1907] 



ROSENGARTEN-ALBERT HENRY SMITH. 



gift of an old resident of Philadelphia, Mr. John H. Harjes, — 

 on April 27, 1906, in the Trocadero. In the presence of a great 

 audience, Professor Smyth added to his reputation by an oration 

 on Franklin that won the plaudits of the foremost French men 

 gathered together to honor Franklin's memory. That he was chosen 

 by President Roosevelt to make the address of presentation of 

 the Franklin statue, was another tribute to his successful work as 

 the editor of '' Franklin's Writings," and brought home to French 

 statesmen and men of letters, the wisdom of the choice made by 

 President Roosevelt, himself an historian well qualified to select 

 the best man. 



Professor Smyth had a legion of admirers abroad, — he made 

 almost annual pilgrimages to great historical shrines, and had 

 hosts of friends among the foremost men of letters in Great 

 Britain, in Germany and in France, — he had found sympathetic 

 fellow students in Russia and Poland, in Greece and Italy. He 

 knew Stratford on Avon as he knew Shakespeare, thoroughly, and 

 in London literary clubs, in the great Libraries of London and the 

 English Universities, in Paris and Berlin, he was a familiar visitor, 

 known as a sound student, and welcomed for his many and varied 

 gifts; alike in speech and famihar letters he showed his mastery of 

 English literature, and in his many lectures, his wonderful memory 

 was always helpful to his great gift of eloquence. 



As a lecturer in University Extension and Free Library courses 

 and on other occasions, he was heard by thousands, and always 

 with delight and instruction. Under the pressure of the hard work 

 on his ten volume Franklin, he was obliged to curtail his lectures, 

 but in the few given by him during the last winter, he seemed to 

 find relaxation from his Franklin and from his High School work, 

 in delightful lectures on the literature and the literary men and 

 shrines with which he was so familiar. Gifted with a fine presence 

 and an admirable voice, his lectures were a source of infinite pleasure 

 and of much solid instruction. 



He gave to the Philosophical Society two capital memorial ad- 

 dresses, one on Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, the other on Henry Phillips, 

 Jr., both scholars and men who had given much of their best work 

 to this Society, and Professor Smyth's tributes were well worthy 



