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Show Educated at Oxford. Sir Edwin Arnold, best known to tho public as the author of "The Light of Asia" nnd "The Light of tho World," uas educated at University College, Lady Arnold, Japnncso Widow of Sir Kdwln Arnold. Oxford, being a prizeman thoro In 1853. Ho beenmo master of King Edward's Ed-ward's Bchool at IHrmlughnm ln 1854 and remained thero until 18GC. From tlio latter yenr until 1801 ho was principal prin-cipal of tho government Deccnu col-tgo col-tgo at I'oonn, Bombay. Returning to A.oudon In ISClSir Edwin becamo con-noii con-noii with tho Dally Telegraph, do-Hjuuch do-Hjuuch editorial and litorary writ-IngT writ-IngT . JThe grilling of tho Nowdegate prlzo i3? Ofoc$ in 1853, thu subject of his 'TtoeinJ'u'tong'Tho Feaut of llelslmz-. llelslmz-. zar-nrls Arnold as a man of far 1 nboyaverago ability. On tho death ofgrornf Hujit, editor of tho Tele-gSifih, Tele-gSifih, sioldfjvceeded to his post ai fofcmatty'081 wns ",u most voluminous writer on tho London press. As long ago as 1SSU nu uaiil: "The hardest work of my Ufa has been dono on a dally uowsrnpcr. I lmo written moro than 8,000 editorials." edito-rials." "Tho Light of Asia" was begun In j Soptembcr, 1878, and the finished epic In eight books wns put ln the hands of tho printer, published and on the market by July 1870. It mado a great stir and ran through many editions. Sir Edwin was knighted by Queen Victorln in 1888. He was often honored hon-ored with titles. Ho wns a fellow of Bombay university nnd of tho Royal Asiatic society, officer of the White Elephant of Slum, also of tho Crown of Slam and tho. Rising Sun of Japan, second class of Imperial Mc.ijidlo, , third class Osmanleli, and commander of tho Lion and Sun of Persia." Sir Edwin was threo times married, his first wlfo being Katheriuo Eliza-1 both Hlddulph of London, who died In 18G4. Ills second waB Fannlo Chan-1 nlng of Boston, who died In 18S9. In I 1S07 ho married Tmna Kurokawa of Seudal, Japan. Sho survives him. I A curious fact in regard to "Tho ' Light of the World" Is that It was entirely en-tirely dictated In a Japanese garden to a Japanese secretary. i In tho death of Sir Edwin Arnold u star of thu first magnitude disappears disap-pears from tho sky of literature, a. writer of marked ability from tho ranks or Journalism,, u publicist of renown re-nown from tho Meld of diplomacy, and a gcntlo and loving spirit frpm tho human hu-man brotnerhood. Ho was, II rat of all, of course, a poet, and while some poems havo to ncnluvc greatness his poetical productions produc-tions bad greatness thrust upon them. Homer nods and so doos Sir Edwin, but ho also selutlllatcs, and those who havo devotedly followed the trail of his poetic genius havo gathered perhaps per-haps as muuy pearls of thought as havo been strown by any other poet of his em, lt will be u long tlmo butoro "Tho Light of Asia," "With Sadl In the Garden" ur.d "Japotilia" aro consigned con-signed to that Umbo to which thu advancing ad-vancing nintor ailsm of tho racu has sentenced ull poetry. As Sir Edwin wns long a resident of Jupan, and married n Japanese wlfo nnd was porlectly united lu heart to that laud nnd nation, it Is a pathetic feature of his death that ho should pass away Just as Japan Is about to renllzo his fond nnd Insistent prophecy that sho would tako rank with tho most progressive, civilized and powerful power-ful nations on thu globe. |
