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R.  D.  S. 


THIRTY- EIGHTH 


ANNUAL    EEPOKT. 


1889. 


[Document  43  — 1890.] 


CITY  OF 


BOSTON. 


THIRTY-EIGHTH   REPORT 

or  THE 

TRUSTEES  OF  THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

18  9  0. 


The  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston 
have  the  honor  to  present  to  the  City  Council  their  thirty  - 
eighth  annual 

REPORT. 

The  Trustees  are  required  by  the  City  Ordinances  to> 
''appoint  annually  an  Examining  Committee  of  not  less  than 
five  persons,  not  members  of  the  Board,  who,  together  with 
one  of  the  Board,  shall  examine  the  Library  and  make  to 
the  Board  a  report  of  its  condition."  During  the  past  few 
years,  in  order  to  secure  a  thorough  examination  of  the 
Library,  they  have  given  much  thoughtful  consideration  to 
the  constitution  and  appointment  of  this  committee.  The 
committee  appointed  last  year  (1888),  in  their  annual  report 
oomplained  "  that  they  felt  themselves  handicapped  :  first, 
by  the  fact  that  they  were  entirely  new  to  the  service  ;  and 
second,  by  the  narrow  limit  of  the  time  to  which  their  work 
was  necessarily  restricted."  The  Trustees  appreciated  the 
justice  of  this  complaint,  and  in  order  to  secure  an  experi- 
enced committee,  and  to  give  that  committee,  when  appointed, 
all  possible  time  for  their  work,  they  reappointed  early  in 
January,  as  members  of  the  new  committee,  all  those  who 
had  served  on  that  of  the  previous  year.  Some  of  these,  for 
different  reasons,  declined  to  serve  another  year,  and  their 
places  were  filled  by  new  appointments.  As  finally  consti- 
tuted, the  committee  consisted  of  Mrs.  Abba  Goold  Woolson, 


2  City  Document  No.  48. 

Miss  Alice  Lee,  Mr.  J.  Wingate  Kollins,  Rev.  Theodore  A. 
Metcalf,  Mr.  Charles  Henry  Parker,  Dr.  Harold  Williams, 
Rev.  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  D.D.,  Mr.  George  W.  Evans, 
Mr.  Harvey  N.  Shepard,  Mr.  Arthur  B.  Ellis,  Mr.  John 
Heard,  Jr.,  with  Hon.  F.  O.  Prince,  of  the  Trustees,  as 
chairman.  The  result  of  their  investigations  as  embodied  in 
their  report  to  the  Trustees  is  presented  herewith. 

The  Trustees  have  very  carefully  considered  this  report, 
and  fully  appreciate  the  great  value  of  the  practical  recom- 
mendations contained  in  it.  Many  of  them  will  be  acted 
upon  at  once,  but  as  to  others,  action  may  have  to  be  de- 
ferred for  the  present. 

Owing  to  the  change  of  hours  in  Bates  Hall  made  late  in  the 
year,  the  scientific  and  historical  volumes  in  that  collection 
are  now  accessible  to  the  public  during  as  many  hours  as  they 
would  be  if  in  the  Lower  Hall.  There  has  been  of  late 
years  a  tendency  to  regard  the  Lower  Hall  as  a  branch  of  the 
Central  Library  rather  than  as  an  integral  part  of  it.  In 
point  of  fact,  however,  this  hall  was  established  and  has  been 
maintained  for  the  sake  of  convenience,  and  to  keep  the 
more  popular  and  more  constantly  used  books  where  they 
could  be  more  easily  given  out  by  the  attendants.  At 
present  the  force  in  Hates  Hall  can  supply  the  demand  for 
the  class  of  books  mentioned.  For  these  reasons  the 
Trustees  think  it  would  be  best  to  defer  action  for  the 
present  upon  the  first  recommendation  of  the  committee. 

The  Trustees  will  act  at  once  upon  the  recommendation  in 
regard  to  the  ventilation  of  the  Lower  Hall.  It  seems  to 
them,  however,  that  it  is  very  doubtful  if  anything  can  make 
any  improvement  in  the  condition  of  this  room.  A  great 
number  of  attempts  have  been  made  to  ventilate  it,  but  none 
have  thus  far  been  successful. 

The  Trustees  would  respectfully  call  the  attention  of*  the 
City  Council  to  the  remarks  of  the  Examining  Committee 
upon  the  condition  of  the  South  End  Branch,  and  to  the 
changes  recommended.  This  is  a  very  large  and  useful 
branch,  and  certainly  deserves  to  have  better  quarters  than 
those  at  present  occupied  by  it.  The  Trustees  would  gladly 
carry  out  the  suggestions  of  the  Examining  Committee,  if  it 

■J  ~0  O  7 

were  possible  for  them  to  do  so  with  the  funds  at  their  dis- 
posal. As  it  is,  nothing  can  be  done  without  the  aid  of  a 
special  appropriation. 

The  committee  recommend  that  reading-rooms  be  estab- 
lished tr  in  connection  with  those  delivery  stations  not  so 
provided."  This  matter  is  respectfully  referred  to  the  City 
Council,  as  the  Trustees  have  no  funds  at  their  disposal  that 
can  be  applied  for  this  purpose.     The   present   number   of 


Public  Library.  3 

reading-rooms  cannot  be  increased  without  a  considerable  ad- 
dition to  the  annual  appropriations. 

The  question  of  providing  suitable  apparatus  for  protec- 
tion against  fire  in  the  different  branches  has  been  carefully 
considered  by  the  Trustees.  Most  of  the  branch  libraries 
and  delivery  stations  are  in  buildings  that  are  not  under  their 
control,  and  are  so  situated  that  they  must  be  left  to  the  gen- 
eral protection  afforded  by  the  fire  department  of  the  city. 
During  the  year  the  Trustees  have  called  the  attention  of 
the  City  Council  to  the  situation  of  the  Charlestown  Branch, 
and  have  suggested  the  advisability  of  insuring  this  collec- 
tion, which  is  very  valuable.  In  the  light  of  recent  events 
they  have  felt  called  upon  to  make  some  considerable  expen- 
diture in  order  to  insure  the  greatest  possible  protection  for 
the  Central  Library,  as  this  collection,  which  is  of  inestimable 
value,  is  in  a  peculiarly  exposed  condition. 

Administration. 

The  details  of  the  administration  of  the  Library  during 
the  past  year  will  be  found  in  the  report  of  the  Librarian, 
submitted  herewith  and  in  the  various  appendixes  accompa- 
nying it.  The  report  shows  that  there  has  been  a  very 
gratifying  increase  in  the  general  circulation.  The  whole 
number  of  books  and  periodicals  used  exceeds  that  of  any 
previous  year  in  the  history  of  the  Library.  Some  years 
ago  the  Trustees  made  a  determined  effort,  that  has  been 
steadily  maintained,  to  raise  the  standard  of  the  books  sup- 
plied to  the  public.  At  first  their  policy  resulted  in  a  con- 
siderable decrease  in  the  circulation,  but  the  call  for  the 
better  class  of  books  has  constantly  increased,  until  during 
the  present  year  the  use  of  the  Library  has  been  greater  than 
ever  before.  This  result  is  very  gratifying,  as  showing  a 
growing  demand  for  wholesome  literature. 

On  the  16th  of  December  Bates  Hall  was  for  the  first  time 
in  the  history  of  the  Library  opened  to  the  public  in  the 
evening.  During  the  few  remaining  evenings  of  the  year 
the  number  of  persons  who  availed  themselves  of  the  privi- 
leges thus  offered,  while  not  sufficient  materially  to  affect  the 
volume  of  circulation  for  the  year,  was  large  enough  to 
assure  the  success  of  the  experiment.  Thus  far  the  attend- 
ants in  the  evening  have  been  taken  from  the  regular  day 
force ;  but  it  soon  will  be  necessary  to  employ  persons  for 
this  service  only. 

The  accessions  of  books  during  the  year  amounted  to 
22,932,  and  the  total  number  of  books  in  the  Library  on 
December  31,  after  deducting  books  lost  and  condemned,  was 
520,508. 


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The  total  number  of  books  and  periodicals  issued  during 
the  year  was  1,772,487,  and  of  this  number  but  44  have  not 
been  recovered  from  borrowers.  In  other  words,  the  loss 
has  been  but  1  in  40,284.  Considering  how  freely  books 
are  permitted  to  circulate,  this  is  certainly  a  very  remarkable 
result.  Judging  from  the  experience  of  the  past  years,  it  is 
safe  to  assume  that  many  of  the  books  reported  as  missing 
will  be  recovered.  In  most  cases  failure  to  return  books  is 
attributable  to  death,  change  of  residence,  fire,  and  other 
causes  of  a  like  nature,  rather  than  to  the  dishonesty  of  bor- 
rowers. During  the  past  year  one  book  was  returned  from 
Kansas  that  had  been  missing  from  the  shelves  for  thirty 
years.  It  will  be  seen  upon  examination  of  Appendix  XVI. 
that  the  percentage  of  losses  has  steadily  decreased.  This 
would  seem  to  indicate  an  increased  appreciation  of  the  privi- 
leges afforded  by  the  Library  and  a  desire  not  to  abuse  them. 
The  general  condition  of  books  that  have  circulated  is  very 
good,  considering  the  constant  use  to  which  they  are  sub- 
jected. Cases  of  malicious  mutilation  or  injury  are  ex- 
tremely rare,  —  not  more  than  five  or  six  such  cases  having 
been  reported  during  the  past  year.  Of  course  many  books 
show  marks  of  constant  use,  and  many  have  been  worn  out 
in  service.  In  general,  persons  using  the  Library  treat  the 
books  as  carefully  as  they  would  their  own  property.  There 
is,  nevertheless,  one  matter  to  which  the  public  attention 
should  be  directed,  and  that  is  to  the  selfish  but  not  un- 
common habit — due,  probably,  to  thoughtlessness  or  vanity 
of  a  certain  class  of  readers  —  of  underlining  passages  and 
making  pencil  comments  in  margins.  Offenders  in  this 
respect  seem  to  forget  that  such  marks  deface  the  pages,  and 
annoy  sensible  readers.  This  is  the  single  exception  to  the 
general  good  treatment  of  books  lent. 

Although  a  careful  investigation  fails  to  show  that  any  dis- 
ease has  been  spread  by  means  of  library  books,  the  Trustees, 
through  perhaps  excess  of  caution,  have  during  the  year 
made  arrangements  whereby  the  Board  of  Health  reports  to 
them  all  the  houses  in  which  there  is  any  contagious  disease, 
so  that  books  and  cards  that  are  returned  from  such  houses 
can  be  withdrawn  from  circulation  and  disinfected. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  year  it  was  found  necessary  to 
provide  additional  shelf- room  for  books  at  the  Central  Li- 
brary. After  careful  consideration  it  was  decided  that  tem- 
porary relief  could  be  obtained  by  moving  the  Patent  Library 
to  the  tine-art-  room  in  the  lower  part  of  the  building,  and 
by  utilizing  for  bound  volumes  the  room  occupied  by  pam- 
phlets. To  do  this  required  a  considerable  expenditure  for 
moving,  shelving,  and  binding.      As  no  money  was  available 


Public  Library.  5 

for  this  purpose  from  the  annual  appropriation,  a  special  ap- 
propriation was  made  by  the  City  Council.  It  is  hoped  that 
the  space  thus  gained  will  he  sufficient  for  the  needs  of  the 
Library  until  the  new  building  is  ready  for  occupancy.  The 
change  in  the  location  of  the  Patent  Library  renders  the 
valuable  collection  of  patent  specifications  more  easy  of  ac- 
cess for  the  public. 

Finances. 

A  detailed  statement  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  for 
the  administration  of  the  Library  during  the  past  year  will  be 
found  in  Appendix  No.  XVII.,  on  page  56.  The  customary 
detailed  estimate  of  the  sum  necessary  for  the  proper  adminis- 
tration of  the  Library  for  the  financial  year  1889-90,  amounting 
to  $144,375,  was  submitted  to  the  City  Council  in  February. 
This  estimate  was  the  result  of  long  and  careful  considera- 
tion of  the  subject  by  the  Trustees.  They  believed  then,  and 
they  still  believe,  that  this  was  the  smallest  sum  for  which 
the  Library  could  be  properly  and  efficiently  administered. 
The  City  Council  reduced  this  estimate  by  $20,000,  and 
made  the  appropriation  for  the  year  only  $124,375.  In  this 
sum  is  included  the  rents  of  branches  and  delivery  stations, 
amounting  to  $5,875,  and  the  cost  of  repairs,  amounting  to 
$'3, 100,  —  two  items  of  expense  that  before  1888  were  not  paid 
from  the  sum  appropriated  for  the  Library,  —  leaving  avail- 
able for  current  expenses,  $115,400.  In  1879  the  amount 
appropriated  for  current  expenses  was  $120,000.  The  num- 
ber of  books  then  in  the  Library  was  345,734,  and  the 
number  of  persons  employed  was  141.  Since  that  time  there 
have  been  established  three  reading-rooms  and  six  delivery 
stations ;  the  number  of  books  has  increased  to  520,508  ; 
Bates  Hall  has  been  opened  in  the  evening,  and  the  demands 
upon  the  Library  from  every  source  have  constantly  in- 
creased ;  but  in  spite  of  all  this  increase  in  the  work  re- 
quired, the  number  of  persons  employed  is  at  present  only 
142.  It  can  be  readily  seen  that,  unless  a  larger  sum  of  money 
is  put  at  the  disposal  of  the  Trustees,  the  efficiency  of  the  in- 
stitution will  be  seriously  impaired.  The  Examining  Commit- 
tee appreciate  the  inadequacy  of  the  means  at  the  disposal  of 
the  Trustees  for  work  required  of  them,  and  express  regret 
that  "  the  appropriation  should  not  be  large  enough  to  enable 
them  to  extend  still  further  the  usefulness  of  the  Library." 

The  New  Library  Building. 

The  detailed  statement  of  the  work  done  and  the  amount 
expended  upon  the  new  building  in  Copley  square  during 


6  City  Document  No.  48. 

the    past   year  will  be  found  in  the  annexed  report  of  the 
Clerk  of  the  Works. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  year  the  Legislature  author- 
ized the  City  to  borrow  $1,000,000,  outside  of  the  debt 
limit,  for  the  purpose  of  the  continuation  of  the  work 
upon  this  building.  In  the  act  authorizing  this  loan  it  was 
made  the  duty  of  the  Trustees  to  sell  the  land  and  building 
now  occupied  by  the  Central  Library  on  or  before  the  matur- 
ity of  the  loan,  and  to  pay  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  lo  the 
Sinking -Fund  Commissioners,  to  constitute  a  sinking-fund 
against  the  indebtedness  incurred  under  the  act.  The 
amount  of  the  loan  authorized  was  considerably  less  than 
was  asked  for  03-  the  Trustees,  and  will  not  be  enough  to 
enable  them  to  complete  the  building.  Bids  for  the  stone 
and  brick  masonry  necessary  for  the  completion  of  the  build- 
ing were  advertised  for  in  May  ;  but  all  the  bids  made, 
being  found  unsatisfactory,  were  rejected,  and  new  bids 
then  asked  for.  In  the  new  competition  Messrs.  Wood- 
bury &  Leighton  were  awarded  the  contract.  The  Trustees 
have  every  reason  to  be  satisfied  with  the  work,  which  is 
subjected  to  the  most  thorough  and  careful  inspection  at 
all  stages.  During  the  winter  it  was  thought  advisable 
to  suspend  work,  but  since  it  has  been  resumed  the  building 
has  been  carried  up  as  rapidly  as  was  considered  advisable, 
in  view  of  the  nature  of  the  ground  and  the  massiveness  of 
the  structure.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  building  will  be 
roofed  in  by  the  first  of  January,   1891. 

SAMUEL   A.    B.    ABBOTT, 
HENRY  W.   HAYNES, 
FREDERICK    O.    PRINCE, 
PHINEAS   PIERCE. 
WILLIAM   R.    RICHARDS, 

Trustees. 


Public  Library. 


REPORT  OF  THE   EXAMINING   COMMITTEE,   1889. 

The  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  Public  Library  in 
its  various  departments  and  relations  for  the  year  1889 
respectfully  present  the  following 

REPORT. 

The  work  having  been  appointed  to  various  sub-committees 
at  as  early  a  period  in  the  year  as  was  practicable,  each  sub- 
committee has  done  its  work  independently,  and,  for  the  most 
part,  by  individual  investigation,  without  waiting  upon  a 
chairman's  call.  The  experience  of  the  preceding  year  was 
found  to  have  been  of  great  service  in  familiarizing  the  mem- 
bers  of  the  committee  personally  with  the  various  depart- 
ments of  the  work  of  the  Library,  and  both  time  and  labor 
could  be  used  more  efficiently.  It  is  only  just  to  say  that 
increased  experience  has  given  to  the  committee  a  more  ad- 
equate apprehension  of  the  number  and  magnitude  of  the 
difficulties  to  be  encountered  in  the  administration  of  such  an 
institution  as  the  Boston  Public  Library,  and  a  better  appre- 
ciation of  the  wisdom,  patience,  and  fidelity  of  those  who 
are  conducting  it.  Your  committee  would  find  it  not  diffi- 
cult to  discover  room  for  suggestions  equal  in  number  and 
importance  to  those  which  were  made  last  year ;  but  pro- 
tracted observation  does  not  always  increase  the  observer's 
confidence  in  the  value  of  his  own  judgment ;  and  it  quite 
as  often  turns  out  true  as  otherwise,  that  there  are  good 
reasons  for  things  being  as  they  are. 

In  making  the  following  suggestions  the  committee  realize 
fully  the  two  great  restrictive  conditions  under  which  the 
work  of  the  Library  is  at  present  conducted  :  the  straitness 
of  room  and  the  want  of  money.  The  one  difficulty  bein  r 
obviated  by  removal  to  the  new  building,  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  new  dignity  of  the  Library  will  inspire  the  generosity 
of  civic  pride  ;  and  so  the  second  difficulty  will  disappear  in 
the  wake  of  the  first.  It  will  then  be  in  order  to  press  sug- 
gestions of  all  possible  improvement. 

Lower   Hall. 

Upon  the  character  and  efficiency  of  the  general  aid  ren- 
dered by  the  employees,  your  committee  have  only  praise  to 
bestow.     They   have   been   impressed   with  the  interest  and 


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devotion  shown  to  the  work  of  the  Library  and  the  accom- 
modation of  the  public.  It  is,  in  fact,  from  actual  contact 
with  those  who  use  the  privileges  of  the  Library  that  the 
committee  feel  justified  in  suggesting  that  it  would  foster  a 
growing  interest,  and  lead  to  a  higher  standard  of  the  books 
supplied,  if  duplicates  of  some  of  the  scientific  and  historical 
volumes,  much  inquired  for,  and  solely  supplied  from  Bates 
Hall,  could  be  purchased  for  the  Lower  Hall.  The  growing- 
interest  in  electrical  science  among  the  better-informed  and 
more  ambitious  of  our  mechanics,  and  an  apparent  desire  for 
increased  facilities  for  historical  reading,  on  the  part  of  ap- 
plicants for  books  in  the  Lower  Hall,  would  seem  to  justify 
some  change  in  this  direction. 

A  second  suggestion,  which  your  committee  would  respect- 
fully submit,  is  in  regard  to  the  ventilation  of  the  reading- 
room,  concerning  which  complaints  have  been  made.  While 
it  is  not  advisable,  in  view  of  removal,  to  incur  great  expense 
in  this  direction,  it  has  occurred  to  the  committee  that  a 
simple  and  effective  improvement  could  be  made  by  raising 
the  lower  sashes  of  the  windows  two  or  three  inches,  and 
rilling  the  opening  with  a  strip  of  wood  fitted  for  the  purpose, 
containing  one  or  two  apertures  or  funnels,  to  be  opened  or 
closed  as  convenience  might  dictate.  This  would  have  a  cor- 
responding opening  between  the  meeting  rails  in  the  middle 
of  the  window,  through  which  a  current  of  air  enters  and  is 
directed  towards  the  ceiling  as  the  hot  air  ascends.  Or,  pos- 
sibly, a  better  result  might  be  reached  by  ventilating-hoods 
attached  to  the  top  of  the  sash.  The  air  is  poisoned  so  rap- 
idly, where  so  many  people  congregate,  that  it  soon  becomes 
unfit  for  breathing:  and  any  remedy  that  will  tend  to  obvi- 
ate this  in  any  degree  would  seem  to  be  justified,  especially  if 
the  cost  is  not  great. 

Bates  Hall. 

The  examination  of  Bates  Hall  discloses,  as  last  year,  the 
fact  that  this  department  is  more  and  more  becoming  a  li- 
brary of  consultation  and  reference,  and  less  of  circulation. 
The  committee  are  gratified  with  the  endeavor  which  has 
been  made  during  the  year  to  keep  the  Hall  open  during  the 
(■veiling,  and  trust  that  the  success  of  the  attempt  may  be 
such  as  to  warrant  its  continuance.  Your  committee  are 
also  unanimous  in  the  opinion  that  it  would  be  worth  while 
to  open  the  Hall  for  some  hours  on  Sunday  afternoons. 

Branches. 

Upon  the  Branch  Libraries  your  committee  report,  that 
with   a   single    exception   the   condition   of  the    branches  is 


Public  Library.  !) 

highly  satisfactory,  and  that  their  usefulness  is  demonstrated 
beyond  question  by  their  steadily  increasing  patronage. 
The  exception  referred  to,  it  is  needless  to  state,  is  the  South- 
End  Branch.  In  their  report  of  last  year  the  Trustees  say 
"  they  recognize  the  fact  that  the  room  of  the  South-End 
Branch  is  not  what  it  should  be,  but  it  was  the  best  that 
could  be  found  when  the  library  was  installed  there,  and 
there  are  at  present  no  funds  available  with  which  to  procure 
a  better  one."  In  the  opinion  of  your  committee  the  condi- 
tion of  this  branch  is  such  as  to  demand  immediate  im- 
provement. At  its  inception  it  is  easy  to  see  how  these 
quarters  were  well  chosen  and  sufficient.  But  at  the  present 
time,  with  its  increasing  patronage,  it  is  unsatisfactory  in 
the  extreme.  It  is  located  in  a  basement  or  cellar;  is 
lighted  by  gas,  which  is  frequently  used  in  the  daytime,  and 
is  heated  by  steam.  As  a  consequence,  and  because  of  the 
largely  increased  patronage,  the  air  of  the  place  is  terrible,  and 
can  only  be  changed  by  opening  the  windows,  which  are  on  the 
level  of  the  sidewalk.  The  readers  and  attendants  are  thus 
subjected  to  draughts  and  to  the  insults  of  boys  who  congre- 
gate at  the  open  windows  ;  annoyances  which  to  be  fully 
realized  must  be  once  experienced.  It  is  also  the  opinion  of 
your  committee  that  the  situation  of  the  present  Branch  is 
not  sufficiently  central  for  the  population  it  is  intended  to 
supply,  and  that  it  is  too  near  the  new  building;  that,  estab- 
lished for  the  convenience  of  a  population  largely  composed 
of  citizens  of  foreign  extraction  and  engaged  in  manufactur- 
ing pursuits,  foreign  publications  and  the  "  Scientific  Ameri- 
can "  should  be  added  to  its  periodical  lists.  With  a  view  to 
securing  these  changes,  your  committee  urgently  recommends 
that  a  special  appropriation  be  solicited  for  the  complete 
reorganization  of  this  Branch,  and  if  this  prove  successful  it 
suggests  that  the  introduction  of  the  electric  light  would  do 
much  towards  ameliorating  the  condition  of  this  Branch. 

In  regard  to  the  North-End  Branch,  your  committee  is  not 
in  favor  of  increasing  its  library  at  the  present  time.  But  it 
would  suggest  that  the  experiment  might  be  tried  of  furnish- 
ing the  librarian  with  certain  of  the  duplicates  now  lying 
disused  in  the  Main  Library,  the  same  to  be  issued  by  her  at 
her  disci  etion  for  home  use  among  persons  not  now  entitled 
to  enjoy  the  privilege  of  the  home  use  of  books,  the  inten- 
tion being  to  restore  to  usefulness  those  books  which  are 
now  of  no  value  to  any  one,  to  encourage  home  reading  in 
that  portion  of  our  population  most  likely  to  be  benefited  by 
education,  and  possibly  to  relieve  in  a  measure  the  somewmat 
crowded  condition  of  the  reading-room.  Your  committee 
would  further  suggest  that  reading-rooms  be  established  in 

CO  o 


10  City  Document  No.  48. 

connection  with  those  delivery  stations  not  so  provided, 
and  that  suitable  apparatus  for  protection  against  fire  be 
furnished  to  all  the  branches  and  delivery  stations. 

Administration  and   Finance. 

In  respect  of  administration  and  finance,  your  committee 
report  that  there  is  nothing  further  to  say  upon  this  subject 
than  to  applaud  the  action  of  the  Trustees  upon  the  expen- 
diture of  the  funds  at  their  disposal,  and  to  regret  that  the 
appropriation  should  not  be  large  enough  to  enable  them  to 
still  further  extend  the  usefulness  of  the  Library. 

Public   Schools. 

As  to  the  relation  of  the  Library  to  the  public  schools, 
your  committee  suggest  to  the  Trustees  that  the  School 
Committee  be  requested  to  furnish  to  the  Library,  free  of 
charge,  a  complete  set  of  all  the  books  and  publications 
provided  by  them  for  the  use  of  scholars  in  the  public 
schools. 

Any  report  which  the  committee  could  make  on  the 
Patent -room  Department  of  the  Library  for  1881)  would  be 
but  a  repetition  of  the  very  full  one  printed  last  year  ;  and  as 
the  suggestions  made  at  that  time,  although  approved  by  the 
Trustees,  cannot  be  carried  out  for  want  of  funds,  we  think 
it  advisable  to  report  merely,  that  the  department  is  being 
developed  slowly,  according  to  the  lines  laid  out  at  that 
time.  The  new  acquisitions  made  on  the  recommendation 
of  Mr.  Heard  are  few,  and  form  part  of  the  Librarian's  gen- 
eral statement. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

SAM'L  E.  HERRICK, 
ABBA   GOOLD   WOOLSOtf, 
JOHN    HEARD,    Jr., 
HAROLD    WILLIAMS, 
HARVEY   X.    SHEPARD, 
J.    WINGATE   ROLLINS, 
ALICE   LEE, 

CHARLES   HENRY   PARKER, 
GEO.    W.    EVANS, 
ARTHUR   B.    ELLIS. 

The  lie  v.  Theodore  A.  Metcalf,  of  the  Committee,  is  absent  from  the  country. 


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LIBRARIAN'S    REPORT. 

To  the  Trustees :  — 

In  preparing  my  annual  report,  herewith  respectfully 
submitted,  I  have  followed  the  customary  order  in  pre- 
senting subjects,  and  the  usual  statistics  are  to  be  found 
appended. 

Growth  of  the  Library. 

The  accessions  of  books  by  purchase,  or  by  gift,  have  been 
22.932,  a  somewhat  larger  number  than  were  added  the  pre- 
vious year,  but  of  these  many  were  pamphlets  already  be- 
longing to  the  Library,  now  bound  singly  and  located  as 
volumes.  Of  the  whole  addition,  18,166  have  been  assigned 
to  the  Central  Library,  and  4,766  to  the  Branches.  De- 
ducting books  condemned  and  those  lost,  the  Library  con- 
tained, Dec.  31,  1889,  520,508  volumes. 

Mr.  Griffin,  under  whose  eye,  as  Custodian  of  the  Shelves, 
all  accessions  pass,  reports  that  in  the  work  of  completing 
imperfect  sets  of  valuable  publications  in  the  Library,  a 
special  aim  this  year,  good  results  have  been  obtained.  The 
sets  of  Surtees  society  and  Suffolk  archaeological  society  pub- 
lications have  been  completed.  The  Ordnance  notes  of  the 
United  States  which  were  issued  in  a  limited  number  of  copies, 
have  been  further  added  to  by  the  kindness  of  various  officers 
connected  with  the  Ordnance  Department.  Of  357  numbers 
we  have  294.  It  is  very  desirable  to  obtain  those  lacking. 
A  large  number  of  books  on  electrical  science  have  been  pur- 
chased, including  the  "Bulletin  Internationale  de  l'electricite," 
"  Revue  de  l'electricite,"  "  Societe  Beige  d'electriciens,  Bul- 
letin." By  the  courtesy  of  the  Geological  Survey  Department 
of  the  United  States,  through  Mr.  Charles  C.  Darwin,  the 
Library  has  been  made  one  of  five  or  six  libraries  to  receive 
the  Survey  map  sheets,  of  which  there  will  be  about  2,000 
when  finished.  The}*  include  24  sheets  devoted  to  Massachu- 
setts. Among  the  large  illustrated  works  added,  Detaille's 
"L'Armee  francaise  "  and  Bechard's  "  L'Egypte  et  la  Nubie  " 
deserve  mention.  Other  noteworthy  publications,  which  are 
sufficiently  characterized  by  their  titles,  are  :  "  Annales  hydro- 
graph  iques,  1849-88,"  51  vols.  ;  "European  Magazine,  1782- 
1823,"  78  vols.  ;  "  Oesterreichische  Zeitschrift  fur  Berg-  und 
Huettenwesen,  1853-87,"  35  vols.;  "Revue  canadienne, 
1864-83,"  13  vols.  ;  "Biblioteca  de  las  tradiciones  populares 
espaiiolas,"  11  vols. 


12  City  Document  No.  48. 

The  section  of  Slavic  history  has  received  the  following 
important  accessions:  "Acta  historica  res  gestas  Poloniae 
illustrantia" ;  "  Compte-rendu  de  la  Commission  iniperiale 
archeologique,"  St.  Petersburg,  1860-69;  "  Monumenta 
medii  a?vi  historica  res  gestas  Polonise  illustrantia,"  1874-86; 
"  Monumenta  spectantia  historiam  Slavorum  meridionalium," 
1868-84,  15  vols. 

Accessions  by  Gift. 

The  list  of  donors,  with  the  number  of  books,  pamphlets, 
and  other  printed  matter,  given  by  each,  is  printed  as 
an  Appendix,  but  several  donations  are  worthy  of  special 
notice.  Mrs.  R.  Anne  Nichols  and  Miss  Caroline  Coddinston 
Thayer,  sisters  of  the  late  Eliza  R.  Thayer,  allow  no  year  to 
pass  without  making  large  additions  to  what  is  now  known 
us  the  Thayer  Collection,  the  former  having  given  the  last 
year  71  volumes,  many  of  which  are  costly  art  collections; 
and  the  latter,  55  volumes  of  a  similar  character.  Sixty  vol- 
umes given  by  William  P.  Upham,  Esq.,  are  of  great  value. 
They  comprise  about  300  pamphlets  of  the  period  of  the 
English  Commonwealth,  collected  by  his  father,  the  late  Rev. 
Charles  W.  Upham,  for  historical  purposes.  Senator  Hoar 
has  supplied  an  important  lack  in  the  Library  of  13  volumes 
of  the  Journal  of  the  Executive  Proceedings  of  the  Senate  of 
the  United  States,  from  182i»  to  1<S61>.  The  most  interesting 
single  volume  received  by  gift  is  that  added  by  Dr.  James  R. 
Chadwiok,  containing  25  numbers  of  the  rare  "Independent 
Reflector,"  published  in  New  York  in  1753.  Mrs.  Gilbert,  the 
widow  of  the  late  John  Gibbs  Gilbert,  has  given  680  volumes, 
and  468  pamphlets  of  dramatic  literature  collected  by  her  hus- 
band. Many  of  these  are  rare  single  plays,  and  nearly  all 
those  used  by  her  husband,  with  manuscript  notes,  casts,  and 
other  memoranda,  showing  alterations  to  adapt  them  to  the 
.^tage. 

The  late  J.  Ingcrsoll  Bowditch,  who,  for  many  years, 
gave  annually  $500  for  the  increase  of  the  Bowditch  library 
of  mathematical  works,  by  his  will  created  a  fund  of  $10,000, 
which  will  annually  yield  a  sum  sufficient  to  purchase  current 
publications,  and  occasionally  rare  old  works  that  come 
upon   the   market. 

Opening  Bates  Hall  Evenings. 

The  time  having  arrived  when,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Trustees,  the  experiment  of  opening  Bates  Hall  during  the 
evening  might  be  fairly  tried,  and  the  City  Council  having 
provided  for  the  cost  of  the  same,  on  the  16th  of  Decern- 


Public  Library.  13 

her,  for  the  first  time,  the    doors    were    not    closed  until   !) 
o'clock  P.M. 

The  experiment  thus  far  fully  equals  expectation.  From 
the  opening  to  the  time  of  the  present  writing,  January  20, 
the  number  of  books  loaned  averages  56  volumes  ;  read  on 
green  slips,  145  ;  and  the  average  attendance  of  readers,  12(5. 
Of  this  latter  class  the  proportion  of  nominal  readers  —  that 
is,  those  who  seek  the  Library  because  it  is  light,  warm,  and 
comfortable  —  is  about  the  same  as  during  the  day  ;  but  of 
the  others,  the  greater  part,  judging  from  the  works  loaned, 
or  read  in  the  Hall,  are  more  earnest  in  their  purpose  than 
those  who  come  hither  during  the  day.  Thus  far  the  Hall 
has  been  in  charge  of  those  who  have  constant  employment 
during  the  day,  and  this  service  may  be  continued  some  time 
longer,  perhaps,  without  serious  consequences.  But  if  the 
Hall  is  to  be  kept  open  evenings  permanently,  it  will  be 
necessary  to  employ  and  train  a  separate  force  for  that 
service. 

The  Catalogue  Department. 

Mr.  Whitney  reports  that  during  the  past  year  32,337 
volumes  and  pamphlets  have  been  catalogued.  Ninety- 
three  thousand  four  hundred  and  eight  cards,  properly 
superscribed,  have  been  placed  in  the  Card  Catalogue 
drawers  at  the  Central  library  and  Branch  libraries. 
The  Bulletin  has  been  published,  containing  the  titles  of  new 
books  added  to  the  Library.  A  new  supplementary  catalogue 
of  the  East  Boston  Branch  library  is  ready  for  the  press,  and 
one  for  the  South  Boston  Branch  partly  prepared.  The  time 
of  one  person  has  been  given  to  the  preparation  of  a  new 
Catalogue  of  history,  biography,  and  travel  for  the  Lower 
Hall  of  the  Central  library,  which  is  as  yet  incomplete. 

The  Index  of  articles  upon  American  local  history  in  his- 
torical collections,  which  has  appeared  in  successive  numbers 
of  the  Bulletin,  is  finished,  and  has  been  published  separately. 
A  new  Hand-book  for  readers  is  in  course  of  preparation. 
The  portion  in  type  contains  the  new  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  Library  ;  a  description  of  the  catalogues ;  a  list  of 
books  upon  reading ;  a  catalogue  of  the  bibliographies  of 
special  subjects  and  library  guides  in  the  Library,  and  an 
index  to  the  bibliographical  matter  which  has  appeared  in 
library  catalogues  and  in  periodicals.  This  Hand-book  will 
also  contain  a  new  catalogue  of  the  Indexes  to  periodicals  in 
this  Library,  both  those  analyzed  in  Poole's  Index,  and  also 
those  in  foreign  lamma^es,  and  those  of  a  scientific  and  tech- 
nical  character,  with  other  matter. 

Work  is  in  progress  on  a  Card  Catalogue  of  English  topo- 


14  City  Document  No.  48. 

graphical  literature,  which  already  includes  about  three 
thousand  titles.  This  may  be  printed  in  book  form.  Ad- 
ditions have  been  made  to  the  special  card  catalogues  of  the 
United  States  documents,  the  Bowditch  collection  of  mathe- 
matical works,  and  Ticknor  collection  of  Spanish  books. 
A  catalogue  of  the  portraits  in  this  Library  already  contains 
several  thousand  entries. 

Members  of  the  Catalogue  Department  have  compared 
about  25,000  pamphlets  with  the  Card  Catalogue.  Of  these 
pamphlets,  15,000,  not  found  to  be  duplicates,  have  been 
bound  separately,  and  are  being  catalogued  as  fast  as 
possible. 

Alcoves. 

The  increase  of  the  Library  encroaches  rapidly  upon  the 
space  designed  for  the  reception  of  books,  and  has  compelled 
resort  to  extraordinary  means  to  meet  the  exigency ;  and  it 
is  apparent  that  serious  embarrassment  will  come  before  the 
transfer  of  the  collection  from  the  present  building  to  that 
now  in  process  of  erection. 

Circulation. 

For  the  three  hundred  and  two  working  days  that  the 
Library  was  open,  there  were  issued  1,079,030  volumes  to 
borrowers  for  home  use,  a  daily  average  of  3,566.  These 
figures  exceed  last  year's  by  63,183,  and  are  the  largest  since 
1880.  There  were  627,264  magazines  used  in  the  reading- 
rooms,  nearly  50,000  more  than  were  used  last  year,  hitherto 
the  year  of  greatest  use,  and  nearly  76,000  more  than  were 
used  in  the  next  largest  year. 

MELLEN   CHAMBERLAIN, 

Librarian. 
January  1,  1890. 


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REPORT    OF    THE    CLERK   OF    WORKS    ON    THE 
NEW    PUBLIC    LIBRARY    BUILDING. 

Foundations. 

The  foundations  have  been  finished  in  the  same  general 
character  as  they  were  commenced,  being  very  thoroughly 
built,  and  inspected  by  competent  men. 

Superstructure  . 

Granite.  The  granite  for  the  building  is  of  very  high 
character,  being  carefully  selected  at  the  quarry,  and  as 
carefully  cut  and  laid.  Any  stone  which  has  been  found  to 
be  patched,  cracked,  or  stained  has  been  rejected  and  re- 
placed by  new.  Great  care  has  been  taken  to  see  that  the 
details  have  been  carried  out.  The  bricks  and  other  material 
have  been  up  to  the  standard. 

Early  in  the  spring  a  new  system  of  flooring  was  adopted 
known  as  the  Guastavino  Fire-proof  system.  All  the  floors 
of  the  ground  floor,  including  the  area  outside  of  the  building 
and  the  arcade,  have  been  constructed  on  this  system,  as 
well  as  the  lecture-hall  floor,  a  portion  of  the  stack  floors, 
and  of  the  ceiling  in  the  main  building  ground  floor.  Tests 
have  been  made,  and  all  floor  tiles  not  up  to  the  standard 
have  been  rejected.  The  iron  beams  which  were  obtained  for 
the  floors  of  the  ground  floor  are  being  used  for  the  framing 
above  the  first  floor. 

Concreting. 

The  floors  throughout  the  ground  floor  have  been  levelled 
up  with  concrete  made  of  cinders  and  Portland  cement. 

Mortar. 

The  cements  for  all  the  mortar  were  tested  for  tensile 
strength  before  being  accepted  for  use  on  the  building. 

Delays. 

No  work  was  done  on  the  building  from  January  1  to 
March  11  on  account  of  winter  weather. 

Further  delay  was  caused  by  the  substitution  of  granite  in 
place  of  brick  in  the  construction  of  the  Blagden-street  vesti- 


16  City  Document  No.  48. 

bule,  by  the  substitution  of  stone  as  the  material  for  the 
Boylston-street  vestibule,  and  by  the  substitution  of  rolled- 
steel  columns,  which  had  to  be  specially  made,  in  place  of 
cast-iron  columns  for  the  main  building. 

During  the  season  a  full-sized  model  of  the  Bates  Hall 
ceiling  has  been  constructed  in  the  stack,  and  a  full-sized 
model  of  the  main  cornice  placed  at  the  intended  height  at  the 
corner  of  the  building  on  Dartmouth  and  Blagden  street. 

Four  new  contracts  have  been  entered  into,  viz.  :  With 
R.  Guastavino,  on  June  25,  at  certain  rates  per  foot,  for 
building  tile  arches,  domes,  setting  beams,  cutting  skew- 
backs,  etc.  ;  with  Woodbury  &  Leighton,  on  July  22,  for 
$67#,750,  work  and  materials  in  the  continuation  of  the  erec- 
tion of  the  building  ;  with  R.  C.  Fisher  &  Co.,  on  August  21 , 
$18,600,  for  furnishing  and  setting  Iowa  marble  in  the  en- 
trance hall  ;  with  Batterson,  See,  &  Eisele,  on  August  21, 
for  $69,173,  for  furnishing  and  setting  Siena  marble  of  stair- 
case and  corridor. 

Special  orders  have  been  given  for  all  changes  both  for 
additions  and  deductions. 


Condition  of  Building  at  Present. 

At  present  the  outside  walls  of  the  building  are  on  Boyl- 
ston  street,  about  11  feet  above  Bates  Hall  floor.  Those 
on  Dartmouth  street,  with  the  exception  of  a  portion  of 
the  front,  are  at  the  same  height.  On  the  Blagden-street 
side  the  height  of  the  wall  of  the  main  building  is  about  the 
same  as  Boylston  street  ;  but  the  rear  portion  is  at  a  level 
with  Bates  Hall  Hoor.  The  rear  wall  will  average  7  feet 
above  Bates  Hall  floor. 

The  court  walls,  and  the  rest  of  the  interior  walls,  are  left 
at  the  line  of  Bates  Hall  floor.  The  vestibule  on  Dartmouth 
street  is  finished,  except  the  carving.  The  Blagden-street 
vestibule  is  finished,  except  the  setting  of  the  steps.  The 
flooring  arches  are  all  in  for  the  ground  floor,  area,  and 
arcades,  a  portion  of  stack  flooring  and  floor  of  lecture  hall 
and  one  room  of  main  building.  The  marble  piers  of 
entrance  hall  are  set. 

The  amount  of  material  put  in  the  building  during  the 
year  under  contract  dated  Aug.  1,  1888,  is  as  follows  ;  — 

Block  granite 61,204  cu.  ft. 

Common  brick      ......  1,690  M. 

Hollow        " 159   " 

Perth  Amboy  brick 20  " 

Fire  brick    .          .          .          .          .          .          .  '6  " 


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Cut  granite          ...... 

31,431  cu.  ft 

Iron  beams            ...... 

63  tons. 

Cast-iron  columns          . 

167     " 

"          plates  ...... 

20     " 

Rolled-steel  columns     .          .          .          .          . 

12     " 

Knoxville  marble          . 

3,775  cu.  ft 

Gravel  concrete   ...... 

3,745      " 

Cinder  concrete  ...... 

9,887      " 

Under  Contract  dated  July  22, 

1889. 

Common  brick     ...... 

239  M 

Hollow       " 

25    " 

Perth  Amboy  brick       .          .          .          .          . 

8    " 

Cut  granite  set     . 

4,284  cu.  ft 

Iron  beams           ...... 

4  tons 

Cast-iron  plates    ...... 

500  lbs 

Under    Contract    dated    June    25,    1889,    with 
R.  Guastavino. 


Tile  arches,  2  courses 

12  sq.  ft. 

t<         t<       3       << 

.     14,334     " 

((                a            4            (C 

10,942     " 

(c         it       5       " 

4,213     " 

a            a          |j          (« 

2,793     " 

"         "     10       " 

380     " 

Tile  domes,  3       " 

11,651     " 

(C                     it                4:                " 

3,519     '« 

<<                     ti                £j                i( 

3,073     " 

(<               («            Q           i( 

2,475     " 

Setting  beams      .          .  , 

.     27,244  lbs. 

"       minor  iron-work 

737     " 

Cutting  stone  skew- backs 

2,480  ft. 

"       brick          " 

690  " 

Concrete 

105  cu.  ft. 

Under  Contract  with  R.  C.  Fisher  &  Co.,  Aug.  21,  1889. 
Marble  set 400  cu.  ft. 


Financial  Statement  of  Work,  Contract  dated 
Aug.  1,  1888. 
Whole  amount  due  under  contract         .  .      $357,581  28 

Deductions,  work  left  out,  no 

allowance  agreed  upon       .  $3,365  00 


Carried  forward, 


1,365  00      $357,581   28 


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I irought  forward,  $3,365  00      $357,581   28 

Deductions,  work  left  out,  al- 
lowances agreed  upon       .  40,496  00 

Work  not  completed    .          .  5,000  00 

Amount  paid  already,  includ- 
ing January  draft,  1890    .  302,662  SG 


351,523  86 


Balance $6,057  42 


Financial    Statement    of    Work    on    Contract,    dated 
July  22,   1889. 

Amount  of  contract       .  .        $678,750  00 

Additional  work,   mentioned 

in  Special  Orders      .  .  820  00 


Total $679,570  00 

Deductions  on  allowances 
mentioned  in  Special  Or- 
ders ....  A 400  00 

Deductions,  amount  paid,  in- 
cluding January  draft, 
1890         .  .    "      .  .  21,119  64 

21,519   64 


Balance $658,050  36 


Financial    Statement   of    Work    on    Contract,    dated 
Aug.  21,  1889,  with  R.  C.   Fisher  &  Co. 

Amount  of  contract,  including  additions  .         $27,79]    75 

Amount  paid,  including  January  draft,  1890,  1,830  15 


Balance $25,961   (50 


Financial   Statement    of    Work    on    Contract,    dated 
July   22,   1889,  with  R.  Guastavino. 

Amount  of  work  certified  and  paid,  including 

January  draft,  1890  ....        $21,91076 


Public  Library.  19 


General  Financial  Statement  to  Dec.  31,   1889. 

Amount  of  appropriation,  May  1,  1887  .      $368,^54  89 

Amount  of   loan  authorized  by   statute,  ap- 
proved March  1,  1889       ....     1,000,00000 


Total  at  disposal  of  Trustees  .  .  .  $1,368,854  89 

Drafts  previous    to  Jan.    1, 

1889  .         .  .  $75,126  15 

Drafts  from  Jan.  1  to  June 

30,  1889  .         .  .  84,843  67 

159,969  82 


Unexpended  balance,  July  1,  1889  .  $1,208,885  07 

Draits  from  July  1  to  Dec.  31,  18e9      .  .        161,772  07 


Unexpended  balance      .  .  .  .11,047,113  00 

Amount  (Dec.  31,1889)  for  work  contracted 

for,  less  amounts  paid  on  account       .  .        868,133  84 


Balance    (Dec.   31,    1889)    uncontracted  for, 

for  completion  of  building         .  .  .      $178,979   16 


APPENDIXES 


LIBRARIAN'S    REPORT. 


1889. 


LIST  OF  APPENDIXES. 


I.  Extent  of  the  Library  (bt  Years). 

II.  Yearly  Increase  by  Purchase  and  Donation. 

III.  Volumes  in  the  Special  Collections  op  Bates  Hall. 

IV.  Volumes  Located  in  the  Lower  Hall. 
V.  Increase  of  the  Several  Departments. 

VI.  Bates  Hall  Classifications. 

VII.  Lower  Hall  Classifications. 

VIII.  Givers  and  Amount  of  Gifts. 

IX.  Circulation. 

X.  Registration  of  Applicants. 

XI.  Books  Recommended.     Use  of  Patent   Library. 

XII.  Bates  Hall  Reading. 

XIII.  Lower   Hall  and  Branch  Reading. 

XIV.  Fellowes  Athen.eim   and  Brighton  Reading. 
XV.  Periodical  Reading-rooms. 

XVI.     Losses  and  Delinquencies. 
XVII.     Financial  Statement. 
XVIII.     Library  Funds. 

XIX.  Library  Service. 

XX.  Keport  of  Examination  of  the  Shelves. 

XXI.  Work  in  the  Library  Bindery. 

XXII.      List  ok  Examining  Committees   for    Thirty-eight  Years. 
XXIII.      List  of  Trustees  for  Thirty-eight  Years. 


Public  Library. 


23 


APPEJSTDIX   I. 

EXTENT    OF    THE    LIBRARY   BY    YEARS. 


Years. 

I! 

H 

o  *» 
H 

c    3   S 

Oi 

Years. 

a  . 

w  T 

E  g 

"s  2 
o~ 

V  = 

"z.  -  ~' 
8  .£  ■- 

1 

1852-53 

9,688 

961 

20 

1871-72 

192,958 

K0,3S  ; 

2 

1853-54 

16,221 

3,950 

21 

1872-73 

209,456 

112,153 

3 

1854-55 

22,617 

6,507 

22 

1873-74 

260,550 

134,628 

4 

1855-56 

28,080 

12,386 

23 

1874-75 

276,918 

150  921 

5 

1856-57 

34,896 

16,053 

24 

1875-76 

297,873 

1S1.HS3 

6 

1857-58 

70,851 

17,938 

25 

1876-77 

312,010 

196,908 

7 

1858-59 

78,043 

19,255 

26 

1877-78 

345,734 

212,414 

8 

1859-60 

85,031 

20,707 

27 

1878-79 

360,963 

227,010 

9 

1860-61 

97,386 

27,381 

28 

1S79-80 

377,225 

236,534 

10 

1861-62 

105,034 

28,874 

29 

1880-81 

390,982 

250,495 

11 

1862-63 

110,563 

31,043 

30 

1881-82 

404,221 

261,056 

12 

1863-64 

116,934 

31.S37 

31 

1882-83 

422,116 

275,425 

13 

1864-65 

123,016 

32,553 

32 

1883-84 

438,594 

292,793 

14 

1865-66 

130,678 

36,566 

33 

1884-85 

453,947 

308,242 

15 

1866-67 

136,080 

44,443 

34 

1885 

460,993 

319,778 

16 

1867-68 

144,092 

47,254 

35 

1886 

479,421 

335,017 

17 

1868-69 

152,796 

61,177 

36 

18S7 

492,956 

343,931 

18 

1869-70 

160,573 

74,770 

37 

1888 

505,872 

354,256 

19 

1870-71 

179,250 

89,746 

38 

1889 

520,508 

363,166 

Note.  —  The  aggregate  of  pamphlets  "  added  from  the  beginning  "  includes  many  since 
bound,  singly  or  in  groups  (which  are  now  counted  among  volumes),  and  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  duplicates  which  are  thrown  out  and  put  among  the  pamphlets  held  for  exchange. 

VOLUMES   IN   LIBRARY    AND   BRANCHES,  Dec.  81,  188!). 


52; 

315,432 

4,323 

16,233 

44,904 

12,558 

12,973 

26.SU6 

J4,t)u8 

Total,  Central  Library  . 

380,892 

15,465 
15,755 

15,069 
10,707 

>>  .  (  Fellowes   Athenaeum    .   .   . 
•g  1  I  City  part 

West  Roxbury  delivery   .... 

11.42.) 
3,3'  3 
1 ,40  i 

S-M          Total,  Roxbury  Branch  . 

31,220 

24 


City  Document  No.  48. 


APPENDIX  II. 


YEARLY"    INCREASE    OF    THE    WHOLE    LIBRARY    BY    PURCHASE   AND   BY 

GIFT. 

Notice.  —  The  increase  of  volumes  is  not  the  sum  of  those  added  by  gift  and  purchase, 
etc.,  because  lost  and  condemned  books  are  deducted. 


Years. 


1852-81 

18^1-82    

1882-83    

1883-94    

1884-85    

1885  (eight  months)   . 

1886 

i887 

1888 

1889 


Increase. 


Vols.     Pamph.     Vols.     Pamph 


395,177 
13,239 
17,895 
16,478 
15,353 
7,046 
18,428 
18,535 
12,916 
14,636 


Gifts. 


251,538 
10,561 
14,369 
17,368 
15,449 
11,5)6 
15,239 
8,914 
9,825 
14,207 


143,745 
5,291 
5,340 
3,815 
2,975 
2,518 
4,105 
3,285 
3,192 
4,280 


178,866 
8,773 
11,844 
16,203 
10,831 
10,690 
12,500 
8,473 
9,166 
14,207 


Purchases,  in- 
cluding those 
charged  to  funds 
and  added  by 
exchange. 


Vols.     Pamph.1 


250,474 
15,986 
16,222 
18,392 
17,005 
6,749 
15,512 
15,627 
14,760 
18,652 


67,974 

2,068 

2,525 

1,165 

4,618 

6C3 

2,740 

441 

659 


|  8 


Vols. 


7,143 
745 
522 
531 
457 
231 

4,789 
349 
424 
420 


=    3 
K   2 

a>  >> 

-a 

II 


12,583 
520 
575 
778 
899 
663 
922 
980 
1,065 
1,075 


includes  pamphlets  added  both  by  purchase  and  exchange,  as  taken  from  the  Accession 
catalogue. 

2  Included  in  previous  columns.  The  volumes  are  not  the  property  of  the  Public  Library, 
but  form  a  part  of  the  R  ixbury  branch,  by  agreement. 

Details  for  the  years  1852-81  can  be  found  in  Appendix  II.  to  the  report  for  1881. 


APPENDIX   III. 

VOLUMES    IN   THE    SPECIAL    COLLECTIONS    OF    BATES    HALL. 


O 
/ 

N 

OB 
9B 

H 

on 

* 

ao 

H 

/ 

OB 

/ 

"i5 

© 

/ 
/ 

/ 
SB 

* 
/ 

a 

Patent  library    .   . 

3,003 

3,066 

3,142 

3,259 

3,382 

3,478 

3,513 

3,641 

3,796 

3,965 

4,097 

Bowditch  library,1 

3,060 

3,152 

3.224 

3,456 

3,701 

3,854 

3,933 

4,510 

4,706 

4,935 

5,225 

Parker  library  •     . 

12,322 

12,337 

12,363 

13,952 

13,971 

14,024 

14,057 

14,069 

14,077 

14,104 

14,112 

Prince  library    .   . 

2,159 

2,230 

2,274 

2,327 

2,397 

2,510 

2,581 

2,706 

2,775 

2,824 

2,905 

Ticknor  library     . 

5,432 

5,454 

5,463 

5,507 

5,544 

5,724 

5,731 

5,764 

5,790 

5,877 

5,923 

Barton  library   .   . 

14,301 

14,360 

13,487 

13,610 

13,610 

13,642 

13,652 

13,800 

13,841 

13,755 

13,724 

Franklin  library   . 

.    .   . 

202 

240 

292 

357 

378 

382 

382 

403 

416 

427 

893 

920 

1,085 

1,123 

1,175 

1,217 

1,280 

1,368 

1,427 

1  See  Appendix  VI. 


Public   Library. 


25 


k 


i  * 


<-l         00 
r-t         <N 


Q  a 

P-i  H 
Qj  < 
\J      ° 

GO 

& 
J 

o 

!> 


l-H  U5  t-l 


m    m 


5     s 


03      <i 


26 


City  Document  No.  48. 


APPENDIX  Y. 

INCREASE    OF   THE    SEVERAL   DEPARTMENTS. 


1885 

1885 
(Smos.) 

1886 

1887 

1888 

1880 

"3       ! 

^      1  Condemned  and  transferred   .   .    . 

10,230 
15 

4,877 
6 

9,733 
12 

8,623 
22 

9,841 
155 

11,796 
60 

10,215 

4,871 

9,721 

8,601 

9,686 

11 ,736 

~-      f  Gain  in  books 

•5  I 

*■"  J  Condemned  and  transferred 

kj      (.  Net  gain 


2,099 
1.074 

737 
370 

1,728 

862 

2,523 
980 

2,355 
1,481 

1,025 

367 

866 

1,543 

874 

2,371 
1,661 


^s  ' 

258 

11 

158 

70 

47 

121 

Sfe;  J 

258 

11 

158 

70 

47 

121 

■5  j     Less  loss  by  exchanges,  elc.  .    .   . 

.0  s 

^5  j 

420 
211 

651 

274 

1,026 
1,095 

892 
349 

828 
880 

788 
458 

209 

377 

59 

443 

52 

330 

v*aiu         uuu*B 

585 

233 

567 
331 

459 

301 

403 
233 

387 

~s  1 

288 

148 

324 

0"° 

297 

S5 

236 

158 

170 

63 

i,  <  f  Gain  In  books  .   .   .   . 
"  c  I  Condemned  and  lost  , 


^5  (.Net  gain 


935 

520 

1,052 

951 

859 

537 
398 

40s 

749 

641 

575 

112 

303 

310 

284 

772 
613 


s 

908 
540 

495 
373 

820 
458 

886 
624 

913 
633 

754 
555 

0 

36S 
447 

122 
209 

362 

4,74s 

262 
358 

280 
390 

ni9 

Fellowes  Athenaeum.    (Net  gain.) 

397 

0? 

S15 

331 

5,110 

620 

670 

t-96 

Public   Library. 


27 


APPENDIX   Y.  —  Concluded. 


1885 

1885 

(8  mos.) 

1886 

1887 

1888 

1889 

■eg  j 

1,285 
513 

649 
206 

1,352 
672 

1,223 

780 

496 
351 

400 
470 

<*  1 

772 

343 

680 

443 

145 

S  ■  1 

142 
60 

88 
24 

251 
65 

262 
116 

181 
135 

186 
56 

4*  Lr  I 

82 

64 

186 

146 

46 

130 

1,120 

475 

908 

988 

957 

459 

1?  ?  I 

664 

199 

318 

442 

534 

150 

O.C  I 

456 

276 

590 

546 

423 

309 

a 

e<  1 

569 
124 

268 
101 

626 
271 

564 
147 

590 
255 

510 
216 

2-fe  1 

445 

167 

355 

417 

335 

294 

400 

252 

393 

362 

538 

527 

<  g  s 

441 

232 

419 

158 

278 

279 

5-S  1 

loss  41 

20 

loss  26 

204 

260 

248 

.§•( 


Bates  Hall  gain 

Lower  Hall  gain 

Newspaper-room  gain  .  .  . 
Duplicate-room  gaha  .... 
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  gaiu  . 
South-End  branch  gain  .  . 
West  Roxbury  branch  gain. 
North-End  branch  gain.  .   . 


t  Total  gain 


10,215 
1,025 

258 
209 
297 
398 
368 
447 
772 

82 

456 

445 

loss  41 

11 
411 

15,355 


4,871 

367 

11 

377 

85 

112 

122 

209 

343 

64 

276 

167 

20 

10 

12 

7,046 


9,721 

8,601 

9,686 

866 

1,543 

874 

158 

70 

47 

loss  59 

443 

loss  52 

236 

158 

170 

303 

310 

284 

362 

262 

280 

4,748 

358 

390 

680 

443 

145 

186 

146 

46 

590 

546 

423 

3)5 

417 

335 

loss  26 

204 

260 

13 

25 

20 

295 
18,423 

9 

8 

13,535 

12,916 

11,736 
710 
121 
330 
63 
159 
199 
397 

loss  70 
130 
309 
294 
248 


14,636 


APPENDIX     VI. 

BATES     HALL     CLASS!  'ICATIONS. 

(Representing  books  locate    only.) 


(.'vrl«i]i;vdi.-is,  etc 

Bibliography  and  literary  history 

General  history,  biography,  travel,  and  geography      

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,  ti;ivel,  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  arts 

Fine  arts 

Bound  volumes  of  miscellaneous  pamphlets 

Bound  volumes  of  manuscripts 


General  Librae; 


Books  for  the  blind  . 


Totals 11,156 


1 

a 

6 

469 

1 

2,602 
1,130 

3 

304 

2 

978 

2 

1,861 
8,475 

9,427 
10,093 
!1,408 
16,715 
9,117 
10,874 
6,719 
1,800 
9,081 
22,816 
23,869 
10,858 
5,564 
3,857 
14,536 
10,112 
12,346 
7,341 


Special  Libraries. 


1858   18G1 


1800   1871   1873   1ST.", 


1,423 
1,181 


3,201 
2,469 


nbracing  several  countries, 
>rks  of  American  writers,  and  what  of  American  literature  is 


Explanation.  — Class  III.  includes  general  history,  etc.,  when 
and  collected  works  of  historians. 

Class  IV.  includes  the  collected  ' 
sometimes  termed  polygraph}-. 

( 'lasses  V.,  VI.,  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  political  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. 


1  Includes  all  books  in  room  G,  — 12,108  of  them  belonging  to  the  Barton  library,  as  originally  shelved  there. 


Public  Library. 


2<J 


APPENDIX  VII. 

LOWER   HALL   CLASSIFICATIONS. 


CLASSES. 


Theology,  moral   and  Intellectual  sci- 
ence, etc 


Jurisprudence  and  political  science  .  . 

Medicine,    mathematics,    physics,    or 
natural  science 


Useful  and  fine  arts,  military  and  naval 
science 


American  history  and  politics     ... 

Foreign  history  and  politics    .... 

Poetry,  drama,  oratory,  rhetoric   .   .    . 

English  prose  fiction,  including  juve- 
nile fiction  and  other  juvenile  books  . 

Biography 

Travels 

Libraries,  collections,  periodicals,  etc.* 

German  books 

Italian  books 

French  books    

Spanish  books 

Books  of  reference 


Extent  of  L.  H.  collection 


1888 


2,167 
511 

3,111 

1,167 
1,469 
1,769 
3,711 

16,126 

3,294 

2,864 

4,408 

1,736 

155 

1,252 

7 

447 


1889. 


11 
30 
21 
80 

379 

64 
40 

83 
74 
1 

18 


a  ~ 


44,194 


930    442 


852 

]6 
12 
16 
24 


20 
52 
36 
92 

[,521 

93 

61 

195 

L06 

1 

37 


999    2,371      52    1, 


~  = 

.  c 

-  C 


15 
19 
16 
40 

1,313 
23 
17 
76 
33 
o 
24 


2,187 
534 

3,183 

1,172 
1,499 
1,788 
3,763 

16,331 
3,361 
2,892 
4,525 
1,789 
154 
1,265 


44,904 


Reported  last  year 44,194 


Gain  in  1889 


710 


*  This  class,  embracing  sets  like  Bonn's  "  Libraries,"  etc.,  includes  many  books,  of 
course,  which,  in  a  minute  classification,  would  have  been  divided  among  all  the  previous 
heads  of  this  table. 

Note.  —  The  column  of  "  Condemned  books  replaced"  includes  books  condemned  in 
previous  years  as  well  as  in  the  year  just  ended.  The  column  "  Total  added  "  shows  the 
number  of  volumes  as  put  upon  the  shelves,  counting  as  one  those  bound  two  volumes  in  one, 
etc. 


30 


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APPENDIX  YIIL 


GIFTS,    JANUARY    1,    1889,    TO   DECEMBER   31,    1889. 


Givers. 

Volumes 

Pamphlets 


1,075 

4,281 

14,207 


Givers. 


Ala. 
Y. 


Lol 


f    ol 


ysic 


Abbott,  S.  A.  B 5  maps 

Academie  Royale  des  Sciences  de  Lisbonne,  Portugal 

Actors'  Fund  of  America,  New  York  City  . 

Adams,  Charles  Francis       .... 

Adams,  George,  Watertown,  N.Y.      . 

Adams,  John  C. ,  Hopkinton 

Adams  Nervine  Asylum       .... 

Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College,  Auburn, 

Alabama  State  Bar  Association  . 

Albany  Bureau  Statistics  of  Labor,  Albany,  N. 

Albany  Medical  College,  Albany,  X.  Y. 

Law  School,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Albree,  John,  jr.  .... 

Allen,  Edward  G.,  London,  Eng. 
Allen,  .J.  M.,  Hartford,  Conn.  . 
Allison,  11.  E.,  Willard,  N.Y.  . 
Amee,  Win.  Albert,  Cambridge  . 
American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences 
American    Antiquarian    Society,     Worcester, 

newspapers      ...... 

American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Pli 

Education,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
American    Association   for  the    Advancement   o 

Salem       ....... 

American   Baptist  Home   Missionary   Society, 

City 

American  Bar  Association  .... 

American  Bible  Society       .... 

American  Chemical  Society,  New  York  City 

American  Colonization  Society,    Washington,  D 

American  Congregational  Association 

American  Economic  Association 

American  Federation  of  Labor,  New  York  ('it// 

American  Geographical  Socuty,  New  York  City 

American  Home  Missionary  Society   . 

American  Institute  of  Architects 

American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers,  New  York  City 

American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  New  York  City 

American  Iron  and  Steel  Association,  Philadelphia,   Pa. 

American  Missionary  Association         .... 

American    New    Church    Tract   and    Publication    Society 

l'liihulelphia,  Pa.    ....... 


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York,  New  York  City 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Philadelphia,   Pa 
American  Philosophical  Society,  Philadelphia,  I'a.   . 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  New  York  City 
American  Sunday  School  Union,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  . 
American  Surgical  Association,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
American  Unitarian  Association 
.American  Veterinary  College,  New  York  City 
A  nerican  Well  Works,  Aurora,  111.  . 
Amerling,  H.  B.  and  H.  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
Ames,  John  M.,  Chelsea 
Amherst  College,  Amherst. 
Amory,  Harcourt 
Amory,  Robert    . 
Anagnos,  M. 

Andover  Theological  Seminary 
Anonymous 
Appleton,  Wm.  S. 

Apprentices'  Library,  New  York  City 
Apprentices'  Library  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
Archer,  Wm.,  Dublin,  Ireland    . 
Architectural  League,  New  York  City 
Argentine  Republic.      Oficina  Meteorologica 
Arkansas  Geological  Survey 
Arkansas  Industrial  University,  Fayetteville,  A 
Arnold,  Howard  P.      .... 
Art  Interchange  Company,  New  York  City,      1 
Associated  Charities  of  Boston   . 
Association  of  Acting  Assistant  Surgeons,  U.' 

port,  R.I. 
Association  of  American  Physicians  . 
Association  of  Medical  Officers  of  American  ] 

for  Idiotic  and  Feeble-minded  Persons     . 
Atkinson,  Edward        ..... 

A  twill.  R.  I.,  Cambridgeport      .         .      lot  of 
Ayer,  J.  C.  &  Co.,  Lowell  .... 

Babcock  &  Wilcox  Company,  New  York  City 

Bagg,  M.  M.,  Utica,  NY.  . 

Baker,  W.  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Balch.  Mrs.  Susan  Thayer  .... 

Balfour,  David    ...... 

Ballard,  H.  H  ,  Pittsfield    .... 

Ballon,  M.  M 

Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad  Company  . 

Bangor,  Me.,  Public  Library 

Barker,  Henry  R.,  Providence,  R.I.    . 

Barlow,  Samuel  L.  M.,  New  York  City 

Barnes,  Lemuel  C,  Newton 

Barrow,  C.  W.     ...... 

Barrow  in  Furness,  Eng.,  Free  Public  Library 
Barry,  Charles  A.         .... 

Bartlett,  Francis  ..... 

Bachellor,  Albert  S..  Littleton,  NIL 

Bates  College,  Lewiston,  Me. 

Bates,  Phineas,  jr.      ..... 

Battersea,  Eng.,  Public  Library 
Baxter,  James  Phinney,  Portland,  Me. 
Beale,  James.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Bean,  Miss  Mary  A.,  Brookline 


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Bell,  Charles  H.,  Exeter,  NH.  . 

Bell,  Clark,  New  York  City 

Bell,  George  &  Sons,  London,  Eng 

Bells',  Robert,  Sons,  Alexandria,    Va 

Beloit  College,  Beloit,   Wis. 

Benet,  S.  V.,   Washington,  D.C. 

Benton,  J.  H.,  jr. 

Berea  College.  Berea,  Kentucky 

Berkshire  Baptist  Association 

Berry,  Ira,  Portland,  Me.   . 

Biblioteca  Nazionale  Centrale,  Florence,  Italy 

Biblioteca  Nazionale,  Palermo,  Italy 

Biblioteca   Nazionale  Centrale  Vittorio  Eiuanuele,  Rome, 

Italy         ...... 

Bibliotheque  Nationale,  Paris,  France 
Biewend,  Adolf  ..... 

Bigelow,    Miss  M.  A.  .         .         .         lot  of  pain 

Bigelow  Free  Public  Library,  Clinton 
Birmingham,  Eng.,  Public  Library 
Birmingham,  Eng.,  City  of 
Bishop,  James,  Trenton,  N.J. 
Bishop,  S.  S.,  Chicago,  111. 
Bissell,  Wilson  S.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.       . 
Blaisdell,  Frank  C. 
Blakeney,  Wm.  T.,  Queensland 

Blatchford,  John  S 

Bloor,  A.  J.,  New  York  City 

Blumenberg,  Marc  A.,  and  Floersheim,  Otto,   New    York 

City 

Bodleian  Library,  Oxford,  Eng. 
Bolton,  Charles  K.,  Cambridge  . 
Bolton,  Eng.,  Public  Library     . 
Bond,  T.  W.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Boston,  City  of   . 

Board  of  Health 

City  Hospital,  .... 

Fire  Commissioners 

Inspector  of  Milk  and  Vinegar 

Overseers  of  tbe  Poor 

Park  Commissioners 

Record  Commissioners     . 

Water  Board    . 

Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce    . 
Boston  Dental  College 
Boston  Gas  Light  Company 
Boston  Lunatic  Hospital 
Boston  Lying-in-Hospital   . 
Boston  Medical  Library  Association  . 
Boston  Museum  .... 

Boston  Port  and  Seamen's  Aid  Society 
Boston  Provident  Association 
Boston  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company 
Boston  Society  of  Natural  History 
Boston  University        .... 
Boston  Young  Women's  Christian  Associa 
Bostonian  Society        .... 
Bourinot,  John  G.,  Ottawa,  Canada  . 
Bourke,  John  G.,    Washington,  D.C- 


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Bowditch,  Charles  P.,  Executor  of  J.  Ingersoll  Bowditch. 

lot  of  letters,  etc. 

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Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick,  Me. 

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Bradford,  Mrs.  Martin  L.    . 

4 

Bradlee,  Caleb  D.        .       lot  of  broadsides 

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Bradlee,  Mrs.  N.  J.,  Roxbury 

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Bradley,  D.  W.,  Denver,  Col. 

1 

Branner,  John  C,  Little  Rock,  Arkansas 

3 

Braun,  A.,  Paris,  France   . 

1 

Breck,  Charles,  Milton 

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Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Public  Library 

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Brigham,  E.  H 

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Brigham,  W.  S 

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Brinton,  Daniel  G.,  Media,  Pa. 

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Briseiio,  Ramon,  Santiago,  Chili 

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British  Museum,  London    . 

2 

Bronson  Library,    Waterbury,  Conn. 

3 

Brookline  Public  Library 

1 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y,  Public  Library 

2 

Brooks,  W.  H 

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Brown,  A.  N.,  Annapolis,  Md.  . 

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Brown,  Francis  H.       .         .         .         . 

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Brown,  Joseph  M.,  Atlanta,  Ga.        .      lo 

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Bruun,  Ch.,  Copenhagen,  Denmark   . 

1 

Bryan,  G.  S.,  Charleston,  S.C. 

1 

Brymner,  Douglas,  Ottawa,  Canada. 

1 

Buffalo,  N.Y.,  Historical  Society 

1 

Buffalo,  N  V.,  Library 

1 

Bullard,  Win.  N 

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Burr,  B.  A.,  Bangor,  Me.  . 

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Butler,  George,  New  York  City 

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Butler  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  Providence,  R.I. 

1 

2 

California  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  San  Francisco,  Cat., 

1 

California  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Sacramento,  Cal.   . 

12 

California  State  Engineer's  Office,  Sacramento,  Cal. 

2 

California  State  Mining  Bureau           ..... 

1 

1 

California  View  Publishing  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

2 

4 

Calleja.  C,  London.  Eng.           ...... 

1 

Cambridge  University  Library,  Cambridge,  Eng. 

1 

Cambridge  Water  Board     ....... 

13 

Canada  Department  of  Agriculture     ..... 

1 

Canada  Geological  and  Natural  History  Survey,  Ottawa, 

1 

5 

1 

Canfield,  Tbomas  H.,  Burlington,   Vt. 

1 

Carleton,  Elizabeth  Abbott         ...... 

2 

Carmalt,  William  H.,  New  Haven,  Conn.   .... 

1 

Carret,  Jose  F.   ........ 

1 

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Cartee,  Elizabeth  F.  . 

1 

Central  Vermont  Railroad  ....... 

4 

Chadwick,  Harrison  E.,  Bradford      ..... 

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Chalmers,  Patrick,  Wimbledon,  Eng.          .... 

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Chamberlain,  Mellen,  17  plans,  5  misc.  pieces,  1  broadside 

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Cbapin,  A.  A.,  Port  Wayne,  hid. 
Cbapin,  Charles  V.,  Providence,  B.I. 
Chapman,  Alfred  F.    , 
Cheever,  David  W. 
Chelsea  Public  Library 
Cheney,  Mrs.  Ednah  D. 
Chicago,  III.,  Board  of  Trade      . 

Department  of  Public  Works 

Public  Library 


Chicopee  Town  Library 
Children's  Aid  Society,  New  TorJi  City 
Christie,  James,  Glasgow,  Scotland  . 
Church  Home  for  Orphan  and  Destitute  Children 
Church  Library  Association,  Cambridge 
Cilley,  B.  L.,  Exeter,  N.H. 
Cincinnati  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Cincinnati,  0. 
Public  Library 


City  Library  Association,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Civil  Service  Reform  Association,  New  York  City,  lot  o 
broadsides        ...... 

Clark,  Clarence  II.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Clarke,  W.  B.  &  Co.   . 

Clarke  Institution  for  Deaf-Mute's,  Northampt 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  Public  Library 

Club  of  Odd  Volumes  .... 

Cobb,  Samuel  C. 

Cobham,  C.  Delaval,  Larnaca,  Cyprus 

Codnian,  John  T 

Cohen,  Max,  New  York  City 

(John,  Albert,  Berlin,  Germany 

Colbv  University  Library,   Waterville,  Me. 

Collar,  Im.  C 

College  of  New  Jersey,  Princeton,  N.J. 
College  of  Physicians,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  . 
Collier,  (Thomas  S.,  New  London,  Conn.    . 

Collins,  Fred  S 

Collins,  P.  A 

Columbia  College,  New  York  City 

Commonwealth  Publishing  Co.  . 

Concord,  N.H.,  City  of       ...         . 

Concord  Public  Library,  Concord 

Cone,  O.,  Akron,  Ohio        .... 

Connecticut,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  Hartfot 

State  Library  

Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  New  Haven 

Historical  Society,  Hartford  . 

Cook,  George  II.,  New  Brunswick,  N.J.    .         .         1  map 

Cook,  Mrs.  II.  Ruth,  New   York  City 

Coolidge,  Rev.  A.  II.,  Leicester  . 

Cooper  Union,  New  York  City    . 

Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  Free  Public  Library 

Courtenay,  W'm.  A.,  Charleston,  S.C. 

Crocker,  George  G 

Croes,  J.  J.  R.,  New  York  City 
Crosby,  Ernest  H.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Crosby,  John  L.,  Bangor,  Me.    . 
Crowninshield,  Benjamin  W. 
Crowninshield,  Frederick 


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Crunden,  Frederick  M.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Culp,  E.  C,  Salina,  Texas 

Currier,  John  J.,  Newburyport.    Estate  of 

Cutter,  Abram  E. 

Cutting,  Andrew  .... 

Cyr,  Narcisse      ..... 

Da  Costa,  Charles  W.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Daft  Electric  Light  Co.        . 

Dakota  Department  of  Immigration  . 

Dalton,  Samuel  ..... 

Dalzell,  James  W.,  Caldwell,  Ohio     . 

Dame,  Miss  A.  R.       . 

Dame,  Walter  R.,  Clinton  . 

Damrell,  John  S. 

Dana,  Richard  H. 

Dante  Society,  Cambridge 

Darling,  Charles  W.,  Utica,  N.  Y.      . 

Davey,  Samuel  J.,  London,  Eng. 

Davie,  Curtis,  Plymouth     . 

Davis,  Andrew  McFarland,  Cambridge 

Davis,  Olin  S.,  Topeka,  Kan.     . 

Davis,  Walter  A.,  Fitchburg 

Davit,  O.  S.,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Dawson  Brothers,  Montreal,  Canada 

Day,  George  E.,  New  Haven,  Conn.  . 

Dayton,  Ohio,  Public  Library     . 

Dean,  Benjamin  .... 

Dean,  Benjamin,  Exeter,  N.H.. 

Dean,  John  Ward       .... 

De  Bausset,  A.    . 

Dedham  Public  Library 

Denison  University,  Granville,  Ohio 

Dennison,  Edward  H.         .         .         . 

Depew,  Chauncy  M.,  New  York  City 

De  Peyster,  J.  Watts,  New  York  City 

Detroit  Public  Library 

Deuerlich,  Gustav,  Gottingen,  Germany 

Deutscher  wissenschaftlicher  Verein 

Dexter,  Franklin  B.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Dietrick,  Miss  Ellen  B.,  Cincinnati,    Ohio 

Dixwell,  Mrs.  Epes  S.,  Cambridge 

Dodd,  E.  P 

Dole,  Nathan  Haskell 
Dolge,  Alfred,  Dolgeville,  N.  Y. 
Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society 
Doran,  Joseph  I.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dorr,  Caroline    ..... 
Dover,  N.  H. ,  Public  Library 
Drowne,  T.   Stafford,  Flatbush,  N.  Y. 
Drury  College,  Springfield,  Mo. 
Duane,  Alex.,  New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 
Duke  Castromediano,   Florence,  Italy 
Duren,  Elnathan  F.,  Bangor,  Me. 
Dwight,  Thomas  .... 

Dyer,  Elisha,  jr. ,  Providence,  R.I.  . 
Dyer,  George  L.,  Washington,  D.C.  . 
Dyer,  Louis,  Cambridge    . 

Eaton,  C.  H 

Eaton,  Daniel  C,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Eaton,  J.  G 


M.  L.  P.  Tuttle, 
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Eaton,  N.  A.,  Eatonville,  Cat.  .         .     3  newspapers 

Edes,  Henry  H.,  Charlestown,  lot  of  cards,  broadsides,  and 

newspapers       ..... 
Edison  Electric  Light  Co.,  New  York  City 
Edward  Hopkins  Charity  Trustees 
Eliot,  Samuel      .         .         .         • 

Elisha  Mitchell  Scientific  Society,  Chapel  Hill,  N.C. 
Elliot,  Charles  B.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Ellis.  George  E.  .... 

Enoch  Pratt  Free  Library,  Baltimore,  Md 
Episcopal  City  Mission 
Essex  Institute,  Salem 
Evening  Post  Publishing  Company,    New  York  City 

Everett,  William,  Quincy 1  map 

Ewing,  Thomas,  Marietta,  Ohio 
Fall  River  Public  Library  . 
Farm,  Field,  &  Stockman,  Chicago,  III. 
Favora,  Antonio,  Padua,  Italy  . 
Fellows,  James  I.,  London,  Eng. 
Fenwick,  T.  Fitz  Roy,  Cheltenham,  Eng 
Fernald,  Orlando  M.,   Williamston     . 
Ferrette,  Jules,  Lausanne,  Switzerland 
Field,  David  Dudley,  New  York  City 
Fisher,  Charles  H.,  Providence,  R.I. 
Fiske,  George  B.,  Holliston 
Fitchburg  Railroad  Company 
Fletcher  Free  Library,  Burlington,  Vt 

Floye,  W.  J 

Fogg,  E.  T.,  Norwell 
Folsom,  A.  A. 
Forbes,  Robert  B.,  Milton 
Ford,  Paul  L.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

Ford,  William  E lot  of  broadsid* 

Ford,  Mrs.  William  E. 

Ford,  Worthington  C,    Washington,  D.C 

Fowle,  Scth  A 

Fragment  Society 

France,  Ministere  de  la  Guerre,  Paris 

Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Frazer,  Persifor,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Friends'  Book  Association,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Friends'   Free  Library,    Germantown,  Pa 

Funk  &  Wagnalls,   Chicago 

Furber,  George  P 

Gallagher,  Win.,  Easthampton  . 
Ganong,  W.  F.,  Cambridge 
Ganzhorn,  Win.  .... 

Garrison,  W.  P.,  New  York  City 

Gately,  Win.    1' 

Gav,  George  W.  .... 

Geological  and  Natural  History   Survey,  Ottawa,  Canada 

Geological  Survey  of  Arkansas,  Little  Rock 

General    Association   of   the  Congregational    and   Presby 

terian  Churches  of  New  Hampshire,  Mollis,  Nil. 
General  Convention  of  the  New  Jerusalem 
General  Theological  Library 
German  Society  of  New  York,  New  York  City 
Gilford,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  E.,  Skeneateles,  N.  )'. 

Gilbert.  Daniel  I) 

Gilbert,   Mrs.  .John  G 


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Gilman,  N.  P 

Giunta  Municipale  di  Milano,  Milan,  Italy 
Glidden,  Henry  P.,  Dover,  N.H. 
Globe  Newspaper  Co. 
Gloucester,  City  of     . 
School  Committee  . 


Goode,  G.  Brown,    Washington,  D.C. 
Gould,  Charles  H.,  Danvers 
Gould,  Elizabeth  Porter,  Chelsea 

Gould,  Ida  W 

Gould,  S.  C,  Manchester,  NIL 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Public  Library 
Graves,  Hiram  T.,  San  Francisco,  Cat. 
Gray,  Andrew     ..... 

Gray,  H.  A.         .         .         .         . 

Gray,  Louis  F.    .         .         .         .         . 

Great  Britain,  Commissioner  of  Patents 

Foreign  Office,  London,  England 

Great  Yarmouth,  England,  Free  Library 

Green,  Milbrey  ..... 

Green,  Samuel  A.        .         .        2  broadsides,  1  photograpl 

Green,  Samuel  S.,   Worcester 

Greenough,  W.  W.      .... 

Griffin,  A.  P.  C 

Griffin,  M.  I.  J.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     . 
Guerin,  Paul  Louis     .... 
Gurney,  George,  Chelsea    . 
Hagerty,  Frank  H.,  Aberdeen,  Dakota 
Hague,  William,  Children  of,  and  Smith,  S 
Hakes,  Harry,   Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

Hale,  E.  E 

Hale,  Eugene,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Hall,  Edward  W.,   Waterville,  Me. 
Hamburg,  Germany,  Public  Library 
Handel  and  Haydn  Society 
Harney,  George  Julian,  Cambridge 
Harris,  Augustus,  London,  Encjland 
Harrison,  Gabriel,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Hartford  Library  Association,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  Hartford,  Con 
Harvard  College,  Cambridge 

Astronomical  Observatory 

Library    ...... 

Hassam,  John  T.         .         .         .         .         . 

Hatch  Experiment  Station,  Amherst 
Haynes,  Henry  W.      .... 

Hazen,  Henry  A. 

Hedges,  H.  P.,  Sag  Harbor,  N.  Y.      . 
Hennecke,  C,  Co.,  Milwaukee,   Wis. 
Hennighausen,  F.,  Ph.,  Baltimore,  Mel. 
Heywood,  Ezra  H.,  Princeton     . 
Hickling.  Charles         .... 

Hildeburn,  Charles  R.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hildreth,  Henry  O.,  Cambridge 
Hill,  Don  Gleason,  Dedham 

Hill,  Hamilton  A 

Historical  and  Scientific  Society  of  Manitoba,  11 
Hitchcock,  Edward,  Amherst 
Hoar,  George  F.,   Washington,  D.C.  . 
Hobart  College,  Geneva,  N.Y.    . 


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Hodges,  R.  M 

Hoepli,  Ulrico,  Milan,  Italy 
Hoffer,  J.  R.,  Mount  Joy,  Pa. 
Holbrook,  Town  of 

Holden,  Charles  W 

Holland,  Henrv  W.     .... 

Holmes,  O.  W".  .... 

Holmes,  O.  W.,  jr.        lot  of  broadsides  an 

Home  for  Aged  Men 

Home  for  Aged  Women 

Home  for  the  Friendless     . 

Home  for  Inebriates  Association,  London,  England 

Hood,  Lewis  E.,  Somerville         .   lot  of  deeds,  letters,  etc 

Horsford,  Eben  Norton,  Cambridge    . 

Hosmer,  Samuel  D.,  Auburn 

Hubbard,  James  M.    . 

Hudson,  William  M.,  Hartford,  Conn 

Huizinza,  A.  H  ,  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 

Huling,  Ray  Greene,  New  Bedford    . 

Humane  Society  of  Massachusetts 

Humphreys,  Frederick,  New  York  City.     2  colored  plates 

and  2  broadsides. 
Hutcheson,  D.,   Washington,  D.C. 

Hunt,  Edward  B 

Illinois  Board  of  Public  Charities 

Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics 

Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth 

Imperial  University,  Tokyo,  Japan    . 
Independent  Corps  of  Cadets 
Indian  Rights  Association,  Philadelphia,   Pa.    . 
Indiana,  Bureau  of  Statistics      ..... 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Board  of  School  Commissioners    . 
Industrial  Aid  Society         ...... 

Institution   for  the  Improved  Instruction  of  Deaf-Mutes 
New  York   City        ....... 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers,  London,  England 
International  Committee  of  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciations, New  York  City  ...... 

Interstate  Commerce  Commission,   Washingtoiy  D.C. 

Jackson,  A.  W.,  Concord   ...... 

Jacksonville  Auxiliary  Sanitary  Association,  Jacksonville 
Fla 

Jay,  John,  New  York  City  ..... 

Jeffries,  B.  Joy  ........ 

Jenks,  Francis  H.        ......         . 

Jessup,  Samuel,  Oneida,  N.Y.. 

Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  M.  D. 

Johnson,  George,  Ottawa,  Canada     .... 

Joint  Counties  Asylum,  Carmarthen,   Wales 

Jones,  Charles  C,  jr.,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Journal  Newspaper  Co.      ...... 

Julian.  George  W.      ....... 

Kaiserlich-koniglichc  Geologische   Reichsanstalt,   Vienna 
Austria   ......... 

Kansas  State  Board  of  Agriculture     .... 

State  Insane  Asylum,  Osawatomie,  Kan. 

Kansas  City,  Fort  Scott,  &  Memphis  Railroad  Co. 

Kansas  Historical  Society,  Topeka,  Kan.   . 

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Kingman,  Henry,  Brookline 

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Knapp,  Arthur  M. 

Knowlton,  T.  S.,   West  Brook  field 

Kongligt  Universitetet,  Upsala,  Sweden 

Koniglich-Bayerische  Akadernie  der  Wissenschaften 

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Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics  . 

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Massachusetts    Society  for   the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 

Children  ........ 

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Master  Car  Builders'  Association        .... 

Mathews,  Edward  J.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     . 
Matthews,  Brander,  New  York  City   .... 

Matthews,  Nathan,  jr.  ...... 

Mattox,  A.  H.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio         .... 

Maxwell,  Sidney  D.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

May,  Miss  E.   G 

May,     Henry   A.,    2   engravings,   lot   of  newspapers    an 

broadsides         ........ 

Mayo,  A.  D 

McGill  College  and  University,  Montreal,  Canada    . 
McKeen,  Miss  Philena,  Andover        .... 

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McMurtrie,  Mrs.  Louisa  G.,  Cambridge,  lot  of  newspapers 

Mears,   David  O 

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Medlieott,  Miss  Mary,  New  York  City 

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Historical  Society,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

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Most,  Johann,  New  York  City    .... 

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Mount  Holyoke  Seminary,  South  Hadley  . 

Muir,  J.  J.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.   .... 

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Mundo,  John  J.  . 

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Museum  of  Fine  Arts  ..... 

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National  Association  of  Wool  Manufacturers     . 

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New  England  Methodist  Historical  Society 

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Nicholson,  John  P.,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Nickerson,  Sereno  D. 

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North  Carolina  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  Raleigh 

Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  III 

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Opdyke,  C  W.,  New  York  City 
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Otis,  Mrs.  C.  P 

Packard,  Elmer  C,  Brockton 

"Packer  Alumna,"  Editors  of,  Brooklyn 

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Paige,  Lucius  R.  .... 

Paine,  Nathaniel,   Worcester 

Paine,  The  Misses        .... 

Palmer,  Charles  I).,  Loicell 
Parker,  Henry  J. 

Parker,  W.  Thornton,  Providence,  R.I. 
Parkhurst,  H.  M.,  New  York  City 
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Queensland,  Patent  Office  .... 
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Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  Troy,  N.  Y. 
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Perry,  Charles,   Westerly,  R.I.    . 

Perry,  T.  S 

Perry,  W.  S.,  Davenport,  Iowa  . 

Petermann,  Adolf,  Frankfurt  a.  Main,  Germany 

Philadelphia,  Commissioners  for  the    Erection  of   Public 

Buildings 
Philadelphia  City  Institute 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Philadelphia  Society  for  Organizing  Charity,  Philadelphia 

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Philbin,  John  F.,  Clinton   . 
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Philosophical  Society,  Glasgow,  Scotland 
Pickard,  J.  L.,  Iowa  City,  Iowa 

Pierce,  H.  B 

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Pilling,  James  C. 

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Plumb,  Albert  H 

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Pool,  Wellington,   Wenham 

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Porter,  Dwight   .... 

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R.I. 

Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  Providence,  R.I. 

Rhode  Island  Medical  Society,  Providence,  R.I 

Richards,  Francis  H.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Richards,  J.  Havens,   Washington,  D.C 

Richardson,  William  Lambert     . 

Rider,  Sidney  S.,  Providence,  R.I. 

Rijks-Universiteit,  Ley  den,  Holland 

Riley,  E.  F..  Madison,   Wisconsin 

Robinson,  Albert  Murray   . 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Board  of  Education 

Rodman,  William  W.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Roe,  Alfred  S.,   Worcester  ....     3  newspapers 

Rogers,  Gorham 

Roof,  Garrett  L.,  Utica,  N.  Y.     . 

Rowell,  E.,  Hallowell,  Me. 

Rowlands,  Walter 

Roxbury  Charitable  Society 

Roxbury  Latin  School 

Royal  Society  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland 

Royal  Society  of  South  Australia,  Adelaide 

Russell,  A.  H.,   Washington,  D.C. 

Ru<sell,  E.,  Lynn        .... 

Safford,  Truman  Henry,   Williamstown 

St.  Botolph  Club         .... 

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St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Public  Library    . 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Public  Library 

Salem  Public  Library 

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Sanger,  George  P.,  jr. 

Sauer,  William  C,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Savage,  Edward  II.     . 

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Sawin,  James  M.,  Providence,  R.I.    . 

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Schoenhof,  Carl 5  engraving 

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Schroeder,  F.  C.  .... 

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Shaw,  Samuel  S. 

Sheffield,  William  P.,  Newport,  R.I. 

Sheffield,  England,  Free  Public  Libraries 

Silas  Bronson  Library,   Waterbury,  Conn. 

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Smith,  Charles  C 

Smith,  Charles  S.,  New  York  City      . 
Smith,  Chauncey,  Cambridge 

Smith,  Frank  L 

Smith,  W.  Everett       .... 

Smith  College,  Northampton 

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Society  of  Arts  .         .  ....... 

Society  of  Old  Brooklynites,  Brooklyn,  N.Y.    . 

Society  for  the  Study  and  Cure  of  Inebriety,  London,  Eng- 
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Societe  pour  l'Etude  de  la  Participation  aux  Benefices, 
Paris,  France  ........ 

Societe  royale  des  Antiquaires  du  Nord,  Copenhagen,  Den- 
mark       .......... 

Somcrville  Public  Library  ....... 

South  Australia,  Public  Library,  Museum,  and  Art  Gal- 
lery, Adelaide,  S.A. 

South  Carolina  Historical  Society,  Charleston    . 

Southampton  Free  Library,  Southampton,  England 

Southbridge  Public  Library         ...... 

Spooner,  Win,  H.,  Jamaica  Plain      ..... 

Springfield  Public  Library  ...... 

Stammer,  Naum  .         .         .         .   ' 

Stark,  E.  D.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Stark,  James  H. 1  map 

State  Board  of  Assessors,  Trenton,  N.J.    .... 

State  Historical  Society,  Topeka,  Kan.      .       1  newspaper 

State  Historical  Society  of  Wisconsin,  Madison 

State  Normal  School,    Worcester         ..... 

Stearns,  George,  Rockbottom       ......  1 

Stephens,  C.  A.,  Norway  Lake,  Me.  ..... 

Stephenson,  F.  B 

Stevens,  Charles  E.,   Worcester  ...... 

Stevens,  William  S.,  Davenport,  Iowa       .... 

Stevenson,  J.  R.  ........ 

Stewart,  Wm.  M.,   Washington,  D.C.  .... 

Stimson,  Frederick  J.  ....... 

Stirling's  and  Glasgow  Public  Library,  Glasgow,  Scotland, 

Stockwell,  Thomas  B.,  Providence,  R.I.    .         .         .         .  1 

Stone,  Eben  F.,  Newburyport    ...... 

Stone,  Miss  Ellen  A.,  Lexington         ..... 

Stone,  Mrs.  Ellen,  East  Lexington     .       lot  of  newspapers  9 

Stone,  Henry       .........  1 

Stone,  Phinehas  J.       .......         . 

Storer,  Horatio  R.,  Newport,  R.I.       . 

Storr's  School  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Mansfield, 
Conn.       .......... 

Street  Railway  Assoc,  Brooklyn,  N  Y.      .... 

Sturtevant,  E.  Lewis,  South  Framingham  ...  1 

Sumichrast,  F.  C 1 

Sunderland,  J.  T.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  .... 

Sveriges  Offentliga  Bibliothek,  Stockholm,  Sweden     . 

Swan,  Charles  H.        .......         . 

Swansea,  England,  Public  Library    ..... 

Swarthmore  College,  Swarthmore,  Pa.       .... 

Swift,  Lindsay    ......... 

Sydney,  New  South  Wales.     Free  Public  Library 

Taunton  Public  Library      ....... 

Taylor,  Thomas,   Washington,  B.C.   . 

Temporary  Asylum  for  Discharged  Female  Prisoners, 
Dedham  .......... 

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Theological  Seminary,  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  N.J. 
Thomas  Crane  Public  Library,  Quincy 
Thompson,  A.  C,  Roxbury 
Thomson-Houston  Electric  Co.  ...       7  broadside 
Thwaites,  Reuben  G.,  Madison,   Wis. 
Thwing,  E.  P.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Tilley,  R.  H.,  Newport,  R.l. 
Tillinghast,  C  B. 
Todd,  David  P.,  Amherst 
Tokyo  Library,  Japan 
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Topeka,  Kan.,  Public  Library    . 

Toronto,  Canada,  Public  Library 

Traveler's  Insurance  Company,  Hartford,  Conn 

Traveller  Publishing  Company  . 

Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Troup,  Mrs.  I.  Rose,  Exeter,  England 

Troy  Citizens'  Corps,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Truhner  &  Co.,  London,  England 

Tucker,  Willis  G.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Tufts  College,  Medford 

Tufts  Library,   Weymouth  . 

Turner,  D.  K.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Tuttle,  Joseph  F.,  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City 

Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company 

Unitarian,  The,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

United  States,  Adjutant-General 

Bureau  of  Education 

Bureau  of  Engineers 

Bureau  of  Ethnology 

Bureau  of  the  Mint 

Bureau  of  Navigation 

Bureau  of  Statistics 

Census  Office 

Chief  Signal  Officer         .         .     6  chart 

Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey 

Comptroller  of  the  Currency 

Court  of  Claims 

Department  of  Agriculture 

Department  of  the  Interior 

Department  of  the  Navy 

Department  of  State 

Department  of  the  Treasury 

Department  of  War 

■ Fish  Commission 

Geological  Survey   ....  45  atlas  sheets 

Hydrographic  Office         .         .         .        lot  of  maps 

Indian  Commissioners 

Light  House  Board 

Marine  Hospital  Service 

Military  Academy,  West  Point,  N. 

Navy  Department    . 

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Railroad  Commissioner 

Signal  Service 

Supervising  Inspector  of  Steam  Vessels 

Surgeon-General  of  the  Army 

Universalist  General  Convention 

Universalist  Publishing  House   . 

Universalist  Sabbath  School  Union,  Cambridgeport 

University  of  California,  Berkeley,  Cal.    . 

University  of  Deseret,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

University  of  Kansas,  Lawrence,  Kan. 

University  of  Lyons,  France 

University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

University  of  Nebraska,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

University  of  Rochester,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  . 

University  of  Vermont,  Burlington,  Vt.    . 

University  of  Wisconsin,  Madison,  Wis.     . 

Upbam,  Warren,  Somerville 

Upham,  William  P.,  Newtonville 

Upson,  Irving  S.,  New  Brunswick,  N.J.     . 

Upton,  Winslow,  Providence,  R.J. 

Van  Bibber,  W.  C,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Van  Siclen,  G.  W.,  New  York  City    . 

Vassar  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Venable,  W.  H.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Vermont  State  Library        .... 

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Waddie,  John,  London,  England 

Wade,  Levi  C 

Walker,  Benjamin,  Lowell 
Walker,  Joseph  B.,  Concord,  N.H. 

Walton,  J.  P 

Ward,  Lester  F.,   Washington,  D.C. 

Ware,  William,  &  Co 

Warren,  Mrs.  S.  W. 

Warren,  Henry  C. 

Warren,  J.  Collins 

Warren,  Joseph  W 

Warren,  Winslow,  Dedham 

Warren-Street  Chapel 

Washburn  College,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Washington  and  Lee  University,  Lexington,   Va 

Washingtonian  Home 

Waterhouse,  Sylvester,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Waterman,  Dexter,  Carroll,  N.H. 

Waters,  Henry  F.,  Salem   . 

Weeks,  Robert  D.,  Newark,  N.J. 

Weeks,  Stephen  B.,  Chapel  Hill,  N.C. 

Welch,  Edward  H.,  Washington,  D.C. 

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Wesley,  William,  &  Son,  London,  England 

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APPENDIX    IX. 


CIRCULATION. 

(Books  issued.) 


Total  Circulation. 

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96,764 

105,373 

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1,046 

303 

1,040,553 

3,434 

8,170 

63,782 

103,540 

167,322 

552 

1,052 

1883 

306 

1,045,902 

3,418 

8,209 

66,948 

113,127 

180,075 

588 

1,181 

1884 

306 

1,056,906 

3,484 

8,694 

65,080 

119,833 

184,913 

604 

1,220 

304 

1,027,393 

3,380 

7,977 

78,630 

124,134 

202,764 

667 

1,210 

1885  (8  mos.)    . 

204 

602,431 

2,953 

6,998 

38,345 

81,507 

119,852 

586 

1,027 

305 

958,629 

3,143 

7,614 

62,672 

140,801 

203,473 

667 

1,235 

1887 

304 

934,593 

3,011 

7,029 

61,183 

138,870 

200,053 

658 

1,287 

1888 

304 

1,013,847 

3,335 

7,531 

62,103 

166,471 

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752 

1,349 

1880 

302 

1,077,030 

3,566 

7,734 

64,261 

149,836 

214,097 

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1,272 

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257,592 

9,271 

266,863 

239,601 

11,191 

250,792 

163,811 

32,119 

195,930 

168,926 

35,066 

203,992 

150,826 

32,768 

183,594 

92,847 

18,489 

111,336 

154,402 

29,529 

183,931 

154,007 

29,981 

183,988 

164,137 

34,549 

198,686 

187,165 

35,085 

222,250 

1,849 
1,670 
1,301 
1,333 
1,186 
1,136 
1,362 
1,309 
1,227 
1,566 


East  Boston  Branch. 


70,926 
60,524 
62,148 
68,345 


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7,073 
8,107 
7,048 
8,747 
4,647 
8,509 
7,789 
11,957 
12,556 


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95,442 

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52,935 
79,435 

A68.313 
74,105 
80,901 


South  Boston  Branch. 


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129,251 
125,409 
121,939 
119,564 
123,570 
66,547 
97,715 
81,470 
91,954 
109,231 


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4,472 

1,656 

5,096 
2,383 
2,277 
4,077 
5,491 

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126,411 
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370 

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103,483 

7,874 

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98,350 

7,830 

106,180 

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84,560 
74,453 
69,181 
38,839 

59,596 
60,779 
68,239 


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2,281 
2.744 
2,513 
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1,368 
3,114 
4,739 
5,819 
5,748 


87,319 
87,304 


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Brighton  Branch. 


26,007 

2,110 

■28,177 

25,152 

2,292 

27,444 

25,965 

2,295 

28,257 

24,214 

1,927 

26,141 

22,688 

2,209 

24,892 

12,26.-. 

1,222 

13,487 

19,936 

1,893 

21,829 

18,813 

1,878 

20,191 

19,250 

1,313 

20,669 

17,338 

1,716 

19,054 

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308 

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76,693 

22,108 

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23,189 

88,970 

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737 

77,657 

24,953 

102,610 

340 

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Jamaica  Plain  Branch. 


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46,316 
44,758 
43,039 

41,526 
25,732 
40,851 
37,104 
43,645 
47,300 


2,311 
3,406 
4,379 
3,232 
9,666 
6,003 
1,483 
3,679 
7,665 
9,124 


50,10S 
49,722 
49,137 
51,271 
51,192 
81,786 
48.344 
42,783 
51,310 
56,424 


North-End  Branch, 


3,515 

11,630 
,  9,74S 
9,101 
<7l9,524 
32,896 
29,206 
25,176 


alncludca  the  largest  of  each  department  on  any  day,  without  regard  to  Its  being 
in'  i linn-  day. 
b  includes  books  borrowed  mi  white-  slips,  ami  returned  tin'  same  day. 
Kast  r.ii-1,,1,  branch  was  closed  25  working-days. 


South-End 
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during  1882. 


(/The  Dorchester  branch  was  closed  one  day,  for  repairs,  during  1884. 

e  The  East  Boston  and  Nortb-Eud  branches  were  closed  44  and  25  working-days, 
respectively,  during  1885. 

/The  South-End  branch  was  closed  15  working-days  duriug  the  period  from  May  1 
to  December  31, 1885. 

g  The  North-End  branch  was  open  only  198  days  in  1886. 


A  The  South  Boston  branch  was  closed  36  working-days,  and  the  Easi 
branch  4  working-days  in  1887. 
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APPENDIX   XII. 

BATES-HALL    READING. 


Percentage  or  Use. 

Classification. 

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X 

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X 

X 

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X 

X 

English   history,   topography, 
biography,  travel,  and  polite 
literature 

13.2 

13.1 

12.3 

12.0 

11.8 

11.8 

11.8 

12.1 

13.45 

12.7 

12.45 

American   (North  and  South) 
history,  etc 

11.8 

11.1 

12.2 

12.4 

11.3 

10.6 

12.82 

13.27 

12.72 

12.32 

13.68 

French  history,  etc 

6.1 

5.8 

5.3 

4.6 

5.2 

5.1 

5.16 

5.4 

5.4 

4.7 

5.11 

German  history,  etc 

3.4 

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

3.8 

4.5 

4.09 

4.01 

3.78 

3.4 

3.81 

Italian  history,  etc 

1.5 

1.8 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.72 

1.09 

1.46 

1.63 

1.62 

Spanish  history,  etc 

.81 

.71 

.69 

.73 

.67 

Oriental  history,  etc 

4.8 

4.59 

4.94 

5.9 

4.09 

3.3 

3.6 

3.5 

3.5 

3. 

3.19 

3.07 

3.11 

4.31 

3.64 

Greek,  Latin,  and  philology    . 

3.5 

3.6 

3.9 

3.3 

3.5 

2.9 

3.03 

2.62 

2.7 

3.55 

3.18 

Bibliography 

1.2 

1.5 

1.6 

1.6 

1.9 

1.5 

1.5 

1.31 

1.14 

1.21 

1.21 

Periodicals  and  transactions    . 

•   • 

5.08 

6.34 

6.00 

5.54 

5.61 

Fine  arts 

8.9 

8.7 

8.5 

8.4 

8.3 

8. 

7.4 

7.75 

7.21 

6.74 

7.32 

Natural  history  and  science     . 

3.8 

3.7 

3.6 

3.8 

3.9 

3.5 

3.6 

3.19 

3.16 

2.86 

3.03 

Theology,    ecclesiastical    his- 

6.9 
6.5 

6.57 
5.49 

6.08 
5.55 

8.56 
5.09 

7.25 

Medicine 

7.3 

7.0 

6.3 

6.4 

7.0 

6.8 

5.51 

Law 

.   • 

1.52 

1.47 

1.55 

1.15 

1.41 

Useful  arts 

.  . 

5.3 

4.52 

4.23 

4.01 

4.30 

Metaphysics  and  social  science, 

.   - 

4.59 

5.18 

5.63 

5.13 

5.57 

Political  economy 

1.07 

.96 

1.13 

.86 

1.04 

Mathematics  and  physical  sci- 
ence   

5.87 

6.00 

5.66 

5.74 

5.78 

Miscellaneous 

3.6 

3.43 

3.53 

3.9 

3.79 

In  May,  1885,  a  change  was  made  in  the  classification,  some  classes  being  divided,  others 
modified.    Hence,  in  about  half  the  classes,  no  comparison  can  be  made  with  former  years. 


APPENDIX  XIII. 

LOWER   HALL   AND   BRANCH   READING. 


Fiction  and  juveniles* 

History  and  biography 

Travels  and  voyages 

Science,  arts,  fine  and  useful,  the- 
ology,  law,  medicine,  profes.wii.mis  . 

Periodicals 

Foreign  languages 

Miscellaneous 


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75 

68.65 

67.53 

81.81 

75 

28 

7.84 

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5 

7.4 

5.6 

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6.7 

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15 

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7.36 

6.76 

4.75 

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3.7 

3.2 

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3.7 

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6.32 

3.18 

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4.6 

6.69 

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4.8 

8.78 

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4 

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4.64 

7.46 

2.25 

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5.2 

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4.53 

4 

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4.98 

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4.4 

4.3 

2.18 

5 

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4.29 

7 

7 

9 

3 

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29 

7.81 

3.61 

7.50 

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4.9 

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4.83 

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4.78 

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1.42 

4.10 

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7.36 

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3.7 

3.85 

4 

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4.7 

7.16 

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3 

1 

4 

3 

3 

5 

3.80 

7.27 

5.62 

3 

3 

4.2 

4 

4.70 

4 

4 

Fiction  and  juveniles  * 

History  and  biography 

Travels  and  voyages 

Science,  arts,  fine  and   useful,  the 

ology,  law,  medicine,  prnfewsiuns 

Periodicals 

Foreign  languages 

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11 

6.84 

20 

4.97 

5 

4.37 

33 

8.15 

6 

5 

73.10 
5.74 
2.70 


3.87 
5.59 


72.31 
9.71 


The  total  percentages  for  18S5  (ending  April  30)  do 


*  A  large  number  of   the  juveniles  are  not  fiction. 
Books  taken   out  on   white  slips  and    returned   the   same  day   are  not  included, 
elude  the  North  End  percentages,  on  account  of  the  difference  of  classification;  now,  however,  the  classification  conforms  with  that  of  the  other  departments. 


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History,    biography,    and 

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11 

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5 

5 

4 

4 

8 

7 

7 

8 

7 

7 

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I. 
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III. 


Classes. 
Relative  percentages. 


Fiction 

Biography,  travel,  and  his- 
tory     

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APPENDIX  XVII. 

FINANCIAL   STATEMENT. 


General  Library  Accounts. 


Binding  materials 

Binding  books 

Books    .       

Periodicals  * 

Expense 

Fuel 

Furniture,  etc 

Gas 

Printing  and  cataloguing  .   . 

Stationery 

Salaries 

Transportation,  postage,  etc. 

Rents 

Repairs 

Electric  lighting 

Mt.  Bowdoin  delivery  .   .   .   . 


Total 


Expended. 


$1,166  32 
3,203  61 

22,216  91 
4,171  11 
2,768  74 
3,108  95 
2,313  66 
4,091  65 
6,068  53 
1,605  17 
80,886  76 
2,546  37 
5,562  00 
2,087  83 
2,685  49 
994  47 


Received  from  fines  and 
sales  of  catalogues. 


$145,477  57 


Tear. 


1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1885 
(8  mo8.) 
1886 
1887 
1888 

1889 


Amount. 


$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  86 

1,965  51 

3,000  00 
3,021  20 
3,192  76 

3,215  42 


Note.  —  The  expenditures  for  books  cover  the  cost  of  those  chargeable  to  the  trust-funds 
account,  as  well  uh  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  cost  of  maintaining  a  branch  after  the  first  year  makes  part  of  the  general  items  of  the 
several  appropriations. 

Before  June  10,  1887,  the  amount  received  from  fines  and  sales  of  catalogues  was  paid  into 
the  City  Treasury;  at  that  date  an  ordinance  of  the  city  went  into  effect,  which  authorizes 
the  trustees  to  retain  this  money  and  expend  it  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  Library. 


LIBRARY    FUNDS.  — INVESTED    IN    CITY    OF    BOSTON    BONDS. 


Giver. 

Amount. 

When  delivered. 

No.  of  Bond. 

When  due. 

Income. 

Provisions. 

J    bua  Bates 

$50,000  00 
(  20,000  00 
(   10,000  00 

March,          1853 
April,           1861 
April,           18*3 

1,727 

352 

1,725 

April, 
Jan'y, 
April, 

1894 
1906 
1894 

$3,000 
[        1,800 

To  buy  "  books  of  permanent  value." 

2 

1  "  To  tbe  maintenance  of  a  free  public  library." 
(  "  Purchase  of  books." 

8 

10,000  00 

May,              1S60 

281 

July, 

1905 

600 

Books  having  a  permanent  value. 

4 

Charlotte  Harria 

10,000  00 

August,        1877 

2,579 

Oct., 

1897 

600 

Books  for  Cbarlestown    branch,  published  be- 
fore 1850. 
"  Books  of  permanent  value  for  the  Bates  Hall." 

5 

Henry  L.  Pierce 

5,000  00 

December,  1873 

1,567 

Jan'y, 

1894 

300 

8 

4,000  00 

April,            1879 

2,930 

April, 

1899 

200 

Books  five  years  old  in  Bome  one  edition. 

8 

John  P.  liigclow 

4,000  00 
1,000  00 

April,            1871 
August,        1850 

10,480 
1,726 

April, 
April, 

1891 
1S94 

240 

60 

Books  in  Spanish  and  Portuguese,  five    years 

old  in  some  one  edition. 
Purchase  of  books. 

9 

in 

Samuel  A.  Green 

1,000  00 

r  1,500  oo 
< 

June,            1863 
November,  1878 

1,224 
(            3.714 
{               722 

Jan'y, 

Oct., 

April, 

1914 

1900) 

1908) 

40 

75 

Books  of  permanent  value,  preferably  "  books 
on  government  and  political  economy." 

> Books  relating  to  American  history. 

I        500  00 

April,           1884 

1,243 

April, 

1914 

20 

J 

II 

100  00 

September,  1879 

5,596 

July, 

1918 

4 

12 

Arthur  Scholfield 

50,000  00 

December,   1883 

1,223 

Oct., 

1913 

2,000 

To  be  used  for  books  of  permanent  value. 

13 

Thomas  B.  Harris 

],000  00 

April,            18S4 

1,244 

April, 

1914 

40 

For  benefit  of  Charlestowu  branch. 

14 

Daniel  Treadwell 

f    2,000  00 
■j      1,700  00 

1  October,       1885 

I-            1,382 
i             1,486 
I            1.754 

April, 
Oct., 

1916 
1917 

1 

J.           197 

[     1,400  00 

J  November,  1889 

Nov.  15, 1919 

J 

IS 
18 

J.  Ingereoll  Bowditch   .... 

500  00 
10,000  00 

May,             1886 
January,      1S90 

1,383 
1,816 

April, 

Jan'y, 

1916 
1920 

20 
350 

"  To  bold  and  apply  the  income  and  so  much 
of  tbe  principal  as  they  [the  Trustees]  may 
choose  to  the  purchase  of  special  books  of 
reference  to  be  kept  and  used  only  at  the 
Cbarlestown  Branch  of  said  Public  Library." 

For  "  the  purchase  of  books  of  permanent  value 
and  authority  in  mathematics  and  astronomy," 

$183,700  00 

$9,540 

MEMORANDA. 

i  II     J.  .-linn  Bates,  horn  near  Boston.  17*S,  dhd  in  London,  as  the  head  of  the  hoiiFC  of  Baring  Brothers  &  Co..  1ST.4.    Tn  addition  to  this  fund,  tic  cave  .«.10.imh)  worth  of  books  to  the  Library. 

I -i     Tin'  miiii  nt  *.-.,IHHI«hmi  »ift  in  .Mr.  Phillip*'  lifetime       The  ..th.T  s-JI\uihi  «u..  lierjiieatheilJ.\   hi,  will,  iltit.d  -Mil  of  Sept.,  Ism.      He  died  Lllth  of  July,  \SW,  aged  82. 

!■'■)     Mr.  Law  ivikt  died  mi  Airju-t,   IV.;.,  and  this  Mini  was  u  beipiest. 

( -I)     Tin-  herpn-s|  of  Charlotte  Harris  In  the  (.'Imrlestown  branch.     Willi  it  lier  private  library  was  also  given. 


office.     Tne  principal  .' 


:  may  be  expended  as  is  deemed  best. 


s  given  by  the  will. 


nial  to  Mr.  Bigelow  on  retiring  from  the  mayoralty,  and  was  transferred  by  Iiim  to  this  purpusi 


STOCKS   OTHER   THAN  CITY   BONDS   HELD   BY   TREADWELL   FUND,  PUBLIC   LIBRARY. 


Shares. 

Par  Value 

Value  per  Share 

as  received 

from  Trustee. 

Total  as 

Received  from 

Trustee. 

Income. 

Remarks. 

15  l'».  &  A.  U.K.  Co 

'.i  Fitchburg  U.K.  Co 

1  Vt.  >c  Mass.  R.E.  Co 

$100  00 

100  00 

11 

wo  oo 
20  00 

$179  00 
179  50 

11--  li" 

133  00 

30  00 

$2,6S5  00 
1.1177  nil 
1,062  ii" 

133  00 
540  00 
88  00 

>    $5,585  00 
Less    88  mi 

*  $128  00 
60  00 

6  00 
25  20 

April  5,  1887.    The  certificates  of  9  shares  of 
F.  11.11.  exchanged  for  a  certificate  of  12  shares 
preferred  stock  in  same  corporation,  liar  value 
$100.     Total,  $1,200. 

Less  paid  May  10,  18S0,  to  City  Collector,  per 
order  of  Board  of  Trustees  of  Public  Library. 

100  00 

$5,497  00 
100  00 

fc  Includes  income  on  the  one  share  below. 


Public  Library. 


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APPENDIX    XIX. 

LIBRARY    SERVICE. 
(Dec.  31,  1889.) 


Name. 


Mellen  Chamberlain 

James  L.  Whitney  . 
Jose  F.  Carret  .   .  . 


Appletoa  P.  C.  Griffin 
Louis  F.  Gray    .... 


Adelaide  A.  Nichols 
Effie  L.  Gibbs  .  .  . 
John  J.  Keenau  .  . 
Edward  T.  Daley   . 


Total 


James  L.  Whitnet 
Jose  F.  Carret  .  . 
Lindsay  Swift    .   . 
Arthur  J.  Knowles 
Elizabeth  T.  Reed 
Carrie  K.  Burnell 
Annie  C.  Miller    . 
Ida  W.  Gould    .  . 
Mary  H.  Rollins    . 
Anna  C.  D.  Keen 
Dora  L.  Cutler  .   . 
Lillian  F.  Seaver  . 
Julia  C.  Twickler 

Card  Catalogue 
Edward  B.  Hunt 
Alice  Browne    . 
Henry  D.  Gray  . 


13  a 


1869 
1875 

1865 

1880 


1888 
1885 
1888 


1875 
1878 
1888 
1873 
1881 
1881 
1884 
1886 
1887 
1887 
1888 
1882 

1883 
1883 
1888 


Position,  duties,  etc. 


Librarian  and  Clerk  of  the  cor- 
poration   


Principal  Assistant  Librarian  .  . 

Registrar  and  Curator  of  Patents 
and  Engravings 


Custodian  of  Building 

Office  Secretary ;  Asst.  Clerk  of 
the  corporation ;  Inspector  of 
Bindings;  Statistician. 


Auditor  and  Cashier 

Stenographer  and  Typewriter 
Asst.  Office  Secretary  .  .   . 
Librarian's  Runner  .... 


Principal  of  the  department 

Reviser     . 

Assistant 


Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant  in  Patent-room, 

Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant 


Curator  of  officers'  card  catalog 

Assistant     

Runner     


Total 15 


£2 


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SB 
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Harriet  N.  Pike  .... 

Theodocia  F.  Macurdy  .   . 
Mary  A.  McGratb    .... 
Michael  F.  Melledy  .... 
Daniel  F.  Mahoney  .... 

1867 
1879 
1889 
1868 
1887 
1887 

Chief  Clerk 

2S  e 

6 

Appleton  P.  C.  Griffin, 

George  F.  Remlinger  .   .   . 
William  E.  Fallon   .... 
Matthew  T.  Keenan     .   .   . 

1865 
1881 
1888 
1889 
1889 
1886 

6 

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A  ss't  in  charge  of  repairs,  etc, ..  . 

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i> 

09 

6 

Arthur  Mason  Knapp  . 
Lydia  F.  Knowles    .... 
Louise  A.  Twickler    .  .  . 

1875 

1867 
1881 

Librarian  of  Bates  nail 

10 

William  II.  Harvey  .... 

William  S.  Clarke    .... 

Daniel  W.  McNiven    .   .    . 

George  V.  Mooney   .... 

Evening  Service. 

1886 
1888 
1888 
1889 
1889 
1889 

3 

£3 

1 

10 

Edward  Tiffany  .... 
Frank  C.  Blaisdell   .... 

Caroline  E.  J.  Poree  .   .   . 

1878 
1877 
1876 

1885 
1859 
1863 
1863 
1ST4 

Librarian  of  Lower  Hall  .   .   .   . 

Curator    of    Lower     Hall    card 

9 

Clerk  for  registration  and  fines   . 

Public  Library. 

LIBRARY    SERVICE.—  Continued. 


59 


Name. 


Mary  C.  Sheridan  . 
Rebecca  J.  Briggs  . 
Agnes  M.  Murray  . 
Elinor  S.  Briggs  .  . 
Ella  K.  Murray  .  . 
Nellie  M.  Riley  .  .  . 
Annie  G.  Murphy    . 

Evening  Service. 
Fred  W.  Blaisdell    . 

William  E.  Fallon  . 
Amelia  F.  McGrath 
William  L.  Day    .   . 


Total . 


880 

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885 


885 

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Positions,  duties,  etc. 


Assistant 
Assistant 
Assistant 
Assistant 
Assistant 
Assistant 
Assistant 


Registration  Clerk  and  Sunday 
service  


Reading  room  . 
Delivery  Clerk  . 
Receiving  Clerk 


William  E.  Ford  .... 
John  L.  Williams     .... 

William  Monahan    .... 
Extra  daily  assistants. 

1858 
1886 
1880 
1883 

1 
1 
1 
1 

4 

5 

1 

4 

Frank  Ryder 

Wm.  P.  Demstead  .... 

Mary  G.  Moriarty    .... 

1883 
1888 
1883 
1883 
1876 
1875 
1889 

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LIBRARY  SERVICE.  —  Continued. 


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Sarah  C.  Godbold 
Alice  M.  Wing  .  .  . 
Emma  D.  Coleman  . 
Emma  "W.  Flanders 
Lizzie  McBride  .  . 
L.  A.  Bickford  .  .  . 
A.  M.  McFarland  . 
Jessie  M.  Nute  .  .  . 
George  H.  Hosea  .  . 
Total 


1871 
1872 

1888 
1888 
1886 
1889 
1889 
1889 
1873 


Librarian 


First  Assistants  , 

Second  Assistant 
Extra  Assistant 
Runner  .... 
Runner  .... 
Runner  .... 
Janitor 


N.  Josephine  Bullard 
Ellen  A.  Eaton  .... 
Idalene  L.  Sampson  .  . 
Alice  B.  Orcutt    .... 

Lena  Parker 

Lilla  F.  Davis 

Alice  Patterson     .... 

Sarah  Baker 

Joseph  Baker 

Total 


1883 
1872 
1877 
1884 
1887 
1881 
1889 
1887 
1872 


Librarian     .   .   . 
First  Assistants 


Second  Assistants  , 


Extra  Assistant 
Extra  Assistant 
Runner  .  .  .  . 
Janitor     .   .   .   . 


Helen  M.  Bell  .  . 
Elizabeth  C.  Berry  . 
Dora  Puffer  .  .  .  , 
Sarah  W.  Griggs  .  , 
Mary  E.  Griffith  .  . 
Katie  F.  Albert  .  . 
Emma  Bollig     .   .   . 

Grace  Hall 

Sarah  B.  Evans     .    , 

Charles  R.  Curtis  .    , 

Total 


1878 
1877 
1878 
1884 
1885 
1883 
1888 
1889 
1889 
1873 


Librarian     .   .   .   , 
>  First  Assistants  . 


j  Second  Assistants  . 


Extra  Assistant 
Extra  Assistant 
Extra  Assistant 
Extra  Assistant 
Janitor 


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Position,  duties,  etc. 


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Elizabeth  F.  Cartee 
Annie  E.  Eberle  .  .  . 
Mary  P.  Swain  .... 
Susan  E.  Livermore  . 
Alice  G.  Willoughby  . 
Lydia  E.  Eberle  .  .  . 
Emma  L.  Willoughby 
Thomas  E.  Smith     .   . 


1886 
1874 
1878 
1879 
1882 
1881 
1882 
1869 


Librarian     .   .   . 
First  Assistants 


Second  Assistants 


Extra  Assistant 
Extra  Runner  . 
Janitor 


Total 


Mart  E.  Brock 
Mary  F.  Grailey 
Sara  R.  Brock  . 
James  M.  Brock 


1875 
1880 
1880 
1878 


Librarian  .  .  .  . 
Second  Assistant . 
Extra  Assistant  , 
Janitor 


Total 


Mart  G.  Coffin  .  . 
Mary  J.  Sheridan  .  . 
Frances  Willird  Pike 


1874 
1875 
1881 


Librarian     .   . 

First  Assistant 


Second  Assistants 


Edward  Norman  .   , 
Edward  Davenport , 


1885 
1874 


Runner 
Janitor  . 


Total 


Margaret  A.  Sheridan, 

Maud  M.  Morse 

Florence  Richards   .    .   .   . 
Mary  A.  Arkinson  .   .   .    . 

Emma  Lynch 

William  Maloney     .   .   .    . 
George  Carney 


1875 
1877 
1876 
1881 
1885 
1889 
1889 


Librarian     .   . 
First  Assistaut 


Second  Assistants 


|  Lturriers    .    . 
Extra  Runner 


Total 


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Anna  J.  Barton   .... 

Margaret  8.  Barton  .... 

James  F.  Dawson   .... 

Timothy  Johnson    .... 

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1878 
1882 
1889 
1887 

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1884 
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Julia  W.  Richards   .... 
Harriet  L.  Atkinson    .   .    . 

Samuel  T.  Bowthorpe    .   . 
Bessie  G.  Fairbrother     .  . 

Total ... 

1875 
1884 
1882 
1886 
1885 
1886 
1889 

Custodian,  West  Roxbury    .   .   . 
Custodian,  Mt.  Bowdoiu    .... 

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SUMMARY. 

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Catalogue  department 

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15 

Purchase  and  Entry  dt 

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6 

Central  Library 

Shelf  department 

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6 

70  regulars. 

Bates  Hall  circulation 

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10 

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Lower  Hall  circulation 

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3 

Roxbury  branch 

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4 

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6 

2 

52  regulars. 

Brighton  branch 

3 

1  [  16  extras. 

Dorchester  branch   . 

6 

— 

South-  End  branch    . 

6 

1 

68 

Jamaica  Plain  branch 

. 

4 

1 

North-End  branch    . 

3 

Deliveries 

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7 

. 

Total 

122 

20 

20 

Grand  total 


142 


AGENTS. 

Messrs.  W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  and  Mr.  Carl  Schoenhof,  Boston. 
Mr.  Edward  G.  Allen  (for  English  patents),  London. 
Messrs.  Kegan  Paul,  Trench,  Triibner  &  Co.,  Limited,  London. 
Deuerlich  'sche  Buchhandlung,  Gbttingen. 


LOCATION   OF   THE   BRANCH   LIBRARIES    AND   DELIVERY 
STATIONS. 

Allston  delivery  station,  26  Franklin  street,  Allston. 

Brighton  branch,  Holton  Library  building,  Rockland  street. 

Charlestown  branch,  oTd  City  Hall,  City  square,  Charlestown. 

Dorchester  branch,  Arcadia,  cor.  Adams  street. 

East  Boston  branch,  old  Lyman  School  building,  Meridian  street. 

Jamaica  Plain  branch,  Curtis  Hall,  Centre  street,  Jamaica  plain. 

Lower  Mills  delivery  station,  Washington  street,  near  River  street. 

Mattapan  delivery  station,  River,  cor.  Oakland  street. 

Mount  Bowdoin  delivery  station,  Washington,  cor.  Eldon  street. 

Neponset  delivery  station,  Wood's  block. 

North-End  branch,  cor.  Salem  and  North  Bennet  streets. 

Roslindale  delivery  station,  Florence,  cor.  Ashland  street. 

Roxbury  branch,  46  Millmont  street. 

South  Boston  branch,  372  West  Broadway,  cor.  E  street. 

South- End  branch,  English  High  School  building,  Montgomery  street. 

West  Roxbury  delivery  station,  Centre,  near  Mt.  Vernon  street. 


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APPENDIX    XX. 


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APPENDIX    XXII. 

EXAMINING  COMMITTEES  FOR  THIRTY-EIGHT  YEARS. 

The  following  gentlemen  have  served  on  the  Examining 
Committees  for  the  years  given.  The  names  in  italics  are 
those  of  trustees  who  have  acted  as  chairmen  of  the  various 
committees.  The  thirty-fourth  year  was  from  May  1  to 
Dec.  31,  1885,  a  period  of  eight  months,  for  which  no 
Examining  Committee  was  appointed. 


Abbott,  Hon.  3.  G.,  1870. 
Abbott,  S.  A.  B.,  1880. 
Adams,  Nebemiah,  D.D.,  1860. 
Adams,  Wm.  T.,  1875. 
Alger,  Rev.  Wm.  R.,  1870. 
Andrew,  Hon.  John  F.,  1888. 
Appleton,  Hon.  Nathan,  1854. 
Apthorp,  Wm.  F.,  1883. 
Arnold,  Howard  P.,  1881. 
Aspinwall,  Col.  Thomas,  I860. 
Attwood,  G.,  1877. 
Bailey,  Edwin  C,  1861. 
Ball,  Joshua  D.,  1861. 
Bangs,  Edward,  1887. 
Barnard,  James  M.,  1866. 
Bartlett,  Sidney,  1869. 
Beebe,  James  M.,  1858. 
Beecher,  Rev.  Edward,  1854. 
Bigelow,  Jacob,  31.  H.,  1857. 
Bigelow,  Hon.  John  P.,  1856. 
Blagden,  George  W.,  D.D.,  1856. 
Blake,  John  G.,  M.D.,  1883. 
Bodfish,  Rev.  Joshua  P.,  1879. 
Bowditch,  Henry  I.,  M.D.,  1855. 
Bowditch,  Henry  I.,  M.D.,  1865. 
Bowditch,  H.  P.,  M.D.,  1881. 
Bowditch,  J.  Ingersoll,  1855. 
Bowman,  Alfonzo,  1867. 
Bradford,  Charles  F.,  1868. 
Brewer,  Thomas  M.,  1865. 
Brooks,  Rev.  Phillips,  1871. 
Browne,  Causten,  1876. 
Buckingham,  C.  E.,  M.D.,  1872. 
Burroughs,  Rev.  Henry,  jr.,  1869. 
Chadwick,  James  R.,  M.J).,  1877. 
Chaney,  Rev.  George  L.,  1868. 
Chase,  George  B.,  1876. 
Chase,  George  B.,  1877,  1885. 
Cheney,  Mrs.,  Ednah  D.,  1881. 
Clapp',  William   W.,  jr.,  1864. 
Clarke,  James  Freeman,  D.D.,  1877. 
Clarke,  James  Freeman,  D.D.,  1882. 
Collar,  Wm.  C,  1874. 
Oudworth,  Warren  II.,  I)./).,  1878. 


Curtis,  Charles  P.,  1862. 
Curtis,  Daniel  S.,  1872. 
Curtis,  Thos.  B.,  M.D.,  1874. 
Cushing,  Thomas,  1885. 
Dalton,  Charles  H.,  1884. 
Dana,  Samuel  T.,  1857. 
Dean,  Benjamin,  1873. 
Denny,  Henry  G.,  1876. 
Dexter,  Rev.  Henry  M.,  1866. 
Dillingham,  Rev.  Pitt,  1886. 
Dix,  James  A.,  1860. 
Doherty,  Philip  J.,  1888. 
Donahoe,  Patrick,  1869. 
Durant,  Henry  F.,  1863. 
Duryea,  Jos.  T.,  D.D.,  1880. 
Dwight,  John  S.,  1868. 
Dwight,  Thomas,  M.D.,  1880. 
Eastburn,  Manton,  JJ.D.,  1863. 
Eaton,  William  S.,  1887. 
Edes,  Henry  II.,  1886. 
Eliot,  Samuel,  LL.D.,  1868. 
Ellis,  Arthur  B.,  1888,  1889. 
Ellis,  Calvin,  M.D.,  1871. 
Ellis,  Geo.  E.,  D.D.,  1881. 
Endicott,  William,  jr.,  1878. 
Evans,  George  W.,  1887,  1888,  1889. 
Field,  Walbridge  A.,  1866. 
Fields,  James  T.,  1872. 
Fitz,  Reginald  H.,  1879. 
Foote,  Rev.  Henry  W.,  1864. 
Fowle,  William  F.,  1864. 
Freeland,  Charles  W.,  1867. 
Frost,  Oliver,  1854. 
Frothingham,  Richard,  1876. 
Furness,    Horace     Howard,    LL.D., 

1882. 
Gannett,  Ezra  S.,  D.D.,  1855. 
Gay,  George  H.,  1876. 
Gilchrist,  Daniel  S.,  1872. 
Gordon,  George  A.,  D.D.,  1885. 
Gould,  A.  A.,  M.D.,  1864. 
Grant,  Robert,  1884. 
Gray,  John  C.,  jr.,  1877. 
Green,  Samuel  A.,  M.D.,  1868. 


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Greenough,   William  W.,  1858,  1874, 

1883,  1886. 
Grinnell,  Rev.  C.  E.,  1874. 
Hale,  Rev.  Edward  E.,  1858. 
Hale,  Mrs.  George  S.,  1887,  1888. 
Hale,  Moses  L.,  1862. 
Haskins,  Rev.  George  F.,  1865. 
Hassam,  John  T.,  1885. 
Hayes,  Hon.  F.  B.,  1874. 
Haynes,  Henry  W.,  1879. 
Haynes,  Henry  W.,  1881,  1884. 
Hayward,  George,  M.D.,  1863. 
Heard,  John,  jr.,  1888,  1889. 
Heard,  John  T.,  1853. 
Herford,  Brooke,  D.D.,  1884. 
Herriek,    Samuel    E.,    D.D.,    1888, 

1889. 
Higginson,  Thomas  W.,  1883. 
Hill,  Clement  Hugh,  1880. 
Hillard,  Hon.  George  S.,  1853. 
Hillard,  Hon.  George  S.,  1873. 
Hodges,  Richard  M.,  M.D.,  1870. 
Holmes,  Edward  J.,  1881,  1884. 
Holmes,  Oliver  W.,  M.D.,  1858. 
Holmes,  Oliver  W.,  jr.,  1882. 
Homans,  Charles  D.,  M.D.,  1867. 
Homans,  Mrs.  Charles  D.,  1885,  1886, 

1887. 
Homer,  George,  1870. 
Homer,  Peter  T.,  1857. 
Hubbard,  William  J.,  1858. 
Hunnewell,  James  F.,  1880. 
Hyde,  George  B.,  1879. 
Jeffries,  B.  Joy,  M.D.,  1869. 
Jenkins,  Charles  E.,  1879. 
Jewell,  Hon.  Harvey,  1863. 
Jordan,  Eben  D.,  1873. 
Kidder,  Henry  P.,  1870. 
Kimball,  David  P.,  1874. 
Kimball,  Henry  H.,  1865. 
Kirk,  Edward  N.,  D.D.,  1859. 
Lawrence,  Hon.  Abbott,  1853. 
Lawrence,  Abbott,  1859. 
Lawrence,  James,  1855. 
Lee,  Miss  Alice,  1889. 
Lewis,   Weston,  1872,  1878. 
Lincoln,  Hon.  F.  W.,  1856. 
Lincoln,  Solomon,  1886. 
Little,  James  L.,  1864. 
Lombard,  Prof.  Josiah  L.,  1868. 
Loring,  Hon.  Charles  G. ,  1855. 
Lothrop,  Loring,  1866. 
Lowell,  Augustus,  1883. 
Lowell,  Edward  J.,  1885. 
Lunt,  Hon.  George,  1874. 
Lyman,  George  H.,  M.D.,  1885. 
Manning,  Rev.  Jacob  M.,  1861. 
Mason,  Rev.  Charles,  1857. 
Mason,  Robert  M.,  1869. 
Maxwell,  J.  Audley,  1883. 
Metcalf,    Rev.    Theodore    A.,     1888, 

1889. 
Minns,  Thomas,  1864. 
Minot,  Francis,  1866. 


Morrill,  Charles  J.,  1885. 

Morse,  John  T.,  jr.,  1879. 

Morse,  Robert  M.,  jr.,  1878. 

Morton,  Hon.  Ellis  W.,  1871. 

Mudge,  Hon.  E.  R.,  1871. 

Neale,  Rollin  H.,  D.D.,  1853. 

Noble,  John,  1882. 

Norcross,  Otis,  1880. 

O'Brien,  Hugh,  1879. 

O'Reilly,  John  Boyle,  1878. 

Otis,  G.  A.,  1860. 

Paddock,  Rt.  Rev.  Benj.  H.,  1876. 

Parker,  Charles  Henry,  1888,  1889. 

Parkman,  Henry,  1885. 

Parks,  Rev.  Leighton,  1882. 

Perkins,  Charles  C,  1871. 

Perry,  Thomas  S.,  1879,   1882,   18S3, 

1884, 1885. 
Phillips,  John  C,  1882. 
Phillips,  Jonathan,  1854. 
Prescott,  William  H.,  LL.D.,  1853. 
Prince,  Hon.  F.  0  ,  1888,  1889. 
Putnam,  George,  D.D.,  1870. 
Putnam,  Hon.  John  P.,  1865. 
Randall,  Charles  L.,  31.  D.,  1884. 
Rice,  Hon.  Alexander  H.,  1860. 
Rogers,  Prof.  William  B.,  1861. 
Rollins,  J.  Wingate,  1888,  1889. 
Ropes,  John  C,  1872. 
Rotch,  Benjamin  S.,  1863. 
Runkle,  Prof.  J.  D.,  1882. 
Russell,  Samuel  H.,  1880. 
Sanger,  Hon.  George  P.,  1860. 
Seaver,  Edwin  P.,  1881. 
Shepard,  Hon.  Harvey  N.,  1888,  1889. 
Shurtleff,  Hon.  Nathaniel  B.,  1857. 
Smith,  Charles  C,  1873. 
Smith,  Mrs.  Charles  C,  1881,  1886. 
Sprague,  Charles  J.,  1859. 
Sprague,  Homer  B.,  1882. 
Stedman,  C.  Ellery,  M.I).,  1888. 
Stevens,  Oliver,  1858. 
Stevenson,  Hon.  J.  Thomas,  1856. 
Stockwell,  S.  N.,  1861. 
Stone,  Col.  Henry,  1885,  1886,  1887. 
Story,  Joseph,  1856. 
Sullivan,  Richard,  1883,  1884. 
Teele,  John  O.,  1886. 
Thaxter,  Adam  W.,  1855. 
Thayer,  George  A.,  1875. 
Thayer,  Rev.  Thomas  B.,  1862. 
Thomas,  B.  F.,  1875. 
Thomas,  Seth  J.,  1856. 
Ticknor,    George,    1853,   1854,    1855, 

1859,  1863,  1866. 
Tobey,  Hon.  Edward  S.,  1862. 
Twombly,  Rev.  A.  S.,  1883,  1884. 
Upham,  J.  B.,  M.D.,  1865. 
Vibbert,  Rev.  Geo.  H.,  1873. 
Wales,  George  W.,  1875. 
Walley,  Hon.  Samuel  H.,  1862. 
Ward,  Rev.  Julius  H.,  1882. 
Ware.  Charles  E.,  M.D.,  1875. 
Ware,  Darwin  E.,  1881. 


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Warner,  Herman  J.,  1867. 
Warren,  Hon.  Charles  II.,  1859. 
Warren,  J.  Collins,  M.D.,  1878. 
Waterston,  Rev.  Robert  C,  1867. 
Wells,  Mrs.  Kate  G.,  1877. 
Wharton,  William  F.,  1880. 

Whipple,  Edwin  P.,  1869. 

Whitmore,  William  II. ,  1887. 

Whitney,  Daniel  II.,  1862. 
Whitney,  Henry  A.,  1873. 
Wightman,  lion.  Joseph  M.,  1859. 


Williams,  Harold,   M.D.,  1888,  1889. 
Williamson,  William  C,  1881. 
Wilson,  Elisha  T.,M.D.,  1861. 
Winsor,  Justin,  1867. 
Winthrop,  Hon.  Robert  C,  1854. 
Winthrop,  Robert  C,  jr.,  1887. 
Woodbury,  diaries  Levi,  1871. 
Woolson,   Mrs.    Abba    Goold,    1888, 

Wright,  Hon.  Carroll  D.,  1884. 


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APPENDIX   XXIII. 

TRUSTEES    FOR   THIRTY-EIGHT    YEARS. 

The  Honorable  Edward  Everett  was  President  of  the  Board 
from  1852  to  1864 ;  the  late  George  Ticknor  in  1865 ; 
William  W.  Greenough,  Esq.,  from  1866  to  April,  1888. 
Samuel  A.  B.  Abbott,  Esq.,  is  the  present  incumbent. 

The  Board  for  1852  was  a  preliminary  organization  ;  that 
for  1853  made  what  is  called  the  first  annual  report.  It 
consisted  of  one  alderman  and  one  common  councilman,  and 
five  citizens  at  large,  till  18(i7,  when  a  revised  ordinance 
made  it  consist  of  one  alderman,  two  common  councilmen, 
and  six  citizens  at  large,  two  of  whom  retired,  unless  re- 
elected, each  year,  while  the  members  from  the  City  Council 
were  elected  yearly.  In  1878  the  organization  of  the  Board 
was  changed  to  include  one  alderman,  one  councilman,  and 
five  citizens  at  large,  as  before  1867  ;  and  in  1885,  by  the  pro- 
visions of  the  amended  city  charter,  the  representation  of  the 
city  government  upon  the  Board  by  an  alderman  and  a 
councilman  was  abolished,  leaving  the  Board,  as  at  present, 
consisting  of  five  citizens  at  large. 


Ahbott,  Samuel  A.  15.,  1879-89. 

Allen,  James  B.,  1852-53. 
.  Appleton,  Thomas  G.,  1852-57. 
kBarnes,  Joseph  H.,  1871-72. 

Bigelow,  John  P.,  1852-68. 

Bowditch,  Henry  I.,  1865-68. 

Bradlee,  John  T.,  1869-70. 

Bradt,  Herman  1).,  1872-7:?. 

Braman,  JarvieD.,  1868-69. 

Bkaman,  Jakvis  D.,  1869-72. 

Brown,  J.  C.  J.,  1861-62. 

Burditt,  Charles  A.,  1873-76. 

Carpenter,  George  O.,  1870-71. 

Chase,  George  B.,  1877-85. 

Clark,  John  M.,  1855-56. 

Clark,  John  T.,  1873-78. 

Clarke,  James  Freeman,  1878-88 

Clapp,  William  W.,  jr.,  1864-66. 

Coe,  Henry  F.,  1878. 

Crane,  Samuel  D.,  1860-61. 

Curtis,  Daniel  S.,  1873-75. 

Dennie,  George,  1858-60. 

Dickinson,  M.  P.,  jr.,  1871-72. 

Drake,  Henry  A.,  1863-64. 

Erving,  Edward  S.,  1852. 

Everett,  Edward,  1852-64. 

Flynn,  James  J.,  1883. 

Frost,  Oliver,  1x54-55;   1856-58. 

Fbothinqhah,  Richard,  1875-79. 


Gaffield,  Thomas,  1867-68. 
Green,  Samuel  A.,  1868-78. 
Greenough,  William   W.,  1856-88. 
Guild,  Curtis,  1876-77;   1878-79. 
Harris,  William  G.,  1869-70. 
Haynes,  Henry  W.,  1858-59. 
Haynes,  Henry  W.,  1880-89. 
Hillard,  GeorgeS.,  1872-75;  1876- 

77. 
Howes,  Oshorne,  jr.,  1877-78. 
lngalls,  Melville  E.,  1870-71. 
Jackson,  Patrick  T.,  1864-65. 
Jenkins,  Edward  J.,  1885. 
Keith,  James  M.,  1868-70. 
Kimball,  David  P.,  1874-76. 
Lawrence,  James,  1852. 
Lee,  .John  H,  1884-85. 
Lewis,  Weston,  1867-68. 
Lewis,  Weston,  1868-79. 
Lewis,  Winslow,  1867. 
Little,  Samuel,  1871-73. 
Messinger,  George  W.,  1855. 
Morse,  Godfrey,  1883-84. 
Morton,  Ellis  W.,  1870-73. 
Munroe,  Abel  B.,  1854. 
Newton,  Jeremiah  L.,  1867-68. 
Nik's,  Stephen  R.,  1870-71. 
O'Brien,  Hugh,  1879-82. 
Pease,  Frederick,  1872-73. 


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Perkins,  William  E.,  1873-74. 
Perry,  Lyman,  1852. 
Plummer,  Farnham,  1856-57. 
Pope,  Benjamin,  187G-77. 
Pope,  Richard,  1877-78. 
Pratt,  Charles  E.,  1880-82. 
Pierce,  Phineas,  1888-89. 
Prince,  Frederick  0.,  1888-89. 
Potnam,  George,  1868-77. 
Reed,  Sampson,  1852-53. 
Richards,  William  R.,  1889. 
Sanger,  George  P.,  1860-61. 
Sears,  Philip  H.,  1859-60. 
Seaver,  Benjamin,  1852. 
Shepard,  Harvey  N.,  1878-79. 
Shurtleff,  Nathaniel  B.,  1852-68. 
Stebbins,  Solomon  B.,  1882-83. 


Story,  Joseph,  1855-56;  1865-67. 
Thomas,  Benjamin  F.,  1877-78. 
Ticknor,  George,  1852-66. 
Tyler,  John  S.,  1863-64;   1866-67. 
Warren,  George  W.,  1852-54. 
Washburn,  Frederick  L.,  1857-58. 
Whipple,  Edwin  P.,  1868-70. 
Whitmore,  William  H.,  1882-83. 
Whitmore,  William  H.,  1885-88. 
Whitney,  Daniel  H.,  1862-63. 
Whitten,  Charles  V.,  1883-85. 
Wilson,  Elisha  T.,  1861-63. 
Wilson,  George,  1852. 
Winsor,  Justin,  1867. 
Wolcott,  Roger,  1879. 
Wright,  Albert  J.,  1868-69. 


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