. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings .... , now there, in vain he tried;Some formally and freezingly replied, and someSaid by their silence— Better stay at home. A rich man burst the door, As Croesus rich Im sure,He could not pride himself upon his witNor wisdom—for he had not got a bit:He had whats better;—he had wealth. What a confusion!—all stand up erect—These crowd around to ask him of his health; These bow in honest duty and respe
. The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings .... , now there, in vain he tried;Some formally and freezingly replied, and someSaid by their silence— Better stay at home. A rich man burst the door, As Croesus rich Im sure,He could not pride himself upon his witNor wisdom—for he had not got a bit:He had whats better;—he had wealth. What a confusion!—all stand up erect—These crowd around to ask him of his health; These bow in honest duty and respect;And these arrange a sofa or a chair,And these conduct him me. Sir, the honor; —then a bowDown to the earth—Is t possible to showMeet gratitude for such kind condescension? The poor man hung his head, And to himself he said,This is indeed beyond my comprehension: Then looking round One friendly face he said— Pray tell me why is wealth preferredTo wisdom ? — Thats a silly question, friend IReplied the other—have you never heard, A man may lend his store Of gold or silver ore,But wisdom none can borrow, none can lend ? —From the Russian of Kremnitze^.. BOYESEN, HjALMAR Hjortii, a Swedo-American scholar, born in 1848, in Norway;died in New York, October 4, 1895. At the ageof eleven he was placed in the gymnasium, wherehe remained until he entered the University ofChristiania, where he displayed a great faculty forthe acquisition of languages. He came to Amer-ica in 1869, and mastered the English language soperfectly that he was capable of using his adoptedtongue as if it were the language of his nativecountry. He was considered a thorough Ameri-can man of letters, although he kept in closetouch with the German and Scandinavian litera-ture, as also that of other European was of a congenial nature, had a remarkablywide acquaintance with the writers of Americaand Europe, ranked high as a teacher of com-parative literature, an
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