e made under our joint direction in my office. The position and
general arrangement of the buildings remain, so far as I am aware,
much as then planned; the principal change being the omission of a
long colonnade extending over the whole length of the main front in
order to secure an artistic and imposing aspect from the direction
of San Jose.

In the summer of 1885, as I was in New York in order to sail
next day to Europe, I was surprised by a visit from Judge Hagar,
a prominent citizen of San Francisco, a member of the Board of
Regents of the University of California, and an active politician,
who soon afterward became collector of the port, to consult me on the
question of choosing Professor Holden as president of the university.
This was not to interfere with his becoming director of the Lick
Observatory whenever that institution should be organized, but was
simply a temporary arrangement to bridge over a difficulty.

In the autumn of 1887 I received an invitation from Mr. Floyd to go
with him to Cleveland, in order to inspect the telescope, which was
now nearly ready for delivery. It was mounted in the year following,
and then Holden stepped from the presidency of the university into
the directorship of the observatory.

The institution made its mark almost from the beginning. I know of no
example in the world in which young men, most of whom were beginners,
attained such success as did those whom Holden collected around him.
The names of Barnard, Campbell, and Schaeberle immediately became
well known in astronomy, owing to the excellence of their work.
Burnham was, of course, no beginner, being already well known,
nor was Keeler, who was also on the staff.

In a few years commenced the epoch-making work of Campbell, in the
most refined and difficult problem of observational astronomy,--that
of the measurement of the motion of stars to or from us. Through the
application of photography and minute attention to details, this
work of the Lick Observatory almost immediately gained a position
of preeminence, which it maintains to the present time. If any
rival is to appear, it will probably be the Yerkes Observatory.
The friendly competition which we are likely to see between these
two establishments affords an excellent example of the spirit of
the astronomy of the future. Notwithstanding their rivalry, each
has done and will do all it can to promote the work of the other.

The smiles of fortune have been b