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1915 
a native of the Forest of Dean — and, indeed, had studied it 
from various points of view. They who knew him well might 
have felt sure that he would not write a History of a district 
without including an account of its physical geology. He 
gives an interesting account of the successive strata of the 
hills on either side of the Severn Valley which form a 
“scientific frontier,” as the writer once heard him call it — 
he was quoting from a recent expression of Lord Beaconsfield 
relating to India. To him were of much interest visible 
features that, like the outcrop of the marlstone, explain why 
denudation has left particular outlines ; just as he would feel 
if some feature in a building were explained by an older 
arrangement revealed by remains of it discovered behind or 
below the structure as now seen. 
“ Cheltenham Parish Church : Its History and Its Archi- 
tecture ’ ’ would be a remarkable book if only as the work of 
a very pronounced nonconformist. It is really an admirable 
account of a church which has a long and very interesting 
history, and serves to illustrate, in a very striking manner, 
the development of architectural styles as seen in church 
windows. The numerous records cited well illustrate the 
relations between the life of the church and that of the 
people. Among the many commendations which the book has 
received is a very cordial one from the rector. 
Politically a strong Liberal, he was held in high esteem by 
a very large circle of friends without distinction of party. In 
family life his higher qualities were shown by devotion to the 
happiness of Mrs Sawyer, afflicted for many years with 
blindness. 
In addition to other writings, he contributed three papers 
to the Proceedings of the Club (see Index to vols. i.-xviii., 
p. 16) ; on “ The Early Man of the Cotteswolds ” and “ Pre- 
Domesday Cheltenham ’ ’ to the Proceedings of the Cheltenham 
Natural Science Society; on “Gloucester, and Gloucestershire 
Worthies” to Memorials of Old Gloucestershire (1911) ; and 
“On Ancient Roads on the Cotteswolds ” to the Transactions 
of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archceological Society (xx., 
247-254). 
T. S. E. 
