CHAPTER IV

Literary Results of My Acquaintance with Mr Huth--The New _Bibliography_ in Progress, and the 1867 Book gradually superseded--Some Other Literary Acquaintances--George Daniel--John Payne Collier and Frederic Ouvry, His Son-in-Law--The Millers of Craigentinny--'Inch-rule' Miller--He purchases at the Heber Sale by Cartloads--My Efforts to procure Particulars of all the Rare Books at Britwell--I let Mr Christie-Miller have One or Two Items-- An Anecdote--Mr Miller's London House formerly Samuel Rogers's--His Son--Where They are all buried--The Rev. Thomas Corser--His Fine Library--What It cost and what It fetched--His Difficulties in Forming It--Whither Much of It went--My Exploits at the Sale--Description of the House where the Books were kept--Mr Corser's Peculiar Interest in My Eyes--His Personal Character--The Sad Change in the Book Market since Corser's Day--Mr Samuel Sanders--A Curious Incident--Mr Cosens, Mr Turner and Mr Lawrence--Their Characteristics--Some Account of Mr Cosens as He gave It to Me--His Line of Collecting--My Assistance requested--A Few of His Principal Acquisitions and Their Subsequent Fortunes--Frederic Locker--His Idiosyncrasies--His Want of Judgment--His _Confidences_, 57