The news will be received with very deep regret, not only in Shanghai, but throughout the outports of China, of the death of the Rev. William Arthur Cornaby, of the Wesleyan Methodist Mission, which occurred rather suddenly at Kuling on Friday morning, the 1th instant, after a brief illness.
About a month ago Mir. Cornaby was suffering from lung trouble, a recurrence of a previous illness, and went to Kuling to recuperate. During the early part of his stay there his health showed signs of improvement, but latterly it failed again, and with complications setting in, he passed away peacefully in his sleep last Friday morning.
Cuirron aND CHEMISTRY.
The late Mr. Cornaby was in his Gist year at the time of his death, having been born at Sydenham, London, on June 19, 1860. He received his education at Sydenham Grammar School, the South Kenington School of Mines, and at the Wesleyan College, Richmond, and from 1881 to 1883 was assistant teacher of chemistry at Clifton College, near Bristol. With Professor A. Shenstone, he was engaged in research work for the Royal Society, assisting in the preparation of treatises on "The Alkaloids of Nux Vomica Root," ete., and then became a member of the Chemical Society of Berlin.
His Work as Missronary.
He first arrived in China in 1885 and for a period of about 18 years was connected with the Wesleyan Mission_at its Hankow and Hanyang Stations. He editor of the Chinese Christian Review" in 1889 and in 1904 commenced work with the Chinese Literature Society in Shanghai, and took over the editorship of the "Chinese Weekly" in that year. After producing numerous books in Chinese, using his own characters, in addition to other duties, he experienced a serious breakdown in health and on medical advice went to Canada, where he remained for some years. On his retura to China, he was sent by his Mission Board to interior stations, owing to the state of his health, and took up duties first at Wusieh and later at Hanyang.
Mr. Cornaby was twice married the present Mrs. Cornaby (nee Miss Foggitt), who survives him, having been formerly well known in the London Mission. By his first marriage he had three sons and a daughter. All three sons joined up in the Great War and only one
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