The tablet is simple in design as in inscription, but
that does not prevent the stone from being great in the true sense. It is an enduring monument of the high accomplishment of Mr. Eric Gill's art. Of Lord Grey's speech, made at the top of the steps leading to the Chapter House—the place fraught with historical memories many and great, and under the tablet to Lowell and the windows erected to the memory ot Harvard, where the tablet stands—we need only say that it was fully worthy of the occasion. It could not have been more appropriate or more deeply felt. The same may be said of the address by the Dean given in the Abbey. The service was beautiful and dignified, and we know we are not exaggerating when we say that the English part of the congregation was as deeply moved as the American when the vaulted roof of the Abbey echoed to the words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic sung by the choir and the whole congregation.
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