The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-08
DR.OLIYER .HOLMESDEAD
THE @xUTOCRAT OF THE BREAK
EtsT TtBLEo DIES IN BOSTON.

u. yf,s Bee- Aiups .-s Undsr the Care OF
, Phy-icis. for Several Days, bot the
c,s Ca.,s No o-tehir Th.t Not All or
u,s Relatives Reached His Bedside.
posroS. Oct. DIR. oliver Wendell Holmes
,del at his city residence, 300 Beacon street,
tb,s afternoon. About ten days ago he returned
from his country residence at Beverly. He was
mt in his usual health, but his genial
humor never dcsertesl him, and this tempera-
nent blinded all but his most intimate
friends To the fact that he was fast approaching
death. As soon ss he returned mis- family de-
cided that IL was best 10 call his favorte physi-
elan, Dr. Charles p. Putnam.
Tho Doctor found his patient very weak.
SYMPTOMS of heart failure were noticeable, but
dsr,sts this fact the Doctor hoped to preserve
DR.. Holiness life. But the family physician
failed. and finally to-day summoned the family
an friends
respite their haste the end came before they
osuld all arrive. The poets son. Judge o. w.
Holmcs Jr., the man whom his father sought
ali about the field of Chancelorsville, and
through the hospitals of Virginia, was present
with his wife and the physician when DIR.
Holmes died.
Almost his last word was delicate jest. not
iisht nor irreverent, but kindly and easy, to
soothe the pain Of his relatives.
II was Lao p. NJ. when he died. Tho end was
painless, and II was almost impossible to tell
the exact instant Of dissolution. The news
spread quickly and messages Of regret and ex-
pressions Of coincidence followed soon.
The arrangements for the funeral have not
been planned yet, but II is believed that II will
be private. and will be held from Kings Chapel
~ noon on "Wednesday.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was horn in CAM
hrist ana
the Rev. Abel Holmes a clergyman of Cam
bridge. and an historian. who ls said 70 have
thls country in his American Annals"
His great; grandfather was John Holmes, one
f GH HRer,: sp2 Ss father. literary instinct
he became n e the editor Of the college magazine,
u I'D at the age OF q, the year after his
nsnt Of The e" intended destruction OF the old
war friEate Constitution SeEen on and he wrote
became famous &C once. He had struck popu-
lar note. and the tide Of public opinion set
lated the " .Eneid." After graduation from col
never practised and later took up the study of
medicine He spent three years in hospital
and IN 1885 re received his medical degree. In
thst year he published his first volume Of
He always continued TO make medicine his
profession, but early made literature his diver
sion, and as poet and author became known to
IN @ an. and sr g n SSS S
OF Judge Charles Jack son OF the Massachusetts
supreme Court by whom he had two sons and
in Is47 DIR. Holmes was made professor of
, anaody e. Is chair In which hs con.
made professor emeritus. Presidsnt Eliot paid
this tribute 70 his skill There are 3,oo0 men
sS sSnssRf ". and %
" Shssr Children ihe memory OF him as - teacher
pr. Holmes wrote forty-two works on medical |
Had lived s e seo 2, bic ssry asas
SSysioians Of the World. Speaking Of this
fecently DIT; Holmes recalled the storm |
spisram that II all the medicine IN the world |
we're thrown into the sea i would be all the |
ishes. And then he laughed quietly as he re- |
T,arked that nov most OF the profession practi
In 1887. when the Atlantic Monthly was
started, Lowell asked DIR. Holmes TO contribute |
Table, essays, which obtained immediste bop.
s aiari.y and the success of the magazine was |
, The Professor at the Break fast Table,
tisI5 followed, and then after long years came |
e-sssrs GaSaesns ovsr shs T ssa
sppssfed few years ago. was made the occa- |
wald probably be the last Of the series.
d. Holmes was sociologist though he was |
ss %Acs e e sqS " shs only
and "The Guardian Angel !" (ls0s). his skill In |
cRroas study
Mature In mind In early years. DR.. Holmes In |
s q clans he than
81 ssE sS,t $.ss Sss
Cd ans i:s lar Ws is' t~snsS ,oaisSf
And more than forty years ago he said to
young men:
!. sgaslns, solid, old fsutonic pluck.
Doar 10 consistent" but simply true.
DIR. Holmes was in demand on the platform and
80 20 . ever fqii OF philosophy and fun. Lowell
= There e Holmes who is matehiess among you for
ssoi'csi Ssl. aD u s sh1 ss from which n' the
Whittier paid tribute TO pr, Holmes in more
iifr and BTysnt, whom he had outiiSsd " o. 81
siassmst.s there msrs ss ssbs SMITH anthos Of
= hIsmerics;" James Freeman Clarke, William
q; Curtis, and Chandler Robins, '''"'""'"
ham. h in PI,, a. one time es,selished summer
living at Lsnox, . few miles away OF late his
summer home has been In > cottage at Beverly
Far bsyohS sss%a Baoas en- Boston Bs not
Wendell, also was born In isSI, and was sp-
l1olnted Justice OF the Massachusetts, Supreme
Among DIR. Holiness works are memoirs of
Iohn Lothrop Motley and Ralph Waldo Emer-
DAYS IN Europe" and in poetry: "Urania,"
iAstr9ai the Balance Of illusions" Songs in
sisny Keys" and The Iron Gate" Although
, The Chambered Nautilus" was the Doctors
lsvorite poem, The yoiceless" and " sun and
. Ihs Wonderful One-hoss Shay" is known 10
sTOLES PAINTINGS RECOPERED.