New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
AM ERlCANA
Sale at Auction of the Joline
Collection.

One of the most important book and
au 1graph So Of the season Is that
OF the library Of the late Adri~ Hof-
man Jolinc which will take place az
III Anderson Caller, on the after
moons OF Tuesday. Wednesday. Thurs
day AID Friday Of next week, Decem-
Der 10 to I
The Joine library has long been
known among collectors on account Of
/ its valuable carly and rare and extra
/ illustrated Americana, among them a
nu lber of scarce autograI. s.. Mr..
Joline. who spent a lifetime in bring
ing his treasures together, collected
systematically. with . view 90 having
his books and autographs representa-
tive Of portant events. periods and
men 10 American history. The library
a. it is now composed at the moment
of its disper n. Is the result Of this
high standard. which laid as much
stress on the elimination OF the un-
/ important as on the inclusion of what
: is of permanent value. In later years
Mr.. Joline summed up the experiences
Of his career IN his Diversions Of a
Book Lover" "Rambles in Autograph
Land and fluctuations OF an Auto
graph Collector" az whose end ne
referred to this inevitable sale which
awaits n collections save onI' hose
consigned TO PC petual burr in some
. library" And he continued:
No enc ill eve. be as fJrd Of
my pets as | have been. My own
association with them viii be lost
and forgotten. | look upon them
almost as one might upon the chill
dren whom he must leave behind
him. They, however. may remem-
Der, while our cherished auto
graphs and boo g. IN serene uu-
consciousness, will be forever un-
mindful Of the fondness which has
been lavished upon them. A rare
book will now and then retain the
record OF a tender and dcvotet
,wner-hip. but an autograph sell
dom recalls the memory OF
chance possesso None the less
dear to me are these relics OF the
leaders Of life and literature. Some
one will preserve them, and per-
haps may fondle them as have
done. ! trust that they ay come
under the protecting care OF a true
collector. a real antiquary one en-
lowed with the capacity TO appre-
ciate whatcoe or things are worthy
of the affection of the lover Of
letters AMI history.
This collection is uncommonly rich in
extended and extra-illustrated books.
Mr.. Joline did not make separate col
lections Of autographs, portraits and
views, but whenever possible enriched
with them the volumes which. in their
turn. furnished their best setting. Nor
did he confine himself to American his
tory and literature alone. The Ameri-
can stage, too was laid under contrbu-
ton in such works as Laurence Hut
tons "Curiosities Of the American
Stage" with its fifty additional por-
traits and siyty-one autographs and
signatures Of actors and playwrights,
from Mccullough. Forrest and Char
lotte Cushman to Lolita, Francis Wilson
and De Wolf Hopper; in William Win
ter's THE Jeffersons.' no less album
dainty extended and illustrated, and in
Wallack's Memories of Fifty Years
II is, however, in Its historical and
nolitical items that the Joline library
is most noteworthy. Washington auto
graphs. Washingtoniana, extraillLs-
trated biographies. among them Me
MORALS of Washington, and of Mary
His Mother and Martha His Wife"
deliberately extra-illustrated. claim first
mention. There is an EXTRA llus trat ID
COPY OF Max Won Eelking's "The Ger
man Allied Troops in the War OF IND
pendence." with autograph letters
General Riedesel. Colonel Won Block
ar Major Won Cleve, of the Hessian
and Brunswick contingents; a copy OF
the privately printed Journal OF
Aaron Burr, with three autograph let.
tiers: Cooper's History OF the Navy
extended 10 four volumes By the lnser-
Of 265 portraits. maps. views, etc;
extra-illustratcd lives o. General Meaae
and the late Senator lioar. etc. com
plete set of the American Statesmen
Series, on large paper, is enriched win
numerous autographs, autograph let
ters and other material A copy OF
HAMPTON /. Carson's The Supreme
Court OF the United States: Its HIS.
tory and Its Centennial Celebration
ls9O) has beeI. extended 10 three vol
umes by the insertion of l56 autograph
letters and documents and " addl-
tional portraits -,
Collectors of literary Americana VIII
find here Hawthorne's school copy OF
"The Vicar Of Wakefield with MS
signature on different pages. always III
the old spelling, "Hathorne,' ana win
numerous annotations. There IS ais
collection of autographs and portraits
of American authors, beginning alpha
betically with George AIDE and ending
with William Winter and Professor
" odberry. Bryant is represented py
autograph letters and his own copy OF
his translation of the odyssey, ;;
Fiske by his Critical Period extend,
ed to two volumes with portraits ana
views. There are autograph letters
poems and other MSS, by washington
Irving. oliver Wendell Holmes, Long
! fellow IA letter to Bayard TaylorD
Poe, Lowell. Whittier and Whitman;