ing the name Robarts, Lubbock & Co. His partial retirement from business then became total and permanent. At the age of sixty-two his all too busy life came to a close. He left behind him a fame as a contributor to the literature of science second to none of his time, and as a banker a name which stands for sterling honesty, jealous regard for the honor of his house and enthusiastic belief in the banker's mission. Baron Avebury, perhaps better known in the literary and scientific world as Sir John Lubbock, son of Sir John W., born in 1834, head of the banking house of Robarts, Lubbock & Co., actively associated with many civic and scientific organizations, is without question the most influential man of science in the world. His attainments are encyclopædic. His seat is at the head of the table not alone with men of affairs, but also with astronomers, naturalists, archæologists and anthropologists. On quitting Eton College, he entered at once into his father's banking house. While head of the house in fact, his principal activities have been as a publicist and a scientist. His contributions to scientific and general literature have been many and varied, including "Prehistoric Times," "Origin of Civilization," various works on entomological themes, addresses covering a wide range of subjects, scientific, political, educational and philosophical. Early in the nineties this many-sided man surprised the world by publishing "Pleasures of Life" and "Use of Life," books written from the standpoint of a thoughtful sexagenarian, but with all the charm and healthful stimulus of youth. Lord Avebury is fortunate in having a sonand heir to his title-in the Hon. John B. Lubbock, a partner in the banking house founded by his great-grandfather. Born in 1858, he has already evinced rare aptitude for business and fine literary tastes and abilities. TH ΧΙ FITZ-GREENE HALLECK 1790-1867 HE pioneer "banker-poet" of America was Fitz-Greene Halleck, born in Guilford, Connecticut, in 1790. When nearly twenty-one he went to New York to seek his fortune. About to embark for Virginia after vainly searching for work, he met Jacob Barker, a prominent New York banker, and was employed by him. In a letter to his sister in 1811 he gives us a picture of a typical banker's life at that early period. He writes that Mr. Barker "seldom comes to the office before ten in the morning; stays an hour; goes to the coffee house; returns at two; stays five minutes; goes to dinner; returns at five, and stays an hour and a half, and then goes home." The sudden departure of a fellow clerk promoted young "Fitz" from the journal to the ledger, entitling him to the name bookkeeper, and giving him an authority over the other clerks; but he writes his sister he finds it a "painful pre-eminence, as it requires more care and attention than any other station in the counting-house." Even then he was publishing verses anony |