THE ALCOTT MEMORIAL

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1457, 4 June 1912, Page 9

THE ALCOTT MEMORIAL

,■ Almost every .school , jjii'l in KhcilisiipponV.ip.a cgiintriq.s,. is familiar ivith ilio ■ilpiisjliiffVtl-- books? written 'bjv..ppvis» < \M'aSfAlcott,- which Ihe 'hcginiuiis : .lipeiV ncc.cptctl. as'staiHlard; \vbi'ks .of'iic.(.ion ; for. \v.o: - .;0!i sillitos't;-' of. SI 1.- ap:e;s>_. •,■,: ■■■._ J ; The news that "Orchard House,f at Con-. ..:cbrdi. :JljissabhuSetts,;nsas .been purchased, a? a-memorial to Miss Aicott; will i>loaj-<*' this jjiVtcd " : This net is (writes (he "Outbok") out of thbfe cmiwmtly appropriate expressions : of gratitude anil affection which o'ecasion- ■ ally unite good t.-u'tc. historic intoii'-t, and personal affection- iriVtha cpmriiciiiprat'ou ■of ..tlic. 'life ■ anil; jvork,;6 pujilic- soryant;:; ■for anyone who contribute:- to the nation's reading matter as r.rach wholesome, sov.ml. and interesting. material as was Mnrttihuted ljv Miss Alcott is a public, ■pei-sp.iv 'ai'.cl far more'worthy of belli:; held, in perpetual.' ■ inp.mb'i'S*"vt I?aii'*niaily- : -nieit ;: of ■ iiiprh station, in public. Site, ; : " Concord' i.-; in iHelf a' iiioii'.oriul 'pf, the" : greatest ■atui'.e; aiirf 'tlie Orchard; House' is, a', bit-; of old Xov Kinr'and, bniutifniiy framed.The old v.iUrtKe Av'ill. al\vdy,'s; b.e a.. : >[occav. ■■for 1 literary pilgrims; and..every locality with which Ila.v'r-' tliorno, Thoreau, anil Alcott _ are associated ou;;ht to ho -scared as far as possibh- from Uio'touch of .timei The con-' •■triljiiatiifiis. re.cei.yecV by< : .the Al'coit: com;initte'c: .amomvi' to .GOOfV .dolb.v.s, .'aiid' ; 'tho ,: pleasant feature of the collection of'tho. moricv has 1*?: i that if has conio .in snuiU atirbiipf-s-frptn. from T'i:i.'la'iid,.Tt.a!y. and South An;erica. ■ |,"Die iOrch'ar(l,,,Tlou.Sis-., liiisi- lieeti- :plaeed'. 'in , .excellent; repair, and the ■co.in.niiit'e'f .ara cniTeavouriiig w.liei'ov.ey' articles which oviiinn'.ly belonged in ihe f house, or we're dirco.tlv associated- with tlui Alcott family. ThVy pi-ipose to put ; thQ-ilfpuw.:t? jar as possible in. precisely tl.i". in which, thi?, :Vlc6t't -fa.mjlv- • left ii. From Hie fii>t of Inst month' it ■ was open to the public as visitors, with an admission fee. of 25;cqhts, which money? ; will lw devoted tc.wards .cpy'er'i.iis' the' yniiliing oxpohf'es 111 connection; witlv '(-lie' permanent care- ftf the property;