The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-06
m. GILES, rHs CRITIC.

We alluded, the other day, to the dcs-
titute condition of Mr.. Henry Giles, the
well-known scholar, essayist aud critic.
The Boston and New York papers have
taken his case in hand and we have no
doubt that, with little energy among
the friends of the distinguished invalid,
he can very easily be placed beyond the
range of want. We copy what follows
from the Boston Courier of Thursday -
TESTIMONIAL TO HENRY GILES Mr..
Henry Giles, who for more than q quar-
ter of century, has instructed and
charmed innumerable audiences by his
delightful lectures, SO genial, SO full, SO
admirable in arrangement and SO thor
ough for instruction, is now, We are
panied to say, suffering from the debili-
ties of advanced years and from the ills
of poverty. Unable to lecture himself,
his faithful wife has undertaken to read
his admirable productions to such audi
ences as may apply for them. But this
resource in presence of an approaching
winter is too uncertain for the wants Of
dependent family; and friends who
owe debt of gratitude to their former
lecturer and instructor, are to be called
upon to give their all in this hour Of
MIR. CHESS sickness and want. James
Cakes, Esq, n gentleman prompt in
good words and active in good works,
has interested himself deeply In this
kindly enterprise, and in his hands We
may be sure that the warmest desires Of
Mr.. Giies's friends will be realized The
Transcript Of last evening says; e5
80 No one who ever listened to MI. Giiea
can doubt that ths energy of his deliv.
cry implied CONSTANT expenditure Of
physical as well as mental Vitality. He
addressed. But ut the Hsue he was at
the height of his power aud popularity,
the fee Of the lecturer was SMALL. He
gave for ten or twenty dollars what Mr..
Beecher, Mr.. Cough and Miss DiekiQs
son would now obtain two hundred for
giving. Tue consequence was that, ai.
though economical, he could not lay ~
enough to sustain him and his family
when his activity was Frustrated by UNI
expected paralysis neaiasss.
John Clark, Esq, q gentleman well
known in this city, now the editor Of
the Norfolk Post. has written letter to
Mr.. Cakes upon the subject: .easE
NORFOLK, Va, Oct. "a, 1895.
"My Dear Sir: am informed that
Mr.. Henry Giles, the essayist, critic aud
lecturer, is very poor, and just now is
confined, by illness, to his house at
| Quincy, near your city. Such Is his EN-.
feebled condition, that he is compelled
| to send his wife into the lyceunns OF the
North and West, to read his lectures, in
order that he and his children may have
bread Will the Bostonians permit
thiso Mrs. Giles is herself o delicate
lady. and public display must be repul-
sive 10 her. / hope some one of you
will take the case of the sick scholar in
hand and see to it that he who has fur
nished intellectual entertainment to the
Iyceums of New England for twenty
five wears, is not allowed to suffer for
food or fuel in the very town in which
the Adamses and Quincys were born.
Away off here, / could name twenty
menjn your city, who would be good
for Just two thousand dollars and this
sum, you and l know, would make the
sick man comfortable this winter.
Very faithfully yours, =
lr iaT et JOHN CLARK.
To James Cakes, Esq, fremont House,
Boston," - --...r .tl-- 80
We are authorized to state that Mr..
Giles is in a very feeble state of health
and entirely incapacitated for mental
or physical labor, and that his family Is
really i'm need. Any contribute ns
which our citizens may feel disposed to
make will be most acceptable to them.
Mr.. Cakes will be happy to transmit to
the family of Mr.. Giles whatever may
be sent to his address No.49 Long wharf,
or at fremont House, Boston.