New-York tribune., 1900-03-15
THE DAILY COLLECTION
APPROACHING SALE OF THE LATE mr.
ATRICAL MANAGERS TREASURES


The galleries of the American Art Associate.
are crowded with the furniture objects O, 49,.
books and other treasures left by the late Auvu,-
DAILY The first large is filled with chairs az
tables cabinets and divers articles Of fIrnitp-.
with a few paintings here and there on the ~
Upstairs the two smaller rooms lined ut,h
books next TO them another large gallery Ia occ,
pied by furniture. pictures and cases filed VIII,
silver glass porcelains relics. and In the ,c,
most gallery there are engravings and more book,
An inner room contains the famous extra flu.
trated Bible the first editions Of the sor, .,s
other valuable books. Yesterday afternoon f,a
finishing touches being put 10 the arranys
ment of the books. but things were enough IN or
der to leave a decidedly interesting impression
The group OF paintings in the collection il small
and miscellaneous in character. but embraces
few important examples. There is the Honthorz,
portrait of Ben Jonson. there is the "Cosvav.
Shakespeare, and there Is Portrait OF Peg Wet,
fngton'' by Hogarth; this last delightful canva.
Hogarth has In fact. in this painting a suavifv
comparatively in his realistic work rhs
color is attractive and the workmanship Is nrr,
it is fluent. Over the various other old masters
II Is not worth while to linger; many OF the
modern productions any more inviting. though ths
Portrait of Edwin Forrest by Maggie Is no,
without artistic qualities and there is. OF cour,.
more less historical interest appertaIuins to
numbers OF the portraits Indeed. there scores
of articles in this collection which precious BY
virtue of the associations which cluster round
them. In little glass there is curious
group of relics OF Edmund Kean in The Merchant
of Venice" Tackled up in the back OF the case =
Shylock's bond; before this the scales and weight
placed. and resting below these articles Is a
long knife. But II is in the library that Mr. Dalys
tastes collector most impressvely Alus-
trated Here. In the department OF relics and
curios. there are countless mementos OF his life
long association with the stage; there are auto
aDhO rNfar He md rhC
and there is a great body Of dramatic literature
But there are books of all sorts. and among them
some of the most interesting rarites in existence
Mr.. DAILY had some very modern leanings. He
bought such publications as "JUgend" and Pan"
the periodicals giving the last word In German art,
and under the general title of 'Topsy Turvy Liter
ature' he bound up dozens of fugitive magazines o,
the latter day eccentric sort. '"The Yellow Book
had a place on his shelves. But first and last he
loved the classics of English literature.
In the inner room to which reference has been
made. the best of the first editions. Paradise
Lost is here in the original boards: Burtous
Anatomy Of Melancholy is on the same shell.
and there are other valuable copies OF the older
authors. Among the mOderns, Thackeray. Dick
ems and Lamb are the perhaps
markably illustrated The first edition Of "John
Woodvil' contains an autographie inscription. II
is the presentation copy from Lamb 20 Edward
White. The excessively rare Poetry for Children
is present in its original boards And besides all
the first editions of Lamb there Is a unique copy
of Canon Ainger's edition of the letters. extra
Illustrated and with less than hfty-eght manu-
script letters of Lambs inserted. including
ber OF those printed in the book, The Thackeray
first editions and rarites numerous that
they almost fill a good sized bookcase by them
selves Among the treasures used TO expand and
Illustrate Moore's Sheridan there autograph
letters of Mrs Sheridans written before and after
her marriage; there are letters and other docu-
ments of Sherdan's. and among the other gress
names represented by manuscripts are Swift. john
son, Fox, Burke Pitt Lord North. and a dozen
more personages of fame Enumeration OF these
books and manuscripts Is however. obviously I'M
possible The hook catalogue TO nearly fur
thousand numbers. II is enough 70 state that tns
DaIy library contains an mazing number or rare
and valuable works
The dispersal of the collection will occupy con
siderable time. The sale of the bric-a-brac. arms
and armar relics furniture. paintings, water
colcrs framed engravngs, silver. china, and mis-
cellaneous objects will be made on the afternoons
of March 10. % and 2, and on the evening
Of March 19 The sale Of the books begins on
Tuesday evening March 20 and continues, AFTER
noon and evening until March q The autograph
letters and other documents. prints play bills and
photographs, will be sold the afternoons and
evenings of March 2s and %. The occasion
is a great one. There books in the collection
stitutions ard collectors will eagerly compete. Il
vided with adequate funds. and that the best
things may remain in this country.