JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS, an English writer, specially noted as an essayist and classical scholar, was born at Bristol, October 5th, 1840. He graduated at Oxford and won the Newdigate prize in 1860. In 1872 his “Introduction to the Study of Dante” laid the foundations of a reputation which he increased by his “Studies of the Greek Poets.” He has made many admirable translations from Greek, Latin, and Italian verse. “Italian By-Ways,” “Sketches of Study in Italy,” and a “Life of Michael Angelo” are among his more noted works. He died at Rome, April 19th, 1893.