New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-19
UTOGRAPH LETTERS.
FROM FAMOUS LITERARY FOLK.
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From The Pail Mall Gazette.
The public taste seems lately 10 have set In largely
in favor Of autographs and autographs letters Of ceiee
Ike neckto neck race. The high prices which have
less acted stlmulat inducing posessors Of literary
curiosties to part with treasures they would othewbe
have KEPT wSsa the E, Of ser q Lord
Harold has brought sum Of G3s, he begins 70 think
he may as well make sSs TO- So also, The pos
ties when they learn that s21 has beer paid for
few lines Of T,nnyson's handwriting GOO iYr col
the supply Is accounted for The demand IS not 80
The Tessdo the demand has ' csSed the high prices,
Just as the high prices have led to the almost ex-
new Collection Of autographs now on sale IN
Edinburgh. Of which are Of no little interest has
just come under notice. and has again emphasized
value. qnarterpagc octave closely written, from
the pen Of Thaekeray is priced at 60. u Is dated
"OnsOw Square July 10, 1853" and is written Tie
leaf Of letter from boy. who asks An explanation
Of what he considers en- error in "Pendcnnis' Thaek
writes:
nIs' in scrape from which there is no escaping,
unless. indeed. we suppose that large passing cloud
4n between Pen aud Fanny may have &C,
CURED But did it, assure you am on that sub
jew f''' W. NJ THACKERAY
Another letter from the same hand Is priced at four
guineas. and is also worth quoting: We resd'
Ny Dear Leigh have been reading the papers Just
now, and thought of song Your Bessie has never
Res. have had a pint OF Madeira at din.
Evans for his immense alachty in sending me that
paper asked for about three years ago.
There are two Autograph letters Of Carlyle in the
collection one priced at three gulneas consists Of
four closely written pages, octave dated .chelSes.
nected with the history of Frederick the Great. The
letter closes {" We are here all autumn nearly
waa I The second litter
is tne specimen Of two pages and is priced at forty
eight shlings. We read
used to know De Quincy rather well he is here
in Edinburgh but Of his friends see him by cali
ing he hardly shown face for the last Two years;
in scotland cali Cessio BonoTm-that is to say.
guaranteeing of all earthly property to avoid going TO
Jail.
Three long and very interesting letters from the
pen Of James HOgg. the Ettrck shepherd, are valued
at 60 los In one letter he says; b never Gersd
which is not an encouraging example for young
writers Sir Walter SCOTS .sonin,law MI a. g., g,
word, Scotch, and scottish which IS not without
interest today Yon may be enaptqF S T sS6,,s
cataract. You have dare say. fallen In love WIZ a
scottish maiden but am sure you have often eld
Your housekeeper look sharp before she hired scotch
maid for the dairy. Radical print OF grand pTeEn-
siJns has revived the old adjective scots IN composition
as more stately tha2 Scotch, and styles lt'eit inc
scotsman" Sir Walter himself ha= fine and charac-
terstc letter Of one and half pages quaro 10 "iiiaH
Hamper, which is priced at "a lbs.
have had enough 10 do with Bonaparte, sufs
enough. l am writing here some scraps OF
metrcal drama still repeated by the children IN our
country 1t has some curious phrases IN IT, Dut II IS
dreadfuy corrupted. The letters and papers are
curious in high degree. and ] have little d2qIt 70
an opportunity to call my soul my own. ~ present
It is IN bad keeping, at least in bad company slhee
il associates constantly with our old friend Boney.
A closely written autograph of two pages quaTto, by
Thomas Hood, has on the third page letter IRON us
dressed Gls to ~ Wright esq and are written from
Osend in December 1887. Hood gives details OF his
very serious Illness, and refer to portrait of him
self which he says looks much as I am at my best
times nOw-or, rather such hope 10 become again
for good he also write Of an intended visit TO Eng
arrangements for his reception there by few friends
The matter is to be kept strictly to thens Ives ana
anxious about the visit The collection contains also
most interesting Ms. Of nine pages quartz being me
memoirs Referring to the monument In kensal,
gre To- e t0h o %rt se humber on the lists such
donations the FLOWING: T:iflng sums fIom Man.
chester, Pres!og, Bideford and Bristol from few
twelve poor men,. | should be wanting. indeed. In
appreciation Of the peoples love for my dead father
tokens Of the gentle remembrance by the poor of the
poet who sang the song Of the Shirt"
scarce, and there two here Of no particular In
terest. one letter is In reply to an inquiry on the
only ye ~ 5y yGTr SnS without and
sloane-st. in 1857: You will see my style is ex
cessvey uncouth compared with that Of certain
Letters of George Cruikshank In quart0 form are rare
and there is one here temperance matters, pnced
at GO Is. Cd Allan Ramsays autographs are exceed
ney scarce: that perhaps tenpage Ms Is not too
highly priced at guineas. -,
The most valuable item In the entire oollec
ton Is a song Of page, folio. by Buris.
"Fy! let us a. to Kirkcudbright.' Tha
song was an election production. written TO serve
Patrick Heron. Of Kerroughtree. The Ms. gives the
first three and part Of the fourth verses only but "
exhibits many variations from the printed version,
especially in the second where reference made
to Mr.. Dusbv. whose East Indian fortune was popu
larly represented having been made 81 the Ai
Bank. The published copy, according to Allan Gun
bingham. reads:
And there will be Kempleton's Brlhe.
A boy black at the bane.
But as for his fine nabOb fortune
Wen ean let the subject alane"
The autograph version has it
"And there will be bubblejOck Willy,
By sac black at the bane.
Whate'cr they may say o. HIS failins.
Sure gamin and reavin' are nane.'
Whether the Burns admirers will consider this gooe
4 min question need not stAl