Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-23
Anniversary OF
Printing. Observed
By Perry Library

HE 3"ulH anniversary Ol printing by
Johann Gutenberg. The Gutenberg
Bblc occupies place of honor in
the history Of civilization. for it first
brought into wide public notice the
Invention Of printing, which WAS
destined To serve and 10 influcnc"
men the world ever from that time
to this. The II. Leslie Perry Me
mortal Library has on display Il
volume containing % lacSimicS of
pages from &c Gutenberg Bible.
The magnificent undated Latin Bible
N folio which these pages repre-
SEM is known as the +2-linc Bible.
Il was not. as many think, the first
printed book: its very perfection to-
printed book: its very perfection to-
ben. Of fragments Of earlier work, go
inc back 10 l445. diSproveS that claim.
But i, was the first large and i'm
portant book printed in the new
technique invented by Johann Gut
enhers-a tochniuue that has re-
manned unchanged in its essential
ASPECTS. 10 this very day.
"WNg$ fur Words" by DOugla:
c. NICAIWtrie. IS the story Of Johann
Gutenberg and his invention Of print
ING. Coloriul and dramatic, simply
written. vet packed with interesting
information this biography will APP
peal 10 readers Of any age who thrill
f. tale Of great achievement. 1t
), moving narrative with the
NT al fnlDOOlnO
a picturesque background.
Interesting from the standpoint
OF history as we'll as printing is the
facsimile of Good Nerves from Nir-
ginia." originally printed in London
in 1913.
old Prints and EngravingS, by
Fred ". Burgess was published orig
inallv in England. It is profuSclv
Illustrated many Of the illustrations
being reproduced from books pub
lshcd mere than century ago.
There is chapter on Sporting
Prints and one on "JapaneSe Colo"
prints" Chapters on EARLY Book
Illustrations" "FrontispeceS and IL
lie Pages" 'Printers' M2rls." and
.Bocl:p!ates will appeal to book low
2rS.
In his ioreword to "Printing in the
Americas John Clyde Oswald says
that the story of printing in Amer
ca is almost the story of America
self. The book, Of the first perma-
ocnt settlers were saws. axes ana
hammers. but soon those who WELD
ed them were joined by others with
presses and types. So far as the
United States is concerned educa-
ion and printing started their ca
rcers hand in hand" Particularly
interesting to Tar Heels is the chap
.er on North Carolina which relates
that James Davis, first printer OF
North Carolina. came TO New Bern
in l749. by invitation of the Assem-
bly, and printed the first edition oi
its acts.
Biographies of two widely differ
ent Britons are new on the library
shelves. In "TrelaWny, A Man 5
Life. Margaret Armstrong relates
with sparkling vigor the life of in
credible adventure lived by Edward
TrelaWnv. This nineteenth-CenturY
Cornish advenuUrer was q friend OF
Byron and Shelley. During his long
life-he died in 1881 at the age OF
39-he sailed the Indian ocean under
the French flag. captured Il private
town. married the daughter OF an
Arab Shcik. officiated at the burning
of Shelley'S body, fought in Greece
with Byron. visited America where
he purchased 4 slave in order to set
him free attempted TO swim the
Niagara rvier and finally retired to
peaceful old age in England.
"Pilerim's Way is the autoblog-
raphy Of John Buchan, Lord TWeedS-
muir. novelist, poet, historian, lIsh-
arman, explorer. member OF Par
lament and Governor General OF
Canada. Only Il week before his re-
cent death John Buchan finished the
final revision of his life story-a
keen and amusing picture OF all that
keeps the empire ticking, both men
and institutions, kings and common
ers, and Of one man, Buchan himself,
a splendid example Of the best lhe
empire can produce.
Wings on My Feet by Sonla
Henie, is an intimate picture Of the
skating stars life from her earliest
years in Norway to her recent TIL
umphs in America. 1t contains de-.
tailed instructions on ice skating ana
is illustrated with numerous pictures
of the graceful star in action.
New fiction on the library shelves
is represented by the following IT,
ties: $50 Perish the Roses" by Nell
Bell; Holiday for Hearts by Ellnor
Brown; "Getting Mary Married., by
Jean CareW; "SpiderWeb Trail, by
Eugene Cunningham; THE Family,
by Nina Fcdorva; "The Girl at the
Crossroads" by Jackson Gregory;
"Rich Twin, Poor Twin" by Maysle
Greig; meet the Warrens," by Lucy
Hancock; Summer of Enchantment,
by Kathleen Harris; "Gallant Fraud,
by Elizabeth Heath; The Beautiful
Woman by Sophie Kerr; "FieldingS
Folly" by Frances Parkinson Reyes;
''Nobodys Girl" by Fanny Heaslip
Lee; ''Out of the Fog" by Joseph c.
Lincoln: THE King of Scuffletown,"
by John Paul Lucas; 'Partners," by
Grace Livingston Hill; "Heaven's
Dooryard by Marguerite Mcintyre;