Show I I sOI SO J RARE dARE BOOKS ARE FOUND IN THE PRIVATE LIBRARIES OF SALT LAKE JI I 1 t fi I 1 m i i r e I 4 i w a x ty i fir y yS yi ya yIl S a i Il e er v r r y y S t r 4 8 4 w ts f LIBRARY OF OP JUDGE WILLIAM H KING EINCK Circular Corner Comer Room in His Brigham Street Residence Containing More Than 2000 Volumes diversity of ot taste WHATEVER W exists tta among the cultivated people of or Salt Lake In matters matte of ot art there is Ss a universal love Jove of o books that results resua la In the collection of ot many fins fine libraries On the walls walts of or ofa ora ofa a room devoted to Ills Ms quieter moods mood mooda a Salt Lake booklover has baa inscribed the following bit of verse e W Who ho hath bath a book hath hats but to read rend And he shall Hall be a king indeed Hi H kingdom is his inglenook All AU this is his who hath bath a book This happily expresses the love of ot the student for his books boks his dear I books that mean heirlooms and money sacrifices and hours of ot search for tor burled treasures A few only of or the delightful II lI lIbraries of or the tho city can bo be described do In a single article That of ot Bishop F S Spalding has hM treasures fl and In Interesting features that mako make it an enticing place to visit At tho the Epis Episcopal copal residence East BaA First South street there IK is tho the bishops private library Of or 2000 catalogued volumes and the Episcopal diocesan library of or 2000 oeo more This last 1 is stored in a cottage In to the tho rear of or the tho jot ot h his is lIS used as a study It consists In large part of ot the legacy of or Bishop Leonard onard and and each of ot tho the books bear this inscription on tho the book plate Bequest of or Ablo Leonard S T D bishop of ot Salt Satt Lake to the diocesan library It contains many modern modem theological books and works of or reference A recent gift girt of great value to this library is a n copy of or the rare Breeches Br ech Bible Dible made last yearby year by Dr Walpole who has Just lust been ordained bishop of or Edinburgh This name namo of or Breeches Bre Bible is given to the Bible first printed in fit Geneva by Rowland Hall In 1560 liSO The Tho title come comes from the peculiar rendering of Genesis ill III 7 And the eyes of them both were opened and they the knew that they were naked and they sowed sewed fig leaves together and made themselves breeches This Bible of or which there are very few in existence Is printed In Old English black letter I First Parish Register Another article of interest is Sa tho the first volume of or the parish register of ot St SC Marks cathedral beginning May n 1867 It contains a n record of or the births deaths marriages baptisms confirmations and a list of or the com communicants communicants According to the tho register the tho first baptism June Juno 23 3 1867 in Independence hall was that of or Cath Catherine erine Carr Miles Infant with the Rev George W V Footo Foote and Bishop Tuttle officiating The Tho first couple married I in the Uie parish was wan Samuel Woodward Woodwerd and Mattio Mattie Spencer at the home of oi Mrs Ml O 0 Spencer June 24 1867 The I first funeral was WM that of or James G Rogers There is also a IL scrapbook with newspaper er clippings referring to the history of ot the Salt Lake Associate Asso Associate Mission opened May Ma 1867 Among Amon them are arc items from the Salt Lake Dally Daily Dall Telegraph Bishop Spaldings personal book bookplate bookplate bookplate plate contains the Scriptural quota quotation quotation tion Uon Prove all an things hold fast that which Is good An autograph volume by which ho sets jots great grent store Is II a II copy of or By tho the Fireside by Charles Wagner author of ot The Simple Life Lifo Dr Wagner wrote the follow following followIng ing Inscription in presenting the book to Bishop Spalding To Franklin Spencer Spalding In remembrance of or my staying In his home homo on the day he was called caned bishop C Wagner October r 19 1906 An Interesting old work in this col collection collection collection lection ic is Opera Omnia a sacred ge geography geography geography and history of ot tho the world published in Holland in 1642 The text Is printed in Latin LaUn Greek He Hebrew Hebrew Hebrew brew and Syriac characters and is remarkably readable The wood cut illustrations together with the excel excellent excellent excellent lent type show that th the printers printer art today is I hardly in advance of that of ot that early period A curiosity is entitled A Collection of or Cases and Other Discourses Lately Written to Recover Dissenters to the Communion of the Church of ot England by b Some Somo Divines of ot tho the City of ot Lon London London London don This Thill was published in Lon London London London don in 1865 Of a more general character Is Le the library of or Judge William Henry Henl King It Is carefully selected and shows the scholarly tastes of the owner It In Includes Includes Includes three editions of or Shakespeare a de luxo edition of or works complete editions of ot John Flake Fiske Dar Darwin Darwin Darwin win Huxley Spencer Spen r Tyndall and Haeckel and a de edition of or Car 5 y X r to toh f j jt h t t r w wU U a r fit V s 4 vI 6 4 5 l LIBRARY OP OF BISHOP Ol P F S SPALDING At the tho Episcopal Residence 44 East First South Sonth Street Bishop Spalding Spaldings Private Library Contains About 2000 Books and the tho Diocesan Library as Many Moro lyle lyla In parchment binding and Jap Japanese Japanese ap anese paper Greatest American Ani Writer Judge King Allen Poo Poe the tho greatest American writer and has his complete works He Re also has hils fine editions of Aeschylus Goethe Schiller Schmal Dante Stilton Milton and a rare volume vol volume volume ume of or Tassos Tas os Jerusalem Delivered ered The room used as the library Is the tho circular corner room of or his Brigham street residence which is charmingly lighted and decorated It does do not however hold the entire col collection collection lection of or more than 2000 volumes many of or which are stored d upstairs The finest collection of OC Utah books Is that owned by E IL Peirce which is practically complete It includes i more mor than 1200 works all nil that has been written on both sides s of or the ques question question question tion both Mormon and Many lUnny of or the books bools pertain p to the Ule early earls history of the church and the Ul history from Crom the beginning until now is III com om complete omI I plate This library H tt f carefully cata catalogued catalogued I and with works of or more gen oral eral r l character totals 2009 volumes At Rowland Hall where there ar are are fully 0 volumes some same rare edi editions editions editions are found which came eam with the tho original bequest b A Abrass brass tablet abr abt e ethe ethe the door of the sears bears a the in inscription Inscription Virginia Rowland Howland Kirby irby Library In m AD A D IS 1883 83 A complete s set Nt t of Harpers Harper t nUi ix from the thC first rl t volume In June Jure 18 j i one of ot the rate rare rAl s of or this eo rol O n hare bore art arc sUd a id to be bf oW complete sets in ri e The fro fre d on Vast Six Su I Some Som om Rare Books kS Ere Hr m Found in the Private s o of f Salt Cake Eake ak City Cf from Page Pace l Je One On TV w rim j If ri the hP f first volume 1 I is of or Interest 1 readers of f Harpers today teda It says ese Harpers New Monthly Magazine of or v Yi u 11 h i this is the number will willbo I bo 14 every month at the rats rata ra I of dollars annum Each number will contain as groat t an amount and variety of reading and at least as all many manT pictorial illustrations and will be published In the same gen gon general on eral ral style tle as the present The Illus I are woodcut fashion plates platos in the tho back of or tho the number and the reading matter follows follow the general genera lines of or today Another treasure of ot this collection is a full Cull sot set of or Homer Hom r In the Pope translation published In 1812 1st by b Wil William 11 liam ham Durell It i is in sixteen volumes and illustrated SlIu with stool steel engravings I Twelve little volumes form a full run set net loC of Scotts novels published In 1819 by b James Co A complete i set lIet of or Goldsmith In eight volumes II il illustrated with steel engravings was waa wasI I published In 1827 by H I Philadelphia I Six Rare flare Volumes 01 11 DIe Six Sip of or tho the Orlando I translated from tho the Italian of or Ludo Ludovice vice I eo with noto by John Hoole is a rare edition of or 1816 from the press of Henry Hudson Philadel Philadelphia phiL phia An old French work ork in sixteen volumes Is 18 the Dl cou sur LUls by A gen gun genuine genuine curiosity Is The lo by b Boz Doz dated 1841 ISH the tho work now called caned Tho The Pickwick Papers Paper and published under tho the name of Charles I Dickens I In addition to these rare editions the general library of ot Rowland Hall contains excellent reference works In Including Including OO French and German works work The Tire library room is 18 a charm harm charmIng charming harmIng Ing one on the right of or the entrance to tho the main building it contains the greater part 1 of or tho the collection Eastbourne C Lamson First FirstI I I avenue has hns a collection of oC more than 1000 volumes including I j complete sets seL of or the standard authors a thors II and other books of or scientific and lit literary literal mry eral value alue W v R fl Hutchinson has I about 2000 books In a general library containing th lh works of or the poets and other English writers Dr G B D Pouts Foul has a fine private library tho the larger number of or his books being kept kepton k pt on shelves helves In the largo large living room of or I his home Others in the city who Vho col collect collect lect rare and fine editions are Dr Charles CharlesO O 0 Plummer Plummet Joseph Joeph E Caine CaIno and D A Callahan The Salt SaIl Lake public library has volumes according to the last report with a membership of or 22 card holders There Is an aver average a average r rage age daily dally loan lonn of or 1 books and the tho average number of or daily dally visitors Is In the thc library of or the University of oC Utah there are arc now bound volumes It Is la mainly a reference II li library III carefully managed in tho the In Interest interest 1 I terest of the thc students 1 These are arc a few tew of or the Interesting I i libraries of or the tho city ity There are arc booklovers book booklovers I lovers and fanciers whose comparatively comparatively small income is stretched al 01 almost almost most mort beyond capacity to accommodate I tho the taste for rOT rare books but the tho delight the tho owners take tako In their possession pOI ston more than compensates for Cor sacrifices made to obtain them |