The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-07

las he I, pltg;iOU among bOuEmvn OF hay
ina, the rarrsf and most yaluably library in
:, I.ili~.
Il; Occupies a large double room in his
r.sf4.r,. il, IL. southern part of the city.
Fiery available inch Of Wall space Is
;irrI bv bookcases = feet In height.
Thu books are in flur language: French.
Latin. Gy,rk and English. with which he IS
familiar
-. raYls SPANISH. Russian. imam and
T;ll..r authur~ in TRANSACTIONS.
There al. about 500 VOLUMES in the Nh-
ra5v al lis HON" and I"r mo. scattered
about lis Offices in the he Mr'fi h1iiIihg.
seventh and Pine "treets.
Thy have ben collected from pretty
much all over the world. Nix. De MeHil IS
daily in rec.in; cf hooks l'r%' catai5gH'S
from Edinburgh. London. Paris. Qu"h"',
Montreal. N"w York. Boston. Rome ana i
,ozcr other book enters
Ever since lie v:s Old enough to read h"
i.s h.-u rngar"l in TIN work ~ gathering
this library aud HIS gone 80 "rru. sXi."Is-
AMI labor To ct ttiy raI--t %: Ln *.
John Hritton - book dealer ~ Toronto
who makes annual trips To- lIl-o.' IN ar'i
81 rare editions. has collected - Large mum
Der If volumes for Mr.. De Mrul.
There IS a perfect understanding t'}""'.
them. BritOn knowing to a hIc'ty i"S' what
his patron wants.
i;rittou raIsacks he old shOrs and auc-
tiou-rooms IT London. Ei:nbnrEh. Cork.
Paris. Berlin aud Rome FOR treasures that
ere being sacrificed perhaps under tile ham
mcr to furnish read. money far some s"!"n
Of Il noble house that has heretofore CON
sidered its ancient tonnes beyond price.
/ Or il may be that an exceedingly rarh vol
une has been resurrectsd from the attic Of
an old homestead and found it, way into
4 secondhand book store. wher" il has re-
| posed eyer since without any one realizing
its true value.
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF BOOKS.
I. is here that ,he perf,rt krowIeige Of
! rare books stands Collector Britt0n iu good
| stead.
He NAV buy. for a song. that which he
can sell for a hundred times az much.
If his client does not count the cost. he
ma get a small fortune far II.
Doctor DE Mr!iil mas ott"n receiver from
Efiltnn an express i'a'N"S" '"I'"ihiHS d"
work he had asked !oi Years ""l"i',
IN my op'H''", s'nI ~ " . NV
PUBIC Fe''oi'ei' d 4''"' 40 ~, ara
ne sf'"''S' veins "a ~ -. .mi -.
81 Il S't""iIu VI 80 10, - "
best ana arrest EDITIONS OF sici "oih -,
H,iI'i"iS 'HT H'''' 90 =
"it III - d. '' - ar.
acter ard peter lraueU' ana the P's'N N"'S
"l:Er hidis'iS'
Even the bih41lS IS pe'V'F "o"',
II Is my ttIi'l thit every "r"h III i'
cases is genuine as TO cate anu edition
so clever are the Im!tators that N" pup
lie is generally gIlIled into buying at fihu-
lous prices books that cost no more than
tho orIfnar, norlar bopk of to-day
The cohesion constantly has this to con-
,end win
! Fer instance IF there IS one alleged 1875
! .aftiGn - crHLarnaara IN 81 Iou,s, Will
49, ,b.,. - 4f,y
an Cb;capr thara ore probablv 100 in
~ VI ~, o,L ~ POSI-, "a.
.,rf course ,h.t il rjdicrIn,,e Inn, The ,ni-
| ,at:on - so r,sverlv sons that even the most
.yna,t collac-o, - deceived
- 5ts-o-ar ~. bool, T. ,
w.. t,,i,o.fnr 7 h,ys No more u.s.. far II
,nz 49, !; - - ceI,or"
5000
fir3i AM Sh'C">D
ME me ie Aiehi library II MOI iafse' as
libraries 90. 1t Is one OF the most extensive
co!iectiohs OF the mr. Setohu am tn!i" tui-
TONS III this country.
There IS no work of more recent date In
English literature than that OF Thomas
Carlyle, and III French than the writings OF
Balzao.
Only the masters are admitted to the Sc
lect company on the shelves Of this south
Side library.
'4ti5l II: l.''es o. ene ''es en- c'Sr
IoiIo"lhg are som. 81 lht ooohs cor.
C'i3 % i-C'I ~ ~ -, cte Az Hr ~ =.
49, - ~ ~ - ~ ~ 500. GE.1,
..Sv;,, sv.v, nm. Gs5;,. '"Hist.ry Natnra! and
T,x,ertn-n.aI ~ life and Death uFy1. New
Atlantis" mo date; the wisdom Of tie An
clients. Q52a.
rh.ca contain arga commensurate portraits
l.a.si ,.tia go and ,ra tay,rites
and engraved ute page ana are '''l''
with Doctor De AFhA. .o,
W Will say nothing about l623-- Snakes
teenth and Fifteenth cen,uries. with hand
drawn initial letters, he said. with a smile.