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..After.'a ten . years' ■ editorship -the "Field" andVa connection■': with; that journal which extends, over a quarter of a. century,'-Mr'.- William' Senior retired from active, work'iii journalism- at.the end of the, year.-. Mr. Senior—who as.'.'Ked Spinner" won' reputation as a' graceful and : accomplished •'.writer on angling'a generation ■.-'■■ .conducted..,-, the. "Field"'with'ability -and■'dignity,' and'his' retirement will bo regretted'not only-by. the readors'of -that' journal, but by-:all' who attach importance to the maintenance of a high tradition in journalism. Mr.; Senior .-is-to bo succeeded by.'Mr. Theodore Andrea Cook,' who, in addition to being one of ' tho greatest. 1 living authorities on rowing (lie was iii tho Oxford, boat'in,-.1889) 'and fencing '(ho was' captain, of the English fencing team■;■ at Athens in 1906),-has achieved distinction , as: a writer upon', art and ; architecture. His "Old Tourain'o" has longs been ,tho ■ standard.book.on tho vdlley of.-tholoire, and: iihis ■-. on' Leonardo— ''Spirals, in . Naturev and 'Art"—is of especial .interest: just now. Mr. Cook wont to Oxford with an -Open Classical Scholarship at Wadham, and took a Second Class on tho Honour Schools of Moderations' and Classical,"Groats/'..'. The Clarendon; Press is inaugurating, under the cditorship'.of Professor Vinogradoff, a series.of-"Oxford Studies; in Social and Legal History?';' Thoieditor's-purpose is: to 'do something for the .organisation of historical research. "Wo ought.to try to' co-ordihato, research and train . researchers; thorough and systematic investigation ought not to bo-left to chanco. an,d to the efforts of. solf-taught pioneers; the scientific side of ' history should be brought up. to the level of its' literary, side." For tho opening : volume of the series, Professor Vinogradov has' selected two monographs;- by former pupils, namely, "English -Monasteries ; on the Eye of Dissolution,".;by Professor Savine, of the University ..of Moscow, .and "Patronago; in the later; Empire," by -Mr'.'.■■])', dc Zulueta,' Fellow of the: New. College,.Oxford;. and: .he expresses ,■■ the hope. that theso two monographs may augur: ; well, for the'progress of ..the sories. -That Thomas Carlylo had a genius-for; letter-writing. everyone is awaro. Here is an excerpt from an amusing letter dated Dublin,; July i, 1849, recounting his;experiences at an hotel :—"Di<ffy told mo the head waiter .ovidently had a touch' of hbro-worshipper in . him- for Thomas .Cybrloil!.'.'•.' ..-■-. .A special valet -stands' up whenever' I ring,' and with; a high ■Irish accent flings •Tiimsclf, as. it were, at;my feet ready to do all, things, from murder to cheese-toasting.". ~• :