Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . fty looking Jew, rep-resenting the Chinese interests in this delicacy. The stew-ards asking price was ten dollars, whereas the Jews ofierwas five. A tremendous argument ensued, our faction ex-tolling the merits of this particular shark, whereas the pros-pective buyer was equally vehement in decrying its this juncture, having been a participant in its captin-e,I suggested that we toss a coin to determine whether weshould receive eight dollars or relinquish the fish for five,and, this method of solution agreed upon, I am pleased tosay that our much over-wro
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . fty looking Jew, rep-resenting the Chinese interests in this delicacy. The stew-ards asking price was ten dollars, whereas the Jews ofierwas five. A tremendous argument ensued, our faction ex-tolling the merits of this particular shark, whereas the pros-pective buyer was equally vehement in decrying its this juncture, having been a participant in its captin-e,I suggested that we toss a coin to determine whether weshould receive eight dollars or relinquish the fish for five,and, this method of solution agreed upon, I am pleased tosay that our much over-wrought luck favored us again. Now that the skulking U-Boat is driven from sea, elimi-nated henceforth as an added danger to an already hazard-ous calling, and urged by the memories of moments intensein their fascination, I long for the return of the sparklingAugust days to take pot luck again with the sturdy, kindlysworders on Georges Bank. F. G. H. 221 The Mary Benson Bequest of Illuminated Manu-scripts and Autograph Letters. The ^luseiuii collections ofilluminated manuscripts and otautograph letters and documentshave been augmented by a be-([uest from the late ^Nliss jNIaryl^enson of Brooklyn, whose in-terest in the Museuiii had ex-tended over many years. The gift shows a many-sidedinterest in matters pertaining tothe church, ranging as it doesfrom the beautiful churchlybooks of the past centuries tothe autograph letters of officersof the church of our own day, while her interest in literatureis indicated by manuscript letters of many Knglish andAmerican authors. The illuminated manuscripts consist of eight Aolumes ofHorae Beatae ]Mariae Virginis, or Books of Hours, oneMissal and a double page from one of the latter, and em-phasize the growth of the Museums collection of suchmaterial. The Book of Hours was not strictly a church office contained portions of the litanies, penitential Psalms,canonical hours and other devotions of a miscellaneous andprivate character and wa
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