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ANNUAL    El^POET. 


1890 


ANNUAL    REPORT 


TRUSTEES  OF  THE  PUBLIC 
LIBRARY 


CITY   OF  BOSTON. 


1890 


BOSTON: 
ROCKWELL    AND    CHURCHILL,    CITl'    PRINTERS. 

18  9  1. 


To  His  Honor  Nathan  Matthews,  Jr., 

Mayor  of  the  Citif  of  Bofilon :  — 

The  Trustees  of  the  Public  Librni-y  of  the  City  of  Boston 
have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  their  thirty-ninth  nnnuiil 
report. 

An  ordinance  of  the  city  requires  that  the  Trustees  "  shall 
annually  appoint  an  examinins;  committee  of  not  less  than 
five  members,  who,  together  with  one  of  said  Board  as  chair- 
man, shall  examine  the  Library  and  make  to  said  Board  a 
report  of  its  condition."  The  members  of  the  committee  for 
the  past  year  were  :  Miss  Anna  S.  Amory,  Samuel  Arthur 
Bent,  Esq.,  Martin  Brimmer,  Esq.,  Miss  Harriette  S.  Law- 
rence, Miss  Alice  Lee,  Sanuiel  F.  McCleary,  Esq.,  Thomas 
S.  Perry,  Esq.,  Dr.  Harold  Williams,  and  the  Hon.  Fred- 
erick O.  Prince,  who,  on  behalf  of  the  Trustees,  acted  as 
chairman. 

In  order  to  give  ample  time  for  a  thorough  examination  of 
the  condition  of  the  Library,  they  were  appointed  in  January, 
and  the  Trustees  and  the  community  at  large  are  under  great 
obligations  to  them  individually  for  the  diligence  and  fidelity 
with  which  they  performed  the  duty  imposed  upon  them. 
Their  report  —  which  was  submitted  on  the  fifteenth  of  Janu- 
ary, 1891,  and  is  annexed  hereto  as  Appendix  "A" — has 
received  from  the  Trustees  the  careful  and  respectful  consid- 
eration to  which  a  communication  from  such  a  source  is 
entitled. 

Some  of  the  suggestions  and  recommendations  made  by 
the  committee  have  been  adopted  by  the  Trustees  ;  others 
of  them,  while  their  adoption  would  probably  increase  the 
usefulness  of  the  Library,  are  of  such  a  nature  that  they  can 
not  be  put  into  practical  operation  without  the  expenditure 
of  more  money  than  has  been  put  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Trustees  by  the  City  Council,  to  whose  consideration  they 
must,  therefore,  be  respectfully  referred. 

The  relation  of  the  Public  Library  to  the  schools  has  been 
frequently  discussed  in  previous  reports,  but  as  the  Examin- 
ing Committee  have  referred  to  the  subject,  it  may  not  be 
out  of  place  for  the  Trustees  to  state  briefly  what  appears  to 
them  to  be  the  purpose  for  which  the  Lil)rary  was  founded, 
and  the  policy  adopted  by  the  first  Trustees,  which  has  been 
consistently  observed  by  their  successors. 


4  Report  of  the  Library  Department. 

The  Library  was  founded  not  as  a  subsidiary  and  collateral 
aid  to  the  schools,  but  as  the  complement  of  the  free  school 
system.  To  quote  the  words  of  Mr.  Everett  on  the 
occasion  of  the  dedication  of  the  present  Library  build- 
ini^,  "Education  does  not  end  with  the  schools;  nor  is 
all  education  conducted  within  the  school-room  or  lecture- 
room.  Even  a  college  degree  is  but  the  significant  A.B.  of 
a  whole  alphabet  of  learning  still  to  be  acquired.  The  great 
work  of  self-culture  remains  to  be  carried  on  long  after  mas- 
ters and  tutors  and  professors  have  finished  their  labors  and 
exhausted  their  arts.  And  no  small  part  of  this  work,l  need 
hardly  say,  is  to  be  carried  on  under  the  influence  of  good 
reading  and  by  the  aid  of  good  books." 

The  great  object  of  this  Lil>rary  is  to  enable  all  citizens  to 
have  access  to  the  best  of  books  for  the  pur[)ose  of  self- 
culture.  The  education  of  children  in  the  schools  is  cared 
for  and  directed  by  the  school  committee,  who  have  abundant 
means  to  furnish  pupils  with  all  necessary  liooks  required  for 
school-work.  There  seems,  therefore,  to  be  no  good  reason 
why  pupils  or  teachers  should  have  any  pi-ivileges  in  the 
Library  not  accorded  to  all  citizens  alike.  Pupils  and  teach- 
ers are  not  del)arred  from  the  privileges  of  the  institution, 
but  have,  in  commcm  with  others  not  connected  with  the 
schools,  every  opportunity  to  pursue  special  investigations 
or  gratify  their  desire  for  good  reading. 

In  the  purchase  of  books  the  Trustees  aim  to  put  within 
the  reach  of  all  citizens  books  of  practical  value  to  the 
artisan,  to  the  professional  man,  and  to  the  student,  which 
otherwise,  by  reason  of  rarity  or  cost,  would  be  inaccessible 
to  the  great  body  of  citizens.  They  aim  also  to  place  before 
the  readers  "the  pleasant  and  healthy  literature  of  the  day," 
while  it  is  yet  fresh.  Of  good  books  on  matters  of  great 
interest  to  the  public  a  nund)erof  copies  are  usually  bought. 
It  would,  however,  be  beyond  the  means  of  the  institution, 
and  foreign  to  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  established,  to 
attempt  to  supply  fully  the  inmiediate  demand  for  nevv  and 
popular  books.  No  public  library  should  compete  with  cir- 
culating libraries  and  booksellers  in  supplying  such  a 
demand.  The  funds  of  the  Library  would  soon  be  exhausted, 
and  in  a  few  years  the  shelves  would  be  filled  with  dui)licate 
copies  of  books  that  would  not  be  called  for,  and  that  could 
be  disposed  of  only  as  waste  paper;  for  few  popular  books 
after  a  fiee  circulation  are  in  a  condition  to  be  sold  or  ex- 
changed. It  has  not  been  the  object  of  the  Trustees  to  fur- 
nish what  is  called  "  light  reading,"  and  considerable  care 
has  to  be  exercised  to  keep  from  purchasing  books  that 
would   be    not    only    useless,   but    positively    objectionable. 


Report  of  the  Library  Department.  5 

The  circulation  of  the  Library  could  be  greatly  increased 
by  the  indiscriminate  purchase  of  novels,  but  it  must  be 
remembered  that  the  value  of  the  Library  to  the  community 
is  not  to  be  measured  merely  by  the  number  of  books  lent. 
The  use  of  one  good  book  does  more  good  than  the  circula- 
tion of  a  dozen  poor  ones. 

The  Trustees  cannot  do  more  than  has  been  done  to 
extend  the  usefulness  of  the  Patent  library.  They  have 
always  used  their  best  endeavors  to  keep  it  well  up  with  the 
times,  and  have  provided  for  it  greater  accommodation 
than  they  have  been  able  to  afford  for  any  other  special  col- 
lection. They  believe  the  present  custodian  is  a  competent 
person  for  his  position,  and  is  satisfactory  to  those  who  con- 
sult the  lil)rary.  No  complaints  against  him  have  reached 
them.  During  the  coming  year  they  hope  to  be  able  to  add 
to  the  collection  a  complete  set  of  United  States  patents 
classified  according  to  subjects,  to  complement  the  present 
set,  which  is  arranged  chronologicaHj-. 

The  members  of  examining  committees  enjoy,  equally  with 
all  citizens,  the  privilege  —  that  has  always  been  most  freely 
exercised  —  of  at  all  times,  formally  or  informally,  "calling 
the  attention  of  the  Trustees  to  any  pressing  needs  of  the 
branch  lil)raries  or  buildings;"  but  the  Trustees  can  con- 
ceive that  if,  as  is  suggested  by  the  sub-conmiittee,  examin- 
ing committees  should  regard  it  as  [)art  of  their  duty  to  make 
frequent  informal  reports,  they  might  feel  that  their  functions 
were  those  of  a  supervising  body,  —  functions  too  onerous 
to  be  required  of  a  committee  appointed  only  "  to  examine 
the  Library,  and  make  a  report  of  its  condition." 

By  the  by-laws,  the  management  of  the  branches  devolves 
upon  the  Librarian,  and  it  is  his  duty  to  visit  them  as  fre- 
quently as  is  necessary  in  order  to  know  their  condition  and 
needs.  All  the  librarians  of  branches  are  in  direct  daily  commu- 
nication with  the  Central  Library,  and  they  have  every  possi- 
ble opportunity  to  make  known  their  wants.  All  needed 
repairs  are  attended  to  as  soon  as  possible,  and  are  not 
delayed  to  be  called  for  by  examining  committees.  Some  of 
the  branch  library-rooms,  the  Trustees  are  well  aware,  are 
not  what  they  should  be  ;  but  they  are  the  best  that  can  be 
provided  with  the  means  at  their  disposal.  No  case  has, 
however,  been  reported  where  books  have  been  injui-ed 
or  destroyed  by  lack  of  repairs  to  buildings  occupied  by 
branch  libraries  in  annexed  districts. 

The  Trustees  are  not  surprised  that  the  "  poor  quality  of 
gas  is  a  subject  of  complaint  at  Jamaica  Plain."  In  this  re- 
spect the  branch  suffers  in  common  with  the  Central  Library 
and  other  branches.  It  is  to  be  feared  that  this  is  an  evil 
that  cannot  be  remedied  by  the  Trustees, 


6  Report  of  the  Library  Department. 

The  Trustees  ajjree  with  the  committee  in  the  dissatisfac- 
tioii  they  express  in  regard  to  the  premises  occupied  by  the 
Dorchester  branch  library.  This  very  useful  branch  de- 
serves better  accommodations  than  have  been  provided 
for  it. 

The  Trustees  recognize  the  fact  that  new  catalogues  for  the 
ditierent  branches  are  desirable  ;  but  the  expense  of  cata- 
logues is  very  great,  and  they  have  found  it  impossible,  with 
their  present  means,  to  do  more  than  they  have  done. 
Heretofore  the  branch  librarians  have  not  been  required  to  do 
cataloguing  work.  It  is  proposed,  in  the  future,  to  make 
cataloguing  one  of  the  requirements  of  the  position,  and  by 
this  means  it  may  be  possible  to  furnish  the  branches  with 
the  means  needed  for  their  proper  use. 

The  condition  of  the  North  End  deli  very -station  and  read- 
ing-room has  been  the  subject  of  careful  consideration.  The 
Trustees  have  made  constant  endeavors,  in  which  they  have 
had  the  assistance  of  the  police  department,  to  find  suitable 
quarters  ;  but  they  have  thus  far  been  unsuccessful.  They 
have  reported  the  condition  of  the  neighboring  premises  to 
the  Board  of  Health,  and  have  done  what  they  could  to  ren- 
der the  reading-room  habitable.  In  May,  in  response  to 
a  request  by  the  City  Council  to  report "  upon  the  expediency 
of  maintaining  a  circulating  library  instead  of  the  present 
delivery-station  and  reading-room,"  they  replied  as  follows  :  — 

"  While  they  are  of  opinion  that  a  circulating  library  at 
the  North  End  would  supply  a  need  that  has  been  long  felt, 
they  do  not  think  it  would  be  expedient  or  possible  to 
establish  one  in  the  restricted  quarters  on  Salem  street,  at 
present  used  for  the  North  End  delivery-station  and  reading- 
room. 

"At  the  time  this  delivery-station  was  opened  they  could 
find  no  better  place  for  the  purpose,  and  they  do  not  know 
where  a  branch  library  can  now  be  established,  unless  the 
city  will  make  suitable  provision  for  one  in  the  proposed 
building  for  a  new  police-station." 

Objection  was  made  to  the  use  of  any  portion  of  the 
police-station  building  for  a  library,  and  no  action  was  taken 
upon  the  report. 

There  is  certainly  great  need  of  better  library  accommo- 
dations for  the  populous  districts  in  the  North  and  West 
Ends  which  are  now  the  most  poorly  served  in  the  city. 
The  Trustees  believe  that  a  delivery-station  and  reading- 
room    situated    in    the    neighborhood    of    Bowdoiu    square 


Report  of  tup:  Library  Department.  7 

and  Cambridge  street  would  be  more  useful  than  some  of 
those  already  established. 

There  has  been  no  change  of  policy  in  regard  to  furnishing 
books  to  branch  libraries.  The  Trustees  are  aware  that  the 
supply  of  books  sent  to  the  branches  during  the  past  year  has 
not  been  so  great  as  in  some  preceding  years.  This  is  not  the 
result  of  a  change  of  [)olicy,  but  of  lack  of  money,  as  the 
amount  appropriated  for  the  purpose  by  the  City  was  not 
adequate  to  sup[)ly  the  demands  of  the  Library.  The 
money  that  can  be  devoted  to  the  purchase  of  I)ooks  is 
practically  what  remains  of  the  annual  appropriation  after 
providing  for  expense  of  administration.  As  the  Library 
grows,  the  cost  of  administration  necessarily  increases,  and  if 
the  annual  appropriations  are  not  increased  in  like  ratio,  the 
supply  of  books  must  be  reduced  and  the  usefulness  of  the 
Library  be  seriously  impaired. 

During  the  past  year  the  cost  of  maintaining  the  branch 
libraries,  including  the  Lower  Hall,  has  been  seven-sixteenths 
of  the  whole  appropriation  ;  so  that  the  Trustees  were  con- 
fronted with  the  question  whether  the  Central  Library  should 
1)6  permanently  and  irre[)arably  injured  in  order  to  provide 
the  customary  supply  of  books  to  the  branches,  or  whether 
the  branches  should  sutier  temporary  inconvenience  in  order 
to  keep  the  Central  Library  from  suti'ering  such  injury. 
They  decided  that  it  was  best  that  the  bj-anches  should 
suffer.  It  is  a  temporary  inconvenience  for  the  branches  to 
be  deprived  of  their  usual  supply  of  books  ;  but  to  neglect 
to  keep  the  main  Library  well  up  with  the  times  works  an 
injury  that  can  never  be  repaired. 

There  has  been  a  marked  increase  in  the  use  of  books, 
especially  in  Bates  Hall  —  the  Library  proper  —  which 
contains  only  standard  literature.  This  fact  is  extremely 
gratifying,  as  it  indicates  a  growing  demand  for  good 
reading. 

The  experiment  begun  in  December,  1889,  of  keeping  the 
Bates  Hall  open  until  9  o'clock  in  the  evening  has  been  con- 
tinued during  the  year,  and  the  result  has  been  entirely  satis- 
factory. The  hours  between  six  and  nine  have  been  found 
to  accommodate  a  large  number  of  workers  who  are  unable 
to  use  the  Library  in  the  daytime. 

The  opening  of  this  Hall  on  Sunday  from  tvvo  till  nine, 
which  was  begun  early  in  February,  has  been  followed 
by  a  like  gratifying  result.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  funds 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Trustees  by  the  City  Govern- 
ment will  enable  them  to  make  this  service  permanent,  as  its 
usefulness  has  been  demonstrated  beyond  doubt. 


Report  or  the  Library  Department. 


Bequests  axd  Gifts. 

Mr.  Arthur  Scholfield,  who  died  in  January,  1883,  be- 
queathed to  the  city  $50,000,  the  income  ol' which  was  to  be 
])aid  by  his  brother,  the  hite  Joseph  Scholfield,  durinof  his  life, 
and  afterwards  used  for  the  purchase  of  books.  JNlr.  fJoseph 
Scholtield  died  in  1889,  and  by  his  will  bequeathed  to  the 
city  for  the  use  of  the  Library  the  income  that  he  had  re- 
ceived from  his  brother's  bequest,  amounting  to  $11,766. 
This  sum  was  received  and  invested  bv  the  City  Treasurer  in 
May. 

The  bequest  of  $10,000  made  by  the  late  J.  Ingersoll 
Bowditch,  and  referred  to  in  a  previous  report,  was  received 
in  Januar}',  and  the  income  then  became  available  for  the 
purchase  of  mathematical  and  astronomical  books. 

In  May  Mrs.  John  A.  Lewis  gave  to  the  Library  the 
exceedingly  valuable  collection  of  books  made  by  her  late 
husband,  relating  to  the  earl}^  history  of  America.  This  was 
considered  a  gitt  of  so  great  importance  that  it  was  made 
the  subject  of  a  special  connimnication  to  the  City  Govern- 
ment, who,  in  June,  voted  to  ^Irs.  Lewis  the  thanks  of  the 
city.  This  collection  will  not  be  distributed  among  the 
books  of  the  Library,  but  will  be  kept  separate  and  known 
as  the  "John  A.  Lewis  Library." 

Appended  to  this  report  is  a  list  of  other  gifts,  for  which 
the  thanks  of  the  Trustees  and  of  the  city  are  due  to  the 
givers. 

It  is  exceedingly  gratifying  to  note  from  the  number  and 
value  of  these  gifts  and  bequests  that  the  interest  taken  in 
the  Library  is  constantly  increasing. 

In  their  annual  report  for  1858  the  Trustees  of  that  year, 
in  view  of  the  "  character  of  the  institution  as  a  public  es- 
tablishment in  which  the  community  at  large  will  enjoy 
greater  advantages  than  have  ever  been  affoided  in  any  other 
case  to  the  [)oi)ulation  of  a  large  city,"  suggest  "to  such 
of  their  fellow-citizens  at  large  that  can  afford  it,  the  expe- 
diency of  making  an  annual  present  to  the  Public  Library  of 
at  least  one  good  book."  "This,"  they  say,  "  might  be  done 
by  many  thousands  of  the  citizens  of  Boston  without  any 
inconvenience ;  and,  besides  adding  to  the  stores  of  the 
Library,  would  tend  to  extend  and  strengthen  the  sympathy 
of  the  people  at  large  in  its  welfare."  The  Trustees  venture 
to  renew  this  suggestion.  Doubtlessly  man}'^  citizens  of 
Boston  have  in  their  houses  great  mnnbers  of  books  that  are 
practically  useless  to  them,  but  which  woukl  be  of  great 
value  to  the  Librar3^     In  cases  where  such  books  are  dupli- 


Report  of  the  Library  Department.  9 

catcs  of  volumes  in  the  Central  liibraiy  they  can  be  sent  to 
the  branches.  If  any  persons  desiring  to  give  books  to  the 
Library  will  notify  the  Trustees,  a  messenger  will  be  sent  for 
them. 

The  Barlow  Sale. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  year  the  City  Council,  with  great 
generosity  and  foresight,  appropriated  $20,000  for  the  pur- 
chase of  books  at  the  sale  of  the  library  of  the  late  S.  L.  M. 
Barlow.  The  dispersion  of  this  collection  afforded  an  oppor- 
tunity, that  may  perhaps  never  happen  again,  to  obtain  many 
rare  and  valuable  books  relating  to  early  American  history 
that  should  be  fV)und  in  the  Public  Library  of  this  city,  if  it 
is  to  maintain  in  the  future  the  position  it  has  held  in  the- 
past.  Great  care  was  taken  in  the  selection  of  the  books  to- 
be  purchased,  and  in  the  determination  of  the  amounts  to  l>e 
bid  for  them.  A  full  report  in  regard  to  this  sale  was  made 
to  the  Mayor  in  February,  and  a  list  of  the  books  purchased, 
will  be  found  in  the  April,  1890,  Bulletin. 

The  most  valual)le  books  purchased  were  the  Latin  version, 
of  the  first  letter  of  Columbus,  which  was  reproduced  in  fee- 
simile  in  the  October  Bulletin,  and  "A  True  Copie  of  the 
Court  Booke  of  the  Governor  and  Society  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  in  New  England." 

Index  Digest. 

In  January  His  Honor  Mayor  Hart,  in  a  letter  to  the 
Trustees,  informed  them  that  an  index  digest  of  all  city 
documents  was  greatly  needed  by  both  the  City  Government 
and  the  public,  and  suggested  that  they  should  devise  a 
plan  for  making  one.  The  subject  was  carefully  considered, 
and  Mr.  Whitney,  the  assistant  librarian,  was  instructed  to 
prepare  sample  pages  of  the  proposed  index  to  snbmit  to 
the  City  Government.  Owing  to  the  forced  reduction  in 
Library  sei'vice,  this  work  has  been  delayed,  but  the  Trustees 
hope  to  be  able  soon  to  report  further  upon  the  subject. 

Bulletin. 

With  the  April  number  began  a  new  series  of  the  Bulletin, 
with  a  change  to  a  classified  arrangement  which  gives  an 
approach  to  books  from  a  different  point  from  that  of  the 
card  catalogue,  and  wdiich,  to  a  certain  extent,  supplies  the 
deficiencies  of  that  catalogue.  The  bibliographical  matter 
appended  to  the  Bulletin  issued  this  year  is  of  unusual 
interest.     The  Trustees  are  under  great  obli2:ations  to  Paul 


10  Report  of  the  Library  Department. 

Leicester  Ford,  Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  for  his 
"enerous  contribution  of  a  list  of  the  publications  of  the 
Continental  Congress.  This  list  is  of  very  great  value  to 
students  of  American  history,  and  has  added  great  interest 
to  the  Bulletins  in  which  it  is  published. 

A  ninth  and  greatly  enlarged  edition  of  the  "  Hand  Book 
for  Readers"  has  been  published,  containing  the  regulations 
of  the  Library,  with  an  account  of  the  catalogues,  a  biljliog- 
raphy  of  special  subjects,  a  list  of  indexes  to  periodicals, 
and  other  information.  The  book  is  of  great  assistance, 
not  only  to  persons  using  the  Library,  but  to  all  readers  and 
students,  and  reflects  great  credit  upon  the  editor,  Mr. 
Whitney,  and  those  of  the  Library  force  who  assisted  him  in 
this  work. 

Owing  to  the  smallness  of  the  amount  appropriated  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  Lil)rary  for  the  present  tinnncial  year, 
the  efficiency  of  the  institution  has  been  serioush*  impaired. 
The  Library  force  has  of  necessity  been  greatly  decreased, 
and  much  useful  work  discontinued.  It  is  a  matter  for  the 
serious  consideration  of  the  City  Council  whether  the  Library 
shall  continue  to  grow  in  usefulness  as  heretofore,  or  whether 
the  policy  pursued  up  to  this  time  by  the  Trustees  shall  be 
changed  so  as  to  meet  the  necessities  of  an  inadequate  ap- 
propriation. The  increase  of  the  Library  in  size  and  useful- 
ness has  been  wonderful  ;  but  there  has  been  of  late  years 
no  corresponding  increase  in  the  amount  of  money  annually 
appropriated  for  its  maintenance. 

Samuel  A.  B.  Abbott, 
Henry  \V.  Haynes, 
Frederick  O.  Prince, 
Piiineas  Pierce, 
William  R.  Richards. 

January  20,  1891. 

NoTK.  —  The  tables  that  have  usually  accompanied  the  Librarian's 
report  will  be  found  in  the  appendixes.  Owinj^  to  the  resignation  of 
Mr.  (Jhaniberlain  there  has  been  practically  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of 
librarian,  although  his  official  connection  with  the  institution  did  not  end 
until  the  first  of  October. 

The  semi-annual  report  of  the  Trustees  upon  the  condition  of  the  new 
Public  Library  building  is  appended,  following  page  58. 


Report  of  the  Library  Department.  11 


[APPENDIX    A.] 


EXAMIxXING   COMMITTEE'S   REPORT. 


The  Examining  Committee  orgtinized,  with  the  Hon,  F, 
O.  Prince  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  as  chairman,  soon  after 
receiving  notice  of  their  appointment,  and  divided  them- 
selves into  various  sub-committees  for  the  better  perform- 
ance of  their  task.  They  have  held  several  meetings,  in 
which  various  reports  and  suggestions  have  been  discussed, 
and  their  work  has  been  greatly  facilitated  by  the  readiness 
of  the  officials  and  of  the  Trustees  to  explain  to  them  the 
complicated  matters  necessarily  involved  in  the  administra- 
tion of  the  Library.  Many  matters  have  been  the  subject  of 
discussion  between  the  committee  and  the  Trustees,  and  the 
committee  are  anxious  to  express  their  gratification  with 
the  opportunity  to  express  in  oral  discussion  with  the  gentle- 
men in  charge  of  the  various  and  complicated  aflairs  of  the 
Library  their  views  on  these  matters  and  to  learn  those  held 
by  the  Trustees. 

At  the  present  time,  the  duties  of  the  Trustees  are  much 
augmented  by  their  superintendence  of  the  construction  of 
the  new  Library  building.  This  edifice,  already  an  orna- 
ment to  the  city,  even  in  its  partly  completed  condition, 
is  destined  to  be  of  the  greatest  possible  use  by  offering 
to  the  public  much  greater  facilities  for  the  consultatioji 
of  the  rich  stores  of  the  Library.  At  present,  the  Boyl- 
ston  street  building  is  utterly  outgrown.  Both  the  Bates 
Hall  and  the  Lower  Hall  reading-rooms  are  crowded  far  be- 
yond their  capacity,  although  measures  have  been  taken  to 
give  more  room  to  the  public.  It  is  not  the  public  alone 
that  suffers  inconvenience,  the  officials  of  the  Library  have  to 
perform  their  ever-increasing  duties  in  the  most  cramped 
quarters.  In  the  new  building,  which,  it  is  to  be  hoped, 
will  be  completed  with  the  utmost  promptness,  great  relief 
will  be  obtained  for  all  who  have  occasion  to  enter  the 
Library, 

The  committee  earnestly  support  the  intention  of  the 
Trusteees  to  provide  in  the  new  building  full  accommoda- 
tions for  a  large  number  of  readers  and  students.  The 
greater  the  facilities,  the  greater,  the  committee  are  sure, 
will   be  the  number  of  persons    using  them.     Already  the 


12  Report  of  the  Library  Departmext. 

Lil)rary  is  resorted  to  by  many  workers  from  other  places, 
and  the  more  it  is  enlarged  and  improved,  the  surer  the 
Library  is  to  become  a  phice  of  resort  for  strangers  as  well 
as  for  citizens,  whereby  an  advantage  accrues  to  the  city. 
It  is  desirable,  not  merely  to  provide  a  room  that  shall  be  an 
agreeable  spectacle  to  the  chance  visitor  who  walks  through 
it,  but  one  giving  every  student  who  requires  it  such  isola- 
tion as  may  be  consistent  with  the  interests  of  the  Library 
for  work  without  distraction.  Already  the  service  is  prompt 
and  efficient.  Those  who  recall  the  delay  in  receiving  books 
with  which  one  is  hampered  in  the  libraries  of  Europe  must 
smile  at  the  now  rare  complaints  concerning  the  slow  supply 
of  books  hi  this  Library.  Volumes  from  a  remote  corner  of 
the  third  story  cannot  be  brought  instantly,  but  they  can  be 
and  are  brought  promptly.  The  extreme  difficulty  of  work- 
ino-  when  elbowed  by  a  crowd  will  doubtless  be  removed 
in  the  new  building. 

The  committee  regret  the  enforced  economy  in  the  pur- 
chase of  books,  which  has  cut  down  the  supply  in  the  Cen- 
tral Library  and  in  the  Branches.  It  is  understood  that  the 
expenses  of  the  Library  have  increased  not  onl}'  with  the 
natural  growth  of  the  Library,  but  also  on  account  of  two 
very  important  changes  that  have  l)een  made  in  the  course  of 
the  last  year.  One  is  keeping  the  Bates  Hall  open  till  9 
o'clock  every  evening;  the  other  is  opening  Bates  Hall  on 
Sunday  from  2  P.M.  until  9  P.iM.  This  last  change  has  been 
the  subject  of  much  discussion  in  past  years,  and  when  it 
was  first  proposed  it  met  with  violent  op[)osition.  Grad- 
ually, however,  the  objections  evaporated ;  and  when  the 
change  was  made,  it  did  not  excite  a  murnmr.  It  was 
found,  indeed,  that  the  opportunity  for  visiting  and  making 
use  of  the  Library  was  taken  by  many  who  were  kept  away 
by  their  occupations  during  the  rest  of  the  week,  and  that 
the  Library  offered  welcome  advantages  to  a  number  of  seri- 
ous workers.  Inasmuch  as  the  same  change  is  under  dis- 
cussion with  regard  to  the  public  lil)raries  of  many  cities 
in  the  country,  the  conmiittee  are  anxious  that  the  experi- 
ence of  Boston  may  not  be  ovei-looked.  The  committee  are 
unanimous  in  conunending  these  imiovations ;  the  public 
shows  its  appreciation  b}'  the  use  it  makes  of  them.  An 
additional,  or  what  is  for  some  the  only,  o])portunity  for 
serious    reading   seems  in  every  way  admirable. 

The  Examining  Committee  suggest  to  the  City  Council 
that,  inasmuch  as  the  money  paid  into  the  Library  for  fines, 
the  sale  of  catalogues,  etc.,  amounting  to  about  $3,000 
yearly,  is  now  turned  into  the  City  Treasur}',  in  accordance 
with  the  new  City  Ordinances,  it  would  be  well  to  have  the 


Report  of  the  Library  Department.  13 

annual  appropriations  enlarged  to  the  same  amount,  if  it  be 
deemed  inadvisable  to  alter  the  Ordinances  to  that  effect; 
Such  sums  of  money  are  properly,  it  seems,  the  Library's 
earnings,  and  might  conveniently  be  kept  where  they  would 
be  directly  devoted  to  defraying  the  legitimate  expenses  of 
the  Library. 

The  Public  Schools. 

In  the  report  of  the  Examining  Committee  for  1888  cer- 
tain recommendations  were  made  to  the  Trustees  concernino: 
cards  to  be  issued  to  teachers  and  pupils,  which  have  not 
been  adopted.  Since  that  time  your  committee  understand 
that  the  School  Board  makes  an  annual  appropriation  to 
increase  the  number  of  l)ooks  for  use  in  the  higher  grades  of 
schools,  and  does  not  ask  the  Trustees  at  present  for  further 
legislation.  The  subject  of  assistance  to  be  given  by 
public  libraries  to  the  young  is  of  growing  importance. 
Your  committee  find  that  large  cities  like  Philadelphia  and 
Chicago,  and  smaller  municipalities  like  Providence,  Worces- 
ter, Cambridge,  and  Newton,  give  a  larger  number  of 
books  to  school  children  than  to  other  citizens,  regarding 
the  library  as  a  means  of  education,  like  a  laboratory  of 
philosophical  or  chemical  apparatus.  The  committee  are 
glad  to  know  that  in  the  absence  of  any  such  system  in 
Boston,  the  Library  officials,  both  in  the  main  building  and 
in  the  Branches,  spend  nmch  time  and  a  very  laudable  degree 
of  effort  in  directing  the  young  to  books  which  assist  them 
in  their  studies  and  give  them  a  taste  for  pure  and  noble 
literature. 

Patent  Department. 

In  the  new  Library  building  many  of  the  inconveniences 
here  mentioned  will  be  done  away  with,  and  what  is  true  of 
this  department  is  true  of  all  the  other  departments  of  the 
Library,  which  now  suffer  seriously  from  overcrowding. 
The  shelves  are  uncomfortably  full,  and  new  books  have  to 
be  placed  in  new  and  often  remote  quarters,  and  the  staff  of 
Library  assistants  works  under  very  unfavorable  conditions. 

The  beneficial  results  of  removing  the  Patent  Library 
from  its  former  contracted  quarters  into  its  present  and 
more  accessible  room  is  shown  in  a  marked  degree  l)y  a 
gratifying  increase  in  the  number  of  examiners ;  and  it 
exhibits  an  undoubted  proof  that  the  greater  and  wider  the 
facilities  of  consultation,  the  more  satisfactory  and  advan- 
tageous will  be  the  consequent  results. 

It  was  a  felicitous  remark  of  John  Heard,  Jr.,  a  member 


14  Eeport  of  the  Library  Department. 

of  the  Examining  Committee  for  1888,  that  the  artisan, 
thouirh  "  accustomed  to  tools,  is  afraid  of  books."  Indeed, 
the  average  mechanic,  upon  his  entry  into  the  patent-room 
of  the  library,  with  its  shelves  on  all  sides  litted  to  the 
ceiling  with  specifications  and  plans,  foreign  and  domestic, 
is  fairly  bewildered  at  such  an  array,  and  at  once  feels  his 
inability  to  fultil  his  purpose  alone.  In  the  absence  of  a 
general  card  catalogue  for  this  department  he  Avould  un- 
doubtedly feel  relief  at  once,  could  he  be  sure  that  he  had  a 
right  to  apply  to  some  person  familiar  with  the  books  and 
methods  of  consultation,  who  would  not  only  furnish  the 
material  he  seeks  Init  would  answer  all  his  questions  fully 
and  readily.  Without  such  aid,  he  must  employ,  if  he  is 
not  disheartened  in  his  quest,  some  patent  solicitor  at  a 
considerable  ex[)ense.  To  bring  these  books  and  their 
contents,  subject  to  judicious  rules,  within  the  original  reach 
of  our  mechanics  and  artisans  should  be  the  purpose  of  the 
Trustees  ;  otherwise  the  use  of  the  Library  is  subordinate  to 
a  mere  exhibition  of  the  extent  of  its  possibilities. 

We  recommend,  therefore,  that  in  the  new  building  a 
special  curator  be  employed  in  the  patent-room,  who  shall 
devote  his  whole  time  in  promoting  a  ready  and  easy  access 
for  all  inquirers  to  the  manifold  treasures  of  this  depart- 
ment. 

To  carry  this  suggestion  into  eflfect  would  not  involve  a 
great  expense,  for  it  is  necessary  now  to  have  a  special  at- 
tendant upon  duty  in  this  room.  It  is  a  question  merely  of 
additional  salary  to  be  paid  to  a  competent  })crson. 

The  area  of  the  present  Patent  Lil)rary  room  is  about 
60  X  30  feet,  a  large  portion  of  which  is  utilized  as  a 
reading-room  for  women,  and  is  also  intruded  upon  by  the 
Lower  Hall  catalogue  case,  before  which  are  usually  found 
numerous  apjilicants  who  block  up  at  times  the  entrance  to 
the  room. 

These  obstructions,  it  is  understood,  are  but  temporary. 
In  the  new  building  the  room  assigned  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  Patent  Library  has  a  lioor  area  of  (>.5i  X  83.10, 
only  a  few  feet  larger  than  the  present  room  —  but  it  will  be 
devoted  solely  to  its  special  purpose. 

With  an  enlarged  area  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Library, 
and  especially  w'ith  increased  facilities  for  the  consultation  of 
books,  and  with  a  generous  service  in  expediting  the  search 
for  special  topics,  the  committee  feel  confident  that  the  Patent 
Libraiy  cannot  fail  to  invite  a  wider  and  a  more  satisfactory 
use  of  its  contents. 


Report  of  the  Library  Department.  15 

Branch  Libraries. 

The  committee  to  visit  the  Branch  libraries  have  paid  four 
official  visits  and  many  informal  ones  to  the  Branches  and 
delivery  stations  during  the  year  1890.  The  delivery 
stations  were  included  this  year  for  the  first  time  in  the 
official  visit  and  the  committee  recommend  that  they  be 
henceforth  examined  with  the  Branches,  that  the  entire  woi'k 
of  the  latter  may  thus  be  better  understood.  The  stations 
echoed  the  call  for  new  catalogues  which  was  heard  at  the 
Branches,  and  the  committee  urge  the  importance  of  their 
speedy  publication.  It  is  a  singular  fact  that  the  Branch 
using  the  catalogue  of  earliest  date  (1872,  with  a  supplement 
in  1874)  is  that  which  shows  the  smallest  circulation.  The 
committee  admit  the  popularity  of  the  "  finding  lists,"  fre- 
quently published,  at  an  expense  of  two  cents  to  the  pur- 
chaser. Nothing,  however,  can  supersede  the  usefulness  of 
a  full  catalogue,  published  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  and 
put  within  reach  of  every  citizen. 

The  committee  feel  strongly  the  importance  of  the  deliv- 
ery stations,  and  commend  them  to  the  hearty  support  of  the 
Trustees.  They  are  glad  to  know  that  at  least  one  has  been 
established  since  the  committee  made  their  official  visit,  and 
that  another  has  been  called  for  by  the  City  Council.  They 
hope  to  see  one  in  operation  at  the  West  End  (wiiere  it  may 
be  possible  to  use  the  lil)rary  of  the  West  Church),  and  one  at 
the  Roxbury  crossing.  It  will  be  noticed  that  what  was  once 
the  city  of  Roxbury  has  no  delivery  station,  and  that  there 
are  none  at  the  South  and  West  Ends  of  the  city  proi)er. 
When  the  new  building  is  opened,  the  need  of  stations  in 
these  districts  will  be  im[)erative.  The  committee  do  not  rec- 
ommend the  transfer  of  the  South  End  Branch  to  any  other 
locality,  but  rather  the  opening  of  a  station  nearer  the  old 
Roxbury  line.  The  delivery  stations,  like  an  arterial  system, 
bring  not  only  the  nearest  branch,  but  the  main  library  to 
the  most  remote  sections  of  the  city.  They  are  established 
and  maintained  with  comparative  cheapness,  and  are  a  most 
powerful  ftictor  in  spreading  the  benetits  of  the  free  public 
Library  throughout  the  entire  community.  In  selecting  the 
rooms  for  such  stations,  the  committee  hope  that  a  reading 
room  for  papers  and  periodicals  may  always  be  included,  or 
that  the  citizens  asking  for  such  a  station  may  help  to  con- 
tribute this  essential  feature. 

The  committee  are  not  satisfied  with  the  rooms  assigned 
to  the  Dorchester  Branch.  They  have  reason  to  believe  that 
the  Trustees  share  this  dissatisfaction,  but  feel  that  no  im- 
provement is  possible  at  present.     The  committee  have  no 


16  Report  or  the  Library  Department. 

doubt  that  the  use  of  the  Library  in  that  thickly  settled 
neighborhood  suffers  by  reason  of  the  poor  accommodation. 
Perhaps  if  it  were  known  that  the  Library  was  seeking  more 
commodious  quarters,  they  would  be  offered.  The  committee 
recommend  to  the  Trustees  to  make  public  their  dissatisfac- 
tion with  a  building  so  unsuited  to  the  wants  of  a  large  and 
intelligent  section  of  the  city. 

The  committee  found  the  buildings  to  be  generally  in  good 
repair,  and  in  charge  of  intelligent  and  faithful  officials.  Cer- 
tain improvements  which  seemed  imperative  were  reported 
to  the  Trustees  immediately  after  the  committee's  visit,  at  an 
informal  meeting  with  several  members  of  the  Board.  The 
repairs  thus  recommended  were  at  once  undertaken.  The  com- 
mittee hope,  therefore,  that  similar  opportunities  may  l»e  given 
to  their  successors  of  calling  the  attention  of  the  Trustees  to 
any  pressing  needs  of  the  Branch  libraries  or  buildings.  The 
time  between  the  official  visit  in  the  month  of  April  and  the 
publication  of  the  annual  report  nearly  a  year  later  is  too  long, 
and  should  be  broken,  if  necessary.  In'  an  informal  report 
made  whenever  thought  expedient  by  the  committee. 

Needed  repairs,  however,  should  not  be  delayed  until 
called  for  by  a  visiting  committee,  but  should  be  made  when- 
ever the  Branch  librarians  direct  the  attention  of  the  Trustees 
to  their  necessity.  In  the  case  of  annexed  districts,  the  same 
care  should  be  taken  of  the  library  buildings  which  the  orig- 
inal municipalities  .would  have  shown  had  annexation  not 
occurred,  and  no  re])airs  should  be  neglected  whereby  the 
buihiings  may  deteriorate  or  the  books  in  tlxMU  be  injured  or 
destro3'ed.  From  tiie  complaints  and  requests  made  to  them 
last  spring,  the  committee  feel  that  there  is  a  lack  of  proper 
communication  between  the  Branches  and  the  main  building, 
possibly  that  the  Trustees  do  not  hear  requests,  which  there- 
fore fail  of  response.  The  committee,  therefore,  report  these 
com|)laints  and  requests  to  the  Trustees,  with  the  hope  that 
they  may  be  carefully  considered  and  acted  upon.  At  the 
North  and  South  Ends,  South  Boston,  Dorchester,  and 
Jamaica  Plain,  a  want  of  pro[)er  ventilation  was  reported, 
which  at  South  Boston  the  lil)rarian  herself  has  imi)roved. 
At  South  Boston  an  urjrent  call  is  made  for  a  hiijher  class  of 
childi-en's  l)0()ks,  such  as  would  aid  in  school  work,  and  for 
books  of  a  more  serious  character  for  adults.  The  committee 
are  glad  to  find  here  a  call  for  other  books  than  fiction.  The 
})oor  (|iiality  of  the  gas  was  the  subject  of  a  complaint  at 
Jamaica  Plain.  At  Roxbury  a  railing  would  jireserve  the  de- 
livery table  from  the  excessive  zeal  of  youthtul  patrons.  At 
the  South  End  the  "  Scientific  American"  has  been  called  for, 
and  the  committee  repeat  the  recommendation  made  by  their 


Eeport  of  the  Library  Departmext.  17 

predecessors.  Dorchester  calls  for  an  agricultural  paper,  and 
Jamaica  Plain  wishes  to  oiler  its  large  German  population  a 
periodical  in  their  native  language.  The  South  End  Branch 
seeks  police  protection  from  five  to  eight  every  evening 
during  the  months  of  January,  February,  and  March,  because 
the  Library  is  in  a  basement,  and  the  interruptions  caused 
by  mischievous  persons  on  the  sidewalk  seriously  annoy  the 
officials  and  readers. 

These  requests  were  made  to  this  committee  (who  have 
no  j)ower  to  grant  them),  because  the  Branch  librarians  had 
made  them  elsewhere  in  vain,  and  thought  that  the  com- 
mittee's recommendation  would  assist   them. 

That  such  requests  may  in  future  reach  the  Trustees  di- 
rectly and  quickly,  the  committee  recommend  that  one  of 
the  higher  officials  of  the  Library  service  be  detailed  to 
make  periodical  visits  to  the  Branches  and  stations,  and  re- 
l)ort  at  least  once  a  month  upon  the  condition  of  each  build- 
ing, its  furniture,  heating,  lighting,  police  supervision,  or  the 
want  of  it,  and  upon  the  administration,  the  efficiency  of  the 
Branches,  and  the  fidelity  and  intelligence  of  tlie  librarians 
and  attendants.  Such  duties  were  once  required  of  an  offi- 
cial styled  "the  Lispector  of  Circulation."  With  the  in- 
crease of  stations,  and  the  consequent  widening  of  the 
Libraiy's  circulation  and  usefulness,  the  reestablishmeut  of 
such  an  office  is  imperatively  demanded. 

Were  such  an  officer  to  visit  the  North  End  Library  dur- 
ing the  hours  in  which  it  is  open,  he  would  at  once  report 
that  it  is  unfit  for  human  occupancy,  in  spite  of  the  repairs 
recently  made  at  the  urgent  lecommendation  of  the  commit- 
tee. In  all  their  visits  to  this  Library  the  committee  have 
never  met  both  attendants  on  duty  at  the  same  time,  as  one 
or  the  other  has  been  absent  on  account  of  sickness  incurred 
by  living  several  hours  each  day  in  a  fetid  atmos[)here,  only 
improved  by  opening  windows  upon  a  back  alley,  concerning 
which  the  committee  have  asked  the  Trustees  to  complain  to 
the  Board  of  Health.  The  people  of  the  North  End  have  to 
some  extent  learned  to  stay  away  from  a  room  with  noxious 
odors  without  and  a  gas-consumed  atmosphere  within.  The 
1,400  books  which  this  room  contains,  and  which  cannot  be 
taken  from  it,  had  a  maximum  daily  call  of  522  in  1887  and 
230  in  188U,  the  total  use  falling  from  32,896  to  25,176. 
But  this  community  is  one  towards  which  the  educational 
character  and  appliances  of  the  Library  should  be  not  only 
active  but  positively  aggressive,  and  it  cannot  assume  such  a 
l)osition  in  its  present  equipment.  Immediate  steps  should 
be  taken  to  procure  other  accommodations,  with  good  air  and 
light,  and,  in  the  meantime,  the  Liln'ary  should  be  made  a 


18  Report  of  the  Library  Department. 

Branch  Library,  to  be  opened  at  a  much  earlier  hour,  and 
supplied  with  books  now  lying  unused  elsewhere. 

The  Examining  Committee  of  1888  recommended  an  ap- 
plication to  the  Supreme  Court  for  a  modification  of  the  terms 
of  the  will  of  the  late  Charlotte  Harris,  so  that  the  income 
from  that  fund  might  not  be  limited  to  the  purchase  of  books 
for  the  Charlestown  Bran<jh  published  prior  to  1850.  Your 
committee  do  not  repeat  that  recommendation,  because  they 
believe  that  the  income  can  properly  be  expended  in  accor- 
dance with  the  terms  of  the  bequest.  They  call  attention  to 
the  fact  that  it  is  not  now  so  expended,  but  is  allowed  to  ac- 
cumulate. The  purchase  of  books  from  this  source,  not  in- 
cluding replacements  and  bound  periodicals,  has  fallen  from 
159  in  188tj  to  7  in  1890,  to  Dec.  1.  The  committee  think 
that  a  larjxe  amount  of  literature  of  a  date  earlier  than  1850 
could  be  purchased  with  the  income  ot  this  fund,  that  re- 
prints of  lilnglish  and  American  authors  could  be  kept  up, 
and  that  the  terms  of  the  will  could  be  observed  and  proper 
accessions  be  made  to  the  Charlestown  Branch.  If  any 
change  in  the  provisions  of  the  will  were  to  be  sought,  it 
might  possibly  be  that  books  purchased  under  it,  of  a  per- 
manent and  valuable  character,  might  be  placed  in  the  new 
building. 

At  the  same  time  the  committee  notice  that  the  purchase 
of  books  from  the  annual  appropriation  has  also  fallen  off  in 
this  Branch  to  a  remarka])le  degree,  the  total  of  2GG  in  1889 
being  reduced  to  123  in  1890  to  Dec.  1.  Th6  committee  hope 
that  this  great  reduction  does  not  indicate  the  policy  of  the 
Trustees  towards  the  branch  library  system.  Such  a  policy, 
if  maintained,  would  prevent  the  proper  development  of 
the  Branches  and  the  delivery  stations  dependent  upon 
them.  Li  the  purchase  of  books  and  the  supply  of  dupli- 
cate copies  to  the  Central  and  Branch  libraries,  the  fact  should 
be  recognized  that  the  books  people  wish  to  read  arc  those 
of  living,  stirring  interest  at  a  particular  time.  To  send 
applicants  in  East  Boston  or  Jamaica  Plain  to  the  Central 
lil)rary  for  duplicate  copies  of  such  books  is  practically  to  dis- 
appoint them  after  a  tedious  delay.  If  the  Library  is  to  satisfy 
tax-payers  it  must  offer,  within  reasonable  limits,  what  tax- 
payers and  their  families  demand,  or  they  will  look  to  other 
sources,  to  circulating  libraries,  which  advertise  the  books 
that  every  one  is  talking  about,  or  to  mercantile  houses, 
which  offer  at  a  nominal  price  ])irated  editions  of  such  books 
printed  on  poor  paper  with  worse  type.  Of  course,  it  is 
impossible  to  satisfy  all  demands.  Nevertheless,  the  com- 
mittee feel  that  the  free  policy  of  previous  years  has  yielded 
in  the  matter  of  duplicate  copies  to  a  closer  practice  to-day, 


Keport  of  the  Library  Department.  19 

and  that  the  pendulum  has  swung  too  far  in  the  ()[)po.site 
direction,  so  that  the  lunnber  of  duplicates  [)urchased  this 
year  for  the  Central  and  Branch  libraries,  less  than  two  hun- 
dred in  all,  is  insufficient  to  satisfy  the  reasonable  tleniands 
of  the  public. 

The  committee  are  aware  that  the  current  expenses  of  the 
Library,  by  evening  and  Sunday  openings  es|)ecially,  are 
largely  increased.  To  keep  within  the  appropriation  of  the 
City  Council,  the  Branch  lil)raries  may  have  sutlered,  .-ind 
the  Trustees  may  be  excused  for  a  policy  which  is  but 
temporary  and  transitional.  If  the  Branches  or  the  Central 
libraries  are  deprived  of  their  due  supi)ly  of  new  books  l)y 
reason  of  increased  ex[)enses,  the  fact  should  be  brought  to 
the  attention  of  the  City  Council  in  the  strongest  manner 
possible  that  the  appropriations  made  for  the  years  l<:)8t)  and 
1890  are  entirely  inadequate,  and  that  thereby  the  Library 
sutlers  in  one  of  its  most  vital  points,  in  tlie  care  and  sup- 
port of  the  Branches.  Ihey  should  be  made  the  supplying 
centies  for  the  people  in  their  homes,  while  the  main  build- 
ing will  become  more  and  more  the  resort  of  students  in 
special  fields  of  investigation.  The  attention  of  the  Trus- 
tees should  tirst  be  directed  to  the  purchase  of  tit  and  proper 
books  in  sufficient  quantities,  and  then  to  the  best  means  of 
placing  them  expeditiously  in  the  hands  of  an  eager  and 
book-loving  community. 

In  conclusion,  the  Examining  Committee  cono^ratulate  the 
city  on  the  approach  of  the  time  when  the  new  Library 
building  shall  be  completed.  In  the  new  quarters,  with 
ample  acconnnodations  for  the  librarian  and  his  assistants, 
and  with  abundant  space  for  a  large  number  of  readeis  and 
students,  this  usefulness  of  the  Library  and  its  consequent 
popularity  will  be  enormously  enlarged.  In  the  new  build- 
ing it  is  intended  that  the  various  special  libraries  shall  be 
placed  in  separate  rooms.  Not  only  will  these  treasures  be 
secure  in  absolutely  fire-proof  quarters,  they  will  also  be  so 
quartered  that  the  generosity  of  many  benefactors  will  be 
plainly  manifested  in  the  most  desirable  way,  and  it  is  to  be 
hoi)ed  that  this  method  will  lead  to  further  endowments  of  a 
most  useful  sort.  The  advantage  to  the  student  of  findins: 
SO  many  valuable  collections  under  one  roof  cannot  be  over- 
estimated. The  Barton  Library,  with  its  valuable  Shake- 
speare volumes,  and  its  general  literary  collections,  the  re- 
cent rich  additions  from  the  Barlow  Library,  acquired  by 
the  generosity  of  the  city,  the  unequalled  Prince  Lil)rary, 
the  Ticknor  Library,  the  Parker  Library,  all  combine  to 
make  a  full  collection  of  books  of  the  most  precious  sort. 
Already  they  bring  to  Boston  students  from  the  remote  parts 


20  Report  of  tiie_Library  Department. 

of  the  country.  Possibly  even  those  Bostonians  who  live  in 
the  suburbs  will  cease  to  complain  of  the  hardship  of  going 
to  the  Central  Lil)rary  which  contains  stores  that  cannot  pos- 
sibly be  duplicated.  A  great  increase  of  readers  may  be 
looked  for  in  the  future;  the  worth  of  the  Library  will  be 
more  widely  known,  and,  doubtless,  with  this  knowledge 
will  come  even  greater  readiness  to  further  its  admirable  and 
diverse  aims,  extending  as  they  do  in  many  directions,  from 
guiding  school  children  in  Avise  and  instructive  reading  to 
aidino;  scholars  in  their  researches.  Neither  of  these  two  ex- 
tremes,  it  is  to  be  supposed,  is  the  sole  aim  of  the  Lil)rary  ; 
it  is  by  meeting  the  wants  of  all  that  it  has  acquired  its  rep- 
utation, which,  it  is  hoped,  will  ever  be  maintained. 

Anna  S.  Amory, 
Samuel  Arthur  Bent, 
Martin  Bruaoier, 
Harriette  S.  Lawrence, 
Alice  Lee, 
!Sam'l  F.  McCleary, 
Thomas  Sergeant  Perry. 


Report  of  the  Library  Department.  21 


REPORT   ON   MEDICAL   BOOKS. 

In  previous  years  there  has  l)een  some  question  among 
members  of  the  Examinino-  Committee  as  to  the  advisability 
of  the  purchase  and  provision  of  works  of  a  strictly  medical 
character.  This  year  Dr.  Harold  Williams  was  appointed 
by  the  Trustees  with  the  view  of  reviewins:  this  question, 
and  for  the  purpose  of  makinir  an  examination  of  the  medical 
department  of  the  Public  Library. 

Dr.  Williams  reports  :  — 

There  are  now  in  the  Public  Library  15,000  volumes  of  a 
strictly  medical  character.  All  branches  of  (nedical  literature 
are  included  in  its  catalogue  ;  even  such  speciiil  subjects  as 
the  "Eye  "  and  "  Ear"  find  a  place  upon  its  shelves. 

In  previous  years  the  question  has  been  asked,  "  Would  not 
the  money  spent  upon  these  works,  if  applied  to  general 
literature,  be  of  greater  assistance  to  the  general  public,  and 
should  not  physicians  and  medical  students  apply  to  medical 
and  other  Iil)raries  rather  than  to  tax  the  resources  of 
the  Public  Library,  and  this,  too,  at  the  expense  of  general 
literature?" 

At  first  sight  this  question  seems  difiicult  to  answer,  but 
a  glance  at  the  population  of  Boston  and  at  the  circulation 
of  the  Library  shows  that  too  little  rather  than  too  much  is 
now  done  for  the  encouragement  of  the  medical  sciences. 
This  department  of  the  Library  is  chiefly  used  by  [)hysicians 
and  dentists,  by  medical  students,  by  nurses,  pharmaceutical 
and  other  students,  and  by  lawyers,  chemists,  instrument 
makers,  engineers,  etc. 

The  only  other  source  of  supply  besides  the  Athenaeum  is 
the  Boston  Medical  Lil)rary  Association,  a  library  free 
of  access  only  to  members  of  the  Massachusetts  Medical 
Society.  But  the  Homoeopathic,  Eclectic,  Botanic,  Electric, 
Galvanic,  Thompsonian,  Hydropathic,  Faith  Curers,  Indian, 
Christian  Scientists  and  other  followers  of  Galen,  have  no 
fountain  of  knowledge  provided  for  them  whereof  to  drink. 
Either  they  must  purchase  their  reference  books  or  go 
without.  Few  of  us  realize  how  large  a  proportion  of  our 
population  these  disciples  of  exclusive  schools  of  medicine 
represent.  It  is  estimated  that  there  are  no  less  than  1,100 
physicians  of  exclusive  systems  now  practising  in  Boston, 
a  number  which  is  yearly  augmented  by  the  restrictions  re- 
lating to  the  practice  of  medicine  from  time  to  time  adopted 


22  Report  of  the  Library  DeparTiMext. 

by  other  States  ;  the  400  members  of  the  Massachusetts  Medi- 
cal Society,  wlio  are  entitled  to  tlie  use  of  the  Boston  Medical 
Library,  and  we  see  tliat  there  are  upwards  of  1,500 
"pliysicians  "  now  practising  in  Boston.  Added  to  these 
l,oOO  "physicians,"  we  have  nearly  1,000  medical  students, 
600  res:istered  nurses,  300  dentists.  Supposing  that  1,000 
lawyers,  chemists,  instrument  makers,  druggists,  and  engi- 
neers make  use  of  this  library,  we  see  that  4,500  persons 
depend  upon  it,  more  or  less,  for  professional  reference,  or 
one  per  cent,  of  our  population  !  When  we  add  to  this  list 
the  invalids  and  their  relatives  and  anxious  friends,  we  see 
that  the  demand  in  this  department  should  be  very  great. 
Turning  then  to  the  statistics  of  circulation,  we  find  that 
this  demand  h  very  great;  that  according  to  the  figures  of 
1890,  more  than  13,000  medical  books  were  taken  from  the 
shelves,  nearly  five  per  cent,  of  the  total  circulation  of  Bates 
Hall. 

Thus  having  considered  the  demand,  let  us  turn  our  at- 
tention to  the  supply. 

There  are  in  the  Boston  Public  Lil)rary  15,000  books 
devoted  to  medical  science,  or  about  5,000  less  than  the 
total  number  owned  l)y  the  Boston  Medical  Library  Associa- 
tion. On  the  other  hand  the  number  of  medical  journals 
taken  by  the  Public  Library  is  very  much  smaller  than  those 
of  the  Boston  Medical  Library,  and  perhaps  wisely  so. 

Carrying  our  scrutiny  farther,  we  find  that  the  number  of 
purchases  of  new  books  has  been  greitly  restricted  in  recent 
years,  and  that  many  of  the  latest  standard  pul)lications  are 
not  included  in  the  Library,  as  for  extimple  :  Sajous'  Annual 
of  the  Universal  Medical  Sciences,  Keating's  Encyclopedia 
of  the  Diseases  of  Children,  Hirst's  American  System  of 
Obstetrics,  Bradford  and  Lovett's  Orthopedic  Surgery.  But 
these  and  other  omissions  could  be  remedied  by  a  small 
outlay. 

Thus,  to  capitulate,  we  find  that  a  legitimate  demand  exists 
for  medical  books  ;  that  this  demand  is  well  supplied  by  a 
large  and  valuable  library  which  is  as  complete  as  could  be 
expected  or  advised,  with  the  exception  of  trifling  and  easily 
remedied  deficiencies. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Harold  AVilliams,  M.D. 


APPEIS^DIXES 


18  90. 


LIST    OF    APPENDIXES. 


I.  Extent  of  the  Library  (by  years). 

II.  Volumes  ix  the  Sphxial  Collections  of  Bates  IIallc 

III.  Increase  of  the  Several  Departments. 

IV.  Bates  Hall  Classifications. 
V.  Givers  and  Amount  <>f  Gifts. 

VI.  Circulation. 

VII.  Registration  of  Applicants. 

VIII.  Reading. 

IX.  Financial  Statement. 

X.  Library  Funds. 

XI.  Library  Service. 

XII.  List  of  Examining  Committees  for  Thirty-nine  Years. 

XIII.  List  of  Trustees  for  Thirty-nine  Years. 


Report  of  the  Library  Department. 


25 


APPENDIX    I. 

EXTENT    OF    THE    LIBRARY    BY    YEARS. 


a 

.9  • 

a 

E  5 

£.2 

as 

si 

Years. 

la 

Years. 

1^ 

Years. 

ii 

35 

o  « 

35 

o  -^ 

35 

o  -^ 

1 

1852-53 

9,688 

14 

1865-66 

130,678 

27 

1878-79 

360,963 

2 

1853-54 

16,221 

15 

1866-67 

136,080 

28 

1879-80 

377,225 

3 

1854-55 

22,617 

16 

1867-68 

144,092 

29 

1880-81 

390,982 

4 

1855-56 

28,080 

17 

1868-69 

152,796 

30 

1881-83 

404,221 

5 

1856-57 

34,896 

18 

1869-70 

160,573 

31 

1882-83 

422,116 

6 

1857-58 

70,851 

19 

1870-71 

179,250 

32 

1883-84 

438,594 

7 

lS.i8-59 

78,043 

20 

1871-72 

192,958 

33 

1884-85 

453,947 

8 

1859-60 

85,031 

21 

1872-73 

209,456 

34 

1885 

460,993 

9 

1860-61 

97,386 

22 

1873-74 

260,550 

35 

1886 

479,421 

10 

1861-62 

105,034 

23 

1874-75 

276,918 

36 

1887 

492,956 

11 

1862-63 

110,563 

24 

1875-76 

297,873 

37 

1888 

505,872 

]2 

1863-64 

116,934 

25 

1876-77 

312,010 

38 

1889 

520,508 

13 

1864-65 

123,016 

26 

1877-78 

345,734 

39 

1890 

536,027 

Note.  — Many  thousand  pamphlets  have  been  added  but  are  not  included  in  the  above 
figures.    When  bound  tliey  are  regarded  and  counted  as  volumes. 

In  the  various  reading-rooms  are  the  current  numbers  of  960  periodicals. 


VOLUMES   IN   LIBRARY   AND   BRANCHES   Dec.  31,  1890. 


.  fBates  Hall 

■£•:■,  Duplicate  room 

^*i  (.Lower  Hall 

Total,  Central  Library  . 

>.  ■ 

3  o     Fellowes  Athenaeum    .  .   , 

"^  B  i 

4m  [City  part , 

Total,  Roxbury  Branch 


333,273 
16,652 
44,854 

394,779 

15,826 
15,901 
31,727 


East  Boston 

South  Boston 

Charlestown 

Brighton 

Dorchester 

South-End 

Jamaica  Plain 

West  Roxbury  delivery 
North-End 


12,616 
13,088 
27,179 
14,099 
15,338 
10,894 
11,579 
3,313 
1,415 


26 


Report  of  the  Library  DErARTjiENT. 


APPENDIX   II. 

VOLUMES   IN   THE    SPECIAL   COLLECTIONS    OF    BATES    HALL. 


H 

3,066 

n 

OB    . 

e 
ac 

ac 

H 

at) 

ac 
ac 

ae 
ac 

H 

O 
9 
ae 

iH 

Patent  library   .   . 

3,142 

3,259 

3,382 

3,478 

3,513 

3,641 

3,796 

3,965 

4,097 

4,218 

Bowditch  library, 

3,152 

3,224 

3,456 

3,701 

3,854 

3,933 

4,510 

4,706 

4,935 

5,225 

5,348 

Parker  library  .   . 

12,337 

12,363 

13,952 

13,971 

14,024 

14,057 

14,069 

14,077 

14,104 

14,112 

14,114 

Prince  library  .   . 

2,230 

2,274 

2,327 

2,397 

2,510 

2,581 

2,706 

2,775 

2,824 

2,905 

2,935 

Ticknor  library    . 

5,454 

5,463 

5,507 

5,544 

5,724 

5,731 

5,764 

5,790 

5,877 

5,923 

5,966 

Barton  library  .   . 

14,360 

13,487 

13,610 

13,610 

13,642 

13,652 

13,800 

13,841 

13,755 

13,724 

13,735 

Franklin  library  . 

202 

240 

292 

357 

378 

382 

382 

403 

416 

427 

446 

893 

920 

1,085 

1,123 

1,175 

1,217 

1,280 

1,368 

1,427 

1,500 

John  A.  Lewis  lib- 

633 

^ 

APPENDIX  III. 

NET   INCREASE    OF   THE    SEVERAL   DEPARTMENTS. 


188.-5 
(8  mos.) 

1880 

1887 

1888 

1880 

180O 

Bates  Hall ,   - 

4,882 

367 

377 

85 

112 

122 

209 

343 

64 

276 

167 

20 

10 

12 

9,879 

866 

loss  59 

236 

303 

362 

4,748 

680 

186 

590 

355 

loss  26 

13 

295 

8,671 

1,543 

443 

158 

310 

262 

358 

443 

146 

546 

417 

204 

25 

9 

9,733 

874 

loss  52 

170 

284 

280 

390 

145 

46 

423 

335 

2G0 

20 

8 

11,857 

710 

330 

63 

l.')9 

199 

397 

loss  70 

130 

309 

294 

248 

6 

4 

13,518 

loss  50 

419 

East  Boston  branch  .   . 
South  Boston  branch    . 

58 
115 
146 

Fellowes  Athenaeum    . 
Chark'stown  branch  .   . 

361 
233 
91 

Dorchester  branch     .  . 
Jamaica  Plain  branch  . 

269 
150 

187 

West  Rox bury  branch 
North-End  branch     .  . 

10 
12 

Total 

7,046 

18,428 

13,535 

12,916 

14,636 

15,519 

Added. 

Deducted, 

coiideinncd, 

transferred 

or  lost. 

Bates  Hall 

13,525 
563 

7 
Ml 

•;  2 

\yt  gain,  i 
above. 

1  detail,  as 

I>ower  Hall  and  branches 

4,747 

3, 

165 

APPKNDIX    IV. 

BATES     HALL     CLASSIFICATIONS. 
(Representing  books  located  only.) 


Gknekal  Librak 


Cyclopsediiis,  etc 

j  Bibliography  and  literary  history 

I  General  history,  biography,  travel,  and  ge<»grapliy 

American  history,  geogi-iiphy,  biograpliy,  travel,  and  polite  lilenitun 

English  history,  etc 

j  French  liistory,  etc 

i  ^Italian  history,  etc 

I  German  history,  etc 

Greek,  Latin,  and  philology 

Spanish  and  Portuguese  history  and  literature 

Other  history,  geography,  biography,  travel,  and  literature 

Periodicals  and  transactions 

Theology,  eccIcBiaBtical  historj',  etc 

Metaphysics  and  social  science 

Jurisprudence 

Political  economy 

I  Medical  science 


Total  in 
general 
library 
Jan.  1, 


1,918 

'8,939 


Special   Libraries. 


l»71  ,  1873  1  1875      1880 


Natural  history  and  e 

Mathematics  and  physical  science 

Useful  arts 

Fine  arts 

Bound  volumes  of  misi^ellaneous  pamphlets 

Bound  volumes  of  manuscripts 

Shakespeare  

Books  for  the  blind 


Totals 


17,291 

00 

620 

9,361 

11 

326 

11,236 

9 

1,423 

6,986 

9 

1,181 

1,8S8 

22  1 

95 

9,657 

2 

399 

23,674 

1,339  j 

787 

24,993 

147 

3,492 

11,523 

«! 

1,360 

6,726 

3  j 

307 

4,154 

65 

98 

14,988 

3 

76 

10,499 

15 

170 

13,051 

3,152 

136 

14  1  ...  . 

7  1  ...  .'i    16 
26  1  .......  . 

41      10 
6  ;    28 

.... 

....  1     3 
2  1  ...  . 

6,966  !    13,735        1,500 


2,616 
10,571 
10,828 
47,923 
41,269 
20,958 
10,123 
13,049 
9,139 
6,216 
10,206 
26,562 
30,438 
13,224 
11,144 
4,358 
15,123 
10,807 
16,493 
7,802 
9,353 
545 


ClasB  IV.  includes  the  collected  works  of  American  writers,  and  what  of  American  literature  is 
sometimes  termed  polygraphy. 

Classes  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. 

i  XIV.  includes  political  science  and  ethics,  applied  and  unapplied,  education,  phrenology, 


etc. 


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  enujuera- 
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  yearwhen  they  were  acquired 
by  the  library. 


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


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APPENDIX    V. 


GIFTS,  JANUARY  1  TO  DECEMBER  31,  1800. 


Tiivers 

Volumes 

Pamphlets 


1,081 
4,129 

7,682 


Givers. 


Abbott,  J.  J.  C,  Ottawa,  Can. 

Abbott.  S.  A.  B 

Abbott  Academy,  Andover,  Mnsa. 
AbcUan,  F'raticisco  Cubillos,  Buenos  Ayres 
Adams,  Henry  C.         .....         . 

Adams  Nervine  Asylum      ..... 

Asjassiz,  Alexander.  Harvard  College,  Cambridge 
Aijent  General  for  Victoria,  Ijoyidon,  England 
A<jricultural  Experiment  Station,  Mansfield,  Conn. 
Asjricnltural  Experiment  Station,  Auburn,  Ala. 
Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College,  Auburn,  Ala. 
Alabama  State  IJar  Association,  Montgomery     . 
Albree,  John.  jr.         ...... 

Alcott,  VVm.  P.,  Boxford 

Alden,  John  E. 

Alexander.  S.  B. 
G. 


maps 


W. 


All( 

Allen,  Willard  S ,       . 

Alliance  News,  The,  Manchester,  England 

Alniy,  Francis     ........ 

Alunmi  Association,  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
Amaron,  Calvin  E.,  Springfield  .... 

Ameri(;an  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences 

American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science 

Salem       ......... 

American  Baptist  Publication  Society,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
American  Bar  Association,  Baltimore,  Md. 
American  Bar  A-ssociation,  Philadelphia   . 
American  Bible  Society      ...... 

American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions 
American  Congregational  Association         ... 
American  Economic  Association.  Baltimore,  Md. 
American  Entomologist  Society,  Philadelphia  . 
American  Historical  Association,  Baltimore,  Md. 
American  Home  Missionary  Society,  New  York  City 
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  . 
American  Philosophical  Society,  Philadelphia 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  New  York  City 
American  Society  of  Railroad  Superintendents  . 


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28 

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Givers. 


An  do 


idg. 


American  Surgical  Association,  Philadelphia,  1 

Ames,  John  N.,  Chelsea 

Amiiert  Collesje,  Amherst,   Mass. 

Ammen,  Daniel,    Washington,  D.C.    . 

Amory,  Robert    ..... 

Andover  Theological  Library  Seminary, 

Andrew,  John  F.  .         .         .         . 

Andrews,  Charles  M.,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 

Anonymous  ..... 

Appleton,  Yi.       .         . 

Appleton,  Nathan        .... 

Appleton,  William  S.  ... 

Apprentices'  Libiary,  Philadelphia,  1'a. 

Archajological  Institute  of  America,  Camb 

Arnold,  Howard  P.     . 

Arnoux,  William  N.,  New    York  City 

Art  Club,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Associated  Charities   .... 

Association  of  American  Physicians   . 

Astor  Library      ..... 

Athenaeum  of  Philadelphia 

Atkinson,   W.  P.         .         .         .         . 

Averili,  Russell  ..... 

Ayer,  J.  C,  &  Co.,  Zomt/^ 

Babcock,  James  F.      .         .         .         . 

Baker,  B.  F.,  Brookline     . 

Balfour,  David.  Charlestmvn 

Ballantyne,  John  F.,  Chicago,  111. 

Ballou,  Maturin  M 

Baudelot,  Max,  Chicago,  111. 
Bangs,  Edward,    Wareham,  Mass. 
Barbour,   Edmund  D.  ... 

Barker,  Henry  R. ,  Providence    . 
Barnard  Memorial       .... 
Barnes,  Lemuel  C,  Newton  Centre    . 
Barnwell,  James  G.,  Philadelphia 
Barrett  &  Spencer,  Germantown,  Pa. 
Barry,  Charles  A.        .... 
Batchellor,  A.  S.,  Littleton,  N.I/. 
Bates,  Wm.  C.,  Newton,  Mass. 
Ba.xter,  James  P.         .         .         .         . 
Bayard,  T.  F.,   Wilmington,  Bel. 
Beer,  Wm.,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Benet,  S.V 

Bennett,  Edmund  H.,  Taunton,  .Mass. 
Bent,  Samuel  Arthur  .... 

Benton,  Josiah  H.,yr. 
Berea  College,  Berea,  Kg. 
Biblioteca  Nacional,  Argentine  Republic,  S..i 
Biblioteca  Nationaie  Central!  di  Kirenze,  f/nly 
Biblioteca  Nazionale  Centrale  Vittorio  Emanuel 
Biblioteca  Nazionale  di  Palermo,  Sicily     . 
Bildiotheque  Hoyale,  Copenhagen,  Denmark 
Bigelow,  Henry  J.       ....  . 

Billings,  F'rank  S.,  Chicago 
Billings.  Frederick,    Woodstnck,    Vt.    . 
Birmingham.  England,  Public  Library 
liissel,  Artemus,  New  York  City 
Blaine,  James  G..  Washington,  D.C. 


Mass 


Mass 


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GiVEKS. 


Wis. 


newspaper 


Blaisdell,  F.  C.  . 
Blaisdell,  J.  J.,  Beloit 

Bloil;j;ett,  Alhert  N 

Bluinenlierg  &  Floerslieim,  JV.  Y. 

Board  of  Education  of  the  City  of  New  York 

Board  of  Railroad  Coniniissioners,  Topeka,   Kan. 

Board   of  State  Charities    and    Corrections,    Providence 

R.[. 

Board  of  Trade,  Hartford,  Ct.  . 
BohHventure,  h  .,  New  York  City 
Boston,  Board  of  Health     . 

(;ity  Auditor   .... 

City  Enj^ineer 

City  Messeni^er 

Inspector  of  Milk  and  Vinegar 

Mayor's  Office 

Overseers  of  tiie  Poor 

Park  Commissioners 

— —  Sciiool  Committee  . 

Water  Board   .... 

Boston  Art  Club  .... 

Boston  Athenaeum       .... 
Boston  Christian  Scientist  Publishing  Society 
Boston  Fatherless  and  Widows'  Society 
Boston  Fish  Bureau    .... 
Boston  Latin  School    .... 
Boston  Eunatic  Hospital     . 
Boston  &  Maine  li.li. 
Boston  Museum  .... 

Boston  Provident  Association 
Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
Boston  Society  of  Natural  History 
Bo>ton  University        .... 
Biisioii  Young  Men's  Christian  Associatio 
Bostonian  Society        .... 
Boutell,  Lewis  Henry,  Chicago^  HI.    . 
Bout  well,  Francis  M.,  Groton,  Mass. 
Bouiinot,  J.  G.,  Ottawa,  Canada 
Bourke,  John  G.,    Washington  D.C. 
Bowditch,  U'm.  I.       .         .         .         . 
Bowduin  College,  Brunswick,  Me. 
Bradlee,  Caleb  D.,  lot  of  broadsides  and 

])hotographs     ..... 
Bradlee,  N.  J.,  Mrs.,   Roxhury  . 
Bradner,  L.,//-.,  Neto  Haven,  Conn. 
Branner,  J.  C,  Little  Rock,  Aikansas 
Branihwaite,  1{.  W  ,  Rickmansworth,  Her 
Bridges,  Robert,  London,  England    . 
Brinmier,  Martin         .... 
Brinton,  Daniel  G. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
Bri>tol  County  Agricultural  Society,  Taunton,  Mass 
British  and  Foreign  Unitarian  Association,  London, 
Brockhoven,  John  A.,  Cincinnati,  0 
Brookline  Public  Library  . 
Brooklyn  Institute,    Brooklyn,   N.  Y. 
Brooklyn  Library,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    . 
Brooklyn,  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  N.  1 
Brooks  Library,  Brattleboro,    Vt 
Brooks,  Fred       .... 


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Vols. 


210 
1 

7 
2 


230 
24 


Pphs. 


21 
6 
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2 

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3 
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32 

1 
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30 


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GirsBS. 


Brooks,  J.  Henry,  Milton   . 

Brooks,  Wm.  Henry  .... 

Brown,  Francis  H.      . 

Brown,  H.  II.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Brown,' J.  C.  J.,  Dorchester 

Brown,  Leonard.  Des  Moines,  Iowa    . 

Brown  Univer^ily,  Providence,  R.I.   . 

Browne,  Miss  Alice    .... 

Browne!!,  T.  Frank.  New  York  Citij  . 

Brownless,  A.  C,  Melbourne,  Australia 

Bruslifield,  T.  N.,  Devonshire,  England 

Brynmer,  Douglas,  Ottawa,^  Canada 

Buclianan,  J.  II. 

Buell,  /I/ ;s.  Caroline  B.,  East  Hampton,  Conn 

Buff'  &  Herger    ..... 

Buffalo  Historical  Society,  Buffalo,  iV.  Y. 

Buffalo  Lil)rary,  Buffalo',  N.  i. 

Bunclier,  Mrs.  M.  J.,  Manchester,  N.II. 

Bunker  Hill  Monument  Association    . 

Buonanno,  G.,  Cremona,  Italy  . 

Bureau  of  Industrial  Statistics,   Proridem:e,  R 

Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  Jefferson  City,  Mo 

Bureau  of  Labor  Stsitistics,  Mudtson,    ]\'is. 

Bureau  of  Labor  and  Industrial  Statistics,  Lan 

Bureauof  Labor  and  Industrial  Statistics,  Topi 

Burr,  Edson,  San  Francisco,  Cat. 

Burrell  &  Co.,  J.,  Cambridge,  England     . 

Butler,  Eber  K.,  Revere      .... 

Butler  H(>s])ita!  for  tlie  Insane,  Providence,  R., 

Butler,  John  George,    Washington,  D.C.    . 

(^aley,^  Benj.  S.  .         .         .         . 

California  Academy  of  Sciences,  San  Francisco. 

California  State  Library,    Sacramento 

Cambridge  Oi)servatory,  Cambridge,  England 

Cambridge  Public  Library  .... 

Canada  Geolouical  and  Natural  History  Survey 

Candage,  R.  G.  F 

Cannell,  H.,  &  Sons,  Kent,  England 
Cant,  Benjamin  K.,  Colcheater,  England    . 
Capen,  E.  IL,  Medjord,  Mass.    . 
Carleton  College  Library,  Northfield,  Minn. 
Carpenter,  Warren,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Carret,  .IF 

Cartee,  Miss  E.  F. ,  Charlestown 
Carter,  James,  &  Co.,  London,  England   . 
Carter.  William,  Great  Yarmouth,  England 
Chadwick,  James  K.    .         .         .         newsj)apcr 

Chalmers,  I'atrick,    Wimbledon ,  England  . 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  State  ot    New 
York  City        ...... 

Cliamberlain,  Mellen  .... 

Clianning  Club    ...... 

Chapman,  Alfred  F 

Charleston,  City  of,  5'.  C.    .... 
Cliauncy  Hall  Scliool  .... 

Chicago  Hoard  of  Trade      .... 
Chicago  Historical  Society,  Chicago,  III.    . 
Chicago  Public  Library,  Chica/o,  III. 
Ciiildren's  Aid  Society,  JVew  York  City 


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Christern,  Friedricli  W.,  New  York  City    . 
Cluirc'iiill,  J.  1).,  London  ..... 
Cincinnati.  0.,  Public  Library    .... 
Cincinnati  Observatory,  Cincinnati   , 

Citizens'  Association  of  Boston  .... 

City  Library,  Lowell  ...... 

City  Lit)rary  Association,  Springfield 

Civil  Service  lieform  Association,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Clark,  A.  P.,    Washington,  D.C. 

Clarke,  John  M.,  Albany,  N.  Y.  ... 

Clarke,  Miss  Lilian  F.,  Jamaica  Plain 

Clarke,  Wm.  IJ.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Clay,  C.  M.,    White  Hall,  Ky 

Clerkenwell  Free  Public  Library,  Ijondon 

Cleaves,  Converse,  Germantown,  Pa. 

Clevebmd  Public  Library   ..... 

Cobbe,  Frances  Power,  Dolgelly,   \Vales    . 

Cocker,  James,  &•  Sons,  Aberdeen,  Scotland 

Colieii,  Max,  JVew  York  City       .... 

Colby  University,    Waterville,  Me. 

College  of  Fine  Arts,  Syracuse  University,  Syracuse, 

College  of  Physicians,  Philadelphia,  Pa.   . 

Collins,  Walter  H 13 

Columbia  College  Library,  New  York  City 

Columbus,  Ohio,  Public  Library 

Comins,  Linus  B.,  Roxbury         .... 

Coniissaria  General  de  la  Exposicion  Nacional,  San 
Chile 

Commission  for  the  Relief  of  Lynn  Sufferers     . 

Commissioner  of  Education,    Washington,  D.C. 

Commissioners  of  the  State  Reservation  at  Niagara 
York  City        .... 

Common  Council,  Alleghany,  Pa. 

Concord,  City  of,  A.//. 

Concord  Public  Library,  N.II.   . 

Cone,  Orello,  Akron,  Ohio 

Connecticut  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  New  Haven 
Conn.       ........ 

Connecticut  Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics,  Hartford, 

Connecticut  Historical  Society,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Coolidge,  David  H.     . 

Cooper  Union,  New  York  City   . 

Corliss,  George,  Phila.,  Pa. 

Cornell  University  Ijibrary,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Corning,  Charles  R.,  Concord,  N.H.  . 

Corse,  John  M.    . 

Council  Bluffs  Free  Public  Library,  la. 

Crawshay,  Mrs.  Rose  Mary,  Breconshire, 

Cresson,  Charles  C,  Germantown,  Pa. 

Crocker,  Uriel  H.        .         .         .         . 

Croes,  J.  J.  11.,  New  York  City  . 

Crosby,  J.  L.,  Bangor,  Me. 

Culin,  Stewart,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Culting,  Andrew  .... 

Cunningham,  Henry  H.       .         .         . 

Cur  ran,  Mrs.  Mary  H.,  Bangor,  Me. 

Currier,  J.  M.     . 

Curry,  J.  L.  M.,  Richmond,   Va. 

Cust,  Robert  N.,  London,  England    . 


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Cutler,  Miss  M.  S.,  Albany,  JV'.  Y. 

Cutter,  Abram  E.        .         .         . 

Cutter,  Charles  A.       .         .         . 

Cutting,  Andrew  ....   several  newsp 

Dadman,  Girard  P.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Dall,  William  Healey,    Washington,  Mass. 

Dalton,  Cliarles  H 

Dalton,  Samuel  ...... 

Danch,  John  H.,  Springfield,  III. 
Davenport,  Henry       ..... 

Davis,  Andrew  McFarland,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Davis,  Walter  A.,  Fitchburg,  Mass.    . 
Davis,  William  Morris,  Harvard  College,  Cambridge, 
Dawes,  Henry  L.,   Washington,  D.C. 

Day,  K.  L.,&Co 

Dayton.  Ohio,  Board  of  Education     . 

De  Costa,  B.  f .,  New  York  City 

Dediiam,  Town  of       ....         . 

Dedham  Historical  Society 

Denison  Board  of  Trade,  Denison,  Texas  . 

l^ennet,  C.  F.,  Brighton,  England     . 

Denver,  Col.,  Public  Library,  newspapers  and  3  litiioi 

Department  of  Agriculture,  Ottawa,  Canada 

Department  of  Mines,  Sydney,  New  South   H'ales 

De  Peyster,  ,1.  W.,  Neiv  Yo>k  City 

Detroit,  Mich.,  Public  Library    . 

Deutscher  Wissenschaftliclier  Vercin,  Santiag 

Dewey,  K.  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Dexter,  Henry  M. 

Dexter,  F.  H.,  Ncvj  Haven,  Conn. 

Diekerman,  Lysander 

I^ickson,  Messrs.    Chester,  England 

Di  Crollalanza,  G.  B.,  l*isa,  Italy 

Dillaway,  Charles  P.,  Roxbury  . 

Direccion  de  Estadisiica,  Buenos  Ayr 

l)irecci()n  General  de  I'^stadistica.  Mexico 

Direction  Generale  de  Stalistique,  Buenos  Ayr 

Dodge,  C.  R.,    Washington,  D.C. 

Dodge,  Francis  M.,   Wenham 

Dodge,  John  Richards,  Washington,  D.C. 

Dole,  Nathan  H 

Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of    Prot 

Episcopal  Churcli,  New  York  . 
Doncaster,  England,  Free  Public  Library 
Donga n  Club,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Dorr,  Cliarles  H.         .         .         .         . 
Dorsey,  George  W.  E.         .         .         . 
Doughty,  F.  W.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Dover,  N^ew  Hampshire,  Public  Lil)rary 
Drowne,  Henry  T.,  New  York  City    . 
Drnry  College,  Springfield,  Mo. 
Dunbar,  Newell ..... 
Duncan,  the  Hon.  G.  . 
Duren,  Kinathan  F.     . 
Dwiglit,  Timothy,    New  Haven,  Conn. 
Dyer,  Eli>lia, /»-.,  I'rovidence,  R.J. 
Eames,  Wilberforce,  New  }'ork  . 
Earwaker,  John  P.,  Manchester,  England 
Eaton,  N.  A.,  Me^le,  Cal.    . 


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Eddy,  R.,  Providence  R.I. 

Editorial  Committee  of  tlie  Norwegian  North  Atlantic  Ex 

pedition,  Cliristiania,  Norway 
Edmands,  John,  Philadelphia  . 
Edmands,  Thomas  F. 
Ehrhard,  A.,  Clermont,  France. 
Ehi,  Waiter,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Ellcins,  S.  B.,  New  York  City  . 
Ellis,  George  H.  ... 

Elson,  L.  C 

Endres,  II..  Jamaica  Plain 

Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia 

Engineering  News  Publishing  Company,  New  York  City 

English  Fruit  and  Rose  Company,  Hereford,  England 

Enoch  Pratt  Free  Library,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Ensign,  Charles  S.,   Watertown  ..... 

Erine,  P.,  Sa,n  Francisco,  Cal.  ..... 

Ernst,  C.  W 

Ernst,  George  A.  O.,  .Jamaica  Plain 

Essex  Institute,  Salem         ...... 

Etheridge,  Mrs.  M.  L.,  Roxbury  .... 

Evening  Post  Publishing  Company,  New  York  City  . 

Everts,  W.  W.,/?- 

Ewing  &  Co.,  Hampsliire,  England    .... 

Faculty  and  Trustees  of  Bangor  Theological  Seminary 
Fairchild,  James  H.,  Ripon,   Wis.       .... 

Fairmount  Park  Art  Association,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Farnham,  C.  C,  Randolph,  Mass.      .... 

Fernald,  O.  M.,   Williamstown   ..... 

Fewkes,  J.  Walter      ....... 

First  Congregational  Church,  Franklin 

First  National  Bank,  Pasadena,  Cal. 

Fisher,  Sidney  G.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Fitchburg  Railroad  Company      ..... 

FitzGerald,  David,   Washington,  D.C. 

Fletcher  Free  Library,  Burlington,   Vt.     . 

Ford,  David  B.,  Hanover,  Mass.         .... 

Ford,  Paul  Leicester,  Brooklyn  .... 

Ford,  Wm.  E 

Foster,  George  E.,  Ottawa,  Canada  .... 

Foster,  Joseph,  Portsmouth.  N.H.. 

Foster,  Wm.  H.,  Concord,  N.H. 

France,  Ministere  des  Affaires  fitrangeres,  Paris,  France 

Frankfurt-am-Main,  Germany,  Stadtbibliothek 

Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Eraser  Institute,  Montreal,  Canada 

F'razer,  Persifor,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Freeman,  John  R.,  Neiv  York    . 

Freise,  P.  C,   Washington,  D.C. 

French,  J.  D.  W.        . 

French  Protestant  College,  Springfield,  Mass.  . 

Free  Public  Library,  Borough  of  Plymouth,  England 

Free  Public  Library,  Concord,  Mass. 

Free  Public  Library,  Lawrence  . 

Free  Public  Library,  New  Bedford     . 

Free  Pul)lic  Library,  Topeka,  Kansas 

Frick  Company,   Waynesboro,  Pa. 

Friends'  Free  Library,  Germantown,  Pa 

Fuller,  Edith  1) 


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Furber,  James  T  .      . 

Gage,  Mrs-i  Fayetteville,  N.Y.    . 

Garrison,  Wendell  P.,  New  York  City 

Gately,  William  P 

Gaylord,  I.  C,  New  York  City  . 

Geer,  Everett  S.,  IfaHford,  Conn. 

General  Association  of  Congregational  aud  Presbyterian 
Church     ...... 

General    Society  of  Mechanics   and   Tradesmen   of  New- 
York  City 

Geographical  Society  of  Quebec,  Quebec,  Canada 

Geological   and    Natural    History   Survey,    Minneapolis 
Minn.       ......... 

Geological  and  Natural  History  Survey,  Ottawa,  Canada 

Geological  Survey  of  New  Jersey,  New  Brunswick,  N.J. 

Geological  Survey  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia 

Georgetown  University,   Washington,  B.C. 

German  American  Stenographic  Society,  New  York 

German  Society  of  the  City  of  New  York 

Gibson,  George  Rutledge    . 

Gilman,  N.  P 

Goddard,  Matilda         .... 

Goodell,  Henry  H.,  Amherst 

Goodwin,  J.  M.,  Sharpsville,  Pa. 

Goodwin,  William  B.,  Loivell     . 

Gould,  Miss  Ida  W 

Gould,  S.  C,  Manchester,  NIL 

Graham,  Andrew  J.,  New  York  City  . 

Graham,  Douglas        .... 

Grand  Rapids  Board  of  Trade,  Grand  Rapids 

Gray,  Mrs.  Asa,  Cambridge 

Great  Britain.     Commissioner  of  Patents 

Greely,  A.  W.,   Washington 

Green,  Bernard  K.,    Washington 

Green,  Charles  A.        .         .         .         . 

Green,  Milbrcy  ..... 

Green,  Samuel  A.        .         .      2  maps,  portrait 

Green,  Samuel  S.,   Worcester 

Greenougli,  William  W. 

Greenough,  Mrs.  W.  W.     . 

Griffin,  A.  P.  C 

Griffin,  Martin  I.  ,J.,    Philadelphia    . 

Griffis,  AVilliam  E 

Griscom,  William  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Guessel,  Frederick  C.  D.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Guild,  Chester     ..... 

Gloucester,  City  of      . 

Gunning,  Mrs.  W.  D.,   Waltham,  Mass. 

Gurney,  George  B.,  Chelsea,  Mass.    . 

Gutierrez,  .1.  J.  . 

Hagerty,  Frank  H.,  Aberdeen,  S.D.    . 

Haigii,  Jolm,  Somerville,  Mass. 

Hall,  Edward  W.,    Waterville,  Me.      . 

Hamilton  Bank,  New  York 

Hamilton,  Ontario,  Public  Library    . 

llarkness  &  Sons,   Yorkshire,  England 

Harlan,  Caleb,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Harlan,  W.  Bcatty,  Bel  Air,  hid. 

Harrington,  Francis  A.,    Worcester,  Mass. 


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Hart,  W.  Fairburn,  Leeds,  England  . 

Hart  &  Akin,  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Hartford  Library  Association,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Hartford  Seminary  Record,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  Hartford,  Con 

Harvard  College,  Cambridge 

Astronomical  Observatory  . 

Board  of  Overseers     . 

■ Library        ..... 

Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology 

Harvard  Dental  Alumni  Association  . 

Harvard  Law  School,  Cambridge,  Mass.    . 

Haverford  College,  Faculty  of,  Montgomery,  j. 

Hawley,  Elias  S.,  Bvffalo,  N.  Y. 

Hay,  Robert,  Junction  City,  Kan. 

Hayden,  J^verett,   Washington,  D.  C. 

Hayden,  Mabel,  Washitigton,  D.C. 

Haynes,  Tilly     ..... 

Hayward,  W.  W.,  Medford,  Mass. 

Hazen,  Harry  A.,  Auburndale    . 

Hazen,  Henry  A.         .         .         .         . 

Hedges,  H.  P.,  Bridgehampton,  N.  Y. 

Hegeler,  Edward  C,  La  Salle,  III.    . 

Uelnzle,  J.  \].,  Biiffalo,  N.Y.     . 

Hemenway,  3Irs.  Mary 

Henslowe,  Spencer  Vassal,  Colchester,  England 

Herrick,  Samuel  E.    . 

Hewins,  Caroline  M.,  Hartford,  Ct.  . 

Hewins,  James    ..... 

Higginson,  H.  L. 

Higginson,  Thomas  W, ,  Cambridge  . 

Hll,  Hamilton  A 

Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelph 
Hoar,  Geo.  F.,   Washington,  D.C.      . 
Hodges,  Almon  T).,  jr.        .... 

Hodges,  E.  Ratlenburg        .... 

Hognet,  Henry  L.,  New  YorTc  City     . 
Homans,  John    ...... 

Home  for  the  Friendless,  New  Haven,  Ct. 
Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  New  York  City 
Hopedaie  Public  Library     .... 

Hosmer,  James  K.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Hosmer,  S.  D.,  Auburn      .... 

Hotchkiss,  Samuel  M.,  Hartford,  Ct. 
Houghton,  .John  C,  Lynn,  Mass. 

Houghton,  Mifflin,  &  Co 

House  of  Refuge         ..... 

Housewife  Publishing  Co.,  New  York  City 

Howard,  George  E.,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Howard,  Jas.  E.,   Watertown 

Howard  University,   Washington,  D.  C. 

Howe,  A.  M.,  Cambridge  .... 

Hughes,  Charles  H.    . 

Huguenot  Society  of  America,  New  York  City 

Huling,  Ra^'  Greene,  New  Bedford    . 

Hume,  Harrison  ..... 

Hunnewell,  James  F.,  Charlestown,  3Iass. 


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Hunt,  Nathan,  East   Milton,  Mass.     . 
Hunter,  Robert,  Cincinnati,  0.  . 

Hurd,  H.  F.,  Baltimore,  Md 8  photos 

Hutchinson,  Charles  C,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Ingalls,  Melville  E.,  Cincinnati,  0.  . 

Ingersoll,  Edward,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

IngersoU,  W.  H.,  Brookbjn,  N.  Y. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers,    Westminster,  Lond.   . 

Institution  for  the  Improved  Instruction  of  Deaf  Mutes, 

New  York  Ciiy _         • 

International  Committee  of  Y.M.C.A.,  New  York  City     . 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission,   Washington,  B.C. 
Irelan,  Wm.,  ;V. ,  Sacramento,  Cat.    ..... 

Isaac  Pitman  &  Sons,  New  York  City         .  broadsides 

Italy,  Direzione  della  Sanita  Publica  .... 

Italy,  Minister  of  Public  Institution,  Florence,  Italy . 
Italy,  Ministero  dell'  Interno       ......" 

Ivison,  Blakeman,  &  Co.,  N'.  Y. 

Jeffries,  B.  Joy  .         .         .       newspapers  and  engravings 
Jeffries,  N.  L.,   Washington,  DC.      . 

Jenks,  F.  H 

Jenkins,  Miss  M.  A.  . 

Jenney,  Charles  F.,  Jlyde  Park,  Mass 

Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Johnson,  \Vm.  L.,  East  Boston .         ..... 

Joint  Counties  Asylum,  Carmarthen,   Wales 

Jones,  A.     .....••••         • 

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

Jones,  Samuel  A.        .......         . 

Journal  Newspaper  Co.       ....... 

Judson,  A.  B.,  N^ew  York  City,  N.Y. 

Kais. -Koniglichu      Geologische     lieichsanstalt,     Vienna, 
Austria   .......... 

Kansas  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  Topeka,  Kan. 

State  Historical    Society,    Topeka,  Kan.  newspaper 

list 

Kate  Field's  Washington,   Washington,  D.C.     . 

Keller,  W.  B.,  New  York  City 

Kelso  &  Co.,  Glasgow',  Scotland  ..... 

l-Cennedy,  John  ii.,N.Y. 

Keynes,  Williams,  &  Co.,  Salisbury,  England  . 

Keyser,  Charles  S.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.        .... 

Kidder,  Natliiin  P.,  Manchester,  N.IJ.         .... 

Kiornan,  Thomas,  ;'/•.,  Harvard  College  Library 

Kindergarten  for  the  Blinil  ...... 

King,  Horatio  C,  New   York  City 

Kingman,  Bradford,  Brookline,  Mass.         .... 

King's  Chapel      ......... 

Kirkpatrick,  George  E.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Knapp,  Artiiur  M.        .......         . 

Knapp,  Geo.  B newspapers 

Knowlton,  T.  S.,    West  Brookfield,  Mass.    .... 

Koehler,  S.  H. ,  Roxhury      ....... 

Koeniglich-Bayerische  Akademie  der  Wissenschaften,  .Mu- 
nich, Germany        ........ 

Konvalinka,  J.  G.        . 

Kulp,  George  B.,   IVilkesharre,  Pa.   ..... 

Lacey,  H.  B.,  Bridgeport,  Ct.    .....         . 

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Lane,  William  C,  Cambridge.  Mass. 

Laniijan,  John  A  ,  Hyde  Park   . 

Lansing,  G.  L.,  Snn  Francisco.  Cal.  . 

Larison,  C.  W.,  Riiigos,  New  Jersey  . 

Larreniore,  Wilbur,  N.  Y.  City  . 

Laurie,  T.,  Providence,  R.I.       . 

Lawrence,  Abbott        ..... 

Lawrence,  John,  Cambridge 

Lawrence  Public  Library,  La^vrence,  Mass. 

Leach,  Edward  ().,   Washington 

Leavitt,  T.  H.,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Leeds,  England,  Public  Library 

Legoff,  Laurent,    Montreal,  Can. 

Lehigh  University  Library,  South  Bethlehem,  Pa 

Leicester  Public  Library    .... 

Leipzig.  Bureau  der  Handels-Kararaer 

Lenox  Library,  New  York  City 

Leo,  F.  A.,  Berlin 

Le  Plongeon,  Augustus       .... 

Lewis,  n.  K.,  London,  England 

Lewis,  Mrs.  John  A.  .         .       broadsides  and  m 

Lewis,  T.  H 

Lexington,  City  of       ....         . 

Liautard,  A. 

Library  Bureau  ...... 

Library    Coinniittee    of    the    Corporation    of  the    C 
London    .         .         .      '   . 

Library  Company  of  Philadelphia,  Pliiladelphi 

Library  of  tlie  University  of  California 

Lincoln,  Mrs.  Alvin  C,  Ballardvale,  Mass. 

Lincoln,  Mrs.  A.  C,  Dorchester 

Literary  and  Philosopliical  Soc,  Liverpool,  England 

Little,  John  M.   .       ' 

Little,  Sophia  L 

Liverpool,  England,  Free  l^ublic  Library  . 

Lloyd,  Henry  O.,  Chicago,  111.  . 

Lombard  Investment  Company  . 

Loomis,  W.  B.,  iVarietta,  Ohio. 

Lord,  Henry  D.  ..... 

Lovett,  Robert  W 

Lowell,  City  of  . 

Ludwig  Salvator,  Archduke  of  Austria  and  Tuscany 

Lyman,  Mrs   Theodore,  Brookline 

MacDonald,  Arthur,   Worcester,  Mass. 

Mack,  Robert,  and  Sons,   Yorkshire,  England 

Macon  Eveninii  News,  Macon,  Ga. 

Maine,  State  Reform  School,  Cape  Elizabeth 

Maisch,  John  M  ,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  . 

Maiden  Public  Lilirary        .... 

Ma.nv\\i's\.eT,  England,  Public  Library 

Manchester,  NIL,  City  Library 

Mansfield,  Mtss  S.  L 

Marlboro'  Public  Lilirary    .... 

Marcou,  John  Belknap        .... 

Marcus,  Alfred  A.        ....  . 

Marietta  College,  Marietta.  O.   . 

Marine  Hospital  Service,   Washington,  B.C. 

Maroney,  F.  H.  . 


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Marquette,  L.  M.,  &  Co..  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

1 

Marsilen  &  Co.,  Manchester,  England         .... 

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'iA!\.rVaex\%,  3 o\\r\Y.,  Pittsburgh,  Fa 

1 

Martin,  Edward  F.      ....•••         • 

1 

Marvin,  W.  T.  R.        .         . 

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Maryland  Historical  Society,  Baltimore,  Md.    . 

5 

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Massachusetts,  State  of      .        ' 

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Boird  of  Gi^  Cnrnmis'^ioners 

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Bureau  of  Statistics  of  Labor  .         .         .         .         • 

54 

Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth      .         .         .         • 

7 

Stitc  BoTrd  of  Health 

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Cf.i*-r»     I3/-.o>.rl    ri^Tnno/iir    tiryA    /^ImT-ifTT 

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State  Lunatic  Asylum,  Northampton 

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Massachusetts  Agricultural  College,  Amherst     .         .     '    • 

12 

Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy   .         .         .         .         • 

I 

Massachusetts  General  Hospital 

1 

Massachusetts  Historical  Society 

1 

2 

Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 

3 

Massachusetts  Infant  Asylum 

1 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology        .... 

1 

4 

Massachusetts  Medical  Society 

2 

Massachusetts  Medico-Legal  Society 

1 

Massachusetts  School  for  the  Feeble-minded     . 

3 

Massachusetts  Society  of  the  Cincinnati     .... 

1 

Master  Car  Builders'  Association,  Chicago,  III. 

1 

Matthews,  Brander,  New  York  City  ..... 

30 

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May,  H.  A 

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McClure,  P.  T 

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McGill  College  and  University,  Montreal  .... 

1 

McKim,  Mead,  &  White        .         large  framed  photographs 

McKnight,  David  A.,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

1 

McLaren,  Donald,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     . 

1 

Mechanics'  Institute,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

1 

Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  Albany   . 

1 

Medical  Society  of  tiie  State  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia 

1 

Meek,  Henry  I\L,  Salem,  Mass.           ..... 

1 

Meginiu'ss.  .John  F.,    Williamsport,  Fa 

1 

Melrose  Public  Library 

1 

Memorial  Hall  Library,  Andover 

2 

Mercantile  Lii)rary,  Netv  York  City 

2 

Mercantile  Library,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

7 

Mercantile  Library,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

I 

Mercier,  Honore,  Quebec 

2 

7 

Merrinian,  Mrs.  Anna  L. 

1 

Metcorologic^al  Institute,  Chrisiiania,  Norway  . 

1 

Miami  University,  Oxford,  0 

1 

Michigan,  Railroad  Commissioner,  Lansing 

1 

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16 

Oldie  Xjiorary,  ijansing ,  itixcn.         .... 

Mieusset,  E 

1 

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Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  Cincinnati,  0.   . 

20 

Miller,  .1.  HIeecker,  New  York  City 

1 

Mills,  John  H 

2 

1 

Milwaukee,  Public  Library 

1 

6 

Minneapolis,  ,Vi«?i.,  City  of 

1 

Park  Commissioners, 

2 

i>.i  1, 1 : ..    T  ;  I «._ 

2 

6 

1  Uijiic  ijiDriiry          •*.•••• 

Minnesota  Historical  Society,  St.  Paul       .... 

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Mohn,E.  Chrisiiania,  Norway 
Momerie,  Alfred,  London^  England 
Mooney,  John  A.,  New  York  City 
Mooradian,  Jacob,    Worcester 
Moore,  George  H.,  New  York  City 

Moore,  B.  K 

Moore,  Wm.  H.,  Hartford.  Ci.  . 

Moravian  Tlieolo<jical  Seminary,  Bethlehem,  Pa 

Morris,  Jonathan  F.,  Hartford,  Ct.    . 

Morris,  Martin,  Washington,  D.C 

Morse,  Leopold,   Washington,  D.C.    . 

Morse  Institute,  Natick 

Mount,  George,  Canterbury 

Mount  Auburn  Cemetery    . 

Mount  Holyoke  Seminary,  South  Hadley, 

Mudge,  Messrs.  A.  &  Son  . 

Mullet,  A.  E.,  Charlestown 

Mundo,  J.  J 

Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology 

Museum  of  Fine  Arts 

Narragansett  Machine  Co.,  Providence,  R 

National  Academy  of  Sciences,   Washington,  D.C.    . 

National  Agricultural  Society  of  Victoria,  Melbourne 

National  Electric  Medical  Association,  Newark,  N.J. 

National  Library  of  Buenos  Ayres      .... 

National  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 

New  York         ........ 

Nationalist  Education  Association       .... 

Naval  Institute,  Annapolis.  Md. 

New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society,  newspapers 

New  England  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children,  Roxbury, 

New  England  Meteorological  Society,  Cambridge 

New  Hampshire  State  Medical  Society,  Concord,  N.H. 

New  Hampshire,  Secretary  of  State,  Concord     . 

New  Jersey,  Bureau  of  Statistics  of  Labor  and  Industries 

Trenton,  N.J.  ....... 

Geological  Survey,  Trenton,  N.J. 


New  Jersey  Historical  Society,  Orange,  N.J. 

New  London  County  Historical  Society,  New  London,  Ct. 

New  York,  Bureau  of  Statistics  of  Labor,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

State  Entomologist,  Albany,  N.Y.. 

State  Library,  Albany,  N.  Y.  . 

State  Lunatic  Asylum      ..... 

New  York  Academy  of  Science,  Columbia  College,  New 

York 

New  York  Cancer  Hospital,  New  York  City 

New  York  Catholic  Protectory,   West  Chester,  N.  Y. 

New  York  Civil  Service  Reform  Association,  New    York 

City 

New  York  Free  Circulating  Library,  New  York  City 

New  York  Historical  Society,  New  York  City    . 

New  York  Life  Insurance  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Newark,  N.J.,  Free  Public  Library 

Newberry  Library,  Chicago,  111. 

Newburyport,  Public  Library     . 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  England 

Newcomb,  John  B.,  Elgin,  III.  . 

Newell.  William  W.,  Cambridge 

News  Publishing  Co.,  Macon,  Ga.      .         .       1  newspaper 


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Newton,  Hubert  A.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Newton  Free  Library 

Nickerson,  Sereno  D.  ... 

Nichols,  Miss  A.  A 

Nicliolson,  E.  B.,  Oxford,  England  . 

Nicliolson,  James  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis    .... 

Norcross,  Otis,  family  of    . 

Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  111 

Norton,  C  B.,  Chicago,  III. 

Norton,  Charles  Eliot 

Nova  Scotia  Library  Commission,  Halifax,  N.S. 

Norwegian  Geodetic  Commission,  Christiania,  Norway 

Nojes,  William,  Somerville 

Oberlin  College,  Oberlin,    Ohio. 

Observatorio  Nacional,  Cordoba,  Argentine  Republic 

O'Farrell,  Charles       .... 

O'FLinlon,  John  Canon 

Ohio  Meteorological  Bureau,  Columbus,  Ohio 

Ohio  State  Forestry  Bureau,  Cincinnati 

Ohio  State  Library      .... 

Old  Colony  Historical  Society,  Taunton 

Oliver,  Wm.  T.,  Lynn 

Omaha  Druggist  Pub.  Co.,  Omaha     . 

Omaha  Public  Library,  Omaha 

Osterhout  Free  Library,   WiLkesharre,  Pa 

Oxford  Club,  Brooklyn,  N.  F.    . 

Page,  Cyrus  A.  . 

Paige,  Lucius  R.,  Carnbridgeport 

Paine,  Nathnniel,  Worcester 

Parker,  Moses  Greeley,  Lowell  . 

Parker,  IL  A.,  Cambridge  . 

Parker,  Wm.  Thornton,  Providence,  R.I. 

Paton,  Allen  Park,  Greenock,  Scotland 

Paiiksztis,  Jose|)h,  Plymouth,  Pa. 

Peabody  Institute,  Peabody 

Peabody,  Philip  G 

Peabody,  Dean,  Wenham,  Mass. 
Peabody  Institute,  Baltimore,  Md.     . 
Peale,  A.  C,   Washington,  D.C. 
Pennsylvania  State  Committee  on  Lunacy 

State  Library,  Harrisbiirg 

State  Penitentiary  for  the  Eastern 


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Philadelphia 

District,  Phila 

delphia 

Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts,  Philadelphia 
Pennsylvania  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
Pennsylvania    Museum    and    School    of    Industrial    Ar 

Philadelphia.  Pa.   . 
Peoria  Public  Library-,  Peoria,  III. 
Perkins,  John  W.,  [iy field,  Mass. 
Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind 
Perry,  Ji/rs.  B.  F.,  Greenville,  S.C. 
Perry,  Thomas  S.        .         .         . 
Perry,  Wm.  S.,  Davenport,  la. 
Phelps,  Miss  Fannie  L. 

Philadelphia,  Board  of  Directors  of  City  Trusts 
Pliiladeljjhia  City  Institute 
Philbin,  John  F.,  Clinton,  Mass. 
Phillips,  Edgar  M.,  Southbridge 


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Phillips  Exeter  Academy    .... 
Philosophical  Society  of  Glasgow,  Scotland 
Picking,  Henry  F.,   Washington,  D.O. 
Pierce,  Henry  B.         .         .         .         . 
Pinson,  H.,  Port  Natal,  S.A.     . 

Plumb,  H.  B 

Polanil,  W.  C,  Providence,  R.I. 
Poor,  H.  V.  anrl  H.  W.,  N.  Y.    . 
Porter,  Edward  G.,  Lexington    . 
Portland  Public  Library 
Pratt,  E.  Granville,  Qnincy 
Pratt  Institute,  Brooklyn,  JV.  Y. 
Presbyterian  Board,  New  York  City  . 
Price,  John,  Manchester-hy-the- Sea    . 
Prince,  George,  Oxford,  England 
Providence,  City  of    . 

City  Auditor's  Office 

Public  Library 

Public  Library,  Cleveland,  0.    . 
Public  Library,  Fall  River,  Afass. 
Public  Library,  Indianapolis,  Ind.   . 
Public  Library,  Melbourne,  Australia 
Public  Library,  Neivhuryport,    . 

Public  Library,  Portland,  Me.    . 
Public  Library,  Somerville 

Public  Library,  Toledo,  0. 

Public  Library,   Wandsworth,  England 

Publishers,  Florida  Despatch 

Publishers,  National  Bottlers'  Gazette 

Quaritch,  Bernard,  London,  England 

Queen's  College,  Kingston,  Canada  . 

Queensland  Patent  Office,  Brisbane,  Aus 

Kand,  0.  J.,  Cambridgeport 

Randolph,  Richard      .... 

Randolph  &  English,  Richmond,   Va. 

Reale  Istituto  Lombardo,  Milan,  Itali/ 

Register  American  Steam  Vessels,  New  York  City 

Republican  State  Committee,  7o  broadsides,  3  newspapers 

Retreat  for  the  Insane,  Hartford,  Conn. 

lieynolds,  John,  India na.polis,  Ind.   . 

Reynolds,  Sheldon,   Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  Providence,  R.I. 

Richards,  Mrs.  R.  A.,  Cambridge 

Ricliardson,  C.  A lot  of  newspaper 

Rigdon,  Jonatlian         .... 

Robinson,  J.  H.  . 

Rochester  Academy  of  Science,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Rockwell,  A.,  East  Cambridge  . 

Rosengarten,  J.  G.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rowe,  G.  H.  M 

Rowell,  Josepli  C,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Royal  Astronomical  Society,  London.  England 

Royal  Observatory,  London,  England 

Royal  Society  of  Canada,  Montreal    . 

Royal  Societ}-  of  Edinburg,    Scotland 

Ruggles,  George  P.,  Charlestown 

Russell,  William  E..  Cambridge 

Rutherford,  John,  Owen  Sound,  Ont. 

St.  Botolph  Club  .... 


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St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Public  Library   . 
St.  Louis  Mercantile  Library  Association 
St.  Louis  University  .... 
St  Paul,  Minn.,  Public  Library  . 

Salem,  City  of 

Salem  Public  Library 
Salvador,  Isquierdo  S.,  Santiago,  Chili 
Samuel,  D.  L.,  Portland,  Oregon 
Sanborn,  Charles  E.    . 

Savasje,  E.  H 

Scudder,  Samuel  H.    . 

Sears,  George  E.,  New  York  City 

Seccomb,  Daniel  F.,  Concord,  N.II.  . 

Shaw,  Samuel  S.         .         .         .         . 

Siiepard,  Harvey  N.    . 

Sherman,  David  H.,  Dover  Plains,  N.  Y. 

Siloam  Lodge  No.  2,  I.O.O.F.,  Boston 

Simes,  William  ..... 

Small,  Herbert,  Cambridge 

Smith,  Richard  &  Co.,   Worcester,  England 

Smithsonian  Institution,   Washington,  D.C. 

Smvth,  Thomas  ..... 

Snow,  S.  T 

Society  of  Arts,  London     . 

Society  for  the  History  of  the  Germans,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Society  for  the  Study  of  Inebriety,  London 

Soldan,  F.  J.,  Peoria,  111 

Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Historical  Society  of  Rhode  Island 

Providence,  R.I.  . 
South  P^nd  Industrial  School,  Roxhury 
Southern  Pacific  Radroad  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.. 
Souvenir  Volume  Committee,  Washington  Centennial 
Stadt  Bihliothek,  Zurich,  Switzerland 
Standard,  The     ..... 

Standard  Union  Print,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Staples,  C.  A.,  Lexington,  Mass. 
Start,  W.  A.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Stearns,  Robert  E.  C,  Washington     . 
Stein,  E.  II.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.    . 
Stevens,  Hermon  Weed,  Dover,  N.II. 
Stewart,  Howard  .... 

Stewart,  William  M.,    Washington,  D.C. 
Stillman,  James  W.     .... 

Stockwell,  Thomas  B.,  Providence,  R.L 
Stone,  Mrs.  Ellen  A.,  East  Lexington 
Stone,  Eben  F.,  Newburyport    . 
Stone,  George  H.,  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 
Stone,  Henry      ...... 

Storrs  School,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Stucky,  .1.  A.,  Lexington,  Ky.    . 
Sui)reme  .Judicial  Court       .... 

Swan,  lv()b(?rt  T.  ..... 

Swett,  Charles  E 

Swift,  Lindsay     ...... 

Sydney,  New  South  Wales,  Free  Public  Library 

•Technological,  Industrial,  and  Sanitary  Museum 

Tanaka,  L,  Tokyo, -Japan  . 
'I'iipi)an,  I'vUgene,   Winchester 
Taj)per,  Thomas,  jr.  . 


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Taunton,  City  of,  MassacJiusetis 

Free  Public  Library 

Taussisr,  Edward,   Washington,  D.C. 

Tebb,  William,  London,  JEngland 

Thayer,  Caroline  C,  Roxbury     . 

Thomas  Crane  Public  Library,  Quincy 

Thompson,  A.  C,  Roxhury 

Thrnm,  Thomas  G..  Honolulu    . 

Thurber,  Samuel,  Roxhvry 

Thwaites.  Reuben  G. ,  Madison,   Wis. 

Tiffany,  Edward  .... 

Tileston,  Mrs.  John  B.,  Mattapan,  Mass. 

Toronto  Public  Library 

Torrey,  D.,  Detroit,  3Iich. 

Torrej',  .Joseph  V.       .         .         .         . 

Trades  Publishins:  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Travellers'  Insurance  Company,  Hartford,   Conn. 

Trenchard,  Edward,  New  York  City  . 

Troup,  C.  A.  S 

Triibner  &  Co 

Trustees  of  the  Estate  of  .Tohn  Crerar,  Chicago,  III. 
Trustees  of  the  Hopkins  Academy,  Hadley,  Mass. 
Trustees  of  the  Salem  Public  Library,  Salem    . 
Trustees  of  Vassar  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Tucker,  Gilbert,  M.,  Albany,  N.Y.     . 
Tucker,  Willis,  G.,  Albany 
Tuckcrman,  Frederick,  Amherst,  Mass. 
Tufts  College,  Medford      . 
Tufts  Library,  Weymovth,  Mass. 
Tumock,  F.  H.,    Winnipeg,  3Ianitoba 
Tupper,  Julius  H.        .         .         .         . 
Turin,  Italy,  City  of  . 

Turner,  A.  T 

'J'urner  Free  Library,  Randolph 
Tuttle,  Josejdi  F.,  Eva.nsville,  Ind.    . 
Tuttle,  Joseph  F.,  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

Tuttle,  Julius  H 

Tyler,  J.  K.,  Charlestown  . 

United  States.     Bureau  of  Ethnology 

Commission  of  Fish  and  Fisheries 

Court  of  Claims 

Department  of  Agriculture 

Bureau  of  Animal  Industry 

Department  of  the  Interior 

Bureau  of  Education 

Bureau  of  Labor 

Census  Office  . 

Geological  Survey   .         .         .62  atlas  sheets 

Patent  Office    . 


Department  of  State        ...         1  broadsid 
Navy  Department   . 

Bureau  of  Equipment  and  Recruiti 

Bureau  of  Navigation 

Hydrographic  Office  ...       1  chart 

Nautical  Almanac  Office 

Naval  Academy  Library 

Naval  Intelligence  Office 

Naval  Observatory 

Treasury  Department      ...         1  broadside 


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United  States.  Treasury  Department,  Bureau  of  Statistics, 

Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey  Office,  G  maps 

156  charts    . 

Life  Savini?  Service 

Liu^lit  House  Board 


Marine  Hospital  Service 

Supervising     Inspector     General 

boats    ..... 
—  War  Department      .... 
U.  S-  Army.     Engineer  Corps 

Medical  Dei)artment 

Ordnance  Department 

Signal  Office 


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University  of  Alabama,   Tuscaloosa,  Ala.    . 
University  of  California,  Berkeley,   Cal. 
University  of  Indiana,  Bloomington,  Ind, . 
University  of  Kansas,  Laurence,  Kan. 
University  of  Leyden  .... 

University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor.   Mich. 
University  of  Nebraska,  Lincoln,  Neb. 
University  of  Rochester,  Rochester,  N.  Y.    . 
University  of  Utrecht  .... 

University  of  Vermont,  Burlington,   Vt.    . 
University  of  Wisconsin,  .Vac^t'soH,    iris.     . 
Uphani,  Warren,  Somerville,  Mass.    . 
Upton,  Winslow,  Providence,  R.I.     . 
Upson,  Irving  S.,  New  Brunswick,  N.J.     . 
Urban,  Theo.  L. ,  Columbia,  Pa. 
Utley,  Henry  M.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Vail,  Roger,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Vanderbilt,  Mrs.  Gertrude  L.,  Flatbush,  N.I 
Veazev,  W.  G.,  Washington,  D.C.     . 
Venable,  F.  P.,  Chapel  JJUl,  NC.      . 
Vermont,  State  Library,  Montpelier  . 

Ver  Planck,  Mrs.  J.  C.,   Wayne  P.O.,  Pa. 
Victoria  Street  Society  for  the  Protection  of  Ani 
Vivisection,  London        .... 

Vinton,  Alex.  N.,   Worce.<!ter 

Wabash  College,  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

Wadlin,  Horace  G.,   Washington,  D.C. 

Wagner  Free  Institute  of  Science  of  Philadelp 

Waite,  II.  E.,    West  Newton 

Walker,  Isaac,  Pembroke,  NIL 

Walker,  Nnthaniel  U 

Wall,  Caleb  A.,   Worcester 

Walton.  J.  B.,  Muscatine,  0.     . 

Ware,  Thomas  S.        .         .         .         .         . 

Ware,  William  &  Co 

Warren,  E.  ...... 

Warren,  Henry  C.       .  .  .  .  . 

Warren,  Lucius  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Washl)urn,  Henry  S.,  Newton  Centre 

Washtnirn,  William  T.,  New  York  City     . 

Washburn      College      Laboratory    of     Natur 
Topeko,,    Kan.         ..... 

Wasliburn  &  Moen  Manufacturing  Co.,   M^orcester 

Washington  &  Lee  University,  Lexington,   Va.  . 

Waterliouse,  S.,  St.  Louis  .... 

Watertown  Public  Library  .... 


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Watson,  Abram  W.    .... 

Watson,  N 

Wayland  Library,   Way/and,  Mass.    . 

Webster,  Miss  H.  L. ,  Vassar  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  J 

Weld,  Miss  Aii^e  B.,  Jamaica  Plain 

Weld,  Francis  M.,  Jamaica  Flam 

Wells,  William  Goodwin    . 

West,  James  H.  . 

Wheeler,  Horace  L.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Wiieelwriglit,  Edmund  M.  . 

Wheildon,  William  W.,  Concord,  Mass. 

White,  James  C.  .... 

White,  John  S.,  New  York   City 

White,  S.  v.,  Brooldyn,  N.Y.   . 

Whitehouse,  Cope,  London,  England 

Whitman,  W.  A 

Whitmore,  W.  H 

Whitney,  J.  I 

Whitney,  W.  L.  Ponsville,  Pa. 
Whittemore,  Henry,  New  York  City  . 
AVillard,  Miss  Frances  E.,   Evanston,  III 
Williams,  B.  S.,  &  Son 

Williams,  Henry  W 

Williston  Seminary,  Easthampton 
AVilmington  Iiisiitiite,    Wilmington,  Del. 
Winchester  Home  Corporation,  Charlestown 
Winchester  I'ublic  Library,   Winchester,  Mass 
Winlock,  William  C,   Washington,  D.C.    . 
Winsor,  Justin    ...... 

Winthrop,  Robert  C 

Wintlirop  Training  School  for  Teachers,  Colum 
Wisconsin  Academy  of  Sciences,  Milwaukee,  H 
Wisconsin,  State  Historical  Society,  Madison, 
Woman's    Medical  College   of  the  New    York 

New  York  City        ..... 

Wood,  Will  C 

Woodl)ury,  C.  J.  H 

Woodruff,  Milford,  Salt  Lake  City      . 
Worcester,  William,  Pliiladelphia,  Pa. 
Worcester  Free  Public  Library 
Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Wright,  J.  O.,  New  York  City    . 

Wyeth,  E.  A 

Wyoming    Historical    and    Geological    Society 

barre,  Pa.         ...... 

Yale  College,  Obsers'atory,  New  Haven.  Conn. 
Yale  University  ...... 

Y'oung  Men's  Dramatic  Club  of  Massachusetts 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association     . 
Zioba,  Jlatliias    ...... 


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APPENDIX    Vl. 

CIKOULATION. 


188U  . 
18»0  . 


1,775,49+       64,261     152,840    217,101  [ 
1,870,411   ,    73,a55    201,305  i  275,260 


1,272  '■]  187,163 
1,607  I;  181,246 


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E 

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S 

1 

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a 

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1UC|,231 

67,800 

177,031  ! 

585 

849 

97,740 

74,140 

171,880  1 

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896 

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60,452  1  247,617 

820 

362,846 

1,026 

:    68,345 

69,367 

127,712 

423 

660 

74,471  1  255,771  1 

841 

1,825 

389,708 

1,038 

1    71,468 

60,823 

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436 

769 

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41,382 

131,786 

436 

768 

88,919 

38,668 

127,477 

457 

790 

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Brighton. 

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17,338 

3,629      20.967 

69 

IWj 

1    63,779 

43,798 

109,577 

361 

608 

19,420 

2,099      21,619 

71 

193 

Dorchester. 


188» ...      70,728      32,167 
1890  .    .   .      70,860  I    24,388 


102,886 
95,248 


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B 

606 

77,667 

616 

87,266 

83,347  I  161,004  I     533 
90,963  ;  178,229       586 


JA3IAICA  Plain. 


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w 

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0 

47,300 

19,438 

66,738 

221   '• 

j    53,262 

17,685 

70,847 

233 

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33,849 

112 

230 

44,893 

157 

327 

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22,872 

76 

22,711 

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APPENDIX  VII. 

REGISTRATION. 


The  first  registration,  1854-58,  had  17,066  names  ; 
the  second,  1859-67,  had  52,829  names;  the 
third,  1868  to  April  30, 1886,  had  227,581  names. 


Central  Library  .  .  . 
East  Boston  branch  . 
South  Boston  branch  . 
Roxbury  branch  .  .  . 
Charlestown  branch  . 
Brighton  branch  .  .  , 
Dorchester  branch  .  • 
South-End  branch  .  . 
Jamaica  Plain  branch 

Totals 


at) 

H 

XI 

aci 

<Z) 

XI 

x> 

8,997 

9,733 

7,752 

7,133 

1,307 

1,117 

877 

1,065 

1,862 

1,781 

1,395 

2,156 

1,372 

1,585 

1,260 

1,769 

630 

1,623 

860 

762 

323 

365 

270 

277 

1,405 

1,231 

815 

1,005 

1,484 

1,511 

1,040 

1,740 

874 

926 

705 

892 

18,254 

19,872 

14,974 

16,799 

6,370 
896 

1,435 

1,371 
735 
286 
827 

1,470 
785 


14,175 


APPENDIX  VIII. 

READING. 


Bates  Hall. 

Lower  Hall 

and 
Branches. 

65 

47 

44 

6 

3 

15 

6 

6 

8 

Totals 

100 

100 

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APPENDIX   IX. 

riNANCIAL   STATEMENT. 


General  Library  Accounts. 


Expended,  1890. 


Binding  materials $1,186  70 

Binding  hooks 1,715  64 

Books,  City  appropriation .f  10,623  70 

Special  appropriation  for  purchases  made 

at  tlie  Barlow  sale         ....  20,000  00 

Income  from  Trust  funds         .         .         .  4,536  51 

44,160  21 

Periodicals 2,871  35 

Expense 3,822  38 

Euel 2,510  88 

Furniture,  etc 1,199  11 

Gas *. 4,037  17 

Printing  and  cataloguing 9,549  73 

Stationery    ...........  1,46.")  07 

Salaries 87,918  99 

Transportation,  postage,  etc.        .......  2,475  95 

Kents  .         .         .        "" 5,600  69 

Repairs 2,570  68 

Electric  lighting 3,089  18 

Total $174,173  73 


Note. — The  cost  of   maintaining  tlie   branches,  $41,735.69,  makes  part  of  the  general 
items  of  the  several  appropriations. 


Keceipts  from  fines  and  sales  of  catalogues,  $3,473.05. 


APPENDIX    X. 

LIBRARY    TRUST    FUNDS. —  INVESTED    IN    CITY    OF    BOSTON     BONOS. 


Joshua  Bates $50,000  00 

20,000  00 


Amount.        When  delivered.       No.  of  Bond.         When  due. 


2  Jonathan  Thillipe  . 

3  Abbott  L.iwience  . 

4  Charlotte  Harris  .  . 

5  Henry  L.  Pierce    .  . 

6  Mary  P.  Townsend  . 

7  George  Ticknor    .  . 

8  John  P.  liigelow  .  . 

9  Fiankliu  Club    .    .  . 


10,000  00 
10,000  00 
10,000  00 

6,000  00  i 

4,000  00  j 

4,000  00  I 

1,000  00  [ 

1,000  00  I    June, 


March, 

April, 

April, 

May, 

August, 

Dcci-nibe 

April,      . 

April, 

.■\UgU6t, 


11  South  Boston     .   . 

12  Arthur  Scholfield  . 

13  Joseph  .Scholflekl  . 

14  Thomas  B.  Harris 


Edward  LawrciR-e  .   .   . 
J.  Ingersoll  Bowditch    . 


■  1,500  00 

600  00 

100  00 
60,000  00 
11,800  00 
1,000  00 

I 

•2,000  00  , 1 
1,700  00 
1 ,400  00  '  J  Xoveml 
600  00  I     May, 


April, 

Septcmbe 

December 

July, 

April, 

j  October, 


1853 
1861 
1S53 
1860 
1877 
1873 
1879 
1871 
1850 
1863 


,  1879 
1883 
1800 
1684 


1889 
1880 


2,579 
1,567 
2,930 
10,480 
1,726 
1,224 
3,714 


1,244 
1,382 


.Jan'y, 
April, 
July, 
Oct., 
Jan'y, 
April, 
April, 
April, 
Jan'y. 
Oct., 
April, 
April, 
July, 
Oct., 
July. 
April, 
April, 
Oct., 
Nov.  15, 
April, 


1894 
1906 


1894 

1914 

1900  1 

1908) 

1914 

1918 

1013 

1920     I 

1914 


1919  ;j 

1916     1 


To  buy  "  books  of  permanent  value." 

i"  To  the  maintenance  of  a  frci-  public  library." 
"  Purchase  of  books." 
Books  having  a  permanent  value. 
Books  for  Charlestown  branch,  published  before  1850. 
"  Books  of  permanent  value  for  the  Bates  Hall." 
Books  five  years  old  in  some  one  edition. 
Books  in  Spanish  and  Portuguese  five  years  old  in  some  one  ci 
Purchase  of  books. 

Books  of  permanent  value,  pi'efcrably  "  books  on   govei'un 
jjolitical  economy." 

;■  Books  relating  to  American  liisloi-v. 
I 

For  beaefit  of  South  Boston  branch. 

To  bo  used  for  books  of  permanent  value. 


For  benufit  of  Charlebtowu  branch. 


10,000  00 


January,      1890 


Jan'y,    1920 


i  tbey  may  de 


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

For  "  the  purchase  of  books  of  permanent  value  and  authorityin  matbe- 
raalics  and  astronomy,"  to  be  added  to  the  Bowditch  collection. 


MEMORANDA. 


(11 

(21 

■rhpBumofS 

ClI 

Mr.  Lnwrencc 

(4) 

'i'hp  beqiiefit  o 

Tliis  fund  wo 

(VI 

Tills  beiiucst 

Tills  fmiU  wa 

(K) 

Given  by  the 

>i'  Charlotte  fiarria  to  the  Cli;ir;(st.i\Mi  hj-:iijcli.  \\" 
of  Mavor  Pierce,  previous  tn  lii-  nlinrurm  lii.ni 
e  received  from  Wiliiani  Minot  ami  Williuin  Miiio 
accompanied  the  tostamentury  gill  of  his  S[jauish 
fi  a  sum  intended  for  a  tcstinioiiia!  to  Mr.  Bigelow 
Trustees  of  the  Franklin  Club,  under  the  authority  given  them  at  the  dissolution  of  that  literary 


it  her  private  library  was  also  given. 
iff,    Tne  principal  ^  ^-  —  -  '  >  - 

Jr.,  executors  of  filifiL  __ ._  ..._ ,, .. 

d  Portuguese  library.     It  required  that  $1,(H)U,  at  least,  shall  "be  spent  every  five  years  tbr  t 

retiring  from  the  mayoralty,  and  was  transferred  b^  him  to  this  purpose. 


,  for  the  addition  of  I 


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


Shares. 

Par  Value 
Share. 

Value  per  Share            Total  as 
as  received           Received  from 
from  Trustee.             Tinastee. 

Income. 

Remarks. 

15  B.  &  A.  R.R.  Co 

6  B.  &  Prov.  R.R.  Co 

9  Fitchburg  R.R.  Co 

1  Vt.  &  Mass.  R.R.  Co 

18  Cambridge  Lyceum 

$100  00 
100  00 
100  00 

100  00 
20  00 

$179  00                   $2,685  00 
179  50                     1,077  00 
118  00                      1,062  00 

133  00                         133  00 
30  00                         540  00 

\    $6,685  00 
Less    88  00 

*$l-28  00 
60  00 

48  00 

6  00 
25  20 

April  5, 1887.    The  certiflcates  of  9  shares  of  F.  R.K.  exchanged  for  a 
certificate  of  12  shares  preferred  stock  in  same  corporation,  par  value 
$100.    Total,  $1,200. 

Less  paid  May  10,  1886,  to    City  Collector,  per  order  of    Board  of 
Trustees  of   Public  Library. 

1  B.  &A.  R.R.Co 

100  00 

$5,497  00 
100  00 

1  the  one  share  belo 


Report  of  the  Library  Department.  49 


Treadwell  Fond.  —  By  the  will  of  the  late  Daniel  Treadvvell,  of  Cam- 
bridge, late  liumfortl  Professor  in  Harvard  College,  who  died  Feb.  27,  1872, 
he  left  the  residue  of  his  estate,  after  payment  of  debts,  legacies,  etc.,  in 
trust  to  his  executors,  to  hold  during  the  life  of  his  wife  for  her  benefit,  and 
after  her  decease  to  divide  the  residue  then  remaining  in  the  hands  of  the 
trustees  as  therein  provided,  and  convey  one-fifth  part  thereof  to  the  Trustees 
of  the  Public  Library  of  the  city  of  Bostoti. 

The  City  Council  have  accepted  said  bequest  and  authorized  the  Trustees 
of  the  Public  Library  to  receive  the  same,  and  invest  it  in  the  City  of  Boston 
Bonds,  the  income  of  which  is  to  be  expended  by  said  Trustees  in  such  man- 
ner as  they  may  deem  for  the  best  interests  of  the  library. 

Invested  in  the  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bonds  .  .  #3,700  00 
"  "  "  Three  and  one-half  per  cent.  Bonds,  1,400  00 

"  16  shares  B.  &  A.  R.R.  Co.   Stock,  par  value  .$100  eacli,  1,«00  00 

6  shares  B.  &  P.  R.R.  Co.  Stock,  par  value  .$100  each,  (JOo  00 
"  9  shares  Fitchburg  R.R.  Co.  Stock,  par  value  .$100  each,    9ii0  00 

1  share  Vt.  &  Mass.  R.R.  Co.  Stock,  par  value  f  100  each,  100  00 
"  18  shares  Cambridge  Lyceum  Stock,  par  value  $20  each,  3G0  00 

$8,66(.)  00 

Charlotte  Harris  Fund.  —  Bequest  of  Charlotte  Harris,  late  of  Bos- 
ton, the  object  of  which  is  stated  in  the  following  extract  from  her  will :  — 

"  I  give  to  the  Charlestown  Public  Library  .$10,000,  to  be  invested  on  in- 
terest, which  interest  is  to  be  applied  to  the  purchase  of  books  published 
before  18.50.  I  also  give  to  said  Public  Library  my  own  private  librar}-,  and 
the  portrait  of  my  grandfather,  Richard  Devens."  Bequest  accepted  by  City 
Council,  July  31,  1877. 

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

Thomas  B.  Harris  Fund.  —  Bequest  of  Thomas  B.  Harris,  late  of 
Charlestown,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Charlestown  Public   Library. 

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

ScHOLFiELD  FuND.  —  Bcqucst  of  the  late  Arthur  Scholkield,  who 
died  in  New  York,  Jan.  17,  1883.  The  interest  to  be  paid  to  certain  heirs 
during  their  lives,  and  then  to  be  used  for  the  purchase  of  books  of  perma- 
nent value.  The  last  heir,  Joseph  Scholfteld,  died  Nov.  18,  l><8t),  and  by  his 
will  bequeathed  to  the  City  of  Boston  the  sum  of  .$11,800,  which  repre- 
sents the  income  of  said  fund,  received  by  him  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
to  be  added  to  the  fund  given  by  his  brother.     Invested  in 

One  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for  .  .         .         .         .$50,000  00 

...  11,800  00 


$61,800  00 


Green  Fund.  —  Donations  of  Dr.  Samuel  A.  Green  of  .$2,000,  the 
income  of  which  is  to  be  expended  for  tlie  purchase  of  books  relating  to 
American  history.     Invested  in 

Two  City  of  Boston  Five  per  cent.  Bonds,  for         ....   $1,.500  00 
One  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for         ....         500  00 

.$2,000,00 


South  Boston  Branch  Library  Trust  Fund.  —  Donation  of  a  citizen 
of  South  Boston,  the  income  of  which  is  to  be  expended  for  the  benefit  of 
the  South  Boston  Branch  Library. 

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


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Report  of  the  Library  Department. 


Recapitdlation  ok  Public  Libraky  Trust  Funds. 

Scholfield  bequests .$61,800  00 

Bates  donation 50,000  00 

Phillips  bequest 20,000  00 

Bowditch  bequest 10,000  00 

Phillips  donation      •         •         •         * 10,000  00 

Charlotte  Harris  bequest 10,000  00 

Abbott  Lawrence  bequest 10,000  00 

Pierce  donation         .........  5,000  00 

Townsend  bequest 4,000  00 

Ticknor  bequest 4.000  00 

Treadvvell  bequest 8,6«0  00 

Green  donations 2,000  00 

Bigelow  donation 1,000  00 

Thomas  B.  Harris  bequest       .          .                   ....  1,000  00 

Franklin  Club  donation 1,000  00 

Edward  Lawrence  !)equest       ....                   .         .  500  00 

South  Boston  Branch  Library  Trust  Fund      ....  100  00 

Invested  funds .§199,060  00 


IIeport  of  the  Library  Department.  51 


LIBRARY   TRUST    FUNDS. 

BiGELOw  Fund.  —This  is  a  donation  made  by  the  hite  John  P.  Bigelow, 
in  August,  1850,  when  Mayor  of  the  city. 

The  income  from  this  fund  is  to  be  appropriated  to  the  purchase  of  books 
for  the  increase  of  the  library. 

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


Payable  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Public  Library  for  the 
time  being. 

Bates  Fcnd. — This  is  a  donation  made  by  the   late   Joshua  Bates,   of 
London,  in  March,  1853. 

Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Six  per  cent.  Bond  for  .         .         .$50,000  00 


"  The  income  only  of  this  fund  is  to  be,  each  and  every  year,  expended  in 
the  purchase  of  such  books  of  permanent  value  and  authority  as  may  be 
found  most  needful  and  most  useful."  Payable  to  the  Mayor  of  the  City  for 
the  time  being. 

BowDiTCH  Fund.  —  This  is  the  bequest  of  J.  Ingersoll  Bowditch. 

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

Bond f  10,000  00 


The  whole  income  in  each  and  every  year  to  be  expended  in  the  purchase 
of  books  of  permanent  value  and  authority  in  mathematics  and  astronomy. 

Phillips  Fund.  — This  is  a  Donation  made  by  the  late  Jonathan  Phillips, 
of  Boston,  in  April,  1853. 

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


The  interest  on  this  fund  is  to  be  used  exclusively  for  tiie  purchase  of  books 
for  said  library. 

Also,  a  bequest  by  the  same  gentleman,  in  his  will,  dated  20th  September, 
1849. 

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


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

Both  of  these  items  are  payable  to  the  Mayor  of  the  City  for  the  time 
being. 

Abbott     Lawrence     Fund.  —  This    is  the  bequest   of    the    late    Abbott 
Lawrence,  of  Boston. 

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


Tiie  interest  on  this  fund  is  to  be  exclusively  appropriated  for  the  purchase 
of  books  for  tiie  said  Library,  having  a  permanent  value. 

Edward  Lawrence  Fund.  — This  is  the  bequest  of  the  late  Edward 
Lawrence,  of  Charlestown.  The  following  clause  from  his  will  explains  its. 
purpose : — 


52  Report  of  the  Library  Department. 

"  To  hold  and  apply  the  income,  and  so  much  of  the  principal  as  they  may 
choose,  to  the  purchase  of  special  books  of  reference,  to  be  kept  and  used 
only  at  the  Charlestown  branch  of  said  Public  Library." 
Invested  in  one   City  of  Boston   Four  per  cent.  Bond,    due 

April  1,    1916 $500  00 

Pierce  Fund.  —  This  is  a  donation  made  by  Henry  L.  Pierce,  Mayor  of 
the  city,  Nov.  29,  1873,  and  accepted  by  the  City  Council,  Dec.  27,  1873. 
Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Six  per  cent.  Bond,  for  .         .  $5,000  00 

Townsend  Fund.  — This  is  a  donation  from  William  Minot  and  William 
Minot,  Jr.,  executors  of  the  will  of  Mart  P.  Townsend,  of  Boston,  at  whose 
disposal  she  left  a  certain  portion  of  her  estate  in  trust,  for  such  charitable 
and  public  institutions  as  they  might  think  meritorious.  Said  executors  ac- 
cordingly selected  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston  as  one  of  such 
institutions,  and  attached  the  following  conditions  to  the  legacy :  "  The 
income  only  shall,  in  each  and  every  year,  be  expended  in  the  purchase  of 
books  for  the  use  of  the  library;  each  of  which  books  shall  have  been  pub- 
lished in  some  one  edition  at  least  five  years  at  the  time  it  may  be  so 
purchased." 
Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Five  per  cent.  Bond,  for  .         .         .$4,000  00 

TicKNOR  Bequest.  —  By  the  will  of  the  late  George  Ticknor,  of  Boston, 
he  gave  to  the  City  of  Boston,  on  tlie  death  of  his  wife,  all  his  books  and 
manuscripts  in  the  Spanish  and  Portuguese  languages,  about  four  thousand 
volumes,  and  also  the  sum  of  four  thousand  dollars.  After  the  receipt  of 
said  sum,  the  city  is  required  to  spend  not  less  than  one  thousand  dollars  in 
every  five  years  during  the  twenty-five  years  next  succeeding  (i.e.,  the 
income  of  four  thousand  dollars,  at  the  rate  of  five  per  cent,  per  annum),  in 
the  purchase  of  books  in  the  Spanish  and  Portuguese  languages  and  litera- 
ture. At  the  end  of  twenty-five  years  the  income  of  the  said  sum  is  to  be 
expended  annually  in  the  purchase  of  books  of  permanent  value,  either  in 
the  Spanish  or  Portuguese  language,  or  in  such  other  languages  as  may  be 
deemed  expedient  by  those  having  charge  of  the  library.  The  books  be- 
queathed or  purchased  are  always  to  be  freely  accessible  for  reference  or 
study,  but  are  not  to  be  loaned  for  use  outside  of  the  library  building.  If 
these  bequests  are  not  accepted  by  tiie  city,  and  the  trusts  and  conditions 
faithfully  executed,  the  books,  manuscripts,  and  money  are  to  be  given  to 
the  President  and  Fellows  of  Harvard  College. 

In  order  that  the  city  might  receive  the  immediate  benefit  of  this  contribu- 
tion, Anna  Ticknor,  widow  of  the  donor,  rclintiuished  her  right  to  retain  dur- 
ing licr  life  the  books  and  uumuscripts,  and  jjlaced  them  under  the  control  of 
the  city,  the  City  Council  having  previously  accejjted  the  bequests  in  accord- 
ance with  the  terms  and  conditions  of  said  will,  and  tlie  Trustees  of  the  Public 
Library  received  said  bequests  on  behalf  of  the  city,  and  made  suitable  ar- 
rangements for  the  care  and  custody  of  the  books  and  manuscripts. 
Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Six  per  cent.  Bond,  for     .         .         .$4,000  00 

Franklin  Ceuh  Fund.  —  This  is  a  donation  made  in  .June,  1803,  by  a 
literary  association  of  young  men  in  Boston,  who,  at  the  dissolution  of  the 
association,  authorized  its  trustees,  Thomas  Minns,  John  J.  French,  and  J. 
Franklin  Reed,  to  dispose  of  the  funds  on  hand  in  such  a  manner  as  to  them 
should  seem  judicious.  They  elected  to  bestow  it  on  the  Public  Library, 
attaching  to  it  the  following  conditions  :  "  In  trust  that  the  income,  but  the 
income  only,  shall,  year  by  year,  be  expended  in  the  purchase  of  books  of 
permanent  value  for  the  use  of  the  free  Public  Library  of  the  city,  and,  as  far 
as  practicable,  of  such  a  character  as  to  be  of  special  interest  to  young  men.' ' 
The  Trustees  expressed  a  preference  for  books  relative  to  Government  and 
Political  Economy. 
Invested  in  one  City  of  Boston  Four  per  cent.  Bond,  for  .         .         $1,000  00 


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Executive  department 
Catalogue  department 
Book  department 
Bates    Hall    circulation 

ment 
Lower   Hall  circulation 

ment 
Janitor's  department   . 
Bindery 
East  Boston  branch     . 


APPENDIX   XI. 


LIBRARY    SERVICE. 


7  South  Boston  brancli 
14  i    Roxbury  branch 

8  Charlestown  branch     . 
depart-  Brighton  branch 

18  Dorchester  branch 

depart-  South-End  branch 

21  Jamaica  Plain  branch 

4  North-End  branch 

8  Deliveries  .         .         . 
5 

Total  .         .         .         . 


6 
6 
6 
3 
5 
6 
4 
3 
9 

138 


At  some  of  the  branch  libraries  occasional  extra  assistance  is  employed 
when  necessary. 

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,  Gottingen. 


LOCATION    OF   THE    BRANCH   LIBRARIES   AND    DELIVERY 
STATIONS. 


Allston  delivery  station,  26  Franklin  street,  Allston. 

Ashraont  delivery  station,  25  Argyle  street. 

Brighton  branch,  Holton  Library  building,  Rockland  street. 

Charlestown  branch,  old  City  Hall,  City  square,  Charlestown. 

Dorchester  branch,  Arcadia,  cor.  Adams  street. 

Dorchester  Station  delivery,  1  Milton  avenue. 

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. 

Roslindaie  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   XII. 

EXAMfNING   COMMITTEES    FOR   THIRTY-NIXE   YEARS. 

The  following  gentlemen  have  served  on  the  Examining  Com- 
mittees 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  ap- 
pointed. 


Abbott,  Hon.  J.  G.,  1870. 
Abbott,  S.  A.  B.,  1880. 
Adams,  Nebemiah,  D.D.,  1800. 
Adams,  Wm.  T.,  187.5. 
Alger,  Ji.ev.   Wm.  R.,  1870. 
Amory,  Miss  Anna  S.,  1890. 
Andrew,  Hon.  John  F.,  1888. 
Appleton,  Hon.  Nathan,  1851. 
Apthorp,  Wm.  F.,  188?.. 
Arnold,  Howard  P.,  1881. 
Aspinwall,  Col.  Thomas,  1860. 
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,  1851. 
Bent,  Samuel  Arthur,  1890. 
Bigelow,  Jacob,  M.D.,  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  /.,  M.D.,  1865. 
Bowditch,  II.  P.,  M.D.,  1881. 
Bowditch,  J.  Ingorsoll,  1855. 
Bowman,  Alfonzo,  1867. 
Bradford,  Charles  F.,  1868. 
Brewer,  Thomas  M.,  1865. 
Brimmer,  Hon.  Martin,  1890. 
Brooks,  Rev.  Phillips,  1871. 
Browne,  Causten,  1876. 
Buckingham,  C.  E.,  M.D.,  1872. 
Burroughs,  Rev.  Henrv,  jr.,  1869. 
Chadwick,  James  R.,  M.D.,  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,>Z>.Z>.,  1877. 
Clarke,  James  Freeman,* D.D.,  1882. 
Collar.lWm.  C,  1874. 


Cudworth,  Warren  H.,  D.D.,  1878. 
Curtis,  Charles  P.,  1862. 
Curtis,  Daniel  S.,  1872. 
Curtis,  Thos.  B.,  M.D.,  1874. 
Gushing,  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. 
D wight,  .John  S.,  1868. 
Dwight,  Thomas,  M.D.,  1880. 
Eastburn,  Manton,  D.D.,  1863. 
Eaton,  William  S.,  1887. 
Edes,  Henry  H.,  1886. 
Eliot,  Samuel,  LL.D.,  1868. 
Ellis,  Arthur  B.,  1888,  1889. 
Ellis,  Calvin,  M.D.,  1871. 
Ellis,  Geo.  E.,  D.D.,  1881. 
Endicott,  William,  jr.,  1878. 
Evans,  George  W.,  1887,  1888,  1889. 
Field,  Walbridue  A.,  1866. 
Fields,  .Tames  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,     f.L.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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55 


Greenough,  William  W.,  \8r>?.,  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. 
Ilaynes,  Henry  W.,  1879. 
Hay  lies,  Henry   W.,  1881,  1884. 
Hayward,  George,  M.D.,  1863. 
Heard,  John,  jr.,  1888,  1889. 
Heard,  JohnT.,  1853. 
Herford,  Brooke,  D.D.,  1884. 
Herrick,    Samuel    E.,    D.D.,    1888, 

1889. 
Higginson,  Thomas  W.,  1883. 
Hill,  Clement  Hugh,  1880. 
Hillard,  Ho7i.  George  S.,  1853. 
Hillard,  Hon.  George  S.,  1873. 
Hodges,  Richard,  M.,  M.D.,  1870. 
Holmes,  Edward  J.,  1881,  1884. 
Holmes,  Oliver  W.,  31. D.,  1858. 
Holmes,  Oliver  W.,  jr.,  1882. 
Homans,  Charles  D.,  iV.D.,  1867. 
Homans,    Mrs.     Charle.'s    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,  Miss  Harriette  S.,  1890. 
Lawrence,  James,  1855. 
Lee,  Miss  Alice,  1889,  1890. 
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. 
McCleary,  Samuel  F.,  1890. 
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,   1883, 

1884,  1885,   1890. 
Phillips,  John  C,  1882. 
Phillips,  Jonathan,  1854. 
Prescott,  William  H.,  LL.D.,  1853. 
Prince,  Hon.  F.  0.,  1888,  1889,  1890. 
Putnam,  George,  D.D.,  1870. 
Putnam,  Hon.  John  P.,  1865. 
Randall,  Charles  L.,  M.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.D.,  1888. 
Stevens,  Oliver,  1858. 
Stevenson,  Hon.  J.  Thomas,  1856. 
Stockwell,  S.  N.,  1861. 
Stone,  Col.  Henry,  1885,  1886,  1887. 
Story,  Joseph,  1856. 
Sullivan,  Richard,  1883,  1884. 
Teele,  John  0.,  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.,  188?, 


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Ware,  Charles  E.,  M.D.,  1875. 
Ware,  Darwin  E.,  1881. 
Warner,  Hermann  J.,  1867. 
Warren,  Hon.  Charles  H.,  1859. 
Warren,  J.  Collins,  M.D.,  1878. 
Waterston,  Rev.  Kobert  C,  1867. 
Wells,  Mrs.  Kate  G.,  1877. 
Wharton,  William  F.,  1886. 
Whipple,  Edwin  P.,  1869. 
Whitmore,  William  H.,\887. 
Whitney,  Daniel  B.,  1862. 
Whitney,  Henry  A.,  1873. 


Wightman,  Hon.  Joseph  M.,  1859. 
Williams,  Harold,  M.B.,  1888,   1889, 

1890. 
Williamson,  William  C,  1881. 
Wilson,  Elisha  T.,  M.D.,  1861. 
Winsor,  Justin,  1867. 
Wintiirop,  Hon.  Robert  C,  1854. 
Winthrop,  Robert  C,  jr.,  1887. 
Woodbury,  Charles  Levi,  1871. 
Woolson,    Mrs.    Abba   Goold,    1888, 

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


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57 


APPENDIX   XIII. 


TRUSTEES    FOR   THIRTY-NINE   YEARS. 

The  Honorable  Edward  Everett  was  President  of  the  Board 
from  1<S52  to  1864  ;  the  late  George  Ticknor  in  1865  ;  William 
W.  Greeuough,  Esq.,  from  1866  to  April,  1888;  Samuel  A.  B. 
Abbott,  Esq.,  since  the  latter  date. 

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  1867,  when  a  revised  ordinance  made  it  to  consist  of  one 
alderman,  two  common  councihnen,  and  six  citizens  at  large,  two 
of  whom  retired,  unless  reelected,  each  year,  while  the  members 
from  the  City  Council  were  elected  yearly.  In  1878  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Board  was  changed  to  include  one  alderman,  one 
councilman,  and  five  citizens  at  large,  as  before  1867  ;  and  in 
1885,  by  the  provisions  of  the  amended  city  charter,  the  repre- 
sentation 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  laro;e. 


Abbott,   Samukl  A.  B.,  187'J-90. 
Allen,  James  B.,  1852-53. 
Appleton,  Thomas  G.  ,  1852-57. 
Barnes,  Joseph  H.,  1871-72. 
BiGELOw,  John  P.,  1852-68. 
BowDiTCH,  Henry  I.,  1865-08. 
Bradlee,  John  T.,  1869-70. 
Bradt,  Herman  D.,  1872-73. 
Braman,  Jarvis  D.,  1868-69. 
Braman,  Jarvis  D.,  1869-72. 
Brown,  J.  C.  J.,  1861-62. 
Burditt,  Charles  A.,  1873-76. 
Carpenter,  George  ().,  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.  F.,  jr.,  1871-72. 
Drake,  Henry  A.,  1863-64. 
Erving,  Edward  S.,  1852. 
Everett,  Edward,  1852-64. 
Flynn,  James  J.,  1883. 
Frost,  Oliver,  1854-55;   1856-58. 
Frothingham,  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.,  1880-90. 
HiLLARD,  George  S.,  1872-75;  1876- 

77. 
Howes,  Osborne,  jr.,  1877-78. 
Ingalls,  Melville  E.,  1870-71. 
Jackson,  Patrick  T.,  1864-65. 
Jenkins,  Edward  J.,  1885. 
Keitli,  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. 
Niles,  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,  185G-57. 
Pope,  Benjamin,  1876-77. 
Pope,  Richard,  1877-78. 
Pratt,  Charles  E.,  1880-82. 
PitRCE,   Phineas,  1888-90. 
Prince,  Frederick  O.,  1888-90. 
Putnam,  George,  1868-77. 
Reed,  Sampson,  1852-53. 
Richards,  William  R.,  1889-90. 
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,  ElishaT.,  1861-63. 
Wilson,  George,  1852. 
WiNSOR,    JU.STIN,    1867. 
Wolcott,  Roger,  1879. 
Wright,  Albert,  J.,  1868-69. 


Citizens  at  large  in  small  capitals. 


[Document  9  — 1891.] 


SEMI-ANNUAL   REPORT 


TRUSTEES    OF    THE    PUBLIC    LIBRARY, 


UPON  THE 


CONDITION    AND    PROGRESS    OF    THE    WORK 


THE    NEW   PUBLIC    LIBRARY   BUILDING. 


The  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston 
have  the  honor  to  present  to  the  City  Council  their  semi- 
annual report  upon  the  condition  and  proi^ress  of  the  work 
on  the  new  Public  Library  buildins;.  The  Trustees  bear 
leave  to  preface  then-  report  with  a  statement  of  their 
relation  to  the  new  Public  Library  building-  that  seems 
to  be  proper  in  order  both  to  show  why  a  further  appropria- 
tion is  required  to  complete  the  work,  and  to  correct  cer- 
tain misapi^rehensions  in  regard  to  their  action. 

Although  incorporated  by  a  special  act  of  the  Legislature, 
that  in  some  degree  removes  them  from  the  direct  control 
of  the  City  Council,  the  Trustees  have  always  desired  to  act 
in  accordance  with  the  expressed  wishes  of  the  City  Council 
as  representing  the  people  of  Boston.  They  believe,  and 
have  always  acted  upon  the  belief,  that  all  petitions  and 
requests  that  require  the  action  of  the  Legislature  touching 
matters  in  wdiicli  the  Public  Library  is  concerned  should 
come  from  the  City  Council,  and  they  have,  therefore,  never 


2  ^  City  Document  No.  9. 

petitioned,  or  officially  aided  in  a  petition,  that  did  not  origi- 
nate therein. 

In  the  year  1887,  when  it  became  evident  that  the  new 
building  could  not  lie  built  in  a  satisfactory  manner  by  the 
City  Architect,  certain  citizens  of  Boston  petitioned  the 
General  Court  for  an  act  that  should  put  the  whole  control 
of  the  erection  of  the  new  building  into  the  hands  of  the 
Trustees.  Although  they  were  requested  to  aid  this  peti- 
tion officially,  they  declined  so  to  do,  and  appeared  before  the 
Legislative  Committee  only  in  their  individual  capacity  and 
as  witnesses.  Two  of  the  Trustees,  the  only  ones  examined 
by  the  committee,  stated  that  they  appeared  only  as  wit- 
nesses, and  that  the  Trustees  declined  to  take  any  official 
action  in  aid  of  the  petition.  It  should  be  said  here  that  the 
City  Council  at  that  time  made  no  objection  to  the  grant  of 
the  new  powers  proposed  to  be  given  to  the  Trustees. 

Again  in  1889,  wdien  the  City  Council  delayed  action  in 
regard  to  providing  money  for  continuation  of  the  work 
upon  the  new  building,  and  it  was  evident  that  legislative 
action  would  be  required  to  enable  the  city  to  borrow  the 
needed  money,  the  Trustees  declined  to  petition  the  Legis- 
lature for  the  reason  that  in  their  judgment  a  petition  of  such 
a  nature  should  come  only  from  the  City  Council. 

In  order  that  the  matter  might  be  brought  before  the 
Legislature  before  the  limit  of  the  time  fixed  for  taking  up 
new  business  by  that  body,  and  in  the  a])sence  of  any  action 
on  the  part  of  the  City  Council,  certain  citizens  of  Boston 
petitioned  that  the  cit}^  should  l)e  })eimitted  to  borrow 
beyond  the  debt  limit  a  sufficient  sum  to  complete  the  new 
building.  This  })etition  was  not  opposed  by  the  City  Coun- 
cil and  it  was  understood  that  they  were  favorable  to  it. 
The  Trustees  at  the  request  of  the  conunittee  appeared  before 
it  and  testilied  that  in  their  judgment  the  building  could  not 
be  completed  for  $1,000,000,  but  that  a  much  larger  sum 
would  be  required.  The  committee,  however,  reported  a 
bill,  which  became  a  law,  to  authorize  a  loan  for  $1,000,000 
only.  It  was  stated  at  the  time  that  the  committee  thought 
that  the  rest  of  the  money  reipiired  could  be  ajipropriated 
from  the  annual  levy.  Acting  under  this  law  the  City 
Council  authorized  the  borrowing  of  $1,000,000,  to  be  placed 
at  the  disposal  of  the  Trustees. 

After  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  1887  the  Trustees,  with 
reluctance,  assumed  the  responsibility  put  upon  them.  Their 
first  duty  was  to  select  an  architect  best  fitted  to  design  and 
erect  a  building  that  should  not  disappoint  the  just  expecta- 
tions of  the  citizens.  Such  a  building,  they  believed,  should 
be  absolutely  fire   proof,  and  afford  am[)le  room   to  provide 


New  Public  Library  Buildixg.  3 

for  the  present  and  prospective  needs  of  the  Hbrary,  both 
for  storing  books  accessibly,  and  for  the  accommodation  of 
readers,  students,  and  the  administrative  force  of  the  insti- 
tution. It  should  be  so  arranged  and  constructed  that  the 
annual  outlay  for  management  and  care  should  be  reduced  to 
the  lowest  possible  amount ;  and  at  the  same  time  and  with- 
out the  sacritice  or  curtailment  of  any  of  these  practical  ne- 
cessities for  architectural  eft'ect,  it  should  be  a  monumental 
edifice  and  an  ornament  to  the  city.  Keeping  these  require- 
ments in  view,  the  Trustees  examined  carefully  the  work  of 
the  foremost  architects  of  the  country  and  consulted  freely 
with  architects  and  others  whose  opinions  would  be  likely  to 
afford  them  assistance,  and  finally  decided  that  Mr.  McKim, 
of  the  firm  of  McKim,  Mead,  &  White,  could  best  carry  out 
their  intentions.  It  should  be  said  here  that  Mr.  McKim  was 
at  the  time  personally  unacquainted  with  any  one  of  the 
Trustees.  They  believe  that  their  judgment  was  not  at 
fault  in  making  this  selection,  and  that  the  city  will  always 
have  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  building  that  Mr.  McKim  has 
designed. 

In  making  the  plans  of  the  ])uilding  the  Trustees  and  Mr. 
McKim  availed  themselves  of  all  information  in  regard  to 
libraries  that  was  within  their  reach.  They  were  greatly 
assisted  by  Dr.  James  Freeman  Clarke  and  W.  W.  Green- 
ough,  Esq.,  of  their  number,  who  had,  probably,  as  extensive 
an  acquaintance  with  library  needs  and  with  library  buildings, 
both  in  this  country  and  abroad,  as  any  two  persons  living. 
After  long  and  careful  study  they  finally  determined  upon 
the  plans  that  were  presented  to  the  City  Council  in  1888. 

In  their  annual  report  submitted  in  Januaiy,  1888,  they 
stated  that  they  had  reasonable  assurance  that  the  plans 
would  be  completed  and  estimates  prepared  by  the  first  of 
the  succeeding  April.  During  the  winter  of  1888  an  order 
was  introduced  and  passed  in  the  City  Council  that  "  His 
Honor  the  Mayor  request  the  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library 
to  commence  and  complete  such  part  of  the  work  as  could 
be  done  within  the  appropriation  already  made  therefor." 
This  order  was  referred  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  to  the 
Library  Committee,  who  requested  information  from  the 
Trustees,  who  thereupon  appeared  before  the  committee  and 
gave  what  information  they  had  in  their  power  to  give,  and 
laid  before  them  all  the  plans  for  the  new  building  so  far  as 
they  had  been  completed.  They  also  put  at  the  disposal  of 
the  committee  the  architect,  his  office,  and  all  the  plans, 
papers,  and  figures,  of  every  sort  and  description,  relating 
to  the  new  building.  Further  than  this,  they  submitted  a 
carefully-made    model  of   the  proposed  building ;  and  this 


4  City  Document  No.  9. 

model,  toi^ether  with  all  the  plans,  was  put  on  public  exhibition 
in  the  old  State  House. 

There  were  several  hearings  on  the  subject  at  which  some 
of  the  Trustees  were  present;  but  no  estimates  of  the  cost 
of  the  building  were  presented  by  them.  At  this  time  the 
Trustees  were  Mr.  Greenough,  who  was  succeeded  in  May, 
1888,  by  Mr.  Prince  ;  Dr.  Clarke,  who  wtis  succeeded  in  July, 
1888,  by  Mr.  Pierce  ;  Mr.  Whitmore,  who  was  succeeded  in 
January,  1889,  by  Mr.  Richards;  and  Messrs.  Haynes  and 
Abbott.  During  the  latter  part  of  the  time  that  the  matter 
was  in  the  possession  of  the  committee,  Mr.  Greenough, 
President  of  the  Board,  was  absent  from  the  State  by  reason 
of  ill-health  ;  Dr.  Clarke  was  too  ill  to  attend  to  any  business, 
and  within  a  few  weeks  died  ;  Mr.  Abbott  was  confined  to 
his  house  by  a  severe  iUness  ;  Mr.  Haynes  had  taken  no  ac- 
tive part  in  the  hearings  before  the  committee,  and  was  not 
consulted  by  them  in  regard  to  any  estimate ;  and  the  re- 
maining Trustee  was,  with  his  accustomed  energy,  opposing 
the  grant  of  any  money  for  the  proposed  building  ;  so  that 
no  member  of  the  Trustees,  so  far  as  is  known,  was  consulted 
as  to  the  estimate  contained  in  the  preamble  of  the  order 
hereinafter  referred  to. 

The  committee  in  consultation  with  the  architect  fixed 
upon  an  estimate  of  $1,166,000,  which  was  eml)odicd  in 
the  order  reported  by  them.  This  estimate,  it  should  I)e 
said  in  justice  to  the  architect,  had  to  be  prepared  very  hur- 
riedly ;  it  was,  however,  founded  upon  figures  furnished  by 
two  contractors  of  responsibility  in  their  respectives  lines  of 
business,  for  each  item  of  construction.  It  was  never  sub- 
mitted to  or  approved  hy  the  Trustees  indi\  idually  or  col- 
lectively. That  it  was  not  an  estimate  made  or  approved 
by  the  Trustees  is  shown  by  the  preamble  of  the  order 
which  was  finally  passed,  as  follows  :  — 

City  of  Bostox, 
In  IJoaud  of  Aldekmen,  May  7,  1888. 

Whereas,  It  appears  fi'oni  careful  estimates  presented  by  the  archi- 
tects appointed  bv  the  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library,  that  the  cost 
of  the  new  l)uil(ling  will  bo  i§l.lGG,O()0;  now,  therefore,  in  order  to 
expedite  the  erection  of  s;ii(l  buildinjx,  but  intending  that  no  more  than 
the  above  sum  shall  be  used  in  said  construction, 

Ordered,  That  the  Trustees  of  the  Puldic  I. library  be  and  hereby  are 
authorized  to  commence  the  construction  anil  erection  of  the  new  Public 
Library  building,  according  to  the  plans  made  by  the  architects  McKim, 
Mead,  &  White,  ami  approved  by  said  Trustees,  and  to  pi'oceed  with 
the  work  thereon,  as  tar  as  it  can  be  done  within  the  limits  of  the 
appropriation,  made  for  the  erection  of  a  new  library  building  on 
Dartmouth  street,  St.  James  avenue,  and  Boylston  street,  and  the  said 
Trustees  are  authorized  to  expend  the  balance  of  said  appropriation 
therefoi-. 

Passed.     Yeas  10,  nays  2.     Sent  down  for  concurrence. 


New  Public  Library  Building.  5 

In  Common  Council,  May  10. 
Concurred.    Yeas  G2,  nays  1. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  May  12,  1888. 
A  true  cojDy. 

Attest:  (Signed)  J.  H.  O'Neil, 

City  Cleric. 

It  may  be  further  said  that  this  estimate  was  never  seen 
by  the  Trustees,  with  the  exception  of  perhaps  one  of  them, 
until  it  had  passed  the  Board  of  Aldermen. 

The  architect's  estimate  for  the  first  hirge  contract,  which 
included  foundations,  cut-granite,  brick  masonry,  and  iron- 
work for  the  first  story,  \yas  $315,000.  These  (igure^ 
were  based  upon  those  used  in  making  the  estimate  reported 
to  the  City  Council.  This  contract  was  finally  let  for  $26(5, - 
776,  so  that  it  seemed  at  first  as  if  the  building  could  be 
completed  for  the  sura  specified.  To  show  the  difficulty  of 
making  an  estimate  of  this  character  it  may  be  said  that  the 
bids  for  it,  offered  to  the  Trustees  by  the  most  prominent 
contractors  in  the  city,  varied  from  $2Gt),77(),  the  lowest,  to 
$354,555,  the  highest.  As  the  w^ork  progressed,  hovvever, 
it  became  evident  to  the  Trustees  that  the  estimate  made  by 
the  committee  was  too  small,  and  upon  examination  it  was 
found  they  had  accidentally  omitted  some  very  large  items, 
namely:  architects' commission,  decorative  work,  platforms 
and  approaches,  shelving,  and  incidentals, — which  latter 
item  for  a  building  of  this  character  should  be  estimated  at 
twenty  {)er  cent,  of  the  cost.  In  their  first  annual  report 
thereafter  the  Trustees  called  the  attention  of  the  City  Coun- 
cil to  this  fact. 

During  the  winter  of  1888,  as  has  been  stated,  the  Legis- 
lature authorized  the  city  to  borrow  $1,000,000  outside  the 
debt  limit,  to  be  used  towards  the  completion  of  the  build- 
ing ;  and  in  the  spring  the  City  Council  placed  this  sum  at 
the  disposal  of  the  Trustees.  The  Legislative  Committee, 
as  has  been  before  stated,  were  informed  by  the  Trustees  that 
this  sum  was  not  sufficient ;  and  in  their  next  annual  report 
the  Trustees  again  informed  the  City  Council  that  the  sum 
of  $1,000,000  appropriated  was  not  sufficient,  and  had 
never  been  approved  by  the  Trustees  as  an  estimate  for  the 
completion  of  the  building.  A  full  and  detailed  statement 
of  the  contracts  and  expenditures  in  regard  to  the  building 
was  also  submitted,  showing  that  the  Trustees  had  not 
enough  money  to  do  much  more  than  cover  the  building  in. 

Since  the  commencement  of  the  erection  of  the  building 
the  Trustees  have  made  regular  semi-annual  reports  to  the 
City  Council,  and  one  additional  report  that  was  made  by 
special  request. 


6  City  Document  No.  9. 

During  the  past  summer  and  autumn  the  architects  were 
busily  engaged  in  preparing  a  detailed  and  careful  estimate 
of  the  cost  of  completing  the  building.  This  estimate  was 
presented  to  the  Trustees  complete  in  the  month  of  Decem- 
ber. It  was  leased  upon  the  very  best  means  of  information 
within  the  reach  of  the  architects  and  Trustees,  and  amounted 
to  $985,560.  It  included  the  statuary  and  decorative  w^ork 
contemplated  at  the  time  the  plans  and  model  were  submitted 
to  the  City  Council  in  1888  and  is  submitted  herewith  [marked 

After  careful  consideration  the  Trustees  decided  to  reduce 
this  estimate  to  $850,000  by  the  omission  of  items  of  statu- 
ary and  other  ornamental  work  which,  although  they  would 
add  greatly  to  the  beauty  of  the  building,  are  not  absolutely 
necessary  to  its  completion  in  a  form  of  which  the  cit}^  will 
have  no  reason  to  l)e  ashamed.  This  revised  estimate  is  sub- 
mitted herewith  [marked  B].  It  was  communicated  to  the 
City  Council  in  December,  1890,  and  an  order  was  then  passed 
requesting  His  Honor  the  Mayor  to  petition  the  General 
Court  for  leave  to  borrow  the  amount  named  outside  the 
del)t   limit. 

If  by  the  liberality  of  the  city  all  things  omitted  could  l)e 
restored,  the  result  would  be  most  fortunate  for  the  building 
and  for  the  city. 

A  detailed  statement  of  the  present  condition  of  the  build- 
ing, and  of  the  work  done  during  the  present  year,  is  given 
in  the  report  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Works  ap[)ended  hereto 
[marked  C]. 

It  is  believed  that,  if  there  should  be  no  delay  in  mak- 
ing an  appn)priation  for  the  completion  of  the  building,  it 
will  be  ready  for  occupancy  before  the  end  of  the  next  year. 
During  the  past  year  the  work  has  been  somewhat  delayed 
by  reason  of  strikes  and  other  causes  beyond  the  control  of 
the  contractors.  The  accomi)anying  schedules  show  all  the 
contracts  that  have  been  made  for  the  construction  of  the 
building  from  the  beginning;  the  amounts  that  have  been 
added  to  the  contracts ;  and  the  amounts  that  have  been  de- 
ducted from  them  ;  and  the  money  remaining  at  the  disposal 
of  the  Trustees. 

In  examining  these  schedules  it  should  be  borne  in  mind 
that  a  very  small  amount  of  the  additions  have  been  for 
changes  that  add  to  the  cost  of  the  building.  Owing  to  the 
fact  that  the  Trustees  have  not  been  able,  by  reason  of  the 
smallness  of  the  appropriation  at  their  disposal,  to  make  at 
any  time  contracts  for  the  completion  of  the  whole  work, 
but  have  been  obliged  in  making  proposals  to  give  out  the 
Avork  in  i)arts  so  that  bids  would  not  exceed  the  sums  ap- 


New  Public  Library  Building.  7 

propriated,  it  has  been  found  in  many  cases  that  certain 
work  left  out  of  the  original  contracts  could  be  lietter  per- 
formed in  connection  with  the  work  contracted  for.  They 
have,  therefore,  where  their  funds  permitted,  added  such 
work  to  the  original  contract.  This  has  never  been  done 
except  in  the  interest  of  economy  ;  and  the  additions  so 
made  have  l)een  for  Avork  that  would  be  necessary  for  the 
completion  of  the  building.  Such  additions,  therefore,  have 
not  added  to  the  cost  of  the  whole  building.  In  every  case 
the  Trustees  have  had  careful  estimates  made  of  the  amount 
of  the  extra  work,  and  have  asked  bids  for  it  from  the  con- 
tractors and  others ;  Init  the  work  has  been  given  to  the 
contractor  only  when  his  bid  was  less  than  that  of  outsiders. 
It  will  be  seen  by  examination  of  the  report  of  the  Clerk  of 
the  Works  that  the  net  amount  of  all  additions  to  contracts 
is  but  six  and  four-tenths  per  cent,  of  the  expenditures  made 
and  contracted  for.  Of  the  work  thus  added,  but  a  very 
small  part,  proI»ably  one-tenth,  has  l)een  work  not  contem- 
plated at  the  time  when  the  original  plans  were  made  ;  but 
this  increase  his  been  many  times  offset  by  work  omitted. 
With  these  slight  exceptions  it  is  believed  that  all  changes 
in  the  original  plans  have  tended  to  reduce  the  ultimate 
cost  of  the  building.  A  percentage  of  six  and  four-tenths 
for  extras  would  be  small  even  if  they  increased  the  final 
cost  of  the  building  —  as  they  do  not  in  this  case.  Very  few 
building  contracts  are  completed  with  so  small  a  percentage 
of  work  added.  A  comparison  of  the  contract  price  with 
the  total  cost  of  fourteen  government  buildings  [see  Appen- 
dix D] ,  taken  at  random  from  the  Supervising  Architect's 
report  of  1875,  the  last  one  that  happens  to  be  at  hand, 
shows  an  average  addition  for  extras  of  eighty-three  per 
cent. 

No  material  changes  have  been  made  in  the  main  design 
of  the  building  as  laid  before  the  City  Council  in  1888,  ex- 
cept in  the  interests  of  economy.  The  chief  changes  are  as 
follows  :  the  court  has  been  changed  from  its  original  design 
in  granite  to  brick  and  marble,  at  an  estimated  saving  of 
$45,000  ;  the  height  of  the  building  has  been  reduced  nine 
feet,  at  an  estimated  saving  of  $133,000  ;  the  plan  of'  the 
special  library  floor  has  been  changed,  at  an  estimated  saving 
of  $50,000  ;  changes  have  been  made  in  the  design  of  the 
new  Bates  Hall,  at  an  estimated  saving  of  $25,000  ;  changes 
have  been  made  in  the  vestibules,  at  an  estimated  saving  of 
$15,000;  changes  have  been  made  in  the  roof,  at  an  estimated 
saving  of  $15,000;  changes  have  been  made  in  decorative 
work,  and  in  the  whole  interior  finish  of  the  building,  that 
must   result  in  a   very  large   saving  over  the   original  plans. 


8  City  DocUxMent  No.  9. 

but  the  exact  amount  of  which  it  is  impossible  to  state  with 
accuracy.  All  these  changes  have  been  made  with  the  ap- 
proval and  by  the  advice  of  the  architect ;  and  it  is  believed 
that  they  will  not  take  away  from  the  convenience  or  beauty 
of  the  structure.  Some  changes  have  been  made  in  the  de- 
sign of  the  Blagden-street  elevation,  ^vhich,  it  is  believed, 
have  not  materially  affected  the  cost  of  the  building,  but 
have  greatly  improved  its  appearance. 

The  total  cost  of  the  building  when  completed  w^ill  be 
$2,218,865,  including  shelving  Imt  no  other  furniture.  Tak- 
ino;  into  consideration  the  magnitude  and  the  nature  of  the 
work  this  cost  is  not  excessive.  Exclusive  of  the  court,  the 
l)uilding  together  with  the  platform  covers  an  acre  and  one- 
half  and  contains  4,312,158  cubic  feet.  The  su])erficial  area 
of  flooring  is  four  acres,  and  of  the  ceilings  four  and  one- 
half  acres.  The  present  stack,  which  can  be  nearly  doubled 
when  more  room  is  needed,  is  built  to  hold  fifteen  miles  of 
shelving,  while  five  miles  more  are  required  in  other  parts  of 
the  structure.  The  cost  of  the  building  l>v  the  cul)ic  foot 
compares  favorably  with  other  public  buildings  and  with  the 
best  class  of  fire-proof  business  buildings.  The  cost  of  post- 
offices  and  custom  houses  erected  by  the  government  varies 
from  fifty  cents  to  one  dollar  —  the  cost  of  the  court- house 
and  post-ofiice  at  Hartford  reaching  the  latter  sum.  Tht; 
library  building  when  completed  will  have  cost  but  fifty-one 
and  four  tenths  cents  a  cubic  foot. 

The  old  library  on  Boylston  street  was  built  to  accommo- 
date 220, ()()()  books,  and  aflorded  (5,8(38  square  feet  of  room 
for  students  and  readers,  making  the  cost  for  housing  each 
book  $1.15.  The  new  building  is  built  to  contain  2,0()0,00l> 
volumes  with  82,900  square  feet  of  room  for  students  and 
readers,  making  the  cost  for  housing  each  book  $1.10. 

There  are  at  present  more  than  220,000  books  in  the  old 
library,  but  they  are  not  ])ro])crly  and  conveniently  housed, 
as  the  real  capacity  of  the  building  does  not  exceed  the 
figures  given. 

It  must  always  be  rememl)ered  that  if  the  architects  have 
underestimated  the  cost  of  the  new  library  building,  there  is 
nothing  surprising  in  such  a  mistake  on  their  ])art.  They 
had  no  precedents  to  guide  them  in  their  undertaking  either 
in  this  country  or  in  Europe.  They  were  ])ioneers  in  the 
attempt  to  solve  the  embarrassing  prol)lcm  of  how  to  combine 
in  one  structure  two  essentially  (listinct  and  different  pur- 
poses. They  had  not  only  to  provide  for  the  ]H"oper  housing 
of  a  very  large  and  continual ly-incieasing  collection  of  vol- 
umes, for  this  they  might  have  found  examples  to  study,  or 
to  imitate,  in  the  Old  AVorld,  but  they  had  to  endeavor  to  do 


New  Public  Library  Building.  9 

what  has  never  been  attempted,  —  to  make  this  vast  storehouse 
of  learning  accessible  and  useful  to  all  the  people  of  a  great 
city.  And  this  must  be  provided  for  in  two  ways  ;  not  only 
must  ample  space  be  furnished  for  reading  and  study  to  all 
who  might  seek  the  building,  but  convenient  arrangements 
n)ustalso  be  devised  for  the  speedy  delivery  of  books  to  all 
comers  to  be  taken  away  from  the  building  for  home  use. 
This  is  another  innovation  in  library  economy,  for  which, 
upon  anything  like  a  similar  grand  scale,  there  is  no  precedent 
to  be  found. 

Here  we  have  indeed  a  difficult  and  perplexing  problem, 
and  the  Trustees  feel  that  it  has  been  satisfactorily  solved. 
But  the  results  have  not  been  obtained  by  intuition  ;  nor 
have  they  sprung  Minerva-like  from  the  brain  of  any  one 
man.  They  are  the  slow  and  settled  issues  of  long  and 
faithful  labors,  necessitating  modifications  and  changes,  which 
hav^e  suggested  themselves  as  the  work  went  on. 

Thus  has  been  developed  a  building  which  speaks  for 
itself;  which  has  won  alike  the  admiration  of  instructed  archi- 
tects and  the  approval  of  cultivated  amateurs.  The  Trus- 
tees, believing  this  structure  to  be  an  honor  to  our  city,  and 
a  credit  to  the  liberal  and  far-sighted  city  government  that 
has  provided  the  means  for  its  exterior  construction,  now 
only  ask  that  its  interior  may  be  completed  in  a  manner 
worthy  of  the  noble  edifice,  and  creditable  to  this  wealthy  and 
public-spirited  community,  which  has  always  regarded  its 
Public  Library  as  one  of  its  chief  civic  glories. 

There  is  yet  another  consideration  bearing  upon  the  cost 
and  value  of  the  Public  Library  building,  that  was  stated  so 
well  by  Mr.  Winthrop  on  the  occasion  of  the  dedication  of 
the  old  building,  that  the  Trustees  cannot  do  better  than  to 
quote  his  words.     Mr.  Winthrop  said  :  — 

"But  there  is  another  reflection,  Mr.  Mayor,  which  more 
than  reconciles  me  to  any  amount  of  expenditure  which  may 
have  been  honestly  incurred  in  the  execution  of  our  trust. 
The  building  which  we  are  here  to  dedicate  is  eminently  and 
|)eculiarly  a  building  for  the  people,  —  not  only  constructed 
at  the  cost,  but  designed  and  arranged  for  the  use,  accom- 
modation, and  enjoyment  of  the  whole  people  of  Boston. 
Almost  all  the  other  public  edifices  which  may  be  found  within 
the  limits  of  our  city,  though  they  may  be  devoted  to  pur- 
poses in  which  the  many  are  more  or  less  deeply  and  directly 
interested,  are  yet  specially  and  necessarily  assigned  to  the 
occupation  and  enjoyment  of  a  few.  Our  convenient  and 
comfortable  City  Hall  is  for  those  who,  like  yourselves, 
gentlemen,  may  be  intrusted,  from  time  to  time,  with  the 
management  of  municii)al  affairs.     Our  massive  Court- House 


10  City  Documext  No.  9. 

is  for  the  still  smaller  number,  who  are  set  apart  for  the  ad- 
ministration of  civil  or  of  criminal  justice.  Our  excellent 
school-houses  are  for  the  exclusive  occupation  of  our  chil- 
dren. But  the  edifice  within  whose  walls  we  are  assembled 
is  emphatically  for  the  use  and  enjoyment  of  all  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Boston.  Even  the  old  Cradle  of  Liberty  itself  is 
far  less  frequently  and  uniformly  devoted  to  the  uses  of  the 
whole  people  than  this  new  Cradle  of  Literature  andLearn- 
mcr  will  be,  A  political  canvass,  or  a  patriotic  celebration, 
or  an  anniversary  festival,  may  fill  that  hall  ten  times,  or  it 
may  be  twenty  or  thirty  times  a  year, — but  even  then  the 
free  discussion  which  justly  belongs  to  all  such  occasions  in- 
volves an  element  of  division  and  strife,  of  party,  of  sect,  or 
of  section.  But  this  hall  will  always  be  open,  and  always  be 
occupied,  and  the  free  reading  which  is  to  find  a  place  in  it 
involves  neither  contention  nor  controversy.  Those  who 
entertain  the  most  discordant  opinions  may  here  sit,  shoulder 
to  shoulder,  enjoying  their  favorite  authors  as  quietly  and  as 
harmoniously  as  those  authors  themselves  will  repose,  side 
by  side,  Avhen  restored  to  a  common  shelf." 

The   Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  of  the 
City  of  Boston, 

By  Saml.  a.  B.  Abbott, 

President. 


Appendix. 


11 


APPENDIX  A. 


ITEMIZED    ESTIMATE    OF    THE    COST    OF    COMPLET- 
ING  THE   NEW   PUBLIC    LIBRARY   BUILDING. 

1.  Metal  work;    including  iron,  bronze    and  bronze 

work,  statuary  and  busts  ....     $267, L54 

2.  Fixtures ;   including   electric   work,  heating    and 

ventilation,  elevators,  plumbing,  bells  and 
speaking-tubes,  and  book  railway  .         .  .       123,500 

3.  Marble  and  mosaic  work;  including  floors  (about 

^  acre),  walls,  wainscots,  trims,  and  ceilings   .       118,621 

4.  Carpenter    and  cabinet   work;    including  doors, 

bookcases,    screens,   and   shelving    (about    15 

miles  in  stacks  alone),  windows  and  lockers    .         67,110 

5.  Plastering  and  stuccto  work;  including  cornices, 

ceilings,  walls  (about  2^  acres),  pilasters,  cor- 
bels, and  capitals    ......         65,676 

6.  Floors,  other  than  marble  ;  including  wood,  tile, 

stone,  concrete,  cement,  asphnlt,  and  grano- 
lithic ;  also  wood  and  stone  stair-treads   .  .         50,751 

7.  Rough  interior  work  ;    including  Guastavino  tile 

arches,  terra  cotta  partitions,  fire-proofing,  and 

rough  carpenter  work       .....         28,780 

8.  Painting ;   including    wood-finish    and    decorative 

painting  on  walls  and  cornices  .  .  .         55,143 

9.  Stone-woik,  interior    ......         20,224 

10.  Other   exterior   work ;  including   clock  in  court, 

sidewalks,  arcade  ceiling,  cellar  extensions  on 
Boylston  street  and  St.  James  avenue,  columns 
and  pedestals  lor  statuar}'  on  Dartmouth  street,         29,810 

11.  Wainscots  and  bases,  other  than  marble  ;  includ- 

ing brick-tile,  wood,  Keene  cement,  and  stone  .  16,487 

12.  Trims,  other  than  marble  ;  including  stone,  wood, 

and  Keeue  cement  ......         13,292 

13.  Bi'ick  and  tile  work;     including  chimney-pieces, 

hearths,  fireplace  linings,  terra  cotta  caps  and 

bases,  and  Volkmar  tiles  on  walls    .          .          .  7,433 

14.  Carving,  stone    .......  11,500 

15.  Hardware  ........  2,207 

16.  Papier-macli^  work      ......  744 

17.  Whitewashing  (about  2 J  acres)    ....  667 

18.  Contingencies      .......  50.000 

1929,105 
Architects'  commission,  at  5%     .  .  .  .         46,455 

Office  expenses  ;  inspectors,  watchmen,  etc.  .  10,000 

$985,560 


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City  Document  No.  9. 


appe:n^dix  b. 


ITEMIZED  ESTIMATE  OF  THE  COST  OF  COMPLET- 
ING THE  NEW  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  BUILDING,  AS 
REDUCED   BY   THE   TRUSTEES. 

1.  Metal  work;  including  iron,  bronze  and    bronze 

work,  statuary  and  Inists  ....     S185,154 

2.  Fixtures;  including   electric   work,    heating   and 

ventilation,     elevators,     plumbing,    bells     and 

speaking  tubes,  and  book  railway     .         .         .       123,500 

3.  Marl)le  and  mosaic  work  ;  including  floors  (about 

^  acre),  walls,  wainscots,  trims,  and  ceilings    .       108,121 

4.  Carpenter   and    cabinet   work ;    including  doors, 

bookcases,    screens,    and    shelving    (about    15 

miles  in  stacks  alone),  windows  and  lockers     .         49,116 

5.  Plastering  and  stucco   work  ;  including  cornices, 

ceilings,    walls    (about    2^    acres),    pilasters, 
corbels,  and  capitals         .....         65,676 
G.     Floors,  other  than  marble  ;  iucludiug  wood,  tile, 
stone,  concrete,   cement,   asphalt,    and    grano- 
lithic;  also  wood  and  stone  stair-treads    .  .         50,751 

7.  Rough    interior  work;    including  Guastavino  tile 

arches,  terra  colta  partitions,  fire-proofing,  and 

rough  carpenter  work       .....         28,780 

8.  Painting;  including    wood    finish  and    decorative 

])ainting  on  walls  and  cornices  .  .  .         25,143 

9.  Stone-work,  interior    ......         20,224 

10.  Other   exterior  work;  including   clock    in    court, 

sidewalks,  arcade  ceiling,  cellar  extensions  on 
Boylston  street  and  St.  James  avenue,  columns 
and  pedestals  for  statuary  on  Dartn)outh  street,         19,810 

1 1 .  Wainscots  and  bases,  other  than  marble  ;  includ- 

ing  brick-tile    and    wood,  Keene    cement,  and 

stone 16,487 

12.  Trims,  other  than  marble  ;  including  stone,  wood, 

and  Keene  cement  ......         13,292 

13.  Brick  and  tile    work;    including  chimney  pieces. 

hearths,  fireplace  linings,  terra  cotta  ca|)s  and 

bases,  and  Volkmar  tiles  on  walls     .  .  .  7.433 

14.  Carving,  stone 11,500 

15.  Hardware 2,2(i7 

16.  Pa|)ier-mach<5  work      ......  74 1 

17.  Whitewashing  (about  2f  acres)    ....  667 

18.  Contingencies,  about  10% 71,395 

$800,000 
Architects' commission,  at  5%  ....  40,000 
Office  expenses  ;  inspectors,  watchmen,  etc.  .  10,000 


$850,000 


Appendix.  13 


APPENDIX  C. 


REPORT    OF   THE    CLERK   OF  WORKS    OX    THE    NEW 
PUBLIC  LIBRARY  BUILDING,  FOR  1890. 

New  Contracts. 
Post  &  McCord,  iron   roof,  Apr.   12,  1890. 
Lindeman    Terra    Cotta    Roofing  Tile  Co.,  tile  roofing.  May  2, 
1890. 

Present   Condition  of  Building. 

Facades  and  interior  masonry  walls  complete.  Granite  platform 
around  building  about  half  built.  Fire-proof  floors  substantially 
complete  throughout,  wiih  exception  of  part  of  stacks  C  and  I^. 
Iron  roof  practically  finished.  Tile  roofing  laid  on  nearly  the  whole 
of  Dartmouth-street  slope.  Of  the  interior  finish,  the  marble 
vestiltule  on  Dartmouth  street,  including  marble  ceiling  vault  and 
marble  floor ;  the  walls,  floor,  and  mosaic  ceiling  (all  of  marble) 
in  the  entrance  hall ;  the  marble  stairs  of  the  staircase-hall ;  and 
the  Yorkshire  stone  stairs  of  the  special  library  staircase,  —  are  all 
built. 

FINANCIAL     STATEMENT     OF     WORK     UNDER     THE 
VARIOUS    CONTRACTS,    JAN.     1,    1891. 
Contract  with  John  T.  Scully,  dated  May,  1888,  for  piling. 

Amount  of  contract $7,714  44= 

Payments  made  to  date    .  .  .  .  .  .         7,714  44 

Contract  with  Woodbury  &  Leightou,  dated  Aug.  1,  1888,  for 
foundations,  cut-granite,  brick  masonry,  and  iron-work. 

Original  contract $266,776  00 

Net  amount  added  by  Special  Orders       .  46,958  84 


Total  amount  contracted  for  .  .  .  $313,734  84 

Payments  made  to  date  .  .  .  303,344  61 


Reserve  on  work  done    ....    $2, .500  00 
Work  not  done 7,890  23 


Balance $10,390  23 

Contract  with  R.  Guastavino,  dated  June  2.5,  1889,  for  fire-proof 
floors  (tile  arch  work). 

Estimated  amount  of  contract         .  .  $71,059  06 

Payments  made  to  date  .  .  62,677  57 

$8,381  49 


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City  Document  No.  9. 


Reserve  on  work  done 
Work  not  done 

Balance  . 


$5,002   16 
3,379  33 


^381  -19 


Contract  with  Woodbury  &  Leighton,  dated  July  22,  1889,  for 
cut-granite,  brick  masonry,  iron-work,  freestone,  marble,  terra 
cotta,  carpenter  work,  glazing,  partition  blocks,  and  rough  plumb- 
inir. 


Original  contract    .... 
Net  amount  added  by  S[)ecial  Orders 

Total  amount  contracted  for  . 
Payments  made  to  date 

Reserve  on  work  done    . 

Work  not  done       .... 

Balance  .... 


$678,750  00 
7,672  80 


6686,422  80 
421,591  00 


$50,000  00 
214,831  80 


$264,831  80 


Contract  with  R.  C.  Fisher  &  Co.,  dated  Aug.   21,  1889,  for 
marble-work  in  entrance  hall. 


Original  contract   .... 
Net  amount  added  by  Special  Orders 

Total  amount  contracted  for  . 
Payments  made  to  date 

Reserve  on  work  done    . 

Work  not  done       .... 

Balance  .... 


$800  00 
944  50 


$18,600  00 
27,383  75 

$45,983  75 
44,239  25 


$1,744  50 


Contract  with  Batterson,  See,  &  Eisele,  dated   Aug.    21,   1889, 
for  marble-work  in  staircase  hall. 


Original  contract   . 
Net  amount  deducted 

Total  amount  contracted  for 
Payments  made  to  date  . 

Reserve  on  work  done  . 
Work  not  done 


$69,173  00 
9,400  00 

$59,773  00 
11,900  00 


$2,100  00 
45,773  00 


Balance  . 


$47,873  00 


Appendix.  15 

Contract  with  Post   &  McCord,  dated  April  12,  1890,  for  iron 
roof. 

Original  contract $35,000  00 

Net  amount  added  by  Special  Orders      .  8,732  43 


Total  amount  contracted  for  .          .         .  $43,732  43 

Payments  to  date 32,020  21 


Reserve  on  work  done    .         .         .       '     $10,673  40 
Work  not  done 1,038  82 


Balance  .         .         .         .         .  $11,712  22 


Contract  with  Lindeman  Terra    Cotta  Roofing  Tile  Co.,  dated 
May  2,  1890,  for  tile  roofing. 

Original  contract $35,000  00 


Total  amount  contracted  for  .          .          .  $35,000  00 

Payments  to  date 11,263  84 


Reserve  on  work  done    ....    $3,754  61 
Work  not  done 19,981  55 


Balance $23,736  16 


General  F'inancial  Statement,  Jan.  1,  1891. 

Amount  of  appropriation  May  1,  1887    .  $368,854  89 
Amount  of  loan   authorized  b}'  Statute, 

approved  March  1,  1889      /       .         .  1,000,000  00 


Total  appropriations       ....  $1,368,854  89 

Amount  of  original  contracts           .  $1,182,072  50 
Net    amount    added    to    contracts 

by  Special  Orders        .         .         .  81,347  82 

Miscellaneous  construction     .         .  4,412  16 


$1,267,832  48 
Architects' commission  on  the  above         .  63,391  62 

Office  expenses  and  incidentals,  Superin- 
tendent, Watchman,  Clerk  .  .  22,146  03 
Balance  at  disposal  of  Trustees      .         .  15,484  76 


$1,368,854  89 


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City  Document  No.  9, 


Payments  to  date  on  contracts,  including 
Special  Orders,  and  on  miscellaneous 
oonstiuction         ..... 

Payments  to  date  on  architects'  commis- 
sion   ....... 

Payments  to  date  on  general  office  ex- 
penses and  incidentals 

Reserve  on  work  done    .         .  .         .$74,830  17 

"Work  not  vet  done  on  contracts  alreadv 

made     " "^.293,889  23 

Architects'    commission    on    above    two 

items 11,937  81 

Balance  at  disposal  of  Trustees      .         .    15,484  76 


Balance  unexpended 


^899,163  08 
51,4.^3  81 
22,146  03 


396,091   97 


Si, 368,854  ><'J 


The  principal  items  of  labor  and  material  which  have  gone  into 
the  building  during  the  year  1890  are  as  follows  :  — 

Contract  with  Woodbury  &  Leighton,  dated  Jul; 
Cut-o;ranite         .  .  .  •  .45,' 


Common  (including  hollow)  brick 

Perth  Amboy  speckled  brick 

Perth  Amboy  court  brick    . 

Yorkshire  stone 

Terra  cotta  cornice    . 

Terra  cotta  in  court  . 

Iron  beams 

Iron  columns 

Concrete   .... 

Granite  carving  (main  cornice,  imjiosts 
architraves  and  soflits  of  arches,  book 
marks,  key-blocks,  and  balconies). 

Marble  carving,  Dartmouth- street  vestibule 


2. 


20 


y  22,  1889. 

00  cubic  feet. 
928  M. 
167   " 
144   " 

421  cubic  feet. 
621  linear  feet. 
435  pieces. 
101  tons. 
147    " 
,827  cubic  feet. 


Contract  with  Guastavino  Fire  Proof   Construction   Company, 
dated  June  25,  1889. 
Tile  arches  and  domes         ....        75,700  square  feet. 

Iron  beams         ......  78  tons. 

Skewbacks  cut 1,400  linear  feet. 


Contract  with   R.  C 

Marble  floor 

Yellow  Iowa  marble  . 

Marble  mosa'c  . 


Fisher  &  Co.,  dated  Aug.  21,  1889. 

2.342  square  feet. 
3,500  cubic  feet. 
2,200  square  feet. 


Contract  with  Battersou,  See,  &  Eisele,  dated  Aug.  21,  1889. 
Echallion  marble 875  cubic  feet. 


Appendix. 


17 


Contract  with  Post  &  iMcCord,  dated  April  12,  18'JO. 

Iron  roof  trusses         .....  71 

Iron  plate  girders       .....  90  tons. 

Iron  beams         ......  144  tons. 

Iron  angles,  T  irons,  etc.    ....  100,000  pounds. 

Contract  with  Lindemau  Terra  Cotta  Hoofing  Tile  Co.,  dated 
May  2,  1890. 

Roof  tiles  laid 9,600 

Copper  gutter  laid     .....  625  linear  feet. 

(^Signed)     Alrxander  S.  Jenney, 

Clerk  of  the  W^.rks. 


APPENDIX  D. 


CONTRACT  PRICE  AND  ACTUAL  COST  OF  FOURTEEN 
BUILDINGS,  TAKEN  AT  RANDOM  FROM  REPORT 
FOR  1885,  OF  SUPERVISING  ARCHITECT  OF  THE 
TREASURY. 


Bangor,  Me.,  Custom  House  . 
Baltimore,  Md.,  Court  House 
Buffalo,  N.y.,  Custom  House 
Chelsea  Marine  Hospital 
Cleveland  Marine  Hospital 
Detroit  Custom  House    . 
Indianapolis  Custom  House 
Louisville,  K}'.,  Custom  House 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  Custom  House 
Pittsburg,  Pa  ,  Custom  House 
Portsmouth,  N.H.,  Custom  House 
Providence,  R.I.,  Custom  House 
Richmond,  Va.,  Custom  House 
San      Francisco,      Cal.,       Custom 
House  .         .  .  .         . 


Contract  price. 

S47,549  36 

112,808  04 

117,769  iob 

122,185  39 

25,000  00 

103,160  66 

98,983  78 

148,158  00 

88,000  00 

39,866  00 

82,728  00 

151,000  00 

110,000  00 


Actual  cost. 

^03,698  13 
205,176  97 
191,764  34 
233,015  31 
87,703  66 
190,933  00 
166,240  00 
246,640  75 
158,256  00 
99,767  00 
145,046  91 
209,841  71 
194,404  47 


400,000  00    628,581  49 


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