THE NEWSLETTER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE THOMAS FISHER RARE BOOK LIBRARY

ISSUE No . 13, jun e 1994 ISSN 0840-5565

In paralle l with these developments in the nineteenth century. much research was done LO find a way of speeding up the production of the printing block. The rea l British Book Illustration revolution came with the introduction of and the Revival of photography, with its use of light-sensitive coatings on variou s materials. Engravings Wood Engraving bega n to be replaced by a less sutlsfactory but speedier alternative , the "process" ~ 11, e Telling line", the exhibition in the print, produced phoro-rnechan lcall y. Of Fisher library which runs from 18 April to the many varieties, the much used but 30 June 1994 , demon strates the relation­ perhaps least satisfactory was the hnlf­ ship of Image 10 tex t in twentieth century tone, in which the image is produ ced by a British books. In suc h a relativel y sma ll series of small black dot s. disp lay space, it is possible to deal with It was not unti l afte r Noel Rooke started only a few of the many hundred Hlustra­ teach ing wood engraving at the Central lars who worked in the period . Even in Schoo l of Arts and Crafts in Londo n in thls exh ibition, however, it must be clear 1910 that a new era in British book to viewe rs thai wood engraving is a Illustration began. Totally d issatisfied with favoured medium used by many book the ph torn echantcal rep roduction o f his a rtists. drawings, he determined to find a better wood-cots und wood engravings are way . From this desire to Imp rove the not new methods of reproducing lllustra­ pr inted quality of his own work sprang an li ons. Following the introdu ction o f amaz lng revival in wood engraving. movable metal type and the printing press Rooke's primary importan ce was 3S a in the fifteenth century, woodcuts became teacher, for he Illustrated few books and the ideal W:lY of illustrating books because was not a prolific print maker . His stu­ they were compattble w ith typ e and could dents at the Central Schoo l, however, be printed on the same pres . A great deal inclu ded many who went on 10 become of the wood block had 10 be cut away to wood engravers of great sk ill - Eric Gill , leave the design in reli ef, however, and Robert Glbbings, John Far leigh , Clare the copper engraving W ~ I S devised to avoi d Lei ght on nnd Vivien Gribble are urn ng Ihis tiresome procedure, and ulso to the better kno wn tod ay. There was a host p rodu e ;1 finer line. By the seventee nth of others of lesser but not insignificant century, engraving processes of various importance, such as Lady Mabel Annesley, ki nds had displaced the wood cut as the and Margaret Pilkington wh o went on 10 AB"es J~ f fller Parker. Down the River, by most common form of book ill ustration . H./I. Bates. Goltancx, 193 7. establish the superb colleen n of wood This change had its own drawback . engravings at the \'V'h itwo lt h Art Gallery in Beca use engravin gs used the intaglio Manchester. process, they had to be produ ced on 3 By the mid-nineteenth century, the Other artists took up wood engraving different press from that used f r the text explosion in the produ ction of books and quite ind ependently of Rook e. Paul Nash This encouraged the next devel pment magazlnes ensured that the artis ts them ­ was exp erlmerulng w ith wood engraving to wards the end .o f the eighteenth century, selves could not cope w ith the demand in 1919, and in the 1920s went on to teach namely the introduction o f wood engrav­ for ill ustrations. Craftsmen turned out the craft at the Royal College or An , w here ing. The fine line o f engraving techniques thousands of wood blocks to meet the Edwa rd Bawden and Eric Ravlllous were was achieved with wood engraving deadli nes of the presses, but they were not among his students. Nash's ' fol lowers" because the desig n W: IS cut n the hard the originating art ists, as Bewick had been. included his brot her , John Nash, end grain of [he bl ock but the resulting Wood engraving became a pure ly repro­ Claugfuon Pellew, Eric Dagleish the produ ct was a relief block. TI,0I1135 ductive technique, thou gh one of excep­ naturalist, and Douglas Percy Bliss. Eric Bewick (1753-1828) perfe led this an, tlonnl sk ill , with commercial engravers Gill, a fellow student w ith Rooke of produ cing hundreds of Vigne ttes , and suc h as the Dalziel Brothers making highl y Edward j ohnsron, had made early experi­ restorin g rne rellef block to its pre-emin ent skilled reproductions o f drawings by artists ments in wood engraving in 1906 and p sition in book illu stration. like Holm an Hunt , Milla ls and Rosseui, 2

vtoten Gribble. Odes, by 101m Keats. Duckw0I1b. 1923 . .oJ. 1: ...." ...... " ,,,,,, produ ced one of the first books illustrated The first time that the new wood such as Rcvelat/ons (t933) whic h contains wi th the -new" engravings in 1915. He engravings were used as book illustrati ons highly worked and sensuous engravi ngs attracted his own group of adhe rents t w as in 1915 when both 171e Deotl's Deoices by Hughes-Stanton, whose elo ngated the craft, the 1110 S1 important o f whom was (Hampshire House Workshops) , illustrated blnck figures smnd out like silhouettes. David jones , who in 1921 went for a few by Eric Gill, and 5/11'/118 Mom /lIB ( POetIY M;ln Y of the same engravers also years to live and work With Gill and his Book shop), iIIl1strrated by w en Ravemt, worked 1'0 1' commercial publishers. Joseph f::ll11 ily. were published. Wood engraving did not Dent comm issioned work from a great Many of these engravers de idee! (0 become a common mediu m for book variety of young and established illustra­ form an organization to support and illustrations, however, until Robert tors, includ in g Robert Gib bings w ho publicize the craft. The Society of Wood Gibbi ngs took over the G Iden ockerel prod uced a remarkably successful series of Engravers (SWE) was founded in 1920, Press in 1924. During the nex t fifteen "river books" in the 1940 and 19505. with Rooke, Craig, Pissaro, Gill, Gibbings, years, the Press ommisslo ned w ork from Agnes M ill er Parker was we ll served by E. M. O·R. Oi key, Philip Hagreen. . yclney many of the be ne r known wood engravers Victor Go llancz w ho published tw o of the Lee. John 'ash and Gwe n Raverar as of the period , incl uding the two Nashes, most successful books of the period founding members. Annual exhibitions of Gwend a I'" rgan, John Bu klnnd Wright, illu strated with engravings, 71Jl'Ollg h tbe members' work w ere arranged and were Dorothea Braby, Eric Ravilic us and Woods (936) and D OWII tbe R/uer ( 937). always well received In the press. A rival CIUTord Webb, to say norhin g o f Gibbings Clare Leighton's 11JC Fanner's )'(>(1/; printed organization (the English Wood Engravi ng hlrnsell, and his close friend and col­ and publish ed by COlli ns in 1933, a large Society) was formed in 1925, though it league, Eric Gill. book measuring o ver 1'1" tall by 14" wide, was sho rt lived, ceasing in 1932. lts O ther pr ivate presses p layed im po rtant is an ther sp lendid commercial prod uction members in luded Craig, Pelle w, Ethelbert r les in the development o f wood engrav­ of the period, costing only l Os. 6<1. on White, and leon Underwood and IWO of ings as book lll ustrations. O ne o f the more publication ! his pupils, M:uy Groom and Genru le important was the Gregynog Press, John Farleigh had been one of Noe l Hermes. Also in 1925, lain Mncl ab established in Wales in the 19205, which Rooke's students at the Central School, established his Grosvenor hool of prod uced its best w or k when Hughes­ and he we nt on 10 teach engraving there Modern An , and the staff who taught Stanton was the designer o f books himself, end ing as Head of Book Produc­ w ood engraving in luded Blalr Hughes­ illustrated by himself, his wife Gertrude lion in 1947 on Roo ke's retirement. He Stanton, Graham Sutherland and laud e Hermes, and Agnes Miller Parker. The illustrated several books and is best Flight, w ho pioneered colo ur d llnocm Gregynog Press published some o f the kn own for his w ood engraved illustrations prints in Britain . classic pri vate press books of the 1930s, to Constable's edition o f Bernard Shaw's 11Je Adw I/' IIIl!s 0/ tbe Biacls Cif i I" Her Searcb f or God (1932) . This book became a huge p pular success, the first edition find five reprints selli ng our wit hin five mon ths of its original publication date. ' 11e w er Intervened in 1939, bringi ng to :1 tempo rary h ~11t the p rod uctio n o f n ne books. Many illustrators we re "otherw ise employ ed" in the armed forces or, at best, w orked :1 S offlcial \'(far Arti sts. ruftsrnen pri mers w ere also conscripted, and pap er and other sup plies were o f very poor quality .1I1d strlcll y ration ed. Aft er the war, though the restriction ' were slo w to be removed, there W;lS a revival o f interest in prod uci ng good-looking books. T he G Iden Cockerel Press continued to prod uce fine books until 1%1 , even though the quali ty was no t alwa ys what it was in the "go lden" years, TIle Fall Peter ueddtct: Far from the M:'ldd ing Crowd, by Tbomas /-1,,, '(;11118' Folio Society was founded in 1947, and used Soc/ely, 1985 . wood engravi ngs in m ~IIl Y of tts publica- 3

lions. By the end of the ]960s, however , thou gh no ne operate in the same wolY that (grandson of Edward Gordon Craig), and the teaching of w ood engrav ing had been the Golde n Cocke rel Press did in its many other artists. O ther you ng engravers elf pped from the curricula of art schools. heyday. Many owners o f existing small are w orking for a revived Gregynog Press, and the \'

1993 Gifts to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

1993 has been an exciting year for the Macfarlane, who donated over sixty au gruerulng the co llec tion of mod ern Fisher Rare Book Libra ry. Several o utstand­ seventeenth and eighteenth century works Brit ish book illustrators w hich he had ing couecnons have been d onated as we ll from his extensive \'(fe st Indi an co llec tio n. given 10 the Fisher Library in 1990. Peter as many rare and interesting Indi vidual Or, Macfarlane, hi mself o f Jamaican birth Weil1l'lch don ated a valuable collectio n of vo lumes. GiflS were received from :1 total and herita ge, is a we ll kn w n fig ure in books on calllgrnp hy, palaeography and of eighty-seve n donors, Some of w ho m both Canad ian and \'(fest Ind ian cultural typography, as we ll as many vo lumes made more than one don ation over the circles . He h.ISdevoted many years to illustrated by British twentieth cen tury course of the year. TIl e total appraised assembling a large library document ing the artists - a gift wh ich nicely co mplements fair-m arket value of these gifts reached history of the West Indies, from the fi rst the Ho rne co llec tion. over one mill ion dollars. The research discoveries and settlements in rhe Iffteenth Professor j oh n Robso n donated h is value of these gifts is, of co urse, nOI so :1I1 I sixteenth centuries, to their pclj ucal co llec tio n of the \V rks ofj ohn Stuart Mill easily esurnated. Seventeen o f the larger and ccon rul e cond itions in the late and his corne mpcmnes, co mplementing gifts, how ever, re eived certlflcation from rwerule rh century, T he Fisher Llb rary is the archival papers o f th e Mi ll Proj ect the Canadian Cultural Properties Export deligh ted to be the recipient of this w hic h were don ated in 1990. The late Review Board , signify ing that they were distingu ished library w hic h will be Hobert Kenn y, w ho had been a very conside red to possess o utstandi ng cultu ral described ma rc full y in a future issue of genero us donor 10 the Fisher til rary over significance fo r the cou ntry as :1 w hole. Halcyo n. the years, bequeathed the remai nder o f his We feel co nfident that these, and many o f While the Ma Farla ne Collection extensive library o f works o n ime rnational the other gifts received thts year, will represents ;1 new area o f spc Iallzatlcn for co mmunism and socia lism. as we ll

outstandi ng gifts in the field of Canadian an . j\'!urray Speirs dona led an exciting -, collect io n of letters, journals and original -. sketches by the Canadian artist and illustrator, Th oreau MacDonald . Mu h of thi s material had been collected by Mr. Speirs's Wife, the late Doris Speirs, w ho had been an ea rly fri end and confldanr of Thoreau's. TIle Speirs Collection w ill enhance the Fisher Library's already slgntflcant hol dings of 'thoreau MacDonald and we are grateful to John abean and Rosemary Speirs, as well 3 S to Murray peirs, for directing thls collectio n to the Fisher Library. A further gift of Thoreau MacD onald materia l was received from Robert Hunter - his fourth such donation in the past few years. This new gift inclu des the manu­ scripts o f Mr. Hunter's books and ankles on Th oreau MacDonald and his father, J.E.H. Macljc nald , 3 S well as add itional correspo ndence wi th Thoreau MacDonald . Thoreau MacDonald material was also received from Ron Peters, well known to Halcyo n readers as the current Presiden t .. ~ . of the Friends of the Fisher Library . Mr. "MlI l'l..>e1Place, Quebec. 1831 " Pro nttsptecef ro m Q uebec and its Peters's gift constsred of books and environs: be ing a picture sq ue guide to the strange r. Quebec: pamphlets from Thoreau Macljonnld's Thomas Cary, 1831 . GI}?oj Louts Melzack, 1993 . personallibrary, many annotated in his hand. generous Friend of the Fisher Library in drawings for the mill at Wexford built in ca nadian "livres d'art" have always past yea rs, co ntinued to donate interestin g 1878. been diffi cult for the Library 10 acquire and rare items of Canadiana and Am eri­ O ne o f the Library's most frequent ly w ith our llmhed funding. We were cana from his collecnon. Highl ights of Mr. consulted manu script co llec tlons, the J.B, delighted therefore 10 receive a number of Melzack's 1993 gift inclu de an ea rly Tyrrell Papers, received a welcome these special editions of the works of guidebook 10 Quebec City entitled Ql/elx'C addit io n of leiters and diaries w ritten by various Canadian artists as gifts from a nd Its enotrons. being ( I ptctnrcsqucgult/a various Ty rrell famil y mem be rs. Th ese had Frcderick Schaeffer and from Be ie to the stnmger(Qucbec: Thomas Cary and been preserved byJ.B. Tyrrell 's daughter, And erson , Ernesl Herzig nlsc donat ed CO" 1831) and the second edition o f a key Mary Dalton. and w ere donated by Mary's tw enty -seven limited edi tio ns by Canad ian item of Americana: Thom as Jefferson's childre n (J.B,·s grandchildren), Edith artists which we re p rod uced by his Notes on 'be state of vtrgtnta (Lend n, Auckland and j ohn Dahan . printing finn, Herzig Some rville. 1787). The gift also corualns an interesting Other Interesting glfts of Cannd iana A number of Canad ian au thors donated Canad ian broadside:"To Scotchmen in the material received this ye:.lr incl ude a their literary papers to the Library In the colonles and ;II horn e", publishe IIn remarkable collection of theatre broad­ past year. Margaret Atwood, whose papers Upp er ca nada in 1837; ~ IS w ell as a sides donated by Elizabeth Kettl ew ell . are amo ng the most frequently consulted numb er of early Canadia n manuscripts, Dating fro m the 1860s unci 1870s, these In rhe Library, donated the manuscripts The Library wa s fortunate to receive broadsides advertise various theatrical and pape rs relating 10 her rece ntly many other girts of Canadian historical events rind concerts w hich were presented published wo rks, TbeRobber Bride, Good materials this year. Mrs, Margery Milne in local theatres in the Perth and Presco tt BOllesand \\'1l1dem ess Tips, as well as her gave an interestin g group of docu ments region o f O ntario. Of part icular interest for recent literary c rrespo ndence fli es. collected by her husband, the hue LO NS J. tw entieth centu ry SOCi:11 historians are the Denn is Lee also donated additional Milne. The Milne family were early settlers papers donated by Les Kingdom on behalf matertnl 10 the Library' s collection o f his in No rth York and Scarborough w ho f the now defunct organization, "People lit erary papers. These include the drafts established a milling bu siness in 1825 on for Sunday Association of Canada". Th is and manuscript of his new book of the site of the present Edwards' Garde ns at organization wa the successor of the poems, Riffs, as w ell as manuscripts for Lawrence Avenue and Leslie Street. TIle Lord's 0 :1)' Alli ance w hose archives were other works, and his current correspond­ family later moved their business to deposi ted in the Library many years ago. en e flies, Phyllis Grossku rth donated w exford, now part o f arborough , where 111is new gif o f pape rs thus completes the additional research material for her recent "Milneford Mills" contin ued to flouri sh into record f a movemen t wh lch had consid­ book on Melanie Klein and a collection of the early 19005, The collection Includes ern! lc Imp ort ance in shaping the Canadian psychclanalyttc books and jou rnals from both famil y and bu siness papers and society of anoth er era. the library of Melanie Klei n's daughter, contains the speci fications and arch itects' Th e Lib rary has also received some Melitta chmldeberg. 5

Other authors w ho don ated literary HIm indu stry in his retirement. He amassed Revolut ion) twentieth century. Isabel papers this year include Don Bailey, a wo nderful collectio n of mater!..l l covering Wilson donated over forty geological and D uglas Fetherling, j ack Mcleod, Malcolm Canndin n fil ms from the 19205 thr ugh 10 historical works fro m the lib rary of her Ross, David Sol\V-Jy, lind Josef Skvo recky. the 1980s together w ith large num bers of husband, the late Professor J. Tu zo Wilson. An important gift o f Cana dia n litera ry produ ction stills, but sadly W ~I S unable [Q Thomas Howanh , Professor Emeritus and corresponde nce was received from complete the work due to ill health and former Dean of the Schoo l of Arch itecture, William Keith , we ll known as a scholar increasing age. The Library is grateful to donated a pristine set of the influe ntial and critic o f Canad ian litera ture. Professor his daughter, Caroline Ackerman, for British an magazine, the tndtc 0 893· Keith's gift contains interesting and lengthy donating, on her father's behalf, this 1913) as well as a long run of the Impor­ correspondence with many prominent outstanding archive of primary source wnt architectural Journal, Arcbttectural Canad ian authors including Robertson material for future stud ies of Canadian review: a magazine ofarchitecture& Davies, Hugh Hood, Ralph Gustafson, film. des/gil. George Johnston, John Metcalfe, Hugh In addition to the gifts described above, A particularly interesting volume was MacLennan, David Solway, Rudy Wiebe , the Library received several generous do nated by Helen and Kay Armitage - a and George Woodcock. donations of English, American and sixteenth century theological wo rk wi th an William French , literal)' editor of the Europea n lit erature. Mrs. Gloria hu lman intriguing provenance: I" propheta", Globe a nd Mall from 1% 0 to 1990. gave a collectio n of first editions of the Bxecbtelem ccnnnentarius, by j oannes donated his volu minous correspondence American writer Henry Mill er. as we ll as a Oecolampadius (Argenrorati, 1534). On the files as well as the manuscripts for his number of French twenti eth century title page of th is copy is the signature of a articles, boo ks, and interviews. The li terary works. Peter Heyworth, Professor notable sixteenth century British book collection fills seventy-eight manuscript of Engli sh at Uni versity College, donated a collector, Thomas Cranmer, Archb ishop of boxes, and includes c rrespondence with collection of nineteenth and tw entieth Canterbury (1489- 1556). Ano ther unusual virtua lly eve ry notable Canad ian literary century English bibliographical and literary theological item was given by Susan Fin lay figu re of the period. There is no doubt works. Eli nor MacGill ivray gave several - ;In eig htee nth century miniature scroll that th ls collectio n will be of outstanding items of English literature from the library (just over three inches in height) ontaln­ significance for students of Canadian of her husband, the late Professor J.R. ing readings from the Torah and other literary history, MacGlIIi vray. j ane Millgate, Professor of rabblntcal literature for li se in celebrating All interesting collection of papers was English at Victoria College, donated the festival of Shavuo t. donated by vtncenr Tovell, who is well twenty-two volumes of nineteenth centu ry Space does not permit a complete known for his wo rk w ith the CBC and f r Engltsh literature. j ennifer Brown, Profes­ listing of all the gifts received over this his invo lvement In various federal and sor of HiStOl'Y at the University of Winni­ past year, All were welcom e addi tions to provincial cultura l organlzattons and Royal peg, gnve several items from the library of our collections and we take this opportu­ Commissions. Mr. Tovell 's papers docu­ her father, the Voltaire scholar, Harcourt nity La thank you all. The continuing ment his activ ities in the arts In Canada Brown.Simo n Langlo is donated several generosity of our donors ensures that the over a span of more than forty years and French literary work s, including an edi tio n Fisher Librrlry will continue to flourish as will be a valuable resource for futu re of Voltaire not previou sly held in the one of the top rese..irch c llecuons in cultural historians. The collection also Harcourt Brown Collecrlon. Nonh America. contains material on Mr. Tovell 's family, The Library also received a number of the Masseysof To ronto. outstanding gifts in a variety of other Katharine M0I1y", Asststaut Dtrector The late Gordon Sparli ng, Canad ian subject fields. Icholas Ignatieff donated Thomas Fish er R(II'e Book Llbrt"y Film-maker and photographer, had fou r rare Russian hi torical works datin g intended to write a history of the Canadian from the late nin eteenth and early (pre-

Donors to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 1993

Caroline Ackerman Phyllis Cruicks hank ~a le of Dr, Ch:trlolte Homer John Mappin Joscr Skvorecky Sandr,l Alsl n John D:lllon Thomas Howarth louis MeI:t:lck o rrum Shnci dman Bessie I. Anderson Hans de Groot E. R. Hunter Jane Millgate Cyn th i:J M. Smith Sarah Anson-<:ar1wrlghl Harold Eastman Ernest Henlg Mlch:lel MiIIg:tte David Solway Helen and K:ayAnnit:lge Douglas Fctherli ng tcholasIgnatielT M:lr8ery Milne Gordon Sparling M:trg:tret Atwood Susan T. Finlay Kenne th F. jamieson Hugh Morrison Murr:ty Speirs Edilh Auckland \V1Il 1::lln French Willia m J, Keith Marguerite Finlay Mudge Rosemary Speirs Do n Baile )' John It F)·c1c ll Rebert Kenny Ju di th Nicho lson WltIiam M. Stilling H I$ Excelle ncy Sergio l3:lInnlJno Gayle G:u loc k EIl ..... beth Kettlewell Ronald Peters vlnce m 'rove ll John 8:111 H,A, Gleason Crnd Kilodncy Jon Pearce A.D. 'rushtngbam Barbara jeun Barbour Sheldon J. God frey Les Kingdom John Robson Andrew M, watson Robert Br:md cis victor Graha m Simon Lallglo is D:lrbar,l Ross Peter Wei n rich Irene Briscoe Phyllls Gros.~k u n h Dennis Le e Mntcolrn Ross j oan Wlne-arls j ennlrcr Brown Edna Haloal Ant hon y MacFarlane John Sabe nn Isabel Wilso n John D, C:lIll l)rldge Fmncess Halpenny Robe rt McElh inn ey P.. $<.rri:1O Rebert Wuclherl ck Ruth Coll ier Mau reen Harri s Bltnor M:lcGllIl vray Frede rick Schae ffer 1t.1)'lllon d Corle)' Peter Heywort h Jack Mel.cod Glo ria Shuhnnn Aud re)' Cowles AlanJ . Home WlIll::tm i\'lal't)'1l Wa ll)' Seccombe 6

Title 10 tbe account described below.

exec ution bro ugh t lO .1 head the hatred o f The Archb ishop again refu sed to step ~ the Presbyt erian s for the Archbishop and down from the coach and the commander w hen fate delivered hi m in to the hands of fired a pistol at him w hich mi ssed its The Death of a small group of men from Fife they target. Another man , standing at the door, seized the o pportu nity to end his activities. wounded him "a litle" with a shnbale Archbishop James Sharp The manuscript begi ns with a descrlp­ (croo ked sword). At last Sharp got mil of l ion of Sharp's offences and the oppres­ the coach, fell to his knees and said "for A recent ly acqu ired fascinating seven­ sio ns under w hich the ScOlS we re labour­ Gods snlke save my life". His cries w ere in teen th ce ntury rnanuscrlpt in the Fisher ing, and then tells the story of eve nts on vain, however, and the two men mortally Library is entitled: A coppte of tbe maner of [hat mom ent ous day. On 3 May 1679 nin e wo unded him with their shabnles, tbe death oJMr}allles Sbarp, late men set out to find the depu ty sheriff, at qcb 'be geil llewomell (bts dangb­ Arcbprelate 0/51Andero us '10 depatne« bts William Carmichael, w ho had acted as fer) qo was In tlse coatcb cryed and life OIl Saturday Ma l}'b . 3 day 1679 Sha rp 's agent in sup p ressing religiou s said Ibis is mu rtber the oyr replyed, betu ext .1 2 & a i le actccu ill efternoon WI meetings and gene rally hara ssing the sigbf ff Is 11 0 t nutrde» but Gods tbe particular nords On altber syd & peopl e. Unable to discover him they we re oengance 0 11 bnnfornnntbertng actiones yl past at that tym e and place y rof about to d isperse when a boy to ld [hem mallY poor soutts in tbe kirk oj fattbfutlte & uvudte rotated by ane that the Archb isho p's coach was approach­ Scotland. tmpantatl pen. lt is contemporary w ith the ing. They chose one of their number as To make sure he was dead a third man events it describes and w as proba bly com mander and set out [0 intercept the "mil his sword throw his bellie so yt the w ritten by o ne of those present. It is very coach. O n seeing them , Sharp o rdered [he d irt came out", T hey ransacked the coach careful not to menti on the names of the coachman to dri ve o n but they follo wed, for papers, flndtng in the process "a catse assassins. firing shots as they went. The postillion of vCIY fyne french pistolls", which they James Sharp was consecrated Arch­ was overpowered and Sharp W:lS orde red also look. They then drove the co ach off bisho p of $1. Andrews on 15 December to co me out of the coach. the road, ser the ho rses free and rod e '1661 and in 1664 named Primate of uepem j udas & come! uI1b, )le Blsbop away, co llec ting the cloa ks they had Scotland. Hopes that the reli gio us seule­ ansuerd saoe 11I)I If/ e a nd I will saoe dro pped earlier and rech arging their ment following the Restoration of King allYO I'S, ye oy" reptyed I know if is pisto ls, Charles II in 1660 would encompass the 11 01 in your power natber 10 save us a nd baotng preseNtly put up tber Presbyterians and others dissenting from 11 0/' kill us and I declatr bell' be/ or horse tbey tuen t joynille to p l'tlycr the Church of England had been ended by the Lord yl II is no particular quarrel! glvl llB tba/I1}!.!s 10 Cod JOI' qt be bad the Act of Uniformity in 1662. Over the of mYI1 y l moves me to Ibis bill sti rred :)1111 up 10 do & / or bts years severe penalt ies w ere imposed by becaus Ibow bes been (; sntt uionde rfull assistance andy" law on those w ho wi shed to wo rship in COr/ tirIOWSfa II t IItOr? (uords omit­ preseruatltoln ... thei r ow n wa y, and no where so harshly as ted)} to j esus Cbrlst and bes interest A no te on an inserted page at the end in Scotland. Determined to rid the country and C(IUS & untng 'by bands tn the in the hand o f John Mack lnlay, Rothesay, of Protestan t d issenters and es tablish blood oftbe sain ts 11 01 only at 30 Nov. 1825, states that t he manuscript eplscopallanism as the state church,Sharp Pentland bUI seoera tl tyms since a nd ca me from the estate of Benjamin enforced the laws against them w ith more partlcll ltidyfor tbe sbedlng 0/ Cameron, "writer in Glasg w, and lnuerly particular severity . An unsuccessfu l Mrjalll es M itcbell & } mnes in Rothesay, w ho had ;1 turn f I' collecting attempt on his life had bee n mnde in 1668 t erymount blood, CfOS blood C 1JIf!S wi fragments o f antiq uity" and was given to w hen he was shot at by James Mitchell. a touaooicef or uengencef ro m him by William McFie , Cameron's execu­ Mitchell escaped capture for many years beauen upon ye, (; wee ( I I' tbts day to r. This Cameron, Mack inlay co ntinues, but was fina lly exec uted in 1678. His sent by God '0 execut u. "pretended 10 be a grandso n of the 7

Pretend er, by Miss j ean Camero n, and o n into the possessio n of Judge Geo rge new ed itio n 0829-30) he Included its text on e occasion, havin g gOI tipsy in co mpany Geddie Patterso n w ho later entrusted it 10 as n note, w ith the captio n, ~ We have w ith some of his companions, he the Presbyterian College at Morureal. II bee n favoured by the pro prietor, Mr. excln med ' Gentlemen, Beho ld yo ur remained in Presbyterian hands until Mack inle y. co llecto r of customs at Prince!!!' - a most miserable represerua­ recently. The Library acqu ired it from :1 Anstnnher, w ith an o rigi nal MS, account of live of royalty, being mean in appe ara nce, Hamill n bookdealer. the archb ishop's death". and I w in his habits." Raben Wod row almost certainly saw 111C rrmnusc rlpr was brought 10 Canada this manuscript wh en he wrote his account Annej ocz, Librarian by Mncki nl ny's son and namesake. wh o o f Archbisho p Sharp's death in Tb e btsuny 71JoII/(IS Fisl er Rare Book Llbr",)' w as a Presbyter ian minister in Pictou oftbesuffe rings a/the Churcb ofScotland County,'ova Scotia, and eventually came 0721-22). When Robert Burns issued a

TI,e exceptional w ealth of the map co llection in the library o f Congress was sho w n to the Friends Meetings Friends with a slide show p resentauon by Ralph 1993-1994 Ehrenberg, Chief of the Geogra­ SL'I( Friend s meetings and One ex hibl­ phy and Map Divi sion . The talk ti n ope ning we re held in the 1993·1994 complemented 71Je Atlas as a yenr, Book.. 1490 to 1900 exhtbluo n The meetings began early in the fall and catalogue prepared by Joan term with Richard Landon pr eserulng an Wi nearls to coincide w ith a tllustrared lecture o n "The nooks of the conference o n "Ed kl ng Early 'Earthly Paradise': William Morris and and Hi storical Atlases." Boo k Design ." Richard Landon , w ho In the New Year, Michael curnted the books section of the w id ely Turner, Head of Co nserv ation nt acclai med Art Gallery of Ont ario ex hibition the Bodleian Libra ry , Oxfo rd, 77Je HtlJ1b~" Poradl.m: AJ1s ( 1/ 1d Craf ts by spoke on "Tracking the Trades: \VI/lla m itonts au« n ts Circle, sho wed 10 Printin g, Publishing, Bookselll ng Alan Nome with colleague andfriend cabneta B}'(If)() the Frien ds the infl uence of Morris's and Binding in Londo n 1555 to collection of nfteen th entury illustrated ] 830," In relating his Hercu lean books on the design and prod u ti n of the efforts to develop a co mputer- books of the Kelmscou Press. ized database o n the boo k trades, Mr. 11,e eve ning was filled w ith tales of In October, Montreal poet David Tu rner described the o rganization and adroi t bidd ing at auctions, discussions o f Solway entertained the Friend s w ith a operatio n of the Srarfo ners' Company, the nmazlng camlogues of lncunabuln, and detailed analysis of the process o f poetic records of the Company be ing the major purchases o f mater o llectlons, Th e crealion . Th e co mplex relation ship source for biographlcal informati on n meeting was nicel y co mplemented by the between the poe t, rhe several stages of members o f tJ,C book trades. exhibit ion FtatLns; a d isplay of media eval manuscri pt d rafts, and the fin al published A panel o f de rective fictio n w riters manu scripts and early printed books in the collectio n of poe ms was analyzed fro m the entertained the aud ience with II preserna­ Thomas fisher Rare Book Libra ry prepared unique perspective of the poet/creator. lio n ent itled "Canadian Crl me Writers by Anne j ocz, Confess" on a night in j anu ary. Jack The last gatheri ng of the Friends was in Barren, Howard Engel , and Eric Wrighl April to celebra te the opening of "n)(! each read :1I1d d iscussed excerpts from Telling Line: /111(/ge and 'Iext tn Tuenttetb their recent works. The rea dings ranged CenturyBrttatn, p repa red by Alan Horne from sleepless nights 10 lessons in and Richard Landon, plckpocketlng. Animated quesn ns from 11,e exhibi tion gave glimpses of the the audience gave all w ho were there wealth o f twentieth century Illustrated additional Insigh ts into the process of books held in the Alan Home COllec ti n w rit ing detect ive flction. and other co llections of the Tho mas Fisher Bernard Rosenthal captured the Friends' Rare Boo k Library . Friend s left th e open­ interest with a persona l acco unt of MA ing w ith the we ll iIIu surned <7.1131 gue Centu ry o f Amlquarian Boo kselling in Italy w hich p rovides a permanent record of the and Germany, 1860 1.01960: A Fami ly exhi bition, Perspective," He traced his ancesto rs' The end of the Friend s year also marks accomplishmen ts from their beg innings in tJ1 C retirement of Alan Horne who w llJ be the anti qu arian book trade in the Bavarian missed by all. f ortunately. he has agreed town of Pellhelm in 1860 through (0 the to continue :JS a mem ber of the Steeri ng family firm 's sales to the major No rth Committee. American research li braries in the '1 9605. Mfcbcw/ Turnerfrom tbe eoatotan Ltbrary 8 _

and from this point Drake W:1 S increasingly wi lling to talk abo ut book s, and many recogn ized ,IS the foremost Galilee scholar other t ptcs, nnd his conversation was of his generation , His eminence in his field stimulating and provocati ve. He W 3 S an In Memoriam \V'JS formally recognized many times, enthusiastic suppo rter o f the Friends of including an honorary doct orate from the f isher fr In the very begi nning and his University of Toronto, cu lminating w ith his benig n influence is missed by ~ i1 J who StlUman Drake receipt of the Sarton Med al in 1988 and 3 knew him. Something of that inllue nce Stillman Drake, who died in October festsehrift in his honour in 1990. will, how ever, endure through the collec­ 1993, was one of the greatest friends o f when Stillman carne to Toronto he tions which constitute his legacy to the the Fisher Library. He was consistently brought his collection with him, It w as Universi ty of Toronto. generous, he lpful and enthusiastic about placed on deposit in the Deparunent o f John Seltze r the collections, particularly those in the Rare Books and Special Collection and, at \'(Ie are saddened to repon th e death of history of science. The Un iversity of a single stroke, transfonned the strength another close friend of the Thomas f isher Toronto and all the scholars who use its and depth of the research collections. It Rare Book Library. j ohn Seltzer died on research collec tio ns arc greatly in his debt , also provided a base upon which to build 1 April 1994. j ohn joined the Friends of Still man and florence D rake came to one o f the richest collections in the history the Fisher in 1986 and had been an a ive Toronto in 1967 from Berk eley, Californ ia, of science in North America. The Gali leo member o f the Friends' Steering Commit­ wh ere Stillman w as bo rn and educated. collection, and other collectio ns, were tee since 1989. A dedi cated book collector, Hi s fi rst career, wh ich he pu rsued w ith gradually acquired by purchase, btu each j ohn donated a pan of hi s collection, a great success, was in munici pal finan ce. accession was accompanied by generous virtually complete set o f David Garnett, to During this lime the basis o f his academic gifts, and Still man became one of our mo st the Fisher. A modest man, j ohn alway s career was being laid through his collect­ lmportant donors, He did not, of course, provided support and sound advice for the ing of scientific book s and manuscripts, stop buying books when he carne to betterment of the Friends. He was, as Pat especially those by and about Galilee, In Toron to, indeed the pace of ncquislticn the UniversilY o f Press MacCulloch observed :H the memorial 1953 Callfornla accelerated somew hat I and w e owe many service, a tru ly gentle man, We w ill :1 11 pub lished his translation of Galilee's of our most valuab le treasures to his wide miss him , Dialogue, wi th :'1 foreword by Albert network of intema uonal sources. Einstein, Th is was the first English transla­ Stlll man \V'dS also gene rous wit h his tion since the mid -sevemeenrh century, kn owledge and his time, He \V ~ I S always

Editor's Note Programjor This Issue was edited by Gayl e Garlock Celebrate Our '94 - '95 and designed by Veronica Fisher, with photographs by Philip Ower. Comments 10th Monday 3 October 1994 and/or suggestio ns should be sent t Anniversary! "The History of the Text of Ulysses or by Gayle Garlock , Director, Development and james Joyce Schol ar, Professor Thom as Public Affairs, University of Toronto j oin us on Tuesday 22 N vember Staley Lib rary, Toront o, Ontario M5S I A5 for a gala evening celebrating ten Satu rday 22 October 19 94 (416 978-7655). years of the Friends o f the Th om as U of T Day! Help us celebrate the 7be Halcyon: '11Je Newsletter of tbe Fisher Rare Book Library, Special richness o f the Library's collectio ns and Friends ofTbe Thomas Ftsber Rare Book highlights will inclu de an exh ibition starr Ubr01Y is published twice a year in o f gifts from f riends don ated over Tuesd ay 8 No ve m ber 1994 November and June, Halcyon publishes the last fiv e years. "The Scientific Analysis of the 36 Line hort articles on recent noteworthy gifts Bible" by Professor Will iam toneman and acqu isitions of the Fisher Rare Book Tuesday 22 November 1994 Library, recent exhi bitions in the Fisher, A celebration of the 10th anniversary of activities of the Friends and othe r short the friend s of the 1110mas Fisher Rare articles of interest to the Friends. Exhibitions '94 - '95 Book Library, with an exhi b itio n and The edit orial board of Halcyon includes catalogue of giflS from our f riends Gayle Garlock , the editor, Ann e j ocz from J uly - Sep tembe r 1994 February 1995 (dnte to be confirmed) the Fisher and v eronica Fisher, Graphic Owners o f Books: an Investigation int o "Garden Boo ks" by Professor Douglas M ist o f the Library. Prov enance October - December 1994 Chamb ers, who has an interest in the history o f gardens Gifts from O ur Friend s J anuary-March 1995 March 199 5 (date 10 be confirmed) "The Canadian Arulquarian Book Trade Massey College Ruari M cLe ~1l1 and Institutional Buyers" by w ell Collectio n April - June 1995 known Canadian autlquarian bo ok­ seller, David Mason anadin n Private Presses; a Travelli ng H'A'L'('Y'O'N BBAG Exhlbllion University of Toronto Library Toronto, Ontario M SS I AS