"Rubaiyat" at Widener

On exhibition in the Widener Memorial room this week are copies of the first three editions of Fitzgerald's "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam".

These show the variations in text in each edition. Also are the presentation copies from Fitzgerald; "Euphranor," "Polonius", and "Six Dramas of Calderon."

A copy of Gray's "Elegy", first eidtion entitled "An Elegy wrote in a country church yard" was printed in 1751. Encased with this is a manuscript of Dicken's parody on it.

On display also is a copy of Gray's "Odes" that was owned by Lord Byron when he was 16 years of age. In this is Byron's signature written in his longhand.