1 JUNE 1889, Page 3

The appointment of Dr. Jebb to the Professorship of Greek

at Cambridge seems, at first sight, to be more to the advantage of the University than of the Professor. Cambridge acquires a Greek scholar of the very highest reputation, the only man in the country, it may be said without undue disparagement of other persons eminent in the academic world, who takes as high a place in the estimation of his contemporaries as did his pre- decessor, Dr. Kennedy. Dr. Jebb, on the other hand, sacrifices a considerable income in order to return to his Alma Mater. It is to be hoped that classical literature will reap the advan- tage ; that we shall have, for instance, the remaining volumes of his " Sophocles " at somewhat shorter intervals.