The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-05

| France and Germany more thar those OF
Z England. IL ~ n worth WORK, anu the
| whole world To-Day takes II ~ a history Of
! Rome. - history - tho authors times
and OF the author himself
IL was az Rome. wrote Gibbon. -on
I the 18th ot October. 1894, a. sat musln &
amidst the ruins at tho capitol while tho
bArafoot"t friars were tiuginE veSpers
IN tn" Temple ~ Jupiter that the IDEA Of
writing tho d-olire and fall ~ the city
first startet to my mind
Il know 10y "NpcrIegce. h" sal AT an
other time. that from my early youth |
asplret to the character OF historian,
thus recogri ling ia himself the qualities
OF slow, painstRking owl infinite study
and labor which gave the world it's great
est authority on the subject "a which he
chos. To devote his effort, had he chosen
ancient Greco" there ~ no doubt that
the name Of 0ihhon to-day would be
anonymous with that Of ancient Greece
instead of Rome, but there ~ no doubt
he could never have been "A oontempo-
raneous historian because 81 the very
qualities 81 mind that made him lnsuT-
passed in his OWE line, patient meditation
aud Systematic study. lie knew the
Roman Senate a. though he sat IN u daily.
but the English Parliament would ever
nav" ceen running away from him. He
could see the greatness of n Rome where
no could not have seem the greatness OF
an existent England And having chosen
Rome for his monument he male the
Decline and Fall universal and i'm
mortal
Another Englishman. John PsntIand
Nahafy. sometime professor In the
University OF Dublin. Is to-day regar ded
a. the maximum voice OF cid Greece. ITS
life. its culture and its civilization. He
speaks with authority both Of the country
which was AleXAnder's and the countries
which became attached thereunto. and
whose peoples none NJ them Greeks TO
start with. we're Affected hy the Greek
contact. The titles 81 some Of the
volumes he has given an appreclatlvs
world show the various lines on which
he ~ accepted. History Of Classical
Greek Literature -RAmhles and Studies
IA Greece Tho Progress Of Hellenlsm
IN AleNandeT's Empire and What Have
the Greeks Done for Modern Civilization
As an Englishman - IN" authority on
the modern T. gypt he himself has con
stTucted. So another EnglIshman - the
authority on the ancient Egypt which
he explored To- discover many archR-
illogical wonders and points G.aring on
the ancient life hitherto unknown Prof
Flinders PetrI.. was the first one Ia con
ceiVe the idea and prove it, merit that
u ~ the small objects. ana above All.
pottery. which are the most important IN
establishing the date and character ot -
primitive settlement.
Sir Robert Hart. the lri-hman who
for the last half century has followed
one 81 the most interesting and signihcant
Careers Ar TkhtllyfT OF tif Illt'NF f'As
toms entered upon this merely hy chance
Selected from his college Qu"sp = College.
Belfast a. the most brilliant member of
his class for the post 81 consular asristant
In China. he ordered 10 NIngpo IN 1850
There he began studying the Chinese
language. which he has always spoken
with rich hrog,Ia. and developed INTO the
great inspector genera. always desig-
mated a. the | q wbn~e word COM
nands respect N speaking II CHINA and
its anairs equal 20 that NJ trom"r ~
regard to Egyptian afairr
There u tins distinction. however.
between the tvp men Lord tromer -
always th. British official SIR Robert
a Br.fisher with Oriental m"thods and
esteemed m tho country where he did hts
nf-'s work lie h"Came almost an
Oriental and the story - todd Illustrating
has acquired habit - elaboration ipefor"
making statement 4 charming iadN
offered him a rose An tnCommuniCatiN"
look spread over his faCe and 10 her
horror he answered
I would prefer tn consider tho matter
fret
Every one respects Sir Roberts iudg-
msnt On all things Chimes hat not every
one I.'rhap-. would always follow hi-
pr-CeDis For instance
! would rafh"r he save walk through
NINA VIII = na'v M nv arms than "'th
revolver
" n Prescott a.. American historian
VOCATION Nv dsgr.Hs rrSt So rt"d thith"-
~ "a" wi-hap ~UIuu deprived him -
~" sight - ore -v" aud the vu.paf h"iI'
Weakening - 10" other early IN his col
i"gs career He had 20 abandon ni- an .
'"H'Ion Of studying law. ugt -s't dbDv' a
"uDr-" Of res !rg heller SHELTER and
'h''ugh other meas "yr- which "'n-
h-a,.d p g'.sh ll'",a'u-" a. large. Latin
lr"urh. Italian and spanish
Hts study ~ spanish brpugh' - ham
r.s - asIgTf..tsIN Il
d1y- 81 Triumphant Spain ia" spain
that conquered Grenada ard DIS severed
hmerra - after ten wears 30 collect .
ing books and n .nu-Driu's cam" -Ferdi- b
naud and lsai-lll alter natural
resultant. cam" IN" more siguih ant and
important The Conquest - Mexico.
which l. accepted as the an h"utlc history
~ -" Art"-s their Institutions and their .
overthrow Later. got toR.th her IN the .
-arl" manner and 81 30 same i'm yorflnCe.
cam" The Conquest - Peru
Jpun lo'trpD Motley. horn IN Na~sa
"fusHtt-. baraTn" Interested N the history
ot Holland about l-ip and conceived the .
idea ~ writing a work on that them"
He started wri'In.' ~ ~ This country, hut .
~ length went 10 Europe with MS family
and spent five vear- II unT-nittInR lahor .
efor" b.. produced tho three volumes .
which ar" the STANDARD history OF that
li'tls nouutry The -Ris- at the Dutch .
Repu blIc- WAS published first In London.
then m New York and was accepted every
whs-" a. the most able and valuable ~ 4
recent contributions to Dutch history.
II was translated into Dutch and published b
at Amsterdam printed IN German AZ beip-
80 and Dresden and appeared IN French .
Under the au-pIrc= Of IN" venera bls
histoTiant GuIzO' The History NJ The
United Netherlands only added 10 hls
high regard abroad which has always
heen higher even than IN his native .
The only nation on whose blacklist ~
the work Of George kennan on Russia .
and siberia - the empire Of the Gar .
himself. and even - Russian OFFICIAL -ald
that the work ~ a textbook IA many ON
cial circles Of that country ~ undoubtedly .
- IN those Of other countries
The LIST Of mon Who 10y their work.
and writing. have become
universal authorities on the Affairs Of
other nations than their own might b" !
extended indefinitely And u was only ,
last winter that Prof Ja~Tersen was
New York and occurring n Column }
bia University that Dane who ~ recog- ,
nizsd ~ the greatest living authority 1
on the English language and its Use.