The Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Volume 8); Literary Criticism. III the Literati. Minor Contemporaries. a Chapter of Suggestions (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1903 Excerpt: ... ris) one of a standing committee for the regulation of a certain class of city affairs--such, for instance, as the getting up a complimentary benefit, or a public demonstration of respect for some deceased worthy, or a ball and dinner to Mr. Irving or Mr. Dickens. Mr. Wetmore is not only a General, but Naval Officer of the Port of New York, Member of the Roard of Trade, one of the Council of the Art Union, one of the Corresponding Committee of the Historical Society, and of more other committees than I can just now remember. His manners are recherchis, courteous--a little in the old-school way. He is sensitive, punctilious; speaks well, roundly, fluently, plausibly, and is skilled in pouring oil upon the waters of stormy debate. He is, perhaps, fifty years of age, but has a youthful look; is about five feet eight in height, slender, neat, with an air of military compactness; looks especially well on horseback. EMMA C. EMBURY Mrs. Embury is one of the most noted, and certainly one of the most meritorious of our female littirateurs. She has been many years before the public, her earliest compositions, I believe, having been contributed to the " New York Mirror " under the nom de plume " Ianthe." They attracted very general attention at the time of their appearance and materially aided the paper. They were subsequently, with some other pieces, published in volume form, with the title "Guido and other Poems." The book has been long out of print. Of late days its author has written but little poetry; that little, however, has at least indicated a poetic capacity of no common order. Yet as a poetess she is comparatively unknown, her reputation in this regard having been quite overshadowed by that which she has acquired as a writer of tales. In this latter capacit...