Treasure of the lake. Haggard, H. R. 75c. Grosset Trial of Mary Dugan, The. Veiller, B. $1.50 S. French Trustees of liberty. Walker, J. $1.50 Walter Neale Ultra-violet rays, The. Lorand, A. $2.50 F. A. Davis Unfulfilled prophecy. Boles, H. L. $1.50 Gospel Advocate Co. Vengeance of Hurricane Williams, The. Young, G. R. 75c. Grosset Victorious goodness, The. Dole, C. F. $2 Walter Neale Way of sacrifice. Unruh, F. von $2.50 Knopf Welshimer's sermons. $1.50 Standard Pub. Co. Wolf, the cat and the nightingale, The. Cauffman, S. H. 75c. Grosset Woman in flight. Reck-Malleczewen, F. $2.50 Liveright Yarns of a Kentucky admiral. Rodman, H. $5 Bobbs-Merrill Your nerves and their control. Kennedy, F. $1.50 Appleton The Field of Old and Rare Books and Weekly Book Exchange T CURRENT RARE BOOK NOTES Frederick M. Hopkins HREE catalogs have been received. from the Anderson Galleries of stock sold in liquidation by the George D. Smith Book Company, Inc., of this city. Part I, consisting of books and autographs, will be dispersed on May 16, and Part II, of Americana, on the 17th, and Part III, of autographs on the 18th. Part I contains rare autographic material such as Major André's letter to Colonel Simcoe preparing him for coming events nine days before his interview with Benedict Arnold; the original manuscript of Thomas Paine's memorial from prison in Paris, dated September 24, 1794; and the original manuscript of Anna Seward's second edition of her "Monody on Major André." The books are very miscellaneous, covering a wide range of rarities. Part II, of Americana, also of various periods, includes among its rarer items Lechford's "Plain Dealing," London, 1642, extremely rare first edition; Increase Mather's "Brief History of the War with Indians in New England," London, 1676, first English edition; and an unrecorded Stamp Act broadside, Boston, 1765. AMERICANA from the collections of W. Wildschut, Mrs. Eugenie K. Cunningham and others were sold at the An derson Galleries in a single session on May 2, 230 lots bringing $6,569.50. This miscellaneous gathering of books, pamphlets and autographs realized very good prices. A circular printed letter, 1p., 4to, signed by A. Lincoln, dated Washington, August 17, 1848, brought $220; the original manuscript minutes of the meetings of the Topeka Association, including the Constitution of the Association, list of the original founders, shareholders in the association, records of all lots drawn, and embracing a history of the founding of Topeka from December 5, 1854, to May 7, 1858, 159 pp. 4to, half roan, $175; a set of six original drawings of a newly invented, and one of the earliest electrical machines, two of which are signed "B. F.", about 1757, $110; the new administration and the war administration: 24 letters typed and signed by President Wilson, members of his cabinet, speaker of the House, or their secretaries, mounted and bound, Boston, 1913-7. This item went for $145. THE current catalog of Bernard Quar itch, of London, contains some interesting items of rare Americana, among them Thomas Greepe's "The true and perfecte Newses of the woorthy and valiaunt exploytes, performed by that valiant Knight Syr Frauncis Drake," etc., London, 1587, one of three known copies, £1,500; John Lederer's "Discoveries in several Marches from Virginia," etc., London, 1672, £400; King Philip's War Narratives, 6 pamphlets, small folio, bound by Rivière, London, 1675-77, complete series difficult to obtain, £775; John Smith's "General Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles," etc., London, 1632; and the "True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine Smith in Europe, Asia, Affrica and America," etc., London, 1630; 2 vols. bound in one, £110. These are only a few of many rare items but they serve to show their character. same catalog also contains many useful items of bibliography. The To whom are Shakespeare's sonnets dedi cated? To whom do the initials "W. H." belong? The new claimant is William Holgate and the manuscript of his commonplace book on which his claim is based has been sent to this country and will be submitted to the consideration of American Shakespearean scholars. William Holgate was, at the date of this commonplace book, the 17 year old son of the innkeeper at the Rose and Crown, Saffron Walden. The new theory is that Shakespeare made the acquaintance of Holgate in 1607-two years before the publication of the sonnets when his traveling company came to the place; and that, conceiving an affection for the young man, who was something of a poetaster, addressed a number of sonnets to him. The commonplace book contains some 300 pages, and contains, in addition to some of Holgate's own modest verses, quotations from the works of contemporary poets. Among these quotations is an early draft of Shakespeare's sonnet "His Mistress' Beut," which Mr. Dring, of Quaritch's, into whose possession the manuscript came, considers most important. What American scholars will make of this claim remains to be seen. English scholars are skeptical. Sir Israel Gollancz, editor of the Temple edition of Shakespeare's works, agrees that the manuscript is interesting but that the claim for Holgate deserves scant support. It is pointed out that the sonnets are well known to have been in circulation in manuscript for many years, before the alleged meeting between Shakespeare and Holgate. AN experiment at Yale University is underway, directed by Carl P. Rollins, printer to the university, which will attract wide attention. A course of the methods of book production before 1800 is being given in which each student is expected to set up in type, print and bind a pamphlet according to the practice in English printing offices before the introduction of the power press. The iron hand-press came from England, together with an adequate supply of type, including eighteenth century variants. The type is from the Caslon foundry in London, the original punches having been cut by William Caslon subsequent to 1724. Much of it is cast on the old irregular body sizes current in that period. The simple tools of the printer of that time, such as ink-balls, old-style cases, etc., are also being used. The equipment has been provided thru a gift from Russell C. Leffingwell, a member of the alumni advisory board's committee on the library. The course is attracting a great deal of attention among the students, and those close enough to the experiment to feel this interest are confident that a beginning is being made that may have far-reaching results. THE report comes from Washington that Dr. Otto H. F. Vollbehr, of Berlin, who presented his collection of 10,800 printers' marks to the Library of Congress, has also offered to stand one-half of the expense of presenting his collection of 3,000 incunabula to the Library, on the understanding that the value of the other half be given by some other donor. Dr. Vollbehr has accumulated what is said to be the largest privately owned collection of incunabula, including a very fine copy of the Gutenberg Bible, inscribed within with the date August 24, 1456. This Bible, with other rare treasures, may thus become the property of the Library of Congress. Dr. Pierce Butler, incunabulist of the Newberry Library, Chicago, in opening the Vollbehr exhibition in New York, stated that it would be difficult to get together a similar collection for $2,500,000. PART IV of the library of the late Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, comprising books on natural history, horticulture and ornithology, art, archaeology, bibliography, travel, and English and foreign literature, forming part of the collections removed from Dorcester House, Glouchestershire, will be sold at Sotheby's in London on June 4 and the three following days. These 872 lots include many rare and valuable items very desirable to those interested in these classifications. HE members of the Bunyan Committee of the American Tract Society were hosts last week in the Hotel Astor in celebration of the tercentenary of John Bunyan, whose works, it was announced, are still among the most popular published by the society. Dr. William H. Matthews, secretary of the society, said that substantial progress had been made in obtaining preliminary subscriptions to a fund of $50,000 with which to print "Pilgrim's Progress" in many languages. He said the campaign for the remainder would begin at once and be completed long before. November 30, Bunyan's birthday. first appeared in an illustrated edition published by Charavay Frères in 1883. This is the first complete France manuscript purchased by the Morgan Library. Auction Calendar Wednesday afternoon and evening, May 16th, at 2 o'clock and 8:15. Books and autographs. (Items 359.) The Anderson Galleries, 489 Park Ave., New York City. Thursday afternoon and evening, May 17th, at 2 o'clock and 8:15. Americana. (Items 450.) The Anderson Galleries, 489 Park Ave., New York City Friday afternoon, May 18th, at 2 o'clock. Autographs. (Items 281.) The Anderson Galleries, 489 Park Ave., New York City. Catalogs Received Books new and old in good second-hand condition. (No. 4; Items 535.) R. L. James Book Co., 116 Union St., Providence, R. I. Books of the eighteenth century and after, 17001830. (No. 277; Items 1254.) James Rimell & Son, 6 Duke St., Piccadilly, London, S. W. 1, England. Elizabethan literature, including the works of Shake speare and his contemporaries. (No. 5; Items 343) John Howell, 434 Post St., San Francisco, Cal. First editions and other books of interest to collectors. (No. 13; Items 223.) Rogers Book Shop, Inc., 622 West Sixth St., Los Angeles, Cal. First editions of modern authors. (No. 51.) J. E Spannuth, Pottsville, Pa. Genealogy, local history, archaeology and books on the south and west. (No. 9.) Wright Howes, 1144 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Illustrated books on the fine arts. (No. 276; Items 1623.) James Rimell & Son, 6 Duke St., Piccadilly, London, S. W. 1, England. Incunabula typographica. (Items 64) Verlags J. Kösel & Pustet, Munich, Germany. Incunabula typographica. (No. 745) Joseph Baer & Co., Hochstrasse 6, Frankfort on Main, Germany. Insect books, valuable and rare, and scientific serials (zoology). (No. 26.) John D. Sherman, Jr., 132 Primrose Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Interesting books on many subject, including art. history, biography, travel, religion, poetry, drama, music, fiction and standard authors in sets. Schulte's Book Store, Inc., 80 Fouth Ave., New York City. Modern first editions of English and American authors, autograph letters, fine printing Christian Science items, etc. (No. 54; Items 304) Dawson's Bookshop, 627 South Grand Ave. Los Angeles, Calif. Poirtraits of Washington. (Items 178.) Goodspeed's Book Shop, Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass. ERMS: The Weekly Book Exchange How to use "Books Wanted" and "For Sale" Under "Books Wanted" (a service For booktrade only) 15c. a line to subscribers, no charge for address; to non-subscribers, 20c. a line, charge for address. 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