The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-20
EDMUND CLARENCE sTEDMAN.
Our Foremost Man Of Letters Died Sat
urday Evening

New York, Jan. 20.--Edmund Clarence
/ Stedman, the poet, rite, man Of letters
perhaps the most representative man of
letters IN America died suddenly sat
nrdav evening at his home on upper
Brpadways Manhattan in his 18th year
having been born ut Hartford, Conn
4 Oesober 4, lSSa He was the son 81
I AIalVr Edmund Burke Stelman and bis
I wife. Elizabeth Dodge lie catered Yaie
/ ia 1910, and though BE- did not craffnate
with BIS class of 49, HI has beer he'd
! its chief ornament and his alma mate
\ has often recognized him with honors.
/ lie entered newspaper work as editor Of
the Norwica, Conn. Tribune 1882.
then becaYsle editor OF the WiRsted Her
aid; was On he staa Of the New York
! Tribune lS5H-il. ana war eagFespaadeH
N THE World 1861 ta Later, when he
telt hata the necessity of mskiag his
living aud at he saa.e time ea;ning
leisure to write flor that was his ene
compelling purpose BE became 4 mem
her oSthc New Aoss seoek eSchanee pt
ven apd Lost seaeeal fprsnnes 81
sae hs0seT's hssinsss II 1910, ara ha
snse been eadeaYer Z 4 fglill ataraf
enga gsneass anil prlpsc$ IL yeas 3
increasing age "a WflsA his 0vegw0n
frame could nos bsfny the rieAs resi-
enee For sseamaN wsS use Nh8 N
barn DE- eandie IN spth rnas
He was Wan beloved hr e, wha
knew him To- bis pe4senal wea8h
life and 1is ready and zsaefous hasEawal
~ helps far BIZ wonderful YaWe7 III M
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haag anieln. aiae ge ataau neu
prophetic oathnslc - stssaNa44asis
Br0Nns slleA meh ~ Al an.a ta
sasdsA Aap Mater Fasata s9r
happs ennceit IS psH y Wall StFet
and g many ethcr, tl cf i
gitf which Iii lid to5 http III eaiafge
ksnfe ard aealn vi aau sb siais
20 write what II waited Is Nsile h
tneFe easfe IL fssines saas nseaea Iosg
ard tAefg was nobody else b Is them
Sc that We Aaf ffaM Staisnaa thinss 81
less g4arg % hinsef vel rs gSaaser ~
vice g his country as Als Americal
AnthalagE and Poets 81 America lsi-
victorian Poets" and Victorian An
thelngg and The uaie4u&ie8 Library al 4
American Literature The boots be
edited were many. among them the
works Ct hdgaF Allen Poe lia coRjunc-
ticn wish tiegHre NJ Na0dberFvl the
poems Of Austin Dohson. and So oil.
Ills latest labars were bestowed on a
history of the New York stock exchange.
where enc wilE End very LITTLE Of Sted.
man IN bis proper character. Among All
his books Of criticism. The Nature ana
Elements Of Poetry hsimg the Tlr4ball
lectures at Johns Hopkins university. Is
TIE NEST representative 0f the nan ana
bis exquisite sen<ibilitv 70 beaufs~-the
one championship Of poetry which de.
serves life. Among The eri Ia If litera
ture whom AnseYi.a has produced ~
stands highest Lowell and others ans
analytic. hut Stedmans critical wnfks
We're synthetic
Mr. Stedman had been III uncertain
health for nearly 10 wears. Tha feeen
death Ct his wife was serious blow
added e other hereayements and uisle
tunes i had IL ssseet IN lnasing his heH
on earth. But he had ! score d s8e&
which be meant 70 write. and whes e
can never be repaired, faf no Cos zlsH
could have accomplished his designs a
Is survived b two sons. Fre8az
sherman Of Pittsburg and Arthaf ksa
man Of New York; his esandsaz <6I
Miss Laura Stedaan, Who has BEEN k4
comfort Of his laee wears ana Is aaAQ
friends Is wartn s. man eessld
was member ST The OeA1nfY szssE
ton, Of the New England zeeiet4 s. saw
York. Of which Be had hen n S.
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