New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-11

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,.;...ee IN acting them down at toenty, IN my last
1t, Iw,ote seresty which may be something be-
,..d The mark, as wrote merely from memory; boz
a., ere certainly more than the twice Of twenty
U..ever, as Mr.. Toots says, "its of no con'e-
>eesce."
<,,opos 10 Mr.. Dowse and his books. l must
III YOU Of another private library which has been
,,ely add ed by the bequest of its owner to Pueho
enc, and 10 worth telling Of in connection VIII MS
18th for the resemblsnces and the differences WHICH
may be noticed between the collections ana inc COZ,
hrtoy,. was at Cambridge yesterday and, as
lad heard that the library lately bequea'hed "
tAe University there by DR.. Henry W. "s~'
If this city was we'll worth the looking az
vent in TO see what it was Ike, ala
certainly never saw anything exactly hse II.
Or. Wales evidently had as much Oh Pas11on 'o'
nll copies as Frederick the Great had i0r la nell.
md Il was as plain that he even outrah sir' Do"se
n the magnfcence OF 6,s Ias.e III ' th aau @;
Tan copies, did say Giants were they many OF
Mem. and in such splendid uniforms OF white vel
~ and cold, Such Homer from the Press OF
Rodoui OF Parma, worthy of the golden casket OF
Alexander the Great The Latin Poets, too, from
Abe anne famous hand, were fit companions Oi the
Epif Chef aud oil Ms OGtth loHOWmS. on NV
,ure whether the stupendously beautiful Dante was
from Bodoni's Press or not, but if not, it was from
FIAT OF a worthy rival were ArlostO, Boccacclo
and Tasso. and other Italian classics-tall fellows
all though less by the head than the Tuscan Father
For, you must observe, there was this special dli-
farepce between DR.. Wales's books and Mr.. DOwses,
fhst whereas The latter were all English the former
we're everything but that. They consist of Greek,
Latin, Italian and German books manly, with
lew Spanish and Portuguese, and pretty COM
plete collection Of modern Greek authors. 1t was
ne hncy, OF rather the judgment OF DR.. Wales, to
have his books bound in the countries from which
they respectively came, in the greatest perfection
of which the masters of the bOOkbndng craft there
were capable. If you should not be satisfied with
the authors of the languages have named, you can
amuse yourself with the five or SIX quart0 volumes
Of Nababbarata, or the seven or eight OF the Rano-
yaDs, the famous Sanscrt poems. Or, IL you III.
cline to refresh your memory as to the history OF
Krishna, you will find the Bhagayata all ready 70
your hand. And should you happen not to be
xp in your Sanscrit (Which is just possible,
though l cannot think it likely) here is
0 very complete collection of the apparatus
necessary to rub up your knowledge of the same.
Such as Hammer. Purgsta DIETER known to the
English reader of twenty years ago as the demOl-
isher of Capt. Basil Hall for his apocryphal ac-
count of his vis! to the Countess Purgsta, Walter
SCOTS early friend, Miss Cranstoun, at Scho;s
Hainfeldt) GOrresiO, Schlegel Lassen, BOpp,
B&ehtlpgk, BOurDOuf and a few others, whose
names are equally familiar to the general reader.
In short, Dr. Wales's library was entirely library
Of editions de lure of the most luxurious descrip
tion the Sanscrit apparatus being scarcely an e1-
ception, SO extensively are the books composing 1t
The books, however, over which l spent the chief
Of the hour or two had to spare for this visit were
She illustrated works, which had never happened
20 meet with before. Such as Gerhard's Etruscan
hnf llv
Canina's Edifces of Rome. In this magnificent
work, you see on the page before you, say, the
palace Of the Caesars as 1t is now, where
-C.ssr's chambers and the Augustsr halls
Grovel on earth in indsnct decay
and then, turning the leaf you find yourself stand
inQ before it. restored it was when the Caesars
awelt there. There it is:
The structure, skill Of nobest architects;
With glded battle ments, conspicuous lar,
Tunets and terraces, and gitteng spires"
And so of all the other adOrnments of the crown
and robe Of Imperial Rome, her towers aud her
'tempes proudly elevate"
"Porches and thcsters, baths. squeduets
Statues and trophies and triumphsl area"
It was like being taken to the Rome of Traian
and the Antonines to look over it, You can 90 iutO
the baths of Caracalla after taking walk in the
Forum, and thence proceed to the Circus MaXimus
Or the Coliseum, ii disposed for games, or, If
piously Inclined you may climb
up 10 the everlasting gates
OF Capitolisn Jove"
In abort il interested and entertained me vastly,
end see, has betrayed me into making more quo
tations (Which hate) than l have done this year
past. But, you see, they saved me the trouble OF
looking up epithets on my own account.
The lives Of theee two lovers OF elegant letters
and of elegant books, who both gave their libraries
10 public uses about the same time were as differ
ent the character Of their collectors. MI Dowse
knew no language but English; DIR. Wales spoke
and read all manner of unknown tongues. The first
lived to the extreme of old age the second died in
the very prime of his days. Mr. D0wse rose from
the ranks and fought bis way up to competence,
which was afluence to him. DR.. Wales, as the
son of an Opulent merchant, never knew the want
of money, and succeeded at his fathers death to
plentiful fortune. The one had spent all his days
In CambridgepOrt. The other had roamed at his
pleasure over the world. Yet they both had sub
stsntialy the taste-gratifed it to the utmost
in the several directions that il led them and both
gave their treasures, when they were done with
them, to public institutions where they could give
The largest pleasure and be of the most general USE
If the example of Mr.. DOwse was instructive as
showing how compatible taste for elegant ltera-
ture is with the daily labor of handicraft, that of
DIR. Wales was not less as an instance of young
man of expectations and of fortune, finding Lis
pleasure in unusual studies instead of frivolous
amusements OF vicious indulgences Both lives
though SO different from one another, teach good
and useful lesson and both have eit q permanent
and most appropriate monument oil the uses to
which they were put.
DIR. Wales graduated at Cambridge in 1853, aud
studied medicine in this country and in Paris, but
1 believe never attempted practice. He visited
Europe three times. The first time he travelled
extensively, visiting Spain, Egypt, and some por.
lions Of the East beside the usual routine of
tourists lie delighted in the study of languages,
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