As a former Shaker-a religious sect that separated itself from the secular world-Chase provided an outsider’s perspective on the grim realities of African-American service and the war’s horrors.įurther treasures acquired include a prayer book with a black silk velvet cover and gleaming heraldic device (produced around 1590 for Gilbert and Mary Talbot, the 7th Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury) that includes Catholic prayers at a time when England was officially Protestant and a single bound volume containing four rare first editions of books by Paracelsus (d. Chase (1827–1875), a white soldier in the Civil War who wrote vivid, candid, and often heart-rending accounts of his experiences in the Union Army, which included a stint in the newly organized 14th Colored Infantry Regiment. In addition, The Huntington acquired a collection of 142 letters by Warren D. Among the first and most important maps ever created to illustrate the dramatic course of events during the siege of the Legation Quarter, they also offer invaluable clues about a fire at an adjacent library from which The Huntington’s single volume from the Yongle dadian, a rare 15th-century Chinese encyclopedia, was rescued. The Council also purchased two large, rare, and detailed maps, created in 1900, that depict the foreign legation (or diplomatic) quarter in Beijing during China’s Boxer Rebellion. The works were purchased recently at The Huntington’s 22nd annual Library Collectors’ Council meeting. The collection includes complete autograph manuscripts for seven novels and two plays, partial manuscripts for five works, and outlines and notes for several novels and essays. In addition, Crawford may be the first author to portray Sicily's mafia in an English-language novel, Corleone. He was a prolific author, publishing 44 novels and scores of short stories, essays, and plays. Crawford was admired in his day by Robert Louis Stevenson for his vivid portrayals of foreign lands and envied by Henry James for his ability to churn out bestsellers. Marion Crawford (1854–1909) in existence. SAN MARINO, Calif.-The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the largest trove of writing by American novelist F. Library Collectors' Council also purchases maps related to China's Boxer Rebellion, a collection of Civil War letters by a former Shaker, four rare 16th-century medical texts and an exquisite 1590s miniature prayer book
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