and whom all the pupils of the school dearly loved. Dr Bruce's friends placed a marble monument to his memory in the Chapel of St Margaret in St Nicholas Cathedral. The monument consists of a marble sarcophagus supporting a draped bier, on which rests the recumbent figure of Dr Bruce in his doctor's gown. The sarcophagus bears the following inscription : En Memoriam JOHANNIS COLLINGWOOD BRUCE, LL.D., D.C.L., VIRI AMABILIS CIVIS OPTIMI EGREGII JUVENUM PRÆCEPTORIS INTERPRETIS ET AUCTORUM PRÆSERTIM QUI HISTORIAM VALLI ROMANI TRACTAVERUNT HABITI IDEM CHRISTI FIDELIS DISCIPULUS SUI PIETATEM OMNIBUS BENEVOLENTIAM PAUPERIBUS ATQUE ÆGROTIS AUXILIUM OB. MDCCCXCII. The monument was the work of Mr George Simmonds. On the 6th of October 1896 the ceremony of unveiling the monument was performed by the Earl of Ravensworth in the presence of a large company of Dr Bruce's friends. Before the unveiling took place the friends of Dr Bruce met in the large upper vestry of St Nicholas, and the following speeches were made on the occasion. The Earl of Ravensworth, in opening the proceedings, said— |