Excerpt from Longfellow Memorial Address: Before the Alumni of Bowdoin College, July 12, 1882 My Dear Sir -the Trustees and Overseers of Bowdoin College, at their last session, desired me to express to you their grateful recognition of your kindness in giving the memorial address on Longfellow, and their high ap preciation of the manner in which you portrayed his character and genius. Desiring to preserve so valuable a memorial of so beloved a graduate and Professor of the College, they respectfully request a copy of the address for publication. 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.