The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-17
GENERAL LEE
A TRIBUTE PAID BY ONE OF FIRST PROFESSORS AT UNI
 VERSrTY OF VIRGINIA.
An Interesting Sketch-JefRersou Greatly Surprised at the Youth of ais Professor of Ancient
 Languages.

Richmond Times-Dispatch.
 The following interesting sketch of one of the first professors at the University of Virginia was written by Professor Henry Tutwiler of Alabama, whose re- cent death was a loss to the whole South Appended is a sketch of Professor Tut wiler, by Professor Smith, of the Univer- sity of Virginia:
 The recent death of this distinguished English scholar deserves more than a passing notice, particularly from the peo- pie of the Southern States.
 In 1924, when the University of Vir- ginia was about to be organized, MT. Jefferson sent a special agent to England with letters to our Minister, Mir. Rush, and others. to select professors for. the University. He told MT. Rush that we must have men of the highest cultivation, such as the Robertsons and Persons of Great Britain. and added: "On this head our hope and trust are in you; an Sun- lucky selection at the outset, would for ever blast our prospects" After a sur vey of the whole field, and consultation with many eminent men. two of the Pro- fessors were chosen from Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge; Mir. Lang for Ancient Languages and MT. Key for Mathematics.
 The special agent was Francis Walker Gilmer, whom MT. Jefferson styles, fin his letter to MT. Rush, "the best educated subject we have raised since the Revo- lution." The wisdom of the selection was shown by the fact that two years after wards, when the London University Cnow University College) went into operation. both these gentlemen were recalled to that institution. .t .-
 Attached to the South.
 It was very good fortune to be the pupil -f..a-. and for more than 8 half a century to enjoy the happiness and benefit of his friendship and correspondence. During his short stay at the University he be- came ardently attached to the Southern States, and his affection continued una bated to the day of his death. In a let ter written only last year he says, ''It is strange how fresh the Southern States are in my memory; I shall die thinking of them" Conly a short time before his death. had the sad pleasure of receiv- ing an autograph letter of few lines wherein he said, Tn this the last letter which shall write I wish to assure you of my remembrance as long as this poor body shall endure.O
 Mir. Long was a great admirer of our General Lee. In one of his letters written in August, 1870. he says: eff I were not detained by circumstances I would cross the Atlantic to see the first. ablest man of our days" and then adds: 'If ever you should write to General Lee beg you will present to him my most respect ful regards and hope that he will leave some commentari to be placed on the same shelf with Caesars am afraid he is too modest to do this" All who have read the last edition of his "Anto- nius' will remember the glowing tribute which he pays to General Lee in the pre- face work. The circumstances connected with this publication deserve mention, as I have them from Mir. Long himself
 Noble Tribute to Lee
 More than twenty years ago he pub lished in London the first edition of his ""Thoughts of the Roman Emperor M. Aurelius Antonius." It was soon after published in this country by Tickner and Fields of Boston. without MT. Longs knowledge or consent. and dedicated by the publisher to Ralph Waldo Emerson When Mir. Long was informed of this he said it reminded him of a similar act on the part of another American house sometime before. His Classical Atlas D so extensively used in this country and in England. was published in the same way bv Lea and Blanchard of Philadel- phia. and a presentation copy sent by them to Mir Long. In one of his letters Mir. Long said that he would be even with the Boston publishers. After the war a second edition. revised and corrected, was published in Bohns Library, and at go small a price that no American publisher could republish 1t with profit It is in this edition that he publishes the tribute