Excerpt from Address at the Funeral of Mr. Henry T. Tuckerman, (Born April 20, 1813; Died Dec; 17, 1871) At All Souls' Church, New York, December 21, 1871 IT is not often that we are called to min gle with its parent dust the ashes of a purer, brighter flame than that which has just mounted to its Source. A man of letters has suddenly dropped out of the fellowship of those who live by the pen. The indefatigable scribe has writ ten his ]ast line, and the cunning has gone out of his restless fingers. The active brain has ceased to muse and ponder. The attentive eye, so long fixed with philos0phic curiosity upon the universe of men and things, is forever shut. The record of a long literary life is ended; and the poet, critic, biographer has gone back to the Author of his being, to render up an author's account of his stewardship. Not until his facul ties had reached their utmost deve'lopment not until his large opportunities had been fullv improved; not until he had given, in almost every form, the evidences of his fine gifts, and added numerous instructive and pleasing works to our young literature, has he left us and yet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.