The most important gifts of the month were: From Samuel P. Avery, 18 volumes, 4 pamphlets, and 96 prints; from Clarence Cary, a copy of his transla tion of "Horace, his life, friendships and philosophy as told by himself," privately printed, New York, 1904; from the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, a copy of "Records of the court of New Castle on Delaware, 1676-1681," Lancaster, 1904, no. 172 of 200 copies printed; from Dodd, Mead & Co., "The history of the nineteenth century in caricature," by Arthur Bartlett Maurice and Frederic Taber Cooper, New York, 1904; from Mrs. W. Butler Duncan, John Churchman's map of the "peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak Bays with the said bays and shores adjacent drawn from the most accurate surveys,' engraved about 1788, and a manuscript map of the "East Side of the North River done in consequence of orders from his Excellency Gen. Washington," of date about 1780, mounted on linen to fold in covers, found in a collection of military drawings, etc., of Governor Sargent, major of artillery and aide to Howe at West Point until the latter was relieved by Arnold, being probably the work of Villefranche, the French engineer, or a contemporary copy by Sargent; from the Friends' Book and Tract Committee, 12 volumes and pamphlet, all relating to the Society; from Prof. E. T. Hamy, a copy of his "Les voyages du naturaliste Ch. Alex. Lesueur dans l'Amerique du Nord (1815-1837)," Paris, 1904 (printed in the Journal de la Société des Américanistes de Paris); from Archer M. Huntington, 4 volumes of his reprints of Spanish literature, namely, "Romancero general, en que se contienen todos los Romances que andan impressos en las nueue partes de Romanceros" (Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1604) 2 volumes, "Cancioneiro geral" of Garcia de Resende (Lisboa: Herman de Capos, 1516), "Cancionero general" of Hernando del Castilla (Toledo: Juan de Villoquiran, 1520); from the Japanese Consul General at New York, 5 volumes and 9 pamphlets, including current Japanese newspapers, etc.; from the Japanese Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee, 4 volumes of their publications; from Madame F. Langweil, no. 127 of 300 copies of "Terre des symbols," a study of the symbolism of the natural features of Egypt, by Maria Star (Paris, 1903); from Augustus H. Leibert, 4 volumes and 32 pamphlets, proceedings of the Society of United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the heathen, etc; from Lady Meux copies of "The book of Paradise," being the histories and sayings of the monks and ascetics of the Egyptian desert by Palladius, Hieronymus and others, the syriac texts according to the recension of 'Anân-Îshô' of Bêth 'Âbhê, edited with an English translation by E. A. Wallis-Budge (London, 1904), 2 volumes; from Miss Ruth Putnam, a copy of her "Medieval princess. . . Jacqueline, Countess of Holland" (New York, 1904); from Nicolas Rivero, Havana, "Recuerdos de viaje" (Habana, 1904); from Mrs. Cynthia Morgan St. John, a copy of the "Lines written after the death of Charles Lamb" by William Wordsworth, privately printed from the original edition of 1835 (Ithaca, 1904); from the Shanghai Municipal Council, 4 volumes, reports and budgets; from the Società Umanitaria, Milano, I volume and 39 pamphlets; from the United States Cavalry Association, 9 volumes of the journal of the Association; from Everett P. Wheeler, a complete set of United States patents for secondary batteries down to August 10, 1886; and from Charles Tyson Yerkes, a copy of the "Chronicle of the Yerkes family, with notes on the Leech and Rutter families," by Josiah Granville Leach (Philadelphia; privately printed, 1904). At the Lenox Branch were continued the exhibitions of wood engravings by Elbridge Kingsley, after Ludwig Richter, and Moritz, Ritter von Schwind, and also the exhibition of Isabey's lithographs. The exhibition of plates from H. I. Triggs' "Formal Gardens in England and Scotland" at the Astor Branch was continued. There was no change in the exhibition of New York City views at the Harlem Branch, or in the "Arts of Japan" at the Chatham Square Branch. On June 22 was opened at the Lenox branch an exhibition to commemorate the three-hundredth anniversary of discoveries by Samuel de Champlain and the Sieur de Monts, made in 1604 on the coast of Maine and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; the exhibition shows an unbroken series of Champlain's own printed works, and a selection of biographies, portraits, views and maps, as well as source-material by his contemporaries Lescarbot, Biard, Sagard, and Le Jeune. To commemorate the centenary of the birth of Nathaniel Hawthorne was opened at the Lenox branch, on Saturday, July 2nd, an exhibition of his works (a complete series of first editions), manuscripts written by him, portraits, views of his haunts and homes, and books about him. A list of the pieces shown is printed in this BULLETIN, pages 312to 322. At the Circulation branches the picture bulletins and reading lists were as follows: CHATHAM SQUARE, Flag day, St. Louis Exposition (three bulletins), Lord Avebury's revised list of one hundred best books, Principal articles in the July magazines; EAST BROADWAY, Famous men and women born in June, Flag day, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Laurence Hutton, Flowers and plants, Outdoor games and sports, One hundred of the best novels, Good novels and stories for summer reading, Good stories for boys and girls, Poems which will always live, Twelve American poems, Twelve English poems, Animals, Birds, Electricity. ELDRIDGE STREET, Famous men and women born in June, St. Louis Exposition; BOND Street, St. Louis Exposition, War in the East; Hawthorne; AVENUE C, Independence day, Flag day, Summer reading, New books; OTTENDORFER, Flag day, Summer sports, Independence day, Hawthorne; JACKSON SQUARE, New books, Hawthorne, Independence day; MUHLENBERG, Laurence Hutton, School and college stories, Independence day, Japanese tales, Flag day; THIRTY-FOURTH STREET, St. Louis Exposition, Hawthorne; BRUCE, St. Louis Exposition (two bulletins), School and college stories, Independence day, Books about children; FIFTY-NINTH STREET, Hawthorne (two bulletins), Independence day, Summer; RIVERSIDE, New books, St. Louis Exposition, Hawthorne, Outdoor books, Japan and Russia; YORKVILLE, Hawthorne, New books, Flag day, Independence day; ST. AGNES, Louisiana Purchase, St. Louis Exposition, Independence day; BLOOMINGDALE, Flag day, Independence day, St. Louis Exposition, Hawthorne; AGUILAR, Famous men and women born in June, Battle of Bunker Hill, Independence day, Hawthorne, One hundred best novels, Good books for summer reading; HARLEM, Flag day, Hawthorne. VILLE IN 1850. From the original manuscript in the New York Public Library. LENOX, AUGUST 29th. 1850. MY DEAR SIR, I have read Melville's works with a progressive appreciation of the author. No writer ever put the reality before his reader more unflinchingly than he does in "Redburn," and "White Jacket." "Mardi" is a rich book, with depths here and there that compel a man to swim for his life. It is so good that one scarcely pardons the writer for not having brooded long over it, so as to make it a great deal better. You will see by my wife's note that I have all along had one staunch admirer; and with her to back me, I really believe I should do very well without any other. Nevertheless, I must own that I have read the articles in the Literary World with very great pleasure. The writer has a truly generous heart; nor do I think it necessary to appropriate the whole magnificence of his encomium, any more than to devour everything on the table, when a host of noble hospitality spreads a banquet before me. But he is no common man; and, next to deserving his praise, it is good to have beguiled or bewitched such a man into praising me more than I deserve. Sincerely yours, E. A. DUYCKINCK, Esq. NATH HAWTHORNE. LIST OF BOOKS, ETC., BY AND RELATING TO NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, PREPARED AS AN EXHIBITION* TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH, BY VICTOR HUGO PALTSITS, ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, LENOX BRANCH. Unless otherwise indicated the items are owned by the NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY; loans are designated as such. All of Hawthorne's separate publications, in their first editions, are recorded; but the list does not profess to be complete in so far as analytical magazine articles are concerned, even of those in the library. The order of arrangement is as follows: I. COLLECTED EDITIONS. 2. SEPARATE WORKS (arranged chronologically). 3. CONTRIBUTIONS BY HIM TO ANNUALS AND MAGAZINES (arranged chronologically). 4. BIOGRAPHIES, Criticisms, etc. (A)-BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. (B)-MAGAZINE ARTICLES. 5. MANUSCRIpts. 6. PORTRAITS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. 1. COLLECTED EDITIONS. Hawthorne (Nathaniel). Works. Illustrated Library Edition. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875-1876. 13 v. illus. 8°. The volumes are not numbered separately as to sequence. The complete works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, with introductory notes by George Parsons Lathrop and illustrated with etchings by Blum, Church, Dielman, Gifford, Shirlaw, and Turner. In twelve volumes. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. 12 V. 8°. The "Riverside Edition," with contents as follows: II. Mosses from an old manse. III. The house of the seven gables, and The snow image and other twice-told tales. IV. A wonder-book, Tanglewood tales, and Grandfather's chair. V. The scarlet letter and The Blithedale romance. X. Passages from the French and Italian note-books. XI. The Dolliver romance, Fanshawe, and Septimius Felton, with an appendix containing The ancestral footsteps. XII. Tales, Sketches and other papers. With a biographical sketch by George Parsons Lathrop. The complete writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. With portraits, illustrations, and facsimiles. In twenty-two volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company [1900]. 22 V. 12°. The "Old Manse Edition." Loaned by the publishers. 2. SEPARATE WORKS (arranged chronologically). [Hawthorne (Nathaniel).] Fanshawe, a tale. [Quot.] Boston: Marsh & Capen, 1828. 141 pp. Twice-told tales. Boston: American Stationers Co., 1837. 2 p. l., 11-334 pp. 12°. First edition of the first series. The first book with Hawthorne's name printed on the title-page. [-] Peter Parley's Universal history, on the basis of geography. For the use of families. Illustrated by maps and engravings. Boston: American Stationers' Company, 1837, 2 v. iv, 380 PP.; 374 pp. sq. 8°. Edited anonymously by Hawthorne, assisted by his sister. Peter Parley is the pseudonym of Samuel Griswold Goodrich. Loaned by J. Chester Chamberlain, Esq. [-] Time's portraiture. Being the carrier's address to the patrons of the Salem Gazette for the first of January, 1838. [Salem, 1837.] F°, broadside measuring 20 x 14 in. within borders. Only about three copies known. In a foot-note Hawthorne alluded to his change of name from "Hathorne," and said: "Time seldom has occasion to mention the gentleman's name, so that it is no great matter how he spells or pronounces it. Loaned by J. Chester Chamberlain, Esq. [-] The sister years; being the carrier's address, to the patrons of the Salem Gazette, for the first of January, 1839. Salem, 1839. 8 pp. 8°. Although dated 1839 in the imprint, it was undoubtedly printed at the close of 1838. Very few copies are extant. Loaned by J. Chester Chamberlain, Esq. The gentle boy: a twice told tale; with an original illustration. Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co.; New York & London: Wiley & Putnam, 1839. Cover title, 20 pp., frontispiece. obl. 4°. First edition. Grandfather's chair: a history for youth. Boston: E. P. Peabody; New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1841. 140 pp. 24°. Ftrst edition. Preface dated, "Boston, November, 1840." Famous old people: being the second epoch of Grandfather's chair. Boston: E. P. Peabody, 1841. 158 pp. 24°. First edition. Preface dated "Boston, Dec. 30, 1840." *The exhibition, which fills eight large showcases, was opened on July 2d and will be continued until the middle of August. |