Tombstone daily prospector. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-1891, 1891-02-14
BOOKS OLD AND NEW.


A HEBEEw translation OF Longfellow's
psalm Of Life" has just been printed
in Jerusalem.
The first edition Of Michael Dayitt's
new paper was $50, 900 copies, and the
paper bids fair to keep up 20 that point.
THE library of Napoleon Ill, saved
from the Tuilleries when il was in
flames. is shortly 10 be sold by auction.
Two BOOKS with the marginal notes in
Luther's handwriting have been dis
covered in the municipal library at
Zwickau.
THE highest price ever paid for book,
it is said, was $4,000. 1t was for a vel
lum missal which was presented to
King Henry VIII, by Pope Leo y.
NEXT spring will see the publication
Of the colleges of Oxford, a book giving
| the history and traditions of those IA
| nous institutions of learning. The
book is edited by Fellow Of Lincoln,
/ and the various chapters are contrib
| uted by weu-known members of the
/ university.
| COLLECTIONS Of engraved portraits
| have always proved fayOrite hobbies
| One writer a few years ago stated that,
although Shakespeare beaded the list
| with some !, 200 heads, the case Of Dick
ems was the more remarkable, as his 100
odd portraits, chiefly unofficial, were
done in his lifetime. Lord Ronald
Cover recently published a volume on
the portraits of Marie Antoinette, and
now a book is issued by the Marquis de
Surgeres of 300 portraits Of Richelieu.
TOLD OF kINGlY PERSONAGES.
EMPERoR WILLIAM always travels
with a suite of telegraph operators and
liremen, even when in the mountains
hunting, and the first thing he does Is
to establish telephone and telegraphic
communication with Berlin
| EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH and the
King of Saxony both beat Emperor
Williams sporting record at Murzsteg.
They each brought down nine chamois
against four shot by the Imperial guest.
The expedition yielded five head Of big
game and thirty-two chamois.
KIxG HUMBERT, of Italy, is a man OF
unusual will power. After having for
years smoked 10 excess, he suddenly and
| completely renowned the habit When
his physicians advised him 70 abandon
the use of the weed, il is related that he
pondcred moment and said: ION my
kingly honor Ill never smoke again,
and he has kept his word.
ALL of Emperor Williams Hohenzol'
lern ancestors born since 1T22, as well
as himself, his brothers and sisters, have
been rocked in the same cradle. This
ancient family couch is clumsy affair
OF oak and richly carved Around the
| four sides is cut in Roman letters the
text: "He hath given His angels charge
over thee, and they keep thee in all thy
ways"
KRUPP. the maker Of great guns, ha:
just given 20 the Emperor and the
Crown Prince a cannon each. The En-
peror's present is elaborately decorated
: with military designs, and is considered
by Krupp to be the finest bit of work
manship ever turned out from his foun
dry. Although supposed to be but {
; miniature coast gun, it weighs 400
pounds
THE Russian Cars wardrobe vies il
: extent aad variety with that OF Henri
Irving. His Imperial Majesty has forty
! four different uniforms, all of which h'
, has worn save one. that of Russian
! Field Marshal. Although the titulal
: head OF his army. the Car has yowet
never TO wear the dress Of Field Mar
shsl until this rank shall have beeI
conferred upon him by the other Fielt
| Narshais after victorious war.