The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-10-10


by the genius of their spoils- Re-
Gently an enterprising but undiscov-
cred parsonage managed to effect an
entry into the A1aison Caree, at Mines,
and to carry off the famous Goddard
collection of over 5000 Roman coins.
Instead of rushing off with them to
the melting pot, he seems to have wan
dered about the other interesting relics
of antiquity, for which the old Pro-
vencal city is famous; and, after some
hesitation, selected the immediate
neighborhood of the Tourma gne-that
still unexplained enigma of the past
for a hiding place. The spOiler of the
Maison Caree, in his choice, seems to
have leaned to the views of those ar
chaeologists who maintain that the
Tourmagne was a treasure house in
Roman or pre-Roman times. At any
rate, he used it as such, for the whole
collection was found slowed away
there, and has now been once more re-
placed in it's more usual and accessible
show cases.
Albert Payson Terhune describes Co
lumbia, his Alma Mater, as it existed
in the pasta period remote from the
freshmen of to-day. The Columbia Of
the time when the author was gradu-
ated was not the monument Of Pres
ident Lows genius and perseverance
In the campus there was what would
be deemed to-day scarce elbow room,
when the lads wanted athletic exer-
else we had to hire a vacant lot or rent
q gymnasium But boys were boys
then as they are now. Men may be
apparently more sedate, but we fancy
the spirit of fun always exists. Mr.
Terhune in recalling the "reminiscences
of the past has written a dozen stories
of college life, and has the knack OF
telling them all in a light and amusing
manner.
Another literary landmark of Lon
don is to go. 1t is the Maggie anu
Stump. which has been one of the fam
Gus inns of the metropolis since the
Flizabethan age It's chief claim upon
our interest lies in the fact that II was
the scene of the famous conspiracy IN
which the poet Waller was involved
in 1913. The building stands on the
eastern side Of Fetter Lane and bears
the sign: Eye Olde Maybe and Stump.
Established 1900" 1t has been altered
more than once, of course. since its
earlier days, but it is said to be sub
stantially the same structure to-day
that il was when erected The mem
bers of Walters conspiracy were ar
rested at this inn. Waller and his
confederates, Tomkins (who was his
brother-in-law) and Challoner, used to
meet in a back room on the first floor,
The plot, it will be remembered, aimed
at the seizure of Ppm and Hampden,
the arrest of the Puritan Lord Mayor,
the capture of the city fortified tons
and of the Tower and the introduce
ton of the Cavalier forces. A SER
want of Tompkins's revealed the plot
to "Praise-God Barebones" and his
brothers, who lived near by. Tom
kins and Challoner were hanged. Wal
Ter got off through a cowardly recan-
tation, was eventually fined and exiled
TO France Cromwell it is believed,
was influential in obtaining his pardon,
and he returned to London. It is Gu
rious to have to associate these mem
Dries with the fact that Waller had
the stuff in him to write go, lovely
rose"
Sir Walter Besant is at least cour-
ageous. His gifts are considerable.
but they are not of a light sort; on the
contrary, his muse ambles slowly. In
spite Of this he has written a volume
of drawing plays in collabora-
ton with Walter Pollock Such pro-
auctions to be readable ought to be in
the last degree nimble and vivacious.
Where will Sir Walter Besant get these
qualities? From Mr.. Pollock? What
their exact value viii be it will be in
teresting to observe when the Freder-
lex A. Stokes Company presently pub
fishes the book.
Among the rare books recently sold in
London were Jane Eyre" in the orig
inal cloth, 1917 which brought Ell lis. !;
a fine set of the first edition of r. S.
Surtees novels, 1896, five volumes
uniformly bound in half-calf extra.
SIS IS; Dickens memoirs of Joseph
Grimaldi," 1888, in the original pink
cloth, ae very fine copy. IS lis. Cd.
"Riblia Sacra Latina printed at Nu-
remberg By A. Coburger, 1873, the cap
itals printed in red and blue, cd los. :
a fine copy of the Nuremberg Chroni-
cle," from the same press, 1888 with
wood cuts by Wolgemuth and Pleyden-
wurf. f17; collection of about seventy
broadside proclamations and orders is
sued during the civil wars and Com
monwealth, 164S, etc, f10 lbs; a vol
ume comprising a series of eight mag
nificent double plates, of the tapestries
done for Louis XIV, Augsburg, 1857,
ia; the series of sixteen original pen
and-ink drawings by r. Caldecott, IL
Illustrating Cowper's History Of John
Gilpin," and published by Routledge in
1873, ESQ los; a fine copy of the second
folio edition of Shakespeare's plays,
1852, ESQ; J. de la Fontaine, "Contes
ct Nouveflles,' the Fermiers Generaux
edition of 1852, with the plates by Eli
sen, 80 los.
J. w. Bouton announces a dfverting
collection of old French memories.
They are the relics of one Jean Leon
ara, Who was a hair-dresser at the
Court OF France in the latter part of the
eighteenth century. He was on terms
OF ln1macy with the Du Barry. and.
Delng person of much curiosity and
no scruple, his Souvenirs are very
amusing. Alexander Teixera de Mat
los mas translated THE Souvenirs of
Jean Leonard. Coiffeur to Queen Marie
AntoInette," and the book is to be pub
bshed by Mr.. Bouton in two volumes.
with frontispiece portraits of Louis XIV.
and Marie Antoinette There will be