AUDUBON.



him. For many months he groped in a sort of
twilight obscurity until the night of death
came, January 29, i851. At the last hour his
dying eyes took on their old lustre and looked
recognition at the dear ones around him as he
peacefully passed away.
    " Oh, tired heart, thou hast the best
      That Heaven itself could give thee, rest."
  The life of Audubon is best known through
the touching and admirable memoir written by
his widow. With a truthful and sympathetic
pen she well interprets the personal and artistic
nature of the man.
  His works live after him, and are now ex-
tremely valuable and rare owing to the original
plates having been destroyed by fire. At a
recent sale in London a copy of his life-size
illustrations sold for 2500.
  Nowhere has Audubon been more appre-
ciated than in his own country. Many of his
original drawings have been mounted, and
are now in possession of the New York His-
torical Society. In April, i893, a splendid



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