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...first edition of the Harvard Book has been exhausted, and subscriptions for a second edition are being received by the publishers...
THERE is one improvement at the Library which has not yet been noticed. If any one wishes a book which is out, he has only to write his name and address on a slate at the desk, and when the book is returned he receives the following notice: "The following book asked for by you, -, is in the Library, and will be retained for you three days from this date. In calling for the book, present this notice at the desk...
...bright, except perhaps the pallid faces of Freshmen who are on their way to the examination-room. There they will become oblivious to everything but the proctors, while they scribble the accumulated lore of a night's grind or a crib upon the pages of the well-named blue-book; and when the last of those tragedies - or farces, if you will - is over, they, too, will be as merry as the rest...
...grievance number one, I would suggest that it has nothing to do with the selection of new books, under which head the writer classes all his wrongs. I venture to state that on proper application to headquarters the necessity of a second copy of any book would be investigated, and, if proved, would be followed by the purchase of the book. I can testify from my own experience that the Librarian is only too glad to satisfy all just demands...
...fund, as I have just learned by inquiring at the Library, having been spent on standard authors. I do not know what peculiar tastes your writer may have, but I think I can say that anybody of ordinary literary tastes will find in the Library every new book he may wish to read; and I think this is sufficient proof that the Library fund is properly spent. Whatever desirable books are not there will certainly be bought on application, and I should advise your writer to carry his grievances to the Librarian, provided, that is, that he has better reasons...