The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-31

o'ck k, devoted to "Reminiscences of Emerson" where had gathered the largest audience of the course or lec-s lures. And at the close of this meet ing the assembly adjourned to. Way side" grounds, walking over the fa- nous "Larch path, opened by Nathan-
 ieI Hawthorne, and bordereo py lne
 Iarches he brought from England.
 The grounds at .,Wayside" are Ia nous for their beauty, as well as Tor their choice literary associations ana traditions. The historic Ridge, some seventy feet high, sweeps down It's
 wealth of foliage to the lawn, itself ter raced, that is, semi-circuular in form'
 making an amphitheater Of remarka-i,
 ble adaptation for such a scene as that
 presented on Wednesday to those for tunate enough to view 1t. s-.,sz Mrs. Lothrop and her husband, the eminent publisher, here held many Ite-
 rary gatherings. They gave, among
 others, the philosophical picnics" to the school of philosophy, reunions that
 were affectionately recalled by, some oi the speakers of Wednesday last as the most unique in their remembrance.
 | The remainder of the literary exercis-
 es from the s'chapel programme was given from the spacious piazza, With It's arches of woodbine. the audience room being the terraced lawns, with the ladiacent pine groves. Among contri-
 buttons from MT. Sanborn and others
 Mrs. Lothrop cad letter written py
 Una Hawthorne, describing personal interview with MT. Emerson, and sent
 by Rose Hawthorne, to whom It hao been written.
 "Wayside" mansion was thrown oper
 to the guests. Hawthorne's study, 1T
 + the tower, was hung with branches ol the fragrant pine, dropping over Flaw
 thornes standing desk, and entWinint This portrait above the mantel. The olt l staircase and walls below were woun( 7 with the same fragrant growth ot tn forest, where Hawthorne wandeed dal Fly as he wrought out his marvellous TO mances, slowly pacing back and fortl on the Ridge
 In the large apartment on the firs floor, with it's seven-gabled windows I the bay window was entWined Wit :. pine, and in this beautiful setting wa t that remarkable bronze bust of Danie i, Lothrop, modelled by the sculptor Kit ! son, that attracted so much attentio 3 when exhibited at the Boston Art Mt 3 scum some years ago. The inscriptio Z beneath, written by his friend of Ion 2 years, Edward Everett Hale, is no les T strong and beautiful: Daniel Lathro a was the founder of the house of D. Le [ throp Company An American throug 2 and through, he represents America ! eduucation at it's best.
 ssWayside" mansion has large, ran t bling interior of the pattern of an o d English house. The additions made y Bronson Alcott, who owned it from 18 e to 1852, and those of Hawthorne, VI e bought the estate from Alcott in 1Ss # were made without alteration of Il e original structure. It therefore pr It sents the unique result of the coloni 'e architecture andu that of the mo Y modern periods, which Hawthorne il le lished by adding his now famo,us al :: world known tower study. To wand s- at will In this old mansion and aronl 2 its grounds afforded great delight to t le members of the Emerson memori d school, many of whom had come fire IS a great distance to attend the course. n lectures. A handsome collation. " g, spread on the lawn. served by fair re s- resentatives of Concord's old families