New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-11-18

tober, 1893. IN the back parlor of my house
sarnished with some old wine aud good cigars; com.
menced crsn aoors AS happen lsn 10 10 r. ae
ages prose aud poetry respectively ami req tn CON
mrbi rrrct remember well tha' the dst production
taken from the top Of the prose pile wac III "ons US
Al cies subml,tcd, aud neatly that Is seemed py
not 10 award Ia il prize III was I9isssiy h ~,
the extreme full OF sentiment, aud Of me sehoo,
then known as "the Laura Matilda school" or
The 5 Comse ira %bS%l made fE
there nothing before them y" w ttS op ht tot
had until then incidentally escaped attention possibly
because unlike externally th. bundles OF manuscnP
il was 10 rompcte with. Opening IT, an envelope WIN
motto corresponding with one IN c bDok hpPeiIcu anu
We found that prose examination was FIN lneIn
pete Instead OF tho common manns, Iip the wniun
was in Roman characiers-an mutation OF prn'nsg; &C.,
remember that while reading me usl page ~ ny Se -;
Kennedy and the Doctor hal hlcd thcT elassos n, nv
cigars and when SAID mat We seemed u, ias 40 20
though they doubted IL and settled themselves III tnelr
comfortable chairs began 90 read. ma not pro
cccded far before my co1eagues Dca,he " nln met
csted IN myself. | went through The whole volume
9 9 cagita %e eIcpent ahow odd and The like
There genius III everything theV hstcheh So-t'Ie
uncertain grammar, no ie,Die pilH'ploIy no
l-pacrd punctuation, WORKOUT trnisis, mo strong
thought elaborated mo weakness Logic ana hlasihr
analysis of complicated facts unraseling OF cirouH-
staniiai evidence that won the lawyer Jndses amount
OF accurate scientific knowledge that charmed thtr nc
c0Ishc colltague-a pure ana olIS'c uic.pn ,it s
lighted al three Wien the redag "as c0npeieu ,rere
lead aeain and. fin .iy the COMMITTEE selected a Ms.
Foun IN Bottle" one OF tine series was called De
scent Into the 5aestrom, and this was at ono time pre-
feiIcd There must have been six OF c5nJ iaies III AT
TIE statement IN Dr. Gnswods iiio prehXod to the com
mon edition of Poes works. that il was unanimously
Ieclod by The Committee that tno pIiD should be gwen
tie first Of gclliscs VINO hhi Wrtth nElD! ~
another M. uufolGed" is absolutely uh'rue' Inc
selection being made and tle 500 prize H"ntleu ;r
OF the unqucstion ,bo senin. ana gott
Of tn writer. at liberty 70 open me enVeole
that idcniitrd him. aud tnero we found IN the hote
wnose motto corrspcnded with that of the little vol
the lame of Edgar a. Poe ,.,,o,.,, ,,,,d.,, IN
hr. Poe called at my olIce tho following MONDAY 70
thank one of the COmntcc ipr ne aWatu iii
favor. llo was If anything. below TIE middle szr ana
yet could not he described as sli inah' i,5 'd
was remarkably good, AM he carried himself erect ahd
we'll had been trained 70 H. re Was utosss'
IN black aud his rock coat was buttonvd 10 the thIua',
where II met the black stOch thch almost uhNe 'u;
Not particle Of wne was Nisimei Sos', i nrs'
huos AMI glOyrs had very evidently soen thelI Des d
but 81 tar me ding ana bru'hih2 touu %,
every thing h'd Oe9i IDnt; e unable TO de-
s,ribe In detail HIS forehead was NIGH ANA remark
.o.e for Inc great development tie temples
r.h,ng a seat, con,ersci u while upon Ordinary
90 irS. asked hn wHethtf ne was theh "ctuPe VIZ
auy literary labor lie replied tnat ne was engaged IN
VOYAGE ~ rae Iuou aud at once went lhtO soheWba,
learned dsluls tIou upon me Laws or grhiy ihe shl
of the oarths atmOsi herc, and the capatu OF odos
warming in his speech be proceeded Presently
spcaAIn III the fret person. he began the voyage adDI
describing me preliminary rang lhoH's d. yo !" t,,
ten sci forth in tai called no Al thtuIe
OF One Hans riL. and leaving me eIrih ana p,C
ing aud more animated 80 Described ms SENSATIONS
is lie assembled higher and hi<hei u"tl ~ itse nc
reached tc punt in space where tne moon atfdct"h
aycrcafne That e,rth. when there was sudden
GJuiercTgce,R OF tue car, aud great COMMUNION anhH
i - 81.
,me =" exrlt,i spoke 80 rapidly. tpat whcu the
ovrrtirn do,,ibed In lis story took place, as IL wer
nd he cap,r AIS hands anu stamped wan W IoVt ny
way oi emphasis was carried aioug with biin ana Tor
ausnt t. TIE contrary mat nov remember may nave
When hitd flushed ais description no aDO=Ied Ior
ATS excably. watch ho lanshcd a. baSeli ~ CTS i
LIS stateucut mat Il h uucty accompanied nln
poe to otius store and purchased for hiia RESPECT
,ps su wH IL oIanse Ol linen, AMI Sene MN " bd'h
is a sheer faOgi ;.ticu. ueyor SAW Foe more.
As the conclusion of Mr. LItrobes address the assem-
blage withdrew from tho hall 0ad to the church
yard where tho IN ercsting ceremOny OF unVaim5 the
monument took place. Ihis wl performed ny hIss
sarah Rice who. from first to last has taken the most
active intorest tho erection OF tic monument Ahe
WAS assisted by tho ladies' took part in the first lit
crary curt inoent in aid Of tue Poe Monument Assoc
c,tion In the Auumn OF 1863 As the Grapegy grace
fnily fell from the marble the Philharmonic Society Of
Baltimore composed OF 100 of the best singers in the
city, chauted a dirgo when had been composed for the
occasion by Mrs EleauOr A. Fullerton.
The dirgc was listened 10 IN silence, aud win
bowed heads, by the immense asSebaa As TIE voices
died away hrs James A. Oates who ia now performing
~ Fords Opera House advanced, AM IN bemu oi tue
lout companies o. ic Holiday Street TIestcr aud the
Opera House placed magnificent Moral crown on the
top OF t.ic monument.
The IN ~ nm mt wIch has inst b"sn defeated "A maze
NJ tbe pirest white marble Maryland quarrlcs. II
stands upon granite bass about u feet high. and -
placed over the poets grave In tho mort conspicuous cor
ner Vt the cemetery. The monument II simple aud cnsc
having few Ornam Graclls IN SOM respects lhe
monument Shakespeare, recently erected nj victoria
Park Bath England. though it Is superior % this. how
ever, tine simplicity Of it, design IL ais" bears
slight resemblance to the Wordsworth monument N
Glsznere England. II hI. side finely executed
medallion bust " the poet taken from photograph
copy Of an orig ma d. guereJtypc. IL Is SAID 70 be an
excellent likeness Beneath the bust Is inscribed tue
rnme Etgar Allan Poe" on the opposite side Is The
following inscription
Porn J1nuarv con. 1900.
Died Octobcr 7th 1919.
A place haa been lett Tor eptdh. wbicl y IS e.
l.ec,cd vii bo written by Alfred Totn1sOn.