PEEFACE 



TO 



THE FOUETH EDITION 



In sending out this Fourth Edition of my husband's 

 Life, I cannot but repeat my acknowledgment of the 

 extreme kindness with which it has been received. 

 And I think it is also due to his memory to say a 

 word again in view of various statements that have 

 been made in America and elsewhere, to the effect 

 that his mental vigour and powers were impaired 

 before his death. These statements are absolutely 

 untrue. 



I can best refute them by calling attention to 

 the obituary notice written by Professor Burdon 

 Sanderson for the Eoyal Society. 



In this paper it is said : ' Up to the end he 

 (Eomanes) preserved not only his mental vigour, 

 but the keenness of his interest in his scientific 

 pursuits.' 



This, I think, needs no additional comment from 

 me. It is of course only natural that the record of 



