The age-herald., 1901-03-08
THE BEAR2

mbridge, Mass, March 2.-Though 70 much spoken of, the steady acquisi- 4ion, by private collection and public H. draries, of rare and valuable books and ' avscripts from ESgiand and the Con
 is one of the straws that show
 way the wind of civilization is Once over here, moreover-the
 veare Folies and the Gutenberg LlqI they never go back. They are
 .he old world apparently forever.
 Latest notable American purchase
 s kind Is the Riant collection, one
 of which-the Scandinavian section
 come to Yale, and the second deal with the age-long conflict between ql and East. in Eastern Europe and to 1stern Asia, to Harvard. In both sust p1cialties the Riant collection was ear throughout Europe The Harvard the s,(to speak only of that, Is full or last nd beautiful volumes. A copy of the u' "Jerusalem Delivered for ex- hoh contains annotations said to be in
 oet's own handwritings'
 one need not stop with the Hlant
 in an enumeration of the, treas saih ned bv Harvard by which Europe oer noorer and America the richer. nuenc so inst referred to IS only one profit. such personal volumes on the The shelves. One particularly ln- and tn collection comprises the books h.,,,. Carlyle in writing his biogra-
 Oliver Cromwell and Frederick n the {af and beaueathed by him to the ment Itv in token of his kindly feel unde. yard America and Americans. The pool. .ation of his gift as given in his this S. interesting:
 .h. wing with good reason, ever since appearance in literature, va the if Etnd feelings, obligations and re- The. toward New England, and indeed the ore that, hearty good will, real been .ead4., which still continues, to nro,,. ,a al large, and recognizing with how much of friendliness, Of n'S U edible human love, 1 have had or the at country and what immensi- gently orth and capability believe and Tn, low to be lodged, especially in .or t classes there, I have now after .. consultation as to the feasioiiities, ', xcusabilities of it. decided to fulfill Wh notion that has been lowering in 6as 1ind these many years; and l do, mes for hereby bequeath the books bac eN of them I could not borrow, hat aad;to buy and gather; that is, in al, what ever of them are still here) no h I used in writing on Cromwell fc Frederick, and which shall be &C., Ul tely searched for and parted from tic ther books to the President and to vs of Harvard College, City of I idge, State of Massachusetts, as but [ testimony of my respect for that 4oVp mater of so many of my Trans ca ; friends, and token of the feel
 rove indicated toward the great
 y of which Harvard Is the chief :" 1. In which sense I have reason to - nfident that the Harvard authori- ties will please to accept this, my little request and deal with it and order and iHe it, as to their own good judgment end kind fidelity shall seem fttest. A ceftain symbolical value the bequest may have, but of intrinsic value as a collec- tfoni of old books it can pretend to very little
 Carlyle had ascertained through Elm -tsor that the gift would be acceptable. 4 letters to Concord he refers to my poor rsFalstaff regiment of books, or my 'vlde T's mite of a bequest," and speaks cf. tI.e intention as for long years having lowered in my thoughts a thing I 1ouid like to do." When the arrange nent had been made he wrote that he was "piously thankful that poor little