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Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, Address of F. M. Hawes at Memorial service October 31, 1909. (search)
rches, archaeological expeditions, a little fiction, and much poetry. He loved to read poetry aloud. Sometimes he would read a serious poem in comic fashion, to create a laugh. The last time was on Thanksgiving night, when surrounded by his family. He had been poorly all day. Just as he was about to retire for the night, he was urged to give a reading, some one saying it would not seem like Thanksgiving without it. He turned back and read for an hour in his happiest vein, winding up with Grey's Elegy, read in such an amusing way as quite to change its character, and leave every one laughing. Two weeks later and he was gone, never to return. In connection with his reading, we ought to mention that he was a great admirer of the first Napoleon, and collected all the books he could find about him. Mr. Elliot was a collector in the real sense of the word. He loved books, especially old books, and was fond of attending book auctions. His library numbers several thousand volumes