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A statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is to be dedicated Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in Longfellow Memorial Park, Cambridge. The monument is the work of Mr. Daniel Chester French, sculptor, and Mr. Henry Bacon, architect. It is located in the centre of the Longfellow Memorial Park which extends south from Brattle street to Mt. Auburn street, opposite the Longfellow home.
The monument is a bas-relief in Knoxville pink marble, representing six figures of characters taken from the poet's best known works, in front of which is set on a projecting pedestal a Bronze portrait bust of Longfellow. The most interesting part of the statue is the bas-relief in the marble slab, depicting the characters in Longfellow's poems, Miles Standish, Sandolphon, the Village Blacksmith, the Spanish Student, Evangeline, and Hiawatha. The tablet is in Renaissance style, and is exquisitely shaped and carved.
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