New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-22
!. .s = ,or. Of il. Edit,ons hath been sdronted,

one OF them, they 30 prlnbd tDosc WI"
" IIo. I6l, Printers have persecuted me. Matter
;,s,;ses tha. be was a thousand leagues from The
press. The errors are very numerous, ."o cIC.ey
printed folio pages being occupied 10 pointing ,hem
ont: and some OF them must have d~aAehed IA"
wrath OF the GOOD minister. Among other things
IN this big book il the funeral sermon OF the Rev.
Mr. John Baiy, very powerful discourse ana
very long one, which must, Ia preparation ana oe-
livery, have consumed consde'aole portion o' Tue
nes,Iv ff,een folio pages. Many extracts are gwen
from the disry of the Rev. Mr.. Baly, OF which the
fIl,,;nc "a seasonAble. " was too orgetfni OF God,
:, and exceeding in Tobacco The lord pardon
.. that" And how much pain it gives one 10 read
the following: TINS day have been more cheaf-
.lul than i have been OF q 0tg time. IL hAtl
afflicted me- since fearing It was not suitable
Poor Mr. Raily with bis dismaI pain. Of the
gout." with a complication OF Other ma.adies
not allowing himself TOO much tobacco nor to
many ,miles There is something affecting N
Natier's account of his death " He sad, His gio-
" rious angels are come for me upon the saying
whereof be closed his own eyes, about the time
when be still opened hls Bible for his pubic
b. lsbors: on the Lords Day about three IA the
[" afternoon: and be never opened them any more"
Mr.. John Adams of whose library am writing,
gave "a the inhabitants Of the town Of Quincy, BY
deed dated August TO- 1S22 the fragments of
nv library, which still remain in my possession,
erceptipe a few that shall reserve for my con-
ISOLATION in the remaining few days that remain TO
me-" AT the same time he founded Greek and
Latin school, and directed that the books should be
deposited in the scE0Ol-building, and that none
" Of the books should ever be sod, exchanged or
" lent or suffered to be removed from the apart
" meBt without a solemn vote Of majority
4" of the superntendents." The Academy build
ing is not vet erected but will soon be- COM
menced. Meanwhile the books remain in an
upper room Of the Town Hail. The library ls
large and curious containing, OF course, lew
very modern works, but being rich in standard
histories the classics, old law works and political
treatises Ii is now of little, if OF any, use to the
people of Quincy, except as monument OF their
greatest fellow. citizen. think IT would have been
better if the books had been given to Harvard Col
lege with directions for preserving them forever by
themselves, in aIcoves set apart for the purpose.
But the people of Quincy may well be proud of
them even if they do not care TO read them. AT
present, although catalogued, the books are not
well arranged aod indeed they are very badly cat
aogued. There are, in a closet, about five bushels
of pamphlets which long 10 investigate, want OF
time and a deal Of dust alone preventing me from
doing so. Thus promising, l 60 on with my rough
notes of these treasures.
Mr.. Adams was great but miscellaneous reader
He evidently picked up considerable portions OF ms
library abroad at book sales 1t is therefore, very
common 10 find the names of former owners In MS
books. "Lc ReroiutiOni dc Napoh, descrine dat
AHessandyo GiraG Venice 1647," was formerly
the property of Lord Winchelsea. "LcS Histories
"de PoiuJe, de la Traduction de r. Duyer. Paris:
1865 belonged to Lord Tullamore. Many of the
books presentation copies. Thus, In Marshalls
Life of Washington, find the following upon the
Iy-leaf: Mr.. Adams is requested to accept a copy
"of the Life of Washington as small token of the
"respect and achment of his obliged and ebedent
"seryant-The Author" Gov. POwnars "Ad-
"mnistration of the British Colonies, 1777, has:
"Gov. Pownall presents as a testimony of his
"esteem and respect this copy of the following
"work to Mr. Adams" In a copy of COrios
"Hstory of Mian," bought at sale of the dupli
Gates Of the British Museum, is written: "Mr.
"Brand Hollis desires Mi. Adoinr TO preserve this
"History Of Milan tlll he procures better copy.
"March 81, l77e." There is presentation copy
of Prestey's Works, with the autograph of the
author.
OF very rare books there are many specimens in
this library For instance "Hlstoria di NcOlo
"Machiaycli cttadno, ct Secretario Fiorentno, al
"Ssntissimo ct Beatisslno Paore Signore Nostro
"Clemente vii, pont. mas. ALDUs. NJ. ID. NLNl."
That. / take IT, is book YOU do not pick up on
eyery stall. Here is book l have heard OF, but
never before saw: "Shaw's Travels in Barbary and
"the Levant. Oxon. MDCCVIIl., with exquisite
epsrayings by Grayelot, Roeque and other masters
Here is copy OF Ovid, one OF the most beautiful
i
dami: r. j. Wertensios and G. Smith" Here ID
a COPY of Cicero, with the imprint, i" Amstelo-
dsmi: l.. and ID. Elzevir. 1861" Here Is the
New Testament of Lubinus, printed in Latin,
Greek and German, in 1917, with its motto,
" Sinit putruiOs cenire al me- Here are " ne
" Historical, Political and Miscellaneous Works OF
John Milton Amsterdam. 1898" Here is one
Of the most beautifully printed of books: Com
"mentaries on the Laws of England. By William
Blackstone. Third Edition Oxford: Printed
at the Clarendon Press. 176S.' Here is Ton
sons edition of The Fairy Queen, London, I3o-,
with the exquisite illustrations of Lud. Du Guer
nier. Here is Sperr's Republic of Pato"-s
fine specimen of Typography from the press OF
Robert and Andrew Fouls Glasgow, l163 Here
is Morell's Lexicon Grace Prosodaeum, Elton.
I762, with Hogarths print of the author. Here is
fine copy of Howells Survey of Venice very
scarcc), London, Richard Lowndes, 165l, with the
curious frontspiece engraved by Vaughan, and con-
tanning the famous Hexastle which Sannszsrus
made upon the city, for which he received 100
zecchns for every verse (amounting to nearly
e300) in lieu of reward, by decree OF the Senate.
Howell dedicated his book TO The Supreme
Authority of the Nation, the Parliament of En-
gland" and says, by way of ht at stay-at-hom
travellers, that - he would not have yentured upon
. this remote outlandish subject had he not had
practical conversation with the people OF whom
he writes" Here is the second edition OF Jeremy
Tsylor's "DuctOr Dubitantium." Here is The
History of Italy by Francesca Guicciardn, in ten
volumes, which some prisoner went 10 the salleys
rather than read. Here is the original edition of
Hsrringtcn's "Oceans." Here is an exquisite copy
of Shaftesbury's " characteristics, printed by Bas
keryille in 1913. And here are "LdmbeHy's Ne
"moires Ia XJIH. Siecie. 4 Ia Haye: Che Henry
"Seheuler reg fourteen qusrto volumes which
do not appeur to he of any possible use To anybody
Here is a curiosity of title, which l have taken
the trouble 10 copy as contrast 10 the elegant