The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-23


acteustic lines were written by Lob
Byron ON Che occasion of "a visit of N
Prince Regent afterwards Georg 4
~ lO the tombs pa which are depOS a
ted the remains Of Henry Wiz antd
Charles ]. / copy from an old scrap OK
paper forming part Il "a collection OK
3D. rluilra in Cine possession Of the rub1
usher ol The Book Lover The lineis
are written in hand contemporary
wilh the period of their prodlciion: A,
Famed for thcirc civil aud domestic uuar'ls. IA
~ee Holrlic.s hcufy Doe ny Hrnilr,s hnr'c,ft
Between them stands another - lel .
10 lives it moves. aye. every mcna kinlt
chIflfs to bis people. Hcniy 90 lIs WIlr.
BOB Nlm tNc double tNHui starts iu i'fa.
Iusuceard death have mixed iHcli dust
Ihc royal vampire. Join 90 hrDnihoagln. y
What now cau tombs avail when they ift
The blood and dlrtofloih Co moiin --. =
Ia the samec0lieclion came upon an
autograph letter daicd March 2S. 1903.
Byron WIS then twenty years Of axe.
Referring 90 ile attack ~ the LJin-
huIgh Review. he smaras. 4 think |
could write more safcaltick Critlque
on myself than amy yet Published. IN
dis letter there are two passage. which
were suppressed in the printed copy. /
trsnscfiOe them hlie. for 10 seems t0 me
they are quite personal enough 90
merit D.: / I'm still in. Or rather. near
Town for Durant's ls ODly the feceDti-
Gle OF my leitHs-residios @i'haoymph
who Is now Su the Sophia, ws.a-vs.
whilst ana scrinbligg. Though
/ have three females lailfn lanis inc.u-
risol ia my custody. Ineg accompany
me- OF course. aud b shall take q small
mansion for the time. '
Your true bookman delights to do
busy idling ia q ~cll-s'0cked book
store. Doubtless bis emotions IA he
pick, up a iayorile volume here and
there are fOmcwhat similar 10 those OF
tae popular leader who gasps the
hands Of his powerful followers. lie
feels that he Is among friends. a half
/ hour 3 lock no some book treasures be-.
longing To- the publisher ~ The Book
Lover ii scl).ei q copy oi the ifst uni.
/ form collected edition II the cpstle5
OF POge's Essay ON Man thin
quariO, with Pores autograph on the
tit.s page: From his ever affection
ate, etc, A. Pope. "
A LETTER from Douglas Slafen says
flhlt his new compilation. Younger.
American Poets. is all m the printers
hands, aod will he out in the summer
or fan. l. is 10 be printed ia England,
but 900 copies Of the first edition have
been taken by New York firm. ,fr.
Sladen y now IN Yokohama, being on a
visit to Japan aud China 10 collect ma
t0ra's for q work on the function Of
Canada ia the British Empire-t) see
what Eastern trade il likely t. pass
through Canada TO Eogland.
By the eleventh century a demand
f0r books bad begun to revive bur for
one monarch who could give LOCO
acres for book on geography. there
were hundred bsrCns who could rot
write their names. Even ia the ear
1900 a single chest held all the htrary
of the University Of oxford few
years later 81. Louis OF France had bu.
four classical authors in his collection.
aud in l3j the Royal Library OF i anc
Jill not exceed twenty vol lmcs.
Here is a book from the great French
collector D. Thou. bound By Clovis Eve.
Great names these. The book has the
arms oil De- Thou. chartered with those
OF his first wife. impressed IN gold upon
both covers. he very thought OF De
Thou aud Eve brings up thousand
Iec0llectlOns q thc great collectors and
finders aud their sterling ryices IN
the preservation and decoration OF val
I liable books.
; This is a strange bnl'ng--a mot.led
!. Morocco. elat0gate'y lC0lel baci 5
a liucd with curion,ly marblsd paftr
a The two books are from The library OF
!. Renouard. the famous blbliophile D
J. France. aud his name is 81 mptd IL
n small gold letters &C the bottom Of tn
- reclO. The date on the title page /
e quantity prlnlei, thus: COL ..-lSV
j. (lG65l.
"A But lock- The name OF Jon thar
N Swift written by his own hand
As qnadruples the value OF ,his IN a FOL.
IN the p.ems 81 Mrs. Anne killigrew
<. London. 1858. 10 those days poem
y. needle TO be licensed The tale pes
70 informs IA that "Thsse Pom III
10 Llcensed 70 DO Plbllshed,n