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    BISHOP FBASER.* strai Few ghtforward men...

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    Bishop Fbaser.* Strai Few Ghtforward Men...

    BISHOP FBASER . * strai Few ghtforward men have honesty won for of themselves their actions , by and the the than courage the subj of ect their of this opinions memoir , a . hi Mr gher . Hug regard hes has been careful throughout to confine himself letters to interwoven a pure and unvarnished public with utterances extracts statement from , and the of the the Bishop result facts is ' s , gaine as a most he d reall from interesting y fine was writing , volume without or that laudatory hei reveals ghtening criticism the effect maii . I bj Thomas * James Hughes Fraser , Second Q . O . London Bishop : of MacmiJLlan Manchester & : Oo e , . Memoir 1887 , ,

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    himself It is jus would t such have a book approved , in fact of , — as plain the , honest Bishop I without tinsel or art display of any kind . , Fraser The ' s work earlier opens with his an life account at'home of f James amil relations , and years experience , at Brid , genorth y From School thence , where he he went studied to Shrewsbury uQder Dr . , Rowley at that . ! who time under was succeeded the head- oil mastershi his appointment p of Dr . Butler to the , Bishopric of Iiichfield by Dr . Kennedy . While at Shrewsbury , Fraser was elected to a scholarship at Lincoln College , Oxford , where he took uneventful University up residence . was ' in hi His ghl 1837 most y creditable . intimate His , career but friend extremel at and the y ; i old schoolfellow , Sale , by this time a demy of I Mag can recall dalen , nothing who was but with their him regular almost walks dail , in y , the way of exercise and diversion . ' Before a taking system his of degree the most , he seems rigid to economy have , practised to have permitted applied himself himself steadil none y of to the work pleasures , and to inno have - cent enough , which the other students enj , oyed . The result of this stern self-discipline was evidenced in the perfect self-control of after scholarl Oriel life . , After a y colleg distinction a e distinguished at that , he time was career electe characterised , d in Fellow point by of of j ! j the unsympathetic nature of its governing Of bod the y and life the of which athleti he c prowess now became of its a students part Mr . , j the Hughes up-hill gives strugg an excellent le that descri lay ption before , and him of . Eventually he succeeded , and as Tutor of the College became exceedingly popular with the men so soon as they understood his real features nature . stand Throug out hout promin these entl earl y— y his years devotion two to his mother , and the strong links of affection that bound him to the home circle . Passing on now to his determination to to tak the e hol living y orders of , Cholderton and subsequent , we come appointment to what forms the brightest and most sympathetic portion of the work . It would be idle to deny that the happiest days of James Fraser ' s life were passed in the country , either at the village we have mentioned or in the parsonage of Ufton Nervet to which he was afterwards presented . How happy he was—how the surroundings suited him and he the surroundings record —is amp —thou ly testified gh it be to but in his made letters up of ; the and dis the - the pute squire at Cholderton , Mr . Paxton Church , who , the mad obstinacy e it a sine of door qud non to it , that in such he a should position have that a no pew one with could a 4 breathe on his back , ' the account of old Meacher and the horses , with innumerable Commissioner While parochial at matters Cholderton to — inquire is he extremel into was and y appointed fascinating report on . a the elementary and other schools in the United marked hi States ghly , interesting ability and during he' displayed letters his stay from in we this his have pen work . many first The brought time he him was into evidentl public notice destined , and for from a this distinguished career . y

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 15, 1887, page 280, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15031887/page/6/