The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-22
i, Thomas b. Aldrich.

& The death of ,rhomns Bailey Aldrch,
ut his home in Boston on Wednesday,,
removes from the ranks of American
literary workers one who has y been
characterized by Clarence stcdman. MS
4"thc most pointed and exquisite OF our
literary craftsmen.
II il not often that a literary man
leaves behind him the example of such
an entirely successful and well-balanced
life as Mr.. Aldrich does. AS q young
man OF business III the countlng-roo,n of
| lis uncle, n New York merchant; us
editor. novelist and poet, his work re-
fleets III every department the conscien-
l5tlous care and thoroughness. which IRE,
perhaps, Ills most distinguishing char
1 acterstics. 5 g4 NH
Born in Portsmouth, n. IL. November
Iii, 1886, Mi Aldricll spent his early life
i III New Orleans, where his father n re-
lsmoved. When lie was seventeen his fa-5y
4 ther died, atid abandoning tile Ndea Of q
/ collegiate education he spent three years sNS
4 III acuuiring d business education. He
4 was married lii 1855, and Is survived by
4 La widow and son. VS. II Il,
bits OF glils prose are eSduisitc, i3but
sit is on his poetry TINT l,is fame chiefly
7 rests. His Ballad of Babe Bell, y pub
lished III 1856, won him such instant
q favor aud recognition that he decided
q from hcncerorth To adopt literature rs
profession. lie contributed to vart-
"a Gus periodicals and magazines, and from o
#IE1STo to 1874 was editor Of the Every
u SATURDAY.. In March Of 1881 he became
. editor Of tic Atlantic Monthly, and lielt
tho posi ton Surti 1890, since which tint
lie las held himself aooof from the y ex 'lS
4 itions OF edtorship.
/ FThnnl,s To Ills early training. Mr.. ia
J rich was uniformly fortunate IN MS os's'
: ness invcstments.r3A fortune atterWar'
g8I bed,,eathcd limb friend, fle ll / =
Pierce rendered him an1an OF a al t.r's
e and leisure, With a home N q la sli :
! nblc section Of Boston und plcasntl
.. country place at ponkapog, Among III III
y f,,nnhs aud those who knew MIN pe l
MI. Aldrch was esteemed us y u '-il =.
" IN, Econpan,onN and fascinating Take se
y wilma Keen scnsc OF humor'
Ri IN addition to Babe Bel, nc nc. 81'uslt
g |l,shedIbetween the years 1856 #and Al s.
dfltthe following poems: "aThe Course (
# t1,rue Love Never Did Run Smooth
- "Pampinea and Other Poems, - 81 Clio tn I
- Gold and Other Poems" an edition I
= luxe Of his Lyrics and Sonnets' az
~ ~ ..Friar Jeromo's Beautiful Book col
4 sidered BY many to be the finest lol
- poem lie ever wrote. rs III '55 #
ss His prose works are 'loaisy's Nee
Elaces' which appeared IN S5G, to be f
II. loved By his STORY Of a Bad i Boy
q considered to be in some degree aut
= biograpb ical: ''Marjory Daw and 9th
IL People" and Prudence Il Palf.ey,', N
~ novel; "The Queen 81 sheha, a roman
'lSS of travel; 4 '.rhe saltwater Tragedy
- i Mercedes and others. Of these, Ma
ed Tory Dhw" ana Prudence Palfrey'' a
ny reckonod as the finest.
At tile University Day celebration
di- the University Of Pennsylvania, on
the a2d ,of February LAST the2degree Of d
'ws tor Of laws was conferred upon MI. A
nm w, lichn, AhoHgh, fhe was too TO Do prese
As d man who upheld the beat y ilitcr'
,yia standards and did the best work, his
a., :. nucnce $nnd his example Will alwt
I'M be perpetuated In tie memories Of +
,n,s fellow-oraftsmen. and in Ii; the minds 'lns
H. a those who have known him through re
Ing his verse and prose.
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