52 ^ FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS 



words, in his neatest handwriting, " Open Thou mine 

 eyes, that I may see the wondrous things of Thy 

 law," followed by a slightly altered and abbreviated 

 form of the well-known Collect for the Second 

 Sunday in Advent. 



Such, in some sort, was the room wherein the 

 chief part of his widespread work was accom- 

 plished. 



It would' have taxed the ingenuity of a stranger, 

 on entering this study, to determine in what direc- 

 tion, mainly, lay the interests of its occupant. Tastes 

 entomological and genealogical would probably at 

 first sight, from a general survey of the surround- 

 ings, have been thought the most strongly marked 

 in him. It will be seen later, when we come to 

 speak more personally of him, how far such a 

 surmise would have been correct. 



" No admittance except on business " was practi- 

 cally the rule of entry into his " sanctum." It was as 

 though he could bear no interruptions in this inner 

 recess. He had the greatest dislike to the presence 

 of anything which might tend to disarrange the 

 order of his papers, and never would he allow 

 any one to dust his room but himself, except on 

 certain rare occasions, which he cordially disliked, 

 and were made as few and far between as possible. 

 Frequently was he seen, in the middle of a morning's 

 work, to dart out of his room in his shirt-sleeves, 

 carefully holding a duster, which he shook violently 

 on the terrace outside, but always so that the wind 

 carried the cloud right away. Only one person 



