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| Abbadie, Jacques Abbot, Charles (d.1817) Abbot, Charles (1757-1829) Abbot, George (1562-1633) Abbot, George (1603-1648) Abbot, John Abbot, Maurice Abbot, Robert (1560-1617) Abbot, Robert (1588?-1662?) Abbot, William Abbott, Charles (1762-1832) Abbott, Charles Stuart Aubrey Abbott, Edwin Abbott, Lemuel (d.1776) Abbott, Lemuel (1760-1803) Abbott, Thomas Eastoe Abdy, Edward Strutt Abdy, Maria À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, William Abel (d.764) Abel, Clarke Abel, John Abel, Karl Friedrich Abell, John Abell, Thomas Abell, William Abercorn Earls of. See Hamilton ... Abercrombie, John (1726-1806) Abercrombie, John (1780-1844) Abercromby, Alexander (1745-1795) Abercromby, Alexander (1784-1853) Abercromby, David Abercromby, James Abercromby, John (d.1561?) Abercromby, John (1772-1817) Abercromby, Patrick Abercromby, Ralph Abercromby, Robert (1534-1613) Abercromby, Robert (1740-1827) Aberdeen, Earls of. See Gordon ... Abergavenny. See Neville ... Abernethy, John (1680-1740) Abernethy, John (1764-1831) Abershaw, Louis Jeremiah Abingdon, Earl of. See Bertie ... Abinger, Baron. See Scarlett ... Abington. See Habington ... Abington, Frances Abney, Thomas (1640-1722) Abney, Thomas (d.1750) Aboyne, Viscount and Earl of. See Gordon ... Abraham, Robert Abyndon, Richard de. See Richard ... Acca Accum, Friedrich Christian Achedun. See Acton ... Acherley, Roger Ackermann, Rudolph Ackland, Thomas Gilbank Acland, Christian Henrietta Caroline Acland, John (d.1613) Acland, John (fl.1753-1796) Acland, John Dyke Acland, Thomas Dyke Acland, Wroth Palmer Acontius, Jacobus Acton, Charles Januarius Edward Acton, Edward Acton, Eliza Acton, Henry Acton, John Acton, John Francis Edward Acton, Ralph Acworth, George Adair, James (d.1798) Adair, James Makittrick Adair, John Adair, Patrick Adair, Robert Adalbert (fl.700) Adalbert (fl.1160?) Adam Anglicus Adam Angligena Adam of Barking Adam of Buckfield Adam of Caithness Adam the Carthusian Adam of Domerham Adam of Evesham Adam Goddamus. See Goddam, Adam Adam de Marisco Adam Murimuthensis. See Murimuth, Adam Adam of Orlton Adam Scotus Adam of Usk Adam, Alexander Adam, Charles Adam, Frederick Adam, James Adam, Jean Adam, John Adam, Robert Adam, Thomas Adam, William (d.1748). See Adam, Robert Adam, William (1751-1839) Adam, William Patrick Adamnan Adams, Andrew Leith Adams, Clement Adams, Francis Adams, George (1698?-1768?) Adams, George (d.1773) Adams, George (1750-1795) Adams, James Adams, John (fl.1680) Adams, John (1662-1720) Adams, John (1750?-1814) Adams, John (1760?-1829) Adams, Joseph Adams, Richard (1619-1661) Adams, Richard (1626?-1698) Adams, Robert (d.1595) Adams, Robert (1791-1875) Adams, Sarah Flower Adams, Thomas (d.1620?) Adams, Thomas (fl.1612-1653) Adams, Thomas (1586-1667) Adams, Thomas (1633?-1670) Adams, Thomas (1730?-1764) Adams, William (d.1620) Adams, William (1706-1789) Adams, William (fl.1790) Adams, Sir William. See Rawson ... Adams, William (1814-1848) Adams, William (1772-1851) Adams, William Bridges Adamson, Henry Adamson, John (d.1653) Adamson, John (1787-1855) Adamson, Patrick Adamson, Thomas | Adda Addenbrooke, John Addington, Anthony Addington, Henry (1757-1844) Addington, Henry Unwin Addington, Stephen Addison, Charles Greenstreet Addison, John (fl.1538) Addison, John (1766?-1844) Addison, Joseph Addison, Lancelot Addison, Laura Addison, Thomas Addy, William Adel-. See Ethel- Adela Adelaide Adelard of Bath Adeliza (d.1066?) Adeliza of Louvain Adkins, Robert Adolph, Joseph Antony Adolphus Frederick Adolphus, John (1768-1845) Adolphus, John Leycester Adrain, Robert Adrian IV Adrian de Castello Ady, Joseph Adye, Stephen Payne Ælfgar Ælfgifu (fl.956) Ælfgifu (fl.1030) Ælfheah Ælfhere Ælfred (d.1036) Ælfred (849-901) Ælfric (d.1005) Ælfric, abbot of St. Albans Ælfric (fl.950?-1016?) Ælfric (fl.1050) Ælfric (fl.1005) Ælfric (fl.1006) Ælfric (d.1051) Ælfsige Ælfthryth (d.929) Ælfthryth (945?-1000) Ælfweard Ælfwig Ælfwine Ælla (d.514?) Ælla (d.588) Ælla (d.867) Ælnoth Ælsinus Æsc Æthel-. See Ethel- Æthelstan. See Athelstan Affleck, Edmund Affleck, Philip Agard, Arthur Agas, Radulph Agasse, James Laurent Agelnoth. See Ethelnoth. Aggas, Edward Aggas, Robert Aglio, Augustine Aglionby, Edward Aglionby, John Agnew, Andrew (1687-1771) Agnew, Andrew (1793-1849) Agnew, Patrick Alexander Vans Aguilar, Grace Agus, Benjamin Agutter, William Aickin, Francis Aickin, James Aidan (d.606) Aidan (d.651) Aikenhead, Mary Aikenhead, Thomas Aikin, Anna Letitia. See Barbauld, Anna Letitia Aikin, Arthur Aikin, Charles Rochemont Aikin, Edmund Aikin, John (1713-1780) Aikin, John (1747-1822) Aikin, Lucy Aikman, William Ailesbury, Earls of. See Bruce ... Ailmer. See Ethelmaer ... Ailred of Rievaulx. See Ethelred (1109?-1166) Ainger, Thomas Ainslie, George Robert Ainslie, Henry Ainslie, Hew Ainslie, Robert (1730?-1804) Ainslie, Robert (1766-1838) Ainslie, Whitelaw Ainsworth, Henry Ainsworth, Robert Ainsworth, William Harrison Aio Airay, Christopher Airay, Henry Aird, Thomas Airey, George Airey, Richard Aislabie, John Aitken, James Aitken, John Aitken, Robert Aitkin, John Aiton, John Aiton, William (1731-1793) Aiton, William (1760-1848) Aiton, William Townsend Akenside, Mark Akerman, John Yonge Alabaster, William Alain de Lille Alan of Beccles Alan of Lynn Alan of Tewkesbury Alan of Walsingham Alan, William. See Allen, William (1532-1594) Aland, John Fortescue Alane, Alexander See Alesius, Alexander Alasco, John See Laski, John Albany, Louisa Albany, Duke of. See Leopold George Duncan Albert Albany, Dukes of. See Stewart ... Albemarle, Dukes of. See Monck ... Albemarle, Earls of. See Keppel ... Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel Albertazzi, Emma Alberti, George William Albin, Eleazar Albin, Henry Albini, William de (d.1155-6) Albini, William de (d.1176) Albini, William de (d.1221) Albini, William de (d.1236) | Albinus Albius. See White, Thomas (1593-1676) Alchfrith Alchin, William Turner Alchmund Alcock, John (1430-1500) Alcock, John (1715-1806) Alcock, Nathan Alcock, Simon Alcock, Thomas (d.1563) Alcock, Thomas (1709-1798) Alcock, Thomas (1784-1833) Alcuin Aldam, Thomas Alday, John Aldborough, Earl of. See Stratford ... Alder, Joshua Aldersey, Laurence Alderson, Amelia. See Opie, Amelia. Alderson, Edward Hall Alderson, James Alderson, John Aldfrith Aldgyth Aldhelm Aldhun or Ealdhun Aldis, Charles (1775?–1863) Aldis, Charles James Berridge Aldred the Glossator (10th cent.) Aldred (d.1069) Aldrich, Henry Aldrich, Robert Aldridge, William Aldulf, king of Northumbria. See Eardwulf Aldulf (d.1002) Aled, Tudur Alefounder, John Alesius, Alexander Alexander I Alexander II Alexander III Alexander (d.1148) Alexander of Ashby Alexander of Canterbury Alexander of Hales Alexander, Daniel Asher Alexander, Helen Alexander, John (d.1743) Alexander, John (1736-1765) Alexander, Michael Solomon Alexander, William (1567?-1640) Alexander, William (1726-1783) Alexander, William (1767-1816) Aleyn, Charles Alf-. See Ælf-. Alfield, Thomas Alford, Henry Alford, Michael Alfred of Beverley Alfred Anglicus Alice Maud Mary Alison, Archibald (1757-1839) Alison, Archibald (1792-1867) Alison, William Pulteney Alken, Henry Alken, Samuel Allam, Andrew Allan, David Allan, George Allan, Peter (1798-1849) Allan, Peter John Allan, Robert Allan, Thomas Allan, William Allardice, Robert Barclay Allde, Edward Allde, John Alleine, Joseph Alleine, Richard Alleine, William Allen. See also Allan, Allein, Alleine, Alleyn, Allin Allen, Alexander Allen, Anthony Allen, Bennet Allen, Edmund Allen, James Baylis Allen, James C. Allen, James Mountford Allen, John (1476-1534) Allen, John (1596-1671) Allen, John (1660?-1741) Allen, John (fl.1764) Allen, John (d.1831) Allen, John (1771-1839) Allen, John (1771-1843) Allen, John (d.1855) Allen, Joseph William Allen, Ralph Allen, Thomas (1542-1632) Allen, Thomas (1608-1673) Allen, Thomas (1681-1755) Allen, Thomas (1803-1833) Allen, William (1532-1594) Allen, William (1793-1864) Allen, William (1770-1843) Allenson, John Allestree, Richard Allestry, Jacob Alley, William Alleyn, Edward Allibond, John Allibond, Peter Allibond, Richard Allies, Jabez Allin, Thomas Allingham, John Till Allison, Thomas Allix, Peter Allman, William Allom, Thomas Allott, Robert Allott, William Allsop, Thomas Almack, William Almeida, John Almon, John Alms, James Alnwick, William of Alphage. See Ælfheah Alphery, Nikephor Alsop, Anthony Alsop, Vincent Alston, Charles Alston, Edward (1595-1669) Alston, Edward Richard Alten, Charles von Altham, James Althorpe, Viscount. See Spencer, John Charles Alvanley, Baron. See Arden, Richard Pepper Alves, Robert | Alvey, Richard Alvey, Thomas Amberley, Viscount. See Russell, John (1842-1876) Ambrose, Isaac Ambrose, John Ambrose, Miss. See Palmer, Eleanor Ambrosius Aurelianus Amelia Ames, Joseph (1619-1695) Ames, Joseph (1689-1759) Ames, William (d.1662) Ames, William (1576-1633) Amesbury, Baron. See Dundas, Charles Amherst, Francis Kerril Amherst, Jeffrey Amherst, John Amherst, William Pitt Amhurst, Nicholas Ammonio, Andrea Amner, John Amner, Ralph Amner, Richard Amory, Thomas (1701-1774) Amory, Thomas (1691?-1788) Amos, Andrew Amphlett, Richard Paul Ampthill, Lord. See Russell, Odo William Leopold Amyot, Thomas Amyraut, Paul Anarawd Ancell, Samuel Ancrum, Earl of. See Kerr Anderdon, John Lavicount Anderson, Adam (1692?-1765) Anderson, Adam (d.1846) Anderson, Alexander (1582-1619?) Anderson, Alexander (d.1811) Anderson, Andrew Anderson, Anthony Anderson, Christopher Anderson, Edmund Anderson, George (fl.1740) Anderson, George (1760-1796) Anderson, George William Anderson, James (1662-1728) Anderson, James (1680?-1739) Anderson, James (1739-1808) Anderson, James (d.1809) Anderson, James (1760-1835) Anderson, James Caleb Anderson, John (1668?-1721) Anderson, John (1726-1796) Anderson, John (fl.1799) Anderson, John (d.1804) Anderson, John (fl.1816) Anderson, John (fl.1825) Anderson, John (1789-1832) Anderson, John (1795-1845) Anderson, John (1805-1855) Anderson, John Henry Anderson, Joseph Anderson, Lionel Anderson, Lucy Anderson, Patrick (1575-1624) Anderson, Patrick (fl.1618-1635) Anderson, Robert (fl.1668-1696) Anderson, Robert (1750-1830) Anderson, Robert (1770-1833) Anderson, Thomas (1832-1870) Anderson, Thomas (1819-1874) Anderson, Walter Anderson, William (d.1778) Anderson, William (1757-1837) Anderson, William (1766-1846) Anderson, William (1805-1866) Anderson, William (1799-1873) Anderton, Henry Anderton, James Anderton, Laurence André, John Andreas, Bernard Andree, John (1699?-1785) Andree, John (fl.1790) Andrew, James Andrewe, Laurence Andrewe, Thomas Andrewes, Gerrard Andrewes, Lancelot Andrews, Eusebius Andrews, George Andrews, Henry (1743-1820) Andrews, Henry C. Andrews, James Pettit Andrews, John (17th cent.) Andrews, John (1736-1809) Andrews, Miles Peter Andrews, Robert Andrews, William (fl.1656-1683) Andrews, William (1802-1880) Andrews, William Eusebius Andros, Edmund Aneurin Angas, Caleb Angas, George Fife Angas, William Henry Angel, John (fl.1555) Angel, John (d.1655) Angell, John Angelis, Peter Angelo, Domenico Angelo Malevolti. See Tremamondo Angelo, Henry. See under Tremamondo, Domenico Angelo Malevolti Angelus à Sancto Francisco Angelus, Christopher Angerstein, John Julius Angerville, Richard. See Bury, Richard de Angier, John Angiers, Paul Anglesey, first Marquis of. See Paget, Henry William Anglesey, Earls of. See Villiers ... Anglus, Thomas. See White, Thomas Angus, Earls of. Umfraville ... Douglas Angus, Lord. See Douglas ... Angus, John Anlaby, William Annaly, Baron. See Gore, John Annand, William Annandale, first Marquis of. See Johnstone, William Anne of Bohemia Anne (1456-1485) Anne (1507-1537) Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) Anne of Denmark Anne (1665-1714) |
DICTIONARY
OF
NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Abbadie — Anne
DICTIONARY
OF
NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
EDITED BY
LESLIE STEPHEN
VOL. I.
Abbadie — Anne
New York
MACMILLAN AND CO.
LONDON: SMITH, ELDER, & CO.
1885
LIST OF WRITERS
| R. A. | Professor Adamson. |
| S. A. | Sheldon Amos. |
| A. J. A. | Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot, K.C.S.I. |
| T. A. A. | T. A. Archer. |
| W. E. A. A. | W. E. A. Axon. |
| J. E. B. | J. E. Bailey, F.S.A. |
| G. F. R. B. | G. F. Russell Barker. |
| T. B. | Thomas Bayne. |
| E. I. B. | E. Ingress Bell. |
| G. V. B. | G. Vere Benson. |
| G. T. B. | G. T. Bettany. |
| W. G. B. | The Rev. Professor Blaikie, D.D. |
| J. B. | James Britten. |
| A. A. B. | Arthur Aikin Brodribb. |
| R. C. B. | R. C. Browne. |
| A. H. B. | A. H. Bullen. |
| T. H. C. | T. Hall Caine. |
| H. M. C. | H. Manners Chichester. |
| A. M. C. | Miss A. M. Clerke. |
| E. M. C. | Miss E. M. Clerke. |
| D. C. | The late Dutton Cook. |
| T. C. | Thompson Cooper, F.S.A. |
| C. H. C. | C. H. Coote. |
| J. S. C. | J. S. Cotton. |
| W. P. C. | W. P. Courtney. |
| M. C. | The Rev. Professor Creighton. |
| R. K. D. | Professor R. K. Douglas. |
| T. F. T. D. | The Rev. T. F. Thiselton Dyer. |
| F. E. | Francis Espinasse. |
| A. C. E. | A. C. Ewald. |
| W. H. F. | The Hon. and Rev. Canon Fremantle. |
| E. A. F. | Professor E. A. Freeman, D.C.L. |
| J. G. | James Gairdner. |
| R. G. | Richard Garnett, LL.D. |
| J. W.-G. | J. Westby-Gibson, LL.D. |
| J. T. G. | J. T. Gilbert, F.S.A. |
| A. G. | The Rev. Alexander Gordon. |
| E. W. G. | E. W. Gosse. |
| A. H. G. | A. H. Grant. |
| R. E. G. | R. E. Graves. |
| A. B. G. | The Rev. A. B. Grosart, LL.D. |
| R. H. | Robert Harrison. |
| T. F. H. | T. F. Henderson. |
| G. J. J. | George Jacob Holyoake. |
| J. H. | Miss Jennett Humphreys. |
| W. H. | The Rev. William Hunt. |
| B. D. J. | B. D. Jackson. |
| T. J. | Thomas Johnstone. |
| C. F. K. | C. F. Keary. |
| T. E. K. | T. E. Kebbel. |
| J. S. K. | J. S. Keltie. |
| J. K. L. | J. K. Laughton. |
| H. v. L. | Henri van Laun. |
| S. L. L. | S. L. Lee. ​ |
| S. J. L. | S. J. Low. |
| H. R. L. | The Rev. H. R. Luard, D.D. |
| G. P. M. | G. P. Macdonell. |
| J. M-l. | John Macdonell. |
| Æ. M. | Æneas Mackay, LL.D. |
| T. M. | Sir Theodore Martin, K.C.B. |
| J. M. | James Mew. |
| A. M. | Arthur Miller. |
| C. M. | W. Cosmo Monkhouse. |
| N. M. | Norman Moore, M.D. |
| J. B. M. | J. Bass Mullinger. |
| J. H. O. | The Rev. Canon Overton. |
| J. B. P. | J. Balfour Paul. |
| J. F. P. | J. F. Payne, M.D. |
| N. P. | The Rev. Nicholas Pocock. |
| E. R. | Ernest Radford. |
| J. M. R. | J. M. Rigg. |
| G. F. R. | G. F. Rodwell. |
| J. H. R. | J. H. Round. |
| L. S-t. | Lewis Sergeant. |
| E. S. | Edward Smith. |
| W. B. S. | W. Barclay Squire. |
| C. E. S. | Miss Stephen. |
| L. S. | Leslie Stephen. |
| H. M. S. | H. M. Stephens. |
| H. R. T. | H. R. Tedder. |
| E. M. T. | E. Maunde Thompson. |
| W. H. T. | W. H. Tregellas. |
| E. V. | The Rev. Canon Venables. |
| A. W. W. | Professor A. W. Ward, LL.D. |
| G. F. W. | G. F. Warner. |
| H. T. W. | H. Trueman Wood. |
| W. W. | Warwick Wroth. |
DINNER TO MR. GEORGE SMITH.
[From the reports of the Times, Standard, Daily News, and Daily Chronicle of June 7, 1894.]
A complimentary dinner to Mr. George Smith was given by the contributors to the "Dictionary of National Biography" at the Westminster Palace Hotel on June 6th. Mr. Sidney Lee (the Editor) presided, and the following gentlemen were present:—Mr. Leslie Stephen, Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice, the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster, Mr. Justice Mathew, Sir Theodore Martin, K.C.B., Sir William Flower, K.C.B., the Rev. Augustus Jessopp, D.D., Mr. E. Maunde Thompson, C.B., D.C.L., Sir Alexander Arbuthnot, K.C.S.I., Major Leonard Darwin, R.E., M.P., Dr. Norman Moore, Mr. John Murray, Mr. T. Humphry Ward, the President of C. C. C., Oxford, Mr. Sidney Colvin, Professor Ingram Bywater, Mr. R. C. Christie, the Rev. William Hunt, Mr. George Murray Smith, the Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, Mr. Austin Dobson, the Rev. Professor Bonney, F.R.S., Mr. G. A. Spottiswoode, Mr. Frederick Macmillan, Mr. George Aitchison, A.R.A., Mr. Joseph Knight, F.S.A., Dr. J. F. Payne, Sir Henry Trueman Wood, Mr. Oscar Browning, Professor J. K. Laughton, Mr. Alex. Murray Smith, Mr. A. F. Pollard, Mr. W. P. Courtney, Mr. Lionel Gust, F.S.A., Mr. Thompson Cooper, F.S.A., Mr. R. E. Graves, Mr. David Hannay, Mr. A. H. Bullen, Mr. G. Farwell Jones, Mr. C. L. Kingsford, Mr. G. P. Moriarty, Professor R. K. Douglas, Mr. J. A. Doyle, Mr. Arthur John Butler, the Rev. O. W. Tancock, Mr. Henry Norman, Mr. H. E. Murray, Mr. J. Aitchison, Mr. A. L. Hardy, Professor William Graham, Mr. W. A. S. Hewins, Mr. R Barry O'Brien, Mr. W. A. J. Archbold, Mr. A. F. Robbins, Mr. Arthur Cates, Mr. B. Daydon Jackson, Professor G. B, Howes, Mr, G. C. Boase, Mr, ​Robert Dunlop, Dr. Richard Garnett, Mr. J. G. Fitch, LL.D., Mr. Edmund Gosse, Mr. Cosmo Monkhouse, Mr. Walter Armstrong, Mr. F. T. Marzials, Mr. H. Yates Thompson, Mr. James Gairdner, Professor T. F. Tout, Mr. Francis Storr, Mr. Sidney Low, Mr. Reginald J. Smith, Mr. Gerald Duckworth, Mr. Harry J. C. Cust, M.P., Mr. Charles Kent, Dr.Hack Tuke, Mr. G. F. Warner, Mr. Henry Bradley, Mr. G. S. Boulger, Mr. D'Arcy Power, F.R.C.J.S., Mr. J. Bass Mullinger, Mr. Edward J. L. Scott, Mr. Norman MacColl, Mr. Charles Welch, F.S.A., Mr. G. A. Aitken, Mr. Walter Rye, Mr. F. M. O'Donoghue, Colonel Lluellyn, Mr. R. B. Prosser, the Rer. A. B. Buckland, Mr. A. Vian, Mr. William Carr, the Rev. J. H. Lupton, B.D., Mr. J. P. Anderson, Mr. A. E. J. Legge, Mr. E. Heron Allen, Mr. G. Thorn Drury, the Rev. Ronald Bayne, Mr. J. M. Rigg, Mr. Russell Spokes, Mr. C. T. Hagberg Wright, Colonel Vetch, R.E., the Rev. Prebendary Stephens, Colonel E. M. Loyd, R.E., Mr. R. C. Browne, Rev. C. H. Evelyn White, Mr. H. Frank Heath, Mr. James Tait, Mr. Alfred Cock, Q.C., Mr. A. H. Huth, Mr. John Macdonell, LL.D., Mr. C. G. Montefiore, the Rev. H. C. Beeching, Major Broadfoot, Mr. R. F. Scott, and Mr. Henry R. Tedder and Mr. Thomas Seccombe (Hon. Secretaries to the Organising Committee).
Among those contributors who sent letters of regret were Mr. James Bryce, M.P., the Bishop of Peterborough, Professor R. C. Jebb, M.P., Principal Ward (Owens College, Manchester), Canon Ainger, Mr. C. H. Firth, Mr. Henry Craik, C.B., Mr. George Jacob Holyoake, Mr. S. Rawson Gardiner, the Rev. Alexander Gordon, the Rev. W. H. Hutton, B.D., Mr. C. W. Sutton, Mr. Thomas Bayne, Mr. Richard Bagwell, Professor J. W. Hales, and Mr. Thomas Hodgkin, D.C.L. The Bishop of Peterborough wrote to the Chairman: "I need hardly say to you that I think Mr. Smith has been the greatest benefactor to English literature in our generation, and the future will increasingly reap the harvest of his enterprise."
After the health of the Queen had been duly honoured, Mr. Sidney Lee said: I have now to propose to you the toast of the evening. I need not tell you what you know already, that there are many better qualified for this honourable task than I. But however great may be my misgivings respecting my oratorical capacity, I can have none respecting the reception with which the toast of Mr. George Smith's health will meet in such an assembly as this. (Cheers.) At any rate I have had the advantage of reading the correspondence that has passed between yourselves and our secretaries; I know the sentiments that have drawn you hither, and I can speak of them with confidence. In my ordinary way of life I am no lover of heroics, as some of you may say you know to your cost—(laughter)—and it has occurred to me that I should be meting out to Mr. Smith the strictest justice were I to clothe my remarks in the Spartan simplicity of a dictionary article. ​got halfway across the field, even if one resigned it into such good hands as those of his successor. It was some consolation to feel that the team he had driven—if he might use so uncomplimentary a phrase (laughter)—might look back with no feelings of indignation to their driver. (Applause.) At the same time, he felt as if he were coming back as a ghost to hear his own funeral sermon, and he fancied that most ghosts, under these circumstances, would feel that the praises bestowed upon them, however sincere and kindly they might be, were rather more like a satire; that they represented much more what ought to have been achieved than what was actually done. But, incomplete as such work necessarily was—and everybody who had tried his hand at it must know that the best that could be done was only relatively good, and only an approximation of what such a work should be—he was contented to have done it, and he did not regret all the years of trouble that he had spent upon it. However, he did not wish to dwell more upon that. He would be content with a very simple epitaph:—
Affliction sore long time I bore; Physicians were in vain; Till I committed suicide, And eased me of my pain.
He had died as an editor, and, unfortunately for some people, though happily for himself, he was still living in the ordinary sense of the word, and his great object at present was to live past the letter S—(laughter)—so that at any rate his friend Mr. Lee might not be troubled by the torture he foresaw he would undergo between his desire to speak kindly of an old friend and his stern sense of editorial justice. (Laughter.) He might mention as a little bit of autobiography that he came up to London thirty years ago, cast upon the inhospitable shores of literature from a far more respectable profession, and became connected with a journal of which Mr. Smith was the projector, so that when he began his work on the Dictionary he knew Mr. Smith well, and he believed they had perfect confidence in each other. To him that confidence was of the highest possible importance, as he could never have got through the work so far as he did if he had not known Mr. Smith was prepared to give him a perfectly free hand to let him save the ship, and to do everything that was necessary, not with a view to commercial profit, but to make it what they announced their intention of making it at the outset, an indispensable work for all serious students of English history and literature. (Applause.) It was impossible for any man to be better backed up than he was in the undertaking. That was simply one more case of what he believed to be a very general truth—that the relations between author and publisher, though no doubt unpleasant when the publisher was a rogue and the ​author a humbug—(laughter)— might, when honourable men met together, be productive of a lifelong friendship on both sides, which they would always rejoice to remember. He would, therefore, put his conclusions in a technical form appropriate to that evening, and would say that when the supplement came to be written it would be essential to put to "Leslie Stephen" a cross-reference "See George Smith," and in the article "George Smith" there would be a little reference to " Stephen Leslie." (Applause and laughter.)
The Chairman, in proposing "The Contributors," doubted whether any University in the Kingdom could produce, at short notice, a body of men equal in learning to those who contributed to the pages of the Dictionary. Their one object was to facilitate the progress of the work and to maintain its high character.
Dr. Jessopp, in acknowledging the toast, said that the time would come when even the last volume of the Dictionary would be written, and posterity would read with interest some account of the men who had been mainly responsible for the work.
Colonel Vetch also responded.
"Occasional Contributors," proposed by Dr. Norman Moore, and acknowledged by Mr. Justice Mathew and Mr. Sidney Colvin; and "The Editor of the Dictionary," proposed by Mr. Leslie Stephen, and acknowledged by the Chairman, were the other toasts.
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