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New York Literary World, Boston Atlas, Boston Courier, Boston Travel- 

 ler, North American Review (old and new), Boston Daily Advertiser, 

 Unitarian Revieiv, Boston Post, Harvard Graduates' Magazine, and the 

 American Historical Revieiv. He will be remembered as the author 

 of the chapters in the Memorial History of Boston, on "Boston" and 

 the "First French Protestants," and by the chapters in the Narrative 

 and Critical History of America, on " Arctic and the Northwest Explora- 

 tions," and on "Acadia" and "Cape Breton." 



He was deeply interested as an officer and member in the Federal 

 Street Church, served on its standing committee, was its Treasurer, 

 and published the short account of the Church in its Manual of 1875. 



In recognition of his literary abilities he held at various times 

 positions on the examining committee of the Boston Public Library 

 and the visiting committee of Harvard College. 



He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 

 1876 and served as a member of its publishing committee for sixteen 

 years, and for more than thirty years was a member of the American 

 Historical Association and the Bostonian Society. 



His principal contributions, however, were those made to the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of which he was a 

 member for fifty years, and included Memoirs of John S. Barry, 

 William S. Shurtleff, William G. Brooks, Deland A. Goddard, Chand- 

 ler Robbins, George Dexter, John J. BabsOn, Thomas Aspinwall, 

 John Amory Lowell, and William S. Appleton and two articles entitled 

 " Short Account of the Society." 



No compliment which Mr. Smith ever received was more appreciated 

 by him than the generous words of Lord Macaulay in a letter to him 

 "I could not have wished for a kinder or more liberal critic," or, "a 

 reader so intelligent and enlightened." These words were as grati- 

 fying to Mr. Smith as they were deserved. 



Mr. Smith's wife survived him but a few days, and he left no chil- 

 dren, his only child, Walter Allen Smith, having deceased thirty-six 

 years before Mr. Smith. 



The chief interest of his long life was his literary and historical 

 studies. The result of his labors is preserved in those publications to 

 which reference has been made. Simple in his tastes, modest in his 

 bearing and manner, a warm friend and generous helper to all those 

 engaged in the pursuits which he loved, he will long be remembered 



