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 Editorials. 217.

The Neit's-Leader, of Richmond, Va., pays this just tribute to the work and memory of Mr. Brock:

"Than Robert Alonzo Brock, no man had done more to preserve Virginia traditions, history and genealogy. That labor had been a passion and a sacred duty with him, and to it for over a generation he had devoted himself unremittingly. As Secretary of the Southern Historical Society, and for some years occupying the same position with the Virginia Historical Society, and as genealogical editor of the Richmond Standard and contributor to various outside historical publications, Mr. Brock put into enduring form a wealth of material of incal- culable value to future constructive historians. He has been most justly termed a yeoman of Virginia history and a master of annotation. Some of his achievements in this latter field are unexcelled for accuracy and laboriousness."