, 1879-02-12
THE D1eEEsE LIBRARY.

IT II ris0rO3ED THAT Ttl& STATE 8nnuln DUf IT.
Representative Snyder. OF Cass County, In.
trodt,ccd bill at MuMluy's session OF tile Leg
Islntl,ra providing for tho appointment Of cum'
nittec ot QUO tu mnkU al inspection Ut a1!d
learn III what terms the library OF the late
Judge l,secac ean bc purchased for tho State.
The proposition was unanimously adopted. artl
AIr. Snyder was selected tn perform Tic duty
lald down In Ills resolution. Shortly utter the
death Of Judge Breese bis library alld papcrs
were removed from Carlyls to this city, and
plarcd in tho caru Of tho Hon. II. W. Fuller,
wllo, with the lion. Thomas !Ioync, WAS ap-
pututcl literary executor. Yesterday afternoon
TntnuHE re,,nrter yislted Mr.. Fullcr's u,1lcr
aud uallu u hurried Inspection Of tlM library.
It numbers nearly GU volumes, A'4l is
works. Among tile, former aro ths
h!uc.books. which were issued during tho Term
Mr. BrresD was member u the eohate. These
more modern date, which include tho l.npeacl-
nent Ut Audrnw johnson, tho report Of thu
Committee on tl,u Conduct OF the War. agr!.
cultural ald Patcnt:O :O!i5ce reports, cts. IN all
yplumes. 'Flc legal portion, agEFrgnt!ng sone
6o tunes, Ia rel, In sll tat pertains to legisla
tion IN tllinnis. There il q copy of talu old
rcrrttoria' laws suund III eaif ttls tttie page in
volumes OF curly Legislation, commencing with
tho admission oi Illinois to the unlon,--all of
which are npw very rare nt'i equally valuable.
Conspicuous ln the collection Is tile first yulune
4f the Illinois rgoor.s. which was edited " thu
Judge IN 1884,. II was printed BY hubert Flctn-
Ing, ut Kaskaakta, In tlIe saine yenr, ind was
the tirst bouk published Ia the stlte. iears
ago It was cut Ut p!nt. and was ropublisl1rsi
mon, Gilman, and Truman hrs also Iii tlie col.
lection, a. atc alao tt,oss ot Frcaman down to
tl.s eiyhsy-scoud yo'uu,s. Ttse public a,1d
private laWs arc prett, fully Represented: These
ccry Court, printed Ia l740 u!tl Sir John
CoinyuA' digest Of Tho laws Of England, pub.
lishcl IN l1!p. A. comparatively raIc volume u
ts yEx,a report 70, o,lv9 "a s"ys yya9 BY u h4s a.
Preached Ut NORTHAMPTON at TWO Several
Asstsrs thers" In 1851 aui 1861, by robert Boil.
tun, London. 1851 An1shes curiosity ID u
description of I'll the JOURNEYS recorded n The
DID alAl New TestAmet'ts. This is con!pl lation
Of tho works Vi Henry bunting. un1 was prlut'
I'd by Adanl Isllp, Of Lopdon, IN 10lo, nearly
| halg d century befUso tEu nuYcht Of tue plague
allA the great fro In London.
Coming down to more modern tlmes arc The
l'cnnsyiyanla report. ~ Dallat; New York. 3,
Jvhu4on; and tue Supreme Court, b5 Cranrh;
United States and Louisiana digest; Dillon or
Corporations, A,ll many Others Of lhe latest
text anl reference books.
lhe collection of Amssicana Il very small.
i
in Albany tn l6.3, urges the building of tht
lllli.ois 4 Michigan cansl. i il illustrated
With UNI, Ut both States, Cllcauo Greek l,
quite prominent, u u alk4l Fort uearbugs., bu
Chicago NJ city Is unknown. Long Jnhnfl
summit farm II put down OH the MAD ~ Port
agc, for tle reason tint the eRnoes Of tlu roy
ageus had TO ~ carried acsos: Il from Til
Il i msp of Vantfalia, then ths Capital
with its public Squire and somc twenty u
twenty y-tvc blocks 'at.i out with NJ much recu
lurity u Phlladclpniu, aud utterly uero!l U
| sidewalks. sewerage, aud Eas. Browns histor,
VI lllinuss, published III i64i, also has map .
clota ~ Canalp9rt Que Junction OF the cala
uni the Chicago Myer), hut tile latter aes1us I,
bc this llorc Important p'uce. "fcek's iuld
lor lni1nigrants," publlslIed tu 1881, Ii also 0
Bulue Interest 10 thu student Of curly Westcr
DAYS. Hutlrr's history Ut kenturky. Lonisylllr
1881, thu Hor4ts Warl4ru 0f Northwest Virginla
w Alex. I. Wsls!s, c!asksbarg, W., 1881, ~
to l1a5, WtllsburKh, ISL. are quite Imporlan
works 10 their WAY. Asuong the uascslaleou
works, which arc to bs found In aln1ust ever
library, arg tho Spectator, Putatcli, Aaal
Stpitn's Wreath ot Nations" "GulEot's" Mcl.tt
tluns,h Pullard's lust Cnuse, =" Jsneson's" Cur
IRON The author, who Il onu Ut Tic Cook Count
Judges; On English tyclopetiia, Lopdou, 1sl;
Hol1aire't Philosophical Dictionary, johtlsou
pueiy, i ypla. There ~ III old COPY of "tok
. IN Ltttlrton,n London, lG3i. with . very II
nrtlstic portrait Of The authoE. Il d fo!o sig
with ttlfee columns u the page. ln the trst
the French text, iu tue sreond the EnE!ikl!, al'
, Tie third Il devoted to explanatory notes Thel
| are tlseu volumes Of the liinoi< Intelligence
uublisnei nt E4ud4lta In 1S13t'33S, AMI on
+ yo1ums uf tiis h.puuteaM Advocate, Of kaskx
, KIM iros, 1928 u lsal Very newsJ indeed ~e