The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-15

tween 1909 and 1891. also was sold These
letters discussed many topics and per-
sons. including Lord Byron. whom"
writes Scott. Il would fam bring back to
sound politics and sound sense. as his
talents are really of such an extraordi-
nary description. In sincere good
win to him and TO the country he be-
longs 10. / have done my best to give him
a rally"
There is another important letter from
Walter Scott 10 r. K. Douglas. in which
he repudiates the suggestion made by
Gourgaud that some OF the documents
he used in his Life Of Napoleon" were
forged
OF the BurHs lots the most important
was a manuscript song Of two stanzas.
entitled wilt Thou Be My Dearie." for
singing to the tune of ''Sutors Dochta."
The second stanZa runs thus:
IAsze say thou lo'es me;
Or if thou wilt IA be my ain.
Say nov, th0a j refuse me
If Il Wilma canDa be-
ThOu f0T thine nay cuse ne
Let NE. Jeznie, quickly die.
Trusting that thou Io'es me-
5eanie let me quicSiy die.
Trusting that thou lo'es me-
other interesting lots were an auto
graph poem by Chatterton, entitled
/ "Heccar and Gaira. an African
/ EclOgue;" two interesting letters by
Meredith on authorship and literary
style; an important series of letters
| from Benjamin Disraelli before he was
prime minister, and chiefly addressed to
his sister: also an autograph receipt
| from oliver Goldsmith. acknowledging
that he Received from Mr.. James
/ Dodsley 30 guineas for writing and
compiling a history OF England
OF a similar character was the origi-
nal receipts signed by Laurence Sterne
and James Dodsley for the sale of the
/ copyright ''Tristram Shandy," which
was put up for sale but not sold.
A pathetic letter included in the lot
was one written by Grace Darling TO
Mr. Douglas. OF Birmingham, asking
him 10 thank the subscribers TO her
fund.
Among the many interests which oc-
! cupy the time OF society people. men and
/ women alike, there is none, especially in
London. which takes so strong hold
/ and is so enduring as that OF making a
/ collection OF some one particular eurio.
| Some go in for jewels; others, more
/ Unitarian, collect furniture Of a certain
/ period; others again. like Lord Howard
/ de Walden, are connoisseurs of and 90
/ far afield to collect armor of all ages:
/ but, on the whole. the fancy is chiefly
/ for oddities For some years Lady
/ Blanche Rosslyn had a hobby for col
! lecting skulls. both human ones and re-
productions in china, plaster, and metal.
] h. of ~ kAfr al
/ ivory one. which, on being opened, dis
played a tiny watch.
! This reminds me OF a skull which is
/ 20 be seen on the walls of Sir Arthur
/ Paget's particular sanctum in Belgrave
/ Square. II is that OF an "Afridi." picked
up by Sir Arthur on the field OF battle.
which is weirdly interesting from the
! peculiar conhguration OF the skull and
! from the fact that a tooth has grown
out of the lower jaw close TO the middle
/ Of the chin bone. Sir Arthur has several
/ collections. one Of snuffboXes speci-
mems Of which have come to him from
members OF the royal family. while the
walls of his study, above referred TO,
which is a room on the ground floor Of
/ his town house. are completely covered
with wild animals heads. from the
/ smallest OF deer and antelope TO lions,
/ leOpards, and tigers, all of which have
/ fallen 10 his own gun.
Sir Bache CunaTd and his father be-
/ fore him have collected armor. and In
/ this Lady Cunard has much helped him,
/ their hall at NevilI Holt having a splen-
/ did display OF every description. Mrs.
Lulu Harcourts collection of minia-
lures in wax is unique very interest
/ ing. and singularly beautiful
Mrs. Hall Walker has a marvellous
number OF china cows. quite unequaled
/ by any one, and TO these for some years
past she has added china birds; while
her brother, Mr.. Sheridan. lately mar
ried 20 Miss Claire Frewen, who col
lects Jacobian furniture and silver, has
a hobby of china cottages. of Chelsea
Battersea. and other old makes. Mrs
George Batten, the singer, who so late
/ " lost her husband, for many years
has given much interest to gath
ering uncut stones. and the old
painted ~eye brooches" which couple
of hundred years ago were the rage
! lovers having their eyes painted for
their "faire ladye" on any old piece OF
ivory and set as a brooch. while in re-
turn the lady had a representation OF
her eye similarly painted for her ad-
mirer.
/ Nine Clara Butt-now Mrs. Kenner-
ley Rumford-has set her fancy on sill.
yer fishes Of every size and kind: Lady
Dufferin lets no article de vertu'' OF
the period OF Louis XIV or Louis XVI
pass her by If it is at all attainable
while Mrs. Jordan Mott makes Napo-
leonic relics a special object.
4 Mrs. Willie James may be said TO be ar
inyeterate collector. for no sooner has she
finished $50 far as any one can finishl one
collection than she starts another. Lady
Sackville's hobby is for jade in every
form: Lady Decies and Lady Marcus
BeresfOrd share a love for cats, whether
real or represented in china. silver, OF
bronze; Mrs. Chauncey possesses some
wonderful worries, which were the great
interest OF her late husband: Mrs Bur
rowes of Stradone, who always has been
a great lover of fine needlewoTk, has the
walls of her boudoir covered with en-
brcidered pictures, many of which she
has done herself
And so the list goes on. scarcely two
people one knows In society having col
lections OF the same article. while one
OF the most perfect groups of Bartolozz
prints ! have ever seen adorns the four
walls of Mrs Harland Peck's boudoir IN
Belgraye Square. FLANEUR.
lCopyrirht 1910 b. Mcclure Newspaper syndieate.l
DIR. Cook May sConfesss Again.
From the St Louis Times
If DR. Cook will now only abstain from
confessing that his confession was false