New-York tribune., 1907-12-21
Rare Books and Prints in Europe.


as good as ever you see: Wen. says l. what DO DO
for glass Of ii? Two cents say says ,b hs Ts do
hungry now Amt you mind TO take these ere
biscuit again and give me a. glass m ot toos eae and iaa
'eIn the shelf again. and poured out giass 2, OF
tell the truth was capital good cider Then says
l. guess it's time for me to 1e a-sons; e. aS3 Stap
Mister believe haven't paid me tGI the &c eideT T
MEAN Se pfs BID iha foE Ddn dhs s T give
jst come 70 the cider? on an right 1t say says s+a ne,
Sister III yoa didn't a pas me- for the biscuit what
says l. do you mean 10 impose upon me- s;; 10 Dd
let you keep 'en tu? Amt they there now on your
shelf what more ,s, do you Wsn m ,ursed about and
marched OF and left the feIIer staring and think.
shg spguek Ihq NiS6 dunderment HowsonaeVeT didn't
want to cheat him. only jest to show EN- III "asn
called in next day and paid him his two cents
1t is said that the most touching document the
British Record Office contains is tn the nano-
writing of Mary Stuart. 1t is little Essay
on Adversely" which the Queen wrote IN lSSo.
This with other essays and number OF poems
from her pen. may be found in a lately pup
Iished compilation entitled Queen Mary's Book
Most of them were written during her fnprlson-
nnent. when her love Of literature furnished her
only solace The more pity that one of her iail-
ors so loudly complained of the trouble OF trans
porting from cne of her prisons TO another her
Books and the Ike trash"'
Prince Borgheses motor journey from "Pekin
to Paris" has been described by his companion.
Signor BarZini and English translation OF
his narrative is coming from the firm OF Mitchell
Kennerley. Here, in a few words. We get an
excellent idea OF the expedition:
The Itala has accomplished, without excessive
Iy wsaT ana ys bG 9s ss Js9u@5ne @ x % n cond
tons of Climate which put its whole mechanicai
organism to the severest test Its frame shaken
ste;p ascents. where the, wheels skidded on ths
sand or on the clay ground IND made vSsd % Sy se rcn
under burning sun, and over difficult roads; IN
eoadtions While the therrnometer marked
changes OF r 10 degFees e yonrh AT ~ s a m Rain nd Sap
ness; it's gear and transmission shafts were sub
every ~ moment engaged or free every part in short
without mentoniTg w the wnees ana tne 5 SprnSs 4 p
severest and most unprecedented test And out OF
hundred OF which were without track. the total
of the tracks not covered by the aufonloole
unaided amounts to barely one hundred and twenty
miles.
Concerning the Nelson manuscripts Qncl1dinE
a plan of the battle of Trafalgar made by the
admiral himselD, which were sold in London
last year for S15.7I5. we have to note a queer
revelation. An action in the Court Of Appeals
before the Master OF the Rolls and two Lords
Justices showed that the plaintiff. who was a
shopkeeper in a London suburb named Hailoran.
was accustomed 10 travel a London omnibus
driven by a certain Jackson. dweller In Toot-
ing These two worthless being together atop the
bus one day, remarked, they drew near Mer-
ton Abbey that Lord Nelson once lived there.
whereupon jackson. the driver. observed: Il
believe 1 have some documents in my posses
sion which have Lord Nelson's signature on
them. Ny father was in gentleman's service,
and they were given to him when the gentleman
died" Thereupon Halloran asked to see these
papers, saying that he had some knowledge Of
the value of old manuscripts. He accompanied
Jackson home. saw the papers. and pronounced
ised Hanoran two pounds for his trouble in
finding purchaser if the papers fetched
much f1O Apparently he made further in
quiries and finding that the papers were a
substantial value, sent them to Christie's where
as have seen, they brought f30O0
Behold then the outraged Halloran. He
promptly entered suit for commission eQuivnr
lent in cur currency to s3.175. alleging that this
should be paid to him "if he found market
for the manuscripts" The judge Of the lower
courr,> before whom the case was first tried.
called the action 'impudent" one. and dis
missed II with costs. Halloran. still seethinG,
carried it up to the Court Of Appeals. Alas for
Rolls. the two Lords Justices concurring. said II
was needless to listen to Jackson's lawyers; ~
found that there was no such contract a. the
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