____,1 --------�----�--------�-------------------1 11 Jl!tnga!int �uppotttb b!l �tmbtrll of �t �obn'i Qtolhgt 1�rinteb for :;bubsmlbers onl)} <!t:ambrll:Jge lE. �obn55on, t!I:tinit!l �luet l�t!nUll bl! fllttcal!e k Ql:o. 1:(mite'l:l, lRose Ql:usunt 1919 'F"olumr *iL 80 Tht Library. *Glover (T. R.). From Pericles to Philip. Svo. Loncl. 1917. 18.14.42. Ilaskins (C. H.). The Nonnans in European History. 8vo. Boston 1915. 20.5.43. Historical Society (Royal). Camdcn 3rc1 Series. Vol. XXVIII. The autobiography of Thomas Raymoncl, and memoirs of the family of Guise of Elmore, Gloucestershire. Edited by G. Davies. 4to. Land. 1917. 5.17.192. 1-lovell (M.). The Chartist Movement. Edited and completed, with a memoir, by T. F. Tout. 8vo. Manchester, 1918. 1.37.76. Kirk (Roberl). The Secret Commonwc�lh of Elves, Fauns and Fairies. A study in folk-lore and p}1'fs.£:hial research. The text by R. Kirk, ,1.0. 1691 ; the comment by Andrew Lang. (Bibliotheque de Carabas). 8vo. Land. 1893. Kirkaldy (A. W.). Industry and Finance: War expedi(;nts and recon­ struction. Being the results of inquiries arranged by the seclion of THE EAGLE. Economic Science and Statistics of the British Association during 1916 and 1917. Edited by A. W. K. 8vo. Land. [1917]. Lang (Andrew). A history of Scotland from the Homan occupation. 4 vols. (Vol. II, 3rd edition). Svo. Ec!in. 1900-1907. 5.33.12-15. Palaeontographical Society. Vol. LXX. Issued for 1916. fol. Land. 1918. 13.2.22. Pcpys (Samuel). Bibliotheca Pcpysiana. Part IT. General introcluclion by F. Siclgwick; and early printed books lo 1558, by E. Gordon DR ABBOTT'S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY. Duff. sm. 4to. Lone!. 1914. 5.33.37. Pollard (A. W.). Italian book illustrations, chiefly of the fifleenth century. Edwin Abbott Lone!. 1894. 14.12.42. " N Address was presented to the Rev. Powickc (F. M.). The loss of Normandy (1189-1204). Studies in the Fellow of the Abbott, M.A., D.D., F.B.A., Hon. history of the Angevin empire. 8vo Manchester, 1913. 20.5.44. (December 20, Public Records. Royal Commission on Public Records. 1st and 2nd College, on his eightieth birthday Reports, with appendices and minutes of evidence. 2 vols. (6 parts). be glad to see 1918). Readers of the Eagle will fol. Land. 1912-1914. reprinted in the College Sabatier (P.). Vie de S. Fran�ois cl'Assise. 43• edition revue. 8vo. Paris, this tribute to an eminent Johnian 1918. Scolland. The Historians of Scollancl. (Edited by W. F. Skene, D. Magazine. 20, 1918. Laing, &c.). 10 vols. 8vo. Edin. 1871-80. 18.4. Dece111ber -- sec Lang (Anclrew). Seebohm (F.). The Tribal System in Wales. 2nd edition. 8vo Land. DgAR DR ABBOTT, 0 we, the understgnecl, 1904. 5.34.20. On this your eightieth birthday -- Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law. 8vo. Land. 1911. 5.34.21. readers of your behalf of your old pupils, the Social England: a record of the progress of the people. Edited by H. D. desire, 011 � the opporhuu! Traill and J. S. Mann. [1/lustralcd. edition.] 6 vols. Svo. Land. your friends generally, to take books, and . 1902-1904. 5.33. , and out to you our high respect and affectwn, South Africa. Select constitutional documents illustrating South African of expressina and many others owe, history, 1795-1910. Selecled and edited by G. W. Eybcrs. 8vo. sen:e of the debt which we grateful . Land. 1918. 5.5.19. mfluence, tn to your personal guidance and Swete (H. B.), D. D. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament. Svo. Lone!. in some cases books, and in all to the [1909; reprinted] 1916. 9.34.57. others to the teaching of your --The Holy Spirit in the Ancient Church. 8vo. Land. 1912. 9.34.58. as a single-minded and ells­ -- Essays on the early history of the Church and the Ministry. By inspiration of your example various writers. Edited by H. B. Swete. 8vo. Camb. 1918. 9.3-1.5-1. interested seeker after truth. Tilley (A.). The literature of the French Renaissance. 2 vols. 8vo. Camb. endeavour on this occasion to 1904. !l.28.4-1,45. You will forgive us if we -- a� they must be, some The dawn of the French Renaissance. 8vo. Camb. 1918. S.28.46. put into words, few and inadequate Unwin (G.). Finance and tract·� under Edwarcl TII. By members of the m that debt. Manchester University History School. Edited by G. Unwin. Svo. of the many things which are included Manchester, 1918. 1.36.37. that the period of your headmastershtp We call to mind · . Wiedersheim (R.). The structure of Man : an index to his past history. tl1e C 1 ty. of m the htstory o f Translated by H. and M. Bernarcl; edited by G. B. Howes. Svo. was one of signal prospenty found necessary to provtde Land. 1895. 3 25.27. London School. It was twice G VOL. XXXIX. 82 Dr Abboll's ciglttielh Birthday. Dr Abbolt's eigliliL'i/J Birthday. 83 additional accommodation for the steadily increasing number required independent· and sometimes prolonged research ; of applicants for admission ; and your unrivalled ability and and these collateral problems have always been treated with energy as a teacher bore fruit in a long succession of the same patient scholarship as the main issue. Thus, the scholarships and other distinctions at the uni\'ersities, annotation of Bacon's E says raised the further question of forming a notable record for a school not enabled by rich their author's character, which was discussed in the two endow1�1ents to attract exceptionally gifted boys. Yoursc]( volumes on "Bacon and Essex '' and "Francis Bacon " ; the a class1cal scholar of the . finest Cambridge type, you main­ problem of miracles led to the studies of Cardinal N ewman lamed and enhanced the reputation which the school had and Thomas ;t Becket ; and the investigation of the mutual won under your predecessor as a place of classical education. relations of the Gospels yielded not a few valuable by­ At the same time it was due to your enlightened zeal as an products, among them the Johannine Vocabulary and educational reformer that the City of London School led the Grammar. i\nd here we may be permitted to offer our \\'ay among the public schools upon the completion of the monu­ . of the country in treating hearty congratulations the Engl1sh language . and Engli h literature as subjects of mental work entitled Dinlesst�rica, in which you haYe given senous study for pupils of all ages, with the result that the to the world of Biblical scholarship the final result of your example thu s et has established th�se subjects in their patient and unremitting labour for the last twenty years. proper phce as an integral and most important part of the In these volumes, learned, fair, and impartial investigation is school curriculum. The text-books you wrote have revolu­ combined with much acute and original suggestion and deep tionised the teaching of grammar and composition · the spiritual insight. They form a series of exegetical works to "English Lessons for English People, " written in collabor­ which our theological literature can hardly show a parallel, ation \\·ith the late Professor Seeley, cleared the path of and which no serious student of the problem of the Gospels many, both young and old, to an intelligent appreciation or the language of the Greek Testament can hereafter afford of the beauties of our national literature ; while the to neglect. ''Shakespearian Grammar " made possible, for the first time, In passing, may we refer to your singular good-fortune an exact study of the language of the greatest of English in having enjoyed during the performance of this task the poets, by bringing order into the apparent chaos of devoted help of a daughter who is herself an accomplished Elizabethan syntax. scholar? Not the least part of the stimulus which your pupils owe We wish to record with special gratitude that the habit of to you was the knowledge that their teacher was also studying for yourself frankly and fearlessly, and carryina the a student ; and that, while you were communicating some process of open-minded enquiry as far as it will go, has always of your own enthusiasm and admiration for great books and been conspicuous in your contributions to theology. Your great subjects, you were yourself working upon them and "Bible Lessons'' and " Parables for Children" ,,·ere the making important discoveries. To that stimulus was added outcome of your desire to make the truths of the Bible the invaluable lesson of how . to study. You brought your more intelligible and more interesting to the young, and pup1ls to apply all their powers to the investigation of the to quicken their sense of the reality of divine things. Your problem before them, whatever it might be, and not to rest many readers have been glad to find the same characteristics satisfied with the mere dictates of authority or with the purpose in 1 their in your later theological books. Whether own first and hasty conclusions. view was to reproduce the living image of Christ and his That lesson has been str . ongly reinforced by your own apostles as they walked in Galilee, or to contrast St Paul �1fe-lo� g �)racttce. \Ve recall how, again and again, your with the Stoics, or to elucidate some abstract question as mvest1gabon of one problem has disclosed others, which to the meaning of worship, or the relation of theology to 8-+ Dr A bbolt's eightieth Birthday.