New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-11
THE PARKMAN MEMORIAL.
A CANADIAN ASKS THAT TIE CITIZENS OF THE
DOMINION BE PERMITTED TO con
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

TRIBUTE TO 1T.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: 1t IS refreshing read in your Issue Of yes
terday modest though insistent, plea on behalf
Of the projected memorial 10 the historian Francis
parknar Memorials at home" you say, Tan
guish for lack Of interest and funds ana ms one
10 Parkman like The proposed one at Chelsea 10
Carlyle you rightly commend az DEBT due by
those who would honor literature. and. in PARK
mans case by those especially who are his coun-
trvmen | am not Parkman's countryman, bit am
nevertheless. IN common with thousands also ol
nv ow-Canadians. one Of his warm admirers
and heartily join with you In seeking to DO hoh'f
10 an American writer Of the highest distinction
and one who, ! have always felt. is most made
ouatelv APPRECIATED even 10y the students and lovers
Of history Il has been always surprise to me to
note how little this fascinating native writer is
known b. American readers who read Prescott ana
revel in Cooper. yet are ignorant Of an author VINO
is as attractive the and ought 10 b" a popu
lar as the other-an author whose hisorca! themes
touch American literary interest more closely ihan
do those OF Prescott and whose Imagination IN me
depicting OF Indian life IS no less vivid and stir
ring while far more accurate. than that ot Cooper
What form the memorial ought 10 take 1t Is. OF
course not for say, but cannot help suG-
costing as not the least suitable an elaborate Illus
trated edition OF the brilliant narratives upon which
Parkrnan spent the labor Of lifetime and which
with remarkable fidelity reproduce for us the chief
incidents In the history Of French coionZauoh on
this continent including the ill-starred contact OF
the Jesuit Fathers with the Huron Indians ana the
matchess account he has given us OF the heroic
struggle between France and England for empire
in North America. That the graphic descriptions
and thrilling episodes in which Parkmans works
abound lend themselves admirably to Illustration
goes, | sure. without saying. Let ~ then |ANe
an edition Of his works which viii be worthy oi
their authors genius and illustrated as native ARK
Canadian as weu as American can - effectively
iIiab nd lot ne
compact popular edition for the masses, precede or
accompany the proposed scheme fer S'Htu" or
other memorial.
You speaI. o limiting appeal to Americans for
the funds necessary 10 erect the memorial rust
that Canada may b. Included. since PaIkWans
labors are there ! need hardly tel yol. highly lp-
precatel and | am sure that no moons der 1b.e
contribution the fund would. II she il permitted
to share in it, be raised in the Dominion among
both her French and her English population. In
saying this am not speaking al ranloin, ior /
know the extent to which PArkman e read IN Can
ada and how h.gh value az nay $40. IS 81; re-
set upon his WORK. If ever had a dou1, "I'oh ms
point II was some years aeo set at resl Oh an n't-
must have regarded with keen hift"flcd Zest ne
occasion was Tho laying OF IN" DOMINATION stone 81
Roman Catholic church At Four,augmihcnc Ia
the Huron country, bordering on the Georgian Bay,
II the memory of the Jesuit Fathers Hrcboeuf ani
Huron Nation by the Iroquos Conied"racy in the
middle Of the soventcon'h century INC iil'idI
that at the function ! have spoken 81, at when /
was present as a euost repr"arnthG Canadian
estantism was culogized and referred TO- u not e..
the nsp.rcr the memorial then as The cher
means VI securing II funds. historical and literary
grounds, from the English and Protestant pop1!d-
ton Of the Dominion.
But | need not take up your space with further
! testimony 70 Canadian regard for Iarkmdn mem
! Dry appreciation OF hi, work All would urg"
| j. that the dominion may be gwen the OpportGn-
ity TO aid the movement in his honor, and to com
| mend the project, WhacYer form IL may taxi, very
cordially 10 the American people. who, am sure.
not Indifferent to supercninen; talent or long
| neglectful Of high literary worth.
This letter, fear. Is unduiy long but J cannot
| close II without word of comm ndI;pn for your
admirable and apprcclativc review. yesterday \
Issue. of Rudyard kiplings works. Let me- aso add
"A word Of WelCOme--whcD II comes for IN" prom
Used new selections from the letters Of Mr. g. W.
| Smallcy-in my humble judgment The ablcst, most
impartial and best Informed Of English cotl"sloHi-
| ents on TIE American pres
New YORK. April s, 1876. G.. ME!!E ER ADAM