OBITUARY.

John Codman Ropes '57, historian and lawyer, died of paralysis on Saturday, at his home in Boston. He was sixty-three years of age.

Mr. Ropes was a member of the class of 1857, to which the Hon. John D. Long, Howard Dwight, J. J. Storrow, Sr., Gen. Charles F. Walcott and George Searle belonged. In 1861 he graduated from the Law School and in the same year was awarded the Bowdoin prize for resident graduates for his essay upon "The Limits of Religious Thought."

Mr. Ropes was widely known as an historical writer. Among his best works are the "Story of the Civil War," "The Army under Pope," "The First Napoleon: A Sketch, Political and Military," "The Campaign of Waterloo" and the "Atlas of Waterloo."

In 1897 Harvard conferred the degree of LL.D. upon Mr. Ropes. He was a member of the Royal Historical Society of London, the United States Cavalry Association, the Royal Legion of the United States, the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Union Club of Boston. He was an Overseer of Harvard College and was the founder of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts.