Rare volumes and letters from the pen of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are on exhibit in the Poetry Room of Widener Library. A feature of the display is a manuscript draft of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem "Aurora Leigh," bequeathed to Harvard by Miss Amy Lowell. A letter in which Mrs. Browning referred in 1841 to her famous dog, Flush, is also shown. She wrote that the dog had torn a book into fragments, "like a critic," and added, "But how could he know any better? There's an apology for the critics."

Of Robert Browning's work the rarest item shown is a copy of the book "Pauline," privately printed by the author in 1833. Later, Browning regretted this book and destroyed all but a few copies.

Another exhibit of interest in Widener is the collection of the work of Bruce Rogers, the leading American designer of books and type faces, which is placed in the Second Floor hall. Rogers was formerly connected with the University as printing adviser to the Press and once held the same position at Cambridge, England.

Outstanding in the collection and one of Rogers' most notable works is the large-sized, two volume edition of the Oxford Lectern Bible, which is beautifully displayed in the center of the hall. Designed with utmost simplicity, the huge clear print is readable from a surprising distance.