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...illuminated Persian manuscript of the Koran, an illuminated edition, of Francis Bacon's "On Garden's", by Sangerski, and the Japanese artist Hokusal's "Instruction for Begginners" form the last part of the collection...
Lawrence of London. Four hundred thousand words were set down by Colonel Lawrence to recount his adventures and the history ha had made. Then he lost the manuscript, rewrote 300,000 words. These were set up and an edition of eight copies printed, three copies being destroyed. By this conduct ? seemingly inspired by a genuine desire to restrict the tale of his personal adventures to the circle of his personal friends ? Colonel Lawrence created the impression that his book must contain devasting secrets. It did not; but the public got that idea, became ravenously curious, and has raised...
Last week in the Governor's house at Albany, Alfred Emanuel Smith, four-time Governor of New York, thumbed the tattered pages of a manuscript of a roaring melodrama of old Ireland, The Shaughraun. Eyes twinkling with kindly memories he read his lines: in May he is to play the part of the black-hearted villain in the plot, Cory Kinchela, at the 100th birthday of St. James Catholic Church, Manhattan. In that parish his early days were spent; three times before he has played the villain of The Shaughraun...
...original manuscript of "Markheim" with Robert Louis Stevenson's original notations and corrections in on exhibition this week in the Widener Memorial room...
Among letters and manuscripts, there are a letter by Ruper Brooke; a manuscript of Arthur Symonds; pamphlets of the Earl of Rochester, the abridged editions of which were not allowed in this country; and original pamphlets of Ryron's. "Don Juan," "Mazeppa," and "Manfred." A volume which should be of interest to everyone is a first presentation edition of "When We Were Very Young," signed by the author and Christopher Robin with letters from both and signed photographs of Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooth...