31 JULY 1915, Page 3

We regret to have to record the death, in his

seventy-ninth year, of Sir James Murray, the editor of the New English Dictionary. Though it was not permitted to him to complete the great work to which he devoted•the last thirty-six years of his life, he had brought it within easy stages of the end. With the splendid band of associates and researchers available no falling off need be apprehended from the standard hitherto maintained in this, perhaps the most valuable educational instrument of our time.