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, he was 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,

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. The coffin of Booth was of light oak, with carved corners and brass ornamentation, bearing this inscription: "Edwin Booth. Born November 13,

1833. Died June 8, 1893." A wreath of laurel, tied with

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, he was 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 11 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.

“Pray for him, gentle souls, whoe'er ye be.”