New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-29
BOOKS IN BROOKLYN.
MANY LARGE AND VALUABLE CoLLEC-
T1ONs IN THE CITY OF HOMES.

TONS IN THE CITY Of HO"i'''
BROOKLYN PEOPLE GOOD CUSTOMERS OF PUB
,rsr,rSc HOUSES AND DooK-DEALERs-
TASTES OF BIBLIOMANIAcs-THREE
CLASSES or LIBRARIES.
That the educated portion Of the people OF Brook
,vn are great lovers OF books Is evidenced py inc
lorce number OF private collections OF rare. vau-
ohle and useful volumes owned IN the CITY va
course the largest single collection OF DOCKS IN inc
c,,v ia that held BY the Brooklyn Library, IN Mon
toguo-st numbering about 1900 volumes ms
collection, however, Is public ana cannot NC "
cIuded in a list OF the private baries some VI '',o
hest known citizens of the city or Homes thihh az
most as much of their Libraries as they 40 VI .i'''
families and the large publishing houses OF New
York 70 say nothing OF the many secondhand deal
orc IN hooks and the big auction houses when make
II a speciality OF dealing In literature huhDei a'"e
their customers many men well known III Dio'
lvn's social, political and scientific crc'e''
hIh,,onhile once wrote that the possessor OF a
library should have three copies Of each work ne
o,.red 70 MACE on his shelves. First. an "editio
nr,ncens" az his show copy; second, the pest
working edition for his enjoyment ana u.s.
and third a hack copy TO lend 70 MS i'e'i''
Those three divisions taken broadly, wen uesoi'o'
the three classes OF private libraries In brooklyn
the show. the reading and the working library. In
m
o,d goroeouslv covered volumes. which are IN
tended almost solely for ornament and are seldom
I, ever taken from their shelves for use Inc co'iec
t,ons owned by David Adee. General a. :. ba'"es'
Samuel - Duryea. Henry T. Cox. y W. boococh
and George w Alexander are among the most Vaiu-
ahe in the city. The collection OF MT Auee -
nr,,cnsllv OF general literature. many OF the vol
umes being enriched with carefully selected extra
Illustrations while Mr.. Coxs library c'inpi''e.
about $500 volumes. Including all me s'a"u''u
works nearly ali being OF the best editions
Among the reading Libraries most OF when nave
heen collected with great care, II IS nara 10 iiiu
one better known than that OF PROFESSOR 'na''.'
= West in Montasue-st. Professor West, VINO Is
now on a visit 10 Europe, Is over eighty years o''.
was one OF the founders OF Rutgers Cohese' anu
was also connected with the inception OF tne wen
known educational institution the Packer institute
Ita library numbers not far from 10000 Volumes
and includes A large number OF rare ana curou.
hooks m mathematics and a fine collection OF
Oriental.s and works relating 70 Eastern nauohs
and religions while the fine arts. natural history
astrology and languages. including the who'e us
tory OF Scandinavian and lceandic literature CUT
lected for Professor West BY George H. MARSH
make I'd the rest OF the collection. ono OF inc
r,res, hooks IN Professor Vests library is mathe-
NAUTICAL work which Is said 10 be the first OF its
kind ever printed II is English production
FINE SHOW LIBRARY.
Another y.u-known collector Is Charles W. Fred
erickson who Is we'll known among New-iorA
bibliomanacs Mr.. Frederckson's show library
comprises about 5000 volumes. most all OK whch arc
OF the finest editions obtainable He Is wioeiy
known both az a buyer and seller. and the larger
part OF his books are "culis' from purchases maze
at various sources OF supply in New-York ana else
/ where his custom being 20 buy large hunoer Vi
books PICK out those which he desires TO retain anu
4 once or twice year send back the remainder 70
a well-known New-York auction house. wnere they
are disposed OF.
A fine collection OF works on chess is owned oy
Charles Gilbert who Is a devotee Of the game, and
/ an authority on subjects relating TO It, Ex-Judse
| Jasper W Gnber,s collection OF Napoleoniana ~
/ well known 70 students OF French history WINE
Augustus Toedteburg Is the possessor OF choice
! collection relating principally 70 the ora'ha "'N
! German mythology.
one Of Brooklyn's best-known collectors IS Danei
NJ Tredwell who owns about $3.50 volumes. IN
Guiding large number relative to anthropology'
mythology and philoogy with good representation
is the author Of Monograph. A Plea for Bibiio,,
mania" and an exhaus'iye Work YORK on Apf Setns IS a
! fine one OF standard works including many III ~
editions of rb Rs 5r"y az snf
sioner James j. Bell Is an extremely ln.eles,, ~ ;
/ n.arlv every subject In literature with large
proportion Of the books covering history biography
Another choice collection o. standard books bsiao Is
that Of John T Marin whlle henry ,r IA man
n', onn uncommon volumes with pr
Tb% torlon +. Ford collection which was re.
Gently SOLD considered one 9t the PES N u,
Generally interesting nature the specialties be!ns
Americana ami treatises OF pohucaI science, IN
Isi simmer was that Of Thomas + Donneily
which was ~ especial value To students 81 .is
~ ,nuch value although smaller than those men
toned Is that OF j. Spencer d"rnen, Wn ,tant,or
having been given 10 essays history, science ane
philosophy. the feature OF the library pelng co'
lection Of about 300 works devoted 10 CHESS
BOOKS OWNED BY SPECIALISTS.
Among the working libraries. those owned BY
SPECIALISTS are Of course. the most prominent The
law library OF Judge Moore. which consisted OF
about 1000 volumes and was destroyed by th'
fire which burned Dr. Tamage's Tabernacle an'
the Hotel Regent. one OF the most II not I'M
most valuable OF It's kind IN the city. Since III
destruction however. those Of Judge Gaynor an'
George f. Elliot; will take the first rank Mr.
fl,otts library including the writings OF an w
leading authorities on Jursprudenee OIL pssr , r,
one OF the finest libraries on me NIL ABOUT one
han OF the 1000 books on his shelves are as Wou
chthyology and kindred subjects Including Una man
ana beautifully ,lus'r no, is however
J IN exceent example of concentration. me thre
a. SUBJECTS treated Of being Mormonism
,oS, Hyrne' which numbers about 1000 books.
oG TSomas G. shearman the Unknown tariff re
former and president OF the Brooklyn Revenue Re
form club. has large and complete library whlc
hos heen carefully CLEANED from all sources wher
books relating &c the subject In which he Is chen
Interested could be obtained. the larger part OF nj
n,ter,ion being devoted 70 economies. political an
social science and questions affecting finance Ar
othsr collector on the subject OF political science
II II Rowker who has about 1000 volumes bearin
, on that subject , -,
some OF the clubs have made efforts toward gatf
ern,, coll ions OF books, the hamilton Club havi
about 2CcD volumes. nearly all contributed by II
members n large proportion being on history an
nolitIral science The Aurora Grata's small co
lection is devoted TO Masonic matters. the club be
ing a purely Masonic institution. The Columbia
: club and the brooklyn Press Club have sever
/ thousand works on miscellaneous subjects on the
9 shelves.