A Royal Welcome To Dr. Nansen

The tiitrate oí appreciatio.il to achie-vement is to be paid to Fridtjoi Nansen to-day, as be visits this city and land. His fame has preceded Mm. His work lias long been ïnOTcn. His wondrous Odyssey has %eea read. He i-3 thuis no stranger to Amerlcans, buit comes to us as a írlend to friemds and as an honored ginest to hosts who never fail to resogroize tnie worth. He comes, moreo-cer, to a people themselves aomewhat distinguished by high adTenture. Before his latest worldsnrpassimg exploit American voyagrs had furthest peoetrated the unSnown Arctlc realm ; they h&w adda3, perhaps, most to mam's knowlsdgi of the Ainfcartic regions ; and the expeditlon that opened the Da.rk Sontinent to civiiization was headed "t)y tlhe stars and stripes. With such a record at the. poles and Equator ■alike, Amwicains cannot be baekward Zn sympatlhy with this daring kinsman of Leif Erickson. Nansen appeals, indeed, to every intelligemce and sympathy ; to those wèo eare for geographfcal gurvey and '& t.liose who lova the dataWs of ecimtttfïc inviestigation ; to "record%reakers" and to sportsmen ; to tJisoe who admire indomitable courge aimïd daogers and difficulties unpeakatole, arad to those whose best wjyard is for the tender and gentle Tillases of domestic lif?. Above many, pwliaps most, comparable ad?eaa!ttines he appeaj-s as a well-roundd chla-racter, coming into touch With eofeSrcling humanity at eiiery point. TTc wfll not fail to find aimong Ameram a.n aarueat appreciation of all ■Blia.9es of his chao-acter and of all Öeartimerits of hds work. How far iils presence here may stimnlate the jq)lrit of Arctic researchi tund lmpel iuncricans to redoulble their pole-ward efforts Í8 food for speculatioe. Lïnce tibe American advance has been nnpaeiied Ibis a satisfactíon to hare Sad it doaie by so tma,nly a representa ti. of a race so closely bouind to our omn strong and tender ties. lo is a soujrce of ínspiration, too, to liave so worthy an exemplar to cmu" late aind, one of thesa da-ys, to eurmsS. 1;