The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-09
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THURSDAY, AUGUST o, 1877.
THE DISCOVERY OF A LOST BOOK

THE DISCOVERY OF A LOST BOOK.
We have already announced that two
volumes of juvenile poems, by Charles
Lamb and his sister, Mary, which were not
known to be extant, have recently been
discovered in Australia. They are now In
the possession of the Geatleman's Magazine,
of London, to which Charles Lamb, during
his lifetime, was contributor, and the
last number thereof gives an account Of
thelr discovery and a statement OF their
contents. The article has been republished
in this country, and, from it, we condense
the.following article.
The volumes are entitled Poetry for
children" aud were published In, or
about, the year 1916. Lambs published
correspondence contains three allusion to
these books In letter TO Coleridge,
written in June, 1909, be says. 81 shall
have to send you, in week or two, two
volumes of juvenile poetry done by Mary
9" and me within the last six months. :"
There is a letter to Manning, January 2,
lOlO, nillCu W GdNC accompanied y
present of these volumes and in 1927, he
writes to Bernard Barton zone likes to
" have but one copy of everything one
&c does. l neglected to keep one OF Poet
cry for children, the joint production Of
" Mary ard me, and it is not TO be had for
" love or money. Know you any one that
" has it and would exchange it p Lamb,
1t ia believed, never succeeded in obtaining
yupirs, for eip 90 HE death noae have Lsen
known TO be in existence, and none were
found among his effects. Collectors have,
for years, endeavored to get hold Of them,
and large prices have been offered therefor
almost as large prices as for the original
edition of the "Book of Mormon"-but not
until within the past few months was the
long search crowned with success.
1t appears that the books wore found by
the Hon. w. Sandorer, of South Australia,
who, in sending them to the Office of the
Gentleman's Magazine, in December, 1876,
gives the following account Of their finding
"When on visit to England in the year
"le6G, was staying in Plymouth, where l
"attended u sale of furniture and books.
"These happened to be among others pur-
"chased by me. The names of the authors
mot appearing on the title-page is most
''likely the cause of the failure in discov-
"ering copy of the work." When we
come to consider that these books were
only Eve and q half by three and three
eighths inches and contained only some one
hundred pages each, printed on very thin
paper, and that it was published as a book
for children, it is not so very strange that
1t has so long disappeared. Collectors Of
historical works can easily see that there
was nothing strange about the disappear
ance, and can take courage from tho dis
covery.
These volumes contain eighty -four pieces,
but Of these twenty nine have been repro
duced in various 'eadng books. We give
the list of these fitty-hve poems as follows
"The Ieaper's child" "The butterfly,
"Choosing a name" Crumbs 10 the
birds" "Dlscontent and quarreling,f "Re-
pentance and reconciliation" "Neatness in
apparel" "The newborn infant" "Motes
in the sunbeams," "The first of April,
THE lame BROTHER" "The text" "The
end of May" "The duty Of a brother.
"Wasps in garden" "What is fancyf'
sanger Blindness, 1.-THE mimic harle-
quin," "The reproof," "The two bees,
1.-THE journey from school and to school,
1.-THE orange" 'The young letter writer
"Suffer little children, and forbid them
not, to come unto me" THE men and
women and the monkeys: A fable,
"Love, death and reputation A fable,
"The sparrow and the hen: Which is the
favorite2" Choosing a profession,
"Weeding," parental recollections,
1.-THE Offer" 'Nurso Green,' "Good TEN
per-" "Modoration in Diet "Incorrecl
speaking, Charity" "My birthday,
"The confidant," "Thoughtless cruelty,
'Eyes," "Penny-pieces, "The force Of
habit" O'clock striking," "Why not do il
sir, to dayr Home delights, "The des
sert," ''ro young lady on being too font
Of music, The fairy" Conquest O
'The spartan boy" "on a picture of tn,
finding of Moses by Pharaoh's daughter.
"David."
The author of the article thinks Their
will be no difficulty in distinguishing th
articles written by CHARLES Lamb from
those of his sister, although there Is moth
Ing but internal evidence &c 20 by, save tn
statement Of Lamb, in one Of the letters a
ready referred TO, that he wrote about one
third Of them. One of these, entitle,
"Parental RecolleclionS, which is ascribe
to Charles Lamb, we reproduce, as follows
A ohild's play thing for an hour;
It's pretty tricks Wo try,
For that or for longer SPACE;
Then tire and lay It by.
But knew one that TO Itself
All seasons could control;
That would have mockd the sense OF pain
Out OF u grieved soul.
Thou stragger into loving arms,
Young climber up OF knees,
When forget thy thousand ways,
Then life and all shall cease.