New-York tribune., 1903-06-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Notes for Collectors of old CHINA
and Old Books.

For owners Of teapots who are inclined TO date
their treasures back too far warning IL
saunoed BY Mr.. \. Hudson Moore in his Oiu
China Book Frederick A Stokes Company.
Nothing is easier than to assume that an oid
heirloom has been in the family for a century
or two or three but teapots were not as piehu-
f,i as huckleberries until comparatively re-
oa,. date Porcelain in plates cups and bowls
began TO appear in England from out OF the
Orient about 1860 and although Pepys olo
send for q cup of tee "a China drink, OF WHICH
I never drank before" IN that year, teapots oiu
ro4 come in TIL nearly half century iatef-
This compilation Of facts about china is INTENDED
Cor those who would be the Horace Walpoles OF
.l,e moment who share his passion-by when a
cup a plate bowl. can kindle wishes IN ther
hreasts-Uttnout sharing his more perfect knowl-
.Ige About one-half of the book is devoted 10
the various Starordshire wares and Weog-
woods but the printed wares and others anu
special forms Of decoration, such as portrait
y.orl, are not neglected. A list Of views anu
designs by English potters is appended Photo-
-ranbs Of specir1ens reproduced in halftone are
frequently come upon in turning the pages anu
lend them an attractiveness In general 'he
tones Of the plates have been readily preseiNeu
Here we have the curious staid equilibrium %
the Willow Pattern Platter; or the lively aclioh
Of Dr. Syntsx's advertisement for wlfei OF One
slim and placid crowd at the burning "a Inv
norchan+s- Exchange New York; or. again,
Iovejoy plate adorned with the first anendllieii'
- the Constitution a reminder Of republican
liberties which might have been "a dainty olSh
70 set before a king" provoker OF august
,e-iods with the roast This LoveJoy plate
sroons others has been the subject OF clever
forrer1es. even within the last year. The color
of tbe counterfeit though remarkably success
fuI imitation is different from the original the
ware IS heavier and the cockspur marks VIII pe
found wanting. DIR. Syntax Painting a Por-
trait, has been forged, and the portraits OF
LAFAYETTE and Washington. and the Landing Oh
LAFAYETTE {" some collectors believe, have also
been copied. OF the means Of identlhca'loh 'Ae
author says
Richard Jordan eight inch plate will Welgh
inst about one-half of what modern elgII,illCh
s+ooa china plate will tip the scales at Ihere
are few dealers who will in1peril their reputa
tions by selling this spurious ware ii you pus ~!
from people who have but piece or TWO 10 dls-
nose of the risk is still further lessened- ana II
is generally easy trace the history OF IaiIil
house spoils - No collector would, presuInapIs;
,7ass off an imitation in trade or exchange, anu
the omen market seems TO be the place where the
most caution must be displayed
An interesting review is given of Wedgwood's
struggles and achievements. and the aulhor
makes careful examination Of his wares MI
Moore has lightened this serviceable account
with an anecdote here and there
While Sampson Low was conducting Inc
Publishers Circular which he himself under
,oo,r IN carry out for the London publishers. and
NTH which he was associated owner and edi-
toy for = period of forty-six years. it was his
habit in the great labor Of compiling the an
r7ual catalogues Of books published in the unlteo
Kingdom, TO entrust to one else the smallest
details Of his photographic work. As nearly a.
can be estimated. not less than million uties
must have been written out and arranged py
him in his own hand This indefatgable care
bore fruit in the larger English catalogues in
use to-day. The growth of such bibiographlc
record in England from the time Of the early
,ok fairs through the period of term cata-
logueg TO the present Gay. has been reduced to
an ordered account by Mr.. A Growon In his
.ssay on Three Centuries of English Booktrade
flihliography' published for the Dibdin Club
He prefaces the summary with 8 glance at the
-ondi+ion Of the book trade on the Continent in
the eas-s before the first English book trade
catalogue published in 1895 by Maunsell This
list preserves many names and titles which
would otherwise have been lost. Published in
two parts. IL was said the title pages to he
gathered into alphabet and such method as ii
ts" One Of the dedications TO the Company Of
Stationers contains this exposition of the cats
loguer's aims
BY means Of which my poore trauailes l shall
csraw to your memories Bookes that you coulde
not remember. And show TO the learned such
Bookes as they would not thlnbe were IN our
own tongue: Which I have not seighted up the
next way but haue to my great paines drawn
,he writers of any special argument -ogetheT,
not following the order of the learned -s7A that
hsue written Latino Catalogues Gessner. Sim
ler. and our countriman Iohn Bale. They make
their Alphabet by the Christen name. I by the
Sir-name: They mingle Diuinitie Law. Phisike
&C. together. I Duintie by itselfe: They
I T0rfr I'd
and none but such as haue scene, hauing be
sides tbecause l would not bee injurious To any
nan) left blanke roome here and there through
out my Booke. that what I haue left out may
easily bee inserted. what Rooke Cometh
may be placed in due order
Half century later in William London's
Catalogue of the Most vendible Books in Eng
land" 'GEpistle to the Most Candid and In
genious Reader" concludes with the hope that
though the wise safes that of writing
books there is noe end. (by which I think Is
meant such writ TO endD. this
redUcement of Many into One may prove of
some good advantage. and to some good end
and that without prejudice to Solomon's text"
There is much Of this quaint material in the
compilation before US though the account is
written simply with the ends of completeness
and correctness in view. The book is a sue
cessor TO the writer's earlier Book Trade Ribli-
ography In the United States in the XIXth
Century" A list of catalogues published for
the use OF the English book trade 1:595-1a02. *
contributed by Wilberforce Ames Of the renox
Library, to which is added a partial LIST Of oari-
odicals, 1197-1903. prepared by Mr. Growop and
J. S Hug1ll Several title page fac-sinofl.s arc
included, and a portrait Of Ceorg Zvir1e- sar,-c.
frontispiece-
"hen the Emperor of Brazil visited Cam