The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24
Trading In "YIsts" OF the Famous.

bsUIu IN NfIAtS' Oh inc
or all the hardriddcn. heahitten
hobbies. none goes faster and further
than the appetite for collected auto
graphs. The dealers trade boldly and
proftahly on human weakness. They
would not print catalogues II there
were no market for their goods. Some
ono buys. Who can II be: Probably
those who can afford II least: so
wags the world.
In this season ~ falling leaves
there futtcrs into the shop a cluster
Of twenty-five leaves Of manuscript
prices. II does not tease or tempt us.
We are not going to give M $1.oNI
for Original autograph manuscript"
ital. caps, Of nine poems by ALGrRNoS
e. S~wINHrRNr. No .AlgcrDon ever vas
or could b. n poet. Louisa ALcoTT.
Jack and Jill" pp. 90. Ato, 'Tp. 3o-6I
missing" at SI25. does not threaten
/, sloclcss winter for one family.
ALpRiCU. T. H.. wrote u curslyc Greek.
dainty and tedious as his verse; his
manuscript of "Mothcr Michel AMI
Her Cat" will leave no sane person
poorer by the SITS at which the able
| dcnlcr lists H..
What makes tho value. rather the
| price, OF these casual papers Of profess
sional ink singers l. tho thought
more precious In the thinkers bad
FIST" than In the clear. beautiful. log.
ible type? An \. l.. =. has it, price
slgn"r, of the recipient. by the mum
her OF pages and the piGnnnt quality
Of It's subject matter. TfrrR RRYANT.
father oil his sou, writes. "pp. =. ITO
aud address. Boston. January 80,
1872. 10 his sister. Miss 'H,RITY." =
long and Interesting" letter: "CTI-
with n Wow In enter Yale College. At
New Haven. and To nmusc you 7 send
you n translation Of his" A~NACRloS's
code to Spring" WHY Is FETrR's
lcitcr set at $40, while WILLIAM
C.'s original autograph manuscript
poem ''rhc Woodmnn and the Sandal
Tree lpoctic for boot ircc:) can bc
had for $50 less?
CLEMENS, SAML. LANGIIoRNE. origl-
nal autograph manuscript ~ Horses
Tale" is down nj $50. VI. TWAIN
must laugh In his grave at that. KIP
LING il expected to fetch. II r.. folio,
rough draughts Of several verses"
S135. Eleven pages of RlCHARD liar
mrN0 DAVIS will adorn your museum
OF c%hirogrnphy for Sl2. Three pages of
DiCKrNs will pcnali2c the litcrarily
foolish so n pag" Uncle RrMCS,
rs pages, "written In pencil zone
page slightly defective is banked IN
for $3.50 by the astuic dealer.
For so you can have AINswoITu's
| album host, "ro Miss SMITu." You
cannot get away from these Smiths,
AipRIcu to GIIprR; 81 had Il more
or less defined idea that IN" wines
llVlI lNl'llflh hnl Wv NN'hl VIZ
ing Of The narrative Would 10 too
| many ror YOU The naughtiuess Of
old maids C|uARIorrr NRoNTi, $40
praises MAKErrNCr TUACKtHAy. ant
finds an easy critics praise Of "Shir-
Icy "silly aud n~auseous," Dr QUIN.
cry. ENG. ~cssaylst." writes; Every
lady's mag. can fawn upon Sir W
SCurT' HAWTHORNE, pp. :, SNo,
Slo5 Julian has grown enormous"
IWINa n y what he thinks Of pub
Usher MURRAY; 1t is worth the $40
asked, If you have $40 to spare.
1t is NIL charming. But what
strikes us hardest IL the uniform
r~oundncss Of the catalogues figures.
DO collectors never h'gglc? Why Is n
Thnckcray drawing set NJ $3.50, TEN.
NM at S55? Evidently the drawing
has nothing to do with It. And why
$50? Perhaps II would sell better
At S2,57o: perhaps even at S25i,lo.
The department stores excel In psy-
c~lology the traders I'm fists