New-York tribune., 1908-11-14
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current TaM of Things Present and
to Come.

Mr. William De Morgan's new novel. Blind
jim" is not after all to be brought out before
Christmas We will not have it until January
This is not to be regretted. The author of
Joseph Vance" is a leisurely writer. to whose
work il is well to sit down at quiet time.
: clever book on The Mystery of Golf" is TO
be added this season TO the series of handsome
limited editions issued by the Houghton Mifam
Company. It's author is Mr.. Arnold Haultain an
AngIo-Indian who has been long the literary as
sistant of M Goodwin Smith. As golfer he
is an adept and he is. moreover, an excellent
writer gifted with the sense of humor his sub
iect demands The quaint subtitle offers
hint of the flavor of the book:
4 briefe Aecoun: of Games in general: their
Origine Anuquitie: Ramrancie: and OF the game
business: { its tDficutie; its anatomicai, pho-
sophicaI and moral Properties; together Win
diverse Concepts on other Matters TO 1t apperta1h-
ing
Next Tuesday afternoon the Anderson Auction
Company will begin at it's rooms, in East 46th
street the sale of Henry ". Poor's library
This collection of books is very large and its
dispersal will require some twenty-five sessions
II represents activities on the part Of Mr.. Poor
begun thirty Years ago and pursued with ever
increa sing zeal. His taste has been catholic
He has sought examples of fine printing and
fine binding he has bought illuminated manu-
scripts Illustrated books and first editions or
the English authors Of all periods He has an
important group of editions of Milton and no
fewer than thirteen editions of the "Compleat
Angler including walton's own copy of the
second edition He is strong in the Elizabethans
and has an extraordinary array Of Enghsh
classics of the eighteenth and nineteenth cen
turies as we'll of writer's who If not cIasslcs
are at all events dearly priced by the collector
The list includes such names as those of Gold
smith Sheridan. Landor, Tennyson Thackeray
Dickens. Rossetti. Swinburne. Lang, Ruskin and
Omar" Fitz Gerald.
II was Mr. Poor's habit to put his books into
the most beautiful garb 10 be devised by the
leading craftsmen of Europe and America. and
his library includes countless modern bindings
worthy TO be placed beside the works of the
older masters who are also richly represented
there Collectors will come from far and vide
to attend this sale. not only lovers of bindings
but connoisseurs of ali the many phases OF
bookishness which, appeal to the bibliophile.
Each one is vouminousy illustrated. We may
cite in the department Of old masterpieces of
printing the following rarities:
THE Catholicon, the fourth dated book printed
by Gutenberg, in 1850; the hrst edition OF Ihonlas
a Kempis's de Initatione Christi l41; Johannes
De Aurbachs 'Summa de Sacran1entis, printed
nj Augsburg in 1852 and tire second ruuk printed
in thai city: the second edition OF Iivy. from the
Ibe esS rst edition of Dante Florence 1851 with
dnQs mo1Ts and , 9 a6oe RePum
Venetarum." Venice, 1887, one OF only three known
tics aistoria,H printed at strassburg in 1885 the
''Ptoen1v OF Ratdolt" printed in Venice IN 1881;
j sofPs fbe HstgTa History Of Piiny printed BY
Jenson 1472 the Nqreberg GhTonicei as9; rgp Imd
cd at Rome, 49, by sweynheym and Pannartz-
There is not a session of the sale to he ex-
pected which will not bring forward items as
important in their way as the foregoing. AHo-
aether the breaking mp Of this library consti-
tutes an event Of the highest Importance in the
world OF books
A little story told in Figaro" shows NJ Iris
tan Bernard not only as book lover but as a
capital humorist He lent 10 friend three of
the volumes IN his complete set OF the works OF
Dumas MS. The friend kept them so long that
he was at last moved to write requesting their
return He received no reply. He wrote again
and then third time. but still the borrower was
mute. NJ Tristan Bernard thereupon made
parceI of the five volumes OF Dumas still on his
shelves and sent them to the recalcitrant one
,,.ttb This note: Pray excuse me- dear friend,
but have such horror Of odd volumes that l
beg you to accept these five"
NJ Francis H. Aliens autobiography OF Tho
rea,,,, which viii be brought from the Riverside
Press in p few Gays, is particularly careful
Micro Of work The lists include not only all
rTbo-eau's writings, but all important notices OF
tho man and his works which have appeared IN
hooks. newspapers and other periodicals
new photogravure portrait Of the author OF
walden is prefxed to the volume
The London "Bookmen" reports hnd Whlch
viii he warmly welcomed by all students OF
C;er1nany's great poet. 1t seems that the origl-
nal manuscript OF Eckermanns Gespraechen
nit Goethe has been accidentally discovered IN
the archives Of the famous publishing 1rm of
Messrs Brockhaus Of LeipsC. together WIN an
The letters which passed between Brockhaus
ard the author in the year 1896 with regard 20
the first edition of this notable work. The let
tors and the original manuscript give iilumlnat-
ing details-not found in any other edilloh--
about the life and work of the great poet, ana
Messrs. Brockhaus have therefore decided TO
publish possible Il edition WhicA
win be true reproduction Of the original man
uscript."
book Of Personal Studies" by Mr. Wilfrid
Ward. which the Longmans announce. will con-