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ANNUAL REPORT
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC
LIBRARY
CITY OF BOSTON.
1895
BOSTON:
ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS.
1896.
To His Honor Josiah (^i incv.
Mayor of the City of Boston :
The Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston
submit their Forty-fourth Annual Report, for the year end-
ing January 31, 1896.
The reports of the Trustees have usually given at length
and in detail the required information as to the condition of
this department ; but the recent report of the Librarian,
hereto appended, is so full and complete, exhibiting so fully
the condition of every department of the Library, and show-
ing so comprehensively whatever pertains to its administra-
tion, that any extended account by the Trustees at this time
would be largely a repetition of what the Librarian has said ;
and they beg leave to make his report a part of their own.
They think, however, that a brief synopsis of some of hift
important remarks and comments may not be improperly
made for emphasis and the benefit of those who may not
be able to give his report the careful examination it deserves.
It will be remembered ^hat the removal from the old
Library was completed in March last, so that the new Library
was then opened to the public for the first time. During
many weeks thereafter for obvious reasons much friction
occurred in the administration of certain departments.
Things were new and not sufficiently fitted and adjusted
for successful work. Some delay in distribution occurred,
and changes which only experience could suggest were
required to meet the demands of the new conditions. The
needed corrections, however, were soon made, so that before
the summer closed all the details of our system were so im-
proved as to work harmoniously and with reasonable success.
We may expect that experience and the recommendations and
suggestions of the Examining Committees from time to time
will enable us to make further improvements, so that the
public may enjoy the benefits of this great educational insti-
tution as fully and freely as possible.
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Tlio Lil)rai'i:in shows, as e\ icUiiice of the public appre-
ciation of tho Library, tliat the miuiber of persons holding
registration cards on 1st of January, 1895, was 29,971, on
the Hist of January, 1896, ;U,842, an increase of 4,871.
The circulation of books for home use and reference use
in the old building during October, November, and December,
1894, was 170,054; that for the same months in 1895 was
190,780, an increase of 20,720. The general character
of the books used justifies the belief that the reading was
salutary and profitable.
In the old Lil)rary the nunil)er of persons reading at one
time could not exceed' 200. In the new Library it com-
monly exceeds 700. At one time by actual count there were
550 readers of books, and 178 of newspapers.
It was stated by the trustees at the laying of the corner-
stone of the present Library building that they proposed to
make acconnnodations for 500 readers. Many thought we
should never have that number, or not for a long time, but
Bates Hall and other reading rooms which will accommodate
a much larger number now^ "hardly suffice" to meet the re-
quirements.
The Periodical lloom and Children's Koom are both over-
crowded.
These facts show that the Public Library created for
the advancement of knowledge among the people is accom-
plishing its purpose.
During the last year 30,611 volumes were added to
our collection. Of these 15,582 were gifts from friends of
the Library. Included in the latter were 5,108 volumes do-
nated to the West End Branch, collected and purchased b}^
the Woman's Education Association from funds raised by
private subscription, to be known as the " Lowell collection,"
in memory of the eminent and beloved clergyman who for
more than half a century was pastor of the West Church.
Among these gift books are 408 relating to Italian art
and letters, formerly belonging to the late Mr. Charles C.
Perkins, long known in Boston for his {esthetic culture, and
presented by Mrs. Perkins ; 159 volumes of the Delphin and
Variorum classics and 15 volumes of the Oratores Attici, the
gift of Mrs. John Lowell; 39 volumes of the sacred writings
of the Buddhists ; 8 volumes of the new and beautiful edition
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of the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, the gift of his Holiness
Pope Leo XIII. ; 52 volumes illustrating the history of tex-
tile manufactures at Lowell, the gift of Mr. James L. Little.
We may remark, as part of the year's work, that
52,744 volumes were catalogued, and 92,993 cards placed
in the card catalogue.
9,898 books were bound in the Library in addition to
7,198 bound outside, besides a vast amount of repairing
done inside.
$24,918.24 was expended in the purchase of books
from the city appropriation in 1895, of which $10,000 were
spent for books for the Branches. From the Trust Funds
the amount sp^ent for books was $(),632.78.
The w^hole number of volumes now constituting the
Library is 628,297, of which 158,423 are in the Branches.
We would invite attention to the new arrangement by
which visitors are now allowed, without the intervention of an
attendant, freely to take down and use about 15,000 volumes :
0,000 in Bates Hall; 5,800 in the Patent Library, and
3,000 in the Children's Room. In the old Library the visitor
was allowed direct access to about 300 volumes only in Bates
Hall reading-room besides those in the Patent Library.
Now merely registering his name and address one may take
down and use without a card or call-slip or any formality
91,540 volumes on the Special Libraries floor.
The completion of the West End Branch w^as an im-
})ortant event in the history of the Public Library. For
many years there w^as an earnest demand by the residents of
the vicinity for the establishment of a Branch Library to be
located in the old West Church building, which had ceased
to be used for church purposes. Last year the property was
purchased by tlie city, and an appropriation made to fit it for
a Branch Library. As it was expected that this extensive
building would also accommodate those who w^ere using the
North End Branch Librar}', the latter was discontinued in
June last. The West Church Branch has accommodations for
250 readers, and already a library of 8,600 books and 80
current periodicals. Of these books, as has been stated,
about 5,000 were a gift from the friends of this Branch.
We have reason to believe that it will show in the future a
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record of groat usefiilnoss, as that i)orti()n of our citizen*
for whoso use it was established already show by their call
for ])ooks, and thoir attendance at its rcadinii-room, a hiah
aj)i)rociati()n ot its value.
The Examining Comniittoe of 1S94 have truly said in
thoir report, "The Public Tjibrary is not one of a single
department, as of law, medicine, or local literature : it has
become nearly universal in its scope and contents."
The value of our Library is not merely in the number
of its books, but in their character. In this respect it will
compare favorably with all others.
Hence we are entitled to believe that the Boston Public
Library is not only to be ranked among the great libraries
of the world by reason of its size, but because of its useful-
ness as an instrument of education.
One of its public-spirited founders predicted that " it
w^ould become an object of pride to the citizens, and every one
would feel it an honor to do something for it." Mr. Joshua
Bates, its earliest as well as its greatest benefactor, believed
that "in a liberal comnninity like Boston there w^ould be no
want of friends for it." These predictions have been fully
realized. Every city government reflecting the sentiments
of the people has made liberal appropriations for its support,
exhibiting the same interest in its success as in that of the
schools, l)elieving that, like the latter, the Library is to be
regarded as an important instrument of popular education.
It may not be improper to observe, that when Mr.
Bates made his first munificent donation of fifty thousand
dollars for the jnirchase of books, he imposed thereon two
conditions : lirst, that the Library building should be an
" ornament to the city ; " second, that it should be " perfectly
free to all."
There can be no doubt that the condition touching the
building has lieen faithfully performed, since it is generally
conceded that this edifice, although plain and simple in
character, is a beautiful specimen of classic architecture, and
in the highest sense "an ornament to Boston." There can
be no question as to the fulfilment of the second condition.
In the early part of the year a commission consisting of
Messrs. Henry Parkman, John D. W. Joy, and Charles H.
Cole was appointed by the Mayor to examine into the city
finances, and report to him. The methods, conditions, and
needs of the Lil^rary Department came within the scope of
this inquiry. The commission made personal inspection of
the Library, and -in addition invited a written statement of
its financial condition and needs. Such a statement was
furnished in detail (under date of May 21st). After such
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investigation and representation the commission embodied in
their report to the Mayor the foUowing passage concerning
the Library Department :
" Library Department : Expenses in 1885,
$117,558.00; in 1894, $175,477.09. Increase, 50
per cent.
" This period comes down to the opening of the
new Library, and the increase is due to the increased
use of the' main Library, the opening of branch
libraries, the increase in the delivery system, and the
increased number of employes occasioned thereby.
"In addition to the city appropriation, the Li-
brary has the benefit of an income of about $10,000
from various trust funds.
" The city having now provided a new building,
it must be' apparent that the Library Department
cannot be maintained in its present system, to say
nothing about any increase of usefulness, without a
large increase in annual expenditure.
"A careful estimate by the Trustees places this
expenditure for the next fcAV years at $230,000 per
annum.
"This increase is accounted for chiefly by the
large increase in the necessary number of employes,
involving an additional yearly expenditure of over
132,000." The increase in the expense of lighting,
heating, and cleaning so large a building must
necessarily be large, and when it is remembered that
the new "^building requires 1,460 tons of coal per
annum against 200 tons in the old building, that the
new building contains 4,312,000 cubic feet against
1,947,000 cubic feet in the old, and has 51,030 square
feet of area open to the public against 7,126 square
feet in the old, these increases in expense would
seem necessary.
" Large as they are, the city finds it difficult, if not
impossible, to meet them at the present limited rate
of taxation, and it must be remembered in this as in
other similar cases, that if the citizens desire such
increased expenditures they must be ready to pay
for them by increased taxation.
" The Library must be carried on in a business-
like way, or even the increase suggested will not be
sufficient."
When the Public Library building on Boylston Street
was opened for public use, September 17, 1858, it had
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70,851 hooks, and there were no hranches or delivery sta-
tions. Since then Koxbury, Brighton, Charlcstown, and
Dorchester, each having a library, have been annexed,
and the jiopulation of the city has increased from 175,000
to 49r),0()0.
The growtli of the T^ibrary in the meantime has been
so rapid that we believe its magnitude and the extent
of its work, considered purely as a business matter, is not
generally understood.
Its ('528,297 volumes exceed in number those of any
other library in the United States except the Congressional
Librar3^ Taking into account the large number of these
volumes which are scarce, and many of which it would be
difHcult, if not impossible, to duplicate, it may fairly be
said that thev represent a money value of more than |2,-
000,000.
The city paid for a portion of the land on which the
Central Library building in Copley Square stands $203,025,
and the remainder, of 39,000 feet, worth at least $250,000,
was given to the city by the Commonwealth.
The appropriations for the construction of the Lil)rary
building have amounted to $2,450,000.
The city paid for the West Church property $55,000, and
$30,000 has been expended in fitting the same for library
purposes.
$44,000 has been appropriated for the furnishing of the
new Library building.
The real estate owned by the city and used for Branches
is of considerable value. The trust funds held by the city
for the benefit of the Library amount to $201,38''7.69. It
may safely be said that the property belonging to the city
and in the management of the Library Department repre-
sents a money value of at least $0,000,000.
The nine Branch Libraries and thirteen Delivery Stations
of the Library are distributed over a territory extending
from Charlestown and East Boston to Dorchester, West
Roxbury, and Brighton, an area of nearly forty square miles.
The number of employes required for the care of the
property of the Lil)rary and the care and distril)ution of its
books is 197 in the week-day service, and 51 more in the
evening and Sunday service, exclusive of about twenty-
five employed by the hour for the lower grade of janitor
work.
The management of the Library, in its purely busi-
ness aspect, requires the proper disbursement in very small
amounts of at least a quarter of a million dollars annually,
or more than $20,000 every thirty days.
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This business must not only be so conducted that no
money shall be wasted or lost, but that the pulilic may re-
ceive from the expenditures the utmost possible benefit
in the use of the Library.
It is impossible that a Board of five Trustees, necessarily
occupied with other pursuits, should be able to exercise
more than a general supervision over the details of these
extensive affairs, and although the Board holds weekly
meetings of at least tw^o hours each, and the members give
much other time to the work of the Library, the responsi-
l)ility for the proper administration of the I^ibrary in all its
various departments must rest practically upon the Libra-
rian, to whom the success or faikirc of the Library to meet
the just wants of the pul)lic must really be due. The selec-
tion of a competent Librarian is the most difficult and
important duty of the Trustees.
The task of obtaining a competent and experienced Libra-
rian was so difficult that after the resignation of Mr.
Dwight in April, 1894, the Trustees were unable satis-
factorily to fill the position until February, 1895.
At that time Mr. Herbert Putnam, the present Librarian,
was appointed. His experience in Library management had
l)een somewhat extensive, and his recommendations were of
the highest character. He has proved to be most compe-
tent and faithful in the discharge of his duties, which have
been unusually difficult and trying by reason of the change
of the Central Library to the new building, fitting up the
West Church Branch, and other matters incident to the gen-
eral administration of the affairs of the Library ; and he has
also served since April 16, 1895, as the Clerk of the Corpo-
ration, an office which involves no inconsiderable labor.
The Trustees desire to express their appreciation of his
services, and to say that to him and to heads of depart-
ments and other employes of the Library, who have earnestly
cooperated with him, any success which the Library may
have had in meeting the just requirements of the public
during the past year is largely due.
The city ordinance requires the Trustees to " annually
appoint an Examining Committee of not less than five per-
sons, not members of said Board, who, together with one
of the said Board as chairman, shall examine said Library,
and make to said Board a report of its condition."
The committee appointed by the Trustees to examine the
Library during the past year consist of John E. Hudson,
Eichard J. Barry, Edward H. Clement, Hasket Derby,
Sidney Everett, George M, Garland, Saumel S. Green,
Charles E. Hellier, Heloise Hersey, Emma Hutchins, Mary
8 City Document No. 18.
]\r()ris()n, John J. ()"( ';illa<ih;in, Aziiriah Smith, and Calel)
n. Tillino-hast.
'I'ho 'rrustccs Joined with this committee their president,
Frederick O. Prince, as chairman. But in order that the
action of the Examininii' Committee might l)e entirely inde-
pendent of tlie Board, they were rec [nested l)v the President
of the Board to choose their own chairman for the conduct
of their delil)ei"ati()ns. Their report, which is hereto
appended, shows that they have given great care to the per-
formance of their duties, and the Trustees desire to express
their appreciation of the value of the services of the com-
mittee. Their observations as to the Central Library build-
ing and its arrangements conform to the experience of the
Trustees in its use. So far as is practicable, and within the
means furnished them by the city, the Trustees will en-
deavor to profit by all the suggestions of the committee.
It may not be improper for the Board to say, however,
that while it is possible by the expenditure of the necessary
funds to extend the Library service and its benefits to an
almost indefinite extent, the extent to which this may prac-
tically be done is necessarily limited to the capacity of the
city to tax its citizens and property-holders for that purpose.
How far municipal taxation may properly go for Library
purposes is a question which rests with the Mayor and the
City Council, and, in the language of the Finance Commis-
sion, appointed by His Honor the Mayor, during the last
year, it " must be remembered in this, as in other similar
cases, that if the citizens desire such increased expenditures
they must be ready to pay for them by increased taxation."
The Trustees note and agree with the suggestion of the
Examining Committee, that there is " urgent need for more
Delivery Stations," and also that " more money should he
spent on the Branches."
The tables annexed to the Librarian's report show the
cost of maintaining Branches and Delivery Stations during
the twelve years from 1884 to 1895 inclusive, and also the
amount expended during that period for each Branch for
salaries, books, and miscellaneous expenditures. They also
show the appropriations for current expenses of the Library
as a whole from 1886 to 1896.
From these it appears that in the year 1886-7 the por-
tion of the annual appropriation spent upon Branch Libraries
was about 30 per cent., that in 1887-8 it was al)Out 33 per
cent., in 1888-9 about 31 per cent., in 1889-90 about 26 per
cent., in 1890-91 about 27 J per cent., in 1891-2 (9 months)
about 27| per cent., in 1892-3 about 25f per cent., in
1893-4 about 26 per cent., in 1894-5 about 25 per cent.,
in 1895-6 about 22J per cent.
( )n J). 8 after the name "Caleb B. Tillin<;hast;" read "Barrett Wendell.
The Trustees desire to express their appreciation of the
interest which the INIayor and the City Council have shown
during the year in the welfare of the Library Depart-
ment. They have met all the suggestions which the Trustees
have made as to the needs of the Library to the extent of
their ability within the statutory limitations of taxation by
the city, and the Trustees will endeavor so to conduct the
affairs of the Library as to justify a continuance of the
cordial cooperation of the Mayor and City Council in all
that may be found necessary to secure the widest benefit to
the citizens from the administration of the Library and its
Branches.
Fkederick O. Prince,
J*resident.
JosiAH H. Benton, Jr.
Henry P. Bowditch.
Samuel Carr.
James De Normandie.
Adopted March 27, 189G.
Attest:
Herbert Putnam,
Clerk.
})end('nt of the Board, they were reciucsted by the Tresident
of the Board to choose their own chairman for tlie coiKhict
of their delil)erations. Th(Mr re})ort, wliich is hereto
appended, shows that they have oiven great care to the per-
formance of their duties, and the Trustees desire to express
their appreciation of the vahie of the services of the com-
mittee. Their ohservations as to the Central Lil)rary build-
ing and its arrangements conform to the experience of the
Trustees in its use. So far as is practicable, and within the
nieans furnished them by the city, the Trustees will en-
deavor to profit by all the suggestions of the committee.
It may not 1)6 improper for the Board to say, however,
that while it is possil)le by the expenditure of the necessary
funds to extend the Library service and its benefits to an
almost indefinite extent, the extent to which this may prac-
tically be done is necessarily limited to the capacity of the
city to tax its citizens and property-holders for that purpose.
How far municipal taxation may properly go for Library
purposes is a question which rests with the Mayor and the
City Council, and, in the language of the Finance Commis-
sion, appointed by His Honor the Maj'or, during the last
year, it " must be remembered in this, as in other similar
cases, that if the citizens desire such increased expenditures
they must be ready to pay for them by increased taxation."
The Trustees note and agree with the suggestion of the
Examining Committee, that there is " urgent need for more
Delivery Stations," and also that " more money should be
spent on the Branches."
The tables annexed to the Librarian's report show the
cost of maintaining Branches and Delivery Stations during
the twelve years from 1884 to 1895 inclusive, and also the
amount expended during that period for each Branch for
salaries, books, and miscellaneous expenditures. They also
show the appropriations for current expenses of the Library
as a whole from 1886 to 1896.
From these it appears that in the year 1886-7 the por-
tion of the annual appropriation spent upon Branch Libraries
was about 30 per cent., that in 1887-8 it was about 33 per
cent., in 1888-9 about 31 per cent., in 1889-90 about 26 per
cent., in 1890-91 about 27^ per cent., in 1891-2 (9 months)
about 27| per cent., in 1892-3 about 25| per cent., in
1893-4 about 26 per cent., in 1894-5 about 25 per cent.,
in 1895-6 about 22 J pev cent.
Library Department. \)
These figures need no comment : but if more money is
to be spent on the Branches, as seems imperatively neces-
sary, the appropriation for the Library Department must be
increased, or special approi)riations must be made for the
Branches.
The Trustees desire to express their appreciation of the
interest which the Mayor and the City Council have shown
during the year in the welfare of the Library Depart-
ment. They have met all the suggestions which the Trustees
have made as to the needs of the Library to the extent of
their ability within the statutory limitations of taxation by
the city, and the Trustees will endeavor so to conduct the
affaii's of the Library as to justify a continuance of the
cordial cooperation of the INIayor and City Council in all
that may be found necessary to secure the widest benefit to
the citizens from the administration of the Library and its
Branches.
Frederick C). Prince,
P/
JosiAH H. Benton, Jr.
Henry P. Bowditch.
Samuel Carr.
James De Norm an die.
Adopted March 27, 1896.
Attest :
Herhert Putnam,
Clerk.
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RESOLITTIONS ON RETIREMENT OF
samuel a. b. abbott.
In Board of Tuustres.
June 4, ISOf).
Mr. Samuel A. B. Abbott having resigned as a member
of the Board of Trustees of Ihe Public Library of the City of
Boston, after the long service of nearly sixteen years, during
eight of Avhicli he served as President of the Corporation,
it is
Resolved, By the Board, that during all this time, as the
record shows, he was the constant friend of the Library and
the earnest advocate of every measure which in his judgment
would promote its interests and satisfy the demands of the
citizens by whose bounty it was maintained, in the belief
that the dissemination of knowledge would be a conservative
force for the perpetuity of our free institutions. To this end
Mr. Abbott worked faithfully and well, and his services should
be recognized and appreciated.
Resolved, also. That he has especial claim upon the grati-
tude of the citizens for the active and prominent part he
took in the construction of the new Library building during
the many years required for the work. He gave thereto, at
the cost of much valuable time, his unremitting attention,
and although his associates on the Board shared his interest
in the great work and at all times cooperated with him, it
cannot be denied that Mr. Abbott is entitled to the largest
share of the credit now generally accorded to the Trustees
for their services in erecting this magnificent edifice for the
benefit of a community noted in all its annals foT the love of
learning. Pcdmam qui meruit ferat.
Resolved, That the freedom of the alcoves with the cus-
tomary privileges be accorded to Mr. Abbott.
LiBRAKY DErARTMENT. 11
RESOLUTIONS ON RETIREMENT OF
william r. richards.
In Board of Trustees.
June 4, 1-895.
Resolved, That the Trustees of the Public Library of the
City of Boston desire to express and record their api)recia-
tion of the lono- and faithful services of William R. Richards
as a member of this Board on his retirement therefrom.
He was appointed thereto soon after the work of the new
Library was commenced. The Legislature havino- given to
the Trustees full and exclusive power to erect such a build-
ing as in their judgment would best satisfy the demands of
the institution, the trust thus reposed in them was arduous
and grave, requiring a large amount of study and labor for
its successful execution.
Mr. Richards was deeply interested in the work, and hav-
ing excellent judgment and taste rendered most valuable
assistance in its prosecution. During the many years
required for the construction of the great building, he gave
to it a vast amount of valuable time, and showed a constant
and watchful solicitude that it should fully meet the require-
ments of the Library, and satisfy the just expectations of
the City Government and the people.
Besolved, That the services of Mr. Richards were not
Ihnited to the construction of the new Library. Always
interested in the success of this great instrument of popular
education, and ever anxious that it should well accomplish
the object of its organization, he gave to its administration
and the economy of its affairs, wise counsel, valuable sug-
gestions, and a careful and constant attention, which contrib-
uted largely to the prosperity ifc has attained.
Resolved, That his unvarying courtesy to his associates
on the Board made their meetings and intercourse pleasant,
so that they regard his retirement as a loss to themselves as
well as to the Library.
Resolved, That the freedom of the alcoves with the cus-
tomary privileges be accorded to Mr. Richards.
12 City Document No. 18.
LTBKARIAN'S EEPORT.
To the Trustees:
I have the honor to submit my report for the year 1895.
The statistical year of the Library, as well as its fiscal
year, had formerl}^ ended on April oO. Beginninir with
1885 it was changed so as to end on December 31. Begin-
ning with 1891-92 the fiscal year, in conformity with that
of the other city departments, was made to terminate on
January 31. On January 3, 189G, the Trustees voted that
the statistical year should hereafter conform to the fiscal
year; and as the year 1895 — owing to the closing of the
Library during a certain period — was, as far as statistics
were concerned, a broken one, that the change should be
made at once. The present report, therefore, covers the
period from January 1, 1895, to January 31, 1896; except
that the financial statement, as heretofore, covers the period
of the city appropriation, — February 1, 1 895, to January 31,
1896. As I did not take office until February 11, 1895, my
personal knowledge of the matters referred to in this report
is confined to such as have occurred since that date.
The transfer of books from the old building to the new
had proceeded without interruption of the ordinary use of
the Library until January 17. Then the Lower Hall „ was
closed to the public. A week later the entire Central
Library was closed, and (except as open for inspection for
the week beginning February 1, 1895) remained so until
the opening of the new building, on March 11. In the
meantime, though the Branch Libraries remained open, no
books could be drawn from the Central Library through
them or through the Delivery Stations. The circulation for
the greater part of this period represents, therefore, merely
the circulation of books from the collections permanently
located in the branches. On March 4 the delivery service
from the Central Library was resumed.
The electric-light plant at the new building could not be
operated regularly until June 1, and from that date until
October 15 its operation had frequently to be suspended,
owing to alterations. The expense of purchased light was
so great that from March 11 till April 15 the Central
Library was closed at 6 P.M. To economize in service as
well as light the Library was, from June 14 till October 19,
inclusive, closed at 9 P.M. ; and the Coat Room was closed
entirely from June 10 until September 24. The elevator
was not run until October 2.
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The Newspaper Reading Eoora was not opened until
May 3 ; the Special Libraries floor not until November 4.
Except as indicated above, the Central Library has, since
March 11, 1895, been open in all its departments from 9 A.M.
till 10 P.M. on week-days, and from 2 till 10 P.M. on
Sundays. On legal holidays — April 19, May 30, June 17,
July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas — it was
closed, and on August 27, the day of the Knights Templar
parade, it was closed (except for inspection) from 9 A.M.
till 6 P.M. The Branches have been kept open as here-
tofore, except that from June 1 until August 31 they were
closed at 6 P.M. (Saturdays at 8 P.M.), as against 7 P.M.
and 8 P.M. respectively in the previous year.
I submit annual reports from the Custodian of each of the
Branches, and from the several heads of departments at the
Central Library, including the Chief Engineer, head of
Bindery, and head of Printing Department.
Finance.
The Auditor's statement (Appendix I. of this report)
shows fully the receipts and disbursements of this depart-
ment during the fiscal year. The general appropriation for
the year asked for by the Trustees in December, 1894, was
$215,000, of which $121,500 was for salaries. The appro-
priation made was $175,000.
The expenditures chargeable to the general appropriation
(including $6,241.12 on the "moving" account, covered
by the balance of a special appropriation) have been $203,-
535.83, of which $115,444.79 was for salaries (including
the printing, bindery, and repair departments). As early as
April last it became apparent that, at the then rate of ex-
penditure, the expenditures for the year would exceed the
appropriation ($175,000) by some $20,000. In view of this
the purchase of books was for a time suspended, the Library
was ordered to be closed at 9 P.M., the Coat Room was
wholly closed ; the services of certain employes were dis-
pensed with and the salaries of others (in the janitor's
department) reduced ; the reduction in the pay-roll effected
by these latter measures amounting to $68 a week, the
equivalent of $3,700 a year. The omission to appoint an
Assistant Librarian after the resignation of Louis F. Gray,
the Executive Officer, effected a further saving of some $1,700
during the balance (3f the year. On August 10, 1895, the
Mayor authorized the Trustees to expend the sum of $18,000
in addition to the original appropriation, stating that ho
would provide this sum in December or January. By an
14 City Documknt No. 18.
order ai)j)rov(>(l XovcinluT 1<S, 18135, the City Council
directed that nioiieys representing receipts fronj tines and
sales of Library imhiications turned in to the City Collector
durin<i' the current year should be added to the a})})ropriation
for this department, to be ex})ended in the purchase of
books. The amount thus turned in was $14, 217. (51. There
appeared, therefore, to ])e ayaila])le for the general ])urposes
of the Library (including the purchase of books) $207,217.01 ;
and the expenditures of the latter part of the year were
phmned and niad(> u])on the assumption that this sum would
be provided without drawing upon any of the funds set aside
for special uses. Of the sum of $18,000 authorized August
10th, $17,757.72 was provided; but of this only $11,000
was provided from outside sources, the balance being made
up by the transfer of $4,097.64 from the special apj)ropria-
tion^for the West End Branch and of $2,660.08 from the
proceeds of the loan (approved January 4, 1896) of $44,000
for furnishing the new building. This latter transfer was
made on the theory of reiml)ursing in part to the general
appropriation the amount which it had lieen drawn upon for
such furnishing during the year (the total of such amount hav-
ing been $5,284.36). The transfer of the special appropria-
tion for the West End Branch was presumably made on the
assumption that the special appropriation of $30,000 for
remodelling and furnishing the West Church i)remises
would suffice for the purpose. That appropriation is, how-
ever, more than exhausted by expenditures to date and
outstanding contracts, the repairs necessary having proved
far more radical than anticipated. There will remain some
$1,500 of tinal finishing and furniture which would have
been paid for from the West End Branch appropriation, but
will now have to come out of the rentals from the old Library
building (accordino-to the order of the City Council approved
February 18, 189^). At the time — December 21, 1895
— the Trustees submitted to the Mayor their estimates for
the 1896 appropriation they had received no notice of
this transfer.
The income of the Trust Funds for books, by reason of
chanofe of investment in city of Boston bonds, has fallen
from"$10,012 in 1893 to $8,692 in 1895. An addition in'
the way of endowment for the purchase of l)ooks is the fund
of $500 given 1)y Caleb ^Y . Loring in behalf of the children
and grandchildren of the late Charles Greely Loring, to be
known as the Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund ; and
the income expended for books for the West End Branch.
The amount expended from Trust Funds during the year
was $6,632.78, as against $3,946.68 in 1894; the amount
Library Department. 15
expended for books from the city appropriations has been
$20,590.08, plus $4,551.27 now payable out of funds abroad,
or $25,141.35 in all, as against $23,141.53 in 1894. ^ This
is independent of the purchases of books for the West End
Branch from funds (some $5,000) raised by private sul)-
scription.
The Auditor's statement shows that on Feliruary 1, 1896,
the financial condition of the Library was as follows :
I. Cash on hand :
Interest on deposits . . . . $1,184 38
Balance receipts from rental of old
Library building .... 1,664 65
Balance receipts from fines and sales of
Library' publications . . . none.
II. Trust funds :
(1) Balance in hands of City Treas-
urer $10,328 19
(2) Balance on dei)()sit in London . 7,641 63
Total $17,969 82
Less Bills in hand . . $540 25
Outstanding orders . . 2,726 07
Necessary reserve for con-
tinuations . . . 4,000 00
7,266 32
Balance available . . . $10,703 50
of which, however, $3,688.21 is income of the Charlotte
Harris Fund, restricted to the purchase for the Charlestown
Branch of books published prior to 1850.
(3) Todd Newspaper Gift :
Balance of 1895 instalment . $776 25
1896 instalment re-
ceived . . . 2,000 00
Total $2,776 25
1 The amount ^iven in the report for 1S94 is $14,345.23, This, however, appears
to have meant "bills paid," and not to have indicated the final assitjnment of items
on those bills as between City Funds and Trust Funds. The amount from Trust
Funds in 1894 was given as $12,733.98.
16 City Document No. 18.
in. Special appropriation tor purcliaso of J)ooks, under
order of November 1<S, 181)"):
Balance on deposit in London . . $G,()00 00
Less bills in hand and orders outstand-
ing (excluding the February 1st
requisition, $1,7(57.22) . ". . 4,551 27
Balance $1,448 73
IV. Building appropriation, new Library building :
Balance in hands of City Treasurer . $131»,l)8o 17
Less contracts outstanding . . . 134,730 82
Balance $5,252 35
Against this are claims amounting to over $8,000, which
may be provided for by transfer from the special appropria-
tion for furnishing, so far as necessary.
V. Special appropriation for furnishing new Library ])uild-
ing :
Authorized January 4, 189G . . $44,000 00
Transferred to 1895 appropriation . 2,660 08
Balance $41,339 92
VI. West End Branch appropriation :
Balance December 1, 1895 . . $4,097 64
Transferred to general appropriation for
maintenance "in 1895 . . . 4,097 64
VII. West Church appropriation for remodelling and fur-
nishing :
Authorized April 22, 1895 . . $30,000
Expended to January 31,
1896 .... $18,018 44
Contracts outstanding . 11,329 36
Orders outstanding and
architects' commission . 652 20
30,000
Further present orders outstanding
aggregate . . . . . $143 57
The Januar}^ pay-rolls (excluding that for the week end-
ing January 30) were paid out of the 1895 appropriation.
Other bills allowed in January to the amount of $4,490.43
enter into the February 1st requisition, and must come out
Library Department. 17
of the general appropriation for 18!)G. The estimate sub-
mitted of the appropriation desirable for 1896 was $235,000,
with the statement that $225,000 was needed for mere con-
tinuance of existing departments.
The gross expenditures for maintenance during the year
(omitting the moving account and items charged to the
special appropriations for the West End Branch) was
$177,861.27. Included in such expenditure for 1895 is,
however, furniture, to the amount of $7,108.34, and equip-
ment for the Printing Department amounting to about
$5,300. Deducting these two items (as for "permanent
improvements"), the gross expenditure for maintenance in
1895 would stand at $165,452.93. The total of such expen-
diture during 1894 was $132,774.94.
On analysis the increase, except so far as accounted for by
the addition to the pay-roll of a Librarian's salary, would be
found to be due to the following causes :
1. The greater cubical area of the new building. The
old building contained 1,947,000 cubic feet; the new con-
tains 4,312,000 cubic feet. Less than 200 tons of coal, at a
cost of less than $1,000, sufficed to heat the old building; in
1894 (a partial year) 1,192 tons were used for the new l>uild-
ing, at a cost of $4,752.87.
The expenditure for electric light in 1895 was $4,185.82
as against $2,785.64 for 1894; but the penalty for demur-
rage on the engines will ofl'set this.
2. The greater floor area of the rooms open to the pub-
lic. In the old building 7,126 square feet; in the new,
50,384 square feet. Cost of cleaning, 1894, $1,664.12;
1895, $3,870.55.
3. The increase in the engineer and janitor force, due to
the elaborate lighting, heating, ventilating, and power plant
at the new Ijuilding. Besides the 3 boilers, 2 electric-light
engines with a capacity of 3,200 lights, there are 2 large
ventilating fans, an elevator, a coat room, book motors, and
an intricate pneumatic tube system, the whole system to be
operated from 6 A.M. till 10.15 P.M., and 6| days a week.
Add a necessary special repair department with painter and
marble washer. In 1894, 4 persons sufficed for the engineer
and janitor department, whose pay aggregated but $3,440.80
per annum. The present pay-roll in the new comprises 16
employes, whose aggregate pay would reach the sum of
$13,850.72 per annum.
4. The increased number of employes required for the
work of issue of books, due to the fact that while the
450,000 volumes in the old building were compacted into
a space capable of containing Init that number, in the new
18 City Document No. 1?S.
buil(lin<i tliey arc spread over an area ca])ablG of containing
three times that number; the distribution of the colkK;tion
into stacks Avhich do not directly interc(mununicate, so that
an independent service is required for each ; the adoption of
a mechanism for transmission of the books, which, though
meeting the problem of the hirge area to be traversed, involves
a multiplication of posts to be tilled, so that the readers' call-
slip which formerly passed through the hands of three
attendants is now handled by at least eight. The two Issue
Dei)artments in the old building required 20 attendants;
the Issue Department in the new building (including the
Children's Department) requires 43 attendants.
5. The addition of new departments; as, the News-
paper Reading Room and Special Libraries floor. This
latter alone requires 9 attendants at an aggregate salary of
over $5,000 per annum.
6. The extension of the Library hours from 9 P.M. till
10 P.M.
7. The opening on Sundays of departments hitherto
closed. In the old building B.-ites Hall alone was open ; in
the new, every de|>artment with which the public come in
contact is from 2 P.M. open on Sundays as on other days.
This includes the Issue Department — books being issued for
home use on Sundays as on other days.
The consequent expense of the Sunday and evening ser-
vice in 1895 was $11,130.60 as against $6,714.76 in the old
Imilding. The total number of employes (excluding the
Sunday and evening service, which comprises 51 persons,
working part time and paid by the hour) January 1, 1894,
was 167. On January 31, 1896, it is 197 (139 nt the Cen-
tral Library, 58 at the Branches).
A summary of such of the above items as may readily be
computed would be as follows :
1894.
1895.
Increase,
Librarian .
none
$5,000 00
$5,000 00
Fuel (Central only) .
$1,000 00
4,752 87
3,752 87
Cleaning .
1,664 12
3,870 55
2,206 43
Engineer, Janitor, and
Repair Department .
3,440 80
12,324 83
8,<S84 03
Issue Depai tment
7,483 84
12,683 48
5,199 64
New departments (day
service) .
about 5,000 00
5,000 00
Sunday and Evening
service .
6,714 76
11,130 61
4,415 85
Total increase
$34,458 82
Library Department. 19
Buildings and Equipment.
Central Library.
The augmented accommodations furnished by the new
building over the old may be summarized as follows :
Shelving for al)out 1,500,000 volumes, as against less than
450,000 vokimes in the old building.
Facilities for direct access by readers to nearly 200,000
volumes, as against less than 6,000 volumes (inchiding Patent
Room) in the old building,
A total seating capacitj^ of nearly 900 readers, as against
250 in the old building.
Entirely new departments for the public in the Newspaper
Reading Room, Children's Reading Room, and Special
Libraries floor.
Ampler equipment in the General Reading Room, Period-
ical Reading Room, and Patent Room.
Of the administration departments, the Catalogue and
Bindery have gained larger and better-lighted rooms. The
Branch work begun in the small room designed for it soon
had to expand into one of the lower stack rooms, shelvino-
being removed to clear space for it.
The lack of funds with which to complete the furnishing of
the building caused the postjjonement, for a time, of the pur-
chase of a case for new books, of a registration desk, of cer-
tain electric-light fixtures, of screens for the Barton-Ticknor
Room, of tables for the Delivery Room and Children's Reading
Room, and of various other articles. Where practicable,
furniture from the old building has been made to serve.
But many needs continued unmet until far into the year.
The bound volumes of newspapers, some 3,300 in number,
even yet remain piled on the floor of certain rooms in the
west wing.
So much as may be available of the special appropriation,
made January 4, 1896, of $44,000 for furnishing will be
applied towards remedying these inconveniences.
Since January, 1895, important sections of the mural dec-
oraJ;ionhave been completed and placed: the Venetian Lobby
by Mr. Joseph Lindon Smith (a fresco) ; five sections of
Mr. Abbey's frieze, "The Holy Grail;" about one-half (as
originally contracted for) of Mr. Sargent's ]^aintings, " The
Triumph of Religion," and the largest of the panels by M.
Puvis de Chavannes. There remain yet to be delivered,
l)esides the balance of the paintings by Mr. Abl)ey and Mr.
Sargent, eight panels by M. Puvis de Chavannes, and the
decoration for the ceiling of the Patent Room by Mr. John
Elliott, arranged for by private contribution. Of work con-
^0 City Documknt No. 18.
tractod for by the Trustoos there reniiiin undelivered, also,
the bronze doors by Mr. Daniel C. French and the group
for the outside pedestals by Mr. Augustus St. Gaudens.
Kegotiations had been begun for a panel from Mr. Whistler,
but were discontinued last s])ring.
The ceiling of the Delivery Room was painted over in blue
and purple in the expectation that it would be enriched with
gold, in su})port of Mr. Ablx^y's frieze. The building appro-
priation being nearly exhausted, the sum ( $o,000) neces-
sary to such iinish could not l)e spared, and the ceiling still
remains incom})]ete. A notal)le contribution towards the
adornment of the new building has l^een the sul)scription by
private citizens of Boston of the sum ($15,000) necessary
to the completion of Mr. Sargent's design for the upper cor-
ridor. Further gifts have been : a bronze statue of Sir
Harry Yane, by MacMonnies (given by Dr. Charles G.
Weld and others) ; a marl)le copy of the Venus de' Medici
(given by Mrs. John EUerton Lodge) ; a Imst by Rich-
ard S. Greenough of William W. Greenough, for twenty-two
years President of the Board of Trustees (given by Mrs.
Greenough) : two ideal busts of Christ and of Lucifer, l)y
Horatio Greenough (given by the sculptor's children).
Branches.
The Branches at Charlestown, East Boston, and Dorchester
and the Reading Room at West Roxljury have been re-
painted, and received needed minor repairs and fittings. At
Dorchester a large room directly above the one already
occupied has been added, nearly doubling the shelving, and
providing, in addition, a Children's Reading Room. At
WestRoxbury, also, a room has been added of a size to shelve
over one-half of the books, and clear space in the main room
for readers. Not counting the services of our own carpen-
ter and painter, about $1,200 has been spent in such
improvements (including furniture) for the Branches.
The three Delivery Stations of the new type established
this year (see under "Circulation"), in each case brought
into the service of the Lilnvary a room devoted to its patrons.
The North End Branch Reading Room on Hanover
Street was discontinued on June 30, but in its place
there will be opened, on February 3, the West End Branch,
with 8,600 books, 80 current periodicals, and acconuuoda-
tions (if necessary) for 250 readers. The remodelling of
the West Church for this Branch should, according to con-
tract, have been completed by November 1, 1895; but
unexpected w^eaknesses developed in the building, some
Library Department. 21
work done had to he done over again, and these causes,
added to the dehiys ordinary in contract work, postponed
the final completion of the undertaking until the heginning
of the new Library year.
The Matta})an Reading Room had formerly been sup-
ported by an association of residents of the vicinity (the
Public Library contributing merely the $250 per annum to
constitute it a Delivery Station). In May last the Trustees
assumed the entire expense of maintaining it — appropriating
toward it $500 of the rental from the old Library building.
Of this sum $454. 27 has already been expended. On January
16, 1896, a Delivery Station was opened at 202 A Harrison
Avenue in connection with the Ellis Memorial Free Reading
Room (a private enterprise). The College Settlement at
Denison Plouse has given 261 volumes of books for the
young, to be placed there and circulated. In addition 200
volumes have been placed there on deposit from the Central
Library. The regular daily delivery service is also main-
tained. The call for cards, as well as books, shows that
this station is likely to reach a section of the community not
heretofore reached. It is in charge of an employe of this
Library.
Books.
The number of volumes in Central Library and Branches
on Decembers!, 1894, according to last year's report, was
610,375, of which 457,740 were in the Central Library. In
spite of the fact that from April 9 to June 25, 1895, the
purchase of books was suspended, the total accessions of the
year have been 30,611 volumes.' This includes purchases,
gifts, and exchanges, and 6,522 volumes added to the West
End Branch. These accessions have been distributed as
follows :
Central . 15,064
Duplicate Room . . . , . . . 960
Brighton ........ 744
Charlestown ....... 905
Dorchester 818
East Boston 855
Jamaica Plain . . . . . . . 812
Lower Mills 85
Mattapan ........ 73
Mt. Bowdoin 74
North Brighton 74
Roxbury 1,065
South Boston 1,033
22 City D(^cument No. 18.
South End (UO
West End , . . . (5,522
West Roxbuiy . . . . ' . . . ()2()
Harrison Avenue . . . . . . 261
;u),(;ii
The "accessions" represent books received and assigned.
They inckide some 5,000 volumes still at the Central Li-
brary, but to go to the Branches. The number of volumes
actually shelved, less those condemned and withdrawn, is
given in Appendix IJI. as 18,434, of which 11,821 are in
the Central Library, 313 in the Duplicate Room, and (),561
are in the various Branches. 15,582 books and pamphlets
have been gifts. The more notable of these gifts are 5,528
volumes for the AVest End Branch, to be known as the
" Lowell Collection " (the greater part of these having been
selected and purchased l)y a committee of the Woman's
Education Association with funds raised from private sub-
scription) ; from Thomas Gaffield, Esq., 37 volumes, com-
prising old and rare editions in fine bindings (including the
first edition 4th title-page of "Paradise Lost"), a copy
of the " Imitation " of a Kempis in two volumes, rich with
miniatures, printed for the Paris Exposition of 1855, and
the original MSS. of Everett's Fourth of July oration of
1860, and of Sumner's eulogy on Lincoln, delivered June
1, 1865 (together with a set of proofs of the same with
corrections by Sumner) ; from James L. Little, Esq., a set,
in 52 volumes, of the pattern-books of the Pacific Mills,
illustrating in effect the history of textile manufacture at
Lowell from 1867 to 1883 ; from Mrs. C. C. Perkins, 408
volumes and many pamphlets (relating chieiiy to the litera-
ture and art of Italy) from the library of the late C. C.
Perkins; from Mrs. John Lowell, 159 volumes of the
Deljihin and Variorum Classics, 15 volumes of the Oratores
Attici, and a volume of manuscript lectures by William
Sullivan, never printed; from the King of Siam, 39 volumes
of the Sacred Writings of the Soutiiern Buddhists ; from
Denison House, 261 l)ooks for the young, placed at Station
P; from the estate of Dr. H. C. Perkins, a collection
of 176 volumes of medical works; from Hon. Josiah
Quincy, 21 scrap-books made by various members of the
Quincy family, 9 volumes of orations by Josiah Quincy, 11
miscellaneous volumes; and from his Holiness Leo XIIL,
the works of St. Thomas Acjuinas, in 8 folio volumes,
published at Rome, 1882-95. Of curious historical interest
is the gift from Thomas Smythe, Esq., of various docu-
Library Department. 23
ments and a MS. statement concerning the Province Lands
controversy.
A notable gift, also, is the original MS. of the " El
Castigo sin Venganza," by Lope de Vega. This was the
property of the late Georije Ticknor, and is given by his
daughter. Miss Anna E. Ticknor.
The purchases of the year have included complete sets of
the publications of the Surrey and Essex Archaeological
Societies, Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen d.
AUerhochsten Kaiserhauses, Risley's Tribes and Castes of
Bengal, and Davis and Thurnham's Crania Britannica. The
emphasis of the year has been, however, (1) upon the re-
placement of books worn out and condemned, (2) upon the
multiplication of copies of books in great demand (even
expensive works, such as Jones' Grammar of Ornament), or
needed for the Bates Hall collection as well as for circula-
tion, (3) upon the supply to the Branches and Branch
Reading Rooms of needed reference-books, (4) upon the
supply to the Branches as well as to the Central of a clean
collection of books for young readers. The replacement of
condemned books and multiplication of copies of books
in demand must still go on. The purchase of reference-
books has been not merely to strengthen the collection in
the Branches proper, but to sup]>ly reference-books to the
Reading Rooms which had not before possessed any. A list
was made of titles which were deemed to represent the
minimum of a reference collection. This list was supplied
in full to each Branch and Reading Room, omitting only in
the case of each Branch such books as were already in it, or
covered in its case by equivalent books on the same subject.
This undertaking involved the purchase of some seventy-
four titles, at a cost of $3,614.50.
For the collection of books for the young a list was com-
piled of 944 titles, which it was hoped to purchase in full
for each Branch as well as for the Central Library, the pur-
pose being to number these collections uniformly, and print
one list that would answer thioughout. The design was fur-
ther to have each of these collections placed on open shelves,
where they might be handled by the children without for-
mality. The list, therefore, while mainly of books written
for young readers, included a considerable numl)er of books
not specifically so written. These were interspersed by
way of suggestion, in the hope of attracting towards a wider
and perhaps higher range of interest.
This undertaking, if fully carried out, would involve the
purchase of some 13,000 volumes. Of these, about 6,500
volumes have thus far been bought.
24 City Document No. l.s.
Of tlio total oxpcnditure ($2r>,141.3f)) for books chari^eable
against 181);") city ai)})ropriations, about $10,000 will have
been paid for books for the Branches. Of this, $(),882.49 has
actiiall}^ been spent in bills paid. In 1894, out of a total
such expenditure of $28, 141. .58, $3,707.99 was for books
for the Branches. The Branches have also received an addi-
tional contribution in the gift to the West End Branch of
some $"),000 worth of new books freshly selected. The in-
crease in the number of volumes added to the Branches is
not in the ratio of the increased expenditure, for the reason
that in 1895 so much of the outlay was for reference-books
far more costly per volume than the purchases of 1894.
The number of volumes in each Branch, January 31, 1896,
as reported by the Custodian, is given in Appendix V. to
this Report.
The report of the Shelf Department shows that, taking as
a basis the statistics of former years, the number of volumes
in the Central Library January 31, 1896, should be 472,591.
In the examination of the shelves, just completed (in which
the shelf lists were checked up, volume by volume), the
number actually accounted for fell 2,717 short of this. The
last such examination was in 1893. Between January 1,
1894, and January 31, 1896, therefore, these 2,717 volumes
have become "missing." This period takes in the period of
removal from the old to the new l)uilding. Of the 2,717
volumes, 1,828 were from the old Lower Hall. It is a re-
markable fact that only 63 were from the present refer-
ence collection of over 6,000 volumes in the Bates Hall
Reading Room, and of these, only one book (Perkins' Italian
Sculptors) costly to replace. The entire 63 may be replaced
for less than $100, but five-ninlhs of the salary of an addi-
tional "runner" for this period, and but one-half of one per
cent, of the total value of this collection. Nor does "miss-
ing" mean "lost." The reading of the shelves extends over
several months, and entire precision is not possible in it. In
previous years about 40 per cent, of the books reported as
"missing" have subsequently been found. No such per-
centage may be hoped of the 2,717 volumes now unaccounted
for.
The number of volumes in the Branches (actually shelved)
is 158,423; in Central and Branches together (excluding
the 2,717 volumes "missing" from Central), January 3,
1896, 628,297.
Binding.
During the year 9,898 volumes have been bound in the
Library Bindery, as against 9,016 in the preceding year.
Library Department. 25
1,602 were books containing plates which required " guards."
The work of the Bindery included also the repair of 2,315
volumes, and a mass of smaller miscellaneous w^ork — such
as the mounting of maps, the making of portfolios, and of
temporary covers for serials.
The outside contract work has, as heretofore, comprised the
binding of Branch books, and the lighter class of cheap bind-
ing for the Central (old Lower Hall books). 7,198 volumes
have been thus bound by contract, at a total cost of
$1,941.55.
Catalogues.
The report of the Chief of the Catalogue Department
shows that the number of volumes catalogued during the
thirteen months was 52,744 ; cards placed in the general card
catalogues, 92,998. His report also shows such cataloguing
work at and for the several Branches.
The composition of the catalogue cards has for some weeks
been done with the linotype. A list of current serials has
also l)een set up upon this machine. Of the Allen A. Brown
Musical Library all of the miscellaneous portion — that is,
biography, criticism, etc. — has been catalogued, and the col-
lections of vocal music, songs, etc., are nearly finished.
Progress has been made on the Political Economy Cata-
logue. Material collected by Mr. E. M. Bacon for a list of
publications relating to the city of Boston has been revised
and is ready to be arranged for the printer. Mr. Bacon has
been engaged also upon a classification of certain MSS. in the
Chamberlain collection.
A part of the collection of maps (including those given by
the U.S. Hydrographic Office in 1889, the early American
maps, and many others in sheets) have been classified and
catalogued under direction of Mr. Carret, of the Shelf
Department.
A card catalogue of the works on the arts placed on the
Special Libraries floor is in process, under the direction of
Mr. Fleischner, Custodian of that floor. Mr. Fleischner has
also compiled and posted handy lists of authorities for the
use of students attending the Lowell Lectures, and for those
interested in other lectures and courses of reading.
Of printed catalogues there have been issued Finding Lists
of new books for the Charlestown, Jamaica Plain, and South
Boston Branches, a complete classified Finding List in 141
pages of the 8,601 volumes for the West End Branch, and
five numbers of the Bulletin (the numbers for July and Octo-
ber being issued as a double number). These five contain :
1. The Historical Fiction List for the following coun-
tries : Switzerland and the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Den-
26 CiTV Document No. 18.
mark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Eastern
Empire, Turkey, Servia, Spain, and Portugal.
2. The titles of books on Koads.
3. The titles of books on Corea, China, and Jai)an.
4. Titles of books by and relating to Goethe.
5. Catalogue of the Thayer Library.
6. Catalogue of books in the Russian language.
7. Works of fiction in the German language, with trans-
lations.
8. Works of fiction in the English language added to the
Library since July, 1893, the time of the publication of the
Fiction Catalogue.
9. The titles of books recently added to the Library (in
the January, 189G, number).
10. Reproductions of views and buildings of Boston.
A catalogue of the Thayer Collection (5,269 volumes) has
been reprinted from the Bulletin.
Registration.
The statistics of registration in the Library for any given
year should answer the following questions :
1. How many persons, male and female, adults and
minors, were entitled to draw books for home use at the
beginning of the year?
2. How many of these have allowed their privileges to
lapse ?
3. How many new persons, male and female, adults and
minors, have applied for cards during the year?
4. How many " live " cards there are outstanding at the
end of the year ?
5. The geographical distribution by wards or districts of
card-holders in each of the above cases.
6. So far as practicable, the occupation of the card-
holders.
The statistics for 1894 (Appendix VII. of Annual Report)
answered none of these questions. The tables stated simply
the ''Registration" for eight ^ months of 1894 as 25,443.
But the term " Registration " appears to have covered sev-
eral transactions now distinguished. As we now define it,
it is a granted application for a card by one who has never
held a card. Such an application from one who has held a
card which has expired at a time so remote that he is com-
pelled to sign anew we call a " Reregist ration." A granted
application for the renewal of a recently expired card where
^ This " eight" appears to have been a misprint for " nine."
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no new signature is required we call a "Renewal;" while
the issue of a new card in place of one lost or filled up with
entries we call a " Replacement,"
The statistics of " Registration " for 1894 appear to have
included, at least in part, not merely registrations proper, but
reregistrations, renewals, and replacements. If such was
the case the figures evidently did not indicate the number of
new persons applying for cards (the life of a card being
but one year, renewals are as frequent as new applications) ;
and the}'^ did not profess to show the number of " live "
cards outstanding at any one time.
1 regret that our statistics for 1895 cannot show a material
improvement upon this. The year had well advanced be-
fore an understanding could be arrived at, distinctions im-
pressed, and uniformity secured. \\'hat was called a new
registration had begun January 1, 1895; «.e., each person
thereafter presenting a card was given a number in a new
series begun with 1. But the requirement of a new signa-
ture was not enforced until May. The Branches issued
cards independent of the Central ; so that there was one
series for the Central and another for each of the Branches.
Cards issued in duplicate of lost cards were for a time 'given
independent numbers. Statistics of age were not kept ;
statistics of sex could be picked out only from an examina-
tion of the entire mass of record slips.
The statistics for the past year cannot therefore be re-
garded as precise even as to what they attempt to cover.
As they stand they show the number of persons holding
"live" cards on January 31, 1896, to be 34,842, as against
29,971 persons who held such cards January 1, 1895; an
increase of 4,871.
By vote of the Trustees, beginning January 1, 1896, the
life of a borrower's card is to be two years instead of one.
To secure unity all cards issued beginning January 1 are
to be issued as from the Central Library, and there is to be
but one series of numbers in place of ten. Some 23,000
blank cards numbered ahead have been distributed among
the Branches to provide for the renewal of cards issued by
them in 1895.
Use of the Library.
When the new building opened — March 11, 1895 — the
books were on the shelves and presumably ready for distri-
bution. During the first few weeks, however, the attempt
to distribute them in quick response to demand was l)y no
means a success. Among the embarrassments were these :
1. The cards in the card catalogue had been punched for
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the rods. In numherloss cases portions of the shelf mnnhers
had been imiu'licd out, so that the wrong numbers were
handed in i)y the reader.
2. The call-slips (h'opjx'd from the pouches and became
lost in the pneumatic tul)es. Sometimes the ]iouches them-
selves became choked in the tul)e8 through a flaw in the tube
or over-haste of the attendant.
8. The book railway often broke down, sometimes
through lack of adjustment or over-haste of the atten(hint.
4. Books were inconveniently located. Parts of a set
Avhich should have been together under one number were in
diHerent phices under diti'erent numbers. Shelves had been
shortened, and the surplus books, cast adrift, placed some-
times above, sometimes beh)W, sometimes beyond, their
fellows numerically.
5. The books most in demand (fiction and the balance of
the Lower Hall) were all placed in stack 4. This brought three-
fourths of the pressure upon three of the eighteen carriers,
two- thirds of it upon one of the eighteen carriers. The
system of book railway with elevators required for speediest
delivery that, taking the six stacks as a unit, the books should
be shelved not horizontally but vertically in pro{)ortion to
demand.
6. Books were mis{)laced ; the majority of the . stack
attendants being untrained, and the physical fatigue of
"running" upon the granolithic floors being excessive.
7. Readers omitted to place their names or number of
their tables on their call-slips, or failed to be at their tables
when their names were called.
More or less of such delays still continue. A record of
those investigated from October 1, 1895, through January 31,
1896, shoAvs 296 due to the fault of attendants, 6,544 due to
the fault of readers, and 535 unaccounted for. The normal
time for the issue of a book is not, however, over eight or
ten minutes.
In the old building there were two distinct departments of
issue: Bates Hall and Lower Hall. Li the new, these two
have been consolidated. The Lower Hall as an independent
division of the Lil)rary has ceased to exist. The Lower
Hall books were placed in stack 4 ; but such of them as are
not English prose fiction will shortly have been relocated in
appropriate classes in the other stacks.
In many resjiects the arrangement of the books proved
provisional. The treatment of surplus volumes from a
shortened shelf had to be made uniform, and fragments of
sets brought together. The Bates Hall reference collection
was in many respects experimental and has had to be
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■changed from time to time. Tlie inconvenience to adult
readers of a multitude of children pressing upon the general
issue desk, together with the interest of the children them-
selves, led to the transfer of some 3,000 vokimes of books
for the young to a separate Children's Room. The experience
of a few weeks showed that to transport the large cabinet
books by means of the book elevators through the tube-room
for use in Bates Hall involved difficulty, delay, and peril to
the books themselves ; so that the transfer of the entire
department of architecture, fine art, technical arts, and music
from the stack to the Special Libraries floor became a matter
of necessity, irrespective of the interest of the student of
those subjects which it undoubtedly advanced.
/.• Reference Use.
In the old building, although the bulk of the Library was
visible to the eye, the only portions to which the visitor was
allowed direct access were some 300 volumes of reference-
books in the Bates Hall Reading Room, and the 5,500
volumes of the Patent Library. In the new building three-
fourths of the entire collection have been withdrawn from
sight and placed in the stack rooms, but the remaining one-
fourth has been lirought forward to the very hand of the
reader. AVithout the intervention of an attendant he may
inspect, take down and read (as he would in his own home)
some 6,000 volumes in Bates Hall, some 5,800 volumes in
the Patent Library, and some 3,000 volumes in the Children's
Room. With only such formality as is involved in registering
his name and address he may directly inspect and (without
a carcl or call-slip) have taken down and read some 91,540
volumes on the Special Lil)raries floor. In the old building,
if he wished a periodical he had to make out a slip for it.
Here he finds some 700 periodicals on the very tables where
he may handle them without inquiry or formality, and 700
more which may be had without a call-slip. In addition he
finds the Newspaper Reading Room, with 263 daily, semi-
weekly, and weekl}^ newspapers (182 American, 81 foreign),
where he is equally exempt from inquiry or formality.
It was to be expected that this immense augmentation of
privilege would to a degree oftset to the public the some-
what remote location of the new building from the centre of
the city. But the actual use of the new privileges has out-
run all expectation. To abandon formality is to abandon
statistic. The only record kept of the reference use of the
books in the new l)uilding is the record of the books from
the stacks called for on green slips for use in the Reading
30 City Document No. 18.
Room. Even this record (871,048 volumes for the year)
compares not unfavoral)ly with the reference use in 18!)4 in
the old l)uil(lin<>: — 444,9011 volumes from the two Halls.
The use of the 100,333 volumes for which no slips are neces-
sary cannot even be guessed. Except in the case of the
Newspaper Room, not even the number of readers has been
recorded. But this may be said : that whereas 200 readers
at a time would have been the maximum in the old building
it is the minimum here ; and that at certain hours of every
day there Jire no less than 600 readers at a time using books
or i)oriodi(als on the premises. Actuiil count at certain
hours has shown this as follows :
Bates Hall 275
Special Libraries ....... 18
Patent Koom ........ 5
Periodical Room 179
Newspa})er Room ....... 103
Children's Room . . . . . . .148
728
and the number in the Newspaper Room has risen as high as
178 y)ersons at a time.
The Periodical Rocmi is already overcrowded, as is the
Children's Room. The Bates Hall Reading Room barely
suffices. All this use has been both serious and orderly.
The loss of but 63 volumes (assuming them lost) from the
6,000 volumes in Bates Hall, and these books of trilling
value, seems the amplest justification of the freedom ac-
corded. From the Genealogical section (the most used of
any) not a single volume is missing.
The system of informal use, without call-slip, has been
extended to the Branches also. Their periodicals are now
on the tables, and a portion of their books are in open cases.
In their case, therefore, statistic of reference use has been
wholly abandcmed. The chief justification for such abandon-
ment is that to keep the statistic means to inconvenience the
public.
II: Home Use.
At the opening of the new building there were outstand-
ing in the hands of borrowers some 3,500 volumes. The
cii-culation for home use from the Central Library direct was
251,561 volumes, as against 261,717 in 1894. A much
greater falling off was to have been expected, on account of
the less' central location of the new building and its superior
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attractions for reference use. The home and reference use
together, in the old building, during October, November, and
December, 1894, as comi)ared with the total home and
recorded reference use in the new, is as follows :
1895.
1894. (Recorded only)
October 59,700 65,240
November 53,459 58,583
December 56,895 66,957
showing an increase in 1895.
The [)eriod covered in 1895 (though nominally thirteen
months) is, by reason of the partial closing of the Library
from January'' 17 to March 10, 1895, and the entire closing
from January 24 to March 10, 1895, two weeks less than Ihat
covered in 1894. On the other hand, the Sunday issue,
which in 1894 aggregated no more than 3,016 volumes, from
October 1, 1895","to January 31, 1896, alone reached 22,866
volumes.
The issue of books from the Central Library through
the Branches aggregated 5,689 volumes as against 6,033
volumes in 1894; through the Delivery Stations, 22,244 vol-
umes as against 25,595, 1894; through both, 27,933 vol-
umes. The issue of books direct from the Branches
(including those issued through dependent Delivery Sta-
tions) was 567,827. The aggregate issue for home use
from the entire Library was 847,321 volumes, as compared
with 832,113 in 1894. Appendix VII. shows the annual
circulation of and through each Branch and Delivery Station
during the past six years.
Besides the Central Issue desk, there are now two other
points in the Central Library at wdiich books may be drawn for
home use : in the Children's Room (the books shelved there
only) and on the Special Libraries floor (primarily, the
books shelved there, but, in case of need, any book in the
stacks as w^ell). The issue from the Children's Room has
been 28,342 volumes. That from the Special Libraries now
averages about 105 volumes daily.
Formerly it was the practice to give a classified statement
of circulation. This has not been done of late years, nor
under present conditions does it seem practicable ; for the
books, not being precisely classified on the shelves, their
shelf numbers as given on the call-slips are no certain index
of their character.
Of the half million volumes at the Central Library, per-
haps a hundred thousand are starred, i.e., restricted from
circulation. At least one-half of these are either one-starred
or three- starred. These are not absolutely restricted, but
32 City Document No. 18.
may be issued in the disen^lion of corttiin desigiiatcKl
officials. Two stars — though the less iini)osiiig symhol —
had indicated books absolutely restricted, yet had been
applied to du})licates, and to books merely costly, as well as
to books restricted by the terms of irift or purchase. In
})ractice, the three-starred book could be issued almost as
freely as the one-starred. There was danoer in so profuse
a use of the stars, in the fact that the ])ul)lic, oljserving- the
symbols so commonly waived, would cease to be impressed
by them altogether. By vote of October 22, iSDo, the Trus-
tees therefore determined as follows :
1. That one star shall denote 1)ooks restricted from circu-
lation, and issued only upon permit of the Librarian or offi-
cer in charge ; that books shall be so restricted as being
reference-l)ooks (dictionaries, cyclopedias, etc.), bound
serials, and books restricted because of their rarity or char-
acter as respects morality.
2. Two stars shall denote books 'prohibited from circu-
lation, and shall l)e applied to books so prohibited by the
terms of the gift or purchase, and to such other books as may
properly be so prohibited on account of their excessive rarity.
3. The use of three stars shall be discontinued in the
case of future accessions.
4. Pamphlets, duplicates, genealogy, local history, and
folk lore not to be restricted as such.
The collection placed in the Bates Hall Reading Room,
though containing many books not individually restricted,
was for a time, as a whole, reserved for reference use. As
duplicates are purchased for circulation of the books most in
demand, it may be considered so. But, in the meantime,
the decision has been modified to the extent of occasionally
permitting certain volumes to go out for a limited period.
Each of the nine Delivery Stations in existence at the
beginning of the year was no more than a desk in a shop,
W'hose proprietor undertook to send in the application for
books, and deliver the books, wdien received. For this ser-
vice he was paid a fixed compensation of $250 per annum.
The Blue Hill Avenue Station being relocated, a new system
was undertaken in regard to it. The proprietor of the shop
agreed to furnish a separate room (lighted and heated) for
it, and to receive for this and her services a compensation
based on the number of volumes circulated per month. The
room was equipped by the Lil)rary with a desk, a table,
chairs, and a case for books. A few hundred volumes were
placed on deposit, to be drawn direct from the station, and
the daily delivery from the Central continued as before.
This plan was so successful that on a change of proprie-
LinKAKY Department. 33
tors of the store at Allston it was adopted there. The
feature of a temporary deposit of books especially to serve
disappointed applicants for books from the Central is
being gradually introduced at all of the stations. 135
volumes were placed at the Tyler Street Vacation School
last summer, and 2') volumes recently with Ladder Com-
pany 17. The total of such deposits has been 1,115 volumes.
Such enterprises, however, require a multiplication of copies
of popular books such as can be brought about but gradually
with our availaiile funds.
Only one new Delivery Station has been established, —
that opened January 16, 1896, at the Ellis Memorial Free
Reading Room at 202 A Harrison Avenue. The delivery from
the Central to the Branches had been by local express.
Beginning June 1, 1895, a team in the sole service of the
Library was engaged at a fixed sum, — $25 per week. This
has covered an inner circuit, consisting of the South End,
North End, Charlestown, East Boston, South Boston, and
Roxbury Branches, and Crescent Avenue, Blue Hill Avenue,
and Harrison Avenue Stations. Its cost is but a fraction
(five per cent.) in excess of the express, and the service more
effective. A special wagon is furnished, built expressly for
the purpose, and lettered " Boston Public Library." The
compensation includes the services of a driver and two
horses.
Sjjecial'Uses.
In connection with the Art Department (fine and indus-
trial), now upon the Special Libraries floor, a systematic
attempt is being made both to attract readers, and by intel-
ligent exposition of the material to convert readers into
students. Besides the lists of authorities drawn up in con-
nection with the more notable lecture courses, the books
themselves most valuable by way of illustration are displayed.
A considerable number of classes have already come, under
conduct of teachers who wish to secure and exhibit illustra-
tions of the subjects treated in course.
The ordinary art students, the architectural student and
draughtsman, come in increasing number. Tracing (except
of colored plates) is permitted with the interposition of a
gelatine pad, which the Library furnishes.
Cooperation avith the Schools.
Conferences have been held between committees repre-
senting the School Committee and the Library Trustees as
to possible further cooperation between the Public Library
and the schools. In the meantime, the Library has under-
34 City Document No. 18.
taken the issue to every teacher giving instruction in any
institution in the city of Boston of a special card which
entitles the holder to have out six books at a time and retain
them four weeks. Since June 1, is*.),"*, (DU of these cartls
have been issued.
Service.
There has been lost to the service William L. Day, who
died on February 21, 1895. He had been in charge of the
evening service in the old Lower Hall. He was taken ill
before work at the new building began, so that I had not an
opjiortunity of knowing him personally. But the reputation
that he left among his associates was that of a most conscien-
tious official.
On March 2(1, Louis F. Gray, the Executive Officer and
Clerk of the Cor[)oration, presented to the' Trustees his
resignation. Mr. Gray had been in the service of the Library
in various capacities for fifteen years. He was granted a
three months' leave of absence without loss of pay. On
April 16, his resignation was accepted, and the title of the
office changed from that of Executive Officer to that of As-
sistant Librarian. The Librarian was elected Clerk of the
Corporation, and has served in that capacity during the
balance of the year. No Assistant Librarian has as yet been
appointed.
Ill health, due to the excessive strain of preparing for the
removal of the books to the new building, obliged Mr. Car-
ret, Chief of the Shelf Department, to ask for a leave of
absence. He was absent on such leave for two months,
beginning March 11.
The onh^ appointment from outside the force to any but
subordinate positions in the force was the appointment of
Margaret D. McGuftey to the conduct of the Issue Depart-
ment. It is upon this department that has fallen the chief
burden of the mechanism for the distribution of books.
From the Shelf Department, Otto Fleischner has been
transferred to the custodianship of the Special Libraries
floor ; and from the Catalogue Department, Francis W. Lee
has been transferred to the charge of the Printing Depart-
ment.
In former years there had been in the Library a system of
graded service, each grade having a minimum salary with
progressive increase up to a maximum. On March 26, 1895,
the Trustees adopted a new scheme of somewhat like nature,
but more elaborate, and with the additional provision (previ-
oush' determined upon) that both appointment to the service
and promotion from grade to grade within the service should
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be by "examination." A somewhat detailed statement as
to this system (as with certain revisions, now in force), and
a list of present employes as graded thereunder, is appended
to this report. Appended also are samples of the examina-
tion papers given at the examinations held during the past
year. At the beginning of the year there were on file, nearly
a thousand applications for employment in the library. A
printed form was sent to each applicant, with notice that
unless filled out and filed, his application w^ould be con-
sidered withdrawn. The numl)er thus formally filed
amounted to 442, as follows :
For grade B 97
For grade C 119
For grades D and E 157
Miscellaneous ....... 69
442
There have been held 7 general and 4 special examina-
tions. At these 351 applicants appeared, of whom 125
were male, 226 female. Such pass-marks as were assigned
were pass-marks only in the special sense explained in the
statement appended. They represented not a rating by an
absolute standard, but the indication of an intelligence which
was deemed a reasonable preliminary to a further test, if, in
view of the positions to be filled and the other apparent
capacities of the applicant, such further test should seem
desirable. As so understood, 103 of the 351 applicants
maybe stated to have "passed" (30 others passing certain
sections of the papers). 66 (31 male, 35 female) received
appointments, some, however, taking positions in a lower
grade than that for which, so far as the written exami-
nations were concerned, they had qualified. 34 of the
66 appointees were to Grade E, "runners." Some whose
papers failed to pass them for the higher grade for which
they tried were counted as " passed " for some lower grade.
In the case of the lowest grade — Grade E — the pass-marks
originally fixed failed to turn out a sufiicient number of can-
didates for the vacancies to be filled ; and recourse had to
be had to some lower in the scale. This is the grade of
runners paid at $3.50 per week. In no case has this been
necessary in the higher grades. The examinations thus far
held, though open to the employes, were successful chiefly in
testing applicants from without : and the appointments above
mentioned do not include appointments by promotion (after
examination). An examination for promotion, to be a fair
test, must apparently be specially devised for each department.
:]{i City Docu.mknt No. is.
Tho adoption of the system of examinations has created
])oth hope and despondency : hope in the minds of the
yonnger employes, more fresh from school or college, and
despondency in employes who lack an academic training,
or Avhose academic knowledge has layjsed from disnse. A
longer experience of the system will tend to an adjustnumt
of these exjiectations as it becomes apparent that capacity
for the ])articnlar work to be done, as tested in actual service,
is to have its full recognition ; and that while the examina-
tion of applicants from without the force must necessarily
be along academic lines, such a test is even in their case but
preliminary, and must be supplemented by proof of capacity
for the particular w^ork to be done as tested in actual service.
As will be seen by the reports of the Chief of the Issue
Department and the Custodian of the Special Libraries floor,
there is going on week by week in those departments a
process of deliberate education, which, though directed
specially towards the training necessary to the work of the
Library, is arousing an interest and ambition which may
prove more far-reaching.
The Appendices I. -VII. give such statistics as could prac-
tical)ly be compiled with reference to Finance, to the extent
of the Library and its use during the year. Appendix X.
gives a schedule of the Library service ; Appendix XIV., a
list of the newspapers on file in the Newspaper Eoom.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) Herbert Putnam,
Librarian.
February 1, 189G.
Library Department.
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REPORT OF
THE EXAMINING
FOR 1^95.
COMMITTEE
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
Gentlemex : The Exaininini^ Committee was called to-
gether for organization October 25, 1895, by the chairman
of the Board of Trustees. John E. Hudson was chosen
chairman, and Miss Mary Morison secretary. By direction
of the general committee, the chairman appointed the usual
sub-committees on " Catalogue," " Branches," " Finance," and
"Administration," and added thereto a fifth, on "Books."
The titles of the two coumiittees on " Catalogue " and on
" Branches " were modified or enlarged, more fully to ex-
press their functions, to " Catalogues, Bulletins, and Find-
ing Lists," and "Branches, and other modes of distribution."
These sub-committees were made up as follows, viz. :
Books.
Barrett Wendell, Chairman.
George M. Garland.
E. hT Clement.
Branches, and other modes of
distribution.
Sanuiel S. Green, Chairman.
Mary Morison.
Richard J. Barry.
Catalogues, Bulletins, and
Finding Lists.
Caleb B. Tillinghast,
Chairman.
Enmia Hutchins.
Azariah Smith.
Finance.
I Charles E. Hellier,
I Chairman.
I Sidney Everett.
I John J. O'Callaohan.
Administration.
John E. Hudson, Chairman.
Heloise Hersey.
HasUet Derby.
Caleb B. Tillinghast.
Samuel S. Green.
The reports of the sub-committees have been received
and considered by the full committee, who beg to report :
The completion of the new Library building in Copley
Square, begun in 1887, and the removal thither from
38 City Document No. 18.
the Boylston-stroot huildinu', in of course the most consider-
able event in the history ol" the year under exainination, and
an event that has in a marked degree attracted i)uhlic atten-
tion to the Lil)rary . It is to be hoped that this public interest
nia}^ continue, and the Trustees are strongly urged to encour-
age it in all proper ways. Possibly a publication of the
extent and the variety of the various collections, and the
aims and purposes of tlie Library, judiciously distributed,
would do much to enlist intelligent cooperation on the part
of the citizens.
As to the building itself, the committee shares fully in
what it believes to be the general public sense of satisfaction
at the completion of the most considerable public edifice in
the city of Boston and the most important public library
building in the United States,
That on the removal to it of the great collections of books
and the extensive machinery of management of the Library
it should be found that the new building was at once in all
its details exactly fitted for its purposes was not perhaps to
be expected, and so far as these changes in detail concern
the comfort and convenience of the Librarian and his assist-
ants in doing their work, they fall fairly enough within the
general discharge of the Librarian's duties, and may be left
with him to work out. But it is not yet clear that the
delivery room should not be on the first floor. But how
best so extensive a change and the necessary accompanying-
changes shall be made, it is not easy to say out of hand.
A year's experience in the working of the Library in its new
quarters, and of the Librarian's ol)servation thereon, will be
necessary before attempting to solve the difficulty.
But for the immediate comfort of the present users of the
Library, there are one or two suggestions to be made which
need not wait.
Your committee has particularly interested itself in regard
to the ventilation of the different portions of the Library
building. Its various parts have been visited a number of
times, both when it was known that the smallest numl)er of
the public would l)e present, and on days when it was certain
that the rooms would be relatively crowded. The afternoon
of Sunday may be taken as a good example of the latter
state of things.
The air in the passageways and corridors was found, with
a single exception, to be fresh and })ure. The periodi-
cal room, if much crowded, was apt to be somewhat close.
This was also true of the delivery room, unless the windows
were open, and the air without in motion. Bates Hall was
found at every visit to be remarkably well ventilated, on
Library Department. 39
no single occasion was any closeness experienced, even hy
one standing in the small gallery above the door. The
worst air in the building was found in the corridor where the
Sargent pictures are exposed, especially on Sunday after-
noons. Here the atmosphere was often intolerably close and
vitiated.
The building, as a whole, is intended to be ventilated by
means of a system that does away with the necessity of ad-
mitting air through the windows, thus escaping the annoyance
and injurious etlects of dust. A large fan in the basement
aids the introduction of air from without. This air is passed
through filtering bags' of large size, previous to its admission.
It circuhites through the building and is withdrawn l\y means
of exhaust shafts, which in their turn are connected with
another large fan, situated at the top of the building.
Were the diflerent parts of this system to work both con-
stantly and harmoniously, it is proliable that the ventilation
would be well-nigh perfect, and criticism unnecessary. But
as now applied it fails in various particulars.
First. The large fan in the basement, which provides for
the admission of air, is not run after 3.30 P.M. in winter.
So much of the power of the engine is then needed for the
electric lighting that a sufficient amount is not available for
the fan, and its power has to be withdrawn.
Second. The exhaust shafts are not in all cases sufficient.
This is especially true of the periodical and delivery rooms.
In the former we are assured an existing spare flue can be
utilized through one of the north closets of Bates Hall. In
the latter there is but a single exhaust outlet of relatively
small proportions. The original intention was to open two
additional flues in this room, but the space allotted to them
was covered by the decorations. Air has consequently to be
t^ken from without through the open windows, and when
vitiated to be gotten rid of in the .same manner.
Third. No exhaust flue now extends directly to the gal-
lery where the Sargent pictures are exhibited. The bad air
from the rest of the ])uilding naturally rises to this place, and
its proper ventilation is most important. It is possi))le to
connect it with the exhaust fan.
The remedy for all this seems simple. Provide small ad-
ditional engine and dynamo for the lower fan, and run it as
long as the building is open, in the evening as well as by day.
Extend the exhaust flue to- the periodical room, and open the
two additional ones needed in the delivery room. Connect
the Sargent galler}' directly with the exhaust fan.
Our attention has 1)ecn attracted to the lights in the news-
paper room. Here there is room for very serious criticism.
40 City Document No. 1>>.
These liuhts ooiisist in part of upright KJ-candlo lamps,
imsliaded, strmio- around the walls, diM'using their illumina-
tion in all directions, instead of directly doAvnward on the
pa})ers where it is most needed, and partly in a series of
lamps of the same power, enclosed in long, narrow, metallic
boxes, shedding light directly downwards, it is true, but dif-
fusing it very im})erfectly. Depending from the ceiling are
two chandeliers.
We would suggest that the excellent lamps of Bates Hall
be introduced in this room in sufficient numbers, and the
present lamps discarded. And we think it will be found
that, on the whole, the 24-candle lamps, "frosted," atford
a softer and pleasanter light than the 16-candle enclosed in
plain glass. These lamps should be set in the semi-transpar-
ent shades of porcelain, green without and white within,
which shield the eye of the reader from the direct rays of the
electric light, and yet ditiuse them over so large a surface.
Some plan should be devised for relieving the readers in
the magazine room from the noise the engines, which are set
just beneath that room, make when running.
The disturbance caused to readers by the influx of visitors,
attracted solely by the mural paintings, should warn the
Trustees of the extreme caution that should be employed in
extending the decoration of the walls to rooms occupied by
readers.
Not unnaturally, the attention tliat during its progress has
been given to the construction of the Library building has
turned attention more or less from the Library itself, and
matters in that regard have fallen somewhat behind. It is
exceedingly important that they should be taken in hand,
and that the Library be brought forward to the lines of the
present best thought on the subject of library management
as soon as may be.
In regard to the buying of books — and here, of what books
shall be bought, — that is, the function which the Library
undertakes to discharge, — the seeing that the public who
are entitled to use the books have prompt and intelligible
information as to what books they may find, the making-
adequate provision forgiving people this knowledge and the
readiest possible access to the books — the committee make
these suggestions :
1. That in their opinion a clear distinction should be
made between funds devoted to the purchase of special
books, i.e., curious and rare books, or books useful only to
scholars and investigators, and those devoted to the purchase
of popular books, under which term they would include
books useful and interesting to the general public.
Library Department. 41
According to the statement in the Keport of the Trustees
for 1894, the Library derives from its trust funds an in-
come of about 19,000. Of this,
$1,200 is specifically required to be spent for maintenance ;
()80 is specifically required to be spent for Charlestown
Branch ;
4 is specifically required to be spent for South Boston.
11,884
The remainder, which may roughly be called $7,000,
seems freely at the disposal of the Trustees for the purchase
of books, except for the following conditions :
(Bowditch) Mathematics, etc $350
(Ticknor) Spanish IGO
(Green) American history ..... 95
(Franklin) Political economy .... 40
$645
A balance of at least $(),250 seems left for the purchase of
books unrestricted.
In the opinion of the committee this income of the trust
funds should generally be devoted to the purchase of special
books ; and the funds derived year by year from grants of
the city government should be wholly devoted to the pur-
chase of books which in the broadest sense of the w^ord
may be called popular; i.e., of use and interest to the gen-
eral public. Under the latter head would come books of
reference, standard literature, treatises of such nature as to
be comprehensible to intelligent laymen in the subject con-
cerned, etc. Under the former head would come highly
technical treatises, such, for example, as special Avorks in
law or medicine, divinity, or science, rare and curious
editions of works substantially accessible in cheaper form,
and in general all boalvs the possession of which may be
regarded as a distinction.
It is obvious that from time to time opportunities for the
]3urchase of special books may arise which clearly demand
far more money than the trust funds supply, such oppor-
tunities as were availed of when the Barton collection was
bought, and when valuable books were bought from the
collection of the late Mr, Barlow. In the opinion of the
committee, however, such contingencies should never be
met, even in part, by drawing on the regular city grants ;
42 City Document No. l.s.
hut should always l)o made wholly the suhject rithor of a
special eity iinmt, of private gift, or of ])uhlic suhscrii)tioii.
The committee would add an expressiou of ()))inion that
one result which might reasonably follow from (lefinite and
openly stated adherence to the policy they recommend might
he increase of trust funds at the hands of citizens interested
in sjiecial subjects, and thus assured that only by enlightened
endowment can special subjects be kept up in an institution
so various in its functions as the Public Library.
2. That in their opinion the present state of the Pu))lic
Library, considered in relation to other large collections of
books in this neighborhood, renders it highly desiral)]e that the
Trustees shall, at their earliest convenience, decide upon some
definitely announced policy as to what special subjects shall be
kept up by the Public Lil)rary and what shall be disregarded.
To make any single library totally comprehensive is mani-
festl}' impossible. Meanwhile the number of endowed and
otherwise established libraries in the neighborhood of Boston,
all of which are virtually accessible to properly qualified stu-
dents and investigators, is such as to make probal)le, l)y
means of cooperation and mutual understanding, the ultimate
presence in this region of an indefinitely comprehensive sys-
tem which shall render all manner of special study possible.
In connection with this matter, the committee addressed to
the Librarian the following questions :
a. What sjiecial collections are in the Public Library?
h. What others are in the neighl)orhood ?
c. By what means may these collections be made mutually
available ?
His comprehensive and interesting reply the committee
append to this report, with their fullest approval. That
needless reduplication of special material in any neighbor-
hood is a serious waste of resources seems obvious. The
committee would recommend this subject to the Trustees as
one of prime importance.
From this recommendation it naturally follows that in the
opinion of the committee the acquisition or even the accept-
ance of any special matter of a kind not already in posses-
sion of the Public Library should always be a matter of
peculiarly grave consideration. For example, in the opin-
ion of the committee it would be in any case injudicious to
add to the Library such a collection of eccentric and unusual
works on philology, etc., as was made by the late Prince
Lucien Bonaparte ; while, should either the city or private
benefactors be disposed to contribute so very large a sum as
is demanded, the collection of rare and curious early printed
books lately offered for sale by the Messrs. Sotlieran, of Lon-
LiBRAHv Department. 43
don, raio;ht add greatly to the distinction and the interest,
though hardly to the practically useful value, of the Public
Library.
3. That in their opinion the chief function of the Pul)lic
Library is that which, in this report, they have generally
designated as popular; viz., the placing at the disposal of
the general public of books which, in the broadest sense, the
general public may find either useful or wholesomely inter-
esting. Under the former head, — useful, — the committee
would include all. general standard books of reference, and
whatever, in any subject, may give accurate information to
readers not engaged in highly specialized investigation.
Under the latter head, — interesting, — the committee would
include all ])ooks read for the pleasure of reading them.
Books of the former class — useful — will generally be in
less demand than the books of the latter. Often costly and
bulky, they are obviously of a kind which are generally more
conveniently useful in easily accessible collections than in
free circulation. In the opinion of the committee, at least
one copy of all such books in possession of the Public
Library should regularly be kept at the Central Library, to
be consulted on the spot. Duplicate copies for outside cir-
culation should be provided in accordance with actual
demand. In accordance with actual demand, too, perma-
nently deposited copies of such books should regularly be
kept at branches of the Library, to which branches duplicate
copies for outside circulation may conveniently be sent, for
any length of time, from the Central Library, as they may
be called for. In any event, it is obvious that at least one
copy of each of such books should be kept as a permanent
part of the main collection.
In the opinion of the committee, the convenient collection
in given spots of such useful books is the chief function of
the branches; it would follow that any considerable exten-
sion of the present system of branches would seem, in view
of its expense and of the present accessibility of both
branches and Central Li])rai'y, a doul)tful policy.
Books of the second class among those designated as popu-
lar— interesting books — present, perhaps, the most vital
problem of all. The Library certainly has no more impor-
tant function than that of providing with wholesome reading
for leisure hours such residents of Boston as may be disposed
or persuaded thus to occupy their leisure. In the opinion
of the committee, definite policies might well 1)e adopted
concerning both the purchase of such books and their circu-
lation.
In the matter of purchase, the chief question appears to
44 CiTV Document No. 18.
bo whether it is wiser to buy ii few c()i)ies of niiuiy works, or
more eopies of feAver works chosen with more cure. In the
opinion of the eonnnittee the hitter course is prefera])le.
Books bonaht as interesting for o(uiera I circuhition should be
scrutinized as carefidly as possible, and, once apjH'Oved,
should be provided in as many copies as demand, considered
in relation to resources, may require. Among such books,
however, it is obvious that many, admirable for this purpose,
are of small, if any, permanent value. The committee woidd
suggest, then, that books purchased for popular circulation
be classified for at least one year, and perhai)s two years,
apart from the permanent collections of the Lil^rary, and
be added to the permanent collections only after a second
scrutiny.
In the matter of circulation, the eonnnittee is of opinion
that the more frequently the actual books in question can be
brought to the notice of the reading public, the better. The
impersonality of titles even in the best catalogues is not stim-
ulating to interest not already active. The presence of even
a small collection of books, on the other hand, often proves
stinuilating to interest not before consciously alive. The
experience of ordinary book-clubs, that of the Boston Athe-
naeum where all shelves are accessible to propiietors, and the
use of the reserved books in Bates Hall and of the juvenile
books selected for children's reading in the Central Library,
combine to convince the committee that the admirable new
system lately devised by the Librarian of delivery stations at
which occasional deposits of popular books are kept on shelves
instantly accessible to the public is of the highest value, and
should he indefinitely extended, as demand occurs. At one of
these stations, the committee are informed, where the deposit
of books is less than three hundred, nearly eighty have been
taken out in one day. For purposes of popular circulation,
the system of accessible delivery stations seems immeasurably
superior to the multiplication of stations so fixed and costly
as regular branches. Anything like the expense of a new
branch might reasonably be expected to do indefinitely in-
creased w^ork if devoted to multiplication of delivery stations.
In the opinion of the committee, too, such stations, as
well as the branches, might conveniently be advertised more
conspicuously than at present. If at all railway stations, at
all stations of the electric cars, at all branch post-offices, and
at all school-houses, a conspicuous notice might be posted
stating where the nearest branch or delivery station of the
Puljlic Library may be found, a decided increase in the use
and efficiency of such branches and stations might be con-
fidently expected.
LiimARY Department. 45
The committee would express their cordial satisfaction
with the manner in whicli the Library is at present managed.
What suggestions they make are wholly in view of such in-
evitable considerations as the rapid growth and extension of
the library system make important for the future.
As to the best methods of rendering the contents of the
Library accessible to those who visit it, and of bringing these
most effectively to the attention of the people at large —
The general card catalogue upon the dictionary plan of
authors, titles, and subjects in one alphabet ap|)ears to be as
well adapted for its purpose as any that has yet been devised.
It seems desirable to incorporate in it what is known as the
" Lower Hall " catalogue of fiction, so that this catalogue
shall be a complete index to the contents of the entire library.
The committee suggest that this be done at as early a date
as is consistent with the other work of the catalogue depart-
ment. The committee invite inmiediate attention to the
printed catalogue of the Roxbury Branch for the books in
the Library before 1876, the few remaining copies of which
are so worn as to be very imperfectly avaihible, and they
recommend the early addition of its contents to the card cata-
logue which begins with 1876.
The special subject lists have proved, of great value, espe-
cially to students, and their pul)lication should be continued
within the limits of a wise discretion as to subjects and
expense. The committee suggest that these lists be made
more generall}^ available within the Library by the placing
of distinctively bound copies of them upon the tables within
easy reach of every reader.
The later Bulletins issued have been mainly devoted to
lists of books in the Library upon special topics — a depart-
ure from the original purpose of the Bulletin, which was to
publish occasional lists of the new books added to the
Library. It seems to the committee desirable to discontinue
the present Bulletin, and substitute for it a weekly classified
list of new additions. This should include short titles with
little bibliographical detail, and wherever necessary and
practicable the addition of a line indicating the character and
scope of the book.
It appears from the limited sale of the Bulletin in the
past, though placed at a merely nominal price, that it reaches
but a small number of people, and that no information about
the books which interest them reaches the large mass of
people who do not visit the Library. It is thought that the
free distribution of the lists of new1)ooks through the schools
might be serviceable, and that an experiment in this direc-
tion might wisely l)e tried.
46 City Document No. 18.
In order to increase tlie popular use of the Library, the
conunittee advise the publication, from time to time, or at
regular intervals, of articles in the daily or Sunday news-
pai)ers, relatino- to the additions made to the Library, and
to the popular sources of information it conttiins upon the
subjects which, for the time beino-, are upi)ermost in the
public mind, the ])ur})ose being' to suggest attractive and
useful books to that portion of the i)ublic which seldom visits
the Library, and stimulate the reading of useful and instruc-
tive books of a popular and interesting character. Such
information in the columns of a nevvs][)aper would also serve
the broader purpose of suggestive aid to many other libraries
in the Commonwealth.
There are at present nine l)ranches and thirteen delivery
stations.
It is a cardinal principle in library economy that books
should be l^rought as near as possible to users. The branches
and delivery stations should therefore be kept in a flourish-
ing condition. This should be attended to, even if the only
way of keeping them so is to diminish temporarily expendi-
tures at the Central Library for the benelit of special and
general students.
No new branches are needed now, but there is urgent need
for more delivery stations.
It appears that 23,919 fewer volumes were given out for
home use from the eight liranches, then and now in operation,
in 1894 than in 1890" It also appears that at six of the eight
branches a smaller number of persons have registered for the
purpose of taking out cards than five years ago.
Another fact that appears is that the branches have not
been fully in touch with the Central Lil)rary. Not only is
it seen that 224 fewer volumes belonging to the Central
Library were used in the eight branches in 1894 than in 1890,
but also that in the case of six of these the average number of
volumes sent daily to them in 1894 was less than three to the
branch which called for the largest number, and in two branches
less than one volume. The daily average of the number of
volumes sent to the other two branches was in one case four
or five and in the other five or six.
But it appears that while there has been a great increase in
the amount of money spent during the last ten years on the
Central Library, and that while the population of the suburbs
has been growing rapidly in that period, the sum expended
on the eight branches in 1894-5 is nearly $3,000 smaller than
that spent for their benefit in 1884-5.
The committee believes that more money should be spent
on the branches.
Library Department. 47
1. A largely increased and continuous su]:>ply of new
popular books is imperatively needed.
2. It would be well to enlarge the work of transferring
from the Central Library to branches, and from one branch
to another, books which have ceased, comparatively speak-
ing, to aflbrd entertainment in their present positions.
3. It is desirable to allow readers to go to more and more
of the shelves to pick out books to take home. The ideal
plan would be to transfer books little used to the Central
Library, to rearrange the shelving so as to make supervision
easy and inexpensive, and then let the public rummage
among nearly all of the books of the Library.
4. More illustrated, humorous, and other attractive papers
and magazines should be supplied. Periodicals should be
providecl which treat of the principles and applications of
electricity and other natural forces.
5. Rooms enough should be provided to satisfy the wants
of children, and to make it possible for grown persons to be
comfortable while reading, without being in too great prox-
imity to large numbers of children. The committee was
troubled when it learned that less than one-third of the adult
users of the branch reading-rooms are men. These do not
seem to have been so arranged as to attract that class of
readers.
6. More suitable accommodations should be secured for
the branch library in East Boston.
7. The South End Branch is so near the Central Library
that it would seem well to change its character so as to make
it more like a deliv^ery station. Keep there permanently
books needed by the scholars in the day and evening schools
in the building. Also place there a small collection of mis-
cellaneous books and periodicals, changing the former from
time to time.
8. The committee was glad to learn that a good col-
lection of fresh reference-books of the character of diction-
aries and encyclopaedias is to be placed in every branch
library.
9. The main reliance for the successful working of a
branch or delivery station must be upon the librarian and
her assistants.
Aptitude for library work should be assured in the case of
the heads and assistants in branches, even if the assurance
should involve a much greater expenditure than is made at
present.
10. There should be a closer connection between the
Central Library and the branches and delivery stations.
(«) Means should be adopted to give greatly increased
48 City Document No. is.
infonuiition in both of the lallcr r('S|)('ctin<i' tlio booUs in tho
Central Library.
{b) Tlic custodians ot" the brandies shouUl visit the ( -cn-
tral Jjibrary often, to inspect improved methods adopted
there. They should use the aid of the officers and l)()oks
in the Central Li))rnry in answering- the questions of in-
quirers.
(c) There should Ix; a telephone in every branch and
delivery station.
(d) There should be an accomplished person at the Cen-
tral Library whose business it would be to communicate with
the officers of the branches and delivery stations, and help
them in every way.
11. Some of the reading-rooms should be kept open later
in the evening than at present, and the ex])eriment of keep-
ing a portion of them open during a part of Sunday should
be tried under improved conditions.
12. Care should be taken that the attendants are not
overworked.
13. The experiments recently made by the Librarian with
the purpose of adding to the circulation of the delivery sta-
tions have been very successful.
The committee approves heartily of the plan for bringing
about a close connection between the Public Library and the
public schools, which has been presented to its members by
the Librarian, and which, it is understood, meets with the
approval of the Superintendent of Schools, the School
Committee, and the Trustees and Librarian of the Public
Library.
Experience in several other places has shown which por-
tions of the work of libraries in connection with schools
belongs to the School Committee and which to the Library.
It seems to the committee that the results of experience
have been availed of and incorporated in the plan presented
it for examination.
While it is probable that special students will seek the
special collections on the third floor of the new building in
Copley Square, the large numl)er of readers who frequent
Bates Hall show the general demand for a public reading-
room. There are at present in Bates Hall some six or seven
thousand volumes, a larger number, it is said, .than have
ever heretofore been thrown open to the access of the public
without the intervention of an attendant. But that number
of volumes is wholly insufficient for a suitably equipped
reading-room. The great reading-room of the British
Museum, the exemplar of all such rooms, has about eighty
thousand volumes on its shelves. At least three or four
Library Department. 49
times the number of volumes now in Bates Hall would be
needed liefore the room could fairly be called a readintr-
room, fitted for serious readina-, that is, and study. But it
ajjpearsto be extremely doubtful if Bates Hall, either in its
capacity or its adaptability thereto, can be made into such a
suitable reading'-room, and it may be necessary to look for
a place for such a room in some extension of the building
yet to be made.
The children's room should be the most important place
in the city for the trainino; of those readers without whom
the Library is a mere ornament, or at best a convenience
for scholars, instead of the nursery of good citizenship
which it was meant to be. In the opinion of your commit-
tee, no time should be lost in filling the shelves of this room
with books, and in providing the most adequate guidance for
their use. Advantage should be taken of the newly awak-
ened interest in the Library building which is now bringing
many children to it from curiosity, and they should be lured
by every legitimate device to stay there for reading. All
the books which the room can hold are not too many to [)ut
within reach of the children's hands. The most helpful and
inspiring attendant in the Library is none too valuable to
find her post in this room. In every way known to modern
educators the room should be made attractive. Large maps,
a fine modern globe, and some good pictures, especially
those of great Americans like Jefferson and Lincoln, ought
to be found in the children's room. The juvenile magazines
should also be accessible there, and there should be several
copies of the better ones. The placards which mark the
room as belonging to " The Young," a phrase ol)jectionable
to many children, should come down, and in their place
should be posted carefully prepared lists of books accessible
on the various subjects. If an occasional talk about books
could be given by some competent person to the children
who should chance to gather in the room on a given Satur-
day afternoon, still further results might be accomplished.
No one who goes to this room with an intelligent observation
can fail to be convinced that within its walls there remains
for solution the most imi)ortant ]iroblem concerning the re-
lation of the Libr.iry to the life of the city.
With the removal, which it is understood is in contempla-
tion, of the collection of books on patents to special libraries,
perhaps a room may be found suitable for use for lectures or
talks on the art of using books.
The existence of the Library itself of course bears sufficient
testimony to the general belief in supplying the material for
reading, but it has not perhaps been sufficiently seen that the
50 ("iTV DOCUMIONT No. IS.
buyiiiii" and housini)- and lending of hooks is but part of the
function of the Library : it must encourage and teach the
use of them : it shoukl set before itself clearly that one of its
pur[)oses, and that not the least, should be the cultivation of
the reading habit.
The opportunity of current events which have arrested
the general attention should ])e seized for instruction in
teaching what helps to their right apprehension may l)e had
from l)0()lvs ; short and clear bibliographical notes, and clear
expositions of the ]>ibliography and literature upon such
subjects, should be given from time to time as occasion
offers.
The general experience of the committee in its examina-
tion shows that the administration of afiairs is well and firmly
in hand, and is dealing with the Library problems in the
light of the latest experience and views, while not only from
their own experience but from such experience of others as
has been repeated to them, there is nothing but praise for
the courtesy and gracious helpfulness which one receives at
the hands of all attendants.
It is suggested that the Trustees consider whether it will
not be more economical to have the printing and binding
needed by the Library done off the premises, and whether it
may not in other ways be of advantage to avail themselves
of the larger resources of independent printing-offices and
binderies.
On financial questions the conmiittee beg to say :
1 . That in their opinion the policy of the Trustees pursued
this year in requesting from the city government separate
appropriations for books and for maintenance is thoroughly
wise, and should be regularly maintained.
2. Legislation Suggested. — Chapter 114 of the Statutes
of 1878 provides that the Library corporation, which consists
of the Trustees, shall have authority to take and hold real
and personal estate to an amount not exceeding one million
dollars ($1,000,000), wdiich may be given, granted, be-
queathed, or devised to it and accepted hj the Trustees for
the benefit of the Public Library of the City of Boston or
any branch lil)rary or any purpose connected therewith.
The Auditor's Report for the fiscal year of 1894 and 1895
shows that at the present time the Public Library funds
vested in the corporation amount to $210,648.22. In addi-
tion to these funds, the corporation has received numerous
gifts of books which are now of large value. With the
completion of the new building and the great interest shown
in the same by the citizens, it is to be hoped and expected
that a considerable number of bequests will be made by in-
Library Department. 51
dividuals, who realize the vahie to the comraunity of such
a ]il>raiy in its midst, and who will give liberally either for
the oeneral use of the Library or for some special purpose
connected therewith. We suggest that the Legislature be
asked to increase the amount of property which the Library
corporation shall have authority to take and to hold to five
millions of dollars, and that the citizens be advised through
the public prints of this increase, in order that it may be
generally understood that the corporation is empowered to
take such gifts, and that it desires to have the same. The
mtitter of suitable memorials in honor of donors to the
Lil>rary is also worthy of consideration.
3. The Arumal Appropriation. — The proper administra-
tion of the new building will require an increased appropriation
from year to year in order to accomplish the best results and
for the economical use and maintenance of the property and
the books. Moreover, for several years a number of thou-
sands of dollars will be required to make the changes which
will be found, with active use of the new building, to be
required. To meet this special need, and also the perma-
nent increase from year to year, we make the two following
suggestions, the adoption of both of which we earnestly
urge. They are made after a careful investigation of the
needs of the Library, and a comparison with the expense of
other institutions of similar character and size. When the
size of the new building, the number of people who use it
daily, the number of employes required to maintain and
operate it are considered, the amount of money required
annually seems extremely small.
First Suggestion. — It must be evident to every one who
has given the matter careful thought that a great Public
Library, whether intended for a scholar's library, such as the
British Museum, or a great circulating library for the citi-
zens of a community of over a million people, all of whom,
under chapter 222 of the Statutes of 1880, have free access
to the Library, cannot be economically and advantageously
maintained under the requirements and limitations heretofore
applied to the annual appropriation. At present the city
government appropriates a certain fixed amount for the
Library Department, and if at the end of the fiscal year any
balance of the appropriation remains unex})ended, the same
is returned to the City Treasurer, and cannot be held for the
benefit of the Library the following year, in addition to the
appropriation. The Library has now reached a stage of de-
velopment when it should buy books when and where it can
do so to the greatest advantage. There are occasional sales
of large and valuable collections in diiferent parts of the world
52 City Docitment No. 1<S.
at Avliic'h the Library should be represented, and its funds
should l)e so arrani>ed that it can take advant.ige of such
o])i)ortunitics. To do this, the Lil)rary from now on should
have an annual a]ii)roi)riati()n sufficiently definite so that the
Trustees can rely ujjon a reasonably certain sum from year
to year, Avhich Avill increase in about the same ratio as the
poi)ulation which it serves ; and the unexpended balance of
any one year should be at the disposal of the Trustees, and
should not be returned as nn unexpended balance, or deducted
from the nppropriation for the f'ollowino; year. The new build-
ingwill doubtless serve the purposes for which it is intended
for many years. There will be no unusual expenses for
niiiintcnance from year to year, and this department is one,
therefore, in which a departure from the established custom
of mukinir an appropriation of a varying amount each year
could well be made.
The committee recommends that the city government be
asked to :i])propiiate a definite proportion of the total income
availal)le for the department expenditures for the Library De-
partment, and to provide that of this amount twenty-five
thousand dollars at least shall be set apart for the purchase
of books and p.'nn])hlets. It is l^elieved that when once this
mode of appropriation for the Library Department is inau-
gurated, it will continue, and the result will be that as the
population of the community and the consequent needs of
the Library increase, the appropriation will increase in about
the same ratio. This committee also recommends that the
unexpended surplus of any appropriation at the end of a
year be held to the credit of the department for the purpose
of buying books, and not be returned as an unexpended
balance, or deducted from the appropriation for the follow-
ing year.
iSecohd Si(r/r/cstio7i. — To meet the additional expense
which will need to be incurred for some years in ada])ting
the present building to the uses required of it, this committee
recommends that the Trustees, instead of selling the old
Library l)uil(ling at the present time, lease the same for the
time limited by Chapter 68 of the Statutes of 1889, which
provides that the TrUvStees shall hold the property, or shall
sell the same on or before the maturity of the loan therein
authorized. This commitlee is informed by the City
Auditor that this time will expire in about five years. At
the present time the old Library building cannot he sold to
achantage, but at the exj)irati()n of five years, with the com-
pletion of the new hotel on the corner of Tremont and Boyl-
ston Streets, the subway in operation, and possibly the
Library Department. 53
contemplated new station at Park Square under way, the
propert}^ would ])ring a much larger amount than at present,
Kespectfully submitted,
By order of the Committee,
(Signed) John E. Hudson, Chairman.
Charles E. Hellier,
Chairman Sub-CommiUee on Finance.
C. B. TiLLINGHAST,
Chairman of Committee o?i Catalogues, Bulletins, and
Finding Lists.
Barrett Wendell,
Chairman of Sub-Committee on Books.
Samuel Swett Green,
Chairman of the Committee on Branches and other
Instruments of Distribution.
Mr. Putnam's Letter to Prof. Wendell.
December 12, 1895.
Prof. Barrett Wendell, Chairman, Sub- Committee on
Books .
My dear Mr. Wendell : In response to the three
questions of which you left me a memorandum :
I enclose a memorandum drawn up l)y Mr. Whitney at my
suggestion. A copy of the "Handbook for Readers" to
which he refers is, I think, in your hands, as also the latest
Bulletin. These would cover pretty fairly your first ques-
tion as to what special collections w^e have in the Public
Library. There are certain departments of this Library,
however, which, though not classed as special collections, are
yet notably strong in the interest of special inquirers : the
Patent Department, for instance ; the U. S. Documents.
The Harvard University Bulletin of May, 1892, to the
article in which Mr, Whitney refers and which answers to a
certain extent your second question as to what special collec-
tions are in other Libraries closely accessible, I will send to
you by messenger. Mr. Lane, who com])iled the " Notes,"
states that he finds them to have been incomplete : in the
case with the Athenaeum, for instance, omitting the very large
collection of International Law.
As to your third question, what particular methods of
interchange seem feasible, the problem seems to me to
divide itself chronologically as follows :
1, That each Library shouhl furnish to each of the others
the completest possible information of what it already con-
tains, and of the methods of access thereto.
54 City Document No. 18.
2. That the Libraries as a group sliall come to an under-
standing as to what class of material each shall make pecul-
iarly its speciahy.
3. That each Library shall notify each of tlic others of
the more notable purchases proposed by it.
4. That the libraries shall come to a mutual agreement
as to the facilities to be afibrded by each to inquirers referred
to it by the others, and, as part of the same agreement, an
understanding as to what material each is willing to lend to
the others on temporary deposit, and as to how this is to be
transmitted, and on what conditions it is to be used.
Division third is a sim})le one, as it requires simply a form
of postal notice which will, I think, be adopted by at least
two of the Libraries in this vicinity very shortly. The
question in division first is a question largely of catalogues
and of cataloguing. There will, I believe, be possible in
the future cooperative undertakings in cataloguing which
will render much more clear the resources of the special col-
lections of the Libraries in this vicinity. With its own
printing equipment, the Boston Public Library will hereafter
be able to undertake much more varied enterprises in cata-
loguing than have hitherto been afibrded.
An agreement as to mutual comity in the use of the books
may be reached, and with very little trouble.
The more formidable part of the problem is the differentia-
tion ; the constituency in each Library being duplicated, to a
certain extent, in the constituency of each of the others.
Abstractly, for instance, it should seem that the collection
of genealogical matter in the Library of the New England
Historic-Genealogical Societj^ should render unnecessary the
purchase of any but the more general works for the Boston
Public Lilirary ; but our inquirers in this line are so many
and so persistent, that it would be impossible for us to con-
fine ourselves to the general works, as the genealogical section
in the Bates Hall reference collection is used more than any
other material in the reading-room. ' Nor could we limit our
purchases to general works on the subject without a vehement
protest from a very large body of readers who would certainly
not be content to be referred to Beacon Hill, even though we
could assure them of a courteous welcome when they reached
there.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) Herbert Putnam,
Librarian.
Library Department. 55
Mr. Whitney's Memorandum.
Boston Public Library,
Catalogue Department, December 6, 1895.
To the Librarian :
The readiest method of obtaining information in regard to
the distinctive features of this and neighboring Libraries is
found in the "Harvard University Bulletin," May, 1892, in
an article entitled " Notes on Special Collections to be found
in the Public Libraries of the United States," by W. C.
Lane and C. K. Bolton. Here are given characterizations
of twenty-eight Libraries in Boston and Cambridge. While
these descriptions are brief, and necessarily very incomplete,
they are helpful and invite further investigation.
I have had occasion recently to examine the manuscript
catalogues of a few of these Libraries, and have been im-
pressed with their wide range and diversity. Many are col-
lections on special subjects, as, for instance, the Herbarium
Library of the Botanical Garden at Cambridge and the Boston
Natural History Society Library, and readers at the Boston
Public Library not finding the books needed would naturally
turn to these special collections.
The Boston Public Library.
Additional information in regard to the Boston Public
Library is to be found in the " Handbook for Readers," 9th
edition. Pages 333-348 contain an ac(;ount of the special col-
lections given to the Library, with mention of the catalogues
printed in book form. Pages 28-262 contain an index to the
many book lists and bibliographical notes published in the
Bulletin and elsewhere during the past thirty years. By
these an approximate idea may be obtained of the contents
of the Library. A later index is in Vol. 9 of the Bulletin.
On page 2 of the cover of the latest Bulletin the titles of all
our special catalogues are given.
It is doubtless true that there has been less cooperation
among the Libraries of Boston and Cambridge than is desir-
able, and this for two reasons :
1. Most of these are proprietary Libraries, or belong to
institutions or learned societies, to which the public cannot
easily have access.
2. Few, if any, have printed catalogues brought up to
date, which an outsider could use.
There is preparing at this Library a new edition of the list
of serial publications now taken in the principal Libraries of
56 City Document No. 1(S.
Boston and Cambridge, which -svill be a (•()iiti'il)u(ion tcnvards
making- these Libraries nmtutUly heljirui.
It" each Library could place in sight of its readers the
printed catalogues and bulletins of the other institutions it
would be a heli). Our own Library has made a special point
of this, and the Bulletins of Harvard College and Catalogues
of the Boston Athenanim and State Library, and other helps,
are within the reach of all,
I think that there is a friendly feeling between all of these
Libraries and a desire for cooperation. The Harvard College
Library is certainly most generous in its offers of aid to out-
siders. So, too, our own Library would be.
Perhaps a published statement might give expression to
this good feeling, and encourage in readers the belief that the
words over the doorway of this Library, " Free to all," are
true, in a sense, of all the other Libraries. Cards might be
given by the librarians commending students to the con-
sideration of other librarians, or asking for them access to
the books needed.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) James L. Whitney,
Gl lief of Catalogue Department.
appe:ndices
1895.
LIST OF APPENDICES.
I. Financial Statement.
II. Extent of the Library bt Years.
III. Net Increase of the Several Departments, including Branches,
Accessions, Located.
IV. Classification : Central Library.
v. Classification : Branches.
VI. Registration.
VII. Circulation.
VIII. Trustees for Forty-four Years.
IX. Examining Committees for Forty-four Years.
X. Library Service (March 16, 1896), including Sunday and
Evening Schedule.
XI. System of Civil Service.
XII. By-Laws Adopted December 3, 1895.
XIII. List of Newspapers (March, 1896).
XIV. Correspondence.
XV. Givers, and Amount of Gifts.
Library Department. 59
APPENDIX I.
FINANCE.
Boston Public Library,
Auditing Department, February 1, 1896.
To the Trustees :
Gentlemen : The undersigned herewith presents a statement
of the receipts and expenditures of the Library Department for
the linancial year commencing February 1, 1895, and ending
January 31, 1896 ; also a statement concerning the Trust and
other funds, statements covering special appropriations, and a
statement of expenditures on account of the Branches for the
twelve years ending 1895-6.
Eespectfully,
A. A. Nichols,
Auditor.
Receipts.
Unexpended balance of the appropriation for mov-
ing 16,241 12
City appropriation, 1895-96 . . f 175,000 00
Fines and sales of catalogues :
Balance from 1894-95, |10,656 70
During the year . . 3,560 91
14,217 61
Balance of West End Branch appro-
priation 4,097 64
Transfer from city surplus fund . 11,000 00
Transfer from appropriation for Li-
brary Building, furnishing . . 2,660 08
Income from Trust Funds :
In hands of City Treas-
urer, Feb. 1, 1895 . f 82 69
During the year . 10,245 50
206,975 33
$213,216 45
In hands of J. S. Mor-
gan & Co., Feb. 1,
1895 . . . $16,963 05
Interest on deposit, to
Feb. 1, 1896 . . 126 37
10,328 19
17,089 42
Carried forward, $27,417 61 $213,216 45
60
City Document No. 18.
Broufjht fonvard,
In hainls of Baring Bros. & Co.,
London, Feb. 1, 1895
Rents froni Old Library Building .
Donations :
From W. C. Todd, un-
expended Feb. 1,
1895 . . . $2,000 00
From W. C. Todd,
during the year . 2,000 00
From Woman's Edu-
cation Association . $383 51
From Andrew C. Wheel-
wright ... 100 00
Exchange account : lost books, sales
of duplicates, etc
Interest on bank deposit .
$27,417 61 1213,216 45
72 75
3,101 98
4,000 00
483 51
580 90
1,184 38
The expenditures have been as follows :
General Library accounts, including the cost of
maintaining the Branches :
Binding:
36,841 13
$250,057 58
Stock ....
$2,406 14
Contract work .
1,941 55
Salaries
10,626 87
$14,974 m
Books :
City appropriation . $20,590 08
Income from Trust
Funds .
6,632 78
27,222 86
Periodicals
5,307 49
Expense, miscellaneous
4,920 28
Expense, cleaning
3,870 55
Fuel
6,136 87
Furniture and fixtures
7,108 34
Gas ....
1,729 76
Printing and. stock .
$6,312 92
Salaries
485 00
Catalogues
4,295 98
11,093 90
3,195 85
Stationery and Library su
pplies
Salaries
103,047 76
Transportation, including
postage .
530 53
Transportation between (
ventral Li-
brary and Branches
3,285 43
Rents, Branch Libraries
and Read-
iug-Rooms
6,175 48
Carried forward,
$198,599 QQ $250,057 58
Library Department. 61
Brought forward, $198,599 66 $250,057 58
Repairs :
Stock and contract
work . . . $1,987 29
Salaries . . . 2,699 00
4,686 29
Electric lighting and power . . 4,758 42
Eent of Deliveries, including Custo-
dian's services .... 2,347 25
Moving expenses .... 6,341 12
Subscriptions to news-
papers . . . $1,223 75
Periodicals for West End
Branch ... 67 50
Odd numbers of periodi-
cals .... 80
West End Branch :
Furniture . $217 67
Printing . 664 46
Fuel . . 55 20
937 33
Mattapan Reading-Room
Rent . . $110 00
Books and
periodicals, 302 28
Salary . . 37 44
Incidentals . 4 55
454 27
2,683 65
219.416 39
Balance on hand January 31, 1896 . . . $30,(i41 d 9
The balance is made up of the following items, viz. :
Cash belonging to Trust Funds in hands of City
Treasurer February 1, 1896 $10,328 19
Cash on deposit in London :
Trust funds $7,645 88
City money 6,000 00
Cash on deposit with TsTew England Trust Co. :
Rents from Old Library Building, $1,664 65
Unexpended of Todd donation . 2,776 25
Unexpended of A. C. Wheelwright
donation 32 50
Woman's Education Association . 383 51
Exchange account : lost books, etc., 580 10
Interest on bank deposit to Feb-
ruary 1, 1896 .... 1,184 38
Unexpended of the transfer to
Mattapan Reading-Room . 45 73
13,645 88
6,667 12
$30,641 19
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City Document No. 18.
LIBRARY BUILDING, DARTMOUTH STREET.
From July 1, 1887, to January 31, 1896.
John T. Scully
Woodbury & Leighton, 1st contract
Woodbury & Leighton, 'Id contract
R. C. Fisher & Co
R. Guastavino
Lindemann T. C. R. T. Co
Batterson, See & Eisele
Post & McCord, 1st contract
Post & McCord, 2d contract
David Mcintosh, Ist contract
David Mcintosh, 2d contract
Bowker, Torrey & Co
IraG.Hersey
Snead & Co., Iron Works
Norcross Bros
General Electric Co
Isaac N. Tucker ^
M. T. Davidson
Aug. St. Gaudens
Archer & Pancoast
John S. Sargent
E. A. Abbey
P. de Chavannes
Bethlehem Iron Works
Freight on electrical machine (Knight & Son)
Siemens & Halske
I. P. Morris Co
W. J. McPherson
N.E.Tel, and Tel. Co
D. C. French
E. E. Garnsey
E. D. Leavitt
Furniture
Carried forward
Amount
Contracted
for.
$7,714 44
313,596 79
7.^6,233 87
48,784 40
85,544 04
35,209 54
57,273 00
43,662 43
50,900 00
48,716 81
20,823 00
110,459 00
90,705 70
76,419 75
52,857 00
21,209 30
8,952 43
3,894 00
50,000 00
15,122 80
15,000 00
15,000 00
49,428 74
1,617 40
78 10
14,000 00
17,170 00
5,158 91
997 12
25,000 00
1,500 00
Amount
Certified
and Paid.
$7,714
313,596
756,233
48,784
85,544
35,209
I 57,273
43,662
50,900
48,716
20,823
110,459
90,705
76,419
52,857
21,209
8,952
3,894
3,000
15,122
7,500
9,500
17,428
1,617
78
14,000
5,158
997
1,500
6,028
26,107
Balance
Uncertified.
,500 00
1,500 00
:,000 00
$2,075,726 08
Library Department.
71
LIBRARY BUILDING, DARTMOUTH 8TREKT.— Concluded.
Contracts.
Amount
Contracted
for.
Amount
CeriiHed
and Paid.
Balance
Uncertified.
Brought forward
Construction .
$2,075,726 08 1 $1,940,995 26
50,387 77 50,387 77
$134,730 82
64,581 66 64,581 66
97,624 72 i 97,624 72
5,027 25 5,027 25
Architect's commission of 5 per cent
Architect's commission of 7^ per cent
$2,363,602 54 $2,228,871 72
$134,730 82
Appropriation $2,368,854 89
Payments 2,228,871 72
Balance uncertified ,
$139,983 17
134,730 82
3,252 35
West Church, remodelling and furnishing :
City appropriation
.
.
130.000 00
The payments have been
as follows :
Contractors :
J. J. Flynn .
$12,640 00
A. A. Sanborn (heating
and ventilating)
1,120 00
Smith & Forbes (plumb-
ing) ....
400 00
Lord Electric Co.
250 00
Architects, A. S. Jennev,
F. T. A. Fox .
613 12
115.023 12
Salaries
1,958 01
Furniture
.
763 00
Incidentals .
274 31
18,018 44
Unexpended balance, February 1, 1896 .
West End Branch Library :
Balance of city appropriation ....
Payments :
. Salaries $266 11
Incidentals 61 00
fill. 981 56
$327 11
$327 11
Library Building, furnishing :
City appropriation ....
Amount transferred to General Library appro-
priation ...
Balance, February 1, 1896 ....
$44,000 00
2,660 08
$41,339 92
72
City Document No. 18.
TRANSFEllS — (From Rents of Old Libuauy Building).
Date.
Object.
Amount,
Expenditures,
1895-96.
Balances
Unexpended.
May-, 1895 . . .
Janmiry 31,1896.
Mattapan Reading Room .
West End Branch ....
$500 00
937 33
$454 27
937 33
$45 73
$1,437 33
$1,391 60
$45 73
LONDON ACCOUNTS.
J. S. Morgan & Co. .
Baring Bros. & Co .
Balances
from 1894-95
£ s. a.
3,478 2 3
Remittances,
1895-96.
£ .1. 0.
1,251 19 0
£1,251 19 0
Total
Credits.
£ s. d.
4,730 1 S
Expenditures,
1895-96.
£ s. d.
1,952 17 8
Balances
Unexpended.
£ s. d.
2,777 3 7
LIBRARY TRUST
FUNDS. — INVESTED IN CITY
OF BOSTON BONDS.
GiraB.
When delivered.
No. of Bond.
When due.
-p^
Provisions.
Bate
,.0.000 00
^0,000 00
( 10,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
6,000 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
March. 1853
April, 1861
April, 1853
May, 1860
August, 1877
Deceniljur, 1873
April, 1879
April, 1879
August, 1S50
June, 1863
8,104
362
8,105
281
2,579
2,960
2,068
8,106
1,224
( 3,714
April, 1913
Jan'y, 1906
April, 1913
July. 1905
Oct., 1897
Jan'y, 1924
April. 1899
Oct., 1920
April, 1913
Jan'y, 1914
Oct., 1900 )
»2,()00
1 ,,»
600
600
200
200
160
1 •:
3 Abbott Lawrence
* Charloite Harris
6 Henry L. Pierce
6 Mary P. Townsend
7 George Tioknor
8 Jobn P. Bigelow
9 Franklin Club
( " To the maintenance of a free public library."
("Purcliase of hooks."
Books having a permanent value.
Books for Charlestown branch, published before 1850.
" Books of permanent value for the Bates Hall."
Books Ave years old in some one edition.
Books in Spanish and Portuguese live years old in some one edition.
Purchase of books.
Books of permanent value, preferably " books on government and
11 South Boshin
13 Joseph Schoiaeici
14 Thomas B. Harris
15 Daniel Treadwell
16 Edward Lawrence
17 J. Ingereoll Bowditoh ....
„g j OhariesGreelyLoringj
100 00
60,000 00
11,800 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
1,400 00
1,000 00
350 00
I. 500 00
10,000 00
600 00
September, 1879
December, 1883
July, 1890
April, 1884
1 October, .885
November, 1889
July, 1892
1894
. January, 1896
May, 1886
January, 1890
5,696
6,300
1,244
( 1,.382
1 1,486
1 1;754
2,452
I 9,381
I,S83
1,816
July. 1919
Oct., 1913 1
July. 1920
April. 1914
April, 1916
Oct.. 1917
Nov. 16,1919
Oct.. 1921
Oct.. 19 23
Jan., 1916
April. 1916
Jan'y, 1920
4
2,000
472
40
1
!• 271
1
i
20
360
For benefil of South Boston branch.
To be used for books of permanent value.
For benefit of Charlestown branch.
To be expended by the Trustees in such manner as they may deem for
the best interest of the Library.
" To hold and apply the income and so much of the principal as they [the
Trustees] may choose to the purchase of special booksof reference to be
kept and used only at the Charlestown Branch of said Public Library."
For " the purchase of books of permanent value and authority in mathe-
maticB and astronomy," to be added to the Bowditch collection.
$197,850 00
$8,692
MEMORANDA.
(1) Joshua Bates, born near BoatoD, 178S, died in London, as the head of the house of Baring Brothers & Co., 1864. In addition to this fund, he gave $50,000 worth of hooks to the Library.
(2) The flum of $10,000 was a zifl in Mr. Phillips' lifetime. The other «20,lH)0 was bequeathed by his will, dated 2Sth oCSeptember, 1849. He died 29th of July, IStf), uged 8l'.
(3) Mr. Lawrence died in August, 1855, and this sum was a bequest.
(4) The bequest of Charlotte Harris to the Charlestown branch. With it her private library was also given.
(5) The donation of Mayor Pierce, previous to hia retirement from office. The principal or interest may be expended as is deemed best.
(7) This bequest acconJpanie'd the teVamentary gifi of his Spanish and Portuguese library. It required that $1,000. at least, shall be spenl^very five years for twemy-flve years, for the addition of
(9) Given by the Trustees" f the FranltlinClub."under the aufiiority given them at the dissolution of that literary association.
STOCKS AND CASH OTHER THAN CITY BONDS HELD BY TREADWELL FUND, PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Sharbb.
Par Value
8&.
as received
from Trustee.
Total as
received from
income.
Remarks.
16 B.&A.R.R.Co
6 B. & Prov. R.R. Co
9 Fitchburg R.R. Co
1 VI. & Mass. R.R. Co
$100 00
$179 00
179 50
$2,685 00
1,077 00
1.062 00
/ $5,686 00
Less 88 00
♦ $128 00
60 00
April 5, 1887. The certificates of 9 shares of F. R.R. exchanged for.
eertifleate of 12 shares preferred stock in same corporation, par value
$100. Total, $1,200.
Less paid May 10, 1886, to City Collector, per order of Board of
Trustees of Public Library.
100 00
$5,497 00
100 00
37 69
♦Includea income on the o
Library Department. 73
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS.
BiGELOw Fund. — This is a donation made by the late John P. Bigelow,
in August, 1850, Avlien Mayor of the city.
The income from this fund is to be appropriated to the purchase of books
for the increase of tlie Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . .^LOOO 00
Payable to the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Library for the
time being.
Bates Fund. — This is a donation made by the late Josuda Bates, of
London, in March, 1853.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . -S^CnoO 00
" The income only of this fund is to be, each and every year, expended in
the purchase of such books of permanent value and authority as may be
found most needful and most useful." Payable to the Mayor of the City for
the time being.
BowDiTCH Fond. — This is the bequest of J. Ingeksoll Bowditch.
Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per cent.
Bond $10,OnO 00
The whole income in each and every year to be expended in the purchase
of books of permanent value and authority in mathematics and astronomy.
Phillips Fund. — This is a donation made by the late Jonathan Phillips,
of Boston, April, 18o3.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . .$10.(^00 00
The interest on this Fund is to be used exclusively for the purchase of books
for said Library.
Also a bequest by the same gentleman, in his will, dated 20th September,
1849.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . . $20.000 00
The interest on which is to be annually devoted to the maintenance of a
Free Public Library.
Both of these items are payable to the Mayor of the City for the time
being.
Abbott Lawrence Fund. — This is the bequest of the late Abbott
Lawrence, of Boston.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . . $10,000 00
The interest on this fund is to be exclusively appropriated for the purchase
of books for the said Library having a permanent value.
Edward Lawrence Fund. — This is the bequest of the late Edward
Lawrence, of Charlestown. The following clause from his will explains its
purpose :
74 City Document No. 18.
" To liold and apply the income, and so much of tlie principal as they may
clioose, to the purcliase of special books of referentje to be kept and used
only at ihe Charle.stown branch of said Public Library."
Invested in one Citv of Boston Four j)er cent. Bond, due April
1, I'JIC) . . ' .SoOO 00
PiKRCE Fund. — This is a donation made by IIknry L. Pierce, Mayor of
the Citv, November 2i), 1873, and accepted by the City Council, Decemhcjr
27. 1873.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . $5,000 00
TowNSEND F'uND. — Tliis is a don'xtion from William Minot and William
Minot, .Tr., executors of the will of Mary P. Townsend, of Boston, at whose
disposal she left a certain portion of her estate in trust, for such charitable
and jiublic institutions as tiiey may think meritorious. Said executors ac-
cordingly selected the Public Library of the City of Boston as one of such
institutions, and attached the following conditions to the legacy: "The
income only shall, in each and every year, be expended in the purchase of
books for the use of the Library; each of which books shall have been pub-
lished in some one edition at least five years at the time it may be so
purchased."
Invested in one City of Boston Five per cent. Bond, for . . $4,000 00
TiCKNOR Bequest. — By the will of the late George Ticknor, of Boston,
he gave to the City of Boston, on the death of his wife, all his books and
manuscripts in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, about four thousand
volumes, and also the sum of four thousand dollars. After the receipt of
said sum, the city is required to spend not less than one thousand dollars in
every five years during the twenty-five years next succeeding {i.e., the
income of four thousand dollars, at the rate of five per cent, per annum), in
the purchase of books in the Spanish and Portuguese languages and litera-
ture. At the end of twenty-five years the income of the said sum is to be
expended annually in the purchase of books of permanent value, either in
the Spanish or Portuttuese language, or in such other languages as may be
deemed expedient by those having charge of the Library. These books be-
queathed or purchased are always to be freely accessil)le for reference or
study, but are not to be loaned for use outside of the Library building. If
these bequests are not accepted by the city, and the trust and conditions
faithfully executed, the books, manuscripts, and money are to be given to the
President and Fellows of Harvard College.
In order that the city might receive the immediate benefit of this contribu-
tion, Anna Ticknor, widow of the donor, relinquished hi-r right to retain dur-
ing her life the books and manuscripts, and placed them under the control of
the city, the City Council having previously accepted the bequests in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions of said will, and the Trustees of the Public
Library received said bequests on behalf of the city, and made suitable ar-
rangements for the care and custody of the books and manuscripts.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . $4,000 00
Franklin Club Fund. — This is a donation made in June, 1803, by a
literary association of young men in Boston, who, at the dissolution of the
association, authorized its trustees, Thomas Minns, John J. French, and J.
Franklin Reed, to dispose of the funds on hand in such a manner as to them
should seem judicious. They elected to bestow it on the Public Library,
attaching to it the following conditions : '• In trust that the income, but the
income only, shall, year by year, be expended in the purchase of books of
permanent value for the use of the free Public Lilirarj- of the city, and, as far
as practicable, of such a character as to be of special interest to young men."
Library Department. 75
The Trustees expressed a preference for books relative to Government and
Political economy.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . SI .000 00
Treadwell Fund. — By the will of the late Daniel Treadwell, of
Cambritlge, late Runiford Professor in Harvard College, who died February
27, 1872, he left the residue of his estate, after payment of debts, lejiacies,
etc., in trust to his executors, to liold during the life of his wife for her
benefit, and after her decease to divide the residue then remaining in the
hands of the trustees, as therein provided, and convey one-fifth part thereof
to the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston.
Tlie City Council accepted said bequest and authorized the Trustees of
the Public Library to receive the same, and to invest it in the City of Boston
Bonds, the income of which is to be expended by said Trustees in such
manner as they may deem for the best interests of tlie Library.
Invested in the City of Boston Four per cent. Bonds . . $5, .550 00
" " " Three and one-half per cent.Bonds, L400 00
16 shares B. & A. R.R. Co. stock, par value -$100 each, 1,G00 00
" 6 shares B. & P. K.R. Co. stock, par value .$100 each, 600 00
12 shares Kitchburg R.R. Co. stock, par value $100 each, l,20i) 00
1 share Vt. & Mass. R.R. Co. stock, pnr value .$100 each, 100 00
" 18 shares Cambridge Lyceum Stock, par value $20 each, 300 00
.$10,810 00
Charlotte Harris Fond. — Bequest of Charlotte Harris, late of Bos-
ton, the object of which is stated in the following e.xtract from her will :
" I give to the Charlestowu Public Library $10,000, to be invested on in-
terest, which interest is to be applied to the purchase of books published
before 1850. I also give to said Public Library my own private library, and
tlie portrait of my grandfather, Richard Devens." Bequest accepted by City
Council, July 31, 1877.
Invested in one City of Boston Six per cent. Bond, for . . $10,000 00
Thomas B. Harris Fund. — Bequest of Thomas B. Harris, late of
Charlestown, for the benefit of the Charlestown Public Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . $1,000 00
ScholfieldFond. —Bequest of the late Arthur Scholfield, who died in
New York, January 17, 1883. The interest to be paid to certain heirs during
their lives, and then to be used for the purchase of books of permanent value.
The last heir, Joseph Scholfield, died November 18, 1889, and by his will be-
queathed to the City of Boston the-sum of $11,800, which represents the
income of said fund, received by him up to the time of his death, to be added
to the fund given by his brother. Invested in
One City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . . . $50,000 00
" . . . . 11,800 00
$61,800 00
Green Fund. — Donations of Dr. Samuel A. Green of $2,000, the in
come of which is to be expended for the purchase of books relating to
American history. Invested in
Two City of Boston Five per cent. Bonds, for . . . . $1,500 00
One City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . . 5oO 00
$2,000 00
City Document No. 18.
South Boston Bijanch LiiiUAUY Trust Fund. — Donation of a citizen
of Somli Bo^tol), tlie income of wliicli is to be expended for the benefit of tiie
S<JUth Hoston Brancli Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for .
•SI 00 GO
Kecapitulation of Public Libraky Trust Funds.
SeholtieUl bequests
Biites donation .
Piiillips bequest
Bowditc!) bequest
Phillips donation
Charlotte Harris bequest
Abbott Lawrence bequest
Treadwell bequest
Pierce donation
Townsend bequest
Ticknor bequest
Green donations
Biuelow donation
Thomas B. Harris bequest
Franklin Club donation
Edward Lawrence bequest
South Boston Branch Library '1
.$fiL800 00
50,000 00
20,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
10,0(10 00
10 000 00
10,818 09
5,000 00
4.000 00
4,000 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
500 GO
100 OG
Invested funds
.$201,213 09
Library Department.
77
APPENDIX II.
EXTENT OF THE LIBRARY BY YEARS.
YEARS.
il
11
Ha
1
1852-53
S,688
a
1853-54
16,221
3
1854-55
22,617
4
1855-56
28,080
5
1856-57
34,896
6
1857-58
70,851
7
1858-59
78,043
8
1859-60
85,031
9
1860-61
97,386
10
1861-62
105,034
11
1862-63
110,563
12
1863-64
116,934
13
1864-65
123,016
14
1865-66
130;678
15
1866-67
136,080
Years.
II
13
Ha
16
1867-68
144,092
17
1868-69
152,796
18
1869-70
160,573
19
1870-71
179,250
20
1871-72
192,958
21
1872-73
209,456
22
1873-74
260,550
23
1874-75
276,918
24
1875-76
297,873
25
1576-77
312,010
26
1877-78
345,734
27
1878-79
360,963
28
1879-80
377,225
29
1880-81
390,982
30
1881-82
404,221
31
1882-5
32
1883-5
33
1884-S
34
1885
35
1886
36
1887
37
1888
38
1889
39
1890
40
1891
41
1892
42
1893
43
1894
44
1895
422,116
438,594
453,947
460,993
479,421
492,956
505,872
520,508
536,027
556,283
576,237
597,152
610,375
628,297
VOLUMES IN LIBRARY AND BRANCHES, .JANUARY 31, 1896,
ACCORDING TO LOCATION.
Central Library
Duplicate-room
Fellowes Athenseum
City part
^a
Total, Roxbury branch.
East 1
South Boston , .
Charlestown . . ,
Brighton ....
Dorchester . . . .
South End ...
Jamaica Plain . .
West Roxbury .
West End ...
Lower Mills . . .
Mattapan . . . ,
Mt. Bowdoin . . ,
North Brighton .
Harrison Avenue
124
455
075
583
241
849
131
976
1,419
85
73
74
82
261
City Document No. 1(S.
APPENDIX III.
NET INCREASE OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
Located January 1, 1895 — January 31, 189G.
■
^
00
1
i
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Bates Hall
Lower Hall
9,879
806
1,543
9,733
874
11,857
710
13,518
I's 50
15,306
I's 23
16,499
818
20,493
loss 455
32,491
746
i 11,821
Duplicate room ....
loss 59
443
I's 52
330
419
2,355
I's 9,143
loss 542
I's 8,056
313
East Boston branch .
036
158
170
63
58
59
5
48
126
112
South Boston branch .
303
310
284
159
115
200
51
55
401
loss 289
Roxbury branch . . .
362
262
280
199
146
308
loss 352
147
382
48
Fellowcs Albeureum .
4,748
358
390
397
361
438
2S9
318
318
407
Charlestown branch .
680
443
145
I's 70
233
421
22
339
300
loss 16
Brighton branch . . .
186
146
46
130
91
167
98
23
292
107
Dorchester branch . .
.590
546
423
309
269
222
209
134
358
loss 73
Jamaica Plain branch .
355
417
335
294
1.50
214
112
221
329
273
South End branch . .
loss 26
204
260
248
187
365
loss 67
26
276
138
West Roxbury branch,
* North End branch . .
05
20
6
10
295
9
8
4
12
224
84
75
63
I's 1,861
North Brighton Read-
8
-
1,897
6 5"'''
Lower Mills Reading-
85
Maltapau Reading-
room
.
73
Mt. Bowdoin Reading-
Harrison-avenne Read-
261
^
Total
"l8,428
13,535
12,916
14,636
15,519
•20,256
8,633
20,915
29,927
**] 8,695
Deducted,
condemned,
transferred,
or lost.
Central Library
Duplicate-room
Branches . . .
Net gain in detail as above.
* Collection transferred to West End branch.
** A comparison of figures aiven in the reports of 1894 and 1895 of number of volumes in branches
will show a discrepancy of 773 volumes in the net gain. This is accounted for by the custodian of
the br.inch as due to the fact that the present figures represeut an attempt to correct errors which
have accnnuil.itod during several years past.
Library Department.
7i»
ACCESSIONS, January 1, 1895, to January 31, 1896.
Central Library
Duplicate-room
East Boston . .
South Boston .
Roxbury . . .
Charlestowu
Brighton . .
Dorchester . .
South End . .
Jamaica Plain .
West End . . .
West Roxbury
North Brighton
Mt. Bowdoin .
Maltapan . . .
liOwer Mills
Harrison avenue
855
,033
,065
905
744
818
640
812
i,522
626
Condemned or
missing.
''*3,144
647
267
1 1,030
431
.393
Not gain.
11,920
313
588
3
634
512
570
339
552
766
6,522
626
74
74
73
85
261
* Includes between 5,000 and 6,000 volumes purchased for branches which have not
yet been irhelved.
** Includes 2,717 volumes entered as missing .since the shulf- reading of 1S93.
t Includes some transferred to Central Library.
80
City Document No. 18.
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APPENDIX IV.
CENTRAL LIBRARY CLASSIFICATIONS.
books located only,)
EXPLANATION.— ClasB III. Includes general hlBtory, etc., when embracing
ClasB IV. Includes the collected works of American writers, and what of j
ClaBses v., VI., VII., and VIII. have the same scope for the respective
idcB also Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the Scandinavian nal
ClasB XIV. includes political Bcieoce and ethics, applied and unapplied,
'" nry and naval arts, agricultural dor
jtimes termed "polygraphy.
has for America. Class Vn
Class XIX. includes
Class XXIV. does not include the Shakespeare collection of the general library.
Class XXVII. cootains the former " Lower Hall " collection, which has a different
* Framed.
Note. — The dates given in the speci
The totals given above are based upo
CLASSES.
Sfecui. Librabies.
1
1858
isei
1866
1871
1873
1875
188U
1880
1890
1894
1894
1894
1877
189S
1869
r
J.&,
1
ll
Islj
18
138
36
46
16
48
31
52
53
30
38
63
Total in
Central
1896.
11,632
12,793
57,318
39,229
21,619
10,449
16,187
9,104
2,753
12,221
20,977
31,067
17,662
6,897
19,485
13,216
17,364
12,079
If
322
615
1,090
858
620
326
1,423
329
732
3,493
1,360
307
98
136
13
30
5
114
7
2
8
1
6
683
32
1
I
278
21
88
31
26
4,168
250
381
120
63
36
14
ll
$
P
$
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40
417
346
2,330
2,044
619
188
602
436
131
569
742
707
982
168
740
387
606
600
1,436
249
60
11
1,387
147
6
15
3,829
6
13
6
690
135
812
3,204
2,474
337
254
200
225
471
248
:
48
16
43
84
3,229
31
424
388
2,468
670
184
23
64
61
63
248
66
31
2
89
400
2,35»
13,204
14,116
II.
m.
IV.
VI.
10
460
76
789
4,095
408
American history, geography, biography, travel, and polite literature . . . .
.»
669
316
50,344
g ry,
. . . '. 1 1
^'
U.341
17.400
11,268
7.294
12,871
28,294
vni.
rs.
X.
XI.
xn.
hi J'
1
3
299
Oriental history, geography, biography, travel, and literature
28
29
14
4,405
19,327
10,841
6,103
19,62T
13,554
XV.
XVI.
J ■'' '^d
101
2,819
p iiu" 1
Medical science''
4
xvm.
19
XX
. . . .
1-218
XXI
6,990
129
20.983
■■■J
80
xxm
-
46
24
1
43
•150
3,369
S40
6.806
38,644
XXV.
kef
540
6,806
Transactions
112
2,248
. . . .
38,544
6,990
14,966
6,077
13,820
2,045
6,149
13,627
6,384
6,733
679
2,819
.150
J-
318
129
4^^
38,844
468-95
Library Department.
81
APPENDIX V.
CLASSIFICATION.
Branch Libraries, January 31, 1896, as reported by Custodians of
Branches.
Reference-books
Genealogy and Her-
aldry
Biography
History .
Fine Arts. Archaeo-
logy
Geography. Travels .
Language
Literature
Medicine. Hygiene .
Natural Science . . .
Philosophy. Ethics.
Education
Religion. Theology .
Sociology
Lay
Useful and Industrial
Arts
Amusements. Games.
Sports
Fiction
Books for the young
Unclassified ....
Harris Collection ,
25
1,055
74
662
100
3,085
77
•218
32
4,058
724
Roxbury.
118
50
1,238
1,524
62
897
340
3,629
77
271
5,400
1,251
^<
2,327
1,567
466
2,246
478
5,962
1,318
196
117
121
65
1,024
25
132
3,565
3,091
528
3,143
818
9,591
157
971
955
1,896
294
157
271
6,424
1,276
4,616
474
3,000
500
1,454
425
658
25
4,543
1,502
341
44
1,016
1,276
12
775
3
5
930
431
905
1,189
9
100
50
3,984
900
1,675
1,519
1,167
1,650
1,068
110
1,251
37
1,342
128
5,149
1 1,452 |1,:
47
4,281
834
*1,302
394
7
1,146
784
171
628
106
975
61
419
202
5
907
*283
12,124; 13,455 16,720 17,776 34,495 29,575 15,583
15,241 12,849
82
City Document No. 18.
APPENDIX VI.
STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT,
January 1, 1>SI)5-January 31, 1896.
The first registration, 1854-58, had 17,006 names ; the second,
1859-67, had 52,829 names ; the third, 1868-April 30, 1886, had
227,581 names; the fourth. May 1, 1886-March 31, 1894,
had 124,396 names ; the fifth, April 1, 1894-December 31, 1894,
had 25,443 names.
Kegistrations, including old and new names, lost and filled
cards replaced, expired cards renewed, during each year, for the
five years prior to 1895 :
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
14,175
11,502
11,707
11,029
29,971
Average, 15,677.
*" ^ .re
55-5 1»
Central 11,61
Brighton . . . ,
Charleatown 1 2,133
Dorchester 2,221
East Boston 1,967
Jamaica Plain 2,668
Roxbury 3,015
Bouth Boston 3,139
South End 2,548
29,971
January 1, 1895, to Janttabt 31, 1896.
2,264
1,844
2,432
2.282
3,043
2,588
1,794
25,126
11,143
205
781
1,295
1,684
19,488
1,245
3,285
2,691
3,417
3,108
4,570
4,503
2,572
2,468
296
1,117
773
1,226
602
1,265
1,8J5
475
44,867 10,037
17,020
949
2,168
1,918
2,191
2,506
Live cards, February 1. 1896 34,842
Live cards, January 1, 1S95 29,971
Library Department.
83
APPENDIX VIL
CIRCULATION.
Central
Home
Library.
Use.
Branches. — Home Use.
1894.
1895.
1894.
1895.
From Central
261,717
251,561
Through Branches &
Delivery Stations:
East Boston . .
732
844
60,300
66,386
South Boston . .
262
430
95,413
97,104
- Roxbury ....
454
710
90,946
94,073
Charlestown . .
583
509
59,295
59,930
Brighton ....
219
129
*20,666
*23,637
Dorchester . . .
608
601
*S1,981
*56,097
South End , . .
'
1,209
86,662
89,219
Jamaica Plain .
1,479
1,257
*46,772
♦49,704
Lower Mills . .
872
942
4,099 from Dor.
3,716 from Dor.
Mattapan. . . .
4,330
4,013
Mt. Bowdoin . .
2,219
2,449
Neponset ....
93
66
4,822 from Dor.
4,382 from Dor.
North End . . .
952
( 337
iemos.
Roslindale . . .
2,698
1,583
3,972 from J. P.
4,826 from J. P.
West Roxbury ,
1,056
1,021
( 10,110
I 1,108 from J. P.
I 9,982
I 1,690 from J. P.
AUston
2,139
1,398
75 from Bri.
752 from Bri.
Ashmont ....
2,606
1,919
2,547 from Dor.
1,734 from Dor.
Dorchester Sta'n
2,135
2,522
Bird Street . . .
1,465
1,411
"Rlnp TTill A vp
2,922
0 784
I 4,109 from Deposit.
Crescent Ave. .
1,398
No. Brighton . .
240
351
50
( 486 from Denosit.
1 (Imo.)
293,345
279,494
538,768
567,827
1 Includes solely the home une of books. Statistics given in former years included as
well, reference use both of books and of periodicals.
*8ee also number sent to Delivery Stations from this Branch.
84
City Document No. 18.
CIKCULATION. — Concluded.
Summary.
ToTAi. Issues.
1894.
1895.
293,345
60,300
95,413
90,946
59,295
20,741
63,449
86,662
51,852
10,110
279,494
66,386
97,104
94,073
59 930
Brighton . . . .
24,389
Dorchester
65,929
56,220
9,982
Blue Hill Avenue . ....
\ ,y^^ ^
Station P .......
,/*'^^
\ (Imo.)
832,113
847,321
Library Department.
85
CIRCULATION OF BRANCHES AND DELIVERY STATIONS,
1890-1895.
Received from
Branch.
Books
Received from
Central.
East Boston.
South Boston.
Charlestown.
374
337
575
498
461
470
454
710
197
214
286
347
914
724
71,468
58,663
54,476
60.200
97,720
83,106
81,713
82,249
95,413
97,104
97,913
76,949
85,565
81,574
90,946
94,073
65,779
58,174
52,713
53,659
62,848
65,335
62,928
59,234
63,449
65,929
86 City Document No. 18.
CIRCULATION OF BRANCHES AND DELIVERY BTATIONS.— Continued.
Books
Received from
Bninch.
Books
Received from
Uentrai.
Home Use.
1S90 . .
Brighton.
126
87
137
179
219
129
1,652
1,542
1,684
1,633
1,696
1,209
1,287
899
559
1,298
1,479
1,257
202
38
132
450
872
942
60
25
1,151
3,797
4,330
4,013
16,847
16,466
18,655
1891
1892
1893
1894
20,741
24.389
87 ''66
1895
1890. .
South End.
1891
83 0''6
1892
80,118
79,615
86,662
1894
1895 . .
1890. .
Jamaica Plain.
52,336
48,819
44,031
45 59Q
1891
1892
1893
1894
51,852
56 ''20
1895
1890 . .
Lower Mills.
6,241
5,543
5,811
5,395
4,099
3,716
4,542
3,833
2,491
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1890 . .
Mattapan.
1891
1892
1894
1895 ....
Library Department, 87
CIRCULATION^ OF BRANCHES AND DELIVERY STATIONa. — Continued.
Boobs
Received from
Branch.
Books
Received from
Central.
Dome Use.
Mount Bowdoin.
1894
Neponset.
3,942
1891
3,612
2,783
1892
1893
1894 ...
4,822
NoBTH End.
1890
1893
1894
ROSLINDALE.
1890
4,342
3,018
3,433
1894 .
3,972
4,826
West Roxburt.
1890
1,279
1892
1893
1,030
1,189
1,108
1,690
1894
3,044
2,131
2,219
2,449
10
19
735
719
952
337
3,021
2,277
2,133
3,443
2,698
1,583
326
421
472
1,168
1,056
1,021
6,953
10,110
9,982
88 City Document No. 18.
CIRCULATION OF BRANCHES AND DELIVERY STATIONS.— Con^nwed.
Books
Received from
Brauch.
Books
Received from
Central.
Home Use.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
DOBCHESTEE STATION.
1891.
1892.
1893 .
1894.
1895.
Bird Steeet.
Blue Hill Avenue.
1893.
1894,
1895,
Harvaed Steeet.
1892 (seven months)
1893 (eight months)
6,828
4,395
2,965
2,360
2,139
3,698
42
4,050
131
3,084
1,258
2,547
2,606
1,734
1,919
2,962
1,962
2,056
2,135
2,522
2,658
2,509
1,465
1.411
800
2,290
2,922
2,784
900
593
From deposit,
4,109 (6 mo.)
Library Department. 89
CIRCULATION OF BRANCHES AND DELIVERY STATIONS.— Conc/wded.
Books
Received from
Branch.
Books
Received from
Central.
Home Use.
Cbescent Avenub.
697
1,118
1,868
1,398
315
304
240
351
50
1893
1894 .
1895 . ...
North Brighton.
1893
1894
1895 ...
Station P.
From deposit,
486 (1 month).
90
City Document No. 18.
APPENDIX VIII.
TRUSTEES FOR FORTY-FOUR YEARS.
The Honorable Edward Everett was President of the J>oard
from 1852 to 1804 ; the late George Ticknor in 1865 ; William W.
Greenongh, Esq., from 1866 to April, 1888 ; from May 7, 1888,
to May 12, 1888, Prof. Henry W. Haynes; Samuel A. B. Ab-
bott, Esq., May 12, 1888, to April 30, 1895 ; Hon. F. 0. Prince
since October S, 1895.
The Board for 1852 was a preliminary organization ; that for
1853 made what is called the first annual report. It consisted of
one alderman and one common councilman, and five citizens at
large, till 1867, when a revised ordinance made it to consist of
one alderman, two common councilmen, and six citizens at large,
two of whom retired, unless reelected, each year, while the mem-
bers from the City Council were elected yearly. In 1878 the
organization of the Board was changed to include one alderman,
one councilman, and five citizens at large, as before 1807 ; and in
1885, by the provisions of the amended city charter, the repre-
sentation of the city government upon the Board, by an alderman
and a councilman, was abolished, leaving the Board as at present,
consisting of five citizens at large.
Citizens at large in small capitals.
Abbott, Samuel A. B., 1879-95.
Allen, James B., 1852-53.
Appleton, Thomas G., 1852-1857.
Barnes, Joseph H., 1871-72.
Benton, Josiah H., .jr., 1894-95.
BiGELOw, John P., 1852-68.
BowDiTCH, Henry I., 1865-68.
Bowditch, Henry P., 1894-95.
Bradley. John T., 1869-70.
Bradt, Herman D., 1872-73.
Braman, Jarvis D., 1868-69.
Braman, Jarvls D., 1869-72.
Brown, J. C. J., 1861-62.
Burditt, Charles A., 1873-76.
Carpenter, George O., 1870-71.
Carr, Samuel, 1895.
Chase, George B., 1876-85.
Clark, John M., 18,55-56.
Clark, John T., 187.S-78.
Clarke, .Tamks Freeman, 1878-88.
Clapp, William W., jr., 1864-66.
Coe, Henry F., 1878.
Crane, Samuel D., 1860-61.
Curtis, Daniel S., 1873-75.
DeNormandie, James, 1895.
Dennie, George, 1858-60.
Dickinson, M. F., jr., 1871-72.
Drake, Henry A., 1863-64.
Erving, Edward S., 1852.
Everett, Edward, 1852-64.
Flynn, James J., 1883.
Frost, Oliver, 1854-55 ; 1856-58.
Frothingham, Richard, 1875-79.
Gaffield, Thomas, 1867-68.
Green, Samuel A., 1868-78.
Greenough, William W., 1856-88.
Guild, Curtis, 1876-77; 1878-79.
Harris, William G., 1869-70.
Haynes, Henry W., 1858-59.
Haynes, Henry W., 1880-95.
HiLLARD, George S., 1872-75;
1876-77.
Howes, Osborne, jr., 1877-78.
Ingalls, Melville E., 1870-71.
Jackson, Pntrick T., 1864-65.
Jenkins, Edward J., 1885.
Keith, James M., 1868-70.
Kimball, David P., 1874-76.
Lawrence, .James, 1852.
Lee, John H., 1884-85.
Lewis, Weston, 1867-68.
Lewis, Weston, 1868-79.
Lewis. Winslow, 1867.
Little, Samuel, 1871-73.
Library Department.
91
Messinger, George W., 1855.
Morse, Godfrey, 1S83-84.
MoHTOH, Kllis W.. 1870-73.
Munroe, Abel B., 1854.
Newton, .Jeremiah L., 1867-68.
Niles, Stephen li., 1870-71.
O'Brien Hugh. 1879-^2.
Pease, Frederick. 1872-73.
Perkins, William E., 1873-74.
Perry, Lyman, 1852.
Plummer, Farnham, 1856-57.
Pope, Benjamin. 1.S76-77.
Pope, Richard, 1877-78.
Pratt, Charles E., 1880-82.
Pierce, Phineas, 1^X8-94.
Prince, Frederick 0., 1888-95.
Putnam, George, 1868-77.
Reed, Samson. 1852-53.
Richards, William R , 1889-95.
Sanger, George P., 1860-61.
Sears, Phillip H., 1859-60.
Seaver. Benjamin, 1852.
Shepard, Harvey N., 1878-79.
Shurtleff, Nathaniel B.. 1852-6
Stebbins, Solomon B., 1882-83.
Story, Joseph, 185.i-5ii; 1865-67.
Thomas, Benjamin F., 1877-78.
Tn knor. George, 1852-66.
Tvler, John S.. l«63-64; 1866-67.
Warren, George W., 1852-54.
Washburn. Frederick L , 1857-58.
Whipple, Edwin P., 1868-70.
Whitmore, William H , 1882-K3.
Whitmore. William H., 1885-88.
Whitney, Daniel H., 1862-63.
Whitten, Charles V., 1883-85.
Wilson ElishaT.. 1861-63.
Wilson, George, 1852.
WiNsoK, Justin, 1867.
Wolcott, Roger, 1879.
Wright, Albert J., 1868-69.
92
City Document No. 18.
APPENDIX IX.
EXAMINING COMMITTEES FOR FORTY-FOUR YEARS.
Tlie following gentlemen have served on the Examining Com-
mittees for the years given. The names in italics are those of
trustees who have acted as chairmen of the vai'ious committees.
The thirty-fourth year was from May 1 to December lil, 1885, a
period of eight months, for which no Examining Committee was
appointed.
Abbott, Hon. J. G., ]S70.
Abbott, S. A. B., 18S0, 1894.
Adams, Brooks, 1894.
Adams, Nehemiah, D.D., 18G0.
Adams, Wm. T., 1875.
Alger, Rev. Wm. R., 1870.
Amory, Miss Anna S., 1890, 1891.
Andrew, Hon. John F., 1888.
Andrews, Augustus, 1892, 1893.
Appleton, Hon. Nathan, 1854.
Apthorp, Wm. F., 1883.
Arnold, Howard P., 1881.
Aspinwall, Col. Thomas, 1860.
Attwood, G , 1877.
Bailey, Edwin C, 1861.
Ball, Joshua D., 1861.
Bancroft, Robert H., 1894.
Bangs, Edward, 1887.
Barnard, James M., 1866.
Barry, Rev. Richard J., 1895.
Baitlett, Sidney, 1869.
Beebe, James M., 1858.
Beeeher, Rev. Edward, 1854.
Bent, Samuel Arthur, 1S90, 1891.
Bigelow, Jacob, M.D , 1857.
Bigelow, Hon. John P., 1856.
Blagden, George W., D.D., 1856.
Blake, John G., M.D., 1883, 1891.
Blake, Mrs. Mary E., 1894.
Bodflsh, Rev. Joshua P., 1879, 1891.
Bowditch, Henry I., M.D., 1855.
Bowdiich. Henry I , M D., 1865.
Bowditch, Henry P., M.D., 1881.
Bowditch, J. Ingersoll, 1855.
Bowman, Alfonzo, 1867.
Bradford, Charles F., 1868.
Brewer, Thomas M., 186.J.
Brimmer, Hon Martin. 1890, 1891.
Brooks, Rev Phillips, 1871.
Brown, Allen A., 1894.
Browne, Alex. Porter, 1891.
Browne, Causten, 1876.
Buckingham, C. E., M D., 1872.
Burroughs, Rev. Henry, jr., 1869.
Carr, Samuel, 1894.
Carruth. Herbert S., 1892.
Chadwick, James R., M.D.., 1877.
Chamberlain, Hon. Mellen, 1894.
Chaney, Rev. George L., 1868.
Chase, George B., 1876.
Chase, George B., 1877, 1885.
Cheever, David W., MD., 1894.
Cheney, Mrs. Ednah D., 1881.
Clapp, William W.,jr.. 1864.
Clarke, James Freeman, Z)Z>., 1877.
Clarke., James Freeman, D D., 1882.
Clement, Edward H., 1894, 1895.
Coale, George O. G., 1892, 1893.
Collar, William C, 1874.
Cudworth, Warren H., D.D., 1878.
Curtis, Charles P., 1862.
Curtis, Daniel S , 1872.
Curtis, Thomas B., M.D., 1874.
Cushing, Thomas, 1885.
Dalton, Charles H., 1884.
Dana, Sam.uel T., 1857.
Dean, Benjamin, 1873.
Denny, Henry G., 1876.
Derby, Basket, M.D., 1895.
Dexter, Rev. Henry M., 1866.
Dillingham, Rev. Pitt, 1886.
Dix, James A., 1860.
Doherty, Philip J., 1888.
Donahoe, Patrick, 18(;9.
Durant, Henry F., 1863.
Duryea, Jos T., D.D., 1880.
Dwight, John S., 1868.
Dwight, Thomas, M D., 1880.
Eastburn. Manton, D D., 1863.
Eaton, William S.. 1887.
Edes, Henry H., 1886.
Eliot, Samuel, LL.D., 1868.
Ellis, Arthur B., 1888, 1889.
Ellis, Calvin, M.D., 1871.
Library Department.
93
Ellis, George E., D.D., 1881.
Endicott, William, jr., 1878.
Evans, George W., 1887, 1888, 1889.
Everett, Sidney, 1895.
Farlow, John "W., M.D., 1892, 1893.
Field. Walbridge A., 18GG.
Fields, -James T., 1872.
Fitz, Reginald H., 1879.
Fitz, Walter Scott, 1894.
Foote, Rev. Henry W., 1864.
Fowle, William F . 1864.
Freeland, Charles W., 1867.
Frost. Oliver, 1854.
Frothingham, Ridiard, 1876.
Furness, Horace Howard, LL.D.^
188L^
Gannett, Ezra S., B.B.., 1855.
Garland, George M., M.D., 1895.
Gay, George H., 1876.
Gilchrist, Daniel S., 1872.
Gordon, George A., D.D.., 1885.
Gould, A. A., M.D , 1864.
Grant, Robert, 1884.
Gray, John C, jr., 1877.
Green, Samuel A., M D., 1868.
Green. Samuel S., 1895.
Greenough, William W.. 1858, 1874,
1883, 1886.
Grinnell, Rev. C. E., 1874.
Hale, Rev. Edward E., 1^58.
Hale, 3frs. George S., 1887, 1888.
Hale, Moses L., 1862.
Hale, Philip, 1893.
Haskins, Rev. George F., 1865.
Hassam, John T., 18.S5.
Hayes. Hon. F. B., 1874.
Haynes, Henry W., 1879.
Haijnes, Henry IF., 1881, 1884.
Hay ward, George, M.D., 1863.
Heard, John, jr., 1888, 1889, 1891.
Heard, John T., 18:)3.
Hellier, Charles E., 1895.
Herford. Brooke, D D., 1884.
Herrick, Samuel E., D.D., 1888,
1889.
Hersey, Miss Heloise, 1895.
Higginson, Thomas W., 1883.
Hill, Clement Hugh, 1880.
Hillard, Hon. George S., 1853.
Hillard, Hon. George S., 1873.
Hodges, Richard M., 3f.D., 1870.
Holmes, Edward J., 1881, 1884.
Holmes, Oliver W., 31 D., 1858.
Holmes, Oliver W., jr., 1882.
Romans, Charles D., 3f.D., 1867.
Homans, Mrs. Charles D., 1885,
1886, 1S87.
Homer, George, 1870.
Homer, Peter T., 1857.
Hubbard James M , 1891.
Hubbard, William J., 1858.
Hudson, John E., 1895.
Hunnewell, James F., 1880, 1893,
1894.
Hutcbins, 3Iiss Emma, 1895.
Hyde, George B., 1879.
Irwin, Miss Agnes, 1894.
Jeffries, B. Joy, 31. D., 1869.
Jeffries, William A., 1893.
Jenkins, Charles E., 1879.
Jewell, Hon. Harvey, 1863.
Jordan, Eben D., 1873.
Kidder, Henry P., 1870.
Kimball, David P., 1874.
Kimball, Henry H., 1865.
Kirk, Edward N., I).D., 1859.
Lawrence, Hon. Abbott, 1853.
Lawrence, Abbott, 1859.
Lawrence, 3Iiss Harriette S., 1890.
Lawrence, James. 1855.
Lee, 3Iiss Alice, 1889, 1890, 1891.
Lewis, We.'ilon. 1872, 1878.
Lincoln, Hni. F. W., 1856.
Lincoln, Solomon, 1886.
Little, James L., 1864.
Lombard, JVof. Josiah L., 1868.
Loring, Hon. Charles G., 1855.
Lothrop, Loring, I8611.
Lowell, .Augustus, 1883.
Lowell, Edward J., ls85.
Lunt, Hon. George, 1874.
Lyman, George H., 31. D., 1885.
McCleary, Samuel F., 1890.
Manning, Rev. Jacob M., 1861.
Mason, Rev. Charles, 1857.
Mason, Robert M., 1869.
Maxwell, J. Audley, 1883.
Metcalf, Rev. Theodore A., 1888,
1889.
Minns, Thomas, 1864.
Minot, Francis. 1866.
Morison. MssMary, 1892, 1893, 1895.
Morrill, Charles J., 18s5.
Morse, John T., jr., 1879.
Morse, Robert M., jr.. 1878.
3forton, Hon. Ellis If., 1871.
Mudge, Hon. E. R., 1871.
Neale, Rollin H., D.D., 1853.
Noble, John, 1882.
Norcross, Otis, 1880.
O'Brien, Hugh, 1879.
O'Callaghan, John J., 1895.
O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1878.
Otis, G. A.. 1860.
Paddock, Rt. Rev. Benj. H., 1876.
Parker, Charles Henry, 1888, 1889.
Parkraan, Henry, 1885.
Parks, Rev. Leighton, 1882.
Perkins, Charles C, 1871.
Perry, Thomas S., 1879, 1882, 1883,
1884, 1885, 1890, 1.S91.
Phillips, John C, 1882.
Phillips, Jonathan, 1854.
Pierce, Hon. Henrv L., 1891.
Pingree, 7)/i.^s Lalia B., 1894.
Prescott, William H., LL.D., 1853.
Prince, Hon. F 0., 1888, 1889, 1890.
1891, 1892, 1893, 1895.
94
City Document No. 18.
Put nam, Georf/e, I) /)., 1870.
Putnam. //o".'Jol)n P., 18G5.
Randall. Charli-s M., M.D., 1884.
Kk'i". lion Mi'xandpr II., 18(50.
Hobbins, KUiott, M.D., 1893.
Ro'iors, Prof. William B., 18G1.
Rollins, J. Winjrate, 1888, 1889.
Ropes, John C, 1872.
Rotch, Benjamin S., 18fi3.
Runkle, Prof. J. I)., 1882.
Russell, Samuel H., 1880.
Sampson, <). H., 1892, 1893.
Sanger, Hon. George P., 1860.
Seaver, Edwin P., 1881.
Sbepard, Hon. Harvey N., 1888
1889.
Sherwin. Mrs. Thomas, 1893, 1894.
Shvrtleff, Hon. Nathaniel B., 1857.
Smith. .Azariah, 1895.
Smith, Charles C. 1873.
Smith, Mrs. Charles C, 1881, 1886.
Smith. Miss Minna. 1892.
Sowdon, A J. C, 1892, 1893.
Sprague, Charles .!., 1859.
Sprague, Homer B., 1882.
Stedman, C Ellery, M D., 1888.
Stevens, Oliver, 1858.
Stevenson. Hon. J Thomas, 1856.
Stockwell, S. N., 1801.
vStone, Col. Henry 1885, 1886, 1887.
Storv, Joseph, 1856.
Sullivan, Richard, 1883, 1884.
Teele, JohnO., 1886.
Thaxter, Adam W., 18.15.
Thayer, George A , 1875.
Thayer, Rev. Thomas B., 1862.
Thomas, B. F., 1875.
Thomas, Seth J., 1856.
Ticknor, Miss Anna E., 1891.
Ticknor, Gtorqe. 1853, 1854, 1855,
18.59, 1863, 1866.
Tillinghast, Caleb B., 1895.
Tobey, lion. Edward S., 18()2.
Todd, William C, 1894.
Twombly, Rev. A. S., 1883, 1884.
Upham, J. B., M.D., 1865.
Vibbert, Rev. Geo. H., 1873.
Wales. George W., 1875.
Walley, Hon Samuel H., 1862.
Ward, Rev. Julius H, 1882.
Ware, Charles E., M.D , 1875.
Ware, Darwin E., 1881.
Warner. Hermann J , 1867.
Warren, J/on. Charles H., 1859.
Wi.rren, J. Collins, MB., 1878.
Waterston, Rev. Robert C, 1867.
Weissbein, Louis, 1893.
Wells, Mrs. Kate G., 1877.
Wendell, Prof Barrett, 1895.
Wharton, William F , 1886.
Whipple. Ed win P , 1869.'
Whiimore, William. H , 1887.
Whitnerj, Daniel //., 18i;2.
Whitney, Henry A., 1873.
Wightman. Hon. Joseph M., 1859.
Williams, Harold, M.D., 1888, 1889,
1890.
Williamson, William C, 1881.
Wilson, Elisha T., M.D., 1861.
Winsor, Justin. 1867.
Winthrop, Hon. Robert C, 1854.
Winthrop, Robert C, jr., 1887.
Woodbury, Charles Levi, 1871.
Woolson, Mrs. Abba Goold, 1888,
1889.
Wright, Hon. Carroll D., 1884.
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APPENDIX X.
SCHEDULE OF LIBRARY SERVICE.
Note. — This has been brought down to March 16, 1896. The order followed
rank in grades, and (2) alphabelically within each grade.
(I) by
Central Library .
Branches and Reading Room,
Summary.
. 139
58
197
*51
Males 75
" 13
Evening Service .
. Extra assistance is employed at the Branches
Females
64
45
109
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Putnam, Hecbert
Nichols, Adelaide A,
Russell, Charles G.
Deery, D. Jean
Learned, Lucie A. .
Weed, Percy L.
Mooney, George V. .
Cellarius, Theodore W.
Jenkins, Mary A. .
Entered.
Grade.
. 1895
Librarian.
1868
Auditor.
1895
B. Special
1891
C. "
1891
C. ''
1895
C. ''
1889
D. "
1892
D.
1877
CATALOGUE DEPARTMENT.
Whitney, James L. .
Swift, Lindsay
Hunt, Edward B. .
Burnell, Carrie
Chevalier, Samuel A.
Rollins, Mary H.
Seaver, Mrs. "Lillian F.
Binswanger, Clara .
Butler, Edward K., Jr.
Cutler, Dora L.
Gould, Ida W. .
Rice, Edwin F.
Sanders, Nathaniel S. H.
Brennan, T. Frank .
Dolan, Charles T. .
1869
Chief.
1878
Editor.
1883
1881
A. Special.
A.
1894
A.
1886
A.
1888
A.
1892
B.
1896
B.
1887
B.
1884
B.
1885
B.
1896
B.
1890
1894
D. Special
D.
[■rving from three to seven eveningB a week each. The total number of positions at any
96
City Document No. 18.
ORDEIUNO DEPARTMENT.
Entered.
Grade.
Macurdy, Theodosia E.
. 1889
Chief.
Browne, Alice .
. 1883
B. Special.
Coolidge, Marie
. 1893
B.
Fnnsdorff, Emily 0.
. 1894
B.
Goddard, INIrs. Frances H
. 1892
B.
McGrath, IMary A. .
. 1868
B.
Keleher, Alice A.
. 1891
D. Special.
McFarland, Thomas A.
. 1891
D. "
Johnston, Fred S. .
. 1894,
D.
SHE
LF DEPARTMENT.
Garret, Jose Francisco
. 1875
Chief.
Roffe, William G. T.
. 1881
B. Special.
Locke, John F.
. 1895
B.
Connor, George H. .
. 1891
C. Special
Richmond, Bertha P.
. 1896
C.
Eberhart, John
. 1894
D. Special.
Shaughnessy, Joseph M.
. 1893
BATES HALL.
D.
Knapp, Arthur M. .
. 1875
Cust6dian.
Blaisdell, Frank C. .
. 1876
A. Special.
Doyle, Agnes C.
. 1885
B.
Buckley, Pierce E. .
. 1891
C.
Plunkett, Albert J. .
. 1895
D.
Hardy, Charles A. .
SPE
. 1896
CIAL LIBRARIES.
E.
Fleischner, Otto
. 1891
Custodian.
Tiffany, Edward
. 1878
A.
Hall, Belle S. .
. 1895
B.
Hitchcock, Grace A.
. 1895
B.
Cassidy, Margaret L.
. 1895
D. Special.
Ward, Joseph W. .
. 1891
D. "
England, George A.
. 1,^96
D.
Kelly, Charlotte H.
. 1895
D.
Leonard, Michael F.
. 1895
D.
Mclsaacs, Frederick J.
PE
. 1896
RIODICAL ROOM.
E.
Poree, Caroline E. .
. 1859
C.
Ford, Mary E. .
NE
. 1895
WSPAPER ROOM.
D.
Serex, Frederic
. 1895
C.
ISSl
JE DEPARTMENT.
McGuffey, Margaret D.
. 1895
Chief.
Leavitt, Luella K. .
. 1895
B.
I^rlliKARY DePARTxMENT.
97
Entered.
Grade.
Sheridan, Mary C. .
. 1881
C.
Special.
Desmond, Louise L.
. 1895
c.
Porrest, Gertrude E.
. 1895
c.
Morse, Maud M.
. 1877
c.
Richards, Florence F.
. 1876
c.
Shumway, Marion H.
. 1895
c.
Barry, Edward F. .
. 1890
D.
Special.
Cufflin, M. Florence
. 1892
D.
"
Dowling, S. Jennie .
. 1895
D.
Ci
Heimaini, Otto A. .
. 1890
D.
McCarthy, Michael, Jr. .
. 1892
D.
li
McCausland, Bradley A. .
. 1895
D.
ii
Murphy, Annie G. .
. 1888
D.
«'
Eoett, Louis W.
. 1895
D.
ii.
Shipman, Paul C.
. 1895
D.
ii
Alley, Gertrude E. .
. 1895
D.
Bertram, Lucy I.
. 1895
D.
Caiger, Eliza F. A. .
. 1895
D.
Connolly, Nelly L. .
. 1895
D.
Cunniff, Nellie F. .
. 1895
D.
Daly, Margaret C. .
. 1895
D.
Ethier, Lillian E. .
. 1895
D.
Glovei', John H.
. 1895
D.
Gorman, John E.
. 1895
D.
Lucid, John F.
. 1893
D.
Maier, Joseph A.
. 1892
D.
McCarthy, Marion A.
. 1895
D.
McQuarrie, Annie C.
. 1894
D.
O'Brien, Margaret F.
. 1891
D.
Olson, Alphild
. 3895
D.
Olson, Bertha A.
. 1895
D.
Et-ynolds, Mary A. .
. 1894
D.
Eoett, Harry W. .
. 1895
D.
Wiechmann, Katherine A.
. 1895
D,
AVilliams, Grace
. 1895
D.
Zaugg, Joanna
. 1895
D.
Zaugg, Otto E.
. 1895
D.
Fillebrown, Emily F.
. 1895
E.
Kiernan, Letitia M.
. 1895
E.
Lucid, Joseph A.
. 1895
E.
Owen, Marion L.
. 1896
E.
REGISTKATIC
)N DEPAKTMENT.
Keenan, John J.
. 1885
B
Special.
Murray, Ella K.
. 1886
C.
Shelton, Richard B.
. 1895
D.
Special.
Horrigan, Ellen M .
PRINTING
. 1895
DEPARTMENT.
D.
Entered.
Position.
Lee, Francis W.
. 1894
Chief.
Geyer, Willfried H.
. 1896
Pressman.
Manix, Ellen C.
. 1895
Compositor.
98 City Document No. 18
BINDERY.
Entered.
Position.
Ryder, T. Frank .... 1883
Foreman.
Collins, Dennis J. .
1887
Finisher.
Heyer, William H.
1891
Forwarder.
Hoefi'ner, George .
1891
11
Ivory, John W.
1893
"
Lofstrom, Konrad A.
1892
<<
Murphy, John Y.
1883
a
Hemstedt, William P.
1883
Pressman.
Bowen, Mrs. Sarah E.
1876
Sewer.
Kiley, Margaret J. .
1889
"
Moriarty, Mary G.
1875
a
Nolen, Sarah
1891
a
Potts, Ellen E.
1892
'<
Sonle, Ellen E.
1891
a
ENGINEERS' AND JANITORS' DEPARTMENT.
Niederaner, Henry . . . 1894
Chief Engineer.
McCready, Alexander
. 1895
Engineer.
Malone, John P.
. 1895
"
O'Neill, Harry
. 1896
u
Zittel, George, Jr. .
. 1891
"
Herland, Nils J.
. 1895
Fireman.
Moran, John A.
. 1894
a
Powers, Henry W. .
. 1890
Charge of book-
elevators.
Eochford, Nicholas J.
. 1890
Carpenter.
Williams, John L. .
. 1886
Janitor.
Kilmnrry, William .
. 1894
Assistant Janitor
McCarty, Dennis
. 1887
Night Watcliman
Eallon, John .
. 1895
Painter.
Hanna, William T. .
. 1895
Marble-polisher.
Goode, Robert .
. 1895
Elevator-boy.
Whistnant, William B.
. 1895
Coat-room attend
ant.
EVENING AND SUNDAY SERVICE.
Bates Hall.
Officer in Charge. Hours.
Chevalier, Samuel A. See Delivery Department . 8
Fleischner, Otto. See Special Libraries ... 8
Hunt, Edward B 8
Swift, Lindsay • ■ 8
Assistant.
Roffe, William G. T . .16
AValsh, William A. See Fine Arts .... 16
Central Desk.
Buckley, Pierce E 12
Williams, David L 20
Care of Reference Books.
Heimann, Albert E 32
Library Department. 99
Cave of Lower Tube. Hours.
Heimann, Otto A. See Care of slips .... 9
Lucid, John F 16
Eunner.
Plunkett, Albert J 16
Tenny, Kobert. See Delivery Service Kunner . . 9
Delivery Service and Lower Hall Catalogue.
Officer in Charge.
Blaisdell, Frank C 20
Chevalier, Samuel A. See Bates Hall ... 12
Receiver of Books.
Blaisdell, Fred W 25
Deliverer of Books.
Eeardon, John H. . . . . . . . 25
Care of Indicator.
Clarke, William S. See Runner . . . .25
Care of Slips.
Heimann, Otto A. See Bates Hall, Lower Tube . 7
Hughes, John A. . . • 18
Care of Tubes.
Hannigan, Walter T 25
Care of Carriers.
Hannigan, Frank J 25
Runners.
Beck ford, Fred A 25
Campbell, Charles D 9
Carney, Robert J. 16
Clarke, William S. See Indicatoi' .... 7
Currier, Ulysses S. Gr 16
Ford, Daniel J 32
Glover, John H 16
Gorman, John E. ....... 16
Martin, D. Clifford 25
McBain, Victor R 9
Pitts, James A 9
Roett, Harry W 9
Shaughnessy, Joseph M 9
Tenny, Robert M. See Bates Hall Runner . . 16
Trueman, ISTelson G. ....... 25
Weller, Waldo W 9
Zaugg, Otto 9
Special Libraries Floor.
In Charge.
Fleischner, Otto. See Bates Hall, in charge . . 5
Barton Library.
In charge.
Lee, Francis W. ........ 20
Tiffany, Edward 12
Fine Arts Department.
Walsh, William A. See Bates Hall Assistant . . 14^
Weed, Percy L. . . . . . ,. . .14^
100
City Document No. 18.
Assistant.
McFarland, Tlioinas A.
Ward, Josepli W. ...
Second Assistant.
Leonard, JNIicliael F. .
Ward, John A
Periodical Room.
Conuers, John F
Kegistration Desk.
Fallon, William E
Patp:nt Room and Juvenile Library.
In Charge.
Hemstedt, William P. .
Mooney, George Y. . . .
Assistant.
Tyrode, Maurice P. 0.
Newspaper Room.
Attendant.
Brennan, T. Frank
Connor, George H. . . .
Replacement of Books.
Barry, Edward F
McCarthy, Michael, Jr. .
Hours.
32
25
20
12
25
16
16
12i
EAST BOSTON BRANCH.
Godbold, Sarah C.
Flanders, Emma W.
Wing, Alice M. .
Bickford, Lillian A.
Hosea, George H.
Entered.
1871
1888
1872
1891
1873
Position.
Custodian.
C.
C.
D.
Janitor.
Averill, Gertrude.
Brackett, Marion W.
McDouoall, Ellen M.
Extras.
1891
1891
SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH.
Bullard, K. Josephine
Eaton, Ellen A. .
Sampson, Idalene L
Orcutt, Alice B, .
Parker, Helena L.
Baker, Joseph
1883
1872
1877
1884
1887
1872
Custodian.
C.
C.
D.
D.
Janitor.
Sumner, Alice
Bryce, Jean
Extras.
1895
1895
Library Department.
101
ROXBURY BRANCH.
Entered.
Position.
Bell, Helen M. .
1878
Custodian
Berry, Elizabeth C.
1877
C.
Puffer, Dorotliy .
1878
C.
Grigcfs, Sarah W.
1884
D.
Lynch, Gertrude A.
1894
D.
Monahan, William
Extras.
1883
Janitor.
Bollig, Emma
1888
Bracy, Lillian A.
1895
CHARLESTOWN BRANCH.
Cartee, Elizabeth F.
1880
Custodian
Livermore, Mrs. Susar
lE.
1885
C.
O'Neill, Margaret M.
1892
D.
Eeagen, Elizabeth R.
1895
D.
Rogan, Katherine S.
1896
E.
Smith. Thomas E.
1874
Janitor.
Extra.
BRIGHTON BRANCH.
McLaughlin, Ellen.
Conley, Ellen F. .
Dale, M. Florence
Brock, James M.
DORCHESTER BRANCH
Reed, Mrs. Elizabeth T.
Griffith, Mary E,
Donovan, Mary G.
Hufton, Ellen E. .
Meffen, Margaret
Davenport, Edward
1891
C.
1895
E.
1878
Janitor.
1873
Custodian
1884
C.
1891
D.
1896
E.
1892
E.
1874
Janitor.
Hale, Arthur M
Extra.
1895
SOUTH
Sheridan, Margaret A.
McGrath, Amelia F. .
Lynch, Emma F.
Meehan, Margaret F. .
Mulloney, William J. .
Lynch, John B.
END
BRANCH.
. 1875
Custodian
. 1887
C.
. 1885
D.
. 1891
D.
. 1889
D.
Extra.
1895
U)2
City Document No. 18.
JAMAICA PLAIN
Swain, Marv P. .
Riley, Nellie F. .
Albert, Katie F. .
Johnson, Timothy
Barton, Henry C. E.
Felton. Robert G. A.
BRANCH.
Entered.
Position.
. 1877
Custodian
. 1878
C.
. 1883
D.
. 1877
Janitor.
Extras.
WEST END
BRANCH
Davis, Mrs. Eliza R 1877
Custodian
Barton, Margaret S.
1885
C.
Forbes, George W.
1896
C.
McKirdy, Alice E.
1896
C.
Mooney, Katherine G.
1885
C.
Wendte, Frederika
1895
c.
Riley, Mary E. . . .
1891
D.
Kiley, Mary E. . . .
1896
E.
Porter, Frank C. .
1896
E.
Rossiter, John
1896
Janitor.
Morse, Carrie L.
Carroll, Joseph
WEST ROXBURY BRANCH.
1890 D. Special.
1894 Janitor.
DELIVERY STATIONS AND READING ROOMS.
The Branches are also Delivery Stations.
Station. Attendants. Grade.
A. Lower Mills Reading Room Hill, M. AcUlie D. Special.
B. Roslindale Delivery Station Kimniel, Wilhelmina &
Emily.
C. West Roxbury Branch Morse, Carrie L I). Special.
Carroll, Joseph Janitor.
D. Mattapan Reading Room Capewell, Mrs. Emma
G D. Special .
E. Neponset Delivery Station Savil, Susan.
F. Mount Bowdoin Reading Room. . . .Fairbrother, Mrs. Eliza-
beth G D. Special.
G. Allston Delivery Station Sampson & Padelfnrd.
H. Ashmont Delivery Station Weymouth, Clara E.
J. Dorchester StationDelivery Station. Sexton, Mrs. Annie M.
K. Bird-Street Delivery Station Hoare, Mrs. Esther.
L. North Brighton Reading lioom. . . .Mukloon, Katherine F. . .D.
M. Crescent-Avenue Delivery Station .Alexander, George H.
N. Blue Hill-Avenue Delivery Station. Aiken, Mrs. Emilie S.
P. Harrison-Avenue Reading Room. . .Keenan. Matthew. ...... .D. Special.
Q. Dudley-Street Delivery Station. . . .Bird, Mrs. Thomas H.
Library Department. 103
APPENDIX XI.
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Notice to Applicants for Employment.
Applications must be made upon the printed blanks furnished
by the Library. Examinations for applicants Avill be held from
time to time as the needs of the service may require. Each aj)-
plicant will be notified of the examination to be held next after
the filing of his application.
The examinations are not strictly competitive. Other capaci-
ties being equal, preference will be given to persons attaining the
highest mark ; but in making selections from among those who
have taken the examination, other elements of fitness for the par-
ticular positions to be filled will be taken into account.
The purpose of the examination being, not to test the intelli-
gence of the applicants by an absolute standard, but rather to
range the applicants according to the relative intelligence dis-
played by them, no absolute pass-mark is fixed ; nor is any cer-
tificate or diploma given, but candidates will, if they desire, be
informed of their relative rank among those Avho have taken
examinations for the same grade.
The examination, moreover, is regarded as a preliminary test
merely. It must be followed by a test of capacity in actual
service during a probationary period. And all appointments to
the service, even where carrying pay, are provisional and con-
ditioned upon proof of capacity for the particular positions to be
filled as shoW'U in actual service.
The entire Library service (excepting the Engineer, Janitor,
and Printing Departments and the Bindery ; and the Sunday and
Evening service which is paid by the hour) is divided into grades.
Each grade begins with a minimum salary and progresses to a
maximum. The maximum reached, no further increase is possi-
ble except by promotion to a higher grade. Such promotion osp
is based upon an examination, combined, however, with certificate
of capacity from the head of department in which the employe
has served.
The ordinary grades are supposed to provide for positions
wdiere academic knowledge is necessary ; the special grades for
those positions where special capacities (as knowledge of type-
writing, executive ability, etc.) are more particularly required.
The grades are as follows :
1st year, 2d year, 3d year, 4th year,
per week. per week. per week. per week.
Grade E .
. $3 50
f 4 00
$4 50
" D.
. 5 00
6 00
7 00
'•' D (for runners)
. 5 00
5 50
104 City Document No. l-s.
Grade C .
A.
D Special
C
B
A
.^. j~..., — ^ M year, 4th year,
per week. per week. per week. per week.
$7 50 f 8 50 $9 .'^0 f 10 50
11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00
IC. 50 17 50 18 50 19 50
7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00
12 00 13 00 13 50
14 00 15 50 17 50
23 50 25 50 27 50 ;51 00
It is expected that vacancies in Grade A will be tilled by pro-
motion from Grade B after examination.
Persons who have entered the Library service as runners in
Grade E and are certiiied by the head of the department to have
performed satisfactorily the duties of Grade E and to have ac-
quired a knowledge of location requi&ite for Grade D, may upon
recommendation of the Librarian, at the end of six months from
the date when they entered the service, be promoted to Grade D.
The qualifications for the various general grades, so far as the
requirements of the general examination are concerned, are as
follows :
Grade A.
Knowledge of Foreign Languages.
General History and Literature.
Library Science.
Experience in this Library.
Grade B.
Knowledge of at least two Foreign Languages.
General History and Literature.
Library Science.
Grade C.
Equivalent of High School Education.
Knowledge of one Foreign Language.
Grade D.
Equivalent of Grammar School Education.
Knowledge of location and system in this Library.
Grade E.
Equivalent of Grammar School Education.
Applicants for positions in the higher grades must satisfy the
examiners of their ability to pass the examinations for all the
grades below that for which they make application.
To the above general qualifi.cations must be added in each^ case
such special qualifications as may be requisite for the j^articular
positions to be filled.
Herbert Putnam,
Librariari.
Febbuart, 1890.
Library Department. 105
APPLICATION.
I hereby make application to be examined for a position in
Grade of the Public Library service of the City of Boston.
As part of my application I declare tlie answers to the following
questions to be true and in my own handwriting.
Each question must be answered or the blank will be returned.
1. Are you married or single ?
2. Where do you reside and what is your post-oifice address ?
(Give town or city, including street and number.)
3. How long have you been a resident of said city or town ?
4.' What is the date and place of your birth ?
o. What is your father's and mother's full name ? Give name
whether living or dead.
6. Have you ever been examined for the public service in any
state or city ? -If so, when, where, for what branch and grade of
the service, and with what result.
7. Are you iu good health ? Have you any mental or physical
incapacity of which you are aware ?
8. What is your present occupation and what has been your
past occupation? Give places and dates of employment as near
as you can.
9. In what schools, academy, or college were you educated ?
Give the name and length of course in each.
10. Have you any experience or do you possess any special
qualifications, such as a knowledge of book-keeping, stenogi-aphy,
typewriting, foreign languages, or a familiarity with other branch
or branches of knowledge, which in yoiir opinion would be useful
in the service of the Public Library, and not included among the
requirements for the grade in which you are an applicant ?
[Signature]
Boston, , 189
When filled out, fold thrice and return to the Liharian of Public
Lihrary. Enclose any recommendations you desire to submit.
106 City Document No. IS,
SPECIMEN EXAMINATION PAPERS.
Septkmbkr. 1895.
Grade A.
Time allowed — two hours.
The candidate is reminded that handwriting and neatness of
his paper will receive due consideration.
Languages.
A choice is given of a short selection in Greek, Latin, German,
French, Italian, Spanish. Four of these must be taken. Any
other language may be offered as an equivalent for one of the
above.
LiBRAKY Science.
1. In the selection of foreign books mention five literary or
critical reviews on which dependence may be placed.
2. Where might you expect to find the bibliographical facts
necessary to catalogue an anonymous French book pub-
lished previous to 1830 ? previous to 1750 ?
3. Name a few of the really indispensable bibliographical
works for library use, covering general literature ; mention
one covering English literature ; one covering Americana.
4. In drawing up a list for purchase of desirable periodicals
and transactions of societies for a large library, how would
you inform yourself as to prices and relative value of such
publications ?
5. Name the first twenty necessary books which should prop-
erly form the nucleus of a small reference library.
6. Give what in your own opinion are the main divisions of
human knowledge — do not attempt to subdivide them
into classes.
General History and Literature.
Name suitable books for a fairly well extended course in
American Constitutional and Political History from 1789 to 1820.
Name some of the best works on English Constitutional History.
What was the Trent affair; the Geneva arbitration ; the Prag-
matic Sanction ; tlie Council of Nice ?
What do you understand in brief by the Eastern question ?
What is the significance of the partition of Central Africa —
and among what powers ?
How would you assist a reader to the statistics of the amount
of cotton and wool grown in the year during last year ?
Where would you look for the Book of Enoch in a catalogue ?
In w^hat book or books might one find a satisfactory account of
the Girondists ; the Jacobins ; the Jacobites ?
Contrast Larousse's Grand Dictionnaire and the Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
Mention one elementary book for the ''' general reader " on the
practice of law ; on business forms.
Library Department. 107
Name a trustworthy statistical almanac ; a book of events and
dates.
State your opinion about placing before the readers in a Public
Library any of the following :
Nordau's "Degeneration;" "The Heavenly Twins;" "Tom
Jones;" Mrs. South worth's novels; Alger's books for boys.
Paper for Grade "B."
October 30, 1895.
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The candidate will understand that the general condition of his
paper as to neatness, spelling, and handwriting will be one of the
tests of his merit.
Two Hours allowed.
History and General Information.
Answer any seven of these ten questions.
1. State Avith brevity the characteristics which distinguished
the Plymouth Colony from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
2. What event is connected with the island of St. Helena ;
Louisburg in Cape Breton ; Charleston, S.C., harbor ;
Alexandria, Egypt ; Avignon, France ?
3. What was the Holy Roman Empire, and when did it termi-
nate ?
4. Why did France lend its aid to the Colonies in the Revolu-
tion, and what event directly led to this action ?
5. What are the three functions of Government in the United
States, and what check does each exercise upon the
others ?
6. Explain the meaning of the expression "Home Rule;"
" Fin de Siecle ; " " Jingoism ; " " Monroe doctrine ; "
" Latin America."
7. What do you understand by a majority and a plurality in
an election ? What is a quorum ? Explain briefly the
meaning of " Referendum " and " Initiative."
8. How are United States Senators and Representatives
chosen ?
9. What is a Trust ; a Monopoly ?
10. Write out the full meaning of the abbreviations A.R.A.,
LL.D., D.D., D.M.D., i.e., e.g., H.M.S., K.C.B., Ph.D.
Literature and Library Science.
Answer any seven of these ten questions.
1. What is aesthetic criticism ?
2. Name the author and title of the work in which each of the
following characters appear : Fagin ; Marquis of Steyne ;
Jean Valjean ; Marguerite; Ophelia; Olivia; Sancho
Panza; Brunhild; Telemachus.
3. Name any two writers of fiction who describe Southern life ;
Western life ; New York City life ; New England life.
108 City Document No. 18.
4. Name one American writer in the Seventeentli century ; two
in the Eighteenth century, and five in the present
century.
"). Wliat is Foik-lore ; Archfeology; Treliistoric Archaeology ?
(i. Name a work of the imagination dealing with French life ;
with English life ; slavery ; war or social oppression.
7. creation any pamphlet or ephemeral writing which pro-
duced a remarkable effect in its day.
8. In a library of general literature enumerate the ten main
classes into which you would first arrange the books.
Use your own judgment and do not feel bound by plans
with which you may be conversant.
0. Under what main divisions of your scheme would you place
Folk-lore ; Sloyd ; Ethnology ; Anthropology ; Astron-
omy ; the Woman question ?
10. What, briefly, do you understand by pure literature or belle.s-
lettres ? What is applied literature ?
Paper for Grade " C."
January 1.'8, 1896.
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBEAKY.
The candidate will understand that the general condition of
his paper as to neatness, spelling, and handwriting will be one of
the tests of his merit. Write name in full and address at head
of paper.
Two Hours (tUoived.
Geography anp History.
1. Name some of the rivers most important to commerce in the
United States. Through and past what States does the
Mississippi river run ?
2. Account in each case for the commercial importance of Chi-
cago, London, New York.
.3. Where are Cleveland, Louisville, Detroit, Caraccas, Sierra
Leone, the Riviera, Cyprus, Stockholm, Buda-Pesth, Berne,
the Orinoco river ?
4. Describe a feasible course for the circumnavigation of the
globe, mentioning all bodies of water traversed.
5. What was the cause of the War of 1812 ? Of the Mexican
war ?
6. Describe two famous naval battles of any age.
7. Mention in chronological order the political parties in the
United States which have in turn controlled affairs from
1789 to the present.
8. Describe briefly the difference between the Pilgrims and the
Puritans.
9. What was the French Revolution ? Give dates, and tell in
a few words what causes produced it.
Library Department. 109
10. Into what main divisions may the races of mankind be
divided ? AVhat does the Indo-Germanic family inchide ?
Of what family are the Poles ; the Hungarians ? Is there
any distinction ethnically between the Chinese and Japan-
ese ? if so, what ?
Literature and General Information.
1. What is a Troubadour ; a Meistersinger ? Name the present
Poet Laureate.
2. What is a Bibliography ; a Vademecum ; a Concordance ; a
Digest ?
.3. What do you understand by the phrase " blank verse ? "
Name an English author who used it.
4. What is an Oration ; a Eulogy; an Elegy ; an Historical
novel ? Name some noted author in each of these classes.
5. Of what persons are the following the pseudonyms : Mark
Twain, George Eliot, Currer Bell, Jean Paul ? Why are
pseudonyms used ?
(>. What famous work did each of the following persons write :
Darwin, Victor Hugo, Cervantes, Madame de Stael,
Goethe, George Bancroft, Tennyson, Benjamin Franklin ?
7. What is the difference between a University and a College ?
What is Secondary Education ? University Extension ?
. 8. What was the Brook Farm Community ? Mention the
names of any persons connected with it.
9. Define the expression Panslavism ; Jacquerie ; Fetish ;
Totem ; Chauvinism.
10. Tell what you know of the origin of Penny postage ; the
Electric telegraph ; the Submarine cable ; the discovery
of Anaesthetics.
11. Why is piracy now practically extinct ?
January 28, 1896.
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SELECTIONS FOR TRANSLATION IN GRADES "B» AND " C."
Candidates for Grade "B " must pass in two languages, prefer-
ably French and German. Candidates for Grade " C " must pass
in one language. Candidates, however, may state, if they wish,
their proficiency in other languages.
One Hour allowed.
French.
C'etait une singuliere figure que celle du marchand : un crane
immense, poli comme un genou, entoure d'une maigre aureole de
cheveux blancs que faisait ressortir ])lus vivement le ton saumon-
clair de la peau, lui donnait un faux air de bonhomie pati'iarcale,
coi-i-igee, du reste, par le scintillement de deux petits yeux jaunes
qui tremblotaient dans leur orbite comme deux louis d'or sur du
vif-argent. La courbure du nez avait une silhouette aquiline qui
110 City Document No. 18.
rappeliiit le typo oriental on juif. Ses mains, maigres, fluettes,
veinees, pleines de nerfs en saillie ooranie les cordes d'un manohe
a violon, ongloes de griffes semblables a celles qui terminent les
ailes niembraneuses des chauves-souris, avaient nn moxivement
d'oscillation senile, inquietant k voir : inais ces mains agitees de
tics iievreux devenaient plus fermes que des tenailles d'acier ou
des pinces de homard des qu'elles soulevaient quelque objet
precieux, une coupe d'onyx, un verre de Venise ou un plateau de
crista! de liolieme ; ee vieux drOle avait un air si profondement
rabbinique et cabalistique qu'on I'eut bi'ule sur la mine, il y a
trois siecles.
German.
,, Ganz richtig/' gab der Kapitan zuriick. „ Hier sind sie. Mit
der Eisenbahn konnen wir nicht gelien, da der Advokaten-
schreiber ohne Zweifel am Bahnhofe auf der Lauer stelit. Wir
miissen also auf anderem Wege fort, und zwar mit eigenem
Fuhrwerk — aber wo, zum Teufel, das her bekommen ? — Wir
bekommen es vom Bruder der Wirtin, welcher einen Wagen und
ein Pferd besitzt, die er uus mietweise, iiberlasst. Diese Equi-
page filhrt raorgen friih an das Ende von Eosemary-Lane. Icli
will meiner Frau und meiner Xiclite die Sclionheiten der Umge-
gend zeigen. Ein grosser Korb, natiirlich f iir Esswaren bestimmt,
zeigt noch deutlicher unsere Absieht. Sie vermummen sich mit
einem Shawl, Hut und Schleier von Mrs. AVragge ; und fort
geht's zu einer Landpartie auf einen Tag — Sie und ich auf dem
Vordersitz, Mrs. Wragge und der Korb riickwarts. — Abgethan
so weit. — Was begiunen wir dann ? Wir fahren auf die erste
Station nachst York, nordlich, siidlich oder ostlich — alles einerlei
— nirgend lauert ein Schreiber auf Sie. Dort bleiben Sie unter
dem Schutze von Mrs. Wragge, wir offnen den Korb, der anstatt
Champagner und juuge Hiihner Ihre unentbehrlichsten Sachen
f iir die Nacht enthalt; Sie nehmen dieselben an sich — und ich
fahre in Begleitung des Korbes wieder nach York zuriick. Hier
zu Hause angelangt suche ich das zuriickgelassene Gepack zusam-
men und schicke zur Wirtin hinunter. , Die Dam en sind von
dem und dem Orte so entziickt, dass sie sich dort langer aufzu-
halten wiinschen. Bitte, nehmen Sie den ganzen Wochenzins an
Stelle achttagiger Kiindigung. Adieu.' — Schaut der Spion auf
dem Bahnhofe nach mir aus ? Keine Idee. Ich lose ihm vor
der Nase mein Billet und folge Ihuen mit dem Gepack auf ihrer
Route. Wo ist eine Spur von unserer Abreise ? Ich sehe
keine. — Wir lassen die Behorden herrlich sitzen."
Italian.
La mattina che partii dall' Aja, la seconda volta che vi fui,
alcuni del raiei pin cari amici m' accompagnarono alia stazione
della strada ferrata. II tempo era piovoso. Quando fummo
nella sala dei viaggiatori, pochi moment! prima che partisse il
treno, ringraziai i miei buoni ospiti delle gentili accoglienze che
m' avevan fatte, e poiche sapevo che forse non li avrei mia piii
riveduti, non potei a meno di esprimere la mia gratitudine con
LiBRAijY Department. Ill
parole affettuose e melanconiche, cli' essi ascoltarono in silenzio.
Uno solo 111' interruppe per raccomandarmi che mi guardassi
dair umidita. " Venga qualcuno di loro in Italia," io continuai;
" non foss' altro che per darmi 1' occasione di mostrargli la mia
liconoscenza. Mi facciano questa promessa perclie io possa
partire col cuore un po' consolato. Non parto se qnalcuno non
mi dice che verra in Italia." Si guardarono in viso, e uno rispose
a lior di labbra : " Forse." Un altro mi diede il consiglio di non
far mai cambiare 1' oro francese nelle botteghe. In quel momento
suono il campanello della partenza.
Spanish.
Su esposa, que era andaluza, habia muerto en edad muy tem-
prana, dejandole un solo hijo, que desde el nacer demostro
hallarse privado en absoluto del mas precioso de los sentidos.
Esto fue la pena mas aguda que amargd los dias del buen padre.
I Que le importaba allegar riqueza y ver que la fortuna favorecia
sus intereses y sonrei'a en su casa ? ^ Para quien era esto ?
Para quien no podia ver ni las gordas vacas, ni las praderas
risuenas, ni las repletas trojes, ni la huerta cargada de frutas.
D. Francisco hubiera dado sus ojos a su hijo, quedandose el ciego
el resto de sus dias, si esta especie de generosidades fuesen prac-
ticables en el mundo que conocemos ; pero como no Io son, no
podia D. Francisco dar realidad al noble sentimiento de su
corazdn, sino proporcionando al desgraciado joven todo cuanto
pudiera hacerle agradable la oscuridad en que vivia. Para el
eran todos los cuidados y los infinitos mimos y delicadezas cuyo
secreto pertenece a las madres, y algunas veces a los padres,
cuando faltan aquellas. Jannis contrariaba a su hijo en nada
i\\\Q fuera para su consnelo y entretenimiento en los li'mites de Io
honesto y moral.
Latin.
Primores Patrum, sive culpa sive infelicitate imperatorum tarn
ignominiosa clades accepta esset, censuere, 'Non exspectandum
•justum tempus comitiorum, sed extemplo novos tribunos militum
' creandos esse, qui Kalendis Octobribus magistratum occiperent.'
In quam sententiam quum pedibus iretur, ceteri tribuni militum
nihil contradicere. At enimvero Sergius Virginiusque, propter
quos poenitere magistratuum ejus anni senatum apparebat, primo
deprecari ignominiam, delude intercedere senatus consulto :
negare, ' se ante Idus Decembres, solennem ineundis magistra-
' tibus diem, honore abituros esse.' Inter haec tribuni plebis,
quum in Concordia hominum secundisque rebus civitatis inviti
silentium tenuissent, feroces repente minari tribunis militum,
'nisi in auctoritate senatus essent, se in vincula eos duci jussu-
' ros esse.'" Tum C. Servilius Ahala tribunus militum : ' Quod ad
' vos attinet, tribuni plebis, minasque vestras, nae ego libenter
'experirer, quam non plus in his juris, quam in vobis animi,
' esset. Sed nefas est tendere adversus auctoritatem senatus.
' Proinde et vos desinite inter nostra certamina locum injuriae
' quaerere : et collegae ai;t facient, quod censet senatus, aut, si
' pertinacius tendent, dictatorem extemplo dicam, qui eos abire
• raagistratu cogat.'
112 City Documknt No. 18.
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irXelaTOv tov jaera^v ^povov yeviaSai tcov opKojv, vpA,v
8' w? ikd^iCTTOv. Sta tl; otl v^et? fxkv ovk d(j)' ^9
oi/jtocrare ly/xepa? fxovovy a\k d(f) 7^9 rjXirLO'aTe ttjv
elpijvrjv eaeaduL, 7rdcra<^ i^eXvcraTt ra9 7rapaaKeva<; Ta9
TOV TToXefjLov, 6 8e TovTo e'/c 77ai^T09 TOV -)(p6vov fxdkLaTa
iirpayixaTeveTO, vofjLL(,cov, oirep r;v dkrjdeq, ocra Trjq
77dXect)9 npoXd^oL npo tov tov<; opKov<? diro^ovvaL, irdvTa
TovTa ySe^at&J9 e^eiv ovSeva yap ttjv elprjvqv XvaeLv
TOVTCOV €V€Ka.
Paper for Grade " E."
OCTOBEK 30, 1895.
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The candidate will imdevstand that the general condition of
his paper as to neatness, spelling, and handwriting will be one
of the tests of his merit.
T1V0 Hours allowed.
Arithmetic.
1. A type-writer is paid at the rate of 60 cents for 1,000 words.
How much will she earn in copying 355 pagers, allowing
150 words to the page ?
2. How many yards of cloth, a yard wide, will it take to cover
a box which is 3 ft. wide, 5 ft. 3 in. long, and 36 inches
high?
3. If $130 be paid for a watch and chain, and the cost of the
watch be three-fifths more than the cost of the chain, whab
would be the cost of each ?
4. A pupil who attended school 08 days during a term was
mai'ked 85 per cent, for attendance. How many days was
he absent ?
Library Department. 113
Geography and History.
1. Name the capital of Massachusetts, Khode Island, Connecti-
cut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina.
Name the principal city of each of these States, if it
happens not to be the capital.
2. From what part of the world do the principal crops of wheat,
rice, tea, cocoa, come ? What country or countries pro-
duce wool, cotton, coal ?
3. Why has the United States a small army and Germany a
large one ? What country in Europe has no navy ?
4. Who is the present Mayor of Boston ? Governor of Massa-
chusetts ? President of the United States ? Premier of
England ? Who in each case preceded the present in-
cumbent ?
5. Name three generals on each side in the American Civil
War.
6. What service did Benjamin Franklin render his country ?
Alexander Hamilton? Robert Fulton? The Duke of
Wellington ?
7. Name the Sovereigns of England from James II. to the
present in chronological order.
8. Does slavery exist in the world to-day ; if so, Avhere ?
Literature and General, Information.
1. If you enjoy the reading of novels, tell why, and also mention
five favorite novels. If you do not, tell why, and men-
tion five favorite books of any sort.
2. Name a living dramatist, novelist, historian, poet.
3. Who is the author of " Much ado about nothing; " "Twice-
told tales ; " " Uncle Tom's cabin ; " " Courtship of Miles
Standish ; " "Don Quixote ? "
4. Name the Boston daily newspapers; a few leading American
magazines.
5. Name a popular history of the United States ; a biography
of some distinguished American (giving author) ; a recent
novel of merit ; a poem which commemorates some event
in history.
6. Ten lines from dictation.
7. Enumerate ten objects of interest which you have observed
in or near tlie new Boston Public Library ; if you are not
familiar with the building enumerate any ten note-
worthy objects in Boston.
114 City Document No. 18.
APPENDIX XII
BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. Adoptkd Deoemkkr 3, 1895.
Article I.
OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION.
Section 1. The Officers of the Corporation shall be a Presi-
dent, Vice-President, and Clerk, who shall be chosen by ballot at
the annual meeting on the first Monday of May in each year ;
but if any vacancy shall occur by the death, resignation, inability
to act, or other cause, of any of said officers such vacancy may be
filled by the Trustees at any special meeting called for the pur-
pose, and the notices thereof shall state the objects of the
meeting.
Section 2. The President shall preside at all meetings of the
Corporation, sign all pay-rolls and all requisitions upon the City
Treasurer, and all drafts or checks upon funds on deposit in Lon-
don in payment for purchases made by the Trustees.
Section 3. In the absence or disability of the President the
Vice-President shall perform all the duties of the President.
Section 4. The Clerk shall be sworn to the faithful perform-
ance of his duties, shall attend all meetings of the Corporation,
keep a full record of its proceedings, and shall be the custodian
of all its records and papers.
Article II.
MEETINGS OF THE CORPORATION.
Section 1. The annual meeting of the Corporation shall be
held on the first Monday of May in each year.
There shall be regular meetings of the Corporation every Fri-
day at four o'clock in the afternoon.
Special meetings shall be called by the Clerk whenever directed
by the President in Avriting, or requested in writing by two
Trustees.
Section 2. Written notice of all special meetings shall be sent
by mail post-paid to each Trustee at least three days before the
meeting.
Section 3. All meetings of the Corporation shall be held in
tlie Trustees' Room at the Central Library, unless otherwise
ordered by vote of the Corporation at a previous meeting.
Section 4. Three Trustees shall constitute a quorum to do
business.
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Article III.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Sectioist 1. The order of business at the regular meetings of
the Trustees other than the annual meeting shall be as follows :
1. Reading of the record of proceedings of the previous
meeting.
2. Business required by law or by ordinance, and commu-
nications from the City Government or any branch
thereof.
3. Unfinished business.
4. Librarian's report.
5. Reports of committees, correspondence.
6. Miscellaneous business.
Article IV.
LIBRARY OFFICERS.
Section 1. The officers of the Library shall be :
The Librarian.
The Assistant Librarian.
The Auditor.
The Chief Cataloguer.
The Chief of the Shelf Department.
The Custodian of Bates Hall.
The Chief of the Ordering Department.
The Chief of the Delivery Department.
The Chief Engineer.
OF the LIBRARIAN.
Section 2. The Librarian shall, under the Trustees, have the
general charge, management, and control of the Library and its
branches, and of all persons employed therein, and shall have
the custody of all property, real and personal, owned by or under
the control of the Corporation, for which no other provision is
made.
At each regular weekly meeting the Librarian shall make a
written report to the Trustees containing his recommendations
for the purchase of books and supplies and for any changes in ser-
vice or in the work of the Library.
He shall also at the first regular meeting in each month report
in writing to the Trustees the general condition of the Library,
and include in this report the reports for the previous month
made to him by the heads of the various departments, the Auditor
and the Assistants in charge of branches.
OF THE ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN.
Section 3. The Assistant Librarian shall, under the Libra-
rian, have charge of the details of the administration of the
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Libraiy and its branches, and in the absence or disability of
the Librarian shall exercise the powers and perl'oriu tlie duties
of that officer.
OF THE AUDITOK.
Section 4. The Auditor shall examine and audit all bills and
accounts due from the Library, keep a record of receipts from
tines and from the sales of catalogues and other sources, and
prepare the pay-rolls, and all requisitions upon the City Auditor.
The Auditor shall also keep books of account showing accu-
rately all expenditures of the city appropriation, tlie income of
each of the trust funds and expenditure thereof; and at the first
regular meeting of tlie Trustees in each month shall make a re-
port showing the receipts and expenses of the Library for the
previous month and for the current year, and its financial condi-
tion. She shall submit also monthly, for allowance with other
bills presented, a statement, with vouchers, of sums expended by
her for postage, expressage, cleaning, bills for books whose total
in each case does not exceed ten dollars, and other bills which
she is required to pay in cash out of the Library moneys in her
hands.
All bills and accounts audited by the Avulitor, if then approved
by the Librarian, shall be presented to the Trustees for allowance
at the meeting next preceding the twentieth day of each and
every month, but in case of special exigency bills may be pre-
sented for allowance at other meetings of the Trustees.
or THE CHIEF CATALOGUER.
Section 5. The Chief Cataloguer shall have charge of the
Catalogue Department and of the persons employed therein, and
of the various catalogues.
OF THE CHIEF OF THE SHELF DEPARTMENT.
Section 6. The Chief of the Shelf Department shall have
charge of the persons employed in his department, and of all
matters relating to the location and condition, and the prepara-
tion for binding, of books and periodicals, and shall, at least
once a year, make a careful examination of the books, and report
in writing the number and condition thereof to the Librarian,
who shall lay the same before the Trustees.
OF THE CUSTODIAN OF BATES HALL.
Section 7. The Custodian of Bates Hall shall be charged
with the supervision of the service in that Hall, and the preser-
vation of order and quiet therein.
OF THE chief OF THE ORDERING DEPARTMENT.
Section 8. The Chief of the Ordering Department shall have
charge of all matters relating to the ordering and receiving of
books voted to be purchased, and the control of all persons em-
ployed in that department.
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OF THE CHIEF OF THE DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
Section 9. The Chief of the Delivery Department shall have
charge of all matters relating to the issue and reception of books
issued for home use and the issue and reception of books for use
in Bates Hall, and control of all persons assigned to the Delivery
Department.
OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER.
Section 10. The Chief Engineer shall, under the Librarian
have charge of all persons employed in the engineer, janitor, and
repair departments of the Central Library building ; shall super-
intend the work of the repair department, and have the general
custody of the Central Library building.
Article V.
OF the library service.
Section 1. All persons employed in the Library shall be at
their posts promptly every morning when the Library opens, and
remain there during the hours of their regular duty.
Section 2. All persons regularly employed in the Library,
except persons employed in the Engineer's or Janitor's depart-
ments, or in the bindery, shall be entitled to a vacation at the
rate of twenty-four days for each year in the service, exclusive of
legal holidays and of the weekly half-holiday allowed by the city
ordinance, to be arranged by the Librarian. No allowance shall
be made for absence from duty except as above provided.
Section 3. The President or Librarian shall have power to
suspend, with loss of pay, any person in the Library service until
the first succeeding meeting of the Corporation.
Section 4. No book or other publication shall be received at
the Library or any of its branches for show or distribution ; nor
shall any subscription paper for any purpose whatsoever be placed
therein, except by the vote of the Corporation.
Section 5. Officers and heads of departments shall enforce
these rules, and all persons employed in the Library service must
report at once any breach of them that may come to their notice.
Section 6. Any violation or neglect of the rules prescribed
by the Corporation will be cause for dismissal.
Section 7. Each officer shall perform his duties under the
general direction of the Librarian, and all officers of the Library
are expected to afford all possible assistance to persons using the
Library or its branches.
Article VI.
EXAMINATIONS.
Section 1. Semi-annually, or oftener if expedient, exami-
nations shall be held under the direction of the Librarian, for ad-
mission, by promotion or otherwise, to all grades of employment
in the Public Library, except the positions of Librarian, Assistant
Librarian, Auditor, Chief Cataloguer, Chief of Shelf Department.
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Custodian of Bates Hall, Chief of Ordering Department, Chief of
Delivery Department, Chief Engineer, and Head of Bindery.
From the list of those persons who have successfully passed
the examinations of the grade in which they seek employment,
appointments shall be made by the Trustees upon nomination by
tlie Librarian in consultation with the head of the department in
which the appointment is to be made.
Article VII.
All previous By-Laws are hereby repealed, and these By-Laws
may be amended by vote of a majority of the Trustees at any
meeting of the Corporation, the notice for which shall state that
amendments will be proposed.
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APPENDIX XIII.
NEWSPAPERS IN THE NEWSPAPER READING-ROOM,
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Alaska.
Sitka ....
. Alaskan.
Algeria.
Algiers
. Akhbar.
Argentine Repiihlic.
Buenos Ayres .
. Nacion.
Australia.
Sydney
. Sydney Morning Herald.
Austria.
Lemberg .
. Dziennik Polski.
Pesth
. Pester Lloyd.
Trieste
. Mercurio Triestino.
Nea 'Yifiepa.
Prague
. Narodni Listy.
Vienna
. Neiie Freie Presse.
Belgium.
Brussels
. Independance Beige.
Le Peuple.
Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro .
Jornal do Commercio.
Rio News.
Canada.
British Columbia.
Vancouver
. Daily News- Advertiser.
Victoria .
. British Columbia Cornmercial
Journal.
Manitoba.
Winnipeg
. Manitoba Free Press.
New Brunswick.
St. John
. St. John Daily Sun.
Nova Scotia.
Halifax .
. Halifax Herald. {Gift.)
Morning Chronicle.
Ontario.
Hamilton
. Hamilton Spectator.
Ottawa .
. Ottawa Citizen.
Toronto .
. Daily Mail and Empire.
Quebec.
Montreal
. Montreal Daily Star.
Quebec .
. Quebec Morning Chronicle.
Waterloo
. Journal de Waterloo.
Cape Colony.
Cape Town
. Cape Argus.
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Chile.
Santiago .
ValiJaraiso
China.
Shanghai .
Costa Rica.
San Jose
Cuba.
Havana
Denmark.
Copenhagen
Egypt.
Alexandria
Jerusalem .
France.
Havre
Paris .
Diario Oficial de la llopiiblica de
Chile. {Gift)
Mercurio.
North China Herald.
El Heraldo de Costa Ivioa.
Diario de la Marina.
La Discusion.
Aftenposten.
Berlingske politiske og Aver-
tissements-Tidende.
Egyptian G-azette.
Habazeleth.
Journal du Havre.
Daily Messenger, formerlij
Galignani's Messenger.
Figaro.
Journal des Debats.
Messenger de Paris.
New York Herald. Paris edi-
tion.
Ternps.
Germany.
Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt.
Soziale Praxis.
Vorwarts.
Cologne
Kolnisehe Zeitung.
Frankfurt .
Frankfurter Zeitung.
Hamburg .
Hamburger Nachrichten.
Munich
Allgemeine Zeitung.
Strasburg .
Journal d' Alsace.
Great Britain.
England.
Birmingham .
Birmingham Post.
Liverpool
Liverpool Journal of Com-
merce.
Liverpool Mercury.
London .
Clarion.
Daily Chronicle.
Daily Telegraph.
Era.
Financial News.
Hentchak (in Armenian)
{Gift)
Labour Leader.
London Gazette.
London News.
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Great Britain.
England.
London .
. London Standard.
Times.
World.
Manchester .
. Manchester Guardian.
Scotland.
Edinburgh
. ' . Weekly Scotsman.
Glasgow
. Glasgow Herald.
Greece.
Athens
• 'A/C/907ro\(9.
Katpoi. (Gift:)
Guatemala.
Guatemala
Unllnrtfl
. Diario de Centro America.
sioitanci.
Amsterdam
. Amsterdamsche Courant.
India.
Bombay
. Bombay Gazette.
Ireland.
Dublin
. Irish Nation.
Italy.
Irish Weekly Independent.
United Ireland.
Weekly Freeman.
Genoa
. Corriere Mercantile.
Rome
. 11 Diritto.
11 Fanf ulla.
L'ltalie (in French).
Milan
. 11 Secolo.
Jamaica.
Kingston .
. The Weekly Gleaner.
Japan.
Yokohama
. Japan Weekly Mail.
Mexico.
Mexico
. Mexican Herald. (Gift.)
El Siglo.
El Tiempo.
Newfoundland.
"St. Johns .
. ' . Evening Telegram.
Norway.
Christiania
. Morgenbladet.
Peru.
Iquique
. La Patria.
Porto Rico.
San Juan .
. Boletin Mercantil de Puerto
Rico.
Portugal.
Lisbon
. Jornal do Commercio.
Russia.
Tiflis .
. Artsakankh. {Gift.)
Odessa
. Odesskiya jSTovosti.
St. Petersburg .
N"ovoe Vremya.
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Jiusski.
St. Petersburg
INIoscow
Sandivicli Islands.
Honolulu .
Spain.
Madrid
Sweden.
Stockholm .
Gothenburg
Switzer'land.
Geneva
Lausanne .
Zurich
Turkey, in Europe.
Constantinople .
Armenia
Turkey, in Asia.
Smyrna
United States of Columhia.
Panama
Venezuela.
Caracas
.lournal de St. Petersbourg.
Kusskiya Vyedomosti.
Hawaiian Gazette.
El Imparcial.
Aftonbladet.
Goteborgs Handels och Sjofarts-
Tidning.
Journal de Geneve.
Gazette de Lausanne.
Neue Ziircher-Zeitung.
Levant Herald.
Arevelk (in Armenian).
Les Affiches Smyrn^ennes.
Panama Star and Herald.
El Tiempo.
Correo de Caracas.
United
Alabama.
Birmingham
Arizona.
Nogales
Arkansas.
Little Rock
California.
El Cajon .
Hayward .
Los Angeles
Oakland
San Erancisco .
Colorado.
Colorado Springs
Denver
Connecticut.
Hartford .
New Haven
States of America.
. Birmingham State Herald.
. Oasis. {Gift)
Arkansas Gazette.
. El Cajon Valley News. {Gift.)
. Amigo dos Catholicos. {Gift.)
. Herald.
. Saturday Press. {Gift.)
. Argonaut.
Bulletin. {Gift.)
Commercial Herald and Market
Review. Weekly.
Examiner.
San Francisco Chronicle.
San Francisco Daily Report.
{Gift.)
. Weekly Gazette. {Gift.)
. Denver Republican.
Hartford Courant.
. New Haven Register. {Gift.)
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Delaware.
Wilmington
Evening Journal.
Morning News. (Gift.)
District of Columbia.
Washington
. Evening Star.
Washington Post.
Florida.
Jacksonville
. Florida Times-Union.
Georgia.
Atlanta .
. Atlanta Constitution.
Illinois.
Chicago
. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Indiana.
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Iowa.
Burlington
Davenport .
Kansas.
Topeka
Kentucky.
Louisville .
Louisiana.
New Orleans
Maine.
Augusta
Bangor
Lewiston
Portland .
Maryland.
Baltimore
Massachusetts.
Beverly
Boston
Chicago Journal of Commerce.
Chicago Times-Herald. {Gift.)
Chicago Tribune.
Occident. {Gift.)
Fort Wayne Sentinel. {Gift.)
American Nonconformist.
(Gift.)
Indianapolis Journal.
Burlington Hawk-Eye.
Iowa Churchman. (Gift.)
Topeka Capital.
Courier Journal.
Louisville Commercial.
Daily Picayune.
Times Democrat.
Daily Kennebec Journal.
Bangor Commercial.
Lewiston Evening Journal.
Daily Eastern Argus.
Portland Evening Express.
{Gift.)
Baltimore American.
Sun.
Beverly Citizen.
American Citizen. {Gift.)
Argus. (Swedish.) {Gift.)
Banner of Light. {Gift.)
Boston Budget. {Gift.)
Boston Commercial. {Gift.)
Boston Commonwealth. {Gift.)
Boston Courier. {Gift.)
Boston Daily Advertiser.
{Gift.)
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MassacMtsetts.
Boston
Brockton .
Cambridge .
Fall River .
Fitchburg .
Framingham
Gloucester .
Groton
Haverhill .
Lawrence .
Lowell
Lynn .
Marlboro .
New Bedford
Newburyport
Pittsfield .
Salem
Boston Daily Globe. {Gift.)
Boston Daily Standard. (Gift.)
lioston Evening Record. (Gift.)
Boston Evening Transcript.
(Gift.)
Boston Herald. (Gift.)
Boston Ideas. (Gift.)
Boston Journal. (Gift.)
Boston Post. (Gift.)
Boston Telegraph. (Gift.)
Boston Times. (Gift.)
Boston Traveler. (Gift.)
Boston AVeekly Transcript.
British American Citizen.
Christian Leader.
Christian Register.
Commercial ]3ulletin.
Congregationalist.
East Boston Argus Advocate.
(Gift.)
Freiheit. (Gift).
Herald of the Coming One.
Massachusetts Ploughman.
New England Farmer.
New England Staaten Zeitung.
(Gift.)
Osterns Weckoblad. (Gift.)
Pilot.
Repiiblic.
Saturday Evening Gazette.
(Gift)
Skandinavia. (Gift.)
Watchman.
Woman's JournaL
Woman's Voice. (Gift.)
Zion's Herald.
Brockton Times.
Cambridge Press. (Gift.)
Fall River Daily Globe.
Fitchburg Sentinel. (Gift.)
Framingham Star. (Gift.)
Cape Ann Breeze.
Groton Landmark. (Gift.)
Haverhill Evening Gazette.
Lawrence Daily American.
Lowell Daily Courier.
Daily Evening Item.
Marlboro Times. (Gift.)
Evening Standard.
Newburyport Morning Herald.
Berkshire Evening Eagle.
Salem Daily Gazette. (Gift.)
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Massachusetts.
Springfield .
Taunton
Worcester .
Michigan.
Detroit
Minnesota.
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul .
Mississipjn.
Vicksburg .
Missouri.
Chillicothe .
Kansas City
St. Louis .
Montana.
Helena
Nebraska.
Omaha
Nebraska.
Lincoln
Nevada.
Virginia City
New Hampshire.
Concord
Manchester
Portsmouth
Neil) Jersey.
Lake wood
Trenton
New Mexico.
Santa ¥6 .
Nexo York.
Albany
Brooklyn .
Buffalo
New York
Citoyen Franco- American.
{Gift)
Springfield Republican.
Taunton Daily Gazette.
Arbetaren. {Gift.)
Arbetarens Van. {Gift.)
Worcester Daily Spy,
Detroit Free Press.
Duluth Evening Herald.
Minneapolis Journal.
Progress. {Gift.)
Representative. {Gift)
Saturday Spectator. {Gift.)
Sunday Times, {^^ift.)
Daily Pioneer Press.
Daily Commercial Herald.
Missouri World. {Gift.)
Kansas City Journal.
Kansas City Times. {Gift.)
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
St. Louis Republic.
Helena Independent.
Omaha Daily Bee.
Nebraska Independent. {Gift.)
Virginia Evening Chronicle.
Concord Evening Monitor.
Manchester Union.
Portsmou-th Times.
Lakewood Times and Journal.
{Gift)
Trenton Times.
Santa Fe Daily New Mexican.
Argus.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Buffalo Express.
American Catholic News. {Gift.)
^KT\a.vrL<i.
Belletristisches Journal.
Catholic Review. {Gift.)
Commercial Advertiser.
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New York.
New York .
. Courrier des 6tats-Unis.
Eco d'ltalia.
Evening Post.
Home Journal.
Independent.
Irish American.
Irish World.
Judische Zeitung.
N.Y. Herald.
N.Y. Journal of Commerce.
N.Y. Maritime Register.
N.Y. Times.
N.Y. Tribune.
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung.
New Yorker Volkszeitung.
People. {Gift.)
Rural New Yorker.
Sun.
World.
Eochester
. Rochester Post Express.
Troy
. Troy Daily Times.
North Carolina.
Wilmington
. Morning Star.
North Dakota.
Fargo
. Daily Argus.
Ohio.
Cincinnati
. American Israelite.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Cincinnati Price Current.
Cleveland .
. Cleveland Citizen. {Gift.)
Cleveland Leader.
Oregon.
Portland .
. Morning Oregonian.
Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia
. American. {Gift.)
Christian Recorder. {Gift.)
Philadelphia Record. {Gift.)
Public Ledger.
Pittsburg .
. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Wilkes-Barre .
. Wilkes-Barre Times. {Gift.)
Rhode Island.
Providence
. Providence Daily Journal.
Triangle. {Gift.)
South Carolina.
Charlestown
. News and Courier.
South Dakota.
Sioux Falls
. Morning Argus Leader.
Tennessee.
Memphis .
. Commercial Appeal.
Nashville .
. Nashville Banner. (Gift.)
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Texas.
Galveston
. Galveston Daily News.
Utah.
Salt Lake City .
. Salt Lake Tribune.
Vermont.
Burlingtou
. Burlington Daily Free Press.
Eutland .
. Eutland Daily Herald.
Virginia.
Eichmond
Eichmond Dispatch.
Washington.
Seattle
. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Spokane .
Spokesman-Eeview. (Gift.)
West Virginia.
Wheeling
. Wheeling Eegister.
Wisconsin.
Milwaukee
. Amerikanische Turnzeitung
(Gift.)
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Superior .
. Superior Leader. (Gift.)
Wyoming.
Laramie
. Cheyenne Sun.
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APPENDIX XrV.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Boston, January 12, 1895.
To the Trustees of the Boston Pahllc Library:
Gentlemen : As the surviving executor and trustee of tlie
estate of Miss Dorothea Lynde Dix, and in accordance witli her
wishes, I respectfully present to you certain papers and articles
of value belonging to the estate of this distinguished Boston
woman who has done so much for the education and benefit of her
suffering fellow men and women throughout this and other lands.
These papers consist of her memorials to different Legislatures
for the building of the first Public State Insane Asylums in this
country, together with resolutions passed by them ; badges of
Free Hospital Service worn by her during the War of the Rebel-
lion ; medals presented to her in Russia and elsewhere ; papers
relating to the Life Boat Saving Service, and to other work of
the greatest interest in Canada, England, and other parts of
Europe ; with many autograph letters of public interest, and
early copies of her own books. Also I shall be glad to present a
suitable case to hold them. It is needless for me to add any
information concerning her life work. Her biographer. Rev.
Francis Tiffany, has given this in his memoirs of her.
I shall be most happy to explain more fully the character of
this gift if you wish me to.
Believe me,
Most respectfully yours,
H. A. Lamb,
27 Kilby St., Room 12.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
Gentlemen : In the possession of Mr. James L. Little, of
Brookline, are sixteen (16) books which contain all the original
painted designs from which the entire printed product of the
Pacific Mills of Lawrence, Mass., was manufactured during the
years 1867 to 1883 inclusive. Thirteen (13) books of patterns
showing the fabrics (calicoes, cretonnes, lawns, and fancy goods)
as finished for the market, and seventeen (17) other books of
patterns showing the various colors and styles of plain and
figured dyed goods as finished for the market. My brother now
authorizes me to offer these books (52 in number) to the Library,
reserving only a right of withdrav.^al in some very remote
contingency.
These books are practically a pictorial history of a great textile
industry for sixteen (16) years, and it is the hope of my brother
and myself that the gift may stimulate other gifts, and that these
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books may form a nucleus, round which may gather in time a
history of the growth of the textile industry in America, which
may be of inestimable value for the use and inspiration of students
of textile manufacturing.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) John" Mason Little.
Boston, May 16, 1895.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 27, 1895.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library/ :
Gentlemen : On the 30th of April your honorable board voted
that the Avork of Mr. Sargent, already in position in the upper
staircase hall of the Library building, demonstrates most clearly,
in the interest of the Library, and of the city at large, of having
the whole decoration completed by the same hand, and that you
regretted that you had no funds at your disposition which could
be used for this purpose.
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the necessary
amount has been raised by public subscription, in testimony of
the general appreciation of Mr. Sargent's Avork, and of the strong
desire that his conception for the decoration of the hall should
be fully carried out.
Messrs. S. D. Warren, Augustus Hemenway, and Edward AV.
Hooper have been appointed trustees of this fund. Upon receiv-
ing your assurance that the hall in question will be reserved for
Mr. Sargent until his work there is completed, they will proceed
to make a contract with him for the execution of that portion of
his design which he is not already under engagement to do for
you, and this will be offered as a gift to the Library in the name
of the subscribers, whom I have the honor to represent.
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) Edwakd Robinson.
The following resolutions were unanimously adopted and
directed to be extended upon the records, and a copy thereof
transmitted to Mr. Robinson :
^^ Resolved, That the Trustees have learned with cordial satis-
faction that the necessary sum has been subscribed for the com-
pletion of the series of paintings by John S. Sargent, Esq., for
the upper staircase hall of the Library building.
"That the Trustees extend sincere acknowledgment to those
who have thus by their generosity provided for the completion
of a design of such importance, not merely to the architectural
beauty of the Library building, but to the cause of decorative art
in America.
^^ Resolved, That the upper staircase hall, so far as its decoration
has not already been contracted for, be reserved for such deco-
ration by Mr. Sargent in accordance with the contract to be made
with him by the Trustees of the Fund."
180 City Document No. 18.
Woman's Education Association,
Boston, September 3, 1895.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
Gentlemen : The Woman's Education Association, believing
that the establishment of a branch of the Public Library in the
West Church on Cambridg-e street would do much to promote the
better education of the people of that part of the city, resolved,
in the si)ring of 1894, to do all in its power to procure the purchase
of the church by the city for library uses. The following action
was therefore taken at the regular meeting, held April 26, 1894 :
"Fofec^^That if the West Church is bought by the city for a
Branch Library, the Association pledges itself to raise a sum of
money sufficient to purchase three to four thousand books, which
books, being carefully selected by its Committee on Libraries,
shall be presented to the city as a gift from this Association."
A copy of this vote, with the reasons therefor, was given to the
Mayor, and by him sent to the Council, and the church Avas sub-
sequently bought.
The Association now fulfils its pledge, and presents to you
for the West Church Branch Library, between five and six thou-
sand volumes. Of these, about twenty-six hundred were received
by direct gift. Between three and four hundred more volumes,
which were given to the Association for the Branch, seemed to
the committee in charge to be more suited to the Central Library,
and so are given to you, without any restriction as to where they
shall be placed. The remainder of the books were purchased
with money given for this purpose, and have been carefully
selected by the committee, with a view to the special needs of the
people likely to frequent this Branch. The sum of five hundred
dollars, for which a check is enclosed, is giveir by the family of
the late Charles. Greely Loring, as a memorial fund, from the in-
come of which books are to be bought for the Branch. The
enclosed letter from Mr. William C. Loring explains this matter
more fully.
All these gifts, both of money and books, come to the Library
through the Association, chiefly from three sources : from the
family of the Kev. Charles Lowell, the well-known minister of
the West Church, from 1806 to 1861 ; from persons formerly con-
nected with the West parish, or their descendants ; and, finally,
from persons directly or indirectly connected with the Woman's
Education Association. About one hundred and twenty-five
vokimes were kindly given by Boston j)ublishers.
In order to perpetuate in some degree the good work done for
so many years by Rev. Charles Lowell, the Association respect-
fully requests that the books now given may be known as the
Lowell Collection.
Trusting that the old church may be in the future, as in the
past, a centre of good work and inspiration for the community.
We remain, for the Association,
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) Alice Freeman Palmer, President.
Mary Morison, Secretary.
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To the Trustees of the Public Library :
Gentlemen" : I send to you, through the Woman's Education
Association, the sum of one thousand dollars, — live hundred
dollars for the immediate purchase of books, and live hundred for
a permanent fund for that purpose.
This contribution is made by the children and grandchildren
of Charles Greely Loring, who during his lifetime was connected
with the West Church, and for many years the superintendent of
its Sunday School.
To him principally is due the open space in front of the church.
He not only was active in raising the funds necessary for its pur-
chase, but insisted that the ground purchased should be kept
open for the church and public.
Wishing to perpetuate his memory with that of the church, and
as a prominent and patriotic citizen of the city in which he Avas
born and lived during his whole life, his descendants make this
contribution for the benefit of the public.
(Signed) Caleb William Loring.
February 18, 1895.
54 Allen St., November 4, 1895.
To the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston :
Gentlemen : In my youthful days I was a lover of books, and
it was one of my chief jjleasures to attend a book auction and
purchase with my spare pennies some humble volume to add to
my small library. In later years my accessions became of more
value.
To the pleasures of collecting and of possession, I added the joy
of showing them to other book-lovers and of listening to their
appreciative words. A few days ago I enjoyed this pleasure
with your accomplished Librarian, Mr. Putnam. He expressed
his satisfaction in seeing some of my most valued books and
manuscripts, of which you have no duplicates in the Public Li-
brary. As I had contemplated a gift of these volumes to your
shelves at some time, at my request Mr. Putnam removed them on
the same day to their new home.
I need not tell you how much I have enjoyed for many years in
gathering and possessing a useful and interesting library in my
home at the AVest End.
But I assure you, gentlemen, that I have enjoyed more than
ever the thought that these gems of my collection will now be
placed in a finer setting, and will be enjoyed for generations to
come in your new and magnificent building which is itself a gem
of American architecture.
That they may here do much more good to the young and old
of my native city than they could possibly do in my home is my
motive in asking your acceptance of my gift as Trustees of the
Public Library.
Yours truly,
(Signed) Thomas Gaefield,
132 City Documknt No. IS.
S Mount Vernon Place,
Boston, November 16, 1895.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Libra ft/ :
Gentlemen : I am instructed by Mrs. Joliii Ellertoii Lodge
to offer to you for the Public Library her marble copy of the
Venus de' Medici, now in her home, 31 Beacon street. The
statue was brought from Florence in 1837 by her father, Mr.
Henry Cabot, and was made in the studio of Mr. Greenough.
Mrs. Lodge will be glad to have you come and see the statue
at any time you will appoint most convenient for you. If after
consideration you conclude to accept the statue for the Library,
Mrs. Lodge will deliver it to any one duly authorized by you to
receive it.
With great respect, I have the honor to be
Most truly and respectfully,
Yours,
(Signed) George Abbott James.
41 Marlborough Street, Boston,
December 10, 1895.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
Gentlemen : I have the honor to offer to the Boston Public
Library a very valuable autograph of Lope de Vega, with the un-
derstanding that it is to be placed with the special "Ticknor
Library," and among the more precious volumes of that collec-
tion, subject to the rules governing it.
During Mr. Ticknor's life this volume was always kept by him
in his collection of autographs ; and it was, therefore, not thought
of when the Spanish and Portuguese books were transferred to
the Public Library, — which, as you may remember, was done
several years before required by Mr. Ticknor's will, — nor was it
considered to be a part of the Library.
I now feel, however, that the place for this manuscript of the
play by Lope de Vega, " El Castigo sin Venganza," will find its ap-
propriate place in the Ticknor Library under your care. It is a
Holograph, and is mentioned in my father's History of Spanish
Literature.
I have the honor to be,
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Anna Eliot Ticknor.
r^ruRARY Department.
133
APPENDIX XV.
GIFTS, JANUARY 1, 1895, TO JANUARY ;U, 1896.
Givers .
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Abbey, Edwin A., Gloucestershire, Eng
Abbott, Samuel A. B. . . . . .15 photos
Academia Nacional de Medicina, Lima, Peru .
Acadeinie (L') Royale des Sciences de Lisbonne, Lisbon,
Portugal . . . . . .
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.
Academy of Science of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
Actors' Fund of the U.S. of America, JVew York City
Adams, Prof. John Quincy, Philadelphia, Pa.
Aguilar Free Library, New York City ....
Alabama Canebrake Agricultural Experiment Station,
Uniontown, Ala
Alabama Geological Survey, University, Ala. .
Allen, Gardiner, W. ........
Almy, Francis, Buffalo, N.Y.
American, The, Philadelphia, Pa
American Academy of Arts and Sciences ....
American Academy of Political and Social Science, Phil-
adelphia, Pa. ........
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
American Architect and Building News Co.
American Art Association, A"ew York City
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Salem, Mass
American Association for the Advancement of Physical
Education, New Haven, Conn
American Baptist Home Mission Society, Neiv York City.
American Bar Association, Baltimore, Md.
American Bible Society, New York City ....
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
American Book Company, New York City
American Carpet and Upholstery Trades Publishing Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa .
American Catholic News, New York City ....
American Citizen
American Colonization Society, Washington, D.C. .
American Congregational Association ....
American Forestry Association, Washington, D.C. .
American Home Missionary Society, New York City
American Homes Publishing Co., Knoxville, E^i/.
American Institute of Architects, Providence, R.L .
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, New York
City
American Institute of Homoeopathy, New York City
American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York City.
American Laryngological Association, New York City
American Library Association
American New Church Tract and Publication Society,
Philadelphia, Pa.
American Nonconformist, Indianapolis, Ind. .
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American Otological Society, New Bedford, Mass. .
American Peace Society
American Philatelic Association, Neu> York City
American Philosophical Society, I'hiladetphia, Pa. .
American Physicians and Surgeons, Congress of. New
Haven, Conn. .
American Society for the Extension of University Teach-
ing, Philadelphia, Pa
American Society of Civil Engineers, New York City
American Surgical Association, Philadelphia, Pa. .
American Swedenborgian Printing and Publishing Society,
New York City ........
American Type Founders' Company, New York City
American Water Works Association, New York City
Amerikanisclie Turnzeitung, Milwaukee, Wis. .
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachu-
setts
Anderson, Prof. Karl
Andover, Mass, Town of ...... .
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass.
Andrew, JJon. John F. . . ... . .
Anonymous .........
Appleton, William S.
Apprentices' Library Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
Arabol Manufacturing Co., New York City
Arbefaren Publishing Co., Worcester, Mass.
Archaeological Institute of America, New York City .
Argentine Kepublic, General Department of Immigration,
Buenos Aires .........
Argus (Swedish) ........
Armour Institute, Chicago, III. ......
Armstrong, Mrs. Mary Stuart, Chicago, III.
Arnold, F. E., Braintree, Mass
Arnold, Howard P
Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
Association of American Physicians, Albany, N.Y. .
Association of Engineering Societies, Philadelphia, Pa. .
Astor Library, New York City ......
Atkinson, C. F
Atkinson, Edward ........
Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. . . . . .
Atwood, Capt. John ........
Avery, Mr. and Mrs. S. P., and Trustees of Columbia Col-
lege, New York City
Ayer, William C, Union Village, Ohio . . . .
Bibcock, J. W., M.B., Columbia, S.C
Babcock, James F
Bahcock & Wilcox Company, New York City .
Baillie's Institution Free Library, Glasgoiv, Scotland
Balch, Edwin Swift, Philadelphia, Pa
Ball, William T. W
Bancroft, Hon. Edgar, Chicago, III
Bangor, Me., City Clerk
Bangor Public Library, Bangor, Me. . . . .
Bangs, Outram
B:\x\k, C\\a.T\Qs'E., M.D., Portland, Me
Banner of Light ........
Barber, Edwin Atlee, West Chester, Pa
Barber, Rev. H. H., Meadville, Pa
Barker Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Barnard College. New York City
Barnard Memorial
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Batsford, B. T., London, Eng. .
Biittersea Public Libraries, London,
Baxter, Sylvester
Belj.ime, A. L., Paris, France ......
Beluit College, Beloit, Wis
Benevolent Fraternity of Churches
Bent, vSiiniuel Arthur
Benton, J. H., ./y
Berkshire Historical Society, Pitfsjield, Mass. .
Betts, Mrs. Maria, Tiinlridge Wells, Eng.
Beverly Citizen, Beverly, Mass.
Biblioteca Nacional, Santiago, Civile
Bibliotlieek tier Rijks-Universiteit te LeiJen, Leiden,
Holland ..........
Bibliotheque de I'Academie Eoyaie des Sciences, Stock-
holm, Sweden .........
Bibliotiieque de I'Universite Imperiale, St. Petersburg,
Russia . . . . . .
Bibliotheque de I'Universite d'Utrecht, Utrecht, Holland.
Bibliotheque Sainte-Genevieve, Paris, France .
Bigelow & Co., Messrs. .......
Bigger, Rev. J. H., Hoosac Tunnel, Mass.
Binswanger, Miss C. ....... .
Birkenhead Free Public Libraries, Birkenhead, Eng.
Birmingham, Eng., Free Libraries Committee .
Bisbee, Prof. Marvin D., Hanover, N.H. . . . .
Bishop, Seth Scott, J/. Z?., CAica^-o, ///
Blagden, Rev. Silliraan .......
Blaisdell, Frank C
Blaiichard, Miss Margaret .......
Bland, Thomas A., J/.Z)
Blatchford, E. W., Chicago, III
Blinn, Henry C, East Canterbury, N.H
Bliss. Rev. W. D. P
Blodgett, A. N., J/. Z)
Bolton Public Free Library, Bolton, Eng
Bolton, Charles K., Brookline, Mass. . . . .
Bolton, Prof. Henry C, Ph.D., New York City
Bolton, Mrs. Sarah K. , Brookline, Mass
Bonaparte, Prince Roland, Paris, France ....
Boston, Board of Aldermen ......
Board of Commissioners of Department of Parks.
Board of Health
• Board of Police .......
Board of Registrars of Voters .....
City Arcliitect 68 plates
City Auditor ........
City Clerk
Oily Council
City Engineer ........
City Hospital
City Messenger .......
Ciiy Registry Department .....
City Trea>urer .......
Executive De|)artment ......
School Committee .......
Superintendent of Streets .....
Boston Art Club
Boston Associated Board of Trade
Boston Associated Charities
Boston Athletic Association
Boston Budget .
Boston Camera Club .
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Boston Commercial
Boston Commonwcaltli
Boston Diiily Advertiser
Boston Daily Globe .
Boston Daily Herald .
Boston Daily .Journal .
Boston Daily I'ost
Boston Daily Standard
Boston Daily Traveler
Boston Evening Transcript
Boston Ideas ....
Boston Industrial Home
Boston Library Society
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Boston North Baptist Association, West Ne%vton, Mass.
Boston North End Mission
Boston Protective Department .
Boston Provident Association .
Boston Public Latin School
Boston Society of Natural History
Boston Telegraph
Boston Times ....
Boston University
Boston Young Men's Christian Association
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Bostonian Society ....
Botume, Miss Elizabeth H., Port Royal,
Bourmot, ,J. G., C.M.G., LL.D., D
Ottawa, Canada ....
Bourke, Copt. John G., Fort Ethan Allen
Bowditch, Henry P., M.D.
Bowditch, Miss Olivia Y, .
Bowdoin College Library. Brunswick, Me
Bowen, Miss Lillian ....
Bowen, Seranus ....
Bowes, James L., Liverpool, Eng. .
Bowles, J. M
Bradford, Martin L
Bradlee, Rev. C. D., Brookline, Mass.
Brewer, David H
Bridge House Estates Committee of the Cl
City of London, Eng.
Brighton Pui)lic Library, Brighton, Eng.
Briggs, F. M., M.D
Brinton, Daniel G., A.M., M.D., LL.D., Media, Pa.
British and Foreign Bible Society, London, Eng.
British Museum, London, Eng. ....
Brockton Public Library, Brockton, Mass.
Bronson Library, Waterbury, Conn.
Brookline Historical Publication Society, Brookline, Mass
Brookline Public Library, Brookline, Mass.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Department of Parks
Brooklyn, TV. r., Health Department
Brooklyn, N. Y., Superintendent of Public Instruction
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y. .
Brooklyn Ethical Association, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, N.Y. .
Brophy, T. C
Brosnahan, Rev. T., S..T.
Brower. Hon. J. V., St. Paul, Minn. . . 1 chart
Brown University, Providence, R.L
Brown, Allen A. . . .
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Brown, Francis H., M.D. .
Browne, Miss Alice ....
Brownell Car Company, St. Louts, Mo.
Browneli, T. F., A'ew York Ciiy
Bruslifield, Tliomas N., M.D., Devonshire
Bryant, Henry C, Philadelphia, Pa.
Bryant, Setli
Buell, Charles E., Plainfield, N.J. .
Buff & Berger
Buffalo Evening News Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, N. Y.
Buffalo Library, Buffalo, N. Y. .
Builders' Iron Foundry, Providence, R.I. .
Bunker, Alfred
Burdick, Allen
Burgess, Clinton B
Burrage, Rev. Henry S., Portland, Me.
Burton, C. M., Detroit, Mich
Busey, Samuel C, M.D., LL.D., Washington, D.C.
Bustillo-Lirola, Dr. Antonio, Havana, Cuba
Butler Hospital for the Insane, Providence, R.I.
Cable, Wheeler
Cad bury, Richard, Philadelphia, Pa.
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal
California Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley, Cal
California Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Sacra
mento, Cal. ........
California Midwinter International Exhibition, Executive
Committee, San Francisco, Cal
California State Library, Sacramento, Cal.
California State Mining Bureau, Sacramento, Cal. .
California State Normal School, Chico, Cal.
Cambridge, Mass., City Clerk
Cambridge, Mass., Overseers of the Poor .
Cambridge Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Cambridge Public Library, Camhridge, Mass. .
Cambridge Public Free Library, Cambridge, Eng. .
Cambridge School Committee, Cambridge, Mass.
Cambridge School for Girls, Cambridge, Mass.
Campbell, Frank, London, Eng
Campbell, W., Toronto, Canada ....
Canada, Department of Agriculture, Archives Branch
Ottawa, Canada .......
Canada, Department of Agriculture, Division of Statistics
Ottawa, Canada
Canada, Geological Survey, Ottawa, Canada .
Canada, Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada
Canada, Minister of Education, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Montreal, Canada
Canfield, Thomas H. . .
Carles, C, M.D., Buenos Aires, S.A.
Carnegie Free Library, Alleghany, Pa.
Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa
Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburgh. Pa.
Carolsteld, Dr. Hans Schnorr von, Munich, Germany
Carpenter, Prof. Frederic Ives, Chicago, III. .
Carret, J. F
Casgrain, Abbe H. R., Quebec, Canada
Cash, Mrs. Emma D. ...
Castilian Club
Castor, Messrs. T. H., & Co.
Catholic Review, New York City
Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
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CJiaddock, riiarkvs G.. J/./)., Si. Louis, Mo.
Chiuiwick, Jiimcs U., M.D.
Cliiimhorlilin, I/on. Melleri, Chelsea, Mass.
Cliiimller, Horace P. .
Chantller, Hon. W. E., Washington, D.C.
Channiiifr, Walter, M.D., Brookline, Mass.
Chase, Miss C. L. N., North Cambridge, Mass
Chauvelin, Marquis dc, I'aris, France
Cliavcs, Capt. Francisco Alfonjso, San Miquel, Azo
Chelsea, Mass., City of .... .
Chevalier, S. A.
Chicago, III., Board of Education
Chicago Herald Co., Chicago, III.
Chicago Literary Club, Chicago, 111.
Chicago Public I..ibrary, Chicago, 111.
Children's Aid Society, New York City
Children's Hospital
Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, Pa.
Church Home for Orphan and Destitute Children
Cigar Maker's International Union of America .
Cincinnati Ctiamber of Commerce, Cincinnati, Ohic
Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio
Citizen Printing and Publishing Co., Tucson, Arizo
Citoyen, Franco- American, Springfield, Mass. .
Civic Federation of Chicago, Chicago, 111.
Civil Service Reform Association, New rork City
Clark University, Worcester, Mass.
Clark, Benjamin C
Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes, Northampton,
Clarke, Miss E. Mabel
Clarke, Miss Lillian F
Clayton, H. H
Clerkenwell Public Library, London, Eng.
Cleveland Citizen, Cleveland, Ohio .
Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio
Coale, George O. G
Cobden Club, Shortlands, Kent, Eng.
Coelho, Jose Ramos, Lisbon, Portugal
Cola, Jehangier D., New York City .
Colby University, Waterville, Me.
Colby, Frederic T., Afracombe, Eng.
Cole, George Watson, Jersey City, N.J. .
College of St. Francis Xavier. New York City .
Colles, George W., Jr., Hohoken, N.J.
Collins, F. S
Collins, Holdridge 0., Los Angeles, Cal. .
Colorado Scientific Society, Denver, Col.
Columbia College, New York Ci^ .
Columbia Incandescent Lamp Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Columbian Lodge ......
Comee, F. R
Conant, H., Pawtvcket, R.I
Concord Free Public Library, Concord, Mass. .
Concord, N.ff., City Council ....
Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, New Haven
Conn
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven
Conn. ........
Connecticut, Board of Education, Hartford, Conn.
Connecticut, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hartford,
Connecticut. General Assembly, Hartford, Conn.
CouTiecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn.
Connecticut, Public Library Commission, New B
Conn. ........
Conn
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Connecticut, Secretary of State, Hartford, Conn.
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Conn.
Conner, P. S. P., Philadelphia,' Pa.
Continental Iron Works, Brooklyn, N. Y. .
Cool<e, John P
Copeland & Day
Cornell University, /</iaca, TV. r.
Aurricultural Experiment Station
Cot»reavp, A., London, Eng.
Council Bluffs. Iowa, Free Public Library
Courtnay, William A., Innisfallen, Newry, S.
Crane, Aaron M. . . . . .
Crane, Prof. T. F., Ithaca. N.Y.
Creifihton University, Omaha, Neb. .
Criado y Dimiinguez, Juan P., Madrid, Spain
Crocker, Hon. George G
Crocker, Uriel H
Crosby, John L., Bangor, Me. .
Cross, Rt. Hon. Viscount, London, Eng. .
Cuervo, Angel, Paris, France .
Curry, //on. J. L.M., LL.D., Washington, D.
Curtis, Charles B., Jr., Groton, ilass.
Gushing, Tbomas, .4.. »/. ....
Gust, Robert Needham, M.D., London, Eng.
Cutler School, New Fork City .
Cutter, Alirani E. . . ' .
Cutting. Prof. S. W., Chicago, III. .
Dall, Prof. Wm. Healey, Washington, B.C.
Dalton, Joseph G
Dana, Richard H
■ Daniels, George H., New York City .
Dante Society, Cambridge, Mass.
Dartmouth College, I/anover, N.H. .
Davenport. B. F., M.D
Daves, Graham, New Bern, N.C.
Davis, Andrew McF., Cambridge, Mass. .
Davis, Charles E., Jr. ....
Davis, Mrs. Simon .....
Dawson, Sir J. William, LL.D., F.R.S., F.
treat, Canada, .....
Dayton Pul)lic Library, Dayton, Ohio
De Costa, B. F., New York City
Dedham, Mass., Town Clerk
De Goije, Prof. M. J., Liede, Pays-Bas .
De Kalb, Pi of. Courtenay, New York City
Denison House ......
Denison Scientific Association, Granville, Ohi>
Denkinger, J. F., M.D
Denney, Henry G. . . . . .
Denver Public Library, Denver, Col.
Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich.
Deuerlich'sclie Buchhandlung, Goltingen. Ger
Deutsclie Gesellschaft der Stadt New York,
City
Dole, Nathan Haskell ....
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the P
tant Episcopal Church, New York City .
Donald, Rev. E. Winchester, D.D. .
Dorr, Mrs.
Dotterer, Henry S., Philadelphia, Pa.
Douglass, Prof. A. E., Flagstaff, Ariz. .
Dover Historical Society, Dover, N.H.
Dover Public Library, Dover, N.H..
G.S.,
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Dresser, Miss A. G
Dresser, Horatio W. ....
Drew Tlieoloi-ical Seminary, Madison, JV.
Drew, Benjamin, J'/ymoiiiJi, Mass.
Drexel Institute of Art, Industry, and
delphia, Pa. .....
Driver, S. W., M.D., Cambridge, Mass.
Du Buy, Jean, M.D., New Haven, Conn.
Dudley, L. Edwin ....
Dulles, Rev. Joseph H., Princeton, Mass.
Eager, George H
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pa,
Eastman, Charles R., M.D., Cambridge, Mass..
Eaton, Rev. A. W. li.. New York City
East Boston Argus .....
Edes, H. H 555
Edes, 3Iiss S. A. M
Edinburgii Public Library, Edinburgh, Scot/and
El Cajon Valley News, JEl Cajon, Cai.
Eldridge, Daniel
Eliot, Miss .Mary B., Providence, R.I.
Elliot, Sterling
Emerson, James, WilUmansett, Mass.
Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md.
Ernst, Carl W
Ernst, George A. O
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. .
Eustis George D., Brookline, Mass. .
Everett, Bon. William, Washington, D.C.
Fairbanks, Calvin, Caryvitle, Mass. .
Fairfield County Historical Society, Bridgeport
Fall River Public Library, Fall River, Mass
Faxon, Charles E
Ficken, Hon. John F., Charleston, S.C.
Field Columbian iVluseum, Chicago, III.
Field, Osgood, N^ew York City .
Field, Richard M
Filmer, John, New York City .
Fiorini, Prof. Matteo, Bologna, Italy
Fisher, Sydney G., Philadelphia, Pa.
Fitchburg, Mass., City Clerk
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, Mass.
Fitz Public Library, Chelsea, Mass. .
Filz, 3Iiss Louise, Newton Centre, Mass.
Fitzgerald, Desmond, Brookline, Mass.
Fleischner, Otto ....
Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, Vt.
Fletcher, Daniel Cooledge, Ayer, Mass.
Flores, Antonio, Paris, France
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station,
Floye, William J
Floyer, E. A., M.A.R.S., Cairo, Egypt
Fobes, Walter K
Folsom, A. A., Brookline, Mass.
Forbes, J. M
Ford, William E
Forsyth, Walter G., Philadelphia, Pa.
Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind.
France, Ministere de I'Agriculiure, Paris, France
France, Ministere de I'lndustrie, Paris, France
France, Ministere de I'Instruction Publique et des Beaux
Arts, Paris, France
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Hubbard, 'i)/?-s. Eliot.
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