Show self made literary men in ako tko II urd sir james T fields writes an interesting te letter describing bayard taylora first appearance in boston it reminds me of how many there are distinguished in american literature who have obtained hia position without the aidon a college education bayard taylor was a poor printers boy and he became tho most versatile of our authors with a reputation in both continents and ft position of the highest rank both in public estimation and in that of his associates when he camo to boston thirty four years ago after emerging from obscurity into favor through his own efforts the two men who were the most active in taking him by the hand were mr james T fields himself alien only recently a booksellers apprentice and mr edwin P whippie who was up of a boston newsroom news room mony other examples both earlier and later will doubtless occur to your reader the whole array of eminent women who have done so much for our national reputation bo included in the list maria brooks mariade occidente dente who waa BO praised bv southey and whose reputation as lately revived in harpers magazine by Z B maria brooks was the wife of a boston tailor from her down to mrs stowe and her later fistere si stere the list is a strong one take too the younger writers of boston today to day mr william D ll like bayard taylor began life in a printing office and never had the advantages of a university mr T B aidrich got his education only in the schools and in trade except aliat he obtained hy belt culture and mr G r lathrop i not a col leac educated man mr F II 11 un derwood the projector and ono of the editors of alie atlantic monthly and a very scholarly man both in taste and achievement ought to be added to this list of those who were not dependent upon a college education |