626 EPES SARGENT DIXWELL, 



his profession; but. in the autumn of 1836 he was chosen head-master of 

 the Boston Latin School, and at once took up liis work as an instructor 

 of youth, a work which was to occupy his best thoughts and efforts for 

 over a generation. In 1851, owing to certain municipal regulations, he 

 felt called upon to resign his position, and at once opened " The Private 

 Latin School " in Boylston Place, which from its start became very 

 popular. Here he labored for twenty-one years, and when iu 1872 he 

 gave up the school with which his name had been so long associated, 

 he found that he had taken part during the course of his teaching ia 

 preparing between four and five hundred graduates of Harvard for 

 admission to college, besides teaching many others whose lives bear 

 witness to his instruction. 



After relinquishing the active duties of his school, Mr. Dixwell led a 

 quiet and retired life in Cambridge, which he had chosen for his resi- 

 dence in 1842. Here he spent the remainder of his long life, except 

 during two trips to Europe and his summer outings in the mountains or 

 at the seashore. He found in Cambridge the congenial literary atmos- 

 phere which he enjoyed, and he contributed his share to the social and 

 scientific life of Cambridge and of Boston. He was a member of various 

 societies, and among others of the American Oriental Society, the Har- 

 vard Musical Association, and of our own Society, having been elected 

 to the Academy in August, 1848. But in "The Scientific Club" of 

 Cambridge he took more pleasure, perhaps, than in any other, for here 

 he enjoyed the social intimacy of Agassiz, Peirce, Gray, Quincy, 

 Sparks, Walker, Hill, Everett,* Fel ton, Wyman, and of many others who 

 have held distinguished rank in literary, professional, and scientific 

 circles. With President Felton he had the still closer tie which came 

 from their having been roommates in college. 



Though Mr. Dixwell's life was a quiet one by choice, he did not 

 neglect his duties as a citizen and church-goer. He early saw the 

 necessity of manual training in the public schools, and served for many 

 years as a trustee of the Parish fund of his church. 



He thoroughly enjoyed his travels in Europe, as it gave him the 

 opportunity which he had long wished for, of wandering through classic 

 scenes and of seeing the wonders of classic and modern art, with which 

 he had already become acquainted through his studies. He is said to 

 have been more familiar with the topography of Rome than were many 

 who had lived there for many years. 



He was an admirable classical scholar, and his translations into Latin 

 verse give evidence of his thorough knowledge of the language and of 



