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RICHARD BENTLEY: d. 1742 Sut,—That the bicentenary of Richard Bentley's

death should have been —so far as I have observed—quite overlooked is surprising. He still remains, as Housman always held, our foremost scholar. His work was germinative, both in Greek and Latin ; his dissertation on Phalaris is, knd has ever been, a truly classical achievement. Nor ought his Boyle lectures to be forgotten. Of his obiter dicta one, at least, is deserving of remembrance: "It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself."—Faithfully yours,

E. H. BLAKENEY.

17 Edgar Road, Winchester.