, 1876-04-01


To show how utterly baseloss tho charge
brought aRannt mo by '' Investigator" who tries
to etab mo IN tho dark, It Ia only necessary to
rotor tho roados to pago 10 Of my book in qnos.
lion, whero I absolutely disc1dfm tho honor Of
having translated tho Elder or Younger Tor
Proso) Edda. I there Htatc, In tho plainese lan-
guago possible, that "or THE Yousogn+ EppA
HAVE usEp DAsEsrs TRANSLATION" (Seo Morse
Tnts 1nakoa II olcar that do not CLAIM the
translation ns III own, Whilo It III mono ule less
fact that did translate many, OF the passages
from boM tho Eddas myself, before succoeded
In getting tic tranalstfons wanted; and u,ay
AZ vcll state hore that my o1on original frans-
lati9ns of both ote Et'1a' complete '''a 800" be
For tho preparation Of Tho Morse Mythology,
GOOD onol1gh and every scholar and gentleman /
will ac9uit mo of not displaying the stupid and
pedautic vanity Of again dong what had bsen
ileld Of thought, Of lotsors, Of tho enlghton.
mcnt and civilization OF our rnce, Ia SO wat. |
that tho fow scholars who cultivate i (ana ea-
peca1lJ tho Norao part Of the beld) all hare |
their time aad energy in doing things twlco aLan
orco Ia enough.
but gave tho credit to Daaent. and not |
TO Blackwell! Ali = crimo ladoodl A wondcr
that Thor did not buckle on h!a bait md crush |
mo with his mighty hflolner for I'll i is pity
fos our " Investigator thnt oven those Hho |
hayo but a. nero stnattering OF 1coiaudic arc
aware that tho so-called Black ellis translation
Dlackwoll's claims to tho contrary taken almost
bodily from Dasonss translation, rnade and pub
lahcd in 1872; and that Mt. Blackwell was no
Icelaudto scholar at all. His revision and re-
editing Of Porcy'a translation OF Alallot's North
ern Antiquities ia looked upon by oil scholars az
very ilirnhy affair indeed. (Geo College Co14rant
for 1874, / ain uuable to glTo tho nutnbor.) TIM.
+ neglected to mentlon Blackwell among tho au-
thorn consnited was, however, no malice pre-,
neditatod but IN oversight Of mine, -nye. and
an oversight by which Dascnt got tho credit,
which, In tho oplnion Of all 1celandio schoiaEn,
Justly belongs to him. I almost think tho Norns
(fases), who, IN the Norao mythology, nre SAID
to 1nle all things, must havo guided mo into thls
oversight. Tho Norns. may sny In parenthesis.
hsve the asmo rigid view Of Justice az TINT laid
down In tho Good look. where wo read Rem
der unto Cesar tho things which are Cnsar,s;
aud unto God tho things that are Coda (This
last sontence must be plagiarism, since I do hot
giye tho na1ne Of tho era,islatos.)
With this exp1auatton OF tho facta In tho cnso,
| Ia it not Wonderful that such scholars 10 DR.. g.
! u. Carpenter and DR.. Willard Flsko lid not dis
cover, In looking over ny manuscript, that
was practlcsng gigantic fraud UPON tho public?
| from oir modern Don Quixote will crush them
| entirely.
| hardly know how to characterize tue ignor-
| anca and couartiice of your correBponden,
" "ln#HRk1GakSE, WHO CiAIl1H 10 uAA 1FClu
milwaukee, whi1e ho oarrios hay on his horns
| that shows distinctly enough from wbat
| tay-etack he halls. lie cxces Loke In uralico
d much al ho is Inferior to him In shrewdneoe.
] Nav, why should l not rIAotA1uzB q passage
| from Prof. q. K Adamu' excellent letter in TIE
nv aesnn es1anniator3 M Iere "Fha "a assault il
general then, amounts to this: An atroclouaty
iuslnuaious equally fn!se, are made tho basis Of
malignant atsack on my character. Tho
nun who is capable OF stirling
Thus IN the dark at tho reputation
Of smother, I rognra as snoakng coward, cou-
| yedtahls hero"
have neither time nor inclination to pay any
furthcr attention 70 attacks from "Investiga-
| per align!d hmrots which means, IN English:
1'hroto dirt 'ottn ali your 'a.qM; some Of il Is
! sure to stick, : Il. i, ANDERSON,
author ot !" No1.e hytholcsy," aud " America Not
."Iuvcsttgaor shows himself ignorant In refsr-
70 1cetaldtc eratnss shss snrrose h. docs put
| know that io1.ngrr j!Iad and Jiroso Edda are two
names tor tho saina book Thla ia tho not In which
Ioka wss captured.
! SWlNToN's OUTLINES.
| r. he Editor " Ths chteags 7r,ouns;
ADRIAN, Mich, March 29.-It ts easy 10 seo
why Prof. Adams should bc greatly annoyed At
tie suggestion that ho u iu any way involved In
the awtnton scandal; yot. from tho very adnals-
slons In Prof. Adams loster. 1t Is equally casy to
eco how iair-miuded persons may take e1cop-
lions to tho part he has assumed 10 Nlis gross
literary fraud. As one QUO Of tic Ylosims OF
misplaced confidence, invita- attention TO the
following facts:
i, So close IL tho relation Of Tho Unlvefiaity oi
Michigan to tho preparatory schools that the
Professors in tho loading departments virtually
| tnv% bnot trch 10 81 dipf f1,n
High schoola Of Michigan.
3. Prof. Adams, BY his own admission, vs,
employed to teYtso HWinton'a Outlines d
History,
8. In communication to tho Michigan
Teacher, ho extas the nloTtta OF th!s work, and
In Tho strongeat torna oommenda it, adoption
1. As tho verdict Of aprotosslons. historian
Prof. Adams' Endorsement Of tho book, after I
laboEioua FasiHion, Was universally received ~
complete guaranty Of tts worth.
a ofs saaF. 81 81 sad sne
pals who had secured tho adoption OF 6uin
touta Outlines on discovering that tbs bool
~ss shameleas literary fraud
hpeak,uR for myself, l folt that had beer
GEoasy Imposed upon, and tho moat charitable
e1pisnatiou could make Of Prof. Ada1ns' par
ln Tue transaction MAS that he, though protcs
stonsl historian vas 70 ignorant OF tho contents
e*on iu tue cousse Of a lAbotioua revision. hi
90 hos noace tle Wholesale pllfssiugs Of whiet
Nor doe# iroi. p adams confession Of hls ows
crs&iitsb!a fact that he nes.os to pFide himssl
on LILY own sgao.sneo Of ,IA~lnson, Meri
vale. Woboas. elld a,uish. ths serious fao
'Is i C er4ns Il. fsss so,sso,s ths
Swnton uaa doubtless valued by the putlishar
OF tie Qntliaos, ~ It ceEtninly wHs considered b
tho public y tile dellbefste verdict ct "a export