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Show H f ' President of the Hobby Club jl. 1 , , ' illivStgBBT Pm' by vSbr I I ASTROLABES. y-I M ', SKtfPraS.wSR Moore trf r-n t,v m r I k3 3?&l ,AS P T'O astrolabes, which are B JL HB flP?fi?i" ntf&vHI t(QV ' ' uk very Inntr shrine ol Mr ' Jp Bfl 4fiP&V 41 IbSft V Hoffman' collection. He j4z3s BSI IKmVP'"c '& vlS iUl. ha presented them to thc His- p mAffi BV HfiUSi t ' ' 'V-1 lorlcal Society, or which he is V. aSeHS'(' I 8 r ' JpH B (CnpjrUrht, 1012, hr Ujo N ir YorU Herald Co. All 5 ' IT ' ffis?! .Niy Vg?&. t KR T K when It hurst upon !T yjjrPKgi r fH Lfwf JlfraI'1-- ii p to i; if T jilfe BB fiSvliP&Cn tho minute word In this , !8S8t -'iSSS2-r fiS!v ( & P to tho minute ago of ' SliF ' S ORIGINAL SKETCH OF H ciubs-thc iiohbj- Club ; 'igM lf ) W. M. THACKERAY, BY H Because people with hobbici Imve nl- ? 4&VSK ''"W ?ift ' ' SAMUEL LOVER M ways bcen-unusual'- Perhaps! Queer'' "' -f$$f 1 llf? '. MR. PHOENIX INGRAHAM'S H Possibly! It is difficult to explain The '''$$L ' "$ffif ' TREASURE L ' man with the hobby is lihe the man with mW JFfiV V tHE speeiallzaiion required,- wy, ) ' '&r rfyA'Sgifw i-yElr JStJgy ' ' ' Pnocn,x Ingraham, gives H the hoe he has ahvjjs been sr.specteJ. f nK'S rlr - tne man with a hobby not only a grasp H ' od, unhohbyized humanity Z" l w V-iOTSSfeSwSs f. one 3UJt. but a broader culture Ht , . , , U'flIwi?&ilW! My own hobby 13 the collection of first thmka liiui hunlly respectable It rajl!e ? ? Jjp tjj, SPM V?. $& edlUon3 notably of Thackeray and Hh rules for him, of which the first is that f'i' ' $&&' '$!&$$fyffl Stevenson. The sketch above is a re. H , ,. , if i 'ttivSJVv 2"airW"ta production of an original drawing in H hc mustn t talk about It before company. r ' .tcvV if xPAffl-'$3& mV possession by Samuel Lover of j The 111:111 with the hobb t.ore this fbr I -.-"' '$& 2A JMny'-f Thackeray T""..1,Mhi story! Hj flBl v ,-HiToaiEs. & WKk&j "-- H' ) v ' -J ft,'u"'7',T','v,-,t-T' SP OF THE I ' Lm& Kmg C HA RLESW Dogs. H . FIRST FOLIO OF SHAKESPEARE B 1 MR- DARWIN P KINGSLEY. president of the New York Lite B 1V1 Insurance Company, delights in insurance and Shahespertana, H Shakespenana being his hobby He owns the first folio of Shakes- j i' peare pictured above First folios; he explains, are uorth anything H from S5.000 to Sso.ooo Mr Kingsley has been sixteen years quail- Hj ymg for tne Hobby Club. He unearthed his folio illustrated above H it Quantcb's London, in 1895. H ; LADY PETRE, BY GAINSBOROUGH. H TVJR. HENRY E -HUNTINGTON, ranking-perhaps next to Mi H - ; Morgan in the magnitude of hU collections-,. modestly disclaim H ,T"' distinction it a collector 'Of courvc I have an interest in books H and pictures," said he. "more particularly, pertiapn, in books. But 1 cay chiefest treasure? Each collector's greatest treasure is his lis Hj , treasure, whether it cost fifty cents or S50.000." So it is that his H newly acquired Gainsborough has its place as Mr. Huntington's 1 particular gem.' ' IH centuries. He moiled and spent money aud pursued intcresrHaf, invcstigatious qnd talked in -whispers aToutit alL Even . capt.iins of industry (who are confirmed" H hpbby liunten) looked apologetic when H ' tbey mentioned that which humanied H them and almost justified tho high prices H . of things to eat. This was the acute H ' , Thcn,came reform; then arose a prophet H ' tcho discovered a truth, "Why ehould H , r-'o .shrink and congeal the gencrotib juices H . of our knowledge?" aslted he in effect-. H "It isn't the man1 with the hobby who's H , uninteresting; it'fi likcb to bo the other H (- fellow. Uliy should tho hobbyist be H ibbamod? Why- shouldn't he hold up- hia Written by Helhtropolts t Secretary ro the IJ I 4, Emperor or the Moon. i' 1 I Off DON 4 Primed in the Year 2704, TITLE PAGE OF DEFOE DROrESSOR WILLIAM P TRENT'S hobby Is Defoe His book upon Defoe Is the most complete and accurate one written A title page from the 'gem" of his collection is printed above, and is particularly valuable from the fact of the practical impossibility of any one knowing whether the work may be attributed to Defoe or not. From such delightful rfoulus your collector extracts the subtlest charms of existence Professor Trent learned first of his treasured volume in some old list. "If there be another" he was informed, "it will probably prob-ably be in some library in the moon." Later. In one triumphant trium-phant moment, he pounced upon his own copy for uhlcli he paid a thrillingly small sum The tecond copy in cxistcncel CUSTER'S INVOLUNTARY RI yjR WILLIAM M SCHNITZER who o.iginated the idea sciin the book hobby largely dovcl6oed and also a hobb owns the original draw iri of James G Taylor with onginjl SJ-cndjn s cainpjign hi the blicnjndoah t head? Why shouldn't he hpeak the wonlj wlfioh nro In h hcirt and 11 ml syin-jiathe'tic syin-jiathe'tic listeuero? Why bhouldt he foiui a club aud go the limit''" This intelligent intoriogiitirc person was Mr William M. Sclinltzer, broker and book collector a hobbyist and proud of it. rso sooner snid than done. It was tile easiest thing in the world to tind other hobbyists the downtrodden are numer Oils, ' He met Judge Victor J. Dowling arid Mr. John C. Toralitiiton, Sr.T and"' tlTerc ' was nothing to it, as ono sayai V Both genllcmcn hud felt that way tWirisclVcs. "A chop,'' said they ''q biteto-cat.and un oinortunit' to talk about our hobbicu ' a Uobby Club, in fact the very thing!" So the good tord whs spread iiiul enter, with sonic resplendence, the' Hobby Club, potacssor of an initintory roll of twenty-five, but willing to grow; n club which ini-cts once a month to tltHiiiilato food and to discuss hobbie.; a club of, millionnuircs and of ordinary citi7eiiK. "The idea," suid Mr. Schnltzcr, Us Originative genius, "wis one of thote 6iniple, logical things vibich, through some iicCTdeiit, hadn'l occurred to somebody some-body before. A Hobby Clubl Could an-thing an-thing bo more obvious? A club iu which enthusiastic people can meet And discuss the interests that have made them en-tbubia.stie? en-tbubia.stie? -"It hns always been auppved," continued con-tinued Mr Schnitzcr, "that a mnn with a Mio'bby is a man with a eupadtj to bore others. The fact is the man with the hobby is the most interesting man on BBBiSSK5BppBWHBB&y'r Fwmo il'l ""tRtI11"1 0r 5hepherd'sA " ' Mar w '?!'' M - , v-i- . w',lk? "'V - fa kS rrr sa In wlr Er :& . A SaBaLtiJ :jUAufi- j-x35.w PRINT OF OLD NEW j P you can persuade Mr John D Crimrruns. bibhophi le. Knight Coi appointment of Pope Leo XIII, in. 190, director in many fir early prints of old New York.you are sure to be entertained. For Mr Knickerbocker's intimate early history than is any one else living He than fifty years. In his house is a large room filled with early rare bool has many rare historical works relating to the Irish clans and to the C Gaelic Mi Cnmmins selected the prlai above as the most interesting DE. , ol the Hpbhy Club pos-y pos-y (or civjl ivai relics He nunuicrlpi description of earth At onco the most enthusiastic man. and the bjtst informed. He hn o wealth of curiouk aud special information which leads tonll juices of humnu in-tercsL in-tercsL To be juninterested in all such is to admit tho you are an intellectual negation; that you nro mentally buck in tho protoplasm utage " "If you pos.scss a hobby for books, by pui suing it oAcomc to know the craft of bookbinding' You might almost bind a book your3elfaftcr a while. You become be-come familiar ifith the work of great illustrators il-lustrators and 'ptrbups learn more about art than nunyotudcut in nn iirt school. If you know coins you know more effective effec-tive history than that which jou learn at school. You'rfetter understand the evolution evo-lution of foraijn orr. You learn where the Kenans got their gold and lhCr, iind of Ihe methods of their production. If you talk with some collector of sun g$ffi' KARA ARIIHMtTKA . ! f I ,&&& ' AV( . 1 6QO"7.X I &. jiA f,i6i6t2X4o6o SIS Jri - 5d54gl9-?g6-7g4. '' SAW fixpfffofiur J I V5tr!SIis?e,!: ' h?1' piwonunjoidoh.XbrffliTri4i6on3r9 , VWtfeSRS ' ffl3i5.iJLt,a,,frfdu903SPU 11 VllS v-vS lHrf40oo.eTw!TannoiIuwn4o.:e. , j c '4 j V-tJii liquafif(mptmcuartornotnuep).icD-q" I h , ' -' ,-wyT .fVl ra;onrcqnfllcltanofcflyramcntrbrTir, s j .'' . r:t iLuotr.crcniamkjbaofMiMftreqoakbc i J -, ; , d ;-iouflr?piuf.'gurarrutcpoUirtrb j!x-ivVfolin(doctebaiin(rorrfleTrrapcpJ5 j itilS, Vrl undf per quelle cpfrtealireMronrpirtwtesW L . - t G-1' J I"16 w tlUO na,nfro V'W P410 uurn S yoX ' r' " ' 1'i'uj hkig iliv rvfiso AKrmMFTK:. Mtrjwrso mvltificatWi,' lW)--7 , ' k S1 i asu tiic utxrv ori oy wvniox J f V' ??'-' FST ARITHMETIC EVER PRINTED r ' J ,1 ir ' jCti '" ''&'- JWIR. GEORGE A. PLIMPTON'S hobby takes" the ( L V '' ' j-y " i ' form of works on calculation, and in this field i &ffiy ' ' '' ' L ' i his collection is the most complete ever gathered. Dc f jtejf,-, v', """ "" " .,r, XSi Morgan" was able to examine in the British Museum j Jf" . l'$tl "'"'V n'M' and elsewhere fewer than too arithmetics before 1601. "A' ili at'r fJ-l including all editions. Mr Plimpton has more than ,: ,, limJ WKftW ?00' ofaIlthearltnraetlcs known to have been printed 4 , , JjJU VT' 4j fca in the sixteenth century and to have reached two or ,. '.' ' ' 5. .1 pU' more editions, Mr. Plimpton's library lacks fewer tiwn ( ff. . C8H)Ij"'K!,tn twenty-five. The first Latin transition of Eutlld in i ?.''"'' T "rUf'7 Ulttr manuscript was presented to Pope Urban IV (uGi- , Kg 3f iA--" '' 8UllI)-.Lf., la64)- This Mr Plimpton possesses. He owns the ,' .2. pi L I J largest collection of horn books in the world those H '2-. ' iXJtttfr Rjf '- Ki books first put into the possession of children in the in- H 'JLTfiir1' nnVrTTTlflBfr Sr Pf U fancy of readinS- Thc British Museum contains three. ffUpto1" m ?9 M c'UHRs & i M Mr J' PicrPnt Morgan owns one. Mr Pl.moton con'- ; BSnftS?l?te " ' miflfli M' m esses to tw-entyl The largest collection of A B C M WlsiSWi """""W. -. g3. books and Primers in the world ts another of.hu pos- '. M f IiJWCa'MlTSyS fc"1on". One df these books goes back to Chaucer a t M J i' l7lJl?fiS'' wL- f (Oh31 1,mc PaB" from tw0 ol hlz chIef Pri2e5 arc shown lu2i 'lK';r$f 'S"lr?iF i'Im above- 2 Cnmmins is probably better acquainted with Father HPIiH3ivz!flHiVfi ifi has vivid personal recollections of the city for more ErHfflKMBStfLjiSE ? ks and prints describing New York in the making. He HMRHEfirtKttfflrTflBMol ' ffi jaellc people, and many of. these works are printed in BmtWS&JSBlBaM JHHMJHl S WX9 SUNDIALs. . f Z NfYlVl1 J0HN C' TOMLINSON, SR., eminent law- . 3gJroMiy 1Tl yer, collects sun dials, two of which are photo-' MU Tffij-ccarJEy graphically presented above. One was conaUucted Ml - . -1 1-ViB111 in 1575 by Prince St rorzi, who was one of the greatest 'Sff CITKT niAf C metal workers that ever lived. The other is by Huber- ?3 uul1 t-'irtluJ mehl. Sun dials were known to the Romans, possibly "" WlHj f i7l 3 to the Egyptians. Some sun dials are most ingenious ' N mTKIuS 0n thc eIaborate facs of ono is carved a complete map . ? jPlFjI JJtXiT of the world. Another sun dial fires off a cannon at two &(vj f SlsiI o'clock. Some were as smajl as watches, and tn the Wff s Lffi&fJUl' American Revolution officers used them in preference fflSfl -v-u, f w' wiinrai ,i to. watches. " BS! L AUTOGRAPH LETTER ' u, P CHARLES L i'T'HIS is the mot tnrap'uruig jvjssession of Mr. Adrian H Joline, attorney, who administers thc affairs of reet railroad companies In his lighter moments. mo-ments. His hobby is autograph collecting, He will , proffer a magnifying glass that you may read the. MSS of a novel by Charlotte Bronte. He prizes a col-j col-j lection of the qutographs of Supreme Court Justices' A signature by the least known of these officials cost him more than all the rest put together. He will manifest man-ifest indignation if you mention writing to celebrities for autographa. ' No real autograph collector over does that," he says, ''except in the case of a personal friend. It is a capital offence. Your real collector worries for autographs, searches for them and buys them."' And Mr Joline ought to know He has collected for fwenty-threc years, hac 10,000 valuable autographs and wants more, ?. . dfoli you come by ninny curious and in-tercstinc in-tercstinc facts. How many people know that our foiefathers carried Min dials Iu place of wtitches?" "Een fho .-nerajce person who admires ad-mires furniture views it merely n coN lections of beautiful sticks. How ninny persona realUe the hialory behind each form of furniture? Yet, thc most vivid history that has been writton is depicted in furniture and in china. To learn about the blue of sonic particular china you go back to legendary Egyptian 'history, 'his-tory, you see o)d King Mcnc Pairing his, head at some nttempt of the royal potter, pot-ter, and suddenly, while a spot of blue showed unexpectedly behind a cloud, see him pointing up. 'There, that ts thc blue I want' Look dt Empire furniture with the eye of the hobbyist and you bee more than sticks and carving. You understand how Napoleon combined thc Egyptian i and the Roman atjlcs and evolved Exm ; pire furniture. . "If you possess thc spirit of a hobbjist everything about you has a meaning of Its own. You aro an approachable-human- ize'ir individual. "".' 'v. t1 "No," continued the creative Mr. Jjcntiit- I zer, "the hobbyist never bores other than a bore. The hobbyist talks, and ia proud s of It: he has something to say. !!. (, not , 1 . rtlWISSHH bad 'ompiu., evonlo himself. Alone h is imvcr lonclv. As for tho Hobby Club, It 1h n club for both rich mid poor. There is but one broad, democratic highway to it the povseion of n hobby." As for the humniiiziug clemenf.s of hob-b.Msm, hob-b.Msm, tho reporter must confess himself impressed, if the amiability of its member! ' IjjH be any indication aud reporter nre cspc- mhS rlcnccil In such matters. , i. aJ The hobbiest of the members' Iiobbict ' AV ivcrc caeertully indicated b. those mom ' bers und as cheerfully described by them. j Va To bear .Mr. L'rimmins speak of old pnuU, B and Mr. TomJinson elaborate upon sun- H dints, and Mr. Plimpton demonstrate what 4 WM Is indicated by the possession of tho lirst M arithmetic book ever printed were humnu- ffl izing incidcutb to a man accustomod to the H euervating Intlucuces of the word "no." To hear Mr. KingIey (who is usually H expanslvo as well, anything very inox- panslve) waxing eloquent upon the merits , of the Bacon and Shakespeare controversy Is a liberal education in the arts of human- izntion, p Altogether thc Hobby Club is bound to ', hH be a buccess If each member is willing to JiPfl listen to the other's hobby. Anj how, enter Mfc the Hobby Club. - BBH iw&. |