, 1876-04-08

ANN ARuon, Mich, April 5.-Thn recent cor |
respondencc Of aud letters 10 TuE Tribune re-
rsrdiuc ..8winton's Outlines" havo attracted
30 llttlo attention in these quar&cse. nosutth-
stenltng Ann Arbor aud the univcrBity have
had OH hand Tho Laboratory Investigation and
Tho spring Commenccments. An far. hon.
cyor, as Prof. AdanB' connection with tho
book is concernx1+ tl,eso seems to bn
bus ono opinion, and that H. that The attack oa
bim by "1nvcstigRtor WAS, IN the face OF u,
mtlcIous, and extremely 80. wanting osen tue
shadow Of a foundation; and. further, that
prof. Payno has 'put his foot {" into tho mattof
moro deoplY than 10 pauned.
At first, lot mo say that II is considered hera
to be covArd,y trick 10 hoad the first lossef
aAnn Arbor," uhto It uas either written III that
3iltfo wol known circle Of wouid-po crltlcs Who
notourn tn quite hutnbla town not far distant;
or else ono Of item iran over to Ann AFoor'
long enough To write II, no as not TO hRvo 70 Ito
about that r'lt'snas u was qmlts es;acns IT, LUZ.
tack, ~ 10 ono Would then placs n.ay con!ldeucs
init.
Prof. Adams successfully. Whatayer inAy hAyo
boou his doflciencics in tho pass, AND who IL
froo from them5-he is, At the present tin,c,
considered 10 bs ono of the most valuable men
ia tho university Faculty ~. i u'n, was
Adams was inefficient, and that he
vas growing At lho Expense Of hia two or thrco
titst claseea; but MI except - Investigator
aud his bootl.coulpaEiorB iavo abandoned that
idsa. And It Ii vary, certain that tho Professor ls
uow considered 10 10 ono OF tho BtfonReat hnu
n,ost saucd teachers IN tho University corps.
lie hns developed positive qualities, and put to
will ATTEST his ab1lity. 1t Inns como to be q aek-
tied thing wttlI students that history must be
onn Of thcir h.rdieB during tho Senior year. al.
though /. ia purely elective. Ask q mcnbor Of
a.. f9.H hat han In at
uoxt year, md hts anawer will ho Acaded lis-
tory" without moments hesitation. Tho
courrcs Of study III this department have
probably promoted tue use OF tho library. aud
iormed lilo iabit Of original rcsca1el, moro tau
any other in tho University. Prof. AdasIs'
lccluro-soom is crowded, not bY ssudonss nlonc,
Int by c:t'xc,ls, mud llc has created very
dcc!lcd tanso for historical asuay IN tllo city.
When th0 article Of " Investigation" appeared
hero, Prof. Tyler is SAID 10 Iaye roinatkea
"Adnsns will gct tnat follow uudet Lis il1'ger-
general oiinion hero TINT tl.o follow has
been heard to crack, as will appear tntthor OH.
As to Ssinton. tLe fuoIiug il ono oi nnrprise
that man Of Lis established literary reputation
Look. No ono doubts the ability Of a"nron
ns n 1,latorian but why l,e l.nH apparently
stocu passaees for tho book in question. does
not nlsttcr. Tho worth ot tho work is
hd1lttel at loaBt, iii ali lands a geutisnnn
wllo Laa been uA.ng 1t aa textbook with
priyato cnHsca said. II fow days ago, that, II it
should turn out to 10 perfect mosaic III ;'la-
Blarism it woula still bu ono Of tho most portect
lext. hooks ho, OVER EIew,--lnintely lii tuEGslpr to
anything oiso In its lino. II il no wondor tint
tro!. Aiatna formed 80 high Hi estimate Of the
book aitar catoful rov'slon. al.d 10 wonaur
that the publishers regarded hss opin.un, ut-
ter auch revision, OF ospccial worth. It
IL tho universal custom OF publishers 10 laco
new works iu tho hAnds ot exports. for 4
Thorough weccinE.calt Of mistakes, nj wcto tlie
admirable mathematical works. for ~ example,
OF pr.H. Onoy, Of tla Cnlvetnity, liow rdic-
uious il ,1ona bc to sny nl'sllt nganst Ills To-
,.ewcrB Precisely as sensible II IL to atrilo II
b19S At Prof Adams fos What o ilaa done, m
! ono Of tho v':tms of misplaced couii-
Acnco" ID ths ju. 4ncnt Of Prof. Adams LII
LII historical expert Auy ono who AnoAs my
hing aoout tho j,rs iu tl.e University family
kuoMH TINT neither pruf. Payne 1.or lla naoiat-
tut, prof. Cocker, would cyor tecsiyo "l'sof.
hdnsns' indosnen,s ot ~ comp!otu glaranteo Ut
III Tie whole matter. rrof. Payne iets just QUO
word iuto his lost.r which furnishes a conploto
rcfutatioa Of hin tsaim 10 bo tue ''yc!iu ol nis-
ofa il fs sst s tgat y S S"09
HAT "ord III that counecton, tneanA anything.
It ID this that II Of, paync's tutnl Ii burdehstl
Hith tho bo'let HAT tlo charge Of plagiarism,
mado By aA ano ny1uub correspondent iu tho
Nation LAST Altun Dr il tEnu but tnp1t tia road
Frs Of Thu IA1ul nts will ronleu1lcr Au" conl-
plete waH Prof. DAMS yipdlcatIoh at that time.
Misplaced conf douco and " iiesctlus" will
not Ego down " together,
II IL too bud tia: tho latter of Trof. raype
wRn ,naile1 while ho in Auo Arbor teallug
p!ibliu orloson I'd that # Waa On liz way lefoto
Ills communication. reachod hon,o stating that 1t
must Aut go; for .ao could well desire to ''tona
It down. mad p1rgo 1t OF te:t-sale sentences.
How could Ao b.. 10 thouslttleaa ~ to appro-
Itiate bodily o1f reBdonH Of other ueu, ~ thu
following pasailet passages hIiow
f'Tof. Jttgts IN 'tIIcAooIfrot .tua,ps in CnlcAHc
TItnukE, AtTA J. tu4t! TRIBUNE dfarch a, l4;k
tlus !It.es. aiAt lith ttMts " 6tA utst
fFAf alrtsiut.
What ia rtlly hs Thoughts sro as sAcscdly
awe ~ LIS lAnaA Ahd htalhA owh a. lila ttpts aut
gooda. Ihs goods.
7rry. PAINE. CHICAGO t. iats.sua.or." cu,cAat
TA1nusk. Ap: Il !. aGth TRIBUNE ltareh ~, Ill
us,a sta ti1eA. ana l!ti. E.Mes FROM kIsl
Though pr pfessioual, trof. AdAma was gnur
histurAu, N1a lGnoFanta1 Ut ha contents Of BOOK
Of tic cunttusa o.. ronnon, wnicA ats quts common
though ssaudI I'D, ts1t-
books.
Did PROT. syue use ''seisso,s and = paute
pot;" and wh did nos ho who who kutW tAt
contents Of tho letter 1otics tho plagiarism
and savo Its utaor solne dLsErAco2 IB1p,
pLAotARtsmt"anoEnson MORSE nvrAoL
aInwArktr, Wis, April i.-After all th,
binding du It which 3Ir. Anderson rasea In h
sopy In In & Tn1urNE OF Saturday, April l, ha
Be:ticd dow u, khuru remains the fact OF hIs con
fcsHlon: That nealect4d 10 n!s,lion Blacktee|
ul4oHg TIC Gu1lors consulted toas no n.a&ice pre-
snfditate1. lrt aH oversight OF mine" but b
did not oG!ect to doyoc. iu Ills preface. aeye1t
liuss to aafn people ngainst tho uso OF DIacl
woli's ldalIot he knew we'll enough tLl
H,shop porcys edition could not |
found except In M autiquarian'a library. l
do3gcs. .the accusation Ut plagtartam by ehargn
Dlack' toll With Btea!ipg Uaseut'a Translation
tic II nse Edda i; secrituna.iop, however,
no Dc fouso. l1ou ut:otty sa!so thu charge !