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ANNUAL RKPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES
Public Library
CITY OF BOSTON
1898
BOSTON
MUNICIPAL PRINTING OFFICE
1899
CONTENTS
PAGE.
Report of Trustees ....... 1
Report of Librarian ....... 7
Supplements to Report of Librarian :
A. Memorandum as to the General Card Catalogue . 47
B. Considerations as to a Printed Catalogue in Book
Form 49
C. Extract from the Report of the Special Libraries,
Department of Fine Arts ..... 60
D. Report of the Department of Documents and Statis-
tics 64
E. Extract from the Report of the Children's Depart-
ment . . . . . . . .72
F. P^xtract from the Report of the Branch Department, 77
G. Memorial of the death of Arthur Mason Knapp . 86
Report of the P^xamining Committee .... 88
Appendices :
I. Financial Statement ...... 101
II. Extent of the Library by Years . . . .125
III. Net Increase of the Several Departments, includ-
ing Branches . . . . . .126
IV. Classification : Central Library . . . broadside
V. Classification: Branches (omitted 1898-99) . 129
VI. Registration 130
VII. Circulation 134
VIII. Trustees for Forty-seven Years. — Librarians . 136
IX. Examining Committees for Forty-seven Years . 138
X. Library Service (March 31, 1899), including
Sunday and Evening Schedule . . .141
XI. Graded System of Service . . . . .152
XII. Correspondence, Bequests, etc. .... 156
XIII. Givers, and amounts of Gifts . . . .161
XIV Orders of City Council, and Memorandum of Peti-
tions, etc. . . . . . . .196
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LIBRARY SYSTEM, FEBRUARY I, 1899.
Departments.
Opened.
"Volumes,
Jan. 31,
1899.
Circulated
lor home
use,
1898-1899.
Central Library, Copley sq. Establislied May 2, 1854. ..
East Boston Branch , 37 Meridian st
South Boston Branch, 372 Broadway
Rox1)ury Briinch, 46 Millmont st
Charlestown Branch, City sq
Brighton Branch, Holton Library Building, Rock
land st
Dorchester Brancli, Arcadia, cor. Adams st
South End Branch, English High Scliool Building,
Montgomery st "
Jamaica Plain Branch, Curtis Hall, Centre st
West Roxbury Branch, Centre, near Mt, Vernon st.. .
West End Branch, Cambridge, cor. Lynde st
Station A. Lower Mills Reading Room, Washington,
near River st
B. Roslindale Delivery Station, 25 Poplar st. ..
D. Mattapan Reading Room, River, cor. Oak-
Ian d st
E. Neponset Delivery Station, 49 Walnut st..
B\ Mt. Bowdoin Reading Room, Washington,
cor. Eldon st
G. Allston Delivery Station, 14 Franklin st.
H. Ashmont Delivery Station, 4 Talbot ave..
J. Dorchester Station Delivery Station, 1 Mil-
ton ave "
K. Bird Street Delivery Station, (j Wayland st,
L. North Brighton Reading Room, .")6 Mar
ket st
M. Crescent Avenue Delivery Station, 940
Dorchester ave
N. Blue Hill Avenue Delivery Station, 200 Blue
Hill ave
P. Broadway Extension Delivery Station, 13
Broadway Extension ".
Q. Upham's Corner Deliver}' Station, 75fi Dud-
ley st
R. Warren Street Delivery Station, 329 Wai-
ren st ."
S. Roxbury Crossing Delivery Station, 1173
Tremont st ."
T. Boylston Delivery Station, Lamartine, <-or
Paul Gore st
U. Ward Nine Delivei-y Station, C2 Union
Park st
Mar. 11,
Jan. 28,
May 1,
July,
*Jan.,
*Jan.,
Jan. 25,
Aug.,
Sept.,
*Jan. 6,
Feb. 1,
June 7,
Dec. 3,
Dec. 27,
Jan. 1,
Nov. 1,
Mar. 11,
July 26,
Nov. 12,
Jan. 22,
May 9,
June 25,
July 1,
Jan. 16,
Mar. 16,
May 1,
Jan. 18,
Nov. 1,
Dec. 27,
1895
1871
1872
1873
1874
1874
1875
1877
1877
1880
1896
1875
1878
1881
1883
1886
1889
1890
1890
1892
1892
1892
1895
1896
1896
1896
1897
1897
1898
550,822
11,814
14,912
32,859
31,950
13,886
15,413
13,909
12,496
4,322
10,825
88
422,849
60,435
75,407
86,023
54,927
36,217
55,768
88,408
52,225
22,37()
115,655
5,205
13,501
2,702
3,895
10,236
9,041
7,410
8,886
3,412
3,914
7,0,57
9,946
27,718
15,590
11,873
14,6.53
9,875
1,300
* As a branch.
CENTRAL LIBRARY. GROUND FLOOR.
NrwiP^PCRS
CENTRAL LIBRARY, ENTRESOL A.
CENTRAL LIBRARY, BATES HALL.
CENTRAL LIBRARY, ENTRESOL B.
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CENTRAL LIBRARY, SPECIAL LIBRARIES.
To His Honor Josiah Quincy,
Mayor of the City of Boston:
The Trustees of the Public Library present the following
report of its condition for the year ending January 31, 1899,
being the forty-seventh annual report.
They include herewith, as a part of their report, that of
the Librarian and its accompanying reports, including that
of Mr. Worthington C. Ford, Chief of the Department of
Documents and Statistics, together with the report of the
Examining Committee. These reports contain details of
which the Trustees in this report present only a partial
summary.
An exact account of the receipts and expenditures of the
Trustees for the past year is found in the reports of the
Librarian and of the Auditor, but these statements do not
exhibit in a simple form the income and expenditures which
may be said strictly to belong to the year.
1898-1899.
The cost of maintaining the Library during the year 1898-
1899 was :
Salaries .
Books
Periodicals
Newspapers .
General maintenance
Of this amount
The city appropriated
The trust funds yielded
162,690 48
29,035 04
.5,900 06
2,146 44
64,808 02
$246,855 87
13,674 11
$264,580 04
,529 98
The balance of the cost
was obtained from miscellaneous gifts, etc.
1,050 06
2 City Document N'o. 21.
This statement does not include balances of preceding
years which were subject to charges for outstanding orders
for books and similar appropriations incurred prior to the
year covered by this report, but attempts to show in general
the means at the command of tlie Trustees during the year
for the maintenance of the Lil)rary, including the purchase
of books.
Two sources of mcome, \iz., the rents of the old Library
building and the proceeds of fines and of the sales of the
publications of the Library, of which the Library had here-
tofore received the benefit, were no longer available. By the
requirements of the appropriation bill of 1898, sums re-
ceived from these sources were paid into the City Treasury.
In consequence, the means at the disposal of the Trustees
for the general purposes of the Library were less by about
$2,000 than in the preceding year, although the general
appropriation by the city exceeded that of the preceding
year by $10,000.
The preparation of the publications of the Library involves
a cost of over $4,000 annually, and this expense is paid
from the general appropriation. The cost of collecting the
fines due the Library amounts to about $1,500 annually, and
this cost is also paid from the general appropriation. It
seems just to the Trustees that the proceeds of the sales and
of the fmes should both be allowed to the Library, or that the
expenses incurred by them m these regards should be reim-
bursed to them and not made a charge upon their general
resources.
It has been for some time obvious that it was desirable to
make certain alterations and improvements in the Library
Building as originally constructed, not so much by way of
addition to it as for the purposes of better administration,
especially with reference to the more rapid delivery of books,
for better accommodation of readers, and for better ventilar
tion and general sanitary arrangements. There were no
funds in the possession of the Trustees available for these
purposes. Under the authority of an Act of the Legislature
Library Department. 3
passed in the session of 1898 and the subsequent action of
the City Council, a special appropriation of $100,000 was
provided. This sum, together with portions of some small
balances of the original appropriations for the construction
and furnishmg of the building, have been expended durmg
the past year for the purposes described. The details of the
work are exhibited in the Librarian's Report. It is substan-
tially completed, and has greatly improved the convenience
and healthfulness of the Library, both for the public and
those employed in it, has added greatly to the efficiency of
its admmistration, and to a degree in excess of the expense
incurred.
The' use of the Librarj^ constantly increases. This m-
crease is shown in various ways. The number of card
holders for 1897 was 64,973; for the year 1898 it was
72,005, showing an increase of 7,032, or nearly 11 per
cent. The increase of the circulation of books and of
visitors and readers, both at the Central Library and the
branches, furnishes additional evidence of such increased
use.
This increased use involves additional expense of the ad-
ministration of the Library and such additional expense the
Trustees have been able to meet chiefly by diminishing the
purchases of books. It is upon this item of expenditure
that the pressure of economy immediately falls. Accord-
ingly the increase of the Library in volumes purchased has
been considerably less during the past year than in the pre-
ceding. In 1897, 33,131 volumes were added to the Library,
but in 1898 only 25,470 — a number less by 7,661.
The Trustees find it difficult, with the means at their com-
mand, to supply the Library and its branches with the popu-
lar publifliations of the day. It is only from the slender
income of the Trust Funds that they can procure the rarer
books needed to maintain the general character of the
Library as one valuable not merely to supply entertainment,
but also as one useful to the mechanic, the student and the
scholar. The Library is greatly in need of means to
4 City Document No. 21.
purchase the rare historical material occasionally offered for
sale, and otherwise not easily to be obtamed, especially that
relating to the history of Boston and of New England, which
the Trustees consider it their especial duty to collect.
The general condition of the books in the Library is good,
but prudent management calls for the expenditure of a much
larger sum than the Trustees have at their command for the
rebinding and repair of many volumes. At least $20,000
could be wisely expended for these purposes and this sum is
required by true economy.
Requests are continually presented to the Trustees for the
permanent improvement of certain branches, for the establish-
ment of new delivery stations, and for similar expenditures.
The means at their command have enabled them to comply
with but a small portion of these requests. Four additional
public schools and one branch post office have been made
deposit stations, and one delivery station has been supplied
with a deposit collection. These additions represent the
expansion of the Library system during the past year.
With respect to the financial position of the Library the
Trustees report that they have kept their expenditures
strictly within their means. No expenditure or obligation is
incurred beyond the limit of such means, and consequently
there is no deficit at the close of the year. It is, of course,
obvious that unless these means increase in proportion to the
use of the Library and the growth of the city it will be im-
possible to maintain its present rank and usefulness.
The Trustees have added a new department this year to
the Library, that of Documents and Statistics. In June,
1898, the American Statistical Association presented to the
Library its valuable collection of books and pamphlets
numbering about 5,000 volumes. These, together with
the Public Documents and other similar economic and
sociological material already in the possession of the Library,
constituted a valuable collection which the Trustees were
satisfied could be made available for great service to the pub-
lic. It furnishes the means for investigations tending to
the improvement of laws, of social conditions and the expan-
sion of trade. Accordingly, this department was created
and Mr. Worthington C. Ford was appointed its Chief. Mr.
Ford was formerly Chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the
Treasury Department at Washington and brings to the ser-
vice of the Library the benefit of his large experience. The
Trustees ask attention to the reports of the Librarian and of
Mr. Ford, which contain an extended description of the
value and purposes of the department and an account of
what it has thus far accomplished.
LiBRAKY Department. 5
There has been presented to the city of Boston and de-
posited in the Library a copy in marble, made by John
Hutchison, R.S.A., of the bust of Sir Walter Scott now-
placed in Westminster Abbey by the Committee on the Scott
Memorial.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson has presented to the Library
twenty-four wooden blocks engraved by Mr. Stevenson him-
self, impressions of which were reproduced in the Bonus
Volume of the Edinburgh Edition of his works.
Other gifts of interest and value are enumerated in the
Librarian's report. While the Trustees are of the opmion
that it is undesirable to make the Library in any sense a
museum of curiosities, yet there are many objects of art and
literature which find an appropriate place in it, and are both
interesting and instructive. Such gifts they welcome.
They again call attention to the great need of permanent
endowments for the Library. It is chiefly from such sources
that the permanent value of the Library can be secured.
The large inner court of the Library Building possesses
great architectural beauty, but it is incomplete, and affords
room for much greater additional natural and artistic decora-
tion. The open area offers a field for the display of shrubs
and flowers ; and sculpture and other works of art would
find most appropriate positions. The Trustees hope that
some generous giver may recognize here his opportunity.
The Committee appointed by the Trustees to examine the
Library during the past year consisted of :
J. Bapst Blake, M. D.
Hon. Patrick A. Collins.
E. Winchester Donald, D.D.
Mr. C. W. Ernst.
Mr. Alfred Hemenway.
Mr. John H. Lee.
Miss E. E. Mason.
Mr. James J. Roche.
Mrs. Sarah H. Williamson.
Hon. Henry W. Bragg.
Rev. Arthur T. Connolly.
Wm. H. Ensworth, M.D.
Miss Gretchen Field.
Mr. Thomas Hills.
Mr. A. Lawrence Lowell.
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Parker.
Mr. Charles P. Searle.
Mr. Frank Wood.
A copy of their report is submitted herewith.
A detailed account of the work of the Departments of
Cataloguing, of Publications, and of Prmting, is contained in
the Librarian's report. The Trustees believe that the publi-
cations of the Library, especially the Bulletins and Special
Bibliographical lists, contain much not merely of temporary,
but of permanent value, and they believe also that the
mechanical execution of these publications is highly credit-
able. The account of the work of the Catalogue Department
6 City Document No. 21.
reports the progress of the department, and the Trustees
ask attention to it, as well as to the special reports of the
Chief of the Department.
The Library has suffered by the deaths and resignations
of some of those employed in its service.
The most conspicuous loss was occasioned by the death
of Mr. Arthur Mason Knapp, who was twenty-four years in
its service, and for twenty years the custodian of Bates
Hall. His experience, ability and fidelity were universally
acknowledged, and possessed an added charm by reason of
his agreeable personal traits.
His successor is Mr. Oscar A. Bierstadt, who brings from
the Astor Library in New York an experience which should
well fit him for similar duties here.
In conclusion, the Trustees report that they believe that,
with the facilities furnished by the recent expenditures, the
Library, as a building, meets as well as possible the public
needs. The graded system of service and appointment now
for several years established secures fidelity, interest and a
sense of permanence on the part of those employed. The
Trustees believe that the Library not merely supplies a val-
uable school of instruction to those resident within the limits
of the city, but secures for Boston a wide reputation for a
liberal and wise public expenditure, of which it may well be
proud.
Fkederick O. Prince,
President.
Solomon Lincoln,
Vice-President.
JosiAH H. Benton, Jr.
Henry P. Bowditch.
James De Normandie.
Adopted May 1, 1899, as of February 1, 1899.
Attest :
James De Normandie, (Jlerk Pro Tern.
Library Department.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Trustees :
I have the honor to suhmit my report for the year ending
January 31, 1899.
The library system has been augmented during the year
only by the establishment of one additional delivery station
(Station U, established December 27, 1898). But a new-
department of work has been created at the Central Library
(the Department of Documents and Statistics), and the
scope of existing departments has, in certain cases, been
enlarged. Four additional schools and one branch post
office have been made deposit stations. To the only delivery
station lacking a deposit collection at the beginning of the
year this feature has now been added. So that the outlying-
system now comprises :
Ten branches, with large permanent collections of books.
Five reading-rooms, all of them also delivery and deposit
stations, and one. Station P, having also an independent
permanent collection of books.
Thirteen delivery stations, all also deposit stations.
Twenty-two engine-houses and one post ofhce receiving
books regularly on deposit.
Four public schools (two high and two grammar) receiving
deposits.
One public school — a delivery station.
Five public institutions receiving deposits.
A total of sixty-one outlying agencies, as against fifty-
seven on February 1, 1898.
The recent alterations at the Central Library building were
not designed to provide for additional departments of work
so much as to enlarge the facilities of existing departments.
They have, nevertheless, secured accommodations for the
new department of Documents and Statistics ; and in freeing
the Lecture Hall have reopened opportunity for a service to
the public not hitherto fairly entered upon by the Library.
FINANCE.
In G-eneral. — The Auditor's statement (Appendix I. of
this report) shows m detail the receipts and expenditures of
the Library during the year. Included, as heretofore, is a
comparison of the expenditures from the general appropriar
tion with those of preceding years. This table begins
8 City Document No. 21.
naturally with the year 1895, for with that year, and the re-
organization of the Library in the new building, a new scale
of expenditures was entered upon. The comparison is item
by item, except as certain items have been divided under a
new classification adopted in consultation with the City
Auditor during the past jeav.
The busmess of the Library increases progressively, though
in irregular progression, from year to year. Tested by one
statistic alone — the number of card holders (64,973, February
1, 1898, 72,005, February 1, 1899)— the increase during the
past year has been 10 per cent. ; taking the departments as
a whole, and includmg departments (such as the Statistical)
newly created, an estimate of 10 per cent, as an average in-
crease in volume of work done would not be excessive.
The cost of service in 1898 exceeded that in 1897 by over
$8,000 (an increase of 6 per cent.) ; that of cleaning increased
$2,000 ; and expenditure for repairs, and for furniture and
fixtures (requisite in connection with alterations at the
Central Library and Branches), exceeded that for 1897 by
some $8,000.
A reference to the Auditor's statement will show that the
total expenditure from the city appropriation in 1898
($246,855.87) was nevertheless practically no greater than
in 1897 ($246,541.79).
The estimated cost of maintaining the Library
during the year as submitted to the City Gov-
ernment in December, 1897) \<^as . . . $263,401 88
The amount granted (general ap-
propriation) was but . , . $245,000 00
Appropriated later for Statistical
Department by transfer . . 1,498 98
Balance from 1897 ... 356 89
246,855 87
Discrepancy $16,546 01
which amount represented estimated expenditure to be avoided
if the department was to come through the year without a
deficit.
The expenditure was avoided, and the department has
come through the year without a deficit. But it has done so
only by reducmg the purchase and rebinding of books below
a proper and economical level, and by omitting purchases of
fuel, stock and supplies usually made toward the end of the
fiscal year. The cost of these latter is to draw heavily upon
the appropriation for 1899 at the yery beginning of the new
Library Department. 9
fiscal year. The estimates for 1899 have, therefore, sought to
provide for arrearage of purchase in several directions, and
in part for the great arrearage m binding (particularly ex-
plained below), as well as for necessary increase of the pay-
roll under the graded service system.
The total amount requested for 1899 was $287,059.
The amount appropriated, however, is but 8255,000.
It is to be observed that two sources of income available
prior to 1898 were cut off at the beginning of that year.
One was rentals from the Old Library building, the other
was receipts from fines and sales of Library publications.
The rentals yielded in 1895
" 1896
" 1897
" 1898
The fines and sales in 1895
" 1896
" 1897
" 1898
$3,101 98
5,749 00
8,600 00
10,000 00
3,560 91
4,177 41
5,091 74
5,552 32
The appropriation bill of 1898 provided that all such rev-
enue of the department should be turned in to the general
income account of tlie city. It is no longer specially avail-
able for this department.
While, therefore, the general appropriation for 1898 ex-
ceeded that for 1897 by $10,000, the actual income of the
Library applicable to general purposes was in 1898 (exclud-
ing balances) nearl}^ ($2,000 less than in 1897.
The sale of the Old Library estate would in any event put
an end to revenue from rentals. The receipts from fines and
from sales represent, however, a continuing contribution by
the department to the general income of the city. It is to
be remarked that the gross receipts which the Library is
required to turn over make no deduction for expense in-
curred by the Library in collection (of fines) and cost of
production (of material sold). The cost to the Library of
collecting $4,800 of fines is over $1,500. The cost of pro-
ducing the publications sold is far in excess of the gross
receipts from sale.
Prior to 1898 receipts from such pett}- income were used
temporarily to meet petty current exj)enses and book bills
less than $10, payable by the Library Auditor, an adjustment
being made monthly. By an order approved March 3, 1898,
the City Council authorized the transfer to the Library of
a lump sum of $1,500, to be used for such purposes, the
amount bemg charged to the appropriation of the department,
10 City Document No. 21.
and a final adjustment with tlie appropriation being had
before the close of the fiscal year.
The sum of $1,498.98, noted above, was transferred by the
Mayor from the Reserve Fund to cover the expense for a
fraction of the year of the Statistical Department, established
in July, 1898. Two thousand five hundred dollars was
authorized, but only $1,498.98 proved to be necessary.
With each year of its development the Library requires
a larger sum for its maintenance.
The increase in the aggregate only keeps pace with the
growth of population of the city,^ and with the increase in the
volume of work which the department is called upon to do.
In these respects the Public Library is on no different basis
from the Public Schools. It also is not a single isolated
institution within rigid limits, but is a system attempting
to respond to the needs of a city fast growing in population
and in needs. It also, by its own ver}^ growth, creates a new
demand, and the needs to which it responds not merely grow
in volume, but develop continually in character. It cannot
remain stationary: if it does not advance and expand it
must degenerate.
Permanent Improvements. — A most important contribu-
tion on the part of the City of Boston was the sum of
$100,000, to be expended " upon the new Library building
and the fittings thereof."
Of the total sum of $100,000, $13,654.85 was required
for work already done and paid for by advance from the
original building appropriation. This left $86,345.15
available for the work undertaken since May, 1898. This
work, when completed, will have exhausted the entire
amount.
Endowme7its. — One further endowment has recently be-
come effective. This is a gift of a 2^i'incipal sum of
$2,852.41, contributed by relatives and friends of the late
Henry Sargent Codman, to form a memorial fund. The
income will be used in the purchase of books upon land-
scape gardening — a designation most appropriate, as the gift
is to the memory of a landscape architect of achievement
and great promise.
With this fund the endowments of the Library aggregate
but $270,000.- Of this $50,000 is the Todd Newspaper
Fund. The total of endowments the income of which is
applicable to the purchase of books is but $220,000. The
1 The increase as between 1894 and succeeding years is, of course, disproportionate,
1895 being the lirst year in the new building, and'involving a different scale of activi-
ties and expenditure.
LiBEARY Department. 11
income of this is but a little over $9,000 per year. Under
necessary reinvestment at lower rates of interest this income
is steadily diminishing.
The appropriations granted by the city each year do not
and can not cover more than the general maintenance expenses
of the Library and the purchase of the more popular books.
The reference departments of the Library, the departments
that are to make it a great reference library for scholars, can
be built up only by private gift. The sum of $9,000 per
annum is painfully insufficient. At most it enables the
Library to keep up with essential current publications. But
when, from time to time, important special collections are
thrown upon the market to be competed for, the Library is
helpless. Its competitors have great emergency funds
which they can apply at will to just such purposes. It has
none. Each year it practically exhausts its income in ordi-
nary expenditure.
In consequence it has constantly the mortification of ab-
staining wholly from competition or, if it venture a bid upon
a few items peculiarly within its province, of being outbid by
other institutions.
There is a general impression among the citizens of Bos-
ton that the general and even development of the Library
is amply assured by endowment and appropriation. This is
an error which ought by every means to be corrected. On
its popular side the Library is developing normally. The
scholarly side is not developing in proper proportion. On
this side the Library is relatively losing rank. It will not,
cannot, regain this rank until the citizens of Boston come
to its aid with further endowment.
For convenient reference I summarize here certain portions
of the Auditor's Exhibit, as (for 1897) on pp. 10-12 of my
report of last year.
Gross Income and Expenditure.
Gross Income. — The gross income of the Library from all
sources, including balances February 1, 1898, except special
appropriations, was as follows :
General appropriation . . . $245,000 GO
Transfer 1,498 98
$246,498 98
Rentals from Old Library building : balance Febru-
ary 1, 1898 , . . . . . . 356 89
Carried forward $246,855 87
12 City Document No, 21.
Brought forward $246,855 87
Trust funds : income received from City Treasurer, ^ 16,174 67
Miscellaneous donations for purchase of books, in-
cluding balance of Todd Fund . . . . 960 88
Exchange account . . . . . . 1,371 78
Interest on bank deposit ..... 1,600 61
London accounts: balance February 1, 1898, as
follows :
Trust funds .... $14,628 19
G-eneral book funds . . . 12,646 67
Interest on above . . . 771 57
28,046 43
$295,010 24
Expenditure. — From general income . . . $246,855 87
From exchange account (money refunded) . . 13 39
From trust funds income (includes Todd Fund) . 13,674 11
From general book funds ..... 3,380 14
From miscellaneous gifts, including balance of
Todd Fund . \ . . ^ . . . 656 53
$264,580 04
A nominal balance on February 1, 1899, would appear as
$30,430.20. This is, however, subject to outstanding obliga-
tions, and in part to special restrictions. The available
balance is but $21,835.40, made up as follows :
Applicable to photographs ..... $42 21
Apphcable to books, as follows :
Trust funds income : nominal bal-
ance $17,376 38
Less outstanding orders and neces-
sary reserve for continuations . 6,101 67
General book funds . $9,790 47
Less outstanding or-
ders . . . 2,493 33
;il,274 71
7,297 14
5,571 85
Exchange account . . . . 1,358 59
Interest: domestic account . . 1,600 61
Cash donations : balances on hand . 262 14
21,793 19
^21,835 40
'■ The actual income collected by liim during the year was but $11,306.67.
LrBRAEY Department. 13
It is to be observed further that the bulk of the above
available balance is composed of funds applicable only to
the purchase of books, and to a great extent of funds which
must be reserved for the purchase of books of a very special
character, e.g.^ the Charlotte Harris Fund — balance
$3,818,18 — restricted to the purchase of books published
prior to 1850.
Special Appropriations.
Those with apparent existing balances are the Building
appropriation (construction of Copley Square building). Fur-
nishing appropriation (Copley Square building), and the
appropriation for Improvement of the Broadway Extension
Delivery Station. The Auditor's exhibit shows:
Huilding Appro^^riation. — Nominal balance uncer-
tified February 1, 1898 $76,430 62
New loan (May 27, 1898) 100,000 00
$176,430 62
Expenditm-es, 1898 66,314 62
Nominal balance $110,116 00
Against which are contracts and out-
standing orders amounting to . $105,685 24
And claims amounting to . . 8,085 61
113,770 85
Indicating a deficit of . . . . . . $3,654 85
to be met by application of the balance of the Furnishing
appropriation so far as necessary.
Furnishing Appropriation. — Balance February
1, 1898 $15,730 01
Expenditures, 1898-99 2,393 80
Balance February 1, 1899 . • . . $13,336 21
Against which are contracts outstanding for . . 6,399 87
Balance $6,936 34
which is likely to be fully exhausted as above and by work
already projected.
Broadway Extension Improvement Appropriation.
Balance February 1, 1898 .... $3,98956
Expenditures, 1898-99 532 68
Balance $3,456 88
14 City Document No. 21.
BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT.
Central Library.
It seems well to insert here a brief summary of the altera-
tions and improvements effected with the special appropria-
tion granted in May last.
The only additional space gained has been in the enclosure
of the Boylston-street driveway. This secured an addition
of some 33,000 cubic feet to the space available for practical
active use. But in enabling the current newspapers to be
removed from the Lecture Hall it freed over 143,000 cubic
feet of space, which may be available for other uses.
Adaptation of space to different uses has, however, altered
considerably the location or boundaries of certain depart-
ments. The floor plans published in last year's report are
therefore reproduced in this year's, with the alterations in-
corporated.
The work done prior to May, 1898, but chargeable to the
special appropriation of $100,000, was chiefly upon the heat-
ing and ventilating system : a third engine, additional radiat-
ing surface, etc. In July was entered upon the scheme of
improvement in the system recommended by Prof. S. H.
Woodbridge, as the result of his examination and tests of the
preceding winter. The work actually done has considerably
exceeded the recommendations made by him at that time,
new necessities developing as the work itself progressed. In
brief, the more important features have been : the substitu-
tion of a 10-foot for the 18-foot intake fan in the basement,
and of an exhaust fan of different design and efficiency for
that under the roof; the substitution of steam for hot-water
coils, to raise the temperature of the air drawn in from the
court-yard to be forced up through the ducts ; the installation
of special ventilatmg fans in the engine-room (incidentally
serving to dry out storage space under the platforms), m the
public lavatories and elsewhere ; more ample provision by
new or unused ducts for the ventilation of rooms (as the
periodical room), whose ventilation was clearly inadequate ;
and, of course, such changes in and additions to the system
as were necessitated by the recent structural alterations.
With the additional or improved fans several additional
electric motors were necessary, including a 20-horse power
motor for the intake fan. The sanitation of the public lava-
tories required certain changes in the plumbing.
Unusually high tides had developed leaks in the main
ventilating duct under the engine-room. Water forced up
Library Department. 15
through these leaks formed stagnant pools from which
offensive odoi"S were carried up to the main reading-room,
so that the duct vitiated the very atmosphere it was de-
signed to puiify. The portion of the duct under the engine-
room has been lifted out of reach of tide-water, secured by
solid concrete against possible contact, and reconstructed
throughout.
The full result of these various alterations is not yet ap-
parent, for some of the new apparatus (e.g., the intake fan
itself) is not yet in operation. But that the essential im-
provements sought will have been secured there can be no
doubt. The new intake fan, smaller as it is, at high speed
discharges through the ducts 60,000 to 75,000 cubic feet of
air a minute, as against 30,000 to 45,000 cubic feet dis-
charged by the old. This air is now sufficiently heated to
contribute positively to the temperature of each room, as
well as to its ventilation. The ventilation of the public
lavatories, which had beeji matter of great concern and
much unsuccessful experiment, is now perfect. And the
changes throughout appear certain to accomplish the ends
sought.
The cost of these (over $12,000) has been so great as to
diminish materially the amount of the appropriation available
for the miscellaneous work. The more significant of this
may be summarized (I omit details and changes — as new
doorways, etc. — merely incidental) as follows :
Increase and rearrangement of space for readers and for
administration, additional machinery and administrative
equipment and furniture.
Accommodations for Readers.
I. Inner Periodical Room.
The Boylston-street driveway has been enclosed to form
with the adjacent room, an inner periodical room.
The present periodical room, on the north-east corner,
first floor, has been enlarged by the removal of a
partition, and has become the newspaper room. The
use of the periodicals and newspapers, which is allied, will
thus be provided for in three large rooms conveniently en
suite. The room recently occupied by the newspapers has
been released for other uses, and the newspapers are now
in a room directly accessible from the main vestibule, not
necessitating, as heretofore, the transit of a third of the
building.
The readers of periodicals, moreover, will be exempted
from the jarring of the light and power engines.
16 City Document No. 21.
II. Children's Room — Patent Room.
The present Children's Room has been relieved of the
registration desk, which has been removed to the Delivery
Room. The children's department has been augmented by
the addition of the room adjacent to it, formerly the Patent
Room. This is to be fitted up as a general reference reading-
room, with a good reference library, including maps, photo-
graphs, etc., useful to children in their school work. In the
gallery of this room will be a kindergarten library for teach-
ers, augmented from the present collection.
The collection of drawings and specifications of patents
has been removed to a room in the west wing, reached from
the court-yard, and from the Special Libraries' floor. This
room has been enlarged and provided with galleries, and cor-
responds to Stacks 4, 5 and 6. Besides the collection of
patents it will provide in part for the work of the Statistical
Department, recently established, being directly adjacent to
the collection of documents on the Special Libraries' floor.
It has also been connected with the bound volume Newspaper
Room, containing the most important of the files of newspapers.
ADMINISTRATIOlSr.
I. Delivery Room.
On the Blagden-street side (south wing) the Librarian's
office, adjacent to the Abbey room, has been tlirown into the
old tube-room, so called, from which books are issued from
the stacks. The space for the issue of books has thus been
doubled. With it the delivery counter has been doubled and
provides now distinct divisions for the return and for the issue
of books. The registration desk, formerly in the Children's
Room, has also been provided for at this point : an essential,
as its work is intimately connected with that of the Delivery
Department, and its remoteness from that department hith-
erto has forced the public to traverse the whole width of the
building for needs that properly should be treated together.
The old system of pneumatic tubes, involving fifty-six sta-
tions m the building, has been overhauled, and new and
improved terminals substituted. The twenty-eight terminals
in the Delivery Room, formerly stretching in a line, have
been grouped in a circle for more convenient operation. In
addition, an auxiliary system of improved tubes (operating by
suction, instead of by pressure) has been installed, which
not merely connects the Delivery Room with each one
of the six stacks and with the Special Libraries' floor,
but connects every stack with every other stack, so
that slips may be sent from stack to stack without
LiBUARY Depaijtment. 17
being returned to the Deliveiy Room, An apparatus
has been ms tailed in the Delivery Room, itself novel
to librar}" use. This is a " pick-up carrier," so called.
Its purpose is to transport the various slips between
four points in the Delivery Room doing business with one
another, — the issue and return desks, the record trays,
and the pneumatic terminals. The "■ carrier" is a cable rail-
wa}- operated by electricity. At fixed points at intervals
upon the cable are carriers, which, as they reach a station,
pick up a batch of slips awaiting their arrival, carry them
forward and deposit them at such succeeding station as ma}^
be their destination. The carrier in not a box, but is more
in the nature of a hand, which clasps the batch of slips by
closing of the thumb and middle finger, and releases them
automatically by the opening of these two.
The automatic precision with whicli this work is cairied on
is remarkable. The convenience of the apparatus for such
use is that it keeps the flow of application slips practically
continuous, whereas, when transferred by hand, they can be
transferred only in batches, at intervals, to the disadvantage
of any slip that may be undermost.
II. Executive and Other Rooms.
A new set of rooms has been created for the Librarian
and the Executive Department generally, consisting of an
ante-room, main office, private office, and a room for records
and files. This suite of rooms has been connected with the
Trustees' Room through a lobby formerly open to Blagden
street, so that the whole series of rooms representing the gen-
eral administration is now in proper relation en suite. This
lobby will contain the Chamberlain Collection of autographs.
The Librarian's office is still, however, very conveniently
accessible to the public, being reached directly from the
Delivery Room by a corridor left open on the Blagden-street
side.
The new adminstrative offices occupy a ^Jart of Stack 5 on
the Blagden-street side. Part of Stack 1 and of Stack 2 have
also been equipped for administrative uses. In Stack 2,
space has been fitted up for the work of the Branch Division,
so called. This is the department at the Central Library
having to do with the responsibility of the general adminis-
tration of the outlying departments of the Library system,
which includes the 28 Branches and Delivery Stations, and
the work connected with the issue of books to 23 engine-
houses, certain of the reformatory institutions, and various
schools. This division also deals with the applications from
these outlying departments for books at the Central Library,
18 City Document No. 21.
and the delivery of these books. Within the past four years
the circulation of books from the Central Library, through
the outlying departments, has greatly increased. In addition
to the circulation of books upon specific application, there are
now also deposit collections to be provided for. The enlarge-
ment of the old work, together with these new undertakings,
has necessitated the organization of a considerable depart-
ment, the head of which is the Supervisor of Branches. The
space assigned to the work of the Branch Division, when the
new building was opened, was but 216 sq. ft. ; the space now
provided for it in Stacks 1 and 2 is 1,766 sq. ft. In Stack
1 is a shipping-room, where all the books enter, and from
which they are despatched. It is reached from a window on
the sidewalk directly accessible to the library wagons. In
Stack 2 is the provision for the adminstrative and clerical
work, with shelving for the collection of books drawn upon
more specially for deposit use.
The adaptation of portions of Stacks 2 and 5 for adminis-
trative purposes has necessitated enlargement of the whole
series of windows on the Blagden-street side, at these levels,
from 2 ft. 3 in. to 4 ft. 10 in. in width.
The stacks from the basement to the Special Libraries'
floor have been connected at the south-westerly corner by a
staircase. Intercommunication between the stacks has also
been secured by the auxiliary pneumatic tube system, above
indicated, and by the electric book-lift, mentioned below.
The Ordering Department. — This room has been more
than doubled in size by the addition to it of corridor and
other space. It has also been greatly improved as to light,
and forms now a most admirable space for the business of
securing and receiving books, and preparing them for the
Catalogue and Shelf Departments.
On this wing also have been arranged offices for the Chief
Janitor (formerly in the main vestibule) and for the Custo-
dian of Stock, so called, the official who has the responsibility
of purchasing the two hundred odd articles, from pencils to
towels, in current use, and the duty of distributing them to
the several departments upon requisition provided by the
Librarian ; and who has also the custody and distribution of
library forms and publications.
Stock Room. — In the basement a large space has been
fitted up as a stock room for the storage of these articles,
and of library forms and publications.
Duplicate Room. — Adjacent to the Stock Room is space
fitted up with shelving for the Duplicate Room, where dupli-
cates not needed for Library use may be sorted and arranged
for exchange, distribution and sale. Additional storage space
LiBKAKY Department. 19
has been cleared, and is to be fitted up in the basement on the
Blagxlen-street wing to the west of the service stairway.
Two electric elevators have been installed in this wing, one
a passenger and freight elevator for service, use, with a capac-
ity of 1,500 lbs., at 150 ft. a minute. This has been installed
in the centre of the service staircase, which has been more or
less remodelled for the purpose. The fact that this elevator
has 12 landings within a lift of 59 ft., indicates the business
that it will be called upon to do. The second lift is an elec-
tric book-lift, traversing the stacks and reaching the Special
Libraries' floor, wiiich carries only small lots of books, and is
operated by the attendant despatching the load ; that is to
say, it carries no attendant, but may be called to any point
and despatched from it by the pressure of a button. When
being loaded at any point it is automatically exempt from
call to any other point.
Editor's Room^ Luncheon Hooms, etc. — In the Entresol
(A), south side, have been provided an office for the Editor
of Library Publications, an office for the use (jointly) of the
Chief of the Issue and of the Chief of the Ordering Depart-
ments, and luncheon and additional locker-rooms for em-
ployees of both sexes.
The alterations above described represent only the main
features of the work on the building accomplished during the
past eight months. Details incidental to the main work were,
of course, many, and in a measure costly. As in the case
of the heating and ventilating system, the total work actually
done has exceeded by a hundred per cent, the work originally
planned. Its total cost has nevertheless been kept within
the fraction (•'170,000) of the appropriation available for it.
This has been possible through the ingenuity, skill and
exceedmg watchfulness of the architects, and through the
competence, care and exceeding integrity of the general con-
tractors. For such work as was to be undertaken precise
specifications were impossible. The architects recommended
that a competent contractor be selected, without competition,
and the work done by and under him, by the day, Avith a
commission upon actual cost. The Mayor, under advice of
his consulting architect, assented to this. As a result the
work has not merely been careful, thorough and appropriate,
but has, I believe, cost the city less by thousands of dollars
than if carried on in any other way, and it has been done
with the utmost consideration for tlie convenience of the
public and of the admmistration. It was so arranged that it
did not for a single day necessitate absolute cessation of the
service in any department.
20 City Document No. 21.
The very considerable amount of furnitiue and fixtures
necessary to the equipment of the new or enlarged depart-
ments has been pr5vided for out of the balance of the Library
Building Furnishing appropriation.
Repairs incidental to the alterations, or convenient at the
time, — including a great deal of painting (catalogue and
periodical rooms, stacks, corridors, etc.), — have been paid
for out of the general appi-opriation. Considerable repairs
reported to be necessary upon the roof have been deferred
until the coming summer.
The cleaning of building and books during and since the
alterations has involved a specially heavy expense, also met
by the general appropriation. Ever}^ volume of the half-
million odd in the Central building has, within the past two
months, been taken down and dusted, and the shelf wiped
off beneath it.
The improvements above described do not, indeed, abso-
lutely perfect the building for present uses. The issue of
books from the stacks for reference readers, and the issue
for borrowers, are still together dependent upon one set of
attendants, one system of mechanism and one channel of
issue. The books required from the stacks by the reference
reader in Bates Hall must still be forwarded to him from
the issue desk by hand, through a public room at times
crowded with sightseers. And, ample as is the general s^Dace
provided for readers, and sufficient (for a few years) as is
the shelving, there is very great need of rooms set off for
special collections for the use of classes and for specialized
research. But most embarrassing difiiculties have been over-
come, and the most pressing needs of the moment have
been met ; and what has been done will add greatly to the
comfort of tlie public, and greatly to convenience in admin-
istration.
I have treated these alterations at the Central Library
building somewhat fully — to the necessary condensation of
tliose portions of my report touching routine — for the very
reason that they were out of the routine, and formed the
most significant episode of the year.
Branches.
No new structure has been erected for any, of the outlying-
departments. For certain alterations effected — particularly
at the Brighton Branch — I refer to the report to me of the Su-
pervisor of Branches, an extract from which I append to mine.
' It is obvious that library facilities are distributed very
unequally throughout the city, and that such as exist are
LiBKAKv Department. 21
ill-proportioned to existing needs. One district has the bene-
fit of a collection of books numbering 35,000 volumes, in an
independent building, ample, well equipped and attractive ;
another, with perhaps double the population to be served,
and more remote from the main collection, has at its disjjosal
but a third as many books (a third in number — hardly a
fifth in efficiency), and for accommodations, meagre, ill-
ventilated, inconvenient and uninviting rooms, in a building
devoted mainly to other and inconsistent uses, in a neighbor-
hood tending to demoralize its readers. Such contrasts exist.
New departments may be established, deficient facilities be
supplied, only by considerable expenditure and laborious
effort applied in detail. The effort to improve the material
facilities and the service in existing departments (as indi-
cated in the Supervisor's report) is now earnest, and will be
persistent. But the present deficiencies cannot be supplied
without a large direct expenditure upon new buildings (in cer-
tain districts), and alterations, repairs, books and equipment
in others. The outlying departments cannot be brought to
reasonable equality or into reasonable relation with the
Central Library without an expenditure on buildings and
books of at least |500,000.
A supreme advantage would be the application of such a
sum all at once under a general scheme of improvement.
Works of Art.
Ghantrey' s Scott. — A copy in marble (by John Hutchi-
son, R.S.A.) of the bust of Sir Walter Scott, by Chantrey,
has been received as a gift to the City of Boston from the
Committee on the Scott Memorial in Westminster Abbey.
The bust is a duplicate of that placed in Westminster as a
result of contributions from both sides of the Atlantic. The
correspondence with reference to it will be found in the
appendix. It awaits formal presentation to the public before
receiving a permanent location.
Books.
Appendices II.-V. give the extent of the Libi-ary by
years, a summary of the contents of the Library on January
31, 1899, the net increase of the several departments during
the past ten years, and the classification of the material in
the Central Library i on January 31, 1899.
According to last year's report, it appears that the number
of volumes in the Central Library and branches on January
31, 1898, was 698,888, of which 528,079 were in the Central
1 Owing to the reclassification of the lirancli libraries, recently begun, but not
completed, classification of these collections has been omitted in this year's report.
22 City Documet^t No. 21.
Library. By the tables appended to this report it appears
that on January 31, ]899, the number in all departments is
716,050, of which 550,822 are in the Central Library. The
net mcrease is thus 17,162 volumes. The net gain to
the Central Library is 22,743 volumes. The gain to the
branches by accession is more than offset b}^ considerable
transfers to the Central Library of worn-out or unserviceable
material, so that the year leaves outlying departments with
5,581 volumes less than at its beginning.
The total expenditure for books and periodicals durmg the
past year was $34,935.10, as against $40,351.62 in 1897.
This does not include $1,836.40 expended from the income
of the Todd Fund for current ncAvspapers; nor $488.53 paid
for books for Delivery P out of the special appropriation ;
nor $732.17 expended by the Fellowes Athenaeum for books
for the Roxbury Branch.
The expenditure was distributed as follows:
City money expended for books :
1S97. 1898. 18l).s.
For Central Library (in-
cluding deposit collec-
tion) . . . $20,497 84
$13,175 51
For branches . . 5,303 28
4,021 82
$25,801 12 $17,197 33
Trust funds expended
for books:
For Central Library . 8,114 74 11,837 71
$33,915 86
City money expended for periodicals :
For Central Library . $4,766 87 $4,276 66
For branches . . 1,668 89 1,623 40
$29,035 04
;,435 76
5,900 06
$34,935 10
The accessions during the past year (as distinguished
from the statistic of books actually located, and excluding
mere transfers from one department to another) have been
as follows :
Added by purchase :
Volumes. Volumes. Volumes.
Central Library . 10,357 Branches . 7,970 Total . 18,327
Added by gift :
Central Library . 6,958 Branches . 185 Total. 7,143
17,315 8,155 25,470
As against a total of 33,131 volumes in 1897.
Library Department. 23
The library of the American Statistical Association will
form a considerable accession not included in the above
figures. It has been omitted, because the portion of it which
is to be retained for our shelves has not yet been divided off
exactly from that which is to be used for exchange or other
purposes.
Purchases.
Among the purchases of the year have been the following :
Americayia. — Hylacomylus. " Cosmographiae introductio
cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad cam
rem necessariis. Insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij navi-
gationes." 1507. Colophon. (The suggestion to which
we owe our national name is found on the reverse of the
fifteenth leaf.)
Smith. " The True Ti'avels, Adventures, and Observa-
tions of Captaine John Smith. Together with a contmua-
tion of his Generall History of Virginia," etc. London,
1630.
Smith. "A Map of Virginia." With a description of
the countrey (sic), etc. Oxford, 1612.
Hamor, Ralph. " A True Discourse of the Present
Estate of Virginia." London, 1615.
Ptolemfeus. " Geograpliia universalis, vetus et nova,
complectens Claudii Ptolomtei Alexandrini enarrationis
libros VIII Basilete apud Henricum Petrum."
1540. (The first edition of Ptolemy by Sebastian Munster.)
Howgill, Francis. "The Popish Inquisition newly erected
in New England." London, 1659. (Contains an account
of the reception which the Quakers met with in Boston.)
Reeve, John, and Muggleton, Lodowick. " Joyful News
from Heaven." London, 1658.
Lawne, Fowler, Sanders and Bui ward. " The Profane
Schisme of the Brownistes or Separatists." 1612.
Also An indenture given and signed by Edward Tyng and
others to the Company of the Waterworks to lay and main-
tain a conduit '' in the street now called Conduit Street "
(Union street), and acknowledged before " Jo. Endecott
gov." 1656. (This was the beginning of the Boston
Water Works.)
Broadsides. — At the Philadelphia sale of the Bancker
Collection of broadsides the Library had of necessity to
confine its purchases to those of especially local interest.
They mclude :
(1.) Letters from Washington to Gage, and Gage to
Washington, relative to the cruel treatment of prisoners.
" Phila., September 29th, 1775."
24 City Document No. 21.
(2.) Bombardment and Burning of Falmouth. " An
Express just arrived from General Washington's Camp at
Cambridge, Oct. 24, 1775."
(3.) News of the Battle of Bunker Hill. " New York,
June 24th, 1775."
(4.) Account of the death of Lord Percy, April 25,
1775.
There may be mentioned also, a highly important historical
letter describing in detail the Continental and British de-
fences in and around Boston, by Jesse Lukens, one of the
Massachusetts Riflemen, to Jonas Shaw, dated Prospect Hill,
September 15, 1775 ; also a London edition of the Massa-
chusetts Charter, published in 1692, and " The Laws of
Maryland made since 1763." Annapolis, 1787.
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. — A selected col-
lection of works relating to the geography, languages and
history of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, was pur-
chased in Leipzig at a cost of 1,300 marks.
Statistics and Ecoyiomics. — From Amsterdam were ob-
tained some rather notable files of statistical and economic
serials, containing among them a complete set of the Dutch
Economist — " De Economist'" - 1852-1897 ; papers relating
to economical reform, etc. : " Staatsblad der Vereenigde
Nederlanden," 1813-1897, a complete set of original editions
of the Dutch state papers ; ''Staatsblad van Nederlandsch-
Indie," 1816-1897, the official e<lition of the state papers of
the Dutch East Indies; and " Verzameling der Consulaire
berichten en verslagen,'' etc., 1865-1897, the Dutch Con-
sular reports.
Maps. — The most important purchase of maps has been
the collection " Hydrographie fran(jaise," containing the offi-
cial sea-charts of the French Navy Department, and consisting
of more than 1,400 maps brought together from 1845-58.
There were also bought and mounted for the new map
cabinet, two sets of Stanford's maps of Europe, Asia, Africa,
Australasia and North and South America, and an additional
set of United States post-route maps for the same purpose.
Another purchase bearing on the subject is :
" Abel Janszoon Tasman's Journal of his discovery of Van
Dieman's Land and New Zealand in 1642. With photo-
lithographic fac-similes of the original manuscript . . . and
fac-similes of original maps. Amsterdam, 1898."
The geographical serials have been strengthened by the
purchase of a set of the Italian periodical, "Cosmos," edited
by G. Coro, and the "-Deutsche geographische Blatter."
Library Departinient. 25
Other purchases of interest bought with the Trust funds
are : Thirty volumes of the Bampton lectures, including the
first issued in 1780 (the set is now but six volumes ishort);
the Index to the London Times, and some 700 unmounted
Photographs which incUide a selection illustrating the French
school of painting, and Northern Schools in French Galleries,
Northern Schools in the National Gallery, and in Berlin,
Munich and Vienna ; late photographs of the Italian school,
besides Sewall's " Canterbury Pilgrims," and a number of
Copley prints.
Reference Books for Children'' s Room. — From the city
appropriation has been bought a collection of reference books
for the Children's room, for which the sum of $1,500 was
allowed. Besides the encyclopa'dias, dictionaries and atlases,
the collection includes the large illustrated editions of
Duruy's History of Greece, and of Rome, Guizot's History
of England, and of France, Rambaud's History of Russia,
Green's History of the English People, and Winsor's
Narrative and Critical History of America. The Riverside
Natural History, R^clus's Earth and Its Inhabitants, the
whole series of the Story of the Nations, also Longfellow's
Poems of Places, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature,
together with the minor reference books, biography, etc.,
make a useful reference library, for which as far as possi-
ble the books have been procured in strong and attractive
bindings.
English Prose Fiction. — Sixteen hundred and thirteen
volumes of current English prose fiction, representing 180
titles, were bought and placed in the Central Library,
Branches and Deposit, at a cost of -11,492. There were
also bought 1,830 volumes to replace those worn out, and
1,900 additional copies of books of which the supply was
not in any way adequate to the demand. Fifteen hundred
of these were for Deposit use, and included 500 books for
younger readers, making in all an aggregate of 5,450 volumes
purchased at a cost of .|5,000 (as against -19,650 in 1897-98).
French arid German Literature : Replacements. — The
works of Dumas pere (literally worn out) have been re-
placed by a complete set in 300 attractively bound volumes
for circulation. There were also replaced some 400 volumes
of the more popular French and German authors.
Purchases under the last three heads, with the duplicate
copies of books bought for use in connection with the
schools, about 200 volumes, the necessary replacement of
worn-out books, the books of the day (including a larger
proportion than usual of those relating to economics and
26 City Document No. 21.
statistics), have been made from the money which could be
spared from the city appropriation — some -19,000 less than
the amount spent last year. With lessened resources it
has been necessary to defer some purchases of fiction,
especially for the branches. The outlay for current fiction
this year has been nearly $800 less than last year. While
the sum total of exjienditure for books and periodicals shows
a difference of but $5,400 less than last year, the amount
spent from the city appropriation shows a difference of over
$9,000 less. The purchases from the Trust funds amount to
$4,000 more than in 1897-98, and that this was possible is
due to the fact that $1,500 was drawn from a fund so re-
stricted as to be seldom available, and that a few thousand
dollars had accumulated over the annual income.
Gifts.
As to Works of Art and Endowment, see supra.
Gifts of Books. — The number of givers for 1898 is
greater by some two hundred than in 1897, and greater by
four hundred than in 1896. The full list of givers appears
in Appendix XIII. Some of the more important of the gifts
of books and manuscripts I note here. They are arranged
alphabetically according to their donors.
Gifts of Especial Importance, 1898.
From the American Statistical Association, through its
Secretary, Davis R. Dewe}^, its library comprising about 5,000
books and pamphlets. This collection is rich in the issues
of the statistical departments of foreign governments, and
of state and municipal administrations. A notable feature
is also to be found in the many pamphlets on slavery, mis-
sions, and local institutions of charities and corrections.
(^See letter of gift.)
From the Boston Browning Society — for the Browning
collection — 37 volumes consisting principall}^ of editions of
the Brownings' Works, and three photographs.
From Allen A. Brown, Esq., 264 volumes for the Music
Collection, including fifty volumes of modern operas (French,
German, Italian), and fifty volumes of choruses for male
voices.
From the Canadian government, at the histance of Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, a full set of the official documents of Canada
for the last two years, to be continued by the current
issues.
Library Department. 27
From Prof. Francis W. Chandler, Boston, two folio volumes
of '' Municipal Architecture in Boston. From designs by
Edmund M. Wheelwright." 1898.
From the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, the " Autotype
fac-similes of three Mappemondes " of the sixteenth century,
from unique originals drawn at Dieppe in 153'6, 1546 and
1550: 48 sheets in an imperial portfolio with a quarto volume
of accompanying text, by C. H. Coote. (Bibliotheca Lindes-
iana. Collations and notes No. 4.) These celebrated maps
(1) the Harleian, 1536; (2) Descellier's, 1546; anc\ (3)
Descellier's, 1550, are highly interesting in connection with
Canada and the explorations of Cartier and Roberval ; 100
copies only have been privatel)- printed.
From the same source has also been received " A cata-
logue of English broadsides in the library of the Earl of
Crawford," in a quarto volume, in which are chronologically
arranged 1,814 English Broadsides covering a period of nearly
400 years — 1505-1897.
From jNlessrs. Copeland and Day, eleven volumes — cur-
rent books of the year published by them.
From the various departments of the French government
the Library has received important gifts. Among them are
nine volumes of the French patents (Brevets d'invention),
to be continued as issued, from the Minister of Commerce,
and a set of the "Bulletin de geographic historique et
descriptive du Comity des travaux historiques et scientifi-
ques," 1888-98, from the Minister of Public Instruction.
From the family of the late William Lloyd Garrison,
through Mr. Francis J. Garrison, the manuscript Letters,
" relating to the anti-slavery movement in the United States
during the years 1839-42." This collection continues an
earlier file covering the years 1830-38, the gift of the Gar-
rison family in 1894.
From the German Patent Office, the continuation of the
*f Patentschriften " in 4,704 numbers.
From the Committee on Education of the Privy Council,
of Great Britian 65 volumes of their Reports, completing the
Library file.
From the Patent Office of Great Britain, 131 volumes and
45 numbers.
From Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 105 volumes
for the Galatea Collection (established by Col. Higginson in
1895) ; and in this connection 12 volumes from De Witt
Miller, Esq., — all relating to the history of woman.
From His Majesty the King of Italy, two volumes contin-
uing the campaigns of Prince Eugene of Savoy (Campagne
del Principe Eugenio di Savoia).
28 City Document No. 21,
Through the generosity of Mrs. John A, Lewis, the follow-
ing books were bought at the Deane Sale, and added to the
John A. Lewis Collection :
Byles, God Glorious in the scenes of the winter.
Sermon. Boston, 1744. Cotton, An Abstract of the Laws
of New England. London, 1641. Cotton, The True
Constitution of a particular visible Church. London, 1642.
Cotton, A letter of Mr. John Cotton's to Mr. Williams.
London, 1643. Cotton, Sixteene Questions of Serious and
Necessary Consequence, propounded unto Mr. John Cotton,
together with his answers to each question. London, 1644.
Davenport, J. (Pastor of New Haven), Profession of the
faith of that Reverend and worthy Divine, Mr. J. D. London.
1642. Moodey, The Great Sin of Formality in God's
Worship. (Boston Lecture.) Boston, 1691. Moodey,
Dialogue, containing Questions and Answers, from Judas'
Fall, improved. New I^ondon, 1768. New England Primer,
New York. M. Day. Robinson, A. W., A Justification of
Separation from the Church of England. 1639. Robinson,
A. W., A Second Manuduction for AL-. Robinson. 1615.
Shurtleff, Sermon preach'd at New-Castle in New Hamp-
shire, January 1, 1726, in Commemoration of the Sufferings,
etc., of a Company of ]\Luiners shi^D-wreck'd upon Boon
Island Rock. Boston, 1727.
From tlie Due de Loubat, Galerie Am^ricaine du Musee
d'Ethnographie du Trocad^ro, part 2, continuing part 1,
received in 1897 ; also Ignacio Borunda, Clave general de
Jeroglificos Americanos. Rome. 1898.
From the Trustees of the Old South Church, for deposit
in the Prince Library, a manuscript fragment of the "Annals
of New England," consisting of nine leaves in the liand-
writing of Thomas Prince, containing some matter not found
in the published work.
From the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Edinburgh, a
complete set of the Society's Transactions, the continuation
to be sent as issued.
From the U. S. Superintendent of Documents, 189 volumes
of Government publications. These were selected from a
list of duplicates sent by the Superintendent, and filled in
the Library files by so many volumes.
From the estate of Kate Field, through her literary execu-
tor Miss Lilian Whiting, a collection of between 700 and
800 manuscript letters, — the correspondence of Kate Field,
covering a period of nearly forty years — together with a
number of photographs, and manuscripts of some of her
works. Miss Whiting has thoughtfully given a sum of
Librae Y Department.
29
money, to be annually renewed, for the preservation and care
of this material to be known as the " Kate Field Collection."
The work is now in process of mounting and indexing the
manuscripts, and they will eventuall}" be bound in volumes
similar to those in the Chamberlain Collection.
From His Excellency Governor Wolcott, the "Abstract of
the log of the Cristobal Colon from April to July 3, 1898."
From the estate of Prof. Josiah D. Whitney, of Harvard
College, fifty books and pamphlets relating to literature, etc.,
and including some early editions of the Latin classics.
From the Wyclif Society, London, a full set in 21 bound
volumes of Wyclif 's Latin works.
Binding.
The work done by the Library binderj^ during the past
year is indicated by the following schedule :
Books bound in Bates Hall binding-
Large dail}" newspapers .....
Branch newspapers ......
Pamphlets .......
Total
Books repaired .......
Catalogues, novels and periodicals stitched into covers
Cards mounted and bordered ....
Maps, charts and broadsides mounted on cloth
^"olumes guarded
Portfolios made
Boxes made
Blocks made
Pads made
Pouches made
Temporary covers made
Sign cards leathered and lettered
Library publications folded, stitched, and trinnned
Library publications folded, sewed, trimmed and covered
Photographs and engravings mounted .
Office desks covered . . . .
Time on miscellaneous work
Time cutting and bundling for the Printing Department
I quote in detail these figures, because they are significant
of the various unconventional service which a bindery maj^
i-ender if well equipped, conveniently at hand, and under
direct control. As an auxiliary to the Printing Department
the Library Bindery is indispensable. During the past year
it has l)een crippled, as have other departments, by illness.
Vols.
8,890
52
58
3,905
12,905
3,877
1,545
2,524
1,056
1,570
154
76
602
6
15
855
10
124,284
9,019
3,392
2
42^ days
48 daj's
30 City Document No. 21.
The aggregate volume of work done has, nevertheless, in-
creased over that for 1897. The number of library publica-
tions which it has handled (folded, stitched, trimmed, etc.)
58,424 in 1896, and 102,442 in 1897, rose to 133,304 in
1898
In January, 1899, a wire-stitching machine was purchased
which will handle nmch of the pamphlet work at a saving of
labor and expense.
The outside contract work (binding in cheaper form of
branch books and old Lower Hall books) has comprised the
binding of 9,024 volumes as against 13,929 in 1897. The
total cost was 82,460.28. This was greater per volume than
in 1897, owing to the new specifications which call now for
neater and more durable material, more thorough sewing and
the lettering of titles.
Repair. — The repair of books in the first stages of dilapi-
dation is the work of special attendants in the Issue and
Branch departments. It involves each year stitching or
pasting, or both, of some 3,000 volumes.
Arrearage. — The output of the Library Bindery, above
detailed, represents no more than is necessary to cover (1)
the binding of material received in paper covers, (2) the
binding of the 1,500 odd current periodicals of the twelve-
month as made up into quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly
volumes, and (3) the rebinding of books worn in the current
use of the year. If the allowance for this latter seem large,
one need only consider the normal wear and tear incident to
an aggregate "circulation" and "reference use" of over two
million bound volumes a year ; and consider further that the
stress of this use, so far from being distributed evenly, falls
chiefly upon 150,000, perhaps, of the 700,000 volumes in
the library system. An estimate of 15,000 of these volumes
as annually needing rebmding is an allowance of but ten per
cent, of the portion of the Library in most active use, but
2i per cent, of the entire collection, and but y-^ of one per
cent, upon the use.
In addition to the current work there is, however, a very
great number of books scattered through the main collection
whose condition demands the attention of the binder. The
meagreness of space in the Old Library Building during the
later years of occupancy, and the meagreness of the appro-
priations, caused postponement upon these. The handling
incident to removal and relocation has by no means improved
their condition, and now there is scarcely a shelf — there is
certainly not an alcove — in the new building which does
not contain volumes with at least signatures or plates loose,
Library Department. 31
or backs broken. In the aggregate these must number thou-
sands of volumes. They cannot be denied to the public,
but their use in their present condition may (and does) result
in their absolute destruction, or the loss of essential portions,
necessitating the replacement of the entire volume. Some
cannot be replaced ; others could be replaced only at great
cost ; none could be replaced as cheaply as they could be
rebound. To neglect them now because of the expense of
rebinding is deliberately to project the far greater expense of
repurchase.
With its present force and equipment the Library Bindery
is so little able to keep up with the current work assigned to
it that no given volume can be depended upon to come
through in less than three months (four weeks, rather, being
a proper maximum). With its present appropriations the
Library cannot afford to place out to be done by contract
more than tlie books of the Branch and old Lower Hall col-
lections, representing the current wear upon the more popular
departments of literature.
The great accumulation, therefore, representmg the arrear-
age of past years, can be provided for only by some extra
provision ; and the character of the work is such that the
expedient provision would be to enlarge the force, equip-
ment, and resources of the Library Bindery.
This need was called to the attention of the city govern-
ment in your message trans mittmg your estimates for the
coming year, " a special expenditure of at least $30,000 "
being stated as necessary on this account alone. The esti-
mates tliemselves assumed that of this amount at least
|!lO,000 should be applied in 1899.
The appropriation granted does not, of course, cover this
item.
Printing.
The outj)ut of the Printing Dej)artment still includes all
the printed work of the Library except the Annual Report.
The figures of output during 1898 of the leading items may
be summarized as follows :
Cards for the Card Catalogues — Central Library: 18,114
titles, as against about 15,000 in 1897. The number of
cards may be judged from the fact that 120,903 have been
inserted in the catalogues, as against 93,783 in 1897\
Cards for the catalogues at the Branches, 544 titles.
Stationery, Forms, etc. : currently consumed stocks of all
kinds, 521,539 pieces (363,507 in 1897).
Call slips (of six kinds), 2,222,514 pieces.
Placards, 2,014 (1,394 in 1897).
32 City Document No. 21.
Books and pamphlets to the number of 27, embracing 846
pages, in editions aggregating 129,250 copies. (For a par-
ticuhir list of these see under "Publications,*' infra.)
Service. — The force of the department remains as last
year.
JPlant. — " In the main the mechanical equipment of the
department remains unchanged. During the summer the
room was substantiall}^ floored with hard pine (upon concrete
foundation) to protect the machinery from the injurious dust
arising from the former cement floor. UjDon the reerection
of the plant, which was moved to permit of this, each machine
not already so equipped was fitted with an independent elec-
tric motor. This change has j^roved beneficial in preventing
the mutual interference of the different machines, which had
before been experienced. The necessary gas and electric
connections were laid below the new floor, and so arranged
as to allow of addition to the jilant of a third linotype. The
room has been connected with the melting furnace in the
basement by a hand-hoist. A similar hoist is needed to
connect it with the stock-room in the staircase hall above."
The addition to the force of a second " feeder " and a
third linotype operator and to the plant of a third linotype
machine will deserve early consideration. One of the present
machines having to be devoted to special work, the remain-
ing one does not suffice for the card catalogue work ; and the
titles for the catalogue are delayed beyond the time when
the new books should and may be ready for the public.
In the meantime the estimates for 1899 provided for the
addition to the present machines of certain recent devices
which would increase their range, flexibility and output.
But the appropriation granted may not admit of the purchase
of these.
Cataloguing.
I shall offer to be printed as a supplement to this report
two special reports compiled hy the Chief of the Catalogue
Department at request : one a memorandum concerning the
genesis and scope of the general Card Catalogue of the
Library, the other a memorandum concerning the prac-
ticability' of a catalogue in book form of the entire library.
The latter was suggested by a passage in the report of the
Examining Committee of last year urging the advantages of
such a catalogue. As such a recommendation is apt to recur
from time to time, a somewhat detailed statement of the ele-
ments involved in such an undertaking has been thought
advisable.
Library Department. 33
I condense here the report of the chief cataloguing under-
takings of the past 3^ear.
Number of vohimes and parts of vokuiies catalogued . 47,615
Divided as follows :
Additions to the Central Library . , 29,271
Recatalogued in revision work . . . 9,070
Continuations of serials .... 3,358
Catalogued for branch libraries . . 5,916
47,615
Author titles prepared for the above . . , 32,609
Cards placed in the various catalogues, 1898 (exclu-
sive of branches) ...... 120,903
1897 (including branches for three months) . . 93,783
1896 (including branches) ..... 74,979
1895 ii ^ u 82,993
In addition to the work on the card catalogues the time of
the department is, of course, occupied largely with the
preparation of material for the Bulletins, and Special Biblio-
graphical lists issued by the Library. Of such undertakings
mentioned in last year's report the following have been
carried forward into 1898 : The Select List of Books on
Social Reform ; the Bibliography of the Geographical Anthro-
pology of Europe ; the List of Pictures and Plans of Library
Buildings, and the List of Historical Fiction. The status of
the latter list is as follows: America, and Europe (except-
mg Rome, Italy and Greece) are in type (225 pages) in
stereotype plates (having appeared in sections in the Quar-
terl}^ Bulletins). The titles for Rome, Italy, Greece, Asia,
Africa, Australasia and the Hawaiian Islands are prepared
and ready for final revision. (An author index for America,
Great Britain and Spain, and a Subject Index for America
and a part of England are prepared, in manuscript.) The re-
mainder, which includes the Jews and the Bible, is partly
finished.
The list should be completed and (if the funds permit)
printed, during the coming year.
Besides the work to be inferred from the list of publica-
tions below, the Catalogue Department has prepared or
assisted in the preparation of: A new edition of the
Selected List of Books for Younger Readers (" Y List") ; a
Bibliography of the Town of Boston (begun in the February,
1898, Bulletin) ; List of Scandinavian Literature (Bulletin) ;
List of Polish Literature (Bulletin) ; Memorandum (by Mr.
Murdoch) as to the Geographical Material in the Library
(Bulletin) ; a brief list of books upon the Philippines, Cuba
and the West Indies ; reference lists to be used in connection
with the Municipal Free Lecture Courses ( " Imperialism,"
34
City Document No. 21.
etc.), and others, with the lectures on art given by the
Supervisor of Drawing in the Public Schools, these latter
lists being printed by the Supervisor with the syllabus of the
course. The department was utilized also in the prepara-
tion of the catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts
Hospital Ship "Bay State," the contribution to which by the
Public Library (irrespective of some contributions of money
by individual employees) consisted in the selection and pur-
chase of the books, their preparation for use, including shelf
lists, and the preparation and printing of the catalogue.
The Catalogue Department has continued its work upon
the Maps and the Allen A. Brown (Collection of Music, and
the transcript of titles of scientific literature in adjacent
libraries ; and has borne its share in the Co-operative Index
of Current Scientific serials, mention of which was made on
page 33 of my last report.
The Custodian of Bates Hall had, just prior to his death,
nearly completed a revised edition, covering over 4,000
titles, of the Genealogies and Town Histories in the Library.
Publications.
The publications iss
ued during the
year, as
tabulated by
the editor, Mr. Swift, are as
follows :
Date of Publication.
Pages.
Edition.
Price.
Annual List . . J
anuary, 1, 1899
176
5,000
.05
Four Great Docu-
ments (Chamber-
lain) . . . May,
1898,
56
2,000
Free.
Branch Finding List, May,
1898
16
5,000
a
Galatea Catalogue . ."
une.
1898
40
1,064
.15
Social Eeform . . July,
1898
72
1,500
.05
Y List (new edition), July,
1898
68
8,000
.01
C o d m a n Collection
(Landscape Archi-
tecture.) List on
Trees and Forestry, January, 1899
32
500
.10
Monthly Bulletins : 1st of ea
ch month.
March, 1898
.56
7,500
Free.
April, 1898
24
i. i
May, 1898
56
u
June, 1898
56
((
July, 1898
28
i t
August, 1898 .
28
a
September, 1898
24
( I
October, 1898 .
32
I (
November, 1898
36
( i.
December, 1898
24
i i
January, 1899 .
28
i i
February, 1899 .
36
u
Library Department. 35
The character and scope of the publications of the year is
perhaps sufficiently to be inferred from their titles. So far
as they indicate a present policy the policy may be sum-
marized as follows :
1. To place before the public a description sufficiently
full for identification, not exhaustive to the point of tedious-
ness, of the books neivly added to the various departments of
the Library. To do this at short intervals, in a form reducing
cost to a minimum. (The Monthly Bulletins of accessions to
the Central Library; the Finding Lists of accessions to the
Branches. Free.')
2. At intervals to regroup such information so as to com-
pact the sources of information covering longer periods.
(The Annual List — a consolidation, without recomposition,
of the Monthly Bulletins of the preceding twelve-month.)
3. As occasion may suggest, to exhibit the resources of
the Librar}^ in an entire department of literature, or at least
its resources upon a particular topic; but with caution to
avoid such elaboration as might delay the publication of the
list beyond the useful occasion, or put its cost beyond the
ordinary reach, or bury the titles of use to the general reader
beneath those of interest only to the specialist. (Select List
of Books upon Social Reform; Trees and Forestry; Philip-
pines, Cuba and Porto Rico ; Art Topics.) Such aids need
not always consist of lists of books ; they may often advan-
tageously take the form of a statement suggesting lines or
methods of research. (Memorandum upon Geographical
Material.)
4. (More rarely) to issue a real Bibliography, thorough
and scholarly, of a subject peculiarly of interest to scholars.
Especially to undertake such in case (1) the co-operation of
some specialist may be secured in the " evaluation " of the
material and (2) the department of literature is one in
which the Library is strong or takes this occasion to become
so ; the bibliography becoming thus a subject catalogue.
(Bibliography of the Geographical Anthropology of Europe —
made up of material contributed by Prof. Wm. Z. Ripley,
and reduced to bibliography form and specific application by
the Library, and printed and to be published by it.)
(5.) As opijortunity may occur to publish the catalogue
of some special collection which has recently come to the
Library by gift. (The Galatea; the Codman Memorial Col-
lection.) This may well be justified even if the collection
be not integral as to subject.
It is to be noticed that in the foregoing list one class of
publishing enterprise not uncommon, nor untried in this
36 City Document No. 21.
Library in former years, fails to be represented ; the repro-
duction, in fac-simile or otherwise, of unique manuscript
material of which the Library may have become the owner.
Whether and how far it is the duty of the Library to aid
scholarship by the publication of such, — how far its publi-
cation at all is expedient, — whether the Library should
itself undertake such jDublication or simply encourage out-
siders to undertake it ; these are questions of policy that may
necessitate careful deliberation and comparison of experience.
Registration.
Statistics of registration form, as usual. Appendix VI. of
this report. As last year, the tables show not merely the
number of card holders in gross, but their classification by
sex, occupation and district of residence, and an estimate of
the percentage of card holders in each ward of the city to the
total population of such ward.
The interest of such statistics is as by comparison they
may form an index to the existing relations of the public
with the Library and to the influence upon these of certain
forces.
In the aggregate the number of card holders (64,973 on
February 1, 1898, 72,005 on January 31, 1899) has in-
creased during the year by 7,032, or lO-^^-^ per cent. The
proportion of existing card holders to the total population of
the city (including minors below 12 years of age not entitled
to cards) 13 per cent, on February 1, 1898, is now 14^yg-
per cent.
As will be seen by the tables, the increase has been dis-
tributed pretty evenly over the city, except that it has been
(proportionally) nearly three times as great in Ward 10 as
in au}^ other ward.
The classification of the card holders shows a fairly even
division by sex. This is usual in the United States, but not
so abroad- At Birmingham in 1895-96 the number of cards
issued to borrowers was in the proportion of 32 males to 12
females; in 1896-97 as 28 to 12.
The classification by occupation reveals only 702 card
holders who have described themselves as " laborers." This
is somewhat curiously in contrast with the considerable
known use by this class of the reading-rooms at the Central
Library and Branches. It represents, however, what I fancy
to be a conunon experience in public libraries, both here and
abroad. At Livea'pool in 1897, for instance, in a total of
24,353 card holders in the Public Library, only 322 were
Library Department. 37
classified as "labourers." The adult laborer is rendered shy
by conscious clumsiness. He overcomes his dififidence so far
as to frequent the reading-rooms of a public library (if invit-
ing and informal) ; but he shrinks from the formalities and
betrayals incident to application for books for use at home.
He reads many library books at home, however, or hears
them read; for sometimes his wife holds a card, and com-
monly his son or daughter does. The books that interest his
children are apt to interest him — for though of uneq ual
ages, the child and the father of the laboring classes in
America are by no means necessarily far apart in their
capacity of appreciation. In planning a children's depart-
ment of a public library one of the contingencies to be fore-
seen is, therefore, that any particular book may reach beyond
the child to an adult.
An essential difficulty in the comparison of statistics of
card holders in different libraries is caused by the difference
in the registration period. Inquiry has shown that very few
libraries can state with precision the number of " active
cards outstanding."
The system now in operation here considers this statistic
of essential importance. The registration period is now to
coincide with the period of life of a card. A new registra-
tion will begin February 1, 1899 ; and at every second year
thereafter either a new reo-istration or a new numerical series.
Use of the Library.
/. — Refe7-enee Use.
I propose to append as supplements to this report state-
ments somewhat full of the work or of certain of the aspects
of the work of three particular departments (the Special
Libraries, the Children's, and the newly organized Statistical
Department). The reference work of the Library in general
does not seem to have varied from that of last year suffi-
ciently to require extensive mention.
Special Libraries. — The collections now grouped and
administered under this title comprise now : The Fine Arts,
the Industrial Arts and jNIusic, the Maps, the Adams, Artz,
Barton, Bowditch, Codman, Galatea, Gilbert, Hunt, Lewis,
Prince, with other early Americana, Thayer, Ticknor,
Twentieth Regiment (military alcove), Whitman — in the
aggregate about 69,000 volumes. The public documents
still hold place on this floor, but their custody has been
transferred to the Statistical Department under Mr. Ford.
38 City Document No. 21.
The activity of the Fine Arts Collection has continued in-
cessant ; and it is upon this division of the work of his
department that I shall quote at length from the report of
the custodian.
Appended to his report is a list of the artists at present
represented in the collection of photographs ; a list of the?
books (146 volumes) containing elaborate plates whose con-
tents have been indexed on cards, so as to become almost as
accessible as the individual photographs ; and the scheme
adopted for the classification of the tyjDical examj^les (in
plates) of the fine arts, architectural detail and of the
industrial arts which have been secured in part by the dis-
section of certain serials. The main purpose of the collection
last named is to offer to the actual worker in the arts and
crafts practical suggestion from historical example.
These appendices I omit liere. They will be included
with other material in a special publication which will form
a hand-book to the Fine Arts Collection in the Library and
an aid to its use.
Tliis is a library and not an art museum. The illustia-
tions which it may supply of the various arts do not pretend
in themselves to be works of art. The most of the photo-
graphs, for instance, are but small silver prints, not the large
carbons which alone could meet the requirement of an art
museum. Its purpose in its plates and photographs is more
particularly to furnish an index to the arts — an index sug-
gestive to the eye but not necessarily satisfying. It seeks
to cover the largest possible field. For this reason, the indi-
vidual item must cost little. It desires to offer the material
to be handled freely and informall}'- in connection with all
sorts of inquiry from people not trained to care or dexterit}-
in its use, and even to extend its use outside the Library
buildmg. For these reasons each specimen should be small
in dimension, portable, and replaceable at small expense.
For such service, therefore, not merely silver prints, but half-
tone and other process reproductions may be and are utilized.
As will be seen from the report of the Chief of the De-
partment, these photographs and plates are being used to an
increasing extent by classes and schools, and for display (in
subject groups) in the outlying departments of the Library.
The demand for such use is eager. At present it can be
met only meagrely, because, although the collection is nomi-
nally large, any one subject is perhaps found but once in it.
With funds with which to multiply copies, portfolios of these
photographs and prints (in subject groups) might be circu-
lated throughout the city, in the Branch libraries, in public
LiBEARY Department. 39
institutions, in the schools, public and private, at the meet-
ing places of study clubs, and at lecture halls, in connection
with lectures having educational purpose. A few hundreds
of dollars would accomplish much ; a few thousand would
enable us to create a system^ secondary only in volume to the
work of the books, and auxiliary to it in service.
Children'' s Department. — The addition to the space at the
Central Librar}- hitherto available for this department, of the
large adjacent room formerly occupied by the patent collec-
tion, will furnish opportunity for a service as yet not satis-
factorily accomplished — that in aid of the children's work
at the schools. For this reason, I have asked the chief of
the department to incorporate in her report a somewhat full
statement as to the relations existing between the Library
and the work of the schools ; and it is this section of her
report which I select to quote as a supplement to mine.
The DejyartmeMt of Docuynents and Statistics. — In June
last the American Statistical Association turned over to us
the collection of books, pamphlets and serials which it had
accumulated by gift, purchase and exchange, and which
formed its " library." The collection as a whole numbered
about 5,000 books and pamplets. Of these a large part
duplicates material already here; but this will be available
for exchange and thus finall}^ represent an accession. Future
acquisitions by the Association are likewise to be turned over
to us, so that the collection will continue to have the benefit
of the purchases of the Association and of its exchange list.
As our custodian of the collection is corresponding secretary
of the Association, and thus entitled to use its name and
prestige in application for material, the future accessions are
likely to be important.
The material of statistics (vital, economic, political, social
and industrial) is of course largely in documents. A statis-
tical department, therefore, naturally includes the important
public documents in the Library. But if it is to be set off
as a department integral in itself, a department equipped for
semmar work, for instance, it must include as well much
sociological material of a miscellaneous character.
Such a department had not existed in this Library, nor
had the Library paralleled in the domain of economics the
work for which it had gained reputation in history, general
literature and the arts. Its collection of public documents,
though uneven and witli many deficiencies, is, nevertheless,
a notable one, and with effort might be made a full one ;
the miscellaneous material which it possesses in the general
domam of economics is sufhcient to justify an expenditure
40 City Document No. 21,
which will render it reasonably complete, and the acquisition
of the library and of the futnre exchanges of the American
Statistical Association offered a special opportunity and occa-
sion.
It was accordingly decided to organize this new depart-
ment, which, although for brevity entitled the "Statistical,"
has, in fact, the custody of the documents also, and is to
bring into useful relation with this material the miscellaneous
literature of economics and of political and social science.
Its charge will be to endeavor, by correspondence and other-
wise, to perfect the collections themselves ; to classify the
material with reference to the convenience of the particular
constituency which is to use it (ignoring, if necessary, any
and all schemes of arrangement, notation and cataloguing
existing in other departments), and to administer it in the
aid of inquiry. The department is not to compile statistics.
Its function is to guide in the use of them. It must know
the sources, and it must hnow them discriminatingly. In
perhaps no department of literature is the untrained inquirer
more helpless. Tlie facts are submerged in documents vast
in dimension and forbidding in aspect. The practice of
libraries seldom extends to an analysis in the catalogues of
the main contents, and the indices are apt to be only to single
volumes, and on no single scale of proportion. Such facts
as he finds may after all be no more than incompetent infer-
ences from insufficient data, or only partial, or later supei-
seded.
In any reference department of a library a very small pro-
portion of the inquiry is for a given book ; the most of it is
for the best material upon a given subject. But a small pro-
portion of the inquirers are experts in the subject; a smaller
proportion still are experts in the use of the Library. If
familiar with the language of the subject they are still un-
familiar with the language of the catalogues and other biblio-
graphic aids. Their demands must be translated ; and they
may be translated adequately only by one who knows both
languages, — who has been a practical expert in the subject
and has become an expert in the meclianism of the librar3^
If this is so in general, it must particularly be so in a de-
partment such as statistics, where a given subject may be
approached from so many different points of view, where pre-
tence is easy and voluble and carries no ear marks to dis-
tinguish it from real authority, and where the aj)parent
absence of technicality in the vernacular is itself a peril.
The foregoing considerations explain sufficiently the desire
of the Library to place in charge of this department a practical
LiBRAEY DePAKTJVIENT. 41
statistician ; and its gratification that there could be secured
for its organization and present conduct one of the first of
living statisticians. Mr. Ford coming to the Library after
his experience as Chief of the Bureau of Statistics at Wash-
ington, brought also a useful knowledge of the most effective
methods of obtaining the material itself, requiring familiarity
with official usage and not merely patient, but dexterous
application, supported by precedents.
Mr. Ford entered the service of the Library on July 15th.
His work has, therefore, covered less than seven months. I
have, however, requested him to include in his report a brief
statement as to the proper scope and functions of a depart-
ment such as this. This report I append as a supplement to
mine.
II. — Home Use.
Appendix VII. gives the number of volumes circulated
for home use during the past year from each department of
the Librarv, and compares this with such circulation for the
year 1897."
The reduction in the number of new books (especially of
lighter literature) purchased in 1898, the inconvenience of
application at the Central Library during the several months
of the alterations (when, though the issue continued it was
much impeded and delays were excessive) would have
tended to reduce the circulation. In certain departments it
was actually, and in others relatively, smaller than in 1897.
In the aggregate, however, it was greater than in 1897, but
not by an increase proportional to that of 1897 over 1896.
Gain.
Home Use.
1897.
1898.
1898.
Central Library (including
Central Library books
issued through liranches
and stations) .
388,489
422,849
34,360
Branches and Stations (di-
rect issue)
811,160
822,993
11,824
1
,199,658
1,245,842
46,184
The insertion of card pockets in the books circulated for
home use was begun during the past season. It may lead
ultimately to a change in the charging system to the advan-
tage both of the borrower and of the record.
The period during which the penalty on books over de-
tained was allowed to run had been three months. An
examination into the usage of other libraries showed that this-
42 City Docuiniext No. 21,
period was exceptional in length; the amonnt of the penalty
appeared to operate unduly against the poorer class of readers
and in being too great to be collected, to operate also to the
disadvantage of the Library. On April 29th the period was
reduced from three months to four weeks. The accumu-
lated penalties (fines and messenger notices) at the end of
the former j)eriod amounted on any given book to $3.33 ; at
the end of the latter to -fl.OO ; the cost of the book (if not
finall}' returned) being added in either case.
Branches and Stations.
Under present conditions and without special expenditure
the development of the outlying departments of the Library
can be but gradual and partial. There is none the less
reason for applying effort at improvement in the many details
that may be improved without great outlay. If, therefore,
the report of the Supervisor is chiefly a recital of petty
changes, — a bit of plumbing here, a new fixture there, — a
few score more books on open shelves, — an additional attend-
ant, an enlargement of hours — it is to be remembered that
sweeping changes not being at present possible, it is only
upon these petty items that zeal for improvement may be
expended.
The regrading of the Custodians of the Branches effected
at the close of the year implies a higher recognition of their
present responsibilities and an additional requirement.
I have felt obliged to omit the greater portion of the Super-
visor's report, and shall append only a condensation of the
statistics and certain sections which deal with work of larger
aspect.
It will be noted that Mr. Hiller C. Wellman did not retire
from the Supervisorship until May last ; so that the responsi-
bility of the present Supervisor, T^Ir. Ward, covers but a frac-
tion of tlie Library year.
The most significant of the undertakings of the year has
been the reclassification of the books ujDon a single system,
with relative (instead of Jixed) location, and identical nota-
tion; and the issue of a Finding List of recent accessions
classified, located and numbered on this system, so that any
copy of the list is equally a catalogue of these titles at any
one of the ten branches. The work of reclassification is but
begun. Hand in hand with it goes the work of weeding out
the old or unserviceable books and of supplying fresh ones.
Assume the branches to be completely reorganized in this
way, — their collections reduced to lowest terms and then
Library Department. 43
rebuilt to a common standard, classified alike and catalogued
in common : and the basis will have been laid for a future
development which may be simple, uniform and economical.
Service.
The Library has suffered serious loss by death. Most
serious indeed was the loss of Arthur Mason Knapp, for
twenty-four years in its service, and for the last twenty years
its chief reference librarian as Custodian of Bates Hall.
Mr. Knapp's accumulated experience in the work of this
position, to which he devoted himself with absolute concen-
tration, stood for an asset of exceeding value. Rather than
minute here too briefly the record of his career and service, I
append to be printed the notice published in the Bulletin
after his death, and passages from the address of the Rev.
Dr. James De Normandie (who as a member of the Library
Board spoke with particular knowledge) at the funeral ser-
vices.
The war took from the Library two employees, of whom one
is still in the field, the other — ■ Michael Francis Leonard —
died in the hospital on his return from Santiago.
Among the resignations has been that of Hiller C. Well-
man, Supervisor of Branches. Mr. Wellman came to this
position from the Athenaeum Library in December, 1896 ; he
left it to take the office of Librarian of the Brookline Public
Library in May, 1898. Li the meantime he had devoted
active, earnest and intelligent service to the reorganization of
the outlying library system.
The accessions to the service have brought notable capac-
ity. Mr. Oscar A. Bierstadt,^ who comes to take the place of
Mr. Knapp as Custodian of Bates Hall, brings an experience
of more than twenty j'ears in the Astor Library, the latter
part of which stood as an experience most nearly akin to that
of JNIr. Knapp, in a library most nearly akin to the Boston
Public Library (in this department).
Mr. Langdon L. Ward, who succeeded Mr. Wellman as
Supervisor of Branches, was not directly imported into tliat
position, but was promoted to it because of work (in a sub-
ordinate department of the Branch system) so excellent as,
with other obvious qualifications, to promise success in ad-
ministering larger interests.
The acquisition of Mr. Worthington C. Ford for the organ-
ization of the Statistical Department has already been com-
mented upon. In addition to his special knowledge in the
1 Mr. Blerstadt does not }jegin liis duties until February 1, IS'Jil.
44 City Document No. 21.
domain of statistics, finance and economic science generally,,
his knowledge of the sources of American historj^ is of value
to the Library in its purchases of Americana.
In the ordinary service the usual number of changes has
occurred. The Library has lost by death or resignation in
all nineteen persons : it has acquired in all thirtj^-four.i The
latter figure includes all persons who have entered the ser-
vice whether or not continued permanently. Of these thirty
were in office at the end of the year.
Examinations. — i'ive general and ten special examinationy
were held during the year. Of the general two were for
Grade B, one for Grade C, and two for Grade E. Of the
special, five were of employees qualifying for promotion (to
Grade B special, one ; Grade C special, two ; Grade C, one ;
Grade E, one); the remaining five were of outside appli-
cants (to fill vacancies for which the lists returned by the
general examinations did not seem adequately to provide).
Of these latter special examinations one was for Grade B ;
three were for D special ; one for E.
In all 236 papers 'were received and considered — of
which 67 were from male applicants, 169 from female. Of
the thirty-four persons taken into the service twenty-three
were male,^eleven female, and the assignment as follows :
Grades. Central. Branches.
B 3 1
D Special 4
D 5 3
E 5 1
Ungraded ^ 8 4
21 13
It would be ungracious to make no mention of the volun-
teer aid that is constantly offered to the Library and some-
times accepted. The most of it desires to be anonymous, and
a great deal of it is necessarily so. During the past three
years one service in particular has been rendered by outsiders,
which has been of very great usefulness. A conuuittee
numbering (at any one time) from fifteen to twenty persons
(all residents of the city, and thus far all women) has under-
taken to read every work of current fiction (in English),
under consideration for purchase, and to report to the Libra-
rian in writing certain information regarding it. The infor-
mation requested is in chief: is the book suitable for child, or
for adult? is it historical, or purely romantic? narrative, or
1 Including appointments to positions not subject to formal examination (Super-
visor of Branches, Custodian of Bates Hall, etc.). Also janitorial appointments.
Library Department. 45
does it deal with some contemporaiy social prol)leni? if his-
torical, what period of history does it depict ? its merits and
defects: as to accuracy (if historical), temper (if touching
social problems), apparent sincerity (if treating religious
problems), morality and style ; and an outline of the j)lot
sufficient to render intelligible the information above de-
scribed.
Every new work of fiction (in English) is read and thus re-
ported upon independently by two persons ; if their reports
disagree, by a third. Tlie labors of the Committee may be
appreciated from the fact that during the past year (a normal
one) 548 books were read b}' it, and reported upon in writing.
These rej^orts are of the greatest service to the administra-
tion of the Library, and have been made use of by other in-
stitutions or boards having the responsibility of selecting from
the mass of current publications, l)ut unable to examine each
book in detail. And the labors of the Committee would have
received appreciative mention before this, but that its function
is so liable to be misunderstood.
It is not — an outside body, without official responsibility —
substituted for the administration. It does not select books
for the Library; it inerely furnishes information by which the
books ma}^ more efficiently be selected by the Librarian and
Trustees. It indicates also an opinion whether, on the whole,
the book is worthy. But this opinion does not finally con-
trol. It is an element in the decision, but no more. And
the final decision, for acceptance or rejection, frequently runs
counter to it.
The Committee is not a body of experts; it is composed of
persons selected at large, sufficiently numerous to represent
at any one time different points of view. Its personnel
changes constantly, in order that the variety of view may be
still greater, and that merely methodical and routine judg-
ment may be avoided. The purpose (so far as it concerns
the mere opinion desired) being to secure the average instinc-
tive judgment of the general public, the committee is not
furnished by the administration with any standards of criti-
cism ; indeed, its requests for such standards have regularly
been denied.
Of the 600 works of current English fiction received
during the year, less than a third (with necessarj^ duplica-
tion of copies) could be purchased. That of the 180 pur-
chased last year it may be said that not one was placed on
the shelves without having been read and reported upon by
at least two persons, indicates a service b}^ the Committee
sufficiently deserving of gratitude. That to the selection of
46 City Document Xo. 21.
these 180 titles out of the 548 the Committee contributed in-
formation of great usefulness, indicates a service of even
larger measure. I feel that to the members of the Commit-
tee, and especially to its permanent chairman, Miss Mary
jNIorison, an appreciation on the part of the Library is due
which ought not further to be suppressed.
All the departments have been more or less embarrassed
during the year by illness, and upon some has fallen the
special strain mcident to the structural alterations. This
was, of course, heaviest upon the Issue Department, which
was for a long period deprived of the full use of the pneu-
matic tubes and other apparatus, and cutoff from its ordinary
passageway to the stacks, and was obliged to carry the ordi-
nary burden of work in a space contracted, noisy, draughty
and dusty, and confused with carj)enters, masons and painters.
But there is no department at the Central Library which was
not in some way or measure inconvenienced. The Ordering
Department, for instance, was for weeks deprived of its room
entirely, and crowded into a small, ill-lighted space in the
Entresol. Even the Catalogue and Shelf Departments, though
remote from the centre of operations, suffered much embar-
rassment during their course. The Shelf Department, for
example, has had the special burden (in addition to its routine
work) of moving and relocating (without the use of lifts)
more than 300,000 volumes affected by the changes.
The strain (especially upon the attendants in the Issue De-
partment) has been exceedingly severe. That they suffered
from it I know. But so far as I know they did not (by a
single peevish expression) let the public suffer from it. Not
a single complaint came to me that the service was too ardu-
ous ; not a suggestion that the work ought to be suspended
even for a single day. I am, however, so wonted to this spirit
of unselfish earnestness among the employees of the Library,
and their eagerness to do all in their power to secure the best
results, that it is only by an effort that I can regard or men-
tion this recent manifestation of it as significant.
Herbert Putnam,
Librarian.
Februaky, 1, 1899.
LiBEARY Department. 47
SUPPLEMENTS TO THE REPORT OF THE
LIBRARIAN.
(A.)
MEMORANDUM AS TO THE GENERAL CARD CATA-
LOGUE.
To the Librarian :
The Card Catalogue of the Boston Public Library was
begun in 1871. At that tirue the titles of books under au-
thors and subjects in the first Catalogue of Bates Hall (the
Index, 1861) and its First Supplement (1866) and the Prince
Catalogue were cut from those volumes, pasted on cards and
made a part of the Public Card Catalogue. The Bulletins
also, which contained the record of the additions to the Li-
brary, from September 1, 1867, to 1871, were treated in the
same manner. The titles in the various Lists for the Lower
Hall (now Stack 4) were made a part of the Public Card
Catalogue for that collection.
From 1871 on, the prmted titles of all books received
by the Library (including the Ticknor collection) have been
added day by day to the Card Catalogues. An exception
was made in the case of the Barton collection, for three rea-
sons: 1. The collection was kept by itself at a distance
from Bates Hall, in a room where no attendant was stationed.
2. The works of great rarity and value in the collection it
was thought best not to bring forward into prominence.
Persons entitled to use them could find them through the
catalogue printed in a volume. 3. On the other hand, the
works of less value, such as modern editions of Shakespeare,
were largely duplicated in the general collection, more easily
attainable, and preferably to be used to the saving of the
rarer editions.
The Officers' Catalogue.
The second Card Catalogue, kept in the Catalogue Room,
from 1871 on, is in the main a duplicate of the one for the
use of the public. Its basis was the collection of titles in
manuscript for books received after the publication of the
First Supplement to the Bates Hall Index, which titles it was
48 City Document No. 21.
intended to use as printers' copy for a Second SuiDiDlement.
These additions, so far as they covered newly-pnblished
books and others of especial interest, were printed in the
Bulletins, and, as alread}' stated, these selected printed titles
were added to the Public Card Catalogue.
The Index, the Supplement and the Prince Catalogue were
not cut and added to the Officers' Catalogue, because at that
time it was thought that any information needed by the
Library staff could be found readily in the catalogues in
printed volumes.
It may be inferred that after the work mentioned on the
Public Card Catalogue was finished, readers had at hand a
fairly representative inventory of the books in this Library.
This was the case so far as the titles of these books had been
put into type. The Index and Supplement, however, did not
contain the titles of all the books in the Library ; pamphlets,
for example, being generally omitted, and subject entries not
being given in all cases. ^
It was found on using this new conglomerate catalogue
tliat the titles in small type, cut from the printed catalogues,
when placed in drawers under a wire were read with diffi-
culty ; they also suffered from wear and tear.
With the growth of the Library it was also found that the
titles as hitherto printed were altogether too brief for useful-
ness, and that it would be necessary to recatalogue and re-
print all that represented books received by this Library
during the first twenty years of its existence.
It was decided also, for good reasons, to make the Public
and Officers' Catalogue exactly alike, each ultimately to
contain a record of all the books added to the Library from
the beginning.
This work has gone on steadily for twenty-seven years, the
cataloguing of former years being brought up to the greatly
advanced present standard.
Since moving to the new building a triplicate Card Cata-
logue has been prepared for the books added to the collec-
tions in the Special Libraries' Department. From tests
recently made, I think that only a comparatively small num-
ber of books in the Library (outside of the Barton collection)
will fail to be found in some form in the Bates Hall Card
Catalogue.
Respectfully submitted,
James L. Whitney,
Chief Cataloguer.
1 Reference is made to an irticle (B) which follows this memorandum.
Library Department. 49
(B.)
CONSIDERATIONS AS TO A PRINTED CATALOGUE
IN BOOK FORM.
To the Librarian :
When the Boston Public Library first occupied the new
building on Boy Is ton street two independent libraries were
established there: 1. The collection of popular books in the
Lower Hall. 2. The more scholarly books in the Bates Hall.
For the popular department a Finding List was printed in
1858, which has been followed by Class Lists, in many
editions, down to a recent date. For the Bates Hall a List
was published in 1861. The title in both was an "Index to
the Catalogue," etc., as consisting of brief entries which
pointed to a card catalogue, or the books themselves, for
fuller particulars.
These Indexes, moreover, contained the titles of a selected
portion only of the Library, but few pamphlets, for example,
being included, unless written by Boston authors or relating
to the affairs of Boston ; while subject-entries were not given
in many cases, particularly where a publication contained
less than one hundred pages — a poor test, as was then
allowed, of the value of any production, and particularly
so in science.
A First Supplement to this Index, on a like plan, was
published in 1866, and it was purposed to follow these
Indexes with supplementary ones, to be gathered together
at some future time, it was hoped, under one alphabet.
At this time the Library took a great stride forward, the
annual additions, which for a few years had averaged 7,500
volumes, increasing to some 25,000 volumes, including
special libraries, such as the Prince and Ticknor collections,
which were given with the understanding that critical and
scholarly catalogues be published.
Mr. Justin Winsor, soon after assuming the office of Superin-
tendent, saw clearly that this great increase was " almost a
portent of future unavailing efforts to keep up in print with
the growth of the Library," and that it had become " a
question of prime importance, with the future so promising
for continued growth, whether some change in the method
of presenting the record of our accessions to the public will
not be absolutely forced upon us." ^
In the meantime, as the nearest approach possible to the
catalogue desired, a Bulletin of new accessions was begun
1 Annual report, 1871.
50 City Document No. 21.
in 1867, which publication, with changes of form, has con-
tinued until the present time. To this, from time to time,
have been added catalogues of special subjects in great
number.
It is understood that the material supplementary^ to these
catalogues in printed volumes, which was being collected in
card form, was intended only for the use of the officers of
the Library in preparing a new Index volume. Readers were
obliged to examine many catalogues and bulletins, which
numbered, in 1871, in both libraries, nearly thirty- — a state
of thmgs which was felt to be intolerable.
At this time the foundations were laid of a Card Catalogue,
intended, under author and subject, to give full entries for
all the books in the Library. This involved not only the
cataloguing of the new accessions to the Library, but also
all the omitted material already alluded to, together with the
re-cataloguing of some 175,000 volumes. This work of
preparation and revision has gone on steadily since that
time, its scope and methods broadening and ramifying with
the growth and development of the Library. Since the estab-
lishment of the Card Catalogue it may be roughly estimated
that 400,000 volumes, pamphlets and parts of volumes, ncAvly
added to the Central Library, have been catalogued, and, on
an average, 12,000 volumes a year of older material have
been revised and recatalogued.^
A Printed Volume.
While this work has more than met the anticipations of its
projectors and has proved in many respects an ideal catalogue,
the question has been asked from time to time by those who
have chafed under its requirements and limitations, whether
it might not be possible to condense all this material into
printed volumes, which could be consulted more readily and
used outside the Library building.
To this question the reply of the Trustees has been that
owing to the expense involved and to other grave consider-
ations, they were not prepared to enter upon an undertaking
so vast and of so uncertain an issue. At least, until the
Library should be housed in a new building and all of the
necessary changes of shelf-position and shelf-numbers had
been made, a printed catalogue, even if possible, would be an
unwise project.
Now that this transfer has been made and the changes men-
tioned are under way how does the case stand ? What will
the proposed catalogue involve?
1 From 1852-1897, 191,472 volumes were recatalogued in tbe work of revision.
LiBEAEY Department. 51
I. In the first place the work of revision must be pushed
with vigor to the end, tlie cataloguers being called off from
all other special work to receive aid in this undertaking from
an extra force to be engaged from outside. The cards for
every book must be copied in abbreviated form, compared
with each other, and, if not already done, with the cards in
the Public Catalogue, with the shelf-lists, and with the book
itself, while the subject headings must be submitted to a rigid
test as to their correctness and their indication of relationship
to the headings of cognate subjects. The catalogue of a great
library is a constant development; to its latest and highest
requirements all the work of preceding years must be brought.
Only when the work is perfected can it be given to the printer.
The time needed for this cannot be estimated, but only guessed
at from the experience of other large libraries which have
printed their catalogues.
II. Supposing that this revision is finished and the card
catalogue as it stands now is read}^ to print, what then?
On June 25, 1898, the Card Catalogue measured 12,523
inches, linear measurement through the thickness of the
stock. Reckoning eighty cards to an inch these cards num-
ber 1,001,810. Roughly estimated, from numerous tests
made, nine-tenths of these cards contain one title each, and
one-tenth two or more titles. It might be said that there are
1,200,000 titles (author and subject) in the Public Card Cata-
logues in the Bates Hall and Delivery Room. This leaves
out of account many of the titles in the Ticknor and Barton
Catalogues, which it would be desirable to include in con-
densed form in a general catalogue of this Library.
An estimate may be made in another way. There were
in the Central Librarj^, exclusive of the Duplicate Room, on
July 1, 1898, about 524,000 volumes, or, deducting special
collections, say 500,000 volumes. Reckoning two and one-
half entries for each book (an accepted estimate),^ the num-
ber of titles to be printed would be 1,250,000.^
HI. The question now arises shall the proposed catalogue
be kept up to date ; that is, shall the titles of books received
while the work is in progress be added, or shall it include
only what was in the Library at the time of beginning the
work ?
For the past seven years the cards placed in the public
catalogues in Bates Hall and the Delivery Room have
1 Tlie Dictionary Catalogue of the Boston Athena'um for the pei'iod from 1872-
lSi)4 covers 80,(100 bound volumes and 5,000 pamphlets, and is estSmated to contain
2i)l,840 cards, or nearly three and one-halt cards per title.
- In this estimate no account is taken of the number of duplicate coi)ies on these
cards, the number of volumes made up of many pamphlets, or the number of woriis
in Ion 2- sets.
52 City Document No. 21.
averaged 44,857 a year, or about 150 a day. Since the prep-
aration and printing of these titles in addition to those
already in the Library would push forward tlie publication of
the catalogue indefinitely, I will here make only estimates
on the collection of books as it now stands.
Time.
IV. Assuming that these 1,200,000 titles are ready for
the printer, how much time will be needed to edit them
through the press ?
From an examination of numerous catalogues of this and
other libraries, I judge that tlie number of titles to a page
would average from forty to fifty, depending on the fulness
of the titles given and the style of printing. Calling it the
larger number, the catalogue Avould fill 24,000 pages; if the
smaller, 30,000 pages.
The Boston Atheufeum catalogue was printed at the rate
of 1 + pages a working day ; the catalogue of the Library
of the Peabody Institute at the rate of less than two pages
a day ; the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-
General's office, United States Army, at the rate of about
three and one-third pages a day. Calling the rate of prog-
ress for the proposed catalogue five pages a day, the time
needed would be in the one case sixteen years, and in the
other twenty years.
The catalogue of the Boston Athenseum, work upon which
was begun in 1856, was sent to the printer May, 1872.
January of that year was taken as the limit beyond which
no book should be added. On its completion, therefore, it
did not contain the titles of bopks added to the library for
the preceding ten years. To tlie Index-Catalogue of the
library of the Surgeon-General's office, and to the catalogue
of the Peabody Institute, the titles of books and articles
received during the printing were added, except such as were
included in the part of the alphabet already in type.
On the completion of the Index Catalogue enough material
had collected in the letter A to fill 828 pages, while in the
main work this letter occupied only 718 pages. In the Pea-
body Institute catalogue this letter occupies 236 pages in
the supplement, and only 136 in the main work. This dis-
proportion would doubtless disappear in the later letters of
the alphabet, yet it shows that the titles left over on the
completion of a catalogue may be as numerous when the
work is delayed to insert matter received during its progress
through the press as when, receiving no additions, it is put
through more rapidly.
Library Department. 53
Use.
What will be the value and how great the use of a cata-
logue which does not contain the titles of books added for
ten to twenty years previous to its issue?
On the completion of the Boston Athenseuni catalogue I
examined the books given to readers at the Boston Public
Library for some days, and found that seven out of ten had
been published less than ten years. Of course such a cata-
logue would have less and less use from year to year. ^
By recent tests made hy Mr. Chevalier, of the Catalogue
Department, it appears that of books taken for Home Use on
given days 24 per cent, were published before 1883, while
19 per cent, bore date between 1883 and 1888, and 57 per
cent, between 1888 and 1898 ; while of books taken for Hall
Use, 37 per cent, were published before 1883, while 24 per
cent, were issued between 1883 and 1888, and 39 per cent,
between 1888 and 1898. On the completion of the proposed
catalogue for this Library it probably would not contain one-
fourth of the books called for by readers.
Extent.
An opinion as to the number of volumes required for a
printed catalogue of this Library may be ventured, based on
the experience of other libraries. Six years ago an estimate
was made that the titles in the card catalogue of the Upper
Hall of the old Library building would fill sixteen and one-
half volumes of the size of the Barton catalogue (Miscel-
laneous part). This estimate apparently took no account of
the titles which have long contents, or of the cases where
more than one title is on a card, and in my opinion it falls
far short of being correct.
The Boston Athenaeum catalogue of 92,000 volumes and
about 36,000 pamphlets is in five volumes with 3,400 pages.
In the five volumes of the Peabody Institute Library the
5,000 pages catalogue a collection of perhaps 100,000 volumes.
The Index-Catalogue at Washington in its sixteen volumes,
or 16,000 pages, represents a collection somewhat larger,
minutely analyzed.
The British Museum catalogue, with author entries only,
which ajjproaches completion, thus far fills about 110,000
columns (two to a page, folio size). These columns, if joined
*
1 " While the use of the catalogue in print is vastly more convenient than the best in
manuscript, and while our printed volumes may he of great advantage in other li-
braries, and to a few students wlio possess them, it is very apparent from observation
that the great bulk of users of the Bates Hall are in search of the newer books, which
cannot be found in the printed catalogues. " — J'. Winsor : Superintendent's Report,
1872.
54 City Document No. 21.
to one another, would reach more than seventeen miles, — a
vivid illustration of the proportions which the catalogue of
our own Library will soon reach.
With its half a million volumes and many thousand pamph-
lets an estimate for the Boston Public Library of a catalogue
in thirty volumes of a thousand pages each is probably a
moderate one.
Cost.
It would be difficult to estimate the cost of jDreparing a
catalogue of this Library for the press and printing it. In
1881 the Examining Committee made a statement, based upon
estimates furnished them, that the cost would be nearer
$200,000 than 8100,000. The Catalogue of the Boston
Athenaeum, in five volumes, is said to have cost nearly
$100,000.1 Of the Index-Catalogue of the Library of the
Surgeon-General's office one volume has been issued yearly
at a cost for the printing and binding alone, and not including
the cost of preparation, of $12,000 a volume, or $216,000
for tlie eighteen volumes (first and second series) so far
issued, in an edition of 1,000 copies. For printing the
Catalogue of the British Museum, which was begun January,
1881, an annual grant was assigned which has risen by
gradual increments to X3,000 a year.^
Sale.
If a price be set upon the catalogue based upon its cost,
or upon the charge for the catalogues of other libraries, but
few copies would be sold. Even if a nominal price were
named, judging from the experience of the Library, the sale
would probably be quite limited.
Special Lists.
As already stated, in place of a new general catalogue in
a printed volume, the Bulletin was established, which gives
ready access to the new additions to the Library.
Moreover, as any subject has come forward into prominence
or general interest it has been made the occasion for preparing
'This estimate is only an approximate one. (See the reports of the Treasurer.)
The Librarian has stated that the cost of printing, paper, binding, etc., was about
820,000, and tliat for many years there were from two to eight persons preparing tlie
manuscript for the printer. The compilation of this catalogue was attended with
peculiar difficulties (see the Preface), and its cost was greater than might be expected
in similar undertakings.
2 For the British Museum catalogue the yearly subscription for the parts, which
began to appear about 18S1, is £3 10s. The selling price of the entire catalogue
will be £84. The price of the five volumes of the Peabody Institute catalogue is
S37, and $11.50 for volumes 1-3 of the second series. The Boston Athenreum cata-
logue is sold for five dollars a volume, and to libraries at twenty dollars for the entire
work. About 350 copies have been sold. The price for the catalogue of the Library
of the Surgeon-General's office is $3.50 a volume; for that of the Biblioth^que Naiion-
ale, fifteen francs a volume.
Library Depart^nient. 55
a special catalogue, in which, with the aid offered by sj^ecial-
ists, the titles of the most helpful and authoritative works
have been gathered. As an example, there may be cited the
list of books on social reform, published this year. Such
lists as these, drawn from the general catalogue, when the
interest of the public on any particular question or depart-
ment of literature is ardent, are timely and of service, whereas
such a topic in a general printed catalogue might at any
given moment not have been reached or be a dozen years
behind the time.^
Supplements.
On the completion of this proposed catalogue a million
cards will probably have accumulated, necessitating the prep-
aration of the first of many supplements to follow. The
Library would then be confronted with the state of things
which led its iirst Superintendent, Mr. Jewett, to affirm that
" Nothing short of what a Card Catalogue is in plan can ever
be regarded as entirely satisfactory for a great public library," ^
and his successor, Mr. Winsor, to agree with the view of
European librarians that "printing in a large and rapidly
growing library is impracticable." ^
Printing.
Nothing has been said in regard to the printer's part in
the proposed catalogue, for the reason that the other con-
siderations adduced are the vital ones. With the addition
of another press and linotype the proposed catalogue could
be put in type to keep pace with the supply of matter fur-
nished b}^ the editors.
With the coming of the linotype there was a suggestion
that the Avay might be open for a catalogue of the entire
Library in printed volumes, and moreover that by holding
the solid lines or "slugs," insertions might be made and the
catalogue kept up to date.
In this Library the linotype has been tested in catalogue
work to the f ollowmg extent : In addition to the printing of
the titles of accessions for the card catalogue and the special
catalogues a Monthly Bulletin has been issued, and at the
end of twenty months about two-thirds of this matter has
been reprinted, with some changes, from the same slugs, as
iThe Austrian Library Association, at its meeting held on March 26, of this year,
decided to abandon the plan for an Austrian General catalogue, owing to lack of
adequate support, but in its place it voted to publish bulletins devoted to library
matters. — Library Journal, September, 1S98.
2xVnnual Report, 1861.
3 Annual Report, 1872.
56 City Document No. 21.
an Annual List.^ Although this is an Author Catalogue,
arranged simply by classes, and much less intricate than a
Dictionary Catalogue of authors and subjects, many diffi-
culties have been met with in its development. If the
attempt should be made to unite the slugs for this Annual
List with others for a two-year list or a five-year list, as has
been proposed, these difficulties would multiply many fold.
To mention one : to the labor of finding the sbigs and re-
arranging them there would be added the constantly increasing
necessity for a new grouping. It would probably be more
economical to set up the whole list anew. For it is a settled
principle that work ought to be perfected before it is sent
to the printer ; all changes and new arrangements after that
are disastrous. The same principle holds good with the lino-
type. Editorial work must be done elsewhere than in the
printer's office, or the linotype room.
With the linotype as up to this time developed, methods
whicli hold good for printing such a publication as the
Annual List would cease to be operative in the case of a
larger and certainly of a much larger catalogue. The cost
of arrangement and editing would be out of all proportion to
the increase of titles.
The case as it stands is as stated. Should the linotype
ever through the progress of invention overcome its present
limitations and effect that which now seems impossible, no
one will rejoice more than the maker of catalogues.
Suggestions.
The Examining Committee for 1886, impressed with the
requirements of the Catalogue Department, suggested '' that
$100,000 be secured by public grant, private subscription —
or by all combined — the income of which should be ex-
clusively devoted in perpetuity, to the Bates Hall Catalogue."
With this sum in hand, it would be worth while to con-
sider whether, if it be impossible to make an elaborate author
and subject catalogue, some quicker and less expensive
substitute might not be found.
Author Catalogue.
I. An Author Catalogue, that is, one in which entries are
given only under authors' names, and not, as in a Dictionary
Catalogue, under subjects also, could be prepared with less
delay and cost. That of the British Museum has been
mentioned. The Bibliotheque Nationale has begun the pub-
lication of such a catalogue, of which the first volume
> This was followed by a second Annual List, January 1, 1899.
LiBEARY Department. 57
contains, in 565 pages, 11,067 titles, or about one-fourth of
the titles of works of authors whose name begins with the
letter A.i
As to the value of an Author Catalogue it should be said
that however the case may be in the Bibliotheque Nationale,
or in a University Library, in the Boston Public Library an
Author Catalogue would be of less value than one under
subjects.
One comes to a library to learn one of two things :
1. Whether a certain book is there; or 2. What the library
has on a given subject. The first pomt is settled by an
Author Catalogue, and it is the only one settled except the
question of the bibliographer, who wishes to learn the exact
title of an out of the way book. An answer to the second
question is found in a Subject Catalogue.
The scholar, familiar with literature, will seek what he
needs in an Author Catalogue. Even here he will obtain
more satisfactory results from the Card Catalogue of the
Library than from its abbreviated reproduction in book form.
The general inquirer, however, as a rule does not know
the particular book required, and asks what books are in
the Library under a given subject. This question cannot
be answered by an Author Catalogue whether in book form
or on cards.
The publication of an Author Catalogue for the benefit of
all countries may perhaps be justified in the case of the
British Museum and the Bibliotheque Nationale, as being
national libraries and containing in the largest gatherings of
books in the world an approach to a universal collection.
The library on this side of the Atlantic most nearly approxi-
mating such a collection ought ultimately to be our own
National Library. This institution receives copies of every
book copyrighted in the United States. Even if it should
not attempt to publish a complete catalogue of its collection
it is conceivable that an Author Catalogue of at least this
portion, representing a complete, authoritative description of
all the issues of the American press, might be of sufficient
service to bibliography to justify its exj^ense.^ It would have
the advantage, which Trade Catalogues do not possess, of
being a full, precise and scholarly description. Such a work,
however, needs to be issued under the authority of one insti-
tution only. It does not need to be repeated by other
libraries.
1 The Introduction by M. Delisle is interesting, especially section 15. " Raisons qui
ont fait adopter I'ordre alphab^tique pour le Catalogue."
2 A Catalogue of Authors was bsgun by tli3 Library of Congress in 1878, but it was
continued only through the letter C. Its catalogue of the title entries of books and
other articles entered in the otlice of the Register of Copyright is a publication in the
direction indicated.
58 City Document No. 21.
If each national library would at least undertake such a
catalogue for the issues of the press of its country, the pub-
lications of the world would be economically recorded. But
however proper a work like this might be for a national
library, with a collection of copyright material presumably
complete, and with the resources of a nation behind it, the
Boston Public Library stands in a very different position. It
is to an extent a scholars' library; it is also a popular library.
It does not contain, and does not wish to contain, more than
a fraction of the books published in this country. The
bibliographical value of its catalogue in print, therefore,
would be limited accordingly, while the material published
abroad which it contains, being for the most part duplicated
in the British Museum and the Bibliotheque Nationale
together, is adequately recorded at their expense in their
catalogues.
So much for the scholarly side, the bibliography pure and
simple. For the popular service, the Monthly Bulletin and
special lists, as they are issued from time to time, are ade-
quate and more to the purpose.
Classed Lists.
II. The titles under authors might be grouped under
classes, as in our Monthly Bulletin and Annual List. Such
a list of all the books of this Library, however, would need a
classification so extensive and indexes so minute that the labor
might quite equal that of finishing the preparation and the
printing of our Dictionary Catalogue of authors and sub-
jects. The Annual List is only a selection from the Monthly
Bulletins, which are themselves only a partial record of the
books currently received. From the labor expended on this
list (which is without indexes) one can imagine the time
needed for the preparation of an indexed list of all the books
received by this Library for nearly fifty years.
Selected Subjects.
III. Some years ago, in the Boylston street building, when
the pressure for space for the Card Catalogue was a matter of
concern, a plan was formed to take out certain sections and
print them separately. While the work done in this direc-
tion has great value, as approaching the subjects treated from
a diiferent point of view from our Dictionary Catalogue, and,
while it also supplements that work, the Library has never
seen the wisdom of substituting these lists for the fuller
entries in the Card Catalogue, or breaking up the complete-
ness and continuity of that great work. Still, some such
plan may be forced upon us in the future.
Library Departiment. 59
Conclusion.
I have presented the question of a catalogue in a printed
volume for the Boston Public Library succinctly, and I trust
fairly, for consideration.
I think that such an undertaking would be unwise. The
decision of twenty-six years ago was based on reasons which,
have gathered strength with the passing of time.
Respectfully submitted,
James L. Whitney,
Chief Cataloguer.
Postscript.
The following statements in the " Quarterly Review "
for October, 1898, in regard to the Book Catalogue of the
British jSIuseum, supplement the information given in the
preceding report. It is there stated tliat the complete cata-
logue will consist of about six hundred volumes, containing on
an average, 250 columns each. During its progress through
the press the accessions to the library have exceeded half a
million titles, only a fraction of which will appear in this
catalogue. The number of copies available is, about 250^
but of these less than one-third has passed into circulation,
and even of that number about one-half has been given gra-
tuitousl3% A supplementary catalogue of accessions was
printed, which a subscriber could obtain for X3 a year in
addition to his subscription of <£3, 10s., for the principal
catalogue. But this Accessions Catalogue found scarcely
any subscribers, and the issue has now been contracted within
the narrowest possible limits. The writer adds "The present
situation may be sunnued up in the statement that the Cata-
logue of the British Museum is almost unknown outside of
the Reading Room ; that its complete form is found in the
Reading Room alone ; and that the very few persons who
have access to it beyond those precincts possess it in a form
which is so incomplete as well-nigh to frustrate the chief
reason of its existence." ^
In the magazine "Literature," for January 10, 1899, it is
stated that the officials of the Bibliotheque Nationale have
been compelled to cease printing their catalogue by reason of
the great expense involved. When the work was undertaken
it was estimated that the catalogue would occupy some eighty
volumes. The first volume cost =£1,600, so that the cost of
the entire work might be X130,000.
1 In a circular from the British Museum, dated April 15, 1899, the statement is made
that a supplement will be published to include the titles, not yet incorporated, of all
works acquired since the commencement of the printing of the catalogue to the end of
1899.
60 City Document No. 21.
(CO
EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE SPECIAL
LIBRARIES, DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS.
To the Ziibrarian :
Five lectures were given during the year:
In the Barton Library.
1808.
February 23. Mrs. Hannah Johnson Carter. On the Art of
Ancient Egypt.
March 1. Lecture on Egypt repeated.
In the Fine Arts Room.
April 21. Prof. D. O. Lyon of Harvard College. Assyrian
art, life and history. Illustrated by the
stereopticon .
November 30. Mrs. Marie Buckniau, Secretary of the Egypt
Exploration Fund. Art of Ancient Egypt.
is«».
Januar}' 31. Mr. C. Howard Walker. Early Greek architect-
ure and ornament.
Photographs, etc., illustrating the lectures were supplied
by the Library. The lecturer was secured in each case by the
Unit}^ Art Club. It is very desirable that the large Lecture
Room be made available for these lectures, as neitlier the
Barton Library nor the Fine Arts Room is adequate.
The collection of photographs now numbers 9,870, of pro-
cess reproductions, 3,509. Of the photographs, 1,696 have
been added during the year at an expense of $739.63 for
purchase, and 1)447.68 for mounting. The process pictures
are classified and catalogued. The work is continuing on the
photographs, less than 25 per cent, of which remain to be taken
in hand. There is no doubt that this collection of photographs
has not only increased the usefulness of the Fine Arts De-
partment, but has stimulated the study of art among various
classes in the community.
The collection of topical examples of objects of industrial
art, formed after the pattern of collections in the numerous
industrial museums in Europe, Avith the aid of the informa-
tion and material gathered by Mr. S. R. Kiihler of the Museum
of Fine Arts, has been placed in a suitable case, and the
arrangement of the plates advances. The collection consists
mainly of plates (each example on a single sheet) from
periodicals, arranged broadly in classes, such as architectural
detail, ornament, plastic arts, furniture, etc. As the collec-
tion develops I intend to subdivide by countries, styles, and
periods.
Library Department. 61
The use of the Allen A. Brown Library has noticeably
increased since a beginning was made in the printing of the
catalogue. Nearly 8,000 cards are now printed, and copy is
ready for the printer which represents at least 60,000 more.
These it is desirable to hasten, if possible.
The catalogue of about 4,700 cards, covering analytical
references to musical works, periodicals, etc., and biographies^
has been added during the year. The collection consisting
of magazine articles, newspaper clippings, etc., was made by
Mr. Brown, and has been bound up in volumes, over fifty of
which are now catalogued. By means of this catalogue, in
which works of importance are indexed as they appear^
current information may be found concerning modern music
and musicians. Progress has been made as well in the col-
lecting, arranging, and binding of the series of concert pro-
grammes of the Handel and Haydn, Philharmonic, Mendelss-
ohn Quintette Club, Musical Fund, Academy of Music, and
other musical and choral organizations in Boston during the
past seventy years.
Through the generosity of Mr. Brown the resources of
this collection are enlarged systematically by the addition of
new publications in music and musical literature. The col-
lection of works for orchestra in full score has been largely
increased. Worthy of mention among the more important
additions of the year is a collection of part-songs and larger
works for whole chorus, bound in fifty-two volumes, and com-
prising more than 1,200 separate publications.
Exhibitions in the Fine Arts Department, Central
Library.
1898.
Feb. 8-14 —Venetian school. Photo-
graphs .... Barton Lil)rary.
Feb. 14-21 — German and Flemish school.
Photographs . . . " "
Feb. 21-28 —Dutch school. Photographs, " "■
Feb. 28-Mar. 7 — French school. Photo-
graphs .... Fine Arts Eoom.
Mar. 7-14 — English and American
schools. Photographs . " " "
Mar. 14-28 — School-room decoration.
Photographs . . . " " "
Note. — The above six exhibitions illustrated lectures by Mr. J. F. Hopkins to
teachers of the public schools.
62 City Document No. 21.
Mar. 21-April 1 — Ancient Egypt. Photo-
graphs, colored plates,
and books, to illustrate a
lecture by Mrs. Hannah
Johnson Carter . . Barton Library.
M ar . 2-20 — Washi ngton portraits.
Loaned by Mr. George
R. Barrett . . . " "
Mar. 21-April 9 — Decorative paper covers.
The Walter M. Rowlands
collection , supplemented
by contributions from
other owners . . . " "
April 7-18 — Madonnas of the old and
modern schools of paint-
ing and sculpture . . Fine Arts Room.
April 15-May 10 — Books and broadsides pur-
chased at the Ueane and
Baucker sales . . " '• "
April 18-May 3 — Assyrian art. Photographs,
colored plates, and books,
to illustrate a lecture
by Prof. D. Ct. Lyon of
Harvard College . ., " " "
April 20 — Creek art. Photographs,
etc., in connection with a
conference and lecture on
Greece, by the Unity Art
Club of Dorchester . Barton Library.
May 3-17 — Indnstrial arts. Recent ac-
cessions, plates, etc. . Fine Arts Room.
May 10-Junel2 — AmericusVespucius. Books,
maps, portraits, etc., in
commemoration of the cen-
tenary . . . . " " "
May 17-June G — Memorial Day. War photo-
graphs, colored plates, bat-
tle flags, brigade flags of
Massachusetts regiments
in the battle of Gettys-
burg. Loaned by Mr.
Charies B. Brooks , " " "
June 6-July 12 — English cathedrals, abbeys,
castles, university build-
ings, etc. Photographs . " " "
June 12-July 8 — Battle of Bunker Hill.
Maps, lu'oadsides, docu-
ments, portraits, etc. . " " "
June 20-^ug. 1 — Edward Burne-Jones. Pho-
tographs of the artist's
Library Department. 63
works, to commemorate
his death on June 17 . Fine Arts Room.
July 12- Aug. 1 — Japanese architecture and
costume. Photographs . " " "■
July 12-Aug. 19 — Hawaiian Islands. Photo-
graphs, plates, maps, por-
traits, etc. Loaned by
Hon. Gorham U. Gilmau, " " "
Aug. 1-19 — Recent municipal architect-
ure of Boston. Plates . " " "
Aug. 1-Oct. 3 - — The typical American, male
and female. Photographs
of statues made from
measurements by Dr. D.
A. Sargent . . , u n u
Aug. 19-30 — "Galerie Amer. du Musee
d 'ethnographic du Troca-
dero." Plates. In con-
nection with the conven-
tion of the American
Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science . " " "
Aug. 30 Oct. 3 — Constantinople; American
mural decorations ; mural
decoratijons in the Pan-
theon,Paris. Photographs, " " "
Sept. 2-8 — War with Spain. Pictures
cut from periodicals, etc., " " "
Oct. 4-17 — Classic architecture in Italy.
Photographs . . . " " "
Oct. 17-24 — Assyrian and Babylonian
antiquities. Photographs.
In connection with the
history course in the Bos-
ton High schools . . " " "
Oct. 24-Nov. 17 — Portraits from the historic
schools of painting. Pho-
tographs . , . " " "
Oct. 26-NOV.22 — P. Puvis de Chavannes.
Died Oct. 24. Photo-
graphs of his work. Cer-
tain of them loaned by
Mr. F. P. Vinton and
Mr. A. H. Munsell , " " "
Nov. 17-Dec. 5 — Ancient Egypt. Photo-
graphs and colored plates,
to illustrate a lecture by
Mrs. Marie Buckman . " " "
Dec. 5-15 — English country churches.
Half-tone pictures . . " " "
64 City Document No. 21.
Dee. 15-31 — French chateaux. Photo-
graphs .... Fine Arts Roonu
Dee. l!)-ol — Madonnas. Photographs.
Dee. 3 J -J an. 10,
181)i». — Paris and Versailles. Pho-
tographs . . . '' " "
Dec. 31 .Jan. 10,
1891). — Great fa9ades of the world.
Photographs . . . '" " "
1899.
Jan. 14-26 — French cathedrals. Photo-
graphs . . . . " " "■
Jan. 27-Feb. 1 — Greek architecture and orna-
ment. Photographs and
colored plates, to illustrate
a lecture by Mr. C . Howard
Walker . . . . " " "
Exhibitions at the Branch Libraries and Stations.
Collections of process reproductions on the subjects in the
following list were exhibited during the year in the ten Branch
Libraries, and certain of them in Stations A, D, L, and S :
Egypt, Greek sculpture, Rome and Pompeii, Italian architecture,
Italian painting, Florentine school, early Renaissance painters,
Perugino, Raphael, Michael Angelo, Titian, Madonnas, Venice,
Renaissance architecture and sculpture, Spain, Spanish archi-
tecture, Northern architecture, French cathedrals, English cathe-
drals, EngUsh country churches, Rembrandt, Dutch school,
Italian views, Germany, Holland, Belgium, School decoration,
Ci\'il War photographs, and others.
Respectfully submitted.
Otto Fleischner.
(D.)
REPORT OF CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT OF DOCUMENTS
AND STATISTICS.
[ Librarian's Note. — As this department had lieen in existence only eight months,
and, as its chief worl; had so far been an examination of the collections of the Library,
the receipt and classillcation of niMierial from the American statistical Association,
and the initiation of methods of exchange and solicitation, catalonuing, etc., it stemed
best that the report submitted by the Chief should be a general stateiiieiit of functions.
The experience of the eight months had shown that his estimate of the character and
probable large number of inquiries addressed to the department was likely to be
justified in experience.]
To the Librarian :
I have the honor to submit a report from the Statistical
Department of this Library. As it will cover an activity of
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only six months, and applies to what is practically a new de-
parture in library administration, the results of which are
yet to be determined, it will necessarily be brief.
The general plan of this department was to constitute a
working laboratory on social topics, where the expert, the
student and the general reader might find the material they
desire, and, if necessary, advice and guidance in the use of
this material. The scheme must, therefore, cover two im-
portant divisions of each social question : the theory, as
developed by the leading American and European writers ;
and the application, as recorded in the investigations of
government bureaus, corporations, associated charities or
individuals. If the entire range of sociology as now under-
stood is to be adequately treated, the department must have
collections on political economy in its widest sense, on political
science both in theory and in history, and on statistics, which
records and generalizes both economics and history.
The Public Library possesses large and valuable collections
on economics and history, and an intelligent appreciation of
this description of writings is clearly evidenced in the selec-
tion. Indeed, it is in some respects one of the best collections
of its kind in this country, and it would be difficult to dupli-
cate it within any reasonable time. This great and solid
foundation is now being rapidly added to by the purchase of
current works, and by securing such as are out of print with
every opportunity offered.
As to the third division, statistics, which includes all forms
of state activity, the principal subjects to be covered are :
Vital statistics.
Commercial statistics, which comprises the means or agen-
cies of transportation".
Labor statistics, which cannot overlook the statistics of
production, Avhether agricultural or industrial.
Financial statistics, and all questions of banking, currency
and taxation.
State and private penal and charitable institutions.
It will be necessary to provide the material for a proper
understanding of these subjects both in general and in detail.
For the general, reference may be made to the condensed
statements of economy issued by each of the leading countries
in the form of handbooks or abstracts. I have received, in
some cases, full sets of the statistical abstracts of the following
countries : United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany,
Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Netherlands,
Japan and India. And even where a country is not named
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in this list the most essential statistics as to commerce, pop-
ulation, railroads, telegraphs and finance, may be learned from
some of the abstracts, like that for " foreign countries,"
issued by the British government.
These abstracts are, however, too condensed to serve the
purposes of the special student, and a vast and ever increas-
ing number of official reports must be obtained for his needs.
In the number and scope of these reports no two countries
agree. It is safe to say tliat every leading bureau in a gov-
ernmental department prepares and prmts an annual report,
which is supplemented by special reports, and by the labors
of legislative commissions. It is often not enough to have
the report alone ; tlie debates of the House to which it is
submitted are useful or essential. In fact, there is hardly
any limit to the issues of this description, and only unremit-
ting vigilance will enable the Library to keep abreast with
them in a manner that will satisfy the demands of its readers.
In planning to fulfil the high purposes you designed for
this department I have laid down certain broad lines of
action that may be briefly summarized :
1. All census returns, whether of the United States or
of Asiatic countries, have been sought. Vital statistics have
been more fully developed than any other branch of statis-
tical science, and are more frequently called for.
2. In commerce the detailed annual returns of the four
leading commercial and industrial nations of the world —
the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Ger-
many — hold the first place in importance. Almost as nec-
essary are those of Russia, Japan, China and British India —
covering the development of Asiatic trade, now so prominent
among the world's problems. Canada and South America
are of great interest commercially to the United States, and
the trade of colonies and dependencies must prove suggestive
in studying the future policy and growth in foreign trade of
the United States. Even Africa, with its failures and suc-
cesses in colonization, and its internal relations affecting the
attitude of competing powers to one another, carries lessons
that cannot be neglected. I have attempted to secure com-
plete conuuercial returns of the principal nations, and am
meeting with success.
This particular branch will attract, and is attracting the
attention of commercial and manufacturing bodies in this
region. It is to be regretted that full replies cannot be given
to every question, but this regret will become less as the col
lection of commercial statistics increases. Much assistance
towards completing the wants of the department could be
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given by commercial bodies, were tliej' to turn over to tbe
Library any works on connnerce received and not immedi-
ately needed by tbeir own members. Tlie process of collect-
ing and completing this will necessarily be a slow one ; but
the commercial interests of tlie port are of such importance
that no effort should be spared to keep the records of the
world's commerce to date and as full as circumstances will
permit.
3. The problems of labor have many phases, no one of
whicli should be passed over lightly. I have recently segre-
gated the reports of the State Bureaus of labor statistics, and
of a total issue of more than 300 reports, this department
possesses all but about thirty ; and even these wants are
being made good by way of gift and exchanges. In foreign
countries labor is represented in nearly all administrations,
and the reports of labor departments or bureaus in Great
Britain, France, Germany, Ital}^ and Austria are received in
this Library. This promises to constitute one of the most
valuable divisions of this department, because of the many
questions of daily life or state relations discussed in these
reports.
To cover only the state reports on labor would be to pass
over one of the most vital aspects of the labor problem, that
which is usually described as socialism, but which takes so
many forms that no one term will cover them. I am making
a specialty of the proceedings of labor congresses, of socialist
periodicals, and even of anarchist issues, believing that the
statement of grievances and formulation of reforms by the
workingmen themselves will be of future value in history
and in economics.
4. The next subject is that of finance, and its importance
cannot be exaggerated. At a time when all governments are
facing deficient revenues and rapidly increasing demands on
their treasuries, the discussion of taxation has come to the
front and is exercising national as well as local taxing
powers. The budgets of each great nation, and the legisla-
tive reports and debates on the budget propositions ; the great
financial institutions, state and private, and the movements
in the leading money markets of the world find a place in
this department for future reference. No questioner has been
turned away unsatisfied in this line of inquiry, and yet much
remains to be done towards obtaining the material that is
pertinent and timely.
It will not be necessary to dwell upon the value of state
and local reports on charities and correction. They record
the results of an exercise of functions on the performance
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of which the very existence of the state depends. Too
close attention cannot be given to this diseased aspect of
society, and I have sought for the best products of treatment
of socials ills at home and abroad.
In pursuing these objects correspondence has been opened
with experts and societies in the United States and in foreign
countries, with a view to securing early notice of what is
published on the various matters falling within this depart-
ment. The response has been gratifying, and is proving its
utility daily. These connections have been facilitated by the
deposit in the Public Library of the collections of the Ameri-
can Statistical Association.
The transfer of these collections was not completed until
January of this year ; but the books and pamphlets, number-
ing about 5,000, have been arranged, listed, and will be incor-
porated into the Library as rapidly as time will permit.
While there will be some duplication, yet the two collections
complement one another in a very satisfactory manner. The
Public Library was strong on economic writings of a general
character, but weak in the results of economics applied in the
administration of government ; the Statistical Association
was strong on this practical side, but almost wanting in theo-
retical works. Its most remarkable feature was the series of
issues of foreign governments, long since out of print and
difficult to obtain. As an example of the disinterested zeal
of one man — Dr. Edward Jarvis — the collection is notable ;
as a foundation on which to build for the future, it is a valu-
al)le accession to the Public Librar}-.
Exchanges of duplicate material are now being made, and
the Statistical Collection has been able thus to complete
many of its deficiencies.
In recognition of this widening interest in public ques-
tions, and more especially in the foreign relations of the
United States, the advantage of prompt service has been rec-
ognized. The best results will be attained by rather antici-
pating than following public inquiry. With this in view
arrangements have been perfected by which the important
state papers of the leading governments of Europe are sent to
the Library as soon as published, thus saving six weeks or
more in the transmitting, by obviating the delay of formal
orders from this side. German, French, Belgian and English
bills, reports and debates have been brought under this sys-
tem, which will be extended to other countries having direct
or indirect relations with the policy, foreign intercourse or
commerce of the United States. With the short trial already
made of this system the results have justified the course
Library Department. 69
taken, and must be better appreciated as the facilities offered
to the public become better known. I may mention that the Li-
brary, through this means, received early copies of the Treaty
(Spanish) papers, the British Blue Book and the French
Yellow Book on the Fashoda incident, and the special Par-
liamentary reports on water gas, petroleum and local taxa-
tion, all of which were called for soon after receipt. And
that the system must prove of advantage as the public be-
comes more familiar with the facilities offered is sliown by
the fact of inquiries being made for documents of foreign
governments, a knowledge of which was gained through cable
press notices. It was extremely gratifying to be able to
promise the document " in a few days," a promise that was
fulfilled through the careful attention of the foreign agents
of the Library, acting under the general arrangement already
described.
In the same line is the method adopted of giving notice to
the public of the receipt of important or timely documents.
I have been enabled to publish notices in the Library bulletin
within ten days after the document listed has reached the
Library, without interfering with the regular process of the
catalogue department. I believe that so prompt notice can-
not but be useful to the public.
This brings me to the relations such a department must
bear to the general public. It is not to be denied that there
has in late years been an increasing attention paid to eco-
nomic and political studies. This attention has been made
necessary by the ever mcreasing complexity of our social
relations, as well among ourselves as with other peoples.
The universities and high schools have special departments
for teaching these questions, and the need of a sjDecial >de-
partment in this Library, to contain the works necessary for
applying, encouraging and continuing these studies, has been
impressed upon the Trustees and Librarian. I need hardly
enumerate the subjects lately coming before this city gov-
ernment for some settlement : the expenditures and revenues;
the relations to the city of corporations using the streets ;
questions of public health and safety ; and the proper statis-
tical records of municipal activity. In the State, the problem
of taxation is ever present, with its perplexing difficulties of
assessments and valuation of real and personal property;
while the many corporate and state institutions under its
control, call for an intelligent regulation as well as a high
degree of practical ability. In national affairs there are also
matters of finance of extreme importance, and the increasing
demands of government for power to enter upon new areas
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of state action call for the highest exercise of the intelligence
and practical faculties. To undertake to deal with such
problems in ignorance is to invite disaster ; and it is only the
highest ability that can hope to master their intricacies and
point out the proper solution.
To another rising study this department must give support
and direction — I refer to the study of commercial geography.
The mere boundaries of a country, the names of its capital
and leading cities, rivers and mountains, convey no real
meaning to the child's mind, and much less can they satisfy
the more matured student. The climate and productions of
the region, the mineral wealth and the products for home
consumption or foreign trade, the manufacturing industries
and the great commercial roads leading to or through it, the
general habits of the people in food and clothing, and the
form and supply of labor available — these, are a few of the
leading topics that present themselves in an attempt to gain
even a superficial conce])tion of what a country or a region
implies. The prevailing feverish eagerness to penetrate into
new and undescribed regions enforces such a study, and in
the intense competition for colonial dependencies or protec-
torates, it will be the people having the most intelligent mas-
tery of needs and resources that will win the highest rewards.
In Africa, in Asia, and in South America, commerce is being
pushed as never bek)re, and vast territories, thought a short
time since to be doomed by climate and unattractiveness to
lie waste for many generations, are being subdued by labor,
made accessible by railroads, and subjected to organized ad-
ministrations designed to develop their possibilities m sur-
face culture or in mineral wealth.
A special feature of the department will be the large
number of collections designed to give what is known of
these undeveloped regions of the earth, and what is being
done to make them better known. The proceedings of geo-
graphical societies are valuable for general descriptions ; the
accounts of travellers add to these more special information.
The most valuable sources are, however, the reports of the
consular service throughout the world, for they are governed
by certain features tliatmake them highly instructive. They
are, as a rule, prepared by men trained in commerce ; they
are designed to picture the actual movements of trade, and
compiled from year to year offer a consecutive record of the
transactions at each port where a consular officer may be
stationed ; they reflect the spirit of the commercial " drmn-
mer," who seeks to study the wants of the market, and
examines them in the light of the liome industries and their
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ability to supply what is wanted, in competition with rivals
for the trade. A consular report is thus a record of the
actual, and a suggestion for the possible, and usually cast in
such a form as to illuminate the habits, aptitudes and neces-
sities of the people at or near the port of commerce. I have
therefore sought to obtain, and promptly, what is being re-
ported by the consular services of the respective countries,
and there are on file the following : American, German,
British, French, Austrian and Italian.
To accomplish the best objects certain modifications must
.be introduced in the library arrangements. The classifica-
tion adopted for the collections of this department is on the
decimal plan (Dewey's system), modified by such changes as
the special nature of the books suggests. After much con-
sideration this was deemed the best course to pursue, and its
elasticity commends itself in use. In a general collection,
where the reader knows what is wanted, the fixed position of
the shelf, without regard or with little regard to subject
matter, may have its advantages. But in a special collection,
where the questions are often vague and usually general, the
classification by subject becomes almost a necessity. The
end to be attained is the grouping of the records of one line
of governmental experience, which may be found promptly,
consulted easily, and offer facilities for comparing results of
different peoples and countries. So far as it has been tested,
the system has proved satisfactory.
While such classification will be of great assistance to
both reader and department, special lists will still further
make the material known and available. Much of the best
statistical work is published in government reports, or peri-
odicals, and is easily overlooked in a general survey. Some
accessible record is needed to refresh the memory or direct
the attention of the investigator. I have undertaken to pre-
pare a catalogue of the English Parliamentary Papers for
recent years, and have in process a catalogue of the United
States Congressional publications. I hope to carry the idea
further into practice by noting any important article on a
social topic in the leading reviews and financial journals, so
that the inquirer may be provided with the latest and selected
utterances or records by experts upon his specialty. With-
out undertakmg to create original research, or to influence
judgment, every effort will be made to encourage study.
The highest function of the department must be to have
ready at hand the material foi- all who may apply. I may
add that the number of the inquirers is daily increasing, and
their questions cover a wide range.
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I cannot close without expressing my appreciation of the
readiness you have shown to make this department useful^
and of your courteous and hearty encouragement. Praise is
also due to my assistant, Mr. Lane, for his untiring zeal and
his organizing abilities, both of which were needed in intro-
ducing order and arrangement in the collection of the Statis-
tical Association. I have been much gratified by the willing
co-operation of other departments of the Library, even when
my plans traversed their methods.
Respectfully submitted,
WOETHINGTON C. FORD.
(E.)
EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE CHILDREN'S
DEPARTMENT.
Co-operation with the Schools. .
[Libbarian's Note. — While this work is in the experimental stag©
seems the proper time to point out certain difficulties that have devel-
oped in its operation. They are, perhaps, due to misunderstanding or
but partial understanding. But as they are not insurmountable, an
endeavor must be made to surmount them ; and this must begin with a
clear appreciation of their nature.
At my request, therefore, the following report contents itself with
a statement of the system instituted, omits expatiation upon success-
ful results, and considers more especially some of the difficulties
experienced.
For a further description of existing work with the schools see the
Report of the Supervisor of Branches, hifra.]
In May, 1895, an order was passed by the School Com-
mittee directing the Board of Supervisors to consider plans»
" A conference was held on the 14th of June of that year,
between the Trustees of the Public Library and the Board
of Supervisors. The Librarian, Mr. Putnam, and the Super-
intendent of Schools, Mr. Seaver, were appointed a commit-
tee to draw up a report to be submitted on the one hand to
the Trustees of the Public Library, and on the other hand to
the Board of Supervisors of the Public Schools." This
report is to be found in School Document No. 14, 1895. For
the carrying out of the plans therein contained a special
appropriation would be necessary, and thus far no such ap-
propriation has been available. Certain recommendations
have been adopted, however, by the Library, and are included
in the following brief account of the accommodations offered
at the present time to teachers and pupils :
Library Department. 73
Teacher's cards, so-called, have been provided, allowing the
issue o six books for a period of four weeks.
School children under twelve (the age limit below which
a regular card is not issued) are allowed privileges.
Four public schools as well as the Parental School, the
Cottage Place and North Bennet Street Industrial Schools,
have books on deposit. The Hancock School has a regular
semi-weekly exchange of about 100 books.
Books for topical reference are from time to time reserved
in the branch libraries, either selected from the branch col-
lections or sent from the Central Library. This is done
either on requisition from the teachers or at the initiative of
the branch custodians.
A list of books for younger readers, including 1,116 titles,
has beeir prepared, representing books for general reading
which may be found on the same shelf number in the Central
Library and all the branches. This was sent at the time of
publication to the head masters of all the public schools,
and is on sale at the nominal price of one cent per copy.
In the Fine Arts Department much has been done in the
way of circulating among the schools portfolios of photo-
graphs, etc., and arranging for meetings, in the department,
of classes in architecture, painting, ornamentation, and
drawing.
In other departments similar offers to reserve topical
material have been made. On January 11, 1897, a circular
was addressed by the Librarian to the teachers of the public
schools, in which he urges them to possess and read the above
School Document No. 14, 1895, and requests particularly
that they will " inform the Library systematically of topics
to be studied, that they will request books to be set aside
touching such topics, that they will agree that while such
topics are pending such books shall be reserved instead of
being issued for home use." The Custodian of the Fine
Arts Department tells me that he does receive occasional
requests in accordance with this circular. None such has
been received in the Children's Room.
Attention may also be called to the Avant of understanding
among teachers of the necessary limitations in the use of
teachers' cards. With the circular above mentioned was
sent a short letter describing this use, at the close of which
it is expressly stated that teachers' cards are not to be used to
draw several copies of the same book ; yet applications are
frequently made for two, three, and even more copies of a
given book, which if granted would deprive the Library of
all its copies for other use. These cards are also frequently
74 City Document No. 21.
presented for current fiction and otlier classes of boolcs, in a
way to indicate an intention to make a purely personal use
of them.
It may be asked now what action the schools have taken
in response to the report of 1895. On page 7 of the report
is the suggestion that the teacher shall "• submit to the
Librarian a provisional schedule of the topics to be assigned
throughout the ensuing year, or such part of it as can be
planned for at that time." Such a suggestion (like the one
below) is of course provisional, and perhaps we should not
have expected any very general action in response to it ; yet
so far as I am aware, no single schedule of topics has been
submitted.
Agam, after calling attention to the desirability of placing
collections of books on temporary deposit in the schools
themselves, the report continues : " Were each topic studied
contemporaneously in all the schools such a deposit would
be impossible without a multiplication of copies of the books
needed beyond what could reasonably be afforded, but as great
latitude is allowed to the various schools as to the order in
which assigned courses shall be pursued, it should be possible
for the masters of the schools so to vary the order in which
topics are taken up, that but a small number of classes shall
at any one time be engaged upon any one topic." But,
putting aside the question whether such collections should
be reserved in the schools themselves or in tlie Library, if
personal observation may be trusted topics are commonly
appointed to be investigated at the same time in all the
schools, without regard to the possibility of providing books.
This is observed where the topic concerns an anniversary
such as Washington's birthday. Patriots' day, or the anniver-
sary of the visit of Lafayette to Boston. There is one difficulty
to be avoided, however, even here. We cannot render proper
assistance if the request comes, as has happened, only the day
before a theme is due. Last fall, at the time of the anniver-
sary of Lafayette's visit, the call came on Tuesday for material
on Lafayette for a theme due on the following day. The
topic, I was told, had been assigned only the day previous.
A second difftculty lies in the fact that topics are assigned
which are beyond the comprehension of the pupils, which are
abstract, and cannot be made matter of precise reference. In
October, four children came to me who had been told to find
all they could about " Grasses " in the encyclopaedias, a sub-
ject one of the most difficult in botany, concerning which all
the books are extremely technical. " The tariff," " Capital
punishment," '■' The woman question," are some of the topics
Library Department. 75
which have been assigned for compositions or debates, topics
so comprehensive that the pupil is wholly at sea and bewil-
dered in his attempt to treat them.
Furthermore, although the report directed attention to the
value of the habit among pupils of coming with some regu-
larity to the Library, and urged the teachers to accompany
them on the first visit and especially to help them become
familiar with the use of tlie collection of reference Ijoolcs in
Bates Hall, I have been disappointed at the small number
both of pupils and teachers who have been actively interested.
In the spring of 1898 I visited eight grammar schools, some
of them several times. I talked with the teachers, made notes
of books desired, and examined those provided for the schools.
In accordance with recommendations then made a second
circular was addressed to the teachers of the Latin, High, and
grammar schools. I quote from the circular: "■ The facilities
at the Central Librar}' will be increased and improved. More
space for the use of pupils and teachers is to be provided.
The Kindergarten Library for the use of teachers is to be
enlarged. A special reference library for the use of pupils is
to be placed in the Children's Room, and so far as possible a
greater number of books needed by the pupils for reference,
collateral and supplementary reading is to be supplied.
''What the books shall be should depend largel}^ upon
recommendation of the teachers themselves.
" The Library invites each teacher to send in a list of the
books that will be of service to teacher and pupil in connec-
tion with the Avork of the coming school year. ... It
may be practicable to prepare for the coming year a graded
list of books for collateral and supplementary reading. Such
a list for younger readers, as well as a list classified by sub-
jects, is in contemplation.
'" In addition to the lists themselves teachers are invited to
communicate in writing or otherwise, suggestions with
reference to the conduct of this work either as to books or
as to service.
" Teachers need not abstain from these lists or from these
suggestions simply because the school in which they teach is
remote from the Central Library. What will be done at the
Central Librar}^ may furnish a useful example of what may
be attempted later with the Branches or perhaps through the
schools themselves."
One thousand one hundred and fifty copies of this circular
were sent to the Superintendent of Schools for distribution
to all the teachers in the Latin, High and grammar schools.
Replies were received from ten of the some one hundred and
76 City Document No. 21.
eighty teachers in the Latin and High schools, from sixteen of ■
the some eight hundred and ninety in the grammar schools,,
in all twenty-six replies.
The lists were examined and compared with lists of text-
books and of books for supplementary reading furnished
the schools, to see what books might properly be supplied by
the School Committee, and what came within the province
of the Library to supply. The lists were then compared with
the Library catalogue to see how far the requests were made
with a knowledge of the already existing resources of the
Library.
In many instances the lists showed ignorance of the Li-
brary, in otliers a determined effort to multiply copies of a
useful book. Long lists were made up almost entirely of
books standing on the list for younger readers, and already
hberally supplied by the Librar3^
As a result, between forty and fifty titles were sent to the
Librarian and approved by him. From two to six copies of
each book were bought, some for circulation, some for the
new children's reference library. While certain of these
titles were suggested by the teachers, many were the result
of my personal observation ; and to these as a basis, the
Librarian has added some 200 more titles to form a children's
reference library in the second Children's Room about to be
opened.
To-day the department, with increased space, a new refer-
ence library, and with the experience thus far gained, is in a
better position to assist teachers and pupils than ever before.
A more active co-operation is all that is asked for. Many of
the obstacles to effective work would be removed were a
special appropriation available. But much may be accom-
plished with the present funds if four things are observed, two
by the School Committee and Supervisors, and two by the
teachers :
I. The School Committee to furnish a more adequate
supply of the best text-books on the various subjects, so that
teachers need not apply to the Library for material properly
to be supplied by the city to the schools themselves.
II. The Supervisors not to appoint a special topic for
the majority of schools at the same time.
III. Teachers to take advantage more generally of the
Library's ability and willingness to meet requests for re-
served material, and to locate it temporarily in the branch
libraries ; a notice to be given of such special requests far
enough in advance to enable the Library to meet them con-
veniently.
LiBEAiiY Department. 77
IV. Teachers to inform themselves and their pupils more
fully as to Library resources and Library methods.^
Respectfully submitted,
Gertrude P. Sheffield.
(F.)
EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE BRANCH
DEPARTMENT.
Service op the Branches and Stations From The
Central Library.
The Daily Issue. — The delivery of books from the Cen-
tral Library on cards and slips to the branches and stations
has amounted for the year to 86,541 volumes, an increase
of 30,007 volumes, or fifty-three per cent., over the number
for the year ending January 81, 1898. The percentage of
unsuccessful applications has fallen during the year from
forty-nine per cent, to forty-one per cent.
Active extension of the work of the daily issue is limited
by the capacity of the Branch Division at the Central Library
a.nd of the library wagons to care for it. The work in the
Branch Division is concentrated in point of time. Few
people leave slips or call for books at the branches and sta-
tions before 1 P.M. The mail has lately been used to
equalize this pressure at the Central Library. In addition to
this difficulty of concentration of work, the public suffers
from not getting its books on the same clay they are applied
for, since the slips left in the afternoon and evening cannot be
filled by us till the next morning. The only remedy for the
evil seems to be a second daily delivery at many of the
branches and stations, and this would partially solve both
problems. It would require, however, the employment of a
messenger and of another wagon during part of the day,
together with extra service in the Branch Division. I have
already submitted to you a report on this subject.
Deposit Work. — There are now f ortj^-eight places to which
deposits are sent as against forty-two at the close of last
year. The number of volumes sent out this year was
18,378; last year, 12,519. The increase is forty-seven per
cent.
On January 31, 1898, there were 5,041 volumes in the
deposit collection, QQ per cent, of them fiction. There have
78 City Docuimext No. 21.
been added during the year 2,947 volumes. Since seventy
volumes have been condemned, withdrawn or transferred to
the Central collection, the present total is 7,918 volumes, of
which sixty-three per cent, are fiction and juveniles.
The deposit collection is a very effective part of the Library
equipment. The books are shifted constantly from one to
another of tlie forty-eight places of deposit, and from less
than 8,000 volumes, there is a circulation of more than
150,000 per annum. The collection, however, should be
larger. As a rule not more than twelve per cent, of the
books are upon the Central Library shelves at one time, and
many of these are unavailable because of havmg been the
round of the stations. Precisely at this stage in the life ot
the collection many volumes are falling for the first time into
this class of "dead books," not to be sent to any station again
till two years from their return from it. Fourteen stations
out of eighteen now change fifty instead of twenty-five vol-
umes per month, and this exhausts our resources more rapidly.
It is, of course, not advisable to transfer books in block
from one station to another, for the stations differ in their
needs. To give scope for judicious selection in making up
the deposits, and to enlarge present deposits, several thousand
volumes more seem needed.
With regard to the quality of the books of the collection,
the additions recommended are chiefly such as pass the test
of permanent value or enduring interest. There is a propor-
tion of books without much literary merit, which are useful
as stepping-stones to better reading. If the collection fails at
all it is most likely to be in attractiveness to the ordinary
reader, and with this in mind there has been a systematic
endeavor to avoid respectable dulness. The collection
receives general approval from the custodians, with the im-
portant qualification that the demand is for more fiction.
Work with Schools. — One hundred and two special de-
posits, with a total of 755 volumes, have been sent to the
branches and stations this year, chiefly for the use of schools
and clubs. To systematize this work we have had printed
a form to be used by teachers in asking for deposits. Copies
of this form are sent to the neighboring schools by the custo-
dians, together with a circular letter to the masters. Of the
number of books reserved at the branches for school use this
year, no statistics are available.
Work with schools without the intervention of the branch
or station has begun to develop into a system. To four
schools, the Brighton High School, Roxbury High School,
Charles Sumner School (Grammar) and Rice Training School
LiBEArvY Department. 79
(Grammar), deposits have been sent direct. A charging-
sj^stem, with the use of the regular library card, has been
adopted, and monthly reports of circulation are sent to us.
These schools, therefore, are for certain limited uses stations
of the Library. At the Brighton and the Roxbury High
Schools, books are exchanged twice a month. The circula-
tion at the Brighton High School, for a few months only, has
amounted to 1,108 volumes (home and hall use), and we
find that the presence at the school of books which may be
drawn on the regular library card rather stimulates the use
of the branch than otherwise.
Since many books could not be spared from the Central
Library, it became necessary to buy extra copies. Nearly
300 volumes of these have already been ordered. They form
a part of the Central collection, but the special stamp "de-
posit duplicate " indicates that they are at the service of the
Branch Division for the use of schools. They have been
selected chiefly from lists of recommendations sent in by
teachers. In connection with the examination of these lists
a record has been made of several hundred volumes likely to
be needed of which there is a copy at our disposal on the
shelves. Several hundred more books need to be bought.
The books for the Grammar Schools (ninth grade) can be sup-
plied generally from the deposit collection. They are of the
character of those found in the list^ entitled "Books for sup-
plementary reading " for the Boston public schools, though
no books actually furnished to a school by the School Com-
mittee are duplicated by us. The deposit duplicates are in-
tended chiefly for high schools. In character they are books
for topical reference. A few examples are given here :
Rawlinson, Herodotus ; Stubbs, Constitutional history of
England ; Fustel de Coulanges, the Ancient city ; Dowden,
Shakespeare, his mind and art; Gosse, Eighteenth Century
literature ; Lang, Leaf e and Myers, Iliad of Homer ; Darwin,
Power of movement in plants; Liil)ke, History of art; Clarke,
Ten great religions. These are books which the scholars can
use freely in no way so well as by having them sent to the
school by the Library.
The extension of this system meets various obstacles.
There are limitations on our part in the matter of labor, of
time and of expense. In order to make a few copies of a
book do for many schools it would be necessary (1) that the
Librar}^ should know what books are kept in permanence at
each school ; (2) that the schools should not all take up the
same subject at the same time ; (3) that they should give
iln School Document No. 8, 1898.
80 City Document No. 21.
due notice of subjects to be taken up. Further, if this direct
work of the Library with the schools is to become general, a
method of co-operation must be adopted, as was recommended
in the report on the co-operation of the Library with the
schools made by the Librarian and the Superintendent of
Schools to the conference of the Trustees of the Public
Library and the Board of Supervisors (1895).
Unity of administration of a portion of the books used by
the schools seems to be desirable. A partial inquiry shows
that with regard to size, character and use, the collections of
books held by the scliools are diverse. If an agreement for
co-operation were made and funds were provided, in addition
to furnishing deposits of books for topical reference and
general reading, the Library might well administer the col-
lections now at the schools, outside of the following classes :
1. Text-books. 2. Books for analysis in the class-room. 3.
Permanent reference books. 4. Collateral reading of a
systematically didactic character. This plan would secure
uniform methods in the use of books, and records of their
use. It would define the functions of the Library and make
its work more effective. Such a general extension would
involve considerable expense in transportation, additional
service and additional copies of books.
If no general plan of co-operation is now practicable, a
limited agreement of the same nature by which in certain
schools the Library should administer the books described
above, in addition to those it might furnish, would be a step
in advance. There is a waste of effort necessarily involved
in present conditions.
Branches.
Reclassification. — The most important change of the year
has been the reclassification and recataloguing of the branches.
The collections of books varied in size from 4,000 to 34,000
volumes, and they varied widely in character. The diversity
in this latter respect was so great that an examination in one
department of American history showed almost no books
that were in all the branches. As a step toward uniformity,
therefore, we began last June to reclassify the collections
according to one system. This involved (1) transferring
unserviceable books to the Central Library ; (2) renumber-
ing books accordmg to the simple system of the West End
Branch ; (3) revising the card catalogues, or m some cases
making new card catalogues. The revision of the catalogues
has gone on contemporaneously with the reclassification, and
the result will be complete card catalogues at all the branches,
Library Depart^eent. 81
and an accurate union catalogue and shelf list at the Central
Library.
The report of what has been actuall}^ accomplished, given
elsewhere, shows that one branch is -practically completed,
that in two more Ave can see the end not far distant, and that
at the others good progress has been made.
Branch Finding List. — Since Junel, 1897, the accessions
common to all the branches have been classified according to
the West End system and in April, 1898, a finding list of these
books was issued, covering accessions up to April 1. This
was the first printed finding list or bulletin of all the branches.
It will be followed by others, and eventually, it is hoped, by
a comprehensive union finding list.
Open Shelves. — At Brighton all the shelves have been
thrown open as far as the reclassification has gone. This
has involved the remodelling of the interior of the branch,
which was completed in September last. By the new arrange-
ment, after passmg the issue desk access is free to all parts
of the floor. As the progress of the reclassification allowed,
the alcoves have been thrown open till only one, containing
a part of the fiction, remains closed. Placards designating
the classes have been posted, and a notice announcing that
the shelves are open to all card-holders over sixteen years of
age. School children under the age of sixteen are admitted
to certain shelves on application.
At the Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, South Boston and South
End branches, where the arrangement of the shelves made it
possible, the books in history, or history and biography, have
been removed to a position near the gate, and the alcove
thrown open to the public. For the branches where this is
not practicable at present, i^lacards have been prepared an-
nouncing that card-liolders over sixteen years of age will be
admitted to the shelves for special purposes on application to
the attendants.
Sunday Opening. — An experiment this year has been the
issue of books on Sunday at Charlestown, East Boston and
South Boston. Last year these branches were open for ref-
erence and reading only. The Sunday openmg began on
November 6, and was advertised by placards and by items in
the daily papers and local weeklies. The daily averages up to
February 1 are here given, in comparison with those for the
same months of last year:
1897-98.
1898-99.
November -
— January.
November— January.
Readers.
Adults.
Readers. Adults. Books issued
Charlestown,
213
28%
299 30% 57
East Boston,
278
8%
270 20% 33
South Boston,
248
36%
258 45% 26
82 City Document No. 21.
The largest issue of books at Charlestown was 90, at East
Boston, 62, at South Boston, 46.
The attendance and the percentage of adults have there-
fore been good, but the issue of books small. There has
been, however, a steady gain in this particular at Charlestown
and East Boston, the average for January being 6Q at
the former and 39 at the latter. But in any case the
experiment must be tried longer. I note m this connection
that the West End Branch and Station P continue to have
a good circulation on Sunday. As to expense, it costs no
more to issue a moderate number of books than to furnish
suitable service on Sunday without this feature, since it has
been found that two attendants at each branch are desirable
merely to assist the readers and to preserve order. The
cost has been '$7.60 or less at each branch, $2 of which is
paid for heating the rooms.
Service. — At the weekly meetings of the custodians a
wide range of topics is discussed, as is shown by the min-
utes which have been kept. About once a month a meet-
ing of a special character has been held, as at Brighton to
inspect the open shelves, or at the Juvenile Room to examine
the methods. We sometimes have a paper on an appointed
subject followed by a discussion.
Books. — Four thousand two hundred and twenty-two vol-
umes of new books have been Iwuglit for the branches, as
against 4,657 last year. Very few of these are permanent
reference books, or books for younger readers. Since last
June no ucav books have been bought for Charlestown on
account of the crowded condition of the shelves.
Periodicals. — An approximate uniformity seems desirable
in the periodicals furnished to the branches as well as in the
books. The lists were until recently very diverse in size
and character. Avoiding sweeping changes, other lists have
been prepared which are less unequal, and a radical revision
is proposed after a year of observation. Periodicals of
narrow scope like the " China Decorator " and the " Phonetic
Review," and others of small literary merit, have been dropped,
and such magazines as the " Review of Reviews " have been
put on all the lists.
Circulatio7i. — By the table of circulation it appears that
the total for the branches is 660,171 as against 659,099 for
the year ending Januar}^ 31, 1898, a gain of less than one
per cent. There are special conditions which affect the
circulation at some branches, as at Jamaica Plain which the
existence of the Boylston Station no doubt injures, or at
East Boston where the centre of the reading population
LiBEARY Department. 83
moves steadily away from the branch. At Charlestown, lack
of new books must be taken into account. The fact that
this has been a transition year both as regards the adminis-
tration of the department and the re-classification is fairly to
be noted, and perhaps also the general character of the year,
which has been more favorable to the reading of newspapers
than of books.
Delivery Stations and other Agencies.
Enlargement and Improvement. — One new delivery station
has been added this year. Station U, on Union Park street
in Ward 9. It was opened on December 27, with a deposit
of 400 books. The circulation for January was 1,490
volumes, 325 of which were drawn from the Central Library.
This shows that the station meets a need. In fact there is
no other library agency actually within the limits of Ward 9,
and the district is densely populated. The establishment of
the station, was, however, made possible only by the offer
of rooms by the Archbishop and the clergy of the Cathedral
of the Holy Cross. In type it is therefore like Station S.
On April 28, a deposit was sent to Station E at Neponset,
so that all our stations have now the deposit feature.
Portfolios of pictures have been sent for the first time this
year to the three reading-rooms. A, D, and L, and to Station S.
There is unfortunately no room to display pictures at the
reading-rooms F and P.
Seven of the eighteen stations are now in charge of Library
employees, and meetings of these custodians have been
begun, with the intention of furnishing an opportunity for
the discussion of the problems and interests connected with
their work.
Sunday Opening. — Two of the stations have been open
on Sunday since October 1, Station P (Broadway Extension
Reading-Room), and Station S (Roxbury Crossing), the latter
for the first time. At both, books have been issued for home
use. The statistics show that the Broadway Extension Station
is literally crowded with Sunday readers. Another attendant
has been added for the evening. The average number of
books issued has been 54. At Station S there has been a
steady but smaller attendance and issue. The collection of
books, however, is not so attractive as at the former station,
and only one-quarter as large.
Circulation. — The circulation this year directly from tlie
stations has been 175,552 volumes as against 163,938 last
year, a gain of seven per cent. ; but the total circulation of the
stations, including the institutions, engine-houses and schools,
84 City Document No. 21.
264,672 volumes, shows a gain of 23.7 per cent, over tJiat
pf last year,
Types of Stations. — There are now three types of stations,
all having the delivery and deposit features : 1. Reading-
rooms, with a library employee in charge, and with periodicals
'<ind reference books. 2. Stations in charge of a library
employee, but having no periodicals or reference books.
3. Stations in shops where the proprietor furnishes space,
light, heat and service. Stations of the second kind may for
convenience be called service stations, those of the third
kind, shop stations. Stations S and U are service stations,
though Station S has two characteristics of a reading-room,
space for reading tables, and a few periodicals. Eleven of
our stations are shop stations.
The ideal would seem to be the reading-room, and next to
it the service station. The latter tends constantly to develop
into the former. Station P was not originally a reading-
room, but has become one, while at Stations S and U the
recent small donations of books mark a change, as do also
the enlargement at Station S and the addition of periodicals
mentioned above. Considerations of expense are the obstacles
to this natural development.
But the conmion characteristic of the readhig-room and
the service station is that each is in charge of a library em-
ployee, and this is the important feature. It gives both the
Library and the public the advantage of more intelligent
service. There is hardly any station where advice and in-
formation about books is not asked for or where school
children do not come with questions. It is desirable, there-
fore, to have in charge a custodian who is imbued with the
library spirit and is capable of given help to inquii'ers ; w^hile,
further, if a station is to become one of the intellectual
centres of its district, a trained custodian is absolutely neces-
sary.
The cost of maintenance of this type of station may be
estimated at about $1,000 per annum if enough is allowed
for rent to provide a room of moderate size. In the more
distant suburbs -f 850 might be sufficient. As against this,
the cost of a shop station with a circulation of over 21,000
volumes is approximately $643 at the present rate of com-
pensation. The difference is important in a consideration of
ways and means, but it does not offset in my opinion the
additional advantages of a service station. The extra ex-
pense must, no doubt, prevent action that might otherwise
be taken ; but service stations might be established as easily
as shop stations if the rent, light and heat were furnished by
Library DEPARTiviEisrT. 85
private individuals or institutions, with a reasonable guarantee
for continuance. Under such an arrangement for sharing
the burden of expenses, Stations S and U are carried on.
Other Agencies. — At the Hancock School, in the North
End, where there is a delivery of books from the Central
Library on cards, the circulation for this year has been 6,831
volumes as against 3,937 for the last year. To the Fleet-street
Free Reading Room for Men have been sent deposits of books
every two weeks, from the West End Branch. We have
sent, as heretofore, monthly deposits to twenty-two engine-
houses and ladder companies. No more can be served at
present by the Library wagons. The House of Reformation
on Rainsford Island, and the Cottage-place and North Ben-
net-street Industrial Schools have received regular deposits,
but those to the Marcella-street Home ceased in October
because of the removal of that institution. In September last
we began sending large deposits from the Central Library to
the Parental School for Boys at West Roxbury, in place of
thirty volumes per month from the West Roxbury Branch,
the resources of which were insufficient for the needs of the
school.
From all the institutions, records of the use of books are
sent to us each month. The North Bennet-street School
has sent us the first number of an interesting little magazine
in manuscript prepared by the pupils. It is called Book Re-
views^ and contains original accounts of some of the books
furnished by the Library. In January a deposit of books
was sent to the Back Bay post-office station for the use of the
letter-carriers.
Branch Division. — Central Library.
Inter-Lihrary Loans. — The number of volumes lent to
other libraries this year was 22-1: as against 135 last year.
Twenty-seven applications were denied. Nineteen books
were borrowed from other libraries.
Distribution of Periodicals. — A new function of the
Branch Division is the distribution of periodicals to the
penal institutions, the pauper institutions, and the insane
hospitals of the city. The periodicals are those not
required for binding at the Central Library or the branches.
The work has been systematized, but statistics must be post-
poned to another year.
Respectfully submitted,
Langdon L. Ward,
Supervisor of Branches and Stations.
86 City Document No. 21.
(G.)
MEMORIAL OF THE DEATH OF ARTHUR MASON
KNAPP, 1839-1898.
On Tuesday, December 27, 1898, died Artliur Mason
Knapp, Custodian of Bates Hall in the Boston Public
Lil)raiy.
He was born at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, August 3, 1839,
the son of Hiram Knapp and Sophronia Brown. During his
boyhood the family removed to Boston, where he fitted for
college at the Boston Latin School. He was graduated as
the first scholar in his class, and entered Harvard College as
a member of the class of 1863. He held from Harvard the
degree of A.M. as well as that of A.B.
After teaching for some years in Phillips Academy,
Andover, in the Boston Latin School, and in the Brookline
High School, he entered the service of the Library January
23, 1875. His first appointment was to the charge of the
special collections of the Library: from 1878 until his death
he held the position of Custodian of Bates Hall.
His knowledge of Shakespeariana and of Elizabethan litera-
ture was of great value in the preparation of the catalogue
of the Barton collection. In his position in charge of the
main reference department of the Library, his special knowl-
edge of the subject of genealogy and local history, as well as
a thorough general knowledge of the resources of the Library
on all subjects, was of the greatest service to an immense
constituency of readers. To the value of this service, ren-
dered with exact conscientiousness and singleness of purpose
in its relation to his colleagues, and with assiduity and per-
sonal interest towards the readers and students who came to
him for assistance, the warm appreciation of all those with
whom he came in contact bears witness.
Passages from the address of the Rev. Dr. James De Nor-
mandie at the funeral services, December 30, 1898 :
The public is most exacting of its servants, and feels that
all their time and strength and acquisitions belong to it Avith-
out a moment's delay, without any manifestation of impa-
tience or weariness. To have been for nearly a quarter of a
century in such a service is itself a great testimony to one's
worth, and to have been for twenty years the trusted head of
one of the leading departments of the Public Library is a
proof of merit to which words can add very little.
Library Department. 87
The accumulated and well-arranged learning of our friend,
as if it were all in a multitude of familiar drawers, was freely
given to any inquirer. Many came every day to ask not only
for books, but to know Avhat books or what essays had been
written upon every subject recent or ancient, plain or ab-
struse, that the fertile mind of man has ever thought of —
and here was one who seemed to remember all ; whose good
taste and good judgment were ever ready to suggest not only
books, which is a very little matter, but the best books, which
is a very important matter touching the higher question of
life — so that his daily work was to give to hundreds better
ideals of humon actions, and human character ; making his
mission one with all those Avho in every form of teaching, in
journalism, in schools, and in the church, are helping this to
be a better world.
What knowledge, what graciousness, what a ready and
unfailing sympathy, what a sense of humor which so lightens
the annoj^ances of public station, what a spirit of self-deny-
ing, what faithfulness marked his daily life. When St. Paul
would express the highest merit of a steward, he says " it is
required that a man be found faithful," and when Jesus Christ
would set a seal of divine favor and divine joy upon a
man's work he told the beautiful story of one who was faith-
ful to his talents, his gifts. Servants and stewards of the
Most High, all of us, our best reward is that we be found faith-
fuL Only faitliful! In the midst of so much that is unfaith-
ful, in the midst of so many noisy activities which count for
nothing and end in nothing, God grant that when our work
like his is done, there ma}^ be written upon it the promise of
Jesus, "• thou hast been faithful over a few things, I vvill make
thee ruler over many things, enter thou into the joy of thy
* Lord."
City Document No. 21.
REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE
FOR 1898.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
Gentlemen, — The following persons were appointed
members of the Examining Committee for the year 1898 :
J. Bapst Blake, M.D.
Hon. Patrick A. Collins.
E. Wmchester Donald, D.D.
Mr. C. W. Ernst.
Mr. Alfred Hemenway.
Mr. John H. Lee.
Miss E. F. Mason.
Mr. James J. Roche.
Mrs. Sarah H. Williamson.
Hon. Henry W. Bragg.
Rev. Arthur T. Connolly.
Wilham H. Ensworth, M.D.
Miss Gretchen Field.
Mr. Thomas Hills.
Mr. A. Lawrence Low^ell.
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Parker.
Mr. Charles P. Searle.
Mr. Frank Wood.
On June 2, 1898, the committee was organized by the
choice of Mr. Hemenway as Chairman, and Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Parker as Secretary.
The following sub-committees were appointed :
On Administration.
Mr. Alfred Hemenway, C%airman.
Hon. Patrick A. Collins. Rev. E.Winchester Donald, D.D.
Miss Gretchen Field. Mrs. Elizabeth F. Parker.
Mr. Charles P. Searle. Mrs. Sarah H. Williamson.
On Books.
J. Bapst Blake, M.D., Chairman.
Mr. C. W. Ernst. Mr. James J. Roche.
On Catalogues^ Bulletins and Finding Lists.
Mr. A. Lawrence Lowell, Chairman.
Mr. William L. Putnam. Miss E. F. Mason.
On Branches and New Modes of Distribution.
Hon. Henry W. Bragg, Chairman.
Mr. Thomas Hills.
Mr. John H. Lee.
On Finance.
William H. Ensworth, M.D., Chairman.
Rev. Arthur T. Connolly. Mr. Frank Wood.
Library Department. 89
The Sub-Committee on Books reports as follows :
As Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Books I have the
honor to submit the following report :
Your committee recalls the recommendations of the pre-
vious committee and agrees with them.
They were, substantially, that the three great libraries of
Metropolitan Boston should not, in either their collections or
their aims, unnecessarily duplicate one another, and, that the
Boston Public Library should be particularly strong m books
upon every subject related to the city of Boston itself.
Your committee would emphasize particularly the latter of
the above two recommendations, and would again call atten-
tion to the fact that there are not sufficient reference books
in the various rooms ; that the collection of maps and atlases
is by no means to be compared in completeness with the files
on most other subjects ; and that the Library is particularly
weak in guide books of modern years. Your committee
recommends that these departments be strengthened.
The Sub-Committee on Catalogues, Bulletins and Finding
Lists reports as follow^s :
There are now in the Library the following catalogues :
1. The Lower Hall card catalogue in the Delivery-room,
relating chiefly to recent fiction.
2. The catalogue of the Barton Library in the bound
volume of cataloefues near the Bates Hall catalogue.
This is a special librar}^, chiefly relating to dramatic works,
and containing many Shakespearian editions.
3. The card catalogue of articles in scientific periodicals
not only in this library, but in a number of associate libraries.
This has been recently started, and is kept near the Bates
Hall catalogue.
4. The Bates Hall card catalogue which covers the books
and bound periodicals not in the preceding catalogues, and
many of the books that are also in the Lower Hall catalogue
and the Barton catalogue.
5. Special card catalogues in different rooms, devoted to
the special class of books kept in that room.
6. Printed catalogues, in bound volumes, on special sub-
jects or branches, issued from time to time by the Trustees.
7. Lists of books on special subjects, which have come
out in connection with different numbers of the Bulletin.
8. The Annual List of all books received during the year,
arranged by subject.
At first sight it seems as if there must be an unnecessary
multiplication of catalogues, but to a large extent it will be
found that they serve different purposes.
90 City Document No. 21.
The first five classes of catalogues are intended to enable
people searching for a book to find it, and also to enable them
to discover what books are in the Library on any subject. In
all of these the book will be found, as a rule, under the
name of the author, under the subject, and often also under
the title.
The last three classes of catalogues are intended primarily
to inform the public what books are to be found in the
Library, to bring its contents to their notice, thus fostering
an interest in good reading.
The Bulletins are distributed free.
The Annual List of the important books received is sold
for five cents, and the books are classified by subject, so that
a person interested in any branch can ascertain quickly what
new books he ought to read. We cannot too highly commend
the institution of catalogues of this character.
The question of extending the Bates Hall catalogue, so as
to include all the books of the Lower Hall catalogue and of
the Barton catalogue and special periodical catalogue, so as
to make the Bates Hall catalogue a complete list of the entire
Library, has, we understand, been carefully considered by the
Trustees. While there is much to be gained by this course,
there are advantages on the other side, and we do not feel
that the investigation that we have been able to make, neces-
sarily brief, warrants us in recommending any change in this
respect.
We recommend, however, that there be posted conspicu-
ously in the Delivery Room and the Bates Hall catalogue
room, in the Reading Room, and perhaps in other conspicuous
places, a summarized list of all the catalogues open to the
public, with the class of books contained in each, and the
place where the catalogues may be consulted; and, incident-
ally, we think that the sign over the Lower Hall card cata-
logue in the reading-room should be changed so as to indicate
that the Bates Hall catalogue is the principal one in the
Liljrary.
These changes, we think, will save time in finding books.
It is becoming more and more important and necessary
that everything shall be done to improve and complete sub-
ject catalogues, and we especially commend the course of the
Trustees in obtaining the assistance of persons specially con-
versant with the subject in the preparation of some of the
more recent special lists and bulletins. This course should
be followed in future wherever possible. A special catalogue,
made up only by the employees of the Library from the
Bates Hall catalogue, is much less helpful than one made by
Library Departiment, 91
a person who has made a study of the subject, and is familiar
not only with its bibliography, but with the relative value
of the different books. It is liable, also, not to displa}^ in
proper relative importance the full resources of the Library.
We again recommend for the consideration of the Trustees
the suggestion made last year — that the card catalogues
used in making these special catalogues be kept up to date,
and that duplicates be placed in the Bates Hall catalogue.
We also suggest that where a subject in the Bates Hall card
catalogue comprises many titles and is much subdivided, a
table showmg briefly the arrangement of the divisions be
placed on the first card.
In many of the larger subjects treated by the card cata-
logues, the subdivisions are indicated by larger cards of a
brown color, Avhich are easily distmguished in glancing along
the top of a drawer full of cards. This is excellent as far
as it goes, but we recommend that the system be greatly
extended, and that all the drawers be subdivided, and, as it
were, indexed in this way. The saving of time which can
thus be effected will be very material.
The special catalogue of articles in scientific periodicals is
one of the most hopeful signs of the times, for it is an ex-
periment in co-operative work among a number of large
libraries. The catalogue itself was mtended to cover peri-
odicals not included in Poole's and other indices ; at least it
was intended to do so in certain branches of study. Such
an experiment is necessaril}^ incomplete at first, and it is to
be hoped that before long the list will be extended so as to
include all the good periodicals in any branch of learning
that is covered at all. This is very far from being the case
now, and the gaps are numerous and striking.
In making these suggestions the committee is thoroughly
sensible of the fact that the Boston Public Library has
carried the art of cataloguing to a higher point than any
other library of the size in the world. But this does not
exclude the possibility of improvement in details.
The Sub-Committee on Branches and New Modes of Dis-
tribution reports as follows :
The report of the Committee on Finance canvasses so
thoroughly the necessity of suitable buildings for most of the
Branches, and the impossibility of obtaining appropriations
for any such improvements, that your committee forbears to
do more than emphasize the suggestions of that report.
The rooms occupied by the East Boston Branch are
entirely inadequate and unsuitable, and almost any change
would be an improvement.
92 City Docu^iext No. 21.
The furniture and appliances are of the cheapest kind ;
the reading-room which is practically a part of the stack
room, lias no means of ventilation, and is improperly heated
and lighted.
The surroundings are such that young people who are
expected to resort to the Library are subjected to sights and
influences which can only prove baneful.
The Charlestown Branch is the largest branch, and now
contains over 32,000 volumes, while it has room for only
25,000 volumes, notwithstanding no new books have been
added since May 1, 1898. This overcrowded condition
could be temporarily relieved by the removal to the Central
Library of some 4,000 volumes comprising the "Harris Col-
lection," which are seldom, if ever, used, and each year
become more valuable, as the collection nuist always be com-
posed of books j^nblished prior to 1850.
The income of the Harris Fund has accumulated to about
$4,000, and opportunities to increase the collection are fre-
quently lost, by reason of lack of space above referred to.
This would be obviated by the removal of this collection to
the Central Library, where it would be not only protected
against loss, but be of actual service to many now debarred
from its use. Such removal has been heretofore earnestly
opposed, but we have yet to learn of any ground for such
opposition, except a vague sentiment, not shared by those
who have the only right to urge it.
The whole library is exposed to the danger of fire from
the adjoining buildings, which are used for stables. This
risk can be greatly reduced by placing iron or tm shutters
upon the rear windows at a small expense.
There should be some means of separating the adult read-
ing room from that of the juveniles.
The chairs should be provided with rubber tips to prevent
the noise which cannot be avoided otherwise.
There should he periodical racks for the tables, thus avoid-
ing disorder and preserving the magazines for binding.
Most of these suggestions are applicable to each of the
branches, and as the expense to be incurred is small, and the
benefits to be derived are large, it seems wise economy to
adopt and complete these improvements at once.
The West End Branch is the best equipped of all, probably
because it is the most recent. The marked success in re-
modellmg this old church for library purposes, suggests the
propriety of the city securing one of the churches in Charles-
town for a like experiment. The church on Monument
square is the most centrally and conveniently located, is now
. LiBEAEY Depaetjveent. 93
vacant, and probably could be purchased at a very reasonable
price, and could at small expense be converted into a light,
airy and convenient library building.
An increased use of the branches and consequent relief to
the Central Library will, we think, be found to follow an
increase of reading matter and better accommodations for
their readers ; and if the appropriation at the disposal of the
Trustees will admit of larger expenditure for these purposes,
a larger circulation and a larger attendance in branch reading-
rooms would doubtless result. What seemed the ample
space of the West End Branch is often crowded and among
the items of mcreased expense to be first considered should
be the moderate cost of furnishing a section of its gallery for
a juvenile department — giving to adults the exclusive use
of the main floor. An opportunity exists to greatly increase
the efficiency of the West Roxbury Branch at a small ex-
pense by adding an unoccupied and now useless room to its
contracted quarters. In both these cases the need is so ob-
vious and the first cost so moderate, that nothing but inad-
equate appropriations that will not admit of adding to the
cost of administration the compensation of the increase of the
working force that would be required to manage the larger
area in use, should postpone the improvements.
The uniform numbering of the books of all the branches
which we found in progress is a decided advance over former
methods. When finished, and every book in any branch
bears the duplicate number of the same work in any other
branch, it will be possible to publish a branch library cata-
logue of works common to all branches, to be supplemented
by printed cards for the card catalogues of the larger
collections.
The delivery stations of the several branches in the out-
lying districts are widely scattered, their collection of books
for home reading must of necessity be limited, and it often
happens that a resident of a district where a station is sit-
uated who desires a work from the Central Library comes
from a considerable distance to apply for it, and comes again
the succeeding day only to find that it has not been received
at the station. The expenditure of time and energy may
have been material, but when the object of both visits has
been accomplished, such expenditure is but the fair share of
sacrifice and exertion of the student or reader. A house to
house delivery of books called for, by the teams or messengers
of the city, would be too expensive to be seriously considered.
But when time is expended and distance travelled, only to
ascertain that the book applied for could not be obtained and
94 City Document No. 21.
that another trial must be made, more than the fair share of
work is put upon tlie applicant if a method can be devised
that will save the waste of what may be valuable time. It
seems to the committee that, without expense to the depart-
ment and with but little trouble to the custodians of branches
or stations, a very simple method will meet the requirements
of a case where the delivery of a book applied for must for
any cause be delayed. Postal cards printed in proper form
for the iilling of blanks could be furnished those in charge of
library work ; these could be paid for and properly addressed
by any persons desiring their use, who, when the desired
volume reached the station, would receive by mail notice of
the fact of its arrival and that the book applied for awaited
their call.
The Committee on Finance reports as follows:
The committee finds that the system of auditing and pa}?-
ment of bills is a good one, and that the salaries and expenses
for the past year have been satisfactory.
A system of checks has been introduced into the printing
and binding department that Allows instant detection of any
loss or waste of material, and points to where such loss has
occurred.
The committee recognizes that, in the not distant future,
the Central Library will have to be enlarged. Although the
Central Library has been in use but five years the demand
made upon it has exceeded anticipation, and in some respects
the building is already inadequate in space.
The stack room is rapidly being filled. Its total present
capacity is 500,000 volumes. It contained on January 31,
1898, 410,007 volumes. The increase by accession the past
three years was 47,341 volumes. The increase for the year
1897-98 was 16,344 volumes. With the present ratio of in-
crease the stack limit will be reached in little more than four
years. It would seem wise to be prepared to meet the demand
in advance.
There are two pieces of property, probably available, in the
rear of the library, either of which would be ample and each
has merit.
The one, facmg on Blagdon street, consists of a block of
six houses, giving an area of 13,250 sq. ft., which is
assessed with buildings, for -$153,000. This property is on
the side with the present stack room.
The other is the property facing Boylston sti-eet at the
corner of Exeter street, owned by Harvard L^niversity. It
contains an area of 33,000 sq. ft., and is assessed with
building, for $264,000. This latter property already contains
a building that could be used with advantage by the Library
LiBKARY Depart:s[ent. 95
for its more popular side, and thus much relieve the present
building.
While this need is not an absolute necessity the present
year, the committee would recommend its early serious con-
sideration.
As to the branches, the Finance Committee confined itself
to four. While the other branches are well taken care of in
the matter of buildings, these four, in great contrast to the
others, are sadly in need of new library buildings.
First, and by far the most needed in the way of new build-
ings, is a new branch library building in East Boston. We
coincide with the report of the Examining Committee for the
past two years when it says that " this branch is unfortunate
(a) in its room, which is dull and dingy by day, poorly lighted
by night and unattractive and ill-ventilated all the time;
(b) in its material equipment, botli of books and furniture;
(c) in its surroundings, being over a municipal court-room
and opposite a police station; and (d) in its location with
reference to the centre of the population it is meant to
serve."
East Boston, by its isolated geographical position, is entitled
to a well-equipped library, yet it has at present the poorest
library accommodations of any locality of its size in the State.
The Charlestown Branch is inadequately provided for in
unsuitable rooms over a police-station.
The South Boston Branch is in rooms whose rent is $2,500
per annum, the equivalent of 3% on a principal of $88,000.
The city should own its own library buildmg here.
The South End Branch is in the High School building,
and must soon vacate to make room for the needs of the
school. This branch should be located nearer Washington
street.
In view of the obvious need in these four districts for new
buildings, we would recommend that the city government be
petitioned for an appropriation of $400,000 for the purpose
of building and equipping these four new buildings. A simi-
lar appropriation of |500,000 has been recently granted to the
School Committee for the erection of four new high schools,
and its wisdom has been approved. It would seem that these
much-needed educators and adjuncts to the schools, the libra-
ries, should be similarly favorably considered.
While the Central Library building has been generously
considered in the very recent past, the branches have not
received any consideration bej^ond their routine expenses for
many years. It would seem that before any large amount is
again spent on the central building, the much-needed new
branches should be provided for.
96 City Document No. 21.
The various branches present opjDortunities for generously
disposed persons who wish to benefit their fellow-citizens,
and at the same time leave a memorial to their efforts, to
establish a modern library building, in Avhole or in part, this
building or part of building, to be named for the donor, as is
Bates Hall or the Ticknor or Barton libraries among the
various book collections.
We recommend such disposition to those whose means and
desires allow such action as an excellent method of benefit-
ing, for many years to come, their fellow-citizens in the
locality in whose midst they reside; and to such others who,
although they may not live in one of these districts, may
desire to furnish a much-needed benefit to a chosen locality.
An excellent example has recently been set along the line of
public benefaction by Mrs. Ahl, of the Back Bay District,
who bought, furnished and presented to the citj^ of Boston a
gymnasium in East Boston.
While it has been a custom among public-spirited citizens
of means to endow schools and colleges, these very necessary
adjuncts to education, the libraries, have seldom been remem-
bered in Boston to the extent of a new building or part of a
building.
The Sub-Committee on Administration reports as fol-
lows :
The investigations of the committee have confirmed its
belief in the capacity and faithfulness of the Trustees — and
that the money expended on the Boston Public Library lias
been wisely used. Among scholars it has a world-wide repu-
tation. To strangers, aside from our historic places, it is the
chief attraction of our city. In the value of its books it far
exceeds the Library of Congress — and by reason of wise pur-
chases that value is constantly increasing. The internal
arrangements of the Library building are far from ideal, but
the recent changes, not yet completed, at least mitigate obvi-
ous defects and add to its efficiency. The calls for books
will be more quickly answered. The time of the reader will
be saved.
The Children's Department has been greatly improved.
Their rights have been secured witliout serious detriment to
their elders.
The ventilation of the building has been made better.
The courtesy of the employees is Avorthy of commendation.
The condition of the Librarj^ is one of progressive improve-
ment.
So long as perfection is unattainable there is always room
for criticism. But the sentiment which found expression in
Library Departjseent. 97
the founding of the Library is still strong, and the faith of
the people in its future is unfaltering. "No entertainment is
so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting," says Lady
Montague.
"Books," saj-s Cicero, "are the food of 3-outh, the delight
of old age, the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and com-
fort of adversity."
" If the riches of both Indies," says Fenelon, " if the crowns
of the kingdoms of Europe were laid at my feet, in exchange
for my love of reading, I would spurn them all." These
seem extravagant words. They exhaust the language of
eulogy. But riches and crowns are but adventitious and inci-
dental possessions. They are only the frame of the picture.
He who loves to read has a shield against calamity. The
inequalities of life are hard to bear. But the Public Library
tolerates no inequality. It dispenses its benefits with an even
hand. Within its walls all are noble ; there is no peasantry.
It is a republic and all are sovereigns — there are no subjects.
To this temple its worshippers should come with clean hands
and pure thoughts. Books are no longer chained. Emerson
said that the colleges, while they provide us with libraries,
furnish no professors of books, and no chair is so much needed.
The Boston Public Library is open to no such criticism.
The Librarian is not a mere custodian. To that office belongs
the higher duty of assisting readers in their use.
The more a book is read the more valuable it becomes. Of
all useless things the most useless is an unread book.
In the time of Queen Anne, INIacaulay tells us that a shop-
keeper or a farmer who found any pleasure in literature was
a rarity. To-day a taste for reading is well-nigh universal.
Over 2,000,000 persons enter the various departments of the
Library daring the year. So universal is this taste that we
are apt to forget that it needs direction. Omnivorous read-
ing is not wise reading. A cultivated is better than an onmiv-
orous taste. Desultory reading is mental dissipation. It
does not promote mental growth. We cannot commend too
highly the courtesy and intelligence of the Librarian and his
assistants in their wise endeavor to render all possible aid to
readers of all capacities who come to the Library for " light
and leading."
The reports of the respective sub-committees were ac-
cepted and adopted by the Committee.
(Signed.) Alfred Hemenway,
Chairman.
(Signed.) Elizabeth F. Parkkr,
Secretary.
APPENDICES.
1898.
LIST OF APPENDICES.
Page.
I. Financial Statejient . . . . . .101
II. Extent oe the Library by Years . . .125
III. Net Increase of the Several Depart3ients,
including Branches . . . . .126
IV. Classification : Central Library . . . 129
V. Classification: Branches. [Omitted in 1898-
99] 130
VI. Eegistration ....... 130
VII. CiRCLLATION ....... 134
VIII. Trustees for Forty-seven Years. Librarians, 136
IX. Examining Committees for Forty-seven Years, 138
X. Library Service (March 31, 1899), including
Sunday and Evening Schedule . . . 141
XI. Graded System of Service .... 152
XII. Correspondence, Bequests, etc. . . .156
XIII. Givers, and Amount cf Gifts . . . .161
XIV. Orders of City Colncil, and Memorandum of
Petitions, etc. ...... 196
LiBRAEY Department. 101
APPENDIX I.
Finance.
Boston Public Library,
Auditing Department, February 1, 1899.
To the Trustees:
Gentlemen, — The undersigned herewith presents a statement
of the receipts and expenditures of the Library Department for
the financial year commencing February 1, 1898, and ending
January 31, 1899; 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 1898-99.
Respectfully,
A. A. Nichols,
Auditor,
Receipts.
Balance from 1897-98 . . . $356 89
Appropriation, 1898-99 . . . 245,000 00
Transfer hy City Auditor, January
31, 1899 . ' . . . . 1,498 98
Income from Trust funds :
Balance from 1897-98 . . . $4,868 00
During the j'ear .... 11,306 67
$246,855 87
16,174 67
London accounts :
Balance in hands of J. S. Morgan
& Co., February 1, 1898 :'
Trust funds income $14,628 19
Cit}' appropria-
tion, $12,573 92
Interest, 311 39
12,885 31
During the year :
Interest . . 460 18
$27,973 68
Balance in hands of Baring Bros.
& Co., February 1, 1898^. . 72 75
28,046 43
Carried forward . . .... $291,076 97
102 City Document No. 21.
Brovght forte ard . . . . . .$291,07697
Donations :
From W. C. Todd, unexpended
February 1, 1898 . . . §310 04
From Woman's Education Associa-
tion, unexpended February 1,
1898 1 87
From Boston Numismatic Societ}', 300 00
From Elizabeth Lewis :
Unexpended Feb-
ruary 1, 1898 . S8 50
Duriuo- the year . 200 26
208 76
From sundry sources for the pur-
chase of photographs :
Unexpended February 1, 1898 .
From Old South Church Society .
From Lilian Whiting .
85
21
30
00
25
00
960 88
Exchange account : lost l)ooks, sales of duplicates,
etc. :
Balance from 1897-98 . . . $1,036 42
During the j^ear .... 335 36
1,371 78
Interest on bank deposit ..... 1,600 61
$295,010 24
Expenditures.
Genei'al liln-ary accounts, including
the cost of maintaining branches :
Salaries :
General administra-
tion . . .$128,109 74
Sunday and evening-
force . . ^ 17,166 98
;145,276 72
Books :
City appropriation . $17,197 33
Income from Trust
Funds . . . 11,837 71
29,035 04
Periodicals 5,900 06
Newspapers :
Income from Todd
Fund . . . $1,836 40
Balance from 1897-98, 310 04
2,146 44
Carried forward . . . $182,358 26 $295,010 24
Library Department.
103
Brought forioard .
Binding :
Salaries . . . $12,607 57
Stock . . . 1,499 48
Equipment . . 419 66
Contract work $2,918 46
Contract worlv.
$182,358 26 $295,010 24
(British patent oaq a a
specifications. ) ouj '±'±
- 3,287 90
17,814
61
Printing :
Salaries .
$4,806 19
Stock
2,601 24
Equipment
1,068 02
Contract work .
1,547 31
10,022
76
Furniture and fixtures .
5,931
74
Gas ....
1,825
14
Electric lighting .
1,968
74
Cleaning
7,404
85
Small supplies
2,416
13
Stationery .
2,023
91
Rents : Branch Libraries and Read-
ing-rooms
.
5,600
00
Fuel ....
,
6,789
78
Repairs : stock and contract work,
7,079
41
Freights and cartage
.
751
66
Transportation between Central Li-
brary, Branches and
Delivery
Stations .
3,573
17
Delivery stations, service
4,030
40
Water-rates
1,718
60
Telephone service
334
60
Postage and telegrams .
1,054
52
Typewriting . . .
261
83
Travelhng expenses
495
90
Advertising .
326
75
Examination of accounts
300
00
Insurance .
135
00
Grounds
2
40
Books : E. Lewis gift .
208
75
Books : Old South Church Society
gift ....
30
00
Books for West End Branch :
Woman's Education Association
gift .
.
1
87
Books : Boston Numismatic Society
gift .
•
62
87
Carried forioard
$264,523 65 $295,010 24
104 City Document No. 21.
Brought forward . . . $264,523 65 $295,010 24
Photographs, subscription gift . 43 00
Exchange account :
Refunded for books returned . 13 39
264,580 04
Balance $30,430 20
The balance is made up of the following items, viz. :
Cash in City Treasury :
Income from Trust Funds $7,903 26
Cash on deposit in London :
In hands of J. S. Morgan & Co. :
Trust Funds . . $9,473 12
General Funds . . 9,717 72
Photograph Fund . 42 21
$19,233 05
In hands of Baring Bros. & Co. :
General Funds .... 72 75
Cash on deposit with New EngVind
Trust Co. :
Unexpended of donations carried
to account of 1899-1900 :
Boston Numismatic Society .
Lilian Whiting ....
Elizabeth Lewis ....
Exchange account : lost books, etc.
Interest on bank deposit
19,305 80
1237 13
25 00
01
262 14
1,358 39
1,600 61
$30,430 20
Library Department.
105
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Comparative statement for fiscal years ending Jaimary 81, 1896, 1897 and 1898.
1895-96.
1896-97.
1897-98.
Salaries : General administration —
" Sunday and evening force.
Binding : Salaries
Stock
" Contract work
" Equipment
Books
Periodicals
Furniture and tixtures
Gas
Electric lighting and power
Water-rates
Telephone service
Expense : Miscellaneous
" Cleaning
Printing : Equipment
" stock
" Contract work
" Salaries
Stationery and Library supplies.
Fuel
Rents '.
Repairs : Stock and contract work
" Salaries
Transportation, postage, etc
Transportation between Central Library and
Branches
Rent of deliveries, including Custodians'
services
§93,904 80
11,130 60
10,626 87
•2,406 14
1,718 54
18,231 86
5,307 49
8,428 84
1,729 76
4,758 42
595 00
480 11
3,894 54
3,870 55
5,300 00
1,012 92
4,960 44
485 00
3,200 40
6.192 07
6,285 48
1,987 29
2,699 00
3,769 25
3,285 43
2,347 25
$113,004 21
17,558 07
11,847 64
1,504 61
1,420 72
488 75
25,040 32
6,049 10
1,195 78
1,790 90
1,.576 85
1,374 50
390 72
1,473 76
4,612 68
2,774 89
4,301 64
1,517 10
3,761 99
3,996 26
6.585 01
4,884 00
3,689 24
2,049 83
1,969 13
3,562 25
3,105 38
§119,698 26
17,386 11
11,960 65
1,623 17
3,802 11
296 53
26,486 83
6,435 76
1,871 42
1,673 58
1,991 03
1,455 80
355 45
858 33
5,424 92
4,100 97
1,337 97
1,331 97
4,651 67
3,973 98
9,123 03
5,215 00
2.507 58
2,411 42
3,086 36
3,491 04
3,990 85
$208,608 05
$231,525 33
$246,541 79
KOTE. — Gross expenditure for the year 1895-96 includes payments made from the
balance of the special appropriation for " moving expenses, $6,341.12," distributed
among the api)ropriate items, and payments from the revenue from the old Library
Buiidiug for the West End and Mattapau Branches.
The cost of maiutaiuiiig the branches makes part of the general items of the several
appropriations :
Cost of Branches, 1895-96
Cost of Branches, 1896-97
Cost of Branches, 1897-98
$47,997 23
62,785 39
58,282 49
Amount expended for books is for liills paid out of the city appropriation only.
The amount expended for books and liinding (not included above) paid from trust
funds and city money in hands of Loudon bankers:
For 1895-96
For 1896-97
For 1897-98
$9,516 29
9,590 82
106
City Document No. 21.
gejSTERAl appropriation.
Expenditure for fiscal year ending January 31, 1899.
1898-99.
$128,109 74
17,166 98
12,607 57
1,499 48
2,918 46
419 66
14,188 45
5,898 24
5,931 74
1.825 14
1,968 74
2,416 13
7,404 85
1,068 02
2,601 24
1,547 31
4,806 19
2,023 91
261 88
6,789 78
5,600 00
7,079 41
751 66
3,573 17
4,030 40
495 90
1,054 52
1,718 60
334 60
300 00
326 75
135 00
2 40
$246,855 87
Salaries : General administration —
" Sunday and evening force
Binding : Salaries
Stock
" Contract work ,
" Equipment
Books
Periodicals
Furniture and fixtures
Gas
Electric lighting
* Supplies ,
Cleaning
Printing: Equipment
Stock
" Contract work
" Salaries
* Stationery
Typewriting
Fuel
Rents
Repairs
Freights and cartage
Transportation between Centi-al Library and Branches.
Delivery stations
Travelling expenses
Postage and telegrams
Water-rates
Telephone service
Examination of accounts
Advertising
Insurance
Grounds
The cost of maintaining the branches makes part of the general items of the several
appropriations :
Cost of Branches, 1898-99 $59,913 71
The amount expended for newspapers, books, and binding (not included above)
paid from trust funds and city money in hands of London bankers :
For 1898-99 $8,782 84
The amount expended for books (not included above) paid from
ti'ust funds in hands of City Treasurer $8,271 41
* These items cannot be compared with the similar items of the three preceding
years, because the classification has been changed to agree with that adopted by the
City Auditor.
Library Department. 107
Special Appropriations.
Library Building, Dartmouth street, balance of
appropriation, February 1, 1898 . . . $76,430 62
Appropriation, May 27, 1898 (Chapter 475, Acts
1898) 100,000 00
Payments on account of alterations :
Masonry, Connery <fc Wentworth
Iron work, Smith & Lovett
Ventilating system, Lynch & Wood-
ward ......
Electrical work, Public Buildings
Department ....
Architects' services, A. S. Jenney
and T. A. P^ox ....
Expert service in heating and ven-
tilating, S. Homer Woodbridge .
Decorating, Elmer E. Garnsey
Plumbing, Isaac N. Tucker
Carriers, Lamson Store Service
Company .....
One hand lift .....
Carpentry and small items
Balance, February 1, 1899 .
The balance will be required to settle outstanding contracts
and claims.
Library Building, furnishing, balance of city appro-
priation, February 1, 1898 .... $15,730 01
Payments on account :
Mellish & Byfield Company
J. H. Pray, Sons & Co. .
A. B. & E. L. Shaw, designs for
furniture
Foster Brothers
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Branch Library, Broadway Extension, improve-
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1898 .' . $3,989 56
Payments on account :
Books $457 48
Periodicals . . . . . 31 05
Furniture and fixtures . . . 36 65
Repairs . . . . . . 7 50
532 68
Balance, February 1, 1899 .... $3,456 88
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City Document No. 21.
LONDON ACCOUNTS.
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library trust funds.
BiGELOw FuND.^ — This is a donation made by the late John P.
BiGELOW, in August, 18.50, when Mayor of the city.
The income from this fund is to be appropriated to the purchase of
books for the increase of the library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $1,000 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 Joshua Bates
of London, in March, 18-53.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $50,000 00
" The income only of this fund is to be, each and every year, ex-
pended 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 Fund. — This is the bequest of J. Ingersoll Bowditch.
Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per cent.
Bond, for $10,000 00
The vphole income in each and every year to be expended in the pur-
chase 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, in April, 1853.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $10,000 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 September
20, 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 ex-
plains its purpose :
" To hold and apply the income, and so much of the principal as they
may choose, to the purchase of special books of reference to be kept
and used only at the Charlestown Branch of said Public Library."
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $500 00
Pierce Fund. — This is a donation made by Henry L. Pierce,
Mayor of the city, November 29, 1873, and accepted by the City Coun-
cil December 27, 1873.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $5,000 00
Library Department. 121
TowNSEND Fund, — This is a donation from William Minot and
William Minot, Jr., executors of the will of Maky P. Townsend, of
Boston, at whose disposal she left a certain portion of her estate in
trust, for such charitable and public institutions as they may think
meritorious. Said executors accordingly selected the Public Library of
the City of Boston as one of such institutions, and attached the follow-
ing 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 published 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 literature. At the end of twenty-
five years tlie income of the said sum is to be expended annually in the
purchase of books of permanent value, either in the Sijanish or Portu-
guese language, or in such other languages as may be deemed expedient
by those having charge of the library. These books, bequeathed or
purchased, are always to be freely accessible 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 condi-
tions 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
contribution, Anna Ticknor, widow of the donor, relinquished her right
to retain during her life the books and manuscripts, and placed them
under the control of the city, the City Council having previously
accepted the bequests, in accordance 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 arrangements 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 man-
ner 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 Library of the city, and as far as practicable, of such a character
as to be of special interest to young men." The Trustees expressed a
preference for books relative to Government and Political Economy.
Invested in oae City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for , $1,000 00
Treadwell Fund. — By the will of the late Daniel Treadwell,
of Cambridge, late Rumford Professor in Harvard College, who died
February 27, 1872, he left the residue of his estate, after payment of
debts, legacies, etc., in trust to his executors, to hold 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 in
the City of Boston.
122 City Document No. 21.
The 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 trus-
tees, in such manner as they may deem for the best interests of the
Library.
Invested in the City of Boston Four per cent. Bonds, for . $5,550 00
Invested in the City of Boston Three and one-half per cent.
Bonds, for 1,400 00
Invested in 16 shares 'B. & A. R.R. Co. stock, par value
$100 each 1,600 00
Invested in 6 shares B. & P. R.R. Co. stock, par value $100
each 600 00
Invested in 12 shares Fitchburg R.R. Co. stock, par value
1100 each 1,200 00
Invested in 1 share Vt. & Mass. R.R. Co. stock, par value
$100 each 100 00
$10,450 00
Charlotte Harris Fund. — Bequest of Charlotte Harris, late of
Boston, the object of which is stated in the following extract from her
will:
" I give to the Charlestown Public Library $10,000, to be invested
on interest, which interest is to be applied to the purchase of books
published before 1850. I also give to said Public Library my own pri-
vate library, and the portrait of my grandfather, Richard Devens."
Bequest accepted by City Council. July 31, 1877.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for , $10,000 00
Thomas B. Harris Fund. — Bequest of Thomas B. Harris, late of
Oharlestown, for the benefit of the Charlestown Public Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $1,000 00
Scholfield Fund. — 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 jjurchase of books
of permanent value. The last heir, Joseph Scholfield, died November
18, 1889, and by his will bequeathed 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
" " " " " , 11,600 00
$61,800 00
Green Fund. — Donations of Dr. Samuel A. Green, of $2,000, the
income 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
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . 500 00
$2,000 00
South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund. — Donation of a
citizen of South Boston, the income of which is to be expended for the
benefit of the South Boston Branch Library.
Invested in City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . . $100 00
Library Department. 123
Charles Greely Loking Memorial Fund. — This is a donation
from the family of Charles Greely Loring, the income of which is to
be expended for the purchase of books for the West End Branch.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $500 00
Charles Mead Public Lirrary Trust Fund. — Received from
Charles Mead, executor of the estate of Charles Mead, the amount of
legacy of the late Charles Mead, to constitute the "Charles Mead
Public Library Trust Fund," for the promotion of the objects of
the Public Library, in such manner as the government of said library
shall deem best, and so far as the government shall deem consistent
with the objects of the library, to be used for the benefit of the South
Boston Branch Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $2,500 00
Artz Fund. — This is a donation made in November, 1896, by Miss
ViCTOKiNE Thomas Artz of Chicago, the income " to be employed in
the purchase of valuable, rare editions of the writings, either in verse
or prose, of American and of foreign authors." These books are to
be known as the " Longfellow Memorial Collection."
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $10,000 00
John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial Fund. — Received from the mem-
bers of the Papyrus Club, May, 1897. The income thereof is to be ex-
pended for the purchase of books in memory of their late member,
John Boyle O'Reilly.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $1,000 00
Twentieth REaiMENT Memorial Fund. — This is a donation made
in April, 1897, by the Association of Officers of the Twentieth Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Infantry. It is to be used for the purchase of books
of a military and patriotic character, to be placed in the alcove appro-
priated as a memorial of the Twentieth Regiment.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $5,000 00
Todd Fund. — This is a gift made in October, 1897, by Wm. C. Todd
of New Hampshire. The income is to be expended annually in pay-
ment for such current newspapers of this and other countries as the
board of officers for the time being having charge of the Public Library
of the City of Boston, shall purchase.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $50,000 00
Bradlee Fund. — A bequest of the late Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee
to the Boston Public Library.
Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per cent.
Bond " . . $1,000 00
Henry Sargent Codman Memorial Fund. — This is a contribu-
tion from the friends of the late Henry Sai-gent Codman to be used to
perpetuate the memory of Mr-. Codman by the jjurchase of books upon
landscape gardening. It is the desire of the subscribers that a special
book-plate shall be inserted in each one of the volumes purchased,
identifying it as part of the memorial collection.
Cash in City Treasury, January 31, 1899 .... $2,852 41
124
City Document No. 21.
Recapituxation op Public Library Trust Funds.
Scholfield Fund
Bates Fund
Todd Fund
Phillips Fund .
Phillips Fund .
Bowditch Fund
Charlotte Harris Fund
Abbott Lawrence Fund
Treadwell Fund
Artz Fund
Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund
Pierce Fund
Towusend Fund
Ticknor Fund .
Charles Mead Fund .
Green Fund
Bigelow Fund .
Thomas B. Harris Fund
Franklin Club Fund
John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial Fund
Bradlee Fimd .
Edward Lawrence Fund
Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund
South Boston Branch Library Trust Fund
Codman Memorial Fund ....
$61,800 00
50,000 00
50,000 00
20,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
10,000 00
10,487 69
10,000 00
5,000 00
5,000 00
4,000 00
4,000 00
2,500 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
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EXTENT OF THE LIBRARY BY YEARS.
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9,688
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1868-69
152,796
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1884-85
453,947
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16,221
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1869-70
160,573
34
1885
460,993
3
1854-55
22,617
19
1870-71
179,250
35
1886
479,421
4
1855-56
28,080
20
1871-72
192,958
36
1887
492,956
5
1856-57
34,896
21
1872-73
209,456
37
1888
505,872
6
1857-58
70,851
22
1873-74
260,550
38
1889
520,508
7
1858-59
78,043
23
1874-75
276,918
39
1890
536,027
8
1859-60
85,031
24
1875-76
297,873
40
1891
556,283
9
1860-61
97,386
25
1876-77
312,010
41
1892
576,237
10
1861-62
105,034
26
1877-78
345,734
42
1893
597,152
11
1862-63
110,563
27
1878-79
360,963
43
1894
610,375
12
1863-64
116,934
28
1879-80
377,225
44
1895
628,297
13
1864-65
123,016
29
1880-81
390,982
45
1896-97
663,768
14
1865-66
130,678
30
1881-82
404,221
46
1897-98
698,888
15
1866-67
136,080
31
1882-83
422,116
47
1898-99
716,050
16
1867-68
144,092
32
1883-84
438,594
VOLUMES IN LIBRARY AND BRANCHES, JANUARY 31, 1899,
ACCORDING TO LOCATION.
535,687
15,135
Brighton
13,886
31,956
550,822
19,461
13,398
15,413
11,814
12,496
14 912
Jamaica Plain
South Boston
South End
West End
13,909
10,825
4,322
88
98
Lower Mills (Station A)
Mattapan (Station D)
bja f Fellowes Athenseum
•^ S 1 Collection owned by City.
Mt. Bowdoin (Station F)
North Brighton (Station L) . . . .
Broadway Ext. (Station P) . . . .
992
76
W Total, Roxbury branch.
32,859
1,582
126
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APPENDIX III.
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710
330
13,518
l's50
419
15,306
1'S23
2,355
16,499
818
I's 9,143
20,493
loss 455
loss 542
32,491
746
I's8.0i56
11,821
313
20,273
2,890
26,579
8,603
20,680
Duplicate room
2,063
Brighton branch
130
91
167
98
23
292
107
1,217
276
I's 3,190
Charlestown branch . .
rs70
233
421
22
339
300
loss 16
I's 112
398
2,095
Dorchester branch . . .
309
269
222
209
134
358
loss 73
1,415
159
I's 1,402
East Boston branch. .
63
58
59
5
48
126
112
1,021
147
I'S 1,478
Jamaica Plain branch
294
150
214
112
221
329
273
1,277
374
I'S 1,286
4
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224
84
63
I'S 1,861
48
Roxbury branch
199
146
308
loss 352
147
382
1,202
I's 2,896
I's 1,628
Fellowes Athenaeum
397
361
438
289
318
318
407
348
402
936
South Boston branch
159
115
200
51
55
401
loss 289
1,509
loss 69
113
South End branch ....
248
187
365
loss 67
26
276
138
1,435
308
I'S 683
1,897
4
6,522
626
1,555
loss 8
385
185
466
W. Roxbury branch . .
Lower Mills Reading
6
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33
169
85
73
74
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Mattapan Reading
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Mt. Bowdoin Reading
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North Brighton Read-
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Broadway Extension
Reading room
261
724
807
290
Total
14,636
15,519
20,256
8,633
20,915
29,927
18,695
35,698
35,129
17,162
1 CoUection transferred to West End branch.
Library Department.
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APPENDIX III. — Concluded.
Located February 1, 1898, to January 31, 1899.
Located.
Condemned,
missing,
transferred.
Net gain.
Central Library
Central Library, Duplicate room
Brighton branch
Charlestown branch
Dorchester branch
East Boston branch
Jamaica Plain branch
Roxbury branch, city collection
Roxbury branch, Fellowes Athena3um.
South Boston branch
South End branch '. . .
West End branch
West Roxbury branch
Lower Mills Reading room
Mattapan Reading room
Mt. Bowdoin Reading room
North Brighton Reading room
Broadway Extension Reading room . .
Total
23,867
3,764
523
2,200
596
711
548
68
975
926
525
551
181
16
1
419
35,866
3,187
1,701
3,713
105
1,998
2,189
1,834
1,691
39
813
1,208
85
12
129
18,704
20,680
2,063
loss 3,190
2,095
loss 1,402
loss 1,478
loss 1,286
loss 1,628
936
113
loss 683
466
169
16
1
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17,162
128
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APPENDIX IV.
CENTRAL LIBRARY CLASSIFICATIONS.
=^^^^^^
CLASSES.
Speoial Libraries.
-.
1
1
1858.
1S61.
1866.
1869.
1871.
1878.
1875.
1877.
1880.
1889.
1890.
1892.
1894.
1894.
1894.
1896.
1896.
1897.
•
III!
Jill
Total in
general
library,
Jan. 31,
1891).
¥
4
J
1
||
P
i
n
II
5"
li
It
ll
8"
i
1=
1
H
i
111
P
3
II
il
5=
5M
487
3,634
1,334
721
198
.647
304
135
761
783
128
862
1,200
604
232
754
1,017
1.108
640
1,648
1,801
13,121
14,297
67,740
46,784
23,963
11,147
17,333
9,973
3,087
14,610
23,036
7,151
33,851
20,932
7,217
8,080
21,433
16,834
20,125
13,873
16,883
249
36
17
107
77
60
11
9
9
22
2
1,887
68
147
6
65
3
3
15
4,039
9
13
6
322
615
617
1,092
868
622
326
1,423
1,181
96
329
733
6
5
43
833
114
7
2
8
197
21
690
135
812
3,204
2,474
337
264
617
200
226
471
15
S3
424
385
2,460
670
184
191
23
64
61
53
2,414
14,810
15,727
75,e!S
68,115
28,296
12,062
19,763
12,146
7.«77
16,178
ao,6is
7,209
6
7
47
29
37
6
27
22
1
14
26
2
8
148
11
8
6
4
3
67
....278
669
10
1
475
18
8
75
270
4
1
2
1
1
8
881
4,746
425
12
106
246
197
104
9
45
8
1
31
1
1
2
603
6
1
64
363
21
68
31
26
132
4,207
4
260
679
668
11
329
36
1
English history, biography and geography
VI.
vn.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XIlo.
French history, biography and geograp y.
4
1
1
1
3
469
1
1
28
1
German history, biog aphy an geogr p y
Greek, Latl a p o gy ^
1
6
.
16
16
2
1
14
3
4,648
Tr n
5
36
3
1
8
8
30
25
33
6
4
les
7
9
3
34
12
6
3,622
1,360
98
307
76
170
136
13
30
683
52
381
121
24
63
6
32
63
36
14
246
130
17
28
27
89
48
16
43
84
93
3,231
248
66
2
2
6
31
2
59
400
10
12
29
I
1
321
1
2
2
6
243
6
16
7,666
11,469
21,630
16,275
24,478
14,337
25.666
158
434
3,232
659
45,263
• l.i.l.l'i
14
23
I
26
1
1
25
1
129
101
2,819
36
39
4
XVIII.
103
xrx.
19
5
1
1
20
12
XX.
4
309
261
XXI.
7,874
30
1
XXII.
50
\
XXIII.
20
101
46
12
1
(160
XXIV.
Shakespeare
XXV.
Books for the blind
559
45,263
XXVI.
Stack 4 and Y
2,704
1,646
672
XXVII.
HiipUcate room
1
16,136
XXVIII.
UepoBit collection
1
f2,846 1 2,845
.
19,183
2,016
1,171
467,093
6,349
13,854
2,047
129
6,209
13,491
6,388
669
698
422
6,666
681
668
2,819
7,S74
fl60
624
4,659
329
343
===zr
1,184
EpLANATiox. — Class 111. includes general history, etc., when embracing several countries, and collected works of historians
»:- ass IV. includes the collected works of American writers, and what of American literature is sometimes termed "polyeranhv "
f. ,*..,■' '^'•1 '^''•' ""^ '^I^- '"'^^ ">* *""'* scope (or the respective countries that Class IV. has (or America.
n i! • '""^'I'les also Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the Scandinavian nations.
p, XIV. includes political science and ethics, education, etc.
^'lass XIX. includes mechanics, military and naval arts, agriculture, domestic arts, etc.
Class XXIV. does not include the Shakespeare collection of the general library.
Class XXVI. contains the former " Lower Hall " collection, which has a different classification. It Includes 26,697 volumes of Action.
•1,701 taken (by exchange, etc.) from, and 3,764 added to last vear's total of 13,072. , ^ . , ,,.
tThe Deposit collection is In 9 classes— 1. Children's bocks: -2, ; 3, Fiction; 4, Lileratnie; 6, Biograihy; 6, History; 7, Travel ; 8, Science; 9, Misc.
( Framed.
Note. — The dates given In the special libraries column show the year when these c<illecl ions were acquired by the Library.
Library Department. 129
APPENDIX \.
CLASSIFICATION.
Branch Lihrakies.
[This table is omitted from this j'ear's report, owing to the
reclassification now in process and uncompleted in the Branches.]
130
City Document No. 21.
APPENDIX VI.
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
Statistical lieport, February 1, 1898, to January 31, 1899.
Former Registrations.
Date.
No. of Names.
jfirst
1854-1858
17,000
52,829
227,581
1859-1807
Third
1868-April 30, 1880
Eoiirth
May 1, I88e-March 31, 1894
April 1, 1894-December 31, 1894...
January 1, 1895-January 31, 1899..
124,396
25,443
97,509
Fifth
Sixth
Registrations, including old and new names, lost and filled
cards replaced, expired cards renewed during each year, for
the five years prior to 1895 :
1890 .... 14,175
1891
1892
1893
1894
11,502
11,707
11,029
29,971
Average, 16,677.
Live Cards Outstanding.
Date.
Number.
Gain.
February 1, 1899.
February 1, 1898 .
February 1, 1898.
February 1, 1897.
February 1, 1897.
February 1, 189G.
February 1. 1890.
•Jamiary 1, 1895.
Total uain.
72,005
64,973
04,973
45,606
45,606
34,842
34,842
29,971
7,032
19,367
10,764
4,871
42,034
Central Library
Brighton Itrant'li
Cbarlcstown Brnncli ....
Dorchester Branch
East Boston Branch
.lamaica Plain Branch .
Uoxliury Branch
South Boston Branch..
South End Bnmch
West Eml Branch
West Uoxlmry Branch.
Slallou A
I).
Totnls ai.Wa
JS.SSH
1,25C
3,124
3.802
4,.'iTS
4,189
2,210
CARDS ISSUED FEBnUARY 1, IKS— .JANUARY 31, 1800.
RE-RKUISTRAT10N8.
Over Un<ler
Over Under
Over Under
Over : Under
■4 41 3,i«6 3,M3 4,-|>4
Over Under
4,201
4,2S.-i
4,8.*7
33S4
C,S&4
1,130
1.431
I.0T7
2,018
l.t^58
3I,II>7 2,273
3,81(1
3,2.W
3,036 2,.104 6,42.^ 2,434 07,B01) 25,S04 ' "2,00S I 7.0J2 MO 3,7.V'
Library Department.
131
CLASSIFICATIOlSr OF HOLDERS OF
JANUARY 31, 1899.
LIVE CARDS
By Sex and Occupation.
Classes.
Permanent
residents.
1 Non-
residents.
Special
cards.
Males.
Over 21 years of ar/e.
Professional classes
Teachers
Students
Business men
Unemployed
Laborers
Under 21 years of age.
Clerks
Oflice and errand boys
Unemployed
Pupils of Latin and High schools . .
Pupils of Grammar schools
Pupils of Grammar schools under 12
years
Other students.
2,916
497
1,242
8,361
1,932
702
1,313
689
421
917
9,0(il
287
468
102
121
1,114
89
182
3
23
2
7
13
4
142
15
Females.
Over 21 years of age.
Professional classes
Teachers
Students
Business women
Married
Single, unemployed
Under 21 years of age.
C'lerlis
Errand girls
Unemployed
Pupils of Latin and High schools.
Pupils of Grammar schools
Pupils of Grammar schools under 12
years
Other students.
268
1,704
718
4,562
9,781
8,207
l-,537
453
1,268
1,321
8,406
342
370
45
179
1,296
72
37
570
89
1
131
23
4,130
1 Including persons temporarily sojom-ning in Boston.
N.B. — Of the 1,848 teachers' cards issued priorto February 1, lS99,816are livecards;
of these, 657 are held b.v permanent residents, in addition to their ordinary cards (not
included in permanent residents' column above), and 159 are held by non-resident ?i
(which are included in non-residents' column above).
132
City Document No. 21.
By Wards.
d
'A
•d
03
No. Of
card-
holders
Popiilation
census of '95.
Percentage
of card-
holders.
6
1
No. of
card-
holders
Population
census of '95.
Percentage
of card-
holders.
1...
1,748
21,007
.0832
14...
2,014
19,186
.1049
•2...
1,136
21,588
.0526
15...
1,498
18,623
.0804
3...
1,256
13,943
.0900
16...
1,807
16,320
.1107
4...
859
13,375
.0642
17...
1,758
21,114
.0832
5...
1,158
12,986
.0891
18...
2,293
21,679
.1057
6...
1,307
27,860
.0469
19...
2,388
22,372
.1067
7...
1,8!)5
16,973
.1116
20...
4,394
21,528
.2041
S...
4,809
23,130
.2079
21...
4,618
19,274
.2396
9...
2,872
23,174
.1239
22...
3,189
22,289
.1430
10...
9,079
22,.554
.4025
23...
2,909
18,283
.1591
11...
4,839
19,930
.2420
24...
3,912
18,240
.2144
12...
5,395
21,591
.2498
25...
3,108
15,001
.2071
13...
1,764
24,900
.0708
Total
72,005
496,920
.1449
Library Department.
133
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND PUPILS.
June 30, 1898.
General Schools.
Number
of
schools.
Number of
Regular Teachers.
Average"
number of
pupils
belonging.
Men.
Women.
Total.
1
11
.07
556
69
2
70
121
9
105
687
556
11
175
808
556
265
4,599
Grammar —
Primary
Kindergartens
36,547
29,379
3,988
Totals
694
193
1,493
1,686
74,778
Special Schools.
1
1
1
•
13
1
25
7
6
6
113
21
Central
1,775
212
152
187
3
58
2,460
Special teachers (not included above),
20 88
108
Evening Schools.
October, 189T-March, 181)8.
12
5
139
26
3,148
481
^'
165
3,629
714
213 ! 1.581
2,017
80,867
1
134
City Document No. 21.
APPENDIX VII.
CIRCULATION.
Home Use Only.
Centi'al Library.
Brigbton
Charlestown
Dorchester
East Boston
Jamaica Plain . . .
Roxbury
South Boston. ...
South End
West End
West Roxbury.. .
Station A
B
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
31
N
P
Q
R
S
T
Total Circulation.
Home Use.
1897-98.
Carried forward.
A.
.388,489
31,382
57,362
.58,105
62,993
57,176
84,691
80,912
82,497
109,617
22,496
4,283
13,870
3,193
12,180
9,186
7,929
10,447
146
3,808
8,484
9,770
26,159
16,.')44
14,090
17,004
2,600
1,195,413
1898-99.
B.
422,849
36,217
,54,927
.55,768
60,435
.52,225
8fi,C23
75,407
88,408
115,655
22,376
5,205
13,.501
2,702
3,895
10,236
9,041
7,410
8,886
3,412
3,914
7,057
9,946
27,718
15,.590
11,873
14,653
9,875
1,235,204
From Central
through iiranches
and Stations.
lucludett in
Central Library
Circulation,
1897-98.
Included
in "A."
618
1,046
818
1,077
1,543
647
861
1,883
1,477
1,898
1,398
4,082
3,.559
1,009
1,889
2,883
1,878
2,746
3,298
1,460
1,557
3,853
1,.324
3,864
3,533
1,.3S3
1,013
52,597
1898-99.
Included
in "B."
909
1,039
729
1,693
1,4,36
760
951
1,388
1,893
1,932
2,008
6,409
3,649
2,090
2,543
4,567
3,667
3,979
3,038
1,862
2,961
5,215
2,208
5,6,30
7,743
2,901
6,174
79,374
From Brandies
through Stations.
Included in
BranchCirculation .
1897-98,
Included
in "A."
3 1,916
= 2,632
3 4,255
*667
s 1,721
■ 2,071
13,262
1898-99.
Included
in "B."
S854
1,022
3 2,212
«880
'■2,063
0 1,974
"4
9,009
LiRRARY Department.
135
APPENDIX YII. — Concluded.
Total Circulation.
Home Use.
1897-98. 1898-99
Brought forward
Station U
Brighton High School.. .
Charles Suninev School .
Cottage Place
Hou'^e of Reformation. .
Marcella-street Home . . .
North Ben net street
Parental School
Roxbury High School . . .
Hancock School
Engine-houses
Total.
1,195,413
1,3-25
1,903
425
.592
1,199,658
1,235,204
1,300
1,108
277
1,281
4,515
398
464
1,047
248
1,245,842
P>om Central
through Branches
and Stations.
Included in
Central Library
Circulation.
1897-98.
52,597
3,937
1 5,275
1898-99.
79,374
,336
6,831
1 6,300
61,809 92,841
From Branches
through Stations.
Included in
BranchCirculation.
1897-98. 1898-99
13,262
13,262
9,009
9,009
1 Number sent on deposit. Number used on premises not recorded.
2 Included in Jamaica Plain Branch Circulation.
3 " " Dorchester " "
4 '1 I' Brighton " "
5 " " Roxbury " "
Gain.
1897-98. 1898-99. 1898-99.
Central Library 388,489 422,849 34,360
Branches 811,169 822,993 11,824
Total 1,199,6.58 1,245,842 46,184 =
3%
136
City Document No. 21.
APPENDIX VIII,
TRUSTEES FOR FORTY-SEVEN YEARS.
The Hon. Edward Everett was President of the Board from
1852 to 1864; the late George Ticknor in 1865; William W.
Greenough, Esq., from 1866 to April, 1888 ; from May 7, 1888,
to May" 12, 1888, Prof. Henry W. Haynes ; Samuel A. B.
Abbott, Esq., May 12, 1888, to April 30, 1895; Hon. F. O.
Prince since October 8, 1895.
The Board for 1852 was a preliminary organization; that for
1853 made what is called the first annnal report. At first it con-
sisted of one alderman and one common councilman and five citi-
zens 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 members from the City Council were elected yearly. In 1878
the organization of the Board was changed to include one alder-
man, one councilman and five citizens at large, as before 1867 ;
and in 1885, by the provisions of the amended city charter, the
representation 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 appointed by the
Mayor.
Citizens at large in small capitals.
Abbott, Samuel A. B., 1879-95.
Allen, James B., 18o2-5:^.
Appleton, Thomas G., 1852-57.
Barnes, Joseph H., 1871-72.
Benton, Josiah H., Jr., 1894-98.
BiGELOW, John P., 1852-()8.
BowDiTcir, Henry I., 1865-68.
BowDiTCH, Henry P., 1894-98.
Bradlee, John T., 18r)9-70.
Bradt, Herman D., 1872-:].
Braman, Jai'vis D., 1868-69.
Braman, Jarvis D., 1869-72.
Brown, J. Coffin Jones, 1861-62.
Burditt, Charles A., 1873-76.
Carpenter, George O,, 1870-71.
Carr, Samuel, 1895-96.
Chase, George B., 187(')-85.
Clapp, AVilliam W., Jr., 1864-6().
Clark, John M., 185.5-56.
Clark, John T., 1873-78.
Clarke, J a m e s F r e e m a n,
1878-88.
Coe, Henry F., 1878.
Crane, Samuel D., 1860-61.
Curtis, Daniel S., 1873-75.
Dennie, George, 1858-60.
De Normandie, James, 1895-98.
Dickinson, M. F., Jr., 1871-72.
Drake, Henry A., 1863-64.
Erving, Edward S., 1852.
Everett, Edward, 1852-64.
Flynn, James J., 1883.
Frost,()liver, 1854-55; 1856-.58.
Frotiiingiiam, Richard, 1875-79.
Gaffield, Thomas, 1867-68.
Green, Samuel A., 1868-78.
GREENOUGH,Wn.LIAM W., 1856-88.
(7uild, Curtis, 187(i-77; 1878-79.
Harris, William G., 1869-70.
Haynes, Henry W., 1858-59.
Haynes, Henry W., 1880-95.
HiLLARD, George S., 1872-75;
187(5-77.
Howes, Osborne, Jr., 1877-78.
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137
Ingalls, Melville E., 1S70-71.
Jackson, Patrick T., 1864-05.
Jenkins, Edward J., 1885.
Keith, James M., 1868-70.
Kimball, David P., 1874-76.
Lawrence, James, 1852.
Lee, John H., 1884-85.
Lewis, Weston, 18()7-68.
Lewis, "Weston, 1868-79.
Lewis, Winslow, 1867.
Lincoln, Solomon, 1897-98.
Little, Samuel, 1871-73.
Messinger, George W., 1855.
Morse, Godfrey, 1883-84.
Morton, Ellis W., 1870-73.
Munroe, Abel 13., 1854.
Newton, Jeremiah L., 1867-68.
Niles, Stephen R., 1870-71.
O'Brien, Hugh, 1879-82.
Pease, Frederick, 1872-73.
Perkins, William E., 1873-74.
Perry, Lyman, 1852.
Pjekce, Phineas, 1888-94.
Plummer, Farnham, 1856-57.
Pope, Benjamin, 1870-77.
Pope, Richard, 1877-78.
Pratt, Charles E., 1880-82.
Prince, Frederick O., 1888-98.
Putnam, Geokge, 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 jST., 1878-79.
S H U R T L E F F, NATHANIEL B.,
1852-()8.
Stebbius, Solomon B., 1882-83.
Story, Joseph, 185.5-56; 1865-07.
Thomas, Ben.jamin F., 1877-78.
TiCKNOR, George, 1852-66.
Tyler, JohnS., 1863-64; 1866-07.
Walker, Francis A., 1896.
Warren, George W., 1852-54.
Washburn, Frederick L., 1857-58.
Whipple, Edwin P., 1808-70.
Whitmore, William H., 1882-83.
Whitmore, William H., 188.5-88.
Whitney, Charles V., 1883-85.
Whitney, Daniel H., 1802-03.
Wilson, Elisha T., 1861-63.
Wilson, George, 1852.
AViNSOR, Justin, 1867.
Wolcott, Roger, 1879.
Wright, Albert J., 1868-69.
LIBRARIANS.
1852 to date.
(From 185S to 1877 the chief executive otlicer was entitled Suiieriuteudeut.)
Capen, Edward, Librarian, May 13, 1852-December 16, 1874.
Jewett, Charles C, Superintendent, 1858-January 9, 1868.
WiNSOR, Justin, Superintendent, February 25, 1868-September 30, 1877.
Gkeen, Dr. Samuel A., Trustee, Acting Librarian, October 1, 1877-
September 30, 1878.
Chamberlain, Mellen, Librarian, October 1, lS78-September30, 1890.
Dwight, Theodore F., Librarian, April 13, 1892-April 30, 1894.
Putnam, Herbert, Librarian, February 11, 1895.
138
City Document No. 21.
APPENDIX IX.
EXAMINING COMMITTEES FOR FOETY-SEVEN YEARS.
The followiug have served on the Examining Committees for
the years given. The names in italics are those of Trustees who
have acted as chairmen of the various committees. The thirt}'^-
fourth year was from May 1 to December 31, 1885, a period of
eight months, for which no Examining Committee was appointed.
Abbott, Hon. J. G., 1870.
Abbott, S. A. B., 1880, 1894.
Adams, Brooks, 1894.
Adams, Nehemiali, D.B.. 1860.
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., ]8S1.
Aspinwall, Col. Thomas. 1800.
Attwood, G., 1877.
Bailey, Edwin C. 1801.
Ball, .Joshua D., 1861.
Bancroft, Robert H.. 1894.
Bangs, Edward, 1887.
liaruard. .James M., 1866.
Barry, Rev. Richard .J., 1895.
Bartiett, Sidney, 1869.
Bates, Hon. John L., 1896, 1897.
Beebe, James M., 1858.
Beecher, Rev. Edward, 1854.
Bent, Samuel Arthur, 1890. 1891.
Bigelow. Jacob, M.B., 18.57.
Blgelow, Hon. John P., 1856.
Blagden, George W., D.D., 1856.
Blake, J. Bapst, J/.D., 1897, 1898.
Blake. John G., M.B., 1883, 1891.
Blake, J/r.s. Mary E., 1894.
Bodfish, Rev. Joshua P., 1879, 1891.
Bowditch, Henry I., M.B., 18.55.
Boivditch, Henry J., 3/.Z)., 1865.
Bowditch, Henry P., M.B., 1881.
Bowditch, J. Ingersoll. LL.B.,
1855.
Bowman, Alfonzo, 1867.
Bowne, Prof. Borden P., 1896,
1897.
Bradford, Charles F., 1868.
Bragg, Hon. Henry W. , 1898.
Brewer, Thomas M., 1865.
Brimmer, Hon. Martin, 1890, 1891.
Brooks, Rev. Phillips, 1871.
Brown, Allen A., 1894.
Browne, Alex. Porter, 1891.
Browne, Causten, 1876.
Buckingham, C. E., M.B., 1872.
Burdett, Everett W., 1896, 1897.
Burroughs, Rev. Henry, Jr., 1869.
Carr, Samuel, 1894.
Carruth, Herberts., 1892.
Chadwick, James R., 3f.B., 1877.
Chamberlain, Hon. Mellen, 1894.
Chaney, Rev. George L., 1868.
Chase, George B., 1876.
Chase, George B., 1877. 1885.
Cheever, David W., M.B., 1894.
Cheever, Miss Helen, 1896, 1897.
Cheney, Mrs. Ednah D., 1881.
Claj)}), Williain. IF., Jr., 1864.
Clarke, James Freeman, B.B.,
1877.
Clarke, James Freeman, B.B., 1882.
Clement. Edward H., 1894, 1895.
Coale, George O. G., 1892, 1893.
Collar, William C, 1874.
Collins, Hon. Patrick A., 1898.
Connolly, Rev. Arthur T., 1898.
Corbett, Hon. Joseph J., 1896,
1897.
Cudworth, Warren H., B.B., 1878.
Curtis, Charles P., 1862.
Curtis, Daniel S., 1872.
Courtis, Thomas B., M.B., 1874.
Cusliing, Thomas, 1885.
Dalton, Charles H., 1884.
Dana, Samuel T., 1857.
Dean, Benjamin, 1873.
Denny, Henry G., 1876.
Derby, Hasket. M.B., 1895, 1896.
Dexter, Rev. Henry M., 1866.
I3illingham, Rev. Pitt, 1886.
Dix, James A., 1860.
Doherty, I^hilip J., 1888.
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139
Donalioe, Patrick, 1869.
Donald, Rev. E. Winchester, 1898.
Durant, Henry F., 1803.
Duryea, Joseph T., B.D., 1880.
Dwight, John S., 1868.
Dwight, Thomas, M.D., 1880.
Eastburn, Manton, D.l)., 1803.
Eaton, Williams., 1887.
Ecles, Henry H., 1886.
Eliot, .Samuel, LL.D., 1868.
Ellis, Arthur B., 1888, 1889.
Ellis, Calvin, 3/.Z>., 1871.
Ellis, George E., D.D., 1881.
Endicott, William, Jr., 1878.
Ensworth, William H., i/.Z>., 1898.
Ernst, Carl W., 1897, 1898.
Evans, George W., 1887, 1888, 1889.
Everett, Sidney, 189rj.
Farlow, John W., M.D., 1892, 1893.
Field, Miss Gretchen, 1898.
Field, Walbridge A., 1866.
Fields, James T., 1872.
Fitz, Reginald H., 1879.
Fitz, Walter Scott, 1894.
Foote, Bev. Henry W., 1864.
Fowle, William F. , 1864.
Freeland, Charles W., 1807.
Frost, Oliver, 1854.
Frothingham, Richard, 1870.
Furness, Horace Hovrard, LL.B.,
1882.
Gannett, EzraS., D.D. 1855.
Garland, George M., M.D., 1895,
1890.
Gay, George H., 187().
(iilchrist, Daniel S., 1872.
Gordon, George A., D.D., 1885.
Gould, A. A., M.B., 1804.
Grant, Robert, 1884.
Gray, John C, LL.D., 1877.
Green, Samuel A., M.D., 1808.
Green, Samuel S., 1895.
Greenough William W.. 1858, 1874,
1883, 1880.
Grinnell, Charles E., 1874.
Hale, Rev. EdAvard E., 1858.
Hale, Mrs. George S., 1887, 1888.
Hale, Moses L., 1862.
Hale, Philip, 1893.
Haskins, Rev. George F., 1865.
Hassam, John T., 1885.
Hayes, Hon. F. B., 1874.
Haynes, Henry W., 1879.
Haynes, Ilenry IF., 1881, 1884.
Hay ward, George, M.D., 1863.
Heard, John, Jr., 1888, 1889, 1891.
Heard, John T., 1853.
Hellier, Charles E., 1895.
Hemenway, Alfred, 1898.
Herford, Brooke, i).Z>., 1884.
Herrick, Samuel E., D.D., 1888,
1889.
Hersey, Miss Heloise E., 1895, 1896.
Higginson, Thomas W., 1883.
Hill, Clemont Hugh, 1880.
Hillard, Hon. George S., 1853.
Hillard, Hon. George S., 1873.
Hills, Thomas, 1898.
Hodges, Richard M., jV.Z)., 1870,
Holmes, Edward J., 1881, 1884.
Holmes, Oliver W., J/.D., 1858.
Holmes, Oliver W.. Jr., LL.D.,
1882.
Homans, Charles D., M.D., 1867.
Homans, 3frs. Charles D., 1885,
1886, 1887.
Homer, George, 1870.
Homer, Peter T., 1857.
Hubbard, James M., 1891.
Hubbard, William J., 1858.
Hudson, JohnE., 1895, 1896.
Hunnewell, James F., 1880, 1893,
1894.
Hutchins, Miss Emma, 1895, 1896.
Hyde, George B., 1879.
Irwin, 3Iiss Agnes, 1894.
Jeftries, B. Joy, M.D., 1809.
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., Z>.2>., 1859.
Lawrence, Hon. Abbott, 1853.
Lawrence, Abbott, 1859.
Lawrence, Miss Harriette S., 1890.
Lawrence, James, 1855.
Lee, Miss Alice. 1889, 1890, 1891.
Lee, Hon. John H., 1897, 1898.
Lewis, Weston, 1872. 1878.
Lincoln, Hon. F. W., 1856.
Lincoln, Solomon, 1886.
Little, James L., 1864.
Lombard, Prof. Josiah L., 1868.
Loring, Hon. Charles G., 1855.
Lothrop, Loring, 1800.
Lowell, A. Lawrence, 1897, 1898.
Lowell, Augustus, 1883.
Lowell, Edward J., 1885.
Lunt, Hon. George, 1874.
Lyman, George H.. M.D., 1885.
McCleary, Samuel F.. 1890.
McNulty, Rev. John J., 1890, 1897.
Manning, Rev. Jacob M., 1801.
Mason, Rev. Charles, 1857.
Mason, Miss Ellen F., 1898.
Mason, Robert M., 1809.
Maxwell, J. Audley, 1883.
Metcalf, Rei'. Theodore A., 1888,
1889.
Minns, Thomas, 1864.
Minot, Francis, 1860.
Morisou, MiiiS Mary, 1892, 1893,
1895.
140
City Document No. 21.
Morrill, Charles J.. IsSo.
Morse, John T., Jr., 1871).
Morse, Eobeit M., Jr., ISTS.
Jforion, Hon. Ellis TF., ISTl.
Mudge, Hon. E. R., LSTl.
Neale, Rollin H., D.D., IS.");].
Xoble, John, 1882.
Norcross, Otis, ISsO.
O'Brien, Hon. Hugh, 1879.
O'Callaghan. John J.. 1895.
O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1878.
Otis, G. A., 1860.
Paddock, Bt. Rev. Benj. H., 1876.
Parker, Charles Henry, 1888, 1889.
Parker, Mrs. William L., 1897,
1898.
Parkman, Henry, 188-").
Parks, Eev. Leigbton, 1882. 1896,
1897.
Perkins, Charles C, 1871.
Perry, Thomas S., 1879, 1882, 1883,
1884, 1885, 1890, 1891.
Phillips, John C, 1882.
Phillips, Jonathan, 1854.
Pierce, Hon. Henry L., 1891.
Pingree, lliss Lalia B., 1894.
Prescott, William H.. LL.D..
1853.
Prince, Hon. F. O., 1888, 1889,
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1895,
1896.
Piitndm, George, D.D., 1870.
Putnam, Hon. John P., 1865.
Putnam, William L., 1898.
Randall, Charles M., M.D., 1884.
Rice, Hon. Alexander H., 1860.
Robbins, Elliott, M.I)., 1893.
Roche, James Jeftrey, 1898.
Rogers, Prof. William B., 1861.
Rollins, J. Wingate, 1888, 1889.
Ropes, John C, 1872.
Rotch, Benjamins., 1863.
Runkle, Prof. J. D., 1882.
Russell, Samuel H., 1880.
Sampson, O. H., 1892, 1893.
Sani/er, Hon. George P., 1860.
Seai-Ie, Charles P., 1898.
Seaver, Edwin P., 1881.
Shepard, Hon. Harvey N., 1888,
1889.
Sherwin, Mrs. Thomas, 1893, 1894.
Slmrtlef, Hon. Nathaniel B., 1857.
Smith, Azariah, 1895, 1896.
Smith, Charles C, 1873.
Smith, ,"l/rs. Charles C, 1881, 1886.
Smith, Miss Minna, 1892.
Sowdon, A. J. C. 1892, 1893.
Sprague, Charles J., 1859.
Sprague, Homer B., 1882.
Stedman, C. Ellery, M.D., 1888.
Stevens, Oliver, 1858.
Stevenson, Hon. J. Thomas, 1856.
Stockwell, S. N., 1861.
Stone, Col. Henry, 1885, 1886, 1887.
Story, Joseph, 1856.
Sullivan, Richard, 1883, 1884.
Teele, John ()., 1886.
Thaxter, Adam W., 1855.
Thayer, George A., 1875.
Thayer, Bev. Thomas B., 1862.
Thomas, B. F., LL.D., 1875.
Thomas, Seth J., 1866.
Ticknor, Jiiss Anna E., 1891.
Ticknor, George, LL.D., 1853,
1854, 18.55. 1859, 1863, 1866.
Tillinghast, Caleb B., 1895, 1896.
Tobev. Hon. Edward S., 1862.
Todd, William C. , 1894.
Twombly, Eev. 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.B., 1875.
Ware, Darwin E., 1881.
Warner, Hermann J., 1867.
Warren, Hon. Charles H., 1859.
Warren, J. Collins, M.B.. 1878.
Waterston, Rev. Robert C, 1867.
Weissbein, Louis, 1893.
Wells. Mrs. Kate G., 1877.
Wendell, Prof. Barrett, 1895, 1896.
Wharton, William F.. 1886.
Whipple, Edwin P., 1869.
Whitmore, William H., 1887.
Whitney, Daniel H., 1862.
Whitney. Henry A., 1873.
Wightman, Hon. Joseph M., 1869.
Williams, Harold, M.D., 1888, 1889,
1890.
Williamson, William C, 1881.
Williamson, 3/rs. William C, 1897,
1898.
Wilson, Elisha T., M.D., 1861.
Winsor, Justin, LL.D., 1867.
Winthrop, Hon. Robert C, 1854.
Wiuthrop, Robert C, Jr., 1887.
Wood, Frank, 1897, 1898.
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.
Kote. — This has been brought down to M.nrch 31, 1899. The order is (1) by rank in
grades, and (2) alphabetical, within each grade.
Summary.
Central Library . . . 167 Males 88 Females 79
Branches and Readino- rooms 64 " 15 " 49
231
103
128
Evening and Sunday service, Central Library,
Sunday service, Branches, 12.
Extra assistance is employed at the branches.
65
Name.
Putnam, Herbert
Savage, Philip H.
t Mooney, George V.
Deery, D. Jean.
Learned, Lucie A.
Cellarius, Theodore W.
Hutchins, Fernald
McFarland, Peter V.
Nichols, Adelaide A.
** Bicknell, Margaret M.
Whitney, James L.
^Swift, Lindsay
Chevalier, Samuel A.
Hunt, Edward B.
Murdoch, John
Burnell, Carrie
Rollins, Mary H.
Seaver, Mrs. Lillian F.
Rice, Edwin F.
Tenney, Mary A.
Bartlett, Mary R.
Cutler, Dora L.
Gould, Ida W.
[VE DEPARTMENT.
Entered.
Grade.
1895
Librarian.
. 1896
Librarian's Sec
. 1889
B. Special.
. 1891
B.
. 1891
B.
1892
D.
1896
D.
1896
D.
1868
Auditor.
1896
C. Special.
n^E DEPARTMENT.
1869
Chief.
1878
A. Special.
1894
A.
1883
A.
1896
A.
1881
A.
1886
A.
1888
A.
1885
B. Special.
1897
B. "
1897
B.
1887
B.
1884
B.
* Serving from three to seven evenings a week each. The total number of positions
is .S5, evenings; 40, Sundays.
** Auditor's Assistant." t Custodian of Stock Room. If Editor Library Publica-
tions.
142
City Document No. 21.
Xanie.
Entered.
Grade.
Hemmings, Anita F. .
. 1897
B.
Leuvitt, Luella K.
. 1895
B.
Brennan, T. Frank .
. 1890
C. Special.
Dolau, Charles W.
. 1894
D.
Shaughnessy, John F.
. 1898
E.
ORDERING
DEPARTMENT
Maciirdy, Theodosia E.
. 1889
Chief.
Coolidge, Marie
. 1893
B. Special.
SeemuUer, Mary
. 1899
B. "
Frinsdorff, Emily 0. .
. 1894
B.
Goddard, Mrs. Frances H.
. 1892
B.
McGrath, Mary A. .
. 1868
B.
McFarland, Thomas A.
. 1891
C. Special.
Keleher, Alice A.
. 1891
D.
St. Louis, Robert F. .
. 1897
D. Runner.
SHELF DEPARTMENT.
Roffe, William G. T.
. 1881
A. Div. 2.
Locke, John F.
. 1894
B.
Richmond, Bertha P. .
. 1895
B.
Connor, George H. .
. 1891
C. Special.
Eberhart, John
1894
C. "
Reardon, John H.
1896
C. "
Caiger, Eliza F. A. .
. 1895
D.
Lucid, John F.
. 1893
D.
Shawno, Robert
. 1898
D.
BATES HALL.
Bierstadt, Oscar A. .
. 1899
Custodian.
t Blaisdell, Frank C. .
1876
A. Special.
Buckley, Pierce E.
. 1891
B.
Doyle, Agues C.
. 1885
B.
Plunkett,"Albert J. .
1895
D. Special.
Hannigan, Frank J. .
1898
D.
Hardy, Charles A. .
. 1896
D.
SPECIAL
LIBRARIES.
Fleischner, Otto
. 1891
Custodian.
Hitchcock, Grace A. .
. 1895
B. Special.
Hall, Belle S. .
. 1895
B.
Patten, Mary L.
1898
B.
Whitney, Margaret I).
. 1898
B.
Ward, Joseph W.
. 1891
C. Special.
Cassidy, Margaret L.
. 1895
D.' "
Kelly, Charlotte H. .
. 1895
D.
t In charge of Patent and Newspaper Departments.
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143
Xanie.
Entered.
Grade.
Smith, Arthur PL F.
. 1897
D.
McKiernan, John L.
. 1896
D. Runner
Maiers, WilHamC, Jr.
. 1897
D.
DOCUMENTS DEPARTMENT.
Ford, Worthington C. . . 1898 Chief.
Lane, Lucius P.
1898
B.
Weudte, Frederika
Ford, Mary E. A.
Maguinness, Jaines
Sercx, Frederic
Keenan, Matthew T.
PERIODICAL-EOOM.
. 1895 C.
. 1895 D.
. 1897 D. Runner,
NEWSPAPER-ROOM.
. 1895 B.
. 1896 D. Special.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
McGuffey, Margaret D. .
* Sheffield, Mrs. Gertrude P.
Forrest, Gertrude li.
Barry, Edward F. .
Cufflin, M. Florence
McCarthy, Michael, Jr. .
Sheridan, Mary C. .
Desmond, Louise L.
Richards, Florence F.
Shumway, Marion H.
Bertram, Lucy I.
Cunniff, Nellie L.
Dowling, S. Jennie .
McCarthy, Marion A.
Murphy, Annie G. .
Reynolds, Mary A. .
Roett, Louis W.
Wiechmann, Catherine A.
Connolly, Nelly L. .
Daly, Margaret C. .
Ethier, Lillian E.
Gorman, John E. .
Kiernan, Letitia M.
Lucid, Joseph A. .
Mayer, Harry F. .
Olson, Alphild
Olson, Bertha A. .
Williams, Grace
. 1895
Chief.
. 1896
B. Special
. 1895
B. "
. 1890
C. "
. 1892
C. "
. 1892
C. "
. -1881
C. "
. 1895
C.
. 1875
C.
. 1895
C.
. 1895
D. Special
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1888
D.
. 1894
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1897
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
. 1895
D.
^ In ch.irge oi Juvenile Department.
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City Document No. 21.
Name.
Entered.
Grade.
Zaugg, Joanna,
. 1895
D.
Zaiigg, Otto K.
. 1895
D.
Barry, Margaret M.
1897
D. Runner.
Bryce, Jean M.
1898
D.
Cole, Grace E.
1897
D.
Hagerty, Mary £. .
1897
D.
Hersey, Edna M,
1898
D.
McKenzie, Kenneth
1897
D.
MeSweeney, M. Agnes .
1897
D. "
Schnlz, Henry A. C.
1898
D.
Shaughnessy, Mary A.
1897
D.
Stetson, Nina M. .
1896
D.
Gorman, Annie L. .
1899
E.
Schnabel, Paul J.
1898
E.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT
r. BRANCH DIVISION.
Ward, Langdon L.
. 1.S96
Supervisor of Branches
? ~
and Delivery Stations.
Kueffner, Cecilia W.
. 1898
B.
Painter, Florence McM. .
. 1897
B.
Heimann, Otto A.
. 1890
C. Special.
Morse, Maud M. .
. 1877
C. "
Bollig, Emma .
. 1898
c.
Maier, Joseph A.
. 1892
D. Special.
Brown, Richard
. 1898
D.
Conroy, Michael J . .
. 1897
D. Runner.
REGISTRATION
f DEPARTMENT.
Keenan, John J.
1885
B. Special.
Murray, Ella K.
1886
C.
Shelton, Richard B.
. 1895
D. Special.
Fillebrown, Emily F.
1895
D.
PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Entered.
Position.
Lee, Francis W.
1894
Chief.
Geyer, Willfried H.
1896
Pressman.
Greeley, Carrie P. .
1896
Compositor.
Land, Annie F.
1896
1. i
Ives, Birdsey F. .
1896
Feeder.
BIN]
DERY.
Ryder, Frank
1883
Foreman.
Collins, Dennis J. .
1887
Finisher.
Dougan, William J.
1898
Forwarder.
Fuerst, Alexander .
1896
it.
Hoeffner, George
1891
a
Ivory, John W.
1893
a
Lof Strom, Konrad A.
1892
i
Library Department.
145
Xaiiie.
Entered.
Position.
Murphy, John F.
1883
Forwarder.
Sullivan, J. Heniy .
1898
i 1.
Hemstedt, William P.
. 1883
Pressman.
Bowen, Mrs. Sarah E.
1876
Sewer.
Doiron, Joanna
. 1896
"
Healey, Margaret .
1899
"
Kiley, Margaret J. .
. 1889
( i
Mori art}', Mary (t. .
1875
"
Nolen, Sarah .
1891
"
Potts, Ellen F.
. 18'.I2
"
Soule, Ellen E.
IS 91
( i
ENGINEER AND JANITOR DEPARTMENT.
Niederauer, Henry . . '
1894
Chief Engineer.
McCread}', Alexander
1895
Engineer.
Malone, John P.
1.S95
K
O'Neill, Harry
1896
((
Zittel, (George, Jr. .
1891
i I
Herland, Nils J.
1895
Fireman.
Moran, John A.
1894
i i
Karlson, Charles W.
1896
Book Motors.
* Williams, John L.
1886
Janitor.
Lawrence, John A. .
1898
( (
Frye, Henry .
1898
a
McCarty, Dennis
1888
Watchman.
McGee, Alexander D.
1896
Painter.
Wall, Frank A.
1897
Carpenter.
Hanna, William T. .
1895
Marble polisher.
Chavies, Samuel H.
1899)
1898 -
Elevator and
Cole, William E. . . .
Coat room
Thomas, Arthur C.
1898 )
attendants.
EAST B08I
ON BRANCH.
Xame.
Entered.
Grade.
Walkley, Ellen 0. .
1897
B. Special.
Braekett, Marian W.
1897
C.
Wing, Alice M.
1873
C.
Bickford, Lillian A.
1891
D.
Hosea, George H. .
1873
Janitor.
Taylor, Charles F. .
1897
((
SOUTH BOS
TON BRANCH.
Bullard, N. Josephine
1883
B. Special.
Eaton, Ellen A.
1873
C.
Sampson, Idalene L.
1878
C.
McQuarrie, Annie C.
1894
D.
Orcutt, Alice B.
. 1887
D.
Sumner, Alice F. .
1897
D.
Baker, Joseph
1872
Janitor.
Charge of book motors, evenings.
146
City Document No. 21.
ROXBURY
Name.
Bell, Helen M.
Berry, Martha L. C.
Puffer, Dorothy
Griggs, Sarah W.
Lynch, Crertrude A.
Monahan, William
BRANCH.
Entered.
1878
1883
1878
1886
18i)4
1883
Grade.
B. Special.
C.
C.
D.
D.
.Janitor.
Cartee, Elizabeth F.
Livermore, Mrs. Susan E
Keagen, Elizabeth R.
O'Neill, Margaret M.
Rogan, Katharine S.
Smith, Thomas E. .
CIIARLESTOWN BRANCH.
1886 B. Special.
1885 C.
189.5 C.
1892 D.
1896 D.
1874 Janitor.
BRIGHTON
Hobart, ]Martha N. .
Conley, Pollen E.
Dale, M. Florence .
Warren, Edward A.
BRANCH
1896
1891
1895
1898
B. Special.
C.
D.
Janitor.
Reed, Mrs. Elizabeth T
Griffith, Mary E. .
Donovan, Mary G. .
Kellogg, Grace E. .
Mefteu, Margaret
Davenport, Edward
DORCHESTER BRANCH.
1873 B. Special.
1886 C.
1891 D.
1898 D.
1892 D.
1875 Janitor.
SOUTH END BRANCH.
Sheridan, Margaret A.
McKirdy, AUce E. .
Lynch, Emma F.
Meehan, Margaret F.
Miilloney, William J.
1875
1896
1885
1893
1892
B.
C.
D.
D.
D.
Special.
Swain, Mary P.
Riley, Nellie F.
Albert, Katie F.
Kenney, Thomas W.
JAMAICA PLAIN BRANCH.
. 1877 B. Special,
. 1.S78 C.
. 1892 D.
, l.si)7 Janitor.
WEST END
Davis, Mrs. Eliza R.
Barton, Margaret S.
Forbes, George W. ,
Mooney, Katharine G.
BRANCH.
1877
1885
1896
1885
Special,
Library Department.
147
Name.
Entered.
Grade.
Kiley, Mary E.
. 1896
D.
Riley, Mary E.
. 1891
D.
Kelly, William D. .
. 1898
D. Runn
Porter, Frank C. .
. 1896
D.
Sullivan, Daniel J. .
. 1898
Janitor.
Morse, Carrie L.
Henderson, Irene E.
Woods, Euoene B. ,
WEST ROXBURY BRANCH.
. 1890 D. Special.
1898
1898
E.
Janitor,
DELIVERY STATIONS.
Station. Custodian. Grade.
A. Lower Mills Reading-room Hill, M. Addie D. Special.
B. Roslindale Delivery .Station. . . .Davis, William W.
C. West Roxbury Branch See above.
D. Mattapan Reading-room Capewell, Mrs. Emma G., D. Special.
E. Neponset Delivery Station Barnes, Charles D.
F. Mt. Bowdoin Reading-room .. .Fairbrother, Mrs. Eliz.G.,D. Special.
G. Allston Delivery Station Howe, W. A. & Co.
H. Ashmont Delivery Station .... Weymouth, Clara E.
.1. Dorchester Sta. Delivery Sta.. . .Sexton, Mrs. Annie M.
K. Bird-st. Delivery Station Morris, Antoinette.
L. No. Brighton Reading-room. .. Mnldoon, Katherine F. .D. Special.
M. Crescent-ave. Delivery Station.. Johnson, Charles E., & Co.
N. Blue Hill-ave. Delivery Station, Riker, Mrs. S. A.
■D xji^o„ -c^i-^^o..-^^ T^„i;,r^ „ cj^„ r Stewart, CoraL D. Special.
r. B way Extension Delivery Sta.. <, ,, t^ • • a • j. ^ -rv
*' •' [ Myers, Benjamin, Assistant. . ..D.
Q. Upham's Corner Delivery Sta. .Bird, Mrs. Thomas H:
R. Warren-st. Delivery Station. . .Woodward, C. E, & Co.
S. Roxbury-crossing Delivery Sta..Yeaton, E. Christine.. . . D. Special.
T. Boylston Delivery Station Locke, Joseph B.
U. Ward 9 Delivery Station McGrath, Amelia F C.
EVENING AND SUNDAY SERVICE.
Central Library.
6 P.M. TO 10 r.M. Winter Schedule.
Sundays, 2 to lo P.M.
Bates Hall
Offlcers in Charge.
Chevalier, Samuel A.
Fleischner, Otto
Hunt, Edward B, .
Swift, Lindsay
Assistants.
Roffe, William G. T.
Walsh, William A.
Central Desk.
Buckley, Pierce E.
Reardon, John H.
Williams, David L.
See Issue Department
See Fine Arts.
See Issue Department
See Deliverers of Books
Hours.
4
8
10
10
H
15i
4
20
148 City DoouivrENT No. 21.
Hours.
Care of Reference Books.
Heimann, Albert E. ...... 24
Plunkett, Albert J. See Newspaper room . . 8
Collectors of Slips.
McKenzie, Kenneth ...... 9
Pearson, John A. See Runners .... 7
Pitts, James A. See Fine Arts Extra Assistants . 9
Runners.
Beckford, Fred A. See Cars, Book-case and Runners, 9
Campbell, Charles D. See Issue Dep't Runners . 3
Sullivan, Frank T. 10
Zaugo-, Otto E. See Issue Department Runners . 3
Issue Department.
Officers in Charge.
Blaisdell, Fra^nk C. 20
Buckley, Pierce E. See Central Desk ... 4
Chevalier, Samuel A. See Bates Hall ... 8
Receiver of Books.
Blaisdell, Fred W. 25
Deliverers of Books.
Clarke, William S. See Indicator. Runners . . 12
Reardon, John H. See Central Desk . . .13
Care of Indicator.
Clarke, William S. See Deliverers of Books. Runners, 13
Hannigan, Walter T. See Care of Tubes . . 12
Assistants at Indicator.
Currier, Ulysses S. G. . . . . . . 7
Gorman, John E. See Tubes and Juvenile Library . 3
Tenny, Robert M. See Cars and Fine Arts . . 12
Care of Slips.
Heimann, Otto A. . . . . . . . 7
Hughes, John A. ....... 18
Desk Attendant.
Ford, Daniel J. See Runners .... 25
Care of Tubes.
Gorman, John E. See Assistants at Indicator and
Juvenile Library ...... 3
Hannigan, Frank J. . . . . . . 9
Hannigan, Walter T. See Indicator ... 13
Care of Carriers.
Beckford, Fred A. See B. H. Runners, Book-case and
Issue Department Runners ..... 6^
Lucid, John F 9
Roett, Louis W. See Book-case .... 3^
Tenny, Robert M. See Indicator Assistants and
Fine Arts ........ 6
Library Department.
149
Book-case Atteudauts.
Beckforcl, Fred A. See B. H. Ruuuers, Carriers
Glover, John H. See Runners
Roett, Louis W. See Cars ....
'St. Louis, Robert E. . . . . .
Runners.
Beckford, Fred A. See B. H. Runners, Carriers
and Boole-case ......
Benson, Edwin F. A.
Campbell, Charles D. See B. H. Ruuuers
Clarke, William S. See Indicator. Deliverers of Books
Conners, Timothy J. .....
Conroy, Michael .1 .
Doyle, Charles A. .
Ford, Daniel J. See Desk Attendant
Glover, Johu H. See Book-case Attendants .
Hughes, Thomas F.
Lucid, Joseph A. .
McFarland, Peter V
Mackinnon, Bergan A. See Juvenile Library .
Maier, Joseph A. .
Maiers, William C, Jr. .....
Mayer, Harry F. ..... .
Martin, D. Clifford. See Barton Library Assistants
Pearson, John A. See Collectors of Slips
Trueman, Nelson G. .
Weller, Waldo W. See Fine Arts Extra Assistants,
Zaugg, Otto E. See B. H. Runners
H
10
19
7
25
H
25
7
4
9
7
9
6
9
9
n
18
3
22
9
6^
Barton Library.
In Charge.
Lee, Francis W.
Tiffany, Edward .
Assistants.
McKiernan, John L.
Martin, D. Clifford.
Smith, Arthur E. F.
See Runners .
See Fine Arts
Assistants
16
16
12
8
12
Fine Arts Department.
In Charge.
Bourne, Frank A. .
Walsh, AVilham A.
Assistants.
Smith, Arthur E. F,
Ward, Joseph W. .
Extra Assistants.
Pitts, James A. See Collectors of Slips
Shawno, Robert ....
Weller, Waldo AV. See Runners
See Bates Hall Assistants
vSee Barton Library Assistants,
20
12
12^
12i
8
12
12
150
City Document No. 21.
Pekiodical Room.
Conners, John F.
Hours.
32
Registration Desk.
Fallon, William E.
Keenan, .Tohn .J.
Juvenile Library.
Attendants.
Hall, Belle S.
Kelly, Charlotte H.
Owen, Marion L.
Extra Attendants.
Gorman, .Tohn E.
Tubes
Mackinnou, Bergan A
Russell, J. Edward
Patent Room.
Attendants.
Keenan, Matthew T.
Serex, Frederic
Newspaper Room.
Attendants.
Brennan, Thomas F.
Connor, George H.
Plunkett, Albert J.
Replacement of Books.
Barry, Edward F. .
McCarthy, Michael, Jr,
See Assistants at Indicator and
See Runners
See Care of Reference Books
2H
6
H
H
4
4
28
16
16
12
16
4
12i
12i
SUNDAY SERVICE.
* Branch Librariefi.
NOVESIBEK 1 TO MAV 1.
* With the exception of the West End Brancli, whicli is open Sundajs througliout
the year; the regular weeli-day attendants serve Sundays, tlieir compensation being
for seven days per weeli.
Charlestown Branch, 2 to 10 P.M.
In Charge. ' Hours.
Day, John ........ 8
Harrington, Walter ...... 8
Janitor.
Smith, Thomas ....... 8
Library Dkpartjment. 151
East Boston Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. Hours.
In Charge Issue Desk.
Bussey, George D. . . . . . . . 7
In Charge Reading Room.
Hosea, George II. . . . ... . . 8
Heat .lanitor.
Taylor, Charles F. . . . . . . . 8
South Boston Branch, 2 to 10 P.M.
In Charge.
Orcutt, Alice B 7
Janitors.
Baker, .Joseph ....... 8
Saunders, Thomas ....... 8
Station P, 2 to 6 P.M., 7 to 9 P.M.
In Charge.
Herr, Irving . . . . . . ... 6
Assistant.
Brown, Richard ....... 2
Station S, 2 to (5 P.M., 7 to !• P.M.
In Charge.
Damon, Helen G. . . . . . . . 6
152 City Document No. 21
APPENDIX XL
SYSTEM OF SERVICE.
As IN Force March 31, 1899.
The system of graded service with provision for examinations
as set forth in Article VI. of the By-laws quoted l)elow was
adopted by the Trustees in April, 1895. Employees then in the
service were graded thereunder. The application of the system
to such employees was, however, made with this proviso : that it
should not of itself entitle any employee to an increase of salary
nor subject him to a decrease. In some cases, therefore, the
salaries of present employees do not yet accord precisel}^ with the
salaries of the grades under which they are classed. But increases
of salary that may be recommended on the ground that the ser-
vice rendered is entitled to higher pay will be made only in
accordance with the system. And all promotions, as well as new
appointments, will be made in accordance with the system.
Extracts from By-Laws.
ARTICLE VI., Section 1. — Evarnindtlons. Semi-annually,
or oftener if expedient, examinations shall be held under the
direction of the Librarian, for admission, b}' promotion or other-
wise, to all grades of employment in the Public Library, except
the positions of Librarian, Assistant Librarian, Librarian's
Secretary, Auditor, Chief Cataloguer, Chief of Shelf Department,
Custodian of Bates Hall, Chief of Ordering Department, Chief of
Issue Department, Supervisor of Branches and Stations, Chief
Engineer, Chief of Printing Department and Chief of Bindery.
From the list of those persons who have successfully passed the
examinations of the grade in wliich they seek employment, ap-
pointments shall be made by the Trustees upon nomination by the
Lil)rarian in consultation with the head of the department in which
the appointment is to be made.
ARTICLE v.. Section 2. — Vacations and other Absences.
All persons regularly employed in the Library, except persons
employed in the Engineer's or Janitor's departments, 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 cit}^ ordinance, to be
arranged by the Librarian. No allowance shall be made for
absence from duty except as above provided.
Library Department. 153
Section 3. The President or Librarian shall have power to
suspend, with loss of pay, an}' person in the Library service until
the first succeeding meeting of the corporation.
The following notice and application blank are furnished to
applicants for euiployuient in the Library service :
Notice to Aptlicants foi; Employment.
Applications nuist be made upon the printed l)lanks furnished
by the Library. Examinations for applicants will be held from
time to time as the needs of the service may require. Each
applicant 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 who 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 iu actual ser-
vice during a probationary period. And all appointments to the
service, even where carrying pay, are provisional and conditioned
upon proof of capacity for the particular positions to be filled as
shown 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, by an
annual increase, to a maximum. No such increase, however, will
be paid unless the work of the employee has proved satisfactory
to the Trustees. The maximum reached, no further increase is
possible, except by promotion to a higher grade. Such promotion
also is based upon an examination, combined, however, with cer-
tificate of capacity from the head of the department in which the
employee has served.
The ordinary grades are supposed to provide for positions
where 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.
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.
154 City Document No. 21.
To the above general qualifications must be added in each case
such special qualifications as may be requisite for the particular
positions to he filled.
Herbert Putnam,
lAbrarian.
Blank for Application.
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
application.
I lierel)y 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 the answers to the follow-
ing 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. Wliere do you reside and what is your post-office address?
(G-ive town or city, including street and number.)
3. How long have you been a resident of said cit}^ or town?
4. Are you a citizen of the United States?
5. What is the date and place of your birth?
6. What is your father's and mother's full name? Give name
whether living or dead.
7. Have you ever been examined for the pulUic service in
any State or city? If so, when, where, for what branch and
grade of the service and with what result?
8. Are you in good health? Have you any mental or physi-
cal incapacity of which you are aware?
9. What is your present occupation and what has been your
past occupation? Give places and dates of emplo3'ment as near
as you can.
10. In what schools, academy or college were you educated?
Give the name and length of course in each.
11. Have you any experience or do you possess any special
qualifications, such as a knowledge of book-keeping, stenog-
raphy, typewriting, foreign languages or a familiarity with other
branch or branches of knowledge, which in your opinion would
be useful in the service of the Public Liljrary, and not included
among the requirements for the grade in which you are an appli-
cant ?
12. What experience in library work have you had?
13. In what department of this libraiy do you think 3'our
capacities would be useful?
[Signature: all names in full.]
Bost07i^ 189 .
Library Department. 155
Any other facts you desire to mentiou : [Certificates and tes-
timonials may be mentioned, and copies may be enclosed. The
originals need not, unless called for.]
Whe?i filled out, fold twice, as indicated, and return to the
Xiibrarian of the Boston Puhlic L,ihrary.
156 City Document No. 21,
APPENDIX XII.
CORRESPONDENCE, BEQUESTS, ETC.
Kate Field Collection.
Boston, April 20, 1898.
Herbert Pltxam, Esq.,
Librarian. Public Library :
My Dear Mr. Putnam, — Last autumn you most kiudly ac-
ceded to my desire to be permitted to give to the Library the
MSS. and autograph letters, from famous persons, belonging to
Kate Field ; and I have just now received, by this morning's
mail, a letter from Mr. T. Sanford Beaty, the executor and the
chief and residuary legatee of Miss Field, a letter saying :
' ' It seems to me a most charming idea to so preserve dear Miss
Field's MSS., and I should certainly advise you to turn them over
to Mr. Putnam."
Mr. Beaty has just returned from a long absence ; and while I
knew he would approve this, I had no right to do so until 1 had
his official permission.
That Miss Field's memoiy may be thus "kept green " by a
"Kate Field Collection'" in the noble Library fulfils the dearest
wish of my heart.
Very faithfully yours,
(Signed) Lilian Whitinc^.
Library of the American Statistical Association.
Boston, Mass., June 16, 1898.
To the Trustees of the Loston Public Library :
G-ENTLEjrEN, — The American Statistical Association, of which
General Walker was President for so many years, until the time
of his death, and of which Colonel Wright is now President, has
a valuable library of statistical works, especially rich in public
documents of foreign countries. ... At the last meeting of
the Association, held in April of this year, the Libraiy Commit-
tee of the Association was given power to transfer the library to
Library Department. 157
the Trustees of the Boston Public Library if they were willing to
accept the gift, the only condition being that the purely statisti-
cal portion of the library should be kept together, and that mem-
bers of the Association should have free access to the shelves of
this collection. In the wish that this collection be kept together,
there is no desire, however, to handicap the Public Library in
any way in the administration of its work. Undoubtedly there
are many pubUc documents which are duplicates of those in the
Public Library. If so, those volumes of the Statistical Associa-
tion should be separated and given to some other institution.
Other works which are not of a statistical character, which have
found their way into the Library of our Association, should also
be separated and shelved according to the general classification
now in use by the Public Library.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Davis E. Dewey,
Secretary.
I should add that current periodicals and issues received by
the Association would be given to the Library at stated dates.
Bust of Sir Walter Scott.
BoLESiDE, Galashiels, N. B., 21st July, 1898.
The Sir Walter Scott Memorial.
Sir, — The United States Ambassador has sent me your letter
to him of the 6th instant, accepting, on behalf of the City of
Boston, of the bust of Sir Walter Scott, purchased by the West-
minster Committee from Mr. Hutchison, R.S.A., Edinburgh,
with their surplus funds, and intended for the Public Library of
your city. I shall, accordingly, at once cause the bust to be for-
warded to the care of Your Honor. I believe that it will be ap-
preciated, not only as a beautiful work of art, but as affording the
citizens of Boston the gratification of having amongst them a very
faithful counterpart of the features of that great genius, whose
shrine so many of them annually visit. It is a very perfect
copy of the famous Chantrey Bust in Abbotsford, and is, as you
are aware, a duplicate of that placed last year in Westminster
Abbey. I enclose a list of the subscribers to the Westminster
Bust, which may not be without interest to the Library Trustees.
have the honor to be, Mr. Mayor,
Your most obedient servant,
(Signed) Richard Lees.
158 City Document No. 21.
The Hox. Josiah Qlincy,
Mai/ or of Boston , U. S. America.
The Westminster Committee on the Sir Walter Scott
Memorial, Richard Lees, Honorary Secretary:
Sir, — The Trustees of the Public Library in the City of
Boston have received from His Honor, Josiah Quincy, Mayor,
the Bust of Sir Walter Scott, purchased by the Westminster
Committee from ]Mr. Hutchison, R.S.A., for deposit in this
Library,
We are glad to have so faithful a copy of Chantrey's celebrated
work among our treasures of literatui'e and art, and we are grate-
ful for the generosity of the subscribers, and still more for the
siDirit which has prompted the gift.
We recognize in this act of international courtesy a mark of
that growing harmony of interests between the two leading pow-
ers in the civilization of the world, which, if sometimes latent,
always has been strong beneath all disturbing incidents, and
which, well directed, may be the assurance of peace and pros-
perity to the nations of the earth.
The patrons of this Library will always view with admiration
the l)ust of this great magician who touched all the incidents of
history, the customs of the period and the eminent characters of
the time, bringing them into finished and immortal pictures which
have put succeeding ages under grateful obligations.
If Sir Walter's genius was descriptive rather than creative
there yet runs through all his writings such a loftiness and purity
of moral sentiment that they have furnished the world with avast
amount of cheer and hope, and we rejoice to find that this delight
which he has already provided for three generations shows no de-
cline in the readers of a great Pul)lic Library to-day.
With highest respect and esteem, the Trustees of the Public
Library of the City of Boston :
(Signed) Frederick O. Prince, President.
.losiAH H. Benton, Jr.,
h. p. bow^ditch,
James De Normandie,
Solomon Lincoln.
Herbert Putnam,
Librarian and Clerk of the Corporation.
Dated at Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
U.S.A., in the year of our Lord 1898, and of the founding of
the city, 269.
Library Department. 159
Original Blocks of Wood Engravings, Executed by Egbert
Louis Stevenson.
Care of Mitchell it Baxter, W. S., Jl South Charlotte Street,
Edinburgh, Scotland, November 8, 1808.
Secretary, Boston Library :
Dear Sir, — Mrs. R. L. Stevenson begs me to write and ask
you whether the Library would care to receive as a gift a set of
twenty-four wood engravings (original blocks) executed by her
husband, the well-known novelist? Fac-siniile impressions of
these blocks were used in the Bonus Volume of the "Edinburgh
Edition " of Robert Louis Stevenson's works, and must therefore
be already known to you. At present the blocks are in the
possession of Messrs. Constable & Co., the Edinburgh printers,
who are printing from them a limited number of copies for
certain subscribers on the understanding that when the work is
completed the blocks shall be handed to a pul)lic institution which
shall bind itself that they shall never be used again. Would your
great Library, therefore, be willing to receive these blocks on this
pledge of never re2yrocli(cinf/ copies from them.'' The blocks
are valuable only from the sentiment and association attached
to them.
If the Library should be willing to accept them, might 1 ask
you to write accordingly to Mr. Charles Baxter . . . the
late Mr. Stevenson's executor — whom I have instructed to send
you the blocks on the completion of the volume at present in
Messrs. Constable's hands. Mrs. Stevenson is leaving in a
week's time for ^Madeira, where she is to spend the winter, and is
therefore unable to take charge of the matter herself.
I remain
Very trulj^ yours,
(Signed) Lloyd Osbourne.
Henry Sargent Codman Memorial.
Brookline, January i', 1899.
The Trustees of the Boston Puhlic Library :
Gentlemen, — Under date of May 24, 1897, and January 21,
1898, your Board has received from Mr. Charles F. McKim com-
munications with reference to a fund which friends of the late
Henry Sargent Codman of Brookline propose to turn over to
the Boston Public Library to be known as the Henry Sargent
Codman Memorial Fund.
Mr. McKim addressed you as Trustee of the fund, and under
date of January 21 he enclosed a check for the amount then on
hand, $2,852.41.
160 City Document No. 21.
He communicated to you the aim of the donors that the fund
should be used " to perpetuate the memory " of Mr. Codmau
"■ by keeping alive, maintaining, and from time to time adding to
the plants, trees, and other foliage, within the Public Library,
provided this should be acceptable to the Trustees."
Since the above was written, consideration has induced the
donors of the fund to believe that it might more effectively be
utilized in some other way, for instance, particularly by the pur-
chase of books upon landscape gardening.
1 am now authorized, acting in behalf of Mr. McKim as well as
of the various contributors to the fund, to assent to this disposal
of the fund. And this assent applies both to the amount already
turned in and to any contributions that may l)e subsequently
added to it.
It is the desire of the donors that a special book-plate shall be
inserted in each one of the volumes purchased from the fund,
identifying it as part of this memorial collection.
"N'ery truly yours,
(Signed) M. R. Sargent.
Library Department.
161
APPENDIX XIII.
GIFTS.
See also pp. 5, 10, 21, 23, 2G-2y of main body of report.
Givers ........
Volumes .......
Numbers .......
Photographs, engravings, etc.
Newspaper subscriptions. (Gift of tlie publishers)
1. Endowments.
January 2, 1899. From tlie friends of the late
Henry Sargent Codman for the purchase of
books on landscape gardening, the sum of
1,946
11,245
15,560
309
69
!,852 41
2, Works of Art.
From the Committee on the Scott Memorial in '\^'^estminster
Abbey, a copy in marble (by John Hutchison, R.S.A.) of
the bust of Sir Walter Scott by Chantrey.
3. Miscellaneous Gifts of Money.
From Miss Lilian Whiting, for arranging the Kate
Field Collection of Manuscript Letters, the sum of
4. Photographs, Engravings, etc.
Abbot Memorial Library
Anonymous .
Avery, Samuel P. .
Ball, William T. W.
Barnard, James M.
Bayridge Free Library .
Boston City Hospital
Boston Browning Society
Brockton Public Library
Brown, Dr. Francis H. .
Bullivant, William M. .
Carnegie P'ree Library .
Butte Free Public Library
Case Memorial Library .
Chevalier, Samuel A.
Columbia University
Coolidge, Baldwin .
Curtis & Cameron .
Erie Public Library
$25 00
1 Photograph.
10 Photographs.
2 Engravings.
1 Silver Medal.
1 Photograph.
1 "
2 Photographs.
3
2 "
4 Engravings.
1 Bronze^Medal.
1 Photograph.
2 Photographs.
2 "
1 Photograph.
1 Photograph and
1 Bronze Medal.
3 Photographs.
4 "
3 Illustrations.
162
City Document No. 21.
Everett, Fred E
Fleiscliner, Otto ....
Foster, .John R., and Stephen B. .
Foster, William E. . . .
Gail Borden Public Librar}^
'Green, Dr. Samuel A. .
Greenough, J. F. .
Groton Public Library .
Hamilton Pu1)lic Library
Hartford Free Library .
Heaton, A. G. .
Hubbard Free Library .
Iconographic Society
Illinois College, .Tones .Memorial Library
Indianapolis PuV)lic Library
James Prendergast Free Lil)rary
King, George R. .
Knapp, Arthur Mason .
Meekin's Library ....
Monks, Br. George H. .
New York Public Library
Omaha Public Librar}' .
Osterhout Free Library .
Pasadena Public Library
Peck Memorial Library .
Perabo, Ernst ....
Putnam, Misses Shirley and Brenda
Richards Library ....
San P'rancisco Mercantile Library .
Sargent, Br. Dudley A.
Small, Maynard & Co. .
Smith, Miss Sarah S. .
Stevenson, Mrs. Robert Louis
Stokes, 3Iiss Caroline P. . . .
Switzerland. Bureau International des
Administrations Telegraphiques
Tufts Library
United States Naval Academy
"Warren, Samuel M.
Watts de Peyster Library
"VMiitney, James L.
Winona Fi'ce Public Library .
Wiuslow, Lieut.- Com. Herbert, U.S.N.
Winther, Charles A. G.
1 Photograph.
LS Photographs.
1 Photograph.
1 Engraving.
4 Drawings.
1 Engraving.
4 Photographs.
1 Photograph.
1 "
3 Photographs.
1 Etching.
1 Engraving.
1 Photograph.
1
1) Photographs.
1 Photograph.
1 '^
117 Photographs and
Engravings,
2 AVater Colors.
4 Photograi)hs.
1 Photograph.
I
1 "
1 "
2 Photographs.
1 Drawing (framed).
1 Photograph.
5 Photoo'raphs.
6 ^'
27 Photographs and
Prints.
1 Engraving.
24 Wooden Blocks,
engraved by
Mr. Stevenson.
1 Engraving
(framed).
8 Charts.
1 Photograph.
2 Photographs.
1 Copperplate.
1 Print.
13 Photographs.
2 ""
1 Photograph.
1 Enoravino-.
LiBKAKY Department.
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5. Books, Newspapers and Periodicals.
Abbott, Rev. Edward, Cambridge^ Mass.
Abbott, Dr. Samuel W
Abbott Memorial Library, Dexter, Me. . . 1 plan
Aberdeen Public Library, Aberdeen, Scotland .
Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, O.
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.
Academy of Science of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
Actors' Fund of the United States of America, New York
City
Adadourian, Rev. Haig, Plymouth, Mass. .
Ai]a,m, F.ohert B., Buffalo, N.Y.
Adams, Andrew N., Fair IJaven, Vt. .
Adams, IIoji. Charles Francis, Lincoln, Mass.
Adams, Charles Francis, Sherborn, Mass.
Adams, J. L., Neio York City .... 1 map
Adams Nervine Asylum
Adler, Simon L., i?ocftesier, iV.F.
Aguilar Free liibrary, Neio York City .
Alabama. Department of Agriculture, Montgomery
Albany Medical College, .4 ^ftoji?/, N.Y.
Alumni Association .....
Alden, Rev. E. J., Chicago, III
Alden, William H., Philadelphia, Pa.
Alden & Harlow, Pittsburgh, Pa. ... 5 plans
Alexander, De Alva Stanwood, Buffalo, N.Y.
Alfred University, ^i/recZ, iV.!". ....
Alkaloidal Clinic, Publishers of, Chicago, III.
AWen, Edwurd G., London, England .
Allen, George H. ...... .
Allen, Hon. William V., Washington, B.C.
Allison, J)r. H. E., Fishkill-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Allyn, Mrs. E. G., Dubuque, Iowa . 2 pieces of
Ambrozovics, Bela, Vienna, Austria .
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Agriculturist Library, Springfield, Mass.
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Salem, Mass. .......
American Baptist Home Mission Society, New York City
American Bible Society, New York City
American Catholic Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa
American Citizen .... 1898-99 subscription
American Climatological Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
American Colonization Society, Washington, D.C.
American Congregational Association ....
American Druggist Publishing Co., New York City .
American Geographical Society, New York City .
American Historical Association, Washington, D.C.
1 broadside
American Homes Publishing Co., Knoxville, Tenn.
1898-99 subscription
American Institute of Architects, Providence, R.I.
American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York City
American-Irish Historical Society
American Jewess Publishing Co., New York City
American Laryngological Association, Washington, D.C.
American Library Association .....
American Missionary Association, Neiv York City
American Museum of Natural History, Neu) York City
Vols.
Nos.
58.5
24
1
1.5
4
164
City Document No. 21.
American New Church Tract and Publication Society,
Philadelphia, Pa
American Numismatic and Arcbwological Society, JVeio
York City
American Otological Society, New Bedford, Mass.
American Park and Out-door Art Association
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
American School of Correspondence ....
American Seamen's Friend Society, New York City
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal*
Xev^ York City
American Society of Civil Engineers, Neic York City .
American Society of Naturalists, Providence, B.I.
American Society of Eailroad Superintendents. Asbury
Park, N.J.
American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools
for Nurses, A-eir York City ....
American Statistical Association
American Surgical Association, PhiladelpJda, Pa.
American Unitarian Association ....
American Water Works Association, Neiu York City
Americanische Turnzeitung, 3Iilwaukee, Wis.
1898-99 subscription
Ames, George
Amherst College, Amherst, 3Iass. ....
Amherst Student. Editors of, Amlierst, I^Lass.
Ammon, Br. Otto, Karlsruhe, Baden, Ger)nany .
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass.
Andover Theological Seminary, Alumni Association
Andover, Mass. .......
Andrews, Charles L., Augusta, Me. ....
Andrian-Werburg, Ferdinand, Freiherr von,
Austria ........
Anonymous .......
Apollo Iron & Steel Co., Pittsburg, Pa. . 1
Apollonio, Miss Mabel S. ..... .
Appalachian Mountain Club .....
Appleton, D. F., Ijtsiolch. Mass. ....
Appleton, Francis H
Appleton. William S
Apprentices' Library Company of Philadelphia, Pltila
delphia. Pa,
Arbo, Major C. O. E., Brammen, Norway.
Argus (Swedish) .... 1898-99 subscription
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Fayetteville, Ark
Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, 111.
Armstrong, R. M. ......
Arnold, F. E., Braintree, 3fass
Arnold, Howard P
Art Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
Asociacion Salitrera de Propaganda, Iquique, Chile
Associated Charities of Cambridge, Cambridge, Mass.
Association of American Medical Colleges, Chicago, III.
Association of American Physicians, Philadelphia, Pa.
Association of Engineering Societies, Philadelphia, Pa.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal
Atherton, Henry B., Nashua, N.Il
Atkins, I)r. Francis H.
Atkinson, Hon. Edward
Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga
Australian Association for the Advancement of Science,
Sydney, New South Wales
Vols.
2
5,000
1
Vienna,
2 maps
broadside
160
1
58
1
LiBEARY Department.
165
map
Eng-
Australian Museum, Sydney, Xeiv South Wales ,
Avery, Hon. EIroy M., Cleveland, O. .
Avery, Samuel P., New York City
Axon, William E. A., Manchester, England
Ayer, Prof. Charles C., Boulder, Col. .
Ayer, Rev. Joseph C, Jr., Nantucket, Mass.
Bacon, William P., New Britain, Conn.
Bailey, Andrew J
Baillie's Institution Free Library, Glasgou\ Scotland
Baker, Marcus. Washington, B.C.
Baker, Walter, & Co
Baker, Hon. William C, Providence, B.I. .
Baldwin, Prof. J. Mark, Princeton, N.J. .
Ball, T. R., Baltimore, Md
Ball, William T. W
Balmaseda, Francisco J., Havana, Cuba
Baltimore, Md., Sewerage Commission
Bangor Public Library, Bangor, Me. .
Bangs, Outiam
Barker, Wharton, Philadelphia, Pa. .
Barnard, James M. ..... .
Barnard Memorial ......
Barnes, Dr. Henry J
Barnes, William A. ..... .
Barney, Dr. Charles N.
Barnicoat Fire Association .....
Barre, Mass., Town of
Barrow-in-Furness Free Public Library, Lancashire
land .........
Barrows, Hon. Samuel J., Washington, B.C.
Barry, Bev. Henry A. ..... .
Bartlett, Prof. Dana P
Bassett, F. G., Seymour, Conn. ....
Batchelder, Dr. F. P
Bates, AValdron ....... 5
Batsford, B. T., London, England
Battersea Public Library, London, England
Baxter, Sylvester, Maiden, Mass.
Bayridge Free Library, Bayridge, L.I. . . 1 plan
Beacon 2 1898-99 subscriptions
Beddoe, Br. John, Paisley, Scotland .
Bedford, Augustus
Jieer, Wi\\\a.m, New Orleans, La. . . 1 newspaper
Belfast Library, Belfast, Ireland
Bel], Prof. Alexander Graham, Wasldngton. B.C.
Belling, Prof. Karl J., Worcester, Maxs. ...
Benevolent Fraternity of Churches ....
Bennington Battle Monument and Historical Association,
Bennington, Vt
Bent, Allen H
Benton, Josiah H., Jr 1 map
Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn.
Berkshire Baptist Association, Pittsjield, Mas:s. .
Berle, Bee. Adolph A., Brightini. Slass.
Berlin, Germany, Koeniglich-Preiissische Friedrich Wil
helm's Universitat .......
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology
and Natural History, Honolulu, Hawaiian Island
Bertholon, Br. L., Tunis, Africa
Biagi, Prof. Guido, Florence, Italy
Bigelow, Mrs. Andrew, SoutJdjoro', Mass. .
Bimetallic League, Manchester, England
maps
Vols.
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4
1
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10
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57
166
City Document No. 21.
58
broadsides
broadside
3 maps
Bingham, Hon. Harry, Littleton^ N.H.
Biological Society of Washington, Wa><hington, B.C.
Birkenhead Free Public Libraries, Birkenhead, England
Birmingham, England, Free Libraries Committee
Blackett, Spencer C, London, England
Blaisdell, Frank C. . , .' .
Bliss, Rev. W. D. P., San Gabriel, Cat
Boardman, Samuel L., Bangor, Me.
Bogelot, Mme. Isabelle, Paris, France
Bolles, Br. William P. ...
Bolton, Charles K. ....
Bolton, Prof. H. Carrington, Washington, !).('
Bolton Public Library, Bolton, England
Bonney, Charles L., Chicago, III.
Boston. Assessing Department .
Board of Election Commissioners
Board of Health
Board of Overseers of the Poor
Board of Police
Cemeteiy Department
City Auditor ....
City Clerk ....
City Hospital ....
City Messenger ....
City Treasurer ....
Collecting Department
Department of Municipal Statistics
Phigineering Department .
Fire Department
Institutions Department ,
Law Department
Park Commissioners
Penal Institutions Department
Printing Department
Public Buildings Department .
Public Grounds Department
Registry Department
School Committee
Street Laying-Out Department
Water Department .
Wire Department
Boston Art Club .
Boston Associated Chai-ities .
Boston Athenfeum
Boston Browning Society
Boston Budget
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston Children's Aid Society
Boston College
Boston Courier
Boston Daily Advertiser
Boston Daily Globe
Boston East Baptist Association
Boston Evening Transcript .
Boston Fish Bureau
Boston Floating Hospital
Boston Herald
Boston Ideas ....
Boston Insane Hospital
Boston Journal
Boston Medical Society
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
1898
99 subscription
1898-99 subscription
1898-99 subscription
2 1898-99 subscriptions
Reading, Mass.
12 1898-99 subscriptions
2 1898-99 subscriptions
1898-99 subscription
2 1898-99 subscriptions
Vols.
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2
1
1
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301
1
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2
2
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Vols.
1898-99 subscription
1898-99 subscription
2 1898-99 subscriptions
Boston Mycological <^ lub, Cambridge, Mass.
Boston Nortli End Mission
Boston Parents' Association for Deaf Children .
Boston Post 2 1898-99 subscriptions
Boston Protective Department
Boston Provident Association ......
Boston Society of Medical Sciences
Boston Society of Natural History
Boston Telegraph ....
Boston Times ....
Boston Traveler ....
Boston University
Boston Veteran Firemen's Association
Boston Young Men's Christian Association .
Boston Young Men's Christian Union .
Bostoner Anzeiger . . . 1898-99 subscription
Bostonian Society
Botanical Society of America, St. Louis, Mo.
Botume, J. Frank . . . . .
Boutwell, Hon. George S
Bowditch, Prof. Henry P
Bowditch, Miss Olivia Y
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.
Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Me. .
Boys' Institute of Industry ....
Brabrook, E. W., London, England
Bradbury, Benjamin F. ....
Bradford, Dr. Edward H
Bradford, England, Public Free Libraries
Bradlee, Mrs. Caleb D., Brookline, Ifass. .
Bradley, Milton, & Co., Springfield, Mass. .
Brady, Prof. .J. Everett, North((mpton, Mass
Bramhall, Frank .J., Chicago, III.
Breck, Joseph, & Sons .....
Brent, Rev. Charles H. .
Brinton, Br. Daniel G., Media, Pa.. .
Brisco, John Potter, Nottingham, England .
British and Foreign Bible Society, ioH'7o)!, England
British and Foreign Unitarian Association, London, Eng-
land
Bromley Public Library, Bromley, Kent, England
Brookline Education Society, Brookline, Mass. .
Brookline Public Library, Brookline, Mass.
Brooklyn, ^.!r., Civil Service Commission .
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N. T. 1898-99 subscription
Brooklyn Daily Times, Brooklyn, JSf. T. 1898-99 subscription
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. T. .
Brooklyn Public Library Association, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, N . Y. . . . . .
Brooks, Francis A
Brooks, Frederick ........
Brooks, Bev. William H. ...... .
Brophy, Thomas C. . . . Newspaper clippings
Brown, Albert W. .
Brown, Allen A. ........ .
Brown, Br. Francis H 1 map
Brown, John Howard ........
Brown University, Providence, R.I. .....
Library .........
Buckingham, Dr. Edward M.
Buenos Aires, Argentine RepnMic, Biblioteca del Museo
Nacional ..........
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City Docuiment No. 21.
Buenos Aires, Argentine Re^niblic, Oficina Meteorologica
Argentina .........
Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, N.T. .
Buffalo Public Library, iiujaio, iV".F.
Bulletin Publishing Co., Toronto, Canada .
Bulloch, Dr. Joseph G. B., Green Bay, Wis.
Bunker Hill Boys Club
Bunker Hill Monument Association ....
Burdett, Everett W
Burdge. Franklin, New York City ....
Burr, William H., Washington, D.C
Burrage, Eev. H. S., Portland, Me
Burton, C. M., Detroit, Mich
Bushee, .J. L.
Business, Publishers of. New York City
Butler, Charles H., Washington, D.C
Butler Hospital for the Insane, Providence, B. T.
Butte Free Public Library, Butte City, Mont.
Cabot, Godfrey L.
Cadieux & Derome, Montreal, Canada
Caldwell, Augustine, Ipsioich, Mass
Caldwell, Augustine, and A, W. Dow, Ipswich, Mass.
Caldwell, Miss M. T
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal, .
California Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley, Cal
Cambridge, England, Library Syndicate
Cambridge, Mass.. Board of Overseers of the Poor
Park Department ......
Cambridge Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1898-99 subscription
Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, 3Iass.
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, Observatory
Campbell, Bradford, West Somerville, Mass.
Canada. Parliament, Ottawa .... 9 maps
House of Commons, Ottawa ....
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa .
Archives Branch, Ottav-a
Central Experimental Farms, Ottawa .
Statistical Division, Ottawa .
Department of the Interior, Ottawa . .11 maps
Geological and Natural History Survey, Montreal
Government Printing Bureau, Ottawa
Inland Revenue Department, Laboratory, Ottawa
Superintendent of Insurance, Oii(v»;a
Patent Office, Ottawa
Canadian Military Institute, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Montreal, Canada
Canton High School Association, Canton, Mass. .
Cape of Good Hope, Statistical Department, Cape Town,
South Africa .........
Carles, Dr. C, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. 2 maps
Carmarthen Joint Counties Lunatic Asylum, Carmarthen,
Wales
Carnegie Free Library, Allegheny, Pa. . . . .
Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa
Carrick, Samuel P.
Case, A. P., Vernon, N.Y
Case, Mrs. James B .
Case Memorial Library, Hartford, Conn
Casson, HeibertN
Castilian Club .........
Castor, T. H., & Co
Cathcart, W. 11. , Cleveland, O
Vols.
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Catholic News, Nev: York City . 1898-99 subscription
Catholic Review, Neiv York City . . 1898 subscription
Catholic University of America, Washington, B.C.
Caverno, Rev. Charles, Lombard^ III
Chadwick, Dr. James R
Chamberlain, George W.. Weymouth. Mass.
Chamberlayne, Miss Catharine J. . . . . .
Chandler, Prof. Francis W.
Chandler, Horace P
Chandler, fio«. W. E., Tr«.s/iy-»;/^o?i, i).C
Channing, Dr. Walter ........
Channing Home .........
Chantre, I)r. Ernest, Lyons, France .....
Chapin, I)r. Charles V.. Providence, B.I
Chapin, Eugene
Charity Organization Society of the City of New York
Charlton, John S., Grand Junction. Col. ....
Chase, Miss Edith L
Chase, F. E
Chase, Walter G
Chelsea, Mass., City of
Chelsea Gazette, Chelsea, Mass. . 1898-99 subscription
Chenery, Winthrop L.. Belmont. Mass
Cheney, Mrs. Ednah D. . . . ...
Cheney, Dr. Frederick E. . . ....
Chevalier, Samuel A. .
Chicago, III., Civil Service Commission ....
Department of Public Works .....
South Park Commissioners .....
Chicago Board of Trade, Chicar/o, III. .....
Chicago College of Law, Chicago, III
Chicago Public Library. Chicago, III
Chicago Times-Herald, Chicago, III. 1898-99 subscription
Children's Aid Society, Xeiv York City ....
Children's Hospital
Chile. Oficina Hidrografica de la Marina, Santiago .
China, Glass and Lamps. Publisher of, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Choate, Charles F.
Choate, Hon. Joseph H., Xew York City ....
Christian 1898-99 subscription
Christian Recorder, Philadelphia. Pa. 1898-99 subscription
Christian Science Publishing Society .
Church, Hon. Alonzo W., Washington, D.C.
Church Home for Orphans and Destitute Children
Church Social Union
Cigar Makers' International Union of America
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Cincinnati. O.
Cincinnati Public Library. Cincinnati, O. .
Clapham Public Library. London. Em/land
Clark, Rev. George T.. We.vt Acton, Mass
Clark, Richard U., New York City
Clark, V. A., Chicago. III. .
Clark, William A. ' .
Clarke, George K. ....
Clarke, W. B., Co
Clarke School for the Deaf, Xorthampton, Ma.ss.
Clerkenwell Public Library, London, England .
Cleveland Board of Education, Cleveland, O.
Cleveland Citizen, Cleveland, O. . 1898-99 subscription
Cleveland Municipal Association, Cleveland, O.
Cleveland Public Library. Cleveland. O.
Clifford & Lawton. Xei'- York City .
Vols. Nos.
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Club of Odd Volumes ....
Cobb, Rev. William H. . . .
Cocke, Mis.^i Zitella ....
Codman, Mrs. James M., BrookUne, Mass
Coffin, Mrs. Eva E., Peterborough, N.H.
Cogshall, W. A. and E. A. Douglass .
Colby, James W., Cambridgeport, Mass.
Colby University, Waterville, Me.
Coleman, Silas B., Detroit, Mich.
Colgate University, Hamilton, X. Y.
College Club
College of New Jersey, Princeton, N.J.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
College Settlements Association .
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, Fort C
Columbia University, Neio York City .
Columbus, O., Public School Library .
Concord Free Public Library, Concord, Mass.
Concord Public Library, Concord, N.H.
Congregational Home Missionary Society, New York City
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Neio Haven
Conn. .........
Connecticut. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Noj-tuich
Secretary of State, Hartford ....
State Board of Health, New Haven .
State Library, Hartford
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn. .
Consolidation Coal Company, Baltimore, Md.
Consumers' League of Massachusetts ....
Continental Iron Works, Brooklyn, N. Y. .
Contogonis, Prof. S. D., Woburn, Mass. ...
Coogler, J. Gordon, Columbia, S.C
Cook, Thomas N., BrookUne, Mass. ....
Cooper Union, Neio York City .....
Co-operative Union, Long Mitigate, Manchester, England
Copeland & Day ........
Copenhagen, Denmark, Kongelige Bibliothek
Coriat, Isador H. ....... .
Cornell University, 7^7mc«, A^.r. ....
Library ........
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station,
Ithaca, N.Y
Corriere di Boston .... 1898-99 subscription
Corthell, E. L., .Ve;^ York City .
Courrier de Boston .... 1898 subscription
Courtney, Dr. Joseph W. .....
Cowing, Miss Grace G.
Cox, Hon. William R., Washington. D.C. .
Crawford and Balcarres, Earl of. Wigan, England
Crawford, Hon. John L., Tallahassee, Fla.
Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.
Criado y Domingues, Juan Pedro, Madrid, Spain
Crisp, Frederick A., London, England
Crocker, Miss M. H
Crosbie, Robert '.
Crosby, John L., Bara/or, Me.
Cross, Prof. Charles R. ...
Crow, Moses R., Neio York City .
Croydon Public Library, Croydon, England
Cruikshank, Capt. E., Toronto, Canada
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APPENDIX XIV
ORDERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MEMORANDUM
OF PETITIONS, ETC.
The following nre the orders passed l)}^ the City Government
during the year ending January 31, 18'.)9, which have been com-
municated to the Trustees as affecting the Library Department :
City of Boston,
In Boakd of Aldermen, March 7, 1898.
Ordered^ That the Trustees of the Public Library be requested
to include in their estimates of appropriation for the Library
Department for the current year the sum of fifteen hundred
(1,500) dollars for the purpose of establishing a reading-room
and delivery station of the Public Library, in the vicinity of the
junction of Hampden and Dudley streets, Roxbur3\
Passed. Sent down for concurrence. "March 10 came up
concurred.
A true copy.
Attest :
(Signed) John T. Priest,
Assistant City Clerk.
City of Boston,
In Common Council,, March 24, 1898.
Ordered., That the Trustees of the Pul)lic Library be authorized
to draw from the city treasury the sum of fifteen hundred (1,500)
dollars to be placed in the hands of the Library Auditor for
meeting petty current expenses, to be accounted for before the
close of the fiscal year ; the same to be charged to the appropria-
tion for the Library Department.
Passed. Sent up for concurrence.
In Board of Aldermen, March 28.
Concurred. Approved by the Mayor, March 31, 1898.
A true copy.
Attest :
(Signed) John T. Priest,
Assistant City ClerJc.
Library Department. 197
City of Boston,
In Common Council, May 19, 189S.
Ordered^ That the Trustees of the Public Library, through His
Honor the Mayor, be requested to erect a flag-staff and fly a flag-
therefrom, in front of the Central Library Building ; the expense
of the same to be charged to Library' Appropriation.
Passed. Sent up for concurrence.
In Board of Aldermen, May 23.
Concurred.
The foregoing order was presented to the Mayor, May 24,
1898, and was not returned by him within ten days thereafter.
A true coi:)y.
Attest :
(Signed) John T. Priest,
Assistant City Clerk-.
The following reply of the Librarian, dated June 9, 1898, was
approved by the Trustees June 10, 1898 :
June 9, 1898.
Hon. Josiah Qdincy,
Mayor :
Dear Sir, — In behalf of the Trustees I beg to acknowledge
the receipt of a copy of an order of the City Council as follows :
(Order as above.)
With reference to the above I beg to state that there is already,
and has been for some time past, a flag-staff projectinf/ in front
of the Library building ; and that a flag has been displayed
thereon consecutively for weeks past, and was so displayed
at the time the above order was introduced.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Herbert Putnam,
Librarian.
City of Boston,
In Common Council, December 29. 1898.
Ordered, That the Trustees of the PubUc Library be requested,
through His Honor the Mayor, to submit to the Board of Appor-
tionment in their annual estimates, an additional sum of two
thousand (2,000) dollars, to be expended for the establishment
11^8 City Document No. 21.
of a reading-room in the vicinity of Andrew square, Soutli
Boston.
Passed. Sent up for conciUTence.
In Board of Aldermen, December .31.
Concurred.
A true copy.
Attest :
(Signed) John T. Priest,
Assistcmt City Clerk.
City of Boston,
In Common Council, January 26, 1899.
Ordered^ That the Trustees of the Public Library, through His
Honor the Mayor, be requested to estabhsh a reading-room in
Ward 13.
In Common Council, January 26, 1899.
Referred to His Honor the Mayor.
(Signed) Daniel J. Kiley,
President.
City of Boston,
In Common Council, January 26, 1899.
Ordered, That the Trustees of the Public Library be requested
and authorized, through His Honor the Mayor, to establish a
Public Reading-room in the building formerly the pumping
station, and now used for ward-room purposes, on Elmwood
street, Roxbury.
Frederick W. Klemm, Ward 21.
In Common Council. January 26, 1899.
Referred to His Honor the Mayor.
(Signed) Daniel .1. Kiley,
President.
Memoranda .
Two petitions were received during the 3^ear, one from residents
praying for a Branch Library at Grove Hall, one from District
13 Conference of the Associated Charities, for a Reading-room
Library Depabtjvient. 199
aud Delivery Station in Ward 17. In addition, conunuuications
have been received from seven private soiirce.s recomnieudiug the
establishment of stations in several sections of the city.
From time to time question has been raised as to the proper
form of a gift or bequest for the benefit of the Library. The
following form is therefore appended. The Trustees are a
corporation, and are entitled to receive and hold bequests. Gifts
or bequests to the city for the benefit of the Library would of
course be equally applied to its uses :
Form of Bequest.
I give and bequeath unto The Trustees of the Public Library
of the City of Boston, a corporation created by and existing
under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, the sum of
dollars, to be applied for the benefit of the Public Library of the
City of Boston.
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