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Show BUYS DUKE'S RARE VOLUMES? lllllipwjilw According to a London cablegram Henry Edwards Huntington, an American Amer-ican millionaire, has purchased the great library of the duke of Devonshire. Devon-shire. The library contains many rare volumes, and it is said the purchase price exceeds $1,000,000. The Chatsworth library, consisting of the Claxtons and Kemble collection ot plays, are part of the collection. The British museum was anxious to cbtaiii the rare editions, but was obliged to retire from the contest owing ow-ing to the lack of funds, according to the report. Included in the purchase, are 23 Claxtons, a score of Shakespeare lowe, Green, and other Elizabethians. quartos, plays by Ben Jonson, Mar-The Mar-The collection was scld by Kemble to the sixth duke of Deon:3hire for $10,-0(i0. $10,-0(i0. It is said that in order to avoid adverse public opinion the books wera shipped out of the coi.ntry secretly. Mr. Huntington w.n horn in One-onta, One-onta, N. Y February 27, 1X50, and began business life in the hardware tradu in his native town. His fortune, however, was made in the I'&iij'oad construction construc-tion business. His first venture in this line was made in 1S80. |