employés, of which I received three; one I have given to H. E. the Acting Sirdar, in order to send it to you, and one I shall keep as a mark of distinction. The design of the decoration was drawn by General Gordon himself in Kartoum. He then caused several goldsmiths to cast a model from the drawing, and then chose the best one. He had the whole number of decorations struck under his supervision.1 I remain, dear Madam, MAHMOUD TALAÂT. I HAVE the honour to express to you my best thanks for the photograph of your late brother, which has caused me both pleasure and pains, because it reminded me of his good inclination and devotion to all. I have the pleasure of inclosing in return my own photograph bearing the decoration which was granted to me by your late brother, hoping that you would accept it for the sake of the decoration. 1 General Gordon used the Medjidie as a model, with an inscription in Arabic round the medal: "The siege of Kartoum," and date. D D The following letter, which I have lately received from Mr. E. A. Maund, contains particulars regarding The Dream of Gerontius, the book referred to above (p. 379), and other details which will be read with interest : LONDON, 30 January, 1888. DEAR MISS GORDON,—On my return from Africa, I heard you were writing reminiscences of your brother, General Gordon, and at the same time I recollected that there had been some controversy about that little book, The Dream of Gerontius, which he gave to Mr. Power at Kartoum, and which the latter mentions in his letters home and afterwards sent to his sister. It may be of interest to some to know how it was that General Gordon had this little Roman Catholic poem with him in Kartoum. The day he left, your brother related to me how his spiritual life was changed by what he experienced at his father's death-bed, as, gazing on the lifeless form, he thought: "Is this what we all have to come to?" This led to a long discussion on death, when I remarked that some of his ideas reminded me of Dr. Newman's little book, The Dream of Gerontius. Whereupon he said he should like to read it; and I promised to send it after him to Egypt. Your brother in a post-card, dated from Kartoum, 7 March, 1884, acknowledging the book, says: "MY DEAR MR. MAUND,-Your letter 25 January arrived to-day. I am glad my old friend is at rest, and I hope your kind family are comforted. What a sad trial you have all gone through for a year, far worse than the burden on me. Thanks for the little book. My progress shall now be for my old friend's family. I assure you that I intercede more for my friends, now I am up here, than when I was in Palestine. When Job prayed for his friends, then God turned his captivity (Job xlii. 10). Your prayers are my host. With kindest regards to all, "Yours sincerely, "C. G. GORDON." This card not only shows General Gordon's strong belief in intercessory prayer, but seems to convey an idea of his forlorn and almost hopeless state at Kartoum, even at that early date. That he had presentiments of failure, I knew; for, on parting, when I wished him God speed and success, he said: "Every one has to fail, or we should have too high a belief in our own powers. As yet I have been successful: I have still to fail. I wish for humility, for God's guidance, and for resignation to God's will." Believe me yours very sincerely, E. A. MAUND. I close this volume with a Greek epitaph on my brother, written by Professor Jebb, of the University of Glasgow, together with a translation which has been kindly furnished by a friend : ΕΠΙ ΚΑΡΟΛΩΙ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΩΙ ΓΟΡΔΩΝ. μνάμαν ἀέναον λελοιπὼς οἴχεαι, τοῖος θανὼν οἷός περ ἔζης, πτωχοῖσι μὲν ὄλβος, ἀθύμοις δ ̓ ἐλπίς, ἔρεισμα δ ̓ ἀμαυροῖς. παντοπόρον δ ̓ ἀπόροισιν ἀνταίρων λῆμα καὶ τρομεροῖς ἐνέσταζες βίαν. εὐεργεσιῶν δὲ χάριν σύνοιδέ σοι τυραννίδος ὠγυγίας ἐν ἕδραις ἔτ ̓ ἀσφαλὴς Σινῶν ἄναξ· Νεῖλος δ ̓ οὗ συνάγει δίπορον σθένος ῥεέθρων εἶδε καρτερέοντα πόλις, Φρουρᾶς δωδεκάμηνον ἀλκὰν πὰρ σέθεν πλειστόμβροτος λαβοῦσα μούνου, οὐκ Αρης σ ̓ ἕλεν, ἀλλ ̓ ἁμαρτίαι φίλων. πάτρας τε βροτῶν τ ̓ ὄφελος σὺ κοινὸν ἦσθα σὺν θεῷ· χαῖρ ̓, ἀμίαντε μαχητά, χαῖρε, τρὶς νικαφόρε ζώεις τοὺς δ ̓ ἐπιγιγνομένους σέβειν διδάξεις μῆτιν ἀθανάτοιο πατρός. IN MEMORIAM C. G. G. R. C. .J. Leaving a perpetual remembrance, thou art gone; in thy death thou wert even such as in thy life: wealth to the poor, hope to the desponding, support to the weak. Thou couldst meet desperate troubles with a spirit that knew not despair, and breathe might into the trembling. The Lord of China owes thee thanks for thy benefits; the throne of his ancient kingdom hath not been cast down. And where the Nile unites the divided strength of his streams, a city saw thee long-suffering. A multitude dwelt therein, but thine alone was the valour that guarded it through all that year, when by day and by night thou didst keep watch against the host of the Arabians, who went around it to devour it, with spears thirsting for blood. Thy death was not wrought by the God of War, but by the frailties of thy friends. For thy country and for all men God blessed the work of thy hand. Hail, stainless warrior! hail, thrice victorious hero ! aftertimes to reverence the Father. 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