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0 0 0 0 D , ) ) e ) 7 The Elizabetha n Clu

D 6 n On Wednesday evening, ecember , the ew home of the C Elizabethan lub , which is pictured above , was Opened for

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. T w the use of its members here ere no formal ceremonies , but a large ma'ority of those already elected , who live within H reach of New aven , were present to inspect the club house , 1 2 C S No . 3 ollege treet, and to see the first exhibition of ’ the rare volumes , prints and paintings contained in the club s A lib rary . public exhibition o f the first editions was held in the C hittenden Library on Thursday in conn ection with the H e o e t L A New aven m eting of the C nn c icut ibrary ssoci a tion . The general public and undergraduates were invited to this exhibition . It is not quite six months since the organization came into S p ossession of the C ollege treet property, and in that time extensive repairs have been made in the house so that it may properly serve as the home of the association , which di ff ers in many important respects from any club or society A heretofore known at Yale , or indeed at any merican uni ' Th E liz betha n C lu versity . e a b, which was formed to pro mote in the community a wider appreciation of literature and ” o f s ocial intercourse f ounded upon such appreciation , is in no sense a part of the traditional Yale undergraduate secret I t . socie y system t is , rather, an open club for the use of its chosen undergraduate and graduate members , who may or may not belong to existing societies , together with a certain m number of Faculty embers , elected from the teaching force of Yale University, and a limited number of honorary mem bers , among whom will be included scholars occupying places i the th i s i l c l n faculties of o er n titut ons , as wel as private o lectors and bibliophiles of note in this country and abroad . — _ 3 r - c ( 1 While the membership of this unique Yale literary club

’ b l m a the will na tura lly: e i ited, s a n case of any such social ' ' za ti n Si o f int s o n organi o , t is ere t t ote that the members are at liberty to bring in guests at any time, and the students and alumni of both the C ollege and the S cientific S chool A s are eligible fo r election . a result of these tw o provisions in the regulations the Elizabethan C lub will be in reality a ' University organization , and its collections, library and work rooms ” W ill be available for all members of the University The who are interested in them . club house , situated on C S S ollege treet near the corner of Wall treet, is ideally located for the daily use of members and their friends , and it is the general expectation that it will be largely used , not only in the afternoon and evenings , but als o in the intervals between recitations . The qualifications set for membership cannot be very easily defined , but in a general way are those which obtain in any club fo rmed for the use of men o f discriminating tastes and I appreciations . t has been suggested by some observers that the Elizabethan C lub will be a miniature combination of the ’

C G . entury , the rolier and the Players clubs of New York Perhaps this will best indicate the desired character of its C ’ membership . Under the Elizab ethan lub s standards the mere fact that a student has written for any of the under r ha s graduate publications , o become an editor of one of them , will not entitle him to membership unless , with literary ability , he possesses the rather u ndefina ble qualities of originality and individuality which combine to make a medium of s ocial The intercourse of distinction . selection of all membe rs , honorary, Faculty , graduate, or undergraduate , is to be in the hands of a committee on admissions , and elections will be made from time to time , rather than at fixed intervals . N ot more than twenty men may be chosen from any one C lass (graduate or undergraduate) in the C ollege or the Scientific S chool , but undergraduates may b e elected to membership in

S . S ophomore , Junior or enior year _ _ 4 While enough has been said perhaps in a ge neral way to show the unique features of this Yale institution , any article dealing with the Elizabethan C lub would be incomplete with out some description at least of its wonderful collection of first editions and rare volumes of the Elizabethan and S tuart periods ; for it is literally around these that the club has been built . When the idea of the organization was first b A S C broached y lexander mith ochran , who later became one of the incorporators of the association , he announced his desire to give to the University for the club ’ s library certain first editions of S hakespeare and of other authors from his To c own collections . these gifts were later added pur hases made by him through the University at the H o e sale in New s York last pring, and he has now still further enriched the ’ H club s library by acquiring for it, in advance of the uth sale i L n ondon , the no teworthy Shakespeare item s which had aroused the interest and enthusiasm of collectors all over ' A The the world . s a result the collections o f Elizabethan C lub of Yale University are already of the greatest inter , A national importance , and occupy the first place in merican collections on this sub'ect .

’ TH E ELIZ AB ETH A N C LU B s RARE BOOK S Among the rare books and first editions now in the club ’ s library or on their way thither, special mention may be made s o of the early Engli h m ralities and interludes , all of them Th ter lu de ma ni es tin the extremely rare . e earliest is the I n f g c hie ro mis o G d 1 8 f p es f o , 53 , written by Bishop John Bale to set forth the Reformed opinions and to attack the Roman ’ ; T party here is no place of publication or printer s name , but it was probably issued at Basel by Nicholas of Bamberg . T H h hen comes John eywood , t e epigrammatist , singer and H III la player on the virginals under enry V , with his P y c a lled the o ur In t e 1 F P . this in erlude , produced betw en 543 1 and 547, a Peddler , a Pardoner , a Palmer , and a Potecary he try to tell t greatest lie, and when the Pa lmer says he never saw a woman out of temper the victory is awarded E . O f H is tor o Ja c o b a nd s a u to him the y f , printed in 1 568, n only three other copies are known . O the title page are ' h T e Partes and names of the Players , who are to be con i red H i s de to be ebrews , and so should be a ppa ra led with ’ A tie d e e l . a nt a n me k Gr s l ttire John Phillip s P i , taken from

- B occaccio , is one of the very rarest pre Shakespearean come n H H dies and is unknow to alliwell , azlitt , C ollier, and

L . h owndes T e book was printed by C olwell , whose press ran 1 62 1 1 The C from 5 to 57 . one named o mm on C o nditi ons V 1 6 (after the name of the ice ) was licensed in 57 , and its rarity may be seen from the statement of C arew H azlitt in 1 8 2 9 , that the o nly copy known to exist is now in the col

D D - lection of the uke of evonshire, and wants the title page . The Yale copy is complete . ’ The club has the first edition (1 55 1 ) of More s Utopia ’ S a i ue n C in English ; the first editions of penser s F ry ' e , om la ints C o li u on p , and n C lo t; the extraordinarily rare first editi ’ of Bacon s E ss a ys (sold at the H uth sale last month for the first complete edition of the same work ; and A dv m e L In R eturn the first of the a nce nt of ea rning . the ’

r a rna s s us . C f om P , acted by the students in S t John s ollege , 1 602 S C ambridge, in , there are allusions to hakespeare , and The quotations from his works . Elizabethan C lub copy has a contemporary bookseller ’ s advertising slip at the end of the u The T prolog e, and is probably unique in this respect . homas ’ Green e who wrote the P o et s Vis io n was a native o f Stratford Red T and an actor at the Bull heater, and i s supposed to have been a relative of Shakespeare and to have introduced him Th to the stage . e work is almost unknown .

TH E RIC H S H A KES PEARE C OLLEC TION

The collection of Shakespeare folios and quartos is a fi nes in mos t extraordinary one, and is undoubtedly the t . It s America . include the whole o f the famous a ccumulation of H enry H uth of London , bought for the club privately a t a cost of nearly after being announced for sale by O f Lu c auction . the first edition of rece only f our other per fect H enr f copies are known ; the same is true of y V. O the H a mlet Ri II second quarto of , the first edition of c ha rd I , enus a n A onis o and the second of V d d , only tw o ther cop ies Venus a nd A do ni are known . For the s one must either o n go to the B ritish Museum o r the B dleia , or come to Yale . Besides the genuine works of S hakespeare this superb col lection includes rare edition s o f wo rks formerly attributed to t nti on i J hn Old a s le Th L him , such as the C on e , S r o c t , e ondon i l Th urita n The York hir Tra d P ro d ga , e P , and s e ge y .

OTH ER TUDOR A N D S TUART RARI TIE S

Of Ben Jonson the club ha s the first editions of Vo lp one E nter ta inm ent o Kin Ja m es I ha s and the f g . t also the first i e collected edition of h s works , a p r s enta tion c opy from the u hor i th i u to ra h ins cri tion f o ns o nu r iu t h s a . J s i a w g p p O V b s, a collection o f verses in pra ise o f Jonson issued by friends the year after his death , the club has a fine copy entirely ’ n The the H I ou u cut . large woodcut on title of eywood s f y k w n m 1 60 - 06 n no o t e, 5 , representing 'ueen Elizabeth e ' 1 throned , wa s used in 595 to portray an upstart gentle ” ’ ’ n u u v woman in Go s s o s Plea s a nt ' ips . Middleton s Yo r fi e Ga lla n 1 60 ts , 7, is probably the finest copy in existence ; o f his G m a h h h a e t c es s , w ich was suppressed , only one ot er copy ’

. C lowe 1 61 is known ampion s F rs , 3 , a very fine copy with h he edges entirely uncut, has t e music to the songs in t masque, ' set forth with words that they may be sung to the Lute or ” ’ Vio ll H Te h a ia T M r . t no m h Bar en olyday s rare c g , or e a ia o h A ts b I r ge f t e r , played efore James at Woodstock, gave ris e to this epigram :

' ‘ ’ o At the Marriage of the Arts bef re the King, st s ff Le tho e brave mates should want an o ering, Th e o — I King himself did ffer what , pr ’ ’ ’ o fler d 1 1 — He tw ee or thr ee to go away . —7 tna th / o ma n ha t r 1 620 n fi e t O f S we m e IV e , , o ly v o her copies ’ a N e w a t l are known . O f Massinger s celebr ted w y o pa y o d d ebts the club has a beautiful copy of the first edition . ’ M be s S a nis h B a wd r C a lis to a b p , a t anslation of , is probably the longest play ever written in modern Europe ; it has

- The twenty one acts . collection ends for the present with ’ a ra di L a ra dis R e a ined Milton s P s e os t and P e g , both in beau Th a ra dis L os S tiful first editions . e P e t is an exquisite peci f R ’ men o iviere s binding . The club has also a large number of translations from the n o T classics , in most cases the earliest i t English . here is the 'eno h 1 G H ervet Geff er p o n of 534, made by entian , tutor of y ’ R C i c e Ol A e Pole, eginald s brother ; ro on d g , Englished by ’ Thomas Newton in 1 569 ; Thomas Wilson s D em os thenes of ’ ’ 1 0 A ia n H is o 1 8 S eneca 1 81 57 ; pp s t ry , 57 ; Newton s of 5 ; ’ ’ Pha er and Twyne s Vergil of 1 583 ; Kyffin s Terenc e of 1 588 ; ’ ’ H e 1 8 H Liv 1 600 lin C hapman s o m r of 59 ; olland s y of , P y ’ 60 1 u h 1 60 Gren w a Ta citu 1 60 of 1 , and P l ta r c of 3 ; e y s s of 4 ; ’ ’ Golding s Ovid o f 1 6 1 2 ; No rth s Plu ta rch o f the same year ; ’ ’ Lodge s S eneca of 1 6 1 4 ; Ben Jonson s H ora ce of 1 640 ; ’ ’ A ia H i r 1 6 C pp n s s to y of 79 ; and many others . harles Blount s o Philos tra tus 1 680 translati n of , , was published with the design o f invalidating the testimony of the evangelists concerning a n d miracles , d only a few copies were ispersed before the work was suppressed . Some of the early editions in the club are in the o riginal bindings , but most of them have been suitably rebound by a m famous binders . M ny o f the volu es have bo okplates an d anno tations of interest to biblio philes . A list of the rare books now in the possession of the Eliza bethan C lub follows :

— 8 'I RS T A N D OT H E R RAR E E D I TI ON S I N T H E C L U B LI B RARY

m 1 8 Appian . History of the Ro an wars . 5 7

b D . 1 istory, tr . y . avies 6 79 fi B 1 Appius and Virginia , by 5 75 ’ A i x rr a n x . . 1 2 . Ale ander s e pedition , tr by John Rooke 7 9 6 0 ' . 1 Bacon , rancis . Advancement of learning 5 1 Essays . 5 97 1 2 Essays . First complete edition . 6 5 e i Go d 1 8 Bale , J . Chi f prom ses of . 5 3 ’ 1 6 0 Barnes , B . The devil s charter . 7 1 6 Beaumont and Fletcher . Comedies 81 Tragedies . 4 7 1 6 1 Campion , T . Flowers . 4 1 6 1 Carew, E . Mariam . 3 B n n i u m 6 a . rita c . 1 C rew , T Coelum 3 4

- 1 6 6 Carlell , L . Heraclius . 4 6 a . . x . 1 C rtwright , W The royal slave O ford 3 9 1 6 0 Chamberlain , R . The swaggering damsel . 4

a a n d o . 1 6 1 Chapman , G Caes r P mpey 3

n . 1 6 Chabot , Admiral of Fra ce 3 9 i 1 6 08 Th e consp racy and tragedy of Byron . 1 6 0 Eastward Ho . 5 ‘ T e a 1 6 06 h gentlem n usher .

- 1 6 1 1 May day . ’ 1 6 1 2 The widow s tears . ff 1 6 1 Chettle , H . Ho man . 1 6 Cicero . Old Age , tr . by Newton . 5 9 P Common condition s . [ I 5 76 Y k 1 6 1 Contention between the two famous houses , Lancaster and or . 9 ’ 1 6 Courtier s calling . 75 1 6 0 D a venant, Sir W . The cruel brother . 3 ' 1 6 6 The platonic l overs . 3

D e . 1 6 avenport , R. New trick to ch at the devil 3 9 6 D a . a B edu a l . 1 y , J Blind begg r of Green 5 9 1 6 Isle of Gulls . 3 3 u D eclaration of Lords Commons , and ordinances for s ppressing stage 1 6 2 plays . 4

a . 1 6 0 D ekker, T . Westw rd Ho 7 h o e n 1 6 W r of Babylo . 0

r i n s W1 . 1 0 D em os thenes O a t o , tr . by T . son 5 7 lI é I Fair Em . 1 6 Fletcher , J The bloody brother . 3 9 1 6 The elder brother . 3 7 1 6 Monsieur Thom as . 3 9 1 6 0 The night walker . 4 a 1 6 0 Rule a wife and h ve a wife . 4

' . 1 62 1 Thierry , king of rance 1 6 Two noble kinsmen . 3 4

- 1 60 The woman hater . 7 — 9 i el d Fletcher, P . S c i es a Piscator 1 6 3 1

. h . 1 6 8 Ford , J Fancies c aste and nob e 3 ’ The lover s melancholy , etc . 1 62 9 6 Perkin Warbeck . 1 3 4 ’ The sun s da rling. ’ ’ o 1 6 Tis pity she s a wh re . 3 3 U 1 8 Fulwell , . Like will to like . 5 7

G . e Gascoigne , The glass of governm nt . 75 ll u Ge i s . 1 . B e o e . 1 , A The Att c nights , tr by W. 3 v . 795 ’ 1 6 0 Greene, T . A poet s vision . 3

. i ra m s 1 6 1 Harrin gton , Sir J E g . 5 H e ri Herrick , R . spe e s . 1 648

Heywood , Four 1 2 Heywood An apol r actors . 1 6 E n h h 1 6 The g s traveller . 3 3 1 6 1 1 The golden age .

ou ou n 1 6 - 0 If y know not me , y k ow nobody . 05 6 1 6 Pleasant dialogues and dramas . 3 7 hn i Holyday, B . Tec oga m a . 1 6 1 8

. a m n 1 8 Homer Iliad , tr . by G . p a . 5 9

c . oe lishe d s 1 6 0 Hora e Art of p try , En by Ben Jon on . 4 I n elen d P1 6 0 g , T . The disobedient child . [ 5 ] 1 68 Jac ob and Esau . 5 n m 1 0 Jonson , B Entertai nme t of King Ja es . 6 4 1 6 0 Volpone . 7

1 6 1 6 - 0 Works . 4 o nso nu s o r 1 6 8 J Virbius , the memory of Ben Jonson revived . 3 ’ e e ntert i nm nt 1 6 King and 'u en s a e at Richmon d . 3 6 n l Knave in grain e w vamped . 1 6 00 Livy. Roman history , tr . by P . Holland . 1 6 0 Lo ndon Prodigal . 5 m 1 t . Longinus . The sublime, tr . by W . S i h 743 E dimi 1 1 n o n. Lyly, J . 5 9 1 1 Sapho and Phao . 5 9

Ma bbe The . 1 6 1 , J . Spanish bawd 3 1 62 2 Marlowe , C . Hero and Leander . 1 6 1 Marmion , S . The anti'uar . 4 1 6 Marston , J . What you wil . o7

Of . 1 6 2 Massinger , P The emperor the East 3 1 6 2 The fatal do wr y . 3 1 6 6 The great duke of Florence . 3 1 6 2 Th e maid of honor . 3 1 6 A new way to pay old debts . 3 3

The picture . 1 630 6 The renegado . 1 3 0 n 1 6 The un a tural c omba t. 39

es . 1 6 2 Middleton , T A game at ch s 5 1 6 0 Michaelmas term . 7 ’ woma n s 1 6 No wit, no help , like a 5 7 Middleton . T Two new plays . 1 65 7 Y u fi e o r v gallants . 1 667

. s . 1 66 Milton , J Paradise lo t 7 e A om s te Paradise regain d Samson g s . 1 67 1 M 1 1 ore , Sir T . Utopia . 5 5

N a bbe s s . 1 6 , T . Microc o mus 3 7

New custom . 1 5 7

a . . 1 6 2 Ovid . Met morphoses , tr by A . Golding 1 P a tho ma c hia . 1 63 0

Pa n ell T s i r c 2 . l y The con p a y of Catiline , v l f D B . 0 i n h Peele , G The love K ng avid a d Fair et s a be . 1 5 99

Phillip , J . Patient and meek Grisel . Phil u o stra t s . b C lo u nt. 1 680 Life of Apollonius , tr . y

Pl u - t s . . . T r v 1 6 ai Comedies , tr by B ho nton . 5 . 7 9 74

i . o o f r . a 2 . 1 6 0 1 Pl ny Hist ry the wo ld , tr by P . Holl nd . v

. n . 2 1 1 Pliny the younger Letters , tr . by Joh , Earl of Orley v . 75 2 1 6 1 0 1 2 Plutarch . Lives , tr . by T . North . v . 1 0 Morals, tr . by P . Holland . 6 3

The Puritan . 1 607 ’ en s a s sa n 1 8 p g : through Lo don . 5 5 ga g h . é0x d 1 8 dolp oems or . 63 1 Return from Parnassus. 6 06 1 6 Rowley , S . The noble soldier . 3 4

m e x . 1 6 2 Rowley, W A new wonder , a wo an n ver ve ed 3 1 6 8 The witch of Edmonton . 5 1 . t . . t . 81 Seneca Tragedies , r by T New on 5 l 1 6 1 Works , tr . by Lodge . 4 0 f e . '1 o i o . Shakespeare . Comedi s , histories , and tragedies rst l 2 2 d folio . 1 63

d 1 st . 1 66 3 folio . issue 3

d 2 d s . 1 66 3 folio . is ue 4 h 1 68 4 t folio . 5 2 d 1 60 Hamlet . ed . 4 th ed . 1 6 1 1 ? 1 63 6 7] 1 2 d Henry IV. Part ed . 1 5 99 1 6 1 4th ed . 3 1 1 sth ed . 6 3

2 1 5 t . 1 6 00 Henry IV. Part . ed 1 812 e d 1 6 00 Henry V . . d 1 6 0 3 ed . 8 u u 1 1 0 h s Cae sar . s t 'u arto. 68 k 1 6 8 ing Lear . 2 d ed . 0

Lu c rec e . 1 st e d . 1 5 9 1 st 1 600 Merchant of Venice . ed . 2 d 1 60 ed . 0

2 . 1 1 Merry Wives of Windsor . d ed 6 9 ’ st d 1 6 00 Midsummer night s dream . 1 e . 0 2 d ed . 1 6 0 I I . . 1 st 1 Shakespeare Much ado about nothing ed . 6 0 8

I s . 1 2 2 Othello . t ed 6 1 6 0 2 d 'uarto . 3

- 1 s t . 1 6 0 Pericl es . ed 9

3 d ed . 1 6 1 9 0 Poems . 6 d 1 0 Richard 3 ed . 6 8 I st 1 Richard III . ed . 5 97

2 d . 1 Romeo and Juliet . ed 5 99 c c u ‘ 6

I st . 1 6 0 Sonnets . ed 9

. 1 s t 1 1 Taming of the shrew 'uarto . 63 A d 1 2 . 6 1 1 Titus ndronicus . known ed

- ilu s a . I s t d 1 6 0 Tro and Cressid e . 9 2 1 Venus and Adonis . d ed . 5 94 Th e . 1 6 Shirley , J ball 3 9 1 0 The constant ma id . 64 1 The coronation . 64 0 ’ 1 6 8 The duke s mistr es s . 3 s 1 6 The game ter . 3 7 e 1 6 The gentl man of Venice . 5 5 1 6 The humorous courtier . 4 0 1 6 The politician . 5 5

The royal master . 1 63 8 1 6 St . Patrick for Ireland . 4 0 1 The triumph of p eace . 6 3 3 1 6 The witty fair one . 3 3 1 6 6 Sir Giles Goosecap . 0 l l 1 o O dc a st e . o Sir John 6 . ’ 1 Spenser, E Colin Clout s come home again . 5 95 1 1 Complaints . 5 9

1 0 - 6 Fairy 'ueen . 5 9 9 ? 1 1 . 6 o Suckling, S r J The discontented colonel [ 4 ] 1 6 Fragmenta aurea . 46 1 6 2 0 Swetnam the woman hater .

G re n ew e . 1 6 0 Tacitus . Annals , tr . by R . y 4 K ffi n 1 88 Terence . Andria , tr . by M . y . 5 lli m s 1 6 I d u . . Theocritus . y , tr by F . Fawkes 7 7

2 d . 1 6 1 Thomas , Lord Cromwell . ed 3 ’ 1 6 1 1 Tourneur, C . The atheist s tragedy .

n d . 1 6 2 2 Troublesome reig of King John . 3 ed

T riu s x . D s . . . 2 . y Ma imus is ertations , tr by T Taylor v 1 6 Valiant Sc ot . 3 7 ZE i h n 1 8 n d P a er Tw e . Vergil . e , tr . by y 5 3

Th . 1 8 e . . Bucolics , tr by A F 5 9

l . 1 6 W a u l . p , G The tide tarrieth no man 5 7

V 1 r i ni . 1 e r . a 6 W bste , J Appius g 5 4 ’ 1 6 2 Webster , J . The devil s law case . 3 8 W e s fl e . 1 1 o o d , N . The con ict of conscienc 5

G H e rvet. 1 'enophon . Treatise of Household , tr . by . 5 3 4 2 d 1 6 1 Y . orkshire Tragedy ed . 9

Y . Y outh . The Interlude of outh

TH E ELIZ ABET H AN C LUB PIC TURE S

The pictures in the club form a remarkable collection .

There are two paintings , one a panel of Elizabeth , and the other the third and last of the known portraits of Yale ’ s n famous patron , a reproduction of which , as it hu g in an

English country house before it was purchased for the club , H is is given herewith . son stands near him , and in the

St. G background is a view of Fort eorge , with a ship firing a salute in honor of the governor . Besides the paintings the

- club possesses thirty one engravings , some of them executed at the earliest period of engraving on metal in England . S ome

- of the prints are proofs , and all are b rilliant impressions . Most of the line engravings are of course etchings on copper or steel , but one is from a silver plate , and there are several A velvety mezzotints . list o f the pictures on the wall s o f the club follows :

PA I N T I N G S Y Elihu ale and his son . Third known portrait

z 'ueen Eli abeth . Panel

E N GRAVI N G S D Boccaccio , after Titian by Cornelius Van alen

Columbus , by de Passe

Vespucci , by de Passe

Erasmus , by Jerome Hopfer

Erasmus , after Holbein by Cornelius Koning 1 Henry VIII , by Cornelius Metsys . 5 44

. 1 6 1 Edward VI , by Crispin de Passe 3

' z . 1 Mary I , by ran Hogenberg 5 5 5 z i Eli abeth , by Crisp n de Passe z Eli abeth , after Isaac Oliver , by Crispin de Passe D S 1 lv r Robert udley , Earl of Leicester . e plate

Sir Walter Raleigh , by Simon de Passe D 1 8 c . . . Sir Francis rake , 5 3 Engraver unknown — I 3 Thomas Cavendish , by de Passe t Elstra k Sir Harring on , by Reginald c e 'J 1 2 . Sir orhancis Bacon . After 6 6 H o u bra k n Sir Francis Bacon , by Jacobus e x i r Robert , Earl of Esse , after Bromley by Robert B o ssa d

H ou bra ken . 1 Shakes care , by Jacobus 743 James by Pl eter de Jode B en H ou bra ken Jonson , b Jacobus m 1th Captain ohn , b Simon de Passe 1 6 Charles by Wences aus Hollar . Pe s 19 Samuel y , after Sir Godfrey Kne er by Robert White B lo o elin Cecil , Lor Baltimore , by Abraham t g D e William Pitt , after S . de oster by G orge Keating

Edmund Burke , after Romney by John Jones

G eo r . 1 80 1 e Washington , after Stuart , probabl by Geo . Graham 1 B h 1 . eec e Char es , Mar'u s Cornwallis , after S r m y by James Ward ' x o . Charles James , after Opie by Samuel Wm Reynolds R 1 c ha rd E a rlom Lord Nelson , after L . F . Abbot by

The collections of the club will be under the direct charge A K R L of Mr . ndrew eogh , eference ibrarian of the University L L l ibrary, who has been made ibrarian of the E izabethan C Th f lub . e other o ficers of the organization for this college ’ : L 8 V year are President, Prof . William yon Phelps , 7 ; ice ’ S President, Prof . Frederick Wells Williams , 79 ; ecretary, ’ 1 2 T H Julian C ornell Biddle , ; reasurer, ewette Elwell Joyce, ’ 1 2 . No public announcement o f the membership o f the e inco m club has as yet been made, as the list is, of n cessity, l e p et at this time . [Editorial in the Ya le Alu mni Weekly]

TH E The library o f any club is o f much importance , ELIZ ABET H A N a nd that o f the new Elizabethan C lub at Ya le C LUB LIBRARY has received extraordina ry attention from the a s t founder . Just Yale hersel f star ed as a o collec tion o f bo ks , so this club is built around its bo oks a s Th f a nucleus . e Elizabetha n C lub library is one o great a o f richnes s, st nding probably at the head collection s o f its - It r n kind in this country . includes the p i cipal works , largely in priceles s first editions , of the mo st important writers o f e r the Elizabethan , Jacobean , and C arolin periods , and is pa i l a To n e t cu a rly strong in dra ma and in transl tion . e umerat the authors included would be to list all the great nam es in the magnificent literature o f the late Tudor and early Stuart Th epoch . e collection of Shakespeare folios and quartos is A undoubtedly the finest in m erica, as it includes the whole H H of the remarkable collection made by enry uth of London , and bo ught by private treaty after it had been anno unced for s f H sale by auction . M o t o these uth books are extremely rare , for of some of them only two or three other copies are o s To the known , and these are al ready in public c llection . scho lar a t Yale such a collection o f first editions is a god send , for no editorial work of value can be done without i h an exam natio n o f the earli est edition of a wo rk . T e higher criticism o ften depends upon the lower, and the determination ’ of a n autho r s meaning can at times be settl ed only by a u S o o r scr tiny o f the pelling, capitalizati n , punctuation o f the edition for which the author himsel f o r his original repre en a ti s t ve was directly responsible . But this doc umentary value o f the collection is not its chief interest ; the letter is o ften far less than the spirit, and the members o f this club _ 1 5 _ l ( 1 ' ii ts or texth a l c r ma n in me no t peda itics, interested i ly the analysis and annota tion of an early text, but , primarily, lovers

-d of books , with a feeling for goo literature and a taste for a T fine book in a fine binding . o such a membership the library will make a strong appe al for there is nothing worth less or comm o n in the collection , and nothing merely curious ; a nd that is , the authors works included possess the highest literary value and do no t depend fo r their interest upon e antiquarian va lue merely . Besid s the collection o f first editions the libra ry c o nta ins a choice selection o f standard reprints and translations , in keeping with the ob'ect of the A n club . score of rare prints o f Elizabetha wo rthies adorns the club walls , and the last of the contemporary po rtraits of Elihu Yale caps the climax of a rt rarities of this new and Th unique Yale orga nization . e best description of the library treasure s o f the club is a list o f the bo ok s contained in the

T . collection . his list appears on another page of this issue