elderly naval men of the peculiar type discovered by Mr. Gilbert. Yet a chance word in a London thoroughfare has before now elicited this ingenuous confession of faith: “I’d walk any distance to see anything belonging to George Borrow or to read anything fresh of his. Lord bless you, I almost worship that man!” Footnotes: {213a} It was not the policy of the Times Literary Supplement to give the name of the author. For completeness the author is Thomas Seccombe, and the editor of the TLS. at the time was James Thursfield.—DP. {213b} Two brothers. See “Gypsies in Spain,” Preface to Second Edition.