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Letters, manuscripts, and a pocket magnifying glass of John Ruskin were placed on exhibition yesterday in the Treasure Room at Widener Library. They are gifts from the family of the late Professor Charles Eliot Norton '46. The exhibition also includes an etul case of Mrs. Thomas Carlyle, a locket containing a wisp of Thomas Carlyle's hair, a volume of original letters to Professor Norton from Longfellow, Lowell, and others, an original manuscript of John Leverett, President of the College from 1708 to 1724, and a contract of a grant of land to Sir Joseph Eyles bearing the Great Seal of Great Britain.
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