Most of these articles are reprinted as they were written, with only obvious and necessary corrections. The Life of Dr Whewell has been slightly enlarged; and that of Bishop Thirlwall has been revised, though not substantially altered. Any merit that this Life may possess is due to the kindness of the late Master of my College, Dr Thompson. I myself had never so much as seen Thirlwall, and undertook the article with great reluctance. But my difficulties vanished as soon as I had consulted Dr Thompson. He had been one of Thirlwall’s intimate friends, and not only supplied me with information about him which I could not have learnt from any other source, but revised the article more than once when in type. The article on Dr Luard is practically new. Soon after his death I contributed a short sketch of his Life to the _Saturday Review_, and afterwards another, in a somewhat different style, to a Trinity College Magazine called _The Trident_. Out of these, with some additions, the present article has been composed. It has been suggested to me that an article on Richard Owen, in a series devoted entirely, with that exception, to Cambridge men, needs justification. I would urge in my defence that the Senate coopted Owen by selecting him, in 1859, as the first recipient of an honorary degree under the new statutes. My cordial thanks are due to Dr Jackson, Fellow and Prælector of Trinity College, for much valuable criticism, and assistance in preparing the volume for the press. I have also to thank the proprietors of the _Church Quarterly Review_, and those of the _Saturday Review_, for their kindness in allowing me to reprint articles of which they hold the copyright. JOHN WILLIS CLARK. SCROOPE HOUSE, CAMBRIDGE. _1 January, 1900._ CONTENTS. PAGE WILLIAM WHEWELL 1 _Church Quarterly Review_, April, 1882. CONNOP THIRLWALL 77 _Church Quarterly Review_, April, 1883. RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, LORD HOUGHTON 153 _Church Quarterly Review_, July, 1891. EDWARD HENRY PALMER 201 _Church Quarterly Review_, October, 1883. FRANCIS MAITLAND BALFOUR 282 _Saturday Review_, 29 July, 1882. HENRY BRADSHAW 292 _Saturday Review_, 10 February, 1886. WILLIAM HEPWORTH THOMPSON 302 _Saturday Review_, 9 October, 1886. COUTTS TROTTER 314 _Saturday Review_, 10 December, 1887.