New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-18

Of book. and so, on the reception Of Fells or
der Rous goes to the King; and sheWs him the
statutes which being read, the King would not
formed a precedent for a like refusal to the Pro-
tector in 1854 by Rous's successor when Crom-
we'll showed equal good feeling and equal re-
spect for law. When oxford was
surrendered. June -. 1916, the first thing Gen
eral Fairfax did was set "A good guard Of
soldiers to preserve the F3odleian Library.
I'm 1909 the first copyright act was passed
which required the deposting of copies Of all
works entered Stati0ners Hall at nine Ii
braries in England and Scotland. In lIl3 every
stranger admitted to read in the library had
to pay nine shings in fees In 1920 the fee to
be received from every visitor not quallhed TO
read was fixed at one penny The price sub
sequently rose to one shilling; it is now three,
pence, unless the visitor is accompanied anu
in consequence franked, by some member of the
university in his academic dress. The wearing
of full academical costume had been at first
rigidly enforced and there is a record of six
instances between 1913 and 1916 in which bach
eors Of arts appeared in the library sine pileo
the library for d period of three months, one or
the offenders being afterWard censured again
for reading books which did not bear on his pre-
Scribed branches of study
Miscellaneous papers of Samuel Pepys. in
twenty-five volumes were added to the Bodleian
in 1859 and from these was compiled book
that appeared in 1871. Astounding with errors,
The following is of the worst ii Hbels
the memory of a statesman who deserved bet
ter treatment: Sir X. Southwell is represented
saying in letter to Pepys that he has lost
his health by sitting many years at the sack
whereas
sitting many years lat the inck bottle
In 1918 return was made to the House of
Commons OF such books received since 1914, in
pursuance Of the Copyright act, from Stationers
Hall. il had not been deemed necessary to
place in the library. The list is but tritiing
one consisting chiefly of school books and
anonymous novels. with music; but, neVerthe
less. IT is sufficient 10 show the great need of
caution i'm rejecting any books excepting such
are of the simplest elementary character. and
the advantage OF erring rather on the side of
inclusiveness than eNclusiveness. Miss Edge
WOrth'S Parents Assistant Mrs. H. MOore'S
Sacred Dramas Mrs. Opie's Simple Tales
and an edition of "Ossan'' were all consigned
TO the limbo OI rubbish" But the Cambridge
return (Which is much more detailed than that
from oxford. including. for example. Turner's
Real Japan Backing. a LabelO shows reCk-
lessness of rejection which speaks little for the
judgment of the librarians for the time being.
Besides school books and music. a large mum
Der Of pamphlets figure in the list. including
some by Chalmers and Goblet; the theology in
cludes Owens History OF the Bible Society:
the history includes Memoirs Of Oliver Crom-
well and His Children. the poetry. Byrons
Siege of Corinth." L. Hunts story Of Rimini''
and Wordsworth's Thanksgiving Ode; and the
Opie. and-"The Antiquary"' The wiser path
is now carried out in the Bodleian Of rejecting
nothing.
On September PC. 1853. DIR. Constantine Simon
ides, the notorious forger of ancient MSS visited
the library in the hope of dispOsing Of some of
the products of his Eastern ingenuity, but failed
here, as also at the British Museum He
showed fragments of MSS Mr..
the twelfth century. And these. Mr.. Coke, be-
long to the tenth eleventh century," Yes
probably" And now Mr.. Coke. let show
you a very ancient and valuable MS | have for
sale and which ought TO be in your library. To
what century do you consider this Belongs
This. Mr.. Simonides, I have no doubt" said
Mr.. Coke. belongs to the latter half Of the
nineteenth century The Greek and his Ms
disappeared.