Winthrop's Statue in Scollay Square.

GOVERNOR WINTHROP'S RETURN TO BOSTON.

AN INTERVIEW

WITH

A GREAT CHARACTER.

A Poem

READ AT A SOCIAL MEETING OF FIRST CHURCH, AND
ALSO AT THE THURSDAY EVENING CLUB,
MARCH 25, APRIL 20, 1882.

BY G. WASHINGTON WARREN.

"Interviews are a modern species of literature, in which the author attempts to give a fancy sketch of the known or supposed opinions of the party interviewed."

BOSTON:
A. WILLIAMS AND COMPANY,
The Corner Bookstore
1883.

Three hundred copies printed.

Copyright, 1883,
BY G. WASHINGTON WARREN.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

TO

ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP,

THE DISTINGUISHED DESCENDANT OF

GOVERNOR JOHN WINTHROP,

A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR, A STATESMAN AND AN ORATOR,
IN WHOM THE VIRTUES OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTOR
ARE HAPPILY BLENDED,

This Little Book,

AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF HIGH ESTEEM,
IS INSCRIBED

BY THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

Governor Winthrop's Return to Boston

His Statue in Scollay Square
The Covenant of First Church
His Observations on his Return
The "Stocks" of his Time
The Changes since, and those which are to come
Rev. John Wilson's Vision
The Thursday Lecture and Thursday Club
President William B. Rogers and his Death
The new President of the Club
Josiah Quincy's Estimate of Winthrop
Winthrop's Life and Services

An Interview with a Great Character

Silence and Darkness in Scollay Square
Winthrop appears to the Writer
He disclaims being Venerable
Age not reckoned in Spirit-land
He refers to First Church and its History
And predicts its still Greater Success
The Winthrop Cup
New Things and Old
His Reflections on Wealth
The Example of John Harvard
The Spiritual the Substantial
The Proper Site of his Statue
Winthrop's Benediction and Departure

ILLUSTRATIONS.

WINTHROP'S STATUE IN SCOLLAY SQUARE … … Frontispiece

THE "STOCKS" OF THE OLDEN TIME

THE FIRST CHURCH, ON MARLBOROUGH STREET