564 JOHN ELBRTDGE HUDSON, 



upon it, these and the breadth and ilhiminating good sense of his own 

 reflections were equally instructive and delightful. Alexander and Plu- 

 tarch stood out before you in their trne place in history, and in their true 

 relations to the men, the dates, and the events of their time. 



No one could see Hudson vrithout guessing at the strength and force 

 of his character; and no one who knew him well could fail to see that 

 under his gentle demeanor there lay qualities of energy and passion that 

 were not to be trifled with when once the}' were aroused. But he was 

 an affectionate and charming friend, and one that women and little chil- 

 dren and those who were dependent upon him loved. 



Mr. Hudson married in 1871 Miss Eunice Wells Healey, of Hamp- 

 ton Falls, New Hampshire, who survives him, to bear a most heavy 

 loss. He left no children. One sister also survives him, the wife of 

 Samuel J. HoUis of Lynn. 



He went little into society and but little to the larger clubs.* He was 

 happiest at home, and there he gave himself up to the refined and simple 

 pleasures in which he always had his chief enjoyment. He had a large 

 library, of great range and variety, to which he was forever adding. 

 Most of all he seemed to like, at the end of the day, to sit down among 

 his books and explore his old friends the Greek and Roman classics, — 

 reading them, as he did, with entire ease in the original. When it came 

 to the matter of his real tastes and likings, as his associate Mr. Leverett 

 has happily said, " He was, above all, a scholar, fond of his home." 



James B, Thayer. 



* Mr. Hurlson was a member of many societies and clubs. In the Memoir for 

 the Historic Genealogical Society, already quoted, Mr. Leverett says : " Mr. 

 Hudson was at tlie time of his death a vice-president of this Society. He was also 

 a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Corpo- 

 ration of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the American 

 Antiquarian Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 the British Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geographical 

 Society, National Geographic Society, the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, the 

 American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Virginia Historical Society, the 

 Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the Bostonian Society, 

 Selden Society, Hakluyt Society, Lynn Historical Society, the Bar Association of 

 the City of Boston, and also of the Algonquin, Boston Art, Exchange, National 

 Arts, St. Botolph, Union, UniA'ersity, and other social clubs." It may be added 

 that he took much pleasure in one or two social clubs made up of college friends 

 or contemporaries. 



