The San Francisco call., 1895-10-12
rateur, a most gifted artist, modeler and
sculptor. Following is brief sketch of
his busy career.


He was born IN Salem, Mass. February IL,
1919, son OF Joseph Story, the eminent jurist.
Alter graduating from Harvard in 1888, where
he was the best OF the class from the law de-
partment in 1910, he studied law under his
father, and in due time was admitted to the bar
His first work was the preparation of the "Re-
port OF cases argued and determined in the
Circuit Court of the United States for the first
circuit" which was published in three vol
umes in Boston in 1912. He also, in 1874 pre-
pared a treatise on the law of Contracts Not
Under Seal >" and in 1847 issued Treatise on
the Law OF Sales OF Personal Property"
de developed great love for literature, and
during this time contributed various articles
IN prose and verse to the Boston Miscellany
and other periodicals. In 1914 ne was called
upon for the Phi Beta Kappa poem at Harvard
and delivered a remarkable poem entitled
Nature and Art that was a revelation of the
artistic ideals of his soul. In 1S47 he collected
his poems into a bound volume, which met
with appreciative consideration.
His artistic tastes led him to efforts in model
where he resided up to the time of his death,
deyotlng his genius to literature and sculpture
:, Upon the dedication of the statue of Bee
thoven, at the Boston Music Hail. IN 1856, Mr..
story delivered poem of great artistic merit.
his genius was considered marvellous. He
produced some exquisite pieces of statuary,
and 1t is difficult to decide in which branch of
art he excelIed. He was also an accomplished
musician.
He modelled statue of his father for the
chapel OF Mount Vernon Cemetery; also a
othtttc VI LuNdIu Everett lut DOStOD
Garden, and busts of James Russell Lowell,
Theodore Parker and Josiah Quincy, that are
examples of the delicacy and correctness of his
chlsel. The bronze statue of George Peabody,
erected in London in 1869, was modelled by
him, replica of which Robert Garrett pre-
sented in 1888 to the city of Baltimore.
He was appointed United States commis-
sioner of fine arts to the Worlds Fair in Paris
in 1879, and received decorations from the
Governments OF France and Italy. He was
also made a professor in the Academia degli
Arcadi Sta. Cecilia. Oxford gave him the de-
gree of d. C. L., and the University of Bologna,
on its eight hundredth anniversary, conferred
upon him degree.
Among his famous pieces of statuary are
Sappho, saul "De1lah, Helen, "Ju-
dlth' and "Sardanapalus."
In 1887 he executed the monument to
Francis Scott Key that now stands in Golden
Gate Park, in this City.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York City. owns his "Cleopatra" and "Sem-
iramis."
His literary work has been equally prolific
ana merltorious. In 1851 he published the
Life and Letters of Joseph Story; in 1856, a
volume OF Poems" in 1862, "The American
Question" and 'Walks and Talks About Rome
IN 1866, Proportions of the Human Figure,
According to a New Canon, for Practical Use'
In 1869, "Graffiti d'Italia"; in 1870, 1.-The Ro-
man Lawyer in Jerusalem in 1876, Tragedy
OF Nero; in 1877, "Castle st. Angelo; in
1883; So He ca and She; or, Poets Portfolio;
In 1888, "Fiammetta'; in 1886, Poems" in
two volumes; in 1890, Conversations in a
Studio; in 1898, "a Poets Portfolio-Second
Readings"
Mr.. Story's son Julian is an artist of great
promise: His wife was, before her marriage,
the celebrated songstress, Emma Eames. An
other son, Waldo, is sculptor.