14 JULY 1917, Page 16

Memories of Sir William Markby, K.C.I.E. By his Wife, (Clarendon

Press. 66. Od. net.)—The late Sir William Markby, after serving for twelve years as a Judge of the High Court at Calcutta, returned to Oxford in 1878 as Reader of Indian Law and ,lied there in 1914. He is well remembered for the active interest that be took in the Indian Institute, where successful candidates for the Indian Civil Service receive a preliminary training, and for his work as Bursar of Balliol and a member of the Hebdomadal Council. His many friends will be glad to read this unpretentious memoir of a worthy man.