22 MARCH 1884, Page 3

We are happy to observe that Mr. E. A. Freeman

has been nominated to the Chair of Modern History at Oxford, vacant by the elevation of Dr. Stubbs to the See of Chester. This was what we anticipated, and we are heartily glad that Mr. Freeman has accepted the appointment. History has never been so eagerly studied as it now is at our Universities, and it is in great part due to Mr. Freeman's labours, and to his admirable method as an historian, that this revival of interest in the study must be ascribed.