Papers, 1882-1901 (bulk 1883-1899) . York. In the following year he was selected as one of the council ^ of the ifniversity of the City of New York, and not long afterward was chosen its Vice-President, a posi- _^ ~~—-— ^ tion he still holds. In 1870 he was elected Chancel-lor of the University, and, still retaining his pastor-ate, he served in that capacity until 1881, meanwhile,from 1872 to 1831. acting as one of the AmericanCompany of Revisers of the Bible. In 1873 he waschosen Moderator of the General Assembly of thePresbyterian Church, and in 1877 its delegate to thePan-Presbyterian Counc
Papers, 1882-1901 (bulk 1883-1899) . York. In the following year he was selected as one of the council ^ of the ifniversity of the City of New York, and not long afterward was chosen its Vice-President, a posi- _^ ~~—-— ^ tion he still holds. In 1870 he was elected Chancel-lor of the University, and, still retaining his pastor-ate, he served in that capacity until 1881, meanwhile,from 1872 to 1831. acting as one of the AmericanCompany of Revisers of the Bible. In 1873 he waschosen Moderator of the General Assembly of thePresbyterian Church, and in 1877 its delegate to thePan-Presbyterian Council in Edinburgh. In addition to his clerical and educational work,Dr. Crosby has been active in benevolent and reform-atory affairs of a public character. In 1877 hefounded, and he has since acted as President of, theSociety for the Prevention of Crime, an organizationwhich seeks to restrict the use of spirituous liquorsDy means of State and municipal legislation, andhis work in that direction has received such gen- =.~jJi* -TP. law. Every one knew him, and every one trusted irapproval that inT888 he was appointed b/the him but clients did not ^ rush upon him in a member of the State Commission to tidal wave. They gave him time to study politics,rele the ExeSe Laws These various clerical and and to follow his natural bent for public speakingXStional employments would be enough to en- for, then as well as now, he was nowhere so much atgjosfthe entirffiuTht of most men. but^ in addi- home as when addressing a POP^i^ ^f ^-^^lage Hetion Dr Crosby has found time to write commen- soon acquired so wide a reputation as a political ora-tories on the Books of Joshua and Nehemiah, as well tor that in 1860-only two years alter his admissionSpecimeu page, National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. ^^3 Jamiary, i88g. BOUND VOLUMES, COVERS, BINDING, THE CEi^TURY MAGAZINE. 1. We cannot bind or exchange copies of our magazines the edges of which >havebeen trimmed by
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