Obituary.

Miller.—At Dublin, on 10th September, Mr Robert Miller, of the firm of William Miller & Sons, typefounders, Dublin.

Virtue.—On 24th September, at Bayswater, Mr John Virtue, aged 67, and for more than half-a-century connected with the Art Journal office.

Morton.—On 14th August, at Launceston, from injuries received in a trap accident, Mr John Morton, editor of the Tasmanian. He was a native of Berwickshire, and only 29 years of age. He went out to Tasmania in 1882. He leaves a widow and two children.

Miller.—On 14th September, at Islington, Mr W. Haig Miller, aged 79. His wife had died on the preceding day, and he passed away in his sleep. He had for many years retired from business, and devoted himself entirely to Christian work. He assisted in the foundation of the Leisure Hour and the Sunday at Home, and was the first editor of the former journal.

Sands.—At Baltimore, on 21st July, in his 92nd year, Samuel Sands, the oldest printer in the United States, and probably in the world. He was apprenticed in 1811 at the Baltimore American office, and in his long and active life was connected with many and various public institutions. In 1814 he set up from the freshly-written manuscript the national song of « The Star-Spangled Banner. »

Lytton.—On 24th November, at Paris, Lord Lytton, g.c.b, g g.c.s.i., c.i.e., ll.d., British Ambassador, aged 60. He was the only son of the late E. B. Lytton, the most versatile literary man of the century, and no man of the present generation has had a more distinguished career. He entered the diplomatic service of the Crown at the age of 18, as attaché at Washington, and after long and honorable service as ambassador in various European capitals, was in 1876 appointed Viceroy of India. On resigning this office in 1880, he was appointed Ambassador in Paris. His published volumes, in prose and verse, under the pseudonym of Owen Meredith, indicate literary gifts of a high order, but never attained such wide popularity as the works of his late father.