, 1879-04-21

lory OF ts ttagc from ,l1c earliest nerna tn TIC
present. yh. sCtnrise 1latury ri tG Il! 10 ntul
,nrc, having i,een rIEIa,y suppressed. LctsI.
Hunts "crittcal Essnys IN thu Performers ot
tho London Tlratre3," With ffty.nyc insertcd
Illustrations: Joscrh 1rclnn's " lsec,sts Of t!le
cholse Illustrations eollcc.#l and nrFanSr,l By
tile ilil,tfalcr; ua Interesting ns tarr, only 70!
copies 'nsns hcsn printed. Tic Irsli a,Hs
EScntissl stage nrs fully coveted: Ie e. hrans
suuer!, voiunIs. urof,tsciy illustrated: a. a|ao
1aInc': "hcro!iat II I .i,c Ene1I.h D:nmatyls
Poets" pr1ntc'l In lt9i. MncelIn aInl Slncfcn'ly
tnsll. 5U00 pny.slla, SO nearly consecutive Ms to
form sort nf history Of The 1.omt!on *tneo
from 1o2 In 1EHl, Ia yGry ctrisl's. lfiri. tIrrt
nre ihcnsrical n1ttngrnpli nlhllm, ct'ntn!''1!iE
sixty Interesting specimens; ihuntrlcal tortrnttA
u the hood.uul-t Thunder drama: se Thra'rta!
! Ti,Ht.: TfrspinlI Dictionary; TlmHplau OrnclG;
and other instructive works uf this character.
VALUABLE WITHOUT AND WITHIN.
II should be bnrno in mini flint tlirse works,
llku Nil t!lc oilers. indeed, Of tic celebrated
collection. arc guttcn Ut, in thc most elaborate
style. Every important dramatic biography
seems To hnva l'ccm through tls hands Of al
czpesicnred collector, wtio lIa* kept out trrce-
vat matter, nlut literally avactI lllnsct Ut tho
wealth Of n,nsrrjal wlic1i l,as lctn Mt lin dis
nosal nf tic collector up to the inst ten ycars.
btis Ia now aO erarte as to f'c ottatnnhlc only
when opportunities Hike thu present safe cnt'c.
| The collection Of Safeguarding gives Insight
intu tho photographers lovc for I1ln greatest Of
| pt,cts IncllsanI l!e ynrftMa cditln!fs nf hls
wnrks. there nso about iu volumes dentct! to
Shakespeare, coyerl,I. thn w1lulc field ot review,
| history, Biography, nilt! crltclsil.
leaving INV thc drntnnt!c t!crazilncnt, which
has bccli dwclt in to the nrglurt uf url n,ntter
tl,nt would well rc,nay attention. The Life III
Thomas stothnru. with Personal lseniInis-
ccnccs." BY Mrs. H'ny. Ia
| oan or THE MOTT srE1EINa
Of the hundreds Ut supcrt, works present for
inspection. Tllrse threu volumes, illustrated
by tho nsprton nf over COO platcs nre n arcqs-
nry Of beauty. Stot1 ard. N.o Inns been tcsucd
tho English Kanhne!., left, III moro than n
thousand rncraycu designs, enduring witnesses
of his exqusitr taste nIlIl purify In the ,lellnca-
tlols of angelic nnd female forins, heroic itian
hood, nml particularly all ,!Iat Is engagissg and
attrnclivc In the seu'lcs Of domestic life. They
have consequently hccn III great demand. nntl
aru in their hest state yers rare. Tie present
collection arc mostly proof iMnrrss!onF. Scarcc-
" classic author VIVA iesc Whose wnrka stot.
lard did not Illustrate Il! us long carccr of hait
u century uf activity. ills illustrations. to th,
works of Shakespeare, "I3oElnsW, Crusoc."
"Ptlgsin,'s Progress" anl ''Rnecra' italy' have
not lJecn purpaescd, Rt1 sl, clioicGst exhibition
III all these arn fonnl in tleko most carefully
prepared volumes.
THE MOST F4Mous WORK
In t,c collection, l,owrvcr, Is Jhl,n ". Fsnncis'
sixiy Ycprs,n prju,ctl in J5tl,, anl illustrated
aml extendctl from one volume imperial Srp. 10
nlnc volumes jplperiHl fuItn, by il,c insertion
Of 9,tUN autographs, portrnita, Views, etr, atltI
over that I1ul,ihcr of newspaper cuttings. 1iesu
Volumes ure bound III brown crushed fcyant mo-
rocco extra, panelc e!,1c5 nt,! ur,at nsisle bur-
tcrs elnlorately tooled. THIS 'snntcl.lc+s
cnpY," rs It Is well called, engaged tho attention,
OF Alr. r. Ii. A,orfels, thu Illustrator, for many
years, and ncitlrr cxpensc nor i.uu waa cnyf,l-
cred. Not II locality hut wlmt las Its npproprs-
az laiihlul portrait as could l,u procured, unl
generally by autograph letters; no prominent
dramatic pcrtor,nas,c.. without the Original btl!
Of the plny; am. no ellnnEu III thu metropolis
without tile authorized map or plan. It. is snItl
| that no such monument Of New York M this
| exists. llcru nre tho curly topography,
tic administrative, ecclesiastical, mil
dramatic lIistory III complete .1etutl. T'hcn
follow the review Ut the progress of
thu 1no urta, lin literary history,
life Of tle nuthor, md llse Mayors Of thu citY.
Mi of t6c,n from ltll5 10 iS7a. Nothing anpar-
c11tly was loft unlo,le to nuke tl.ia Donl; tile
iuest lucal history cxtant. 1t Is to he hoped 1t
wlli be secured by thr Astur Library.
| AnntllGr remarkable bnok. already mentioned
IN THE TnlnuSR, il @. L. pu,nnu,'s own copy
| Of the ~ Homes Of American Aut!lurs.n
orvrnt1, ,1rrr.runv
| .o ,..,.'.. =. a.. ..,,1o,,,. .,,. T.,
~. LII, aMn na'aaS IT, liz n oa nt,,eoo e ~
ntaeo n unlJ ~ int, ~ T,.t,, ,..e
lheIe nBc sysles.ua iI " Irns"s''psh.a..I,
ehce"uc,s u n"mus @ 'aafni aaas.s:,.. ~ H.
Brydrcs' "Censura Litcrarsa,n Amcs' aTyno.
graphical Antiou1t!cs," md II larre n,tsnbar o!