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reward or prospect of remuneration, and with an enthusiasm that lifted him high above the plane of the mere professional lawyer. As a successful advocate, he made money, though he was not as rich as some of his friends at the Bar; but he gathered together a treasure of priceless value in the heartfelt gratitude of those whom he served, too often poor men, the victims of an unscrupulous police.

He followed a plan of his own in defending prisoners in criminal cases. He recognized that the public Press was the bulwark of popular freedom; and whenever he was engaged in an important criminal case, he was careful to take with him a newspaper reporter so that the proceedings might be fully reported. He thus became the terror of wrong-headed mofussil magistrates; and it would be a fitting tribute to his memory to say that he had a sensible share in reducing their vagaries. His unique experience as a criminal lawyer impressed him with the urgent need for the separation of judicial and executive functions in the administration of criminal justice. In season and out of season did he advocate this reform; and it is mainly due to him that the question came within the range of practical politics. The pathos of his early death consecrates the undying interest he felt in this reform.

I will here repeat the incidents connected with the fatal stroke of apoplexy that carried him off. He was at his country house at Krishnagore, which he had rebuilt and embellished, and had con- verted into a palatial mansion. He was preparing to start for Calcutta on his way to Madras, to see his only son, who was a member of the Madras Civil Service. The morning was passed in a somewhat heated discussion over Sir Charles Elliott's article on the separation of judicial and executive functions, which had just then appeared in one of the English reviews. His interest in the subject was keen. He felt that he could give a full and satisfactory rejoinder to Sir Charles Elliott's criticisms. It preyed upon his mind and worked him up into a pitch of unusual excitement; and in this state, while in his bath, he was seized with an apoplectic fit that proved fatal. The news came upon the educated community like a bolt from the blue; and they mourned the death of one so good, so true and so patriotic. Years have elapsed since October, 1896, but the name of Monomohan Ghose is never uttered in an assembly of his countrymen without evoking the deepest emotions.

In connexion with the Ripon College controversy, it is only right that I should add that I was greatly indebted to the friendly services