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original design, it was deemed best, however, to canvass these features more definitely, to enable future students of the Founder's unselfish labors the better to appreciate the true character of the man. Whatever may hereafter be written of him. will, with entire propriety, deal more particularly with reference to his great services in the cause of education. It has seemed better, therefore, that the present effort should treat of his individuality with all necessary completeness, especially in view of the fact that the writer is more thoroughly familiar with his whole career than others can be, who are likely to take part in future contributions to the subject.

Much space, relatively, has been given in these pages to the subject of the Cornell Library, from the fact that it is believed to have been the influence of this undertaking on the mind of the Founder, as the work progressed, which in large measure prepared the way for his subsequent course. Wider interest will doubtless incline to the greater project which engrossed so much of his philanthropic efforts. His great endeavors to establish on the most enduring basis the great educational institution which has already attained such eminence, cannot fail to interest all who contemplate

them. The limit of this work has, necessarily, confined treatment of the University to the merest outline of the circumstances leading to its endowment and organization, with a brief reference to its subsequent development. This deficiency, however, is of less importance, from the fact that information respecting the institution is readily available to all who may have occasion to desire it.

NEW YORK, January, 1884.

A. B. C.

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