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-- It does not appear to have struck him that he had done his best in The Saturday Review to make people think that, as Froude's critic, he deserved the reputation which he thus frankly and in private disclaims.
Another curious piece of evidence has come to light.

After Freeman's death his library was transferred to Owens College, Manchester, and there, among his other books, is his copy of Froude's History.

He once said himself, in reference to his criticism of Froude, "In truth there is no kind of temper in the case, but a strong sense of amusement in bowling down one thing after another." Let us see.

Here are some extracts from his marginal notes.

"A lie, teste Stubbs," as if Stubbs were an authority, in the proper sense of the term, any more than Froude.