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...Library is, however, more concerned with the historical value of the manuscript than with its musical merits. As an example of musical notation before the use of the printing press for the purpose and as a specimen of medieval plainsong it will hold an important place in the Widener collections...
...that his discovery was of considerable value, he took it to Dr. A. T. Davison '06 for appraisal. Dr. Davison identified it as part of an antyshon in the Easter mass of the Catholic church, dating from 1550 at the latest. No definite value has been set upon the manuscript, but Dr. Davison admitted that its worth was considerable. Stout plans to return the manuscript to the library at once. It is not yet known what disposition will be made...
Another unusual feature of the collection is a manuscript of the first proof of Lincoln's second inaugural address. It is interlined and edited, partly by the President in his own handwriting, and partly by John Hay Hon. '02, later Secretary of State, and at that time Lincoln's private secretary...
Both Governor and son furnished $1,000 bail and the Governor retired from office two hours later. Turning from the manuscript of his farewell address, Mr. Davis, "without wavering," defended himself thus...
Winthrop Ames, one of our most selectively judicious producers, surrounded Mr. Arliss with a long and satisfactory company. Even in the raspingly British second act of the silly ass and arch girl sort, the players were usually above the manuscript. On the star's performance adjectives were tossed in an enthusiastic heap. He was furnished with opportunity to love, hate, eat, drink and die. These elemental attributes he interpreted with a gorgeous gusto, a decisive individuality which made the part one of Mr. Arliss's best since the days he did Disraeli...