New-York tribune., 1893-12-23
"LIBER SCRIPTORUM."
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE AUTHORS CLUE
JUST ISSUED.
AN EDITION OF ONLY TWO HUNDRED AND Flfii
AND EACH ARTICLE BEARS THE

! AND EACH ARTICLE BEARS THE
WRITER'S AUTOGRAPH.
Since the business OF authors is the making OF
( hooks Il would seem that the addition OF one
7 TO the number issued from the press would eAci'e
little interest among them, but II the authors oi
! New-York to-day be considered. 1t VIII be lounu
that this notion is a most mistaken one MOI 'iu.
II IS to be implied that the writer's nave not soou
reason for .heir interest. on the contrary they
! have every reason for 1t, on the score Oh GU
riosIty OF pride In work we'll done, ana nope Oh
profit 10 their craft. For many months the mem
hers OF the Authors Club have been waiting Win
more or less contained irlpatlence TO see "ha'
their first book. which they have called i-ioer
Scrlptorum" would be like and when they gathered
y, Tbursdov night at their rooms. for the first time
their eyes fell upon a copy Of 'he valuable WORK.
which occupied a place of honor on the centre
table .
1t IS rightly called valuable volume for II
has all the qualities which go 70 make pooNa
valuable-handsome binding. the finest paper IN
| terestlng contents and extreme scarcity O"y -"
| comics have been issued every article pears the
| autograph of the writer and the club has agre"i
| that no other edition and no add''o"a' eop''
shall b. issued SO the subscribers collectively nave
what is truly a unique volume
Many months ago the Authors Club decided tHat
II would be n good thing to have buiiuihs lu'i'
and some day own a house of its own Authors,
however. are not for the most part "ea''ll' anu
n fund was not to be started MT any rap'' r"'s
by subscriptions from the members, put 'ncJ ""''
brains and they no reason why iheir co"eV"'e
wits should no, be in part transformed ln'' 'ne
desired fund. SO an Editing Committee c"'S's'
ing OF Rosser Johnson. John Denison Cha"'P',"
and George Cary Eerleston was apioin'e" 10 p"'
lIsh a book the proceeds Of when were 10 pc "1
as the nucleus Of the desired fund- lh'S III
members write for IT, ana III response
I09 contributions Then they went To wo'K -
firth
most attractive form that they could devise. flFSl
theY sent To Holland for fine hin1-made paper wiz"
IN. Authors club water mark In each ledl' i'','
got the De Vlrne Press to print 1t IN what II i''''
beautiful typography. with clever Vi.n'''cS ANU '
ploces and after that the authors were Snfnmol'u
:, any ,ho,r names 10 the printed sheets The
obtaining 81 those signatures was diihchit uhu'I
taking Many OF the writer's went rea'iy 'no"s"
20 the printing office and praotised pehinahs"P y"
2l sheets but others were scattcred o''' 'V
world some IN Europe. one IN Hawaii anu o'e :"
,ho interior or japan. However, the sh'"'S % w
signed were boxed up and sent - follow the authors
,5 after long Journeys they all came back WI"
slsnatir,s cxccp, one set which cond no, oo"e I"
the author go the author came 20 II WIZ" "uo
-r,,bs on separate slips which we're lhser'el III
,he books Finally al the pages were aSseino'
aud thcy make fClio volume of ,92 pages oo"'u
49, - ,.,tio- Nth boyoliol edges and elaborate
tooliny - d.
s. much FOR ono side OF the "L!ber Scriptoruih
Another side remains 20 be c0r'iaered-the lt''ue
f,r after all. tha; iF thc important S'ue o. me-
,,oLs ,rt mus. especially be so In the one ue
A,ftore. cab puts forth to represent its"ii. Inc
.,..,.t ,r. n tflv representative % the men WHO
,n I'm ,ho production. and vary T. ON sprighty NFics
>, e,,.r ,ernlous elch man following the beh' ol
his own mind IN Offering sa'npl" ~ hi"se'' -
..i v,h,t oach oie has said IS maaiiesty NlposA'-
hie nor may We quote N fuil of the contrInn-
lions for the Cub has pledged IT'S word thn' tn the
,ok ,,l f., the book only. shall any article appear
.n,Ir, lie who hns the book h's what no o'her
man can get Following the opening sonnet 10
u,,re Time" hy Henry Abbey. IS FeliN Adler WIN
sketch - Sir Thomas More. Then come some
graceful and dreamy nreside musings froIn ue
te,r, ono does no, !lke 70 say the pen-of Henry
,trs Ar,.n He s.cs Images In the nlmes-homely'
dcllcntr wee fantaatc-tn We are sure IN" ''''-
lrea inu.' Doe right when they tell US ol 'r' po'
urcs ". cannot puzzle ont. The chiId S"'pS u'-
.ile his TOYS ana dreams easily passing from N"
ax4l ~ the flowing world. Life T. him bn"hies up
,,o,, a ,,eosureless fountain Sharing eternity. he
knows I'D, time Therefore ig Time represented as
m ola man carrying the scyth". The child walks
In fnr new way. knowing not what iS ~ come pas
rlonately selling upon all bright things. hpt AS
-.,du, reie1.,.< thou Thor" IS NJ ne"l that
sc,,,h. sropl in,crr-.s, between hiw md them.
cutting them - Tho gate ~ eternal III" is eyer
near him and always open lut ~" paths l'aa'hS
20 outward goals become wei troli"r ana Oh
familiarity breeds oblivion rad there is the sense
~
comes have 4 meaning and his scythe rS",
poul'ne, Rlseow. tells of Russian rule IN Poland
AMI Alexander nack shows ,ee @wthcss 'i me- o,cd c
punning 10y an account "t NM go IL, ",,l ~
fouga, wiz rival hum 'rist win tho@f tr'rD"
''rh. Kings bastard" founded ON an incident 9f
N'rGrg'q hsi'r IN Sh it,'Es ~, ubcn ni an sno,r bi~
.tr,t literary anut.,ae.s 90 have been limited as
CONF l-'l with what cHltr ~ i'-IAy hnf" nE me
i,nre,c. Hutton also writes on "rh" Book ot NJ
byh,ol Cer"psc g n""i n;, nn, lrG'ared ana cSyGT W
carleton toll 10 verse of The Ghost %: Snbl"
island Two tributes 20 musicians grace tho
volume William j. Henderson asks OK schubert
7. ,rcrr sa'e'e- no'~ ''ln 'hor h~r' sguni'i'
i'- 3 .an" it.". .''i 20, r. ,,.i rorr,,l
IN ta, ai.in'- .nhc-~ wnc,c IKE +. iori'
Aaa william carey sings of Rce'hoyen'
,, & p M .- 5..r :" % rs'G 4Ses, S' .o1s 9a; dwell.
r. share WITH WHOM -'r" our nr"l
nv wruai. h,ar, ha'n p,G, our prse -.o, 50 well
ON sllpns ,Sroo of thine adiso
In Exactly ZERO" Julius, Chambers writes the
iniroiucuen Gf " most cASnnE - r'tS ttSr,,no,cs nj
most critical point. and b. cnnily tells us hls
narrative Is offered A. study In introaucmon
President r'an!" Coit Gilman wants 70 know what
couraSement OF li,eraiur" IN "A nlN'rMW lrob- /
lom." par, ~ speech that has n'Ter ben spoken
but which he shoul "ssur"1y go on ana sItM flon
should 10 more CONDUCIVE C. literature than II
very closely related should be- Hb'n!onrl. ,nrhfy
T. Krohhla dlsrusscs "The Tanmhauser MYTH
'pn the IrtriuHon OF ln't'SN"" - NV ~ ~
Rrtnlcr Nttth'wS.s explanation or a now theoif |
~ suiritnal sympathy among kindred souls TIE |
applicailon of which Is that Emerson ate pie wnl"
cnritls srryerei from the resulting dyspepsia. VIII
fam II NcElroy has dug ~ from Slmc wher" y !
'o5thumous Letter Of Adams In when IN" ian"r
the apple Incident. u f. undoubtedly auth"nuc
f,r bears n notary's ncknO" lcdgmcnt. Rosslter
Iohrson thinks that writer's 10 not have q faIr !
chance an compared with artists, because OF the |
nun,crons rcprodmctions Of Their books which make
comparativoly few works supply the demand. lie |
proposes manuscript volumes kept Ike unique pct-
ires as the remedy Here the Authors club might |
ind . suggestion FOR their neNt book one volume |
Of bound and rot to be published manIscrlDts might
cna he them 10 nnish the wlshcd-iOr house.
Frank Il. Stockton relates hitherto unpubl'h"I !
Incident I'm the. career Of Pomona. who Will never |
he FORGOTTEN bv the readers OF "Kuddor Grange
Alban Jasper COnant tells som" Interesting stories
of Abraham Lincoln. with whom h" first became |
hn hlIL.nlf snslAlnLng th. |