I saw him in England, I think in 1871, when he was librarian of the great library of the East India Company, having in charge not only a vast library, but the archives of the East India Company going back beyond the time of Cromwell.

He showed me many interesting letters and documents in manuscript of Cromwell, Nelson and other famous persons.
Professor Edward B.Whitney once told me that with the exception of Max Mueller he considered Hall the foremost Oriental scholar in the world.

I suppose Hall would have said the same of Professor Whitney.
Hall maintained his sturdy Americanism throughout his long life in England.

He was ready at all times to do battle, in public or in private, when his countrymen were attacked.
I think, in many cases, if he had been at home, he would have attacked the same things with which the Englishmen found fault.
He could not bear Ruskin.

He thought he, himself, as an American had to endure much contempt and injury from Englishmen because of Ruskin's bitter and contemptuous speech.