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Show Mrs. Urice's Hobby is Hooks. Hew York Snn. Mrs. Calvin Brice is not only an accomplished accom-plished lady, but a scholar and a good judge of books. She has books within reach all the, time, no matter where she is old stand-bys stand-bys that never get old. She has also a biblia-polist's biblia-polist's love for early editions and line bindings, bind-ings, and some of the rare volumes are mogt "beautiful. A set of the Lakeside pocts,bound in calf, embellished with inlaid work in selected se-lected leather,with fly leaves of fine brocade, was one of the most attractive loans at the last Grolier club. Other standard works in covers of irory, wood, pearl, vellum, leather and cloth, variously and quaintly decorated, represent the lost arts of the bookbinder. Mrs. Brice delights to pick up old publications publica-tions and rebind them in small volumes. Some idea of the price set upon these prize books may be inferred froui the fact that they are put in the safe in the Fifth avenue house every night along w ith the other valu- ables. |