Centenary Celebration of the Birth of Robert Burns, January 25th, 1859
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Excerpt from Centenary Celebration of the Birth of Robert Burns, January 25th, 1859: The Prize Poem, Written in Honour of the Occasion, Words of the Songs to Be Sung, and Account of the Relics On the 9th of November, 1858, the Directors of the Crystal Palace Company published an advertisement, stating their intention of celebrating the Centenary of the birth of Robert Burns by a grand Festival at the Crystal Palace. At the same time, they offered a prize of Fifty Guineas, under certain conditions, for the best Poem celebrating the occasion, and to be recited during the Festival, while they solicited the loan of relics and memorials of the Poet, which were to be exhibited on the occasion. An ample response was made. A week after the announcement appeared, several Poems were sent in; by the 20th of December more than one hundred had been received. From that time up to the 1st of January, which was fixed as the period after which poems could no longer be accepted in competition for the prize, great numbers were received daily. On the 31st of December no fewer than 98 were delivered by one post, and the total number sent in on that day was 122. On the 2nd of January, 621 poems were collected, of which 9 came from America. 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.
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