274 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 



Adams, who has recently removed from Quincy to a 

 house in Lincoln, just on the borders of Concord. 



They look intelligent, but promise nothing; though 

 both are members of the Historical Society, and per- 

 haps know more than they choose to tell. 



I am glad, however, that the old lady contrived a 

 way to send Radcliffe a gift with her greeting. 

 Very faithfully yours, 



In the address referred to above Mr. Adams "chose to 

 tell" the story of the scholarship and revealed the open 

 mystery that Joanna Hoar had made her gift through 

 Judge Hoar himself. "He chose to give with an unseen 

 hand," Mr. Adams said, "and to build his memorial to his 

 first New England ancestor in his own peculiar way." He 

 probably was well aware that in Mrs. Agassiz he had a 

 correspondent who would meet his humor halfway and 

 answer him in his own vein. 



