Proteus
in the Homeric or oldest Greek mythology, a prophetic "old man of the sea," who tends the sea flocks of Poseidon (Neptune), and has the gift of endless transformation. His favorite residence, according to Homer, is the island of Pharos, off the mouth of the Nile; but according to Vergil, the island of Carpathos (now Skarpanto), between Crete and Rhodes. Proteus was very cape by adopting all manner of shapes unwilling to prophesy, and tried to escape by adopting all manner of shapes about the future. form, and then spoke out unerringly deavors hopeless he resumed his proper form, and then spoke out unerringly about the future.
Clifton-on-Teme in Hampshire. Edu- an English historian born in 1852 at cated at Balliol College, Oxford, he graduated with high honors in modern history and obtained a fellowship in All Souls' College in 1875. From 1894 to tory and obtained a fellowship in All Souls' College in 1875. From 1894 to 1899 he was editor of the "Quarterly Review." He became one of the principal editors of the "Cambridge Modern tories in English. Among his other his- scholarly of all the general modern histories in English. Among his other historical works are: "Letters of Edward Lord Byron" (1900). toria" (1897) ; "Letters and Journals of Lord Byron" (1900).