The conditional bequest to the Divinity School of Dr. Abbot's library, if accepted, will cause an outlay of many thousand dollars. This, however, should not influence those who have charge of the matter. The divinity School would receive great benefit from the donation. But we cannot feel that the library of the Divinity School should take precedence over the University library. For years the undergraduates have protested against the inefficiency of the management of the University library to meet the needs of the college. The invariable answer has been that the college authorities were unable to accede to the requests of the students because of a lack of funds. The reason has been accepted, and the discussion allowed to rest. But we are now brought face to face with a pressing need of the Divinity School of money to prepare a proper receptacle for a very valuable library which has been presented it. We do not wish to appear blind to the interests of any one department of the university. We would be glad to hear that outside parties had taken the matter in hand and had furnished the necessary amount. But we feel that any change in the library which does not aim to alleviate its present comparative uselessness, is entirely uncalled for and slightly premature. If the necessary money is furnished, it could not be put to a better use than by improving the University library building where the donated books could be most safely, economically, and usefully preserved. The question of improvements in Gore Hall has been so long before the college that we have approached it with much hesitance, and have only been led to speak of the matter through a fear that, in the desire of the university to secure to the Divinity School such a valuable addition to its library, the previous and more pressing claims of the University library to a recognition of its wants may be neglected.