The John Keats House Memorial Volume

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ISBN 13 : 9781332574216
Total Pages : 326 pages
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Download or read book The John Keats Memorial Volume (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The John Keats Memorial Volume Few words seem necessary to introduce the varied contributions of homage to Keats contained in this volume, yet it may be well to trace the origin of the undertaking of which this book is one of the culminations. In the latter part of last year (1919) rumours reached various persons resident in Hampstead that there was a possibility of the house and garden in Keats Grove passing into the hands of a speculative builder, as its owner, who was living in the Colonies, desired to dispose of the property, and had opened up negotiations for sale. It was felt by many that it would be a desecration if the house in which Keats had lived for some considerable time, and the garden in which he rejoiced, and beneath whose trees he composed some of his most exquisite poems, should be utterly destroyed, and its site, a little oasis of charm, be covered by a huge pile of modern mansions. Two or three persons had it in mind to start a movement against such a desecration, and made various enquiries concerning such a possibility. In January, 1920, Mr. E. F. Seymour, the Honorary Librarian of the Poetry Society, started an agitation in the local Press, and on February 1st he laid some facts before a meeting called at Rosslyn Hill Chapel, and over which Mr. Robert H. H. Cust, a member of the Hampstead Borough Council, presided. The Mayor of Hampstead, who had been already considering the desirability of taking proceedings, then took the matter up, and, feeling assured that such untoward and irreparable destruction of an historic building and site would be repugnant to all admirers of Keats's works, promptly secured a short option on the property, and, on March 2nd, called together a meeting of persons likely to be interested in a scheme for the preservation of the house and the garden. By his praiseworthy action he saved the situation. 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.