New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-03
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PROFESSOR JOHN STUART BLACklk
older than Mr.. Gladstone he bore his age even
more lightly and with much less physical innrii'y
than that marvellous veteran, and naihidIi'eN HE
versatile Intellectual activity unimpaired 10 tne
very end OF his life. In his departure the woriu
loses almost the last Of the great figures OF SCOT
fish scholarship who long made their country
capital the Athens Of the North"
John Stuart Backe a Scot OF the Scots
representing in himself three famous Scottish
cties-Aberdeen. where his father lived and was a
prosperous banker and where he himself was both
student and teacher; Glasgow where he born
in JULY 1909 and Edinburgh, where he vas a stu
dent and for thirty years teacher. and where
for most Of his life he made his home The school
ang o, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. through which he
passed with credit was not. however. sufficient for
him. and as a young he spent years
at G0;tingen. Berlin and Rome devoting himself
especially 20 the study OF Greek, German and itai-
ian and classical philology. Returning home. he
published a metrical translation OF Faust O84
which attained great popularity. and OF which a
new edition has recently appeared Then he was
called to the bar. and for few years was a
successful practitioner. shrewd and canny. and
wellnigh invincible in argument
His great talents not 10 be given. however
20 courts % law. I'm 1874 chair OF Latin
Literature was established at the old Mareschal
College Aberdeen, and he called 10 fill It. For
eleven years he held the place. with a reputation
Iands OF the earth FOR thorough scholarship and a
peculiar ability to win the attention and mold
the minds OF his pupils At the time he
wrote much Tor various reviews and published
metrical translation of the works OF AescbvIus
The merits or this latter work led 10 his being
called 10 the chair OF Greek at the University NJ
EdihpurSh mat was In 1882, and for thirty wears
Thereafter ne was one OF the chief glores of that
ancient scat OF learning. He resigned tho chair IN
1852. TO the universal regret OF his colleagues and
pupils; no: because he could do the work no longer
but because there was other work before him as
he thought more important.
During his thirty years professorship n, t,a,,
burgh he voluminous writer Of both noo,
and prose. great variety Of topics Apar, from
almost innumerable review and magazine article.
the following are among the best know Of his works
RECOMMENDATION OF Greek, Accent and Quality" Os52
"A Discourse Beauty, with an txposition ~
the Theory OF Beauty According TO Plato usss,
Songs and Legends Of Ancient Greece" usls,
Poems" English and Latin 1850: "IIomer Win
metrical translation of the HAD 1856: ".Nusa
burschcosa" 1850; War Songs OF the Cermars,
No'W; Lays OF the Highlands and Islands" Cs79,.
Iiorae Hellenicae" $50; Self Culture" 0s7n.
me Wise Men Of Greece" 0S77): THE Natural
HISTORY OF Atheism O67O; Lay Ser,nonsr nss1,.
Language and Literature OF the Highlands" os7r,
u Aitavona" 0SS2) Since his retirement from
N.Y. enair OF Greek at Edinburgh he produced ."rhe
,, oni OF Goethe" 08S3); THE Scottish Highland
~ u'oa The Land Laws" GSS5): "Wbat Historv
a.. ~ uo'e); Life OF Robert Burns GsS7): Scot
r"ss usas) "A Song OF Lewes' 08S9) and
nson on Subjects Of Moral and Social Interest"
Ac,'' backe was also active as a popular
Al the Royal Institution In London he