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ridge, his schoolfellow at Christ's Hospital. 

 " The Druid," on the contrary, was a devotee 

 of country life, and never happier than when 

 taking long walks with his knapsack slung 

 over his shoulder, along country lanes, or 

 across billowy downs. " Elia's " strength was 

 called forth by contact with crowded cities, 

 and by studying the noblest thoughts of the 

 immortal dead. " The Druid " was at his 

 best among horses, dogs, birds, cattle, and 

 sheep, which, chiefly on foot, he wandered all 

 over these islands to discover, and from 

 which, and the scenes wherein their lives 

 were passed, he derived his best inspiration. 

 An official life in London might have made 

 his struggle with poverty less severe ; but it 

 would certainly have deprived him of oppor- 

 tunities for collecting the materials out of 

 which he compiled a series of books, the 

 vitality of which is attested by the new 

 edition, which, nearly a quarter of a century 

 after their author's death, will be published 

 simultaneously with this sketch of his life. 



There is nothing, however, to forbid the 

 still surviving members of his family to regret, 

 in common with his friends, that he saw fit 



