History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 134

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358

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by no means make up the sum of his literary activity. He has found time to contribute to the pages of the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, the Southern Law Journal, Education, American Journal of Education, The Western, and other periodicals. The last-named magazine was for a long time under his editorial man- agement, and to him chiefly was due the large mcasure of success and reputation which it achieved. Its pub- lication was suspended in 1882.

" Lectures, essays, and addresses without number upon a great variety of topics have won for him a still wider hearing in this and other communities.

" These are some of the results of the labor of a man yet in the beginning of his literary prime. It is safe to say that, if life and strength are vouchsafed to him, the future has much more and greater achieve- ments in store.

" Charles Louis Bernays was born in the city of Mentz in 1815, and after the fullest education which could be furnished by wealthy and intelligent parents, he threw aside the profession of law for that of journalism. While still in Germany he made a repu- tation by his contributions to the Allgemeiner Augs- burger Zeitung and the Deutsch-Französische Jarh- bücher, whose editor at that time was our own Dr. Henry Boernstein. Together with Dr. Bocrnstein, lie founded the Vorwaerts, but this being promptly sup- pressed by the French minister, the two gentlemen occupied their time as correspondents of the German newspapers, and had the honor of being the first to inaugurate this phase of journalism. In 1848, Col. Bernays concluded to emigrate to Missouri, but reach- ing St. Louis during the cholera season of 1849, he and Boernstcin located themselves at Highland, Ill. Upon the purchase of the Anzeiger des Westens by Dr. Boernstcin, Col. Bernays became its editor-in- chief. During the war Col. Bernays served as pay- master, and increased the number of those who had had experience of his ability and sterling probity. Returning after the war to his journalistic career, Col. Bernays became the best known of our newspaper men, using the columns of the Republican as well as those of the Anzeiger. His writings have been col- lected, and are to be republished by so competent an editor as his lifelong friend, Dr. Boernstein. Col. Bernays died in June, 1879.

" Col. Bernays, being a profound scholar with a nat- ural taste for scholarship, did not confine his interest to journalism, but was always actively engaged in any gatherings that brought together earnest men and women whose object was intellectual culture. It was in the rôle of one whose own education was both pro- found and thorough, and who was ever alive to the

value of earnest workers, that Col. Bernays, apart from his journalistic services, was specially helpful to our city.

" Professor J. K. Hosmer was born in Northfield, Mass., Jan. 29, 1834, graduated at Harvard Col- lege in 1855, and came to St. Louis in 1874. From 1860 to 1866, Professor Hosmer was in charge of the Unitarian Church at Deerfield, Mass. In 1866 he became connected with Antioch College as one of its professors. In 1872-74 he formed one of the faculty of the University of the State of Missouri, and in 1874 he accepted a professorship in the Washington University of this city. From 1862 to 1863, Pro- fessor Hosmer was corporal in the color-guard of the Fifty-second Massachusetts.

" Professor Hosmer, as an element of St. Louis life, has been with the foremost in his interested activity, but he has represented abilities peculiar to himself. His 'Short History of German Literature,' although appearing in a Western city and at about the same time as the one by Bayard Taylor, took at once so high a rank as to be adopted as a book of reference by Harvard and other leading colleges. His abilities have been so appreciated that the New York Nation keeps his name enrolled among those whom it men- tions as its contributors. At home, his services are in constant requisition for the delivery of lectures and for the conduct of special classes of ladies and gentle- men. Apart from his scholarly attainments, Profes- sor Hosmer has a singular power as a raconteur, if we may be permitted to use such a term with reference to a quality of written style. At home, Professor Hosmer's gifts are enhanced by the rare kindliness and helpfulness which is so much a part of his nature as probably to be unknown to himself.

" Professor C. M. Woodward was born in Fitch- burg, Mass., in 1837. After completing the High School course he entered Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1860. From 1860 to 1865, Professor Woodward was principal of the Newburyport High School, except for a year, during which he was in the army. In 1865 he entered the service of the Wash- ington University as assistant in the academic depart- ment. At the present time he is Thayer Professor of Higher Mathematics and Applied Mechanics, as well as dean of the Polytechnic Department, and direc- tor of the Manual Training School. Professor Wood- ward's vigorous enthusiasm in the subjects which specially absorb his interest is recognized by all with whom he comes in contact.

" Professor M. S. Snow was born at Hyannis, Mass., in 1842, and received his collegiate education at Har- vard. Subsequently he carried on a school at Nash-

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ville, Tenn., whence, in 1870, he was called to a pro- fessorship in the Washington University, of whose collegiate department he is now the honored dean. His published literary work has taken the shape of lec- tures and contributions to the more sterling magazines. Professor Snow, as an element of the intellectual life of St. Louis, is not to be judged by the volume, or even by the quality, of his written work, for there has been no literary assembly since his residence in our city without his contributing personal sympathy and encouragement or else active effort.

" William B. Potter, born at Schenectady, N. Y., in 1846, and completing his technical course in 1869, has since been connected with the Washington Uni- versity as Professor of Metallurgy. Professor Potter's attainments have caused his services to be sought by those who control many of our large industries, and the accuracy of his analyses has earned for him a high reputation. Quiet and unobtrusive, Professor Potter has the faculty of winning the kindly regard of those who come in contact with him, and his intelligent sympathy with any cfforts towards rational progress gives him a marked influence in circles to whom the interests of metallurgy are wholly unknown.

" Professor Charles A. Smith, though occupied with investigations which directly belong to the industrial world, has been one of our most energetic and success- ful brain-workers. Born in the city, where he still resides, Professor Smith became connected with the Washington University in 1868. His papers upon subjects belonging to civil and mechanical engineering have been both numerous and valuable, while his own inventions have been of the greatest value.

" Francis E. Nipher was born at Port Byron, N. Y., 1847, and came to St. Louis in 1874. Profes- sor Nipher's publications have been numerous and of great value, but they represent the least part of an in- cessant activity in his specialty of meteorology. It is impossible to characterize the work of the specialist, except by the respect paid to his work by other spe- cialists, and a judgment formed in this way must give Professor Nipher high rank.

" Miss Annie Wall has found time not merely to win success as an instructress, to carry her own education in many directions, and to publish many valuable magazine articles, besides the two books which bear her name on their title-pages, but also to take an active and efficient part in the various literary gather- ings of our city.

" Judge Nathaniel Holmes has always been a scholar, and while most of his work has been done through the Academy of Science, he has been no unimportant factor in our intellectual life.

" Albert Todd moved to St. Louis in 1839, and through his generous enthusiasm has participated in nearly all of the public movements of the city. To the literary development Mr. Todd has contributed by his lectures, his writings for the city press, and even more than by these through the warm interest which he always takes in the efforts of others.

" A. J. Conant was born in Vermont in 1821, and first came to St. Louis in 1857. As Mr. Conant is primarily an artist, and must receive his fullest consid- eration when we come to the art interests of the city, we make mention of him here only because of his study and articles upon archæology. To Campbell's ' Commonwealth of Missouri' Mr. Conant contrib- uted the very able chapter on the archæology of Mis- souri, and during the meeting of the American Soci- ety for the Advancement of Science it became evident that Mr. Conant's labors had had not only interest for himself but value for the scientific world.

" Maj. J. B. Merwin has for many years been. known as the editor of the American Journal of Education, and through this instrumentality he has done much towards elevating and rationalizing the educational thought of the Southwest. In addition to constant, ardent, and effective support of the in- terests of general education, the major has by his lectures and addresses manifested his active sympathy with movements which sought to promote the best interests of the community.

" Rev. J. C. Learned, the pastor of the Church of the Unity, has been so much to our city, that when, at one time, it seemed probable that he would re- move, there was a feeling almost of consternation among those who are interested in the intellectual life and progress of the city. Apart from the labors of his own calling, Mr. Learned has found time always to be noticeable as a student, and to give freely of time valuable to himself in answer to ap- peals from our local lyceums and from classes of ladies and gentlemen who desired to study Emerson, Greek poetry, or other subjects under his guidance. His intellectual liberality and sympathy have made him an active supporter of any effort promising to advance mental development.

" Rev. W. Pope Ycaman was born in Kentucky in 1828, and accepted a call from the Third Baptist Church of St. Louis in 1870. In addition to his responsibilities as minister and pastor, Dr. Yeaman gave much time and aid to the interests of educa- tion, religious journalism, and missions.

" Rev. John Snyder was born in Philadelphia in 1842, graduated at Meadville in 1869, and had charge of the Second Unitarian Church in Hingham, Mass.,

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1869-73. In 1873, Dr. Snyder removed to St. Louis and became pastor of the Church of the Messiah. During the ten years of his residence in this city Dr. Snyder has been unremittingly active in promoting all efforts to secure a higher general culture, and his success has been such as to promise yet larger results in the future.

" Rev. T. M. Post was in 1847 called to the pastorate of the Congregational Church, from whose active ministry he has but just resigned. Dr. Post's ministerial record can find no place herc, but it may be remarked that his pastorate has been suffi- ciently long to enable him to see the results of his labors. To our literature Dr. Post has been a con- stant contributor, but as literary fame has in no sense been his motive, it has been found impossible to pro- cure a satisfactory list of his publications.

" Dr. Post has always actively sympathized with all efforts at intellectual development, and a strong and active mind, joined to a peculiarly fine imagination, and these rare powers tempered by the most healthy and sweetest of human sympathy, has rendered his work at once unique and invaluable.

" George E. Seymour, who was born in Ohio in 1833, and who removed to St. Louis in 1862, has always been a student, as well as a man engaged in active life. His work in various educational positions can receive no notice here, but his own mental power and activity entitle him to individual mention.

" F. F. Hilder has won a well-deserved reputation as an archæologist and a man of general information. His contribution to 'The Premium Essays upon the Three Americas' Railway' is perhaps his most char- actcristic work, and is possessed of remarkable interest and power. Mr. Hilder is one of the number who are always appealed to for lectures, addresses, and ' papers.'

" Rabbi S. H. Sonnenschein is one of the most active of our citizens, and is distinguished by an un- usual eloquence, which is not the possession of many whose work is very valuable. In addition to his du- ties in connection with his congregation, Rabbi Son- nenschein is constantly occupied with literary work, much of which takes the form of lectures.

" W. Gilbert, one of the most enterprising of our successful business men, was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1835. Coming to St. Louis in 1867, after ten years' experience in the book business, Mr. Gilbert was for a year the general manager of the St. Louis Book and News Company. In 1868 he began his career as a publisher of law-books,-a business which he has conducted with noticeable energy and success. Apart from his active business, Mr. Gilbert has always manifested an interest in the intellectual growth of the

city, and has since the destruction of his fine library in 1873 again brought together a collection of four thousand volumes, one of the largest and most valu- able of our private libraries.

" George E. Leighton is one of our capitalists whose naturally good intellect has been strengthened by education, and whose prominence in enterprises of public moment is due less to his financial standing than to the broad intelligence with which he deals with questions of social importance. His inaugural address as president of the Historical Society well illustrates the peculiar claims which he has already established upon the community.

" Miss Charlotte Smith, now a resident of Chicago, established and conducted the Inland Monthly. While it was intended to be local in the interests represented, it received the support of many of our best citizens, and Miss Smith has the respect and esteem of all who had occasion to know her work.

" Henry W. Williams was born at Williamsburg, Mass., 1816, and came to St. Louis in 1844. Pre- viously Mr. Williams had practiced as a lawyer, and was at one time an editor in Michigan. Among the first to organize the legal specialty of the examination of land titles, Mr. Williams has during forty years been actively conversant with much of our local history. From time to time Mr. Williams has contributed to our city papers articles upon various subjects, some of which, written in 1877-78, found realization in the subsequent financial action of the United States Congress. Mr. Williams, in spite of his business cares, has preserved his literary tastes, and has col- lected one of the most valuable of our private libraries. He is one of the many people who, prevented by the cares of their daily life from creative contribution to literature, must yet outrank those whose only service has been the publication of a valueless pamphlet or book.

" W. H. Pulsifer is still too much engrossed with business interests and too modest to admit that he has a literary biography. At the same time, by his own success in the study of physical science, by his partici- pation in efforts to sustain and improve our libraries, by his intelligent encouragement of any rational efforts, Mr. Pulsifer must reccive mention, even against his will.

" Any summary would be incomplete if it failed to mention those who have encouraged and sustained our literary enterprises, although these co-laborers may have contributed nothing to our published works.

" Gentlemen such as James S. Yeatman, Wayman Crow, M. J. Lippman, James Richardson, Col. Thomas Richeson, Henry T. Blow, W. J. Gilbert,

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Thomas Allen, George E. Leighton, A. J. P. Gareschè, George T. C. Reynolds, John Collier, Henry Hitch- cock, Albert Todd, Silas Bent, E. A. Hitchcock, Dr. Walker, Gen. J. W. Noble, John C. Orrick, and James S. Garland ; ladies such as Mrs. R. J. Lack- land, Mrs. J. C. Learned, Mrs. William Ware, Mrs. Charles Nagel, Mrs. Dr. W. E. Fischel, Miss Susie Blow, Mrs. Beverly Allen, Mrs. D. Robert Barclay, Mrs. Isaac Cook, irrespective of their own direct lit- erary labors, have been markedly important factors in the increase of our city's literary and æsthetic devel- opment.

" A very continuous and considerable activity has al- ways been created and sustained by the Jesuit Brothers in charge of the St. Louis University, but as it has not specially challenged public attention, many are not aware of the source of a movement whose effects they feel. Of the young men educated at this institution many have attained distinction in the church, at the bar, in the profession of medicine, and in the less in- dividualized fields of rational activity. During the past few years, under the auspices of Father R. J. Meyer, president of the faculty, there have been in- augurated courses of post-graduate lectures, and the attendance upon these has done much to incite the younger men to an intellectual activity which shall not be wholly absorbed by the cares of every-day life.

The following is a list of St. Louis authors and their contributions to literature :

Alexander, A. W. Contributor to the Inland Monthly.

Allen, Lyman W. Cont. to The Western ; cont. to Princeton Poets.

Allen, Thomas ; born in Massachusetts, 1813; St. Louis, 1842 ; died 1882. Family Magazine (N. Y.) ; Madisonian (D.

C.); cont. Western Journal, Valley Monthly ; Address to

University Club, 1876 ; Proposed Expedition to Japan ; Address on Ilistory and Resources of Missouri.

Allen, Mrs. L. B. G. Bobs and Nabobs, and other plays. Amson, Arthur. Cont. Journal Speculative Philosophy. Ashworth, T. M. Tom Chips.

Bailey, George W. A Private Chapter of the War.

Bailey, John J. Art, a Poem ; cont. to The Western.

Bateman, W. O. Constitutional Law of the United States. Bakewell, E. A. Addresscs.

Barclay, D. Robert. Lectures.

Barret, Richard A. Cont. Inland Monthly.

Bay, W. V. N. Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar of Mis- souri.

Benton, Thomas HI .; born in North Carolina, 1782; St. Louis,

1813 ; died 1858. Editor St. Louis Enquirer ; Thirty Ycars' View ; Abridgment Debates in Congress.

Beck, James P. The Doctor and the Lawyer.

Berg, Franz. Fisel.

Beedy, Mary E. Lectures.

Beeson, Miss Sue V. Cont. to Journal Speculative Philosophy and The Western.

Bernays, C. L.

Bent, Silas. Thermal Paths to the Pole ; cont. Inland Monthly; Lectures.

Bernard, E. F. R. Xenophanes.

Bibb, Miss Grace C. Lectures ; cont. to The Western Amer- ican.

Blow, Miss Susie. Journal of Education ; Addresses on Kin- dergarten System.

Block, Lewis J. Exile, a Poem ; cont. to The Western, Journal Speculative Philosophy, and Inland Monthly.

Bland, Peter E. Cont. Western Journal, 1849 ; Speeches on Finance and Currency.

Blewett, Benj. Cont. The Western.

Boutwell, Mrs. Helen Willis. Cont. The Western.

Boyd, Rev. W. W. Lectures.

Bowman, Bishop. Lectures and Addresses.

Boudreaux, Father Florentin. Ascetical works.

Brown, B. Gratz. Lectures ; Gradual Emancipation in Mis- souri ; The Reform Movement.

Brockmeyer, H. C .; born in Prussia, 1828; St. Louis, 1857. A Foggy Night at Newport; letters on Faust in Journal Speculative Philosophy ; Lectures.

Brookes, Rev. J. N. Is the Bible True? How to Read the Bible; Marantha, or the Lord Cometh ; Central Christian Advocate.

Brackett, Miss Anna C. The Education of American Girls ; Poetry for Home and School ; Rosenkranz's Pedagogics ; cont. to Journal Speculative Philosophy, Atlantic, New England Journal of Education, American Journal of Edu- cation.

Bryant, William M .; born in Indiana, 1843; St. Louis, 1873. Hegel's ÆEsthetics; Philosophy of Landscape Painting ; Lectures ; associate editor of The Western ; cont. to Jour- nal Speculative Philosophy, American Journal of Educa- tion.

Bryan, W. J. S. Associate cditor The Western ; Addresscs. Blackwood, W. Gardner. Cont. Western Journal.

Buell, James W. A Short Tour of St. Louis; Life of Jesse James ; Legend of the Ozarks.

Burlingham, Rev. A. H .; born in New York, 1822; St. Louis, 1866. Lectures.

Byers, W. N. Cont. Valley Monthly.

Calmer, Father H. M. Lectures on History and Anthropology. Carter, J. H. Cont. city press ; Rollingpin's Almanacs ; Lec- tures.

Campbell, R. A. Commonwealth of Missouri; Missouri State Atlas; The Four Gospels in One; Gazetteer of Missouri ; Chiromancy.

Casselberry, Evans. Cont. Western Journal.

Castlehun, F. K. Palms.

Childs, C. F.

Chauvenet, Regis. Chemical Analysis of the Coals, Iron Ores, etc., of Missouri.

Chauvenet, William. Manual of Spherical and Practical As- tronomy; Treatise on Elementary Geometry ; Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry ; Inaugural Address, Washington University.

Clements, Miss Hilda C. The Song of Steam, a Poem. Clarke, Enos. Lectures.

Conant, A. J. Archæology (Switzler's History of Missouri) ; Archæology (Commonwealth of Missouri) ; Transactions St. Louis Academy of Science ; Lectures.

Cooper, Isaac J. Cont. Western Journal.

Cook, Francis E. Associate editor of The Western ; Songs, Poems, etc. ; Readings; Lectures.

Collet, Oscar W. Cont. The Western and city press.

Cole, Miss S. E. Cont. The Western.

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Cobb, H. Cont. Western Journal, Western Journal and Civ- ilian, Inland Monthly.

Crane, Newton. Cont. Scribner's Monthly.

Crunden, F. M. Lectures ; Readings; cont. The Western, American Library Journal, Missouri Democrat.

Davidson, Thomas. The Pantheon and other Essays; editor Western Educational Monthly ; cont. The Western, The Nation, The Boston Advertiser, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, city press, American Journal of Education ; Lectures.

Darby, John F .; born in North Carolina, 1803; St. Louis, 1827 ; died 1882. Personal Recollections; cont. city press.

Dacus, J. A. A Tour of St. Louis ; Annals of the Great Strikes in the United States ; cont. city press, Valley Monthly. Davis, T. G. C. Cont. Inland Monthly.

D'Arcy, H. I. Associate editor The Western ; 'Lectures ; cont. Journal of Speculative Philosophy.

De Smet, Father.

Deutsch, William. Exercises for Allen's New Method ; cont. The Western.

Dixon, B. V. B. Selections in Appleton's Reader; associate editor The Western ; Lectures.

Diehl, Conrad. System of Drawing.

Diekenga, I. E. The Worn-Out Shoe, a Poem; Between Times ; Tom Chips ; cont. Valley Monthly, Inland Monthly. Des Montaignes, Francis. Cont. Western Journal.

Eads, Jas. B. Cont. Transactions St. Louis Academy of Science ; Report on Mississippi Jetties ; Protest against Bill for the sale of Bank Stock; On the Jetty System ; Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River.

Edwards, Richard. The Great West.

Eliot, Miss Ida M. Cont. Journal of Speculative Philosophy ; Poetry for Home and School.

Eliot, Rev. W. G. Early Religious Education ; Emancipation in Missouri ; Great Social and Moral Questions of the Day ; Woman's Work and Education in America ; Discipline of Sorrow ; Home Life and Influence; Dignity and Moral Uses of Labor; Discourse before the Old Guard of Mis- souri ; Doctrine of Christianity ; Lectures and Addresses. Ellis, Miss Anna C. Unforgiven.

Engler, E. A. ; born in St. Louis, 1856. Cont. American Jour- nal of Mathematics, Hardy's Elements of Quaternions, Pop- ular Science Monthly, Transactions St. Louis Academy of Science, Kansas City Review of Science and Industry ; Time-Keeping in London.

Engelmann, Dr. Geo. Eyser, John. Liebestrange.

Fastré, Father Joseph. Translations. Finkelnburg, G. A. Lectures. Fitzgibbon, J. H. Cont. Western Journal. Foy, Jas. H. Moody v8. Christ and His Apostles. Foy, Peter L. Lectures.

Frings, Chas. H. Die Behandlung der Amerikanischen Weine. Fulton, Rev. John. Lectures.

Garland, Hugh. Cont. Western Journal.

Garland, James S. ; born in New Hampshire, 1842; St. Louis, 1856. Translation Hegel's Logic; cont. to The Western. Galway, T. F. The Jesuits (tr. Paul Féval); cont. to The Western.

Garrigues, Miss Gertrude. Cont. Journal of Speculative Phil- osophy and The Western.

Gantt, Col. T. T. Cont. to The Western.

Garrett, Thomas E. Freemasonry and Education ; The Three Stages ; cont. to city press. Glover, Samuel T. Cont. Inland Monthly.

Green, Dr. John. Cont. to The Spectator ; Lectures.

Goebel, G. Länger als ein Menschenleben in Missouri.

Gould, D. B. City Directories, 1873-83.

Green, John. City Directories, 1845, 1847, 1850, 1851.

Goodman, C. H. Cont. Appleton's Journal.

Gibert, Madame. French Readers.

"Grey, Ethel." Cont. Western Journal.

Graham, Alexander J. Cont. Western Journal.

Harrison, Edwin. Transactions of Academy of Science.

Hamilton, A. F. Lectures; cont. Valley Monthly, Western ; editor of Journal.

Harts, Father M. M. Lectures on the Feudal System.

Hayes, Richard. Transactions of Academy of Science.

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History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 134

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898 Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts Number of Pages: 1358

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358