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AMERICAN 
 
 BOOK CLUBS 
 
 THEIR BEGINNINGS AND HISTORY, AND 
 
 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THEIR 
 
 PUBLICATIONS 
 
 il«. 
 
 BY 
 
 A. GROWOLL 
 
 NEW YORK 
 DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 
 
 1897 
 
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 Copyright, 1897, 
 Br DoDD, Mead and Compant. 
 
 Sattibersitg ^rcss: 
 John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A. 
 
TO 
 
 Paul iLeicjBter Jortr 
 
 THE FOUNDER OF ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE 
 AND USEFUL BOOK CLUBS 
 
 IN AMERICA 
 THIS WORK IS DEDICATED 
 
PREFACE 
 
 AMONG- the agencies to preserve 
 the records of early American 
 history and literature, none deserves 
 greater recognition, nor more honour, 
 than the so-called " book clubs " which 
 have flourished in this country, with 
 varying fortunes, during the last half- 
 century. Like the monastic scribes 
 of the Dark Ages, who rescued from 
 oblivion the ancient literature that 
 through their energies is now the pos- 
 session of present civilization, the 
 small bands of men who formed these 
 clubs joined together — more often 
 for disinterested reasons than for gain 
 — to cast into permanent mould some 
 unknown manuscript or scarce printed 
 record of inestimable value in judging 
 
of some obscure fact in history. But 
 for these efforts much rare and curi- 
 ous material must have been lost to 
 the world of literature. 
 
 To make as comprehensive a record 
 as possible of the publications of these 
 book clubs,* with brief descriptive no- 
 
 * The author regards a " book club " to be an 
 association of two or more persons whose ex- 
 clusive purpose it is to publish either original 
 matter or reprints of scarce or curious books. 
 For this reason societies formed for another pur- 
 pose, which publish reports and other printed 
 matter, have not been included. Those who are 
 interested in the literature of the latter societies 
 will find full records of their publications in the 
 following bibliographies : 
 
 Learned Societies, and other Literary As- 
 sociations, with a List of their Publica- 
 tions, 1861-1866. Appendix of "The 
 American Catalogue of Books . . . Com- 
 piled by James Kelly." John Wiley 
 & Son . . . 1866. pp. 283-303.— -Same, 
 Vol. II., 1866-1871. pp. 467-488. 
 
 Literary and Scientific Societies which 
 issue publications, with a list of their 
 transactions and other publications as far 
 as reported, 1876-1884. "The Ameri- 
 
tices of the more important issues, is 
 the object of this work. To this record 
 are added memoranda of the founders 
 
 can Catalogue. . . . Compiled under the 
 editorial direction of K. E. Bowker." 
 . . . New York, The Office of The Pub- 
 lishers' Weekly, 1885. Vol. II., pp. 
 242-244. — Same, 1884-1890. (New 
 York, The Office of The Publishers' 
 Weekly, 1891.) Vol. II., pp. 295-310. 
 — Same, 1890-1895. (New York, The 
 Office of the Publishers' Weekly, 1896.) 
 Vol. II., pp. 101-130. 
 The OiEce of The Publishers' Weekly proposes 
 to complete its record of publications of societies 
 by extending it through the earlier years, and mak- 
 ing it a general bibliography of the publications of 
 American publishing societies. 
 
 Bibliography of American Historical So- 
 cieties (The United States and the 
 Dominion of Canada). By Appleton 
 Prentiss Clark Griffin. Reprinted with 
 additions and revision, from the Ameri- 
 can Historical Association for 1890 and 
 1892. "Annual Report of the Ameri- 
 can Historical Association for the Year 
 1895." Washington: Government Print- 
 ing Office. 1896. pp. 675-1236. 
 
 A Preliminary List of American Learned 
 and Educational Societies. Prepared by 
 Stephen B. Weeks. "Report of the 
 Commissioner of Education for the Year 
 
of the clubs, and explanations of the 
 purposes of the separate clubs, as far 
 as such data could be unearthed of 
 
 1893-94." Washington, Government 
 Printing Office, 1896. Vol. 2. Chapter 
 XIII., pp. 1493-1661. 
 
 For a list of the publications of English socie- 
 ties, see: 
 
 Appendix to [William Thomas Lowndes's] 
 the Bibliographer's Manual of English 
 Literature. Containing an account of 
 books issued by Literary and Scientific 
 Societies and Printing Clubs; books 
 printed at private presses; privately 
 printed series; and the principal lit- 
 erary and scientific serials [from 1812 
 to about 1862]. Compiled by Henry 
 Gr. Bohn. London: Henry G. Bohn . . . 
 1864. 16°. 
 
 Literary Societies, Printing Clubs, and 
 other Literary Associations, with a list 
 of their publications, 1863-1871. " The 
 English Catalogue of Books." Vol. II. 
 London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low & 
 Searle, 1873. Appendix A, pp. 429-439. 
 — Same, 1872-1880. Vol. III. Samp- 
 son Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 
 1882. Appendix A, pp. 613-531.— 
 Same, 1881-1890. Vol. IV. Sampson 
 Low, Marston & Co., 1891. Appendix A, 
 pp. 641-660. 
 
the earlier, or might be obtained of 
 the later chibs. With but few excep- 
 tions the bibliographical data have 
 been obtained by the author from the 
 books directly. In the excepted cases 
 he has had the co-operation of com- 
 petent bibliographers who have had 
 access to books which were not at the 
 disposal of the author. The material 
 here brought together may therefore 
 serve as fairly reliable for the guid- 
 ance of the book collector and bibli- 
 ographer. As the work is intended 
 principally for such, the author has 
 been constrained to pay more atten- 
 tion to the bibliographical details than 
 to his literary style; yet, notwith- 
 standing all his solicitude, he may 
 have erred as often in the one direc- 
 tion as he knows he has fallen short 
 in the other, and he would therefore 
 remind any captious critic to bear in 
 mind the admonition of Henry Stev- 
 ens — "If you are troubled with a 
 
pride of accuracy, and would have it 
 completely taken out of you, print a 
 catalogue." 
 
 In the preparation of this work, the 
 author was materially assisted by Mr. 
 Charles C. Moreau, one of the found- 
 ers of The Club and of The Bradford 
 Club, and the patron of a number 
 of the descendants of these. With 
 charming liberality Mr. Moreau placed 
 at his disposal the copies of club pub- 
 lications in his large collection, and 
 unreservedly contributed information 
 without which this work would have 
 lacked much of the authority and in- 
 terest it may possess regarding the 
 earlier clubs. The solicitude on behalf 
 of the material in this book displayed 
 by Mr. Henry T. Drowne, a collector 
 of note, and a courteous gentleman 
 withal, has laid the author under 
 especial obligations. Dr. Henry Reed 
 Stiles contributed the material of The 
 U. Q. Club, The King of Clubs, and 
 
The Van Dam Family, of which he is 
 the sole surviving member. For some 
 of the information relating to a few 
 of the earlier clubs, credit is also due 
 to notes contributed by the late Henry 
 B. Dawson to The Round Table and to 
 his Historical Magazine, as well as to 
 manuscript memoranda which, after 
 Mr. Dawson's death, came into the 
 possession of the author. Mr. George 
 P. Philes, the well-known bibliog- 
 rapher, contributed much that others 
 among his contemporaries had over- 
 looked, and to his watchful and crit- 
 ical eye the correction of much of the 
 earlier data is due. To Mr. Luther S. 
 Livingston the author is indebted for 
 many helpful suggestions and for revis- 
 ing the manuscript and proof. Lastly, 
 the President of The Prince Society, 
 the founder of The Narragansett Club, 
 and the officers of the more recent 
 clubs deserve the author's recognition 
 for their readiness in placing at his 
 
disposal such information as it lay in 
 their power to give, and for reading 
 and correcting the proofs of the ac- 
 counts of their cluhs which were sub- 
 mitted for their approval. 
 
 A. GEOWOLL. 
 
 102 East 89th Street, 
 
 New Yokk, April 16, 1897. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 CHAPTBK PAOE 
 
 Preface v 
 
 I. The Beginnings op American Book 
 
 Clubs (1726-CiV6-a 1825) .... 3 
 
 11. The Seventy-six Society (1854-1857) 28 
 
 III. The Club and The Bradford Club 
 
 (1857-1867) 35 
 
 IV. The Prince Society (1858-) .... 55 
 V. The Holland Club, The Van Dam 
 
 Family, The Owls op Yonkers, 
 AND The King op Clubs (1859 
 
 and 1867) 87 
 
 VI. The Zenger Club (1861) 97 
 
 VII. The Franklin Club (1864) .... 101 
 
 VIII. The Club op Odd Sticks (1864) . 104 
 
 IX. The U. Q. Club (1864-186.5) .... 107 
 X. The Faust Club and The Furman 
 
 Club (1864-1866) 112 
 
 XL The Hamilton Club (1865-1866) . . 119 
 XII. The Knickerbocker Club and The 
 
 KiviNGTON Club (186.5) 125 
 
 XIII. The Narkagansett Club (1865-1874) 132 
 
 XIV. The Washington Club (1865-1868) . 141 
 XV. The Agathynian Club (1866-1868) . 145 
 
CHAPTEK 
 
 XVI. Thb Franklin Society (1869-1870) 
 XVII. Curiosities of Club Publication 
 XVIII. The Historical Printing Club 
 
 (1876-) 
 
 XIX. The Book Fellows' Club (1881- 
 
 1884) 
 
 XX. The Grolier Club (1884-) . . 
 
 XXI. The Filson Club (1884-) . . 
 
 XXII. The Gorges Society (1884-) . 
 
 XXIII. The Dunlap Society (1885-) . 
 
 XXIV. The Pegasus (1885-) .... 
 XXV. The Club op Odd A^olumes (1886-) 
 
 XXVI. The Rowfant Club (1892-) . . 
 XXVII. The Philobiblon Club (1893-) 
 XXVIII. The Duodecimos (1893-) . . . 
 XXIX. The Caxton Club (1895-) . . 
 XXX. The Colonial Society or Penn- 
 sylvania (1895-) 
 
 XXXI. The Parkman Club (1895-) . . 
 XXXII. Society of The Iconophiles of 
 New York, The Cadmus Club, 
 and The Dibdin Club (189.5-) 
 
 FAOB 
 
 152 
 156 
 
 169 
 
 200 
 206 
 255 
 273 
 278 
 296 
 300 
 310 
 326 
 339 
 348 
 
 356 
 361 
 
 369 
 
 INDEX 385 
 
AMERICAN BOOK CLUBS 
 
CHAPTER I 
 
 THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN BOOK 
 CLUBS 
 
 1726 - CIRCA 1825 
 
 AMEEICAN Book Clubs, in the re- 
 stricted sense — that is, of one or 
 more persons printing, or causing to 
 be printed, manuscripts or books for 
 distribution among a limited circle of 
 subscribers — may, by a stretch of im- 
 agination, trace their origin back to the 
 time when John Eliot, " Teacher of 
 Roxbury," issued at the press of Mar- 
 maduke Johnson, in Cambridge, 1665, 
 his " Communion of Churches." But 
 as such publications belong distinc- 
 tively to the class of so-called "pri- 
 vately-printed" books, it would lead 
 
us too far afield ^vere '^e to devote 
 more than this passmg mention to the 
 subject. 
 
 To seek for a beginning of the com- 
 binations of Hterary men and book- 
 lovers whose aims and efforts resemble 
 those of the book clubs as they are 
 known to us to-day, we can perhaps 
 go back no further than to the time 
 when, in 1726, Benjamin Franklin, 
 then in the employ of the eccenti'ic 
 printer, Samuel Keimer, in Phila- 
 delphia, induced his companions to 
 form the hterary society known as 
 The Junto.* The names of the orig- 
 inal members of the society were, 
 
 * For a description of The Junto, see "The 
 Life of Benjamin Franklin, written bv himself.'' 
 Edited by John Bigelow. 3d ed. Philadelphia, 
 J. B. Lippincott Company, 1893. 3 vols., 12°. 
 Vol. r. pp. 1^2-189, and 222. Also, "History of 
 American Literature." By Moses Coit Tyler. 
 Xew York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. 2 vols., 
 S=. Vol. IL pp. 236-239. 
 
Benjamin FrankliiL, Joseph Breint- 
 nal, Thomas Gk)dfref, Meholas SchH, 
 William Paisons, Wmiam Maii^pdgev 
 Hiigh MereditJL Siephfin Potts. <]re«jrge 
 Webb, Bobert Giaee, and WiDiam 
 Coleman. While primaHly a debating 
 soc-iety. The Janto required each oi 
 its members to prodnee and read, 
 once in three months, "an. essay of 
 Ms own v^ri iMj g. on any sabject he 
 pleased.'" Thoo^ the hterazy ae- 
 il\ il_> of The Jtmto may not Imve 
 be^ of great importance, ihe s<>:-iety 
 desraines leeognition for ^imnlating 
 study and research, and, fnrtliermore, 
 for eventually foim dtn g, in 1731. the 
 first lending Khraiy in Pennsylvania, 
 now ihe Philadelphia Ubrary; * for 
 organizing in 174S the Academy of 
 P hil ad el phia, now^ known as The 
 
 * 7ui sn aBBOirni <h T5je "P ^^la>^g>lpf1^a Xftrarr. 
 see -The JSrwaiassPs 'MsaaaL'^ Bx Bsaben A. 
 Guild. X. T., Casai^ Bu Xcnna, 1858. &i. 4=. 
 p. 119, £^ seg. 
 
University of Pennsylvania; * for 
 founding in 1768 the American Philo- 
 sophical Society ; and for encouraging 
 Franklin to begin, in 1741, the issue 
 of the first magazine published in this 
 country. The General Magazine, And 
 Historical Chronicle, For all the Brit- 
 ish Plantations in America, f To this 
 
 * Tor historical sketch of the University, see 
 "Benjamin Franklin and The University of Penn- 
 sylvania." Bureau of Education, Circular of In- 
 formation No. 2, 1892. Washington, Government 
 Printing Office, 1893. p. 215, et seq. 
 
 t The American Magazine, edited by John 
 Webbe, and published by Andrew Bradford, of 
 Philadelphia, actually preceded Franklin's Gen- 
 eral Magazine by three days. But as Webbe had 
 been engaged by Franklin to edit his magazine, 
 and then had perfidiously deserted him and in- 
 duced Bradford to head off Franklin by publish- 
 ing a rival magazine, that lasted but a few months, 
 I feel disposed to credit Franklin with the origi- 
 nal intention and plan of publishing the first 
 American magazine. See "Benjamin Franklin 
 as a Man of Letters." By John Bach McMaster. 
 American Men of Letters Series. Boston, Hough- 
 ton, Mifflin & Co., 1887. 16°. p. 129. 
 
short-lived pioneer of periodical lit- 
 erature in America, the members of 
 The Junto were no doubt active con- 
 tributors. Franklin desired no sub- 
 scribers, stating in an advertisement 
 which I find in the South Carolina 
 Gazette of December, 1740, that "we 
 shall publish the Books at our own 
 Expense, and risque the sale of them ; 
 which method we suppose will be most 
 agreeable to our readers, as they will 
 be at liberty to buy only what they 
 like, and we shall be under a con- 
 stant necessity of endeavoring to make 
 every particular pamphlet worth their 
 money." 
 
 The early magazine, in a measure, 
 became a club publication. It was 
 launched in every known instance by 
 a coterie of literary men, to give ex- 
 pression to political opinions, and as 
 a vehicle for their literary produc- 
 tions. The projectors of these maga- 
 zines divided the cost of printing 
 
among themselves, and through their 
 printers endeavoured to secure enough 
 other subscribers to reimburse them. 
 Their object was not so much to cre- 
 ate a source of revenue as to advance 
 the cause of patriotism and literature. 
 That the expression of this ambition 
 was in the shape of an ephemeral 
 pamphlet rather than of a book does 
 not refute the assumption that these 
 clubs, in their aims and methods, were 
 as much book clubs as those estab- 
 lished a century later. The magazines 
 thus published were the following : 
 
 (1) The General Magazine, And Historical 
 
 Chronicle, For all the British Planta- 
 tions in America. (To be Continued 
 Montlily.) Philadelphia, printed and 
 sold by B. Franklin. Vol. I., Nos. 1-6, 
 February-July, 1741. 12°. 
 
 (2) The American Magazine and Historical 
 
 Chronicle. Boston, printed by Rogers 
 & Fowle. 1743-1746. 3 vols., 8°. 
 
 Thomas in his "History of Printing" (Vol. II. 
 p. 255,) ascribes the editorship of this magazine to 
 Jeremy Gridley. 
 
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(3) Tlie American Magazine and Monthly 
 
 Chronicle for the British Colonies. Pub- 
 lished by a Society of Gentlemen. 
 [Edited by Rev. William Smith.] Phila. 
 delphia, printed by W. Bradford. Oc- 
 tober, 1757, to October, 1768. 8°. 
 
 (4) The New American Magazine. Edited by 
 
 " Sylvanus Americanus," [Samuel Nev- 
 ill]. Woodbridge, N. J., printed by 
 James Parker. January, 1758, to March, 
 1760. 27 nos., 3 vols., 8°. 
 
 (5) The Pennsylvania Magazine : Or, American 
 
 Monthly Museum. [Edited by Thomas 
 Paine.] Philadelphia, Robert Aitkin. 
 January, 1775, to July, 1776, inclusive. 
 2 vols., 8°, with plates. 
 
 (6) The United States Magazine : a Bepository 
 
 of History, Politics and Literature. 
 [Edited by Hugh Montgomery Brack- 
 enridge.] Philadelphia, Francis Bailey. 
 January to July, and September and 
 October, 1779. 8°. 
 
 The editor was better known as Hugh Henry Bracken- 
 ridge, and, in consequence, the editorship has sometimes 
 been traced to his son, Henry Montgomei-y Brackenridge, 
 who, however, was not born until May 11, 1786. 
 
 (7) The Columhian Magazine ; or Monthly 
 
 Miscellany. Philadelphia, T. Seddon, 
 W. Spotswood, C. Cist, and James 
 Trenchard. November, 1786, to De- 
 
cember, 1792. 12 vols., 8°, with plates 
 engraved chiefly by Trenchard. 
 
 The above title was used down to March, 1790, when 
 it was changed to The Universal Asylum and Columbian 
 Magazine. The first three volumes were edited by 
 Alexander J. Dallas. 
 
 (8) The Massachusetts Magazine : or Monthly 
 
 Museum of Knowledge and Rational 
 Untertainment. Boston, Isaiah Thomas. 
 1789 to 1799. 5 vols., 8°, with plates. 
 
 (9) Tlie New Jersey Magazine and Monthly 
 
 Advertiser. New Brunswick, N. J., 
 printed by Frederick Quequelle and 
 James Prange. December, 1786, and 
 January and February, 1787. 8°. 
 
 (10) The Port Folio. Edited by Oliver Old- 
 
 school, Esq. [Joseph Dennie]. Phila- 
 delphia. 1801 to 1827. 
 
 TTie Port Folio was conducted by Joseph Dennie till 
 his death in 1812. After that it was edited by J. E. 
 Hall and others. From Jan., 1801, to Deo., 1805 (weekly), 
 
 5 vols., 4°, printed by II. Maxwell, and sold by William 
 Fry. The numbers in Vols. II. and III. have the cap- 
 tion Tlte Port Folio Enlarged. Second Series, 1806 to 
 1808, 6 vols., 8°, monthly, published by John Watts. 
 Third Series, 1809 to 1812, 8 vols., 8°, monthly, with 
 engraved titles, portraits, and plates, published by 
 Bradford and Inskeep. Fourth Series, 1813 to 1815, 
 
 6 vols., 8°, monthly, with engraved titles, portraits, and 
 plates, published by Bradford and Inskeep. Fifth 
 Series, 1816 to 1819, 8 vols., 8°, monthly, with plates, 
 published by Harrison Hall. Sixth Series, 1820 to 
 
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1H-J7, (piiIiIIhIkhI by lluniwiu Ilall,) Vi,\». \X. Id XII., 
 IH'JO-'JI, (lUiuiciiy; VoIh. Xlll. Id XXII., IHL'L'-'JT, 
 iiioiitlily. 'I'lic MiimlinrH in VoIh. XIII. iiiid XIV. have 
 Uiii Cii|il/n>ii 'I'/ir I'ort /''aliii mill. New Vorl, Muntlili/ 
 
 Mai/ii.Jiii; V Iiii'IjmI liy Oliver OMhcIiooI, ]<];-u\., ;umI 
 
 ari' iUho nillcil V'nls. Land II.; and V'(iIh. XXI. and 
 XXII. arc alHo called VoIh. I. and II. ol' " Hall's Sc<:()nd 
 .Series. " \'()l. .\\. ciinl,ainH a ^icneral index nl' (!l 
 ]ilit;('M 1,1) t,li(^ 'JO viiIh., IHIIi-Jf). No iiinnlierH were isHned 
 
 from .linnniry lo.liine, IH'JII, • from .lanniny Id .luin^, 
 
 |H'J7. lliHeoiil/nnied afl^er Deeondier, 1827.' Kor an 
 illli'reMlini; iieeoinil. ol' l)enni(\ anil lii.s I'liit /''uliii, nee 
 Ni:io 1^111/1(1.11(1. iMidjd.ziiii:, AugiiHL, ]H!)(). 
 
 Those ina^n/diics coiit.-iiti, besidc^s a 
 inuss of un<l(ni}»l(Mlly dull and sl-iltcd 
 iiijiil«^r, niuc.li thai is vulnahld and 
 worth |)r(^S('.rvin^, (isjxM'ia-lly in iiici 
 dircM'tion of hisl.ory a,nd puin* liicra- 
 iur(^; and ii ini,t;ht not he unworthy of 
 th(i olTort ol' sonic, of the i)r(iS('.nl-day 
 book chibs to oxi)lor(* tho rapidly-dis- 
 a|)|»('a-riiifi; nninbcrs ol' those mati;iizin<'S 
 I'oi- tii(^ inattor in thoin that d(^sorvos 
 to bo roscdUHl. 
 
 Club life in AnuM-ica was of slow 
 growth, and so it is that after The 
 Junto we hear of no distinctively lit- 
 
erary club until 1738-'88, when in 
 Hartford, Conn., the " Hartford Wits " 
 was organized. Its original members 
 were Dr. Lemuel Hopkins, John 
 Trumbull, Joel Barlow, and David 
 Humphreys ; and the club was remark- 
 able " because at a day when Boston 
 was as barren of literary talent as she 
 has since become prolific, the little 
 provincial village on the Connecticut 
 River boasted of at least four poets, 
 each of whom had gained a national 
 reputation, while three of them at least 
 were favourably known on the other 
 side of the Atlantic also. 
 
 " These four congenial spirits formed 
 a union as brilliant as it was powerful ; 
 their influence on the politics and so- 
 ciety of their age cannot be overesti- 
 mated. The first effort of the club 
 was a series of satirico-political papers, 
 aimed at the factions whose wrang- 
 lings then threatened to strangle the 
 infant republic in the very morning of 
 
 12 
 
its -days. The series comprised twelve 
 numbers, and was modelled somewhat 
 on the plan of the 'RoUiad' of the 
 English satirists. The initial number 
 appeared in the Hew Haven Gazette and 
 Connecticut Magazine, for October 26, 
 1786, accompanied by an ingenious in- 
 troduction which described the discov- 
 ery, in a ruined city of the New World, 
 of an epic poem of great antiquity but 
 complete, and was styled ' The Anar- 
 chiad: a Poem on the Restoration of 
 Chaos and Substantial Night.' The 
 poem detailed the several steps by 
 which the ' restoration ' had been ac- 
 complished, which steps were con- 
 nected in an ingenious way with the 
 factions which were then distracting 
 the country. Althoiigh no name ap- 
 peared to these productions, it was 
 well known that Humphreys, Barlow, 
 Hopkins, and Trumbull were the 
 authors, and their reputations rose 
 accordingly. The last paper of the 
 
 13 
 
' Anarchiad ' appeared in the Gazette 
 for September 13, 1787.* 
 
 " The club's last venture was ' The 
 Echo,' a series of lampoons directed 
 more .especially against certain social 
 and literary follies then rampant, and 
 particularly against the stilted and 
 magniloquent language then used in 
 speaking of the commonest events." f 
 
 In 1792 The Drone Club was formed 
 in New York City by James Kent, 
 William Dunlap, Charles Brockden 
 Brown, the first American novelist, 
 
 * See " The Anarchiad : A New England Poem. 
 Written in concert by David Humphreys, Joel Bar- 
 low, John Trumbull, and Dr. Lemuel Hopkins, 
 now first published in book form." Edited with 
 notes and an appendix, by Luther G. Riggs. 
 New Haven, Conn., J. H. Pease, 1861. 18mo. 
 
 t " Life and Letters of Joel Barlow, LL.D. . . . 
 with extracts from his works and hitherto unpub- 
 lished poems." By Charles Burr Todd. New 
 York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1886. 8° p. 51 
 et seq. 
 
 14 
 
and Edwai'd and Samuel Miller.* 
 Nearly all the matter prepared for the 
 literaiy gatherings of The Drone Club 
 appeared in the periodical press of 
 that day, notably in Tlie Monthly 
 Magazine and American Beview, (pub- 
 lished in New York, 1799-1800, by T. 
 ct J. Swords,) of which Charles Brock- 
 den Brown was the Editor. 
 
 The next hterary or book club that 
 deserves mention is The Anthology 
 Club,t formed in Cambridge, Mass., 
 October 3, 1805, by John Sylvester, 
 John Grardiner, William Emerson, 
 (the father of the " Concord Philoso- 
 
 * " Old ISTe-w York." By John W.Francis, M.D. 
 X.Y., W. J. Widdleton, 1866. 8°. p. 69. 
 
 t •• ^Memoirs of Youth and Manhood." By 
 Sidney Willard. Cambridge, Mass., John Baxt- 
 lett, is55. 2 vols., 16°. Vol. I. chaps. 24, 25, 
 and 29. Also, '• Miscellanies. By the author of 
 ' Letters on the Eastern States.' [William Tudor, 
 Jr.] " Boston, Wells and Lilly, Court Street, 
 1821. 16°. pp. 1-7. 
 
 15 
 
pher,") Arthur Maynard Walter, Wil- 
 liam Smith Shaw, Samuel Cooper 
 Thacher, Joseph Stevens Buokmin- 
 ster, Joseph Tuckerman, William 
 Tudor, Jr., Peter Thacher, Thomas 
 Gray, William Wells, Edmund Trow- 
 bridge Dana, John Collins Warren, 
 and James Jackson. The object of 
 The Anthology Club was to assume 
 charge of Tlie Monthly Anthology, a 
 periodical started in the autumn of 
 1803, by members of the Society of 
 Phi Beta Kappa, at Harvard. The 
 original title of the magazine was The 
 Monthly Anthology ; or Magazine of Po- 
 lite Literature. Six numbers of the 
 magazine were published monthly un- 
 der this title, from November, 1803, to 
 April, 1804. It was edited by Phineas 
 Adams, who adopted the pseudonym 
 of " Sylvanus Per-se," and was printed 
 and sold by E. Lincoln of Boston. 
 Upon the resignation of Mr. Adams, 
 and when the enterprise threatened 
 
 16 
 
to fail, Rev. William Emerson, encour- 
 aged by Munroe and Francis, well- 
 known Boston booksellers, assumed 
 the responsibility of carrying the 
 work forward. He changed the title 
 in the first three numbers, May, June, 
 and July, 1804, to Tlie Monthly Anthol- 
 ogy, or Ilassaehiisetts Magazine; in Au- 
 gust, 1804, he adopted the title of The 
 Monthly Anthology and Boston Review, 
 which title it bore to the end. The 
 first volume of the magazine closed 
 with the issue for October, 1804 ; it was 
 sustained nine months longer by Mr. 
 Emerson and his friends, until The 
 Anthology Club was formed to relieve 
 them of their editorial and pecuniary 
 responsibilities. Under the club's di- 
 rection ten volumes were published of 
 TJie Monthly Anthology, which was sus- 
 pended July 2, 1811. This magazine, 
 I may safely assert, without fear of 
 contradiction, was a club publication 
 in every sense of the word. The Hon. 
 
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Josiah Quincy, in his " History of tlie 
 Boston Athenseum," pays this tribute 
 to The Anthology Club : " The Society 
 maintained its existence with reputa- 
 tion for about six years, and issued ten 
 octavo volumes from the press, con- 
 stituting one of the most lasting and 
 honourable monuments of the taste 
 and literature of the period. Its labours 
 may be considered as a true revival of 
 polite learning in this country, after 
 that decay and neglect which resulted 
 from the distractions of the Revolu- 
 tionary War, and as forming an epoch 
 in the intellectual history of the United 
 States. Its records yet remain an evi- 
 dence that it was a pleasant, active, 
 high-principled association of literary 
 men, labouring harmoniously to ele- 
 vate the literary standard of the time, 
 and with a success which may well 
 be regarded as remarkable, consider- 
 ing the little sympathy they received 
 from the community, and the many 
 
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difficulties with which they had to 
 struggle." 
 
 On May 5, 1806, The Anthology 
 Club established a Reading Room and 
 Library on Congress Street, which 
 received so much favour that the 
 club, desirous of rendering its efforts 
 more widely useful, transferred its 
 property to ten trustees — Theophilus 
 Parsons, John Davis, John Lowell, 
 William Emerson, John T. Kirkland, 
 Peter Thacher, William S. Shaw, 
 Robert Hallowell Grardiner, Joseph S. 
 Buckminster, and Obadiah Rich* — 
 
 * Obadiah Rich, the London bookseller and 
 bibliographer, who is usually supposed to have 
 been an Englishman, was born in Boston in 1783, 
 and was a graduate of Harvard. In 1815 he 
 received the appointment of United States Con- 
 sul for Valencia in Spain, from where he was 
 afterward transferred to Madrid. During his 
 residence in Spain he formed a rich collection of 
 rare works relating to Spanish America, which 
 Prescott, Irving, and Ticknor consulted at the 
 time they visited Spain for the purpose of writ- 
 
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and through them apphed to the legis- 
 lature of Massachusetts for a charter. 
 This was granted in 1807, under the 
 name of " The Proprietors of the Bos- 
 ton Athenaeum." In 1808, the Boston 
 Athenaeum removed to ScoUay's Build- 
 ings in Court Street, and in 1810 to the 
 building on Common (now Tremont) 
 Street, north of the King's Chapel 
 
 ing the works which have rendered their names 
 famous. This collection of books later became 
 the basis of Rich's bookselling business in Lon- 
 don, where he died in 1850. He is best known 
 by his catalogues of books relating to America 
 published 1493-1844. See the Prolegomena to 
 Trtlbner's " Bibliographical Guide to American 
 Literature," [by Benjamin Moran.J London, 
 Triibner & Co., 1869. 8°. pp. xiv-xvii. Also, 
 Introduction to "Bibliotheca Americana Vetus- 
 tissima." By Henry Harrisse. N. Y., Geo. P. 
 Philes, 1866. 4°. pp. xxix-xxxii. For compre- 
 hensive account of Eich's catalogues, see the 
 bibliography prepared by Wilberforce Eames in 
 Sabin's "Dictionary of Books relating to Amer- 
 ica." New York, Sabin, 1888. 8°. Vol. XVII. 
 pp. 207-211. 
 
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burying-groimd. In 1822 James Per- 
 kins presented to the library a building 
 in Pearl Street, and in July, 1849, the 
 Boston Athenaeum removed to its pres- 
 ent home on Beacon Street, where it 
 stands as a noble monument to the 
 early endeavour of a book club. 
 
 The next literary society, whose 
 members united to advance literature, 
 was The Literary Confederacy, formed 
 in New York City, in 1817, by Robert 
 C. Sands, James M. Eastburn, William 
 Cullen Bryant, and Gulian Crommelin 
 Yerplanck.* The number of The Lit- 
 erary Confederacy was limited to four 
 members, and they bound themselves 
 "to preserve a friendly communica- 
 tion in all the vicissitudes of life, and 
 
 * Verplanck, three years previous, had. assisted 
 in the editorship of The Analectic Blagazine, of 
 Philadelphia, which was under the immediate 
 editorship of Washington Irving, and to which 
 his brother-in-law, James Kirk Paulding, was 
 also a frequent contributor. 
 
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to endeavour, by all proper means, to 
 advance their mutual interest, to ad- 
 vise each other on every subject, and 
 to receive with good temper the 
 rebuke or admonition which might 
 thus be given." They proposed, fur- 
 ther, " to unite, from time to time, 
 in literary publications, covenanting 
 solemnly that no matter hostile to 
 the great principles of religion or 
 morals should be published by any 
 member." This compact of friend- 
 ship was most faithfully kept to the 
 time of Sands's death, in 1833, though 
 the primary and purely literary ob- 
 jects of the alliance were gradually 
 given up as other cares and duties 
 engrossed the attention of its mem- 
 bers. In the first years of its exis- 
 tence, the Confederacy contributed 
 largely to several literary and critical 
 journals, besides publishing in the 
 New York Commercial Advertiser a 
 series of essays under the title of 
 
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" The Neologist," and another series 
 under the title of " The Amphilogist," 
 which attracted much attention, and 
 were widely circulated and reprinted 
 in the newspapers of the day. 
 
 In 1822 and 1823 Sands contributed 
 many articles to the Literary Review, 
 a monthly periodical then published 
 in New York, which received great 
 increase of reputation from these 
 writings. They were prepared in con- 
 junction with his friends of The Lit- 
 erary Confederacy, or, at least, were 
 submitted to their revision, and bore, 
 as did the contributions of the other 
 members, the signature of " L. C." 
 In the winter of 1823-24 The Literary 
 Confederacy published seven numbers 
 of a sort of mock magazine, entitled 
 St. Tammany Magazine. Here they 
 gave the reins to their most extrava- 
 gant and happiest humour, indulging 
 in parody, burlesque, and grotesque 
 satire. 
 
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In May, 1824, the Atlantic Magazine 
 was established in New York and 
 put under the direction of Sands. 
 At the end of six months he gave 
 up this work; but when the maga- 
 zine changed its name, and, some- 
 what, its character, and became the 
 New York Eevieiu, he was re-engaged 
 as editor, and assisted in conducting 
 the periodical until 1827. Through- 
 out his association with these literary 
 ventures he had the hearty co-op- 
 eration and support of his fellow- 
 members of the Confederacy. The re- 
 maining three, (Eastburn had died in 
 1819,) wrote, under the pseudonym of 
 " Francis Herbert, Esq.," the greater 
 part of the contents of " The Talis- 
 man," an annual published in New 
 York by Elam Bliss. Pitz-Greene 
 Halleck and Miss Catherine Maria 
 Sedgwick were the other contributors. 
 The matter written for " The Talis- 
 man" by the members of The Lit- 
 
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erary Confederacy was subsequently 
 reprinted in three volumes entitled 
 "Miscellanies, by G. C. Verplanck, 
 W. C. Bryant, and Rob. C. Sands," 
 with a preface by Sands. The Lit- 
 erary Confederacy, together with J. 
 K. Paulding and Miss Sedgwick, was 
 also the mainstay of William Leg- 
 gett's brilliant, but short-lived. The 
 Critic, begun in 1828.* 
 
 The Delphians, organized in Balti- 
 more, Md., in 1820, by Tobias Wat- 
 kins, Assistant Surgeon-Greneral of 
 the United States Army, also claims 
 attention as a book club. Under its 
 patronage were published the Balti- 
 more Telegraph and The Journal of 
 
 * "The Writings by Robert Sands, in Prose 
 and Verse. With a Memoir of the Author [by 
 G. C. Verplanck]." New York, Harper & Brothers, 
 82 Cliff St., 1834. 2 vols., 8°. See also, article 
 on Robert C. Sands, in E. W. Griswold's " Poets 
 and Poetry of America," 11th ed. Philadelphia, 
 Abraham Hart, 1852. 8°. p. 213. 
 
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the Times, both edited by Paul Allen, 
 one of The Delphians, who, in con- 
 junction with John Neal, also a mem- 
 ber of the club, wrote " Allen's History 
 of the American Revolution," printed 
 in two volumes. Encouraged by The 
 Delphians, John Pierpont published 
 his "Airs of Palestine," and other 
 poems ; and William H. Winder wrote 
 and published, in Allen's Journal of the 
 Times, a capital outline " History of 
 Maryland." John Neal, whose club- 
 name was "Jehu O'Cataract," wrote 
 under the inspiration of The Del- 
 phians two of his best novels, " Sev- 
 enty-six," and "Logan," besides a 
 number of minor poems. The club 
 was restricted to nine members, and 
 flourished about five years.* Its in- 
 fluence on the literature of the section 
 of the country in which it held its 
 
 * " Wandering Eecollections of a Somewhat 
 Busy Life : An Autobiography." By John Neal. 
 Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1869. 16°. 
 
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sway is not to be underestimated, and 
 this club deserves wider recognition 
 than has thus far been accorded t6 it. 
 
 Such, briefly, were the beginnings 
 of the work of the clubs, which the 
 following pages attempt to trace. 
 I might elaborate the introductory 
 period still more; but fearing that 
 the porch might become more im- 
 posing than the edifice itself, I will 
 now proceed to the subject of the 
 volume, fully conscious that it might 
 command a more artistically propor- 
 tioned habitation. 
 
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CHAPTER II 
 
 THE SEVENTY-SIX SOCIETY 
 1854-1857 
 
 THE first book club, so-called, of 
 which any record can be traced, 
 was originated in 1854, in Philadelphia, 
 by Edward D. Ingraham, a well-known 
 and laborious student of American his- 
 tory. It is not known definitely when 
 the organization was first projected, 
 nor the circumstances which led to 
 it; but it is evident that it was per- 
 fected on the 5th of September, 1854, 
 by the election of Henry J. Williams as 
 president, Henry Pennington as sec- 
 retary, William Duane as treasurer, 
 and Mr. Ingraham and nine others as 
 the council of the association. The 
 
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constitution declared the corporate 
 name to be, The Seventy-Six Society ; 
 and its object was stated to be " the 
 publication and republication of books 
 and papers relating to the American 
 Revolution." The annual dues of 
 members were fixed at five dollars; 
 the publications of the society were 
 "not to be sold under any pretence 
 whatever," but were to be " distributed 
 among the members equally; " and 
 subscriptions were invited from all 
 parts of the country. 
 
 The sudden death of Mr. Ingra- 
 ham, on the 5th of November, 1854, 
 inflicted a blow on the society from 
 which it never recovered, and after a 
 lingering existence of nearly three 
 years it passed away. During its brief 
 career it issued four volumes, neatly 
 printed and judiciously edited, two of 
 which appeared in 1855, one in 1856, 
 and one in 1857. The first of these, 
 "Papers in Relation to the Case of 
 
 29 
 
Silas Deane," was published from the 
 original manuscripts, obtained by Mr. 
 Ingraham from the family of Henry 
 Laurens, of South Carolina, and some 
 portions of it were illustrated with 
 notes and elaborate appendices, mainly 
 from the pen of Mr. Ingraham. It 
 formed an octavo volume of over two 
 hundred pages, and its cost to the so- 
 ciety was a dollar and eighteen cents 
 a copy. The second of the society's 
 issues, a reprint of " The Examination 
 of Joseph G-alloway, Esq.," was care- 
 fully edited by Mr. Thomas Balch, 
 who added to Mr. Grallo way's very im- 
 portant evidence a considerable num- 
 ber of useful and interesting footnotes 
 relative to the conduct of the war in 
 America, and also a brief introduction. 
 It extended to eighty-six octavo pages, 
 cost the society sixty-eight cents a 
 copy, and the edition numbered two 
 hundred and fifty copies, although the 
 membership of the society, at the close 
 
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of the first year of its existence, was 
 only sixty-four. 
 
 The third, issued in 1856, "Papers 
 relating to Public Events in Massachu- 
 setts, preceding the American Revolu- 
 tion," was taken from a collection 
 of manuscripts relating to the period 
 referred to, in the possession of Dr. 
 A. L. Elwyn, of Philadelphia, most of 
 which, it is believed, were never before 
 in print. It extended to one hundred 
 and ninety-eight pages octavo, costing 
 the society one dollar and fifty cents a 
 copy, and contained much that is val- 
 uable to the student of that portion of 
 our country's eventful history. As 
 has already been said, the society did 
 not prosper after the death of Mr. In- 
 graham, and it was not until after its 
 second annual meeting, in September, 
 1856, that another volume could be 
 prepared for the press. At the same 
 meeting a radical change was made in 
 its constitution by offering its publica- 
 
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tions for sale at cost; and many of 
 those wiio had paid ten dollars for 
 publications now offered for sale at 
 three dollars and thirty-six cents 
 openly denounced this action of the 
 society as a violation of good faith. 
 
 The last volume issued by the so- 
 ciety, " Papers relating chiefly to the 
 Maryland Line during the Revolution," 
 was edited by Mr. Thomas Balch, and 
 an edition of only one hundred and 
 fifty copies was printed. It was com- 
 posed mainly of papers written by, or 
 relating to, the justly celebrated Mary- 
 land line of the army of the Revolu- 
 tion, and, like the preceding " Massa- 
 chusetts Papers," it is exceedingly 
 valuable to those who are engaged in 
 the study of that portion of American 
 history. The publication of this vol- 
 ume was the last sign of life in The 
 Seventy-Six Society so far as can be 
 ascertained ; and it is probable that it 
 quietly passed from the scene of its 
 
labours in the course of the year 1857. 
 This first book club in America made 
 no pretension to the credit of issuing 
 handsomely-printed books. Its vol- 
 umes were neatly printed on good 
 ordinary paper, and they were readily 
 procured by those who desired them, 
 at very moderate prices, although they 
 afterwards became much more valu- 
 able in the market. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE SEVENTY-SIX 
 SOCIETY 
 
 (1) Papers in Relation to the Case of Silas 
 
 Deane. Now first published from the 
 Original Manuscripts. [Edited by Ed- 
 ward D. Ingraham.] Philadelphia : 
 Printed for The Seventy-Six Society. 
 1855. 4+17-201 + 3-H'2p. 8°. 250 
 copies. 
 
 (2) The Examination of Joseph Galloway, 
 
 Esq., by a Committee of the House of 
 Commons. Edited by Thomas Balch. 
 Philadelphia : Printed for The Seventy- 
 Six Society. 1855. 4 +86 p. 8°. 250 
 copies. 
 
(3) Papers relating to the Public Events in 
 
 Massachusetts preceding the American 
 Revolution. Philadelphia: Seventy-Six 
 Society. 1856. 4 + 199 p. 8°. 250 
 copies. 
 
 (4) Papers relating chiefly to the Maryland 
 
 Line during the Revolution. Edited 
 by Thomas Balch. Philadelphia: Sev- 
 enty-Six Society. 1857. 8 -^ 218 -f 2 p. 
 8°. 150 copies. 
 
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CHAPTER III 
 
 THE CLUB AND TliE BRADFORD CLUB 
 1857-1867 
 
 THE first attempt to establish a book 
 club in New York City was made 
 in 1857 by William J. Davis, (private 
 secretary to George Bancroft, the his- 
 torian,) a gentleman who was widely 
 and favourably known in New York as 
 an enthusiastic collector of books and 
 engravings relating to the history of 
 the United States, especially those 
 which related to New York and her 
 inhabitants. The particular circum- 
 stance which led to its formation was 
 the piirchase by Mr. John B. Moreau, 
 
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an intimate acquaintance of Mr. Davis, 
 of a manuscript diary written by a 
 soldier of the army of the Revolu- 
 tion; and the often-talked-of project 
 of Mr. Davis to establish a book club 
 in New York was immediately set in 
 motion, with Mr. Moreau's manuscript 
 as material for the first issue of the 
 association. 
 
 Mr. Davis solicited and was prom- 
 ised the assistance of Messrs. John B. 
 and Charles C. Moreau, Charles Cong- 
 don, William Menzies, Robert Macoy, 
 and J. Carson Brevoort ; and without 
 any formal organization, " the seven " 
 commenced a work the importance of 
 which, in gradually educating the taste 
 of American book-buyers for fine books, 
 has never been sufficiently recognized 
 even by those to whom it has rendered 
 the greatest service. As has already 
 been noted, Mr. Davis was the origina- 
 tor of this modest organization, and, 
 as is usual in such cases, he held the 
 
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labouring oar. The manuscript diary 
 belonging to Mr. Moreau was copied 
 and annotated by Davis ; he prepared 
 a brief introduction to it ; he arranged 
 for the printing of it; and, judging 
 from the written minutes of the club, 
 he also discharged the principal labour 
 of distributing the printed copies of 
 the tract among the associates, of col- 
 lecting the several portions of the ex- 
 pense, and of paying the printer's bill. 
 This first issue of The Club — the asso- 
 ciation never received any specific 
 name — was entitled "A Journal of 
 the Expedition to Quebec, in the year 
 1775, under the command of Colonel 
 Benedict Arnold, by James Melvin, a 
 Private in Captain Dearborn's Com- 
 pany," a handsome octavo of thirty 
 pages, in which a plain New Hamp- 
 shire soldier has left a humble but use- 
 ful record of that wonderful march 
 through the wilderness. It was printed 
 at the office of McSpedon & Baker, 
 
 37 
 
under the personal supervision of 
 Robert Macoy, one of the members 
 of The Club, and an ex-printer. The 
 heavy paper on which it was printed, 
 its well-proportioned, large octavo 
 pages of clear small pica, its judicious 
 footnotes, and its handsomely rubri- 
 cated titlepage, to say nothing of the 
 intrinsic merit of the unassuming 
 diary itself, soon attracted to it the 
 attention of book-buyers and students, 
 and made it the object of an active 
 demand. 
 
 This demand was probably pro- 
 moted, to some extent, by the great 
 difficulty which was experienced in 
 obtaining copies. Of the edition of 
 one hundred copies printed, the seven 
 associates received an equal number, 
 and they appear to have then met, for 
 the first time, for a systematic distri- 
 bution of the copies among the various 
 libraries and collectors of works on 
 American history throughout the coun- 
 
 38 
 
try. By this distribution the greater 
 number of the volumes were placed in 
 the libraries which were least likely to 
 be thrown on the market, and every 
 such deposit was duly recorded in the 
 minutes of The Club. 
 
 In the following year (1858) The 
 Club was favoured by its associate, 
 Mr. Brevoort, with a volume of the 
 manuscript diary of President Wash- 
 ington; and Mr. Davis persuaded his 
 friend, Benson J. Lossing, to become 
 its editor. It was issued before the 
 close of the year from the same press 
 (McSpedon & Baker's) which pro- 
 duced the first publication of The 
 Club, and it formed a beautiful octavo 
 of eighty-nine pages, with the title: 
 " Diary of Washington ; from the 1st 
 day of October, 1789, to the 10th day 
 of March, 1790. From the Original 
 Manuscript, now first printed." The 
 introduction, from Mr. Lossing's pen, 
 was illustrated with a neatly-executed 
 
 39 
 
woodcut headpiece of Archibald Rob- 
 ertson's miniature of the President, 
 and the judiciously-selected and orig- 
 inal notes with which the text was 
 illustrated added greatly to the inter- 
 est which naturally attached to the 
 private diary of the Father of his 
 Country. 
 
 The volume was a marked success, 
 and the struggle to obtain copies by 
 those who were not acquainted with 
 any of the members of The Club was 
 quite amusing. The same course 
 which had been followed by The Club 
 in its distribution of " Melvin's Jour- 
 nal " was followed in the distribution 
 of this volume, and the same difficulty 
 was experienced by the unfavoured 
 ones in their efforts to obtain copies. 
 An edition of one hundred copies, 
 with the titlepage in black instead of 
 rubricated, was struck off for Mr. Bre- 
 voort's personal use. These copies are 
 known as " black-letter " copies, and 
 
do not command as high prices as the 
 other copies, because not properly of 
 The Club series. 
 
 From some cause, which has never 
 been satisfactorily explained. The Club, 
 after the issue of its second publica- 
 tion, ceased to exist. It appears that 
 some grievance, either real or imagi- 
 nary, was felt by Messrs. John B. 
 and Charles C. Moreau, Charles Cong- 
 don, and William Menzies ; and in 1859 
 these privately organized The Bradford 
 Club, and commenced the preparation 
 for the press of a volume bearing its 
 name. On the accidental discovery of 
 this secession of the greater number 
 of the members of The Club, by which 
 the originator of the organization (Mr. 
 Davis,) the careful printer of its two 
 volumes (Mr. Macoy,) and the owner 
 of the manuscript last used by it (Mr. 
 Brevoort,) were suddenly and silently 
 abandoned by four of the most influ- 
 ential of their associates, there was 
 
 41 
 
openly manifested discontent of at 
 least two of the discarded ones. 
 
 The first volume issued by The 
 Bradford Club was " Papers concern- 
 ing the Attack on Hatfield and Deer- 
 field," a fine octavo, uniform in size of 
 paper and style with The Club's pub- 
 lications; but differing from those 
 works in this, that of the hundred 
 copies printed, seventy-five were re- 
 served for the members of the club, 
 and were not to be offered for sale 
 in any case, and twenty-five copies 
 were offered to subscribers through 
 Charles B. Richardson at two dollars 
 a copy.* The work, as noted below, 
 
 * If the cost of the publication exceeded the 
 amount received from subscribers, the deiiciency 
 (amounting sometimes to a considerable sum) was 
 assessed upon the members of the club. When 
 vacancies occurred by death or otherwise in this 
 list of subscribers new members were selected in 
 the order of their application for admission. 
 Over one hundred such applicants were at one 
 time enrolled. 
 
is an octavo of eigMy-two pages, and 
 it is illustrated with an old map, by 
 Robert Morden, of New England and 
 New York. The papers which form 
 the text of the volume, with the edi- 
 tor's notes, occupy nineteen pages; 
 the introduction, by Dr. Franklin B. 
 Hough, occupies thirty-seven pages; 
 and some preliminary matter and a 
 carefully prepared index occupy the 
 remainder. It is a valuable addition 
 to our historic literature. 
 
 In the spring of 1860, The Bradford 
 Club issued its second volume, "The 
 Croakers," by Joseph Rodman Drake 
 and Fitz-Greene Halleck, a fine vol- 
 ume, which had been annotated with 
 great care by John B. Moreau, who 
 was assisted by Evert A. Duyckinck, 
 one of the founders of the club. This 
 work was illustrated with fine steel- 
 plate portraits of Drake and Halleck. 
 Halleck added to the interest which 
 would have attached to the volume 
 
 43 
 
in any case, by offering suggestions 
 from time to time, and by supplying 
 several unpublished pieces from both 
 his own and Drake's pen, which had 
 been written nearly fifty years before 
 and had never been used. 
 
 About this time the club admitted 
 to membership with the original four, 
 J. Carson Brevoort, at that time the 
 honoured president of the Long Island 
 Historical Society; and although the 
 concealment of its organization was 
 always a distinguishing feature in its 
 policy, it is now known definitely that 
 the five referred to constituted the 
 entire personal strength of The 
 Bradford Club until it suspended 
 its work. In 1864 the club issued 
 its third volume, " The Operations 
 of the Erench Fleet under the Count 
 de Grrasse." This was translated un- 
 der the careful supervision of Dr. 
 John Grilmary Shea from one of only 
 two copies then known to be in ex- 
 
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istence in this country of de Grasse's 
 "Journal d'un Officier de I'Arm^e 
 navale en Amgrique en 1781 & 1782," 
 printed in Amsterdam in 1783. The 
 fine steel portrait of the Count de 
 Grrasse that accompanies this volume 
 was engraved from an original engrav- 
 ing by Geoffroy, which was loaned by 
 George Bancroft and has never been 
 used elsewhere. The work is an ex- 
 ceedingly useful one for those who 
 have occasion to study the subject of 
 our Revolutionary marine. 
 
 In the summer of the same year 
 (1861) the club issued an extra volume, 
 entitled " Memorial of John Allan," * 
 
 * " John Allan was the father of the New York 
 grangerites, and one of the earliest collectors 
 of rare books, autographs, engravings, and curi- 
 osities in New York City. He was a venerable, 
 grey-headed man when the oldest of the present 
 generation of book collectors came upon the 
 stage. He was born in the parish of Kilburne, 
 Ayrshire, Scotland, on the 26th of February, 
 
 45 
 
a tribute to that enthusiastic col- 
 lector from the pen of Evert A. 
 Duyckinck. Like the regular issues 
 of The Bradford Club, this volume 
 was printed by Joel Munsell; but it 
 was unlike them in this, that it was 
 
 1777, and died on the 19th of ISTovember, 1863, 
 in his home on Vandewater Street, in New York, 
 where for many years he had lived, surrounded 
 by his antiquarian and literary treasures, unmind- 
 ful of the changes which had been going on about 
 him, which long before his death transformed 
 a pleasant residence street into one of broken- 
 down rookeries of shops and tenements. . . . The 
 value of his collections was estimated by him at 
 about $12,000, and by the appraisers of his estate at 
 $1,100. . . . The entire library and the collection 
 of curiosities were sold by auction in the spring 
 of 1864 and produced a total of $37,689.26." — 
 Introduction to " Transactions of the Grolier Club," 
 pt. 2, 1894. It may not be generally known that 
 the woodcut medallion portrait of Mr. Allan, on 
 the titlepage of the sales catalogue of his library, 
 was the last piece of work executed by his inti- 
 mate friend. Dr. Alexander Anderson, the pioneer 
 wood engraver in America. 
 
 46 
 
printed for private circulation among 
 the members only. It extended to 
 thirty-eight pages royal octavo, and 
 the entire edition of two hundred and 
 fifty copies was of one class. A fine 
 steel-plate portrait of Mr. Allan, by 
 H. B. Hall, and a woodcut facsimile 
 of his book-plate, illustrated the work, 
 and the offering was heartily welcomed 
 by the numerous friends and acquaint- 
 ances of the good old man whose 
 name it bore. 
 
 In the spring of 1865 the club 
 issued its fourth volume, " Anthology 
 of New Netherland," translations from 
 the early Dutch poets of New York 
 with memoirs of their lives, by Henry 
 Cruse Murphy. This work was printed 
 by Munsell, and was illustrated with 
 a portrait of Steendam, one of the 
 poets referred to; a two-page fac- 
 simile of the handwriting of Domine 
 Selyns, another of the rhymesters; 
 and a woodcut representation of the 
 
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residence, on Long Island, of Nicasius 
 de Sille, the third of the poets. 
 
 In February of 1866 the club issued 
 its fifth volume, " Narratives of the 
 Career of Hernando de Soto in the 
 Conquest of Florida," from the press 
 of C. A. Alvord of New York City. 
 The work was translated, from a rare 
 copy, by Buckingham Smith, and had 
 as illustrations a steel portrait of De 
 Soto, a map of Florida, and several 
 woodcuts. 
 
 In the winter of 1866 the club issued 
 its sixth volume, " The Northern In- 
 vasion of October, 1780." The volume 
 included a narrative of the invasion of 
 the Mohawk valley by Sir John John- 
 son and his corps of Tories and In- 
 dians, with many illustrative docu- 
 ments. The illustrations comprised a 
 fine map of the routes of the northern 
 invasions, and a frontispiece represent- 
 ing a tombstone erected " In Memory 
 of Col. John Brown, who was killed in 
 
battle on the 19th day of October 1780, 
 at Palatine, in the county of Montgom- 
 ery, ^t. 36." Before the book was is- 
 sued, some doubts were entertained by 
 outsiders as to the wisdom of publish- 
 ing to the world the treason of the royal 
 authorities of New York so far as to 
 enable the Loyalists in the Mohawk 
 valley, or even in the valley of the 
 Hudson, to move for the support of the 
 invader, and there was therefore con- 
 siderable curiosity to see this volume. 
 
 The eighth and last volume pub- 
 lished by The Bradford Club made its 
 appearance in 1867, being " The Army 
 Correspondence of Colonel John Lau- 
 rens in the years 1777-8." It was 
 printed from the original letters ad- 
 dressed to his father, and contained a 
 memoir by "William Grilmore Simms. 
 
 It will be seen frora this very brief 
 survey of the operations of The Brad- 
 ford Club that its issues, with one 
 exception, were confined to works 
 
 49 
 
on American history which were sup- 
 posed to possess value to the student 
 and scholar. They were exactly uni- 
 form in style and size of pages, and no 
 labour or expense were spared to make 
 them superior, as mere specimens of 
 handicraft, to most of the other Ameri- 
 can publications brought out in that 
 day. As a necessary consequence, 
 they were eagerly sought after; and 
 the high prices which they commanded 
 when offered for sale did much to 
 breed a horde of imitators who had 
 their little day and then disappeared 
 without leaving a trace of either their 
 names or their works. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE CLUB 
 
 (1) A Journal of tlie Expedition to Quebec, 
 in the year 1775, under the Command 
 of Colonel Benedict Arnold. By James 
 Melvin, a Private in Captain Dearborn's 
 Company. New York : [Printed for 
 The Club]. 1857. 30 p. Roy. 8°- 
 100 copies. 
 
 50 
 
(2) Diary of Washington : from the first day 
 of October, 1789, to tlie tenth day of 
 March, 1790. From the Original Manu- 
 script, now first printed. [With an 
 Introduction by Benson J. Lossing.l 
 New York: [Printed for The Club]. 
 1858. 89 p. + 1 leaf of errata. Roy. 
 8°. 100 copies. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE BRADFOKD 
 CLUB 
 
 (1) Papers concerning the attack on Hatfield 
 
 and Deerfield by a party of Indians 
 from Canada September nineteenth 1677 
 [with introduction by Dr. Franklin B. 
 Hough.] New York [Printed for The 
 Bradford Club.] 1859. 82 p. Map, 8°. 
 100 copies. 
 
 In tlie first book of The Bradford Club there was no 
 distinction made between club copies and subscribers' 
 copies, the copies being numbered consecutively from 
 1 to 100. 
 
 (2) The Croakers By Joseph Rodman Drake 
 
 and Fitz-Greene Halleck First Com- 
 plete Edition [with annotations by John 
 B. Moreau and Evert A. Duyckinck.] 
 New York [Printed for The Bradford 
 Club.] MDCCCLX. 2 + viii + 191 p. 
 
 61 
 
2 Portraits. 8°. 100 club copies; 150 
 subscribers' copies. 
 
 The number printed has been a matter of controversy. 
 Joel Munsell, the printer, in his " Bibliotheoa Munselli- 
 ana," states that the edition was 150 copies, and the 
 " Menzies Catalogue " gives the number as 257. The 
 minutes of The Bradford Club, however, show that 
 there were 100 club copies and 150 subscribers' copies. 
 The subscribers' copies were offered for sale through 
 Charles B. Richardson at $5 each; the illustrations in 
 this edition were "after letter." 
 
 (3) The operations of the French Fleet under 
 
 the Count de Grasse in 1781-82 as de- 
 scribed in two contemporaneous journals 
 [translated from the French under the 
 supervision of John Gilmary Shea, 
 LL.D.] New York [Printed for The 
 Bradford Club.J MDCCCLXIV. 2 + 
 216 p. Portrait and 2 plates. 8°. 75 
 club copies ; 75 subscribers' copies. 
 
 [Extra Volume] Memorial of John Allan. 
 [By Evert A. Duyckinck.] Printed 
 for The Bradford Club. New York: 
 1864. 2 + 39p. Portrait and cut of 
 Mr. Allan's book plate. 8°. 250 copies. 
 
 This volume was not published for sale, but was dis- 
 tributed gratuitously to the members of the club and 
 their friends. 
 
 (4) Anthology of New Netherland or trans- 
 
 lations from the early Dutch poets of 
 
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New York with Memoirs of their Lives 
 By Henry C. Murphy New York 
 [Printed for The Bradford Club.] 
 MDC'C^CLXV. 209 p. 1 Plate, 2 fac- 
 similes. 8°. 80 club copies; 75 sub- 
 scribers' copies. 
 
 (5) Narratives of the career of Hernando de 
 
 Soto in the conquest of Florida as told 
 by a Knight of Elvas, and in a relation 
 by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, factor 
 of the expedition Translated by Buck- 
 ingham Smith New York [Printed for 
 The Bradford Club.] MDCCCLXVI. 
 2 -f 28 -I- 324 p. Portrait, map, and 
 other illustrations. 8°. 65 club copies ; 
 75 subscribers' copies. 
 
 (6) The Northern Invasion of October 1780 
 
 a series of papers lelating to the expedi- 
 tions from Canada under Sir John John- 
 son and others against The Frontiers of 
 New York which were supposed to have 
 connection with Arnold's Treason Pre- 
 pared from the originals with an intro- 
 duction and notes by Franklin B. 
 Hough New York [Printed for The 
 Bradford Club.] MDCCCLXVI. 224 p. 
 Map and illustrations. 8°. 80 club 
 copies; 75 subscribers' copies. 
 
 (7) The army correspondence of Colonel John 
 
 Laurens in the years 1777-8 now first 
 
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printed from original letters addressed 
 to his father, Henry Laurens President 
 of Congress With a memoir by Wil- 
 liam Gilmore Simms New York 
 [Printed for The Bradford Club.] 
 MDCCCLXVII. 150 p. Portrait. 8°. 
 80 club copies ; 75 subscribers' copies. 
 
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CHAPTER IV 
 
 THE PRINCE SOCIETY 
 1868- 
 
 ON the 25th of May, 1858, a few 
 gentlemen, residents of Boston 
 and its vicinity, met and organized a 
 society of which the purpose should 
 be the publication, " on the mutual 
 principle," of manuscripts relating to 
 the early history of the United States, 
 and the reprinting of books on this 
 subject which had become so scarce 
 as to be found only in the great libra- 
 ries of our principal cities. The plan 
 of publication embraced not only 
 the particular section of the United 
 States in which the society originated, 
 
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but included the early history of all 
 the colonies; and the co-operation of 
 students and collectors in every State 
 of the Union was confidently appealed 
 to. From a feeling of veneration for 
 the labours of Thomas Prince,* the 
 
 * Thomas Prince, minister and chronologist, 
 was born in Sandwich, Mass., May 25, 1687. He 
 was the son of Samuel Prince of Sandwich, and 
 grandson of Ekier John Prince, of Hull, England, 
 who came to the Plymouth Colony in 1633. 
 Thomas Prince, at the age of fifteen, entered 
 Harvard College, where " he made a laudable 
 proficiency in the study of the Liberal Arts," 
 and distinguished himself, according to the report 
 of Increase Mather, as a " praying student." 
 After finishing his course at Harvard be devoted 
 himself to the study of theology for two years, 
 and then went for a year to the Barbadoes. In 
 1709 he arrived in London, and in the autumn 
 of the same year he accepted a call to Combe in 
 Suffolk, where for nearly six years he ministered 
 to a devoted congregation. He was, however, so 
 strongly attached to his native land that he re- 
 turned to Boston on July 20, 1717, and was 
 ordained over the Old South Church, October 1, 
 1718, as colleague of Dr. Sewall. For forty years 
 
 B6 
 
annalist of New England, the society, 
 thus inaugurated on the anniversary 
 
 he served as pastor of tliis church, until his 
 death, October 22, 1768. 
 
 Thomas Prince was eminent as a preacher, 
 linguist, and man of learning. He began in 
 1703, and continued more than fifty years, a col- 
 lection of public and private papers relating to 
 the civil and religious history of New England. 
 This he published under the title of " A Chrono- 
 logical History of New-England In the Eorm of 
 Annals" (the first part in 1736,) and three num- 
 bers of the second part in 1766, but spent so much 
 time upon the introductory epitome, beginning 
 at the creation, that he brought his history only 
 down to 1633. His collection of manuscripts was 
 deposited in the Old South Church, and was partly 
 destroyed by the British, who occupied that 
 building in 1775-76 ; many important facts re- 
 lating to the history of the country were thus 
 irrecoverably lost. 
 
 Thomas Prince's collection of books had but 
 two rivals, — those of the Mather family and of 
 Thomas Hutchinson. The fate of the latter col- 
 lections was unfortunate. Mather's was wasted 
 by neglect and piecemeal dispersion ; Hi^tchinson's 
 books and manuscripts, the fruits of thirty years' 
 research, including matter that could never be 
 
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of his birtli, was named " The Prince 
 Society for Mutual Pubhcation ; " * 
 
 replaced, were burned in the streets of Boston, 
 August 26, 1765, by an insensate mob. It is 
 therefore a matter of congratulation that the 
 Prince collection of books, maps, and manuscripts, 
 brought together by its owner "from a publick 
 view and desire that the memorie of many im- 
 portant transactions might be preserved," escaped 
 the fate of its rivals, and the greater part is to-day 
 in the Boston Public Library, accessible to the 
 people of the Commonwealth of which Mr. Prince 
 was one of the most illustrious members. 
 
 * The society was incorporated March 18, 1874, 
 on the application of John Ward Dean, J. Win- 
 gate Thornton, Edmund F. Slafter, and Charles 
 W. Tuttle. Then, also, the name was abridged 
 to The Prince Society, and a slight change was 
 made in the wording of Article I., relating to 
 the object of the society ; namely, " the publication 
 of rare works, in print or manuscript, relating 
 to America." Before incorporation the article 
 read, the publication on the mutual principle. At 
 the time of incorporation the society numbered 
 135 members, of which twenty-one were libraries. 
 The officers at present (in 1897) are Rev. Edmund 
 P. Slafter, D.D., President ; John Ward Dean, 
 William B. Trask, Edward G. Porter, and David 
 
 68 
 
and Samuel G. Drake was elected its 
 president, with Thomas Waterman, 
 Frederick Kidder, and Jeremiah Col- 
 burn, as vice-presidents, John Ward 
 Dean as corresponding secretary, Wil- 
 liam Henry Whitmore as recording 
 secretary, and John Wells Parker as 
 treasurer. 
 
 The plan of publication and terms 
 of membership were made so simple 
 as to commend themselves to every 
 one, and there was no secret either as 
 to its organization, proposed plan of 
 operation, or as to the extent and 
 character of its labours. Any one 
 who agreed to purchase its publica- 
 tions became a member of the society, 
 and he ceased to be such only when 
 he declined to receive and pay for the 
 books. Yearly, on the anniversary of 
 
 Greene Haskins, Vice-Presidents ; Robert N. Top- 
 pan, Corresponding Secretary ; Rev. Henry F. 
 Jenks, Recording Secretary ; Elbridge H. Goss, 
 Treasurer. 
 
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Mr. Prince's birth, the society meets 
 for the purpose of hearing the reports 
 of its officers and of electing a new 
 council. No annual subscription is 
 called for ; nor is any other payment 
 of money required than that for the 
 publications of the society as they suc- 
 cessively appear. 
 
 The society thus nobly inaugurated 
 seemed to meet the approval of every 
 one ; and the high character of those 
 who appeared at its head, added to the 
 equitable plan of publication which 
 had been adopted, soon secured for it 
 a large and respectable membership; 
 yet, from some cause, which remains 
 unexplained, it was not until 1865 
 that its first volume was issued from 
 the press, and of that ten copies were 
 printed on large paper. The work 
 in question was the first volume of 
 " The Hutchinson Papers," a well- 
 known and highly vahiable collection 
 of documents and letters illustrative 
 
of tlie early days of Massachusetts 
 and the neighbouring States, first pub- 
 lished in Boston in 1769. The great 
 value of this work and its rarity would 
 have made any reprint peculiarly ac- 
 ceptable both to scholars and col- 
 lectors ; but the council of this society 
 wisely added to the importance of the 
 work by collating many of the papers 
 which it contained with the originals, 
 which are still in existence, by the ad- 
 dition of a well-written biography of 
 Grovernor Hutchinson, a few judicious 
 notes, and a carefully prepared index 
 to each volume, and by enlisting the 
 well-known mechanical skill of Joel 
 Munsell of Albany, N. Y., from whose 
 press the work was issued. The first 
 volume was edited by William Henry 
 Whitmore, and forms a small quarto 
 (6|- + 8^ inches,) which was published 
 in 1865, at a cost to the members of 
 the society of four dollars a copy ; the 
 second volume of the " Hutchinson 
 
Papers," edited by William S. Apple- 
 ton, was published during the same 
 year at the same price as the first. 
 
 The third volume issued by the so- 
 ciety was a reprint of William Wood's 
 " New Englands Prospect," one of the 
 early pamphlets descriptive of New 
 England, and first published in Lon- 
 don in 1634. As it is very probable 
 that this work was intended, origi- 
 nally, to stimulate emigration to Mas- 
 sachusetts, the terms which were 
 employed by Mr. Wood in describing 
 that country must be considered with 
 some allowance; yet it is a curious, 
 and in parts a useful, work, and the 
 society did well to reproduce a correct 
 version of it, with its accompanying 
 map of " The South part of New- 
 England, as it is Planted this yeare, 
 1634." This volume was carefully 
 edited by Jeremiah Colburn, and 
 was supplied with a preface by the 
 late Charles Deane, LL.D. 
 
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In 1867 the society published the 
 " Letters from New England," written 
 by John Dunton, the eccentric book- 
 seller, publisher, and author. Dunton, 
 who was born at Graff ham, in Hun- 
 tingdonshire, England, May 4, 1659, 
 from boyhood showed great fondness 
 for adventure, and a faculty for get- 
 ting into and out of scrapes. He was 
 apprenticed at the age of fifteen to 
 Thomas Parkhurst, bookseller, at the 
 sign of the Bible and Three Crowns, 
 Cheapside, London. During the strug- 
 gle which led to the Revolution, Dun- 
 ton joined the Whig apprentices, and 
 became the treasurer of that body. 
 In 1685 he became bookseller at the 
 sign of the Raven, near the Royal 
 Exchange. He married a sister of the 
 wife of Samuel Wesley, the father of 
 the Rev. John Wesley. His wife man- 
 aged the business, so that he was left 
 free to follow his own eccentric de- 
 vices, which now took the form chiefly 
 
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of writing and rambling. In 1686, 
 probably because he was concerned 
 in the Monmouth rising, he visited 
 New England, where he stayed eight 
 months, selling books and observing 
 with shrewd interest the new coun- 
 try and its inhabitants.* The letters 
 written at that time found their way 
 into the Bodleian Library, and were 
 never printed until prepared for The 
 Prince Society by William Henry 
 Whitmore, the scholarly editor of the 
 " Hutchinson Papers." 
 
 " The Andros Tracts," published in 
 three volumes, in 1868, 1869, and 1874 
 respectively, were a distinct and im- 
 portant contribution to the history of 
 Sir Edmund Andros's administration 
 in New England. Before this collec- 
 tion was made, it is probable that not 
 
 * For sketch of John Dunton, see " The Ency- 
 clopaedia Britannica," 9th ed. Vol. VII., p. 472. 
 See, also, " Life and Errors of John Dunton," etc. 
 London, 1818. 2 v., 8°. 
 
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any one of our historians had ever 
 seen one tenth of them; and their 
 opinions, therefore, whether correct 
 or otherwise, must have been formed 
 on a partial knowledge only of the 
 subject. 
 
 The eighth volume published by the 
 society, " Sir William Alexander and 
 American Colonization," gives a com- 
 plete history of the efforts of this 
 Scotch nobleman in planting colonies 
 in this country, especially in Nova 
 Scotia and on Long Island, from 1621 
 to 1641. It was carefully annotated 
 by Edmund F. Slafter, the President 
 of the society, and one of its ablest 
 contributors, who also added a very 
 full memoir of his subject. The por- 
 trait of Sir William, included in the 
 volume, was printed from an old plate 
 owned by Henry Gr. Bohn, of London. 
 It was the intention of the society to 
 issue this volume in 1872; but the 
 great fire of that year destroyed the 
 
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plant of T. R. Marvin & Son, of Bos- 
 ton, the printers of "Dunton's Let- 
 ters " and two volumes of the " Andros 
 Tracts." The transfer of the work to 
 the printing office of John Wilson & 
 Son, at Cambridge, (who from that 
 time forward continued the printers 
 for the Prince Society,) necessarily 
 caused a delay in the issue of the 
 volume. 
 
 In April, 1875, W. H. Whitmore pre- 
 sented to the society one hundred and 
 fifty copies of a tract entitled " The 
 Grenealogy of the Families of Payne 
 and Grore," for gratuitous distribution 
 to the members of The Prince Society. 
 The matter contained in the tract was 
 first communicated to The Massachu- 
 setts Historical Society, and printed 
 in its " Proceedings " for 1875. The 
 type of the " Proceedings " was used, 
 but the size of the page and the pagi- 
 nation were changed to conform with 
 the general style of The Prince So- 
 
ciety's publications. The genealogical 
 part, too, differs from, and is much 
 more comprehensive than, the sketch 
 in the " Proceedings." The pamphlet 
 was printed at the expense of Mr. 
 Whitmore, and though it contained a 
 bastard title, on which was printed 
 the customary legend and seal of The 
 Prince Society, the society does not 
 list it as one of its publications, a fact 
 that has often caused a doubt among 
 collectors whether the pamphlet were 
 really an authoritative issue of The 
 Prince Society. To remove these 
 doubts, I print the following notice, 
 which appears in the volume on the 
 verso of the second titlepage: 
 
 PREFATORY NOTICE BY THE COUNCIL. | 
 
 The Council are happy to announce to the 
 members of the Prince | Society that this vol- 
 ume is presented to them by the Editor, Wil- 
 liam I H. Whitmore, A. M., as will appear by 
 the following extract from their | records : | 
 
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" Resolved, — That the offer of our associate, 
 Mr. William H. Whit- | more to furnish to the So- 
 ciety one hundred and fifty copies of a tract | 
 entitled the 'Payne and Gore Families,' at his 
 expense, for distribution | to the members, be 
 accepted, and that the cordial thanks of the 
 Council I be tendered to him for the same." | 
 
 Boston, 22 April, 1875. | 
 
 " John Wheelwright's Writings," is- 
 sued in 1876, included his " Mercurius 
 Americanus, or Observations on a 
 Paper entitled Of the Rise, Reign, 
 and Ruin of the Familists, Libertines, 
 etc., in New England," and his famous 
 " Fast-Day Sermon," delivered in Bos- 
 ton, January 16, 1636, for which he was 
 banished from Massachusetts. The 
 sermon was printed from the only 
 complete and contemporaneous manu- 
 script known. In the memoir of 
 Wheelwright (the classmate of Oliver 
 Cromwell, the victim of Archbishop 
 Laud's persecution, the defender of 
 the religious opinions of his cele- 
 brated sister-in-law, Anne Hutchinson, 
 
 68 
 
and always the uncompromising de- 
 fender of liberty,) Charles H. Bell, 
 LL.D., the author, gives a careful 
 analysis of the whole subject of lib- 
 erty of conscience as then regarded 
 by the authorities in Massachusetts, 
 as well as a full discussion of the 
 genuineness of the famous Wheel- 
 wright deed of 1629. 
 
 " The Voyages of the Northmen to 
 America," edited, with an introduc- 
 tion, by Rev. Dr. Edmund F. Slafter, 
 published in 1877, was followed by 
 " The Voyages of Samuel de Cham- 
 plain," in three volumes, published in 
 1880, 1878, and 1882 — the second vol- 
 ume making its appearance two years 
 before the first volume was issued, and 
 the third volume following in 1882. 
 The voyages of Champlain had never 
 before been translated into English. 
 The memoir, by Dr. Slafter, fills the 
 greater part of the first volume, and 
 may be regarded as the first full and 
 
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complete personal history ever pub- 
 lished of this distinguished explorer. 
 The " voyages " include the narratives 
 of all the explorations made by Cham- 
 plain into the then unbroken forests 
 of America, i(on the coast of New 
 England ; on the shores of Nova Scotia 
 and New Brunswick ; on the Grulf and 
 on the River of St. Lawrence ; ) of the 
 founding of Quebec ; of the discovery 
 of Lake Champlain ; of the exploration 
 of the Ottawa, of Lake Huron, and of 
 Lake Ontario; of his journey into the 
 heart of the present State of New 
 York, and likewise the whole of his 
 minute, ample, and invaluable descrip- 
 tions of the character and habits, men- 
 tal, moral, and physical, of the various 
 savage tribes with which he came in 
 contact. They furnish to the student 
 of history and ethnology information 
 that cannot be obtained from any other 
 source. The work is extensively anno- 
 tated by Dr. Slafter, containing up- 
 
 70 
 
wards of a thousand notes. Besides the 
 portraits, the work contains heliotype 
 copies of all the illustrations in the 
 original work published in French in 
 1613, and reproductions of twenty local 
 maps. Beginning with this work, the 
 large-paper copies were discontinued. 
 In 1883, the society reprinted, under 
 the title of "New English Canaan of 
 Thomas Morton," the following work : 
 " The New English Canaan or New 
 Canaan. Containing an Abstract of 
 New England, Composed in three 
 Bookes. The first Booke setting forth 
 the originall of the Natives, their Man- 
 ners and Customes, together with their 
 tractable Nature and Love towards the 
 English. The second Booke setting 
 forth the naturall Indowments of the 
 Country, and what staple Commodities 
 it yealdeth. The third Booke setting 
 forth, what people are planted there, 
 their prosperity, what remarkable acci- 
 dents have happened since the first 
 
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planting of it, together with their 
 Tenents and practice of their Church. 
 Written by Thomas Morton of Clif- 
 fords Inne gent, upon tenne yeares 
 knowledge and experiment of the 
 Country. Printed at Amsterdam, By 
 Jacob Frederick Stam. In the Yeare 
 1637." The volume was edited by 
 Charles Francis Adams, Jr., who also 
 prepared for it an " Account of Morton 
 of Merry-Mount," and a " Bibliography 
 of ' New English Canaan.' " 
 
 " Sir Walter Ralegh and his Colony 
 in America" was published in 1884, 
 and in the year following the society 
 issued the " Voyages of Peter Esprit 
 Radisson." Singularly enough, the 
 manuscripts from which this volume 
 was printed, though they contained ex- 
 ceedingly valuable information about 
 the Indians of North America in the 
 seventeenth century, seem for over 
 two hundred years to have escaped 
 the notice of scholars till they were 
 
 72 
 
discovorod in the Bodleian Library 
 and British Mnsoiim, and copied for 
 The Prince Society by Cfideon D. Scull 
 of London. 
 
 In 1887 was published " Capt. John 
 Mason, the founder of -New Hamp- 
 shire," a very valuable and important 
 volume, edited by Chaaies W. Tuttle, 
 Ph. D., and the learned John Ward 
 Dean, A.M. This was followed, three 
 yeai's later, by three volumes enti- 
 tled " Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his 
 Province of Maine." The volumes 
 contain, besides Sir Ferdinando's 
 letters, Avill, and charter, the fol- 
 lowing three pamiihlets: "A brief e 
 Rielation of the Discovery and plan- 
 tation of New England, and of Svn- 
 dry accidents therein occvrring, from 
 the yeere of our Lord MDCVII to 
 this present MDOXXII Lon- 
 don, Printed bv John Haviland, 
 IMDCXXTI.:" "A Brief e Narrative 
 of the Originall Undertakings of the 
 
 73 
 
Advancement of Plantations into the 
 parts of America. Especially Shew- 
 ing the beginning, progress and con- 
 tinuance of that of New-England. . . . 
 London, Printed by E. Brudenell, 
 for Nath. Brook . . . 1658." Also, " A 
 Breefe Answer to certayne false, slan- 
 derous, and idle objections made 
 agaynst S'- Ferd. Gorges, Knighte. 
 Written in the Gatehouse, by Sir Per- 
 dinando Gorges, June 14, 1601." The 
 work is of great value as illustrating 
 the early history of this country, par- 
 ticularly that of the State of Maine. 
 The editor, James Phinney Baxter, 
 personally visited the various places 
 in England in which members of the 
 Gorges family were settled, and gath- 
 ered valuable matter, much of which 
 is new to historical students. The let- 
 ters, also, are of considerable value. A 
 very small portion of them have been 
 either printed or referred to by histori- 
 cal writers. 
 
 74 
 
The twenty-first volume made its 
 appearance in 1894. It is entitled 
 "Antinomianism in the Colony of 
 Massachusetts Bay, 1636-1638. Includ- 
 ing the Hhort Story and other docu- 
 ments," edited by Charles Francis 
 Adams. The "other documents " con- 
 tained in this volume are : " The Ex- 
 amination of Mrs. Anne Hutchin- 
 son ; " " Trial of Mrs. Hutchinson 
 b(vfore the church in Boston; " ex- 
 tracts from Cotton's " Way of the 
 Churches Cleared; " and an extract 
 from "Robert Keayne's Book, 1639." 
 The sect known in Europe as Antino- 
 mians were the disciples of John Agri- 
 cola, a tailor, bom in Eisleben in 1492, 
 afterwards a university scholar, rector, 
 and preacher, and in 1526 chaplain of 
 the Elector of Saxony at the Diet of 
 Speier. He was first a worker with 
 Luther and Melanchthon, and after- 
 wards their opponent. He carried to 
 extreme Luther's doctrine of justifica- 
 
 75 
 
tion by faith, in opposition to the 
 Roman doctrine of good works. Agri- 
 cola in 1540 retracted. Both his dis- 
 ciples and his enemies perverted doc- 
 trines which he had carefully and 
 guardedly defined. So Antinomianism 
 came to stand for — what the authori- 
 ties of Massachusetts held it to be — 
 " a grossly immoral doctrine super- 
 seding the need of good works, and 
 reaching the monstrous conclusion 
 that nothing which a believer might 
 do could be wrong." 
 
 The last work issued, thus far, is 
 entitled " John Checkley; or, the Evo- 
 lution of Religious Tolerance in Massa- 
 chusetts Bay," in two volumes. It is 
 edited by the Rev. Dr. Slafter, and 
 contains a bibliography of the con- 
 troversy between the clergy of the 
 Church of England in this country, 
 and the Puritan divines, beginning in 
 1719, and extending to the American 
 Revolution. The work contains an 
 
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elaborate Memoii* of the Eev. Mr. 
 
 Clieekley. 
 
 Though it is the intention of the 
 society to issue a volume annually, it 
 has thus far not succeeded, fortunately 
 probably for its members. There are 
 at present in preparation the follow- 
 ing "vvorks: 
 
 Samuel iMaverict, including Ms Description of 
 Xew England. Lettei-s and other papere. 
 With historical illustrations and a Me- 
 moii-. By Frank TV. Hackett. A.M. 
 
 Edward Eandolph, a monograph including his 
 letters and other papers. With histor- 
 ical illustrations and a Memoir. By 
 Robert X. Toppan, A.M. 
 
 The Letters of Gorernor Hutchinson and 
 Lieut. Grovernor Oliver. 1768—1769. 
 With historical illustrations. By Mel- 
 len Chamberlain, LL.D. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE PRKTCE SOCIETY 
 185S- 
 
 (1-2) The [Thomas] Hutchinson Papers. Al- 
 bany, X. T. : Printed for the [Prince] 
 SoeietvBy JoelMunseU. 1865. 2 vols. 
 XV -t- 2 -t- ii -F 321 ; vii + 354 p. Sm. 
 
 77 
 
4°. 150 copies ; and 10 copies on large 
 paper. 
 
 The titlepages of the above two volumes, as well as 
 of the succeeding one, have printed at the top of the 
 page this legend : " The Publications of the Prince 
 Society, Established May 25th, 1858." The volumes 
 published after these contain two titles, one that pre- 
 faces the work, giving the above legend, a short title, 
 and the printer's imprint ; the other a full title, giving 
 the imprint, " Boston : Published by [or. Printed for] 
 The Prince Society," and tlie date of issue. In tran- 
 scribing the titlepages of the first three volumes the 
 author has adhered to the titlepage proper, omitting the 
 legend. In the later volumes he has discarded the short 
 title and described the fuller one. Sabin, in his " Dic- 
 tionary of Books relating to America, " gives a made-up 
 title of " The Hutchinson Papers ; " and for the third 
 volume he gives the title of the original work reprinted 
 by the Society. 
 
 " The Hutchinson Papers " were collated with, and 
 corrected from, the original manuscript, then existing, 
 and edited for The Prince Society, with illustrative notes, 
 by William H. Whitmore and WUliam S. Appleton. 
 
 (3) [William] Wood's New-England's Pros- 
 pect. Boston : Printed for tlie [Prince] 
 Society, By John Wilson and Son. 1865. 
 xxxi, Map of the South Part of New- 
 England, as it is Planted this yeare, 
 1634, 2 -f 6 -f 131 p. Sm. 4°. 150 
 copies; and 20 copies on large paper. 
 
 The work from which the reprint was made is 
 
 entitled: _" Nevv-Englands Prospect. A true, lively 
 
 and experimentall description of that part of America, 
 
 commonly called New-England, discovering the state 
 
 78 
 
of that Couutrie, both as it stands to ovu- new-come 
 English Planters ; and to the old Native Inhabitants. 
 Laying downe that which may both enrich the knowl- 
 edge of the muid-traveUing Reader, or benefit the future 
 Voyager. By WiUiam Wood. Printed at London by 
 Tho. Cotes, for lohn Bellamie, and are to be sold at his 
 shop, at the three Golden Lyons in Corne-hill, neere the 
 Royall Exchange. 1634." The volume was edited for 
 the Prince Society by Jeremiah Colburn, and supplied 
 with an introduction by Charles Deane, LL.U. 
 
 (4) Letters written from New England, A. d. 
 1686. By John Dunton. In which are 
 described his voyages by sea, his travels 
 on land, and the characters of his friends 
 and acquaintances. Now First Published 
 from the Original Manuscript, in the Bod- 
 leian Library', Oxford. With Notes and 
 an Appendix. By W. H. Whitmore. 
 Boston : Printed for The Prince So- 
 ciety. 1867. xxiv -f 340 p. Sm. 4°. 
 150 copies; also, 20 copies on large 
 paper; 20 copies, unnumbered, for the 
 editor; and 20 copies, unnumbered, for 
 the treasurer. 
 
 The volume was printed for the society by T. R. 
 Marvin & Son, of Boston. 
 
 (5-7) The Andros Tracts ; being a collection 
 of pamphlets and official papers, issued 
 during the period between the overthrow 
 of the Andros Government and the estab- 
 lishment of the second charter of Massa- 
 chusetts. Reprinted from the Original 
 
 79 
 
Editions and Manuscripts. With notes 
 and a memoir of Sir Edmund Andros by 
 W. H. Whitmore. Boston : Published 
 by The Prince Society. 3 vols. Vol. I., 
 1868, 4 + liv + 1 + 215 p. Portrait of 
 Sir Edmund Andros. Vol. II., 1869, 
 xxxiv + 1 + 346 p. Portrait of Increase 
 Mather. Vol. III., 1874, xv + 257 p. 2 
 portraits of Increase Mather. Sm. 4°. 
 150 copies ; also, 20 copies on large 
 paper ; 20 copies, unnumbered, for the 
 editor ; and 20 copies, unnumbered, for 
 the treasurer. No notice appears in the 
 tliird volume of the number of copies 
 printed. 
 
 Two volumes of this work also were printed for the 
 society by T. R. Marvin & Son, of Boston ; the third was 
 printed by John Wilson & Son. The portraits of In- 
 crease Mather, in the third volume, are heliotype repro- 
 ductions of two engravings made from the same portrait 
 by Sturt and R. White. 
 
 (8) Sir William Alexander and American Col- 
 onization. Including three royal char- 
 ters ; a tract on colonization ; a patent 
 of the county of Canada and of Long 
 Island ; and the roll of the Knights bar- 
 onets of New Scotland ; with annota- 
 tions and a Memoir By the Rev. Edmund 
 F. Slafter, A.M. Boston : Published by 
 The Prince Society. 1878. vii + 1 -|- 
 283 p. Portrait of Sir William Alex- 
 
ander. First Lord of Stilling ; and Map 
 of New Scotland. Sm. 4°. 150 copies ; 
 aiid 10 copies on large paper. 
 
 T. R. Marvin & Sou had printed 112 pages of this 
 work when the great fire of November 9 and 10, 1872, 
 destroyed their building and its contents. The work 
 was then wholly reprinted by John Wilson & Son, of 
 Cambridge, Mass., who from that time became the 
 printers for the society. 
 
 [Extra Volume.] The Genealogj' of the Fam- 
 ilies of Payne and Gore. Compiled by 
 W. H. Whitmore, Boston. Press of John 
 Wilson and Son. 1875. 2 +28 p. Por- 
 trait of Christopher Gore, Governor of 
 Massachusetts. Sm. 1°. 
 
 This vohime was neither printed nor published by 
 The Pi-ince Society. The compiler, Mr. Whitmore, 
 presented one hundred and fifty copies to the society 
 for aratuitous distribution among its members. 
 
 (9) John "Wlieelwright. His writings, includ- 
 ing his Fast-day Sermon, 1637, and his 
 ]\Iercitrius Americanus, 1645 ; with a 
 paper on the genuineness of the In- 
 dian deed of 1629, and a INlemoir By 
 Charles H. Bell, A.ftl. Boston : Printed 
 for The Prince Society. 1876. 2 + viii -f- 
 253 p. Facsimiles of the Indian deeds of 
 1638 to Wheelwright and others. Sm. 4°. 
 200 copies ; and 10 copies on large paper. 
 
(10) Voyages of the Northmen to America. 
 Iiiclucliug extracts from Icehindic sagas 
 relating to western voyages by Nortlimen 
 in tlie tenth and eleventh centuries in 
 an English translation by Noi'th Lud- 
 low Beamish ; with a synopsis of the 
 historical evidence and the opinion of 
 Professor Rafn as to the places visited 
 by the Scandinavians on the coast of 
 America. Edited with an Introduction 
 By the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M. 
 Boston : Printed for The Prince Society. 
 1877. 2 + 162 p. Map of Vinland, and 
 a Map of the Arctic liegions. Sm. 4°. 
 200 copies ; and 10 copies on large paper. 
 
 (11-13) Voyages of Samuel de Champlain. 
 Translated from the French By Charles 
 Pomeroy Otis, Ph.D. With historical 
 illustrations, and a Memoir By the 
 Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M. Boston : 
 Published by The Prince Society. 3 
 vols. Vol. I., 1567-1635. 1880. ix + 
 1 + 340 p. Portraits and maps. Vol. 
 II., 1604-1610. 1878. xiv + 1 + 273 p. 
 Maps. Vol. III., 1611-1618. 1882. 
 vi + 2 + 240 p. Maps and plates. Sm. 
 4°. 250 copies of each volume. [Be- 
 ginning with this work the large-paper 
 copies were discontinued.] 
 
 The portraits, maps, and othi'r illustrations in the 
 above three volumes are as follows : Vol. 1., heliotype 
 
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of the portrait of Champlain, engraved on wood after the 
 eugraviug of Moncornet by E. Roiijat ; heliotype map 
 illustrating the explorations of Champlain; steel por- 
 trait of Champlain, after a painting by Th. Hamel, from 
 an engraving of ^loncornet ; heliotype illuminated title- 
 page of the voyage of 1615 and 1618 ; heliotype Carte de 
 la Novvelle France, 1632. Vol. II., heliotype local maps 
 of Port de la Hfeve, I'ort du Roissignol, Port du Mouton, 
 Port Royal, Port des Mines, Rivifere St. Jehan, Isle de 
 Sainte Croix, Habitation de L'Isle Ste. Croix, Quini- 
 bequy, Chouacoit, Port St. Louis, Malle Barre, L'Abi- 
 tasion du Port Royal, Le Beau Poj't, Port Fortun(^, the 
 Attack at Port Fortune, Port de Tadoucac, Quebec, 
 Abitation de Quebecq, and Defeat of the Iroquois at 
 Lake Champlain. Vol. III., map of Le Grand Sault 
 St. Louis ; Dress of the Savages ; Fort of the Iroquois ; 
 Deer trap; Dress of the Savages [another plate]; 
 Champlain"s large map of Xew France, 1612 ; Cham- 
 plain's small map of New France, 1013. 
 
 (14) The New English Canaan of Thomas 
 
 Morton. With introductory matter and 
 notes by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. 
 Boston: Published by The Prince So- 
 ciety. 1883. 2 + vi + 381 p. Sm. 4°. 
 250 copies. 
 
 (15) Sir Walter Ralegh and his Colony in 
 
 America. Including the charter of 
 Queen Elizabeth in his favor, March 
 25th, 1584, with letters, discourses, and 
 narratives of the voyages made to Amer- 
 ica at his charges, and descriptions of 
 the country, commodities, and inhabi- 
 tants. With historical illustrations and 
 
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a Memoir by the Rev. Increase N. Tar- 
 box, D.D. Boston: Published by The 
 Prince Society. 1884. 8 + 329 p. Por- 
 traits of Ralegh as he appeared in 1677 
 and in 1739. Sm. 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (16) Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson, being 
 
 an account of his travels and experi- 
 ences among the North American In- 
 dians, from 1652 to 1684. Transcribed 
 from original manuscripts in the Bod- 
 leian Library and the British Museum. 
 With historical illustrations and an 
 Introduction, By Gideon D. Scull, Lon- 
 don, England. Boston : Published by 
 The Prince Society. 1885. vi + 2 + 
 385 p. Sm. 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (17) Capt. John Mason, the founder of New 
 
 Hampshire. Including his tract on 
 Newfoundland, 1620 ; the American 
 charters in which he was a grantee ; 
 with letters and other historical docu- 
 ments. Together with a Memoir By 
 Charles Wesley Tuttle, Ph.D. Edited 
 with lustorical illustrations By John 
 Ward Dean, A.M. Boston: Published 
 by The Prince Society. 1887. xiii + 
 492 p. Illustrations, maps, and fac- 
 similes. Sm. 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 The illustrations, etc., in this volume are : View of 
 the house of John Mason at Portsmouth, England; 
 
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map of Newfoviiidland, by Captain Mason ; tablet to 
 the memory of Mason in the chancel of the church 
 Domus Dei, Portsmouth, England ; and facsimiles of 
 the autographs of Captain Mason, of his wife Anne, 
 and of Robert Mason. 
 
 (18—20) Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his Prov- 
 ince of Maine. Including the Brief Re- 
 hxtion, the Brief Narration, his defence, 
 the charters granted to him, his will and 
 his letters. Edited with a Memoir and 
 liistorical illustrations by James Phinney 
 Baxter, A.M. Boston: Published by 
 The Prince Society. 1890. 3 vols. 2 + 
 viii + 260 ; vi + 2 + 270 + 2 ; ix + 
 353 p. Illustrations, maps, and fac- 
 simile. Sm. 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 The illustrations are : Vol. I., Coat of arms of Sir 
 Ferdinando Gorges ; View of Essex House, Ashton 
 Phillips, the home of Gorges at the time of his death ; 
 Chapel at Ashton Phillips ; the Church at Long Ashton. 
 Vol. II., Map of Plymouth and map of New England 
 Coast, A.D. 1650. Vol. III., Church of St. Budeaux, 
 Devon; Facsimile of Letter of George Popham from 
 Sagadahoc ; the house of Gorges at Bristol. 
 
 (21) Antinomianism in the colony of Massa- 
 chusetts Bay, 1636-1638. Including 
 the Short Story and other documents. 
 Edited by Charles Francis Adams, Bos- 
 ton. Published by The Prince Society. 
 1894. 2-415 p. Sm. 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (22-23) John Checkley ; or the evolution of 
 religious tolerance in Massachusetts 
 
 85 
 
Baj". Including Mr. Checkley's contro- 
 versial writiugs ; his lettei's and other 
 papers ; his presentment on the charge 
 of a libel for pubUshing a book ; his 
 speech at his trial ; the Hon. John 
 Read's plea in arrest of judgment ; and 
 a bibliogi'aphy of the great controversy 
 on episcopacy by the ministers of the 
 standing order and the clergy of the 
 Cluu-eh of England. 1719-1774. With 
 historical illustrations and a memoir by 
 the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, D.D. Pub- 
 lished by The Prince Society. 1897. 
 2 vols, viii -I- 288 ; viii + 320 p^. 1 Plate 
 and 1 facsimile. Sm. 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 The illustrations, in Vol. I., are the Old Parsonage 
 of King's Charcli, Providence, Rhode Island, and a fac- 
 simile of Mr. Checkley's handwriting. 
 
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CHAPTER V 
 
 THE IIOLLAXD CLUB, THE VAX PA5I FAM- 
 ILY, THE OWLS OF YOXKERS. .AXD THE 
 KIXG OF CLUBS 
 
 1S59 and 1S67 
 
 OF the inner "workings" of foiu- 
 of tlie ehibs that published a 
 vohime each diu-ing the years 1859, 
 1866 and 1867, I have been able to 
 obtain but scant information. 
 
 The fii'st of these is The Holland 
 Clnb, which was located in Xew York 
 City. In 1859 it pnbhshed its only 
 book, a pamphlet entitled " The Con- 
 duct of Greneral Washington, respect- 
 ing the Confinement of Capt. Asgill, 
 placed in its true point of hght, by 
 David Humphreys." Only a few cop- 
 
ies were printed ; Menzies's copy was 
 No. 19. 
 
 From the preface to the volume it 
 appears that in the month of March, 
 1782, " one Phihp White, an infamous 
 Tory, was taken prisoner, by a party 
 of American light-horse; after laying 
 down his arms in token of surrender, 
 he took up his musket and killed one 
 of his captors. He was, however, se- 
 cured, and while being taken to Free- 
 hold, New Jersey, was put to death, 
 as some accounts say, in an effort to 
 escape. 
 
 " About the same time, Capt. Joshua 
 Huddy, a gallant and honorable officer 
 of the American army, while in com- 
 mand of a block house, at Tom's River, 
 New Jersey, was attacked by a party 
 of refugees, and, after a gallant resist- 
 ance, was taken prisoner and conveyed 
 to New York. Shortly afterwards, 
 he, with two others, was sent by the 
 Board of Loyalists to Sandy Hook, to 
 
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be exchanged, under the care of Capt. 
 Lippencut, who, on his return, re- 
 ported that 'he had exchanged the 
 two as directed, and that Huddy had 
 been exchanged for Philip White.' 
 He had, in fact, hanged him on a tree, 
 on the Jersey shore. 
 
 " Gren. Washington on hearing of 
 this fact, demanded of Sir Henry Clin- 
 ton, the delivery of Lippencut, the 
 murderer of Huddy, but though Lip- 
 pencut was tried by a court-martial for 
 the offence, the Loyalists interposed 
 for his protection. On the failure of 
 compliance with his demand, Gen. 
 Washington determined, with advice 
 of his officers, on retaliation, and ac- 
 cordingly Capt. Charles Asgill, who had 
 been taken prisoner at the capitulation 
 of Yorktown, was selected, by lot, to 
 atone for the death of Huddy. 
 
 " In the meanwhile. Sir Gruy Carle- 
 ton, who was known for his human- 
 ity, superseded Clinton, as commander 
 
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of the British army, and broke up the 
 Board of Associated Loyalists, thereby 
 preventing a repetition of similar ex- 
 cesses. The war also drawing to a 
 close, the motives for retaliation, in 
 great measure, ceased. 
 
 " Mrs. Asgill on hearing of the per- 
 ilous situation of her son, wrote to M. 
 Vergennes, the French minister, a 
 touching letter, describing her distress 
 and that of her family, and begging 
 his interference, in consequence of 
 which, Vergennes interposed with 
 Washington in Asgill's behalf. Copies 
 of these letters were forwarded to 
 Congress, and in the month of Novem- 
 ber following, they resolved that the 
 Commander-in-Chief be directed to set 
 Capt. Asgill at liberty." 
 
 Asgill, who had received every in- 
 dulgence, and who had been treated 
 with all possible politeness, was ac- 
 cordingly released, and permitted to 
 rejoin his friends at New York. He 
 
 90 
 
returned to England, and afterwards 
 became Greneral Sir Charles Asgill, 
 and died in 1823, at the age of seventy 
 years. The letters, of which the vol- 
 ume is made up, were originally 
 printed in the New Haven Gazette in 
 the fall of 1786, and had the approba- 
 tion of Washington. 
 
 In the last days of 1866 a club was 
 formed at an evening party of book- 
 men in New York City, with the curi- 
 ous title of The Rip Van Dam Fam- 
 ily. It was composed of, and limited 
 to thirteen members, every one of 
 whom assumed at the meetings of 
 the club the surname of Van Dam. 
 Among the members were Dr. T. A. 
 Emmet, Thomas W. Field, Francis S. 
 Hoffman, and Dr. H. R. Stiles. Prom- 
 inent among the purposes of The Rip 
 Van Dam Family was the ambition 
 to publish tracts on local (Knicker- 
 bocker) history, and Dr. Stiles was 
 
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appointed to prepare its initial issue, 
 a memoir of the venerable Dutchman 
 whose name the club adopted. The 
 book was actually printed ; but as the 
 club died very shortly after its birth, 
 it is doubtful whether a single one 
 of the fifteen copies of which the 
 edition consisted ever reached a mem- 
 ber. Not even the gentleman who 
 prepared the book for the press saw 
 a copy after it was printed. 
 
 The third club was christened The 
 Owls of Yonkers, an association formed 
 to discuss literature and to publish 
 occasionally a collection of the more 
 notable papers read at its meetings. 
 In January, 1867, The Owls of Yonk- 
 ers published its first and, so far as 
 I have been able to determine, its last 
 volume, entitled: "'A Happy New 
 Year ! ' An Offering to the Owls. From 
 Nonpareil Quadrat, X. P. D. Janu- 
 ary 1, 1867." 
 
 92 
 
The volume was prepared by the 
 secretary of the club, J. G. P. Holden, 
 and contained, besides a roster of the 
 club, a poem entitled " The Christen- 
 ing of the Owls," by R. Franklin 
 Hughes ; " An Essa onto Owls," by 
 Josh Billings; and a series of let- 
 ters. As a literary performance the 
 book is beneath notice ; as a specimen 
 of private printing, from a country 
 newspaper printing-ofifi.ce, it is highly 
 creditable. 
 
 The fourth society called itself The 
 King of Clubs, and had its habitat in 
 New York City. Its founder was the 
 late D. Williams Patterson, of Newark 
 Valley, N. Y., a most distinguished 
 genealogist, who, in connection with 
 Francis S. Hoffman, of the Bradstreet 
 Press, printed the first and only book 
 issued by the club. In a strict sense 
 The King of Clubs had no members 
 other than Mr. Patterson, though Mr. 
 
Hoffman and Dr. Henry R. Stiles were 
 in such relations — literary and per- 
 sonal — to Mr. Patterson that they 
 were contemplating other works to 
 be added to the list. Mr. Patterson 
 in the issue of the book of this club 
 was backed by Thomas Harrison Mont- 
 gomery of Philadelphia. The name 
 and device of the club originated with 
 Mr. Patterson, who did not wish the 
 public to know who, in whist par- 
 lance, " held the king of clubs," that 
 is, the responsibility of issuing the 
 work. The book referred to above 
 was a reprint of a rare copy of the 
 " Memorables of the Montgomeries," 
 a narrative in rhyme, printed in Glas- 
 gow in 1770, which belonged, during 
 his life, to the late John Allan. The 
 introduction by the American editor, 
 D. Williams Patterson, informs the 
 reader that this ancient ballad " car- 
 ries the genealogy of the family whose 
 memorables it sets forth to a period 
 
quite remote," but the editor does not 
 appear to be satisfied, in every respect, 
 with the character of the record as it 
 stands in these pages. It is, however, 
 whether true or false, a curious old 
 ballad, reciting what claims to be the 
 history and progress of the Montgom- 
 erie family — that race of mighty Scots 
 of Ayr — from the days of Rome, over 
 the Mont Gomericus, through Hastings 
 to Ponoon. 
 
 PUBLICATION OF THE HOLLAND CLUB 
 
 The conduct of General Wasliington, respect- 
 ing the confinement of Capt. Asgill, 
 placed in its true point of light, by 
 David Humplireys. With A Preface 
 and Appendix. New York : Printed 
 for the Holland Club. MDCCCLIX. 
 35 p. 8°. 
 
 PUBLICATION OF THE OWLS 
 
 " A Happy New Year ! " An offering to the 
 Owls. From Nonpareil Quadrat, X.P.D. 
 January 1, 1867. "Animis opibusque 
 
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parati." Owlian motto. Yonkers [N.Y.] : 
 Printed at the office of The GazdU; for 
 J. G. P. Holden. exelusivelv for private 
 circulation. 1867. 24 p. ' 8"'. 
 
 PUBLICATION OF THE KIXG OF CLUBS 
 
 Memombles of the Jlontq-omeries. Ne^v York: 
 Printed for The King of Clubs. 1867. 
 4 + 3+1 [facsimile titlepage] + 7 p. 8°. 
 60 copies ; and 40 copies on large paper. 
 
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CHAPTEE YI 
 
 THE ZEXGEK CLUB 
 1861 
 
 IN 1861, proposals were circulated 
 for the publication by The Zenger 
 Club of a series of volumes to be en- 
 titled " Materials for History printed 
 fi'oni Original Manuscripts,"' and com- 
 posed of original papers of great in- 
 terest to scholars and collectors of 
 works on America. Foiu" parts were 
 to be issued in each year, at a cost to 
 subscribere of fiye dollars payable in 
 advance ; and Mr. Frank Moore * was 
 
 * Frank ;^^oo^e was born in Concord, X. H., 
 December 17, 1S2S. He is probablv best known 
 by his " Eebellion Eeeord,"' a voluminous chron- 
 icle of the "War of the Eebellion, IS6O-60. of 
 which twelve volumes were published from 1861 
 
named as the editor employed to see 
 the vokimo.s througli the press. A 
 considerable number of subscribers 
 was obtained on the proposed terms, 
 and soon the first part appeared — 
 a handsomely printed small quarto 
 of one hundred and foui-teen pages, 
 entitled " Correspondence of Henry 
 Laurens of South Carolina," illus- 
 trated with a fine portrait of that 
 gentleman. Some months afterwards, 
 a second part of the series and of the 
 " Correspondence of Hcmry Laurens " 
 was issued from the press, as hand- 
 somely printed and containing as many 
 pages as the first ; which was followed 
 by another pause in the operations of 
 The Zenger Club, longer even than 
 
 to 1871. He was for a time editorial writer on 
 the New York Commercial Advertiser. He was a 
 brother of the. late Dr. George Henry Moore, the 
 h^arued bibliographer and administrator first of 
 the New York Plistorical Society, and then of the 
 Lenox Library. 
 
that which succeeded the issue of the 
 first number. At length, after many 
 months' delay, a single sheet which 
 contained an index also was printed 
 and published, completing the Lau- 
 rens papers, and apparently terminat- 
 ing the career of The Zenger Club. 
 Naturally considerable dissatisfaction 
 was manifested by those subscribers 
 who had complied with the published 
 terms of the club, but were not fa- 
 voured with the four parts of the 
 " Materials for History," which they 
 had paid for in advance. It is a mat- 
 ter of regret that the members of the 
 club, of whose names even, except 
 in one instance, the subscribers were 
 wholly ignorant, did not redeem its 
 reputation from the censure to which 
 it was .justly exposed, either by a 
 strict and complete performance of 
 its contracts, or by returning to each 
 of the subscribers one half at least 
 of his prepaid subscription. 
 
 99 
 
PUBLICATION OF THE ZEJSTGER CLUB 
 
 Materials for History Printed from Original 
 Manuscripts. With Notes and lUusti'a- 
 tions. By Frank Moore, author of the 
 " Diary of the American Revolution," 
 etc. First series. [Correspondence of 
 Henry Laurens, of South CaroKna.] 
 New York : Printed for The Zenger 
 Club. 1861. 6 + 15 -240 p. Portrait 
 [of Henry Laurens.] 4°. 250 copies. 
 
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CHAPTER VII 
 
 THE FRANKLIN CLUB 
 1864 
 
 THE Franklin Club, formed in the 
 early sixties by several Philadel- 
 phia book collectors, headed, it was 
 suspected, by Horace Weymess Smith, 
 invited defeat by issuing, in 1864, 
 an unauthorized reprint of Melvin's 
 " Journal of the Expedition to Que- 
 bec." The editor and annotator is 
 supposed to have been Charles I. 
 Bushnell. This journal, as already 
 noted, was the property of Mr. John 
 B. Moreau, and was first printed 
 by The Club. The demand for the 
 work had been great, and the value 
 of the copies had therefore risen to a 
 
 101 
 
very high figure. As the reprint by 
 The Franklin Club threatened to de- 
 preciate the earlier issue, collectors 
 became incensed at the Philadelphia 
 pirates and gave their publication 
 but slight encouragement, and The 
 Franklin Club suspended operations. 
 Their reprint did not compare in 
 beauty of typography with the edition 
 published by The Club, type and mar- 
 gin being entirely out of proportion. 
 For instance, the " club copies " of 
 The Franklin Club were small quartos 
 10 X 12 inches in size, untrimmed. 
 The size of the page, in long primer 
 type, was 3f X 5f inches. This was 
 conscientiously imposed so as to give 
 3x\ inches of margin back and front, 
 and 3 1 inches top and bottom. This 
 was until a very recent period consid- 
 ered by fairly good printers as the 
 acme of good bookmaking; and yet 
 over a hundred years ago Sheridan 
 could not refrain from lampooning 
 
 102 
 
such monstrosities as "a beautiful 
 quarto page where a neat rivulet of 
 type shall meander through a meadow 
 
 of margin." 
 
 PUBLICATION OF THE FRANKLIN CLUB 
 
 A Journal of the Expedition to Quebec, in 
 the Year 1775, under the Command of 
 Colonel Benedict Arnold. By James 
 Melvin, A Private in Captain Dear- 
 born's Company. Philadelphia: The 
 Franklin Club. MDCCCLXIV. 4 + 
 iv + 34 p. 8°. 100 copies ; and 20 
 copies on large paper. 
 
 Reprint of The Club's editions. 
 
 103 
 
CHAPTER VIII 
 
 THE CLUB OF ODD STICKS 
 1864 
 
 THE Club of Odd Sticks, organized 
 in New York in 1864 by Francis 
 S. Hoffman and a few fellow-enthusi- 
 asts, is now about as unknown as were 
 the names of the organizers thirty 
 years ago. This is owing probably to 
 the fact that, instead of following the 
 lead of its predecessors in unearthing 
 and rehabilitating the literature relat- 
 ing to early American history. The 
 Club of Odd Sticks went afield and 
 became the sponsor for a work that 
 almost since the first day of its issue 
 has been ridiculed and belittled by the 
 majority, who seldom study anything, 
 
 104 
 
while it has been appreciated and re- 
 vered by the few, who have taken the 
 time and pains to mine its rich treas- 
 ures. The book referred to was a re- 
 print of the first edition of Dibdin's 
 "Bibliomania; or, Book Madness." 
 The " Bibliomania," it is certainly su- 
 perfluous to state here, is written in 
 dialogues or conversations, the char- 
 acters introduced being well-known 
 book collectors of the author's ac- 
 quaintance. So, for instance, Richard 
 Heber was masqueraded as Atticus; 
 Su* Walter Scott as Sir Tristram; Ed- 
 mond Malone as Marcellus, etc. ; while 
 the author himself figured now as 
 Lysander, and then as Rosifrusius. 
 The great value of the work is in the 
 notes, which abound with anecdotes 
 of books and book collectors, and an 
 account of the rarer articles in their 
 collections, and the prices at which 
 they were sold, extracted from the 
 sale catalogues of the day. This work 
 
 105 
 
in a great degree gave a stimulus to 
 the collecting of early English litera- 
 ture, and to bibliography, on which 
 subjects it will always be consulted 
 as an authority. 
 
 PUBLICATION OF THE CLUB OF ODD 
 
 STICKS 
 
 (1) Bibliomania ; or, book-madness. By the 
 Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin, F. S. A. 
 The First Edition. Privately reprinted 
 for The Club of Odd Sticks. [New 
 York.] 1864. 4 + 88 p. roy. 8°. 57 
 copies, 5 copies of which were printed 
 on Whatman paper ; 40 extra copies 
 were printed as roy. 4°, 7 copies of 
 which were printed on Whatman draw- 
 ing-paper. 
 
 106 
 
CHAPTER IX 
 
 THE U. Q. CLUB 
 1864-1865 
 
 IN the smnmer of 1864, three gentle- 
 men, residents respectively of Con- 
 necticut and the cities of New York 
 and Brooklyn, (D. Williams Patterson, 
 then of Connecticut, Francis S. Hoff- 
 man, of New York, and Henry Reed 
 Stiles, M.D., then librarian of the 
 Long Island Historical Society,) organ- 
 ized a club for the purpose of publish- 
 ing such works only, " on American 
 history and genealogy, which would 
 otherwise remain in manuscript;" and 
 they immediately entered on their self- 
 imposed task with commendable zeal 
 
 107 
 
and intelligence. After the fashion of 
 The Bradford Club, but far more suc- 
 cessfully, they threw the mantle of 
 secrecy over all their movements, and, 
 even at this late day, the outside world 
 is probably as ignorant of the names 
 of those who constituted The U. Q. 
 Club as it is of its work. Its name, 
 U. Q., stands for " Unknown Quan- 
 tity," referring to the fact that in gen- 
 ealogical researches, as in the higher 
 mathematics, the " puzzlers " are the 
 " unknown quantities." Its plan of 
 publication provided for a " regular 
 club edition [of its issues] of ninety- 
 nine copies octavo, and forty-two 
 copies quarto, except in case of gen- 
 ealogies, when one hundred extra cop- 
 ies may be printed for the use of 
 families." Of these, thirty-three cop- 
 ies of the octavo series were to be 
 sold to subscribers at five dollars 
 each, and thirteen of the quarto at 
 ten dollars each. 
 
 108 
 
In the following year (1865) the 
 first issue of the club's publications 
 appeared, a volume entitled "A Letter 
 of Directions to his Father's Birth- 
 place, by John Holmes, with Notes 
 and a Grenealogy by D. Williams Pat- 
 terson." It was a curious but labori- 
 ous examination of " The Letter of 
 Directions " referred to, which formed 
 the text of the volume, occupying por- 
 tions of only four of its pages; this 
 was followed by an elaborate geneal- 
 ogy of the family of Holmes, arranged 
 in an admirable manner, and appar- 
 ently complete in all its parts. Two 
 indexes of proper names completed 
 the work ; and the volume, considered 
 as a whole, may be referred to as an 
 evidence of patient labour on a sub- 
 ject of very limited interest, and as a 
 pattern which may be very usefully 
 imitated in works of more preten- 
 tious and wider influence, by those 
 who possess but fail to employ the 
 
 109 
 
opportunity to do justice to their 
 subjects. 
 
 During the same year (1865) the 
 second issue of the club's pubhca- 
 tions — No. 3 on its original list — 
 was published uniform with the first. 
 It bore the title, " John Watson, of 
 Hartford, Conn., and his Descendants. 
 A Grenealogy, by Thomas Watson," and 
 formed a neat volume well arranged 
 and complete in all its parts. 
 
 No. 2 of The U. Q. Club's original 
 list was a little volume on " Bundling," 
 by Dr. Henry R. Stiles, the accom- 
 plished author of "The History of 
 Windsor, Conn.;" but it was never 
 printed by the club, though in 1869 
 Dr. Stiles himself issued it. 
 
 The volumes issued by The U. Q. 
 Club were specimens of handsome 
 bookmaking from the Bradstreet 
 Press; and although they possessed 
 very little interest to the great body of 
 readers, they were important additions 
 
 110 
 
to the then limited list of genealogies, 
 elegant specimens of fine bookmaking, 
 and of untold interest to the Holmeses 
 and Watsons throughout the Union. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OP THE U. Q. CLUB 
 
 (1) A Letter of Directions to his Father's 
 
 Birthplace, By John Holmes. With 
 Notes and a Genealogy by D. Williams 
 Patterson. New York : Printed for The 
 U. Q. Club, 1865. 76 p. 8°. 
 
 (2) John Watson of Hartford, Conn., and his 
 
 Descendants. A Genealogy, By Thomas 
 Watson. New York : Printed for The 
 U. Q. Club, 1865. 47 p. 8°. 
 
 [Extra Volume.] Bundling ; its Origin, Pro- 
 gress and Decline in America. By Henry 
 Reed Stiles. Albany, N.Y. : Printed by 
 Joel Munsell [for H. R. Stiles]. 1869. 
 139 p. 16°. 200 copies. 
 
 The copyright of Dr. Stiles's book on " Bundling " 
 afterwards passed into the hands of a so-called Knick- 
 erbocker Publishing Company, of Albany, N. Y., that 
 issued an edition which was quickly taken up — of how 
 many copies is not known. 
 
 Ill 
 
CHAPTER X 
 
 THE FAUST CLUB AND THE FURMAN CLUB 
 1864-1866 
 
 IN December, 1864, Messrs. Alden 
 J. Spooner, Thomas W. Field, 
 Thomas Cotrel, and Henry R. Stiles, 
 M.D., all of the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 organized The Fanst Club, of which 
 Mr. Field was elected the president. 
 Dr. Stiles the secretary, and Mr. 
 Spooner the treasurer. On " Christ- 
 mas Eve, 1864," the club issued its 
 circular, proposing to publish a new 
 edition of Furman's " Notes on Brook- 
 lyn," a local history of unusual im- 
 portance but great rarity, to which 
 important additions were to be made 
 
 112 
 
by entirely competent hands. The 
 proposed new edition was to number 
 a hundred copies on small paper, at 
 five dollars, and twenty on large paper, 
 at ten dollars, and it was to be pub- 
 lished on the first of February, 1865. 
 The subscription-list was speedily 
 filled; the volume was put to press 
 in the same office in which the origi- 
 nal work was printed more than forty 
 years before; and the club congratu- 
 lated itself and was congratulated by 
 its friends on so auspicious an open- 
 ing of its career. All this, however, 
 was soon displaced by disappointment 
 and disaster. Instead of completing 
 his work by the first of February, the 
 printer had not finished it on the first 
 of July; and when the volume was 
 delivered it was not nearly equal in 
 beauty of workmanship to the vol- 
 umes issued by other clubs in the city 
 of New York. Besides, the printer's 
 bill was found to be much greater in 
 
 113 
 
amount than it should have been, even 
 for a superior style of work, and the 
 club was quickly involved in severe 
 and unexpected trouble, which led to 
 its dissolution very soon after. The 
 volume, meanwhile, had been placed 
 in the hands of those who had sub- 
 scribed for it; and while its literary 
 character was generally admitted to be 
 highly creditable to the club which 
 had issued it, the mechanical execu- 
 tion was as generally condemned, in 
 view of the standard which had been 
 fixed for works of this class by The 
 Bradford Club and other organiza- 
 tions of the day. It was entitled 
 " Notes, Geographical and Historical, 
 relating to the Town of Brooklyn, on 
 Long Island, by Grabriel Furman, with 
 Notes and a Memoir of the Author." 
 Of the one hundred and ninety-three 
 pages which it contained, thirty-four 
 were occupied with the titlepages 
 and a " Prefatory Note " and memoir 
 
of Judge Furman, by Alden J. Spooner, 
 a himdred and twenty with the origi- 
 nal text of the " Notes on Brooklyn," 
 twenty-three with an admirable collec- 
 tion of " Illustrative Notes," by Dr. 
 Henry E,. Stiles, and fifteen with an 
 elaborate index. 
 
 The troubles in The Faust Club 
 ended, as may well be supposed, in 
 the dissolution of the club itself ; but 
 a new enterprise was started soon after 
 by Alden J. Spooner, of the city of 
 Brooklyn, under the style of The Fur- 
 man Club, named in honour of Judge 
 Gr. Furman, of Brooklyn, N. Y., the 
 author of the " Notes on Brooklyn " 
 referred to, and other works of a his- 
 torical character, who was a distin- 
 guished scholar, well posted in history, 
 and exceedingly fond of investigat- 
 ing disputed and unsettled points. 
 The Furman Club, shortly after its 
 
 formation, issued proposals for a re- 
 us 
 
publication of Silas Wood's valuable 
 "Sketch of the First Settlement of 
 the several Towns on Long Island," 
 originally issued in 1824, and reprinted 
 in 1826 and in 1828. The work ap- 
 peared in the fall of 1865, and formed 
 a volume exactly similar in appear- 
 ance, except in the size of the paper, 
 to The Faust Club's reprint of Fur- 
 man's " Notes on Brooklyn." It bore 
 the title of "A Sketch of the First 
 Settlement of the several Towns on 
 Long Island;" and of its two hundred 
 and twenty-eight pages, twenty-one are 
 occupied with the " Memoir," one hun- 
 dred and eighty-seven with the origi- 
 nal work, and the remainder with the 
 "Additions by the Editor," and with 
 the index. Two hundred and fifty 
 copies were printed, of which fifty 
 were in folio. These were christened 
 by William Gowans the " Barn door 
 edition," on account of their extra- 
 ordinary size. 
 
 lie 
 
The Furman Club had in active 
 preparation a series of volumes " illus- 
 trative of Brooklyn and the rest of 
 Long Island," as the club modestly 
 put it; "The Autobiography of Fran- 
 cis Guy," the painter of the pic- 
 ture of early Brooklyn, with notes; 
 " Miscellania Furmaniani, or. Notes 
 on Brooklyn ; " and " Autobiogra- 
 phies of Alden Spooner and Joseph 
 Sprague," the early printer and first 
 mayor of Brooklyn, with continua- 
 tion and anecdotes of early Brooklyn. 
 These works unfortunately were never 
 issued. 
 
 PUBLICATION OF THE FAUST CLUB 
 
 (1) Notes, Geographical and Historical, relat- 
 ing to the Town of Brooklyn, on Long 
 Island, by Gabriel Furman. With Notes, 
 and a Memoir of the Author. Brooklyn : 
 Reprinted for The Faust Club. 1865. 
 xxxiv -I- 2 (blank) + 116 -f 4 -f- xxxix p. 
 4°. 100 copies ; and 20 copies on large 
 paper. 
 
 117 
 
rUBLICATIOX OF THE FCRMAN CLUB 
 
 (1) A Sketch of the First Settlement of the 
 several Towns on Long Island; with 
 their Political Condition, to the end of 
 the American Revolution. By Silas 
 Wood. With a Biographical Memoir 
 and Additions by Alden J. Spooner, and 
 a Portrait and Photographs of Dwel- 
 lings. Brookljm : The Furman Clnb, 
 18(.).3. xxi + 18t + :20 p. 4° 200 copies; 
 and 50 cojiies in folio. 
 
CHAPTER XI 
 
 THE HAMILTON CLUB 
 1S65-1S66 
 
 IX 1S65, mthoiit any prerioiis an- 
 noiuicement, there appeai-ed in 
 Xe"^ York a handsome Tohune beai-ing 
 the imprint of The Hamilton Chib. 
 Like all other " book ehibs " in Xew 
 York, there ^vere at the time some 
 secrets concerning its oi^anization : 
 and, as in the Bradford, and Zenger. 
 the single member "^ho ti-ansaeted 
 its business never commmiicated any- 
 thing concerning its oi-ganization or 
 membership, and neither admitted nor 
 denied anything that Tvas said on those 
 subjects by any cm-ions outsider. It 
 
 119 
 
is now definitely known that the per- 
 sonal strength of this club consisted 
 solely of the founder, Francis S. Hoff- 
 man of the Bradstreet Press, who had 
 the support of Henry B. Dawson, the 
 owner of the originals from which 
 the reprints were made. 
 
 The first volume of The Hamilton 
 Club series, as said above, appeared in 
 1865. It was entitled " The Life of 
 Alexander Hamilton, by John Wil- 
 liams (Anthony Pasquin,) " and was 
 issued in both octavo and quarto, on 
 the finest quality of tinted laid paper, 
 with rubricated title, in the best 
 style of modern typography. The 
 character of this work, (which was 
 originally printed in Boston, in 1804,) 
 in which the distinguished subject 
 was presented in a very unpleasant 
 light, attracted considerable attention 
 to the club and its labours; and it 
 was praised or censured by those who 
 discussed its apparent purposes in ao- 
 
 120 
 
cordance with, their previous associa- 
 tions or well-settled prejudices. 
 
 The second volume of the series, also 
 issued in 1865, was a careful reprint 
 of the pamphlet printed in 1797, en- 
 titled, " Observations on Certain Docu- 
 ments contained in Nos. V. & VI. of 
 ' The History of the United States, for 
 the year 1796,' in which the Charge of 
 Speculation against Alexander Hamil- 
 ton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is 
 Fully refuted. Written by Himself," 
 [Alexander Hamilton.] This is usu- 
 ally known as the " Reynolds Pam- 
 phlet," in which Hamilton, according 
 to J. T. Callender, " explains his pub- 
 lic conduct at the expense of his pri- 
 vate character." The original edition, 
 printed by John Fenno of Philadel- 
 phia, was bought up by Hamilton's 
 family and destroyed. It was, how- 
 ever, subsequently reprinted in 1800 
 by John Lang of New York, and in 
 Philadelphia, also in 1800, with the 
 
 121 
 
imprint of " Pro Bono Publico." This 
 volume was printed in exactly the 
 same style as the preceding issue of the 
 club, but the increased demand led 
 to an enlargement of the edition to 
 twenty-five quartos and fifty octavos. 
 
 The third volume of the series, also 
 issued in 1865, was " The Hamilto- 
 niad," by Anthony Pasquin, a careful 
 reprint of the Boston edition of 1804 
 — entitled "The Hamiltoniad; or An 
 Extinguisher for the Royal Faction of 
 New England. With copious Notes, 
 illustrative, biographical,^ philosophi- 
 cal, critical, admonitory, and political ; 
 being intended as a high-heeled shoe 
 for all limping Republicans," — in 
 which both the memory of Alexan- 
 der Hamilton and the doings of the 
 party of which he was the acknowl- 
 edged head were handled with the 
 greatest severity. 
 
 In 1866, The Hamilton Club pub- 
 lished a reprint of Callender's "Letters 
 
 122 
 
to Alexander Hamilton," the original 
 of which is entitled " Letters to Alex- 
 ander Hamilton, King of the Feds. 
 Ci-Devant Secretary of the Treasury 
 of the United States of America, 
 Inspector-G-eneral of the Standing 
 Armies thereof. Counsellor at law 
 &c. &c. &c. Being intended as a re- 
 ply to a Scandalous Pamphlet lately 
 published under the sanction as it 
 is presumed, of Mr. Hamilton, and 
 signed with the signature of Junius 
 Philsenus. By Tom Callender, Esq. 
 Citizen of the World." This volume 
 seems also to have been its last. Other 
 works of a similar character were an- 
 nounced by the club, but there is no 
 evidence that they were ever published. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE HAMILTON CLUB 
 
 (1) The Life of Alexander Hamilton. By- 
 John Williams. (Anthony Pasquin.) 
 New York : Printed for The Hamilton 
 Club. 1865. 12 -f- 60 p. 8°. 40 copies; 
 4°. 20 copies. 
 
 123 
 
(2) Observations on Certain Documents in 
 
 "The History of the United States for 
 the Year 1796," by Alexander Hamil- 
 ton. New York : Printed for The 
 Hamilton Club. 1865. 8 +157 p. 8°. 
 50 copies ; 4°. 25 copies. 
 
 (3) The Hamiltoniad. By John Williams, 
 
 (Anthony Pasquin.) New York: Printed 
 for The Hamilton Club. 1865. 10 + 
 122 p. Portrait of Alex. Hamilton. 8°. 
 40 copies ; 4°. 20 copies. 
 
 (4) Letters to Alexander Hamilton, King of 
 
 the Feds. New York : Printed for The 
 Hamilton Club. 1866. 4 + 89 p. 8°. 
 40 copies ; 4°. 20 copies. 
 
CHAPTER XII 
 
 THE KNICKERBOCKER CLUB AND THE 
 RIVINGTON CLUB 
 
 1865 
 
 IN the spring of 1865 measures were 
 taken by two well-known collec- 
 tors in the city of New York, under the 
 title of The Knickerbocker Club, to 
 issue small editions of the early Dutch 
 works concerning New Netherland. 
 These volumes were to be reprinted 
 in facsimile, with all the peculiar head 
 and tail pieces, initial letters, maps, 
 etc., of the original editions, and each 
 was to be accompanied with a care- 
 ful translation, historical introduction, 
 and illustrative notes. Fifty copies at 
 most were to be printed of each, and 
 
 125 
 
none of these were to be offered for 
 sale in any case whatever. The first 
 selection was the exceedingly rare 
 little quarto of Plockhoy, entitled 
 " Kort en Klear ontwerp," published 
 in Amsterdam in 1662, which was 
 offered for republication by Samuel 
 L. M. Barlow, of New York; but a 
 temporary delay, occasioned by the 
 gentleman who was engaged in trans- 
 lating it, and a subsequent change in 
 the taste of one of the two gentle- 
 men composing the club, were prob- 
 ably followed by an abandonment of 
 the enterprise. 
 
 About the same time (the spring of 
 1865) a similar organization was per- 
 fected under the style of The Riving- 
 ton Club, the purpose of which was 
 to reproduce in pamphlet form the 
 most noted works of the Loyalists of 
 the American Revolution, especially 
 those which had been ushered into 
 
«^xisi(^ii('(i by ,Iniii(^H liiviii^l.on, i\w 
 HoyiiliHt priiil(M', in Now York. Tlio 
 
 S.'UtK^ [>l!UI WHS H(l()|)i,(Ml HH lliul, wtli('ll 
 
 WUH !iiiiH>imc(i(l hyTlici Knic.ktu'bockcM' 
 (Mill) — lil'ly (H){»i(vs only ol' (^-icli ol' its 
 volmnciH W(M-(^ to bo pi-injod, jind iioiki 
 of iluvso w(iro (o b(^ sold in nny caso, 
 (mUum- by i.lio <'lub oi- juiy ol' its nioni- 
 bors. It (lirrcii'cid from nil oIIum- clubs, 
 in lliis: ibo siikU/cs/, miinlxM' ol" copiers 
 woi'o To bo issu(Ml on Uio .siiki/IcsI p;i- 
 j)oi-; nnd, insUMul ol" n lino l)old lypo 
 und i\w iin(^sl. of linlcHl Inid papcM-, 
 US il" in ('()nl,onii)r ol' Uio |)rovnilin^' 
 (Uisioin in siirli cnsos, tlio (dub or- 
 dtu'od i(s volunu^s lo bo printod wilb 
 l\\o s)ii(ill<'sl lyp(\ou piipcM'ol' il, S(M'vi('(v 
 ublo but, inferior (pudity. \l wns pub- 
 li(dy HunoiinciMl in Mio pnpors ol" tlio 
 diiy tbnl l]w (dub's lirsi issiK^ would 
 b(^"" Tlio (low ('luu'(^," by Major Andr6, 
 (*!ir(d"iilly n^prodiKunl rroui tlio orif^'iuivl 
 (^dilion, vviili an oln.boi"il(^ liistorioal 
 iulroduction and illustra-tivo iiol(>s. 
 
No similar work was ever prepared 
 for the press with more patient care 
 than this, whether the text is consid- 
 ered or the introduction and notes. In 
 consequence of what was at the time 
 considered an unfair, as it certainly 
 was an unusual, parallel movement on 
 the part of Dr. Franklin B. Hough,* 
 who surreptitiously made an exact 
 copy of The Rivington Club's edition 
 for the Munsell Press, the club sus- 
 
 * Dr. Franklin B. Hough was born in Martins- 
 ville, N. Y., July 20, 1822. He taught school for 
 several years, and then practised medicine in 
 Somerville, N. Y., from 1848 to 1852. After that 
 he devoted himself to literary pursuits, and did 
 much and good work, especially in preparing 
 books illustrating the early history of New Eng- 
 land and ISTew York. He was in later days irrev- 
 erently dubbed " Index Hough," on account of his 
 proclivity for indexes — the books that he edited 
 being supplied with more pages of index than they 
 contained of text. For a bibliography of Hough's 
 work see " A Bibliography of the writings of 
 Franklin Benjamin Hough, Ph.D., M.D." By 
 John H. Hickcox. Washington, D. C. 16°. 
 
 128 
 
pended its work on " The Cow Chace," 
 although the entire text of the ballad 
 was printed, and a large portion of 
 the introduction was in the hands of 
 the compositors. The sheets of The 
 Bivington Club's edition, so far as 
 printed, were in the keeping of Mr. 
 Francis S. Hoffman for nearly twenty 
 years, when they were destroyed in 
 Joseph Sabin's Nassau Street store by 
 Mr. Hoffman's consent. Mr. Munsell, 
 when informed of Dr. Hough's ques- 
 tionable performance, refused to cir- 
 culate the work with his imprint. But 
 Dr. Hough was equal to the emer- 
 gency; he bought the whole edition 
 and distributed it himself as the first 
 issue of the Riving ton Series. Dr. 
 Hough's course in this matter caused 
 considerable regret, because The Biv- 
 ington Club promised to make con- 
 siderable important additions to the 
 literature of Bevolutionary history. 
 It had in preparation, besides the 
 
 129 
 
" Cow Chace," a new " Washingtoni- 
 ana by the Loyalists of the Revolu- 
 tionary era," and some similar works, 
 that were abandoned because of the 
 unhappy experience with the first 
 publication. 
 
 RIVINGTON SERIES 
 
 ( 1 ) The Cow Chace : a poem in three cantos. 
 
 By Major John Andr<;, Adjutant-Gen- 
 eral to the British Army in New York, 
 in 1780. With preface and introduc- 
 tion by Franklin B. Hough. Albany, 
 N. Y.: Joel Munsell, 1866. 98 p. Sm. 
 4°. (Rivington Series.) 130 copies. 
 
 (2) The Siege of Savannah by the combined 
 
 American and French Forces under the 
 Command of Gen. Lincoln and the Count 
 d'Estaing, in tlie autumn of 1779. [With 
 preface and introduction by Franklin li. 
 Hough. ] Albany, N. Y. : Joo! Munsull, 
 1866. 187 p. Portrait. Sm. 4°. (Riv- 
 ington Series.) 130 copies. 
 From oonteriiporary newspapers, etc. 
 
 (;>) The Siege of Charleston by the British 
 fleet and army under the Command of 
 Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clin- 
 
 130 
 
ton, which terminated with the Sur- 
 render of that Place on the 12th of May, 
 1780. [With Preface and Introduction 
 by Franklin B. Hough.] Albany, N.Y. : 
 Joel Munsell, 1867. 224 p. 2 Plates. 
 Sm. 4°. (Rivington Series.) 130 copies. 
 
 From contemporary new.spapers, etc. 
 Fur notice of this series, see Historical Magazine, 
 Miiv, 1867. 
 
 131 
 
CHAPTER XITI 
 
 THE NAIIRAGANSIOTT CLIIU 
 1865-1874 
 
 OF the organization of The Narra- 
 gansett Clnh, Httle has hithei-to 
 been definitely known, notwithstand- 
 ing the fact that under its patronage 
 were issued the most scholarly, as 
 well as the most handsomely-printed 
 books, that have been produced in 
 this country, not even excepting the 
 more ambitious efforts of some of its 
 successors. Indeed, so well did the 
 members preserve their incognito that 
 only one of their number was known 
 to the subscribers, and the definite 
 relation to the club of even this one 
 member was only guessed at. This 
 
 132 
 
person vras <Te«jrge Taylor Paine, of 
 PD^videnee. E. L, at one time Secre- 
 tacy of the Rhode Mand Histirieal 
 Sooiety. who oi^anized The XaiTagan- 
 sett Clnb in 1865. 
 
 " HavixLg been the recipient of many 
 favors from the Bradford and other 
 contemporary book eliibs. " to quote 
 Mr. Paine's own words, "■ I wiitlied to 
 pay my debts; and knowing that I 
 eonld not pay them ia money, I eon- 
 eeiTe<i the idea of reprinting the Tari- 
 otLs soaree and rare volumes of Boger 
 "Williams's publications. I therefore 
 invited certain friends to join with me 
 as members of the club, giving them. 
 the benefits, and they agreeing to share 
 with me ia defraying whatever losses 
 might arise from an insnf&ciency of 
 subscribers to pay the cost of the 
 publications- " These gentlemen were 
 Hon. John Bussell Bartlett, then Sec- 
 retary of State of Rhode Island: Bob- 
 ert B. Chambers, Cieorge B. Calder, 
 
 133 
 
John J. Header, Albert V. Jenckes, 
 and Desmond Fitz Gerald, Deputy 
 Secretary of State of Rhode Island. 
 Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Fitz Gerald held 
 intimate personal relations with John 
 Carter Brown, and the club from its 
 inception had the free use of all the 
 rare volumes of Americana in Mr. 
 Brown's library, and, through the 
 same connection, the use also of the 
 rare volumes in the various libraries 
 in the United States. The club thus 
 had the advantage of comparing the 
 copies of the books they intended to 
 reprint with those held by the dif- 
 ferent libraries, and of noticing any 
 variations that existed. 
 
 In 1866 The Narragansett Club 
 issued its first volume, containing 
 a " Biographical Introduction to the - 
 Writings of Roger Williams," by Dr. 
 Reuben Aldridge Guild, at that time 
 librarian of Brown University ; a " Key 
 into the Language of America," edited 
 
 134 
 
by the Hon. James Hammond Trum- 
 bull ; and a " Letter of John Cotton," 
 and " Mr. Cotton's Letter Answered," 
 also edited by Dr. Reuben A. G-uild. 
 Of this volume and the two succeed- 
 ing ones the club printed two editions. 
 The " subscribers' edition " was in 
 small quarto (7X9 inches), the only 
 size sold by the club. The " club 
 copies " were on large paper (8| X 111 
 inches), were all numbered, and bore 
 the autograph of each editor. Each 
 member was entitled to five copies, 
 which he was permitted to give away 
 or exchange for other club books. 
 The editors were paid for their labour 
 by five " club copies." To the credit 
 of the editors be it said that to their 
 excellent work and enthusiasm is 
 largely due the success which the 
 club enjoyed. 
 
 The second volume of the club 
 was published in 1867, and contained 
 " John Cotton's Reply to Roger Wil- 
 
 135 
 
liams," edited by Rev. J. Lewis 
 Diman, and " Queries of Highest 
 Consideration," edited by Dr. Reuben 
 A. Gruild. Later in the same year the 
 third vokime was published, contain- 
 ing " The Bloudy Tenent of Persecu- 
 tion," edited by the Rev. Dr. Samuel 
 L. Caldwell. This volume, though 
 containing but one contribution, was 
 the largest published by the club. 
 
 After the issue of the third volume 
 the club lost one of its most enthusias- 
 tic members in Mr. Fitz Grerald, who 
 about this time removed from the 
 State, and was too much engrossed 
 in other matters to give attention to 
 a " hobby." So it was that the club 
 put out nothing until 1870, when its 
 fourth volume was published. This 
 contained "The Bloody Tenent Yet 
 more Bloody," prepared by the editor 
 of the third volume — Rev. Dr. S. L. 
 Caldwell. 
 
 At the end of 1870, The Narragansett 
 
 136 
 
Club practically disbanded, the mem- 
 bers having found the pastime of 
 publishing too expensive. Mr. Paine, 
 however, remained loyal to his off- 
 spring, and in 1872 issued the fifth vol- 
 ume of the series, containing " George 
 Fox Digged Out of his Burro wes," 
 edited by the Eev. J. L. Diman. 
 There were before this reprint but 
 five copies of the original of which 
 any trace could be found in Amer- 
 ica, each valued highly by its owner ; 
 nevertheless, so great was the con- 
 fidence in the integrity of the foun- 
 der of The Narragansett Club that 
 the five copies were actually in his 
 possession during the time that his 
 reprint was being prepared. To such 
 an extent had the interest in pri- 
 vately-printed books fallen off at this 
 time that Mr. Paine ventured to print 
 only one hundred and thirty subscrib- 
 ers' copies, and twenty-nine " club 
 copies " of this exceedingly rare work. 
 
 137 
 
In 1874, Mr. Paine issued the sixth, 
 and what proved to be the last, vol- 
 ume of The Narragansett Club series. 
 This contained the " Letters of Koger 
 Williams, 1632-1682," edited by the 
 Hon. John Russell Bartlett. 
 
 Mr. Paine was planning to issue 
 three other tracts by Roger Williams, 
 and an index to all the volumes. He 
 has, however, become satisfied that it 
 would be unwise to do so, as the de- 
 mand seems to be too insufficient to 
 warrant the risk of printing them. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE NARRAGANSETT 
 CLUB 
 
 (1) Biographical Introduction to the Writings 
 of Roger Williams. By Reuben Al- 
 diidge Guild. [LL.D.] A Key into 
 the Language of America. Edited by 
 James Hammond Trumbull. [LL.D.] 
 Letter of John Cotton, and Roger Wil- 
 liams's Reply. Edited by Reuben Al- 
 dridge Guild. [LL.D.] Providence, R.I. , 
 The Narragansett Club. MDCCCLXVI. 
 
 138 
 
vi + 2 + 60 + 16 + 219 + 3 + 112 p. 4°. 
 50 club copies ; 200 subscribers' copies. 
 
 The editors' names, in all of the books published by 
 The Narraganselt Club, were written in autograph on 
 the titlepages instead of being printed. 
 
 (2) Master John Cotton's Answer to Master 
 
 Roger Williams. Edited by Rev. J. 
 Lewis Diman. Queries of Highest Con- 
 sideration. Edited by Reuben Aldridge 
 Guild, [LL.D.] Providence, R. I., The 
 Narragansett Club. MDCCCLXVII. 
 8 + 240 + 36 p. 4°. 50 club copies ; 
 200 subscribers' copies. 
 
 (3) The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution. Edited 
 
 by [Rev. J Samuel L. C'aldwell, [LL.D.] 
 Providence, R. I., The Narragansett 
 Club, MDCCCLXVIL 4 + xiv + 425 
 p. 4°. 50 club copies ; 200 subscribers' 
 copies. 
 
 (4) The Bloody Tenent yet more Bloody. 
 
 Edited by [Rev.] Samuel L. Caldwell, 
 [LL.D.] Providence, R. I., The Narra- 
 gansett Club, MDCCCLXX. 4 -f ix -I- 
 547 -I- 1 p. 4°. 25 club copies ; 170 
 subscribers' copies. 
 
 (5) George Fox Digg'd out of his Burrowes. 
 
 Edited by Rev. J. Lewis Diman. Prov- 
 idence, R. I., The Narragansett Club. 
 ia9 
 
MDCCCLXXII. 6 + Iviii + 10 + 503 p. 
 4°. 29 club copies ; 130 subscribers' 
 copies. 
 
 (6) Letters of Roger Williams. 1632 to 1682. 
 Now first collected. Edited by Jobn 
 Russell Bartlett. Providence, R.I., The 
 Narragansett Club. MDCCCLXXIV. 
 xviii + 2 + 420 p. 4°. 25 club copies ; 
 160 subscribers' copies. 
 
 140 
 
CHAPTEE XIV 
 
 THE WASHINGTON CLUB 
 1865-1868 
 
 THE Washington Club, of which 
 Francis S. Hoffman and Dr. 
 Franklin B. Hough were supposed 
 to have been the leading spirits, in 
 1865 issued a facsimile reprint of " A 
 Poetical Epistle to his Excellency 
 Greorge Washington . . . from an in- 
 habitant of the State of Maryland." 
 This was originally printed in An- 
 napolis in 1779. It was reprinted in 
 London in 1780 "for the charitable 
 purpose of raising a few guineas to 
 relieve in a small measure the distress 
 of some hundreds of American pris- 
 oners now suffering confinement in the 
 
 141 
 
gaols of England." It was from a 
 copy of the London reprint that the 
 Washington Club edition was repro- 
 duced. 
 
 The second volume, issued by the 
 Washington Club in 1868, bore on the 
 fly leaf the legend " Washington Club 
 Publications No. Two." The volume 
 was entitled " Hjrmns and Odes com- 
 posed on the Death of General George 
 Washington," and was reproduced 
 from a copy of the original, printed at 
 the United States Oracle office in 
 Portsmouth, N. H., by Charles Pierce, 
 in January, 1800. The work had be- 
 come exceedingly scarce notwithstand- 
 ing the fact that Mr. Pierce had sold 
 them at the Columbian Bookstore " by 
 Groce [and] dozen " as well as singly, 
 and had made " generous contributions 
 to societies." The reprint contained 
 a portrait of Washington, in full regi- 
 mentals, engraved by H. B. Hall in 
 1865, after the painting by Peale done 
 
 142 
 
in 1778. This seems to have been the 
 last book issued under the patronage 
 of the club, although several others 
 are attributed to it, but on doubtful 
 authority. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHINGTON 
 CLUB 
 
 (1) A Poetical Epistle to his Excellency George 
 
 Washington, Esq., Commander in chief 
 of the Armies of the United States of 
 America, from An Inhabitant of the 
 State of Maryland. To which is an- 
 nexed a Short Sketch of George Wash- 
 ington's Life and Character. Annapolis, 
 Printed, 1779. London : Reprinted for 
 C. Dilly. MDCCLXXX. N. Y. : Re- 
 produced by Francis S. Hoffman [for 
 The Washington Club.] 1865. 24 p. 
 8°. 50 copies ; and 25 copies on large 
 paper. 
 
 (2) Hymns and Odes on the Death of George 
 
 Washington New York [The Wash- 
 ington Club.] 1868. 6 -f 16 p. Por- 
 trait. Small 4°. 12 copies on Whatman 
 paper. 
 
 The following is the title of the original work from 
 which the above was reprinted : Hymns and Odes com- 
 posed on the Death of General George Washing-ton: 
 143 
 
Adapted to the 22d Day of February, and Dedicated 
 to those who please to sing them, j;^^ Religious and 
 social assemblies cannot fail of being pleased with 
 these Various Tributes of affection to the Father and 
 Friend of his Country. They may select whatever 
 suits them best, and mourn the Man of the Age in 
 sublimest strains. These are the united Offerings of 
 Piety, Patriotism, and Genius at the shrine of Wash- 
 ington. ([^^ Many of them are pure originals, never 
 published before. Portsmouth, (N. H.) January, 1800. 
 Printed at the United States' Oracle Office by Charles 
 Pierce, sold by him at the Columbian Bookstore, by 
 Groce, dozen, or single. 
 
 144 
 
CHAPTER XV 
 
 THE AGATHYNIAN CLUB 
 1866-1868 
 
 IN 1866 The Agathynian Club was 
 formed in New York by Dr. Wil- 
 liam A. Hammond, now the proprietor 
 of Hammond's Sanitarium of Wash- 
 ington, D. C, F. S. Hoffman, and 
 " Abe " Simpson, superintendent of 
 the Bradstreet Press, and later one of 
 the firm of Moorhead, Simpson & 
 Bond, proprietors of the " Agathynian 
 Press," to issue original publications, 
 and reprints of rare, curious, and old 
 American, English, French, and Latin 
 books. One of its main objects, too, 
 was " to stimulate the development of 
 the typographical art in this country 
 
 145 
 
to its utmost perfection." This object 
 was no doubt in a measure accom- 
 plished, for the pubhcations of The 
 Agathynian Club were patterns of 
 bookmaking, remarkable for even 
 spacing of the type, true imposition of 
 the page, exact register, and careful 
 impression in printing, and firm and 
 well-made paper. In 1867 the club 
 issued its first book, " Advice to the 
 Officers of the British Army," an ex- 
 act reprint of the sixth London edition 
 of 1783, with introduction and notes 
 by Dr. William A. Hammond. The 
 authorship of this curious book has 
 been attributed to Capt. Williamson, 
 and to Lord Townshend, but it was 
 probably written by Capt. Francis 
 Grrose, the well-known facetious friend 
 of Robert Burns. As a clever piece 
 of satire, in imitation of Swift's " Ad- 
 vice to Servants," it has probably 
 never been equalled. The precepts it 
 contains are fully as applicable to 
 
 146 
 
ai'iiiies of tho present day as they were 
 to the British army of a I'oiitury ago. 
 A satirical woodout, supposed to repre- 
 sent Sir Henry Clinton, General Bnr- 
 goyno, Lord Cornwallis, and otliers, 
 was reprodueed in faesimile of the 
 original. Of the copies printed, twenty 
 were reserved for the members; the 
 remaining copies were sold to subscrib- 
 ers at $5 a, copy in paper and $6 in 
 cloth. The Bradstreet Press — the 
 De Yinne of its day — acted as agents 
 of the club. 
 
 The second volume published, in 
 18G8, by The Agathjaiijin Club was a 
 reprint of John Langley's translation 
 of Polydori Vergilii " De Rervm lu- 
 ventoribvs," a woi'k which contains 
 curious information on the origin of 
 the arts, sciences, mysteries, rites, or- 
 ders, and ceremonies, both ecclesiasti- 
 cal and civil. Dr. Hammond prefixed 
 an account of the author and his 
 works to the translation. 
 
 147 
 
In 1867 The Agathjiiiau Club was 
 busy prepai'iiig for the press a re- 
 print of the very rare and valuable 
 old EngUsh translation of the " Prov- 
 erbs of Erasmus," by Richard Taver- 
 ner, printed in London, in 1550, by 
 William Middilton. But a few copies 
 of the original book ai-e known to 
 exist, and its pungent, witty, and curi- 
 ous proverbs make it a desideratum 
 for every bibliophile. The text was 
 carefully edited by Greorge P. Philes, 
 the scholarly editor and publisher 
 of Tlie Philol)iJ)lion, at that time a 
 well-known dealer in rare books in 
 New York City. ^Mr. Philes also pre- 
 pared for this edition a biographical 
 notice of Erasmus, and a bibliograph- 
 ical account of the various editions 
 of the " Adagia " fi-om 1500 to 1703. 
 It was printed in black letter, and was 
 as perfect a copy of the original as 
 could be produced. The book had 
 actually passed thi'ough the press and 
 
lay folded in the bindery, waiting to 
 be issued as the second volume of 
 The Agathynian Club. There every 
 fragment of the whole one hundred 
 and fifty copies was destroyed in 
 the fire that consumed the Bradstreet 
 book-bindery. The fate of this book 
 sealed that of the club also * and its 
 founder devoted himself thenceforth 
 to the '' curing of the diseases of the 
 nervous system."" The names of the 
 members as well as the meaning of 
 the name of the club were long a 
 
 * It seems that two of the members of the 
 club left the third in the Inrch and issued 
 surreptitiously what now passes as the second 
 volume of The Agathynian Club — the Vergil. 
 The whole of the Erasmus also does not seem to 
 have perished, ilr. Hoffman secured some copies 
 — how many it is not known. He evidently 
 kept the matter secret, as neither Dr. Hammond 
 nor yLr. Philes were aware of the fact. It was 
 only by chance that I learned that ]\Ir. Hoffman 
 gave a copy to the foreman of the bindery, saying 
 that the work would "probably never see daylight 
 anyhow." 
 
 149 
 
mysteiy to book collectors. The for- 
 mer became kuowu some time since. 
 The latter, however, promises to re- 
 main a mystery to the end, as even its 
 iuveutoT' confesses himself ignorant of 
 its meaning and signihcance. 
 
 Pl'BLICATIOXS OF THE Ai;ATHYMAX 
 CLUB 
 
 (1) Advice to the Officei'S of the British 
 Anuy: With the Addition of some 
 Hints to the Drunmier and riivate 
 Sohlier. A Faesinuh* reprint of the tUh 
 London Kdition [17S:i]. With Intro- 
 duction and Notes [hy William A. 
 Hammond, M.D.] New York: The 
 Ao-athyniau Club, 18ti7. llil p. 8-^. 
 1'20 copies; and l> copies on tliin (Japa- 
 nese) paper. 
 
 (-) Polydori Vevgilii De Rervni Inventorihvs. 
 Translated into English by ,Iohn Lang- 
 ley. With an account of the author 
 and his \\orks bv William A. Ham- 
 mond, M.D. New" York : The Agathy- 
 nian Club, lSt>8. xvi -|- '241' -f xvii p. 
 8'-\ 120 copies; and o copies on thin 
 (Japanese) paper. 
 
 IBO 
 
The :&dloiriiig is a tzvnsmpt of the titlepage, and a 
 descriptiaa of the editiom of the " Froxcrbes " uinted 
 by Tlie Agathyniaii Clob, \rhich was d^foojed bj fire 
 in the foadstieet bindeiy: 
 
 PfiO- I T£BB£S OB | ABAGIES | ^atjVtA SVt 
 
 •f t|e C^ I Italts irr CrasBitfi kp |B?t|aclr 
 Cnmnr. | €@ttti btid allinau | as tan 
 •f LatvtPra^ I fcrrtrs as of eigtu!^. | 9n*. 
 ;^^ JL« I Cnni piiiiileg;io ad im-piimendam 
 sohuii. 
 
 Tlte title is %t withiii an omamenial barder. On the 
 Toso of tihe titlepage is a fsologae of 21 lines by the 
 faanshfaw. The tSlepage is foDoWed by the - ProTerbes," 
 printed in black letter, beginning with foL ii. and end- 
 ing with f cJ. IxxT. The - ftoTerbes " are followed bv 
 tlie additional poverbs, pinted in roman tvpe. begin- 
 ning witii id. Uv «i and ending with l^^i^ At the 
 &tA fe a leaf of orata, 10 lines, also in roman type. 
 On the Teiso of tins is a woodrat. 2 X S inches. leja^ 
 salting a tiee bearing fmit, on cme side of whidi is the 
 figure of a half-otHieealed man. and on ihe oths- that of 
 a haU-omeea]^ woman. Beroieen them is a shield, 
 nndemeath which is a scroll bearing th e de rice of the 
 jmnterrftieffligmal: WTLLT i AM | MTDDXLTOX. 
 The text is printed <n one side only ei the leaf, so that 
 tiie book eoBsists aetnally of IGO pages. The sik of 
 flie leaf fe 63^ X 9).£ inches, nntrinuned. The book 
 as described above is simphr a iqrint of tiie editicai 
 of 1^0^ as edited by Mr. Pliiles. Sone of the bio- 
 graphical and biUiograpbical matter j^epared by the 
 editor ftv the Tohun& part of which was printed, seems 
 to bare smrived. 
 
 151 
 
CHAPTER XVI 
 
 THE FRANKLIN SOCIETY 
 1869-1870 
 
 THE Franklin Society, the earliest 
 Western book club, was formed 
 in Chicago in 1869 for mutual im- 
 provement and social enjoyment. Its 
 members were chiefly printers, though 
 others connected with cognate trades 
 were admitted from time to time. It 
 was housed at 168 South Clark Street, 
 (second floor,) and its officers were, 
 L. B. Jameson, President; John M. 
 Farquhar and M. S. P- Bond, Vice- 
 Presidents; John Conahan, Sylvanus 
 W. Fallis, and Henry R. Boss, Secre- 
 taries; A. P. Luse, Treasurer; and 
 A. B. Case, Librarian. The managers 
 were James W. Sheahan, Frank F. 
 
 152 
 
Browne, Thomas Luke Mcintosh, Isaac 
 W. Henderson, V. B. Triiax, and M. A. 
 Woodberry. The society in its prime 
 numbered one life member, 103 active, 
 and seven corresponding members. It 
 had a large and valuable collection of 
 works on printing and bookmaking in 
 general, part of which, when the club 
 disbanded, was presented to the Chi- 
 cago Historical Society, and the re- 
 mainder to the Chicago Typothetse. 
 
 In 1869 the Franklin Society issued 
 "The Printer: What He Might Be." 
 This was a paper read before the 
 society October 27, 1869, by James W. 
 Sheahan. The essay was a practical 
 talk from a practical man, written in 
 terse Anglo-Saxon, and therefore also 
 a unique sample of what may be said 
 in our mother tongue. 
 
 The second publication was " Early 
 Newspapers in Illinois," a paper read 
 before the society by Henry R. Boss, 
 January 20, 1870. Mr. Boss (now sec- 
 
 153 
 
vdlaiy of tlio Bon Franklin 0()nii)jiiiy, 
 ;ui(l ono of tbo odilors of Tlir Nalionul 
 Priiilcr-JoKiiialisI, of Clii('iii!,'o, ) covorw 
 tlio ground from 1814 or 1815 — wIkmi 
 Tlie Illinois / idi'Ilif/rnrcr, tlio lii'si nows- 
 |);i])(M-, wjis issiiod in whut is now Uwi 
 Htiito ol' Illinois — till llio yofir 18G(j. 
 Tlio iiiiilci'iid is grou])(Ml nnd(M' coim- 
 ti(is, and, ihougli uiuivoidably I'l-ag- 
 )>i(Mitary, is dxciMidingly intei'cistiiig, 
 csixM'.iaHy that rolating to Thr Illinois 
 liUcUiijcncrr, to The Kduuirdsoillr Spcc- 
 UUor, and to tho found ing ol" the first 
 printiug-oClicd in the State. The con- 
 tents of this volume, with additions, 
 were subsequently idprinled in The 
 Pn'.iiJiiif/ Press. 
 
 Th(( books w(M'(i printed in what was 
 corisidin-ed " cldgjuit style;" that is, a, 
 small pag(! of typn in tiic middle ol' a 
 larg(i sbeet of pajxir'. The paper, how- 
 (^v(U', was good, the tyjxi readablo, and 
 the inif)nission evdu. After tbe issue 
 of the second, and, as it proved, the 
 
 154 
 
last book, the society began the issue 
 of a quarterly, afterwards a bi-monthly, 
 periodical entitled TJie Printing Press, 
 in which were printed miscellanea 
 of general interest to printers and lit- 
 erary workers. Seven numbers only 
 were issued. The fires of 1871 and 
 1874 interfered seriously with all but 
 bread-winning occupations, and so the 
 society gradually dwindled to zero, and 
 its properties were scattered. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE FRANKLIN SOCIETY. 
 
 (1) The Printer: What He Might Be. Read 
 
 before The Franklin Society of the City 
 of Chicago, October 27, 1869, by James 
 W. Sheahan. Chicago : Published by 
 The Franklin Society. 1869. 20 p. 4to. 
 
 (2) Early Newspapers in Illinois. Read before 
 
 The Franklin Society of the City of 
 Chicago, by Henry R. Boss, January 20, 
 1870. Chicago : Published by The 
 Franklin Society. 1870. 48 p. 4to. 
 
 (3) The Printing Press. [Edited by Henry 
 
 R. Boss.] Chicago : Published by The 
 Franklin Society. 1870-71. 7 numbers. 
 8°. 
 
CHAPTER XVII 
 
 CURIOSITIES OF CLUB PUBLICATION 
 
 The Bladenshurg Series and The Analectic Series 
 
 THE passion for " club " publications 
 about this time, (roughly speak- 
 ing, from 1863 to 1870,) had passed 
 from a dignified mania to very idiocy. 
 No venture was so absurd, no price 
 was so extravagant, that it failed to 
 find shoals of gudgeons eager to swal- 
 low the bait. There were, for instance, 
 many so-called collectors not only 
 ready to subscribe large sums for 
 proposed " privately-printed " books, 
 but also willing to pay an additional 
 bonus, in some cases as high as $50, 
 for admission to the " inner circle " 
 
 150 
 
of subscribers. This vanity uatiu-allj' 
 found many means for gratifying it- 
 self, and the result was a flood of such 
 publications until the panic years of 
 the seventies, when many of the vic- 
 tims met with financial disaster, and 
 the golden age of such books was over. 
 It was not until six yeai"S later that 
 the revival of " chib publication " 
 set in, which has since been carried 
 forward in. a dignified and rational 
 manner. 
 
 It is not my province to notice these 
 publications even by mere titles ; bnt 
 I cannot resist the temptation in this 
 place to mention as a ciu'iosity of 
 so-called " chib pnbhcations " the hoax 
 known as TJte Bladensburg Series. 
 This series, consisting of two issues, 
 was projected by a well-known book- 
 man, whose name miist even at this 
 late day remain secret. By adroit 
 advance announcement of his pro- 
 posed pnbhcations the expectations of 
 
collectors were raised to fever heat. 
 But no one was ever able to obtain 
 a copy, until years after in auction 
 rooms, because, of the seventy-five 
 copies printed of each volume, none 
 were ever sold; a few were kept by 
 the publisher of the series, the re- 
 mainder were presented by him to his 
 most intimate friends. Up to the 
 present time but few copies have 
 been sold at auction except those 
 owned by William Menzies and John 
 Allan. 
 
 The first number of The Bladens- 
 burg Series, issued in 1865, was a re- 
 print of a parody in imitation of 
 "John G-ilpin," entitled, "The Bla- 
 densburg Races." The text was a 
 satirical poem on Madison and his 
 administration, and was written about 
 two years after the capture of Wash- 
 ington City, August 24, 1814. It was 
 originally printed in 1816, with the 
 imprint, " Printed for the Purchaser." 
 
Tlie battle of Bladeusbm-g, (a village 
 of Priiu'e Cooi-o-e's County, Maiylaiid, 
 situated on the eastern braneli of the 
 Poton\ae, about six miles northeast of 
 Washing-ton,) it may be remembered, 
 was fought on the afternoon, between 
 one and four o'eloek, of August 24, 
 1814. The American troops, consistuig 
 of about tire thousand hastily -gathered 
 militia and raw volunteers, with less 
 than one thousand regular troops and 
 sailors and marines, under the com- 
 mand of General W H. Winder, were 
 pitted against four thousand veterans 
 of Wellington's army, under General 
 Ross. The loss on the pai't of the 
 English was severe, since, oiit of two 
 thirds of the army which was engaged, 
 upwai'ds of live hundred were killed 
 and woTTiided; and ^vllat rendered it 
 doubly severe was, that among these 
 were numbered several officers of high 
 rank and distinction. On the side 
 of the Americans the slauu-hter was 
 
not so groat. Boiiig in possossioii of 
 ;i stroni;" position tlioy wcnv of courses 
 loss oxpostnl ill di^toiuliiii;' (.lum t-lu^ 
 otiioi's wove in st-onnini;- it; and had 
 tlioy conductod tluMusolvcvs with cool- 
 n(\ss and I'osolntion, it, is not conooiv- 
 ablo how tho baiilo could Iku'o boon 
 won by tlio Fjn,i!;lisli. lint, tho L'aci is 
 that, with tho (ix('.(i|)tion ot' a small 
 party of sailors from liio j>'unl)oai.s, 
 uudor tlio command of C^ommodon^ 
 liarnoy, no l,roo|)S could luivo \w- 
 luivod worso than th(^ AnuM-icaii army 
 did on this occasion.* Tho incidiMits 
 oi" tho dis,t;ra-c(>ful rout, tliai, ousuod 
 aro described in "Tho BladcMislmrfij 
 liacos " with bitint;- sarcasm. Tho vol- 
 nmo was i)rintod by ,Io(d Muiisidl. 
 
 'V\w s(H',oiid uundxu- of V'/w /l/adciis- 
 hiu-f] Series was entitled "A (-olonnl 
 Man's Romiuiscoiices of Jamivs Madi- 
 
 * "Oainpai^n «!' l,lio liril.iHli Army ;il; WftHli- 
 
 iii[;t(iii ;iii(l N(nv ()rl<^;i,ns, IHII-lfi." Hy (Iriirgo 
 
 Itobort (ili'ig. Ijorulon, ISL'I. 8°. (!h;i,ii(,(ir ix. 
 111(1 
 
son, by Paul Jennings," and bore the 
 imprint, " Brooklyn, George C. Beadle, 
 1865." Paul Jennings was born on 
 President Madison's estate, in Mont- 
 pelier, Va., in 1799. His reputed father 
 was Benjamin Jennings, an English 
 trader; his mother, a slave of Mr. 
 Madison and the grand-daughter of an 
 Indian. Paul was Madison's "body 
 servant" till Madison's death, after 
 which Daniel Webster purchased his 
 freedom from Madison's widow. Paul 
 Jennings was quite intelligent, and for 
 a number of years was engaged in one 
 of the government offices in Washing- 
 ton, during which time he was induced 
 to write his reminiscences, which are 
 most interesting. 
 
 Another curiosity of club publica- 
 tions is The Analectic Press Series. 
 The publications in this series are 
 interesting, first, because they were 
 printed under the direction of boys — 
 worthy scions, the one of one of the 
 
 161 
 
founders of The Bradford Club, the 
 other of a woll-knowii oolleotor; and, 
 in the second phiee, because most of 
 them were edited by Evert A. Dnyek- 
 iuek shortly before his death, and 
 represent his last literary work. 
 
 In I8T1! Master Charles Lonis Mo- 
 reau, the son of C. C. Moreau, and 
 nephew of John B. Morean, the fonnd- 
 ers of The Bradford Club. indiTced his 
 xmole to prepare for him a book that 
 he might print on his amateur press 
 for distribution among his friends. 
 The resiilt was a " Calendar of Amer- 
 ican Chronology illustrated by quota- 
 tions from Shakespeare [edited by 
 John B. Moreau]." The work, an oc- 
 tavo, extended to sixty-three pages, 
 and was printed on one siile of the 
 sheet only. Sixty copies were printed. 
 Two extra copies were priuted as 
 quarto for Mr. C. C. Moreau, which 
 he has inlaid and extended with a rich 
 collection of prints relating to New 
 
 162 
 
York. The meehanical appearance of 
 this Tolume and of its successors 
 would have done credit to a printing- 
 offiee of greater pretensions. The 
 paper was of the best qaaliTy. the 
 composition good, and the impression 
 even. In ISSO smd 18S1. Master Mo- 
 rean reprinted tMs collection nnder 
 the title of ■ Events in New York 
 City, with Illustrations from Shake- 
 speare by a Xew Yorker." The re- 
 print was printed on both sides of the 
 paper, and formed a neat sixteenmo 
 volume. 
 
 The second pnbHeation, issued in 
 1ST3. was "A Collection of Engrav- 
 ings, by Al ex ander Anderson, M. D.,* 
 executed on wood after his ninetieth 
 
 * For an a e e iMiuti of this jiaoBs: m vood ri> 
 giaTizig in Amerita, see -Life and Wcik5 of 
 Atesaad^ AndasoB, M. D.. tlte ~r^ Ameiieaii 
 wvoi-eaagssv^x.^ By Vredetli^ 3L Bzrr. Xe^r 
 Tcrk : RirZisbed br Btitt Bit-j. 1533. 210 p. 
 Pc'n:ari snA ilhisiritioii?. S". 
 i«s 
 
Year, [with an introduction by Evert 
 A. Duyckinck.]" The volume con- 
 tained eighty pages of text and 150 
 illustrations. 
 
 The third volume, printed in the 
 same year, (1873,) was entitled "Illus- 
 trations of Mother Goose's Melodies, 
 Designed and engraved on wood by 
 Alexander Anderson, M. D., with an 
 introductory notice by Evert A. Duyck- 
 inck." It made a volume of thirty- 
 six pages, of which fifty copies were 
 printed as octavo and ten copies as 
 quarto. 
 
 The fourth and last volume, also is- 
 sued in 1873, contained " Poems hith- 
 erto uncollected by the Rev. Francis 
 L. Hawks, D. D.," with a preface 
 by Evert A. Duyckinck. There were 
 twenty-seven pages and an India proof 
 portrait of the author, a famous cler- 
 gyman in his day. Of this sixty copies 
 were printed as octavo and ten copies 
 as quarto. 
 
 164 
 
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary 
 of the birth of his father's old friend 
 and neighbour, Mr. Henry T. Drowne, 
 a well-known patron of art and litera- 
 ture, Master Moreau, assisted by Mi'. 
 Dro^\Tie's son, Henry Russell, in 1872 
 printed an "Extra No." of Tlie Ana- 
 ledic Series. It was entitled, "Jour- 
 nal of a Cruise in the Fall of 1780 in 
 the Private Sloop of War, Hope. By 
 Solomon Drowne, M.D., of Provi- 
 dence, R. I. With notes by [his grand- 
 son] Henry T. Drowne." The vol- 
 ume contained twenty-seven pages 
 and a portrait of Master Moreau. 
 
 Only one set of this series has thus 
 far been sold — that in the Menzies 
 collection. The remainder, which are 
 in the collections of old friends of Mr. 
 Moreau, will probably remain in hid- 
 ing for many yeai'S to come. 
 
 166 
 
THE BLADENSBURG SERIES 
 
 (1) The Bladensburg Races. Written shortly 
 
 after the Capture of Washington City, 
 August 24, 1814. Probably it is not 
 generally known, that the flight of Ma- 
 homet, the flight of John Gilpin, and 
 the flight of Bladensburg, all occurred 
 on the twenty-fourth of August. Printed 
 for the Purcbaser. 1816. [Reprinted, 
 1865.] 16 p. 4to. 75 copies. 
 
 (2) A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James 
 
 Madison By Paul Jennings. Brooklyn : 
 George C. Beadle, 1865. 21 p. 4to. 
 75 copies. 
 
 THE ANALECTIC PRESS SERIES 
 
 (1) Calendar of American Chronology illus- 
 trated by quotations from Shakespeare. 
 [Compiled by John B. Moreau.] Pri- 
 vately printed by Charles L. Moreau 
 New York 1872. 3-1-60 leaves. 8vo. 
 60 copies ; and 2 copies on large paper. 
 
 Reprinted as " Events in the History of New York 
 City with Illustrations from Shakespeare by a New 
 Yorker ' No day without a deed to crown it ' [Com- 
 piled by John B. Moreau] Privately printed by Charles 
 L. Moreau New York 1880 " [and 1881.] 100 p. 16°. 
 00 copies of each issue. 
 
 166 
 
('!) A Colloclidii of oiipfi'iivinjjfH liy Aluxiiiuldr 
 Aii(l(ir,Hoii, M. I)., (ix(1(Ii(,(m1 (III wood 
 a^((^l• Ilia iiiiidlidUi yiiiu'. [WiUi imi lii- 
 tiddiiclioii liy lOvorl A. l)ii_y(',l<iiic,k.] 
 I'rivali'ly prinliul by (1Iiiu1((h Ij. Mo- 
 HMMi Now York IH^!!. 8-|- I'J |.. + IM) 
 illiiHli'iiiioiiH. H". f)() copios; imd i2 
 (•n|)i('H oil coloiirod i)ii,|)(ir. 
 
 {'•\) IlliiMlni.lioiiH of Molliiu- ({ooho'h Melodies 
 l)('si;,nuid ii.iid (iiif^'nivotl on wood by 
 .Mo\:iii(l('i' .AndcrHoii, 1\1. I)., witli nil 
 iiilrodiiclorv notice hy liA'erl. A. Diiyck- 
 inek. I'ris'u.l.e!) |)i'ilit(H! by (lliiu'IeH \j. 
 MoRMiii Nt<\v Vork \HV.i l()H-;i(ii>. 
 IlliislriitioiiH. H". fiO collies; and lO 
 copies on lii.rnHi |i;i|ier. 
 
 (1) IVuuiiS liilJiorlo iiiicolleetied by (.lie Ixcv. 
 l''niiicis L. Hawks, D. I). |\Vitb ii, pivl'- 
 iice by lOxcrl. A. DiiyckiiK'k. | I'ri- 
 \'{i.l((l\' |)iiiil.<<d by (MiiirUvs L. ^^)l■eall 
 New' Vork lS7;i. '-!7 p. I'ortiiul, ol" 
 l)r. Hawks. S". (iO copies; iilid 10 
 copies on hiii^'e piiper 
 
 In Mi'H/ii's' ('ii.l,'iloj;ii(' Uii> iiimibi>r ol' cepirN printi'il 
 111' ;l ;inil I isMiiicI 111 lin "nuly 10." Mr. Mciizics |ir(ili- 
 iilily hill! in niiiul llin hii'^c I'oiiio.s only. 
 
 |IO\lra No.) .loiiniiil oi" a (^iiiso in llie Full of 
 I7S0 ill {ho I'l'ivaie Sloop ol' W'ai', lliijic. 
 \\\ SoIdiiioii l>ro\\iu\ I\l. I)., ol' I'l'osi- 
 
 1(17 
 
dence, R. I. With Notes by Henry T. 
 Drowns. Privately printed by Charles 
 L. Moreau New York 1872. 27 p. 
 Portrait of C. L. Moreau. 25 copies. 
 
 For notice of The Analectic Series see " The Cata- 
 logue of the Books and Manuscripts forming the Pri- 
 vate Library of William Menzies." New York, 1875. 
 p. 11. 
 
 168 
 
OlIAITH]!;, XVIJI 
 
 ■I'llls IIIS'I'OUKJAL l'lUN'riN(i CIAIH 
 I.STC- 
 
 |'^0\\, (^\(•(^ll(Mll, work, niul I'oi- ilui 
 iiumUkm- of hooks t)ul)linli(Ml, 'VU{\ 
 1 1 isloi-ic'il Prinlintj;' (1lub, ol' lirooklyn, 
 N. v., (\M.sily l,;ik(\s n plncci in ilui IVoiii 
 rjuik of inodoru book clubs. Ori^i- 
 nuliiii;' ill n <l(\sir(i l,o |)iiL iiiio print, 
 (•(M-lniii liiHl.oi'ic.al .'uid bibiio,i^TJi,|)iii(',ji,l 
 nijii(iri)iJ wliicli no |)nbli,sh(ir could bo 
 iii(luc(Ml l.o publish sil liis own risk, its 
 lii'sl, |)ublic;i.UonM wcro uuM'oly " pri- 
 vjiloly |)riiii,o(l." Uulso uuiiiy rcipicsls 
 I'or c()|)ios i'cjicIumI Mio orii!,injiiors ol' 
 Uiis club IhnI il, was (h^cidcnl loassunu^ 
 a. club luuuo I'oi' iuipi'inl, and l,o })ul, a 
 
 Mill 
 
price on the publications. The club 
 thus formed consisted of Gordon L. 
 Ford, for years the publisher of the 
 New York Tribune, (a well-known book 
 collector, and the proprietor of one of 
 the most important private collections 
 of Americana in the United States,) 
 and of his sons, Worthington Chaun- 
 cey Ford, at present associated with 
 the statistical bureau of the Treasury 
 Department in Washington, and Paul 
 Leicester Ford — both well and fa- 
 vourably known for their many consci- 
 entious labours in the field of American 
 history. 
 
 On the death of the father the sons 
 continued the work. They hope in 
 time to develop the club on a toler- 
 ably broad basis so far as the print- 
 ing of historical material gathered by 
 themselves and others is concerned. 
 As it is, the club has already published 
 upwards of sixty books and pamphlets, 
 comprising a fairly complete history 
 
 170 
 
of the early strafes of the United 
 States. 
 
 The histoiical pablieatioiis of the 
 cWb are issaes of unprmted data ex- 
 chisively, and reprints of exceedingly 
 scarce or practically unobtainable 
 printed matter relating to the eariy 
 jiolitical or military history of the 
 United States. In this class we may 
 briefly consider the pamphlet entitled, 
 '■ Grroton Heights and Xew London, 
 1781," made np of two contemporary 
 letters nerer before printed, in which 
 Benedict Arnold's attack on Xew Lon- 
 don and Crpoton, the burning of the 
 town, and capture of Fort &riswold 
 are described by Zabdiel !B<^ers, the 
 commander of the first raiment to 
 come to the assistance of the garrison, 
 and Thomas Mnmf ord, a leading mer- 
 chant of Sew London. In connection 
 with this, the thin qnarto entitied, 
 " Sew London : Pettypang Point," may 
 be mentioned, though it treats of a 
 
 in 
 
later period — 1812. The defences of 
 New London during that war are de- 
 scribed in detail and are illustrated by 
 a reproduction of a rare map of the dis- 
 trict, published circa 1812-1814. The 
 English and American squadrons are 
 located, and some crisp remarks on the 
 behaviour of the militia of the " priest- 
 ridden State " at Pettypaug, or Petti- 
 paug, are added. In 1788 Noah Web- 
 ster, while engaged in writing a history 
 of the American Revolution, wrote 
 to Washington, asking for the secret 
 history of the Yorktown campaign. 
 Washington replied in a most valuable 
 and interesting letter, which, together 
 with Webster's letter of inquiry, were 
 first printed by the club, in 1881, in 
 the pamphlet entitled, " 1781, York 
 Town," etc. 
 
 In printing the " Report of a Com- 
 mittee of the Lords of the Privy Coun- 
 cil on the Trade of Grreat Britain with 
 the United States, 1791," the club con- 
 
 172 
 
f erred a favour of no small importance 
 upon the historian and the political 
 economist. This able report was for 
 some reason almost at once suppressed, 
 and, until reprinted by The Historical 
 Printing Club, was unknown except 
 to a few antiquarians. The report 
 carefully investigates and describes the 
 nature and extent of the commerce 
 between Grreat Britain, her colonies, 
 and the United States. It gives also, 
 in appendixes, the examinations and 
 testimony of the merchants of the 
 principal cities of England on this 
 subject, tables of the American trade 
 from 1772 to 1789, and the text of the 
 different drafts of Pitt's " Trade bill," 
 of 1783. This bill, but for the conver- 
 sion of its author by Sheffield's work 
 on American Commerce, would have 
 admitted America to the benefits of 
 English commerce on terms of equality 
 with English subjects, and thus would 
 have prevented the subsequent com- 
 
 173 
 
mercial disputes wliicli eventually in- 
 volved us in the War of 1812, and 
 perhaps were the beginning of the 
 antagonistic commercial policies of 
 to-day. 
 
 Another valuable service rendered 
 to the historian and political economist 
 is the issue in one volume of the "Es- 
 says on the Constitution of the United 
 States, published during its discussion 
 by the people, 1787-1788." From an 
 examination of over forty files of news- 
 papers and many thousand separate 
 issues scattered in various public and 
 private libraries from Boston, Mass., to 
 Charleston, S. C, the editor, Mr. Paul 
 L. Ford, was enabled to make up this 
 volume, and from various other sources 
 he obtained the name of the writer 
 of each essay. The collection throws 
 much new light upon the proceedings 
 in the Federal Convention, of which 
 so large a part is still veiled in mys- 
 tery. Personal motives and state inter- 
 
 17i 
 
ests are mercilessly laid bare, furnisli- 
 ing clues to both the support of and 
 opposition to the Constitution. The 
 material is fully annotated by the 
 editor, who also adds a bibliography 
 of the subject. 
 
 An interesting reprint published by 
 the club is the " Notes on the State of 
 Virginia," by Thomas Jefferson, which 
 is from the first and very rare edition 
 of 1784, and contains the suppressed 
 leaves as well as the substituted leaves 
 printed in 1786. The changes and ad- 
 ditional material printed in the editions 
 of 1787 and 1853, and in the "Ap- 
 pendix" of 1800 are also included, 
 together with all the illustrations in 
 the various editions, the most note- 
 worthy being the folio map prepared 
 by Jefferson for the edition of 1786, 
 which is now rarely to be found, even 
 in that edition, and reproductions of 
 two of Jefferson's autographic inscrip- 
 tions in copies of the first edition. 
 
 175 
 
In the introduction, the history of the 
 preparation of the book is given, with 
 a bibhography of the various editions. 
 This edition is the only one ever 
 printed with an index. 
 
 Among the other original historical 
 material thus far published by The 
 Historical Printing Club may be men- 
 tioned the "Orderly Book of the 
 Maryland Loyalists' Regiment, June 
 18, 1778, to October 12, 1778." The 
 orderly book begins with the evacua- 
 tion of Philadelphia, and covers the 
 march across New Jersey, and the 
 foraging tour and cantonment on Long 
 Island. For the period to July 5 the 
 General orders of Howe have been 
 printed in the " Kemble Papers;" but 
 there are differences in the text even 
 in these, and this volume includes the 
 Brigade and Regimental orders as well, 
 which were of course not included in 
 Greneral orders. For the remainder of 
 the period this orderly book, which was 
 
 176 
 
kept by Caleb Jones, once sheriff of 
 Somerset County, Maryland, fills a gap 
 which, existed before its publication. 
 The book also has a value to the 
 genealogist and to the historian of 
 Maryland, who has thus far barely 
 mentioned this regiment. Another 
 work, "Letters of William Lee," com- 
 prises upwards of three hundred letters 
 which, with a very few exceptions, 
 were printed in these volumes for the 
 first time from the original manu- 
 scripts or letter-books. The prominent 
 positions occupied by Lee under the 
 Continental Congress during the Amer- 
 ican Revolution make these letters, 
 for the most part written to his broth- 
 ers in full and free confidence, of great 
 value historically. Lee, it will be 
 remembered, was successively secret 
 agent in London, commercial agent in 
 France, and minister to the courts of 
 Vienna and Berlin. He was the only 
 American who had been sheriff and 
 
 177 
 
aldenuau in Loudon, while his mercan- 
 tile career was also of no ordinary in- 
 terest. In these letters the growth of 
 the enmity of the Lees and Izard to 
 Deane and Franklin is fully shown, 
 and its bitterness and persistency 
 proved; while at the same time the 
 letters are full of details of the situa- 
 tion of affairs in Europe, told as they 
 had never before been told. 
 
 In " Who was the Mother of Frank- 
 lin's Son ! " Mr. Paul L. Ford makes 
 an investigation into the maternity of 
 William Franklin, Grovernor of New 
 Jersey, etc., illegitimate son of Ben- 
 jamin Franklin. Edward Quincey 
 declared this question to be the " one 
 mystery of Franklin's life." Mr. 
 Sparks " looked it up in vain." Alex- 
 ander Dallas Bache considered it "past 
 finding out." Professor McMaster 
 states that "it is not known," and John 
 T. Morse says, " No record or tradition 
 remains." Mr. Ford, however, has suc- 
 
 178 
 
ceeded in bringing forward facts that 
 have been overlooked by other pub- 
 licists and historians, and answers, 
 partly at least, the surmises as to who 
 the mother may have been. The 
 pamphlet by Frances Sargent Osgood, 
 " Lines to Mr. Dodson, engraver of 
 the plate of Female contributors to 
 Graha»i's Magazine" is noteworthy be- 
 cause it contains an impression from 
 the original plate, by Dodson's burin, 
 on which the females were martyred, 
 and against which Mrs. Osgood raised 
 her satirical protest. 
 
 Valuable as the work mentioned 
 above may be, and creditably as it 
 has been done, the club is still more to 
 be congratulated on its bibliographical 
 work. In this respect its labours have 
 been unique; and inasmuch as its 
 work has been carefully and well 
 done, the praise already accorded in 
 the introduction of this chapter may 
 be reiterated here. The "Catalogue 
 
 179 
 
of Books by Noah Webster," is the 
 first attempt made to rescue from ob- 
 livion the many anonymous contribu- 
 tions by the eminent lexicographer to 
 the newspapers and magazines of the 
 period. These dealt with slavery, com- 
 merce, banks, politics, medicine, nat- 
 ural science, genealogy, American 
 history, and other subjects. In the 
 " Bibliotheca Chaunciana," Mr. Paul 
 L. Ford, who, with one or two excep- 
 tions, has compiled all the bibli- 
 ographies published by the club, has 
 made an attempt to catalogue the writ- 
 ings of Charles Chauncy, as well as the 
 works written to oppose or controvert 
 Chauncy, one of the leading New Eng- 
 land divines of the last century, who 
 took a leading part in the White- 
 fieldian, paper money, " American 
 Bishops," and other controversies 
 of his time. The " Bibliotheca Ham- 
 iltoniana " contains upwards of 300 
 "lined" titles of various editions of 
 
 180 
 
publications relating to Alexander 
 Hamilton; all his own writings, in- 
 cluding his Treasury Reports and cir- 
 culars ; his joint writings with others, 
 such as " The Federalist," and others, 
 the lives, sketches, replies, attacks on, 
 etc., with the libraries in which they 
 may be found, and notes concerning the 
 rarity, history, origin, and such other 
 facts as may add to the interest of 
 each work. The " Burr Bibliography," 
 compiled by Hamilton B. Tompkins, 
 gives complete titles of about 120 books 
 referring to Aaron Buvv, with list of 
 the libraries where many of the books 
 may be consulted. In the " Press of 
 North Carolina in the Eighteenth 
 Century," by Stephen B. Weeks, will 
 be found an interesting contribution 
 to the early history of printing in this 
 country, as well as to the history of 
 its early publicists. From Mason and 
 Dixon's line southward the incuna- 
 bula and early writers of the colo- 
 
 181 
 
nies are to-day practically unknown. 
 In Thomas's " History of Printing " 
 an attempt was made to trace the ex- 
 tension and growth of the Southern 
 press; but a New England author 
 worked at too great a disadvantage 
 to be able to be either minute or accu- 
 rate, and it need therefore not surprise 
 the reader to find from Dr. Weeks's 
 work how often Thomas erred. The 
 fullest and most satisfactory por- 
 tion of Dr. Weeks's bibliographical 
 notes deals with the laws of the col- 
 ony and State of North Carolina. The 
 appended list will give the reader a 
 fair idea of the other bibliographi- 
 cal works published by the club, to 
 which the author, sensible of the space 
 limitation of this volume, cannot give 
 the detailed description which they 
 fully deserve. 
 
 Typographically the publications of 
 The Historical Printing Club are 
 plain — the object being evidently to 
 
 182 
 
fit them for use rather than for show. 
 However, so far as size of type, clear- 
 ness of print, quality of paper, and 
 ample margins are concerned, the 
 books may figure as Editions de luxe. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE HISTORICAL 
 PRINTING CLUB 
 
 (1) Webster Genealogy. Compiled and Printed 
 
 for Presentation by Noah Webster. New 
 Haven. 1836. With Notes and Cor- 
 rections by His Great^Grandson, Paul 
 Leicester Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. Pri- 
 vately printed. 1876. 9 -|- 4 p. Plate. 
 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (2) The Original of Local and Other Names 
 
 a Letter from Hon Francis Baylies of 
 Taunton Mass to Hon P W Leland of 
 Fall River Mass Brooklyn N Y 1879. 
 24 p. 4°. 30 copies. 
 
 (3) 1781 Groton Heights and New London 
 
 Letters from Zabdiel Rogers and Thomas 
 Mumford From the Originals In the 
 possession of Gordon L Ford Brook- 
 lyn N Y Privately Printed 1881. 14 p. 
 4°. 50 copies. 
 Two copies contain a suppressed leaf. 
 
 183 
 
(4) 1814 New London Pettypaug Point 
 
 Brooklyn N Y Privately Printed 1881. 
 6 p. Plate. 4°. 50 copies. 
 
 (5) 1781 York Town Letter from Noah 
 
 Webster to George Washington and 
 from George Washington to Noah Web- 
 ster From the Original In the posses- 
 sion of Gordon L Ford Brooklyn N Y 
 Privately Printed 1881. 7 p. 4°. 
 40 copies. 
 
 (6) Websteriana A Catalogue of Books by 
 
 Noah Webster Collated from the Li- 
 brary of Gordon L Ford Brooklyn N Y 
 1882. 20 leaves. 4°. 6 copies. 
 
 (7) Bibliotheca Chaunciana A List of the 
 
 Writings of Charles Chauncy Brook- 
 lyn NY Privately Printed 1884. 30 p. 
 4°. 10 copies. 
 
 (8) Lines to Mr. Dodson, Engraver of the 
 
 Plate of Female Contributors to Gra- 
 ham's Magazine. By Frances Sargent 
 Osgood. Oh ! for a lodge in some vast 
 wilderness ! Some boundless contiguity 
 of shade. Brooklyn: N. Y. 1885. 10 p. 
 Plate. Small 4°. 10 copies. 
 
 (9) Address to the Connecticut Society of 
 
 Cincinnati on the Death of George 
 Washington By Benjamin Tallmadge. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. : Privately Printed 
 1885. 4 p. Small 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 184 
 
(10) Address of the Pennsylvania Society of 
 
 Cincinnati to George Washington and 
 His Answer 1797. Brooklyn, N. Y. : 
 Privately Printed 1886. 7 p. Small 
 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 (11) Address of the Rhode Island Society of 
 
 Cincinnati to George Washington and 
 His Answer 1797. Brooklyn, N. Y. : 
 Privately Printed. 1885. 7 p. Small 
 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 (12) An Oration in Commemoration of Gen- 
 
 eral Nathaniel Greene, Delivered Be- 
 fore the Connecticut Society of the 
 Cincinnati, At New Haven, September 
 12, 1786, By William HiUhouse, Esq. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. : Privately Printed. 
 1886. 16 p. Small 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 (13) Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana. A List of 
 
 Books Written by or relating to 
 Alexander Hamilton By Paul Lei- 
 cester Ford Printed for the Author 
 The Knickerbocker Press New York 
 1886. 159 p. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (14) A List of Editions of " The Federalist." 
 
 By Paul Leicester Ford Brookljm, 
 N. Y. 1886. 25 p. 8°. 50 copies. 
 
 (15) A List of Treasury Reports and Circu- 
 
 lars issued by Alexander Hamilton 
 1789-1795 Compiled by Paul Lei- 
 
 185 
 
cester Ford Brooklyn, N. Y. 1886. 
 47 p. 8°. 50 copies. 
 
 (16) Hamilton's " Publius." [By Worthing- 
 
 ton Chauncey Ford.] (From the New 
 York Evening Post.) Washington. 
 1886. 8 p. 4°. 25 copies. 
 
 (17) A List of the Members of the Federal 
 
 Convention of 1787. By Paul Lei- 
 cester Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. 1888. 
 15 p. minimo. 100 copies. 
 
 (18) Pamphlets on the Constitution of the 
 
 United States, Published during Its 
 Discussion by the People, 1787-1788. 
 Edited With Notes and a Bibli- 
 ography by Paul Leicester Ford. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y.: 1888. 451 p. 8°. 
 500 copies. 
 
 (19) Bibliography and Reference List of the 
 
 History and Literature relating to 
 the Adoption of the Constitution of 
 the United States, 1787-8. By Paul 
 Leicester Ford. Brooklyn, N.Y.: 1888. 
 64 p. 8°- 100 copies. 
 
 (20) Some Materials for a Bibliography of the 
 
 Official Publications of the Continental 
 Congress 1774-1789 Collected and 
 Annotated by Paul Leicester Ford 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 1888. 57 p. 8°. 
 250 copies. 
 
 186 
 
(21) Report of a Committee of the Lords of 
 
 the Privy Council on the Trade Of 
 Great Britain with the United States. 
 January, 1791. [Edited by Worth- 
 ington Chauncey Ford.] Washing- 
 ton: Department of State. 1888. 79 p. 
 Small 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (22) Letters of Joseph Jones of Virginia. 
 
 1777-1787. [Edited by Worthington 
 Chauncey Ford.] Wasliington: De- 
 partment of State 1889. 14 -|- 157 p. 
 Small 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (23) Check List of Bibliographies, Cata- 
 
 logues, Reference-Lists, and Lists of 
 Authorities of American Books and 
 Subjects. Compiled by Paul Leicester 
 Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. 1889. 8 + 
 63 p. 4°. 500 copies. 
 
 (24) Check-List of American Magazines 
 
 Printed in the Eighteenth Century 
 By Paul Leicester Ford Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. 1889. 12 p. 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (25) List of some Briefs in Appeal Causes 
 
 which relate to America tried before 
 the Lords Commissioners of Appeals of 
 Prize Causes of His Majesty's Privy 
 Council, 1736-1758 By Paul Leices- 
 ter Ford Brooklyn, N. Y. 1889. 20 p. 
 8°. 250 copies. 
 
 187 
 
(26) Who Was the Mother of Franklin's Son? 
 
 An Historical Conundrum, Hitherto 
 Given up — Now Partly Answered by 
 Paul Leicester Ford. " Speak of me 
 as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set 
 down aught in malice." Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. : 1889. 15 p. 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 (27) Washington as an Employer and Im- 
 
 porter of Labor. [By Worthington 
 
 Chauncey Ford.] Brooklyn, N. Y. : 
 
 Privately Printed. 1889. 78 p. Small 
 4°. 500 copies. 
 
 (28) Franklin Bibliography. A List of Books 
 
 written by, or relating to Benjamin 
 Franklin. By Paul Leicester Ford. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. : 1889. 7 + 467 p. 
 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (29) The Spurious Letters Attributed to 
 
 Washington. With A Bibliographical 
 Note by Worthington Chauncey Ford. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. : Privately Printed. 
 1889. 166 p. 4°. 500 copies. 
 
 (30) The Origin, Purpose and Result of the 
 
 Harrisburg Convention of 1788. A 
 Study in Popular Government by Paul 
 Leicester Ford. " In our Government 
 the real power lies in the majority of 
 the community and the invasion of . . . 
 rights is cliiefly to be apprehended, not 
 
 i 188 
 
from the acts of Government contrary 
 to the sense of its constituents, but 
 from the acts in which the Govern- 
 ment is the mere instrument of the 
 major number of the constituents." 
 Madison. Brooklyn, N. Y. : 1890. 40 p. 
 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (31) General Orders Issued by Major-General 
 
 William Heath When In Command of 
 the Eastern Department, 23 May, 
 1777-3 October, 1777. With Some 
 Fragmentary Orders of Major-General 
 Putnam and Lt. Col. Wm. S. Smith. 
 Compiled and Edited by Worthing- 
 ton Chauncey Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Historical Printing Club. 1890. 128 p. 
 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (32) "The Sayings of Poor Richard" The 
 
 Prefaces, Proverbs, and Poems of 
 Benjamin Franklin Originally Printed 
 in Poor Richard's Almanacs for 1733- 
 1758 Collected and Edited by Paul 
 Leicester Ford Limited Edition 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. : Privately Printed 
 1890. 288 p. 8°. 100 copies. 
 
 Contains 8 illustrations not in the ordinary edition 
 printed by G. P. Putnam's Sons. 
 
 (33) The United States and Spain in 1790. 
 
 An Episode in Diplomacy Described 
 From Hitherto Unpublished Sources. 
 
 189 
 
With an Introduction by Worthington 
 Chauncey Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : 
 Historical Printing Club. 1890. 109 p. 
 Small 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (34) The Washington-Duchd Letters. Now- 
 
 Printed for the First Time, From the 
 Original Manuscripts, with an Intro- 
 ductory Note by Worthington Chaun- 
 cey Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Privately 
 Printed. 1890. 38 p. SmaU 4°. 500 
 copies. 
 
 (35) A Letter to Albert Gallatin, on the French 
 
 Claims to the Newfoundland Fisheries, 
 wi-itten Oct. 1, 1822. By Richard Rush. 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing 
 Club. 1890. 40 p. niinimo. 250 
 copies. 
 No. 1 of a series called Fisheries Series. 
 
 (36) An Account of a Plan for Civilizing the 
 
 North American Indians, proposed in 
 the Eighteenth Century. By John 
 Daniel Hammerer. Edited by Paul 
 Leicester Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : 
 Historical Printing Club. 1890. 28 p. 
 minimo. 250 copies. 
 
 No. 1 of a series called Indian Tracts. 
 
 (87) Condition of the Indian Trade in North 
 America, 1767, as described in a letter 
 to Sir William Johnson By Sir Guy 
 
 190 
 
Carleton, Governor of Canada. Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing Club. 
 1890. 16 p. minimo. 260 copies. 
 
 No. 2 of Indian Tracts. 
 
 (38) A Short History and Description of Fort 
 
 Niagara, with an Account of its Impor- 
 tance to Great Britain. Written by An 
 English Prisoner. 1758. With a View 
 of the Fort. Edited by Paul Leicester 
 Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical 
 Printing Club. 1890. 18 p. Plate, 
 niinimo. 250 copies. 
 
 No. 1 of a series called New York Colonial Series. 
 
 (39) A Hand bill advocating American Inde- 
 
 pendence, inspired by the English Min- 
 istry, and written and published at 
 London in March, 1778. By Israel 
 Mauduit. Edited by Paul Leicester 
 Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical 
 Printing Club. 1890. 21 p. minimo. 
 250 copies. 
 
 No. 1 of a series called Revolutionary Broadsides. 
 
 (40) Report on the Management of the Estates 
 
 Sequestered in South Carolina, by Order 
 of Lord CornwaUis, in 1780-1782. By 
 John Cruden, Commissioner of Se- 
 questered Estates in South Carolina. 
 Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Brook- 
 
 191 
 
lyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing Club. 
 1890. 27 p. minimo. 250 copies. 
 
 No. 1 of a series called Revolutionary Narratives. 
 
 (41) My Services and Losses in aid of the 
 
 King's Cause during the American 
 Revolution. By Stephen Tuttle, Jus- 
 tice of the Peace and Deputy Surveyor 
 of the Colony of New York. Brooklyn, 
 N. Y.: Historical Printing Club. 1890. 
 24 p. minimo. 250 copies. 
 No. 2 of the Revolutionary Narratives. 
 
 (42) My Services and Losses in aid of the 
 
 King's Cause during the American 
 Revolution. By Isaac Wilkins, Mem- 
 ber of the New York Assembly, &c., 
 &c., &c. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical 
 Printing Club. 1890. 23 p. minimo. 
 250 copies. 
 
 No. 3 of the Revolutionary Narratives. 
 
 (43) Proceedings of a Council of War held at 
 
 Burke Jail, Georgia, January 14th, 
 1779, with a Narrative of the Subse- 
 quent Proceedings, and the Proclama- 
 tion Issued, By Lieut. Col. James 
 Ingram. Edited by Paul Leicester 
 Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical 
 Printing Club. 1890. 20 p. minimo. 
 250 copies. 
 
 No. 1 of a series called Revolutionary Proclamations. 
 192 
 
(44) Reply of William Lee to the charges of 
 
 Silas Deane. 1779. Edited by Worth- 
 ington Cbauncey Ford Brooklyn, N. 
 Y. : Historical Printing Club. 1891. 
 60 p. Small 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 (45) Wills of George Washington and his 
 
 Immediate Ancestors. Edited by 
 Worthington Chauncey Ford. Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing Club. 
 1891. 210 p. Small 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (46) Letters of William Lee, Sheriff and Alder- 
 
 man of London; Commercial Agent of 
 the Continental Congress in France ; 
 and Minister to the Courts of Vienna 
 and Berlin. 1766-1783. Collected and 
 Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford. 
 Vol. L Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical 
 Printing Club. 1891. 3 v. 16 H- 352 ; 
 13 + 353-691 ; 13 + 693 - 987 p. Por- 
 trait. Small 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 Ten copies were printed with a leaf in duplicate con- 
 taining a suppressed passage. 
 
 (47) Orderly Book of the " Maryland Loyal- 
 
 ists Regiment," June 18th, 1778 to Oc- 
 tober 12th 1778. Including General 
 Orders Issued by Sir Henry Clinton, 
 Baron Wilhelm Von Kuyphausen, [sic'] 
 Sir William Erskine, Charles, Lord Corn- 
 wallis, General William Tryon and Gen- 
 eral Oliver De Lancey. Kept by Captain 
 
 193 
 
Caleb Jones. Edited by Paul Leicester 
 Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical 
 Printing Club. 1891. Ill p. Small 
 4°. 250 copies. 
 
 (48) The Press Of North Carolina in the 
 
 Eighteenth Century. With Biograph- 
 ical Sketches of Printers, An Account 
 of the Manufacture of Paper, and A 
 Bibliography of the Issues. By Stephen 
 B. Weeks, Ph. D. (University of North 
 Carolina). Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical 
 Printing Club. 1891. 80 p. Small 4°. 
 250 copies. 
 
 (49) An Address to the Good People of Ire- 
 
 land, on behalf of America, October 
 4th, 1778. By Benjamin Franklin. 
 Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing Club. 
 1891. 23 p. minimo. 250 copies. 
 
 No. 2 of the Revolutionary Broadsides. 
 
 (50) A Narrative of the Objects and Proceed- 
 
 ings of Silas Deane, as Commissioner of 
 the United Colonies to France ; made 
 to the British Government in 1776 By 
 Edward Bancroft. Edited by Paul 
 Leicester Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : 
 Historical Printing Club. 1891. 37 
 p. minimo. 250 copies. 
 
 No. 4 of the Revolutionary Narratives. 
 
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(51) The Present State of the American Rebel 
 
 Army, Navy, and Finances. Trans- 
 mitted to the British Government in 
 October, 1780 By Benedict Arnold. 
 Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing Club. 
 1891. 17 p. minimo. 
 
 No. 5 of the Revolutionary Narratives. 
 
 (52) A Fragment on the Pistole Fee, claimed 
 
 by the Governor of Virginia, 1753. By 
 Richard Bland. Edited by Wortliing- 
 ton Chauncey Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : 
 Historical Printing Club. 1891. 43 p. 
 minimo. 250 copies. 
 No. 1 of a series called Virginia Tracts. 
 
 (53) The Controversy between Lieutenant- 
 
 Governor Spotswood, and his Council 
 and the House of Burgesses, on the 
 appointment of Judges on Commissions 
 of Oyer and Terminer, 1718. Edited by 
 Worthington Chauncey Ford. Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing Club. 
 1891. 61 p. minimo. 250 copies. 
 
 No. 2 of Virginia Tracts. 
 
 (54) Fragments of Revolutionary History. 
 
 Being hitherto unpublished writings of 
 the men of the American Revolution, 
 collected and edited, under authority of 
 the District of Columbia Society, Sons 
 
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of ilio Revolution. l?y Giiillartl Hunt, 
 Registrar and Jlintoiiiin. JJrooltlyn, 
 N. v.: 'JMie Jlistoiicai J'rinting Club. 
 
 I8'.n 12 + 188 p. Small 4". 500 copieH. 
 
 (!'>!'>) Rurr Bibliography A lAnt of BookH 
 Relating to Aaron J)Uir By Hamilton 
 l5ullock Tonij)kins Brooklyn, JSI. Y. .• 
 lfistorical Printing Club. 1892. 89 p. 
 8°. 250 copies. 
 
 (50) P)OHton in 1775. Letters from (icAw.r.i] 
 Washington, (Jap tain JohnChester, l>i(:ii- 
 tenarit Sanuiel l>. Webb, and Joseph 
 liancll. Fifty copies J'rinted. Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. : Historical J'rinting Chd). 
 1892. ;]8p. Facsimile. 8°. 50 copies. 
 
 (57) Essays on the Constitution of the United 
 
 States, Published During its Discussion 
 by tlie People, 1787-1788. Edited by 
 Paul Ivcicester Ford. Brooklyn, N. Y. : 
 Historical Printing Club. 1892. 7 + 424 
 p. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (58) A Summary View of the Rights of liv\tr 
 
 ish America by Thomas Jeffeison \li;- 
 jirinted fi'(»Mi the Original JMition, witli 
 Additi(ms and ( 'orr(!ctions by the Author 
 and An Introduction by Paul Leices- 
 ter Ford Brooklyn, N. Y. Ilistoric.id 
 Printing Club. 1892. 81 p. 8°. 100 
 copies. 
 
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(59) Letter of General Washington to Lund 
 
 Washington, Dated Cambridge, 20 Au- 
 gust, 1775. From the Collection of Dr. 
 Thomas Addis Emmet. [N. Y., 1892.] 
 8 p. 4°. 50 copies. 
 
 (60) Washington's Farewell Address with 
 
 Hamilton's Revised Draft (Extracted 
 From The " Writings of Washington," 
 Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford.) 
 New York 1892. 61 p. Photographic 
 reproduction of Houdon's mask of Wash- 
 ington. 8°. 50 copies. 
 
 (61) General Orders issued by ]\Iajor-General 
 
 Israel Putnam, When in Command of 
 The Highlands, In the Summer and 
 Fall of 1777. Edited by Worthington 
 Chauncey Ford. Brookl3Ti, X.Y. : His- 
 torical Printing Club. 1893. 86 p. Map. 
 8°. 200 copies. 
 
 (62) Prisoners of War (British and American), 
 
 1778. Edited by Worthington Chauncej' 
 Ford. Philadelphia : 1893. 27 p. 8°. 
 100 copies. 
 
 (68) Some Notes towards an Essay on The 
 Beginnings of American Dramatic Liter- 
 ature, 1606-1789. Westward the course 
 of Empire takes its way ; The four first 
 acts already past, A fifth shall close 
 the Drama of the day ; — Time's no- 
 
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blest offspring is the last. Berkeley's 
 Prospect of planting Arts and Learning 
 in America, circa 1730. 25 copies printed 
 as Manuscript for suggestion and re- 
 vision. 1893, 29 p. Small 4°. 
 
 (64) The Washington Family (Reprinted from 
 
 The " Writings of Washington," Edited 
 By Worthington Chauncey Ford) New- 
 York 1893. 115 p. Folding chart and 
 facsimile. 8°. 60 copies. 
 
 (65) British Officers Serving in America. 
 
 1754-1774. Compiled From The "Army 
 Lists " By Worthington Chauncey Ford. 
 Boston: 1894. 108 p. 8°. 100 copies. 
 
 (66) Reprinted From The Journal of Political 
 
 Economy. No. 1. Josiah Tucker and 
 his Writings An Eighteenth Century 
 Pamphleteer on America by Paul Leices- 
 ter Ford Chicago The University 
 Press of Chicago, [1894.] 18 p. 8°. 
 100 copies. 
 
 (67) Notes on the State of Virginia. By 
 
 Thomas Jefferson. A Reprint of the 
 Original Edition of 1784 ; With the Ad- 
 ditions, Corrections, and Illustrations, 
 added by the Author in all subse- 
 quent Editions; Together with Notes 
 from other Sources, and An Introduc- 
 tion. Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. 
 
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Brooklyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing 
 Club. 1894. 235 p. 4 Plates, map, 
 and facsimile. 8°.' 100 copies. 
 
 (68) Some Letters of Elbridge Gerry of Mas- 
 
 sachusetts. 1784-1804. Edited by Wor- 
 thington Chauncey Ford. Brooklyn, N. 
 Y.: Historical Printing Club. 1896. 
 28 p. 8°. 100 copies. 
 
 (69) Bibliography and Eeference List of the 
 
 History and Literature Relating to the 
 Adoption of the Constitution of the 
 United States 1787-8 By Paul Leices- 
 ter Ford Brooklyn, N. Y. 1896. 68 p. 
 8°. 100 copies. 
 
 (70) British Officers serving in the American 
 
 Revolution 1774-1783. Compiled by 
 Worthington Chauncey Ford. Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y. : Historical Printing Club. 
 1897. 4 + 187 p. Royal 8°. 250 
 copies. 
 
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I 
 
 CHAPTER XIX 
 
 THE BOOK FELLOWS' CLUB 
 1881-1884 
 
 N 1881 several book-lovers were 
 in the habit of meeting at each 
 other's houses, to compare notes and 
 books, criticise each other's treasures 
 and new purchases, to dine together 
 and talk over their one hobby. Out of 
 these gatherings grew The Book Fel- 
 lows' Club. It was from the beginning, 
 and remained until the end, a purely 
 social and sociable organization. It 
 had no constitution nor by-laws, nor 
 any charter. The name even, as such, 
 was forced upon it when a book was 
 printed and some one was called upon 
 to father it. William L. Andrews, A. 
 
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Duprat, and Valentin A. Blacque were 
 the only members. Mr. Blacque, the 
 active member, if not the founder of 
 the club, as some one has said, " was 
 made President, as was his due; 
 Treasurer, as was his penalty; and 
 Secretai'y, Executive, and Publication 
 Committee, as was his pleasure." 
 
 In 1883 The Book Fellows' Club pub- 
 lished Frederick Locker's "London 
 Lyrics," with illustrations by Ran- 
 dolph Caldecott, Kate Grreenaway, and 
 George Bowlend. Its titlepage was 
 ornamented with a vignette represent- 
 ing a mediaeval bookworm in his 
 library, which bore the legend from a 
 line in the first stanza of " The Ship 
 of Fools " : " For this is my minde, 
 this one pleasure have I." The im- 
 print was : " Printed for The Book 
 Fellows' Club 1883." The page fol- 
 lowing the title has a poem specially 
 written for this edition by Locker, as 
 follows: 
 
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" Oh! for the poet voice that swells 
 
 To lofty truths or noble curses ; 
 I only wear the cap and bells, 
 
 And yet some tears are in my verses. 
 Softly I trill my sparrow reed, 
 
 Pleased if but one should like the twitter ; 
 Humbly I lay it down to heed 
 
 A music or a minstrel fitter." 
 
 The book, a small octavo, was 
 printed by De Vinne, and the number 
 of copies was limited to 104. Four 
 were printed on vellum, six on plated 
 paper, and ninety-four on Holland 
 paper. Of the four vellum copies, one 
 was for Mr. Locker, one for Mr. 
 Blacque, one for Mr. Andrews, and 
 the other for Mr. Duprat. The latter 
 copy has this distich, in the handwrit- 
 ing of Mr. Locker: 
 
 " What fife is to lyre 
 Is Locker to Prior." 
 
 Mr. Andrews's copy contains the fol- 
 lowing lines, written by Mr. Locker 
 under his portrait: 
 
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" Sickness has vexed and Time has batter'd me, 
 But Millais has come, and, you see, has flatter'd 
 me." 
 
 Mr. Blacque's copy also has a distich, 
 the manuscript of the original poem, 
 and the original designs of the artists. 
 In 1884 The Book Fellows' Club 
 printed a small quarto volume entitled 
 " Songs and Ballads, by Edmund 
 Clarence Stedman," with illustrations 
 by Greorge Bowlend. The entire 
 edition of 100 copies was printed on 
 Japan paper. The page following the 
 title has the poet's book-plate — Pan 
 playing his flute to the dryads of the 
 woods, and the legend, " Le Coeur an 
 Metier " — and under this a poem by 
 Henry C. Bunner. 
 
 " Though to his song the reeds respondent rustle 
 That cradled Pan, what time all song was young, 
 Though in a new world city's restless bustle 
 He sounds a lyre in fields Sicilian strung ; 
 Though his the power the days of old to waken, 
 Though nature's melody 's as clear to him 
 As erst of dryads were the woods forsaken, 
 
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Aud the fresh world of myth grew faint and dim, — 
 A dearer grace is his when men's eyes glisten 
 With closer sympathies his page above, 
 And near his spirit draws to hearts that listen 
 The song that sweetly rounds with Home and 
 Love." 
 
 And on the reverse : 
 
 "From . . . 
 A Proem to such rhymes as these ? 
 I wish I could indeed — and please 
 Your critic's ear, and senses sharp 
 To catch a layman such as I 
 Attempting this rank heresy. 
 No ! No ! Old Pan his pipe must play, 
 His fauns must dance for many a day. 
 Before my fingers strike the harp. 
 But take my wishes — very best, 
 To you — the book — you know the rest." * 
 
 It was proposed to enlarge the club 
 by the admission of many more mem- 
 bers, among whom there seemed to be 
 some whose qualifications for member- 
 ship were open to doubt, and it was 
 
 * Supposed to have been written by Mr. 
 Blacque. 
 
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decided not to make such a formal 
 affair of The Book Fellows' Club as 
 would necessarily result from such an 
 increase. This reluctance, in a meas- 
 ure, led to the formation of the G-rolier 
 Club. In the shadow of this larger, 
 more completely-organized and wealth- 
 ier organization the " Book Fellows " 
 took a back seat — so far back, in fact, 
 that they only continued to be sociable 
 and published no more books. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE BOOK FELLOWS' 
 CLUB 
 
 (1) London Lyrics by Frederick Locker New 
 
 York. Printed for the Bookfellows' 
 Club 1883. 8 + 104 4 1 p. Portrait of 
 Locker, and illustrations in text. Small 
 8°. 94 copies on Holland paper; 6 
 copies on plated paper; 4 copies on 
 vellum. 
 
 (2) Songs and Ballads by Edmund Clarence 
 
 Stedman New York Printed for the 
 Bookfellows' Club 1883. 10 + 104 
 + 1 p. Portrait of Stedman, and illus- 
 trations in text. Small 4°. 100 copies. 
 
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CHAPTER XX 
 
 THE GROLIER CLUB 
 1884- 
 
 AS has already been noted, the reluc- 
 tance of The Book Fellows' Club 
 to extend their membership indiscrim- 
 inately led to the idea of establishing 
 a publishing club on broader lines. 
 And so it came about that, on the 23d 
 of January, 1884, an informal meeting 
 was held by a number of gentlemen 
 at the house of Robert Hoe, Jr., to 
 discuss the advisability of organizing 
 a club having for its purpose "the 
 literary study and promotion of the 
 arts entering into the production of 
 books." There were present on this 
 occasion William L. Andrews, a dis- 
 
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tinguished collector, and member of 
 The Book Fellows' Club; Theodore L. 
 De Vinne, the master-printer ; Alexan- 
 der W. Drake, the art editor of TJie 
 Century, to whom art in this coun- 
 try owes a debt it can never re- 
 pay ; Albert Gallup, now dead ; Robert 
 Hoe, Jr., the press-builder, and owner 
 of one of the richest collections of 
 books and manuscripts in this coun- 
 try ; Brayton Ives, the banker, whose 
 collection of books alone realized, 
 when sold in 1892, $135,000; Samuel 
 W- Marvin, the head of the manufac- 
 turing department of Charles Scrib- 
 ner's Sons ; Edward S. Mead, of Dodd, 
 Mead, & Co., now dead; and Arthur 
 B. Turnure, a printer of the " aesthetic " 
 order, and a lover of fine books. At 
 another meeting, held at the house of 
 W. L. Andrews, 16 East Thirty-eighth 
 Street, on the 5th of February, Mr. 
 Hoe, on behalf of the committee to 
 choose a name, reported that of The 
 
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Grolier Club,* which was adopted. 
 The election of officers resulted in the 
 choice of Robert Hoe, Jr. , President ; 
 Brayton Ives, Vice-President; Albert 
 Gallup, Treasurer; Arthur B. Tur- 
 nure, Secretary ; Alexander W. Drake, 
 Librarian. A club device, including 
 the arms of Grrolier, was provided a 
 fortnight later. The club, having now 
 a name and an officered membership, 
 chose a local habitation at No. 64 Madi- 
 son Avenue, New York City, where 
 the council met on the 11th of April, 
 1884, less than three months after the 
 first conference. Here, in rooms sim- 
 ply and tastefully decorated, the club 
 made its home for five years. In 
 
 * The club is named after Jean Grolier de 
 Servier, Viscount d'Aguisy, Treasurer-General of 
 France, who was not, as many imagine, a book- 
 binder by trade, but a book-lover, who chose 
 the best impressions of the best books, and had 
 them bound by the best binders under his own 
 supervision. 
 
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this modest home the club took root 
 and flourished, and "brought forth 
 fruit;" here its members listened to 
 a series of lectures as interesting as 
 they were instructive ; here, in short, 
 through the intelligence, foresight, 
 and devotion of its founders, was 
 laid the foundation for the splendid 
 successes which the club has since 
 enjoyed. 
 
 In November, 1889, the club took 
 possession of its present cosy home at 
 29 East Thirty-second Street, which it 
 built for itself during 1888-1889. The 
 attractive building, of small bricks 
 with trimmings of light brown stone, 
 occupies a lot twenty-flve by one hun- 
 dred feet, and contains a reception- 
 room, committee-room, library, a room 
 for social purposes, and a spacious 
 hall for exhibitions, lectures, and meet- 
 ings. The exhibition hall is twenty- 
 five by fifty feet, with a ceiling sixteen 
 feet high, lighted by three skylights, 
 
 209 
 
and capable of seating two hundred 
 persons, with a balcony that can ac- 
 commodate twenty-five or thirty more. 
 The entrance is through a hall on the 
 right-hand side of the building. The 
 front room, on the left of this, is a 
 cosy reception-room. At the rear of 
 this room the hall, turning to the left, 
 leads to the centre of the building and 
 into the lecture-room. Directly back 
 of the reception-room, at right angles 
 to the hall and parallel with the street, 
 rises the staircase leading to the top 
 of the house. On the second floor 
 front is a large room, used by the 
 members for social purposes, in which 
 are kept the magazines and news- 
 papers. At the rear of the second floor 
 is a smoking-room, or a tapperij, fitted 
 up after the fashion of a quaint Dutch 
 kitchen. Adjoining this, opening from 
 the hall, are the dressing-rooms. The 
 third-story front room, across the 
 building, about twenty-four by seven- 
 
 210 
 
teen feet, is occupied by the library, 
 which contains a very valuable and 
 complete collection of works on typog- 
 raphy, bibliography, bookbinding, and 
 other subjects of direct interest to 
 the members of the club. The rear 
 room on the third floor is at present 
 used for council meetings, but has 
 already been invaded by a portion of 
 the library. The building is furnished 
 in part in oak, and is amply lighted 
 and ventilated. On every hand are 
 evidences, in the decorations and fur- 
 nishings, of quiet and exquisite taste. 
 On either side of the doorway of the 
 building are bronze lanterns, and the 
 arms of the club embellish the fagade 
 on the left. 
 
 The membership was limited at first 
 to fifty; by degrees it was extended 
 to one hundred ; later to two hundred 
 and fifty. At present it numbers 
 three hundred and seventy-seven — 
 two hundred and fifty resident, one 
 
 211 
 
hundred and twenty-five non-resident, 
 and two honorary members. The 
 editions of its publications have gen- 
 erally exceeded the quota of its mem- 
 bership, so that a fortunate outsider 
 has sometimes been enabled to obtain 
 one or another of these treasures by 
 the aid of a friend at court. This lib- 
 erality is in proper accord with the 
 spirit of the inscription stamped on 
 G-rolier's own books — lo. Grolierii et 
 amicorum — setting forth that they be- 
 longed to Grrolier and his friends. Such 
 an altruism, as Prof. Brander Matthews 
 happily puts it, "is as rare as the sel- 
 fishness of Scaliger, who quoted Scrip- 
 ture on his book-plate : Ite ad vendentes 
 — bidding his friends to ' go rather to 
 them that sell and buy for your- 
 selves.'" Two copies of each of the 
 first two publications and three copies 
 each of the more important later pub- 
 lications have been printed upon vel- 
 lum. One of these vellum copies has 
 
 212 
 
alwuy.s b(Hiii reserved for the club li- 
 bruiy, and the otherH have been sold 
 by auction at the annual meeting in 
 Janiiuiy to the highest bidder among 
 the members. 
 
 The Grolicr Club, unlike any similar 
 organization in America or Euroxx', 
 is built on remarkably broad lines — 
 Tiniting ))ook-lov(us and bookmakers, 
 and gratifying the tKuuls and tastes 
 of l)oi,h classes of its members by e()l- 
 hicting and exhibiting the bt^st works 
 ol' the gi-(!at artists oF the past, and by 
 producing lu^w books whi<'-}i may sc^i-ve 
 as typ(^s of the Ix^si that modern skill 
 and tiisie can do. 
 
 The first publication, issucul in De- 
 cf!nd)er, 18H4, was aptly clios(ui ; it was 
 a i'(iprint of "A Dch-hm* oF Htarre-Cham- 
 \h'.i; c()nc(miing Printing, Made the 
 elciKinth day of July last past. 1637," 
 against which Milton's "Areopagitica " 
 was <lirected. By d(H;laring it unlaw- 
 ful, without sf)ecial authorization, to 
 
make, buy, or keep types or presses, 
 or to practise the trade of a printer, 
 publisher, or bookseller, the men who 
 were misruling England sought to ren- 
 der printing too full of risk to be profit- 
 able, and they hoped thus to prevent 
 the expression of the discontent with 
 which the people were boiling. As it 
 is neatly put in Mr. De Vinne's vigor- 
 ous and lucid preface to this reprint: 
 "Annoyed by a little hissing of steam, 
 they closed all the valves and outlets, 
 but did not draw or deaden the fires 
 which made the steam. They sat 
 down in peace, gratified with their 
 work, just before the explosion which 
 destroyed them and their privileges." 
 This decree was issued in 1637; four 
 years later the Court of Star Chamber 
 was abolished, and in 1649 King Charles 
 was beheaded. The reprint is a fine 
 piece of bookmaking. The type is an 
 old style great primer, with Dutch capi- 
 tals for the italic letter. The paper is 
 
Dutch also, as becomes the first pubH- 
 cation of the organized bibliophiles of 
 the city which was once New Amster- 
 dam. The cover is of Japanese paper, 
 folded in the style made popular in 
 Paris by Jouaust, and has imprinted 
 on it in gold a facsimile of a book-cover 
 designed by Roger Payne. This was 
 followed by upwards of twenty-five 
 printed books, two bronze medallion 
 portraits, an etching, and a number of 
 annotated catalogues of exhibitions 
 held by the club. It would be im- 
 possible, in the space at the author's 
 command, to describe all of these pub- 
 lications in detail ; he must therefore 
 content himself with only a brief ref- 
 erence to some of the more noted 
 among them. 
 
 The second volume published by 
 the club was Edward Fitzgerald's 
 translation of the " Rubaiy^t of Omar 
 Khayyam." The addition of another 
 reprint of this Oriental classic to the 
 
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number of editions already existing 
 was probably dictated by personal 
 appreciation; but the reasons for its 
 choice were not as apparent nor as 
 well-founded as in the case of its pre- 
 decessor. The Grolier edition of the 
 Rubaiy^t, therefore, is chiefly interest- 
 ing as a specimen of printing and 
 bookmaking, and by reason of the 
 large appreciation in its value that 
 has come within recent years. In 
 make-up the book is somewhat simi- 
 lar to the " Decree of Starre-Cham- 
 ber," though it is printed on paper 
 made for the club by the Imperial 
 Paper-Mill of Japan, and has head- 
 bands in gold and colours after Persian 
 designs. The cover is from an Oriental 
 model, printed in rich Eastern colours. 
 The volume was published in May, 
 1885, at the subscription price of 
 three dollars; at recent sales it has 
 brought something over two hundred 
 dollars. 
 
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A New York book club could hardly 
 have made a better choice than the 
 fourth publication of The Grolier Club. 
 This was Washington Irving's "A 
 History of New-York from the Begin- 
 ning of the World to the End of 
 the Dutch Dynasty ... by Diedrich 
 Knickerbocker," in which were found 
 a happy combination of the claims of 
 literature and those of local associa- 
 tion and history. The wide possibil- 
 ities for illustration and decoration 
 offered by the soberly-frivolous nar- 
 rative of the worthy Diedrich were 
 promptly recognized, and the Grrolier 
 " Knickerbocker " ranks as one of the 
 notable examples of the best in Amer- 
 ican bookmaking. The work was 
 issued in two volumes, fittingly bound 
 in boards covered with orange-coloured 
 paper, printed on Dutch paper from 
 Dutch types, the latter facsimiles of 
 those used by Elzevir in Leyden in 
 1659. The illustrations comprised, 
 
 217 
 
among others, two frontispieces etched 
 by Raubicheck, after water-colour de- 
 signs by Greorge H. Boughton — one 
 depicting " The Battery in 1670," the 
 other, " The Governor's Representa- 
 tive," and two other etchings, by Dr. 
 H. C. Eno, (a member of The Grrolier 
 Club, and an amateur etcher of con- 
 siderable ability,) of " Fort New Am- 
 sterdam, 1651," and " New Amsterdam 
 in 1656," the former a reproduction 
 of the earliest existing print of New 
 York City. Howard Pyle and Will 
 H. Drake were the designers of the 
 half-titles, head-bands, tail-pieces, and 
 initial letters, many of which were 
 made from Dutch models, and all of 
 which are typically Dutch in senti- 
 ment and treatment. The text of tbe 
 edition was collated with the original 
 manuscript of Irving's own revision 
 of his work, owned by a member of 
 the club, and in an appendix are in- 
 dicated the corrections and suppres- 
 
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sions made by the author as compared 
 with the early edition. 
 
 The most important production of 
 The Grolier Chib, thus far, is "the 
 Philobiblon of Richard de Bury," is- 
 sued in 1889. No pains were spared to 
 make this edition of the treatise of 
 the good Bishop of Durham notable 
 in every detail of literary and me- 
 chanical workmanship. The editorial 
 work was undertaken by Prof. An- 
 drew Fleming West, of Princeton 
 University, who brought to it en- 
 thusiasm, devotion, and a thorough 
 knowledge of his subject. He made 
 an exhaustive study, comparison, and 
 collation of early manuscripts and edi- 
 tions of " The Philobiblon " stored 
 in the European libraries, and from 
 these produced an authoritative and 
 definite text and translation, accom- 
 panied by a scholarly introduction and 
 illuminative notes. The work was 
 issued in three volumes, the first con- 
 
 219 
 
taining the text, the second Professor 
 West's robust and accurate English 
 translation, and the third the intro- 
 duction, a brief sketch of the author, 
 and the notes. In its mechanical ex- 
 ecution, the work was the product of 
 the skill and painstaking devotion of 
 Mr. Theodore L. De Vinne. The vol- 
 umes, medium quartos, (6 X 7f inches,) 
 were bound in vellum, and stamped 
 with the gold seal of the Bishop of 
 Durham. The paper used was Ameri- 
 can hand-made, known as " white an- 
 tique," made by the L. L. Brown Paper 
 Company, and regarded by Mr. De 
 Vinne as superior to foreign printing 
 papers. The type of the first volume, 
 containing the Latin text, is a pica 
 black-letter, which was cut especially 
 for this work, and was never used again. 
 The models for this type were got out 
 of the vaults of Sir Charles Reed's 
 Sons for Mr. De Vinne, and they 
 were drives of punches believed to 
 
 220 
 
have been cut in France in the first 
 half of the eighteenth century. Head- 
 pieces, tail-pieces, and rubricated ini- 
 tials, from designs by James West, 
 Charles M. Jenckes, and George 
 Wharton Edwards, display the perfec- 
 tion of design and execution, and jus- 
 tify the claim made for this edition of 
 "The Philobiblon" — "it is a delight 
 to the eye, to the hand, and to the 
 mind." 
 
 Another " bookish " book issued by 
 The Grolier Club — Arthur Warren's 
 volume, " The Charles Whittinghams 
 Printers" — deserves special mention 
 in this place. The Committee on Pub- 
 lications of the club deserves the 
 thanks of all interested in the history 
 of printing for its choice of subject 
 and for the selection of the author; 
 and Mr. Warren is to be congratulated 
 on having so lovingly and so fully 
 traced the history of that race of gen- 
 uine craftsmen who founded the Chis- 
 
 221 
 
wick Press, and cavried its work 
 forward to 1860. The annals of typ- 
 ography are replete with the records 
 of men who heroically fought their 
 way to success against prejudice and 
 opposition. Among these, few, per- 
 haps, were obliged to struggle harder, 
 and in the end achieved more brilliant 
 success, than the men who form the 
 subject of this magnificent volume. 
 In 1789 Charles Whittingham, the 
 uncle, started business with an old 
 hand-press and with some old Cas- 
 lon's type, in a garret in Dean Street, 
 Fetter Lane, within a stone's throw of 
 the present offices of the Chiswick 
 Press in London. After many trials 
 and tribulations, after much boycot-^ 
 ting and indifference on the part of I 
 the publishers, Stothard, Clennell, and 
 Northcote found their way to Whit- 
 tingham's office, and he printed for 
 the authors, the artists, and the en- 
 gravers some of the most beautiful 
 
 222 
 
little illustrated volumes that have 
 ever appeared in England* In 1811 
 he fitted up High House, in Chiswick, 
 a London suburb, as a printing-office, 
 and thus brought into existence the 
 famous Chiswick Press. The elder 
 Whittingham succeeded in his ambi- 
 tion to print fine illustrated books — 
 books that were in his time modern. 
 He used the papers and the inks 
 which would best print them, and if 
 he could not find anything, as he very 
 rarely could, in the work of his prede- 
 cessors, to guide him, he invented new 
 methods. There is a tradition in the 
 family that the elder Whittingham in- 
 vented overlaying; and if no positive 
 proof is to be had, it is nevertheless 
 
 * It is interesting to note that one of the earli- 
 est patrons of the elder Whittingham was a New 
 York bookseller, L. Wayland, for whom, in 1792, 
 he printed a catalogue, and, later, some other 
 work, among which was a portion of an edition of 
 Young's "jSTight Thoughts." 
 
 223 
 
certain that he understood and used 
 overlays. His reputation spread all 
 over Europe; and though he did not 
 produce anything equal to Curmer's 
 " Paul et Virginie," though he did not 
 secure the work of the greatest artists 
 of the time as was done in that famous 
 book, still it is entirely owing to him, 
 after Bewick, that the French publica- 
 tions became possible. The younger 
 Charles Whittingham, the nephew of 
 the founder of the house, was appren- 
 ticed to his uncle, October 2, 1810, 
 at the age of fifteen. For a short 
 time the two were partners. They 
 separated in 1828, when the nephew 
 went to London and set up a printing- 
 office at 21 Took's Court. The elder 
 Whittingham died at the age of sev- 
 enty-three, January 5, 1840, when the 
 business passed into the hands of 
 his nephew. In 1852, the nephew re- 
 moved the Chiswick Press to Took's 
 Court, where it abides to this day. 
 
 224 
 
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 liiiriHdir riol, HO rriiicJi \,<> ih(5 illiJHini- 
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 dnconilJotiH woHi d<iHi{^ri('.d inniidy f>y 
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ham formed a partnership with John 
 Wilkins's son, and with his son-in- 
 law, Mr. B. F. Stevens, and retired 
 from the active direction of the 
 business. On April 21, 1876, Charles 
 Whittingham, the nephew, died at 
 the age of eighty-one. Shortly after, 
 the business of the Chiswick Press 
 was acquired by George Bell, but 
 the memories of its founder and his 
 successor are perpetuated in the firm 
 style of "Charles Whittingham & 
 Co." Mr. Warren's volume is embel- 
 lished with a large number of illus- 
 trations and decorations which show 
 the work of the Chiswick Press from 
 the very beginning until to-day. 
 There are some of Harvey's beautiful 
 little designs for Walton's " Angler," 
 Cruikshank's engravings, Stothard's 
 vignettes for Rogers's " Poems," title- 
 pages like that for the " Diary of Lady 
 Willoughby," Whittingham's and Pick- 
 ering's marks, as well as portraits of 
 
 226 
 
the printers and of their friends, and 
 remarkable facsimiles of business doc- 
 uments and specimen pages of the 
 different books. Mr. Theodore L. De 
 Vinne assisted materially in the edi- 
 torial work on this volume. 
 
 A different class of Grolier Club 
 publications is found in the lectures 
 delivered before the club upon biblio- 
 graphical and other subjects, and later 
 published in book form. The first of 
 these was the address on " Bookbind- 
 ing as a Fine Art," delivered before the 
 club by its President, Robert Hoe, and 
 published in 1886. The volume was em- 
 bellished with sixty-three " Bierstadt 
 artotypes," showing specimens of the 
 work of some of the famous bind- 
 ers, and incidentally illustrating the 
 breadth and richness of Mr. Hoe's own 
 collection. The second published lec- 
 ture, issued the same year, was by 
 Theodore L. De Vinne, and dealt with 
 
 227 
 
" Historic Printing Types." The vol- 
 ume was enriched with many excel- 
 lent illustrations, and is of importance 
 because it gives in a graceful and in- 
 teresting manner expression to the 
 practical knowledge and experience of 
 a man recognized as a master of his 
 craft. Three years later, in 1889, the 
 club completed its trilogy of lectures 
 by the publication of William Mat- 
 thews's address, " Modern Bookbind- 
 ing Practically Considered," which 
 had been delivered four years pre- 
 viously. It had, as illustrations, fac- 
 similes of the work of famous book- 
 binders from Aldus's time to the 
 nineteenth century, reproduced by 
 photogravure and printed in tints. 
 
 Among the other publications of 
 The Grrolier Club, brief mention may 
 be made of the " Facsimile of the Laws 
 and Acts of the GTeneral Assembly for 
 their Majesties' Province of New 
 
York," etc., originally printed by Wil- 
 liam Bradford in 1694, and reprinted 
 by The Grolier Club just two centu- 
 ries after Bradford had issued his vol- 
 ume. The volume, a cap folio, (7f X 11| 
 inches,) printed on English hand-made 
 paper, in close imitation of the tint, 
 surface, and texture of the original 
 copy, contained a carefully-written 
 historical introduction by Robert Lud- 
 low Fowler; a bibliographical note, 
 fully describing all known copies of 
 the original edition, by Charles R. 
 Hildeburn, and four copperplate etch- 
 ings designed and engraved by Max 
 Rosenthal. A fine edition was made 
 of the Poems of Dr. John Donne. 
 The text was that of the edition of 
 1633, with corrections from a copy 
 profusely annotated by James Russell 
 Lowell. The edition had the further 
 advantage of Professor Charles Eliot 
 Norton's services as editor. Lastly, 
 the " Catalogue of Original and Early 
 
 229 
 
Editions of some of the Poetical and 
 Prose Works of English Writers from 
 Langland to Wither," published in 
 1893, deserves especial praise as one 
 of the best examples of exact biblio- 
 graphy applied to English poetry 
 which has yet been produced either 
 in this country or Europe. The 
 club will continue its Collations of 
 English Literature, covering the period 
 from the end of this volume to the 
 year 1700. To this work the club's 
 late treasurer, Mr. Edward Hale 
 Bierstadt, " devoted the greater part 
 of his leisure time for more than 
 three years, and lavished upon it 
 his profound knowledge of English 
 literature, and an experience finely 
 trained for bibliographical work. The 
 work as left by him will be issued 
 in three volumes at suitable inter- 
 vals. The first volume is substan- 
 tially ready for the press, and will 
 be issued as soon as the great care 
 
 230 
 
required in printing and correcting 
 will render possible." * 
 
 It will thus be seen that the publi- 
 cations of The Grrolier Club may be 
 roughly divided into three classes — 
 independent works which the club 
 elects to honour by reprinting ; lectures 
 delivered before the members; and 
 catalogues of exhibitions held at the 
 club-house. To these should be added 
 a fourth class of issues — they can 
 hardly be called publications — in 
 which are comprised the bronze medal- 
 lion portraits of Nathaniel Hawthorne 
 and James Russell Lowell; and the 
 etching of " Aldus in his Printing Es- 
 tablishment at Venice, showing Grrolier 
 Some Bookbindings," etched by Leo- 
 pold Flameng, after the painting by 
 his son, Fran9ois Flameng, which was 
 presented to the club by Mr. S. P. 
 Avery. 
 
 * Beverly Chew, in his "Report of the Com- 
 mittee on Publications," 1897. 
 
 231 
 
Of almost equal importance with its 
 publications are the exhibitions given 
 by The Grolier Club at frequent inter- 
 vals, of subjects that interest not only 
 the bookmaker, but also the amateur, 
 the collector, and the student of litera- 
 ture and art. How broad and compre- 
 hensive the scope of the club in this 
 direction is may be gathered from the 
 fact that at the exhibitions held within 
 the past thirteen years were shown en- 
 gravings — on copper, steel, and wood 
 — etchings, original designs for book 
 illustrations, original drawings, pastel 
 and water-colour drawings, lithographs, 
 portraits, caricatures, Japanese col- 
 oured prints, posters, book plates, illu- 
 minated and painted manuscripts, 
 original manuscripts of eighteenth 
 and nineteenth century authors, rare 
 books on special subjects, bookbind- 
 ings — historic, artistic, and commer- 
 cial — and medals. In most cases the 
 exhibitions were opened with an ad- 
 
 232 
 
dress by a competent authority on the 
 subject. The catalogues of the more 
 important exhibitions have been is- 
 sued in limited numbers, on large 
 paper, as club publications proper. 
 Usually these contain revisions and 
 corrections made in the small-paper 
 catalogues distributed gratuitously to 
 members, and are not printed until 
 after the exhibitions are closed. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE GROLIER CLUB 
 
 (1) A Decree of Star Chamber Concerning 
 
 Printing. Made July 11, 1637. Re- 
 printed bj- the Grolier Club, from the 
 First Edition by Robert Barker, 1637. 
 93 p. 8°. 148 copies on Holland paper, 
 and 2 copies on vellum. 
 
 Cover of Japan paper, Trith design in gold. The vign- 
 ette, on titlepage, is printed in colours. 
 
 (2) Rubdiyit of Omar Khayyam The Astron- 
 
 omer-Poet of Persia Rendered into 
 English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald 
 The Grolier Club of Kew York 
 
 233 
 
MDCCCLXXXV. XX + 2 + 62 + 2 p. 
 8°. 150 copies on Japan paper, and 2 
 copies on vellum. 
 
 Cover of Japan paper, printed with a design in colours 
 taken from Audsley'a " Outlines of Ornament." Head- 
 bands in colours from examples in Owen Jones's " Gram- 
 mar of Ornament." Vignette, on titlepage, is printed 
 in colours. 
 
 (3) Transactions of the Grolier Club from its 
 
 Foundation January 1884 to July 1885 
 Part I New York The Grolier Club 
 
 64 Madison Avenue MDCCCLXXXV. 
 
 65 p. Roy. 8°. 740 copies. 
 
 Cover of charcoal paper on loose boards. One copy 
 was furnished to each member gratis, and additional 
 copies sold to members at 25 cents each. 
 
 (4) A History of New^-York from the Begin- 
 
 ning of the World to the End of the 
 Dutch Dynasty ; containing, among 
 many Surprising and Curiovis Matters, 
 the Unutterable I'onderings of Walter 
 the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of 
 William the Testy, and the Chivalric 
 Achievements of Peter the Headstrong 
 — The Three Dutch Governors of New 
 Amsterdam ; being the only Authentic 
 History of the Times that ever hath been 
 or ever will be Published. By Diedrich 
 Knickerbocker. De waarheid die in 
 duister lag Die komt met Klaarheid aan 
 
 234 
 
den dag. A New Edition, containing 
 unpublished corrections of the Author, 
 with Illustrations by Geo. H. Bough- 
 ton, Will H. Drake and Howard Pyle, 
 and Etching's by Henry C. Eno and F. 
 Raubicheck. In Two Volumes. . . . 
 New York Printed for The Grolier 
 Club,^M DCCC LXXXVI. 12 + 312; 
 6 + 276 p. An etched frontispiece in 
 three states in each volume. 8°. 175 
 copies on Holland paper, and 2 copies 
 on vellum. 
 
 Bound in boards covered with orange-coloured paper. 
 "\'ignette, on titlepage, and tail-pieces from special de- 
 signs, as well as head-bands, in brown. 
 
 (5) A Lecture on Bookbinding as a Fine Art 
 
 Delivered before the Grolier Club, 
 February 26, 1885. With Sixty-three 
 Illustrations By Robei-t Hoe. New- 
 York Published by the Grolier Club 
 MDCCCLXXXYI. 6 -f 36 -f 6 p. 63 
 artotypes by Biei«tadt. Demy 4°. 200 
 copies on hand-made paper. 
 
 Bound in boards, buff cloth back and corners. One 
 copy, at least, of this lectui'e was prmted on vellum for 
 Mr. Hoe's private use. How many more were so 
 printed is not known. The veUum copies were not 
 club publications. 
 
 (6) Historic Printing Types A lecture read 
 
 before the Grolier Club of New- York, 
 January 25, 1885, with additions and 
 
 235 
 
new illustrations By Theo. L. De 
 Vinne New- York The Grolier Club 
 MDCCCLXXXVI. 2 + 110 + 2 p. Il- 
 lustrated with facsimiles of types. Demy 
 4° . 200 copies on Holland paper, and 2 
 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bound in boards, biiff cloth back and corners. 
 
 (7) Peg Woffington By Charles Reade In 
 
 Two Volumes. New-York Printed for 
 the Grolier Club MDCCCLXXXVII 
 10 + 184 ; 6 + 220 + 2 p. Foolscap 
 8°. 250 copies on Holland paper, and 
 2 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bound in white cloth, stamped in gilt. 
 
 (8) Christopher Plantin and the Plantin-More- 
 
 tus Museum at Antwerp By Theo. L. 
 De Vinne With illustrations by Joseph 
 Pennell, and others Printed for the 
 Grolier Club New York 1888 98 + 
 2 p. Plan of the Plantin Museum. Sq. 
 8°. 300 copies on paper and 3 copies on 
 vellum. 
 
 Bound in granite paper covers on loose boards. The 
 illustrations printed in tinted inks. 
 
 (9) [Vol. I] Ricardi de Bury Philobiblon ex 
 
 Optimis Codicibus Recensuit Versione 
 Anglica necnon et Prolegomenis Adno- 
 tationibusque Auxit Andreas Fleming 
 West in CoUegio Princetonise Professor 
 
 236 
 
Piirs Prima Textus. Novi Eboraci 
 Typis et Impensis Societatis Grolieri- 
 ante MDCCCLXXXIX. 
 
 [Vol. II] The Philobiblon of Richard De 
 Bury Edited from the best manuscripts 
 and transhxted into English witli an in- 
 troduction and notes by Andrew Flem- 
 ing West Professor in Princeton College 
 Part Second — English version Vie au- 
 rum tibi non valet ubi nitet Philobiblon 
 New-York Printed for the Grolier Club 
 1889 
 
 [Vol. Ill] The Philobiblon of Richard De 
 Bury Edited from the best manuscripts 
 and translated into English with an in- 
 troduction and notes by Andrew Flem- 
 ing West Professor in Pi inceton College. 
 Part Third Introductory matter and 
 notes New-York Printed for the Gro- 
 lier Club 1889 
 
 3 vols. 130 + 2; 145 + 2; 174 p. Small 
 4to. 297 copies on hand-made paper, 
 and 3 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bound in vellum. Contains several facsimiles of the 
 manuscripts and early printed texts and of the various 
 seals used by De Bury. 
 
 (10) Modern bookbinding practically consid- 
 ered A lecture read before the Grolier 
 Club of New-York, March 25, 1885, with 
 additions and new illustrations By Wil- 
 Uam Matthews New-York The Gro- 
 
 237 
 
lierClub MDCCCLXXXIX. 2 + 96 
 
 p. 8 facsimiles of book bindings. Demy 
 4°. 300 copies on Holland paper, and 
 3 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bound in cream-coloured cloth. 
 
 (11) Areopagitica A speech of Mr. John Mil- 
 
 ton for the liberty of unlicensed print- 
 ing, to the Parliament of England 
 With an introduction by James Russell 
 Lowell New York The Grolier Club 
 MDCCCXC lviii+2 + 190p. Portrait 
 of Milton after an engraving by Faith- 
 orne. Foolscap 8°. 325 copies on 
 Holland paper, and 3 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bound in blue boards, paper label. 
 
 (12) [Aldus in his Printing Establishment 
 
 at Venice, showing Grolier Some Book- 
 bindings.] 
 
 An etching by Leopold Flameng, after the painting 
 by his son, Francois Flameng, which was presented to 
 The Grolier Club by S. P. Avery. The size of the etch- 
 ing is 16 X 14 inches. Printed by Salmon of Paris on 
 Japan paper. Bach copy is signed by the painter and 
 etcher, and has, as a remarque, the device of The Grolier 
 Club. 300 copies on paper ; 3 copies on vellum. 
 Printed February, 1891. 
 
 (13) Washington Irving A Sketch By 
 
 George William Curtis New- York The 
 Grolier Club MDCCCXCI 8-1-116-^2 
 
 238 
 
p. Portrait and plate 8°. 844 copies 
 on hand-made paper, and 3 copies on 
 vellum. 
 
 Bound in full red morocco. 
 
 (14) Effigies of the most famous English 
 
 Writers from Chaucer to Johnson Ex- 
 hibited at the Grolier Club New-York, 
 December, 1891. 78 p. Portraits of Ben 
 Jonson and Thomas Killegrew. 8°. 
 200 copies. 
 
 Bound in cream-coloured paper. 
 
 (15) The Barons of the Potomack and the 
 
 Rappahannock By Moncure Daniel 
 Conway New York The Grolier Club 
 1892 xvii -F 290 + 2 p. Portraits of 
 Lord Thomas Fairfax, Lawrence Wash- 
 ington, Deborah Clarke, and Mary 
 Howell, 2 views and 2 facsimiles of 
 autographs. Square 8°. 360 copies on 
 Italian hand-made paper and 3 copies on 
 vellum. 
 
 Bound in gray boards. 
 
 (16) [Bronze Medallion Portrait of Nathaniel 
 
 Hawthorne.] 
 
 Diameter 7 inches. The model for this medallic/n 
 was made by the well-known French sculptor and med- 
 allist, Ringel d'lllzach. It was cast by a founder of 
 Paris from metal of the finest quality. 239 copies were 
 239 
 
made. Four copies were presenlod by tlio club : one to 
 tlie son, one to the daiif;lit.oi' oi' llawlhonin, one to the 
 Numismatic and Arclia!ological Socioly, and one to tlio 
 Mctropolitau Museum of Art of Now York City. One 
 copy in silvered bronze was retained by the club, and 
 two cojiies, also in silvered broii/.e, were sold by auction 
 at the annual uieolingol' the club in lUi)!. 
 
 (17) Catalogue of an exhibition of illuminated 
 
 and painted nianuscripls together with 
 a few early prinltni books with illumina- 
 tions — Also some exauiples of Persiiin 
 manuscripts — With Plates in Facsimile 
 and an introductory essay [Cut, having 
 at the bottom, "The ('anigra2)her and 
 the Presentation of a Book. Minia- 
 tiu-es from a Mainisr,ri[>t in the Biblio- 
 theque De Cambray." ] New York The 
 Grolier Club 18!)2 xxxiii + (;4p. -22 
 artotype illustrations. Square 8°. 360 
 copies on Holland paper. 
 
 Bound in dark olive-green cloth. 
 
 (18) Catalogue of Original and Early Editions 
 
 of some of the Poetical and Prose Works 
 of English Writers from Langland to 
 Wither With Collations & Notes, & 
 Eiglity-seven Facsimiles of Title-pages 
 and Frontispieces ISeing a contribution 
 to the Bibliography of English Litera- 
 ture Imprinted at New-York for the 
 Grolier Club, N? 29 East 82'? Street. 
 Anno D?.' Mdcccxciij. xiv + 240 -f- 2 p. 
 
 240 
 
Royal 8°. 400 copies on Holland paper 
 and 3 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bound in half straight-grained russet morocco, tan 
 linen sides. 
 
 (19) Facsimile of the Laws and Acts of the 
 
 General Assembly for their Majesties 
 Province of New-York Etc., Etc. At 
 New- York Printed and Sold by William 
 Bradford, Printer to their Majesties 
 King WUliam & Queen Mary, 1694 
 Together yvith. an Historical Introduc- 
 tion, Notes on the Laws, and Appen- 
 dices, by Robert Ludlow Fowler Coun- 
 sellor-at-Law. The Grolier Club of 
 New- York MDCCCXCIV 12 4-163 + 
 111 + 2 p. Imperial 8°- 312 copies 
 on hand-made paper, and 3 copies on 
 vellum. 
 
 Bound in vellum. 
 
 (20) A Classified List of Early American 
 
 Book-Plates With a brief description 
 of the principal styles and a note as to 
 the prominent engraveis By Charles 
 Dexter Allen To accompany an Ex- 
 hibition at the Grolier Club, October, 
 1894 88 p. Reproductions of 22 book- 
 plates. 8°. 350 copies on hand-made 
 paper, and 3 copies on veUum. 
 
 Bound in granite paper cover. 
 
 241 
 
(21) Transactions of the Grolier Club of the 
 
 City of New York from July Eighteen 
 hundred and eighty-five to February 
 Eighteen hundred and ninety-four 
 Part II New York The Grolier Club 
 Twenty-nine East Thirty-second Street 
 M DCCG XCIV 156 4- 2 p. Royal 8°. 
 750 copies on hand-made paper. 
 
 Bound in cream-coloiued paper cover. 
 
 (22) The catalogue of books from the libraries 
 
 or collections of celebrated bibliophiles 
 and illustrious [)ersons of the past 
 with arms or devices upon the bind- 
 ings Exhibited at the Grolier Club 
 in the month of January 1895 New- 
 York Published by the Grolier Club 
 MDCCCXCV 18 + 76 p. 24 repro- 
 ductions of covers and marks of owner- 
 ship. Square 8°. 350 copies on Hol- 
 land paper, and 3 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bound in dark green cloth. 
 
 (23) Catalogue of the engraved work of Asher 
 
 B. Durand Exhibited at the Grolier 
 Club April, MDCCCXCV 2 + 104 p. 
 8°. 350 copies. 
 
 Bound in cream-coloured paper cover. 
 
 (24) A Description of the early printed books 
 
 owned by the Grolier Club With a 
 brief account of their printers and the 
 
 242 
 
history of typography in the Fifteenth 
 Century. [By Richard H. Lawrence.] 
 Printed for the Grolier Club New- 
 York, May, MDCCCXCV 78 p. Fac- 
 similes. Small folio. 400 copies on 
 hand-made paper, and 3 copies on 
 vellum. 
 
 Bomid in half brown calf, buff cloth sides. 
 
 (25) The Poems of John Donne From the 
 
 Text of the Edition of 1633 Revised 
 by James Russell Lowell With the 
 various readings of the other editions 
 of the seventeenth century, and with a 
 preface, an introduction, and notes by 
 Charles Eliot Norton New-York The 
 Grolier Club 1895 2 vols. 38 + 254 
 + 2 ; 12 -I- 282 -I- 6 p. 2 Portraits. 12°. 
 380 copies on hand-made paper, and 3 
 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bound in tea-coloured cloth. 
 
 (26) The Charles Whittinghams Printers By 
 
 Arthur Warren New- York The Gro- 
 her Club of New-York MDCCC- 
 LXXXXVI 344 -f 2 p. Portraits of 
 Charles Whittingham, Charles Whit- 
 tingham, the nephew, and William 
 Pickering; 3 facsimiles of documents, 
 and 2 facsimiles of copies of pages from 
 illuminated MSS. Royal 8°. 385 cop- 
 
 243 
 
ies on hand-made paper, and 3 copies on 
 vellum. 
 
 Bound in half green morocco, drab paper sides. 
 
 (27) Catalogue of an exhibition illustrative of 
 
 a centenary of artistic lithography — 
 1796-1896— With 244 examples by 
 160 different artists, Illustrated with 20 
 photo-engravings, from the originals by 
 Bonington, Cassatt, Chauvel, Daumier, 
 Decamps, Engelmann, Fantin-Latour, 
 Gavarni, Hanfstaengl, Homer, Jacque, 
 Jacob, Millet, Newsam, Otis, Prout, 
 Raffet, Vernet, and Wagenbauer At 
 the Grolier Club Twenty-nine East 
 Thirty-second Street, New York March 
 M.D.CCC.XCVI 4 -h 84 -F- 2 p. 8°. 
 400 copies on hand-made paper, and 3 
 copies on vellum. 
 
 Bovmd in granite paper covers. 
 
 (28) [Bronze Medallion Portrait of James Rus- 
 
 sell Lowell.] 
 
 Diameter 7 inches. Modelled by Charles Calverley, 
 and oast in bronze by John Williams. Issued in 1896. 
 Total number cast was 375, of which 372 were in 
 bronze and 3 in silvered bronze, hand-finished by Mr. 
 Calverley. 
 
 (29) A chronological catalogue of the engrav- 
 
 ings, dry-points and etchings of Albert 
 Diirer as exhibited at the Grolier Club 
 
 244 
 
Compiled by S. R. Koehler The Grolier 
 Club of New York M DCCCXCVII. 
 10 + 62 + 2 + 104 p. 1 page of illustra- 
 tions printed with the text, 5 photo- 
 gravures and 1 artotype, done in Berlin 
 under the superintendence of Dr. Lipp- 
 mann, inserted. 4°. 400 copies on 
 Holland paper. 
 
 Bound in tea-coloured cloth, with Diirer's device on 
 the sides. 
 
 EXHIBITION CATALOGUES 
 
 (1) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Modern 
 
 Bookbindings, French, English, and 
 American, at the Rooms of the Grolier 
 Club, 64 Madison Avenue, May 7 to 
 May 15, 1886. 16 p. 16°. No title- 
 page; description on cover. 
 
 (2) A Catalogue of the Drawings by Mr. 
 
 Edwin A. Abbey for " She Stoops to Con- 
 quer." A Comedy by Dr. Oliver Gold- 
 smith. [Exhibited December 15, 1886.] 
 12 p. 16°. No titlepage or cover; 
 description at the head of the text. 
 
 (3) Early Printed Books Exhibition at the 
 
 Rooms of the Grolier Club, 64 Madison 
 Ave. March 14-19, 1887. 16 p. 16°. 
 No titlepage ; description on cover. 
 
 (4) Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Liber 
 
 Studiorum of J. M. W. Turner, at the 
 
 245 
 
rooms of the Grolier Club at No. 64 
 Madison Avenue, New-York, January, 
 1888. 40 p. 16°. No titlepage; 
 description on cover. 
 
 By permission of The Grolier Club seventy-five copies 
 of this catalogue were struck off on large paper for Mr. 
 Howard Mansfield. These were his own private prop- 
 erty, and were for the most part distributed among his 
 friends. The large-paper edition was, therefore, in no 
 sense a club publication. 
 
 (5) Catalogue of early printed books relating to 
 
 America. Exhibited at the Grolier Club, 
 64 Madison Avenue, New- York, Decem- 
 ber 13, to December 22, 1888. 20 p. 
 16°. No titlepage; description on 
 cover. 
 
 (6) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Etchings of 
 
 Alphonse Legros, at the rooms of the 
 Grolier Club at No. 64 Madison Avenue, 
 New York, January, 1889. 16 p. 16°. 
 No titlepage ; description on cover. 
 
 (7) Catalogue of Exhibition of Japanese Col- 
 
 ored Prints and Illustrated Books at the 
 rooms of the Grolier Club, at No. 64 
 Madison Avenue, N. Y., April, 1889. 
 44 p. 16°. 
 
 (8) Books and Prints illustrating the Origin 
 
 and Rise of Wood Engraving. Exhi- 
 bition at the Grolier Club House, Janu- 
 ary 17 to February 1, 1890. 8 p. 16°. 
 Without cover. 
 
 246 
 
(9) ]\Iodern Wood Engraving. Works of the 
 
 Society of American Wood Engravers. 
 Exhibition at the Grolier Club House, 
 February 20 to March 1, 1890. 16 p. 
 16°. No titlepage ; description on 
 cover. 
 
 (10) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Illustrated 
 
 Bill-Posters. At the Rooms of the Gro- 
 Uer Club, at 29 East 32d St. New-York, 
 November, 1890. 12 p. 16°. 
 
 (11) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Recent 
 
 Book-bindings, 1860-1890. Executed 
 by American, English and French Book- 
 binders. Exhibited at The Grolier Club, 
 29 East 32d St. N. Y. Dec. 24, 1890, to 
 Jan. 12, 1891. 61 p. 16°. 
 
 (12) Catalogue of Works on Alchemy and 
 
 Chemistry Exhibited at The Grolier 
 Club, 29 East 32d St. New York, Jan. 
 16th to Jan. 26th, 1891. [With intro- 
 duction by H. Carrington Bolton.] 
 32 p. 16°. 
 
 (13) The Fan In all Ages A brief history of 
 
 its evolution. To accompany an Exhi- 
 bition of Fans, mostly French, of the 
 xviiith Century, illustrating the deco- 
 rative art of that period as applied to 
 fans. Exhibited at the Grolier Club, 
 29 East 32d Street, New- York, from 
 April 21 to May 5, 1891. 22 + 2 p. 16°. 
 
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(14) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Engraved 
 
 Portraits, being the effigies of the most 
 famous English Writers from Chaucer 
 to Johnson. Exhibited at the Grolier 
 Club, 29 East 32d St., New- York, De- 
 cember 8 to 22, 1891. 69 p. 16°. 
 
 (15) Catalogue of Etchings by Ph. Zilcken of 
 
 the Hague, Holland Exhibited at the 
 Grolier Club, New-York April, 1892. 
 19 p. 16°. Without covers. 
 
 (16) Grolier Club 29 East 32d Street Catar 
 
 logue of an exhibition of Line Engrav- 
 ings designed to illusb'ate the history of 
 the art during the past four centuries 
 The exhibition will be open daily be- 
 tween ten A. M. and six P. M., from the 
 second of December till the twentieth of 
 December, inclusive New York 1892. 
 28 p. 16°. 
 
 (17) Grolier Club 29 East 32d Street Cata- 
 
 logue of an exhibition of Portraits en- 
 graved by William Faithorne The 
 exhibition will be open daily between 
 ten A. M. and six P. M., from the six- 
 teenth of February till the fourth of 
 March, inclusive New York 1893 
 38 + 1 p. 16°. 
 
 (18) Catalogue of Medals and Plaques Exhib- 
 
 ited at the Monthly Meeting of the Gro- 
 lier Club, April 6, 1893. 12 p. 16°. 
 
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No titlepage or cover. Description at 
 the head of the text. 
 
 (19) Catalogue of books printed by William 
 
 Bradford and other Printers in the Mid- 
 dle Colonies Exhibited at the Grolier 
 Club in commemoration of the bicen- 
 tennial of the inti'oduction of printing 
 into New-York, April 14 to 21, 1893. 
 100 p. frontispiece [facsimile of Dan- 
 iel Leeds's Almanack, 1694, printed by 
 William Bradford.] 16°. 
 
 (20) A brief hand-list of Original and Early 
 
 Editions of Some of the Poetical and 
 Prose Works of English Writers from 
 Langland to Wither Exhibited at the 
 GroUerClub May 11 to 25, 1893 New- 
 York The Grolier Club 1893. 37 p. 
 16°. 
 
 (21) Chronological hand-list of various editions 
 
 of The Complete Angler by Izaak Wal- 
 ton and Charles Cotton With a sup- 
 plement embracing other ^\Titings of 
 Walton and Cotton, etc. 1593-1893 
 Exhibited at the Grolier Club December 
 9-29, 1893. 27 p. 16°. 
 
 (22) Commercial Bookbindings an historical 
 
 sketch, with some mention of an exhi- 
 bition of drawings, covers, and books, at 
 the Grolier Club, April 5 to April 28, 
 
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1894 New-York 29 East 32d Street 
 1894. 2 + 23 + 1 p. 16°. 
 
 (23) A Classified List of Early American Book- 
 
 Plates With a brief description of the 
 principal styles and a note as to the 
 prominent engravers By Charles Dex- 
 ter Allen To accompany an Exhibitipn 
 at the Grolier Club, October, 1894. 38'p. 
 21 facsimiles of book plates. 16°. 
 
 (24) Catalogue of Early Printed Books Pre- 
 
 sented to the Grolier Club By David 
 Wolfe Bruce ExMbited at the Grolier 
 Club 1894 33+1 p. Portrait of 
 David Wolfe Bruce. 16°. 
 
 (25) Catalogue of an exhibition of engraved 
 
 portraits of women writers from Sappho 
 to George Eliot At the Grolier Club, 
 Twenty-nine East Thirty-second Street, 
 New York, March the seventh to 
 March the twenty-third, MDCCCXCV 
 24 p. 16°. 
 
 (26) Catalogue of the engraved work of Asher 
 
 B. Durand Exhibited at the Grolier 
 
 Club April, MDCCCXCV. [With 
 
 Introduction by C. H. Hart.] 104 p. 
 16°. 
 
 (27) Catalogue of an exhibition of engraved 
 
 portraits of French authors to the close 
 
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of the eigliteenth century At the 
 Grolier Club, Twenty-nine East Thirty- 
 second Street, New York, December the 
 Fifth to December the Twenty-eighth, 
 MDCCCXCV. 16 p. 16°. 
 
 (28) Catalogue of an exhibition illustrative 
 
 of a centenary of artistic Lithography 
 1796-1896 At the Grolier Club, 
 Twenty-nine East Thirty-second Street, 
 New York, March the Sixth to March 
 the Twenty-eighth, M.D.CCC.XCVI. 
 [With Introduction by Louis Prang.] 
 73 + 1 p. 16°. 
 
 (29) Catalogue of An Exhibition of Japanese 
 
 Prints At the Grolier Club Twenty- 
 nine East Thirty-second St., N. Y. 
 April, 1896. [With Introduction by 
 H. S.] 23 p. 16°. 
 
 (30) The Grolier Club twenty-nine east thirty- 
 
 second street. New York Exhibition 
 of Portraits in Pastel by Mr. J. Wells 
 Champney of historic persons of the 
 XVII. and XVIII. centuries, being di- 
 rect copies from the original noted 
 works in the public galleries of Paris, 
 Versailles, St. Quentin, Berlin, Dresden, 
 Amsterdam, etc. On view from Janu- 
 ary 5th to January 12th (inclusive), 
 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. [1895.] 8-page 
 folder. 16°. 
 
 251 
 
YEAR-BOOKS 
 
 Grolier Club Constitution Officers By Laws 
 Members. M.DCCC. LXXXIV. 29 p. 
 16°. 
 
 There were two issues of this year-book. The first 
 contained 27 pages + list of members, 1 leaf, verso 
 blank. The other is identical with the first up to page 
 28. The list of members, however, occupies three pages, 
 folioed 29 to 31 ; page 32 blank. A note at the bottom 
 of page 31 states that the limit of members was in- 
 creased from fifty to one hundred. 
 
 No year-books were published for 1885 and 1886. 
 
 Grolier Club Constitution Officers By-Laws 
 Members. M.DCCC.LXXXVII. 50 p. 
 16°. 
 
 Grolier Club Constitution Officers By-Laws 
 Members M.DCCC.LXXXVIII. 58 p. 
 16°. 
 
 Grolier Club Officers 
 tion and By-Laws 
 LXXXIX. 95 p. 
 
 Members Constitu- 
 Reports. M.DCCC- 
 16°. 
 
 Grolier Club Officers Members Constitu- 
 tion and By-Laws Reports. M.DCCC- 
 XC. 90 p. 16°. 
 
 Grolier Club Officers Members Constitution 
 and By-Laws Reports. M.DCCC.XCI. 
 107 p. 16°. 
 
 252 
 
Grolier Club Officers Members Constitution 
 and By-Laws Reports, M.DCCC.XCII. 
 109 p. 16°. 
 
 The Grolier Club of the City of New York. 
 Officers Committees Certificate of Incor- 
 poration Constitution By-Laws House 
 Eules Members. M.DCCC.XCIII. 72 p. 
 16°. 
 
 The Grolier Club of the City of New York. 
 Officers Committees Constitutions and 
 By-Laws House Rules Members etc. 
 M.DCCCXCIV. 75 p. 16°. 
 
 The Grolier Club of the City of New 
 York. Officei-s Committees Constitutions 
 By-Laws House Rules Members etc. 
 M.DCCC.XCV. 75 p. 16°. 
 
 The Grolier Club of the City of New York. 
 Officers Committees Constitution By- 
 Laws House Rules Members Annual 
 Reports etc. M.DCCC.XCVI. 102 p. 
 16°. 
 
 The Groher Club of the City of New York 
 Officers Committees Constitution By- 
 Laws House Rules Members Annual 
 Reports etc. M DCCC XCVII. 120 p. 
 16°. 
 
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BOOKS PRINTED IN VERY LIMITED NUM- 
 BERS FOR SPECIAL USE, BUT NEVER 
 PUBLISHED 
 
 Specimens of historical printing types, printed 
 but not published, as illustrations to a 
 Discourse by Theodore L. De Vinne, be- 
 fore The Grolier Club, January 28, 1883. 
 2 + 15 pages of illustrations, facsimiles 
 and specimens of modern type. 
 
 A Short Hand-List of English Plays, Masques, 
 and Pageants, from the time of Queen 
 Elizabeth to the Restoration. Printed, 
 but not published, for the use of the Pub- 
 lication Committee of The Grolier Club. 
 New York, December, 1893. 68 p. Royal 
 4°. No titlepage ; description on recto 
 of first leaf. 
 
 Jean Grolier. [Written for the club by Char- 
 lotte Adams.] 14 p. 16°. 
 
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CHAPTER XXI 
 
 THE FILSON CLUB 
 
 1884- 
 
 THE Filson Club, of Louisville, Ky., 
 is unique in that it is the only 
 book club that includes women in its 
 membership. It was organized in 
 1884 by Dr. Reuben T. Durrett for the 
 purpose of collecting and preserving 
 data pertaining to the history of Ken- 
 tucky and adjacent States. It started 
 with ten members, and now numbers 
 upwards of five hundred. The club 
 was named after John Filson, school- 
 master, speculator, and verse-maker,* 
 
 * John Mlson was born near the Brandy wine, 
 Pennsylvania, about the year 1747. He went to 
 
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who wrote the first history of Ken- 
 tucky, which was published in Wil- 
 mington, Delaware, by John Adams, 
 in 1784. When this book was one 
 hundred years old. The Filson Club 
 was incorporated, and began its career 
 by publishing an account of the life of 
 John Filson, which was prepared by 
 Dr. Durrett, and read by him at the 
 second meeting of the club, in June, 
 1884. The volume contains a fine 
 
 Kentucky, probably in 1783, where he formed the 
 acquaintance of, and collected information from, 
 Daniel Boone, Levi Todd, and other pioneers. 
 Having prepared the manuscript of his history of 
 Kentucky and his map, he returned East and had 
 them published. He returned to Kentucky in 
 1784 and in 1787. In 1788 he laid out the town 
 of Losantiville, now Cincinnati. In the year 
 following he set out alone to explore the soli- 
 tudes of the Big Miami woods, and was seen no 
 more by his white comrades. ISTor was any trace 
 of his body ever found. — W. H. Venable in his 
 " Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio 
 Valley." Cincinnati, Eobert Clarke & Co., 1891. 
 8°. pp. 10, 11. 
 
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lithographic facsimile of the map of 
 Kentucky made by Filson, of which 
 the existence had been often doubted, 
 owing to the fact that it seems never 
 to have been issued with his book, 
 though the titlepage calls for it.* This 
 
 * The complete title of Filson's work is as fol- 
 lows : ' ' The Discovery, Settlement and Present 
 State of Kentucke ; and an Essay towards the 
 Topography and Natural History of that Impor- 
 tant Country. To which is added an Appendix 
 containing: I. The Adventures of Col. Daniel 
 Boon, one of the First Settlers, comprehending 
 every important Occurrence in the Political His- 
 tory of that Province. II. The Minutes of the 
 Piankashaw Council, held at Post St. Vincent's, 
 April 15, 1784. III. An Account of the Indian 
 Nations inhabiting within the Limits of the Thir- 
 teen United States ; their Manners and Customs ; 
 and Eeflections on their Origin. IV. The Stages 
 and Distances between Philadelphia and the Falls 
 of Ohio; from Pittsburg to Pensacola, and sev- 
 eral other Places. The whole illustrated by a 
 new and accurate Map of Kentucke, and the 
 Country adjoining, drawn from actual surveys. 
 By John Filson. Wilmington, printed by John 
 Adams, 1784." 
 
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map is excessively scarce, and a repro- 
 duction of it from the copy in the 
 library of Harvard College, therefore, 
 added greatly to the interesting text. 
 
 The second volume, " The Wilder- 
 ness Road," by Captain Thomas Speed, 
 gives the story, told in a remarkably 
 engaging manner, of the remarkable 
 immigration to Kentucky that began 
 in 1775, and in less than twenty years 
 created a State in the western wil- 
 derness, with a population of nearly 
 100,000. The author describes the 
 routes by which emigrants passed from 
 the seaboard into Kentucky, and par- 
 ticularly describes that byway of the 
 Shenandoah Valley and Cumberland 
 Grap, with the last section of which, 
 the " wilderness road," Daniel Boone's 
 name is connected as pathfinder. 
 
 William Henry Perrin's work, " The 
 Pioneer Press of Kentucky," the third 
 volume published by The Filson Club, 
 is a welcome contribution to the mea- 
 
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gre history of printing in the West. 
 The author reviews the history of the 
 newspaper press from the printing of 
 the first paper west of the Alleghanies, 
 The Kentucke Gazette, issued by John 
 Bradford* in Lexington, August 11, 
 1787, to the establishment of the Daily 
 Press in 1830. The volume was em- 
 bellished with facsimiles of The Ken- 
 tucTxe Gazette and of The Farmer's 
 Library, a view of the first printing- 
 house in Kentucky, and portraits of 
 John Bradford, Shadrach Penn, and 
 Greorge D. Prentiss, the pioneer news- 
 paper publishers in the West. 
 
 In "The Political Beginnings of 
 Kentucky," the author. Col. John 
 Mason Brown, varies the commonly 
 received political history in Kentucky 
 
 * For an interesting popular description of 
 John Bradford and his printing-room and book- 
 bindery, see "The Choir Invisible." By James 
 Lane Allen. New York, Macmillan & Co., 1897. 
 16°. pp. 95-110. 
 
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in more than one important direction. 
 Colonel Brown has gone to the bot- 
 tom of what are known as Spanish, 
 French, and British intrigues in the 
 West, and, if he has read the evidence 
 correctly, has righted the wrongs in- 
 flicted upon some of the best and 
 wisest of the pioneers of the West. 
 To accomplish this he not only ap- 
 pealed to the original authorities in 
 this country, but secured from foreign 
 archives copies of the original de- 
 spatches, touching these transactions, 
 sent by agents to their governments. 
 The despatches of Dorchester, Miro, 
 and Grardoqui have been especially laid 
 under contribution. The author has 
 left no field unexplored where the 
 gleanings of original truth could be 
 had, and the result of his labours will 
 make his book authority upon the 
 subject treated. Colonel Brown insists 
 that the word " Kentucky " so long 
 understood to mean the dark and 
 
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bloody ground, is really derived from 
 an Iroquois word, JcentaJce, that means 
 " the meadow (or prairie) land." The 
 name probably originated in those 
 treeless stretches of country between 
 the Salt and the Green rivers, which 
 the early settlers called " barrens." A 
 portrait of the author serves as frontis- 
 piece to the volume. 
 
 The seventh volume of The Filson 
 Club, published in 1892, contains an 
 address by Reuben T. Durrett on 
 "The State of Kentucky: its discov- 
 ery, settlement, autonomy, and prog- 
 ress for a hundred years," that is a 
 document of considerable value from 
 an historic standpoint. It ranks espe- 
 cially high because it is a history of 
 Kentucky condensed into an hour's 
 talk. The volume was quickly taken 
 up and is now among the scarcest of 
 the club's issues. 
 
 " The Centenary of Louisville," a 
 paper prepared by Dr. Durrett on the 
 
 261 
 
occasion of the one hundredth anni- 
 versary of the birth of Louisville, pre- 
 sents an important array of historic 
 facts, many of which have never before 
 appeared in print. In the footnotes 
 and appendixes are given the con- 
 tents of rare manuscripts which show 
 that the story of Louisville and its 
 hardy pioneers had never before been 
 correctly told. The names of all the 
 founders and early builders of the city 
 are given, so that their descendants, 
 now scattered over the land, may learn 
 what their ancestors did towards estab- 
 lishing and promoting the chief city 
 in Kentucky. The volume contains 
 portraits of Sieur La Salle, the discov- 
 erer of the site, and of General Clark, 
 the founder of the city of Louisville. 
 
 Another volume published by The 
 Filson Club which deserves mention 
 — " The Life and Writings of Rafi- 
 nesque," by Dr. Richard Ellsworth Call 
 — had its inception in an attempt to 
 
clear up certain matters connected 
 with the synonymy of a large and 
 important group of fresh-water mol- 
 lusks — the UnionidcB. A number of 
 very remarkable facts were thus inci- 
 dentally learned, connected with the 
 personality of Constantine Samuel Ra- 
 finesque, the eminent naturalist, who 
 was born in Turkey in Europe in 1783, 
 and died in Philadelphia, where the 
 greater part of his life had been spent, 
 in 1840. As the collation of data pro- 
 ceeded, the facts learned seemed of 
 sufficient importance to group them 
 for presentation to the literary and 
 scientific world, in the hope that a bet- 
 ter and more intelligent understanding 
 of the work of this eccentric naturalist 
 might result. A number of impres- 
 sions were forced upon the attention 
 of Dr. Call as the work proceeded; 
 among other conclusions reached was 
 the one that Rafinesque had not al- 
 ways been fairly treated by his con- 
 
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temporaries. Resulting from this came 
 the conviction that many naturalists 
 now living had formed opinions con- 
 cerning the nature and value of Ra- 
 finesque's work which were quite 
 erroneous, and this consideration at 
 last induced the author to make pub- 
 lic the result of his researches. A 
 complete bibliography of Rafinesque's 
 writings on every subject, comprising 
 upwards of four hundred titles, is 
 added to the memoir. 
 
 The last book thus far published 
 by The Filson Club, being No. 12 of 
 the series, is entitled " Bryant s [or 
 Bryan's] Station," etc., and is the first 
 of the series to partake of a miscel- 
 laneous character. All the previous 
 volumes are monographs, while this is 
 made up of separate articles, as fol- 
 lows: (1) "The Lexington Chapter, 
 Daughters of the Revolution, with a 
 list of its officers and members, and 
 the memorial proceedings at the un- 
 
veiling of the momiment erected to 
 the memory of the heroic mothers and 
 daughters of Bryan's or Bryant's Sta- 
 tion," by Mrs. EHzabeth Slaughter 
 Bassett Scott; (2) "The first act in 
 the siege of Bryant's Station, embrac- 
 ing the memorial proceedings there on 
 the 18th, [of August, 1896,] a list of the 
 inhabitants of the Station when the 
 Siege began, and a list of the brave 
 mothers and daughters who went to 
 the spring for water," by Reuben T. 
 Durrett, LL.D. ; (3) " The Women of 
 Bryant's Station — an original poem," 
 by Major Henry T. Stanton ; (4) " The 
 story of Bryan's or Bryant's Station, 
 embracing its full history from its be- 
 ginning to its end," by Prof. George 
 W. Ranck; (5) "The Battle of the 
 Blue Licks, embracing its full history, 
 with an appendix containing a list of 
 Kentuckians engaged," by Colonel 
 Bennett H. Young; and, (6) " An his- 
 toric sketch of The Filson Club, with 
 
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a list of its officers and members, 
 alphabetically arranged," by Reuben 
 T. Durrett, LL.D. 
 
 The event commemorated by this 
 volume was the erection of a monu- 
 ment over a spring near Bryant's 
 Station, which stood five miles from 
 Lexington, Kentucky, on the road 
 leading to Paris about where the road 
 crosses the Elkhorn Creek. On Au- 
 gust 15, 1782, Captain William Cald- 
 well, an English officer, and Simon 
 Grirty, a renegade Revolutionist, with 
 sixty Tories and three hundred In- 
 dians, laid siege to the fort. Its de- 
 fenders, about forty-four in number, 
 would have perished from want of 
 water had not their wives and daugh- 
 ters — twelve women and sixteen girls 
 — ventured to leave the fort and pro- 
 cure a supply of water from the spring 
 on the Elkhorn. By their heroism 
 these noble women not only saved the 
 lives of their fathers and brothers, but 
 
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helped them to withstand the attack 
 of the enemy. 
 
 The books of The Filson Club are 
 large quartos, and, while not as lux- 
 uriously gotten up as the publications 
 of other book clubs, are nevertheless 
 very creditable specimens of book- 
 making. The members of the club 
 obtain copies free. Others may sub- 
 scribe in advance of publication, at a 
 nominal price, through the publishing 
 agents of the club, John P. Morton & 
 Co., of Louisville, Kentucky, and the 
 Robert Clarke Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 Besides these publications, a num- 
 ber of papers containing valuable his- 
 toric and biographic matter have been 
 prepared by different members, and 
 have been read to the club and filed 
 among its archives. Also, manuscripts 
 and scraps of history and biography 
 have been collected and stored among 
 its archives. Some members have 
 made gifts to the club of books, pam- 
 
 267 
 
phlets, and papers, valuable relics, old 
 letters and manuscripts of the pioneer 
 period and portraits. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE FILSON CLUB 
 
 (1) John Filson the first historian of Kentucky. 
 
 An account of his life and writings prin- 
 cipally from original sources, prepared 
 for The Filson Club, and read at its 
 meeting in Louisville, Ky., June 26, 
 1884. By Reuben T. Durrett, LL.D., 
 President of The Filson Club. Louis- 
 ville, Ky. : [Printed for The Filson 
 Club, by] John P. Morton & Co. Cin- 
 cinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co. 
 1884. 132 p. Portrait of Filson, fac- 
 similes of Filson's map of Kentucky and 
 of his letter to John Brown. 4°. 
 
 (2) The Wilderness Road. A description of 
 
 the routes of travel by which the pio- 
 neers and early settlers first came to 
 Kentucky. Prepared for The Filson 
 Club By Thomas Speed. Map show- 
 ing routes of travel. Louisville, Ky. : 
 [Printed for The Filson Club, by] John 
 P. Morton & Co. 1886. 75 p. Map. 
 4°. 
 
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(3) The Pioneer Press of Kentucky, From 
 the printing of the first paper west of 
 the Alleghanies, August 11, 1787, to the 
 establishment of the Daily Press in 
 1830. By William Henry Perrin. Writ- 
 ten for The Filson Club, And Read be- 
 fore the Club at its August Meeting, 
 1887, being the Centennial Year of 
 Kentucky Journalism. Louisville, Ky. : 
 John P. Morton & Company, Printers to 
 The Filson Club. 1888. 93 p. 1 Fac- 
 simile, 1 plate, and 3 portraits. 4°. 
 
 (4j The Life and Times of Judge Caleb Wal- 
 lace, sometime a Justice of the Court of 
 Appeals of Kentucky. By William H. 
 Whitsitt, D.D., LL.D. Louisville, Ky. : 
 [Printed for The Filson Club, by] John 
 P. Morton & Co. 1888. 154 p. 4°. 
 
 (5) An Historical Sketch of St. Paul's Church 
 
 of Louisville, Ky., Prepared for the 
 semi-centennial celebration, October B* 
 1889. By Reuben T. Durrett, LL.D. 
 Louisville, Ky. : [Printed for The Fil- 
 son Club, by] John P. Morton & Co. 
 1889. 75 p. Portraits and plates. 4°. 
 
 (6) The Political Beginnings of Kentucky. 
 
 A narrative of public events bearing on 
 the history of that state up to the hour of 
 its admission into the American Union. 
 By Col. John Mason Brown. Louis- 
 
 269 
 
Yille, Ky. : [Printed for The Filson Club, 
 by] Jolm P. Morton & Co. 1889. 263 p. 
 Portrait of the author. 4°. 
 
 (7) The Centenary of Kentucky Proceedings 
 
 at the celebration by The Filson Club 
 Wednesday, June 1, 1892 of the one 
 hundredth anniversary of the admission 
 of Kentucky as an Independent State 
 into the Federal Union. [Edited by 
 Reuben T. Durrett, LL.D.J Louisville, 
 Ky. : [Printed for The Filson Club, by] 
 John P. Morton & Co. Cincinnati, 
 Ohio : Robert Clarke & Co. 1892. 2- 
 200 p. 2 Portraits and 2 facsimiles. 4°. 
 
 (8) The Centenary of Louisville. A paper 
 
 read before the Southern Historical So- 
 ciety, May 1, 1880, in commemoration 
 of the one hundredth anniversary of the 
 beginning of the city of Louisville as 
 an incorporated town under an act of 
 the Legislature of Virginia. By Reuben 
 T. Durrett, LL.D. Louisville, Ky.: 
 [Printed for The Filson Club, by] John 
 P. Morton & Co. 1893. 200 p. Por- 
 traits of Sieur La Salle, General Clark, 
 and Colonel Durrett. 4°. 
 
 (9) The Political Club, Danville, Kentucky, 
 
 1786-1790. Being an account of an 
 early Kentucky society from tlie origi- 
 nal papers recently found. By Thomas 
 
 270 
 
Speed. Louisville, Ky. : [Printed for 
 The Filson Club, by] John P. Morton 
 & Co. 1894. 12 + 167 p. 4°. 
 
 (10) The Life and Writings of [Constantino 
 
 Samuel] Rafinesque. Prepared for The 
 Filson Club and read at its meeting, 
 Monday, April 2, 1894. By Richard 
 Ellsworth Call, M.D. Louisville, Ky. : 
 [Printed for The Filson Club, by] John 
 P. Morton & Co. 1895. 10+227 p. 
 Portraits of Rafinesque and facsimile of 
 his work. 4°. 
 
 (11) Transylvania University its origin, rise, 
 
 decline and fall. Prepared for The Fil- 
 son Club by Robert Peter, M.D., and 
 his daughter. Miss Johanna Peter, mem- 
 bers of The Filson Club. Read at the 
 club meetings in October and Novem- 
 ber, 1895. Louisville, Ky. : [Printed for 
 The Filson Club, by] John P. Morton 
 & Co. 1896. 202 p. Portrait. 4°. 
 
 (12) Bryant's Station and the memorial pro- 
 
 ceedings Held on its Site under the 
 Auspices of the Lexington Chapter, 
 D. A. R., August the 18th, 1896, in honor 
 of its heroic mothers and daughters, 
 prepared for publication by Reuben T. 
 Durrett, LL.D. President of The Fil- 
 son Club. Louisville, Kentucky, John 
 P. Morton and Company Printers to 
 
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The Filson Club 1897. vii + 2 + 277 p. 
 11 plates, one containing 5 vignette 
 portraits, 5 full page portraits, and 5 
 full page landscapes and drawings. 4°. 
 
 Pages 233 to 258 contain a chapter entitled " The 
 Filson Club : an outline of its history and a list of its 
 officers and members, by Reuben T. Durrett, LL.D., 
 President." 
 
 272 
 
CHAPTER XXII 
 
 THE GORGES SOCIETY 
 
 1884- 
 
 ANOTHER club, that added to the 
 lustre of 1884 as a red-letter year 
 in the annals of the book clubs of 
 America, has its home in the " Pine- 
 tree State," in Portland. It was or- 
 ganized by a few of the members of 
 the Maine Historical Society, at the 
 house of its first president, Mr. James 
 Phinney Baxter, for the purpose of 
 printing and publishing rare books and 
 manuscripts relating to the history of 
 Maine. It was named The Gorges 
 Society, in honour of Sir Ferdinand© 
 Grorges, the father of English coloniza- 
 tion in New England. The society is 
 modelled on the plan of The Prince 
 
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Society, and the editions of its books 
 vary according to the number of its 
 members. The volumes are printed 
 uniformly in square octavo. The first 
 volume," New England's Vindication," 
 by Henry Grardiner, (or, as the orig- 
 inal titlepage has it, Henry Gardener 
 Merchant,) was published in 1884. 
 It is a reprint of " a polemical com- 
 position devoted to an arraignment 
 of the Puritanical element which had 
 thus far controlled the destinies of 
 New England," published in London 
 in 1660. This was followed by a me- 
 moir of Greorge Cleeve, of Casoo Bay, 
 the founder of Portland, Me., by James 
 Phinney Baxter. In 1887 the society 
 published " Hosier's Relation of Way- 
 mouth's Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 
 1695," with an introduction and notes 
 by Rev. Henry S. Burrage. The text 
 of the narrative is from a copy of the 
 original publication, in the John Car- 
 ter Brown library. The editor rejects 
 
 274 
 
the theory, advocated by De Costa and 
 others, that Waymouth explored the 
 Kennebec, and argues in favour of the 
 St. Greorge's River. He takes no ac- 
 count of De Costa's article in the 
 " Narrative and Critical History of 
 America," in the discussion of the lit- 
 erature of the question. The next 
 volume was a reprint of the Lambeth 
 MS. of " The Sagadahoc Colony, com- 
 prising The Relation of a Voyage 
 into New England," with an intro- 
 duction and notes by Rev. Henry 0. 
 Thayer. This volume includes a re- 
 production of a map of Popham's Fort, 
 dated 1607, which is thought to afford 
 evidence definitely fixing the location 
 of Popham Colony. A memoir of 
 Christopher Levett, of York, the pio- 
 neer colonist in Casco Bay, by James 
 Phinney Baxter, is the last work thus 
 far issued by the society. A sixth 
 volume is in contemplation, but has 
 not yet been decided upon. 
 
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PUBLICATIONS OP THE GORGES SOCIETY 
 
 (1) New England's Vindication. By Henry 
 
 Gardiner. Edited with notes by Charles 
 Edward Banks, M.D. London, 1660. 
 Printed for The Gorges Society, Port- 
 land, Maine. 1884. 83 + 1 p. Fac- 
 simile of the original titlepage. Square 
 8°. 160 copies. 
 
 Contains, also, Constitution and List of Members of 
 The Gorges Society. 
 
 [Notice of The Gorges Society's first pub- 
 lication, " New England's Vindication," 
 with Constitution, Rules and Regula- 
 tions.] Portland. 1884. 7 p. Square 
 8°. 
 No titlepage. 
 
 (2) George Cleeve of Casco Bay, 1630-1667, 
 
 With Collateral Documents. " Enquire 
 no further who was his father. Thou 
 shalt anon see that he was, as the Ital- 
 ians express it, 'a son to his own la- 
 bors.' " By James Phinney Baxter, 
 A.M. Printed for The Gorges Society, 
 Portland, Maine. 1885. 339 p. 2 Plates, 
 1 portrait, 1 map, 1 facsimile. Square 
 8°. 200 copies. 
 
 (3) Rosier's Relation of Waymouth's Voyage 
 
 To the Coast of Maine, 1605, with an 
 
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introduction and notes. By Henry S. 
 Burrage, D.D. Printed for The Gorges 
 Society, Portland, Maine. 1887. xi + 
 176 p. 2 Plates, 2 portraits, 2 maps. 
 Square 8°. 200 copies. 
 
 (4) The Sagadahoc Colony, comprising The 
 
 Relation of a Voyage into New Eng- 
 land; (Lambeth Ms.) With an intro- 
 duction and notes. By the Rev. Heniy 
 O. Thayer, A. M. Printed for The 
 Gorges Society, Portland, Maine. 1892. 
 xi + 276 p. 1 Portrait, 4 plates, 3 maps, 
 1 facsimile. Square 8°. 200 copies. 
 
 (5) Christopher Levett of York, The Pioneer 
 
 Colonist in Casco Bay. By James 
 Phinney Baxter, A. M., Author of 
 George Cleeve of Casco Bay, . . . &c. 
 Printed for The Gorges Society, Port- 
 land, Maine. 1893. xii + 166 p. 2 
 Plates, 1 map, 1 table, 1 facsimile. 
 Square 8°. 200 copies. 
 
 Besides the memoir, the volume contains a reprint 
 of Levett's "A Voyage into New England Begun in 
 1623. and ended in 1624." 
 
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CHAPTER XXIII 
 
 THE DUNLAP SOCIETY 
 1885- 
 
 IN February, 1885, a little group of 
 residents of New York City, who 
 were students of the stage and collec- 
 tors of theatrical books and portraits, 
 held a meeting at the suggestion of 
 Prof. Brander Matthews, and dis- 
 cussed the possibility of organizing a 
 society in which might be brought to- 
 gether all those who were interested 
 in the history of the theatre in Amer- 
 ica. The result of this conference was 
 the organization of The Dunlap So- 
 ciety by Thomas J. McKee, Brander 
 Matthews, Laurence Hutton, Harry 
 Edwards, and J. H. V. Arnold. The 
 
society was named after William Dun- 
 lap,* one of the first of American dram- 
 
 * William Dunlap was born in Perth Amboy, 
 N. J., February 19, 1766, and died in New York 
 City September 28, 1839. He was an artist of no 
 mean reputation, and, besides a number of plays, 
 some of which have been reprinted by The Dun- 
 lap Society, and a few minor works, he wrote : 
 " Memoirs of the Life of George Frederick Cooke, 
 Esquire, late of the Theatre Royal Covent Gar- 
 den . . . Composed principally from Journals and 
 other authentic Documents left by Mr. Cooke ; 
 and the Personal Knowledge of the Writer." New 
 York, D. Longworth, 1813. 2 vols., 18°. " The 
 Life of Charles Brockden Brown : together with 
 Selections from the Rarest of his Printed Works, 
 from his Original Letters, and from his Manu- 
 scripts before unpublished." Philadelphia, James 
 P. Parker, 1815. 2 vols., 8° . "A History of the 
 American Theatre "... New York, J. & J. Har- 
 per, 1832. 8°. "History of the Rise and Prog- 
 ress of the Arts of Design in the United States " 
 . . . New York. Geo. P. Scott & Co., 1834. 2 
 vols., 8°. "History of New York for Schools" 
 . . . New York, Harper & Brothers, 1837. 18°. 
 "History of the New Netherlands, Province of 
 New York, and State of New York, to the Adop- 
 tion of the Federal Constitution " . . . New York, 
 
 279 
 
atists, one of the earliest of Ameri- 
 can managers, and the foremost his- 
 torian of the American theatre. Its 
 object was (1) To bring together all 
 those interested in the history of the 
 American Theatre ; (2) To issue such 
 books and pamphlets as would throw 
 light on this history, most of which 
 might otherwise remain unknown, un- 
 printed, and often, no doubt, unwrit- 
 ten ; and (3) To collect and to preserve 
 portraits of distinguished American ac- 
 tors, dramatists, and other theatrical 
 celebrities that might otherwise be 
 lost, and from time to time to issue 
 engravings of these to its members. 
 
 printed by Carter & Thorp, 1839-1840. 2 vols., 
 8°. Dunlap, in 1796, was associated with Hallam 
 and Hodgkinson in the management of the John 
 Street Theatre ; in 1798 he took the Park Theatre, 
 and in 1805 he rented the New York Theatre, 
 where he became bankrupt in a short time. He 
 was one of the founders of the National Academy 
 of Design. 
 
 280 
 
In the fall of 1886 the society pub- 
 lished its first book — "The Contrast, 
 by Royall Tyler (the first comedy by 
 an American author performed on the 
 professional stage,") edited, with an 
 introduction, by Thomas J. McKee. 
 Of this one hundred and sixty-five 
 copies were printed for the members 
 of the club and ten for the editor. 
 The text was that of the first edition 
 published by Thomas Wignell, in Phil- 
 adelphia, in 1790. Mr. McKee, in his 
 introduction, sketched briefly the ca- 
 reer of the author and the history of 
 the play, pointing out that the success 
 of an American comedy, written by 
 an American on an American subject, 
 helped greatly to soften the prejudice 
 against the theatre which existed in 
 the United States at the close of the 
 last century. Mr. McKee also enriched 
 this edition with the music of "Alkno- 
 mook, the Death Song of the Chero- 
 kee Indians," reprinted from the very 
 
 281 
 
scarce original published in New York 
 by Gr. Gilfert. From the editor's col- 
 lection of prints came also the inserted 
 frontispiece, a reproduction of a scene 
 from the " Contrast," drawn by Wil- 
 liam Dunlap, but unfortunately badly 
 etched by the contemporary en- 
 graver, Maverick. 
 
 In the same year the society re- 
 printed two of Dunlap's plays — " The 
 Father ; or, American Shandyism," 
 and "Andrg." To " The Father " Mr. 
 Thomas J. McKee furnished an intro- 
 duction, in which he gives a full list 
 of all of Dunlap's plays, with the dates 
 of performance and of publication, so 
 far as they have been published. As a 
 frontispiece, an artotype was made 
 from a picture painted by Dunlap in 
 1788, and now in the New York His- 
 torical Society, which represents the 
 artist showing a picture of Hamlet to 
 his parents. "Andre " was reprinted 
 from the original edition of 1798, and 
 
 282 
 
has an introduction by Prof. Brander 
 Matthews. The frontispiece is a fac- 
 simile of a portrait of Major Andr^, 
 engraved by Hopwood from a drawing 
 by Andr6 himself, with an ornamental 
 border by Shirt. 
 
 " Opening Addresses," edited by Lau- 
 rence Hutton, is an exceedingly in- 
 teresting collection of "opening ad- 
 dresses " written for and delivered at 
 the first performances in many Amer- 
 ican theatres, from Boston to San 
 Francisco, 1752 to 1880. The illustra- 
 tion, which forms the frontispiece, is 
 a reproduction, printed in blue ink, of 
 one piece of a collection of blue stone- 
 china in use early in this century, which 
 was adorned with views of the chief 
 buildings in New York City. The plate 
 chosen for reproduction was decorated 
 with a view of the Park Theatre, which 
 had never before been engraved. A 
 companion volume to this is the one 
 entitled " Occasional Addresses," ed- 
 
 283 
 
ited by Laurence Hutton and William 
 Carey. In making this selection pref- 
 erence was given to those prologues, 
 epilogues, and other " occasional ad- 
 dresses," in verse, with which the stu- 
 dents of dramatic literature are least 
 familiar. The frontispiece is a repro- 
 duction, printed for the first time in 
 this volume, of a drawing made by 
 Roger Riordan for The Century Maga- 
 zine. It shows views of the building 
 on Astor Place, New York City, which 
 was built by subscription in 1847, and 
 called the Astor Place Opera House, 
 the site of which is now occupied by 
 the Mercantile Library building. 
 
 The three volumes of " Brief Chron- 
 icles" contain sketches by William 
 Winter of nearly a hundred famous 
 actors and actresses, originally printed 
 in The Albion, Weekly Bevietv, New 
 York Tribune, and other journals. 
 " The Actor, and other speeches chiefly 
 on theatrical subjects and occasions," 
 
is another volume by William Winter, 
 printed by the society. 
 
 The "Memoir of the Professional 
 Life of Thomas Abthorpe Cooper," by 
 Joseph Norton Ireland, was the first 
 publication of the society written es- 
 pecially for it. It is illustrated with 
 several facsimile play-bills, with an 
 autograph letter of Cooper's, from Mr. 
 McKee's rich collection, and with a 
 portrait of Cooper, painted by Wood 
 and engraved by Edwin, reproduced 
 from the Polyanthus Magasine of 1812. 
 Another volume, specially prepared 
 for The Dunlap Society, is the memoir 
 of William E. Burton, by William L. 
 Keese. Mr. Keese is the son of John 
 Keese, member of the firm of Cooley 
 & Keese, who fifty years ago were fa- 
 mous auctioneers. Burton was a fre- 
 quent visitor at the auction room of 
 Cooley & Keese, and the junior member 
 of the firm became a close personal 
 friend of the actor. The volume con- 
 
 285 
 
tains an engraved portrait of Burton, a 
 picture of the residence at 174 Hudson 
 Street, New York City, in which Burton 
 died, and a reproduction of the original 
 titlepage of Tlie Oentlemmi's Magazine 
 and Monthly Review, published in 
 Philadelphia from 1837 to 1839. Bur- 
 ton was the editor and proprietor of 
 this " monthly publication of original 
 miscellany " until 1839, when he sold 
 it to Graham, who merged it into 
 his Casket, and later turned it into 
 Graham's Magazine. Edgar A. Poe 
 was one of the earliest contributors to 
 The Gentleman's Magazine, the title- 
 page of which, by the way, was de- 
 signed by Burton himself. 
 
 Another important reprint is John 
 Burk's " Bunker-Hill ; or, the Death of 
 General Warren." The text chosen is 
 that of the edition printed by T. Green- 
 leaf in 1797, and is dedicated to Aaron 
 Burr. John Burk was an Irishman. 
 While a student at Trinity College, 
 
 286 
 
Dublin, he became involved with the 
 authorities on account of his radical 
 political sentiments, and was obliged to 
 fly to America. He settled in Boston, 
 October 6, 1796, and started The Polar 
 Star and Boston Advertiser, which had 
 a short and fitful career. The follow- 
 ing year he turned up in New York as 
 the editor of a newspaper called The 
 Time-Piece. He was arrested on a 
 charge of publishing a libel contrary 
 to the provisions of the sedition laws 
 of 1798. After his release he went 
 South, and settled in Petersburg, Va. 
 In 1804 he published three volumes of 
 a "History of Virginia." On April 
 11, 1808, he was killed in a duel, by a 
 Frenchman named Coquebert. Burk 
 was the author of eight dramatic 
 pieces, of which his " Bunker-Hill " is 
 the most interesting. It was per- 
 formed in Boston in 1797, a year be- 
 fore Dunlap's " Andre " was given. 
 Owing to the death of Edwin Booth, 
 
 287 
 
John Grilbert, and Harry Edwards, to 
 tlie illness of Judge J. H. V. Arnold, and 
 to the absence in Europe of Professor 
 Matthews, the society, after publish- 
 ing Burk's "Bunker-Hill," for the 
 time came to a stand-still. Year after 
 year elapsed until 1896, when the 
 society was reorganized under the 
 presidency of Douglas Taylor. Judge 
 Charles P. Daly was induced to com- 
 plete work on a revised and enlarged 
 edition of his essay, " When was the 
 Drama first introduced in America," 
 read before the New York Historical 
 Society more than thirty years ago. 
 The volume was published in August, 
 1896, and gives Judge Daly's original 
 essay, which he revised and changed 
 in some important parts, with a sup- 
 plement which shows how much 
 further light had come to the author. 
 The additional matter is padded, and 
 is perfunctory; it gives one the im- 
 pression that the author, in making up 
 
 288 
 
the supplement, used merely such ma- 
 terial as happened to come to his hand, 
 and had not taken the trouble to dig 
 out the facts for a real history of the 
 stage. It is, however, a good basis for a 
 more exhaustive account. 
 
 Since its reorganization The Dun- 
 lap Society has also published "The 
 Magazine and the Drama," an index 
 compiled by James Harry Pence. 
 From Poole's and Fletcher's " Index 
 to Periodical Literature" a large 
 amount of material has been drawn, 
 which has been reinforced by Mr. 
 Pence's own work, and thus an author 
 and subject-key has been supplied to 
 articles relating to the drama in more 
 than 170 periodicals. A " Portrait of 
 William Dunlap," engraved by Max 
 Rosenthal, in pure mezzotinto, from 
 the original painting in the National 
 Academy, also was issued in the 
 "new series" of the club's publica- 
 tions. 
 
 289 
 
The last book thus far pubhshed by 
 The Dunlap Society is an "Autobio- 
 graphy of Clara Fisher Maeder." This 
 work was edited by Douglas Taylor, 
 the present president of the society, 
 who also furnishes an introduction, 
 written in a charmingly tender, remi- 
 niscent vein, and full of gentle and 
 kindly touches. The volume contains 
 ten portraits and facsimiles of two 
 rare play-bills. 
 
 Mr. McKee's severe illness has in- 
 terfered with the proposed publica- 
 tion of "A Bibliographical Account 
 of American Theatrical Literature," 
 modelled on the admirable "Biblio- 
 graphical Account of the English The- 
 atrical Literature, from the Earliest 
 Times to the Present Day," by Robert 
 W. Lowe, one of the English members 
 of The Dunlap Society. Mr. McKee's 
 book when issued will be an invalu- 
 able and indispensable supplement to 
 Mr. Lowe's book, as the English editor 
 
 290 
 
has carefully refrained from includ- 
 ing American titles in his list. Judge 
 Arnold, also, has in view a " Sketch- 
 List of American Dramatic Portraits," 
 which promises to be as elaborate a 
 catalogue as it certainly is a much- 
 needed one. Other books promised 
 are Paul Leicester Ford's "Washing- 
 ton and the Drama;" Edward Frei- 
 berger's "The Stage in Chicago;" 
 Charles N. Mann's " Old Philadelphia 
 Theatres;" and several autobiogra- 
 phies of eminent actors and actresses. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE DUNLAP SOCIETY 
 
 (1) The Contrast A Comedy by Royall Tyler 
 
 With an introduction by Thomas J. 
 McKee New York : The Dunlap Society 
 1887. 40 + 107 p. 1 Plate, 1 facsimile. 
 8°. 175 copies. 
 
 (2) The Father or American Shandyism A 
 
 Comedy by William Dunlap With an 
 introduction by Thomas J. McKee New 
 York : The Dunlap Society 1887. 
 xxii -I- 2 + 68 p. Plate. 8°. 175 copies. 
 
 291 
 
(3) Opening Addresses Edited by Laurence 
 
 Hutton New York The Dunlap Soci- 
 ety 1887. XV + 145 p. Plate. 8°. 
 175 copies. 
 
 (4) Andi-^ A Tragedy in Five Acts by Wm 
 
 Dunlap With an introduction by Bran- 
 der Matthews New York : The Dunlap 
 Society 1887. xxxii + 2 + 139 p. Por- 
 trait. 8°. 175 copies. 
 
 (5) A Memoir of the professional life of Thomas 
 
 Abthorpe Cooper By Joseph Norton 
 Ireland New York : The Dunlap So- 
 ciety 1888. X + 6 + 102 p. Portrait, 1 
 facsimile. 8°. 190 copies. 
 
 (6) Biennial reports of the Treasurer and Sec- 
 
 retary of The Dunlap Society New 
 York: The Dunlap Society 1888 61 p. 
 Portrait. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (7) Brief Chronicles By William Winter 
 
 "For they are the abstracts and brief 
 chronicles of the time" Hamlet 
 [Part I] New York The Dunlap So- 
 ciety 1889 8 + 112 p. Portrait. 8°. 
 190 copies. 
 
 (8) Brief Chronicles By WiUiam Winter 
 
 Part II. [New York The Dunlap So- 
 ciety 1889.] 6 -I- 113 -232 p. Portrait. 
 8°. 190 copies. 
 
(9) Charlotte Cushman A Lecture by Law- 
 rence Barrett With an appendix con- 
 taining a letter from Joseph N. Ireland 
 New York The Dunlap Society 1889. 
 10 -I- 44 p. Portrait. 8°. 175 copies. 
 
 Contains, also, a catalogue of the portraits of Miss 
 Cushman, with a bibliography, and a list of all the 
 characters acted by her during her long career on the 
 
 (10) Brief Chronicles By William Winter 
 
 Part III [New York The Dunlap 
 Society 1890.] 8 + 233 - 339 + 4 p. 
 Portrait. 8°. 190 copies. 
 
 (11) A Sketch of the life of John Gilbert to- 
 
 gether with extracts from his letters and 
 souvenirs of his career By William Win- 
 ter " We, whose theatric days fly ever 
 fleeter, Whose gaze along the past grows 
 faint and dim, Have seen our last Sir 
 Robert and Sir Peter — Polonius dies 
 with him." — O. C. Wyman New York 
 The Dunlap Society 1890 12 -f- 55 p. 
 Portrait. 8°. 190 copies. 
 
 (12) Occasional Addresses Edited by Lau- 
 
 rence Hutton and William Carey New 
 York The Dimlap Society 1890. xvii 
 + 139 p. Plate. 8°. 185 copies. 
 
 (13) The Actor and other speeches chiefly on 
 
 theatrical subjects and occasions By 
 William Winter New York The 
 
 293 
 
Dunlap Society 1891. 14 + 80 + 3 p. 
 Portrait. 8°. 190 copies. 
 
 (14) William E. Burton a sketch of his career 
 
 other than that of actor, with glimpses 
 of his home life, and extracts from his 
 theatrical journal By William L. Keese 
 New York The Dunlap Society 1891 
 12 + 56 p. Portrait, plate, facsimile. 
 8°. 190 copies. 
 
 (15) Bunker-Hill or the death of General War- 
 
 ren An Historic Tragedy in Five Acts 
 By John Burk With an introductory 
 essay by Brander Matthews New York 
 The Dunlap Society 1891 8+82 p. 
 Plate. 8°. 190 copies. 
 
 (16) First theater in America When was the 
 
 drama first introduced in America ? An 
 Inquiry by Hon. Charles P. Daly, LL.D. 
 Including a consideration of the objec- 
 tions that have been made to the stage 
 New-York The Dunlap Society 1896. 
 [New Series, No. I.] 10 4- 115 p. Por- 
 trait, facsimile of play-bill. 8°. 260 
 copies. 
 
 (17) The Magazine and the Drama An In- 
 
 dex compiled by James Harry Pence 
 "Happy shall I be to give you the in- 
 formation you desire, if you will use 
 your knowledge in some useful way " 
 
The chance ittterance of a friend New- 
 York The Dunlap Society 1896. 
 [New Series, No. II.] xiii+ 2+ 190 p. 
 8°. 250 copies. 
 
 (18) Portrait of William Dunlap, founder of 
 
 the National Academy of Design, First 
 Historian of the American Drama, Lead- 
 ing Dramatist and Manager, and Histo- 
 rian of New York. Engraved [for The 
 Dunlap Society] by Max Rosenthal in 
 pure mezzotinto from the original paint- 
 ing in the National Academy. Size of 
 paper 11 J X 14| inches; impression of 
 plate 5 X 6|- inches. 250 signed proofs. 
 
 (19) Autobiography of Clara Fisher Maeder 
 
 Edited by Douglas Taylor (President of 
 The Dunlap Society) " As yet a child, 
 nor yet a fool to fame, I lisped in num- 
 bers, for the numbers came." New-York 
 The Dunlap Society 1897. [New Se- 
 ries, No. III.l xlviii + 138 p. 10 Por- 
 traits and 2 (folded) play-bills. 8°. 260 
 copies. 
 
 Nine of the portraits are of Clara Fisher, the latest 
 taken in INIarch, 1897 ; and one of " James Gaspard 
 Maeder at XIV." 
 
 296 
 
CHAPTEE XXIV 
 
 THE PEGASUS 
 1885- 
 
 "rpHE Pegasus," a circle of poets, 
 A- which has been meeting in Phil- 
 adelphia since Washington's Birthday, 
 1885, when it was organized by a 
 " few choice spirits, who wrote verse 
 and read good books, and liked to 
 sit up late to talk them over," has 
 recently also earned the reputation of 
 a book club by the issue of a "Year 
 Book." The Pegasus is divided into 
 four classes — active members, limited 
 to twenty-one; art members, limited 
 to three ; musical members, limited to 
 three; and honorary members lim- 
 ited to such persons as the club shall 
 deem worthy of such distinction. The 
 
 296 
 
list of members includes such names 
 as Edmund Clarence Stedman and 
 Frank Dempster Sherman from New 
 York; and, in Philadelphia, claims 
 Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Francis Howard 
 Williams, Owen Wister, Dr. S. Solis 
 Cohen, Charles H. A. Esling, Arthur 
 Hale, S. Decatur Smith, Jr., Dr. J. K. 
 Mitchell, Ernest Lacy, J. Chalmers 
 Da Costa, Frank Miles Day, John H. 
 Ingham, Gilbert P. Knapp, Charles 
 Leonard Moore, Oliver Perry Smith, 
 Charles Pomeroy Sherman, Henry H. 
 Suppler, Harvey Maitland Watts, and 
 Harrison S. Morris. The lamented 
 John Stewardson, an architect of un- 
 usual and wide promise, was also a 
 member ; and one of the earliest of the 
 " brotherhood in song " was Charles 
 Henry Luders, who had also given sure 
 signs of real poetic talent of the high- 
 est order. 
 
 The first book of the club is entitled 
 " The Year Book of The Pegasus," 
 
 2B7 
 
and bears the club's motto : " To turn 
 and wind a fiery pegasus." The im- 
 print is that of J. B. Lippincott Com- 
 pany, 1896. On forty-nine handsomely 
 printed octavo pages are a dedication 
 " To the Reader " by Owen Wister, 
 and the following poems: " Out of the 
 Beast," by Solomon Solis Cohen; 
 " The Army of Despair," by J. Chal- 
 mers Da Costa ; " Cedar Hollow," by 
 Frank Miles Day; "The Overture," 
 by Charles H. A. Esling ; " The Ladies 
 of Manhattan," by Arthur Hale ; " In- 
 completeness," by John H. Ingham; 
 " Charles Henry Lliders," by Grilbert 
 P. Knapp; "Melancholy," by Ernest 
 Lacy; "To Barbara," by John Kears- 
 ley Mitchell; " The Passing of Tenny- 
 son," by S. Weir Mitchell; "The 
 Constellations," by Charles Leonard 
 Moore ; " Oracle," by Harrison S. 
 Morris; "Arcadians Both," by Oliver 
 Perry-Smith; " The Prince of Peace," 
 by Charles Pomeroy Sherman; "The 
 
Beggar's Gift," by S. Decatur Smith, 
 Jr. ; " Mors Beneficia," by Edmund 
 Clarence Stedman; "Of Women 
 Clerks," by John Stewardson ; " Dream- 
 land," by Henry H. Supplee; "But 
 Yesterday," by Harvey Maitland 
 Watts; " Love Came to Me," by Fran- 
 cis Howard Williams; and "The 
 Ground-Hog and the Signal-Service 
 Officer," by Owen Wister. All the 
 poems had been, before publication, 
 submitted to and accepted by The 
 Pegasus, in accordance with the rules 
 of the club. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE PEGASUS 
 
 Number One The Year Book Of The Pegasus 
 "To turn and wind a fiery pegasus" 
 [Printed for The Pegasus by] J. 
 B. Lippincott Company Philadelphia 
 MDCCCXCV. 49 p. 12°. 
 
 299 
 
CHAPTER XXV 
 
 THE CLUB OF ODD VOLUMES 
 1886- 
 
 THE Club of Odd Volumes was or- 
 ganized in Boston in 1886, though 
 it was not until the following year 
 that it adopted a constitution and by- 
 laws and formally took its name. The 
 object for which the club was formed 
 is stated to be " the promotion of lit- 
 erary and artistic tastes ; the study of 
 the arts as applied to bookmaking; 
 the establishment and maintenance of 
 a reference library; and exhibits of 
 a special and instructive character." 
 The club, of which James F. Hunne- 
 well is president, and William Gr. Shil- 
 laber secretary, has forty members, has 
 
 300 
 
thus far published one portrait and 
 eight books, and has held three exhibi- 
 tions, the last of which, in February, 
 1897, was to celebrate its tenth birth- 
 day anniversary. 
 
 The first publication of The Club of 
 Odd Volumes was a portrait of Francis 
 Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts, 
 1760-1769, from an original in the 
 possession of his descendants in Eng- 
 land, engraved by John A. J. Wilcox. 
 After the edition of one hundred and 
 fifty-one copies had been printed, the 
 plate was defaced. The second publi- 
 cation was a volume containing a col- 
 lection, made by John B. Grough, 
 the noted temperance lecturer, of 
 the works of George Cruikshank, in 
 oil, water-colours, original drawings, 
 etchings, woodcuts, lithographs, and 
 glyphographs. The volume was em- 
 bellished by twenty-eight original 
 drawings, reproduced by photograv- 
 ure. The next two publications were 
 
 301 
 
translations of Imbert de Saint- 
 Amand's "The Women of the Court 
 of Louis XV.," and " The Last Years 
 of Louis XV." Each volume con- 
 tained two photogravure portraits — 
 one printed in colours, with a duplicate 
 in black, the other printed in bistre, 
 with the duplicate in black. 
 
 In 1894, The Club of Odd Volumes 
 began a series of reprints under the 
 general title of Early American Poetry. 
 In this series four volumes have thus 
 far been published. The first is a re- 
 print of " New England's Crisis," by 
 Benjamin Tompson, with a preface 
 and an essay on " The Early Poetry 
 of the Provinces, now parts of the 
 United States," by J. F. Hunnewell. 
 The " New England's Crisis," it is sup- 
 posed, appeared originally in 1676, and 
 was probably both written and printed 
 in Boston or Cambridge, Mass. The 
 subject was King Philip's War; and 
 this poem about the Indian king may 
 
 302 
 
be called our first epic. The book is 
 so rare that after considerable search 
 Mr. Hunnewell has never been able 
 to find a copy with a titlepage. The 
 club's edition was printed from a copy 
 in the Boston Athenseum. Benjamin 
 Tompson (Thompson or Thomson) 
 was a son of Eev. William Tompson, 
 of Braintree. He was born in 1640. 
 He received a degree at Cambridge, 
 and was master of the public school 
 in Boston from 1667 to 1670, and later 
 of that in Charlestown, until Novem- 
 ber 7, 1674. He died April 13, 1714, 
 and is buried at Roxbury. Though 
 the titlepage of the original is missing, 
 a reference to mischief done by the 
 Indians early in April, 1676, in the 
 lines about " Chelmsford's Fate," 
 points to the fact that the " Crisis " 
 must have appeared shortly after that 
 time. 
 
 The second volume, "New England, 
 or, a briefe enarration of the Ayre, 
 
 303 
 
Earth, Water, Fish and Fowles of 
 that country," is an exact facsimile 
 reproduction of one of the earliest 
 poems relating to our country from 
 the very rare London edition of 1625, 
 in the British Museum. The poet. 
 Rev. W. Morrell, was " a clergyman 
 of good standing in the Established 
 Church," who came to Massachusetts 
 in 1623, with Captain Robert, son of 
 Sir Ferdinando Gorges — the latter in 
 charge of secular affairs, the former 
 charged with those ecclesiastical. Mr. 
 Morrell spent about a year near Ply- 
 mouth, where he found no official 
 business, but much opportunity for 
 scientific observations, the results of 
 which appear in the poem reprinted. 
 The poem is prefaced by an introduc- 
 tion from the pen of Mr. Hunnewell. 
 
 The third volume contains "A Poem 
 and an Elegy," by Cotton Mather. 
 The two works reproduced commem- 
 orate two ministers — Rev. Urian 
 
 304 
 
Oakes and Rev. Nathaniel Collins — 
 who were in their time prominent in 
 New England. The Rev. Mr. Oakes, 
 to whom the poem is dedicated, was 
 born in England in 1631, and came to 
 America in 1634, and was graduated 
 from Harvard in 1649. He returned 
 to England, where he was preacher, 
 and he was silenced for non-conformity 
 in 1662. Again he came to America, 
 and began pastoral work in the church 
 in Cambridge, November, 1671, where 
 he was installed February 3, 1680. 
 From April 7, 1675, to February 2, 1680, 
 he superintended Harvard College, and 
 then was its President until his death, 
 July 25, 1681. Cotton Mather thought 
 that he was " a faithful, learned, and 
 indefatigable " president, and Quincy, 
 nearly two centuries later, held the 
 same opinion. Mr. Oakes was also a 
 poet, and a better one than Mather. 
 His Elegy on Shepard, which forms 
 part of the fourth volume of the series 
 
 306 
 
of Early American Poetry, far surpasses 
 the work of Mather. The Rev. Na- 
 thaniel CoUins, to whom the elegy 
 was dedicated, was born in Cambridge, 
 March 7, 1641-42, and was graduated 
 from Harvard in 1660. In 1668, at 
 Middletown, Conn., he was ordained 
 the first minister of a church with 
 "ten male members, including him- 
 self." The meeting-house was "twenty 
 feet square, ten feet from sill to plate, 
 and enclosed with palisades, for a safe- 
 guard against the Indians." Collins 
 died December 28, 1684. One of his 
 sons, John, married Mary, a daugh- 
 ter of the regicide Dixwell; another, 
 Nathaniel, was the first minister of 
 Enfield, Conn. 
 
 The fourth volume is entitled " Ele- 
 gies and Epitaphs, 1677-1717." The 
 first reprint is " An Elegie upon the 
 Death of the Reverend Mr. Thomas 
 Shepard, late Teacher of the Church 
 at Charlestown, in New England, by a 
 
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great Admirer of hi's Wortli and true 
 Mourner for his Death," in other words, 
 by the Rev. Urian Oakes. This poem, 
 according to Mr. Hunnewell, seems to 
 have been the first that was written, 
 printed, and pubhshed with its own 
 titlepage in this country. It bears 
 the date " Cambridge, 1677," and was 
 printed by Samuel Green. A facsimile 
 of the titlepage is given, showing the 
 imperfections of type, inking, and im- 
 pression evident in the original. This 
 is followed by " Three Elegies and an 
 Epitaph," by the Rev. Cotton Mather 
 — on the Rev. John Wilson, (1695,) 
 on Seven Young Ministers, (1705,) on 
 Ezekiel Cheever, (1708,) and on the 
 Hon. Wait Winthrop, (1717). Mr. 
 Hunnewell prepared for the volume 
 a condensed description and biograph- 
 ical introduction. 
 
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PUBLICATIONS OP THE CLUB OF ODD 
 VOLUMES 
 
 (1) [Portrait of] Francis Bernard. Governor 
 
 of Massachusetts, 1760-69. From an 
 original in the possession of his descend- 
 ants in England. Engraved by John 
 A. J. Wilcox. 151 copies. 
 
 (2) The Work of George Cruikshank in oil, 
 
 water colors, original drawings, etch- 
 ings, woodcuts, lithographs and glypho- 
 graphs Collected by John B. Gough 
 With a facsimile of the catalogue and 
 twenty-eight original drawings repro- 
 duced in photogravure Boston The 
 Club of Odd Volumes 1890. 56 p. 
 4°. 125 copies; and 10 copies on 
 Japanese paper. 
 
 (3) The Women of the Court of Louis XV. 
 
 translated [by George B. Ives] from 
 the French of Imbert de Saint-Amand 
 Boston The Club of Odd Volumes 
 1892. 7 -f- 304 p. 4 portraits. 4°. 150 
 copies. 
 
 (4) The Last Years of Louis XV. translated 
 
 [by George B. Ives] from the French 
 of Imbert de Saint-Amand Boston 
 The Club of Odd Volumes 1893. 
 7 + 236 p. 4 portraits. 4°. 150 copies. 
 
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(5) I. Early American Poetiy — New-Eng- 
 
 land's Crisis by Benjamin Tompson 
 Boston The Club of Odd Volumes 
 1894. 2 + 28 + 2+5-31 p. 4°. 100 
 copies. 
 
 (6) II. Early American Poetry — New-Eng- 
 
 land or a briefe enarration of the ayre, 
 earth, water, fish and fowles of that 
 country, with a description of the na- 
 tures, orders, habits, and religion of the 
 natiues In Latine and English Verse 
 Sat hrevi, si sat henh Boston The 
 Club of Odd Volumes 1895. 2-^8 + 
 8 + 26 p. 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 (7) III. Early American Poetry — A Poem 
 
 and an Elegy by Cotton Mather Bos- 
 ton The Club of Odd Volumes 1896. 
 14 + 46 p. 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 (8) IV. Early American Poetry — Elegies 
 
 and Epitaphs 1677-1717 Boston The 
 Club of Odd Volumes 1896. 16 + 48 
 p. 4°. 100 copies. 
 
 (9) The Club of Odd Volumes Tenth An- 
 
 niversary Exhibition At the Boston 
 Art Club February 17-24 1897. 4 + 
 73 p. 2 Plates. Narrow 12°. 
 
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CHAPTER XXVI 
 
 THE ROWFANT CLUB 
 1892- 
 
 A NUMBER of the book-lovers of 
 Cleveland, Ohio, who had dis- 
 cussed at various times the possibility 
 of organizing a book club, decided to 
 bring matters to issue by calling a 
 meeting to consider the project in a 
 somewhat more concerted manner 
 than had yet been done. Following 
 this idea, invitations to the number 
 of fifty were issued, care being taken, 
 so far as possible, to have them reach 
 professed book-lovers only. In re- 
 sponse to these invitations, twenty 
 gathered at the Hollenden Tavern on 
 the evening of February 23, 1892, 
 
 310 
 
where an informal meeting was held 
 and a temporary organization effected. 
 The object of the club was outlined 
 to be " primarily the critical study of 
 books in their various capacities to 
 please the mind of man ; and, second- 
 arily, the publication from time to 
 time of privately-printed editions of 
 books for its members." 
 
 At a second meeting at the HoUen- 
 den Tavern, on the evening of Febru- 
 ary 29, the Committee on Club Name 
 submitted as its choice The Rowfant 
 Club,* after Frederick Locker-Lamp- 
 son's house in Sussex. This title 
 
 * The name first mooted was The Gopher Club, 
 and the annual meeting was to be on Gopher, or 
 Groiind Hog, Day (Candlemas). In selecting 
 the name it now bears, the club did not change 
 the annual meeting day, and always celebrates 
 Candlemas with appropriate exercises. The seal 
 of the club is an oblong shield, bearing on its 
 field an open book and a lighted candle sur- 
 mounted by the legend, "Light Seeking Light 
 Doth Light of Light Beguile." 
 
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seemed so happily adapted to a book 
 club that it was unanimously adopted. 
 John Cutler Covert was elected presi- 
 dent ; Charles William Burrows, vice- 
 president; Paul Lemperly, secretary 
 and librarian, and Albert Lee With- 
 ington, treasurer. Club-rooms were 
 secured in the Case Building, adjacent 
 to the rooms occupied by the Case 
 Library, and these were informally 
 dedicated on the evening of March 
 23, 1892. 
 
 The first publication of the club was 
 a " Code of Regulations," including a 
 " Foreword, wherein somewhat is told 
 of the Origin of the Club; also the 
 Names of the Members, and a List of 
 the Governing Officers." The pam- 
 phlet was handsomely printed for the 
 club by John Wilson & Son, of Cam- 
 bridge, with a rubricated titlepage and 
 red-line borders. 
 
 The second publication was entitled 
 " The Culprit Fay, and other Poems." 
 
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Besides " The Culprit Fay," whicli 
 was written by Joseph Rodman Drake, 
 in three days, shortly after his mar- 
 riage, the volume contains eighteen 
 other poems by Drake, including the 
 well-known one invoking Halleck's 
 genius, and his ode to " The American 
 Flag," which has recently been set to 
 music by Dvorak. The frontispiece to 
 the volume is a portrait of Drake, en- 
 graved by T. Kelly, from the paint- 
 ing by Rodgers. The titlepage and 
 vignettes were designed by Edmund 
 H. Garrett. 
 
 The third volume issued by the club 
 was " Some Remarks concerning Mr. 
 Longfellow's ' Excelsior,' by a Fellow 
 of the Rowfant Club." The produc- 
 tion is a clever mock-critical analysis 
 of " Excelsior," or, as the author, 
 Frank A. Hilliard, puts it, " an effort 
 to lift the veneer from this famous 
 piece of New England furniture, and 
 expose to a hoodwinked public the 
 
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cheap materials of which it is made." 
 The following closing lines may give 
 an idea of the tenor of the skit: 
 
 '"Beware the pine!' a peasant cried; 
 'Beware the monk's toboggan-slide!' 
 And high above the roaring flood 
 A voice fell with a roaring thud, 
 ' Excelsior.' 
 
 "And there a dog of St. Bernard 
 At daybreak found him frozen hard, 
 Still grasping in his icy hand 
 That banner none could understand, 
 'Excelsior.' 
 
 "They buried him upon that height, 
 And wondering said, 'He 's out of sight.' 
 And when a fresh youth comes their way. 
 The fat monks wink, and slyly say, 
 'Vobis-cum-off ; anozair stray, 
 Aiks-sail-say-ore.' " 
 
 In 1894 the club published its third 
 volume, a " Bibliography of Henry 
 David Thoreau, with an outline of his 
 life," compiled and chronologically 
 arranged by Dr. Samuel Arthur Jones, 
 of Ann Arbor. The arrangement of 
 
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the work is as follows : Chronology of 
 Thoreau's life; contributions to The 
 Dial; contributions to other maga- 
 zines ; works ; the order of publication, 
 contents, and arrangements of the two 
 editions ; ana ; reviews, criticisms, etc. ; 
 years and works, including posthu- 
 mous books and papers ; index of writ- 
 ers. The information is unusually 
 full and interesting reading. 
 
 The fourth volume was " Landor's 
 Letter to Emerson,"* edited, with 
 an introductory note, by Dr. Jones, 
 the compiler of the Thoreau bibliog- 
 raphy, mentioned above. The " Let- 
 ter from W. S. Landor to R. W. 
 Emerson," published at Bath, Eng., 
 by E. Williams, in 1856, is a rare 
 Emersoniana. Emerson's professed 
 
 * Since reprinted in " Literary Anecdotes of 
 the Nineteentli Century. ..." Edited by W. 
 Robertson Nicoll, M. A., LL. D., and Thomas 
 Wise. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1896. 
 Vol. II. pp. 191-216. 
 
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biographers avoid any mention of it ; 
 and although Forster reprinted a por- 
 tion of it, the letter has never been 
 included in any collected edition of its 
 author's writings. 
 
 The letter was written by Landor 
 after reading "English Traits," in 
 which Emerson, twenty-three years 
 after having enjoyed Landor's hospi- 
 tality at his Villa Gherardesca, in 
 Fiesole, flippantly describes his host 
 with a free hand. The minuteness of 
 detail and incident gave unmistak- 
 able evidence that it had not been pre- 
 served for twenty-three years in the 
 unaided memory. Landor at once 
 recognized the fidelity of his visitor's 
 note-book; and he naturally depre- 
 cated the interpretation of his own 
 unguarded expressions, and was stung 
 by the audacity that enabled his for- 
 mer guest to record and publish this 
 ante-mortem examination of his host. 
 Landor's letter, as the London Athe- 
 
 316 
 
nceum, in its review of it, says, "has 
 the pungency, the hyssop, and the 
 strength of his best writings in his 
 best time." At any rate, the " grand 
 old Pagan's" individuality is as ap- 
 parent in this explosion of glorious 
 mirth and Cyclopeean humour as in 
 the deliberate work which he intended 
 for posterity. The Rowfant edition 
 was reprinted from a copy owned by 
 W. T. Newton, of Boston, Mass. The 
 contents include, besides the interest- 
 ing introduction and the Letter, the 
 London Athenceum's notice, and Emer- 
 son's paper on Landor from The Dial, 
 Vol. II., p. 262, October, 1841. 
 
 The sixth volume is "Rowfant 
 Rhymes, by Frederick Locker, with an 
 introduction by Austin Dobson." The 
 volume contains twenty poems, some 
 of them heretofore unpublished, and a 
 few of them written specially for it 
 by Frederick Locker-Lampson, also 
 a poem, "To Frederick Locker," by 
 
 317 
 
Robert Louis Stevenson, never before 
 printed. It is printed in capitals 
 throughout, which detracts much from 
 the typographical chastity it other- 
 wise possesses. The frontispiece is 
 a portrait of the author by George 
 Du Maurier. The titlepage and one 
 head and one tail piece were designed 
 by Edmund H. Grarrett. 
 
 " The Code of Regulations," printed 
 for the club in 1896, is a handsome 
 specimen of bookmaking. The title- 
 page and twenty-eight initial letters 
 were designed by Sindelar, and include 
 reproductions of curious candlesticks 
 belonging to a number of the mem- 
 bers. The designs of the candlesticks 
 on the titlepage, combined with the 
 other emblems of the club — the book 
 and the gopher — form an original 
 and striking border. These emblems 
 are repeated in gold on the cover, 
 which is of red cloth. 
 
 " Lectures on English Poets," by 
 
 318 
 
James Russell Lowell, the ninth pub- 
 lication of the club, brings together for 
 the first time in book form the twelve 
 addresses delivered by Lowell at the 
 Lowell Institute, in 1855, which won 
 for him the chair of Modern Lan- 
 guages and Literature at Harvard Col- 
 lege. His literary executor wrote of 
 these addresses: " His powers of criti- 
 cal application and reflection were dis- 
 played to advantage in these lectures. 
 No such discourses had then been 
 heard in America. They added greatly 
 to his reputation as critic, scholar, 
 and poet." Ticknor and Fields were 
 eager to publish them at the time of 
 their delivery, but Lowell withheld 
 his consent because he thought that 
 as they were written hurriedly they 
 needed the labour of the file. But an 
 enthusiastic hearer preserved the Bos- 
 ton Advertiser's reports of the lectures 
 in a scrapbook, which in time became 
 the property of the University of 
 
 319 
 
Michigan. From these reports the 
 book of The Rowfant Club was pre- 
 pared. Dr. S. A. Jones, the editor of 
 the collection, explains in his introduc- 
 tion: "The only attempt at 'editing' 
 has been, as far as possible, to reproduce 
 the reporter's copy. Here and there a 
 compositor's error has been corrected 
 and a proofreader's oversight adjusted ; 
 sometimes this has been conjectural; 
 sometimes the needful change was ob- 
 vious. In all else, save the applause, 
 this Rowfant book may be called a 
 faint echo of the Lowell Institute 
 Lectures." The book is handsomely 
 printed on American hand-made paper, 
 uniform in size with the large-paper 
 Riverside Edition of Lowell's Works. 
 
 The next regular publication of the 
 club will be " The Book of The Row- 
 fant Club." The club has also in prep- 
 aration a club candlestick, which is to 
 be specially designed. 
 
 The club has held exhibitions from 
 
 320 
 
time to time, usually in lines connected 
 with books — their printing, illustra- 
 tion, etc. One of the earliest of these 
 was that of November 8, 1894, of books 
 in limited editions. In December, of 
 the same year, was held an "Exhibi- 
 tion of English and American Books, 
 consisting for the most part of First 
 Editions of Modern Authors." In this 
 latter collection were a number of ex- 
 amples of books from private presses, 
 such as Daniel's, " Kelmscott," etc. In 
 February, 1896, Mr. F. H. Baer, a mem- 
 ber of the club, exhibited his fine col- 
 lection of Valentines, one of the largest 
 in this country. A little later, Mr. 
 George W. Kohlmetz showed forty-two 
 different copies of the publications of 
 The Puckle's Club, a number of which 
 were unique. It is interesting to note 
 that Mr. Kohlmetz's collection of these 
 books is reputed to be the most com- 
 plete in the world. Other exhibitions 
 included one in October, 1896, of Wal- 
 
 321 
 
toniana, the fine collection of Mr. H. 
 A. Sherwin, and one in April, 1897, of 
 books published by American book 
 clubs. 
 
 No member is allowed to subscribe 
 for more than two copies of any work 
 issued by The Rowfant Club, and no 
 more are printed than are subscribed 
 for. The membership was at first 
 limited to sixty resident, and fifteen 
 non-resident, members. The limit was 
 afterwards extended so as to allow the 
 admission of one hundred members. 
 
 In October, 1893, the club removed 
 to larger quarters, at No. 255 Erie 
 Street, and early in 1896 removed to 
 the Ackley mansion, at No. 766 Pros- 
 pect Street, which has been purchased 
 and refitted into a luxurious home. 
 The present president (in 1897) is 
 W. H. Gaylord, and Eckstein Case is 
 secretary. 
 
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ROWFANT CLUB 
 
 (1) The Code of Regulations of the Rowfant 
 
 Club, together with a Foreword, wherein 
 somewhat is told of the Origin of the 
 Club ; also the Names of the Members, 
 and a List of the Governing Ofiicers. 
 Cleveland, Ohio [The Rowfant Club] 
 MDCCCXCII. 50 p. Sq. 16°. 250 
 copies. 
 
 (2) The Culprit Fay and other poems. By 
 
 Joseph Rodman Drake. Cleveland: 
 The Rowfant Club 1893. 96 p. 
 Portrait ; titlepage and vignettes by 
 Edmund H. Garrett. 8°. 95 copies; 
 and 5 copies on Japan paper. 
 
 C3) Some Remarks concerning Mr. Longfel- 
 low's "Excelsior." By a Fellow of 
 The Rowfant Club. Cleveland: The 
 Rowfant Club 1894. 38 p. 16°. 69 
 copies. 
 
 (4) Bibliography of Henry David Thoreau 
 with an outline of his life. Compiled 
 and chronologically arranged by Samuel 
 Arthur Jones. Cleveland: The Row- 
 fant Club MDCCCXCIV. 80 p. 
 Photograph of Thoreau. 12°. 90 
 copies. 
 
 323 
 
(5) Landor's Letter to Emerson. With an 
 
 Appendix containing Emerson's Paper 
 on Landor from The Dial. Edited, with 
 an Introductory Note. By Samuel 
 Arthur Jones, for The Rowfant Club. 
 Cleveland: The Rowfant Club 
 MDCCCXCV. 83 p. 12°. 108 copies. 
 
 (6) Rowfant Rhymes By Frederick Locker 
 
 With an introduction by Austin Dob- 
 son Cleveland The Rowfant Club 
 MDCCCXCV. 143 p. Portrait of 
 Locker by George Du Maurier. 16° 
 127 copies on Japanese paper. 
 
 (7) Ex Libris Rowfant Club; Designed by 
 
 Will H. Low ; Reproduced in Colors by 
 Bierstadt. xv copies by hand on vel- 
 lum. 193 sets, (of which 50 were 
 burned,) consisting of one L. P. signed 
 by the artist, one L. P. signed by the 
 President of the Club, and one S. P. 
 Large paper, (plate,) 4x5^ inches. 
 Small paper, (plate,) 3x4 inches. 
 
 (8) The Code of Regulations of The Rowfant 
 
 Club. Names of Members, Fellowes, 
 Officers, and the Personnel of the Com- 
 mittees. Cleveland : The Rowfant Club 
 MDCCCXCVL 56 p. 16°. 176 
 copies. 
 
 (9) Lectures on English Poets, by James 
 
 Russell Lowell. " Gall up him who 
 
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le,ft half-told The story of Oambuscan 
 hold." Cleveland: The Rowfant Club 
 MDCCCXCVII. xvi + 210p. 8°. 224 
 copies. 
 
 BOWFANTIA 
 
 (Books Printed but Not Published) 
 
 Rowfant Books ; being the fore part of a Paper 
 read before the Rowfant Club, June 
 twenty-seventh, entitled Rowfant Books 
 and How to House Them. Imprinted 
 for the Rowfant Club. MDCCCXCV. 
 14 p. 12°. 94 copies. 
 
 Exhibition of Waltoniana, at the Rowfant Club, 
 Cleveland, October 26th, 27th and 
 28th, 1896. Finding List. 83 p. 16°. 
 116 copies. 
 
 A show of books issued by American Book 
 Clubs held at the Rowfant Club April 
 the twenty-fourth M DCCC XCVII. 
 Cleveland, Ohio, The Rowfant Club 
 1897. 102+2 p. Narrow 12°. 199 
 copies. 
 
 The Rowfant Club Annual Address of the 
 President [W. H. Gaylord] 1897 
 Cleveland Printed for The Rowfant 
 Club M DCCC XCVII. 2 + 27 p. 
 Photogram of W. H. Gaylord. 16°. 
 157 copies. 
 
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CHAPTER XXVII 
 
 THE PHILOBIBLON CLUB 
 1893- 
 
 THE Philobiblon Club had its origin 
 in an exhibition of fine and rare 
 books given in January, 1893, at the 
 Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadel- 
 phia. This exhibition was arranged by 
 Mr. John Thomson, the present curator 
 of the club, in concert with Mr. Harri- 
 son S. Morris, the managing director 
 of the Academy. The exhibition at- 
 tracted a great deal of attention, and 
 it occurred to the promoters that that 
 time afforded a favorable opportunity 
 for the institution of a club of book- 
 lovers of Philadelphia. A few of the 
 most influential book-collectors of the 
 
 326 
 
city, such as Dr. Horace Howard Fur- 
 ness, Judge Samuel W. Pennypacker, 
 Dr. William Pepper, and others, were 
 consulted, and a charter was obtained 
 (dated May 6, 1893) on the applica- 
 tion of the subscribers organizing The 
 Philobiblon Club. The object of the 
 corporation was stated to be the main- 
 tenance of a club to " (1) promote the 
 arts pertaining to the production of 
 books; (2) the union of book-collec- 
 tors, book-lovers, and those practically 
 interested and engaged in these arts ; 
 (3) the occasional publication of suit- 
 able books; (4) the encouragement 
 of literary study, including the estab- 
 lishment of a library; and (5) the 
 acquisition, furnishing, and mainte- 
 nance of suitable premises for the 
 safe-keeping of its property, wherein 
 meetings, lectures, and exhibitions 
 may be given from time to time." 
 
 A Constitution was duly proposed 
 and a Board of Directors established. 
 
 327 
 
of wMch Dr. Pepper was elected 
 President; Harrison S. Morris, Secre- 
 tary; John P. Nicholson, Treasurer; 
 and John Thomson, Curator and 
 Librarian. 
 
 The operations of the club during 
 the four years since it was established 
 have been to a considerable extent 
 tentative. Various social gatherings 
 have been held at the houses of several 
 of its members, and in the rooms of 
 the Free Library of Philadelphia. At 
 these gatherings, members have col- 
 lected together articles of great inter- 
 est, among which may be mentioned a 
 complete set of the Kelmscott Press 
 publications, and the publications of 
 The Grolier Club, (the property of 
 Mr. Edelheim), etc. Opportunities 
 have also been afforded to inspect the 
 fine libraries of Mr. Clarence H. Clark 
 and of the Hon. Judge Pennypacker, 
 and to assemble together on invita- 
 tions extended by Dr. William Pepper, 
 
 328 
 
Mr. J. Gr. Rosengarten, Mr. Samuel 
 Wagner, and Mr. Thomas L. Mont- 
 gomery, to view or discuss some rare 
 book, manuscript, or engraving. 
 
 In March, 1897, the first publication 
 of the club was issued. It consists of 
 a reprint and facsimile of a unique 
 copy of the first print of Magna Charta 
 in this country, the original of which 
 is entitled: " The Excellent Priviledge 
 of 1 Liberty & Property | Being the | 
 Birth-Right | Of the Free-born Sub- 
 jects of England. \ Containing | I. 
 Magna Charta, with a learned Com- 
 ment upon I it. I II. The Confirmation 
 of the Charters of the Li- | berties of 
 England and of the Forrest, made in | 
 the 35th year of Edward the First. | 
 III. A Statute made the 34 Edw. I. 
 commonly | called De Tallageo non 
 Concedendo; wherein all | Funda- 
 mental Laws, Liberties and Customs 
 are | confirmed. With a Comment upon 
 it. I IV. An Abstract of the Pattent 
 
 329 
 
granted by the | King to William Penn 
 and his Heirs and As- | signs for the 
 Province of Pennsilvania. \ V. And 
 Lastly, The Charter of Liberties 
 granted | by the said William Penn to 
 the Free-men and | Inhabitants of the 
 Province of Pennsilvania and | Terri- 
 tories thereunto annexed, in America. | 
 Major Hmreditas venit unicunq; nos- 
 trum a I Jure <& Legihus, quam a Par- 
 entibus." 
 
 The copy from which the reprint 
 was made was found by Judge Penny- 
 packer in the Library of the Meeting 
 for Sufferings of Philadelphia, in South 
 Fifth Street, in that city. It was bound 
 up in one of many volumes standing 
 on the shelves of the society's library, 
 labelled " Pamphlets." It was printed 
 by William Bradford in 1687, and has a 
 preface by William Penn. The causes 
 which led to the first reproduction of 
 Magna Charta in this country, the im- 
 mediate object of its publication here, 
 
and the evident influence it exercised 
 on the community which received it, 
 induced the choice of The Philobiblon 
 Club for its first publication, as these 
 causes almost overshadow the biblio- 
 graphical and typographical interest 
 that gathers round its first printing 
 on a continent now dominated by a 
 people who maintain that their gov- 
 ernment represents the highest devel- 
 opment of that English liberty and 
 English law whose foundation is the 
 Charter. 
 
 That the original was printed by 
 Bradford, in 1687, seems attested by the 
 following notice at the foot of Daniel 
 Leeds's "Almanac for 1687" printed by 
 Bradford: " There is now in the Press 
 The Excellent Priviledge of Liberty 
 and Property, to which is added, A 
 Guide for the Grand and Pettit Jury." 
 The single copy known to have been 
 preserved does not bear the imprint 
 of William Bradford. The titlepage. 
 
 331 
 
given in facsimile, looks as if the name 
 of the printer had been removed from 
 the form after it had been prepared 
 for the press. For the claim that the 
 volume was prepared for the press by- 
 William Penn, then in England, we 
 have the evidence of David Lloyd, 
 who, in 1728, in " A Defence of the 
 Legislative Constitution of the Prov- 
 ince of Pennsylvania," printed by 
 William Bradford, quoted the book as 
 the work of Penn. The Defence, it is 
 known positively, was written by 
 David Lloyd, and no objection is 
 raised in any of the several replies 
 which it called forth, to this assertion 
 that Penn was the author of " Liberty 
 and Property. " Lloyd was then attor- 
 ney-general of the Province, and had 
 been on friendly terms with Penn as 
 early as 1687, hence his unchallenged 
 statement may be accepted as conclu- 
 sive. Many obvious errors in the 
 work are accounted for by Penn's ab- 
 
 332 
 
sence in Europe. These are referred 
 to in detail in the notes to this reprint. 
 In order that the people should un- 
 derstand the true basis of their lib- 
 erties, to the securing of which he 
 devoted his life, William Penn depos- 
 ited in the archives of his Colony a 
 copy of Magna Charta, "certified by 
 the Keeper and other of&cers of the 
 Cottonian Library, illuminated and or- 
 namented as the original;" and there 
 it remained for a century. Whether it 
 was before or after doing this that he 
 caused " The Excellent Priviledge of 
 Liberty and Property " to be printed, 
 Mr. Stone, in his excellent introduction 
 to the reprint, says is not known. The 
 address by Penn " To the Reader," 
 printed in full in The Philobiblon 
 Club volume, states his motives for 
 the production of the book in a re- 
 markable manner : " The chief end of 
 the publication hereof is for the infor- 
 mation and understanding (what is 
 
 333 
 
their native right and inheritance) of 
 such who may not have leisure from 
 then* Plantations to read large vol- 
 umes; and beside, I know this Coun- 
 try is not furnished with Law-Books, 
 and this being the root from whence all 
 our wholesome English Laws spring, 
 and indeed the line by which they 
 must be squared, I have ventured to 
 make it public, hoping it may be of 
 use and service to many Freemen, 
 Planters and Inhabitants in this 
 Country, to whom it is sent and 
 recommended, wishing it may raise up 
 noble resolutions in all the Freehold- 1 
 ers in these new Colonies, not to give ' 
 away anything of Libebty and Pbop- 
 EETY that at present they do, (or of 
 right as loyal English Subjects, ought 
 to) enjoy, but take up the good ex- 
 ample of our ancestors, and under- 
 stand, that it is easy to part with or 
 give away great privileges, but hard to 
 be gained, if once lost. And therefore 
 
all depends upon our prudent care and 
 actings to preserve and lay sure foun- 
 dations for ourselves and the posterity 
 of our loins." This address " To the 
 Reader," is followed by an Introduc- 
 tion pointing out the differences be- 
 tween British laws and those of other 
 countries ; then the thirty-seven chap- 
 ters constituting Magna Charta; the 
 Comment on Magna Charta chiefly 
 from Sir Edward Coke ; A Confirma- 
 tion of the Charters of the Liberties 
 of England, and of the Forrest Made 
 Anno XXV. [xxxv] Edward I.; the 
 Sentence of the Clergy against the 
 Breakers of these Articles; the Sen- 
 tence or Curse given by the Bishops 
 against the Breakers of the Great 
 Charter ; a Statute made Anno xxxiv. 
 Edward I., commonly called De Tal- 
 lagio non Concedendo; the Comment 
 upon the Statute De Tallagio non 
 Concedendo ; an Abstract of the Pat- 
 ent granted by the King to William 
 
 335 
 
Penn and his Heirs and Assigns for 
 the Province of Pennsilvania ; The 
 Frame of the Government of the Prov- 
 ince of Pennsilvania and Territories 
 therennto annexed in America ; Notes ; 
 List of the principal dates mentioned 
 in this work; and, Facsimile of "The 
 Excellent Priviledge of Liberty and 
 Property." The text has been care- 
 fully edited from the " Statutes at 
 Large," and a series of notes, prepared 
 by the curator, has been attached ex- 
 planatory of the obsolete legal terms 
 and historical persons mentioned in 
 the Charter and in the "Comments 
 which accompany the original publi- 
 cation." 
 
 In April, 1897, the Club opened to 
 its members their " club rooms," con- 
 sisting of the entire third floor of No. 
 1324 Walnut Street (corner of Walnut 
 and Juniper). The Club Library has 
 also been started. In addition to a 
 specimen of work turned out by the 
 
 336 
 
Dove's Bindery, the Shakespeare Soci- 
 ety's vokimes, and other books pur- 
 chased by the Library Committee, the 
 collection has been enriched by inter- 
 esting specimens of Italian bindings 
 presented by Mr. Wagner ; by a num- 
 ber of interesting volumes on Italian 
 marriage customs, etc., donated by Mr. 
 Rosengarten, and by several other vol- 
 umes received from other members 
 of the club. 
 
 The club promises to be a great 
 local acquisition, and will undoubt- 
 edly obtain much additional strength 
 as an organization now that it has 
 achieved its first publication and pro- 
 cured for itself a local habitation. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE PHILOBIBLON 
 CLUB 
 
 (1) Catalogue of a Collection of Portraits of 
 the Colonial Period exhibited by The 
 Philobiblon Club. The Academy of 
 the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, Novem- 
 ber 22, 1893. 63 p. 16°. 
 
 337 
 
(2) Constitution and By-laws of The Philobib- 
 
 lon Club Philadelphia MDCCCXCIII. 
 10 p. 16°. 
 
 (3) The Excellent Priviledge of Liberty and 
 
 Property being a reprint and fac-simile 
 of the first American edition of Magna 
 Charta printed in 1687 under the direc- 
 tion of William Penn by William 
 Bradford Philadelpliia Printed for 
 The Philobiblon Club MDCCCXCVII. 
 2+8-1- ix-xv -1-168-1- [facsimile] 10 4- 63 
 p. 4°. 150 copies on hand-made paper, 
 and 5 copies on vellum. 
 
 338 
 
CHAPTER XXVIII 
 
 THE DUODECIMOS 
 1893- 
 
 THE Duodecimos, a unique book 
 club, composed, as its name in- 
 dicates, of twelve members, whose 
 residences are scattered over half a 
 continent, was organized July 29, 
 1893, by Paul Lemperly, of Cleveland, 
 O. ; Francis Wilson, of New Rochelle, 
 N. Y. ; Edmund H. Garrett, of Boston ; 
 and Eugene Field, Herbert Stuart 
 Stone, and W. Irving Way, all of 
 Chicago. The other members and 
 their addresses are as follows: Hon. 
 Ben T. Cable, Rock Island, 111.; Ed- 
 ward Stratton HoUoway, Leon H. 
 Vincent, De Witt Miller, all of Phila- 
 
 339 
 
delphia; Frank E. Hopkins, New 
 York; and A. W. Whelpley, Cincin- 
 nati. When Eugene Field died in 
 November, 1895, Prof. Brander Mat- 
 thews, of New York, was chosen to 
 fill the vacancy. Francis Wilson acts 
 as president, Paul Lemperly as vice- 
 president, and W. Irving Way as 
 secretary and treasurer. 
 
 The first publication of The Duo- 
 decimos, published in 1894, was entitled 
 "Facsimile of Poor Richard's Alma- 
 nack for 1733, with an introduction 
 by John Bigelow, and notes on the 
 portraits." The volume contains 106 
 pages of introduction, 24 pages in fac- 
 simile, and 14 portraits of Franklin, 
 one of which was etched by Thomas 
 Johnson, and the others reproduced 
 by the Bierstadt process. 
 
 The facsimile of the "third impres- 
 sion " of " Poor Richard's Almanack " 
 for 1733 was engraved for The Duo- 
 decimos from the only known copy — 
 
 340 
 
that in possession of the Pennsylvania 
 Historical Society. The American 
 Philosophical Society of Philadelphia 
 was long reputed to have an original 
 1733, but it proved to be a reprint. 
 The facsimile was printed on paper of 
 genuine eighteenth-century manufac- 
 ture, of which The Duodecimos, by 
 good fortune, procured a quantity 
 from incompleted journals, account- 
 books, and scrap-books, the entries in 
 which gave evidence of the antiquity 
 of the paper, and from which hun- 
 dreds of blank sheets were rescued. 
 The actual printing of the Almanack 
 was done on an oak hand-press, built 
 in Philadelphia probably before 1800. 
 Thus, so far as could be, the primitive 
 methods of colonial days were fol- 
 lowed, excepting that the work was 
 necessarily performed by nineteenth- 
 century workmen. The frontispiece 
 is a portrait of Franklin, etched by 
 Thomas Johnson from the pastel 
 
 .341 
 
drawn in Paris in 1783 by Joseph 
 Siffrede Duplessis, now owned by 
 John Bigelow. The other portraits 
 are one at 20 years of age, painted in 
 London, 1726; one at about 50, sup- 
 posed to be by Benjamin West; one 
 at 60, by David Martin ; one at 64, by 
 Mason Chamberlain; one at 71, the 
 "fur-cap Franklin," by Charles Nicho- 
 las Cochin; one, the so-called "Ver- 
 sailles portrait " ; one owned by Henry 
 C. Thompson of Philadelphia; one at 
 74, by Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle. 
 done at Paris ; one at 75, by Stephen 
 Elmer ; one at 77, by Thomas Gains- 
 borough; one at 81, by Charles Willson 
 Peale, painted at Philadelphia in 1787 ; 
 one, a miniature, by Thouron; and 
 one, a bust, by Jean Antoine Houdon. 
 The second volume published by 
 The Duodecimos, in 1897, is entitled 
 " The Poems of Mrs. Anne Bradstreet 
 (1612-1672), together with her prose 
 remains, with an introduction by 
 
 342 
 
Charles Eliot Norton." Anne (Dud- 
 ley) Bradstreet was born, probably 
 in Northampton, Eng., about 1612. 
 She was of good stock, being the eld- 
 est daughter of that brusque militant 
 governor, Thomas Dudley, who had 
 sometime crossed swords (of argu- 
 ment) with Winthrop, and who was 
 of high descent and had given largest 
 educational opportunities to Mistress 
 Anne. At the age of sixteen, in 1628, 
 she married Simon Bradstreet, Grov- 
 ernor of Massachusetts from 1679 to 
 1686, with whom she lived till her 
 death at sixty (1672). Among her 
 distinguished descendants may be 
 counted the two Richard Danas, 
 Wendell Phillips, Dr. Oliver Wen- 
 dell Holmes, the Channings, and the 
 Buckminsters. After several changes 
 in abode, the family finally settled 
 near Andover, Mass., where Mrs. Brad- 
 street, though of a delicate constitu- 
 tion, reared eight children ; and in this 
 
 343 
 
quiet country home most of her liter- 
 ary work was done, before thirty — 
 from 1630 to 1642 — which in 1650 was 
 pubhshed in London as the product 
 of the " Tenth Muse lately sprung up 
 in America."* 
 
 The Rev. John Woodbridge — first 
 of his name in America — had mar- 
 ried another daughter of G-overnor 
 Dudley, and being on a visit to Eng- 
 land in 1647, when he served as 
 chaplain to the Parliamentary Com- 
 
 * " Samuel Sewall and the world he lived in." 
 By Rev. N. H. Chamberlain. Boston, De Wolfe, 
 Fiske & Company, 1897. pp. 236-253. " Amer- 
 ican Lands and Letters — The Mayflower to Eip 
 Van Winkle." By Donald G. Mitchell. New 
 York, Charles Scribner's Sons, MDCCCXCVII. 
 pp. 39-42, and 69. "Anne Bradstreet and her 
 time." By Helen Campbell. Boston, D. Lothrop 
 Company, 1891. 12°. Also, the charming life of 
 Anne Bradstreet written in the most crystal Eng- 
 lish by the late John Harvard Ellis, prefixed to 
 his edition of Mrs. Bradstreet's poems published 
 by A. E. Cutter of Charlestown, Mass., 1867. 
 
 344 
 
missioners in their parleys with the 
 king, he acted as intermediary in look- 
 ing after the publication of Mistress 
 Bradstreet's poems ; and to his broth- 
 erly tenderness no doubt is due the 
 somewhat immoderate, if not immod- 
 est, claim for the young authoress to 
 that place among the Muses which 
 appears on the titlepage. There is 
 no gainsaying, however, that Mrs. 
 Bradstreet was clever and wonderfully 
 well instructed for her days, a keen 
 and close observer, often dexterous in 
 her verse, — "catching betimes upon 
 epithets that are very picturesque." 
 Indeed, her verse has been not unfairly 
 likened to " the twittering of the birds 
 — but not their music." 
 
 This is the fifth edition of Mrs. 
 Bradstreet's poems. The first was 
 " printed at London for Stephen Bow- 
 tell at the signe of the Bible in Popes 
 Head- Alley, 1650"; the second was 
 printed by John Foster, in Boston, in 
 
 346 
 
1678; the third was a reprint of the 
 second edition issued in 1758 without 
 publisher's imprint; and the fourth 
 was a reprint of the second edition, 
 edited by John Harvard Ellis, and 
 published by A. B. Cutter of Charles- 
 town, Mass., in 1867. 
 
 The frontispiece of The Duodecimos' 
 volume is a graceful conception of 
 Mrs. Bradstreet, (of whom no authen- 
 tic portrait exists,) etched by Mr. E. 
 H. Grarrett. The volume is further 
 embellished with artotype reproduc- 
 tions of eleven portraits and views 
 taken expressly for this book. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE DUODECIMOS 
 
 (1) Facsimile of Poor Richard's Almanack for 
 1733 with an introduction by John 
 Bigelow and notes on the portraits 
 The Duodecimos MDCCCXCIV. 106 + 
 2 + 24 p. 14 Portraits of Benjamin 
 Franklin. 12°. 12 copies on vellum, 
 and 132 on hand-made paper numbered 
 1 to 12 and 18 to 144 respectively. 
 
 346 
 
(2) The poems of Mrs. Anne Bradstreet 
 
 (1612-1672) together with her prose 
 remains with an introduction by 
 Charles Eliot Norton The Duodeci- 
 mos MDCCCXCVII. xlviii + 347 p. 
 Frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Bradstreet 
 by E. H. Garrett, and 11 other portraits 
 and views. 12°. 12 copies on Japan 
 paper, and 132 on hand-made paper 
 numbered 1 to 12 and 13 to 144 re- 
 spectively. 
 
 (3) The Duodecimos Manual for MDCCC- 
 
 XCVII. 18 p. 18°. 60 copies printed 
 on hand-made paper for members only. 
 
 347 
 
CHAPTER XXIX 
 
 THE CAXTON CLUB 
 1895- 
 
 ON the 26tli of January, 1895, The 
 Caxton Club was organized in 
 Chicago by George A. Armour, Ed- 
 ward E. Ayer, Charles J. Barnes, John 
 Vance Cheney, Augustus N. Eddy, 
 James W. Ellsworth, George Higgin- 
 son, Jr., Charles L. Hutchinson, George 
 M. Millard, George S. Payson, Martin 
 A. Ryerson, Herbert S. Stone, W. Irv- 
 ing Way, Chauncey L. Williams, and 
 John H. Wrenn. The object of the 
 club, as stated in the second section 
 of its Constitution, is " the literary 
 study and promotion of the arts per- 
 taining to the production of books. 
 Within the scope of such object may 
 
 348 
 
come tlie occasional publishing of 
 books designed to illustrate, promote, 
 and encourage these arts, and the ac- 
 quisition, furnishing, and maintenance 
 of suitable club-rooms for the safe- 
 keeping of the property of the club, in 
 which rooms meetings, lectures, and 
 exhibitions relating to the object of 
 the club may take place from time to 
 time." 
 
 In the autumn of 1896 the Com- 
 mittee on Publications issued for The 
 Caxton Club a handsomely-printed 
 edition of " Joutel's Journal of La 
 Salle's Last Voyage." The work is a 
 reprint, page for page, and line for 
 line, of the volume of which the fol- 
 lowing is the exact titlepage: "A | 
 JOURNAL I Of the Last I VOYAGE 
 I Perform'd by | Monfr. de la Sale, | 
 TO THE I GULPH of MEXICO, | To find 
 out the I Mouth of the Mijpi/lpi Eiver ; 
 I CONTAINING, | An Account of the 
 Settlements he endeavour'd to | make 
 
 349 
 
on the Coaft of the aforefaid Bay, his 1 
 unfortunate Death, and the Travels 
 of his I Companions for the Space of 
 Eight Hundred | Leagues acrofs that 
 Inland Country of America. \ now call'd 
 Loui/iana, (and given by the King of | 
 France to M. Crozat,) till they came 
 into Canada. \ Written in French hy 
 Mon/ieur Joutel, | A Commander in 
 that Expedition; \ And TranJIated from 
 the Edition juji publiJKd at Paris. | 
 With an exact Map of that Vaft Coun- 
 try, and a Copy of the | Letters Patents 
 granted by the K. of France to M. 
 Crozat. I LONDON, Printed for A. 
 Bell at the Crofs-Keys and | Bihle in 
 Cornhill, B. Lintott at the Cro/s Keys 
 in Fleet- \ Jireet, and J. Balier in Pater- 
 Nojier-Rotv, 1714." 
 
 Prof. Melville B. Anderson, of Le- 
 land Stanford University, the noted 
 editor and translator, examined and 
 compared both the original French 
 and the original English editions, and 
 
 350 
 
corrected the errors that had crept 
 into the translation. The quaint lan- 
 guage of the English translation has 
 been retained, however, without al- 
 terations. Professor Anderson's cor- 
 rections, together with a number of 
 interesting original observations, are 
 embodied in numerous notes appended 
 to the original text., There is included 
 in the book a facsimile of the folding 
 map of the first French edition. 
 
 In May, 1897, the club published 
 Captain Derby's " Phoenixiana," the 
 success of which, when first published 
 about fifty years ago, bred a multitude 
 of imitators. Captain George Horatio 
 Derby was born in Dedham, Mass., 
 April 3, 1823. He was graduated from 
 West Point, and served in the Mexican 
 War (1846-47) . From 1847 to 1860, he 
 was on various surveys and explora- 
 tions in Minnesota, California, Texas, 
 and other Western and Southern 
 States. During these years he wrote, 
 
 351 
 
under the pseudonym of " Jolin Phoe- 
 nix," those humorous squibs and 
 sketches which were published in 1856 
 under the title of " Phoenixiana ; or, 
 Sketches and Burlesques." While in 
 the employ of the U. S. Coast Survey, 
 in charge of the erecting of lighthouses 
 on the coast of Florida, he received a 
 sunstroke, which resulted in softening 
 of the brain. He was removed to New 
 York, where he died May, 15, 1861. 
 After his death some of his other pa- 
 pers were published under the title of 
 "The Squibob Papers." The Caxton 
 Club's edition was edited by Mr. John 
 Vance Cheney, librarian of the New- 
 berry Library of Chicago, who also 
 supplied a preface to the volumes. In 
 the Appendix added to the second vol- 
 ume are given an unpublished satirical 
 " order" relating to Disbursing Officers 
 of the U. S. Army, Derby's famous 
 "Proposed Changes in the Uniforms 
 of the U. S. Army," with five illustra- 
 
 362 
 
tions from drawings by Derby, re- 
 produced in colours; also, about ten 
 humorous illustrations, published for 
 the first time, from original pen-and- 
 ink sketches by the author. The first 
 volume has as frontispiece an etched 
 portrait on India paper of Captain 
 Derby, by W. H. M. Bicknell, from a 
 painting by P. B. Carpenter. 
 
 The club has already held five exhi- 
 bitions — of bookbindings ; of etchings 
 designed to illustrate Philip Gilbert 
 Hamerton's "Etching and Etchers;" 
 of ex-libris books interesting through 
 their associations; of books interest- 
 ing through their associations; and 
 an exhibit of Japanese colour prints, 
 which was introduced with an address 
 by Frederick W. Gookin. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE CAXTON CLUB 
 
 (1) The Book of The Caxton Club Officers, 
 Committees, Articles of Incorporation, 
 Constitution, By-Laws, Members Chi- 
 cago MDCCCXCV. 28 p. 16°. 
 
 353 
 
(2) Exhibition of Book-Bindings held at The 
 
 Art Institute March 4 to 24 inclusive, 
 under The Auspices of The Caxton Club 
 Chicago 1895. 16 p. 16°. 
 
 (3) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Etchings 
 
 Designed to Illustrate the Work of the 
 late Philip Gilbert Hamerton entitled 
 "Etching and Etchers" Chicago The 
 Caxton Club MDCCCXCV. 23 p. 
 16°. 
 
 (4) The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, 
 
 Articles of Incorporation, Constitu- 
 tion and By-Laws, House Rules, Mem- 
 bers Chicago 116 Dearborn Street 
 MDCCCXCV. 49 p. 16°. 
 
 (5) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Ex Libris 
 
 Books Interesting through their Asso- 
 ciations February, 1896 Chicago 
 The Caxton Club MDCCCXCVI. 
 37 p. 16°. 
 
 (6) Catalogue of an Exhibit of Books Interest- 
 
 ing through their Associations Febru- 
 ary, 1896 Chicago The Caxton Club 
 MDCCCXCVI. 54 p. 20 facsimiles. 
 12°. 124 copies ; and 3 copies on Japan 
 vellum. 
 
 (7) Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage 
 
 A reprint (page for page and line for 
 line) of the first English translation, 
 
 354 
 
London, 1714; with the Map of the 
 original French edition Paris, 1713, 
 in facsimile ; and Notes by Melville B. 
 Anderson Chicago The Caxton Club 
 ■mdccc.rcvi. 8 + xxi + 9 + 229 + 1 p. 
 Map. 8°. 203 copies ; and 3 copies on 
 Japanese vellum. 
 
 (8) Catalogue of an Exhibition of Japanese 
 
 Color Prints in connection with a Paper 
 by Frederick W. Gooldn March 18, 
 1897 Chicago The Caxton Club 
 MDCCCXCVII. 11 p. 16°. 
 
 (9) The Caxton Club Officers, Committees, 
 
 Articles of Incorporation, Constitution 
 and By-Laws, and List of Members 
 Chicago Art Institute Building 
 MDCCCXCVII. 47 p. 16°. 
 
 (10) Phoenixiana By Capt. George Horatio 
 
 Derby (" John Phoenix ") edited by 
 John Vance Cheney Chicago The 
 Caxton Club MDCCCXCVII. 2 vols, 
 xxxiii + 123; viii + 1 + 119 -f 4 p. 
 Portrait, 5 coloured plates, 8 uncoloured 
 plates, and facsimile. 16°. 165 copies; 
 and 3 copies on Japanese vellum. 
 
 355 
 
CHAPTER XXX 
 
 THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA 
 1895- 
 
 THE Colonial Society of Pennsyl- 
 vania conies properly within the 
 scope of this volume, because one of 
 its objects — really its principal object 
 — is " to collect, preserve, and publish 
 records and documents, printed or in 
 manuscript, relating to the early his- 
 tory of that Colony," that is, of Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 The permanent organization of the 
 Society was effected on November 7, 
 1895, when the following board of 
 officers was chosen: president, John 
 Woolf Jordan; first vice-president, 
 Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker; sec- 
 
 356 
 
ond vice-president, Joseph E. Gril- 
 lingham ; secretary, Henry Douglas 
 Hughes; assistant secretary, Frank 
 Earle Schermerhorn ; registrar, Fran- 
 cis M. Brooke; treasurer, Joseph T. 
 Bailey; councillors, "William Spohn 
 Baker, Thomas Willing Balch, Henry 
 T. Coates, George M. Conarroe, Col. 
 Henry A. Du Pont, Thomas Allen 
 Glenn, Charles R. Hildeburn, Pember- 
 ton S. Hutchinson, Charles Henry 
 Jones, Charles P. Keith, Craige Lip- 
 pincott, Howard W. Lloyd, Ef&ngham 
 B. Morris, Edward Shippen, Charle- 
 magne Tower, Jr., Charles Williams, 
 and Eugene Zieber. The Society was 
 incorporated April 25, 1896. The 
 membership is limited to three hun- 
 dred, and only lineal descendants of 
 " a male or female actually settled 
 prior to the year 1700 in any colony 
 of America (now the United States) 
 shall be eligible." 
 The Society has in preparation the 
 
 357 
 
first volume of a facsimile reprint 
 of The American Weekly Mercury* 
 printed and sold by Andrew Brad- 
 ford, at the Bible in Second Street 
 and, for a time, by John Copson f in 
 Market Street, Philadelphia. This 
 was the first newspaper published in 
 the Middle Colonies, and no perfect 
 or complete file of it exists in any one 
 
 * For an account of The American Weekly 
 Mercury and its printer see "An Address on An- 
 drew Bradford," by Horatio Gates Jones, Phila- 
 delphia, privately printed, 1869; also, Thomas's 
 "History of Printing." Albany, Joel Munsell, 
 1874, Vol. II. pp. 132-134. 
 
 t Copson's name was omitted in the imprint, 
 beginning with the issue of May 25, 1721, at 
 which time Copson opened the first insurance 
 office in Philadelphia. In his place appeared 
 the name of "William Bradford in New York, 
 where Advertisements are taken in." From 
 March 1, 1742-43, The Mercimj was " Printed by 
 Isaiah Warner and Cornelia Bradford," the widow 
 of Andrew Bradford. With the issue of October 
 18, 1744, Cornelia Bradford resumed the publi- 
 cation and carried it on in her own name. 
 
 358 
 
place, the various files being in insti- 
 tutions in Philadelphia, New York, 
 New Haven, and Worcester, Mass. 
 To make up the volume for the Soci- 
 ety, it has been necessary to draw 
 upon the collections of The Library 
 Company of Philadelphia, The His- 
 torical Society of Pennsylvania, The 
 New York Public Library, (Lenox 
 Foundation,) Yale College, and The 
 American Antiquarian Society. It 
 is a mine of genealogical, historical, 
 commercial, and financial information 
 from 1719 to 1752, the period which it 
 covers. 
 
 The Society proposes to publish in 
 time the whole series of The Mercury, 
 from the first number, December 22, 
 1719, to the last, issued in 1752. Each 
 volume will be furnished with an in- 
 dex as full as possible, but confined to 
 American persons and events. The 
 editions will be limited to 250 copies, 
 and the plates destroyed. Each mem- 
 
 359 
 
ber may subscribe for one copy and 
 apply for a second. All copies not 
 taken by members thirty days after 
 the volumes are published will be 
 offered to public libraries and indi- 
 viduals not members. 
 
 The Society thus far has published 
 a year-book containing the "Charter, 
 Constitution, By-Laws, Officers, Com- 
 mittees, Members, etc." of the Society. 
 The volume is bound in white vellum. 
 The insignia of the Society, a Maltese 
 cross in red and gold, with the shield 
 of Penn in the centre, is embossed on 
 the cover. 
 
 PUBLICATION OF THE COLONIAL SOCIETY 
 OF PENNSYLVANIA 
 
 (1) The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania 
 Charter Constitution By-laws Officers 
 Committees Members etc. [seal.] 
 M DCCC XCVL 47 p. 8°. 150 
 copies. 
 
 360 
 
CHAPTER XXXI 
 
 THE PARKMAN CLUB 
 1896- 
 
 THE Parkman Club, organized De- 
 cember 10, 1895, in Milwaukee, 
 Wis., by William Ward Wight, Gard- 
 ner P. Stickney, Henry Colin Camp- 
 bell, Henry E. Legler, and others, has 
 for its object " the investigating into 
 the history of the upper lake country 
 of the United States." The member- 
 ship is limited to fifteen. The club 
 holds meetings monthly, excepting in 
 July and August, and issues in inex- 
 pensive form, in editions of five hun- 
 dred copies, the papers which have 
 been read at the monthly meetings. 
 Thus far fourteen papers have been 
 published. Ten of these papers form 
 
the first volume, wMch will be fur- 
 nished with a titlepage, preface, and 
 index. The separate papers are paged 
 consecutively, and are issued without 
 titlepages, the titles being given as 
 chapter-headings, and repeated on the 
 covers, with a statement of the num- 
 ber, place, and date of publication. 
 The first paper in the first volume is 
 entitled, "Nicholas Perrot a study ia 
 Wisconsin History," prepared by Grard- 
 ner P. Stiokney. Nicholas Perrot was 
 born in 1644 ; where, it is not known, 
 nor is it known in what year he went 
 to New France, with the history of 
 which he is so closely identified. He 
 was a soldier, a trader, and an ex- 
 plorer. The second paper, prepared 
 by Henry Colin Campbell, is entitled, 
 "Exploration of Lake Superior — the 
 Voyages of Radisson and Groseilliers." 
 For more than two hundred years the 
 two Frenchmen, who were the pioneer 
 explorers of Lake Superior, have re- 
 
 362 
 
mained nameless. It is now certain 
 that they were Pierre-Esprit Eadisson 
 and Medard Chouart des GroseilHers. 
 Mr. Campbell gives details of their 
 lives and explorations, not only of 
 Lake Superior, but also of other west- 
 ern regions, to which he has added a 
 bibliographical list of works, reports, 
 and documents on the subject. The 
 third is a paper on " Chevalier Henry 
 de Tonty, his exploits in the Valley 
 of the Mississippi," by Henry E. Leg- 
 ler. Henry de Tonty was the son of 
 Lorenzo, one of the conspicuous lead- 
 ers in the Neapolitan revolt stirred up 
 by the peasant fisherman Masaniello in 
 1647. Lorenzo escaped to Paris, where 
 his fellow-townsman. Cardinal Maza- 
 rin, ruled supreme. In the year 1653, 
 Tonty suggested to the cardinal that 
 the king's purse might be replenished 
 by a system of life insurance that to 
 this day retains the name "tontine." 
 Henry was born in 1650, and at the 
 
 363 
 
age of 18 entered the French army. 
 At the siege of Libisso he lost his 
 right hand, which he replaced with 
 one of iron. In 1678 he joined Robert 
 de La Salle's expedition in the capacity 
 of lieutenant. He was La Salle's faith- 
 ful companion on his explorations, and 
 after La Salle's departure continued his 
 work under the most trying circum- 
 stances, until his death in September, 
 1704, at Biloxi Bay, the first settlement 
 of old Louisiana. The other papers in 
 this volume are: (4) "Aborigines of 
 the Northwest," a speculative " glance 
 into the remote past," by Frank T. 
 Terry; (5) "Jonathan Carver, his 
 travels into the Northwest in 1766- 
 1768," by John Gr. Gregory, who, in a 
 remarkably lucid manner, traces the 
 most important achievements of the 
 man who has the credit of having 
 been the pioneer of his race in the 
 westernmost portion of its conquest 
 in 1759, and who first advertised the 
 
 364 
 
region to the English-reading world 
 in his book entitled "Three Years' 
 Travels through the Interior Parts of 
 North America," published in London, 
 1778 ; (6) " Negro Slavery in Wiscon- 
 sin," by John Nelson Davidson, who 
 gives a concise history of the subject 
 from 1721 to about 1833 ; (7) " Eleazer 
 Williams — his forerunners, himself," 
 by William Ward Wight, in which 
 Williams's claim to be the dauphin of 
 Prance, son of Louis XVI. and Marie 
 Antoinette, is exhaustively investi- 
 gated, and with other of his preten- 
 sions disposed of as unworthy of 
 consideration ; (8) " Charles Langlade 
 — first settler of Wisconsin," by Mont- 
 gomery E. Mcintosh; (9) "The Grer- 
 mans in Wisconsin Politics," by 
 Ernest Bruncken, who treats of the 
 subject from 1848 to the rise of the 
 Republican party ; and, (10) " The 
 Polanders in Wisconsin," by Frank 
 H. Miller. 
 
 365 
 
The second volume, begun February 
 10, 1897, thus far contains the follow- 
 ing papers : " Pere Ren^ Menard, the 
 Predecessor of AUouez and Marquette 
 in the Lake Superior Region," by 
 Henry Colin Campbell; "George 
 Rogers Clark and His Illinois Cam- 
 paign," by Dan B. Starkey ; "The Use 
 of Maize by Wisconsin Indians," by 
 Grardner P. Stickney ; and, " The Land- 
 limitation Movement, A Wisconsin 
 Episode of 1848-1851," by John 
 Goadby Gregory. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE PARKMAN CLUB 
 
 (1) Nicholas Perrot A study in Wisconsin 
 
 history. By Gardner P. Stickney Coun- 
 cilor American Folk-lore Society Mil- 
 waukee, Wis., The Parkman Club. 
 1895. 15 p. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (2) Exploration of Lake Superior The voyages 
 
 of Radisson and Groseilliers. By Henry 
 Colin Campbell Milwaukee, Wis., The 
 Parkman Club. 1896. 17-35 p. 8°. 
 500 copies. 
 
 366 
 
(3) Chevalier Henry de Tonty His exploits 
 
 in the valley of the Mississippi. By 
 Henry E. Legler Milwaukee, Wis., 
 The Parkman Club. 1896. 37-57 p. 
 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (4) Aborigines of the Northwest. A glance 
 
 into the remote past. By Frank T. 
 Terry. Milwaukee, Wis., The Parkman 
 Club. 1896. 59-72 p. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (5) Jonathan Carver His travels in the North- 
 
 west in 1766-8. By John G. Gregory. 
 Milwaukee, Wis., The Parkman Club. 
 1896. 73-101 p. Portrait of Jonathan 
 Carver and 1 Map. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (6) Negro Slavery in Wisconsin. By John Nel- 
 
 son Davidson. Milwaukee, Wis., The 
 Parkman Club. 1896. 103-131 p. 8°. 
 500 copies. 
 
 (7) Eleazer Williams — His Forerunners, Him- 
 
 self. By William Ward Wight. Mil- 
 waukee, Wis., The Parkman Club. 1896. 
 133-203 p. Portrait of Eleazer Wil- 
 liams. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (8) Charles Langlade — First Settler of Wis- 
 
 consin. By Montgomery E. Mcintosh. 
 Milwaukee, Wis., The Parkman Club. 
 1896. 205-223 p. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
(9) The Germans in Wisconsin Politics. 1. 
 
 Until the Rise of the Republican Party. 
 By Ernest Bruncken. Milwaukee, Wis., 
 The Parkman Club. 1896. 225-238 p. 
 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (10) The Polanders in Wisconsin. By Frank 
 
 H. Miller. Milwaukee, Wis., The Park- 
 man Club. 1896. 239-246 p. 8°. 
 500 copies. 
 
 (11) P^re Ren^ Menard The Predecessor of 
 
 Allouez and Marquette in the Lake Su- 
 perior Region. By Henry Colin Camp- 
 bell. Milwaukee, Wis., The Parkman 
 Club. 1897. 24 p. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (12) George Rogers Clark and His Illinois 
 
 Campaign. By Dan B. Starkey. Mil- 
 waukee, Wis., The Parkman Club. 1897. 
 25-62 p. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (13) The Use of Maize by Wisconsin Indians. 
 
 By Gardner P. Stickney. Milwaukee, 
 Wis., The Parkman Club. 1897. 63- 
 87 p. 8°. 500 copies. 
 
 (14) The Land4imitation Movement. A Wis- 
 
 consin Episode of 1848-1851. By John 
 Goadby Gregory. Milwaukee, Wis., 
 The Parkman Club. 1897. 89-112 p. 
 8°. 500 copies. 
 
CHAPTER XXXII 
 
 SOCIETY OF THE ICONOPHILES OF NEW 
 YORK, THE CADMUS CLUB, AND THE 
 DIBDIN CLUB 
 
 1896- 
 
 THE latest additions to the ranks of 
 book clubs are the societies whose 
 names head this chapter. 
 
 The Society of the Iconophiles was 
 formed in 1895, and originated in an 
 effort to revive the art of line engrav- 
 ing, in imitation of the series of Views 
 of New York made by Bourne and 
 Peabody about sixty years ago. After 
 Mr. William Loring Andrews had 
 given Mr. E. D. French an order to 
 begin the engraving of a series of views 
 of historic buildings in New York, it 
 occurred to him that some of his friends 
 
 369 
 
might like to join him in the undertak- 
 ing. He submitted the matter to sev- 
 eral fellow-members of The Grolier 
 Club, and the result was the forma- 
 tion of the society. 
 
 The original members were Wil- 
 liam Loring Andrews, 8. P. Avery, 
 E. H. Bierstadt, Beverly Chew, C. B. 
 Foote, W. F. Havemeyer, E. B. Holden, 
 R. H. Lawrence, M. C. Lefferts, and 
 J. Harsen Purdy. Since the death 
 of Mr. Bierstadt, his place has been 
 filled by the election of Mr. Junius S. 
 Morgan. 
 
 The society has recently completed 
 its first series of publications, compris- 
 ing twelve plates, from each of which 
 only one hundred impressions were 
 taken and the plate cancelled. These 
 comprise views of buildings in New 
 York City, as follows: (1) St. Paul's 
 Chapel; (2) The Chancel of St. Paul's 
 Chapel; (3) Fraunces Tavern; (4) The 
 Roger Morris House; (5) Hamilton 
 
Grange; (6) St. Mark's Church; 
 (7) The City Hall; (8) The Halls of 
 Justice ("The Tombs") ; (9) The Na- 
 tional Academy of Design; (10) St. 
 John's Chapel; (11) The Murray Hill 
 Distributing Reservoir ; and (12) Bow- 
 ling Green. 
 
 In the early spring of 1897, Mr. 
 Andrews, on his own account, pub- 
 lished a volume intended to explain 
 the views published by the club, so 
 arranged that the plates might be in- 
 serted. This bore the title of "The 
 Journey of the Iconophiles around 
 New York in search of the Historical 
 and Picturesque." Only ninety-three 
 copies were printed, of which six were 
 on American hand-made paper and 
 eighty-seven on Japan paper, thus re- 
 versing the usual order. The mono- 
 graph contains a frontispiece, "A 
 View of the Battery and Harbour of 
 New York, and the Ambuscade Frig- 
 ate, 1793," drawn by Governor Dray- 
 
ton of South Carolina and engraved 
 on copper by Mr. E. Davis French. 
 
 The society has now begun a second 
 series of publications. This is to 
 comprise six portraits of American 
 printers. The portrait of Hugh Graine, 
 one of the Tory Printers of the Revo- 
 lution, engraved by F. S. King, has 
 already been issued. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OF THE SOCIETY OP 
 ICONOPHILES OF NEW YORK 
 
 (1) St. Paul's Chapel. Publication No. 1. 
 
 February, 1895. 
 
 (2) The Chancel of St. Paul's Chapel. Pub- 
 
 lication No. 2. April, 1895. 
 
 (3) Fraunces Tavern. Publication No. 3. 
 
 May, 1895. 
 
 (4) The Roger Morris House. Publication 
 
 No. 4. June, 1895. 
 
 (5) Hamilton Grange. Publication No. 5. 
 
 December, 1895. 
 
 (6) St. Mark's Church. Publication No. 6. 
 
 February, 1896. 
 
 372 
 
(7) The City Hall. Publication No. 7. May, 
 
 1896. 
 
 (8) The Halls of Justice ("The Tombs"). 
 
 Publication No. 8. September, 1896. 
 
 (9) The National Academy of Design. Pub- 
 
 lication No. 9. November, 1896. 
 
 (10) St. John's Chapel. Publication No. 10. 
 
 December, 1896. 
 
 (11) The Murray Hill Distributing Reservoir. 
 
 Publication No. 11. January, 1897. 
 
 (12) Bowling Green. Publication No. 12. 
 
 March, 1897. 
 
 The above etchings are all by E. D. French ; only 101 
 impressions of each having been taken, all on Japan 
 paper, eleven being artist's proofs before letter. 
 
 (13) Hugh Gaine Printer & Bookseller New 
 
 York from 1760 to 1807. Designed & 
 Engraved For The Society of Icono- 
 philes By F. S. King M.DCCC- 
 XCVII. Portrait after Painting by 
 Gilbert Stuart. 
 
 [Extra Number] The Journey of the Icono- 
 philes around New York in search of the 
 Historical and Pictiu-esque. [By W. L. 
 Andrews.] Printed at New York in the 
 Year of our Lord, Eighteen Hundred 
 and Ninety-seven . . . and of the Dis- 
 covery of the Island of Manhattan by 
 
 373 
 
Hendrik Hudson the Two Hundred 
 and Eighty-eighth. 6 + vii-ix + 4 + 3- 
 48 p. Plate. 8°. 87 copies on Imperial 
 Japan paper ; and 6 copies on American 
 hand-made paper. 
 
 Bound in yellow oiled paper covers. Not published 
 by the club. 
 
 The Cadmus Club was organized in 
 the fall of 1895 at Galesburg, 111. It 
 has no officers, and its membership is 
 restricted to twelve, thus subtly sug- 
 gesting the twelve months in the cal- 
 endar year. Those who have the 
 honour thus to represent the club are 
 John Pearsons Gushing, John Huston 
 Finley, Ben Bowles Hampton, Gleorge 
 Appleton Lawrence, Philip Sidney 
 Post, Jr. , Lee Saunders Pratt, William 
 Edward Simonds, Francis Hinckley 
 Sisson, Willard S. Small, Willis E. 
 Terry, Charles Burton Thwing, and 
 Philip Greene Wright, all of Gales- 
 burg. Besides these there are three 
 non-resident members: Earnest Elmo 
 Calkins of New York ; Arthur William 
 
 374 
 
Dunn, of Cincinnati, 0.; and John 
 Clarence Lee, of Canton, N. Y. Edgar 
 A. Bancroft, S. S. McClure, Richard 
 Watson Gilder, and George W. Cable 
 have been elected honorary members. 
 
 The purposes of the club include 
 good fellowship among the members, 
 the encouragement of good reading in 
 the community, and the publication 
 of literary products that possess a 
 local interest. For obvious reasons 
 Cadmus, the Father of Letters, was 
 immediately recognized as a patron 
 saint of this literary coterie. During 
 the winter following its advent, The 
 Cadmus Club listened at regular inter- 
 vals to papers upon such topics as 
 printing, engraving, bookbinding, cari- 
 cature, etc. 
 
 In the progress of events one of the 
 members of The Cadmus Club, Mr. 
 Edgar A. Bancroft, drifted into mat- 
 rimony. To commemorate the event, 
 and to express the admiration and 
 
 375 
 
approval of the club, a suinptuous 
 little volume was compiled containing 
 a collection of bridal songs in English, 
 Grreek, Latin, German, and French. 
 The book, which was entitled "Epi- 
 thalamia," was conceived as an " ear- 
 nest" of the volume containing Mr. 
 Bancroft's "Dedication Address," (it 
 being impossible to put this address 
 into type before the wedding day,) 
 and was presented to Mrs. Bancroft as 
 a " handsel." It was transcribed en- 
 tirely by hand, in red and black, on 
 large hand-made paper, and was bound 
 in white silk. It contained, besides 
 the titlepage, the first design of The 
 Cadmus Club's book-plate, the signa- 
 tures of all the members of the club, 
 the dedication, and the epithalamia 
 from several languages, as follows: 
 
 (1) English Bridal Song, a sonnet, 
 " The Dawn," by John Huston Finley ; 
 
 (2) Greek Bridal Song, from Aris- 
 tophanes' "Birds," translated and done 
 
 376 
 
into English verse, by Philip Greene 
 Wright ; (3) Latin Bridal Song, from 
 Catullus, translated and done into Eng- 
 lish verse by Lee Saunders Pratt ; (4) 
 German Epithalamium, from " Her- 
 mann und Dorothea," original and 
 translation; (5) French Bridal Song, 
 from Victor Hugo, original and trans- 
 lation; and, (6) Selection from Spen- 
 ser's " Epithalamium." There was 
 but one copy made, and, naturally, 
 this unique work is the possession of 
 the hero and heroine of the event 
 thus celebrated. 
 
 Later the club published a study of 
 Galesburg, 111., by Arthur W. Dunn, 
 under the title of " An Analysis of the 
 Social Structure of a Western Town." 
 In the fall of the same year (1896) it 
 published " The Moral Sentiment of 
 the People, the Index and Foundation 
 of National Greatness," an address 
 delivered by Edgar A. Bancroft at the 
 
 377 
 
dedication of Memorial Hall in Grales- 
 burg. 
 
 Early in 1897 the club published 
 " Cadmus His Almanack," which, as a 
 quaint and attractive bit of bookmak- 
 ing, commends itself to the attention 
 of bibliophiles. 
 
 The Cadmus Club is considering the 
 publication of a reprint of the " Book 
 of Flatey,"* of which Knox College 
 
 * The Flateyjarbok is an Iceland manuscript, 
 named from tlie island Flatey off tlie northern 
 coast of Iceland, where it was owned in the 
 XVIIth century. It contains a collection of sa- 
 gas bearing" upon the lives and times of the Nor- 
 wegian kings Olaf Tryggvason and Olaf the Saint ; 
 at the end are annals down to the year 1394. It is 
 the most extensive of Icelandic manuscripts, and 
 one of the principal sources of information con- 
 cerning the discovery of America by the Norse- 
 men. It was written between the years 1380 and 
 1395 by two Icelandic priests. In 1662 it came 
 as a present from Bishop Brynjulf of Iceland to 
 King Erederick III. of Denmark. It is preserved 
 in the Eoyal Library in Copenhagen, and from it a 
 photographic copy was secured for Knox College 
 by Hon. Clark E. Carr, ex-minister to Denmark. 
 
 378 
 
has secured a photographic copy. The 
 facsimile is to be accompanied by a 
 translation which will be illuminated. 
 
 PUBLICATIONS OP THE CADMUS CLUB 
 
 (1) Epithalamia. 1896. 36 p. 8°. 1 copy. 
 
 The subtitle is the same as that of (3) below, this 
 being a "handsel" prepared and presented in anticipa- 
 tion of the publication of (3). 
 
 (2) An Analysis of The Social Structure of a 
 
 Western Town By Arthur W. Dunn, 
 A. M. Being a Study of Galesburg, 
 Illinois Reprinted From The Charities 
 Review Galesburg, Illinois The Cad- 
 mus Club MDCCCXCVI. 53 p. 8°. 
 
 (3) The Moral Sentiment of the People, the 
 
 Index and Foundation of National Great- 
 ness. An Address by Edgar A. Bancroft 
 On the Occasion of the Dedication of 
 the Soldiers' Memorial Hall of Knox 
 County, 111. Published by The Cadmus 
 Club of Galesburgh, Illinois, U. S. A., 
 MDCCCXCV. 26 p. Square 16°. 25 
 copies, numbered and signed by the au- 
 thor, bound in cloth ; 50 copies unnum- 
 bered, bound in boards ; 125 copies 
 unnumbered, bound in paper. 
 
 379 
 
(4) Caclmvs. His Almanack Done entirely by 
 The Caclmvs Club of Galesburgh, Illi- 
 nois, for the promotion of the reading of 
 good books. MDCCCXCVII. 36 p. 
 Illustrated. Square 16°. 365 copies. 
 
 The Dibdin Club was formed in New 
 York, in May, 1897, by half a dozen 
 persons interested in publishing biblio- 
 graphical material for which a pub- 
 lisher might not readily be found. The 
 first venture of the club was a " Descrip- 
 tive Catalogue of the Library of Charles 
 Lamb." The catalogue gives the titles 
 of the curious collection of books left 
 by Charles Lamb to his friend Edward 
 Moxon, the publisher, who was hus- 
 band of Emma Isola, the adopted 
 daughter of Lamb. After Mary Lamb's 
 death, Moxon claimed his inheritance. 
 During her long illness the books, 
 which had formed the solace and de- 
 light of her brother's life, had met 
 with neglect and ill-usage. Selecting 
 upwards of sixty volumes from the 
 
 380 
 
mass as worthy of preservation because 
 of the notes and marginalia by Lamb 
 and his friends which they contained, 
 he destroyed the remainder of the H- 
 brary. Charles Welford, then of the 
 firm of Bartlett & Welford, an intimate 
 friend of Moxon's, on learning that the 
 collection was to be sold, induced 
 Moxon to let him carry off the prize 
 to America. The books were brought 
 to this country early in 1848, and were 
 placed on exhibition in the store of 
 Bartlett & Welford at Nos. 2 and 4 
 Barclay Street, in the Astor House, 
 New York. There they were sold 
 piecemeal to the many admirers of 
 the "gentle Elia," who had come from 
 California and Oregon as well as from 
 the Eastern States, and from Labra- 
 dor and Mexico. The catalogue, with 
 notes of the marginalia, as printed by 
 The Dibdin Club, was made by Charles 
 Welford, and appeared originally in 
 The Literary World, of New York, ed- 
 
ited and published by E. A. & G. L. 
 Duyckinck. To this has been added 
 a description by George L. Duyckinck, 
 (also first printed in The Literary 
 World,) of the sale of a portion of the 
 books at the auction rooms of Cooley, 
 Keese & Hill, at 191 Broadway, corner 
 of Dey Street, New York. The names 
 of the present owners of the books, so 
 far as known, have also been supplied. 
 The booklet contains two portraits of 
 Lamb — one a reproduction of the 
 Maclise portrait as first engraved in 
 America, Philadelphia, 1835 ; the other 
 a portrait engraved by G. B. Ellis. 
 
 The club has in preparation a fac- 
 simile reprint, from type, of a " Cata- 
 logue of all the Books Printed in the 
 United States . . . Published by the 
 Booksellers in Boston . . . January, 
 1804," the first general book-trade cata- 
 logue issued in this country. Only 
 three copies of the original catalogue 
 are known to exist, of which one is in 
 
the library of the Massachusetts His- 
 torical Society, one the property of 
 James d. Barnwell, of the Library 
 Company of Philadelphia, and the 
 other (from which the reprint will be 
 made) is owned by Charles A. Mont- 
 gomery, of Brooklyn, N. Y., one of 
 the members of The Dibdin Club. 
 The reprint of the Catalogue will be 
 prefaced by an account of "Book-trade 
 Bibliography in the United States in 
 the XlXth Century," prepared by A. 
 GrrowoU. The account will include 
 biographical sketches of some of the 
 early bibliographers, and full titles of 
 the catalogues and journals that were 
 published exclusively for the use of 
 the book trade from the beginning of 
 the century to the present time. 
 
 PUBLICATION OF THE DIBDIN CLUB 
 
 (1) A Descriptive Catalogue of the library of 
 Charles Lamb New York The Dibdin 
 Club 1897. 2 -f- 17 p. 2 Portraits 
 of Charles Lamb. 16°. 100 copies. 
 
 383 
 
In bringing his work to an end, the 
 author desires his readers to keep in 
 mind the fact that the records of the 
 clubs now in existence, described in 
 the foregoing pages, do not go beyond 
 the month of June, 1897. In review- 
 ing the printed sheets many changes 
 of form and other improvements sug- 
 gest themselves, but these it is now 
 too late to make. The author can 
 only hope that, with all its shortcom- 
 ings and imperfections, his labours in 
 this field of bibliography may not 
 prove altogether unacceptable. It 
 has been with the author altogether 
 a labour of love ; but he may say with 
 Anthony a Wood, it has also been 
 one of some difficulty, " wherein what 
 toyle hath been taken, as no man 
 thinketh so no man believeth, but he 
 that hath made the triall." 
 
 384 
 
INDEX 
 
INDEX 
 
 Abbey, Edwin A., Drawings 
 for " She Stoops to Con- 
 quer," 245 
 
 Aborigines of the Northwest, 
 Terry, F. T., 364, 367 
 
 Academy of Philadelphia, 5 
 
 Actor, and other speeches, 
 Winter, W., 284, 293 
 
 Adagia, Bibliography of, 
 Philes, G. P., 148 
 
 Adams, Charles Francis, ed., 
 Antinomianism in IVTassa- 
 chusetts, 75, 85 ; Morton's 
 " New English Canaan," 
 71, 72, 83 
 
 Adams, Charlotte, Jean Gro- 
 lier, 254 
 
 Adams, John, 256, 257 
 
 Adams, Phineas [" Sylvanus 
 Per-se"], ed.. Monthly An- 
 thology, 16, 17 
 
 Address to People of Ireland, 
 Franklin, B., 194 
 
 Advertiser [Boston], 319 
 
 Advice to Officers of the Brit- 
 ish Army, 146, 150 
 
 Agathynian Club, 145-151 
 
 Agathynian Press, 145 
 
 Agricola, John, 75, 76 
 
 Airs of Palestine, Pierpont, 
 J., 26 
 
 Aitkin, Robert, 9 
 
 Albion (The), 284 
 
 Alchemy and Chemistry 
 Works, Grolier Exhibi- 
 tion Catalogue, 247 
 
 Aldus [Manutius], 228 ; show- 
 ing Grolier Bookbindings 
 [etching], 231, 238 
 
 Alexander, <S(V William, and 
 American Colonization, 
 Slafter, E. F., 65, 80 
 
 Alknomook, Music of, 281 
 
 Allan, John, 45, 47 ; Memo- 
 rial of, Duyckinck, E. A., 
 52, 94, 156 
 
 Allen, Charles Dexter, Clas- 
 sified List of Early Amer- 
 ican Book-plates, 241, 
 250 
 
 Allen, James Lane, " The 
 Choir Invisible " [John 
 Bradford], 259 
 
 Allen, Paul, and Neal, John, 
 American Revolution, 26 
 
 AUouez, Claude Jean, 366 
 
 387 
 
American Book Clubs, v, vi ; 
 beginnings of, 3 
 
 American Book-plates, Allen, 
 C. D., 241, 250 
 
 American Books and Sub- 
 jects, Ford, P. L., comp., 
 187 
 
 American Catalogue, vi 
 
 American Chronology, 162, 
 166 
 
 American Colonization, 65 
 
 American Drama, Daly, C. 
 P., 288 
 
 American Dramatic Litera- 
 ture, 197; Bibliography of, 
 McKee. T., 290 ; Portraits, 
 Arnold, J. H. V., 291 
 
 American Flag, Ode to, 
 Drake, J. R., 313 
 
 American Historical Socie- 
 ties, Bibliography of, yii 
 
 American History and Litera- 
 ture, V ; Bradford Club, 
 42-54 ; Historical Printing 
 Club, 163-199 
 
 American Independence, 
 
 Handbill advocating, Mau- 
 duit, I., 191 
 
 American Lands and Letters, 
 Mitchell, D. G., 344 
 
 American Learned and Edu- 
 cational Societies, Weeks, 
 P. B., vii 
 
 American Magazine, 6 
 
 American Magazine and His- 
 torical Chronicle, 8 
 
 American Magazine and 
 Monthly Chronicle, 9 
 
 American Magazines of 18th 
 Century, Ford, P. L., 
 187 
 
 American Philosophical So- 
 ciety, 6 
 
 American Poetry, Early, 302, 
 306, 308 
 
 American Printers, Portraits 
 of, 372 
 
 American Publishing Soci- 
 eties, vii 
 
 American Rebel Army, Navy, 
 and Finances, Arnold, B., 
 195 
 
 American Revolution, His- 
 tory of, Allen, P., and Neal, 
 J., 26 ; Seventy-Six Society, 
 28-34 ; Loyalists of, 126 ; 
 Rivingtou Club, 126-131 ; 
 Tuttle, S., 192; Wilkins, 
 L, 192; Hunt, Gaillard, 
 195, 196 
 
 American Weekly Mercury, 
 358 
 
 American Wood Engravers, 
 Grolier Exhibition, 247 
 
 Amphilogist, 23 
 
 Analectic Magazine, 21 
 
 Analectic Press Series, 161, 
 165, 166-168 
 
 Anarchiad, 13, 14 
 
 Anderson, Alexander, 46 ; 
 Collection of Engravings, 
 Burr, F. M., 163 ; Blustra- 
 tions to " Mother Goose," 
 164 
 
 Anderson, Melville B., 350, 
 355 
 
 388 
 
Andrd, John, Cow Cliace, 127, 
 130 ; Dunlap, W., 282, 287, 
 292 
 Andrews, William Loring, 
 200, 202, 206, 207, 369, 
 370 ; Journey of the Icono- 
 philes, 371, 373 
 Andres, Sir Edmund, 64, 80 
 Andros Tracts, Whitmore, 
 
 W. H., 64, 66, 79, 80 
 Anthology Club, 15, 17, 18, 19 
 Anthology of New Nether- 
 land, Duyckinck, E. A., 
 47, 52 
 Anthony Ji Wood, 384 
 Antinomianism in Massa- 
 chusetts, Adams, C. E., 75, 
 76, 85 
 Appeal Causes relating to 
 America, Ford, P. L., 187 
 Appleton, William S., ed., 
 Hutchinson Papers, 62, 78 
 Arctic Kegions, Map of, 82 
 Areopagitica, Milton, J., 238 
 Aristophanes, Bridal Song 
 
 from " The Birds," 376 
 Armour, George A., 348 
 Arnold, Benedict, American 
 Rebel Army, Navy, and Fi- 
 nances, 195 
 Arnold, J. H. V., 278, 288 ; 
 American Dramatic Por- 
 traits, 291 
 Artistic Lithography, Gro- 
 lier Exhibition Catalogue, 
 244 
 Asgill, Captain Charles, 87- 
 91 
 
 Astor Place Opera House, 284 
 Atlantic Magazine, 24 
 Avery, S. P., 231, 238, 370 
 Ayer, Edward E., 348 
 
 Baer, F. H., Collection of 
 
 Valentines, 321 
 Bailey, Francis, 9 
 Bailey, Joseph T., 357 
 Baker, William Spohn, 357 
 Balch, Thomas, Joseph Gal- 
 loway, 30 
 Balch, Thomas Willing, 357 
 Baltimore Telegraph, 25 
 Bancroft, Edgar A., 375; 
 
 Dedication Address, 376; 
 
 Moral Sentiment of the 
 
 People, 377, 379 
 Bancroft, Edward, Silas 
 
 Deane as Commissioner to 
 
 France, 194 
 Bancroft, George, 35, 45 
 Barlow, Joel, 12 ; Anarchiad, 
 
 13, 14 
 Barlow, Samuel L. M., 126 
 Barnes, Charles J., 348 
 Barnwell, James G., 383 
 Barons of the Potomack, 
 
 Conway, M. D., 239 
 Barren, Joseph, 196 
 Barrett, Lawrence, Charlotte 
 
 Cushman, 293 
 Bartlett, John, 15 
 Bartlett & Welford, Lamb's 
 
 Library, 381 
 Bartlett, John Russell, 133, 
 
 134, ed., Letters of Roger 
 
 Williams, 138, 140 
 
 389 
 
Baxter, James Phinney, ed.. 
 Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 73, 
 74, 85, 273; Memoir of 
 George Cleeve, 274, 276 ; 
 Memoir of Christopher 
 Levett, 275, 277 
 Baylies, Francis, Original of 
 
 Names, 183 
 Beadle, George C, 161 
 Beamish, North Ludlow, 82 
 BeU, Charles H., Memoir cf 
 
 John Wheelwright, 69 
 Bell, George, 226 
 Bellamie, lohn, 79 
 Berkeley, William, 198 
 Bernard, Francis, Portrait, 
 
 301, 308 
 Bewick, Thomas, 224 
 Bibliographers, Sketches of, 
 
 383 
 Bibliographies, American 
 Historical Societies, vii ; 
 Rich's (0.) catalogues 
 (Fames), 20 ; Dictionary of 
 Books relating to America 
 (Sabin), 20; 78; Biblio- 
 graphical Guide to Ameri- 
 can Literature (Triibner- 
 Moran), 20 ; Bibliotheca 
 Americana Vetustissima, 
 20; Bibliotheca Munsel- 
 liana, 52 ; New English 
 Canaan, 72 ; Great Contro- 
 versy on Episcopacy by the 
 Minister of the Standing 
 Order and the Clergy of the 
 Church of England, 1719- 
 1774, 86; Dibdin's Bibli- 
 
 390 
 
 omania, 105 ; Writings of 
 F. B. Hough (Hickcox), 
 128; Adagia of Erasmus 
 (Philes), 148, 151; Pam- 
 phlets on the Federal Con- 
 stitution, 174, 186 ; History 
 and Literature relating to 
 Adoption of the Consti- 
 tution, 186, 199 ; Jeffer- 
 son's Notes on State of 
 Virginia, 175, 198; Books 
 by Noah Webster, 180, 184 ; 
 Bibliotheca Chaunciana, 
 180, 184; Bibliotheca 
 Hamiltoniana (P. L. Ford), 
 180, 185; Aaron Burr 
 (Tompkins), 181, 196; Is- 
 sues of Press of North 
 Carolina in 18th Century 
 (Weeks), 181, 194; Edi- 
 tions of The Federalist, 
 185 ; Official Publications of 
 Continental Congress, 186 ; 
 Check-List of Bibliogra- 
 phies, Catalogues, etc., re- 
 lating to American Books, 
 187; American Magazines 
 printed in 18th Century, 
 187; Briefs in Appeal 
 Causes, 187 ; Franklin Bib- 
 liography ( P. L. Ford), 188; 
 Spurious Letters attrib- 
 uted to Washington (W. 
 C. Ford), 188; De Bury's 
 Philobiblon (West), 219, 
 236 ; Facsimile of laws and 
 acts of the General Assem- 
 bly of the Province of New 
 
York (HUdeburn),229,241 ; 
 Original Editions of Eng- 
 lish Writers from Langlaud 
 to Wither (Bierstadt), 230, 
 240 ; Raiinesque's Writ- 
 ings (Call), 264, 271; 
 American Theatrical Lit- 
 erature (McKee), 290 ; Eng- 
 lish Theatrical Literature 
 (Lowe), 290 ; Charlotte 
 Cushman, 293 ; Henry Da- 
 vid Thoreau (Jones), 134, 
 323 ; Western Exploration 
 (Campbell), 363; American 
 Book-Trade (GrowoU), 383. 
 See also Catalogues ; Ex- 
 hibitions. 
 
 Bibliomania, Dibdin, T. F., 
 105, 106 
 
 Bibliotheca Americana Ve- 
 tustissima, Harrisse, H., 20 
 
 Bibliotheca Chaunciana, 
 
 Ford, P. L., 180, 184 
 
 Bibliotheca HamUtoniana, 
 Ford, P. L., 180, 185 
 
 BickneU, W. H. M., 353 
 
 Biedma, Luys Hernandez, 
 Narratives of the career of 
 Hernando de Soto, 53 
 
 Bierstadt, Albert, Bierstadt 
 artotypes, 227 ; Ex libris 
 Rowfant Club, 324; Bier- 
 stadt process, 340 
 
 Bierstadt, Edward Hale, 230, 
 370 
 
 Bigelow, John, Life of 
 Franklin [The Junto], 
 4 ; 340, 342 
 
 Billings, Josh (pseud, for 
 Henry W. Shaw), Essa 
 onto Owls, 93 
 
 Blacque, Valentin A., 201, 
 203, 204 
 
 Bladensburg Series, 156-161 ; 
 Races, 158, 160, 166 ; Battle 
 of Bladensburg, 151 
 
 Bland, Richard, Pistole Fee, 
 195 
 
 Bliss, Elam, 24 
 
 Bloudy Tenent of Persecu- 
 tion; Bloody Tenent yet 
 more Bloody, Caldwell, S. 
 L., ed., 136, 139 
 
 Bohn, Henry G., 65 
 
 Bolton, Henry CarringtOD,247 
 
 Bond, M. S. P., 152 
 
 Book Clubs, V, vi; begin- 
 nings of, 3 
 
 Book Fellows' Club, 200-205, 
 207 
 
 Bookbinding as a Fine Art, 
 Hoe, R., 227 
 
 Bookbindings, Modern, 245 ; 
 Recent Exhibition, 247 ; 
 Commercial Exhibition, 
 249 ; Caxton Club, 354 
 
 Book-lovers and bookmak- 
 ers, Grolier Club, 213 
 
 Bookmaking, Club of Odd 
 Volumes, 300-309 
 
 Book-plates, Early American, 
 Allen, C. D., 241, 250 
 
 Book-trade Bibliography in 
 the United States in the 
 19th Century, GrowoU, A., 
 383 
 
 391 
 
Books, relating to America, 
 Rich, O., 20; Sabin, J., 
 20 ; fine, 36 ; critical study 
 of Rowfant Club, 310-325 ; 
 in limited editions, 321 ; 
 English and American, 
 321 ; issued by American 
 Book Clubs, 325; printed 
 by William Bradford, 249 ; 
 interesting through Asso- 
 ciations, 354 ; printed in 
 the United States [1804]; 
 382, 383 
 
 Boone, Daniel, 257, 258 
 
 Booth, Edwin, 287 
 
 Boss, Henry R., 152 ; Early 
 Newspapers in Illinois, 153 
 
 Boston Athenaeum, 17, 20, 21 
 
 Boston in 1775, 196 
 
 Boughton, George H., 218 
 
 Bourne, , Views of New 
 
 York, 369 
 
 Bowker, Richard Rogers, vii 
 
 Bowlend, George, 201 
 
 Bowling Green, 371,373 
 
 Bowtell, Stephen, 345 
 
 Brackenridge, Hugh Mont- 
 gomery [Hugh Henry 
 Brackenridge], 9 
 
 Bradford, Andrew, 6, 358 
 
 Bradford, Cornelia, 358 
 
 Bradford, John, 259 
 
 Bradford, WiUiam, 9, 229 ; 
 books printed by, 249, 330, 
 331, 332; Magna Charta, 
 330-332, 358. 
 
 Bradford (William) and 
 Inskeep, , 10 
 
 392 
 
 Bradford Club, x, 41-54; 
 assessment of costs, 42; 
 114, 119, 133, 162 
 
 Bradstreet, Mrs. Anne Dud- 
 ley, 342-344 ; Poems, Nor- 
 ton, C. E., 342 ; CampbeU, 
 H., 344; Tenth Muse in 
 America, 344 
 
 Bradstreet, Simeon, 343 
 
 Bradstreet Press, 93, 110, 
 145, 147 ; fire in bookbind- 
 ery, 149 
 
 Breintnal, Joseph, 5 
 
 Brevoort, J. Carson, 36, 40, 
 41,44 
 
 Bridal Songs, 376 
 
 Brief Chronicles, Winter, 
 W., 284, 292, 293 
 
 British America, Bights of, 
 Jefferson, T., 196 
 
 British Army, Advice to Offi- 
 cers of, 146, 150 ; at Wash- 
 ington, Gleig, G. A., 160 
 
 British Officers serving in 
 America, 1754-1783, Ford, 
 W. C.comp., 198-199 
 
 Brooke, Francis M., 357 
 
 Brooklyn, and the rest of 
 Long Island, 117; Notes 
 on, Furman, G., 112, 117 
 
 Brown, Charles Brockden, 14 
 
 Brown, Colonel John, tomb- 
 stone for, 48 
 
 Brown, John Carter, 134, 
 274 
 
 Brown, John Mason, Politi. 
 cal Beginnings of Ken- 
 tucky, 259, 269 
 
Bro^vn (L. L.) Paper Co., 
 220 
 
 Browne, Trank F., 153 
 
 Bruce, David Wolfe, Cata- 
 logue of his Early Printed 
 Books, 250 
 
 Brudenell, E., 74 
 
 Bruncken, Ernest, Germans 
 in Wisconsin Politics, 365, 
 368 
 
 Bryan's or Bryant's Station, 
 265 
 
 Bryant, William CuUen, 21 ; 
 Miscellanies, 25 
 
 Buckminster, Joseph Ste- 
 vens, 16, 19 
 
 Buckminsters (The), 343 
 
 Bundling, Stiles, H. R., 110, 
 111 
 
 Bunker Hill, Burk, J., 286, 
 294 
 
 Bunner, Henry C, 203 
 
 Burk, John, Bunker Hill, 
 286, 294 ; History of Vir- 
 ginia, 287 
 
 Burr, Aaron, 286 ; Biblio- 
 graphy, Tompkins, H. B., 
 181, 196 
 
 Burr, Frederick M., Alex- 
 ander Anderson, 163 
 
 Burr Brothers [printers], 163 
 
 Burrage, Henry S., ed., Hos- 
 ier's Relation of Way- 
 mouth's Voyage, 274, 276 
 
 Burrows, Charles WiUiam, 
 312 
 
 Burton, William E., Keese, 
 W. L., 285, 294 
 
 Bury, Richard de, Philobib- 
 
 lon, 3 v., 219-221, 236, 237 ; 
 
 type for, 220, 221 
 Bushuell, Charles I., ed., Mel- 
 
 vin's Journal of Expedition 
 
 to Quebec, 101-103 
 Byfield, Mary, 225 
 
 Cable, Ben T., 339 
 Cable, George W., 375 
 Cadmus Club, 374-380 ; Cad- 
 mus His Almanack, 378, 
 380 
 Caldecott, Randolph, 201 
 Calder, George, 13, 133 
 Caldwell, Samuel L., ed., 
 Bloudy Tenent of Persecu- 
 tion, 136, 139 ; Bloody Ten- 
 ent yet more Bloody, 136, 
 139 
 Caldwell, William, 266 
 Calendar of American Chro- 
 nology, 162, 166 
 Calkins, Ernest Elmo, 374 
 Call, Richard Ellsworth, 
 
 Rafinesque, 262 
 Callender, J. Tom, 121 ; Let- 
 ters to Alexander Hamil- 
 ton, 123, 124 
 Calverley, Charles, Portrait 
 
 of J. R. Lowell, 244 
 Campbell, Helen, Anne 
 Bradstreet and her time, 
 344 
 Campbell, Henry Colin, 361 ; 
 Exploration of Lake Supe- 
 rior, 362, 366 ; Pere Ren^ 
 Menard, 366, 368 
 
 393 
 
Candlestick, emblem of Row- 
 fant Club, 320 
 
 Carletou, Sir Guy, 89 ; Con- 
 dition of Indian Trade in 
 North America, 190 
 
 Carpenter, F. B., 353 
 
 Carr, Clark E., 378 
 
 Carver, Jonathan, Gregory, 
 J. G., 364, 367 
 
 Carrogis de Carmontelle, 
 Louis, 342 
 
 Case, A. B., 152 
 
 Case, Eckstein, 322 
 
 Casket (The), 286 
 
 Catalogues, English Cata^ 
 logue of Books, viii ; Oba- 
 diah Rich's Catalogues, 20; 
 Menzies' Catalogue, 52; 
 Noah Webster's Books, 179, 
 1 84 ; Original and Early 
 Editions from Langland 
 to Wither, 230, 240, 249; 
 Illuminated and Painted 
 Manuscripts, 240 ; Grolier 
 Exhibition Catalogues, 
 242-251; Books of Bibli- 
 ophiles, 242 ; Engraved 
 work of Asher B. Durand, 
 242, 250; Centenary of 
 Artistic Lithography, 244, 
 251 ; Engravings and Etch- 
 ings of Albert Diirer, 244 ; 
 Modern Bookbindings, 245; 
 Drawings by E. A. Abbey 
 for " She Stoops to Con- 
 quer," 245 ; Early Printed 
 Books, 245, 250 ; Turner's 
 Liber Studiorura, 245 ; 
 
 394 
 
 Early Printed Books Re- 
 lating to America, 246 ; 
 Etchings of Alphonse Le- 
 gros, 246 ; Japanese Col- 
 ored Prints, 246, 251 ; 
 Books and Prints illustra- 
 ting Wood-Engraving, 246 ; 
 Modern Wood-Engraving, 
 247; Illustrated BiU-Post- 
 ers, 247; Bookbindings, 
 1860-1890, 247 ; Works of 
 Alchemy and Chemistry, 
 247 ; Fan in all Ages, 247 ; 
 Engraved Portraits from 
 Chaucer to Johnson, 248 ; 
 Etchings by Ph. Zilcken, 
 248 ; Line Engravings of 
 Four Centuries, 248 ; Por- 
 traits Engraved by Wil- 
 liam Faithorne, 248 ; 
 Medals and Plaques, 248 ; 
 Books Printed by William 
 Bradford, 249 ; Editions of 
 " Complete Angler," 249 ; 
 Commercial Bookbindings, 
 249 ; Early American 
 Book-plates, 250; French 
 Authors to Close of 18th 
 Century, 251 ; Pastel Por- 
 traits of Historic Persons 
 from 1 7th and 18th Centu- 
 ries, 251 ; English Plays, 
 Masques, and Pageants, 
 254 ; The Magazine and 
 the Drama [Index], 289 ; 
 Index to Periodicals, 289 ; 
 Ex-Libris Exhibition (Cax- 
 ton Club), 354 ; Library of 
 
Charles Lamb, 380, 381 ; 
 Books Printed in the 
 United States [1804], 382, 
 383 
 Catullus, Latin Biidal Song, 
 
 377 
 Caxton Club, 348-355 ; Book 
 
 of Officers, 353, 354 
 Century Magazine, 284 
 Chamberlain, Mason, 342 
 Chamberlain, Mellen, 77 ; 
 Letters to Governor Hutch- 
 inson, 77 
 Chamberlain, N. H., Samuel 
 
 Sewall, 344 
 Chambers, Robert B., 133 
 Champlain, Samuel de, Voy- 
 ages, 69, 82 
 Champuey, J. Wells, Por- 
 traits in Pastel, Grolier 
 Exhibition Catalogue, 251 
 Channing, William BUery, 
 
 343 
 Chauncy, Charles, 180 
 Checkley (John), or, Evolu- 
 tion of Religious Tolerance, 
 Slafter, E. F., 76, 85 
 Cheever, Ezekiel, Mather, C, 
 
 307 
 Chemistry and Alchemy, 
 Grolier Exhibition Cata- 
 logue, 247 
 Cheney, John Vance, 348, 
 
 352, 355 
 Chester, John, 196 
 Chew, Beverly, 231, 370 
 Chicago Stage, Freiberger, 
 E., 291 
 
 Chiswick Press, 222-227 
 Choir Invisible, Allen, J. 
 
 L. [John Bradford], 259 
 Christening of the Owls, 
 
 Hughes, R. F., 93 
 Chronological Catalogue of 
 Works of Albert Diirer, 244 
 Cist, C, 9 
 
 City Hall, N. Y., 371, 373 
 Clark, Clarence H., 328 
 Clark or Clarke, George 
 Rogers, 262; Starkey, D. 
 B., 366, 368 
 Clarke (Robert) Co., 267 
 Cleeve, George, Baxter, J. 
 
 P., 274, 276 
 Club Publication, Curiosities 
 
 of, 156-168 
 Club (The), x ; 35-41 ; 101 , 102 
 Club of Odd Sticks, 104-106 
 Club of Odd Volumes, 300- 
 309 ; Tenth Anniversary 
 Exhibition, 309 
 Coates, Henry T., 357 
 Cochin, Charles Nicholas, 342 
 Cohen, S. Solis, 297, 298 
 Coke, Sir Edward, Com- 
 ment on Magna Charta, 
 335 
 Colburn, Jeremiah, ed.. 
 Wood's New England's 
 Prospect, 59, 62, 78, 79 
 Coleman, William, 5 
 Colonial Society of Pennsyl- 
 vania, 356-360 ; Charter, 
 Constitution, By-laws, 360 
 Colored Man's Reminiscences 
 of Madison, 160, 166 
 
 395 
 
Columbian Magazine, 9 
 Commercial Advertiser (N. 
 
 Y.), 22 
 Communion of Churches, 
 
 Eliot, J., 3 
 Complete Angler, Walton, I., 
 
 Grolier Exhibition Cata- 
 logue, 249 
 Conahan, John, 152 
 Conarroe, George M., 357 
 Conduct of Washington re- 
 specting Captain Asgill, 
 
 Humphreys, D., 87 
 Congdon, Charles, 36 
 Constitution of the United 
 
 States, Essays on, 1 74 ; 
 
 bibliography. Ford, P. L., 
 
 175 
 Contrast (The), Tyler, R., 
 
 281, 291 
 Controversy on appointment 
 
 of judges, Ford, C. H., 
 
 195 
 Conway, Moncure Daniel, 
 
 Barons of the Potomack, 
 
 239 
 Cooley, Keeae & Hill, 382 
 Cooper, Thomas Abthorpe, 
 
 Ireland, J. N., 285, 292 
 Copson, John, 358 
 Coquebert, Pelix, 287 
 Correspondence of Henry 
 
 Laurens, Moore, P., ed., 
 
 98-100 
 Cotes, Thomas, 79 
 Cotrel, Thomas, 112 
 Cotton, John, Letter and 
 
 Roger Williams' Reply, 
 
 Guild, R. A., ed., 135 ; An- 
 swer to Roger Williams, 
 Dimau, J. L., 135, 139 
 
 Cottonian Library, 333 
 
 Covert, John Cutler, 312 
 
 Cow Chace, Andr6, J., 127, 
 130 
 
 Critic (The), 25 
 
 Croakers (The), Drake, J. 
 R., and Halleck, F.-G., 
 43, 51 
 
 Cruden, John, Estates in 
 South Carolina, 191 
 
 Cruikshank, George, Gough, 
 J. B., 301, 308 
 
 Curmer's " Paul et Virginie,'' 
 224 
 
 Gushing, John Pearsons, 374 
 
 Cruise in Sloop of War, Hope, 
 Drowne, S., 165, 167 
 
 Culprit Fay, Drake, J. R., 
 313, 323 
 
 Curtis, George William, 
 Washington Irving, 238 
 
 Cushman, Charlotte, Bar- 
 rett, L., 293 ; bibliography, 
 293 ; portraits, 293 
 
 Cutter, A. E., 344, 346 
 
 Da Costa, J. Chalmers, 297, 
 298 
 
 Dallas, Alexander J., 10 
 
 Daly, Charles P., First The- 
 atre in America, 288, 294 
 
 Dana, Edmund Trowbridge, 
 16 
 
 Dana, Richard, 343 
 
 Daniel's Press, 321 
 
Danville, Ky., Political Club, 
 Speed, T., 270 
 
 Daughters of the Kevolutiou, 
 Lexington Chapter, Scott, 
 Mrs. E. S. B., 265 
 
 Davidson, John Nelson, Ne- 
 gro Slavery in Wisconsin, 
 365, 367 
 
 Davis, John, 19 
 
 Davis, William J., The Club, 
 35-41 
 
 Dawn (The), Finley, J. H., 
 376 
 
 Dawson, Henry B., xi, 120 
 
 Day, Frank Miles, 297, 298 
 
 Do Rervm Inventoribvs, Ver- 
 gil, 147, 150 
 
 Dean, John Ward, ed., Capt. 
 John Mason, the founder 
 of New Hampshire, 58, 59, 
 73, 84 
 
 Deane, Charles, 62, 79 
 
 Deane, Silas, 178; as Com- 
 missioner to France, Ban- 
 croft, E., 193, 194 
 
 Decree of Starre-Charaber 
 concerning Printing, 213, 
 233 
 
 Delphians, 25 
 
 Deunie, Joseph [Oliver Old- 
 school, pseud.], 10; editor 
 of the Portfolio, ip 
 
 Derby, George Horatio [John 
 Phcenix, pseud.], Phoenix- 
 iana, 351, 355; Squibob 
 Papers, 352, 355 ; Uniforms 
 of U. S. Army, 352, 355 
 
 De Sille, Nicasius, 48 
 
 De Vinne, Theodore L., 147, 
 202, 207, 214, 220, 227 ; 
 Historic Printing Types, 
 228, 235, 254 ; Plantin and 
 the Plantin Museum, 236 
 
 De WoUe, Fiske & Co., 344 
 
 Dial (The), 315 
 
 Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 
 Bibliomania, 105, 106 
 
 Dibdin Club, 380-383 
 
 Diman, J. Lewis, ed., John 
 Cotton's answer to Roger 
 Williams, 135, 139; 
 " George Fox Digged Out 
 of his Burrowes," 137, 139 
 
 Dobson, Austin, 317 
 
 Dodd, Mead & Co., 207, 315 
 
 Donne, John, Poems, 229, 
 243 
 
 Dove's bindery, 337 
 
 Drake, Alexander W., 207, 
 208 
 
 Drake, Joseph Rodman, Cul- 
 prit Fay, 313, 323 ; Ode to 
 American Flag, 313; Por- 
 trait, 313, and Halleck, Fitz- 
 Greene, The Croakers, 43, 
 51 
 
 Drake, Samuel G., 58 
 
 Drake, Will H., 218 
 
 Dramatic Portraits, Arnold, 
 J. H. v., 291 
 
 Drayton, William Henry, 
 View of Harbour of N. Y. 
 City, 371 
 
 Drone Club, 14-15 
 
 Drowue, Henry T., x, 165 
 
 Drowne, Solomon, Cruise in 
 
 397 
 
Sloop of War, Hope, 165, 
 167 
 
 Duane, William, 28 
 
 Dudley, Thomaa, 343 
 
 Du Maurier, George, Por- 
 trait of Frederick Locker, 
 318 
 
 Dunlap, William, 14, 279, 
 280 ; The Father, 282, 291 ; 
 Andr^, 282, 287, 292 ; por- 
 trait, 289, 295 
 
 Dunlap Society, 278-295 ; bi- 
 ennial reports, 292 
 
 Dunn, Arthur William, 374 ; 
 Social Structure of a West- 
 ern Town, 377 
 
 Dunton, John, Letters, Whit- 
 more, W. H., 63-64, 66, 
 79 ; Encyclopaedia Britau- 
 nica, 64 
 
 Duodecimos (The), 339-347 
 
 Duplessis, Joseph Siffrfede, 
 342 
 
 Du Pont, Henry A., 357 
 
 Duprat, Alphonse, 201, 202 
 
 Durand, Asher B., Catalogue 
 of Engraved Work, 242, 
 250 
 
 Diirer, Albert, Grolier Ex- 
 hibition Catalogue, 244 
 
 Durrett, Reuben T., 255; 
 Life of John Filson, 256 ; 
 State of Kentucky, 261 ; 
 Centenary of Louisville, 
 261, 270; Bryant's or 
 Bryan's Station, 265, 271 ; 
 Historic Sketch of Filson 
 Club, 266, 272 ; St. Paul's 
 
 398 
 
 Church, Louisville, Ky., 
 269 ; Centenary of Ken- 
 tucky, 270 
 
 Dutch Works on New Nether- 
 land, Knickerbocker Club, 
 125-126 
 
 Duyckinck, Evert A., Me- 
 morial of John Allan, 43, 
 45-46, 52 ; editor for Brad- 
 ford Club, 162, 164 -.—and 
 Duyckinck, G. L., eds., Lit- 
 erary World, 382 
 
 Duyckinck, G. L., Sale of 
 Lamb Library, 382 
 
 Dvorak, Music to Drake's 
 "American Flag," 313 
 
 Eames, Wilberforce, Bibliog- 
 raphy in Sabin's Diction- 
 ary [Obadiah Rich's Cata- 
 logues], 20 
 
 Early American Poetry, 302, 
 305, 308 
 
 Early Editions of English 
 Writers, Brief hand-list of, 
 249 
 
 Early magazines, 6-27 
 
 Early Newspapers in Illinois, 
 Boss, H. R., 153, 155 
 
 Early Poetry of the Prov- 
 inces, Hunnewell, J. F., 302 
 
 Early printed books, in Gro- 
 lier Club, Lawrence, R. H., 
 243 ; catalogue, 245 ; re- 
 lating to America, 246 ; 
 gift of David Wolfe Bruce, 
 250 
 
 Eastburn, James M., 21, 24 
 
Echo, U 
 
 Eddy, Augustus N., 348 
 
 Edelheim, , Kelmscott 
 
 Press publications, 328 
 Edwards, George Wharton, 
 
 221 
 Edwards, Harry, 278, 288 
 Edwardsville Spectator, 154 
 Edwin, , engraved por- 
 trait of T. A. Cooper, 
 
 285 
 EflSgies o£ Writers from 
 
 Chaucer to Johnson, 239 
 1814, New London: Petty- 
 
 paug Point, 184 
 Elegies and Epitaphs, 1677- 
 
 1717, 306, 309 
 Eliot, Jolin, Communion of 
 
 Churches, 3 
 Ellis, G. B., Portrait of Lamb, 
 
 382 
 Ellis, John Harvard, Anne 
 
 Bradstreet, 344 ; Anne 
 
 Bradstreet's poems, 346 
 Ellsworth, James W., 348 
 Elmer, Stephen, 342 
 Elwyn, A. L., 31 
 Elzevir, 217 
 Emerson, Ealph Waldo, 
 
 Jones, S. A., 315 ; paper 
 
 on Landor, 317 
 Emerson, William, 15, 17, 19 
 Emmet, Thomas Addis, 91 
 Encyclopaedia Britannica 
 
 (John Dunton), 64 
 English and American Books, 
 
 Exhibition, 321 
 EngUsh Authors, Portraits 
 
 of, Grolier Exhibition 
 
 Catalogue, 248 
 English Catalogue of Books, 
 
 viii 
 English Plays, Masques, etc., 
 
 Hand list of, 254 
 English Poets, Lectures on, 
 
 Lowell, J. R., 318,319 
 English publishing societies, 
 
 Lowndes, W. T., vii 
 English Theatrical Litera- 
 ture, Bibliography of, 
 
 Lowe, R. W., 290 
 English Writers from Lang- 
 land to Wither, Brief 
 
 hand-list, 249 
 Engravings (wood), Collec- 
 tion of, Anderson, A., 163, 
 
 167 
 Engravings (Line), Grolier 
 
 Exhibition Catalogue, 248 
 Eno, H. C, 218 
 Epithalamia, 376, 379 
 Epithalamium, Spenser, E., 
 
 377 
 Erasmus, Adagies from the 
 
 Chiliades, Taverner, R., 
 
 148, 151 
 Esling, Charles H. A., 297, 
 
 298 
 Etchers and Etchings, Ham- 
 
 erton, P. G., 353 
 Etchings of Alphonse Le- 
 
 gros, 246 ; of Ph. Zilcken, 
 
 248 
 Events in New York City, 
 
 with Illustrations from 
 
 Shakespeare, 163 
 
 399 
 
Ex Libris Eowfant Clnb, 324 ; 
 
 Caxton Club Exhibition 
 
 Catalogue, 354 
 Examination of Joseph Gal- 
 loway, Esq., Balch, T., 30, 
 
 33 
 Excelsior, Longfellow's, Hil- 
 
 Uard,F. A., 313,314,323 
 Exhibitions. See Catalogues ; 
 
 also Caxton Club, 348-355 ; 
 
 also Grolier Club, 245-251 
 
 Facsimile of Laws of General 
 Assembly for New York, 
 228, 241 
 Facsimile of Poor Richard's 
 
 Almanack, 340 
 Faithorne, William, Portrait 
 
 Catalogue, 248 
 Fallis, Sylvanus W., 152 
 Fan in all Ages, Grolier Ex- 
 hibition Catalogue, 247 
 Farmer's Library, 259 
 Farquhar, John M., 152 
 Father (The), Dunlap, W., 
 
 282, 291 
 Faust Club, 112-115 
 Federal Convention, 1787, 
 List of members. Ford, 
 W. C, 186 
 Federalist (The), List of 
 
 editions of, 181, 185 
 Fenno, John, 121 
 Field, Eugene, 339, 340 
 Field, Thomas W., 112 
 Filson Club, 225-272; His- 
 toric Sketch, Durrett, E. T., 
 265 
 
 Filson, John, 255-256, 268 ; 
 map of Kentucky, 257 ; 
 plate of Kentucky, 257 
 
 Finley, John Huston, 374; 
 the Dawn, 376 
 
 Fisheries series, 190 
 
 Fitzgerald, Desmond, 134, 
 136 
 
 Fitzgerald, Edward, tr., Eub- 
 ^iyat of Omar Khayyam, 
 215 
 
 Flameng, Franfois, Aldus 
 in Printing Establishment 
 [painting], 238 
 
 Flameng, Leopold, Aldus 
 in Printuig Establishment 
 [etching], 238 
 
 Flateyjarbok (The), 378 
 
 Foote, C. B., 370 
 
 Ford, Gordon L., 170 
 
 Ford, Paul Leicester, 170; 
 Essays on the Constitution, 
 174,186, 196; Whowasthe 
 mother of Franklin's son ? 
 178, 188; Bibliotheca 
 Chaunciaua, 180, 184; 
 Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, 
 180, 185 ; Editions of the 
 Federalist, 185; Hamilton's 
 Treasury Reports, 1 85 ; His- 
 tory and Literature of the 
 Constitution, 186; Mem- 
 bers of Federal Convention, 
 186 ; Official Publications 
 of Continental Congress, 
 186; Pamphlets on the 
 Constitution, 1 86 ; Briefs 
 in Appeal Causes, 187; 
 
 400 
 
Bibliography of American 
 Books and Subjects, 187 ; 
 Check List of American 
 Magazines, 187 ; Franklin 
 Bibliography, 1 88 ; Harris- 
 burg Convention of 1788, 
 188; Sayings of Poor Rich- 
 ard, 189; Hammerer's 
 Plan for North American 
 Indians, 190 ; Cruden's Re- 
 ports on South Carolina 
 Estates, 191 ; Importance 
 of ITort Niagara to Great 
 Britain, 191 ; Mauduit's 
 American Independence, 
 191 ; Ingram's Proceed- 
 ings of Council of War, 
 192 ; Franklin's Address to 
 People of Ireland, 194 ; 
 Bancroft's Narrative of 
 Silas Deane, 194 ; Arnold's 
 American Rebel Army, 
 Navy, and Finance, 195; 
 Josiah Tucker and his 
 Writings, 198 ; Washing- 
 ton and the Drama, 291 
 Ford, Worthington Chaun- 
 cey, 170; Hamilton's "Pub- 
 lius," 186 ; Trade of Great 
 Britain with the United 
 States, 1 87 ; Letters of 
 Joseph Jones, 187 ; Wash- 
 ington as Employer and 
 Importer of Labor, 188; 
 Spurious Letters attributed 
 to Washington, 188; Or- 
 ders issued by Major-Gen- 
 eral William Heath, 189; 
 
 Lee's reply to Silas Deane, 
 193; Letters of William 
 Lee, 193; WiDs of Wash- 
 ington and his Ances- 
 tors, 193 ; Controversy on 
 Judges on Oyer and 
 Terminer, 195; Bland's 
 " Pistole Fee," 195 ; Orders 
 issued by Major-General 
 Putnam, 197 ; Prisoners of 
 War, 1778, 197; British 
 Officers serving in Amer- 
 ica, 198, 199 ; Letters of 
 Elbridge Gerry of Massa- 
 chusetts, 199 
 
 Forster, John, 316 
 
 Fort Niagara, its Importance 
 to Great Britain, Ford, 
 P. L., erf., 191 
 
 Fowler, Robert Ludlow, 229, 
 241 
 
 Fox (George) Digged Out 
 of his Burrowes, Diman, 
 J. L., erf., 137, 139 
 
 Francis, John W., Old New 
 York, 15, 17 
 
 Franklin, Benjamin, The 
 Junto, 4, 6 ; Life of, 4 ; and 
 University of Pennsyl- 
 vania, 6 ; as a Man of Let- 
 ters, McMaster, J. B., 6 ; 
 editor General Magazine, 
 8 ; Bibliography, Ford, P. 
 L., 188; Sayings of Poor 
 Richard, Ford, P. L., 189, 
 340 ; Address to People of 
 Ireland, 194 ; fourteen por- 
 traits, 340 
 
 401 
 
Franklin Club, 101-103 
 rranklin Society, 152-155 
 Franklin, WiUiam, 178 
 Fraunces Tavern, 370, 372 
 Freiberger, Edward, Stage 
 
 in Chicago, 291 
 French, E. Davis, 369; En- 
 graving of New York Har- 
 bor, 371 
 French Authors, Engraved 
 
 Portraits, Catalogue, 250 
 Fry, WiUiam, 10 
 Furman, Gabriel, Notes on 
 
 Brooklyn, 112, 117 
 Furman Club, 115-118 
 Furness, Horace Howard, 
 327 
 
 Gaine, Hugh, Portrait, 372, 
 
 373 
 Gainsborough, Thomas, 342 
 Galesburg, 111., Dunn, A. W., 
 
 377, 379 
 Gallatin, Albert, Letter to, 
 
 190 
 GaUoway, Joseph, Balch, T., 
 
 30 
 Gallup, Albert, 207, 208 
 Gardiner, Henry, New Eng- 
 land's Vindication, 274, 
 
 276 
 Gardiner, John, 15 
 Gardiner, Robert Hallowell, 
 
 19 
 Garrett, Edmund H., 313, 
 
 318, 339, 346 
 Gaylord, W. H., 322 ; Address 
 
 of, 325 
 
 Genealogies. Gore, Christo- 
 pher, Whitman, W. H., 66, 
 67, 68, 81 ; Payne, Roger, 
 66, 67, 68, 81 ; Memorables 
 of the Montgomeries, 94, 
 95 ; Holmes, John, Patter- 
 son, D.W., 107, 109; Wat- 
 eon, John, Watson, T., 110, 
 HI; Webster, Noah, Ford, 
 P. L., 183; Washington 
 family. Ford, W. C, 198 
 
 Genealogy, U. Q. Club, 107- 
 111 
 
 General Magazine and His- 
 torical Chronicle, 6, 8 
 
 General Orders issued by 
 Major-General Putnam, 
 197 
 
 Gentleman's Magazine, 286 
 
 Geoffroy, , 45 
 
 Germans in Wisconsin Poli- 
 tics, Bruncken, E., 365-368 
 
 Gerry, Elbridge, Letters of, 
 Ford, W. C, erf., 199 
 
 Gilbert, John, 288; Winter, 
 W., 293 
 
 Gilder, Richard Watson, 
 375 
 
 Gillingham, Joseph E., 357 
 
 Girty, Simon, 266 
 
 Gleig, George Robert, Cam- 
 paign of the British Army, 
 160 
 
 Glenn, Thomas Allen, 357 
 
 Godfrey, Thomas, 5 
 
 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang v., 
 Bridal Song from Her- 
 mann and Dorothea, 377 
 
 402 
 
Gookiu, Frederick W., 353 
 
 Gopher (Ground-hog), Em- 
 blem of Rowfant Club, 
 318 
 
 Gopher Club. See Rowfant 
 Club, 310-325 
 
 Gore genealogy, Whitman, 
 W. H., 66, 67, 68, 81 
 
 Gorges (SiVPerdinando) and 
 his Province of Maine, 
 Baxter, J. P., 73, 85, 273 
 
 Gorges Society, 273-277 
 
 Goss, Elbridge H., 59 
 
 Gough, John B., Works of 
 George Cruikshank, 301 
 
 Go wans, William, 116 
 
 Grace, Robert, 5 
 
 Graham's Magazine, 286 
 
 Grangerites, New York, 45,46 
 
 Gray, Thomas, 16 
 
 Green, Samuel, 307 
 
 Greenaway, Kate, 201 
 
 Greene, Gen. Nathaniel, Ora- 
 tion on, Hillhouse, W., 185 
 
 Greenleaf, T., 286 
 
 Griffin, Appleton Prentiss 
 Clark, Bibliography of 
 American Historical Soci- 
 eties, vii 
 
 Griswold, R. W., Robert C. 
 Sands, 25 
 
 Gregory, John G., Jonathan 
 Carver, 364, 367 ; Land- 
 limitation Movement, 366, 
 368 
 
 Grasse, Comte Pranijois 
 Joseph Paul (de Grasse- 
 Tilly), Journal of Army 
 
 Officer in America, 44, 45, 
 52 ; portrait, 45 
 
 Grolier, Jean, 208 ; Adams, 
 C, 254 
 
 Grolier Club, transactions of 
 (Johu Allan), 46, 234, 242, 
 205, 206-254 ; building^ 
 209-21 1 ; membership, 211; 
 exhibition catalogues, 232- 
 254. See also above under 
 Catalogues. The Knicker- 
 bocker, 217, 218, 234, 235; 
 medallion portraits, 231- 
 232; year-books, 252-254, 
 328, 370 
 
 Grose, Capt. Francis, 146 
 
 Groseilliers, Me'dard Chouart, 
 and Radisson, Pierre Es- 
 prit, Voyages of, 362, 363 
 
 Groton Heights and New Lon- 
 don, 1781, Rogers, Z., 171 
 
 Growoll, Adolf, United States 
 Book-trade Bibliography, 
 383 
 
 Guild, Reuben Aldridge, 
 Librarian's Manual, 5 ; 
 Biographical Introduction 
 to Works of Roger Wil- 
 liams, 134, 138; Letter of 
 John Cotton and Roger 
 Williams' reply, 135, 138; 
 queries of liighest consider- 
 ation, 136, 139 
 
 Guy, Francis, Autobiog- 
 raphy, 1 1 7 
 
 Hackett, Frank W., Samuel 
 Maverick, 77 
 
 403 
 
Hale, Arthur, 297,298 
 
 Hall, Harrison, 10, 11 
 
 Hall, Henry B., Portrait of 
 John Allen, 47 ; Wash- 
 ington, 142 
 
 Hall, J. E., 10 
 
 HaUeck, Fitz-Greene, 24 ; 
 The Croakers, Drake, J. R., 
 43, 51 
 
 Halls of Justice [" The 
 Tomba"], N. Y., 371,373 
 
 Hamel, Th., 83 
 
 Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 
 Etchings and Etchers, 353, 
 354 
 
 Hamilton, Alexander, Life 
 of, Williams, J., 120, 123 ; 
 Eeynolds Pamphlet, 121 ; 
 Observations on the His- 
 tory of the United States, 
 121, 124; Letters to, Cal- 
 lender, T., 123, 124, 180; 
 Treasury reports, 185; 
 "Publius," Ford, W. C., 
 186 
 
 Hamilton Club, 119-124 
 
 Hamilton Grange, 370, 371, 
 372 
 
 Hamilton series, 123, 124 
 
 Hamiltoniad , Pasquin, A .,1 22, 
 124; Williams, J., 122, 124 
 
 Hammerer, John Daniel, 
 Civilizing the North Amer- 
 ican Indians, 1 90 
 
 Hammond, William Alex- 
 ander, 145, 147, 149 ; Ad- 
 vice to Officers of British 
 Army, 146 
 
 Hampton, Ben Bowles, 374 
 
 Happy (A) New Year: an 
 offering to "The Owls" 
 [Nonpareil Quadrat], Hol- 
 den, J. G. P., 92 
 
 Harrisburg Convention of 
 1788, 188 
 
 Harrisse, Henry, Bibliotheca 
 Americana Vetustissima, 
 20 
 
 Hartford Wits, 12 
 
 Harvard University, Phi 
 Beta Kappa Society, 1 6 
 
 Haskins, David Greene, 59 
 
 Havemeyer, W. F., 370 
 
 Haviland, John, 73 
 
 Hawks, Francis Lister, 
 Poems, 164, 167 
 
 Ha^vthorne, Nathaniel, Gro- 
 lier medallion, 231, 239 
 
 Heath, Maj.- Gen. William, 
 Orders issued by, 189 
 
 Henderson, Isaac W., 153 
 
 Hickcox, John H., Bibliogra- 
 phy of F. B. Hough's 
 Works, 128 
 
 HigG;inson, George, 348 
 
 Hildeburn, Charles R., 229, 
 357 
 
 Hillhouse, William, Oration 
 on Gen. Nathaniel Greene, 
 185 
 
 Hilliard, Frank A., Longfel- 
 low's " Excelsior," 313, 323 
 
 Historic Printing Types, De 
 Vinne, T. L., 228 
 
 Historical Magazine, Daw- 
 son, H. B., xi, 131 
 
Historical Printing Club, 169- 
 
 199 
 Hoe, Robert, Jr., 206, 207, 
 208 ; Bookbinding as a 
 Fine Art, 227, 235 
 Hoffman, Francis S., 91, 93, 
 94, 104, 107, 120, 129, 141, 
 143, 145, l49 
 Holden, E. B., 370 
 Holden, .T. G. P., A Happy 
 New Year to " The Owls," 
 93 
 Holland Club, 87-91, 95 
 Holloway, Edward Stratton, 
 
 339 
 Holmes, John, Letter of 
 Directions to his Father's 
 Birthplace, 109, 111 ; Gen- 
 ealogy, Patterson, D. W., 
 109, 111 
 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 343 
 Hopkins, Prank E., 340 
 Hopkins, Lemuel, 12 ; Anar- 
 chiad, 13 
 
 Hopwood, (engraver), 
 
 283 
 Houdon, Jean Antoine, 342 
 Hough, Franklin Benjamin, 
 43, 51, 53, 141 ; Bibliogra- 
 phy, Hickcox, J. H., 128; 
 Siege of Savannah, 130; 
 Siege of Charleston, 130 
 Huddy, Capt. Joshua, 88, 89 
 Hughes, Henry Douglas, 357 
 Hughes, R. Franklin, Chris- 
 tening of " The Owls," 93 
 Hugo, Victor, French Bri- 
 dal Song, 377 
 
 Humphreys, David, 12 ; An- 
 archiad, 13 ; Conduct of 
 Washington respecting 
 Captain Asgill, 87 
 
 HunneweU, James F., 300, 
 304, 307 ; Early Poetry of 
 the Provinces, 302 
 
 Hunt, Gaillard, Revolution- 
 ary History, 195, 196 
 
 Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, 68, 
 75 
 
 Hutchinson, Charles L., 348 
 
 Hutchinson, Pemberton S., 
 357 
 
 Hutchinson, Thomas, 57 ; 
 Books of, 57 ; Letters ; 
 Chamberlain, M,, 77 ; 
 Hutchinson Papers, 60, 61, 
 62, 77 
 
 Button, Lawrence, 278 ; 
 Opening Addresses, 283, 
 292 ; and Carey, W., Occa- 
 sional Addresses, 283, 284, 
 293 
 
 Icelandic Manuscript, Cad- 
 mus Club, 378 
 
 Iconophiles of New York, 
 369-374 ; Journey of, An- 
 drews, W. L., 371,373 
 
 Illinois Campaign. See 
 Clark, G. R. 
 
 Illinois Intelligencer, 154 
 
 Illinois movement, Parkman 
 Club, 366, 368 
 
 Illustrated Bill-Poster, Gro- 
 lier Exhibition Catalogue, 
 247 
 
 405 
 
Illzach, Eingel d', 239 
 Imbert de St. Amand, Last 
 
 Years of Louis XV., 302 ; 
 
 Women at Court of Louis 
 
 XV., 302 
 Index to Periodicals, Poole, 
 
 W. P., and Fletcher, W. I., 
 
 289 
 Ingham, John H., 297, 298 
 Ingraham, Edward D., 
 
 Seventy-Six Society, 28- 
 
 34; Papers in Relation to 
 
 Silas Deane, 33 
 Ingram, Lieut.- Col. James, 
 
 Council of War at Burke 
 
 Jail, Ga., 192 
 Ireland, Joseph Norton ; 
 
 Thomas Abthorpe Cooper, 
 
 285, 292 
 Irving, Washington, 21 ; 
 
 Knickerboclser History of 
 
 New York, 217, 218, 234, 
 
 235 ; Curtis, G. W., 238 
 Isola, Emma, 380 
 Ives, Brayton, 207, 208 
 Izard, Ralph, 178 
 
 Jackson, James, 16 
 
 Jameson, L. B., 152 
 
 Japanese Colored Prints, 
 Grolier Exhibition Cata- 
 logue, 246, 251 ; Caxton 
 Club, Exhibition Cata- 
 logue, 353, 355 
 
 Jefferson, Thomas, Notes on 
 Virginia, 175, 198; Rights 
 of British America, 196 
 
 Jenckes, Albert V., 134 
 
 Jenckes, Charles M., 221 
 Jenks, Henry P., 59 
 Jennings, Benjamin, 161 
 
 Jennings, Paul, Colored 
 Man's Reminiscences of 
 James Madison, 160, 161 
 
 Johnson, Thomas, 340, 341 
 
 Jones, Caleb, Orderly Book 
 of Maryland Loyalists' 
 Regiment, 176, 177, 193, 
 194 
 
 Jones, Charles Henry, 357 
 
 Jones, Horatio Gates, An- 
 drew Bradford, 358 
 
 Jones, Joseph, Letters ; Ford, 
 W. C, ed., 187 
 
 Jones, Samuel Arthur, comp., 
 Bibliography of Thoreau, 
 314, 323; Lander's Letter 
 to Emerson, 315 ; Lowell's 
 English Poets, 320 
 
 Jordan, John Woolf, 356 
 
 Jouaust, D., 215 
 
 Journal of Expedition to 
 Quebec, 1775, under Bene- 
 dict Arnold, Melviu, J., 
 38, 50, 101-103 
 
 Journal of the Times, 25, 26 
 
 Joutel's Journal, 349, 354 
 
 "Junius Philfenus," supposed 
 pseudonym of Alexander 
 Hamilton, 123 
 
 Junto (The), 4, 14 
 
 Keese, William L., William 
 
 E. Burton, 285, 294 
 Keimer, Samuel, 4 
 Keith, Charles P., 357 
 
Kelly, James, Learned So- 
 cieties, vi 
 KeUy, T., Portrait of Samuel 
 
 Kodiiian Drake, 313 
 Kelmscott Press, 225, 321 ; 
 publications, PhUobiblon 
 Club, 328 
 Kemble Papers, 176 
 Kent, James, l-t 
 Kentucke Gazette, 259 
 Kentucky, lii story, Filson 
 Club, 255-272; Pilson, J., 
 257 ; Pioneer Press, Perrin, 
 W. H., 258, 269 ; Political 
 Beginnings, Brown, J. M., 
 259; Daily Press, 259; 
 State of, Durrett, R. T., 
 261 ; Kentucky (kentake), 
 meadowland, 261 ; Cente- 
 nary of, Durrett, R. T., 270 
 Kidder, Frederick, 59 
 King, F. S. (engraver), 372 
 King of Clubs, x, 93-95 
 King Philip's War, Tomp- 
 
 son, B., 302 
 Kirkland, John T., 19 
 Knapp, Gilbert P., 297, 298 
 Knickerbocker Club, 125-126 
 Knickerbocker history. Rip 
 
 Van Dam Family, 91 
 Knickerbocker History of 
 New York, Irving, W., 
 217, 234, 235 
 Knickerbocker Publishing 
 
 Co., Ill 
 Koehler, S. R., comp., Cata- 
 logue of Albert Diirer 
 Etchings, 244 
 
 Kohlmetz, George W., Pub- 
 lications of Puckle's Club, 
 321 
 
 Lacy, Ernest, 297, 298 
 
 Lake Superior, Explorations 
 of Campbell, H. C, 362, 
 366 
 
 Lamb, Charles, Library of, 
 380; portraits, 382; Dib- 
 din Club, 380-383 
 
 Lamb, Mary, 380 
 
 Lampson, F. Locker-. See 
 Locker-Lampson 
 
 Land Limitation in Wiscon- 
 sin, Gregory, J. G., 366, 368 
 
 Landor, Walter Savage, 
 Letter to Emerson, 315, 
 316, 324 
 
 Lang, John, 121 
 
 Langdale, Charles, Mcin- 
 tosh, M. E., 365, 367 
 
 Langley, John, tr., Vergil's 
 " De Rervm Inventoribvs," 
 147, 150 
 
 La Salle, Robert de, 262 ; 
 Last Voyage, Joutel's Jour- 
 nal, 349, 357, 364 
 
 Laurens, Henry, Correspond- 
 ence of, 98, 100 
 
 Laurens, John, Army Cor- 
 respondence of, 49, 53 
 
 Lawrence, George Appleton, 
 374 
 
 Lawrence, Richard H., Early 
 Printed Books owned by 
 Grolier Club, 242, 370 
 
 Le Grand Sault, St. Louis, 83 
 
 407 
 
Learned Societies, Kelly, J., 
 
 vi 
 Lee, John Clarence, 375 
 Lee, William, Letters, Ford, 
 
 W. C.,ed., 177,193; Reply 
 
 to Silas Deane, 193 
 Lefferts, M. C, 370 
 Leggett, William, 25; The 
 
 Critic, 25 
 Legler, Henry E., Chevalier 
 
 H. de Tonty, 361, 363, 367 
 Legros, Alphonse, Etchings 
 
 Catalogue, 246 
 Lemperly, Paul, 312, 339, 
 
 340 
 Lenox Library, 98 
 Letter to Albert Gallatin, 
 
 Rush, R., 190 
 Levett, Christopher, Baxter, 
 
 J. P., 275 ; Voyage into 
 
 New England, 277 
 Liber Studiorum, Turner, J. 
 
 M. W. ; Catalogue, 245 
 Librarian's Manual, Guild, 
 
 R. A., 5 
 Lincoln, E., 1 6 
 Line engraring, Iconophiles, 
 
 369-374 
 Line Engravings, Grolier Ex- 
 hibition Catalogue, 248 
 Lines to Mr. Dodson (en- 
 graver), Osgood, E. S., 179, 
 
 184 
 Lippincott, Craige, 357 
 Lippencut, Captain, 89, 90 
 Literary and Scientific Soci- 
 
 ties, vi 
 Literary Anecdotes of the 
 
 Nineteenth Century, Nicoll, 
 W. R., and Wise, T., eds., 
 315 
 
 Literary Confederacy, 21-25 
 
 Literary Culture in the Ohio 
 Valley, Venable, W. H., 
 256 
 
 Literary Review, 23 
 
 Literary Societies, Printing 
 Clubs, etc., viii 
 
 Literary World, N. Y., 381 
 
 Lithography, 1796-1896, Gro- 
 lier Exhibition Catalogue, 
 244, 251 
 
 Livingston, Luther S., xi 
 
 Lloyd, David, 332 
 
 Lloyd, Howard W., 357 
 
 Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 
 London Lyrics, 201, 311 
 Rowfant Rhymes, 317, 324 
 
 Logan, Neal J., 26 
 
 London Lyrics, Locker, F., 
 201 
 
 Longfellow's "Excelsior,' 
 Billiard, F. A., 313, 323 
 
 Lossiug, Benson J., ed., Man- 
 uscript Diary of Washing- 
 ton, 39 
 
 Louis XV., Last Years of, 
 Imbert de St. Amand, 302, 
 308 
 
 Louisville, Ky,, Centenary 
 of, Durrett, R.T., 261, 270 
 
 Low (Sampson), Marston & 
 Co., viii 
 
 Lowe, Robert W., English 
 Theatrical Literature, 290 
 
 Lowell, James Russell, Gro- 
 
 408 
 
lier medallion, 231, 244; 
 
 Lectures on English 
 
 Poetry, 318, 324 
 Lowell, John, 19 
 Lowndes, William Thomas, 
 
 Bibliographer's Manual of 
 
 English Literature, viii 
 Loyalists of American Kevo- 
 
 lution, 126 
 Luders, Charles Henry, 297 
 Lase, A. P., 152 
 
 McClure, S. S., 375 
 
 Mcintosh, Montgomery E., 
 Charles Langdale, 365, 367 
 
 Mcintosh, Thomas Luke, 1 53 
 
 McKee, Thomas J., 278 ; The 
 Contrast, Tyler, Royall, 
 281 ; American Theatrical 
 Literature, 290 
 
 Jlaclise, Daniel, portrait of 
 Lamb, 382 
 
 McMaster, John Bach, Ben- 
 jamin Franklin, 6 
 
 Macmillan (The) Co., 259 
 
 Macoy, Robert, 36, 41 
 
 McSpedon & Baker, 37, 39 
 
 Madison's (James) adminis- 
 tration, 158; Colored Man's 
 Reminiscences, Jennings, 
 P., 161 
 
 Maeder, Clara Fisher, Au- 
 tobiography, 290, 295 ; Po:^ 
 trait, 295 
 
 Maeder, James Gaspaxd, Por- 
 trait, 295 
 
 Magazine and the Drama, 
 Pence, J. H., 289, 294 
 
 Magazines, Early, 6-27 
 
 Magna Charta, Philobiblon 
 Club, 329-336, 338 ; Com- 
 ment on, 335 
 
 Maine history. Gorges So- 
 ciety, 273, 277 
 
 Maize used by Wisconsin 
 Indians, Stickney, G. P., 
 366, 368 
 
 Mann, Charles N., Old 
 Philadelphia Theatres, 291 
 
 Mansfield, Howard, 246 
 
 Manuscripts, Illuminated and 
 Painted, Grolier Exhibi- 
 tion Catalogue, 240 
 
 Marquette, Jacques, 366 
 
 Martin, David, 342 
 
 Marvin, Samuel W., 207, 208 
 
 Marvin (T. R.) & Son, 66, 79, 
 80 
 
 Maryland, History of. Win- 
 der, W. H., 26 
 
 Mason, Capt. John, Founder 
 of New Hampshire, Tut- 
 tle, C. W., 73 ; Dean, J. 
 W., 84 
 
 Massachusetts Magazine, 10 
 
 Materials for History, Moore, 
 F., 97-100 
 
 Mather, Cotton, Poem and 
 Elegy, 304, 305; Three 
 Elegies, 307, 309 ; Mather 
 family, 57 
 
 Matthews, Brander, 212, 278; 
 Introduction to " Andre'," 
 282, 283, 288, 340 
 
 Matthews, William, Modern 
 Bookbinding, 228, 237 
 
Mauduit, Israel, American Marvel"], American Lands 
 
 Independence, Ford, P. L., 
 
 ed., 191 
 Maugridge, William, 5 
 MaTerick, (engraver), 
 
 282 
 Maverick, Samuel, Hackett, 
 
 F. W., 77 
 Maxwell, H., 10 
 Mead, Edward S., 207 
 Meader, John J., 134 
 Medals and Plaques, Gro- 
 
 lier Exhibition Catalogue, 
 
 248 
 Melvin, James, Journal of 
 
 the Expedition to Quebec, 
 
 37, 50, 101-103 
 Menard, Pere Rene, Camp- 
 bell, H. C, 366, 368 
 Menzies, William, 36, 43, 
 
 158 ; Collection, 165, 167 
 Mercantile Library, 284 
 Mercury (The), 358, 359 
 Meredith, Hugh, 5 
 Middilton, William, 148, 151 
 Millard, George M., 348 
 Miller, De Witt, 339 
 Miller, Edward, 15 
 Miller, Frank H., Polanders 
 
 in Wisconsin, 365, 368 
 Miller, Samuel, 15 
 Milton, John, Areopagitica, 
 
 238 
 Miscellania Furmaniani, 117 
 Miscellanies, Bryant, W. C, 
 
 Sands, R. C, Verplanck, 
 
 G. C, 25 
 
 Mitchell, Donald G. ["Ik 
 
 and Letters, 344 
 
 Mitchell, J. K., 297 
 
 MitcheU, S. Weir, 297 
 
 Modern Bookbindings, Mat- 
 thews, W., 228; Grolier 
 Exhibition Catalogue, 245 
 
 Moncornet, (engraver), 
 
 83 
 
 Montgomerie Family, Patter- 
 son, D. W., 94, 95 
 
 Montgomery, Charles A., 383 
 
 Montgomery, Thomas Harri- 
 son, 94 
 
 Montgomery, Thomas L., 329 
 
 Monthly Anthology, 16, 17 
 
 Monthly Magazine and 
 American Review, 15 
 
 Moore, Charles Leonard, 297, 
 298 
 
 Moore, Frank, ed., Materials 
 for History, 97-98; Re- 
 bellion Record, 97 
 
 Moore, George Henry, 98 
 
 Moorehead, Simpson & 
 Bond, 145 
 
 Moral Sentiment of the Peo- 
 ple, Bancroft, E. A., 377, 
 379 
 
 Moran, Benjamin, 20 
 
 Morden, Robert, Map of New 
 England, 43 
 
 Moreau, Charles C, x, 162, 
 166; and John B., The 
 Club, 35-41 ; Bradford 
 Club, 41-54 
 
 Moreau, Charles Louis, 43, 
 162, 166 
 
Moreau, John B., 37, 43, 101 ; 
 
 Americau Chronology, l(i2, 
 
 166 
 Morgan, Junius S., 370 
 Jlorrell, W., New England, 
 
 303, 304, 309 
 Morris, Effingham B., 357 
 Morris, Harrison S., 297, 
 
 326, 328 
 Morris (Roger) House, 370, 
 
 372 
 Morton (John P.) & Co., 267 
 Morton, Thomas, New Eng- 
 lish Canaan, 71,72, 83 
 Mother Goose Meloclies,Illus- 
 
 tratious to, Anderson, A., 
 
 164, 167 
 Moxon, Edward, 380, 381 
 Muniford, Thomas, Groton 
 
 Heights and New Loudon, 
 
 1781, 171 
 Munroe (bookseller), 17 
 Muusell, Joel, 46, 47, 61, 77, 
 
 128, 129, 130, 131, 160 
 Murphy, Henry Cruse, 47 ; 
 
 Anthology of New Nether- 
 lauds, 47, 52 
 Murray Hill Reservoir, N. Y. 
 
 City, 371, 373 
 My Services in the King's 
 
 Cause, Tuttle, S., 192; 
 
 Wilkins, I., 192 
 
 Names, Original of, Baylies, 
 
 F., 183 
 Narragansett Club, Founder 
 
 of, xi, 134-140 
 Narratives of the Career of 
 
 Hernando de Soto, Biedma, 
 L. H. de, 48, 53 
 
 National Academy of Design, 
 371,373 
 
 National Printer Journalist, 
 154 
 
 Neal, John ["Jehu O'Cata- 
 ract"] Logan, 26; Seventy- 
 Six, 26 ; Wandering Recol- 
 lections, 26 ; American 
 Revolution, 26 
 
 Negro Slavery in Wisconsin, 
 Davidson, J. N., 365, 367 
 
 Neologist, 23 
 
 NeviU, Samuel [" Sylvanus 
 Americanus"], 9 
 
 New American Magazine, 9 
 
 New England [poem], Mor- 
 rell, W., 303, 304, 309 
 
 New England, Map of, Mor- 
 den, R., 43 ; map, 85 
 
 New England Magazine, 1 1 
 
 New England's Crisis, 
 Tompson, B., 302 
 
 New England's Prospect, 
 Wood, W., 78 
 
 New England's Vindication, 
 Gardiner, H., 274, 276 
 
 New English Canaan, Mor- 
 ton, T., 71, 83 
 
 Newfoundland [map], 85 
 
 New France [map], 83 
 
 New Hampshire, Mason, J., 
 84 
 
 New Haven Gazette, 13, 91 
 
 New Jersey Magazine, 10 
 
 New London, Pettypaug 
 Point, 172, 184 
 
 411 
 
New Netherland, Knicker- 
 bocker Club, 125 
 
 New York City, Old, Francis, 
 J. W., 15 ; Historical So- 
 ciety, 98; Colonial Series, 
 191; historic buildings, 
 369; Iconophiles, 369-374; 
 views of, 369 
 
 New York Review, 24 
 
 New York Tribune, 284 
 
 New York Weekly Keview, 
 284 
 
 Newton, W. T., 317 
 
 Nicholson, John P., 328 
 
 NicoU, W. Robertson, and 
 Wise, Thomas, Literary 
 Anecdotes of the 19th Cen- 
 tury, 315 
 
 Nonpareil Quadrat, X. P. D., 
 92 
 
 North American Indians, 
 Hammerer, J. D., 190 
 
 Northern Invasion of 1780, 
 [F. B. Hough], 48, 53 
 
 Northwest, Explorations of, 
 Parkman Club, 362-368; 
 Aborigines of, Terry, F. T., 
 364, 367 
 
 Norton, Charles Eliot, ed., 
 Poems of John Donne, 229, 
 243 ; poems of Mrs. Anne 
 Bradstreet, 342 
 
 Nouvelle France, 83 
 
 Oakes, Urian, 304, 305, 307 
 Observations on Certain Doc- 
 uments in the " History of 
 
 the United States," Hamil- 
 ton, A., 121, 124 
 O'Cataract, Jehu [pseud, for 
 
 John Neal], 26 
 Odd Sticks, Club of, 104-106 
 Odd Volumes, Club of, 300- 
 
 309 
 " Oliver Oldschool," pseud. 
 
 for Joseph Dennie, 10 
 Opening Addresses, Hutton, 
 
 L., 283, 292 
 Operations of the French 
 
 Fleet under the Count de 
 
 Grasse, Shea, J. G., 44, 52 
 Orderly Book of Maryland 
 
 Loyalists' Regiment, 176 
 Osgood, Frances Sargent, 
 
 Lines to Dodson (engraver), 
 
 179 
 Otis, Charles Pomeroy, 82 
 Overlaying, Whittingham, 
 
 C, 223-224 
 Owls of Yonkers, 92-93, 95 
 
 Paine, George Taylor, 133, 
 137, 138 
 
 Paine, Thomas, ed., Pennsyl- 
 vania Magazine, 9 
 
 Papers concerning the Attack 
 on Hatfield and Deerfield 
 [F. B. Hough], 42, 51 
 
 Papers in Relation to the 
 Case of Silas Deane, 29, 33 
 
 Papers relating chiefly to the 
 Maryland Line, during the 
 Revolution, 32, 34 
 
 Papers relating to the Public 
 Events in Massachusetts 
 
preceding the American 
 Revolution, 31, 34 
 Parlcer, James, 9 
 Parker, John Wells, 59 
 Parkhurst, Thomas, 63 
 Parkmau Club, 361-368 
 Parsons, Theophilus, 19 
 Parsons, William, 5 
 Pasquin, Anthony [John 
 Williams], Life of Alex- 
 ander Hamilton, 120, 123; 
 Hamiltoniad, 122, 124 
 Patterson, D. Williams, 93, 
 94, 107; Montgomerie 
 Family, 94, 95 ; Holmes 
 Genealogy, 109, 111 
 Paulding, James Kirk, 21, 
 
 25, 
 Payne Genealogy, 66, 67, 81 
 Payne, Roger, 215 
 Pavson, George S., 348 
 Peabody, , Views of New- 
 York, 369 
 Peale, Charles Willson, 142, 
 
 342 
 Peg WofEngton, Reade, C, 
 
 236 
 Pegasus (The)( 296-299; 
 
 Year-Book of, 299 
 Pence, James Henry, Maga- 
 zine and the Drama, 289, 
 294 
 Penn, Shadrach, 259 
 Penn, William, 330, 332, 333, 
 
 336 
 Pennington, Henry, 28 
 Pennsylvania Magazine, 9 
 Pennsylvania Society of Cin- 
 
 cinnati to George Washing- 
 ton, 185 
 Pennypacker, Samuel W., 
 
 327, 328, 356 
 Pepper, William, 327, 328 
 Perkins, James, 21 
 Perrin, William Henry, Pio- 
 neer Press of Kentucky, 
 
 258 
 Perrot, Nicholas P., 362, 366 
 Peter, Robert and Johanna, 
 
 Transylvania University, 
 
 271 
 Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard 
 
 University, 16 
 Philadelphia, Academy of, 5 
 Philadelphia Library, 5 
 Philadelphia (Old) Theatres, 
 
 Freiberger, E., 291 
 PhilEenus, Junius, 123 
 Philes, George P., xi, 20 ; ed. 
 
 Philobiblion, 148 ; Richard 
 
 Taverner's " Proverbs of 
 
 Erasmus," 148, 149, 151 
 Philip's (King) War, Tomp- 
 
 son, B., 302 
 Phillips, Wendell, 343 
 Philobiblion (The), 148, 149, 
 
 151 
 Philobiblon, Bury, R. de, 
 
 219-221 
 Philobiblon Club, 326-338; 
 
 Portraits of Colonial Period 
 
 Exhibition, 337 
 Phcenix, John [pseud.l. See 
 
 Derby, G. H., 352 
 Phoenixiana, Derby, G. H., 
 
 351 
 
 413 
 
Pickering, W., 225 
 
 Pierce, Charles, 142, 144 
 
 Pierpont, John, Airs of Pal- 
 estine, 26 
 
 Pistole Fee, Bland, R., 195 
 
 Pitts' "Trade bill "of 1783, 
 173 
 
 Plantin (Christopher) and 
 Plantin Museum, De 
 Vinne, T. L., 236 
 
 Play-bUls, Rare, Clara Fisher 
 Maeders' Autobiography, 
 290 
 
 Plockhoy, , Kort en 
 
 Klear ontwerp, 126 
 
 Plymouth [Map], 85 
 
 Poe, Edgar Allan, 286 
 
 Poetical Epistle to George 
 Washington, 141, 143 
 
 Poetry, Early American, 
 Hunnewell, J. F., 302, 305, 
 308 
 
 Poets and Poetry of America, 
 Griswold, R. W., 25 
 
 Polanders in Wisconsin, Mil- 
 ler, F. H., 365, 368 
 
 Polar Star and Boston Ad- 
 vertiser, 287 
 
 Polyanthus Magazine, 285 
 
 Poole, William F. and Flet- 
 cher, AVilliam I., Index to 
 Periodicals, 289 
 
 Poor Richard's Almanack, 
 340 
 
 Popham's Fort [Map], 275 
 
 Port Folio, 10 
 
 Porter, Edward G., 58 
 
 Portraits, Portfolio, 10; 
 
 George Washington, 40, 
 142; Joseph Rodman 
 Drake, 43, 52, 313, 323; 
 Fitz-Greene HaUeck, 43, 
 52; Count de Grasse, 45, 
 52; John AUan, 46, 47; 
 
 52 ; Steendam, [poet], 
 
 47 ; De Soto, 48, 53 ; Colo- 
 nel John Laurens, 54; 
 Sir WiUiam Alexander, 
 65, 80; Edmund Andros, 
 80; Increase Mather, 80; 
 Christopher Gore, 8 1 ; 
 Samuel de Champlain, 82 ; 
 Sir Walter Ralegh, 84; 
 Henry Laurens, 100; Silas 
 Wood, 118; General Lin- 
 coln, 130; Henry Clinton, 
 147 ; General Burgoyne, 
 147 ; Lord Cornwallis, 147 ; 
 Alexander Anderson, 163; 
 Edmund Clarence Sted- 
 man, 205 ; Frederick 
 Locker-Lampson, 205, 324 ; 
 Whittinghams (The), 
 
 (printers), 226 ; English 
 authors, 248 ; Portraits en- 
 graved by WiUiam Fai- 
 thorne, 248 ; Portraits of 
 Women Writers, 250; His- 
 toric Persons of 17th and 
 18th Centuries, 251 ; John 
 Filson, 268 ; John Mason 
 Brown, 269; Filson Club 
 Portraits, 270, 271, 272; 
 La SaUe, 270; General 
 Clark, 270; Reuben T. 
 Durrett, 271 ; Constantino 
 
 414 
 
Samuel Eafinesqiie, 271 ; 
 George Cleeve, 276 ; Por- 
 traits published by Gorges 
 Society, 276, 277 ; Thomas 
 Abthorpe Cooper, 285, 292 ; 
 William E. Burton, 286, 
 294 ; William Diinlap, 289, 
 295 ; American Dramatic 
 Portraits, 291; Dunlap So- 
 ciety Portraits, 292-295; 
 Charlotte Cushman, 293 ; 
 John Gilbert, 293 ; Francis 
 Bernard, 301, 308; Benja- 
 min Franklin, 340, 341, 
 346 ; Portraits of Colonial 
 Period (Philobiblou Club), 
 337 ; Captain George Ho- 
 ratio Derby, 353 ; Jona- 
 than Carver, 367 ; Eleazer 
 Williams, 367 ; American 
 printers, 372 ; Hugh Gaine, 
 373; Charles Lamb, 382, 
 383 
 Post, Jr., Philip Sidney, 374 
 Posters, Grolier Exhibition 
 
 Catalogue, 247 
 Potts, Stephen, 5 
 Prange, James, 10 
 Pratt, Lee Saunders, 374 
 Preliminary List of American 
 Learned and Educational 
 Societies, Weeks, S. B., vii 
 Prentiss, George D., 259 
 Press of North Carolina, 
 
 Weeks, S. B., 181 
 Prince, Thomas, 56-57 
 Prince Society, President of, 
 xi, 55-86,273 
 
 Printer (The), Sheahan, J. 
 
 W., 153, 155 
 Printers, Franklin Society, 
 
 152-155 
 Printing, History of, Thomas, 
 
 8 ; Decree Concerning, 213 ; 
 
 Specimens of Type, 254 
 Printing Press (The), 154, 155 
 Prisoners of War, Ford, W. 
 
 C, erf., 197 
 Privately-printed books, 156 
 Pro Bono Publico, 122 
 Proceedings of Council of 
 
 War, Georgia, 192 
 Proverbs of Erasmus [Ada- 
 
 gia], Taverner, R., 148, 
 
 151 
 Publishing Societies, v-viii 
 Publishers' Weekly, OiBce, 
 
 vii 
 Puckle's Club, Rowfant Club 
 
 Exhibition, 321 
 Purdy, J. Harsen, 370 
 Putnam's (G. P) Sons, 14 
 Pyle, Howard, 218 
 
 Quequelle, Frederick, 10 
 Queries of Highest Consid- 
 eration, Guild, R. A., ed., 
 136, 139 
 Quincy, Josiah, Boston Athe- 
 naeum, 18 
 
 Radisson, Peter Esprit, Voy- 
 ages, 72, 84, 363; and 
 Groseilliers, Campbell, H. 
 C, 362 
 
 Rafinesque,Constantine Sam- 
 
 415 
 
uel, Life and Writings of, 
 Call, R. E., 262, 263, 271 
 
 Rain, Professor, 82 
 
 Ralegh (Sir Walter) and 
 his Colony in America 
 [Tarbox, I. N.], 72, 83 
 
 Ranck, George W., Bryan's 
 Station, 265 
 
 Randolph, Edward, Toppan, 
 R. N., 77 
 
 Raubicheck, , 218 
 
 Read, John, 86 
 
 Eeade, Charles, Peg WoflBng- 
 ton, 236 
 
 Reed, Sir Charles, 220 
 
 Reed, Talbot Baines, 220 
 
 Report on Trade of Great 
 Britain and United States, 
 1791, 172, 187 
 
 Revolutionary Broadsides, 
 191 ; Narratives, 192 ; Pro- 
 clamations, 192; History, 
 Hunt, G., 195 
 
 Rhode Island, Society of Cin- 
 cinnati to George Washing- 
 ton, 185 
 
 Rich, Obadiah, 19, 20 
 
 Richardson, Charles B., 42 
 
 Riggs, Luther G., ed., An- 
 archiad, 14 
 
 Riordan, Roger, 284 
 
 Rip Van Dam Family, 91, 92 
 
 Rivington, James, 127 
 
 Rivington Club, 126-131 
 
 Rivington Series, 129 
 
 Roberts Brothers, 26 
 
 Robertson, Archibald, Minia- 
 ture of Washington, 40 
 
 Rodgers, . Portrait of 
 
 Drake, 313 
 
 Rogers, Zabdiel, Groton 
 Heights and New London, 
 1781,171 
 
 Rogers & Fowle, 8 
 
 Rolliad (The), 13 
 
 Ronjat, B., 83 
 
 Rosengarten, J. G., 329, 337 
 
 Rosenthal, Max, 229; Por- 
 trait of Dunlap, 289 
 
 Rosier's Relation of Way- 
 mouth's Voyage, 274, 276 
 
 Round Table, xi 
 
 Rowfant Club, 310-325 ; Code 
 of Regulations, 312, 323, 
 324 ; Rowfant Rhymes, 
 Locker, F., 317, 324; Book 
 of Rowfant Club, 320 ; ex- 
 hibitions of books, 320, 321 ; 
 valentines, 321 ; Ex Libris, 
 324 ; Annual Address of 
 President, 325 ; Books 
 issued by American Book 
 Clubs, 325 ; Exhibition of 
 Waltoniana, 325 ; Row- 
 fant Books, 325 
 
 Rowfantia, 325 
 
 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 
 Fitzgerald, E., 215, 233 
 
 Rush, Richard, Letter to 
 Albert Gallatin, 190 
 
 Ryerson, Martin A., 348 
 
 Sabin, Joseph, 20, 78, 129 
 Sagadahoc Colony, Thayer, 
 H.O., 275,277 
 
St. John's Chapel.N. Y.,371, 
 
 373 
 St. Mark's Church, N. Y., 
 
 371,372 
 St. Paul's Chapel, N. ¥., 370, 
 
 372 ; Chancel in, 370, 372 
 St. Paul's Church, Louisville, 
 
 Ky., Durrett, K. T., 269 
 St. Tammany Magazine, 23 
 
 Salmon, (printer), 238 
 
 Sands, Robert C, Miscellar 
 
 nies, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 
 Satirico-political papers, 12 
 Sayings of Poor Richard, 
 
 189 
 
 Scaliger, , 212 
 
 Schermerhom, Frank Earle, 
 
 357 
 Scott, Mrs. Elizabeth 
 
 Slaughter Bassett Scott, 
 
 Bryan's Station, 265 
 Scribner's (Charles) Sons, 
 
 207, 344 
 ScuU, Gideon D., 84 
 Scull, Nicholas, 5 
 Searle & Rivington, viii 
 Seddon, T., 9 
 Sedgwick, Catherine Maria, 
 
 24, 25 
 Selyns, Domine, 47 
 Serials, Scientific, viii 
 Seven Young Ministers, 
 
 Mather, C, 307 
 1781, Yorktown, 172, 184 
 Seventy-Six, Neal, J., 26 
 Seventy-Six Society, 28-34 
 Sewall, Samuel, Chamber- 
 lain, N. H., 344 
 
 Shakespeare quotations, 163 
 Shakespeare Society, 337 
 Shaw, Henry W. [" Josh 
 
 BiUings,"/)S6ud.] Essa onto 
 
 Owls, 93 
 Shaw, William Smith, 16, 
 
 19 
 Shea, John Gilmary, 44 
 Sheahan, James W., 152 ; 
 
 The Printer, What he 
 
 Might be, 153 
 Shepard, Thomas, Elegy on, 
 
 305, 306 
 Sherman, Charles Pomeroy, 
 
 297, 298 
 Sherman, Frank Dempster, 
 
 297 
 Shillaber, William G., 300 
 Shippen, Edward, 357 
 
 Shirt, (designer), 283 
 
 Siege of Charleston, Hough, 
 
 F. B., 130 
 Siege of Savannah, Hough, 
 
 F. B., 130 
 Simms, William Gilmore, 
 
 49, 54 
 Simonds, William Edward, 
 
 374 
 Simpson, " Abe," 145 
 
 Sindelar, ,318 
 
 Sisson, Francis Hinckley, 374 
 Sketch of First Settlement of 
 
 Towns on Long Island, 
 
 Wood, S., 116, 118 
 Slafter, Edmund F., John 
 
 Checkley, 58, 76, 86; Sir 
 
 William Alexander and 
 
 American Colonization, 65, 
 
80 ; Voyages of the North- 
 men to America, 69, 70, 
 82 ; Voyages of Samuel 
 de Champlain, 69, 82 
 
 SmaU, WiUard S., 374 
 
 Small type publications, 127 
 
 Smith, Horace Weymess, 101 
 
 Smith, Oliver Perry, 297, 298 
 
 Smith, Jr., S. Decatur, 297, 
 298 
 
 Smith, William, 9 
 
 Societies, Publishing, v-viii ; 
 Learned, Kelly, J., vi 
 
 Society of Iconophiles of 
 New York, 369-374 
 
 Society Publications, v-viii 
 
 Songs and Ballads, Stedman, 
 E. C, 203, 297 
 
 Soto, Hernando de. Narra- 
 tives of Career, 48-53 
 
 South Carolina Estates, Re- 
 port on Management of, 
 Ford, P. L., ed., 191 
 
 South Carolina Gazette, 7 
 
 Spain and United States in 
 1790, 189 
 
 Specimens of Historical 
 Printing Types, 254 
 
 Speed, Thomas, The Wilder- 
 ness Road, 258, 268 ; Politi- 
 cal Club, Danville, Ky., 270 
 
 Spenser, Edmund, Epithala- 
 mium, 377 
 
 Spooner, Alden J., 112, 115 ; 
 Autobiography, 117, 118 
 
 Spotswood, W., 9 
 
 Sprague, Joseph, Autobiog- 
 raphy, 117 
 
 Squibob Papers, Derby, 6. 
 
 H., 352 
 Stage in Chicago, Freiberger, 
 
 E., 291 
 Stam, Jacob Frederick, 72 
 Stanton, Henry T., Bryan's 
 
 Station, 265 
 Starkey, Dan B., George 
 
 Rogers Clark, 366, 368 
 Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 
 
 Songs and Ballads, 203, 
 
 297 
 Steendam, (poet). Por- 
 trait of, 47 
 Stevens, B. F., 226 
 Stevens, Henry, ix 
 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 
 
 Poem to Frederick Locker, 
 
 318 
 Stewardson, John, 297 
 Stickney, Gardner P., Nicho- 
 las Perrot, 361, 362, 366 ; 
 
 Use of Maize by Wisconsin 
 
 Indians, 366, 368 
 Stiles, Henry Reed, x, 91, 94, 
 
 107, 112, 115; Bundling, 
 
 110, 111 
 Stone, Herbert Stuart, 339, 
 
 348 
 Stone, William L., 333 
 
 Sturt, (engraver), 80 
 
 Suppler, Henry H., 297, 298 
 
 Swords (T. & J.), 15 
 
 " Sylvanus Americanus.'' 
 
 See Nevm, S., 9 
 Sylvanus Per-se [psewrf.]. 
 
 See Adams, Phineas, 16 
 Sylvester, John, 1 5 
 
 418 
 
Talisman, 24 
 
 Tallmadge, Benjamin, Ad- 
 dress ou Death of Wash- 
 ington, 184 
 Tarbox, Increase N., «</., Sir 
 
 Walter Ralegh and his 
 
 Colony in America, 72, 83 
 Taverner, Richard, Proverbs 
 
 from Chiliades of Erasmus 
 
 [Adagia], 148, 151 
 Taylor, Douglas, 288, 290 
 Tenth Muse in America 
 
 [Bradstreet, Mrs. A. D.], 
 
 344 
 Terry, Frank T., Aborigines 
 
 of the Northwest, 364, 367 . 
 Terry, Willis E., 374 
 Thacher, Peter, 16, 19 
 Thacher, Samuel Cooper, 16 
 Thayer, Henry O., erf., Saga- 
 dahoc Colony, 275, 277 
 Theatre in America, Dimlap 
 
 Society, 278-295 ; First 
 
 Theatre in America, Daly, 
 
 C. P., 288, 294 
 Theatres, Old Philadelphia, 
 
 Mann, C. N., 291 
 Thomas, History of Printing, 
 
 8, 10, 182 
 Tliomsou, John, 326, 328 
 Thoreau, David, Bibliogra- 
 
 pliy of, 314, 323 
 Thornton, J. Wingate, 58 
 Thouron, [miniature 
 
 painter], 342 
 Thwing, Charles Burton, 
 
 374 
 Tickuor & Fields, 319 
 
 Time-Piece (The), 287 
 Todd, Charles Burr, Joel 
 
 Barlow, 14 
 Tombs (The), N. Y., 371, 
 
 373 
 Tompkins, Hamilton Bul- 
 lock, Burr Bibliography, 
 181, 196 
 Tompsou, Benjamin, 302, 303, 
 New England's Crisis, 302, 
 309 
 Tontine Insurance Policies, 
 
 363, 367 
 Tonty, Henry de, 363, 367 
 Toppan, Robert N., Edward 
 
 Randolph, 59, 77 
 Tower, , Jr., Charle- 
 magne, 357 
 Townshend, Lord, 146 
 Trade of Great Britain and 
 
 U. S., 172, 187 
 Transylvania University, 
 
 Peter, R. anrf J., 271 
 Trask, William B., 58 
 Trenchard, James, 9 
 Truax, V. B., 153 
 Trumbull, James Hammond, 
 ed., Key into the Language 
 of America, 134, 138 
 Trumbull, John, 12 ; Anar- 
 
 chiad, 13 
 Tryggvason, Olaf, 378 
 Tucker, Josiah, Ford, P. L., 
 
 198 
 Tuckerman, Joseph, 16 
 Tudor, William, Letters on 
 Eastern States, 15 ; Miscel- 
 lanies, 15, 16 
 
 419 
 
Turner, J. M. W,, Liber 
 
 Studiorum Catalogue, 245 
 Turnure, Arthur B., 207, 
 
 208 
 Tuttle, Charles Wesley, 58, 
 
 73, 84 
 Tuttle, Stephen, Services 
 
 and Losses in King's Cause, 
 
 192 
 Tyler, Moses Coit, History 
 
 of American Literature 
 
 (The Junto), 4 
 Tyler, Royall, The Contrast, 
 
 281, 291 
 Types for Bury's Philobiblon, 
 
 220-221 
 
 U. Q. Club, X, 107-111 
 Unionidai (The), 263 
 United States, history, Prince 
 Society, 55-86 ; Oracle, 
 142; and Spain in 1790, 
 189; Lake Country, Park- 
 man Club, 361 
 United States Magazine, 9 
 United States Oracle, 142 
 Universal Asylum (The), 10 
 University of Michigan, 319 
 University of Pennsylvania, 6 
 " Unknown Quantity " Club, 
 108-111 
 
 Valentines, Roivfant Club 
 
 Exhibition, 321 
 Van Dam Family, x, 91, 92 
 Venable, W. H., Literary 
 
 Culture in the Ohio Valley, 
 
 256 
 
 Vergil Polydore, De Rervm 
 luventoribvs (Langley), 
 147, 150 
 
 Verplanek, Guliau Cromme- 
 lin, 21 ; Miscellanies, 25 ; 
 Writings of Robert Sands, 
 25 
 
 Vincent, Leon H., 339 
 
 Vinland [Map], 82 
 
 Virginia, Notes on, Jeffer- 
 son, T., 175, 198; History 
 of, Burk, J., 287 
 
 Virginia Tracts, 195 
 
 Wagner, Samuel, 329, 337 
 
 WaUace, Caleb, Whitsitt, W. 
 H., 269 
 
 Walter, Arthur Maynard, 
 16 
 
 Walton, Izaak, Complete An- 
 gler, Catalogue of Early 
 Editions, 249 
 
 Waltoniana, Rowfant Club 
 Exhibition, 322, 325 
 
 Warner, Isaiah, 358 
 
 Warren, Arthur, Charles 
 Whittinghams Printers, 
 221, 243 
 
 Warren, John Collins, 16 
 
 Washington, George, Diary, 
 39, 51; "Black-letter" 
 Diary, 40; Conduct re- 
 specting Captain Asgill, 87; 
 Life and Character, 141, 
 143 ; Poetical Epistle to, 
 141, 143 ; Hymns on Death 
 of, 142, 143; Letter in 1781, 
 Yorktown, 172; Address 
 
on Death of, Tallmadge, 
 B., 184 ; Answer to Address 
 of Pennsylvania Society of 
 Cincinnati, 185; Answer to 
 Rhode Island Society of 
 Cincinnati, 185 ; As an 
 Employer and Importer of 
 Labor, 1 88 ; Spurious Let- 
 ters, 188; Washington-Du- 
 che' Letters, 190 ; WiUa of. 
 Ford, W. C, 193; Letters, 
 196; Letter to Lord Wash- 
 ington, 197 ; Farewell Ad- 
 dress, 197 ; and the Drama, 
 Ford, P. L., 291 
 
 Washington Club, 141-144 
 
 Washington Family, 198 
 
 Washingtouiana, 130 
 
 Waterman, Thomas, 59 
 
 Watkins, Tobias, 25 
 
 Watson (John), and his De- 
 scendants, Watson, T., 110, 
 111 
 
 Watson, Thomas, John Wat- 
 son and his Descendants, 
 110, 111 
 
 Watts, Harvey Maitland, 
 297, 298 
 
 Watts, John, 10 
 
 Way, W. Irving, 339, 340, 
 348 
 
 Wayland, L., 223 
 
 Waymouth's Voyage to 
 Maine, 1695,274, 276 
 
 Webb, George, 5 
 
 Webb, Samuel B., 196 
 
 Webbe, John, ed., American 
 Magazine, 6 
 
 Webster, Noah, Letter in 
 1781,Yorktown, 172; Cata- 
 logue of books, 179-184 ; 
 Genealogy, 183 
 
 Weeks, Stephen B., Prelim- 
 inary List of Learned and 
 Educational Societies, vii; 
 Press of North Carolina in 
 18th Century, 181, 194 
 
 Welford, Charles, 381 ; Cata- 
 logue of Lamb's Library, 
 381 
 
 Wells, William, 16; Wells 
 and Lilly, 1 5 
 
 Wesley, John, 63 
 
 Wesley, Samuel, 63 
 
 West, Andrew Fleming, 219 
 
 West, Benjamin, 342 
 
 West, James, 221 
 
 Wheelwright, John, His 
 Writings, 68, 69, 81 
 
 Whelpley, A. W., 340 
 
 White, Philip, 88, 89 
 
 White, R. [engraver], 80 
 
 Whitmore, William Henry, 
 Andres Tracts, 59, 61, 64, 
 79, 80 ; Dunton's Letters, 
 63, 79 ; Genealogy of Fami- 
 lies of Payne and Gore, 
 66, 67, 68, 81 ; and Apple- 
 ton, William S., Hutchin- 
 son Papers, 60, 61, 78 
 
 Whitsitt, William H., Judge 
 Caleb Wallace, 269 
 
 Whittingham, Charles, 222- 
 227 
 
 Whittingham (Charles) & 
 Co., 226 
 
Whittingham, Charles 
 
 (nephew), 224 
 Whittingham, Charlotte, 225 
 Whittingham, Elizabeth, 225 
 Whittinghams (Charles) 
 
 Printers, Warren, A., 221- 
 
 227, 243 
 Who was the Mother of 
 
 Franklin's Son '> Ford, P. 
 
 L., 178, 188 
 Widdleton, W. J., 15 
 Wight, WiUiam Ward, Elea- 
 
 zer Williams, 361, 365, 367 
 Wignell, Thomas, 281 
 Wilcox, John A. J., 301 
 Wilderness Road (The), 
 
 Speed, T., 258, 268 
 Wiley (John) & Son, vi 
 Wilkins, Isaac, Services in 
 
 the King's Cause, 192 
 Wilkins, John, 225 
 Willard, Sidney, Youth and 
 
 Manhood, 15 
 Williams, Charles, 357 
 Williams, Chauncey L., 348 
 Williams, Eleazer, Wight, 
 
 W. W., 365, 367 
 Williams, Francis Howard, 
 
 297, 298 
 Williams, Henry J., 28 
 Williams, John, Cast of 
 
 James Russell Lowell, 244 
 Williams, John [Anthony 
 
 Pasquin], Life of Alexan- 
 der Hamilton, 120, 123 ; 
 
 Hamiltoniad, 122, 124 
 Williams, Roger, Narragan- 
 
 sett Club, 132-140 ; Guild, 
 
 422 
 
 R. A., 134, 138; Letters, 
 Bartlett, J. R., 138, 140 
 
 Williamson, Captain, 146 
 
 Wilson, Francis, 339, 340 
 
 Wilson, John, Mather, C, 
 307 
 
 Wilson (John) & Son, 66, 80, 
 312 
 
 Winder, WiUiam H., History 
 of Maryland, 26 
 
 Winter, William, Brief 
 Chronicles, 284, 292, 293 ; 
 Actor and Other Speeches, 
 284, 293 ; John Gilbert, 293 
 
 Winthrop, Wait, Mather, C, 
 307 
 
 Wisconsin History, Parkman 
 Club, 362-368; Stickney, 
 G. P., 362; Davidson, J. 
 D., 365 ; Indians, Stickney, 
 G. P., 366, 368 ; Land Lim- 
 itation, Gregory, J. G., 366, 
 368 
 
 Wister, Owen, 297 
 
 Withington, Albert Lee, 312 
 
 Women of Bryant's Station, 
 Stanton, H. T., 265 
 
 Women of Court of Louis 
 XV., Imbert de St. Amand, 
 302, 308 
 
 Women Writers, Sappho to 
 George Eliot, Portraits, 
 Catalogue, 250 
 
 Wood, (painter), Por- 
 trait of T. A. Cooper, 285 
 
 Wood, Silas, Sketch of First 
 Settlement of Towns on 
 Long Island, 116, 118 
 
Wood, William, New Eng- 
 land's Prospect, 62, 78, 79 
 Wood Engraving Exhibition 
 
 Catalogue, 246, 247 
 Woodberry, M. A., 153 
 Woodbridge, John, 344 
 Wreuu, John H., 348 
 Wright, Philip Greene, 374 
 
 Young, Bennett H., Battle 
 of the Blue Licks, 265 
 
 Young's " Night Thoughts," 
 
 223 
 Youth and Manhood, Wil- 
 
 lard, S., 15 
 
 Zenger Club, 97-100, 119 
 Zieber, Eugene, 357 
 Zilcken, Ph., Grolier Etch- 
 ings Exhibition, 248 
 
 423