By the will of Henry Saltonstall Howe '69, which was made public yesterday, some of the finest parts of his collection and a $25,000 fund for the purchase of new books are left to Harvard. Bequests for the establishment of a professorship in the Dane School of Law were made yesterday in the will of former Justice Franklin G. Fessenden, who graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1873.
The $25,000 bequeathed by Mr. Howe is to be known as the Henry Saltonstall Howe Fund, and its interest will be used for the purchase of books according to the discretion of library officials. Books from the libraries of nearly all the presidents of the United States and seven first editions of Jane Austen. George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy are also left to the University. In addition the officials of Widener Library are empowered to select any 100 volumes which they may desire from the library of Mr. Howe.
Justice Fessenden's bequests are to be invested and held until accumulation of income and any additions shall enable the establishment of a full professorship given in recognition of what the Law School did for him.
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PARTING OF THE WAYS
