New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-10
who knew shows that sickness could not conquer


NOT DAUNTED HY PHYSICAL SUFFERING.
In his earerness n carry on his work the severest
physical calamity could not daunt him. His youth
full book OF travels was published first as series
OF articles in THE Knickerbocker Magazine IL
was then published in book form under the utle
already given which was sqom tSe rs The
Oregon Trail" Then he attacked the theme ,hes
Hume at the n end Of his
volumes describing with vivid mastery OF ba
marked the fact that the studies OF boyhood and
the life among the wild in no Nest ana had Strongly
affected the work. But he neglected. ho,nns e1 I
that contributed to understanding ms snemT rsc ne
labored strenuously collect the documents neees
sary to elucdate every point upon which he had
to touch Copies Of letters Journals reports ana
various European nations were obtained to the
Of e apd Ppapes
amned and every book was scanned that ,, cosio
But the saddest part Of this recital of hard work
Is to come. For about three years" wrote PARK,
every attempt at reading or wrisng completely
debarred. Under these circumstances the .sh y,
begun and finished The papers were rePestedyy
read aloud by an amanuensis coprDa1 written
Sown from were v sde Then come the words
Of from the hear process sbo"eh
extremely slow and laborious; was NOT WITHOUT
its advantages and am well convinSGn d"e ar
scrupulously coated and thoroughly d-
gested than they would have been under other
circumstances"
wIDENED THE SCOPE OF HIS WORK.
In the years that followed he widened the scope
| OF his plan as he had conceived As the work
grew under his hand In successive volume 1t be-
| came not merely history Of the Seven years
War, but absorbing study of the dramauc con-
fict between two great nationalities two divergen.
civilizations two opposed religions III TN, IrSw
World his Investigations for the WORK, DesideS
many trips to Europe for the purpose OF consult 1T,
crmation he made point to visit the scenes SO, Of
the Incidents he described ana mas rec nus no
otherwise obtanabe. AZ one goes IN de,S e ossr
sary 70 co G his plan one feels that him
self has epomized his purpose as no Oth s nan Ha
IS given the psce q honor in Hutch
these few sentences .ndispe1sa 1T,
New France all head: Under King , noble
Even CONN zee Wore the sword decked itself with
badges Of nobility a.pred to forest t borers a1
he adverse sirsngshsniI,s ,i and I'd
with slow but SadS wasa head Each
had its strength each It's weakness eacn lts Owl
of Vigorous ,h n sui instinct hs Sne with hope the
other darkening with the shadow OF despair; 10y
Communities comm; mites Of freamen stands forth the most
conspicuous representative or TINS ahtag99hissrrn
liberty and absolutism, New-England and New
France"
SERIES OF HISTORICAL WORKS.
In these words lies the prophecy of Parkman's
work "rhe Pioneers of France in the New
World" published In 1866. In 1861 followed
''The Jesults in North America" This work was
translated into French BY the Countess Gedeon de
Clermont Tonnere. in 1882 Then. in 1862 came the
volume entitled 1.-THE Great West" recounting the
Iennepn and succeeded in 1874 by rod the co U1d
Frontenac and New France Under Louis MY. NV;
Seven years later came the volume entitled Mont
and England in the New World' was completed
with "A Half Century OF Conflict For nove ely,
torcal works in any language surpass this series
Meanwhile. the author wrote much for the maya maya,
zines He 9s 20 zone WHICH n9ve was SAID
at the time: THE of this story are those
of the present day and in its progress the reader
of the Atlantic The hero is arrested by the Aus
trian police suspicion OF being concerned, III
revolutionary plots and MS escape IRON sab prison ssa
I pc TT form one of the most thrilling passages In
the book" This pastme during period OF
It was iI-health that interrupted, for a time at
the very outstart Mr.; Parkmans historical work
and sent him to gardening ON the Of p a
suits was that he originated hybrid of the lily
family which is still known to botany as the
book entitled aThe Book OF Roses still another
was that he became president of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society and for Two years s. was pro-
part Of Harvard University: He was for many
years of the overseers of Harvard. and after.
wards a fellow In the Corporation The degree OF
Doctor Of Laws was conferred him by .McGill
University in 1879 by, WILLIAMS College in 1885
| crime Bgelow She died eight years later
Throughout his later years. 1t was his habit. ex-
cep when he rays to spend and the Ss ner
| In Boston.