New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-02

huepiTls and bleeding al deiiquinm was IN high
f,shon in his day; and ] tremble IN think Of the
buckets If blood she'd by the honest Doctor. His
afectonate son sends this little memorial OF his
parents prowess to the Museum where he zoe
that il will BE- kept safely, AID upon no accou d, be-
permitted to 90 at large.
| have YOU know great nose for az old hook.
and while ] was gazing With honor up ~, ,be lancet
I suelt out one of the oldest books -, ,ba j;by,r
a genuine herbal, viz: "SPocim| NJ p,oC,;,o.
Bo,anirpp. ,tc.. a Dot: Joh:d p',I,,aJ gofn;o;
Typs Wielandianis, Anno. christ MDCCXX."
The peculiarly of this o.. i. that You have
dried specimen OF e' ~ plant mentioned pasted
upon lhe Pagc III -ri II is mentioned. Over this,
we nave '1s A'qe of the plant poyelotlcaiiy set
lOrth' T. =, Latino Cichorium; Germanice-
CIchonr" Gailice-Cichoree. Opposite, you have,
10 the attn Of the period, the opinion Of ancient
doc c,osr respecting this same wild endye, alias
ciiccory. atlas succOry you have the views Of job:
Bs,,tista Montanus, Of Daniel: Sennertus Of Joh:
Ebodus. and of JOh: SchrOderus, whose aston
shiDgly dull book has been. by lie, umldiy gazed
upon in the Adams Library at Quincy. ] am not
sure that books Of mGSes, for instance, might not
be prettily, though p,t cbeaply, published in this
hortus siccus style ercn n0w
Having blundercd upon old books il vii be Of
little avail for me e. try to get away from them
now. Here is A treatise of Eiectual Faith.
Delivered in s;x sermons upOn | Thess., !. 3. by
John Prcstol London Printed for Nichols
"Bowne, 1881" Added TO these are eight
sermons on Love, by the same preacher,
in which we are commanded to look upon
regiOp "as widow that il miserable and
"poor, indebted ard undone, looks upon her
Husband that will make her rich and honora-
O. Bile; that will pay all her debts piece OF ad
vice which would have made VIII Wycherly grin
with satrical appreciation. Here is another book
which would have delighted DIR. Choules, viz:
Lectures on the Book Of Jude, BY William Jen
"kyn, in the Parish Of Blackfriars, London, 1858
Think of six hundred and eighty four pages upon
al cpstle which occupies less than one page and
contains only twenty-five verses. The sermon
upon the seventh verse, in which the citizens OF
SOdom and 'GomOrrsh are much castlgated, Is
curious, but not quotable Ii is d very good speci
men of thai pedantc divinity which 1t took such
prOdigiOus while to explain that i fear great
many good men went to their graves without
understanding IT all.
Behold fine volume of rare old tracts The
former owner records that he bought it " at Mr.
{" Lemone's bookstore in the Minories, London,
17s0." Here is FACTION displayed, London,
l104" with the following lines, which must refer
10 T0ns0n fm TOnSonuS am DtobotaS:
"Now the assembly adjourn prepared
Nhen Bbhopoio from behind sppeard,
A. well descfibd by th' old satire bard
With leering looks bull.fsced and freckled fair,
With two left legs and Judas colored hair
With frowzy pores that taint the ambient air.
Grtlbstreet. YOU see knew how to take its little
revenge. Here is DIR. SherlOck's Allegiance
" due to Sovereign Powers, the original pamphlet
copy London, IG9l, printed by the Doctor soon
after he took the oath of Allegiance to William and
Mary. which be could not for some time make up
his mind to do He brought shower of hard and
heavy pamphlets upon his head, did the good
Doctor, and some of them are in this volume.
Did YOU ever study logic Perhaps so, in the
olo nf h.ta buf I wa my
goosequill that you never studied this little book
before me: "Petri Molinei Elementa Logica, LIE
DAM, 1928" And who the deuce could get through
this dreary jungle of syllogsms, subjects, praedi-
Gates first, second third and ultimate conclusions,
perfect demonstrations j wonder how men ever
came to the conclusion that it was impossible to
reason well without studying such stuff as this:
Animal rationale homo
Socrates est animal rationale
Ergo Socrates est homo"
Bah
"The Pilgrims Progress; In the Similtude of
a Dream" is book of which you may have heard,
and here are hundred and sixty pages OF avery
early. if not of the original edition. The title-page
is gone. A poor little dismal dirty fragment of
book, badly printed, all the early editions were.
This copy is absolutely worn out by use. 1t seems
very humble beside this beautiful book: 1.-The An
tauites of Italy. Being the Travels of the
Learned and Reverend Bernard de Montfaucon
" from Paris through Italy, in the years 1893 and
1899" This is the second edition of HeDleys
translation, London, l725, with fine copper plate
engrayings on the letter-press page.
There is in this Library quite collection Of
newspapers filed, of which looked with reverence
upon The Columbian Sentinel, Boston, lSll-thst
stan,h, patriotic print. They tried hard to be
merry in Boston, July H. ISL. They compli
mented in their cups the President of the United
States after this fashion: The E1ecutire Of the
United States-More energy and mpartslity and
less Presidential machinery" Harrison Gray
Otis came out after this facetious fashion: "Non
Intercourse--As it was huddled up the back
stairs at midnight, may if be thrown out the
window at noon day. Otis presided at the din
ner, and made beautiful speech in defense of
Boston, and her resistance to Executive folly and
dictetOn. | wish that some of the lickspttles who
are tumbing into the Democratic party there just
now would read it. And / wish-for while am
in the mood 1 will wish for enough-that good
people would take better care of their newspapers.
Whoever preserves and binds II newspaper is
public benefactor and i'll future ages he may be
sure of the reverence and gratitude of historians,
and of bestoWng upon all intelligent men certain
and abiding pleasure. SMYLES.
FROM BOSTON.
From Our Ovr Correspondent