Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-12-21

, nent. Il was understood that the Govarnusn
was snxious 10 give him a seat in the 9ena.a
but bis work d . SefVituds e Grandeur Mi
tsires is generally runeFed to have stood n
his way. he had the misfortune 70 lose his
wife last year. He was most tendsriy attached
70 her. and the pAin Of bereavement seemed
eoublY sente irosn their separation st those last
hours Nc was too III 10 be moved 10 baF dying
chamber. No children Issued frem their mar
rage He was buried without efasial speeebss
81 the grave There were fsH literary men At
his iuneral, and those who Were there we're tie
unsneEn young men of letters. This wes
shameful neglect he ms3e it s DoiBt Of duty 10
1 sttsnd The funeral Of the hnmblest man Of le.-
ters, even though the fu1sfal was held a. = hos
Pltsl gate. Alfred de YigHy was every way
Hob.s man.
sFETcH or THE LIFE OF JACOB sKI<lT
BE wa beTR sn the 4lh Of January. Ass
hs dies on the 2oih Of September, 1853, 81 Bsr-
! In. wilhelm aHd Jasob Grimm, two brothers.
devoted their whole lves 30 ths eIusidation Of
Folk Literature, to the preservation and GEN.
Fsehslision Of these legends Of Germany in
which 60 much OF tbs past GENES down Is aa
He--or rather they, for lbs two brothsre vysre
bat oae-bst.led st0utly and steadily until ihsy
Tesehed vantage ground and won possession
OF II. Their most powerful enemy Bes August
Wilhelm ven Bchicgel who regsrdsd sue.ent
Z
Tgdely enough he right Of the uoH asuers
Ibey yarqu.shea him, aud sxtosted from linn
continual expressions Of admiration. especially |
for jacob Grimm; Il cannot rame bin with /
ont expressing my admirAl0n ief nis greatness - I
L Sehiesei opposed them, hey weTs EusiaiHed /
by Frederick De ssvigny, toe eaainsIli la'g HTi- /
tel ard historian, to Ihem, indeed, they owed 4
the ditestian given ibsir stndios
Jseeb GriTum, speaking Of dc Sayiguy, SAYS
81 I raV nf HsviurrrIq .ar,,r.r -.
tarss, anless i be that they had the most power.
ful inisTest 80 ne, and thst they exercised on
my life and ssBdiss decided influence. IL
1902 and 1903 regularly attended his sevsrsl
Lectures on Tie true legal method, Obligations.
institutes, ete' De Savigny thsn had the
hsbis of proposing TO his pRpis shs solatsn
Of some diEioB.i p0ut OF lEE. Re would er.
anime the dissertation givea hIla, and make
report on il ss tbe next lecture. Csc OF my
first dissertations was relative 70 the esiiasio,
and I wGs fortunate enough to resolve tbs ques-
ton. One may conceive the dslghrT felt, sad
how much encouraged was 60 isbor. Thsss
dissertations brought ms in social commercs
with de ssvigny. saw in bis library, which
e7eA then vas large and select, scTorai works
foreign TO ths science OF the lEwi among others,
Bodmef's edition Of the German Minnesin4ers,'
which .eIe AtterWard to osezpy 90 large share
Of my life.'
wilhelm Grimm says: my brother and I |
were admitted to de Sayigny's house, and We
asd the gosd fortune to be advised BY him He
made as understand the value Of historical stu
dies, and The importance Of method These are
ziHdnesses for which l cannot sufficiently OK
Press my obligations, IS, were il not tor de Saw
gny's kindness, might, never, perhaps, have !
ylveH gsod direction to my studies. In hew
many things did be not rouse onr inter
isl! How many hsoks did he net lend rs from
lis library
After the death Of William, Jaesb GriRm re-
iTed in 4 great messuTe rom s3he werld bat =
10 did not sbAte his zsSleug labsrs Death
ound him busily engaged in he preparation of 9 9
lie great German DictioB&Ty;' and, although :
e lived 80 sss It appear only IS far IS FTOmm,
Q has left s9>~GTeh rE6Te-s6 materials behind .,
IN as 20 make the somDlstion 6f@the distior-
rY>sA essy task. de was = liberal in ~polilies