vi PREFACE 



in others, additional matter has been added from my 

 husband's own notes and elsewhere ; more especially 

 when fresh evidence in support of any point he put 

 forward has presented itself since an article was 

 written. In other respects I have made as few 

 alterations as possible, and I trust that this course 

 will commend itself to those who have encouraged 

 me to put together these papers and others from 

 my husband's pen which I hope to publish in book 

 form erelong. 



The many letters full of sympathy and regret, 

 which reached me from known and unknown friends 

 all over the world at the time of his death, suggested 

 that some account of his life and work might be 

 welcome to those of his readers who never knew him 

 personally, and to others who admired his often un- 

 signed writings without being aware of the identity 

 of their author. And it seemed appropriate that such 

 an account should be embodied in the preface to this 

 book. 



But it would be impossible for one bound to him 

 as I am to write dispassionately of one so dear 

 and so lately lost, or to attempt anything like an 

 appreciation of his work which could claim to be 

 in any degree authoritative or final. I have therefore 

 only attempted myself to record the bare facts of his 

 life, leaving the task of appraising the value of his 

 work to others. 



