Show odd collections certain people who have a mania f tor or making collections do not confine their heir attention merely to articles of interest and value X M maze sender has recently published a guide for the benefit of those who wish to col cal lect elect china furniture books and relies relics of all kinds but the colome vol is chiefly interesting on account of the vast amount of information it contains in regard to celebrated collectors and their eccentricities one lady is mentioned who collect ed nothing but knitting and crochet needle sand another who has bas brought together many hund hundreds redel of corset bu basks silts some of these basks belonged to maria antoinette madame do de steel the empress josephine and queen christina of sweden one gentleman has haa avast a vast collections of buttons among which are numerous specimens bearing portraits of men and women who played leading parts parta in the french revolution another enthuse enthusiast as t pays high prices for old gloves an and I 1 ag has as thus managed to secure personal relies relics et ef all the great beauties beau liea of tho last two centuries I 1 andri and Q half A third collects wigs and considers co himself ver very fortunate in possessing one whid which has been worn by sterne and another which one graced the head of immanuel kant hant the late lord Beacons beaconsfield field had bad a fine collection of pipes of a somewhat more remunerative nature is is a mania which has recently b become popular pular in economical oar ger man many ta this b 1 ia a the collection of old and idd faded p photograph which are purchased by re finers for the sake of the silver they contain it is need leas to say that the maki making of a for tune tuna by such auch means agn would agbo bo a long and laborious pro process cesi youths con com panion I 1 |