Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-13
JOHN BUNYAN.

JOHN BUNYAN.
There is new illustrated edition of the Pilgrimi
| Progress now in press, with preface by CHARLIE
KINGSLEY, which is highly praised in England. AP
PIEToN & Co. are the American publishers.
AfcJfRiaa's Monthly is the title of new maya
zine, in imitation of Harper, which is to be publish
ed in England 1t will contain series of articles
entitled TON Brown at Oxford supposed to be
written by JONI HUGHES, Esq, the author p
school Days at Rugby
CHmDs & PETERSON have sold $4,000 copies of
AIIIBoSE's Dictionary Of Authors, and 5000 copies
of Kane's Arctic Explorations
A copy of the first edition of the Decameron Of
BoCcACCIo was sold in 1912 TO the Duke of Marl
borough for g 200 sterling, about $4,000.
The original manuscript of his Eulogy on Mr.
WEBSTER, handsomely bound has been presented by
Mr. EVERETT to Mrs. BAIL, wife Of Dr. THOMAS BALL
the sculptor be disposed Of at the fair 70 be held
in Boston on the 10th of November. in aid of the
fund for the purchase of Mr.. BALLS equestrian sta
tue of WASHINGTON
The great publishing house of PHILLIPS, SAMPSON
& Co. lies stranded i4 the Massachusetts, Court of
Chancery. The valuable copyrights owned by aq-
thors and published on commission by the late firm,
are drifting to various quarters. The works of the
renowned professor" at the Breakfast Table, EH-
ERsoH. &c. will follow in the wake of the Atlantic
NcrilIg to Messrs TICKxoa & FIELDS; Mr.. fREssorT's
Histories have been secured by J. B. LIPPNCoTT q
Co.. of Philadelphia; while Mrs. SrOwEs books will,
no doubt find their way to the great BEECHER depot
of Messrs DERBY & JACKSON. Of Nassau street. DER
BY & JACKSON have now ready for publication the
new work of Rev. Dr. EDWARD BEECHEB, "Ihe Con-
cord of Ages;n also a volume Of sermons by Henry
WARD BEEcHER; also THE Life of David King of
Israel e bv Rev CHARLES BEECHER, with an intro
duction by Mrs Stove; The Autobiography of Rev.
LYMAN BEECHER, D. D. is now being edited and pre-
pairing for publication by Miss CAFHAsISE BEEeHER
and Rev C. BEECHER. What remains after this dis
posal will be finally broken up on November 10,
when the assignees will offer at auction in Boston,
the stock of miscellaneous books, appraised at
OOO and the stereotype plates, which cost sll9
OOO
The life and times of DR.. BAILEY late Editor OF
the Ndloaa Era, the Abolition organ at Washington
is contemplated.
The first volume of PARK GOoDwTNs new History
of France will be published by the Harpers about
the first of December This win prove to be the
most thorough and complete French History ever
WI itten, and the name of its author is sufficient
guaranty that the work will take front rank among
the great National narratives which have given to
America the ilustrious position of having furnished
Hs Historographers Of the day.
Book collectors in Boston were disappointed that
the library of E. \. CRowNTNsHIELD withdrawn
from public sale. The Boston transcript says the
whole collection, comprising I,2T2 lots, has been
purchased by Mr.. HENRY STEVENS, Of London at
nrice. we arc told above its original cost. No one
knows better than Mr. STEVENS the value of the Ii.
brary. as many of the rarest books were bought Of
him several years since. Among those are DOT S'S
The Raw Psalm Book Cambridge 1910, Emo, the
frst nr1nted book in North America, the value of
which is from $500 to 1000; (3OS,) ROBERT CUsH-
s,y's Sermon. preached in ''Plimmoth, December
1921 first edition 4tO., the first sermon printed
hat had been preached in America, this copy Is
rnigue and would probably command slOO; (+4I) |
FRoys,Rr's Crorysles, 2 vols, folio, 1923; "Pur-
,has his P.lgrimes . vols. folio, 1885, a complete
set of DrBpN's Biographical works magnifcentiy
bound ETC. etc, the value Of which can only be sta
ted in hundreds of dollars.
The library is particularly rich in early works on
American history and early printed books of Amer
ca the value of which of late years has greatly in
reased. 1t is to be regretted that SO valuable col
ecton is to be taken away from the countryi YET
his sale cannot really be deemed national loss
London is now the headquarters for American book
collectors the British Museum has the most COM
Dlete collection of American books in the world, and
lr CRowNNsHIELD's library will eventually return
o this country in detail About year since Mr..
STEVENS bought of SANL- G. DRAKE his entire libra
Y of American history, which he had been collect
ng for many years, for which 1t Is understood he
aid sIo,3aO Mr.. STEVENS at present has charge OF
he American department Of the British Museum