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ators. In the poem or the painting it is
divine self that the poet or the painter
embodcs. A city is of a like character,
and it is the real selves in us which float
unseen about it and gives the city its
living individuality.
The city, however. differs in very i'm
portant essential from other works of art.
The picture once painted or the poem sung,
it stands henceforth by itself; the artist
can do no more for it. 1t must live or die
without further help from him. But the
city is never thus entirely separated from
us, its builders. 1t remains tied to us by
the invisib.s cord of our nourshing pas
sions. 1t grows with us it dies with
1t is thus in more real and personal
sense part of US as we of it. 1t be-
comes then the reflex of the lives and
aspirations of the people who dwell in it.
SO that city-its streets, its highways, its
buildings, its public places, as we'll its
business and life-is an embodiment of
ourselves 1t is this living spirit that may
hearten and inspire us; that may delight
and enchant us, and that may also break
and destroy us.
| may never forget my first impression
of New York when | sailed up its bay and
saw, in the distance, the raised torch in
the uplifted hand of the figure rising
from the waters as Liberty. | caught my
breath in an exultant aspiration. The
wide, blue dome of the sky, so near to me
through the crystal clear atmosphere,
seemed to bend toward me as if to receive
my hope | sported in the sensation But
for little while only. Beyond the statue
rose solid paralelograms of upright gil
gantic blocks pierced with countless holes
that looked like the barred windows of
prison cells. The blocks lowered dark.
frownng and inhospitably repellng. A
vague fear came me. | felt as if l
about to enter through tn gates of
a mighty fortified place where my hope
would be smothered and whore the blue
dome would be visible only as a patch
from the bottom of some deep canyon.
1t was the evening of what had been a
glorious day in early May when l landed.
| was too bewiidered to have any clear i'm
preston of the place. | was rushed, almost
against my will, along the overhead iron
rails to the sound of the changing of bells
and the booming Of laden carts to my odg-
ing for the night. | felt as if | had been
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The interlude of Jacob and Esau," 1863
is the only edition known and is in metrical
verse. 1t is attributed to William Hunnis,
musician and poet, who WINS Gentleman of
the Chapel Royal under King Edward VI
and III 1866 was made "Mastcr of the Chill
dren' by Queen Elizabeth. or the interlude
of king Darius" 1865, Mr.. Jones had n
copy which brought $l,3l0. The Mostyn
Hall collection has two copies Of this first
edition, both complete, but one slightly
damaged. pheasant" intcrludc Ia Upian
Fulwell's Like will to- like Quoth the Devil
to the Collier" 1887, Of which thcrc.is
second edition. There arc two COPIES Of the
first edition Of "Ncw Customc" rare In
tcrlude Of 1878. There were two tissues in
the same year, 1857, Of the "new and merry"
intcrludc of "Thc Trial of Trcasurc." bv an
unknown author, of which tho Mostyn Hall
copy is the first. William Wagers inter
ludc of Though in as Good IA n Feast"
printed between 1860 and 1865, is "yerv
FRUITFUL, godly md full Of pleasant mirth"
The Mostyn Hall COPY is apparently unioue.
the comedy appearing in Gregs three lists
OF carly plays, with the note, "Not other,
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wise known" Still another unrecorded cdi-
ton, and probably unique, is r. Weyers
"Lusty Juvenths," printed by "John Awdely
In little Britayne strete." There is also the
edition of the same work by William Cop
land, about 1860.
The passing Of the interude marks the
rise of early English comedy, like "Gammer
Gurton's Needle" Thomas Preston's "A
Lamentable 1rngcdie, Mixed Full of Pleas
ant Mrth, Cambises, King of Persia" was
printed in 1898 and is supposed to be the
plny to which Shakespeare made reference
when Ounce. in "Midsummcr Nights
Dream" says "Marry, our play s-the
most lamcntabc comedy and cruel death
of Pyramus and Thsbc" 1t ranks as
Shnkcspcarian, and the Huntington dupi-
cate brought $50 Mt auction.
There arc many "foundation plays" OF
Shakespoarc's works, but the play of "Two
Gentlemen Of Verona" was built on n Mot
found in the italian original al Fidclc." by
Luigi Pnsqualigo, printed in Venice in 1875.
The English version of this, which prob-
ably was used by Shakespeare il "Fcdclc
and Fortunio. The dcceitcs in louc; OK
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cellently discoursed IN very pleasant and
fine oonceited Comoedo of two Italian Gen
tlemen.' Collier, Ilazlitt and Greg, the
Shakespearan scholars, uscribe this trans
lation TO Anthony Munday, but they refer
to an edition, known in only two copies
which differs from the one in the Mostyn
Hall library. This was printed by Thomas
llackctt in 1885 and is believed to be unique
1t is backletter small quarto, of twenty
eight pages, worth many times its weight
in gold.
The precursor of Shakespeare's "Kng
Lear was work by an unknown author,
first printed in 1905 by Simon Stafford for
John Wright. 1t is entitled "The True
Chronicle History Of King Leir, and his
three daughters, Gonorill, Raglan, and Cor
della. AS it hath bene diuers and sundry
times lately acted This is probably the
gem of the Mostyn Hall collection, only
three other copies being known. Two of
these are in the British Museum and the
other was in the HUH collection, sold in
England, bought by Quartch for &2,470,
more than two-thirds much as Harry
Widencr paid for the splendid Van Antwerp
copy of the First Folio. It's only defects are
a small hole in one leaf, due to an original
defect in the paper and some letters blurred
in printing, but it measures 9-16 by "a
inches, and in these matters sixteenths OF
inch count in dollars.
There are only a few Of the Shakespeare
Quartos, those precious little volumes that
bring thousand-dollar prices in the auction
room, but these are interesting ones Only
r ~,
known of Arden of Feversham the sun
posittious Shakespeare play Collectors
generally must be content with the third
edition Of 1888, Of which the HUNTINGTON
duplicate brought $3.50 last year. The
doubtful Shakespeare plays are sometimes
scarcer than the genuine ones. "A York
shire Tragedy" the second edition of 1919;
"Sir John Old-Castle" 1919, and "The Birth
OF Merlin" are among those in the Mostyn
Hall collection. fine copy of the 1885
edition Of "Pericles, Prince Of Tyre" and
the third edition of "The Merchant of
Venice 1887 with the earlier title, are
other Shakespeare items.
Among the hundreds Of other plays in the
wonderful collection now TO be dispersed
IRE some of the greatest rarities in English
literature. That they were written by
dramatists whose names arc not well known
makes little difference to the collector
Collectors will pay good money for CLANS
Heerport his Invisible Coincide of See me
and See me not, acted in the Low Countries
by an honest Company of Health drinkers"
the first edition of 1918, although two
copies are offered The Shakespeare collec-
tor Will want Lady Carey Cor Carew's)
"Tragede of Mariana. the Faire Queen of
Jewry,' ldlo because the master dramatist
refers to II in his own play of "Trolus and
Crcssida.' What price will be paid for
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fine and perfect copy of The first edition
of "Clyomon and Clamydea,' by George
Peele, of which only two or three copies
are known? The Hulh copy cost MIR Jones
5000 and it brought 81 i2O at his sale. BE.
side this perfect copy there is one lacking
the two blank leaves, az does the Devon
shire copy. or some plays, like William
Davenant's "The lust Italian 1850, the
collection has no less than three copies Of
the first edition. The copy Of John Days
"lle Of Guls," 1893, is rather closely
trimmed, but the Jones copy of this rare
play, founded on Sir Philip Sdneys Gar
cadia," brought $3.50. There are two
copies of "Faire En-, the Nillcr's Daughter
of Manehester,"' 1851, the first edition with
a date, attributed variously to Shakespeare
Robert Greene, Thomas Lodge and Robert
Wilson. The play is remarkable as being
the first to mention Manchester and liver
pool.
copy Of 7. Goffe's "The Careless shep-
herdess," printed in 1856 was sold in the
Huntington sale of duplicates for only sSl.
The low price is accounted for by the fact
that although a first edition, it lacked the
feature of the Mostyn Hall copy which
makes it most valuable. This is "An Alphs-
betical Catalogue of all such Plays that
ever were printed" 1t is the earliest
known list of plays, and although it hs'
been found incomplete. 1t ranks verF
valuable item in English literature.
AS poet laureate, it was Ben Jonsoas
duty to prepare the annual masque for the
-,,I l.. 4 t, al and
her -Nymphs." The Jones copy Of this
brought $1.11o. and the Mostyn Hall library
contains not only this but much rsref
masque designed for Twelfth Night 1e-4
under the title of THE Fortunate Isles ana
their union Only two or three copies o.
this fourteen-page masque are known Ing
Jones copy Of THE Love of King DAVID ana
Fair Bethesbe.' the first edition of loss.
went for 81 ,o35. There arc two copies O.
this in this collection.
There is little doubt that many ard pros
ably tho most important Of these treasures
viii come to this country. The American
collector Is "A potent factor IN tho London
auction room. As for price-wei when
the American collector wants anything n.
goes after it. That his apparent lifting
of prices in London is justified appears "
tho results Of the Jones sale, whers VIZ
books which Mr., Jores purchased 81 '''
Iuth sales in London have already pe''
sold at large increase. A new renera''0'
OF wealthy collectors Ia coming up, ana -
long as the number OF copies Of w.
book is limited to two or three. the e''
lector may follow the advice given by -
chibald Campbell. Marquis of Argyle =
obstruction 60 Son" an exceedingly '''.
work, printed in $3.50, whore he Gays v
rnge l02:
Think no coat too much in nurehaS"s
rare books; next to that of acquiring s'-
friends look upon this purchase
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ure palaces. The goddess of the day was
metan orphosed into a reckless Bacchante.
The city had given itself up to carnival.
Towers and turrets, pinnacles and spires
were lost in sky OF inky blue above, while
below every foundation burned and glowed
in white heat. The City of Endeavor had
become the City of Pleasure. When the
dawn broke nothing remained but silence,
wan and pale. The place was a whited
sepulchre.
Not by night, nor yet by day, do I find
the city's spirit fulfilled. Neither in ma
turity nor in barren passion do we realize
the beneticent kindly and human compan-
ion of the lady of our dreams. 1t is at
twilight that this being is really herself,
and it is then that we find ourselves in her
reality. When the day is melting into night
and the sivery air is stilled with the stress
of expectant revelations, our Lady of Hope
rises and beckons US homeward. She is nc
longer the debating deity of the day; she
is the Guardian Angel Of the tireside whis
pering to us the deep secrets of abiding
happiness. Her breath is wells Of unfold
ing and EMBEDDING mystery wreathing in
many colors and TRANSPORTING the city's
architecture. Towering currents are palaces
Of Aladdin the burning broad-based col
umns rise as clouds of incense offered to
the glory Of accomplished labor and the
gods Of the hearth. Cars, laden with men
and women tired and newly eager, move i'll
lines of light. The great square castles by
The riverside twinkle into a new life with
their thousands Of electric lamps, and what
vas before solid mass is now but
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flung into a maelstrOm. 1t was as if |
were one of thousands who were all being
catapulted at some invisible target by some
mighty hand that had taken US in its grasp
| finally found myself, painting and mentally
scattered, in the vestibule Of hotel An
hour later l stole out to find my sky.
found it at last by the aid of some stars
1t was no longer bending over me. 1t had
removed itself far, far away, and | could
see but an oblong section of it stretching
fiat and spangled over the tops of gigantic
buildings. Only toward the hills of Jersey
did | see it again, and there it glowod and
burned and shot rainbow coors of such
fusome beauty that hope huttcred once
more. | made little attempt to wander far.
| was bruised and i'll. | lay down that
the silent night might heal me. The silent
night never came. The Changing and clash
ing and dull distant booming kept me awake
until the dawn began stealing into my room.
Then only the sounds ceased, as if for q
moment and in the interval | lost con-
seriousness.
1T was some years before really regained
consciousness | had received stunning
blow from some hidden fist that had sent
me sprawlng and seeing lights in mist
But ! rose again new man with new
heart in me. Gradually my complacent
egotism became changed into an assertive
humility. began to realize that I was
but one among many others, and that we
were all striving working, pressing for life
and power. | realized the city's spirit by
day as a beautiful, energizing being filed
with passion for accomplishment and
with fierce desire for success Her beauty
was for the young, the keen, the alert. FOR
those who are impeled and empowered by
master will She called On them with a
healtenine buple voice to dare bravey and
do worthily She pointed to the statue rest
ing on the waters Of the hay with one hand.
and wh the other 10 their nap waving
slanlg from tic sunii columns ~ secret
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the warning megaphonic toots from q.
river craft, behind the dull booming ~ a.
city waking into a new life, and anon, -,
these the silvery laughter of women =. -
the cries of joyous promenaders. II il -.
hour of blessedness.
There Is in the hour of twilight a On.
cial appeal which is neither in N. =.
nor in the night. 1t is as if nature ,os.
then unbending herself from her imper;oa.
mood to talk with us in our own HIM.
language. BY day and by night she is b..
self in all her stern majesty. We -.
but hope that what we are then fna,n~
out about her is the truth of her, for shs
herself remains unresponsivc TO our csn.
royalty indifferent. But at twilight sho :
another being. Her reality seems -.
certain TO the eye and incomprehensiblo -
the mind, but we feel we know her No
by the mind do we realize this KNOWLEDGE.
it comes as a conviction Emotions sr;..
in US unbidden, as if in response to SIM.
whispered appeal from without We ha,.
messages and respond TO them We arc -
communion with an invisible existence -
language not of human invention "a,
unforgettably intelligible EVERYTHING !.
speaking it. We with the others Trees
and hills, river and road, field and sky
cloud and star. all are talking to Us ana
we to them 1t is the hour Of reunion
and nature invites us to communicate win
her. But her salon is neither the w,de
ocean nor The great prairie, nor the aised
forests nor yet the gardens or the csthe
dral closest is the mighty metropolitan
city built by human hands and mated IA
Gods landscape; the city in which tho
art Of man has been made part of the
landscape and sky For here all may meet
and embrace Mother Natures living truth
She knows that during the day and nigh,
we are too much taken up with our am.
billions and desires-so that she steals
away at those times to the hills and for
ests, and is alone, for we rarely visit
her there. But as we are part of her
and alone can express her as she
longs to be expressed, she needs US She
comes, therefore, but she takes US un-
awares, and the twilight hour is the
witchng hour. Some day VIC shall build
our cities with this understanding of her.
then they viii be as inevitable as the ever
lasting hills, and our life in them free and
joyous.
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bccn nSl4 49, ne library OF II. Y. Jones,
OF Minneapolis. at the Anderson Galleries
in New York, for the tidy sum Of $4,000.
Two thousand pounds, Ell? My word"
exclaims his lordship; land | have two
copies in my library" And straightway
he repairs to the auctioneers, and puts in
their hands not only these two precious
volumes but many others of equal great
rarity, Of some Of which he possesses
the only known copies.
1t IS saying among book collectors that
unique is the most dangerous word in the
English language to use in describing a
book. To be sure there are many books of
which no other copy is known, and to which
THIS designation properly belongs. But
Immediately after rare book sells for n
very large sum of money. another copy is
likely to turn up from some old country
house library or elsewhere. At the present
time this circumstance does not seem to
disturb the market to any great extent. for
the number Of wealthy collectors is SO large
mat there arc not copies enough Of tho
rarest OF books TO supply them all Az
rule. Ir1ses aave been lower, in the London
nution rooms, tnau on this side, and doubt
less would have been lower yet had IL not
been for supplying the agents OF American
collectors. One would be rcckloss TO
prophecy what some OF the volumes cata-
iogued in the Mostyn Hall library az
unique will bring. We remember that
pbdln. the eminent photographer, when
Thomas Granville paid sl2l lGs. in 1918 for
a copy o. the First Folio Shakespeare, said
that this was "the highest price eyer given
or likely 10 be given for the volume Con
sidcriug that the Mrs. George l.. Harrison
set Of the -Four Foijos brought SEA 900 at
sale ~ Andcrson's the prcgent season, the
only safe thing 10 say IL that the Mostyn
books are worth whatever they will bring
John Stills "Gammer Curtons Needle, !"
black volume printed by Thomas
co'well, in 1915, WIS for many yenrs be-
iieycd 70 be the hrfE English printed play,
being finally suppianted In this honor by
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known to us, for
out of the combination has arisen not only
the visible city of our purpose, but
other invisible living thing. Something I'm
foresecn, something undreamcd Of has come
into III something that never was
before even in our mind, and yet now that
it is, something that somehow is ourselves
in intangible form. 1t is not the construct
ed towering thing of bricks and mortar
and steel but a mysterious, shadow-like
pcrmeatng entity which the days golden
sunlight evaporates and sublimates into a
kind of gladstone, personal impulsive en-
crgy, which takes the dream-like form of
mystical beauty at twilight, as it comes
out embodied and couchant, from the half
lights. and which reveals in reelng revelry
its will-klling, heart breaking, irresistible
beauty at night.
In our self-forgettng labors we build
better than we know. In making homes we
make sanctuaries as we'll as resting places.
IN building a city we precipitate the com
munal instinct along with the separate
nues and streets, and this communal in
stinct becomes a living entity in itself
that, somehow or other, stands for each of
Us as well as for all of us. OF the city of
stone and steel We know it more
less satisfying embodiment of our archi-
tectural art, and as a place in which we
can eat, sleep and be happy, at times, and
at other times, be alore hungry and ago
nisedly awake. This is the city we in
tended TO build. But that other thing the
thing that sprang up unpurposed, the city
of our secret selves, that which we might
cali the spirit of the city of that
only know as we live. How came it into
being? What happened?
That happened which always will hap
pen when the creative impulse in us shapes
our dreams and desires and gives them
forms separate from ourselves-the forms
take on the divine qualities of their ere
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Udalls "Ralph Itoister noistor." iiut at
any rate it is the earliest University play
in English which has come down To us. The
Jones catalogue enumerated the only known
copies as the Jones, the Henry r.. Hunting
ton and the copies in the Libraries OF the
British Museum, the Bodlcian and the Dyce
collection But William A. White, of Brook
Ign, also ownes one, aud now Lord Mostyn
adds two more. Even so, it is an exceed
ingly rare and valuable book. One Of Lord
Mostyn's copies is in fine condition, while
the other has some small defects Both
are of the date of 1875. The fine copy,
however, has popularity unnoted by
photographers, in that the word "and" in.
the second line Of the title is printed lamp"
evidently an inverted sd" which
rccted in other copies and therefore is the
genuine first issue" as the cataloguers say
of this rare work
Before the earliest English plays ap-
peared however, there were various "intcr-
ludes" representing the transition state of
the English drama in the early part of the
sixteenth century Collectors pay very high
prices for these and, from their standpoint,
with good reason. They have all the ele-
mcntS when make 1Or QeSlfADll1ty IN q col
lection of English literature. One of the
earliest of these, Of which the Mostyn Hall
Library contains the only known copy, is
Henry Medwall's "godely interude of Full
gems Cenatourc Of Rome, Lucres his daugh-
ter, Gayus haminus. g. Publ Cornell of the
disputacyon of noblenes. G. is dcuydcd in
two types, to be played at ii tymes." There
is no date the book, but it was printed
at London by John, Rastell, dwelling on the
"south syde of paulys chyrche," and
know that he removed his printing Office
from there in 1920, after printing this and
the "IIundrcd Merry Tales" only ono copy of
each Of each Of which survives. The existence
Of this intcrlude OF Fulgens and Lucrecc
has been known heretofore only from
fragment Of two leaves in tho British Mu-
scum, which were entered AS "a play con
corning Lucrece.' This Lucrece. however,
has nothing to do with Shakcspcarc's Lu-
cretia, wife Of Tarqunius. The work con-
siscs Of forty unnumbcrcd leaves, the in.
terludc beginning:
Intrat A dcons
for goddis will
What meanc yc syrs to stond so still.
Henry Mcdwall, the author Of this intcr-
! ludc was chaplain to "yo right rcucrcnd
fndcr In god" Cardinal John Morton Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. His fame rests on
this single play.
Impatient Poverty" Is another Of these
sntcrludes, OF which Lord Mostyn apparent
ly has the only copy Of an unrccorded cd-
ton. According TO the title page;
| Fourc men may well and cascly playo IT,
| Peace, Coll hassarde and Conscience for
\ man.
Haboundance and Mysrule for another man.
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Impatient pouerte, Prosperyte, & pouerte,
for one.


Enuy and the Somner for another man.
Below are woodcut figures of boy, an
old man and Jester (probably Misrulc).
There il no printers name, place or date,
but two Of the same woodcut figures appear
on the title page Of another book, Of which
there are the first and second editions in
tho Mostyn Hall library, "The Entcrudo OF
YOUTH printed by William COPELAND in Lon
don, the first edition about 1850
or the ntcrludc of "Thcrsytcs." printed
about 1860, the work Of Jasper Haywood,
only three other copies are known, one
being That which was sold in the Jones sale
in Now York last January for $4,000. The
MoStyn Hall copy Of the intcrludc, by
Thomas highland, "Thc Disobcdient Child"
about 1868, is superior to the Jones copy.
which brought $500 "A New Enterlucd
(sic) for Children to paye named JACKIE
Jueclcr," printed by William Copeland about
1902, Is perhaps the oldest play for children
In the English language. The Mostyn Hall
copy Is apparently tho original edition.
hitherto unrecordcd, and is probably unique
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= 49,
Chester, England, is
90 be sold under the
hammer of the auc-
,ioncer at Sotheby's
famous rooms in Lon
don on March 20 and
u. One may imagine
The Lord Mostyn read
ing in the newspapers
that a copy Of Cam
mer Gurton's Needle"
one of the earliest
English plays, had