New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-31

,ig.p :. the ,se.. Ia, thu ipIrr-'Sy fr' suhsr-
ig wss onig Temporary. aud M the iDVr''' ""'Ne'a
u, .ubics,ieh Of i- Conquest cf Mex'e'
io43. and that cf The " C"sqnr't N PrrT I"
l-i7. The srth, Of the eye brc-r~ 81 N. and sas
,en.b y Of the nri vc .u maca in:r' Asod. tea 'of
. rlsuy s',ks be -ss ubabi~ n "p-n sol1@r .s''
ourng The Whole time, be could scatccy use is %
al rae i,r mo thao ap scor a dsy,
Alter 'he labor Of ten yesr. toe " History Of
rrrcitsnd md l-abells" g vols. 6vo. m,ds ~
sppeacsrce m lc:}s, .od at once e.r.nI.hrd the
rrpstat,tn of the ar'hor both ibis cou isry AID
IN Europe. Ne a b,t"rss OF truly classical ss,cit
ard VITO sngu sr eeg ,nce and grace at etpe.,,oa.
Ib- wo,k ha, sioce p,.s-d through nu,nsroas
COTTON. 10 vie Utireo state, 10 EUsIacd. AID "a
Frsuoe, sbd has been translated ioto spaa''s,
lraiisu, sno Germ,n
Tina was followed. as sated shove. BY tas
C,peue,t Of Mexico" (3ycI'. Svo.) ia i5'S AID
the q" Cosqur,t of Peru e '"l-. oyo.) 10 iS''
10th wruteo largely fem manuscript ms'eo"
o,t,ueo 10 Spsis tni el hbttng IN" bci'n,nt s.yls
oftte author 90 grcss advaBtsSc. Toe, I'm neiist"-
ly sbtsfe ID tte moss f,.teriog succsss sed ~-re
.
in Mexjc" Tne 6lst swo yolatoes 1T the " iist,ry
of phiGv H." app AIRED IN less, and were folio we'd
hy thlfd to ward The close OF toe pa.t year. Ia
1857, Mr Pr, stott prepared an edition of Robert
SOUS CbsEes W with accoust of tho En-
( peror's life after bi. abd,cs'io,, "hicn "a j'sdy
r-, soned oue of the most graceful sad p'e,'ios
product on, of bis pes In aad,tJn 10 bs great
historical wofk., Nc Presepts pa,soed o,ly .
volume of Msc, l,ni,s," chiefly reScSs irsa
the Moth smen'iu,' shlc, 6rt .p'eaeet -
l.l5. ana ha, stcc bern reprinted Doth ID Easisnd
ara tfe Unitro States.
Alter IN, puhl,caton of F.rdin,nd aud ts-
b,ll-," Mr. Prescott was crowned with the high
sst literary hopofs fr"m various m'tifatlo's AZ
bone and abroad. la 1910, b. received tho ergr's
OF II ,ctor of Laws from Coluuib a College Ia tais
city. in ls4i, tse same degree from South csroiaa
C,le.e, and in le43 FROM Harvard Uoi,ers'fy.
He received n similar deg -ec from the Uai'"r.'ty
of Okfcid in 1850, aud, beside being made MON
brr Of various learned ;ietrs ~sselec'-d 10 l5io
/ a corresponding member of the class of Mora snA
Po,itlfM Philosophy in tho French inst tue, ~
/ successor to Navsr,te, tho Spau sh historian.
/ IN, ps rsooal character Of Mr. Prescott con-
biued tte rare qualities Of d.poat cu aud smsa'ss
! OF manner, wbicc made him tn. tav"tits "f HE
in'im,. circle, and a. TAR =. his rn'-dsso to p-r.
united, of seneI,l society. lie W" ronsrkaels
far bls fsitn.s. Of ulind Tor the kniasss aud cor-
diaity Of bis bearing bis genial AMI pl.y al f,acy
- conversation. aud bi' o-sO et attach n'ns &" rs
I fr ,nd-. He was ii gulsily free from toe fA'iss
which sre often supposed to bs inevitable ~ to-
/ rary uen He had not a particle Of sovy er
! / NJ, usy ia bis composition. So destitute ga bs &
every approach 10 pedaptry, or literary foensl''m,
/ tint a stranger on mectios him for 'hs
6,,r time. wou d never have tikou hm for the sis-
tor,ao. whose fame WAS vide in both h-as posrsS
but Tor the uepr't- ndiog seotem'o ~ho W"
NOR, AT home iu bis tssonts exercises 10 tas open
! mir Than within tho walls of hor-ry. Hs
p,..,ss,d a saiure of UNCOMMON an~nsss spd
deEcsry, ever disposed TO lock up"i Tia
,urny -ds Of tairgs, happy ia the eojoJmeas
,f simple pleasure; tolerant and cathol,c Ia b"
temper; with com ,rooeDsive tastes aod largo
cbni,y; delightIng, VITA aa inoeceot aud ns,sa
,iup.icIty IN the elevation Of hs fame bat witsout
the slightest tam Cf an esg.r Or miisDsot ambi-
too. II wss truly said by ooe 10 whom he va,
,torouehy Iumuiar in tbe intimacy of frisadiy odm-
/ fd.nces, bis nonors W II always bs de,rsst 70
'tbo.e who have best knowo tue dl,cour ,g-msss
under which they have been won, ana rao
"modcs'y and geLileecs with which they are
" worn"