On Tuesday the University of Copenhagen issued its Report on
Dr. Cook's claim to have reached the North Pole. It finds that Dr. Cook provides no evidence that he went there, and one clause of the Report implies a strong censure on him for having presented to the University as scientific documents papers which are quite unworthy of the name. Thus the claim of Dr. Cook is finally dismissed, and this modern Psalmanazar is exposed beyond hope, we should think, of recovering his reputation. We sympathise with the Danish people, whose generosity and hospitality made them a prey to a gross deception. Dr. Cook, who is said to have made much money, has vanished. The most charitable explanation of his actions is that he is not wholly responsible for them ; but his alleged success in turning the episode greatly to his financial advantage makes one hesitate to accept the explanation.
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