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ton Robinson, Professor Woodberry, and William Aspenwall
Bradley.

Cary Trust gift. In 1968, the Mary Flagler Gary Charitable Trust
presented a copy of a complete book from the New Testament,
The Revelation of St. John the Divine, from the Biblia Latina,
printed in Mainz, ca. 1454-55, by Johann Gutenberg and his part¬
ner Johann Fust. This book came from a copy of the Gutenberg
Bible, which was broken up into single leaves and complete books
in 1921 by the dealer, Gabriel Wells, and sold individually. Add¬
ing to their earlier magnificent gift, the Cary Trust has now pre¬
sented a complete book from the Old Testament, The Book of
Ruth, which also comes from the Wells copy. This portion is com¬
plete in two folio leaves; and the headlines, chapter numbers, and
initial letters are rubricated in alternating red and blue. As is usual
with portions from the Wells copy. The Book of Ruth is bound
with the bibliographical essay by A. Edward Newton, written
especially for this occasion, and printed in 1921 under the direc¬
tions of Bruce Rogers.

Cuba gift. Mr. Maurice B. Cuba (A.M., 1923) has presented a
collection of the correspondence, notes and drafts, copies of let¬
ters, and printed materials relating to his researches into the life
and career of Robert Dale Owen, the social reformer and writer.
Among the papers is a group of ten autograph letters written by
Owen from 1846 to 1874 to Charles Warren Stoddard, F. J.
Dreer, Fredric Oxnard, Henry Wilson, James Knox Polk, and
other reformers and politicians of the period. Printed works by
Owen in the gift include the following: The Debatable Land Be¬
tween This World and the Next, New York, 1872; Footfalls on
the Boundary of Another World, Philadelphia, 1874; ^nd The
Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of
the African Race in the United States, Philadelphia, 1864.

Deutsch gift. For addition to the iMark Van Doren Papers, iMiss
Babette Deutsch (A.B., i9i7;Litt.D., 1946) has presented a group