New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-15
LONDON NOTES.
Shootings for Americans-Literary
Runrmage Sales.
London. july &

ing. expected to go to the rescue OF Scot
land. The moors and rough hillsides whers
there is mixed shooting are valuable properties
when tenants can be secured for them from,
August to November. This year the owner.
are finding it difficult TO dispose of them. Thu
primary cause of depression is lack of money!
AS houses have been vacant in the best quar-
ters of London since April because smart peo-
pie have complained of being impoverished and
have economical by taking flats or STAYING 4,
hotels for fortnight. remaining away alto
6ether, so also the shootings going begging
Comfortable houses with thousands Of acres
and ample facilities for the slaughter Of grousa
partridges. pheasants. hares. rabbits. woodcock
snipe and duck advertised 10 no purpose
Unless rich Americans take them the owners
themselves will have TO employ the gamekeep-
ers and lose considerable part Of their in
come Consequently the shooting agents Ar.
making great efforts to attract the attention ~
the transatlantic visitors who have given a
fllip 10 the London season. and to induce then,
to spend three months in the North when tba
smart sets are likely TO be there. Some Of tina
best shootings have already been taken bv
Americans. who are converting the kingdom
into their pleasure ground They alone seem to
have money to spare although the Prime Min
ister who himself lives in the shooting and
fishing zone, insists that England has never
been more prosperous. and Mr.. Lloyd George
of the Board of Trade. is ready to prove II with
pencil and slate
There is also another cause for depression in
the North. This is the phenornenaIIy wet
weather, which has impaired me prospects for
| big bags in the autumn. There are few shoot
| inss in which young grouse have not been
| drowned in large numbers by the prolonged
rains Only on high. protected ground have the
| birds done we'll usual so as 70 Se strong
| on the wing already The earliest cartridges
| have also suffered from wet weather although
| the birds are reported 10 he nesting we'll
| The wild pheasants have probably ESCAPED thu
| worst rains The grouse and partridge shoot
ing. however. except in highly favcre5 localities
| may be below the average for a good many
/ years. and this is convenient pretex1 for neg
| Letting the privilege of enjoying outdoor life
ard a healthy bracing climate amslg the nnoors
| and hills. This makes an Aneris IN rsinfoIce-
| ment more important. and the way Seek IS
| convinced Of what he wants 70 believe namely
! that the visitors Will not know how dull thu
! shooting may be in bad season Moreover. it
! can never be poor year for every class OF
/ sport When grouse are scarce partridses ara
| plentiful. and phaasanrs and rabbits can aINavs
/ be depended upon The shooting boxes in Scot
! land have become more desirable as residences
! during recent years because The rentals have
! been high and the owners have improved The
| houses and outbuildings 50 as 70 get a better
| woodland, rough pastures and srouSe roors
| have golf courses. tennis courts croquet lawns
] and gardens Of considerable extent. one excep-
! uonaIly large shooting in Perthshtre has been
| hired Tor this season a a rental Of 5000. This
| is big estate with palatiaI residence small
| or shootinss, with less than 5000 acres COM
| mand about $500 for q tenancy OF three months.
| The sale OF the Stuart Samuel library at
| Scthebys this week proves that literary relics
ana curiosiues axe sound investment This
| collection of manuscripts, proofsheets and first
| editions excited brisk competition and brought
| into the auction till SS%t4. II made during
| the last twenty-five wears by an enthusiasts
collector. and il is probable that II aid not cost
him more than a third or a quarter of what has
now been paid Tor IT, Some Of the rises n
| valuation are noteworthy The manuscript let
| ters Of Gilbert White 10 Thomas PennanJ and
| DANES harrington We're auCtioned or for t151
| or twice as much IS they brought in similar cir
| cumStanCeS q dozen years ago These letters
| were interesting because the famous Natural
| History OF Selborne' was based on them. Vet
/ the price paid for the manuscript was phenom-
| email when The book itself could he had Tor i
/ shilling ar any London stall. With those Jealous
/ rivals. Mr. Sabin and NIr Quaritch smiling
/ benEnartly on the auCtiOneer and eager 20
| tumble over each other in bidding for treasure
| trove, every scrap Of manuscript and corrected
! proofsheet advanced in value. Eight pages Of
| Tennyson's The Brook brought t30n and the
| Northern Farmer in the original manuscript
| t151; three ePisJles Of POpe's Essay Man
| ran up $500 and Proofsheets corrected by
| Scott ana Byron were ratified off shove OF below
! 5000 These prices were higher than previous
! quotations for the same literary souvenirs Inc
| PROCEEDINGS AZ the dinsy little auction room
| have proved that man may have hobby Tor
/ collecting manuscripts and rare editions anu
| ride ii hard for many wear and in the end TIE
| collection will he a good investment. with
generous return for the original outlay
! What q reveIry Of pleasantly the library
ghosts must have held while these relics were
| goinc under the hammer, Two pageS 81 the
| Dream Children were sold for over 500 with
| in ten minutes walk of the site Of the sta
toners lodgings where Charles Lamb lived
| with his sister and struggled with poverty or
| of his tenanCies in Kings Beach Walk and inner
| Temple Lane when he was writing for news
| papers and staviug off dUns with hackvorA-
| There would have been quiet smile OF amuSe-
| nent in the ghOstly face Of the gentle Ella over
| this freakish sparkle of the bubble reputation
| but enbittered sardOnic satire would have 1eunu
expression in Dryden's iser when close upon
/ 81 900 was paid for the yellow manusoflpl %
| "EIeonora" a poem written 70 order in memory
| Of the Countess Of Abingdon and paid for by
| the widower as a servicesble bit Of hackW'IN
! on A level with The Undertaker'S or StonAcutteIS
| bills The ghOstly faces OF Shelley and Co'e-
| ritgc would also have been an interesting STUDY
| when fragments Of their manuscript were us
| posed of az high prices among enthusiasts o'-
ders and Rossettis might have been a shade Isss
| melancholy If he could have witnessed INS
scramble for the irst edition Of his BALLADS anu
Sonnets' Surely there must have been a Hu'-
| terinc Of wings in the darkest corners o. lHo
| auction room when copy OF the hrSt ed'''oH
| Of ."The Vireinians" with bit Of rhynins oS
Thackeray on the title page was sold for t-+' ~
| hard cash, If one had been quick cared ne
| might have heard the favorite eNelarAAt'o''
| Pardon the horrible pleasantrvE
| The living authors we'll as the ghosts 81 '.o