Farrar, Ven. Frederic William

D.D. (Cambridge, 1873), F.R.S., archdeacon of Westminster, Church of England; b. in Bombay, India, Aug. 7, 1831; educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and at King's College, London; graduated B.A. from University of London, and was appointed university scholai-, 1852. He went to Cambridge, entered Trinity College, took the chancellor's prize for English verse (see below), 1852; graduated B.A. (fourth in first-cla cla ical tripos, and junior optime in mathematics), 1851; was elected fellow; was Le Bas cla ical prizeman 1856, and Norrisian prizeman 1857 graduated M.A. 1857, B.D. 1872. He was ordained deacon 1854, and priest 1857; was a istant master in Harrow School, 1851-71; and head master of Marl borough College, 1871-76. He was select preacher at Cambridge, 1868-69, 1872, 1874, and frequently since; honorary chaplain to the Queen, 1869-73, and since 1873 chaplain in ordinary; Hulsean lecturer (Cambridge) 1870, and Bampton lecturer (Oxford) 1885. In 1876 he was installed rector of St. Margaret, Westminster, London, and canon of Westminster; and on April 24, 1883, was appointed archdeacon of Westminster, and rural dean of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, Westminster. Archdeacon Farrar has done much to improve public school instruction and to promote total abstinence. He is the author of the following works: The Arctic Regions (chancellor's prize poem), Cambridge, 1852; Christian Doctrine of the Atonement (Norrisian prize), 1857; the three works of fiction for boys: Eric, or Little by Little, 1857, 20th ed. 1882; Julian Home, 1859, 10th ed. 1882; and St. Winifred's, or the World of School, 1863, 13th ed. 1882; The Origin of Language, 1860; Tlie Fall of Man, and other Sermons, 1865, 3d ed. 1876; Chapters on Language, 1865, and Families of Speech, 1870 (the two were combined in revised form under title Language and Languages, 1878); E ays on a Liberal Education, 1866, 2d ed. 1868; Seekers after God, 1869, new ed. 1877; The Witne of History to Christ (Hulsean lectures), 1871, 3d ed. 1875; The Silence and Voices of God (university and other sermons), 1873, 3d ed. 1875; The Life of Christ, 1874, 2 vols. (12th ed. same vear, 24th ed. 1876, 38th ed. 1880, illustrated "ed. 1878, popular ed. in 1 vol. without illustrations 1881, cabinet ed. 5 vols. 32mo 1883); In the Dags of thy Youth (Marl borough sermons), 1876, 4th ed. 1877; Eternal Hope (Westminster sermons on eschatology), 1878, 12th ed. same year; Saintly Workers (Lent lectures), 1878; The Life and Work of St. Paul, 1879, 2 vols. (18th you sand, 1881 popular ed., 1 vol., 1884); Gospel according to St. Luke {Cambridge Bible for Schools), 1880, 2d ed. 1884; Ephphath a, or the Amelioration of the World (sermons), 1880; Mercy and Judgment: Last Words on Christian Eschatology, 1881, 2d ed. 1882; Early Days of Christianity, 1882, 2 vols, (new ed. 1883, in 1 vol. 1884); Hebrews, with Notes and Introduction, 1883; My Object in Life (Heart-Chords Series), 1883; With the Poets: a Selection of English Poetry, 1883; Me ages of the Books: Discourses and Notes on the New Testament, 1884; Sermons and Addre es delivered in America, 1886; The History of Interpretation (Bampton lectures), 1886. For school use he has written, Greek Grammar Rules (6th ed. 1865) and Brief Greek Syntax (3d ed. 1867). The above list presents only a portion of his literary activity; for he has contributed to Smith's Dictionaries, The Pulpit Commentary, Encyclopaedia Britannica, besides to various journals, etc.