as he meant to leave it. The
figures of Barry Gallagher, and Tim, and the charming Kit will take
their places in the delightful gallery of his young people, and their
adventures by land and by sea will be followed with an increased
interest that they are the last that can come from his brilliant pen.

Talbot Reed came of a right good English stock, both on his father's and
his mother's side. His grandfather, Dr Andrew Reed, a Nonconformist
minister of note in his day, left his mark in some of the soundest
philanthropic undertakings of the century. His thoughtfulness and self-
sacrificing energy have lightened the sufferings and soothed the old age
of many thousands. He was one of the founders of the London, Reedham,
and Infant Orphan Asylums, the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots, and the
Royal Hospital for Incurables. His son, Sir Charles Reed, and
grandsons, have done yeoman service in carrying on to the present day
the noble work begun by him.

Talbot was the third son of the late Sir Charles Reed, Member of
Parliament for Hackney, and latterly for Saint Ives (Cornwall). His
mother, Lady Reed, was the youngest daughter of Mr Edward Baines,
Member of Parliament for Leeds. She was a lady of saintly life, of
infinite gentleness and sweetness of heart, with extraordinary strength
and refinement of mind, reverenced and loved by her sons and daughters,
and by none more than by Talbot Reed, who bore a strong resemblance to
her alike in disposition and in physical appearance.

The service that Sir Charles Reed did for his generation, both in
Parliament and as Chairman of the London School Board, and in connection
with many of the religious and philanthropic movements of his time, are
too well known to be recapitulated here.

Talbot B. Reed was born on the 3rd of April 1852, at Hackney. His
first schoolmaster was Mr Anderton of Priory House School, Upper
Clapton, under whose care he remained until he was thirteen years of
age. He retained through life a feeling of warm affection to Mr
Anderton, who thoroughly prepared him for the more serious work ahead of
him. Only a year or two ago, Reed was one of the most active of Mr
Anderton's old pupils in organising a dinner in honour of his former
master.

In 1865 Talbot was entered at the City of London School, then located in
Milk Street, Cheapside, under the headship of Dr Abbot, where he spent
four happy and industrious years of his boyhood. He is described by Mr
Vard