The Washington herald., 1907-06-02

At Learning fountain u is sweet 70 uflhA,
But lis a nohler privilege TO think,
And Oft from books apart, the thirstirg mind
MAY make the nectar which it cannot hnd.
I'll, wei 10 borrow from the good and great
'Tis wise % learn, lis sodlke to crate
j g. SAKE. The Library.
To the literary man, be he scholar or
student. there is nothing much more
pleasureable than the lust for books.
Not books just because they are vol
umes, but books that really mean things,
that have r speaking voice, and are
awaiting our friendship. The times when
I wish / were richer are when cata-
logue Ike this of Dodd, Mead q Coz of
New York. falls before me- Here is a list
of choice and rare books. the possession
Of which would be passing the love Of
women almost. Here are four vol
umes that are to be sold together. The
first Of the four contains the earliest
printed account of any voyage 90 Amer
lea by Englishmen. II is Sir John Haw-
kius own account Of his journey in l5li'
6s 20 "Guynea and the West Indies '-
his tnird voyage on "a hunt for slaves
Only one other copy of this book is
known. and that is in the British Mu-
scum. It's date is 1853 The second book
is equally as rare. II is the first edition
Of Di0nyse Settles account of Martin
Frobishers second voyage TO the North
west in 1871. This is the second separate
printed description OF any voyage T.
America by Englishmen.
The third book - 1913 - contains a de
-crpuon Of tbe same voyage set dowI
by Thomas Churchyard. gentleman, {
book derived from Frobishers own talk
10 is one of only three copies known q
exist The fourth book is the only known
copy Of Thomas Ellis account of Fro
bshers third voyage. I'm 1913 The prize
0f these four books is only $4,000. an.
cheap at the price, Among other treas
uTCS boz this catalogue is large papg
copy of Cotton Mather's "Masual.a.
published iu London IN 1702 This cop.
contains the rare two leaves of orrat3
with Mathers characteristic introduction
The Holy Bible itself in some of its editions hat
been aHrau'od H.th -csu3siaHs errors at rha Irgs.
e.It and iu ono ~ them tEes SID printed un5
aar5- psaI 49, IH Printers have prosecuted m.
THr a1tHrF a this church history has sl the Elssr
. u the world thrr r1 h- patient. though Dbl. vur
+ ta dgruvd with Haur sTurs ri fha Tr.-7u.rs
/ The common excuse iH such cases is tle distance
/ raa author from tHa press. Here Eas tls d-stalg
/ o- a thousand leagues. DC
MCsgTs. IL. =. Dutt0n make the follow
ing announcements. To the New Universe
Library is added "Tre Had of Homer,
. #.
. Derby and smaller History "a
I Greece" hv Sir William Smith. LL. D.
. There Is added 20 the English L.Hrar
I Some Curios from Word Collector
/ Cabinet, by a. Smith Palmer. ID. u.
/ one OF the most frequent plants hear
/ from the writer's of the present day
+ that the great public turns away fr9r
them. TO these Mr. j. A. SDeuder.
/ .The Nineteenth Century and After ha
a word in season. and he wants t9 ku0I
. whether there is any reason why simple
serious people such as read and az
touched by the Bible. Shakespeare an
. Wordsworth. should trouble themselves @
read the works of the literary craftsme
or our time who hold that 'the matter .
says Ar sUauder-
Tire change is. iu brief from an ethical fn
. artistic atmosphere. From Byron 90 Matthew Aur
. .rlr haIg preached and everybody -guraiz-l Tn
uarTHr- battles were fought over t.a Urg1IrlH- a'
. .mm.u,if.ss and tfe everlasting arCs and mas
. H-rHa- and Mil philosophical about politics. Ga
I-lr Emerson BgsrD. Matthew Arnold U-e7-a
y.-.Hrt rr.-lrr ard even -eai1eI and -HuafCus
Nfau.lI .Esr-.Iz1d gh.nt iemn-ag.- No one E
bored r1 one Doubted thaf tHa questions ~ .Ss
were enormously important. everyone took Toy gran
rI chat Do vas ths business ~ tHe writer rg mnral
and 90 preach. The objection -H often rs'-.l
-l..a F--- tHst TLacselav George EHHr 0r Tern
-ar is t.a GiI8gtlc is certainly NOT q common g'
temporary criticism. The idea that their has'u.
use wiu1rlIs will Ihr art 0i writing and that z
arr should hs pursued for the arts sake. belongs
quito th. end ~ thg last century. The result a' q
a-H.rrI atmosphere was an authoritative tone vu
Ia. quite gone uTt ~ recent writing lt Is real
almost incredible f1 MS in these DAYS tHaf Mode
Painters should have been tHe nars Hf am gusua.
young man ri teeurv-ercn. What Young man iu n
time uogl have tar courage even 81 He had g
genius ts vrIte TINS. And what v0r'i tHe CTI
Critics -ar it DEE did, nr = even he aaHu.td tfa -ts
and impressive manner Uf Mr. J lu Morley g Ess
. Uu J.mHrHfni-a.' .' written "a. 'he age o' trrtg-fv
Young men u these DAYS are expected 90 Dee crT
and cynical and permitted t1 saCw a high da--0a
literary =silI hlt we do urt encourage them J1
down the lav 90 their elders or o. moralze st.
things n general
As practical result 0f Joaquin Miller
latest visit 20 Boston. Herbert b. Turn
and Company now issue in an attracti
. form a new and attractive poem entltI.
. Light In his forevord Mr.. Miller say
4sF,. fr,=.,f-.+r,, Sc and ever has baa-r