New-York tribune., 1867-07-23
LyTERARY 1t
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-z.1nllOt is writing history
II is said NJ. Curing these last IS years
Of the Frenefnas collected and published his con
N.ons Ia " La Vie Parisienne." They are Light ana
-saier satrloal sketches OF Pans
Nj. Renaud, the best Arabian scholar IN
France fen dead Of apoI,exy the place Gu CaTrouse
a few weeks since He born at Iambese mouths OF
the Rhone country in 1895; felt early passion Tor the
Oriental languages and came mp Paris "a attend sy
vestre De sacys lectures. He made such rapd progtS
he was elected member OF the Academy of InscflIOh
and Eeles ettrcs i'm 1872 and made assstantkeeper of
At Sylyestre DeSacys death ia 1883 no wac hPlVno I
the char OF Arabian m t4e sC IN " ,s5 me- was made
Keeper Of Oriental MSS He was the authOr oi sIe3J
Iectfd lis attention chiefly the arduous problems TO be
found the vexed questions OF ancient history ana
goCerahy He had IN press the greater part Of an Ills
tore work ON the CrusaGes when death suddenly III
terrupted his laboTs.
The son of Sir Archibald Alison has pub
hshed account Cf the last Few days Of his father IN
which We read For weeks before his last Illness
my father had been troubled with occasional cough
and brealessness but slight was il that II never m
terruTtcd his official bus ness, and on FRIDAY bc lOth
May lie attended as usual IN the County 6ulNnsS any
appeared the perfect health. On The morning Oi
Saturday the nth, he was seized with severe attack
spasms IN the throat These REQUIRED aEan Win eiC"3
seveIity the evening of the Monday following, aud
with such terrible violence on the evening OF the ensuing
Thursday that the three medical men who We're IN at
tendance on him united IN opinion that 10 al lIooaelnS
he had not half al hour 10 hive. But the great hatuH
and the disease changed its type; the throaspasmS ell
trcy ceased cough and 6reathessness greatly dmin
and Slowly sank. and at y o'clock on the evening oI
Thursday The I'D of May surrounded 10y every I9enDer
of family he peacefully sank TO rest. SO cam was
ms end that could not tell the exact moment Oh HIS
death"
Tie original manuscripts of Sir Walter Scotts
celebrated poems and several Of his novels and prose
works recently sold at public aucon IN London
The MSS comprised "MarmOn," The Lady OF the Lake
The vision Of Don Roderck" "The Field of Waterloo,
"Rokeby" The Lord of the Isles" and several of his
ballads aud lyrical pieces Halidon Hi" The Doom o.
DeyorgoLp Aue4nd!anC anne no UI @,osS1Sir q Co;t
Robert of Paris" Tales of GTaDdfathe, lnlrOduc
tory Essay on Popular Poetry" &e. They were MRutey
and the sale attracted the highest interest There
,sca fc y & iCS IN Ino2 a ah9 !e re c
containing many curious and interesting variations ~, from
.Mafmon' which requested the printer might pre-
serve it is nearly perfect Some OF the stanzaS IN the
last three CantOs are numbered dterenty III PRINT rs
Will he seen bv the penci marks in the Ms. In the poem
ms printed there occasional slight variations fon te
correction Of the proof sheets This collation. refers, OF
course the first tedition, published in 1907
then rapidly advanced until the amount reaened NJ iy
Harvey O. "The Lady Of the Lake" The original auto
graph MS, containing many interesting VARIATIONS !T@n %
the printed text 80 iis Is 'nS 3idgii AVN i hand nj and
BSIantyne a. Co from which ii was carefully preserved
are Tie MS of Mrs Scott the others those of Mr. ScOtts
who is alluded to by Mr. Scott in the course of these
notes. The directions TO the printer are IN the hand
writing of James Baantyne"-J Ballantyne ms
DOT reached a higher pIiceyiz 2Gl guineas Purchaser
Mr. +. Richardson. 8. I" The Vision OF Don RodeliCE'
Romance of DunOis,' The Dance OF Death" ." The
Field OF Waterloo" " Farewell to Mackenzie High Chief
of Kintail" War Song Of LachaD, High Cnei Of Mac
lean" St Cloud" The Original autograph MSS. 4tO
Is:aizas 70 10 81 in Don Rodeick wantingl This lot
went for y snneas Hodgsonl ioe
the printed text. with many interesting letters TO MS
poem wa as beng printed folio Thss the original Ms
0 Rokeby, the whole in Sir Walter scott handwrhs
come few Of the excepted, which appear TO nave
been wuten by II. Weber. The original Ms OF rhe Lay
Of the Last Minstrel was not preserS CO. suG 9hgs not
'Na1on, when desired Mr. Ballantyne 10 preserve the
Nj Bauaniyne's nosSession to whose lberaity am
deOted for this valuable addition to my eoecOh OF e
iss-l3O guincas NIr Hope Scott q. CO The Lord OF
The Isles" The original autograph MS, containing many
tditto 6. "lntrOductoy Essay on Popular Poetry ~
Prefaees TO Marmon - Kokeby' ana f dol et o fnS S
History; The Doom OF Deyorgoil; the original auto
graph MSS, 4to.-54 guneas F Richardson Z "Auchin
drane the lAyrshe Tragedy the original autograph
MS foboT2' gulneas nixon ana khodesl. s. Anne o,
Walter Scott at Abottsord April Q, 1881 Robert Cadel
"lvanhoe" " fragments Of the original MSS in the auto
graph of the author The Bridal OF IIfernain, por
UOn of the original Ms, Cale. Now the Kings Come
a and pPSr sg5zne ~ Ito The fraet of
"ivsnboe contained in this volume is believed 10 be
the only portion which exists IN the autograph OF the
author, the remaining part having been written by Mr.
JsBalantyne Sir Walter Scott having only recently
covered from illness II was purchased of Mrs
Terry the late Mr. Cade Sir Walter Scott having sent
Il 20 her husband during its progress that he might
eder how it cond be damatized-lSO guneas ditto TO-
'Iales OF Grandfaher"A portion Of the original auto
graph MS folio The fragments Of the original Ms OF
FThe Tales Of Grandfather which contained in this
volume, | received gift from Sir Walter Scott at
AbbOttsfOrd April Q. 1S3lI. Cadell145 guineas F
RichardsOu.) H. " Castle Dangerous" The original Ms
the Handwriting OF Mr. w. Laidaw, Sir Walter Scotts
friend and Gmanuenss. with corrections and additions ny
BIZ Walter Scott 4tO--32 guineas ldittO) II. Count
Robert OF Palls fragment of the original Ms small
portion i'm the autograph of Sir Walter Scott and the
manning portion in the handwriting OF Mr. IAidaw. his
friend and amaEuenss. 4tO-23 guueas Massey. These
Interesting literary relics all IN perfect IRE aOn,
and uniformly bound IN rIssia, with uncut edges. All
these manuscripts remarkable for the extraordinary
fuency with which they written, and the very Jew
corrections alterations which occur u t6cn thus cs
tablishBg proof of e facility with which scott skechcd
out the productions of his most entertaining and lively
suiaginatOns. The whole realized l,255 grliueas.