Show i BOOKS OK EARLY DAYS TOWED AWAY IN TUB CON i ORBS8IONAL UHRAetY cnlf 11 way 111 inrrrrd rlan1 r lire 11 nC I Mar achy lrlle A Ineed Icy tnela r OT only Is I the con b1 Krlonal library = r t a repository for the a I output ot merle IIf million during the l r period In which f > 7 at > copyright laws have I j3W made brains I pat t Mitsbln product but W I contains a largo e number of raro and curious I publication I publica-tion the Intrinsic value nt which will boontpntlr Inci eased hiy are MS nu exchange I nllkc HIP Ilrlllih museum and come fnielgn llbrarlM the longreinlonal Is I not rich In n stork of hlntorlc menu sirlpis whon nsnoclatlons make them I priceless Two reasons hints romblncil 1 lit preclude the pnnilhlllly of such n 1 collect col-lect Ion The fret In I that the comparative compara-tive youth uf the nation iaa prevented their accumulation and delayed their being gathered In tn n place of g e nernl deposit Thn second Is that Ihono vnlit = II II 1 able written documents which I do exist are widely 1 scattered ont divided among a Inrget number of ciistndlins snnllliislrntlon tho original of Iho declaration of Independence and n aim liar written document ot n patriotic character which cnnld not ha pun ciaed at any price are kept l In the ttalo ilr par I men t llbror Ingollicr with n 1 lot nt mementoes relic and NiienlrH Other iloeument of nntlonal I Interest are found In all nf the exorutlvn departments depart-ments In inont ot Ihn stain capitals nnd even In remote and out of thowuy place The last will and tentimcnt George aslilnglnn U I tn ton I teen In the I clerk nniec uf the little old brick courthouse I court-house nt Fairfax Vi I Is almoit n r < > rtalnlrlhit In the reins of time not only nil Iho hook bill Ia Ihn documents nnd 1 Instruments Instru-ments of writing connected with national na-tional hlator will ho collected nnd form a valuable Interesting 1 section In tha congrenslonil library Hut when all thing arc taken Into connlderatlon It will be found tint oho congressional llbmr has n fair quota of rare and curious publications both of foreign and homo laser 1 A point has nlnns been made tn purchase whatever what-ever books may Im of Interest or IU ity I whllo limn opcritlcm of tho copy right law add each year thousands nf olumca of tho miscellaneous assortment assort-ment mntWhrn Whrn the reporter naked Mr 1 A I Hpofford the elcrnn librarian who I fnmlllnr with almost every book ot which he Is I thin riutodlan concerning the are and value of the more rain volume vol-ume In Iho library hn said Tho library ot congrefa whlln not notably rich In ratty printed books hu many hundreds ot otumcs ot great rarIty rar-Ity and > clan 0 book printed prior to the year 1500 or what an known na Incunabula or cradln books puldliliei In the Infancy nf tho nrt ot printing there ore somn o volume rtpresent Ing every A from 1487 to 1500 The are all printed In black letter nr lothl type and are preponderate In the i Intln language although same are In Itallnn and Trench TIe oldest book In the library Is I n Confutation of St Clement a folio nl 147 on large handmade paper In I beautiful gothlo tpe and Is I remarkn ble for the elegance nnd uniformity 01 what printer would term the Inking In fact the evenness of the Imprcsilo nn every leaf would do credit tn the best printing nfllrn of the nineteen crnltio Among the moat vnlimhlo numb Inter rating of early printed books In our national library nun tho first edition of many nntnblo English writers Ther h an original of the first Shake pcar folios of 1023 R well as original cop let I of the Ihr en succeeding editions I 01 the Immortal bird In folio Thus Brat edition of Miltons Tarn dice Lost ot Ilurtons Anatomy ot Me nnrhnly nnd of Walton Complet Angler 1 rams and curious book uto also found Some very early black letter trans Inllons nt thin Greek nnd Lntln an Jlioo 11 Ihors na Ovlds MetnmorpliOfes 1llnys Natural Illalor Virgil llo nor Senccnn Morals Cicero Ill larchs Uves Ily etc nro to bn founi H 1 thin collection The first editions 01 moat of oho groat Engllih writers of the fcvcntrcnth and ilghtecnlh centurle have been gathered whllo of author who nro honored wllh iwvcml reprinted Millions the last nnd the best cdltlo Nllloni < llon Is I also generally found In ul printed bonks relating tn Am rlcn both north and south he con tlnued the congressional library la particularly rich Hero may bo In I lohti Smith map uf Now England printed In ICIO which la nctunlly an account nf Virginia and Is the firs hlslor of that early colon put forthwith with n map Numerous tracts nod pamphlets relating to Virginia ptibllnl 0 between KOD and 1730 are also hero heroThe The original of Ilamors Virgin history Thomas History of 1ennsylva nla Ifcntonu New York Jomlyn Now Hngland Lawsons Carolina Led crtrt Virginia with map and others too numerous to name In this collection aro among tho proeous nuggets of this cov eminent llbrar Some of the most valuable nnd un eoinmon ot olio Amerloana In the very rare eased when put up at auction from Ir private libraries bring from 0 to I fII00 each |