, 1874-01-25

there arg pe1soAn "Ao ~" "DA o'0
Tass - na,e in Christendom and see there no
I. a1ss r. stous, and there are those who can gaze
pen 'znsrh a1co7cs of Trinity College library.
o tne ..aa ~ without III emotion. OF sucn man
c:san'l 'y IN the language Of Wordsworth:
rD' ! pzimrose by the rivers oflm
1 JenoT primrose IL 70 nlm'
tnd it Is nothing uorc.
4hat the author Of these very lines |
eenIs e,..-s belonged to this CLASP Who will |
tho1n t~ tha havoc which De Quincy de-
re- s.s .S hirn IS mixing in southey's library;
e:lss ;n. . fresh knife from the butter-bowl, and
ef,s ~ e1e.sv blade bcsmea1ing the leaves Of
~ ~ - = choice, uncut set OF Burke? No
f'suAs hit the Laureate declared That to let
Te0,e. ear,h into ane library WAS like letting o
her':a :ato tulip-garden- With all such grim
W s,.:.,. a who prize only the thoughts OF
saa'd a.d ,re Indifferent to their dress, ne have
no1s. nN...a1 With Horace, VIC bid them stuEsos
. 'a,a,a,,r 'ar md wieh them, in the words OF tha
OK I .:ston Of Granada to Gil Bias, sail sorts
1eup 1.-..r1tv. With little more TASTE" We envy
f1snoeition that leads q man to prize not
nos 49,, ~. more for its brilliant setting; that
w. ,asks upon books over which the eye has hung
nSr i0ses .bildhood as nero bricks in wal, and
nal y. .itnout pang or sigh. could replace them
as'' ',,.rz fcom the nearest shop. Almost every
Esafss -
-. ost taste,-Nhjch he eloves, at whatever cost
:, t,s Of money, to crafty. The hobby Of one
= shells: another spends all his spare cash
=. ricnres; third doats On old coins;
~ m bugs sud butterflies; and fifth rides
'1 ...;c.1 hobbv. and goes me1Tly through the
.sto the sound Of fiddle, flute, French-horn,
W. donble.basz. The hobby Of another is
..at.-books ~. old and new, in vellnm and in calf,
,;iteaeed and marbled, with headbands and
.-rhot-Hith which, perhaps, he packs his
~,ss loads his what-notB, stuffs his drawers,
~ niles his floors, till his whole house be-
'-,,.s library, q wilderness Ct books! He is
.M.;t:1atter man, or tall-copyist, or an un-
- m.. or q rough-odsed man, or an early
.nm-tist. OF az Elzeyirian, OF proadsider, OF
,.souaadar or tawny moroccolte. OF gilt
.,,osr Or & marbIed insider, or an cditlo py1T-
~, msn. or any other Of the innumeiaole spe-
.;.s vbch the author OF 1.-The Book~Hunter"
,,s defined. Who will say that this is not -
;,na.aat hobby as any Of the list!
1t;s true. the mania for book collecting
nd becomes the more Unsuitable the more it is
fr.h6ed. It is hard for ordinary book-lovers to
.,5r1ebend 3 desire for books SO devourlng as
e,t yhich consumed Richard Heber. The
,-r,her of his books was stated in six figures,
nd lie catalogue Of them filed i've thick octaTo
,1z4nes. He built library at his house
:, 9odnet, which Was said to be full His resi-
ds,,e 1t Pim1ico, London, WAS filed, like Mnglia-
: bsccbis at Florence, with books from the top
stbe bottom,-eyery chair, table, and passage
,ea.a;ning piles OF e-ndition- He had another
5,rse in York street, laden from the ground
tcor to the ga1ret with curious books. He had
.ttrarv in High street, Oxford an immense
Eh.st7 in Paris; another at Antwerp another
tB!ussels; another at Ghent; and yet others
L o,he1 places in the Low Countries and in
G5ruzny. When any one raised c'tS bono que
r. Of wonder at this, his answer was ready
"Nhy, slr, You see 40 man can comfortably 90
xithout three copies of q book. One he must
hsye for show-copy, aud he will probably keep
L at his country -houee; another he will require
for his Own use and reference; and, unless he IL
Inclined to part with this, which is very 1ncon-
7e.ient, or risk the injury OF his best copy, he
rust needs haye q third at the service OF his
tierds."
Il is said that, some years ago, book-hnntlng
Aschdeacon in England, going up to London to
Be examined on some question before the House
Of Commons, suddenly disappeared, with all his
money IN his pocket, and his friends, with many
niagi7ings OF foul play, wondered what had be-
nn. Of him. Suddenly he returned home one
!,y, penniless, followed b5 wagon contain
hg --.-.'
THREE HUNDRED AND sEvEST1-Two COPIES
Ira1p eaitions Of the Bible Who will Judge
hs.ahly OF case like this How glatlng ths
contrast between the victim Of such a MANN AM
hs de qreqe Epicuri porous, who squanders III
nopey upon the 1u1uries of the table, OF hin
> rho wastes it upon osteutatiou3 upholstery
UPON Wallpapers that cost s. q roll, or carpets
bat cost IS yard!
But is there no euro for the disease? Non
thst ne haye heard Of, except downright I'm
,s:uniosity." It is, indeed, hydra led; e1
:ifpsta one Of its manifestations. and it crop
cut in fifty new forms nud ways. Generally
nsss more and more iercely in the patient, IN
ii be mas gathered together more books, an
"things IN books clothing" as Lamb calls them
than be can find convenient room for; OF, II b
14s wisely CO1leEteQ Oh Eu1ue o4u640 D4.AAe-4 y
literature or science, he finds, sooner or later a a
trrenetrablo barrier to the progress Of his hot
By, with whatever spirit he may spur its stufse
daea. He opens his eyes some day to the Inc
tt1:, although one book, and yet another, al
nnther, fills but littlo space. yet an aggregate
ru1umess may clamor as loudly for more room 2,
IN aggregate Of moro vulgar wares, and I'll:
tssps Of books
NEVER READ mob CONSULTED
nay be as much in the wag as hcaps of othe
l1sber. Il he lives in hired house, this fae
;snore deeply impressed on his mind b. N
Eatory May y-day soon after which, II ne @
s1ex up his courage to the sticking point, L
nasacks his hecatonbs Of musty old tome'
prunes out those which are dear to him as "th
ua1y drops that visit his sad heart, and pact
q tbs rest to an auctiou-room, to be fought II
tyAfeesh horde Of enthusiastic blhlomaniac
New Arrival Of French Kids--25 Cents.
lie. Downs + Co., No. a24 West Madison stree
sto announce another lot OF French kid gloree, Al
cen.e, l. G. D. Co. are closing out their enfl
1oet With view to retiring from general dry-sood
Ihey must Yacate their store March ], aud the goos
Nh b made ut prices to sell them quickly Pard
E1atng cluats dresses ahaxls, dress-goods, flannel