head, with singular grace in its lines, had a
resemblance to the bust of Dante. He retained to the last
the erectness of his tall but slender form, and not less the
full strength of his mind. Such was, in old age, the beauty
of his person and carriage, as if his mind radiated, and made
the same impression of probity on all beholders."

He ends with this quatrain:

With beams December planets dart,
His cold eye truth and conduct scanned;
July was in his sunny heart,
October in his liberal hand.

The following is from a letter of Sherman Day, a man whose
reputation for wisdom and integrity is among the treasures
of California:

"BERKELEY, 23d May, 1884.
HON. GEO. FRISBIE HOAR,
U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C.

_My Dear Sir:_

"I was very much gratified to receive, some weeks since,
a copy of your biographical sketch of your venerable father.
It was the more precious to me because it awakened memories
of my own early life; while it recalls the tall, the gentle
and dignified figure and courteous demeanor of your father
in his prime of life. I can remember being at your father's
wedding at my grandmother's house when I was about 6-1/2
years old. Several years before you were born, I was at
the Phillips Academy at Andover, and used occasionally to
spend a vacation with my beloved aunt, who was a sort of
mother to me in my earliest childhood. It was at her home
that I first read Washington Irving's Sketch Book, then just
appearing in separate numbers. I believe the book belonged
to a law student of your father's, as your father had not
yet taken to the reading of romances.

"My memory extends back to the organization of the Constitutional
Convention of 1820. I well remember the venerable figure
of John Adams, as he took the seat of honor at the right hand
of the president, and I remember the sonorous voice of Josiah
Quincy, the Secretary. I was staying at the house of Mr.
Evarts, and remember your father's dining there, and discussing
the deportment and characteristics of several of the more
prominent members. Among them was the tall member from Worcester,
Levi Lincoln, conspicuous by his drab overcoat, by his frequent
speaking, and by his constantly moving about among the members.
The member who made the most lasting impression on my memory
was Daniel Webster. He was not yet forty years old, stalwart,
black haired and black eyed, with a somewhat swarthy complexion;
his manly beauty and hi