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NOTES BY THE WAY.

��Widow of Rev.T.

Mozley.

��Rev.

Wentworth Webster.

��Widow of Sir J. B. Seeley.

��George

Frederick

Nicholl.

��J. S. Stuart Glennie.

��Rev. Sir G. W.

Cox.

��1894, January 16th (W. E. Gladstone). MBS. ELIZABETH BAKER MOZLEY.

" In recognition of the literary merits of her late husband, the Rev. Thomas Mozley. 151."

Thomas Mozley, 1806-93 (' D.N.B.,' vol. xxxix.).

1894, January 16th (W. E. Galdstone). REV. WENTWORTH WEBSTER.

" In consideration of his researches into the language, literature, and archaeology of the Basques. 150Z."

' Basque Legends ' (Sonnenschein's ' Best Books ').

1895, May 16th (Earl of Rosebery). LADY SEELEY.

" In consideration of the literary merits of her late husband, Sir J. R. Seeley, K.C.M.G., Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge. 100Z."

Sir John Robert Seeley (1834-95), third son of Robert Benton Seeley, publisher. Among his contemporaries at Christ's were Calverley, Walter Besant, Skeat, and Peile. In 1859 he published, under the pseudonym of John Robertson, his first book, a volume of poems ; in 1865, ' Ecce Homo ' (' D.N.B.,' vol. li).

1895, June 18th (Earl of Rosebery). MR. GEORGE FREDERICK NICHOLL.

" In consideration of his merits as an Oriental scholar. 75Z." ' Who 's Who,' 1901.

1896, May 18th (Marquis of Salisbury). MR. J. S. STUART GLENNIE.

" In consideration of his labours in connexion with early history and historical theory. 100Z."

Author of ' Essay on Arthurian Localities ' in Wheatley's edition of Merlin (Early English Text Society, Triibner, 1869) ; ' Classification of Folk-lore,' reprinted in Garnett's ' Greek Folk- Songs ' (Sonnenschein's ' Best Books ').

1896, May 18th (Marquis of Salisbury). THE REV. SIR GEORGE WILLIAM Cox.

" In consideration of his services to classical and historical learning, especially in connexion with the history of Greece. 120/."

Born 1827. ' Tales of Ancient Greece,' 1868 ; ' Aryan Mytho- logy,' 1870 ; ' History of Greece,' 1874-7 ; ' Comparative Mytho- logy and Folk-lore,' &c. (' Who 's Who,' 1901).

Sir George Cox died February llth, 1902.

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