New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-16
NOTES ON BOOKS.
THE SUNDERLAND LIBRARY LITERARY


- ,..-.,,,,or, 1884 Divided into four parts.
:. ...awo,s of como months It has lasted in all
= - A. opa came TO an END Thursday, March
90 -. ,ot Q s5e fell to the last tap of Messrs
p,..;ok g. simpSon,s hammer. An end. that u.s. OF
,hs library 40 far as Il was included in the sale cat
olocne Rut the Duke of Marlboroughs appeute
,rows Inv what il feeds on. The great prices when
.bese books fetched have set him cropping IN 'he
garrets of Blenhelm Palace, and more DOCKS nave
been discovered, and even some manuscripts al
of which are to be sold. To these are 10
be added a lot of volumes already ad]uugeu'
hut returned imperfect which are 10 Ue
sold again with all faults" as the aucnoneers say
In their warning phrase. When all Is oon'' :" -
computed that the money paid Tor BID. whlen IL
sometimes different thing will reach SoVo'ooo'
Aa epitaph upon this Sunderland Library mas oeon
n,onoupced by MIR. Quaritch, who seems to have
.ppoipted himself orator of the day on the grouhu
that he was the Largest purchaser" Very llkely
he was. More books, undoubtedly, have fallen 10
his than 70 apy other bid But Mr. Quarltch Is a
dealer who believes In advertising not only MS
wares but himself and it would be mistake 10 sup
nose that all the lots set down to him were reahy
bought by him. whether for stock OF commission
The largest French buyer, NJ Damascene Morganu'
was good.natuled enough to allow MI Qnarltch W
hid for him. and NJ MoTgand's purchases hguIe
in Mr. Ouaritch's name. Among tnem "eio 'n0
original editions Of Rabelais, the queer httie VOL
unes in lGmo and 12mo Of which le TWO Inos'
.,aoio,o were sold at f32O and $500 apiece. They
20. among the celebrities of the whole sale the
Piccadilly bookseller the nominal buyer OF them'
In all there were eleven separate books ana they
now figure as one collection in the sale catalogue
inst issued by NJ. MOrgand at the modest price VI
$4,000 for the eleven-somethlng over Pi,ooO
each II is the fashion to speak OF the ounueii"n"
Catalogue "a a favorable specimen of mod
en English photography, ana SO IL H. Toi
which reason the American amateur III
such matters will find a comparison between the
Robertson titles and those Of NJ. Morgand edliy-
ING The latter aevotes TO this one subject fifteen
closely printed pages, with SMILES OF the u'IeS
of each volume
What Mr.. Quaritch said of the value OF the
Sunderland books was perhaps SAID with
an eve TO future customers for some OF MS
numerous purchases The books are wonderful;
they were still more wonderful before time and neg
lect and damp and dust and the brutality OF the
binder had wrought havoc among them. AS 10 the
Hamilton Library" remarked Mr.. Quartch, "hue
rs it was could form another like II to-mOrTo" !;
and this foolish piece of brag is unsuspecunsly
ohronicled by the innocent reporter of The Times
Against it may be set what NJ Nor
cand said while the sale of the Hamilton
lBeckford) collection was gong on: DEAL
as YOU know, in rare books, but they pass
and repass through my hands and those OF my col
leagues in Paris. These Hamilton books are Sucn
as none of us have seen before or will ever see
again." Each library had its points OF excellence
and of distinction. The Sunderland collection
could not have been made by man who loVed
hooks for their own sake. man does not buy
Mr.
he shall seek out the Earl of Sunderland in another
world and express to hun his gratitude and respect
If circumstances should permit this interview to
como of, hope Lord Sunderland may be asked
what he thinks of his descendants, and especially
of the recent owner Of his library of their respect
for his memory and what he respected.
The popularity of Mr. Bosworth Smiths Life OF
Lord Lawrence" is something extraordinary
Within month of its publication here in London
the whole of the first edition OF 1900 copies had
been sold at the by no means moderate price OF %9
The demand continued so brisk that Messrs. Smith,
Elder G. Co. were announcing more than a fortnight
AGO that for the second edition orders would be filled
in rotation English reviews of the biography have
been. with no exception that l hear of, favorable
Int tins is one of the books of which it may be said
that the public writes its own reviews. The story
of the life of man, a real aud true hero, simple and
sincere. doing great things in quiet way as mat
Ter of duty-such story well told there is public
for even in these days. and paying public.
third edition of the hook Is to-day announced Tor
April 3. the second being already exhausted.
Asnobody has answered my question who the
"Nickesson was those name appears on the DacK
of the English edition of Emersons Essays, London,
1s41. must answer it myself. More accurately
-, 1aft from
CARLYLE to Emerson, volume 2, page Al, of the
lately published Correspondence. Nickesson, whom
CARLYLE neggently spells Nckerson, is Bookseller
Fraser. Successor" Fraser died in 1S4l, not many
months after launching this first book of Emerson
in England. Poor Fraser, alas is dead tpoor
Fraser NJ writes CARLYLE November 10, 1S4l, who
al previous times has had both good words and bad
for his publisher. From most Americans Fraser
will have, hope, only good words, for be 1t was,
as CARLYLE honestly acknowledges, to whom
the notion of reprintng Emerson in Eng
land first occurred. Il ought to say,
moreover that this was a volunteer scheme OF Fra
GERS the risk is all his the origin of II WAS with
him advised him TO have 1t The EsSaysl reviewed.
as being really noteworthy book; 'Nnte your
Preface said he and will reprint it, to which,
after due delay and meditation, consented" So
CARLYLE. 25 June. 1S41-a passage which, consider
ing all Emerson bau previously u"hO W ""f VI ~
printing Carlyle in America" gives rise to medita-
tions on the part of the reader also.
The promised complete edition Of Emerson's works
Is now announced by Messrs Macmillan in fact
hearty ready. The second volume, Essays" will
be published Lext week three others before the end
of May. and the first, with Introductory essay by
Mr. John Morley, is IN preparation"
With permission Of your printer, should like ia
say that the name of the Editor of the "Lyra Ele-
gaBtlarum is Mr. Frederick Locker-not Lockyer
ss the types would have it. Loekyer there is now
extant, excellent person, his name beng familiar
TO both the English aud American publcs But his
initials are J. n, and he is astronomer, whereas
the compiler of the volume of occasional verse
was referring to was baptized Frederick and il
l...,calf only nec Of nthnr mans nneLrQ