Cornell Loses a Rich Gift.

President Schurman of Cornell has issued the following letter: "I regret to announce that A. Abraham, of Brooklyn, has been defeated in this efforts to enrich Cornell University. Mr. Abraham anthorized me to purchase the late Ernest Renan's great oriental library as a gift to Cornell. His offer was on the point of aceptance when Mme. Calmanne Levy, widow of Renan's publisher, telegraphed that she will present it to the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris."