MARK HOPKINS; A biography
first edition
1935 · NY
by DENISON, J. H.
NY: Scribner's, 1935. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 327. Illustrated with photographs. Blue cloth. VG tight copy. A biography of one of the presidents of Williams College (1836-1872). It focuses on many anecdotes about life at the college and in the Berkshires of the time, including the information that trying to burn down parts of the college was a fairly common "boyish prank. (Inventory #: 34697)