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touches of his poet's brush Canon Atkinson describes ail the 

 loveliness of a wood in spring and summer. The spot he has 

 chosen is Depedale, at Dale Abbey. The short poem, of which 

 the late Bishop of this diocese — George Ridding — is the sub- 

 ject, speaks tenderly and reverently of one whose character 

 was appreciated most by those who knew him best. The most 

 powerful, however, of the Derbyshire poems is that called 

 "Flood on the Trent," which occurred at Long Eaton in 1875. 

 It was the highest flood since 1795, ^"^^ '" 't rnany lives were 

 lost. 



" 'Twas the 19th of October our Church-bells were newly hung, 

 So in memory the date securely dwells ; 



And the men were ready at the ropes for the first peal to be rung, 

 For the priest had come to dedicate the bells." 



And so the story is told, so graphically that the whole scene, 

 in all its horror, is present with us as we read. 



Journal. — ^A few words seem necessar}- to account for the 

 appearance of the Journal in January, which, so far as is 

 possible, will be its future date of issue. The most interesting 

 report of the excavations at Melandra, for which we are 

 so much indebted to the Manchester Classical Associa- 

 tion, and which will be found at the end of this 

 volume, arrived too late to be included in our last issue. 

 Owing to its exclusion, the Journal contained somewhat less, 

 as this contains somewhat more, matter than it has done of 

 late. Those who compiled the report, however, were so dis- 

 appointed that their efforts to be in time were in vain, and 

 that all this valuable matter would be buried for twelve 

 months, that I undertook to issue the Journal sooner than 

 usual. 



Illustrations. — We are indebted, as usual, to Mr. Le Blanc 

 Smith and his camera for many of the illustrations. Those 

 of the fonts and of the Tideswell alms-dish are his work. 

 Those illustrating Monyash Church are the work of Mr. R. F. 

 Hunter, photographer, of 4, Station Approach, Buxton. They 



