Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-07

papers. There are listed in the pub Hcauon office seven periodicals, among them The Quarterly Journal of Economics. The Harvard Architec turaI Quarterly, The Harvard Law Review and The Harvard Theological. Review. These periodicals, however are printed for the most part outside the college printing office. Besides the periodicals, several books, the product of Harvard professors, bear the imprint of the university. but here again Harvard has sought larg CT printing facilities than have been afforded by the limited plant in Uni versity Hall
 At Harvard. the first move in the way of extension will be the Occupa- ton of the entire basement of Uni Versity Hall. in place of about two thirds of the basement now used by the printing office. Most of the work is and will continue to be done by hand.
 It is improbable that the Harvard University Press will set itself up as the lineaI descendant of the first press in Cambridge. for The Univers ity Press of Cambridge, the private It may be hard to determine just where in the early days, the college lost control and the private interest entered, for the two institutions worked hand in hand for many years:
 The first printing press. 8 small hand affair, was brought to thlS country in 163S Joseph Glover was to be the first master printer. lie embarked with his press and types on the John of London but died during the voyage. Stephen Day. journey man in the employ of Glover, landed and set up the press in Cambridge Rev; Henry Dunster, then presiden' .s' den. of Harvard, married Glover's widow, and took the press to his home, sup posed to have been on the site Of the present Massachusetts Hall, Thus the name-University Press. Stephen Day appears to have remained with the plant.
 In 1858. Samuel Green had succeed ed to the proprietorsllip of the Press, and between 1881 and 1863, supplied with new types sent over from Eng ment and then the Old Testament so satisfactorily, apparently, that on May 27. 1885. the General Court passed an act providing that there shall be no printing presses allowed in any town in this jurisdiction, but in CaInbridge.9 MT. Green died in 1701. and after lapse of sixty years the Press was again established by the college and was maintained by IL or by private interests until 1903.
 The college catalogue of 1903 was undoubtedly printed at The Univers- ity Press, and the catalogue of 1893 charge of the printing at that time In 1S11, an edition of Dalzel's 'Collec- tanea Graeca tora" contains be- sides Hilliard's name. that of Elias W. Metcalf, Two years later, Charles Folsom, a graduate of the class Of 1S1S and librarian of the college from 1928 to 1926. became identified with the Press, and his scholarship did much to increase the high reputation 1t had already gained for accuracy and excellence of workmanship. At this time nearly all the textbooks used in the college were printed there. Mir. Folsom was called the Harvard Aldus,' and during his proprietor ship books were printed in Hebrew, Greek. Latin. French. Italian. German and Spanish Other publications /in- cIuded Sparkss edition of Washing tons writings and his American Biogra phy," and Prescott's histories.
 In 1S42, the Press passed into the hands of Charles R. ATetcalf. Omen $. Keith and George Nichols. Mir. Met calf had been foreman since 1924, and the printing office during this period was in Holoyoke street. Within& year or two, Mr. Keith retired and Marshall F. Bfgeiow entered the firm. In 1859, the firm name was changed te We1ef, Bige1ew & Co, and during the succeeding years the productions of TfeiHaes, Sparks. Prescott. Tieknor, Paffrey, Judge Story, Quincy, Everett, Hi1liard, Dana, LengfelIoW, Haw therne, Whittier Emerson and Low ell were first issued from the Press.