The San Francisco call., 1904-03-25

LONDON, March 24.-Sir Edwin Ar
mold, the author. died in london to-
day. He was born June 10, 1882.
Although Sir Edwin suffered of late
years from partial paralysis, he was
not taken seriously i'll until last week.
Early to-day he had a relapse, from
which he did not rally and died peace
fully at 10:30 O'Clock Sir Edwin con-
tinued his literary work until quite
recently, his last writing being in con-
nection with the Russo-Japanese war,
in which he was greatly interested
The funeral will take place on Mareh
%. The body will be cremated at
Woking.
Edwin Arnold. author Of the Light
of Asia and many other poems not SO
we'll known was born at GraVeSend
England, June 10, 1892. He was the
second son of Robert Coles Arnold, j.
p. for the counties of Sussex and Kent
and the brother of Sir Arthur Arnold,
X B., LID, Cambridge, d. l.. and M
p. from Stafford.
Young Arnold studied at Kings
School, Rochester and Kings College,
London, and then entered Oxford Uni
versity on an elective scholarship, and
was graduated with honors in 1854.
He early gave evidence of his apti-
tude for verse, and in 1852 he was
awarded the Newdigate prize for his
English poem on the Feast of Belshaz-
Ear" In 1853 he was selected TO ad-
dress the late Earl Derby on his install
lation as Chancellor Of the University.
After some service as second master
of an English school he was appointed
principal of the GoYernDent Sanskrit
College at Poona. India. and fellow of
the University of Bombay. He held
these offices through the Sepoy mutiny
and until 1861, when he resigned and
returned to England. During his stay
in India he contributed largely to crit
ical and literary journals, made num-
ber of translations and wrote several
poems and prose works. On his return
to London he became a member of the
editorial staff of the Daily Telegraph,
and in behalf of the proprietors of that
paper arranged for the first expedition
of George Smith to Assyria, and in con-
junction with the New York Herald
for Henry M. Stanley's expedition,to At
rica. He retained his connection with
the Daily Telegraph up to a short time
ago.
Arnold received many special marks
of honor from royal hands. On the
occasion of the proclamation Of Queen
Victoria as Empress of India he was
made a Companion of the Star of In
dia, and in 1888 was created Knight
Commander of the Indian Empire by
the Queen. For his work, THE Light
of Asia" published in 1879, he was dec
Grated with the Order Of the White
Elephant by the King of Siam, and for
his Pearls of the Faith, or Islam
Rosary" published in 1888, he received
from the Sultan Of Turkey the Impe-
rial Order of Osmanie in 1886 He had
in 1876 received the second class of the
Imperial Order of the Medjidich.
For his "Sadi in the Garden, or
Book of Love" t1SSS), rather free and
erotic poem founded on the third
chapter cf the 'Bortan" of the Persian
poet Sadi, he received from the Shah
of Persia the Order of the Lion and
Sun. During his sojourn In Japan the
Emperor conferred on him the Order
of the Rising Sun, giving him the dig
nifty of "Chokunin" of the empire, and
the King of Siam later created him
Grand officer. of the Crown of SIAM
In 1898 he was chosen president CT the
Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Sir Edwin Arnold was a prolific writ
er. Besides the works above mentioned
the most noted of his many produc-
tions were perhaps The Light of the
World an epic poem (1S92); India
Revisited QS9D, Seas and Lands, :"
books of travel, "Japonica," which
treats cf life and things Japanese, and
"Adzuma, theLJapanese Wife, play
in four acts QS93). His last volume.
"The, Tenth Muse and Other Poems, "
was published in 1895.
In his later years Sir Edwin Arnold
gave many evidences of lack Of mental
equilibrium and perverseness. During
his stay in Japan some years ago his
conduct in Toxic and Yokohama was
such that the English residents refused
To receive - or countenapce him. He
"Japanned'' himself. donned Japanese
apparel and leaving his own people
cCnsorted almost entirely with the Jap
anese, by whom he was highly thought
Of on account of his Buddhistic lean
ingss and whom he in turn lauded
greatly.
He was thrice married, first in 1854
to Miss Katherine Z. BiddulDh, who
died in 1864. then to Miss Fanny Chan
ming of Boston, both being daughters
of clergymen. and lastly in 1897, IN
London, to Tama Kurakawa of Sendai.
Japan. This latter union. or mesalll-
ance, as it was generally pronounced,
produced much stir at the time in Lon-
don.