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Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, The close of the War (search)
ke his own sons, and the ode he wrote on this occasion touches a depth of pathos not to be met with elsewhere in his poetry. There was not at that time another family in Cambridge or Boston which contained two such bright intellects, two such fine characters. It did not seem right that they should both have left their mother, who was bereaved already by a faithless husband, to fight the battles of their country, however much they were needed for this. Even in the most despotic period of European history the only son of a widow was exempt from conscription. Then to lose them both in a single day! Mrs. Lowell became the saint of Quincy Street, and none were so hardened or self-absorbed as not to do her reverence. But now the terrible past was eclipsed by the joy and pride of victory. The great heroic struggle was over; young men could look forward to the practice of peaceable professions, and old men had no longer to think of the exhausting drain upon their resources. Fond mot
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Francis J. Child (search)
torship on graduation, and rose from one position in the university to another until he became the first authority on the English language in America. His whole life was spent at Harvard College, with the exception of a few short expeditions to Europe; and his influence there steadily increased until it became a power that was universally recognized. He was a short, thick-set man, like Sophocles, but as different as possible in general aspect. Sophocles was always slow and measured, but Pr judge other authors. He was afraid that the students wasted too much time in painting play-bills and other similar exercises of ingenuity, which lead to nothing in the end. He gave some excellent advice to a young lady who was about visiting Europe for the first time, who doubted if she could properly appreciate the works of art and other fine things that she would be called upon to admire. Don't be afraid of that, said Professor Child; you will probably like best just those sights which y
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Longfellow (search)
England in the time of Shakespeare, and in the century during which Dante lived Europe fairly swarmed with poets, many of them of high excellence. Frederick II. of professorship of modern languages on condition that he would spend two years in Europe preparing himself for the position. He had graduated fourth in his class. Dh a family. What we notice especially in the Longfellow Letters during this European sojourn is the admonition of Henry's father, that German literature was more iwas what might be expected from a man who had lived in all the countries of western Europe. He had humble and unfortunate friends whom he seemed to think as much oidered the statement very doubtful. In the summer of 1868 Longfellow went to Europe with his family to see what Henry James calls the best of it. Rev. Samuel Longf the King of Prussia to Napoleon III., and much less dangerous to the peace of Europe. It was talked of from Edinburgh to Rome. Longfellow, however, hated lioniz
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Lowell (search)
to have flowed from his pen as readily as ink from a quill; and there are others which appear to have been evolved with much thought and ingenuity. One cannot help feeling the sudden change from a June morning at Elmwood to a mediaeval castle in Europe as somewhat abrupt; but when we think of it subjectively as a poetic vision which came to Lowell himself seated on his own door-step, this disillusion vanishes, and we sympathize heartily with the writer. There is no place in the world where Junhigh-minded literature, --a cause which ultimately proved to be their ruin. Lowell accepted the position of editor, and such a periodical as it proved to be under his guidance could not have been found in England, and perhaps not in the whole of Europe; but it could not be made to pay, and two years later Phillips & Sampson failed,--partly on that account, and partially the victims of a piratical opposition. Lowell published Emerson's Brahma in spite of the shallow ridicule with which he for
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, C. P. Cranch. (search)
us, in Rome, but afterwards died. In 1851, he returned to New York and Fishkill, but not meeting with such good appreciation there as he had in Italy, he went to Europe again in the autumn of 1853, and resided in Paris. One cause of this may have been the unfriendliness of his brother-in-law, who was a leading art critic in New and delicately finished,--a painting that no one has yet been able to find fault with. Rev. Samuel Longfellow, who knew almost every picture in the galleries of Europe, considered it equal to a Ruysdael, and he liked it better than a Ruysdael. In the letter above referred to Cranch also writes: Since your letter (a long how you choose to look at it. It is probable enough that if Cranch had followed out a single pursuit to its perfection, and if he had not lived so many years in Europe, he would have been a more celebrated man; but Cranch did not care for celebrity. He was content to live and to let live. Men of great force, like Macaulay and
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, T. G. Appleton. (search)
e figure during the middle of the last century not only in Boston and Cambridge, but in Paris, Rome, Florence, and other European cities. He was descended from one of the oldest and wealthiest families of Boston, and graduated from Harvard in 1831, was to meet with some person, especially a stranger, with whom he could discuss the celebrated works in the galleries of Europe. He soon became known as a man who had something to say, and who knew how to say it. He told the Italian picture-dealersusing accounts of their various attempts to do this. He knew more than they did. After this time he lived as much in Europe as he did in America. Before 1860 he had crossed the Atlantic nearly forty times. The marriage of his sister to Henry Wt have happened to the Sistine Madonna if it had not been put under glass,--these being the two most popular paintings in Europe. His fund of anecdotes was inexhaustible. Earlier in life he was occasionally given to practical jokes. A woman who
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Doctor Holmes. (search)
shed a volume of poetry which was generally well received, but was criticised in the Nation with needless and unmerciful severity. Rev. Edward Everett Hale and other friends of his had already been attacked in the same periodical, and the Doctor thought he knew the man who did it; but whether he was right in his conjecture cannot be affirmed. There can be no doubt that these diatribes were written by a Harvard professor who owned a large interest in the Nation, and who was obliged to go to Europe the following year in order to escape the odium of an imprudent speech at a public dinner. In this critique Holmes's poetry was summed up under the heading of versified misfortunes ; and Holmes himself wrote to Mrs. Stowe that the object of the writer was evidently to injure at any rate, and to wound if possible. It was certainly contemptible to treat a man like Doctor Holmes in this manner,--one so universally kind to others, and whose work was always, at least, above mediocrity. He b
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Sumner. (search)
raries troubled him: he could not see over their heads. In 1837 Sumner went to Europe and we find from his letters to Judge Story, George S. Hillard, and others, thaaps it was better for him on the whole that they were. Sumner's letters from Europe are at least as interesting as those written by any other American. Such breadility, and they were encouraged in this monarchical illusion by the nobility of Europe. In Disraeli's Lothair an English duke is made to say: I consider an American is brother George, a very intelligent man, happened to be in America instead of Europe, where he lived the greater part of his life. The assault on Sumner strengtharms above his head, and saying: This is like the south of France. To think of Europe, its art, history, and scenery, was his relaxation from the cares and excitemened together like one man in regard to foreign politics. Sumner's experience in Europe and his knowledge of public men there was much more extensive than Seward's, an
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Chevalier Howe. (search)
Marco Bozzaris was celebrated in all the languages of western Europe. William Muller, the German poet, composed a volume ohas generally been the refuge of the oppressed from other European countries. The Huguenots, expelled by Louis XIV., went tsuits who had been expelled from every Catholic capital in Europe; and when the brothers Grimm and other professors were bans on his laurels. Doctor Howe had no sooner returned from Europe than he set himself to work on a design he had conceived ioration of human misery. He brought the best methods from Europe, and improved upon them. Beginning at first in a small wa Howe's wedding journey, which included a complete tour of Europe, seems to have been the first rest that he had taken in twrecognition or reward. A few medals were sent to him from Europe,--a gold one from the King of Prussia, --and he was alwayns; Sumner the interests of republicanism in Spain and in Europe generally. Both were right from their respective standpoi
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Dr. W. T. G. Morton (search)
es mere pedantry or sublimated ignorance, and is more dangerous to the community than unlettered ignorance can be. This blunder of the French Academy had evil consequences for both Morton and Jackson; for it placed the latter in a false position towards the world, and brought about a collision between them which not only lasted during their lives, but was also carried on by their friends and relatives long afterwards. It is doubtful if Jackson would have contested Morton's claim without European support. With true dignity of character Doctor Morton declined to divide the Mouthyon prize with Doctor Jackson, and the French Academy accordingly had a large gold medal stamped in his honor, and as this did not exhaust the original donation, the remainder of the sum was expended on a highly ornamental case. The trustees of the Massachusetts Hospital partly subscribed and partly collected a thousand dollars which they presented to Doctor Morton in a handsome silver casket. The King of
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