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...Copeland will deliver a brief address on Edgar Allan Poe in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the poet, in the Dining Room of the Union this evening at 9 o'clock. He will also read "The Black Cat" and several of Poe's poems. "The Black Cat" is one of the most striking of Poe's short stories. The rapidity of the action, the deliberateness with which the most grewsome and revolting details are described, and the sudden climax unite in producing a story of tremendous power. The reading will be open to members...
...International Poe Association will hold a celebration in honor of the one-hundredth anniversary of Poe's birth in the College of Liberal Arts of Boston University, Boylston and Exeter streets, Boston, this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. W. Kendall Watkins, who has made a careful study of the history of Boston, will speak on "Poe's Birth and his Parentage." "The Untrustworthy Memorialists of Poe" will be the subject of a speech by Mr. W. Lanier Washington, and Mr. William Fearing Gill, author of a Life of Poe, will tell of "Curious Coincidences, and Personal Reminiscences of Near...
...commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, Mr. Copeland will deliver a short address on the poet, and will read "The Black Cat" and some of Poe's poems, in the Dining Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 9 o'clock. The reading will be open to members of the Union only...
...Union has been unavoidably postponed to January 13. On that day he will lecture on "The Short Story," and on January 20 he will read one of the best-known tales of Edgar Allen Poe. These two evenings are intended to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Poe's birth...
...collection of original and other early editions of Milton's works, which was placed on exhibition in the College Library yesterday in celebration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the poet's birth, will be open today and tomorrow to members of the University in the morning from 10 to 1 o'clock, and to the public each afternoon from 3 to 5.30 o'clock...