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No. CLXXXXII. JUNE, 1898. VOL XVIII.

* SHERBORNE SCHOOL BEFORE, UNDER AND

AFTER EDWARD VI.

By A. F. LEACH, F.S.A.

.1JllR. LEACH, so well known as the author of that excellent61fl volume, the' English Schools at the Reformation' has

produced a very interesting paper on the.subject whi<1his so near to the hearts of all true Shirburnians. It is veryamusing' in some places and shows the most thoroughacquaintance with his subject, though his knowledge ischiefly derived from the learned history of Sherborne byMr. Wlldman. This debt however is fully acknowledged byMr. Leach; he pronounces lIIr. Wildman'swork to be a' modelof what such a history should be,' and admits that he has beenindebted to Mr. Wildman for' help of every kind.' A curiousfeature in Mr. Leach's paper is that we notice his opinion ofmonks may be expressed in a maxim, the reverse of whichwas held by many persons, about kings in the XVII. century,and this maxim is-' the Monk can do no Right.' We willquote only a few lines which will perhaps show the feelings

'" Reprinted from the Archaeological Journal, March, 1898.

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of the author on the subject :-' Monks did not even, likethe friars, endeavour to do good or harm, by going aboutamong the people preaching and teaching, granting pardonsand indulgences, and exhibiting relics. They stayed, orought to have stayed, in their cloister praying and praising,and cultivating their own souls. From all accounts theycultivated their own skins a good deal more; and if they didleave their cloisters it was never for the religious benefit ofthe people.'

But the most important fact that Mr. Leach has broughtto light is one that must affect old Shirburnians very deeply.This he states in the following words :-' it must not beassumed that the School ceased in 1539, or that it wasmaterially affected by the dissolution of the monastery; thecircumstances rather point the other way.' Mr. Wildman inhis history assumed that in 1539, at the dissolution of themonastery, the School also ceased. But this is, taking tIlewhole evidence such as it is, probably not the case. The'Schoolmaster was a secular person living outside the Abbey,and not paid by the Abbey, and so he probably supportedhimself upon his tuition fees. It is probable that underthese circumstances that, even had the Schoolhouse beentaken away from him, he would have extemporisedsome residence in which to continue his scholastic labours.But it is not even certain that he was deprived of theSchoolhouse. It i,s very gratifying to us to learn that sohigh an authori(y as Mr. Leach takes up this position.We have always felt it a pity that there should h'ave beenthat break oieleven years in the history of the School, andnow we are gl:atified to learn that it is possible our School hasexisted in u'nbroken continuity for over twelve hundred years.Truly this is something to be proud of, and we ought to bevery grateful to' Mr.-Leach for pointin'g it Qut to Uf?,

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One of the reasons why Mr. Leach takes up thi~

position is, as we have already pointed out, the fact that theSchoolhouse master was not a monk, but a secular clerk.To prove this there are several records, but the most interest­ing one is that in the Abbey in one of the miserere stalls,which has already been referred to in the pages of thispublication. Here is Mr. Leach's amusing account of it.

'.This carving shows a schoolmaster, a plagosus Orbilius inthe act of exercising what the straiter sect, especially themonks, regarded as the chief function and prerogative of ateacher. The victim . . is stretched across the oper­ator's knee, one hand still clutching his book, showing thathe is being chastised not for misconduct, but for some mis­take or so-called stupidity, and the master, with upliftedarm, is about to bring a mighty birch down on the sacredspot prepared for it . One is pleased to think that insuch a position the weapon can get but a limited sweep, andthat its end cannot curl round with the peculiarly stingingunfairness of more modern methods. Two other boys, oneon each side, peruse their books with affected stlldiousness,looking out of the corners of their Qyes the while with a notill pleased grin at the misfortune of their schoolfellow.It will be seen that the master is not a monk with his cowl,but a secular, with a round cap or birettus on his head.'We should advise all our readers to take the earliest oppor­tunity of observing this interesting and tragic scene, if theyhave not already done so.

On four or five points Mr. Leach comes into conflictwith Mr. Wildman, but on the whole we think that the latterhas the advantage. Mr. Leach's knowledge of the PublicSchools as a whole is probably superior to that of any manliving, but the same remark may be applied to Mr. Wildman's

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special knowledge of Sherborne. There is no one who hasapproached J\fr. Wildman in the amount of information whichhe has been able to bring before us with regard to the School,and though certainly Mr. Leach seems to have made clearone or two points we think that the honours rest chiefly withour own writer.

This article has been some what disconnected and there­fore we will make it even more so by ending with the wordswith which Mr. Leach begins his paper, which very welldescribes in brief space what is interesting in our School.­, Sherborne, Dorset,' he writes, ' is a place of great interestto the historian and the antiquary, not only for its castlewith memories of the great Bishop Roger its builder, andthe greater Sir Waiter Raleigh, from whom James 1. "munhave it for Carr," for its abbey, tracing its origin back tothe dim days of the Saxon Aldhelm; for its almshouse, witha magnificent charter of Henry VI, and an existence certainlybefore that and probably long before that; but, above all,for its School. This, as a still flourishing institution, ismore interesting than all the rest, and may certainly claimto have been the chief cause of the preservation of that whichis most ancient in Sherborne.

'No where else in England, probably, is the connectionof th~ present with the past more pleasingly marked, thanin the buildings of Sherborne School. The way in whichthe ancient buildings of the dead Abbey have been made tominister to the needs of the living School, transformed with­out being deformed, reflects the greatest credit on theauthorities and architects of the School. The ancientbuildings absorbed in the modern ones stand out clearly asancient, while the new buildings, thanks in great part tothe character of the native building stone of the district, are

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erected in a style which, while it does not ape the ancientin impossible imitation, clearly shmvs that they are new andnot old, yet harmonises admirably with the old.

'When we compare the quadrangle which has beenmade at Sherborne, having the Abbey Church for its southernside, with the havoc that has been wrought at Canterburya School whose history goes back a century beyond what wecan even infer for that of Sherborne, with the ancientalmonry buildings given to the School by Cardinal Pole,swept away to be replaced by modern structures entirely outof harmony with their surroundings, our gratitude to thegovernors of Sherborne School is not diminished. Whilethe Norman staircase leading up to the sham NormanStewards' hall at Canterbury is more picturesque than anyone thing at Sherborne, its survival amid the surroundingdestruction only emphasises the superiority of the lay bodyover the ecclesiastical one, in its love and care for theancient and historic buildings.'

AD FORTUNAM ANTIATEM.

High throned in thy Volscian city,Thou changest man's life at a breath,Nought knowest of favour or pityWhen triumph is darkened in Death:The toil stricken countryman raisesHis weary petitloil to thee,And the mariner tells of thy praises,o Queen of the Sea.

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All nations and kindreds adore thee,Even Rome from her Palatine seat;Proud tyrants shall tremble before thee,And. the mothers of kings at thy feet,Lest they hear through the palaces soundingThe tramp of thy coming afar,With the voice of a multitude houndingThe laggards to war.

Constraint, as her mistress a maiden,Observes thee to do thy commands,With thy wedges of adamant laden,Strong bars in her pitiless hands:Bright Hope in thy children thou movest,But friendship, that few men attain,

. In the fire of thine anger thou provest,In sorrow and pain.

The Lovers that looked on us smiling,The Friends that our honour could trust,What of them, when thou turnest, defilingThe robes of the revel in dust?False, false was the faith they pretended;When the lees of the wine cup are dry,When the days of the feasting are ended,They scatter and fly.

o Goddess. give heed to our sighing,Let the years of renewal begin;We are weary of striving and crying,'Ve are sorry and shamed for our sin:Too long with the blood of the RomanHave the blades of his brothers been red,o turn on the heart of the foemanTheir sharpness instead.

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THE EXPERIENCES OF AN OS. WITH THEBRITISH ARMY ON THE NILE.

In an article entitled the' Alarm' which appeared in ourlast issue we were able to give an account by an O.S. of someof the experiences of the troops up the Nile. We are still

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more, fortunate in this number as we are able to publish anotheraccount of the operations by another O.S. now serving as. 1StLieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Theletterwhich we quote has already appeared in a well known dailypaper.

Darmah Camp, 15 m.s.. Berber,' ,~

Monday, March 14th, 1898:In my last letter, posted at Abu Dis on the 24th February,

I told you we had received news that the Dervishes wereadvancing from Shendi, and hoped it might hurry-us on a bit.Well,. it did, almost sooner than we expected, for the followingday, Friday, the 25th, when I waS out on ~ picket, I suddenlyreceived ,an order to strike my tent and bring my: men in at>once. On arrival in camp about four o'clock all ,vas bustleand exci~ement ; we had been ordered to march at once to theR. Atbara. By 5.30 the whole camp was struck; 'the tentsstacked close to the railway, and officers' and me~s' kits, aswell q.s the officers' mess, packed .and loaded on camels, whichstarted off at once. We were marching on a very light scale,officers being. only allowed 30lbs. of kit, so all our heavybaggage was stacked by the railway with the tents. \Veexpected to start at 8 p.m., going by rail for about 18 miles toRail Head, but the first train ,did not arrive till 10 o'clock; inthis the Lincolns went, and we followed about 11.30. TheCamerons, I believe, did not get away till about three in themorning. vVe arrived at Rail Head at 2.30 a.m., Saturday,and started off to march at once, and did eight miles to a placecalled Shenac, where we halted for the day. It was very slow,but it was a pitch dark night, and very heavy sand, as wefollowed the course of the river. The camels did not arrivetill about 10 a.m., so I put in a little sleep, and we had break­fast at about 11. \Ve had some dinner at six, and then I laydown again for an hour or two on the river bank in my greatcoat, with my water-bottle for a pillow. \Ve paraded again at9.30 that night, the General telling us we must be at theAtbara by \Vednesday morning. \\'e marched all night,halting at. a place called Nidi at one o'clock for some tea,started off again at 2.30, and marched till sunrise, halting at5 a.m. at ;Bastinab for an hour, and here I slept like a log.The worst part was yet to come. The next ten miles was oververy heavy sand, and hills covered with loose black rocks. Aswe topped each hill we expected to see the river below, butwere only disappointed by another ridge beyond, over whichthe Camerons were just disappearing, and the Lincolns werein the v<llley between. It was about II o'clock (Sundaymorning) when the river at last appeared, it was then pretty

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hot, and the men made a rush for it, and filled their water­bottles, and then we bivouacked just where we were. It was abeastly place called Diarra, with the black rocks reflectingthe heat, and very few trees to give any shade,. However, wedid the best we could with blankets. There were no dinners,

. as this was not the place that had been selected to bivouack,and the camels had gone to the other place. We let the mensleep to 4 p.m., and then we moved to the selected bivouackabout three miles further making the total distance since 9.30p.m. Saturday about 35 miles.

There was no peace yet, for a certain number of men wereordered to be left behind, as their boots were not fit for themto march in. For these kits and blankets had to be sorted, sothat it was 7.30 before I got anything to eat, having hadnothing since six on Saturday evening, except a cup of cocoaat " Nidi," and a little bit of chocolate and a meat lozenge,which were kindly given me on the way. I then lay down andslept from eight till 12.30, when the camels turned up again,and had to be loaded. We started again at 1.30. It was verydark and there was some confusion at first, as we had bivouackedin a sort of nulla, and the Lincolns, ourselves, and the camelsgot a bit mixed up. The going was rather bad at first, throughbrushwood and a lot of little ravines, but it got better as daydawned. The most trying time seemed to me always justbefore dawn, when I had great difficulty in keeping my eyesopen, and I am sure I frequently went to sleep as I marched,but as soon as the sun rose one seemed to wake up. Wearrived at our halting place near" Homo-Show," just by the5th Cataract, at 8.30, and camels coming in soon afterwards,we were able to have a good breakfast. \iVe had the rest ofthe day pretty well to ourselves, and I spent about an hour anda half down at the river washing myself and my clothes, for Ihad not had time to get at my 301b. kit since we started onFriday. This was now Monday. I don't think I ever enjoyeda bathe more. The water was beautifuIly clear and cool, and­the current here very rapid on account of the cataract. Wemade a move again at 4 p.m., and marched till 9.30, when wearrived at Genenetti. The men did this march very weIl,beirig in very good spirits, whistling and singing all the way.Before turning in I was told I should have to leave thebattalion here to take on by boat the men who could not marchany further. They were n~arIy all men who had no boots towalk in, but if everyone ha~j, had a decent pair of bo?ts beforewe started very few men would have faIl en out, as everyone isas fit as can be.

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A move was made again at 3 a.m. (now Tuesday, 1st) bythe Brigade, and I, with my party and similar parties of theLincolns and Camerons got on board the s.s. Tamai, where wefound Major Snow in charge. We arrived at Berber about2'30'We had passed the Brigade in the morning, halted by theriver for the day, about eight miles back. Berber is a verylarge town, about five miles in length, all built of mud. Thereis a club there, and polo ground, but I had not an opportunityof seeing either, as we were in a sort of suburb, three miles Northof it. Here I had comparative rest and comfort after what wehad been doing the last few days. We were given mud huts,and I was very kindly provided with an " Augareeb," a nativebedstead. Moreover, the cavalry were very good, and messedus the whole time we were there, giving us a champagnedinner. I heard the Brigade had arrived that evening at 8,30,at El Hassa, about four miles from where we were. GeneralGatacre is very keen to get as far to the front as possible.The Brigade rested at El Hasa all Wednesday, and I spentthe day fitting my men with boots supplied by the Gippyarmy. They moved again early next morning, and passedthrough at 5,30, and I ha:! to march my men out to join them,but returned myself, and went on with the rest of the officers,with men who could not march, by boat, to prepare the nextcamp, a place called De Beika, 12 miles south of Berber.\Ve got there about +p.m., and the Brigade marched in abouteight, played in by the Soudanese bands, their 2nd Brigadebeing encamped close by. So ended our forced march fromAbu Dis to Berber, about 138 miles. On the first four dayswe did an average of 25 miles a day, and if it had been necessaryI think we could have reached the Atbara by \Vednesday.

As you see by the address, we are not at De Beika nowbut have moved another three miles further south, and are nowabout nine miles from the Atbara. This Darmali is anuninhabited village, and it is a perfect luxury to get into a mudhut, though we still sleep on the ground. \Ve moved here, asDe Beika was such a filthy dirty place, having been oncecultivated ground, that is to say Nile mud; it is now all blackdust. \Ve were there about a week, and spent all the timebuilding what they call" Tuckles," i.e., huts made of stakesand palm leaves. It is wonderful how you can accommodateyourself to circumstances after a few weeks of this sort of thing.It mak;es one think for oneself, and make the most of every­thing.

We don't know what our next move will be, but it seemsprobable that we shall sit here for the next three months, till

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the river rises, and with that idea we have had the, inside ofour house freshly plastered with mud to-day'as a ~anitary pre,caution. All our heavy kit has come up from Abu Dis, soin a few days we shall be more or less civilized again. Wehave got a very good mess hut, and the 12th Soudanese havepresented us with a table. We had the General to, dinnerone' night in our "Tuckle" at De Beika. Themenuwas soup; stewed beef, rice, and green peas, asparagus, ricepudding, and damsons, coffee, champagne and port ;we wereable to get these things from Berber.

There was another rumour last night that thy DervIsheshad moved 15 miles N. of Shendi, so we may be off again in afew days. They are evidently unsettled, as probably theycan't get any food. There are three correspondents up here atpresent-the" Daily News," " Daily Telegraph," and Reuter'sagent, I think they are but am not sure. I am writing tl~i:, onpicket, and hope you will be able to read it, as I have no mk,and my stylo has run dry. I am worki~g rather under,difficulties, as there is a strong wind blowing., '

" Tuesday Morning.The 3rd Soudanese Brigade marched through, here this'

morning on their way south, and we turned out to welcomethem. We have just received orders to hold ourselves readyto proceed at two hours notice, so we may be off to the Atbaraany moment. I hope it means business this time.

Later.Off at 3 a.m. to-morrow. Gippies have had a brush with

Dervishes, killed 48, one English officer wounded.AN O.s.

LEGENDS OF THE WHEEL BY ARTHUR

WAUGH, O.S.

In our last issue we gave our own opinion of Mr. \Vaugh'sexcellent book and now we venture to subjoin a few extractsfrom the Press :-

" The best collection of cycling verses which has yet beenpublished."-.DaitJ Telegraph.

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"Excellent work as Mr. Arthur Waugh has done inseveral literary directions, it is .not unlikely that he will becomemost widely known as the Laureate of the Cycle. Most past­times have their vales sacer, but to cycling that dignitary hashitherto been wanting. b Mr. \Vaugh he now makes hisappearance and takes his place. 'Legends of the Wheel' is alittle volume, but contains much good matter-matter which isgood not only as humorous celebration of wheeling but as verse.Mr. Waugh shows a happy mastery of rhyme and rhythm,with a pretty gift (in particular) for parody. There is writingin this booklet which Calverley himself would not have dis­dained to father. . . . The' Legends' should be in the hands,or the wallet, of every cyclist."-Globe.

" All the philosophy of the Ripley Road is here, and someof the humour ... Mr. \Vaugh has made (for the cyclist) aninteresting book, and has shown dexterity enough in rhymeand metre to merit the title of Laureate of the Wheel."-Academy.

" The book abounds in happy touches, felicitous strokesof wit and humour . . . All the pieces are extremely clever,and many are genuinely amusing.... All through, Mr.\Vaugh proves himself the most entertaining ofcompanions ...It is all good, all written by a man who has the use of his eyesand an uncommon felicity in describing what he sees andfeels."-Publishers' Circular.

"Mr. \tVaugh's bicycle runs merrily o'er hill and dale,through town and country, to the accompaniment of rhythmicfull-bodied verse, in every conceivable metre ... The writerwho can strike a ringing note of poetic humour and graphicdescription on the wheel of a ' bike' has achieved a tour deforce."~New York Herald.

" An excellent collection of cycling verses . . . in manystyles, touching gravely or gaily upon all phases of cyclinglife.... \Ve have read them all with interest. A very cleverproduction."-Cyclillg.

" The cycling Muse appears to have slumbered awhile,but ... she has once more awakened and settled upon theshoulder of l\Ir. \Vaugh .. \Ve have no space here to do realjustice to his delightful little book, but we hasten to say thatwe have enjoyed the perusal of the dainty and brilliant littlepoems \vhich it contains as much as we have shunned the cycleverse of later years. 'The Bell of the Bike' is delightful,

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while • Mrs. Watherston's Gymkhana,' • The Scorching Club,'and •The Old Road Map' are real gems . . . 'The GreatNorth Road' pleases us so much we cannot refrain from re­producing the first few lines."-Cyclist..

.. There is not one of the pieces which does not illustratethe fact that Mr. Waugh writes with a flowing pen, that hehas a most happy knack of weaving stories and incidents intograceful poetry, that his rhyming (almost without exception) ismusical, and that in the majority of cases he strikes notes ofmelody which cannot fail to find an echo in the hearts of manylovers of the wheel. . . . It will be appreciated by everycultured cyclist."-Bicycling News.

" So far superior to anything else ofits kind that it is unfairto mention anything else in the same breath.... Mr. Waughis nothing if not versatile, and he treats of many subjects in asmany metres. It is impossible to pick out anyone poem asworthy of leading mention, because so many are good ... Inthese days of technical howlers it is especially interesting tonote that Mr. Waugh throughout reveals an intimate acquain­tance with cycling and cycle. Altogether, the book is onewhich should be in the hands of every cyclist who is capableof appreciating the poetic aspects of his pastime."-CycLOPHILin Sunday Times.

"An admirable little book ... The author is evidently arider of ripe experience, who loves cycling for many reasons,and best of all as a health-giving exercise which brings itsvotaries into closer touch with the charms of nature than allother pastimes.... 'Mrs. Watherston's Gymkhana' is amerry story, capitally told, and' Entraining Cyclist' and' TheWhirligig of Time' are interesting studies of wheel ways . . .The book is an acceptable addition to the library of sports andpastimes."-Longbow.

"No considerable volume of cycling poetry has hithertoappeared, but Mr. Arthur Waugh has made amends, at last,for this deficiency by publishing a dainty little book of ex­clusiyely cycling subjects, admirably treated in scholarly styleand excellent metre. He catches the rhythm of the rollingwheel and tunes it to captivating measures.... Mr. Waughattacks his varying tasks with remarkably sustained success.. . . We may infer that the poet is eminently a most practicalwheelman. His are not odes to the bicycle by an onlooker,but the words of one who knows how to sing of subjects in

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their essence common-place, and with a singular skill inavoidance of the pitfalls of his subjects."-The Hub.

" Some of the cleverest little rhymes devoted to the wheelthat we have ever had the pleasure of perusing. We openedthe book . . . with the conviction that it would soon be shutup again, but as we read rhyme after rhyme, each one seeminglybetter than the last, we felt really sorry to reach those inevitablewords 'The End.' We can thoroughly recommend ourreaders who desire to spend a pleasant half hour to invest in acopy."-Wheeling.

BATTLE OF GOKH PROSH.

It is our proud duty to record in the following pages thedistinguished gallantry of an O.S-Captain A. Le G. Jacob,in the late battle of Gokh Prosh. The materials upon whichwe have drawn are accounts in the newspapers, both of Englandand India, together with some extracts from a private letter byCaptain Jacob himself.

On the 31st of January at about 7,30, the English andnative troops at Basok Kor marched out to meet Mehrab andBaluch Khan, who were coming up with their troops to theattack. The enemy took up a position about half a mile awayon some steep hills commanding the spot where the waggonroad enters a defile. Colonel l\layne who was in commanddecided to take the offensive, and on sighting the enemy at thedistance of about 4000 yards, he sent forward the advancedguard who approached stealthily towards the enemy untilwithin a distance of about 800 yards. Guns were now broughtto bear upon the enemy's centre, and Captains Southey andJ acob were sent to tUn,l the right and left flanks respectively.In the meantime the two centre guns kept a most heavy andconcentrated fire on the enemy's right at a distance of aboutgoo yards, with the result that they were considerably shaken,and some of them were already retreating even at this earlystage of the conflict. Sixty men of the 6th Bombay Cavalrynow arrived, and were able to assist 6n the left.

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\Vhile these operations were in full swing, Captain Jacobwith about 50 men was steadily advancing. He occupied ahill when at the distance of about 300 yards from the enemy,by whom he was observed, and a very heavy fire was for a timebrought to bear upon his little band, and two men killed andseveral wounded. Captain Jacob determined to silence thisfire, and leaving 20 men on the hill to guard the wounded whilewith the remainder who amounted to 25 all told he tried to workround the base of the hill so as to come upon the left flank ofthe enemy. While engaged in this manoeuvre the troops hadto cross a very exposed bit of ground, and in" doing so CaptainJ acob had two very narrow escapes. In the first case a bulletstruck the leather box in which he carried his whistle, inflicteda severe bruise and carried away the whistle, at another time aricochetted bullet passed through .his helmet. After theseadventures Captain Jacob found himself right on the enemy'sleft rear and poured in a most destructive volley just in thenick of time, with such effect that the enemy, already demoralizedby the attack from the centre and left, turned and fled with theexception of a small body of about 14, who charged straighton Captain Jacob and his men. They were warmly received;Captain Jacob shot the first man and also had the honour ofshooting Baluch Khan himself, for which act he would doubt­less in ancient days have earned the spolia opinza.

Captain Jacob hotly pursued the flying enemy over thehill, and seven more were killed including Baluch's Lieutenant,Shukazulla Khan. This practically ended the fight which hadlasted for about five hours. The enemy had lost 200 killed,and a great many wounded, out of a force of at least 1500 whenthe battle began. The loss on our side was 3 killed and I I

wounded. Our numbers actually engaged were 200 Baluchis,and 60 cavalry with 2 guns. The Mehrab Khan was the onlyimportant man who escaped; he was pursued to a neighbouringfort, and driven from there to Charbuk, from which he wasagain forced to flee. It has however since been reported thathe has been killed.

Such is the account which we have received from thesources indicated above. It only remains for us to congratulateCaptain J acob on his brilliant exploits, and to hope that hewill shortly obtain the promotion which he has so welldeserved.

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A TRIBUTE TO W. E. GLADSTONE.

DIED 19TH MAY, 1898.'

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Must it indeed be so, Must Thou,Our Pharos 'mid the stormy wave

Our ruddy guiding .light be hidden nowWithin the darkness of the grave?

While to the cold and silent tombHis fate. at last the old man brings,

, Sure stood some mighty angel in the gloomWaiting that soul with outstretched wings.'

Soft as the gently whispering wind,While round him his dear kindred weep,

His spirit journeyed on its rest to findIn realms of everlasting sleep.

The ivied turret ruined fallsThe fountain's silver stream is dry,

The clarion voice no longer onward callsThe star is vanished from our sky.

Of all those strong immortal men'Yho made Victoria's noontide blaze

With glorious "arks of many a glowing penBut two remained to these late days.

The statesman gone-one lingers on.Who wrote of (trtin je;velled phrase

Whose glorious ,,01'<:16 with sunny brightness shoneAmid a rainbow-tinted haze.

Not willingly can we let dieThe memory of that statesman true

Whose genius soared upward eagle-highIn strong "inged flight towards .the blue.

That voice which could both gently sighAnd murmur like the breeze at rrlorn,

Or rise with full: mouthed thunder in reply,And crush his foe with haughty' scorn;

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And in the hall of high DebateHe reached the ladder's topmost rung

His glorious wisdom ruled our l\fother StateAnd on his lips Persuasion hung.

Ten years beyond the allotted spanOf life had not o'er wearied him,

For still was found the golden tongued old manWith soul of fire and eye not dim.

And while our hearts with sorrow swellAnd still recall the funeral hymn,

We turn to bid a lingering last farewell,While every eye with tears is dim.

'Tis meet his last remains should lieWhere is the best of England's dust,

While Chatham, Pitt, and Fox are sleeping nigh,We leave him there to wait in trust.

*THE POETRY OF STEPHEN PHILLIPS.

It is always a difficult and generally a dangerous task todiscuss a new author, and more especially when that authoris a poet, and the persons to whom we are writing are boys.But there are two considerations which have induced thepresent writer to attempt to discuss the Poems of StephenPhillips. The first is the fact that the proprietors of theAcademy presented Mr. Stephen Phillips with the sum of£roo, which he had, in their opinion, deserved as the writer of •the most important contribution to the literature of 1897, thusconferring upon him a very great honour. This fact would atany rate, apart from the real value of his poems, show us thathe was not a mere ephemeral poetaster, and that fact combinedwith the expressed opinion of many literary men will at anyrate show that any praise we may give him here is not wholly

.Poems-Stephen Phillips, 61-, John Lane &; ('0., I.9ndc:m,

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undeserved. The second consideration is that in the Februarynumber of the Public ScJwol Magazine Mr. E. E. Speightreferred to the poetry of Mr. Stephen Phillips, praising it highlyindeed, but not giving enough detail. This defect the presentarticle proposes to supply, first taking a short review of'theprincipal poems of Stephen Phillips, and then attempting toestimate his position as a poet and the promise he gives ofbecoming great.

The work by which Mr. Stephen Phillips made his re­putation is at present his largest. It is entitled' Christ inHades,' a poem in blank verse, sonorous, musical and grand,including many splendid lines. Through the scenes called upby the poet moves the pathetic thorn-crowned figure of theSaviour, never speaking a word and giving the dead rest fromtheir torment till he comes to the fallen Titan Prometheus, andthen recognising his work is for the moment immature he de­parts for the time, and 'for that time each man took hispenance up, perhaps, less easily for such an interval,Hades her interrupted life resumed.' The poem is mystic,weird and powerful. Here is a fine description of the deadfallen from their high estate :-

'Toward him in faded purple. pacing cameDead Emperors, and sad unflattered Kings;Unlucky Captains listless armies led;Poets with music frozen on their lips.'

Here too is a magnificent description of Vergil with abeautiful simile :-

• A lonely spirit stood,A Roman, he who from a greater GreekBorrowed as beautifully as the moonThe fire of the sun; fresh come he was and stillDeaf with the sound of Rome; forward he cameSoftly; a human tear had not yet dried:

Then there are several fine short poems touching ortincidents of London life. In one of them there is a most ex­quisite description of London by night:-

• The mystic river floating wanThe cold soul of the city shone;The mooned terminus through the darkWith emerald and ruby spark,The stoker burninglyembowered,With fiery roses on him showered.'

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This is a sufficiently poetical description of one of themost common every-day objects of modern life. CharlesTennyson-Turner is one of the few other modern poets whohave succeeded in thus giving a really poetical picture of acommon object, in his sonnet on 'The .steam ThreshingMachine with the straw carrier' :-

• While ever rising in its mystic stairIn the dim light, from secret chambers borne,The straw of harvest, severed from the corn,Climbed, and fell over, in the murky air.'

We have not space to notice half the beauties of his workand we can only refer to a few others. There is the magnifi­cent address to' Milton blind '-lines almost worthy to standby some of the Great Master of blank verse himself. Here isa short extract :-

Thou with blinded eyes .. Wast guided through the glimmering camp of God,Thy hand was taken by Angels who patrolThe evening, or are sentries to the dawn,Or pace the wide air everlastingly.

, The Prisoner' is another powerful poem, relating how awife saw her young husband on his release from prison, but hestammered like a little child and seemed hardly to know her.There is deep pathos in the last verse:-

, Husband, .. she said" I had rather closedThose wild eyes on the bier, -Rather have kissed those lips when they were cold,Than seen them smile so drear! '

, Marpessa ' is the last poem which we shall refer to, amost impassioned Greek idyl, something in the manner of, Oenone' or 'Tithonus' but in no way an imitation. Theheroine is set to choose between a God Apollo and a mortalIdas. Apollo in a stately speech assures Marpessa that hewill give her)mmortality :-

, I imagined woeThat thou who art so fair should'st ever tasteOf the earth sorrow; for thy life has beenThe history of a flower in the air,'

Then Idas speaks humbly, he cannot promise Marpessaimmortality but he can love her to the end, but he seems todespair of being able to contend against the God. Marpessathen gives one of the most beautiful love speeches known to us.

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She rejects the God, she would fain be immortal but she knowsthat the God may grow weary of her. She has heard

• Of men that did believe, women that lovedThat were unhappy long and now are dead,With wounds that no eternity can close,Life had so marked them.'

She cannot think of unchanging immortality without onesigh :-

The half of music I have heard men sayIs to have grieved.'

Rather she would prefer a mortal consort, who while lifeshall last shall never weary of her, when the first burst of lovepassions shall pass off, there shall succeed a faithful peace:-

, Beautiful friendship tried by sun and windDurable from the daily dust of life.'

She and Idas will live together till they both descend intothe natural ground. Then she turns to take farewell of Apollo.

Thou . • . in that far time\Vhen in thy setting sweet thou gazest downOn this grey head. wilt thou remember thenThat once I pleased thee, that I once was young ?

Thus we have shortly surveyed the poems of this newwriter. It remains for us to estimate his position as a poetand the promise he gives of becoming great. This blankverse in some way resembles that of Milton and Tennyson butthere is a note in it all his own, it is rich, melodious, musical,and he is one of the few poets at the present day who can ventureon a blank verse with safety. He is certainly one of the mostpromising of the younger generation of poets. Swinburne, themaster of melody, Sir Edwin Arnold, Edmund Gosse, and ourown Sherborne singer Sir Lewis Morris belong to an oldergeneration. His chief rivals in this are Rudyard Kipling,Henry Newbolt, vVilliam Watson, and Richard le Gallienne.The two former we can hardly compare to our amateur, theiraims are not his aims, we cannot compare the lute with thewar drum. In our opinion Mr. Stephen Phillips is on altogethera higher plane than the last two poets, who to our mind onlyattain to respectable mediocrity.

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On the whole when we examine his poetry, the majestyof some of his conceptions, his studies of life and death,his idealism and realism, we are amazed at this new poet.Pathos and strength, descriptive power, richness, melody, andmusic of' verse are all most marked. It would be of course,idle to deny that here and there flaws in workmanship and tracesof immaturity disfigure his work, but what are they comparedwith what he has given us of the poetry? He writes like amaster, and we can detect the gold of poetry in his work. Tojudge of him as yet would be premature, but we can at least saythat no poet gives fairer promise of attaining to immortality.

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

The annual Races took place this year on Wednesday the13th, and Friday the 15th of April. The weather on the firstday was exceedingly dull, with a cold wind blowing over theground. Notwithstanding the cheerless outlook we were gladto see a goodly number of spectators present. The groundwas in splendid condition, but, owing to the heavy rain thatfell on the conclusion of the first day's racing, it became veryheavy and somewhat aftected the jumping and running in thefinal heats of the various events.

Owing to this rain, the Sports were postponed for aday.Friday afternoon turned out to be very fine, the cold wind haddeparted, and a large crowd witnessed with much interest theconclusion of the Meeting. The racing was very good on thewhole, and, if anything, rather above the average, Especiallywas this the case with the running of the juniors, of whomHorsfall ran exceedingly well in the 100 yards and quarter mile.The latter race he won in capital time (same as Dyke's in 1893),and we may expect an improvement upon it next year, whenhe wiIl be again qualified to compete. The feature of the,Sports \vas the performance of Gamier in the open hurdle,race,which he won in the exceedingly good time. of 17 secs. Con­sidering that the state of the ground was against him; this wasa great achievement. The jumping was not up to the average,with the exception of the open high jump, McEnery, who ranvery well throughout, showed that he could jump as well asrun, and would have, with practice, improved upon 6ft. l!in. for

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this event. The broad jump was a poor performance, in spiteof the fact that the heavy ground made the take-off verydifficult. It will be noticed that Fenwick's record jump of20ft. 4in. has this year been omitted, and that of Crawford in1897 substituted.

The former jump was measured from the take-oft, and notas usual, from the line, in which case Fenwick would have beencredited with only 19ft. A new and welcome feature this yearwas a competition for putting the weight. The cricket ballthrowing was somewhat better among the seniors, but we shouldlike to see the 100 yards' distance reached again. The 220 yardswas one of the best races we have had for some time. Recordshave been added, for the first time for the junior events.

The Steeplechases were run on Wednesday, March 30th,and resulted as follows :-

(Open). 1st (10) R. T. McEnery. 2nd (5) F. W. Sopper (f).3rd (2) H. V. Fletcher. Time, 8 mins. 23 secs.

(Under 15). 1st (6) L. G. Horsfall (a). 2nd (3) D. Upjohn (a).3rd (1) A. N. Hodges (c). Time 7 mins.

The Mile was run on Monday, April 11th, during a highwind. Of the eight starters, McEnery and Pinckney at oncewent to the front, and keeping close together completed thefirst lap in 61 secs. The rest of the field gradually tailed off,Fletcher running into third place before the half mile wascompleted. By this time the two leaders were far ahead of thf.rest of the field. Pinckney then fell oft and l\IcEnery was leftto win an unexciting race by about 30 yards. The samedistance separated second and third. The time was fairly goodconsidering the strong wind.

1st (10) R. T. McEnery. 2nd (5) H. C. Pinckney (f).3rd (2) H. V. Fletcher (f). Time 4 mins. 51!.

(Sherborne Record, 1891, W. E. Lutyens, 4 mins. 44 secs.)

The Challenge Cup for the greatest number of marksobtained in the Sports was easily won by 1\1cEnery. TheHouse Challenge Cup, for the first time since 1890, was wonby the School House. The prizes were presented to thesuccessful competitors on the lawn in front of the HeadMaster's House, by Mrs. King.

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The following were the officials :-Judges, T. W. Wilson,Esq., C. H Hodgson, Esq.; Starter, The Rev. W. W. Poole­Hughes; Referee, The Rev. H. Dunkin; Timekeepers, H. R.King, Esq., T. A. Bell, Esq.; Stewards, G. M. Carey, Esq.,L. G. Sunderland, C. F. Stanger-Leathes, H. R. Dean, F. W.Sopper, C. T. Cheatle, H. V. Fletcher,A. E. Catt, F. W. Kemp,H. C. Pinckney, J. G. Jeudwine, H. V. Temperley, L. Kelway;Captain of the Games, L. G. Sunderland.

FIRST DAY.

Quarter-mile Flat Race (open). The opening event of theday's programme showed some very good and close racing.The four competitors got away to a capital start and kepttogether to the first corner, when Langhorne showed a little infront, with Pinckney and McEnery close up to him. Half-wayround Langhorne led by about 3 yards. On reaching thestraight run-in, Pinckney came up to the leader within a fewfeet and with McEnery near at hand, the finish promised to bevery exciting. Langhorne running strongly, succeeded inkeeping his position, and passed the post 2 feet ahead ofPinckney, who made a very big effort to overtake him.l\1cEnery was close up for third place. It was a capital raceand the time was very good, considering the strong wind thatwas blowing up the course.

1st (10) R. W. B. Langhorne (a). 2nd (5) H. C. Pinckney (1).3rd (2) R. T. McEnery.

Time, 56~ secs. (Sherborne Record, 1881, R. P. Ellis, 52~ secs.)

Flat Race, Halj-mile (under 16). A large field of twenty­four starters turned out for this race. Hodgson, Moore andElton at once went ahead at a very strong pace, and, leavingthe rest of the field well behind, finished the first lap in theorder named. The pace was too hot to last, and soon sloweddown. Hodgson, who had run himself out, was passed byl\loore a hundred yards from home. Pothecary had beenrunning well within himself and ought to have made his effortearlier in the race. He just failed to catch Hodgson on thepost. Moore after taking the lead ran home very strongly andwon by 10 yards. He ran throughout with very good judgment.

1st (6) T. Moore (a). 2nd (3) W. E. Hodgson (I).

Time 2-27. (Junior Record, 1896, J. H. Cross, 2 min. 18 secs.)

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High Jump (open). The strong wind blowing was allagainst the competitors. After uninteresting preliminariesHawley-Edwards and McEnery were left to decide the issue.The former has a very taking action, and for his size did verywell in clearing 4 ft. 11 in. He jumped very neatly andpromises very well for the future.

1st (8) R. T. McEnery. 2nd (4) S. F. Hawley-Edwards (a).Height 5 ft. It in.

(Sherborne Record, 1890, E. D. Swanwick, 5 ft. 6t ins.)

Throwing the Cricket Ball (open). A fair throw. Pothecarywho threw well last year as a junior seemed out of practice.

1st (8) H. C. Pinckney (1). 2nd (4) W. F. Pothecary (a).92 yds. 1ft. 8in.

(Sherborne Record 1872, W. H. Game, 116 yds. It in.)

Flat Race, 220 yards (under 14). U pjohn took the lead, andleaving the rest of the field behind early in the race, won veryeasily by 6 yards. There was an exciting. finish for secondplace. Gordon was leading in the straight, but Kidner, comingup with a very plucky spurt, ran in ahead by a few inches.The time is the fastest since the race was run under 14.

1st (4) D. Upjohn (a). 2nd (2) W. E. Kidner (d).Time 28gsecs., '.

High Jump (under 16). The jumping was below the average.

1st (6) W. B. Woodforde (c). 2rid D. Upjohn (a).Height 4 ft. 4 ins.

(Junior Record, 1887, H. R. Bond, 4 ft. lIt ins.)

Half-mile Handicap. A very good race. Fletcher and Childled the way but ,vere soon overtaken by \Vilson and Stillwell,both of whom were well favoured by the handicap. At theend of the first round the majority of the shortly-handicappedones, seeing the hopelesness of their task, dropped out of therace. On entering the straight \Vilson and Stillwell racedtogether for first place, and the former succeeded in outstayinghis pursuer and won by 3 yards. A capital race ensued forthird place, Dickson reaching home a foot in front of McDonald.Ten yards between second and third.

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1st, A.. M. Wilson (a) 120 yds. 2nd, C. D. Stillwell (f) 120yds.3rd, E. B. DiGkson (a) 110 yds. Time, 2 mins. 9 secs.

PI,tfjllg the Weight. A large entry proclaimed the popu,larity of the lat~st acidition to the events on the programme.The winner had no previous practice. Batten, Murray; andKemp did well.

1st (8) C. F. Stanger-Leathes (b). 2nd (4) A. E. Catt (4).Pistance, 30 ft. 6 ins.

SECOND DAY.

The proceedings opened with the final heat of the-Flat Race, 100 vards (Preparatory School). The four

competitors kept together the whole way, and after a good raceRebbeck won on the post by a yard.

1st, Rebbeck. 2nd, Brown, mi.Time, 13~ secs.

t' Flat Race, 100 yards (open). Langhorne had been runningwell ,during the heats and was fancied for the final, but wasput out in the semi,final by Gordon. The final itself was acapital race. Sunderland got away first from the start but wasgradually overhauled by Staley and Gordon. It was anybody'srace up to-within a few yards of the finish, when Staley madea great effort and crossed the tape about a yard to the good,Gordon evidently feeling the effects of his race with Langhorne.Behveen Gordon and Sunderland there was a still closer finish,and the former just managed to get home by a few inches.

1st (10) P. C. Staley (a). 2nd (5) G. S. Gordon (d).Time, 1O~ scs.

(Sherborne Record, 1888, T. H. L. Fenwick, 10~)

Broad J1I1IIp (open). The jumping was far below theaverage. It did not look as if there had been any practisingfor this event.

1st (8) H. C. Pinckney (J). 2nd (4) S. F. Hawley-Edwards (a).Distance, 17 ft.

(Sherborne Record, 1897, A. J. Crawford, 19 ft. 9 ins.)

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, Quarter-mile Flat Race (under 16). Moore led from the startclosely followed by Hodgson and Horsfall. This order wasretained until a hundred yards from home, when the latterpassed Hodgsop and raced up to his leader with a splendidspurt. He came up to him ten yards from the winning 'post,and after a capital finish won by 2t feet. Moore looked as ifhe might have staved him off, but failed to make the effort.The winner ran with much judgment, and improved considerablyon the time of last year. '

1st (6) L. G. Horsfall (a). 2nd (3) T. Moore (a).Time 61 secs. (Junior Record, 1881, C. Perch 55~ secs.)

Throwing the Cricket Ball (under 15). The winner whothrew left-handed showed promise.

1st (5) D. Upjohn (a). 2nd (3) 1. T. A. M'Donald.Distance, 69 yds. 1 ft. 6 in.

(Junior Record, 1881, H. P. Pritchard, 96 yds. 7 in.)

Hurdle Race, 120 yards, 10 flights (under 16). The fourcompetitors kept close together right up to the last hurdle.Lacey took his hurdles in a very promising style and beatElton, who kept close to him throughout, by 2 yards in therun-in. Wrightson was close up for third place. Colmore fellat the last hurdle. It was a tight race all the way and the timewas very good, taking into consideration that the ground washeavy for jumping.

1st (6) C. D. Lacey (a). 2nd (3) H. B. Elton (a).(Time 20 secs. Junior Record, 1893, O. M. Dyke, 19~ secs.)

Hurdle Race, 120 yards, 10 flights (open). This was therace of the day. Gamier led from the start, and clearing hishurdles in splendid style won by 2 yards in excellent time.Staley, who ran in the same order to Gamier last year, had togo all he knew to keep away from Pinckney until the last hurdle.

1st (10) G. R. Gamier (a). 2nd (5) P. C. Staley (a).Time, 17 secs.

(Previous Sherbome Record, 1894, W. H. Dalton, 17~ secs.)

Flat Race, 100 Y'lrds (under 15). Of the six competitorsleft in the final, Horsfall and Upjohn at once took the lead, andafter a very fast race, only a yard and a half separated them,in the order named, on the winning post. Nicholls was closeon Upjohn at the finish.

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1st (6) L. G. Horsfall (a). 2nd (3) D. Upjohn (a).Time. 12 secs.

(Junior Record, 1878, J. Buchanan. 1896, H. de Pass 1l~ secs.)

.Flat Race, 220 yards (open). This race was well contestedup to the last. Langhorne, Staley and Pinckney ran abreastfor the greater part of the journey. Fifteen yards from homeGordon came up with a rush, passed Pinckney, and just failedto get second place by a few feet. It was a hard strugglebetween Staley and Langhorne, and the former, after a mightyeffort, gained the verdict by a foot only. The race was a veryfast one, as the time shows.

1st (8) P. C. Staley (a). 2nd (4) R. W. B. Langhorne (a).Time, 23~ secs.

(Sherborne Record, 1896, A. J. Crawfurd, 23~ secs.)

Three-legged Race, 220 yards (open). After several enter­taining heats, the final was won by Horsfall and Bond, whowere promptly disqualified by the Judges, and the race givento Bamford and Fletcher.

1st { S. E. Fletcher (a). 2nd {F. W. Sopper (J).R. Bamford S. F. Hawley-Edwards (a).

ConsolatiolJ Race, 120 yards (under 15).

1st, F. L. Nicholls (a)'. 2nd {D. L. Cameron (d).C. P. Loughnan (d).

Time, 22~ secs.

Consolation Race, 150 yards (open).

1st, L. G. Sunderland (a). 2nd, R. M. A. Whitaker (d).

Challenge Cup for greatest number of First Prizes, won byR. T. McEnery.

House Challenge Cup for the greatest number of marksin Sports, WOIt by School House (L. G. Sunderland).

Challenge Cup for Senior Steeplechase, won by R. T.McEnery.

Challenge Cup for Junior Steeplechase, won by L. G.Horsfall (a).

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House Challenge Cup for Point-ta-Point Steeplechase,W01~ by Hodgson's (F. W. Sopper, Capt.)

House Challenge Cup for Football, won by School House,(L. G. Sunderland, Capt.) ..

House Challenge Cup for Junior XV. won by Wildman'sand Day Boys (R. T. McEnery, Capt.)

House Challenge Cup for Drop and Place Kicking, won byWilson's (G. T. B. Hext, Capt.)

House Challenge Cup for Cricket, won by Wilson's (W. O.Prichard, Capt.)

House Challenge Cup for Junior XI. won by Wilson's,(c. T. Cheatle, Capt.)

Challenge Belt for best Bowling Average, won by H. E.Stanger-Leathes (b).

Challenge Cup for best Batting Average, won by C. F.Stanger-Leathes (b).

Prize for best Fielding, won by L G. Winch (f).House Challenge Cup for Fives, won by School House,

F. W. Kemp.Senior Double-Handed Fives, WOlf by C. F. Stanger-

Leathes (b), and F. W. Kemp. .Senior Single-Handed Fives, won by H. V. Fletcher (/).Junior Double-Handed Fives, won by A. H Wrightson (a)

and C. D. Lacey (a).Junior Single-Handed Fives, W01~ by T. Moore (a).Challenge Cup for House Gymnasium Competition, WOI. by

Wilson's (L. Kelway, Capt.)Prize for Open Gymnasium, won by L. Kelway (c).Challenge Cup for Mile Race, won by R. T. lVIcEnery.Challenge Cup tor Quarter-Mile Race, wall by R. W. B.

Langhorne (a).Challenge Cup for Junior Quarter-Mile Race, won by L. G.

Horsfall (a).Rifle Corps Cup for Section Drill, W01~ by Section 2 (Sergt.

Dean).Riflle Corps Cup for Firing Excerise, W01~ by Section I

(Col.-Sergt. Langhorne).Rifle Corps Cup for Section Shooting, W01~ by Section 3

(Sergt. Hext).Rifle Corps Cup for Best Marksman, wall I,y R. G.

McDonald (d).Challenge Cup for Open Swimming, won by\V. A. Turner (b)Challenge Cup for Junior Swimming, W01~ by A. M.Wilson (a)

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The following are the marks for the House Challenge Cup,the School House dividing by 2.

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-- - - - - - - - - - - - ----P. C. Staley .. .. 10 5 8 23

·D Upjohn .. .. .. 3 3 3 4 5 III.. ·L. G. HorsfaIl .. .. .. 6 6 6 18

'" R. W. B. Langhorne .. .. 10 4 I4..~ G. R.Garnier .. .. .. 10 10 II7

·T. Moore 6 9- .. " " 3 2<:> S. F. Hawley-Edwards .. .. 4 4 8 -<:>

58~~ ·C. D. Lacey .. " .. 6 6

A. E. Catt .. .. .. 4 4W. Pothecary .. .. .. 4 4

·H. B. Elton .. .. .. 3 3- - - - - - - - -- - - -- --"=! R. T. McEnery .. 10 2 8~ " " 10 30....•"t ~ G. S. Gordon .. .. .. 5 5~Q:l

•1. T. A. McDonald 40.§~ .. 3 3~~ ·W. E. Kidner .. .. .. 2 2:::-- - - -- - ---- - - ----

... H. C. Pinckney .. .. .. 5 5 8 8 26.~

F. W. Sopper .. .. .. 5 5<:>

~ H. y. Fletcher 2 38"=! .. .. .. 2 4~ ·W. E. Hodgson .. " .. 3 3

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SCHOOL v. T. W. WILSON'S XI.

This Match, the first of the year was played ort May 24th,in most dreary weather. No start was able to be made beforedinner, and it was not until about two o'clock that Stanger-Leatheswho had won the toss proceeded with Pinckney to the wickets,to face the bowling of Cassan and Smith. Runs came slowly,and when the total had reached 9 a good ball from Smith dis­missed Stanger-Leathes. A short partnership then ensuedbetween Eglington and Pinckney, till the former player retiredwith the score at 39, and was soon followed by Pinckney, whohad played well for 17. Gamier had meanwhile made somegood strokes and was now joined by Kemp. The latter was atfirst a little shaky and seemed anything but at home with thebowling, but subsequently settled down into safe, if painstakingcricket. Rain now compelled an adjournment to the pavilion;and almost immediately after the game had been resumedGamier was clean bowled by Smith. He was succeeded byRickman, and a prolonged stand now ensued, Kemp playedcarefully, and Rickman made some good strokes. After thescore had been exactly doubled by this partnership, Rickmanretired for a well-played 36, his hits including a five, a four,two threes, and six twos. Wood then joined Kemp, and thescore was carried without further loss to 136, after which therain fell so heavily that no further play was possible for theday. It should be mentioned that the School were withoutthe services of Hext, who was unable to play owing to thenear approach of the examination for R.M.A. \Voolwich.

SCORE AND ANALYSIS.

SHERBORNE SCHOOL.

C. F. Stanger-Leathes (Capt.) b Smith 5H. (:. Pinckney, c Hodgson b Smith.. 17P. Eglington, c Headlam b Smith .• 16G. R. Garnier, b Smith 12

H. V. Fletcher, c and b Smith •• 5F. \V.Kemp,notout " 23Rickman, b E. H. House 36A. D. \Vood, not out 8Catt }R. W. B. Langhorne did not bat.W. F. Pothecary

Byes 13, wide 1 14

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BOWLING ANALYSIS.SHERBORNE SCHOOL.

Runs, Wickets. Overs. Maidens.. E. Cassan 66 0 19 2

D. Smith 48 5 26 9E. H, House 18 I 7 0

T. W. Wilson's XI. consisted of:-T;' W. Wilson, C. H. Hodgson, E. H. House, W. Elton,

C. Iieadlam, F. B. Turner, Rev. R. Askew, Rev. J. T. W.\Vright, E. R. Cassan, D. Smith, A. R. Maiden.

SCHOOL. v. DOWNTON. AGRICULTURAL. COLLEGE.

. This match was played in most dreary weather and it wasnot tilL after lunch that any play could be attempted. Theschool won the toss and sent Stanger-Leathes and Pinckneyto the wickets. A most promising start was made, both batsmenplaying the bowling with the greatest confidence. It was nottill 104 had been telegraphed that Pinckney at length retiredfor a well played 41 marred only by a few risky strokesand a chance of stumping. A collapse ensued immediately afterStanger-Leathes retired for a fine 78, during which, however,he had made several uppish strokes. Fletcher hit hard for 23,but no one else did anything except Pothecary and Langhornewho had a lively time at the close of the innings. G. W. C.Garnier was the most successful bowler taking 6 wickets for 50.

Oil Downton opening their innings G. W. C. Garnier wasbowled by Pothecary's first ball. Subsequently wickets fellfast, Everard, Griffith, and Butler alone reaching doublefigures. In the end the whole side were out for 55. In thesecond innings of Downton 51 runs were scored for 3 wickets.Stanger-Leathes appeared in a new light as a bowler taking 3wickets at the cost of 4 runs apiece.

SHERBORNE SCHOOL.

C. F. Stanger-Leathes (capt.) c Griffith, b G. \V. C Gamier 78H. C. Pinckney, st Everard b G. \V. C. Gamier 41P. Eglington, b Butler .. 4G R Gamier, c & b G. W. C. Gamier 0

F. W. Kemp, b Butler . . 5H. V. Fletcher c Tremlett, b Butler 23Rickman, b Butler I

A. D. \Vood, st Everard, b G. \V. C Gamier.. 3R. W. B. Langhome not out 12

('att, st Everard, b G. W. C. Gamier 0

\V. F. Pothecary. c Bidwell. b G. \V. r. Gamier II

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MUSICAL SOCIETY.

Following in the train of the Easter Concerts of 1896 and1897, when lIendelssohn's Elijah was performed, at the EasterConcert of last term the first part of the St. Paul was givenby the Musical Society. St. Paul is perhaps hardly sodramatic and interesting as ' Elijah,' but, be that as it may, thelevel of the singing was probably rather higher, so as to makethe Concert a somewhat memorable one in the annals ofSherborne mUSlC. The St. Paul (Part 1.) was given last sometwelve years ago in the Schoolroom and it would be hardly

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possible even if it were desirable to compare the two concerts;but this much we may say, that we hope the trebles maynever fall below the excellence of their singing on the 18thAprillast. The basses in a school choir must be of ratherinferior quality compared with excellence, and the tenorsfrequently wanting both in tone and power but these defects arealmost forgotten when we have, as we had then, a vigorousringing body of boy trebles such as it is a delight to hear.

Mr. Broadbent and Mr. Ainslie again came for the serviceof their old school in the tenor and bass solos. Mr. Broadbentsang with great feeling and refinement, though a certain fallingoff in power, was, it seemed to us, observable. Mr. Ainslie wasas good as ever especially in No. 18-' Oh God have mercyupon me.' 'Evermore thanks-the exchequer of the poor'do we shower on these patriotic Old Shirbumians, whosekindly presence is greatly valued here, even if they shoulddecline to sing another note in support of their claims to ourgratitude.

As to the treble and alto solos, Everington's voice issweet, but not very powerful, and Fletcher, terts. perhaps ratherthe other way. Both sang without the excessive nervousnes!iwhich often mars the singing of very young and inexperiencedvoices in these Concerts, and no one-not even the mostsympathetic lady in the room-had occasion to tremble for theyoung performers, and to wish heartily that they might beallowed to sit down. The False Witnesses have a trying andrather odious task, but fortunately not a long one. It may besaid that the Composer's apparent aim in No. 4 was realized, and,in spite of brave words, the two witnesses themselves seemedto have no sort of confidence in the contemptible charges whichthey were bringing against St. Stephen.

The best choruses were the finest choruses-' 0 great isthe depth,' which brought the Oratorio to a fine conclusion, andthe vigorous' Stone him to death. ' We ought to thank ourConductor formally and heartily for all the long trouble ofwhich this Concert was the graceful and mellifluous result., Sudor fluit undique rivis' he might say contemplating it all,but truly his labour is not in vain!

The School songs were ' Pull' and the Carmen; the bandplayed the March of the Prophet, not for the first time, but instirring fashion, and the Concert was. further glorified by the!TIagnificent Flute-playing of Mr. W; L. Barrett, an artist whois as obliging and good-natured as he is skilful.

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Thus a term, of which we were not sorry to see the end,sang itself out at the last in melodious thunder.

PROGRAMME.

PART I.THE FIRST PART OF MENDELSSOHN'S ORATORIO,

"St. PAUL."The Solos were sung by Everington, Fletcher, tert" Whitaker,

Bond, ma., Mr. A. C. Broadbent, O.S., III Mr. R. St. J. Ainslie. O.S.

I. OVERTURE2. CHORUS ... Lord, Thou alone art God.3· CHORAL ... To God on high.4· RECIT. (Treble) ...And the many that believed.

THE FALSE WITNESSES vVe verily have heard.REGIT. (Treble) And they stirred up the people.

5· CHORUS ... Now this man.6. REGIT. (Treble) ... And all that sat.

RECIT. (Stephen) ... Men, Brethren and Fathers.CHORUS ... Take him away.REGIT. (Stephen) Lo! I see the heavens.

7· ARIA (Treble) ... Jerusalem, Jerusalem.8. REGIT. (Tenor) Then they ran upon him.

CHORUS Stone him to death.9· REGIT. (Tenor) ... And they stoned him.

CHORAL To Thee, 0 Lord.la. RECIT. (Treble) And the witnesses.II. CHORUS Happy and blest.12. RECIT. (Tenor) ... And Saul made havock.

AIR (Saul) ... Consume them all.13· REGIT (Alto) ... And he journeyed

ARIOSO But the Lord is mindful.14· RECIT (Tenor) ... And as he journeyed.

SEMI CHORUS Saul, why persecutest thou me.IS· CHORUS ...Rise! up! arise.16. CHORAL ... Sleepers, wake.17· RECIT (Tenor) ... And his companions.18. ARIA (Paul) o God, have mercy upon me.19· REGIT (Tenor and Treble) ... And there was a disciple.20. ARIA (Paul) I praise thee.

CHORUS The Lord, he is good.21. RECIT (Treble) ... And Ananias went.

REGIT. (Tenor) ... Hear thou brother Sau!.REGIT. (Tre~le) ...And there fell from his eyes.

22. CHORUS o great is the depth.

FLUTE SOLO

SCHOOL SONG

MARCHCARMEN ...

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Mr. W. L. Barrett.

Pull

Le Prophete

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

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{f. R .L.N.P.

Meyerbeer.

Instructor of the Orchestra ••OrganistA t the Piano (for Practices)Conductor

CORPS

. . Mr. C. Regan.Mr. B. G. Thorne.

Carey, ma.Mr. C. H. Hodgson.

NOTES.

There is little, if any thing, to chronicle of events lastterm, we had one Sham Fight on February 5th, and the restof the term there was nothing to record except perhaps thethinness ofthe ranks on Parade owing to 'the prevailing epidemic'as our London Contemporaries would term it. This mis­fortune too prevented our going to the Public Schools' FieldDay at Aldershot on March 25th; perhaps however our losswas not a great one, as according to all accounts the day waslargely spoiled by bad weather; we are now looking forwardto Camp on July 26th; the Head Master has consented to letus go during the last week of term from the Tuesday until theSaturday, as was the case two years ago. Those who havebeen to Camp before know very well what a difference a largedetachment makes to everyone who goes, both in the pleasureand in the profit to be derived from a week under Canvas andas we hope to be about 60 of all ranks this year we shallprobably be one of the largest and therefore the mo?t importantdetachments in Camp.

The following appointment was made on 15th March:­G. M. Carey, Esq. to be acting Superintendent, 2nd Lieutenant.

The result of the Cup Competitions, held on Tuesday,April 12th, was as follows :-Section No. 2, School-House(Sergt. Dean) Cup Drill. Section No. 1, School-House(Colour Sergt. Langhorne) Cup Musketry.

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Sergt. Dean who was Captain of the Shooting VIII.having left, his place has been taken by Colour Sergt.Langhorne and the command of No.. 2 Section by LanceSergt. Sunderland.

THE GYMNASIUM.

For the Open Competition in April, there were only fiveentries, Leigh-Clare being unable to give in his name. Thejudge was Staff-Sergt. A. W. Smith, of Portland, and therewas a good attendance of Visitors. In the result, Staley ranKelway closer than was expected, these two standing easilyfirst and second. Gymnasium colours were afterwards givento Catt and Dicks, and subsequently, on the strength of hiswork in the House Gymnasium Cup, to Leigh-Clare. Themarks were :-

I. L. Kelway 13J!2. P. C. Staley 126t3· A. E. Catt 1064· A. W. Dicks 935· Upjohn 81

Kelway and Staley represented the School in the PublicSchools' Gymnastics at Aldershot. In this competition, whichgrows more severe as time goes on, Sherbornecame out 15thout of thirty-five Schools. The result was hardly as good ashad been hoped for, though we cannot agree with those whothink it a bad result. Easy as it is to say, it must neverthelessbe said that we were unlucky and that Kelway before lunchunaccountably did not do himself justice. He was 19th in­dividually out of 70 Gymnasts, but with a few more marks,such as he might easily have got, the School would have beenin the first ten-a good place considering our numbers.

The House Competition took place at the very end of term,the School-house and Wilson's being the chief competitors.Hodgson's entered also, but were not up to their old excellence.Leigh-Clare did very well for his house and should make agood gymnast. Wilson's took the Cup with some ease, scoring317 marks to 272 of the School-house, when their total hadbeen divided.

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CORRESPONDENCE

[JUNE,

DeJ.r Sir,l\1ay I make a suggestion about the Cricket? I have noticed that

every net, except the so called' Upper' net, receives supervision of somesort? why is this? The people in. the' Upper Net' are supposed to bebetter than any persons in the leagues, they certainly are better than someof the people in the league nets. The 1st XI Nets do not think themselvessa good as not to require coaching, and why should the' Upper' net beconsidered either too good or too bad to require coaching? If its membersare very good they should be in the 1st XI nets, as, if people are so good asnot to require coaching, they would be superior to some in the 1st XI nets,If they are very bad that is all the more reason for coaching.

Hoping for reform,I am yours•

. ONLOOKER.

Dear Mr. Editor,May I make a suggestion through your columns, that is that the

winning league should not be given a distinguishing cap, but a scarf? Ifnext year any of these persons played for the XI it would look bad to seeboys with 1st and 2nd caps, house-caps and league-caps intermingled, buta scarf is not so noticeable.

Yours,HALF A LEAGUE ONWARD.

D3ar Sir,Why are those members of the 1st XI nets, who have not their colours

allowed to bathe after cricket? They have no more right to bathe at otherthan regular bathing hours than any of the XX, as one can understandthe School XI being allowed to bathe after a match but this is the onlyoccasion on which they should be allowed to enjoy a privilege which beforelast year was always the exclusive property of the VIth form, 1st XIand 1st XV.

Yours truly,PUZZLED,

Dear Sir,'What is the advantage of the cricket leagues? At the nets few

fellows bowl properly, some never a single ball, while nearly all the bats­men go in for mere slogging. There is no more keenness displayed than inthe old house games and quite as much rotting goes on.

Again why should a league have to provide its own cricketing materials?What is the good of a games' fund which does not supply the School atlarge with necessities? Are the XI to be the only people who benefit bythe games subscription? The football leagues do not have to provide theirown balls, why then should the cricket leagues?

Finally why should the upper net be so neglected? It is put wherethe light makes it impossible to see, properly and its members get nocoaching. It is not quite clear why thi tail end of the upper should beneglected for promising young players of' seventeen or eighteen years old.

I am Sir,Yours truly,

N,X.

Yours truly,ENQUIRER'

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Dear Mr. Editor,What is this absurd report about no Commem ? Can it be possible

that just at the time when the School wants a helping hand, that helpinghand is rudely snatched away?

Yours truly,PROSPERITY.

Dear Mr. Editor,Are members of the 1st XI, who do not possess their XV colours,

allowed to wear the" XV penny" on the back of their scarfs. If so whyare not members of the XV allowed to wear the XI border? Surely a scarfwith the penny and the border on it, shows that the possessor is in theXV as well as the XI, not only the XI.

Dear Sir,Could not literary societies similar to that which has been started this

term be formed throughout the School? They would be a great help.Yours hopefully,

LOWER FORM.

SCHOOL NEWS.

The result of the Point-ta-Point was as follows:-

(I) Hodgson's. (2) Wilson's. (3) Wildman's & Day Boys.

Fletcher, ma. 2. Cheatle 4· ~lcEnery 1.

Sopper 3· \Vindsor S· Gordon 12.Bullock .. g. Hext 8. McDonald. ma. 14·

14 17 27

Average 4i Average si Average 9

(4) Schoolhouse.

Maser, ma. 9Fletcher, mi. 7Staley 10\Vrightson II

M'Cullagh, ma.. . 13Horsfall, mi. 16

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Large ISCameron 17Browning IS

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The following are the new Prefects ;-J. F. Brewster (d),R. W. B. Langhorne (a), J. G. Jeudwine (f).

The following left last term :-H. R. Dean (a), Head ofthe School, VI., 2nd XV., C. T. Cheatle (c), VI., XV.,F. W. Sopper (f), XV.

In the Public Schools' Sports we were represented by twomembers ofthe School, G. R. Garnier (a), and R. T. McEnery.Of these the former ran second in the Hurdles, being beatenafter a close race. It was a great pity that Gamier wasunable to train properly, because otherwise we should havefelt no doubt as to the result. As it is he must console him­self in the fact tlolat he will be able to compete again next year.

McEnery ran fifth in the Mile and afterwards fourthin the Steeplechase. The time of the Mile was so good thathe could hardly expect to be higher, but it must be remarkedthat the Public School record at Stamford Bridge was brokenby nearly 10 seconds. W. E. Lutyens was competing in theL.A.C. Mile on the same day which he won from scratchin 4.28.

The Games Committee has been constituted as follows :­C. F. Stanger-Leathes (0), Captain of Cricket; L. G. E.'Sunderland (a), Captain of Football ;H. V. Temperley (d),Head of the School; H. C. Pinckney (j), P. Eglington (c),G. R. Gamier (a), F. W. Kemp (a), A. D. Wood, P. C.Staley (a), Captain of Gymnasium.

O.S. NEWS.

- The selection by the Committee of the M.C.C. of Mr.F. E. Lacey, O.S. as Secretary was confi~med unanin:ou~lybythe General Meeting of the Club at Lor~ s at the begmnmg ~fthe Cricket Season. 'vVe take the followmg from Mr. Alcock s" Famous Cricketers and Clicket Grounds."

" Some ten years ago there were few batsmen, certainlynone more attractive in style, than Mr. F. E. Lacey. Educated

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at Sherborne School, he subsequently got his blue at Cam­bridge, and at a period when the University Eleven wasdecidedly above the· average. Subsequently he did brilliantservice for Hampshire, captaining the eleven when the countywas struggling to reassert itself. For a few years he was oneof the highest scorers in County Cricket, and one of his biginnings-his 323 (not out) against Norfolk in 1887-will notreadily be forgotten. Latterly he has been rarely seen in first"class cricket, though he has this year once assisted Hampshire.Over six feet in height and with commanding style, he is anexcellent type of the free bat. With plenty of hits and greatpower, he scores fast all round the wicket. A good field, hehas been of use at times as a slow bowler."

We may add that Mr. F. E. Lacey was, we believe, theonly Shirburnian who secured his' blue' at Association Football.

In the" Black and White" Gladstone Memorial Numberwe notice a poem on the great statesman by Sir Lewis Morris,0.5., from which we quote the following :-

" There is no death for noble thought or deed!Be this our cherished creed.There is no death! but thou, thou livest still,Strong soul, undaunted will,Thou silvery tongue, thou" old man eloquent,"Stout patriot, hater of triumphant wrong,Who ever did'st despise the ignobly strong,For three score years to guide our Britain sent!There is no death, nor will we mourn to-day,Only our prayers we send to speed thee on thy way.

But a! if fair faint memories of the Earth,As is our hope, breathe through thy newer life!Forget not thou this in thy higher birthThe dear dead Past, thy noble emulous strife,The victories of Peace, the friendless weak,For whom thy swift tongue ever burned to speak!Forget not thou our much loved land, nor yetThe wider Britain of our hope forget."

Mr. James Rhoades has also published a sonnet in the, Daily News' on the same theme from which we extract thefirst eight lines.

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TIME'S MASTERPIECE.

At Gladstone's birth, to the slow-shaping HoursFrom the Creator's mouth this mandate ran:" Fill me the measure of a perfect man,Erect, strong, fearless, of transcendent powers:Grace, wisdom, learning-lavish all your dowers,Goodness and greatness mixed, till span by spanToo high for friends to envy, foes to ban,Above the tempest of mankind he towers."

[JUNE,

FROM THE "ATHEN)EUM," APRIL 30th, 1898.\Ve extract the following from a review of Mr. A. N.

Whitehead's book on " Universal Algebra.".• It stands in very much the same relation to the leading

branches of symbolic reasoning as comparative philology doesto the leading languages of civilized humanity."

•• In these (the first two chapters) as everywhere throughoutthe Volume, the author shows a thorough grasp and masteryof his subject."

" In conclusion, we have only to offer our congratulationsto Mr. Whitehead for the very successful way in which he hasaccomplished the first portion (for a 2nd Volume is promised)of a task, which it required no small courage to undertake, andno ordinary ability to execute."

W. E. Lutyens (d) won the Mile at Stamford Bridge III

the L.A.C. Spring Meeting, running from Scratch.

The following have been playing Cricket :­Oxford-Freshmens' Match. 1. G. Winch (f), and A,' J.

Crawford (1).For Exeter-J. E. Stevens (c), A. J. Crawford (f).For Merton-I. G. Winch (1).

Cambridge-For Emmanuel-H. G. K. Young (a).For Queens'-A. C. Temperley (a).

(a.) Schoolhouse, (h.) Blanch's, (c.) Wilson's,(d.) Wildman's,(j.) Hodgson's.

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CONTENTS.

SHIlRBORNE SCHOOL. BEFORE, UNDER, AND AFTER EDWARD VI.

BY A. F. LEACH, F.S.A. 219

AD FORTUNAM ANTIATEM. (A TRANSLATION). 223

ADVENTURES OF AN O.S. UP THE NILE. 224LEGENDS OF THE WHEEL, By ARTHUR WAUGH, 0.5. 228

BATTLE OF GOKH PROSH, (VALOUR OF AN 0.5.) 231

W. E. GLADSTONE, A POEM - ~33

THE POETRY OF STEPHEN PHlLL/PS 234

ATHLETIC SPORTS 238

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MUSICAL SOCIETY 249CORPS NOTES - 252

THE GYMNASIUM 253

CORRESPONDENCE 254

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