The Council of Marlborough College seems to have done a
wise thing. For many years the school has had a high reputation, not only for sending first-rate scholars to the Universities, but also for having extended its sphere of studies beyond that of the other leading public schools. It has been fortunate enough to have had Mr. Bradley for its Head Master, who has stood in the foremost rank of advocates for making the studies of our public schools in accord with our time. The Rev. F. W. Farrar, F.R.S., who has been appointed his successor, has for many years been distinguished in the same direction. Mr. Farrar introduced the study of Natural Science at Harrow, and, both by lectures and essays, he has successfully advocated a wider area of school and University education. He is a man of great versatility, famous as a preacher and speaker, known honourably in literature, and recognized to be a first-rate classic and philological writer. His " Greek Syntax " has been adopted in many of the leading schools, and high testimony has been borne to its accurate scholarship. Not the least of Mr. Farrar's gifts is the power which by universal testimony he possesses of rousing and maintaining in his pupils an interest in their studies, and of winning their affection for himself.
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