We regret to note the death of the Rev. T.
Mozley, probably the oldest leader-writer in the world. Though he was con- nected with the whole Tractarian movement, and was for a time Newman's right hand, his real business in life for forty years was writing articles in the Times. He knew a great deal on many subjects ; and even when he knew nothing, he had a gift of expression which somehow left his readers with clearer thoughts. This gift was, in truth, his principal faculty, for we cannot acknowledge that he was a great thinker; but he was a man of considerable judgment, and one of the pleasantest of human beings. His book of Reminis- cences revealed him not only as a master of clear and melo- dious English, with a fine appreciation of humour and sarcasm, but as a man with unexpectedly clear insight into varieties of character.
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