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WANTED.- Some one to copy blind MSS. in very legible hand. Apply at once...
WANTED.- Some one to copy blind MSS. in very ligible hand. Apply at once...
...Museums, the Fitzwilliam is the chief, noted for its fine collection of engravings, while many a fine piece of statuary can be found in its halls. The Senate House, dreaded by the incoming freshman, and the University Library, with its half million volumes, among them an original MSS on vellum of the four Gospels and the book of Acts of the Apostles, next meet one's attention. The largest, if not the finest college is Trinity, which claims to be the largest in Europe. Ex tending on both sides of the street it is entered through the fine King...
...possesses few objects of interest save the celebrated mulberry tree that belonged to John Milton. Sir Christopher Wren built the library of Pembroke College. Spencer, Gray, and Wm. Pitt are among its alumni. Jesus, now called Magdalen College, possesses three entire libraries, and treasures among its relics, the original Mss of Pepy's. Diary...
...catalogue of the Lee MSS., presented to the library by the late J. W. Harris, is given in this number. It consists principally of very valuable documents relating to colonial and early American history. A part catalogue of the maps, in which the library is so rich, is also given. The list of American authors in geology and paleontology, in which the names of many Harvard men appear, is concluded...