Becchi, F., editor. La divina commedia. 1837. See Part I. no. 68. Beck, C. H. Antiquarischer katalog der Beck'schen buchhandlung in Nördlingen. Nro. 97, 102. Nordlingen. 1869-70. sm. 8°. Dn. 572.3 Werke von und über Dante. 97. pp. 1-12; 102. pp. 56-60. Bellini, B. L'inferno della tirannide conseguitato dalla guerra per l'indipendenza italiana nel 1848. Cantica di xxxiv. canti obbligati alle rime dei xxxiv. canti dell' Inferno di Dante Alighieri. [In occasione del sesto centenario della nascita di Dante.] Torino. 1865. 8. Dn. 529.3 Bellomo or BELLUOMO, B. Della festa nazionale per il sesto centenario della nascita di Dante Allighieri. Aggiuntivi i cenni cronologici della vita, delle opere e del secolo di Dante. Firenze. 1864. sm. 8. pp. 56. Port. of Dante. Dn. 562.5 Reprinted from the Giornale del centenario. Portrait:-A cheap woodcut from Giotto's. Belviglieri, C. Dante a Verona. (In ALBO dantesco veronese, 1865, 8°, pp. 147-164.) Benedetti, S. DE. Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti - Elogio pronunziato nella inaugurazione del monumento all' illustre scienziato il dì 16 giugno 1867. Coll' elogio epigrafico dettato dal Prof. Michele Ferrucci e le interpretazioni del Mossotti ai versi astronomici della Divina commedia. Pisa. 1867. 1.8%. pp. 51. Dn. 137.11 Benivieni, G. Cantico in laude dello excellentissimo poeta Dante Alighieri, et della sequente commedia. (Prefixed to the Commedia, Firenze, Giunta, 1506 [no. 10], pp. 7.) Bennassuti, L. Di due frutti speciali che si deono cogliere dalla Divina commedia. (In OMAGGIO a Dante, 1865, 8°, pp. 597–614.) "Questi frutti speciali consisterebbero nel ridurre ad una determinata pratica, l' anzidetta perfezione cristiana, la qual pratica sarebbe 1° la salita del Calvario, 2° la santa comunione, che nel caso di Dante è la pasquale." p. 598. -2- S. Francesco e Dante. Nel viio centenario natalizio del santo. Assisi. 1882. 8. Dn. 126.15 commentator. La divina comedia. 1864See Part I. no. 102. Benvenuto da Imola. See Rambaldi, da Imola, B. -368. Berardinelli, F. Il concetto della Divina commedia di Dante Alighieri. Napoli. 1859. 16° Dn. 126.12 (BPL. 4800.18) -2- Ragionamento intorno al vero senso allegorico della Divina commedia. (In OMAGGIO a Dante, 1865, 8°, pp. 1-60.) Bergmann, F. W. Dante, sa vie et ses œuvres. i. La poésie lyrique dans les œuvres de Dante. [Paris. 1866.] 4°. pp. (8). Dn. 149.5 -2- Sulle varianti dei codici danteschi. Lettera al cav. F. Scolari. (In Giornale del centenario, 1864, no. 9, pp. 73-75.) Introducing a description by Jacopo Ferrari of a manuscript formerly belonging to the Biblioteca di Santa Giustina in Padua, and now in the National Library in Paris. -3- Lorenzo Da-Ponte di Ceneda spiega Dante Allighieri agli americani. (In Giornale del cente nario, 1865, no. 38, pp. 306, 307.) On a series of lectures by Lorenzo Da-Ponte delivered in New York and there published with other essays in 1824. The opening lecture is quoted. Bernardoni, G. Lettera sopra varie lezioni tratte specialmente dal testo della Divina commedia di Dante spiegato da Francesco da Buti nel suo commento a quel poema. Milano. 1842. 8° pp. 63. Dn. 126.14 (BPL. 2802.26) "Edizione fuori di commercio, di 200 esemplari." Reference is made, in the index that follows this list, from the various passages given. —2— Sopra la lettera xxx. di marzo мCCCXIII a Guido Novello da Polenta, signore di-Ravenna, attribuita a Dante. Osservazioni. Milano. 1845. 8. pp. 33. Dn. 328.4 "Edizione di soli 200 esemplari fuori di commercio." La divina commedia. 1837. See Part I. no. 69. 3 editor. Berti, Antonio. Dante ed i suoi cultori in Venezia. Parole lette nella solenne adunanza [dell' ateneo veneto] tenutasi il 14 maggio 1865. Venezia. 1865. 1. 8. pp. 18. Dn. 562.2 Berti, Gian Lorenzo. Della dottrina teologica contenuta nella Divina commedia. (In La divina commedia, Venezia, Zatta, 1757 [no. 29], iii. 57-103; Same, Parigi, Prault, 1768 [no. 29"], i. xli.-clxxxviii.) Betti, S. Note sopra la seconda e terza cantica 'di Dante. (Appended to La divina commedia, Bologna, 1826 [no. 58], ii. 239-245, iii. 213-216.) Notes by Betti will also be found in the editions published at Rome, 1820-22 [no. 49], Padua, 1822 [no. 51], and Florence, 1830 [no. 64]. See Colomb de Batines, i. 677. —2— Il veltro allegorico di Dante. [Roma. 1842.] 8°. pp. 4. Dn. 149.4 Giornale arcadico, vol. 92. Bezzi, G. A. Dante's portrait. [Letter in answer to Kirkup concerning the discovery of Giotto's portrait of Dante.] Dn. 534.3 Newspaper cutting from the Spectator, May 25, 1850. Bezzuoli, G., editor. La divina commedia. 1840-42. See Part I. no. 74. Biagi, G., editor. La divina commedia. 1883. See Part I. no. 121. Biagioli, G., commentator. La divina commedia. 1818-19; 1819; 1820-22; 1855. See Part I. nos. 46, 47, 49, 87. See MONTI, V. Postille al Comento del Biagioli, in his "Prose e poesie," 1847. Biamonti, G. Lettere di Pamfilo a Polifilo sopra l'apologia del libro della Volgare eloquenza di Dante. Firenze. 1821. 8. (BPL. 2802.22) A review of Perticari's Dell' amor patrio di Dante e del suo libro intorno il volgare eloquio. Bianchi, B., editor. La divina commedia. 1844; 1854; 1858 [1861]; 1883. See Part I. nos. 80, 85, 94, 146. Bianchini, G. Tre lezioni dette pubblicamente nell' accademia fiorentina. Firenze. 1710. 4. pp. xii., lxxvi. Dn. 126.3 (BPL. 2802.2) i. Sopra il primo terzetto del Paradiso, pp. i.-xxv. HARVARD NECROLOGY. Compiled by WILLIAM HOPKINS TILLINGHAST, Assistant in the Library, Editor of the Quinquennial Catalogue. Graduates and Class Secretaries are requested to send to the writer class reports, both new and old, and all newspapers which contain obituaries and other notices of Harvardians. It is important to have the places of birth and death, and, in addition to the year, to have the month and day of the month. When the place of birth or death is unknown, the place of residence at the time of entering College or of decease, if known, is given within brackets. The figures denoting age indicate the last completed year of life. Graduates. 1817. Bates, Apollos Drayton, disappeared many years ago and is supposed to be dead. Further information is desired. 1817. White, Aaron, b. 8 October, 1798, at Boylston. Death recorded May, 1886. 1820. Tarbell, John Grosvenor, Rev., b. 26 December, 1793, at Brimfield; d. at Kendall, Mich., 16 February, 1882, aged 88. 1825. Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland, D.D., b. 13 October, 1804, at Utica, N. Y.; d. at Boston, 12 June, 1886, aged 81, 1828. Onderdonk, Henry, jr., b. 11 June, 1804, at Manhasset. Long Island, N. Y.; d. at Jamaica, Long Island, 22 June, 1886, aged 82. 1829. Richardson, George Washington, b. 28 October, 1808, at Boston; d. at St. John, N. B., 15 June, 1886, aged 77. 1830. Gardiner, Robert Hallowell, b. 3 November, 1809, [Gardiner, Me.]; d. at Gardiner, Me., 12 Septem ber, 1886, aged 76. 1834. Parkman, Charles Breck, b. 13 June, 1813, at Westborough; d. at Indianapolis, Ind., 26 June, 1886, aged 73. 1835. Lawrence, Amos Adams, b. 31 July, 1814, at Boston; d. at Nahant, 22 August, 1886, aged 72. 1837. Dall, Charles Henry Appleton, Rev., b. 12 February, 1816, at Baltimore, Md.; d. 18 July, 1886, at Calcutta, India, aged 70. 1841. Revere, John, b. 31 March, 1822, at Boston; d. at Canton, 26 July, 1886, aged 64. 1842. Livermore, Leonard Jarvis, Rev., b. 8 December, 1822, at Milford, N. H.; d. at Cambridge, 30 May, 1886, aged 63. 1843. Farnham, Horace Putnam, LL.B., b. 7 June, 1822, at Salem; d. at New York, N. Y., 9 June, 1886, aged 64. 1843. Lee, Francis L, b. 10 December, 1823, at Boston; d. at Westport, N. Y., 2 September, 1886, aged 62. 1843. Perkins, Charles Callahan, b. 1 March, 1823, at Boston; d. at Windsor, Vt., 25 August, 1886, aged 63. 1844. Harris, John Adams, b. 26 January, 1821, at Milton; d. at Greenville, Miss., 26 July, 1886, aged 65. 1845. Glover, Charles Henry, b. at Nantucket, 19 February, not 17, as printed January, 1886. 1846. Homans, Charles Dudley, M.D., b. 5 December, 1826, at Brookfield; d. at Eden, Mt. Desert, Me., 2 September, 1886, aged 59. 1848. Bullock, James Benjamin, b. 23 July, 1826, [Sturbridge.]; d. at New York, N. Y., 4 August, 1885, aged 59. 1848. Fisher, Frederic Pitkin, b. 18 May, 1828, at Oswego, N. Y.; d. at Chicago, Ill., 28 August, 1886, aged 58. 1848. Tiffany, George Peabody, b. 16 March, 1828, at Baltimore, Md.; d. at Baltimore, Md., 1 September, 1886, aged 58. 1852. Gurney, Ephraim Whitman, b. 18 February, 1829, at Boston; d. at Pride's Crossing, Beverly, 12 September, 1886, aged 57. 1855. Johnston, Samuel, b. 16 September, 1836, [Cincinnati, O.]; d. at Chicago, Ill., 5 October, 1886, aged 50. 1864. Gorman, Francis, b. 4 September, 1840, at Springfield; d. at Springfield, 7 June, 1886, aged 45. 1866. Stackpole, Stephen Henry, Rev., b. 24 July, 1843, at Roxbury; d. at Hamilton, N. Y., 23 July, 1886, aged 42. 1869. Sparks, Jared Eliot, b. 23 October, 1847, at Cambridge; d. at Taunton, 5 September, 1886, aged 38. 1871. Nourse, Frederic Russell, b. 23 March, 1850, at Somerville; disappeared 3 March, 1886, at London, Eng., aged 35. 1876. Hastings, Edmund Trowbridge, b. 24 July, 1851, at Medford; d. at Medford, 8 May, 1886, aged 34. Medical. 1841. Hutchins, Samuel, b. 3 June, 1818, at Seekonk, R. I.; d. at Danielsonville, Conn., 10 January, 1886, aged 67. 1843. Morse, Horatio Gilead, b. 14 April, 1817, at Roxbury; d. at Roxbury, 12 May, 1886, aged 69. 1844. Chaplin, David, b. 5 October, 1820, at Cambridge; d. at East Bridgewater, 4 September, 1886, aged 65. 1846. Peirce, George Washington, b. 15 October, 1819, at West Boylston; d. at Leominster, 1 May, 1886, aged 66. 1855. Emerson, John Sherman, b. 30 July, 1832, at Chester, N. H.; d. at Lynn, 23 September, 1886, aged 54. 1863. Mitchell, Albert Leshman, d. 21 September, 1864. Death recorded January, 1886. 1870. Warner, George Otis, b. Sturbridge; d. aged 45. Death recorded January, 1886. 1871. Atherton, Henry Palmer, b. 5 May, 1849, at Ludlow, Vt.; d. at Great Barrington, 15 July, 1886, aged 37. 1884. Trumbull, Stephen, b. 15 February, 1858, at Valparaiso, Chili; d. on steamer "Serena," bound for Valparaiso, 3 May, 1886, aged 28. Law. 1864. Eaton, Solon, b. 6 February, 1837, at West Addison, Vt. Death recorded May, 1886. 1867. Wieting, James Hershey, b. 23 November, 1844, at Middleton, Penn.; d. at St. Louis, Mo., 3 December, 1884, aged 40. 1884. Campbell, Benjamin Merrick, d. 16 April, 1886, not 17, as printed May, 1886. Theological. The 1849. Bond, Edward Pearson, Rev., is still living. entry in the Bulletin for October, 1885, was due to a confusion of similar names. 1859. Smith, William Burritt, Rev., b. 9 December, 1831, at Grafton; d. at Grafton, 17 June, 1886, aged 54. Honorary. 1817. Bixby, Alfred, b., 1786, at Lyme, N. H.; d. -, perhaps at New Haven, Conn. 1821. Haslam, John, Rev., b. 28 December, 1793, at Bolton Le Moors, England. Death recorded May, 1886. 1848. Whipple, Edwin Percy, b. 8 March, 1819, at Gloucester; d. at Boston, 16 June, 1886, aged 67. 1860. Brock, William, Rev., b. 14 February, 1807, at Honiton, Devonshire, England. Death recorded January, 1886. HARVARD UNIVERSITY BULLETI No. 36; OR VOL. IV. No. 7. EDITED BY JUSTIN WINSOR, Librarian of the University, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS FACULTIES. OFFICIAL. FROM THE RECORDS OF THE CORPORATION. MEETING OF OCTOBER 12, 1886. The Treasurer read a communication concerning certain historical manuscripts which belonged to the late JARED SPARKS, and it was Voted, to accept the gift of said manuscripts from WILLIAM E. SPARKS upon the terms named in his father's will. Voted, that the additional gift of $200 from EDWARD RUSSELL, Esq., be gratefully accepted and that it be credited to the Edward Russell Scholarship Fund. Voted, to appoint GEORGE HOWARD MONKS, M.D., Instructor in Surgical Pathology in the Dental School for the year 1886-87. Voted, to appoint FREEMAN SNOW, Ph.D., Instructor in International Law for the year 1886-87. Voted, to appoint RICHARD HOCHDÖRFER Instructor in German for the year 1886-87. Voted, to appoint as Proctors for the year 1886-87: THOMAS HOOPER ECKFELDT, A.B.; ARTHUR GILLESPIE HATCH, A.B.; JOHN MCKINSTRY MERRIAM, A.B.; WILLIAM FOGG OSGOOD, A.B.; JOHN JAY MCKELVEY, A.B.; GEORGE DIMMICK LATIMER. Voted, to appoint for the year 1886-87, WILLIAM ABBOTT STONE, A.B., Assistant in Physics B. Voted, that the name of AUGUSTUS STORY be given to the fund for the Observatory which was founded by him as the Anonymous Fund for the Observatory. Voted, that the President be requested to communicate to the Board of Overseers at their stated meeting of October 13, 1886, the death of EPHRAIM WHITMAN GURNEY, late a Fellow of this Corporation, and to ask that the President and Fellows may have the consent of the Overseers to proceed to the election of a Fellow in his place. Voted, to make the following entry upon the records of the Board: "By the death of EPHRAIM WHITMAN GURNEY the President and Fellows have been deprived of a beloved associate whose wisdom, impartiality, and disinterestedness, combined with his intimate knowledge of the University and its graduates, made him an invaluable member of the Board. "Mr. GURNEY had the wisdom which comes from sound judgment informed by wide reading and keen observation, and inspired by quick sympathy and sober enthusiasm. “In counsel he was progressive but patient, independent but conciliatory, strenuous but just. "In administration he united gentleness of manner with essential firmness, a quick sense of humor with a serious view of the obligations and responsibilities of life, a penetrating insight with a charitable judgment. As a teacher he was distinguished by variety and accuracy of knowledge, which he communicated in attractive and interesting forms; his great acquisitions were always at the service of his pupils and his friends. His colleagues upon this Board desire to record their admiration and affection for him, and their grief at his loss." MEETING OF OCTOBER 13, 1886. The consent of the Board of Overseers having been obtained, Voted, to proceed to the election of a Fellow of the Corporation in place of EPHRAIM WHITMAN GURNEY, deceased; whereupon, a ballot being had, it appeared that ALEXANDER AGASSIZ was chosen. Voted, to communicate this election to the Board of Overseers that they may consent thereto if they see fit. MEETING OF OCTOBER 25, 1886. Voted, that the additional gift of $265.70 from the Class of 1879, to be used under the direction of Dr. TAUSSIG towards furnishing a library and reading-room for the department of Political Economy, be gratefully accepted; and that the thanks of the President and Fellows therefor be sent to FRANCIS ALMY, Esq., the Class Secretary. Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be sent to Mrs. HENRY Draper, of New York, for her additional gift of $1000 towards the expenses at the Observatory of Harvard University on account of the Draper Memorial. Voted, to appoint KENELM WINSLOW, B.A.S., Instructor in Botany and Applied Zoölogy for 18 Voted, to appoint ERNEST CHARLES SMITH, A.B., Proctor in Divinity Hall. Voted, to proceed to the election of a Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine; whereupon, being given in, it appeared that CHARLES PARKER LYMAN, F.R.C. V.S., was elected. Voted, to grant the request of Professor CRAWFORD H. TOY for leave of absence for the aca year 1887-88, in accordance with the rules established by this Board May 31, 1880. MEETING OF NOVEMBER 8, 1886. Voted, to confer the degree of Doctor of Laws upon GEORGE DEXTER ROBINSON, LUCIUS QUINTIUS CURTIUS LAMAR, GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR, CHARLES TAYLOR, MANDELL CREIGHTON, LYON PLAYFAIR, EZEKIEL GILMAN ROBINSON, CHARLES KENDALL ADAMS, FREDERICK HENRY HEDge, JAMES DWIGHT DANA, JAMES HALL, ROSWELL DWIGHT HITCHCOCK, HENRY DRISLER, LINCOLN FLAGG BRIGHAM, THOMAS MCINTYRE COOLEY, SILAS WEIR MITCHELL, Voted, to confer the degree of Doctor of Divinity, causâ honoris, upon WILLIAM DEWITT HYDE, EGBERT COFFIN SMYTH, MEETING OF NOVEMBER 15, 1886. Voted, that the thanks of the President and Fellows be gi ALLEN DANFORTH, Bursar of the University, for the highly satisfactory manner in which he perf the large amount of work, quite outside of his regular functions, which was thrown upon him in c tion with the recent celebration. Voted, to appoint RODOLFO LANCIANI, LL.D., Lecturer on Roman Archaeology for the year 18 Voted, to appoint the following Assistants in the Medical School for the year 1886-87: ROBERT LARD GREENLEAF, M.D., in Histology and Embryology; EDWARD REYNOLDS, M.D., in Obst WILLIAM HENRY POMEROY, M.D., in Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Voted, to appoint as assistants for the year 1886-87: GEORGE RANTOUL WHITE, A.B., in O Chemistry; LOUIS LINCOLN JACKSON, A.B., in Chemistry. Voted, that Mr. WINSOR, the Librarian of the University, be requested to edit for the Univer volume containing a full account of the proceedings at the 250th anniversary of the founding of H College. Voted, to accept the resignation of JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL as Smith Professor. In accepting Professor LowELL's resignation, the President and Fellows desire to record thei appreciation of the services which he has rendered to the University during the thirty-two years t has held the Smith Professorship. His teachings in the lecture-room and his labors as a critic and man of letters have had influence upon the instructors and students of the University; and his eminence as an orator an has increased and spread its repute. Voted, to appoint JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, Smith Professor Emeritus. MEETING OF NOVEMER 29, 1886. The Treasurer reported a gift of $1000 from the execut the will of ROBERT WATERSTON to be expended for the Library at the discretion of the Librarian on recommendation of Mr. WINSOR it was Voted, to establish the Waterston Fund, of which both the interest and principal may be used |