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Haverstick gift. Mrs. lola Haverstick (A.B., 1946, B.; A.M., 1965)
has presented a rare and important salesman's dummy of Edith
Wharton's The Fruit of the Tree, a novel published by Scribner's in
1907 shortly after the author moved permanently to France. In
extraordinarily fine condition and with top-edge gilt, the copy is
stamped on the front paste-down, "Advance Dummy Sample/Pub¬
lication Day, About Oct. 12." The printed text, including the fron¬
tispiece illustration by Alonzo Kimball, ends on page 16, and the
balance of the volume is blank. Mrs. Haverstick has also donated
the First Edition Library printing of Ethan Frome, issued in 1991.

Hays gift. Mrs. Elinor Rice Hays has donated a letter written to her
by Leon Trotsky on February 19, 19 3 7, shortly after the Russian
communist moved to a suburb of Mexico City. In the letter Trotsky
expresses his satisfaction with the results of a recent meeting of sup¬
porters in planning for further revolutionary actions.

Holt gift. Ms. Nancy Holt, widow of the noted artist Robert
Smithson, has presented a collection of her late husband's drawings:
a notebook, containing twenty-nine drawings and various notations
on thirty-eight pages which relate to the planning for his exhibition
at the Lattice Gallery in Rome, 1969, as well as three detached
drawings that are studies for works in the Rome exhibition;
and a twelve-page notebook with ten drawings, ca. late 1969 or
early 1970.

Lax gift. Mr. Robert Lax (A.B., 1938) has donated three books of
his poetry, published in 1991, each of which is inscribed: Psalm and
The Rooster Poems, published by Stride in Exeter, England; and
Psalm & Homage to Wittgenstein, published by Pendo-verlag in
Zurich, with a cover drawing by the poet.