University of Utah Student Newspapers--The Chronicle | 1927-12-06 | Page 4 | Harvard University Owns Copy of Milton

Harvard University Owns Copy of Milton Cambridge Mass Dec 5 IP IP The treasure room of the Widener Library of Harvard University has acquired a valuable copy of or Milton's Milton's Milton's Mil Mil- I tons ton's poems once possessed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge the English English En En- glish gUsh poet and bearing his signa signa- I En-I ture The poems were edited in this I 1 edition by Thomas Wharton and printed in 1791 The volume came came into Coleridge's possession in 1823 as a gift and on almost almos every page there appear appear profuse notes in the poets poet's rather cramped handwriting i In 1921 John Drinkwater the British British British Brit- Brit 1 ish dramatist acquired the book which soon after came into the possession possession possession pos pos- session of Norton Parkins Harvard 98 who left it to the Harvard library