[42] This title has been denied to the King here named, but Waynflete, also an Eton benefactor as well as official, was himself transferred by Henry from Winchester to Eton, becoming Headmaster and Provost successively.
[43] For the facts and figures in this chapter showing the relations of the old public schools to the new educational tests, as for the facts of Eton expenditure, the writer is indebted to the Rev. Edmond Warre, D.D., the Headmaster, who has placed at his disposal all the necessary data.
[44] See Eothen, edn. 1896—Blackwood, p. 7.
[45] Now in vogue at nearly all the pleasure towns in southern England.
[46] The name of Frank as well as of Charles Mathews was often on the bills of this theatre during the sixties.
[47] Census of England and Wales, 1891. Vol. iv. General Report, pp. 64 and fg.
[48] For a valuable dissertation, to which the present writer is much indebted on this subject, see A. J. Ogilvy—Westminster Review, 1891. Vol. 136, pp. 289 to 297.
[49] W. Cunningham on the Malthusian theory—Macmillan’s Magazine, Dec. 1883.
[50] In addition to the published official statistics from which the above facts and figures are taken, the writer is indebted to the Registrar-General for much useful information, and to Mr G. Shaw-Lefevre for further friendly help.
[51] See Molesworth’s History of England. Vol. i. p. 90 and fg.