New-York tribune., 1886-04-25

Rogers whtcn bear presentation lnecrlp'o"e w '"s
Locker To the volumes Of Ccwpcr, colerdge Matthew
p,, ona saupe chaYlson valuable Autograph letters
lava heen a,lded and the works OF Keats contain
antocraph fragments OF the Pot OF Rssil," Lama
aud Otho the Great" Balz,c's Contes Drois tqnes
was Given TO Mr. Locker y Gusavc bore and bears the
recor OF the gift on the NY -lea
.mall collection Of American authors have place OF
,beir own here The books all in their first editions
many of them rare, and all OF them are vaiuap'e
Most Of the copies presentation inscriptions from
tho authors In Songs of Many Seasons" present
from Dr. Ho' mes, Mr.. Locker has written
sou books are writ to sell-and don't
And some are read-such heavy tonnes!
But all should buy tho many won't
Ana the books OF Doctor Holmes
Emerson Longfclow. Bryant Bret arte, Poe Lowell
Joaonin Miller, AMI Walt whitman are AL here some
given to MI Locker by friends others by the writers
themselves.
In his collection OF autographs Mr Locker has exer
cised the OF selection evidently with view 70
having the best Oi everything Gennne autosiaPhS
OF distinguished people arc rara ares these
days. a mere signature on q slip or paper Is ""'
enough it has avery good chance OF being forgery
such Things are done in this ago of collectors Hnt az
the exam pies the ROwfan Library are el.he % ,. W W
books since published, interesting aut"srapn 10y"
q, interesting people n double charm added to theit
possession II woaid he difficult to go int" det,na ha
descrjptiop Of this part OF the catalogr Leu us ivpo
tnst Mr. I,cker viii have printed NOR" than the hcy
present copies that the ayman may also ea' anu
enjoy ,,r,,,, u, ,,o,s roor,s ~ to'rridce's
s
rn"mos Moore Heinrich Hcine. Sir Walter scott shen-
Stone snnthcy Sterns. Desn swift, SwinDurne, lo?
SON s gn. very many autograph letters OF these authors
@rcn,l orr Ms music Of II ,dyn Bach, MOI @ ,rt,
instances letters; . small sKetcI hook Of sir Edwin
Landsecr; Ioearth's note, 'ooK WIN h'no % mJ
age Of the vireinians piCkenss MS gi,.r,am OF
DsmGano , Of Is sr Ms letters aud
rocu. of Thomas Campbell. including L"chri Mh'n
in- and Tbe soldiers Dream ana a ooIee,iTn s, o'
q, lx DtSf
I'nder the title of Robert Burns appears t"1 ~
of th address Of Robert Bruce to his Army hrfore
Rnnno kbnrn," the earliest known transcript oi Scos
wa" ,rsnre '1 indeed! samu, Johnsons small Diary
viii a. %S,nns ineiesting memoranda and pions
rnsove Keaiss Ms Of the Eve of TT. Agnes Is
.ccompanied hy nm.bor Of letters one OF whon @ =,
Fanny Brawne is marked by ar Locker ~ perhaps the
most painful of tho whole series I" Miss Brhwn' :;
Ii may not alss la mention some oi tue haihes II.
the cataiocne-caus attention once mosr TO te iac.
that tey are n.i ,imp ,Ials' r" fam r p,zsc
T.erauger. Bewl"a. charl tie Bionte IomMel
Byron N Carlyle C Dry 'eni ilgns. |, rs TI%nni
kcar John Lcc,n. Fir La NeNt'n Edir Poe EacIrl'
Ren,ii andt Hlhens. WaShin ton nn. Jeremy Tayl"r'
a.d watts. is II wonder that @if Locher "ii'eS
such Iel ,htul verses Twin with such an rniOur'-e'
vcn from IN ssal- o the ecn'h ard sixteenth cen.
taric, Thor the Italian. II lm-l Dulch anu
having such good time in George rukshmk rlchins'
ami H. ctalo closes with tine French IN IN.
dug, ANA the pInfin =; of ANY or 81 all o1 mo the
dCsrrpf are mot in''rrNtins. ahd mat 'h,S arr
c'ir goes thoHt IA ns; for lee Id" tl" rHrt oi
naol.s i.ur.d alnpae an" nncst collections III hg lh
II upN To- iVo lew Of tl" iu~t suffice: lf"atu"
Il lluc.. Ai"rarl Angola Titan, Hol"c II, bnfcr 'h
Dycl. R.nnlanlt Van tstadc. Vatican. 'l ,udr
io,riin. To- ucr wi Eir, alnsnpro1e'i. bN;-ind q.
thc later ~. rn5cherv, Ni~, Hnrnr Jones C"Iur' or
ma H4tr Grecunway. Th're l. ~ record ~ aiV draw
Ing ',r George Du MauUcr or other members or inc
- IN ,nn That Nj locker has any nnmuei OF the
he-- 81 icrirr's ~ tI"se artists j. very certain.
warm hearted, knl and Syurah";lc frlen u inoSt
cO"ri-nrs hest. Mr. Locker seems ard IS IN the Fl'ht
pi .rc with flesr round him. rs ihcy are
S4rcv IN bD - int pi1ce under MS good care. tt nc
'nrtuu .e .flcl'S ant gl"Sts o VI. Ln"k"r AndrcN
LING iufil very rrly c,er ho Hu'cri KNOWS ne
lbr.rv well, AMI has thus pat his admiration Into
rnyme:-
F0- AZ ol aud triel and de r.
And All Is fli'. an tnutt ahOJJ
TIL, br ok hat uuriuIr- from hO mere
Is Iupici VITA the Using tro IT.
Rnt when the ski of shorter dlys
ir. Irli an he wtvs are nr".'
How W silt yn nook tue tll1c
Clean, from the ,hc riii study htc.
ON .uaro- ,yherr our 1T ,ers 'cld,
ELfnrllt-i. tine BupS Ol ~udbcSp"aros play,
Or all IN t Po' go ii rcaw Ot Gr.ad,
Ans all that HcIrick sang of gayl
"Iiaprv who rich IN t"rs Ike these,
I.r,-fS 4 "clry nations ] is.
Nfo rom his -tuiy window sees
Z ta ciIcle - tne SUSSEX nils"
For Reviews Or New Book. inc u1ing Mr.. Car
nelie's lrIump ant jcm 'crIcy,' WJittier's lat
est Poems aud Z1las ius published Novel. see 10th
pagel