Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Life of Henry Bidleman Bascom, D.D., LL. D: Late Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Had Dr. Bascom left a record of the principal incidents of his eventful life, the task of his biographer had been comparatively easy, and his posthumous fame might have been well guarded; but as he kept no diary, - except during two or three brief periods, - no copies of the numerous letters written by himself, and acted as if he intended to prevent his biography from being written, rather than to afford any facilities for the compilation of his personal history, his biogra pher has been left to gather up material for the work. From miscellaneous sources, and by piece-meal; but chie?y he has been compelled to depend on his own personal knowledge and recollection of the events of Dr. Bascom's life. This state of things has rendered the execution of the work difficult. And the work itself, doubtless, in some degree, imperfect. There were in the life of Bascom, numerous incidents of deeply interesting character, which would have greatly enriched his biography; but as the knowledge of them was scattered throughout the countrv, and in the keeping of persons who did not choose to furnish them at the call of his widow and his biographer, the work had to proceed with such material as could be rendered available. But even under these circumstances of disadvantage, there has been collected such a fund of valuable matter respecting the life and character of this great man, as ought not to be lost.
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