GREAT GIFT TO CORNELL.

The board of trustees of Cornell University were agreeably surprised here to-day while in session by a communication from ex-President White, announcing his determination to give to the university his superb historical library. This collection of books, the gathering of which has been Mr. White's lifework, consists of about 30,000 volumes, 10,000 valuable pamhlets and many manuscripts. It has cost more than $100,000, and its present value cannot be estimated. Remarkable are the collections upon French, German, English and American history; upon the middle ages, the Jesuits and the inquisition; the early history of the natural sciences and of political economy. With the French revolution it is especially rich. The collection of periodicals includes complete sets of the famous journals of Robespierre, Mirabeau and Marat. - Daily Advertiser.