Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-13

uft1c, and Ne adopted tAe more co09e011 pYo-
fession, and for long while devoted himself to
the pursuit Of painting and ranksd very high -
. landscape painter.
TEE OLD vAvRnLY BooK sfoaR.
As early as this Frank TAylors waveriy book
store was the resort Of the artistic and literary
element, among whom wsre Dr.. Mcleod, Chs.
n. Keller, Mr.. Charles .Flsischnan, Who died
recently. John ". Maury, Senators James Alfred
Paarce, who was tor years chairman Of the
library committee, Berrien, Mangum, Webster,
King OF Alsbams and others. do not remem-
wsvsrly Novels vas disclosed, but over the
door was bust Of Sir Walter Scott, and the
same now adorns the front OF the present
'Wavsrly book store" Of Mr.. Robert Bsall, The
successor Of Mr.. Frank Taylor, with whom he
served Sc we'd. long sPIrsnsios.hiP In The ine.leds:
the "British Drama, both Of which Mr.. Beall
has enriched with autograph letters Of Jeher-
son, Barry Sullivan. Edwin Forrest and others,
find ''Ths Stranger" "Ths 0amester,"
Onto" and Tho School for Scandal have
held the stage for more than . century, the first
..fad," il the term may be used, Of ''enlarging,"
"embellishing," 'snriching" books d being
adopted quite frequently, and In the number Of
works 80 treated found copy OF Bancroft's
History OF the United States, in which Mr..
seau IA. inserted autograph letters Of sotsm,
papers in autograph. OF al who were fire.
quenters Of the old Wsverly book store (third
door east from the present one) not one sur
wives. It was very brilliant coterie that
gathered there almost daily, and Mr.. Taylor
was a man learned IN books. His heart WAS IA
his vocation. There was come story of the
bust OF Sir Walter Scott, which for 10 long
looked down upon these Rthsrings Of book
lovers, but 1t has passed from my momory
Senator Hoar recognized it - . copy Of the
accepted portrait which graccs the memorial
at Edinburgh.
NEGLECT OF yORREsr's GRAVE.
am surprised and panied to hear Of the con-
dition of the grave Of Edwin Forrest, who was
buried in the old church yard Of st. PauI's
Protestant Episcopal Church on Sd street below
walnut, In Philadelphia. A few days ago some
neglected-the marble slab disoolored and
orumbied with age and almost hidden beneath
tne leaves OF last autumn, which had fallen upon
from the surrounding trees. 1t was difficult
TO decipher the inscription on the tomb, which
told It was the dreary abode OF the great
OF the family. The last inscription on the mar
Die block was that Of Forrest himself His
name, date Of birth and dsath-nothing more;
no epitaph, no inscription; nothing but
the plain fact Of the day OF his
birth and death. This seems shameful.
AsioSiAhS tno IarSo iortune MI rorrest lett
In the hands Of his executors. Had James
Cakes of Boston lived who was one of his true
friends and an executor, he would not have al
lowed such neglect Of the resting place Of the
greatest American actor, who left his large for
tune to found home for the aged and infirm
OF that profession of which he was the head.
The surviving executor. Daniel Dou2herty, re-
sides in Philadelphia and ought to be aware of
the alleged neglect.
MIR. STONES BUILDINGS.
In the death Of the venerable Mrs. Vim. J.
Stone Washington loses one of its oldest inhabi-
tants. can remember Mr.. and Mrs. Stone
from my earliest years. They lived in one of
the large houses Mr.. Stone built on the corner
OF ID and 18th streets, but removed to the house
next to the china store on Pennsylvania avenue
between 18th and 18th streets, where they lived
for many years. Mr.. Stone purchased a large
tract OF land at the head Of 14th street and for
many years resided there. When he built his
residence there the Columbian College was the
only building in the neighborhood and beyond
II. across the road to the north Of
1t; was the Washington race course.
The large residences, one on the corner
OF + and lAth streets and the one adjoining
on 14th street, where Mrs. Stone died. has been
the residence of the family for some years The
large houses. very large at the time they were
built, on the corner Of d and 18th Streets, had
various tenants and experiences. My first
memory Of them as a child was whom the print
ing Office Of Col Peter Force occupied one or
both Of them, and there he published the No
ftondl Journal, the organ Of Mr.. John Quincy
Adams. When the cholera reached Washington
they were used as a hospital. nd can remem-
Der the loads Of dead victims Of that scourke
that were hauled to potters' field from there
I. JONI Y. CoYLE,