Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . ourse, is Harvard House, theearly home of the mother ofJohn Harvard, described inPart I under Cambridge. It is told on good authoritythat the great American show-man, P. T. Barnum of Bridge-port, Stratfords neigh
Towns of New England and old England, Ireland and Scotland .. connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England, Ireland and Scotland; containing narratives, descriptions, and many views, some done from old prints; also much matter pertaining to the founders and settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic; . ourse, is Harvard House, theearly home of the mother ofJohn Harvard, described inPart I under Cambridge. It is told on good authoritythat the great American show-man, P. T. Barnum of Bridge-port, Stratfords neighboringcity, once endeavored to pur-chase Shakespeares birthplaceto exhibit at his circuses inthis country, while at anothertime some German professorsasked permission to examineShakespeares brain to deter-mine whether its size wasin proportion to his last request was madein spite of the fact that the poet himself is said to have requested that this verseshould be cut on his tombstone:— Good frend for Jesus sake forbeare,To digg the dust encloased heare:Bleste be y*^ man y spares thes stones,And curst be he y*^ moves my bones. The Connecticut town is mindful of the fact that it is named for William Shake-speares home across the seas and, in his memory and as a further recognition ofthe common literature and heritage of the two countries, the donor of the Stratford. Ikoto^rapked by Douglas McNeill,Sir atjord-on-Avon Kindness Ian Forbes-Roberison, Esq. SHAKESPEARE FOUNTAIN, STRATFORD-ON-AVON,ENGLAND, presented by George W. Childs, of Philadelphia. It was dedi-cated in 1887, the jubilee year of Queen Victoria, the principalspeech being made by Henry Irving. A letter from JamesRussell Lowell was read at the dedication, as well as a poemwritten especially for the occasion by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 178 STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT
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