New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-23

" Wdf IN f6cftute 10 tuttc tuHt nc u
book were the one desired by him. no anxiety and toll
no ayubl. pire 10 be grodged for IL AGO III ION
II the book an inch out II bis own line u nlgb
be troml led in The uire ir a"ght lie oaitd b, IL ss
rare or costly ns il could 10. 10 wss dicult almost
impossible for otlers predicate what would please
this WAY ward aort OF tase, and Le was the TO eb o
tie book caterer, who were snTe of pfip'e'y Pn'e
for the right article, but might have q g wroue one
thrown ~ ther teeth with continuity. IL wfs pe,h-
ous, bat, if m gratifying thing TO preseu,L Inn
with book. Il j. bapie ed 10 ~! lie fancy, he ~
the ull froe Of tie conf nent, aud oyerw en ed tho
Ciyer vita Ls conrtly tanks. Bat required grtat
observation and tact to G for such al ad,eatnfe
for be Chances against oid ary ihOughtless git
maker thousind- 20 one; aud tdose who were ac
q, linied with lie strange Dervous temrerm.n Kew
tlot lhe existence Wit IA lie daellng.plce OF any
hook no; Of bis rial Kind, wcula imisit 20 "a
the OF feeDng of uneasy horror wlich be SAID
10 fee whcn an ear iz comes into It's cell Preeenia-
ton COZ x by anthos were anOrgt chronic toTmsD's
OF bis ex tenee. Willie the comI ac-nt author wac
peraaps pl,ing hiIpsel, On HI. b,rai in making tie
jLdNioas ill., the recipient pouring out hil bis
saIcam, with mol feeble or slight, on he odlou'
object, ana wondering why auttor could lave en-
ierained agsitt Lin ste tdy and enduring tnale e
take the trouble OF wiring and prnti1g such rub
tish with better object thau dfnrtDg the Ience oi
nild OF an nolensiye old maa. Every tibn'e ifo
such DOM creHcs eoet him much untzrnets sd evLe
want If sleep--for what eoDh he do With II! IL was
im,o .tle to make clhdre OF a. fof e was every
iGch gentleman. He could not burn 1t, tor under ad
aerid exterior lie had n kindly nature. IL "A te-
leyed ind cd ,hst he had ret bshed some limbo OF ls
owb in VIII ch sui, unweleohe commodities were cub
ject kird Of burial or enombUeut wheie uey re-
NAMED existence, yet were decidedly QUEUE ue
circle Of household gods.
These go.a were pantheon Of very extraordinary
descriplion for 10 was Il hunter after OF or Things
be.d. books His scaujei,ions ucuded pictures, and
the yaIiou commodities Viii h, Tor want OF or,ibc
ice Dsmc auctioueers call 'mls's ilineons anhies0
vettu" tie startrc Oh his aocumsiiinR ~ err VIM
soue old faals relics aud ,Eese, perhaps, gave te
direction bs sub eguent acquiiions, Tor LEY were
all ike biz books brought together after so'ae 'ei'-
wed aud peculiar law OF pssoeiaiign mat pleased
hinlstl. BAD, even an Inferior Picture ne Wouia
moi ba,e-for lis Hse was exqulsitenLlrrs, iLd.ed
IL Lad sone strange history about u, adapting 10 his
way ward faDcier and then he wcuId adopt lhe bad
ners as PECULIAR recUmI endaiion, and point " ou'
with some pnngent and appropriate remark =. hlS
irieuds. Bot though, with these pee nlir eNoepiohs'
Lis works OF art fautess 10 dealer co1id ever
ca nlale bis buying picture however high "Otk
OF ART or great o bargnn. With his ever-aecnnn' |
latng collection In winch tiny SCULPTURE ana bihiihn,
col II piedouinated, he kept sort of fairy "oid |
around him. But all the mob Of cuil0ns thugs 10 |
pnservsd hsd soue story bnking II Win oLersr or |
with his peculiar faneies, AID each one Dad us pfeee
psce in a SUI vi cPos, certainly Ne eafi OF we Psr
cons in the confusion Of psnlonme or isroe hss lis
oSn positiop snd inuc'iona
After all he wss Infelf hls own greatest enfoSiys
lie had come TO manhood Jist inter tle rerioo o eoo
laced wsistcoats, Bnall-eoihes and shoe-5uekles,
o,heryis. le would have bsen long living memo isl
of those antique hnbs. IL Happened 70 d. hS
lot 10 pesorve down 10 ne tie earliest phase oil pan
taIoou d, nasty So while tie ret Ui tie wofIi "as
hot, heavy 81 90 bis sik,ockiDged feetweie thrua
ioto pumps OF early oxford cut sDd the IrtdoHinnt
garment wa. the surton blue In color, aud o tue ogi
nal make before it came 70 be called ioes. koenc
hi. neck wss wrapped ante Braane'ite ekershisf
not tiel which projected In many wrealhs Ike |
area pouiios--and 20 be took h's wsiks soro%1i |
ngure W whch hs could hiuue have turst in.o ahnir-
All, iidicnle. One Of TIE mystenes about h,m WA,
that his clpher though unlike any other PERSONS were
iysys old This Characteristic could not even lie s-
counted for by the suppotIiion Tint be Ind hh IN
nSiy yesrs stcck In his you,h, lor uty aws
br.la was in keel inet soi gton siik nn obsoiote
culor ten years ago-and the hhn.ie was 81 eclh.r
crosier-ike formation In cas horn ob'iohsy no, 90
tsiuabl- in the aet. li- lace wss rudy bu no,
with the ruddiness Of youth and bearing Oh his head
Brntus v ig Of the iishl-brown hair which had lchs
oco leaitirnately hsded bis oEDw, wAeB be stood st
exe.pt Tor BIZ bDcn-whch was snowy wbi,e-one !
might snppo that he had been shot and stuffed On his
,..nIn ba,as college, and mad been srrihked Win
the froosy mo1ihnsss wien une iinIsI,T 20 s,a.S
ffeshness Of living nataro 10 vahly atteup ~ be
pres.ryed. SO il he were nViOnless; but let him !
speak aud the internal freshne-- siill there,
eyerbloomng garden Of Intellectual howers. His an.
tiquAt.d longer gruieegue-it harmon
ed with antiquated courlesy aud highbrcd gentle
Of manner which he had acquired from the bcsi
sOurces snce he knd seen the e coml any IN is day
whether for rank genius. And conversation aud
manner were far from exbaustng biz lie
had wooderiul pencil-it was poientfor the beautiful,
le III -
wilful course ike everything Lee about him. lie had
hrIinnt pen, too when he chose t0 WELD H. but the
idea that he should exercise any Of thecc gifts Ia
mon di,piay before the world, for ANY even o the |
higher motives that nhko PEOPLE desire fiue and |
praise wond have siesened him. lis faculties were
nis own u, n.uch his collection, and 70 be used ac-
ding " bis eapric. and pleasure. So futtered |
through eAtenee who hs II bsen bic fate TO haye
his own bread to make might have been grca man.
Ala, for the end Some curious abnotatiol+ are all
that remain Of his literary powes-soIne drawings aud
etebiDgs in private collections all Of bis artistic His
collection with oil is train Of legends and Ia. |
tone c.uao 10 what he himseli nGtt have counted
di.perssJ. lie lett it 10 bis housekeeper who, like
wise wonsb converted IL into cash while lis mys-
t.tious reputation was fesh. Ilddled In great
ton.rom ia ~ etsl items iay H. huuating
eontrust with the decoroua order in which they
wont 10 be arranged. SIC iraniA gioria H"sRdi
One class 'of biblionEniacs make il their business 20
hunt up Looks which remarkable for strange mig
,sies or errors cf the pres Under this head have
an aDeedote two which may be releated without |
damage.
solid scholar there was who, had lac been called |
~ bis account at certain advanced period Of bis ca.
reer might have challenged all the world TO say that
he had ever used islss quantity or committed an
anomaly IN eyntax, Misspelt foreign name, or
bl1udeed in quotation uon Orek or Latin classic |
to mrquo. Eng bsb author il a far lighter crime,
bat even ihs he could have pleaded not guilty. lie
never made nistsse ia date, nor left cut word IN
copying the nte-page Of yOume nor did he ever IN
afurding intelligent analysis Of III contents, mistake
the number Of pages devoted 10 one head AZ 10 the
HIGHER literary vru.s too bis sentences all
fully balanced in pI Of logical and rhetorical scaes
Of the seDEitiye Kind; and lie never perpeirated
the alfoc.y of ending sentence with moRosy liable,
or nsing the word twite within the game five |
lines, chooaing always some jadioous method Of eir-
cuoloedtion " oh, ate reersiion Ioog IMAM ia the
of pp,iteI uufity he little knew