The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-23
Borrowed StevensOnian ma.


Let politicians bark and bite. The
devils made 'em so; let Europeans
growl and fight. for It's their nature
! to. We. who admire old Isaac WATTS
enough to pnraphrnse his mclodious
wisdom. delight tn" explore rare and
curious II Of literature. ever in the
dealers catalogues faint adumhra-
ton Of the glories of first editions
I Frequently. in respect Of matter. the
p%oorcst). manuscripts ,hard To read
bur previously u%niquel. autograph let
tiers. prints and curioS. STEVENSON Is
in town now. and his museum H. be-
wilioringly rich. In reviewing its
treasures we shall not quote prices.
for they are n yexation they range
from n dollar or W. for very minor
items 10 1880 for tho manuscript
draft Of an answer. rs II. and full
signature to a criticism IN The Sill
yerado SquntterS," dated fla Soil
tude. Hycrcs. December IL. 1883" The
l ' - " hl'i ~ w
u dog. sweating. The full sigma
rurr." II it followed the haptismnl
records. would have To be- ROBERT
I.rwis. "R. l.. =" was 'hrisionol for
his Nv" g~randfathcrs. and II was onl,
those closest +" him VIII" did not make
him Louis" And lac keeps his "Ral.
four in the books of reference
Here among the manuscripts j. on"
of ar unpublished novel We drr"-
gate ~ geographically the word novel"
h.caus. ther" are but tifry. four sheets
of copy" 1t va nm early Al
tempt Edinburgh. 1SIt.Ij. II has
marginal 1t" Of critical suggestion
hy III" elder ~SIFNtNSo\. IT, anthor
described il in - letter :" SIpNFN con
WIS "'When the Devil Wns We'll.
. Scene. llaly. Renaissance: color.
purely imaGinHry-uf coIir>r. my own
unr"gcn"ratc idea of what ltnly then
was" An Italian sculptor. Snnnaz-
faro. fails in love with tho brautifuI
lppolira. VIII" of tn" Duke ArSinu.
The authors friends dissuad"d him
from publishing this "ncNil.'
can men "f letters keep accounts:
Here i a note hook tSSI-S1l. in
which ~Srrvr>soN undertook both to
io, his literary projects and to score
his receipts from those perfected. On
one page II table of money sums trails
OF into "A pen and ink landscape, "A
rainst"rm %retr"aiing before sunshine
perhaps AN emblem of his fortunes
and his hopes. Among the 'proicrt>.'
some Of which were never realized.
are "TraaSurc Island" "Silvorndo"
"Prinre OTTO" About the Golden Isl.
nnds.' "1ho Mate Of The Royal For.
tune "Tra>"lI"r'> Tales "Nurserv
Verses" "Morr New Arabian Nights"
The Travelling Companion ".Iohn
Nicholson's Predicnm"nr, '"John Dcia-
field" The Golden Gardener" "I.u-
dovic Shorthand" "Moral Tales" An.
other note book in his own hand
contains drawings. drafts Of poems.
chess problems and the miscellany Of
an authors memoranda. In n bio
graphical sketch he wrote:
Bern 1850 at Edinburgh. pure
Scotch blood descended from the Scotch
Lighthouse Engineers, three generations.
Marrow of the family was
worked out. and he declined into the
man OF letters. Ia of n pro
digIous lean and hungry air: inspiring
no confidence; wherever he goes the po-
lloe frown upon him. bankers refuse To
cludeS him. Ills New Arabian
Nights gave him his first taste OF popu-
larity kept up by the pirate
story Treasure Island His other works
pleased the reviewers. but left the pub
lie calm. They were. Tor a guess, too
good, and not good enough, Perhaps
the others were bad enough p"
In 1893 he was keeping n record of
his correspondence: Invitation to J.
NJ. BARRIE: IS, s. Mcclure. conclude
pro lem the 'DIavidl R%Inlfour buSi.
ness To CLEMENT SHORTER. ne
acknowledgement for pictures, inquiry n
to date and terms for n short story
Nv. n, HON.. illustrations 10 Wreck
err and ID. b. = 4" HENRY JAMES,
nichtlgkelten Mr.. and Mrs. PouIT-
urv Rycrv Ov h1ucblpolv ocLnou,Ioluo