Show aft arte beerly dajc an uTi unfortunate fortunate incident of the early career of bret harte grew grow out of hie his acceptance acce otance of an invitation to deliver a phi beta kappa poem at harvard boon soon after ho he had published lahod hie his poem concerning truthful jamea james he came to cambridge and supplemented a learned address from ono one of the philosophers of the time with a washy poem that any amateur poet might have addressed to hie his mie mlis eyebrows it fell very flat on the distinguished audience and ro 10 one appreciated this thin fact better than brot harte after the literary ex were over tho the hosts looked around for the poet but he was nowhere to te found he lie had escaped through the back doo door without waiting to make his formal adleor new york post |