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BOSTON 

PUBLIC 

LIBRARY 


F  0  R  T  Y  -  N I N  T  II 


ANNUAL    REPORT 


I9OO-I9OI 


TRUSTEES  OF  THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

ON  FEBRUARY  1,  1901. 


SOLOMON  LINCOLN,  President. 
Term  expires  May  1,  1901. 

JOS1AH  H.  BENTON,  JR.  JAMES  DENORMANDIE, 

Term  expires  May  1,  1904.  Term  expires  May  l,  1905. 

HENRY  P.  BOWDITCH.  THOMAS  DWIGHT. 

Term  expires  May  1,  1902.  Term  expires  May  l,  1903. 


LIBRARIAN. 
JAMES  L.  WHITNEY. 


ANNUAL     REPORT 


OF  THE  TRUSTEES 


PUBLIC    LIBRARY 


OF  THE 


CITY  OF  BOSTON 


I9OO-I9OI 


BOSTON 
MUNICIPAL   PRINTING    OFFICE 

1901 


CONTENTS. 


PAGE. 
REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES         ......          1 

REPORT  OF  THE  LIBRARIAN       ......          6 

SUPPLEMENTS  TO  THE  REPORT  OF  THE  LIBRARIAN  : 

A.  Extract  from  the  Report  of  the  Chief  of  the  Depart- 

ment of  Documents  and  Statistics        .         .         .32 

B.  Extract    from    the   Report   of    the    Supervisor   of 

Branches  and  Stations       .          .         .         .         .41 

C.  Deaths  and  Resignations         .....       49 
REPORT  OF  THE  EXAMINING  COMMITTEE     .          .         .         .50 
APPENDIXES  : 

I.     Financial  Statement  .         .         .         .         .         .57 

II.     Extent  of  the  Library  by  Years          .          .         .78 

III.  Net  Increase  of  the  Several  Departments,  includ- 

ing Branches  ......        79 

IV.  Classification :  Central  Library  .          .    broadside       81 
V.     Classification :  Branches 82 

VI.     Registration      .....    broadside       83 

VII.     Circulation 86 

VIII.     Trustees  for  Forty-nine  Years.  —  Librarians       .       88 
IX.     Examining  Committees  for  Forty-nine  Years       .       90 
X.     Library  Service   (May  3,  1901),  including  Sun- 
day and  Evening  Schedule      .         .         .         .94 
Correspondence,  Bequests,  etc.  .         .         .103 

Givers  and  Gifts  106 


IvUI. 
BOSTON 

DELIVERY  STATIONS 
5RARY 


FROM  THE  MAP  OF  BOSTON  ANDSURROUNDINGS} 
BY  PERMISSION  OF  GEO  H  WALKICR  &Co. 


3    SQUARE    MILES. 


POPULATION   (Census  of    1900),    560,892. 


FEBRUARY.  1 
MAP  or 

SHOWING  BRANCHES  AN 

OF  TH 

PUBLIC  Li 


I  =  READING  R( 


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DELIVERY   S 


MO.  BRIGHTON 


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AREA    OF    CITY, 


LIBRARY   SYSTEM,    FEBRUARY    1,   1901. 


DEPARTMENTS. 

Opened. 

Volumes, 
Jan.  31, 

1901. 

Home  use, 
Volumes, 
1900-1901. 

Central  Library,  Copley  sq.    Established  May  2,  1854.  .  . 
|  East  Boston  Branch,  37  Meridian  st  

Mar.  11,  1895 
Jan.  28,  1871 
May    1,1872 
July,       1873 
*Jan         1874 

612,795 
12,054 
14,354 
34,171 
28,785 
14,492 
16,512 

12,816 
12,992 
4,935 
12,044 

87 

1,524 

98 

431,657 
64,461 
75,294 
88,622 
43,706 
42,800 
52,021 

87,604 
50,758 
24,056 
131,532 
5,427 

16,688 

4,768 
6,490 

11,668 
9,391 
8,786 

10,143 
5,840 

5,125 
9,454 
12,083 
26,449 
16,669 
18,398 
14,382 
11,199 
17,039 
4,516 
1,393 

§  South  Boston  Branch  372  Broadway 

§§  Roxbury  Branch,  46  Millmont  st  

J  Charlestown  Branch,  City  sq  

t  Brighton  Branch,  Rockland  st  

*Jan.,       1874 

J  Dorchester  Branch,  Arcadia,  cor.  Adams  st  

t  South   End  Branch,  English  High  School  Building, 
Montgomery  st  

Jan.  25,  1875 
Aug.,      1877 

t  Jamaica  Plain  Branch,  Curtis  Hall,  Centre  st  
I  West  Roxbury  Branch,  Centre,  near  Mt.  Vernon  st..  .  . 

Sept.,     1877 
*Jan.    6,1880 
Feb.    1,1896 
June  7,  1875 

Dec.   3,1878 

Dec.  27,  1881 
Jan.    1,1883 

Nov.    1,1886 
Mar.  11,  1889 
July  26,  1890 

Nov.  12,  1890 
Jan.  22,  1892 

May    9,  1892 
June  25,  1892 
Apr  29  1892 

Station  A.:    Lower  Mills  Reading  Room,  Washington  st. 

"       B.    Roslindale     Reading    Room,    Washington, 
cor  Ashland  st                        '   

D.    Mattapan  Reading  Room,  River,  cor.  Oak- 
land st                                

"        E.    Neponset  Delivery  Station,  49  Walnut  st.  .  .  . 

"        F.    Mt.  Bowdoiu  Reading  Room,  Washington, 
cor  Eldon  st  

987 

G.    Allston  Delivery  Station,  14  Franklin  st  
H.    Ashmont  Delivery  Station,  4  Talbot  ave.  .  .  - 

"        J.     Dorchester    Station   Delivery   Station,   157 
Norfolk  st    '.  

K.    Bird  Street  Delivery  Station,  6  Wayland  st. 

"        L.    North    Brighton    Reading   Room,   56   Mar- 
ket  st 

*          75 

"       M.    Crescent    Avenue    Delivery    Station,   1002 

N.    Mt.  Pleasant  Delivery  Station,  Dudley,  cor 

"        P.    Broadway  Extension  Delivery  Station,  13 

Jan.  16,  1896 
Mar.  16,  1896 

2,049 

"        Q.    Upham's  Corner  Delivery  Station,  752  Dud- 
ley st  

"        R.    Warren  Street  Delivery  Station,  329  War 

May    1,1896 
Jan.  18,  1897 
Nov.    1,1897 
Dec.  27,  1898 
Nov.   3,1899 
Jan.    5,1901 

"        S.     Roxbury    Crossing  Delivery   Station,   1154 

208 

"        T.    Boylston  Delivery  Station,  Lamartine,  cor 

"       U.    Ward    Nine    Delivery    Station,    62    Union 
Park  st                     

196 
203 

W.    Industrial  School  Delivery  Station,  39  North 
Bennet  st  

"        Y.    Andrew  Square  Reading    Room,  John  A 
Andrew  School-house,  Dorchester  st  — 

Total... 

781,377 

*  As  a  branch. 

t  In  buildings  owned  by  the  City,  and  exclusively  devoted  to  library  uses. 

t  In  City  buildings,  in  part  devoted  to  other  municipal  uses. 

§  Occupies  rented  rooms. 

§§  The  lessee  of  the  Fellowes  AthenaBum,  a  private  library  association. 


"   -~a     n 

NcwSPAPCRS 

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i 

CENTRAL    LIBRARY,    GROUND    FLOOR. 


CENTRAL    LIBRARY,    ENTRESOL   A. 


1000  DDDDDDD 


CENTRAL    LIBRARY,    SECOND    FLOOR. 


CENTRAL    LIBRARY,    ENTRESOL   B. 


To  His  HoNcTft  THOMAS  N.  HAKT, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Boston : 

The  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston 
present  the  following  report  of  its  condition  for  the  year 
ending  January  31,  1901.  It  is  the  forty-ninth  annual 
report. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  James  DeNormandie  was  reappointed  a 
Trustee,  to  serve  for  five  years  .from  May  1,  1900.  The 
board  was  organized  in  May,  1900,  by  the  election  of  Mr. 
Lincoln  as  President  and  Dr.  DeNormandie  as  Vice  Presi- 
dent. Miss  Delia  Jean  Deery  was  elected  Clerk  of  the  Cor- 
poration. 

The  history  of  the  Library  for  the  past  year  is  as  usual 
one  of  constant  growth  and  expansion,  of  its  agencies  for 
the  delivery  of  books,  of  the  number  of  its  books  and 
manuscripts  and  of  their  use.  It  now  maintains  eighty- 
seven  agencies,  an  increase  of  fifteen  over  the  number  exist- 
ing on  January  31,  1900.  Notwithstanding  this  large 
increase,  applications  for  more  branch  libraries  and  delivery 
stations  are  continually  presented  to  the  Trustees,  many,  if 
not  all,  of  which  are  meritorious.  It  needs  scarcely  to  be 
pointed  out,  however,  that  the  means  at  the  command  of  the 
Trustees  are  not  sufficient  for  any  important  expansion  of 
the  system,  nor  are  means  for  such  expansion  included  in  the 
yearly  estimates  of  the  Trustees,  which  provide  for  the  main- 
tenance of  the  system  as  it  exists.  If  additional  reading 
rooms,  deposit  or  delivery  stations  are  needed,  additional 
means  to  establish  such  must  be  furnished,  and  these  again, 
when  established,  demand  additional  appropriations  for  their 
maintenance. 


2  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

The  need  of  new  buildings  for  the  branch  libraries  at 
Charles  town  and  East  Boston  has  often  been  stated  and  it 
becomes  daily  more  pressing.  The  sum  of  $3 0,000  has 
been  appropriated  by  the  City  to  provide  a  branch  library 
at  Charlestown,  but  no  suitable  site  has  yet  been  found. 

The  following  tables  exhibit  briefly  the  financial  condi- 
tion of  the  Library : 

EXPENDITURES. 

For  salaries $179,438  25 

Books  and  photographs          .          .        35,287  39 

Periodicals 5,602   79 

Newspapers          .          .         .         .          2,108  30 
General  maintenance    .         .         .        86,749  61 

$309,186  34 

RECEIPTS. 

City  appropriation         .          .          .    $290,766   10 
Income  from  Trust  funds      .         .        14,648  26 
Miscellaneous    sources :    gifts,  in- 
cluding   cash      on    deposit     in 
London,  etc.,  etc.     .         .         .  3,771  98 

$309,186  34 

The  number  of  volumes  in  the  Library  has  been  increased 
during  the  past  year  by  37,179,  in  part  by  purchase  and  in 
part  by  gifts ;  and  the  whole  number  of  volumes  in  the 
Library  on  January  31,  1901,  was  781,377. 

There  was  expended  for  books,  periodicals  and  newspapers 
during  the  year  the  sum  of  $42,998.48,  an  amount  larger 
than  usual,  but  including  some  exceptionally  large  expendi- 
tures, as,  for  instance,  for  Charlestown  and  Roslindale. 
The  constant  growth  of  the  branch  stations  necessitates 
additional  expenditure. 

The  books  taken  from  the  Library  for  home  use  during 
the  year  ending  January  31,  1900,  numbered  1,251,541, — 
during  the  year  ending  January  31,  1901,  the  number  was 
1,324,728,  showing  an  increase  of  73,187.  It  is  impossible 
to  keep  an  account  of  the  number  of  books  used  in  the 
Library  building,  since  many  are  exposed  to  unrestricted  use. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  3 

The  Department  of  Manuscripts,  organized  during  the  pre- 
ceding year,  has  received  very  considerable  accessions  of 
much  value,  largely  from  gifts,  the  most  notable  being  the 
bequest  of  Judge  Chamberlain's  manuscripts  and  autographs, 
which,  since  his  death,  have  come  into  the  final  possession  of 
the  Library.  A  brief  description  of  these,  in  pamphlet  form, 
was  published  by  the  Trustees  in  1897.  This  department 
is  made  the  subject  of  a  special  report  by  Mr.  Ford,  who  has 
it  in  charge.  His  report  is  incorporated  with  that  of  the 
Librarian.  Tlie  manuscripts  purchased  have  been  chiefly 
provided  from  the  income  of  trust  funds.  The  Trustees 
have  in  view  especially  the  acquisition  of  manuscripts  of 
local  interest  to  the  City,  and  some  of  them  have  been  re- 
printed in  the  Monthly  Bulletin  of  the  Library. 

The  Statistical  Department,  also  under  the  charge  of  Mr. 
Ford,  lias  been  largely  increased,  both  by  the  withdrawal  of 
books  from  the  general  Library,  which  find  a  more  appropri- 
ate place  in  this  department,  and  especially  by  considerable 
gifts  of  public  documents  from  states  and  municipalities, 
including  many  received  from  foreign  sources.  The  depart- 
ment has  fully  justified  its  existence  and  furnishes  much 
assistance  to  the  student  of  the  complex  problems  of  govern- 
ment and  public  administration  which  develop  on  every 
side. 

Of  the  Cataloguing  Department  it  is  enough  to  say  that  it 
continually  gains  in  the  race  toward  completion,  though, 
from  the  nature  of  the  subject,  it  can  never  keep  quite 
abreast  of  the  constant  accessions  of  books. 

The  constant  growth  in  the  use  of  the  Library  is  especially 
noticeable  in  the  increase  of  the  branch  libraries  and  other 
subordinate  stations  and  in  the  increase  in  the  use  of  the 
books  there  accessible.  These  branches  are  a  most  import- 
ant part  of  the  Library  system,  and  bring  its  advantages 
near  to  those  to  whom  it  would  otherwise  prove  practically 
inaccessible. 

The  officers  of  the  Library  constantly  employ  all  reason- 
able means  to  make  its  resources  available. 

Exhibitions  of  photographs  and  engravings,  constantly  re- 
newed and  changed,  and  having  reference  to  subjects  of  im- 
mediate interest,  are  maintained  at  the  Central  Library  and 
branches. 

The  Library  cooperates  with  the  public  schools  by  select- 
ing and  collecting  books  relating  to  subjects  immediately 
under  instruction. 

The  Trustees  have  also  endeavored  to  interest  the  public 
in  a  series  of  lectures  —  this  year  upon  municipal  govern- 


CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


ment,  given  in  the  Lecture  Room  of  the  Library.  The 
lectures  are  given  gratuitously  by  the  lecturers. 

The  Trustees  call  attention  again  to  the  fact  that,  while 
they  publish  much  matter  relating  to  the  Library  which  is  of 
publio  interest  and  distinctly  valuable,  yet  all  such  publica- 
tions entail  upon  them  a  loss.  The  Library  bears  the  ex- 
pense of  the  publication,  and  the  proceeds  of  all  sales  go 
directly  to  the  City  Treasury,  without  benefit  to  the  Library. 
In  like  manner  the  Library  bears  the  expense  of  collecting 
fines  while  the  fines  collected  are  paid  into  the  City  Treasury, 
but  not  to  the  credit  of  the  Library.  It  seems  reasonable 
that  moneys  thus  obtained,  amounting  to  a  profit  of  several 
thousand  dollars  to  the  City,  should  be  applied  to  the  benefit 
of  the  source  from  which  they  are  derived.  Fines  represent 
largely  injury  to  books,  and  the  money  thus  derived  should 
be  available  to  replace  this  loss.  The  Examining  Committee 
concur  in  this  opinion. 

This  matter  is  again  called  to  the  attention  of  the  City 
Government  because  a  special  appropriation  for  rebinding 
volumes  is  again  needed.  Last  year  the  Trustees  received 
an  appropriation  of  $10,000  for  this  purpose,  and  a  like  or 
greater  sum  is  needed  for  this  year  and  next.  For  several 
years  it  has  proved  impossible  to  provide  all  the  rebinding 
needed  from  the  annual  appropriation,  and  the  ordinary  wear 
of  the  books  was  increased  when  they  were  removed  to  the 
new  Library  and  were  rearranged. 

The  Trustees  gratefully  acknowledge  the  assistance 
rendered  by  the  Examining  Committee  of  this  year.  It  was 
constituted  as  follows : 


William  F.  Apthorp. 
Thomas  M.  Babson. 
Mrs.  Mary  E.  Blake. 
Alfred  Bowditch. 
Francis  H.  Brown,  M.D. 
Very  Rev.  William  Byrne. 
John  H.  Colby. 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Collar. 
James  C.  Davis. 
Charles  F.  Donnelly. 
James  W.  Dunphy. 
Hon.  J.  D.  Fallen. 
Thomas  J.  Gargan. 
Rev.  G.  A.  Gordon,  D.D. 
Francis  L.  Higginson. 
Rev.  E.  A.  Horton. 


Miss  Sarah  Orne  Jewett. 
Rev.  Robert  F.  Johnson. 
Frank  S.  Mason. 
John  Noble. 
William  L.  Parker. 
George  Putnam. 
Henry  R.  Reed. 
Rev.  W.  D.  Roberts. 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Sprague. 
Miss  Frances  Turner. 
D.  B.  Updike. 
Horace  G.  Wadlin. 
Mrs.  Darwin  E.  Ware. 
Samuel  Wells. 
Miss  Maria  E.  Wood. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  %5 

More  than  ordinary  care  appears  to  have  been  taken  in  the 
selection  of  the  sub-committees  and  the  recommendations  of 
the  Committee  deserve  and  have  received  careful  attention. 

It  appears  that  the  Library  can  always  rely  on  the  generous 
and  cheerful  assistance  of  the  best  citizens  whenever  they  are 
asked  to  render  it  service. 

Gifts  of  books  and  manuscripts  to  the  Library  have  been 
more  numerous  than  heretofore,  although,  with  the  exception 
of  the  Chamber-lain  bequest,  no  single  collection  of  great 
value  has  been  added  during  the  period  covered  by  this 
report. 

A  bronze  relief  of  Gen.  Francis  A.  Walker  has  been  placed 
in  the  inner  court.  The  Elliott  decorative  ceiling  of  the 
room  adjacent  to  the  Children's  Room  was  completed  since 
February  1,  and  will  be  referred  to  in  the  next  report. 

The  Trustees  would  welcome  bequests  of  money,  and  hope 
that  generous  testators  may  remember  the  Library.  It  is 
from  such  sources  that  they  can  make  purchases  of  rare  works, 
which  give  value  and  rank  to  a  great  library,  but  for  which 
they  hesitate  to  expend  public  funds  appropriated  for  more 
popular  use. 

The  Trustees  ask  especial  attention  to  the  report  of  the 
Librarian,  the  subordinate  reports,  and  that  of  the  Examining 
Committee.  These  contain  matter  both  of  general  interest 
and  of  detail  which  do  not  find  appropriate  place  in  this 
general  report. 

SOLOMON  LINCOLN, 

President. 
JAMES  DE  NORMANDIE, 

Vice  President. 
JOSIAH  H.  BENTON,  JR., 
HENRY  P.  BOWDITCH, 
THOMAS  DWIGHT. 

MAY  3,  1901. 


6  »  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


LIBRARIAN'S   REPORT. 


To  the  Board  of  Trustees  : 

The  report  of  the  Librarian  for  the  year  ending  January 
31,  1901,  is  respectfully  submitted. 

THE   LIBRARY   SYSTEM. 

The  Library  System  comprises  : 

The  Central  Library,  on  Copley  Square. 

Ten  branch  libraries,  with  permanent  collections  of  books. 

Twenty  delivery  stations,  of  which  seven  are  reading 
rooms,  four  service  stations  and  nine  shop  stations. 

Twenty-nine  engine  houses,  receiving  books  on  deposit. 

Twenty-one  schools  (eleven  supplied  from  the  Central 
Library  and  ten  from  the  branches). 

Six  institutions  receiving  deposits  of  books. 

A  total  of  eighty-seven  agencies,  as  against  seventy-two  on 
February  1,  1900. 

FINANCE. 

Details  as  to  the  receipts  and  payments  for  the  year  are 
given  in  the  statement  of  the  Auditor  (Appendix  I.  of  this 
report). 

The  financial  condition  of  the  Library  for  1900-1901, 
briefly  exhibited,  is  as  follows : 

ENDOWMENTS. 

Endowments $226,150  00 

Income 9,723  50 

Todd  newspaper  fund  .  .  .  .  50,000  00 

Income 2,000  00 

The  only  addition  to  the  endowments  of  the '  Library  the 
past  year  has  been  the  sum  of  $6,000,  received  June  25, 1900, 
in  a  legacy  of  the  late  Daniel  Sharp  Ford,  publisher  of  the 
"  Youth's  Companion."  By  a  vote  of  the  Trustees,  the 
income,  until  otherwise  ordered,  will  be  devoted  to  the  pur- 
chase of  books  adapted  to  youth. 

The  will  of  the  late  Abram  E.  Cutter  of  Charlestown 
gives  and  bequeaths  to  the  Library  the  sum  of  $4,000.  Also 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  7 

his  library  of  books,  subject  to  a  life  interest  for  his  widow. 
This  wilhwas  probated  June  7,  1900. 

GROSS  INCOME  AND  EXPENDITURE. 

G-ross  Income.  —  The  gross  income  of  the  Library  from 
all  sources,  including  balances  February  1,  1900,  except 
special  appropriations,  was  as  follows : 

General  appropriation  .          .          .          .  -  $290,766   10 

Trust  funds  : 

Income  in  the  hands  of  the  City  Treasurer          .        17,847  39 
Miscellaneous  gifts  .         .         .         .         .         .  578  03 

Exchange  account         .          .  .         .         .          1,853  75 

Interest  on  bank  deposit       •  1,739  78 

London  accounts  : 

Trust  funds       ....          $10,579   13 
General  book  funds  .          .         .  11,03397 

Interest  on  the  above         .         .  455  09 

22,068  19 


$334,853  24 

Expenditure. — From  general  income     .         .         .  $290,766  10 

From  trust  funds  income  (including  Todd  Fund)  14,648  26 

From  general  book  fund    .          .          .          .          .  3,467  22 

From  miscellaneous  gifts  .....  304  76 


$309,186  34 

A  nominal  balance  on  February  1,  1901,  would  appear  as 
§25,666.90.  This  is,  however,  subject  to  outstanding  obliga- 
tions and  in  part  to  special  restrictions.  The  available 
balance  is  but  $13,860.06,  made  up  as  follows  : 

Applicable  to  books,  as  follows  : 
Trust    funds    income :     nominal 

balance          ....          $14,040  74 
Less    outstanding     orders    and 
necessary  reserve  for  continua- 
tions       9,838  25 

$4,202  49 

General  book  funds  .         .  $7,759  36 

Less  outstanding  orders     .          .  1,968  59 

5,790  77 

Exchange  account         .          .          .  .          .          1,853  75 

Interest:  domestic  account   .....          1,739   78 
Cash  donations :  balances  on  hand         .         .         .  273  27 

$13,860  06 


8  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

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. 

SPECIAL  APPROPRIATIONS. 

Building  Appropriation.  —  Copley   square    build- 
ing ;   balance  February  1,  1900       .          .          .      $85.434  70 
Expenditures,  1900-1901  ....          £,606  76 


Balance $76,827  94 

Against    which   are    contracts,     for    paintings, 

statuary,  etc.,  amounting  to  ....        80,975  00 


Indicating  a  deficit  of    .         .        ...          .        $4,147  06 

to  be  met  by  application  of  the  balance  of  the  Furnishing 
appropriation  so  far  as  necessary. 

Furnishing  Appropriation.  — Copley  square  build- 
ing ;  balance  February  1,  1901      .          .         .        $4,821  81 

JBroadicay    Extension   Improvement    Appropria- 
tion.—  Balance  February  1,  1900  .         .        $3,01092 
Expenditures,  1900-1901   *        ....  435  23 


$2,575  69 

BUILDINGS,    EQUIPMENT,    AND    GENERAL    AD- 
MINISTRATION. 

Extensive  repairs  upon  the  Library  building  have  been 
found  necessary.  The  tile  roof  has  been  put  in  order  and 
all  the  joints  have  been  newly  cemented.  The  joints  in  the 
walls  have  been  repointed.  The  court-yard  walls  in  the 
basement  have  been  made  water-tight.  The  iron  work  out- 
side the  building  has  been  put  in  order.  The  public  lavatories 
have  been  moved  from  the  front  to  the  rear  of  the  building. 
The  engines  and  electrical  machinery  call  for  considerable 
expenditure  yearly  for  repairs.  These  and  the  elevators  are 
inspected  by  experts  at  stated  intervals. 

WORKS  OF  ART. 

The  John  Elliott  Decoration.  —  In  the  year  1891  a  letter 
was  received  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  from  Dr.  Harold 
Williams,  offering  to  raise  a  sum  of  money  for  the  purpose 
of  engaging  Mr.  John  Elliott  to  decorate  the  ceiling  of  one 


I 

LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  9 

of  the  rooms  in  the  new  Library  building.  This  offer  was 
accepted  and,  at  a  later  time,  Mr.  Elliott's  services  were 
secured  for  the  proposed  decoration. 

In  the  autumn  of  1900  the  finished  work  was  received  by 
the  Library,  and,  after  suitable  frames  had  been  prepared,  the 
decoration  was  made  public,  on  March  17,  1901.  The 
Library  is  indebted  to  the  following  persons  for  the  gift 
of  these  ceiling  paintings  and  for  a  contribution  of  $900 
towards  the  expense  of  the  frames :  Miss  Anna  S.  Amory, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Larz  Anderson,  Miss  Edith  Andrew,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Albert  S.  Bigelow,  Mr.  G.  N.  Black,  Mrs.  A. 
W.  Blake,  Mr.  Stephen  Bullard,  Mrs.  James  B.  Case,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Charles  P.  Curtis,  Mrs.  O.  B.  Frothingham,  Mrs. 
John  L.  Gardner,  Miss  Marion  Gray,  Mr.  Joseph  C.'Hoppin, 
Mr.  Henry  M.  Howe,  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
David  P.  Kimball,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  G.  Loring,  Mr. 
George  H.  Norman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Sargent,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Sears,  Mrs.  G.  H.  Shaw,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Slocum, 
Mr.  George  Wales,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  D.  Warren,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Barrett  Wendell,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Williams, 
Mr.  Ralph  B.  Williams,  and  an  anonymous  subscriber.  An 
allowance  of  $1,000  for  the  frames  was  authorized  by  the 
City  authorities. 

A  portrait  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  James  Freeman  Clarke,  painted 
by  Edwin  T.  Billings,  has  been  given  to  the  Library  by 
members  of  the  Church  of  the  Disciples,  and  others,  through 
William  Ho  well  Reed. 

BOOKS  RECEIVED. 

The  following  statements  in  regard  to  the  accessions  to 
the  Library  for  the  past  year  are  taken  from  the  report  of 
Miss  Macurdy,  Chief  of  the  Ordering  and  Receiving  Depart- 
ment. These  additions,  as  distinguished  from  the  number  of 
books  which  have  actually  reached  the  shelves  (34,994), 
and  excluding  mere  transfers  from  one  department  to  another, 
number  37,179  volumes,  as  against  30,506  in  the  previous 
year.  They  are  distributed  as  follows  : 

Central  Library    Branches,       Total 
Volumes.  Volumes.      Volumes. 

Added  by  purchase        ....  13,068  11,059           24,127 

Added  by  gift _  7,657  239             7,896 

Added  by  exchange  for  Library  publi- 
cations, etc 672  672 

Added  by  periodicals,  bound        .         .  2,200  2,200 

Added  by  Statistical  Department  (Gifts)  2,284  2,284 

Total 25,881  11,298  37,179 


10 


CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


The  number  of  volumes  in  the  Library  January  31,  1901, 
was  781,377. 
Books  bought  for  the  Central  Library  : 

Volumes. 
9,680 


City  appropriation 
Trust  funds 


Books  bought  for  the  branches : 

City  appropriation  .... 
Special  appropriation 
Fellowes  Athenaeum 


3,388 
13,068 

9,696 

344 

1,019 


11,059 
Total 24,127 

The  expenditure  for  books,  periodicals  and  newspapers  for 
the  same  period  was  $42,998.48,  as  against  $33,048.97  the 
previous  year.  This  does  not  include  the  following  sums, 
namely,  $1,141.49  paid  by  the  Fellowes  Athenaeum  for  books 
and  periodicals  purchased  for  the  Roxbury  Branch,  and 
$435.23  from  a  special  appropriation  for  Station  P. 

The  payments  have  been  as  follows  : 
City  money  expended  for  books  : 

1900-1901. 

For  Central  Library 
(including     deposit 
collection)        .        .     $13,187  70 
For  branches  .         .         9,254  97 


Trust  funds  expended  for  books 


Trust  funds  expended  for  news- 
papers ...... 


$22,442  67 
12,539  96 

$34,982  63 
2,108  30 


1899-1900. 


$10,401  71 

4,488  92 


$37,090  93 

City  money  expended  for  periodicals  : 
For  Central  Library       $3,998  29 
For  branches  .         .         1,604  50 

$5,602  79 


$4,365  30 
1,455  27 


Total : 

City  money 
Trust  funds 


$28,045  46 
14,648  26 


$42,693  72 


$42,693  72 


10^367  39 

$25,258  02 

1,970  38 

$27,228  40 


$5,820  57 
$33,048  97 


In  addition  to  this  amount  purchases  were  made  from  the 
following  special  funds  (gifts)  : 

Carnegie $8«  14 

Numismatic  .         s      «•         •         •         •        .       88  97 
Lewis    .  80  45 


Hyams  . 

Dunphy 

Old  South  Society 

Whiting 


28  74 
3  46 

15  00 
2  00 

$304  76 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  11 

The  total  amount  spent  for  books,  including  the  amounts 
paid  by  the  Fellowes  Athenaeum  and  from  the  Station  P 
fund  mentioned  above,  for  the  year  was  $44,575. 20.  Only 
twice  in  the  history  of  the  Library  has  this  expenditure 
been  equalled,  once,  in  1873,  when  the  Barton  library  was 
bought,  and  again,  in  1890,  when  purchases  were  made 
from  the  sale  of  the  library  of  S.  L.  M.  Barlow,  the  outlay 
in  each  case  (about  $46,000)  being  met  by  funds  especially 
provided  for  the  purpose. 

Among  the  large  payments  were  $1, 430.60  for  books  for 
the  Charlestown  Branch;  $1,500  for  books  for  the  new 
Roslindale  Reading  Room;  1400  for  books  for  the  new 
Andrew  Square  Reading  Room ;  and  8800  for  books  of  ref- 
erence for  the  branches.  Of  works  of  fiction  6,473  vol- 
umes were  bought,  at  an  expense  of  $5,867.48.  For  the 
branch  system  the  expenditure  for  books  was  about  double 
that  of  the  preceding  year. 

In  the  purchases  made  from  Trust  funds,  broadsides, 
manuscripts  and  autograph  documents  have  a  prominent 
place.  These  are  of  both  local  and  general  interest,  and 
relate  to  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  events,  and  to  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  and  New  England  history.  Among  pur- 
chases of  special  significance  are  an  autograph  letter  of 
Captain  Ezra  Selden  to  Nathan  Hale,  the  patriot,  dated 
Roxbury  Camp,  June  25,  1775,  and  endorsed  in  Hale's 
handwriting;  account  books  and  letters  relating  to  the 
Boston  fires  of  1760  and  1767,  and  to  the  losses  and  damages 
sustained  by  the  Town  of  Boston  from  the  British,  1775- 
1776;  and  twenty-three  consecutive  numbers  of  the  Boston 
Gazette  and  Country  Journal,  1762-3.  Other  manuscripts 
and  documents  are  mentioned  under  Manuscripts  later  in 
this  report. 

For  the  special  collections  the  following  are  among  the 
additions  made : 

Boivditch  Library.  —  Two  hundred  volumes  of  French  and 
German  mathematical  and  astronomical  works. 

Military  Library  (Twentieth  regiment).  —  Eighty-seven 
volumes  of  regimental  histories,  etc. 

Longfellow  Memorial  Collection.  —  Two  hundred  and  fifty 
volumes  have  been  bought  from  the  income  of  the  Artz  fund, 
including  the  first  edition  of  Philip  Freneau's  Poems  (1786), 
Whittier's  Mogg  Megone,  first  edition  (1836),  Aldrich's 
Bells  (1855),  Col.  Thomas  Forrest's  The  Disappointment 
(1767),  Tennyson's  Poems  (1842). 

Fine  Arts  Collection.  —  The  Library  has  received  a  copy  of 
Tissot's  La  vie  de  Notre  Seigneur  Jesus  Christ,  in  two 


12  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

volumes,  folio,  a  fine  copy,  together  with  the  cheaper  English 
edition  of  the  same  work,  for  general  use.  Also  the  follow- 
ing important  works :  Furtwangler's  Die  antikeii  Gemmen ; 
Chefs-d'oeuvre  d'art  de  la  Hongrie ;  Berling's  Das  Meissner 
Porzellan ;  and  Rossi's  Musaici  cristiani.  The  photographs 
added  include  100  platinum  prints  of  Normandy  and  Brittany 
and  1,100  photographs  of  Italy  and  Spain. 

Maps. — -To  the  Map  Collection  have  been  added  141 
eighteenth  century  maps,  chiefly  of  America,  and  numerous 
wall  maps  of  Boston  and  vicinity,  recently  published  for  the 
use  of  the  City  and  State  officials.  Also  the  Theatrum  orbis 
terrarum  by  Ortelius  (Antwerp,  1570),  Halley's  Atlas  mari- 
timus  (London,  1728),  Jefferys'  West  India  Atlas  (London, 
1783),  and  Otten's  Atlas  minor  (Amsterdam,  1740). 

Charlotte  Harris  Collection.  —  From  this  fund  have  been 
obtained  a  copy  of  the  earliest  edition  of  Maximilianus 
Transylvanus,  De  Moluccis,  Cologne,  1523,  a  rare  tract  on 
the  discoveries  of  Magellan  in  the  earliest  circumnavigation 
of  the  globe;  also  Wiggles  worth's  Meat  out  of  the  eater, 
1770,  Brackenridge's  Death  of  General  Montgomery,  1777, 
and  Worlidge's  Select  collection  of  drawings  from  curious 
antique  gems,  London,  1768. 

Music  Collection.  —  Schumann's  Werke  herausg.  von  Clara 
Schumann,  in  33  volumes  ;  Pale*ographie  musicale  (Impri- 
merie  Benedictine  de  Solesmes),  6  volumes. 

Ticknor  Library.  —  Camoens,  Pretidao  de  amor.  Endechas, 
.  .  .  seguidas  da  respectiva  traduc§ao  em  varias  linguas 
(Lisboa,  1893)  ;  and  Lapidario  del  Rey  Alfonso  X. 

G-alatea  Collection.  —  Eighty- three  volumes,  selected  by  T. 
W.  Higginson  (Carnegie  fund). 

Other  purchases  added  to  the  general  collection  are  as 
follows : 

A  collection  of  books  obtained  in  Australia,  chiefly  in  the 
Samoan  language,  also  numerous  books  on  discovery  in 
New  South  Wales. 

Important  works  on  numismatics,  including  Herrera's 
Medallas  de  proclamaciones  y  juras  de  los  reyes  de  Espana 
(Madrid,  1882). 

Seventeen  portraits  of  Benjamin  Franklin. 

Codex  Borbonicus,  manuscrit  mexicain  (Paris,  18*99). 

Segar's  Baronagium  genealogicum,  continued  by  Edmond- 
son  (London,  1764-84),  6  volumes,  folio. 

Sappey's  Description  et  iconographie  des  vaisseaux  lymph- 
atiques  considers  chez  l'homme  et  les  verte'bre's  (Paris, 
1885). 

Nordisk  familjebok  (Stockholm,  1876-99)  20  volumes. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  13 

Re  vista  de  Cuba,  16  volumes. 

Fuller  Worthies'  Library,  edited  by  Alexander  B.  Grosart, 
eleven  volumes,  including  the  works  of  John  Donne,  Lord 
Brooke  and  Andrew  Marvel. 

Justinian.  Codex  et  novellae,  a  product  of  the  press  of 
Giorgio  Arrivabene,  Venice,  1491.  Two  volumes.  Folio, 
bound  with  examples  of  the  contemporary  Venetian  printers. 

The  publications  of  the  Imperial  Statistical  Bureau  of 
Germany,  1873-93. 

National  0konomisk  Tidsskrift  (K0benhavn,  1873-1900). 

Gifts  of  special  importance  are  mentioned  in  an  appendix 
to  this  report,  together  with  a  list  of  givers. 

Besides  books  the  following  have  been  purchased : 

1,310  photographs  100  manuscripts. 

224  maps.  1,150  posters,  and  many 

33  broadsides.  engravings. 

AUCTION  SALES. 

The  Library  obtains  a  considerable  part  of  its  valuable 
additions  from  auction  sales.  Owing  to  great  and  increasing 
competition,  the  most  valuable  books  are  often  secured  by 
private  buyers,  whose  bids  far  exceed  any  which  the  Library 
can  afford  to  make.  During  the  past  year  bids  were  sent,  to 
thirty-four  sales,  for  1,007  books,  of  which  only  486  were 
secured.  Still,  the  net  result  justifies  the  time  spent  in  the 
chase ;  every  year  some  of  the  most  notable  accessions  to  the 
Library  come  from  the  auction  room. 

The  purchases  of  the  year  have  been  fairly  well  distrib- 
uted. If  less  attention  than  usual  has  been  paid  to  certain 
classes  of  literature  this  defect  will  be  remedied  later. 

A  part  of  the  work  of  the  Ordering  and  Receiving  Departs 
ment  is  shown  in  the  following  table : 

Book  lists  prepared  (aggregating  14,977  titles),         44 

Orders  sent 505 

Gift  acknowledgments  sent 1,562 

Serials  entered 29,422 

Books  received  on  approval 2,196 

Exchanges  packed  and  sent,  volumes  .     .     .     .  922 

Volumes  distributed  to  Fiction  Committee      .     .  698 

THE  RECOMMENDATION  or  BOOKS. 

The  Library  is  indebted  to  many  friends  for  suggestions  as 
to  books  to  be  purchased.  Mr.  Thomas  S.  Perry,  at  present 


14  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

in  Japan,  has  recommended  many  French  and  German  books, 
as  heretofore.  Dana  P.  Bartlett,  Associate  Professor  of 
Mathematics  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology, 
has  helped  in  the  choice  of  a  collection  of  mathematical 
and  astronomical  works  for  the  Bowditch  Library,  and 
Col.  T.  W.  Higginson  has  selected  most  of  the  books  added 
to  the  Galatea  Collection.  Dr.  Malcolm  Storer  has  sug- 
gested the  titles  of  desirable  numismatical  works ;  the  Presi- 
dent of  a  Boston  Polish  Society  has  made  out  a  list  of  books 
in  the  Polish  language,  and  Mr.  A.  S.  Waldstein  of  Cam- 
bridge, one  in  the  modern  Hebrew  language.  Mr.  William 
C.  Lane,  Librarian  of  Harvard  College,  has  obtained  in 
Egypt  an  interesting  collection  of  photographs  for  this 
Library,  and  Mr.  Charles  R.  Hildeburn,  in  his  visits  to  out 
of  the  way  places  in  England,  has  found  valuable  material 
illustrating  the  history  and  topography  of  that  country. 
Arrangements  have  been  made  with  Mr.  Sidney  C.  Cockerell 
to  search  in  England  for  illuminated  manuscripts  for  the 
Library. 

The  Library  must  depend  mainly  on  recommendations 
made  by  members  of  the  staff,  to  whom  book  reviews  and 
catalogues  are  assigned  in  the  different  departments  of 
knowledge. 

In  order  that  the  Library  in  its  selection  of  books  may  not 
fall  behind  in  any  department  suggestions  are  invited  from 
friends.  Blank  recommendation  forms  can  be  obtained  on 
application. 

The  total  number  of  books  read  by  the  Fiction  Committee 
was  683,  as  against  467  the  preceding  year.  Of  these,  346 
were  accepted  by  the  Trustees,  including  28  unfavorably 
reported  on  by  the  Committee,  and  325  were  rejected,  in- 
cluding 76  favorably  reported  on.  Of  these  books  there 
were  bought  3,191  "copies,  at  a  cost  of  $2,750.68.  This- 
year,  for  the  first  time,  children's  books  have  been  read  by 
the  Committee. 

THE  CHAMBERLAIN  COLLECTION. 

The  Honorable  Mellen  Chamberlain,  for  twelve  years  the 
Librarian  of  the  Boston  Public  Library,  died  on  June  25, 
1900.  By  the  provisions  of  his  will  his  collection  of 
historical  documents,  manuscripts,  autographs,  portraits,  en- 
gravings and  books,  which  had  been  offered  by  him  to  the 
Trustees  of  the  Library  on  February  14,  1893,  for  deposit 
here,  on  certain  conditions,  and  which  had  been  received 
September  4,  1893,  became  the  property  of  this  Library. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  15 

This  collection,  with  other  material  retained  by  Judge 
Chamberlain  during  his  life,  will  be  kept  in  rooms  especially 
arranged  under  his  supervision. 

Four  years  ago  the  Library  published  a  brief  description 
of  this  notable  collection  with  a  sketch  of  Judge  Chamber- 
lain. The  manuscripts  are  being  indexed  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Mr.  Worthington  C.  Ford  of  the  Library  staff. 

THE  CATALOGUE  DEPARTMENT. 

The  Catalogue  Department  has  been  reorganized  and 
strengthened.  The  report  of  Mr.  Hunt,  Chief  of  this  de- 
partment, shows  the  following  results  : 

1900-1901.  1899-1900. 

Number  of  volumes  and  parts  catalogued  and 

recatalogued          .         .         .         ..        .         .  61,817  47,782 

Number  of  titles  for  the  same        .         .        .  38,521  26,137 

These  totals  include  the  following  items  : 

Number  of  new  volumes  and  parts,  Central 

Library 20,304  22,878 

Number  of  titles  for  the  same  .  .  .  17,341  15,188 
Number  of  volumes  and  parts  recatalogued, 

Central  Library 22,583  13,382 

Number  of  titles  for  the  same  .  .  .  11,641  4,225 

Branches  : 

Number  of  volumes  catalogued       .        .         .  9,948  7,100 

Number  of  titles  for  the  same  .  .  .  9,539  6,724 
Number  of  volumes  of  serials  added,  Central 

Library 4,104  4,572 

The  titles  of  10,317  books  have  been  searched  for,  pre- 
liminary to  their  recommendation  for  purchase. 

COOPERATIVE  INDEX. 

Mr.  Murdoch  has  catalogued  525  titles  for  the  Coopera- 
tive index  of  scientific  periodicals.  The  Library  has 
received  from  the  other  co-workers,  2,743  titles. 


CARDS  IN   THE  VARIOUS  CATALOGUES. 

There  have  been  printed,  headings  written  for,  and  filed 
this  year,  167,430  cards,  as  against  153,500  cards  for  the  pre- 
ceding year.  Of  this  number  46,900  cards  were  placed  in 
the  Special  Libraries,  most  of  all  in  the  Department  of 
Documents  and  Statistics  and  the  Allen  A.  Brown  Library 


16  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

of  Music.  When  it  is  considered  that  the  number  of  cards 
in  1899-1900  was  32,500  above  any  previous  record  and 
that  this  year  14,000  have  been  added  to  that  number,  it 
will  be  evident  how  great  is  the  increase  in  this  part  of  the 
work. 

TRANSFERS. 

The  work  of  transferring  from  Stack  4  (the  old  Lower 
Hall  collection)  all  the  books  not  fiction  has  progressed 
rapidly,  5,197  volumes  having  been  transferred  during  the 
year,  accompanied  by  the  recataloguing  and  clearing  up  of 
the  card  catalogue  to  correspond.  About  one-third  of  this 
work  is  finished. 

PRINTING. 

The  work  of  printing  the  cards  for  the  Allen  A.  Brown 
Library  of  Music  has  gone  forward  with  more  continuity 
than  heretofore.  The  bulk  of  titles  waiting  for  the  printer 
has  been  reduced  this  year  by  about  4,000  cards,  but  not  less 
than  1,000  cards  have  been  added,  and  about  14,000  cards 
now  remain  to  be  printed. 

The  titles  of  new  books  have  been  added  more  promptly 
to  the  catalogue,  and  there  is  no  accumulation  of  new  cards. 
Nine  thousand  cards,  however,  representing  recatalogued 
work,  stiH  wait  to  be  printed.  All  this  shows  that  the 
Catalogue  Department  is  making  "  copy "  faster  than  the 
Printing  Department  can  take  care  of  it. 

THE  BATES  HALL  CATALOGUE. 

The  work  of  changing  the  Bates  Hall  Catalogue  from 
double  rod  to  single  rod  drawers  was  begun  in  January. 
This  task,  which  necessitates  the  trimming  and  repunching 
of  the  entire  catalogue,  and  its  transfer  to  other  cases,  will 
be  a  laborious  one. 

To  relieve  the  crowded  condition  of  the  catalogue  and 
provide  for  its  further  growth  three  new  cabinets  are  build- 
ing. 

SPECIAL  CATALOGUES. 

Not  much  has  been  attempted  outside  the  regular  cata- 
logue work ;  indeed,  there  has  been  no  time  to  devote  to 
such  undertakings.  Miss  Rollins  has  prepared  an  Italian 
fiction  list  and  worked  to  some  extent  on  a  German  fiction 
list. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


17 


PUBLICATIONS. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of.  the  report  of  Mr.   Lindsay 
Swift,  Editor  of  the  publications  of  the  Library. 


Publications  for  1900-1901. 


Date  of  Issue.  Pages.    Edition.        Price. 


Annual  list Jan.  1,  1901,  184  3,470 

Branch  finding  list  No.  3 Sept.l,  1900,     40  5,488 

Genealogies  and  local  histories. ..  July  1,  1900,     88  1,015 

Historical  manuscripts  No.  1 36  250 

Monthly  Bulletins 1st  of  each  month  434  *5,000 

Postal  titles April,    1900,     16  520 

Rules  and  regulations Dec.,     1900,     16  11,200 

Supplement  to  list  for  the  young.  Sept.,    1900,       7  2,400 


.05 
Free. 
.25 

Exchange 
only. 
Free. 

Free. 


In  all,  821  pages  as  against  793  pages  in  1899. 

During  the  past  year  there  have  appeared  in  the  Monthly 
Bulletin,  in  addition  to  the  titles  of  new  books,  the  follow- 
ing lists :  Postal  titles,  with  special  reference  to  the  United 
States,  compiled  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Ernst  (May)  ;  Toxt-books 
at  present  used  in  the  Public  schools  of  Boston  (September); 
Programme  of  exhibitions  at  the %  Central  Library  and 
Branches,  1900-1901  (October) ;  Books  illustrative  of  Rev. 
Dr.  G.  A.  Gordon's  Lowell  lectures  (November)  ;  Books  illus- 
trating Prof.  H.  Morse  Stephens's  Lowell  lectures  on  Eng 
lish  administration  in  India  (December)  ;  Books  suggested 
in  connection  with  Dr.  Newman  Smyth's  Lowell  lectures 
(December)  ;  The  rights  of  man :  books  in  connection  with 
Dr.  Lyman  Abbott's  Lowell  lectures  (January,  1901) ; 
Natural  history  and  natural  knowledge  :  books  in  connection 
with  Prof.  W.  K.  Brooks's  Lowell  lectures  (January,  1901); 
and  also  during  the  same  period  the  following  prints  from 
manuscripts  in  the  collections  of  the  Library :  Trade  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  (March  and  April)  ;  Paper  currency  in 
the  British  plantations  in  America  (April)  ;  Four  letters  of 
John  Brown ;  John  Adams's  Notes  on  the  trial  of  the 
British  soldiers  for  the  "Boston  massacre,"  1770  (August)  ; 
Four  historical  letters :  James  Cogswell,  June  15,  1775 ; 
Ezra  Selden,  June  25,  1775 ;  Martha  Washington  (two),. 
1790,  1800  (November);  an  Ecclesiastical  council,  1743 
(December);  Journal  of  a  survey  in  1791,  for  a  canal 
across  Cape  Cod,  by  James  Winthrop  (January  and  Febru- 
ary, 1901). 

The  only  change  in  the  Monthly  Bulletins  worthy  of  com- 
ment is  the  publication,  beginning  with  November,  1900,  of 
selected  lists  illustrative  of  'lectures  delivered  before  the 


*  4,000  in  the  summer  months. 


.    18  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

Lowell  Institute.  These  lists  are  prepared  by  the  lecturers 
themselves,  but  they  are  found  to  require  considerable  edit- 
ing and  recasting  in  order  to  make  them  suitable  for  pub- 
lication. The  books  referred  to  are  then  placed  on  shelves  in 
Bates  Hall,  available  primarily  for  persons  who  attend  the 
lectures.  It  is  hardly  time  to  pronounce  on  the  utility  of 
this  scheme.  I  only  give  it  as  my  opinion  that  these  lists 
enrich  the  pages  of  the  Bulletin,  even  when  they  have  little 
bibliographical  fulness  or  significance.  Their  publication  is 
all  in  furtherance  of  the  policy  which  encourages  us  to  graft 
on  our  own  work  features  (such  as  the  continued  publication 
of  the  Programmes  of  the  Lowell  lectures)  belonging  more 
immediately  to  the  work  of  other  institutions. 

The  various  issues  of  the  Bulletin  seem  to  have  been 
readily  taken  by  the  public,  and  are  soon  out  of  print. 

The  Annual  list  remains  the  same  in  scope,  except  that 
in  the  latest  issue  the  Editor  has  introduced  the  titles  of 
more  recent  public  documents  of  various  states  and  countries, 
which  were  first  published  in  the  Bulletin. 

During  the  past  year  a  new  venture  has  been  modestly 
yet  hopefully  begun.  Mr.  Worthington  C.  Ford,  in  charge 
of  the  manuscript  collection,  occasionally  offers  for  the  Bul- 
letin some  rare  or  interesting  matter,  with  a  view  to  opening 
gradually  to  the  public  our  resources  in  this  direction. 
These  separate  contributions  are  to  be  gathered  up  into  vol- 
umes, of  which  the  first  has  already  appeared,  and  is  entitled 
"  Historical  Manuscripts  in  the  Public  Library  of  the  City 
of  Boston.  Number  One." 

The  following  material  is  ready  to  be  "printed:  1.  An 
Index  to  British  patents,  prepared  by  Mr.  Frank  C.  Blaisdell. 

2.  A  List  by  authors  and  titles  of  Italian  fiction,  compiled 
by  Miss  Mary  H.  Rollins.     It  comprises   about   1,500   titles. 

3.  A  List  of  German  fiction  is  well  under  way,  which  when 
completed  will  combine  at  least  6,000  titles.     4.     Historical 
manuscripts.     Number  Two. 

GENEALOGY. 

The  most  popular  publication  of  the  Library  for  some  time 
is  the  "  Finding  List  of  Genealogies,  and  Local  and  Town 
Histories  containing  Family  Records  in  the  Public  Library  of 
the  City  of  Boston."  In  the  preface  it  is  stated  that  the  late 
Arthur  M.  Knapp,  then  Custodian  of  Bates  Hall,  had,  in 
December  1898,  completed  a  j-e vised  and  greatly  enlarged 
edition  of  a  list  of  genealogies  and  local  histories,  which  was 
published  in  the  Bulletin  of  this  Library  for  October,  1891. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  19 

The  material  as  thus  left  was  practically  in  the  definite  shape 
in  which  Mr.  Knapp  wished  it  to  appear.  Miss  Agnes  C. 
Doyle  has  since  made  additions  to  and  revised  the  titles. 

The  reception  given  to  this  publication  has  been  most 
gratifying ;  the  demand  for  it  has  come  from  all  parts  of  the 
country.  The  Library  has  perhaps  never  issued  a  more 
practical  and  useful  list. 

SHELF  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  CENTRAL  LIBRARY. 

The  additions  to  the  shelves  of  the  Central  Library,  ex- 
cluding the  Duplicate  Room,  have  been  as  follows : 

Volumes. 

General  Collection,  including  Deposit  Collec- 
tion    15,838 

Special  Libraries  ......  6,544 

Statistical  Department  .         .       .  .         .         .  2,667 

Total .      25,049 

The  total  number  of  volumes  and  pamphlets  sent  by  the 
Shelf  Department  to  various  binderies  was  24,866. 

Additional  shelving,  sufficient  for  25,000  volumes,  has  been 
put  in  place.  This  will  relieve  for  a  short  time  the  pressure 
for  more  shelf  room,  which  is  beginning  to  be  a  matter  of 
anxiety. 

THE  BINDING  OF  BOOKS. 

The  output  of  the  Library  Bindery  has  been: 

Volumes. 
Books  bound          .         .         .         .         .         .      12,525 

Pamphlets  bound 4,530 

Books  repaired,  etc.       .         .         .         .         .        5,017 


Total     . 22,072 

Library   publications,    etc.,    folded,    stitched 

and  trimmed 76,925 

Maps,  etc.,  mounted  on  cloth          .         .         .        1,129 
Photographs  and  engravings  mounted     .          .        3,985 
Miscellaneous  work        .         .         .         .         .2,176  pieces 
Other  miscellaneous  work        ....        739  hours 

By  the  generosity  of  the  City  Government  the  sum  of 
$  10,0 00  was  given  to  the  Library  to  be  used  in  rebinding 
worn  books.  This  allowance  was  made  in  answer  to  a  re- 
quest made  to  the  Mayor  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the 
sum  of  $30,000  for  the  above  specified  purpose,  of  which 


20  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

one-third  might  be  spent  in  1900,  and  similar  amounts  in  the 
two  succeeding  years. 

On  the  receipt  of  this  sum  the  book  binders  of  the  City 
were  invited  to  submit  bids,  on  the  inspection  of  specimens 
showing  the  style  and  quality  of  binding  required.  The 
work  done  by  the  binders  who  were  the  successful  bidders, 
aided  by  two  or  three  others  from  outside  the  City,  has  been 
satisfactory.  The  sum  provided  has  been  spent  with  the 
following  results  : 

Number  of  volumes  rebound  .         .         .         .      11,198 
Newspapers  rebound,  volumes         .         .         .  612 


Total 11,810 

The  Bindery  Department  of  the  Library  was  allowed  to 
share  in  this  undertaking  to  a  limited  extent,  working  extra 
time  evenings,  and  binding  1,115  volumes. 

This  rebinding  of  books  was  under  the  charge  of  the 
Shelf  Department  and  Bindery  Department,  which  deserve 
a  special  word  of  praise  therefor.  The  need  of  continuing 
the  work  is  pressing. 

The  binding  and  repair  work  for  the  year  may  be  summed 
up  as  follows : 

Volumes. 

Library  Bindery  (regular  work)      .  .  .      22,072 

Rebinding  ($10,000  allowance)      .  .  .      11,810 

Rebinding  popular  books        .         .  .  .12,900 

Binding  pamphlets  (special  collection)  .  .        2,000 

Total 48,782 

In  addition  to  this  many  thousand  volumes  are  repaired  by 
the  attendants  at  the  Library. 

THE  FEINTING  DEPARTMENT. 

.  There  has  been  no  addition  to  the  working  force  of  the 
Printing  Department,  or  to  the  machinery.  There  has  been 
a  considerable  increase  in  the  number  of  cards  printed  for  the 
card  catalogues;  otherwise  the  output  remains  in  general 
character  substantially  the  same  as  given  in  the  Annual 
Report  for  last  year.  To  meet  the  increasing  demands  made 
upon  the  department,  especially  for  the  card  catalogue,  and 
in  order  that  the  three  departments  of  Cataloguing,  Editing, 
and  Printing  may  work  continuously  and  economically,  an 
additional  linotype  machine  is  urgently  needed. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  21 


DISPOSITION  OF  PUBLICATIONS. 

The  number  of  Library  publications  sent  out  by  the  Cus- 
todian of  Stock  during  the  year  was  83,686.  The  total 
number  distributed  of  blank  forms  now  in  use  in  the  Library, 
including  the  charging  slips,  was  2,084,466. 

USE  OF  BOOKS. 

In  Appendix  VII.  is  given  the  number  of  volumes  taken 
by  readers  for  home  use  during  the  past  year  from  each 
department  of  the  Library.  The  sum  is  : 

Home  use.  1899-1900.  1900-1901. 

Central   Library   (including   Central 

Library   books    issued    through 

branches  and  stations)         .          .     430,987  431,657 

Branches  and  stations        .          .          .  .  820,^54  893,071 


Total  ....  1,251,541  1,324,728 

Only  a  partial  count  can  be  made  of  books  used  within  the 
various  libraries,  since  many  shelves  are  now  thrown  open  to 
readers.  The  recorded  use  in  the  Central  Library  for  the 
past  year  was  367,063  volumes,  as  against  355,017  volumes 
the  year  previous.  No  account  is  kept  of  the  use  of  maga- 
zines and  newspapers. 

Inter-Library  Loans.  —  Other  libraries  have  received  394 
volumes  as  loans  from  this  Library;  35  applications  have 
been  denied,  partly  for  the  reason  that  popular  books,  such 
as  ought  to  be  in  every  public  library,  were  asked  for.  The 
system  is  intended  to  provide  only  for  the  exchange  between 
libraries  of  scholarly  or  unusual  books.  Calls  upon  this 
Library  are  not  likely  to  reach  such  a  number  as  to  cause 
inconvenience  from  the  withdrawal  of  books  needed  by  those 
legally  entitled  to  use  the  Library. 

THE  ISSUE  DEPARTMENT,  CENTRAL  LIBRARY. 

Having  at  command  increased  space  and  facilities,  the 
work  of  the  Issue  Department,  under  the  charge  of  Miss 
McGuffey,  has  been  more  satisfactory  than  heretofore.  The 
delivery  of  books  will  be  hastened  by  the  additions  made  to 
the  Pick-up  carrier  system.  While  the  complaints  of  readers 
of  delay  in  getting  books  are  less  than  formerly,  they  are 
still  numerous  enough  to  cause  solicitude.  The  book  rail- 
way, after  six  years'  service,  shows  signs  of  weakness,  and 
needs  considerable  repairs. 

In  December  the  rules  were  changed  so  that  now  but  one 


22  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

seven-day  book  may  be  charged  on  a  card  at  a  time.  This 
change  was  made  to  allow  a  more  even  distribution  of  new 
fiction  among  readers.  It  will  probably  reduce  the  amount 
of  fiction  read,  and  perhaps  the  total  record  of  use  of  the 
Library. 

The  development  of  the  system  of  outlying  agencies  of 
the  Library  has  brought  a  great  increase  in  the  work  of  the 
Issue  Department  and  a  closer  cooperation  between  these 
departments. 

BATES  HALL. 

The  use  of  books  by  students  in  Bates  Hall  seems  to  in- 
crease. The  Custodian,  Mr.  Bierstadt,  has  reclassified  and 
brought  up  to  date  the  works  on  history  placed  in  this  room. 
No  books  in  the  entire  Library  system  reach  more  readers 
than  this  reference  collection. 

Exhibitions  of  books  have  been  given  upon  the  open  screen 
at  the  time  of  the  Lowell  lectures,  arid  to  illustrate  notable 
current  events,  such  as  the  death  of  Queen  Victoria.  The 
shelves  at  the  catalogue  end  of  Bates  Hall  have  been  mostty 
devoted  to  new  books  not  fiction  and  their  use  has  been 
quite  large. 

The  centre  desk  in  Bates  Hall  has  been  enlarged,  afford- 
ing better  facilities  for  work,  and  giving  more  room  for  the 
display  of  the  catalogues  of  the  Library,  and  documents 
frequently  consulted  by  readers. 

THE  SPECIAL  LIBRARIES. 

To  the  Assistant  Librarian,  Mr.  Fleischner,  in  charge  of 
the  Special  Libraries,  is  mainly  due  the  remarkable  develop- 
ment of  this  department  of  the  Library.  Following  his 
report  it  is  learned  that  the  "use  of  these  libraries  has  still 
further  increased  during  the  past  year,  under  the  charge  of 
Miss  Hitchcock  and  her  assistants.  On  the  industrial  arts, 
1,000  volumes  have  been  added  and  1,938  on  the  fine  arts, 
making  11,000  volumes  of  the  former  and  18,151  of  the 
latter  in  the  collection. 

A  notable  extension  of  the  work  done  in  connection  with 
the  schools  is  found  in  the  establishment  of  a  class  in  indus- 
trial design,  under  a  trained  teacher,  supplied  by  the  School 
Committee.  The  class  has  met  at  the  Library  once  a  week, 
since  December  15,  1900. 

EXHIBITIONS. 

The  system  of  exhibitions,  lectures  and  classes  has  been 
extended,  and  it  is  evident  that  this  feature  of  the  work  of 
the  department  is  more  and  more  appreciated.  A  stereopticon 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  23 

purchased  by  the  Library  will  add  to  the  interest  in  the 
lectures  given  in  the  Lecture  Room.  Exhibitions  of  photo- 
graphs, engravings,  etc.,  have  been  held  in  the  following 
order :  January-February,  1900,  Christian  and  mediseval 
sculpture ;  Renaissance  architecture ;  Assyrian  antiquities 
in  the  British  Museum  (in  connection  with  a  lecture  by 
Professor  D.  G.  Lyon).  March,  Renaissance  sculpture ; 
Medals  collected  by  the  late  Arthur  M.  Knapp,  of  the 
Library  staff,  and  given  to  the  Library  by  his  brother ;  origi- 
nal blocks  engraved  by  Stevenson  to  illustrate  the  chap 
books  published  by  S'tevenson  and  Lloyd  Os bourne  at  Davos 
Platz  ;  Italian  painting,  14th-lb'th  centuries;  The  life  of 
the  Virgin,  in  connection  with  a  lecture  by  the  Reverend 
Henry  G.  Spaulding.  April,  Flemish  painting;  Books  on 
the  early  history  of  New  England  ;  Maps,  manuscripts  and 
documents  relating  to  the  postal  service,  loaned  by  Mr.  C. 
W.  Ernst.  Renaissance  architecture  in  connection  with  a 
lecture  by  Professor  E.  B.  Homer.  May,  Dutch,  German 
and  French  schools  of  painting.  June-July,  English  school 
of  painting  ;  American  painting,  chiefly  mural  decoration. 
August— September,  Spanish  school  of  painting;  Photographs 
of  China  and  Japan ;  Colored  plates  of  oriental  ceramic  art, 
collection  of  W.  T.  Walters,  gift  of  Louis  Prang.  Octo- 
ber, Athens  and  Rome ;  The  original  French  edition  of  the 
Tissot  Bible  ;  The  Sella  collection  of  Alpine  and  Caucasian 
views,  loaned  by  the  Appalachian  Mountain  Club.  Novem- 
ber-December, Greek  sculpture  ;  The  life  of  Christ  in  art, 
in  connection  with  lectures  by  the  Reverend  Henry  G. 
Spaulding;  Florence;  Madonnas.  January,  1901,  Plates 
from  Rossi's  Musaici  cristiani  delle  chiese  di  Roma ;  Venice 
(in  connection  with  a  course  of  lectures  by  J.  F.  Hopkins, 
Instructor  of  Drawing  to  the  teachers  in  the  Boston  public 
schools);  Egypt;  Greek  art;  Rome;  Portraits  of  Queen 
Victoria. 

There  have  been  exhibitions  of  pictures  at  the  branch 
libraries  and  stations.  These  exhibitions  are  changed  every 
month. 

CLASSES. 

The  following  enumeration  of  visits  made  to  the  Special 
Libraries  by  schools  and  clubs  in  classes  will  show  the  extent 
of  the  use  of  this  department. 

Schools 22  visits       413  members 

Clubs 60  visits       961  members 

Private  classes          ....       69  visits    1,027  members 

Total 151  2,401 


24  CITY- DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

To  the  schools  and  clubs  201  portfolios  of  pictures  have 
been  sent.  Four  lectures,  illustrated  by  the  stereopticon, 
have  been  given  under  the  auspices  of  the  Unity  Art  Club. 

PHOTOGRAPHS. 

The  collection  of  photographs  consists  of  the  following : 

Painting 5,524 

Architecture 5,349 

Sculpture            .         . 2,114 

Miscellaneous    ....  300 


Total .       13,287 

Process  pictures  : 

Painting 2,498 

Architecture 2,050 

Sculpture 715 

Unclassified         ...                   .  175 


Total 5,438 

The  additions  during  the  year  have  been:  1,335  photo- 
graphs and  752  process  pictures. 

The  use  of  the  Special  Libraries  is  increasing ;  the  special 
catalogues  are  being  constantly  improved  and  additional  cat- 
alogue cases  have  been  provided. 

THE  ALLEN  A.  BROWN  LIBRARY  OF  Music. 

More  than  five  hundred  volumes  have  been  added  to  the 
Library  of  Music.  This  collection  contains  nearly  all  the 
new  and  uniform  editions  of  the  great  masters,  those  of 
Chopin  and/  Schumann  having  been  recently  acquired. 
Much  attention  has  been  paid  to  the  purchase  of  the  full 
orchestral  scores  of  operas,  oratorios  and  large  choral  works, 
and  the  number  of  these  in  the  Library,  now  exceeding  six 
hundred  and  fifty,  will  compare  favorably  with  all  but  a  few 
of  the  great  European  collections.  The  same  can  be  said  of 
chamber  music  in  ail  its  branches,  to  which  large  additions 
are  being  constantly  made. 

Miss  Margaret  D.  Whitney,  in  charge  of  the  Music  Li- 
brary, having  resigned  from  the  service,  Miss  Marguerite 
Barton  has  been  appointed  to  fill  this  position. 

Two  bronze  tablets  and  an  oak  table  with  drawers  for 
holding  photographs  have  been  placed  in  the  Military  Alcove 
by  the  Twentieth  Regiment  Memorial  Association. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  25 

DOCUMENTS  AND  STATISTICS. 

The  report  of  the  Chief  of  the  Department  of  Documents 
and  Statistics  shows  that  considerable  progress  has  been 
made  in  the  arrangement  and  development  of  this  important 
collection  of  material.  Two  points  may  be  emphasized, 
namely,  the  need  of  more  shelf  room,  and  of  greater  accessi- 
bility to  readers  through  a  more  convenient  location. 

MANUSCRIPTS. 

The  report  by  Mr.  'Ford,  which  follows,  on  the  first  full 
year's  work  of  the  Department  of  Manuscripts  is  of  interest. 
A  separate  room  has  been  provided  for  this  department. 

The  manuscript  collections  of  the  Library  have  been 
increased  during  the  year  by  important  gifts  to  the  "  Aboli- 
tion," or  Garrison  collection,  by  the  daughters  of  the  Rev. 
Samuel  May,  and  by  the  niece  of  Mrs.  Henry  G.  Chapman 
(Maria  Weston  Chapman).  The  Phelps  collection  is  ready 
for  binding,  but  will  not  be  completed  until  the  Garrison 
collection  is  in  the  same  condition.  The  Garrison  collection 
is  in  process  of  mounting,  preparatory  to  binding,  and  dur- 
ing the  last  year  3,192  separate  pieces  have  been  thus 
treated.  It  is  expected  that  the  work  will  be  completed  in 
two  more  years.  The  collection  has  been  indexed,  so  far  as 
the  writers  of  the  letters  are  concerned,  as  rapidly  as  the 
papers  have  been  given  out  to  be  mounted.  From  time  to 
time,  additional  letters  and  papers  are  received  from  Mr. 
Wendell  P.  Garrison  and  Mr.  Francis  J.  Garrison,  who  have 
shown  a  generous  interest  in  the  measures  taken  for  giving 
the  collection  its  final  form,  when  it  shall  be  accessible  to  the 
public. 

Late  in  the  last  year  the  Chamberlain  collection  of  manu- 
scripts came  into  the  full  possession  of  the  Library  under  the 
provisions  of  the  will  of  the  late  Judge  Mellen  Chamberlain. 
The  general  nature  of  this  collection  has  been  described  in 
the  hand  book  issued  by  the  Trustees  in  1897,  and  any 
account  of  special  features  will  be  deferred  until  the  con- 
tents are  better  known.  The  catalogue,  already  begun,  will 
contain  entries  by  writer  and  principal  mention  of  public  and 
other  characters,  and  will  include  the  portraits,  engravings, 
and  printed  broadsides  and  advertisements,  of  which  there 
are  some  very  fine  and  rare  examples.  The  card  catalogue 
already  numbers  3,246  separate  entries,  and  covers  about  one- 
tenth  of  the  collection. 

The  album  of  John  Brown  material,  presented  to  the 
Library  by  Col.  Thomas  Wentworth  Higginson,  has  also 


26  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

been  mounted,  and  the  more  important  letters  inlaid.  It 
will  be  bound  at  a  fitting  opportunity.  Numerous  manu- 
scripts have  been  repaired,  and,  when  needed,  mounted  on 
silk,  or  with  silk  coverings,  coated  with  paraffine,  thus  making 
them  less  exposed  to  damage.  About  one-third  of  the  Gris- 
wold  collection  has  been  mounted  and  repaired,  and  will  be 
ready  for  binding  during  the  current  year. 

Col.  Thomas  Wentworth  Higginson  supplemented  his 
volume  of  letters  relating  to  the  John  Brown  attempt  at 
Harper's  Ferry  with  an  equally  interesting  collection  on  the 
Anthony  Burns  riot.  These  two  volumes,  describing  the 
events  from  the  inside,  and  by  one  of  the  active  participants, 
are  of  very  great  historical  value,  and  complete  the  records 
already  in  the  Library  in  the  Garrison  manuscripts  and  the 
Theodore  Parker  newspaper  scrap-books. 

A  gift,  of  some  size  and  of  true  historical  and  genealogical 
value,  is  that  given  by  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  S  my  the.  He 
had  spent  many  years  of  his  life  in  copying  town  records 
and  collecting  memoranda  on  family  history.  The  results 
were  filed  on  loose  sheets,  sometimes  entered  in  note-books, 
more  often  accumulated  in  the  order  of  copying.  To  his  own 
work  was  added  some  transcripts  from  Virginia  records  made 
by  his  brother.  Mr.  S  my  the  intended  to  prepare  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  material,  but  death  intervened  before  he  could  ac- 
complish his  purpose,  or  even  outline  its  leading  points. 

Through  the  liberality  of  Mrs,  Julia  M.  Norris,  widow  of 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Starr  King,  and  Mrs.  Horace  Davis,  her 
daughter,  now  of  San  Francisco,  the  Public  Library  has  come 
into  possession  of  more  than  four  hundred  of  the  manuscript 
sermons  of  Mr.  King.  This  long  series  covers  a.  ministerial 
activity  of  nearly  twenty  years,  for  the  last  manuscript  was 
composed  less  than  two  weeks  before  his  death.  Included 
in  the  number  are  many  of  the  best  known  of  Mr.  King's 
utterances.  The  range  of  subjects  treated  is  wide,  compris- 
ing his  political  and  war  sermons,  as  well  as  those  on  nature, 
on  religious  belief,  and  on  literature.  A  list  giving  the  title 
of  the  sermon,  and  the  earliest  date  it  bears,  has  been  printed 
in  the  Bulletin.  Most  of  these  manuscripts  were  for  a  time 
in  the  keeping  of  Edwin  P.  Whipple,  under  whose  direction 
many  were  published,  and  they  bear  his  comments  and  anno- 
tations. 

A  number  of  very  choice  manuscripts  have  been  purchased 
as  opportunity  offered.  The  largest  single  acquisition  was  a 
collection  of  nearly  six  hundred  bills  and  accounts  of  an  old 
mercantile  house  in  Boston,  extending  from  1762  to  1839. 
Not  only  are  they  interesting  in  the  names  they  bear,  but 


LIBRAE Y  DEPARTMENT.  27 

they  give  prices  and  descriptions  of  articles  of  ordinary  use, 
presenting  the  material  for  a  study  of  the  social  and  economic 
condition  of  town  and  city.  The  Library  already  contained 
the  bill-book  of  John  Rowe  (1759-1762),  so  that  the  records 
are  thus  complementary. 

In  making  purchases,  some  caution  has  been  exercised  lest 
unnecessary  duplication  occur.  A  A;  '.  -jpg'raph  is  avoided 
on  general  principle,  unle°  ^.  ,.  .  .-•  ''tsonable  certainty 
that  no  better  example  b  tvriting  is  obtainable.  The  docu- 
ment should  have  an  (histoiical  as  well  as  an  autographic 
value,  and  it  is  all  the  more  desirable  if  it  has  a  connection 
with  the  history  of  Boston  or  of  Massachusetts.  So  long  as 
the  Chamberlain  collection  is  not  fully  catalogued,  it  will  be 
necessary  to  exercise  this  caution,  but  many  very  interesting 
manuscripts  were  obtained  during  the  year,  and  at  reasonable 
prices. 

Believing  that  the  manuscripts  of  the  Library  should  be 
used  for  public  benefit,  and  realizing  the  impossibility  of 
giving  free  access  to  them,  it  is  proposed  to  publish  in  the 
Bulletin  such  of  the  more  interesting  material  as  we  possess. 
The  Editor  of  the  Bulletin  has  cooperated,  and  there  has  been 
issued  the  first  number  of  what  is  intended  to  embody  the 
records,  letters  and  documents  of  permanent  historical  value. 

The  rules  laid  down  for  obtaining  access  to  the  manuscripts 
are  needed  for  their  preservation ;  but  no  reasonable  request 
has  been  denied,  and  wherever  possible  the  inquirer  has  been 
met  to  the  full.  With  every  step  towards  a  full  arrangement 
and  catalogue,  the  collections  will  become  more  available  to 
public  use. 

THE  CHILDREN'S  ROOMS. 

The  Children's  Room  at  the  Central  Library  was  opened 
in  May,  1895,  and  the  Children's  Reference  Room  May  1, 
1899.  Since  May,  1898,  three  children's  reading  rooms 
have  been  established  at  the  branches  and  stations,  and  in 
three  others  separate  space  has  been  set  apart  for  the  children. 

In  the  report  of  Mrs.  Gertrude  P.  Sheffield,  in  charge  of 
this  department  at  the  Central  Library,  it  is  stated  that  the 
work  progresses,  if  slowly,  yet  apparently  surely  in  its  most 
important  features,  such  as  teaching  children  how  best  to  use 
the  Library,  and  making  them  acquainted  with  a  better  class 
of  books  than  those  which  have  hitherto  interested  them. 
That  the  privileges  granted  are  appreciated  may  be  seen  by  a 
visit  to  the  Children's  Room,  especially  on  any  Saturday 
afternoon  or  Sunday. 


28  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

Acknowledgment  is  made  to  the  Fiction  Committee  for 
suggestions  as  to  the  selection  of  books.  Their  criticisms 
are  valuable,  and,  issuing  from  many  different  sources,  the 
possibility  of  pleasing  various  tastes  is  greater  than  when 
the  judgment  of  one  person  is  depended  on. 

From  this  room  many  books  are  sent  to  the  branch  libra- 
ries, and  to  the  vsuring-  playgrounds. 

Considerable  adlrofoKPjrtjbu  c  r  ^n  made  to  the  Reference 
Library,  especially  through  the  gii ,  from  the  publishers  of 
specimen  copies  of  the  books  usea  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
City.  These  number  599  volumes,  and  they  have  already  done 
good  servipe  to  both  teachers  and  pupils.  Boys  studying  in 
the  night  schools  depend  upon  these  books,  and  come  to  the 
Library  daily  for  their  use. 

There  have  been  numerous  exhibitions  during  the  year.  In 
February  a  series  of  exhibits  of  pictures  of  birds  was  begun 
(the  exhibit  showing  the  birds  which  might  be  expected  at 
that  time  on  their  way  north),  and  was  accompanied  by  notes 
calling  attention  to  a  few  facts  of  special  interest.  These 
exhibits  were  continued  during  the  months  of  migration 
only. 

In  May  the  first  of  a  number  of  exhibits  of  pictures  of 
flowers  and  fruit  was  given.  This  series  was  made  possible 
by  the  kindness  of  Miss  Helen  Sharp,  who  lent  her  collection 
of  exquisite  original  botanical  sketches  in  color.  These  were 
so  arranged  as  either  to  show  the  relationship  between 
different  flowers,  or  to  show  the  flower  with  its  fruit.  Other 
exhibitions  have  been  given  of  pictures  of  subjects  given  to 
classes  in  the  public  schools  for  study,  and  books  have  been 
given  to  the  children,  with  especial  attention  to  assisting 
them  in  writing  the  compositions  required. 

The  following  table  gives  a  classified  statement  of  the  issue 
of  children's  books  for  the  year. 

Children's  Room  : 

Fiction 48,630 

Non-fiction 4,602 

Bates  Hall  books 6,991 

60,223 

Children's  books  issued  from  Stack  4  (mostly  fiction),  7,417 

Children's  books  issued  from  the  Children's  Room  and 
Stack  4  to  the  Branch  Department : 

Fiction 32,745 

Non-fiction 5,516 

38,261 


Total  issue  of  children's  books        .         .         .         .      105,901 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  29 

PATENTS. 

The  work  in  the  Patent  Room  increases  from  year  to  year ; 
progress  is  being  made  in  the  different  lists  which  are  pre- 
paring. 

1899-1900  1900-1901 

Number  of  visitors  .         .         .         .        3,336  3,568 

Number  of  volumes  consulted  .         .      47,460  71,021 

Number  of  volumes  in  the  Patent  Room   .  8,479 

NEWSPAPERS. 

The  Newspaper  Reading  Room  was  enlarged  two  years 
ago.  It  is  still  too  small  for  the  needs  of  the  Library.  A 
count  was  made  of  readers  on  November  24  and  December 
4 ;  on  the  first  day  1,178  persons  were  present,  and  on  the 
second  day,  1,363. 

New  shelving  has  been  placed  in  the  rooms  where' the  files 
of  bound  newspapers  are  kept,  and  grilled  doors  protect  the 
more  valuable  papers.  Many  volumes  have  been  rebound, 
and  numerous  packages  of  papers  have  been  collated  and 
made  ready  for  the  shelves.  The  number  of  volumes  con- 
sulted by  readers  in  the  past  year  was  8,026,  as  against  4,977 
the  previous  year.- 

x* 

LECTURES. 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Trustees  a  course  of  free  lec- 
tures was  given  in  March  and  April,  1900,  in  the  new  Lec- 
ture Room  of  the  Library.  The  speakers  and  subjects  were 
as  follows :  Col.  T.  W.  Higginson,  Education  and  the  Public 
Library;  James  L.  Whitney,  Incidents  in  the  early  history 
of  the  Boston  Public  Library,  and  other  libraries ;  Otto 
Fleischner,  The  Public  Library  and  art  education ;  Rev. 
Jesse  H.  Jones,  Wendell  Phillips,  an  address  in  connection 
with  the  presentation  to  the  Library  of  a  bronze  bust  of 
Wendell  Phillips ;  Lindsay  Swift,  The  Public  Library  in  its 
relations  to  literature ;  Worthington  C.  Ford,  The  Public 
Library  in  its  relations  to  the  state  ;  Dr.  William  Everett, 
Reminiscences  of  Hon.  Edward  Everett;  C.  W.  Ernst,  World 
literature  and  the  postal  service ;  Rev.  Dr.  Edward  Everett 
Hale,  Benjamin  Franklin. 

A  second  course  of  lectures  on  Methods  of  municipal  ad- 
ministration, illustrated  as  far  as  possible  by  the  history  of 
some  of  the  principal  cities  of  the  world,  will  begin  March 
11,  1901. 


30  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Unity  Art  Club  the  following 
lectures  have  been  given :  The  social  life  of  the  Babylonians 
in  the  sixth  century,  B.  C.,  by  Professor  D.  G.  Lyon  of 
Harvard  College ;  The  life  of  the  Virgin,  and  Rome  and  the 
Marble  Faun,  by  the  Rev.  Henry  G.  Spaulding ;  Renaissance 
architecture,  by  Professor  E.  B.  Homer  of  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology.  The  last  three  lectures  were  illus- 
trated by  the  stereopticon. 


THE  BRANCH  LIBRARIES  AND  STATIONS. 

The  development  of  the  branches,  reading  rooms  and 
delivery  stations  during  the  year  has  been  quite  marked. 

At  Roslindale  a  new  reading  room,  attractive  and  con- 
venient, has  been  established  in  an  independent  building.  A 
considerable  supply  of  books  has  been  furnished,  and  the 
interest  awakened  has  been  gratifying.  This  section  of  the 
City  is  populous  and  rapidly  growing,  and  the  new  reading 
room  in  its  central  position  will  rank  among  the  most  im- 
portant of  the  Library's  agencies. 

A  new  reading  room  has  been  established  at  Andrew 
square,  South  Boston,  in  a  room  of  the  John  A.  Andrew 
school-house,  which  was  offered  to  the  Library  by  the  School 
Committee. 

For  this  very  desirable  addition  to  the  Library  system,  as 
well  as  for  the  reading  room  at  Roslindale,  thanks  are  due 
to  the  City  Government,  which  generously  made  appropria- 
tions for  this  purpose. 

The  establishment  of  a  children's  room  at  the  West  End 
Branch,  the 'enlargement  of  the  West  Roxbury  Branch,  and 
other  additions  and  changes  are  described  in  the  report  of 
Mr.  Ward,  the  Supervisor  of  Branches  and  Stations.  Espe- 
cially worthy  of  mention  are  the  re-establishment  of  Station 
N,  at  Roxbury,  through  the  kindness  of  the  Catholic  Young 
Men's  Association  of  St.  Patrick's  Church,  and  the  new 
home  found  for  Station  S,  on  Tremont  street,  where,  accom- 
panying the  Boys'  Institute  of  Industry  in  its  transfer,  it  is 
still  under  the  protecting  wing  of  that  institution. 

The  branch  system  comprises  eighty-six  outlying  agencies, 
as  against  seventy-one  in  the  previous  year.  Their  output 
of  books  for  home  use  was  1,006,214  volumes,  as  against 
922,624  in  1899-1900. 

The  sum  of  $30,000  has  been  provided  by  the  City  for  a 
new  building  for  the  Charlestown  Branch  Library. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  31 


COOPERATION  WITH  THE  SCHOOLS. 

Especial  attention  is  asked  to  that  part  of  the  report  of 
the  Supervior  of  Branches  and  Stations  which  outlines  the 
relationship  existing  between  the  Library  and  the  schools  of 
the  City.  The  movement  towards  affiliation  has  received  a 
decided  impulse  of  late,  and  the  action  of  the  Library  which 
was  at  first  tentative  and  hesitating,  is  now  more  sure  and 
confident.  Nearly  one-third  of  the  high  and  grammar 
schools  receive  books  frqm  the  Library,  double  the  number 
of  a  year  ago.  The  interest  shown  in  this  new  movement  by 
the  school  authorities  promises  the  best  results,  which  may 
only  be  limited  by  the  supply  of  books  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Library. 

The  following  extract  from  a  letter  addressed  to  the 
Library  by  a  Master  of  one  of  the  public  schools  expresses, 
it  is  thought,  a  growing  sentiment :  "  The  high  degree  of 
efficiency  and  the  spirit  of  accommodation  manifested  in 
your  department  have  added  greatly  to  the  working  power 
of  our  school." 

THE  TEACHERS'  GEOGRAPHY  CLUB. 

Help  has  been  given  to  the  Library  •  by  the  Teachers' 
Geography  Club.  Professor  William  M.  Davis,  of  Harvard 
College,  has  sent  many  notes  in  regard  to  newly  issued  Topo- 
graphic sheets  of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey,  and 
teachers  have  read  some  of  the  new  geographical  books  and 
made  summaries  of  their  scope  and  contents. 

JAMES  L.  WHITNEY, 

Librarian. 
APRIL  12,  1901. 


32  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


SUPPLEMENTS     TO     THE     REPORT     OF     THE 
LIBRARIAN. 


(A) 

EXTRACT  FROM  THE  REPORT  OF  THE  CHIEF 
OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  DOCUMENTS  AND 
STATISTICS. 

To  the  Librarian  : 

In  presenting  this,  my  third  annual  report,  it  is  with 
sincere  pleasure  that  I  am  able  to  note  the  growing  apprecia- 
tion of  the  public  utility  of  this  Department  of  Statistics  and 
Public  Documents.  Beginning  as  it  did,  with  not  a  single 
volume  or  pamphlet  ^(outside  of  the  two  great  series  of  the 
Congressional  Documents  and  Parliamentary  Papers),  and 
so  isolated  as  to  be  inaccessible  to  the  general  public,  the 
department  has  now  under  its  immediate  charge  a  collection 
of  6,049  volumes.  In  this  number  are  not  included  the 
Congressional  and  Parliamentary  series,  the  reports  of  State 
Legislatures  and  Executive  Departments,  and  such  foreign 
reports  and  proceedings  as  have  not  yet  been  transferred 
from  the  stacks.  The  growth  of  the  collection  may  be 
shown  by  the  following  figures : 


YEAR. 

Accessions. 

Transfers  from 
Stacks. 

Total. 

1898-1899     

343 

343 

1899-1900 

2  039 

1  000* 

3  382 

1900  1901                       

2,253 

414 

6049 

That  the  increase  in  the  collection  in  the  near  future  must 
be  even  more  rapid  is  evident.  During  the  month  of  March, 
1901,  a  month  not  included  in  the  period  covered  by  this 
report,  but  used  as  an  example  of  the  active  work  of  the 
department,  731  books  and  pamphlets  were  received  and 
prepared  for  location  on  the  shelves,  and  even  this  number 
did  not  include  the  many  weekly  sheets  and  papers,  the  daily 

^Estimated. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  33 

reports  on  finance  and  commerce,  or  the  current  periodicals 
charged  to  this  department.  Of  this  number  (731)  about 
500  will  remain  permanently  in  the  department,  and  the 
balance  goes  to  complete  series  or  files  now  in  the  stacks, 
awaiting  a  convenient  time  and  opportunity  for  their 
transfer  and  new  location  in  this  special  branch  of  the 
Library.  Even  with  an  increase  of  500  pieces  a  month, 
and  that  is  well  within  the  actual  figures,  it  may  easily 
be  seen  that  the  collections  must  soon  form  an  important 
part  of  the  general  Library,  and  the  growth  involves 
serious  questions  on  the  best  disposition  to  be  made  of  them 
for  the  benefit  of  the  public.  Some  of  these  questions  I  shall 
raise  in  this  report. 

About  one-fifteenth  of  the  volumes  added  to  the  collection 
during  the  past  year  was  by  purchase,  and  the  matter  thus 
obtained  was  of  current  publication,  chiefly  bearing  upon 
sociological  and  administrative  questions  of  the  day.  The 
most  important  single  accession  was  a  set  of  the  Statistik 
des  Deutschen  Reichs,  in  178  volumes — the  very  corner- 
stone of  German  statistics,  —  and  comprising  the  best  results 
of  statistical  studies  in  problems  of  government  applied  to 
that  empire.  Another  valuable  acquisition  was  a  file  of  the 
Annales  du  Commerce,  issued  by  the  French  government,' 
and  containing  an  almost  complete  record  of  commercial 
legislation  and  commercial,  statistics  from  the  year  1843  to 
1900.  While  it  is  only  natural  that  this  series  has  been  con- 
structed on  lines  of  special  interest  to  French  trade  and 
industry,  it  is  of  permanent  value  in  all  investigations  into 
the  course  of  international  trade  since  the  repeal  of  the 
British  corn  laws  and  the  entrance  of  Great  Britain  into  the 
experiment  of  free-trade  with  the  world.  Important  as  were 
these  purchases,  and  necessary  as  they  were  to  fill  a  blank 
in  our  series  of  statistical  issues,  they  are  only  examples  of 
many  similar  purchases  that  must  be  made  before  even  an 
approximate  completeness  can  be  found  in  this  special 
branch. 

Early  in  the  summer  a  number  of  works  on  international 
law,  no'tably  those  bearing  upon  the  questions  of  protec- 
torates, the  acquisition  and  settlement  of  new  territories  and 
disputed  rights  in  colonizing  movements,  were  purchased, 
and  proved  useful.  But  I  found  that  the  Boston  Athenseum 
possessed  a  special  fund  for  purchasing  such  works,  and 
recognized  the  inutility  of  duplicating  save  in  such  cases  as 
the  high  permanent  value  of  the  work  made  its  possession 
advisable.  Through  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Bolton  of  the 
Athenaeum  I  have  a  complete  list  of  the  works  on  interna- 


34  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

tional  law  in  that  institution,  and  so  far  as  is  consistent  with 
the  aims  and  policy  of  this  department  duplication  will  be 
avoided.  The  purchase  of  state  laws  and  proceedings  of 
legislatures  is  also  deferred  for  the  present,  because  the  State 
Library,  under  Mr.  Tillinghast's  able  management,  makes  it 
a  point  to  obtain  full  series,  and  through  his  courtesy  the 
inquirer  at  the  Public  Library  may  be  sent  to  the  State 
House  collections.  So  long  as  the  questions  of  expense  and 
the  difficulty  of  housing  such  extensive  series  press  upon  this 
Library  there  is  no  reason  for  duplicating  these  state  publica- 
tions. At  the  same  time  I  do  not  hesitate  to  ask  for  the 
reports  of  the  State  Executive  departments,  inasmuch  as  they 
embody  the  latest  results  of  the  administration  of  govern- 
ment in  the  different  states  of  the  Union,  and  are  thus  essen- 
tial to  the  study  of  comparative  conditions,  through  which 
alone  the  best  and  most  intelligent  conclusions  are  reached. 
In  this  connection  I  would  mention  the  series  of  inaugural 
and  annual  messages  of  the  governors  of  the  different  states, 
which  are  obtained  each  year,  as  they  indicate  the  problems 
of  legislation  and  administration  present  in  each  state,  and 
thus  supply  an  annual  index,  as  it  were,  of  the  present 
questions  of  policy. 

As  to  the  gifts  made  to  this  department,  it  would  be 
impossible  to  name  even  the  more  important.  The  United 
States  government  has  been  liberal  in  meeting  my  requests, 
and  with  hardly  an  exception,  the  document  wanted  has 
been  sent  willingly  and  promptly.  I  would  especially  note 
the  courtesy  of  the  War  Department  in  its  issues  on 
"  Insular  Affairs,"  and  the  Treasury  Department  in  its 
daily,  weekly  and  monthly  publications  on  finance  and 
commerce.  Promptness  and  certainty  of  receipt  have  been  of 
great  assistance  to  the  department  in  maintaining  its  ability 
to  meet  current  questions  on  those  subjects. 

The  same  remarks  will  a'pply  to  the  many  State  depart- 
ments which  have  sent  their  regular  or  occasional  publica- 
tions. The  four  great  divisions  of  labor,  railroads,  insurance, 
and  charities  and  corrections  have  by  these  means  been 
maintained  at  a  point  of  high  efficiency,  and  those  of  finance 
(reports  on  assessment,  taxation  and  expenditures)  are  being 
rapidly  expanded  and  completed.  Peculiar  difficulties  are 
encountered  in  this  matter,  through  the  absence  of  any 
"  clearing  house  "  of  information.  Few  lists  of  state  reports 
are  available,  and  the  documents  issued  by  a  legislative  body 
are  difficult  to  follow.  The  appointment  of  a  committee  or 
special  commission  to  report  upon  a  subject  of  general  inter- 
est may  be  noted,  but  years  may  elapse  before  the  report  is 


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made ;  the  committee  may  never  make  a  report,  or  may 
prepare  one  of  little  value.  An  occasional  mention  in  a 
newspaper  may  enable  its  proceedings  to  be  followed,  but  it 
is  almost  impossible  to  devote  such  minute  attention  as  to  be 
able  to  apply  for  a  copy  of  the  report  at  the  proper  time. 
Discovery  comes  too  late,  when  a  full  distribution  has  been 
made,  and  the  opportunity  to  secure  a  copy  has  passed. 

While  this  difficulty  is  in  part  made  good  by  the  certainty 
that  at  some  time  the  State  Library  will  receive  a  copy,  there 
is  an  awkward  interval  of 'time  during  which  inquiries  at  the 
Public  Library  may  be  frequent  and  urgent.  It  is  a  pity 
that  in  each  state  a  certain  number  of  copies  of  documents 
should  not  be  set  aside  for  the  great  public  libraries,  or  that 
a  number  should  not  be  given  to  the  State  Library  for  similar 
distribution.  In  default  of  such  an  arrangement  a  monthly 
list  of  issues  by  the  Legislature  and  departments  might  be 
sent  to  libraries,  similar  to  the  lists  issued  by  the  United 
States  Superintendent  of  Documents,  or  the  monthly  and 
quarterly  lists  of  British  Parliament  Papers.  Until  some 
system  of  disseminating  a  knowledge  of  the  printing  of 
public  documents,  or  some  method  of  organizing  and  central- 
izing their  distribution  is  adopted,  this  difficulty  must 
remain.  It  is  at  times  difficult  to  explain  this  matter  to  one 
who  is  pressingly  anxious  for  a  particular  report  or  paper. 
The  immediate  want  blinds  the  inquirer  to  the  obstacles  in 
the  way  of  satisfaction. 

In  turning  to  the  more  important  accessions  of  foreign 
documents  and  reports,  it  is  with  keen  pleasure  that  I 
acknowledge  the  general  courtesy  and  extensive  generosity 
of  the  various  governments  and  departments.  A  glance  at 
the  list  of  donors  printed  as  an  appendix  to  the  annual 
report  of  the  Library  will  show  the  extent  of  the  gifts,  and 
the  many  sources  from  which  they  were  received.  Not  in- 
frequently a  request  has  been  made  which  could  not  be 
granted  because  of  the  rules  governing  the  distribution  of 
public  documents ;  but  such  occurrences  have  been  infre- 
quent, and  in  few  instances  have  applied  to  important 
issues. 

It  may  not  be  out  of  .place  to  note  an  advantage  enjoyed 
by  these  foreign  bureaus.  As  a  rule  they  are  presided  over 
by  men  who  have  held  office  for  many  years,  and  have  thus 
become  not  only  familiar  with  the  duties  of  their  particular 
bureau  or  department,  but  have  studied  the  methods  and, 
results  of  similar  bureaus  in  foreign  governments.  They 
belong  to  the  permanent  force  of  the  administration,  and  thus 
embody  the  machinery,  the  knowledge,  and  perhaps  the  preju- 


36  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

dices  of  long  service.  I  need  not  give  a  list  by  name  of 
those  actually  in  service  for  examples  ;  but  the  few  changes 
that  have  come  under  my  notice  in  the  last  few  years  are  in 
point.  In  England,  Mr.  Robert  Giffen  was  at  the  head  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  for  many  years.  The  late  Dr.  Janssens, 
whose  death  removes  one  of  the  most  faithful  of  statisticians, 
could  show  a  long  and  specialized  term  of  official  activity. 
Notice  has  just  been  received  of  the  retirement  of  Elis  Siden- 
bladh  from  the  head  of  the  Swedish  Statistical  Department, 
after  a  term  of  office  of  21  years,  while  in  the  neighboring 
state  of  Norway,  Anders  Riser  can  show  as  long  a  service, 
and  there  is  no  indication  of  any  decay  of  power  or  willing- 
ness to  receive  suggestion.  The  truly  magnificent  series  of 
Swedish  and  Norwegian  statistical  publications  alone  justify 
this  policy  of  retaining  ability  in  office,  for  they  bftve  given 
their  creators  a  standing  abroad  which  redounds  greatly  to 
the  credit  of  the  two  countries. 

A  further  advantage  of  such  service  lies  in  the  knowledge 
it  gives  of  what  is  being  done  elsewhere  for  statistical  sci- 
ence, the  ability  to  know  those  who  are  pursuing  the  same 
lines  of  investigation  in  other  countries.  I  may  take  some 
credit  to  the  position  held  by  the  American  Statistical  Associ- 
ation, for  it  has  been  through  its  agency  that  many  of  the 
most  important  accessions  have  been  made.  Similar  socie- 
ties abroad  have  readily  responded  to  its  calls,  and  the  heads 
of  the  different  foreign  statistical  departments,  knowing  of 
its  existence  and  labor  through  long  years,  have  generously 
aided  in  completing  its  series  and  in  freely  giving  the  best 
of  their  publications.  In  Russia  and  its  cities,  and  in  Aus- 
tria-Hungary, as  readily  as  in  France,  Germany  or  Great 
Britain,  the  Association  has  become  known  as  worthy  of 
recognition,  and  exchanges  of  publications  are  readily  made. 
I  would  especially  mention  the  receipt  from  Baron  Nolde,  of 
the  Department  of  Finance,  St.  Petersburg,  of  more  than 
ninety  volumes  of  the  issues  on  the  finances  and  commerce  of 
the  Empire.  It  only  remains  to  add  that  unless  these  offi- 
cial statisticians  of  Europe  had  enjoyed  their  long  service, 
they  would  neither  know  of  the  American  Association  nor 
place  so  high  an  estimate  upon  its  labors  and  the  field  which 
it  occupies  in  the  United  States. 

The  practice  of  obtaining  certain  official  reports  of  Euro- 
pean governments  as  soon  as  published  has  been  continued 
and  extended  with  regard  to  English  and  French  documents. 
As  the  question  of  colonial  administration  has  assumed  such 
importance,  th^  current  reports  of  the  British  colonies  are 
received  under  this  system,  making  them  available  for  use 


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months  before  their  receipt  under  the  old  plan.  In  like  man- 
ner the  department  has  devoted  especial  attention  to  com- 
mercial statistics,  as  there  is  an  ever  increasing  demand  for 
information  on  that  subject.  The  Statistik  des  Deutschen 
Reichs  gives  the  returns  for  the  German  Empire,  and  the 
British  Trade  returns  are  received  promptly  on  issue.  I 
have  added  through  gift  and  purchase  a  full  set  of  the  Chi- 
nese, Indian  and  Japanese  returns,  and  the  French  Ministry 
of  Commerce  enables  us  to  receive  the  important  Moniteur 
Officiel  du  Commerce  and  'the  accompanying  consular  reports 
each  week.  The  series  of  Austrian  and  British  Indian  issues, 
noted  in  my  last  report,  are  continued.  The  annual  reports 
now  received  from  the  foreign  chambers  of  commerce  make 
a  notable  addition  to  our  collections,  and  will  be  continued. 
The  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Hamburg  enabled  me  to  com- 
plete a  series  of  its  reports  extending  from  1867  to  1900,  and 
other  bodies  have  been  generous  in  gifts  to  be  noted  in  my 
report  of  the  current  year. 

The  statistical  works  received  from  the  American  Statisti- 
cal Association  by  the  transfer  of  its  collections  in  June, 
1898,  have  now  been  arranged,  catalogued  and  placed  upon 
the  shelves  of  this  department.  The  completion  of  this 
task  enables  me  to  take  a  general  survey  of  the  accessions 
through  this  transfer,  and  it  is  very  gratifying  to  find  that 
the  results  are  fully  equal  to  the  expectations.  General 
works  on  statistical  methods  the  Association  had  not  col- 
lected, but  had  confined  itself  almost  entirely  to  obtaining 
the  current  issues  of  official  statistical  bureaus  in  the  United 
States  and  European  countries.  It  was  thus  a  library  of 
applied  statistics  which  came  to  us,  and  a  long  list  of  series 
could  be  given  to  indicate  the  particular  nature  of  the 
works.  The  larger  part  of  these  series  the  Public  Library 
did  not  possess,  or  held  in  such  broken  files  as  to  be  prac- 
tically useless.  Yet  the  Library  in  many  cases  possessed 
the  very  numbers  or  parts  needed  to  complete  the  files  of  the 
Statistical  Association.  As  nearly  all  of  these  fragments 
bore  the  signature  of  General  Francis  A.  Walker,  long  the 
President  of  the  American  Statistical  Association,  they  were 
deposited  by  him  in  the  Public  Library  from  time  to  time, 
while  other  issues  of  the  same  series  were  turned  into  the 
Statistical  Association.  The  two  collections  were  thus  in  a 
measure  complementary,  and  the  policy  of  accepting  the 
transfer  has  been  justified  on  this  ground  alone,  apart  from 
the  value  of  the  matter  thus  secured.  The  series  older  in 
date  rarely  occur  in  any  auction  or  private  offerings,  and  it 
was  the  earlier  series  which  were  the  more  complete.  It 


38  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

has  also  been  very  gratifying  to  notice  how  well  the  general 
collections  of  the  Public  Library  on  political  economy, 
sociology  and  the  theory  of  statistics  supplement  this  col- 
lection of  practical  and  applied  economics  of  the  various 
statistical  bureaus.  The  actual  possession  of  the  "raw 
material "  and  the  "  finished  interpretation  "  of  statistics  in 
one  department  is  a  great  step  towards  fulfilling  my  wish  to 
have  at  hand  the  outfit  of  a  "  statistical  laboratory." 

A  very  serious  obstacle  stands  in  the  way  of  a  realization 
of  this  plan.  The  department  is  too  remote  and  difficult  to 
reach  to  be  readily  accessible,  and  its  present  quarters  are  so 
small  and  cramped  as  to  make  a  fair  display  of  its  leading 
features  out  of  the  question.  The  available  shelf  room  will 
not  hold  one-half  of  its  collection,  and  at  present  the  books 
numbered  and  located  are  in  no  less  than  six  different  places, 
a  source  of  annoyance  and  waste  of  time  both  to  those  who 
have  them  in  charge  and  those  who  wish  to  consult  them. 
The  recent  clearing  of  a  certain  space  in  Stack  Six  for  a  part 
of  the  accumulation  does  not  satisfy  the  needs  of  the  depart- 
ment, while  it  makes  necessary  a  breach  in  what  must  be 
regarded  as  an  essential  feature  of  the  collections  —  the  open 
shelves  or  ready  accessibility.  I  consider  that  the  true 
function  of  the  department  is  to  supply  the  material  for 
investigation  and  make  it  open  to  the  student.  It  is  out  of 
the  question  to  be  in  such  a  position  as  to  be  able  to  answer 
every  inquiry  at  once,  a  faculty  that  seems  to  be  expected  by 
many.  To  encourage  and  cultivate  intelligent  use  of  the 
material  in  the  department  should  be  the  limit  of  our 
endeavor. 

One  step  towards  a  realization  of  this  is  the  indexing  of 
the  statistical  series  and  periodicals  now  in  process.  A  book 
or  pamphlet  speaks  for  itself,  and  is  fully  treated  in  a  biblio- 
graphical sense  in  the  general  catalogue.  But  a  serial  issue 
(and  the  larger  portion  of  statistical  investigations  appears 
in  periodical  form)  by  name  conveys  no  idea  of  its  contents, 
and  only  by  indexing  and  analyzing  the  individual  essays  can 
they  be  made  of  service  to  the  public.  The  labor  thus 
undertaken  will  be  continued,  and  in  due  time  I  hope  to 
have  a  complete  index  of  past  as  well  as  current  issues,  and 
in  such  a  form  as  to  be  of  public  use.  I  am  extending  it  so 
as  to  include  the  title  and  description  of  any  important  arti- 
cles on  finance,  commerce  or  sociological  investigation 
appearing  in  recognized  weekly  journals  devoted  to  these 
subjects.  The  index  will  thus  be  a  record  of  the  notable 
events  in  the  economic  world  as  well  as  a  reference  to  the 
leading  sources  of  information.  It  will  not  be  either  practi- 


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cable  or  desirable  to  incorporate  this  index  into  the  general 
catalogue  of  the  Public  Library,  as  it  would  unduly  swell 
the  size  of  what  is  already  a  large  catalogue,  and  increase  it 
with  titles  or  entries  of  little  use  to  those  not  engaged  in 
special  investigation. 

With  the  collections  now  in  my  charge  a  liberal  policy  has 
been  pursued,  and  this  has  been  found  to  meet  with  favor  as 
well  as  to  encourage  application  to  this  department.  Vol- 
umes have  been  loaned  to  the  leading  educational  institutions 
of  this  neighborhood,  either  at  the  request  of  some  professor 
whose  requirements  were  urgent,  or  to  aid  in  university 
debates  on  current  questions.  The  knowledge  that  public 
documents  of  importance  are  almost  certain  to  be  found  here 
soon  after  issue,  has  led  to  these  applications,  and  I  am 
firmly  convinced  of  the  good  policy  of  meeting  them  freely 
and  in  due  discretion.  It  is  with  pleasure  that  I  am  able  to 
record  that  in  no  case  has  the  confidence  thus  shown  been 
abused,  and  no  losses  have  occurred. 

I  have  thus  outlined  the  relations  of  this  department  to 
the  general  public ;  it  remains  to  speak  of  its  internal  organ- 
ization and  functions.  That  the  institution  was  an  experi- 
ment was  recognized  at  the  outset,  and  has  ever  been  present 
to  mind.  Yet  I  cannot  but  believe  that  the  department  has 
justified  its  existence,  and  will  grow  in  usefulness  as  its  col- 
lections and  aims  become  better  known,  and  as  its  surround- 
ings are  made  better  suited  to  its  ends.  That  it  possesses 
characteristics  which  differentiate  it  from  the  general  Library 
is  true,  and  the  existence  of  these  differences  has  led  to 
criticism  and  at  times  to  friction.  A  long-established  sys- 
tem, of  slow  growth  and  still  slower  change,  finds  a  diffi- 
culty in  meeting  new  conditions.  The  organization  of  this 
department  imposed  upon  it  certain  elements  of  isolation 
and  separate  activity.  It  not  only  recommends  books  for 
purchase,  but  it  locates  them  when  received.  It  makes  appli- 
cation for  documents,  receives  them  and  acknowledges  the 
receipt,  prepares  the  card  of  accession,  numbers  the  vol- 
umes according  to  the  shelf  scheme  of  the  department, 
makes  the  entry  on  the  shelf  list,  and  on  final  return  from 
the  Bindery  or  Shelf  Department,  after  the  addition  of  the 
number  labels  and  book-plates,  takes  charge  of  the  circula- 
tion and  use.  The  department  is  thus  to  a  degree  an  inde- 
pendent branch,  in  that  it  performs  all  the  steps  involved  in 
obtaining,  shelving  and  circulating  a  book,  except  the  purely 
mechanical  functions  of  binding,  of  attaching  numbering 
labels  and  book-plates,  and  keeping  the  indicator  record  of 
circulation. 


40  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

Even  this  does  not  include  all  the  duties  falling  to  the 
department,  as  the  most  difficult  matter  is  the  selection  of 
books  for  purchase  or  for  obtaining  through  gift.  A  general 
treatise  on  a  sociological  subject  is  advertised,  for  there  is  a 
market  for  it.  But  official  publications  are  rarely  advertised 
or  announced,  and  attract  attention  only  when  relating  to  a 
question  of  state  policy  immediately  before  the  public,  or 
when  noticed  by  some  investigator  to  whom  its  usefulness 
appeals.  These  items  are  never  in  any  publishing  lists, 
occur  rarely  in  the  sales  catalogues,  and  must  be  sought  in 
occasional  bibliographies  or  in  the  columns  of  statistical 
journals.  Nor  is  the  mere  finding  of  a  title  sufficient ;  there 
must  be  some  knowledge  of  the  contents  of  the  work  to 
attain  to  a  proper  estimate  of  its  worth.  It  is  thus  not 
assuming  too  much  to  state  that  half  of  the  time  of  this 
department  should  be  expended  in  becoming  familiar  with 
what  is  being  or  has  been  written  on  a  current  topic,  and 
securing  a  knowledge  of  these  more  obscure  but  highly  valu- 
able sources  of  information  in  official  publications. 

The  practice  of  making  exchanges  of  duplicate  material 
with  other  libraries  has  been  continued,  and  offers  a  ready 
means  of  disposing  of  this  embarrassing  increase  of  dead 
material.  It  is  not  feasible  at  all  times  to  obtain  what  might 
be  considered  a  full  equivalent.  A  smaller  library  finds  a 
difficulty  in  meeting  the  needs  of  a  very  much  larger  and 
older  institution.  Its  own  wants  are  many  while  those  of 
the  older  body  are  few  and  usually  to  be  classed  among  the 
unusual  and  difficult  to  fill.  A  certain  discretion  has  thus 
been  necessary,  and  I  have  sought  to  temper  it  with  liberality, 
as  the  space  now  occupied  by  duplicates  in  this  Library  is 
too  valuable  for  other  purposes  to  be  needlessly  expanded. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

WOKTHINGTON    C.    FORD. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  41 


(B.) 

EXTRACT  FROM   THE  REPORT  OF  THE  SUPER- 
VISOR   OF   BRANCHES   AND    STATIONS. 

To  the  Librarian: 

SERVICE  OF    THE   BRANCHES   AND   STATIONS    FROM   THE 
CENTRAL  LIBRARY. 

The  Daily  Issue.  —  The  issue  of  books  from  the  Central 
Library  on  cards  and  slips  to  the  branches  and  stations 
amounts  for  the  year  to  104,988  volumes,  as  against  94,808 
volumes  in  1899.  The  percentage  of  unsuccessful  cards  is 
46  per  cent,  as  against  44  per  cent,  in  1899.  The  percentage 
of  fiction  in  the  books  issued  is  81  per  cent.  The  demand 
for  fiction  from  the  Central  Library  continues  to  grow  and 
cannot  be  supplied.  It  is  a  matter  of  surprise  that  the  dis- 
appointments are  not  greater  in  number,  as  much  of  the 
demand  is  for  current  fiction,  and  of  this  the  supply  of 
copies  at  the  Central  Library  is  very  limited.  With  the 
growth  of  the  stations  the  calls  for  books  from  the  Central 
Library  increase.  In  1897  the  applications  (cards)  were 
98,601,  in  the  year  past  174,587. 

Deposit  Work.  —  From  the  Central  Library,  deposits  are 
sent  to  sixty-four  places,  as  against  fifty- three  last  year,  and 
the  number  of  volumes  now  out  on  deposit  is  9,354  as  against 
7,817  a  year  ago.  The  total  number  of  volumes  sent  out 
during  the  year  was  25,500  as  against  22,502  in  1899.  Forty- 
five  per  cent,  of  these  books  were  fiction.  The  special  de- 
posits sent  to  the  branches  and  stations  for  the  use  of  schools 
have  nearly  doubled  this  year.  They  number  1,754  volumes, 
as  against  883  volumes  in  1899.  In  order  to  meet  new 
demands  the  deposits  sent  from  the  Central  Library  to 
stations  and  schools  have  been  supplemented  more  largely 
than  before  by  deposits  from  the  branches.  The  number  of 
volumes  sent  from  this  source  was  3,849. 

The  net  gain  in  the  deposit  collection  is  3,134  volumes. 
It  now  numbers  13,667  volumes,  of  which  60  per  cent,  are 
fiction  and  juveniles. 

Notwithstanding  the  large  additions  of  the  year  the  deposit 
collection  must  continue  to  grow  with  the  growth  of  the 
work.  It  is  the  reservoir  of  supply  for  all  the  outlying 
agencies  of  the  Library,  except  the  branches.  In  its  use  it 


42  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

is  the  most  popular  sort  of  a  collection,  for  its  books  circu- 
late to  the  extent  of  perhaps  200,000  volumes,  and  are  all 
on  open  shelves. 

Work  with  Schools  Including  Work  through  the  Branches.  — 
There  are  now  21  schools  supplied  by  the  Library,  as  against 
11  in  1899.  This  is  nearly  one-third  of  the  public  schools  of 
the  city,  leaving  out  the  primary  and  kindergarten  schools  ; 
for  the  Library  cannot  as  a  rule  attempt  to  deal  with  any 
grades  below  the  seventh  in  the  grammar  schools. 

Books  for  topical  reference  have  been  reserved  for  schools 
at  the  branches  and  stations,  upon  formal  application  from 
the  teachers,  to  the  number  of  2,871  volume' 

The  two  city  vacation  schools  and  the  playgrounds  in  the 
school  yards  were  all  supplied  with  deposits  of  books  in  the 
summer. 

Cooperation.  —  A  general  scheme  of  cooperation  between 
the  Library  and  the  School  Department  was  outlined  in  1895, 
but  could  not  then  be  carried  into  effect  for  lack  of  funds. 
Therefore,  when  books  were  first  sent  directly  to  schools,  in 
1898,  it  was  necessary  to  proceed  experimentally,  opening 
relations  with  individual  schools  one  after  another. 

Having  pursued  this  course  for  more  than  two  years,  it 
seemed  proper  to  call  the  special  attention  of  the  School  De- 
partment to  what  had  been  accomplished,  as  had  been  the 
intention  of  the  Library  from  the  beginning.  The  Superin- 
tendent responded  heartily  by  appointing  a  committee  on 
cooperation,  which  has  already  had  several  meetings,  and  a 
conference  with  the  Library  authorities.  In  accordance  with 
the  recommendation  of  the  committee  and  the  Superintendent, 
the  School  Committee  has  voted  to  guarantee  once  for  all  the 
safety  of  books  sent  by  the  Library  to  the  schools.  Another 
matter  which  has  been  agreed  upon  is  the  issue  of  a  circular 
letter  by  the  Superintendent  to  the  teachers,  calling  attention 
to  the  various  features  of  the  work  of  the  Library.  Among 
these  is  a  plan  to  take  registrations  for  Library  cards  in  every 
grammar  and  high  school  once  a  year.  These  have  already 
been  taken  in  several  schools,  but  by  doing  so  everywhere,  it 
will  be  certain  that  all  pupils  in  the  City  have  had  cards 
offered  them. 

Character  of  the  Books.  —  The  books  which  have  been  sent 
to  the  schools  are  not  only  those  for  topical  reference,  but 
miscellaneous  reading,  well  selected  and  limited  in  kind. 
For  it  is  quite  as  important  to  cultivate  in  pupils  a  taste  for 
the  best  books,  and  to  encourage  an  intelligent  use  of  the 
Library,  as  to  assist  them  directly  in  their  studies.  The 
80,000  pupils  in  the  Boston  schools  are  the  future  adult  con- 


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stituency  of  the  Library,  and  they  ought  all  to  graduate  from 
school  into  the  position  of  card-holders  and  card-users  for  life. 
As  to  a  division  of  the  reading  furnished  by  the  Library  and 
the  supplementary  reading  supplied  by  the  School  Board,  ex- 
perience will  doubtless  lead  to  a  decision.  A  distinction 
based  not  so  much  on  the  character  of  the  books  as  the 
nature  of  their  use,  is  a  reasonable  one  —  books  used  like 
text-books  being  furnished  by  the  School  Board  in  sets,  as  is 
done,  now,  whatever  their  character. 

BRANCHES. 

This  has  been  a  year  of  some  enlargement  at  the  branches. 
More  schools  and  other  agencies  have  been  supplied,  more 
readers  accommodated,  and  more  books  and  cards  issued  than 
last  year. 

Reclassification. —  Nine  of  the  ten  branches  are  now  re- 
classified  on  a  common  system,  and  eight  branches  have  com- 
plete card  catalogues.  The  central  union  catalogue  and 
shelf-list  are  approaching  completion. 

Consolidated  Branch  Finding  List.  —  The  public  are 
learning  slowly  to  use '  the  card  catalogues  at  the  branches, 
but  these  can  never  take  the  place  of  printed  lists.  In  1898 
and  in  1899  there  was  published  a  union  finding  list  of  the 
books  added  to  the  branches  during  the  year  previous.  In- 
stead of  a  third  annual  list,  a  consolidated  list,  covering  the 
three  years  from  June  1, 1897,  to  August  1, 1900,  was  issued 
last  September.  It  represents  about  1,700  titles,  and  to- 
gether with  the  selected  list  of  books  for  younger  readers, 
furnishes  in  printed  form  a  considerable  proportion  of  the 
titles  which  are  most  asked  for. 

Free  Access  to  Books.  —  For  structural  reasons  110  large 
extension  of  open  shelves  has  been  possible  this  year,  but  in 
several  branches  bookcases  have  been  built  outside  the  en- 
closures, so  that  more  books  might  be  accessible  to  the 
public.  In  six  of  the  ten  branches  all,  or  nearly  all,  of  the 
shelves  are  open.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  public  is 
benefited  by  handling  the  books,  and  it  appears  that  the 
Library  administration  has  gone  on  at  least  as  smoothly  as  be- 
fore. The  wear  of  the  books  is  greater,  but  the  loss  is  not 
alarming;  for  the  total  number  of  volumes  missing  is  only 
eight  more  than  last  year  in  these  six  branches.  The  chief 
loss  has  been,  as  usual,  from  the  juvenile  collections,  and  not 
from  the  main  body  of  shelves  recently  thrown  open. 

Circulation.  —  The  total  circulation  of  the  branches  is 
673,053  volumes  as  against  638,804  volumes  in  1899,  a  gain 


44  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

of  34,249  volumes,  or  5-^  per  cent.  The  total  circulation 
of  the  branch  system  is  1,006,214  volumes,  as  against 
922,624  in  1899.  This  constitutes  three-quarters  of  the 
circulation  of  the  Library.  There  has  been  a  general  in- 
crease in  registrations  for  cards,  and  an  increase  in  the  use 
of  reference  books  is  reported  from  most  branches.  With  so 
many  open  shelves  -the  unrecorded  use  is  large.  From 
systematic  observations  made  again  this  year  it  is  probable 
that  this  use  is  nearly,  if  not  quite,  equal  in  amount  tp  the 
home  use. 

In  the  month  of  November  the  custodians  -  ore  asked  to 
keep  a  classified  record  of  the  issue  of  non-fiction  in  order 
that  it  might  be  seen  what  reading  was  most  in  demand. 
From  the  reports  it  appeared  that  history  led  at  six  branches, 
and  literature,  including  language,  at  four.  Where  literature 
led,  history  usually  came  second,  and  vice  versd.  Geogra- 
phy and  travel,  and  biography  came  third  and  fourth,  but 
with  the  order  reversed  at  some  branches,  science  was  usually 
fifth,  and  then  came  fine  arts,  useful  arts,  etc.  At  one 
branch  fine  arts  was  second. 

Books. —  The  number  of  new  books  bought  for  the  branches 
during  the  year  is  7,259;  last  year,  4,447.  There  was  an 
unusual  supply  for  Charlestown.  Replacements  numbered 
1,779  volumes  ;  in  1899,  1,672  volumes.  Current  fiction 
was  bought  to  the  extent  of  1,940  volumes ;  in  1899, 
1,394  volumes.  The  books  bought  for  the  branches  include 
many  simple  books  for  topical  reference,  which  are  useful  to 
pupils  of  the  public  schools,  and  some  books  of  a  more 
youthful  character  than  were  formerly  supplied,  which  the 
practical  reduction  of  the  age-limit  for  cards  has  made  neces- 
sary. Of  reference  books  proper  a  large  number  were 
bought  after  a  careful  consideration  of  the  needs  of  the 
branches.  The  reference  collections  are  therefore  in  excel- 
lent condition.  Children's  reference  libraries  exist  at  some 
branches  and  should  be  at  all. 

Repairs  and  Improvements.  —  At  the  West  End  Branch  a 
large  children's  room  has  been  fitted  up  in  the  left  gallery. 
The  room  is  generally  crowded  with  children,  and  the  hall 
use  of  books  has  much  increased.  About  1,900  volumes 
have  been  placed  here  on  open  shelves,  including  the  begin- 
nings of  a  children's  reference  library.  The  main  floor  is 
thus  relieved  of  the  presence  of  children,  and  the  capacity 
of  the  branch  increased. 

The  building  which  the  West  Roxbury  Branch  occupies 
was  thoroughly  repaired  last  summer  by  the  Department  of 
Public  Buildings.  In  cooperation  with  that  department 


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the  partition  was  removed  between  the  branch  quarters  and 
a  large  room  adjoining,  and  the  whole  second  floor  of  the- 
building  remodelled  and  refurnished.  Gas  and  steam  heat 
were  introduced.  The  quarters  of  the  branch  are  now 
spacious,  well  lighted  and  heated,  and  really  attractive. 
The  extension  made  it  possible  to  set  apart  a  children's 
room.  Four  branches  now  have  children's  rooms,  and  three 
have  a  separate  enclosure  for  children.  In  the  Children's 
Room  of  the  Brighton  Branch  there  have  been  meetings  of  a 
Readers'  Club,  for  those  under  sixteen  years  of  age,  formed 
by  the  Custodian  with  the  object  of  encouraging  the  proper 
use  of  the  Library.  At  Charlestown,  Dorchester,  Roxbury 
and  South  Boston  considerable  repairs  have  been  made.  At 
Brighton  a  granolithic  drive  and  walk  was  laid  at  an  expense 
of  $800,  and  the  retaining  wall  of  the  lawn  was  rebuilt. 

Advertising.  —  The  branches  and  stations  are  advertised 
from  time  to  time  in  various  ways  —  by  placards  and  circu- 
lars, by  articles  in  the  newspapers,  metropolitan  and  subur- 
ban, and  by  personal  effort,  especially  at  the  schools.  This 
year,  in  addition  to  the  usual  means,  a  general  card,  sug- 
gested by  the  Chairman  of  the  Sub-Committee  on  Branches 
of  the  Examining  Committee,  was  prepared,  and  with  his  co- 
operation placed  in  the  waiting  rooms  arid  car-houses  of  the 
Elevated  Railway,  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  offices,  the 
engine-houses,  the  police  stations,  the  public  schools,  and 
many  other  places.  This  card  shows  the  location  of  all  the 
branches  and  stations  of  the  Library,  and  by  underlining  the 
name  of  a  branch  it  becomes  an  advertisement  of  that  one  in 
particular.  In  this  connection,  articles  upon  the  extent  of 
the  branch  system  were  published  in  various  newspapers. 

DELIVERY  STATIONS  AND  OTHER  AGENCIES. 

Stations,  Enlargement  and  Improvement. — During  the 
year  one  new  station  —  a  reading  room  —  has  been  added, 
and  two  service  stations,  one  of  them  a  reading  room,  have 
taken  the  place  of  shop  stations.  There  are  now  20  stations, 
of  which  seven  are  reading  rooms,  as  against  five  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year,  and  only  nine  shop  stations,  as  against 
eleven  at  the  beginning  of  the  year. 

The  new  station  is  Station  Y,  the  Andrew  Square  Read- 
ing Room,  the  establishment  of  which  was  made  possible  by 
a  special  appropriation  by  the  City  Government  of  two  thou- 
sand dollars.  By  permission  of  the  School  Committee,  a 
room  was  fitted  up  in  the  basement  of  the  John  A.  Andrew 
School-house,  Dorchester  street,  South  Boston,  and  the  read- 


46  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

ing  room  was  opened  on  January  5.  There  are  several 
periodicals  and  a  collection  of  reference  books  at  the  station, 
in  addition  to  deposits  from  the  Central  Library  and  the 
South  Boston  Branch.  The  circulation  from  January  5  to 
January  31  was  1,580  volumes,  and  the  room  was  often 
crowded  witK  ~3aders.  There  is,  therefore,  no  doubt  that  a 
reading  room  was  needed  in  this  district.  This  is  the  only 
station  of  the  Library  in  a  public  school  building,  though  two 
branches  are  so  situated.  There  is  both  advantage  and  dis- 
advantage in  such  a  location. 

A  special  appropriation  of  five  thousand  dollars  was  made 
by  the  City  Government  for  the  establishment  of  a  reading 
room  in  Roslindale,  where  only  a  shop  station  existed.  The 
new  reading  room  was  opened  in  roomy  and  attractive  quar- 
ters in  the  Wise  Building,  Washington  street,  on  December 
29.  It  has  nearly  2,000  volumes  on  the  shelves,  including 
deposits,  and  receives  regularly  twenty-eight  periodicals. 
Notwithstanding  the  size  of  the  room,  there  has  not  always 
been  sufficient  accommodation  for  readers,  and  the  circulation 
for  the  month  of  January  was  4,585  volumes,  which  is 
greater  than  that  of  some  branches. 

From  considerations  of  location,  Station  N,  200  Blue  Hill 
avenue,  was  discontinued  on  June  1.  It  was  opened  again, 
however,  in  August,  at  the  corner  of-  Dudley  and  Magazine 
streets,  in  consequence  of  an  offer  made  by  the  Catholic 
Young  Men's  Association  of  St.  Patrick's  Church,  to  provide 
rooms,  'light,  heat,  and  janitor  service.  The  Library  fur- 
nishes the  custodian,  the  books  and  the  transportation.  The 
location  is  of  the  best,  at  the  junction  of  several  important 
thoroughfares,  and  within  the  limits  of  Ward  17,  which 
was  destitute  of  Library  agencies.  The  use  has  been  very 
satisfactory,  rising  to  more  than  2,400  volumes  for  one 
month. 

Owing  to  a  change  of  quarters  by  the  Boys'  Institute  of 
Industry,  Station  S  was  removed  to  an  adjacent  building  on 
the  corner  of  Tremont  and  Ruggles  streets.  Here  it  occupies 
a  store  of  large  dimensions  on  the  ground  floor,  leased  by  the 
Library.  Many  more  readers  can  be  accommodated  than  in 
the  old  quarters.  The  station  is  still  in  close  touch  with  the 
Boys'  Institute,  and  that  institution-  provides  for  the  janitor 
work  and  the  heating.  The  reading  room  is  often  more  than 
comfortably  filled,  and  the  circulation  shows  a  substantial 
increase.  The  station  has  now  larger  opportunities,  but  it 
very  much  needs  more  books. 

The  use  of  Station  W  in  the  North  End  has  increased,  as 
is  partly  shown  by  the  increase  of  5,293  volumes  in  the 


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number  of  books  issued,  and  the  work  done  in  interesting 
children  has  been  remarkable. 

The  constituency  of  Station  U,  at  Union  Park  street,  is 
growing,  and  the  issue  of  books  for  home  use  shows  an  in- 
crease of  5,000  volumes. 

I  called  attention  to  the  fact  last  year  that  Stations  S,  U, 
and  W  were  successful  instances  of  cooperation  between  the 
Library  and  other  institutions,  and  Station  N  must  now  be 
added  to  this  list.  Probably  no  one  of  these  stations  could 
have  been  established  had  not  the  Trustees  of  the  Library 
received  an  offer  to  share,  in  the  expense.  •  The  cooperation 
which  was  promised  has  been  accompanied  in  every  case  by 
a  continuous  interest  in  the  work,  and  it  seems  probable  that 
the  arrangement  has  been  satisfactory  to  the  givers  as  well 
as  to  the  Library. 

New  or  better  provision  for  several  parts  of  the  City  has 
thus  been  made  during  the  year,  but  in  order  that  no  consid- 
erable district  may  be  without  a  delivery  station,  if  not  a 
reading  room,  much  remains  to  be  done;  Wards  1  and  19 
are  not  provided  for,  and  although  Station  N  has  been  moved 
into  Ward  17,  there  is  a  populous  district  lying  between  it 
and  Station  U  which  ought  to  have  a  station.  The  claims  of 
Grove  Hall  are  stronger  since  the  removal  of  Station  N. 
Codman  square,  Dorchester,  is  a  centre  of  importance,  where 
a  reading  room  is  very  necessary.  The  locations  of  the 
delivery  stations  in  Dorchester  were  chosen  with  reference 
to  the  steam  railroads,  and  the  changes  produced  by  the  elec- 
tric railways  make  some  readjustment  desirable.  Upham's 
Corner  needs  a  reading  room  in  place  of  its  shop  station;  and 
there  are  other  districts  which  have  asked  for  consideration, 
and  not  wholly  without  reason. 

Stations  P  (Broadway  Extension)  and  S  (Tremont  street) 
have  been  open  on  Sunday  as  in  past  years,  and  have  had  an 
increased  attendance  and  circulation.  Other  service  stations 
might  be  opened  on  Sunday  with  advantage. 

It  has  been  arranged  that  the  four  shop  stations  G,  M,  R, 
and  T,  which  a're  in  drug  stores,  shall  regularly  issue  books 
on  Sunday. 

The  daily  use  of  Station  P,  the  Broadway  Extension 
Reading  Room,  has  so  increased  this  year,  especially  on  the 
part  of  men,  that  lack  of  space  is  a  serious  problem. 
Larger  quarters  are  needed  where  the  school  children  who 
come  for  reference  work  will  not  disturb  the  adult  readers. 

Deposits  from  the  Central  Library  have  been  enlarged  at 
stations  A,  H,  K,  M,  N,  Q,  R,  T,  and  W,  and  deposits  have 
been  sent  for  the  first  time  from  the  Brighton  Branch  to 


48  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

Station  G,  from    Dorchester   to   Station    A,    and   from  the 
South  Boston  Branch  to  Stations  M  and  Y. 

A  few  reference  books  have  been  placed  at  the  stations,  but 
many  more  are  needed.  Every  shop  station  should  have  at 
least  a  dictionary,  encyclopaedia,  and  atlas,  while  stations 
like  N,  S,  U,  and  W  should  be  supplied  with  a  collection  of 
50  or  100  volumes.  At  the  reading  rooms  additions  to  the 
existing  sets  of  reference  books  are  desirable. 

Circulation.  —  The  total  circulation  of  the  stations, 
schools,  institutions  and  engine-houses  is  338,246  volumes  as 
against  289,315  volumes  in  1899,  a  gain  of  seventeen  per 
cent.  Every  station  but  one  has  increased  in  circulation. 

Other  Agencies.  —  Six  engine-houses  and  ten  schools  have 
been  added  this  year,  and  one  institution,  the  Guild  of  St. 
Elizabeth,  has  received  a  deposit  of  200  volumes.  Books 
had  previously  been  sent  to  the  vacation  school  conducted  by 
this  guild,  but  the  present  deposit  is  a  continuing  one,  and  is 
kept  at  the  guild  house,  57  East  Springfield  street,  where 
various  clubs  and  industrial  classes  are  conducted.  The 
location  is  nearly  midway  between  Station  U  and  Station  N, 
remote  from  either,  and  the  books  are  thoroughly  used.  To 
the  monthly  delivery  to  the  officers  of  the  Long  Island  Alms- 
house  are  added  books  in  raised  type,  for  the  blind  among 
the  inmates. 

In  the  summer  a  special  effort  was  made  to  give  every  va- 
cation school  of  importance  in  the  City  an  opportunity  to 
receive  books,  and  deposits  were  sent  to  27  schools  or  play- 
grounds. It  is  believed  that  no  important  schools  were  over- 
looked, though  a  few  did  not  need  books. 

Distribution  of  Periodicals.  —  The  periodicals  not  needed 
for  binding  which  have  been  distributed  to  City  institutions 
number  17,552. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

LANGDON  L.  WARD. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


49 


(C.) 
DEATHS   AND   RESIGNATIONS,  1900-1901. 


NAME. 

Department. 

Entered 
Service 

Discontinued. 

Edward  F.  Barry  
Thomas  H.  Kenney... 
Louise  L.  Desmond  .  .  . 
Robert  E.  St.  Louis  .  .  . 
Margaret  D.  Whitney. 
John  L.  McKiernan... 
Otto  E.  Zaugg  

Bates  Hall 

March  28,  1890. 
Nov.  5,  1897.... 
May  1,  1895.... 
Jan.  4,  1897... 
Oct.  24,  1898.... 
Oct.  10,  1896.... 
April  22,  1895.. 
Jan.  22,1897... 
Oct.  28,  1899.... 
Jan.  27,  1899.... 
March  26,  1897. 
Nov.  12,  1900.  .  . 
Nov.  4,  1897.... 
June  1,1900.... 
Sept.  3,  1895.... 

Di  ed  May  4,  1900. 
Resigned  May  18,  1900. 
Resigned  July  5  ,  1900 
Died  June  21,  1900. 
Resigned  June  22,  1900. 
Resigned  July  4,  1900. 
Resigned  Aug.  1,  1900. 
Resigned  Aug,  15,1900. 
Resigned  Aug.  20,  1900. 
Resigned  Sept.  12,  1900. 
Resigned  Oct.  15,  1900. 
Resigned  Dec.  25,  1900. 
Resigned  Dec.  24,  1900. 
Resigned  Dec.  28,  1900. 
Resigned  Jan.  30,  1901. 

Jamaica  PlainvBranch.. 
Issue  ,  
Ordering  
Special  Libraries  
Issue.,  .v  
Bates  Hall  „.. 

James  L.  Maguinness. 
Clyde  Therrien  

Periodical  
Special  Libraries  
Janitor  
Ordering  

Samuel  Chavies  
Arthur  E.  F.  Smith  ... 
Robert  J.  Doherty  .... 
Alice  F.  Sumner  
Louise  Imogen  Guiney 
Joseph  A.  Lucid  

Periodical  
South  Boston  Branch.  .  . 
Catalogue  ,... 
Issue  

50  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


REPORT  OF  THE  EXAMINING  COMMITTEE 
FOR  1900-1901. 

To  the   Trustees  of  the  Boston  Public  Library : 

GENTLEMEN,  —  The  Examining  Committee  for  the  year  1900- 
1901  met  on  May  18.  1900,  and  organized  by  the  choice  of 
Samuel  Wells  as  chairman,  and  Mrs. 'Mary  E.  Blake  as  secretary. 
At  the  request  of  the  committee,  the  chairman  appointed  the  fol- 
lowing sub-committees : 

On  Administration. 

Samuel  Wells, 

William  F.  Apthorp,  Francis  H.  Brown, 

James  C.  Davis,  Mrs.  Darwin  E.  Ware. 

On  Books. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Blake,  Charles  F.  Donnelly, 

Rev.  G.  A.  Gordon,  D.D.,  Rev.  Edward  A.  Horton, 

Miss  Sarah  Orne  Jewett,  John  Noble. 

On  Branches  and  New  Modes  of  Distribution. 

William  L.  Parker,  Very  Rev.  William  Byrne, 

James  W.  Dunphy,  Hon.  Joseph  D.  Fallon, 

Rev.  Robert  F.  Johnson,  Mrs.  Henry  H.  Sprague, 

Miss  Frances  Turner. 

On   Catalogues,  Bulletins  and  Finding  Lists. 

George  Putnam,  Thomas  M.  Babson, 

Mrs.  William  C.  Collar,  James  W.  Dunphy, 

Thomas  J.  Gargan,  Frank  S.  Mason. 

On  Finance. 

Francis  L.  Higginson,  James  C.  Davis, 

Henry  R.  Reed,  William  L.  Parker, 

Horace  G.  Wadlin. 

On  Printing  and  Binding. 

D.  Berkeley  Updike,  John  H.  Colby, 

Rev.  W.  Dewees  Roberts,  Miss  Maria  E.  Wood. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  51 

These  sub-committees  held  frequent  meetings  and  carefully 
considered  the  subjects  especially  referred  to  them,  and  through 
the  chairman  of  each  sub-committee,  made  separate  reports  to 
the  general  committee. 

The  Committee  on  Books  recommends  an  increase  in  the  depart- 
ment of  French  literature,  and  the  addition  of  important  editions 
now  lacking.  It  advises  for  the  better  equipment  of  this  collec- 
tion, that  a  new  list  be  made,  the  present  one  being  dated  1892, 
and  sthat  the  numbers  be  re-examined  and  rearranged  so  that 
such  books  can  be  made  more  available. 

They  find  the  present  collection  of  books  in  the  Spanish  lan- 
guage unsatisfactory  and  insufficient,  and  think  that  an  attempt 
should  be  made  to  meet  the  growing  demand  for  works  which 
will  afford  information  upon  the  history  and  political  condition  of 
Spain  and  her  colonies,  matters  which,  owing  to  our  recent 
national  experiences,  are  of  increasing  interest  to  the  public. 
They  advise  an  increase  in  reference  books  of  travel  for  the 
information  of  individuals  planning  journeys,  and  a  more  com- 
plete collection  of  the  Baedeker  guide-books,  now  recognized  as 
standard  authorities. 

They  also  recommend  attention  to  publications  relating  to 
public  and  private  transactions  in  American  life,  which  in  the 
future  will  prove  valuable  to  the  historian  studying  the  domestic, 
social,  and  religious  life  of  the  past. 

They  repeat  the  request  made  in  the  past  year  by  the  Trustees 
for  an  increase  in  the  appropriation  for  the  bindery,  as  suitably 
bound  books  can  be  circulated  with  greater  readiness  and  safety 
than  those  unbound,  or  badly  bound. 

They  fully  endorse  the  position  heretofore  taken  by  the 
Trustees  that  the  fines  collected  for  the  retention  of  books  over- 
time should  be  used  for  the  benefit  of  the  Library,  and  call  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  that  from  this  source  during  the  past  year  $5,000 
was  paid  into  the  general  fund  of  the  City  Treasury,  which 
should  have  been  available  for  the  repair  of  old  books  or  the  pur- 
chase of  new  ones. 

They  call  attention  to  the  accumulation  of  books  of  fiction  on 
account  of  the  purchase  of  large  numbers  of  each  new  novel  to 
meet  a  temporary  demand  due  to  a  desire  for  novelty  and  the 
gratification  of  curiosity.  A  very  large  number  of  such  books 
having  met  a  fleeting  demand,  now  occupy  space  that  can  be  more 
usefully  employed.  The  committee  noticed,  as  an  example,  more 
than  thirty  copies  of  one  of  the  novels  of  Dumas  resting  in  an 
alcove  of  retired  books. 

The  Committee  OH  Catalogues,  Bulletins  and  Printing  recom- 
mends the  substitution  of  a  drawer  with  a  single  rod  for  the 
double  rod  system  now  used  in  the  card  catalogues,  believing  that 
the  convenience  and  durability  of  such  a  system  would  shortly 
make  it  less  expensive  than  the  present  method.  Another  desired 
improvement  is  the  introduction  into  the  official  card  catalogue  of 
all  the  titles  in  the  old  printed  catalogues ;  this  is  being  gradually 
accomplished,  but  it  should  be  hastened  to  completion  for  the 


52  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

benefit  of  the  administration  and  the  quick  determination  of  the 
question  whether  a  book  offered  for  sale  is  not  already  in  the 
Library. 

The  committee  notices  with  praise  as  a  cataloguing  work  the 
annual  catalogues  of  additions  compiled  from  the  monthly  bul- 
letins, but  doubts  whether  it  is  of  sufficient  general  usefulness  to 
warrant  the  large  expense  of  its  publication. 

The  Committee  on  Branches  and  Distribution  of  Books,  after  a 
careful  examination  of  the  several  branches  and  stations, 
advises  tjiat  they  should  be  kept  open  until  10  o'clock  in  the 
evening  on  week  days  and  during  a  portion  of  Sunday. 

They  suggest  that  the  question  of  fines  should  be  considered 
with  a  view  to  greater  liberality,  as  they  have  ascertained  that  in 
several  districts  parents  have  refused  to  permit  their  children  to 
take  out  cards  from  fear  of  fines.  The  work  of  the  Branch 
Department  in  connection  with  the  Public  Schools  is  growing  in 
importance,  and  this  work  should  be  encouraged.  They  find  need 
of  more  room  in  the  East  Boston  and  Dorchester  Branches,  and 
consider  that  the  accommodations  in  the  Charlestown  and  South 
End  Branches  are  inadequate.  All  the  branches  and  stations 
are,  however,  in  excellent  condition,  and  the  custodians  are  com- 
petent and  able. 

The  Committee  on  Administration  notes  with  satisfaction, 
the  increase  in  the  distribution  of  books  due  to  the  establishment 
of  new  branches  and  stations,  by  which  the  usefulness  of  the 
Library  is  greatly  improved  and  expanded,  much  to  the  advantage 
of  pupils  in  the  Public  Schools.  These  pupils  and  their  teachers 
have  derived  real  benefit  from  the  use  of  a  large  room  especially 
arranged  for  them.  The  Lecture  room  has  also  extended  their 
opportunities  for  education  by  giving  them  the  privilege  of  hear- 
ing lectures  illustrated  by  books,  engravings  and  photographs. 

The  method  of  appointment  in_case  of  vacancies  in  the  force  of 
assistants  is  approved  by  this  committee.  Positions  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Library  are  much  sought  for,  and  the  number  of 
applications  is  large.  All  candidates  are  obliged  to  file  applica- 
tions for  the  position  desired  and  to  submit  to  a  written  examina- 
tion. The  questions  used  for  this  purpose  have  been  considered 
by  the  committee  and  found  well  adapted  to  disclose  the  educa- 
tional qualifications  of  the  applicant. 

The  Committee  on  Finance  makes  the  following  recommen- 
dation with  reference  to  branch  libraries  at  Charlestown  and 
East  Boston  : 

"Your  committee  does,  however,  warmly  recommend  that  if 
any  appropriation  be  made  for  such  branches,  that  the  said  appro- 
priation be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Public 
Library  for  them  to  use  according  to  their  best  judgment.  In 
this  way  better  sites  and  more  conveniently  arranged  buildings 
could  undoubtedly  be  obtained  at  less  cost  to  the  City  than  by 
any  other  method." 

The  Committee  on  Printing  and  Binding  made  a  careful  exam- 
ination of  the  conditions  governing  this  department.  They  find 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  53 

that  the  work  being  done  by  the  linotypes  in  making  catalogues 
is  not  progressing  as  rapidly  as  it  should,  the  catalogue  cards 
being  10,000  behind  on  current  books,  and  the  Allen  A.  Brown 
Music  Library  has  still  20,000  cards  to  be  printed. 

They  advise  the  immediate  cataloguing  of  current  books  in 
order  that  the  public  may  be  efficiently  served,  also  an  increase 
in  the  facilities  of  this  department.  To  accomplish  this  purpose 
they  recommend  the  purchase  of  a  new  linotype  and  the  employ- 
ment of  a  workman  to  operate  it. 

They  find  the  bindery  in  admirable  working  order  and  have  no 
recommendations  to  make  in  regard  to  it. 

They  desire  to  acknowledge  the  extreme  courtesy  and  attention 
with  which  their  investigations  were  met. 

Respectfully  submitted  on  behalf  of  the  Examining  Committee. 
(Signed)          SAMUEL  WELLS, 

Chairman. 
MARY  ELIZABETH  BLAKE, 

Secretary. 


APPENDIXES 


1900. 


LIST   OF   APPENDIXES. 


PAGE. 

I.  FINANCIAL  STATEMENT  ......       57 

II.  EXTENT  OF  THE  LIBRARY  BY  YEARS       .         .         .78 

HI.  NET    INCREASE    OF    THE    SEVERAL    DEPARTMENTS, 

INCLUDING  BRANCHES          .....       79 

IV.  CLASSIFICATION  :     CENTRAL  LIBRARY      .    broadside       81 

V.     CLASSIFICATION  :     BRANCHES 82 

VI.     REGISTRATION 83 

VII.     CIRCULATION 86 

VIII.  TRUSTEES  FOR  FORTY-NINE  YEARS.     LIBRARIANS    .       88 

IX.  EXAMINING  COMMITTEES  FOR  FORT-NINE  YEARS      .       90 

X.  LIBRARY    SERVICE    (MAY     3,     1901),    INCLUDING 

SUNDAY  AND  EVENING  SCHEDULE        .         .         .94 

XI.  CORRESPONDENCE,  BEQUESTS,  ETC.           .         .         .103 

XII.  GIVERS  AND  GIFTS                                                             106 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  57 


APPENDIX  I. 
.  FINANCE. 


BOSTON  PUBLIC  LIBRARY, 
AUDITING  DEPARTMENT,  February  1,  1901. 
To  the   Trustees: 

GENTLEMEN,  —  The  undersigned  herewith  presents  a 
statement  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  Library 
Department  for  the  financial  year  beginning  February  1, 
1900,  and  ending  January  31,  1901 ;  also,  a  statement  con- 
cerning the  trust  and  other  funds,  statements  covering  spe- 
cial appropriations,  and  a  statement  of  expenditures  on 
account  of  the  branches  for  the  twelve  years  ending  1900- 
4901. 

Respectfully, 

A.  A.  NICHOLS, 

Auditor. 

RECEIPTS. 

Appropriation,  1900-1901 $290,766  10 

Income  from  trust  funds  : 

Balance  from  1899-1900  .         .         .    $6,15610 
During  the  year       .         .         .         .    11,691  29 

17,847  39 

London  accounts : 

Balance  in  hands  of  J.  S,  Morgan  &  Co.,  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1900  : 

Trust  funds  income  $10,579  13 
City  appropriation  .  9,461  22 
During  the  year  .  .  1,500  00 
Interest  .  .  .  455  09 

$21,995  44 

Balance   in   hands  of   Baring   Bros. 

&  Co 72  75 

22,068   19 

Gifts  : 

From    Godfrey    M.    Hyams,    unex- 
pended February  1,  1900       .          .         $28   74 

Carried  forward          .         .         .         $28  74   $330,681  68 


58  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

Brought  forward         .         .         .         $28  74    $330,681   68 
From   J.    W.   Dunphy,    unexpended 

February  1,  1900          .         .         .  15  68 

From    Boston    Numismatic    Society, 

unexpended  February  1,  1900        .         216  60 
From    Lilian   Whiting,    unexpended 

February    1,  1900         ...  2  00 

From     Elizabeth     Lewis, 
unexpended     February 
1,  1900        .         .         .          $0  01 
During  the  year        .         .        200  00 

200  01 

From  Andrew  Carnegie    .         .         .         100  00 
From  Old  South  Society  .         .         .  15  00 

578  03 

Exchange  account : 

Lost  books,  sales  of  duplicates,  etc.  : 

Balance  from  1899-1900       .          .    $1,569  85 
During  the  year    .         .         .         .         283  90 

1,853  75 

Interest  on  bank  deposit      .....          1,739  78 


$334,853  2'4 
EXPENDITURES. 


General   Library  accounts,  including   the  cost  of 

maintaining  branches  : 
Salaries  : 

General  administration  $141,201  87 
Sunday    and     evening 

force       .         .         .       18,400  37 

$159,602  24 

Books  -: 

City  appro- 
priation, $19,178  03 
City  appro- 
priation, 
London 

account,       3,264  64 
Periodi- 
cals, 
London 
account,  5  00 


$22,447  67 


Trust  funds  income, 
including  London 
account  .  .  .  12,539  96 

34,987  63 


Carried  forward     .  .  .$194,58987    $334,853  24 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  59 


Brought  forward        .         .         .  $194,589  87 

Newspapers  : 

Todd  fund      

2,108  30 

Periodicals         . 

5,597  79 

Binding  : 

Salaries          .         .          $14,830  47 

Stock     .         .         .         /    2,282  57 

Equipment     .          .          .        118  80 

Contract  work          .         .  11,393  92  v 

, 

,  .         /  British  patent  \                         1Q7    ^ifi 
\  specifications./ 

28,823  34 

Printing  : 

Salaries          .         .         .  $5,005  54 

Stock     ....    2,237  96 

Equipment     .         .         .        299  10 

Contract  work         .          .     1,046  78 

8,589  38 

Furniture  and  fixtures 

11^837  47 

Gas  . 

1,568  70 

Electric  lighting          .... 

2,393  13 

Cleaning  .         .         . 

7,333  78 

Small  supplies  . 

fl  495  63 

Stationery          

2,434  95 

Rent  of  branches  and  reading-rooms    . 

5,215  01 

Fuel           

11,899  32 

Repairs     ...... 

10,964  01 

Freights  and  cartage  .... 

1,153  74 

Transportation  between  Central  Library, 

branches  and  delivery  stations 

3,488  63 

Delivery  stations,  rent  and  services 

4,184  51 

Water-rates       .      \  . 

481  60 

Telephone  service       .... 

256  20 

Postage  and  telegrams 

1,171  85 

Typewriting       ..... 

7  80 

Travelling  expenses   .... 

451  45 

Grounds    

8  12 

Stereopticon       .         . 

293  00 

Stenographic  report  of  lectures,  etc.    . 

29  00 

Premium  on  surety  bond 

5  00 

Remittance  to  J.  S.  Morgan   &  Co., 

London           ..... 

1,500  00 

Books  :  Boston  Numismatic 

Society  gift    .         .         .        $88  97 

Books  :  J.  W.  Dunphy  gift,            3  46 

Books  :  Godfrey  M.  Hyams 

gift        .         .         .         .          28  74 

Books:  Elizabeth  Lewis  gift,          8045 

Books  :    Andrew    Carnegie 

gift        .          .          .          .          86   14 

Carried  forward,  $287   76  $308,881  58    $334,853  24 


60  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

Brought  forward         .    $287  76  $308,881  58    $334,853  24 
Books:    Old  South  Church 

Society  gift    .         .         .          15  00 
Lilian  Whiting  gift     .          .  2  00 

304  76 

309,186  34 


Balance .      $25,666  90 

The  balance  is  made  up  of  the  following  items,  viz.  : 
Cash  in  City  Treasury  : 

Income  from  Trust  funds         .         :          .  .        $7,55969 

Cash  on  deposit  in  London  : 

In  hands  of  J.  S.  Morgan  &  Co.  : 

Trust  funds    .         .         .  $6,481  05 

General  funds         .         .     7,686  61 

$14,167  66 

In  hands  of  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.  : 

General  funds         .         .         .         .  72  75 

14,240  41 

Cash  on  deposit  with  New  England  Trust  Co.,  and 

on  hand : 
Unexpended  of  donations  carried  to  account  of 

1901-1902 : 

Boston  Numismatic  Society     .         .         $127  63 
J.  W.  Dunphy        ....  12  22 

Elizabeth  Lewis      .         .         .         .  119  56 

Andrew  Carnegie    .         .         .         .  13  86 

273  27 

Exchange  account :  lost  books,  etc.  .  .          1,853  75 

Interest  on  bank  deposit          ....          1,739  78 

$25,666  90 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


61 


GENERAL    APPROPRIATION. 

Comparative  Statement  for  Fiscal  Years  ending  January  31,  1899,  1900  and  1901. 


1898-99. 

1899-1900. 

1900-1901. 

Salaries  :  General  administration  

$128,109  74 
17  166  98 

$133,886  00 
18  542  37 

$141,201  87 
18  400'  37 

Binding  •  Salaries  

12  607  57 

13*213  02 

14  830  47 

"          Stock  

1  499  48 

1  715  99 

2  282  57 

2  918  46 

2  752  46 

11  393  92 

"          Equipment  

419  66 

55  27 

118  80 

Books                    .        

14  188  45 

1«>  691  00 

19  178  03 

5  898  24 

5  819  40 

5  597  79 

Furniture  and  fixtures   

8  980  68 

11  837  47 

Gas 

1  825  14 

1  464  30 

1  568  70 

Electric  lighting  

1  968  74 

2,182  92 

2  393  13 

Supplies.   ... 

2  416  13 

1  620  44 

2  484  00 

Cleaning 

7  404  85 

7  121  56 

7*333  78 

Printing  •  Equipment  

1*068  02 

1  025  62 

299  10 

"           Stock                .  .  .  . 

2  601  24 

2  000  04 

2  237  96 

"           Contract  work  

1,547  31 

1*196  57 

1  046  78 

"           Salaries  

4  806  19 

4  783  49 

5  005  54 

Stationery                                                . 

2  023  91 

1  855  90 

2  434  96 

Typewriting  

*261  83 

*228  05 

7  80 

Fuel         

^  6  789  78 

8  175  54 

11  899  32 

Rents  

5,600  00 

5,620  00 

5*215  01 

Repairs  

7  079  41 

5  354  68 

10  964  01 

Freights  and  cartage 

751  66 

802  88 

1  153  74 

Transportation  between  Central  Library  and 
branches  

3  573  17 

3  568  23 

3  488  63 

Delivery  station  s  

4,030  40 

4,025  24 

4  184  51 

Travelling  expenses  .... 

495  90 

443  28 

451  45 

Postage  and  telegrams 

1  054  52 

898  61 

1  171  85 

Water  rates  

'    1,718  60 

1  914  80 

481  60 

Telephone  service  

334  60 

348  67 

256  20 

Miscellaneous  expense 

300  00 

675  27 

338  95 

Advertising  

326  75 

2  40 

38 

Insurance              .... 

135  00 

Grounds  

2  40 

6  75 

8  12 

Remittance  to  J.  S.  Morgan  &  Co    London 

2  028  57 

1  500  00 

$246,855  87 

$255,000  00 

$290,766  10 

The  cost  of  maintaining  the  branches  makes  part  of  the  general  items  of  the  sev- 
eral appropriations : 

Cost  of  branches,  1898-99 $59,913  71 

"  1899-1900     00,295  93 

"  "  1900-1901 72,428  91 

The  amount  expended  for  newspapers,  books  and  binding  (not  included  above) 
paid  from  trust  funds  and  City  money  in  the  hands  of  London  bankers : 

For  1898-99 $8,782  84 

"    1899-1900      6,604  35 

"    1900-1901 7,827  78 

The  amount  expended  for  books,  newspapers  and   photographs  (not  included 
above),  paid  from  trust  funds  in  the  hands  of  City  Treasurer: 

1898-H9 ....  $8,271  41 

1899-1900 8,270  66 

1900-1901 10,287  70 


62 


CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


SPECIAL  APPROPRIATIONS. 

Library    building,    Dartmouth   street,    balance   of 

appropriation,  February  1,  1900 
Payments  on  account : 

Architects'   services,  McKim,   Mead 

and  White $6,606  76 

Statuary,  Augustus  Saint  Gaudens     .    2,000  00 


Balance,  February  1,  1901     . 

This  balance  will  be  required  to  settle  outstanding 

Library  building,  furnishing,  balance  of  City  ap- 
propriation February  1,  1900  . 

Branch  library,  Broadway  Extension,  improve- 
ments, balance  of  appropriation  February  1, 
1900  .  .  . 

Payments  on  account : 

Books      ........ 

Balance  February  1,  1901 

Bust  of  Gen.  Walker  : 

Balance  February  1,  1900 
Payment : 

Richard  Edwin  Brooks 


$85,434  70 


8,606  76 
$76,827  94 
contracts. 

$4,821   81 

$3,010  92 
435  23 

$2,575  G9 

$1,200  00 
1,200  00 


LONDON    ACCOUNTS. 


Balances 
from 
1899-1900. 

Remittances 
and  Interest 
1900-1901. 

Total 
Credits. 

Expendi- 
tures, 
1900-1901. 

Balances 
to 
1901-1902. 

J.  S.Morgan  &  Co., 
J.  S.  Morgan  &  Co., 

£     s.  d. 
4,118  12  11 

£     s.    d. 

308    6    61 

93  12  10  J 

£    s.    d. 
4,52012    3 

£       s.  d. 
1,612    6    5 

£      s.  d. 
2,908    5  10 

Baring  Bros  &  Co 

15    0    0 

15    0    0 

15    0    0 

4,133  12  11 

401  19    4 

4,535  12    3 

1,612    6    5 

2,923    5  10 

LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


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GIVER. 

Joshua  Bates  

Jonathan  Phillips  

Abbott  Lawrence  

Charlotte  Harris  

Henry  L.  Pierce  

Mary  P.  Townsend  

George  Ticknor  

John  P.  Bigelow  
Franklin  Club  
Samuel  A.  Green  
South  Boston  

Arthur  Schol  field  
Joseph  Scholfleld  
Thomas  B.  Harris  
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LIBRARY   TRUST    FUNDS. 

BIGELOW  FUND.  —  This  is  a  gift  from  the  late  JOHN  P.  BIGELOW  of 
Boston,  in  August,  1850,  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  gift  from  the  late  JOSHUA  BATES  of  Lon- 
don, in  March,  1853. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  pjer  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 
of  Boston.  Received  January,  1890. 

Invested  in  one   City  of   Boston  Three  and  one-half  per 

cent.   Bond,  for $10,000  00 

The  whole  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  gift  from  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  in  his  will,  dated  September  20,  1849. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Six  per  cent.  Bond,  for      .     $20,000  00 

The  interest  on  this  fund  is  to  be  annually  devoted  to  the  maintenance 
of  a  Free  Public  Library. 

ABBOTT  LAWRENCE  FUND.  —  This  is  the  bequest  of  ABBOTT  LAW- 
BENCE  of  Boston.  Received  May,  1860. 

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  EDWARD  LAW- 
RENCE of  Charlestown.  Received  May,  1886.  The  following  clause 
from  his  will  explains  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 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  67 

PIERCE  FUND.  —  This  is  a  gift  from  HENRY  L.  PIERCE,  Mayor  of  the 
City,  November  29,  1873,  and  accepted  by  the  City  Council,  December 
27,  1873. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for       .       $5,000  00 

TOWNSEND  FUND. — This  is 'a  gift  from  William  Minot  and  William 
Minot,  Jr.,  executors  of  the  will  of  MARY  P.  TOWNSEND,  of  Boston,  at 
whose  disposal  she  left  a  certain  portion  of  her  estate  in  trust,  for  such 
charitable  and  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  following  conditions  to 
the  legacy:  "The  income  only  shall,  in  each  and  every  year,  be  ex- 
pended 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."  Received  April,  1879. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Three  and  one-half  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,  five  years  old  in  some  one  edi- 
tion. At  the  end  of  twenty-five  years  the  income  of  said  sum  is  to  be 
expended  annually  in  the  purchase  of  books  of  permanent  value,  either 
in  the  Spanish  or  Portuguese  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  trusts  and  conditions  faithfully  executed,  the  books,  manuscripts 
and  money  are  to  be  given  to  the  President  and  Fellows  of  Harvard 
College.' 

In  order  that  the  City  might  receive  the  immediate  benefit  of  this 
contribution,  Anna  Ticknor,  widow  of  Mr.  Ticknor,  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.  Received  April,  1871. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for      .       $4,000  00 

FRANKLIN  CLUB  FUND. — This  is  a  gift  made  in  .  une,  1863,  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 
Received  June,  1863. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for      .       $1,000  00 


68  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

TREA\>WELL  FUND.  —  By  the  will  of  the  late  DANIEL  TREADWELL  of 
Cambridge,  late  Rumford  Professor  in  Harvard  College,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 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. 

The  City  Council  have  accepted  said  bequest,  and  authorized  the 
Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  to  receive  the  same,  and  to  invest  it  in 
the  City  of  Boston  Bonds,  the  income  of  which  is  to  be  expended  by 
said  trustees,  in  such  manner  as  they  may  deem  for  the  best  interests 
of  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  Boston  &  Albany  R.R.  Co.  stock,   par 

value  $100  each ,  1,600  00 

Invested  in  6  shares  Boston  &  Providence  R.R.  Co.  stock, 

par  value  $100  each 600  00 

Invested  in  12  shares  Fitchburg  R.R.   Co.,  stock  par.  value 

$100  each 1,200  00 

Invested  in  1  share  Vermont  &  Massachusetts  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 
Charlestown,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Charlestown  Public  Library.     Re- 
ceived April,  1884. 
Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for      .       $1,000  00 

SCHOLFIELD  FUND.  —  Bequest  of  ARTHUR  SCHOLFIELD,  who  died  in 
New  York,  January  17,  1883.  The  interest  to  be  paid  to  certain  heirs 
during  their  lives,  and  then  to  be  used  for  the  purchase  of  books  of 
permanent  value.  The  last  heir,  Joseph  Scholfield,  died  November  18, 
1889,  and  by  his  will  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 

"     '        "  "  .       11,800  00 

861,800  00 

GREEN  FUND.  —  Gifts  from  Dr.  SAMUEL  A.  GREEN,  of  Boston,  of 
$2,000,  the  income  of  which  is  to  be  expended  for  the  purchase  of  books 
relating  to  American  history. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Five  per  cent.  Bond,  for      .       $1,000  00 
Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for      .  500  00 

three         "  "         "        .  500  00 

$2,000  00 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  69 

SOUTH  BOSTON  BRANCH  LIBRARY  TRUST  FUND.  —  Gift  of  a  citizen  of 
South  Boston,  the  income  of  which  is  to  be  expended  for  the  benefit  of 
the  South  Boston  Branch  Library.  Received  September,  1879. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for       .        $100  00 

CHARLES  GREELY  LORING  MEMORIAL  FUND.  —  TMs  is  a  gift  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.  Received  January, 
1896. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for        .        $500  00 

CHARLES  MEAD  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  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.  Received  October,  1896. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for         .     $2,500  00 

ARTZ  FUND.  —  This  is  a  gift  made  in  November,  1896,  by  Miss  Vic- 
TORINE  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.11  These  books  are  to  be 
known  as  the  "  Longfellow  Memorial  Collection.11 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for  .         $10,000  00 

JOHN  BOYLE  O'REILLY  MEMORIAL  FUND.  —  This  fund  was  received 
from  the  members  of  the  Papyrus  Club,  May,  1897.  The  income  thereof 
is  to  be  expended  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  REGIMENT  MEMORIAL  FUND.  —  This  is  a  gift  made  in 
April,  1897,  by  the  Association  of  Officers  of  the  Twentieth  Massachu- 
setts 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  WILLIAM  C. 
TODD  of  Atkinson,  New  Hampshire.  The  income  is  to  be  expended 
annually  in  payment  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  Rev.  CALEB  DAVIS  BRADLEE, 
D.D.,  of  Boston,  to  the  Boston  Public  Library.  Received  November, 

1897. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Three  and  one-half  per  cent. 

Bond $1,000  00 


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HENRY  SARGENT  CODMAN  MEMORIAL  FUND.  —  This  is  a  contribu- 
tion from  the  friends  of  the  late  Henry  Sargent  Codman,  to  be  used  to 
perpetuate  the  memory  of  Mr.  Codman  by  the  purchase  of  books  upon 
landscape  gardening.  Received  January,  1898. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Three  and  one-half  per  cent. 

Bond $2,800  00 

Cash  in  City  Treasury,  January  31,  1901         ....  54  41 


$2,854  4L 

FORD  FUND.  —  A  bequest  of  Daniel  Sharp  Ford  to  the  Public  Library 
of  the  City  of  Boston.     Received  June,  1900. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Three  per  cent.  Bond  for       86,000  00 


RECAPITULATION  OF  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 

Townsend  Fund 

Ticknor  Fund 

Charles  Mead  Fund          .... 

Green  Fund 

Bigelow  Fund  ...... 

Thomas  B.  Harris  Fund  .... 

Franklin  Club  Fund          .... 

John  Boyle  O'Reilly  Memorial  Fund 

Bradlee  Fund 

Edward  Lawrence  Fund  .... 
Charles  Greely  Loring  Memorial  Fund  . 
South  Boston  Branch  Library  Trust  Fund 
Codman  Memorial  Fund 
Ford  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 

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10,000  00 

5,000  00 

5,000  00 

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1,000  00 

1,000  00 

1,000  00 

1,000  00 

1,000  00 

500  00 

500  00 

100  00 

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6,000  00 


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APPENDIX  II. 


EXTENT    OF    THE    LIBRARY    BY    YEARS. 


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VOLUMES  IN   LIBRARY   AND   BRANCHES,    JANUARY  31,    1901, 
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Roslindale  reading 

Mattapan    reading 

73 
74 
74 
261 

24 
932 
loss  7 
724 

1 

loss  30 

Mt.  Bowdoin  reading 

16 
1 

290 

loss  1 
172 
213 
137 

loss    5 

North  Brighton  read- 

8 

Broadway  Extension 

307 

295 
loss    5 
59 
.203 

Roxbury  Crossing  de- 

Ward   Nine   delivery 

Andrew  Square  read- 

Total  

20,256 

8,633 

20,915 

29,927 

18,695 

35,698 

35,129 

17,162 

30,333 

34,994 

1  Collection  transferred  to  West  End  branch. 


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PLACED  ON  THE  SHELVES  FEBRUARY  1,  1900,  TO  JANUARY  31,  1901. 


Placed  on 
the  shelves. 

Condemned, 
missing, 
transferred. 

Net  gain. 

*  29  431 

4  382 

25  Oi9 

Central  Library   Duplicate  room       .... 

1  10  297 

2  204 

8  093 

Brighton  branch  

967 

832 

135 

1  589 

*  4  740 

loss     3  158 

Dorchester  branch 

924 

339 

585 

East  Boston  branch  

1  154 

659 

495 

Jamaica  Plain  branch  

818 

351 

467 

Roxbury  branch,  City  collection  
Roxbury  branch,  Fellowes  Athenaeum.  . 
South  Boston  branch       

15 
1,183 

1  068 

339 
113 
1  186 

lOSS,       324 
1,070 

loas     '  118 

South  End  branch  

833 

1,338 

loss        505 

West  End  branch 

898 

177 

721 

West  Roxbury  branch        

442 

28 

414 

Lower  Mills  reading  room.. 

1 

loss          1 

Roslindale  reading  room  .... 

1  524 

1  524 

Mt  Bowdoin  reading  room 

5 

North  Brighton  reading  room    .... 

Broadway  Extension  reading  room  
Roxbury  Crossing  delivery  station  
Ward  Nine  delivery  station 

435 

7 
65 

140 
12 
6 

295 
loss,         5 
59 

Andrew-square  reading  room 

203 

203 

Total 

51  846 

16  852 

34  994 

*  Includes  4,801  volumes,  Harris  collection,  transferred  to  Central  Library, 
t  Includes  9,853  volumes  stored  at  various  branches,  properly  belonging  in  the 
Duplicate  room. 


CLASSES. 


I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

Till. 

IX. 

X. 

XI. 

Xlla. 

XII6. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 

XVIII. 

XIX. 

XX. 

XXI. 

XXII. 

XXIII. 

.    XXIV. 

XXV. 

XXVI. 

XXVII. 

XXVIII. 


Cyclopaedias,  etc 

Bibliography  and  literary  history 

General  history,  biography  and  geography , 

*American  literature 

*  English  literature 

*  French  literature 

*  Italian  literature 

*  German  literature 

Greek,  Latin  and  philology 

*  Spanish  and  Portuguese  literature 

*  Oriental  literature 

Periodicals 

Transactions 

Theology,  ecclesiastical  history,  etc 

Metaphysics,  social  science,  etc 

Political  economy 

Jurisprudence 

Medical  science 

Natural  history  and  science 

Mathematics,  physical  science,  etc 

Industrial  arts,  etc 

Fine  arts 

Bound  volumes  of  miscellaneous  pamphlets 

Bound  volumes  of  manuscripts — 

Shakespeare  

Books  for  the  blind 

Stack  4  and  "  Y  " 

Duplicate  room 

Deposit  collection 

Totals  I     498,901 


EXPLANATION.  —Class  III.  includes  general  history,  etc.,  when  embracing  several  countries, 
Class  VIII.  includes  also  Belgium,  the  Netherlands,  Switzerland,  and  the  Scandinavian  nati 
Class  XIV.  includes  political  science  and  ethics,  education,  etc. 
Class  XIX.  includes  mechanics,  military  and  naval  arts,  etc. 


SPECIAL  LIBRARIES. 


1880. 

1889. 

1890. 

1892. 

1894. 

1894. 

1894. 

1896. 

1896. 

1897. 

Franklin 
library. 

Gilbert 
library. 

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John  A. 
Lewis 
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library. 

John  Adams 
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library. 

Galatea 
library. 

Codman 
library. 

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10 

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1 

21 

I 

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1 

2 

112 

3 

492 

75 

911 

679 

820 

344 

822 

18 

270 

5,269 

248 

31 

51 

3 

4 

430 

158 

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3 

1 

g 

4 

1 

2 

618 

48 

3 

3 

1 

1 

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2 

1 

1 

3 

28 

18 

1 

14 

39 

3 

5 

12 

2 

4 

2 

29 

2 

440 

2 

101 

1  3,019 

42 

4 

41 

103 

20 

1 

1 

5 

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320 

8  643 

33 

258 

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616 

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7,373 

682 

821 

3,019 

8,644 

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714 

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31 

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2  506 

13 

55 

16  032 

495 

g 

17  496 

11 

793 

803 

83  49° 

384 

1,138 

285 
70 
58 

22 
15 
6 
47 

63,240 
30,415 
12,743 
21  398 

54 

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53 

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7  998 

176 

102 

16  950 

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456 

12 

33  057 

22 

7  371 

255 

41  187 

47 

1  125 

26  451 

50 

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10  881 

20 

113 

12  681 



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261 
37 

23,820 
18  132 

57 

68 

27  024 

20 

88 

16  308 

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96 

29757 

158 

16 

459 

3  234 

578 

38  107 

30  122 

8  421 

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404 

4,301 

6,049 

612,795 

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1889. 

1890. 

1892 

Franklin 
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Gilbert 
library. 

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18 

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270 

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4 

50 

12 

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7,373 

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APPENDIX  V. 

CLASSIFICATION. 

*  BRANCH  LIBRARIES. 

As  Reported  by  Custodians  of  Branches,  January  31,  1901. 


Brighton. 

Dorchester. 

1 

8 
M 

& 

Jamaica  Plain. 

South  Boston. 

"d 

a 
W 

| 
1 

West  End. 

West  Roxbiiry. 

Station  P. 

Reference  books  

389 

504 

405 

487 

421 

365 

512 

168 

34 

Genealogy  and  heraldry  

13 

3 

23 

4 

5 

10 

3 

Biography 

1  336 

1350 

1  076 

1  210 

1  183 

1  376 

1  199 

409 

66 

History 

1  376 

1,278 

1,162 

1,070 

1,216 

1,109 

1  140 

403 

105 

Fine  arts,  archaeology    

263 

290 

243 

302 

341 

272 

245 

75 

17 

Geography,  travels  

889 

864 

645 

687 

776 

772 

115 

257 

93 

Language          ... 

84 

69 

55 

88 

57 

62 

123 

12 

5 

Literature  

1  577 

1,323 

1  362 

1,170 

1  127 

1,372 

1  198 

454 

68 

Medicine,  hygiene  

84 

56 

85 

65 

108 

98 

66 

19 

Natural  science 

488 

346 

295 

370 

396 

370 

513 

106 

58 

Philosophy,  ethics,  education.. 
Religion,  theology  

287 
280 

195 
185 

164 
154 

192 
185 

200 
237 

224 
210 

245 
825 

52 
46 

4 

2 

Sociology  

190 

103 

110 

119 

122 

1    113 

228 

43 

17 

Law                 .  .. 

16 

5 

15 

21 

14 

6 

1 

Useful  and  industrial  arts  
Amusements,  games,  sports.  .. 
Fiction'... 

247 
75 

4  674 

186 

67 
6  257 

154 
68 
3  783 

190 
71 

3  874 

192 
69 
4  423 

161- 
74 
3  678 

278 
69 
2  044 

51 
14 
853 

19 
6 
165 

Books  for  the  young 

1,495 

1  660 

1  546 

1  496 

1  392 

1  544 

1  977 

1326 

1  273 

Bound  periodicals 

729 

1,171 

470 

1,075 

1,378 

782 

591 

168 

46 

Unclassified 

570 

239 

327 

691 

215 

476 

70 

Total. 

14  492 

16  512 

12  054 

12  99^ 

14  354 

12  816 

12  044 

4  935 

2  049 

*  For  the  Charlestown  and  Roxbury  Branches  the  figures  of  the  re-classification  are  not 
yet  completed. 


KEG 

Statistical  Repoi 


DIVISIONS. 

Live  Cards 
Feb.  1,  1900. 

CARDS    ISSUED  FEBRU 

RE-REGISTRATIONS. 

NEW  I 

Males. 

Females. 

Males. 

Over 
21. 

Under 
21. 

Over 
21. 

Under 
21. 

Over 
21. 

Ur 

2 

Central  Library  

24,703 
1,050 
2,513 
2,116 
2,985 
2,179 
3,671 
3,698 
2,066 
3,481 
817 
.375 
701 
426 
338 
728 
1  003 

172 
5 
9 
9 

6 
13 
19 
1 
4 
3 

2 
1 
2 
2 

3 

198 
5 
13 
13 
6 
15 
32 
25 
1 
5 
2 
2 
2 
5 
9 
6 
1 
2 
2 

3 

2,058 
43 
111 
57 
120 
44 
65 
120 
97- 
274 
21 
17 
50 
10 
30 
54 
68 
31 
36 
13 
10 
51 
127 
147 
43 
73 
87 
44 
33 
78 
12 

i 

Brighton  Branch  

Dorchester  Branch  ,.  . 
East  Boston  Branch  
Jamaica  Plain  Branch  
Roxbury  Branch  

1 
1 
1 



South  Boston  Branch  
South  End  Branch  

West  End  Branch  
West  Roxbury  Branch.. 
Station  A 



i 

44        B 

D  

:: 

1 

2 

"        E    . 

"        G 

"        H 

645 
627 
355 
344 

556 

772 
1  800 

2 
4 

44        j 



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"        L 

41        M 

1 

5 

44        N 

1 

3 

44        P... 



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900 
1,185 
1,624 
987 
454 
64 

1 

44        R 

1 

1 
1 

1 

44        S... 

1 

•i        T 

u  

44        W 

2 

3 

1 

Totals   .. 

63.163 

261 

g 

353 

11 

4,024 

Number  of  calls  made  by  messenger  v 

t 


APPENDIX   VI. 

ISTRATION  DEPARTMENT. 

•£,  February  1,  1900,  to  January  31,  1901. 


ARY  1,  1900  —  JANUARY  31,  1901. 

|| 

V 

Expired  (issued  un- 
der two-year  limit)  . 

Ii 

Hi 

!* 
13 

'3 
O 

Lost 
repla 

&EGI8TRATIONS. 

'RENEWALS. 

Females. 

Males. 

Females. 

ider 
1. 

Over 
21. 

Under 
21. 

Over 
21. 

Under 
21. 

Over 
21. 

Under 
21. 

Paid 
for. 

766 

2,375 

714 

2,318 

466 

2,726 

268 

36,770 

11,906 

24,864 

161 

257 

111 

52 

Il7 

71 

88 

132 

83 

1,757 

636 

1,121 

71 

8 

277 

91 

274 

102 

109 

206 

98 

3,803 

1,463 

2,340 

*173 

20 

169 

114 

152 

85 

113 

205 

125 

3,159 

1,169 

1,990 

*126 

10 

389 

92 

397 

135 

162 

267 

170 

4,726 

1,751 

2,975 

no 

17 

231 

100 

193 

93 

115 

312 

146 

3,435 

1,469 

1,966 

*213 

14 

401 

154 

431 

142 

210 

378 

237 

5,734 

2,288 

3,446 

*225 

24 

403 

143 

388 

158 

190 

356 

173 

5,673 

2,058 

3,615 

*83 

20 

91 

227 

41 

106 

57 

314 

^33 

3,034 

1,174 

1,860 

*206 

9 

234 

181 

297 

1       137 

118 

164 

121 

5,016 

1,907 

3,109 

*372 

14 

35 

73 

40 

78 

42 

177 

36 

1,324 

428 

896 

79 

3 

32 

46 

27 

13 

10 

28 

16 

566 

139 

427 

52 



183 
49 
21 
47 
103 
49 
75 
32 
43 
74 

126 
20 
43 
100 
94 
105 
106 
43 
13 
87 

111 

.        27 
31 
69 
106 

82 
28 
52 
75 

42 
26 
21 
24 
23 
21 
26 
21 
6 
23 

42 

7 
9 
9 
24 
9 
23 
8 
19 
17 

74 
43 
31 

57 
29 
65 
70 
23 
8 
38 

57 
15 
8 
12 
24 
22 
18 

20 
20 

1,390 
630 
545 
1,108 
1,475 
1,022 
1,069 
534 
515 
942 

404 
158 
217 
290 
430 
287 
265 
132 
132 
220 

986 
472 
328 
818 
1,045 
735 
804 
402 
383 
722 

285 
46 
*10 
90 
42 
90 
177 
47 
39 
166 







235 

267 

87 

248^ 
73 
108 

204 
144 

78 

33 
49 
34 

18 
41 

29 

55 
29 

82 

18 
30 

28 

1,716 
*,583 
1,390 

360 
772 
452 

1,356 
1,811 
938 

584 
11 
38 



94 
216 
83 
50 
256 
129 

163 
109 
73 
93 
50 
29 

111 
322 
110 
93 
293 
114 

45 
27 
25 
16 

7 
4 

37 

40 
35 
10 
10 

100 
41 
33 
42 
3 
1 

32 
69 
23 
18 
50 

1,841 
2,538 
1,414 
815 
811 
290 

538 
489 
415 
136 

1,303 
2,049 
999 
679 
811 
290 

118 
425 
12 
225 
747 
290 





,,232 

5,331 

5,192 

3,911 

2,068 

6,089 

1,981 

97,625 

32,085 

165,540 

2,377 

396 

erifying  addresses,  8,189.    Total  number  of  persons  attended  to,  67,305, 
Includes  4,200  duplicate  numbers. 


Cards 
teed. 


After 
delay. 

It 

449 

8,343 

104 

721 

58 

1,255 

142 

792 

220 

1,067 

106 

647 

232 

1,232 

278 

3,507 

113 

2,318 

226 

3,181 

18 

341 

21 

178 

34 

390 

31 

150 

49 

218 

71 

237 

78 

330 

24 

263 

55 

302 

47 

167 

42 

177 

65 

292 

77 

394 

131 

628 

66 

404 

126 

563 

97 

355 

59 

300 

59 

319 

68 

210 

4 

16 

3,150 

29,297 

LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


83 


CLASSIFICATION  OF  HOLDERS  OF  ULIYE  CARDS," 

JANUARY   31,    1901. 
BY  SEX  AND  OCCUPATION. 


CLASSES. 

ORDINARY. 

Special 
cards. 

Permanent 
residents. 

i  Non- 
residents. 

MALES. 
Over  21  years  of  age. 
Professional  classes                .... 

2,009 
390 
1,120 
7,311 
1,740 
380 

1,190 
562 
392 
1,090 
8,143 
540 
352 

106 
152 
790 
62 
254 

272 

28 

Teachers          

Students 

Business  men  

32 

Unemployed  

Under  21  years  of  age. 
Clerks                                   .              

32 

Office  and  errand  boys  

8 
7 

Pupils  of  Grammar  schools  

Pupils  of  Grammar  schools  under  12  years  .  . 
Other  students              ..                 

48 

FEMALES. 
Over  21  years  of  age. 
Professional  classes       .                           

351 
1,618 
1,010 
4,306 
7,994 
7,582 

1,412 

470 
1,008 
1,280 
8,312 

608 
364 

62 
126 
1,032 
94 
68 
370 

66 

191 
43 

Students 

Business  women        .  .                

Married   

9 

Under  21  years  of  age. 
Clerks 

Errand  girls  

61 

18 
14 

. 

Pupils  of  Latin  and  High  schools          ... 

Pupils  of  Grammar  schools  

Pupils  of  Grammar  schools  under  12  years  .. 
Other  students  

61 

Totals 

61,534 

3,431 

575 

1  Including  persons  temporarily  sojourning  in  Boston. 

N.B.  —  Of  the  2,289  teachers'  cards  issued  prior  to  February  1, 1901, 1,092  are  live  cards ; 
of  these,  820  are  held  by  permanent  residents,  in  addition  to  their  ordinary  cards  (not 
included  in  permanent  residents' column  above),  and  272  are  held  by  non-residents 
(which  are  included  in  non-residents'  column  above). 


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BY  WARDS. 


d 

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1 
1 

No.  of 
card- 
holders 

Population 
census  of  1900 

Percentage 
of  card 
holders. 

Ward  No. 

No.  of 
card- 
holders 

Population 
census  of  1900 

Percentage 
of  card- 
holders. 

1.. 

1,383 

22,832 

.0605 

14... 

1,854 

21,453 

.0864 

2.. 

1,056 

22,924 

.0460 

15... 

1,760 

19,700 

.0893 

3.. 

972 

14,564 

.0667 

16... 

1,714 

20,017 

.0856 

4.. 

723 

13,248 

.0545 

17... 

1,906 

25,038 

.0762 

5.. 

906 

12,840 

.0705 

18... 

1,966 

22,401 

.0877 

6.. 

1,534 

30,546 

.0502 

19... 

1,987 

27,178 

.0731 

7.. 

1,416 

14,782 

.0957 

20... 

3,810 

32,556 

.1170 

8.. 

3,617 

28,817 

.1255 

21... 

4,122 

23,868 

.1726 

9.. 

2,803 

24,583 

.1140 

22... 

2,604 

25,610 

.1016 

10.. 

8,608 

22,142 

.3887 

23... 

2,709 

23,637 

.1103 

11.. 

4,958 

19,275 

.2572 

24... 

3,236 

27,126 

.1192 

12.. 
13.. 

5,766 
1,350 

23,641 
22,835 

.2546 
.0591 

25... 

2,780 

19,279 

.1441 

Total 

65,540 

560,892 

.1168 

LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


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PUBLIC  SCHOOLS,  TEACHERS  AND  PUPILS. 

JUNE  30,  1900. 
[FROM  SCHOOL  DOCUMENT  No.  12—1900.] 


GENERAL  SCHOOLS. 

Number 
of 
schools. 

NUMBER  OF 
REGULAR  TEACHERS. 

Average 
number  of 
pupils 
belonging. 

Men. 

Women. 

Total. 

Normal            

1 
11 

'57 
584 
75 

1 

86 
126 

10 
92 
717 
584 
150 

11 

178 
843 
584 
150 

226 
5,128 

38,528 
30,914 

4,284 

.Latin  and  High  '  

Grammar 

Primary              

Totals 

728 

2.13 

1,553 

1,766 

79,080 

SPECIAL  SCHOOLS. 
Horace  Mann  ...        ....             . 

1 

1 
1 

14 
1 

25 

8 
6 

120 

18 

1,682 
234 
137 

Spectacle  Island  

Evening  High 

Central             

Charlestown  Branch  

East  Boston  Branch 

Totals  

3 

54 

2,191 

Special  teachers  (not  included  above), 

22 

99 

121 

EVENING  SCHOOLS. 

12 
5 
2 

154 
26 
2 

3,145 
594 
26 

Drawing 

Special  classes  

Totals           

19     !  

182 

3,765 

Grand  totals  

750     1       235 

1,652 

2,123 

85,036 

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APPENDIX    VII. 


CIRCULATION    OF    BOOKS. 
HOME  USE  OXLY. 


Total  circulation. 
Home  use. 

From  Central 
Library  through 
branches  and 
stations. 
Included  in 
Central  Library 
circulation,  "B." 

From  branches 
through  stations. 
Included  in 
branch  circulation. 

1899- 
1900. 

1900- 
1901. 

1899- 
1900. 

1900- 
1901. 

1899- 
1900. 

1900- 
1901. 

Central  Library: 
A.  .direct  

B.,   through    branches 
End  stations  

328,917 

102,070 
36,017 
46,289 
52,654 
58,967 
46,558 
80,422 
74,280 
85,423 
123,901 
22,649 
5,297 
14,025 
3,851 
6,175 
10,865 
9,675 
8,072 
8,430 
5,071 
3,748 

318,514 

113,143 
42,800 
43,706 
52,021 
64,461 
50,758 
88,622 
75,294 
87,604 
131,532 
24,056 
5,427 
16,688 
4,768 
6,490 
11,668 
9,391 
8,786 
10,143 
5,840 
5,125 

515 
940 
754 
2,127 
1,212 
719 
1,101 
1,282 
2,330 
1,664 
2,276 
7,221 
3,441 
2,649 
2,774 
4,589 
4,374 
4,849 
2,678 
2,186 

731 
955 
689 
1,657 
1,198 
823 
895 
1,108 
2,343 
1,800 
2,377 
6,808 
3,305 
2,155 
3,017 
5,644 
4,843 
5,953 
2,062 
2,206 

1485 
1726 

381 

11,150 

Brighton  

Charlestown 

Dorchester          

East  Boston  

Jamaica  Plain 

Roxbury 

South  Boston 

South  End 

1423 

11,221 

3458 
11,780 

West  End 

West  Roxbury 

Station  A  

B 

D     ..     . 

E  . 

F  

G..   . 

H  

J  

K  

L 

Carried  forward  

1,132,356 

1,176,837 

49,681 

50,569 

3,822 

2,442 

LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 

APPENDIX  VII.—  Concluded. 


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Total  circulaton. 
Home  use. 

From  Central 
Library  through 
branches  and 
stations. 
Included  in 
Central  Librarv 
circulation,  "B." 

From  branches 
through  stations. 
Included  in 
branch  circulation. 

1899- 
1900. 

1900- 
1901. 

1899- 
1900. 

1900- 
1901. 

1899- 
1900. 

1900- 
1901. 

Brought  forward  
Station  M 

1,132,356 
6,131 
10,247 
24,113 
15,191 
13,642 
13,021 
9,940 
13,442 
2,255  , 

1,176,837 
9,454 
12,083 
26,449 
16,669 
18,398 
14,382 
11,199 
17,039 
4,516^ 
1,33$ 
1,341 
61 
679 
6,395 
78 
704 
7,051 

49,681 
3,428 
4,162 
2,505 
4,827 
8,965 
4,536 
4,867 
4,603 
3,331 

50,569 
4,421 
5,780 
2,253 
5,005 
9,814 
5,992 
4,349 
6,063 
9,976 
187 

222 

34 

300' 
3-23 
7,075 

420 
360 

3,822 

42,227 

2  58 

2,442 
±2,643 

1 

N 

p  

Q  

R 

S            .  .. 

T        

u  

\\r                        

Y  

Cottage  Place 

l,44r 

290 

<  , 
48 

5225 
5242 
3  6,426 
3,613 

5384 

5227 

Deer  Island 

Guild  St  Elizabeth     

House  of  Reformation.  .7 
North  Bennet  street  
Parental  School       

2,498 
421 
1,573 
4,974 

Schools  

Back  Bay  P  O 

City  Almshouse 

Engine  houses     

Hancock  School  
Sand  Gardens  .  .        .... 

Vacation  Schools  

Total  

1,251,541 

1,324,728 

102,070 

113,143 

6,107' 

5,085 

1  Included  in  Dorchester  Branch  circulation. 
"    Jamacia  Plain  " 
"  Brighton 

4  "          "   Roxbury  " 

5  Number  sent  on  deposit.    Number  used  on  premises  not  recorded. 


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APPENDIX  VIII. 


TRUSTEES  FOR  FORTY-NINE  YEARS. 

The  Hon.  Edward  Everett  was  President  of  -the  Board  of 
Trustees  from  1852  to  1864;  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,  October  8,  1895,  to  May  8,  1899  ;  Hon.  Solomon  Lincoln, 
since  May  12,  1899. 

The  Board  for  1852  was  a  preliminary  organization ;  that  for 
1853  made  what  is  called  the  first  annual  report.  At  first  it  con- 
sisted of  one  alderman  and  one  common  councilman  and  five 
citizens  at  large,  until  1867r  when  a  revised  ordinance  made  it  to 
consist  of  one  alderman,  two  common  councilmen  and  six  citizens 
at  large,  two  of  whom  retired,  unless  reflected,  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,  1852-53. 
APPLETON,  THOMAS  G.,  1852-57. 
Barnes,  Joseph  H.,  1871-72. 
BENTON,  JOSIAH  H.,  JR.,  1894-1900. 
BIGELOW,  HON.  JOHN  P.,  1852-68. 
BOWDITCH,      HENRY     I.,     M.D., 

1865-68. 
BOWDITCH,  HENRY  P.,  M.D.,  1894- 

1900. 

Bradlee,  John  T.,  1869-70. 
Bradt,  Herman  D.,  1872-73. 
Braman,  Jarvis  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.,  1876-85. 
Clapp,  William  W.,  Jr.,  1864-66. 
Clark,  John  M.,  1855-56. 
Clark,  John  T.,  1873-78. 


CLARKE,  JAMES  FREEMAN,  D.D., 

1878-88. 

Coe,  Henry  F.,  1878. 
Crane,  Samuel  D.,  1860-61. 
CURTIS,  DANIEL  S.,  1873-75. 
Dennie,  George,  1858-60. 
DE    NORMANDIE,     JAMES,     D.D., 

1895-1900. 

Dickinson,  M.  F.,  Jr.,  1871-72. 
Drake,  Henry  A  ,  1863-64. 
DWIGHT,  THOMAS,  M.D.,  1899-1900. 
Erving,  Edward  S.,  1852. 
EVERETT,  HON.  EDWARD,  1852-64. 
Flynn,  James  J.,  1883. 
Frost,  Oliver,  1854-55;  1856-58. 
FROTHINGHAM,   RICHARD,   LL.D., 

1875-79.- 

Gaffield,  Thomas,  1867-68. 
GREEN,  SAMUEL  A.,  M.D.,  1868-78. 
GREENOUGH,  WILLIAM  W.,  1856-88. 
Guild,  Curtis,  1876-77;   1878-79. 
Harris,  William  G.,  1869-70. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


89 


Haynes,  Prof.  Henry  W.,  1858-59. 
HAYNES,    PKOF.    HENRY  W., 

1880-95. 
HILLARD,  HON.  GEORGE  S.,  1872- 

75;  1876-77. 

Howes,  Osborne,  Jr.,  1877-78. 
Ingalls,  Melville  E.,  1870-71. 
Jackson,  Patrick  T.,  1864-65. 
Jenkins,  Edward  J.,  1885. 
Keith,  James  M,  1868-70. 
Kimball,  David  P.,  1874-76. 
Lawrence,  James,  1852. 
Lee,  Hon.  John  H.,  1884-85. 
Lewis,  Weston,  1867-68. 
LEWIS,  WESTON,  1868-79. 
LEWIS,  WINSLOW,  1867. 
LINCOLN,    HON.    SOLOMON,    1897- 

1900. 

Little,  Samuel,  1871-73. 
Messinger,  George  W.,  1855. 
Morse,  Godfrey,  1883-84. 
MORTON,  HON.  ELLIS  W.,  1870-73. 
Munroe,  Abel  B.,  1854. 
Newton,  Jeremiah  L.,  1867-68. 
Niles,  Stephen  R.,  1870-71. 
O'Brien,  Hon.  Hugh,  1879-82. 
Pease,  Frederick,  1872-73. 
Perkins,  William  E.,  1873-74. 
Perry,  Lyman,  1852. 
PIERCE,  PHINEAS,  1888-94. 
Plummer,  Farnham,  1856-57. 
Pope,  Benjamin,  1876-77. 


Pope,  Richard,  1877-78. 
Pratt,  Charles  E.,  1880-82. 
PRINCE,     HON.     FREDERICK    O., 

1888-99. 

PUTNAM,  GEORGE,  D.D.,  1868-77. 
Reed,  Sampson,  1852-53. 
RICHARDS,  WILLIAM  R.,  1889-95. 
Sanger,  Hon.  George  P.,  1860-61. 
Sears,  Phillip  H.,  1859-60. 
Seaver,  Hon.  Benjamin,  1852. 
Shepard,  Hon.  Harvey  N.,  1878-79. 
SHURTLEFF,  HON.  NATHANIEL  B., 

1852-68. 

Stebbins,  Solomon  B.,  1882-83. 
Story,  Joseph,  1855-56;  1865-67. 
THOMAS,    BENJAMIN    F.,     LL.D., 

1877-78. 

TICKNOR,  GEORGE,  LL.D.,  1852-66. 
Tyler,  John  S.,  1863-64;  1866-67. 
WALKER,  FRANCIS  A.,  LL.D.,  1896. 
Warren,  George  W.,  1852-54. 
Washburn,  Frederick  L.,  1857-58. 
WHIPPLE,  EDWIN  P.,  1868-70. 
Whitmore,  William  H.,  1882-83. 
WHITMORE,  WILLIAM  H.,  1885-88. 
Whitney,  Daniel  H.,  1862-63. 
Whitten,  Charles  V.,  1883-85. 
Wilson,  Elisha  T.,  M.D., 1861-63. 
Wilson,  George,  1852. 
WINSOR,  JUSTIN,  LL.D.,  1867. 
Wolcott,  Hon.  Roger,  1879. 
Wright,  Albert  J.,  1868-69. 


LIBRARIANS. 

1852  to  date. 
(From  1858  to  1877  the  chief  executive  officer  was  entitled  Superintendent.) 

CAPEN,  EDWARD,  Librarian,  May  13,  1852-December  16,  1874. 

JEWETT,  CHARLES  C. ,  Superintendent,  1858-January  9,  1868. 

WINSOR,  JUSTIN,  LL.D.,  Superintendent,  February  25,  1868-September 

30,  1877. 
GREEN,  SAMUEL  A.,  M.D.,  Trustee,  Acting  Librarian,  October  1,  1877- 

September  30,  1878. 
CHAMBERLAIN,  MELLEN,  LL.D.,  Librarian,  October  1,  1878-September 

30,  1890. 

DWIGHT,  THEODORE  F.,  Librarian,  April  13,  1892-April  30,  1894. 
PUTNAM,  HERBERT,  Librarian,  February  11,  1895-April  3,  1899. 
WHITNEY,  JAMES  L.,  Acting  Librarian,  March  31,  1899-December  21, 

1899;  Librarian,  December  22,  1899. 


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APPENDIX  IX. 


EXAMINING  COMMITTEES  FOR  FORTY-NINE  YEARS. 

The  following  have  served  on  the  Examining  Committees  for 
the  years  given.  The  names  in  italics  are  those  of  Trustees  who 
have  acted  as  chairman  of  the  various  committees.  The  thirty- 
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,  8.  A.  B.,  1880,  1894. 
Adams,  Brooks,  1894. 
Adams,  Nehemiah,  D.D.,  1860. 
Adams,  Wm.  T.,  1875. 
Alger,  Rev.  Wm.  R.,  1870. 
Allen,  Hon.  Charles,  1899. 
Amory,  Miss  Anna  S.,  1890,  1891. 
Andrew,  Hon.  John  F.,  1888. 
Andrews,  Augustus,  1892,  1893. 
Appleton,  Hon.  Nathan,  1854. 
Apthorp,  Wm.  F.,  1883,  1899,  1900. 
Arnold,  Howard  P.,  1881. 
Aspinwall,  Col.  Thomas,  1860. 
Attwood,  G.,  1877. 
Babson,  Thomas  M. ,  1900. 
Bailey,  Edwin  C.,  1861. 
Ball,  Joshua  D.,  1861. 
Bancroft,  Robert  H.,  1894. 
Bangs,  Edward,  1887. 
Barnard,  James  M.,  1866. 
Barry,  Rev.  Richard  J.,  1895. 
Bartlett,  Sidney,  1869. 
Bates,  Hon.  John  L.,  1896,  1897. 
Beebe,  James  M.,  1858. 
Beecher,  Edward,  D.D.,  1854. 
Bent,  Samuel  Arthur,  1890,  1891. 
Bigelow,  Jacob,  M.D.,  1857. 
Bigelow,  Hon.  John  P.,  1856. 
Blagden,  George  W.,  D.D.,  1856. 
Blake,  J.  Bapst,  M.D.,  1897,  1898. 
Blake,  John  G.,  M.D.,  1883,  1891. 
Blake,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  1894,  1900. 
Bodfish,  Rev.  Joshua  P.,  1879, 1891. 
Bowditch,  Alfred,  1899,  1900. 
Bowditch,  Henry  I.,  M.D.,  1855. 
Bowditch,  Henry  J.,  M.D.,  1865. 
Bowditch,  Henry  P.,  M.D,  1881. 
Bowditch,     J.     Ingersoll,    LL.D., 

1855. 

Bowman,  Alfonzo,  1867. 
Bowne,  Prof.  Borden  P.,  1896, 1897. 
Bradford, Charles  F.,  1868. 
Bragg.  Hon.  Henry  W.,  1898,  1899. 
Brewer,  Thomas  M.,  1865. 


Brimmer,  Hon.  Martin,  1890,  1891. 
Brooks,  Phillips,  D.D.,  1871. 
Brown,  Allen  A.,  1894. 
Brown,    Francis    H.,    M.D.,    1899, 

1900. 

Browne,  Alexander  Porter,  1891. 
Browne,  Causten,  1876. 
Buckingham,  C.  E.,  M.D.,  1872. 
Burdett,  Everett  W.,  1896,  1897. 
Burroughs,  Rev.  Henry,  Jr.,  1869. 
Byrne,  Very  Rev.    William,    1899, 

1900. 

Carr,  Samuel,  1894. 
Carruth,  Herberts.,  1892. 
Chadwick,  James  R.,  M.D.,  1877. 
Chamberlain,  Mellen,  LL.D.,  1894. 
Chaney,  Rev.  George  L.,  1868. 
Chase,  George  B.,  1876. 
Chase,  Georae  B.,  1877,  1885. 
Cheever,  David  W.,  M.D.,  1894. 
Cheever,  Miss  Helen,  1896,  1897. 
Cheney,  Mrs.  EdnahD.,  1881. 
Clapp,  William  W.,  Jr.,  1864. 
Clarke,  James  Freeman,  D.D.,  1877. 
Clarke,  James  Freeman.  D.D.,  1882. 
Clement,  Edward  H.,  1894,  1895. 
Coale,  George  O.  G.,  1892,  1893. 
Colby,  John  H.,  1900. 
Collar,  William  C.,  1874. 
Collar,  Mrs.  William  C.,  1900. 
Collins,    Hon.    Patrick    A.,    1898, 

1899. 
Connolly,   Rev.   Arthur    T.,    1898, 

1899. 
Corbett,    Hon.    Joseph    J.,    1896, 

1897. 

Cudworth,  Warren  H.,  D.D.,  1878. 
Curtis,  Charles  P.,  1862. 
Curtis,  Daniel  S.,  1872. 
Curtis,  Thomas  B.,  M.D.,  1874. 
Cushing,  Thomas,  1885. 
Dalton,  Charles  H.,  1884. 
Dana,  Samuel  T.,  1857. 
Davis,  James  C.,  1899,  1900. 
Dean,  Benjamin,  1873. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


91 


Denny.  Henry  G.,  1876. 

Derby,  Basket,  M.D.,  1895,  1896. 

Dexter,  Henry  M.,  D.D.,  1866. 

Dillingham,  Rev.  Pitt,  1886. 

Dix,  James  A.,  1860. 

Doherty,  Phillip  J.,  1888. 

Donahoe,  Patrick,  1869. 

Donald,  E.  Winchester,  D.D.,  1898, 


Donnelly,  Charles  F.,  1899,  1900. 
Dunphy,  James  W.,  1900. 
Durant,  Henry  F.,  1863. 
Dnryea,  Joseph  T.,  D.D.,  1880. 
Dwight,  John  S.,  1868. 
Dwight,  Thomas,  M.D.,  1880. 
Eastburn,  Manton,  D.D.,  1863. 
Eaton,  William  S.,  1887. 
Edes,  Henry  H.,  1886. 
Eliot,  Samuel,  LL.D.,  1868. 
Ellis,  Arthur  B.,  1888,  1889. 
Ellis,  Calvin,  M.D.,  1871. 
Ellis,  George  E.,  D.D.,  1881. 
Endicott,  William,  Jr.,  1878. 
Ensworth,  William  H.,  M.D.,  1898, 

1899. 

Ernst,  Carl  W.,  1897,  1898. 
Evans,  George  W.,  1887,  1888,  1889. 
Everett,  Sidney,  1895. 
Fallon,  Hon.  Joseph  D.,  1899,  1900. 
Farlow,  John  W.,  M.D.,  1892,  1893. 
Field,  Miss  Gretchen,  1898. 
Field,  Walbridge  A.,  LL.D.,  1866. 
Fields,  James  T.,  LL.D.,  1872. 
Fitz,  Reginald  H.,  1879. 
Fitz,  Walter  Scott,  1894. 
Foote,  Rev.  Henry  W.,  1864. 
Fowle,  William  F.,  1864. 
Freeland,  Charles  W.,  1867. 
Frost,  Oliver,  1854. 
Frothingham,  Richard,  LL.D.,181Q. 
Furness,  Horace  Howard,  LL.D., 

1882. 

Gannett,  Ezra  S.,  D.D.,  1855. 
Gargan,  Thomas  J. ,  1899,  1900. 
Garland,   George   M.,   M.D.,   1895, 

1896. 

Gay,  George  H.,  1876. 
Gilchrist,  Daniel  S.,  1872. 
Gordon,    George    A.,    D.D.,    1885, 

1899,  1900. 

Gould,  A.  A.,  M.D.,  1864. 
Grant,  Robert,  1884. 
Gray,  John  C.,  LL.D.,  1877. 
Green,  Samuel  A.,  M.D.,  1868. 
Green,  Samuel  S.,  1895. 
Greenough,  William  W.,  1858,  1874, 

1883,  1886. 

Grinnell,  Charles  E.,  1874. 
Hale,  Edward  E.,  D.D.,  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,  Prof.  Henry  W.,  1879. 
Haynes,  Prof.  Henry  W.,  1881, 1884. 
Hayward,  George,  M.D.,  1863. 
Heard,  John,  Jr.,  1888,  1889,  1891. 
Heard,  John  T.,  1853. 
Hellier,  Charles  E.,  1895. 
Hemenway,  Alfred,  1898,  1899. 
Herford,  Brooke,  D.D.,  1884. 
Herrick,   Samuel  E.,    D.D.,    1888, 

1899. 

Hersey,  MissHeloiseE.,  1895, 1896. 
Higginson,  Francis  L.,  1899,  1900. 
Higginson,  Thomas  W.,  LL.D., 

1883. 

Hill,  Clement  Hugh,  1880. 
Hillard,  Hon.  George  S.,  1853. 
Hillard,  Hon.  George  S.,  1873. 
Hills,  Thomas,  1898,  1899. 
Hodges,  Richard  M.,  M.D.,  1870. 
Holmes,  Edward  J.,  1881,  1884. 
Holmes,  Oliver  W.,  M.D.,  1858. 
Holmes,    Oliver    W.,    jr.,    LL.D., 

1882. 

Homans,  Charles  D.,  M.D.,  1867. 
Homans,    Mrs.    Charles  D.,    1885, 

1886,  1887. 

Homer,  George,  1870. 
Homer,  Peter  T.,  1857. 
Horton,    Rev.    Edward    A.,    1899, 

1900. 

Hubbard,  James  M.,  1891. 
Hubbard,  William  J.,  1858. 
Hudson,  John  E.,  1895,  1896. 
Hunnewell,  James  F.,  1880,  1893, 

1894. 

Hutchins,  Miss  Emma,  1895,  1896. 
Hyde,  George  B.,  1879. 
Irwin,  Miss  Agnes,  1894. 
Jeffries,  B.  Joy,  M.D.,  1869. 
Jeffries,  William  A.,  1893. 
Jenkins,  Charles  E.,  1879. 
Jewell,  Hon.  Harvey,  1863. 
Jewett,  Miss  Sarah  Orne,  1900. 
Johnson,  Rev.  Robert  F.,  1900. 
Jordan,  Eben  D.,  1873. 
Kidder,  Henry  P.,  1870. 
Kimball,  David  P.,  1874. 
Kimball,  Henry  H.,  1865. , 
Kirk,  Edward  N.,  D.D.,  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,  Hon.  Solomon,  1886. 
Little,  James  L.,  1864. 
Lombard,  Prof.  JosiahL.,  1868. 
Loring,  Hon.  Charles  G.,  1855. 


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Lothrop,  Loring,  1866. 
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.,  1896, 1897. 
Manning,  Rev.  Jacob  M.,  1861. 
Mason,  Rev.  Charles,  1857. 
Mason,  Miss  Ellen  F.,  1898,  1899. 
Mason,  Frank  S.,  1899,  1900. 
Mason,  Robert  M.,  1869. 
Maxwell,  J.  Audley,  1883. 
Metcalf,  Rev.  Theodore  A.,   1888, 

1889. 

Minns,  Thomas,  1864. 
Minot,  Francis,  1866. 
Morison,  Miss  Mary,  1892,  1893, 

1895. 

Morrill,  Charles  J.,  1885. 
Morse,  John  T.,  Jr.,  1879. 
Morse,  Robert  M.,  Jr.,  1878. 
Morton,  Bon.  Ellis  W.,  1871. 
Mudge,  Hon.  E.  R.,  1871. 
Neale,  Rollin  H.,  D.D.,  1853. 
Noble,  John,  1882,  1899,  1900. 
Xorcross,  Otis,  1880. 
O'Brien,  Hon.  Hugh,  1879. 
O'Callaghan,  John  J.,  1895. 
O'Reilly,  John  Boyle,  1878. 
Otis,  G.  A.,  1860. 
Paddock,  Rt.  Rev.  Benj.  H.,  1876. 
Parker,  Charles  Henry,  1888,  1889. 
Parker,  William  L.,  1900. 
Parker,    Mrs.    William    L.,    1897, 

1898. 

Parkman,  Henry,  1885. 
Parks,  Rev.  Leighton.  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,  Miss  Lalia  B.,  1894. 
Prescott,     William     H.,      LL.D., 

1853. 
Prince,    Hon.    F.    O.,    1888,    1889, 

1890,     1891,     1892,     1893,    1895, 
.    1896. 

Putnam,  George,  1900. 
Putnam,  George,  D.D.,  1870. 
Putnam,  Hon.  John  P.,  1865. 
Putnam,  William  L.,  1898,  1899. 
Randall,  Charles  M.,  M.I).,  1884. 
Reed,  Henry  R.,  1899,  1900. 
Rice,  Hon.  Alexander  H.,  1860. 
Robbins,  Elliott,  M.D.,  1893. 
Roberts,  Rev.    W.    Dewees,    1899, 

1900. 
Roche,  James  Jeffrey,  1898,  1899. 


Rogers,  Prof.  William  B.,  1861. 
Rollins,  J.  Wingateri888,  1889. 
Ropes,  John  C.,  LL.D.,  1872. 
Rotch,  Benjamin  S.,  1863. 
Runkle,  Prof.  J.  D.,  1882. 
Russell,  Samuel  H.,  1880. 
Sampson,  O.  H.,  1892,  1893. 
Sanger,  Hon.  George  P.,  1860. 
Searle,  Charles  P.,  1898,  1899. 
Seaver,  Edwin  P.,  1881. 
Shepard,    Hon.   Harvey   N.,    1888, 

1889. 

Sherwin,  Mrs.  .Thomas,  1893,  1894. 
Shurtleff,  Hon.  Nathaniel  B.,  1857. 
Smith,  Azariah,  1895,  1896. 
Smith,  Charles  C.,  1873. 
Smith,  Mrs.  Charles  C.,  1881,  1886. 
Smith,  Miss  Minna,  1892. 
Sowdon,  A.  J.  C.,  1892,  1893. 
Sprague,  Charles  J.,  1859. 
Sprague,    Mrs.    Henry    H.,    1899, 

1900. 

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  O.,  1886. 
Thaxter,  Adam  W.,  1855. 
Thayer,  Rev.  George  A.,  1875. 
Thayer,  Rev.  Thomas  B.,  1862. 
Thomas,  B    F.,  LL.D.,  1875. 
Thomas,  Seth  J.,  1856. 
Ticknor,  Miss  Anna  E.,  1891. 
Ticknor,     George,     LL.D.,      1853, 

1854,  1855,  1859,  1863,  1866. 
Tillinghast,  Caleb  B.,  1895,  1896. 
Tobey,  Hon.  Edward  S.,  1862. 
Todd,  William  C.,  1894. 
Turner,     Miss  Frances    H.,    1899, 

1900. 

Twombly,  A.  S.,  D.D.,  1883,  1884. 
Updike,  D.  B.,  1900. 
Upham,  J.  B.,  M.D.,  1865. 
Vibbert,  Rev.  George  H.,  1873. 
Wadlin,  Horace  G.,  1899,  1900. 
Wales,  George  W.,  1875. 
Walley,  Hon.  Samuel  H.,  1862. 
Ward,  Rev.  Julius  H.,  1882. 
Ware,  Charles  E.,  M.D.,  1875. 
Ware,  Darwin  E.,  1881. 
Ware,  Mrs.  Darwin  E.,  1899,  1900. 
Warner,  Hermann  J  ,  1867. 
Warren,  Hon.  Charles  H.,  1859. 
Warren,  J.  Collins,  M.D.,  1878. 
Waterston,  Rev.  Robert  C.,  1867. 
Weissbein,  Louis,  1893. 
Wells,  Mrs.  Kate  G.,  1877. 
Wells,  Samuel,  1900. 
Wendell,  Prof.  Barrett,  1895,  1896. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


93 


Wharton,  William  F.,  1886. 
Whipple,  Edwin  P.,  1869. 
Whitmore,  William  H.,  .1887. 
Whitney,  Daniel  H.,  1862. 
Whitney,  Henry  A.,  1873. 
Wightman,  Hon.  Joseph  M.,  1859. 
Williams,  Harold,  M.D.,  1888, 1889, 

1890. 

Williamson,  William  C.,  1881. 
Williamson,  Mrs.  William  C.,  1897, 

1898. 


Wilson,  Elisha  T.,  M.D.,  1861. 
Winsor,  Justin,  LL.D.,  1867. 
Winthrop,  Hon.  Robert  C.,  1854. 
Winthrop,  Robert  C.,  Jr.,  1887. 
Wood,  Frank,  1897,  1898. 
Wood,  Miss  Maria  E.,  1900. 
Woodbury,  Charles  Levi,  1871. 
Woolson,  Mrs.  Abba  Goold,  1888, 

1889. 
Wright,  Hon.  Carroll  D.,  1884. 


94  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


APPENDIX    X. 


SCHEDULE    OF   LIBRARY    SERVICE. 

NOTE.  — This  lias  been  brought  down  to  May  3, 1901.  The  order  is  (1)  by  rank  in 
grades,  and  (2)  alphabetical,  within  each  grade. 

Five  examinations  have  been  given  during  the  past  year:  Two  for  Grade  E,  Feb- 
ruary 9  (seventy-three  candidates),  and  August  22  (forty-one  candidates);  one  for 
Grade  C,  February  16  (fifty-seven  candidates) ;  two  for  Grade  B,  February  16  (thirty- 
six  candidates),  and  May  8  ( twenty-three  candidates).  Special  examinations  have 
been  given  to  eighteen  candidates,  eight  of  whom  were  Library  employees,  who  were 
qualifying  for  higher  grades. 

SUMMARY. 

Central  Library     .         .         .         177     Men      90     Women     87 
Branches  and  reading  rooms,  68        "         15  "  53 


245  105  140 


Evening  and  Sunday  service,  Central  Library,     *  83. 
Sunday  service,  branches,  11. 

Extra  assistance  is  employed  at  the  branches. 


EXECUTIVE   DEPARTMENT. 
Name.  Entered.  Grade. 

Whitney,  James  L.     .  .  .  1869  Librarian. 

Fleischner,  Otto           .  .  .  1891  Ass't  Librarian. 

t  Mooney,  George  V.  .  .  .  1889  B.  Special. 

Deery,  Delia  Jean       .  .  .  1891  B.         " 

Learned.  Lucie  A.       ...  1891  B.         " 

Hutchins,  Fernald       .  .  .  1896  D.        " 

McFarland,  Peter  V.  .  .  1896  D. 

Batson,  Benjamin  J.,  Jr.  .  .  1900  E. 

Nichols,  Adelaide  A.  .  .  1868  Auditor. 

**  Bicknell,  Margaret  M.  .  .  1896  C.  Special. 

CATALOGUE   DEPARTMENT. 

Hunt,  Edward  B.  1883  Chief. 

f  Swift,  Lindsay         .  .        1878  A.  Special. 

*  Serving  from  three  to  seven  evenings  a  week  each.  The  total  number  of  position* 
is  37,  evenings;  43,  Sundays. 

**  Auditor's  Assistant,  t  Custodian  of  Stock  Room.  IT  Editor  Library  Publica- 
tions. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


95 


Name. 

Entered. 

Grade. 

Chevalier,  Samuel  A. 

.       1894 

A.  Special. 

Murdoch,  John  . 

1896 

A. 

Burnell,  Carrie  . 

1881 

A. 

Rollins,  Mary  H. 

1886 

A. 

Seaver,  Mrs.  Lillian  F. 

.        1888 

A. 

Lane,  Lucius  P. 

1898 

B.  Special. 

Rice,  Edwin  F. 

.        1885 

B.         " 

Tenney,  Mary  A 

.        1897 

B.         " 

Bartlett.  Mary  R. 

.       1897 

B. 

Cutler,  Dora  L.  . 

1887 

B. 

Folsom,  Clara  P. 

1900 

B. 

Gould,  Ida  W.   . 

.        1884 

B. 

He  turnings,  Anita  F.  . 

.        1897 

B. 

Leavitt,  Luella  K. 

1895 

B. 

Mackay,  Susan  H. 

1901 

B. 

Brennan,  Thomas  Francis    . 

.       1890 

C.  Special. 

Durand,  Susan  M.       . 

.       1900 

D.         " 

Dolan,  Charles  W.      . 

1894 

D. 

Shaughnessy,  John  F. 

1898 

D.  Runner. 

ORDERING 

DEPARTMENT. 

Macurdy,  Theodosia  E. 

1889 

Chief. 

Coolidge,  Marie 

.       1893 

B.  Special. 

Seemtiller,  Mary 

.        1899 

B.        ;t 

Frinsdorff,  Emily  O.   . 

1894 

B. 

Goddard,  Mrs.  Frances  H. 

.        1892 

B. 

McGrath,  Mary  A.     . 

.        1868 

B. 

Keleher,  Alice  A. 

1891 

C. 

Maiers,  William  C.,  Jr. 

.        1897 

C. 

Daly,  Gertrude  B. 

1901 

E. 

Ennis,  William  J. 

.        1900 

E. 

SHELF  DEPARTMENT. 

Rofte,  William  G.  T.  . 

.       1881 

A.  Div.  2. 

Locke,  John  F.  . 

1894 

B.  Special. 

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. 

McSweeney,  M.  Agnes 

.        1897 

D. 

Muckensturm,  Matthew 

.        1899 

D. 

Shawno,  Robert 

.        1898 

D. 

BATES   HALL. 

Bierstadt,  Oscar  A.     . 

.        1899 

Custodian. 

*  Blaisdfill,  Frank  C.  . 

1876 

A.  Special. 

*In  charge  of  Patent  and  Newspaper  Departments. 


96 


CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


Name. 

Entered. 

Grade. 

Doyle,  Agnes  C. 

1885 

B.  Special. 

Buckley,  Pierce  E. 

1891 

B. 

McCarthy,  Michael,  Jr. 

1892 

C.  Special. 

Ward,  Joseph  W. 

1891 

C. 

Plunkett,  Albert  J.      . 

1895 

D.        " 

Hannigan,  Frank  J.    . 

1898 

D. 

McKenzie,  Kenneth    . 

1897 

D. 

Hogan,  C.  Thomas 

1899 

D.  Runner. 

Sullivan,  Jeremiah  J. 

1900 

D.        " 

SPECIAL    LIBRARIES. 

Hitchcock,  G-race  A.   . 

1895 

B.  Special. 

Barton,  Marguerite 

1900 

B. 

Chamberlain,  Mrs.  Marion  L. 

1897 

B. 

Hall,  Belle  S  

1895 

B. 

Williams,  David  L.     . 

1900 

C. 

Cassidy,  Margaret  L. 

1895 

D.  Special. 

Kelly,  Charlotte  H.     . 

1895 

D. 

Clarke,  Harold 

1900 

D.  Runner. 

Doyle,  Charles  A.       ... 

1899 

D.        " 

Doyle,  James  L. 

1900 

D,        " 

DOCUMENT  DEPARTMENT. 

Ford,  Worthington  C. 

1898 

Chief. 

Wheeler,  Horace  L.     . 

1900 

B. 

Cutting,  Grace  M. 

1899 

C.  Special. 

PERIODICAL 

ROOM. 

Wendte,  Frederika     . 

1895 

B. 

Ford,  Mary  E.  A. 

1895 

D.  Special. 

Collins,  John  T. 

1901 

E. 

NEWSPAPER 

ROOM.  ' 

Serex,  Frederic 

1895 

B. 

Keenan,   Matthew   T. 

1896 

D.   Special. 

ISSUE  DEPARTMENT. 

McGuffey,  Margaret  D. 

1895 

Chief. 

^Sheffield,  Mrs.  Gertrude  P. 

1896 

B.  Special. 

Jordan,  Alice  M. 

1900 

B. 

Sheridan,  Mary  C. 

1881 

B. 

Cufflin,  M.  Florence   . 

1892 

C.  Special. 

Richards,  Florence  F. 

1875 

C. 

Shumway,  Marion  H. 

1895 

C. 

Bertram,  Lucy  I.         .         .       '  . 

1895 

D.  Special. 

Cunniff,  Nellie  L. 

1895 

D.         " 

Daly,  Margaret  C.      . 

1895 

D.         " 

In  charge  of  Children's  Department. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


97 


Name. 

Entered. 

Grade. 

Dowling,  S.  Jennie     . 

1895 

D. 

Special. 

Ethier,  Lillian  E. 

1895 

D. 

a 

McCarthy,  Marion  A. 

1895 

D. 

a 

Murphy,  Annie  G. 

1888 

D. 

a 

Reynolds,  Mary  A.     . 

1894 

D. 

a 

Schnlz,  Henry  A.  C. 

1898 

D. 

n 

Weichmann,    Catherine    A. 

1895 

D. 

tt 

AVilliams,  Grace 

1895 

D. 

'* 

Connolly,  Nellie  L.     . 

1895 

D. 

Gorman,  John  E. 

1895 

D. 

Hersey,  Edna  M 

1898 

D. 

Mulloney,  William  J. 

1892 

D. 

Olson,  Alphild  .... 

1895 

D. 

Olson,  Bertha  A. 

1895 

D. 

Schnabel,  Paul  J.       . 

1898 

D. 

Shaughnessy,  Mary  A. 

1897 

D. 

'Stetson,  Nina  M. 

1896 

D. 

Zaugg,  Joanna  .... 

1895 

D. 

Barry,  Margaret  M.   . 

1897 

D. 

Runner. 

Beck,  Ernest  M. 

1900 

D. 

a 

Bryce,  Jean  M. 

1898 

D. 

a 

Cole,  Grace  E. 

1897 

D. 

a 

Connor,  Lillian  L. 

1900 

D. 

a 

Day,  Josephine  E.     . 

1899 

D. 

a 

Gorman,  Annie  L. 

1899 

D. 

a 

Hagerty,  Mary  E. 

1897 

D. 

tt 

Kolsky,  Joseph 

1900 

D. 

tt 

Perham,  Lucy    . 

1900 

D. 

tt 

Reid,  Georgina  I. 

1900 

D. 

tt 

Williams,  Eleanor  M. 

1899 

D. 

tt 

ISSUE   DEPARTMENT, 

BRANCH 

DIVISION. 

Ward,  Langdon  L. 

1896 

Supervisor  of  Branches 
and  Delivery  Stations. 

Kueffner,  Cecilia  W. 

1898 

B. 

Stevens,  Alice  V.        ... 

1899 

B. 

Heimann,  Otto  A.       . 

1890 

C. 

Special. 

Morse,  Maud  M. 

1877 

C. 

a 

Bollig,  Emma     . 

1898 

C. 

.« 

Kiernan,  Letitia  M.    . 

1895 

C. 

Maier,  Joseph  A. 

1892 

D. 

Special  . 

Brown,  Richard 

1898 

D. 

Conroy,  Michael  J.     . 

1897 

D. 

Runner. 

REGISTRATION 

DEPARTMENT. 

Keenan,  John  J. 

1885 

B. 

Special. 

Murray,  Ella  K. 

1886 

C. 

Shelton,  Richard  B.    . 

1895 

D. 

Special. 

Fillebrown,  Emily  F. 


1895 


D. 


98 


CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


PRINTING    DEPARTMENT. 


Name. 

Entered. 

Position. 

Lee,  Francis  W. 

1894 

Chief. 

Geyer,  Willfried  H.     . 

1896 

Pressman. 

Greeley,  Carrie  P. 

1896 

Compositor. 

Land,  Annie  F.  . 

1896 

a 

O'Keefe,  Charles  J.    . 

.        1899 

Job  pressman. 

BINDERY. 

Ryder,  Frank 

1883 

Foreman. 

Collins,  Dennis  J. 

1887 

Finisher. 

Conolly,  John  L. 

1900 

Forwarder. 

Fuerst,  Alexander 

1896 

u 

Hoeffner,  George 

1891 

u 

Ivory,  John  W. 

1893 

u 

Lofstrom,  Konrad  A. 

1892 

u 

Murphy,  John  F. 

1883 

1  1 

Ochs,  Alfred  G. 

1900 

u 

Sullivan,  J.  Henry 

.        1898 

" 

Hemstedt,  William  P. 

1883 

Pressman. 

Cellarius,  Theodore  W. 

1892 

Apprentice. 

Bo  wen,  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 

1876 

Sewer. 

Doiron,  Joanna 

1896 

" 

Kiley,  Margaret  J. 

1889 

it 

Moriarty,  Mary  G. 

.       1875 

u 

Nolen,  Sarah 

.        1891 

u 

Potts,  Ellen  F. 

1892 

u 

Soule,  Ellen  E. 

1891 

t  i, 

ENGINEER  AND    JANITOR   DEPARTMENT. 

Niederauer,  Henry 

1894 

Chief  Engineer. 

McCready,  Alexander 

.        1895 

Engineer. 

Malone,  John  P. 

1895 

" 

O'Neill,  Harry 

1896 

" 

Zittel,  George,  Jr. 

.       1891 

u 

Herland,  Nils  J. 

1895 

Fireman. 

Moran,  John  A. 

1894 

" 

Karlson,  Charles  W. 

1896 

Book  Motors. 

Williams,  John  L. 

.        1886 

Janitor. 

Frye,  Henry  W. 

1898 

u 

Kelley,  James  J. 

1900 

M 

McCarty,  Dennis 

1888 

Watchman. 

McGee,  Alexander  D. 

.        1896 

Painter. 

Lawrence,  John  A.     . 

1898 

Carpenter. 

Hanna,  William  T.      . 

1895 

Marble  polisher 

Cole,  William  E. 

1898) 

Elevator  and 

Kennedy,  Thomas  F.  J. 

.       '  .        1901  [ 

Coat-room 

Thomas,  Arthur  C. 

1898) 

attendants. 

LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT. 


99 


EAST    BOSTON    BRANCH. 


Name. 

Entered. 

Grade. 

Walkley,  Ellen  O. 

1897 

B.     Special. 

Brackett,  Marion  W. 

1897 

C. 

Wing,  Alice  M. 

1873 

C. 

Bickford,  Lillian  A.    .          . 

1891 

D. 

Matthews,  Everett  F. 

1900 

Janitor. 

Taylor,  Charles  F. 

1897 

it 

SOUTH    BOSTON   BRANCH. 

Bullard,  N.  Josephine 

1883 

B.     Special. 

Eaton,  Ellen  A.            ... 

1873 

C. 

Sampson,  Tdalene  L. 

1878 

C. 

McQuarrie,  Annie  C. 

1894 

D. 

Orcutt,  Alice  B. 

1887 

D. 

Baker,  Joseph    .... 

1872 

Janitor. 

ROXBURY 

BRANCH. 

Bell,  Helen  M  

1878 

B.     Special. 

Berry,  Martha  L.  C. 

1883 

C. 

Puffer,  Dorothy 

1878 

C. 

Griggs,  Sarah  W.        . 

1886 

D. 

Lynch,  Gertrude  A.    . 

1894 

D. 

M  on  ah  an,  William 

1883 

Janitor. 

CHARLESTOWN    BRANCH. 

Carte'e,  Elizabeth  F.   . 

1886 

B.     Special. 

Livermore,  Mrs.  Susan  E.   . 

1885 

C. 

Reagen,  Elizabeth  R. 

1895 

C. 

Donovan,  Annie  M.    . 

1899 

D. 

O'Neill,  Margaret  M. 

1892 

D. 

Rogan,  Katharine  S.  . 

1896 

D. 

Smith,  Thomas  E. 

1874 

Janitor. 

BRIGHTON 

BRANCH. 

, 

Hobart,  Martha  N.     . 

1896 

B.     Special 

Conley,  Ellen  F. 

1891 

C. 

Dale,  M.  Florence 

1895 

C. 

Warren,  Edward  A.    . 

1898 

Janitor. 

DORCHESTER   BRANCH. 

Reed,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  T.      . 

1873 

B.     Special. 

Griffith,  Mary  E. 

1886 

C. 

Donovan,  Mary  G.     . 

1891 

C. 

Brick,  Mary  L. 

1899 

D. 

Kellogg,  Grace  E. 

1898 

D. 

Davenport,  Edward     . 

1875 

Janitor. 

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CITY  DOCUMENT  Xo.  23. 


SOUTH  END   BRANCH. 

Name.  Entered.  Grade. 

Sheridan,  Margaret  A.         .          .        1875  B.     Special. 

McKirdy,  Alice  E.      .          .          .        1796  C. 

Lynch,  Emma  F.          .          .          .        1&85  C. 

Meehan,  Margaret  F.  .          .        1893  D. 


Swain,  Mary  P. 
Riley,  Nellie  F. 
Albert,  Katie  F. 
Tirrell,  Martin  H. 


JAMAICA   PLAIN    BRANCH. 

1877  B. 

1878  C. 
1892  C. 


Special. 


1900 


Janitor. 


WEST  END 

Davis,  Mrs.  Eliza  R. 
Barton,  Margaret  S.   . 
Forbes,  George  W.     . 
Kiley,  Mary  E.  . 
Mooney,  Katharine  G. 
Millmeister,  Rebecca  . 
Riley,  Mary  E.  . 
Kelly,  William  D. 
McKenna,  Harry  C.    . 
Sullivan,  Daniel  J.      . 

WEST  ROXBURY  BRANCH. 

Morse,  Carrie  L.  1890  B. 

Henderson,  Irene  E.   .          .          .       1898  D.  Runner. 

Woods,  Eugene  B.      .         .         .       1898  Janitor. 


BRANCH. 

1877 

B.     Special. 

1*85 

C. 

1896 

C. 

1896 

C. 

1885 

C. 

1899 

D. 

1891 

D. 

1898 

D.  Runner. 

1900 

D.        " 

1898 

Janitor. 

DELIVERY  STATIONS. 


Station. 

A.  Lower  Mills  Reading  Room 

B.  Roslindale  Reading  Room 

West  Roxbury  Branch 

Mattapan  Reading  Room 

Neponset  Delivery  Station 

Mt.  Bowdoin  Reading  Room  . . . 

Allston  Delivery  Station 

Ashmont  Delivery  Station 

Dorchester  Sta.  Delivery  Sta. . . 
Bird  street  Delivery  Station  . . . 
No.  Brighton  Reading  Room. . . 
Crescent  ave.  Delivery  Station. . 
Mt.  Pleasant  Delivery  Station  . . 
Broadway  Extension  Delivery 

Station. 
Upham's  Corner  Delivery  Sta. . 

Warren  st.  Delivery  Station 

Roxbury  Crossing  Delivery  Sta. 

Boylston  Delivery  Station 

Ward  Nine  Delivery  Station. . . . 
Industrial  School  Delivery  Sta.  . 
Andrew  Square  Reading  Room . . 


C. 
D. 
E. 
F. 
G. 
H. 
J. 
K. 
L. 
M. 
N. 
P. 

Q. 
R. 

S. 

T. 

U. 

W. 

Y. 


Custodian. 

Hill,  M.  Addie 

Murray,  Grace  L 

See  above. 

Capewell,  Mrs.  Emma  G 
Barnes,  Charles  D. 
Fairbrother,  Mrs.Eliz.G 
Howe,  W.  A.,  &  Co. 
Weymouth,  Clara  E. 
Sexton,  Mrs.  Annie  M. 
Morris,  Antoinette. 
Muldoon,  Katherine  F., 
Smith  Brothers. 
Witherell,  Anna  M 

f  Stewart,  Cora  L 

\  Myers,  Benjamin 

Rolland,  Ezra  N. 
Smith,  H.  De  Forrest. 
Yeaton,  E.  Christine. .  . 
Peirce,  George  ft. 

McGrath,  Amelia  F 

Guerrier,  Edith. 
Marshal],  Jeanette  M. . . 


Grade. 
D.  Special. 
D.  Special. 


.,  D.  Special. 
.,  D.  Special. 

D.  Special. 


D. 

.D.  Special. 
D. 


.D.  Special. 

C. 

.D.  Special. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  101 

EVENING  AND  SUNDAY  SERVICE. 
Central  Library. 

Sates  Hall. — Officers  in  charge  :  Samuel  A.  Chevalier,  Otto 
Fleischner,  Edward  B.  Hunt,  Lindsay  Swift.  Assistants  :  John 
Murdoch,  William  G.  T.  Roffe,  Edward  Tiffany,  William  A. 
Walsh.  Central  desk:  Pierce  E.  Buckley,  John  H.  Reardon, 
David  L.  Williams.  Care  of  reference  books  :  Frank  J.  Hanni- 
gan,  Charles  A.  Hardy,  Albert  E.  Heimann,  Albert  J.  Plunkett. 
Collector  of  slips  :  Ralph  M.  Barstow,  Howard  C.  Blake,  Edward 
E.  Bruce,  Paul  J.  Schnabel.  Runners  :  Maurice  Ferber,  Ferdi- 
nand W.  C.  Haberstroh,  Frank  T.  Sullivan,  John  J.  Sullivan. 

Issue  Department. — Officers  in  charge  :  Frank  C.  Blaisdell , 
Pierce  E.  Buckley,  Samuel  A.  Chevalier.  Receiver  of  books  : 
Fred  W.  Blaisdell,  George  H.  Connor,  Michael  McCarthy,  Jr. 
Deliverers  of  books :  Fred  W.  Blaisdell,  John  F.  Conners,  John 
H.  Reardon.  Care  of  indicator :  Walter  T.  Hannigan.  Assist- 
ants at  indicator:  Fred  A.  Beckford,  Joseph  A.  Maier.  Care  of 
slips  :  Daniel  J.  Ford,  Albert  E.  *Heimann,  Otto  A.  Heimann. 
Desk  attendants :  Daniel  J.  Ford,  John  E.  Gorman,  Frank  J. 
Hannigan.  Care  of  tubes:  John  E.  Gorman,  John  F.  Lucid, 
Joseph  A.  Maier,  William  J.  Mulloney.  Care  of  carriers :  Fred 
A.  Beckford,  Michael  J.  Conroy,  John  H.  Glover,  James  A. 
Pitts.  Book-case  attendants :  Charles  W.  Amiable,  John  H. 
Glover,  Kenneth  McKenzie,  John  A.  Pearson,  Frank  T.  Sulli- 
van. Runners:  Howard  C.Blake,  Richard  Brown,  Henry  W. 
Buhler,  Harold  Clarke,  Timothy  J.  Conners,  Elmer  B.  Derby, 
Charles  A.  Doyle,  Maurice  Ferber,  Daniel  J.  Ford,  John  H. 
Glover,  Ferdinand  W.  C.  Haberstroh,  Richard  J.  Haber- 
lin,  Charles  A.  Hardy,  Albert  E.  Heimann,  Lucius  S.  Hicks, 
Thomas  F.  Hughes,  Walter  J.  Lambert,  John  F.  Lucid,  Peter 
V.  McFarland,  John  L.  McKiernan,  James  L.  Maguinness,  D. 
Clifford  Martin,  Matthew  Muckensturm,  Joseph  A.  Murphy, 
Morris  J.  Rosenberg,  Frank  T.  Sullivan,  Nelson  G.  Trueman, 
Otto  E.  Zaugg.  Children's  Library  attendants  :  Belle  S.  Hall, 
Charlotte  H.  Kelly,  Maud  M.  Morse,  Marion  L.  Owen,  Joanna 
Zaugg.  Extra  attendants:  Edwin  F.  A.  Benson,  Charles  D. 
Campbell,  George  H.  Davis. 

SPECIAL  LIBRARIES.  —  In  charge  of  Barton  Library  :<  Francis 
W.  Lee,  Edward  Tiffany.  Assistants :  Charles  W.  Annable, 
Fernald  Hutchins,  John  L.  McKiernan,  James  A.  Pitts,  Waldo 
W.  Weller.  In  charge  Fine  Arts  Department :  Frank  A.  Bourne, 
William  A.  Walsh.  Assistants  :  Charles  A.  Doyle,  William  C. 
Maiers,  Arthur  E.  F.  Smith.  Extra  assistants  :  Edwin  F.  A. 
Benson,  John  L.  McKiernan,  Joseph  A.  Murphy,  Robert  Shawno, 
Waldo  W.  Weller. 

Newspaper  Room.  — Thomas  F.  Brennan,  George  H.  Connor, 
Albert  J.  Plunkett.  Newspaper  files  :  Kenneth  McKenzie,  James 
L.  Maguinness,  Harry  F.  Ma}7er. 


102  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

Patent  Room.  —  Matthew  T.  Keenan,  Frederic  Serex. 
Periodical  JKoom.  — John  F.  Conners,  Albert  J.  Plunkett. 
Registration  Desk.  —  William  E.  Fallon,  John  J.  Keenan. 

Replacement  of  books. — John  F.  Lucid,  Michael  McCarthy, 
Jr.,  Joseph  W.  Ward. 

SUNDAY  SERVICE. 
*  Branch  libraries.     November  1  to  May  1. 

Charlestons  Branch,  2  to  10  P.M. — In  charge:  Bergan  A. 
Mackinnon,  Edwin  A.  Drowne.  Janitor:  Thomas  Smith. 

East  Boston  Branch,  2  to  10  P.M.  — In  charge  of  Issue  desk  : 
Everett  F.  Matthews.  In  charge  of  Reading  Room  :  Alexander 
Miller.  Janitor:  Charles  F.  Taylor. 

South  Boston  Branch,  2  to  10  P.M.  —  In  charge:  Alice  B. 
Orcutt,  Joseph  Baker.  Janitor  :  Thomas  Saunders. 

Station  P,2  to  6  P.M.,  7  to  9P.M.  —  In  charge :  Astley 
Parsons,  Max  H.  Newman. 

Station  S,  2  to  6  P.M.,  7  to  9  P.M.  — In  charge  :  Gertrude 
Churchill. 

*  With  the  exception  of  the  West  End  Branch,  which  is  open  Sundays  throughout 
the  year;  here,  certain  members  of  the  regular  week-day  force  serve  Sundays,  their 
compensation  being  for  seven  days  per  week. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  103 


APPENDIX   XL 

CORRESPONDENCE,    BEQUESTS,  ETC. 
THE  MELLEN  CHAMBERLAIN  COLLECTION. 

CHELSEA,  February  14,  1893. 
To  the  Trustees  of  the  JBoston  Public  Library  : 

GENTLEMEN, —  1  propose  to  leave  to  the  Boston  Public  Library, 
by  testamentary  bequest,  my  collection  of  historical  documents, 
manuscripts,  autographs,  portraits,  and  engravings  connected 
therewith,  together  with  a  few  printed  volumes,  and  some  matters 
of  personal  interest  to  me,  provided  the  Trustees,  after  a  more 
mature  consideration  of  the  subject,  are  still  willing  to  accept  the 
same  agreeably  to  an  informal  understanding  expressed  at  their 
meeting,  January  17,  1893.  That  is  to  say,  that  the  Trustees 
will  furnish  the  room  in  the  new  building,  connected  with  the 
Librarian's  Room,  substantially  in  accord  with  the  plan  prepared 
by  Alex.  S.  Jenney,  and  set  said  room  apart  as  the  permanent 
home  of  said  collection,  to  be  and  forever  remain  in  the  sole 
custody  of  the  Librarian,  under  the  Trustees. 

From  the  above  conditions  are  to  be  excepted  the  framed  Ad- 
dress to  the  King,  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  the  Articles 
of  Confederation,  and  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States, 
which  would  be  properly  exhibited  on  the  walls  of  some  more 
public  room. 

While  I  desire  to  retain  the  property  of  the  collection  during 
my  life,  it  is  my  wish,  nevertheless,  to  transfer  to  the  Library  at 
once  such  portions  of  it  as  are  in  completed  form,  and  the 
remainder  as  soon  as  it  can  be  completed. 

The  collection  will  need  an  index  and  binding ;  and  as  I  am 
familiar  with  the  requirements,  I  think  it  would  be  well  to  have 
one  or  more  volumes  of  each  division  bound  as  soon  as  may  be, 
to  serve  as  examples  for  the  remaining  volumes. 

It  is  my  purpose  to  make  the  collection  as  complete  as  I  may ; 
and  to  that  end,  after  any  portion  of  it  is  transferred  to  the 
Library,  I  shall  desire  free  access  to  it  at  suitable  times. 

Respectfully, 
(Signed)  MELLEN  CHAMBERLAIN. 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY  OF  THE  CITY  OF  BOSTON. 
To  the  Hon.  Mellen  Chamberlain: 

*  DEAR  SIR, —  It  is  my  pleasant  duty  to  inform  you  that  I  am 
instructed  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of 
Boston,  that  they  accept  with  gratitude  your  proposed  testa- 


104  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 

mentary  gift  of  your  unique  and  valuable  "  collection  of  historical 
documents,  autographs,  portraits  and  engravings  connected  there- 
with, together  with  certain  printed  volumes,"  etc.,  and  that  they 
agree  to  perform  all  the  conditions  set  forth  in  your  letter  of 
February  14,  1893,  to  which  the  gift  is  made  subject. 

Permit  me  to  improve  the  opportunity  to  express  niy  own  ap- 
preciation of  the  great  value  of  your  proposed  donation,  and 
assure  you  that  all  the  conditions  referred  to  will  be  faithfully 
performed.  The  Trustees  have  already  commenced  the  work  of 
preparing  a  suitable  room  in  the  new  Library  building  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  collection,  as  you  are  pleased  to  allow  them 
present  possession  of  the  same. 

Very  truly  yours, 
(Signed)  FREDERICK  O.  PRINCE, 

President  pro  tern. 
MARCH  28,  1893. 


Extract  from  the  Will  of  Mellen  Chamberlain.  Will  dated 
March  26\  1900.  Judge  Chamberlain  died  June  25,  1900. 
Will  proved  March  7,  1901. 

To  the  Trustees  of  the  Boston  Public  Library  I  give  my 
collection  of  manuscripts  (save  those  hereinbefore  given  to  the 
Historical  Society),  autographs,  portraits,  and  photographs,  col- 
lected for  illustrating  said  collection  (as  distinguished  from 
those  framed  and  now  hanging  on  the  walls  of  my  house), 
personal  and  family  papers,  correspondence  and  genealogical 
manuscripts,  together  with  two  bound  sets  of  my  own  historical 
and  literary  papers.  I  also  give  to  said  Trustees  the  presenta- 
tion copies  of  books  or  pamphlets,  including  those  containing 
autographs  of  distinguished  persons  once  owning  them,  whether 
now  in  my  own  house  or  in  my  room  in  the  Library.  These 
matters  may  generally  be  recognized  (if  books)  by  their  having 
my  book-plate  —  "The  Chamberlain  Collection"  —  on  the  in- 
side of  the  cover.  This  bequest  is  upon  the  conditions  set  forth 
in  my  letter  to  said  Trustees,  February  14,  1893,  and  accepted 
by  their  vote,  March  28,  of  the  same  year. 


THE  DANIEL  SHARP  FORD  BEQUEST. 

Bequest  of  Daniel  Sharp  Ford;  died  December  23,  1899.    Will 
proved  January  £,  1900.  » 

Nine.  I  desire  to  express  my  appreciation  of  the  benefits  I 
have  received,  in  common  with  all  citizens,  from  the  protection 
and  encouragement  of  good  government  in  our  City  during  the 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  105 

many  years  of  my  business  life,  and  my  recognition  of  the 
humane  and  benevolent  spirit  that  has  prevailed  and  found  ex- 
pression in  the  establishment  and  support  of  educational  and 
benevolent  institutions.  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  to  the  follow- 
ing-named institutions  in  the  City  of  Boston,  County  of  Suffolk, 
and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  the  respective  sums  herein 
named. 

a.  To  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  the  sum  of  six  thousand 
dollars. 

b.  To  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston,  the  sum  of 
six  thousand  dollars. 

c.  To  the  Boston  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  the  sum 
of  seven  thousand  dollars. 

d.  To  the  Boston  Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  the 
sum  of  seven  thousand  dollars. 

e.  To  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  the  sum  of  seven 
thousand  dollars. 

f.  To  the  Boston  City  Hospital,  the  sum  of  six  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

g.  To  the  Boston  Children's  Aid  Society,  the  sum  of  five  thou- 
sand dollars. 

h.     To  the  Children's  Hospital   in   Boston,  the    sum   of  five 
thousand  dollars. 


THE  ABRAM  E.  CUTTER  BEQUEST. 

i 

Extract  from  the  Will. 

/Seventh.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Public  Library  of  said 
City  of  Boston  my  library  of  books,  provided  and  on  the  condi- 
tion nevertheless  that  my  wife,  if  she  survives  me,  shall  retain  to 
her  own  unrestricted  and  independent  use  and  possession  such 
parts  thereof  as  she  may  desire  during  her  natural  life,  or  so  long 
as  she  may  wish. 

I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  said  Public  Library  the  sum  of 
four  thousand  dollars,  in  trust  nevertheless,  to  keep  the  same 
safely  invested  and  to  collect  and  receive  the  income  therefrom 
and  to  apply  the  same  from  time  to  time  to  the  purchase  of  books 
to  add  to  the  collection  hereby  bequeathed,  and  for  the  repairs, 
binding,  and  other  expenses  needful  for  making  the  collection 
more  complete  and  useful.  I  direct  nevertheless  that  all  my 
remainder  of  the  edition  of  Anne  Bradstreet's  works,  published 
in  1867,  all  of  which,  with  the  plates  thereto  belonging,  are 
intended  to  be  included  in  the  foregoing  bequest  to  said  Public 
Library,  shall  be  sold  or  exchanged  by  the  Trustees  or  Managers 
of  said  Library  at  their  discretion,  and  that  the  proceeds  shall  be 
added  to  said  collection  or  to  said  fund  of  four  thousand  dollars, 
as  the  case  may  be,  and  thereafter  held  upon  the  same  trusts  and 
for  the  same  purposes  as  in  this  item  of  my  will  set  forth. 


106  CITY  DOCUMENT  No.  23. 


APPENDIX   XII. 


GIVERS   AND   GIFTS. 

The  following  list  of  gifts  for  the  past  year  has  been  prepared 
by  the  Chief  of  the  Ordering  Department : 

1899-1900.        1900-1901. 

Givers 2,392  2,450 

Volumes      ...         v.          ...      13,310  15,065 

Numbers 18,682  12,109 

Photographs,  engravings,  etc.       .          .          .        1,644  262 
Newspaper     subscriptions.       (Gifts    of    the 

publishers^ '97  90 

Gifts  from  the  following  persons  may  be  especially  men- 
tioned : 

The  Armenian  Benevolent  Association  of  Boston,  through 
Karekin  M.  Giragosian,  secretary,  seventy-nine  volumes  in  the 
Armenian  language. 

Howard  P.  Arnold,  thirty-four  volumes  and  four  photographs. 

Belgium,  Institut  Cartographique  Militaire.  Carte  topo- 
graphique  de  la  Belgique. 

The  Boston  Browning  Society,  for  the  Browning  Library,  ten 
volumes,  four  photographs,  and  sixteen  pieces  of  music. 

The  Boston  Philatelic  Society,  through  Mr.  Herman  Corbett, 
forty-five  volumes  of  postage- stamp  magazines,  including  the 
American  Philatelist,  vols.  1-13,  1887-99  ;  the  London  Phila- 
telist, 1894-98,  etc. 

Prof.  Henry  P.  Bowditch,  seventy-two  volumes,  including 
numerous  German  scientific  works. 

The  heirs  of  George  Brinley,  Philadelphia,  a,  large  paper  copy, 
in  five  volumes,  of  the  priced  catalogue  of  the  Brinley  Library. 

From  the  Boston  School  Committee,  in  cooperation  with  the 
publishers,  599  volumes.  This  gift  comprises  copies  of  most  of 
the  text-books  used  in  the  public  schools  of  Boston.  These  have 
been  placed  in  the  Children's  Reference  Room.  The  following 
publishers  gave  these  books  :  Allyn  and  Bacon ;  American  Book 
Co.  ;  Boston  School  Supply  Co.  ;  Butler,  Sheldon  and  Co. ;  Prof. 
W.  O.  Crosby ;  Ginn  and  Co.  ;  J.  L.  Hammett  Co.  ;  Longmans, 
Green  and  Co.  ;  Harper  and  Bros.  ;  Maynard,  Merrill  and  Co. ; 
Heath  and  Co. ;  Henry  Holt  and  Co. ;  Houghton,  Mifflin  and  Co.  ; 
Milton  Bradley  Co.  ;  Prang  Educational  Co. ;  B.  H.  Sanborn  and 
Co.  ;  Thos.  R.  Shewell ;  Silver,  Burdett  and  Co. ;  The  J.  B. 
Lippincott  Co.  ;  The  Macinillan  Co.  ;  The  Oliver  Ditson  Co.  ; 
Thompson,  Brown  and  Co. ;  University  Publishing  Co. 


LIBRARY  DEPARTMENT.  107 

Allen  A.  Brown,  597  volumes. 

W.  B.   Clarke   Co.,  eighty-two  posters,  illustrating  book  and 
magazine  advertisements  for  the  current  year. 
.    Rev.  John  F.  Cummins,  a  bronze  medal  commemorating  the 
year  (1900)  of  Jubilee  by  His  Holiness  Leo  XIII. 

Mrs.  Simon  Davis,  eighty  volumes  of  a  miscellaneous  character. 

The  Oliver  Ditson  Co.,  576  volumes  of  musical  publications. 

Mrs.  Martha  W.  Faucon,  Milton,  twenty-seven  volumes,  Ger- 
man and  Dutch  history. 

Andrew  D.  Fuller,  six  papers  on  the  water  supply,  drainage, 
etc.,  of  Boston,  prepared  by  the  Board  of  Paris  Exposition 
managers  for  Massachusetts. 

Mrs.  William,  W.  Gannett,  forty  volumes  of  songs  and  347 
pieces  of  music. 

From  the  family  of  the  late  William  Lloyd  Garrison,  five 
volumes  of  the  office  copies  of  the  South  Carolina  State  Gazette, 
1794-5,  1799-1801,  and  the  Herald  of  .Freedom.  1843. 

From  the  German  Patent  Office,  4,665  numbers  of  the  Patent- 
schriften.  These  numbers  have  been  bound  in  seventy-five  vol- 
umes, and  placed  in  the  Patent  Room. 

Augustus  Hemenway,  Carte  du  theatre  de  la  guerre  en 
Anierique.  Dessine  par  E.  D.  Vorzet  et  publ.  par  Levy  freres. 
(Nineteen  sheets  in  a  portfolio.) 

From  Thomas  Wentworth  Higginson,  sixty-eight  volumes  for 
the  Galatea  Collection,  and  a  volume  of  historical  manuscripts 
comprising  a  number  of  letters,  106  in  all,  on  the  attempted 
rescue  of  Anthony  Burns  in  1854. 

W.  Alleyne  Ireland,  a  card  catalogue,  containing  600  titles  of 
every  separate  document,  and  of  many  portions  of  documents, 
relating  to  China,  published  in  the  Sessional  Papers  of  the  British 
Parliament  from  1801-1898. 

His  Majesty  King  Humbert  of  Italy,  six  volumes,  containing 
the  Campagne  del  Principe  Eugenio  di  Savoia. 

Italy.  Ministero  della  Marina,  thirty-five  volumes  and  sixty- 
nine  numbers  relating  to  the  naval  affairs  and  public  works  of 
that  country. 

The  John  Rylands  Library,  Manchester,  England,  the  catalogue 
of  the  printed  books  and  manuscripts  in  the  library,  in  three  quarto 
volumes.  Also  Catalogue  of  books  printed  in  England,  Scotland 
and  Ireland,  and  of  books  in  English  printed  abroad  to  the  end  of 
1640. 

George  B.  Knapp,  sixty-six  volumes,  relating  chiefly  to  the 
fine  arts. 

Joseph  Lee,  160  volumes,  largely  on  social  and  industrial  ques- 
tions. 

Through  the  generosity  of  Mrs.  John  A.  Lewis,  two  rare  vol- 
umes have  been  added  to  the  John  A.  Lewis  Collection,  namely : 

Now  or  never  is  the  time  for  men  to  make  sure  of  their  eternal 
salvation.  By  Increase  Mather,  Boston,  B.  Eliot,  1713. 

A  good  man  making  a  good  end.  By  Cotton  Mather. 
Boston,  B.  Green  and  J.  Allen," for  Michael  Perry,  1698. 


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Also,  an  autograph  letter  from  the  Rev.  Thomas  Foxcroft  to 
the  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  Boston,  Feb.  14,  1728,  on  Cotton 
Mather's  death. 

George  E.  Littlefield,  a  copy  of  his  Early  Boston  Book^ 
sellers,  1642-1711,  published  by  the  Club  of  Odd  Volumes,  1900. 

From  the  Due  de  Loubat,  Paris,  II  manoscritto  Messicano 
Vaticano,  3,738,  detto  il  codice  Rios,  riprodotto  in  fotocromo- 
grafia  a  spese  di  S.  E.  il  duca  di  Loubat  per  cura  della  Biblioteca 
Vaticana,  Roma,  1900. 

Miss  Sarah  B.  Mackintosh  and  Miss  Mariana  E.  Clarke,  fifty- 
five  volumes,  224  pieces  of  music. 

Miss  Elizabeth  May,  of  Leicester,  Mass.,  a  collection  of  ma- 
terial relating  to  the  Anti- Slavery  agitation  in  Massachusetts.  It 
includes  a  part  of  the  correspondence  of  her  father,  the  late  Rev. 
Samuel  May,  his  note-books  and  many  letters,  notably  his  cor- 
respondence with  Richard  D.  Webb  of  Dublin  and  John  Bishop 
Estlin  of  England ;  between  three  and  four  hundred  in  all. 

Mrs.  Julia  M.  Norris,  San  Francisco,  formerly  Mrs.  Thomas 
Starr  King,  and  Mrs.  Horace  Davis,  her  daughter,  a  collection  of 
the  manuscripts  and  published  works  of  the  late  Rev.  Thomas 
Starr  King.  The  manuscripts  include  his  sermons  and  addresses. 

The  Old  South  Society  of  Boston,  for  the  Prince  Library,  a 
copy  of  Samuel  Mather's  Figures  or  types  of  the  Old  Testament, 
etc.,  sermons.  London,  1705. 

The  Perkins  Institution  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 
nineteen  volumes  in  raised  letters. 

Thomas  Sergeant  Perry,  eighteen  volumes  in  Japanese,  includ- 
ing Shakespeare's  Othello. 

Samuel  T.  Pickard,  forty-eight  bound  volumes  of  the  Portland 
Transcript  from  1848-97,  of  which  Mr.  Pickard  was  at  one  time 
editor,  also  three  volumes  of  the  Carpet  Bag,  Boston,  1851,  and 
three  volumes  of x the  Eclectic,  Portland,  1851. 

The  Red  Cross  Society,  Madrid  (La  Cruz  Roja  Espafiola), 
twenty-three  memoirs  and  reports  of  the  Society  in  the  different 
provinces  of  Spain. 

Dr.  Morton  Prince,  a  miscellaneous  collection  of  242  volumes. 

Col.  Alfred  P.  Rockwell,  161  volumes,  chiefly  English  liter- 
ature, scientific  and  educational  works. 

His  Excellency  Gov.  Roosevelt,  the  Report  of  the  New  York 
Monuments  Commission  for  the  battlefields  of  Gettysburg  and 
Chattanooga,  in  three  volumes. 

The  Roxburghe  Club  of  Roxbury,  twenty-five  mounted  photo- 
graphs, reproductions  from  Tintoretto,  Guido  Reni  and  Raphael, 
for  the  Fine  Arts  Collection. 

Thomas  S  my  the,  twenty-*  five  volumes  of  manuscript  records,  of 
which  eight  volumes  are  copied  from  the  records  of  Barnstable 
County,  towns  of  Eastham,  Truro  and  Provincetown  ;  nine  volumes 
copied  from  wills  and  deeds  from  Dorchester  ancl  Caroline  Counties, 
Maryland ;  and  eight  volumes  of  miscellaneous  material,  copied 
chiefly  from  the  Middlesex  County  records. 

Howard   M.  Ticknor,   thirty-nine  volumes,  relating  chiefly  to 


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music,  and  a  collection  of  old  and  scarce  Boston  concert  and 
theatre  programmes,  posters,  etc.,  numbering  8,142. 

The  20th  Regiment  Association,  M.V.I.,  through  Capt. 
Edward  B.  Robins,  an  interesting  collection  of  military  accoutre- 
ments, belonging  to  officers  of  the  19th  and  20th  regiments, 
M.V.I.,  in  the  Civil  War. 

Edward  Wheelwright,  forty-two  volumes,  mostly  foreign  liter- 
ature. 

Edward  Whymper,  of  England,  a  complete  set  of  his  works  on 
mountain  climbing,  etc.,  in  ten  volumes. 

•Mrs.  Justin  Winsor,  Cambridge,  a  volume  of  matter  relating 
to  Benjamin  Franklin. 

Charles  H.  Wise,  twenty-five  subscriptions  to  current  periodicals 
for  the  Roslindale  Reading  Room. 

1.     ENDOWMENTS. 

(Seepages.) 

2.     WORKS  OF  ART. 

(Seepages.) 

3.     MISCELLANEOUS  GIFTS  OF  MONEY. 

The  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  has  been  received  from  Mr. 
Andrew  Carnegie,  through  Col.  Thomas  Wentworth  Higgin- 
son,  as  the  first  annual  contribution  for  the  purchase  of  books 
for  the  Galatea  Collection  of  books  relating  to  the  history  of 
woman. 

4.     PHOTOGRAPHS,  ENGRAVINGS,  MEDALS,  ETC. 

Anonymous 4  Photographs. 

Appleton,  William  S 1  Photograph. 

Arnold,  Howard  P.    .....       1   Chrornophotogravure. 

3  Photographs. 

Baillarge,  Charles  P.  F.       .     .     .       5  Photographs. 

Bartlett,  Prof.  Truman  ....       2  Photographs. 

Bedlington,  Charles  .....        1  Framed  photograph. 

Boston  and  Albany  Railroad    .      .        9  Photographs. 

Boston  Browning  Society    ...       4  Photographs. 

Calais,  Me.,  Free  Library  ...        1  Photograph. 

Chase,  J.  Eastman 1  Vol.  containing  progres- 
sive proofs  of  the 
Peachblow  vase,  Wal- 
ter's Collection. 

Christensen,  Niels,  Jr.    .....        1  Print. 

Coolidge,  Baldwin 1  Photograph. 

Cummins,  Rev.  John  F.       ...        1  Bronze  medal. 

Curtis,  Miss  Mary  A.  H.     .      .      .       4  Framed  pictures. 

Davis,  Andrew  McF 10  Photographs. 

Doyle,  Agnes  M 1  Picture. 


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Drexel  Institute  of  Art,  Science, 

and  Industry,  Philadelphia  .     .  10  Photographs. 

Eaton,  Edward  B 1   Silver  medal. 

Fisher,  Milton  M 1  Photograph. 

France.      Prefecture  du  Departe- 

ment  de  la  Seine 5  Engravings. 

Fowler,  Albert  S 40  Engravings. 

Garrison,  Francis  J 1  Daguerreotype. 

Guiney,  Louise  Imogen  ....  1  Photograph. 

Gunning,  Mrs.  Mary      ....  4  Photographs. 

Harris,  Mrs.  A.  F 2  Prints". 

Haverhill  Public  Library     ...  11  Photographs. 

Hiersemann,  Karl  W 7  Plates. 

Howard,  George  H 62  Prints. 

Iconographic  Society      ....  1  Etching. 

John  Crerar  Library,  Chicago  .      .  5  Photographs. 

Knapp,  George  B 4  Medals. 

New  England  Cotton  Manufactur- 
ers' Association 1  Bronze  medal. 

North  Adams  Public  Library   .      .  1  Photograph. 

Roxburghe  Club  of  Roxbury    .      .  25  Photographs. 

Sheffield,  Mrs.  Gertrude  P.      .     .  25  Photographs. 

Swift,  Lindsay 1  Print. 

Twentieth  Regiment  Association, 

M.V.I.          Sword,    epaulettes,    belt- 

plate,  etc. 

Whitney,  James  L 4  Photographs. 


5.     BOOKS,  PERIODICALS  AND  NEWSPAPERS. 


Aachen,  Germany.     Handelskammer 
Abbot  Public  Library,  Marblehead 
Abbott,  Dr.  Samuel  W. 
Aberdeen.     Chamber  of  Commerce 
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Abu-Khalil,  Alexander      1900-01  subscription  to  Al-Ayam 

Academy  of  Science  of  St.  Louis  . 

Acker,  Finley,  Philadelphia . 

Actors'  Fund  of  the  United  States  of  America 

Actuarial  Society  of  America,  New  York  City 

Adams,  Hon.  Charles  Francis,  Lincoln 

Adams,  Charles  H. 

Adams,  Robert,  Washington 

Adams  Academy,  Quincy 

Adams  Nervine  Asylum 

Adler,  Dr.  Simon  L.,  Rochester 

Advance,  San  Francisco 

Aguilar  Free  Library,  New  York  City 

Aiken,  Rev.  Charles  F.,  Washington 

Alabama.     Agricultural  Experiment  Station     . 

Alabama  Historical  Society         ...... 

Albany  Medical  Annals,  Publishers  of        .... 

Albany  Medical  College 

Aldrich,  N.  W.,  Washington 

Alkaloidal  Clinic,  Publishers  of,  Chicago  .... 

Allegheny   County   Workhouse    and    Inebriate   Asylum, 

Claremont,  Pa 


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Allen,  Hon.  Charles       .  

Allen,  Mrs.  Charles  A.,  Brookline        .... 

Allen,  Hon.  Charles  H.,  San  Juan,  Porto  Rico   . 

Allerton,  Samuel  W.,  Chicago      ..... 

Allison,  William  A.,  New  York  City  . 

Altona,  Germany.     Handelskammer   .... 

American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences    . 

American  Academy  of  Social  and  Political  Science,  Phila 

delphia 

American  Agriculturist  Library,  Springfield 
American  Antiquarian  Society,  Worcester 
American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science 
American  Association  to  Promote  Teaching  of  Speech  to 

the  Deaf,  Philadelphia 

American  Asylum  for  the  Education  and  Instruction  of 

the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  Hartford 

American  Bankers'  Association,  New  York  City 
American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  New  York  City 
American  Baptist  Missionary  Union    ..... 

American  Bar  Association,  Philadelphia    . 

American  Bible  Society,  New  York  City    . 

American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions 

American  Catholic  Historical  Society,  Philadelphia  . 

American  Citizen          .         .         .         1900-01  subscription 

American  Colonization  Society     ...... 

American  Congregational  Association          . 
American  Druggist  Publishing  Co.,  New  York  City  . 
American  Economic  Association          ..... 

American  Geographical  Society,  New  Y^ork  City 
American  Homes  Publishing  Co.,  Knoxville 
American  Humane  Association,  Fall  River 

American  Institute  of  Architects 

American  institute  of  Homoeopathy,  New  York  City 
American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  New  York  City 
American-Irish  Historical  Society       ..... 
American  Iron  and  Steel  Association,  Philadelphia  . 
American  Jewish  Historical  Society,  Washington 
American  Journal  of  Nursing,  Publishers  of,  Rochester  . 
American  Laryngological  Association,  Washington  . 
American  Medico-Psychological  Association,  Baltimore  . 
American  Missionary  Association,  New  York  City     . 
American  Monthly  Magazine,  Publishers  of       ... 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York  City    . 
American  New   Church   Tract  and  Publication  Society, 

Philadelphia       ......... 

American  Numismatic  and  Archaeological  Society,  New 

York  City 

American  Peace  Society        ....... 

American  Philatelic  Association,  Chicago  .... 

American  Philosophical  Society,  Philadelphia  . 
American  Purity  Alliance,  New  York  City 
American  Seamen's  Friend  Society,  New  York  City . 
American  Social  Science  Association  . 
American  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Ani- 
mals, New  York  City 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  New  York  City 
American  Society  of  Superintendents  of  Training  Schools 

for  Nurses,  New  York  City 

American  Statistical  Association         ..... 
American  Surgical  Association,  Philadelphia     . 
American  Union  League  Society,  New  York  City 
American  Unitarian  Association          .         .     2  broadsides 


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American  Warehousemen's  Association,  New  York  City  . 
American  Water  Works  Association.  New  York  City 
Amerikanische  Turnzeitung,  Milwaukee 

1900-01  subscription 

Amerikas  Westnesis,  Boston        .         1000-01  subscription 
Ames,  George  B.  ......... 

Ames  Free  Library,  North  Easton 

Amherst  College 

—  Library      .......... 

Among  the  Clouds,  Mt.  Washington   1900-01  subscription 
Amsterdam.     Bureau  Municipal  de  Statistique 

Andover  Theological  Seminary 

Andrews,  C.  W.,  Chicago 

Anonymous  ..... 
Anti-Imperialist  League,  Chicago 

Anton  y  Ferrandiz,  M.,  Madrid 

Antwerp.     Conseil  Communal     ...... 

Appleton,  D.,  &  Co.,  New  York  City 

Appleton,  William  S.    ........ 

Apprentices'  Library  Company  of  Philadelphia 
Arbeiterstimme,  Zurich       .         1  periodical  subscription 

Architectural  Studies  Co.,  Chicago 

Argentine   Republic.       Biblioteca  del    Museo    Nacional. 
Buenos  Aires          ........ 

—  Biblioteca  Nacional,  Buenos  Aires          .... 

—  Direccion  General  de  Estadistica 

—  Institute  Geografico 

—  Ministerio  de  Agricultura        ...... 

—  Ministerio  de  Obras  Piiblicas  ...... 

—  Ministerio  del  Interior      .         .         .         .         . 

—  Oficina  Meteorologica 

Arizona.    Agricultural  Experiment  Station  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Arizona 

Arkansas.     Agricultural  Experiment  Station     . 
Armenian  Benevolent  Association  of  Boston 
Armstrong,  Henry  E.,  Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
Arnim,  A.  K.  von,  Brookline         .         .      1,184  newspapers 
Arnold,  Howard  P.  .         ... 

Art  Club  of  Philadelphia 

Ashbridge,  Hon.  Samuel,  Philadelphia       .... 
Ashton-under-Lyne.     Public  Library  .... 

Asociacion  Salitrera  de  Propaganda,  Iquique 

Assan,  B.  G.,  Bucharest 

Associated  Charities  of  Boston    ...... 

Association  of  American  Anatomists,  Washington     . 
Association  of  American  Physicians,  Philadelphia    . 
Association  of  Engineering  Societies,  Philadelphia    . 
Associazione  dell'  Indiistria  e  del  Commercio  delle  Sete 
in  Italia,  Milan  ......... 

Atkinson,  Hon.  Edward         ....... 

Atlanta  University        . 

Augsburg.     Handels-  und  Gewerbekammer 

Australian  museum,  Sydney         ...... 

Austria.     K.  K.  Hof-  und  Staatsdruckerei  in  Wien    . 

—  K.  K.  Hof-  und  Universitats-Buchhandler 

—  K.  K.  Statistische  Central-Commission  .... 

—  K.  K.  Ackerbau-Ministerium  ...... 

—  K.  K.  Handelsministerium       ...... 

Arbeitsstatisches  Amt 

Avellanus,  A.,  New  York  City 

Avery,  Elroy  M.,  Cleveland          ...... 

Avery,  Samuel  P.,  New  York  City 


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Babcock,  Stephen,  New  York  City      . 
Baillie's  Institution  Free  Library,  Glasgow 

Baird,  Henry  C.,  Philadelphia 

Baker,  Walter,  &  Co 

Balch,  Dr.  A.  W 

Balch,  Edwin  S.,  Philadelphia 

Balch,  Thomas  W.,  Philadelphia 

Baltimore.     Chamber  of  Commerce 

Baltimore  Charity  Organization  .         .         .         . 

Bamberg,  Germany.     Stadtmagistrat .         .        .         .      '  . 

Bangor.     Board  of  Trade     ....... 

—  Public  Library          .         .         .         .         .         ... 

Bangs,  Outram      .         .         .         .         .         . 

Bank  of  Japan,  Tokyo 

Banker  and  Tradesman,  Publishers  of         .... 

Baptist  Hospital   ......... 

Bar  Association  of  the  City  of  Boston        .... 

Bar  Association  of  the  City  of  New  York  .... 

Barbadoes.     Colonial  Secretary  ...... 

Barb  re,  Mrs.  Mary  P.,  Chatham,  111 

Barde,  F.  S..  Guthrie,  Oklahoma 

Barmen,  Germany.     Handelskammer          .... 

—  Oberbiirgermeister 

Barnard,  James  M.        .         .         .         .         .         .         .      .  I 

Barnard  Memorial        ........ 

Barnes,  William  A.       ........ 

Barnsley,  England.     Chamber  of  Commerce 

Barringer,  Dr.  P.  B.,  Charlottesville,  Va 

Barrows,  Charles  M.     ........ 

Barry,  Rev.  Henry  A.  .         .         .         .':•'. 

Barton,  Rev.  William  E.,  Oak  Park,  111.     .  3  programmes 

Baruch,  Dr.  Simon,  New  York  City 

Basel,  Switzerland.     Oeffentliche  Bibliothek     . 
Batchelder,  Miss  Isabelle     ....... 

Batchellor,  Hon.  Albert  S.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Batchellor,  Robert 

Bates  College 

Batley,  England.     Chamber  of  Commerce          .         .    v    . 

Battersea  Public  Library,  London       .        . 

Baxter,  Sylvester,  Maiden    ....      1  broadside 

Bay  State  Club,  Holyoke 

Beacon  .         .         .         .         .         .2  1900-01  subscriptions 

Beck,  Miss  Sarah  P.,  Cambridge 

Beebe  Town  Library,  Wakefield 

Beer,  William,  New  Orleans 

Beet  Sugar  Gazette  Company,  Chicago       .... 
Belfast,  Ireland.     Chamber  of  Commerce  .... 

—  Free  Public  Library 

Belfast  Library  and  Society  for  Promoting  Knowledge     . 
Belfast,  Me.     Free  Library  ....... 

Belgium.     Bibliotheque  Royale  de  Belgique 

—  Commission  Centrale  de  Statistique       .... 

—  Institut  Cartographique  Militaire  ...      2  maps 

—  Ministere  de  1' Agriculture       ...... 

—  Ministere  de  1'Industrie  et  du  Travail    .... 

—  Ministere  de  1'Interieur 

—  Ministere  de  Tlnterieur  et  de  1'Instruction  Publique    . 

—  Ministere  des  Chemins  de  Fer,  Postes  et  Telegraphes  . 

—  Service  Beige  des  Echanges 

Belknap,  Capt.  Charles  E.,  Grand  Rapids  .... 
Belknap,  P.  H.,  Brookline  ....... 


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Bell,  J.  H.     . 

Bell,  Samuel  R 

Benevolent  Fraternity  of  Churches     ..... 
Bengal.     Chamber  of  Commerce          ..... 

Bennett,  Chas.  G.,  Washington 

Bent,  Allen  H 

Benton,  Josiah  H.,  Jr.          ....... 

Berg,  Dr.  Carlos,  Buenos  Aires 

Berkshire  Baptist  Association 

Berle,  Rev.  Adolph  A 

Berlin.     Kaiserliches  Statistisches  Anit     .... 

—  Magistral  .......... 

—  Statistisches  Amt  der  Stadt  Berlin          .         .        . 
Berliner  Klinische  Wochenschrift,  Editors  of,  Berlin 
Berluc-Perussis,  Leon  de,  Digne          ..... 

Berne.     Statistisches  Bureau       ...... 

Bernice  Pauahi  Bishop  Museum,  Honolulu 

Berry,  John  M.,  Millbury     ....     2  broadsides 

Betts,  Benjamin,  Brooklyn  ...... 

Beverly  Citizen     ....        1900-01  subscription 

Bibliographical  Society  of  Chicago     ..... 

Bidwell,  Mrs.  Lawson  B 

Bielefeld,  Germany.     Handelskammer        .... 

Bigelow,  William  S 

Bigelow  Free  Public  Library,  Clinton        .... 

Billerica,  Mass.,  Town  of     ....... 

Bimetallist,  Publishers  of,  London      .         .         . 

Binghampton.     Board  of. Health 

Birmingham.     Chamber  of  Commerce        .... 

—  City  Treasurer          ........ 

—  Free  Libraries  Committee       .         ... 

—  School  Board    ......... 

Blackburn,  England.     Chamber  of  Commerce   . 
Blackford,  Hon.  Charles  M.,  Lynchburg     .... 

Blaisdell,  Frank  C 

Blake,  Francis  E.  ......... 

Blanchard,  F.  S.,  &  Co.,  Worcester     .         .         .         .         . 

Blanchard,  Luke,  West  Acton 

Blodget,  Merritt  &  Co 

Blue  Anchor  Society,  New  York  City         .... 

Blue  Hill  Meteorological  Observatory,  Milton    . 
Boardman,  Rev.  George  D.,  Philadelphia   .... 

Boardman,  Samuel  L.,  Bangor    ...... 

Bochuin,  Germany.     Handelskammer        .... 

Bodleian  Library,  Oxford 

Bollack,  Leon,  Paris     ........ 

Bologna,  Italy.     Consiglio  Comunale         .... 

Bolton,  Charles  K 

Bolton,  Mrs.  Sarah  K.,  Cleveland 

Bolton,  England.     Public  Library 

Bonn,  Germany.     Gesundheitsamt 

Booth,  Alfred,  Springfield  ....... 

Bordeaux.    Chambre  de  Commerce 

Borden,  Miss  Caroline 

2  newspaper  subscriptions  for  1901. 
Bosco,  Augusto,  Rome         .... 
Boston.     Mayor 

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Stearns,  Frank  P.,  Arlington  Heights         .... 
Stettin,  Germany.    Vorstcher  der  Kauf mannschaft  . 

Stewart,  Dr.  Colin  C.,  Philadelphia 

Stewart,  Douglass,  Ottawa 

Stewart,  Thomas  T.,  Newport,  Vt 

Stewart,  Hon.  W.  M.,  Washington      . 

Stillman,  James  W 

Stirling's  and  Glasgow  Public  Library,  Glasgow 
Stockton,  England.     Chamber  of  Commerce 

Storer,  Hon.  Bellamy,  Madrid 

Storer,  Dr.  Malcolm 

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Conn.          .......... 

Street,  Rev.  George  E.,  Exeter,  N.  H.         .         .         . 

Stringer,  George  A.,  Buffalo 

Stuckenberg,  Mrs.  J.  H.  W.,  North  Cambridge 
Stuckenberg,  Prof.  J.  H.  W.,  North  Cambridge 
Sturges,  Alonzo  W.,  Lewiston,  Me.  ..... 

Sturtevant,  B.  F.,  Co. 

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Landesamt          ......... 

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Suffolk  County  Historical  Society,  New  York     . 
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Teele,  A.  K.,  Milton 

Teggart,  Frederick  J.,  San  Francisco          .... 

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Thorpe,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Ellery,  Newton  Centre 

Thring,  George  H.,  London 

Thurston,  Hon.  J.  M.,  Washington     ..... 

Thurston,  Prof.  Robert  H.,  Ithaca 

Thweatt,  Hiram  H.,  Thomasville,  Ga 

Ticknor,  Miss  Caroline          ....... 

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Adjutant-General         .....      2  maps 

Auditor         ......... 

—  Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortification 

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sicion  de  Paris,  Havana  ...... 

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-  Engineer  Department 

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—  Inspector-General        ....... 

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—  Public  Library  of  Western  Australia      .... 

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Walcott,  George  H 

Walker,  Hon.  J.  H.,  Washington 

Walsh,  Rev.  James  A.  ....... 

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Washington  State.     Department  of  State  .... 

Washington  Academy  of  Sciences        ..... 

Washington  and  Lee  University  ...... 

Washington  Historian,  Publishers  o'f,  Tacoma  . 

Washington  University 

Washingtonian  Home 

Watchman  Publishing  Co.    ....... 

Watel,  M.  Maurice,  Paris     .         .         .         .         .         . 

Waters,  Mrs.  C.  E.  C 

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Wellman,  Arthur  H 

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Western  Australia.     Government  Geologist       ... 

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Westfield,  Mass.,  Athenaeum        ...... 

Weymouth,  Hon.  G.  W.,  Washington         .... 

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Wheelwright,  Edward          .         .         .         .3  newspapers 

Whipple,  Wayne 

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Winchester  Home  Corporation  for  Aged  Women 
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Winsor,  Mrs.  Justin,  Cambridge 

Winthrop,  Mass.     Public  Library 

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—  Free  Library  Commission 

—  State  Superintendent  of  Education        .... 

Wisconsin  State  Historical  Society 

Wise,  Charles  H. 

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Withington,  Lothrop 

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Worcester  County  Law  Library  .        .         . 

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Wright,  Miss  Ellen  M.,  Medford 

Wright,  Isaac  A.,  Kansas  City     .         .  10  broadsides 

Wright,  Stephen  M.,  New  York  City  ... 

Wurts,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  New  Haven, 

Wyman,  Mrs'.  Edward,  Cambridge 

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York,  England.     Chamber  of  Commerce    .         . 

Young,  Rev.  Edward  J.,  Waltham 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  the  City  of  New 
York 

Young  Men's  Christian  Associations.  International  Com- 
mittee. Student  Department.  New  York  City 

Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  of  Massachusetts 
and  Rhode  Island  ........ 

Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  of  North  America. 
Historical  Library.  Springfield  ..... 

Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  New  York  City   . 

Zaehnsdorf,  Joseph,  London         ...... 

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INDEX 


American  Statistical  Association,  36. 
Andrew  Square  reading  room,  11,  30,  45. 
Appropriations,  7;  special,  8. 
Art,  works  of,  8. 
Auction  sales,  13. 
Auditor's  report,  57. 

Bates  hall,  display  of  new  books,  22. 

Bates  hall  card  catalogue,  16. 

Benton,  Josiah  H.,  jr.,  5. 

Bequests,  103. 

Binding,  need  of  special  appropriation 
for  rebinding,  4,  51;  work  done,  19. 

Books,  home  use  of,  2,  21,  44;  number  of, 
2;  income  of  Ford  bequest  applied  to 
books  for  the  young,  6;  sum  expended 
for,  2, 10, 11 ;  received,  9 ;  number  bought, 
10;  recommendation  for  purchase,  13; 
transfer  of  non-fiction,  16;  exhibitions 
of,  in  Bates  hall,  22 ;  use  of,  at  branches, 
44 ;  for  branches,  44 ;  extent  of  Library, 
78;  increase, 79,  80. 

Bowditch,  Henry  P.,  5. 

Bowditch  library,  11. 

Branches,  3,  30;  expenditure  for  books 
of  reference,  11 ;  issue  of  books,  41,  43 ; 
open  shelves,  43;  reclassification,  43; 
consolidated  finding  list,  43;  books 
bought,  44;  repairs,  44;  advertising,  45; 
expenditures,  71;  classification,  82;  cir- 
culation, 86,  87. 

Branches  and  stations,  Supervisor  of, 
report,  41. 

Brighton  branch,  repairs  at,  45. 

Broadsides,  11. 

Brown,  Allen  A.,  library  of  music,  16,  24. 

Brown,  John,  letters,  25. 

Buildings,  equipment,  and  general  ad- 
min stration,  8. 

Burns,  Anthony,  riot,  letters  on,  26. 

Card  catalogue,  Bates  hall,  16. 

Card  catalogues,  15. 

Catalogue  cards,  printing  of,  16. 

Catalogue  department,  3, 15. 

Catalogues,  special,  16. 

Chamberlain  collection,  14,  25,  103. 

Charlestown  branch,  11;  $30,000  appro- 
priated for  new  building,  2,  30. 

Children's  reference  room,  28. 

Children's  room,  exhibitions  in,  28. 

Children's  rooms,  27,  45. 

Church  of  the  Disciples,  gives  portrait  of 
Rev.  Dr.  James  Freeman  Clarke,  9. 

Circulation,  Central  Library  and 
branches,  86. 

Clarke,  Rev.  Dr.  James  Freeman,  por- 
trait presented,  9. 

Classification,  Central  Library,  81; 
branches,  82. 

Clerk,  Delia  Jean  Deery  elected,  1. 

Cooperation  with  the  schools,  31,  42. 

Cooperative  index,  15. 

Correspondence,  103. 

Cutter,  Abram  E.,  bequest  of,  6,  105. 

Deaths  and  resignations,  list  of,  49. 

Deery,  Delia  Jean,  elected  Clerk  of 
Trustees,  1. 

Delivery  stations,  45;  need  for  addition- 
al, 47. 

De  Normandie,  Rev.  Dr.  James,  reap- 
pointed  Trustee,  1;  Vice-President,  1,  5. 

Deposits,  41. 


Documents,  Department  of,  report,  32. 
Dwight,  Thomas,  5. 

East  Boston  branch,  need  of  new  build- 
ing for,  2. 

Elliott  decoration,  5,  8. 

Endowments,  6. 

Engravings,  3. 

Examining  Committee,  1900,  list  of,  4; 
report,  50. 

Examining  Committees,  list  of,  90-93. 

Exhibitions  of  photographs  and  engrav- 
ings, 3,  22;  in  children's  room,  28. 

Expenditures,  2,  7,  58. 

Fiction  Committee,  14. 
Finance,  57. 

Financial  condition  of  the  Library,  2,  7, 

57. 

Fine  arts  collection,  11, 12. 
Fines,   5],   52;     Library    should    retain 

money  accruing  from,  4. 
Ford,  Daniel  Sharp,  bequest,  6, 104. 

Galatea  collection,  12. 

Garrison  collection  of  manuscripts,  25. 

Genealogical  list,  19. 

Givers,  list  of,  106. 

Griswold  collection  of  manuscripts,  26. 

Harris  (Charlotte)  collection,  12. 
Higginson,  Col.  Thomas  W.,  26, 
Historical  manuscripts,  publication  of, 

18. 
Home  use  of  books,  21. 

Income,  7. 

Inter-library  loans,  21. 
International  law,  33. 
Issue  department,  21. 
Italian  fiction  list,  16. 

King,  Rev.  Thomas  Starr,  manuscripts, 
26. 

Lectures   on  municipal  government,   3, 

29. 

Librarian,  report  of,  6. 
Librarians,  list  of,  89. 
Library  agencies,  1,  2. 
Library  auditor,  report,  57. 
Library  service,  schedule,  94. 
Library  system,  6. 
Lincoln,  Solomon,  President,  1,  5. 
Longfellow  Memorial  Collection,  11. 

Manuscripts,  11,  25;  illuminated,  14. 

Manuscripts,  Department  of,  3. 

Maps,  12. 

Military  library,  11. 

Mt.    Pleasant  Delivery  Station.      (See 

Station  N.) 
Music  collection,  12. 

Newspapers,  29;  expenditure,  2, 10. 
Norris,  Mrs.  Julia  M.,  gift  of,  26. 

Open  shelves  at  branches,  43. 
Ordering  department,  statement  of,  9. 

Patent  room,  29. 

Periodicals,  expenditure  for,  2,  10;  dis- 
tribution of,  48. 
Photographs,  3,  24. 
President,  Solomon  Lincoln  elected,  1. 


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INDEX. 


Printing,  16. 

Printing  department,  20. 

Public  schools,  teachers  and  pupils,  85. 

Publications,  Library  should  retain 
proceeds  from  sales,  4;  issued,  17;  dis- 
position of,  21. 

Reading  rooms,  30. 

Reminding  of  books,  need  of  special  ap- 
propriation, 4,  51;  work  done  by  spe- 
cial appropriation,  19. 

Reference  books  needed  at  stations,  48. 

Registration,  statistics,  83. 

Repairs,  8. 

Resignations,  list  of,  49. 

Roslindale  reading  room,  11,  30,  46. 

Schools,  cooperation  with,  31,  42. 
Shelf  department,  19. 
Shelving,  additional,  19. 
Smythe,  Thomas,  gift  of,  26. 
Special  libraries,  22,  23. 
Station  N,  re-established,  30,  46. 
Station  P  (Broadway  Extension),  47. 
Station  S,  re  located,  30,  46. 


Station  U,  47. 

Station  W  (North  End),  46. 

Stations,  issue  of  books,  41. 

Statistics,  Department  of,  3,  25;  report, 

32. 
Supervisor  of    branches    and   stations, 

report,  41. 

Teachers'  Geography  Club,  31. 

Ticknor  library,  12. 

Trust  funds,  63. 

Trustees,  report  of,  1,  5;  President,  1; 
Vice-President,  1;  list  of,  88. 

Twentieth  Regiment  Memorial  Associa- 
tion, 24. 

Vice-President,  Rev.  Dr.  James  De  Nor- 
mandie  elected,  1. 

Walker,  Gen.  Francis  A.,  bronze  relief 

oC,  5. 
West    End    Branch,    children's     room 

established,  30,  44. 
West  Roxbury   Branch,    improvements 

at,  30,44. 


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