BISHOP THIRLWALL'S CRITICAL REMAINS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF TELE "SPECTATOR.')
Sirt,—I think that both you and your readers may be glad to hear that the late Bishop of St. David's left behind him some critical and expository notes on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, which are to appear early in next year. These "Notes" were the last work to which he put his hand. He began them only at the commencement of the present year. In February, and before he had quite finished his exposition of chapter i., he lost the use of his right hand, and was compelled to call in the aid of his nephew, Mr. John Thirlwall, of Bath, to whom he dictated the rest of the work. A few weeks later his sight failed him, and he became almost totally blind. Still he went on with the work, and only when he had reached the end of chapter iii. did he succumb to his growing infirmities and the swift approach of death.
These "Notes" are very concise, but wonderfully clear, and dis- play both the accurate scholarship and vigorous power of thought for which he was famous. No doubt they will meet with a cordial welcome from the large circle of those who knew and honoured him. Many, too, will be glad to know that a sermon of the Bishop's on the very obscure and difficult promise contained in St. Mark x. 29-30 will also shortly appear.—I am, Sir, &e.,
SAMUEL CON.
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