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Object. Promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books ; occasional 



publication of suitable books ; establishment of club rooms and a library. 

 Meetings. 2d and 4th Thursdays of each month. 

 Membership. 93 active (annual dues, $10) ; i honorary. 



Publications. 



The excellent privilege of liberty and property, being a reprint and fac- 

 simile of the first American edition of Magna Charta printed in 

 1687 under the direction of William Penn, by William Bradford. 

 Philadelphia, 1897. 4. 



A fragment of the chronicles of Nathan Ben Saddi printed in Philadel- 

 phia by James Chattin, 1758. Philadelphia, 1904. 4. 

 Distribution. By subscription. 



Shakspere Society of Philadelphia. 



Address. 1811 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 History. Founded in 1851; incorporated in 1861. 



Ref.: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia. 1851-1879- Philadelphia, 1898. 8. 

 Object. Reading and study of Shakspere. 

 Meetings. Fortnightly from about Oct. 20 to May i, at the Rittenhouse Club, above 



address; annual meeting on April 23. 



Membership. Active, limited to 15, and non-resident, limited to 5 (annual dues, 

 $10). 



Publications. 



Publications . . . no. 1-5. Philadelphia, 1860-1903. 8. 

 Serial numbering begins with no. 5. 



Contents: no. I. The Shakspere society of Philadelphia: origin and 

 early years, by Garrick Mallery. 1860. no. 2. Notes of studies on the 

 Tempest: Minutes of the Shakspere society, 1864-1865. 1866. no. 3. 

 Shakspere society of Philadelphia. Histories: [by] Garrick Mallery 

 [and] R. L. Ashhurst. 1851-1879. 1898. (Contains a reprint of no. I and 

 "Twenty years of the life of the society: 1860-1879") no. 4. Some re- 

 marks on Mr. W. H. Edwards' "Shaksper not Shakespeare." 1901. 

 no. 5. Contemporary evidence of Shakespeare's identity, by R. L. 

 Ashhurst. 1903. 



Distribution. Not offered for sale. no. 1-3, o. p. Editions of no. 4 and 5 nearly 

 exhausted. Copies will be sent by the Secretary on application while the 

 supply lasts. 



University of Pennsylvania. 



Address. Philadelphia, Pa. Provost: Charles C. Harrison. 

 History. Founded in 1749 and opened for instruction in 1751; charter 

 granted in 1753, the corporation being styled "The Trustees of the 



The first building occupied was constructed under a trust established in 1740 and 

 was intended for use as a "Charity School" and as a "House of Publick Worship" ; in 

 1750 it was conveyed to the trustees of the academy, who assumed the obligations and 

 purposes of the original organization. 



