arian ▁Magazine ’ ▁an ▁expansion ▁of ▁his ▁treat ise ▁on ▁‘ G ild s .’ ▁These ▁papers ▁were ▁not ▁finished ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁death , ▁but ▁the ▁complete ▁volume , ▁entitled ▁‘ G ild s : ▁their ▁Origin , ▁Constitution , ▁Object s , ▁and ▁Later ▁History ,’ ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁his ▁wid ow ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁he ▁brought ▁out ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁‘ F airs ▁Past ▁and ▁Pres ent ,’ ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁‘ A ▁Statist ical ▁Chron ology ▁of ▁Pl agues ▁and ▁P est il ences .’ ▁ ▁W alf ord , ▁who ▁manif ested ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁interest ▁in ▁sh orth and , ▁became , ▁at ▁the ▁close ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁newly ▁founded ▁Sh orth and ▁Society . ▁In ▁the ▁aut umn ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁he ▁revis ited , ▁for ▁his ▁health ' s ▁sake , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Canada , ▁and ▁attended ▁three ▁sh orth and ▁convent ions . ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁he ▁gained ▁the ▁Samuel ▁Brown ▁prize ▁by ▁his ▁paper ▁at ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Act u aries ▁on ▁the ▁‘ History ▁of ▁Life ▁In sur ance .’ ▁He ▁lived ▁in ▁London ▁in ▁two ▁ad jo ining ▁houses ▁in ▁B els ize ▁Park ▁Gard ens , ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁gathered ▁around ▁him ▁a ▁large ▁library , ▁and ▁he ▁died ▁there ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁September ▁ 1