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In this department students and graduates of the University may procure, at reasonable prices, books on any subject.

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THE LATE HON. WILLIAM PURVIS ROCHFORT STREET, LL.B.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MONTHLY is published during the college year in nine monthly issues. The subscription price is ONE DOLLAR a year, (single copies FIFTEEN CENTS). All subscriptions are credited November-July, unless otherwise ordered. All remittances and corresponde ice of a business nature should be addressed to J. C. McLennan, Ph.D., Secretary-Treasurer of the University of Toronto Alumni Association, Dean's House, University of Toronto, while communications intended for the MONTHLY should be sent to the Editor, J. Squair, B.A., at the same address.

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MR. JUSTICE STREET.

N these days of organised panegyrics the worth of a man like the late Judge Street, who was noted for his modesty and high sense of honour, is apt to be overlocked. His real merits are known to a few, but the circle is very small. The occasion, therefore, seems a fitting one for acceding to the request of the Editorial Board that I should give the alumni an estimate of his work and character-such an estimate as could be given by one who, though not a lawyer, had watched his career with interest since he first entered the University, upwards of forty years ago.

I first became acquainted with Mr. Street after he entered the University as an undergraduate in Law. This step, which he took after he had been called to the Bar, indicated an ambition, rare at that time, to acquire a wider knowledge of law than was obtainable from the course prescribed at Osgoode Hall. In those days there was no Law School, nor were there lectures on Law at the University, and consequently students were obliged to prenare for their examinations without the aid of teachers or advisers. Notwithstanding these disadvantages, Mr. Street not only secured his degree, but graduated with First Class Honours with the Gold Medal-an unusual achievement at that time, as the special recommendation of the Examiners was required, in addition to First Class standing. I can recall the surprise and satisfaction which

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