Telegram-herald., 1890-09-30

on Hampstead bay about thirty miles
from New York Mr. Bryant had az
that time been editing The Evening Post
Tor fourteen years. and Mr. Goodwin,
who three years before lad married, was
associated with his fs.hsE-ln-law n tho
editorial management Of the sblest and
best afternoon Newspaper New York has
ever had
Mr. Bryant's old home Is now occu-
pied by bis grandson. Ir. Harold God
win, the managing editor Of The New
York Commercial Advertiser. Ii Is the
show place OF tbs neighborhood, and no
visitor 3 permitted to lnser long in that
part of Long Island without making a
pilgrimage 20 CedarInere. which WAS the
poe. home for about forty years. The
public road runs very Close by one end
Of the house. which is only partially
protected from tho dust Of the highway
by hedges and shrubbery. The lawn IN
front Of tho old fashioned house slopes
toward a pond. which has been made
about twenty-five feet above the waters
OF the bay and stretches 10 the border Of
the estate. \ very large locust tree,
sOms five feet IN diameter. stands imme-
diately in front OF the house, but it is
rapidly yielding its life 10 the borers,
which have left 80 few healthy speci-
mems Of the ceratonia siliqua "A America.
IL was from point very near this
tree that / took a photograph OF the
house. The sun was under cloud, and
was walking back and forth on tho
lawn trying 10 find emOst suitable place
in which 10 set up my camera. The gar
dener noticed what. seemed 10 him my
quandary, and cane 10 my rescue by
telling me that the spot in the walk near
the locust tree was the place they
usually took the photographs from" /
did not inquire whether the amateur
photographer often visited Cedarmere.
! did not need 70 do this. His remarks
told the tale plainly enough.
Tho editors Of the Encyclopedia Bri-
tannica have denied Bryant place in
that work. Ills work they regarded as
too evanescent to entitle him to such a
mark of distinction. This was most
amazing decision TO men OF letters in
+ America, and the narrownesS of judg-
meat displayed almost reconciles one to
. the troubles which the American pub
/ fishing pirates are now making for the
/ Messrs. Black, Of Edinburgh. Consid-
ering tho space given in that work to
third and fourth rate European poets,
and American, too, for that matter,
surely a paragraph might have been
spared for the author Of "Thanatopsis. )"
/ This is Of small consequence, however.
as his place in literature Is too secure to
be affected by such slight.
Just across the highway from Cedar
mere is Clovercroft, the country seat OF
Mr. Parke Goodwin. The entrance is
through q vine covered archway, and a
few steps bring the visitor to the main
door OF the house. This door opens i'm
mediately from the driveway into the
hall, and upon that front Of the house
there is no porch or piazza. But upon
tho front which overlOolss the bay there
is a piazza Of generous proportions, de-
signed primarily for summer time com
fort. and made picturesque by the vines
which Chamber over it. The trees and
shrubbery protect the house completely
from the dusty highway. and on the
piazza and the velvety lawn in front Of
il the occupants Of Clovercroft can en-
joy whatever privacy they choose.