A first edition of "Robinson Crusoe," published in 1719, and a copy of the first English translation of Don Quixote, dated 1620, are among the rare and valuable old books, which have just been placed on exhibition, in the Widener room of the Library, where they will remain through-out the week.
Two exhibits of unusual interest are Thackeray's copy of Cowper's poenis with autograph notes, and a quaint, rambling letter from Dawrence Sterne in which he solicits the patronage of a great man for a proposed continuation of "Tristram Shandy."
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CLASS OF 1902 GIVES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
