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the originals being in the possession of the family of Miss Mary W. 

 Green, who loans the reproductions. Two of the table cases con- 

 tain old books, documents and allied objects, among which may 

 be noted a military commission issued to Ephriam Clark, Jr., in 

 1823, together with the sword belonging to Dr. Clark, both loaned 

 by Miss S. Gertrude Clark ; three old Presbyterian communion 

 tokens and a mourning ring, loaned by Mr. E. C. Delavan, Jr.; a 

 leather document trunk made about 1800, owned by Mr. L. L. 

 Tribus ; an autograph book containing the signatures of many 

 of our Presidents and other noted men and women, collected 

 by Read Benedict and loaned by Mr. Charles P. Benedict; a 

 copy of the " Breeches Bible," so-called, bearing the imprint 

 1607, the loan of Mr. Russell P. Hobson ; a book on insects 

 published in 1766 which contains many hand-colored plates, 

 loaned by Mr. William T. Davis ; a beautifully engraved cairn- 

 gorm seal bearing the arms of Campbell and Lome, the loan 

 of Dr. Arthur Hollick ; a number of hymn and prayer books pub- 

 lished early in the eighteenth century, loaned by Mrs. E. O. Vree- 

 land ; a little old violin book published in London between 1791 

 and 1796, the loan of Miss Edith M. Pollard. The third table case 

 holds articles from China, Japan and the far East, among which 

 are a number of daggers and knives of elaborate workmanship, 

 loaned by Mrs. C. H. Brown, Mr. E. C. Delavan, Jr. and Mr. Robert 

 W. Gardner ; a Chinese reed basket, loaned by Mrs. T. L. Kennedy ; 

 various small carved ivory and jade articles loaned by Mrs. Robert 

 W. Gardner, and quite a collection of objects of native use brought 

 from China and Japan in 1871 by Mrs. A. M. King, and loaned by 

 her for this exhibit. Among these are lacquer and brocade shoes, 

 Chinese and Japanese idols, and a Japanese pen and ink case. The 

 all-glass case in the bay window of the room is largely filled with 

 china and glassware, including several cups and saucers, custard 

 cups and plates of early English ware, loaned by Mrs. W. P. Preble 

 and Mrs. Arthur Hollick ; a Spode pitcher and an exquisite Japan- 

 ese cloisonne vase belonging to Mrs. Robert W. Gardner ; a silver 

 lustre pitcher loaned by Mrs.C. H. Brown; an Independence pitcher 

 loaned by Miss C. C. Mase ; Staffordshire and old cut glass pepper 

 pots loaned by Mrs. T. L. Kennedy ; a glass case bottle over one 

 hundred and twenty-five years old, the loan of Mr. O. P. Geoffroy ; 

 two pieces of old blue and white china loaned by Miss Agnes L. 

 Pollard ; and a remarkable double gourd vase fashioned by hand 

 by Kybeel women of the Berber tribes of North Africa, the prop- 

 erty of Dr. J. Q. Adams. Other interesting objects are a hand 

 spun and woven tablecloth made in Scotland in 1828, loaned by 

 Mrs. James R. Walsh ; a square of fine French embroidery, exe- 

 cuted and loaned by Mrs. Louis A. Dreyfus ; a large bronze medal 

 awarded to Commodore Preble in 1804, loaned by Mrs. W. P. Pre- 

 ble, and a number of old embroidered articles of baby's wear, 

 loaned by Mrs. King and Mrs. Vreeland. a. l. p. 



