Appointed as Secretary of Legation.—Life in St. Petersburg.—Literary Labors.—His Home at Kennett.—Publication of his Poems.—Visits Iceland.—His Poem at the Millennial Celebration.—Appointment as Minister to Berlin.—His Congratulations.—Reception at Berlin.—His Death, 287 CHAPTER XXX. His Friends.—The Multitude of Mourners.—His London Acquaintances.—Tennyson, Cornwall, Browning, Carlyle.—German Popularity.—Auerbach.—Humboldt.—French Authors.—Early American Friends.—Stoddard, Willis, Kane, Bryant, Halleck, Powers, Greeley, Mrs. Kirkland, Whittier, Longfellow, Holmes, Emerson, Lowell, Dana, Alcott, Aldrich, Whipple, Curtis, Fields, Boker, Chandler.—Relatives, 296 CHAPTER XXXI. Translations of “Faust.”—A Life-work.—Discouragements.—The Scenes in “Faust.”—The Difficulties.—Magnitude of the Work.—Perseverance.—The Lives of Goethe and Schiller.—Years in the Work.—The Estimate by Scholars.—Dies with the Work Unfinished, 308 CHAPTER XXXII. Grief at his Death.—Homage of the Great Men of Germany.—Tribute from Auerbach.—Tributes from his Neighbors at Kennett Square.—Extracts from Addresses.—The Great Memorial Gathering at Boston.—The Great Assembly.—Speeches and Letters.—Address of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.—Henry W. Longfellow’s Poem.—Letters from John G. Whittier, George William Curtis, W. D. Howells, T. B. Aldrich, James T. Fields, Whitelaw Reid, E. P. Whipple.—Tributes from other friends.—Funeral Ceremonies.—Closing Quotations, 317 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. BAYARD TAYLOR, Frontispiece. TOWER OF LONDON, Opposite page 68 THE DANUBE AT LINTZ, ” ” 89 THE ARENA OF THE COLISEUM, ” ” 107 PLACE DE LA CONCORDE, ” ” 111 CASTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC, ” ” 131 PHILÆ COLONNADE, ” ” 170 SCENE IN NORTH AFRICA, ” ” 178 NATIVE COTTAGES IN THE TROPICS, ” ” 224 PAGAN TEMPLE IN JAPAN, ” ” 236 SLEDGES, ” ” 255 LAZARETTO CHRISTIANSAND, ” ” 257 CEDARCROFT, KENNETT SQUARE, PA., ” ” 285 NICHOLAS BRIDGE, ” ” 287 THE LIFE, TRAVELS, AND LITERARY CAREER OF BAYARD TAYLOR. CHAPTER I. Mr. Taylor’s Career.—Difficulty and Importance of the Work.—The Romance of his Life.—Variable Experience.—His Success as Novelist, Orator, Traveller, and Poet.