Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-08

posterity will gather OF Poe. the man
and the poet
AMONG THE GUESTS.
Among the guests were General Mar
Gus j. Wright Senator John W. Daniel.
DR. George S. duncan. Andrew Downing
Chovalier Reynolds and Miss Coleman.
OF Washington; Dr. X. A. Brock Miss
Maria Blair, Superintendent j. w.
Southall. Il. Z. Brent, and W. w. Scott.
Of Richmond; Professor Henry Il. Shep-
herd. Eugene !. Didier. Mrs Katherine
Pearson Woods and Miss Woods, Of
Baltimore: George Herbert Sass. Of
Charleston, 5. c.; Armistead 9. Gordon.
Of Staunton; Willoughby Read, OF Alex
andria; Miss Maud Howard and Dir.
Albert Shaw. Of New York; A. X. Nc
Clure, Of Philadelphia; g. T.. Davis and
Mrs. NJ. l.. NJ. Davis. OF New Orleans;
DR. Charles W. Dabney of Knoxville;
w. III. III. Moran. OF Manassas; II. j.
Stockrad, Of Locust Dale; Robert Fraser,
OF Farmville; Madison j. Cawein, OF
Louisville.
In addition 10 those quoted hereafter,
letters were received from Edward Ben
field. editor OF Harper's Weekly; Mrs.
s. b. Herrick OF the Century; Miss Mary
johnson. OF Birmingham; General Lew
Wallace, OF Charlottesville, Ind; Frank
Bancroft. Secretaries Long and Hay. and
Commissioner Harris, Of Washington;
Clinton Scollard. r.. W. Glider. DIT.
T. A. Emmett, Miss Maud Howard Pc
tcrson Laurence Hutton. Frank Demp-
ster Sherman. Miss Sarah Orne Jewett
o man Abbott. Paul Leicester Ford.
John Kendrick Bangs and Jesse Lynch
Williams. of New York; Miss Jennie Bard
Dugdale OF Indianapolis; Miss Lillian
Whiting. Robert Grant. William J..
Thayer. Mr.. Bigelow, Mrs. Abby Sage
Richardson. Miss Quincy, Horace r.
Scudder. Mrs Fields. John c. Ropes
Miss Vida Scudder, Professor Norton,
Edwin u. Mead and ii. l. Southwick'
of Boston; W. G. Bruce and MISS
Lizette Woodwork Reese, OF Baltimore;
President Il. L. Patton, WOODROW VII
SON and T. w. Hunt Princeton; Chares
r. Richardson. Dartmouth; Seth Low
Nicholas Murray Butler. and G. X. Car
penter. Columbia College, y. y; }. u.
Draber. Roanoke College; +. l. Paltee'
Pennsylvania state College; ". K. Har-
ner Chicago University; President
Goucber. Womans College. Baltimore
president A. T. Hadley and ex-Presl-
dent Timothy Dwight 1aie; baIIcy.
Wendell and c. Z. Everett. Harvard
General Scott Ship. Virginia MlllaIy
Institute; w. Gordon McCabe' FO"halo 'i
Ellis. Colonel Archer Anderson, anu
Rabbi IalScl, OF ININ4iiA'4tN'f
KEENAN, and Dr. +. +. Hale.
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.
vVuUarn Winter wrote: | need not re-
mind YOU that poems Of mine nave no.
heer wanting to honor the memory OF
zoe. ] wish that l could tell you 10 ue-
Ind an ne for still another tribute 10
the genius Of that extraordinary ana
most unfortunate man. l deeply syhp@
thlze with the purpose OF the university
and 7 thank YOU for the honor of the N
vitation and for your kind remembrance
OF me- ..to
Joaquin Miller: Yours asking me TO the
unwilling Of the great poets DUST mus
ma in San Francisco, en- route as usual
can only say j shall he there Ih 'nS
epirit. My work calls for my presence al
tho far Northwest, hut l shaH thiAh VI
Won and yours on the 7th OF Octoper Gu
arc building wisely. Ihat ldhu u'"' i"1
M poets has no lasting place in history
t5.b,.lon Nineyeh. they stoned the pro-
phets. and where are they! But ioI wy
,oets round about Jerusalem thelr NeIs
names were not. Jerusalem is but d snlau
nlaca comparatively, yet is she HoI'
tbon all Of the Orient because she cHeI-
ished and revcred the poets. ms i iiI9
tory this is equity, this is poeuC J"9''I
William l.. Wilson: ! should Ike 10 DC
preeent 10 witness the ceremonial anu
stjn more to testify my grauhcauoH ~
tbe ACQUISITION by the university Oh 'i'9
fitting memorial Of son whose I.-i"I'
fame has grown steadily IN the halI-0ol-
turv since his death, and VINO seems "O"
safely enrolled among the great hail1S "a
American literature. 49,.
Ion Hay: 1t would give me great pea
s,,re 70 be able to share In so Interesting
a ceremony. and pay my tribute or re'
snec+ 10 the memory OF one Of our great
est men of letters; but ] have maze en-
ge aeroents for that date from which IL Is
not possible TO free myself.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich: His memory Is
deor TO every American man OF letters
bliss Carman: 1t is an occasion whlch
ought 10 stir the lyric mood OF Poe's UNI
worthy successors; but he would De
hold man to attempt any occasional verse
on that subject after John Boher
matchless poem on Poe
Charles r.. West: Thanks for your KIND
Invitation TO bo present at the unVeihiS
Of Zolnay's bust Of Edgar Allan Poe III
....... af tno University Of virginia
on tho fftieth anniversary or MS uealh'
which occurred October Z, 1873. My ac-
cuaiutauce with Poe began IN New 1oih
sixty Years azo. Our boarding-houses
,-ar, opposite each other in east Broad
way. I had just entered upon my duueS
as principal Of Rutgers Female lnstl-
tte. Mr.. Poe was writing for the New
York papers and making a very scah'y
living. He soon after moved 10 Fordham'
where I called to see him. He was mold
ing Loaf Of bread, and said: Here IS
ali the food / have in the world for my
SELF and family" He was almost IN
state Of despair I did what 1 could to
cheer him. assuring him there was some
thing Of good in life for him. IN lSi0 he
served as chairman Of committee TO ex-
amino tho compositions Of the Collegiate
Department of my institution, and award
tho gold medal to the writer Of the prize
composition, which he read at the sixth
commencement Of the institute. In con-
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