New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-08
BOOKS AT AUCTION
Rare Autographs-Civil War
Documents.

/ On the afternoons Of January 10 and
IL the Anderson Auction Company VIII
conclude the sale Of the autograph and
manuscript collection of the late John
BOYD Thacher, Of Albany. The cata-
lorue of this final sale, like the one
preceding it, consists chiefly Of English
autographs from the period OF Henry
VIII and Shakespeare's contemporaries
10 the present day, represented By,
among others, Lords Roberts and Rose
: berry. Numerous au ocraphs of celeb
rites of other national!ties in the helds
of literature, art, letters and stage are
however, included-Sehu0ert, Paga-
mini, Rossini. Saint-Saens, Sarasate'
Spohr. Verdi, Thomas. Weber, Wagner;
there are a number of French historical
autographs, one Of the Marquis de la
KocheJacquelein, and woman IS well
represented by Nine de Seylgne, Sarah
Siddons. Peg Wellington. George sand,
Ellen Terry. and even by Cora Pearl.
The most valuable Of the Shakesperi-
ana il an A. l.. S. of Sir Thomas Lucy,
Of Lharlecote Park, before whom
Shakespeare was tried for poachlng IL
is dated March Is, 1892.
There is an exceedingly rare letter
By Pope, and a most interesting one oy
Shelley, dealing with the dany Ike Of
Byron and the Countess GulccloIi'
whose guest Shelley was at Rayenna;
Lord Byron IS in excellent cue
/ both of health and splnts; ne mas
got rad OF all those me.ancno4y ana
degrading habits when ne iuddIseu
/ al Venice; ne lives WIN one
woman, lady OF rank here' 10
whom he is Attached and VINO IS
attached TO hlm, and Is III every
resuect an altered man. lie mas
wrltten three more cantos Oh Don
Juan. | have yet ouly heard Inc
fifth and | think that every "orG
OF It Is pregnant with immortal
ity. Byron gets up at Z.
get up, quite contrary 10 ny usuai
custom. but one must sleep or d'e
like Southey's sea snake IN Ne
hama. at u. After breakfast, We
sit talking 10 8. From III We
pallop through the pine IOlesl'
which divide I.ayenna IRON the sea:
We then come home ana dlne' ana
sit up gossIplns tai IN the morn,
ing. / don't suppose TINS "lii XII
me in week or fortnight; put
shall not Try it longer
There are exceptionally fine unpuo,,
lished autograph letters OF S"II anu
Wordswortn; and an A. ID. >. receipt ny
Tbackeray tor drawings IN fu"ch'
together with an Unpublished pen draw
ing OF his, reproduced above.
A grim interest attaches TO the auto
cram OF the English general, SIR hehTy
Shrapnel. the inventor of the shell that
hear his name. A letter (ln french
from Cardinal WOlsey TO Margaret o.
Austria, Governess OF the 10" Couh
tries 1888. IS an exceeding r"rl'S -
the autograph market An auIoeiaPn
Of Saint Francis de Sales also deserves
mention. ..oi,o
Civil War material Of great value
will be sold at the Anderson Ga!Ierie s
ION Wednesday afternoon, January L.
and Thursday and Friday aiteThoonss;,
January Is and Ia. II forms ar
of the sale OF the library OF John I:
rurton. OF Milwaukee. IL consists OF
hooks. pamphlets and brosdsides' tne
Confederacy being richly represented
bv. among other important items, the
6rst publication OF the Confederate
government: the provisional and per-
manent constitutions. There IS also a
comnlete set of the Statutes at Large
conv OF Pollock's four-volume history
Of the war, fourteen numbers OF tne
rare Record of News" (Richmond'
1869 and one of the newspapers PRINT
ed on wallpaper at Vicksburg after the
Surrender. ,,o-., oe=,
there are broadsides (ls54-lSoo)'
..mong them Jefferson Dayiss ihau-
gural address and his address 20 the
Southern States in reply 10 the Imam
cipation Proclamation; South Carolina
Ordinance of Secession, party pat
forms. rewards for fugitive slaves
bounties for soldiers. the Draft hio,s,
Lincolns letter TO Mcclellan, and the
surrender of Lee. l..
There are two letters written, oy
Grant to his father from Southern bat
tlefields, both known 10 students OF
Grants life, four letters and doeu-
ments by John A. Campbell relating the
events leading up TO the bombardmeht
OF Fort Sumter; five books belonging
70 Josiah Henson, the original OF Onc!e
Tom, each a presentation COPY; an al
bum containing more than zoo broad,
sides of songs sung by soldiers ana
civilians. and more than hundred
songsters, and a copy Of the rare ORG
nal edition OF the "Declaration OF ths
Immediate Causes which Induce and
Justify tho Secession OF South Caro-
lima"