“Above the figure of Maury, which is seated in a great chair, there is a group of figures which supports the globe. The figures represent a storm on land and sea. At one corner of the monument is an ox around which cluster the windswept figures of the farmer and his household, driven before the fury of the storm. “At the other corner is an overturned boat and figures of women and sailors, drenched in the thundering waves of the sea. The group embraces a symbolization of the world and its natural elements. Through the allegorization three of Maury’s outstanding achievements are brought well to the foreground—meteorology, hydrography, and geography. “The storm is a meteorological disturbance, and the capsized lifeboat with its occupants amid the rolling waves is symbolic of ocean meteorology, a branch of hydrography, symbolized also in the “paths of the sea” on the globe, that naturally represent geography. “On the plinth of the monument in the flattest relief are figures of fish, representing Maury’s interest in the paths of the sea. The story goes that once when Maury was ill he had his son read the Bible to him each night. One night he read the eighth Psalm, and when he came to the passage—‘The fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the sea’—Maury had him read it over several times. Finally he said, ‘If God says there are paths in the sea I am going to find them if I get out of this bed.’ Thus the Psalm was the direct inspiration for his discoveries. “Mr. Sievers has shown Maury in a reminiscent mood, representing him at that period of his life when he had achieved his greatest discoveries. In his right hand are the pencil and the compass, and in his left hand a chart. Against his chair is the Bible, from which he drew inspiration for his explorations. The sculptor has caught amazingly the spirit of the man.”—From Richmond (Va.) _Times_. LIST OF LETTERS (Quoted in full or in part) Maury to (?), March, 1856, 4 Maury to Sally Fontaine, October 26, 1866, 5 Maury to Frank Minor, October 30, 1859, 5 Maury to Frank Minor, November 5, 1859, 5 Maury to William Hasbrouck, March 13, 1866, 9 Maury to William Hasbrouck, April 14, 1865, 9 Maury to Rutson Maury, August 31, 1840, 12 Maury to N. P. Willis, September 24, 1859, 16 Captain William B. Whiting to Maury’s daughter, May 31, 1873, 23 Maury to Ann Maury, February 25, 1872, 30 Maury to Ann Maury, February 15, 1840, 33 Maury to Secretary of Navy Paulding, March 14, 1840, 33 Maury to S. F. B. Morse, February 23, 1854, 77 Cyrus W. Field to Maury, June 20, 1855, 79 Maury to Dr. Kane, October 7, 1856, 82 Maury to Lord Lyons, April, 1861, 82 Maury to Felix Julien, Imperial French Navy, February 21, 1859, 102 Ripley Ropes to George Manning, December 18, 1856, 103