New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-12
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To THE MEMORY OF TENNYsON.


AMERICANS ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
ISLE OF WIGHT MoNoMrH.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: few months ago had the privilege OF cali
ing attention IN your columns to the project OF
erecting on one OF the high, seaward Gins OF the
Isle OF Wight "A memorial TO Tennyson. In the nope
that the present letter will come before inc eyes
CT many whose attention has not hitherto peeh
drawn to the matter beg permission once more
briefly to tresspass your space
In the Isle Of Wight, on the edge Of the noble
down" which Tennyson loved so well ana "here ne
almost daily walked there will be erected a LOFTY
granite monoth in the form Of an Iona cross. the
site OF this memorial is the top o. a bold CHI w
feet above the sea. In full view from the deck OF
every vessel that passes up and down the English
Channel and visible from all points for many
miles inland. this cross will form a consp'c-
uous and ntng memorial to the great Poet
Her Majestys Government has consented , 10
accept the mcnoi;h and to preserve IL iG or
ever as beacon The design has been maze Dy
envy. and one Of the most distinguished architects
OF England. The base VII bear on one sue NE Is
Inscription: "Tenryson," and on the other SIDE:
ERECTED by friends in England and America The
undf&lkins Is m International, not 4 Ioca ON; ~
Is In Nh charge OF an English and an American
committee. Mrs. James T. Fields. of Boston, Pre- ,So
sides the American section The cost or me
memorial will be met by a subscription fund The
amount required is $500. Of winch two-thirds are
The a erican committee. which have the honor
10 rcpr4cnt In England, desire 10 huu sl'VV ~ 'Hc
amOuntI they have already raised. Ihey DeleEe
that many Of Their fcl.ow-countrymen ana women
Whose lives have been touched TO liner issues Dy
the poetry Of Tennyson" Will gladly contribute TO
the memorial fund, and they appeal 70 those VINO
can contribute but little, AZ well as 10 those VINO
give much. "a Yankee Mason SENDS mar a
dollar toward a bucket OF cement for the ioui'ih-
lions OF the Tennyson Beacon" Two thousand D.
cent subscriptions would compete the work $3.50
Englishmcn have placed in Westminster Abbey
memorials - r,fellow and Lowell. AMI N ~
Margaret CNrchGcacon Farrars church, "A memo
rial 10 Philips Brooks. May not we Americans
share readily with the English in this unique trib-
ute - the memory OF Tenny son?
Among tn" many Americans VINO nave already
given lbcraly t. the memorial fund ! may men
tior oliver Wendell Holmes. Robert G. Winthrop
Miss Alice VI. IOngfellow. Professor Charles Eliot
Norton Mrs Mabel Lowell Burnett. Mrs. James T.
Fields Robert Hoe. Miss Celia Thaxter. George l.!
Mxin. Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford. William j.
R1ife. Mrs Julia Ward Howe. Mss sarah Orne
Jevctt Thomas Bailey Aidrlch. Mrs Agassz. Mar
tin Trimmer Dana Estes. Mrs. Margaret Dcland
Henry o. HoushfOn. Miss Louise ImoSen Quincy
AMI Mrs Falrchild ~ ,
Subscriptions may be sent to and vii! be acknowl-
edged 10y Mrs. James T. Fields No. lfS Charles-st
Boston. Mass.
will refuse send his mite. II Is to such kindly
spirits the Yankee Mason that this appeal IL
made ARTHUR WARREN,
London Correspondent Of The Boston Herald
London. March . 1873.