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author a humbug—(laughter)— might, when honourable men met together, be productive of a lifelong friendship on both sides, which they would always rejoice to remember. He would, therefore, put his conclusions in a technical form appropriate to that evening, and would say that when the supplement came to be written it would be essential to put to "Leslie Stephen" a cross-reference "See George Smith," and in the article "George Smith" there would be a little reference to " Stephen Leslie." (Applause and laughter.)
The Chairman, in proposing "The Contributors," doubted whether any University in the Kingdom could produce, at short notice, a body of men equal in learning to those who contributed to the pages of the Dictionary. Their one object was to facilitate the progress of the work and to maintain its high character.
Dr. Jessopp, in acknowledging the toast, said that the time would come when even the last volume of the Dictionary would be written, and posterity would read with interest some account of the men who had been mainly responsible for the work.
Colonel Vetch also responded.
"Occasional Contributors," proposed by Dr. Norman Moore, and acknowledged by Mr. Justice Mathew and Mr. Sidney Colvin; and "The Editor of the Dictionary," proposed by Mr. Leslie Stephen, and acknowledged by the Chairman, were the other toasts.
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