C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1879

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LIBRAWY

BW.B. Nicholson
1912

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TO THE

REV. HENRY HALL-HOUGHTON, M.A.

(WITHOUT KNOWING HIM OR ASKING HIS LEAVE)

I Dedicate this Book

AS THE FIRST OUTCOME OF STUDIES TO WHICH I WAS LED BY HIS

FOUNDATION, JOINTLY WITH THE LATE REV. JOHN HALL, B.I).,

OF THE HALL-HOUGHTON PRIZES IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD