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7,000 BOOKS ON SHAKESPEARE

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Day
2
Month
October
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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7,000 BOOKS ON SHAKESPEARE

Are to be Found in the University Library

NEW BOOKS RECEIVED

Little Fiction Received - Books are Mostly of the Utilitarian Kind

Four boxes of new books have arrived to swell the University Library shelves, two from Germany and two from England. And what is of particular interest is 12 volumes of Shakespeare, first printed in folio in 1623, re-printed in New York, sent to England and bought from there by the University. But this is a way the University has of buying many of its books; and it is just as cheap. Most of the books are purchased from the Southern Co., London, Eng.; Brockhaus, Leipsig, Ger., and from H. Walter of Paris; though some of the most elegant books are from Bangs & Co., of New York. These are the rarest perhaps and of most value; and once upon a time, after a little difficulty ensued from the loss of some books to the University, Bangs & Co. enclosed a little slip with the books which read: "These books are all in this box."

There is constantly someone inquiring about the Shakespeare library, said one in authority. People are coming from all over the country to look at it. It has grown so rapidly that it now contains about seven thousand volumes.

Another interesting series that just came is "Social England from its Earliest Times." Four volumes cover the ground to 1714, The work is in the process of construction. A box of fiction came to counterbalance the brain breaking books.