New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-04-27
Curious Literary Relics,

Milton was born at the Spread Eagle, Bread stree
4 Cheapside, December 9th, 1905 and was buried N,
yember, 1874, in St. Giess Church, Cripplerat.
without even stoIe in the first instance, to mar
nIs resnng pace but IN 1913 bust and tablet wer
SET up 70 his memory by public subscription Milton
before be resided in Jewin Gardens, Aldersgate,
neeVed to have removed to and kept school in larg
mouse on the west side Of Aldersgate street. whereof
meI the City Of London Literary and Scientific Inst
tuition previously to the rebuilding of their premise
IN 1883. Millions London residences have ALL witt
one exception, disappeared, and cannot be recog
nzed. This is in Petty France, Westminster, wher
the poet lived from 1861 to 1862 The lower part o
the house is chambers shop; the parlor up-stair
looks into ST. James Park. Here part of paradise
Lost was written The house belonged to Jerem,
Bentham. who caused to be placed on its front
tablet inscribed Sacred to Milton, Prince of Poets
In the same glass case with Shakspeares autographs
IN the British Museum, is printed copy of the Ee
gles on Mr.. Edward King, the subject Of Lycidas
with some corrections in the text in Miltons hand
writing. Framed and glazed in the library of thu
late Mr.. Rogers, the poet, hung the written agree
ment between Milton and his publisher, Simmons, fo
the copyright OF his " Paradise LOST
WILLS OF SHAKESPEARE, MILTON AND NAPOLEON
The last wills and testaments of these three grea
men are tied up in one sheet of foolscap and may bt
| seen at Doctors Commons, London. In the will q
the Bard of Avon is an interneation in his owI
| handwriting: II give unto my wife my second best
bed, with the furniture; 1t is proved by William
| Buyd, 22d of July, 1915. The will of the Minstrel
S uuuCupatlVe one, taken by his dauph
ter the great poet being blind. The will Of Napoleon
is signed in bold style of writing the coidc on
the contrary written shortly before his death exhibits
the then weak state of his body.
MAGMA CHARTA REcovERED.-The transcript of
Magma Charta now in the British Museum was dis.
by Sir Robert Cotton in the possession of his
tailor, just aboutto cut the precious document
out into measures for his customers. Sir Robert re.
deemed the valuable curiosity at the price of old
parchment and thus recovered what had long been
supposed irretrieyabylost
RELICS OF Dr. JOHNSON AT LIcHFIELD.-The house
IN which DIR. johnson was born at Lichfed, stands
upon the west side OF the market place, and was
in lS47 occupied as q diapers shop and residence
In the center of the marketplace is colossal statue
q johnson seated upon square pedestal. 1t is by
Lucas, and was executed at the expense of the Rev
Chancellor Lowe, in 1888. By the side of a foot
path leading from Dam street to Stow, formerly
stood large willow said to have been planted by
johnson. 1t was blown down in 1929, but one of its
shoots was preserved and planted upon the same
spot. It is now a large tree and is known as John
sons Willow. Mr.. Lomax, who has for many years
kept booksellers shop--the Johnson's Head, in
Bird street, Lichfedpo several articles that
handed down by a clear and indisputable ownership
Amongst them is his own book Of Common Prayer,
IN which are written in pencil the four Latin lines
printed in Strahans edition of the Doctors prayers
There are also Sacrament Book with the Doctors
wife's name in it, in his own hand.wrting an auto
graph letter of the Doctors to Miss Porter; two tea
spoons ivory tablet and breakfast table; Viss
chers Atlas, PACED by the Doctor, and a manuscript
INDEX; DaViss Life Of Garrick, presented to Dir.
johnson by the publisher; a walking.cane and a
Dictionary of Heather Mythology, with the Doctors
manuscript corrections; his wife's weddingrng and
massive chair in which he cusomarily sat- are also
IN Mr.. LomaX's possession. There are few persons
now living who ever saw Dr. johnson among them
is Mr. Dyott, of Lichfied. This was eighty years
ago, or in l774 when the doctor and Boswell on their
tour into Wales, stopped at Ashbourne and there
9isted MI Dyott's father, who was then residing at
Ashbourne Hall.
VARIOUS RELfCs.-In the grounds of Arlington
ABBEY, Morthamptonshre stands Gerriok's mulberry
me OF its limbs: "This tree was planted by David
1afl1ck, ESQ., at the request of Ann ThursbY as a |
rowing testimony Of their friendship, l77S." Henry
Alrhe Mmte favorlte tree, wherein he had cut H.
sorthumberland, till it was cut down by the wood.
lan's axe but in yeneration for the poets memory
ne portion bearing his initials was carefully preserved
= an elegant gilt frame. An English traveller, de-
lfous Of possessing memorial of Madame DeSeygne,
purchased, for the sum of eighteen thousand francs
he staircase of her chateauat Provence Sir Isaac
aeWtons solar dial, which was cut in stone and at
ached to the Manor at Woolstrop, Lincolnshire, is
oW placed in the Royal Society's collection. Some
ears ago curious arm chair which had belonged to
lay, the poet was sold by public aaction at Barn
table, his native place. 1t contained drawer un-
erneath the seat, at the extremity of which was
mailer drawer connected with rod in front by
'hich 1t was drawn out Benjamin Franklin's fine
rab-tree walking-stick, with a gold head curiousy |
wrought in the form OF cap of liberty, is bequeat
in codicil of bis will to 1.-THE friend of mankind
General Washington. adding that, had it been a
ceptre, he has merited it, aud would become it,
'hrope's Catalogue of Autographs Qs43) includes
letter from Miss Smith, of Arundale, forwarding to
he Earl of Buchan chip taken from the coffin of
le poet Burns, when his body was removed from his
rst grave to the mausoleum erected to his memory
urlbr prlT lnp1f No Il
Monthbard, in Burgundy, was Bufon's study, and
gether with the garden in which the great naturalist
'ed to recreate- himself, wasreligously kept up by
lie inhabitants.