New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-14

opened with the splendid invoice OF Hurd Houghton OF
tins city The weather was very oppressive and only
about 90 bookbuyers were present once IN whe some
COMMUNICATING man. with specacles on nose, would
come In quietly ana listen the monotonous call OF the
snctoneer and 10 the brilliant saos of wit passing be
tween maj If @HfoTd who nu rode With tho wife OF
beside Bath" and that Tra drts the parson VINO prao
ccG what he preached. Sometimes, lat ana JO'y stu
dent but Ofteuer thin and faced one Who IN me
garmture OF the oden time when the Piigrims rode 70
Canterbury together might have sat TO Chaucer or ms
admirable portrait tho silent or sentcntOus bookWorm
de-. had rather have at Ma beds bead
Some twenty volumes clothed in bael Of red
OfAnsote and uis yh,oDph'.
But the great wealth OF literary gcins was beyond his
reach Tie fiat had long gone torth that none shouc
buy sub hasfa this sale those 10 whom books are
but articles Of merchandise and INC written houg's OF
wise men only marx etabG commodities Ike COtiOh ann
soap 20 lhe StuGs ,Fv o ~ tS nonSs Of rTin he
innd The fostqm wherefron Jerry projects bis weapons
of Wit, and s0rrONiuuy Departed leaving pboSulAetS
and poets OF al! ages anG chimes TO me mercy Vi inc
Hurd HOughtons st were t1e works OF TtholS
Bacon Baron OF Nensin, Isconnt pa, Adams anu il'
nous These the best works IN that nigh department o
science which rs meant 10 guide lumgn inquiry, all
scnted in the best dIes known 10 the trade They were
- ,S o1 At moderate prices Next came the writ
i-gs OF Carlyle. the intensely earnest philosopher,
5nan fe {SSih m Of ali formay from Which
tie truth has ded out; ana exposes ul[ealtW'
ofs {GIGS IN homely phrase We cai
bn,nbnc, writer whom IL is profitable 60 study dan
1cs 10 follow since no ono knows whittier lac would
load Coopers novels sold WELL did the works OF the
iuitabc Dickens the Kip Van Wrinkle and sleepy liol-
low Of Irving, MacauayS History OF Lngla9d apd Dost
most beautiful offering, brought nearly it, trade price,
and the artistic selections from lpngieioN b5anl
and Halleck with Illustrations, marked at ~ ana ~,
houch respectively 81 and S. The fine collection OF IL
Illustrated books, among which were the standard iary
tales Of our childhood from Cinders lie a.f Pass In B0os
clear down 10 the most modern attempts 20 delight the
itte men ana women Of The age sold from per
t-pffh f N-,
ending PicciOla. Mrs Candies Lectures Lalla Rookh,
Poui and virginia aud Torrty's annotated edItnn OF NIL
ls Paradise Lost found ready purchasers at far prices;
and the miscellaneous ana religious WORKS contributed
HHrd & Houghton, splendid as orlnicn' reached
BenGcit's invoice Of London books went of rapidly
Then followed the lists on Graves Of Boston ahd lhe
Aliens Of New-1"rk-mosuy juvenile b0n1s' Alter Tue
Little Brown ~ Co.. and DERBY q Miller, were sold OF
the FIST the History q fIcderlek me Great ~ Ak VOL
science OF Criticism, - Lite Brown Co. oicred
. valuable assortment OF American B!ogiapLies' Bart
stt, Familiar Quotations, and yauonS CURIOUS on tne
BRITISH Essayists wtCh brought good prices Richard
Grant Whites Shakespeare brought 80 ccIt, SIlrk5s
5 Ak Mrs Carke Concordance o. Shakes Pearc. s. go,
and SIP; the Encyco! cola If't"lc 2! 'os go, alI
Dr Smiths Dictionaries az Is 10 per Volume.
lie Brjs and Qladrupods Of America, by
tar s1Gr and lie Tribute Book. n record of American
patriotism in the late illustrated by Stephens Mast
&C. Qnaich5 LoHu"4 H I, t,.b ~ A,ih.t ss
school OF Design Sg7 Qwone Odaptography so 5g and
tese came the MARQUIS Of Worccster's Century Of In
ycuiOns, with notes by Henry Dircks cNil engineer
"a" Ot en-" bcoIi cowi,s also fbe iifr fr1,,
/ and scientific lnbOs OF the ingo nous and iarsetlng
yrrru,- lie only memorial in existence of ~ Tie
I most remarkable men OF mOsJ remarkable age. IN
1868 ne poor Inventor lie had inst left tle castle
OF his father Who with prncely Ie,eLuo ana hundreds
! II refainers. had aided The ulgateful non-
arch Charles H., ON more than one romgutpps occasion
been prescribed the King AMI Commons, and o. the 81
Aprl OF that year bill was brought into farlt men
Tor granting TO him tho prohts tu lngh ESQ IRON the
u Of a WaterTasing engine. described IN the ant ari
ce in the Century. This nyeuOD, VIXEN utcd with mat
described IN the Coh aIuce appears 10 huSEcet an me
data essential for the construction or model steam
engine. The bill was passed May 18th Whether the
Marquis OF Worcester was the inventor Of tins engine s
matter OF doubts for, 100 years before he applied Tor ms
patent BaSco de- Garay hal set steamboat aAoat on
tie Tacus Scautlmg No. 81, u an Invention teAchhg
chow 10 compose universal character methoGical and
easily be written. yet lntelble IN any anguage dis
lenses and properly expressed IN their own Ian
guage as it written ia EuglLsh' Among lils other
engine portable in once pocket which may he earned
9nd fastened III the inside O The greatesl Snip atgHa
0d OSeiS, and al an appointed minute h"t-l NctA
atr, either Of day or night, II shall riecOferaDy hE
that ship" This was The iorcohado@ing OF the modern
bOmb-shell. Scanthng NO X shows III now rom
mile OIL TO drive fasie NE engine TO any snip 80 as
for time execution" He also shows hOw ~ prevent
and safeguard any ship from such an Attempt by day or
night" and how to make ship not possible to ne SUNK
though shot an hundred times between wOCd ana wafer
by cannon and should she lose whole plank yet IN hall
AZ hours time should be made TO sa rs fit as before"
Here he hint at something like our MonfOr or
Dundcrberg. He also suggests movable forthcatons,
cannon proof" lie also invented pernutabe seals. and
understood the grand principles Of FORMULATION
Piled to technology several respects He had studied
the principles Of revolving fire arms, and claimed that lie
cOld discharge pistol dozen times with one loading
He must have been familiar with the application OF cleo
rlcity and had IN fact far IN advance Of his age mas
tered nearly all the great principles in mechanics. 1.-THE
Century contains much that Is silly. IL shows how TO
make perpetual notion and contains devices tof ide
tricks. with instructions how 20 chea: al cards and how
10 make false dice-boxes. The Marquis OF Worcester
lived 10 reap the reward of his Inventions; Ho was
but one OF the great army OF anticipates those seit
cursed martyrs, who have outsrpped their age and, IKE
by frOsts and lived in fables Many OF the Inventions
which he claims a. his OWN undoubtedly belong 10 nen
who lived before his time This ia not singular ease
Loug before schwartz, lived Bacon and hundred years
before Bacon, Pasgave says, there were IN existence
Norman Latin recipes for making nrecraokersdd Jdcie,
deA le eraktan invention winch perhaps 10 due 10 some
Chmese pyrotechnic OF the time OF Noah. r. 80.
b" The Century Of Inventions IS very curious book,
deserves TO do better known than il is Tho copies
presented yesterday IL in cloth. which brought
ottrT last copy lor bale, which Went
for sl6, cost at least go IN gold 70 print.
The second days sale closed with the invoices OF o. ).
Felt, Dluied Ashrnead and W. W. Harding. oslo
THIRD DAY. ..t.
The thi rd days sale was opened with the
large invoice OF T. r. Peterson Co.. consisting OF va
southworth, and ITs. SiePhenso az OF yeh brought
Patent Sermons. and several thousand miscellaneous
works, met with RAPID sale 19rng's Boston invoice
Thackeray's charming Stories Mrs. Warrens
Home Manuals, which teach economy IN house
keepiue ard how 10 manage babies; Prof.
Blof,s Lectures ON the Cookery OF Civilization;
aud Mrs Barrngers Dixie Cookery practced IN North
Carolina; together with Number OF juvenile books,
which met with ready sales VIM. Middleton contrib
uted a large and splendid collection OF tho works OF
DlsTaeu, Lamb. Burton, Italian, Dean Mllman. Poe,
DOrap uacaulay Professor Wilson, Trench, aud other
standard writers Among these the Curo7ilies of iera-
tuie, The IssaysOf Ella, Burton Anatomy u Melancholy,
IIasm's Middle yes. and Iu4Ls IetOry OF Christian
ity. were IN great demand Poor Lamb, whose pnns,
Poe says, bu tile eriunings OF deaths mead,
whose quaint wisdom. puTe literary taste, ard brave,
loving heart show forth well in his as IN every