The Days of a Man 1:1913 



principal of Dalton Hall of the University of Man- 

 chester, an active and influential member of the 

 Society of Friends, an unflinching democrat, and 

 author of "Evolution and Empire," a valuable book 

 in criticism of British Imperialism. In planning my 

 tour Graham had the happy inspiration of asking the 

 professors of Zoology in certain of the institutions I 

 was to visit to entertain me during my stay — a 

 request which seemed to have been most graciously 

 received. At Dundee, however, in view of a prior 

 invitation, I was the guest of the parents of a former 

 Stanford student, and at Cambridge, my first stop, 

 of Benians, our fellow traveler in Japan. 

 Van TVyck The touud promising to be rather strenuous, I felt 

 Brooks obliged, as usual, to have the assistance of a capable 

 secretary and companion. I had therefore arranged 

 with Mr. Van Wyck Brooks to act in that capacity 

 during my English tour. This young Harvard 

 graduate (who was for a time instructor in English 

 at Stanford) had already won favorable notice as a 

 rising man of letters. His recent brilliant volume, 

 "The Ordeal of Mark Twain," I think one of the 

 finest examples of literary criticism yet published in 

 America. Unfortunately he found it necessary to 

 make other engagements, and left me as soon as I 

 could call Mez from Munich. 



My initial address, given at Cambridge University 

 in the Union, was followed by a brisk general dis- 

 cussion, and later by a private gathering of students 

 at which I spoke on Eugenics. During my stay I had 

 Oppen- the pleasure of meeting for the first time Dr. Lawrence 

 heim Oppenheim, the distinguished professor of Interna- 

 tional Law. 



Returning to London, where Mez joined me, I next 



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