PROFESSOR RICHARDSON'S "KELMSCOTT CHAUCER"

The very valuable copy of the "Kelmscott Chaucer," formerly belonging to Professor Charles F. Richardson, has been presented by Mrs. Richardson to the library of Dartmouth College. This rare volume is generally considered to be the finest specimen of modern printing in existence, and is valued at not less than five hundred dollars. It was issued as a folio from the famous Kelmscott Press of William Morris in 1896, and was the last work and greatest achievement of Morris in the art of printing. It contains eighty-seven pictures by Burne-Jones, and many borders and initial words and letters from designs by Morris himself. The binding, of white stamped pigskin, is the work of Cobden-Saunderson at the Doves Bindery, from Morris's own designs. The College and the alumni are deeply indebted to Mrs. Richardson for her great generosity in thus presenting to the library the greatest treasure to be found among Professor Richardson's books.