Incidentally it may be mentioned here for the information of his many acquaintances in the Far East with whom he is, perhaps, not in more direct communication, that their old and venerated friend the ex-Archdeacon of Mid-China—no longer Archdeacon because succeeded in the office by the worthy son of a worthy sire—has on the advice of those nearest and dearest to him, "though his eye is not dim nor his natural force abated," ned his rectorship of Burwarton, in Shropshire, "the most beautiful spot in the most beautiful part of beautiful England," as he fondly terms it, and retired to Weymouth in his na. tive county of Dorset, and within a few miles of his old home at Dorchester, making his temporary home with his youngest son, a master in Weymouth College, "yet free to return to China if he be called—to the front and sound of the guns—or to remain at home for wider or more active work, speaking and preaching for missions and possibly writing." Apparently he has lost none of that vigour and virility which stood him in such good stead during the long years he spent in this country. Never did labourer more justly earn that sweet rest which is nature's grand reward for toil. That he may be long spared, though now within a measurable distance of fourscore years, to enjoy that well-earned reward cannot be other than a wish universal, To the venerable and venerated doctor and his gracious consort, his unfailing help-meet in the dark hours of sickness and sorrow, in frequent periods of lone isolation amidst the Chekiang hills, in the sunshiny days of hapuness and success, will go without stint the warmest and heart-felt expressions of goodwill of that wide circle who were privileged and honoured with their friendship in Far Cathay. 'H. T. Wang.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.