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MILTON DOLLARS WORTH OF RARE BOOKS FOR YOU

In this book. the first printed biography of
Columbus appears as foot-note to a Psalm.
The editor of the Scripture had been con-
temporary of Christopher Columbus, and when
he came to the prophecy in the nineteenth
Psalm he refurbished the ancient words with
q modern" Interpretation and athxed the IA
nous foct-note, in which he declared that IL
was Columbus who had been divinely guided
to discover the new lands over the sea.
It is too bad that no bibliophile has thought
of looking for ShakeSpearean fngerprint. Arm
Hathaway's cottage should have been quaran-
tined three centuries ago and competent
man from Scotland Yard sent out with p
magnifying glass, an old cap and stale pipe
and told to investigate the woodwork for salient
smudges Surely, Will must have left thumb
mark around; somewhere on the precious
wainscoting was the imprint of his hand.
There are plenty of fngerprints now in exist
ence in the Hathaway cottage, and no doubt
they are growing more redundant with the
increasing number Of tourists, but the bib1o-
phiIe has lost his biggest chance by a matter
of some 300 years. Take, for example, the
rare book rooms priceless copy OF the nrst
English translation of the "Decameron." 1t
is well known that Shakespeare consulted the
stories Of Boccaccio for source material for
some of his plots. If one only had finger
particular "Decameron" was the book tha4
Will used. Other first translations owned by
the Library are the English editions of Ger
vantes' Don Quixote." Rabelais and Florio's
"Montaigne."
But although it lists the first edition Of Bur-
tons Anatomy of Melancholy" the first edi-
ton of Millions Paradise Lost" and the pre-
paratory edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's
weir of Hermiston," the rare book collection
of the Library of Congress is fundamentally
American in its tastes. A recent acquisition
of books from the Winter Palace of the late
Gar of Russia didn't blind Parma to the fact
that he was collecting Americana. This class
includes or will include books released from
local presses during the first 20 years of print
ing in each State.
However, although Wisconsin and New
Mexico have already sent m their contribu-
tions to the new section Of American firstS,
neither of these two books Is printed In Eng
lish. The first is in the Chippewa language,
an almanac for the year 1884 and the second
is in Spanish, the "Cuaderno de Ortografia,"
school book also Of 1884
The earliest of American incunabula in the
English-speaking colonies. the Bay Psalm Book
OF 1640, is not yet on the shelves. At present
only one copy has been found. and that
copy is in the possession Of a private collectofS
But when q second Bay Psalm Book does turn
up. it will mean a fortune to the person who
finds it.
Gould that possibly interest you9
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FINALLY In 1927 Parma came up smhng
Using the yardstick of the bibiiophile, he mad
measured thousands Of volumes IN the vaults
of the Library and had brought together ma
tionaI collection which, in its scope and pceaoth'
exceeds that of any other rare BOOK conection
in the country Today. the register at the
door reads like a bluebook of American Scholar
shin and it is estimated that, in the past SIX
months alone 1000 persons have employed the
facilities of this particular section OF the Ma
tion's great Library in Washington.
nURING the restoration of Williamsburg, Va.
u knotty problem arose as to whether any
of the walls of the Capitol Bullding naa re-
nained standing following the fire OF Colonial
times Those in charge of the restoration work
consulted authority after authority and mulled
through countless volumes, but the nforma-
ton which they desired seemed to have become
irretrievably lost. The Williamsburg Capitol
had turned out to be a nut that couldn't be
cracked. It was then that some one came 10
Mr. Parma and stated the problem.
real bibliophile is a species OF supersleuth
Not only does he have to be on the alert for
valuable manuscripts hidden away in the oind-
ings of ordinary books, but he mas TO WofR
by lunches when he turns to source material.
Parma's hunch led him to the Pennsylvania
Gazette and there in its yellowed pages was
an account of the fire that had destroyed the
Williamsburg Capitol with information as to
the fact that the walls had not been de-
nolished.
The American section Of the rare book col
lection Is possibly, the most popular with
scholars OF the valuable items listed therein,
the American newspapers of the eighteenth
century are the most frequently consulted. The
BENJAMIN Franklin collection of between five
and six hundred books and pamphlets includes,
of course the Pennsylvania Gazette
The majority Of these early American books
we're religious In character and the Library
numbers among its treasures, the first book
printed in the Western Hemisphere to come
down to us in complete condition, the Doc
trina Breye" collection OF religious precepts
released from Jesuit press in Mexico City IN
I543.
Bibles have always been popular with printers
and have become actually illustrative OF the
development of printing. for it seems to have
been the ambition of every bookmaker to pro-
duce a Bible. The first Bible printed in the
English colonies was John Elliott's Indian
Bible of 1868. The next important Bible was
the German Bible published in Germantown,
Pa, in 1743. but it was not until 1882 that
Congress officially sanctioned the Bible Of
Robert Aiken of Philadelphia. thirteenth
century manuscript of a Latin Bible and the
English Great Bible Of 1540 continue the Lii
brarys admirable Bible collection.
As this country passed from its Colonial Pc
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er used as the humble endpapers OF otnet
books During Parma's search ohaploaCeo
folio came to light, seventeenth century
anatomy which had belonged to Dr. Reomoho
Ccx of Philadelphia. The book, hseH' hao
M distinguishing value; it was not one OF the
ar;stocratic ineunabula or books printed during
the first so years of printing; 1t was not d
first edition. Yet it had one pecular1ty iS
endpapers were sheets printed In Frencn. FaFhi@
removed them and discovered that tney were
copies of the Courier de PAmerique printed In
the Quaker City in l7S4
The only other extant copy of this puhiica-
tion is carefully guarded, so large Is It's va4ue'
i'm a library in Spain. Elsewhere in the grow
ing nile of precious volumes retrieved from the
omen shelves of the library was a fouT-page
folio sheet which bore the title, An ACT FOE
establishing a College in Kent County, Mary
land" This unassuming piece OF paper nap
pened to be the charter OF Washington Contee'
the first college established in Maryland.
TODAY. when the dedication Of book mas
become a mere matter Of initials, mystl1yfng
in their anonymity, one is apt 10 forget tne
influence that a well chosen patron couio
bring to bear upon an author and his oooK'
when Enos Hitchcock's Memoirs OF the
Bloeu,sgrove Family" came from American
presses in 1880 it carried a dedication 70
Martha Washington. Enos Hitchcock was not
so important; and the Bloomsgrove FAMILY was
lust family, but Martha Washington was the
Alice Longworth Of her era. Nor mas ner Hilio
matriarchal tyranny lost its luster with the
wears BY virtue of It's dedication, the Hitch
cock volume has become colleague OF the
Gutenberg Bible and the Poe pamphlet ana
its right thereto is unquesttoned.
Another book which trailed into prominence
by keeping close after its dedication, was
thoughts ON Education written by Jonn
Swanswick and printed in Philadelphia in l781
The breathess inscription read as follows: 10
his excellency, Benjamin Franklin, Esq, presi-
dent Of the Supreme Executive Council OF the
State of Pennsylvania, who, whether as a pa
triot or statesman, or philosopher, will be ao-
mired and respected as long as the rlgnts OF
human nature or of science shall be held IN
estimation, and yet, in the midst OF a NE
devoted to unwearied activity, in pursuits OF the
utmost Importance found leisure to cultivate
and practice music, the study whereof he has
embellished with many useful observations and
with variety Of valuable Improvements OF the
harmonica, a melodious instrument which now
continues to soothe and delight him in a most
respectable and venerable old age, these
Thoughts on Education are, with his permis-
sion inscribed, as to the proper patron Of the
fine arts in Pennsylvania. by his very humble
servant, John Swanswick."
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riod into the early years Of the nineteenth CEN
tury its literary output became more sophlStl-
Gated The philosophical 6osmas of Godwln
in England had penetrated the village -mino
of America. Goodwin was buslly employed III
preaching reason and justice in government
and Mary wollstonecraft was disseminating
new feminism. 1t occurred to Charles Brock-
den Brown, young novelist, who was wen
saturated with the opinions OF the modernlsts
of that day, to restate these polemics In the
form of popular stories. "Alcuin: A Dlalog'
printed in New York in 1898, was the first OF
Browns efforts along this line, and the copy
owned by the Library OF Congress bears on It's
title page the autograph of Samuel Harrison
Smith founder and publisher Of the National
Intelligencer at washington, d. c. Bowns
"Weiland" published in the same year, pre-
Poe story of the horror school, is also owned
by the Library, while three other titles Arthur
Merwyn." l799-1800; Edgar Huntley," 1873,
and Jane Talbot" 1901, conclude the valuable
collection representative Of the works OF this
author.
As early as 1887, Boston was busy suppress
ing books In that year the presses let loose
upon the innocent heads Of some OF the
finest New England families a story entitled
The Power OF Sympathy" This early thriller
created a sensation out Of all proportion 10
its size and the blue noses ordered 1t out OF
the shops. Today 1t is carefully guarded on
the shelves of the rare book room.
Much Of this early American fiction Is In
its original bindings and exists IN surprising
state of preservation. The paper may be a
little yellow; the printing may seem crude to
our modern eyes; and the old-fashfoned SIS,
looking for all the world like IFS" may send
us "fputtering" down the page, but If we could
exchange one Of these books for its value in
dollars and cents, the result would keep us at
the Waldorf Astoria for several seasons.
TURNING from the American section to that
occupied by the incunabula OF the LII
brary-books which appeared during the nrst
so years of printing-one finds $500 OF these
volumes most of which have accrued to the
Library through the purchase of the Volloehr
collection From the 42-line Gutenberg Bible
printed on veIlum to the last book to leave
the presses in the fifteenth century the An
tonus Rampigallis "Repertorium Aureum
Bibliorum," printed in Venice by Georg1us
Arrivebene and completed on the 31st OF De-
cember in 1900, the catalogues are rich with
famous titles and famous names. Toss them
up IN the air and where they 1aA; the
Naples Seneca" the "Aldus Aristotle"
Strictly speaking, the Library's copy OF the
first example of polyglot Scripture-Schpture
printed in more than one languages not
duly-sworn member of the superior and exalted
grand society of incunabula, but 1t is old
enough for most Of us to handle it with care.
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1876. Cripple.
1856. Chinese silkworm.
139. Bowling piece.
141. Cage Of elevator.
143. To seize suddenly.
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Sunday Morning Among the Cross-W ords

IS. Inflammation of
the palate.
16. Sentimental COM
position.
II. Malay gibbon.
18. Having the form
of a pointed arch.
10. Medical decoction.
20. Stupefied by
drink.
27. Apparatus for
counting ballots.
81. Disencumber.
80. Simple form OF
fortification.
SO. japanese seaport.
40. Designating a
Roman chair Of
state.
AZ. Soft metal.
43. A number.
"A. Twofold; rare.
as. Fragrant wood.
48. Unquestioning.
4s. Chaffy axis of
corn or maize.
81. Time gone by.
So. Water jug.
So. Rhythmical.
54. Displayed par
tiality.
Sc. Light shoe.
So. Fine building
material.
50. A simple thing.
so. Slender, bristle-
like organ.
60. Stem or a note.
GA. Submit to au-
thority.
65. Town in Green
land.
68. A little child.
SO. Having an oblique
angie.
u. Plug.
rs. Indisposed.
II. Turf.
rs. Fragment.
81. Jewish month.
81. Classify.
83. Resinous sub
stance.
"a. To bleach.
IS. Hinged strap.
Sc. Round. bulging
jar.
88. Most genial.
90. Full grown pike.
81. Biblical well.
SO. Reluctant.
"a. Local positions.
SO. Husks.
SO. Barren.
100. Young cabbages.
102. Take supper.
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90. Feminine pronoun.
81. Grasping.
80. Relating to a
European race.
1O1. Conclusions.
1O4. Corded fabric.
l05. A single occasion.
log. Kind of overcoat.
108. Tedious.
100. Mahometan noble.
Ill. Glossy.
112. Memento.
ia. Schemed.
116. Meadow.
1T. Wooden rattle
used as a bell.
121. Country gallant.
122. Hunting dogs.
1875. Part in a drama.
127. Reconciles to de-
privation.
129. Miscalculate.
100. Quagnire.
131 Departure.
l32. Polynesian pepper
plant.
1873. Pamper.
134. An incentive.
1877. Garden imple-
ment.
1873. Claw of a lobster.
14O. Capable Of being
turned to use.
142. Very small.
144. Refuse to give
way.
145. Town in Nigeria.
146. Metal fastener.
lat. Glossy varnish.
148. Deputies.
149. Stainer.
$50 Large. graceful
trees.
ISL. Cavalry swords.
DOWN.
1. American college.
2. Relating to horses.
3. Streamlet.
Offer.
S. Exclamation or
pity.
6. Arranged in
strata.
7. To rise in vapor.
8. Large marine fish,
9. Oriental Christian
of the eleventh
century.
10. Iron rods used In
type founding.
IL. Bleat.
II. Occurring every
eighth day.
13. Culver.
IA. Pertaining TO
pleasure.
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l24. Noisy reveler.
125. Makes obdurate.
1913. Elevated platform.
100. Farm animals.
1873. Woman's girdle.
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ACROSS.

ACROSS.
/. Expressed in
words.
z. To strike with
open hand.
Ii. The one and the
other.
is. Guides.
81. Northern constel-
lation.
%. Flow of the sea.
23. Land measure.
"a. Slow movement,
in music.
25. Christian Sab
bath.
26. Deprived OF
strength.
28. Composer of
poems of feeling.
90. Iniquity.
80. Harem.
80. Not involving
ethics.
"a. Large tub.
as. Over again.
81. Border.
SO. Favorite.
80. Composition for
nine instruments
40. Walking stick.
Al. Allied by kindred.
as. Pulsate.
As. Laughed at.
Al. Young goat.
49. Pertaining TO an
earthquake.
50. Provide food.
81. Thin-shelled nut
54. japanese goldnsn-
IS. Son of Seth.
81. Nerve of nucleus.
81. From a place.
62. Remote.
SO. Distinguished.
66. Salty.
81. Soothing medi-
cines.
10. Babylonian god
of the earth.
II. Possessive pro-
noun.
73. Absolve.
IA. Fluttering tone.
IS. Breakwater.
IT. Short gaiters.
7e. Greek letter.
80. In a life-hke
manner.
80. Athenian tragic
poet.
as. Vehement.
81. Commemorative
piece of metal.
90. Style.
80. Empty talk.
90. Assumed name.
S5. Period Of time.
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119. Slip away.
I2o. Inherent power.
l22. The sun.
l23. Dig out Of the
ground.
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IFS. Bread spread with
preserved fruit.
116. Pods.
lit. Brain cases.
118. Wandering.
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103. Severe in ridicule.
lot. Plates of clay.
ITO. Chess pieces.
III. Assign.
l13. Embraced.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Milk Prices
Still At the Peak

One of the few important items the cost of living in
Washington which declined with general prices
is the price of milk.
For several years the milk price the local market
remained the same.
Washngtonians paying milk the high prices
established during the peak of prosperity
Why should not the price of milk follow general trend
OF the last two years and take drop?
There to be why milk should be set aside
from other general food products price level main
tanned at the peak after other items slid down the
toboggan.
Presumably the milk producing business and the milk dis
outg business are experiencing the decreases in the cost
OF doing business which apparent in other enterprses
1t would certainly though that decrease in cast
should be reflected in the price charged to the consumer
milk. ~ ODl -
Occurrences in the dairy business in Washington in the
last few years have been of kind which should have rednced
ne cost OF conducting that business and conseouent shod
nave reduced the price of the product
Inc one argument in favor Of mergers and consultations
Is that they bring greater efficiency and reduced overhead
several OF the local milk distributing concerns here have
Den merged recently Presumably mergers should
cut the overhead. e ~ N"'o
0ut tney have, the knows nothing ahout it.
washington fortunately has high standard of milk one
tne agnest IN the country And under the vigilance o
eSn O1cer Fowler look for maintenance of that
high standard N ""l0e VI 'n"'
IL would be helpful however if while Dr. Fowler ;s ool
Ing OUT 1or tne standard else could scan tho nr;e
ditions wv O' 10A1e0' general con-
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
The OrldSympathizesW With
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh
The Lindberghs' child!

The Llndberghs cnllo!
Every being in this country and hundreds of mil
lions the world sympathze deeply today with the
bereaved mother and father of the Lndbergh child cruelty
kidnapped.
There words that express the horror Of such
crime dreadful thought that every child and all
fathers and mothers exposed to such danger
Everything will be done that detective skill and world wide
publicity accomplish.
There fortunately every to hope that the missing
child will be restored to the of its mother.
The police State and local. in New Jersey competent
earnest and will have the cooperation Of every citizen
in their for the child which all probability is at
Certain indications point to the belief that the kidnapping
while planned in advance the ladder would indicate was
to extent matter of sudden impulse and not the work
of habitual criminals
is quite possible which should comfort the family that the
hdnaper kdnapers will return the child of their own
free will They will realize that their only hope of escape from
punishment lies in restoring the child unharmed to its home
supplying such information will enable the parents to locate
the child and assure its prompt recovery.
Whoever they may be the kdnapers somnly warned
that other will them from the fullest punishment
for their atrocous and shameful crime not too late for
them to undo the most serious consequences for themselves
although they cannot out the and suffering that
they have inflicted upon the chds father and mother
With that father and mother the whole world sympahzes
Every American wishes that he could help them in this
Of fearful anxiety This newspaper expresses here the earnest
sympathy of its many readers.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Attack on Roosevelt
Shameless Procedure

The slur at Governor
Roosevelt fits in perfectly
with the plans Of the Wash
ington conspirators. The Re-
publican legislature, of which
Judge Seabury is a creature,
has stubbornly refused to in
vestigate specific charges Of
corruption and irregularities
in Republican communities
That measures the common
honesty of the whole pro-
ceeding. Then the Republi-
can legislature determined to
investigate Governor Roose-
welt. Many decent minded
Americans will be shocked
to learn that it made spe-
cial point of having this Gin
vestigation" conducte d
solely by Republican mem
bers. A more shameless
proclamation of partisan
purpose could hardly be con-
ceived.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

A story of poison-that is the
story Warren Spencer tells in his
novel, FOREVER AND EVER"
A big theme. He could have told
it in big, booming words, max
ing a dark, dramatic spectacle
of that progressive horror; but
he didn't. He did something
harder. He told it in plain little
words, plains little scenes, every
day pictures. And because it is
30 common, so accustomed, you
suddenly see Hate as you never
Saw it before.
A Living Hate
You see Hate living-living
like another person in the house
living in everybody's house,
in your house and my house.
Y>u see how Hate can creep in
unconsciously, bide it's time, year
after year, then leap at last,
suddenly but inevitably. through
all the decencies, wrecking all
beauty and tenderness and 10y
atty and hope.
Read FOREVER AND
EVER"
Read it as though you we're
opening the book of your own
heart.
YOU WILL BE.
Perhaps you can save that
heart from wreckage if you read
it in time.
(Copyright 1892. King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Republicans Angry
Over Dry Trickery

Indeed, Secretary Hurley
appears to be the worst Of
fender of the lot. He was
the inspiration Of Mr..
Jahncke's masterpiece which
the Post appears to think
is carved from cheese. And
now he sallies forth again,
presumably at the instance
of the President, to de-
nounce the Democratic
chairman for giving voice to
the common whispering
that Mr.. Hoover is prepared
to propose a referendum on
prohibition-if it will do any
good in the wet States OF
the East. Indignation? The
indignation of Mr.. Hurley
cannot approach that OF the
wet Republicans in New
York who were assured IN
1928 through the subter-
ranean channels Of trlckery
that Mr.. Hoover election
would mean the end of pro-
hibition. 1t was part OF
the strategy of that noble
campaign-wet in New York
and Jersey; dry in dry ter
ritory.
. But Secretary Hurley IS
not content with denounclng
this latest story-he implies
that the Democratic national
committee is responsible for
the publications "slanderlng
and misrepresenting the
President of the United
States. He knows that Is
not true.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02

1mmacu "a Le ELSIE ROBINSON
creature his wife? 1t could not
be true. This thing could not
have happened to him.
And then, suddenly - like
something leaping out from be-
hind a mask-the jealous nag
ging had begun.
Like something leaping-that
was it. Like something that
had lain hidden and waiting
for a Ions time-as indeed it
had.
For this dark thing in Con-
stance had not come with her
marriage to Jim. It had come
years before that; actually,
with the milk from her
mothers breast, drinking in
that young mothers hatred of
men with her first food. Fed
on hate-that. was how Con-
stance had grown-with hate
becoming an inevitable part Of
her plastic flesh and bone,
part of her hearts unconscious
rhythm, of her brains invol-
untary response.
A WOman's Problem
Like something leaping-and
she herself hardly knew why it
leaped. Why did she always
suspect Jim2 Why did she see
something sinister in his every.
blundering act? Why was she
always sure there was another
woman? ShL loved Jim and
desired him. He was the
answer to years of passionate
repression. She had come to
him eagerly. All her hope ana
Joy and safety was built upon
him. And yet
There was always this other
thin between them. This lurK'
ing. monstrous thing that swept
love aside, as an insane ape
sweeps away a paper barrier,
with raucous yells and chuck
lingS.
Jealousy? Easy enough to
call it that; but jealousy wasn't
Just a name for something-an
angry mood that you could kiss
away. Jealousy was a living
thing. JEALOUSY WAS AN
OTHER PERSON IN THE
HOUSE. ..
But what could she do about
it; or what could he? Hate
had put that other person in
their house-hate of a young
wife feeding her baby poison
from her furious breast. And
there was no stopping that
poison, once it had started.