brothers were all Eton Fellows. The capital letter must not
be sup- posed to mean that they were "Fellows of the College." They were simply Eton boys ; but this is itself so dignified a position, that a capital is required to do it justice. Ile is under no illusion about the character of the edneation received there, which was, indeed, about as ineffectual, as far as any instruction was concerned, as can be imagined. He uses, very properly, condemnatory language about some of the manners and customs of the school, notably about the behaviour in week. day chapel. Nothing more disgraceful, in its way, ever took place. Bat, as be exclaims, "Eton, with all thy faults I love thee still !" no one would wish to disturb so pious an affection. Still, in the interests of truth, we must point out that his long cata- logues of Eton worthies are not ad rem. Eton was the school of the ruling class, and no conceivable badness of system could have prevented its alumni from rising to high places in Church and State. Of Keate Mr. Wilkinson has a higher opinion than is commonly held of that famous man. And, indeed, he was a born ruler, not the less able because, resolute as he was, he knew when to yield. The way in which he felt the pulse of the school, and saw what was possible and what was not, was nothing less than admirable. Mr. Wilkinson's reminiscences of his own school-life are excellent reading, full of stories for which we would gladly find space.
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