THE suggestion of Professor Norton in regard to a memorial to Phillips Brooks in the form of a library and a reading room for Harvard is worth serious consideration, for such a memorial would be of infinitesimal value to the University. The need of a new library and a reading room is a crying one, growing more and more obvious every year and long ago reaching a point where some action must be taken. Gove Hall has long since ceased to be satisfactory; it is built upon a poor model and is too small to hold our increasing library, while the reading-room is narrow, cramped, poorly ventilated and totally inadequate. A library building such as this is hardly a credit to the university, and we have complained of it a long time and hoped for an improvement. The suggestion of Professor Norton has an incentive that should give a new and active interest to this object. Such a memorial to Phillips Brooks would be greatly in accord with the character and spirit of the man; a memorial of a lasting character, that will be of practical benefit to coming generations who will never have seen or heard Phillips Brooks, but who will recognize the greatness of his character and his philanthropic nature. - such a memorial would be of great value. - far more so than all the monuments that can be erected in Copley Square or elsewhere. It is sincerely to be hoped that this will appeal to the classmates of Phillips Brooks and to the friends of the University, and that Professor Norton's suggestion will be carried out.