i8 REMINISCENCES OF 



think it can be improved in many points ; but I am 

 sure that Dr. Williams' cannot be right. It would 

 be a very kind thing in any one, who was so privi- 

 leged, to converse with him on the subject ; but do 

 not you on any account commit me. I am more than 

 satisfied with the system so far as it goes ; the fault, 

 I find, is that it only goes so far. 



" You will not, I trust, fail to visit Eton either on 

 your way back or shortly after you return. In the 

 meantime, believe me, my dear Sir, 



" Yours very sincerely, 



" EDWARD COLERIDGE." 



Stafford Northcote was, I think, in the Lower 

 Division of the fifth form. He afterwards became 

 Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was created Lord 

 Iddesleigh. His principal companion Gisborne, was 

 very fond of natural history, had a capital collection 

 of stuffed birds, and drew and painted birds most 

 beautifully. I never saw him again after we left 

 Eton, and I believe he died young. 



Herries and Farrar were also great friends of 

 Northcote's. Carew was usually called " Lobby," 

 and afterwards became Lord Wexford. He was 

 called " Lobby " because he always called the pas- 

 sage " the lobby ". 



Ascend the " lobby " now, O Muse ! 

 The great Wexfordian room peruse ! 



Stafford Northcote had very light hair, and there 

 was a Windsor boy who sang in the choir whose 

 name was Jack Tabner, and whose hair was the 



