CHAPTER XIII

My Principal Furnishers--Influence of Early Training on My Taste--Rejection of Inferior Examples an Invaluable Safeguard--I outgrow My First Instructors--Necessity for Emancipation from a Single Source of Supply--Mr Schulman of Amersfoort--His Influential Share in Amplifying My Numismatic Stores--My Visit to Him--The Rare _Daalder_ of Louis Napoleon, King of Holland--My Adventures at Utrecht and Brussels--Flattering Confidence--In the Open Market-- Schulman's Catalogues--MM. Rollin & Feuardent--Their English Representative--Courtesy and Kindness to the Writer--Occasional Purchases--The Late Mr Montagu-- Discussion about an Athenian Gold _Stater_--An Atmospheric Experiment--My Manifold Obligations to Mr Whelan--Mr Cockburn of Richmond allows Me to select from His English Collection--I forestall Mr Montagu--Messrs Spink & Son-- Their Prominent Rank and Cordial Espousal of My Interests and Wants--Development of My Cabinet under Their Auspices-- My Agreeable Relations with Them--Their Business-like Policy, Liberality and Independence--The Prince of Naples-- We give and take a Little--The Monthly _Numismatic Circular_--The Clerical Client, 257