y admired. And here, too, in 1891 he published two little
volumes of verse: 'Lapsus Calami' and 'Quo Musa Tendis?' Four editions
of the first were published between April and August.[201] It started
with an address to Calverley, most felicitous of minor poets of
Cambridge; and the most skilful practisers of the art thought that James
had inherited a considerable share of his predecessor's gift. I,
however, cannot criticise. No one can doubt that the playful verses and
the touches of genuine feeling show a very marked literary talent, if
not true poetic power. He seems, I may remark, to have had a special
affinity for Browning, whom he parodied in a way which really implied
admiration. He took occasion to make a graceful apology in some verses
upon Browning's death.[202] But to me the little volume and its
successor speak more of the bright and affectionate nature which it
indicates, and the delight, veiled by comic humour, in his friendships
and in all the school and college associations endeared by his friends'
society. The 'Quo Musa Tendis?' composed chiefly of poems contributed to
various papers in the interval, appeared in September 1891.

Mr. Oscar Browning quotes some phrases from one of James's letters in
November, which dwell with lively anticipation upon the coming term. For
a time, in fact, he seemed to be in excellent spirits and enjoying his
old pursuits and amusements. But a change in his condition soon
occurred. He had to leave Cambridge at the end of November; and he died
on February 3, 1892. Many bright hopes were buried with him; but those
who loved him best may find some solace in the thought that few men have
been so surrounded by the affection of their fellows, or have had, in
spite of the last sad troubles, so joyous or so blameless a life.

James's college friends have put up a brass to his memory in King's
College Chapel. His family erected a fountain near Anaverna. His father
added a drinking-cup as his own special gift, and took the first draught
from it October 25, 1892, when about to take his final leave of the
place.

VI. CONCLUSION

What remains to be told of Fitzjames's life shall be given as briefly as
may be. The death of James had been preceded by the death of Lord
Lytton, November 24, 1891, which was felt deeply by the survivor. His
own health gave fresh cause for anxiety during the latter part of 1889,
though happily he had little suffering at any time beyond some
incidental inco