New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-02

.h,ne Il now bears. After the first verse came lne
following, which he erased:
"a l.s.e al alone was msiiDi her moan
In The suidy they "a snd.o1 honour sSe ~ d
And broken hearted ne rsnn oee'
In the second staDza, as the poem no" stahds
the word "fo1" Is substituted ior tcd ID me
draft In the third, which now stands,
"The stream, sdcvn It's hs1e,ly atm
H.s.ns 70 join the '~eeping Nah,
Whose distant rosrings swell ard IA.
The two last lines originally stood thus:
To jon yon river ia TIE strsb
Whose rosIinss seemed % rse and "a
Or rather the last line was first written as II
now stands, and erased and interlned as ABOVE.
The fifth stsnza. which reads
B, h.edl.u chance tuiasd mine eyes,
And, b the noonbesm SHOOK % see
A stern and stslwsrt Ehsist arse,
Alfred a. mi1s.Tsis VOL 20 De,
was the original composition, but erased aud the
following written to take It's place:
Now looking firth and f.ala
when o IN form Of ninstfe! aud
and s.aw=rt sbsis, aPpeAId.'
think all critical readers Will agree that the
poet came finally TO the just conclusion for the en-
erpy and picturesque beauty OF the poem. Inc
other autograph is letter dated klmarnock, IN
which obscure place the first edition Of ms poems
WAS printed, in l7c6, addressed to Mr.. John Ken
nedy, with copy of his book Just from the press
niDpbsms edition of Burns; SCI, a. II Is character
isiic and interesting, l send you copy, with Mr.
Wafprstons permission for publication:
Though not an autographOmsnlac myself, share
n the just interest generally ielt IN securing the
works Of famous men in their own handwriting.
Mr. Waterston has collection Of singular inter-
est. not surpassed in curiosity, ! should Judge,
though it may be in size, by any other IN the coui-
try. There is absolutely trash IN 1t, but only
phu nf Hr.t. cla pplpbIItlea
famous by connection with them. For example
he has Telegraph letters or extended writings 10
their own hand of Pope DIETER and poem, Dryden
(poem), Swift unpublished poem), Burke, Sherl-
dan Windham, Warren Hastings, Hume GlbOoo,
Robertson, COwper, Beattie, Paley, Mrs. Plozzl,
Mackenzie, Sir William Hamilton, WHITEHEAD,
Robert Hail. Bentbam, Macintosh, Horace Wal.
pole two or three letters) Of almost every great
writer OF this century, as Byron, Wordsworth,
Shelley. Crabbe Scott Campbell, Moore, Keats,
Rogers. Clifford, Monk Lewis, q. X. White, and
quantities more, not to mention living writers.
There is very rare and curious letter OF the
benevolent Howard, one of Garrick refusing
comedy OF Mrs. Slddons and John Philip kemole,
of Copley West, Canova and Thorwaldsen, OF Sir
Joseph Banks, Fox, Canning, Arlington and Per-
cival, EldOn and many more public men of this
century-among them q most interesting letter of
Nelson to Lady Hamilton. Among foreign auto
graphs there finely preserved letters OF Melanc1-
thon, Fenelon, Lavater, Voltaire, Oberlin,
one of Necker TO GIbbon announcing rhe birth OF
Madame de Staes SOP, ofGOethe, Herder, &c., &c.
OfpubIic documents with famous signatures affixed
there are many with such names as these: SIR
Nicholas Bacon, Cecil Earl of Salisbury Ratclife,
Earl of Sussex, james l., Charles l., Cromwell,
Prince Rupert (holOgraph), the parliamentary Earl
of Essex. Charles H., the younger Nane, Monk,
Duke of Albemare, the learned Selden, DIR. Louth,
Evelyn, Pepys, Clifford Arlington, Sir WI liam
Temple Admiral Penn and his son William Penn,
the Prince of Orange his son William Ill, Queen
Anne, Sir Robert WalpOle, Mr.. Pelham, Sir Isaac
Newton, not to mention later Kings, Princes
and Ministers. Louis AVl., Napoleon |. and Tai
leyrand, however may well be added.
This list gives you very faint idea OF the auto
graphic treasures of Mr.. Watcrston. The letters
are, many of them OF great intrinsic interest. That
of Cowper to Rose is most Characteristic and
touchng that of Chesterfield is the very one which
Macaulay Cor is il Stephen y cites in The Edn-
bureh Review, in proof of the statesmanllke type
Of his mind, in which he says: :" Think OF your
" manufactures at least as much as you do OF your
" militia, and be SIS much on your guard against
Poverty as against PopeTy,' &c. Burkes Is a
a most charming letter to Sir William Hamilton, IN
December, I7o7, introducing friend, speaking OF
his SOD Of the impeachment of Hastings, aud OF the
committal of the Portland Vase 70 Wedgewood to
be copied Then comes Hastiusss letter from
Daylesford, gossippg and Containing verses OF his
own. Charles Laub's<a the letter deciding that
Flea shall be put 10 death, in the preface to his
collected Essays. And so on and so forth. l have
omitted more names than | have mentioned, but
here are enough to give you notion of the value
of Mr.. Waterston's collection. His American ALL
tographs are quite as valuable and even more com
plete ard curious than his European are.
lCoty Of an original letter Of Buus In the possession Of the
- Rev Robert {. WaeIson Of Boston
MY DEAR SIR: Your truly fdcetious eplstle OF the
Sd mst gave me much ents rtaoment. l was sorry
tad mol tie pleasure OF seeing you as passed Jour
wsy but We shall bring up sll our leeway on Wednes-
dsy the 9Th rst., wher nope TO have it in power
10 csll on you sno AXE kind, very probably last
adeu BET, Ie go for Jamaica, es expect orders to
repair TO GreenOck every day. Rave At last made
my public appearance ard am solenuly iuaugurated
into the numerous class Of authors. Could | have
got carrier, you should have had a Of vouchers
fer my authorship, but, you have them, LEI them
speak for then selves.
Farewell. dear frierd may guild uck bit you
And maDg her fsyoriiss aoUit YOU
II e'sI dsIaction strive 20 smt yOu,
Msy believe him!
And ouy Gel. that thinks TO ge you,
Good Lord deceive him.
kIak Aur 1873 RDBT. BURNS.