The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-17

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PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
Observation-Disclosures Book Trade-Rare
Works.
EDUCATIONAL.
Massachusetts-The industrial, me-
chanical, and free hand drawing and
modelling representations in the Educa-
tional Department sum up-twenty-
eight Textbooks, one hundred and
thirty-eight Studies, forty-seven Models
and fifty-seven Casts. Among the
specialties from the Bay" State Cary
ings of Wood from Washington's Elm,
Cambridge, illustrations and descriptions
of Mastodon Giganteus, Astronomical
Lantern System. Scholars work from
primary, grammar and high schools,
two hundred and ninety bound volumes,
and on seventy-twO states specimens OF
sewing from grammar schools, in six
portfolios. (This is a feature introduced
in the grammar schools of Massachu-
sets, male, that should be introduced in
other States.-THE WRITER.) Complete
set of annual school reports for 1875,
from eighteen cities and three hundred
and twenty-four towns, in twelve
volumes. Itastounds one to think of it,
when write that Massachusetts makes
gross exhibit in her eight rooms in the
Main Building, the ponderous amount OF
at least two thousand special educational
exhibits. No wonder Boston is termed
the Athens Of America. One of the
most interesting of this remarkable edu.
cational exhibits is drawing thirty-four
feet, of physical observation.
Belgium is represented under the
same classification as Switzerland, only
not SO extensive. There are sixty-stven
representations of school furniture mod
els in all the various branches, a special
collection of plants, histories, works OF
art and utility. The Netherlands have
ffty-three representative exhibits OF
their educational forces, Sweden seventy
five, Brazil fifteen, Norway one hundred
and twenty-eight, Italy forty-twO,
Canada ninety-twO, Argentine Republic
eighteen, Russia sixty-eight, Turkey
seventy-eight, Portugal forty-two.
The Swiss educational exhibit is
grouped under two hundred and nineteen
representations, embracing reports Of
institutions, obligatory and facultative
textbooks and apparatus, report of ST.
Gallen kindergarten, maps, charts
models, school benches, and desks. The
following embody the different classified
tions which are full educational systems
methods and libraries, institutions anC
organizations, scientific and philosopher
instruments and methods, engraving
architecture, charts, maps, physical
social and normal condition of man.
THE AMERICAN BooK.TRADE ASSOCIATION
This Association, whose importance il
the field of education deserves full anc
comprehensive notice, occupie structure
in full section of the main exhibition
building, and is the only two story
pavilion in the building. The plan i:
one hundred and seventeen by thirty
four feet, base, having three platforms
each supported by sixteen light iron pill
lars, and connected by two bridge plat
forms. On the main platforms are erected
pavilions, divided by rail standards into
four spaces each, and on the bridg,
platforms are wall standards. The second
story is twelve feet above the floor; the
railing are in open iron work; the decora
tions on the graceful pillars are in Claret
sage, and brown colors with gilt. The
building is regular little beauty, ano
cost five thousand dollars. The gentle
men to whom the book trade of the
country stands indebted for the con
venience the building furnishes, and TIT
completeness of each detail of its or
ganizatiOn, are Messrs. Blakiston, Rem
sen, and N. r. Monachesi.
RARE WORKS.
Among the many rare books gathered
by the Association for exhibition is
Four Century Bible, printed at Venic,
in 1476, evidently with prophetic in
tention;" Donay (Catholie) Bible o
1910, curious little copy, supposed t
have belonged to John Milton; a fac
simite of the first English Scripture
Tyndale's, 1926; King James of 1911
the Matthews Bible of John Rogers
1919, and several American Bibles. Tn,
Association has also prepared nea
little pamphlet, giving sample texts in
one hundred and sixty.four languages
with information rs to the Society
work; copy of Eliot's Indian Bible
1868 the first Bible printed in America
which only Mr.. Trumbull can read tn,
Aitkin Bible, the first printed here il
English, by Robert Aitkin, in 1871
Collinss quarto Bible, Trenton, 1871 9
handsome Bible, printed in beautiful
style, two hundred and fifty dollars; 9
curious Dutch Bible of 1852. The oldes,
establishment in the country, originating
with Christopher Sewer, ST., at German,
town, Pa, in 1888, who established the
first type foundry in America, and who
printed quarto German Bible, after
Luther's 34th Halle edition, which he
finished, printing twelve hundred copies
of it in 1743. This was the first Bible
printed in this country in a European
language. It was preceded eighty years
| by Eliot's Indian Bible, but it was not
till forty years afterwards, 1871, that the
| first English Bible was printed in
America. The firm exhibit two of the
first Sunday school tickets in America.
A New York house exhibits in this de-
partment two eighteen-carat pen and
pencil case, each with diamond in the
head, value two hundred dollars. An
other one firm displays an eagle, made OF
three thousand gold pens. One firm ex-
hibits apparently what is small roll OF
thin paper, but is half inch in length.
Another firm ream of paper, six by
eighteen, weighing two thousand pounds,
with trimmed edges, called the Monarch.
The French exhihit Ia conaidarod the
finest collection ofbooks in the building.
1t is worth 5000, and nearly half has
already been sold to John Hopkins's Uni.