New-York tribune., 1908-11-21
RARE MANUSCRIPTS.
Mr. Morgan's Treasures Lent to CO.
Lumbfa University.

4 portion Of the extensive collection owned
by Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan Of original manu-
scripts Of famous books has been lent by him
to the trustees Of Columbia University for ex-
hfbition in the library OF the university. The
exhibition viii be open 10 the public on next
Monday afternoon. and every afternoon there
after until December 19. Most OF the manu-
scripts are those Of English and French authors
Poe cooper Holmes, Irving and Hawthorne are
among the American writer's represented. There
are also several Lincoln manuscripts
In one of the smaller cases is the manuscript
Of the first book of Paradise Lost" from which
the first edition was printed. Beside il are auto
graph letters and verses Of Torauato Tasso
The same case contains the will Of Martha
Washington one Of the buIkiest manuscripts
is that Of s treatise by Sir Isaac Newton on
coinage money and credits. To the last page
the writing is as firm and clear as copper plate.
Beside this is small notebook filed with uath-
arnaticaI problems devised by Newton At the age
Of seventeen. Among the Keats manuscripts
are MANY Of his letters including his last letter
70 Miss Fanny Brawne, written in loose.
spra Wing hand In this he says: The pass
7,o-ts arrived Just before We sailed / do not
think I shall be long III. God bless you. Fare
well" He died only month later His En-
dy-nion- Is also shown
Sir Walter Scott is the best represented Of all
the British authors. Among his manuscripts are
those Of Anne Of Gierstein,' Tales of a Land
lord" old Mortality t'Ivanhoe,' Guy Man
nering-, "vvaverley'' and The Lady of the
ste Dickens is also well represented.
among the manuscripts shown being those
or The Christmas Carol Hunted Down
and various Of his sketches. These are
all closely written. interlined and corrected.
777riI they must have been the despair Of
many 2 compositor, Fhe most important Thack-
erav manuscript is that Of Vanity Fair
small diary OF his visit TO America bref as II IS
ie Of considerable interest "Lovel the WidoWeT
* another Thackeray manuscript. Ruskin is
reuresentad BIZ Stones Of Venice and there are
two manuscripts Of William Morris. that of The
Ffouse Of the Wolings" and the original draft Of
THE Tale of Beowolf' Besides several letters
b,- Thomas Moore there Is the complete manu-
script of 'I-sIIa Rookh.' Leigh Hunt is repre-
scented by The PaIfrey'' and Swinburne by his
essay on Byron. opened at the page of his fierce
5enunciation of those srhose derracton Of the
uoet 50 reused him. There are various Hood
4nauuscripts Goldsmith is represented only by
The Captives" Swift by Stella at Wood Park
and Johnson by his Life of Pope" The Pope
manuscripts INCLUDE the Essay oii Man eii'-
.Sapho 10 Phaon."
r9oa,e FIRST draft Of The Bells" is here, four
,7iscolored foolscap pages pasted together in a
10, string THE Autocrat at the Breakfast
rrabIa-, js the best Of the Holmes manuscripts.
Some of the other American manuscripts are
7r,-ing,s Conquest Of Granada" Hawthorne
4C.tos+ Of DR.. Harris Cooper's 'Deersayer
ard several Of Bret Harte's Western tales In
one of the smaller cases there are some Lincoln
,7,anugcripts including political address. ana
,-.ra1 NJ the Presidents attempts at verse
The most moving Of these last is an account OF
4 bear hunt which begins:
,-Hd hear chase didst never see;
Then hast thou lived in vain
THY Y5cuesT bump 81 glorious EiSe
Lies desert III thy brain
Among the French manuscripts are TWO OF
voltaire's. La PuceIe" and "Du Theisme.
Zola is represented Gy Mana" George Sand by
GA vile nolr' and Les danes vert There
are several specimens OF tho elder Dumas
among them seven pages Of Les trois Housqte-
ta3ree" There may also be mentioned L amour
de nieu.' written by ST Francois de safes N
tGl6. and consisting Of sixteen very closely writ
ION roIioz. This manuscript was given IN i"-4
., tbe nuns ~ LOrde dc ls Visitation, founded
,.- the saint at LYONS by the Bishop of Geneva.
., fs accompanied by = certificate Of authenticity
.-ttten March r. 1924. hy the Bishop