Harvard University removes human skin from one of its library books and apologizes. The university, founded in 1636 in Cambridge, a suburb of Boston (Massachusetts), deplored that these “practices do not conform to the ethical standards that it has set for itself” Arsène Houssaye (1814-1896) was a French writer, journalist, literary critic and collector.

His work “Des destines de l’âme” is a reflection and meditation on life after death.