Daily News Item 2026-03-19 10:32

Smithsonian Magazine covers a new exhibition at Yale Library that explores the history of typos across five hundred years. Entitled “‘Beauties of My Style’: Errata and the Printed Mistake” and opening on March 30 at the university’s Sterling Memorial Library, this exhibition shows errors found in Ulysses, the Bible, and many more well-known titles. According to the library, “errors committed” lists—acknowledging typos and including apologies and additions—first appeared in the fifteenth century, with authors placing these slips in the back of their books. The exhibition looks at errata lists alongside their respective texts, exploring themes such as “censorship, misrepresentation, intervention, and instability,” per the library’s statement.