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Library Notes.
The Library has received a box of very interesting books bought by Prof. Dunlap while in London.
Among these is a volume without which the Shakespeariana has been incomplete. It is a fac-simile copy of the famous first folio (1623) edition of Shakespeare's dramatic works. We have the Booth reprint, but this is an exact reproduction of the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays. The plays had previously appeared in separate quarto volumes. A set of these first quartos, in fac-simile, was placed in the Library last year. The Droeshout engraving on the title-page of the 1623 edition is thought to be one of the most authentic likenesses of the poet. It is eulogized by Ben Johnson, in the stanza on the opposite page, as being very true to life. This is a very fine copy, being handsomely bound in full calf.
Another book of like nature is Paradise Lost, as originally published; being a fac-simile reproduction of the first edition, with an introduction by David Masson, the biographer of Milton.
Our Shelley bibliography is now practically complete. This last lot of books adds three new lives of that poet: Shelley's Early Life, from original sources, with curious incidents, letters, and writings now published or collected, by Denis Florence MacCarthy; Shelley and his Writings, by Charles S. Middleton, two volumes; The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, by Thomas Jefferson Hogg. The last named work is particularly interesting because the author was a school-mate and friend of Shelley.
School of Fine Arts.
One of the rarest works in this purchase is The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser, edited, with a new life, based on original researches, and a glossary embracing notes and illustrations, by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart, in association with many eminent Spenserian scholars, ten volumes. This is a large paper copy, finely printed on Dutch handmade paper. It is for private circulation, only one hundred copies being printed; hence we are very fortunate to get it. The tenth volume is not yet completed.
Miss Wiedemann has been invited to play for the Adelphic.
Miss Alice Spaulding, who is ill with the scarlet fever, is much better.
Miss Ehrsam has returned from her visit home, saddened by the death of her brother. We extend our sympathy to her.
The first entertainment on the lecture course was given Wednesday evening. There was a very good attendance and the audience was an appreciative one. The singing of Miss Abbie Rose Wood was especially to be commended.
The managers of the lecture bureau are to be congratulated on the success which they have attained both as to program arranged and also in the attendance.
The following program was listened to by a large audience Wednesday, November 18th.
Mendelssohn—Serenade and Allegro giojoso—Two pianos. Miss McCheyne and Prof. Preyer.
Danbe—Chant Du Bivouac—Violin solo. Miss Elsbeth Ehrsam.
Jensen—Etude, op. 32, No. 7.
Haberbier—Etude, op. 53, No. 3. Miss Winnek.
Leonard—Op. 41—Violin solo. Miss Jean Bowersock.
Brahms—Rhapsodie No. 2, G minor. Miss Fisher.
Gotze—Duet, soprano and baritone—"Calm as the night."
Miss Starr and Mr. Farrell.
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