A Memoir of Archbishop Markham. By Sir Clements Markham. (Clarendon
Press. 6s. net.)—Sir Clements Markham's great- grandfather is an interesting instance of the democratic spirit of the Church. He came of an old family, but it had come down in the world. His father was a Lieutenant on half-pay, who eked out his living by copying law-papers. But the son was a lad of brilliant talents. He went up to Christ Church as a Westminster student, became Tutor in due course, then Head-Master of West- minster, then Canon of Durham, Dean of Rochester, Dean of Christ Church, Bishop of Chester (these last posts he held together after the manner of the age), and finally in 1776 (aetat. 57) Arch- bishop of York. This See he held for thirty years. His town house, it is interesting to know, was in Bloomsbury Square. Dr. Markham was a Whig, a helpful friend to Burke, though the two afterwards differed. He fell under the displeasure of the mob in the Gordon riots. On this occasion he Seems to have borne himself in a very creditable way. In fact, he saved Lord Mans- field's life. He was tall and knew how to use his fists,—" even at fifty-eight a match for any two of the mob," as his great-grandson writes with pardonable pride. Altogether, the Archbishon was a model Churchman of the time, though not exactly an ideal prelate according to modern notions,
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