New-York tribune., 1910-11-12

! .ary of State. he assured me that
of Secre'ss ssssunling the duties with many
ne wac But he was accepting the
mss @ Th,aaf5ause it was a position that one
could NOT with him several OF the great
OF Hah reg1insn and German dramatic master
pieces cav that he was the best trans
used s~ " had in my classes. He not
lator l.,rshended with precision the mean
oniy appabe original. but he excelled all
Ing OF the felicity of finding the exact
Others in n.otnriyaIent trrHIe of the original That
Enghsh ,,1ary uey mastery of the best vocabu-
extraordlnnisIIr niIr tongue which gives such a
charm to all the W[hsS Sven gi man nIt Le
was easny, cannot generally be regarded
iege poJLutic of a great poetic career for
ts author But som some bG OF tbasg sy ,ct6S verses y,
ms ceIlesr of imagination seemed to us TO
their po"SH;stinction if he should choose 70
pa,'tin,,a his poetic EFFORTS.
;,.rsry Career Expected.
Ia those of US who knew him best
III distinctly literary career for
u,a experienced a serious disappoint-
nm nar We saw that events were turn
mem a. q different direction. Fortu-
"s ba has left US some work which
natsIy' That he might have done II his
shioTH ,ife had been given TO purely nterary
MS1otiou Where can one turn 10 more
produG,tioIN rictI1re of the life and spirit OF q
charming sn p he gave us in his "Castilian
mlaa,pS"q latioi'q Where will you look Ior style
more rich and racy y., ana spa Isa of lincoln &c
htsb htI ne devoted ten years IN con1uhcuoL
Nttb his friend Nicolay. Whhe replese IoE MI
knowledge at nrst Aand, andsra tion and ius.
I'D restraint in the discussion OF eurn
az! slCe Questions and in the portraLtuIe VI ~. u.
ter antagonists and SO Gts snT! Of lincoln that i
ance vi, wi,ti accented by the world as tn'
nntbentic portraiture OF tne s.saS s5 a.. 60,
dent 1t would not be easy 10 I'm nru ~ III con on
IIeeI..to,-;coI literature passages hner IN CON
hIstQI hIst.g' and nohle- in simplicity than hay
cbanter on the death OF Lincoln: ..,.,a
If one could judge ms t LetlIits iitsrarv siIu
IL lLis ona should read his "Occaslonal Al
5resses several of which were gwen uJt IT.,
ne his officiaI residence in EngIah4. IN
pps5+,sb hearers who had the Sood lortu1I'
- Iistan 10 the remarkable speeches wiz
1,bic1 lowell and Phelps had charmed InsIi ,eIu
o,, similar occasions hung with open ueASI e.
oarnnt oa read his speeches on Scott anC
Omar Ehavvam without asking WIN Ioas
ing desire why could he not, with ms nm Il'
literary intuition: naNe sstsrs OF literature?
T,bys university may well rejoice 10 glV'
this library the name OF a son OF wIoit T., tb. =
Is so justly proud ,-, inlaT taT,ons m iteratures
endowed with so unusual gifts OF expIes
sion. possessed of so broad and huIlan' an
views of the relauohS VI L.so-, r,av
peciaIly of the duties of this nauo[l, n,dS Id
well be set before every stuoent " ~no hosl 80
in an the coming generations enter moss
portals to prepare himself for the d9Jies ol
life The name Of John Hay shou!a oe r.
nav will be, we believe-an Inspiration %
them iii to train themselves for the hlghes'
public service.
After the speeches the PROCESSION
formed again and marched to the ne"
library. which was formally turned over
to the university This evening large
reception was held at the library Pro-
fassor Albert K. Potter was in charge
with a staff of alumni ushers, while Dr
Faunce Chancellor Chace and II. +
Koopman. librarian. received the visitors