COMPLETE SET OF RARE FIRST EDITIONS OF SCOTT ARE SHOWN

One of the few existing complete first edition collections of Walter Scott, a set of Shakespeare formerly belonging to Abraham Lincoln, some rare editions of Edmund Spenser's works, and a specially printed standard Book of Common Prayer are now on exhibition in the upper Treasure Room of Widener Library.

The volumes of Scott number about 65 in all and are in excellent condition. A value of approximately 95 pounds per volume was recently given in Edinburgh, making the whole collection worth a considerable sum of money. Some of Scott's correspondence is also on view.

Charles Moore '78 donated the set of Shakespeare in six volumes, of which one is on exhibition. The set is of great interest, since it is the identical one from which Lincoln read to Senator Summer on the Sunday before his assassination by Booth.

The volumes of Spenser, donated partly by the family of W. A. White '63, in the memory of whose son the greater part of the Dunster House library was given, were printed in the very early part of the 17th century.