Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-25

It{was Edgar Allan Poe who wrote:
In kefting my books h9tts been al
waA solicitfnus of AN artlft4e margin:
thisiis not so much through amy love
OF The thing. in itself. xEstsereg agree
ablS as for the facjl4y il Safferds me
Of bencfliinz SUD IN ed |. thoughts.
ar1ments and ID Rersns;s az Opinion.
or Die critical csaf hents 10 general"
An&upon this iekE xriterlin the
Lonlon Daily y. hoses y isssif col
umia OF genial chab Nd .omfnen4. Per-
Lap{ the most faigAns rnafgsHal scrib
bleriof aH. lie tells A.s, VAS !, oIeridge,
whd ke efforts in tlrst aira;Ii0d were 50
nun, erous thai AMI staricfn jbIl,lio-
mad lac has begun the .brepufasion Of
an extensive list I TkcfeirsS ARE 10 be
recstdea the names hE the niary vol
um3 enriched ~ th< potts mar
gin4ia. So great 3h:h sthis propensity
the mastery of colsridge's mind and
hand that he set DOM his thoughts
upoA his friends books as well as upon
his kvB., u gseakness which ig z lesser
mad would have been akin 70 impn-
denSes 'ftit witch made coieridee' II
verA tagsiraIbia. i,orroEer of books +.
shit moi. thy heart. nor thy library,
said I.rfb. ,ssa gainer ct. O. for he
retl ne.f his friends books, with
usugy.- enriched with annotations.
trirkng their value. - X. Quincy. in
the ffaunouS passage which describes
hov4 W ordsycorth iisea TO cut his books
with & bittef knifs. says much Of the
SAND import: '''toieridse often spoiled
a tbak: but. In the course Of doing
n 4.
many and ~ valuable notes. tossing
about him. with si!ch lavish profusion
from such a cnrnucopia off discurstve
reaAssA AT sdeh !. tlsins intellect,
consfasfaSs4 $50 Ahy-angled and 50
many-colored. that 1 have enyied L
man whose luck has placed him N the
way Of such injuries: and rhst man
must have been churl ,tilidee's
Though. God knows. TOO often this
churI has eAistedb who could have
found in hrs heart 10 complain Few
men could speak more sympathsticaiiy
of this habit Of CoIeridse' thnn De
Quincy. for he was equally addicted
10 the propensity for Inareinalia. with
the very essential difference. however,.
that he never returned borrowed
book except under the most urgent
pressure from its owner. once upon
a time il is said that De- Quiucey car
ried this hahi 81 far that he handed
in 70 aha .yrhhtcr as COPY for the press
the sheets OF a tall "ctdvo copy OF
Cicero'S "OmniuIn Scipinnis. the
edges Of which We're covered with the
writing he intended for publication.
He forgot to cross out the printed text.
and the printer- MAS thereby misled in
10 getting up the entire work as tx
stood latin and English inrcrminglel.
The result may easily be imagined.
The fict may also be recalled THAI
Macaui1y was also fond Of squirting
remarks on tn" margin nf hiF books
with-.f blum benciL and tielt some III
theA--basa n "A foilg fresensbIance tGaiha
annota,ions of which ne spoke 81
scornfuily in his reference 4" Croker
notes un Roswell. Macaulay COM
pareS these 10 those profound and in
terestinE reflections which are PEN
cilrd by sempstresses and apothe
carries boys on The dog e:ftsh iit2 rsFns
Of novels borrowed from circulating Ii
hr;iFids: .Hsw be;utifui.' crrseri
presy.~'r T6fl't IKE Sit Resinald Mar
coAn AT all I think Pelham is a sad
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