x MEMOIR his father’s name had been ascertained. At this period also he helped to form the first republican literary club of the University, and his slight, alert figure, clad in white breeches and black velveteen coat, with long fair curls lying on his shoulders, was foremost at every debate and discussion, his ready eloquence carrying with it the body of opinion of his fellow-students. But this happy and congenial life was brought to an abrupt termination. Scarcely had his first examination in philosophy been passed with dis- tinction, when the failure of certain Dutch corre- spondents involved in their ruin his father’s bank. The luxurious ménage was hastily suppressed, and Alfred Edersheim resolved in the future to earn his own living and make his own way. Im spite of the urgent remonstrances of his family, who would wil- lingly have shared with him what remained of their fortune, he set out with only a few dollars in his pocket for Pesth. His choice of a university in which to earn his livelihood and pursue his studies was influenced by the newly awakened national life of Hungary. Here more freedom and a larger liberty were to