Cañon City record., 1899-07-13
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II. wiiliam Wrisht q rssfs. 49,
- 1ally- vell HloWn 70 boo1 coll6cteGB
md 70 sporting nsn o1 the $40 $780,
txies. has detern4ined 70 ssli his colles-
taoa q autograph Iettsrs, III library
40 his engraved and othsf porfratta,
eeys the London Athsnasum- In many
feupscts fhis y the choicest collection
- IL kiud With has come into IL
Uaskst within recent ysays and It Win
oecupy Nesera Sotheby seven days n
a1E beginning on June II. NJ. Wright
- apparentIy never experienced the
lnxury of self denial in the matter *
books. for. - be himasif says, ''prsse
nsvsr frightened ne- II any particular
book vas wanted. A siancs through
NJ catalogue viii largely besf ont this
hank admission. for It contains many
volumes for which shs sverass collector
would commit any nnahbsr cf sinA.
me thres greak attractions among the
books are tAs extra illustrated liyos q
Dickens. Ksan and Garrick. Few book
* recent years have besa mora ne
Qnently uangeriSsd than Forstsf's
Lis q -tens." but NO example Of
- <makfAg can be con-
pared sright's The thrse
estsvo are fnlaid and extended
70 Nmss folio and comprise
10 -.loslAph ers Of Dickens HIM
salf and neaT.s =. others Of contempo-
raries- There are s4s portraits OF ~
srary and other eslebrittss. roo viswu
of places connse4sd With DICKENS o. his
vorks, piay-biils and thousand and
eas other D8eksnsiana-
The COPY of Hawkins Life OF Keans
= extended from two octavo to eight
tolio volumes By the insertion OF about
80 lstters, ~ autograph letters. 20
rare piaybiIls. caricaturss. etc. Barry
Cosnwairs 'Lifs OF Kean- Is also ex-
tsusiyely extra-lllustratsd Daviss'
~Lifs Of DAVID Garrick" \ similarly
extra-iilustTntsd and contains $50 rare
portraits. 100 autograph letters. play
bills. pamphlets and great variety Of
Other nattse. The collsct1ons and ex-
! Itra-illustxAss1 books relating to the old
pleasurs gardsns Of London. theaters
and eminent actors and actresses are
too long TO - specially msntioned. but
al appear to hsve been doas with thor
eRehness Ths works illustrated By
George CrufHmhank extend from lot II
70 lot "a and form Z sariss that has
rarely bean seuaisd- Ths Dickens lots
ere over no h number anA include. be-
sidss Forsasr's -Ldfs- alrea1y mem
toned. the original autograph Ms. of
The Battle q Life one of the three
manuseripts q Dickens now In private
hands. Thsss are about eighty lots Oh
wcsks Illustrated By T. Roviandson.
anA nsariy tAak number Of Thackeray
sntrssa, ineluAing Tbs Second Funeral
q Napoleon.- le4i.
But II Mr. Wright wAs suceessful -
. hook eoIlSseor II IL dihB1ult to hnd an
opathet whiaA would fully dexcribe hin
= collector of autographs. These
a1oas viii oeoapy thrss days In selling
- sxtend ffon lot 1.ees - lot l.k1k
~ series a 0arrick istksrs. sixty
1uar In all. - DearIy every ons Of In
portancs, b prohably u nAsst aines
oAas sxfrnor1enasy ssriss a forty-elGAk
snoubIiahs1 lse8ars cf ~ cans un41e
- hannsr q Psttishas - Dsc. IL
-. nsaS3y ny ysas ~ n.
Wf1eht.s nsE1o = 70 ~ o9srs1 1t ons
~ at ths ressrvs prscs q Geoe-a hs-
- over &c pr lsttsr-anA Il that SUN
- not rsaehsd they wfli then be offered
separately. Il would nov be quite im-
great intersst. and one cannot help sx-
prsssinG the hope that these letters
nay BE- secured en- bloc for the club
which beam 0arrick.s nana
The majority Of the other letters are
Of actors and actresses Of sminencs in
their day. bat many are from literary
celebrities There are three from Bos-
we'll cf vhiah two were written to Gar
rick: several ars from Diekens. thirtssa
froa Foote. neatly addressed to the
pslsvals: = nunber frua MIA David
0arrick. thirteen are frum Samuel
johnson, and nearly the same numb9
(most Of thsm from the KeA- sale a
last sssson) from Edmund Kean; psv-
eateen from Nrs- SiddonA, and othsEu
are from George 6teevena. Thackeray.
voatAirs and Horace Walpole. To nsn-
t1an only . very small number
Il = Impossible to DO nore than ~
Aicate the richness OF this collection a
autograph letters, from nearly all a
Which the catalogue win give reasons
bly, full sxtracts- Mr.. Wright's ain
has apparently been not merely to OBJ
tain . signed document Of this or that
eslshrity. but To secure = characteristics
tsttsr important from its contents -
veil ~ interesting on account Of ~
signature. = this respect be has m
1<,nbtsdiy ben extraordinarily success
fAl
Ensu1s - sAs BssA~
~ooch N iAs1itl" she sxclaimoa
~Whats' - asked. why. you know
what long hair Brown. who married
Miss Smith so-dAy. always has hadY-
-0e courss.- well. just hseurs hs ~
ssas bsnsdict he had n cot sAorG
Juse think a ~ natzral inesrunsA.