A Journey in Southern Siberia, the Mongols, Their Religion and Their Myths (Classic Reprint)

Bache lor of Arts at Harvard College in 1863, having been a member of the last college class that studied their required mathematics under me as Assistant Professor. I found young Curtin spersonal appearance and his mental processes unusual and interesting. He was a good scholar in general, with an extraordinary capacity for acquiring languages. In his autobiography (unpublished) he states that seven months and a half before he entered Harvard College he did not know one word of Latin orG reek, but at the admission examination he offered more of each language than was required. At the time of his death, 1906, he knew more than sixty languages and dialects, and spoke fluently every language of Europe and several of the languages of A sia. He wasS ecretary of Legation of the United States in Russia from 1864 to 1870, during which period he was acting consul-general for one year, 1865-1866. He was connected with theB ureau of Ethnology in theS mithsonian Institution from 1883 to 1891, and later was employed from time to time by theB ureau for special work.
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