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...replicas of the bust of Longfellow now occupying a position in poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey, have arrived in Boston, on the steamship Samaria. One of these duplicates, it will be remembered, is to become the property of Harvard; the other will be presented to the Historical Society of Portland, Maine. It is gratifying to know that the bust which we shall receive and guard among our treasures, is a magnificent production. It is made of marble and of course is an exact production of the bust in Westminster. As a work of art, the bust is superb, admirable...
...been suggested that the seventh of February, which is the anniversary of the birthday of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, would be an appropriate day for the public reception of the bust of the poet, now on the way to our University. We understand that the bust which has been sent to the Maine Historical Society will be unveiled on that day, and it would seem very fitting for Harvard to follow this excellent intention. The celebration of the poet's natal day would add a certain impressiveness to whatever ceremonies the college authorities may see fit to hold, and the anniversary...
...gentlemen in England who placed the memorial of Longfellow in Westminster Abbey, remembering the friends of the poet in this country, have generously sent two copies of the bust of the poet, one to Harvard College and the other to the Maine Historical Society of Portland, the city where he was born. These replicas left Liverpool about the middle of December on the Canard line, which will forward them free of expense, and ought soon to be here. Meanwhile a letter from the Prince of Wales has been received by the president, announcing the gift. It is as follows...
Gentlemen-the executive committee of the Longfellow Memorial Fund have much pleasure in offering to the president and fellows of Harvard College a copy of the bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, executed by Thomas Brock, A. R. A., and recently placed amongst the memorials of British worthies in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey...
They trust that a prominent place within the walls of your college may be assigned for this memorial bust, where it will testify to future generations the affectionate and fraternal regard which binds in closest amity the kindred people who speak the same language on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean...