The Harrow School Register, 1845–1925

Abstract

TWO big volumes full of names, a fireside, and an editor who requests a notice of the book: where shall we begin? A list of distinguished Harrovians might be attempted, but NATURE would never print it and we should annoy some we forgot to mention. The worst of books like these is that it is impossible to do anything straightforward with them. One is always being sidetracked by something which catches the eye as one turns the pages. What about the editor of the book himself, what sort of fellow is he? Doubtless a clerkly man, but he must have a great love for his school to undertake the colossal task of this compilation. There is his name on the title page, “J. H. Stogdon, Member of the Stock Exchange.” Now for the index: there he is again, 1889/3. Back to that term in the book: there is his name under that of his headmaster, Bishop Welldon— just a seven-line entry, which reveals that at school he was captain of cricket and winner of public schools rackets; that he got his “blue” at Cambridge for bot these games; and that he served with the R.N.V.R. in the War—a man we should like to know.

The Harrow School Register, 1845–1925.

Second Series. In 2 vols. Edited by J. H. Stogdon. Vol. 1: 1845–1885. Pp. xi + 472 + 113. Vol. 2: 1885–1925. Pp. xi + 442 + 113. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925.) 15s. net each vol.