Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-25

Mary Clemmer in New York Indeien lent
In the middle of the next lock on II street,
we come TO the square brown-stonc house OF
George Bancroft. A generous hail runs through
the middle, with reception and drawing roons
on either side. Herein is dispensed the most
simple and yet the most courtly and ele-
giant hospitality-by a gentleman and lady
used to the highest associations that the
world affords i'm it's kingdoms of thought
and of lofty place-yet speaking and act
Ing always from the dictates of their own
gentle. kindly and sympathetic hearts. Two
front windows in the second story, piled with
big books. mark the daily wurk-roOm of Mr.
Bancroft, while below, the broad front garden
beds are already Draw with rainbow tinted
hyacinths and yellow with crocusses. Aud
but few weeks further on. a paradise of
myriati-tintcd roses will half reveal its
marvels through @limpses of the garden be-
yohd- In this garden Mr. Bancroft dads his
daily recreation and delight. His roses are as
famous rs himself. and he tends them and talks
of them as ii they were his children. Yet he -
not prouder of them than he is of his vegetable
garden. whose esculents. above the beautiful
cliffs Of Newport in the humid air of its deli
cious sea, grow and ripen i'm the summer sun
Mr.. Bancroft is in his wOrk-roOm by q o'clock of
the morning In winter and oclOck in summer
Here. save short interval for breakfast he
stays hard at work till after pm. After lunch
he takes to the back of his Kentucky stced-
one may meet him almost any bright day gallop-
Ing over the hills or along the wiljly-wOOded
ways of Rock creek. or. with the quick alert
step OF q man Of-30 years, he walks away per-
haps miles, TO call upon friend. Personally
George Bancroft is tall and inclined to slight
ness, rather than stOutness. His attire is NO.
tieeabe by scrupulOuS neatnesS and that care
Tor final effect which marks the elegant man of
the world. but which many an elegant man in
otinttiyely drops away from some day. when he
discovers himself to be an old man. Without any
suggestion of ''dandyism," Mr.. Bancroft dresses
Is elegantly as If he were man of 80. Hishair
and full-dOwing beard are white as spun wool;
his eyes are full of ridescent lights; and. as
you look upon his face and listen to his voice.
you never think whether he Is handsome
or Not. You are so impressed by the con-
seriousness OF the supreme intelligence which
giOws upon his face. kindles i'm his tones and
quickcns every thought he utters 1t is the
light within the vase the soul within the man
which peryaies and holds yOu. His bearing Is
courtiy. his accents and words gentle and in
gepuou- as those of a child. Well NAV Amer-
cans be proud OF such an American Mr. Ban
croft i at present rejoicing az the people of the
United states should rejoice in the new revised
edition of his History of the United States
This revision (the outcome of more than forty
years of CRITICISM study and panstakng labor)
Is vastly more than new edition. Rare In
deed j. the man who. writing book, can forty
years later offer thar same book to the world
adjusted to new light adapted to the more ex-
ACTIN demands Of a morp. scholarly generation
pruucd. and yet expanded To meet the worlds
BROADER and higher want al by his own intelii-
gene. larger and more lucent as 1t is at 8, than
It Was at As years of age