New-York tribune., 1884-01-28

rare books England with Its cultivated popuauon
has always been large purchaser Some OF 'he very
best books have been absorbed by It, PROVIDENCE ou
Island had relatively It used TO be SAIL larger huDer
of fine private libraries than any other cty pnt New
England libraries pretty well filed while the Mest
is now attaining maturity and ailnence n ShicS
The choicest editions OF English aud foreign ae
secneI The West has been Of late years one OF te
been little II any behind their Eastern irens IN thelr
admiration Of, and avidity In competing for such ooio-
esBeiore the war the South the best market The
wealthy planter who spent much time In the North wa,
liberal purchaser though extremely particular as 10 1ne
edition and condition of bis books He Dough, IA,Vm d
sively in NewYork. but In Charleston savannah u anu o
Nashville there houses that did large traae ~ o
works Tho stock OF one OF these houses sod w ~ ~, "
York just after the attracted much ae1n , m ,her
count OF the collection have no 99n @ haracer
stl exist many ne private ms oro o saw caa
logue OF an exceedingly fine one ~ Geos tnat Rn
for sale. From one OF these oI9 soGt1ern sn birds the
plates unbound and carefully nsTaons have
been ruined in hindng That edition Is now III pn rTo
library OF ex-governor Tilden at GrameTey inii1n
al a 00o copy and large portion Of the books went W
the South" ,,,o
THOSE WHO BUY THE GOOD BOOKS.
ain tbesc days OF cheap books extensive assortment
Of standard works he obtained Tor S9Oo' pu'' VI
speakng of valuable collections refer to the aco"
edged best edons many of them long out OF PRINT de
sirabe bindings. When collector wants these WIN
untrmmed edges and large paper he must pay or % MS
hnl il
cricHl rarfes SlOO 900 Is soon invested-a copy OF
the Ma2arin Bible, series of the original qlartO ana
folio editions Of Shakespeare, specimen or TWO oll .u
nrcss of Caxton, and a few Illuminated manuscripts
such as this OF which were TO be seen M te cvc'
Pedestal Fund ExhibitiOnthese soon reaoh Sh HeIes
But even in these, economy may Oe Pi;osO 1, mnos IL
Is proper information. library OF literary NV 'g5cs G5en 10
not To had demand. Articles sucm az Ina. .
Correspondence recently published by lhE < & ,mo
autograph Journal of Wasangtons or m tn'Ist nnt v"n
England Tie manuscript of Irvngs Skctch Bo0k you
can understand only presenter once oOI l"
time New edtOus, such aS recent one OF nav,
an advance the original selling prices %
the existence OF large constituency OF DOOR -OHcIs my
will pay for what they want. II Wen rcCoSihe" aoe
I'm Europe that the most valuable books as wen a otne
works Of art arc passing rapidly to collections ON this
s:Wbat class ofneople do they go TO in NewYOrl 7"
"'Bankers, brokers and railway men are lhe aIkest
buyers many OF them are college men WHO III, uso i
the bOOish Instinct when they have the means anu lts
ure Judges and lawyers generally are h0oklH men Win
keen inuOns; physicians are more occupied WIN leI
literature ana as class tue clergy 40 lot nv & n'
these ndugcuces. Governor Iidens cOlleclon Is "ci
known and Jay Could Is not only prHctlGl Dotans..
but his library botanical und scientific books IS one Oh
the hest in private hands hcreabOut.' ,,.... a.,
How do the public libraries compare in this respect J.
"Poorly indeed. In NcwYork We have next 10
can hc said to compare with those abroad Boston mas
the only one that will bear the comparison uohg
great work the collection of all OlJects o. IN
fcreet Everything is fish that goes 10 ls net an
told that the simplest business card Is recel't u P
served there The value OF tins mass OF cnrtoS Is ls
torc aud it grows with every ear MaI nlleS oi and md
formation Carlyle found In the daily newslaletS anu
placards OF the French Revolution Every event ~ ~
lcctrd nowadays print, one way OF alolhcT nnd.
field would be the election pamphlets ana scnera HteIa
turo of our uuntcal campaigns TO the Macallays or
Buckles the twcntyhfth century just altcT te s m
Commune IN 1872 BOulon, who was Ill lhll , D4S @ ,P
every newspaper caricatuIe and scrap he cOulu come
across sending home u that arranged ana sou
readily President White of Cornell, has bciieNe one
ors pretty much OF the olho lhaI any sc"P 10
fully worth the paper 1t Is printed Oh