This  season  has  not  been  so  successful  as  anticipated,  and, 
comparing  the  results  of  the  matches  with  those  of  last  season, 
the  record  is  seen  to  be  much  the  same.  We  were  unfortunate 
in  losing  the  services  of  Metcalfe,  who,  owing  to  an  injury  to 
his  leg,  took  part  in  but  few  of  the  matches. 

In  the  Cup  Tie  matches.  Chevalier  was  not  qualified  to  play, 
and  thus  one  of  the  best  members  of  the  team  was  unavailable. 

No  matches  have  been  played  this  term  on  account  of  the 
severe  frost.  The  Scratch  Sixes  were  abandoned  for  the  same 
reason. 

COS.  Hatton  again  played  for  the  University  match,  but 
unfortunately,  owing  to  an  old  injury,  was  obliged  to  retire 
before  half-time. 

The  following  form  the  team : 

fF.  /I.  IV.  Attlee  (goal) — ^Veiy  uncertain,  good  on  his  day ;    too  apt  to  get 
flurried. 

A.  Chevalier  (back) — A  fast  back,  safe  kick,  and  good  tackier. 

W.  K.  Kefford  (back) — A  very  useful  back,  but  his  kicking  is  not  alwa}^ 
to  be  relied  upon.     Should  use  more  judgment  in  tackling. 

C.  O.  S.  Hation  (half-back) — A  thoroughly  good  player,  but  unfortunately  has 
played  but  few  times  for  the  team  this  season. 

E.  H,  Vines  (half-back) — A  hard-working  half,  neat  tackier,  but  not  always 

safe. 

J.  IV,  Dyson  (half  back). — ^A  very  energetic  half,  not  very  fast,  knows  the 
game  well. 

F.  G,  Cole  (outside  right)  — ^A  fast  forward,  but  docs  not  centre  well. 

ff,  N.  Matthews  (inside  right). — Rather  slow  as  a  forward.   Has  the  making 
of  an  excellent  half-back.    Good  shot. 


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Our  Chronicle. 


H.  P.  ^i7/jAiV^  (centre).— The  best  forward  in  the  team;   a  good  dribbler, 
too  slow  in  shooting. 

B.  y.  C.  Warren  (inside  left).— Passes  well;  wants  more  practice  in  shooting. 

H,  Reeve  (outside  left). — Fast  and  useful  forward ;  gets  the  ball  well  down  the 
field,  bat  needs  more  control  over  the  ball  near  goal. 

The  following  also  played :— F.  J.  S.  Moore,  F.  W.  Walker. 
L.  Orton,  A.  J.  Storey.  G.  H.  Pethybridge,  C.  W.  Sumner, 
J.  H.  Metcalfe,  H.  C.  Andrews,  W.  J.  C.  Scarlin,  E.  A.  Tyler, 
li.  Sneath. 

Athletic  Club. 

The  Sports,  which  had  originally  been  fixed  for  February  13th 
and  14th,  were  postponed  on  account  of  the  frost  until  February 
26th  and  27th,  but  as  the  Lent  races  were  not  held  this  year, 
they  were  fixed  for  March  7th  and  8th,  but  were  finally 
abandoned.  A.  C  Pilkington>  F.  W.  Murray,  and  P.  L.  May 
have  been  elected  as  first  year  members  of  the  Committee. 


General  Athletic  Club. 

By  an  oversight  the  Balance  Sheet  was  sent  in  too  late  to 
appear  in  the  EagU  for  last  term. 


Receipts.  £ 

By  Subscriptions :     559 

By  Donations : •  130 


Balance  Sheet  for  the  Year  1893- 

7 
o 


-1894. 


s. 

3 
o 


Deficit    183  18    6 

;f873    2     I 


Expenditure,  £    s. 

Overdraft  at  Bank 115     5 

Deficit  in  Long  Vacation, 

^1893     49  IS 

Paid  to  Treasurers  of  Clubs : 

L.M.B.C 424 

Cricket  Club 95 

Football  Club    42 

Lawn  Tennis  Club    ....  93 

Athletic  Club     34 

Lacrosse  Club    3 

Collector 9 

Cleaning  lecture  rooms. . . . 

Palmer,  printing    i 

Bank  charges,' 2 

Cheque  bo^ks 


«5 

o 

o 

18 

10 

5 
o 

1 


H.  R.  Tottenham,  President, 
J.  J.  Lister,  ^on,  Treas. 

It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that,  after  the  debt  of  the  Club 
was  paid  off  last  year  by  the  donations  handed  over  to  us  by  the 
Master,  the  Balance  Sheet  should  again  show  so  large  a  deficit 

While  the  expenditure  was  increased  by  the  final  instalments 
of  the  somewhat  unusually  heavy  expenses  incurred  in  the  pre- 
vious year,  the   receipts  were  unfortunately  largely  reduced. 


Our  Chronicle.  525 

owing  to  the  misconduct  of  the  person  employed  in  collecting 
subscriptions. 

The  expenditure  for  the  present  year  has  been  cut  down  as 
much  as  possible,  and  some  of  the  usual  expenses  have  been 
met  by  private  donations. 

An  appeal  will  be  made  next  term  for  subscriptions  to  pay  off 
the  deficit,  so  that  it  may  not  remain  as  a  burden  on  the  Club 
for  the  future.  It  is  hoped  that  all  who  are  able  will  contribute 
to  this  end. 

Cricket  Club. 

Captain — ^F.  T.  S.  Moore.  Secretary— C»  D.  Robinson.  Committee^ 
G.  P.  K.  Winlaw,  W.  Falcon,  J.  H.  Metcalfe,  J.  G.  McCormick. 

A  general  meeting  was  held  in  F.  J.  S.  Moore's  rooms  on 
Wednesday,  February  20th,  the  President,  Mr  J.  R.  Tanner, 
in  the  chair,  and  the  above  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year. 

Eagles  Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

Secretary—^,  Y.  Bonsey. 

A  general  meeting  was  held  in  Lecture  Room  VL  on 
Wednesday,  January  30th,  1895,  ^^  which  the  following  were 
elected  members: — E.  A.  Jones,  E.  H.  Lloyd-Jones. 

Lacrosse  Club. 

Captain— W.  J.  Leigh  Phillips.  Secretary— 1^,  L.  Gregory.  Cammitteip^ 
W.  K.  Wills,  W.  T.  Clements,  A.  C.  Boyde. 

Lacrosse  is  as  usual  in  a  most  flourishing  condition  in 
St  John's.  On  Saturday,  March  2nd,  a  match  against  a  team 
picked  from  the  rest  of  the  'Varsity  Club  resulted  in  a  draw,  two 
goals  being  scored  by  both  teams.  Several  matches  are  yet  to 
be  played. 

Of  the  members,  individually,  first  and  foremost  we  deplore  the 
loss  of  Lupton,  who  has  for  a  long  time  been  a  mainstay  both  to 
the  College  and  to  the  'Varsity  Team,  of  which  he  was  lately 
Captain.  Other  members,  who  have  lately  played  regularly  for 
the  'Varsity,  are  Boyde,  Clements,  Gregory,  Wills,  and  Leigh- 
Phillips,  who  all  hold  their  College  Colours.  The  two  first - 
named  in  this  list  are  indeed  a  great  gain  to  the  College, 
especially  because,  being  in  their  first  year  and  already 
possessing  a  sound  knowledge  of  the  game,  we  look  to  them 
as  a  backbone  for  the  team  in  succeeding  seasons.  Clements, 
especially,  has  been  most  energetic,  and,  doubtless,  with  the 
help  and  co-operation  of  the  other  members,  will  succeed  in 


526  Our  Chronicle. 

upholding  the  great  prestige  at  present  attached  to  onr  College 
Lacrosse  contingent. 

Wills  has  been  elected  Vice-Captain  of  the  Cambridge 
'Varsity  Lacrosse  Club,  and,  with  Clements  and  Leigh-Phillips, 
has  been  awarded  his  'Varsity  Colours. 

Debating  Society. 

President-^H.  M.  Schroder.  Vice-President— T,  Hay.  Treasurer-- 
J.  M.  Marshall.  Secretary— V  S.  Bryers.  Auditor— C.  C.  Ellis.  Com- 
mittee—Q,  P.  Keeling,  V.  M.  Smith. 

The  debates  during  the  term  have  been  as  follows : — 

Jan,  26 -"That  this  House  condemns  the  action  of  the 
so-called  Moderate  party  in  the  late  London  School  Board 
Election."  Proposed  by  C.  P.  Keeling,  opposed  by  H.  M. 
Schroder.    Lost  by  6  to  17. 

Feb,  2 — "  That  this  House  would  approve  of  a  re-organisation 
of  the  great  industries  of  this  country  on  a  socialistic  basis." 
Proposed  by  J.  E.  Purvis,  opposed  by  E.  H.  Coleman.  Lost  by 
5  toy. 

Feb.  9 — "That  this  House  would  approve  of  a  re-organisation 
of  this  University  on  the  lines  of  a  limited  liability  company." 
Proposed  by  C.  T.  Powell,  opposed  by  A.  P.  McNeilc.  Lost  by 
4  to  12. 

Feb.  23 — "That  this  House  would  approve  of  a  'One  man 
one  vote.*"  Proposed  by  J.  M.  Marshall,  opposed  by  J.  S. 
Bryers.     Lost  by  12  to  8. 

March  2 — "  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  House  Tennyson  is  a 
much  over-rated  poet."  Proposed  by  R.  O.  P.  Taylor,  opposed 
by  T.  Hay. 

March  9 — "That  this  House  believes  that  the  House  of 
Commons  is  useless,  dangerous,  and  ought  to  be  abolished." 
Proposed  by  the  Rev  J.  H.  B.  Masterman,  opposed  by  Mr 
E.  W.  MacBride. 

This  term  has  been  rather  a  disappointing  one  for  the 
Society.  It  was  confidently  expected,  after  the  great  interest 
shown  in  the  debates  last  term,  that  with  a  series  of  interesting 
subjects  and  a  number  of  good  speakers  we  should  have  to 
chronicle  nothing  but  success.  Unfortunately,  influenza  and 
kindred  diseases  wrought  such  havoc  that  a  continual  rearrange- 
ment of  the  debates  had  to  be  maintained,  and  this  possibly 
accounts  for  the  attendance  this  term  being  rather  smaller  than  last. 
The  debates  have  been  really  well  sustained,  but  we  have  still  to 
deplore  that  while  a  certain  number  of  men  could  always  be 


Our  Chronicle.  527 

relied  upon  to  speak,  and  speak  well,  many  came  to  listen  rather 
than  to  debate.  Still  the  term  has  been  signalized  by  more  than 
one  promising  maiden  speech,  and  as  most  of  the  members  are 
keen  on  the  Society,  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  next 
term  the  expectations  formed  in  regard  to  this  will  be  more  than 
realised.  Our  thanks  are  due  to  many  of  the  senior  members 
of  the  College  who  very  kindly  took  part  in  the  debates  on 
several  occasions,  and  who  have  done  much  to  stimulate 
interest  in  the  Society. 

Musical  Society. 

President—'DT  Sandys.  Treasurer—Key  A.  J.  Stevens.  Secretary-^ 
C.  P.  Keeling.  Librarian—C,  B.  Rootham.  Committee— A.  J.  Walker, 
J.  M.  Hardwich,  C.  T.  PoweU,  H.  Reeve,  O.  F.  Diver. 

On  Monday,  4th  February  1895,  the  first  Concert  of  the 
term  was  held  in  Lecture  Room  VI.  Any  doubt  which  may 
have  existed  as  to  the  popularity  of  Classical  Music  must  have 
at  once  been  dispelled  by  the  sight  of  the  audience,  which  filled 
the  room  to  overflowing.  The  utmost  enthusiasm  prevailed 
throughout  the  evening,  and  we  are  glad  to  be  able  to  say  that 
the  Concert  was  the  most  successful  ever  given  under  the 
Society's  auspices.  Two  of  our  visitors,  Mr  W.  H.  Reed  and 
Mr  H.  E.  Macpherson,  have  recently  been  elected  honorary 
members  of  the  Society,  and  we  cannot  but  feel  that  the  action 
of  the  Committee  has  been  another  step  in  the  right  direction, 
and  that  our  two  first  honorary  members  are  performers  of  whom 
any  Musical  Society  might  well  be  proud.  It  was  gratifying  to 
observe  the  large  number  of  men  from  other  Colleges  who  were 
present  at  this  Concert,  and  we  may  hope  that  soon  every 
College  in  the  'Varsity  will  find  that  "  Classical  Music  "  is  not 
out  of  place  at  a  Smoking  Concert.  Mr  W.  H.  Reed  seems  to 
have  improved  every  time  we  hear  him,  and  we  feel  sure  that 
before  long  his  name  will  be  well  known  in  the  musical  world. 
A.  J.  Walker  sang  •*  Ca'  the  Yowes"  with  his  usual  feeling;  he 
was  accompanied  by  the  Composer,  Mr  H.  E.  Macpherson. 

We  are  sorry  to  notice  that  the  "Crochets"  made  their  last 
appearance  on  the  Musical  Society  platform  at  the  second 
concert:  one  of  their  number — ^alas! — ^is  "going  down,"  and 
the  " Crotchets"  will  soon  cease  to  exist.  Their  place  seems  to 
have  already  been  filled  by  another  male-voice  quartett,  styled 
the  "Accidentals."  Mr  Barlow  kindly  presided  at  both  the 
concerts.  Hoffman's  "  Melusina"  has  been  chosen  as  the  work 
to  be  performed  at  the  May  Concert,  and  practices  have  been 
held  regularly  during  the  term.  Surely  there  are  some  more 
tenors  in  the  College  ;  at  present  there  are  more  than  twenty 
basses  in  the  chorus,  while  the  tenors  only  number  six.  W© 
hope  that  their  numbers  will  have  increased  by  the  first 
practice  next  term,  for  no  one  can  join  the  chorus  after  that 
date. 

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528  Our  Chronicle. 

St  John's  College  Ball. 

At  a  meeting  held  in  Lecture-Room  VI  on  March  i,  it  was 
decided,  if  possible,  to  give  another  Ball  this  year.  In  order 
that  the  Ball  should  be  a  success,  the  numbers  must  be 
increased  as  compared  with  those  of  last  year. 

To  meet  any  unexpected  expense  or  an  overdraught  on  the 
estimate  of  the  expenses  of  the  Ball,  it  is  necessary  to  raise  /'so. 
If  the  Ball  is  a  financial  success,  the  subscribers  to  this  fund 
receive  their  subscriptions  back  again. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  College  will  patriotically  support 
the  Ball,  and  induce  as  many  friends  as  possible  to  come  and 
help  to  make  it  a  success. 

Last  year  the  Ball  was  held  in  the  Hall,  and  though  17.1 
tickets  were  sold,  still  there  was  a  scarcity  of  dancers. 

It  is  estimated  that  if  about  eighty  members  will  promise  to 
take  tickets,  the  Ball  will  in  all  probability  be  a  success. 

A  meeting  will  be  held  early  next  term,  when  final  arrange- 
ments will  be  made. 

Theological  Society. 

Prestdent—B^.  O.  P.  Taylor.  Hon.  Treasursr—'Q,  P.  Strangeways.  Han. 
Secretafy—J.  D.  Davies.     Committee— \,  M.  Smith,  G.  E.  lies. 

The  meetings  were  as  follows : 

Feb.  I— In  W.  J.  C.  Scarlin's  rooms.  Subject,  "Savonarola," 
by  V.  M.  Smith. 

Feb.  8— In  W.  S.  Sherwin's  rooms.  Subject,  *•  St  Wilfred  of 
York,"  by  Rev  J.  H.  B.  Masterman. 

Feb.  15— In  R.  O.  P.  Taylor's  rooms.  Subject,  "Inerrancy 
of  Holy  Scripture,"  by  Prof  H.  E.  Ryle. 

Feb.  22— In  G.  S.  Whitaker's  rooms.  Subject,  "Catholicity 
of  the  Prayer-Book,"  by  Rev  H.  H.  B.  Ayles. 

March  1 — In  Mr  H.  T.  E.  Barlow's  rooms.  Subject,  "  St  Basil 
the  Great,"  by  Mr  H.  T.  E.  Barlow. 

The  Society  at  present  is  in  a  very  flourishing  condition,  and 
the  membership  is  still  on  the  increase.  The  meetings  on  the 
whole  have  been  well  attended,  but  there  are  yet  many  members 
who  do  not  put  in  their  appearance  more  than  once  a  term. 
The  papers  read  this  term  have  been  exceedingly  good,  and  the 
discussions  following  have  been  generally  of  an  interesting 
nature. 


Our  Chronicle,  529 

College  Mission. 

The  Missioners  were  glad  to  welcome  so  many  visitors  from 
College  during  the  Christmas  vacation.  Some  were  fresh  faces, 
some  old  friends.  Peter  Green  B.A.  was  duly  admitted  to  Holy 
Orders  by  the  Bishop  of  Rochester  at  the  Advent  Ordination, 
and  is  now  the  third  Missioner.  There  is  some  connexion 
between  this  event  and  another  which  we  regard  with  great 
satisfaction  and  hope,  namely,  the  affiliation  to  ourselves  for  the 
purposes  of  the  Mission  of  Cranleigh  School.  This  has  just 
been  effected  quite  spontaneously  on  the  part  of  the  School  with 
cordial  welcome  by  us.  A  good  Committee  of  Cranleighans 
has  been  formed,  and  they  have  decided  to  ask  that  their  con- 
tributions be  specially  regarded  as  going  to  be  devoted  to  the 
support  of  the  Third  Missioner.  They  do  not  undertake  his 
entire  support,  but  will  go  as  far  as  they  can.  As  the  Third 
Missioner  is  an  old  Cranleighan,  we  can,  as  we  said,  see  a 
natural  reason  for  the  special  form  which  the  School  assistance 
takes.  It  relieves  us  of  considerable  anxiety :  we  feel  that  the 
Deaconess  Fund  covers  as  much  as  we  can  possibly  bear 
beyond  the  two  Missioners  and  other  general  expenses ;  and 
we  are  much  relieved  to  know  that,  for  some  time  at  least,  the 
Third  Missioner  is  provided  for.  The  announcement  of  this 
new  departure  was  received  with  great  applause  at  our  College 
Lent  term  meeting  on  February  18.  This  meeting  was  more 
numerously  attended  than  has  sometimes  been  the  case ;  and 
Mr  Green  was  much  encouraged,  well  supported  as  he  was 
by  the  robust  and  breezy  vigour  which  always  chacterises  the 
speeches  of  the  Rev  R.  P.  Roseveare.  We  were  very  glad  to 
welcome  Mr  Roseveare  again  on  our  platform :  he  was  one  of 
the  very  first  junior  members  of  the  College  to  take  part  in  the 
Mission,  appearing,  as  he  told  us,  on  the  very  first  Sunday  at 
Mr  Phillips'  side  eleven  years  ago,  and  his  zeal  has  never  cooled. 
It  was  pleasant,  too,  to  hear  the  expressions  of  interest  on  the 
part  of  Mr  Tanner  and  Mr  Baker,  who  moved  and  seconded  the 
vote  of  thanks  to  the  Master  and  speakers  at  this  meeting,  Mr 
Tanner's  narrative  of  experience  as  a  lecturer  to  our  Walworth 
people  being  of  a  highly  diverting  order.  The  meeting  was  a 
good  one  in  every  respect.  Mr  Phillips  is  down  with  influenza 
and  could  not  come  to  the  meeting,  while  Mr  Wallis,  left  in 
sole  charge  of  everything,  was  also  unable  to  come.  We  hope 
to  see  them  in  College  soon  for  some  days. 

The  Hon  Mrs  Whately,  who  is  a  relative  of  Mrs  Gerard 
Cobb,  and  takes  charge  of  the  Mothers*  Meeting  in  Walworth, 
very  kindly  arranged  a  sale  of  work  on  behalf  of  the  Mission 
Funds.  Many  members  of  the  College  were  able  to  persuade 
their  lady  friends  to  help  in  sending  up  work,  and  on  Feb.  21 
the  Sale  was  held  at  3  Belgrave  Square,  the  rebidence  of 
Dowager  Lady  de  Ramsey.  The  sum  realized  was  over 
£i%S    nett,    and    the    Committee    will  join   Mr   Phillips    in 


530  Our  Chronicle 

deliberating  as  to  its  best  distribntion  among  the  pressing 
needs,  viz.,  the  Deaconess  Fund,  more  rooms  for  Clabs  and 
Classes. 

As  the  Jobnian  Dinner  in  London  is  fixed  for  Thnrsday, 
April  1 8,  Mr  Bateroan  has  taken  steps  to  arrange  that  there  be 
a  service  at  the  Lady  Margaret  Church  in  the  afternoon  of  that 
day,  when  some  members  of  the  College,  yet  to  be  named,  will 
give  ns  an  address. 

The  new  Junior  Secretary  for  1895  is  R.  Y.  Bonsey,  and  the 
new  Junior  Treasurer  is  F.  Lydall.  The  first  year  men  elected 
on  Committee  at  the  January  meeting  are  £.  H.  Keymer,  J.  M. 
Marshall,  C.  B.  Rootham.  We  are  specially  well  equipped  both 
in  the  Mission  and  in  College  just  now ;  we  trust  that  progress 
will  be  the  result* 


THE   LIBRARY. 

*  7^  €uterish  denotes  past  or  present  Members  of  the  College. 

Donations  and    Additions  to    the    Library  during 
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Scott  (C.  A.).  An  Introductory  Account  of 
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Analytical  Geometry.    8vo.    Lond.  1894. 


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Vol. 


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8vo.    New  York,  1894.    3.30. 19    

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Measurements.       Translated     by     James 

Walker.  8vo.  Lond.  1894.  3.26.27  .... 
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Trees.      Translated    by  Wm.  Somerville. 

Revised  and  edited  by  H.  M.  Ward.    8vo. 

Lond.  1894.    3*26.28    

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Edition.    8vo.    Lond.  1894.    3*25 

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Easter  Term 
1895 

NOTES  FROM  THE  COLLEGE  RECORDS. 

(Continued  from  p.  346.^ 

I^^^^R  John  Tayler,  from  whose  correspondence 
eI^»1  we  select  a  few  letters,  was  Master  of  St 
^^^^  John's  from  July  1538  to  1546.  He  was 
originally  of  Queens'  College  (B.A.  1523-4). 
He  was  learned,  eminently  pious  and  greatly  esteemed 
as  a  preacher,  and  was  one  of  the  Compilers  of  the 
Book  of  Common  Prayer.  But  his  reign  in  St  John's 
was  neither  a  peaceful  nor  a  happy  one.  Baker's 
account  of  the  matter  is  not  very  easy  to  understand. 
The  majority  of  the  Fellows  were  not  satisfied  with  the 
justice  of  Tayler's  rule. 

Dr  Tayler  became  Rector  of  St  Peter's,  Cornhill,  in 
London  in  1536,  and  the  following  letter  from  Edmund 
Bonner,  Bishop  of  London,  gives  a  curious  glimpse  of 
that  prelate  acting  as  tax  collector  to  Henry  VIII. 

Righte  worshipfull  and  loving  brother  in  my  hartieste 
manner  I  commende  me  vnto  you  gyving  you  tunderstande 
that  the  iiij**»  of  this  presente  I  receaued  Ires  from  the  Kinges 
mooste  excellent  maiestie  of  the  tenor  ensuying.  By  the 
Kinge.  To  the  righte  Reuerende  ffather  in  God,  our  righte 
VOL.  XVIII  4  A 


53^  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

trastie  and  well  beloned  the  bysshopp  of  London.  Right© 
Reuerende  ffather  in  God,  righte  trustie  and  wellbeloued  we 
grcete  'you  well.  And  where  during  the  late  Session  of  our 
Parliamente  holden  at  Westm%  in  the  xxxvij'^  yeere  of  our 
Reigne,  there  was  graunted  vnto  vs  by  the  common  agreamenle 
of  you  and  others  the  dergie  of  oin-e  province  of  Caait.  io 
theyre  Convocation  towardes  the  Alleviatinge  of  some  portion 
of  oure  chardge  in  the  warres,  one  Subsidie  to  be  payed,  the 
firste  day  of  Mayc  nowe  nexte  ensuyng,  and  to  be  levied  raysed 
and  gathered  in  such  sorte  as  by  your  said  graunte  doothe 
more  largelie  appeare.  Albeyt  the  daye  appoynted  for  the 
payment  of  the  said  Subsidie  bee  not  fully  come,  yet  con- 
sydering  that  the  paymentes  thereof  may  as  easlilie  be  made 
by  you  and  a  greate  numbere  of  thothers  of  the  clergie 
of  that  youre  diocesse,  nowe  owte  of  hande  as  at  the  tyme 
lymyted  by  youre  graunte.  And  forasmoche  as  they  payment 
thereof,  shall  stand  vs  in  greate  stede,  and  doo  vs  verie  moche 
gratuitie  and  pleasure.  Having  at  this  present  greate  sommes 
of  moneye  to  be  defrayed,  within  verie  short  tyme  wee  haue 
thoughte  good  in  respect  thereof  and  the  Specyall  truste  and 
confidence  wee  haue  in  your  good  bountie  and  eameste 
affections  to  doo  vs  gratuitie  and  seruice,  to  pray  and  requyre 
you  not  onelie  to  paye  or  cause  to  be  payed  vnto  thandes  of 
cure  Thresourer  appoynted  for  the  receipte  therof,  before 
thende  of  this  presente  moneth  of  Januarie  all  such  sommes 
of  moneye  as  by  yo""  self  and  yo*^  cathedrall  Churche  shalbe 
due  and  oughte  to  be  payed  at  the  firste  daye  of  Maye  nowe 
nexte  ensuynge,  but  also  to  extende  yo*^  good  dexteritie  and 
to  travaile  as  diligentelie  and  earnestely  as  you  may  for  asmoche 
to  be  payed  by  all  others  of  the  clergie  within  yo*^  diocese  and 
collection  as  maye  be  hadde  within  the  saide  tyme  wherein 
wee  eftsounes  requyre  you  to  employe  all  yo*"  diligence  as  wee 
speciallie  truste  you  and  as  ye  tender  thadvauncenient  of  our 
affayres,  geven  vnder  our  Signet  at  our  Honor  of  Hamptoune 
Courte  the  iij'*»  daye  of  Januarye,  the  xxxvijt^*  yere  of  oure 
Reyne.  And  bycause  ye  being  as  ye  are  a  man  of  grate 
wystome  and  of  such  notable  qualities  that  ye  canne  and  will 
shortelie  consider  thimportaunce  and  weighte  of  such  matter 
as  this  ys  withoute  large  recytall,  declaration  or  anny  greate 
persuasion  necessarie  to  be  vsed  with  you,  I  shall  therefore, 
after  ye  haue  well  and  maturelie  considered  the  contentes  of 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  537 

the  kinges  ma*«  said  Ires,  counsaill  and  moost  hartelie  desyre 
and  pray  you  bothe  taccomplysshe  youre  self  thole  effect  of 
the  said  Ires  as  ys  contayned  in  them  and  also  to  sette  forthe 
and  declare  yo'  doinge  to  others  that  by*yo»"  good  example  they 
may  be  induced  to  doo  the  lyke.  Wherein  ye  and  theye  shall 
not  onelie  declare  your  selfes  to  be  such  persouns  as  ye  haue 
been  and  yet  be  taken  for,  faith  full,  loving  and  obedyent 
subiectes  to  his  saide  maiestie,  but  also  acquyre  and  purchase 
there  bye  vnto  you  righte  especyall  and  loving  hartie  thankes 
with  favour.  And  for  my  parte  I  doo  assure  you  I  shall  not 
fayle  to  make  verie  honeste  and  faythfuU  declaration  of  all 
yo'  doinges  in  this  behalfe,  God  beste  knowinge,  who  longe 
and  well  preserue  you.  Wrytten  at  my  house  in  London  the 
v**»  of  Januerie. 

yo'  loving  brother, 

E.  London. 

Addressed:  To  the  righte  worshipful!  and  my  verie  lovinge 
good  brother  Doctor  Taylour  parson  of  saincte  Petyres  in 
Cornhill  in  London. 


The  letters  which  follow  refer  to  Cambridge  matters. 
The  first  clearly  refer  to  the  founding  of  Trinity  College. 
The  second  would  appear  to  be  a  request  to  allow  some 
Scholar  of  the  College,  for  there  was  no  Fellow  of  the 
name  of  Dawes,  to  accompany  some  lads  to  the  Con- 
tinent as  Tutor. 

After  oure  righte  herty  commendationes  Wher  as  the  kinges 
moste  royall  maiestye  Erectinge  a  College  wythin  that  your 
vniuersite  of  Cambrydge  to  thencreace  of  Godes  glory,  the 
advauncement  of  godly  study,  the  dysyenge  of  good  lerninge 
and  vertue  haith  taken  certeyn  of  the  felowes  of  sondry  your 
Colleges  theyr  for  the  better  fornyture  of  hys  Maiesties  sayd 
Colleges  in  even  degree  accordynglye.  And  hath  lefte  certeyn 
men  of  honesty  and  desyrouse  to  study  that  were  of  hys  graces 
exhibiton  before,  vnplaced  in  his  maiesties  college  theyr  whom 
we  thinke  mete  for  the  kynges  honor  to  be  prouyded  for. 
Thes  shalbe  theyrfore  on  the  Kynges  Maiestyes  behalfe  to 
requyre  yowe  and  eiiery  of  yow  tadmyttc  and  receyue  suche 


538  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

and  so  many  of  theym  beyngc  vnplaced  in  the  sayd  College 
Into  yovvre  houses  &  colleges  as  shalbe  thoughte  mete  and 
named  vnto  yowe  by  the  direction  of  oure  vere  lovynge  frende 
Mr  doctor  Redman  who  haith  the  doynges  theyrofe  by  hys 
Maiesties  expres  commaundment,  wherein  no  dowte  yow  shall 
do  that  that  shall  moch  satysfye  &  content  hys  hyghnes.  And 
we  as  your  harty  frendes  shalbe  righte  glad  of  youre  wyllynge 
&  genlyl  conformite  herin,  thus  we  byd  yowe  moste  hartely 
fay r welly  frome  L,ondon  the  vij  of  January. 

your  louyng  frendes, 

Georg  Cicester 
Edward  North. 


It  may  like  you  tonderstonde  that  myndyng  to  trayne  my 
childern  which  be  scolares  of  yo'^  hous  in  Ires  in  some  of 
Thvniversites  on  this  syde  of  the  Sea,  I  have  motch  desier  to 
have  my  frende  Mr  Dawes  with  them.  And  not  motch  doubtyng 
of  his  good  will  to  do  me  pleasure,  these  be  oonly  in  my  most 
harty  wise  to  praye  youer  ientle  favors  towardes  hym.  Whom, 
God  willing,  after  diverse  yeres  stvdye  and  travaile  you  shall 
receyve  agayn  a  man  of  motch  knowledge  and  of  no  less 
experience  of  whom  also  as  of  yo*^  own  domestike  you  shalbe 
fully  assured  to  serve  yo*"  honest  comodities  to  the  most  of  his 
power.  And  besydes  for  my  parte  to  have  what  I  may  doo 
by  my  self  or  my  frendes  to  requyt  that  you  shall  herin  do  at 
my  desier.  And  thus  most  hartely  fare  you  well,  ifrom  Calais  the 
Xxij  of  December  1541. 

yor  assured  ffrend* 

Anth.  Rous. 

Addressed  i    To  the  right  worshipfull  and  his  assured  frendes 
the  M«"  and  felowes  of  Saincte  Johns  Coleage  of  Cambridg. 

John  Seton,  the  writer  of  the  homely  letter  which 
follows,  taught  philosophy  in  the  College.  He  had  a 
great  reputation  for  learning,  and  was  the  author  of  a 
book  on  logic  for  nearly  a  century  regarded  as  the 
standard  work  on  the  subject.  He  was  one  of  the 
Fellows  who  petitioned  the  Bishop  of  Ely  as  Visitor 
against  Dr  Tayler's  action  as  Master, 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  539 

,  Seton  became  a  Canon  of  Winchester  and  Prebendary 
of  York.  His  name  occurs  in  a  list  of  *  recusants '  made 
in  1 56 1  wherein  he  is  styled  'learned  but  settled  in 
papistry.'  He  ended  his  days  abroad,  but  when  and 
where  is  not  known. 

Ryght  worshypfull  after  dew  commendacyon,  w*  condyng 
thankes  for  y*"^  sundre  kyndnes  towardes  me,  thes  shalbe  to 
certyfy  y",  y*  as  my  syknes  hathe  bene  longe  and  in  manner 
contynuall  all  thys  hole  yere,  so  now  off  layt  y^'  hathe  bene  most 
sore,  most  extreme  and  most  dangerus.  I  was  one  weke  in 
case  y*  I  lyttyll  loked  for  lyffe,  notwithstandyng  I  sesed  not  to 
serche  remdy  by  dyuors  fesysyons  and  other  menys,  w*  thyng' 
hath  bene  so  costly  to  me  (be  sydes  my  bordc  y*  costes  me 
wekly  V  s  for  me  and  my  boy  Robynson  all  thyng  ys  so  dere) 
y*  y*  causeys  me  contrary  to  yt  I  hadd  purposed  to  desyre 
y«'  fauors  in  alowans  off  my  commons.  I  desyre  no  new,  no 
strange  thyng,  nor  nothyng  I  tryst  against  any  statute,  only  my 
request  ys  y*  so  y®  by  y"'  fauor  wold  do  to  me  as  y«  hauc  and 
intende  to  order  other  felowy  sin  lyke  case.  Y«  remembre 
y*  I  was  not  hole  nor  sounde  when  I  last  departed  from  the 
College  my  leg  w'  brast  ther  in  my  sykues  ys  not  hole  to  thys 
ower.  My  trubles  and  deseses  hath  bene  syche  y*  I  cold  gett 
none  to  see  to  my  lege  sens  I  came  from  Cambryge.  How 
be  yt  I  passe  myche  lesse  off  yt  than  for  the  wakenes  off  my 
stomak,  and  gritt  feblenes  off  my  body  y*  my  longe  lax  and 
quartane  hathe  brought  me  into.  I  found  remedy  (thankes  be 
to  god)  of  my  lax  by  one  master  Brok,  controler  of  the  kynges 
grace  hys  myntt,  or  ells  yt  hadde  bene  wronge  w'  me  or  thys, 
wold  god  I  were  able  to  go  and  mak  mery  w'  y"  ther.  Whos 
company  to  me  duttles  shold  be  gret  pleser  and  comfort  but  as 
yit  I  am  nott  able  therto  as  knaweth  all  myghty  God,  who 
long  preserue  you  in  helth  and  vertuus  study  to  his  blesed 
pleser.     From  London  the  27  day  of  marche. 

y»"  to  the  best  of  my  pore  power, 

John  Seton. 

Addfessed:  To  the  ryght  worshypfull  Master  Doctor  Tayler 
Master  off  Sant  Johns  College  in  Cambryge  or  in  hys  absens 
to  Master  presydent  and  ail  the  Senyors  off  the  College  this 
be  dd. 


540  Notes  from  the  College  Records, 

Dr  Tayler  became  Dean  of  Lincoln  in  1544  and  also 
held  a  prebendal  stall  in  the  Cathedral.  The  following- 
letters  seem  to  show  that  he  held  other  preferments, 
which  are  not  mentioned  either  by  Baker  in  his  history 
or  by  Cooper  in  his  A  theme  Cantabrigtenses. 

Ryghte  Wyrshypfull  Master  doctor  We  humble  recomend 
hus  to  your  mastershypp.  Certefyeng  you  of  y**  case  thatt  the 
byshoppe  of  Borow  dyd  suspend  &  excomunicate  hus  prestys 
beyng  in  y^  prebend e  of  Nashynton,  Sir  William  Smyth,  Sir 
Kaulfe  Baxter,  Sir  Robert  Downam  now  beyng  there  presentt. 
Sir  John  Emlyn,  Vicar,  Sir  Ric.  Downam  departyd.  Was 
because  we  wolde  nott  incline  &  obey  to  Sir  William  Pollard, 
Commessare  to  y®  sayd  byshoppe  of  Borow  &  foresake  our 
ryghte  ordenary  the  heyghe  deane  of  Lyncollyn  &  hys  depute. 
Item  another  cause  was  thatt  we  wolde  nott  obey  hys  comande- 
mett  to  pronounce  Doct'  Smyth  to  be  excomunicate  in  our 
chyrchcs,  ffor  whyche  he  dyd  cyte  hus  by  hys  appariter  to 
apeare  befor  hym  att  a  place  whych  is  called  Ibere  &  we  dyd 
nott  apeare  nor  obeye  hys  comandment.  Item  all  tke  hooU 
prebend  doyth  certefye  yow  thatt  the  bysshoppe  of  Lyncollne 
dyd  neuer  kepe  visitacon  in  y®  foresayd  prebend  of  Nashyntun. 
Item  we  y«  foresayd  prestes  warr  suspendyed  of  Mary  Magdelens 
day  was  twelvemoneth  &  excomunicate  y«  sonday  after  in 
y«  paryshe  Churche  of  Fodryngay,  and  in  the  paryshe  Churche 
of  Wanesford,  thoe  y*  whyche  the  foresayd  prebend  of 
Nashynton,  Newton  Appthorpe  &  Ferwell  had  neyther  Matens, 
Masse,  no  euensong  the  sonday  before  y«  Assumpcion  of  our 
lade.  Besechyng  yow  to  helpe  vs  poore  prestes  to  our  costes 
&  charges  &  so  ye  shall  bynd  hus  to  be  your  dayly  beydmen. 
Thus  Ihu  haue  you  in  hys  kepyng  amen.  Att  Apthorpe  the 
fyrst  day  of  October  by  chappeles  &  beadme. 

WiLLM  Smyth       \ 
Radulfe  Baxter  '  prestes. 

ROBT   DONEUAM      ) 


Righte  wurshippfuU  After  all  humble  Commendacons  to 
yo*^  good  m'shipp  &c.  This  shalbe  to  avyse  you  y'  I  have 
dischargedd  y  Masters  Sermons  in  yo'"  churches  accordynge 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  541 

to  your  desyres.  Wherefore  yf  yt  shall  please  your  in'"shippe 
to  sende  yo*^  promysed  Rewarde  either  nowe  at  this  Styrbrydge 
ffeyre  or  at  any  tyme  betwyxt  this  &  michaelmas  by  some 
trustye  messeger.  I  shalbe  readye  to  receave  yt  thankefullye. 
And  further  to  endeuo'  my  selfe  to  be  at  yo^  pleasure,  Christe 
wyllynge.  Who  preserve  your  specyall  good  m'shippe  In 
wurshippe  to  his  highe  pleasur.  At  Burton  vpon  Trent 
ye  v*^  daye  of  Septembre. 

yo»«  euer  to  comande, 

Robert  Barslowe. 
head  curat  there. 

Addressed;  To  the  Righte  wourshipfull  &  his  singler  good 
tnaystcr  M»"  Dean  of  Lyncolne  At  Saynt  John's  Collegge  In 
Cambryge  dd.  this. 


Mayster  parson  I  hartely  comend  vnto  you  desyrynge  to 

here  of  yo' Welfare  & As  you  haue  wryttyn  youre  letter 

to  the  parysch  of  Tatynhyll  to  know  wheder  that  they  wyll 
grannte  to  haue  Barton  a  parysshe  church  and  what  the  can 
saye  to  the  contrary.  Sir  for  me  and  my  tenauntes  thys  I  can 
S3ye  that  hyt  ys  not  mete  to  make  Barton  a  parysshe  churche 
ffor  yff  you  shulde,  hyt  shulde  be  an  vndoynge  to  Tatynhyll 
churche,  ffor  the  that  ar  soo  slow  in  doynge  theyr  dewtye  now 
wolde  be  worse  when  that  they  were  seperated,  ffor  all  their 
feyne  woordes  and  bondes  that  the  offer  to  be  bounde  in.  And 
ferther  hyt  ys  not  vnknowne  to  you  what  besee  fellowes  they 
ar.  And  yff  the  shulde  breyke  theyr  bounde,  they  wold  spende 
a  hundreth  poundes  or  hyt  were  tryed.  Therefore  I  and  all 
they  rest  of  they  parysshe  wyll  neu*^  agree  therto.  Sir  I  p'y 
you  to  consyder  that  all  my  aunceters  or  the  moste  parte  lyeth 
buryed  in  that  chirche.  And  therefore  hyt  ys  not  my  parte  ta 
see  the  churche  decaye,  ffor  though  I  doe  knowe  what  longeyth 
to  a  bodye  ded,  yet  pore  peple  wolde  crye  owte  off  me  yff  the 
chirche  shulde  decaye.  And  yff  that  any  chapel  I  shulde  be  a 
parysshe  churche  I  thynke  Whychnor  shulde  bee  ffor  hyt  ys 
too  myles  further  from  Tatynhyll  then  Barton.  And  yett  I  doa 
labor  no  suche  matter.  Wherefore  my  desyre  shalbe  to  letl 
all  be  as  hyt  ys  ffor  all  they  parysshe  wyll  neu'"  consent  to  haue 
Barton  a  parysshe  churche.     And  my  trust  ys  that  you  wyli  not 


542  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

graunte  thejrrto,  ffor  I  doe  traste  as  myche  goodnes  yn  yom 
toward  Whychnor  as  Barton  neuer  doythe  ffor  Barton.  And 
thus  fare  you  well  as  knowyth  God  who  kepe  you.  Wryttcn 
at  Charteley  the  viij«*»  daye  of  Septemb^. 

youre  loueyng  fr}'nde, 

George  Gryffyth,  kgt. 

Addressed:  To  mayst'  Doctor  Taylor  parson  off  Tatynhyll  be 
thys  dd. 


The  next  letter  refers  to  a  class  of  complaint  of  which 
the  College  was  destined  to  have  many.  The  Ralph 
Cantrell,  on  whose  behalf  the  claim  is  made  that  he  is 
of  kin  to  James  Beresford,  was  probably  the  Ralph 
Cantrell  admitted  Fellow  about  1540.  His  name  occurs 
Amongst  the  names  of  those  who  petitioned  the  Bishop 
of  Ely.  The  difficulty  of  deciding  on  such  claims  of 
kinship  must  have  been  very  great,  and  must  have 
increased  as  time  went  on.  It  is  curious  to  think  that 
these  claims  survived  in  theory  at  least  until  the  year 
i860. 

Worshipfull  syr  my  bounden  duetie  of  commendations  vnto 
you  premised.  I  doe  moste  hartely  thank  you  for  yo*"  gentle 
communication  and  message  spoken  &  sent  vnto  me  by  this 
banger  Rafe  Cantrell  at  Grantham,  the  which  I  perceived  also 
by  the  reporte  of  my  ffrende  Mr  Roger  Ascham  vnto  the  which 
I  gaue  more  stcdfaste  credence.  Syr  I  was  verie  sorie  y*  it  was 
not  my  chaunce  to  haue  spoken  w'  you  at  my  being  lately  in 
Lincolnshyr  where  if  I  had  had  knowledge  of  yo"^  beinge  at 
Cranwell  in  due  tyme  I  wolde  not  haue  failed  to  have  awaited 
apon  you  ther  as  my  duetie  was  to  haue  done,  and  to  haue 
desyred  you  of  yo'  lawfull  fauor  towardes  this  bringer  con- 
cerninge  his  busynes,  but  by  my  faithe  you  were  departed 
thense  and  gone,  or  euer  I  knew  of  yo'  being  ther,  neuerthe- 
lesse  I  shall  now  at  this  tyme  w'  all  my  harte  desyre  you  to  be 
good  Mr  to  him  in  this  same  mater  accordinge  to  right  and 
good  conscience.  And  in  so  doinge  you  shall  not  only  binde 
him  yo""  dailye  and  continuall  bedesman,  but  also  me,  Robert 
Carre  &  other  his  kinsmen  to  be  at  yo*"  commaundmcnt  to  the 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  543 

best  of  o'  litle  powers.  I  am  sorye  it  pleaseth  not  my  lorde 
of  Elye  to  be  better  lorde  vnto  him  than  he  is  in  this  his 
mater,  the  letters  testimoniall  brought  out  of  Derbishire  to 
prove  me  and  my  issue  to  be  kinsmen  to  Mr  James  Beresford 
be  thought  good  and  lawfull  to  them  that  be  lerncd  &  know 
what  the  lawe  wolle.  And  so  I  am  sure  thei  shulde  haue 
semed  to  my  said  lorde  of  Elye  if  thei  had  made  for  some  mens 
purpose,  but  hereof  no  more,  but  I  bescch  our  lorde  to  put 
&  kindle  in  my  said  lordes  herte  as  moche  zele  and  desyre  to 
compound  &  appeayse  y«  contentions  &  striffes  within  yo' 
Col  ledge  with  equitie  &  iustice,  as  many  men  by  his  procedinge 
thinke  he  lakketh.  Yf  Porter  hadde  been  put  to  haue  proved 
him  selfe  to  be  kinsmen  to  Mr  James  Beresforthe  he  shulde 
haue  done  it  ad  caltndas  grecas.  And  yet  he  was  admitted 
unda  assertiont  without  any  busynes  or  trouble.  Sir,  for  so 
moche  as  it  pleaseth  not  my  lorde  of  Elye  to  be  good  lorde 
vnto  my  boye  in  this  his  mater,  I  shall  eftesonnes  beseche  you 
to  take  vnto  you  Mr  Setone,  Mr  Cheke  and  Mr  Watson,  whom 
I  do  esteme  most  aunciente  &  circumspecte  men  within  your 
house,  and  make  suche  ende  in  this  mater  as  hi  your  learninges^ 
discretions  and  conscience  you  shall  thinke  to  stande  with 
iustice  &  equite,  to  the  which  ende  and  order  my  boie  shall 
stand  in  euery  behalfe.  And  if  the  letters  testimoniall  lateley 
brought  out  of  Derbishire  shall  not  seme  vnto  you  a  sufficient 
prove,  to  certifie  &  enforme  your  consciences  in  the  mater,  I 
shall  at  my  owne  costes  &  charges  ons  agein  sende  in  to 
StafFordshyre  &  Derbishyr,  and  cause  parte  of  the  same  witnes, 
which  shall  seme  moste  indifferente  and  other  moe,  to  be 
examjmed  on  ther  othes  befor  Mr  ordinerie  of  y*  mater,  and 
bringe  vnto  you  letters  testimoniall  vnder  the  said  ordinaries 
leale  of  ther  depositions  &  sainges  in  y*  behalfe,  the  which  I 
might  haue  done  when  I  sent  for  the  testimoniall  if  I  had  not 
thought  the  same  to  haue  be  sufficente.  And  in  case  it  shall 
not  like  you  y"»  to  doe,  then  my  boie  hathe  no  other  remedie 
but  to  prosequute  his  cause  of  appele  que  sicut  erat  infra  tempus 
de  t'ure  statutum  legitime  inierposita  iniimata^  et  prosecuta,  ita  adhue 
non  est  desert  a,  licet  ad  tempus  sub  spe  concord ie  et  finalis  determi* 
nationis  per  D,  Eliensem  Episcopum  fiende  sinl  suspensa.  In  the 
which  cause  and  prosequution  of  the  same  my  busie  and 
seditious  countreyman  Richard  Comberford  shall  be  made 
parLie,  and  at  the  longe  lengthe  if  he  shall  be  so  moche  worthe 
VOL.  XVIII.  4B 


544  Notes  frtMH  the  College  Records. 

shall  paie  the  ordinarye  costes  and  expenses  of  the  sote  therof, 
or  it  shall  coste  me  the  expendinge  of  fortie  poundes.  the  which 
although  it  wulle  very  evill  become  me,  yet  it  shall  be  no  let 
to  the  prosequution  of  this  appeale  for  so  moche  as  I  am  able 
to  prove  bothe  the  gr^SQ  administered  in  the  Election,  and  also 
consanguynyte  to  Mr  James  Beresford.  But  even  as  I  am 
soriye  and  verye  lothe  to  take  this  remedie  if  otherwyse  might 
be,  so  I  besech  our  lorde  to  helpe  me  when  I  haue  most  nede 
and  no  otherwise.  Wherefor  for  the  love  of  God  in  so  moche 
as  this  busynes  is  betwene  two  membres  of  your  house,  let  it 
be  decided  infra  parities  domesticos  without  farder  trouble.  And 
if  you  thinke  Mr  Setone  and  Mr  Watson  be  not  indifferently 
coupled  with  Mr  Cheke,  take  the  one  of  them  and  let  them 
two  make  an  end  thereof,  in  the  determinacon^whereof  if  the! 
can  not  agree,  then  I  wolde  you  shuld  showe  your  selfe  not 
only  a  Mr  and  hedde,  but  also  a  man  &  to  see  a  redresse 
between  the  two  in  the  mater  as  it  shall  stand  with  right  and 
conscience,  and  hereunto  I  do  most  hartily  beseche  you.  And 
yu«  o'  lorde  kepe  you.  At  Thorpe  this  saynt  Mathewes  even 
>543' 

by  yours  to  commaunde  Unfainedly^ 
Rafk  Camtrell. 

I  coulde  I  doubte  not  by  my  selfe  and  by  my  fifrendes  obteyn 
letters  from  my  lord  of  Norf.  his  grace  and  oy',  but  I  will  vse 
no  such  bye  meanes  in  this  mater. 


The  two  letters  which  follow  are  transcribed  from 
copies  preserved  by  Dr  Tayler.  They  are  hardly  such 
as  might  have  been  expected  from  a  man  with  his 
reputation  as  a  divine.  And  it  seems  odd  that  he 
should  have  kept  them  and  left  them  in  the  College 
when  he  left.  Dr  Butts,  to  whom  the  second 
letter  is  addressed,  was  Physician  to  Henry  VIII 
and  had  presented  Dr  Tayler  to  the  Rectory  of  St 
Peter's,  Comhill. 

Right  honorable  and  my  singular  good  lady,  in  most  humble 
wise  I  comende  me  to  yo'  grace,  ever  so  beseching  the  same  to 
be  so  good  and  gracyous  lady  vnto  me  as  to  obteyne  and  get 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  545 

for  me  of  yo^  husband  my  lordes  grace,  the  advoyson  and  next 
vacation  of  the  parsonage  of  Whassingburghe  w*  in  two  myles 
of  Lincoln,  where  of  M'  Archdeacon  Hemaye  is  now  the  parson 
and  incumbent  at  this  present  tyme.  So  it  is  gracious  lady 
y*  y  was  never  so  poor  a  Deane  of  Lincoln  afore  my  tyme  as  I 
am,  nother  was  ther  any  of  my  predecessours  this  fiftie  yere, 
but  y*  he  might  dispende  double  so  moche  as  I  may,  besyde 
many  &  sundry  charges  y*  be  now  w*^**  were  not  at  y*  tyme, 
Besydes  this  y  is  not  a  foote  of  y  landes  that  perteyneth  vnto 
the  Deanrye  of  Lincoln  y*  lieth  in  Lincolnshyr,  y«  seyte  & 
situacon  of  y®  Deanes  house  alone  excepte,  so  that  I  have 
nothinge  ther  towarde  the  kepinge  of  my  house,  but  only  suche 
thinges  as  I  bye  w^  the  peny  and  ready  money,  which  is  tho 
cause  y^  1  am  not  able  to  kepe  &  contynue  any  house  ther, 
vntill  suche  tyme  as  God  shall  sende  me  some  suche  a  thinge 
as  y«  benefice  of  Whassingburghe  is,  which  wolde  fynde  me 
well  my  drynk  corne  &  some  parte  towarde  my  bread  come. 
Some  men  as  I  am  enformed  [saye  by  me  the  Deane  feadeth  vs 
well  spiritually,  but  we  wolde  fayne  see  him  ons  begyne  to  fede 
vs  also  bodelye  I  pray  you  I  may  as  well  be  able  to  doe  them 
bothe  to  Goddes  pleasure].*  And  jr*  surelcy  is  only  the  cause 
of  y'  my  suete  vnto  yo'  grace.  And  y*  none  of  yo'  graces 
Chapelyns  shuld  think  y'  my  suete  to  be  any  hindraunce  or 
iniurious  to  them  whenever  it  shall  please  yo'  grace  to  helpe  me 
to  the  advoyson  of  the  foresaid  benefice  &  and  to  gyfe  it  me  I 
shall  immediately  then  geve  yo"^  grace  y®  advoyson  of  another 
benefice  y*  shall  be  of  as  great  value  in  the  Kinges  book  as 
Whasshingburghe  is,  and  for  all  consideracons  so  profitable 
and  good,  but  y*  it  lieth  not  so  nygh  Lincoln  as  Whasshingburghe 
doeth.  And  by  y*  meanes  can  nother  be  so  good  nor  commo- 
dious for  me,  and  for  the  mayntaynynge  of  the  poor  house  y*  I 
wolde  gladly  kepe  at  Lincoln.  And  for  y»  commoditie  onlye,  if 
yo'  grace  shall  obteyne  y®  advoyson  for  me,  I  shall  w*  moste 
thankfull  harte  gyue  you  xx*»  markes  to  bye  yo'  grace  a  kirtle, 
w*  my  harte  prayer  &  dailye  service  whilest  I  lyve,  at  all  tymes 
to  be  readye  to  doo  you  any  service  or  pleasure  y^  shall  lye  in 
my  power  even  as  one  of  yo"^  owne  houscholde  Chapelyns  &  to 
be  yo'  poor  ostef  when  so  euer  it  shall  like  yo'  grace  to  visite 


^  These  words  are  erased.  f  Host  ? 


546  Notes  from  the  College  Records. 

Lincoln,  yea  how  so  cuer  I  shall  spede  in  y»  my  suite.     I  shall 

most  humbly  beseche  yo'  grace  thereof  and  to  take  me  as  one 

of  youres  at  yo'  graces  commandment  in  all  therof  for  euer. 

And  o'  Lorde  have  yo'  grace  in  his  most  blessed  kepinge. 

Ffrom  saynt  Johns  CoUedge  in  Cambridge  the  first  daye  of 

Septembre. 

Endonedi  The  cope  of  y*  lett.  to  my  lady  of  Suflfolk. 


Right  worshipfull  in  moste  hartie  wise  I  haue  me  comended 
vnto  yo'  good  M'^ship.  Eue'  so  desyringe  the  same,  to  doc  so 
moche  for  me,  as  to  surrender  and  delyu'  ether  vnto  the  kinge 
bis  Maiestie  him  selfe,  or  to  any  other  persone  his  grace  his 
officer  as  your  M'ship  shall  thinke  beste,  yea  and  y*  at  suche 
tyme  as  your  wisdom e  shall  thinke  moste  covenient.  The  privie 
seale  that  I  had  for  the  money  y^  I  lente  vnto  his  highnes, 
which  I  clerely  remitte  and  geue  vnto  his  highnes  w^  all  my 
harte  and  moste  willingly,  towarde  the  great  innumerable  and 
inestimable  charges  y*  his  graces  sundry  wanes  sustenith. 
I  n other  dare,  nor  as  yet  will  aske  any  thinge  of  his  gracious 
highnes,  of  whome  and  by  whome  only,  I  have  had  all  my 
livinges.  Yet  not  w*standinge  if  it  wolde  please  his  highnes 
of  his  aboundant  grace  towarde  me  at  any  time  here  after  to 
geue  me  some  prebende  towarde  the  mayntenaunce  of  my 
house  at  Lincolne,  I  shall  then  immediately  at  the  same  tyme 
resigne  into  his  graces  handes,  the  office  and  M^ship  of  Saynt 
Johns  Colledge  in  Cambridge,  to  bestowe  it  where  it  shall 
plese  his  highnes.  I  haue  but  one  prebende  in  all  Englonde, 
which  is  not  worthe  xl'  yerely.  And  if  I  coiilde  haue  be  Deane 
of  Lincolne  w^  out  the  same,  I  thinke  I  shulde  not  haue  had 
as  moche  as  y*  one  prebende,  nother  looke  I  fer  to  haue  any 
of  the  gifte  of  any  of  the  bishops  or  of  any  other  man,  vnlesse 
it  be  of  the  Kinge  his  highnes  of  whome  I  haue  had  all  that 
I  haue  hitherto.  Besides  this  the  ordinaunces  of  the  Churche 
of  Lincolne  &  the  ordinaunces  of  the  Colledge  of  Saynt  John's 
be  suche  and  so  repugnaunte,  the  one  to  the  other  y^  so  sone 
as  I  shall  entre  in  to  magnam  rtsidtniiam  as  thei  calle  it,  I  shall 
be  compelled  other  to  leave  and  forgoe  Saynt  John's  Colledge, 
or  els  to  lose  my  ^dividente  and  proffytte  that  I  shuld  then 
receiue  of  the  Churche  of  Lincolne.  These  y'  haue  kepte  the 
Deanes  house  at  Lincolne,  this  Ix^^  yeres  before  this  tyme,  haue 


Notes  from  the  College  Records.  547 

ben  suche  men  j^  haue  had  great  promocons,  beside  the 
Deanrye  and  suche  that  the  simplest  &  worst  of  them  might 
dispende  at  the  least  twise  so  moche  as  I  may  at  this  present 
tyme.  And  if  I  shuldc  then  leave  Saynt  Johns  and  get  nothinge 
to  be  in  the  stede  of  it,  I  shall  be  then  more  vnable  to  kepe 
an  house  then  I  am  nowe.  Furthy'more  I  perceiue  that  many 
and  diuers,  yea  and  some  of  them  men  of  no  smalle  name  and 
authoritie  haue  noted  me,  &  be  not  contente  y*  I  haue  deferred 
so  longe  to  entre  in  magnam  tesidtntiam  as  thei  calle  it,  as 
I  haue  done.  Which  surely  if  I  shulde  begynne  as  yet,  I  am 
suer  I  shulde  not  be  able  to  contynue  it  after  any  facion 
alowable.  All  the  which  causes  and  reasons  well  considered 
if  my  singuler  good  Master  Sir  Henrie  Knyvet  (to  whome  I 
beseche  you  haue  me  humblye  comended)  and  yo'  good 
Mastership  ioyntly  to  gether  wolde  be  solliciters  and  meanes 
for  me  vnto  the  kinges  highnes  at  any  tyme  herafter,  when  any 
good  occasion  hereafter  may  be  giuen  y^  it  wolde  please  his 
highnes  to  bestowe  upon  me  any  such  prebende  towarde  my 
house  kepinge  at  Lincolne,  and  then  to  geue  the  Mastership 
of  Saynt  John's  to  whome  it  shall  please  his  grace.  Yf  you 
shall  at  bothe  yo'  suetes  ioyntly  together  obteyne  any  suche 
thinge  for  me,  I  shall  giue  to  either  of  yo'  Masterships  xx^ 
angells  to  bye  you  a  couple  of  geldinges.  And  if  youre  Master- 
ship doe  it  yo^  selfe  alone,  I  shall  geue  vnto  you  the  fortie 
angells,  and  any  service  or  pleasure  y*  shall  lye  att  any  tyme 
in  my  power.  As  knoweth  Almightie  God  who  eu'  haue 
yo'  good  M'^ship  in  his  blessed  kepinge.  Ffrom  Horningsey 
beside  Cambridge  the  last  of  October.    Yours  to  coinaunde. 

Endorsed:    D.  Buttes. 

R.  F.  S. 

(To  hi  continuidj. 


LIFE. 

Two  foes  within  the  soul  of  man, 
Two  foes  upon  the  field  of  life, 
Have  waged  an  ever-wavering  strife. 

Mind  and  the  brute,  since  life  began: 

And  conscience,  umpire  of  the  fight, 
Of  woe  or  bliss  awards  the  meed. 
While  subtle  influences  lead 

The  human  will  to  wrong  or  right. 

The  mystery  of  life  is  still 
A  mystery,  nor  may  we  know 
Or  whence  we  come  or  whither  go: 

The  eternal  law  of  good  and  ill 

Is  all  that  God  has  given  to  man: 
While  there  is  yet  one  little  leap. 
Existence  waking  out  of  sleep. 

Which  science  ever  fails  to  span. 

But  mind  must  surely  deem  its  cause 

A  higher  than  itself  to  be ; 

And  cheerless  are  the  creeds  that  see 
Blind  matter  lord  of  nature's  laws. 

Philosophers  may  vainly  guess 

The  riddle  of  the  world,  and  while 
The  war  of  life  rings  round  them,  smile 

And  sing  this  song  of  idleness. 


Life.  549 

"  I  crave  nor  wealth  nor  length  of  years 
Nor  fame,  a  poisoned  cup  of  joy : 
No  pleasures  that  can  only  cloy: 

No  smiles  that  darken  into  tears. 

But  calm  content  and  even  mind. 
To  temper  bliss  and  bear  with  pain. 
And  muse  in  meditative  strain 

On  all  the  passions  of  mankind. 

For  truth  as  in  a  mirror  seen 
Sheds  down  upon  us  from  afar 
The  consciousness  of  what  we  are. 

The  dream  of  what  we  might  have  been. 

And  in  that  consciousness  we  move. 
And  by  that  dream  we  shape  our  lives 
To  slay  the  sin  that  still  survives, 

And  win  a  way  to  heaven  above." 

But  when  we  scan  the  starry  night, 

Our  place  in  God's  great  scheme  we  find : 
The  wildest  wings  of  human  mind 

No  stronger  than  an  insect's  fight. 

Can  even  mind  and  calm  content 
Be  products  of  an  idle  ease, 
That  seeks  but  its  own  self  to  please. 

And  on  no  helpful  errand  bent? 

And  can  we  taste  life's  sweetest  sweets 
Grimacing  in  the  glass  of  truth, 
While  helpless  age  and  hopeless  youth 

Cry  to  us  from  the  crowded  streets? 

To  do  one  thing,  and  do  it  well; 

To  match  our  labour  with  our  strength. 
Will  gain  the  truest  goal  at  length, 

Will  have  the  noblest  tale  to  tell.  • 


550  Life. 

And  could  we  tread  this  earthly  stage 
In  courage,  charity,  and  truth; 
Then  golden  years  would  be  our  youth, 

A  silver  crown  should  be  our  age. 

And  could  our  charity  be  deeds. 
Cold  water  cups  to  lips  that  thirst; 
Not  coldly  calculating  first 

The  chances  of  our  neighbour's  needs : 

More  brightly  thus  would  shine  the  skies; 
For  sweet  it  is  to  understand 
The  pressure  of  a  human  hand. 

The  gratitude  in  human  eyes. 

And  as  thro*  fretted  oriel  falls 

The  slanted  sunbeam's  dying  smile 
Into  a  dim  and  pillared  aisle 

In  rainbow  ripples  on  the  walls. 

So  tho'  the  sceptic  shadows  roll 
About  us  in  our  ignorance, 
Would  gleams  of  hope  eternal  glance 

In  at  the  windows  of  the  soul. 

C.  E.  B. 


THE    DREDGING   SONG. 


The  herring  lores  the  merry  moon-light, 
The  mackerel  lores  the  wind; 
Bui  the  ojTsters  lore  the  dredging-song, 
For  they  come  of  a  gentle  kind. 


jALF-way  up  the  steep  hill  which  makes  a 
principal  street  in  the  Welsh  border  city  of 
Clobury,  there  is  a  very  old  black  and  white 
house  where,  if  local  tradition  for  once  speaks 
truth,  one  of  the  Plantagenet  princes  was  born.  How- 
ever, the  house  has  since  scarcely  sustained  its  original 
dignity.  During  more  than  half  a  century  the  ground- 
floor  has  been  used  for  the  purposes  of  a  fishmonger's 
shop,  while  the  upper  stories  have  been  the  habitation 
of  the  fishmonger's  family.  Only  a  few  years  ago 
the  shop  was  in  the  possession  of  Mr  Robert  William  s, 
a  flourishing  burgess — fat,  rosy,  and  well-liking,  the 
very  incarnation  of  the  Philistine's  jovial  hard-headed- 
ness.  Williams,  though  so  fortunate  in  everything 
else,  was  disappointed  in  his  children.  His  only  son 
had  died  in  infancy,  and  the  nephew  whom  he  had 
adopted  gave  him  little  reason  for  pride  or  satisfaction. 
Young  Llewellin  Williams  was  too  evidently  not  fitted 
to  make  a  great  fortune  in  trade,  and  he  further 
disgusted  his  uncle  by  developing  a  marked  taste  for 
music.  Old  Williams,  finding  that  Liu  was  at  any 
rate  good  for  nothing  else,  gave  in  so  far  to  his  fancy 
as  to  provide  the  best  musical  teaching  that  was  avail- 
able in  Clobury.  If,  in  the  eyes  of  his  masters,  Liu 
VOL.  xvni.  4  c 


55'  The  Dredging  Song. 

had  gfiven  any  notable  indication  of  talent,  his  ilncle^ 
contemptuously  as  he  was  inclined  to  feel  towards  such 
Bohemian  and  unprofitable  tendencies,  would  most 
probably  have  sent  Liu  abroad  or  at  least  to  London^ 
to  receive  such  perfecting  in  his  studies  as  good 
teachers  could  give.  For  Williams  was  ready  enough 
to  spend  his  money  liberally  on  his  nephew  on  any 
other  object,  so  long  as  he  conceived  himself  justified 
in  doing  it.  But  Liu  met  with  little  approval  from  hi» 
Clobury  masters.  He  had  inherited  from  a  long  line 
of  tradesmen  ancestors  such  stiff,  unwieldy  fingers  as, 
one  would  fain  hope,  no  artist  has  ever  yet  been  cursed 
with,  and  the  Cathedral  organist  said,  a  little  cruelly, 
a  man  might  as  well  try  to  play  the  piano  with 
umbrella-sticks  as  with  fingers  like  those.  Since  it 
was  evidently  useless  for  Liu  to  persevere  with  his 
music,  old  Williams  insisted  that  he  should  go  behind 
the  counter  to  serve  out  bags  of  shrimps  and  oranges. 

Poor  Liu  had  now  a  very  unhappy  life.  Perplexed 
by  the  mu^c  which  he  felt  within  him,  yet  quite  unable 
to  impart  a  notion  of  it  to  anyone  else,  or  even  to 
understand  it  himself,  he  was  besides  bound  to  an 
employment  which  disgusted  him,  and  he  found  no 
interests  within  the  very  narrow  limits  of  a  small 
Cathedral  town.  Good  music  was  rare  at  Clobury,  and 
Liu  gathered  as  much  pain  as  pleasure  from  the  little 
that  came  in  his  way.  That  awakened  too  much 
desire,  too  keen  recollections  of  the  hopes  he  had  lost. 
He  began  to  follow  out  the  French  poet's  advice  to 
the  unfortunate — Bois  pour  oubltery  and  this  kind  of 
conduct  did  not  make  his  relations  with  his  adoptive 
father  any  more  cordial. 

One  hot,  feverous  day  of  August, 'Liu  had  felt 
especially  broken  and  wretched.  His  head  was  heavy 
and  throbbed  painfully  under  the  last  night's  carouse. 
A  German  band,  taking  up  their  station  on  the  other 
side  of  the  street,  for  two  long  hours  had  discoursed 
the  most  terrible  travesties  of  music.     Mrs  Williams^ 


The  Dredging  Song.  *  553 

whose  tongue  was  something  sharper  even  than  her 
husband's,  had  been  particularly  trying. 

"  I  can't  think  what  makes  you  so  cantrairyy  or  why 
you  should  grumble  at  the  band.  You're  always 
running  after  the  music,  though,  lud  knows,  its  pretty 
poor  music  you  make  yourself;  and  now  when  it's 
brought  to  your  very  door,  you  must  turn  up  your  nose 
at  it.  I  can't  make  any  sense  o'  you  men.  Now 
there's  Robert,  he. ," 

But  it  would  be  foolish  to  try  to  record  the  accu- 
sations Mrs  Williams  used  to  bring  against  her  husband, 
for  on  that  subject  she  was  inexhaustible. 

All  these  vexations  only  served  to  magnify  one 
supreme  trouble  that  was  irritating  Liu's  brain.  He 
was  tantalised  by  the  fragment  of  a  peculiar  air  which 
sang  itself  all  day  in  his  ear,  yet  he  could  not  recall 
the  rest,  nor,  in  the  least,  the  source  from  which  it  came. 
He  tried  to  put  it  from  him,  but  the  more  he  tried  the 
more  he  became  completely  possessed  by  it,  and  the  more 
eagerly  he  was  forced  to  ask  himself,  Where  had  he 
heard  it,  and  what  came  after  ?  He  was  not  sorry  then 
when  night  came,  and  he  hoped  that  sleep  would  come, 
too,  to  deliver  him  from  the  curiosity  with  which  he 
tormented  himself.  But  the  night,  was  very  hot  and 
stifling,  and  his  bed-room,  which  was  on  the  ground- 
floor  behind  the  shop,  was  filled  with  the  unsavoury 
perfume  of  stale  fish.  He  lay  tossing  for  hours,  all  on 
fire  from  head  to  foot,  and  with  a  fiercer  fire  in  his 
brain.  He  heard  St  Agnes'  clock  every  stroke  from 
eleven  till  three,  and  at  last  dozed  off  when  the  earth 
was  beginning  to  cool  a  little  before  the  dawn.  Very 
soon  he  was  waked  by  a  strange  sound,  and  as  he 
listened  attentively,  holding  his  breath,  it  seemed  as 
if  the  music  that  had  been  ringing  in  his  ears  all  day 
was  being  crooned  over  by  someone  close  at  hand.  At 
first  he  could  only  believe  that  he  was  still  dreaming, 
and  the  occupation  of  the  day  still  repeating  itself. 
Yet  he  was  so  conscious  of  his  circumstances,  of  the 


554  '  The  Dredging  Song. 

time,  of  the  room  in  which  he  was  lying,  that  it 
appeared  quite  impossible  that  he  should  be  still  asleep. 
And  what  sent  a  thrill  of  alarm  and  delight  through 
him  was  that  it  was  no  longer  the  fragment  of  an  air 
which  he  had  been  trying  to  recall,  but  a  complete 
song.  He  recognised  the  appropriateness  of  the  rest, 
and  felt  that  this  could  be  the  only  correct  context  for 
the  snatch  he  knew,  and  yet  he  did  not  seem  to  have 
ever  heard  an)rthing  but  that  snatch  itself  before.  And 
as  he  listened  closely  he  discovered  that  the  strange, 
faint  notes  were  not  of  a  single  voice,  but  that  all  the 
party  were  there,  and  there  were  many  voices,  not  a 
mere  quartett,  but  a  whole  choir.  Could  it  be  a  party 
of  strolling  singers  ?  But  what  could  they  be  doing  at 
such  a  time  of  night  ?  And  for  so  many  voices  to  sound 
so  faint,  they  must  be  very  far  'away,  while  it  seemed 
as  if  this  sound  came  from  somewhere  quite  near.  The 
conviction  grew  stronger  every  moment  that  it  was 
no  distant  sound ;  it  was  clear  and  distinct,  though  low ; 
inside  the  house,  .very  close  at  hand,  .in  the  next  room. 
As  soon  as  this  last  idea  had  presented  itself  to  him, 
suddenly  and  irresistibly  he  leapt  from  the  bed,  throwing 
off  the  light  quilt  that  was  his  only  covering,  and  made 
for  his  dressing-table  to  find  the  matches.  The  wind 
through  the  open  window  blew  aside  a  corner  of  the 
blind,  and  showed  that  faint,  almost  imperceptible 
lightening,  which  comes  between  the  darkest  part  of  a 
summer's  night  and  the  real  dawn,  and  makes  itself 
rather  felt  than  seen.  The  night  air,  now  at  its  coolest 
and  freshest,  crept  over  his  fevered  body  with  a  shiver, 
and  seemed  to  make  every  single  hair  stand  erect.  He 
groped  for  the  box,  and,  finding  it,  tried  to  strike  a 
match,  but  a  slight  phosphorescent  gleam  was  the  only 
result.  He  had  rubbed  the  match  on  the  wrong  side 
of  the  box.  A  second  attempt  was  successful,  and, 
sheltering  the  little  flame  a  moment  in  the  hollow  of 
his  hand,  he  lit  the  candle.  The  observation  of  so 
many  coherent  trivialities  made  him  confident  that  he 


The  Dredging  Song.  555 

was  not  in  a  dream;  but  then  the  thought  flashed 
across  his  brain  this  might  be  an  illusion  still,  although 
he  was  not  dreaming.  Could  it  be  possible  thai  he  was 
madf  He  rejected  the  stinging  suggestion  as  rapidly 
as  it  was  made,  with  a  firmness  of  conclusion  that  was 
perhaps  in  truth  the  outcome  of  fear.  No  madman 
was  ever  conscious  of  his  madness,  therefore,  he  argued, 
he  could  have  no  doubt  of  his  own  sanity.  He  would  set 
all  his  doubts  at  rest  in  a  moment,  and  turned,  with 
settled  resolution,  to  walk  towards  the  next  room.  The 
weird  fascination  of  the  music  held  him  spell-bound 
at  the  door,  with  one  hand  on  the  latch,  the  other 
holding  the  candle  suspended  on  a  level  with  his  right 
ear.  A  gigantic  shadow  was  thrown  back  sideways  on 
to  the  wall,  slanting  up  to,  and  across,  the  ceiling.  It 
flickered  a  little  with  the  unsteadiness  of  the  flame, 
but  Liu  was  absolutely  still.  The  crooning  increased 
slightly  in  intensity.  It  had  always  been  distinct,  but 
now  it  seemed  in  its  precise  articulation  to  pierce 
straight  through  the  ears  into  the  very  brain.  And 
yet,  for  all  its  clearness,  it  seemed  to  have  a  kind  of 
mufiled  sound,  comparable,  if  to  anything,  only  to 
someone  singing  in  a  whisper  with  his  hand  to  his 
mouth.  However,  it  was  the  character  of  the  music 
itself,  not  the  mere  quality  of  the  sounds,  that  con- 
strained Liu  to  stand  stockishly  there  to  listen.  The 
music  was  of  such  a  weird,  unearthly  kind  as  he  had 
never  dreamed  of,  not  even  after  he  had  lighted  upon 
that  isolated  snatch.  Those  weak,  feeble  sounds  sug- 
gested things  great  and  terrible.  There  ran  through 
all  a  low  and  sullen  refrain  as  of  a  heavy  ground-swell 
at  sea.  Liu  seemed,  as  he  heard,  to  be  looking  down 
through  deeps  upon  deeps  of  green  waters,  never  blown 
upon  by  the  winds  of  heaven,  or  carried  about  by  the 
same  influences  as  the  moving  tides,  yet  rolling  tumul- 
tuously  to  and  fro  with  a  savage,  dangerous  reverbe- 
ration. He  heard,  too,  dividing  the  monotony  of  the 
under-song,  the  thunder  of  the  surf,  breaking  on  an 


556  The  Dredging  Song. 

iron-bound  coast ;  a  low,  deep  note,  yet  sounding  high 
and  shrill  against  the  mutter  of  the  refrain.  Then 
there  was  the  rushing,  tempestuous  sound  of  boisterous 
winds,  careering  over  the  vast  expanse  of  waters,  the 
sudden  flap  of  the  bellying  sail,  the  clack  of  the  capstan, 
the  creak  of  the  sheets  suddenly  pulled  taut.  He 
seemed,  too,  to  see  strange  lights  flashing  from  distant 
towers  through  the  stormy  darkness,  and  torches  casting 
a  blood-red  glare  on  black  waves  with  white  heads  of 
foam.  And  all  the  time,  behind  every  other  sound,  he 
heard  that  threatening  refrain,  and  was  reminded, 
whatever  other  image  crossed  his  mental  vision,  of  those 
unfathomable  dark  abysses.  It  sank  to  the  very  lowest 
degree  of  pitch  and  intensity,  to  become  a  running 
accompaniment  to  a  kind  of  strange  chant  or  song^ 
that  might  have  been  sung  by  the  hoarse  voices  of 
fishers  at  sea,  silenced  at  times  by  the  interruption  of 
winds  or  waves,  and  which  seemed  to  take  up  and 
weave  into  itself  all  the  other  elements  of  stormy  music. 
This  too  came  to  an  end,  and  the  voices  fell  silent,  so 
that  Liu  recovered  himself,  a  sudden  gust  at  the  same 
time  blowing  in  at  the  window  and  almost  extinguishing 
his  candle.  He  was  struck  with  a  panic  fear  that  the 
music  had  ceased  altogether,  and  it  would  be  now 
impossible  to  discover  its  origin.  But  even  as  he 
entered  the  room  the  sounds  began  again.  The  per- 
formance that  he  had  just  heard  was  about  to  be 
repeated.  All  his  curious  questionings  about  sanity 
and  illusions  were  dispersed  by  the  immediate,  pressing 
need  of  learning  where  the  sounds  came  from.  He  put 
his  candle  down  on  the  floor  and  cautiously  looked 
about  the  room.  It  was  a  small  and  scantily  furnished 
room,  with  the  whole  arrangement  of  which  he  was 
perfectly  familiar.  There  was  a  table  in  it  and  a  few 
chairs,  a  cabinet,  and  a  glass  case  containing  two  or 
three  small  stuffed  animals.  It  was  used,  for  the  most 
part,  as  a  store  room  for  things  which  were  not  im- 
mediately needed  in  the  shop.     There  was  little  in  it 


The  Dredghig  Song.  557 

now,  but  a  small  barrel  of  "  Colchester  natives  "  stood 
on  one  of  the  shelves;  it  had  only  arrived  the  day 
before,  and  Liu  could  see,  by  the  uncertain  light,  the 
close-packed  oysters  gaping  languidly.  But  the  sound 
came  from  the  direction  of  the  farther  left-hand  corner, 
and  Liu  advanced  towards  it  on  tip-toe.  He  knew  of 
nothing  there  in  which  the  mysterious  cause  could  be 
lurking,  but  then  he  had  no  idea  what  the  cause  would 
be.  There  was  only  a  large  barrel  in  which  some 
dredged  oysters  were  kept,  in  brine  and  water,  as  they 
were  several  days  old  in  the  shop.  The  light  of  the 
candle  was  shot  in  a  long  narrow  shaft  of  amber  across 
the  barrel  on  to  the  wall.  The  music  had  ceased  as  Liu 
craned  his  neck  to  peer  into  this  corner,  and  into  and 
around  the  barrel.  There  was  nothing  to  be  seen.  Liu 
only  noted,  with  a  professional  eye,  that  the  oysters' 
shells  were  firmly  closed.  He  stood  there  a  few 
moments  utterly  confounded.  Suddenly  the  music 
burst  forth  again,  and  snatching  up  the  light,  and 
peering  forward,  for  one  moment  Liu  looked  upon  an 
almost  incredible  sight.  Every  valve  had  opened 
simultaneously,  and  a  chorus  of  many  parts  was  being 
solemnly  and  vigorously  chanted  by  all  the  occupants 
of  the  barrel.  Liu's  attention  was  especially  caught  by 
a  very  stout  oyster,  wagging  a  tremendous  beard,  and 
seemingly  pouring  forth  a  sonorous  bass.  He  noticed 
another,  long  and  slim,  with  a  gleam  of  mother-of-pearl 
within,  which  he  thought  was  singing  soprano.  It  was 
only  the  merest  Hash ;  no  sooner  had  the  candle  cast 
its  purple  shadow  on  the  dark  green  water,  than  the 
oysters  closed  themselves  with  a  snap,  and  anyone  who 
saw  them  then  would  have  sworn  they  had  remained 
firmly  shut  from  the  time  they  were  first  taken  from 
the  sea. 

Liu  on  the  instant  blew  out  the  light,  and  there  he 
waited,  in  an  agonising  state  of  tension,  for  a  repetition 
of  the  music.  But  he  waited  in  vain.  The  Cathedral 
clock  chimed  the  quarters — one,  two,  three,  four,  one. 


558  The  Dredging  Song. 

two — Liu's  heart  fell  lower  and  lower,  till  it  seemed  to 
sink  out  of  his  body,  and  when  he  became  aware,  by 
the  light  which  filled  the  room,  that  it  was  long  past 
dawn,  he  turned  hopelessly  away.  He  entered  his  bed- 
room, and  drew  up  the  blind.  The  little  court-yard,  on 
to  which  the  window  looked,  was  bathed  in  the  liquid 
gold  of  a  fresh  summer  morning.  He  took  some  music- 
paper  and  a  pencil  from  a  drawer  in  his  dressing-table, 
and  sat  down  before  the  window  to  write  out  the  music 
from  memory.  The  whole  composition  went  surging 
through  his  brain,  in  rapid  motion.  "Let  me  see. ... 
it  opens  with  some  deep  chords  in  the  bass."  He 
looked  out  at  the  sky,  and  at  that  moment  it  seemed 
to  him  that  the  notes  had  escaped  and  taken  flight 
through  the  air  like  a  flock  of  birds.  In  vain  he  tried 
to  concentrate  his  thoughts  on  the  task,  knitted  his 
brow,  bit  the  end  of  his  pencil,  changed  his  posture. 
He  sprang  up,  and  paced  the  room.  Nothing  remained 
but  that  broken  air  which  had  tormented  him  on  the 
preceding  day.  He  wrung  his  hands,  and  bit  his 
under-lip  so  hard  that  the  blood  spurted  out  and  made 
a  tiny  blotch  on  the  wall.  "  I  shall  go  mad  if  I  can't 
remember  it.  I  shall  go  mad."  He  threw  himself  into 
his  chair,  and  hurriedly  jotted  down  the  fragment 
which  he  knew.  Then  he  tried  to  force  himself  to  ^f^ 
on,  hoping  that  the  rest  might  follow  unconsciously. 
He  found  that  he  had  only  written  those  bars  over  and 
over  again.  His  head  fell  on  the  table,  and  he  felt  very 
cold.  Then  an  icy  wave  seemed  to  break  over  him. . , . 
he  was  in  deep  water. 

"What's  that  he's  muttering  about?"    asked    the 
doctor. 

'"Bars  of   Music. ,.  .can't  remember   the  rest?'" 
Eh,  what  ? 

. . . ."  Oh,  I  see.  Here's  something  written  down. . .  .Let 
me  see!" 

"  Oh,  I  know  that  well.    I  heard  it  at  Birmingham 
last  week." 


From  a  College  Window.  559 

"  Wkati"  cried  Liu,  pointing  a  trembling  fore-finger 
at  him ;  and  his  eyes  started  out  of  his  head,  said  the 
doctor  afterwards,  ^'  till  I  could  have  hung  my  hat  on 
em. 

"It's  Klertchzscov. . .  .He  calls  it  The  Dredging 
Song,  I  believe." 

•*  D ! "  shrieked  Liu,  and  the  scream  haunted  the 

doctor — a  very  stolid  man,  by  nature  and  professional 
obligation — ^for  many  a  sleepless  night. 

That  was  Llewelyn  Robert's  *  Last  Word/ 


FROM    A    COLLEGE    WINDOW. 

Pale  Paradise  of  moonlit  night : 
Cold  bridge  and  ghostly  trees : 

Dark  river  gliding  into  light: 
Harsh  owl  and  swaying  breeze. 

I  hear  and  see:   may  sound  and  sight 

Long  live  in  memory  dear, 
When  other  moons  shall  sail  the  night 

And  future  days  be  drear. 

C.  E.  B. 


VOL  XVIII.  4I> 


A    SEA   DIRGE. 

There  are  certain  things — as  a  spider,  a  ghost. 
The  income-tax,  gout,  an  umbrella  for  three,-^ 

That  I  hate ;  but  the  thing  that  I  hate  the  most 
Is  a  thing  they  call  the  Sea, 

Pour  some  salt  water  over  the  floor- 
Ugly  I'm  sure  you'll  allow  it  to  be; 

Suppose  it  extended  a  mile  or  more, 
Thai's  very  like  the  Sea. 

Beat  a  dog  till  he  howls  outright- 
Cruel,  but  all  very  well  for  a  spree: 

Suppose  that  he  did  so  day  and  night, 
That  would  be  like  the  Sea. 

I  had  a  vision  of  nursery-maids ; 

Tens  of  thousands  passed  by  me — 
All  leading  children  with  wooden  spades, 

And  this  was  by  the  Sea. 

Who  invented  these  spades  of  wood  ? 

Who  was  it  cut  them  out  of  the  tree  ? 
None,  I  think,  but  an  idiot  would— 

Or  one  that  loved  the  Sea. 

It  is  pleasant  and  dreamy,  no  doubt,  to  float 
With  "thoughts  as  boundless  and  souls  as  free," 

But  suppose  you  are  very  unwell  in  the  boat. 
How  do  you  like  the  Sea? 

"But  it  makes  the  intellect  clear  and  keen" — 

Prove  it  I   prove  it !    how  can  it  be  ? 
'*Why,  what  does  B  sharp  (in  music)  mean,  . 

If  not  the  "Natural  C"? 


NAENIA    PELAGIA. 

Odit  araneolaSy  lemures,  regale  tributum 

Mens  mea,  cum  stimulis,  tetra  podagra,  tuis. 

Odit  et  umbellam  quoties  tribus  una  patescit, 
Sed  magis  his  odium  res  movet  una — mare. 

Finge  pavimentum  salso  fluitare  liquore : 
Emicat  informis  (nonne  fatere?)  palus. 

Di£9uat  in  passus  vel  mille  vel  amplius  humor, 
Seque  mari  similem  crede  aperire  lacum. 

Vapulet  et  rabido  latrans  canis  eiulet  ore ; 

(Apta  joco,  quamvis  trux  vidteare,  facis.) 
Nocte,  die,  totas  ululatibus  impleat  horas, 

Nocte,  die,  rabidi  sic  gemit  unda  maris. 

Lumina  condideram:    turbae  per  somnia  imago 
Mille  ancillarum  praetereuntis  erat. 

Quamque  sequebatur  iuvenile  ligonibus  aptum 
Agmen,  et  haec  oculis  ad  mare  visa  meis. 

Quis  fuit  eduros  qui  protulit  arte  Hgones 
Barbarus,  arboreas  exsecuitque  sudes? 

Non  nisi  cui  vacuum  tribuit  natura  cerebrum, 
Aut  in  deliciis  cui  solet  esse  mare. 

Suave  (fatebor  enim)  labi,  dum  mente  soluta 

Ficta  volant  ipso  liberiora  salo; 
Nausea  iactata  sed  verterit  ilia  cymba, 

Et  desiderium  quo  maris  illud  abit? 

Sid  genium  stimulate  sed  cor  mare  reddit  acutum : 
Haec  aliquis :   dictis  si  petis  unde  fides, 

Corda^  refert,  chorda  stimulat  ciiharoedus  acuta^ 
Ingenuum  genio  sic  mare  praestat  opem. 


562  A  Sea  Dirge. 

What,  keen  ?    With  such  questions  as  "  when's  high 
tide  "  ? 

Is  shelling  shrimps  an  improvement  to  tea? 
Are  donkeys  adapted  for  man  to  ride? 

Such  are  our  thoughts  by  the  Sea. 

There  is  an  insect  which  people  avoid 
(Whence  is  derived  the  verb  "to  flee"): 

Where  have  you  been  by  it  most  annoyed? 
In  lodgings  by  the  Sea. 

If  you  like  coffee  with  sand  for  dregs, 

A  decided  hint  of  salt  in  your  tea» 
And  a  fishy  taste  in  the  very  eggs, — 

By  all  means  choose  the  Sea. 

For  I  have  friends  who  dwell  by  the  coast — 

Pleasant  friends  they  are  to  me! 
It  is  when  I  am  with  them  I  wonder  most 

That  any  one  likes  the  Sea. 

They  take  me  a  walk:  though  tired  and  sti£f. 
To  climb  the  heights  I  madly  agree; 

And,  after  a  tumble  or  so  from  the  cliff. 
They  kindly  suggest  the  Sea. 

I  try  the  rocks,  and  I  think  it  cool. 
That  they  laugh  with  such  an  excess  of  glee 

As  I  heavily  slip  into  every  pool 
That  skirts  the  cold,  cold  Sea. 

Once  I  met  a  friend  in  the  street. 
With  wife,  and  nurse,  and  children  three, 

Never  again  such  a  sight  may  I  meet 
As  that  party  from  the  Sea. 

Their  looks  were  sullen,  their  steps  were  slow, 
Convicted  felons  they  seemed  to  be: 

"  Are  you  going  to  prison,  dear  friends  "  ?   "  Oh  no ! 
We're  returning — from  the  Sea"! 

Lewis  Carroll. 


Naenia  Pelagia.  563 

ISTUD  AIS  ?  reflui  dum  quaeritur  aequoris  hora — 
Stringent!  squillas  an  thea  grata  magis? 

Scire  velim  an  lumbis  aptetur  asellus  adultis — 
Haec  animum  subeunt  ad  mare  saepe  meum. 

Extat  quam  fugimus  pestis  cui  nomen  asilo\ 
(Hinc  quoque  qui  fugiunt  quaerere  asylon  amant) 

Die  quibus  in  latebris  obeat  creberrimus  artus — 
Ad  mare  conductae  fas  meminisse  casse. 

Pocula  dispositis  si  vis  haurire  patellis 
Quae  mane  inficiat  glarea,  nocte  salum, 

Squamarumque  ipso  latitans  sapor  asper  in  ovo 
Si  placet,  alterutro  quaere  sub  axe  mare. 

Nam  mihi  sunt  quorum  domus  est  prope  litus  amici — 

Nil  sociabilius,  nil  mihi  dulce  magis. 
Hos  quoties  viso  res  quam  miranda  videtur 

Quemlibet  optandum  credere  posse  mare. 

Poscimur,  et  lassos  quamvis  rigor  occupat  artus, 
Ardua  poUiceor  scandere,  mentis  inops, 

Atque  aliquis  comitum  malesuado  suggerit  ore 
De  scopulis  lapso  bisve  semelve  mare. 

Aggredior  cautes,  et  vix  mihi  come  videtur 

Immodicis  adeo  risibus  ora  quati ; 
Dum  graviter  labefacta  vident  me  immergere  membra 

Quacunque  egelidum  est  ad  mare  salsa  palus. 

Urbis  oberrabam  plateas ;  occurrit  amicus, 
Cum  triplici  coniux  prole  nurusque  simul. 

Oh  utinam  non  dira  oculis  referatur  imago 
Quae  nuper  viso  grex  erat  ille  mari. 

Nam  facies  cunctis  obnubila,  segniter  ibant, 

Tristis  ab  audito  iudice  more  rei, 
Atque  ego  "num  vinclis  comites  debemini? — at  ille 

*«  Ecce  1   mari  reduces  meque  meosque,"  refert. 

C.  Stanwell. 


wmm^mm^ 


SEPTENTRIONALEA. 

"Of  most  disastrous  chances, 

Of  moving  acddents  by  flood  and  field." 

OtJuUo. 

I  HE  Northumberland  Assize  Rolls,  which  form 
one  of  the  volumes  published  by  the  Surtees 
Society,  present  a  lively  picture  of  the  doings 
and  misdoings  of  a  turbulent  county  during 
the  later  years  of  the  thirteenth  century.  That  part 
of  them,  which  deals  with  the  proceedings  on  the  civil 
side,  with  the  intricacies  of  novel  disseisin  and  morte 
d' ancestor,  may  be  left  to  the  more  serious  student  of 
real  property  law:  it  is  rather  the  presentments  of 
juries,  representing  the  various  wards  and  townships 
of  the  county,  which  are  of  interest  to  the  observer  of 
life  and  manners.  The  business  which  was  brought 
before  the  Justices  Itinerant  was  of  wider  scope  than 
that  which  occupies  the  attention  of  a  modern  judge 
of  Assize;  for  the  Justices  Itinerant  represented  the 
Sovereign  not  only  in  his  judicial,  but  also  in  his 
executive  capacity,  and  the  care  of  his  financial  interests 
was  almost  their  most  important  duty.  It  is  these 
financial  investigations  which  cause  so  large  a  variety 
of  cases  to  be  included  in  the  Rolls  of  the  Assize ;  for 
the  Assize  was  largely  a  system  of  checking,  by  means 
of  the  juries,  the  accounts  of  the  royal  income,  for  which 
the  Sheriff  and,  in  certain  cases,  the  Coroners  of  the 
County  were  responsible.  Hence  any  matter  which 
increased,  altered,  or  interfered  with  the  revenue  came 
under  the  notice  of  the  justices. 

The  sources  of  that  revenue  were  many  and  various. 
The  juries  presented  returns  of  such  matters  as  the 


Septentrtonalia,  565 

services  due  to  the  King  in  respect  of  lands  held  of 
him  within  the  County,  of  the  infant  tenants  in  chief, 
whose  guardianship  and  marriage  were  in  the  King's 
disposition,  of  purprestures  or  encroachments  upon  the 
royal  or  public  rights.  Tn  crimes  and  accidents  also  a 
lucrative  and  elastic  source  of  profit  was  found.  Crimes 
against  the  person  and  property  were  of  almost  daily 
occurrence;  and  though  the  absence  of  any  efficient 
system  of  police  made  the  flight  of  the  criminal  easy, 
and  the  infliction  of  other  punishment  than  outlawry 
rare  by  comparison,  the  King  was  entitled  to  a  year's 
profit  of  the  outlaw's  land,  and  to  the  confiscation  of 
any  chattels  which  the  guilty,  or  even  the  innocent, 
fugitive  had  possessed.  It  is  true  that  the  township 
in  which  a  crime  was  committed  was  made  responsible 
for  the  capture  of  the  offender;  but  the  frequent  in- 
fliction of  fines  for  failure  in  such  duty  proves  the  truth 
of  the  proverb  that  *  what  is  everybody's  business  is 
nobody's  business.'  Such  fines  were  only  part  of  a 
series  of  amercements  to  which  the  township  was 
liable ;  neglect  to  raise  the  hue  and  cry  after  a  fugitive, 
or  failure  to  attend  an  inquest,  was  similarly  punished, 
as  was  also  any  error  or  delinquency  on  the  part  of 
the  township's  jury :  to  allow  the  escape  of  a  prisoner 
committed  to  its  custody  rendered  the  township  liable 
to  a  fine  of  great  severity. 

A  further  source  of  profit  arose  from  the  system  of 
deodands.  Primitive  ideas  attached  a  certain  degree 
of  g^ilt  even  to  the  purely  accidental  infliction  of  death, 
and,  where  there  was  no  human  agent  on  whom  such 
guilt  could  be  cast,  visited  with  punishment  the  animal, 
or  even  the  inanimate  thing  which  was  the  cause  of 
the  accident.  The  advance  of  civilization  at  first 
allowed,  and  afterwards  compelled,  the  substitution  of 
a  pecuniary  penalty,  as  in  other  cases  of  the  primitive 
lex  talionis ;  and  the  value  of  the  instrument  of  death 
was  forfeited  to  the  Crown  under  the  name  of  a 
*  deodand,'  a  system  which  was  stretched  in  the  King's 


^66  Septentrionalia, 

interest  to  include  more  than  the  immediate  causes  of 
death.  The  goring  ox  or  the  falling  tree  are  primary 
causes  of  death,  and  inflict  the  injury,  in  the  language 
of  the  Roman  Law,  *  corpore  corpori ' :  but  the  boat 
from  which  the  drowned  man  fell  into  the  water,  or 
the  horse  whose  kicking  or  stumbling  threw  him  into 
the  river,  are  the  causes  of  death  only  in  a  secondary 
degree;  and  the  cargo,  sails,  and  oars  of  the  boat 
require  even  a  more  forcible  extension  of  the  term. 
But  in  these  Rolls  all  such  things  are  recorded  as 
deodands. 

The  situation  of  a  border  country,  and  the  licence 
allowed  in  the  frequent  struggles  of  two  nations  seldom 
wholly  at  peace,  must  react  upon  the  internal  state  of 
such  peoples.  And  we  find  accordingly  a  condition  of 
lawlessness  which  is  the  natural  result,  partly  of  a 
disrespect  for  the  rights  of  property,  engendered  by 
frequent  raiding  of  the  enemy's  goods,  and  partly  of 
a  quickness  and  callousness  of  temper  produced  by 
familiarity  with  war.  Thefts  of  horses  and  cattle  were 
of  very  frequent  occurrence,  as  was  natural  in  a  county 
which  included  in  its  western  portion  many  wild  and 
secluded  valleys  where  the  royal  writs  never  ran,  and 
where  force  was  the  only  law.  Even  at  the  close  of 
the  sixteenth  century  the  antiquary  Camden  was  pre- 
vented from  visiting  the  central  part  of  the  Roman 
wall,  in  South  Northumberland,  through  fear  of  the 
mosstroopers,  who  infested  the  hills,  which  that  portion 
of  the  wall  traverses. 

Burglary  and  other  kinds  of  theft  were  also  common 
offences,  and  it  was  but  seldom  that  the  crime  was 
followed  by  the  capture  of  the  offender.  There  is, 
however,  one  curious  story  which  shows  that  Punish- 
ment sometimes  pursues  with  fleeter  foot  than  that 
with  which  the  poet  has  credited  her.  We  read  that 
one  Gilbert  of  Niddesdale  met  a  certain  hermit  and 
walked  with  him  across  a  moor,  where  the  said  Gilbert 
robbed  and   beat  his   fellow  traveller  and  fled   away. 


Septentrionalia.  567 

leaving  him  for  dead.  But  his  flight  brought  him  into 
contact  with  the  King's  bailiff,  who  arrested  him  as 
a  robber,  and  carried  him  to  Alnwick.  To  that  town 
came  the  hermit  also ;  and  the  malefactor,  being  identi- 
fied by  his  victim  in  the  presence  of  the  King's  bailiff 
and  the  townsmen  of  the  place,  was  sentenced  to  lose 
his  head  at  the  hands  of  the  aggrieved  hermit,  it  being 
the  custom  of  the  County  that  where  a  thief  was  caught, 
flying  with  stolen  goods  in  his  possession,  the  injured 
party  was  obliged  to  act  as  executioner,  or  to  lose  his 
claim  to  the  restoration  of  his  property.  And  in  this 
case  the  hermit  did  not  shrink  from  an  ofiice  so  incon- 
sistent with  his  profession.  A  bloodthirsty  age  indeed, 
when  even  a  hermit  could  turn  headsman. 

The  insolence  of  retainers,  who  presumed  on  the 
protection  of  their  masters,  was  a  fruitful  cause  of 
quarrel  and  violence ;  and  even  the  peaceful  character 
of  a  monastery  seems  not  always  to  have  influenced 
the  conduct  of  its  servants.  We  read  that  a  man  and 
his  two  sons  met  and  quarrelled  with  three  *  garciones ' 
of  Alnwick  Abbey,  and  that  one  of  the  garciones  smote 
the  man  on  the  head  'quadam  macea,'  so  that  he  died 
on  the  fifth  day  after,  his  sons  being  beaten  and  left 
for  dead  by  the  other  bullies.  *  The  three  offenders  fled 
and  were  outlawed ;  but  confiscation  of  their  property 
was  useless,  for  *' nulla  habuerunt  catalla,  eo  quod 
garciones  et  ribaldi  fuerunt."  The  jurors,  who  made 
this  presentment,  must  surely  themselves  have  suffered 
from  the  insolence  of  the  Abbey  retainers. 

Such  crimes  of  violence  were  extremely  common, 
and  were  usually  of  the  nature  of  homicide  upon  sudden 
quarrel.  Over  and  over  again  comes  the  entry  stating 
that  A.  "percussit  B.  quadam  hachia  in  capite,"  or 
"quodam  cultello  in  ventre,  ita  quod  inde  obiit,"  and 
in  almost  every  case  the  offender  fled  to  sanctuary  or 
across  the  border,  and  suffered  outlawry  and  confis- 
cation of  goods. 

The  mention  of  sanctuary  invites  some  remarks  upon 
VOL.  XVIII.  4  E 


568  Septentrtonalia. 

a  privilege,  which,  though  open  to  grave  abuse,  must 
have  been  a  boon  to  many  an  unfortunate  man  in  the 
days  when  culpable,  justifiable,  and  accidental  homicide 
were  not  clearly  distinguished.  Some  degree  of  privi- 
lege seems  to  have  been  attached  to  every  Church  from 
very  early  times.  And  there  are  frequent  entries  in 
these  Rolls  to  the  effect  that  A.B.  fted  to  the  Church  of 
X.,  confessed  his  crimes,  and  abjured  the  realm  in  the 
presence  of  the  Coroner,  his  property  being  confiscated 
to  the  Crown.  But  such  a  proceeding  would  only  be 
taken  by  the  criminal  as  a  last  resource.  More  fortu- 
nate were  they  who  could  fly  for  refuge  to  one  of  the  great 
privileged  sanctuaries.  Of  these  the  most  famous  and 
powerful  was  the  Abbey  of  St.  Cutbbert,  at  DurhanK 
It  seems  probable  that  the  fugitive  who  was  received  into 
that  shelter  enjoyed  protection  for  his  life  and  property 
within  the  boundaries  of  the  County  Palatine,  but  only 
in  respect  of  crime  committed  beyond  those  boundaries; 
for  no  sanctuary  could  protect  one  guilty  of  committing 
offences  within  its  own  precincts.  Thus  the  inhabitant 
of  the  County  of  Durham  could  obtain  from  St.  Cuthbert 
no  greater  privilege  than  was  afforded  by  an  ordinary 
Church,  that  of  being  allowed  to  abjure  the  realm  and 
depart  over  seas ;  to  obtain  more  than  this  he  must 
seek  sanctuary  at  one  of  the  other  privileged  abbeys  of 
the  north — Tynemouth,  Hexham,  Wetheral,  Ripon,  or 
Beverley,  which  possessed  similar  rights,  though  within 
much  more  confined  limits.  Once  sworn  in,  with  the 
customary  formalities,  in  the  Abbey  Church,  the  fugitive 
could  live  at  peace  within  the  sanctuary  precincts;  out- 
side these  limits  the  sentence  of  outlawry,  which  was 
the  usual  consequence  of  his  flight,  exposed,  his  life 
to  private  vengeance  and  his  property  to  licensed 
depredation. 

Life,  already  no  very  secure  possession  in  that 
turbulent  age,  was  further  liable  to  be  cut  short  "  per 
infortunium."  Of  such  accidents  drowning  was  the 
most  frequent,  and,  of  drowning,  the  upsetting  of  boats 


SepienUrionaUd.  ^69 

the  most  frequent  cause.  In  most  cases  the  bare  fact 
is  recorded  that  A.B.  "cecidit  de  quodam  batello  et 
»ibmersit."  Sometimes  the  occasion  of  the  disaster, 
usually  overloading,  is  added.  In  all  cases,  with  one 
exception,  the  value  of  the  boat  and  its  contents  was 
exacted  as  a  deodand;  and  it  is  interesting  to  note 
that  such  value  was  variously  estimated  at  from  two 
to  eight  shillings.  In  the  one  exceptional  case  the 
king  was  cheated  of  his  due;  for  the  presentment 
records  that  the  boat  belonged  to  a  certain  Fleming, 
who  succeeded  in  escaping  with  his  property  before  he 
could  be  arrested :  "  ideo  nichil  de  batello." 

The  curiosity  is  aroused  by  the  frequency  of  entries 
to  the  effect  that  A.B.  *'cecidit  de  quodam  equo  in 
aquam  de  Tyne,"  or  other  stream,  "et  submersit,"  a 
fate  which  once  befell  two  men,  who  had  been  riding 
together  on  one  horse.  It  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that 
such  accidents  were  occasioned  by  rash  or  careless 
fording  of  rivers.  The  horses  are  valued  at  from  two 
shillings  to  one  mark. 

Of  other  accidents  there  are  many  which  might  be 
amusing  if  they  were  not  tragic.  Frequent  mention  is 
made  of  women  or  children  falling  into  cauldrons  of 
boiling  water  and  being  scalded  to  death ;  but  an  extra- 
ordinary instance  of  misfortune  was  the  case  of  a  woman, 
who  was  scalded  in  a  pan  of  hot  water,  into  which  she 
fell  "  ex  ictu  cujusdam  vituli." 

There  are  also  many  curious  instances  of  homicide 
by  mistake  or  misadventure.  One  of  these  is  a  striking 
illustration  of  the  old  ballad.  Richard  of  Horsley,  it  is 
related,  was  wrestling  in  sport  with  John,  the  Miller  of 
Titlington,  when  by  misadventure  his  knife  fell  from  its 
sheath,  and  wounded  the  said  John,  who  died  of  the 
injury.  Richard  took  fright  and  fled,  but  the  jury  did 
not  accuse  him.  "Ideo,"  says  the  Roll,  "redeat  si 
voluerit ;  s^t  catalla  ejus  confiscantur  pro  fuga " ;  an 
unprofitable  amercement,  for,  it  immediately  addsj 
*' catalla  ejus  nulla." 


5  70  Septentrionalia. 

A  fondness  for  throwing  sticks  and  stones  is  a 
quality  deeply  engrained  in  human  nature;  which 
quality  we  may  illustrate  by  a  few  instances  which 
shall  be  given  in  the  uncouth  but  forcible  language  of 
the  original  Roll. 

"Robertus  le  Valeys,  volens  sectare  quendam 
baculum  ad  canem  suum,  per  infortunium  percussit 
Matildam,  uxorem  suam,  oculo,  ita  quod  per  infortunium 
inde  obiit." 

"  R'  Dalli,  volens  jactare  quendam  lapidem  ad  unum 
porcum,  intervenit  quidam  Elias  le  Carecter ;  per  infor- 
tunium cecidit  lapis  in  capite  Eliae,  unde  obiit." 

"  Willelmus,  filius  Walteri  de  Aldebir,  volens  jacere 
baculum  ad  gallum,  ita  quod  per  infortunium  percussit 
quendam  puerum  in  capite,  ita  quod  obiit." 

It  may  be  that  this  last  is  an  instance  of  the  old 
Shrove  Tuesday  custom,  which  was  often  a  source  of 
quarrel  as  well  as  of  accident,  it  being  an  essential 
point  that  the  cock  should  be  a  stolen  one.  In  the 
records  of  the  Durham  Consistory  Court  there  is  a  story 
of  how  a  man  incurred  much  trouble  and  a  suit  for 
defamation  by  remarking  that  he  wished  he  could 
"here  his  coke  crowe  in  their  bellies  that  stole  him." 

There  are  many  more  strange  scraps  of  history  to 
be  found  in  these  Rolls.  We  might  tell  of  the  mad 
parson  of  Gunnerton,  who  thrust  his  head  through  a 
house  wall,  and  was  mistaken  for  a  burglar  and  slain 
accordingly ;  of  the  witch  (mulier  ingnota  et  sortilegaj, 
who  assaulted  a  man  because  he  crossed  himself  when 
she  saluted  him,  was  killed  by  him  in  self-defence,  and 
afterwards  burnt  "judicio  totius  clerici";  of  the  strange 
doings  of  medieval  volunteer  firemen,  who  beat  the 
flames  and  sometimes  the  heads  of  the  bystanders  with 
a  stick ;  of  the  intricacies  of  the  game  of  "  platepere," 
and  how  many  fish  the  constable  of  Newcastle  might 
demand  for  a  penny.  But  we  must  draw  the  line 
somewhere. 

R.  H.  F. 


THE    HELIX. 

Round  the  smooth  steepness  of  the  column  creeps 
Th'  entwining  helix;   coyly,  tendrilwise, 
In  quick  encompassments  that  bravely  rise 

By  little  step  and  turn  of  measured  leaps ; 

Seeking  that  dim  Beyond  where  distance  keeps 
The  promises  of  Here.     To  far  surprise, 
Through  all  the  long  monotony  that  lies 

Between,  happy  in  hopefulness  and  peeps 
Of  promise,  see,  the  gentle  helix  glides 

Gradual  and  geodesic !     Twisted  true. 

Winding  full  smoothly  with  an  even  slope 

Along  the  pathway  to  that  promised  hope, 
Itself  that  journeys  is  itself  that  guides, 

A  subtle  serpentine, — the  magic  screw. 


A    PROBLEM. 

Wearied  of  puzzledom  I  dreamed  a  dream ; 

A  mocking  phantasy,  that  filled  my  brain 

With  a  quick  fevered  fire,  a  burning  pain 
That  fed  on  outraged  reason. — On  a  beam, 
Mounted  on  gyrostats  at  each  extreme, 

Rested  a  small  icosahedral  grain 

Of  gravitating  matter :   and  the  plane. 
Raftlike,  that  floated  all,  spun  down  the  stream 

Giddy  with  vortex. — Nay!     Let  me  forget 
What  other  horrors  crowded  on  my  sight. 

Grotesque  and  gruesome !    Seen  in  light  of  day 
Unlovely,  strange  and  terrible  by  night, 

Such  monsters  fear  not  charm  nor  amulet; 
And  tempered  steel  may  pierce  them  through  nor  slay. 

G.  T.  B. 


Cluvienus  :  His  Thoughts.  573 

of  humour.  When  a  humourist  succeeds  in  creating 
this  illusion,  it  is  a  rare  triumph.  His  reasoning,  too, 
is  remarkably  clear  and  plain,  although  couched  in 
the  Stagirite  form.  No-one  could  say  that  of  Aristotle, 
whose  intellect  was  much  too  lucid  to  allow  its  own 
ends  a  victory. 

Future  literary  historians  (educated  New  Zealanders, 
for  example)  to  whom  this  age  will  seem  part  and 
parcel  of  all  that  have  gone  before,  will,  no  doubt, 
institute  comparisons  between  Aristotle  and  Cluvienus, 
his  most  distinguished  pupil,  and  convert  Cluvienus, 
viewed  through  their  diminishing  glass,  into  the 
companion  of  S.  Thomas  Aquinas  and  into  the  secular 
Teacher  of  the  Schools.  Philosophy  and  UmbrellaSj 
The  Magnificent  Man^  and  The  Nikomachean  Ethics  of 
Whist  will,  no  doubt,  produce  this  result.  But 
Cluvienus  (or,  to  obviate  the  difficulty,  another  of  the 
same  name)  will  be  also  held  up  to  posterity  of 
4000  A.D.  as  historian  and  poet.  The  fragment  from 
some  lost  history  of  the  Jesus  hegemony,  which  ended,  as 
we  know,  in  a  confusion  and  interregnum,  and  finally  in 
the  tyranny  of  Third  Trinity  and  the  present  oligarchical 
government  of  Trinity  Hall — that  fragment,  in  which 
the  heroic  Lady  Margaret  Captain,  remembering  the 
days  of  the  Periclean  Goldie,  incites  his  crew  to  victory 
with  the  tactical  cunning  of  Iphicrates,  will  hold  its 
own  beside  the  most  anacoluthic  speech  in  Thucydides^ 
Thucjdides  is  an  over-rated  historian.  We  are  told 
to  copy  his  style  without  imitating  his  peculiarities — a 
barren  method  of  composition.  The  parts  of  his  work 
which  we  read  with  the  greatest  care  and  trouble  are, 
we  are  told,  from  the  pen  of  imitators.  But,  if  we  may 
not  copy  him  literally  in  Greek — our  composition 
tutors  are  probably  shy  of  imitations  such  as  those  we 
read — our  versatile  Cluvienus  shows  us  that  we  may 
at  least  copy  him  in  English,  and  use  our  language 
**  quite  as  if  it  were  somebody  else's"  in  the  imitation.. 

But    we  should  not    correctly   estimate    Cluvienus' 


574  Ctuvienus  :  His  Thoughts. 

ability  of  supplementing  the  ancients  without  a  mention 
of  his  Epinikian  Ode  to  the  Agricultural  Voter.  Never 
did  Pindar,  even  in  his  best  form,  when  discussing 
myths  in  long-winded  sentences  with  a  doubtful 
beginning  and  no  ending,  the  joy  of  the  lecturer,  the 
bane  of  the  lectured — Pindar  never  composed  so  harum- 
scarum,  so  lop-sided,  so  subject-without-object  an  ode. 
Gray's  Pindaric  odes  were  master-pieces  in  their  way, 
but  they  observed  the  rules  of  grammar  and  the  dic- 
tates of  metre,  therein  differing  unconsciously  from 
their  true  begetter.  But  Mr  Tottenham  has  seen  the 
real  beauty  of  the  Epinikian  ode — that  it  is  not  a 
subject  for  verse,  and  can  only  be  artificially  adapted 
to  music,  like  the  Psalms  of  David — that  it  is  actually 
a  prose  composition  which  can  be  compiled  by  mixing 
together  an  unlimited  number  of  metaphors  and 
lavishly  pouring  one  sentence  into  another  with  the 
immoderate  method  of  a  fugue.  Mr  Ernest  Myers,  in 
following  the  original  text,  has  done  mankind  a  benefit 
and  shown  them  how  absolutely  impossible  it  is  to 
translate  Pindar :  Mr  Tottenham,  in  striking  out  a  line 
of  his  own,  has  shown  them  what  a  feat  it  is  even  to 
imitate  him. 

Beyond  the  purely  classical  adoptions,  there  are 
other  pieces  which  reveal  the  author's  shrewdness  and 
observation.  For  instance,  no  naturalist,  however  ex- 
tensive his  labour,  has  condensed  so  vast  an  amount  of 
accurate  information  on  the  subject  of  animals  and 
things  innumerable,  both  small  and  great  beasts,  into 
so  narrow  a  sphere.  The  article  in  question  gives  us 
an  idea  of  the  subject  for  which  we  had  waited  a  long 
time.  Nor,  on  the  other  hand,  is  there  so  chatty  a 
handbook  of  Anthropology  as  the  essay  called  Anthro- 
pology  for  Amateurs,  Professor  Tylor's  research  may  be 
greater:  his  methods  may  conduce  to  more  accurate 
knowledge — but  we  feel  that  he  can  never  take  us  into 
the  true  spirit  of  Anthropology  so  well  as  Mr  Tottenham. 

The  prose  of  the  book,  dealing  with  so  many  aspects 


Cluvienus :  His  Thoughts.  575 

of  knowledge  as  it  does,  is  superior  to  the  poetry.  Yet 
the  poetry  has  its  own  merits.  The  lyrics  on  Style  in 
the  Malhematical  Tripos^  which  appeared  so  lately  in 
the  Cambridge  Review^  are  certainly  the  best  in  the 
book.  OlBiirov  iirmirmafjiivov  comes  next — the  iambics 
and  their  translation  being  both  charming.  But,  on 
the  whole,  we  should  say  that,  while  the  author  writes 
verses  whose  merit  is  open  to  imitation,  his  prose 
possesses  a  flavour  of  its  own  which  is  inimitable.  It 
is  impossible  to  read  the  book  without  realising  that 
here  humour  is  used  with  the  greatest  delicacy  and 
restraint.  Mr  Tottenham's  vein  of  humour  hardly 
exists  in  the  present  century.  In  its  essence  it  belongs 
to  a  past  age,  the  age  of  dry  jokes  and  quiet  smiles. 
Yet  it  keeps  pace  with  the  times  and  exists  in  a  pleasant 
modernised  form.  Every  sentence  contains  some 
happy  quip  :  sometimes  one  starts  the  sentence,  another 
joins  in,  and  yet  another,  and  all  run  on  to  the  end  as 
though  the  sentence  were  unable  to  stop.  This  infects 
the  reader :  his  mind  runs  with  the  sense  and  follows 
the  argument,  clear  and  delighted. 

These  intrinsic  merits  of  the  book  are  enhanced  by 
outward  appearance.  Mr  Johnson  has  made  it  look 
very  attractive.  The  green  cover,  ornamented  with 
charming  titles,  the  gilt  top,  the  artistic  paper — and  all 
for  the  moderate  price  of  three-and-six — give  it  a  place 
in  any  gentleman's  library.  It  is  not  often  that,  at  so 
small  expense,  we  can  procure  so  many  jewels  of  true 
literary  humour.     Vivat  Cluvienus! 

A.  H.  T. 


VOL.  XVIII.  4  F 


TRANSLATION    FROM    SOPH.    OED.    COL. 
668 — 719. 

fviirnov,  ^ive  ...  • 

Stranger,  welcome  I    Thou  art  come     Strophe. 

Hither  to  Earth's  fairest  home. 

This  the  land  of  goodly  steeds, 

These  Colonus'  glist'ning  meads. 

Here  the  nightingale's  shrill  tongue. 

Quivering  aye  the  groves  among. 

Haunts  the  ivy's  purpling  shade. 

Haunts  the  thousand-fruited  glade, 

Which  no  mortal  man  hath  trod. 

Nought  but  footsteps  of  the  god. 

Here  no  burning  sun  intrudes : 

Storms  break  not  its  solitudes. 

Here  the  jocund  wine-god  moves 

Round  his  guardian  goddess-loves. 

Day  by  day  the  heavenly  dew  Antistrophe. 

To  daffodil  brings  life  anew. 

Whose  wreaths  of  ancient  bloom  renowned 

Mighty  goddesses  have  crowned. 

And  its  yellow  clusters  nigh 

Beams  the  crocus'  golden  eye : 

Here  Cephissus'  wandering  streams 

Dwindle  ne'er  'neath  Phoebus'  beams : 

But  each  day  its  crystal  tide 

Sweeps  the  pastures  by  its  side : 

Swift  the  verdure  clothes  the  land : 

Earth  supports  with  fostering  hand : 

The  choirs  of  Muses  love  these  plains, 

And  Cypris  of  the  golden  reins. 


Translaiion  from  Soph.  Oed,  Col.  668 — 719.       577 


Can  Asian  land  this  glory  boast, 

Or  Pelops'  Dorian  isle  ? 
A  tree  nor  foeman's  sword  nor  host 

May  venture  to  defile. 
Unsown,  unpruned  by  human  power, 

*Tis  here  it  bloometh  free  : 
We  knew  it  well  in  childhood's  hour, 

The  grey-leaved  olive  tree. 
Shall  captain,  hot  with  youthful  pride 

Or  marked  with  eld's  hoar  brand. 
Hew  down  its  sweeping  branches  wide 

With  sacrilegious  hand  ? 
No :  ever  nigh  with  wakeful  eye 

The  Morian  Zeus  defends : 
Her  saving  aid  the  grey-eyed  maid, 

Our  Queen  Athena  lends. 


Strophe. 


Strike  up  another  higher  strain :         Antistrophe. 

Triumphal  songs  I  sing : 
Colonus'  pride  is  our  refrain, 

The  gift  of  Ocean's  King. 
Men  praise  her  steeds,  her  knightly  fame : 

Her  navy  rules  the  sea : 
All  thanks  to  high  Poseidon's  name, 

Great  Kronos'  son,  to  thee. 
Here  first  thy  power  subdued  the  horse : 

'Twas  thee  he  first  obeyed. 
When  tamed  was  his  unruly  force, 

At  bit  and  curb  dismayed. 
Across  the  deep  our  oar-blades  leap : 

We  ply  them  fast  and  free : 
While  round  us  glance,  in  myriad  dance, 

The  Nereids'  company. 

A.  J.  Campbell. 


FOOTPRINTS  OF  FAMOUS  MEN*, 

I  HE  College  owes  a  heavy  debt  of  gratitude  to 
Mr  G.  C.  Moore  Smith  for  his  laborious 
investigations  into  its  honourable  past.  It 
is  an  open  secret  that  he  was  led  to  attempt 
the  task,  the  successful  completion  of  which  the  £a£l€ 
commemorates  in  the  present  article,  by  a  study  of  the 
vexed  question  of  the  position  of  Wordsworth's  rooms. 
The  result  of  his  researches  was  the  dissipation  of  the 
sacred  associations,  which,  twenty  years  ago,  clung  to 
F  3  First  Court  {thriving  prodigiously  upon  the  legend 
W.  W.  inscribed  upon  a  pane  of  late  19th  century  glass 
by  the  unveracious  hand  of  some  budding  humorist;, 
and  the  final  award  of  the  disputed  honours  to  the  jam 
cupboard,  officially  known  in  the  Tutors'  books  as  F  2. 
But  scarcely  was  the  injustice  of  half-a-century  redressed 
for  F  2,  when  the  Steward  laid  his  fell  hand  upon  it,  and 
it  was  swallowed  up  in  the  advance  of  the  Kitchens' 
Department. 

The  grim  wolf,  with  privy  paw, 
Daily  devours  apace,  and  nothing  said. 

From  this  investigation  Mr  Moore  Smith  turned  to 
wider  fields,  and  the  result  of  an  immense  amount  of 
patriotic  labour  now  lies  before  us. 


•  Lists  of  Past  Occupants  of  Roams  in  St,  John's  College,  Compiled  by 
G.  C.  Moore  Smith  M.A.,  late  Scholar  of  the  College,  and  published  by  the 
Editors  of  the  Eagle  Magazine,  Cambridge :  E.  Johnson.  March  1895. 
One  Shilling. 


Footprints  of  Famous  Men.  579 

The  first  impression  produced  on  the  reader's  mind 
by  an  inspection  of  this  interesting  material  for  history- 
is  that  our  fathers  were  content  with  a  very  small 
valuation,  and  that  the  gains  of  the  Appraiser  of  the 
17th  century  were  incommensurate  with  the  greatness 
of  the  historical  period  to  which  he  belonged.  The  writer 
finds  that  an  inventory  of  1632  credits  his  old  rooms  with 
no  furniture  more  desirable  than  three  shelves,  one  long 
a  desk,  table,  a  "  lege  to  y«  window,"  a  "  cubbart,"  de- 
signed for  the  Huz  and  Buz  of  the  period,  and  "  a  massy 
forme,"  whereon  the  exhausted  student  might  repose.  It 
is  true  that  the  inventory  is  eked  out  with  such  items  as 
door-handles,  keys,  and  "  a  dore  to  y^  coals  house,"  but 
these  are  poor  substitutes  for  the  mantel  borders  and 
pipe  racks  of  modern  civilization.  And  apparently  a 
Fellow  and  three  Undergraduates  were  thrust  into 
these  apartments,  with  a  lock  and  key  a  piece,  and  two 
"cubbarts"  between  them.  One  of  these  pampered 
beings  had  "new  glass"  in  his  window  and  -^a  loft  to 
ly  in."  On  this  the  compiler  solemnly  remarks — 
"  with  such  arrangements  throughout  it  would  be 
possible  for  the  College  to  contain  a  great  number  of 
students." 

His  readers  will  agree  with  our  author  that  it  is  very 
unfortunate  that  the  earlier  records  of  the  staircases 
were  not  better  kept.  It  was  usual  for  Tutors  to  treat 
their  books  as  their  own  private  property,  and  thus 
these  have  in  almost  every  case  disappeared  into 
oblivion  with*  their  proprietors.  The  consequence  of 
this  is  that  great  gaps  occur  in  the  dynasties,  and  in 
very  few  cases  is  it  possible  to  discover  who  was 
occupying  particular  rooms  earlier  than  the  beginning 
of  the  present  century.  Unless  there  are  traditions 
which  it  was  not  in  Mr  Moore  Smith's  plan  to  embody 
in  his  book,  we  know  nothing  of  the  whereabouts  oi 
great  men  earlier  than  Wordworth's  time.  At  Christ's^ 
on  the  other  hand,  the  rooms  where  the  Lady  Margaret 
lived  are  said  to  be  structurally  just  as  she  left  them. 
They  now  form  part  of  the  Master's  Lodge. 


580  Footprints  of  Famous  Men. 

The  first  three  staircases  of  the  First  Court  (A,  B, 
and  C)  appear  to  have  been  sing^ularly  undistinguished. 
The  only  point  of  special  interest  is  the  occurrence  of 
the  name  Marsden  on  Bj,  somewhere  between  1829 
and  1842.  J.  F.  Marsden  also  occurs*  on  D3  in  1859. 
But,  singularly  enough,  though  no  less  than  three  of 
the  literary  Marsdens  were  Johnians,  it  is  not  the  names 
of  these  that  occur  in  Mr  Moore  Smith's  lists.  John 
Buxton  Marsden,  the  author  of  the  History  of  the 
Puritans^  was  admitted  Sizar  in  1823,  and  took  his  B.A. 
in  1827.  John  Howard  Marsden,  the  antiquary,  was  a 
Scholar  in  1822,  and  took  a  College  living  (Great 
Oakley)  in  1840 ;  he  was  Bell  Scholar,  Seatonian  Prize- 
man, Hulsean  Lecturer,  and  the  first  Disney  Professor 
of  Archaeology.  Samuel  Marsden,  the  friend  of  Simeon 
and  the  apostle  of  New  Zealand,  was  also  a  Johnian, 
although  he  belonged  to  rather  an  earlier  period. 

The  rest  of  the  First  Court  is  pervaded  by  more 
inspiring  traditions.  D  i  was,  for  a  time,  the  home  of 
Adams,  though  later,  in  1863,  F  i  Second  Court  claimed 
him  for  a  term,  and  he  afterwards  occupied  A  9  New 
Court.  £  staircase  is  associated  with  the  name  of 
E.  W.  Bowling,  the  "Arculus"  of  the  Eagle^  who 
occupied  £  i  in  1862;  also  with  Dean  Merivale 
of  £ly  (£  2),  whose  loss  we  still  mourn;  and 
Dean  Ramsay  (E  4,  18 13),  the  genial  author  of 
Reminiscences  of  Scottish  Life  and  Character.  From 
this  point  there  are  no  more  particular  stars  until  we 
come  to  Wordsworth's  staircase,  where  are  to  be  found, 
besides  the  poet,  Laurence  Peel,  the  author  of  A  Life 
of  Sir  Robert  Peel  (F  2,  181 7) ;  the  late  Professor  Paley, 
Editor  of  innumerable  texts  (F  4,  circ.  1832);  Arch- 
deacon Wilson  (F  4,  1855) ;  and  Chancellor  Dibdin  (F  4, 
1869).  With  the  doubtful  exception  of  C  Second  Court, 
F  First  Court  stands  out  prominently  as  a  nursery  of 
eminent  men.  Nor  does  it  scorn  what  Mr  William 
Morris  would  call  "  outland  men."  F  3  acknowledged, 
in    1873,    the   name    of  D.   Y.    Kikuchi,   of  Japanese 


Footprints  of  Famous  Men.  581 

celebrity,  and  1892  saw  P.  H.  J.  Rustomjee  in  occupa- 
tion of  the  same  set. 

The  remaining  four  staircases  of  the  First  Court 
(G,  H,  I,  and  K)  all  have  associations  of  some  import- 
ance, and  it  must  be  admitted  that,  on  the  whole,  the 
First  Court  carries  oflF  the  palm  for  evenly-distributed 
eminence.  In  G  3,  under  date  18 14,  we  find  the  name, 
better  known  twenty  years  ago  than  it  is  to-day,  of 
Professor  Henslow,  the  intimate  friend  of  Adam 
Sedgwick,  at  first  Professor  of  Mineralogy,  and  then, 
for  the  remainder  of  his  life,  Professor  of  Botany  in  this 
University.  It  is  notable  that  Cambridge  Professors 
of  Botany  have  been  a  long-lived  race.  In  the  last 
century  Professor  Martyn,  of  Emmanuel,  held  the  chair 
for  nearly  30  years ;  his  son,  Thomas  Martyn,  of  Sidney, 
succeeded  him,  and  held  it  for  63  years ;  Henslow  then 
occupied  it  for  36  years ;  and  the  distinguished  Johnian 
-who  now  holds  it  has  already  held  it  for  34  years. 
There  have  only  been  five  elections  since  the  chair  was 
founded  in  1724.  During  exactly  the  same  period  there 
have  been  ten  Professors  of  History  and  thirteen  of 
Arabic.  The  rooms  which  Henslow  held  in  18 14 
received  a  diflFerent  kind  of  consecration  in  1868  from 
the  immortal  Goldie,  the  Achilles  of  Cambridge  rowing, 
in  whose  prosaic  existence  to-day  as  a  barrister  in  town 
it  is  increasingly  difficult  to  believe.  The  same  stair- 
case nurtured  Archdeacon  Sheringham  (G4),  and 
Father  Bridgett  (G  6),  one  of  the  new  school  of  Roman 
Catholic  historians,  whose  College  traditions  have  been 
sufficiently  strong  to  lead  him  to  select  as  one  of  the 
subjects  of  his  investigations,  "  The  Life  of  the  Blessed 
John  Fisher,  Bishop  of  Rochester."  H  also  takes  rank 
as  an  important  staircase,  for  on  H  6,  in  1830,  kept 
George  Augustus  Selwyn  of  famous  memory,  for 
26  years  Bishop  of  New  Zealand,  and  afterwards 
Bishop  of  Lichfield,  the  father  of  the  present  Master 
of  the  College  that  bears  his  name.  The  striking 
portrait  of  him,   by   Richmond,  in  the  Combination 


582  Footprints  of  Famous  Men . 

Room  is  one  of  the  precious  possessions  of  the  College. 
Staircase  I  produced  two  Masters  of  the  College — 
"Algebra"  Wood  (migrated  from  O  Second  Court), 
the  author,  according  to  tradition,  of  the  reform  which 
abolished  the  menial  duties  and  social  disabilities  of 
Sizars,  whose  statue  stands  in  the  antechapel ;  and  Mr. 
Tatham,  who  succeeded  him  as  Master  in  1839.  Stair- 
case I  has  also  other  associations  no  less  dignified. 
In  1816  J.  J.  Blunt,  the  Historian,  Lady  Margaret 
Professor  of  Divinity,  kept  on  I  3  ;  his  History  of  the 
Reformation — not  to  be  confused  with  the  much  more 
elaborate  work  of  a  later  writer  of  the  same  name — 
is  still  suggestive  and  stimulating  enough  to  be  worth 
reading  for  those  historical  students  who  poke  about  in 
odd  corners  of  the  College  Library.  In  1 4  A,  at  some 
date  unknown.  Lord  Palmerston  resided,  and  a  little 
later  the  Hon  J.  R.  Townshend,  afterwards  Earl  Sydney, 
while  1 4  B  contains  a  name  that  might  be  that  of  the 
hero  of  a  moral  tale  of  the  last  century — Prince  George 
of  Radili.  The  rest  of  the  First  Court  is  the  abode  of 
mediocrity,  except  where  we  identify  in  K  i  the  rooms 
where  Professor  J.  B.  Mayor  lived,  and  Henry  Kirke 
White  the  poet  is  said  to  have  died. 

The  Second  Court  has  a  good  many  distinguished 
names  connected  with  it,  but  on  the  whole  its  occu- 
pants seem  to  have  scarcely  as  much  reason  to  be 
proud  of  their  predecessors  as  in  the  older  Court. 
In  C  2,  besides  Professor  Marshall,  Samuel  Butler, 
the  descendant  of  the  author  of  the  Analogy^  and 
himself  the  author  of  Erewhon  once  lived,  C  4  has 
an  aristocratic  tradition ;  we  note  the  names  of  a 
Duke  of  Buccleugh;  Hon  G.  A.  Brodrick,  afterwards 
Viscount  Midleton,  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  active 
Irish  supporters  of  William  of  Orange ;  £ord  Burghley, 
afterwards  Marquis  of  Exeter ;  and  Hon  W.  W.  Clive, 
presumably  a  scion  of  the  house  to  which  the  founder  of 
our  Empire  in  India  belonged.  E  staircase  has  asso- 
ciations of  some  interest.    The  late  Bishop  of  Hereford, 


Footprints  of  Famous  Men.  583 

Dr  Atlay,  a  former  Tutor  of  the  College,  kept  in  E  2  in 
1836;    E3   was  occupied  in  1867  by  Isaac  Todhunter, 
migrating  from  E  4,  while  E  5  is  consecrated  to  Henry 
Martyn,  Fellow  in  1862,  the  indefatigable  translator  and 
missionary  to  India.     Macaulay  wrote  him  an  eloquent 
epitaph,  and  a  writer  who  was  much  more  reticent  than 
Macaulay,  Sir  James  Stephen,  speaks  of  Martyn's  as 
"  the  one  heroic  name  which  adorns  the  annals  of  the 
Church  of  England,  from  the  days  of  Elizabeth  to  our 
own."      His  delicate    portrait    hangs   in   the   College 
Hall,  making  almost  "  a  light  within  a  shady  place." 
F  staircase  is   associated  with   the  name  of  the  late 
Professor  Miller  (F  i,  1830),  the  immediate  predecessor 
of  the  present  Professor  of  Mineralogy,  a  5th  wrangler, 
and  the  vigorous  and  inventive  author  of  a  new  system 
of  crystallography.     G2  was,  for  a  time,  the  home  of 
Dr  Merivale,  and  also  of  Dr  EUicott,  the  present  Bishop 
of  Gloucester  and   Bristol;    and  these  fathers  of  the 
Church  were  succeeded,  in   1853,  by  Professor  Mayor. 
G3  was  occupied  from  1797  to  1800  by  Lord  Denman, 
the  father  of  the   distinguished  Trinity  man  who  has 
not  long  resigned  a  judgeship.      He  was  Lord  Chan- 
cellor and  Lord  Chief  Justice,  and  a  principal  advocate 
of  some  of  the  important  law  reforms  of  the  present 
century.      The  same   set  was    also    occupied   in   i860 
by  Lord  Dunlo,  afterwards  Earl  of  Clancarty,  and,  in 
i36i,  by  Professor  Mayor.     This  last  distinction  had 
been  also  enjoyed  in  some  very  remote  period  by  H  1 . 
This  set  was  occupied  in  1859  ^y  Professor  Clifton,  the 
father  of  a  Johnian  not  many  years  gone  down.     In 
1830  H  2  accommodated  the  second  Lord  Heytesbury, 
then  the  Hon  W.  H.  A' Court,   and  in  1843   the  late 
Dean  of  Hereford,  then  the  Hon  G.  Herbert.     K  stair- 
case has  the  distinction  of  having  been,  in  18 14,  the 
home  of  Sir  John  Herschel  (K3),  a  Senior  Wrangler 
and  first  Smith's  Prizeman,  himself  a  great  astronomer, 
though  the  son  of  a  greater  sire.     The  portrait  of  him 
by  Pickersgill  in  the  Combination  Room,  and  the  bust 

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584  Footprints  of  Famous  Men. 

in  the  Hall,  opposite  the  bust  of  Adams,  are  known 
to  every  Johnian  in  his  second  term.  On  M  Dr 
Churchill  Babington  kept  till  1830  (M  i),  and  later  the 
present  Dean  of  Exeter,  Dr  Cowie  (M  6).  O  staircase 
is  associated  with  the  names  of  Dr  Kennedy  and 
Professor  Palmer,  whose  portraits  are  in  the  Hall. 

As  we  go  from  the  earlier  to  the  later  parts  of  the 
College,  the  interest  distinctly  declines.  In  the  Third 
Court  C  4  claims  Dr.  Speechley,  the  ex-Bishop  of 
Travancore;  D6  (as  also  F8),  possibly  Kirke  White, 
the  poet ;  E  I,  the  Dean  of  Exeter  as  an  undergraduate ; 
E  6,  Blunt,  the  historian ;  and  F  3,  the  late  Bishop  of 
Hereford  and  Professor  Palmer  as  Fellows.  But  the 
chief  historical  interest  of  the  Court  is  in  F4 — the 
rooms  that  were  occupied  by  the  ejected  Nonjuror 
Thomas  Baker,  by  grace  of  the  College,  from  1708  to 
his  death  in  1740.  Baker  was  the  Professor  Mayor  of 
his  age.  After  his  ejection  from  his  Fellowship,  he 
*•  lived  comfortably  and  much  to  his  own  satisfaction  " 
in  these  rooms  on  an  annuity  of  ;^40,  which  he  had 
inherited  from  his  father,  and  occupied  himself  with 
indefatigable  researches  into  the  antiquities  of  England, 
Horace  Walpole  says  of  him  that  "  it  would  be  prefer- 
able to  draw  up  an  ample  character  of  Mr  Baker  rather 
than  a  life.  The  one  was  most  beautiful,  amiable, 
conscientious ;  the  other  totally  barren  of  more  than  one 
event."  It  was  in  these  rooms  that  he  was  seized  with 
his  last  short  illness,  being  "found  insensible  on  the 
floor  of  his  study,"  and  it  was  from  here  that  he  was 
carried  to  his  last  resting-place,  near  Dr  Ashton's  tomb 
in  the  Antechapel  of  the  old  College  Chapel,  with  a 
funeral  "  very  solemn,  with  procession  round  the  First 
Court  with  surplices  and  candles."  Another  famous 
name  connected  with  this  .court  (E  1,  1815)  is  that  of 
Samuel  RoflFey  Maitland,  the  learned  author  of  The 
Dark  Ages  and  a  collection  of  suggestive  Essays  on  the 
Heformation.  We  note  also  Bishop  Colenso  on  E  2  in 
1832  ;  and  on  F  i,  about  ten  years  later,  T.  Whytehead 


Footprints  of  Famous  Men,  585 

(E5),  the  author  of  College  Life^  who  died  in  New 
Zealand  as  Bishop  Selwyn's  chaplain ;  Bishop  Pearson 
(F5,  1867);  John  Henry  Rose  (F6,  1829-30),  com- 
memorated in  Dean  Burgon's  Twelve  Good  Men ;  and, 
last  of  all,  among  living  men,  Leonard  Courtney  (F  8 
1852,  and  F2  in  1853),  perhaps  a  future  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Commons. 

The  New  Court  stands  in  Mr  Moore  Smith's  pamphlet 
as  an  evidence  of  the  vanity  of  such  descriptive  epithets^ 
for  the  compiler  informs  us  in  his  preface  that  the 
Second  Court  was  originally  called  the  New  Court.  It 
is  satisfactory  to  know  that  the  Tutors,  with  lively  faith 
in  the  expansion  of  the  College,  are  careful  to  describe 
it  in  their  books  as  the  Fourth  Court.  Here,  if  we 
exclude  the  names  of  those  who  lived  in  its  newer  and 
more  palatial  rooms  as  Fellows,  but  whose  time  of  plain 
living  and  high  thinking  had  been  spent  elsewhere,  the 
number  of  distinguished  men  is  surprisingly  small.  In 
A  6,  as  far  back  as  1845,  Dr  Bateson,  the  late  Master, 
lived,  and  the  present  Master  was  called  from  the  same 
rooms  to  fill  his  place.  In  A  8,  some  time  in  the  forties, 
the  late  Dr  Churchill  Babington  lived,  and  we  find  his 
name  again  in  A 10,  under  date  1846.  Archdeacon 
France  of  Ely  lived  in  B  6 ;  and  Sir  John  Gorst  in  1853 
was  occupying  C6.  D3  claimed  in  1870  A.  C.  Hilton, 
the  immortal  author  of  the  Light  Green^  and  D  3,  at 
some  primeval  date,  the  veteran  Sir  Patrick  Colquhoun, 
who  to  the  end  of  his  long  life  retained  all  his  College 
patriotism.  E  12  possessed  in  1866  a  future  Judge  of 
the  Scotch  Court  of  Session  in  the  person  of  A.  Low ; 
and  E  14  in  1843  a  Financial  Secretary  to  the  Treasury, 
Sir  J.  T.  Hibbert,  who  took  office  in  1893.  Politics  of  a 
different  kind  are  also  represented  in  G  8  by  W.  Lee 
Warner  (1865),  now  a  distinguished  Indian  official  and 
Resident  at  the  Court  of  Mysore.  The  New  Court  also 
claims  as  its  own  two  important  living  head-masters, 
Dr  Abbott,  late  of  the  City  of  London  School  (H  ia» 
1857,   and   H6,    i860),   and  Archdeacon  Wilson,   late 


586  The  Quiet  Life. 

Head-Master  of  Clifton  (H  i6,  1858).  Mr  Moss,  tlie 
present  Head  of  Shrewsbury,  also  seems  to  have  lived 
on  almost  every  staircase  in  the  Court.  The  long- 
standing connexion  of  the  College  with  the  Earls  of 
Powis  appears  in  1 9,  where  the  third  Earl  lived  a» 
Viscount  Clive  in  the  thirties,  and  the  present  Earl, 
then  G.  C.  Herbert,  in  1880. 

The  Chapel   Court  is   full  of  potential   distinction^ 
but  a  little  more  time  is  required  for  its  actualisation. 

J.  R.  T. 


THE   QUIET  LIFE. 

There  once  was  a  Bishop  of  Rome, 
Who  lived  on  the  top  of  the  Dome; 
This  worthy  old  stylite 
Would  peep  through  the  sky-light 
Remarking  "There's  no  place  like  home/" 

Anon^ 

^v  TTOTC  Ti9  'P(»/AaA09  'ETr/cicoTro?  v^oOi  vaifov 
iv  d^Xtp  aKpordrip,  arvXiriKo^,  atatfia   FeiSd 
ivS"  o  yipw  S**  oir^9  wapiKvirri  re  FetTre  re  fivffor 
*Fot#cai  /3i\r€pov  elvai,  ivel  I3\a/3ep6v  to  Bvptfi^i.* 


PHILOMELA. 


Sweet,  silver-throated,  singer  of  the  night, 

Why  leave  thy  nest, 
When  every  bird  has  wearied  with  the  light, 

And  sunk  to  rest? 
Surely  thou  hast  not  called  all  day  in  vain 

Through  every  grove. 
For  him  who  ne'er  shall  come  to  thee  again. 

His  constant  love, 
And  still,  fond  bird,  when  every  voice  is  still. 

In  hope  forlorn. 
Floats  upward  to  the  peaceful  moon  thy  trill. 

Till  comes  the  morn. 
Poor  soul,  thou  dost  but  serenade  the  dead. 

The  pale  dead  moon. 
That  stares  with  barren  gaze  above  thy  head. 

To  vanish  soon. 
All,  all,  save  only  thee,  sleep  hath  beguiled; 

The  sighing  breeze, 
That  sometimes  shudders  like  a  dreaming  child. 

Whom  fancies  seize; 
The  river,  whispering  still  its  waking  moan, 

"Fain  would  I  stay, 
But  ever  gliding  to  the  great  unknown, 

I  pass  away." 
Sing  on ;  what  though  my  heart  be  thrilled  with  pain, 

I  love  thy  tale. 
Sweeter  than  joy  upborne  on  wildest  strain 

Is  thy  sad  wail. 

H.  B.  H» 


ON   EXAMINATIONS. 

|HE  world  is  divided  by  philosophers  into  two 
classes — the  class  which  has  attained  the 
highest  good,  and  is  by  general  consensus 
happy,  and  the  class  which  has  not  attained 
the  highest  good,  and  is  consequently,  if  happy  at  all, 
imperfectly  happy,  but  generally  is  entirely  unhappy. 
Philosophers  have,  however,  failed  to  discover  or  define 
this  happiness,  and  are  obliged  to  be  content  with  the 
general  statement.  But  if,  as  they  have  asserted,  there 
is  this  highest  good,  and  if  this  highest  good  is 
happiness — which,  in  parenthesis,  it  probably  is,  for 
do  we  not  say  that  when  a  man  is  drunk  he  is  happy 
(although  our  instance  might  be  said  to  cut  both  ways}? 
— ^then,  seeing  that,  even  with  these  premises,  the  end  is 
still  veiled  in  obscurity,  they  have  invented  means 
whereby  that  end  may  be  artificially  attained  until 
such  a  time  as  we  are  permitted  to  see  it  in  a  state  of 
nature. 

Now  these  means  are  many,  for  there  are  several 
kinds  of  happiness.  For  instance,  youth — which, 
according  to  the  younger  Anaxagoras,  is  the  season 
made  for  joys — has  its  automatic  trains  and  wax  dolls 
and  merry-go-rounds,  enjoyments  which  the  volatile 
French  nation  carry  on  into  their  maturity.  But  the 
French  do  this  to  supply  a  vacuum,  for  they  have  little 
comprehension  of  the  games  of  football  or  cricket, 
which  the  Gods  have  provided  as  a  means  to  the  youth- 
ful happiness  of  our  country.    And,  as  we  grow  older. 


On  Examinations.  589 

we  find  other  means  in  the  use  of  tobacco  and  strange 
drinks  other  than  water,  and  then  we  seek  for  happiness 
through  our  evening  paper.  Many  are  the  means  which 
Providence  has  given  us,  but  there  is  some  doubt  as  to 
whether  they  are  means  at  all  in  their  present  state. 
But  that  would  be  a  divergence,  which  might  be  better 
treated  in  the  next  chapter. 

But  all  these  means  lead  to  other  happinesses  than 
the  absolute  happiness.  For  the  absolute  happiness  is 
naturally  (as  we  learn  from  Plato)  formless,  colourless, 
and  empty — that  is,  not  in  the  sense  of  being  vain  or 
worthless,  as  the  Dictionary  would  no  doubt  say,  but  of 
being  intangible,  so  that  you  can  put  your  finger  inside 
it  without  feeling  anything,  or  knowing  that  you,  or  a 
part  of  you,  are  inside  it,  which  is,  of  course,  a  purely 
philosophical  and  reasonable  sense.  And  to  this  abso- 
lute happiness  there  is  a  road,  but  it  is  not  extremely 
pleasant,  for  in  idealistic  philosophy  everything  goes  by 
force  of  contrast.  This  (happy  thought!)  is  better 
explained  by  a  myth.  For  we  have  often  seen  in  shop 
windows  and  the  parlours  of  inns — ^where,  we  think,  it 
must  act  as  a  protest  against  itself,  or  even  vice  versa^ 
for  philosophy  is  nothing  if  it  does  not  see  two  sides  of 
a  question  at  the  same  time,  and  more  if  possible — 
a  large  picture  in  gay  colours,  called  "  The  Broad  and 
the  Narrow  Way,*'  where  on  one  side  the  searchers 
after  happiness  (they  being  very  few,  principally  a  tall 
woman  with  a  parasol  and  a  childj  are  walking  along 
a  very  difficult  and  winding  path,  with  several  lions 
rampant  on  either  side,  and  a  steep  hill  at  the  top, 
commanding  presumably  a  view  of  happiness.  But  on 
the  other  side  is  a  remarkably  pleasant  path,  beset 
with  a  great  number  of  theatres  and  music  halls,  and 
frequented  by  many  men  in  the  ordinary  dress  of 
society,  who  pay  very  little  attention  to  a  murder  and 
highway  robbery  going  on  outside  the  chief  hotel,  and 
are  pressing  on  towards  another  hill,  beyond  which  is 
the  great  blaze  of  fire  that  has  no  name,  and  has  not 
been  accounted  for  by  philosophy. 


590  On  Examinations. 

This  is  a  myth,  and  the  moral  of  it  is :  keep  to  the 
narrow  path.  And,  as  one  means  of  making  the  narrow 
path  narrower,  the  system  of  examinations  has  been 
established.  Now,  whether  this  actually  leads  to  good 
or  no,  the  archon  Euclides,  no  doubt,  found  when  he 
went  out  of  office,  and  submitted  the  solid  work  of  his 
archonship  to  the  Syndicate  in  the  shape  of  diagrams. 
These  diagrams,  we  may  mention,  have  since  proved 
one  of  the  narrowest  parts  of  the  path,  to  return  for 
a  moment  to  our  beloved  myth.  But  unfortunately  we 
do  not  possess  his  correspondence  or  his  diary,  or  we 
might  have  known  what  he  thought.  And,  even  if  he 
did  not  think  that  the  system  was  good — which  is  quite 
conceivable — let  us  imagine  that  he  did,  or  subtract  his 
criticisms  from  the  system,  and  so  come  by  both  ways 
to  the  conclusion  that  it  is  by  way  of,  or  on  the  way 
to,  being  good — i.e.  that  it  is  a  means  to  the  chief 
good,  which,  as  we  have,  I  think,  already  decided,  is 
Happiness. 

Now  there  is  no  doubt  that  there  is  more  than  one 
kind  of  examination,  besides  the  absolute  examination, 
which  is  perfect  from  the  standpoint  of  both  examiner 
and  examinee,  and  is  therefore  unknown  under  this  dis- 
pensation save  to  the  intuitive  mind,  which,  however, 
cannot  grasp  it,  as  how  should  it  ?  For,  in  an  exami- 
nation, there  are  two  parties  concerned,  the  examiner 
and  the  examinee,  which  are  convenient  words,  and 
may  therefore  be  used  without  fear  of  oflFence.  And 
these  seem  to  engage  in  an  examination  by  a  contract : 
and  yet  this  contract  would  seem  to  have  nothing  of  the 
absolute  in  it,  for  it  is  a  contract  entered  into  of  neces- 
sity on  both  sides,  and  therefore  has  a  measure  of  pain 
on  both.  For  the  examiner  does  all  he  can  to  make 
things  harder  for  the  examinee:  as,  for  instance,  he 
sets  him  thirty  questions  to  do  in  three  hours,  which,  if 
he  could  do  it,  would  make  him  a  hero  or  a  little  lower 
than  the  heroes:  or  he  asks  him  a  question,  such  as 
Who  was  the  father  of  Zebedeis  children  f  or  If  a  herring 


On  Examinations,  59 1 

and  a  half  cost  three  half -pence — the  apodosis  is  voluntary, 
but  we  will  reserve  our  discussion  of  free-will  till  the 
eighth  book — which  both  depend  on  internal  evidence, 
and  internal  evidence,  as  we  know  from  the  works  of 
eminent  theologians,  does  not  belong  to  the  category  of 
the  obvious,  although  people  of  surpassing  intellect 
have  been  known  to  answer  such  questions  with  wonder- 
ful accuracy.  On  the  other  hand,  the  examinee  attempts 
to  outwit  the  examiner  by  numerous  means,  as,  fof 
instance,  if  he  says  that  he  is  ill  and  cannot  be 
examined,  which  is  usually  a  lie,  or,  if  not,  is  an 
excuse  which  may  be  called  a  lie,  but  is  allowed  by 
Jesuits,  or  if  he  copies  from  the  papers  of  another 
examinee,  which  is  a  fraud  and  an  outrage  on  his 
own  class,  and,  if  universally  practised,  would  produce 
an  anarchy  or  an  altruistic  principle,  either  system 
being  derogatory  to  the  majesty  of  a  democracy  and 
utterly  degenerate;  or,  again,  if,  in  answering  a 
question,  he  writes  down  a  great  many  things  remotely 
connected  with  the  question,  by  which  he  arrives  at 
some  end,  which  is  a  mystery,  for,  if  he  be  Very  acute,  he 
sometimes  succeeds  in  puzzling  the  examiner,  and  win- 
ning some  reputation  for  himself:  but  this  is  not  oftent 
achieved.  In  these  several  Ways  an  examinee  may 
practise  on  an  examiner,  if  he  has  enough  wit,  and 
vice  versd.  So  that  the  contract  cannot  be  said  to  be 
stable  on  either  side ;  nor,  indeed,  is  it  a  contract  at  all 
save  in  name. 

But,  to  return  to  the  point  whence  we  set  forth. 
There  are  several  kinds  of  examinations  :  and  of  these 
that  which  is  thought  to  approach  nearest  to  the  perfect 
examination  is  the  Tripos.  So  we  will  take  this  firsts 
as,  in  the  present  imperfect  state  of  our  intellect,  we  da 
not  know  what  is,  and  so  are  obliged  with  some  reluct- 
ance to  affirm  what  is  thought.  But  let  us  console 
ourselves  with  the  thought  that  if  we  knew  what 
actually  is,  we  should  not  know  anything  about  Philo- 
sophy, which,  as  it  at  present  is  constituted,  knows 
VOL.  XVIII.  4H 


Sgi  On  Exatntnattons. 

nothing  about  itself,  and,  when  we  say  that  we  know 
anything  about  it,  we  are  merely  using  a  form  of  words. 
Now  the  Tripos  is  so  called  because  it  is  a  decrepit 
institution — ^whence  we  may  catch  a  glimpse  of  its 
real  distance  from  perfection — and,  like  the  man  in  the 
Sphinx'  enigma,  would  have  no  legs  to  stand  upon  if  it 
had  not  three.  Now  no  one  knows  what  these  legs  are, 
so  they  may  be  assumed  to  be  ideal,  if  indeed  they 
exist,  which  has  been  denied.  But  that  the  Tripos 
is  an  examination  is  certain,  for  we  know  it  by 
experience  to  be  a  phenomenon  which  causes  pain 
in  most  instances,  and  so  is  abhorrent  to  the  true 
Hedonist.  And  it  may  be  of  several  kinds — as,  for 
instance,  the  Mathematical  Tripos,  which  deals  with 
things  which  no  one  knows  anything  about,  and  is 
therefore  the  most  perfect,  or  the  Classical  Tripos^ 
about  which  the  examiner  knows  a  little,  although  the 
classical  authors  would  often  be  puzzled  at  his  know- 
ledge, or  the  History  Tripos,  which  everybody  knows 
a  little  about,  though  that  knowledge  is  very  inaccurate 
and  phenomenal,  or  the  Modern  Languages  Tripos, 
which  treats  of  things  which  no  one  ought  to  know 
anything  about,  although  everybody  does.  And  the 
end — at  least,  the  relative  end,  of  the  Tripos — is  a  gift, 
which  is  very  pleasant  to  the  recipiient,  and  causes 
great  pain  and  envy  among  the  unfortunate,  so  that 
Love  can  have  no  place  in  a  Tripos,  not  even  if  the 
Tripos  were  erotic,  which  is  not  allowed  under  the 
present  state  of  things.  However,  Love  is  reported 
to  have  found  his  way  once  into  a  Mathematical  Tripos, 
but,  whether  by  Platonic  means  or  no,  is  known  anly 
to  the  Gods,  who  know  most  things. 

Now  there  are,  as  we  have  said,  other  kinds  of 
examinations,  and  these  are  even  more  imperfect  than 
a  Tripos.  For  there  is  the  examination  on  which  a 
man's  life  depends,  or  is  said  to  depend,  as,  for  example, 
the  Indian  Civil  Service  examination,  which  many 
essay  and  most  fail  to  pass.     For  our  friend  Er  the 


On  ExaminaHons.  593 

Armenian,  who  may  be  naturally  expected,-  from  his 
neighbourhood  to  India,  to  know  something  about  the 
country,  and,  having  some  wealth,  to  cut  a  dash  there, 
according  to  the  proverb,  once  went  in  for  an  Indian 
Civil  Service  examination,  but,  being  asked  to  add  up 
several  columns  of  figures  which  he  knew  nothing 
about,  for  in  Armenia  they  conduct  all  commerce 
through  the  medium  of  sheepskins  or  other  means  to 
the  end  of  absolute  commerce,  and  to  give  some  account 
of  the  travels  of  Marco  Polo  in  Bengal,  which  he  had 
never  heard  of,  since  they  receive  no  mention  in 
Armenian  historical  manuals,  failed  in  his  examination 
and  was  compelled  to  enlist  in  .the  militia,  in  which 
office  the  strange  adventure  befel  him  of  which  you 
have  heard,  so  that  it  was  perhaps  better  for  him  to 
enlist  after  all,  since  he  could  in  that  way  discover  the 
highest  good,  which  he  said  he  saw  with  his  own  eyes, 
although  he  may  have  been  dreaming.  So  that  in  his 
case  the  Indian  Civil  Service  was  a  means  to  the 
highest  good,  albeit  that  highest  good  was  of  a  strange 
and  phenomenal  nature,  which]  is  a  paradox.  But  this 
is  an  exception  to  the  true  case,  for  Theages,  whose 
marriage  you  all  saw  in  the  Times  the  other  day,  wanted 
to  become  a  soldier,  and  tried  to  pass  into  Sandhurst 
by  an  examination  which  is  not  very  diflferent  in  its 
means  and  relative  end  from  the  Indian  Civil  Service, 
but  was  "  plougfhed  by  the  hoof  of  the  plougher,"  as 
Pindar  says,  and  consequently  had  to  sweep  a  crossing 
opposite  the  British  Museum,  until  he  married  a  rich 
wife  who  brought  him  a  large  dowry  with  the  tongue  of 
a  magpie,  and  so  gained  merely  a  tempered  happiness, 
which  is  very  far  from  the  true  happiness.  And  this  is 
the  general  case,  for  the  involuntary  usually  supersedes 
the  voluntary,  just  as  in  the  History  Tripos,  to  revert 
to  the  more  perfect  or  less  imperfect  form  of  exami- 
nations, the  voluntary  subjects  will  not  get  a  man 
through  unless  he  knows  something  of  the  involuntary 
and  compulsory. 


1194  On  Examinations. 

Then,  again,  there  are  the  Higher  Locals,  and  the 
Locals,  which  do  not  seem  to  differ  a  great  deal,  although 
they  may  in  reality,  and  are  generally  concealed  beneath 
a  cloak  of  obscurity  and  great  divergences  of  opinion. 
But  all  we  know  of  them  is  that  there  is  a  third  person  or 
middleman  in  these  examinations,  called  the  Invigilator, 
who  seems  to  derive  the  greatest  profit  from  the  institu- 
tion, since  all  the  papers  pass  through  his  hands  and 
he  receives  great  riches  for  letting  them  pass  through 
without  looking  at  them,  while  the  examiner  gets  little 
from  them  but  the  pain  of  looking  them  over  and  some 
small  amusement,  if  he  has  a  sense  of  humour,  which 
would  not  bring  him  very  near  the  perfect  and  absolute 
examiner,  but  rather  remove  him  afar  off:  and  the 
examinee  gets  little  also,  save  a  reputation  among  the 
unlearned  and  a  little  scorn  among  the  people  who  may 
be  described  as  Non-local  in  contradistinction  to  the 
Local  division.  But  on  these  matters  it  were  best  to 
refer  to  Mr  Berry  of  King's. 

And  there  is  the  Bishop's  examination,  which  is  the 
last  I  shall  touch  upon  in  this  chapter— the  rest  I  hope 
to  describe  in  my  book  on  Activities — and  is  for  those 
who  desire  to  become  priests.  Now  this  is  really  a  very 
difficult  examination,  for  the  examiner  is  generally  very 
learned,  while  the  examinee  is  often  a  dull  person, 
whose  former  success  in  examinations  has  not  been 
conspicuous.  And  how  the  examiner  ever  came  to  be 
very  learned  is  a  mystery,  seeing  that  so  many  of  the 
examinees  are  unlearned,  and  that  he  himself  must 
have  once  been  an  examinee«*^but  he  is  learned,  and  so 
the  examinees  have  a  very  hard  time,  and  they  cannot 
see  for  that  time  the  top  of  the  Hill  of  Happiness,  which 
we  mentioned  a  little  while  ago.  And  when  they  get 
through,  which  usually  happens  after  five  attempts, 
unless  the  examiner  is  their  uncle,  or  was  at  school 
with  their  father,  or  is  an  idle  person,  which  Heaven 
forbid !  they  do  not  know  themselves,  having  got 
through.     And  this  leads  to  Pride,  which  is,  indeed, 


On  Examinations.  595 

a  form,  but  a  false  form,  of  Happiness,  and  they  put  on 
strange  clothes  and  sing  in  strange  voices,  and  have 
curious  habits  of  eating,  wherefore  they  are  admired  of 
the  young  female  and  come  to  a  bad  end.  Which 
accounts  for  the  present  state  of  the  Church  and  the 
recriminations  of  the  penny  Ecclesiastical  papers. 
Whence  it  may  be  seen  that  the  Bishop's  examination, 
since  it  leads  to  a  false  form  of  happiness,  which  is  not 
happiness  at  all,  but  only  a  phantom  and  shadow  of  the 
truth,  is  the  worst  form  of  examination,  as  falsehood 
is  the  worst  form  of  speech,  and  to  act  a  lie,  according 
to  our  moralists,  the  worst  form  of  activity,  though  both 
may  often  be  found  very  useful,  especially  in  public 
relations.  So  that  the  Bishop's  examination  is  an 
abuse. 

Now  we  could  say  a  great  deal  more  about  exami- 
nations :  as,  how  they  could  be  made  better,  and  how 
they  cannot  be  made  worse :  and  whether,  being  a 
means  to  happiness,  they  are  actually  a  mean  in  them- 
selves; and  whether  the  activities  of  the  examiner 
are  equal  to  or  greater  or  less  than  those  of  the 
examinee,  and  what  the  proper  activities  of  both  are ; 
and  whether  it  is  necessary  that  the  soul  of  both  be 
immortal ;  and  to  explain  the  system  of  marks,  with 
regard  to  its  justice  and  injustice ;  and  to  enquire  how  a 
judicial  examination  differs  from  others.  But  we  will 
discuss  all  these  things  in  the  sixth  volume.  So  let  us 
now  proceed,  by  a  natural  transition,  to  the  Seven 
Deadly  Sins.  A.  H.  T. 

SUgira,  R.S.O., 

yune  25/A,  1895. 


RONDEL. 

Le  temps  a  laissi6  son  manteau 

de  venty  de  froidure  et  de  pluye,  ! 

et  s'est  vestu  de  broderye  ' 

de  soleil  luyant,  cler  et  beau.  | 

II  n'y  a  beste  ne  oiseau 

qu'en  son  jargon  ne  chante  ou  crye. 
Le  temps  a  laissi^  son  manteau 

de  venty  de  froidure  et  ide  pluye. 
Riviere,  fbntaine  et  ruisseau 

portent  en  livree  jolie 

gouttes  d'argent  d'orfavrerie. 
Chascun  s'abille  de  nouveau. 
Le  temps  a  laissi^  son  manteau. 

^  Charles  d'Ofxeans. 
'    *     .  XV»«siicle; 

The  year  has  cast  his  mantle  gray 

of  rain  and  wind  and  chilling  air, 

and  donned'  a  doublet  debonair 
broidered.  -with  -  sunshine, .  $.weet  and  gay. 
No-  beaist  in  field  or  bird  on*  spray, 

but  cries  or  sings,  for  ease  of  care.  ■ 
The  year  has  cast  his  mantle  g^ay 

of  rain  and  wind  and  chillifig  air 
and  rivers,  founts  and  streams  that  stray 

do  all  a  joyous  liv'ry  wear 

with  silver  beads  for  jewels  rare. 
They  all  go  new-attired  to-day: 
The  year  has  cast  his  mantle  gray. 

G.  C,  M.  S. 


THE  ADAMS  MEMORIAL  IN   WESTMINSTER 

ABBEY. 

l^^^raiN  Thursday,  May  9,  a  meeting  was  held  for 
|£Sj  the  unveiling  of  the  memorial  to  the  lat^ 
l^^g^  Professor  Adams,  in  the  Jerusalem  Chamber, 
Westminster  Abbey,  the  Dean  of  West- 
minster taking  the  chair.  After  a  few  cordial  words 
from  the  Dean,  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  as  Chancellor 
of  the  University,  offered  his  sincere  thanks  to  the 
Dean  and  Chapter  for  the  way  in  which  they  had 
met  the  request  of  the  University,  and  for  the 
honour  which  they  had  thus  conferred  upon  its 
late  Professor,  the  greatest  of  the  successors  of 
Newton.  The  Master  of  St  John's  referred  to  the 
studies  of  Adams  in  connexion  with  his  famous  dis- 
covery of  the  planet  Neptune,  and  recalled  the  fact  that 
this  was  the  jubilee  year  of  that  event.  Lord  Kelvin, 
as  a  friend  and  fellow -student  of  Professor  Adams, 
alluded  to  the  pride  which  the  University  felt  in  Adams, 
even  in  his  undergraduate  days.  His  best-known 
achievement  was  but  one  of  many  triumphs  of  mathe- 
matical skill  and  scientific  insight.  Speeches  followed 
from  Professor  Sir  G.  G.  Stokes,  who  dwelt  on  the  noble 
character  and  christian  spirit  of  his  life-long  friend ;  the 
Master  of  Pembroke  College,  Oxford,  who  told  of  the 
meeting  between  Adams  and  Le  Verrier  at  that 
University ;  and  the  Right  Hon  Leonard  Courtney. 
As  a  Johnian  and  a  Cornishman,  he  spoke  in  eloquent 
terms  of  the  glory  conferred  by  Adams  on  his  College 


598  The  Adams  MemoriaL 

and  his  country,  and  said  that  many  a  Cornish  youth  had 
been  stirred  by  his  example  to  lofty  aims.  Referring 
to  the  national  funeral  accorded  to  Newton  170  years 
ago,  he  said  that  even  Newton  would  be  proud  to  have 
placed  near  him  a  memorial  to  an  astronomer  who  had 
done  so  much  to  illustrate  and  develope  his  own  dis- 
coveries. Professor  Jebb  followed,  and  after  Sir  John 
Gorst  had  proposed  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  Dean  of 
Westminster  and  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  the  meeting 
adjourned  to  the  Abbey,  where,  after  a  brief  prayer 
by  the  Dean,  the  Duke  unveiled  the  memorial  tablet 
by  Mr  Bruce- Joy.  The  tablet  is  placed  in  the  north 
aisle,  close  to  the  monuments  of  Newton,  Horrox, 
Herschel,  and  Darwin. 

A  large  number  of  members  of  the  College  were 
present,  together  with  a  brilliant  assembly  of  men  of 
distinction  in  science,  literature,  and  politics. 

We  present  our  readers  with  a  photograph  of  the 
medallion  as  a  frontispiece  to  the  present  number. 


THE   JOHNIAN   DINNER,    1895. 


The  Johnian  Dinner  took  place  this  year  at  Limmer's  Hotel, 
London,  on  Thursday,  April  1 8.  The  Master  was  in  the  Chair, 
and  the  meeting  was  in  every  way  a  success. 

The  Toast  list  was  as  follows: — The  Queen;  The  College^ 
proposed  by  the  Rev  Dr  Jessopp,  replied  to  by  the  Master  and 
the  Rev  Canon  McCormick ;  The  Lady  Maigaret  Boat  Club  and 
other  athletic  interests,  proposed  by  Mr  R.  F.  Scott,  replied  to  by 
the  Rev  T.  C.  Brown,  the  First  Captain,  (Mr  W.  H.  Bonsey),  and 
Mr  R.  Y.  Bonsey;  The  Chairman,  proposed  by  Mr  G.  C. 
Whiteley ;  The  Secretaries^  proposed  by  the  Rev  E.  Hill.  Music 
and  songs  from  Mr  E.  J.  Rapson,  the  Rev  F.  G.  Given- Wilson, 
and  the  Rev  J.  A.  Beaumont  added  much  to  the  pleasure  of  the 
evening. 

Members  of  the  College  who  would  like  to  receive  year  by 
year  notice  of  the  date  of  the  Dinner  are  requested  to  send 
their  names  and  addresses  to  one  of  the  secretaries,  namely : — 
Ernest  Prescott,  70,  Cambridge  Terrace,  Hyde  Park,  W.,  and 
R.  H.  Forster,  Members'  Mansions,  Victoria  Street,  S.  W. 
The  following  is  a  list  of  those  present : 
Chairman — The  Master. 
A.  De  Castro  T.  G.  McCormick 

A.  F.  Douglas  W.  McDougall 

G.  B.  Forster  Rev  J.  Midgley 

R.  H.  Forster  W.  H.  Moresby 


Dr  E.  C.  Andrews 
Rev  Dr  Bailey 
Rev  H.  R.  Bailey 
W.  Baily 

Rev  J.  F.  Bateman 
F.  C.  Bayard 
Rev  J.  A.  Beaumont 
R.  Y.  Bonsey 
W.  H.  Bonsey 
E.  J.  Brooks 
Rev  J.  C.  Brown 
Rev  W.  A.  Bryan 
L.  H.  K.  Busbe-Fox 
A.  G.  Butler 
Rev  A.  Caldecott 
A.  W.  CalUs 
A.  P.  Cameron 
J.  A.  Cameron 
W.  H.  Chaplin 
Rev  E.  A.  Chichester 
Rev  J.  S.  Clementson 
J.  Clcworth 
S.  H.  Cubitt 
R.  R.  Cummings 
.  A.  J.  David 

VOL  XVIII. 


1  Prescott 
Rev.  J.  Price 
Rev  A.  H 


£.  J.  Kapson 
F.  J.  Ridley 


Prior 


Rev  F.  G.  Given-l;^^llson  J.  P.  Nicholson 

Rev  P.  Green  E.  '. 

Col.  J.  Hartley 

Rev  W.  J.  Harvey 

Rev  A.  Highton 

Rev  E.  Hill 

R.  W.  Hogg 

R.  Horton-Smith  Q.C. 

L.  Horton-Smith 

Rev  Dr  A  Jessopp 

D.  M.  Kerly 

Rev  H.  A.  King 

Rev  J.  P.  Langley 

W.  M.  Leake 


J.  J.  Lister 

Rev  J.  H.  Lupton 

F.  Lydall 

A.  S.  Manning 

Rev  H.  E.  Mason 


Dr  H.  D.  RoUeston 
W.  N,  Roseveare 

E.  Rosher 
R.  F.  Scott 
B.  A.  Smith 
Jason  Smith 
w.  Sutton 
G  G.  Tremlett 
D.  M.  Turner 
Rev  A.  T.  WalHs 

F.  A.  H.  Walsh 
Rev  J.  T.  Ward 

G.  C.  Whiteley 


Rev  Canon  McCormick    G.  T.  Whiteley 
G.  D.  McCormick 


41 


Bishop  Pearson. 

Mj  knowledge  of  Bishop  Pearson  belongs  entirely  to  the 
time  (from  1S84  to  about  1888)  when  I  held  office  as  Bishop  of 
Sydney  and  Metropolitan  of  New  South  Wales*  and  he  was  at 
the  head  of  the  Diocese  of  Newcastle  in  that  Province.  I 
cannot  therefore  speak  of  him  with  the  fulness  of  knowledge 
which  belongs  to  those  who  had  the  priTilege  of  long  and  close 
intimacy  with  him,  especially  in  the  early  days  of  the  develop- 
ment of  mind  and  character.  But,  short  as  the  time  was,  it 
gave  me  the  opportunity  of  knowing  him  well,  both  officially 
and  personally.  I  visited  him  more  than  once  in  his  own 
diocese,  and  stayed  with  him  at  Morpeth.  He  was  one  of  my 
most  valued  colleagues  in  the  Provincial  Synod  of  New  South 
Wales,  and  in  the  General  Synod  of  the  whole  Australian 
Church.  His  character,  moreover,  was  one  which  could  not  but 
make  a  vivid  impression  at  once  on  all  with  whom  he  came  in 
contact. 

It  always  appeared  to  me  a  singularly  strong  and  well- 
balanced  character.  On  its  moral  side  there  were  in  it  a  quiet, 
earnest  force  of  resolution,  a  capacity  for  strong  affection  and 
attachment,  and  a  singular  simplicity  and  straight-forwardness 
of  disposition.  On  the  intellectual  side  it  added  to  a  true  Cam- 
bridge thoroughness  of  thought  and  study,  a  wide  intellectual 
grasp,  a  keen  perspicacity  and  discernment — tinged  by  a  grave 
humour,  which,  in  face  of  folly  and  unreality,  could  be  quietly 
sarcastic — and,  perhaps  above  all,  a  faculty  of  wise  and  impartial 
judgment.  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  add  that,  both  in  its  moral 
and  its  intellectual  aspects,  the  inspiration  of  this  strong 
character  was  in  a  firm  and  earnest  faith,  singularly  able  to  give 
a  reason  for  itself,  seeing  difficulties  and  yet  able  to  see  through 
them  in  the  light  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Of  all  those  with 
whom  I  had  to  work  in  the  Australian  Church,  there  was  none 
on  whom  we  relied  more,  as  a  **  tower  of  strength,  which  stood 
four-square  to  all  the  winds  that  blow." 

It  was  not  so  much  in  the  detailed  work  of  bis  own  diocese 


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that  I  knew  him  well,  but  rather  in  his  general  service  to  the 
Church  and  the  community  as  a  whole. 

Just  before  I  landed  in  Australia  he  had  been  carr3ring  on  a 
remarkable  controversy  with  an  infidelity  of  a  somewhat  crude 
and  blatant  type,  which  at  that  moment,  as  afterwards,  was  rife 
in  Sydney  and  elsewhere.  His  masterly  communications  on  the 
subject,  week  after  week,  were  looked  for  with  eager  interest  by 
all  classes  in  a  community,  which,  even  more  than  ours  at  home, 
is  strongly  influenced  by  the  newspaper  press.  It  is  not  too 
much  to  say  that,  by  universal  confession,  they  absolutely 
silenced  the  batteries  of  the  enemy,  and  showed  unmistakeably 
the  victorious  force  of  a  thoughtful  and  well-grounded  Christian 
faith.  I  have  sometimes  wondered  whether  they  have  been 
preserved,  and  whether  they  might  not  be  so  edited  as  to  be 
given  with  advantage  to  the  world  now. 

In  our  Synods,  again,  amidst  the  inevitable  conflicts  of 
opinion  and  party,  which  attach  to  all  strong  vitality  of  Church 
life,  men  looked  to  him,  not  in  vain,  for  that  large-minded  and 
well-considered  counsel,  which  held  its  own  line  firmly,  just 
because  it  was  marked  by  the  sympathy  and  insight  which  could 
discover  the  truth-giving  power  to  either  side  in  contradistinc- 
tion for  its  exaggerations  of  assertion  or  negation.  As  in  the 
Church  of  England  itself,  his  way  was  not  true  because  it  aimed 
at  being  the  middle  way,  but  was  the  middle  way  because  it 
sought  the  truth,  from  which  errors  naturally  diverge  on  either . 
side.  Again  and  again,  after  much  discussion  and  disputation, 
I  have  heard  him  intervene  with  some  well-judged  proposal,  in 
which  all  or  the  great  majority  concurred,  because  it  was  felt  to 
touch  the  very  essence  of  the  matter  under  consideration.  As  a 
speaker  he  was  always  most  effective,  not  by  any  rhetorical 
display,  but  by  the  strong  vein  of  thoughtfulness  and  earnest- 
ness which  ran  through  his  speeches,  lighted  up  by  flashes  of 
humour,  and  occasionally  (as  I  have  said)  by  some  touch  of 
well-deserved  sarcasm.  But  his  speaking  was  always  of  that 
higher  order,  which  attracts  attention  not  to  itself,  but  to  the 
cause  which  it  pleads. 

I  can  well  remember  the  universal  regret,  which  pervaded 
all  ranks  of  Churchmen,  when  we  heard  that,  to  the  unforgotten 
loss  of  Bishop  Moorhouse  from  Melbourne,  was  to  be  added 
the  further  loss  of  his  friend.  Bishop  Pearson,  from  Newcastle, 
lie  himself,  as  I  know,  felt  the  wrench  of  separation  from  his 


602  Obituary. 

vork   in  Australia,   and   the  affectionate  regrets,  which  were 

almost  remonstrances,  of  those  whom  he  was  to  leave  behind. 

I  have  always  thought  that  the  unexpected  break-down,  which 

laid  him  so  long  aside,  might  have  been  occasioned,  if  not 

caused,  by  the  strain  of  this  conflict  of  feeling,  added  to  the 

grave  anxiety  which  at  that  time  came  upon  him,  as  to  the 

material  sustentation  of  the  diocese  of  Newcastle.     Only  a  few 

days  before  it  he  had  been  wiih  me  in  Sydney,  preaching  at  an 

Anniversary  Service  at  our  Cathedral ;    and  I  could  not  but 

notice  a  certain  weight  of  oppression  upon  him,  although  I  was 

far,  indeed,  from  expecting  how  soon  and  how  disastrously  its 

effect  would  manifest  itself. 

I  need  not  say  what  deep  and  respectful  sympathy  followed 

bim  in  his  enforced  retirement,  both  from  Australia  and  among 

his  many  friends  in  England.     Still  less  need  I  add  how  great 

was  the  relief  and  satisfaction  with  which  we  all  hailed  the  news 

of  his  being  so  far  recovered  as  to  be  able  to  undertake  quiet 

parochial  service  at  Leake.     Only  last  year  I  had  a  letter  from 

him,  written  in  excellent  spirits  and  with  his  old  characteristic 

kindliness,  inviting  us  to  pay  him  a  visit  in  his  new  home. 

Unhappily  it  was  impossible  for  me  to  go  then ;  to  my  infinite 

regret  the  meeting  was  put  off,  never  to  be  realised  in  this 

world.     But  there  are  ties  which  death  cannot  break,  and  there 

is  a  place  of  sure  meeting,  to  which,  by  God's  mercy,  we  may 

attain. 

Alfred  Barrt. 


Rev  John  Henry  Pooley. 

The  Rev  John  Henry  Pooley  (B.A.  1825)  was  the  only  son 
of  Mr  Henry  Pooley  of  Kelvedon,  Essex,  and  was  bom 
17  October  1802;  the  father  died  when  his  son  was  about 
eighteen  years  of  age.  Mr  Pooley  was  for  a  short  time  at 
school  at  Linton  near  Cambridge,  and  had  very  unpleasant 
recollections  of  the  place.  The  last  three  years  of  his  school 
life  were  spent  at  Dedham,  then  a  flourishing  Grammar  School. 
Mr  Pooley  was  entered  as  a  sizar  at  Pembroke  Hall  on 
November  14,  1820,  but  before  coming  into  residence  he 
removed  his  name  to  the  boards  of  St  John's,  where  he  was 
entered  4  July  1821.  He  commenced  residence  in  October 
18a  I >  taking  his  degree  as  a  Senior  Optime  in  the  Mathematical 


Obituary.  6Q5 

Tripos  of  1825,  and  was  bracketed^  third,  with  the  poet  Praed,  ' 
in  the  Classical  Tripos  of  that  year.  He  was  elected  a  Fellow 
of  the  College  in  March  1826.  He  held  the  following  College 
offices:  Lector  Afaluiinus  1827,  SubUctor  sive  Moderator  1828, 
£xaminator  1829,  Lector  Mathematictis  T830.  These  were  old 
statutable  or  customary  offices,  to  whichTeach  Fellow  seems  to 
have  been  appointed  in  turn  immediately  after  his  election.  As 
the  stipends  of  such  offices  were  only  £z  annually,  we  may 
assume  that  their  duties  were  correspondingly  light.  Mr  Pooley  • 
was  ordained  in  1827  and  took  a  curacy  at  Hirdwicke,  obtaining 
the  Norrisian  Prize  in  1828  for  an  Essay  on  the  Parables. 

For  two  years  or  more  he  was  then  Tutor  in  the  family  of 
Sir  George  Rose  near  Lyndhurst,  and  had  for  his  pupils  the  late  ' 
Sir  William  Rose  (B.A.  St  John's  1830),  who  afterwards  became 
Clerk  to  the  Parliaments,  and  his  younger  brother.     The  eldest 
brothet  (afterwards  Lord  Strathnairn)  was  not  under  Pooley's 
charge.     In  1 830  he  accompanied  Mr  William  Robert  Baker 
(now  of  Bayfordbury,  Herts.)  on  a  continental  tour  of  fifleen 
months,  lasting  till  the  autumn  of  1831.     They  went  through 
Holland  and  along  the  Rhine  to  Switzerland,  then  to  Italy  and  ' 
Sicily  and  on   into   Greece.     They  had  some   miscellaneous  ' 
shooting  in  the  Campagna,  and  in  the  Mediterranean   they 
spent  a  couple  of  days  in  Sir  John  Franklin's  ship,  and  were  ' 
much  impressed  by  his  personal  characteristics  and  geniality. 

In  1832  Mr  Pooley  became  Curate  of  St  James',  Piccadilly,   ' 
and  in  the  autumn  of  1833  he  was  presented  to  the  Rectory  of 
Scotter  in  Lincolnshire  by  Dr  Herbert  Marsh,  Bishop  of  Peter- 
borough, his  institution  to  which,  in  November  1833,  vacated 
his  Fellowship  after  the  usual  *'year  of  grace." 

On  the  25  April  1840  he  married  Sarah,  youngest  daughter 
of  Mr  Ralph  Fletcher  of  The  Hollins,  Bolton-le-Moors.     With 
her  he  spent  fifty-one  years  of  happy  wedded  life.     She  died  in  ' 
May  1891.     Mr  Pooley,  surviving  her  about  four  years,  died  at  ' 
Scotter  Rectory  on  the  29  April  last,  aged  92.     His  family  of 
four  sons  and  three  daughters  all  survive  him.     At  the  time  of  ' 
his  death  he  had  been  for  many  years  the  senior  magistrate  for 
the  parts  of  Lindsey ;   he  was  also  the  senior  Prebendary  of 
Lincoln  Cathedral,  having  been  appointed  to  the  Prebend  of 
Asgardby  in  1845  ;  and  he  was  the  oldest  member  but  one  on 
the  boards  of  the  College.     We  are  able,  through  the  kindness  - 
of  a  near  relative,  to  furnish  some  reminiscences  of  Mn  Pooley.  - 


6o4  Obituary* 

While  an  undergradaate  he  occupied  rooms  on  I  First  Court, 
He  was  always  active  and  energetic,  and  naturally  something  of 
a  sportsman,  and  while  at  Cambridge  occasionally  went  for 
some  snipe  shooting  in  Quy  Fen.  He  was  also  a  cricketer  in 
the  days  when  the  bowling  was  underhand  and  the  fashion  was 
to  play  matches  in  tall  hats.  He  always  spoke  with  affection  of 
the  Master  of  his  time,  "  Jemmy  Wood,"  and  had  a  great  regard 
for  and  life-long  friendship  with  Hughes,  some  years  his  senior 
and  afterwards  Rector  of  Layham  in  Suffolk.  In  his  boyhood 
and  for  many  years  afterwards,  Pooley  used  to  pay  frequent 
visits  to  his  uncle  and  aunt,  Mr  and  Mrs  Greene  of  Lawford 
Hall,  running  over  from  Dedham  in  his  school  days ;  and  after- 
wards, while  staying  at  the  Hall,  he  used  to  pay  visits  to 
Mr  Hughes  at  Layham.  His  aunt,  Mrs  Greene  (a  sister  of  his 
mother's),  died  about  1864  at  the  age  of  97. 

During  his  undergraduate  days  the  great  speakers  at  the 
Union  were  Macaulay  the  historian  and  Praed  the  poet.  Mr 
Pooley  used  to  speak  of  Praed  as  distinctly  the  most  brilliant 
man  of  the  year,  and  in  this  opinion  Isaacson,  the  Senior 
Classic,  afterwards  Tutor  of  the  College  and  Rector  of  Fresh- 
water, quite  agreed.  Another  college  friend  was  John  Price  of 
St  John's,  third  Classic  in  1826,  familiarly  known  to  his  friends 
as  *•  Old  Price."  He  described  himself  as  **  O.P."  in  a  series  of 
most  eccentric  and  erudite  pamphlets  or  tracts  which  he  brought 
out  in  later  life  for  the  mystification  and  amusement  of  his  old 
friends  and  pupils.  Price  would  undoubtedly  have  obtained  a 
Fellowship  had  it  not  been  for  his  religious  views ;  he  was  a 
Plymouth  Brother. 

When  Mr  Pooley  went  to  Scotter  it  was  a  primitive,  out-of- 
the-way,  purely  agricultural  parish,  with  large  open  commons 
and  much  uninclosed  land.  There  was  no  school,  and  he  at 
once  applied  to  the  Treasury  on  the  3rd  March  1834,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  obtaining  /'loo,  one  of  the  earliest  of  such  grants, 
towards  the  erection  of  the  Scotter  and  Scotton  National 
Schools.  A  master's  house  was  afterwards  built  in  1846. 
Mr  Pooley  took  with  him  to  Scotter,  as  his  curate,  George 
Langshaw,  a  Fellow  of  the  College,  who  died  young  and  to 
whose  memory  there  is  a  monument  in  the  College  Chapel. 
The  villagers  long  retained  affectionate  recollections  of  Lang- 
shaw*s  work  in  the  parish,  and  of  his  wonderful  simplicity  and 
gentleness  of  character. 


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Till  long  past  middle  life  Mr  Pooley  was  active  in  his  habits. 
While  Rural  Dean  and  Diocesan  Inspector  he  paid  periodic 
visits  to  all  the  National  Schools  in  the  Deanery.  He  was 
made  a  magistrate  for  the  parts  of  Lindsey  in  1838.  As  a 
magistrate  he  was  noted  for  his  fair  and  judicial  turn  of  mind. 
His  essential  characteristics  were  kindliness  to  the  poor  and  to 
those  whom  he  considered  oppressed.  He  was  always  on  the 
side  of  mercy  except  in  the  case  of  violent  assaults.  He  never 
could  see  the  crime  of  begging,  and  was  regarded  by  all  tramps 
and  vagrants  as  their  great  friend.  And  what  was  perhaps  more 
unusual  in  a  County  Magistrate,  he  took  a  lenient  view  of 
poaching.  After  his  visits  to  Lawford  ceased  he  was  but  seldom 
absent  from  his  parish,  and  for  a  period  of  over  six  years  was 
not  away  for  a  single  Sunday.  He  was  a  clergyman  of  the  old- 
fashioned  type,  avoiding  partisanship  in  church  matters,  and 
quoting  with  approval  the  expression  of  an  old  clerical  friend 
that  "  he  had  no  views."  After  Langshaw  left  him  he  had  no 
curate  till  about  eight  years  ago,  when  his  youngest  son  Herbert 
took  the  office. 


Rkv  Charles  Thomas  Whitley. 

The  Rev  Canon  Whitley  (B.A.  1830)  died  at  Bedlington 
Vicarage,  Northumberland,  on  the  22nd  April  last,  aged  86. 
He  was  a  son  of  Mr  John  Whitley  of  Liverpool,  and  was  bom 
in  that  city  13  October  1808.  He  was  educated  at  Shrewsbury 
School  under  Dr  S.  Butler,  and  entered  St  John*s  as  a  pensioner 
in  1826.  The  late  Prof  Pritchard  was  in  the  same  year,  and  the 
anecdote  at  p.  36  oi  Annals  0/ our  School  Life  no  doubt  refers  to 
Mr  Whitley.  Mr  Whitley  was  Senior  Wrangler  in  1830,  the  first 
and  as  yet  the  only  Senior  Wrangler  from  Shrewsbury  School. 
He  was  elected  Fellow  of  the  College  in  March  1831,  and 
resided  for  a  short  time  in  Cambridge.  In  1833  he  was 
appointed  Reader  in  Natural  Philosophy  in  the  newly-founded 
University  of  Durham.  In  1834  he  published  Outlines  of  a  New 
Theory  of  Rotatory  Motion,  translated  from  the  French  of  Poinsot^ 
with  explanatory  notes  (Cambridge,  Pitt  Press).  On  1 2  October 
1836  he  married,  at  Winwick,  Frances,  youngest  daughter  of  the 
late  John  Whitley  of  Ashton-in-the-Willows,  thereby  vacating 
his  Fellowship.  He  held  various  offices  in  the  University  of 
Durham  between  the  years  1833  and  1855,  and  was  appointed 


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an  honorar}'  Canon  of  Durham  Cathedral  in  1849.  On  giving 
up  his  work  at  the  University  of  Durham  he  was  presented  by 
the  Dean  and  Chapter  to  the  Vicarage  of  Bedlington,  which  he 
held  until  his  death.  He  was  made  honorary  "QX^.  of  Durham 
in  1883,  Chaplain  to  the  fiishop  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne  in  1883, 
and  Rural  Dean  of  Bedlington  in  1884. 

His  life  thus  naturally  divides  itself  into  two  parts,  his  work 
as  a  University  official  and  as  a  parish  clergyman. 

He  was  attached  to  the  University  of  Durham  as  Tutor  from 
the  commencement  of  its  working;  though  said  to  be  somewhat 
of  a  martinet  and  every  inch  a  '*don/'  he  was  a  born  man  of 
business.  His  literary  work  consisted  chiefly  in  helping  the 
Divinity  Professor  (Dr  Jenkyns)  in  looking  over  the  "  Sermon 
Exercises  **  of  pupils  in  the  Theological  Faculty,  in  which  duty 
his  good  taste  in  English  Composition  was  very  valuable.  He 
was  also  the  right  hand  man  of  Archdeacon  Thorpe,  the  Warden, 
in  directing  the  organisation  of  the  young  University,  being 
most  clear-headed  both  as  an  executive  and  constructive  adviser 
in  all  matters  academic  and  financial.  Some  attempts,  it  is  said, 
were  made  to  induce  the  Bishop  to  make  him  a  residentiary 
Canon,  but  he  was  only  made  an  honorary  Canon  in  1849.  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  oldest  of  the  honorary  Canons 
but  one,  the  oldest  being  the  Hon  and  Rev  John  Grey,  appointed 
earlier  in  the  same  year.  At  this  period,  before  the  reduction 
in  the  number  of  Canons  from  twelve  to  six,  and  the  absorption 
of  three-fourths  of  the  Capitular  Revenues  by  the  Ecclesiastical 
Commission,  one  of  the  great  features  of  Durham  Society  was 
the  giving  of  dinners  (•*  Hospitality  Dinners")  by  the  Canons  in 
residence.  At  these  Mr  Whitley  was  in  great  request  for  his 
conversational  powers,  not  as  a  monopoliser  of  talk,  but  for  his 
faculty  of  taking  up  a  subject  started  by  others.  He  was  also  a 
keen  and  skilful  whist  player. 

His  direct  connexion  with  the  University  ceased  on  his 
appointment  in  1854  to  the  Vicarage  of  Bedlington,  then  the 
richest  of  the  Chapter  livings  and  worth  over  a  /'looo  a  year. 
Here  at  first  he  met  with  some  discouragement  and  opposition 
among  an  ever-increasing  mining  population.  From  the 
beginning  he  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  social  as  well  as  the 
religious  and  moral  concerns  of  the  people  in  whose  midst  he 
lived,  and  any  disappointments  he  may  have  felt  at  first  must 
have  been  effaced    by   his  ultimate  success.      At    one    time 


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W.  Crawford,  the  miner  and  afterwards  M.P.  (a  noted  man  in 
the  north),  was  elected  churchwarden  in  order  to  oppose 
Mr  Whitley,  but  ended  in  being  a  warm  supporter. 

Mr  Whitley  was  most  liberal  in  endowing  districts  separated 
off  from  the  main  parish.  He  was  first  made  a  member  of  the 
Bedlington  Local  Board  in  1862,  and  his  connexion  with  it 
continued  till  the  Board  was  merged  in  the  District  Council^ 
when  he  did  not  seek  election.  During  nearly  the  whole  of  this 
period  he  was  Chairman  of  the  Board.  On  one  occasion  only 
was  he  rejected.  He  was  ever  anxious  to  have  adequate  pro« 
vision  for  supplying  the  district  with  water,  and  to  his 
action  in  this  direction  he  attributed  the  temporary  want  of 
confidence  of  the  electors.  But  time  brings  its  revenges,  and  it 
was  Canon  Whitley  who  laid  the  foundation  stone  of  the  new 
Waterworks  on  11  December  1874.  After  performing  the  cere- 
mony he  was  presented  with  a  silver  trowel,  and  in  presenting  it 
Dr  James  Trotter,  a  well-known  Bedlington  resident,  said :  "  In 
that  immediate  locality,  and  beyond  the  boundaries,  Canon 
Whitley  had  taken  for  many  years  a  warm  interest  in  the  educa- 
tion of  the  young  and  rising  generation.  In  his  visits  to  the 
schools  the  fares  of  the  children  brightened  at  his  approach, 
and  betrayed  that  spontaneous  smile  which  only  children  could 
assume  towards  those  whom  they  really  loved  and  venerated. 
Lesser  children  in  the  streets  left  their  mud-pies  and  baby- 
houses,  and  toddled  towards  him  to  receive  the  genial  salutation 
and  kindly  pat  on  the  head  which  was  never  wanting.  In  short, 
the  name  of  Canon*  Whitley  in  every  home  in  the  district  was  a 
household  word,  and  was  synonymous  with  all  that  was  good, 
just,  and  benevolent." 

His  great  age  made  him  one  of  those  links  with  the  past 
always  so  interesting  to  a  later  generation.  The  school-fellow 
of  Charles  Darwin,  he  was  also  an  intimate  friend  of  the  poet 
Wordsworth,  had  sat  at  his  table  and  communed  with  him  on 
the  hills.  And  he  had  also  entertained  the  poet  under  his  own 
roof.  He  was  a  life-long  friend  of  the  late  Earl  Grey,  who  had 
a  great  opinion  of  the  Canon,  and  the  two  recluses  used  often 
to  recall  their  Cambridge  days. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the  only  surviving  original 

member  of  the  SurUes  Society  founded  in  1834.     He  was  one  of 

the  chief  promoters    of   the    establishment  of   the    Durham 

Training  College  for  Schoolmasters  (called  Bede  College),  and 

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to  the  reiy  end  of  his  life  acted  as  Treasurer  to  that  Institution, 
and  would  conie  over  to  Durham  in  all  weathers  to  attend 
meetings.  He  continued  to  the  last  to  take  an  interest  in 
mathematics,  reading  the  latest  mathematical  papers  of  Cayley 
and  H.  J.  H.  Smith.  He  was  a  first-rate  modern  linguist,  and 
for  many  years  s(>ent  his  holiday  at  Ober  Ammergau  fvsking; 
though,  strange  to  say,  it  is  recorded  that  he  never  heard  of  the 
Passion  Play.  His  death  excited  a  feeling  of  universal  regret 
throughout  the  Blyth  and  Tyne  district.  Full  of  year*  and  full 
of  honours,  esteemed  alike  by  rich  and  poor,  and  held  in 
reverence  by  men  of  all  political  connexions,  of  all  creedsy 
nationalities  and  denominations,  he  was  buried  in  the  church- 
yard of  St  Cuthbert's,  Bedlington,  on  the  xSlh  April. 


Rev  Archibald  i^NEAS  Julius. 

The  Rev  A.  ^.  Julius  (B  A.  i84e),  who  died  at  Sotrthrry 
Rectory,  Downham  Market,  on  the  4th  March  last,  aged  76,  had 
an  unusual  interesting  clerical  career.  He  was  a  son  of 
Dr  George  Julius,  Physician  to  George  !V,  whose  first  act  on 
coming  into  his  father's  estate  in  St  Kitt's  was  to  liberate  the 
slaves.  While  at  St  John's  Mr  Julius  was  a  distinguished  athlete. 
He  was  one  of  the  ^'^^  members  of  the  College  Boat  Oub  who 
took  part  in  the  first  race  for  the  Colquhoun  Sculls,  and  he 
rowed  as  No.  2  of  the  First  Boat  in  1838  and  1839. 

After  leaving  College  Mr  Julius  was  ordained  by  the  Bishop 
of  Lincoln  in  1842,  and  was  curate  at  CoUingham,  near  Newark, 
to  the  Rev  Joseph  Mayor  (Fellow  of  St  John's),  whose  daughter 
Charlotte  he  afterwards  married.  He  then  became  successively 
Curate  of  St  Martin's-in-the-Fields,  Chaplain  to  Lord  Sidmouth, 
and  Chaplain  at  Hampton  Court  Palace.  While  holding  the  latter 
position  he  had  thesingularopportunity  of  preaching  on  one  occa- 
sion before  three  Queens:  Her  present  Majesty  Queen  Victoria, 
Adelaide  the  Queen  Dowager,  and  the  Queen  of  the  Belgians. 
His  next  move  was  to  the  sole  charge  of  Great  Staughton, 
Hunts.  In  1850  Lady  Cowper,  a  relative  of  his  wife's,  presented 
him  to  the  Vicarage  of  Myland  near  Colchester.  This  living  he 
exchanged  for  ihe  Rectory  of  Southery  in  1855,  which  he  held 
for  exactly  forty  years,  his  death,  by  a  curious  coincidence, 
occuiiing  on  the  fortieth  anniversary  of  his  entering  the  living. 


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A  genial,  happy,  and  companionable  man,  a  keen  lover  of 
all  manly  sports,  he  was  just  the  man  to  command  practical 
Christianity  and  Churchmanship  to  a  rural  people  on  the 
borders  of  the  Fens.  Every  parishioner  resorted  to  him  with 
perfect  confidence  upon  all  occasions,  sure  to  find  a  sympathetic, 
wise  and  kindly  adviser  and  friend. 


John  Henry  Mkrrifield. 

Mr  John  Henry  Merrifield,  who  was  bom  18  July  1^60 
(B.A,  1884),  was  the  only  son  of  Mr  Charles  Watkins  Merrifield 
F.R.S.,  Principal  of  the  Royal  School  of  Naval  Architecture  at 
South  Kensington  (see  his  life  in  the  Dictionary  of  National 
Biography),  Soon  after  taking  his  degree  Mr  J.  H.  Merrifield 
went  out  to  Burma,  and  in  1885  accompanied  General  Cox's 
column  throughout  the  campaign  in  Upper  Burma,  receiving 
the  Burmese  medal.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  became  editor 
of  the  Mandalay  Herald  for  a  short  time,  and  then  joined  the 
stafif  of  the  Rangoon  Times,  In  1889  he  became  Headmaster  of 
St  John's  S.P.G.  College,  Rangoon,  but  held  this  oflSce  for  a 
short  time  only,  as  in  October  of  that  year  he  entered  the 
Burmese  Civil  Service  as  an  Extra  Assistant  Commissioner, 
being  posted  to  Maliwun  in  the  Mergui  district.  This  is  one  of 
the  most  unhealthy  spots  in  the  Province,  and  its  swampy 
malarial  atmosphere  had  proved  fatal  to  his  two  predecessors. 
Three  years  in  such  a  station  would  try  the  health  of  the  most 
robust,  and  Mr  Merrifield's  constitution  proved  unequal  to  the 
strain.  He  was  transferred  to  Amherst,  Moulmein,  but  early  in 
the  present  year  was  compelled  to  take  sick  leave,  leaving 
Rangoon  in  a  state  of  health  regarded  by  his  medical  adviser  as 
hopeless.  His  one  wish  was  to  reach  England  before  the  end 
came.  This,  however,  was  unfulfilled,  and  he  died  on  board 
the  steamship  •'  Cheshire  "  in  the  Suez  Canal  on  February  27th 
at  the  early  age  of  34.    He  was  buried  at  Port  Said. 


OUR  CHRONICLE. 
Easter  Term   1895. 

The  Rev  Augustus  Jessopp  D.D.,  Rector  of  Seaming,  has 
been  appointed  Honorary  Canon  of  Norwich.  This  distinction 
will  give  great  pleasure  to  Dr  Jessopp's  many  friends  in  the 
College,  as  well  as  elsewhere.  We  are  glad  to  remember  that 
the  author  of  Arcadia  and  Trials  of  a  Country  Parson  has  found 
time  to  contribute  to  the  Eagle, 

The  Rev  C.  N.  Keeling  (B.A.  1864)  has  been  appointed 
Honorary  Canon  of  Manchester. 

Mr  John  Elliott  (M.A.  1872),  late  Fellow,  has  been  elected  a 
Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society.  Mr  Elliott  was  Second  Wrangler 
and  First  Smith's  Prizeman  in  1869,  and  is  now  Meteorological 
Reporter  to  the  Government  of  India  He  has  superintended 
the  publication  of  daily  Weather  Charts  for  the  Bay  of  Bengal 
and  other  parts  of  India,  as  well  as  general  charts  for  the  whole 
Peninsula.  His  special  work  has  been  connected  with  storms 
and  cyclones  in  India  and  the  Indian  Seas.  According  to 
Nature,  May  9,  Mr  Elliott  *has  contributed  very  largely  to 
establish  the  Indian  Meteorological  Department  on  a  thoroughly 
scientific  basis,  and  to  maintain  its  high  character  and  recog* 
nised  practical  importance  to  our  great  Indian  dependence.' 

Mr  T.  T.  Groom  (B.A.  1889),  Lecturer  and  Demonstrator  at 
the  Yorkshire  College,  Leeds,  has  been  appointed  Professor  of 
Natural  History  at  the  Royal  Agricultural  College,  Cirencester. 

Mr  E.  L.  Levett  (B.A.  1870),  formerly  Fellow  of  the  College, 
has  been  elected  a  Bencher  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  in  place  of  the 
late  Earl  Selbome. 

Mr  A.  T.  Toller  (LL  B.  1880),  of  the  Middle  Temple, 
Barrister-at-Law,  has  been  appointed  Recorder  of  Leicester. 

Mr  H.  M.  Bompas  Q.C.  (Fifth  Wrangler  1858).  and  Prof. 
T.  G.  Bonney  Sc.D.,  F.R.S.,  have  been  appointed  Examiners  in 
the  University  of  London.  Mr  R.  B.  Ha>ward  F.R.S.  has  been 
appointed  an  Examiner  in  Mathematics  in  the  new  University 
of  Wales. 


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,  Mr  H.  F.  Baker,  Fellow  of  the  College,  has  been  appointed 
University  Lecturer  in  Pure  Mathematics,  in  succession  to 
Professor  A.  R.  Forsyth.  Mr  Baker  is  also  Moderator  for  thp 
ensuing  academical  year. 

Mr  A.  Harker,  Fellow  of  the  College,  has  been  appointed  an 
Assistant  on  the  Geological  Survey  of  Scotland,  and  will  inves- 
tigate the  volcanic  rocks  in  the  Island  of  Skye.  He  will  retain 
his  post  of  Demonstrator  in  Petrology  in  the  University. 

Mr  J.  B.  Mullinger  has  been  appointed  a  member,  and  Mr 
J.  R.  Tanner  Secretary,  of  the  Special  Board  for  History  and 
Archaeology.  Mr  Mullinger  is  the  new  Vice-President  of  the 
Cambridge  Archaeological  Society. 

At  a  College  meeting  held  on  June  i,  Mr  Heitland,  Mr 
Larmor,  and  Mr  Bateson  were  elected  members  of  the  College 
Council 

Mr  Ward  having  resigned  his  office  as  Tutor  at  Midsummer, 
Mr  Graves  has  been  appointed  Tutor,  with  Mr  Tanner  as  his 
assistant. 

The  College  has  presented  the  Rev  J.  Palmour  (B.A.  i860) 
to  the  Rectory  of  St  Florence,  Pembrokeshire,  vacant  by  the 
death  of  Dr  Lermit. 

Mr  H.  T.  £.  Barlow,  Junior  Dean,  has  been  nominated 
Pro-Proctor  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Mr  Henry  Lee  Warner  (B.A.  1864),  formerly  Fellow,  has 
been  nominated  by  the  College  a  Governor  of  King's  Lynn 
Grammar  School. 

Professor  A.  S.  Wilkins  Litt.D.,  of  Owen's  College,  Man- 
chester, has  been  appointed  a  Governor  of  The  Yorkshire 
College,  Leeds,  on  the  nomination  of  the  Governors  of  Sedbergh 
School. 

We  omitted  to  notice  in  our  last  number  that  Mr  H.  B. 
Stanwell  (B.A.  1884),  Assistant  Master  at  Uppingham  School, 
has  been  appointed  Head  Master  of  King  Edward's  School, 
Saffron  Walden. 

The  Rev  Frank  Dyson  (B.A.  1877),  formerly  Fellow,  and 
late  Principal  of  Liverpool  College,  has  been  offered  the  Head- 
mastership  of  Eastbourne  College,  but  was  compelled  to  decline 
the  post  owing  to  ill-health. 

Among  other  recent  scholastic  appointments  the  following 
will  be  of  interest  to  Johnians  :  Mr  E.  H.  Hensley  (B.A.  1884), 
late  Senior  Mathematical  Master  of  the  Grammar  School, 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  to  be  Head  Master  of  the  Grammar 
School,  St  Saviour's,  South wark;  and  Mr  R.  R.  Cummings 
(B.A.  1893)  ^o  ^^  ^  Master  at  Clifton  College. 


6i2  Our  Chronicle. 

Mr  8.  A.  Strong  (B.A.  1884),  has  been  appointed  by  the 
Duke  of  Devonshire  to  be  Librarian  at  Chatsworth,  in  succession 
to  the  late  Sir  James  Lacaita,  the  Italian  Senator. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  British  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science  will  be  held  at  Ipswich  on  Sept.  11. 
Principal  W.  M.  Hicks,  formerly  Fellow  of  the  College,  is  to  be 
President  of  the  Section  of  Mathematics  and  Physics ;  Mr  J.  E. 
Marr  is  Vice-President  of  the  Section  of  Geology  ;  and  Mr  A.  C. 
Seward,  Secretary  of  the  Section  of  Botany.  Professor  Liveing 
and  Dr  D  MacAlister  are  members  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

We  have  received  news  of  the  following  distinctions  accorded 
to  Johnians  in  the  Japanese  Empire  :  Ds  Masanao  Inaba  to  be 
Lord-in- Wailing  to  H.I.H.  The  Crown  Prince  of  the  Empire 
of  Great  Nippon ;  and  Ds  Michimasa  Soyeshima  to  be  a 
Gentleman-in-Waiting  at  the  same  Court. 

Ds  S.  S.  Hough  has  been  appointed  to  the  Isaac  Newton 
Studentship  in  Astronomy. 

Ds  L.  Horton-Smith,  late  Editor  of  the  Eagle^  has  been 
awarded  the  Members'  Prize  for  a  Latin  Essay.  The  subject 
was:  Ars  tragica  Sophoclea  cum  Shakespeariana  comparata.  He 
has  also  gained  the  First  Winchester  Reading  Prize.  Our 
hearty  congratulations  are  due  to  our  late  colleague  on  this 
double  success. 

Three  Scholarships  recently  awarded  on  the  Stewart  of 
Rannoch  Foundation  have  been  won  by  Johnians.  H.  A.  M. 
Parker  (Classical),  H.  M.  Adler  and  H.  L.  Pass  (Hebrew)  were 
the  successful  candidates,  the  second  Scholarship  in  Hebrew 
being  divided  between  H.  L.  Pass  and  G.  H.  Ardron,  of  Caius 
College. 

The  Leathersellers*  Company's  Scholarship,  on  the  founda- 
tion of  Mr  Robert  Rogers,  has  been  awarded  to  P.  Greeves, 
Proper  Sizar  of  the  College. 

In  the  Lent  Term  number  of  the  Chrises  College  Magazine, 
we  notice  an  article  by  Mr  E.  S.  Thompson  on  **  First  Classes," 
with  a  table  showing  the  number  of  First  Classes  taken  by 
members  of  each  college  in  the  various  Triposes,  from  1883  to 
1894  inclusive.  From  this  table  it  appears  that  Trinity  comes 
first,  with  362  "Firsts";  St  John's  second,  with  254;  followed 
by  King's  (iS3\  Christ's  (i  1 1),  and  Caius  (110).  Another  table 
shows  the  per  centage  of  First  Classes  to  Matriculation,  from 
October  1880  to  Easter  1892.  Here  King's  easily  heads  the 
list,  with  a  per  centage  of  5r-o,  though  this  pre-eminence,  as 
Mr  Thompson  notes,  is  largely  due  to  the  policy  adopted  by 
that  College  in  regard  to  admission.  Excluding  King's,  we 
find  that  Sidney  is  first  with  a  per  centage  of  23-5  (42  **  Firsts" 


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and  179  Matriculations),  but  is  closely  followed  by  St  John's, 
with  22-5  per  cent.,  Christ*s  (207),  Peterhouse  (i7'8).  Trinity 
(16-4),  and  Caius  (16-2)  follow;  the  list  is  closed  by  a  College 
which  has  amassed  the  modest  total  of  2*7  per  cent. 

We  congratulate  Mr  W.  C.  Laming  on  the  success  of  an 
English  version  of  the  Antigone^  recently  played  at  Edinburgh 
by  present  and  former  pupils  and  masters  of  the  Edinburgh 
Academy.  This  success  must  have  been  very  largely  due  to 
Mr  Laming.  We  learn  from  an  appreciative  article  on  the  play 
in  the  Academy  that  he  not  only  took  a  part  'as  Creon),  but  was 
translator,  stage-conductor,  stage-manager,  dress-designer,  and 
scene-painter. 

By  inadvertence,  we  omitted  to  state  in  the  last  Eagle  that 
the  portrait  of  the  late  Bishop  Atlay  was  reproduced  from  the 
St  James*  Budget^  by  permission  of  the  Proprietor;  the  illustration 
was  taken  from  a  photograph  by  Mr  S.  A.  Walker,  Photographer, 
230,  Regent  Street,  W. 

A  correspondent  writes  to  congratulate  the  College  on 
keeping  its  reputation  for  mathematics.  He  draws  our  atten- 
tion to  a  paragraph  in  the  March  number  of  the  Eagle^  which 
runs — "These  verses. ..  .appeared.. .  .March  loth,  1820.  As 
Professor  Kennedy  was  bom  in  1802,  he  was  at  the  time  barely 
sixteen  years  of  age."  The  Editors  apologise  to  their  readers 
for  negligence  in  proof-reading.  Professor  Kennedy  was  born 
in  1804. 

Mr  A.  Peck  over  LL.D.,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  the  County,  who 
has  recently  become  a  member  of  the  College,  has  presented 
the  Library  wiih  a  munificent  donation  of  /  100,  which  has 
been  appropriated  by  the  Library  Committee  to  the  following 
purposes:  {a)  the  completion  of  the  British  Museum  Catalogue, 
80  far  as  printed ;  {fi)  the  purchase  of  a  special  collection  of 
books  and  pamphlets,  by  Johnian  writers,  and  of  works  relating 
directly  to  the  history  of  the  College,  made  by  Mr  Bowes  (of 
the  firm  of  Macmillan  &  Bowes),  and  costing  upwards  of /'30 : 
(r)  some  rare  early  printed  editions  of  works  by  Bishop  Fisher, 
Roger  Hutchinson,  and  Dr  Fulke  (twice  Fellow  of  St  John's 
and  afterwards  Master  of  Pembroke  College).  The  British 
Museum  Catalogue  is  now  complete  down  to  Pla-^  with  the 
exception  of  Bible  \  and  of  the  letters  Q,  R,  S,  and  T.  It  will 
now,  however,  be  practicable  to  bind  the  work,  and  the  volumes, 
forty  in  number,  will  be  shortly  placed  on  the  library  shelves. 

The  Babington  Pedigree,  which  commences  with  Sir  John  de 
Babington-Parva,  Northumberland,  living  ad.  1220,  and  is 
brought  down  to  the  present  time,  has  recently  been  presented 
to  the  College  Library  by  Professor  C.  C.  Babington. 

A  memoir  of  the  late  Professor  Pritchard.  formerly  Fellow 
and  afterwards  Honorary  Fellow  of  the  College,  is  being  drawn 
up,  aud  we  are  asked  for  '*  information  of  his  Cambridge  days/^ 


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It  is  requested  that  any  pupil  of  Dr  Pritchard  or  other  person 
who  can  give  such  information,  or  can  put  the  editors  of  the 
memoir  in  the  way  of  obtaining  it,  will  kindly  communicate 
with  Miss  Ada  Pritchard,  82,  Talbot  Road,  London,  W. 

The    following    books    by   members    of   the    College   are 
announced:    Lectures  on  the  Darwinian   Theory  (D.   Nutt),  by 
the  late  A.  Milnes  Marshall  M.D.,  edited  by  F.  C.  Marshall ; 
The   Postgraduates   (EJohnson),   by  R.   H.  F. ;    Cluvienus  (E. 
Johnson),  by  H.  R.  Tottenham  M.A. ;  The  Cambridge  Natural 
History    (Macmillan\    Vol.    I. — Sponges,   by    Professor   W.  J. 
Sollas  Sc.D.  F.R.S.';    Star-fish,  etc.,  by  E.  W.  Macbride  M.A. 
Vol.  IV.,  Crustacea,  by  Professor  W.  F.  R.  Welldon  MA.  F.R.S. 
studies  in   Biblical  ArchcBology  (D.    Nutt),   by   Joseph   Jacobs 
Q.  Horatii Flacci  Epodon  Z^'^^r  (Macmillan),  by  T.  E.  Page  M.A. 
Constitutional  Antiquities  of  Sparta  and  Athens  (Sonnenschein,) 
translated  from  the  German  of  Gilbert,  bjF  E.  J.  Brooks  M.A. 
and  T.  Nicklin. 

The  following  ecclesiastical  appointments  are  announced : 

Names,  B.A,  Fntm  To  he 

Wilkins,  N.  G.  (1863}  Chap.  £ng.  Ch.,  R.  Stoarmouth 

Hanover 
Madce,  F.  T.  (1872)  R  Littleton,  Win.       R.  St  Swithin's,  Win. 

Newling,  W.  E.  (1872)  V.  Clandown,  V.  Midsomcr  Norton, 

B.  &W.  Bath 

GauBsen,  C.  £.  (1877)  Chap.  Seamen's  V.  St  Mary's,  Brighton 

Orphanage 
Keeling,  C.  N.  (1864)  (R.  Collyhurst,  Man.)  Hon.  Can.  Man.  Cathedral 

Menikin,  M.  (1882)  V.  Gt.  WUbraham,      V.  Kelstern,  Louth 

Ely 
Tomlin,  A.  G.  (1882)  C.  H.  Trinity,  Bristol  V.  Kingston,  Taunton 

Archbold,  T.  (1863)  Prin.  Norwich  Tr.        R.  Burgatc.  Suffolk 

Coll. 
Coombes,  H.  E.  H.    (1889)  C.  Christ  Ch.,  V.  Honghton,  Cumberland 

Eastbourne 
(1873)  R.  Thorpe-by-Ash-     Dio.  Insp.  Archdy.  Notts, 
bourne 


Windley,  T.  W. 

Trac)',  A.  C. 

Squires,  R.  A. 

Palmour,  J. 
Darby,  E.  G. 
Jessopp,  A. 
Gieenwood,  H.  F. 


(1873)  Formerly  R.  Staple-    R.  Gunton,  Suffolk 

ford,  Herts. 
(1870)  C.  H.  Trin.,  V.  St  Peter's,  St  Albans 

Tunbridge  Wells 
(i860)  R.  Llangwm,  StDar.  R.  St  Florence's  Pembr. 


(1859)  (V.  Billericay) 
(1848)  (R.  Seaming) 
(1888)  C.  Sheffield 


Morrison,  W.  J.         (1886)  C.  Sheffield 

Heber-Percy,  H.  V.  (1883)  R.  Moreton-Say 

Drake,  H.  (1892)  C.  Bedford,  Man. 

Ordained  Lent,  1895. 

Deacon.  Diocese, 

Kingsfoid,  R.  L.  York 


R.  Dean  Ingatestone 
Hon.  Can.  Norwich  Cath. 
V.  St  John's  Park, 

Sheffield 
Incumbent  St  Peter's, 

Sheffield 
R.  St  Columba's,  Crieff. 

N.B. 
Chap,  to  Cunie  Schools 


Parish, 
Crookcs,  Sheffield 


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Mr  Kingsford  has  had  a  year  at  Salisbury  Theological 
College  since  leaving  Cambridge.  The  College  benefice  of 
St  Florence  in  Pembrokeshire,  vacant  by  the  death  of  Dr 
Lermit,  has  been  filled  by  the  appointment  of  Mr  Palmour, 
a  member  of  the  College  who  held  an  adjacent  parish.  Mr 
Palmour  is  a  Welshman,  and  the  College  was  glad  to  be  able 
to  appoint  a  native,  although,  as  a  matter  of  fact,  St  Florence 
is  in  an  English-speaking  valley. 

Dr  Watson,  in  the  Commemoration  Sermon  in  the  College 
Chapel  on  the  Third  Sunday  after  Easter,  took  as  his  text 
St  Mark  xiii  34,  "To  each  one  his  work."  On  turning  to  a 
review  of  the  academical  year,  he  said : 

Year  by  year  the  College  wakes  up  two  important  rolls  of  its  workmen-^ 
the  roll  of  its  births  and  the  roll  of  its  deaths,  the  roll  of  those  whose  work  is 
before  them,  the  roll  of  those  whose  work  is  done. 

Speaking  of  the  latter,  he  said  : 

Some  of  them— the  greatest  of  them— give,  indeed,  our  College  fresh 
surnames.  It  is  known  henceforth  as  the  College  in  which  they  were 
educated  and,  it  may  be,  lived  and  worked.  The  College  of  Lady  Margaret 
and  of  Bishop  Fisher  is  in  this  way  famous  as  the  College  of  worthies  of  every 
generation  and  of  our  own. 

The  roll  of  our  honoured  dead  this  year  is  a  long  one,  as  the  pages  of  our 
College  Magazine  sufficiently  show.  Though  no  doubt  incomplete,  it  contains 
about  fifty  names.  At  the  head  of  the  list  comes  James  Atlay,  forty  years 
ago  Fellow  and  Tutor,  then  worthy  successor  to  Dr  Hook,  the  greatest  of  the 
Church's  parish  priests  in  our  day,  then  Bishop  of  Heieford  for  twenty-seven 
years.  We  are  told  of  him  that  he  was  too  good  a  man  of  business  to  be  a 
clergyman,  and  too  good  a  bishop  to  be  well-known  out  of  his  own  diocese. 
There  was  a  kindness,  an  earnestness,  a  geniality  about  the  man  which 
endeared  him  to  all  classes 

Next  we  have  to  lament  the  loss  of  Bishop  Pearson,  a  younger  man  of 
▼arious  gifts,  whose  life  was  not  all  bright-shining  like  Bishop  Atlay's,  but 

was  at  times  covered  with  the  deepest  gloom Speaking  from  a  personal 

knowledge,  I  can  sav  that  there  are  few  men  whose  religion  was  so  free  from 

affectation,  few  so  pious  with  such  an  eniii  e  absence  of  pietism It  is 

interesting  to  pnt  on  record  that  there  was  a  time  when  he  was  hampered  by 
physical  nervousness  and  troubled  by  intellectual  doubts 

Within  the  list  few  days  one  not  well  known  here  of  late  years,  but  well 
known  in  the  north,  has  been  taken  away  from  us.  Charles  Thomas  Whitley, 
Canon  of  Durham,  was  Senior  Wrangler  sixty-five  years  ago.    For  forty  years 

he  had  been  Vicar  of  the  large  parish  of  Bedlington For  thirty  years  he 

had  been  a  member,  generally  Chairman,  of  the  Local  Board.  Once  only  he 
was  rejected,  and  this  because  he  was  over  anxious  to  supply  the  district  with 
pure  water — an  object  he  accomplished  before  his  death.  The  name  of 
Canon  Whitley,  says  a  resident  in  Bedlington,  was  in  eveiy  home  of  the  dis- 
trict a  household  word,  and  was  synonymous  with  all  that  was  good,  just,  and 

benevolent John  Davison  M.  Mniray  mu>t  not  be  foi gotten   to-day. 

After  an  honourable  career  in  the  Universiiy  he  became,  with  Bibliop  Bicker- 
steth,  one  of  the  first  of  the  University  Missionaiies  to  Delhi.  The  death-roll 
of  that  Mission  contains  only  three  names  as  yet,  Blackett,  Sandford,  Murray. 
St.  John's  claims  them  all 

There  was  a  sudden  death — an  awefully  sudden  death — ^in  our  very  midst 
which  startled  us  all  a  few  weeks  ago.  It  has  been  said  that  it  was  not  only  a 
teacher  and  thinker  of  unusual  ability,  but  a  man  of  rate  simplicity  and  unsel- 
fishness and  uprightness,  who  has  been  taken  from  us  in  Edward  Hamilton 
Acton 

Whose  names  shall  I  add  to  the  two  earnest,  wise,  and  genial  Bishops  of 

VOL.  xvm.  4  L 


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the  Church  of  God,  the  learned  and  trusted  parish  priest,   the  witness  to 
Christ  amongst  the  heathen  by  his  life  and  his  death,  the  love  and  student  of 

nature,  teacher  of  the  things  he  loved  so  well  ? The  workmen  are  dead* 

but  the  work  goes  Qn. 

Sermons  have  been  preached  in  the  Collef^e  Chapel  during 
this  Term  by  Canon  Whitaker ;  the  Rev  W.  Bonsey,  Vicar  of 
Lancaster ;  Professor  Collins  of  King's  College,  London,  lately 
our  Lecturer  in  Church  History,  and  the  Senior  Dean;  and 
Dr  Watson  preached  the  Commemoration  Sermon  in  place  of 
Canon  Kynaston,  who  was  suddenly  prevented  by  illness  from 
fulfilling  his  engagement. 

The  list  of  Select  Preachers  before  the  University  for  the 
ensuing  academical  year  is  shorter  than  it  has  been  before  by 
reason  of  the  recent  Grace  of  the  Senate  discontinuing  Sermons 
in  the  depth  of  the  Christmas  and  Easter  Vacations.  The 
Sundays  thus  unprovided  next  year  will  be  five,  besides  those 
that  have  not  had  sermons  in  recent  years.  At  the  end  of  June 
and  August  and  in  September  non-resident  readers  may  like  to 
know  that  the  hand  of  reform  has  been  laid  also  on  the  hour  of 
the  Sermon,  but  very  lightly  ;  it  is  now  2.15.  The  members  of 
the  College  on  next  year's  list  are  not  many  in  number,  but  an 
pnusual  amount  of  preaching  is  asked  from  those  who  are  there: 
Canon  Moore  Ede,  of  Gateshead,  is  the  Hulsean  Lecturer,  and 
occupies  the  University  pulpit  on  four  Sundays,  two  in  the 
Michaelmas  and  two  in  the  Lent  Term :  the  Bishop  of  Man- 
chester has  two  Sundays  in  May ;  Canon  Whitaker  has  one  in 
March  and  also  for  Ascension  Day ;  and  Professor  Gwatkin  will 
preach  on  one  of  the  Sundays  in  Advent. 

The  Senior  Dean  is  anxious  to  form  several  sets  of  the 
Chapel  Service  papers.  This  proves  to  be  not  within  the 
compass  of  the  odd  papers  kept  by  various  College  officials,  but 
one  set  has  been  secured  complete  from  Michaelmas  1878,  with 
the  exception  of  Lent  Term  1880.  This  set  is  being  bound  (in 
a  temporary  way),  and  will  be  deposited  in  the  Library  at  once. 
Another  set  could  be  made  up  if  the  following  numbers  could 
be  found;  Michaelmas  Term  1878:  Lent  and  Easter  1879; 
Easter  and  Michaelmas  1880;  Lent  and  Easter  1881 ;  Michael- 
mas 1884;  Michaelmas  and  Easter  1885.  It  is  very  unlikely 
that  non-resident  members  possess  these,  when  residents  have 
not  kept  them ;  but  the  enquiry  is  perhaps  worth  making. 

At  a  Committee  Meeting  of  the  G.A.C.  held  on  May  17th, 
1895,  the  following  resolution  was  proposed  and  carried  unani- 
mously :-^**  That  a  vote  of  thanks  be  passed  to  the  Private 
Donors  who  have  so  generously  come  forward  and  presented 
various  sums  towards  the  liquidation  of  the  debt  on  the  G.A.C. ; 
^nd  that  a  paragraph  to  this  effect  be  inserted  in  the  EagU 
magazine,'* 


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JOHNIANA. 

I'HS  ViCARAOS,  CAPKt,   SURRET, 

January  4,  1888^ 

f>EAR  Sir, 

I  take  advantage  of  having  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  yon  manV 
years  ago  at  the  late  Mr  Bradshaw's  to  write  to  you  now  on  a  matter  whicn 
has  long  been  on  my  mind.  For  years  I  have  wished  that  there  should  be  a 
Society  formed  at  Cambridge  for  the  publication  of  the  Archived  and  His- 
torical Documents  of  the  University  and  the  several  Colleges.  It  might  bti 
something  like  the  dne  at  Oxford,  which  has  already  issued  ten  volumes,  and 
seems  to  be  going  on  very  successfully.  Could  you  not,  as  the  Camden  of 
Cambridge,  put  yourself  at  the  head  of  such  a  movement,  and  setf  ^hat  could 
be  done  towards  the  formation  of  such  a  Society  ?  Matters  of  this  kind  have 
advanced  far  beyond  what  they  were  when  the  late  Mr  Cooper  A.M.  Cant, 
catiie  to  such  an  untimely  end,  and  I  have  little  doubt  that  it  would  meet 
with  abundant  support.  Nothing  would  give  me  greater  pleasure  than  td 
become  a  subscriber.  I  could  not  speak  too  highly  of  the  way  in  which  you 
edited  Baker's  History  of  our  College.  Have  you  continued  the  list  of 
Admissions?  I  have  only  got  the  first  part.  Allow  me  to  wish  you  all 
happiness  in  the  coming  year  with  a  Cambridge  History  Society  inaugurated. 

Yours  very  truly, 

T.  R.  O'Fflahertie* 

[This  letter  to  Professor  Mayor,  to  whom  our  thanks  are  due  for  permission 
to  publish  it^  is  interesting  in  connexion  with  the  obituary  notice  of  Mr 
O'Ffiahertie  by  Canon  Jessopp.    EagU^  March  i895<} 

A  literary  man  of  some  reputation  was  recalling  in  my  presedce  yesterday 
the  incMents  of  the  breakfast  which  was  g(lven  to  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  by 
St  Tohn*s  College,  Cambridge,  in  1886.  Throughout  the  meal  he  bubbled  over 
with  delightful  pictorial  touched,  indicating  the  contrast  between  the  Britain  he 
had  visit^  fifty  years  before  and  the  Britain  of  to-day.  Then  came  a  memor- 
able speech  by  way  of  thanks,  and  the  leading  topic  of  that  speech  were  the 
hedges  and  green  turf  of  old  England,  the  appearance  of  which  li^^hts  up 
emotion  in  the  heart  of  even  the  Chicago  pork> butcher  on  his  first  experience 
of  the  old  country.  Two  ycjtrs  ago  when  travellin'g  through  Maine  and 
Massachusetts,  I  was  vividly  reminded  of  this  same  speech  by  the  appearance 
of  the  farms,  even  in  the  vicinity  of  Holmes's  beloved  Boston.  The  ram- 
shackle wooden  farm-houses  and  broken  wooden  fences  appeared  pathetic  in 
connexion  with  the  the  Aulocrat^s  exuberant  delight  in  the  verdant  British 
landscape.  Boston  Evening  News^  Oct.  9,  1894. 

[See  The  Autocrat  at  our  Breafast  Table,  Eagle,  xiv.,  p.  219]. 

University  Examinations. 
Moral  Sciences  Tripos  Part  I. 

Class  I.  Class  II, 

l>ower  (rfiV.  3)  Davey  {div,  t) 

Admitted  to  thr  Drgrre  of  LL.D. 
Frederic  Arthur  Sibley  LL.M. 

Admitted  to  the  Degree  of  M^D^ 

John  Alice  M.B.  B.C. 

i.ewis  Gladstone  Glover  M.B.  B.C« 


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Mathematical  Trifos 


Wranglefs^ 

I  Bromwich 

8  Carter 

10  Smallpiece* 

12  MaclauriB 

ij  MadacUam* 

l^  Small 

21  Cama 

23  McNdle 

25  Brock  • 

20  Schroder 


Parti. 


Part  ITr 

Class  I, 

Leathern  (Jtv.  i) 


Senior  Optinus, 


yunior  Optimes, 
64    Goulton  * 
66    Watson  • 
73     Carey* 
79    Vines  ♦ 
9X    Hadland 


Thb  Collegb  Mission  in  Walworth. 

In  the  Easter  vacation  a  goodly  number  of  members  of  the 
College  paid  visits  to  Walworth,  to  the  great  satisfaction  and 
encouragement  of  the  Missioners,  who  at  that  season  are  always 
hard  worked.  On  Easter  Monday  Mr  Godfrey  Evans  undertook 
to  provide  the  ententainment  our  friends  are  now  accustomed 
to  look  for  on  that  bank  holiday  evening.  The  programme  in- 
cluded dramatic  sketches,  songs,  and  instrumental  music,  and  was 
received  with  the  greatest  delight.  The  Service  on  the  occasion 
of  the  Johnian  Dinner  was  regarded  as  encouraging  and  brought 
several  new  visitors  into  acquaintanceship  with  the  Missioners: 
and  Mr  Bateman  was  pleased  with  the  result  of  his  suggestion 
and  efforts.  In  the  Parish  Room,  afterwards,  a  Sale  of  some  of 
the  articles  left  over  from  February  21st  took  place,  and  some 
£1^  more  was  raised.  This  was  handed  over  to  Mr  Bateman 
as  an  addition  to  the  sum  raised  by  the  sale  of  his  sermon 
in  College  Chapel  ("Seeking  the  Holy  City."  By  J.  F. 
Bateman  M.A.  Rector  of  North  and  South  Lopham,  Norfolk: 
price  sixpence,  from  Mr  Bateman  or  the  Secretaries).  These 
sums  are  be  the  nucleus  of  a  Fund  for  providing  the  Church 
with  an  Organ;  of  this  Fund  Mr  Bateman  has  kindly  taken 
charge.  The  Missioners  have,  however,  pressed  upon  us  as  the 
first  necessity  just  now  the  want  of  accommodation  for  classes 
and  clubs.  The  Committee  are,  therefore^  most  thankful  to  be 
able  once  more  to  record  that  our  need  has  awakened 
practical  sympathy.  Mr  Phillips  informs  us  that  a 
a  member  of  the  College,  "thankfully  recognizing  the  good 
work  done  by  the  Mission,  and  knowing  the  necessity  for 
additional  Buildings,  more  especially  now  that  it  seems  as  if 
the  money  necessary  for  the  support  of  the  Third  Missioner  is 
secured,"  give  /'loo  for  a  New  Building  Fund.  No  time  has 
been  lost  in  taking  the  opinion  of  an  architect  (Mr  Christian's 
son  and  successor)  as  to  what  could  best  be  done,  and  he  has 
indicated  a  plan  which  would  put  us  in    possession  of  extra 


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ftccommodation  of  the  utmost  convenience.  For  this  it  seems 
that  some  /  600  would  do  what  is  required  fairly  well.  With  this 
donation  of  jfioo,  added  to  the  /  130  for  the  Sale  of  Work, 
which  the  Committee  and  Mr  Phillips  will  probably  cordially 
agree  in  devoting  to  this  purpose,  we  should  need  besides  some 
jTjoo  or  /'4.00.  It  is  only  those  who  have  been  down  in 
Walworth,  and  have  tried  to  help  a  little,  who  can  fully  appre- 
ciate the  pleasure  with  which  both  Missioners  and  Committee 
look  forward  to  the  possibility  of  this  prospective  enlarge- 
ment of  the  opportunities  for  teaching,  recreation,  and  social 
gatherings.  We  record  also,  with  pleasure,  the  visit  of  Canon 
Whitakcr  in  April,  when  he  gave  a  lecture  on  the  Written 
Bible. 

We  hope  that  the  Lady  Margaret  Cricket  Club  will  have 
a  good  season.  Last  year  it  won  10  matches  out  of  18  and 
drew  4;  being  on  equal  terms  with  Trinity  and  Charterhouse 
Missions,  for  example.  J.  A.  Cameron  fi.A.,  M.B.,  was  a  most 
valued  member,  especially  in  the  bowling  department,  the 
honours  of  which  he  divided  with  W.  Davy,  a  resident.  Mr 
Wallis  would  be  very  glad  to  hear  of  any  Johnians  who  would 
give  the  Club  a  helping  hand :  all  members  of  the  College 
Cricket  Club  are  eligible  to  play;  indeed,  all  members  of  the 
College  whatever,  we  believe. 

The  Report  for  189+  is  just  out.  Any  members  of  the 
College  who  would  like  additional  copies  will  be  supplied  by 
any  of  the  Committee.  In  conclusion  we  must,  as  usual,  ask 
members  of  the  College  to  remember  our  old  clothes  (including 
old  athletic  costumes  and  articles) :  the  box  in  Dr  Watson's 
rooms  is  ready  for  anything  too  late  for  the  Coal  Porter's 
collection. 

Lady  Margaret  Boat  Club. 

President — Dr  Sandys.  First  Captain— W.  H.  Bonsey.  Second  Captain — 
R.  P.  Hadland.  Hen.  Sec,—K.  Y.  Bonsey.  Hon,  Ireas.^Y.  Lydall.  First 
Lent  Captali—^.  C.  Taylor.  Second  Lent  Captain— Q,  C.  Ellis.  Additional 
Captain — A.  C.  Secular. 

Magdalene  Pairs — May  9th  and  loth. 
1ST  Round.    Heat  i. 

Station  2— J.  A.  Bott  and  A.  S.  Bell,  Trinity  Hall i 

Station  I — A.  H  Finch  and  H.  M.  Bland,  3rd  Trinity   •. ..     o 

Won  by  40  yards.    Time,  8  mm.  39  sec. 

Heat  2. 

A.  J.  Davis  and  L.  H.  K.  Bushe-Fox,  L.M.B.C.,  rowed  over. 

Fined, 

Station  2  -A.  J.  Davis  and  L.  H.  K.  Bushe-Fox,  L.M.B.C.     i 
Station  i— J.  A.  Bott  and  A.  S.  Bell,  Trinity  Hall o 

The  L.M.B.C.  pair  gained  from  the  start,  and  were  two 
lengths  to  the  good  at  the  Red  Grind ;  after  this  they  rapidly 


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drew  up,  atid  wcfe  compelled  to  "easy"  to  prevent  bumping tbd 
Hall  pair,  and  were  overlapping  when  they  passed  the  post^ 
Time,  8min.  30  sec. 

Our  pair  thoroughly  deserve  their  success,  being  beautifully 
together  and  rowing  well  thoughout.  Bow  backed  stroke  up 
splendidly^  and  has  never  been  seen  to  greater  advantage.  A 
great  feature  of  the  race  was  the  magnificent  steering  of  stroke. 

Lowe  Double  Sculls, — ^There  were  only  two  entries :  A.  S. 
Bell  and  J.  A.  Bott  (Trinity  Hall)  beat  J.  R.  Branson  and  J.  F. 
Beale  (ist  Trinity)  after  an  exciting  race,  the  result  of  which 
was  in  doubt  right  tip  to  the  finish.    Time,  7  min  59  sec. 

Second  Boat, 
H.  Bentle^,  how 
2    G.  T.  M.  Evans 


First  Boat 
E.  C.  Taylor,  bow 

2  A.  C.  Scoular 

3  A.  J.  Davis 

4  F.  Lydall 

5  O.  F.  Direr 

6  R.  P.  Uadladd 

7  W.  H.  Bonsey 

R.  Y.  Bonsey,  stroke 
A.  F.  Alcock,  cox. 
Coach— l^.  H.  K.  Bushe-Foix 


3  H.  E.  Roberts 

4  P.  L.  May 
i    J.  C.  Matthews 

6  E.W.  Airy 

7  C-  C.  Ellis 

L.  H.  K.  Biishe-J*ox,  stroke 
H.  P.  Hope,  cox. 
Coach— K.  Y.  Bonsey 


A  General  Meeting  was  held  in  Lecture  Room  2  on  Monday, 
June  10,  and  the  following  ofl5cers  were  elected  for  the  October 
term : 

First  Captain— R,  Y.  Bonsey.  Second  Captain— ¥,  Lydall.  Hon.  Sec.^ 
O.  F.  Diver.  Hon.  Treasurer— ^..  C.  Scoular.  First  Lent  Captain— "E,.  C. 
Taylor.  Second  Lent  CdptaiH—V.  L.  May.  Additional  Captain^-B..  W. 
Airy. 

A  vote  of  thanks  Was  passed  to  Mr  Bushe-Boz  for  his  kind« 
ness  in  coaching  the  First  May  Boat. 

Mr  R.  H.  Forster  proposed,  and  Mf  R.  F.  Hadland  seconded, 
that  the  First  Boat  go  to  Henley,  and  that  W.  H.  Bonsey  be 
captain  and  F.  Lydall  hon  treasurer  of  the  crew. 

The  May  Racss. 

On  the  first  night  our  first  boat  bumped  First  Trinity  11. 
and  so  recovered  the  position  which  it  lost  on  the  Tuesday 
night  of  last  year.  On  Saturday  a  most  exciting  race  took 
place,  Third  Trinity  being  close  behind  First  Trinity,  while 
we  got  within  three  yards  of  Third  Trinity.  On  Monday  we 
overlapped  Third  Trinity  three  times,  but  failed  to  secure  a 
bump,  and  on  Tuesday  we  were  again  behind  them  by  three 
quartet's  of  a  length.    We  are  thus  fourth  boat  on  the  river. 

The  Second  Boat  bumped  every  night.  On  Friday  we 
bumped  Clare,  who  thus  became  sandwich  boat :  on  Saturday 
Cdius  IL  :  on  Monday  King*s  :  and  on  Tuesday  Trinity  Hall  III, 
We  have  risen  from  the  position  of  fourteenth  on  the  river, 
and  sandwich  boat  to  tenth.  If  the  First  Boat  suffered  rather 
hard  luck,  the  Second  Boat  atoned  for  it  by  its  success. 


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Cricket  Club. 

Preiidiftt—^.  R.  Tanner,  Esq.,  M.A.  Treasurer— Xs.  C.  M.  Smith,  Esq., 
M.A.  Captain— Y,  T.  S.  Moore.  Hon.  Sec—C.  D.  Robinson.  Committee — 
G.  P.  K.  Winlaw,  W.  Falcon,  J.  H.  Metcalfe,  J.  G.  McCotmick. 

We  have  had  a  successful  season,  although  Triposes  greatly 
interfered  with  the  team.  Only  on  one  or  two  occasions  have 
we  played  our  full  strength.  Colours  have  been  given  to  J.  S. 
Skrimshire,  H.  P.  Wiltshire,  J.  H.  Hayes,  G.  D.  McCormick. 

Matches. 

Played  18.    Won  4.    Lost  3.    Drawn  11. 

April  2g.  V.Pembroke.  Lost.  Pembroke  112;  St.  John's  no  (J.  G. 
McCormick  54). 

April  30.  V.  King's.  Drawn.  King's  193  (Hemingway  64),  St.  John's 
186  for  5  wickets  (C.  D.  Robinson  89). 

Afay  2.  V.  Hawks.  Lost.  Hawks  354  for  I  wicket  (Ranjitsinghji  174 
not  oat,  N.  F.  Druce  107  not  out),  St  John's  71  (Skrimshire  42). 

May  4.  V.  Clare.  Drawn.  St  John's  220  for  7  wickets  (Skrimshire  91), 
Clare  123  for  7  wickets  (Marriott  45). 

Jfay  6  dr*  7.  v,  Christ's.  Won.  Christ's  103  and  1 16,  St  John's  300  for 
9  wickets  (Skrimshire  62). 

Afay  9.  V.  Exeter,  Oxford.  Drawn.  Exeter  157,  St  John's  112  for 
6  wickets. 

Afay  II.  V.  Cains.  Drawn.  Cains  225  (Symonds  61),  St  John's  146  for 
4  wickets  (Robinson  66,  Skrimshire  51). 

Afay  13  6*  14.  v.  Jesus.  Drawn.  St  John's  370  (K.  Clarke  131,  G.  D. 
McCormick  56),  Jesus  339  (Brydone  118). 

Afay  15.  V.  Trinity.  Drawn.  St  John's  242  for  7  wickets  (Robinson  68, 
J.  G.  McCormick  41),  Trinity  212  for  8  wickets  (Gamett  63,  Peers  53). 

Afay  17  6«  18.  v.  Caius.  Drawn.  Caius  331  for  5  wickets  (Wilson  117, 
Sedgwick  104),  St  John's  261  for  8  wickets  (Skrimshire  98), 

Afay  20.    V,  King's.    Lost.    King's  193  for  9  wickets,  St  John's  159. 

Afay  21.  V.  Pembroke.  Drawn.  St  John's  197  (Clarke  87),  Pembroke 
153  for  6  wickets. 

Afay  22.    V.  Selwyn.    Won.     Selwyn  117,  St  John's  134  for  7  wickets. 

Afay  23.  V,  Trinity  Hall.  Drawn.  Trinity  Hall  205  for  8  wickets 
(Berney  77),  St  John's  197  for  4  wickets  (Clarke  68,  Moore  51). 

Afa^  25.  V.  Whitgift  Wanderers.  Won.  Whitgift  127,  St  John's  248 
for  4  wickets  (Moore  109,  Winlaw  51,  K.  Clarke  45). 

Afay  27  6*  28.  v.  Trinity.  Drawn.  St  John's  341  (Skrimshire  77), 
Trinity  471  for  9  wickets  (Studd  252). 

^'oy  29,  30,  dr*  31.  V.  Emmanuel.  Won.  St  John's  340  (Moore  143), 
Emmanuel  154  and  83. 

7une  6.  V.  Jesus.  Drawn.  Jesus  192  for  5  wickets  (Brydone  83), 
St  John's  92  for  2  wickets  (J.  G.  McConnick  34). 


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The  Eleven. 

F,  J,  S.  Moore— Vtrj  good  bat,  but,  owing  to  his  Tripos,  was  not  in  fonn  till 

end  of  season,  when  he  scored  330  runs  in  a  week.     Fair  slow  bowler. 

G,  P,  K.  Winlaw — Has  hardly  played  up  to  his  old  form  this  season ;  his 

batling,  however,  has  gained  in  power. 

C.  D.  Robinson — Has  developed  into  a  really  lirst-class  wicket-keeper ;  good 
bat,  but  apt  to  treat  bad  bowling  too  carelessly. 

W,  Falcon — Fair  bat ;  good  field,  with  a  safe  pair  of  hands. 

J,  H,  Metfolfe — Has  been  oat  of  luck  this  season  with  the  bat ;  good  and 
untiring  in  the  field. 

H.  Reeve — Has  bowled  well  at  times ;  moderate  bat ;  slow  in  the  field. 

y,  (r.  McCormick—A,  much  improved  bat,  scoring  with  more  freedom  than 
last  year ;  keen  field :  should  keep  wicket  well  with  practice. 

JT.  Clarke — Good  bat,  scoring  well  all  round  the  wicket ;  smart  ground  field; 
can  bowL 

y.  S,  Skrimshire — Hits  well,  especially  on  the  leg  side,  though  still  a  little 
shaky  in  defence ;  good  field. 

H,  P,  Wiltshire — ^Really  good  left-hand  bowler,  but  tires  rather  soon ;  should 
improve  next  year,  as  this  is  his  first  season  since  1892. 

G,  D.  McCormici—\Jse(uL  both  as  a  bowler  and  a  bat;   should  give  up 
cutting  straight  balls. 

y,  H,  Hayes — ^Very  useful  slow  bowler ;   good  bat,  and  likely  to  improve ; 
good  field. 

Batting  Averages, 

No.  of        Most  in       No.  of      Times 
Name.                           Bons.        Inning*.     Innings,  not  out.    Arenife. 
C  D.  Kobinson  345    89    8    s    57  < 

F.  J.  S    Moore 438    141    xi    x    438 

T.  S.  Skrimahrire    537    98    X4    t    41*3 

K.  Clark 473    Xji    ••— •    »4    «    363 

G.  D.  McCormick  135    56    xo  ' 4    225 

J.  G.  McCormick   3^    54    X7    x     ......    21*5 

J.  H.  Metcalfe X53    34* xo    a    X9-X 


W.  Falcon 124    55    7    o    X7  7 

J.  H.  Hayes 82    s6    8    a    x3-6 

H.  Reeve   91    35    8    o    xx3 


H.  P.  Wiluhire   31    X9    7    3    77 

*  Signifies  not  out. 

The  following  also  played:— F.  J.  Nicholls,  average  7  ;   G.  B.  Norman,  average  49; 
D.  M.  Siddique,  average  so. 

Bowling  Averages, 

Name.  Overs.      Maidens.     Knns.       Wickets.    Average. 

T.H.Hayes 127  X3  504  3*  xS7 

H.  Keeve 205  58  521  27  19-2 

G.  D.  McCormick xsi  28  459  x8  25*5 

H.P.Wiltshire 259  56  ......  779  30  25*9 

J.  H.  Hayes  played  in  the  Freshmen's  Mntch. 

F.  J.  S.  Moore,  C.  D.  Robinson,  J.  H.  Metcalfe,  and  H.  Reeve  played  in 
the  Seniors'  Match. 

C.  D.  Robinson  and  H.  P.  Wiltshire  played  for  the  Etceteras. 

F.  T.  S.  Moore,  J.  H.  Metcalfe,  J.  G.  McCormick,  J.  S.  Skiimshire,  and 
H.  P.  Wiltshire  have  received  their  Crusader  caps. 


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Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

We  expected  to  have  a  very  strong  team  this  season,  but 
owing  to  C.  O.  S.  Hatton  and  W.  H.  C.  Chevalier  not  coming 
up,  we  were  very  much  weakened. 

J.  M.  Marshall  is  a  great  acquisition,  he  has  not  been  beaten 
in  a  College  match  this  year.  We  congratulate  him  on  getting 
his  *  Grasshopper.' 

Result  of  matches.  Won  14,  lost  3,  and  several  have  been 
drawn  owing  to  wet.  The  following  have  been  given  colours : 
J.  M.  Marshall,  F.  E.  Edwardes,  A.  J.  Tait.  Also  playedjor 
the  team :  W.  P.  Boas,  A.  J.  Chotzner,  W.  Bull. 

Result  of  matches : 

Date,  Club.  Remit.  Points. 

April  26 King's    Drawn 3—3 

„  27 Caius Scratched 

„  29 Trin.  Hall  ("A"  Team)  ..Won 5—4 

„  30 Emmanuel Won B — z 

May      I Jesus  Scratched 

„        3 Selwyn  Won 6—3 

„        4 Christ's Lost 4 — 5 

„        6 Trinity  Hall  ,.Won 6—3 

„        7 Trinity* Won 6—3 

„        8 Corpus* , Won 6—3 

„        9 St  Catharine's Won 8 — I 

„  II Mayflies Won 6—3 

„  13 Peterhouse* Won 7—2 

„  15 Pembroke* Lost 3—6 

„  17 Trinity  Hall Scratched 

„  18 Caius* Won 7 — ^4 

„  20 Jesus* Scratched 

„  21 Christ's* Won 5—4 

„  23 Sidney Drawn  • 3 — I 

„  24 Pembroke Won 6—3 

„  27 Trinity    Lost 1—8 

„  28 Clare Won 6—3 

„  29 Selwyn* Scratched 

„  30 Queens'  ,,,, Won .,3 — o 

„  31 King's* Won 6—3 

yune      I Mayflies*    Scratched 

„         3 Corpus    Scratched 

„        4 Clare* Scratched 

„        6.. Emmanuel*   Won 9—0 

*  Denotes  Singles. 


Eaglbs  Lawn  Tennis  Club. 

President—Mx  R.  F.  Scott.  Treasurer—^ .  W.  Falcon.  Hon,  Sec.^ 
R.  Y.  Bonsey. 

The  following  were  elected  members  of  the  Club  on 
May  8,  1895:— E.  W.  Airy,  O.  F.  Diver,  P.  G.  Jacob,  G.  D. 
McCormick,  J.  M.  Marshall,  P.  L.  May,  S.  W.  Ncwling,  J.  F. 
Skrimshire,  and  H.  P.  Wiltshire. 

VOL.  xvni.  4M 


624  Our  Chronicle. 

Rugby  Union  Football  Club. 
At  a  General    Meeting   held    in   W.   Falcon's    rooms   on 
Tuesday,  June  4th,   the  following  oflScers    were    elected  for 
next  season : 

Captain-^,  D.  Robinson.  Ifyn.  See.—V,  G.  Jacob. 

Association  Football  Club. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  term : 

Captain— n.  Reeve.  Hon.  Sec.-^H,  P.  Wiltshire, 

General  Athletic  Club. 

Prtfident—llit  Lister.  Treasurer— lAx  H.  T.  £.  Barlow.  Hon.  Sec,— 
J.  G.  McCormick. 

A  General  Meeting  was  held  on  May  17th,  at  which  the 
subscription  to  the  Long  Vacation  G.A.C.  was  raised  to  a  guinea, 
and  an  entrance  fee  of  51.  to  non-members  of  the  G.A.C.  was 
decided  on. 

Owing  to  the  generosity  of  private  donors  and  the  patriotic 
action  of  the  Musical  Society  and  £agie  magazine,  it  is  hoped 
that  the  deficit  in  the  funds  of  the  Club  will  be  fully  paid  off 
without  a  special  appeal  to  the  members  of  the  College  in 
general. 

It  is  highly  satisfactory  to  note  that  a  much  larger  propor* 
tion  than  usual  of  the  first  )'ear  are  members  of  the  Club.  This 
result  is  largely  due  to  the  energetic  action  of  the  late  secretary 
and  R.  Y.  Bonsey  at  the  beginning  of  last  October  Term. 

Lacrosse  Club. 

Captain— W,  T.  Clements.    Hon,  Sec.—T,  F.  Brewster. 

Once  more  we  have  to  report  most  favourably  on  the  past 
season.  Colours  for  the  first  'Varsity  have  been  awarded  to 
W.  T.  Clements,  W.  K.  Wills,  A.  C.  Boyde,  W.  J.  Leigh- 
Phillips,  and  for  part  of  the  season  J.  Lupton  captained  the 
Cambridge  team.  Prest,  Gregory,  Ball,  Dearden,  and  Crawford 
received  their  second  'Varsity  caps.  College  colours  have  been 
awarded  to  J,  Lupton,  H.  L.  Gregory,  W.  K.  Wills,  W.  J. 
Leigh- Phillips  (past  colours),  and  also  to  W.  T.  Clements,  A.  C. 
Boyde,  W.  M.  Crawford,  W.  W.  Ball,  G.  A.  Dearden,  T.  F. 
Brewster,  P.  W.  G.  Sargent. 

A  match  played  against  the  Rest  of  the  'Varsity  resulted  in  a 
draw  (two  goals  all),  and  on  replaying  we  were  beaten,  but  only 
by  the  small  score  of  four  goals  to  two.  We  hope  for  great 
things  in  the  College  Cup  Competition  next  season. 

Fives  Club. 

/V«i(ir«/—MrH.R.  Tottenham.  CVe/Axi'w— L.  Horton-Smith.  Secretary-^ 
A.  B.  Maclachlan.  Treasurer— Z,  R.  McKee.  Committee— Ur  H.  T.  E. 
Barlow,  J.  Lupton,  A.  J.  Tait,  F.  E.  Edwardes. 

The  Lent  Term  notice  of  the  Fives  Club  was  unavoidably 


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omitted  in  the  last  number  of  the  Eagle.  The  record  for  the 
term  was  not  so  good  as  had  been  anticipated;  but  this  was 
only  natural,  seeing  that  the  Club  was  never  able  to  play  full 
strength,  Lupton  being  absent  from  the  team  in  all  the  matches. 
His  place  was  twice  filled  by  Edwardes,  but,  as  Edwardes  was 
on  two  occasions  prevented  from  playing,  H.  Wacher  filled  the 
vacant  place.  The  Club  played  in  all  four  matches  under  Rugby 
rules,  winning  one  and  losing  three.  At  the  Park  Street  Courts 
we  beat  Queens'  by  120  points  to  56.  and  lost  to  Christ's  by 
109  to  141 ;  we  lost  to  the  Bedford  Modem  School  by  108  to 
1 5 5  on  the  School  Courts,  and  by  88  to  no  on  our  own  courts. 
Thus  the  total  of  points  made  in  matches  during  the  Lent  tetm 
is  425  for  us,  462  against  us.  The  result  of  the  whole  season 
(f>.,  including  the  Michaelmas  term)  is  very  fair  considering 
the  disadvantages  against  which  we  had  to  contend  in  the  Lent 
term.  The  total  is  4  matches  won^  i  drawn,  4  lost :  it  should 
be  observed  that  the  balance  of  points  is  in  our  favour,  951 
having  been  scored  for  the  Club,  876  against  the  Club.  Full 
colours  were  given  to  C.  R.  McKee  and  F.  E.  Edwardes,  so 
that  the  team  was  as  follows:— L.  Horton-Smith,  J.  Lupton, 
A.  B.  Maclachlan,  C.  R.  McKee,  F.  E.  Edwardes. 

The  Tournaments  resulted  as  follows: — The  Handicap 
Singles  won  by  G.  P.  K.  Winlaw ;  the  Handicap  Doubles  won 
by  L.  Horton-Smith  and  A.  J.  Tait  (both  starting  scratch) ;  the 
Open  Doubles  won  by  K.  Clarke  and  F.  E.  Edwardes. 

At  a  meeting  held  on  June  6  the  following  were  elected 
officers  of  the  Club  for  the  ensuing  season : — President — Mr 
H.  R.  Tottenham;  Captain — A.  B.  Maclachlan;  Secretary^* 
H.  Wacher ;  Treasurer^K.  J.  Campbell ;  Committee— Ux  H.  T.  E. 
Barlow,  F.  E.  Edwardes,  J.  Lupton,  W.  Raw.  A  cordial  vote  of 
thanks  for  their  services  to  the  Club  was  accorded  by  the 
meeting  to  the  retiring  officers. 

C.  U.  R.  V. 

The  number  of  Johnians  in  the  Corps  has  more  than 
doubled  since  last  year,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  increase 
will  be  continued  by  steady  recruiting  next  October  term. 

The  Inspection  was  a  great  success,  and  the  inspecting 
officer.  Col.  Collins,  expressed  himself  as  highly  pleased  with 
the  appearance  and  efficiency  of  the  Corps. 

A  detachment  proceeded  to  Aldershot  at  the  end  of  last 
term,  and  the  Johnians  in  No  2  Company  maintained  their 
reputation  for  smartness  on  parade  and  hearty  enjoyment  of  the 
harmless  gaities  of  Aldershot  barrack-room  life. 

Musical  Societtt. 

Presi'fent — Dr  Sandys.  Treasurer —'iA.T  A.  J.  Stevens,  ffon.  Secretaty^ 
C.  P.  Keeling.  Librarian — C.  B.  Rootham.  Committee — O.  F.  Diver, 
J.  M.  Hardwich,  C.  T.  Powell,  H.  Reeve,  C.  H.  Reissmann,  A.  J.  Walker. 

On  Monday,  May  12th,  a  special  Concert  was  given  by  the 
Society  in  aid  of  the  funds  of  the  Amalgamation.     Lecture 


626  Our  Chronicle, 

Room  VI  was  crowded  and  the  Secretary  was  able  to  band  orer 
£^t  to  the  Athletic  Clnb. 

The  Annual  "Maj'  Concert  was  held  in  the  College  Hall, 
by  kind  permission  of  the  Master  and  Fellows,  on  Monday, 
June  1  oth.    llie  programme  was  as  follows : 

PROGRAMME. 
Part  I. 

1  Part  Soho "Pack  donds  away  " Jackson 

2  SoMO ''The  Dafly  Qaestioii". Htlmund 

J.  M.  Hakdwich. 

3  SoNO... "The  Promise  of  Life" Cewen 

Miss  Clajla  Butt. 

4  Piakofo&tk  Solo.. "Fantasia  in F  minor" Ckopin 

C.  P.  Keeling. 

5  soNos (g  ::sro\^.°-«"} ^"  ^' 

Miss  Kate  Covs. 

6    Song "Hybrias  the  Cretan*' EUiatt 

A.  J.  Walker. 

7.  SONO, {g::sr"Linrj"} o-^^'.^-m- 

Miss  Clara  Butt. 

8    Song "  Marching  along  " , . , .  ^Stanford 

With  Chorus. 

C.  T.  Powell. 

Paet  n. 
Cantata "  Melusin  a  " Hofmann 

The  chief  item  in  the  programme  was  the  Cantata.  "  Melusina,** 
by  J.  Hofmann.  The  work  is  well  written,  though  perhaps  too 
much  is  given  to  the  treble  voices;  the  chorus,  "Bubble  up 
brightly,"  is  most  charming,  and,  as  usual,  the  choir  boys  proved 
themselves  equal  to  the  occasion  and  sang  most  excellently. 
Miss  Kate  Cove  took  the  difficult  part  of  Melusina,  and  A.  J. 
Walker  made  an  excellent  Raymond.  It  is  perhaps  unfair  to 
criticise  a  scratch  orchestra,  but  certainly  in  one  or  two  places 
there  seemed  to  be  a  little  difference  of  opinion  between  the 
players  and  the  conductor  as  to  the  speed  at  which  certain 
passages  should  be  taken.  As  a  whole,  however,  the  perform- 
ance was  a  success,  and  the  Society  is  to  be  congratulated  on 
the  result  of  their  rehearsals  during  the  Lent  and  May  Terms. 

The  first  part  of  the  programme  was  miscellaneous  and  was 
perhaps  more  enjoyed  by  the  audience  than  the  Cantata.  Miss 
Clara  Butt  most  kindly  gave  her  services,  and  we  may  express 
the  hope  that  this,  her  first  appearance  before  a  Cambridge 
audience,  may  not  be  her  last.  Criticism  cannot  be  applied  to 
so  great  a  singer,  and  the  highest  compliment  would  be  too 
small  for  Miss  Butt.    We  can  only  express  our  deep  gratitude  to 


Our  ChrontcU,  627 

her  for  her  kindness  in  coining.  We  must  also  congratulate 
C.  B.  Rootham  on  his  two  songs,  both  full  of  melody  and 
cicceedingly  well  written.  As  last  year,  Miss  Kate  Cove*s  songs 
were  charming  and  she  responded  to  a  hearty  encore.  J.  M. 
Hardwich  surpassed  himself  in  "The  Daily  Question"  and 
sang  a  charming  song  by  Kjerulf  as  an  encore.  Last,  but  not 
least,  we  must  mention  A.  J.  Walker,  who  made  his  last  appear- 
ance as  an  undergraduate  at  a  Johnian  Concert.  We  cannot  let 
this  opportunity  pass  without  saying  how  much  the  Musical 
Society  owes  to  him  in  every  way:  we  can  only  express  the 
hope  that  his  usefulness  in  every  way  may  be  as  groat,  and  his 
influence  as  widely  felt,  elsewhere  as  it  has  been  throughout  the 
College. 

Debating  Society. 

President ^JL.  O.  P.  Taylor.  Vice-President ^"J,  M.  Marshall. 
Treasurer— J,  S.  Brycrs.  Secretary— K.  G.  Wright.  Auditor—C,  C.  Ellis, 
Committee — ^A.  J.  Campbell  and  £.  H.  Keymer. 

The  debates  during  the  term  were : — 

April  27 — "That  this  House  views  with  contempt  the  so- 
called  poetry  of  the  present  day."  Proposed  by  H.  M.  Wilkinson, 
opposed  by  T.  Butler.     Lost  by  8  votes  to  1 6. 

May  4 — **  That  this  House  has  no  confidence  in  the  present 
Government."  Proposed  by  Mr  E.  W.  MacBride,  opposed  by 
A.  P.  MacNeile.     Carried  by  17  votes  to  5. 

May  II — "That  this  House  views  with  regret  the  present 
immigration  from  the  country  into  the  towns."  Proposed  by 
H.  F.  Fullagar,  opposed  by  J.  T.  Barton.  Carried  by  10  votes 
to  4. 

May  18 — "That  this  House  considers  a  literary  education 
to  be  far  superior  to  a  scientific  one."  Proposed  by  A.  G.  Wright, 
opposed  by  J,  E.  Purvis.     Lost  by  9  votes  to  10. 

May  25 — "That  this  House  deprecates  the  luxury  of  the 
present  age  as  being  detrimental  to  the  best  interests  of  the 
country."  Proposed  by  E.  H.  Keymer,  opposed  by  A.  J. 
Campbell.     Lost  by  7  votes  to  6. 

June  I — "That  in  the  opinion  of  this  House  all  forms  of 
athletics  are  contemptible."  Proposed  by  R.  O.  P.  Taylor, 
opposed  by  C.  T.  Powell.     Lost  by  16  votes  to  i. 

The  attendance  thoughout  was  large,  especially  considering 
the  other  attractions  of  the  term.  The  debates  were  well  sus- 
tained, and  drew  out  several  new  speakers.  This  was  the  most 
desirable,  as  a  few  of  the  older  speakers  are  going  down  this 
term.  The  bitterness  of  parting  with  these  was  faced  by  the 
Society  at  the  last  debate,  and  their  pitiful  farewell  speeches 
were  heard  with  a  tearful  attention  which  left  nothing  to  be 
desired. 


628  Our  ChronicU. 

Theological  Society. 

President— ^'R.  P.  Strangeways.  Treasurer-^^,  H.  Kcymer<  Sicretary-^ 
G.  S.  Whitaker.     ComtnitUe—Q,,  A.  M.  Evans,  W.  S.  Sherwen. 

The  following  meetings  have  been  held  this  term : 

May  9  in  J.  R.  Forster's  rooms  a  paper  was  read  on 
"  Reason  and  Authority,"  by  Mr  Caldecott. 

May  24  in  C.  E.  Nutley's  rooms  a  paper  was  read  on 
•*  Evolution  in  Relation  to  Christianity,"  by  J.  E.  Purvis  B.A. 

June  5  social  meeting  in  M.  Homibrook's  rooms. 

The  Society  maintains  the  increase  of  members  which  was 
shown  last  term,  and  in  spite  of  May  term  diversions  the 
meetings  have  been  very  well  attended. 

The  two  papers  which  were  read  were  very  interesting,  and 
the  discussions  which  followed  were  for  the  most  part  well 
sustained. 

The   College   Ball. 

The  Ball  was  held  on  Tuesday  night,  and,  as  all  former  ones 
was  quite  successful.  Lyons  laid  the  floor ;  a  large  marquee 
was  put  up  in  the  Chapel  Court  and  the  garden  of  the  Lodge, 
owing  to  the  kindness  of  the  Master,  was  illuminated  with 
fairy  lamps  and  Chinese  lanterns.  The  band  of  the  Royal 
Horse  Guards  Blue,  under  the  direction  of  Mr  Charles  Godfrey 
was  in  attendance,  and  occupied  a  dais  in  the  south  oriel.  In 
spite  of  the  fact  that  no  less  than  seven  other  balls  were  held 
on  the  same  night,  the  number  of  visitors  was  larger  even  than 
before.  The  Stewards  held  a  breakfast  after  the  departure  of 
the  guests,  and  were  photographed.  The  officers  were  as 
follows : 

Stewards, 
RcY.  P.  H.  Mason,  President, 

Mr  R.  F.  Scott  Mr  J.  H.  Metcalfe 

Dr  L.  E.  Shore  „   R.  Y.  Bonsey 

Mr  F.  J.  Nicholls  „   K.  Clarke 

„   G.  p.  K.  Winlaw  „   J.  G.  McCormick 

„    W.  H.  Bonsey  „   G.  D.  McCormick 

u   R.  F.  Hadiand  „   P.  L.  May 

r!  Y.  B^'onley  }  ^^"-  '^"• 

The  Granta  (June  13),  in  an  appreciative  notice,  pays  a 
well-deserved  tribute  of  praise  to  the  admirable  management 
of  the  Ball  by  Mr  Scott  and  R.  Y.  Bonsey. 


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Phillips  (L.  B.).    The  Dictionary  of  Biographical  Reference.    New  Edition. 

8vo.     Lend.  1889.     7.5.27. 
Qar'an  (The).     Trans,   by  E.  H.  Palmer*,    a  Parts.     8vo.     Oxford,  1880. 

8.27.88,89. 
Rolls   Series:    A  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  Ancient  Deeds  in  the  Public 

Record  Office.    Vol.  II.     8vo.    Lond.  1894.    5.40. 
Letters  and  Papers,  Foreign  and  Domestic,  of  the  Reign  of  Henry  VIII. 

Arranged  and  catalogued  by  James  Gairdner  and  R.  H.  Brodie.    Vol. 

XIV.     Part  i.     8vo.    Lond.  1894.     S'- 
^—  Calendar  of  the  Close  Rolls  preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office. 

Edward  II.     1318-1323.     8vo.     Lond.  1895.     S-40- 
Sidonius  ApoUinaris.    Recens.    P.   Mohr.     Teuhner  Text,    8vo.    Lipsiae, 

1895. 
Skene  (W.  B.).     Handbook  of  certain  Acts  aflfecting  the  Universities  of 

Oxford  and  Cambridge.     8vo.     Lond.  1894.     5.27.31. 
WcUdon  Q.  E.  C).    The  Nicomachean  Ethics  of  Aristotle  translated.     8vo. 

Lond.  1892.    8.14.78. 


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Ibsen 

Crossing  the  Bar 

"Croquettes" 

Camns  et  Camenae 

William  Ernest  Henley 

An  Echo  of  W.  E.  Henley 

In  Behalf  of  Freshmen 

The  Fairies'  Song 

Si  Je  Puis  . 

Why  we  Talk     . 

Wordsworth's  Room  in  St  John's 

To  an  Ideal 

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The  College  Register  of  Admissions  (Part  II) 

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Jack,  the  King  of  Cobs           .... 

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In  the  Words  of  the  Masters                  .               .                .                . 

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The  CoUege  Register  of  Admissions  (Part  II) 

A  Lover's  "Pnyer    • 

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Told  at  Ditton 

Vain  Hopes 

The  Drowning  of  Thorgils 

Camus  et  CamiUi     . 

Some  Cigarette  Papers 

The  Poetzy  of  William  Barnes :  A  Note 

The  Relationship  between  Literature  and  Science 

Hafis        •  .  .  • 

The  Sojourn  of  Home-Clergy  in  the  Colonies 

Correspondence       •  •  • 

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The  Ven  Brongh  Maltby  M.A. 

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Notes  from  the  College  Records     ....  337 

The  MaideD  Castle  ......        347 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson  .....  350 

A  River  Idyll  ...  .  .  -373 

Illusions  Perducs  .....  376 

A  Voice  of  the  Sea  .  .  .  .381 

A  Higher  Plane  Curve    .....  382 

A  Circle   .......        382 

The    Library  at    Hawkshead    Grammar  Schooli  and  the   School. 

days  of  Wordsworth         ....  383 

Id  Suspense  ......        388 

Editorial  ......  389 

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The  Poetry  of  Thomas  Hood         .               .               .               .  431 

Nil  Desperandum    .               .               .               .               .               .  451 

TheRirer        ••....  452 

A  Missing  Manuscript            .....  453 

"XeSator  Ultra  Crepidam*'          ....  461 

A  Smooth  Cycloid  ......  462 

A  Perfectly  Rough  Sphere             ....  462 

A  Philosopher's  Voyage  Round  London  at  Night               .               •  463 

Sator  Sartorque  Sceleram               ....  468 

Mr  Pater's  Style      ......  470 

After  Paul  Verlaine         .....  483 

A  New  Prose  Translation  of  Homer      ....  484 

Correspondence               .....  489 

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The  Rey  Gerald  Thomson  Lermit  LL.D.      .                              .  492 

The  Rev  Theobald  Richard  0*Fflaherlie               .  492 

The  Right  Rev  James  Atlay  D.D.                .               .               .  495 

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CONTENTS. 

PAOX 

Notes  from  the  College  Records  (continued) 

535 

Ufe          .               .               .               .               . 

.        548 

The  Dredging  Song        .... 

551 

From  a  College  Window 

.        559 

A  Sea  Dirge     ..... 

560 

Naeoia  Pelagia       .... 

.        561 

Septentrionalia                .... 

564 

The  Helix                .... 

.       571 

A  Problem        ..... 

571 

Clnvienus:  His  Thoughts 

.        57* 

TransUtion  from  Soph.  Oed.  Col.  66&— 719  . 

576 

Footprints  of  Famoos  Men     .               .               .               . 

.        578 

The  Qmet  Life                .... 

586 

Philomela                .... 

.        587 

On  Examinations             .... 

588^ 

Rondel     ..... 

.        596 

The  Adams  Memorial  in  Westminster  Abbey 

597 

Johnian  Dinner        .... 

.        599 

Obituary: 

Bishop  Pearson         «... 

Coo 

Rev  John  Henry  Pooley 

602 

Rev  Charles  Thomas  Whitley 

.       60s 

Rev  Archibald  ^neas  Julias  . 

608 

John  Henry  Merrifield     . 

609 

Our  Chronicle  .               •               •               .               . 

610 

The  Library             •               .               .               . 

629 

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