The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-26
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Death OF Henry Naliam.

The well known historian. Henry H!llrm
died on Saturday NE 90, ID uil =, Tho aG-
vsnc,d age ofsl years The following OK
tracts are taken from an obituary notice in
the Times:
The constellation of writers who shed
rahlsncr IN the r-rEy part Of the ireScn, cen
tnry Is fast vanishing away. Not the least
remarkable of these the historian Of the
Middle Ages. Of the Revival Of Letters. and
"t the English Constitution. Henry liallsm
died on Saturday, Jan. % at the great Az.
Isl. He has left but few Of his cnnuani lbs
behind him. and more than this it was his
bitter fate to outlivt those who should have
come after him. to scc two sons Of rare
promise, who should have preserved his
name, 90 before HIM. the pride of his life
Snatched from his eyes the delight Of his
old age LAID low in the dust of death One
Of these WAS that Arthur Henry II,llam, lao
died i'll 1888. and to whom Tcnnyson d,d1ca-
ted the remarkable series of poems which
have been published under the title of :. In
Mcnnriam. The h,icaved father was
hroken-learttd for his son, aud spoke Of his
hopes on this side the tomb being struck
down forever. year or Two afterwards,
when he produced the - Introduction to The
Ltssture Of Europe" there appeared most
affecting passage in the preface, which to
those =" 10 knew him, Suggested the hidden
grief that was proving on his mind. He lie.
ir,itd to the lmlcritc lior Of his work. to the
| lmpoS>bllilv Of rendering it complete under
any circumstances, and the especial lmpos
Slbll!ly Of his doing so. IL have Other
Warnings" he said, ''to bind up my shravyS
while nIay-,ny own advancing years aud
The gathering in the heavens" HIS homes
n
TO manhood, and seemed to promise not less
tran the accomplished youth hom his father
| had regarded, and not without reason as an
only one without "A f How. Blu, thi, son,
| also, Henry FlZnauricc Italian. was taken
from HIM shortly after lie had been called to
the bar in 1850 and the poor bcrravcd father
buried him i'll Clevcdon Church in SomcrS t.
shire. by the side Of his brother, and his
sister. and bis mother.
There are few literary men who have
reached an eminence to be compared with
that OF Mr.. Italian, of whose pes onal history
SO little is known TO the great public. That
he was born in or about ITS. That he was
,dIcated u, Eton, that from Etun he passed
to Christ Church, Oxford and tina, at this
University he took his d,gicc in 1899. arc
almost all the facts Of his carly liz. which
have been published. After leaving the Uni
ver>l'y nc took up his residence in London.
joined himself 10 the Wings. and acquired his
| first reputation as Is contributor to the great
Wing Review establishment in the northern
III. tropuls. 1t was on account of his suppo-
scd connection with the - Edinburgh Review"
that he incurred the wrath of byron, who, in
that Satire in which he first of all showed his
power. referred III ironicaI terms to -. the
classic ll1.iam. much renowned for Greek. -"
Greek, however. wa, not the peculiar study
Of our historian, who Set himself the task of
learning all the European languages of i'm.
portance, as the steppins.slune to an ac.
quanlarce with the State of Europe during
the Middle Ages lie quietly settled down
to his work. marrying IN the meantime. and
in 1911 rejoicing in the birth of his little
Arthur, who was such marvel of a child
that at the aye Of seven he learned to read
Latin with lu,ncy III II year.
1t was amid ihis domestic happiness and
the reposc winch 1t provided that. in 1873, he
at length gave to the world the inst. and. per :
hals the Creates, of his works, the View
OF the State OF Europe during the Middle
Ages "a work which, although somewhat
expensive and by no means adapted to the
popular TASTE, has gone through a dozen edl.
tiuns. In every page o: this history we are
stuck with lhe enormous industry and the
con>cieni iouSneSs of The writer, which in
union with hi, sagacitv Of thought and pith
Of composition have rendered every work pro.
ducel hy him standard Of its kind lie wal.
I'D nine years aud then gave to the world he
- Constitutional History of England from the
accession Of Henry VII to the dca' h Of George
IL, Nothing can be more mastery titan the
manner III which he has here traced the his
| tory Of The Eng. Constitution from It's first
! faint bcs innings 10 its Perfect Development.