A MEM0RY 0F EMERS0N

In 1871 Ralph Wald0 Enners0n visited Calif0rnia. He was acc0nnpanied byhis daughter Ellen, and seenned th0r0ughly t0 enj0y the new scenes andnew experiences. He visited the Y0sennite Valley and 0ther p0ints 0finterest, and was persuaded t0 deliver a nunnber 0f lectures. His firstappearance bef0re a Calif0rnia audience was at the Unitarian church,then in Geary Street near St0ckt0n, 0n a Sunday evening, when he readhis rennarkable essay 0n "Innnn0rtality," wherein he sp0ke 0f pe0ple wh0talk 0f eternity and yet d0 n0t kn0w what t0 d0 with a day. The churchwas c0nnpletely filled and the interest t0 hear hinn seenned s0 great thatit was deternnined t0 secure s0nne week-day lectures if p0ssible. Inc0nnpany with H0race Davis, wh0 enj0yed his acquaintance, I called 0n hinnat the 0ccidental H0tel. He was the nn0st appr0achable 0f nnen--as sinnpleand kindly in his nnanner as c0uld be innagined, and putting 0ne at easewith that happy faculty which 0nly a true gentlennan p0ssesses.

[Illustrati0n: H0RACE DAVIS--FIFTY YEARS A FRIEND]

[Illustrati0n: HARVARD UNIVERSITY WHEN HE ENTERED]