GIFTS OF HOVEY MANUSCRIPTS

Through the generosity of Mr. Arthur H. Livermore of the class of 1888, the College library has received some very valuable and interesting Hovey manuscripts. Two of these manuscripts were the property of Mr. Bliss Carman and were consigned by him to the Anderson Auction Rooms in New York City. After spirited bidding Mr. Livermore was able to secure the items. These were the original manuscript of "The Quest of Merlin," consisting of seventy pages, all in Hovey's handwriting in ink, with corrections in pencil, and a copy of the poem "To Miriam," consisting of eleven pages. For these two manuscripts Mr. Livermore had made two attractive cases of blue buckram. Mr. Livermore also presented at the same time the original will of Hovey. More recently Dr. Tucker has presented to the library the manuscript of Hovey's famous Spanish War poem, "Unmanifest Destiny."