Brown University Library News

A volume of John James Audubon’s master work, The Birds of America, is on display on the main floor of the John Hay Library. Each bird will be on display for only one month. This month’s bird is “The Great White Heron”. The library is open 9 to 5, Monday through Friday.
This elephant folio edition of The Birds of America, bound in six volumes, was presented by Albert E. Lownes to the Library on the occasion of his 50th class reunion in 1970.
For more information contact hay@brown.edu

A Friends of the Library event — Join the Friends!
Monday, May 7, 2007, 7 p.m.
List Art Center Auditorium, Brown University
Following Professor Brombert’s talk, a reception and book signing will be held in the John Hay Library. Guests will have an opportunity to visit the Yoken Archives located on the 3rd floor of the John Hay Library. Professor Brombert’s visit to Brown is part of the Mel and Cindy Yoken Cultural Series.
A specialist in French and comparative literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, Professor Brombert was chairman of the Department of Romance Languages at Yale, then a member of the Princeton University faculty from 1975 to his retirement in 1999. Raised and educated in Paris, Professor Brombert came to the United States in 1941. His publications include The Intellectual Hero: Studies in the French Novel, 1880-1955, The Hidden Reader, In Praise of Antiheroes, Trains of Thought and books on Stendahl, Flaubert and Hugo, as well as many articles in edited volumes and scholarly journals. He is a former president of MLA (Modern Language Association).
For further information contact fol@brown.edu