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to its author a great and deserved reputation. In 1862, almost imme- 

 diately after the publication of the Ancient Law, Maine was appointed 

 legal member of the Government Council in India, and he accepted 

 the appointment. This was the beginning of his connection with the 

 government of India, — a connection which lasted until his death. 

 Maine was in India seven years. He returned to England in 1869. 

 Two years later he was created Knight Commander of the Order of 

 the Star of India (K. C. S. I.), and at the same time was appointed 

 a member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India. 



Maine's academic work was laid aside during his absence in India, 

 but he resumed it after his return to England. In 1870 he was made 

 Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford, — 

 the professorship being created especially for him. It was at Oxford 

 that he composed some of his most interesting lectures. They were 

 delivered in the hall of Corpus Christi College, to large audiences, made 

 up mostly of graduates. Maine was a good lecturer, in spite of the 

 fact that his lectures were always " chapters of books read aloud." 

 The presence of the man was fine, his voice and manner were good, and 

 we know how interesting the lectures were in matter, having read 

 the books in which they were afterwards published ; — Village Com- 

 munities in the East and West (1871); Lectures on the Early 

 History of Institutions (1875) ; and Dissertations on Early Law and 

 Custom (1883). 



In 1875 Maine gave the Rede Lecture at Cambridge on the Effect 

 of the Study of India on Modern European Thought. In 1878 he 

 delivered a lecture on Modern Theories of Succession to Property. 

 He was a frequent contributor of articles to newspapers and magazines. 

 Among the more important of the contributions to magazines are the 

 Essays on Popular Government, which appeared first in the Quarterly 

 Review, and afterwards (in 1885) in book form. Maine held his pro- 

 fessorship at Oxford until 1878, when, being appointed Head Master of 

 Trinity Hall at Cambridge, he returned to his own University. Last 

 year he received at Cambridge the Whewell Professorship of Inter- 

 national Law, and gave one course of lectures on this subject. His 

 usefulness in Cambridge was not, however, limited to his lecturing and 

 teaching there. His personal influence over his College, and over the 

 whole University, was good in every way, and his loss will be deeply 

 and sadly felt. 



In 1849, just before he was called to the bar, Maine married his 

 cousin, a daughter of George Maine. They had three children, two of 

 whom, both sons, are living. 



