Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-03

the literature OF political and SOCIAL
science. DIR. James ii. Canneld, libra
Ran OF Columbia. approaching the sig
nificance Of this find. a. once pro
ceeded 10 collect funds for the pur-
chase. and was soon able 10 authorize
his deputy TO bid ESQ $50 on the
articles listed. A cable message an
nounced a few days later that the en-
tire collection had been acquired with-
out competition for the ridiculous ns-
ure Of 60 @l00l.
The entire collection. In twenty-four
large boxes, arrived at New York In
the spring. The work OF examination,
classification. appraisal. cataloguing
and binding has been going on now Ter
several weeks. but has not yet been
completed. Neither the scientific nor
the pecuniary value Of the consign-
ment can as yet be ascertained. but as
an indication Of the worth Of the col
lection IL may be stated that much Of
this material appears In no existing
photography. being hitherto unknown;
furthermore. for single pamphlets Of
fers have been made running Into four
figures OF marks and francs.
The list includes 252 sets Of newspa-
pers and periodicals.. nins-tenths OF
which are absolutely complete: In add
ton there are nearly 800 Rnarchistie
pamphlets and books, q collection OF
27O huge sheet posters and broadsioes'
most of which have no duplicates;
hundreds Of photographs of prominent
agitators Of all countries; an enormous
body of letters, documents, manifestoes
and autograph manuscripts by most Of
the leading anarchists. from Bakounin,
the Russian, down to the present time.
and a vast quantity Of innammatory
songs and clippings from nonanareh'
istic publications.
Access could be had to only . small
| part of the collection, most OF II now
being In the hands Of the binders, buS
an idea Of Its scope, magnitude and
Importance can be gained from the fol-
lowing specimen items: A death war
rant forecasting to the inner circle the
assassination Of President Sadi-Carnot
of France six hours before Its occur
renee; nine anuscript writings BY the
famous Louise Michel; warrant Is
sued from London police court for
the apprehension of desperate foreign
incendiary; the school books Of Raya-
chol; announcements Of attacks to be
directed against nearly all Of the
crowned heads Of Europe and photo
graphs Of Lucheni, who assasslnated
the empress of Austria. Another strik-
ing exhibit is a batch Of scorched pa
pers found ON the person Of a London
anarchist who died while hurting q
bomb into a crowded square.
Among the periodicals In the collec-
ton are La Pere Peinard, published In
Paris by E. Pouget from 1889 to 1893,
only two copies being known; Der So
cializt, published In Berlin: the Alarm.
which comes from Chicago; La Cues.
tione Sociale, an Italian paper printed
In Paterson, N. j.; Ell POrvenir Anar-
Quista, from Barcelona. Spain; Gazeta
Robotnieza, a Polish publication from
Chicago; Volne Listy, New York
anarchistic paper In the Czechish
tongue; Freedom, the great organ OF
the London agitators; the Beacon,
printed In San Francisco; Le Tempre
Nouveau, Prince KrapOtkin's paper
and Caserio, which appears In Buenos
Ayres, the capital Of the Argentine Re
public. These periodicals are printed
in English, German. French, all tbs
Scandinavian languages. new Greek
Italian, Polish. Russian, Slavonic
Czechish, Spanish. Yiddish and many
other dialects and languages.
On the opening Of Columbia's one
hundred and fftieth year in the
autumn the entire collection will bt
placed conspicuously Oh view In the
university library. A member Of the
faculty who has specialized In THU
field made the following comment OF
the anarchica:
''The collection has equal interest FOL
students Of modern history. Of soci
ology, Of penology and of morbid psy
chology; and it 10 unQuestionably thu
most complete Of its kind, not onlJ
in the United States. but in the world.