Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-02
The T|MR0D REvVAl.
Efforts Being Directed Toward the
Erection OF q Worthy Memorial.

: =
Horny Iimrod, who IS possibly second
| TO no poo5 THAI South Carolina has essi
produced, 10 having merited honor pait
to his memory in tho recent revival Of tbt
literature identified with his name AND
his labors. Some of his poetry Is soon tt
be published for the first time In the vol
ume of his completed works to be Issued
this spring by the }"rimrod Memoria
Assoaiation.' An address in furtheranct
Of these worthy ends is to DO delivered
by President Woodward (South Caroline
University during tho coming Apri
undor tho auspices Of tho Charleston
Lyceum. %. ..
"The Timrod Memorial Association
has beon regularly chartered by tho SEQ
rotary of. State, and is composed Of many
eminent men of lettors in South Caroline
and elsewhoro. Hon. VIM. A. Courtonay
of Nowry, is ono of the leading spirits Ii
tho movement, and is placed in charge o.
tho Office of the Association at Neyyry, S
| @. He is giving much attention to the
work and conducting heavy correspond
ence in furtheranco of tho laudable work
entrusted to him. 81. .-
In letter addressed to us he says
| among other things:
elm compliance with tho conditions Of
this charter, and for tho purposes therein
stated, the Association has contracted
with tho influential publishing house Of
Houghton, Mifllin & Co., Boston, New
York and Chicago, for a complete edition
of tho poems, re- edited, rearranged, with
a momoir, and ombollished with bean
tiful portrait of tho author, now pnb
lished for the first time. That this hand
some volume may be within tho reach OF
tho largest number, tho price has beon
fixed at 81 so copy.
"Tho Association have double pur.
pose in their voluntary and very agree,
able work: () Thoy aim to restore to
general circulation, in and out of the
State, these charming poems; (2) they
have undertaken, and will apply the
entire net profits to, tho erection of a
worthy public memorial.
san entire generation has passed. away
another has grown up since our gifted
poot's dcath-October 9th, 1867
"The following expressions of opinion
clearly indicate what is thought of Tim,
rods poetry by acknowledged authori
ties:
'Henry w. Longfellow, at social
gathering in Boston, September, $780,
alluding to The CITY Of Charleston, $. c.,
said: ITO have been tho birthplace of
Henry Timrod is distinct honor; the
day will surely come when his poems
will have place in overy cultivated home
in tho United States.'
"Gon. Don Carlos Buel, U. s. A.,
speaking of Tinrod's poem, "A Cry to
Arms said: In my Judgment that is a
battle strain throughout, which deserves
a place high up on tho roll of American
pooms.'
"The Century Magazine, April, 1903, In
reviewing his poetry, said: Approaching
him wo suspect provincialism, but find a
gonial breadth that surprises us; his
gamut Of fooling Is wide, and even In his
war songs, whore ono expects little
restraint, we find armirable self control
and breadth. Nov that tho people of
tho South arc raising memorial to Tim.
rods fame, tho suggestion sooms proper
ono to make, that tho American people
share in tho honor, for he was true
American poet and worthy to stand in
tho narrow space that belongs to the
best'O -