not contribute a paper to any scientific society. Arago, after a
characteristic lament that Brinkley should have forsaken the pursuit
of science for the temporal and spiritual attractions of a bishopric,
pays a tribute to the conscientiousness of the quondam astronomer,
who would not even allow a telescope to be brought into the palace
lest his mind should be distracted from his sacred duties.

The good bishop died on the 13th September, 1835. He was buried in
the chapel of Trinity College, and a fine monument to his memory is a
familiar object at the foot of the noble old staircase of the library.
The best memorial of Brinkley is his admirable book on the "Elements
of Plane Astronomy." It passed through many editions in his lifetime,
and even at the present day the same work, revised first by Dr. Luby,
and more recently by the Rev. Dr. Stubbs and Dr. Brunnow, has a large
and well-merited circulation.




JOHN HERSCHEL.



This illustrious son of an illustrious father was born at Slough,
near Windsor, on the 7th March, 1792. He was the only child of Sir
William Herschel, who had married somewhat late in life, as we have
already mentioned.

[PLATE: ASTRONOMETER MADE BY SIR J. HERSCHEL to compare the light
of certain stars by the intervention of the moon.]