The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-02-26
CIRCLES GLOBE
IN BOOK HUNT
University Librarian wanders
Wide in Search Of Volumes
Needed by Institution.
PICKS UP RARE BARGAINS
London Always Good Hunting Ground
for Book Buyer. and ReadIust-
msnt 10 Bringing Valuable
Collections Upon Market.

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librarian OF the university, is back at
Stanford, after year OF travel In
which he enclrcled the globe. He car
ried with him want list" compris-
Ing 6,370 volumes for which the uni
verslty had been seeking for some
years but which, by reason OF their
rarity or inaccessibllity. il had not
been successful In acquiring. Aside
from purchase from the list, Mr.. Clark
was in position to take advantage
VI favorable opportunities as they
might urise for the acquisition VI 9th
er desirable material. Altogether
about 1900 volumes will I've added tn
the library as the direct result VI
The tour.
Found In japan and China.
japan, the first country visited. did
not yield much on his want list" but
otherwise proved b'hilographicnliy In.
teresting. Al the Imperial university
library OF Tokyo he was shown.
among other treasures there pre-.
served. a deed making conveyance OF
real property In the ninth century,
Buddhist manuscript about 1000
years old and the tirst set Of movable
type (woOden) used in Japan.
OF particular interest. however
was the George u. Morrison Asiatlc
library, probably the best collection
in existence OF books about China.
Doctor Morrison, who died In Eng
land few months ago, was the rep
resentntive Of the London Times nj
Peking from 1895 TO 1912. and after.
ward political adviser TO the Chinese
government. Writing OF his library
Doctor Morrison said: at is the re
suit Ut an effort sustained during
more than twenty years to form
comprehensive collection Of books,
papers, pamphlets, prints and engrav-
lngs dealing with the Chinese at home
and abroad, and with China and her
dependencies, past and present, IN
every subject and In every European
language" The library, comprising
about $4,000 volumes. was purchased
by Baron Iwnsaki Ia 1917 and re.
moved to Tokyo. where Il Is planned
to erect permanent home for II and
make II available to scholars. Mr.
aiikinosuke Ishlda is It's librarian.
Discoveries In London.
London is always good hunting
ground for the book buyer. and
| Furthermore the readjustment now In
process AS an aftermath OF the war is
bringing many valuable collections
upon the market. The foreign eS-
change rates also make this favor
able time for Americans to buy. ii.
brarlan Clark particularly enjoyed his
experiences with the English hook
sellers, and was highly Impressed
both by their photographic lnforma-
ton and the accurate knowledge Of
their own stocks. often running into
many thousands Of volumes and con-
tlnually changing. For example, a
particular edition OF Shakespeare
published In i740 was being sought,
and a certain dealer offered one pub
lished IN 1852. explaining that the
text was Identical with that OF the
1740 edition. a statement easily veri.
fed. In another instance dealer
gave the early history " certain
medical journal, begun IN the middle
OF the last century, and which had
gone through various transformations
with changes OF name. A dealer In
the south OF London showed sur
prising knowledge Of his stock. which
ranged from $4,000 TO 10000 volumes.
When Mr.. Clark submitted to him n
list Of various editions Of Shakespeare
desired, the dealer looked over the
list, said he had only one ~ them on
hand. and turning TO an assistant.
told him TO go upstairs and get that
copy Of the Johnson 4 Stevens Shake
speare In the front room. third shelf
from the top on the right hand side.
In London Mr.. Clark was able In
obtain ~ editions Of Shakespeare,
which the English department OF the
university has been eager 10 obtain
Among the most interesting OF these
Is that OF Rowe, published In l709-1O,
the first illustrated Shakespeare pub.
lIshed and the beautiful Halliwell
edition, published In 10 volumes, be.
tween 1903 ana 1860.
Much Philosophical Lore.
In England also he was able IA
complete the Stanford set OF the
Royal society Of London philosopher
transactions. obtaining, volumes GOV
ering the period from 1886 to 1900 II
hnS hcrn said that n all other rec
ords OF modern scientific achieve
ment were wiped out the records oI
this society would preserve everything
Of value in that direction. Compare
lively few American libraries hay,
Tie complete file. Mr. Clark was ubl,
to obtain these early volumes through
the fact that he happened TO he Il
London JUST in time TO reap the ad
yuntOge OF British noblemans cor
solidaung three estates. a process
which threw on the market this val
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