New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23

nSV',' "u'iesseu TO the antiquary John
| Cough Nichols, F. S. A., No. % Parliament-st.,
London, and reads as follows.
Dear Sir; Mr.. Sumner. an American gentleman
| to whom was last summer introduced NV friend
| OF his residing In this place wishes 10 INSPECT
! iorkihsVohs pilgrimage, Mr.. S. having as under
Stood visited some of the places mentioned in il.
| nave taken the liberty of giving him your adj
dress, winch trust you will pardon, and shall
feel oo1sed by your allowing him TO inspect the
ND OF ohe copy out of course not to take either
Of them out of your possession And sbouId he
desire to make any extracts, leave that TO vour
wishes, as hardly know what use Won NAV re-
quire to make of the Journal When Won have
done with the MS. shall be happy in receiving
1t back, with the copy. And remain. dear sir
very truly yours RoBT. BELL WHEELER.
neutrality-suspicious., 3lst Deer, 1912.
Mr.. Sumner dates from 3s Duke St, St.
James's"
Inc store of valuable manuscripts in Stratford
is naturally considerable, and some of them arc ~
great interest Mr.. Hutchins, an auctioneer ~
TINS town, owns an uncommonly fine autocrauh
letter OF Robert Burns; and there is in the NOSES
sion OF Alderman Bird, the original MS of the
wen-KnoWn Ietter OF Dr. Johnson addressed to DR.
Dodd, when under sentence Of death. for forgery
Robert Dell WHEELER the historian of Stratford
was buried in Trinity Churchyard. with several
of his relatives beside him. We are soon for
gotten when we are dead-as poor old Rim Van |
Wrinkle intimates, in his pathetic queston-and |
the neglected bural-pl of the venerable anti |
quarry is fast fastening to decay. The graves Of |
the WHEELER family are enclosed within a tall |
iron fence, and over them the grass grows thick
and wild a double stone marks the spot. on |
which is the following inscription:
In memory OF
ROBERT WHEELER, Gent
died
goth August, 1919
Aged II years.
Also Of his daughter
ELIZABETH WHEELER,
Who died Goth May, 1852,
Aged 70 years.
IN memory or
ROBERT BELL WHEELER .
(only Of Robert Wheler)
Who died 18th July. 1857.
Aged ~ years.
Also OF ANN WHEELER,
Daughter OF Robert WHEELER,
Who died 18th Sept $780,
Aged 81 years.
The old historians mother died at Aninton and
vas buried in the churchyard of that place, on {
ihe southeast side of the church-the stone that :
marks her buria-pace being inscribed as follows
In memory Of
ELIZABETH WHEELER
Wife OF Robert WHEELER.
OF Stratford.upon-Avcn.
She died Is April 1856, +
Aged %. :
Mr. A. II. Wall. the accomplished librarian of v
he Shakespeare Memorial, has made his report for
he year ending March %, 1891. The collection =,
# books now numbers $3.50 volumes. There are
80 English editions of Shakespeare. Among the h
eics that have been acquired are the Ms Of the Il
ate Charles Mackay's Obscure Words In Shake o
peares Plays and skull that was used, when p
laying Hamlet, by John Kembe and by Edmund W
lean.
Mr.. Charles Edward Flowers Memorial Theatre =.
dition of Shakespeares plays is complete. II :,
aims the thirty-seven plays and it fills eight large h
nd handsome volumes Each play is printed in full :,
ut there is a discrimination as 10 type. The pl
Ext spoken upon the stage is printed in large ii
rpe; the passages usually omitted printed in tn
mailer type. The edition is intended equally for "
ne actor and the reader In several cases Mr.. 70
lower has been obliged TO make new stage versions ~
notably in those Of the Comedy of Errors the .
Two Gentlemen of Verona" Loves Labors 80
ost,' and the first part Of Henry the Sixth" al
hese have been used at the Memorial Theatre and as
ithout exception were successful. The text is co
lcellent and the editorial work shows scholarship Al
ste veneraton, and patient and Jealous labor. | 81
he edition printed by George Boyden at The i'm
rstford Herald press and the appearance of the vi
DUNES is uncommony attractive int
Mention will not be inappropriate here of the m
lakespeare relics that are at Gloucester where ~.
was recently my privilege TO view them. These Tn
lies are a jug and a Cane, which are owned and Oh
eserved in a house in Westgate Street occupied nj,
family Of the Of Fletcher dealers in fire TN
ms The late Mrs Fletcher who died but short Of
ne ago claimed 10 be a cOetcral descendant Of Of
akespeare and she steadily and strenuoBsly main. th
med that these memorials of the poet had been .nl
nded down in her family since Shakespeares dn
ne. The story is that he owned and used sul
EN-, and the religious with which they are an,
arded is a proof at least that the story is be tina
we'd. Each OF them is in glass case and the the
ses kept IL locked room. The jug appears ne,
be made oil stoncware and il is furnished with an'
etal lid. The cane is, seemingly. q Malacca | an,
int and is more than four feet long. As il was VIII
closed | could not take it' into my hands for fac
lse examination but saw tlat il is such a cane the
custOmaTly carried in the days Of Elizabeth car
d James Miss Fletcher who showed these
lies spoke of them with venerat0n. and she
spayed q large box of papers, both written and
lnted. relative to their history. They are not
w for sale she said but they will he herr. FRI
ter They have several times been exhibited in
bic. and they are always shown 70 the wanderer gel
ne eflgy Of Shakespeare looks down upon them onl
ON the wall Of the little parlor in which they ool
e enshrned and il easy, when standing in ~
r presence in the stored old city Of Gloucester. din
I'm haunting historic shapes Oh every hand 10 anC
NV IA their sanctty objects that ShaksDcare
lew and touched W. W. TINT