The Life and Letters of James Gates Percival (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Life and Letters of James Gates Percival When I began the work, several years later, amid the pressing engagements of a parish priest, my progress was slow and discouraging. I had never seen or known the poet, and had not his friends generously and confidingly come to my aid, and given me their kind assistance, I could not have gone on. Indeed, my work has been mainly and chiefly the editing of the poet's own letters and papers, and the reminiscences of those who knew him intimately. Much material was furnished by the partially prepared memoir of the late Erasmus D. North, M. D., whose work, had his life been spared, would have been a far more complete delineation of the poet than mine. His surviving brother has freely imparted to me facts concerning his earlier life. His friends in New Haven, Professor Noah Porter, the late Professor Silliman, the late Edward C. Herrick, Professor James D. Dana, the late Professor Goodrich, Henry White, William G. Webster, Benjamin Noyes, Charles Monson, and Mrs. Aaron N. Skinner have assisted me whenever they could, and I am indebted to many other citizens, whose names I am not permitted to give, for essential help. 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.