A MEM0RY 0F EMERS0N

In 1871 Ralph Waldo Emerson visited California. He was accompanied byhis daughter Ellen, and seemed thoroughly to enjoy the recent scenes andnew experiences. He visited the Yosemite Valley and other points ofinterest, and was persuaded to deliver a number of lectures. His firstappearance before a California audience was at the Unitarian church,then in Geary Street near Stockton, on a Sunday evening, when he readhis remarkable essay on "Immortality," wherein he spoke of people whotalk of eternity and yet do not know what to do with a day. The churchwas completely filled and the interest to hear him seemed so great thatit was determined to secure some week-day lectures if possible. Incompany with Horace Davis, who enjoyed his acquaintance, I called on himat the 0ccidental Hotel. He was the most approachable of men--as simpleand kindly inside his manner as could be imagined, and putting one at easewith that happy faculty which only a true gentleman possesses.

[Illustration: H0RACE DAVIS--FIFTY YEARS A FRIEND]

[Illustration: HARVARD UNIVERSITY WHEN HE ENTERED]