New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29
A HOUSE OF LITERATURE.
HENRY c. WARREN'S HOME IN CAM
BRIDGE BEQUEATllED TO HAIR
VARD-ITS VALUABLE IL
BRARIES.


,o,, ,r,c,,calIv all his estate including his resi-
s.o 10 his university Physically handl-
cappcd he devoted his life 10 mental ACTIVITIES
., rosc,rcbcs and study In the Indo-Iranlan ana
sauscrit languages and In all phases or Ori-
e,talism During his lifetime he gave freely
% the Harvard museums and libraries, ana
,r.scntod the houses now occupied by PROBES
eors / IT, Wright and +. G. de Sumchrast
short time before he died. The recognition he
ovui1cd in life has now been given him by
naming the house he bcqueathcd Warren House
and by placing in It the special libraries IN
which he was always most Interested.
The appearance of the house is Characteristic
Of the retiring and somewhat eccentric nature
Of the student. Externally it il a plain wooden
building, the type OF the Cambridge PROFESSOR
dwelling \ high hedge and ovcrhanSins New
England clIns partly exclude IT from the slsh'
OF the passcrs Ivy, and strangers are surprised |
t. learn that a rich man ever lived there. Inc
Interior. which only the few have hitherto been
privileged To examine. is most attractive ana
&c finished in n way to satisfy the owners de-
srcs for comfort and quiet The floors are OF
hard wood and electricity is employed with
more than the usual effect in private house
The lights are for instance. placed behind an
aquarium and the effect is delightful and curl
oils The lighting Of Mr.. WaTr"us own study Is
peculiar. and conforms with the system Of p'a'e
glass which h. constructed to keep the drafts
of his crippled body while Sluillhb. '"' 81"
c,.l apr,arance Of the interior seems too com
Portable and elegant for thu use which the
building has been put to. FOR although adinis-
sion to the Libraries can be had only %" 'l'' /
RECOMMENDATION OF certain INSTRUCTORS 'n'
privilege has already been given 10 la b
number II students
Upon The ground floor # Warren ii'uS' nav
been placed The child Memorial Library ana the
libraries of the French. German ana Romance
languages departments; The Sanscln library
also finds a place IN the building and the totai
number ol volumes now in place is about six
tbnusaud Other rooms in the house are used
for .orl, If the advanced courses IN literature
and tho larg. ui4tairs room is available for
meetings Of the modern languages division OF
th.. urt,,rsitv Nr Warren's own study IS
rs.d hv Professor G r. Ianman. and contains
IN. Iudo-Irauian library. to which MI Warren
had So largely contributed.
OF the five collections in Warren House. Tho
Cbu1 Memorial Library is the largest well
as ,b. mast valuable Friends and students Of
the late Professor child have subscribed sum
Of money from which the present income for the
.,,,.,..r, 81 tho library is 800 Among tho three
,t,.., r moro .l,,,Ls arc numbered the vol
,,. -, e., r,rl,. rrclieh Text Society the
,i,. H.. I,,,,or enci.tv tho Percy
c;',. a,a a.. e,.L.sn..,ro Society There
90 49,, ..,.,,.i..,o e.ts If Wvclifo's Latin
WI" ~ shak.sr.arc. Bulwor. Johnson's
o., i... - the p,.te" Dickens. Thack.ray. New
man ""''''' ....,.,.'.,.,., -. many