, 1863-10-15

Of her opponents hands, and uses it, SIS in
This instance, so ei1ectually upon their de-
voted heads, Asst is; the bitets have been
bitten, and the world laughs.
Jacob Ludwig Grlaam.
There are come beautiful examples Of lite
my partnership In the Listory of letters,
which go far to redeem authors 4. ON the;ngly
charge Of jealouty and seldshness, which is co
generally preferred against them. Elliott,
the "Ccru Law Rhyner." used to say, that
William and Mary Hewitt we're affecuoaately
associated IN his mind, with the William and
Msry sh1lfpgs Of England, SO graceful: and
loving WIS the sympathy which had bound
them together through q long and laborlous
life- Beaumont and Fletcher, the fine, echol'
ally a.aratikts' of the Euzabethau era, we're
ALTO examples Of this touching ond generous
brotherhood; Suggesting higher manners,
more chiya1rous Gtate Of society, and nobler
native character than are c31nmou to these
giaeripg days Of the chattel.
We ATE not quite barren Of these literary
exemplars however, even upon ttis continent,
where tie dollaris said to reIga supreme, and
tyerT mans motto is "each for himself"
The two brave old cyonies, Morris a7d Willis,
whose names, like their own songs. flow With
a resdy and natural music from OFF lips; and
refuse to be separated, are still alive to testify
to the reality Of friendship, AID tho nob1epns-
sibfli!ies Of authorship. For upwards Of a
qualtez Of century haye thess OUT natlTe
bards sung together In the eeme cage, mutnal-
1s,% 1rx.r $a$
able and uameless ways which are always
open to human generosity.
We suspect 1t is pretty much the same all
the world over, and that some men will be
better and less selfish than the hmes-ln Re.
yenge for outraged virtue, and In order to
keep elise Tie pretty fiction that ciyi1izst stion
Is growirg upwards. aud not downnards, like
the tail Of maternal COW. At MI events,
when Doubt is heaviest and faith in the
ag1ecmentr ard co1cords OF man With nan, is
At its lowest ebb, and ready to give up, the
ghost, some good deed, Like = gleam Of sun.
light shot acIoss the abyss Of darkness, or
tome good fellow with an aurora1 tace, Drop
ping the dcws Of She morning from his an
hIohi1 locks, cones to MS without bell, re-.
yealirg 10 us sudden mfnity Of hope, aud
putting rs once more into good conceit Of
1uraelves and of I'll the world.
1t is all the more pleasant to hear Of The
persistent agreement Of authora through q
long se1Ies ct years engaged In the same work,
ed brought together, whether or no, check
by jow], In ell sorts Of moods, because every
body has an f1-uatured grudge against this
clnss Of men, and Hi11 hxye 1t that mob ody
eau work with them, and that they find 1t hard
lines TO work even by themselves. We are
glad to quote our instances and justify the
guild against these vulgar outsiders. These
instances are commouer than they Seem, mora
numerous than they show themselves on the
records of biography.
This very day We read in the foreign news
papers Of the death CT a very notable exam.
ple. who, for more than fifty years had been
the literary coadtutor Of his own b.other-a
ve.y rcnarksb!e fact, Mrs. G1uudy will eb.
fe1ve,-for when did brothers, or near rela-
1iyes, Of any sort, ever agreee And yet this
men w1or6 ht so faithfully and unreaerrealy
rith his nea1est relative that he often did not
care to put his cRme to his own literature
hut let 1t paea for his brothers, as If they had
ene Common mind bstween them, and no In
divitu41 ambition after distinction
Ttis man was Jacob Ludwig Grimm, well
known ell over Europe for his profound eru.
tiion and scholarship, his archaeological re-
searches, his pathological investigations, and
bis charming Juvenile stories. His brother
William, his partner and co-!aborer, died not
1cpg ago-and cow ne learn that he a1eo has
gone over to the najority-that he died Sep
tenber 18th Of this yea-, in Berlin.
"The Brothers G1imin,' are as well known
By this designation, Of them, as Damon and
P.thias- They lived long, worthily and hap
ply. jacob WINS Ii his 19!h year when the
ttarzy yel wss upllfted for his departure, and
the apguet company Of the fpirits OF the
mighty dead welcomed him to immortality.
His life WIS not muck chsquescd by public
eyen's, Ecr did he take an active part In pub
lie concerns. He 1as servant Of the intel
lcct, and devoted ills labors to the good Of
mankind He Has born January 4th, i17555,
and begun his career by studying Law under
s&gigny, whom he accompanied to Paris In
1905. to rid him In exploring libraries for rare
books a-d manuscripts, In the following
year he returned to Cassel and Has appointed
| Secretary Of Var. This office threw some
spare time upon his hands, and he Improved
it by islu6Siug the nterature Of the Middle
Ages, and especially MEDIEVAL German Nte.a.
ture. When Westph.1iA was created into a
Kingdom in 1905, he VAS appointed roynl
Librarian. The fates Geemed to throw them
selves on the side Of his genius, aud help hin
in all manner Of ways.' From 1916 to 1880 be
held the Office Of librarian at Cassel, when,
having equipped himself for the grand LIE
which he Was hereafter destined to lead
be was appointed Professor and Librarian al
Gottineen. Here, for the seven subsequent
years, he distinguished himself, and ro1sed
The enthusiasm Of his native land, by his lee
tcns on the antiquities of the German Ian.
gusge, literature and law.
he Xas q braGe citizen, IS well as :grea'
scholar, ard like all the German people, w.s
ever true to the cause, and the principles, o,
human liberty. In 1887 he was one Of the
seven professors who signed the protest
sgaintt the abolition Of the Constitution By
The Kipg OF Remover; and for this patriotic
| set he Was deprived OF his office and banishsd
from the Kingdom. During his exile he: wrote
tract On the subject styled, f" Jakob Grimm
uber seine Entlassmng Bastl, 1888" Such q
man could not 1o7g remain in obscurity; and
accordingly, he was called To Berlin ii 1871
as member of the Academy Of Sciences, and
as Professor. In 1886 he presided over the
assemblies Of German phi!ologlsts in Frank
fort. He est in the National Assembly In
1s4s, and in that Of GothA in 1919, voting
with the moderate liberal party.
His books fern library Of themselEes, and
We have no space even to enumerate their IT,
ties. Els influence upon the literature of his
country has been radical and extensive. Hia
chief aim was 10 evolve the spirit Of the Ger.
manic nations from their literature, laws,
customs, faitls, and poetry, 10 measure
thereby the depth and breadth Of their epir-
itual life. Scholarship with him, and indead
with Ill the great German echoiars and think
err, was not mere matter. Of the under