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quently, he turned his attention to journalism, and became part proprietor and editor of Church Bells and the Illustrated Ckurch News, etc. Then came a succession of appointments. For one winter he was Chaplain at Costebelle, Riviera ; for five years, 1894-99, he held a Sunday preachership at St Stephen s, Kensington; and in 1900 he became Chaplain to Bishop Blyth, of Jerusalem.

Mr Fowler is essentially a busy man without a doubt, one of the busiest men in Orders. Editing, arduous enough to some people, he looks upon as a pastime, and so enthusiastic is his literary bent that it has carried him into authorship on a considerable scale. Besides Christian Egypt^ he has written such acceptable works as Some Notable Archbishops of Canterbury, Church History in Queen Victorias Reign, The Popular Life of Archbishop Benson, and many special articles for the religious and secular press on both sides of the Atlantic. About the time he commenced his pastoral work at Rams- gate, Mr Fowler had the good fortune to wed Miss Ada Dayrell, the daughter of the late Colonel Edward Thomson, C.S.I., and niece of Archbishop Thomson, of York. By virtue of this marriage, and his previous responsible position under Dr Benson, Mr Fowler enjoyed the unusual experience of being brought into close touch with the primates of the two English provinces. It is not venturing beyond the line prescribed by proper taste, it is hoped, to mention that the union is a singularly happy one.

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