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MCNAMEE has just finished a beautiful example of a "Roger Payne" crushed levant binding. It is gilt top, uncut edges and very finely tooled with a lace pattern. It will be in Amee's bookstore window Harvard Sqr. for the next few days...
...Manter Hall.MCNAMEE the Bookbinder has a beautiful set of Guizot on exhibition in the window of Amee's bookstore. They are bound in polished green morocco with gilt tops and full tooled backs...
Several times this year mention has been made of the gilt cross over the entrance to the library, but as far as we know its real history has not been told. When, in 1745 Louisburg surrendered to Sir William Pipperell and the Massachusetts troops, the cross was taken as a trophy and was brought to Cambridge on the return of the soldiers. The date of the capture and a further inscription were printed upon it and it was given a place among other relics which were formerly preserved in Harvard Hall. After the removal of the library from that building...
...gilt cross over the entrance to the College Library, said to be a trophy from the siege of Strasburg, was really taken by Amherst of the English Colonial army from the fortress of Louisburg, Cape Breton Island, in 1758, during the French and Indian...
...outward appearance of the volume is similar to that of last year. The covers are crimson with gilt lettering, but to the simple lettering on the front cover of last year there is added a very effective representation of the college seal. The illustrated advertisement on the back cover is also an innovation, and a rather pleasing...