New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-31
JOHNSON,S LIBRARY.
\ CATALOGUE OF IT'S CONTENTS.
Austin Dobson In The London Graphic.

Austin Dobson In The London Graphic.
That johnson was genuine book.lover the,e is no
question % VI from ~ Dr. IN he c
minus b. of the Wits. and speaking Of that London
= ~, he ; ia are MY h.
hardly be called book.respecter Whether he would
LEG Of chair on a volume to keep u open as Is re-
corded Of anss more n rel moas cn "ne
: BOOK With q greasy knife. aud read while he was
eating zone knows how he eat y: and It IS probable
cut tho heart Of his subject. and his its Of absence
bstacton he not In the least the kind OF person
Of Miss prideaux Mr.. den>aderson: eye though
be should cuddle them In corner Of the sYIeGo,;
sDsvtd." he said to Garnck. will yon lend me
your Pcisrcai retar,a 1t may be remsn I,eS
reproschfu David you sigh =: The obvious result Of
Ds aHe receives it, says Roswell, who happened
Transports Of enthusiasm which seemed to require
sPetrarca" @suprndonsly bound" nounced over his
head to the floor. TO be forthwith forgotten ~ ths
Il. ambitions Of connosseur with nice respect pee for
and cherished "oC plays" to such readsra reader.
II may b. added. who Notwithstanding his RELIGIOUS
his resolutions 50 far as to return the books he Dor
rowed although. like Coleidge later. he usually en-.
spared his own and It may easily be believed tns
o Si Srcusnt together for the the
Dictionary, was as described. Shy means handsome
however clear from the auction catalogue drawn up
In }7ss after It's owners rs death q, Mr. Christie
ac comparatively in,ccessns The sodeian
10 believe has a copy and another was discovered
" the late Mr.. Peter Cunningham third. which had
loneed to Lysons, WAS sold IN soi WITH the o GSs
last a facsimile (which. 1t was limited to $50 so
copies should @ 1 nTsoe rrE S was J 'i
whi.h, Of course represent much larger number tss
valuable Library Of hooks Of the late learned Samuel
Johnson L "oru.r THE 49,
and the three following DAYS; That 4 could , not
comprised the whole Of The nS'os collection sd%s
.; tSs moro Sm mpsrs sn s soI
s +" have n; ;sa Ensxs @
and 9cnSG %nSRon iSs 1se
Poe;s. and 80 forth. Other friends to select
and this m:y for some ssT
Tie anwrhpi Little bs T mnS j tS4 Sn
Is. s: sssy sSn. IN" ssE
sad History" hut there sca. IS 70 fs sE
reasonably be supposed IN nave d1e1 Poss.Hse,,..
observed rs de copies " Of Wilson's Ahaeo"cai PIC
onary Franklns "Hcan and various ether =, eS Sa
their performances: This d!i,c.y however I'VE s ds 10
y S S the IN the
Who as Boswell Is careful to acq'ant us. obviated
"curious question as to the order Oh preceoen'e
OF raes real or fictitious there are not many IN
M chse catalogue only one work edsn n S Se
Journey the Western Isles one other only Is dc-
sSfs =, s d a Ss , Of w
What apparently rst ol. shnkc;9ear,c IS mic r."
e sSrntd for At with is the aac Of o
Even b. S ns S"9 sr ro aS %
peare" * Cerard's Herbal" Of 1922 which, accord
n, to Mr. .rsr and ser se the e edition rs Of
Hudibrss7 172. with the cuts hat Ilosar:h copied
tive" With Iogarths quaint pictorial preachmcn upon
Ii: Of The q s Jsn's Of e
for which Johnson wrote the Dedication Mead and
more than one the articles there i another book in
ns bis s s'f snyd Of s
Among tb. remainder figures Macauays History OF
ady once known as The celebrated female historian
1o %r Who Confessed he had never read would
scarcely have bought T. Ecds b. be. d sGnS1cdn the
and E" a never could abide carna'ion.,
p p Be .ss. Is s Of
liking for which he had evtnced as far back as his
life OF Boerhaave. There are numerous works on
language and etymoogy there Is also gOOdy show OF
Greek and Latin folios and Quartos including the
"Macrohus' which. upon his first arrival a. Pembroke
College, he had quoted with such excellent eect. There
arc MANY hooks by authors whose names are familiar
10 the readers OF Boswell Reynolds Discusses:
(iralngpr's "Tibuus," Hooc's "Ariosto.7 Nicbolss
"Anecdotes Of Iowyer' Carriers Epctems etc. But.
npon the whole 1t is probable that Boswell suggests
prompted most OF the purchasers. In any case. the
suu realized f247 9s does not appear 20 have been
regarded By the Doctors contemporaries as an un-
usually unsatisfactory amount.