I  sent  the  following  extract  from  Froude's
Oceana  to  the  Methodist  Recorder,  thinking  it  such
an  appropriate  tribute  to  my  dear  old  friend : —
"  The  person  whom  I  liked  best  was  Lady  Allen's
father,  a  beautiful  old  clergyman  of  eighty-two,
who  told  me  that  he  had  read  all  my  books ;
that  he  disapproved  deeply  of  much  that  he  found
in  them,  but  that  he  had  formed,  notwithstanding,
a  sort  of  regard  for  the  writer.  He  followed
me  into  the  hall  when  we  went  away,  and  gave
me  his  blessing.  Few  gifts  have  ever  been  be-
stowed on  me  in  this  world  which  I  have  valued
more.  Sir  Wigram  Allen,  I  regret  to  see,  is  since
dead :  the  life  and  spirits  which  were  flowing
over  so  freely  that  night,  all  now  quenched  and
silent.  He  could  not  have  had  a  better  friend
near  him  at  the  moment  of  departure  than  that
venerable  old  man."

SIR   WM.    M' ARTHUR,    K.C.M.G.
I  had  the  pleasure  and  privilege  of  Sir  Wm.
M'Arthur's  friendship  for  some  years.  It  was
through  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Boyce,  that  I
became  known  to  Mr.  M' Arthur,  as  he  then  was.
In  time  he  made  me  his  librarian,  and  this  brought
me  much  into  contact  with  him.  His  library


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was  a  very  fine  one,  not  only  for  its  contents,
but  for  the  nice  condition  the  books  were  in,
and  the  handsome  mahogany  shelves  on  which
they  rested.  He  was  particular  as  to  the  cata-
loguing, so  that  a  book  might  be  found  at  once.
