s eloquence being alike objects of
admiration. He had not attained that stoutness which his
form assumed in later years. I could illustrate his appearance
better to your brother, Edward, by asking him to recall Don
Pablo de la Guerra of Santa Barbara, whom I deemed a very
good type, _in appearance,_ of Webster in the Convention of
1820."

George William Curtis came to know Mr. Hoar very well during
his own life in Concord. He and his brother, Burrill, were
almost daily visitors at our house:

WEST NEW BRIGHTON, STATEN ISLAND, N. Y.,
March 19, 1884.

_My dear Mr. Hoar:_

I thank you very much for a copy of your sketch of your father
which vividly recalls him to me as I remember him in my Concord
days long ago. I recollect that when I saw in Paris Couture's
famous picture of the Decadence of the Romans, it was your
father that I thought of as I saw the figures of the older
Romans gazing reproachfully upon the revels. So he may have
felt of his country as he died.

With great regard, very truly yours,
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.

The following is from J. Evarts Greene, formerly editor of
the Worcester _Spy,_ and one of the ablest members of his
profession in New England:

WORCESTER, Mar. 10, 1884.

_My dear Mr. Hoar:_

I want to thank you especially for the copy of the Memoir
of your father, which I received to-day. I am exceedingly
glad to have it on your account and his. He is the most venerable
figure in my memory. He was always spoken of in our family
with the highest respect, and few things have ever gratified
me so much as his kindness to me on the occasion of my last
visit to Concord during his lifetime. It was in 1850, I think,
while I was in college and about fifteen years old. I had
always held him in awe as the greatest and wisest man within
my knowledge, and should have no more have thought of familiar
conversation with him than with the Pope. But his grave and
kindly courtesy, as he sat down with me after supper, though
it did not quite put me at my ease, gave me courage to talk
more freely than I had ever thought possible; and while my
veneration for him was not diminished, I felt that there was
no one now on earth that I need be afraid of.

Faithfully yours,
J. EVARTS GREENE.
The Hon. Geo. F. Hoar.

The following letter is from Professor Thatcher, the eminent
Latin Professor of Yale:

NEW HAVEN, 14th March, 1884.
HONORABLE GEORGE F. HOAR.

_My dear Senator:_

I