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FIFTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT
1904-1905
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
ON FEBRUARY 1, I905.
SOLOMON LINCOLN, President.
Term expires May 1, 1906.
JOSIAH H. BENTON, Jr. JAMES DeNORMANDIE.
Term expires May 1, 1909. Term expires May 1, 1905.
THOMAS F. BOYLE. THOMAS DW1GHT.
Term expires May 1, 1907. Term expires May 1, 1908.
LIBRARIAN.
HORACE G. WADL1N,
With the Compliments of
THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE TRUSTEES
Public Library
CITY OF BOSTON
1904-1905
BOSTON
MUNICIPAL PRINTING OFFICE
1905
CO XT E NTS .
Page.
Report of the Trustees ....•.!
Report of the Librarian ...... 6
Report of the Examining Committee .... 54
Appendixes :
I. Financial Statement ...... 63
II. Extent of the Library by years .... 85
II L Net Increase of the Several Departments, includ-
ing Branches ....... 87
IV. Classification : Central Library . . broadside
V. Classification: Branches . . , . . '.Ml
V I . Registration ..... broadside
VII. Circulation ........ 93
VIII. Trustees for Fifty-three Years. — Librarians. . 95
IX. Examining Committees for Fifty-three Years . 97
X. Library Service, including Sunday and Evening
Service ........ 101
Index to the Annual Report, 1904-1905 .... 113
WATERTOWN
Branch Libraries, May i, 1905.
Brighton Branch, Holton Library Buildii
L'hai-K-st'twn Branch. City Square.
Dorchester Branch, Arcadia, cor. Adams
Bast Boston Branch. ^ Meridian St.
Main Branch, Curtis Hall. Cent
Lower Mills Reading Room, Washington, cor. Richmond St
Roslindale Reading Room. Washington, cor. Ashland St.
Mattapan Reading Room, River, cor. Oakland St.
Neponset Delivery Station. 4q Walnut St.
Mount Bowdoio Reading Room, Washington, cor. Eldon St.
Allston Reading Room, 354 Cambridge St.
Codman Square Reading Room, Washington cor. Norfolk £
ml Reading Room, Dudley, cor. Magazine St.
Roxbuxy Branch, 46 Millmont St.
ton Branch, 17.- Bmadway.
S.-. ith End Bran- h, * l7 Shawmi:
West End Branch. Cambridge, cor Lyndi Bfc
West Roxbitry Branch, Cenl
Mt. Vernon St.
Delivery Stations, May I, 1905.
1\ Broadway Extension Reading Room, ij Broadw.iv I
O. Upham's Corner Reading Room. Columbia Road COl Bird St.
R Warren Street Reading Room, 390 Warren St.
S Roxbury Crossing Reading Room, 115.1 Tremont St.
T. Boylstoo Station Reading Room, The Lamartine, Depol Squat
W Industrial School Rea forth Bennet St.
Orient Heights Reading Room, 1030 Bennington St.
North Street Reading Room, ;o; North St.
Dorchester
LIBRARY SYSTEM, FEBRUARY 1, 1905.
Departments.
Opened.
Volumes,
Jan. 31,
1905.
Home u?e,
Volumes,
11104-190:'..
1854
Central Library, Copley sq. Established May
t Hast Boston Branch, 37 Meridian St
J Suit h Boston Branch, 372 Broadway
|*l Roxbury Branch, 40 Millmont st
t Charlestown Branch, City sq
f Brighton Branch, Academy Hill rd
J Dorchester Branch, Arcadia, cor. Adams st
South End Branch, 397 Shawmut ave
t Jamaica Plain Branch, Curtis Hall, Centre st
X West Roxbury Branch, Centre, near Mt. Vernon st —
f West End Branch, Cambridge, cor. Lynde st
Station A. Lower Mills Reading Rooni, Washington St.,
" B. Roslindale Reading Room, Washington, cor.
Ashland st
" C. South End Reading Room, 55 Berkeley st. . .
" D. Mattapan Reading Room, River, cor. Oak-
land st
" E. Neponset Delivery Station, 49 Walnut st —
" V. Mt. Bowdoin Reading Room, Washington
cor. Eldon st
" G. Allston Delivery Station, 14 Franklin st
" H. Ashmout Delivery Station, 571 Talbot ave..
Dorchester Station Delivery Station, 157 Nor-
folk st
North Brighton Reading Room,">6 Market st.,
Crescent Avenue Delivery Station, 1011 Dor-
chester ave
Mt. Pleasant Reading Room, Dudley, cor.
Magazine st
Broadway Extension Reading Room, 13
Broadway Extension
Upham's Corner Reading Room, Columbia
rd., cor. Bird st
Warren Street Delivery Station, 329 Warren
st
Roxbury Crossing Reading Room, 1154 Tre
moot st
T. Boylston Delivery Station, Lamartine, cor.
Paul Gore st
U. Ward Nine Delivery Station, 62 Union Park
st.
Industrial School Reading Room, 39 North
Ben net st.
Andrew Suuare Reading Room, John A
Andrew School-house, Dorchester st
Z. Orient Heights Reading Room,1030 Benning
ton st
22. North Street Reading Room, 207 North st..
J.
L.
M.
N.
P.
Q.
R.
S.
w.
Y.
Mar. 11,
Jan. 28,
May 1,
July, '
*Jan.,
Jan.,
Jan. 25,
Aug.,
Sept.,
Jan. 6,
Feb. 1,
June 7,
Dec. 3,
Mar. 31,
Dec. 27,
Jan. 1,
Nov. 1,
Mar. 11,
July 26,
Nov. 12,
May 9,
June 25,
Apr. 29,
Jan. 16,
Mar. 16,
May 1,
Jan. 18,
Nov. 1,
Dec. 27,
Nov. 3,
Jan. 5,
Total.
June 25,
Sept. 1,
1895
1871
1S72
1873
1.^74
1874
1875
1877
1877
1880
1S96
1875
1878
1902
1881
18S3
1886
1889
1890
1890
1892
1892
1892
1S96
1896
1896
189'
1897
1898
1899
1901
1901
1904
678,949
14,430
15,805
35,283
30,377
16,423
18,378
14,541
14,947
6,068
14,047
184
3,410
168
177
1,751
146
191
2,440
1,096
395
149
246
811
237
871,050
414,731
85,542
92,278
89,463
60,013
44,851
62,976
90,977
55,187
31,508
142.S72
7,234
40,083
11,855
5,405
8,607
23,621
11,658
8,924
10,773
6,388
9,217
14,594
25,517
32,345
14,141
13,358
11,166
23,333
8,671
6,438
7,415
7,056
* As a branch.
t In buildings owned by the City, and exclusively devoted to Library uses.
j In City buildings, in part devoted to other municipal uses.
§ i >ccupies rented rooms.
|| The lessee of the Fellows Athenu'um, a private library association.
To His Honor Patrick A. Collins,
Mayor of the City of Boston :
The Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston
present the following report of its history and condition
during the year ending January 31, 1905, being the
Trustees' fifty-third annual report.
Mr. Josiah H. Benton, jr., whose term as Trustee expired
May 1, 1904, was re-appointed for a term of five years
beginning May 1, 1904. The corporation was organized in
May, 1904, by the re-election of Mr. Solomon Lincoln as
President and Rev. Dr. James De Normandie as Vice Presi-
dent. Miss Delia Jean Deery was re-elected Clerk.
The following tables exhibit the receipts and expenditures
during the year covered by this report :
Receipts.
City appropriation .... 8305,000 00
Income from trust funds . . . 15,539 78
Miscellaneous sources, gifts, etc.,
including cash on deposit in
London iu part to meet payments
for purchases made during the
year, and unexpended balances of
trust funds .... 16,474 15
8337,013 93
Expenditures.
Salaries, including Printing and
Binding Departments . . . 8201,314 58
Books 36,283 72
Periodicals 6,810 84
Newspapers . . . . . 1,658 14
General maintenance . . . 76,578 09
322,645 37
Balance * $14,368 56
*This balance is composed of certain items of income of trust funds, accrued
interest od deposits, etc., as shown in the Auditor's detailed statement, Appendix
I., page 66.
City Document No. 24.
The Trustees append as usual to their report the report of
the' Librarian, Mr. Wadlin, and those of other officials of the
Library. That of the Librarian is especially full and in-
structive, and all the reports will be found to repay the
careful attention of those who desire a complete account of
the activities and condition of the Library.
The Examining Committee of citizens for the year con-
sisted of the following ladies and gentlemen :
Edward A. McLaughlin,
Chairman,
Miss Eleanor M. Colleton,
Secretary,
Mrs. John A. Bellows,
Frank H. Briggs,
John S. Concannon,
J. Randolph Coolidge, jr.,
Arthur W. Dolan,
William F. Donovan,
William J. Doogue, jr.,
Frank K. Foster,
Mrs. Francis P. Garland,
Miss Anna Sprague McDonald,
Mrs. Thomas G. Plant,
Abraham C. Ratshesky,
Henry S. Rowe,
Mrs. Edward C. Scates,
J. Montgomery Sears,
Dr. George B. Shattuck,
N. L. Sheldon,
Gen. Hazard Stevens,
Rev. James N. Supple,
Rev. Benjamin F. Trueblood,
Lucius Tuttle,
Frederick P. Vinton,
Dr. J. Collins Warren,
Daniel A. Whelton.
This Committee made a thorough examination of the
Library and offered many useful suggestions looking to its
improvement. The Examining Committees render a valu-
able service, and the Trustees always give careful considera-
tion to their recommendations.
The agencies of the Library have as usual increased this
year, the additions numbering sixteen, all being of the lesser
sort known as deposit stations, to which books are sent on
deposit. The number of all the agencies of the Library, at
which books were accessible, on January 31, 1905, was two
hundred and one. The increase of these deposit stations
promotes the use of the Library and is favored by the Trus-
tees within reasonable limits. It is impossible, however, to
satisfy all requests for expansion of the Library sj^stem of
stations. Even unavoidable changes and redistributions of
these stations inevitably produce some discontent on the part
of those who suffer inconvenience caused thereby. The
Librarian's report describes the important changes in the
Library Department. 3
Library buildings. The most important was the adaptation
of the Every-Day Church edifice on Shawmut avenue to the
purposes of a branch library, and the establishment of the
South End Branch therein. This transfer from the rooms
formerly occupied in the basement of the English High
School was rendered necessary because the latter rooms were
needed by the School Committee.
The number of volumes added to the Library during the
year was 42,891, of which 1,890 were bound periodicals ; and
the number of volumes in the Library at the end of the year
was 871,050. Of the accessions of the year, exclusive of
periodicals, 25,579 were acquired by purchase and 15,422 by
gift or exchange.
In addition to the increase of stations and of volumes
added to the Library, the Trustees have endeavored to ex-
tend its use by increasing the number of hours during which
some stations are kept open, and by allowing freer access to
the book shelves. This freedom of access is attended with
some loss of books — chiefly of children's books and those
of small value. The Trustees are of opinion that the loss
thus sustained has its compensations in closer acquaintance
with the contents of the Library which open shelves permit
and stimulate.
The Trustees continue to limit their purchases of fiction
to books by authors of established reputation or books of
especial interest. The Library already possesses and fur-
nishes in its Central building and branches full collections of
standard fiction, and purchases such from time to time, but
they believe that much of current fiction is largely of
ephemeral value, and that the money of the city should be
spent for books of more permanent worth. They, therefore,
make but little effort to meet a demand for light fiction
which, if gratified, would readily absorb a large portion of so
much of the Library appropriation as is available for the
purchase of books.
The Trustees endeavor to maintain the high rank which
the Library holds by reasonable purchases of valuable books
usually paid for from the income of trust funds, and they
4 City Document No. 24.
also attempt to secure such historical matter, either in
manuscript or print, as especially relates to Boston.
The publication of the monthly bulletin has been continued
during the year. These bulletins supply lists of the import-
ant accessions to the Library and other special information
intended to bring closely to its patrons important and timely
knowledge of the contents of the shelves.
The Library has received numerous gifts of books during
the past year — some of them rare and valuable, together
with others of less importance, to some extent duplicates of
volumes already in its possession. The Trustees, however,,
encourage all gifts not too insignificant. Even duplicates
are valuable for purposes of exchange with other libraries,
and many books apparently unimportant prove curious and
desirable.
The number of lectures delivered in the Lecture Hall
during the past year was greater than usual. The services
of the speakers were generously furnished without expense
to the Library, and those which related to architecture and
kindred subjects were provided chiefly by the co-operation of
the Boston Architectural Club. These lectures were well
attended and entailed merely incidental expense upon the
Library. The Library provides from time to time, both in
the Central Library and in the branches, exhibitions of en-
gravings and photographs, often appropriately illustrative of
the courses of lectures in progress at the time.
The Trustees regret that they are unable to report any
important bequests or gifts of money during the year covered
by this report. It is from such sources that the Library must
provide the rare volumes and larger publications which it
must possess in order to retain its high rank among the large
libraries of the world.
The Trustees believe, however, that it is both a Library for
scholars and useful to readers of every class. They know
of none where greater pains are taken by those in charge to
bring its stores into the closest acquaintance of its patrons.
This is in a great degree due to the thoughtful interest of its
staff. This staff is maintained and reenforced as usual
Library Department. 5
through a system of competitive examination, and applicants
for positions always greatly exceed the vacancies, in number.
The provision made by the City Government for the
Library is honorable and generous, but the mere growth of
the city entails a proportionate increase of expenditure in
order to maintain the degree of success already established.
Solomon Lincoln,
President,
James De Normandie,
Vice-President^
Josiah H. Benton, Jr.,
Thomas F. Boyle,
Thomas Dwight.
June l% 1905.
City Document No. 24.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Board of Trustees :
The report of the Librarian for the year ending January
31, 1905, is hereby submitted.
The Library System.
The Library system includes :
The Central Library on Copley Square.
Ten branch libraries with permanent collections of books.
Twenty-two delivery stations (of which fourteen are read
ing rooms), and, also, as places of deposit or delivery, forty
engine houses, twenty-six city institutions, one hundred and
three public and parochial schools, making a total of two
hundred and one agencies as against one hundred and eighty-
five in the previous year. The increase is entirely in the
number of places to which collections of books are sent on
deposit — engine houses, institutions and schools — no new
branches or reading rooms having been established.
Finance.
A record of the receipts and payments for the year is to be
found in the statement of the Library Auditor (Appendix I.).
Buildings, Equipment and General Administration.
Minor repairs only have been required on the engines at
the Central Library. The dynamos have been operated with-
out accident or stoppage, and they are in excellent condition.
One of the boilers has been re-tubed. The inside of the shell
of the feed-water heater connected with the boilers is badly
corroded, and this will probably require replacement of the
apparatus. Repairs on some of the drip-pipes connected with
the pumps and the blow-off pipes connected with the boilers
and elevator tanks have been made, and a new four-inch re-
ducing valve placed in the four-inch heating main. A new
perforated brass pipe has been placed in the outside roof gut-
ter for thawing ice and snow, and has been found satisfactory
during the winter. The motors have been operated without
stoppage or repairs, and they are in good condition. Various
Library Department. 7
minor repairs have been made to the elevators and pumps, but
the daily operation has not been materially interfered with.
The severe weather of the past winter made it necessary to
operate the boilers at the Central building continuously
through the season, and has enlarged the consumption of
coal to the extent of about eighty-five tons as compared with
the previous winter. Some additional radiating surface has
been placed in the colder parts of the building, with satis-
factory results.
The usual routine repairs have been made upon the struct-
ure of the Central building and of the several branch libra-
ries. The tile roof of the Central building has been thor-
oughly inspected, all broken tiles, of which there were many,
have been replaced or repaired, and all defective joints re-
cemented. On the exposed sides of the building, especially
in severe winters, these tiles are often broken by the action
of frost, and the necessity for constant repairs may be ex-
pected. At the Brighton building important and much-
needed repairs have been made upon the roof, the heating
apparatus enlarged, and a new fence has been built upon the
north and east sides of the lot. By the courtesy of the Park
Department, vines have been planted, and, upon request, the
Lamp Department has located an electric light in front of
the grounds.
NEW BRANCH BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
The most important change in the branch buildings that has
been made during the year relates to the South End Branch,
which for many years has been located in the basement of the
English High School building on Montgomery street. By
the action of the School Committee our tenancy of these
premises was terminated, as the entire building was required
for school purposes. After careful consideration of all avail-
able buildings in the vicinity, the Every-Day Church edifice
(so-called), 397 Shawmut avenue, about to be vacated by its
owners, was taken upon lease for ten years, and has been
transformed by the necessary remodelling into a commodious
and convenient branch library building. The former audi-
ence room is now the main library and reading room, and the
basement lecture room has become a children's reading room.
Removal to the new premises was effected in July, with inter-
ruption of only a few hours to the issue of books. In its
new quarters the branch has ample space and equipment.
There are seats for 120 readers at the tables in the main
room. The bookcases in this room and in the children's room
8 City Document No. 24.
are low and accessible, and the light, both in the daytime and
evening, is good. In location the branch is farther away
than formerly from the Central Library, and this was consid-
ered an advantage in the selection of the site, since it is now
possible to serve more conveniently the district to which the
branch properly belongs. The circulation already shows an
increase, and while the greater part of the old constituency
seems to have been held, new patrons have been attracted.
The mechanical work of remodelling the church building
to fit it for library purposes was in the main performed by
the regular Library carpenter and painter, with such addi-
tional temporary assistance as was found necessary, outside
contractors being engaged only upon such parts of the work
as were not within the province of our own employees. The
work was efficiently and economically done, the entire ex-
pense aggregating $3,094, including the cost of the labor
performed by our regular employees, and the necessary reen-
forcing of the main floor with steel beams, as required by the
Building Department of the city.
The completion and occupation of the new municipal build-
ing on Columbia road has given the Library a new reading
room at Upham's Corner, properly equipped and adapted to
the convenience of an increasing patronage in that vicinity.
This was opened with a small but carefully selected collection
of books on September 1, 1904. The number of volumes
has been increased from time to time, and will be hereafter
increased as the financial resources of the Library permit.
The floor space of the East Boston Branch has been radi-
cally re-arranged and much improved, separate quarters for
children and adults being secured, more guarded access to the
shelves, and generally greater economy of space. Every-
thing possible has been done to promote the public conve-
nience within the limited area available. The floor space is
entirely inadequate, since there are seats for only 43 children
and 35 adults. There is no possibility of extension in this
building, although this is one of our important branches, with
an increasing circulation.
The Open-shelf System.
Nearly 200,000 volumes out of the entire collection con-
tained in the Central Library and branches are now perma-
nently on open shelves, available for use by any visitor without
formality. The advantages to the public of this direct access
to the books are undoubtedly very great. Through direct
contact the knowledge of books is promoted, and their use
extended as can be done in no other wa} T . Selections from
Library Department. 9
the weekly accessions are placed temporarily on the open
screen in the Bates Hall Catalogue Room, and collections of
fiction from the closed stacks are displayed on the open table
in the Delivery Room, and renewed each day.
There is, however, one serious objection to the open-shelf
system, namely, the loss of books. While not so great with
us as in some other large public libraries, it is nevertheless
far too great. The number of volumes reported for the year
as missing at the Central Library, including the number
missing from the collection sent out for deposit through the
Branch Department, was 1,051 ; of which 539 were losses
through open shelves, principally from the juvenile and de-
posit collections. Only 31 volumes have been lost from the
open Bates Hall screen, 36 from Fine Arts, and 81 from the
Bates Hall reference shelves. Of the volumes issued from
the stacks for use in Bates Hall only 26 have been lost.
Practically the entire number of volumes in the branch
libraries are now on open shelves, and the freedom of access
is more absolute at the branches than at the Central. The
number of books reported as missing from the few closed
shelves which remain is but 29, but from the open shelves
613 have been lost. This number has been increased by an
unusual loss of 212 volumes from one branch alone. Four
years ago the same branch suffered from periodic pilfering,
which was finally checked. A policeman in plain clothes is
now constantly on duty, and other precautions have been
taken. At two branches, thieves have been arrested, and in
each case convicted and punished.
As will be seen, the aggregate number of books reported
for the year as missing at the Central Library and branches,
taken together, both from open and closed shelves, is 1,693.
Deducting from this aggregate the number which experience
has shown will be eventually recovered, there remain about
1,200 volumes which are probably permanently lost. A
large proportion of these are works of fiction or books for
children, of minor pecuniary value.
In recent years the trend of library administration has
been entirely in the direction of the open-shelf system.
Although losses were expected and were deplored, it has
been held that the advantages of open access more than com-
pensated for them. Possibly it is too soon to determine
results definitely, and it is obvious that a system may be excel-
lent in a small library serving a homogeneous population,
where nearly every borrower is personally known to the
attendants, but not so well adapted to one supplying a
city population composed of diverse elements.
10 City Document No. 24.
It is a good thing to extend the knowledge of books, as
may be done by means of open shelves, but perhaps we are
incidentally promoting evils which cannot be offset by this
desirable result. The pecuniar}- loss involved is far less im-
portant than the possible demoralization, especially of children,
due to the ease with which books may be purloined without
detection. They are not always taken with deliberate attempt
to steal, however. Sometimes they are carried away thought-
lessly without compliance with the rules as to charging, the
borrower possibly intending to return them eventually. Some-
times they are returned as surreptitiously as they were taken.
But this failure to conform to the reasonable requirements
of the Library, whether it be done thoughtlessly or wilfully,
is in itself demoralizing, although not quite so culpable as
theft.
All theories must be tested by experience. I am not
ready to condemn the open shelf, but it is unwise to fail to
recognize its evils. It is our business, of course, to overcome
them as far as possible. The majority of the patrons of the
Library are trustworthy, and evidently appreciate the privi-
leges which have been so generously extended. It would be
unfortunate if the abuse of these privileges by the irrespon-
sible or careless should make it necessary to withdraw or
curtail them.
Rapidity of Delivery to Readers.
The average time required to deliver a book on call to a
reader in Bates Hall, based upon a full year's experience, is
ten minutes. This means of course that many volumes are
delivered in less time, since the average is raised materially
by the comparatively few cases in which, for various reasons,
an unusually long time elapses before the readers' wants are
supplied.
Owing to the location of Bates Hall, with reference to the
stacks, it is probably impossible to shorten the average time
very much. Nevertheless, we have neither regarded the
problem as hopeless nor abandoned attempts to solve it.
During the year experiments involving no expense to us
have been made with an ingenious telegraphic appliance by
means of which shelf numbers written at the Bates Hall centre
desk were reproduced instantaneously in the distant stacks.
The apparatus was found too delicate to withstand the con-
stant strain upon it, under the conditions obtaining here, and
with the electric current that it was possible for us to supply
from our own dynamos. This is no reflection upon the
Library Department. 11
merits of the instrument, which, although adapted to a wide
variety of uses, was not exactly fitted to our needs.
Special Summer Privileges.
The privilege of retaining books, other than fiction, for an
extended time during the summer vacation period (July 10
to September 12), initiated in 1903, was continued in 1904 and
extended to the branches. In all, 867 volumes were issued,
as against 364 in the previous year. Probably most of these
would not have been issued at all under the ordinary rules,
since many of them were taken by patrons who were going into
the country for a vacation or who wished to use the books for
a longer period than would have been possible under the usual
conditions. The circulation under the privilege is likely to
increase as its advantages become more widely known.
Books Received.
In the selection of books for purchase the chiefs of depart-
ments have rendered efficient aid. Air. Thomas S. Perry has
devoted his attention especially to the regular examination of
current European Continental lists, and Mr. James L. Whitney
to the American and English publishers' announcements and
catalogues. Every important auction or other sales catalogue,
whether issued in this country or abroad, has been systemati-
cally searched, and, as usual, the more desirable books received
by the book trade in this country or issued by American pub-
lishers have been sent here on approval for examination.
The statistical statement of accessions for the year is as
follows :
Central, Branches, Total,
Volumes. Volumes. Volumes
Added by purchase 13,145 12,434 25,579
Added by gift 14,101 367 14,468
Added by exchange .... 285 285
Added by periodicals (bound) . . 1,890 — 1,890
Added by Statistical Department (Gift), 669 669
30,090
Books bought for Central Library :
From City appropriation
From trust funds
Books bought for branches :
From City appropriation
From trust funds
From Fellowes Athenaeum
12,801
42,891
10,506
2,639
13 145
10,760
520
1,154
12,434
25,579
12 City Document No. 24.
By way of comparison it may be stated that the number
of volumes added by purchase (25,579) exceeds by 1,213
the number purchased in 1903-04. The number purchased
for the Central Library is but 83 in excess of the number
purchased in 1903-04, the larger part of the increase in aggre-
gate accessions being due to purchases for the branches, includ-
ing the reading room stations outside the Central. During
the last few years the increase in relative purchases for the
branches and reading room stations as compared with the
Central is marked. This is partly due to the opening of new
reading rooms requiring permanent collections of books. It
means, of course, that the collections outside the Central
Library are for the time being growing faster than the Cen-
tral collection itself. There is no reason for regarding this
as fundamentally wrong. The branches are parts of the
general system, and not independent. They, no less than
the Central, are integral parts of the Library. Since so
large a portion of our circulation is through the branches,
and since this constantly tends to increase as new agencies
are from time to time added, or existing ones made more
efficient, it is inevitable that the relative demand for books
from them, as compared with the Central, will increase.
English Prose Fiction.
During the year 597 volumes of English prose fiction have
been received for examination as issued from the press, and
have been carefully considered. The output in this kind
has not been so great as in other recent years. The books
have all been read by the volunteer fiction committee, not
connected with the official staff, whose reports upon them
have been taken into account in deciding upon the advisa-
bility of purchase. These reports, since they generally
include a brief synopsis of plot, are of great assistance in deter-
mining the character of the large number of books received.
But the verdict of this committee, which aims to reflect no
more than such an opinion as readers of intelligence would
form from a careful reading, is never conclusive in deter-
mining whether or not a book is desirable for our purposes.
Other factors are always influential ; and, apart from all
question of merit or popularity, the limited amount of money
available for purchases in this department without encroach-
ing upon others which, to say the least, are equally necessary
and important, restricts our accessions of fiction within com-
paratively rigid limits. Out of the whole, 129 titles were
finally accepted.
Library Department. 13
Foreign Books.
The Library this year, as in the past, has purchased a con-
siderable number of books in other languages than English.
It is obvious that every library which has a scholarly as well
as a popular side must do so. During the year the pro-
posed purchases of such books have been carefully scanned.
When, as with us, the amount that can be devoted to acces-
sions is limited ; when, indeed, we always need more books
than we can possibly buy, it is always a serious question as to
how many we are warranted in buying from foreign sources.
As indicated, our present financial limitations force us to
discriminate, whether we desire to do so or not. Every
week we are for this reason obliged to pass over foreign
books which would be valuable accessions to our collection ;
which are, no doubt, as valuable in many respects as some of
those selected. Apart from all theories as to what ought
or ought not to be purchased, or what proportion pur-
chases of foreign books ought to bear to those printed in
English, there is one source of information which may guide
us, namely, the demand. In order to measure it, partially,
at least, a record has been kept for fifteen months, through
the Shelf Department, showing the number of books printed
in languages other than English, issued daily from the
Central Library, on home use slips.
The total for the year ending January 31, 1905, was
23,847, or 13.6 per cent, of the total home circulation.
These books were classified as follows : In French, 10,007 ;
Italian, 2,228 ; German, 7,419 ; Scandinavian, 972 ; Greek,
383 ; Latin, 629 ; Spanish, 958 ; Russian, 741 ; Polish, 216 ;
Hebrew, 76 ; Arabic, 26 ; Yiddish, 36 ; Burmese, 4 ; Anglo-
Saxon, 23; Dutch, 3; Armenian, 64; Roumanian, 11;
Japanese, 9 ; Chinese, 10 ; Irish, 18 ; other foreign lan-
guages, 14.
It is not possible to give minute details as to the depart-
ments of literature to which these books belong, but the fol-
lowing general statement is indicative : fiction, 50 per cent. ;
general literature, study of language, etc., 25 per cent. ;
travel, 12 per cent. ; history, science, art, etc., 13 per cent.
The percentages of circulation for home use of books in
foreign languages are as follows : French, 5.7 ; German, 4.2 ;
Italian, 1.3 ; Scandinavian, 0.6 ; Spanish, 0.5 ; Russian, 0.4 ;
Latin, 0.4; Greek, 0.2; all others, 0.3 — total, 13.6.
It will be noted that only the circulation for home use is
considered. If it were possible to include the number of
books in foreign languages issued for hall use, especially in
14 City Document No. 24.
connection with the Special Libraries, the aggregate would
not only be considerably larger, but the percentage of books
other than fiction would be increased in still greater propor-
tion, since many of the authoritative works upon art, archi-
tecture, music, etc., are from foreign sources. The same
statement applies to books in general literature, criticism,
etc., issued for use in Bates Hall.
It should be understood that the particular language in
which a book is printed is not to be taken as a conclusive
index to the reason for drawing it from the Library. For
example, a book may be printed in German, and nevertheless
have no particular relation to Germany other than that it
is printed in Germany and may be the work of a German
author. Under such conditions it may be called for here for
reasons quite irrespective of the language in which it appears.
Such, for example, are many books in the Fine Arts class,
and many others in general literature and criticism. Another
instance that may be cited from the experience of the year is
that of books relating to Japan, the subject being of peculiar
interest at present. As may be seen from the foregoing
figures, only nine works printed in the Japanese language
were called for, but many books relating to Japan, but printed
in other foreign languages, were issued ; and almost daily
works covering the study of the Japanese language and
customs, or upon the history of Japan, or upon experiences
of travel in that country, printed in languages other than
Japanese or English, were circulated.
Students of a foreign language often request books in that
language in order to acquire facility in reading. A few
simple books adapted to this need have from time to time
been added to the branches as well as to the Central Library.
Therefore the demand for books in foreign languages, as
reflected in circulation, bears no direct relation to the number
of persons in our population who are of the nationalities
represented by such languages. But while this is true,
there is, as we have said, a considerable demand from the
adults of these different nationalities for books in their
mother tongue.
This demand is especially noted at stations within dis-
tricts that in recent years have had large accessions of for-
eign-born adults. It is comparatively easy to attract the
children of foreign-born parents, and to lead them by pro-
gressive stages into the world of English literature, particu-
larly since the elementary schools are also opening the way;
but many of the adults never master the new language so as to
lead it easily. If the Public Library is to serve all classes,
Library Department. 15
these must not be overlooked. Another phase of this
demand is reflected in the remark of a young Bulgarian to
the custodian of one of our reading rooms : " I read French
and German, and am learning English ; but unless I can
read a Bulgarian book once in a while, I forget my native
tongue."
A public library in an English-speaking community should
not permit its foreign accessions to over-balance those in
English, but the legitimate wants of scholars for representa-
tive works of- the higher class in the different departments
of foreign literature must be met so far as possible within
limits that are inexorable, and there is a duty resting upon
us of extending the influence of the library, as a civic
institution, toward enlarging the life and broadening the
intellectual outlook of those who have recently entered the
ranks of American citizenship without preliminary training
in the English tongue.
A report prepared by Miss Theodosia E. Macurdy, Chief
of the Ordering Department, contains the following as to
the accessions for the 3' ear :
PAYMENTS FOR BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS,
1904-05.
The payments for 1904-05 have been as follows :
City money expended for books :
For the Central Library (including
$2,593.03 for deposit) . . $13,325 64
For branches ..... 9,224 77
City money expended for periodicals :
For Central Library . . . $4,752 13
For branches and stations . . 2,058 71
$22,550 41
6,810 84
Total City money expended .
Trust funds expended for books :
For Central Library
For branches ....
Trust funds expended for newspapers
Total trust funds expended .
Carnegie fund expended for Central Library
Numismatic fund expended for Central Library
$29.
,361
25
$13,159
432
. 1,658
50
08
14
15,
,249
72
brary
Library
136
5
62
11
Total City money and funds expended . . $44,752 70
Carried forward . . . . . . $44,752 70
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Brought forward ...... 844,752 70
Fellowes Athenamm paid for books for Roxbury
branch, purchased by the Central Library :
Books . . . . . $1,124 85
Periodicals 200 30
1,325 15
846,077 85
Total amount paid for books, periodicals and newspapers,
146,077.85, as against $48,835.19 in 1903-04.
REVIEW OF PURCHASES, 1904-05.
The purchases for 1904-05 have not been in new or unusual
directions, but have followed mainly those of the preceding
year, varied somewhat by especial opportunity. The acces-
sions along certain lines are, however, fairly constant, and
some of the collections which have received substantial addi-
tions during the year are the writings of the New England
divines (notably the Mathers) ; almanacs ; New England
Psalters ; books printed by Benjamin Franklin ; the files of
Boston and Massachusetts newspapers and the Pennsylvania
Gazette ; books in the native languages of America ; British
history, topography, and genealogy ; rare editions of Shake-
speare ; the fine arts ; the literature of the Civil War — chiefly
regimental histories — and material relating to the St. Louis
Exposition.
The following selected examples may serve to illustrate
the especial character of the acquisitions in some of the
collections mentioned :
WRITINGS OF NEW ENGLAND DIVINES AND OTHER WORKS
RELATING TO NEW ENGLAND.
Mather, Cotton. Elizabeth in her holy retirement. Boston.
1710.
Mather, Cotton. The echo's of devotion. Boston. 1710.
Mather, Cotton. Febrifugium. An essay for the cure of ungov-
erned anger. (Boston. 1717?)
Mather, Cotton. A year and a life well concluded. Boston.
1719-1720.
Mather, Increase. "Wo to drunkards. Cambridge. 1673.
Moodey, Samuel. Smoaking flax inflamed ; or, weary sinners
incouraged to go to Christ. . . . Boston. 1718.
"Wadsworth, Benjamin. Some considerations about baptism.
Boston. 1719.
Willard, Samuel. The just man's prerogative. Boston. 1706.
Library Department. IT
Whitefield, George. Observations on some fatal mistakes in a
book recently published. Boston. 1764.
Calef, John. The siege of Penobscot by the Rebels ; containing
a journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's forces . . .
consisting of about 700 rank and file, under the command of
Brigadier-General Francis M'Lean. . . . With a chart of the
peninsula of Majabigwaduce, and of Penobscot River. Lon-
don. 1781.
The Crisis. To be continued weekly during the present bloody
Civil War in America. Nos. 1-80. January 21, 1775-July
27, 1776. London. 1775-76. "The work, which is of
great rarity, contains a remarkable collection of papers attack-
ing the ministry and the British government in terms of the
greatest severity."
Shirley, William. Memoirs of the principal transactions of the
last war between the English and French in North-America.
Boston. 1758.
ALMANACS.
George's Cambridge Almanack for the year of Our Redemption
1776 . . . Annexed ... A narrative of the Concord Fight.
Salem, (1776). Contains a portrait of Joseph Warren.
In addition to this scarce issue, a collection of 132
almanacs, published in this country, was secured, of which
32 were published before 1800 (the earliest in 1728), all of
which helped to complete existing files.
NEW ENGLAND PSALTERS.
The Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs of the Old and New
Testament, faithfully translated into English rneeter. For the
use, edification, and comfort of the saints in publick and
private, especially in New-England. 9th edition. London,
1701.
The Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, of the Old and New-
Testament : faithfully translated into English rneeter : for the
use, edification and comfort of the saints in publick and
private, especially in New England. 21st edition. Boston,
1726.
The Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs of the Old and New
Testament . . . for the use ... of the saints . . . especially
in New England. 16th edition. Edinburgh. 1732.
The Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs of the Old and New
Testament, faithfully translated . . . for the use ... of the
saints . . . especially in New-England. 20th edition. Edin-
burgh. 1754.
The New-England Psalter ; or Psalms of David with the Pro-
verbs of Solomon, and Christ's Sermon on the Mount. Boston,
1758.
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WORKS PRINTED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Arndt, Johann. Des hocherleuchteten Theologi, Herrn Johann
Arndts . . . Bucher. Philadelphia/ gedruckt und veiiegt bey
Benjamin Francklin und Johann Bohm. 1751.
A Confession of faith put forth by the elders aud brethren of
many congregations of Christians (baptized upon profession of
their faith) in London and the country. Adopted by the
Baptist Association met at Philadelphia, Sept. 25, 1742.
Added ... Of imposition of hands, and Singing of Psalms
in publick worship. Also a short treatise of church discipline.
Philadelphia: printed by B. Franklin. 1743.
The Confession of Faith, agreed upon by the Assembly of
Divines at Westminster, with the assistance of Commissioners
from the Church of Scotland. Philadelphia : printed and sold
by B. Franklin, 1745.
Currie, AYilliam. A sermon, preached in Radnor Church, on
. . . the 7th of January, 1747. Being the day appointed
. to be observed as a general fast . . . Philadel-
phia : printed and sold by Benjamin Franklin and David Hall.
1748.
Currie, William. A treatise on the lawfulness of defensive war.
Philadelphia: printed and sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall.
1748.
Hall, David. A mite into the treasury ; or, some serious remarks
on that solemn and indespensable duty of duly attending assem-
blies for divine worship . . . London printed : Philadel-
phia, reprinted by B. Franklin, and D. Hall. 1758.
Johnson, Samuel. Ethica : or the first principles of moral phil-
osophy ; . . . Philadelphia : printed by B. Franklin, and D.
Hall. 1752.
Poor Richard, improved: being an almanac for the year 1757,
Philadelphia: printed and sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall.
(1756.)
Querists, The (pseud.) A short reply to Mr. Whitefield's letter
which he wrote in answer to the Querists : . . . Philadelphia r
printed for the Querists [and sold by B. Franklin]. 1741.
Short, Thomas. Medicina Britannica : . . . London printed :
Philadelphia re-printed, and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall.
1751.
Smalridge, George. The art of preaching, in imitation of
Horace's Art of Poetry. London, printed ; Philadelphia, re-
printed and sold byB. Franklin. . . . 1739.
Tennent, Gilbert. Remarks upon a protestation presented to the
Synod of Philadelphia, June 1, 1741. Philadelphia: printed
and sold by Benjamin Franklin, 1741. Appended is the
apology of the Presbytery of New-Brunswick for their dissent-
ing from two acts, or new religious laws, which were made at
the last session of our Synod.
Library Department. 19
NEWSPAPERS.
The files of the Boston Gazette, the Boston Evening Post,
the Massachusetts Centinel, the Massachusetts Gazette and
the Pennsylvania Gazette have all received accessions dating
from 1736-1782. The earliest newspaper secured was a rare
number of the Boston News-Letter, "from Monday, May 18
to Monday, May 25, 1713." The earliest number heretofore
possessed by the Library was issued in 1715.
Sixteen volumes of the Examiner, Boston, 1803-1815,
were also obtained.
BOOKS IN THE NATIVE LANGUAGES OF AMERICA.
A hundred volumes in the native languages of North and
South America have been acquired, many of which consist
of portions of the Gospels, hymn books, and Catechisms in
the Indian tongues of the North American tribes. Some
rare and first editions of books in the Mexican language
were also secured in this connection, and of these some have
the Spanish and Mexican text throughout. The following
are noted :
Lorra Baquio, Francisco de. Manval mexicano de la adminis-
tracion de los sautos sacramentos, cod forme al Manual tole-
dano. En Mexico, ano 1634.
Leon, Martin de. Camino del cielo en lengva mexicana. . . .
Mexico. 1611.
Breton, Guillaume. Dictionaire carai'be-francois [et francois-
caraibe] . . . Avxerre. 1665-66. 2 volumes in 1.
"Father Breton was one of the first French missionaries to
visit the Antilles, and his productions are of the utmost value
in giving a faithful presentment of a language now practically
extinct."
Cathecismo romano, traducido en castellano, y mexicano, por
Manval Perez. Mexico. 1723.
Testamente Nutak, eller det Nye Testamente oversat i det Gron-
landske Sprog. Kiobenhavn. 1766. First edition of the first
complete translation into Eskimo of the New Testament. By
Hans and Paul Egede.
BRITISH HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY.
Nearly three hundred volumes, consisting of Parish Reg-
isters, city and county histories, publications of county his-
torical societies and illustrated topographical works, were
obtained at the sale of the Robinson collection of British
history, topography and genealogy last winter. An examina-
tion of the catalogue of this collection revealed the strength
20 City Document No. 24.
of this Library in these subjects. Out of a total of 2,140
titles nearly one half (1,031) were already here.
WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE.
Some rare editions of Shakespeare, noted herewith, were
secured at a London sale through the agency of Mr. S. C.
Cockerel.
Shakespeare, W. Hamlet, Prinz von Diinmnark. Ein Trauer-
spiel in fimf Aufzugen. Ausgefukrt von der unter der Direktion
des Herrn Andre Schopf stehenden deutschen Schauspieler-
gesellschaft. Augsburg. 1777. Sm. 8°.
Shakespeare, W. The history of King Lear. Dublin. Printed
for J. Hoey and J. Exshaw. 1768. 12°.
Galliard, Johann Ernst. [Julius Caesar.] The four chorus's
in the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by John Sheffield.
Set to musick by J. E. G-alliard. (Vocal score with
orchestral accomp.) Manuscript. (17?) 4°.
The original autograph manuscript of the music and words,
with autograph note on the fly-leaf by Katherine, Duchess of
Buckinghamshire, relative to the work, signed K. B. 1723.
Shakespeare, W. Othello, the Moor of Venice. A tragedy.
London. Garland. (1765?) Illus. 12°.
Shakespeare, W. Othello, the Moor of Venice. A tragedy.
Dublin. Printed for Peter Wilson. 1751. 12.°
Shakespeare, W. The tempest, or, the enchanted island. A
comedy. (5th quarto edition, with alterations by Sir W.
Davenant and Dryden.) London. Printed by Tho. Warren
for Henry Herringman, 1695. The text follows the edition
of 1676. The extremely rare 5th quarto edition.
Shakespeare, W. History of Timon of Athens, the man-hater.
First written by Mr. Wil. Shakespear, & since altered by Mr.
Tho. Shadwell.
Printed for T. Johnson, Bookseller at the Hague. MDCC.XII.
PINE ARTS.
The following list comprises some of the more important
works added to the collection of fine arts, and are mainly
current publications of the last two years :
Bertaux, Eniile. L'art dans l'ltalie meridionale. Tome 1.
Dessins et photographies de Fauteur.
Paris. 1904. Plate. Plans, (l^cole francaise de Rome.) F°.
Biblioth&que nationale, Paris. D^partement des estampes. Les
deux cents incunables xylographiques du Departement des
estampes. Par Henri Bouchot. Paris. 1903. 2 v. L. 8°.
Atlas, 109 plates. F°.
Library Department. 21
Blomstedt, Yrjo. Karelische Gebaude and ornamentale Formen
aus Zentral-Russisch-Karelien. [Ubersetzung von Gustave
Schmidt.] Helsingfors. 1902. Illus. 90 plates. 4°.
Bouchot, Henry F. X. M. L'exposition des primitifs francais.
La peinture en France sous les Valois. Livraison 1-4. [As
far as issued.] Paris. [1904?] 200 plates. F°. Each
plate is accompanied by explanatory text.
Carson, Hampton Lawrence. The unique collection of engraved
portraits. [Belonging to H. L. Carson.] Portraits of Gen.
George Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Lafayette.
Philadelphia. [1904.] Plates. F°. (As far as issued.)
Cervetto, Luigi Augusto. I Gaggini da Bissone. Loro opere in
Genova ed altrove. Contributo alia storia dell'arte lombarda.
Milano. 190:3. Illus. Portraits. Plates. F°.
Cook, Theodore Andrea. The water-color drawings of J. M. W.
Turner in the National Gallery. . . . London. 1904. Por-
trait. 62 plates. Autograph fac-simile. L. 4°. 58 plates
are colored.
Cust, Lionel Henry. Notes on the authentic portraits of Mary
( ,>ueen of Scots. . . . London. 1903. Portraits. 8°.
Dreger, Moriz. Kiinstlerische Entwicklung der Weberei und
Stickerei, Wien. 1904. Text. 1 v. Atlas. 2 v. L. 8°.
Eyck, Hubert van and Jan van Eyck. Das Genter Altarbild,
Photograviiren in y 3 ^ der naturlichen Grosse nach den in Gent.
Briissel und Berlin befindlichen Original-gemalden. Berlin.
[1903.] 19 sheets.
Ferree, Barr. American estates and gardens. New York.
1904. Illus. Plates. F°.
Flanderky, Paul. Seetiere Naturstudien fur Kunst u. Kunstge-
werbe. Dresden. (1901,02.) 100 plates. F°.
Forbes, Arthur Holland. Architectural gardens of Italy. A
series of photogravure plates from photographs made for and
selected by Arthur Holland Forbes with the assistance of
Count V. de Visone. New York. 1902. 196 plates. F°.
Gayet, Albert Jean. L'art byzantin d'apres les monuments de
lTtalie, de ITstrie et de la Dalmatie, releves et dessines par
Charles Errard. (Vol.) 1, 2. Paris. (1903.) Illus.
Plates. Plans. L. F°. To be continued.
Gusman, Pierre. La villa imperiale de Tibur (Villa Hadriana)
. . . Paris. 1904. Illus. Plates. Plans. Fac-similes.
F°.
Hart, Charles Henry. Catalogue of the engraved portraits of
Washington. New York. The Grolier Club. 1904. Por-
traits. ^F°.
Hofstede de Greet, Cornelis. Meisterwerke der Portratmalerei
auf der Austellung im Haag 1903. Muncken. 1903. 69
plates. F c . No. 99 of an edition of 200 copies.
Meynell, Alice C. Children of the old masters. (Italian
school.) New York. (1903.) Portraits. Plates. 4°.
22 City Document No. 24.
Migeon, Gaston, editor. Exposition des arts musulmans an
Musee des arts decoratifs. Paris. (1903.) 100 plates. F°.
No. 196 of an edition of 200 copies.
Moliuier, C. L. M. E. La collection Wallace. Meubles et
objets d'art fraucais des XVIP et XVIIP siecles. Paris.
(190-.) 100 plates. F°.
Murphy, Bailey Scott. English and Scottish wrought ironwork.
London. 1904. 80 plates. F°.
Odobeseo, A. Le tresor de P^trossa. Historique-description.
Etude sur 1'orfeVrerie antique. Leipzig. 1899-1900. 2 v.
in 1. Illus. Plates. F°. Many of the plates are colored.
Rehme, Wilhehn. Die Architektur der neuen freien Schule.
Leipzig. [1901.] 100 plates. F°. [With] Erganzungsband
I. (1902.)
Ricketts, Charles S. The Prado and its masterpieces. West-
minster. 1903. Portraits. Plates. F°.
Rooses, Maximilien. Rubens, sa vie et ses oeuvres. . . . Paris.
(1903.) Illus. Portraits. Plans. L. 4°.
Tajima, Shiichi. Masterpieces selected from the Korin school :
with biographical sketches of the artists of the school and some
critical descriptions. Vol. 1. Tokyo. 1903. Plates. F°.
Temple, Alfred George. The Wallace Collection (paintings) at
Hertford House. London. 1902. Portraits. Plates. F°.
Waggaman, Thomas E. Catalogue de luxe of the art treasures
collected by Thomas E. Waggaman. . . . Revised and edited
by Thomas E. Kirby. . . . New York. 1905. Plates. 4°.
No. 75 of an edition of 100 copies.
Wiegand, Theodor, and others. Die archaische Poros-Archi-
tektur der Akropolis zu Athen. . . . Cassel. 1904. Text.
Plates. Plans. F°. Atlas. 17 plates. Elephant f°. 15
plates colored.
Wilpert, Joseph. Die Malereien der Katakomben Roms. Frei-
burg im Breisgau. 1903. 2 v. Illus. Plates. F°. Many
of the plates are colored.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Fourteen hundred and thirty-six photographs were added
by purchase. Of these, 600 were made by the American
Archaeological Expedition to Syria under the direction of
Mr. Howard Crosby Butler ; 56 were photographs of foreign
cathedrals ; 46 of the new excavations in the Roman Forum,
and 501 colored photographs designed for use in connection
with geographical study in the schools.
OTHER IMPORTANT PURCHASES.
Other important purchases which may be mentioned are :
One hundred volumes for the 20th Regiment Collection,
chiefly regimental histories of the Civil War.
Library Department. 23
A collection of official and other publications, trade
catalogues of the various exhibits, etc., issued in connection
with the St. Louis Exposition.
A collection of forty maps of the United States and
Canada, issued by the Scarborough Company, conveniently
mounted for reference.
Seven hundred and twelve copies of the various Lang Fairy
Books, bought for the Central Library, branches and stations.
American Microscopical Society. Transactions. Vols. 1-25.
Indianapolis. ' 1880-1904.
Ariosto, Lodovico. I frammenti autograft" dell' ' ' Orlando f urioso,' '
pubblicati a cnra di Giuseppe Agnelli. Roma. (1903.)
Portrait. Plate. (105) fac-similes. L. f°. ' An exact photo-
type fac-simile of a codex in Biblioteca comune di Ferrara.
Billon, Francois de. Le fort inexpvgnable de l'honnevr dv sexe
femenin. a Paris . . . 1555. Portraits. Plates. 4°.
For the Galatea Collection.
Daniel, Samuel. The works of Samvel Daniel, newly augmented.
London. Waterson. 1602. (The first collected edition of
Daniel's works.)
Fischer, Josef, and Franz, Ritter von Wieser. Die iilteste Karte
mit dem Namen Amerika, aus dem Jahre 1507, und die Carta
marina, aus dem Jahre 1516, des M. Waldseemiiller. Inns-
bruck. 1903. 26 maps. Fac-similes. L. f°.
Guazzo, Stefano. The ciuile conuersation of M. Stephen Guazzo,
written first in Italian, diuided into foure bookes, the first three
translated out of French by G. pettie . . . the fourth
. now translated out of Italian into English by Barth.
Young. Imprinted at London by Thomas East, 1586. Sm. 8°.
Haywood, John. The civil and political history of the State of
Tennessee, from its earliest settlement up to the year 1796.
Knoxville. 1823.
Hozier, Louis Pierre. Supplement a 1' Armorial general de la
France.
Leech, John Henry. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea.
London. 1892-94. 3 v. 4°.
Lescarbot, Marc. Histoire de la Novvelle France. Paris. 1609.
Maps. 16°.
Lewis, Meriwether, and William Clarke. Original journals of the
Lewis and Clarke expedition 1804-1806. (Edited by Reuben
Gold Thwaites). Vols. 1, 2. 1905. Large paper edition.
Littlefield, George Emery. Early schools and school-books of
New England.^ Boston. The Club of Odd Volumes. 1904.
Portraits. Plates. Fac-similes. 8°. No. 134 of an edition
of 167 copies.
Luther, Martin. Deudsch Catechismus. (Colophon : Gedriickt
zu Witteniberg durch Georgen Rhaw M.D. xxix.) 16°.
Mark anniversary volume. To Edward Laurens Mark, Hersey
Professor of Anatomy ... at Harvard University, in
24 City Document No. 24.
celebration of twenty-five years of successful work .
from his former students, 1877-1902. New York. 1903.
lllus. Portraits. Plates. 4°.
Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf Erik. Periplus : an essay on the early
history of charts aud sailing-directions. Translated by Francis
A. Bather. Stockholm. 1897. Illus. Maps. Fac-similes.
F°.
Nuova enciclopedia italiana owero dizionario generale di scienze,
lettere, industrie, ecc. 6a edizione. Corredata ,
pel professore Gerolamo Boccardo. (Con supplemento . . .
dal professore Stef ano PaglianL ) Torino. 1875-1899. 31 v.
Illus. Portraits. Plates. Maps. L. 8°.
Picturesque and architectural New England. Boston. (1899.)
2 v. Illus. Plates. F°, obi.
Pontremoli, Emmanuel, and Bernard Haussoullier. Didymes.
Fouilles de 1895 et 1896. Paris. 1904. Illus. Plates.
Plans. Map. F°.
Schoeller, Max. Mitteilungen fiber meine Reise nach aquatorial-
Ost-Afrika und Uganda 1896-1897. Berlin. 1901-1904.
3 v. Portraits. Plates. Maps. L. 8°.
Tacitus. Cornelii Taciti De vita et moribus Ivlii Agricolae liber ;
. . . (Recognovit Morris Hicky Morgan.) (Colophon : Huius
libri . . . exempla centum diligenter typis descripsit Magister
Daniel Berkeley Vpdike.) Bostoniae . . . anno Salutis M.D.
cccciiii. F°.
Thacher, John Boyd. Christopher Columbus : . . . together
with an essay on Peter Martyr of Anghera and Bartolome de
las Casas, the first historians of America. New York. 1903, 04.
3 v. Illus. Portraits. Plates. L. 8°.
Theodosius, of Tripoli. Theodosii Sphaericorvin elementorvm
libri III. extraditione Maurolyci Messanensis mathematici
. . . [Colophon : Messanae in Freto Sicvlo impressit . . .
M.D. LVIII.] Sm. f°. With numerous geometrical woodcuts
on the outer margins of each leaf.
AUCTIONS.
A glance at the sources of the accessions shows a large
number of important books, especially Americana, obtained at
public sales. The principal sales of the year in which this
Library has been interested have been the Robinson Library
in Boston and the three sales of the Hurst Library in New
York.
gifts, 1904-5.
From the gifts of the year the following have been selected
as worthy of mention, and are named alphabetically by givers.
Except as otherwise noted, the collections received have been
of miscellaneous character. Besides the gifts mentioned
below, the Library received 824 photographs by gift,
Library Department. 25
including 248 from Miss Laura E. Hall ; 276 ( of paintings
from European Continental galleries ) from Rev. Austin S.
Garver, and 173 from various American artists, of their
works, received in response to our request.
Anonymous. From anonymous sources 813 volumes have been
received, including two collections numbering respectively 460
and 293 books.
Arnold, Howard Payson. " Oliver Cromwell's funeral." A
manuscript copy from the original in the British Museum.
Attwood, Estate of Lydia B., through James W. Bartlett.
Thirteen volumes, 156 Japanese colored prints, 29 maps, 11
manuscripts.
Bartlett, James W. Fifty-six volumes, 6 maps, and a report in
manuscript, by E. W. Serrell, on a proposed canal across the
Isthmus ( of Panama) without locks, written in 1859.
Benton, Josiah H., Jr. Fifty-one volumes, and 36 mounted
photographs of scenes in Norway.
Bigelow, Robert P., Librarian Mass. Institute of Technology.
One hundred and thirty-seven volumes, chiefly reports of
institutions.
Blanchard, Miss Sarah H. Thirty-four volumes, including the
works of Samuel Warren in five volumes and the Romance of
History in five volumes.
Boston Browning Society. Forty-six copies of the Third
Supplement to the Catalogue of the Library of the Boston
Browning Society, twenty-three volumes, and a framed portrait
(crayon from photograph) of Robert Browning at 75 years of
age.
Boston News Bureau. Thirty-three bound volumes of the
" Boston News Bureau. " (Daily.) V. 1-33. 1887-1903.
Boyd, Mrs. Harriet T. One hundred and nineteen volumes,
chiefly reports.
British and Foreign Bible Society, through Mr. F. Parrott, Kobe,
Japan. Five copies of the New Testament in Japanese (each
in different binding) and four copies of the Gospels in
Japanese, two of which are in miniature edition. These were
received in response to a request for an example of the minia-
ture edition of the Gospels presented to the Mikado's troops
in the Japan-Russian war.
Brown, Allen A. Two hundred volumes for the Allen A. Brown
collection of music.
Brown, Dr. Francis H. One hundred and ninety-two volumes,
chiefly reports.
Bureau Internationale des Administrations Telegraphiques, Berne,
Switzerland. Five maps, Carte generale des grandes communi-
cations telegraphiques du monde. 1901-1903. (Continuing
a previous gift of maps.)
Channing, Miss Eva. One hundred and twenty volumes from the
library of William Ellery Channing (some bearing his auto
26 City Document No. 24.
graph) , including the first edition of Wordsworth's ' ' Excursion,"
1814, Ferguson's Rome in 5 volumes, 1805, and Sermons by
Jonathan Mayhew, 1755.
Clappison, Fred P. Four hundred and twenty-two volumes,
chiefly reports of mining companies, 99 circulars and 4 maps.
Club of Odd Volumes. Christian Remick, an early Boston artist.
A paper read at a meeting of the Club of Odd Volumes of Bos-
ton, by Henry Winchester Cunningham, February 24, 1904.
Boston. 1904. No. 63 of an edition of 100 copies.
Coburn, Frederick W. Fifty-nine pages of bibliographical notes
in manuscript, 54 periodicals and a number of newspaper
clippings relating to Walt Whitman ; also 28 photographs of
Whitman, for the Whitman collection.
Coolidge, T. Jefferson (through Mr. J. H. Benton, Jr.). The
autobiography of T. Jefferson Coolidge, drawn in great part
from his diary and brought down to the year 1900. Boston.
1902. Forty-eight copies only, privately printed.
Curtis, Laurence. Fifty-eight volumes, including a folio illus-
trated edition of Goethe's Faust, some Spanish books and 7
photographs.
Dalton, Charles H. Ninety-one volumes.
Davis, Mrs. Simon. Sixty-four volumes (school and text-books).
Dean and Son, Messrs., London (through Little, Brown and Co.).
Debrett's Peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage.
London. 1903.
Escuela Nacional de Comercio de la capital, Buenos Aires.
Forty-one volumes, including : — Alberdi, J. B. Escritos
postumos. Buenos Aires, 1897-1901. 11 vols., and Bett-
freund, Carlos. Flora Argentina. Buenos Aires (1898-1901).
3 vols.
Fay, Eugene F. Three hundred and seventeen volumes, chiefly
reports, 113 periodicals, 33 maps and one portrait.
Foote, Rev. Henry Wilder, Estate of, through Rev. Henry W.
Foote. Six hundred and ten volumes and 82 periodicals.
Fowler, Frank W. One hundred and fifty-four volumes, includ-
ing the 11th Census, 171 periodicals, and 1 map.
Germany. Patent Office. Four volumes and 9,908 numbers of the
Pateutschriften.
Great Britain. Patent Office. Three hundred and twenty -one
volumes, publications of the office.
Green, Dr. Samuel A. Thirty-five volumes, 210 numbers., and
two newspapers.
Guiney, Miss Louise Imogen. Thirty-eight volumes and 23
numbers.
Hale, Thomas W. The second volume of The Examiners, Lon-
don, 1714, containing autographs of Addington Davenport
(the first rector of Trinity Church, Boston, 1740), James
Dwyer and Peter Faneuil.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Seventy-five volumes for the
Galatea Collection and 4 manuscript letters of John Brown.
Library Department. 27
Hitchcock, Professor Edward. One hundred and forty-one vol-
umes (relating to Amherst College).
Hughes, Mrs. W. H. Naushon, through Mr. Henry Greenleaf
Pearson. Thirty-two broadsides of the New England Loyal
Society Publications, from the collection of the late Mr. John
M. Forbes.
Huntington, Archer M. Eighteen volumes, edited by Mr. Hunt-
ington, reprints in 'fac-simile of rare Spanish works in his
library. They include the Cid, in black-letter. Toledo, 1526;
two volumes of Romancero general. Ano 1600, Madrid;
Primera parte -de la Angelica de Lvys Barahona de Soto . . .
Granada . . . 1586; also Initials and miniatures of the
IXth, Xth, and Xlth Centuries, from the Mozarabic manu-
scripts of Santo Domingo de Silos, in the British Museum.
With introduction by Archer M. Huntington, New York (De
Yiune Press). 1904. Forty-seven colored plates. F°.
Jeffries, Dr. B. Joy. One hundred and thirty-two volumes and
12 maps.
Lodge, Hon. Henry Cabot. Fourteen volumes, including The
life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth. Extracted textually
from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French and English. With
an introduction (by Cyrus Adler). Washington. 1904. A
fac-simile reprint of the Jefferson Bible.
Loubat, Le Due de, Paris. Three volumes : (1 ) Codex Borgia.
Eine altmexikanische Bilderschrift der Bibliothek der Congre-
gatio de Propaganda Fide. Herausgegeben auf Kosten seiner
Excellenz des Herzogs von Loubat. Erlautert von Dr. Eduard
Seler. Band 1. Berlin. 1901. Illus. Plates. F°. (2)
Codex Magliabecckiano XIII. 3. Mauuscrit mexicain post-
colombien de la Bibliotheque nationale de Florence, reproduit
en photochromographie aux frais du Due de Loubat. Rome.
1904. Illus. 16, obi. (3) Seler, Eduard. Gesammelte
Abhandlungen zur Amerikanischen Sprach-und Alterthums-
kunde. Band 2. Berlin. 1904.
Lowell, Estate of Mrs. Lucy B., through Miss Lucy Lowell.
Five hundred and forty-seven volumes (comprising two gifts)
of French, German, Italian, Greek and Latin literature.
Methodist Historical Society. Four hundred and eighty-seven
volumes, chiefly reports.
Morgan, J. Pierpont. (1) Catalogue of a collection of books
formed by James Toovey, principally from the library of the
Earl of Gosford. The property of J. Pierpont Morgan, N. Y.
1901. L. 8°. (2) Catalogue of (his) collection of Chinese
porcelains. (With an introduction by W. M. L., New York.)
Privately printed, 1904, 8°. Both these volumes in full
morocco binding.
Perry, Miss Josephine D. Forty-four volumes (fiction for
Deposit use) .
Prime, Miss Cornelia. Prune, Temple. Notes relative to cer-
tain matters connected with French History. New York.
28
City Document No. 24.
1903. Two volumes. Portraits. Plate. Coats of Arms. 8°.
No. 47 of an edition of 63 copies. A genealogy of the House
of Bourbon and its branches.
Rijks-Universiteit te Utrecht. Forty- four volumes (disserta-
tions).
Rogers, Miss Harriet B. Forty-live volumes, chiefly school
books.
St. Botolph Club. One hundred and ninety-eight volumes.
Seaver, Rev. Nathaniel, Jr. One hundred and ninety-four
volumes and 2 photographs.
Sprague, Charles. Seventy-one volumes.
Stone and Webster, Messrs. Eleven bound volumes of
periodicals.
Taylor, Lucien E. One hundred and twenty-three volumes, 51
numbers and 1 map.
University of Chicago. Twenty-five volumes of their Decennial
Publications (as far as issued).
Webster, Henry S. Sixty-three volumes.
Wheelock, Harvey L. Three hundred and eighty-one volumes,
including a set of Thackeray's Writings in 24 volumes ;
Scribner's Magazine, 8 volumes ; St. Nicholas, 15 volumes (all
in good binding).
Whorf, Edward H, Fourteen volumes, including several
almanacs of early date.
Xavier Free Publication Society for the Blind. Twenty-six
volumes in raised type.
The Catalogue Department.
From the report of Mr. Edward B. Hunt, Chief of the
Catalogue and Shelf Departments, are compiled the follow-
ing statistics of the work of the department:
1904-05.
1903-04.
Vols, and
parts.
Titles.
Vols, and
parts.
Titles.
Catalogued (new) :
Bates Hall (Central Library Cata-
21,619
4,614
1-2,773
16,306
15,488
24,102
5,604
11,666
12,859
15,483
11,418
10,457
10,525
7,954
55,312
37,363
54,231
33,962
CARDS FINISHED AND FILED.
The number of cards added to the Central Library cata-
logue during the year is 264,708. Besides these 26,051
catalogue cards were sent to the branches and 4,668 filed in the
Library Department.
29
Co-operative Index to scientific periodicals kept in Bates
Hall. The foregoing figures show a very large increase in
the yearly number of cards placed in the Central Library, the
total for the year 1903-04 being only 238,940. The increase
is mainly due to the reprinting of numerous cards which had
become defaced or torn through excessive use. The proof-
reading and editing upon this reprinting were done by the
Chief of the Catalogue Department outside the regular work-
ing hours. In connection with the card replacement indi-
cated, it was possible to eliminate dead cards and those
carrying imperfect titles, and thus, at comparatively slight
expense, materially improve the condition of the catalogue
as a whole.
Substitution of a method of printing the subject and title
headings on the cards for the written entries, formerly put
upon them in the Catalogue Department, has made it possi-
ble to utilize in other important directions the assistants
whose time was devoted to this work. Preparations are
making for recopying the shelf lists, and preliminary work
has begun upon the catalogue of the Allen A. Brown musical
collection, which it is intended to issue in print, but which
has long been deferred.
SHELF DIVISION.
Mr. William G. T. Roffe, officer in charge, has prepared
the usual statistics of the Shelf Department, which will be
found in Appendix IV.
The net increase of the Central Library for the year was
9,322 volumes, the total number of volumes, January 31,
1905, being 678,949. The total number in the Central
Library and branches was 871,050.
Publications.
The publications of the Libraiy for the year are sum-
marized in the following statement submitted by Mr. Lindsay
Swift, Editor:
Publications.
Date of Issue.
Pages.
Edition.
Price.
Monthly Bulletin*
Annual* List f
Books for boys and girls (list) . . .
Selected Works on Economics
(list prepared by Prof. Rand) . .
First of each month . .
November 1, 1904
March, 1904
504
240
131
15
5,000
4,000
5,000
500
Free.
5 cents.
5 cents.
* The edition of the Bulletin from June to September inclusive was 4,000 each
month.
t Including an edition of 100 copies on special paper.
30 City Document No. 24.
Mr. Swift has also prepared the following textual sum-
mary :
In addition to the usual current matter, which consists of
titles of newly-added books and items of Library news, there
have appeared in the Monthly Bulletins the following lists,
etc. :
Economics. Selected Works in the English Language. Compiled
by Benjamin Rand, Ph.D. March, 1904.
List of Works relating to the late J. A. McN. Whistler. March,
1904.
Programme of Lowell Institute Lectures. March, April, Octo-
ber, November, December, 1904; January, February, 1905.
Special Notes of Books for Summer Reading. Extension of
limit of loaning time. June, 1904.
A List of Regimental Histories and Official Records of the Indi-
vidual States in the Civil War in this Library. August, 1904.
Fine Arts Department. Programme of Exhibitions at the Cen-
tral Library, Branches and Reading Rooms, 1904-05. Novem-
ber, 1904.'
Free Public Illustrated Lectures to be given in the Lecture Hall
on Thursday evenings, October, 1904; April, 1905. Pro-
gramme. November, 1904; February, 1905.
List of Books and Magazine Articles on American Engraving,
Etching and Lithography. December, 1904.
The lists published during the year illustrative of the
topics of lectures delivered before the Lowell Institute and
in each case prepared by the lecturers are :
The Apostolic Age in the Light of Modern Criticism. By James
Hardy Ropes, Bussey Professor of New Testament Criticism in
Harvard University. March, 1904.
Coloration in Amphibia and Reptilia. By Dr. Hans Gadow,
F.R.S., Lecturer in Zoology in the University of Cambridge,
England. April, 1904.
Judaism at the Beginning of the Christian era. By George F.
Moore, D.D., LL.D., Professor in Harvard University. Feb-
ruary, 1905.
The Bindery.
The work in the Bindery Department for the year covers
36,936 volumes bound, 3,032 volumes repaired, 735 volumes
guarded, 1,110 maps mounted on cloth, 5,070 photographs
mounted, and the usual miscellaneous work, such as the
making of blocks, boxes, temporary covers, pamphlet cases,
pouches, pads, and portfolios ; the mounting of cards, the
covering of desks, etc. The number of Library publications
Library Department.
31
folded, stitched, and trimmed only is 63,204, and 9,489 have
been folded, stitched, trimmed, and furnished with covers.
The Printing Department.
Mr. Francis Watts Lee, Chief of the Printing Department,
has prepared the following statement covering the work per-
formed in 1904-05 in comparison with the preceding year:
Requisitions on hand February 1
Requisitions received during year
Requisitions withdrawn .
Requisitions on hand January 31
Requisitions filled during year
Card Catalogue (Central) :
Titles (Printing Dept. count)
Cards finished (excl. "extras")
Titles in type, but not printed
Headings for Guide Cards set (ab
Guide Cards printed .
Card Catalogue (Branches) :
Titles (Printing Dept. count)
Cards (approximately)
Call Slips ....
Stationery and Blank Forms .
Signs .....
Blank Books ....
The department has also put in type the publications of
the year referred to in the report of the editor of Library
Publications.
1903-04.
1904-05.
7
4
154
206
4
o
11
157
194
41,925
41,121
238,946
264,708
6,250
2,300
JOUt)
28,000
1,500
20,000
12,000
528
560
26,000
28,000
2,167,500
1,810,000
. 465,628
706,541
298
1,301
3
6
Distribution of Documents and Supplies.
Mr. George V. Mooney, in charge of the Stock Depart-
ment, reports as follows :
Number of Library publications distributed during the
year, 78,214 ; number of blank forms distributed, 2,254,244,
including 1,748,400 call slips.
Registration.
On January 31, 1904, there were 70,138 borrowers' cards
outstanding and available for use. This number had in-
creased to 73,211 on January 31, 1905, a gain of 3,073.
The needs of 86,856 persons were supplied during the
year as against 81,881 during the previous year. It was
found necessary to send for the cards of 1,340 borrowers (as
32
City Document No. 24.
against only 626 in the year 1903-04) on account of the
prevalence of contagious diseases in their houses, and to
retain the cards until the premises were disinfected by the
Board of Health. The replaced cards on account of those
lost, soiled, or filled during the year numbered 38,149, an
increase of 8,811 as compared with the year 1903-04; and
11,398 mail notice addresses were supplied by the Registra-
tion Department as against 10,797 during the previous year.
These figures graphically indicate the expansion of the work
of the department.
The usual tables prepared by Mr. John J. Keenan, Chief,
showing in detail the statistics of registration, may be found
in Appendix VI.
The Issue Department of the Central Library.
Miss Margaret D. McGuffey, Chief of the Issue Depart-
ment of the Central Library since April 17, 1895, resigned
December 31, 1904. Miss McGuffey was thoroughly de-
voted to the interests of the Library and faithful in the per-
formance of duty. She rendered efficient and painstaking
service in the administration of this important department.
The vacancy caused by her resignation was filled by the pro-
motion of Mr. Frank C. Blaisdell, who has been connected
with the Library* in various departments of usefulness since
1876.
The statistics of circulation, and other items summarizing
the w r ork of the Department for the year, are derived from
the report submitted by him.
CIRCULATION.
The circulation from the Central Library was as follows :
Issue for Home Use,
Central Library.
Daily Issue Through
Branch Division.
Total for
Home Use.
February 1904
29,812
32,130
2S,465
22,950
19,525
16,901
16,517
19,354
27,361
29,014
26,785
30,833
10,392
11,285
9,223
7,947
7,346
5,950
5,798
6,502
7,928
9,575
10,069
10,321
40,204
43,415
37,688
May, "
30,897
26,871
22,851
22,315
25,856
35,289
38,589
36,854
41,154
Totals
299,647
102,336
401,983
Library Department. 33
These figures do not include the number of books which
are sent to engine houses, institutions, and schools. The
following statement exhibits the statistics of circulation for
home use in each of the successive years :
1904-05. 1903-04.
Home use, including Branch Department
issue. . . '. . ' . . 401,983 405,510
Home use, not including Branch Depart-
ment issue 299,647 304,972
Average daily circulation (home use),
including Branch Department issue . 1,116 1,129
Average daily circulation (home use), not
including Branch Department issue . 832 841
The largest daily circulation for home use, not including
Branch Department issue, was upon Saturday, February 20,
1904, twelve hours, 1,811.
The circulation of English fiction, other than Juvenile,
not including circulation through the Branch Department,
for the year 1904-05 was 104,716 volumes as against
107,382 volumes for the year 1903-04.
The Children's Rooms, Central Library.
The operations of the Children's Department at the Cen-
tral Library are shown in the report submitted by Miss
Alice M. Jordan, Custodian, from which the following
extracts are selected :
ISSUE.
The number of books issued to applicants in the room
during the past year has been 54,398 as against 57,727 for
the preceding year. The number of books issued through
the branches from the Children's Department was 14,615.
The causes which have operated for the last few years tend-
ing to decrease direct circulation from the central room have
been equally active in producing the same results in 1904.
These causes may be assumed to be the increase of school
deposits and the improved facilities for the accommodation
of children at the branches. In spite of certain advantages
accruing to the users of a large, specially planned library for
children, proximity to home or school remains the determin-
ing factor in a child's use of the library privileges. The
decrease so noticeable in figures does not mean a lack of
readers or a failure to accomplish its purpose on the part
of the Children's Department. It is only in direct issue to
34 City Document No. 24.
borrowers that any falling off is apparent. Issue through
the Branch Department steadily increases.
CO-OPERATION WITH SCHOOLS.
For the fourth year instruction on the use of the Library
was given classes from the public schools. The substance
of this instruction did not materially differ from that given
in previous years. Growth in this direction is unquestion-
able, though slow, and not easily reducible to figures.
Twenty-one classes from eleven schools was the record of
1904 as against a larger number of classes from fewer
schools the year before. A visit from a new school involves
first a visit to it and often afterward a reminder in letter
form of the Library's offer to give instruction. More
schools were visited than in any year hitherto. While the
appreciation of children and teachers thus coming to the
Library has been cordial, it is to be regretted that some of
the schools nearest at hand are least ready to accept this
service. On the other hand, one school has come from South
Boston and two from Roxbury for the lesson. The Normal
School has also been addressed as in the past, and some work
was done with high schools as well as the grammar grades.
REFERENCE WORK.
The repeated visits in successive years of certain teachers
with their classes create a pleasant relation with these
schools, and has led to a development of the reference work
done for them. As an aid to such work an index is kept of
the reference questions most difficult to answer and most
likely of repetition. For this purpose books containing
these subjects are analyzed, and thus made available without
loss of time. An index of this kind can never be com-
pleted, but becomes more helpful as references accumulate.
Continued use of the reference room by teachers and those
studying to become teachers is noted. The text-book collec-
tion is also valuable to college students as well as those in
elementary schools.
FINDING LIST.
Chief among the year's accomplishments was the publica-
tion of the List of Books for Boys and Girls. Its preparation
had extended over several years. The satisfactory conclusion
was welcomed by those who use the Library through its
various agencies as well as in the Children's Department.
Library Department. 35
While this comprehensive finding list fills the place for which
it was intended, it is still too large to be as helpful to those
unfamiliar with children's books as a selected list might be.
Many personal requests are made for aid in choosing books
for Sunday-school libraries and small collections, as well as
advice for individuals. So far as possible this aid is given.
It is mentioned here as being one of the regular functions
of this department, presupposing a special knowledge of
children's books and their relative value.
CLASSIFICATION.
Immediately after the publication of the finding list the
subject of a definite classification of books received attention.
It has been found difficult to keep books bearing stack
numbers from returning to the stack. Consequently all non-
fiction belonging in the Children's Room is now given a
distinctive label and a definite location number, differing in
important respects from any other scheme used in this
Library. This new notation is destined to give juvenile
books the characteristics of a special collection, but owing
to the recently published list it is manifestly impossible at
present to apply it to books appearing therein, but only to
new books and to replacements. A gradual change will,
however, be accompanied by fewer complications than a
sweeping one would be.
ROUTINE DETAILS.
With the expansion of the activities of the Children's
Department the routine work increases. The care of a collec-
tion of books approaching the size of a small branch library
is in itself considerable. In repairing alone no small amount
of time is employed, 7,000 books having been mended in the
room during the year. Details heretofore performed in other
parts of the Library are now accomplished by the attendants
here. While new books are prepared for circulation else-
where those returned from the Bindery are plated and labelled
in the Children's Room. The care of its catalogue, filing of
cards, corrections, etc., also belong to the department, and
with the adoption of the new notation previously referred to
the assigning of numbers was assumed. During the past
year a new shelf list has been completed.
BULLETINS.
Preparation of picture bulletins has received but sparing
consideration in the past year, though the bulletin board was
36 City Document No. 24.
kept supplied with exhibits of various kinds. To a partial
extent the pictures for it are loaned by the Fine Arts Depart-
ment, and the mounts prepared in the room are borrowed by
branches or reading rooms. During the spring and summer
a large map showing the movements of the Russian and
Japanese armies was displayed, and was observed with great
attention by adults and children.
Bates Hall.
In order to concentrate the immediate administration of
Bates Hall, Mr. Oscar A. Bierstadt was given entire charge
upon the transfer of Mr. Blaisdell from the Centre Desk to
the Issue Department, Mr. Pierce E. Buckley passing from
the desk in the Catalogue Room, Bates Hall, to the Centre
Desk, and Mr. Walter G. Forsyth moving from the Fine
Arts Department to the place formerly occupied by Mr.
Buckley.
From Mr. Bierstadt's report the following details are
extracted :
The attendance in Bates Hall reached the maximum of
38(3 readers at 5 P.M. on January 8, 1905. During the year
10,825 monthly bulletins were gratuitously distributed at
the desks.
No books owned by the Library are in such incessant
use as the Bates Hall reference collection. During the year
635 volumes have become so worn as to require rebinding.
In effect, every visitor to this reading room has under his
hands a large library, sufficient in itself to answer the queries
of most seekers after information. Many readers find here
all that they want without going to the catalogue or calling
for books from the stacks. New books of reference are
needed immediately upon their publication.
Figures are not attainable to show the work done in Bates
Hall. It lives in the satisfaction of the readers with the
courteous reception given them and in the increase of their
store of knowledge. A great circulating library must have
many duplicates of popular books, but a plea may be allowed
for a larger supply of scholarly works. The most abstruse
treatises, books in obscure languages and dialects, works of
only local importance, and everything printed, will, sooner or
later, find interested readers.
The Special Libraries.
The departments grouped under the head of Special Libra-
ries, located on the floor above Bates Hall, are among the
Library Department. 37
most important in the Central Library. Mr. Otto Fleischner,
Assistant Librarian, continues as Chief of Special Libraries,
and to strengthen the staff Mr. Frank De W. Washburn,
formerly of the library of the Architectural Department of
Harvard College, received an appointment here on August 1,
1904, and is in immediate custodianship of Fine Arts, suc-
ceeding Mr. Walter Rowlands, who had filled a temporary
engagement since October, 1903. In order to promote the
highest usefulness of this collection, and to render it attrac-
tive to a constantly increasing number of scholarly patrons,
particularly architects and students of design, personal atten-
tion is given here, as in Bates Hall, to all readers needing
assistance, especially to those who are uncertain as to the
best source of information.
The following statements are taken from the departmental
report :
CATALOGUE.
The combined shelf and accession list card catalogue
of both photographs and process pictures has now been
completed.
The catalogue of photographs and book illustration by
artists has been kept up to date. The catalogue by subjects
has been made as far as the letter M.
The entering in the general Fine Arts catalogue of the
printed catalogue of architecture has not yet been completed,
though the work of transferring it has progressed and is at
present going on. We shall probably be able to complete
the work in about three months.
The plan of co-operation with the Periodical Room for
recording' articles of value in the magazines has proved
successful. The magazines on this floor are first examined
here and articles of interest selected. The cards are made
out by the custodian of the Periodical Room, who also records
articles from other magazines for the Fine Arts catalogue.
The music magazines are cared for by the attendant in the
Allen A. Brown Music Room.
USE OF COLLECTIONS.
During the year, 16,136 books were issued for home use
by the Fine Arts Department. No record has been kept of
the number of hall use slips for the year, which would neces-
sarily be an imperfect record of the use of books in this
department. During the year books have been reserved for
classes and for persons doing special work, and special tables
have been assigned to the Massachusetts Normal Art School,
38 City Document No. 24.
Museum of Fine Arts, and Simmons College. No record
has been kept of the use of photographs.
EXHIBITIONS.
The following exhibitions have been given at the Central
Library :
February 10-19. The Period of the Caesars. In connection
with a lecture under the auspices of the Boston Architectural
Club.
February 19-March 5. Architecture of the Middle Ages in Italy.
In connection with a lecture under the auspices of the Boston
Architectural Club.
February 20-March 5. Whistler.
March 5-12. Civic Buildings of the Middle Ages. In connec-
tion with a lecture on that subject.
March 12-April 1. Recent Syrian Excavations. In connection
with a lecture under the auspices of the Boston Architectural
Club.
April 1. Easter.
April 2-12. Royal Buildings of the Renaissance. In connection
with a lecture on that subject.
April 12-18. The Gothic Ascendency. In connection with a
lecture under the auspices of the Boston Architectural Club.
April 18-21. Italian Renaissance. In connection with a lecture
under the auspices of the Boston Architectural Club.
April 21-30. Architectural Refinement in French Gothic Cathe-
drals. In connection with a lecture under the auspices of the
Boston Architectural Club.
April 30-May 9. English and American Gardens. In connec-
tion with a lecture on that subject.
May 9-28. French Renaissance. In connection with a lecture
under the auspices of the Boston Architectural Club.
May 28-June 30. Modern English Painting.
June 30-July 30. California and Colorado.
Jul} 7 . George Frederick Watts. Observance of the Death of
the Artist.
August 2-September 1. Pictures of the Civil War, including a
series of sketches of incidents in the war by Frank Vizetelly,
and a collection of photographs of battle-fields, regiments and
officers. In connection with the G. A. R. convention held in
Boston.
September 1-October 1. The Wallace Collection.
October 1-17. Cathedrals and Abbeys of Great Britain. In
connection with the Episcopal convention and the visit of the
Archbishop of Canterbury to Boston.
October 17-November 1. Views of the Far Eastern Tropics.
Exhibition of a collection of photographs of Burmah, India, and
Japan, loaned by Mr. Alleyne Ireland.
Library Department. 39
November 1-14. Recent American Painting. A collection of
recent accessions.
November 14-28. Ancient Rome. In connection with a lecture
on The Palaces of Ancient Rome, under the auspices of the
Boston Architectural Club.
November 28-December 5. Illuminated Manuscripts. In con-
nection with a lecture on Type display in modern printing.
December 5-12. Early Renaissance of Italy. In connection
with a lecture on that subject.
December 12-January 2. Specimens of Printing. In connec-
tion with a lecture on Typographical Evohrtion.
January 2-9. Brick Architecture of North Italy. In connection
with a lecture under the auspices of the Boston Architectural
Club.
January 9-16. Spanish Renaissance Architecture. In connec-
tion with a lecture on that subject.
January 16-30. The illustration of books. A collection of
original paintings and drawings and of reproductions loaned
by several Boston publishers, including a set of fourteen large
oil paintings by Frank O. Small for illustration in " Stepping
Stones in American History," published by W. A. AYilde Com-
pany. The exhibition was held in connection with a lecture
on "The Making of Books" and "Symbolism of Form and
Color." Besides these exhibitions, the department has
arranged a series of exhibitions at the branches, supplying
the material therefor from the Central.
LECTURES.
February 5, 1904. "Period of the Caesars." By H. Langford
Warren. Illustrated by the stereopticon. Under the auspices
of the Boston Architectural Club.
February 25. Architecture of the Middle Ages in Italy. By
Charles A Cummings. Illustrated. Under the auspices of
the Boston Architectural Club.
March 10. Civic Buildings of the Middle Ages. By Harry J.
Carlson. Illustrated.
March 17. Recent Syrian Excavations. Howard Crosby Butler.
Illustrated. Under the auspices of the Boston Architectural
Club.
March 31. Beginnings of Gothic. By William R. Ware. Illus-
trated. Under the auspices of the Boston Architectural Club.
April 7. Royal buildings of the Renaissance. By J. Randolph
Coolidge, Jr. Illustrated.
April 12. Excavations at Corinth. A. S. Cooley. Illustrated.
April 14. The Gothic Ascendency. By Ralph Adams Cram.
Illustrated. Under the auspices of the Boston Architectural
Club.
April 21. Architectural refinement in French Gothic cathedrals.
By W. H. Goodyear. Illustrated. Under the auspices of the
Boston Architectural Club.
40 City Document No. 24.
April 28. The Italian Renaissance. By W. P. P. Longfellow.
Illustrated. Under the auspices of the Boston Architectural
Club.
May 5. English and American gardens. By Thomas A. Fox.
Illustrated.
May 12. The French Renaissance. By D. Despradelle. Illus-
trated. Under the auspices of the Boston Architectural Club.
May 26. The modern initiative. By Robert D. Andrews.
Under the auspices of the Boston Architectural Club.
October 27. Athens. By Arthur Stoddard Cooley. Illustrated.
November 3. Central and Northern Greece. By Arthur Stod-
dard Cooley. Illustrated.
November 10. The Peloponnesos. By Arthur Stoddard Cooley.
Illustrated.
November 17. The palaces of ancient Rome. By E. B. Homer.
Illustrated. Under the auspices of the Boston Architectural
Club.
December 1 . Type display in modern printing. By Will Brad-
ley. Illustrated. Public Library course on the History and
Art of printing.
December 8. Early Renaissance of Italy. By C. Howard
Walker. Boston Architectural Club. Illustrated.
December 15. Typographical evolution. By William Dana
Orcutt.
January 5, 1905. Brick architecture of Northern Italy. By
Walter H. Kilham. Under the auspices of the Boston Archi-
tectural Club. Illustrated.
January 12. Spanish Renaissance. By Louis C. Newhall.
Under the auspices of the Boston Architectural Club. Illus-
trated.
January 19. The making of books. By J. Horace McFarland.
Illustrated.
January 26. Symbolism of form and color. By Henry Turner
Bailey.
CIRCULATION OF PICTURES.
There have been 256 portfolios of half-tone reproductions
of photographs circulated during the year, of which 173
were loaned to the public schools, 30 to private schools, 26
to clubs, 15 to private classes, and the remaining 12 to
various borrowers, principally newspapers and publishers.
The Barton-Ticknor Room.
The number of books issued for hall use from the Barton-
Ticknor collection was 11,499; the number of maps, 966;
and the number of books from the stacks drawn for use in
the Barton-Ticknor reading room, 7,307. Tables with books
are constantly reserved in this reading room for patrons who are
Library Department. 41
making more extended research than is usual in Bates Hall, and
the enlarged use of stack books here, pointed out in the report
for 1903-04, continues. A semi-weekly record of reserves
shows the following: Smallest number reserved (January 28,
1905), 7; largest number (March 16, 1904), 247; average
number reserved, 105. I am convinced that the opportunity
offered here for quiet and continued work on the part of those
who are engaged in serious literary research needs only to be
more generally known to be still more widely used.
Allen A. Brown Library.
Of the volumes added to this collection, 446 in number,
199 were received from Mr. Brown and 147 from other
sources. Other statistics are as follows :
Headings written on packages of cards
Cards filed .....
Cards written (included in cards filed)
Titles catalogued ....
Volumes supplied with indexes
397
15,200
3,000
253
3
The printing of the accumulated catalogue cards has been
completed, and cards for new additions are added as fast as
the books are catalogued. The cards of the index to the
periodicals have been thrown in with the larger catalogue in
order that all references to material on a given subject may
be found in one place. In order to make the catalogue in
the Music Room a complete list of works on music in the
Library, a minute examination of the Fine Arts catalogue
has been begun.
The additions for the year have been chiefly works of
modern composers ; among them may be named Debussy's
Pelleas et Melisande, the second symphony of Vincent
d'Indy, the sixth and ninth symphonies of Bruckner and his
Te Deum, and Elgar's "In the South" overture. Of the
older works, some of the eighteenth century English com-
posers have been added — Arne's "Lyric harmony" and
" Thomas and Sally " — and some interesting collections of
national songs — " Cambrian harmony, a collection of Welch
airs," and " A select collection of original Scottish airs " in
five volumes, printed in London.
Department of Documents and Statistics.
The report of Mr. James L. Whitney, the chief, indicates
a decided increase in the use of the special facilities afforded
by this department since the room occupied by it was
42 City Document No. 24.
enlarged and the collection put in order. He summarizes cer-
tain features of his work and refers to the present condition
of the collection as follows :
Two measures have been adopted to place the publications
of the governments of the United States and Great Britain
with more promptness before the readers at this library : 1.
Material of especial interest in the documents of the United
States Congress, and national and state departments, is in-
dexed on its receipt, and cards are placed in the catalogue.
The indexes published by the government are thus antici-
pated, to a certain extent, by some months. 2. Copies of
many of the British Parliamentary documents are sent to
this Library, in advance of their appearance in bound vol-
umes. By these two measures much current legislation is
placed within reach before it has lost its interest.
During the year, 855 volumes have been added as new
accessions or by transfer from other departments of the
Library. The gifts through the American Statistical Asso-
ciation (whose library, placed in our custody, formed a part
of the original collection) numbered 669 volumes and about
2,000 parts. The entire collection, exclusive of the regular
series of the Congressional documents of the United States
and the Parliamentary documents of Great Britain, now
numbers 11,605 volumes.
Manuscripts.
In his capacity as Custodian of manuscripts, Mr. Whitney
has presented the following statement :
From the estate of Charles W. Folsom, through Mrs.
Norton Folsom, the Library has received the manuscripts of
the late Charles W. Folsom.
As a scholar of eminence, the Librarian of Harvard Col-
lege and the Boston Athenaeum, Mr. Folsom's advice was
widely sought by students, while, as the literary- director of
the University Press, he was in correspondence with many
distinguished writers, the issue of whose publications was
under his charge. Letters and papers from the following
persons are included in this collection : Charles Francis
Adams (10 letters) ; William Cullen Bryant (26) ; William
Ellery Channing (11) ; Richard H. Dana, jr. (19) ; Samuel
A. Eliot (14) ; George B. Emerson (18) ; Edward Everett
(77) ; Charles Follen (10) ; Francis W. P. Greenwood (11);
Oliver Wendell Holmes (17) ; John T. Kirkland (54 ) ; George
Livermore (28) ; Henry W. Longfellow (32) ; Andrews
Norton (13); John G. Palfrey (56); William H. Prescott
Library Department. 43
(98) ; Josiah Quincy (77) ; Evangelinus A. Sophocles (10) ;
Jared Sparks (54) ; Joseph Story (10) ; Charles Sumner
(29); George Ticknor (47); James Walker (34); John
Ware and Henry Ware, jr. (51) ; Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse
(17); William Willis (17); Theodore D. Woolsey (10).
There are also communications, fewer in number, from John
Quincy Adams, George Bancroft, Edward T. (manning,
Caleb dishing, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Dr. Samuel G. Howe,
Charles C. Jewett, Francis Lieber, George P. Marsh, Robert
Treat Paine, Theophilus Parsons, John -Pierpont, Edward
Robinson, Moses Stuart, William Sullivan, Daniel Webster,
and others. These papers give some idea of the literary
activity of New England at the time. *
The Library's collection of the manuscripts of Margaret
Fuller has been increased by a large number of letters and
papers, originals or copies, written by Margaret Fuller or by
friends concerning her. These papers were the gift of the
Rev. William H. Charming, one of her biographers, to Thomas
Wentworth Higginson and Margaret Fuller Loring, by whom
they were given to this Library.
The original draft of the farewell Letter of Theodore Par-
ker to the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society of Boston
has been received by gift from Mr. F. B. Sanborn.
The following earlier documents have an historical interest :
The resignation by Thomas Oliver, Lieutenant-Governor of
Massachusetts, of his seat at the Council Board. This is
dated Cambridge, Sept. 2, 1774, and ends: "My House at
Cambridge being surrounded by about Four Thousand Peo-
ple, in Compliance with their Commands I sign my name
Thomas Oliver." Also, eleven business documents relating
to the Boston Pier, or Long Wharf Corporation of Boston,
from 1713 to 1739. These were the gift of Mr. Charles P.
Greenough. To these may be added a Letter from John
Adams, Philadelphia, May 28th, 1798, To the Inhabitants
of the Town of Wells in the state of Massachusetts, in reply
to an address of the town to the President and Congress, also
Fifty-three manuscripts, originals or copies, of official docu-
ments of the government of the Confederate States.
The work of mounting, cataloguing and binding the manu-
script collection of the Library has made considerable prog-
ress during the }*ear.
* " At this time nearly all the text-books used in the college were printed here. Mr.
Folsom became known as the ' Harvard Aldus,' and during his proprietorship books
were printed in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. " — The
Cambridge of Eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
44
City Document No. 24.
The Branch System.
The report of Mr. Langdon L. Ward, the Supervisor of
Branches and Stations, gives a comprehensive summary of
the operation of the Branch system for the year, and from
this report are taken the following extracts, which cover the
principal points of interest :
CIRCULATION.
The total circulation of the branches, 768,329 volumes,
shows a gain of three and four-tenths per cent, over the year
before. All the branches except Jamaica Plain and South
Boston have gained, and the loss at the former is insignificant.
Last year all the branches but three showed a loss. The
classified circulation of the branches (except Charlestown)
for two years is as follows :
DIRECT HOME USE ONLY.
Fiction for Adults
Non -fiction for Adults
Juvenile fiction
Juvenile non-fiction...
Vols.
242,292
1-23,241
208,676
84,000
Per
cent.
36.8
18.8
31.7
12.7
1903-04.
Vols.
238,657
126,318
194,904
86,219
Per
cent.
36.9
19.6
30.2
13.3
The average percentage of fiction is 68-^-, as against 67^
in 1903. The gain has been chiefly in juvenile fiction,
though the substantial gain in adult fiction is noticeable.
The supply of juvenile fiction has been good, and the fact
that the books sent to the schools are largely non-fiction may
explain a smaller demand for juvenile non-fiction at the
branches. It is again to be noted that while we gain in juve-
nile reading- at the branches we lose in the same class in the
daily issue from the Central Library, as the figures given
later show.
DEPOSIT WORK.
The places which have been supplied with deposits by the
branches are ninety-seven in number, as against eighty-one
last year. Sixty-two schools are regularly supplied, as against
fifty-seven in 1903, and to these schools 14,713 volumes were
Library - Department. 4")
sent, as against 11,509 volumes in 1903. Two hundred and
sixty-six teachers were supplied. The total number of
deposits sent from the branches is 18,790 volumes, an
increase of 3,603 volumes over last year. To enable the
branches to do this work additional copies of many books
have been necessary. Yet the total of new books is less than
that of the year before.
PICTURES.
The branches have lent directly to the reading rooms,
schools, and clubs 1,250 pictures this year. They are for
the most part to be classed under natural history, geography,
and history, and they help to teach these things as well as to
attract children to the Library. The lending between the
branches and the reading rooms has been systematic for a
year past. In most of. the branches this picture work is of
recent development, but all now have collections, all are
enlarging them, all have displays of their own, even when
they do not lend extensively.
The work is different in kind from that of the Fine Arts
Department of the Central Library, and intended to be sup-
plementary to it. The complete set of birds and nature
pictures, containing over 600 plates, has been recently pur-
chased for each branch and will prove of the greatest use.
Several picture bulletins from the Children's Rooms of the
Central Library have been loaned to the reading rooms.
BOOKS.
The branches have had only 5,799 volumes of new books,
as against 6,007 in 1903. The replacements are 3,775 \ r ol-
umes, as against 3,513 in 1903. Many of the new books are
additional copies. The purchase, last April, of a large quan-
tity of the Lang fairy books has put us in a position to supply
more satisfactorily a legitimate and steady demand. A few
simple French books have been placed in the branches.
These are chiefly to meet the wants of Americans who are
learning French or studying French literature.
A considerable number of books on applied science has
been added this year. The new International Encyclopaedia
has been bought for all the branches. In connection with
the preparation of the list for boys and girls, many desira-
ble books by Catholic authors were added.
46 City Document No. 24.
EXPENDITURES.
The expense of the branches this year has been $60,649.37
as against $59,745.30 in 1903. Books have cost nearly
$1,300 less, fuel about $1,400 less and repairs about
$900 less. On the other hand, the amount spent for rent
has been about $1,300 greater, for furniture $1,100
greater, for salaries about $400, and for light about
$400 greater. The establishment of the South End Branch
in its new quarters accounts for most of these increases.
Had it not been for the necessary expense of that enlarge-
ment, the branches would have cost much less than in 1903.
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES.
The figures of the Sunday opening for the three months,
February to April, show more losses than gains. In those
for the past three months, the attendance and circulation are
less in most cases, but the percentage of adults higher. This
would naturally follow from the exclusion of all children
under twelve years of age, on Sunday, a measure which went
into force last winter. At the same time these children were
excluded after 7 P.M. on week-days. The custodians all
agree that the results of these restrictions have been good.
The South End Branch was opened on Sunday this winter
for the first time. It has had a large attendance and a satis-
factory issue of books.
The branches were closed last summer at 6 P.M. ; on Sat-
urdays at 9 P.M., during July and August. This period
was short and clearly denned, and the hours proved satisfac-
tory. Yet it might be better to extend the early closing to
June for some of the branches, and to keep others, in city
districts, open during a part of the evening through July and
August.
The matter of order at the branches and stations has
received special attention this year, and a comprehensive
circular of instructions on discipline sent to the custodians.
In addition to the usual lectures and talks to children at
the Brighton Branch, there has been a story hour, conducted
by pupils of the Normal School, in which the children have
been greatly interested.
SCHOOLS.
The work with schools was never more satisfactory.
Nothing essentially new has been attempted, but more has
been done. The total number of volumes sent from the
Library Department. 47
Central Library and the branches is 21,899, as against 18,082
volumes in 1903, and 12,201 volumes in 1902. The increase
represents a much greater interest and demand on the part of
the teachers.
The new List of Books for Boys and Girls is particularly
valuable at the schools. It has been distributed widely
among them, and teachers come constantly to ask for it.
They one and all commend it. It exactly meets the needs-
of the grades below the high school, and to some extent of
the higher grades.
Several new schools have been opened, and these have
been assigned to the neighboring branches and reading rooms
for the usual care.
STATIONS.
The total circulation of the stations, schools, and institu-
tions is 144,410 volumes, as against 419,800 volumes in
1903. Ten of the stations, however, have lost in circulation.
In most cases this is due to the lack of books.
The cost of the stations, exclusive of schools and engine
houses, has been $23,305.33, as against #21,567.11 in 1903.
There has been an increase of about #700 in salaries and an
increase of nearly #1,500 for books, due chiefly to the estab-
lishment of the Upham's Corner Reading Room. Furniture
has cost much less than last year.
OTHER AGENCIES.
The circulation of the Franklin Park reading room, which
has a deposit of books from the Library and to which there-
is a delivery three times a week, has increased nearly one-
third, and the number of readers at the tables has also
increased. The nature books in the collection are well used.
As a new feature this year, special inducements were offered
to teachers who might wish to bring their pupils to the park
for nature study, and a few responded. Lists of the birds
and trees of the park were made by direction of the Superin-
tendent.
Deposits have been sent to several new institutions, among
them the following: Boston Educational Union, Bunker
Hill Boys' Club, Franklin Square House, Louisa M. Alcott
Club, Young Ladies' Catholic Union.
The deposits at the Plant Shoe Factory and at Filene's-
have been continued. At the former place, especially, the
books get a very thorough use.
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City Document No. 24.
Two additional engine houses have been made deposit
stations this year.
A weekly delivery to the army post at Fort Revere, Hull,
has recently been established.
Deposit Work.
From the Central Library 35,090 volumes have been sent
on deposit, as against 35,727 volumes in 1903, a loss of one
and eight-tenths per cent. No effort was made this year to in-
crease the deposits, since our resources were already severely
taxed. Only forty-two per cent, of the books sent were
fiction, as against forty-five per cent, last year. The
deposit collection now consists of 26,625 volumes, as
against 24,421 on January 31, 1904, the net gain being
2,204 volumes, as against 3,200 last year. In the classi-
fication of the collection, until a year ago, juvenile books
were not distinguished as fiction and non-fiction, but
from February 1 last each class has had a separate class
number, and this will enable us to keep more useful statis-
tics. The requests from many of the schools and institu-
tions continue to be general in character so that the books
are selected by this department. Though it involves much
labor, this is a very satisfactory arrangement. There are
some special demands from schools which we are not yet
equipped to supply, such as requests from the Educational
Centres and the Mechanic Arts High School for books on
applied science. The deposit collection may properly grow
in this direction. A recent overwhelming demand from the
schools for books suited to the primary grades was neces-
sarily met by refusals.
THE daily issue.
This issue amounts to 102,336 volumes, as against 100,538
volumes in 1903. The percentage of unsuccessful cards is
44 9-10, nearly two per cent, less than last year. The clas-
sified issue for two years is as follows :
Fiction for adults . . .
Non-ficton for adults
Juvenile fiction
Juvenile non-fiction.
1904-05.
Vols.
41,520
25,021
32,388
3,406
Per
cent.
40.6
24.4
31.7
3.3
1903-04.
Vols.
37,733
23,987
35,910
2,908
Per
cent.
37.5
23.9
35.7
2.9
Library Department. 49
It is the adult circulation that increases, though the loss in
juvenile books this year is less than in 1903, when, of the 8,016
volumes of loss, 5,689 were juvenile. As has been said
before, the better supply of children's books at the branches
and stations and the schools, and the limited number of copies
at the Central Library are the undoubted causes of this.
Nevertheless we may hope that the new Boys' and Girls' List
will occasion a larger and more intelligent use of the Central
Library by the children who send through the stations.
INTER-LIBRARY LOANS.
Lent to libraries in Massachusetts
Lent to libraries outside Massachusetts .
Total
Applications refused in Massachusetts .
Applications refused outside Massachusetts
Total
Borrowed from other libraries
DISTRIBUTION OF PERIODICALS.
Twenty-four thousand five hundred twenty-five copies of
unbound periodicals have been distributed to city institu-
tions, as against 21,025 copies in 1903.
The Patent Room.
During the year 49,631 books were consulted in the Patent
Room, as against 47,659 in 1903-04. The number of vis-
itors to the room for the purpose of consulting the books was
2,426, of whom 691 were non-residents. The number of
volumes in the Patent collection, January 31, 1905, was
10,135, classified as follows: Great Britain, 5,845; United
States, 1,108 ; Germany, 1,125 ; Belgium, 72 ; France, 415 ;
West Australia, 2 ; Canada, 36 ; Victoria, 20 ; Queensland,
13; New South Wales, 10; Italy, 1; miscellaneous, 1,428.
The Periodical Room.
The following table shows the record of attendance in the
Periodical Room, as taken at certain hours in comparison
with the preceding year :
Volumes,
1904-05.
421
162
Volumes,
l'J03-04.
463
219
583
682
98
57
63
45
155
108
11
14
50
City Document No. 24.
Year
Year
1904-05.
1903-04.
. 10,472
9,190
14,718
15,546
17,014
17,065
23,22:.
22,542
18,151
17.497
17,532
17,428
7,371
6,327
Attendance at
10 A.M.
12 M.
2 P.M.
5 P.M.
6 P.M.
9 P.M.
10 P.M.
During the year 27,071 volumes were consulted in the da}-
time, as against 25,651 in the previous year. In the even-
ings and on Sundays, 7,534 volumes were consulted, as against
6,765 in the previous year. Besides these, 24,353 unbound
back numbers of periodicals were consulted in the daytime
and 12,346 in the evenings and on Sundays. The cor-
responding figures for 1903-04 are 17,796 and 10,269.
The Newspaper Room.
The use of the Newspaper Room is indicated by the fol-
lowing record of the maximum attendance on a selected day
in each month :
Dates.
Attendance.
Maximum No.
Dates.
Attendance.
Maximum No.
February 21, 1904 187
March 6 182
April 3 153
May 1 172
Jime 12 117
July 24 152
August 21 132
September 18 133
October 30. ..'. 151
November 27 . . . . 147
December 11 172
January 8, 1905 172
The maximum attendance on any single day during the
year (187) was recorded on February 21, 1904, at 5 P.M.
The number of different papers regularly filed in the
Newspaper Room (February 1, 1904) was 315. During
the year four new papers were added and seven discontinued,
leaving 312 as the total number regularly received February
1, 1905. The number of copies regularly taken, including
duplicates, is 344.
During the year the newspaper files (back numbers) were
consulted by 1,572 visitors, of whom 643 were non-residents.
The number of bound volumes consulted was 5,413.
The Use of Books.
The table contained in Appendix VII. exhibits the circu-
lation for home use throughout the Library system for the
year. The aggregates are :
Library Department. 51
Central Library (including Central Library books
issued through branches, stations, etc.) . . 4 1 4 , 7 •' J 1
Branches and stations direct ..... 1,094,355
Total L, 509,086
As against 1,404,037 for the preceding year.
Other figures, previously presented in text, are here brought
forward and put in comparison with, those for the year
1903-04 :
1904-05. 1903-04.
Total circulation of stations, schools, and insti-
tutions 444,410 419,523
On deposit from Central Library . . . 35,090 35,727
Daily issue to branches and stations from Cen-
tral (aggregate) 102,336 100,538
Direct circulation, home use, from branches . 768,329 742,262
On deposit from branches .... 18,790 15,187
Sunday and Evening Service.
The following table prepared from the records of Mr. Frank
C. Blaisdell, Chief of the Sunday and Evening service, per-
mits comparisons of circulation (books issued for home use
onlv) upon Sundays and holidays for the years 1904-05 and
1903-04 :
SUNDAY AND
Sundays
*Feb. 22 .
* April 19 .
The hall use of books on Sundays is not now recorded.
It is very large, and the general use of the Library on Sun-
daj's is not diminishing, although, as will be seen, the number
of books issued for home use shows a decline as compared
with the preceding year. Various factors affect this figure,
the chief one being the state of the weather on Sundays. If,
for example, there were a larger number of stormy Sundays
in one year than in another the circulation would show a
corresponding decline.
Resignations.
The service has been affected by the following resignations
during the year :
* Closed on all other holidays.
DAY CIRCULATION.
1904-05.
1903-04.
36,770
39,623
527
679
384
416
52
City Document No. 24.
Name.
Department.
Entered Service
Discontinued.
Thomas F. Sullivan —
Thomas H. Williams. . .
Gerald A. McHugh. . . .
John Ivory
Margaret M. O'Neill —
Margaret V. Meehan. ..
Emily F. Fillebrowa. . .
Paul J. Schnabel
John Normile
Cornelius Driscoll
Harry O'Neill
Eliza F. A.Caiger
PaulH. Block
Kenneth McKenzie —
Eugene Woods
Edward J. Gallagher..
Alexander Fuerst
Peter V. McFarland...
Charles W. Dolan
Gertrude A. Lynch
Margaret D. McGuffey,
Mary Seemuller
Bindery
Ordering
Special Libraries
Bindery
Charlestown
South End
Registration
Shelf
Ordering
Special Libraries
Engineers
Shelf
Special Libraries
Executive
West Roxbury. ..
Bates Hall
Bindery
Executive
Catalogue
Roxbury
Issue
Ordering
June
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
June
March
Dec.
Nov.
June
July
Jan.
April
June
May
March
Jan.
June
March
Jan.
Sept.
April
March
1,1903.
6,1902.
2,1903.
23, 1893.
2, 1892.
21, 1893.
23, 1895.
2, 1898.
27, 1904.
1,1904.
12, 1896.
27, 1895.
27, 1904.
18, 1897.
19, 1898.
9, 1903.
1, 1896.
24, 1896.
24, 1894.
6, 1894.
17, 1895.
20, 1899.
Resigned April 14, 1904
Resigned April 21, 1904
Resigned May 12, 1904
Resigned J-une 2, 1904
Resigned June 13, 1904
Resigned June 29, 1904
Resigned July 1, 1904
Resigned July 2,1904
Resigned A ug. 20, 1904
Resigned Aug. 28, 1904
Resigned Aug. 28, 1904
Resigned Sept. 1, 1904
Resigned Sept. 10, 1904
Resigned Sept. 28, 1904
Resigned Sept. 30, 1904
Resigned Oct. 3, 1904
Resigned Oct. 6, 1904
Resigned Oct. 13,1904
Resigned Nov. 10, 1904
Resigned Nov. 17, 1904
Resigned Dec. 31, 1904
Resigned Jan. 25, 1905
Examinations.
The following examinations have been given for the graded
service of the Library, namely: May 21, Grade E (53
applicants); November 19, Grade E (81 applicants);
December 17, Grade B (18 applicants) ; December 17, Grade
C (56 applicants).
The Fiftieth Anniversary.
On the second day of May, 1854, the Boston Public
Library was first regularly opened for public use. The
Fiftieth Anniversary of this opening was observed'on May 4,
1904, by an informal reception given by the Trustees at the
Central Library building, His Honor Mayor Collins joining
the Board in welcoming on that occasion a large number of
guests. The contrast between the splendid equipment of
the institution as its stands to-day and the humble collection
Library Department. 53
of books which formed the Library at the beginning is very
great, and attests the public spirit and generosity of the
citizens of Boston, and of those benefactors who, from time
to time, have established trust funds for the enlargement of
our resources. A monograph giving a complete account of
the origin of the Library and of its development during the
subsequent fifty years is in preparation, and will be issued
from the Library press.
Respectfully submitted,
Horace G. Wadlin,
Librarian.
May 12, 1905.
54 City Document No. 24.
REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE
FOR 1904-1905.
To the Trustees of the Boston Public Library :
The Examining Committee was organized at a meeting
held on the fifteenth day of April, 1904, by the choice of
Edward A. McLaughlin as chairman and Eleanor M. Colleton
as secretary. The various sub-committees were appointed as
follows :
Administration.
Gen. Hazard Stevens, Chairman ,
Mr. Frank H. Briggs, Mr. Henry S. Rowe,
Mr. John S. Concannon, Mr. J. M. Sears,
Mr. Frank K. Foster, Mr. Lucius Tuttle,
Mr. William F. Donovan, Dr. J. Collins Warren.
Books.
Dr. George B. Shattuck, Chairman,
Mrs. John A. Bellows, Mr. Frederick P. Vinton,
Mr. J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr., Miss A. S. McDonald,
Miss Eleanor M. Colleton, Mr. Arthur W. Dolan,
Mr. William J. Doogue, Jr., Mr. N. L. Sheldon.
Branches.
Rev. James N. Supple, Chairman,
Miss Eleanor M. Colleton, Mrs. Thomas G. Plant,
Mr. John S. Concannon, Mr. N. L. Sheldon,
Mr. William F. Donovan, Gen. Hazard Stevens,
Mrs. Francis P. Garland, Rev. Benjamin F. Trueblood.
Catalogues.
Mr. Frank H. Briggs, Chairman,
Mrs. John A. Bellows, Mrs. Edward C. Scates,
Mrs. Francis P. Garland, Gen. Hazard Stevens,
Mrs. Thomas G. Plant, Mr. Abraham Ratshesky.
Finance.
Mr. J. Montgomery Sears, Chairman,
Mr. Arthur W. Dolan, Mr. Lucius Tuttle,
Mr. Abraham C. Ratshesky, Dr. George B. Shattuck,
Rev. James N. Supple, Mr. Daniel A. Wkelton.
Library Department. 55
Printing and Binding.
Mr. John S. Concannon, Chairman,
Mr. Frank K. Foster, Mr. Henry S. Rowe,
Mr. Frank H. Briggs, Mr. N. L. Sheldon,
Mr. William F. Doogue, Jr., Mr. Daniel A. Whelton.
Fink Arts.
Mr. Frederick P. Vinton, Chairman,
Mr. J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr., Mrs. Edward C. Scates,
Miss A. S. McDonald, Rev. Benjamin F. Trueblood,
Mr. Henry S. Rowe, Dr. J. Collins Warren.
Meetings of the general committee were held at stated in-
tervals during the year to hear reports from the various sub-
committees, and to consider and discuss measures calculated
to increase the efficiency of the Library.
The sub-committees held frequent meetings, attended to the
duties assigned to them, and made reports to the full com-
mittee, which are herewith submitted.
Administration. — The Sub-committee on Administra-
tion inspected the Central Library on December 8, 1904, and
found all parts of it in such admirable order and so efficiently
managed and carried on that there seemed to be no room for
criticism, and no call for recommendations or suggestions
other than those contained in the report of the sub-commit-
tee on heating, ventilation, lighting, etc., which is as follows :
Heating. — The heat is fairly well regulated throughout
the building. The halls, corridors, etc., are kept at very
even temperature, but some of the rooms which are often-
times overcrowded, such as the Newspaper Room and the
Children's Room, are overheated at times during the winter.
We think this is more due to the very poor ventilation of
the building, however, than possibly to the regulation of the
heat.
Ventilation. — This particular point, we have understood,
has been very carefully considered by the Trustees for many
years. The ventilation of the building was never properly
accomplished, and in such parts of the building as Bates
Hall, the Children's Room and the Newspaper Room, and
other frequented places, it seems almost impossible to get
good ventilation.
Lighting. — The lighting of the building is very well accom-
plished, though sometimes it has seemed to us that economy
might be practised in lighting the tables in Bates Hall in the
evening, and similar places where evening reading is carried on.
56 City Document No. 24.
The Committee visited the boiler-room, etc., in the base-
ment of the building, and must compliment the engineer and
his assistants on the cleanly condition of their apartment.
Books. — The Sub-committee on Books met four times,
and individual members interested themselves in different
departments connected with the general subject with the
following result :
1. Courtesy and Helpfulness. — We desire to say a word
in praise of the courtesy and cheerful helpfulness which, in
general, characterizes the staff and the employees of the
Library.
2. Children's Department. — The management of the
Children's Department seems to us at the present time
especially deserving of commendation. More copies of
standard children's books are desirable.
3. Fiction. — The question of the amount of fiction to be
provided for this or any public library we realize is a
debatable one, one in regard to which there is some differ-
ence of opinion. We venture to hope that the sum spent in
this way — <$7,000 out of a total of $32,000 — on an average
will not be diminished.
4. Lost Books. — The number of lost books is at times con-
siderable. The committee desires to express the hope that it
may be found advisable to replace the more used of such
books — especially books of reference — - with less delay than
now seems to obtain.
5. Foreign Languages. — Both for the use of students
and on account of our large and increasing foreign popula-
tion, a large number of books in foreign languages seems
indicated. This might entail more consideration for the
character of the population in different sections in selecting
books for the branches.
6. Paternalism. — A little less paternalism in regard to
the purchase of books would, in our opinion, not be injurious.
7. Rare Books. — It is to be regretted that the Trustees
have insufficient funds at their disposal to profit more by
opportunities which present themselves, from time to time,
for the purchase of rare books.
8. Rebinding of Books. — The Committee suggests a still
more general rebinding of books, when necessary, in gray,
with title and author's name in gilt on dark enamel cloth.
On the open shelves the gilt lettering on the backs of books
bound in plain red or green cloth becomes quickly blurred,
and such books must then be taken down to find the title
and author's name.
9. We recognize that a coat must be cut according to the
Library Department. 57
cloth, and we realize that our citizens have much legitimate
cause for pride in our Public Library.
Branches. — The Sub-committee on Branches presents the
following suggestions :
1. That the deposit of books of each reading room, espe-
cially in congested districts, be augmented so that the deposit
shall embrace those books recommended by one of the super-
visors of public schools as supplementary reading for the
nine grades of the primary and grammar schools.
The list of these books forms a course in literature, and
if they are on the open shelves of the reading rooms where
the young people use the open shelves, just as much as the
catalogues, in obtaining books, they will be more widely read
and there will be a better co-operation with the schools.
2. That books, when rebound at the Library's bindery,
have the title and author's name on enamelled paper applied
in label fashion.
At present there are many books which have been rebound
with title, etc., stamped in gilt on cover, which soon becomes
binned, and books look all alike on shelves, and each must
be taken down and opened to discover title, etc.
3. That portfolio covers be furnished in all reading rooms
for magazines and such like periodicals. It is a matter of
preservation of magazines as well as of neatness.
4. That in quarters where there is a foreign language
speaking population, the reading rooms receive an increased
number of books in the language of the people, that the
adults may partake of the advantage of the Library.
5. That there be an increased appropriation for salaries
at the branches.
We find that all branches are showing a wholesome
development, and, as a consequence, more room must soon
be provided.
In Charlestown the branch should be moved from the
present location ; it is too noisy for profitable study, it is not
central, and more room is required.
Catalogues. — The Sub-committee on Catalogues respect-
fully submit their report as follows :
At the first meeting in May, the Committee was sub-
divided, each member being assigned to branches, or the
main Library, so that there should be at least two members
of the Committee on each branch. The subject of the clean-
liness of both the card and book catalogues having been a
matter of criticism, the Committee have paid special atten-
tion to this point. The miscellaneous class of people who
frequent the Library to use or take out books give a great
58 City Document No. 24.
deal of chance for distribution of various bacilli, and particu-
larly the spreading of various skin diseases and such accessory
troubles. With this end in view, the Committee have mada
a careful examination of all the catalogues in the main
Library, and in the branches from time to time.
Card catalogues at the branches were generally clean and
in good condition, showing evidence of care being taken to
replace soiled and torn cards. In some branches it would
appear that the card catalogues are more used than the book
catalogues.
In the main Library, the case at the southerly end of
Bates Hall can only be said to be in fair condition, and needs
more frequent replacement of soiled and torn cards, particu-
larly as to authors of books to which frequent reference is
made, such as those of Dickens, Thackeray, Clemens, and of
such subjects as Hebrew, Magic, Napoleon, etc. Similar
criticism can be made as to the card catalogues in the delivery
room, while the card catalogues in the children's room have
been in excellent condition.
Book catalogues in all branches are in good condition, but
the table catalogues in Bates Hall can only be said to be in
fair condition in a general way.
Fine Arts. — The Sub-committee appointed for the Fine
Arts reports as follows :
That the department is in an admirable condition, and well
appointed in every way to serve those interested in the study
of the Fine Arts. Teachers, schools and artistic organiza-
tions are given all privileges desired by them to use the
books, photographs, etc., in preparing lectures, and to give
lectures, or hold meetings in the public hall. The " Ruskin
Club" has given a regular course of lectures there which
have been largely attended during the winter. The Com-
mittee finds that all new art books and periodicals are bought
for the Library as they appear, if considered desirable.
There is always an exhibition in the outer room of the
department of a large number of photographs, selected from
the collections and changed from time to time, which are of
great interest to the public, to the students, and to casual
visitors.
At the suggestion of this Committee the Librarian sent
out a circular to American artists asking them to send to the
Library a collection of photographs taken from their works.
The artists have generously responded to this request. There
have been received up to date about two hundred and ninet}?-
photographs. Of these, two hundred were contributed, and
ninety were purchased, at the suggestion of some of the
Library Department. 59
artists. An exhibition of this collection was held at the
Library the first week in November, and by permission of
the Trustees afterwards exhibited in Providence under the
auspices of the Rhode Island School of Design.
These exhibitions, as now arranged, in no way conflict with
the administration of the department or distract the attention
of students. Various suggestions have been offered tending
to attract the general public to the Library, as to a museum
of art. . It is a serious question whether such a policy in the
conduct of a Library would be a wise one. ' Repose and quiet,
it would seem, are far more desirable to those whom a Library
is intended to serve than the bustle incident to a museum.
If Bates Hall had been decorated by the late Mr. Whistler
it would have been untenable for its present purpose, as is
now generally conceded by all interested in the work of the
Library.
For the Committee,
(Signed) Edward A. McLaughlin,
Chairman.
APPENDIXES
1904—1905.
LIST OF APPENDIXES.
Page.
I. Financial Statement ..... 63
IJ. Extent of the Library by Years . . . 85
III. Net Increase of the Several Departments,
Including Branches . . . . . 87
IV. Classification : Central Library . . broadside
V. Classification: Branches. .... 90
VI. Registration ...... broadside
VII. Circulation ....... 93
VIII. Trustees for Fifty-three Years. Librarians, 95
IX. Examining Committees for Fifty-three Years, 97
X. Library Service, Including Sunday and Even-
ing Service . . . . . . .101
Index to the Annual Report, 1904-1905
Library Department. 63
APPENDIX I.
Boston Public Library,
Auditing Department, February 1, 1905.
To the Trustees :
Gentlemen, — The undersigned herewith presents a
statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Library
Department for the financial year commencing February 1,
1904, and ending January 31,1905; also, a statement con-
cerning the trust and other funds, statements covering special
appropriations, and a statement of expenditures on account
of the branches for the twelve years ending 1904-1905.
Respectfully,
A. A. Nichols,
Auditor
Receipts.
Appropriation, 1904-1905 .
Payments for lost books
Income from Trust Funds, 1904-1905
Interest credited :
From J. S. Morgan & Co.
Ou bank deposits
Gifts, 1904-1905:
From Andrew Carnegie
From Thomas F. Temple .
From Richard C. Humphreys .
Total receipts ....
Balances, February 1, 1904.
On deposit, J. S. Morgan & Co., London
From income of 4 rust
Funds . . . 86,423 83
From General Funds,
(City appropria-
tion) . . . 1,863 90
.
$3
;o5,ooo oo
.
263 01
15,539 78
$88
99
37
51
126 50
$100
00
25
00
25
00
150 00
.
$3
21,079 29
$8,287 73
On deposit, Baring Bros. & Co.,
London ..... 72 75
Carried forward . . . 88,360 48 $321,079 29
64 City Document No. 24.
Brought forward . . $7,360 48 $321,079 29
Interest accrued on bank deposits, 1,871 01
Gifts, unexpended balance :
From Boston Numis-
matic Society . 15 11
From Andrew Car-
negie . . . 26 34
31 45
Income of Trust Funds. (Unex-
pended balance in City Treas-
ury) 5,623 40
Books :
F rom city appropria-
tion . . $20,575 30
City appropriation
(London account), 1,712 10
From exchange ac-
count (receipts
f r o m lost books,
sales of duplicates,
etc.) . . .263 01
.From trust funds in-
come (including
London account
and the sum of
$37.27 over- ex-
penditure of pre-
vious years) . 13,591 58
From gifts :
Andrew Carnegie . 136 62
Boston Numismatic
Society . . 5 11
36,283 72
Newspapers, from Todd fund
income .... 1,658 14
15,886 34
Transfer from Trust Funds Income. (To extin-
guish over-expenditure of previous years) . . 48 30
Total balances and receipts .... $337,013 93
Expenditures.
Salaries (general Library acc't, including branches) :
General administra-
tion . . $154,746 05
Sunday and evening
force . . . 19,866 20
$174,612 25
Carried forward . . . §212,55411
Library Department.
65
Brought forward
6212,554
11
Periodicals, including
London
account
6,810
84
Binding Department :
Salaries . . 819,834
35
Stock . . .2
,785
14
Equipment
11
42
Electric power
39
10
Contract work
42
10
Contract work : (Brit-
ish patent specili-
-
cations : paid
through J. S. Mor-
gan & Co., Lon-
don)
234
67
Rent
918
50
Miscellaneous e x -
pense .
453
53
24,318
81
Printing Department :
Salaries . . . $6,867
98
Stock . . . 2,966
41
Equipment . . 3
,103
33
Electric power .
180
08
Contract work . . 1
,786
97
Rent
518
50
Miscellaneous ex-
pense .
449
03
15,872
6,113
30
24
Furniture and fixtures
Gas ....
.
2,200
06
Electric lighting .
.
2,328
56
Miscellaneous expense
.
17
25
Cleaning
6,608
94
Small supplies
2,128
74
Stationery .
1,684
21
Rent of branches and
read
ing
rooms
8,500
59
Fuel ....
15,594
42
Repairs
6,191
21
Freights and cartage .
758
73
Transportation between
Central
Library, branches and
deliv
ery
stations .
.
.
4,244
18
Delivery stations, rent and
service,
3,619
72
Telephone service
.
.
241
27
Postage and telegrams
1,006
68
Typewriting
35
05
Carried forward .
8320,828
91
66
City Document No. 24.
Brought forward
Travelling expenses
Grounds
Liability insurance
Insurance on machinery, etc
Expense of celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the opening of
the Public Library : Decora-
tions, music, etc.
Total expenditures for year .
$320,828 91
592 26
48 70
65 67
380 00
729 83
Balance ....
The balance includes the following items :
Cash City Treasury, Trust Funds income .
On deposit, London :
J. S. Morgan & Co.
Trust Funds income . . $1,454 30
Baring Bros. & Co. . . 72 75
Cash on deposit, New England Trust Co. :
Gifts :
From Thos. F. Temple . . $25 00
From Richard C. Humphreys . 25 00
Interest accrued on deposits
$322,645 37
$14,368 56
$10,882 99
1,527 05
50 00
1,908 52
$14,368 56
Library Department.
67
GENERAL APPROPRIATION.
Comparative Statement for Fiscal Years Ending January 31, 1904 and 1905.
1903-1904. 1904-1905.
salaries:
Genera] administration
Sunday and evening force.
Binding:
Salaries
Stock...
Contract work
Equipment
Electric power
Books
Periodicals
Furniture arid fixtures
Gas
'htinc
Electric lig
Supplies
Cleaning
Printing:
Equipment
Stock
Contract work.
Salaries
Electric power.
Stationery
Typewriting
Fuel
Rents of branches and reading rooms
Repairs
Freights and cartage
Transportation between Central Library and branches...
Delivery stations '
Travelling expenses
Postage and telegrams
Telephone service
Miscellaneous expense
Insurance
Grounds
Expenses on account of installing paintings
Remittance to .T. S. Morgan & Co., London
Expense of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the open-
ing of the Public Library: Decorations, music, etc
$152,286 HI
19,463 84
19,802 86
2,457 20
3 80
185 33
44 00
23,191 92
5,915 38
9,270 37
2,187 30
2,251 97
2,001 15
6,684 14
1,312 68
2,710 69
235 13
5,866 67
173 88
2,170 39
21 76
14,832 09
7,612 00
7,812 28
1,198 50
4,550 24
3,758 42
494 63
1,195 45
510 42
84 75
48 00
2 25
919 92
5,000 00
$154,710 1)5
19,866 20
19,834 35
2.785 14
42 10
11 42
39 10
20,974 93
6,804 72
6,137 24
2,547 82
2,389 04
2,128 74
6,640 93
3,103 33
2,966 41
1.786 97
6,867 98
180 08
1,684 21
35 05
15,594 42
9,937 59
6,197 19
1,191 08
4,244 18
3,619 72
592 26
1,006 68
241 27
17 25
445 67
48 70
"29 83
$306,256 32
$305,437 05
The cost of maintaining the branches makes part of the general items of the
several appropriations:
Cost of branches, 1903-1904 $81,667 75
Cost of branches, 1904-1905 84,304 22
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 1903-1904 $9,185 00
For 1904-1905 6,922 42
The amount expended for books, newspapers, and photographs (not included
above) paid from trust funds in the hands of the City Treasurer:
For 1903-1904 $9,563 18
For 1904-1905 10,280 19
Special Appropriations.
Library building, Dartmouth street, balance of
appropriation February 1, 1904 .
Carried forward ......
$63,190 44
$63,190 44
68
City Document No. 24.
Brought forward .....
Payments on account :
Bronze doors, Daniel C. French, $14,000 00
Architects, McKim, Mead & White, 550 00
Balance, February 1, 1905
5,190 44
14,550 00
$48,640 44
This balance will be required to settle outstanding contracts.
Library building, furnishing, balance of City appro-
priation February 1, 1904 . . . . $2,349 81
Balance, February 1, 1905
LONDON ACCOUNTS.
$2,349 81
Balances
from
1903-1904.
Remittances
and Interest,
1904-1905.
Total
Credits,
1904-1905.
Expendi-
tures,
1904-1905.
Balances
unexpended
Jan. 31, 1905.
J. S. Morgan & Co.
J. S. Morgan & Co.
£. s. d.
1,696 17 11
£. s. d.
£. s. d.
1,715 2 8
15
£. s. d.
1,418 3 2
£. s. d.
296 19 6
18 4 9
Baring Bros. & Co.
15
15
1,711 17 11
18 4 9
1,730 2 8
1,418 3 2
311 19 6
Library Department.
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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 for the purchase of
hooks 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 London
in March, 1853.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $50,000 00
" The income only of this fund is to be, each and every year, ex-
pended in the purchase of such books of permanent value and authority
as may be found most needful and most useful.' 1 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-
rence 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.' 1
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $500 00
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
Library Department. 73
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 ami 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 84,000 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-live 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 June, 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.' 1 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
Treadwell 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
74 City Document No. 24.
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 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
8100 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
$61,800 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
" " " " Four " " " . 500 00
" " " lt Three " " " . 500 00
$2,000 00
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
Library Department. 75
Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund. — This 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,
L896.
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $500 00
Charles Mead Public Library Trust Fund. — Received from
the estate of Charles Mead the amount of his legacy, to constitute the
"Charles Mead Public Library Trust Fund, 11 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, 189G, by Miss Vic-
torine Thomas Art/, of Chicago; the income "to be employed in the
purchase of valuable rare editions of the writings, either in verse or
prose, of American and of foreign authors." These books are to bo
known as the " Longfellow Memorial Collection."
Invested in one City of Boston Four per cent. Bond, for . $10,000 00
John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial Fund. — This fund was received
from the members of the Papyrus Club, May, 1S97. 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 appropri-
ated 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, Xew 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 percent.
Bond, for $1,000 00
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, for $2,800 00
Cash in City Treasury, January 31, 1901 .... 54 41
$2,854 41
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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 . $6,000 00
Cutter Fund. — A bequest of Abram E. Cutter, the income of
which is to be expended for the purchase of books and for binding for
the Abram E. Cutter collection.
Invested in one City of Boston Three per cent. Bond, for . $4,000 00
Lewis Fund. — A bequest of Mrs. John A. Lewis for the purchase
of such old and rare books as shall be fitly selected to augment the col-
lection known as the John A. Lewis Library, to be known as the Mrs.
John A. Lewis Fund.
Invested in one City of Boston Three and one-half per cent.
Bond, for $5,000 00
Billings Fund — A bequest of Robert Charles Billings, "This
sum to constitute a permanent fund for said Library, to be called the
Robert Charles Billings Fund, the income only to be used for the pur-
pose of the purchase of books for said Library."
Invested in City of Boston Three and one-half per cent.
Bonds $100,00 00
Recapitulation of Public Library Trust Funds.
Robert Charles Billings Fund $100,000 00
Scholfield Fund 61,800 00
Bates Fund 50,000 00
Todd Fund 50,000 00
Phillips Fund 20,000 00
Treadwell Fund 10,487 69
Phillips Fund 10,000 00
Bowditch Fund 10,000 00
Charlotte Harris Fund 10,000 00
Abbott Lawrence Fund 10,000 00
Artz Fund 10,000 00
Ford Fund 6,000 00
Twentieth Regiment Memorial Fund 5,000 00
Pierce Fund 5,000 00
Mrs. John A. Lewis Fund 5,000 00
Townsend Fund 4,000 00
Ticknor Fund 4,000 00
Cutter Fund 4,000 00
Codman Memorial Fund 2,854 41
Charles Mead Fund 2,500 00
Green Fund 2,000 00
Bigelow Fund 1,000 00
Thomas B. Harris Fund 1,000 00
Franklin Clnb Fund 1,000 00
John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial Fund 1,000 00
Bradlee Fund 1,000 00
Edward Lawrence Fund 500 00
Charles Greely Loring Memorial Fund 500 00
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APPENDIX II.
EXTENT OF THE LIBRARY BY YEARS.
Years.
Total Volumes in
the Libraries.
YEAKS.
"O.Q
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Years.
l
1852-53
9,688
19
1870-71
179,250
37
1888
505,872
2
1853-54
16,221
20
1871-72
192,958
38
1889
520,508
3
1S54-55
22,617
21
1872-73
209,456
39
1890
536,027
4
185.5-56
2S,080
22
1873-74
260,550
40
1891
556,283
5
1856-57
34,896
23
1874-75
276,918
41
1892
576,237
6
1857-5S
70,851
24
1875-76
297.S73
42
1S93
597,152
7
185S-59
78,043
25
1876-77
312,010
43
1894
610,375
8
1859-60
85,031
26
1877-78
345,734
44
1895
628,297
9
1860-61
97,386
27
1S78-79
360,963
45
1896-97
663,763
10
1861-62
105,034
28
1879-80
377,225
46
1897-98
698,8S8
11
1862-63
110,563
29
1880-S1
390,9S2
47
1898-99
716,050
12
1863-64
116,934
30
1881-82
404,221
48
1899-1900
746,383
13
1S64-65
123,016
31
1882-83
422,116
49
1900-1901
781,377
14
1865-66
130,678
32
1883-84
438,594
50
1901-1902
812,264
15
1866-67
136,080
33
1884-85
453,947
51
1902-1903
835,904
16
1S67-68
144,092
34
1885
460,993
52
1903-1904
848,884
17
186S-69
152,796
35
1886
479,421
53
1904-1905
871,050
18
1S69-70
160,573
36
1887
492,956
8G
City Document No. 24.
VOLUMES IN LIBRARY AND BRANCHES JANUARY" 31, 1905,
ACCORDING TO LOCATION.
665,511
13,438
South End (Station C)
Mt. Bowdoin (Station Fj
North Brighton (Station L} . .
Mt. Pleasant (Station N)
Broadway Ext. (Station P). .
Upham's Corner (Station Q).
Roxbury Crossing (Station S)
Ward Nine (Station V)
Industrial School (StationW)
Andrew Sq. (Station Y)
Orient Heights (Station Z)..
North Street (Station 22)
6.06S
184
.? s < Collection owned by City.
678,949
24,532
10,751
3,410
168
177
1,751
146
(§-° { Total, Koxbury branch.
35,283
16,423
30,377
18,378
14,430
, 14,947
15,805
14,541
14,047
191
2,440
1,096
401
395
149
246
South End
811
West End
237
Library Department.
87
APPENDIX III.
NET INCREASE OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING
BRANCHES.
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Central Library
Duplicate room —
Brighton branch
Charlestown branch
Dorchester branch
East Boston branch
Jamaica Plain branch
1 North End branch
Roxbury branch
Fellowes Athenaeum
South Boston branch
South End branch
West End branch
West Roxbur y branch...
Lower Mills reading
room
Roslindale reading room,
South End reading room,
Mattapan reading room . .
Mt. Bowdoin reading
11,821
313
107
loss 16
loss 73
112
•273
1'6 1,861
48
407
loss 289
13S
6,522
626
85
North Brighton reading
room
Mt. Pleasant reading
room
Broadway Extension
reading" room
261
Upham's Corner reading
room
Roxbury Crossing read-
ing room
Ward Nine delivery ita-
tiou
Industrial School read-
ing room
Andrew Square reading
room
Orient Heights reading
room
North Street reading
room
Total.
20,273
2.S90
1,217
l's 112
1,415
1,021
1,277
1,202
348
1,509
1,435
1,555
loss 8
24
932
loss 7
724
26,579
8,603
276
398
159
147
374
l's 2,896
402
loss 69
308
3S5
135
loss 30
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18,695 35,6981 35,129
20,680
2,063
l's 3,190
2,095
l's 1,402
l's 1,478
l's 1,286
l's 1,628
936
113
l's 683
466
169
21,937
6,894
471
l's 13
514
l's 255
29
l's 424
990
l's 440
l's 58S
498
199
lossl
213
137
17,162 30,333
25,049
8,093
135
l's 3,158
585
495
467
loss 324
1,070
loss 118
loss 505
721
414
loss 1
1,524
20,482
2,224
726
742
595
569
615
l's 250
911
1,166
599
470
93
41
382
loss 5
295
28
27
28
114
221
loss 5
59
142
126
67
13
756
34,994
30,887
20,368
l's 1,164
456
248
532
376
372
loss 979
570
396
335
338
297
29
540
134
456
28
43
92
19,649
l'sll,260
336
199
537
666
488
loss 318
SI 2
loss 346
399
583
368
6
527
13
3
56
loss 6
12
loss 9
loss 3
17
219
12,980
1 Collection transferred to West End branch.
City Document No. 24.
PLACED ON THE SHELVES FEBRUARY ], 1004, TO JANUARY 31, 1005.
Placed on
the Shelves.
Condemned,
missing,
transferred.
Net Gain.
Central Library
Central Library, Duplicate room
Brighton branch
Charlestown branch
Dorchester branch
East Boston branch
Jamaica Plain branch
Roxbury branch, city collection
Roxbury branch, Fellowes Athenaeum
South Boston branch
South End branch
West End branch
West Roxbury branch
Lower MillB reading room
Roslindale reading room
South End reading room
Mattapan reading room
Mt. Bowdoin reading room
North Brighton reading room
Mt. Pleasant reading room
Broadway Extension reading room. . .
Upham's Corner reading room
Roxbury Crossing reading room
Ward Nine delivery station
Industrial School reading room
Andrew Square reading room
Orient Heights reading room
North Street reading room
Total •
30,065
2,003
902
800
932
1,560
728
17
1,246
1,678
' 829
1,205
419
21
483
21
21
267
21
25
402
1,118
32
32
4S
18
20
32
44,054
7,726
8,487
480
397
730
795
24S
369
528
1,443
437
593
44
41
3
315
22
46
4
3
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loss
22,339
loss 6,484
413
403
202
765
480
352
718
235
392
612
375
21
437
21
21
226
21
22
S7
loss
22,788
22,166
APPENDIX IV.
CENTRAL LIBRARY CLASSIFICATIONS.
CLASSES.
GENERAL COLLECTION.
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1861.
18G6.
1860.
1871.
1873.
1875.
1877.
1880.
1889.
1890.
1893.
1894.
1894.
1894.
1896.
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1898.
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1,948
15,971
17,900
83,03!
55,175
28,696
12,702
21,373
11,402
3,610
18,776
25,796
7,533
39,127
25,830
7,488
6,484
25,232
19,91s
24,774
8,740
9,496
24,763
98
588
903
3,708
2,819
1,118
217
1,467
351
165
609
637
149
1,608
1,348
308
324
620
791
1,036
557
381
1,171
2,016
16,539
18,764
86,507
67,886
29,736
12,890
22,794
11,726
8,763
19,404
26,317
7,681
40,679
27,056
7,632
9,778
35,815
20,725
35,760
9,256
9,862
25,888
249
35
17
108
77
60
11
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9
22
2
1,387
5S
146
6
65
3
3
15
4,746
14
322
014
655
1,093
859
523
327
1,126
1,179
95
329
736
6
5
43
831
114
7
2
8
197
21
691
135
813
3,210
2,474
338
254
617
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225
471
15
33
424
387
2,459
669
1S4
191
01
53
31
13
501
897
1,220
293
76
59
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54
178
462
22
390
49
50
21
13
57
21
3
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1,220
63
163
8
87
2
173
56
89
1
2,343
6,389
434
74
85
158
3
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127
93
54
27
40
26
11
27
16
1
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5
36
10
46
41
15
42
2
12
106
15
24
32
6
1
1
14
11
32
109
1
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4
4
4
278
54
370
58
31
26
135
4,377
250
669
10
1
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8
75
270
4
1
2
1
2
1,098
0,295
437
i
47
10
184
10
22
137
498
341
211
'5
56
11
4
33
58
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1
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1,93!
311
6
10
3
1
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18,387
20,792
III.
IV.
V.
h
683
1,293
34
8
11
434
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34,653
VII.
1
3
932
1
1
1
1
4
25,856
13,974
X.
XI.
1
5
6,270
8,585
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1
11
2
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7,850
46,349
31,761
14,277
13,643
26,451
31,339
30,946
9,963
9,880
36,8 1
159
1,035
3,309
T
XIII.
1,1 to
3,524
1,361
98
307
75
170
135
13
685
52
381
121
24
63
5
32
63
36
246
130
17
28
27
89
48
16
248
67
2
5
31
2
59
12
29
2
108
l
1
3
1
21
638
3
6
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14
23
1
25
t 3,019
2
50
48
3
2
11
4
5
112
1
369
1
1
1
15
13
35
30
1
1
26
129
14
43
84
93
3,30!
401
10
1
9,885
12
34
264
3
1
20
97
16
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652
652
47
13
2
150
644
23,854
19,347
19,897
43
1,977
2,821
3,685
687
20,455
13,424
22,375
2,391
6,764
1,207
3,085
1,980
20,465
13,124
1
Totals
563,180
29,499
11,978
5,444
576,097
7,090
13,871
2,051
129
6,393
13,578
5,392
669
672
122
8,930
695
1,334
3,019
9,886
424
2,193
780
2,312
6,281
454
4,672
11,606
678,949
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CIrbs XIX. includes mechanics, military and naval arts, etc.
ml collected works o( hlstoria
Class XXIV. does not include tlie Shakespeare collection of tin- general library.
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APPENDIX V.
CLASSIFICATION.
Bbanch Libraries.
As reported by Custodians of branches January 31, 1905.
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Language
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Medicine, hygiene
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Bound periodicals. .
Unclassified
Total.
403
12
1,468
1,605
313
1,063
101
1,751
99
579
320
319
220
16
315
89
4,768
2,118
864
1,466
6
1,583
2,392
352
998
82
1,703
81
46'
224
453
163
20
223
79
4,348
2,061
1,499
12,177
16,423
413
1
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1,499
356
1,00
91
1,519
102
475
220
225
136
9
258
85
5,503
2,701
1,310
980
30,377 "18,378
368
23
1,220
1,433
287
781
78
1,525
95
422
191
185
138
17
232
77
3,818
2,831
613
1,361
1,283
352
823
101
1,342
79
490
219
220
148
7
258
82
4,108
2,045
1,255
334
14,430
14,941
186
35
939
744
148
619
45
946
61
197
132
244
52
5
113
55
3,660
589
1,473
508
10,751
1,263
440
375
76
3
5
2,603
1,289
1,572
3,025
1,405
1,379
619
386
326
1,636
890
818
96
74
80
4,150
1,525
1,505
286
116
91
1,113
514
503
376
234
233
1,172
267
236
411
146
141
75
22
25
414
257
219
55
85
82
2,007
4,268
4,136
1,881
2,340
1,761
3,274
1,478
930
66
124
24,532
15,805
,14,541
609
8
1,352
1,343
297
913
144
1,348
271
859
253
8
353
82
2,513
2,199
195
1
504
533
129
368
22
537
27
199
71
61
67
2
91
24
1,325
1,604
284
24
14,047
6,068
APPENDIX VI.
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
Statistical Report, February 1, 1904, to January 31, 1905.
rfS
Central Library
Brighton Branch
Charlestown Branch
Dorchester Branch
East Boston Branch
Jamaica Plain Branch.. ..
Roxbury Branch.
South Boston Branch
Soutli End Branch
West End Branch
West Roxbury Branch...
Station A
B
at Franklin Park
G
Totals 70,
21,040
1,656
2,369
3,506
3,636
2,960
4,367
4,829
2,230
4,139
1,058
357
1,410
684
251
397
1,355
238
708
600
760
1.397
1,553
849
1,436
1,831
725
461
364
CARDS ISSUED FEBRUARY 1, 1904- JANUARY 31, 1905.
Re-Registrations.
Over Under
Over Under
New Registrations.
Over Under
1,979
647
105
682
275
79
291
332
92
375
323
110
278
536
136
503
362
113
376
201
286
195
266
144
321
22
22
57
134
OS
142
91
270
40
42
55
113
37
61
Over Under
Over Under
Over Under
112
43
118
59
239
147
43
47
3,813
2,181
13
31,516
2,470
4,470
4,888
6,395
4,414
6,730
6,969
3,562
5,925
1,613
664
2,106
1,158
463
637
1,130
976
1,214
524
971
2,050
2,267
2,277
1,353
2,065
1,070
911
2,811
1,095
5 "
.5 >>
•a &
a a>
10,383
818
997
1,742
1,691
1,488
2,282
2,869
1,287
1,948
492
150
593
310
107
291
1,050
339
247
3,902 107,510 34,239 73,211
21,1.33
1,652
3,473
3,146
3,704
2,926
4,448
4,600
2,275
3,977
1,121
434
1,513
848
356
454
1,328
355
755
6S9
855
351
608
1,363
1,608
1,904
910
1,419
729
620
1,761
756
491
749
■5S 5
1,104
♦360
3,073
1,676
1,426
104
164
114
265
138
280
639
7,888
649
871
1,038
1,414
840
1,515
3,137
2,216
4,094
1,578
237
222
7,058 31,091 11,398
Library Department.
91
CLASSIFICATION OF HOLDERS OF "LIVE CARDS"
JANUARY 31, 1905.
By Sex and Occupation.
Classes.
Permanent
Residents.
i Non-
residents.
Males.
Over 21 years of age.
Professional classes
Teachers
Students
Business men
Unemployed
Laborers
Under 21 years of age.
Clerks
Office and errand boys
Unemployed
Pupils of Latin and High schools
Pupils of Grammar schools
Other students
2,492
162
398
18G
1,624
1,066
7,186
143
2,140
409
372
11
1,502
112
844
18
312
26
1,404
14
9,126
16
322
72
Females.
Over 21 years of age.
Professional classes
Teachers
Students
Business women
Married
Single, unemployed
Under 21 years of age.
Clerks
Errand girls
Unemployed
Pupils of Latin and High schools.
Pupils of Grammar schools
Other students
Totals
418
116
1,968
254
1,886
1,623
4,438
214
7,946
232
8,420
594
1,862
96
510
6
1,543
108
1,348
23
9,236
41
289
83
67,586
5,625
1 1ncluding persons temporarily sojourning in Boston.
N.B. — Of the 3,264 teachers' cards issued prior to February 1, 1905, 981 are live
cards; of these, 727 are held by permanent residents, in addition to their ordinary
card 8 (not included in permanent residents' column above), and 254 are held by non-
residents (which are included in nonresidents' column above).
Of the 1,009 special privilege cards issued prior to February 1, 1905, 309 are live
cards; 219 are held by permanent residents, and 90 are held by non-residents.
92
City Document No. 24.
By Wards.
Ward No.
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1,542
1,402
1,114
1,206
1,140
1,992
1,587
4,207
3,132
8,612
5,263
5,186
1,686
22,832
22,924
14,564
13,248
12,840
30,546
14,782
2S.817
24,583
22,142
19,275
23,641
22,835
.0675
.0611
.0764
.0910
.0887
.0652
.1073
.1459
.1274
.3889
.2730
.2193
.0738
14
1,923
2,016
2,498
2,360
2,481
1,869
4,390
4,344
2,982
3,075
3,956
3,248
21,453
19,700
20,017
25,038
22,401
27,178
32,556
23,868
25,610
23,637
27,126
19,279
.0S96
2
15
.1023
3
16
. 1242
4
17
.0942
5
IS
.1107
6
19
.0687
20
.1348
21
. 1820
9
22
.1164
10
23
.1300
11
24
.1458
12
25
.1684
13
Total
73,211
560,892
.1305
Total number of application blanks, borrowers' cards, cer-
tificates, etc., rilled in, and filed alphabetically each year since
the present numerical record of borrowers was commenced
on February 1, 1899:
1899-1900
1900-1901
1901-1902
1902-1903
1903-1904
1904-1905
58,193
67,305
76,394
71,406
81,881
86,856
Total
442,035
Library Department.
93
APPENDIX VII.
CIRCULATION OF BOOKS.
Home Use Only.
Central Library :
A, direct
B, through branches
and stations
Brighton
Charlestown
Dorchester
East Boston
Jamaica Plain
Roxbury
South Boston
South End
West End
West Roxbury
Station A
B
C
D
E
V
G
H
J
K
L
Carried forward
Total Circulation,
Home Use.
1903-
1904.
1904-
1905
305,172
113,509
37,965
53,442
61,420
81,507
56,571
85,583
100,417
85,586
138,456
28,087
7,036
40,961
10,973
5,400
9,300
19,250
11,033
9,030
10,761
299,647
115,084
44,851
60,013
62,976
85,542
55,187
89,463
92,278
90,977
142,872
31,508
7,234
40,083
11,855
5,405
8,607
23,621
11,658
8,924
10,773
5,388
From Central
Library through
Branches and
Stations.
Included in
Central Library
Circulation, " B."
1903-
1904.
.891
1,038
715
1,973
1,290
695
929
1,260
3,022
1,415
1,594
2,207
1,884
2,365
2,138
3,947
3,497
3,840
5,265
1904-
1905
771
882
630
1,662
1,120
956
684
1,410
3,048
1,499
1,910
1,938
2,566
2,903
2,214
4,608
3,325
4,091
6,080
1,469
From Branches
through Stations.
Included in
Branch Circulation
1903-
1904.
1904-
1905.
3 29
= 447
290
2 730
35
367
1,277,232
1,303,946
41,866
43,766
1,405 1,392
94
City Document No. 24.
APPENDIX VII.— Concluded.
Brought forward. . .
Station M
N
P
Q
R
S
T
U
TV
Y
Z
22
Cottage Place
Fort Revere Garrison.. .
Franklin Park
Guild St. Elizabeth
House of Reformation. .
Parental School
Schools
Engine-houses
Institutions, etc
Total
Total Circulation,
Home Use.
1903-
1904.
,277,232
9,609
16,157
27,420
16,078
13,222
15,696
10,758
22,052
8,767
7,591
8,336
4,069
1,050
3,582
1,564
2,125
757
17,972
1,464,037
1904-
1905
1,303,946
9,217
14,594
25,517
32,345
14,141
13,358
11,166
23,333
8,671
6,438
7,415
7,056
1,000
4,147
2,036
1,753
766
22,187
1,509,086
1903-
1904.
From Central
Library through
Branches and
Stations.
Included in
Central Library
Circulation, "B."
1904-
1905
41,866
3,403
6,278
2,894
5,317
4,452
3,960
3,290
6,290
13,946
4,036
2,411
1,314
143
1 9,650
3,321
43,766
2,940
5,684
2,483
5,125
4,086
4,129
3,266
6,786
13,052
3,343
2 782
3,350
194
1,194
10,100
2,648
115,084
From Branches
through Stations.
Included in
Branch Circulation
1903-
1904.
1904-
1905.
1,405
1 1,792
3,197
1,392
4 1,883
5 25
3,300
1 Number sent on deposit. Number used on premises not recorded.
2 Included in Dorchester Branch Circulation.
3 » « Brighton "
* " " Roxbury " "
5 " " South Boston " "
Library Department.
95
APPENDIX VIII.
TRUSTEES FOR FIFTY-THREE YEARS.
The Hon. Edward Everett was President of the Board of
Trustees from 1852 to 1864; George Ticknor in 1865; William-
W. Greenough, from 1866 to April, 1888; from May 7, 1888,
to May 12, 1888, Prof. Henry W. Haynes ; Samuel A. B.
Abbott, May 12, 1888, to April 30, 1895; Hon. F. O. Prince,
October 8, 1895, to May 8, 1899 ; Hon. Solomon Lincoln has
served 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 1867, when a revised ordinance made it to
consist of one alderman, two common councilmen, and six citizens
at large, two of whom retired, unless re-elected, 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-
1904.
Bigelow, Hon. John P., 1852-68.
Bowditch, Henry I., M.D., 1865-
68.
Bowditch, Henry P., M.D., 1894-
1902.
Boyle, Thomas F., 1902-1904.
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 0., 1870-71.
Carr, Samuel, 1895-96.
Chase, George B., 1876-85.
Clapp, William W., Jr., 1864-66.
Clark, John M., 1S55-56.
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.,
1895-1904.
Dickinson, M. F., Jr., 1871-72.
Drake, Henry A., 1863-64.
Dwigiit, Thomas, M.D., 1899-1904.
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.
Garfield, Thomas, 1867-68.
Gkeen, Samuel A., M.D., 1868-78.
Greenough, William W., 1856-88.
Guild, Curtis, 1876-77; 1878-79.
Harris, William G., 1860-70.
96
City Document No. 24.
riaynes, Prof. Henry W., 1858-59.
H a y n e s, Pkof. Henry W.,
1880-95.
Hillard, Hon. George S., 1872-
75; 1876-77.
nowes, 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-
1904.
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, 1877-7S.
Pratt, Charles E., 1880-82.
Prince, Hon. Frederick O.,
18SS-99.
Putnam, George, D.D., 1868-77.
Reed, Sampson, 1852-53.
Richards, William R., 1889-95.
Sanger, Hon. George P., 1860-61.
Sears, Philip 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.
Wiiitmore, William H., 1885-88.
Whitney, Daniel A., 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 1S58 to 1S77, the chief executive oflicer 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 30, 1899.
Whitney, James L., Acting Librarian, March 31, 1899-December 21,
1899, Librarian, December 22, 1899-January 31, 1903.
Wadlin, Horace G., Librarian, February 1, 1903.
Library Department.
97
APPENDIX IX.
EXAMINING COMMITTEES FOR FIFTY-THREE 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 chairmen 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, S. A. B., 1SS0, 1891.
Adams, Brooks, 1894.
Adams, Nehemiah, D.D., 1860.
Adams, William T., 1875.
Alger, Rev. William R., 1870.
Allen, Hon. Charles, 1899.
Amory, Miss Anna S., 1890, 1891.
Andrew, Hon. John F., 1888.
Andrews, Augustus, 1892, 1S93.
Appleton, Hon. Nathan, 1854.
Apthorp, William F., 18S3, 1899,
1900.
Arnold, Howard P., 1881.
Arnold, Miss Sarah L., 1902.
Aspinwall, Col. Thomas, 1860.
Attwood, Gilbert, 1877.
Babson, Thomas M., 1900, 1901.
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.
Bellows, Mrs. John A., 1903, 1904.
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,
1901.
Bodfish, Rev. Joshua P., 1879,
1891.
Bowditch, Alfred, 1899, 1900.
Bowditch, Henry I., M.D., 1855.
Bowditch, Henry I., M.D., 1865.
Bowditch, Henry P., M.D., 1881.
Bowditch, J. Ingersoll, LL.D.,
1855.
Bowman, Alfonso, 1867.
Bowne, Prof. Borden P., 1896, 1897.
Bradford, Charles F., 1868.
Bragg, Hon. Henry W., 1898, 1899.
Brewer, Thomas M., 1865.
Briggs, Frank H., 1903, 1904.
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, Charles E., M.D.,
1872.
Burdett, Everett W., 1896, 1897.
Burroughs, Rev. Henry, Jr., 1869.
Byrne, Very Rev. William, 1899,
1900.
Carpenter, Rev. Carlos C, 1901,
1902.
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, George B., 1877, 1885.
Cheever, David W., M.D., 1894.
Cheever, Miss Helen, 1896, 1897.
Cheney, Mrs. Ednah D., 1881.
Clapp, William W. Jr., 1864.
Clarke, James Freeman, D.D., 1S77.
Clarke, James Freeman, B.D., 1882.
Clement, Edward H., 1894, 1895.
Coale, George O. G., 1S92, 1893.
Colby, John H., 1900, 1901.
Collar, William C, 1874.
Collar, Mrs. William C, 1900, 1901.
Colleton, Miss Eleanor M., 1904.
Collins, Hon. Patrick A., 1898,
1899.
Concannon, JohnS., 1903, 1904.
Connolly, Rev. Arthur T., 1898,
1899.
98
City Document No. 24.
Coolidge, J. Randolph, Jr., 1904.
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.
dishing, Thomas, 1885.
Dalton, Charles H., 1884.
Dana, Samuel T., 1857.
Davis, James C, 1899, 1900.
Dean, Benjamin, 1873.
Denny, Henry G., 1876.
Derby, Hasket, M.D., 1895, 1896.
Devine, William H., M.D., 1902,
1903.
Dewart, Mrs. William H., 1901,
1902.
Dexter, Henry M., D.D., 1866.
Dillingham, Rev. Pitt, 1886.
Dix, James A., 1860.
Doherty, Philip J., 1888.
Dolan, Arthur W., 1904.
Dolan, Rev. F. X., 1901, 1902.
Dole, Rev. Charles F., 1901, 1902.
Donahoe, Patrick, 1869.
Donald, E. Winchester, D.D., 1898,
1899.
Donnelly, Charles F., 1899, 1900.
Donovan, Edward J., 1902.
Donovan, William F., 1904.
Doogue, William J., Jr., 1903, 1904.
Dreyfus, Mrs. Carl, 1901, 1902.
Dunphy, James W., 1900, 1901.
Durant, Henry F., 1803.
Duryea, Joseph T., D.D., 1880.
D wight, 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, 18S8, 1889.
Everett, Sidney, 1S95.
Fallon, Hon. Joseph D., 1S99, 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 IL, 1879.
Fitz, Walter Scott, 1894.
Foote, Rev. Henry W., 1864.
Foster, Frank K., 1904.
Fowle, William F., 1864.
Freeland, Charles W., 1867.
Frost, Oliver, 1854.
Frothingham, Richard, LL.D., 1876.
Furness, Horace Howard, LL.D.,
1882.
Gannett, Ezra S., D.D., 1855.
Gargan, Thomas J., 1899, 1900.
Gargan, Mrs. Thomas J., 1901,
1902.
Garland, Mrs. Francis P., 1904.
Garland, George M., M.D., 1895,
1896.
Gay, George H., 1876.
Gerry, E. Peabody, M.D., 1902,
1903.
Gilchrist, Daniel S., 1S72.
Gordon, George A., D.D., 1885,
1899, 1900.
Gould, A. A., M.D., 1864.
Grant, Robert, 1884.
Gray, John C, LL.D., 1877, 1902,
1903.
Green, Samuel A., M.D., 1868.
Green, Samuel S., 1895.
Greenoug!), 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.
Hamlin, Charles S., 1902, 1903.
Haskins, Rev. George F., 1865.
Hassam, John T., 1885.
Hayes, Hon. F. B., 1874.
Haynes, Prof. Henry W., 1879.
Haynes, Prof. Henry IF., 188 1,1884.
Hay ward, G*eorge, 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,
1889.
Hersey, Miss Heloise E., 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.
Library Department.
99
Hubbard, William J., 1858.
Hudson, John E., 1895, 1896.
Hunnewell, James F., 1S80, 1893,
1894.
Hutchins, Miss Emma, 1895, 1896.
Hyde, George B., 1879.
Irwin, Miss Agnes, 1894.
Jeffries, B. Joy, M.D., 1SG9.
Jeffries, William A., 1893.
Jenkins, Charles E., 1ST',).
Jenney, Bernard, 1901, 1902.
Jewell, Hon. Harvey, 18(53.
Jewett, Miss Sarah Orne, 1900,
1901.
Johnson, Rev. Robert F., 1900,
1901.
Jordan, Eben D., 1873.
Kellen, William V., 1901, 1902.
Kidder, Henry P., 1870.
Kimball, David P., 1874.
Kimball, Henry H., 1865.
Kirk, Edward N., D.D., 1859.
Lathrop, Hon. John, 1903.
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, 187S.
Lincoln, Hon. Frederick W., 1856.
Lincoln, Hon. Solomon, 1886.
Little, James L., 1864.
Lombard, Prof. Josiah L., 1868.
Loring, Hon. Charles G., 1855.
Lothrop, Loring, 1866.
Lowell, A. Lawrence, 1897, 1898.
Lowell, Augustus, 1883.
Lowell, Daniel O. S., 1902, 1903.
Lowell, Edward J., 1885.
Lunt, Hon. George, 1874.
Lyman, George H., M.D., 1885.
McCleary, Samuel F., 1890.
McDonald, Miss Anna Sprague,
1903, 1904.
McLaughlin, Edward A., 1903,
1904.
McNulty, Rev. John J., 1896, 1897.
Manning, Rev. Jacob M., 1861.
Mason, Rev. Charles, 1857.
Mason, Miss Ellen F., 1S98, 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.
Morrison, William A., M.D., 1901,
1902.
Morse, John T., Jr., 1ST 1 .).
Morse, Robert M., Jr., 1878.
Morton, Hon. Ellis II'., 1871.
Morton, Johnson, 1901, 1902.
Mudge, Hon. E. R., 1871.
Neale, Rollin II., D.D., 1853.
Noble, John, 1882, 1899, 1900.
Norcross, Otis, 1880.
O'Brien, Hon. Hugh, 1879.
CVCallaghan, John J., 1895.
O'Reilly, John Boyle, 187S.
O'Reilly, Miss Mary Boyle, 1902,
1903.
Otis, George A., 1860.
Paddock, Rt. Rev. Benjamin H.,
1876.
Parker, Charles Henry, 1888, 1889.
Parker, William L., 1900, 1901.
Parker, Mrs. William L, 1897,
1898.
Parkman, Henry, 18S5.
Parks, Rev. Leighton, 1882, 1896,
1S97.
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.
Plant, Mrs. Thomas G., 1904.
Prescott, William H., LL. D., 1853.
Prince, Hon. F. O., 1888, 1889,
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1895, 1896.
Putnam, George, 1900, 1901.
Putnam, George, B.B., 1870.
Putnam, Hon. John P., 1865.
Putnam William L., 1898, 1899.
Randall, Charles M., M.D., 1884.
Ratshesky, Abraham C, 1904.
Reed, Henry R., 1899, 1900.
Rice, Hon. Alexander H., 1860.
Robbins, Elliott, M.D., 1S93.
Roberts, Rev. W. Dewees, 1899,
1900.
Roche, James Jeffrey, 1898, 1899.
Rockwell, Miss Maud M., 1902,
1903.
Rogers, Prof. William B., 1861.
Rollins, J. Wingate, 1S88, 1889.
Ropes, John C, LL. D., 1872.
Rotch, Benjamin S., 1863.
Rowe, Henry S., 1903, 1904.
Runkle, Prof. J. D., 1882.
Russell, Samuel H., 1880.
Sampson, O. H., 1892, 1893.
Sanger, Hon. George P., 1860.
Scates, Mrs. Edward C, 1904.
Searle, Charles P., 1898, 1899.
Sears, J. Montgomery, 1903, 1904.
Seaver, Edwin P., 1881.
Shattuck, George B., M.D., 1904.
Sheldon, N. Louis, 1903, 1904.
100
City Document No. 24.
Shepard, Hon. Harvey N., 188S,
1889.
Sherwin, Mrs. Thomas, 1893, 1894.
S hurtle ff, Hon. Nathaniel B., 1S57.
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, Gen. Hazard, 1903, 1904.
Stevens, Oliver, 1858.
Stevenson, Hon. J. Thomas, 1856.
Stockwell, S. N., 1861.
Stone, Col. Henry, 1885, 1886, 1887.
Storrow, Mrs. James J., 1902, 1903.
Story, Joseph, 1856.
Sullivan, Richard, 1883, 1884.
Supple, Rev. James N., 1903, 1904.
Teele, John O., 1886.
Tetlow, Mrs. John, 1902, 1903.
Thaxter, Adam W., 1855.
Thayer, Rev. George A., 1875.
Thayer, Rev. Thomas B., 1862.
Thomas, Benjamin 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.
Trueblood, Rev. Benjamin F., 1904.
Turner, Miss Frances H., 1899.1900.
Tuttle, Lucius, 1903, 1904.
Twombly, Alexander S., D.D., 1883,
1884.
Updike, D. B., 1900, 1901.
Upham, J. Baxter, M.D., 1865.
Vibbert, Rev. George H., 1873.
Vinton, Frederick P., 1903, 1904.
Wadlin, Horace G., 1899, 1900.
Wales, George W., 1875.
Walley, Hon. Samuel H., 1862.
Walsh, Rev. James A., 1902, 1903.
Ward, Rev. Julius H., 1882.
Ware, Charles E., M.D., 1875.
Ware, Darwin E., 1881.
Ware, Mrs. Darwin E., 1899, 1900.
Warner, Herman J., 1867.
Warren, Hon. Charles H., 1859.
Warren, J. Collins, M.D.,187S,1904.
Waterston, Rev. Robert C ., 1867.
Weissbein, Louis, 1893.
Wells, Mrs. Kate G., 1877.
Wells, Samuel, 1900, 1901.
Wendell, Prof. Barrett, 1895, 1896.
Wharton, William F., 1886.
Whelton, Daniel A., 1904.
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, 1901.
Woodbury, Charles Levi, 1871.
Woolson, Mrs. Abba Gould, 1888,
1889.
Wright, Hon. Carroll D., 1884.
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APPENDIX X.
SCHEDULE OE LIBRARY SERVICE.
Note. —This schedule has been brought down to May 1, 1905.
Summary.
Central Library
Branches and reading rooms
193 Men, 104 Women, 89
82 " 18 « 64
275
122
153
Evening and Sunday service, Central Library, *105.
Sunday service, branches, 42.
Extra assistance is employed at the branches.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Name.
Entered.
Wadlin, Horace G. .
1903
Librarian.
Fleischner, Otto
1891
Ass't Librarian.
Nichols, Adelaide A.
1868
Auditor.
Deery, Delia Jean
Learned. Lucie A.
1891
1891
t Mooney, George V.
Dixon, Robert F. X.
1889
1902
** Bicknell, Margaret M. .
1896
**Berran, Mary A. C.
1902
Guinan, Thomas H. .
1901
Lee, Charles 0.
1904
CATALOGUE I
5EPARTMENT
.
Hunt, Edward B.
1883
Chief.
% Swift, Lindsay
Chevalier, Samuel A.
1878
1894
Murdoch, John
1896
Perry, Thomas S.
1902
Rice, Edwin F.
1885
Tenney, Mary A.
Gould, Ida W.
1897
1884
Hinckley, George L.
1903
* Serving from three to seven evenings a week each. The total number of positions
is 39, evenings; 47, Sundays. I
** Auditors Assistant, t Custodian of Stock-room. 1T Editor Library Publica-
tions.
102
City Document No. 24.
Name.
Entered.
Bartlett, Mary R.
1897
Coolidge, Elsie W. .
1903
Cutler, Dora L. ...
1887
Durand, Susan M. .
1900
Leavitt, Lnella K. .
1895
Mackay, Susan H. .
1901
Taylor, Lucien E.
1903
Brennan, Thomas Francis .
1890
Lilienthal, Flora N. .
1902
Whitman, Frances N. A. .
1903
Campbell, M. Theresa
1902
Sullivan, Jeremiah J.
1900
Horgan, John J.
1902
ORDERING DEPARTMENT.
Macurdy, Theodosia E.
1889 Chief.
Frinsdorff, Emily 0. .
1894
dishing, Helen G.
1905
Goddard, Mrs. Frances H.
1892
Collins, Margaret F. .
1901
Cunniff, Nellie L.
1895
Maiers, William C, Jr.
1897
Sanford, Emma D. .
1902
Daly, Gertrude B. .
1901
Twamsley, Collin R .
1904
SHELF DEP
ARTMENT.
Roffe, William G. T. .
1881
Locke, John F.
1894
Connor, George H. .
1891
Reardon, John H.
1896
Eberhart, John .
1894
McCarthy, Michael, Jr.
1892
Ward, Joseph W.
1891
Muckensturm, Matthew
1899
Lucid, John F. .
1*93
Gorham, Katharine J.
1902
Hennessey, Alice M. .
1901
Meehan, Michael J. .
1901
Doonan, Anna G.
1903
Waldron, John J. A. .
1903
BATES
HALL.
Bierstadt, Oscar A. .
1899 Custodian
Buckley, Pierce E.
1891
Doyle, Agnes C.
1885
Forsyth, Walter G. .
1902
Conroy, Michael J. .
1897
Library Department.
103
Name.
Murphy, Annie G.
Downey, John G.
Herekson, Charles E.
Entered.
1888
1904
1903
SPECIAL LIP.R ARIES.
Washburn, Frank De W.
1904
Barton, Marguerite
1900
Currier, Mary T.
1905
Prouty, Louise .
1902
Cassidy, Margaret L
1895
Kelly, Charlotte H.
1895
Doyle, James L.
1900
Athridge, John W.
1904
Brunt, John J. .
1904
Mclnnis, Victor
1903
Mackin, Timothy J. .
1903
Desmond, John P.
1905
DOCUMENTS DEPARTMENT.
Whitney, James L.
Wheeler, Horace L. .
Rosenberg, Morris J.
McGowan, William A.
1869
1900
1901
1903
Chief.
Wendte, Frederika
Mulloney, William J.
PERIODICAL ROOM.
1895
1892
Serex, Frederic .
Ennis, William J.
NEWSPAPER ROOM.
1895
1900
PATENT ROOM AND NEWSPAPER FILES.
Keenan, Matthew T.
Gelpke, Charles H.
Sullivan, James L.
1896
1903
1902
Blaisdell, Frank C.
Sheridan, Mary C.
Currlin, M. Florence
Richards, Florence F
Shumway, Marion H
Dowling, S. Jennie
Reynolds, Mary A.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
1876
1881
1892
1875
1895
1895
1*94
Chief
104
City Document No. 24.
Name.
Enterei
AViechmann, Catherine A. .
1895
Williams, Grace
1895
Zaugg, Joanna .
1895
Bryce, Jean M. .
1898
Cole, Grace E. .
1897
Fogel, Axel Z. .
1902
Hagerty, Mary E.
1897
Olson, Alphild .
1895
Quinlan, George H. .
1901
Shanghnessy, Mary A.
1897
Williams, Eleanor M.
1899
Day, Josephine E.
1899
Burke, Mary M.
1904
Ennis, Flora A.
1904
Hayes, Clement T.
1903
Jones, Clara L.
1904
Kiley, Mary G. .
1903
McLaughlin, Alice
1902
Mulvaney, Mary E. .
1904
McNeil, Anna M.
1903
Rogers, Anna F.
1903
Walsh, Katherine E.
1903
Zaugg, Julia R.
1903
ISSUE DEPARTMENT, CHILDREN S ROOM.
* Jordan, Alice M. . . . 1900
Daly, Margaret C. . . . 1895
Ethier, Lillian E. . . . 1895
Hersey, Edna M. . . . 1898
REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
Keenan, John J. 1885
Murray, Ella K. 1886
Hannigan, Frank J. .
1898
Barry, Margaret M. .
1897
PRINTING DEPARTMENT.
Lee, Francis W.
1894
Chief.
Geyer, Willfried H. .
1896
Pressman.
Boyle, Mary T. M. .
1903
Compositor.
Land, Annie F.
1896
(<
Munson, Minnie A. .
1902
(<
O'Keefe, Charles J. .
1899
Job pressman
Walsh, John E.
1903
Apprentice.
BINDERY.
Ryder, Frank .
1883
Foreman.
Collins, Dennis J.
1887
Finisher.
*In ch
arge.
Library Department.
105
Name.
Lofstrom, Konrad A.
Cellarius, Theodore Yv
Connell, William
Conolly, John F.
Doyle,' Michael J.
Eichhoru, Maximilian
Hoeffner, George
Murphy, John F.
Ochs', Alfred G.
Sullivan, J. Henry
"Watson, John H.
Hemstedt, William P.
O'Brien, John J.
Grady, Leo J. .
Carroll, Margery H.
Barrett, Margaret A
Carroll, Bessie R.
Denney, Ida G.
Doiron, Joanna
Doyle, Carrie C.
Kiley, Margaret J.
McElaney, Mary T.
Moriarty, Mary G.
Nolen, Sarah
Parrow, Susan G.
Potts, Ellen F. .
Soule, Ellen E. .
Entered.
1892
1892
1904
1900
1902
1904
1891
1883
1900
1898-
1902
1883
1902
1904
1902
1903
1903
1902
1896
1900
1889
1902
1875
1891
1903
1892
1891
Finisher.
Forwarder,
Pressman.
Apprentice.
Runner.
Clerk.
Sewer.
ENGINEER AND JANITOR DEPARTMENT.
Niederauer, Henry
McCready, Alexandei
Malone, John P.
Zittell, George, Jr.
Herland, Nils J.
Lacey, Garrett .
Moran, John A.
Karlson, Charles W.
AVilliams, John L.
Berrane, Edward
Frye, Henry W.
Kelley, James J.
Murphy, Charles W.
McCarty, Dennis
McGee, Alexander D
Lawrence, John A.
Hanna, William T.
Cole, William E.
Graham, Henry J.
Lufkin, Ernest S.
1894
1895
1895
1891
1895
1904
1894
1896
1886
1903
1898
1900
1904
1888
1896
1898
1895
1898
1903
1901
Chief Engineer,
Engineer.
Fireman.
Book Motors.
Janitor.
Watchman .
Painter.
Carpenter.
Marble polisher
Elevator and
coat-room
attendants.
106
City Document No. 24.
BRANCH DEPARTMENT.
Name.
Entered.
Ward, Langdon L.
Kueffner, Cecilia AY.
1896
1898
Supervisor of B
and Stations
Stevens, Alice V.
1899
Adams, Amy W.
Heimann, Otto A.
1903
1890
Morse, Maud M.
1877
Kiernan, Letitia M.
1895
McCarthy, Marion A
Maier, Joseph A.
Brown, Richard
1895
1892
1898
Fazakas, Chester A. S.
1901
Gallagher, George W.
1903
BRIGHTON BRANCH.
Hall, Belle S 1895
Custodian
Conley, Ellen F.
Watson, Geneva
1891
1904
O'Neil, Thomas J.
1902
Janitor,
CHARLESTOWN BRANCH.
Cartee, Elizabeth F. .
Livermore, Mrs. Susan E
Reagen, Elizabeth R.
Donovan, Annie M. .
Kelly, Mary L. .
Sullivan, Ellen L.
Smith, Thomas E.
1886
1885
1895
1899
1904
1903
1874
Custodian.
Janitor.
DORCHESTER BRANCH.
Reed, Mrs. Elizabeth T. . . 1873
Griffith, Mary E.
Donovan, Mary G.
Kellogg, Grace E.
Sullivan, Mary M.
Halligan, John F.
1886
1891
1898
1902
1902
Custodian.
Janitor.
EAST BOSTON BRANCH.
Walkley, Ellen O.
Wing, Alice M.
Brackett, Marian W
Bethune, Florence M
Bickford, Lillian A.
Matthews, Everett F
Donnelly, James J.
1897
Custodian
1873
1897
1903
1891
1900
Janitor.
1904
Library Department.
107
Name.
Swain, Mary P.
Riley, Nellie F.
Albert, Katie F.
McEttrick, Alice
Kenney, Thomas H.
JAMAICA PLAIN BRANCH.
Entered.
1877
1878
1892
1902
1897
Custodian.
Janitor,
ROXBURY BRANCH.,
Bell, Helen M.
1878
Custodian
Puffer, Dorothy
1878
Berry, Martha L. C. .
1883
Griggs, Sarah W.
1886
Connell, Gertrude L. .
1903
Kiley, Catherine F. .
1904
Monahan, William
1883
Janitor.
SOUTH BOSTON BRANCH.
Robinson, Alice M. .
1902
Custodian
Eaton, Ellen A.
1873
Sampson, Idalene L. .
1878
McQuarrie, Annie C. .
1894
Orcutt, Alice B.
1887
Baker, Joseph .
1872
Janitor.
SOUTH END BRANCH.
Sheridan, Margaret A.
1875
Custodian
Rogan, Katharine S. .
1896
Lynch, Emma F.
1885
Meehan, Margaret F. .
1893
Toy, May C. .
1903
Gillis, Thomas H.
1902
Busby, James H.
1904
Janitor.
WEST END BRANCH.
Davis, Mrs. Eliza R. .
1877
Custodian
Barton, Margaret S. .
1885
Forbes, George W. .
1896
Kiley, Mary E.
1896
Mooney, Katharine G.
1885
Millmeister, Rebecca
1899
Riley, Mary E.
1891
Menaker, Naaman
1903
Prout, William C.
1902
Sullivan, Daniel J.
1898
Janitor.
108 City Document No. 24.
WEST ROXBURY BRANCH.
Name.
Morse, Carrie L.
Willis, Rebecca E.
Schwartz, Edward
nterecl.
1890
Custodian
1903
1904
Janitor.
DELIVERY STATIONS.
Station.
A. Lower Mills Reading Room Hill, M. Addie Custodian.
Moulton, John W Janitor.
B. Roslindale Reading Room Murray, Grace L Custodian.
Regan, Alice M Assistant.
Stackpole, Freeland E Janitor.
C. South End Reading Room Cross, Laura M Custodian.
D. Mattapan Reading Room Capewell, Mrs. Emma G., Custodian.
E. Neponset Delivery Station Savil, Susan Custodian.
F. Mt. Bowdoin Reading Room. . .Fairbrother, Mrs. Eliz.G., Custodian.
Wetberald, Isabel E Assistant.
G. Allston Delivery Station Howe, W. A., & Co Custodians.
H. Ashmont Delivery Station Weymouth, Clara E Custodian.
J. Dorchester Sta*. Delivery Sta. . .Sexton, Mrs. Annie M. . .Custodian.
L. No. Brighton Reading Room. .. Muldoon, Katherine F. . .Custodian.
M. Crescent Ave. Delivery Station. .Smith Brothers Custodians.
N. Mt. Pleasant Reading Room. ..Witherell, Anna M Custodian.
P. Broadway Extension Reading j Stewart, Cora L Custodian.
Room j Barnett, Florence Assistant.
Q. Upham's Corner Reading Room. Brick, Mary L Custodian.
R. Warren St. Delivery Station. . .Smith, H. De Forrest. . . .Custodian.
S. Roxb'y Crossing Reading Room. Yeaton, E. Christine. ... Custodian.
T. Boylston Delivery Station Peirce, George L Custodian.
U. Ward Nine Delivery Station . . . McGrath, Amelia F Custodian.
W. Industrial School Delivery Sta. . Guerrier, Edith Custodian.
Y. Andrew Square Reading Room. Marshall, Jeanette M. . . .Custodian.
Buckner, Thomas Janitor.
Z. Orient Heights"Reading Room . .McDougall, Helen M Custodian.
22. North Street Reading Room . . . Boggiano, Iside Custodian.
Evening and Sunday Service.
Central Library.
Bates Hall. — Officers in charge : Frank C. Blaisdell, Samuel
A. Chevalier, Edward B. Hunt, Lindsay Swift. Assistants : John
Murdoch, William G. T. Roffe, David L. Williams. Central desk :
Thomas F. Brennan, George H. Connor, John J. Keenan, John
H. Keardon, David L. Williams. Care of reference books :
Charles W. Dolan, Fernald Hutcbins, Joseph A. Maier, Michael
J. Meehan, Morris J. Rosenberg, Paul J. Sclmabel. Collectors of
slips : Joseph B. Compton, Bradley Jones, Charles V. Mansfield,
Edward T. O'Keefe, Prescott F. Sale, Aram Tatian, Frederick
H. Toye. H 'tenners : Joseph B. Compton, Louis W. Hickey,
Edward T. O'Keefe, Richard F. O'Toole, Holman Pearl.
Issue Department. — Officers in charge: Frank C. Blaisdell,
Pierce E. Buckley, John H. Reardon. Receivers of books:
Library Department. 109
Thomas F. Brennan, George H. Connor, Michael McCarthy, Jr.,
Joseph W. Ward. Deliverer of books : Fred W. Blaisdell.
Care of indicator: Michael J. Conroy, John L. McKiernan,
James L. Maguinness, Matthew Muckensturm, George H. Quinlan.
Assistants at indicator: Edward E. Bruce, Axel Z. Fogel, Max
H. Newman, Sylvester P. Russell, Frederick H. Toye. Care of
slips: Otto A. Heimann, Joseph A. Maier, Harry F. Mayer,
George H. Quinlan. Desk attendants: Thomas H. Guinan,
Peter V. McFarland, Harry F. Mayer, Matthew Muckensturm,
George H. Quinlan. Care of tubes and cars : Charles D. Campbell,
Robert F. X. Dixon, Charles W. Dolan, Janres L. Doyle, Thomas
G. Goodwin, Thomas H. Guinan, Michael J. Meehan, Frank T.
Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sullivan. Bookcase attendant : Thomas G.
Goodwin. Runners: Edward J. Berran, Howard C. Blake,
Henry A. Boyle, Walter M. Broderick, Richard Brown, Edward
E. Bruce, George G. Bulfinch, Jr., Joseph R. Dunn, Timothy J.
Connors, Charles W. Dolan, Michael J. Downey, Charles H.
Gelpke, Thomas H. Gillis, Thomas G. Goodwin, Frank P. Hagerty,
Clement T. Hayes, William P. Hemstedt, Jr., Louis W. Hickey,
John Morgan, Bradley Jones, John T. Logan, Daniel M. Lyons,
William A. McGowan, James J. L. McSorley, Archer C. Nichols,
Bartholomew J. O'Brien, Richard F. O'Toole, James E. Rush,
Sylvester P. Russell, Prescott F. Sale, Nathaniel A. Sherman,
Frank T. Sullivan, James J. Sullivan, Aram Tatian. CJrildren's
room attendants : Mary A. C. Berran, Margaret C. Daly, Lillian
E. Ethier, Maud M. Morse, Marion H. Shumway, Joanna Zaugg,
Extra attendants : William P. Hemstedt, Thomas G. Goodwin,
William P. Hemstedt, Jr., Max H. Newman, Thornton T. Pen-
rose, James J. Sullivan, Frederick H. Toye.
Special Libraries. — In charge of Barton Library: Francis
W. Lee, Louise Prouty, David L. Williams. Assistants : Michael
J. Downey, Walter J. Lambert, Victor A. Mclnnis, Timothy J.
Mackin, Paul J. Schnabel. Music Boom: Walter J. Lambert,
Timothy J. Mackin, Joseph A. Murphy, Archer C. Nichols. In
charge of Fine Arts Department : Frank A. Bourne, Walter G.
Forsyth, Walter Rowlands, Frank DeW. Washburn. Assistants:
James L. Doyle, John L. McKiernan, William C. Maiers, Jr.
Extra Assistants: Howard C. Blake, Michael J. Downey, Axel
Z. Fogel, Augustus F. McAloon, Michael J. Meehan, Thornton
T. Penrose.
Newspaper Room. — William J. Ennis, Frank J. Hannigan,
Kenneth McKenzie, Albert J. Plunkett. Newspaper files:
Howard C. Blake, Arthur E. Cufflin, Charles H. Gelpke, John
Horgan, Morris J. Rosenberg, James L. Sullivan.
Patent Room. — Walter T. Hannigan, Albert J. Plunkett,
Morris J. Rosenberg.
110 City Document No. 24.
Periodical Room. — James L. Maguinness, William J.Mulloney,
Robert J. Plunkett.
Registration Desk. — Frank J. Hannigan, John J. Keenan,
Matthew T. Keenan.
Replacement of Books. — Richard Brown, John F. Lucid,
Michael McCarthy, Jr., Joseph W. Ward.
Statistical Department. — Frederic Serex, Horace L. Wheeler.
Coat Room. — Joseph Kolsky.
Elevator. — Thornton T. Penrose.
Sunday Service.
* Branch Libraries, November 1 to Jlag 1 .
Brighton Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. — In charge: § Lydia E.
Stevenson, § Ellen F. Conley; assistant: John P. O'Hara, Alice
H. O'Neill. Janitor: Thomas J. O'Neil.
Charlestown Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. — In charge: Edwin F.
A. Benson, William Rice. Janitor: Thomas Smith.
Dorchester Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. — In charge : William J.
Kennedy, § Mary E. Griffith, § Mary G. Donovan, § Mary M.
Sullivan.
East Boston Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. — In charge : Robert J.
Kissock, § Lillian A. Bickford, § Everett F. Matthews. Janitor :
James J. Donnelly.
Jamaica Plain Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. — In charge: § Katie
F. Albert, § Nellie F. Riley; assistant: § Anna G. Doonan,
§ Alice McEttrick. Janitor : Thomas H. Kenney.
Roxbury Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. — In charge: § Dorothy
Puffer, § Martha L. C. Berry, Mabel L. Harrington ; assistants :
§ Gertrude L. Connell, § Ellen R. Scott. Janitor : William
Monahan.
South Boston Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. — In charge: Alice B.
Orcutt, Joseph Baker. Janitor : Thomas Saunders.
South End Branch, 2 to 10 P.M. — In charge: § Emma F.
Lynch, Amelia F. McGrath, § Katharine S. Rogan; assistant* :
Marguerite Coydevant, Loren N. Downs.
Station C, 2 to 6 P.M., 7 to 9 P.M. — In charge: Alphild
A. Olson.
* 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 Meek.
§ Alternate Sundays.
Library Department. Ill
Station P, 2 to 6 P.M., 7 to 9 P.M. — In charge: Com L.
Stewart; assistant: John Binda.
Station Q, 2 to G P.M., 7 to 9 P.M. — In charge: Margaret
M. Barry, .lean M. Bryce ; assistant: Margaret A. Murphy.
Station S, 2 to 6 P.M., 7 to 9 P.M. — In charge : M. Theresa
Campbell.
INDEX.
America, books in native languages
of, 19.
Appropriations. See Finance.
Auctions, 24.
Auditor, report of, 63.
Barton-Ticknor Room, work of, 40.
Bates Hall, use of, 36.
Benton, Josiah EL, jr., re-appointed
Trustee, 1; Trustee, 5.
Bindery, work of, 30.
Blaisdell. Frank C, appointed Chief of
Issue Department, 32.
Books, purchases of fiction, 3; loss of, 9;
appliance to expedite delivery of, to
readers, 10; summer privileges, 11;
received. 11; English prose fiction, 12;
foreign, 13; payments for, 15; pur-
chases, 10; net increase, 29; circulation
of, 32, 33, 93; new, for branches, 45;
home use, 50; number in Library,
■'!, 2'.i, 86; net increase, 87; classified,
89, 00.
Boston Architectural Club, lectures pro-
vided by, 4.
Boyle, Thomas F., Trustee, 5.
Branch Libraries, use of, 44; deposit
work, 44; new books for, 45; expendi-
tures. 46; summer hours, 46; work with
schools, 46; daily issue, 48; expendi
lures for, 1893-1904, 77; classification, 00.
Branch Libraries and Stations, Super-
visor of, report, 44.
Brighton Branch, repairs on building
anil improvement of grounds, 7.
British History and Topography, books
purchased, 19.
Brown, Allen A., Library of Music, 41;
preliminary work on catalogue, 29.
Buildings, equipment and general ad-
ministration, 6; repairs, 7.
Catalogue Department, 28.
Children's Rooms, work of, 33.
Classification, Central Library, 89;
branches 00.
Coal, increase of consumption, 7.
Deery, Miss Delia Jean, elected Clerk of
the Trustees, 1.
De Normandie, Rev. Dr. James. Vice-
President of Trustees, 1, 5.
Deposit work. 44, 47. 4-~.
Documents and Statistics, Department
of, report, 41.
Dwight, Dr. Thomas, Trustee, 5.
East Boston Branch, improvements in, 8.
Employees, list of, 101.
English High School, South End Branch
transferred from, 3.
English prose, fiction, 12.
Evening and Sunday service, 51; sched-
ule, 108.
Every Day Church, edifice leased for
South End Branch library, 3, 7.
Examinations, 52.
Examining Committee, list of, 2; re-
port, 54.
Examining Committees, list of, for fifty-
three years, 97.
Exhibitions "in Central Library and
branches, 4, 3S.
Fiction, as to purchase of, 3.
Fiftieth Anniversary of opening of
Library observed, 52.
Finance, 63.
Fine arts, works added, 20.
Fire engine-houses, deposits of books
in, 6.
Folsom, Charles W., manuscripts of, 42.
Foreign books, purchase and use, 13.
Franklin, Benjamin, works printed
by, 18.
Franklin Park Reading Room, work
of, 47, 48.
Gifts, 24.
Inter=library loans, 40.
Issue Department, 32.
Lectures, 4, 30.
Librarian, report of, 6.
Librarians, list of, 06.
Library, agencies, 3, 6; extent of, 85; net
increase, 87; service schedule, 101.
Lincoln, Hon. Solomon, President of
Trustees, 1, 5.
List of books for boys and girls, 34, 47.
McGuffey, Miss Margaret D., resig-
nation of, 32.
Manuscripts, accessions, 42.
Monthly bulletin, 4, 30.
Newspaper Room, work of, 50.
Newspapers, payments for, 15; files
added, 19.
Open shelves, 8, 9.
Parochial schools, deposits of books
in, 6.
Patent Room, use of, 49.
Periodical Room, work of, 50.
Periodicals, payments for, 15; distribu-
tion of, 49.
Photographs, added, 22; catalogue of
process pictures and, 37; circulation
of, 40; use of, 45; of works of American
artists, 58.
Printing Department, work of, 31.
Publications issued, 29; distributed, 31.
Reading Committee, 12.
Reference work, 34.
Registration, statement of, 31; statistics
of, 01.
Resignations, 51.
114
City Document No. 24.
Schools, work with, 34, 46.
Shakespeare, editions purchased, 20.
South End Branch, new quarters for, 3, 7.
Special Libraries, work of, 36; volumes
in, 89.
Stations, use of, 47; cost of, 47; expendi-
tures, 1893-1904, 79.
Summer privileges, 11.
Sunday and evening service, 51; sched-
ule, 10)5.
Teleautograph, trial of, in Bates Hall, 10.
Trust funds, 69, 72.
Trustees, President elected, 1; Vice-
President elected, 1; Clerk elected, 1;
list of, for fifty-three years, 95.
Upham's Corner, Reading Room at, 8.
Washburn, Frank De W., appointed
Custodian of Fine Arts Department, 37.
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