New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-19

| IN he the earliest 10 show any part OF the new
World discoveries Or TO bear the name Amer
lea were brought TO light recently oy froiesso'
Fischer. Among the books cenlrils apo"t 10
| personality of Cotton Mather is George bishop
| newfoundland Judged by the spirit Oh the
| Lord Oondon. 1903, in which is incinoeo an
| ANSWER 70 Cotton Mather's abuses of the said
People in his History of New-England Speclai
| Mains are given to the bindings of many of the
hl offered by Otto Schultze & Co CEdin-
hureb, + 7 Fosters collection of the por-
traits Of the Stuarts in the work of artists oil
the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turtles is bound in two volumes in careful repro
duction of example of the Stuart period III
the Kings library. Japanese Wood EngraV-
ings" by e E. Fenollosa, An Outline OF the
History of Ukiyo-ye," printed on stout Japanese
paper appears In native linen with Japanese
title in black and gold on white paper iapei.
Over four hundred of the entries in the most
recent catalogue of Pickering Chatto are
devoted to old plays. first edition of Richard
Brome's comedy. "A JoviaT Crew; or. The Merry
Reggars" has prefxed to IL commendatory
verses to the author by group of pIaywrights'
among which are the following lines by Jo
latham:
Beaumont and Fletcher tthey say). perhaps. might
Passe twelD for curTapt Soin IN DARK n'sn''
Founderd IN Perfcles, and must not pass
To beIabor the master El1zabethan was then
quite the fad In an adaptation of the second
part of Henry VIZ printed twenty eight years
after THE Jovian Crew. The Misery OF the
Civil War" by ]. Crowne, the ungracious pro-
logue says:
For by his feeble skill. tbs built alone; -.o,s
The Divine Shakespeare did not lay stone
Robson & Co include in their list of books
Illuminated manuscripts, drawings and auto
graphs the first edition of Ainsworths Inc
Tower of London it appeared IN monthly
parts with George Cruikshank's etchings ana
wood engravings An autograph letter from the
illustrator is inserted, discussing his work Two
rough sketches appear in the sheet
NV Dear Ainsworth: These few lines in case
should NOT see you-the first sketch OF Jane
meeting the body of her husband.
Here appears outline sketch
Now as the bearers would certainly not NOR
could thew carry ii e body up the stairs, they
must of course take it up the road. and as they
would do this without being seen until they
came close to the scaffod, the thing appears
more natural and will group better thus
TThen follows the second sketch. the BODY and
the bearers on the left against oachsr gor,
showing the scaffold and some trees. and Jane
Cicily and others the right Explanations
are scrawIed in the margin, referring to the
figures by number.j
Some curious and out Of the way books are to
be found In the lists of Alfred F. Crudge, such
as John Bingle's letter to the Right Hon. VS.
count Glenelg Secretary Of State for the Col
onies MI Bingle, who was of Peun-Buen'
New South Wales, was tried for the alleged
crime Of cattle stealing. The trial created
great sensation, berg attributed to the accused
mans political variance with the executive gov
eminent. A poem by John Doone, omitted IN
most editions, verses ITO His Mistress, is to De
found in the edition printed by Tonson In l'1''
Crrikshank's Comic Alphabet" twenty-four
humorous designs on an unfoloeo sheel' Is
offered among the books of j. & E. Bumpus-
Several Of the rare volumes issued by William
Morris such as the Love Is Enough" printed
in three colors are listed The edition OF
F3occaccio's II Decamerone." of 1857. contains
the engravings by Eisen, Gravelot and Cochin