Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-15
THROUGH THE SHADOW.
Particulars of the Death OF DIR.
j. G. Holland.
|. Y. Special to Cincinnati Enquirer. !

N. Y. Special to Cincinnati Enquirer
DR.. joseph Gilbert Holland died at
his house in this city, No. 46 Park
avenue, ofangina pecioris, at 6 o'clock
this morning. DIR. Holland was told
by his physicians four years ago that
he would not live more than ten years
at the longest, and might die without
warning at any moment. He had
been educated as a physician, and
knew very well the meaning OF occa-
sional sharp pains which affected his
heart in moments Of excitement. 1t
Was partly in preparation for sudden
death that he sold out his interest in
Scribner's Magazine,and put his bust
ness in such order that whatever he
possessed would not be involved in
business complications. He was edi
tor-in- -chief of the Century Magazine,
but had no proprietary inter-
est in it. Two years ago
DR.. Holland had to abandon a
lecture tour from i'll health. Since
then he has devoted himself to quiet
work, editing the magazine which he
founded, re-editing new and com
plete edition of his books, which Serb
ner q Co. are about to issue. He
passed a great deal Of his time at his
country place, Bonnicastle, on an
island in the st. Lawrence river
During the last summer he has been
so much better that he began to lay
plans for more work. He had designs
made for building eleven cottages on
his estate for rental to New Workers.
Nevertheless, the heart trouble still
made itself manifest at times, and Mr..
K. II. Glider, DR.. Hollands assistant
for many years, said this morning that
any unusual excitement would bring
on a sharp pain in his breast. DR..
Holland had a yacht, of which he was
very proud, believing it to be the
fastest on the river. Whenever a race
occurred DR.. Hollands excitement
was such that in more than one in
stance he was obliged to drop the
wheel, owing to the pain which warned
him of the danger.
On the 9th OF October DR.. Holland
returned with his family to the city,
and went to work in apparently excel
lent spirits, seeming to be stronger
than he had been for some years. He
came down to the Office every day, and
was engaged there yesterday most of
the day in writing and attending to
editorial duties. Late in the after
noon he went to look at some glass
work of Mr.. La Forge. He went
home apparently in good health. This
morning at 6 o'clock he awoke COM
planning of slight pain. After talking
to his wife few moments he became
speechless. A doctor was hurriedly
sent for, but DR.. Holland was dead
before the doctor arrived. Mrs. Hol-
land and DR.. Hollands two daughters
were present at his death bed. The
action of the heart seemed to have
stopped Immediately, and he died ap-
parently without pain in a comatose
condition. DR.. Holland leaves
wife-one of the Chaplin family, Of
Springfield, whom he married when
twenty-five years old-two unmarried
daughters and one son, Theodore
Holland, who is at present in the
senior class at Yale, and was sent for
this morning. The funeral will prob
ably be from the Brick Church, DR..
Bevans, on Saturday morning. DR..
Holland was a regular attendant at
that church since his removal to New
York in 1872.