Edwin Booth, May 1, 1858,- are buried members of three generations of the Booth family. JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH and his wife, Edwin's parents, are buried on the west side of the monument, in one grave, which is marked by two head-stones of white marble. On the east side is the grave of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, unmarked. In the north-west corner of the lot, at the feet of her parents, is the grave of ASIA BOOTH, Mrs. John S. Clarke, marked by a white marble head-stone, of lovely design. A similar stone marks the grave of ROSALIE BOOTH, - who died in 1889, aged 65,—south of the monument and next to that of RICHARD BOOTH, the father of Junius, who died on December 29, 1839, aged 76. The remains of Frederick, Elizabeth, and Mary Ann Booth are buried under the monument. [Henry Byron was buried at Pentonville, London.] The inscriptions upon the monument are as follows:

In the same grave with JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH
is buried the body of MARY ANN, his wife, who
survived him 33 years.

Here follows a medallion portrait of JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH. At one time the following lines,

which, however, were erased by order of Edwin Booth, though not before they had got into

East side:

TO THE MEMORY OF THE CHILDREN OF JUNIUS BRUTUS

AND MARY ANN BOOTH.

JOHN WILKES,

FREDERICK,

ELIZABETH,

MARY ANN,

HENRY BYRON.

BOOTH'S FUNERAL.

EARLY in the morning, Friday, June 9, 1893, the Players assembled at their Club House, No. 16 Gramercy Park, New York, to attend the funeral of Edwin Booth. The assembly was numerous. A large company congregated in the street, and all those spectators uncovered their heads as the hearse passed. The funeral procession was led by two carriages, containing the pall-bearers. Then came the hearse; and behind it followed the carriages of the family and other mourning friends. Last of all walked the Players, led by James Lewis, the comedian, and Judge Joseph F. Daly. The procession moved along the south and west sides of Gramercy Park ; through Twenty-first street to Fifth avenue; up Fifth avenue to Twenty-seventh street; through Twenty-seventh street to Madison avenue; up Madison avenue to Twenty-ninth street; and westward in Twenty-ninth street, to the Church of the Transfiguration, which it reached at five minutes past ten o'clock. At the church gate it was met by Bishop Potter and his assistants, Rev. Dr. George H. Houghton, rector of the church, and Rev. C. W. Bispham, of Washington. was of light oak, with carved corners and bearing this inscription: "Edwin Booth. 1833. Died June 8, 1893." A wreath

The coffin of Booth brass ornamentation, Born November 13, of laurel, tied with

he was

purple ribbon, rested on the lid; and a wreath of laurel, white roses, and palms, was carried behind it, when it was borne into the church. The pall-bearers were Joseph Jefferson, Albert M. Palmer, Charles P. Daly, Eastman Johnson, Horace Howard Furness, William Bispham, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Parke Godwin had been named as a pall-bearer; but, being far away, in a remote part of Maine, unable to attend the funeral. The mourners that followed the coffin were Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Grossman (Edwina Booth), Mrs. D. C. Anderson, Joseph A. Booth, Mrs. William Bispham, Miss Bispham, Mrs. De Wees, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Magonigle and their two daughters, Creston Clarke, Junius Brutus Booth, Sidney Booth, Mrs. John B. Schoeffel (Agnes Booth), Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Douglas, and Mrs. Alfred Grossman. As the procession entered the church Chopin's Funeral March was performed, by the organist, Mr. J. P. Dod. The service lasted about fifteen minutes. At twenty-five minutes past ten the procession left the church, the organist performing the Dead March in Saul. Among the persons present were: C. W. Couldock, J. H. Stoddart, Harry Watkins, John Albaugh, Stuart Robson, Joseph Haworth, E. H. Sothern, Sidney Woollett, H. C. Jarrett, Daniel Frohman, F. F. Mackay, Louis Aldrich, Alexander Salvini, J. B. Schoeffel, Charles Barnard, H. C. Miner, M. W. Hanley, Antonio Pastor, H. C. Rockwood, William F. Owen, George Becks, S. M. Kent, Francis Wilson, Evert Jansen Wendell, Richard Hooley, Mme. Ponisi, Mrs. Louisa Eldridge, Mrs. Minna Gale Haynes, Mrs. A. M. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Kidder, Miss Julia Arthur, Chandos Fulton, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Fiske, R. O. Doremus, W. S. Andrews, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Charles E. Carryl, Austin Brereton, Henry E. Dixey, John T. Malone, Charles Hanford, Richard Watson Gilder, Brander Matthews, Arthur F. Bowers, John A. Harrington, Edward A. Dithmar, Hart Lyman, H. E. Rhoades, Willis F. Johnson, W. H. Frost, Franklin Fyles,

Dr. Charles Phelps, I. N. Ford, J. R. Towse, and G. E. Woodberry. Clement Scott, of the London Telegraph, — who chanced to be passing through New York, on his wedding tour, was present, as the formally appointed representative of Henry Irving, J. L. Toole, E. S. Willard, John Hare, H. Beerbohm-Tree, Charles Wyndham, W. H. Kendal, George Alexander, and A. Chudleigh, of the English stage. Among the flower-pieces placed upon the altar was a massive lyre, made of red roses, sent by those actors, inscribed with the words: "From brother actors of Edwin Booth. We all loved him." A floral star and standard, sent by the Actors' Fund, and a floral pillow, sent by the Forrest Lodge, Actors' Order of Friendship, were also displayed. The vicinity of the church in Twenty-ninth street was densely crowded. After the funeral ceremony was ended, the hearse and carriages, with the body and the mourners, proceeded up Fifth avenue to Forty-third street, and through Forty-third street to the Grand Central railway station, whence the body was conveyed to Boston, by the train starting at II A.M., - attended by Mr. and Mrs. Grossman, Mr. and Mrs. Magonigle, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, Joseph A. Booth, Junius B. Booth, Sidney Booth, and T. B. Aldrich. At half-past five the train reached the Boston and Albany station, where still another numerous company was assembled, the dramatic profession being represented by the venerable Joseph Proctor and his wife and daughter, H. M. Pitt, William Seymour, Napier Lothian, George Wilson, Joseph Sullivan, Shirley Smith, George Riddle, Miss Annie Clarke, and Mrs. M. A. Pennoyer. The funeral cortege, proceeding to Mount Auburn, was joined by Gen. W. W. Blackmar, Professor Joseph Pierce, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Leopold Morse, and other friends; and just at sunset all that was mortal of Edwin Booth was laid in the grave.

BOOTH'S GRAVE.

THE sepulchre of EDWIN BOOTH is in Anemone Path, near Spruce Avenue, Mount Auburn. He was laid beside his first wife, MARY DEVLIN. The remains of his infant son, EDGAR,1child of his second wife, MARY F. MCVICKER,

are also there buried. The spot is marked by a monument, bearing these inscriptions:

North side :

South side:

MARY, WIFE OF EDWIN BOOTH.

Born May 19, 1840.

Died Feb. 21, 1863.

The handful here, that once was Mary's earth,
Held, while it breathed, so beautiful a soul,
That, when she died, all recognised her birth,
And had their sorrow in serene control.

"Not here! not here!" to every mourner's heart
The wintry wind seemed whispering round her bier;
And when the tomb-door opened, with a start,
We heard it echoed from within, "Not here!"

The verses were written by T. W. Parsons- himself now passed away.

On a small stone over the grave of the child is the following inscription:

EDGAR, INFANT SON OF EDWIN AND MARY F. BOOTH.

July 4, 1870.

1 The boy Edgar, born in Booth's theatre, New York, died almost immediately after his birth, to the great disappointment and grief of his parents.