1 MARCH 1919, Page 3

We record with deep regret the death on Monday of

the Very Rev. H. O. Beaching, Dean of Norwich. He was only fifty-nine, and had held the Deanery for eight years. He first showed his knowledge of English letters and his charm of style in some Cornhill papers, called " Pages from a Private Diary," which were republished in 1898. His quality as a sound and moderato theologian was attested by his numerous books, and by his appointment to a Chair at King's College as well as to a mom?. at Westminster and to the chaplaincy of Lincoln's Inn. lament in him an old and valued contributor to the Spectator.