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Magazine Medalists
(See p. 258.)
1858—John Johnson, Charleston, S. C., subject, "Drudgery and
Leisure."1859—James McDowell Graham, Lexington, Va., "The Worship
of Nature."1860—Leigh Robinson, Washington, D. C., "What Will He Do
With It?"1868—A. M. Miller, Petersburg, Va., "The Bacchal of Euripides."
1870—Charles Wickliffe Yulee, Fernandina, Fla., "Michael
Angelo."1872—Thomas A. Seddon, Fredericksburg, Va., "The Ballad
of the Ancient Mariner."1873—R. T. W. Duke, Jr., Charlottesville, Va., "Old Letters."
1874—William W. Thum, Louisville, Ky., "The Death of Marlowe."
1875—Marcus B. Almond, Charlottesville, Va., "Glendower."
1876—Leo N. Levi, Galveston, Texas, "Charles II and His
Times."1877—William P. Kent, Virginia, "The Moral Significance of
the American Centennial."1878—Dudley G. Wooten, Texas, "Uncrowned Heroes."
1879—Walter S. Lefevre, Maryland, "Queen Mab: A Study
in Shelley."1880—William Cabell Bruce, Virginia, "John Randolph."
1881—Samuel H. James, Louisiana, "Diogenes Teufelsdrockh."
1883—James Gazaway Ryals, Georgia, "Tennyson and The
Idyls of the King."1885—Blewitt H. Lee, Mississippi, "Shakespeare's Songs."
1886—John Singleton Mosby, Virginia, "The Story of the
Nile."1887—Frank E. Corbett, Texas, "Napoleon III."
1888—Ernest M. Stires, Virginia, "The Eastern Question."
1889—Thomas Longstreet Wood, Virginia, "Life in Shiflet's
Hollow."1890—H. Snowden Marshall, Maryland, "A Crusade by
Turks."1891—Stuart-Menteth Beard, Louisiana, "Essex and Bacon."
1892—Charles Trotter Lassiter, Virginia, "The Parliament of
Man."1893—Charles Hall Davis, Virginia, "The Chief of Women
Poets."1894—J. Spottiswood Taylor, Virginia, "An Unenterprising
Fellow."1895—John Handy Hall, Virginia, "Marah."
1896—Schuyler Poitevent, Mississippi, "The Strange Music of
Biloxi Bay." Story.J. Pierce Bruns, Louisiana, Translation medal.
1897—Morris P. Tilley, Virginia, "Coffee Houses and Coffee
Drinkers." Essay.Mayer L. Halff, Texas, Translation medal.
J. Pierce Bruns, Louisiana, Original Verse medal.
1898—E. L. Grace, Virginia, "Sidney Lanier." Essay.
L. P. Chamberlayne, Virginia, Translation medal.
J. W. Rice, Texas, Original Verse medal.
J. W. Rice, Texas, "A Sketcher of Skulls." Story.
1899—Carol M. Newman, Virginia, "Some Charms of Kipling."
Essay.Philip F. DuPont, Delaware, Original Verse medal.
Morris P. Tilley, Virginia, "The Body-Snatching of Mr.
Peppers." Story.1901—Carol M. Newman, Virginia, "P. R. R. 1313." Story.
1902—John W. Wayland, Virginia, "Two Elements of a Literary
Atmosphere, and Virginia's Title to Them."
Essay.1902—Robert B. Tunstall, Virginia, "A Victim of Chivalry."
Story.Leonidas R. Whipple, Missouri, "Is the Literary Centre
of the United States Moving Westward?" Essay.1903—W. McC. James, Maryland, "A Strange Case." Story.
E. N. Calisch, Virginia, "The Settlement at Jamestown."
Essay.1904—W. McC. James, Maryland, "The Syndicate of Crime."
Story.1905—James C. Bardin, Virginia, "The Last Crime." Story.
A. Frederick Wilson, New Jersey, "Poetry and the
Present Day." Essay.
The original verse medal was won by Lewis P.
Chamberlayne of Virginia in 1902, H. R. Denton of
New York in 1903, by John W. Wayland of Virginia
in 1904, and by A. Frederick Wilson of New
Jersey in 1905.
The Colonial Dames of Virginia give a prize in
money each year for the best essay appearing in the
magazine on some subject related to colonial Virginia
history. These have been won by John W.
Wayland in 1901, C. C. Wright in 1902, John I.
Viney in 1903, Robert H. Webb in 1904, and by
John W. Wayland in 1905. All of the winners of
this prize have thus far been Virginians.
Mr. William Jennings Bryan has established a
prize for the best essay in the magazine on the
theory of government. The winners thus far have
been John W. Wayland (successful twice), and R.
H. Latham of Virginia.
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