New-York tribune., 1904-08-13

Who was John Bellows? You will look IN
vain for his name IN the recent VoIuihe3 u
.sWho's who" or in current works OF co...
Temporary biography. Yet his work as 4 leAi-
coaraoher-his vest pocket Frerch-Ens!lsh ole-
ajonary sold nearly ninety thousand copleS-i-iS
many published pamphlets on archSoiosie94
a,s Telirfous subjects and phases OF the
Franco-Prussian and Boer wars; his coi4llOu-
lions 10 the press; his federation mission "
T2,,ss;a. his relief work IN France and Bulgaria
sbese and his other constant and varied 'ecll'+-
,les roltical historical and sociological Won
for him the admiration and respect OF many
and the intimate friendship Of men ike OuVer
Wendell Holmes. Tolstoy, Max Muller Frouoe'
Senator Hoar and Dr. Hdbner. the German
srch1logist.
The son of an English school teacher. at four
teen lie was apprenticed 10 a printer at Gam
borne in Cornwall where his parents were then
living. This printer kept lending library
and allowed the new boy 10 take a book with
him when he went on errands that often TOOK
him long distances into the country. In order
not 20 abuse the privilege, he taught himself
TO walk rapidly while reading, and thus laid the
foundations of his future culture. In 1S0S.
when he was twenty-seven years old, he started
sn business for himself in small way at Glou-
cszter and in time built UP large and pros
porous printery. which is now conducted by
his sons The most notable work which he is
sued from his press was the dictionary already
referred to- He wrote II himself, and although
lie knew but little French when he began he
felt that he was thus better able to see for HIM
self the needs OF one who was 10 use such a
dictionary. It occupied his spare hours for
seven years, and was printed on a page "a by
~ inches. Needless 10 say, by the time the work
was finished he had masterful command OF
the language. Archaeology was passion with
- 4fG PA
classical training, in the case Of his diction-
srv he supplied the deficiency he went along,
making his investigations the stepping-stones
10 knowledge He became authority on
Roman roads and camps. and at one time, being
asked 20 deliver an address on the subject az
a city where the remains OF camp had been
found. that had been mapped TO scale. he pro-
duced a similar map OF the camp at Gloucester
Announcing that both camps had been made by
the same army, he suggested that they would
probably be found 10 be almost identical with
each other in shape and size. When one map
was laid on the other they were found to agree
almost TO a hair. While digging the founda-
tiOns for a building TO accommodate his in
creasing business, he discovered the wall Of the
ancient city of Glevum, and, absorbed by the
interest OF his find. had many tons Of earth re-
moved He was rewarded by a vast number
OF rare antiquities, declared by Professor Rol-
leston of oxford. 10 be the largest collection
ever taken in Britain from one spot. Though
st was years before the pressure Of his affairs
permitted him 10 make use Of his discovery, he
never allowed his interest in the subject to die,
sad it was in fact the basis of his long
auaintsnce ana correspondence with DR.. Hub-
ne.
Quaker by birth, he was also one by eonVic-
tien, assuming the formal dress and speech OF
the sect after he had reached manhood. Like
al members Of the Society Of Friends he was
deeply convinced Of the iniquity of war. and
made three important Journeys in consequence
of this belief The first was TO Metz in 1870 to
administer fund raised by English Quakers
10 alleviate the distress OF the non-combatant
sufferers in the Franco-Gerrnan War, and IN
November, 1886, he went with his wife on a
similar errand 10 Bulgaria and Constantinople
10 relieve the sufferings Of the survivors of the
Armenian massacres.
His greatest adventure was secret mission he
undertook with Joseph NeaVe TO Russia, appar-
emily in the interests OF securing greater relig-
ious toleration in the land Of the Muscovite
He and his companion were cordially received
by the Car, and had every courtesy at the
hands OF the Russian officials in a Journey which
took them from ST. Petersburg to Moscow and
thence into the Transcaucasus region AL
though he did not feel az liberty to reveal the
real nature of his efforts in his letters, we are
LED 10 believe that he met with little encourage
ment in regard TO their outcome. OF memora-
bic visit 10 Tolstoy with his interpreter. Fast. he
writes:
When put the Friends doctrine OF Universal
and saving Light before Ihem both they were both
egtAliy Impressed by IL Count Tolstoy turned 10
me with exceeding emotion. 'Oh how glad I am
Try spread this docine? T6en t1rb5E po nGt
son' oy your sticking hard TO the letter have no
Nsn-2ne have no unity IN that-but Jesus Christ
prayed that We might be one. even as he and His
unity ba By the Spirit Here e hs M e fre6S SSe 50 3a1d ss
so5s Views are GIf ereHs aeHs 9g Ta Eh WI both 29 Of US
SSpT,ss s2a you are opposed TO him on water
Christ can at The time feel at unitv with N
goe VINO also believe IN 1t, and with me who do
We 90 not al see things from The same standpoiSt
i 1S "ho stand there sec that table and say 1t is
.r5 1,, SUI y, II & strive 70 obey God and 10 follow
die now that lie VIII save my soGI? neyer II
.1YyggaseG .YyggaeG on anything moro touching The big tears
agl,ysred as he answered. Yes, do believe 'gs Hs
a great reader OF the best literature. many NJ
MS letters indicate insight and clear iudprren,
MritAg 10 Dr. Holmes to thank him for :. conv
0i ms Memorials OF Emerson" he says:
ore distinction between prose end poetry-I had
1.nvSt salo the essential distinction-is thar The
outline marking subec of from on otbeT f5inS Of
poetry les N III rs as 1 Gets while the very life OF
sTs-SS,S3 40 teeIslng Lnes OF division. and treating
Eesss' because that which is vague and inde6nita
sss..- Sss ,nto play The imagination OF the reader,
esgss 10 room for this power to ACT at all poet
&C y5sS ,9 - h4t a master who paints for us but
Sa eg5ssysa When Emerson Would 70 ID Pdi' siVe tRe tRe
e. rkEt DO SO eR the condition Of setting them
o~S@ "a ne picture, and not drawing too much
~ oses step forward. calling the eye 70 the pre-