San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
Rare and Valuable Volumes
in Tonnes Gift to Library

bool: could be found, and il is inter
esting for its historical value as 70.
its pictorial charm.
Famous Indians Pictured.
Another very interesting book is tn
album of photographs of famous In
dams collected and arranged by Col
onel Towne in an old-fashioned rec
morocco photograph album of the
type known as family" and present.
ed by him 10 E niece in 1878. 1t con
tains the photographs of about al
famous Indian chiefs. squaws and
tppes. belonging TO the Comanche
kiowa. Apache. Arrapahoe. Cheyenne
and Wichita tribes. all carefully ar
ranged and explained in short personal
comments written beneath.
Kicking Bird. poisoned in spring
of 1915, because of his continued
friendship for the white people" :
"Quinah the Smeller, son of Mrs.
Parker, captured in Texas in 1886
when eight years old. and detained
by her family in 1850, typical In
dian: "Esatite. White Eagle, grea
medicine man of the Comanches, orig
inator of the War of 1872: Satanic,
and AtOwyate. both great chiefs of the
kiOwas, now in the Texas penitentiary
for numerous murders" are among
the photographs and comments. There
can be few more complete collections
of famous Indians anywhere in the
country. and Colonel Towne must
have been materially aided in collect
ing them by his position of surgeon
in the United States army.
Has yIila Tacfa 4 ;tn,.a
A group of ten titles taken at ran
dom from the non-fiction group show
the wide catholicity of Colone
Towne's taste Autobiography of
Benyenuto Cellini.' Thrall's "Pictor-
ial History" LeConte's Elements of
Geology" Creasy's Fifteen Decisive
Battles in the Worlds History" Plu-
tarch's Lives" Inge's Society in
Rome Under the Caesars" Isaac Wal
toms "Compleat Angler" Rawinson's
Historical Evidences of the Truth oil
Scriptural Records Stated Anew
Many of the books are marked with
curious code signs of red and blue
apparently more as an indication OF
personal taste than subject groupings.
In the older popular novels. many are
marked with personal comments, as
~ ridiculous burlesque on passion
and tragedy IAN inside view of fas.
life in New York" and Can be read.
but will not. be enjoyed"
a tiny calf-b0und, early edition OF
The Poetical Works of Robert Burns.
including several pieces not included
in DIR. Currie's edition, exhibited un
der a new plan of arrangement and
preceded by life of the author and
complete glossary. Published BY vii.
liam ROrrodaile in 1896" is among
the books. 1t was printed in two
volumes of which only the first volume
remains.
Among the more personal books is a
large but faded collection of Jamaica
ferns, carefully pressed, and beauti.
fully bound.
There are lis volumes of the Of
fetal records of the Civil war, which
is very unusual collection. and vita
the exception of two volumes, a com
plete edition.
King James Edition of Bible.
The book in the whole collection
by which Colonel Towne evidently set
greatest store is a King James au-
thorized edition of the Bible printed
IN London by Robert Barker in 1915
The lettering used is of the Roman
type, and with the SIS made like F"s
and the VS. like Us, and the very
soft oil paper, is exceedingly difficult
to read.
Between the leaves of the Bible i,
very old undated letter giving sew
eral little-known facts of the differ
ent editions of the King James au.
thorized version. The first edition was
printed in 1911, and called the Roya,
Edition, and was rapidly followed by
numerous duplicate editions up to 1929.
when one was printed by the BucF
Brothers, in which the Typographical,
error of "The fool hath said in his
heart there is God" appeared. This
cost the immediate suppression of the
edition and the publishers were fined
$4,000. The original first and last
pages of the Towne copy are missing
but duplicate copies have been made
and are loose between the leaves OF
the book. On the last page is the very
appropriate line. Behold now that /
have not labored for myself only. but
for all them that seek wisdom AMI
knowledge"