Our Growing Collections

ROLAND BAUGHMAN

Appleton gift. Through the good ofiices of her nephew. Profes¬
sor William W. Appleton, Aliss Alary Appleton of Greenwich,
Connecticut, has presented a fine series of letters from important
personages. For the most part the letters represent correspondence
with the famous New York publishing firm of D. Appleton & Co.,
and its successors. The collection comprises 52 pieces from 42
individuals, notable among whom are Hall Caine, Cyrus Field,
Hamilton Fish, Fitz-Greene Halleck, E. C. Stedman, and Henry
Van Dyke.

Bancroft gift. Professor Alargaret Bancroft (A.M., 1913) has pre¬
sented three intriguing booklets that had been given to her by her
friend, the late E. Parmalee Prentice. The volumes are transla¬
tions into Latin of, first, Air. Prentice's own description of Mount
Hope, his country home near Williamstown, Mass. (Mons Spes
. . . Neo Eboraci [1917]); second, Ruskin's The King of the
Golden River (Rex Atirei Rivi... Neo Eboraci, AIDCCCCXIV);
and third, an introduction to Stevenson's Treasure Island with the
Latin title Prooemii ad Versionem Latinam Insulae Thesaiirariae
. . . Brooklyn-New York, [1922]. The translations into Latin
were made by Dr. Arcadius Avellanus, and their purpose was to
promote an interest in that language on the part of Mr. Prentice's
children. The booklets are extremely rare, since they probably
were not widely distributed.

Bass gift. Recent visitors to Butler Library will surely have no¬
ticed a most exciting addition to our decor. Over the main east-
side stairway from the second floor hangs a large portrait by Sir
 

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