, 1876-06-17

called Wnlcs: a part Of tho most famous Yland
u Brytan:, written IN the Brlta'fs Language
about twt, hint!redth years. I,ast translated INTO
augmented, md continued nut Of lscct,r1s hnd
best approved AltlIuss, ly Dnutl ro,lcl Doctnr
IN t!iui,iIty. 1b'A." 1t was printed IN tue old
Englsll black letter, and recent bulletin Of the
70 % he /" NV Ens11,i WA M In M the library u
.1oll1l Carter Brown, nf Providence, Il. I. Tho
hook l!as brought in English snlea upwnsds Of
eght pounds s,erllng, aud IL was kn'Ske down "
Y ~. Ha ' se n s"y o, +, a Ms.
sn,l for &57, and large quantity Ut the liter
atnrc of the MatEIcrs waa sold at good prlecs.-
Uoslon Trunsertpt.
Another attempt (says the London Ath.nanm)
Is being nndc to translate the Talmut. 1)r.
satn1ntsr, "e!!.kn"wn Rabbi md Taltnnlst,
fas In tic press uermnn translation u! "i3aha
Mesfa,' With commentary IN thu Anfne Ian
guage. II Is to be published by br,lzlan, Of
Berlin, II ie1 to twelve parts, large folio. The
eflgiNn! text accompanies the TRANSLATION. The
France mil UcrManys the first {'I}craclIutlc''
and no mora has been Issued I'LL now.
There Ia on private View, at Mr.. J. W. Rou-
TOMS, M. 100 broadway, remarkable culfcc-
tton Of Illustrated works, such Us perhaps has
never before been male by iii American cn1lcct-
tended oycr many years, and It 's impossible to
stnte their cost, but It ran scarcely be less than
$4,000. The most ,ota.lc lsook fs the Doy,lell
edition Of Shakespeare, tho copy hefng I'M Uncut
onc, In which condition II Il alnUst nnl1ur.
For this upward 0f 50DU plates hive been col
1tctct1, wbch, when arranged aiu1 bound, will
make atieaat forty Hnlues volume u eMh f,lay,
anil, for e0Nlc, two volumes. rllls extraordinary
collection u Illustrations includes all The Rinild-
ard series, fur which most Of the existing ef-
t[ons llavc bccn dcspoicd, many of them In
several etagcs. Over us,-lalf arr proof cupLcs,
md there arc nearly 2O oElgInat drawings,
atnung which arc many by members 1f the i,Il-
don Sketch Club, who used to gather Mt each
other'a houses and sketch upon given subj jects,
often frutn Shakespeare ur Milton. 1Iis work Inns
cost by itself over I'll, ,00o, tlu in1ayng Of tho
plates tu t. uniform sizc costing II ,CtO alone.
The collection Is offered ut $4,OOI, Hnlt0unu.
1hc work next Of Interest ts the corresponding
volumes, extended by extra illustrations " ten
| or more. The Life alosIe aH expanded wakes
two volumes, artl the plutcs, of which there nru
from 900 to Ito, include all the regular series
Of illustrations, tu proofs, anu also III two dfTcr-
ent prouf statGs. 'fhc iurge rapcr edition nj
Irvlng's Washington, of which only ninety copies
! we're printed, Is presentation copy fron lry-
fug, and tflc five volumes are extended to twelve
by the Insertion of about coo patcs. Among
thrsc arc ofrr 150 portraits Of Washington, AMI
there arc besides Gs 1nally autograph letters
from the fathers and the signcrs, Including half
| lozcN from Washington himself, one VI Whleh,
| 50 curly III liz. cost tho collector $1UO. Atl
,l,,c,lt ropy Of t,s Wavcrley novels iu the Air
| bt,tsiorl edition, Is extended froin Twelve Ia
furty.elghs volumes, anI contains about 45!G
! plates it. octayo size, with many autograph
| letters drawings, tGc.-.Nru 1orE Tribune.