Soon after that year

however, the state of his health compelled him to resign his living, and he was appointed to the post of Lambeth librarian by Archbishop Tait. His work as librarian occupied but little of his time, and he now collected and digested the materials for a projected history, which was completed and published in 1874 under the title of “A Short History of the English People.” The author recast it on a larger scale, the new book appearing at intervals between 1877 and 1880 in 4 vols. In recognition of his literary ability his college at Oxford made him an honorary fellow, and the University of Edinburgh gave him the degree of LL.D. In Test was published his last important work, a volume on the beginnings of English history, entitled “The Making of England,” which is one of the most valuable works of its kind in the language. In spite of repeated winter visits to the Continent he never recovered sound health, and on May 7, 1883, he died in Mentone.