The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18
the first volume Of n du Camps souvenirs you
can feel very, dietinctly the writer's Seahlousy

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Goncourt. Ioia. and Alphonse Daudet. who were
the close friends OF Fnubert during me n, iest
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rares contain many interesting chapters, nota-
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Intimate terms chapter on table tnrning ana
BaIlelaire. Gerard % Nerval deorge ssnd.
and Alfred de Musset. and tho painters Fro
nsn!a aep pPSnot at i. ourosd en- by
that viii be the Joy q e4lest2rs Of all kinds
old silver; old china, oid furniture. i i ON
annotated and anecdotical chronicle Of al VIZ The
sarlosity business IL iss3 yrII,sa ~ man n.
tcnee Thins a 'f ike mem have thsr hsi9ry
especially in this century OF nstabity; when hen
and to die in the same house is next 10 never
realized. Our modern houses are without long
associations Of griefs and Joys. We have no
ofiurniture rendered sacred by the religion OF
souvenirs. Tho charming nonsense OF the re-
Soand to pass s0iS. %aI Tie o pso S? not
Drouot is like a Stock Exehange where the
artistic III object goes to get itseli quotation:
bo rS e sdrS OF q Ts
tents Of NJ Eudels book arc as ' varied as the
objects that pass through the sale rooms 81 tho
Is talk about old musical instruments. about
Stmdiyarins Guarnerins; the Rnckers. Of
since the days Of Eorenso dc Mcdic chapter
Ss Duo
Pichon. N. Duheit. NJ. Ruggier; a,chapt,er on
of Tonaeo ON ae0n
Letessier. on Paul de Saint;victors library. on
Marie Hcilbron's sale. on the sale OF Balzac's
Of Saint q coa the Black SCAT ca Tavernp and the
Sens CT Se yp nea II h9 pres
SS ass:d 17ss istsSsd sI isiie. 3! 5aSn
s5 one Of. Lincoln. tll.4O; one Of Grant. S..
The Presdent 1 are not yet quoted very high:
amusing. One day the complete Series su Of his
precious source Of documents to the historian.
collections at the present day as compared with
those Of the collections Of the great statesmen.
whose treasures have formed the nucleus OF so
many Of the great European museums! Now
tuo RTtNt cOllectOTs are I'LL more or less
sspecplators. The Baron Pichon. NM; Spitzer,
Bnsilewski. d'Armall6 tho Baron Daviller.
scoresof other big collectors whom could men
ton have all made an excellent business out
jects Of art and curiosity. Many a so-called
amateur buys pictures or porcelain or Japan
neries from vanity to show that he is man
OF taste as well AS a rich man. Then. when
ssatiety arrives. the collection returns to the
shortly. afterward begins to collect over again
generally In some new branch. And so the
object OF art has become u speculative value
official perhaps than those of the Stock Ex-
change, but mono the less real and perfectly
known by the amateurs. Nay. more tho dealers
who come to examine the collection Of n man
OF taste who Is selling out. can find no higher
disc" Oh. profanationl The object OF art 40 re-
spected and venerated Of old. has become n
veritab!e commodity like cotton or cane sugar
THEODORE CHILD.