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Woods gift. Mrs. Louise T. AA'oods has presented ninety-four
first and rare editions from the library of her late husband, George
D. Woods (LL.D., 1966). Included are several choice and un¬
usual works by iMax Beerbohni: Cartoons: "The Second Child¬
hood of John Bull," London [1911]; Fifty Caricatures, London,
1913, with the John Quinn bookplate; Observations, London,
1926, one of 280 numbered and signed copies with an additional
print signed by the artist; A Peep Into the Past, [New York | 1923,
an unauthorized first American edition; and The Works of Max
Beerbohm, London, 1896, the author's first book. The gift also
contains several other important literary works: Samuel Johnson,
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, London, 1775;
Vincent Starrett, The Unique Hamlet, a Hitherto Unchronicled
Adventure of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Chicago, 1920; and Laurence
Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, London, 1760-
1767, nine volumes, of which three are autographed by the author.