The New York herald., 1864-06-18
MONUMENT 70 sHaxspsRE.
/" Now, by 81. PAUL. the Work Gees
Rraveiy On"

CIRCULAR.
The Commissioners of the PARK having devoted the
southeast Of the Mall enc o. the most beausi
u' slos 10 the Park, for the erectioa TO
shsgrere 70 nda,ion Of eight feet square and six
feet deep was ba and the 23d Of last the three
handred,h anniversary c the birthday o. shakere, ths
corner stone OF the monument publicly laid In
presence Of large number Of Upon tho aftss
noou and evening OF the day public entertainments
In aid Of the fund.- from which 81. .s7s 81
roased. wore given By max hasstzek. at the Academy
o. Music; by William Stuart Esq., at the Writer Garden,
Miss Avon;a Jones and Edwin Booth contributing their
services; and nv wm. Wheatey, Esq. NJ Niblos, Mr.
James II hacke't and Mr. whsatiey voluntesrng their
services. .fItt st &. t.8 SAsE4s~
10 complete what was thus begun an executive ccm.
misioe WAS formed cmfosrd of the genti-,nen whose
names accompany this circular. subscriiou has tust
been commenced which has a.ready augmented the funds
Mesropo,an Bank. has been arnon,sa TIE 'sarer ana
general committee will be added. embracing all who do
TO onerata.
Tho undertaking has with such genera. approval
as TO warrant the assurance that monument will be
erected credtabe TO ,he Of the this country
ara h'ghly ornamental 10 the Park, nv he Efforts
o our own ctzers; tinnpn ample opportunity will be
Afforded to All In the United srses who desire te iu
work aud ronr,ste. The telture o.
Tho monument 70 10 ba full lengia represen.
ta''nn Of ShaksteFa; te face and drvss conform
inl possible IN rost reliable arthartes-
the Stra,fnrd monument ara ths rr'eshou. print. II
will he entrusted to Arericsn sculptor, hnt de-
sgn adopted unii, the sum $40 COO IL nad into
the hands OF tha Treasurer. II will be the dntyos
the Executive Committee to de sr,nine design
ard select the artist subject 10 the approval The Gen
eGai Committee.
he of every person contributing will be en-
crossed parchment whicn win be deposited within
tho monument and when tha reqnisite been
biaiDea no further syhscriptivns will be received
st Of Of gentemen selected for tue General Com
m'ee has been prnte!, 10 which viii be = ded the
of ali who shall Hereafter subscribe md he
Of snv gent emau VINO dives nn desire 20 upl'e VIII be
,ni,lted uIoO his his wish .e rho har man.
Secretary, or 10 any ncnoer Of tho Executive I1nea
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JAMES H. HAwSIr, s,crciary.
JOAN +. WILLIAMS, President OF the Metropolitan Bank
Treasurer.
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Edmund ". ionng.
saAsSPra7-TFs JrpaggHT or THREE CFsTrRIEs.
[.Iisl name IN FaHe's i'nao-,a' book ~ nao.d
Under ibis carved ,narbio - thine own
Sleep, r"re trasediin, shiksnera seep alone.
He was not Of an age, but or ali TIME.
Read him caln and again, and IL then va do not Ike
him surely you IRE 10 soa,e mlres, danger not 10
dersand him.-l'refac. ~ ~ PiG srs li23.
Ishaks perej sepulchercd In such doth lie,
That King Tor such = ,omb woG wah ~ die
He was the man or all modern ,rd p~rhaps anc'en,
poets who had u largest and commemorative soli
II almost mi ace that ho haa mech that
in manner he as left no praise r any who alter
him.--Dryder. 1885,
He seems to have had his mind Thoroughly seasoned
with religion az evident ~ mauy PASSAGES IN ms nays
are therefore that age be lived in had
much greater sense Of virtue than the psesensTner,
any author ever deserved the name cf c-isinal /,
wns shakspere. . he seems 70 have known tho
werd BY Intuition, abdufo have looked shrou1h human
nature VI one glance Pope. 1928.
Shakspero hat wro'o the plays tho Almighty made.
Dr.. TotfnT. 174o
The stream Of time which b continually washing away
the dlssoisbs faorcs OF other poets, without in
juring the adanans of shakspcre.Dr. Joa"son, 17S5
Hs fame will but increase with the increase OF time.
,ScAi sei 1903.
II what i, indscats b modsrn found so shaks.
pcrs, Ict be remembered that tho language Of
ihe time and make the distinction between
and maaners, he viii be found 70 be q pure - hts In
tsHect was extfaordnAry . . He has no inn9cent
sduitersrs interesting ncests viriusns vico no
renders that amabs which religion and reason
alike sach 10 detsst clothes imparity in the garb
OF virtue Mako ont youv con,p'e,es catsieaus OF
al Tho human faculties. and then crmpre rhaxspero
under each with all tho writer's that have ivrd and
who that competent to jsdgs viii doubs the result S
Coi.rtdos, 1914 and 1880
me greatest nam . in an literature -Hd,ias, 1889
have read Shakspers Q tsuchcr of morais--ss .
nknk1nt Of human n cf Ii And