SAMUEL DICKSON. XIX 



Company, The Fourth Street National Bank, and The Corn Ex- 

 change National Bank. The mere mention of these names is suffi- 

 cient to attest the magnitude and importance of their interests. He 

 was also a member of no less than thirty literary, social, scientific 

 and charitable associations, of which The Shakespeare Society, The 

 Mahogany Tree Dining Club, The Lawyers' Club, The Legal Club, 

 The American Bar Association, The Down Town Club, and The 

 Triplets are deserving of particular mention. During the life time 

 of Judge Sharswood, he was a member of a small but choice coterie 

 especially interested in the study of political economy, among whom 

 were the late E. Coppee Mitchell and James Parsons, both of whom 

 were subsequently in the faculty of the Law School ; and he was also 

 interested in the literary studies of the English poets of the Lake 

 School conducted by the late Asa L Fish, a man of " fragrant mem- 

 mory," to use an old but expressive phrase. 



His relations to the American Philosophical Society date from 

 his election as a member April i8, 1884. He served as councillor 

 during the years 1906-08, 1910-12, and 1914-15. He also, from 

 time to time, served on important committees, notably the one 

 charged with the arrangements of the Franklin Bi-Centennial. He 

 was elected to the Wistar party in 1887 ^^d was chairman of its 

 executive committee from 1 902-1 909, in which latter year he suc- 

 ceeded Henry Charles Lea as Dean, and served in that office until 

 his death. As a host he was charming, radiating hospitality and 

 warmth. 



Mr. Dickson was a widely travelled man both in Europe and 

 America. One who knew him well wrote : 



" He had a wonderful remembrance of the places visited and could lay 

 out from memory an itinerary for a friend in Italy or Switzerland which was 

 practicable in every detail. His travels in Greece were the subject of a de- 

 lightful address delivered at the University of Pennsylvania. Music he loved, 

 and the theater and his recollections of the great singers and actors made an 

 interesting part of his many-sided conversation." 



I myself recall a scene of my law student days, when on visiting 

 the Catskills I saw Mr. Dickson, then in his very prime, seated upon 

 the broad ledge of rock, which jutted out over the valley in front of 

 the Mountain House, in animated conversation with Mr. Justice 



