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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 15: (search)
xist. In an attic of the City Hall—in the old building, of which no part was spacious, or well appointed-four or five thousand volumes were stored, consisting of documents given by the city of Paris, by Mr. Winthrop, Mr. Everett, and others,—books entirely unsuited to stimulate either the popular taste for reading, or the disposition of the Common Council to make appropriations. In the city treasury was the sum of one thousand dollars, given about two years before by the then mayor, Mr. J. P. Bigelow, in aid of the establishment of a Free Public Library, from the income of which some of the books had been bought. Clearly the library was yet to be founded. The newly formed Board of Trustees appointed a committee of four to consider their work, and Mr. Everett and Mr. Ticknor were made a sub-committee to draw up a report. Mr. Ticknor prepared for this purpose a paper, expounding the principles and plan on which the institution was to be founded,—these being his own,—and Mr. Eve
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 22: (search)
I have two capital letters from Sir Charles. Thank him for them in the most cordial manner, and tell him I shall write to him as soon as I can, and go into the Agassiz matter, The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, of which Mr. Ticknor was a Trustee, as has already been said. which is very thriving, and likely to come to excellent results. I am more engaged in it than I ought to be, considering that a more ignorant man in regard to natural science can hardly be found; but Dr. Bigelow, who is in deeper than I am, is safe, and he and Agassiz will be held responsible for any mistakes I may make. At least, I intend they shall be. . . . . Anna writes, as usual, so that nothing remains for me but to give you my love, which you are always sure of, as well as that of all mine. Geo. Ticknor. Thenceforward he gave himself to his work of love with a sad pleasure. During the following summer, when he carried out his long-cherished wish to pass several weeks at Niagara,
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 25: (search)
m the greetings of the season, and he dined with his children and grandchildren, who came to keep the little festival with him. But on the third day of the year there was an obvious change in his condition, and the first signs of paralysis—though slight and almost doubtful —showed themselves. So gradual was the progress of disease, that for some days he still saw his friends, and still left his bedroom for a part of the day, his mind and his speech not being at all affected. His friend, Dr. Bigelow, though older than himself, took a share in the medical charge of his case, and made him daily visits, in which their former habits of humorous discussion still continued; and once, after the patient was confined to bed, the two old classicists were heard quoting Greek together, à l'envi l'un de l'autre. Mr. George Ticknor Curtis, who came from New York to see his uncle, having at this time asked for and obtained from him a copy of one of his early productions,—the Life of Lafayette,
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
I. 174. Benecke, Professor, I. 70, 76, 79, 82. Benedictine Monasteries in Austria, II. 22-30. Benvenuti, II. 76. Berchet, Giovanni, I. 450, II. 101. Berg. President von, I. 122. Berlin, visits, I. 109, 493-503, II. 313, 314, 330, 331-333. Bernard, General, I. 350. Bernstorff, Count and Countess, II. 373. Berryer, P. A. . II. 130, 138. Bertrand, Favre, I. 153, 155. Bethune, Mademoiselle de, II. 125. Bigelow, Dr., Jacob, I. 12, 316 note, 319, II. 438, 493. Bigelow, J. P., II. 305. Bigelow, Timothy, I. 13. Binney, Horace, II. 37, 46. Birkbeck, Dr , II. 178. Blacas, Duchess de, II. 348, 856. Blake, George, I. 20. Bland, Robert, verses by, II. 482 note, 483. Bligh, President, I. 372. Bliss, Mrs., II. 263. Blumenbach, Madame, I. 103. Blumenbach, Professor, I. 70, 71, 80, 85, 94, 103, 104, 105, 121. Blumner, Madame de, I. 481. Boccaccio's house at Certaldo, II. 91. Bodenhausen, II. 6. Bohl von Faber, I. 236 and note. Bologna,