It may not be generally known that Mr. Stephen was an authority jon Shakespeare, such as is rarely, met with, He could, from memory, place practically any quotation, not only from the well-known plays but [also from those less fa and from the sonnets and other verse. His knowledge generally of English literature both prose and poetry extraordinarily wide and_accur He'was also a great lover of music though he did not perform himself. good speaker, with no ions to oratory, but a fine for the appropriate word and always a dry Keen sense of His eldest son, who was in the Flying Corps, was killed during the war.
Mr. Stephen leaves. two. daughters, the twins, well-known to jo {many friend: ho have just finish-jed their education in Switzerland and were in London with their: father at the time of his death. To: them as also to Mrs. Stephen we: offer the heartfelt sympathy of many friends all through the Far East.
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