River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-19
MATHEW ARNOLD DEAD.
The Great scholar and Writer suddenly
Passes Away Hearth d sesse tlss Cause
of His Demise.

The Great scholar and Writer Suddenly
Passes Away Heart Disease tlss Cause
of His Demise.
/ LcNDox. April I7-Mr Matthew Arnold.
the noUed poet. scholar ana critic. whose
recent article on @Civuizat on in tie United
/ States attracted much attention. died sud
denly Sunday in Liver col from heart dis
+ ease
/ NJ Arnold arrived in Liverpool on Satur~
+ day to meet his daughter. weo vas on her
way to England from New Nork on The
steamer Aurania.
Sunday morning he was apparently wei
He attended the Presbyt arian churca, and
7 : { er luncheon went cut for a walk with
Mrs Arnold. lie was stin in high spirits
Soon sitter leaving the house he suddenly
/ Eel forward and never afteryvard spoAe.
The physicians poured spirits dowu
his throat but he never rallied at
| all and died within four minutes after be-
/ ing taken indoors The dec ors have
gwen q certificate that Mr. Arnold's death
VS. due to heart disease
I The funeral of Mr. Arnold has been fixed
7 for next Thursday The iu-erment viii be
[ az Lalehani. near Staines
/ The works Of Matthew Arnold have covered
/ . wide diversity or subjects. aad have cchlevcd
{ prom ence wherever the Engl sh l2aguageis
/ spoken. He was The eldest son 81 the
/ late Rex. Thomas Arnold. d. .. Head
I Master OF Rugby be ny born az Late
/ ham near staues- Eng December -
1S22. He was educated ~ Winches-
( ter Rugby and oxford. He graduated from
I Oxford in 1914, with taGors. having one year
/ previously won the NewC gate prize for Enc.ish
{ verse Three years later Ge became private
/ secretary 10 the late lord Iansdowue whom
( Re served in that capacit,- untu his mar
I rage in 1851 with The daughter of jus
I tee Wichtman when ne was appointed
/ lay inspectors q Schools under the Committee
/ Of CouE..l Of Educat1on. H's drst literary fsmo
! va- earned in ISIS when the ''Strayed ReyellCr.
ana other Poems appe red This work was
flllowedIn the next hslf-dozea years by works OF
( & severely classical order iu the form OF poems
{ q q tragedies. Mr. Arnold was elected Pro-
/ fc>sor of Poetry AT oxford in IS55 and IN 1861
I rubi shed three lectures " On Translator Of
HcUler which he had delivered before the
I I iyeTs5ty Of oxford. lie also published in this
/ year dcscript ons OF the educational systems OF
France. Germany and Holland. NJ. Arnold
collected and pL 5ishea IN 1855 a number Of his
I contributions m prose and verse 10 the period
. ica literature, under the title Of Essays
I n Criticism. Among the works published
by him in subsequent years have been
Lectures on the study o. Celtic Lit
erature;' New Poems US6Sl: cult
ure and Anarchy CISCO; st Paul
ana Protestant. SIN tlSs0); " Friendship Gar
I land GStiH IA 1873 Literature and Dogma,
I an Essay Toward a Better Apprehension the
/ B,be and IN Is1i Lost Essays on Church and
( Rel giOn. In 1863 Nr. Arnold received tbs
I honorary degree 81 Doctor Of Laws for the
University ef Ed uburg. and in 1919 from tbs
Z University OF oxford -Four or five years
later the King Of Italy conferred ON N tho
/ order OF Commander Of the Crown OF I'aly, in
Z recognition Of his tuition of the young Duke Of
/ Genoa. who resided with his family while puT-
/ SUNG his studies in England.
/ In late years Mr. Arnold has provoked unfs-
I v0rabie comment and criticism from his contem-
/ porares in this country by reason Of his writ
| ings on America, some OF which were perhaps
not in the best Of taste. considering the court
esy with which he was received and treated By
/ distinguished people here.I