A curious account of the crafty efforts of the Record
in trying to persuade the world that Mr. Jowett is remunerated for his professorship at some higher rate than 401. a year will be found in another column. Since that letter was printed, it is only fair to say that Mr. Dicey has received another note from the editor, stat- ing that " the Record never made the assertion that Professor Jowett by some means or other derives from the University a .greater sum than 401. a year for teaching the University Greek, and has therefore no such assertion to retract.' " The following were the editor of the Record's words on the 18th April: —" Mr. Dicey -acknowledges" [which is of course untrue] " that, as Fellow of Balliol, Professor Jowett receives an income attached to his Pro - _fessorship, but alleges that with this the University has no con- cern,' and rests this monstrous assertion on a distinction between the corporate funds of the University and the property and fees of the separate colleges. It would be as true to say that a man has no concern with his own head or hands, because the separate members are not identical with his whole compound self." If this be not an assertion that " by some means or other Mr. Jowett -derives from the University a greater sum than 401. a year," we do not know what words would convey that assertion. We fear the editor of the Record has lost the power to appreciate the mean- ing even of his own assertions.
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