THIRTY-THIRD
AISTNUAL REPORT,
1885.
[DOCU3IENT 105—1885.]
CITY OF fe™..i BOSTON.
THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THB
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
1885.
The Trustees have the honor to present to the City Council
their Thirty-third Annual Report, the seventh made under their
Act of Incorporation, and embracing the details of the con-
dition and administration of the Library for the year ending
on the 30th of April last.
The document also contains the reports of the "Examining
Committee from citizens at kirge," and of the Librarian with
its important Appendixes, necessary to a full understanding
of the workings of the institution, including the central and
branch libraries.
The Examining Committee for the present year consists of
the following ten members, viz. : Thomas Cushing, Esq.,
Rev. George A. Gordon, D.D., John T. Hassam, Esq., Mrs.
Charles D. Homans, Edward J. Lowell, Esq., George H.
Lyman, M.D., Charles J. Morrill, Esq., Henry Parkman,
Esq., Prof. Thomas S. Perry, and Col. Henry Stone. As
required by the ordinance a member of the Board of Trus-
tees, George B. Chase, Esq., was added as chairman. His
term of office having expired on the 30th April, Prof. Henry
W. Haynes succeeded to the position, and served until the
committee had finished their work. All the members were
new to the service except Prof. Perry, who, for a third year,
continued his valuable investigations of the condition and
wants of the belles-lettres collections in various languages in
Bates Hall.
2 City Document No. 105.
Their report is a sensible and thoughtful document, and
will 1)0 read with interest by all friends of the institution.
Of their practical suggestions but few require any com-
ment on the part of the Trustees.
The Art-room Avas originally set aside for the ladies' read-
ing-room, and devoted to that ])ur[)ose. But after the
various additions made to the art collection, so many visitors
were attracted by it that it was found expedient to limit its
occupation for women alone to the hours after 6 P.M. — the
time when ill-disposed persons might possibly intrude. It is
not understood that any complaint has been made to those in
charge of the room of any incivility to ladies or young
women by daylight.
With regard to the character of the "fiction and juveniles,"
purchased of late years for the Lower Hall and P>ranches,
it should be stated that an examination of each volume
has been made by a competent person J)efore purchase, and
those of questionable usefulness rejected. The new cata-
logue of this class of books, now passing through the press,
has been subjected to critical examination for the purpose of
excluding any and all volumes whose tendencies were doubt-
ful or injurious.
The public demand for this class of reading increases year
by year, and one is not surprised to tind that of the books
published in the United States, as tabulated by the "Publish-
ers' Weekly," — out of a total of 3,459 l)ooks issued in 1883,
1,001, or a fraction over 25 per ceut., were Hction and juve-
niles, — which, in a total of 4,088 in 1884, had increased to
1,301, or a fraction over 31 per cent.
The construction of a second card catalogue for the Lower
Hall is, at the present time, beyond the tinancial ability of
the institution, and the question of its form and expediency,
as suggested by the conunittee, will j)robably arise under
the new conditions of a separation of the Bates and Lower
Hall libraries, after the comi)letion of the new liln'ary edifice.
In regard to the suggestions of the committee relative to
securing the services of experts in the purchase of books for
the great reference library, it must be remembered that the
collection was practically formed on that basis. At first, lists
of books were furnished by specialists in those departments
which were not within the knowledge of the accomplished
members of the Board and of Prof. Jewett who had the pur-
chase orders in hand. This made the strength of the Library
at its outset. Since then, from time to time, assistance has
been sought, and lists furnished in the subjects on which the
collection did not api)ear sufficiently full. To-day, the books
asked for in science, literature, and art, exceed our means of
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purchase, and there are now on hand over 2,500 slips sent in
by scholars and readers, requesting the acquisition by the
Library of works desired and not yet ordered in these
classes, the majority of applications being for books recently
published in Great Britain and on the continent of Europe.
The Library and its Work for the Year.
General Statement.
The present extent of the Library collections, and their
public use for the last year, are herewith presented.
The aggregate numljer of volumes, exclusive of the dupli-
cate rooms, embraced in the Bates Hall collection, is 289,-
927 ; in the Lower Hall, 40,5(54 ; in the branches, 123,476 ;,
— making a total of 453,967, a net increase for the year of
15,353. This gives an average percentage of gain in all de-
partments of a little over three and one-third per cent.
The whole number of days on which the libraries were-
open was 303^.
The total use of books for the year was 1,027,393, a de-
crease of 29,513, or nearly three per cent, from the previous
year. They were delivered from the the various libraries
according to the comparative table below ; —
Name of Library.
Lower Hall . .
East Boston . .
South Boston . .
Roxbury . . , .
Charlestown . .
Brighton . . . .
Dorchester . . .
South End . . .
Jamaica Plain .
West Roxbury .
North End . . .
Bates Hall . . .
No. of Vols.
April 30, 1884.
39,519
11,549
11,407
23,078
24,633
13,3.54
12,469
10,042
9,416
3,218
664
159,349
260,602
419,951
In use, 1883^.
203,992
95,442
124,220
111,357
76,966
26,141
72,173
98,801
51,271
11,630
871,993
184,913
1,056,906
No. of Vols.
April 30, 1885.
In use, 1884-5.
40,544
11,846
11,805
23,893
25,405
13,436
12,925
10,001
9,861
3,229
1,075
164,020
270,817
434,837
183,594
84,457
128,666.
106,180
71,541
24,892;
73,502
90,857
51,192-
9,748
824,629
202,764
1,027,393
4 City Document No. 105.
It will be seen from the above table that, in tlie past
year, the three popular libraries in the city proper, contain-
ing in the aggregate 51,620 volumes, had 284,199 issues,
and the seven district branches, comprising 112,400 volumes,
distributed 540,430. Although the circuhition of these ad-
juncts to the central institution diminished everywhere
except in South Boston and Dorchester, the percentage of
circulation to the number of volumes in the ontl3Mng districts
will probal)ly increase in the future.
The number of books recorded as missing is as follows : —
From Bates Hall, 15 volumes; fron) the Lower Hall, 25;
Roxbury, 11 ; Charlestown, 5 ; Dorchester, and the South
End, 2 each ; and from East Boston, 1 ; — making a total of
52 volumes missing, or 1 to every 16,571 loaned.
The delivery of periodicals at the Central Library and
Branches is recorded as 551,294, as against 541,738 for the
previous year. Of these, 377,187 found use in the Boylston-
street Reading-room.
The Bates Hall Library.
With the increase of this great store of books of permanent
value its uses are proportionably developed. During the
library year of 1883-4 there were in this library, contained
in the upper hall and the newspaper room", 264,260 volumes,
which were consulted or borrowed by 184,913 readers and
students. In the year just ended these two collections had
increased to 274,733 volumes in use by 202,764 visitors.
By the conditions of this great working collection of books
free access is given to all comers to make use in the building
of such works as are desired for consultation or study. To
the citizens of Boston is reserved the riiiht of borrowing; such
books as are permitted to circulate.
This last sentence suggests a condition not readily under-
stood by the public. Complaint is occasionally made that in
a free library all books should be free, and therefore to be taken
away from the safe-keeping of the institution. But there are
live special libraries, now the property of the city, Avhich
were given or acquired upon the condition that the books
should not circulate. No possible accident beyond the walls
of the Lil)rary must happen to any one of the many thou-
sand volumes which were received and accepted u[)on these
conditions. Beside these collections there is a large num-
ber of books, which, if lost, could not be replaced in years,
and prol)ably never. The tirst condition of a great reference
library is the absolute safety of its contents ; and no book
may be loaned outside of the building, the loss of which can-
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not be made good by the borrower, not in a money value,
but in another copy of the same edition of the lost volume.
But, for general library purposes, the number of books
which can be loaned and replaced in case of accident is at
present larger than the immediate needs of borrowers require.
It is premature to discuss what the demand on the resources
of the institution may be when suitable acconmiodation is
provided in the proposed new building for students and
readers.
Books are written and printed for pul)lic use. 'Jlie best
works of to-da}^ are sim[)ly stepping-stones to something
better and wiser in the future. To keep pace with the progress
of human knowledge in all departments of science, art, and
literature is the a})propriate work for a great library ; but
this is obviously impracticable unless sufficient means of
purchase are within its reach.
With the present position and uses of this beneficent insti-
tution the city has a reasonable cause for pride. The result
of public support and private muniticence, it has risen in the
few years of its existence, as compared with simihir European
libraries, to a position of strength and working power
which these larger collections have not attained.
THE POPULAR LIBRARIES.
The Lower Hall Library and Branches.
City Proper.
The Lower Hall Library was opened in the Mason-street
building in May, 1854, with 16,221 volumes, and closed on
the 30th of June, 1858, for the purpose of removal to the
new library edifice on Boylston street. It now contains
40,544 volumes. During these thirty-one years it has issued
in loans nearly 6,500,000 volumes. The largest annual ser-
vice was in the year 1877, when it comprised 35,478 books,
of which 38 per cent, were fiction, with an issue of 405,732,
of which 283,964, or 71 per cent., were fiction and juveniles.
The year just passed it contained 40,544 volumes, of which
14,552 volumes, forming 35| per cent, of the collection, and
furnishing a distribution of 107,162 books, a small fraction
more than 61 percent., were fiction and juveniles, in a total
circulation of 175,298.
This larofe decrease in the circulation of the Lower
Hall is mainly due to the establishment of the South End
Branch, which mostly supplies residents in that populous
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quarter of the town previously dependent upon the Lower
Hall lending library. A further reference to this matter will
be made in the account given in this report of that branch.
The South End Branch.
This Library, formed substantially from books selected
from the collection of the Mercantile Library Association,
wdiich had been generously presented by this organization to
the City of Boston, was opened to the public in the basement
story of their building in the year 1877-8, with 8,804 vol-
umes, which obtained a circulation for that period of 42,402.
The arrangements being insutficient for the proper shelving
of the books, and for public convenience, the collection was
removed in the summer of 1881 to larger accommodations
in the basement of the Latin and High-school building on
the Montgomery-street front, and about three-quarters of a
mile distant from the Boylston-street Libraries. From its
easy access for the southern wards, and for the portions of
the Back Bay territory below Dartmouth street, it has become
one of the most active and economically administered of all
the branches. It now contains 10,042 ]>ook8. During the
eight years of its existence it has distributed to readers
627,166 volumes.
Since the formation of this Library its nearness to a
large class of readers previously dependent upon the Lower
Hall collection has seriously affected the loans from the
parent institution. With the changes possibly consequent
upon the construction of the new building, it may be found
convenient to the public, and less expensive to the city, to
unite the two libraries under one roof.
The North End Branch
was opened in 1883-4, with 664 volumes, from a special
appropriation for the purpose by the city government. It
is not a free lending library, its books having been selected
with special reference to the wants of the neighborhood,
which embraces a population to which the quiet and comfort
of the rooms provided for their reception aflbrds often greater
attraction than their home surroundings. In its first year
it had 10,630 readers. Last year the collection was extended
to 1,075 volumes, but the loans diminished to 9,748.
The three popular libraries su])plying the city proper,
containing in the aggregate 51,620 volumes, distributed
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284,199 in loans, to a population numbering by the last
census 140,142.
The East Boston Branch.
This Library, dedicated b}'- appropriate ceremonies on the
22d of March, 1871, was the tirst of the branches. It was
based upon two collections previously existent, — one begun
by the East Boston Library Association in 1852, — which
was merged with the Sumner Library Association in 18(50.
To these were added by the Trustees of the Public Library
such variety of reading as would apparently meet the expec-
tations of general visitors. When opened it contained
5,936 volumes, which obtained in the first year a circulation
of 26,130. On the 30th of April last it embraced 11,846
volumes, which had been issued to 84,457 readers.
During the fifteen years of its existence it has loaned
1,381,849 books.
By the last census the population dependent on this
Library was 29,926.
The South Boston Branch.
This most active of the branches, based upon the well-
selected library of 1,670 volumes of the Mattapan Literary
Association, and presented l)y it to the City of Boston, was
opened in 1872 with a collection of 4,365 books, which
found the large numl)er of 96,797 borrowers. For the past
year, with 13,287 volumes, its issues were 128,666.
During the thirteen years of its work its loans amount to
1,618,828 volumes.
In 1880 South Boston was the most populous district of
the city, numbering 56,370 inhabitants.
The Charlestown Branch.
This Branch was added in the library year 1873-4, upon
the annexation of the city of Charlestown to the corporation
of Boston. At that time there was added to the Public
Library, and subject to its conditions of circulation, a collec-
tion previously opened in the annexed city in the year ]<iG'2,
all the volumes of which were within the reach of borrowers,
and including within its scope many books of permanent
value. To the foundation have since been added, in 1877,
the income of $10,000 invested in the 6 per cent. 20-year
bonds of the City of Boston, from the will of Charlotte Harris,
to be used for the purchase of books for this Branch, pub-
8 City Document No. 105.
lished previous to the year 1850 ; and in 1884 a further sum
of $1,000 from the will of Thomas B. Harris, invested in the
City of Boston 30-year bonds, at 4 per cent, interest, to be
used for the purchase of books for the benefit of the
Charlestown Branch. These funds constitute the only con-
siderable endowment of a Branch, and are an example of great
importance to the growing population of each of the districts
of this rapidly increasing city in the neighborhoods where free
•libraries are already established, and which, from any reason-
able outlook, are already self-limited in popular reading, as
shown by the statistics.
In the first year of annexation this Library embraced 15,-
788 volumes, with a circulation of 33,391 volumes. For the
last year, with a collection of 25,405 volumes its circulation
rose to 71,541. During the twelve years since the annexa-
tion to Boston it has issued 974,377 books.
The population dependent on this Library numbered by
the last census 33,734. From the permanent funds added to
the city's appropriation for its support, there can only be
purchased books of permanent value, and of these the larger
portion must have been printed previous to the year 1850.
This requisition presents great difficulty to the Trustees. The
works of this class are within reach by catalogue of all the in-
habitants of Boston entitled to borrow books from the Public
Library ; but so far as the residents of Charlestown are con-
cerned the boon has not been fully recognized, and from no
fault of theirs. With the natural tastes of the day, preference
in reading is given to the books more recently published,
and the results are in some degree parallel, though not so
favorable, to what would happen were the circulation of the
Bates and Lower Halls combined in one table of statistics.
In comparing the classified collections in the Library with
the percentage of circulations it is found that in the past
year the Charlestown works of fiction comprised 15.7 per
cent., and the juveniles 5 per cent, of the whole Library, and
furnished in fiction 52.5 per cent, of the reading ; and in
juveniles 21.2 per cent. A detailed account shows that
20.7 per cent, of the books furnished 73.7 per cent, of the
loan, and nearly four-fifths of the collection only 2(3.3 per cent.
The Eoxbury Branch and Fellowes Athenjeum.
This com])ination of a popular Library established by the
city, and of a collection, of books of permanent value, the
property of the Trustees of the Fellowes Athenaaum, all of
which are within reach of borrowers, was opened in 1873-4
with an aggregate collection of 6,088 volumes and a circula-
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tion of 67,342 books. In 1884-5 the number of l)()oks in
both collections was 23,078, and their joint issues were
106,180. A similar, though a better, result is found here
than that noticed in Charlestown ; for 23 per cent, of fiction
and juveniles furnishes 67 per cent, of the total reading.
The population of Roxl^ury in 1880 was 52,076, ranking
next in numbers to South Boston, but spread over a larger
territory.
At the inception of the Library a contract was made
between the City of Boston and the Trustees of the Fellowes
Athenaeum, defining the conditions of the management of the
joint collection of books. Among these conditions was one
which has not proved equitable to the Trustees of the Public
Library. It was provided that the " city shall appropriate
towards a Branch Public Lil)rary, for the territory now
comprising Wards 13, 14, and 15, as large a sum of money
as has been, or shall be, appropriated for outfit and mainten-
ance to any other Branch Library in the said city ; and the
said city shall pay for the rental of said building the sum of
$1,600 per annum." By a further provision of the contract it
was arranged that it " shall be terminable by either party
at any time upon giving six months' notice to the other party,
and upon its termination the l)Ooks shall belong to the
party which shall have pvuchased them, or to whom they
have been given. The furniture, shelving, and all other
movable property which shall have been purchased by the
city shall belong to the said city."
Under those conditions a notice has been given to the
Trustees of the Fellowes Athen?eum by the Trustees bf the
Public Library of a termination of the present subsisting
relations. This has arisen from two principal causes ; the
first arising from the necessary expenses of administration,
which have been larger than those of the branch having the
widest circulation, and the other from the fact that the posi-
tion of the Library is not convenient for a large section of the
inhabitants desiring to make use of its collections of books
and periodicals.
If it be found to be just to the city to make a new contract,
or a revision of the one now existing, it will be necessary to
arrange for one or more delivery-stations, on the system
which has been found satisfactory in Dorchester.
The Brighton Branch.
This Library is the oldest of the organizations now included
amono^ the Branches. Its orio-in dates back to 1824, when
the Brighton Social Library was formed, which in 1858
10 City Document No. 105.
■was merged into the Brighton Library Association, which
again in 18()4 added its joint store to the Holton Library,
due to the munificence of Mr. James Holton, and maintained
by the town as a Pul)lic Library. On the completion of the
costly Library building, after annexation to the City of Bos-
ton, the Library was opened in Octol)er, 1874, with a collec-
tion of 11,037 books, of which a portion were works of per-
manent value. During the remainder of the Library year it
loaned 9,642 volumes. For the past year, with a collection
of 13,354 books, its issues were 26,141. During the twelve
years of city ownership it has distributed 307,147 volumes.
The population of this district, by the last census, was 6,693,
and, from the limited number of readers, the expenses of distri-
bution per volume have been larger than in any other Branch.
The Dorchester Branch.
This well-appreciated Branch was established in the Li-
brary year 1874-5. As adjuncts to its circulation, three
delivery-stations have since been arranged ; the tirst at
Lower Mills, in 1875-6 ; the second at Mattapan, in 1881-2 ;
and a third at Neponset, in 1882-3.
This Library was opened in January, 1875, after appro-
priate ceremonies in the Rev. Dr. Hall's Meeting-house in
the neighborhood. It contained at the outset 3,959 volumes,
and for the remainder of the year had a circulation of 16,017.
During the past year, with its three delivery-stations, its
loans amounted to 73,502. For the eleven years of its ex-
istence it has issued 658,281 volumes. The population to
which it ministers numbered, in 1880, 16,871.
The Jamaica Plain Branch.
This Library was dedicated in December, 1877, and at once
opened for public use. Two delivery-stations were after-
wards added — one in 1878-9, at Eoslindale, since discontin-
ued ; the other at West Roxbury, 1879-80, with a circulating
library of its own, previously incorporated, and from which
books can be borrowed for Jamaica Plain upon the delivery
system. On the establishment of the Branch, it contained
under the oversight of the Librarian, Mr. Winsor, the most
complete selected collection of books, both standard and
new, that had entered into the formation of any of the dis-
trict libraries. It began its work with 6,620 volumes, from
which 30,280 were issued during the remainder of the year.
It now embraces, including the West Roxbury station,
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12,634, which were loaned to 51,192 borrowers during the
year.
The population of the precinct was 26,723, in 1880.
The total expenses of the popular libraries, exclusive of
the Lower Hall, amounted to $38,074.61, with an aggregate
circulation of 668,001 volumes.
Every neighborhood in this city embraces a population of
active minds working for certain practical results, and whose
tastes in reading are directed toward additions to knowledge,
the topics of general interest of the times, and to books gen-
erally known to be in large demand. With the younger gen-
eration of both sexes, to whom books have been their closest
friends from their school-days, and whose time is not yet
fully employed in the active duties of life, these libraries
find their largest and most assiduous patrons.
It is obvious that a o-eneral collection of volumes finds
readers not in proportion to its size, but m proportion to
the works which its constituency desire to read.
The New Library Building.
In the last report of the Trustees some account was given
of the progress made toward the accomplishment of this long-
desired haven of safety for the treasures of the Bates Hall
Library.
The period of time for the receipt of the competitive de-
signs had been extended to the 1st of August, 1884, at
which date there had been received twenty sets of plans,
under the specifications issued ])y the joint committee whose
powers and duties had expired with the city government of
that year, and had not been renewed.
By the specifications no provision had been made for the
payment of the premiums offered after the joint committee
lapsed. The loan for the erection of the building could not
be issued except upon the approval of the plans by the Trus-
tees, and upon them necessarily fell the duty of such study
and examination of the merits of the competing designs as
should be at the service of whatever body might be entrusted
with the distribution of the money award, whether it were
themselves or some other body constituted by the city gov-
ernment. It therefore became their first duty to obtain an
individual judgment from each member of the Board, independ-
ent of every other member. On the 1st of August it was
ordered that " a notice should be sent to each of the Trustees,
12 City Document No. 105.
requesting him to examine the phms for the new Library
buikling, so as to be prepared, at some time agreed ui)on, for
the discussion of their various merits."
While this examination was going forward, and had l)een
prolonged ])y the absence from the city of members of the
Board, a question had arisen of the proper interpretation
of the conditions issued by the joint committee in the docu-
ment of specifications, and the Corporation Counsel was con-
sulted, on the last of October, as to the limit of their duties.
On the 31st of October, he addressed a letter to the President
of the Board of Trustees, stating that he had been unable to
find that the Board had any authority to make awards.
Various efforts were made by the City Council to settle
this embarrassment, which remained an open question until
the 1st January, 1885, with the termination of the govern-
ment of 1884, and it was then ordered that "the Trustees of
the Public Library, together with the City Architect, be au-
thorized to award the prizes for the new Library l)uilding."
Under further legal instruction, of 7th January, 1885,
from the Corporation Counsel, all plans with a front entrance
were ruled out.
After the Trustees had finished their examination of the
plans, Mr. Vinal, the City Architect, the other member of
the commission, made an independent examination of his own
"without knowledge of the conclusions of the Trustees, and
selected the same plans for award as they had agreed upon,
except in the order of merit of the third and fourth prizes.
This point was settled, after discussion, at the meeting of the
joint committee on the 13th January. " It was then unani-
mously voted that in transmitting the award to the City
Council, the chairman of the commission accompany it by a
statement that, in the opinion of the commission, no one of
the ])lans is suitable to build upon."
The four successful plans became the property of the
city, but neither was available as a whole. The}' were
each the result of faithful work upon a great and novel prob-
lem, and all were productions of merit. Other plans with a
single front entrance, and ruled out, showed also much
ability and study. With the erection of an edifice to meet
such possibilities of the future as present foresight might
dimly outline, with the assurance of a large growth from the
income of the trust funds already })aid into the city treasury,
Avith other considerable legacies knowr. to be devoted to the
same purpose by the wills of benefactors, and with further
donations naturally to be presented to it by ])resent and
future friends of the institution, the building nnist necessarily
be constructed, first, with reference to the absolute safety
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of its contents, and with a sufficient capacity of book storage,
compact, evenly heated, thoroughly ventihited, and sutficiently
lighted by day, and with large arrangements for students and
visitors. With these details must be included, in the gen-
eral scheme, a catalogue-room convenient of access and
use, apartments for the administrative force of officials
immediately connected with the work, suitable rooms for the
special libraries, easier and quicker access to the great col-
lections of parliamentary and official documents and of patent
specitications, whether American, British, French, or Ger-
man, and beyond these a particular forethought must be had
for special continuous students, and for other means of mak-
ing the ii'reat collection of books useful to those for whose
benefit they had been gathered, and their contents laid open
by a great encyclopaedic catalogue containing nearly a
million title references.
One or more schemes were proposed after the report of
the Library Commission for the construction of the new
Library building. That which found favor on the part of
the city government was approved by the mayor on the
31st of March, when it Avas ordered "That the City Archi-
tect be directed to prepare plans for a Library building to
be erected on the lot on Dartmouth street held by the city
for that purpose, and to submit the same to the Trustees of
the Public Library for their approval."
This is the present condition and outlook for this highly
important edifice. The regular important constructive duties
of the City Architect have engrossed so much of his valuable
time, that, so far as the Trustees are informed, it is from
no want of zeal or interest on his part, that no formal com-
munication has yet been made to them of his inceptive
steps in the great problem submitted for his solution.
Possession of the land was taken by the city authorities
before the expiration of the limit of the time of entrance
under the generous gift of the Common^vealth lands by the
Legislature. To remove any question of possessive rights
the period of occupation was extended to two years, by the
State authorities, expiring in April, 1886.
Two conditions for the building are then to be met : first,
the production of a set of plans, with a model to scale,
which shall be satisfactory to the Board of Trustees ; and,
secondly, the constru-ction of an edifice, which shall cost no
more than the loan authorized by the vote of the city govern-
ment. In the present condition of the finances of the city,
and with its limitation of loan, it becomes a question of vital
consideration whether a building, even at this cost, will be
within its power of construction. Under any event it
14 City Document No. 105.
would seem that, whatever may be desired, it must be framed
to be within reasonably defined economical estimates.
The Trustees acknowledge Avith gratitude another donation
of the sum of $500 from the hand of J. Ingersoll Bowditch,
Esq., whose continued generosity to the Library lias added
so largely to the value of the Bowditch mathematical collec-
tion, now among the most important in the United States.
The outlook in usefulness for this institution is less favor-
able than might be wished. The appropriation by the city
government for its support was cut down $10,000, in the
reduction of expenses, to meet the legal limit of taxation.
The Trustees cannot spend more money than they are au-
thorized to spend, and they must meet the exigencies of the
case with the smallest practical interference with the con-
venience of the public. The expenses are now reduced
within the average sum which they are authorized to dis-
burse without, as yet, any expressed complaints, but the
acquisition of new books will be sensibly afiected.
Other details of the Library condition for the year will be
found in the Librarian's report.
Through the enlightened support of the city government,
and by the continued aid and strong arms of its friends, the
Boston Public Library has attained a position of respect
throughout the civilized world which should be sustained by
every intelligent and patriotic citizen.
(Signed),
WM. W. GREENOUGH,
JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE,
EDWARD J. JENKINS,
CHAS. V. WHITTEN,
HENRY W. HAYNES.
Messrs. S. A. B. Abbott and George B. Chase, the other
Trustees, are absent from the State.
Public Library, June 25, 1885.
Public Library. 15
REPORT OF THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
The Boston Public Library is divided, for many purposes,
into two main divisions, which may best be considered sepa-
rately. These divisions are called "Bates Hall," and "the
Lower Hall and Branches." Bates Hall is that library
which is especially intended for advanced students in vauious
departments, or for persons making researches of a learned
nature. The Lower Hall and Branches are intended for
persons who seek in the Library only a means of relaxation,
or of the prosecution of comparatively simple studies. Both
these divisions are important to the community, and must be
kept in an efficient condition, if Boston is to maintain its
place as a centre of learning and of education. The two
divisions of the Library correspond, to some extent, with the
divisions in education, — the Lower Hall and Branches
being the counterpart of the primary, grammar, and high
schools ; Bates Hall, of the technical schools and colleges.
Bates Hall
contains 269,596 volumes. It is thus in itself the second
library in the country in size ; and it is probably equal to
any in the quality of the books which it contains.
The circulation of the books in Bates Hall has increased
from year to year. It can never be large in proportion to
the numl)er of volumes in this division of the Public Library,
nor to the amount of money expended. The benefit reaped
from it by the community cannot, however, be reckoned by
any method of statistics. It is by means of such collections
as this that some of the greatest benefactors of the i)ublic
are enabled to prosecute their researches and to do their
work. It is in this division that the higher education of
some of the most useful of our citizens is conducted. It is
expedient, moreover, to attract to good reading many per-
sons whose leisure might be less profitably employed.
The Lower Hall
contains 40,576 volumes. These are of a popular character,
comprising history, biography, travels, and science, with a
great deal of fiction ; but, if the supply of fiction is great,
the demand is greater. The books in the Lower Hall circu-
late much more rapidly than those in Bates Hall. The
16 City Document No. 105.
average circulation of Lower- Ilall books, during the last
library year, was 4:^^^ times per volume. Of English prose
fiction for children and grown people, there are 14,552
volumes. The circulation of these books was 107,142,
making the average circulation per volume Tj^q times. Nor
do these figures tell the whole story, for several thousand
volumes of fiction are practically unread, but are counted in
the number of the volumes above given, thus bringing down
the average of circulation.
S^me books are in such demand that a copy is never long
on the shelves, and that a reader is exceptionally fortunate
if he do not have to apply several times before obtaining
one. These books, for which the demand is great, are of
two kinds, viz., books of permanent value, and books of
temporary interest. In each of these classes are some books
of fiction and some works of a more serious nature. In
respect to books of permanent value, it would seem advisable
to have copies enough nearly to supply the demand. As to
books of temporary interest, the case is different. The last
new novel, eagerly asked for to-day, will be little read next
year. It would be unwise to spend the funds of the Library
on duplicates, which, after a short time of popularity, will
only encumber the shelves.
It will be found that the character of the books called for
in the Lower Hall improves from year to year. This is due
to the diminution of the supply of the most valueless kinds
of fiction, and also, in no small degree, to the intelligent
efibrts of the librarian of the Lower Hall and his assistant.
The labors of these very useful officers have been particu-
larly .successful in improving the reading of children and
young persons.
We would recommend that the Ladies' Reading-Room be
reserved for ladies at all times of the day, and not only after
six o'clock in the evening, as at present. The room is some-
times used as a lounging-place by ill-mamiered persons, who
annoy the ladies coming there to read.
There are eight
Branch Libraries
in various parts of the city. Each of them contains a col-
lection of books which may be taken out, and a reading-
room, with periodicals. At every Branch, books which have
no place on its own shelves may be ordered from Bates Hall
or the Lower Hall without expense to the reader. There
are also two delivery stations, having neither books nor
reading-rooms of their own, where books may be ordered
Public Library. 17
from the Central Library, and three establishments of inter-
mediate character, one of them beino: the valuable reading;-
room and delivery station at the North End.
Several of the Branches embody libraries already existing
at the time when the towns which contained them were
annexed to Boston, or have received valuable contributions
from persons living near them. The buildings occupied by
such Branches are fully adequate to their needs. Some of
the Branches, however, are supported entirely by the city,
and a few of these do not appear to have convenient reading-
rooms. Such are the Branches at the South End, at P^ast
Boston, and at Dorchester. With the reduced appropriation
of this year it is not to be expected that the Trustees, un-
aided, can provide more comfortable rooms ; but perhaps
the inhabitants of the parts of the city more immediately
concerned might be induced to cooperate with the Trustees in
procuring better quarters. At the same time, we think it
would be unwise for the Trustees to enter into any engage-
ment which would bind them permanently as to the exact
position of any Branch. They should remain free to make
such changes from time to time as altered conditions may
render advisable.
More frequent visits to the Branches on the part of the
Trustees, or of one of the higher officers of the Library,
would probably be attended with good results.
Books.
The question constantly recurs in the management of the
Library: What books should be procured for the public?
It seems to the Committee that a few simple principles can
be laid down on this subject.
The purchases for Bates Hall should include all works of
any permanent interest and value ; a limit being placed on
such purchases only by the amount of funds at the disposal
of the Trustees.
The officers of the Library have had, at various times, the
benefit of the advice of several learned men, who have made
lists of books which were needed. The Committee would
recommend that an effort be made to secure such assistance
more systematically in future. It might be possible to find
a number of experts who would present from time to time,
for the consideration of the Trustees, lists of books, whether
new or old, in their especial departments. It would still be
the duty of the Trustees to decide ultimately on every book
and to keep some proportion among the collections on vari-
ous subjects. The Committee would also recommend a
18 City Document No. 105.
careful revision of the lists of periodicals furnished to the
reading-rooms of the Central Library and of the Branches.
The selection of books for the Lower Ilall and Branches
presents serious difficulties. The books may properly be
divided into two classes : those which are read only by grown
people, and those which are read by the young.
As to the first class, we do not see that the Trustees can
refuse to provide any book, not absolutely immoral, for
wdiich there may be a decided demand. To do so would be
to establish an unjustifiable censorship. We think, however,
that they may fairly, in their discretion, multiply copies of
works which they may consider useful to the public, includ-
ing the higher classes of fiction, to an extent which shall
make them very generally procurable at the desk, and at
the same time provide but a small number of duplicates of
books which, although equally popular, they may consider
valueless ; thus putting them into the hands of fewer readers.
We would recommend a very large extension of the use of
this discretion in the case of books for the young. Persons
under age have neither a legal nor a moral claim to be free
from censorship ; and while we consider it one of the legiti-
mate functions of the Library to provide amusing reading for
people of all ages, we hold that it is the duty of the Trustees
to see to it that the books which they put into the hands of
young people shall be not only harmless but wholesome.
Especially is this the case in view of the fact that not only
do the rules allow boys and girls from the age of fourteen
years to take out books in their own names, but that children
under fourteen constantly take out books in the names of
their parents or others. We would, therefore, especially
commend the revision of the catalogue of " Fiction and Juve-
niles " now making for the Lower Hall, and the excision
from the new catalogue of certain books for the j^oung,
which seem to the Trustees objectionable in their tendencies ;
and we hope that the books in question, which have already
been withdrawn from circulation at the Lower Hall, will soon
be removed from all the Branch Libraries.
While stating the principles on wdiich we think that books
should be selected, we would say that we believe that they
are substantially those now in force, and that the decision
in particular cases should be left to the Trustees, with whom
the responsibility rests.
Considering the custom, now firmly established, that chil-
dren shall use the Library, the Committee would ask the
Trustees to consider whether it would be desirable and feasi-
ble to recognize the natural division among readers officially.
Children, even under the age of fourteen years, might then be
Public Library. 19
given especial cards, distinguished by their color, or other-
wise, for whose proper use a parent, or other suret}', should
be made responsible. On these cards only appropriate l)ooks
would be given out. Children might then be forbidden to
use the cards of adults, except in the case of messengers
with specitic written orders. This suggestion might imply a
greater change than is possible in the crowded building now
occupied in Boylston street. Such a change might be effected
on the occasion of the contemplated removal of Bates Hall.
The Building
now in use is not well adapted to any of the work which is
done in it. The alcoves, which contain the books, are over-
crowded. The Central Hall has neither the space, the light,
nor the quiet, which would be desirable. There are not
proper places for the work of the officers of the Library ; nor
is there any adequate accommodation for scholars who may
find it necessary to keep hirge numbers of books together for
several days in succession. Under these circumstances the
usefulness of the Library is seriously crippled. All this we
hope to see remedied by the erection of the new building on
Dartmouth street, for which plans are in preparation, and we
believe that when the books of Bates Hall are removed
thither they will be used by a much larger number of readers
than at present.
Administration.
The Librar}'^ has been managed from the first by a Board
of unpaid Trustees. The Librarian, employed by this Board,
has charge of the administration. These gentlemen have
given much valuable work to the City, and have made the
Library a model in many respects.
The Catalogue
for the use of the public in Bates Hall we believe to be
excellent.
The catalogue of the Library in the Lower Hall is in charge
of a curator, and is not open to public use. The curator is
diligent in giving advice and assistance to readers, and the
catalogue is probably more useful in this way than it would
be in any other. But we would ask the Trustees to consider
the practicability of providing a duplicate card catalogue in
the Lower Hall, for the use of the public. The confusion of
printed catalogues, bulletins, and finding-lists is now very
great, and we believe that no means can be found to remedy
20 City Docuivient No. 105.
it. No catalogue but a card catalogue has yet been invented
which can conveniently be kept up to time. That such a
catalogue should be worn out by those who use it would be
but a proof of its utility. The personal assistance of the
officers of the Library is invaluable, but many readers will
always prefer to make their own researches.
In this connection we cannot too highly commend the
practice, long established, of publishing in the quarterly
bulletins, and in the catalogues of the Lower Hall, hihliogra-
phies of various subjects, and especially of such subjects as
may happen at the time to be largely occupying the public
mind. Some of these bibliogra})hies are of great value.
They are now hidden away in back numbers of bulletins, and
in obsolete catalogues. We would suggest that they be
revised and published in a volume. Similar bibliographies
are published by the authorities of several libraries in New
England. If these valuable works could be combined and
printed together, whenever a sufficient number of them might
appear, a great service would be rendered to scholars. One
step in this direction has been taken by the publication of
the "Index to Notes About Books," in the Handbook for
Readers, of this Library.
The cost of ordering and cataloguing in the Boston Public
Library averages '^b^f-^ cents per volume acquired. We have
reason to believe that this is much lower than the cost of the
same operation in other large libraries.
It constantly happens that books which were once in
demand, and of which there are several duplicates in the
Library, go out of fashion, and are little called for. Such
duplicates might be sold for a small price, or even given
away, to advantage. It is probable that some of them might
be of use in country libraries, or in places where books are
scarce. Here they are only an encumbrance. If a city or-
dinance be needed, to give the Trustees authority to sell, we
would suffo'est that such an ordinance be asked for.
The Committee have learned, with regret, that the City
Council have found it necessary to reduce the appropriation
for the Public Library. It ai)pears to the Committee that
the reduction that must consequently take place in the expen-
ses of the Library should not be made by reducing the salaries
of the persons employed. These persons are already rather
underpaid than overpaid. A reduction should rather be made
in the number of books bought and in the accommodation
furnished, especially at the Brauches. If these were kept
open during a shorter time every day, some of the extra as-
sistants might be dispensed with. It might be found possible,
also, to do without one or more of the Branches. If the
Public Library.
21
citizens of Boston find it necessary to spend less money on
their Library, it is they who should sufler, in the loss of some
of the conveniences now enjoyed ; and it would, in our
opinion, be neither generous nor honest to lay the burthen
on those whom they employ.
The Committee take the liberty of submitting two tables
of statistics, which, they think, may prove suggestive: —
TABLE I.
Concerninsr the Branch Libraries.
Branches.
a
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P
d
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2
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•a !E
2 a
£ o .
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2 a
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00 a
0.2
East Boston .
1S70
29,926
13,715
11,549
2.6
95,442
7.
3.2
8.3
South Boston
1871
56,369
17,311
11,407
4.9
124,220
7.2
2.2
10.9
Roxbury . . .
1872
52,073
17,245
23,0781
2.2
111,357
6.5
2.2
4.8
Charlestown .
1873
33,731
16,888
24,633
1.4
76,966
4.5
2.3
3.1
Brighton . . .
1873
6,693
4,741
13,354
2.2
26,141
5.5
3.9
2.
Dorchester . .
1873
16,871
6,105
12,469
1.3
72,173
11.8
4.3
5.8
Jamaica Plain^
1873
26,717
3,725
12,634
2.1
51,271
13.8
2.
5.4
Central Lihr'y*
140,429
127,173
68,868
2.
314,423
2.5
2.2
4.6
1 Includiua: 8,916 books belonging to the Fellowes AtheniBum.
2 Two books per inhabitant.
2 luchidiug West Roxbury.
■• Exclusive of Bates Hall and inclusive of South End and North End.
22
City Document No. 105.
TABLE II.
Circulation of Books on Various Subjects in the Lower
Hall Library.
I. English prose fiction for grown
people and children
n. History and biography
III. Travels
IV. Theology, law, medicine, arts and
sciences
V. Periodicals and collections ....
VI. Foreign languages
VII. Poetry, the drama, rhetoric, etc. .
Books of reference
Numher of
Volumes.
14,552
6,085
2,660
6,445
3,933
2,972
3,487
40,134
442
40,576
Circulation.
107,142
13,731
7,790
16,547
8,721
8,460
12,907
175,298
Average
Circulation
per Volume.
7.36
2.26
2.92
2.57
2.22
2.85
3.70
EDWARD J. LOWELL,
THOMAS GUSHING,
JOHN T. HASSAM,
HENRY STONE,
GEO. A. GORDON,
T. S. PERRY,
E. L. HOMANS,
HENRY PARKMAN,
C. J. MORRILL.
Dr. George H. Lyman, a member of the Committee, is in
Europe, and has not had an opportunity to sign the report.
Public Libeaey. 23
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
To the Trustees : —
I herewith respectfully submit my seventh annual report,
with the accompanying tables, which may be referred to for
details;.
Increase of the Libeaey.
During the year 15,353 volumes have been added to the
Library, distributed among the several departments as fol-
lows : Bates Hall, 10,215; Lower Hall, 1,025; Branch
libraries, 4,113. By direction of the book committee I
have endeavored, so for as the funds would permit, to com-
plete important serials which year by year are becoming
more difficult to obtain. To the Journals of the House of
Lords have been added 31 volumes, and of the House of
Commons, 27 volumes, completing both series to the end
of the years 1883 and 1880 respectivel3^ These additions,
with the 84 volumes of Parliamentary Sessional Papers,
including a few which will soon be supplied, make our col-
lection as complete and of as late date as can be found in any
public library. The Journals of the Senate and of the House
of Representatives of the United States lack nothing ; and
the addition of 30 volumes of the Congressional Record,
which succeeded the Congressional Globe, brings within the
reach of our readers the latest information to be found in
those sources. AVithin the year we have added about 21
volumes to the "London Gazette," comprising the first eight
volumes, from November 7, 16G5, to December 31, 1694.
We now have of this serial 268 volumes, the earlier of which,
apparently unknown to our historical writers, have brought
to light several documents of great interest in our colonial
history. But I am sorry to add that neither the set of the
" Gazette," nor that of the "London Chronicle," which l)egan
to be published in 1757, and contains much matter relating
to American affairs, is complete, though the first is more
nearly so, I am informed, than any other set in the country.
The set of the Encyclopedie d' architecture has been com-
pleted by the addition of the first 12 volumes ; that of Hermes,
a periodical devoted to classical philology, by volumes 1 to
19, 1846 to 1884 ; that of the Annales de la philosophic chre-
tienne by 104 volumes, 1850 to 1883, and that of the Gazette
24 City Document No. 105.
archeologique by 32 volumes, 1843 to 1875. The following
are among the large illustrated works added within the year :
Bastian's Amerika's Nordwest-Kiiste, — a large work repre-
senting collections of scientific specimens gathered by a
German expedition to the coast of British Columbia and
Alaska ; Eicerheck^ 8 Die Rennaisance in Belgien ; Gruner's Die
decorative Kunst ; Les manuscrits de L. de Vinci ; Vedder's
Omar Khayyan ; RcnjeCs Monuments de I'art antique, and
Thompson's Sepulchral monuments of Italy. The Library
has received the following works concerning the history of
earl}^ wood-engraving, particularly of the German school ;
HirtJi's Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhun-
derten ; Liebhaber-Bibliothek alter Illustratoren, a series of
fac-simile reproductions, now comprising 10 volumes, and
including reprints of works illustrated by Dlirer and his school,
Holbein, etc. ; Muthefs Die deutsche Biicherillustration der
Gothik und Friihrenaissance ; and Pfintzin(fs Tewrdaunckh,
Holbein Societj-'s publication, being a reproduction of the
1519 edition of this early German poem, in which are
recounted the deeds of the Emperor Maximilian, and fur-
nishes in the illustrations examples of early wood-engraving.
Although the acquisition of the foregoing works by the
Library has been made known to the public through the Card
Catalogue and the Bulletins, I advert to them in this manner
for the purpose of recording the gratifying fact that the
increased use of the Bates-Hall collection is not confined to
its more popular departments or to treatises in which may be
found the results of the labors of previous investigators, but
extends to those original sources of information the use of
which implies a spirit of research and more scientific methods
of study. And I think there is evidence that this spirit has
been stimulated liy the existence in this city of a collection
of some degree of completeness, which attracts the attention
not only of local scholars but calls them hither from distant
parts of the country.
How to bring the contents of such collections within easy
reach of investigators is a problem not easy of solution. But
the value of copious indexes as manifested by the infiuence of
Dr. Poole's Index upon the use of periodical literature in
Bates Hall can readily be seen if we compare the successive
years since 1881-2, the year preceding the publication of that
invaluable work. The number issued that year was 5,663
volumes. The Index was added to the Library in December,
1882, so that for four months of the library year, 1882-3,
the public had access to that work, and the number of maga-
zines issued increased to 6,783. The following year there
were given out 8,137, and in the year ending April 30, 1885,
Public Library. 25
the large number of 10,941. This is the remarkable growth
of nearh" one hundred per cent, in three years ; while the
wdiole circulation from Bates Hall has been, in the same time,
but twenty per cent., showing an advance in this class of
literature nearly live times as great as that in the whole cir-
culation of this part of the Library. The extension of Dr.
Poole's plan to the more important fields of science and
history is not altogether chimerical ; and its need in one
department — that of congressional and departmental papers
of the general government — is manifest to one wdio is a
daily witness of the almost hopeless groping of inquirers in
an unexplored wilderness, in search not only of historical
facts but of matters which more immediately touch their
interest.
Donations to the Library.
Among the more important gifts to the Library within the
the library year (including some received shortly after its
close, and omitting a few mentioned in my last report) are
the following : from the Boston Journal Company, at the in-
stance of Col. W. W. Clapp, 104 volumes of the "Boston
Journal ; " from ]Mrs. Edward J. Holmes, 93 volumes and 202
pamphlets ; from Miss Alice James, 173 volumes and 4.5 pam-
phlets ; from the estate of Hiland Lockwood, 90 volumes ;
from Mrs. Curtis B. Raymond, 113 volumes ; from Mrs. John
C. Phillips, 186 volumes, and from Shepherd Brooks, 58 vol-
umes ; from Eliot C. Clarke, 40 volumes ; from Thomas E.
Frothingham, 187 volumes ; from William W. Greenough,
57 volumes and 95 pamphlets, and from Chester Guild, 36
volumes and 360 pamphlets. Mrs. R. Anne Nichols has
added 22 volumes to her former donations, which, with
those given by her deceased sister, Eliza jNIary Thayer, and
her surviving sister, Caroline Coddington Thayer, from time
to time, make their joint donations among the largest, and,
in respect to the character of the books, among the most
important gifts to the Library. Joseph A. Donahoe, at the
instance of John T. Doyle, Esq., has added to the Librarj^
Noticias de la Nueva California, escritas por el Rev. Padre
Fr. Paloic, in four volumes, — an important work in the
history of the early Spanish missions in California, of which
only one hundred copies were published. In addition to
their annual contribution, the children of the late Nathan-
iel Bowditch have presented to the Library a bust of Dr.
Bowditch, with a collection of his published writings, origi-
nally given to the now discontinued Bowditch school ; and
the original manuscript of his translation of Laplace's Mecau-
26 City Document No. 105.
ique Celeste has been transferred from Harvard College, at
the request of the Bowditch heirs, and deposited with the
Bowditch mathematical collection in the Public Library.
Capt. Nathan Appleton has presented a marble bust of
the late Thomas Gold Appleton, to whom the Library is in-
debted for the Tosti collection of engravings, etc. The
heirs of the late George Ticknor have presented to the
Library the original manuscript of the History of Spanish
Literature, and the copy from which the third edition of that
work was printed, and a bust of Cervantes, a more particu-
lar account of which may be found in the last Bulletin. In
the same number may also be found some notice of a gift
from Miss Anna E. Ticknor of a very interesting and valu-
able donation, consisting mainly of volumes of early Ameri-
can poetry, pamphlets, and broadsides, which has not been
exceeded in importance by any recent donation to this
Library.
Circulation.
The total circulation of the Library for the year is
1,027,393. This is a falling off from the last year!^ in the
popular departments, of 29,513 volumes, though not evenly
distributed, the Bates Hall and the South Boston and Dor-
chester branches gaining, and the East Boston, Roxliury,
Charlestown, Brighton, South End, Jamaica Plain, and
North End In-anches and the Lower Hall losing.
The closing for repairs of the East Boston and North End
branches for forty-four and twenty-five working days re-
spectively accounts for the losses at these branches, and the
fact that the past library year was shorter by two working
days than the preceding year accounts for very nearly 7,000
of the decrease. Althougli there is a loss in the number of
books circulated from the Lower Hall there is a gain in the
quality, as is shown in the following comparative view for
last two years : —
Percentages of Lower Hall Circulation by Classes
FOR 1883-4 AND 1884-5.
Fiction and Juveniles
History and Biography
Voyages and Travels .
Science, Art, etc.
Periodicals, bound
Foreio;n lano;uages
Poetry, Drama, Miscellany
1883-4
1884-5
62.37
61.11
7.54
7.84
4.08
4.44
9.24
9.44
5.32
4.98
4.22
4.83
7.23
7.36
Public Libraey. 27
Facility for learning shelf numbers, without doubt, has
much to do with the circulation of books. It increases with
the publication of a catalogue, and diminishes as people are
obliged to consult tJie Card Catalogue or the Bulletins. The
publication of the new Fiction-list for the Lower Hall, now
nearly completed, will doubtless be followed by a large in-
crease of circulation in that department, as were the Sup-
plement to the Catalogue of Arts, Sciences, and Professions,
and the new edition of the Catalogue of books in Foreign
Languages, in 1881. But more obvious causes for the
falling off of circulation of popular books is the curtailment
of purchases of that class of literature.
Mr. Whitney, the principal Assistant Librarian, reports
that during the year 20,141 volumes and 8,972 ])amphlets
have been catalogued. 92,239 cards have been added to the
catalogues of the Central Library and Branches, and 4,622 old
cards have been revised. In these statistics additions to the
Barton catalogue and much miscellaneous work are not in-
cluded. A new catalogue of the English Prose Fiction,
including translations and books for the young, in the
Lower Hall of the Central Library, is in press, and will be
issued in July or August. The catalogue of the miscella-
neous works in the Barton collection has been completed
and printed to the title Deloney, making 144 pages, and is
in type through the title Drama. The Bulletins have been
published, as usual. More work has been done than in any
previous year in the revision of the Card Catalogues, which
are beginning to assume the orderly arrangement and com-
pleteness for which those in charge have been lal)oring for
several years. A Key or Hand-book to these catalogues will
be finished next year.
MELLEN CHAMBEKLAIN,
Librarian,
May 1, 1885.
APPENDIXES
TO THE
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
1885.
LIST OF APPENDIXES,
I. Extent of the Library (bt Years).
II. Yearly Increase by Purchase and Donation.
III. Volumes in the Special Collections of Bates Hall.
IV. Volumes Located in the Lower Hall.
V. Increase of the Several Departments.
VI. Increase from Newly Published Books.
VII. Bates Hall Classifications.
VIII. Lower Hall Classifications.
IX. Givers and Amount of Gifts.
X. Circulation.
XI. Registration of Applicants.
XII. Books Recommended. Use of Patent Library.
XIII. Bates Hall Reading.
XIV. Lower Hall and Branch Reading.
XV. Fellowes Athen^um, Brighton, and North-End Reading.
XVI. Periodical Reading-Rooms.
XVII. Losses and Delinquencies.
XVIII. Financial Statement.
XIX. Library Funds.
XX. Library Service.
XXI. Report of- Examination of the Shelves.
XXII. Work in the Library Bindery.
Public Library.
31
APPENDIX I.
EXTENT OF THE LIBRARY BY YEARS.
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1-^
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1
1852-53
9,688
961
18
1869-70
160,573
74,770
2
1853-54
16,221
3,950
19
1870-71
179,250
89,746
3
1854-55
22,617
6,507
20
1871-72
192,958
100,383
4
1855-56
28,080
12,386
21
1872-73
209,456
112,153
5
1856-57
34,896
16,053
22
1873-74
260,550
134,628
6
1857-58
70,851
17,938
23
1874-75
276,918
150,921
7
1858-59
78,043
19,255
24
1875-76
297,873
181,653
8
1859-60
85,031
20,707
25
1876-77
312,010
196,958
9
1860-61
97,386
27,381
26
1877-78
345,734
212,414
10
1861-62
105,034
28,874
27
1878-79
360,963
227,010
11
1862-63
110,563
31,043
28
1879-80
377,225
236,534
12
1863-64
116,934
31,837
29
1880-81
390,982
250,495
13
1864-65
123,016
32,553
30
1881-82
404,221
261,056
14
1865-66
130,678
36,566
31
1882-83
422,116
275,425
15
1866-67
136,080
44,443
32
1883-84
438,594
292,793
16
1867-68
144,092
47,254
33
1884-85
453,947
308,242
17
1868-69
152,796
61,177
Note. — The aggregate of pamphlets " added from the besjlnning" includes many since
bound, singly or in groups (which are now counted among volumes), and a verj' large num-
ber of duplicates which are thrown out and put among the pamphlets held for exchange.
VOLUMES IN LIBRARY AND BRANCHES, 1884-85.
Bates Hall . . .
Newspaper room
Duplicate room .
Lower Hall . . .
Total, Central Library ,
" ji ( Fellowes Athenaeum . . ,
g« (City part
Total, Roxbury Branch ,
East Boston
South Boston
Charlestown
Brighton
Dorchester
South End
Jamaica Plain
West Roxbury delivery
North End
11,846
11,805
25,405
13,436
12,925
10,001
9,861
3,229
1,075
32
City Docujient No. 105.
APPENDIX II.
YEARLY INCREASE OF THE WHOLE LIBRARY BY PURCHASE AND BY GIFTS.
Notice. — The increase ofyolumee is not the sum of those added by gift and purchase, etc., because lost and
condemned books are deducted.
Years.
Increase.
Gifts.
Purchases, in-
cluding those
charged to funds
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exchange.
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Paraph.
Vols.
Pamph.
Vols.
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Vols.
1852-81
395,177
12,239
17,895
16,478
15,353
251, .538
10,561
14,369
17,368
15,449
143,745
5,291
5,340
3,815
2,975
178,866
8,773
11,844
16,203
10,831
250,474
15,986
16,222
18,392
17,005
67,974
2,068
2,525
1,165
4,618
7,143
745
522
531
457
12,583
1881-82
1882-83
520
575
1883-84
778
1884-85
899
1 Includes pamphlets added both by purchase and exchange, as taken from the Accession
catalogue.
"Included in previous columns. The volumes are not the property of the Public Library, but
form a part of the Roxbury branch, by agreement.
Details for the years 1852-81 can be found in Appendix II. to the report for 1881.
APPENDIX lit.
VOLUMES IN THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OF BATES HALL.
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2,323
2,457
2,596
2,731
2,823
2,897
3,003
3,066
3,142
3,259
3,382
3,478
Bowditch library'
2,542
2,542
2,542
2,592
2,932
3,043
3,060
3,152
3,224
3,456
3,701
3,854
Parker libraryi .
11,907
11,935
12,292
12,291
12,296
12,309
12,322
12,337
12,363
13,9.52
13,971
14,024
Prince library . .
1,970
1,970
1,970
2,028
2,029
2,037
2,159
2,230
2,274
2,327
2,397
2,510
Ticknor library .
3,907
3,940
4,285
4,929
6,171
5,354
5,432
5,454
6,463
5,507
5,544
5,724
Barton library . .
12,057
11,902
12,1082
12,804
13,950
14,210
14,301
14,360
13,487
13,610
13,610
13,642
202
240
893
292
920
.357
1,085
378
Thayer library .
1,123
^ See Appendix VII.
'The number given in 1874 was as near as could be reckoned before the entry on the Accession
catalogue was made. The number given in 1875 is what hacV actually been entered, and the full num-
ber is given since these dates.
Public Library.
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City Document No. 105.
APPENDIX Y.
INCREASE OF THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS.
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
8,506
184
8,750
19
11,729
25
11,216
54
10,230
15
:§
Condemned and transferred
<^
8,322
8,731
11,704
11,162
10,215
1
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'Gain in books
Condemned and transferred
2,376
1,164
2,576
*
2,378
1,400
2,716
1,361
2,099
1,074
1,212
978
1,355
1,025
Is
69
41
98
55
258
69
41
98
55
258
386
1,233
936
223
1,764
781
1,340
528
420
Is
Less loss by exchanges, etc
211
5-£
713
983
812
209
847
587
377
210
596
372
604
379
669
383
585
288
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223
225
286
297
o f Gain in books . . . .
c^ g ! Condemned and lost
^ L^et gain
995
644
1,000
485
351
1,105
659
935
537
398
■4
'Gain in city part
Condemned and lost
811
335
839
260
1,090
757
976
428
908
540
§
Net gain
rfs
476
2,111
579
745
333
522
548
531
368
5
PelloweB Athenaeum. (Net gain) ....
.Total gain
447
ft!
2,587
1,324
855
1,079
815
* There is a loss of 531 volumes for 18S2, owing to the transfer of a large number of
duplicates to the duplicate room, and also to the fact that the number of books condemned
this year exceeds those supplied.
Public Library.
APPENDIX Y. — Continued.
35
18S1
1882
188a
1884
1885
1,568
425
1,143
1,533
675
858
1,326
561
1,199
1,391
1,2S.3
5n
* =j 1 Condemned and lost
765
*los8 192
772
183
26
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56
140
97
262
98
142
o-c;
<: 5 . Condemned and lost
Net gain
60
117
52
51
164
82
640
128
512
828
93
767
189
961
402
1,120
664
^<1
^ ~ 1 Condemned and lost
o^
735
578
559
456
450
23
460
96
569
195
559
119
569
« ^ J Condemned and lost
1^
124
427
364
374
440
S
•« ("Gain in books . , .
J i! / Condemned and lost
ll
gain
^ I. Net
215
206
410
197
515
288
386
291
400
441
loss 41
Bates Hall gain
Lower Hall gain
Newspaper- room gain . . .
Duplicate-room gain ....
East Boston branch gain .
South Boston branch gain .
Roxbury branch gain . . .
Fellowes Athenaeum gain .
Charlestown branch gain .
Brighton branch gain . , .
Dorchester branch gain . .
Jamaica Plain branch gain
Soulh-End branch gain . .
West Roxbury branch gain
North-End branch gain . .
Total gain
8,322
1,212
69
210
351
476
2,111
1,143
117
512
427
9
14,113
8,731
loss 531
41
713
223
515
579
745
858
52
735
364
213
. . . . 1
13,239
11,704
978
98
983
225
462
333
522
765
51
578
374
227
74
521
17,895
11,162
1,355
55
812
286
446
548
531
loss 192
164
559
.440
95
74
143
16,478
10,215
1,C25
258
209
297
398
368
447
772
82
456
445
loss 41
11
411
15,353-
* This excessive loss at Charlestown is required to correct a mistake of some years'
standing in the aggregate number of volumes, which is reported correctly this year in
Appendix I.
36
City Document No. 105.
APPEJS^DIX VI.
INCREASE FROM NEWLY PUBLISHED BOOKS.
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English books with British
imprint
English books with American
2,830
10,501
316
1,858
2,237
6,761
180
1,742
1,763
5,546
191
1,269
1,781
5,295
233
1,372
1,555
5,637
238
1,399
1,841
4,346
186
1,245
2,091
4,856
235
1,411
2,058
4,755
232
1,427
2,113
4,683
265
1,655
2,100
4 438
English books with Continental
200
Foreign books
2,008
Total
15,505
10,920
8,769
8,681
8,829
7,618
8,593
8,472
8,716
8 746
APPENDIX VII.
BATES HALL CLASSIFICATIONS.
(Representing books located only.)
Cyclopaedias, etc
Bibliograpliy and literary history
General liistory, Ijiography, travel, and geograpliy
American history, geography, biography, travel, and polite literature
English history, etc
French history, etc. . ,
Italian history, etc
German history, etc
Greek, Latin, and philology
Spanish and Portuguese history and literature
Other history, geography, biography, travel, and literature
Periodicals and transactions
Theology, ecclesiastical history, etc
Metaphysics and social science
Jurisprudence
Political economy
Medical science
Natural history and science
Mathematics and physical science
Useful arte
Flue arts
Bound volumes of miscellaneous pamphlets
Bound volumes of manuscripts
Shakespeare .
Books for the blind
1,580
1,077
Totals .
Total in
general
library,
May 1,
18S6.
8,867
32,480
26,210
14,560
8,184
9,312
6,916
1,401
7,487
19,713
20,675
9,014
4,818
2,973
12,671
8,402
10,116
6,036
7,244
Special Libraries.
1,413
1,180
3,492
1,360
3,854 14,024
3,236
2,486
1 countries,
riters, and what of American literature is
li^xpuvNATloN. — Class III. includes general history, etc., when embracing
and collected works of historians.
Class IV. includes the collected works of American ■
sometimes t<^rmed polygraphy.
Classes ■V.,\^., VII., and VIII. have the same scope for the respective countries that Class IV.
has for America. Class VIII. includes also Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the
Scandinavian nations.
Class XIV. includes polilical science and ethics, applied and unapplied, education, phrenology.
Class XIX. includes mechanics, military and naval arts, agriculture, domestic arts, etc.
Class XXIV. does not include the Shakespeare collection of the general library.
The subdivisions of classes are kept in ranges by themselves, so that for purposes of enumera-
tion or learning percentage of use, it is practicable at any time to get exact figures upon the sub-
divisions; as also upon such points as biography, travel, and voyages, etc., by summing the results
of the ranges devoted to them in the several alcoves.
Note. — The dates given in the special libraries column show the year when they were acquired
by the library.
Details for years previous to 1882 can be found in Appendix VIU. to the Report for 1881.
^ Includes all books in i
1 G, — 12,108 of them belonging to the Barton library, as originally shelved there.
Public Library.
37
appe:n^dix yiii.
LOWER HALL CLASSIFICATIONS.
CLASSES.
'heology, moral and intellectual science, etc
urlsprudence and political science
iledicine, matliematics, ph\'sics or natural science . .
Jseful and fine arts, military and naval science ....
American history and politics
•"oreign history and politics
'oetry, drama, oratory, rhetoric
Snglish prose fiction, including juvenile fiction, and
other juvenile books
Biography
Travels
Libraries, collections, periodicals, etc.*
Serman books
[talian books
French books
Spanish books
Books of reference
Extent of L. H. collection 39,519
1884
2,028
427
2,750
1,031
1,292
1,644
3,439
14,098
2,976
2,.543
3,913
1,5S7
156
1,193
5
437
35
23
86
40
37
35
46
317
92
67
71
30
5
1
13
3
13
6
26
512
12
23
31
22
49
31
113
63
63
58
78
1,193
124
128
135
52
2 a)
672 2,099 29 1,045 40,544
7
2
25
3
15
39
30
731
26
21
97
39
as
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2,070
456
2,838
1,081
1,338
1,663
3,486
14,552
3,074
2,650
3,933
1,600
156
1,201
5
441
Reported last year 39,519
Gain in 1884-85 1.025
*Thi8 class, embracing sets like Bohn's'I " Libraries, " etc., includes many books, of course, which,
in a minute classification, would have been divided among nil the previous heads of this table.
Note. — The column of "Condemned books replaced" includes books condemned in previous
years as well as in the current year. The column " Total Added " shows the number of volumes as put
upon the shelves, counting as one those bound two volumes in one, etc.
38
City Document No. 105.
APPENDIX IX.
GIFTS, MAY 1, 1884, TO APRIL 30, 1885.
Givers (excluding anonymous)
Volumes ....
Pamphlets ....
899
2,975
10,831
Givers.
Adams, Prof. Charles Kendall, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Adams, Z. B., M.D., Framingham .
Adams Nervine Asylum
Adolph, Dr. Carl, Sorau, Germany .
Agassiz, Alexander, Cambridge
Aiken, Walter H., College IIill, Ohio
Alabama Historical Society, Tuskaloosa, Ala.
Alumni Association of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.
Alumni Association of the Philadelphia College of Phar-
macy, Philadelphia, Pa. .....
American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
American Academy of Dental Science
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Bankers' Association, New York City
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
American Congregational Association
American Exchange, Paris, France ....
American Forestry Congress .....
American Home Missionary Societ}', New York City
American Institute of Mining Engineers, New York City
American Iron and Steel Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
American Missionary Association, New York City
American Philological Association
American Pliilosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
American Society of Civil Engineers, New Yoo-k City
American Society of Microscopis^, Buffalo, N. Y.
American Unitarian Association
Amherst College Library, Amherst .
Anagnos, Michael ....
Andover Theological Seminary, Andover
Angell, George T. . . . .
Annerstedt, Claes, Upsala, Sweden .
Anonymous .....
Appleton, D. & Co., New York City .
Appleton, William S. . . .
Apprentices' Library, Neiv York City
Apprentices' Library, Philadelphia, Pa.
Archaeological Institute of America .
Arens, E. J., M.D
Astor Library, New York City .
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co
Ayer, J. C, & Co., Lowell
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Givers.
Ayers, J., M.D., Rockland, Me.
Bacon, Mrs. William .
Baird, Prof. Spencer F., Washington, B.C.
Baker, Rev. Charles R., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Baker, W. Yi., M.D
Baldwin, Charles H. .
Balfour, Uavid M
Bancroft, Miss Jane M., Evanston, III.
Barclay, James J., Philadelphia, Pa.
Barnes, Henry J., 31. D.
Barrow-in-Furness. England, Free Public Library
Bartlett, Commander iohnYl., U.SN.
Bartlett, Rev. S. C, Hanover, N.II. .
Bartow, Morey-Hale, New York City
Bates, Arlo .....
Baxter, Edward F
Baxter, .James P., Portland, Me.
Beers, William A., BridgeiJort, Conn.
Belgium, Chamber of Representatives
Bell, Alexander G. , Washington, B.C.
Bell, C. H., Exeter, N.II.
Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.
Belrose, Louis, jr. ....
Benet, Brig. -Gen. S.V., Washington, B.C.
Benjamin, Rev. Raphael, Cincinnati, Ohio
Benton, J. H.,y?\
Berkshire Independents
Betts, E. C, Auburn, Ala.
Bibliographie de Belgique, Brussels
Bibliotheque de la Ville de Paris
Bicknell, Thomas W.
Biewend, Rev. Adolphus .
Biker, Julio F. J., Lisbon, Portugal
Birmingham, England, Borough of
Blaisdell, Frank C. . .
Blake, Francis E. . . .
Bliss, Rev. J. Isham, Burlington, Vt
Boardman, James, 3Ianchester, England
BoUes, W. P
Bolton, England, Public Library
Bond, T. Edward
Borland, J. N., M.B., New London, Conn
Boston, City of .
Auditor ....
Board of Health
City Hospital .
Collector's Office .
Commissioners of Parks
Overseers of the Poor
School Committee .
Water Board .
Boston Athenseum
Boston Commandery Knights Tempi
the California pilgrimage
Boston Commercial Exchange .
Boston Gas Light Company
Boston Journal Company .
Boston Lying-in Hospital .
Boston Medical Library Association
Committee on
chart
maps
newspaper
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Bowditch, Henry I., M.D.
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.
Bowman, S. Z., Somerville
Boyd, Mrs. L. T., New Orleans, La.
Boyle, Charles E., Washington, D.C.
Boylston, Edward D., Amherst, N.II.
Brace, Charles L., New York City .
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Branner, John C, Scranton, Pa.
Brewer, Mrs. Adele, Stockbridge
Bridge, Samuel J. .... .
Bridgeport, Conn., Public Library .
Brigham, Edwin H., M.D.
Brightly, Frederick C, Germantown, Pa.
Brinton, Daniel G., M.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
British Museum .....
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Brooklyn Library, Brooklyn, N.Y..
Brooks, Erastus, New Brighton, N. Y.
Brooks, Morgan .....
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Brooks, Rev. William H., Hanover .
Brown Francis H., M.D. .
Brown, J. Willard .....
Brown, John F., Nantucket
Brown, Sevellon A., Washington, D.C. .
Bruun, Dr., Chr. V., Copenhagen, Denmark
Buck, William J., Jenkinstown, Pa. .
Buff & Berger ......
Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, N. Y. .
Burdach, Dr. Konrad, Halle, Germany .
Burnham, A. W., Andover
Burnham, George, Philadelphia, Pa.
Burt, Silas W., Albany, NY. .
Bush, George G.
Bussey Institution
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Butler, Eben R.
Butler Hospital for the Insane, Providence, R
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California, State Mining Bureau
California Institution for the Education of the
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Cambridge, England, Public Free Library
Cambridge, Public Library
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Cleveland, Ohio, Public Library .....
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Cobden Club, London, England .....
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CofBn, Charles E., Muirkirk, Md. .....
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Cork and Orrery, Earl of, London, England ... 1
Corliss, George, Philadelphia, Pa. .....
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
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Cort, Rev. Cyrus, Greencastle, Pa. .....
Costello, Martin J., Clinton
Courtenay, William A., Charleston, S.C. .
Cowley, Charles, Lou-ell .......
Cox, William R., Washington, B.C.
Crane, Prof. T. F., Ithaca, NY.
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Cushing, Laurence B., Newhuryport
Cutter, Ephraim, M.D., New York City
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Davis, Alonzo, Fitchburg .
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Deane, Charles, Cambridge
Deane, I^., Washington, D.C.
DeBonsat, Faber
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DeMilt Dispensary, New York City
Demmon, Prof. Isaac N., Ann Arbor, Mich
DeNardis, YnxteXW, Aquila degli Abruzzi, Italy
Dennett, W. S., Saco, Me.
Dennis, H. .J., Topeka, Kan.
De Peyster, .John W., New York City
Derby, England, l^ublic Library
Deuerlich, G., Gottingen, Germany
Dewey, Melvil, New York City
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Domestic and Foreign Missionary Societyof the Protestant
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Domett, Henry W., New York City .
Donohoe, .Joseph A., San Francisco, Cal.
Dorr, Miss Caroline ....
Doyle, John T., San Francisco, Cal.
Doyle, Thomas A., Providence,- R.I.
J^rury College, Springfield, Mo.
Dubbs, Joseph H., D.D., Lancaster, Pa.
Dumbarton, England, Public I^ibrary
Duren, Elnathaii F., Bangor, Me,
Duryea, .Joseph T., D.D. .
Dutton, George, vJAZ).
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Entomological Society, London, Ontario .
Essex Institute, Salem ....
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Evening Post Publishing Company, New York
Everett, Public Library ....
"Express" Company ....
Eyssenhardt, Prof. F., Ilamhurg, Germany
Fairbank, N. K., Cliicago, III. .
Fairmount Park Art Association, Philadelphia,
Fanning, J. T., Manchester, N.H.
Farley, John, & Sons
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Farmer, Silas, Detroit, Mich.
Fay, Henry G
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Fernald, Prof. O. M., Williamstown
Finck, Henry T., New York City
Fisher, Charles H., Providence, R.I.
Fitzgerald, Desmond ....
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FlUgel, Dr. Felix, Leipzig, Germany
Fogg, E. T., South Scitiiate
Fogg, John S. H., ^/.Z>
Folsom, Albert A. .... .
Folwell, William W., Minneapolis, Minn.
Forbes, R. B
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Ford, William E
Forster, Edward J., j]/./)
Fort, George F., Camden, N. Y.
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Frazer, Persitbr, Philadelphia, Pa. .
Free Hospital for Women
Freeman, Jno. C, Madison, Wis.
French, A. D. Weld
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Friends' Free Library, Germantown, Pa. .
Frotliingham, Mrs. Richard
Frothingliam, Thomas G. .
Fuller, Mrs. Arthur B., Cambridge .
Fuller, Arthur O., Exeter, N.H.
Ganzhorn, Williatn
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the
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Gerard, James W., New York City .
Gernerd, J. M. M., Miincy, Pa.
Gerould, Rev. Samuel L., Goffstown, N.H.
Gibson, W. T., D.D., Utica, N. Y .
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Gookin, Fred \V., Chicago, III.
Gould. Benjamin A., Cordoba, Argentine Republic
Gould, George M
Gould, Sylvester C, Manchester
Grafton, F;!., Public Library
Grabam, Cbarles D. .
Grant, S. Hastings, New York City .
Gray, Capt. W. H., Olney, Oregon, . . 2 newspapers
Great Britain, Astronomer Royal
Commissioner of Patents
Green, Milbrey, M. D.
Green, Samuel A., M.D. .
Greene, Miss Fannie M., Clinton
Greenleaf, Edward H.
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Greenougb, W. A , & Co
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Guild, Chester .
Guild, Reuben Aldridge, Providence, R.I.
Gurney, George B., Chelsea
Guthrie, Malcolm, Liverpool, England
Hale, Edward Everett, D.D.
Hale, George S. ....
Haliburton, R. G. .
Hall, Prof. E. W;, Waterville, Me. .
Hall, John A., Springfield .
Ham, J. R., M.D., Dover, N.H.
Hamilton, Rev. John A. . . .
Hamilton, Walter, London, England
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va
Harris, Francis A., M.D
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Hart Printing and Publishing House, Harrisburg, Pa
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn. .
Hartford Library Association, Hartford, Conn.
Hartwig, Dr. Otto, Halle, Germany .
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Haskell, Rev. Augustus M
Havemeyer, Theodore A., Mahwah, N.J.
Haynes, Henry W.
Hazen, Rev. Henry A.
Head, J. F., M.D. .
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Hegarty, M.
Herkness, Alfred M., & Co.
Hermes, Paul, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Holbrook, Albert, Providence, R.I. ....
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HoUs, Friedrich W., New York City
Holmes, Mrs. E. J. . . . ...
Homans, John, M.D. ......
Home for Aged Men
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Homes, Henry A., Albany, N.Y..
Homes for Inebriates Association, London, England
Hood, C. I., «&; Co., Lowell .....
Hosmer, Rev. Sanmel D., Auburn ....
Hough, Prof. G. W., Chicago, III
Howard, Wendell Stanton, New Orleans, La. .
Hubbard, Mrs. Gardiner Green, Cambridge
Hubbard, H. W., New York City
Hunnewell, James F.
Huntoon, Daniel T. V., Canton
IngersoU, Ernest, Neiv York City
Innes, William P., Lansing, Mich
Institution of Civil Engineers, London, England
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Asso
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International Inventions Exhibition, London, England
Inwards, Kichard, London, England
Ireland, Joseph Norton, Bridgeport, Conn.
Jack, D. R., .S"^. John, N.B.
James, Miss Alice
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Jay, John, New York City .
Jeffries, B. Joy, M.D.
Jenkins, Miss Mar^' A.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
Johnson, Arnold B., Washington, D.C-
Joint Counties Asylum, Carmarthen, Wales
Jones, Charles C, jr., Atlanta, Ga.
Kaiserlich-Konigliche Geologische Reichsanstalt, Vienna
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Kalisch, Isidor, D.D., Newark, N.J.
Kansas, Board of Agriculture .....
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Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kan.
Kato, H., Tdkid, Japan ' .
Kay, Robert, Adelaide, South Australia .
Kelker, Rudolpli F., Ilarrisburg, Pa.
Keller, W. B., New York City .
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Kneeland, Samuel, M.D. .
Knox, Jobn J., Washington, D.C.
Koenigliche Bayerische Akademie der Wisse
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Koenigliche Oeffentliche Bibliothek, Dresden,
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Landreth, David, Philadelphia, Pa. .
Lasceli, G. W., Lynii ....
Law Association of Philadelphia
Lawrence, A. A.
Lawrence, Abbott, . . . . .16
Lawrence, William, Washington, D.C.
Lawrence, Public Library ....
Lea's, Henry C, Son & Co., Philadelphia, Pa
Ledyard, L. Wolters, Cazenovia, JV. V.
Lee, Jolin W. M., Baltimore, Md. .
Leeds, Josiah W., Philadelphia, Pa.
Leeds, England, Free Public Library and Musi
Leliigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa.
Leicester, Public Library ....
Leicester Academy, Leicester
Leonard Scott Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa
Levi Parsons Library, Gloversville, N. Y. .
Levy, Simeon, Mexico ....
Lewis, Prof. H. Carville, Haverford, Pa.
Library Company of Philadelphia, Pa.
Lile & Pawcett, London, England
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Linnajan Society, Lancaster, Pa.
Little, Charles J., Ilarrisburg, Pa .
Littlefield, George E. ....
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Louisville, A'y., Board of Trade
Lovell, John W., New York City
Lovering, Henry B.,Z/2/ra»
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Lyman, Benjamin Smith, Northampton, .
Lyon, Charles E. F
McCartney, R. C
McCleary, Samuel F. ....
McKellar, Smiths & Jordan, Philadelphia, Pa.
McKenny, .Tames H., Washington, D.C. .
McVicker, J. H., Chicago, III. .
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Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society,
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Mann, B. Pickman, Washington, D.C
Marcy, Henry O., M.D
Marlborou":!!, Public Library
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Marshall, James P., Chelsea
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Md.
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Master Car Builders' Association, New York City
Maxwell, J. Audley ......
Maxwell, Mrs. S. B., Des Moines, Iowa .
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Meadville Theological School, Meadville, Pa. .
Mechanics' Institute, Sail Francisco, Cal.
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Mar
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Meek, Henry M., Salem .....
Melrose, Public Library .....
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Mercantile Library, JVew York City .
Mercantile Library Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
Michigan, State Library .....
Middleton, Jonas ......
Milwaukee, Wis., Public Library
Minneapolis Athengeum, Miniieapolis, Minn.
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn. .
Mississippi State Medical Association
Mitchell, Prof. Hinckley Gilbert ...
Moore George H., JVcw York City .
Moore, John B., Concord .....
Morse, Leopold .......
Morse Institute, Natick .....
Morton, John P., & Co., Louisville, Ky. .
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, South Hadley
Murdock, Lieut. J. B., Philadelphia, Pa.
Murpliy, John F. ..... .
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge .
Museum of Fine Arts .....
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New York Hi.-;torical Society, New York City .
New York, Lake Erie & Western K.R. Co., President's
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Norcross, Mrs. Otis ........
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Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, Chrisiiania,
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Noyes, Isaac P., Washington, D.C. .
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, Philadelphia, Pa. .
Nutting, Miss Mary E
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Ohio, State Library ........
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Olney, Peter B., New York City .....
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Oneida Historical Society, Utica, N.Y..
Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal
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Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio ....
Paine, Nathaniel, Worcester ......
Palmer, C. M., 3IinneaiJolis, Minn. ....
Pancoast, Henry S., Philadelphia, Pa. ....
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Parker, Henry J. ....... .
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Patton, John M., Ashland, Va. .....
Peabody Academy of Science, Salem ....
Peabody Library, Peabody ......
Peabody Museum of American Archseology and Ethnology,
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Pennington, J. A. .
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Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg
Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia
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Perkins, A. O., Santa Barbara, Cal.
Perkins Institution for the Blind
Perry, John S., Albany, N.Y. .
Perry, Miss Maria, New Ipswich, N.H.
Perry, Thomas S. ..... 2 broadsides
Perry, William S., D.D., Davenport, low
Pettee, Edward E
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Philadelphia City Institute .
Philadelphia Social Science Association
Phillips, Henry, yr., Philadelphia, Pa.
Phillips, Mrs. John C. . . .
Pickering, Prof. Edward C, Cambridge
Pickering, William H., Cambridge .
Pink, John, Cambridge, England
Plymouth, England, Free Public Library
Poole, William F., Chicago, III.
Pope, Albert A. ....
Porter, Rev. Edward G., Lexington .
Portsmouth, N.H., City of
Presbyterian Board of Publication, Philadelphia, Pa.
Prescott, F. A
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Putnam, F. W., Cambridge
Putnam's, G. P., Sons, N'ew York City
Pychamska, 3I)S. L. D., Hoboken, N.J.
Q. P. Index, Bangor, Me. .
Quebec, City of .
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Ramsay, Capt. F. M, Annapolis, Md.
Eanck, David H., Indianapolis, Ind.
Ranney, Ambrose A. ...
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Raymond, Mrs. Curtis B. .
Reale Istituto Lombardo, Milan, Italy
Redington, Lyman Williams, Rutland, Vt
Redwood Library, Newport, R.I.
Reeves, Charles F., State College, Pa.
Reynolds, John, Indianapolis, Ind. .
Rhode Island, Adjutant-General
Commissioner of Public Schools
Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, R
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Rice, Franklin P., Worcester
Rice, Harvey, Cleveland, Ohio .
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Royal Astronomical Society, London, England
Royal Society, Edinburgh. Scotland
Royal Society of Canada, Montreal, Canada
Russell, Samuel H. . .
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St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y. .
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Saint Nicholas Club, New York City
Salter, Edwin, Washington, D.C.
Sandoz & Fischbacher, Paris, France
Sanger, Charles Robert, Cambridge .
Sargent, John O., New York City
Satchell, Thomas, London, England
Sauveur, Dr. L. .....
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Schaffers, V., Antwerp, Belgium
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Scudder, Samuel H., Cambridge
Seeley, Montressor S., Woburn
Seidensticker, Oswald, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sewell, Robert, Madras, India .
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Shepard, Harvey N. .
Sherren, John A., Weymouth, England
Simms, Joseph, M.D. ....
Sinnickson, Robert, Trenton, N.J., 1 newspaper
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Smith, Amzi, Washington, D.C.
Smith, Benjamin G., Cambridge
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Snow, Edwin M., M.D., Providence, R.L
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Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety, London, Eng
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South Carolina, State Library .
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Stearns, George T., New York City
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Steele, Henry T., Chicago, III. .
Stenger, W. S., Harrisburg, Pa.
Stevens, Charles VV. .
Stevens, Miss H. G. .
Stevenson, William G., M.D., Poughkeepsie, N.
Stimson, R. M., Marietta, Ohio .
Stockport, England, Public Free Library
Stockwell, Thomas B., Providence, R.I.
Stratton, Charles E
Swan, Charles H., New York City .
Swansea, England, Borougli of.
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
Swift, Lindsay .....
Tancred, P
Tapper, Thomas, yr., Canton
Taunton, Public Library .
Taylor, Edward, Andover .
Technological, Industrial, and Sanitary Museum of
South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tenn
Thayer, Miss Caroline C. .
Thayer, Prof. J. B., Cambridge
Thayer & Son, East Somerville
Thomas, Prof. Allen C. , Ilaverford, Pa.
Thomas, L., Philadelphia, Pa.
Thompson, Augustus C, D.D. .
Thompson, Mrs. J. P., New Haven, Conn
Tileston, Miss Mary W., Salem
Titcomb, Miss Sarah E. . . .
Toledo, Ohio, Public Library .
Toronto, Canada, Public Library
Towne, Enocii H., Worcester
Townsend, Belton O'Neall, Florence, S. C.
Trenchard, Edward, New York City .
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
Truman, Joseph M., jr., Philadelphia, Pa
Tuckerman, Bayard, New York City
Tufts College, Medford .
Turner, Rev. D. K., Philadelphia, Pa
Tattle, J. H
Tuttle, Joseph F., D.D., Crawfordsville, Ind.
Tuttle, M. E
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Urbino, S. R. .
Van de Sande, Miss Mary F., Washington, D.C.
Van Name, A., New Haven, Conn. .
Vanos-Dewolf, M., Antwerp, Belgium
Varney, William H., Newport, R.I. .
Vaughan, J. C, Chicago, III.
Vermont, State Library
Verrill, Prof. A. E., New Haven, Conn.
Victoria Public Library and Museums, Melbourne
Australia .....
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APPENDIX X.
CIRCULATION.
(Books issued.)
Total Circulation.
Bates Hall.
LowEB Hall.
East Boston Branch.
South Boston Branch.
RoxBuBT Branch.
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59,373
114,329
373
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338,450
10,392
348,842
1,140
2,698
89,949
1,038
99,987
293
866
113,334
988
115,530
370
1,045
98,304
2,993
101,297
320
925
1877
306
1,140,572
3,727
8,348
66,832
74,786
141,618
463
930
392,995
12,737
405,732
1,326
2,439
101,022
1,605
102,627
335
902
131,969
3,210
135,179
430
1,075
140,059
6,770
146,829
477
1,190
1878
305
1,183,991
3,882
10,478
80,326
66,670
146,996
483
1,001
378,439
12,736
391,175
1,265
2,902
104,717
1,879
106,696
343
1,088
137,010
3,741
140,751
447
1,414
122,517
7,513
130,030
404
1,100
187»
308
1,180,565
3,833
8,747
74,627
89,163
163,790
632
926
350,521
12,672
363,193
1,179
2,085
95,887
2,794
c 98,681
320
916
115,509
3,335
c 118,844
603
1,200
123,492
6,397
129,889
403
1,013
1880
307
1,156,721
3,768
8,781
69,042
101,100
170,142
554
1,045
306,148
10,369
316,517
1,031
1,999
105,197
3,004
108,201
303
951
138,309
6,261
143,570
467
1,196
119,450
5,480
124,930
388
1,017
1881
304
1,065,081
3,504
8,637
68,609
96,764
165,373
547
1,046
257,692
9;271
■266,863
847
1,849
97,024
4,097
101,118
318
989
rj9,251
3,607
132,858
435
1,137
105,700
4,912
110,612
360
972
1888
303
1,040,553
3,434
8,170
63,782
103,540
167,322
552
1,052
239,601
11,191
250,792
828
1,670
88,901
7,073
e 95,974
328
868
125,409
4,077
129,486
426
1,074
101,534
4,739
106,273
347
876
188:l
306
1,045,902
3,418
8,209
66,948
113,127
160,075
583
1,181
163,811
32,119
195,930
640
1,301
92,833
8,107
100,940
329
876
121,939
4,472
126,411
413
1,062
105,797
6,728
112,525
370
906
1884
306
1,056,906
3,454
8,694
65,080
119,833
184,913
604
1,220
168,926
35,066
203,992
667
1,333
88,394
7,048
95,442
311
871
119,564
4,656
124,220
405
1,161
103,483
7,874
111,357
360
959
1885
304
1,027,393
3,380
7,977
78,630
124,134
202,764
667
1,210
150,826
32,768
183,594
606
1,186
75,710
8,747
384,457
325
855
123,570
5,096
128,666
423
1,145
93,350
7,830
106,180
349
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Chablbstown Branch.
Bbighton Branch.
Dobchesteb Branch.
South-End Branch.
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1877
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1,605
106,816
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1,960
29,793
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4,287
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26,737
26,406
26,067
1,698
1,859
1,574
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28,928
27,980
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56,786
65,690
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1,423
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64,974
59,673
56,710
55,188
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184
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177
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675
641
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41,303
73,154
77,016
71,432
1,099
2,713
2,275
2,530
42,402
75,867
79,291
73,962
28,174
50,457
2,106
2,503
2,220
2,311
86,925
73,302
78,682
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247
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242
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680
578
52,960
54,626
50,108
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47,797
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85,038
2,281
87,319
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2,292
27,444
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53,036
1,449
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144
561
61,453
10,283
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318
670
46,316
3,406
49,722
164
381
1883
84,560
2,744
87,.-!0i
285
775
25,965
2,295
28,257
92
273
65,678
1,880
67,558
219
650
76,472
17,778
94,250
808
774
44,758
4,379
49,137
161
411
3,515
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74,463
2,513
76,966
251
687
24,214
1,927
26,141
85
277
70,260
1,913
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237
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76,693
22,108
98,801
322
757
43,039
8,232
51,271
167
505
11,630
38
183
1885
69,181
2,360
71,541
235
587
22,683
2,209
24,892
82
255
71,863
1,630
73,502
242
633
68,362
22,495
90,857
299
676
41,526
9,666
51,192
168
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APPENDIX XIII.
BATES-HALL READING.
Classification.
English history, topography, hi-
ography, travel, aud polite lit-
erature
Atnerliran (North and South)
history, etc
French history, etc
German history, etc
Italian history, etc
Other history, topography, hiog-
raphy, travel, and polite litera-
ture
General and epochal history . .
Greek, Latin, and philology . .
Bibliography
Transactions
Periodicals
Fine arts
Natural history and science . . .
Theology, ecclesiastical history,
ethics, education, etc
Medicine
Law, government, and political
economy
Useful arts, mathematics, phys-
ics, etc
Miscellaneous
Percentage op Use.
13.2
11.8
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3.5
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8.9
3.8
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3.9
1.8
4.6
3.3
3.6
1.5
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3.5
8.7
3.7
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8.9
4.9
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12.2
5.3
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3.9
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3.6
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12.4
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3.9
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4.7
3.5
3.3
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3.7
8.4
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11.3
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3.5
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4.4
8.3
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LOWER HALL AND BRANCH READING.
(^Based upon the record of hooks returned*)
The figures give the relative per-
ceutiges.
Fiction and juveniles*
History and biography
Travels and voyages
Science, arts, fine and useful, the-
ology, law, medicine, professions .
Feriodicals
Foreign languages
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4
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4
6
4
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4.03
8.96
4.93
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The figures give the relative per-
centages.
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1884
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History and biograjihy
Travels and voyages
Science, arts, fine and useful, the-
ology, law, medicine, professions .
61.49
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4.57
9.47
6.11
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7.69
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2.75
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6.56
2.36
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Books taken out on white slips and returned the same day are not included.
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appe:n^dix XVIII.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
General Library
Accounts.
Binding
Boolia
Periodicals*
Catalogues (printing) . .
Expense
Fuel
Furniture (cabinets,
shelviiig, fixtures, etc.)
Gas
Printing (miscellaneous)
Stationery
Salaries
Transportation, Postage,
etc
Total
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Citj' appro-
priations.
$3,000
17,000
5,000
3,000
3,000
2,000
8,000
4,000
76,000
'2,000
$120,000
Expended.
$1,882 04
25,337 49
3,630 53
4,796 49
3,033 06
3.051 08
1.052 32
5,523 33
3,775 51
75,730 85
2,288 71
$130,101 41
Fellowes
Athenaeum.
$982 00
$982 00
Paid into City Treasury
from fines and sales of
catalogues.
Year.
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
Amouut.
$2,505 35
3,092 12
3,266 31
2,618 32
2,984 12
3,497 03
2,945 74
3,223 14
3,018 01
2,952 68
♦The appropriation for periodicals is included in that for books.
NOTB. — The expenditures for books cover the cost of those chargeable to the trust-
funds account, as well as those charged to the annual appropriations from the city, and also
include such as are bought with the balances with the foreign agents at the close of the
previous year. The financial and library years now nominally correspond, but it will happen
that bills accruing subsequently to the middle of March (when the last requisition of the year,
payable April 1st, is approved) will be audited in the subsequent year's account beginning
nominally May 1st. In this way books added between March 15th and May 1st may be
counted iu oue year's growth, and paid for in the subsequent year's account. The cost of
maintaining branches after the first year makes part of the general items of the several
appropriations.
The money for books bought on account of the Fellowes Athenaeum is spent under the
direction of the book committee of the trustees of the Fellowes fund.
Details for previous years can be found in Appendix XIX. to th" report for 1881.
NORTH-END BRANCH.
City Appropriation, §4,000. *
Salaries $672 48
Books 705 71
Expense 1,027 86
Amount actually expended $2,406 05
Balance of City appropriation $1,593 95
Expended for books 186 08
Balance $1,407 87
Books $415 08
Alterations and repairs . • 5u6 51
921 59
$486 28
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APPENDIX XX.
LIBRAKY SERVICE.
(April 30, 1886.) '
Name.
Mellen Chamberlain
James L. Whitney
Jos^ F. Garret . .
Louis F. Gray . , ,
Adelaide A. Nichols
Johu J. Eeenan . .
Total
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1869
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1885
Position, duties, etc.
Librarian and Clerk of the Cor^
poration ........
Principal Assistant Librarian
Registrar and Curator of Pa^
tents and Engravings
Librarian's Secretary ,
Auditor and Cashier ,
Librarian's Runner . ,
5a
James L. Whitney
William H. Foster .
Jose F. Garret . . .
Lindsa_y Swift . • .
Edward B. Hunt . .
Roxanna M. Eastman
Elizabeth T. Reed .
Frank C. Blaisdell .
Annie C. Miller . .
Edith C. Hine . . .
Ida W. Gould . . .
Card Cataldffiiet.
Harriet C. Blakb
Carrie K. Burnell .
Alice Browne . . .
Edward P. McLaughlin
ToUl
1869
1860
1875
1878
1883
1859
1873
1876
1881
1884
1884
1880
1881
1883
1884
Principal of the department
Assistant
Registrar, Curator of Patents
and Engravings and Assistant
Assistant
Assistant ,
Extra Assistant and Cataloguer
of U.S. Documents ....
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant in Patent-Room, etc. .
Curator
Curator of officers' card catalog,
Assistant
Runner
Public Library.
LIBRARY SERVICE. — Continued.
63
Name.
Harriet N. Pikje . .
Edith D. Fuller . . .
Agnes R. Dame . . .
Mary A. McQrath • .
J. F. Keefe
Total
1867
1879
1883
1868
1883
Position, duties, etc.
Chief Clerk . .
Associate Clerk
Assistant Clerk
Assistant . . .
Runner . . . .
•3>
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O
sa
o «
Appleton p. C. GRirriN .
William Roffe
John S. Morrison
George W. Hope
Total
1865
1881
1882
1884
Custodian
Asst. in charge of repairs, etc.
Assistant
Runner .....
Arthur Mason Knapp
Lydia F. Knowles . . .
Louise A. Twickler . .
Agnes C. Doyle ....
W. Maynard L. Young .
Florence Richards . . .
John H. Reardon . . .
Thomas E. Taff ....
Daniel J. Murphy . . .
Daniel J. Dwyer ....
Total
1875
1867
1881
1885
1878
1878
1882
1884
1885
1885
Librarian of Bates Hall
Delivery Clerk ....
Receiving Clerk ...
Assistant
Clerk of the Branches
Assistant
Runner
Runner .
Runner .
Runner
Edward Tiffany . •
Mary A. Jenkins . . .
William F. Robinson .
Thomas H. Cummings
Caroline E. J. Poree .
Sarah A. Mack ....
Eliza J. Mack ....
Annie M. Kennedy . .
Annie G. Shea ....
Mary Sheridan ....
Rebecca J. Briggs . .
1878
1877
1872
1879
1859
1863
1863
1869
1874
1880
1881
Librarian of Lower Hall . . .
Assistant Librarian
Clerk for registration and fines
Curator of Lower Hall card
catiilogue
Reading-room Clerk
Delivery Clerk . • .
Receiving Clerk . .
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
64
City Document No. 105.
LIBRARY SERVICE. — Continued.
Name.
Julia C. Twickler .
Esther Nurenberg .
Agnes C. Murray . .
Eleanor J. Briggs .
John J. Butler . . .
Evening Service.
Louis F. Gray . . . .
J. E. Tisdale
William Roffe . . .
Catherine McGrath .
William L. Day . .
Calvin A. Jones . .
Henry L. Jouve . .
Freeman L. Zittel .
Thomas Murray . .
Total
William E. Ford . . .
William F. Adams . . ,
John White
William Monahan . . .
Extra daily As»i8tants.
Total
1882
1883
1885
1885
1878
1881
1884
1884
1873
1881
1884
1885
1885
1885
1858
1879
1880
18S3
Position, duties, etc.
Assistant . . . .
Assistant . . . .
Runner . . . .
Runner . . . .
Care of shelves .
Card Catalogue .
Registration Clerk and Sunday
service
Reading-room .
Receiving Clerk
Runner ....
Runner
Runner
Runner
Runner
Janitor ,
Night Watchman ,
Porter
Porter ,
3 o
16
Andrew M. Blakk
Frank Ryder . . • . .
P. B. Sanford ...
Wm. Hemstead . .
William F. Sampson
Arthur Siguere . , .
Sarah E. Bowen • .
Martha M. Wheeler
Mary G. Moriarty .
Sarah J. Dumas . .
Mary J. Morton . .
Mary Roslund . . .
John F. Murphy . .
Total
1870
1883
1879
1883
1880
1881
1876
1869
1875
1881
1881
1883
1883
Foreman
Extra Forwarder .
Finisher
Pressman . . . ,
Forwarder . . . ,
Forwarder . . . .
Forewoman . . .
Sewer
Sewer . .
Sewer . . ,
Sewer' . .
Sewer . . ,
Apprentice
Public Library.
LIBRARY SERVICE. — Continued.
65
Position, duties, etc.
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Sarah C. Godbold ,
Mary R. Pray . . .
Alice M. Wing . . .
Mary E. Cathcart . .
E. L. Lennon . . . ,
Adelia H. Ghen . .
Anna B. Rollins . .
Anna C. Carstensen
Mildred S. Brown .
George H. Hosea . .
Total
1871.
1870.
1872.
1870.
1881.
1876.
1882.
1884.
1885.
1873.
Librarian . . .
Assistant . . .
Assistant . . .
Assistant . . .
Extra Assistant
Extra Runner .
Extra Runner .
Extra Runner .
Extra Runner .
Janitor
N. Josephine Bullard .
Ellen A. Eaton
Idalene L. Sampson . . ,
Mary E. Watson
Reata Watson ,
Lilla F. Davis
Emmie W. Bragdon . .
Maude McLaughlin . . . ,
Maria A. Hudson . . . .
Alice B. Orcutt
Joseph Baker
Total
1883.
1872.
1877.
1873.
1877.
ISSl.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1884.
1872.
Librarian
Registration Clerk
Delivery Clerk . .
Receiving Clerk .
Assistant ....
Extra Assistant .
Extra Assistant .
Extra Runner . .
Extra Runner . .
Extra Runner . .
Janitor
Sarah Bunker .
Helen M. Bell . .
Elizabeth C. Berry ,
Helen R. Crowell . ,
Dora Puffer . . . .
Katie R. Albert .
Mary A. Dowd . .
Sarah W. Griggs .
Mary Griffith . . .
Charles R. Curtis .
Total
1876.
1878.
1877.
1882.
1878.
1883
1884
1884
1885
1873
Librarian . . .
Assistant . . . .
Assistant . . . .
Assistant . . . .
Assistant . . . .
Extra Assistant
Extra Assistant
Runner . . . .
Runner . . . .
Janitor
66
City Document No. 105.
LIBRARY SmiYICE. — Continued.
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Name.
Position, duties, etc.
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Cornelius 8. Cart£e . .
Annie E. Eberle
Mary P. Swaiu
Alice G. Willoughby . . .
8i>8an E. Livermore . . .
Lydia E. Eberle
Emma L. Willoughby . .
Thomas E. Smith ....
Total
1870
1874
1878
1882
1879
1881
1882
1874
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
<
1
^
§
1
5
s
Mart E. Brock
Mary F. Grailey
Sara R. Broek
James M. Brock
Total
1875
1880
1880
1878
1
1
1
1
§
^
o
1
3
1
4
Mart G. Coffin ....
Mary J. Sheridan ....
Lucy Adelaide Watson . .
Frances Willard Pike . .
A. M. Mansfield
Edward Davenport ....
Total
1874
1875
1880
1881
1882
1874
1
1
1
1
1
1
■c;
a
S
1
6
Cl
6
Grace A. De Borges . .
Maud M. Morse
Margaret A. Sheridan . .
Mary Arkinson
Peter Sheridan
Frank Hathaway
Total
1880
1877
1875
1881
18S4
1884
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
<
5
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f^
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5
6
Public Library.
LIBKARY SERVICE. — Concluded.
67
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Position, duties, etc.
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Eliza R. Davis ....
Anna J. Barton
Nellie F. Ritey
Margaret 8. Barton ....
Timothy Johnson ....
Total
1877
1876
1878
1882
1877
s
Assistant
c
a
4
^
Eliza R. Davis
Catherine G. J. Mooney .
J. P. Fleming
Total ...
1882
18S2
1882
1
1
1
3
^<
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Janitor
^
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Mary A. Hill
Julia W. Richards ....
Harriet L. Atkinson . . .
Grace E. Poware
Total
1875
1884
1882
1884
Custodian, Lower Mills . . .
Custodian, West Roxbury . .
Custodian, Mattapan
Custodian, Neponset
1
1
1
1
4
4
68
City Document No. 105.
Librarian, Register, Secretary, Auditoi
, anc
Runner
5
1
Catalogue department
13
1
Purchase and Entry department .
5
Central Library
Shelf department .
4
70 regulars.
Bates Hall circulation department
10
■ 10 extras.
Lower Hall circulatio
n department,
day
—
evening, and Sunday
service
16
9
80 in all.
Janitor's department
4
Bindery
13
,
East Boston Branch
5
5'
Soutli Boston branch
,
6
5
Roxbury brancli .
6
4
Branches.
Cliarlestown branch
5
3
46 regulars.
Brighton branch .
3
1
^ 20 extras.
Dorchester branch
5
1
—
South-End branch
5
1
66
Jamaica Plain branch
.
4
North-End branch
.
3
Deliveries
•
4
Totals .
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116
30
30
Grand total .
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AGE
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Messrs. W. B. Clarke «& Carruth, Boston.
Mr. Edward G. Allen (for English patents), London.
Messrs. N. Triibner & Co., London.
Mr. F. W. Christern, and M. Charles Reinwald, New York and Paris.
Deuerlich'sche Buchhandlung, Oottingen.
Signorina Giulia Alberi, Florence.
Seiior Don Juan E. Riaiio, Madrid.
Public Library.
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1,999
3,164
3,115
2,127
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1,936
2,858
1,211
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5,130
1,710
2,821
2,625
1,702
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1,508
2,142
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96
138
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164
188
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327
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