Society and solitude: Twelve chapters

book is transferred to a rare edition or to a manuscript. This mania

reached its height about the beginning of the present century. For an autograph of Shakspeare one hundred and fifty-five guineas were given. In May, 1812, the library of the Duke of Roxburgh was sold. The sale lasted forty-two days,--we abridge the story from Dibdin,--and among the many curiosities was a copy of Bo...