Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-20

Andrew Lang thus writes to the Fort
nfghtu BeUieir: Mary stuart of Scotland
was ole Of The lady book-iovers whose
| tsste was more than mere following Of The
fashion. Some % ber books, Ike one oi
Marie Antoinefte's. were the companlous
Of her captivity. aud sfill besr the sad com
plants which she intrusied to these last
friends of fallen royalty. Her note book. ~
" which She wrote her Latin prose exercises
y hen cirl vel survives. bound IN red IDo-
rocco. with the arms of France. In Book
OF Hours. now the property 81 The Car,
may be- partly decipbered the Qlsirslns
which she composed IN her sprrowful
time-. Tut many Of them are muiiaied by
ibc binders hears. TIE Queen used the
volume % kind 0f album; y cUulsin, the
signal urcs oi the Countess 0f schro A.
bury ,ss NJ. Bauchsrt ha, itl, of Naisiug-
ham, u be Ear ~ SUSSEX, and 0f Charles
H0v ard. Earl of Nottingham. There l.
also the signature, '"NOur most ugfortu-
NAT Arubeils. seymour. and "Fr. Be-
con-
This remarkable manuscript was pur-
chased Ia Paris during the Revolution bt
Peter DuhI0wsky, W $50 CARED % 10 kEs-
sia. Another book Of h0ur> 81 lie Queens
bears this inscription, m q sIxtecntb-cen-
flfN EtuC - At rnNt 70 NfuiNH VI
Sstuar, Keune Marguerite 81 Blacuod &c
Rosay.' In &c BiBcuod II is not very easy
10 recognize BiackwCOd.r Narguerit.
was probably the daughter of Adm Block
wood. " no wrote o s0'ume on Nary Ntu-
art's .ufcri1gs edinburgh. ljs7.i
Jhe famous Marguerite dt Nai1is. tho
wife of Henry ". had certainly a noble
Hursrv. and maut beautifully bound books
ID f~fH Tod ss har
collection They hecf thc motto. d" ErpeC-
iqt1 ron ehdet." which appear, o. refer
first g. the oai-y '' MMgarii4"i. which ],
uunctual in fhr spring. or rather !, " the
consolidated flower that never ,et,." aud
reyt o. The lad6. who will " keeptryst. But
}. the lcdy Marguerite DE Nai0lsf Though
the hooks hbNe reen sold af very high
prices q. relic. "a the ieIUgu Of Ia Mole, it
seem, impossible o. demonstrate that they
were ever on her ~te'tes, Or tlai they were
hound bv CLOVIS Eve iron her own design.
70. No mention J. made of them p any con-
TEMPORARY document, unc 20. Judi iou, are
reduced % couicctures.' Yet thcy form
most IN poItaut collection. srstendti ally
bound. science and philosophy IN citron
morocco. The poets in green, aud history
md theology IN red.
II Anne u Austria. The mother o. Loui.
wv. va- l. hbNophle. she nav b. sus-
pccted ~ acting on be- mot vc. d" Love me.
love nv books" About her affection f0I
tarJlna NazUriu there seems O. bc no
doubt. the Cardinal had famous library,
apd his roya friend probably INFLATED he
tss,cs. I'm h'r time. and on her volumes.
tbe originality and taste o. thc skilled
auGo.. lp 6a-rou, HeCiu 90 declare inrm-
~,'ye- The fashionable passion for itrc.
70 Which L. F0nfajrt mad, such sacrifices.
effected th- a~i .f boot decorations. abt
t.. t,a-,'f'- ter4iu f4lrrD. NJ gold
points 500 u.ts ore co'le- II the yrelue-
lions ~ \ Ncuirc. The queru-pother's h'. b.
iuclud, MANY QevoIoIa treaii~es. for, " liIl-
,lrr fashions might come ana go. pisty va,
a.Wt1, constant before tIe revolution.
~. i-lutC MarQU-e DO BamhYuijiet.
.le parent ~ all the Processes. must have
owned good N.r8rt bat nothing Sc
.truIIci.d Say. hrr ceiai rated book o.
rrartr. and mas!,4I'n.. written oJ' and
decorated ts J4rr'. Il Is bound 70 RED
morocco. 0aut'f Wth green, and covered
Vf'i Vim gold. The Marquis. composed
IN pfit-I, io' lef own use. and Jarry -,
80 much struck with thci beau'v that b.
asked .s.'e Z. INTRODUCED them 2 tbc Book
81 Ii01I,. which be tad i1 copy " f1f 70,
prytr- are 80 ,i.y s4lJ be-, "thii / 81
ashamed 'a vrte fh"U out.
ni Mare lIfo.uc.,t. MI whom 1ur
.adY tu.L.Irt,'s ul ttt Old rfy not m1-t
close. there survive MANY books. >lt taI
rurar1 i: %. T.u.rtt-. ns wr.I as 80 b.
petit II.au.L D.. Of g.. boz great and varied
raiee, af- none De- now 81. valued DE- ner
.t,i. book 80 pi.v.r-. v.irA wu- her ron-
ISOLATION i- iLeHor-t - o. .e' t-ii dsr.. 10