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Church," in three volumes, "Lectures on the Eastern Church," 

 numerous sermons and essays, " Historical Memorials of Canterbury 

 and of Westminster," and " Sinai and Palestine," which contains the 

 most vividly picturesque topographical, and historical descriptions of 

 those countries to be found in the language, based on observations 

 made in a journey to the East in 1852-53. The series of sermons 

 which he deemed it part of his duty to preach in the Abbey on all 

 occasions of national and historical interest, will, it is hoped, shortly 

 be published in a collected form. 



The wide-spread and enduring popularity of these numerous works 

 is due not only to the intrinsic interest of the subjects chosen, 

 and the brilliance, grace, and charm of the language in which they 

 are written, but also in great measure to the spirit with which they 

 are animated — a spirit which though it can be discerned through all 

 he wrote, could only be fully appreciated by those who knew him 

 personally, for his were, in the words of his successor to the Deanery, 

 " the courage which never looked behind to see who followed as he 

 sprang forward in the defence of anyone whom he deemed unfairly 

 overborne by intolerance or injustice, the inexhaustible fund of 

 tenderness that never failed his friends in the hour of distress, the in- 

 describable gifts and graces that defied analysis which won him not 

 only the undying love of those that knew him, but the hearts of 

 multitudes who never saw him, the imagination, the genius, and the 

 knowledge that cast such a flood of light on the persons, the places, 

 the events, the scenes of so many stages of human history, the ardour 

 that threw itself so keenly into all the interests of the present and all 

 the problems of the future, the purity of heart that made men feel that 

 they could not think of evil in his presence, the largeness of heart 

 that tried so earnestly ' to knit the knots of peace and love throughout 

 all Christian lands,' and the voice that year after year pleaded so 

 eagerly for ' whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure, 

 whatsoever things are of good report.' " 



Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., of Oulton Park, 

 Cheshire, died at his London residence on the morning of April 1, 

 1881, after only a few days' illness. He was the eldest son of the 

 Rev. Sir Philip Grey Egerton, the ninth baronet, and was born on 

 November 13th, 1806. After passing his schooldays at Eton, he 

 entered at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 1828. While 

 still an undergraduate he exhibited a great taste for geology, and 

 studied under Buckland and Conybeare ; and it was at this time, in 

 conjunction with his intimate friend and college companion, Lord 

 Cole — now Earl of Enniskillen — that he devoted himself to the for- 

 mation of a collection of fossil fish. Together with Lord Cole he 

 travelled through Germany, Switzerland, and Italy for the purposes of 



