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...Winsor '93 has been elected associate business manager of the Monthly...
Vivid and picturesque descriptions of various historic corners of England are those which Mr. Justin Winsor gives in his letter to the New York Evening Post. His last letter to that paper tells of a delightful jaunt through Southwark, the home of John Harvard...
...Southwark," says Mr. Winsor, "is now in the see of Rochester, and in the midst of the rebuilding of St. Saviour's Church, the old St. Mary Overy's, the good bishop-not unknown to us in America from his visits there-would interest all Harvardians in the shrine that the probable baptism of John Harvard within its walls has sanctified in their memories. It is certain that the St. Saviour's School, which formerly stood adjacent to the church, had in those early days the father of John Harvard among its governors. Amid the changes which Southwark has undergone...
Then ensues an interesting account of Capt. John Smith's connection with Southwark, of some of the earliest manuscript maps of Capt. Smith and Gov. Winthrop which bear a relevance to early New England history. In conclusion, Mr. Winsor gives it as his opinion that John Harvard was not acquainted with Capt. Smith since at the time of the latter's death in 1631, Harvard was still a student at Cambridge. Smith's name had been for some time one of romantic interest, however, and there was much truth in the epitaph put above his grave-"the grim King...
Many interesting statistics are appended to Mr. Winsor's report. The number of accessions to the central and to the various departmental libraries during the year was 16,051, as against 12,253 for 1889, 16,468 for 1888, and 11,924 for 1887. The total number of volumes now in the library is 371,255; the total number of pamphlets, 300,863. The number of books used last year was 92,109, as against 84,191 for 1889, 80,906 for 1888, and 74,902 for 1887. The use of cards admitting the holders to the stack has been...