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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 5 1 909 353 TRIE Herwin-Clay ten Sales Co. I AUCTION EKRS) '-20-364 East gOti New York. Monday. Jtin 7th The Library of -Win. Grosvenor Atlcti OF NEW JERSnT.

Conprlalnf SetM. Curious Books, on Magic. Occult. Romanism. Fine Whistler Items.

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Wh and 1Mb. The Library of the late Jas. A. Ferguson, D.D. OF HANOVER.

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It East 46th New Yark. Tuesday Afternoon, June 8th, A Collection of Books, Maps Prints Mainly: Including book on B.rc's, Botany and Fishes, Lincoln, New Vork, Texst, Tennessee and the Early West, Firat Editions of Science and Health, Efrny, Vale. Kelmacott and other Presses; 3 a uJard Aathora. Portraits, Etchings and1 j.iaturca. Sate bejlai at 2:30 o'CJock 5 TELEPHONE 1203Sth.

argain I ook SKop la Opes at Both Always cool and comfortable. Have Just secured a fine library eompris Ins: fcww good Americana, some first editipus uua many rare and curious items. McDEVITTWILSON nnnsoB i rrmmii nutidtng Cliurch St. 'Pboue Crt. I77 New" Yack ITALIAN BOOKS OF EVERT i DESCRIPTION, L.

Capuanai-" Cardello Ktate A Kpntire' 75 alia As- fpWPald ente" 90 I Catalogue on application. i FRAKCESCa TDCCI, 520 BrsaiJway, if. The Babies Nobody Wants Two thousand of- them ar.i placed each In a solitary cradle la a big building in Ne Vork Why they are there, -and what of them. Is tola In PEARSON'S jtIAGAZNE I June Issue. 15 CensT All Nev stands.

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UU C27 Madisou A cor, Outh. RRCEIVEO tJP-TO-IATB IIOMOROPATHIC! Medical Llbrkry. Itvts' Bookstore, 4t W. 424 SCj i YeM 0 ll RIBS I) A.N WER S. "Was tie "Baconian View of Shakespeare Originated by a Woman Was Anacharsis Clootz? The Works of Ezekiel Hop-i Jns, Lord Bishop cf Loadon-Derry Downing's Country nouses" Answers from and Appeals to Readers.

jsa. OMMUNICATIOX3 Intended for tliis columji should be wrllten on one tilde of Uio paper only They must contain the numo and address of the writer, though. If preferred by the Inquirer, initials only will be While en deavor will be made to answer ail queries of Interest in the order in which thuy art received, this cannot, always be accom plished. 8. L.

D.I have been told that, the Baconian view of Shakespeare was started by a woman in New Haven, named Bacon. Can you tell me if this is so? Sir Toble Matthew, born 157T. died 1653. courtier, diplomat iRt, and author, wrote to Lira jttacon in ltsu: The most prodigious wit, that ever 1 knew of my nation and of this side of the sea, is of your joracntp name, tnouerh lie be known by another." Joseoh C. Hart.

Ltnlted tStatea Consul at Santa Cruxv published in ltlS a book entitled "Romance of Yachting." In which was first raised doubts of Shakespeare's authorship. On Ausr. "7. iS-i, there -Charnhers'a Journal an article etitlei, Who Wrote Shakespeare?" In Putnam's Monthly Magazine for Ja-puary, UftftV was published a similar article by Miss Delia Slater IU-cob. -On Miss Bacon's article was based The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare.

Unfolded by Delia Bacon." with a weutral preface by Nathaniel Haw- tuorae, inaon ana ifo.xton. Miss Bacoa was born at Ohio, in 18H. After the death of her father, the Rev. David Bacon, in JS17. whe made hr home in New England, taught school, and wrote books.

A disappointment in 184A-1847 seems to have unsettled her mind. Her ideas as to Shakespeare's plays were suggested by readiusr Joseph Hart's work. In JS53 she visited Rngjland and planned to open Shakespeare's tomb, but was not permitted to do so. Her nephew. Theodore Bacon, wrote a book about her in 1S8.

entitled "Delia Bacon: A Bio-erraphicl Sketch." She died insane at Hartford in I.n. Acoordinr to Sidney Lee, Sir. William Henry Smith seems first to have suggested the Baconian hypothesis In Was Iord Bacon the Author of Shakesnoare's Pl.ivs? a lettor lxrd lsifl, which was as Bacon and Shakespeare in 1.S37. The most learned exbonent of thu Btrange theory was Nathaniel Holmes, an American lawyer; who published at Nw York, in lwsts. The Authorship of the Plays Attributed to a mnmi.

ment of misapplied ingenuity." M. F. WirSON On 0 of of The History of Oar Own Time." by Justin McCarthy. Is the following If there were such politicians, and we have never heard of any such since the execution of Anacharsis Oloot. we could not wonder that their countrymen should dislike them and draw back from puuinic anf tru.t In them at A -critical moment." was Anacharsis C'loota? Baron Jean Baptist Cloots was a French Revolutionary He was born at Val-de-Grace.

near Cleves, Prussia, June 24. 175.5. and was guillotined in Paris. March 24. 17l4.

He was a member- of the convention of 1792. He assumed the name of "Anacharsis." and the title of "Orator of the Human Race." Anacharsis was a Kcvthlnn Prince, brother of Saulius. Kins Thrace, a contemporary of Solon. He Athens, where he obtained a great reputation for wisdom. On returning to Thrace he was slain by bis brother.

By some he -was reckoned among tjie seven saxes. yoo kindly Inform me If any value io attached to a volume the title pae of which reads as follows: The Works of the RiKht Reverend and Learned LK-kifl Hopkins. Late Lord Bishop of London-Derry la In-land. Collected Into One Volume. Containing The Vanity of the World.

II. A Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments. HL An Kxto--sition on the Lord's Prayer with a CateehUtl-al Explication thereof by way of Question and Answers. IV. Several Sermons and JLMs-.

courses on dlvera Important subiecls. wkh an Alphabetical Table to the whole. The Third Edition. London. Printed for Jonathan Robinson Antmbara and John Charchill, John Taylor.

John Wrt, and Uaniei Midwinter, in 8. PauTs Churchyard and Pater-Noster Row. MDCCX." Also full-page portrait and coat of arms, and underneath name Esekict liop-kins, Kpiscopus Dercusis." The third edition was published twenty years arter the death of Bishop Hopkins, and a copy of It seems to have little special value. The best edition of his works is said to be the one published bv Josi.ih Pratt In four volumes. London.

Yr. Hopkins was an When Lord Robartes, afterward Karl of Radnor, was appointed Iord Lieutenant of Ireland, in ii'AUK he made Hopkins his Chaplain, Hopkins was consecrated Bishop of Ra-pho In 1071. and in 1UK1 became Bishop of Derry. At the outbreak of the rebellion In support of James he returned to Kngrland, and in BiSSJ was elected preacher of the parish Cliurch of St. Alary Aldermanbui in- lxmdon.

He died in A volume of his sermons was published in lusw, and an edition of his works appeared in tloi, with an engraved portrait by Stuart. M. P. K. -Kindly let know If Dovrninir'r Country Houses." pubtlihd lv D.

A-plrt ft the author of which is A. i. lwwning. has any value as a rare book. Andrew Jacksoir Downinr.

who per ish-l at the burnln? oC Jh stem i.it Henry Clay near Yonkers. N. Y.s In 1.K.V was a txioulur author. "I-'riiits arili Fruit Ttws of America was in In 1 (.. The 117 edition of this wurl; which huo nlnlp, i.r.:j at auction.

The s.X oduion of Country IIoupch aeenis special value. Mrs. M. C. COOtlliSHAL! A.

stant reader of Thk i wiuiin know the value cf thn f.n. Coolaa Df 1 Jiirw M.nri.u. from the Spanish, with an and IH-vstoiutl Poftry of i-mgioilow Published in lVt a by Allen Tlckn 1333. jrv- Ineiana." A memorial of Washington Irving. I'liJ.

by Charles B. Rhihardson. Oood Thousht In Bad Times and Oood ThouuhU in Worst Times," by Thomas Fuller, H. London. Printed by 8.

O. for John Williams at the Crown and Globe in Si. Paul's Churchyard. 103. Good condition.

Pictorial illustrations ot tne iioiy tsiuie ana Holy Iind," by Robert Sears. Published by fceara A Walker, 1843. Contains 130 engraving, Wavcrly; or, 'Tla Sixty Yuars Since." 181. fl A codv fetched t5 at the Chamber lain sale in tnis city in February tast- 2 In the Chamberlain sale there were three copies of this work. One fetched 11.23.

Another conv. in the oriel- nal paper wrappers, brought Tha third copy, larije paper, sold for $18. It was one of 100 copies published by the Riverside Press. Thomas F'uller died In 1G01. He wrote Good Thoughts in, Bad Times at Exeter In IG44, while stayinff there as a member of Princess Herrietta'a household.

It was published at Kxeter In 1S45. A copy of this first edition realized 17s at auction in London. Good Thoughts In Worse (not worat) Times" was Diiblished in 1047. and. with "Good Thoughts In Bad Times," in lt49, Kii7, loTki, l(ji.

and icso. we ao not find a sale of the IGtti edstton. 4 II. does not seem to be of special value. (3) Waverly appeared In July, 1SH.

The first edition of copies was sold in five weeks. It is a valuable work. A sixth edition bad appeared before the end of that year. The lli edition is of small value. E.

W. NOBLE-Kindly let me know the value, of 'two large voiumen chaicespeare. Imperial Edition, edited ty Charles Knigat ud published hy Virtue Yorston. L3 I'-y Street, New York. It must have been published la H73 or 1871.

The Imperial Edition of Shakespeare's Works, edited hy Charles Knight and published by Virtue in London and New York, no date, two volumes, folio or royal quarto, brings from $4 to $10 at auction. 7 Mrs. ASM EVRICBTT. Belnr a constant reader of your paper, I would like -to know from you the value of the following book: Egypt," by I.uici Mayer. Ixndon.

lsol. con taining forty-eight full-page. (ICx20 inches.l hand-painted steel engravings. Lulsri Mayer's Views. In col ored plates, folio, Londorr.

lStil, sold for -fl 14s. at auction In London, and at auction. in this country. R. WIH'you kindly give me through your Queries and Answers Departmrnit the value or he Records of New Amsterdam from ItlO-'t edited by B.

Kernow. seven volumes, royal 8vo. Published hv authority of the City, of New York, 18ii7. I understand only 2M conic were nrinted. twenty of which went.

to Europe. The set is-worth from to $3. JOHN P. O'BRIEN. Can tou cive me the value of four volumes of Dacler's H-irace.

being the works of Horace in Latin and French with comments, criticisms, and histories. Fifth i.n. A Mambotirg tie intitrlmerie d'A. rVandenhoelk. Librair a Londres." We do not find a sale of thief work re corded, bo we cannot give Us- market value, as a rule a ilftn edition of a work- baa no special value.

X. R. SMITH. have a food of Stephens's Travels In Central America." with the five Catherwoad drawinrs. Kinitlv in form me if it has a special value.

This la first edition of Stephens' work. It has been sold at auction from 1 to St, Answers from Readers. A- roly the request of" Mrs. William A. Powell tn your insue of March 8, lo.

I send you the verses, entitled Tha Paper Kite." They are copied from Sanders's School Reader." Third Book. I do not know who wrots the lines, as there Is no nam to them: Once on a time a paper kite i Had mounted to a wondrous height, -Where, giddy with its elevation. It thus expressed self-admiration: See how yon crowds of rasing peopl Admire my flight above the steeple How would they wonder If they knew All that a kito like me could do I Were I but free I'd take a flight And pierce the clouds beyond their But ah I a prisoner, lo I'm bound By this vile cord so near the ground; But let me go without a string. And PI! outstrip ths eagle's wing." It tnarged and polled.whlle thus It spoka. To break the string-at Inst It broke: Deprived at orx-i- of all its stay.

In vain It tried to soar away; enable now its weight to bear. It fluttered downward through the air; riable lis own course to guide. The wimls soon plunged it in the tile: foolish kite 1 thou hadst no wing, How thou fly without a string? My heird renlied: Lordf I sea- Haw much the kite resembl-at me: Forgetful thnt by Thee I stand. i-irurm oc tuv ruling hand. How oft I've wlnh-(t to break the lines Thy wtftd.trn for my lot assigns rt oft In lijigivl a tnin desire I nr m'r- or something higher And for rtm, end love iliiine A tliua had been mln," Auoi.tN-r: Cie aut.ior of t'ie c.imim otitis Warm Sumnv su kindly b- re.

-it t'-t-v ea.i i-nd 1 1 1. of V'- i. Willow and Watt' puUkhcd l.i 51. tn of The Rbjv ew I have inie.ta:s ii4Uiins tid-ers my f.ither. the tne Rev.

yt. at-or, prcsch-T. phil in! hrjpist. well kn.iwn durng th l-. To tn of Una aiu'ior.

drtsils of career tts close, unkr iicittns.arces similar soinj i. sptfts li fr vth-m he lJve, to lub.r would d.utiiia Im an atirictive us' his wrill inn. As a K. it tr two surviving jn are, the nly tiring- iiw.nliora of the family. the elder of whom (the writer hereof) is tog-is seventy-fourth year.

R. L. C. WHITE. The poem wanted by W.

Clausen (App-ais to Readers, May 15 The Birth of tha Opal," by Ell Wheeler Wilcox. 1 append a copy: THE BIRTH OF THE OPAL. The Sunbeam loved the Moonbeam, And followed her low and high. But tha Moonbeam fled and hid her head. She was so shy, so shy.

The Sunbeam wooed with passion Ah, he was a lover bold And his heart was afire with a mad deslra For the Moonbeam, pale and cold. She fled Iik4 a dream before Her balr was a ahinlng sheen. And that fate would annihilate Tha space that Lay between! Just as the day lay panting la the arms of the twliight dim. Ths Sunbeam caught the one he sought And draw her close to him. Cut out of his warm arms, startled -And stirred by los-e's first shock, Eba sprang afraid, like a trembling maid.

And hid in tb, niche of a rock. And the Sunbeam followed and found her. And led her to love's own feast. And they were wed on that rocky bed, And the dying Day was their priest. And lo! the beautiful Opal That rare and wondrous Where the moon and sun blend Into one.

Is tha child that was bora to them. Copies of this poem have been received from R. Kern, New York; John H. Baxter. Peekskill.

N. K. K. M. K.

Gillespie, and M. O. New York: WY C. Meyers. Philadelphia; L.

M. Hod-rens. New York; Edith Beiden. Palmer. N.

"Mra. C. D. Auruata, Ga.1 and G. G.

New York. JAMF.3 HfnXDERSON.T-The old song which J. A. W. L.

asks la your issue of alay 12 is as followa: IN THE LOUSIANA Way down in Louisiana, not many years ago. There liv'd a t-olor'd gemblum, his name was Pompy Hwm He piv a upon de Itanjo and on de tamborins. And for rattling of the bones he was tha greatest eber seen In the Louisiana low-lands low. In the Lou- Isiana low-lands low. One night old Toropy started off to play for Cear Cluni, But 'fore he went he fortified with a good stout glass of rum; When on the road he thought he saw a darkey tall and arrtin.

So Pomuy laid the banjo down to break tha darkey's shin In the Louisiana low-lands low. In the Lou-- istana iow-ianis low. Hay he, old chap just move along or elje I'll eiKtil your 4ac. But dis darkey didn't aeent to move from out ms piuce. So drawing hark he crooked his head and down at him cachunk.

But Pompy made a aail mUtake. for 'twas nothtjig but a tvtump In tne Louisiana low-lands tow. la the Louisiana low lan-Jla low. The stHmo It proved a little hard, too hard for l'omi' wool. For when be ttrurt the- hickory knot went through the darkey's skull; They found hia banjo by his side and Pompy lying dart.

(Spokeni And. la lles an-1 gentlemen, this Is the first time upon record that it was ever known of, a darkey's evjr coming to his death By de breaking of his And dpy buried him In the low-lands low. la lh Louisiana low-lands low. In the Louisiana low-lands low." Another copy of the old song, varrin? alightly from the above version, has been received from W. S.

Bucklin. Phalanx. N. J-, and information about the sog has come from W. H.

Walsh. Long Branch. and "Willie Wiidwave," New York. D. H.

In- a recent Issue of the Rrvtirw some one Inquired the authorship of Why, Phebe. Hn'e You Come So Soon?" Jane Taylor of Kngisnd was the author, and it was published many years ago in a volume under the title of Original Poems with msny other poems Jf a similar character intended-tor chiMrea. In a amail private school which the writer Of this attended over seventy veara aen tfiarttti it used as a reading book in the lower classes. O. G.

The following poem is porsfbly the ona Inquire after, by your correspondent. M. B. in your issue of April 17. I hae It as a cupping from a newspaper, and it is attributed Bishop of CIVE US UE.V! Olve men Men from every -Freah and free and frank;" Men of thought and reading.

Men of tight and leading. -Men of V.yai 1 he Nation's welfare speeding; Men of faith and tt of fiction. Men of lofty aim in action: Oire us men 4 say again, Give us- jnenl Give ws men! Strong and xtilwart. one; whom hope inspires. Mesi whom pur-t honor fire.

Men whotramj-lc- self btneatb tliem. Men who mske their country wreathe then As her nnbfe sons, Worthv i-f tM-lr ilrea-! wno ne r'shnme their Withers, al wlMi never fail their hro-hera. irer, wiafifr iae are otnei us men -I Kay, again. cs men: ti- us men! Vrn trhfn when the tf(iiKf5t'. insap the standtrd of their fal'ig i the thickest fi.ht, Vi ff who strike for hoirie snl ll.e coward erf lg mul falt(.

def. nd the Htl! f. ite a Hvth. tho-igh l-rn and I1o, as lrVv are inly; '-n trtui he-e $4lns hsve trn for Country H-m-iud tiod: five us Mn! I say againagain us stH'b M.n! CI. Answering th- ap-ptal ir.

M. I in lur of liiy r. lyonwnno the i.n. jr11s (he piWiu ln-nnnlng i the bod the best of ta." I i sty thit the vers submitted dentiy tpiej Imih a diftMted the jwiti differ radttally i Ur KTniid. third, fifth.

and i-ieiiih fron ho oriituui. The versee to whk-h Mrs. lK-i-n qur- rerers were written by Arthur Srtng-r, a Canadian poet and novelist, native vf im din, Ontario, and were Slagaaine. June, law. That ysat taK' NX aj.