W. P. ANDREWS' REMARKS. 5 



and extended extracts from Mr. Very's own poetry, some 

 of which was also quoted at length, to exhibit his intense 

 and absorbing love of Nature, both for her own sake and 

 as a Divine Interpreter to man. 



The prose essays, included in this early volume, were 

 spoken of as having great merit, and as being distin- 

 guished by much of the melodious movement which 

 marks the lyric quality of Mr. Very's verse, for which 

 latter, Bryant, Emerson, Dana, and many other excellent 

 judges have predicted an immortality. It was sug- 

 gested that Mr. Very's writings had lent a spiritual and 

 personal interest to the scenery about Salem, which would 

 prove a worthy complement to the historic and romantic 

 pageantry with which his friend Hawthorne's brilliant 

 imagination had already filled its streets. 



A warm tribute to Mr. Very's worth as a man was 

 quoted from a personal letter by Rev. K. C. Waterston, 

 his life-long friend, and the fact of his death at Salem 

 on the 8th of May, a. d., 1880, related. 



Mr. Andrews concluded by remarking that though all 

 that was mortal of Jones Very had ceased from life, his 

 work had hardly yet begun its mission. His poetry 

 would long remain a gushing brooklet, bringing cheer 

 and refreshment to many weary lives. His gentle spirit 

 still sheds its benediction upon all who were fortunate 

 enough to know him ; an influence that will remain un- 

 forgotten, while his favorite the Windflower blooms with 

 a "meek, confiding grace," that fitly typifies his spirit, 

 or his kinsfolk the columbines still nod and beckon from 

 their " craggy hill." 



MR. SILSBEE'S REMARKS. 



Mr. Edward A. Silsbee, being called upon, spoke sub- 

 stantially as follows : 



