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...monument is the work of Mr. Daniel Chester French, sculptor, and Mr. Henry Bacon, architect. It is located in the centre of the Longfellow Memorial Park which extends south from Brattle street to Mt. Auburn street, opposite the Longfellow home. The structure is a bas-relief in Knoxville pink marble, representing six figures of characters taken from the poets best known works, in front of which is set on a projecting pedestal, a bronze portrait bust of Longfellow. The most interesting part of the statue is the bas-relief in the marble slab, depicting Miles Standish, Sandalphon, the village blacksmith...
...monument is a bas-relief in Knoxville pink marble, representing six figures of characters taken from the poet's best known works, in front of which is set on a projecting pedestal a Bronze portrait bust of Longfellow. The most interesting part of the statue is the bas-relief in the marble slab, depicting the characters in Longfellow's poems, Miles Standish, Sandolphon, the Village Blacksmith, the Spanish Student, Evangeline, and Hiawatha. The tablet is in Renaissance style, and is exquisitely shaped and carved...
Owing to the early arrival and departure of the commission sent by the French Government to present a bas-relief of France for the statue of Champlain at Crown Point, N. Y., the lecture which was to have been given by two members of the commission in New Lecture Hall this afternoon at 5 o'clock has been cancelled. The enjoys will arrive in Boston early this morning and, after visiting the Boston Public Library, will come out to Cambridge in time for M. Etienne Lamy to address the class in History 1, in New Lecture Hall...
...Bela Lyon Pratt, the well-known sculptor who designed the medal in honor of President Eliot, will design the memorial. It will be placed over the centre door in the Living Room. This space is now occupied by the bas-relief of an eagle and the memorial will be very similar to this...
...understand that last year both the Governing Board and the trustees were opposed to the installation of a bas-relief of Dean Shaler in the Living Room. Their desire to preserve the character of the Living Room will appeal to all who are interested in its welfare. But this discouragement, by vote or by expressions of opinion, should not turn us aside from the main issue--that a memorial to Dean Shaler should be erected, and that the most fitting location for it is in the Union...