“ He was successively French master at King William's college, Cheltenham College, and the Edinburgh Academy. In later years he frequently acted as French examiner for the Civil Service Commissioners and for the War Office. In 1869 M. van Laud published his "Selections from H. A. Taine, with English Notes," and in 1871 appeared his translation of Taine's "History of English Literature." The first edition of this work was published in Edinburgh in two volumes, but at a later date an edition in four volumes was published in London. ”