The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-31

letter addressed TO his puDllBnor: no
to me'-said he--'for me they deem
incorrigible.' He spoke OF the King
as OF one determined to persecute him
I never went to court said b., and
one evening at ball was presented
to the King. at the Kings own re-
| quest And yet the King complains oJ
BIS having written eight lines against
| him after having been treated go
cl~illy. The lines added b., were
written before I was presented to
| him."
| He mentions appreciatively meet
ing with M Guizot. in these words:
His reception was as cordial rs
| possible. You are no stranger toy me:
your work 1 have read with the great
est interest. 1 esteem, it the best his
torical work that has appeared on your
side of the water II 1t has merit 1t
must be in part due to those among
the French whose writings contribute
so much to vivify thought In America
How very agreeable that persons liv-
Ing so many thousand miles apart,
learn to appreciate one another. and to
point point OF union in tho world OF
intelligence I am the more glad you
take an interest in my pursuits, as you
can render me essential aid 7 shall
be most happy to render you every aid
In my power and so we chatted of
the French Revolution and the Amer
lean; of their different characters: OF
the influence OF France on America: of
the Frenchman Calvin: OF the aid
France gave us in the Revolution"
And he refers thus to General Won
Moltke in January, 1853:
'To-day in my ride I came ip sight
of General Moltke. with whom have
formed habits of friendship. The day
before Christmas his wife, after
twenty-seven years OF happiest mar
red life.' as he himself said, died af-
ter a short and terribly painful ILL.,
ness. To have forced myself on him
might have been an intrusion. to turn
away from him my heart forbade. So
I rode up to him turned my horse and
accompanied. He is called the silent:
with me he talks much and with open
ness"
A letter written by him to President
Johnson in 1858, contains these para
graphs:
II was much obliged to you for the
good wishes you sent me through Mr..
Seward. that might find my winters
residence agreeable. 1t bids fair to
prove so in the way that will Of all
others be most satisfactory to me:
hope really to be Of use in my posi-
ton. Last Saturday evening Count
Bismarck informed me that tho cor
vention between us, protecting our
naturalzed citizens from military SER
vice in Prussia. can now be made. as
the King had given his consent YER
bally.
LET us not be too confident till the
whole thing is settled: II the settle
ment should be one that is unanimous
H., tob to,
you will give me your Appreciation: ana
am sure that the issue will be held
to be very creditable to your admins
tration. tho more SO as it has been in
debate for a long number OF years. and
as 1t was treated in your annual mes
sage.
Tho public consideration of the
United States stands very high in Eu-
rope, and Is increasing The old
croakers so often foretold our down.
fall and we so constantly disappointed
them that they now think the life Of
the republic is insured: and great as
are our present disturbances and trou-
bles, everybody seems to expect that
we shall rise above them all. The d.
rect influence Of our vitality is eX-
ceedingly great"
'"The social qualities Of Bancroft"
says Mr.. Spofford, were OF that genital
and frank nature peculiar to gentle
men of the old school who had seen
much OF life. To ladies he was sin
gularly courteous and deferential. ]
once heard him say to a lady visitor,
we'll known in llterature: Madame, I
have been all my life on my knees 20
the sex; and some people fancied his
bearing and speech to very fair young
women needlessly ,effusive.'
Ihe enduring monument of pop
crofts work in the Cabinet OF Polk
is found rather in what he did than
in anything he said. The Naval Acad
envy at Annapolis owes its inception
TO Bancroft's administrative ability,
The need Of school for naval Off
GERS had long been recognized, but the
recommendations OF many secretaries
had been of no avail When Bancroft
took charge OF the Naval Department
the school seemed almost as far in the
future as ever. On October 10. 1s45
1t was formally opened.
Thus 1T was" says the historian
Of the Naval Academy, in passage
which need be neither abridged nor
expanded; that in four months after
the hrst inception OF the plan, and less
than eight months after assuming tho
duties OF his office, Secretary Bancroft
was enabled to present to the country
fully organized academy, In efficient
working order, which was destined
20 90 for the navy what West Point
mad SO long done for the army. He
mad accomplished during a single re-
cess or Congress what his predecessors
mad for thirty years in vain ATTEMPTED
70 secure by legislation; and it had
peen done simply by more judicious
application of the means which Con
guess had already provided"
From these few extracts some faint
idea OF the interest and value OF Mr.
Howe.s work may be gathered. It Is
one or tho most important publications
IN many ways. of the year.
The GREY KNIGHT. BY Mrs. Henry
De La Pasture. Z. p. Dutton 4.
Co, Of New York sL5o.
| Mrs. De La Pasture is so thorouphlv
we'll known as q writer OF books fun
or the liveliness Of life that one is
rather surprised to find In the pages OF
The Grey knight" she has descended
to the realms Of comparative common
placeness.
The story has In it nothing new o,
suggestive, and the characters are lack.
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