, 1877-12-09

known as cau.ppe!ls, then quite resort for re, e
| formers at all sorts. saw before me j 1n:n Of
striking pcrsonal appearance; tall, slender. with
olive complcxion. black hair. straight place eye.
Of countonancc.. This WAS Whittier at a5, I I'm
gered till he from tae table. and then adyanc-
Ing, said, with boyisa cnthaslasln, and aouhi
not, with 6osish awkEasdncss also,-...l shcuid ,
ligc to shake hands With tac author Of 'aassachu-
sctts to Virginia. The poet VINO was, and is,
of the snycst Of men, broke into kindly smile,
and said, briefly: 4'Thy name, 1ricnu:' gave
1t, We shook hands, and hat all but to me i
vas like tonchin3 heroa shield, and thonGn. ! !
hare since learned to count the friendship Q! MI
tier one OF the great privileges OF my me; yeI
nothing has ever displaced the recollection ot TINT
1rsr boyixh Interview.
And here is another from one Tho signs HIM
self &C. Mn:
when was Young man rryins to gst an eanea-
tion, I went about the country praalt.g sewing
silk to help myself through college; and one
Saturday night found me ut Amesoafy, = sttan-
ger and without lodging, place; y nap. ,I .
Whtstfers; and he himself came to the door On
hearing my request he said he was very sorry that
be could not keep bat it Mns GnarteTly meet taa
the trouble to show me to 4 ne1chbors. where ne
left me; but th:t did not Ecem to wholly suit hts
idea Of hospitality, for III tue course Of the eSen
cnrred to him that nc could sleep on lounge ana
Eivc up his own bed tc uae,-s3hch, it IS perhaps
needless to SLY, was not allowed. Bat tins was
not all. The next morning he came again. with
the suggestion that mignt perhaps like to attend
meeting, lnytin. me to 60 with him: and nc gave
hour, during which there was not a word SPOKEN
by any one. We all sat in silence that length OF
time, then all arose. shook hands, and dispersed;
aud remember it al one OF the best meesn;s 7;
ever attended. c. N-
How Mr.. Whittier feels about these tributes,
do not know. It is scarcely probable, how
ever, that he WAS taken entirely unawares.
Most likely hc Tas consulted rs 10 the agree
ability Of this surprisc-party and nc could truss
his friends enough to know that they "onldn.t
gusn over him in an unpleasant fashion; SO did
not think it necessary to ungraclously decline:
He can hardly help being moved by the real
tenderness there is apparent In every line OF
these t'tributes.''
A few weeks aeo made mention Of new
bouk that had been hcralded rather strongly by
ONE OR TWO CRITICS
on the merits OF foregone work. book OF
poems BY Stuart Sterne. The new book is just
out, is called " Angelo" and has this e1traor-
dinary dedication:
RICHARD GRANT WHITE.
Whose Most Masnanimous Appreciation Of What
Little Had Been Done, Whose Noble Conf
dencc in What More Might lst le Done,
by One lie Did Not Know and Had Never
Seen. Like Flood Of Generous Sun
Growth Whatever Powers,
Possibilities Of High
er Development
That Stranger May Possess.
with the Earnest Hope that He May
Find It Northicr Of His Acceptance than He Could
Have Found any Previous Effort,
This Labor Of Lore
n EwARHEsT GRATITUDE IS DEDICATED
The pocm thus dedicated is in blank-yersc,
and is the story Of Michael Angeles love for
Vittoria Culonna, Marclesa Pescara. Perhaps
the warmth OF tho dedication recalling the
tropical feryor Of the poems of Inst ycar-will
rnislcad the reader to expect an equal feryor in
the poem OF IL Angelo" But it is quite unlike
the verses of last year, except ID being set in
one key from beginning to end. The question
which has been suggested is, - Which sex is the
author, man or womans"
The Old South Fair opens to-day, while the
weather Is anything but fair,-a steady
so11:eastcr sending down its torrents OF rain;
but it is to hold for tcu days, and nobody
doubts but it will be famous victory IN the
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