New-York tribune., 1900-10-29

Professor Miller settled at Oxford. His rise in
that university rapid. First invited to give
some lectures comparative philoogy, he was
made ar honorary NJ. A. and member of Christ
church College in 1851 received the full degree Of
NJ. A in 1854. made curator of the BodIean
Library in 1856 and elected fellow of All Souls
College in 1858.
Meanwhile he had published in 1849 the first vol
ume Of the "Rig-Veda," the sacred hymns Of the
Brahmins. In 1868 oxford founded a new profess
sorship of comparative philology and he named
the first professor. In 1875 he wished to resign
his professorship and return to Germany, but the
university prevailed upon him to remain, and in
trusted him with the editing Of series of trans
latons of the sacred books of the East. Fifty
volumes Of this series have been published The
first, published in 1879 contained Max Mtller's
translation Of the "Upanishads."
In 1882 he asked by the University Of Cam
bridge to give of lectures on India special
ly intended for the candidates for the Indian Civil
Service. These lectures published that year
under the title india: What Can 1t Teach Us?'
In 1879 Professor Miller began to teach several
Buddhist priests; who had been sent to him from
Japan to learn Sanscrit. This led him to the dis
covery that the oldest Sanscrit manuscripts ex-
listed in Japan and with the help Of these Japanese
manuscripts he published the Sanscrit originals of
several Buddhist texts. In 1888 he was appointed
Gnord lecturer in natural religion in the Univer-
sty OF Glasgow. In 1889 he elected first presi-
G6ngTess Of 0Tientalists held in Stockholm and
the King Of Sweden In 8s2 he was pree5t IRON 6
London. "
In 1893 Professor Miller visited Constantinople
and was decorated by the Sultan with the Turkish
order for merit and the Star of the Medjldieh. On
the ffteth anniversary Of his doctorate (Septem-
ber, 1888 the University of Leipsic presented to
him an honorary diploma, and on his SEVENTEEN
birthday December s. 1889 he received numerous
addresses from academies and learned societies to
which he belonged In May 1895, he was made a
member of the Privy Council and in the same
year received the insignia of Knight Commander
of the Legion Of Honor. He received many other
honors: He was one Of the eight foreign mem
bers Of the Institute of France, Of the thirty
Knights II of the 0rdre pour lie Merite. one of the
ten foreign members of the Reale Academia del
Jdncei Of Rome and had received honorary de
drees of doctor OF laws and philosophy from
Cambridge, Dublin, Edinburgh, Bologna and Buda-
pest.
The The list OF his writings is long one. He con-
trihuted numerous articles to various literary
France. Many of his essays collected in
,Chips from a German Workshop four volumes,
1865 '15 Volume l containing essays the science
of religion; Volume H. essays mythology, tradi-
ton and customs; Volume III, essays literature,
biography and antiquities Volume " essays
on the science of language. Some Of his other
books were Biographical Essays 1884; The Sci
ence Of Thought" 1887; Biographies of Words and
the Home of the Aryas" 1888; Natural Religion"
1889; Physical Religion 1891; "Anthropological
Religion" 1892; ''Theosophy or, Psychological Re-
ligion,' 1888 and "Auld Lang Syne," volume of
"reminiscences 1898.