The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-03-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


FIGURES orrHErAsr. From tie Leaves Of ola
Journals. By JOSIAH QuiNCY, (Cass ot 1871
Harvard Colcge.) Bustoui Roberts Rrotliers is,t.
Received from W, H. Morrison.
Few Of the many recent volumes of personal
recollectons so Interesting rs this. The late Mt
quincy tcpt Journals tor nearly sixty four years
Much ot the period covered 10y his notes has recedc
beyond the undehned space which divides contem-
porary events tcom history. rho lapse time needed
TO give what may he called the charm of historical
perspective differs, ot course with the AZ, or
iuyeuiuy uf the mental vision. MANY of the persons
whose appearance and characteristics are chtoncled
In this volume are now ranked among the great men
Of the past ago. Some ot their hgures may be seen In
the a OF Sculpture at the Capitol the portraits of
others adorn our public buildings We frst get a
glimpse VI Puritan Acadomy, aud are IN tho ncNt
chapter introduced TO the Harvard OF sixty years ago
Mt. Quincy records his impressions of Emerson will,
whom he ct college, aud notes that mono Of his
classmates oresaw the future greAtnes, ot the Concord
sage. lie tells a story about tnccdop, and relates
that his father came aud took him TO the theatre to
see hean rs RtchGft Yhiri Of whom his diary saws
Never until then had anv idoa of acting lie IL
small ugly aud yolceless and yet his talents covered
all defects. The parts with which was most pleased
the deatr. His long pauses had great effect some
times he paused two minutes 10y the stop watch but
. his CuuutenauCe spoke an the time 4 dropped pin
might have been heard all over the house.
We ATE brought face to face with John Adams and
listen to the talks his Young Elnsman had with the
second President. We follow the dllrist to the old
race course Long Island, where he saw the fanou,
race, Eclipse against the world, 1.-THE world this time
being represented Sir Henry which came oil In Nav
1928, aud Of which ayyd description is given. We
20 about some next year with Lafayette, our dlarlst
having asau ocer Of the Boston Light Infantry served
In his escort lie was atterward appointed on Gov
ernor Lincoln's stat aud says that.
AS aide. camp to the Governor VI Massachusetts. /
stood at the side OF LAFAYETTE on that memorable oc
ca'lon when he laid the corner stone OF the monu.
ment on Bunker llill, amt when he left the state |
occuied with him the back seat Of the carriage en-
loving his conversation aud the oyatons OF the towns
through which we passed.
Mr. Qulucy gives graphic account Of Lafayette 5
reception In Boston, and his account OF Eyerets ad
dress Of welcome, delivered Ia Cambridge August 90
1924, Is exceedingly interesting;
Mr. Everett pronounced an nratlon witch SURPASSED
M had ever heard. When toward the conclusion
he alluded to the noble conduct our guest In procur
lug shiP Tor his own transportation time when all
america was too poor to offer him passage to her
shores. the scene was overpoweilug. ErerV man ia
ths assembly olS &" tfnrS. believe that this last
expression was literally true. have heard the great
orators OF my day at their best but 1t was never
given To any one OF them to lit up audience as
Everett did upon this occasion. / eau conceive of
nothing more magnificent In the way Of oratory .
Many who have listened to MIR. Fverett'S polished
periods during the latter part OF his fe NAV question
the supreme effect he produced They viii say that
he was hy nature conservative, seldom In sympathy
with the heart OF popular feeling aud that there was
rhetoric, can only say that the words spoke that
day IN the venerable church III Cambridge were as
fu Ut hre as OF music.
Mr. quincy mentions a visit he paid to Lafayette s
modest tomb thirty years afterward, end concludes
his chapter a; follows;
Among the magnificent monuments of Paris
the absence OF one ought TO Ia conspicuous To every
American. Where IS the equestrian STATUE oi
LAFAYETTE which our countrymen should have placed
In that city.
lie tells how he Initiated a movement to supply this
deficiency at a Washington birthday dinner ia Rome
In Is5G'
Gentlemen OF large pecuullry responsibility pedg ed
themselves that the funds should he forthcoming
committee was appointed and correspondence
opened with Mt. Mason, then Minister to France.
/ ANA mere tue project was brought TO sudden
end. MIR. Mason Wrote that the government of Ma
polAon III refused to allow such a memorial to he
erected In Paris The despotsn of fraud and sensu-
allty which band Of consprators had forced upon
france had no sympathy with the pure and hsnora-
be republican. Ii was singuaTy graceful act I'm te
present government of France O atone this refu
sal by presenting TO the city OF New York the statue
of Lafayette, executed by French artst which now
stands in Central Park. 1t would be merely fitting
acknowledgment ot this courtesy for our country-
men again to ask the privilege (Which would now he
cordially given OF placing la the city of Paris
statue of him who was the beuefactor of nations
Mr.. Quincy also gives an interesting account from
the lips of Col IIuger, OF South Carolina OF his AT
tempt TO rescue Lafayette from his prison at ohnutz
Then comes pleasant description of the party given
in Boston to Lafayette by Mr.. and Mrs Daniel Web
ster. our author then takes us journey to Wash.
ingion with Judge story, whose guest he was by Ia
vttatlon, and here We meet John Randolph, of Roam
oke, whose acquaintance Mr. Quincy made ana ia
whom he was greatly Interested. His sketch OF this
unique personage Is extremely good. Washington
society in s26 is the subject of excellent chapters
while the volume, which has padding, concludes
with ''JRCkson in MlssaChusetts,' ~ and tJossph
smith at SauvOO' The editor who brought these Iu-
valuable papers to light deserves well OF the literary
world.