Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-24

Washington, January 19.-The funer-
Al Of George Bancroft, the venerable
historian, who died at his home, No.
1923 H street, this city, at $40 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, will be at IL o'clock
Tuesday morning at st. Johns Episc0-
pal church. The interment will be at
Worcester, Mass, where the historians
wife is buried.
Worcester is Mr.. Bancroft's native
place. He was born October 3, 1900.
His father was clergyman. Young
Bancroft graduated from Harvard col
lege in 1917. and went to Germany,
where he studied the higher branches
of literature under distinguished mas
tiers. Writing from Liepsig in 1919 to
a Boston lady. DR.. Joseph G. Cogswell
said: Little Bancroft is most inter-
esting youth and is to make one OF our
great men"
Young Bancroft selected history as
his special branch OF study, in desire
to see il the observation OF masses OF
men in action would not lead. by the
inductive method. to the establishment
of the laws OF morality a. u science. He
became intimate with Goethe. Won
Humboldt and other distinguished men
of the time. At Heidelberg he studied
with the historian, SchlOsser.
He returned to America in 1922 and
was for one year tutor of Greek at Har-
ward. He preached several sermons,
but the love OF literature proved the
stronger attachment. In 1923 he
founded, in conjunction with DR.. Joseph
G. Cogswell. the Round Hill school at
Northampton, Mass. About this time
he issued volumn OF poems, his first
publication. translation of Heeren's
''Politics OF ancient Greece" and an
Grafton advocating democratic princi-
pies.
In 1880, without his knowledge, he
was elected to the legislature. but re-
fused to take his seat, and the next
year he declined q nomination. though
certain to have been elected for the
state senate.
Bancroft's most famous work and
that upon which his greatest reputation
rests was his History of the United
States" The first volume Of this he
published in 1884.
President Van Buren, appointed him
collector of the port of Boston in 1888,
and in 1874 he was nominated by the
democrats for governor OF Massachu-
sets. He received q big vote, but not
large enough to elect him. When Polk
became president he made Bancroft
secretary Of the navy. Secretary Ban
, croft was foremost in establishing the
naval academy at Annapolis. 1t was on
his order, while secretary, during the
/. h0f
seized by the United States. While
secretary OF war pro tenn. he ordered
! the march into Texas which caused the
E first occupation Of Texas by the United
/. States.
a From 1S46 to ls49 Mr.. Bancroft was
s minister to Great Britain. In May,
1867, he was appointed minister to Rus
STA: in 1868 he was accredited to the
north German confederation, and IN
1851 to the German empire, from which
he was recalled at his own request In
1874.
While in the diplomatic service Ban
croft did much to settle the controversy
D over the northwestern boundary OF the
0 United States. He was also foremost in
: securing the treaties which granted the
ouDJCCIo vi ISutOpCon 6ONOi hhASAoo e@AS,
: right to become citizens OF the United
( States upon removing to this country.
t; After the expiration of the English
5 mission in 1S49, Mr.. Bancroft took up
: his residence in New York city and
: continued work on his history. The
third volume had appeared in 1910. and
} volumes four to ten at intervals from
1851 to 1874. In 1879 the work was re-
vised and issued in centenary edition OF
six volumes. Volumes IL and II were
! published first under the title. History
Of the Formation of the Constitution OF
the United States" The last revised
edition of the whole work appeared in
six volumes, lSS4-18S5. This edition
was prepared most critically by the his
torian, who eliminated from the pages
Of the work much of the Aowery rhetor-
ic of earlier years.
Mr.. Bancroft has been correspondent
of the Royal Academy at Berlin, and
also of the French institute. He was
made d. G. L., ut Oxford in lS49, and
Doctor Juris by the university OF Bonn,
in 1868. In September, 1870, he eel
ebrated at Berlin, the fiftieth anniver-
sary of receiving his first degree At
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