New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-24
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~, Perry has done a good work i'll a very modest
rav. He does not profess to have written 'iogra-
obv. He has chosen to let Doctor Leber draw nus
avn PORTRAIT in his diary and letters the task OIL Tue
,ditor being little more than to add haIrat'No u
the doctors early years. and TO HI III 10" ue'"ii'
here and there. The result is not an entirely satlS-
S.o,orv nicture for IL is gwen TO few men to de-
,eribe themselves, even when they try but what u
,4cls in completeness is perhaps counterbaldn'et
nv n certain personal interest and viyidness' 20
"a, "a II gocs II is an individually faithful reflection
,f an interesting original. And fortunately the ma
terial for such an autobiographical memorial was
abundant. The diary, consisting merely oi 'n0
brjefest memoranda is not important the iet'ets
however are OF great value varied IN SuOseo,'
annie in scope, free in their condolences hllen WIN
.erions reflection and charming as an e1hloI''oh Oh
character Tie correspondent who seems 10 h"'o
1ravn out the best and most genial OF DOCTOR
Iiebsrs thoughts WAS George >. Hiilard. lie "roOo
much also to Charles Sumncrfor whom ne cohceIfcu
n warm regard and prophetic admiration lonS
before Sumner became distinguished; anu allhouki'
This intercourse was interrupted for time by a
MISUNDERSTANDING which We wish might have neon
,ossod ov,r IN silence the old friendship was hap
ouv reneyed. There are excellent letters to Mrs'
;ehcr To General Garfield, to Secretary iiSh' 10
Judae Tbayer to General Haleck. and-anong ,De
euthor's German frends-to DIT. Bluntschll' 10 NIL
tet,uajer and TO lioltzendOrf and we nave many
uleasant aluslOrs TO the brilliant ana I@uouS so
retv i'm which Lieber moved as welcome guest
cith Prescott. Longfeow, FELTON,, Sparks Judge
Storv Chancellor Kent and other great men OF
forty years ago. His life was spread over remark
,ble period OF the worlds history he fought aV
Waterloo and he died suddenly, III the midst OF ac'
tivity during the Presidency OF General Grant
From boyho0d he had been occupied WIN INC
laro.r nnestious of politics and associated more or
less intimately with statesmen and scholars Ills
remarks upon public events, his criticisms upon
onblic characters were tbs reflections OF serious
ACME and singularly clear-hcaded student OF great
hGairs never the gossip o. dle'iGHtc observer 1t
,cu hardly escape tho notice Of the careful reader
fiat. unlike too many diarists and letter writer's
Iieher never belttles his subject. He had the rare
faculty of pcrcciving the proper historical proper
tions of things which we're close TO him.
Iisber WAS bonn in Berlin in 1900. His earliest
recollectnns were of the patriotic feImeut created
by Napoleon's INVASION OF Germany. lie remem-
hereo, asa child. crying with veNatOh Wheh ln'
French entered Berlin after the battle o. jena lie
used 20 pray God 70 cure his grandmother cough
iIr.s the King. and let the German arms he victo-
rious CpOn the Emperors return from Eliza he Joined
the army of Blucher as q volunteer, though he was
frontier so that he might be Of aCtve.ser
He fonrht at Ligny and at It aterloO he was Sc
votelv wounded lie wrote graphic aC count OF this
enisode in his life ana Mr.. Perry gives MS tTll
abstract ol IT, VIXEN it was over he went back to
school II is strange illustration Of the condition
OF Germany at that time that the lad who had so
nearly lost his life in the defence Of his country and
his King soon afteJward found himself in prison AZ
al enemy of the state he had become deeply i'll
tercsted in jain and tho Turner movement aud
when jain was arrested Lichcr also was treated ~
n suspicious person. He was kept in confinement
four months. and forbidden to study at ans Prus-
sian university, an order which debarrcd him from
all hope Of Government appointment. With some
difficulty by the aid of a nlotcd passport he made
his way to MMseies in his twenty second year
and Joined patty of adventures of varous ma
tiops who we're going to enlist in the Greek insur
rection. A brief and unfortunate experience in
tbe land of his dreams satisfied him that the cow
ardce and incapacity of the Greeks made them
nn6t TO defend or free their country" The voun-
teers were pundered by tie people they came o
help ana when Lieber at last got away and landed
al Ancona lie had only dollar and lalf in his
pocket He reached Rome and was belriendcd by
Niehuhr: then Prussan Ambassador at the Vatican.
lie passed year in Niebnhrs family as tutor to
the historians children, and this period he long
% his life Niebuhr always showed an afIectUnato
interest in his welfare. but could not him from
political persecution at home, although Lieber had
fors worn what he came to regard a. the foles of
his boyhood At last in despair he resolved TO
exile himself to England. He studied the English
language in which he soon became proficient and
in 1926 no left Berlin, without informing even his
family of his intention. and got safe aboard ship at
Hamburg He spent year of hardship IN London,
supporting himself by teaching. In 1927 ne
camo TO America. having been invited 10
open swimming school in Boston aud to
succeed DR. Charles Follen in TIE management of
3 gymnasium in that city. The recommendation OF
Nlebuhr secured for him most favorable reception
in the United States and his intelligence force Of
character vivacity, and geniality made him gen
eral favoIite in the best society. He wrote to mis-
parents few weeks after the opening Of the swim
ming school:
Yesterday the Mayor called on me and said Mr.
Adams the President OF the United States wished
10 visit my school He desired 10 Introduce Inc at
once to the President who had Jus; come TO the
hote, where | am staying. Mr. Adams, who is man
pf few words asked me simply after shaking hands
with me if he might the school and what hour
would SUIT me We made an appointment for 10
o clock that morning, as there would not then he
many scholars present lie came punctG3liy, &C
con1anicd by the Mayor. Both were very plainly
dressed.
After had explained my plan 10 him, ] asked
him If he would DO me the honor to swim with me-
and IL he preferred we would go outside the in |
closure in order TO avoid the frolicung boys, and
let my boat follow us. The old man looked at the |
boys and said; No, prefer TO stay here If they |
viii not laugh at me Those good little swimmers |
will make fan Of ne" We prepared ourselves for |
the bath and this man of sXiyone sprang headlong
into the water from a sprngboard six feet high. |
He repeated this several times, and swan about |
Quarter Of an hOur cOnversing with me while he |
was in the water, and showing himself an eXperi- |
enced swimmer,
he praised tho school, and expressed tho wish |
III At there many establishments of the kind in
the country when would greatly ,tend 10 promote |
kinds of gymnastic exercises, but never had found
greater reireshment after continuous mental exer-
fiOn than from swimming. j returned part of the |