Word: swiftness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Very recently a collection of the works of Dean Swift was bought from the library of Col. Frederick Grant, costing fifty-five pounds. The collection also includes a number of books written by authors contemporaneous with Swift, relating to him. The most valuable of these books are a bound volume of the "Drapier Letters" and two volumes of the first edition of "Gulliver's Travels." Both works cost ten guineas each. The volume of the "Drapier Letters" is particularly interesting as it contains the very first editions of the "Letters" published, only a few of which are now in existence...
...Union Library has recently received a gift of four hundred books from Mr. J. B. Gerrish '71 The volumes are all in the best editions, beautifully bound, and include the following sets: Milton's Works, eight volumes, edited by Nutford; Swift's Works, nineteen volumes, edited by Walter Scott; Dryden's Works, eighteen volumes, edited by Scott and Saintsbury; Ben Jonson's Works, nine volumes, edited by Gifford; Bullen's "English Dramatists," sixteen volumes; Chaucer's Works, edited by Skeat, seven volumes; Gardiner's History of England, ten volumes...
Weld--W. C. Richmond, A. L. Derby, W. B. Brigham, A. Crocker, R. A. Derby, L. Swift, R. H. Miller, H. S. Forbes, A. L. Hopkins, B. Joy, R. Oveson, W. S. Poor, S. L. Lewis, A. S. Murphy, H. Beaves, T. C. Eayrs, L. M. Thornton, W. S. Jones, J. P. Bowditch, C. Weil, C. Hutchins, A. H. Gale...
...Freshman squad will be composed of C. M. Dall, W. O. Dapping, R. A. Dowling, R. B. Gring, R. M. Hall, E. D. Hayes, J. F. Henderson, P. D. Howard, F. W. Lehmann, J. R. Lewis, C. W. Randall, J. A. Powelson, L. F. Swift and T. H. Smith...
...Morgan, Jr., '02, Class of 1856. A. S. Pease '02, Price Greenleaf. H. T. Poland '03, Bowditch. C. R. Post '04, John Harvard. D. R. Radovsky '02, Bowditch. A. L. Richards '03, Price Greenleaf. F. W. Russe '02, John Harvard. G. S. Stevenson '03, Price Greenleaf. E. Swift '03, Bartlett. C. H. Walker '04, Bowditch. R. S. Wallace '04, Bowditch. R. G. Wellinton '02, John Harvard...