. Review of reviews and world's work. VvASHINGTON IRVING. (1783-1859.) JONATHAN EDWARDS. (1703-1758.) DAVID G. FARRAGUT. 0801-1870.) SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. (1791-1872.) HENRY CLAY. (1777-1852.) THE HALL OF FAME. 569. GEORGE PEABODY. (1795-1869.) NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. (1804-1864.) ROBERT E. LEE. (1807-18T0.) HORACE MANN. (1796-1859.) PETER COOPER. (1791-1883.) ForLlier, tlie university provides admirable po-sitions in the colonnade for bronze statues orbusts of those whose names are chosen. On the ground-floor of the hall is a noble pro-vision of a corridor of 200 feet in length, withfive large roo
. Review of reviews and world's work. VvASHINGTON IRVING. (1783-1859.) JONATHAN EDWARDS. (1703-1758.) DAVID G. FARRAGUT. 0801-1870.) SAMUEL F. B. MORSE. (1791-1872.) HENRY CLAY. (1777-1852.) THE HALL OF FAME. 569. GEORGE PEABODY. (1795-1869.) NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. (1804-1864.) ROBERT E. LEE. (1807-18T0.) HORACE MANN. (1796-1859.) PETER COOPER. (1791-1883.) ForLlier, tlie university provides admirable po-sitions in the colonnade for bronze statues orbusts of those whose names are chosen. On the ground-floor of the hall is a noble pro-vision of a corridor of 200 feet in length, withfive large rooms, whose ultimate and exclusiveuse is to be the preservation of mementos ofthose whose names are inscribed, above. Thesemementos will doubtless consist of portraits ofthe persons, with marble busts or tablets, auto-graphs, and the thousand-and-one memorialswhich vividly call to mind the departed great. Aquaint vase has already been contributed to themuseum, which commemorates, by engraved fig-ures, the work in science performed by Franklin,Fulton, and Morse. Probably the most impor-tant feature of the museum in future years willbe the mural paintings. The Society of MuralPainters has carefully examined th
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