During his remarkable career he made one serious mistake, i. e., when he expressed his disfavor for ex-Queen Isabella, or her son, being crowned, and his preference for her rival, Don Carlos, to the throne of Spain.

Alfonso, ex-Queen Isabella's son, was crowned King in December, 1874, and Mr. Perkins' name was written in the list of proscribed persons. If he had favored and espoused the cause of Alfonso, instead of Carlos, he might have held any position.

His wife, however, regained her prestige at court, and through her influence Mr. Perkins was permitted to join his family in Madrid, but he was considered a foreign interloper, was continually distrusted, and was humiliated to that extent that his self-respect prompted him to return to the United States, locating at Syracuse, N. Y., where he was professor of languages at the University and where he spent the remainder of his life. Ex-Queen Isabella remained his friend and she wrote him after returning to this country.

He was a man of many and varied accomplishments, a bon-vivant, a most entertaining and charming companion, and withal a thorough and cultured gentleman. Twenty-five years spent in different European nations had made him a cosmopolitan of great versatility, and as a linguist few in our country could equal him, while in language, history, anthropology, theology and sociology he was a devoted student.

His death occurred in Syracuse.

The Syracuse, N. Y., Standard, Sunday, March 9, 1890, contains a two-page biographical sketch of his career.

The children of (345) Charles Allen and Princess Maria Isabella Francoise (Countess de Gurowski) Perkins were: