New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

II g picturesque parsonage. oveTIooAills '-i0
shores OF Lake Nforat. in Switzerland 'neDe WIS
- y, Nav 2s. 1907 a little boy of whom Long
fellow wrote fifty years afterWard-
Nature the old nurse, took
Tsv Father has written for thee"
Come. wander with me-" she said,
and inc Tea6 5e91fisS HRaS is IS stiii unread
II the manuscripts Of God
This little boy was Louis Agassiz. who later. as
vou perhaps know. became an American citizen
en6 who did more than any other man Of his time
u get people who We're not learned sclentls's nhe
.s-,7seIf 20 read natures story book before MS
-s-7e II was considered rather beneath the dignity
of great man 10 give lectures or write DOCKS 'ir-
~~7f-arv pecrIe could understand But Agass++
always wanted other people 10 share his enjoyment
~ -e wonderful stories which nature too hiIl anu
mat Is one Of the reasons why We have so many
delightful nature books to-day He had way Oh
--lL7rr the <acts that were dry when other men
--ld them SO interesting that people OF all sorts
and conditions came 10 hear his lectures-young
nd old rich and poor, learned and unlearneo
Teaching children was particular pleasure 70
---- and Ha-rv indeed. were those little folks
---o had the good fortune 70 be members OF ms
,-sszas Such delightful rambIes as they had
through fields and woods in his company gh
-z5rT davs what charming talks he gave them
b,-- other countries illustrating the lessons Win
me fruits that these countries produced. and when
-re lessons were what good times lhey hao
eating The specimens,
AS soon as he was old enough 10 understand any
-r-5-q Louis Arassiz began 70 read the wonderfni
s-o-y5oob Of nature. He did not care mucn' al
.z-e- for ordinary books. but Of natures book he
-a--a- seemed 70 tire. and his parents were wise
-rr,7 nor 20 interfere with the natural develop
-~r-- of MS mind
r-. The r1arsouage grounds behind the house was a
s--=-r- o. water which flowed constantly into a
e---a basin F1e-e the young naturalist had his
.--- AQUARIUM and here and in the lake he learned
SO r--rc- about fishes that afterward. when he had
an rr77a~-,-itv ro read learned books on the sub
--- ra was er~rl-izoa 70 1fnd that they contained
50 lt--re about re habits with which he was IA
,-r5a- Il was a lucky FISH in Lake Morat which
----r- es-ana The curious hands Of Louis and his
---7- brother Tney knew Just where to look Tor
--e ---- tribes in holes and crevices under the
SHINES 7- "a tre walls Of the lake They even
knew how 70 attract them in the open water after
WHICH they would catch them with their hands ano
carr. them home 10 the aquarium.
Besides the fishes. Louis also had many other
-e-z Both III home and Al school his room was
z---z-S r7e-aEerie- once he had forty birds fly
5-- around his room and great was his grief when
= VISITOR caught one Of the little creatures in the
door and killed Il.
In other respects Louis was quite like other
r-rs He was fond Of outdoor sports. and so dar-
INK -r=- r= once save his mother a very anxious
afternoon IL Azassiz had gone in the morning 10
p great ra-~ AZ lTo-a- On the other side Of the
-sk= and Louis -ren seven years old. proposed TO
his E----- brother Auc5ste two years younger that
they should skate across the lake Join their father
and come home with him. when Nine Agassz
learned where they had gone she was much
alarmed fer she feared the ice was not safe, ana.
having taken a glass 70 see how far they had got
o7 their way. she saw what greatly increased her