culty  in  making  their  companions  believe  I  their
story.  "  Now,  that's  true,"  concluded  Jonas  Levy,
"for  I  was  there  the  same  evening,  and,  what  is
more,  stood  the  drinks  round."

It  is  almost  impossible  for  any  one  who  knew
Jonas  Levy  intimately,  to  speak  of  him  without
referring  to  his  readiness  to  assist  any  charitable
object.  Sala,  in  a  kindly  notice  of  his  death,
called  him  "the  most  generous  and  the  most
charitable  of  mankind,  but  one  who  never  let  his
left  hand  know  what  his  right  hand  did  in  the
way  of  writing  cheques  for  the  necessitous."  In
confirmation  of  this  I  may  refer  to  a  conversation
I  had  with  the  late  Henry  Lee,  the  naturalist.
Levy  at  the  time  was  in  a  weakly  condition,  and
I  made  the  remark  that  many  would  miss  him  when
he  was  called  away.  "  Yes,"  said  Lee,  "  I  always
knew  he  was  generous,  but  I  did  not  know  till
the  other  day  the  extent  of  his  generosity.  I  met
him  in  the  Strand,  and  he  told  me  he  thought  he
could  not  last  much  longer,  and  that  he  would
like  me  to  go  with  him  to  his  chambers  in  Verulam
Buildings.  When  we  got  there  he  lit  his  pipe,  and,
opening  a  drawer,  said  that  it  contained  a  lot  of
papers,  some  of  which  he  would  not  like  to  leave
behind  him,  and  he  therefore  intended  to  look
through  them  and  destroy  those  which  I  could
help  him  to  select.  These  proved  to  be  promis-
sory notes,  I.O.U.'s,  and  receipts  for  loans,  many
of  them  bearing  names  not  unfamiliar  to  the
Jiabitiies  of  Clubland.  Without  an  unkind  remark.
