New-York tribune., 1880-06-30
x3HN FoRsTER's GIFT,
81 eooKs AUTOGRAPHS AND MSS.


kfsE BOOKS AUTOGRAPHS AND MSS.
krxlx RRtSrsp yoIuME BY BEcKFoRD-
fLvlxs woRKs-- -LAMBs AND. IAspoRs-
s ,Er--IxTrrns From PorRNrATEs-TnE
sxxs Observation-Disclosures FRIENps.
after tile death of John Forster, In
sas made known that he had bsqueathed bis
81 Of books autographs. manuscripts. paint
}d prints, to tho Engsh Nation, subject
<I,fo ,ntrrcsr which he reserved for Mrs.
Will be remembered also that Mrs.
- waved this interest very soon afterward, and
q entire collection passed into the possession OF
3fh KeusiBRton Nuscutn, where At now is. ot iate
series Of art handbobks 70 South kensmgton mas
sk$h,ishine nj infervaisi Ia London, and new vol
% reccsved ~ scribuer & Wexford. contains
5cssinx description Of Mr.. Forsters gfi, with .
- - 2sr.ft nst.m engraved by the lste O. a Jeens.
=. s&r~rnuhk marginal notes ETC.. reprodneed
lSs q. - fae msue volume an account Of the Al
- - co,leet etiou is given, also with O portrait
orssSI p Ilaee,ion is divided into BOoks."
rsod| "A n -gsintings aud Drawngs." Amens
~ IA ia Z ss q copy Of Addisons ~' Travels In
4. ne original binding, with an autograph u-
SSs1s IN by Addison. ss foiows: " To DR.. Jonathan
z1ke post agreeable companion the truest friend
&trsstess genius OF hisage this book is presented
< most hum5!e servant. the author A thin pri-
HfiDted book OF cpitavhs, by the author OF va
md vesy rare vol ume. contains two epitaphs
s Tie repriuted In this volume. although opinion
5fr genuineness is wxssed They are amusing
b. bear quoting here
lnt and listed ~ tho Tenth Hussars,
<.<* tgall0ped with them to the bloody wars a.,
s = e. 6rS nj s;,cS M eiory feeling rather ahy.
~ n . struggle with the Hopping cough
5 s ~ lies John Adams VINO received thnmp
!, q 10 the forehead from the parish pump,
soe I'D Ss'es Us asSsad sas ada
are COPIES Of several Of Cariy,es works with the
AUTOGRAPH notes OF presentation. and set OF
edirioEs OF the works OF Charles Dickens, nearly
le. many Of them presentation copies. OF Gold.
~ Deserted village and De Foes Robinson
- the collection includes the first editions. Some
ksests Of DR.. Johpson's Lives Of the Poets" cor
- himsen and preserved in two volumes, belong
g and there are first editions Of many
6Aries Lambs works, Lord Lytton's and
IS Savage Laudor's. The collection OF plays
4afee one OF original early quarto
thcrs arc thirty volumes, beginning In 1860 and
4 Ia 1720 Another set Of sixteen volumes, octave.
6 tkir,d Al, twelve volumes brng the collection down
{he end Of the eighteenth century. Among other
- On early copy Of Pope's Dupciad." with an
5&hph inscription Horace waipoe's presentation
= the strawberry HIN edition Of his Fugitive
f0Hmfrfeud Thomas GRAY copy of the first
3hakesreare u62s). but with the title.
<ssx portrait and an the Introductory matter IN
ttxze fourteen volumes Of pamphlets collected by
1T6f xacaulay, and Shaw's syncriticai Grammar"
1ek in1nted for Michael johnson, the father OF Dr.
ffs6ej and sold at his shop in Lichfied There arc
@4iuons OF Churchill's pcems Thest. however
fare. But one Of the volumes has the Following
- Sossver,s hand on fhs nearly fcrrotton poet,
z; q f7,s comet Of q season - Chur shli had
IA sreYlipg onaiftigs both man and 9oct
~ ap--sympathy with the Door and oppressed ana
A9ery and tenderness to his friends AS
OF the natural and mpusive with the arsncia
= ~ tssling for nature and truth In general"
sntosraphs and autograph letters inclnde I'VE
frcn kllssbeth. tho daushter Of James I. who vas |
II Bohen,io. all addressed TO John Kins, Bishop
tbn (l617-1620), and three to other persons. one
- ~ her son Charles From young Charles there |
NV issters addressed TO his mother. A warrant
5 sigpsture Of Queen Elizabeth, OF England The /
fSst,n includes FIVE letters from Charles l.
1& them addressed. probably, TO Prince
"a and two from Charles IL. addressed
1E8 Same person. Autographs OF James H.
FkzH< <.xapoleon BoDaparte ana Cromwell ere
- the others IN the collection. The 0arrick cor
- snce Il contained In thirty-nine volumes. and of
oDhs nom men OF letters there are those of |
=, Burke. Bacon, coleridge, De Foe. Fielding. |
18th, Hume, johnson, Keats. Lamb. Scott, Wal |
Hnrk voltsire. More remarkable than these, how |
1p the manuscripts. They include the original |
q Lord Lytton's Ducaesse de la valliere, +" The |
tftf Lyons" and Not 90 Bad as We seem.' o re- !
Die collection OF thingS pertaining TO Swift, ana
3iekens manuscripts which. as tho public already
W fncudes greater part OF the novelisvs woxks-
$wift things comprise swifys letters OF ordination
inpubiisned pieosa in ptese end verse that passed
- him and Sheridan. imprinted letters inc
6rtp<s II several pf his pu5iisned wrftings. ana
passer copy Of 0uiverss Travels" nrss edition.
~ fSe addifious by the author, and containing
Hon TO the changes adopted In later editions.
psssagcs which have never Deen pablished In
q 1hops. OF these Swift papers, MT Forster him.
IA given an account Ia the preface TO his
49, 81 suiftv the nrst volume Of which appeared
<1 k1ez6 The works or parts Of works BY Charles
~ os which fbe nspuscripts are in the collection.
IL sbe fo,cvipg Oliver Twist" Sketches Of
<5sSs coupiess a Old Curiosity Shop" Barnaby
American Notes" Martin Cnazsewi1"
~ ana son.,' David Copperneid." " Bleak
/" Hard Tsmes," "Lttle Dorrit." "a
~ 81 Two Citses.v and Edwin brood"
~ 4 are also volumes Of the corrected
of sDomeey and Son." "David Copper
80 Bleak House, ana . Little Dorrit" Some OF
<fS @ss sops IN Dombey aud Son" are In MT
lzsssSs handwriting. A procfsheet from DAVID
~ "a which originally read as follows: "' De
.sc,t.,f she d,te, said Mr. Dlo. looking earnestly
taxing IN his pen TO note &c down, when that
into the sninx warehouse and did 90 much mis-
~ ~ - cha ssd 70. end TINA .when King Charles
q haA Ne head cut sr F'-and surely it Ia more
Dtck ii taak a Charles :. shsn Of any Other sub
Eeh al ForstcrslIfcis ssutributed BY his friend.
F. feDr Harry Morley, who writes appreeiatinsiy OF
"a pcssr 70 mate and hold frisnds The authors
- ard actors who came 10 know him. In part
his articles in TIE Eraminer, were drawn tn
a ks says, ,ipts friendship under the influence OF
ng sympathy with all that was best In their airns
,uGh tho sineerity Of his nature and the souud-
~ }nda7nsnt. Czflyle was asnonE them and he
insf8d to look khrunfh any mlstL 10 the outward
fSo NJ 9De true soul wtb1. When Forster died Car
cae of fkoeo ne2reet friebdn who knew how
. 5pYir hsa then passed from Sc work here" One
Bublic the Inscription which hss been placed over
Ie{s exnvo at Kcnsal Green. IL tells that he WAS
10 prjvee lie for the fobnetnees OF his charac
fus warmth Of his affections; for BIS eesseiess
~ IN literature ard BUSINESS. apd the lavish ser
20. q the ulast Of his crowded lie, he rem
his ff1sads for bis keen appreciation OF every
81 crec3i6uee, and the EeDercs.ty OF his JucE
- 6ooko ara men, Professor Morley. In refer
"a ne Liza ~ f1ckfns,s says Forstets design was