Show illustrious DEAD archaeologist and col of greek antiquities dr bof q ich ih lan RD died a few days go he was the son of a lutheran clergy man who impressed on him while very young the beauty and sublimity of greek poetry the poems of homer formed his especial study at thirteen years of age owing to the poverty of the family young Soh lieman went to work in a grocery store in the town of furstenburg where he served five years afterwards while on a sea voyage the vessel was wrecked and he turned up at amsterdam here he succeeded in commerce he amassed a fortune and in addition became m master r of ancient and modern greek as well an aa of several languages including arabic in 1863 he made a tour around the world he then settled in paris and made the archeology archaeology arche of greece his bis special pedal study with religious enthusiasm he be undertook to discover the site of ancient troy at first his efforts were laughed at but he persisted in his endeavors 2 and the little german groo grocers evve boy has done more for the classic lore of ancient greece than an all the universities in europe alva 13 southworth south worth in the lew york sun says sayf i that he met dr Beh lieman in athens in 1812 1872 the doctor was then engaged in unearthing ear thing the antiquities of classic greece chobad he had already submitted ft manuscript work of his labors to the london times and it was returned to him with the editorial comment that it was the work of a silly billy enthusiast the doctor felt woefully downcast at this kind of want of appreciation of his work mr southworth Bouth worth then examined the manuscript and found that though written in almost unintelligible english it was something that would arouse the literary world he forwarded the work to dr hosmer the london editor of the new york who in turn forwarded it to new york for put publication li the new york editor did not deem it worth publication and pigeonholed it mr gladstone it appeared was cognizant of the his tory of the manuscript and meeting mr bennett in london asked him why mans writings were not published mr bennett telegraphed to new york aud and the manuscript was hunted up and published it aroused literary Et europe trope mean while Se Sohl leman lilleman prosecuted his hie work and succeeded in discovering the site of ancient troy and demonstrating on that the subjects of the homeric poems are not myths he was about 68 years of age at the time of his death an incident in his life history will show the depth of his enthusiasm during his residence in athens he made the acquaintance of a young greek lady she bhe too was an enthusiast in searching for traces of her count rys ancient glories the doctor at this time was a widower and both became betrothed the doctor would not have the marriage ceremony eMODY performed until she could recite from memory the twenty four books of homers iliad A great literary celebrity has also passed away within a few days alexander william kinglake kingslake King lake the famous author and barrister of england he was born in tau taunton anton ir ip 1802 he was called to the english bar in 1827 later on in life he traveled extensively in the fast east and wrote several brilliant sketches of his travels in the orient afterwards he collected and revised his letters putting them in book form but could not find a publisher who would risk publishing it finally he gave the manuscript to a publisher in pall mall mail london with many misgivings the work was given to the public under the title of bothen Eo then or traces of travel in the east j from the first bothen Eo then 11 was a success it is universally conceded that it is the best beet book of travels in the english language it is popular among all the english speaking rao races but it to is by his history of the crimean war that he was beet known to the general public his description of ef the charge of the gallant to is to prose what tenny dons poem the six hundred is to poetry he passed away at the ripe age of 88 years full of honors and of fame france to is also called upon to mourn the death of one of her greatest sons octave feuillet who died a few days ago in his year he is best beet known as the author of tift romance of a poor young man he published his first work in 1846 1845 and ever since has been a most prolific writer his last work the honor of an artist 11 was published during the haaf year he was a moral writer a rare thing among french novelists perhaps this was the reason for his popularity with english readers in 1862 he was elected to the chair made vacant by eugene scribe in the french academy of the immortal forty he was made an officer of the legion of honor in 1868 under napoleon III he acted as librarian of the imperial residences his best beat known works are the urn poor young man the hermitage and the village and the story of sibylle 11 all of these are into most of the modern languages his plays are the terrible night the fairy redemption bioni the sphinx etc many of his plays have been adapted for english and american audiences |