Transcribed by from the 1921 W. Heffer & Sons edition byDavid Price,
THE SAMUEL BUTLER COLLECTION
AT SAINT JOHN’S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
A Catalogue and a Commentary
by
HENRY FESTING JONES
and
A. T. BARTHOLOMEW
cambridge
w. heffer & sons ltd.
1921
p. ivIt seems to me, the more I think ofit, that the true life of anyone is not the one they live inthemselves, and of which they are themselves conscious, but thelife they live in the hearts of others. Our bodies andbrains are but the tools with which we work to make our truelife, which is not in the tool-box and tools we ignorantlymistake for ourselves, but in the work we do with them; and thiswork, if it be truly done, lives more in others than inourselves.
S.Butler, 1895.
[This Editionis limited to 750 Copies]
p.vPreface
The Butler Collection was not all given to St. John’s atonce. I sent up some pictures and some books in 1917; andat intervals I have sent more, always keeping a list of what hasgone. Now that I have no more to send seems the proper timefor a Catalogue to be issued, and it is made from the lists whichI kept, and which were in part printed in The Eagle, putin order by A. T. Bartholomew and annotated by myself. I amresponsible for the notes and am the person intended when“I” and “me” occur. Bartholomew isresponsible for the classification, for verifying, for checking,and for the bibliographical part.
In time the collection will no doubt increase as new editionsor translations of Butler’s books appear and as furtherbooks are published referring to him. All such I intend toinclude in the collection; and I hope that other Butlerians willsee fit to make additions to it.
I think that the notes give all necessary explanations; but Imay perhaps say here that many of the pictures were made beforeButler contemplated writing such a book as Alps andSanctuaries. When he was preparing that book he went tothe places therein described and made on the spot many black andwhite drawings for reproduction; but he found that this methodwould take too long, so he made others of the black and whitedrawings from oil and water-colour sketches which he had donepreviously, and this is why some of the pictures are dated manyyears before the book was published.
Among the books, under Alps and Sanctuaries (p. 18), isStreatfeild’s copy of that work; and under The Way ofAll Flesh (p. 21) is his copy of that book. Both thesecopies are said to have been “purchased.” Ibought them from the dealer to whom Streatfeild sold them whenhis health broke down and he moved from his rooms. I haveno doubt that he would have given them to me if I had asked forthem, but he was not in a condition to be troubled aboutbusiness.
p.viSt. John’s College has contributed £30towards the expenses of printing and publishing thiscatalogue. I offer them my mo