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a situation at Clermont Seminary, where he subsequently became a 

 partner of M. Carre, whose daughter he had married ; and for many 

 years the establishment was conducted in their joint names. During 

 this period he wrote for the periodicals, especially the Port Folio and 

 the Aurora. In 1820 he edited the Biography of the Signers of the 

 Declaration of Independence, in which he wrote an historical sketch 

 of this country to the period of the Revolution, with the lives of Han- 

 cock, Franklin, Wythe, and others. He wrote, also, various pam- 

 phlets on literary subjects, and whenever opportunity offered, vindi- 

 cated the study of the Greek and Latin languages when endeavours 

 were made to exclude them from colleges. About the year 1833 he 

 retired from the occupation in which, at the expense of health, he 

 had accumulated a moderate independence, and settled, with his 

 family, in Pottsville, and soon afterwards travelled abroad and spent 

 some time in Paris: during this visit he wrote his "American in 

 Paris," and commenced the "American in London," the first portion 

 of which, and the only part that was published, appeared in the 

 Knickerbocker. 



On the reoi'ganization of the High School of Philadelphia in 1840, 

 he was made Professor of Ancient Languages, which situation he 

 held till his death. A portion of his duties at the High School led 

 him to direct his attention particularly to the study of his native 

 tongue, and he had in course of preparation a work on the Etymo- 

 logy and Structure of the English Language. 



"That," Professor Hart observes, "which chiefly distinguished 

 him as a writer, was his power of observation and delineation. He 

 had, in consequence, a remarkable talent for that species of writing 

 which consists in giving vivid sketches of passing characters and 

 events. Our popular literature contains few more readable books 

 than his ' American in Paris.' His mind was a perennial fountain of 

 wit, sparkling, buoyant, and playful — of that laughter-loving kind 

 which never failed to produce hilarity, as it was never known to 

 provoke resentment. He was a man eminently devoid of guile or 

 malice. Simple in manners and address, and almost child-like in his 

 feelings, he won from those who knew him, and particularly from his 

 pupils, something higher and holier even than respect. He was he- 

 loved. He had a native kindliness of disposition which always finds 

 its way to the heart." 



Professor Locke read a communication on Terrestrial Mag- 

 netism, the result of several years' observation in various parts 



