18 Loves Garland. 
This was, however, a delicate question : 
his look was such that I reproached myself 
afterwards that I had made it, for up to this 
time he had been over-anxious to give me 
the advantage of all his learning. I felt he 
was evidently disinclined to compromise his 
co-religionists, so I turned the conversation 
on to his three great works,—the “ Opus 
Majus,” “Opus Minus,” and “Opus Ter- 
tium,” and assured him I would lose no 
time in procuring them, as they would aid 
me materially in my discoveries ; and, ] may 
remark, I have found them invaluable. 
I could not but feel a sense of regret at 
parting from this most distinguished man, 
his manner was so genial and his mental 
calibre of so high and cultivated an order. 
I next conjured up Albrect Groot (1193- 
1280); he apologised for correcting me, 
but remarked he was better known as 
“6 Albertus Magnus.” He was, like Bacon, 
a “monk,” but of the Dominican order, and 
