ESSAYS ON THE ENDOWMENT OF RESEARCH. BY VARIOUS WRITERS. 'After all, not to create only, or found only, But to bring, perhaps from afar, what is already founded, To fill the gross, the torpid bulk with vital religious fire; HENRY S. KING & CO., LONDON. PREFACE. In the following collection of Essays it should be understood that each writer is responsible only for the opinions expressed in the paper bearing his name. The third, fourth, and fifth Essays have appeared before, in the Theological Review January 1875, in the Fortnightly Review of October 1874, and in the Fortnightly Review for June 1875 respectively; but have been thoroughly revised. CONTENTS. THE INTENTIONS OF THE FOUNDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS. By JAMES S. COTTON, B.A., late Fellow and Lecturer of Queen's College, THE ECONOMIC CHARACTER OF SUBSIDIES TO EDUCATION. By CHARLES E. APPLETON, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford 64 ESSAY IV. THE ENDOWMENT OF RESEARCH AS A FORM OF PRODUCTIVE EXPENDITURE. THE RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION-SYSTEM AT OXFORD. By ARCHIBALD H. SAYCE, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Queen's College, |