A farewell party at MHS was the source of the majority of this week's new arrivals (it's a tradition in the library that departing staff members receive, well, many books):
- McSweeney's, Issue 36; edited by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's, 2010). Publisher.
- One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (Viking, 1952; later printing). Gift.
- Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (Penguin, 2010). Gift.
- Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society (5th. Series, Vol. II-III) - Correspondence Between Jeremy Belknap and Ebenezer Hazard (MHS, 1877). Gift.
- Can You Find Me: A Family History by Christopher Fry (OUP, 1977). Gift.
- Gossip From The Forest by Thomas Keneally (Mariner Books, 1985). Gift.
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (Bantam, 1990). Gift.
- The Women on the Wall by Wallace Stegner (University of Nebraska Press, 1981). Gift.
- Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card (Starscape, 2002). Gift.
- The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World by Thomas Keneally (Anchor, 2000). Gift.
- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (Grosset & Dunlap, 1983). Gift.
- Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (David R. Godine, 1994). Gift.
- A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby (Lonely Planet, 2008). Gift.
- Pagan Papers by Kenneth Grahame (D.N. Goodchild, 2010). Gift.
- H.L. Mencken: Prejudices (Library of America, 2010). Gift.
- The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service by Erskine Childers (Penguin, 2011). Publisher.
