25 SEPTEMBER 1869, Page 3

We observe with sincere pleasure that Professor J. R. Seeley

has been appointed to the Regina Professorship of History in 'Cambridge, vacant by the resignation of Canon Kingsley. The remarkable articles on Roman Imperialism in Macmillan's Maga- zine, to which we have more than once called attention, sufficiently prove Mr. Seeley's grasp and knowledge as an historian. He has, -indeed, as yet given but little on modern history to the world ; but his literary style, which is lucid and vigorous, is widely known -and universally admired. University College, London, loses in him a popular and most efficient Professor of Latin.