CLASS OF 1902

The New York Times on November 8 gave an account of an auction held at the American Art Association—Anderson Galleries, when several valuable books were sold. James F. Drake purchased a first edition of Robert Herrick's "Hesperides," (1648), a first edition of Holinshed's "Chronicles," a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible containing the Twenty-third Psalm, a first edition of Chapman's "Homer" (London 1616), a first edition of Erasmus' "The Praise of Folie," and a first edition of Crashaw's "Steps to the Temple." The same paper announced on the following day that James F. Drake purchased for S7000 a first edition of Spenser's "Colin Clouts Come Home Again." The Secretary does not know certainly the identity of this bibliophile, but is strongly inclined to the belief that he is the same Drake who set out from Pittsfield for Hanover in the fall of '98, who joined Omicron Deuteron, and subsequently gave the grip to a brother in the bonds out in the murky metropolis. We hope our conjecture is correct, for it is a fine thing to have in our class one who is collecting early masterpieces of the art of printing. Incidentally the price paid for the Spenser volume was a little more than the Secretary paid one Jake Smith in September, 1898, for an antique book on trigonometry for freshmen. This book was so antique that the Secretary could only enjoy it as a museum piece.

Kendall Banning is the author of a highly entertaining book, "Mother Goose Rhymes Censored." The book had previously appeared in three private editions. The publisher is Mother Goose, 100 Fifth Ave., New York, and the modest price, $1.00.

G. W. Elderkin is slowly recovering from an operation which was performed early in September.

Secretary, Princeton, N. J.