51.

BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN).

Thanatopsis (a Poem). Facsimile of author's (MS.) copy. 4to, original printed wrappers, unopened. N. Y.: D. Appleton & Co., 1874 FINE COPY. VERY SCARCE. Inserted is a type-written version of the Poem as published, showing changes.

52. The Bryant Celebration by the Chicago Literary Club, Nov. 3d, 1874. 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 33. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co., 1875 Contains a youthful poem by Bryant here first published. SCARCE. NOT IN FOLEY,

53. 12mo, cloth.

55.

Poems (newly revised, with additions). 3 vols.
N. Y.: D. Appleton & Co., 1875

NOT IN FOLEY.

54. The Centennial Celebration of American Independence at the Academy of Music, N. Y., July 4th, 1876 (with Ode by Bryant). 8vo, original wrappers, uncut, pp. 81. NOT IN FOLEY. N. Y.: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., 1876 To William Cullen Bryant, at Eighty Years, from his Friends and Countrymen (with Addresses by Bryant). Front. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut, pp. 64. N. Y. Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1876 56. Bryant Memorial Meeting of the Century, Nov. 12th, 1878 (with Poems by Stedman, Stoddard, and Bayard Taylor). Portrait of Bryant. 8vo, original wrappers, pp. N. Y.: Century Rooms [1878]

74.

57. Tribute to William Cullen Bryant, by Robert C. Waterston, at the Meeting of the Massachusetts Historical Society, June 13th, 1878. (Contains Bryant's last Address.) 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 54.

58.

Illust. by W. J. Linton. (slightly rubbed).

Bost. Press of John Wilson and Son, 1878 The Flood of Years. FIRST SEPARATE EDN. Square 8vo, original morocco N. Y.: Geo. P. Putnam, 1878 Bryant Memorial Meeting of the Goethe Club of New York, Oct. 30th, 1878 (also Programme and Platform Tickets, with Letters from Longfellow and Whittier). Portrait. Svo, original wrappers, pp. 56.

59.

Not in Foley.

N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1879

60. [-] Thoughts on the Religious Life. By Jos. Alden. Introduction by Bryant. FIRST EDN. 16mo, original cloth. N. Y.: G. P. Putnam, 1879 Household edn. 12mo, origN. Y.: D. Appleton & Co., 1879

61. inal cloth.

Poetical Works.

BRYANT (WILLIAM CULLEN).

The Unknown Way.

FIRST SEPARATE EDN.

62. Illusts. Square 12mo, ornamented limp boards, gilt, gilt N. Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co. [1885]

edges.

63.

Unmentioned in Sturges or Foley.

William Cullen Bryant. (A Biography.) By John Bigelow. Portrait. Portrait. 12mo, original cloth.

Bost. and N. Y.: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890 64. Poetical Works. Roselyn Edn. With Chronologies of Bryant's Life and Poems, and a Bibliography of his Writings by Henry C. Sturges, and a Memoir of his Life by R. H. Stoddard. Portrait and other illusts. Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top edge. N. Y.: D. Appleton and Co., 1903 65. A. L. S., 2 pp. 12mo, Roslyn, 1873, to George Harvey . . . you must forgive something to an old man in his eightieth year if he sometimes forgets what he would be glad to remember." "I sent you . . . a letter relating to one of your most brilliant pictures," etc.

WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING,
1818-

66. CHANNING (WILLIAM ELLERY). Poems of Sixty-five Years. Selected and edited by F. B. Sanborn. Portrait. Post 8vo, half cloth and boards, gilt tops, uncut. Phil. and Concord: James H. Bentley, 1902

One of only 285 copies issued on Stratford paper.

WALTER CHANNING,

1786-1876.

67. [CHANNING (WALTER).] New and Old. (Poems.) 12mo, original cloth, uncut.

[Bost.: John Wilson & Son], 1851 Scarce. Presentation copy from author to Barbara F. Channing. Laid in is a printed slip, dated 1858, in which the printers state that the book is now first offered for sale. As it contains some errata this was possibly intended for a sort of Preface. L. S. from F. B. Sanborn in relation to the book inserted.

LYDIA MARIA CHILD,

1802-1880.

68. CHILD (MRS.) An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans called Africans. Front. Front. 12mo, original cloth Bost. Allen & Ticknor, 1833

and label.

Presentation copy from Wm. Jay, with his auto. inscription.

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS,

1835

69. CLEMENS (S. L.) Punch, Brothers, Punch! and other Sketches. FIRST EDN. 24mo, morocco, original cloth.

N. Y.: Slote, Woodman and Co. [1878]

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS,

1824-1892.

70. CURTIS (GEO. WILLIAM).

Nile Notes of a

Howadji. Pictorial title. 12mo, original cloth (few pp.
slightly spotted).
N. Y.: Harper & Bros., 1851
First edition of the author's first book.

71. Lotus Eating. Illusts. FIRST EDN. 12mo, original cloth (somewhat spotted). N.Y.: Harper & Bros., 1852 72. The Potiphar Papers (reprinted from Putnam's Monthly). FIRST EDN. Illust. Post 8vo, original cloth. N. Y.: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1853 The Duty of the American Scholar to Polities and the Times: an Oration. Svo, original wrappers, pp. 46 (stained). N. Y. Dix, Edwards & Co., 1856 S. from the author (interesting).

73.

Laid in is an A. L. 74. Prue and I. rubbed).

75.

12mo, original cloth (somewhat N. Y.: Dix, Edwards & Co., 1856 First edition. With an interesting 3-page A. L. S. from the author laid in.

Trumps: a Novel.

FIRST EDN. Illust. by Aug.

Hoppin. Post 8vo, original cloth.

N. Y. Harper and Brothers, 1861 76. An Oration on the Annals of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations, by Rev. Francis Vinton, and a Rhyme of Rhode Island and the Times, by George Wm. Curtis. Delivered before the Sons of Rhode Island in N. Y., May 29, 1863. 4to, LARGE PAPER, original wrappers, uncut. N. Y.: Printed for the Association, 1864 77. Sixty-first Anniversary Celebration of the New England Society in the City of New York at Irving Hall, Dec. 22, 1866. 8vo, original wrappers.

78.

Comprises speech by Curtis. n. p., n. d. [N. Y. 1867]

Equal Rights for Women. A Speech by George William Curtis in the Constitutional Convention of New York at Albany, July 19, 1867. Crown 8vo, sewn.

79.

Bost. C. K. Whipple, 1869

The Reform of the Civil Service: a Report to the President, Dec. 18th, 1871. 8vo, original wrappers, Wash. Government Printing Office, 1871

pp. 47.

CURTIS (GEO. WILLIAM).

80. 71st Anniversary of the New England Society in the City of New York, Dec. 22d, 1876 (with Addresses by Curtis and S. L. Clemens). 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 116 (soiled copy). [N. Y. 1876] Educated Men. Oration 8vo, original wrappers. Albany: J. Munsell, 1878

81.

The Public Duty of at Union College, June 27, 1877.

A. N. S. of the author inserted. Addressed to E. R. Whipple. 82. 74th Anniversary Celebration of the New England Society in the City of New York at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Dec. 22d, 1879 (with Speech by Curtis, p. 38, and a Letter from Holmes). 8vo, original wrappers, pp. 114.

[N. Y. 1880] 83. Address on Civil Service Reform, delivered in Music Hall, Boston. No. 1, Vol. 1 of the Civil Service Record. Broadside (folded). Bost., May, 1881

84. tion.

Very scarce, and never republished.

Purposes of the Civil Service Reform AssociaFIRST EDNS. Crown 8vo, original wrappers. N. Y.: Civil-Service Reform Assn., I., G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. It is not generally known that Curtis was the author of this pamphlet.

85.

folder.

To the Voters of the United

Scarce. Not mentioned by Foley. others, but written by Curtis.

States. 18mo, page [N. Y. 1882] Signed by Curtis and

86. Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil-Service Reform League, Aug. 2d, 1882, with the Address by Curtis. 12mo, original wrappers, pp. 35 (last p. soiled). N. Y.: William S. Gottserger, 1882

87.

pers.

Scarce. Not in Foley.

An Address at the Unveiling of the Washington Statue. FIRST EDN. Plate of statue. 8vo, original wrapN. Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1883 The Progress of Reform, an Address. Crown 8vo, original wrappers. N. Y.: Published for the National Civil-Service Reform League, 1883.

88.

A. L. S. (2 pp. 8vo) of the author inserted.

89. Seventy-eighth Anniversary Celebration of the New England Society in the City of New York at Delmonico's, Dec. 22, 1883. (With Address by Curtis.) 8vo, original wrappers. n. p., n. d. [N. Y. 1884]

90.

Ten Years' Work in Civil Service Reform. An Address, Aug. 6, 1884. Crown 8vo, original wrappers. N. Y.: Published for the National Civil-Service Reform League, 1884.

A. L. S. (3 pp. 8vo) of the author inserted.

CURTIS (GEO. WILLIAM).

91. Wendell Phillips. A Eulogy delivered before the Municipal Authorities of Boston, April 18, 1884. FIRST EDN. 8vo, original wrappers (name on cover, and some pencil notes in margins). N. Y.: Harper & Brothers, 1884 Unveiling of the Pilgrim Statue by the New England Society in New York, June 6, 1885. With Address by Curtis. 8vo, original wrappers. n. p., n. d. [N. Y. 1885] A. L. S, (2 pp. 8vo) of Curtis inserted.

92.

93. Civil Service Reform under the Present Administration. An Address, Aug. 5, 1885. Crown 8vo, original wrappers. N. Y. Published for the National Civil-Service Reform League, 1885.

94.

1886.

A. L. S. (11⁄2 pp. 8vo) of Curtis inserted.

The Situation. An Address delivered Aug. 4th, 12mo, original wrappers, pp. 25.

N. Y.: National Civil-Service Reform League, 1886
Laid in is an A. L. S., 2 pp. 12mo, from the author.

95. Report of the Special Committee of the National Civil-Service Reform League upon the Present Condition of the Reform Movement, March 16th, 1887. 12mo, original wrappers, pp. 40.

96.

...

N. Y.: National Civil-Service Reform League, 1887
Signed by Curtis and others, but written by Curtis.

The Administration and Reform. (An Address Aug. 3, 1887, at the Annual Meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League.) Crown 8vo, origina wrappers. N. Y.: Published for the National Civil-Service Reform League, 1887.

97. The Reason and the Results of the Civil Service Reform. An Address, May 29th, 1888. 12mo, original wrappers, pp. 30.

N. Y.: National Civil-Service Reform League, 1888 98. Address prepared for the Annual Meeting of the New York Civil Service Reform Association (May 1, 1889). 12mo, original wrappers, pp. 15.

99.

(An

N. Y. Civil-Service Reform Association, 1889 The Situation and Prospects of Reform. Address. . Oct. 1, 1889, in Proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the National Service Reform League.) Crown Svo, original wrappers. N. Y.: Published for the National Civil-Service Reform League, 1889.

100

Report of the Executive Committee of the New York Civil-Service Reform Association, read at the Annual Meeting, May 7th, 1890. With Address by the President [Curtis]. 12mo, original wrappers, pp. 21.

N. Y. Civil-Service Reform Association, 1890