, 1870-08-14

the prescribed hours were over.
thus he spent bis lfo among his booas,
only quitting F1orence twice during his
life, pnd then not from choice. NotwEh-
ct ani1ing the eccentric arrangement Of his
library, where books we're piled in seeming |
confusion about the f1oot and sides Of hts !
APARTMENT, Of which the Dutch Professor !
He5meun has left 60 graphic an acrouat,
MaElabeeh Was never st loss to tiud a-y
work. stat he required He could lay his
xppasently ine1trieahte and uufathon sb:e
as WAS the disorder in which they wsrs
beaped. He also knew the place OF every |
book in the library entrusted to him. and vas
meet an1lous to know the contents OF all other
Abzaties a. we'll In fac. Ia auoceeled 80 far
thcir owners. Il il told Of him that. CosHo |
kAs7ng xhled far book that WAs e1trauely I
sare, Be replied;
'..signor. there is but ono copy Of thst book |
u the world It il In the Grand Seignofs !
htFs1{ n conssantinople. and il tho eleventh
sou SC in
A. might be expected, M.shabechi never
mafaea ~ tnm1, LIFE, heart, and soul uesa
10y 3 Unity n9nnd up III hia books, and in them |
ona!: 1ue Eoie creatuses that shared his af- 4
fecuonatc interest with hia litarary tre,sur.a |
were Spiders, N Affection which Il IL curio1s !
to observe as having leen naAnifes.ai br many
great men
Wae there, rcrhAps. aome.hior in III, IN
domitah1e industry with which they apia thsir
web. Recommending again and again. II =
thread BE- disturbed or broken, that sestnel to
AIaEliabeehi to applf 10 his own life and cazeer7
Whe CAL tslf? Suffice it to sa5 that Aaslia-
bis smsl Industrious friends to b.
On ii his sieitora to take caro- Of the spiders.
What with these and his books, which we're
.trewed al over the place,. : visit to the
learned librarian must Rave been : matter
calling for the exercise Of no ordinary dax-
tetity-
ne thought Of nothing but learning, md
his desire to read every thing WAS 50 great that
he forgot the bare neceusasies OF LIE. About
Lis accounts b. vas e1tramely negligent. md
often for more than aJeaT would not demand
Medicis had eettied upon him. The Pops.
and even The Emperor 1eopohi,
5ssps''sd5 y. Invited him Il Offering
to lesre his post and enter thai.
services: But he was not ambitious, and
| wAs content 70 remain where and As he was-
| The Grand Duke Vas 30 anxious to preeerTe
Aasllabechi's life By Ill possible tu1uies,
that, AZ the librarian advanced in age, he
caused ROOMS 10 be fitted up in the paiaeo
for his use. but MasliAbeehi could net
four months reaidence, returned to his OWN
servant. However, bis friends insisted.
! and alone, on his keeping IN attendant; but
be 10 10 far peraisted in bis old habits that he
d1s1lsht, The time above al other when he
1 most needed supervision. All theaa various
| pecu1iaritics Of his must have bean toleraoly
remarkable, since they induced tho German
tour.st, Keysler, Who resided 1t Florence in
| l7so. and who knew them only By the hear-
gay q survivors. to asser. that i list we're
s!ovena, Hagli.beeM would undoubsed-
ly be entitled to the: frst pscs.
His medee,y and indifference to the
public opinion Of him wero astonishing.
When ho received lettess containing tiatter-
ing enccmiuns, he would hide these from his
fr'ents. impsning only the matters Of gem
maI'ded bis portrait, which she wished to
hing together with those Of other learned
meI,, he refused to comply with the request.
On her insisting. and applying to the Grand
and at last il was only t'y atratagern that Dan
DIM VAS enabled to execute ! likeness, and
\ thus TO obey the royal command When in.
formed that he haa been outvitted,
he did not even ask to see the
picture. Neither could he BE- persuaded
to lock at / silver medal which tha Grsnd
Duke had caused to be struck for the Queon,
md which The artist, Hieronymus Tocat, hsd
4 also been forced to execute secretly From
this medal small one *A& taken, which has
preserved to postenty scveru hkeneases nl
this remarkable being. The diverse gives hia
bust, the reverse shows him seated in little
+ garden adjoining his house, where on s,1m
mer evenings be loved to meet his friends, a
book IN his hand, while from diatanca Dlo.
| genes is seen approaching. The inscription
I refers to hia splendid tnon,o7y, bein8 The
words OF the 1IorEau orator: II Scire nostrun,
zeminiHci."
The lot OF Magiahechi was certainly cast
in pleasant places, "a We shall nee wheu
We glance At tha time when this erniite
"Glntton Of Literature" (as lie uas otteu
| nau.ed) tlouti.hed.
| Coemo the Thi1d vaa then toigning ovel
the puchy OF Tuscany 4 descendant OF tht
grand and noble family Da' Medscis, ho inacr
tied. together with their name, their lova fo
all the elegant arts, sciences, md reduement1
Of life. Living At : time when Europe, aud
ence Of long centuries OF basbarisn,, tn
Med,cis did III in their power to conduo
ia mSnQwth hantaSaa1 q kistkHgflnskh skho psSh
sge. cosrno, though b. no means
worthy representative Of their uamo, con
formed to The traditions Of his ancestors. an
cestknly proved himself An efficient patron
although he was utterly inefficient - rule!
! At his court 1outished Magclotti, the phSsi
cian Bellini, the anaton1.st; Eivihni tn
mathematician FiIeaja. the Italian PindN
NjchsH, the Iiunnua ct lis tine Cardin,
Norris, the antiquarian, aud Kedi, the natura
| itt Among this brilliant aasemtlage Naglis
bechi "qui sayAt tout' was not the least bsa
> liant ornament.
One would not have supposed that sny on
, Leading 60 quiet. rcti1ed. and lnonenslV
| life ~ this man. could have htd An IN
placsble enemy. But 80 Il was. and th
pe1son, Whoever he might hare beef
, sevesn times circulated some calumnies abo1,
l q ~ Ii fa which fnirf1f hal
, | done him great harm with the conrt, had ne
his friends used all Their powerto refute then
> He did not bestir limself iu the matter, a.
. cepting that once. when these reports o.
: ceeded Al bounds. be declared he was wilian
. lut his friends persuaded him TO remain, II
: | the matter was forgotten
= Early IN January, liza, when Just Eoir
y 1 ont nf his house, be WAS relied with Tinle'
. trembling and weakness. aud from IL
1 languiehtd for three months, and died in q
: following April, in the eightJ-drst year OF b
Il axe, His vA4t library hs bequeathed to y
u Grand Duke, together With his fortune. II
q latter was to be employed for the ulainteuan
y ot The library md the purchase o. 81dsrot
3 Ufhzi, md w.. augmented by the Cllcvali
u Francois Narni, opened to the rub1ic. .
il further enriched By the Emperor Francis
D. and by the Gr1rd kDuke Leopold. Y
10 united to IT the sedscea Lotaripg& Lbrs
/, Of hls palace: It Va supplied with ~, :.
= Ferdinand H., who, however, relaxed
e vigor the law cnjoining every printer to
20 post III it copy Of all works that issued IT.
a his rrcss. The library is open daily 70
Is public from nine till three, except OF fe:
Il walls, and perhaps few who have been
a. MaslisbechiAna- 1t contains rich liter
a. treasures. Among the NEST valuable
u, counted the atcntz Bible Of 1i62, Oh ye11a
Ter The biss edition Ct Homer. printed
ed miniatures, and presented to rietIo
re l l451, embellished with miniatures within
he niel1o without. presented bE Laudino to
OF Senate Of Florence \ magnificent copy OF
ste F." Antholoeia Of Lascatius, 1iH, also / r.
nd copies OF singular beauty Of ,hs f1oren
ing History Of :. Leonardo Aetino, (AeciA
I'd, auticA Of AppoIonius." F1oE.. 1885.
,ra This rich collection keeps green the man
~ Of ono Of The most singular Of men, and 10
ast | his rroudess and most immortal monume
res and though his nanae may not ba geucl
familiar, yet none who visit Florence
\ ,ic~ the rich beQuest he has left to the be
al Of al time, can 1ail to feel curio5is; as to
ler h1stoJ,
To-
r. Curious EpItnrhs on Clock 4
Fno w1tchmakcrss
.a;s From le London Jeseelef,
ers "Neu do not laugh over new mAde graz
:. il | yet eca cannot raprcss sgnila oser eon
'bs ! the episAphs which are to be found IN the
church-yarcs Of England.
VIII Joking epitaphs. like the Joking seFu
his | once Of tolersbly frequent occutrenca, Are
,tcd | 80 entirely ont OF vogue that We insert
his curious specimens for the amusement of
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