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52                                 Roland Baughman

gift of Kent's books was made to the Law Library in 1911 by
Edwin Kent, Esq., a relative of the Chancellor's.

2.  Mr. Ejnest C. Steefel of New York has presented a number
of books and other materials in the field of international law.

3.   Mrs. Benjamin P. Goldman has presented a collection of
books formerly belonging to her son, recently deceased. Tlie
collection comprises Russian materials, American case books,
dictionaries, and international relations materials.

Longwell gift. Mr. Daniel Longwell (1922 C), who is well
known to our readers for his gift of the "Churchill Collecrion,"
has made a delightful addition to it. Sir Winston S. Churchill,
Honorary Citizen of the United States of America is a tiny
volume, printed beautifully at Worcester, Alass., in 1963, and
charmingly bound in full morocco.

Macy gift. On May 14, 1957, Mrs. George Macy presented, as
a memorial to her late husband (1921 C), a complete collection
of the books published by him under the Limited Editions Club
imprint. Since then Airs. Alacy has kept the file up-to-date, and
each month the latest L.E.C. edition reaches the Special Collec¬
tions department on strict schedule.

During the past twelvemonth the issues included more than
the usual number of exceptionally beautiful volumes. Perhaps the
most outstanding (although such a choice must be admittedly
subjective) is Journals and other documents on the life and
voyages of Christopher Columbus, illustrated superbly by Lima
de Freitas with hand-colored scratch-board or sgraffito plates.
But, having said that, how can one pass by Paul Landacre's
wonderful wood-engravings for On the origin of species, or
Serge Ivanoff's delightful colorplates for Tartuffe, or the two-
color wood-engravings by David Gentleman for The Swiss
Family Robinson, or the brilliant and nostalgic water-colors by
Gunter Bohmer for De Maupassant's Tales'?
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