New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-30

tranquil retreat" the soft and soulike sound OF sns
breeze among the branches. and all the music %
and audible, Of animate and inanimate " acred
pilgrimage TO visitors from the farthest corner Oh o
land ard from across the seal IL was WIN soiIe re-
lucance that we young men ventureu 10 cnno
DISAGREEMENT, for felt how he must nave W
he sim had before him and this feeling teViNeu a.
kind OF comImnciion when aer ms uca. ,.'' ,,,cf
revealed what a vast work he had laid OUT lot a.
We were consoed however. ny ItnectnS ,, af,cr ali
terrnptlOns Of solitary study were perhaps, hlte az
studies IN another form For he would sit for The most
part the scat OF the nqui er ana learner ",e
az times. TO mOdcsy. though we reih'l ,,,'
that wise man knows how 20 extract WISDOM
from folly itself. Sometimes, Though sedom, Mn1 j
be found an appreciave audience ne "uuih Ia
dnler IL n 1nonol0cue which but for ITS clearness ana
lucdity we might call Coe1dgcan; ana once WHeh He
midhcieht TO 90 ana rest haitian hour qeavlns as
lalf-amu>cd and nalfaNtd, so that we eoul9 $1,000
his quict talk and kept his way howard Till we reached
the clouds and care back TO earth. -o,,. ,rr,,ors
Then le would do what he loved best naTcN nvle ~
ont and introduce his beloved aud rcvcrch mpeI
Nature. A. as We walked or SAT GA the ocm,Ii h,.
her CHILDREN" he once aaid 10 u.s.. there uer VIZ
shade OF The b.oadspreadns beccntree the MusrS "T
mcitated were likely to be those OF iheo!o-S 'hu
humanity.
In the composition of the work, which - written
in The spirit of aficctonate enthusiasm rather man
OF scholarly precision. Mr.. Brooks has been berlye'
into some slight inadyertenccs, mostly OF personal
character. which would Doubtless have been avoided
in less informal biography. For instance page oi'
Professor Sidney Willard who held the CHAR oi
Hebrew and other Oriental Languages at Harvard
from 1907 to 1881. is spokcA of as "the amiabe
Latin professor" an Office winch he never hiled eN-
cont p.r,ap, as an occasional substitute for some
other teacher: Professor Leonard Woods, of Ando-
yer Th,oIogical Seminary, clas>matc OF lir. Chan
ming. is referred TO page G3l as th' president of
Bowdon College, post which was held for many
years b; his distinguished son. Dr.. Leonard Woods,
IT. The per;od after Dr. Chanulna's return rom
Europe I'm SOB and the sci lenrn. of lis colcagu',
tie Rev Ezra S.iics Gaunett IN ISL, j.
described rs the time when UnitorauSm nae
Gained local habiiatiou aud name ir Boston ana
Cambridge and the Few doctrine bad ITS living
cxpoundcIs and examples" among which noble
con,nauv" Hncln,p~-cr aul rhachc, aye Damed. in
connection with Dewey AZ Nrw-B dforI. Sparks in
baltimore AMI Furucss III Philadelphia, who at
That ;imc were Young ma1 recently entering III"
ministry. while Backmius;er> died 1872 and
1hachcl died 1s1N We're no longer among 'hehNhg.
The names OF President }. r. Kirkland, !. G.
Paf!cy. James Walker AID ]. W. =. Greenwood
would have been more appropr1te in this p"c'.
The famous illustration of :he Central Ca
lows $50 offensive TO the ortho'nx b. ts STARTLING
and terrific image" is -, rrcd - .p "0N ~ being
~ tle sermon preached at Nh SPARKS, ordination
in Baltimore i'm 1919 whereas If was ii:S, used seven
wears later in tie Dedication sermon in Ncw-York
1s2G', as is correctly stated in another part OF the
volrmc ~. 1881. An English ChuIcaman.' il Is
affirmed ~. III once said. Christian is my name
Catholic is BY surname meaning that lie was not a
Roman. but a Christian Catholic" But the author
Of this liberal saying WAS not m English Church
man, but a Roman Catholic. the Rev. Alexander
Geddes ID. d.. VINO wrote a commentary on the Pen
tateuch. in preface 10 which the sentence IN ques
ton occurred. These minor blemishcs, however, do
not detract greatly from the merits OF the volume.
which is a work oil evident ability and uncommon
interest ard especially seasonabe ON the approach
of the Claiming centenary.