ITEMS OF DICKENS, KILPING AND STEVENSON ON EXHIBITION

The Widener Room has on exhibition at present a rather unusual collection of rare items connected with Dickens, Stevenson and Kipling. In the Dickens' case there are manuscripts of his parody on the "Elegy in a Country Church yard", (unpublished); autograph letters between Dickens and Thackeray; and three presentation copies of the Pickwick Papers.

The Stevenson case is filled with rare and amusing leaflets and pamphlets which were issued at the Davos-Platz Press, with rough woodcuts by Stevenson himself. Among the Kipling items are shown an original draft of the first two verses of the "Recessional"; proof sheets of "Kim" with corrections in the author's hand, and several other equally interesting pamphlets.

Next week some of the first editions of Milton's Poems will be added. The Luther Collection which is now on view in the Treasure Room will be closed some time next week, and will be followed by books and manuscripts illustrating some phases of the early history of the colleges.