ITEMS of interest

Though the book-giving tradition is 100 years old, it contained a new twist as a Classics edition was printed in two languages—Spanish, along with English.

The tradition originated in 1903. The previous year T.E. Donnelley, son of founder Richard Robert Donnelley, had received a holiday gift of straight-edged razors personalized with his name. The sender was an old college friend and a member of the Gillette family.