Newark post., 1910-11-09
An Appreciation
Of Henry Van Dyke
Continued from page 81

Henry Van Dyke loves books and
booksh things, but they form only a
part OF his life, for much OF the year
he is an outdoor man. In Princeton
he has eight acres of garden and or
chard and the real country is at his
very door. There is a greenhouse
which furnishes cut flowers all through
the winter, there are hot-beds in which
early vegetables are raised and there
are many magnificent trees and beau
tiful shrubbery scattered everywhere.
Many OF the trees have been grow
ing for generations.
There is one elm that arches over
100 feet from tip to tip. Then there
are fine tennis courts, the doctor be-
ing quite an enthusiastic player The
. participants are sometimes members
OF the family, and at other times men,
bers Ct the Princeton faculty. The
family includes five children. Much
Of their SUNNI ar is spent in an Adiron
dack camp or elsewhere far away
. from large communities.
For many years their closest neigh
bors have been the Cleveland family.
Henry Van Dyke and Grover Cleve-
land were warm friends. His days
Off he has dedicated with warm
and deep regards to my friend and
neighbor, Grover Cleveland, whose
years OF great work as statesman
have been cheered by days OF good
play as fisherman
! like the workings OF his dedica-
tons.
Fishe-man's Luck, book Of short
stories, he had dedicated to his wife
las My Lady Greygown" he always
refers to her).
Here is the basket bring it
home to you. There are no great fish
in it, but perhaps there may be little
Onc here or there to your taste.
And there are lew shining pebbles
from the bed of the brook, and a few
ferns from the cool green woods,
and few wild flowers from the places
that you remember. | would fan
tonsole you. if I could. for the hard
khiQ OF having married an angler
who relapscs into his mania with
return Of every spring and never
a river without wishing to fish in
But after all, we have had good
together as we have followed
trca moi life to the sea And we
passed through the dark days
put losing heart--because we
comrades S let this book tell
one thing that is certain-in all
life oi your fisherman. the best
OF luck is just YOU"
Blue Flower he has dedicated
To the dear memory OF Ber-
nard Van Dyke,
ISS7-ISo7
With the love that lies beyond
the years.
lie speaks tenderiy OF this son in one
his short stories The Open Fire"
Read 'Altars OF Remembrance" p.
eS, in Fisherman Luck"
Several months ago Dr. Van Dyke
Fas elected as an Honorary Fellow
the Royal Society of Literature OF
treat Britain. The honor was only
nee before conferred upon an Ameri-
an--having been bestowed upon
bSeph III. Choate, when he was AM
Fssador to England
1t is hard to find anything more
bothing to a tired body and mind
an the calmness of the. great out-of-
prs as it is breathed forth from the
Fittings of this man, whether we are
sing ourselves in the woods OF
Pringtime as described in 'Retween
e Turpine and the Laurel" or in
me OF his beautiful verse
We can find no more fitting con-
lsion to our consideration of this
an than :: repetition OF his creed as
dressed in his Footpath to Peace
To be glad of life because it gives
u te hchance to love and to work