er, the Master of Trinity, and
his accomplished wife, who had, before her marriage, beaten
the young men of Cambridge in all of the examinations. Dr.
Butler spoke very kindly of William Everett, with whom he
had been contemporary at Cambridge. He told me that Edward
Everett, when he received his degree at Oxford, was treated
with great incivility by the throng of undergraduates, not
because he was an American, but because he was a Unitarian.
I told this story afterwards to Mr. Charles Francis Adams.
He confirmed it, and said that his father had refused the
degree because he did not wish to expose himself to a like
incivility.

I dined in the old hall of Trinity, and met many very eminent
scholars. I saw across the room Mr. Myers, the author of
the delightful essays, but did not have an opportunity to speak
to him. I was introduced, among other gentlemen, to Aldus
Wright, Vice or Deputy Master, eminent for his varied scholarship,
and to Mr. Frazer, who had just published his admirable edition
of Pausanias.

A great many years ago I heard a story from Richard H. Dana,
illustrating the cautious and conservative fashions of Englishmen.
He told me that when the Judges went to Cambridge for the
Assizes they always lodged in the House of the Master of Trinity,
which was a royal foundation, the claim being, that as they
represented the King, they lodged there as of right. On the
other hand the College claims that they are there as the guests
of the College, and indebted to its hospitality solely for
their lodging. When the Judges approach Cambridge, the Master
of Trinity goes out to meet them, and expresses the hope that
they will make their home at the College during their stay;
to which the Judges reply that "They are coming." The Head
of the College conducts them to the door. When it is reached,
each party bows and invites the other to go in. They go in,
and the Judges stay until the Assize is over. This ceremony
has gone on for four hundred years, and it never yet has been
settled whether the Judges have a right in the Master's house,
or only are there as guests and by courtesy. I suppose that
in the United States both sides would fight that question
until it was settled somehow. Each would say: "I am very
willing to have the other there. But I want to know whether
he has any right there." I asked about the truth of this
story. Dr. Butler said it was true and seemed, if I understood
him aright, to think