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xvii chief part in organising and administering it, and for more than twenty years so fully enjoyed the confidence and affection of his surviving colleagues. Amongst the works published by the Trustees or now in course of publication there are few that were not inspired, suggested, supervised, or in some way influenced by him; and his colleagues can never forget how much they have owed to his energy, enthusiasm, and experience—energy sustained by patience, enthusiasm controlled by judgement, experience as ready to acknowledge any mistake of his own as to excuse it in others. The Trustees hope eventually to include in the Series yet another book from his pen, the Catalogue, which he has left almost complete, of his fine collection of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish manuscripts.