That Sir William Osler should have been chosen to preside over such an assembly of British scholars is no matter for surprise, for though a humanist in the broad sense of the term as a student of human affairs and human nature, rather than of Latin and Greek, he at the same time was a wide reader with a "relish for knowledge," successful not only in its quest in many fields beyond that of his chosen profession, but particularly so in his ability to hand his literary gleanings on to others in a new and attractive form. Nevertheless, the presidency of the Classical Association, considering the avowed objects of this body, was a most signal honour in view of his reputation primarily as a scientist and teacher of medicine. His immediate predecessor, the Professor of Greek at Christ Church, opened his presidential address of the year before with these words: It is the general custom of this Association to choose as its President alternately a classical scholar and a man of wide eminence outside the classics. Next year you are to have a man of science, a great physician who is also famous in the world of learning and literature. Last year you had a statesman, who, though a statesman, is also a great scholar and man of letters, a sage and counsellor in the antique mould, of world-wide fame and unique influence. Thus, though in himself sufficiently representative of humanistic culture, Osler was in this strict sense an alternate, and among the fourteen earlier Presidents of the Association three had like himself been Fellows of the Royal Society, which long since had abandoned even the pretence of concerning itself with classical studies which had been the very basis of the Revival of Learning. The list of Presidents since the foundation of the Association may be a matter of interest to those in this country who may not have been aware of the existence and purposes of this organization of British scholars: 1904. The Right Hon. Sir R. H. Collins, M.A., LL.D., D.C.L., Master of the Rolls. 1905. The Right Hon. the Earl of Halsbury, D.C.L., F.R.S., Lord Chancellor. 1906. The Right Hon. Lord Curzon of Kedleston, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., D.C.L., F.R.S. 1907. S. H. Butcher, Esq., M.P., Litt.D., D.Litt., LL.D. 1908. The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, M.P., K.C., D.C.L., Prime Minister. 1909. The Right Hon. the Earl of Cromer, G.C.B., O.M., K.C.S.I., LL.D. 1910. Sir Archibald Geikie, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D., President of the Royal Society. 1911. The Right Rev. Edward Lee Hicks, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lincoln. 1912. The Very Rev. Henry Montagu Butler, D.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. 1913. Sir Frederic G. Kenyon, K.C.B., D.Litt., F.B.A., Head of the British Museum.