Famed Harvard historian and librarian Robert Darnton observes the false rumors circulating in China of stern inscriptions on Harvard's library walls ("'Enjoy the Unavoidable Suffering,'" op-ed, Nov. 16). From my own days at Harvard, I can recall one actual inscription by a Harvard wag inside a rickety library elevator. That exhortation might have special significance for Chinese students: "Free the bound periodicals."

Anupam Chander

Davis, Calif.