New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-10

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eleven entirely new poems. Among the o,"s.
49,. item. Will be a continuation OF Don
re-. fra~ment of the "Deformed Trans
forms6" and many letters. some mutiia'eo III
Aorrer editions some hitherto unknown
Mic. Jean,e Gould Lincoln. the author vi '""'
long-populxr story. "Mar1orie's oues', 10
ing what is described as an HISTORICAL i0.''N
dealing with certain interesting and hi'her'o u"
touched episodes OF the Revolution
The history Of a copy Of JohnsohS ooo's Wv
s,col Museum" is an interesting one IL 's '"'e'
,soyed and contains upward OF q hun"ieu on.
forty entertaining notes In the hh'u"io
Robert Burns They were written u! '"I
o.. certain Captain Riddcll. and the BOOKS
were ultimately bequeathed by the '"p,"''
w,dov n her niece. Miss Bayley, OF Man
CHESTER Then. II we may trust ~ o..
Journal." nothing more was heard OF them io'
many years. - no-
Miss Rayley died in due course ana th "
oueathed them 10 a friend at whose dea'h ties
were again inherited by LADY Wno n,~ast
nothing whatever of their vaIue am sa,er
called in a Well-knOwn second-hanu " Us : 90
Mr. John Salkcid, then Of Orange-s'.' itgu l s
Square Out now Of Chaplain hoau1, ,,, I,rr.
These volumes. along with an aus Ss e.
sentntion copy of "Burns's Poems ifoDu .t So
179:O and much other miscellaneous inat'e.'
were offered TO Mr.. Salkeld at a smaii rs. ns ~
and at that price, cleared without more ma M, "
Ynere passing examination. Previous 10 IN" a
quantity of manuscripts pamphlets any - ao
forth inherited from the same source hau ..,,S
DESTROYED and the astonishing fact Is that ne
Musical Museum did not share the Same la.e'
Tha hooks we're duly conveyed to Orange-st
aad some days elapsed before they were e ;
fined for catalogue purposeS III inc iiie"I Va. ~
very smart bookseller called ana, !" II ., re
ehou. njcked up the Musical Museum he
glanced over Il first casually. and then careIuiy.
and demanded: How much do you wan. io =,
tbis ?" Five pounds" was the random answer 20
r. ovvnsr who loved not the rival tradesman'
will, give YOU e. was tn immediate oner. WhSh
Mr. Salleld promptly refused. The smart ooUn
ceIIer lef. tho shop only to return the folIoWins
day NTH a five pound note ard demand Tor t,,e
books /, was too late. for the owner curloS,Is
had been excited and n very bref eHsnilnatioi'
showed him the extraordinary Interest OF ms pun pun
chose The price suddenly went UP TO 10 gum
cas- The smart man left without the books: Dur
with the firm conviction. which he du not nesi-
fate 10 express that the other man was ii'au;
In the next Salkeld catalogue NO. o. 'heee
Burns "relilues make good show IN oesCI ~
ton occupying two pages ana lncIuue nu''' ~
of articles which has no cornectlon Win ,r .to
moot but only with his friends the Riddells. Inc
catalogues were duly posted the coun'r| oneS
frst and the town ones q day later. as Is 'n1
custom Within forty-eight hours there came up
~ London n we'll known provincial bookseller
who demanded the little collection Tor reans
cash at 900 This offer was refuseo. ana 'ne uia
appoInted bibliopoe left the shop with MS money
I'm his pocket. and perhaps. like the former oooA-
seller with the conviction In his soul tha' 'he
London man was stark. staring mad ho
During the bartering an old customer VINO
had missed the new catalogue. had been quetIS
"browsing'' among the books in the shop am
when the provincial gentleman lei. ne ashet ,
pern1lssion 10 see the collection. me request
was of course Immediately granted. 10 be lol,
lowed almost rs quickly by the purchase anu
the conveyance OF the collection away IN CAP
fo his re sIfence in Barnsbury. where II now IS
" or course the provincial bookseller again
turned up a few hours later prepared 10 give
the full catalogue price out VIII ha ois
draw a veil over his CONSERVATION when he ans
covered that the collection had not only Deen
sold but actually removed
In the presenta ton copy Of the Poems men
TONED above is the following autograph inscrip-
ton. 'ft
When YOU and /. my dear, sir. have passed
that bourne whence no traVeLer iG.u. Mr. sture
these volumes survive us. wish the future
Reader Of this Page to be informed that theS
we're the pledge of a Friendship ardent ana
rrotcrul on my part as II was kind and generous
on vours--Tha: Enjoyment may mark your DAYS
snd Pleasure number your years IS the earnest
,,raver my dr. sir, your much indeDteu r.leHu,
Tic Author" The letter is not dated an1 II II
cnr,ors n note in this connection that when a
short time before his death twhlch occurreu on
July 81 1890. the poet went to Brow; a seaside
village on the soiway. where MIS-. Riaaeh WAS
then residing in III health his greeting was:
"vTeu madam. have YOU any commands for the
other world?
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or Theron Ware" has had an uncommon sue
,ess 7. Is now In It's twenty-eighth thousand
and the publishers report that the present de-
r,snd ,s n. large as ever. That 1t was out or
mint for some time was due TO the failure OF
its former publishers.
Mrs. E s. Willard the wife OF the Enghsn
actor, is Just bringing out her first efort IN the
line OF serious fiction. This story deals with the
social position and treatment OF the jews IN
Russia. and Is called "A Son of Israel" IL Is
ea,o that Mrs Wizards sympathies are all
Semitic.
A new f,n,form) edition Of Mr.. Gilbert Par
ker.s novels is announced by Macmillan This
edition will include AN Adventurer OF the
North" "A Lovers Diary" "A Romany of the
Shows" Pierre and His People" and When
valmond Came TO Pontiac"
Mrs. NJ. E. W Sherwood has written new
book OF the "reminiscences which were so pleas
antly begun in her "Epistle to Posterity.' This
new hook which is entitled Here and There
and Everywhere" Is illustrated by many por-
traits Of celebrities, some Of them hitherto IN
published.
Mr. Slater. to whom the compilation OF Vol
xI Of Book Prices Current is due. regards
the growth OF public libraries as DeihS Ia'ai
IA the matter Of books TO much private enter
prise This" says Notes and Queries" rs
true In a sense; but we fancy only In sense;
and II adds:
A few public libraries may think 1t we'll to
have FIRST folio Shakespeare or an early
Chaucer but in the case OF most OF the books
with which the ardent collector concerns him
self he has not much to fear from their rivalry.
Public libraries with one two exceptions,
cannot afford 10 burden their shelves with Cax-
tons and Wynkyn de Wordes How many works
O. Dame Juliana Berners. which In the Ashburn-
ham sale brought very large sums. passed into
English public libraries We should be glad to
know We do not fancy. even that books such
as Berners'e "Froissart," Painters Palace OF
Pleasure" Chapmans Homer. or Withers
last has not been reprinted