The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-29

Ana the sober sided cup
BRINK goblet and bright sherry.
Though i had a pledge to SILVER
And the longest ever wa
Twill drink health TO Boil
since 1t pleascs him to roam.
And 10 paddle DER Atianucs,
After such sale At homel
And the shallow sand that turks
And his passage be a. clever
As the best among his works
Poole. tho once famous author OF Paul Pry."
gave Dickens the original prompt manuscript
OF that comedy. with one page OF the play In his
own handwriting. from which 1t appears that
the name OF the hero was ut first Peter Poster,
and Improved" At the beginning OF this vol
ume are some interesting notes on the great
success Of the piece; the average receipts OF the
first eight weeks (forty-eight performancesl
being 81. 250or about f210 per night, previous To
which. though Lis!on was playing in two
also presented Dickens with his own private
COPY OF HIS Sketches and Recollections." in
%S s pSsy
was suggested BY one ofPooles cockney sports
men.
others. as Halleck. Il. IL. Dana Worcester. OF
Dicti9nary celebrity. Fields pT; Q. ". Holmes.
taaities q Boston. and aeopgs Was6 n1 tom
Childs Of Philadelphia Donald @. Mitchell Tx.
MARVEL writes very SoRFplimop't9ry note n
from that locality over the data OF April q, '6s.
Nor must forget Bowdtch's Surnames" In
scrlbed Boston. August. 1855" OF which work
Dickens wrote a highly amusing account In
No. S75 OF Household Words. with specimens OF
the contents. many OF the real names given
being more extraordinary than those collected
or coined by himself and enumerated in Fors-
t sers Life ".pickens. is INCLUDED in low
tween Blgod and Oyfather and Bosch, and
after Damn. Cursin. Gust Blessing. and Blest
Am s1 I'm Aa sss az S6Sns Of sS sS
Chaillu can hardly be considered an American
unless by adoption. but he gave Dickens his
book, with the kind remembrances of the au-
thor in New York, on April ~. 1868. He like
wise possessed that queer volume mot pres
entation ,eopyl by Oscanyan. on the Sultan
and his People" wherein the author puns on
the Gar not being the " boss for US tBOsphor-
usl. and praises the lovely jaws" OF the
Among the other books worth a passing no.
tice is the Hebrew and English Bible given to
Dickens by the Jewish lady who had remon-
strated with him on his representation OF fARin
in Oliver Twist" for which he made amends
by the benevolent old Hebrew in " Our Mutual
Dickens, ESQ. In grateful and admirinR recog-
milton OF his having exercised the nObest quail
ity man can possess-that Of atoning for an in
By . Jewess. 9 February 1861" Two histories
Of England. namely. Keightleys and Charles
the margins suggestive OF Dickens's indebted
ness TO them while competing his Guilds
History, And in Vol. o Malcolm's "Anec;;
beneath picture OF a very pretty girl in the
picturesque costume OF the end OF the last CEN
got some OF the details about the Gordon riots
introduced In " Barnaby Nudge from Cur,
ney's "shoIlhand Reports OF Trials at the Old
The public reading copies OF his books are
curious and Interesting. Most OF the pages are
OF excisions and alterations being made. also
additions. all in Dick ens's handwriting. He
has even appended what may be called stage
to the word. and changing his voice. Four OF
these Readings were privately printed; one.
Was thPbk neYe5
Curiosity Shop" printed in raised letters. for
the use OF the blind, in Boston. United States
OF the existence OF this volume The series OF
engravinRs by Hogarth. mentioned by him as
3pccppylng the hall at Gadshill and afterward
eco. and recently exhibited in Edinburgh. at
the Museum OF Science and Art
The Thackeray relics comprise books OF no
great value in themselves. but such as are
mostly enriched with numerous characteristic
drawings. some crude enough. but many exc;
cuted with much skill and taste by the author OF
Vanity Fair" They include, too. some OF the
very works to which he was indebted for his pc
school books At the C6arterhouse: others
owned by him during his university days at
Cambridge; others again are publications or
own words. made the lucky hit which trebed
HIS gains and rendered him famous" He had 10
do with many more ephemeral and unsuccess-
full periodicals than Is generally supposed. All
the books are stamped with his crest and mono.
gram, and many contain his autograph and
annotations.
Here is a characteristic version OF an old
school dOggerel. written by Thakeray in his
early grammatical days on the edges Of pocket
dictionary OF the French and German Ian
guaRes:
Multiplication IL Vexaton,
Addition IL as bad.
o substrAcuOn Is distraction,
Practice drives me mad;
German verbs my peace di1tuIb0
Translation IL as badi
Al Exercises my anger rises
The gendu 70 drive me mad.
And hero 10 a Charterhouse memorial. written
on the final cover OF a Greek Thueydides, which
contains the name William III. Thackeray,
1927" on the fly leaf and title:
Loves like mutton chop,
Soon IL grows cold;
AL It's attractions hop
Ere II grows old.
Loves like the cholLc sure.
Both painful TO endurei
BTAndy's for both ouro.
30 I've been told
when for some fair the swain
Burns with desire.
In Hymens fatal chain
Eager 10 Try her
He WEEDS a. soon q he can.
And jumPs-anhAppy man
Out OF the frying pan
Into the nro.
In q Euclid containing two autographs OF
w. NJ. ThAcksray, Oharterhouse," 10 q full
length carioature. and under II. Russell ie q
Az AinsWortSs Ensils6- Latin and Titin,tnE-