ript of _The Monastery_, by Sir Walter
Scott, and a large collection of the letters of distinguished men. For a
considerable period his will could not be found, although diligent
search was made for it, both at home and abroad, and his sister, Mrs.
Cholmondeley, was on the point of taking out letters of administration,
when it was accidentally discovered by Dr. Dibdin among some books on an
upper shelf at Pimlico. As it did not contain any directions as to the
disposal of his books, those in England, together with some brought from
Holland, were sold by Sotheby and Son, Evans, and Wheatley at a series
of sales extending over four years, and realised fifty-seven thousand
five hundred and fifty-four pounds, twelve shillings. The catalogue is
in thirteen parts, bearing the dates 1834-37. His books on the
Continent, with the drawings and coins, fetched about ten thousand
pounds more.

Heber edited the works of Persius Flaccus, Silius Italicus, and
Claudianus. He also reprinted the _Caltha Poetarum, or the Bumble Bee_,
of T. Cutwode, from the edition of 1599, for the Roxburghe Club, and
assisted in the preparation of the third edition of Ellis's _Specimens
of the Early English Poets_.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 91: _The Book Fancier._ By Percy Fitzgerald (London, 1887), p.
230.]

RICHARD GRENVILLE, FIRST DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, 1776-1839

Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, first Duke of
Buckingham, was born in London on the 20th of March 1776. He was the
eldest son of George Grenville, Earl Temple, who was made Marquis of
Buckingham in 1784. He began collecting books at a very early age, and
in 1798 had already commenced the formation of a library at Stowe; and
the acquisition of the manuscripts and papers of Thomas Astle, Keeper of
the Records in the Tower; the Irish manuscripts from Belanagare, the
seat of The O'Conor Don; the State Papers of Arthur Capel, Earl of
Essex, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in the reign of Charles II., together
with some other purchases, placed his library among the finest private
collections in the kingdom.[92] On the death of his father in 1813 he
succeeded to the title, and nine years later he was created Duke of
Buckingham and Chandos. In 1827, in consequence of his great expenditure
on his various collections, and the munificence with which he had
entertained the royal family of France, he found himself in embarrassed
circumstances, and left England, remaining abroad about t