Show ceona bancroft Bin croft dead jan 17 the anity WAS greatly shocked this benin by tiie news that george bancroft Ian croft the eminent wa dead lie had been in apparently better beaubi ans year since hid return irom newport than for beveral seasons past so his death was sudden od unexpected to all save a few intimate friends who knew or the attack of chich carried him olf his death occurred at 3 10 ahm afternoon ane end was quiet and peaceful peace tul and came after a period of hii i rf aib ni twenty four fioura briw ins illness ago lie ha been ai us before but ai above h 13 baen feol iny e 1 s anc return to thu city last week lie cold notwithstanding this ne continued to beck exercise every day until thursday when lie took to bed as a matter of ali i whole was loa than three day ho failed rapidly and became ancon in alie afternoon in bich state be remained until the end hia son john C bancroft who bid stife dept bouse for atas bini in his last it was decided evening 10 bold funeral serviced ser vicen next tuesday mornin in at johns episcopal church the be held at maas where Ban crofts buried mr bancroft regarded his life ork as finished two aara ao and 0 luto lias done no literary lit crAry work burink the revised lua great work the history of hie united states ing ove it m a severely critical critic jl stylo aad flowers of rhetoric in the eailler work hia last production is tho llis try of the formation of the constitution he undertook to write a history of president folks tra tion in whose cabinet ho served as secretary of alie navy but was compelled to abandon it |