New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-05

AD 0l1 pyrEt%ileI u cuTfDOs ID ~ pbfp''
ba, conc from the coubiry-.hst wag sent It - not
yet Known. IL i directed 20 the old bookseller; and
among the volumes il contains - one rsmarkaol-
eroueh ha volume which, unssr the name OF the Col
lier ioho Shakespeare will probably have ehap'eT N
history 10 s.f next In place 10 that OF a certain
disuord Decklace-tbe main difference, perhaps,
beI in the uncertainty 10 who plays the part OF
C8glosro in the events which that chapter Vii record
At the happy uick of iime-befOre the Old blbhopoe
bad even thought Of entering the pnrchase IN
his cay book, much less Of exhlDiuDg tne
volume to bis best customers, yet lot too soon
TO have fe,,ed the purohase OF the said parcel
ip steps the Shake speaIsn Commentator The ancient
bookseller exhibits the old tome. ], is snuAy, rag.
eed tattered thing al scribbed over, and besrneared
with writing stains, and tiOts-a worthless copy oil
81 akespeare recood edition. Can ore not fancy the
twinkle in tie Comm, ntatOrs eye as he psys down ms
few unrecorded shiir g- for the now much.recorded
volume ard ass With somewhat ,sty step, perhaps
and, it may be, with Lot quite composed demeanof-
10 bis home What happened there DID ne a.
once sit down 10 scan lis pages, or did he permit Tue
old book TO wsi in peace FOR It's next appearance IN
the drsmal " Whatever happened 70 the voinme hs-
ture out her course with the old bookseu-r. lie
struck, So TO say as warrior on the oaue- ueu'
A paralytc stroke Overtcok him IN the hslo Fed pre-
c,Ics Of the Kings Library in the British dasenui
The Commeotator with great debcacy, waited some
three Yeas after the decent Int. rment Cf the oioopoe
and then announced the world the existence oi the
besueared old tome. IL seems pity the announce
m III Tad not be en- made at the time Of the TRANSACTION
7. rhsps the wicked wag with whom the boa1 org..
us ed might then have been discovered by dlrec.
proc.ss of Iquiry As it s It can only be oy inonec.
urooess that The result will be arrived atss arrived at
1t surely will be-
However. the announcement is made-the trumpet
if blown and the volume is ushered into the presence
of a public Of critics. IL wa strange OLD DOCK i.
bore on its outside name-tbe name Of DOT Richard
but Thomss Perkins. IL bad been Tho. Perkins nis
booke" The Commentator was all eagefness. He
had not even seen anything suspicious 10 tne cooi .,
the ink in which the said Tho. Perkins had indorsed
bis name lad Dot snieit rat or suspected an
auson il the rough sheep or imitation calf, IN wmcn
the volume had been bouId. Stranger than all ne
had never in his eager scrutiny OF its pager, detected
te hou.sLd modern pencimaIks rubbed out indeed
bnt hot efaced from margins had he detected
il the simulated hand of the old commentator, and IN
tie very ink that lie wrote with Indications when
10 lefs sapgune critic could have allowed 10 esc spe
him in the Of scrutiny SO close az the
Conuenators must have been. To be sure, the pen
Gil msrks msy, at the time OF bis scrutiny nave oeeh
with quite freshly rubbed-out peDcil-they may nave
seemed eacec, when ID fact they were bat hidden Dy
loose suItace OF paper PARTICLES, and they may nave
then emerged Ito their present prominence. be
that n IL may We may be quite sure the Coulmenta-
tor dd Lot see theu-much less did be appreciate the
str. Dge dscr. paIces i'll the forms o the letters tns'
built Up the by which the wag had replaced the
pencil uaiks. Least OF all had he aPprehended The
Eng usr schrODisns by which sone of the modern
words employed in the emeDdations betrayed the
after all cbolarEle requirements a the stu clever
dtceIver. ~
Clever he undoubtedly was; TOT even III u oo PfoNeu
that H. best eineDdetioDs all to be fonnd IN the
writings OF unpublished correspondence OF shske.
speaIIan conn eDatoIs the selection OF tbem "ouu
great DISCRIMINATION as well as large labof
wllo prove in fact ttat the ComgsentatOr himself
had bees taken by competeo, TO say the eas'
of IT, to con mebte'e as hlmsef. No wopder Mf 'Ol
lier abOed throw back into the ages the anquty
of his rival One could almost forgive the Cemmenta-
tor turning his blind eye TO the modernsms and 10
ANYTHING suspicious that his keener vision might nave
ed the corrections Of the old book 10 confess
their fsry character would have been 20 confess
rlva in The field Of Sbakespearlan hteratu.e al least
NJ capabe as HIMSELF and one need hardly wonder at
his gTa, pin at any straw, snpposDg such SUSPICION
could have crossed his miLo. Whether this were 80
or pot at first could hardly CLEAN from the C9m,
uebta,or'e behavior. he hears that MI Pefry hah
posssesed bad lost bescribbei old edition oi
sbak. speaTe and to Mr.. Parry tue Commentator mes
lie is 10 eager to identity the volume, that Ee even ior
gets to take Il with him. Did be appiehend possible
claim On bis treasure trVve But be takes far-smue
of part of page of it, which Mr. Z. recognizes as very
like bic. Mr. Parry is gentleman OF al ,entf 'my, ana
ply has lot gone the Of the biboP e but Is
d healthy hearty old gentem sD, with df tinct recoi
lection Of bis lost folio, though 1t did come ~ hs Pos
session half century ago; and be renembers no es'
vivdly the circuus aLees connected with NJ Conner
interview with him. The donor Of the book vas MY.
George GIsy. Mr. Collier supposes bin TO have oo'
tanned It al book-s.l at Citon Court, the seat OF
family raned Perkins, whom Mr.. Collier fam would
trace up TO Richard Perkins EN- actor IL Cnsies l,
reisn-whom he imther wishes 10 identity with Rich.
ara PelbiIs, esq, VINO married Lady neIvin, anu
who lived at Ifton Court. 1t is pretty story, and
true might given pedigIee 10 Mr.. Parry foho
OF 1923 In fact, then, MI Parry had an old SnaAe-
speare but lost it. It's margins written al over,
AID this book may have belonged to person whose
name va. Perkins. IL not this enough Thanks 10
MIR. Parys excellent memory, love of trnth, and ar.
baniiy, ii has proved not quite enough-st least, II
enough for Mr. Golfers purpose-not quite enough
for history Mr.. PArry's folio vas the edition OF
I623EMr. Colher's is that OF 1852. MI. Parry
states that his was u thinner book-the 1913 eai-
ZION is to- Nj. Pary's voi1me was in smooth
lea her, and ettered on the back. Mr.. Golfers
il III a rough imitation cali, and bot let;efed
at all. Mr. Porrys had no Tho. Perkins, nor any
thin tie ON IFS cover and the emendatons were cut
through by the binding; but they not ~ IN Mr.
C,ln.f vaun,.d folio. Mr. Collier need not, then
have Mr. PaDys claiming his discovered ire As
ure and cannot but regret that he allowed etnci
bis ee,eDess make hiu obvious, or his feers OF
possible reclamation 10 make him cautious oi shosng
bis b~ Mr.. Parry, who, as it never saw 1t I'll
July 1859. Mr.. Collier indeed, has reniniscence of
having shown the book ODE day ont for awaik In
bunie ied way 10 Mr. Parry. But Mr. Parry rememoers
the walk Dy the fact Of his having been crippled at
The tin by Oh accident ard emphstically deuies TO
the officers of the British Museum that Mr. Collier had
such book with HIM. Other circumstance 10 the
case GO prove weakness vi memory on Mr. Cohle
part. Nitpout doubt the perpetra or oil tle forgery
tss not been slow TO avail himself OF the facilities
afforded him by such a weakness.
Ore feels disposed 10 Ark whether this same cunning
vng who wrote the Tho Perkins bis booke, on the
in ation sf Of the Collier folio had not some
ukng of heraory, and had Dot first designed the htte
Perkins incident in It's history, and afterSs!d pal
his victim On the Of IT, Or must one accept The
other al,eIDa'ivs-that the name VI " Tho: Peihins
sppeapg on the cover of his folio set Mr. Collier hin-
rel, on tie sealch for an explanation the ingenuity oi
which Ii barely lees re kable then that of the many
other IL gt NOUS things whi adoTL the tale Al any
rate tie bi.tory of this sIsrge forgery need DOT De
pursued any further at present. More no doubt, VIII
soon be kno.n about it.
Who is 80 cold hearted, 20 sure Of his own