The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-31
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| 1AthSltt , uOOhSuOp Ill new I DIX
has passed away. What was for 40
years past the most noted headurar-
tiers i'll America is now Il memory.
There is Il ITO lct' sign on the
spacious loft in Barclay street, Man
haitian, that was sought out and visit
ed by every famous Irishman and
prominent Catholic prelate who visited
New York i'll the last four decades.
L. Nj. Haverty either knew or came
i'll contact with every Irshman of
prominence that came to this country
from 1850 to 1890, and he was con-
nectcd with every movement, whether
great or small, during that time, that
had for it's object the lettering of the
conditions or the advancement of the
interests of the Irish people or any
portion of his native land. In bust
ness lIaverty devoted himself eX-
clusively to the handling of Irish and
Catholic books. There are not any
works in literature more rare than
some of the old Irish books, and many
Of the Irish manuscripts are conceded
ly the oldest eXtnnt. There were Il
great many treasures to he found at
all times on uavcrty'S shelves and in
his manuscript eases. One could hard
| ly move about in the shop because of
the great mass of material piled there
that was full of interest to the student
of Irish history and literature. Then.
too, the visitor was almost certain to
find some noted man in affairs or in
letters enjoying the comfortable
depths of the great armchair that
stood beside Mr.. Haverty's desk.
=. Nj. Haverty was born in Dublin
in 1924. AS Il boy he served an APP
premiership in Il bookstore kept by
Bryan Gcrnghty. 1t was the resort
of all the famous men in Dublin as
we'll as the headquarters of the Irish
Nationalists. Such men as O'Conncll,
Steele, Glvan Duffy and MacNevin
We're daily visitors who spent much
of their time browsing among the old
books.
Mangan, the gifted but unfortunate
Irish poet, was another of the daily
visitors. | have often heard Mr.. Hay
crty tell of how, after the crowd had
thinncd out in Geraghty's store, Man
@;ln would beckon Bryan Gera ghty i'll
To Il recess and offer him Il poem or
| IL translation written in most cases OH
Il piece of waste paper, and Which
he would dispose OF to Gcraghty for
| at the most Il few shillings. Mangall
would then so out and join his broth
er, and the two would then proceed to
| spend the proceeds Of talents that
| were, and are, rare. 1t was GerIgll-
| tvs intention to some day publish
these poems, but he, poor fellow, like
all those who went into Irish litcr;l
| tllrc for the love of it and the country
was sold. Mangnn's poems and trans
lations were disposed of among the
waste paper.
In 1917 llavcrty came to America,
stopping only short time i'll New
York. lie went West and worked for
Il time in Il bookstore at Indianapolis.
In the store next to him was employ
cd as clerk AinSworth w. Spolrord,
afterwards Librarian of Congress.
early in 1918 Ilavcrty returned to Ire
land to take part in the young Ireland
movement, but being advised 10y Il
had failed, he came back to the United
States, where he entered the employ
of John Doyle, who had Il bookstore
on what is now the site of the Tract
Building. Doyle called his place The
Moral Center of the intellectual
| World" He continued with Doyle tt
the following Christmas Day. On re
fusing to work on that day, which
was not generally observed in this
| y
started out OH his own hook. Early
in the sos he went by way of tho
Isthmus of Panama to California tc
take part in the rush for the GOLD
fields.
When he arrived in New York agar
Mr.. Haverty opened Il bookstore ut III
Fulton street, corner of Dutch street
1t was from this place that he issueC
Canon Burkc's EASY Lessons il
Irish,' the first book in the Irish Ian
guage ever published in America. III
later published Kcnting's "History O.
Ireland translated by John O'AIa
hony.
At the breaking out of the Civil Wa
Havcrty helped Thomas Francis
Meagher organize the Irish Brigade
and went out himself with the Eighty
eighth Regiment. He served through
out the entire war, and at it's close Il,
opened his store at II Barclay street
AS Il publisher, Mr.. Haverty issuct
several important works. Anon:
them may be noted particular!
"Thrce Hundred Irish Airs" the mos
complete collection of Irish music
ever published in the world. He go
out the only authorized edition Of thu
sermons and lectures of the Very Rev
Thomas N. Burke, o. p. This wa
The only edition authorized by Fathc
Burke and from which he got an.