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for the Year 1910-1911.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE S. MASON
LORD
HUTCHINSON,
MAYOR.
Committee:
FRANK J. LESLIE,
HSQ., CHAIRMAN.
RICHARD CATON, ESQ., M.D., LL.D., J.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
JOSEPH BIBBY, HSQ., J.P.,
PROF. R. C. BOSANQUET, M.A.,
FREDERICK C. BOWRING, ESQ., J.P.
PROF. SIR RUBERT W. BOYCH,
M.B., F.R.S.,
RONALD STEWART-BROWN, ESQ., |
M.A.,
JOHN BYRNE, ESQ., J.P., i
ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D.,
ALDERMAN A. CROSTHWAITE, J.P.,
WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ., J.P.,
ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B.
FORWOOD, D.L., J.P., |
ERNEST C. GIVEN, ESQ.,
FRANCIS J. HARFORD, ESQ., J.P.,
ROBERT C. HERMAN, ESQ.,
PHILIP DURNING HOLT, ESQ.,
MICHAEL EH. KEARNEY, ESQ.,
P. CHARLES KELLY, ESQ.,
JOHN LEA, ESQ., J.P.,
PROFESSOR A. M. PATERSON, M.D.,
HERBERT R. RATHBONE, ESQ., B.A.,
| RICHARD RUTHERFORD, ESQ., J.P.,
ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT,
COLONEL W. HALL WALKER, M.P.
Chief Librarian:
GEORGE T. SHAW.
Depnty-Fibrarian :
HENRY HK.
CURRAN.
Director of Museums :
HENRY O. FORBES, LL.D., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.
Assistant Curator of Hord Merby Rluseum:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, D.Sc.
Assistant Gurator of Maner Museum:
P. ENTWISTLE, F.R.A.I.
Curator of the Walker Art Gallery:
E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN.
Assistunt Curator, Walker Art Gallery:
ARTHUR G. QUIGLEY.
CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE.
The Reports contained in this volume again show a steady record
of useful and progressive work in the fine range of buildings in
William Brown Street, which, with their branches through the
City, constitute the Municipal home of Literature, Science, and
Art.
Taking the Libraries alone, no one who visits the Reference
Library, filled every day from morning till evening, with its
hundreds of quiet, persistent readers, can fail to recognise that if
that were the only field of the Committee’s activities their work
would be of the utmost value to the community. Works of fiction,
which are by some wrongly supposed to constitute the chief
attraction in a Public Library, find no place there, and yet during
_ the year there were issued to readers, in that one Library, 427,000
: volumes, mostly in the sections of History, Topography, Politics,
_ and Art.
be: In all departments of the Committee’s work there was an increase
in 1910, the most marked development being in the books for
: children in the Lending Libraries. The issue of these in 1910
exceeded that in 1909 by no fewer than 109,000 volumes. The
policy of the Committee is to induce the children to use the Libraries
while still at school, and to keep them as readers when they grow
up.
The only new Library opened during 1910 was that at the Rawdon
Reading Room, the immediate success of which was remarkable, as
the issues at once reached an average of nearly 3,000 volumes a
week.
The present year will have a much larger record of new Libraries
and Reading Rooms completed.
4 CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE.
There is still one area which needs such provision, that of the
district round Hornby Street, where the Corporation’s Model
Dwellings are now housing thousands of people. There is an
admirable site available, with frontages to Limekiln Lane and
Hornby Street, where a Library, Reading Room, and Lecture Room
could be erected, in conjunction possibly with a Gymnasium. Such
a building would be of the greatest benefit to that thickly-
populated neighbourhood. There is reason to believe the Committee
could obtain the site as a gift if the building could be provided. For
this they can only look to private generosity. It would be the fitting
completion of their scheme of Libraries and Reading Rooms, and
they anxiously hope they may be enabled to carry it out.
That the Museums are continuing to attract and satisfy the public
is shown by the increase in the average attendance by more than
100 a day over that of 1909. It is a remarkable fact that for the
past sixteen years the additions made to the Museum Collections,
mostly by gift, have averaged 23 per working day. Many of these
are, of course, of small value, but many are of very considerable
worth, both in money and scientific interest. Schemes set on foot
last year for a re-arrangement of some of the collections have since
been more fully developed, and when they are completed the
Museums will be rendered even more popularly attractive and
scientifically interesting. The allocation of a good room entirely
for the display of local antiquities has long been needed, and has
now been made.
The presentation of the Museum Report by Dr. Clubb, as
Curator, is a consequence of the resignation of Dr. Forbes, who had
been Director of the Museum for 16 years, during which he rendered
valuable service in the arrangement of the new buildings.
Important changes were made in 1910 in the Walker Art Gallery
in the reconstruction of the Rooms on the Ground Floor, the
provision of new Cloak Rooms, and the removal of the turnstiles.
There can be no doubt that visitors much appreciate the privilege
of free and unimpeded access to public buildings, and the early
CT
CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE. 5
removal of the turnstiles from the Museum Entrance is also in
contemplation. Every one of the buildings under the Committee
will then have its doors wide open to the public.
The Art Galleries became the richer in 1910 by the addition of 284
pictures, etchings, and other works of art, as against 195 in 1909.
The Curator in his Report again emphasizes, and rightly so, the
increasingly urgent need there is for an extension of the Galleries,
so as to obviate the present unfortunate necessity for taking down
the Permanent Collection before the Autumn Exhibition can be
placed.
The Committee find it an anxious and difficult task, on their
restricted income, to carry on and keep thoroughly efficient the
varied and increasingly numerous Institutions under their charge.
It must be borne in mind that nearly all the recent additions to
them have been made to carry out statutory obligations undertaken
by the City Council in the several recent extensions of the City.
The Institutions which the Committee have now to carry on
include a Reference Library of 158,152 volumes, 11 Lending
Libraries with a total annual issue of 1,597,123 volumes, Reading
Rooms, some attached to the Libraries and some not, with an
average daily attendance of many thousands, 185 Evening Lectures
to audiences numbering last year 81,160, and Museums and Art
Galleries receiving 856,000 visitors in the year. Their efforts to
make all these varied and valuable Institutions of the greatest
possible benefit to the City will be maintained to the fullest extent,
but they may find it necessary to ask for some additional help in
doing so.
May I add that the responsibility for the somewhat late date of
issue of this volume is entirely mine. The officials had their Reports
ready some time ago, but, owing to various circumstances, it has,
I regret to say, been impossible for me to sooner provide this usual
preface.
FRANK J. LESLIE,
CHAIRMAN.
CHIEF LIBRARIAN’S REPORT.
I respectfully submit a report of the work of the Libraries and
Reading Rooms, and Lectures Sub-Committees, during the past
year.
A comparison of the statistics in the appended tables with those
for the preceding year will show a decrease which, fortunately, is
more apparent than real. The Picton Reading Room was closed for
one month for painting and decoration, while the Patent
Specification Room, the Central Lending Library, and _ the
Kensington Branch Library, were also closed for one month for
structural alterations, &c. Every effort was made to carry on
business during the alterations, but it was quite impossible to meet
the ordinary demand. While the Picton Reading Room was closed
the Reference Library work was transferred to the Brown Reading
Room, and only the newspapers left available for the frequenters of
that room. By this arrangement the inconvenience caused by the
closing of the Picton Reading Room was considerably minimised,
but the ordinary issues in the Brown Reading Room and the Hornby
Library were entirely suspended, and those in the Reference
Library greatly diminished. That there has been no reduction in
the work of the various departments of the Reference Library is
shown by the fact that while the actual daily issue in 1909 was
1,289 volumes, that in 1910 was 1,324 volumes.
I have re-arranged the tables of statistics which it is customary
to include in the Annual Report, and in the case of the Reference
Library separated the figures showing the actual issue from the
approximate estimates, while in the case of the Lending Libraries
I have included actual issues only and excluded the approximate
estimates. Owing to the increased facilities given to the public
to consult books statistics are failing to adequately show the great
extent of the work done in the Reference Library and Branch
Library Reading Rooms, particulary the former. For instance,
8 LIBRARIES.
the Blue Books and Parliamentary Papers are now displayed in the
Picton Reading Room as soon as received, a change which has
called forth appreciative comments from Readers. But while a
much larger number of people are thus enabled to see these
important publications they cease to be included im the over-counter
issues, and only an approximate estimate of their use can be formed.
The same remarks apply to the displays of books on such topical
subjects as Free Trade, Finance, Government, &c. (during the
General Elections): Agriculture (at the time of the Agricultural
Show); King Edward VII., Orchardson, Holman Hunt, and Mark
Twain.
To accurately record the issues in full without affecting the
unrestricted use of the books would be very difficult and very
expensive, while the result would not be worth either the money or
the labour involved. The books are purchased for use rather than
to have their use statistically recorded. Therefore, in studying
the appended figures it should be understood that they only partially
show the work accomplished.
CLASSIFICATION STATISTICS.
At a time when Public Libraries (particularly the Lending
Departments) are subjected to so much criticism for their
comparatively large issues of fiction, it is appropriate to draw atten-
tion to Tables If and V wherein are shown the ciassification
of issues in our Reference and Lending Libraries. Of the total
issues in the Reference and Lending Libraries (Children’s Libraries
excepted), 57 per cent. were prose fiction; while of the total issues
for Home Reading only (Children’s Libraries excepted), 77 per cent.
were prose fiction. In considering these figures it should be
remembered that novels are not added as soon as published, and
that every care is taken to exclude those to which general exception
may be taken on moral grounds. Whatever criticism may be passed
on the extent of the fiction issues the Libraries Committee are
justified in taking credit for the serious side of their work, a side
which critics so repeatedly overlook. Libraries which during the
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LIBRARIES. 9
year have recorded issues of 36,317 volumes in Theology and
Ethics; of 171,265 volumes in Fine Arts, Music, and Technical
subjects ; 87,021 volumes in History and Biography ; 82,699 volumes
in Topography, Antiquities and Travels; 20,087 volumes on
Political subjects; and 29,036 volumes of Poetry and Drama,
ought not to be criticised as if the circulation of novels was their
only work, and the circulation of novels wrong.
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT.
The development of the work in the Children’s Libraries is in
every way satisfactory. The issues for 1910 from this department
exceed those for 1909 by 109,010 volumes. This increase is mainly
due to the opening of the Rawdon Library, where the issues to
Juveniles have amounted to 59,971 volumes, but there has been an
increase at all the Branch Libraries except Toxteth. In addition,
there was a large issue of volumes in the Children’s Reading Rooms
at the various Branch Libraries. The total issues for home reading
from the Children’s Libraries have increased from 148,981 volumes
in 1906 to 399,590 volumes in 1910. These figures are of more than
passing interest, as the extent of the work of our Children’s
Libraries has not been hitherto fully recognised, either locally or
generally. The credit for this development is willingly shared with
the Teachers in the Council Schools.
CATALOGUES.
Considerable progress has been made with the Reference Library
Catalogue. All books added to the Library since January Ist, 1910,
have been included in the combined catalogue which is gradually
being prepared for the printer. In addition, entries have been typed
for inclusion in the card cabinets in the Picton Reading Room, and
also for the Sheaf Catalogue which will supersede the card cabinets.
Progress is also being made with the cataloguing of the books added
to the Reference Library between 1891 (the date of part 3 of the
printed catalogue), and December 31st, 1909. As soon as these
arrears have been dealt with, the duplication of entries for the card
10 LIBRARIES.
cabinets and sheaf catalogues will cease, and progress will
consequently be more rapid. The amount of work to be
accomplished is very great, and must take several years. The
importance of it, as well as the urgency, are fully recognised, but
the Committee feel that it would be a serious mistake to sacrifice
accuracy for speed. The result of one year’s work has, however,
justified the Committee in augmenting the cataloguing staff and
making arrangements which, while securing continuity for the
work, will accelerate it.
In addition to the work on the main catalogue of the Reference
Library, other important cataloguing work is in progress. The
Coleman deeds relating to Lancashire and Cheshire (numbering 418),
which the Committee purchased in January, have been calendared
by Mr. John Brownbill. Sheaf catalogues (typed) of the prints and
portraits in the Hornby Library are well advanced, while a hand-list
of books of reference in the Picton Reading Room has been printed,
and indexes to Parliamentary publications and other series have
been compiled. Catalogues of the books in the Depét, in the
Wavertree Branch Library, and of the books in the Juvenile
Departments of the Everton and Toxteth Libraries, have been
published during the year.
The Committee have complied with the suggestions of the West
Lancashire Association Territorial Force, and added to the already
large collection of works on military subjects in the Libraries.
Purchases have also been made to meet the requirements of various
reading and educational classes.
During the winter various societies have visited the Reference
Library, when displays of books on their special subjects have been
made. Amongst these societies may be named the Artists, the
Brickworkers, the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, and
the National Home Reading Union. In this way Students had
opportunities to obtain knowledge of the literature on their
subjects, and the subsequent demands in the Picton Reading Room
proved that the opportunities had been utilised.
LIBRARIES. 11
Lenpinc LisraARies.
The Central Lending Library has been enlarged by adding to it
a part of the room in which the Patent Specifications and Files of
Newspapers are consulted. This alteration has been most successful,
both as regards the convenience of the public and the health of the
staff. The work of this Lending Library has been thoroughly
re-organised, and the books carefully examined. Over 2,400 soiled
and worn-out volumes have been withdrawn, 1,500 of which have
been replaced by new copies. The whole Library has been
re-classified on the Dewey system, and a new catalogue is being
compiled. This work has been carried through under considerable
difficulty. Except for the comparatively short period that the
Library was closed for the structural alterations, the books have
always been available for the public. Structural alterations have
also been made at the Kensington Branch Library, and the building
painted and cleaned. This is the oldest of our Branch Library
buildings and the time had arrived to make improvements which
would equip it to properly meet the demands the tables of statistics
prove the public make upon it.
The Rawdon Lending Library was formally opened by Councillor
William Evans, J.P., in February, and the issue of nearly 134,000
volumes in the succeeding eleven months proves that a library in
the Anfield district was wanted.
The work of weeding out the soiled and worn copies of books in
the Branch Libraries has been continued and over 7,000 volumes
have been withdrawn. This work will now be taken up
systematically and the stocks in all the Branch Libraries be
thoroughly overhauled in succession. During the past year the
books in the Central Lending Library were dealt with; in the
ensuing year the stocks of the Walton and Sefton Park Libraries
will have to be prepared for the new buildings now in course of
erection; and afterwards the older and larger collections in the
Toxteth, Kensington, and Everton Branches will receive attention
in turn.
12 LIBRARIES.
The first year’s work of the Lending Libraries’ Depot has been
most encouraging. In addition to the circulation of 5,600
volumes, the exchange of books between the various Branches has
been greatly facilitated by it. The collection of Foreign Literature
for issue to Borrowers in the Branch Libraries has been increased
and placed in the Depot. The advantages of a central collection of
high class literature from which all the Lending Libraries may draw
are obvious, but its successful working depends to a certain extent
on the Librarians of the Lending Libraries, and therefore the
demands made on the Depét collection will demonstrate at which of
the Branches Students are personally assisted by the Librarians.
Bank Ho.ipays.
In compliance with a request by the City Council, the Reading
Rooms at the Kirkdale, Kensington, and Garston Libraries were
opened on the Easter, Whitsuntide, and August Bank Holidays as
an experiment. Notwithstanding the fact that the opening was
extensively advertised in the Libraries and the Newspapers, the
attendances were too small to justify the Committee in recom-
mending the regular opening of the Reading Rooms on Bank
Holidays.
New Lisrarigs.
New buildings for Libraries in Sefton Park and Walton and
Fazakerley, and a Reading Room in Stanley Road (generously
presented by Dr. Carnegie), are now approaching completion, and
will be opened to the public during the year 1911.
The plans for the Sefton Park Library and the Stanley Road
Reading Room were prepared by the Corporation Surveyor. The
Committee decided to invite local Architects to submit designs for
the Walton and Fazakerley Library. Twenty-five designs were
received. W. E. Willink, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., was appointed
assessor, and made the following awards :—
Messrs. Briggs, Wolstenholme & Thornely—First Premium.
Mr. Wynne Jones—Second Premium.
Mr. Tahesin Rees—Third Premium.
BLIND READERS—
BoRROWERS FROM THE CENTRAL LENDING LIBRARY.
LIBRARIES. 13
Messrs. Briggs & Co.’s design was thereupon adopted, and the work
of erection proceeded with.
On October 13th, the Lord Mayor (the Rt. Hon. W. H.
Williams), on behalf of the Library, Museums and Arts Committee,
presented to Miss Mary L. Hornby a silver casket containing a
vellum scroll upon which was written the resolution of thanks the
City Council had unanimously voted for her numerous and valuable
donations to the Public Library of books in Braille type for the use
of blind readers.
I take this opportunity to draw attention to the cramped
conditions under which the varied work of this department is at
present carried on. Apart from the question of storage of books
which will have to be considered by the Committee in the near
future, the provision of improved accommodation for administration
calls for immediate attention. There is no office accommodation in
the building, yet the amount of clerical work and bookkeeping
entailed by the administration of the Reference Library and eleven
Lending Libraries, the Free Lectures, and the letting of the Picton
and Small Lecture Halls, is very great. At present most of this
work is done in a room that should be reserved for the use of
Readers who apply to refer to the rare and valuable books it is
undesirable to issue in the General Reading Rooms.
LECTURES.
The Free Lectures provided for the public in various parts of the
City numbered 165 for adults, and 20 for children. The attendances
amounted to 81,160. The reduction in attendances compared with
previous years was principally caused by the General Elections
occurring in the midst of the sessions.
GEO. T. SHAW,
Curer LiprariAn.
LIBRARIES. 15
TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT.
Volumes | Approximate estimates. Prints Lecture
Ea revi Volumes. Periodicals. issued. attendaans
Reference Library.
oN RpapinG Room:
ylumes issued on application .................000008 212,124
proximate estimate of the issues of volumes
Reference Works and General Literature,
RGOBOM SOCLVGS Seoccevccecc. cece cee seesecesceceees 105,638
ximate estimate of the issues of current
erary, Scientific and Technical Reviews
Periodicals, from open shelves .............+5 112,132
WN ReapinGc Room:
umes issued on application (Prose Fiction)... 35,941
i General Literature, from
Be Me sce dona moins adeicvereteo ee 72,999
\pproximate estimate of issues of current
Periodicals, from open shelves ...............00000 136,482
SPAPERS: Bound Volumes .............cece0 seoee 6,611
MIMIFOAIUURTMIN'D <.c2-cd2cccveoceccescsqcecesesececess | 40,744
REDERICK Hornsey Lisrary:
MRMEESTIETIMS 23). ces csccnastece dec asdaehercccasesesa vs 1,008
IRIE cent ssjecesccses EOE acto ties oscowerese 7,261
Totals—Reference Library.................. | 369,427 105,638 248,614 7,261
: Branch Libraries.
JOLUMES ISSUED, LENDING DEPARTMENTS.
Adult. © Juvenile. | Total.
144,463 72,320 216,783
ra 140,033 —_ 140,033
Ss 132,382 42,590 174,972
: 121,025 31,076 152,101
Deibtses< 113,164 — (| 113,164
male OT), 219 27,774 | 134,986
100,996 37,565 . 138,561
2 93,858 ! — 93,858
Sewasi 91,603 ; 89,252 180,855
Re 79,065 39,042 118,107
Riese 73,732 59,971 133,703
Totals—Lending Departments... ..... 1,597,123
Lectures (20 centres).
nees )
Mamebiecture Hall..........sc..cscescsees 23,812 |) ! |
strict Lecture Halls.............0..000.. 57,348 |; | 81,160
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Breatey LOLAIS.“ve.cis- ase metencs ec es 1,966,550 105,638 248,614 7,261 ) 81,160
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Nore.—The references to current newspapers and directories are not included.
‘6 Closed for several weeks for structural alterations and rearrangement of stock.
+ Lending Library inaugurated February 7th, 1910.
16
LIBRARIES.
TABLE II.
Classification of volumes issued in the Reference Department.
Picton Reading Room and Brown Reading Room :—
Theology, Morals, Metaphysics ...
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Physiology, &e.
Natural History ae Pas sc
Fine and Industrial Arts ...
Specifications of Patents ...
History and Biography, &c.
Topography and Antiquities
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, i laece
Collected Works, Essays, &c.
Jurisprudence, Law, Politics
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Science, ‘&e. cae
Education and Language... -
Poetry and Dramatic Literature
Prose Fiction
Latin and Greek Classics and Translations
ae "52,810
.. 40,744
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, &c. ... 12,948
— Directories .. 89,879
Newspapers: Bound Volumes
Hugh Frederick nana Art Library :—
Volumes Issued
Total
TABLE III.
1910. 1909.
23,405 99,559
26,934 28,169
12,354 12,885
93,554 91,479
56,464 56,740
21,093 16,415
98,451 39,944
61,334 54,216
17,196 12,809
26,272 26,349
27,675 27,295
18,984 18,566
35,941 54,898
4,291 4,293
102,827 189,814
6,611 7,085
563,936 663,516
1,008 1,556
564,944 665,072
Shewing the number and classification of works contained in
the Reference Department :—
Theology, Morals, Metaphysics 9,224
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Phy eres bo, 4,366
Natural History : Bits nied e 8,782
Fine and Industrial Arts 21,219
History and Biography, &c. 17,414
Topography and Antiquities 8,238
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, lees EE ' 7,363
Miscellaneous Literature (principally Collected Wo orks, Essays,
Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes) ... 35,665
Jurisprudence, Law, Politics 12,434
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Saened, &e. 4,980
Education and Language 2,878
Poetry and Dramatic Literature 5,211
Prose Fiction ... 5,417
Latin and Greek Cilassies arial Mien dations 1,132
Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference... 5,969
Hugh Frederick Hornby Art Library 7,860
Totai 158,152
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18 LIBRARIES.
TABLE V.—Shewing the number
LENDING DEPARTMENTS: ADULTS.
CLASSIFICATION. i aaa ; [Space |
| Contest. | Sranch. | Branch, | Branch. | Beanam | ga | Benne lee ee ee
|
Theology, Ethics .........| 2,223 | 1,664 | 1,719 | 1,118 | 784 | 821 1,198 974 | 1,061
Physics, Mathematics... 3,077 | 1,222 | 1,665 | 1,702 | 1,291 | 751 1,472 | 1,429 1,440
Natural History «........ 2,150 973 | 1,406 | 1,555 1,347 | 960 | 1,525 918 | 1,503
Arts: Fine, Industrial , 14,053 | 5,797 | 6,970 | 9,196 ) 5,859 | 5,281 | 6,092 | 5,288 . 8,628 | 53%
History, Biography...... | 3,688 | 2,693 | 3,260 | 3,327 | 2,411 | 2,903 |} 3,118 2,710 | 2,685 | 2
Topography, Antiquities) 1,291 589 778 874 | 1,403 906 943 520 967
Voyages, Travels......... 2,701 | 1,782 | 2,601 1,953 | 2,046 | 2,492 2,418 | 1,452 ) 2,153 | 2
M’cellaneous Literature) 2,759 | 6,646 | 7,913 | 6,963 | 4,441 | 1,834] 4,431 | 2,586 | 4,762 | 3
Taw, Polities ..........:. 514 134 135 270 | 145 145 489 276 | 241
Commerce, &c............. 2,421 | 1,432 | 1,534 1,287 | 1,137 780 | 1,210 973 | 1,147 |
Education, Language. ( itr 510 874 583 891 821 1,194 | 1,281 | 1,278 .
Foreign Literature i 763 62 193 262 | 161 459 30 50 145 |
Poetry, Drama..,......... 1,472 555 947 929 748 _ 1,148 953 918 | 1,163
Prose Fiction ............ 100,430 | 76,737 |101,982 | 114,026 ‘90,496 | 74,495 | 81,652 | 71,860 | 93,378 | 59,
Classics: Latin, Greek 168 153 195 218; — cn oe 419 175 | 371
Books for Blind ......... 808 47 210 200 ) 4 . 62 68 193 3
; fom Thee |
TORAGB Ss... 140,033 |100,996 |132,382 | 144,463 113,164 | 93,858 | 107,212 | 91,603 |121,025 79,
l
* Of this total 33,696 were volumes of Music.
Estimated issue of books from Open Shelves in Branch Readin
TABLE VI.—Shewing the numbei
| Everton | Toxteth ati
Central. | Branch. | Branch. | Rranch. Brat t
New Tickets issued during |
1910—
AW tllinriecs<sseseseesneceoseces 2,843 LATS, 4)! ASOT ros 1a
SHUGED Oi newese escieeesans 438 91 168 113 At
DUVETS ss. cenneadocseccs cose — 982 819 1,304
3,281 | 2,250 | 2,958 | 3,210 | 1,85
Tickets now in use, 31st j !
December, 1910—
IACI tirece ep ejstceesasancscnevee 5,756 2,470 | 3,943 3,555 | 3;2i
StHGeOs 3. eno ssosecstaods 970 211 336 241 26
JUVEMIUE 2. 4y 5. vencctucoeneens — 1,681 1,988 2,858
és 6,726 4,362 6,267 6,654 3,5
LIBRARIES. 19
| volumes issued for Home Reading,
LENDING DEPARTMENTS: CHILDREN.
= oo
FBasige | nota, | Brertgn | Toxteth |Kencingion| waverize | xinkdate| ery | Garston | Bawden | total
52 12,012/ 194| 65) 233; 115| 48¢| 74) 959] 182] 1,606] 14,518
| 79s 45,783| 933, 112 178 | 4o9| a19| us | 277| 67] 4,813] 47,596
: 774 13,863 | 1,669 | 669 9,457 | 1,167 | 2,241 | 725 906| 1,398 | 11,232] 25,095
4,842 *77,714 1,995 | 948 2,597} 1,405 | 3,430 | 1,442 | 1,684 | 1,719 | 14,620] 92,331
1,692 30,557 8,851 | 1,375 | 3,350| 1,884 | 7,880| 1,555 2,053 | 4,093 | 95,541] 56,098
RS es ee ee —| —| —| =| —] 9,9
“1,752 | 23,616 | 1,481 | 772 | 2,981 1,414 | 3,345 | 1,336 1,360 | 1,260 | 13,249] 36,865
| 907 | 46,526 824; 616 | 3,907 | 1,798 | 1,690 | 1,487 | 1,502 | 410 | 12,2834] 58,760
195 | 2,891; — | 7m Seca pa ih fee 2,894
1,025 13,849 — Re ee a: SiS beech = been i ioe
q 733 | 10,472, — i aie ee ess oi
7 a | ;— | — | —~| —}] —] —] =] 2568
642 10,052 | 580 | 184 | 774 + 372| 1,099} 922| 502| 413| 4,096) 14,148
59,156 923,779 27,988 |37,849 | 56,543 19,210 |68,664 |24,117 30,499 | 50,429 |315,199]1,238,978
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is, 792 |1'107,5881 97,565 42,500 72,820 | 27,774 | 89,252 |31,076 |39,042 | 59,971 |399,590|1,597,123
> q + Includes 5,269 volumes issued from Lending Libraries Depot.
Rooms: to Adults, 583,467; to Children, 141,746.
borrowers from Lending Libraries.
Ee )
|
‘Sefton Park Wavertree) Kirkdale |West Derby| Garston Rawdon
_ Branch. Branch. Branch. Branch. Branch. Branch. Total.
Y
1,038 1,565 587 | 2,182 17,601
99 212 120 186 1,927
1,718 538 423 1,665 7,918
2,850 | 2,315 1,130 | 4,033 27,446
2,313 2,342 3,503 2,179 2,182 34,569
= 414 214 438 362 186 3,948
eee, 727
4,343 53,212
20 LIBRARIES.
TABLE VII.—Shewing classification of Borrowers.
| Everton|Toxteth /Kensing-| Walton Sefton Waver- |Kirkdale| West | Garston Rawdon] |_|
Occupation. | Central.|Branch.|Branch.|_ ton | Branch, Park tree | Branch! Derby | | Branch. | Branch.
peach: | Branch. Branch. Branch.
SS Ee i | | —- ——. —|-_
Architects and Builders ...... | 48 1 iGale <li 8 6 14 4 11 if 4
Artists and Draughtsmen . --| by 7 15 ) 42) 410) 3121 Ge Fin ee 12 714
Bakers, Butchers, & Grocers | Mat 61 73 99 30 | 34 50 42) |= 30 43 44 |
Boilermakers and Riveters.... 21 | 4 8 11 5 if | se 16 6 24) —
Bookbinders and Printers .... 89 45 23 54 14 | 6 8 22 9 — 28
Bookkeepers and Clerks i 898 | 319 421) 529) 382| 298) 450| 994| 453) 243] 305
Boot and Shoe Makers ...... | 29 9 15 13 | 6 4 14 13 | 5 vf 5
SORT NEA ETS) cSectenss'es Gass toelvoe Ire BA 8 | 5 | 3 Sal — 19 3 | 5 20
Brass, Iron, &c., Founders.... 23 So alba rod — By 8 gilt Po 8 9 |
Bricklayers and Slaters ...... 17 i wey gel lly 9 Z| = 216 cht 2 4 2
Cabinet Makers.............0006. 31 | 10 HOR) 32 1 1 21} i7| 8 2 3
Carpenters and Joiners ...... 37 34 387 | 63 42 16 61] 33 12 31 16
Chemists and Druggists ...... 41 5 33} 19 10 11 20; 10 8 14 g
Clergymen, Doctors, &c. ...) 66 4 LOG) auld 8 20 24 } 3 14 | 39 6
Coach Painters and Builders) 25 7 5 16} 6 3 3 | J 6 3} —
Cooks and Waiters ............ amet Ga pee 21 47 13 11 12/ 10 17 11 17
Customs’ Officers, Police, ke. 108:} 43) $85 91 61 53 41°| 48°) bir yeast 32
Domestic Servants ............ |) 36 164). 2 184 | 28 91] 40 30} 38) 40 27 6
Dressmakers and Milliners..., 107 Oia) oan. soo 40; 931 82 | 35] 388] 21 37
Engineers and Machinists 154 60; 109} 92 rf 44 51 81 | » 72.) (89 47
Farmers and Gardeners ...... 29 1 | 3 | t 1 12 21 4 12 30 4)
SHAT ATION oe conics cis bea0se ves ccesect | 27 2 Sy; 619 2) es rel Peel P: 5 12 14 ie
IELAATOTERSGES '.<.os<.ds00ee0soaes0n |, a5 17 16} 15 13 2 6 10 5 3 4
EROMMON GONG! «ce ceesaeeesscsaces 21 Bi ee £8 4 2 3 12 11 — 7 2
WHA BOULCLS conc teecossscarnsaveces 82} 123] 68] 68 22 4 3h) 66 | 9| 48 6 |
Licensed Victuallers, &c. ...) 28 9 10%) 20 5| = 9 18 | 5] 3 5
MVIGIMIOLS scarce cevaPendves «ves ss oaee 28 Ha , (28 12 15) 8 9 19 |} 9 9 2°||
Merchants and Brokers ...... | 54 9} 18} 22 6) 4) 36) 114 Sae ee 6
Messengers and Office Boys 27S. | seeDy|| “A3h iGB 70 Le, SALON) SOs ene 15 60 |i
Musie Peachers......00..ccss00s. 23 10 Dal eels 5 1 21 5 4 3 y
NIG RIGLATIS: oe Beecon ssscesea..0 | 35 Ta 5 30 7 5 12 5 14 | 5 4
INTRUNS@S) SERPS noqesosee see nearebccr |} 35 4 10; 18 L7hi, 20 2 16 16 14 4
Painters and Plumbers ....... 32} 438 Soel 58 17 iit 4] 24 28 25 17
Pattern Makers and Turners, 14 4 Ls} 6 92 | 2 3 11 4 5 1
Psat DORGYS cc. eaccncetes-eeesst ieeeetcs 16 5t= 19 6 os 16 3 3 | 2 2
Schoolmasters and Teachers | 219 124 138 156 167 168 140 | 140; 230 79 145 | 1,
Shipwrights and Riggers ae 18 al Wa mes 2 9 5|>— | 21 1 16 1
Stoning a es Poe ae | 28 10} 12) 14 9 | 1 5 12 | 5 6. 2
Students and Scholars ...... | 205 |1,816 |} 2,112 |2,910; 728 | 299 975 |3,340 |1,512 | ,112 | 1,728 1
Tailors and Drapers............ | 170 15 34} 64 19 6 5| 38 19 18 22
Telegraphists and Typists ... 130 22 44) 54] 7| 44 45 35 43 16 35
INGHAGCOMISUS .c<st-csetcesecneecs| OL 1 ete! 5 | 1 2 6 6 bi 5
Warehousemen and } | |
Storekeepers ...... 103 33 60 64 1h 12) 29 16 Bil 10
Watchmakers and Opticians | 39 5 4 24 2 6 8 3 3 3 | an
MASP ENIANGOUS # he .c..sckecuscccse 318 159 234 76 192 78 304 195 175 110 175 \2
No occupation’
(principally females).... 788 | 897 | 1,955 1,417/1,128| 946 1,345 | 727 1,726 986 | 1,032 (12
Student Ticket Holders ...... | 97 911}, 836 241 264 414 312 914 | 488 | 362 | 186 (3
Totals... 6,726 | 4,362 | 6,267 | 6,654 3,584 /2,727 4,343 | 5,806 5,154 | 3, 606 | 4.0335
TABLE VIII—EVENING READING ROOMS.
Reading Rooms. 1910. 1909.
Attend- , Average Attend- Average
ance. per Night. ance. per Night.
Chatsworth Street Council Schools......... 302 days | 26,243 | 86 21,305 | 70
Stanley Road Council Schools «........... 300 ,, 66,791 222 57,918 | 191
Dryden Strastss.ce.<.. caren tee ee B02) 5, 4 2e76ou) 75 26,635 87
eS eS See as
Torats. 115,797 | — 105,858 |
Se ee ee eee ee
LIBRARIES. 21
FREE LECTURES.
During the year 185 Free Lectures were delivered, the total!
attendance being 81,160. Twenty of the Lectures were specially
for children. Thirty Lectures were given in the Picton Lecture
Hall, the remainder in the following 19 district halls, i.e.—
(1) Scotland Road (St. Martin’s Hall); (2) Commercial Road (Crosby Home
Mission Hall); (3) Kirkdale (Branch Library, Brock Street); (4) Walton
(Corporation Baths, Queen’s Drive); (5) Aintree (Aintree Institute, Longmoor
Lane); (6) Everton (Branch Library); (7) Netherfield (St. Ambrose Mission
Hall, Prince Edwin Street); (8) Anfield (Council Schools, Anfield Road) ;
(9) West Derby (Council Schools, Lister Drive); (10) Knotty Ash (Village
Hall, Prescot Road); (11) Kensington (Branch Library); (12) Kensington
(Lundie Memorial Hall, Beech Street); (13) Wavertree (Town Hall); (14)
Sefton Park (Gregson Institute, Garmoyle Road); (15) Edge Hill (Balfour
Institute, Smithdown Road) ; (16) Garston (Corporation Baths) ; (17) Aigburth
Vale (Girls’ Secondary School); (18) St. Michael’s (St. Michael’s Church
Room, Belgrave Road); (19) Toxteth (David Lewis Club, Great George Place).
LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS.
(Excepting where otherwise stated, the Lectures were illustrated by
Lantern Views).
Lecturer. Subject. Halls.
Anderson, Rev. F. W., 1.4. | “Constantinople and the | Knotty Ash.—St. Ambrose
= Turks.” Mission Hall.
a Archer, Major R. Sinclair, | “‘ By the Meuse, the Moselle. Aintree.—Balfour Inst.,
V.D. and the Rhine.” Smithdown Road.
_ Atkinson, Miss Edith ...... “‘ Liverpool to London via | Anfield.— Walton.
i Peking and Moscow.”
Bacon, Miss Gertrude ...... “Signs and wonders in the | Aigburth Vale.—Garston.—
heavens; with special | Kensington.—Picton.
reference to Halley’s |
Comet.”
a iS “ Within the Arctic Cirele.”” | Anfield.—David Lewis Club.
—Picton.—W alton.
_ Bawden, Frederick ......... “John Liptrot Hatton: Garston.
his life and his music,” |
with musical illustra-
tions. ;
~ Beer, Adolph W..........00.-+. “King Alfred’s Land | Wavertree.
(Wells, Glastonbury.
22 LIBRARIES.
Lecturer. Subject. Halls.
aati
Bellingham, Edgar ......... “Caravan and Camera: a . Kensington.—Lister Drive.
gipsy holiday in the West Derby.
land of the Lancashire
witches.”
A 53 “ Holland and the Dutch; | Wavertree.
or, the dead cities of the |
Zuyder Zee.”
3 * “Spain, past and present.” | St. Martin’s Hall.
Beynon, Richard............... “The Mersey Estuary” ...| Everton.
a4 a “The Ports of the World.” | Picton.
Bilary Andrews csessceuaseseee * Beautiful Austria : a tour | Crosby Home Mission Hall.
through Tyrol.” |
# 3s “In Haakon’s land: | Anfield.
Norway and its people.” |
lakes As EL.; Wiel ee. onc enceoe ‘London, picturesque and | David Lewis Club.
historical.” .
| = “Samuel Pepys and his | Gregson Inst., Sefton Park.
times (Charles IT.).” | —Picton.—Lister Drive,
West Derby.
Bowron, Henry F. ............ “Mountaineering in Skye.) Aigburth Vale.
Brodrick, Harold, M.a.,
F.G.S.
”? 2
Brown, H. Gregorius.
F.R.HIST.S.
Budden, Charles W., M.D. ...
” 99
Bullen, Frank T., F.R.G.s. ...
Bustard, Frank
Cairns, W. Murray, M.B.
Clarke, Edgar
eee ener eee eneneee
“The great caverns of
Treland.”
“A trip round the Antrim
Coast; with special
reference to the Giant’s
Causeway.”
“Wanderings in Hungary |
and Bosnia.”
“Down the Thames in a
camping boat (from
Oxford to lLondon).”
“With a Caravan in the
Scottish Highlands.”
“The way they have in the
Navy.”
“The Baltic Sea, Finland,
and Russia.” |
* Japan and the Japanese.”
“ Dickens’
Carol’:
* Christmas
a recital.”
Balfour Inst., Smithdown
Road.—Crosby Home
Mission Hall.
| Garston.—St. Martin’s Hall.
Aigburth Vale.—David
Lewis Club.—Walton.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Crosby Home Mission Hall.
—Knotty Ash.—Picton.
| Antield.—David Lewis Club.
—Picton.
Crosby Home Mission Hall.
David Lewis Club.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
LIBRARIES.
Lecturer.
Crowther, Henry, F.R.M.s.
Dallman, Arthur A., B.Sc.
Dibdin, E. Rimbault,
Curator, Walker Art
Gallery.
”
Dunlop, G. A.
eee e ene e wees
”
eiwards, (is Wie vts-crescecde
”
Ellis, John W., M.B.,
” ”
Fortay, J. Butler
Green, C. Theodore, M.R.C.S. |
L.R.O.P., F.L.S.
Grensted, Rey. Canon F. F., |
M.A.
”? ”
Hamilton, Rey. James, M.A.
Heatherley, Dr. Francis
Holland, C. Thurstan,
M.R.C.S, F.R.P.S. |
”
OM JAMES ..cvesvorgnrecness
Subject.
Me Ar TON Sees VS gS
|“ Yorkshire: its folk-lore,
) customs, and broad
acres,”’
“Nature among the Sand
Dunes.”
“ Anthony Van Dyck: his
art and his times.”
‘Art on the Hoardings.”
“* Painters as story-tellers.”
‘“‘ British beetles and their |
”
story.
| “Spiders and their ways.”
“The ancient peoples and |
ancient civilization of
Ceylon.”
| “Some by-paths of Wirral
history.”
“Days in ‘Merrie Sher-
| wood’; with glimpses
of Ivanhoe Land.”
| . . . .
his music,” with musical
| illustrations.
“The woodlands
Wirral.”
of
“Earth movements and
their,causes: a study of
the forces which deter-
mine the distribution of
earth and sea.”
“Life in ancient Assyria
) and Babylonia.”
| |“ Grey Galloway.” ............
|
_“ Birds I have met”
|“ Wanderings in Switzer-
land.”
“ X-rays and their uses ”’...
“The Hundred of West
Derby : historical, topo-
graphical, antiquarian,
| anecdotal.”
| “John Liptrot Hatton, the |
Liverpool Composer, and |
| Picton.
St. Michael’s.
Aigburth Vale.—Balfour
Inst., Smithdown Road.
—Picton.—Walton.
Picton.
Everton.— Kirkdale.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
Crosby Home Mission Hall.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
Balfour Inst., Smithdown
Road.
Picton.
Balfour Inst., Smithdown
Road.—Anfield.
Gregson Inst., Sefton Park.
—St. Michael’s.
Gregson Inst., Sefton Park.
Aintree.
St. Michael’s.—Wavertree.
Knotty Ash.—Picton.
Garston.
Kensington.—Wavertree.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
24
Lecturer.
Hunterberg, Max. .....:.s0-.
Jackson, J. Hampden
Jenkins, C. Travis, D.Sc.
PH. f). |
Kennedy. John, F.R.G.s.
” ”
Lund, Rev. T. W.
” ”
” ”
McCullagh, Rev. H. H., .a.
Mackay, Robert
Malmberg, Madame
Pee eeeee)
Marchant, Professor E. W., |
D.Sc.
Moore, Madame Bertha
“The Temples of Egypt
Chaldaea, Palestine, and
Greece: their splendour,
and the sources of their
wealth.”
“Exploration in Eastern
Seas.”
“Finland: the country,
and the people.”
“The world’s carriers,
past and present; or,
methods of transport in
all lands.”
“ Highways and by-ways of
art in Italy.”
“The lagoons of Venice ”...
“One thousand miles
through France on a
bicycle.”
* Johann Sebastian Bach,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
“Mozart and his music,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
“Some chronicles of an
ancient Kingdom :
LIBRARIES.
Subject. Halls.
“ Russia from within” ...... . Kensington.
Walton.
Gregson Inst., Sefton Park.
rambles with a camera |
*twixt the Wharfe and |
the Aire.”
| “ Finland and the Finns.”
“ The generation and trans-
mission of
energy ;” with experi-
ments, &c,
his music,” with vocal
illustrations by the Lec-
turer.
—Garston.—Picton. —
Lister Drive, West
Derby.
Aintree.—Knotty Ash.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Aigburth Vale.—Gregson
Inst., Sefton Park.
Picton.
Crosby Home Mission Hall.
—Garston.
St. Michael’s.—Walton,
Knotty Ash—Picton—
Wavertree.
Kirkdale.
Balfour Institute, Smith-
down Road—David
Lewis Club—Gregson
Institute, Sefton Park
—Picton.
_ Picton
electrical |
...| “Sir Arthur Sullivan and |
|
David Lewis Club—
Picton — Walton—
West Derby.
LIBRARIES.
————_______—________ nn
Lecturer.
—$—<— ——
Mortimer, F. J., F-R.P.S....--
Neill, Daniel J. ...-----s--+
” ”?
Noble, William H. .....--..-- .
Northcote, Henry F. .....---
”
”
O’Connor, Miss Madeleine
O'Mahony, Michael........... )
_ Pares, Professor Bernard,
eee REA.
Parkinson, Rev. George A.
Payne, Rev. G. A...
Priest, Councillor W. H.
— Roaf, Herbert E., M.D.,
M.S¢.
Roberts, Miss E.
eee eeeeeee
“ Summer rambles in Perth: |
shire.”
| * With a camera in the
Scottish Highlands.”
“ Lord Nelson and his great
naval achievements.”
“ Builders of palaces; or,
the architects of nature.”
| Electric and light-produc-
ing fishes.”
“The wonders of plant
life.”
“An Irish gossip,” with
vocal illustrations by
the Lecturer.
“Some emotions and a
| a history of |
motor :
roadway traffic in Eng-
land .p. 1500 to 1910,”
with vocal illustrations
by the Lecturer.
“Samuel Lover,” with
musical illustrations.
“ Songs and their kindred,”
with musical illustra-
_ tions.
“The end of the village
commune in Russia”
(not illustrated).
“Garibaldi; or,
times in Italian history.”
“The Cranford Country :
Knutsford and Mrs.
Gaskell.”
“Wanderings in Egypt.
Syria, and along the
Banks of the Suez
Canal.”
“Food : its properties and
value.”
‘““Welsh music and song,”
with musical
tions.
stirring
illustra- |
- Balfour Inst., Smithdown
Road.—Garston.—
Picton.
Aintree.
|
|
| St. Martin’s Hall.
David Lewis Club.
/ Gregson.—Picton.
Aigburth Vale.—Picton.
Walton.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Picton.
Kirkdale.—Kensington.
Aintree.
Picton.
Knotty Ash.
Kirkdale—Knotty Ash.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
Anfield.
St. Michael’s.
26
LIBRARIES.
Lecturer. Subject. Halls.
Naxby, Hired (We ....ns+<sseoe- “The story of the | Kirkdale.—Picton.
Seddon, F. H.
Seca eee eeeeeee
Soper, Richard F. ............
State, J. Milton
Summers, Frederick, B.sc.
Thompson, George E.,
F.R.P.S.
” ”
Tillemont-Thomason, F. E.,
F.PH.S., C.E.
Walshe, Rev. T. J.
wee e eens
cE)
Webster, Miss Vevey
seeeee
Wells, Samuel, F.R.G.S.,
F.R.A.I.
” ”?
Whitaker, Trevor
Wickham, Rev. W. A. ......
Woods, W. Smith
spectrum,” with experi- |
ments, &c.
“The wonders of light,”
with experiments, &c.
“ Glimpses of grand opera,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
“Ludlow and the Marches
of Wales.”
“Through the South
African War with the
Canadian contingent.”
“Teeland: the country,
people, customs, &c.”
“Six hundred miles up the
Nile.”
“Down a French river;
or, the gorges of the
River Ardéche.”
“ San Francisco, Valparaiso
Kingston and Messina,
in ruins and before their
destruction,”
“Florence and_ its
memories.”
“ A visit to the Holy Land.” |
“The Twentieth Century
child,” illustrated with
poetic recitals.
“‘ The land of the Vendetta :
Corsica.”
“Where three
meet: Poland.”
empires
“With a camera on the
main roads of North
Wales and Shropshire.”
“Our own and other
cathedrals.”
“ How to_listen to music,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
| Aigburth Vale.
Everton.—Garston,
Anfield.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
Kensington.
Kirkdale.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
Aintree.—Kensington.—
St.Michael’s.—Picton.
Wavertree.
Balfour Inst., Smithdown
Road.—Picton.—St.
Martin’s Hall.
Knotty Ash.
Picton.—St. Michael’s.
Gregson Inst., Sefton Park.
—Picton.
Kirkdale.
St. Michael’s
Picton.
LIBRARIES.
Lecturer.
Workman, Albert E. .....-..-
Yardley, Walker R., L.c.P.
”
Young, Ernest
~ Young, Harold E. .....--+-+-
Cairns, W. Murray, ™.PB.
Coop, Rev. J. O., M.A.
eeeeee
” ”
Crowther, Henry, F-R.M.S.
Green, C. Theodore, M.R.C.S.,
L.R.O.P., F.L.S.
Hamilton, Rev. James, M.A.
Harris, Rev. Charles, M.A.
O’Connor, Miss Madeleine
Yardley, Walker R.., L.c.P.
| “A wayfarer
Subject.
“The life and works of |
Giuseppe Verdi,” with
musical illustrations.
“Sir Arthur Sullivan and
his music,” with
musical illustrations. |
“Dickens, the prince of
novelists.” {
‘‘ Shakespeare, the greatest |
Englishman.”
|
“Carl Loewe, a neglected |
great composer,” with
musical illustrations.
“John Chinaman: an |
account of a journey in
Southern China.” |
“Rambles and scrambles |
on the Pacific Slope and |
in the Yellowstone
Regions of the Far
West.”
in rural
Japan.”
.... “ Little folk of far Eastern
Lands.”
“Heroes of the British
Navy.”
“The Victoria Cross and
the men who have won
ri ree
AN
| “ Heroes of the Norsemen.”
“Wonders of the sea and
its shore.”
“ Country rambles with the
Children.”
“England in the days of
the Spanish Armada.”
MY mee in the days of
old.
“ Real fairy tales that have
really happened.”
“Nelson and his daring
deeds.”
Aintree.
Crosby Home Mission Hall.
Crosby Home Mission Hall.
—Kensington.
Aigburth Vale.
Everton.—Kirkdale.—
Picton.
Picton.—St. Martin’s Hall.
Aintree.—Anfield.
Wavertree.
LECTURES TO CHILDREN.
Anfield. —Everton.—
Gregson Inst., Sefton
Park.—Kirkdale.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
St. Ambrose Mission H-ull.
St. Martin’s Hall.—
Wavertree.
Kensington.—Kirkdale.—
Wavertree.
Aintree.—Garston.
Anfield.
Aintree.
Garston.—Gregson Inst..
Sefton Park.—Lister
Drive, West Derby.
Kensington.
28 LIBRARIES.
DONATIONS.
Her Masesty Queen ALEXANDRA :—
Arms and armour at Sandringham: the Indian collection
presented by the Princes, Chiefs and Nobles of India to His
Majesty King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, on the
occasion of his visit to India in. 1875-1876; also some
Asiatic, African, and European weapons and war-relics.
1910.
Mrs. ARMITAGE :—
The age we live in: a history of the 19th century from the
Peace of 1815 to the present time, by James Taylor, D.D.,
W628, Avs
Tur TRUSTEES OF THE BritisH Museum :—
National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4: Zoology and Botany,
v. 5; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalenz, v. 9, with
plates; Guide to the Crustacea, Arachnida, Onychophora
and Myriopoda; Synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera, v. 3;
Catalogue of British Hymenoptera of the family Chalcidide,
by Claude Morley, F.Z.S.; Guide to the British Vertebrates ;
Monograph of the Culcide of the World, v. 5; Descriptive
catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford clay, by
Charles W. Andrews, D.Sc.; Monograph of the Okapi, by
Sir EK. Ray Lankester, D.Sc., F.R.S., with atlas of plates
compiled with the assistance of W. G. Ridewood, D.Sc. ;
Guide to Mr. Worthington Smith’s drawings of field and
cultivated mushrooms and poisonous or worthless fungi often
mistaken for mushrooms; Catalogue of the Library, v. 3.
Proressor Str Rupert W. Boyce, M.D., F.R.S. :—
Mosquito or man: the conquest of the tropical world, by
Professor Sir Rubert W. Boyce, M.D., F.R.S., 2nd edition,
1911. (11 copies.)
LIBRARIES. 29
Messrs. Brown, Surpeiey & Co. (per Ronald Stewart-Brown, M.A.) :
A hundred years of merchant banking: a history of Brown
Brothers and Co., Brown, Shipley and Co., and the allied
firms Alexander Brown and Sons, Baltimore; William and
James Brown and Co., Liverpool; John A. Brown and Co.;
Browns and Bowen; Brown Brothers and Co., Philadelphia ;
Brown Brothers and Co., Boston; by John Crosby Brown.
1909.
Tur Rr. Hon. Tue Eart or Crawrorp anp Batrcarres, K.T.,
eS, :
- Catalogue of the printed books preserved at Haigh Hall, 4v.,
1910; A bibliography of Royal Proclamations of the Tudor
and Stuart Sovereigns and of others published under
authority, 1485-1714, by Robert Steele, 2 v. 1910.
Str Epwin Durninc-LAwRENCE, Bart. :—
Bacon is Shakespeare, by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Bart. ;
together with a reprint of Bacon’s Promus of formularies
and elegancies. 1909. (13 copies.)
Tue Hon. Mrs. Fraser :—
The King’s achievement, by the Rev. R. H. Benson. (Books
for the Blind, 6 v., in Braille type).
¥ - Roserr Guapstong, Jun., M.A., B.C.L. :—
History of Bristol, civil and_ ecclesiastical, including
biographical notices of eminent and distinguished natives,
by John Corry and John Evans, Bristol, 1816 (12 parts in
original covers); East Prospect of Liverpool, 1725: a
photo-reproduction of a lithograph taken from a copper-plate
view which formed the top of the first issue of Chadwick’s
Mapp of Liverpool, 1725.
Miss Mary L. Hornpy :—
Books for the Blind in Braille type, 40 v.
30 LIBRARIES.
Tur Rr. Hon. tHe SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA :—
Central India State Gazetteer, 52 v.
Messrs. Morrison anp Sons, WAVERTREE : —
Photographs showing the progress of construction of the
Liverpool Cathedral, together with interior views of the
Lady Chapel.
Epwarp R. Pickmere, M.A. :—
Police (Liverpool Inquiry) Act, 1909. Transcript of the
shorthand notes of proceedings.
Miss PRranGE :—
Allgemeiner Verein fur Deutsche Literatur, 51 v.
Royat Socrety or Lonpon :—
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series A,
Nos. 561-572; Series B, Nos. 553-562; Year-book, 1910.
SmirusoniaAN Institution, Wasuincton, U.S.A. :—
Report of the United States National Museum, 1909; and
41 other Reports, Bulletins, &c.
Ronatp Stewart-Brown, M.A. :—
The Tower of Liverpool, with some notes on the Clayton family
of Crooke, Fulwood, Adlington, and Liverpool, by
R. Stewart-Brown, M.A.; The pedigree of the Claytons of
Crooke, Fulwood, and Adlington, in the County of
Lancaster, by R. Stewart-Brown, M.A.; An account of the
oil painting ‘ Liverpool in 1680,’ with notes on the Peters
Family of Platbridge and Liverpool, by R. Stewart-
Brown, M.A.; Selections from the Moore Papers, by
R. Stewart-Brown, M.A.
ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT : —
Angliz notitia; or, the present state of England, by Edward
Chamberlayne, F.R.S., 6th edition, 1672; and 44 pamphlets.
Messrs. C. E. ann C.
pamphlets,
Various
LIBRARIES.
STRETTON : —
magazines, and
relating to railways and tramways.
Unitep States GOVERNMENT : —
Administrative reports, 1909, 2 v.; Report of the Commissioner
of Education, 1909, 2 v.;
31
newspaper cuttings
Special reports of the Bureau of
the Census, 5 v., 1910; and 508 other Reports, Bulletins,
Circulars, &c.
Annual Reports have been received from various learned societies
and other institutions;
also Annual Official Publications of
the British Colonial Governments per the Agents-General.
Orger Books, Pampuauers, &c., have been presented by the
following :-—
Aberdeen University.
** Acricola.”
E. G. Aldridge.
American Museum of
Natural History.
Society.
John §. Arthur.
Australian Museum, Sydney.
Joseph Baer & Co.
___ Baptist Missionary Society.
Colonial Secretary for
Barbados.
B. B. Benas.
Councillor Joseph Bibby,
P.
J.P.
Thomas H. Bickerton, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health,
Birkenhead.
Birmingham University.
Board of Agriculture and
Fisheries.
Board of Trade,
Department.
Bookbinders’ and Machine
Rulers’ Consolidated
q Union.
_ Henry Brierley, M.a.
British Association.
British Columbia Board of
Trade.
Labour
R. A. Brooking.
T. B. Browne & Co.
Buenos Aires National
Museum.
George Butler.
Rev. W. Campbell, F.R.c¢.s.
Syndics of Cambridge
University.
Geological Survey of Canada.
Canadian Government.
Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
H. W. Caslon & Co.
Chicago Board of Trade.
Chicago University.
Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce.
Cincinnati Museum Asso-
ciation.
Cobden Club.
Compendium Publishing Co.
Congo Reform Association.
R. Cook-Watson.
0-operative Union, Man-
chester.
E. T. Cope & Co.
Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York.
Pierre de Coubertin.
William P. Courtney.
Covenant Publishing Co.
Crane & Co.
,Cunard & Sons.
Richard Dailly.
The Proprietors of the
“ Daily News.”
A. A. Dallman, F.c.s.
Dante Society, U.S.A.
Donald Currie & Co.
Dublin University.
Ernest. Duffield.
Durham University.
H. Norman Edge.
Edinburgh University.
Mrs. Edith L. Elias.
Fabian Society.
Financial Reform Association
A. Kay Fisher.
Thomas Formby.
Edward 8. Forster.
Friendly Society of Iron
Founders of England and
Wales.
Alfred C. Fryer, PH.D.
Funk & Wagnall.
Glasgow and West of Scot-
land Technical College.
Glasgow Atheneum.
Miss Harleston C. Gesner.
John Good & Sons.
Greening & Co.
J. & W. Griffin.
A. B. Grimaldi.
William N. Haggard.
Robert Hall.
Hampton Scholastic Direo-
tory Co.
C. R. Hand,
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LIBRARIES.
Chris. Healy.
Professor W. A. Herdman,
D.SC., F.R.S.
W. Hewitt, B.sc.
Holt Secondary School.
Charles Honiball, M.1.M.¥.
Ice and Cold Storage Pub-
lishing Co.
Illinois State Historical
Library.
Illinois University.
Imperial Tariff Committee.
Infants’ Hospital, London.
Inspector of Mines, India.
International Arbitration
and Peace Association.
Japanese Consul, Liverpool.
College of Medicine, Tokyo,
Japan.
Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore.
Miss Effie Johnson.
Frans Kleinschrod, M.p.
Kyoto Imperial University,
Japan.
A. Lamb.
Lancashire and Cheshire
Entomological Society.
Medical Officer of Health of
Lancashire.
Charles & Edwin Layton.
Leicester Literary and
Philosophical Society.
Councillor F. J. Leslie,
F.R.G.S.
Madame Therese Lefuel.
Joseph Lewin.
Mrs. Kate Littlewood.
Lloyd’s Publishing Co.
City and Guilds of London
Institute.
London College of Divinity.
London College of Music.
London Directory Co.
Long & Alstatter Co.
Louisiana State Museum.
William Macdonald & Co.
R. C. Maclagan.
Maemillan & Co.
Charles Madeley.
Manchester and District
Library Assistants’ Fellow-
ship.
Manchester Geological and
Mining Society.
Manchester Microscopical
Society.
Manchester Museum,
Owen’s College.
Department of the Interior,
Manila.
Samuel Mann.
William Manning.
Massachusetts General
Hospital.
Mather & Crowther.
Institute of Mechanical
Engineers.
Mercantile Marine Service
Association.
Merchant Venturers’ Tech-
nical College, Bristol.
Mersey Conservancy
(Admiral Sir G. S.
Nares).
Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board.
Meteorological Council.
Mewburn, Ellis & Pryor.
Michigan University.
J. Murray Moore, M.D.,
M.R.C.S.
W. Muller.
C. Muthu, m.p.
National Museum of Wales.
New South Wales Service
Board.
New York State Depart-
ment of Education.
New York State Museum.
F. Nicholson, F.z.s.
North-Western Counties of
England Trades Directory
C
0.
Delegates of the Local
Examinations, University
of Oxford.
Robert Owens.
Commission du Vieux Paris.
Mrs. Margaret Parrott.
J. & J. Paton.
Peace Society.
Frederick W. Penny.
Walter Perry & Co.
Frederick Phillips, F.c.P.
Phillipson & Golder.
Lieut.-Col. J. Pilkington,
F.S.A.
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons.
William Platt.
Billinie Porter.
College of Preceptors.
Queen’s College, London.
R. D. Radcliffe, M.A.
Ragged School Union.
John Ravenshaw, B.A.
Major-General Sir A. J.
Forsyth Reid.
Research Defence Society.
Adhemar Richard.
Riddle, Taylor & Smith,
James Rorie, M.D.
Royal Astronomical Society.
Royal College of Physicians.
Royal College of Surgeons.
Royal Dublin Society.
Royal Institute of British
Architects.
Royal Insurance Co.
Royal Society of Canada
H. Sadler.
Sell’s Advertising Agency.
H. Kelley Smith.
Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland.
M. Sopote, B.sc.
The Proprietors of ‘ The
Stage.”
Richard Steel.
J. Carlton Stitt, g.P.
Arthur H. Stockwell.
Stonyhurst College.
Stubbs Publishing Co.
C. W. Sutton, m.a.
Wilfred H. Swift.
Sydney University.
Tariff Reform League.
Trinity College of Music,
London.
Typographical Association.
United Kingdom Alliance.
Universal Cookery and
Food Association.
University College, London.
University College of South
Wales and Monmouth-
shire, Cardiff.
University College of
Wales, Aberystwyth.
University Correspondence
College.
Republic of Uruguay.
Vancouver Island Develop-
ment League.
J. W. Vickers & Co.
Victoria University, Man-
chester.
Rev. Charles Voysey, B.A.
Western Union Code Co.
Charles Williams, L.R.c.P.
Yeoward Brothers.
Zoological Society of
London.
LIBRARIES.
Reports, &c., have been
received from the follow-
ing :—
Aberdeen.
Allegheny, U.S.A.
Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Ashton-under-Lyme.
Barry.
Battersea.
Blackburn.
Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Bolton.
Boston, U.S.A.
Bournemouth.
Bradford.
Brighton.
Bristol.
Brookline, U.S.A.
Municipal Library, Buda-
pest.
Bury.
Buxton.
California State Library.
Cardiff.
Cheltenham.
John Crerar, Chicago.
Chorley.
Cincinnati.
Cleveland.
District of Columbia.
Royal Library, Copenhagen.
‘b
Derby.
Dukinfield.
Dusseldorf.
Edinburgh.
Fulham.
Great Yarmouth.
Hammersmith.
Handsworth.
Harvard University, U.S.A.
Hereford.
Ilkley.
seg
ersey City.
Kendal. :
King’s Norton and North-
field.
Leeds.
Leigh.
Leicester.
Liverpool (Atheneum)
Library.
Liverpool (Lyceum) Library.
Lincoln.
Los Angelos, California.
John Rylands Library,
Manchester.
New York Mercantile, U.S.A.
Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Newton, Mass., U.S.A.
Nottingham.
Oldbury.
Oldham Lyceum.
Osaka, Japan.
Paisley.
Peoria, Illinois.
Friends’, Germantown,
Philadelphia.
Public Library, Philadel-
phia.
Portsmouth.
Preston.
Providence, Rhode Island.
Rawtenstall.
Richmond.
National Library, Rio de
Janeiro.
Rochdale.
Runcorn.
St.Helens.
St. Louis Public Library,
S.A.
St. Louis Mercantile Asso-
ciation.
Salem, Mass.
Salford.
Shoreditch.
South Shields.
Southwark.
Stoke Newington.
Imperial, Tokyo, Japan.
Tottenham.
Tynemouth.
Victoria, Australia.
Wallasey.
Walthamstow.
Wandsworth.
Warrington.
Library of
Washington.
Waterloo-with-Seaforth.
West Bromwich.
Westminster.
Widnes.
Wigan.
Windsor, Canada
Wolverhampton.
Worcester.
Worcester, Mass.
York.
Congress,
LIBRARIES. 33
Aston Manor. Manchester Free Public | Liverroot InstiTuTIons
Enoch Pratt, Baltimore. Libraries. AND SOCIETIES.
Peabody Inst., Baltimore. | Grand Rapids, Michigan. Reports have been _ re-
Barrow-in-Furness. Middlesbrough. ceived from the follow-
Montrose. ing :—
Fraser Institute, Montreal. | Amateur Photographic
Nelson. Association.
Architectural Society.
Art Studies Association.
Artists’ Club.
Auxiliary Bible Society.
Father Berry’s Homes.
Biological Society.
Blue Coat Hospital.
Boys’ Brigade.
Catholic Institute.
Catholic Publishing Co.
Catholic Young Men’s
Societies.
Central Relief and Charity
Organisation Society.
Certified Industrial Schools.
Chemists’ Association.
Children’s Country Holiday
Fund.
Church of England Scrip-
ture Readers’ Society.
Church Schoolmasters’ and
Schoolmistresses’ Bene-
volent Institute.
Clerks’ Association.
Convalescent Inst., Woolton.
David Lewis Club.
David Lewis Northern
Hospital.
Deaf and Dumb School.
Dental Hospital.
Deutsche Evangelische
Kirche.
Diocesan Sunday School
Institute.
Dogs’ Home.
Engineering Society.
Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Female Penitentiary.
Soc. of Friends of Foreigners
in Distress.
Geographical Society.
Geological Association.
Geological Society.
Hahnemann Hospital.
Horticultural Association.
Hospital for Cancer and
Skin Diseases.
Hospital Saturday and Sun-
day Fund.
Incorporated Chamber of
Commerce.
Incorporated} Law Society.
Infirmary for,Children. +!
Bishop ofLiverpool’s Fund
34
LIBRARIES.
Liverpool Dispensaries.
Liverpool Institute.
Liverpool University.
Medical Institution.
Mersey Mission to Seamen.
Microscopical Society.
Naturalists’ Field Club.
Observatory.
Asylum for Orphan Boys.
Peace Society.
Penny Savings Bank Asso-
ciation.
Philharmonic Society.
Preventive Home for Train-
ing Young Girls for Service.
Royal Infirmary.
Royal National Lifeboat
Institute.
Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to
Animals.
Sailors’ Home.
St. Andrew’s Waterside
Church Mission.
Savings Bank.
Seamen’s Friend Society.
Shipowners’ Association
Shipwreck and Humane
Society.
Steamship Owners’ Associa-
tion.
Strangers’ Rest.
Sunday School Union.
Training School and Home
for Nurses.
Training School of Cookery.
Training Ship “ Indefati-
gable.”
United Gas Light Co.
Society for University Ex-
tension.
Workshops for Outdoor
Blind.
Young Men’s_ Christian
Association.
The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., and others, have been
regularly presented :—
Accountant
American Museum Journal
Australian Official Journal
of Patents
Board of Trade Journal
British Architect
Canadian Patent
Record
Clerk of Works’ Association
Journal
Commercial Motor
Daily Dispatch
Decorator
Decorators’
Magazine
Domestic Engineering
Educational Times
Electrician
Englishwoman’s Review
Esmeduna
Estates Gazette
Gregg Writer
Guild Gazette
Gwalia
Herefordshire Times
Homeopathic World
Horological Journal
Incorporated Accountants’
Journal
Incorporated Society
Musicians, Journal of
Investors’ Guardian
Trish Times
Labour Gazette
Office
and Painters’
of
Life-boat |
Liverpool Catholic Times |
Liverpool Courier (daily |
and weekly)
Liverpool Diocesan Gazette
Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Express
Liverpool Institute Schools
Magazine
Liverpool
Commerce
Liverpool Weekly Mercury
Liverpool Poreupine
Liverpool Post and Mercury |
Liverpool Weekly Post
Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal
Local Government Chronicle
Local Government Officer
Locomotive Journal
Mariner
Master Builders’ Association
Journal
Milling
Mona’s Herald
Motor
Motor Boat
Motor Cycle
Motor Traction
Musical Herald
National Service Journal
New Church Magazine
Northampton Mercury
Journal of
Oddfellows’ Magazine
Official Journal of the Patent
Office
Our Programme
Paper Maker
Patents
Petroleum Review
Positivist Review
Preston Herald
Printers’ Register
Railway Review
Reports of Patents, Designs,
and Trade Marks.
Sanitary Record
Script Phonographic Journal
| Shipping World
Social Democrat
Socialist Standard
Society of Chemical Indus-
try: Journal
Sphinx
Stationer, Printer, and
Fancy Trades Register
Stationery World
Stonyhurst Magazine
Students’ Journal
Timber News
Timber Trades Journal
Trade Marks Journal
University Correspondent
Wallaseyan
West African Mail
Western Daily Press
Zoophilist
35
THE MUSEUMS.
I beg to furnish the Fifty-eighth Annual Report upon the
CONDUCT and PROGRESS of the Museums.
1.—GENERAL.
Since 1896, a period of fifteen years, 89,500 specimens of Natural
History and 11,756 specimens of Ethnography, totalling over
100,000 specimens, have been added to the collections, or an average
of nearly 7,000 additions per year.
The following table shows the total number of visitors to the
Museums during the year, compared with that of the year 1909 :—
1909. 1910.
(261 Days.) (262 Days.)
Total Visitors ... ae ies na a 453,164 ap 481,494
Weekly Average so ae ans ree 8,714 sae 9,259
Daily Average ... 5 He nas oe 1,736 ee 1,837
The attendance of School Children under the charge of teachers
has continued, and the latter have availed themselves of the Clause
in the Education Code, whereby time devoted to instruction in
Museums reckons as school attendance. School Teachers make
frequent use of the Museum theatre to give special lessons to their
__-pupils—specimens being brought from the Museum cases for
illustrating them,
1 Twenty-four lectures were delivered by members of the Staff
and others on Monday evenings in the lecture theatre of the
_ Museums, specially dealing with the various collections in the
Institution, They were illustrated by specimens and lantern slides,
_ The number of Visitors to the Museums on these Monday evenings
4 totals 8,380, of which a large percentage attends the various
lectures.
36 MUSEUMS.
In all sections of the Museum considerable progress may be
recorded. To the Exhibition Galleries, in addition to the general
conservation and maintenance of specimens already there, numerous
important additions have been made, and many descriptive and
illustrative labels have been added, to aid alike the general visitor
and the student.
In the Lord Derby Museum a collection of heads of African Big
Game, many mammalian skulls and a large number of Birds,
Reptiles and Fishes have been mounted and placed on exhibition
in the General Collections of the Upper Galleries. In the British
Galleries five additional Bird Groups, with natural surroundings,
have been placed on exhibition, and an important and much-needed
case, illustrating, among other sea birds, the changes of plumage
of the Herring Gull, from the chick, through successive years,
to the adult plumage of the fifth year, has also been added. Many
fluid preparations of Invertebrate animals have been prepared and
exhibited, The collection of British Beetles has been completed
so far as the Museum specimens afford,
The work of reducing to skins, for study purposes, the large
number of mounted specimens of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and
Fishes, not required for exhibition purposes, mostly belonging to
the original Derby Collection, was completed, and enabled the
Committee to dispense with the services of the taxidermists
temporarily engaged for that work, Upwards of 8,000 skins were
thus dealt with.
In the Botanical and Geological Departments useful work has
been done. The examination and arrangement of the very large
Herbarium, acquired last year from the Botanic Gardens, Edge
Lane, is a big task, but it is a very necessary work before the
collection can be incorporated into the Museum Herbarium.
An interesting case of examples of Native Nitrates (“ Caliche’’)
has been added to the Mineralogical Gallery.
In the Mayer Museum the Melanesian Section continues as
hitherto to receive numerous acquisitions from West and South-West
MUSEUMS. 87
Africa through the efforts of Mr. Ridyard. Mr. Ridyard has paid
special attention (by request) to the procuring of examples
illustrative of the primitive potter’s art as now carried on in Africa,
an art gradually disappearing owing to the introduction of European
metal ware. The usefulness of many of the objects in the African
Section for trade purposes is evinced by the reproduction of designs
on native cloths by a local firm, and the copying of designs by
Manchester calico printers.
The Gallery of objects illustrative of the natives of Races of the
Pacific Islands has been cleaned, painted and arranged, and again
opened to the public. Much care has been taken to illustrate the
use of the exhibits by means of photographs, drawings and prints,
The introduction of a new prism glass has been most successful,
the use of artificial light (except on very dull days) being entirely
dispensed with, .
The housing of the Ceramic Collections has received the
Committee’s attention and an order placed for new cases, which
will shortly be available.
The new staircase leading to the Mayer Basement is a great
improvement, and has opened up much better communication with
the Aquarium and Ethnographical Gallery.
On the occasion of the visit of Prince George of Connaught to
open the Agricultural Show a selection of Ceramics was lent to
Newsham House, and highly appreciated.
Professor Newberry has loaned a number of small objects to
illustrate early glazes, and Mr. Gordon Saies a group of Chinese
Blue and White Porcelain.
Several examples of Liverpool Pottery and Porcelain have been
acquired by purchase, notably a unique Porcelain Mug, by Gilbody,
obtained at the Thoms sale.
The Catalogue of the Egyptian Collection has been compiled and
is Now ready for printing, This important piece of work has been
carried out by Professor Newberry, M.A., Brunner Professor of
Egyptology in the University of Liverpool, assisted by Miss M. E.
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Williams, The Museums Committee has already expressed its high
appreciation of the services so kindly rendered by Professor
Newberry, and I desire to take this opportunity of associating myself
with this expression.
I have much pleasure in acknowledging the conscientious work
and generous co-operation of all members of the Staff.
2.—ACQUISITIONS.
A. LORD DERBY MUSEUM.
INVERTEBRATES—
Coelenterata.
Presented :
A number of Sea Anemones (Actinia equina), from Peel, Isle of
Man, by Mr. P. Entwistle, Assistant Curator, Mayer Museum.
Echinodermata.
Presented :
Two Sea Urchins (Hchinocardium cordatum), from Kirkeud-
brightshire, Scotland, by Miss Eva A. Huntley, Gatehouse-of-
Fleet, N.B.
Arthropoda.
Crustacea.
Presented :
Lobster, from Dunmeath, Scotland, and a Torbay Crab, by
Messrs. John Duncan & Sons, St. John’s Market, Liverpool.
Two young Lobsters, by Mr. W. G. Blanchard, Liverpool
Wholesale Fish Market.
wo Crabs (Porcellana sp.), officially collected at Huilbre.
Torbay Crab, by Mr. W. A. Duncan, St. John’s Market,
Liverpool.
Tracheata.
Presented :
Chrysalis of Butterfly, anonymously.
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Six Stick Insects (Bacillus rossit), from New Hebrides, four
Cocoons of Saturnia carpini, twelve Eggs of Bacillus rossi, and
Ova of Philosamia ricini, by Mr. John H. Watson, 76, Ashford
Road, Withington, Manchester.
Larva of lLepidopterous Insect, by Mr. C. T. Stewart,
13, Claribel Street, Liverpool.
Hemipterous Insect, by Mr. John P. Davies, of Messrs. Cooper’s
Stores, Church Street, Liverpool.
Three Wasps’ Nests, from Manaos, S. America, by Mr. W. B.
Stowell, 18, Brook Road, Blundellsands.
Orthopterous Insect (Paratropes elegans), one Spider, one
Scorpion and one Centipede, from Manaos, S. America, by Mr. RB.
Hughes, 138, Brighton Street, Seacombe, Cheshire.
Seven Insects (Syrphus sp.), from Warton, nr. Carnforth,
Lancashire, by Mr. T. O. Hirst, M.A., Ph.D., Chapelstead,
Gateacre.
One Saw Fly (Sire gigas), by Mr. K. Pettigrew, Reedville,
Birkenhead.
Monarch Butterfly (Anosia pleatppus), flew on board ship at a
point 500 miles from New York, by Mr. F. Bustard, 29, Broughton
Drive, Grassendale, Liverpool.
Snare-spinning Spider (Zpeira quadrata), from near Llanberis
Lake, North Wales, by Miss E. Formby Bragg, 45, Alderley Road,
Hoylake, Cheshire.
a Larva of Goat Moth (Cossus ligniperda), trom Helsby, Cheshire,
by Mr. H. Barnes, Chester Road, Helsby.
Fire Fly (Chrysis ignita), from Noctorum, Birkenhead, by
Mr, Lanyon Nickels, ‘‘ Chenotrie,’’ Noctorum.
Lantern Fly, from Brazil, by Mr. Erik Hamilton, 91, Huskisson
Street, Liverpool.
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Beetle, from Dahomey, West Africa, by Mr. James McCreath,
24. Dumbarton Road, Walton.
Longicorn Beetle and Larvae of Beetle, by Master J. H. Allen,
2, Albert Edward Road, Liverpool.
Beetle (Geotrupes sylvaticus) and two Serricorn Beetles (Niptus
hololeucus), found on the Museum premises.
Beetle (Tribolium confusum), from Dundee, by Mr. C. H.
Murray, Zoological Assistant in the Museums.
Purchased :
Cocoons of Attacus edwardsi, A. cynthia, Saturnia pyri, Actias
selene, A. luna, Antheria pernyi, Eggs of Caligula japonica,
Rhodia fugaz, Antheria yama mai, Aglia tau, Actias selene, and
Philosamia picrini.
Mollusea.
Presented :
Six Helecidae, from New Hebrides, by Mr. John H. Watson,
76, Ashford Road, Withington Manchester.
Snail, from Aigburth, by Mr. John Jeffreys, 7, Lucan Road,
Aigburth, Liverpool.
Animal and shell of Nautilus pompilius, found to be without
registered number and now referred to this date (D. 18-4-10-1).
Fishes.
Presented :
Carp (Cyprinus carpio), from the lake at Prince’s Park,
Liverpool, by Mr. Mason, Superintendent, per Mr. George
Ellison.
Scabbard Fish (Lepidotus caudatus)\, from oft the S.W. coast of
Ireland, by Captain Eagle, trawler *‘ Thistle,’ per Messrs. John
Dunean & Sons, St. John’s Market, Liverpool.
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Tench (Tinca vulgaris), by Mr. W. G. Blanchard, Fish Market,
Liverpool.
A number of Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreutert), living
and preserved, from West Africa, by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief
Engineer, Elder, Dempster Line.
A number of Fresh-water Fishes, comprising Tilapia lata,
T. galatea, Haplochilus sexfasciatus and H. elegans, from the
Calabar River, West Africa, by Mr. W. S. Cross, Cross’s
Menagerie, Liverpool.
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and two Cook Wrasses
(Labrus mixtus), 6, 2, from off the South coast of Ireland, by
Captain Mann, Steam Trawler ‘‘Gallinule,’ 81, Elm Vale,
Fairfield, Liverpool.
Bream (Abramis brama), (cast taken), by Mr. Sutton, 159,
Seabank Road, New Brighton.
Purchased :
' Three Butterfish (Centronotus gunellus), from Hilbre, collected
officially.
Muller’s Top-Knot (Zeugopterus punctatus), from off Harwich.
Amphibia.
Presented :
Five Common Toads (Bufo vulgaris), one Fire-bellied Toad
(Bombinator igneus), one Salamander, (Salamandra maculosa),
and one Edible Frog (Rana esculenta), by Dr. H. A. Auden,
13, Broughton Drive, Grassendale.
Reptiles.
Presented :
Skink from West Africa, and Snake and a Lizard from Madeira,
by Mr. A. Brook, 2, St. Anne Street, Liverpool.
Two small Turtles, by Dr. Coghlan, 27, Falkner Street,
Liverpool.
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Tortoise (Zestudo marginatus) and a Gecko (Larentola
delalandii), by Mr. Roger Leslie, Hillside, Knowsley.
Gecko, by Mr. John Davies, Messrs. Cooper’s Stores, Church
Street, Liverpool.
Chameleon (Chamaeleon basilicus), by Mrs. Bisset, 4, Cambridge
Street, Liverpool.
Two Lizards (Lacerta agilis), from Wallasey, by Master A.
Prince, Wallasey.
Turtle (Hydraspis hilarit), by Mrs. Kershaw, 9, Seaforth Road,
Seaforth.
Two Painted Terrapins (Chrysemys picta), from Boston, by
Mr. S. J. Peter, 6, Warbreck Road, Walton.
Eleven Blind Worms (Angus fragilis), one Chameleon
(Chamaeleon vulgaris), two Grass Snakes (Tropidonotos natrix) and
two Sand Lizards (Lacerta agilis), by Dr. H. A. Auden, 18,
Broughton Drive, Grassendale.
Four Chameleons (Chamaeleon pusillus), from South Africa, by
Mr. J. Todd, 76, Snaefell Avenue, Tuebrook, Liverpool.
Lizard, from Wallasey Sandhills, by Mr. P. Entwistle,
Assistant Curator, Mayer Museum.
Cayman (Caiman sclerops), by Mr. Maurice Tinne, 11, Mersey
Road, Aigburth.
Purchased :
One Wagler’s Viper (Lachesis waglert).
Birds.
Presented :
Skua Gull (Stercorarius pomatorhinus) from the estuary of the
Mersey, by Capt. Griffiths of the Steam Hopper “ Beta.”
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African Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilus crumeniferus), by Mr.
Holmes Seward, Naturalist, Manchester Street, Liverpool.
Russian Trumpeter Pigeon, Fancy Pigeon, Grey Parrot, White-
Crowned Pigeon (Columba leucocephala), Macaw (Ara maracana),
Blue Mountains Lory (T7richoglossus novae-hollandiae), Gannet
(Sula bassana), Sheldrake (Tadorna cornuta) and a Gallinule
(Porphyrio martinica) from Bermuda, by the Parks and Gardens
Committee of the City Council.
Fancy Pigeon (Egyptian Swift), by Mr. Roger Leshe, Hillside,
Knowsley. .
Fancy Pigeon (Archangel), by Mr. H. M. Coates, 4, St. James’
Mount, Liverpool.
Fancy Pigeon (Archangel), by Mr. A. Leigh Lye, Alma Terrace,
Wavertree, Liverpool.
Pied Blackbird (Merula merula) albino, by Mr. Lewis Jones,
Hilbre.
Six photographs of Bird Life in the locality of Little Whichope,
Northumberland, by Walter Wilson, Esq., Rysdale House,
Keighley Road, Colne, Lancs.; Jasper Atkinson, Esq., Glen Esk,
Alma Road, Headingley, Leeds, and Dr. Francis Heatherley,
_ ** Endellion,’’? Rock Ferry.
Common Buzzand (Buteo vulgaris) from Cumberland, by Geo.
Dickinson, Esq., 10, Water Street, Liverpool.
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys)
and an Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilus dubius), by Mr. W. S. Cross,
Southport Zoo.
Two Pigeons (magpie variety), by Mr. E. Curtis Moy, West-
a holme, Bromboro’, Cheshire.
Two Fancy Pigeons (owl), by Mr. T. H. Stretch, Vine Cottage,
Ormskirk.
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Flamingo (Phenicopterus roseus), by Mr. Holmes Seward,
Naturalist, Manchester Street, Liverpool.
Swift (Cypselus apus), from Llangollen, by Miss Entwistle,
7, Ormonde Street, Liscard.
Albino Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), by Mr. Theodore Van
Heyder, Stone House, Allerton, Liverpool.
Two Fancy Pigeons, by Mr. R. Williams, 33, Loxdale Street,
Parkhill Road, Liverpool.
Capercaillie (Tetrao wrogallus), anonymously.
Ostrich Egg, from Yola, Northern Nigeria, by Mr. Chas. T.
Campbell, Royal Niger Co., Burutu, per Mr. Ridyard.
Three Humming Birds’ Nests, by Dr. Skeete, “‘ Edgecumbe,”’
Barbadoes, West Indies.
One Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), by Mr. Gibson, Upton,
Cheshire.
Landrail (Crecopsis egregia), from the Bight of Benin, by Capt.
Carroll, I.N.D., Surgeon R.M.S. ‘‘ Aburri,’’ Elder, Dempster
Line, Liverpool.
Five Bird Skins, viz.: Falcon (Hlanus caeruleus); Kestrel
(Tinunculus alaudarius); Plantain Hater (Schizorhis zonura) ;
Green Pigeon (Vinago delalandii), and Weaver (Spermestes
scutator), from New Guinea and West Africa, by Mrs. Madden,
Sandown Hall, Wavertree.
Purchased :
Three Fancy Pigeons, One Oyster Catcher, and One Knot.
Mammals.
Presented :
Sacrum and Vertebrae of an Ass, from Leasowe, by Mr. G. H.
Hill, 4, Buckingham Road, Wallasey.
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Variegated Spider Monkey (Ateles variegatus) juv. 9, by Mr.
Holmes Seward, Manchester Street, Liverpool.
Bisected skull and two half sections with antlers, of Caribou, by
Mr. R. H. Venables Kyrke, Nant-y-ttrith, North Wales.
Bull Dog, by Mr. E. Jones, 39, Manor Road, Liscard.
Living Liberian Hedgehog, by Mr. Lochead, 486, New Chester
Road, Rock Ferry.
Common Mole (7'alpa europea), from Berkshire, by Mrs. Kileen,
‘* Holmestead,’’ Longcot, Farringdon, Berks., per Mr. W. Y.
Forbes, Huyton Hey Road, Huyton.
Human Skull and Lower Jaw, from North Chili, by Mr. G.
Langmaid, 37, Westdale Road, Wavertree.
Flying Fox (Pteropus medians), from Ceylon, by Mrs. Blamire,
36, Oxford Street, Liverpool.
Bat (Plecotus auritus), from Bicester Church, Oxfordshire, by
Mr. Gibbard, Northumberland Terrace, Liverpool.
Genet (Genetta felina), from South Africa, by Mrs. Hubert
Le Gay Solly, Seaforth Hall, Seaforth, Liverpool.
Striped Hyaena (Hyaena striatus) and an Arabian Baboon
(Papio hamadryas) 3, by Mr. W. 8. Cross, Southport Zoological
Gardens.
Fragments of Skull of Mammal, from the borders of Sligo and
Leitrim, Ireland, by Mr. K. Pettigrew, 23, Reedville, Birkenhead.
Portion of Skull of Hartebeeste (Alacephalus camma), from Ibi,
Northern Nigeria, by Mr. Chas. T. Campbell, Chief Engineer,
Royal Niger Co., Burutu, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Bush Cat, from the Niger, Mr. Williams, Chief Engineer, Royal
Niger Co., Burutu, Northern Nigeria.
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Tasmanian Wolf (Thylacinus cynocephalus), by Capt. Findlay,
Sandfield, Kgerton Park, Rock Ferry.
Common Fox, presented anonymously.
Moustache Monkey (Cercopithecus cephus) 2, by Mr. 8. Spence,
329, Scotland Road, Liverpool.
Two Black Rats (J/us rattus), S and 2, from Orkney, by Mr.
Geo. Ellison, Loudon Grove, Liverpool.
Bison Head, found to be without registered number and now
referred to this date (A.5-4-10-1).
Human Skull, without lower jaw, from Calabar, West Coast of
Africa, by Mr. Kennedy McFoy, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Prvchased :
Pair of Beisa Horns, Chimpanzee (Troglodytes niger); Malayan
Bear (Ursus malayanus), and a Gazelle (Gazella bennetti).
Botany.
Presented :
A few young Ferns in various stages, found growing in a cistern
in the Museum, collected by Mr. J. Connely, of the Museums.
Geology.
Presented :
A small collection of Rock specimens, collected by the late Mr.
T. Mellard Reade, presented by his Executors.
Sample of Asbestos, from the village of Pojar, Macedonia,
Turkey, by Mr. Georgieft, 4, Rathbone Road, Hightown, per Mr.
W. Cokersol, of the Museums.
Piece of Rock with crystals of Calcite and about a dozen pieces
of fossiliferous Rock, from Springfield, Oxon, by Mr. Tertius
Joynson, formerly of Hoylake.
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A Collection of about 60 specimens of Native Nitrate of Soda,
from Atacama and Tarapaca, South America, by Mr. C. A.
Watters, Highfield, Woolton Road, Wavertree, Liverpool.
Piece of Fine-grained Sandstone with crystals of Calcite, &c.,
from the roof of the Wigan 4 ft. Mine; presented by Mr. Arthur
Rushton, per Mr. G. A. Haworth, Ince Hall Collieries, near
Wigan.
Mass of slaggy material from the roof of a burnt coal mine, after
the explosion at the Maypole Colliery; presented by Mr. Arthur
Rushton, per Mr. G. A. Haworth, Ince Hall Collieries, near
Wigan.
Palzontological.
Presented :
A Collection of upwards of 400 Fossils, from the Crag, and a few
Jurassic Fossils collected by the late Mr. T. Mellard Reade, pre-
sented by his Executors.
Piece of Silicified Wood, from the Permian of Annesley, near
Coventry, by Mr. Edward P. Thompson, Paulsmoss, Whitchurch,
Salop.
THe AQUARIUM.
The Aquarium continues, as heretofore, to be one of the chief
attractions of the Museums. The various tanks have been kept
well stocked with examples of both marine and fresh-water life,
and the Seal continues in good health and to be of great interest
_ to visitors.
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SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.
Celenterata
Tchinodermata
Arthropoda (Crustacea)
Anthropoda (Tracheata)
Mollusca
Fishes
’ Amphibia
Reptiles .
Birds
Mammals
Plants
Geological and Mineralogical.
Rocks and Minerals ...
Paleontological.
Zoological and Botanical
MUSEUMS.
Zoological
1 Species
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Botanical.
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150 Specimens.
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158 -
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220 .
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664
4 Specimens.
85 Specimens.
... 400 Specimens.
Total additions to the Lord Derby Museum.
Species
1,153.
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B—MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL.
The Melanian Department continues as hitherto to receive
numerous acquisitions from West and South-West Africa. Mr.
Ridyard, Chief Engineer (Elder, Dempster & Co.), has continued
his donations of desirable objects to this Department.
(b) Loans anp Deposits.
The facsimiles of a group of Ancient Irish Antiquities, lent by
Messrs. Johnson & Sons, Dublin, still remain on exhibition.
The Collection of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain, lent by Mr.
John Mellor, Junr., still remains on exhibition.
A small collection of fragments of Pottery illustrating Glazes,
__ &e., has been deposited by Prof. P. E. Newberry.
Through Mr. Gordon Saies a small collection of Chinese
Porcelain has been received on deposit.
(c) EXcHANGES. :
No exchanges have been effected during the past year.
(d) Acquisirions.
(1) MisceLLaneovs.
Presented :
Catalogue of Arms and Armour at Sandringham House, by Her
Majesty Queen Alexandra (deposited in the Free Library).
‘Two Liqueur Glasses, English, by Mrs. Charles A. Field.
Square of Silk with designs copied from a native cloth from
Jellah Coffee, West Africa, in the Museums, made and presented
by Messrs. Watson Jacques & Co,
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Scotch Rock and Reel, used in preparing wool, by Mr. P. D.
Castle, per Mr. T. A. Hanmer.
Anglo-Saxon Silver Coin found in a grave at Normanby-le- Wold,
Lincoln, 1909, per Dr. H. O. Forbes.
Wooden Water Bottle, inscribed ‘‘ J. Boudig & M., 1859,’’ by
Miss Salisbury.
Bronze Medal commemorative of the founding of Quebec by
Champlain, by the National Battlefields Commission, Quebec,
Canada.
Blocks of Pressed Tea, made in the Russian Factory at Hankow,
China, 1891, for export to Siberia, by Mr. John Sharples.
(2) Loca ARrga COLLECTIONS.
Presented :
Oil Painting of the steamship “‘ Victory,’’ painted by Walters,
Liverpool, 1838; also original contract for the sale of a half-share
in this ship, by Mr. John Lecky.
Stone Mortar from the Old Mill, Melin-y-Fraeth, Lainfaelog,
Anglesea, by the Rev. W. KE. Scott-Hall.
Photograph of a ‘‘ View of the Eastern Prospect of Liverpool,”’
1725, by Mr. Robert Gladstone, Junr.
Enamelled Medal, struck to commemorate the “‘ Bi-centenary of
the Bluecoat Hospital, Liverpool,’’ 1708-1908, by Alderman A.
Crosthwaite.
Purchased :
Porcelain Mug, with printed portrait of the King of Prussia,
signed ‘‘ Gilbody, maker,’’ Evans, Sct., Gilbody porcelain.
Porcelain Mugs, decorated in enamel colours, with subjects after
the Chinese.
Two Glass Beakers, with transfer prints; Jug, with transfer
print of ‘‘ Susan’s Farewell ’’ and the ship “‘ Edward Duke.”’
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Seven Photographs of Cistercian Pottery found in Birkenhead
Friary.
Oil Painting (on a panel), view of Liverpool from Seacombe,
1820, painted by Robert Salomon.
(3) CERAMICS.
Presented :
Fragments of slip ware found in Hanley, 1909, by Mr. Louis H.
Jahn.
Plate with printed design, impressed ‘“‘ Rogers,’ by Mr. G. H.
Parry.
Illustrations from ‘Quaint Old English Pottery,’’ by Mr.
Charles J. Lomax.
(4) ErHnoGRAPHy.
by Africa.—West and South-West.
Presented :
List of specimens collected and presented by and through Mr.
A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, R.M.S. ** Tarquah,’’ Elder, Dempster
Line. .
Gambia.
Photographic Reproductions illustrating native life in the
Gambia, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Sierra Leone.
_ Bundu Devil Dancer’s Head Ornaments from the Mendi Country,
by Mr. A. Ridyard and Mr. A. C. Williams.
a Carved Steatite Head of a Man, from the Mendi Country, by
Mr. A. Ridyard.
ay ;
% Number of Dresses and other garments, worn by members of the
_ Tongo Detective Society established among the Mendi people of
OB MUSEUMS.
the Sierra Leone Protectorate—now suppressed—collected by Mr.
Geo. W. Page, District Commissioner, and presented by His
Excellency the Governor of Sierra Leone.
Inberva. .
Presented :
Medicines used for various purposes known as ‘‘ Kpa Kpa,”’
collected and presented by Mr. W. Addison, Assistant District
Commissioner, Sierra Leone.
Gold Coast.
Presented :
Rain Hat of plaited grasses, by Miss B. Yorke.
Brass Weights, by the Hon. J. M. Sarbah.
Carved Wooden Spoons, by Mr. C. J. Bannerman.
Carved Calabashes, by Mrs. Cole.
Collection of clays and earthenware vessels illustrating the
various operations and stages in the production of black and red
pottery at Oblogo, Gold Coast, collected and presented by Mr. A.
Ridyard.
Wicker-work stand for supporting the earthenware soup bowls,
by Prince Bassey Duke Ephraim.
Dahomey.
Presented :
Knife with brass handle, from Porto Novo, by Mr. H. B.
Wheeler.
Cameroons.
Presented :
Plaited grass Bag, from the Bali country, by Mr. Collins,
Newton Inniss.
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Earthenware pipe head, from the Bali country, by Mr. A.
Ridyard.
Calabar.
Drum, from Knyong Creek, Itu, by Mr. Collins Newton Inniss.
Stick, the top carved in the form of a human head, by Mr.
Waring.
Mahommedan Charm, worn on the wrist, by Mr. David Hynes.
Photographs of natives, &c., and carved cocoanuts, by Mr. A.
Ridyard.
N. Nigeria.
Presented :
Palm Oil Bottle and Lid, made of skin, from Baro; Wooden
_ Spoons, with burnt designs, from Loko, Benue River; Earthenware
Bowls with Lids, profusely decorated, by Mr. J. A. Macaulay.
Fly Whisks, by Mr. A. Chinnery.
Basket, from Baro, by Mr. W. J. Johnson.
Leather Cushions, dyed and carved desigus, from Lokoja, by
Mr. H. EK. Christian.
Carved wooden figures of animals, from Kano, by Mr. Taylor.
Dyed Leather Cushions, from Lokoja, by Mr. C. Y. Campbell.
q Carved Calabash and Cover, and Earthenware Pot and Cover,
__ by Capt. Carderay.
a Leather Cushion, by the Hon. J. M. Sarbah.
Plaited Basket, and Red Earthenware Water J ar, from Yola;
_ Skin Bottles, from Kano; Wooden Spoon, from Nupe, by Mr.
J.B. Bailey.
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Heald from a Loom and Shuttles, from Sokoto; Gourds and
Bowls, from Kano; Fan of Ostrich Feathers, Earthen Bowl and
Lid with profuse decoration, Gourds, carved, and stained red and
green, Wood Food Bowl, and Calabash Drinking Cups, from
Burutu, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
S. Nigeria.
Presented :
Spear and Pipe Head of Harthenware, from Manfé, Cross River,
by Mr. Collins Newton Inniss.
Bronze Armlets found in Bonny, by Chief Fred. A. D. Green.
Carved Wooden Female Figure, from Aro-chuka, by Mr. David
Hyne.
Horn, used in the Aro Expedition, by Mr. John T. Clewry.
Baskets covered with leather, by Mr. A Ridyard.
Lagos.
Presented :
Carved Wooden Figures, by Mr. A. Ridyard. ~
Congo.
Presented :
Red Earthenware Water Bottle, by Mr. A. R. Chinnery.
South Africa.
Presented :
Hip Ornaments, Armlets, Necklaces, &c., from the Kaffir and
Basuto Tribes, by Mr. F. K. Brigg.
Armlets of Wire, and drill and core from Pretoria, by Mr.
Wilham Pearce.
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Sudan.
Presented :
“Tapa”? Cloth, Straw Hat and Reed Hat, from the Zandeh o1
Niam Niam Tribe, by Capt. P. S. Jackson.
MELANESIA.
Australia.
Purchased :
Selection of Churingas, Hairpins, Boomerangs and Necklaces
from the Aranda Tribe.
POLYNESIA.
es andwich Islands.
~ Purchased :
Pounder of volcanic stone; round stone used in pot making; and
_celt-shaped stone Implements.
| MONGOLIAN RACE.
Presented :
Extensive collection of objects from the Indian Tribes of British
_ Guiana, comprising : necklaces, bead aprons, feather head-dresses,
_ whips, fans, baskets, pipe, quivers, paddles, spears, model canoe
and model house, collected and presented by Mr. Maurice Tinne.
Presented :
: Clay Cannon Balls, used at the Taipang Rebellion; found in the
_ well of a disused fort at Soochow, by Mr. John Sharples.
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Japan.
Presented :
Model of the City of Osaka, by the Japanese Consul.
CAUCASIAN RACE.
Egypt.
Presented :
Scarab in gold mounting, XIVth dynasty; Gold Earring, late
Ptolemaic, from Memphis; piece of Sculpture, from Meydum,
British School of Archaeology in Egypt.
Prehistoric Clay Figure from Nagada, and Model Coffin and
Shawabti Figures from Drah Abul Negga, Egypt, by Prof. P. E.
Newberry.
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WALKER ART GALLERY.
The Curator has the honour to report in reference to the work
during the year 1910 of the Department under the direction of the
Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee.
During the year, the City’s Permanent Collection of Works of
Art was on view as much as possible, consistently with the demands
of exhibitions, but each year it is found more difficult to do it
adequate justice, and any attempt of systematic arrangement of
the whole collection is practically impossible, so long as it is
necessary to move the greater part of it at least twice a year.
The need for a large extension of the Art Gallery referred to in
the Curator’s annual report for 1909 is fully realised by the
Chairman and Committee, and it has been the subject of anxious
consideration from time to time. It has not been found possible
as yet, however, to surmount the financial obstacles. Meantime,
progress has been made, so far as funds have been available, with
the Curator’s scheme for utilizing to the utmost the possibilities
of the existing building. The west front room on the ground
floor has been entirely reconstructed and redecorated, a valuable
addition to it being made by taking in the small front room,
formerly used as a gilder’s workshop. This has not only
increased the wall space, but greatly improved the lighting.
The heating-pipes in the dado have been removed, and radiators
in the centre of the floor have been substituted; the Gallery,
therefore, now possesses one room in which pictures may be hung
without a risk of undue deterioration from unscientific heating;
except that there is still one unsatisfactory part where a furnace
flue is carried up behind the wall.
58 ART GALLERY.
The panelling of the walls, the improvement of the lighting by
the use of prismatic glass, and the introduction of a deep white
frieze, have greatly increased the illumination, and rendered it
possible to arrange and show pictures in a satisfactory manner.
Additional hanging space has been provided by the introduction
of four screens designed by the Curator, and the floor has been
relaid with oak. Three decorative lunettes made at the Della
Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead, and presented in 1907 by Mrs. George
Holt, were successfully utilised as over-door decorations. On
the completion of the alterations, which are generally admitted to
be satisfactory, the Curator assigned the room to the display of
the Roscoe Collection, deposited by the Trustees of the Royal
Institution, and to other Foreign Old Masters, which are the
property of the Corporation.
Towards the end of the year there was commenced a further
section of the work contemplated, which has now been brought to
completion, with very satisfactory results. A new and
commodious cloakroom, with ‘adequate accommodation for all
departments of its work, has been evolved from waste space in the
cart-yard; and, in connection with this, a door has been opened
into the east back room, and a new staff door has been opened to
the yard, thus obviating the necessity previously existing for a
circuitous descent to the basement to reach it, which for many
years has involved unnecessary risk and caused trouble and loss
of time in the movement of works of art.
The telephones have been rearranged, with an exchange in the
cloakroom, and the old cloakroom, now closed, will be valuable
as an addition to the east front room, which is now being
reconstructed on lines similar to those adopted in the case of the
west front room.
By resolution of the Committee on 17th October, 1910, the
turnstiles at the entrance to the Gallery were removed, and this,
as well as the closing of the old and most inconveniently situated
cloakroom, has met with general approval.
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Unfortunately, the resources of the Sub-Committee will not
admit, during 1911, of the much-needed reflooring and
redecoration of the entrance hall, which would complete the
renovation of the ground floor, except as regards the introduction
of a much needed passenger lift.
By resolution of the Committee on 22nd August, 1910, the
keramic fountam in room A was removed; and the room was
redecorated, with good results as regards its improvement for the
exhibition of works of art. The staircase leading from room F
to the large room on the ground floor, known as No. 10 Room,
was also redecorated New velarium blinds were fitted in rooms
A. and F. . ae
The spacious new workshop for gilders, made in 1909, has
proved invaluable in the work of repairing frames, supervising
pictures, and otherwise keeping the contents of the Gallery in
E good order. In this connection the following work was carried
= out :—
Two mildewed water-colour drawings, No. 75, ‘‘ By the side
of the Bog of Allan,’’ by Albert Hartland, and No. 80.
“Landscape with Sheep,” ci Birket Foster, R.W.S., were
restored.
New frames were provided for No. 815, ‘‘’Twixt night and
day,’’ by R. P. Richards, No. 822, ‘‘The Gleaner,” by
William Daniels, No. 830, ‘‘La Vie Paysanne’’ (triptych
miniature), by Cecil Jay, and No. 841, ‘“‘ Study,’ by W. L.
Windus. |
The frames of the following were re-gilt:—No. 128,
“ Hvensong,’’ by Mark Anthony, No. 357, “The progress of
intemperance” (“The Relapse’ and “The invitation to
- drink’’ from this series), by E. V. Rippingille, No. 668,
_ “The Burning of Shelley’s Body,” by L. EK. Fournier, and
No. 822, ‘‘ The Gleaner,’ by W. Daniels.
60 ART GALLERY.
Pictures relined and cleaned:—No. 821, ‘‘ Joan of Arc,”’’
and No. 822, ‘‘ The Gleaner,’’ by William Daniels.
New plate glass was provided for No. 819, “ Perseus and
Andromeda,’’ by Lord Leighton, P.R.A., and No. 668,
*‘The Burning of Shelley’s Body,’’ by L. E. Fournier.
A glass case was made to enclose No. 817, “‘ Mors Janua
Vite ’’ (plaster model), by Alfred Gilbert, M.V.O., and a
case for the display of keramics was purchased.
1,062 exhibition frames, purchased for the Albrecht Diirer
Exhibition, were added to stock.
The following pedestals, etc., designed by the Curator, were
provided for the display of sculpture: —One large pedestal,
with surrounding small pedestals attached, four upright
pedestals, one screen for pictures and three small block plinths.
Under the agreement with the Trustees of the Royal Institution,
the work of conserving the Roscoe Collection made further
progress, with the approval of Dr. Edgar Browne, and Dr. R.
Caton (on behalf of the Trustees). Seventeen frames were re-gilt
and repaired, and six pictures were specially cleaned and repaired.
The cost of this work amounted to £99 15s. 7d.
The collection of sculpture was cleaned by expert workmen, the
Warwick Vase (copy), injured by a visitor, was repaired, the
pictures in Branch Libraries were inspected, inscriptions were
written on the frames or mounts of 92 pictures. &c.
A special display of pictures in Newsham House was arranged
by the Curator, and the walks outside the Gallery were
re-gravelled in anticipation of the visit of the Prince and Princess
of Wales, which, however, did not take place, in consequence of
the death of H.M. King Edward VII.
“RETURNING FROM WORK.”
Hans von Bartels, RT. Purehased.
ART GALLERY. 61
During the year pictures have been lent to the following :—The
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; the Burlington Fine Arts
Club, London; The Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto;
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; and the Corporations of
Brighton, Burnley, Dundee, Hanley, Hull, Manchester, Newcastle
and Plymouth.
The following additions to the Permanent Collection were made
during the year : —
1.—By Purchase from the Autumn Exhibition.
“ Nightfall, Luxor’ (oil), by D. Y. Cameron, A.R.S.A. (now
also A.R.A.).
“The falling star’’ (oil), by J. Hamilton Hay.
“On the Bure at Wroxham ”’ (oil), by Alfred Parsons, A.R.A.
(now R.A.).
*“In Middelburg” (water-colour), by Anthony R. Barker.
** Roses of Yesteryear ’’ (water-colour), by Katherine Cameron,
R.S.W.
“The Balloon ’’ (water-colour), by Mary L. Gow.
**“ Maggie ’’ (water-colour), by Frank Haviland.
“The Deputation ” (water-colour), by John Hassall, R.I.
***Carnival’’ (water-colour), by Claude A. Shepperson, R.I.
“Returning from work ” (water-colour), by Professor Hans von
Bartels.
“The Langdale Pikes” (pastel), by R. Gwelo Goodman.
‘The Burgomaster’’ (miniature), by Miss L. M. Crisp.
“‘ Rex ’’ (miniature), by Miss E. Usher.
“The Lady Clarissa ’’ (miniature), by Miss Edith Grace Wolfe.
“Athlete struggling with Python ’’ (bronze), by Lord Leighton,
of Stretton, P.R.A.
“ Convoitise”’ (bronze statuette), by Fix-Masseau.
‘“ Hylas’’ (bronze statuette), by A. J. Leslie.
*Bought under the terms of the Lord Derby Bequest.
62 ART GALLERY.
“Granny ” (bronze group), by Mrs. Harold Stabler.
“The Chase’’ (bronze statuette), by Miss L. Gwendolen
Williams.
“Ghemma en turban noir” (dry-point etching), by Edgar
Chahine.
‘‘ Kensington Palace’ (dry-point etching), by William Walker.
“The arrival of the steam tram’ (etching), by A. R. Barker.
‘“The salving of the ‘Cumberland Lass’ off Shoreham ’’
(etching), by Nelson Dawson.
“La Pluie” (etching), by G. de Latenay .
‘“‘ Desert Scouts ’’ (etching), by Miss Jessie Gavin.
“High noon in the Boat Yard, Rye’’ (etching), by Martin
Hardie, A.R.E.
‘‘ Nymphs by the sea’’ (etching), by Sir C. Holroyd, R.E.
‘TL’ Abreuvoir au Pont Marie’’ (etching), by A. Lepére.
““The Grip’’ and “‘ The Dump ”’ (etchings), by Joseph Pennell.
“The Street, Whitstable” (etching), by Frank Short, R.A.,
P.R.E.
‘“Tour de leglise St. Jacques, Anvers’’ (etching), by D. I.
Smart, A.R.E.
‘“An Ashford Byway” (etching), by H. Boardman Wright.
‘‘ Evening Star’’ (wood engraving), by Henry Wolf.
Original illustration for ‘‘The Queen of Paphos, Erycine”’
(pen and ink), by R. Anning Bell, R.W.S.
“Sister Helen” (pen and ink), by Morris Meredith Williams.
Four Vases by the Ashby Potters’ Guild.
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2.—By Purchase.
‘“ Horse frightened by a Lion’’ (oil), by George Stubbs, R.A.
‘“‘ Creating a sensation ’’ (oil), by H. B. Roberts.
“Touchstone nominating the degrees of the lie”—(As you
like it)—(oil), by W. L. Windus.
“ Brignal Banks ’’ (oil), by Alfred W. Hunt, R.W.S.
‘Portrait of George Hargreaves’’ (miniature), by Thomas
Hargreaves.
A collection of drawings by Members of the Liverpool Sketch
~ Club (62 in number).
3.—By Donation.
“ Stranded ” oil), by W. J. J. C. Bond; presented by Colonel
W. Hall Walker, M.-P.
“Sir Roger de Poitou’’ (oil), by F. T. Copnall; presented on
behalf of subscribers by Councillor F. J. Leslie, F.R.G.S., as a
souvenir of the Liverpool Pageant, 1907.
“ Close of a stormy day, Vale of Clwyd’’ (oil), by John Finnie,
_ R.E.; presented by John Latham, Esq.
“The Rehearsal ’’ (oil), by H. B. Roberts; presented by Colonel
W. Hall Walker, M.-P.
“Job’’ (oil), by Solomon J. Solomon, R.A.; presented by
Eustace J. Harrison, Esq., as a gift from the family of the late
Edward J. Harrison.
“A Study” (oil), by W. L. Windus; presented by J. Y.
_ Dawbarn, Esq., M.A.
“St. George’s Hall and Lime Street, Liverpool, in 1862”
(water-colour), by R. H. Bantham; Pe Panto by Lieut.-Colone)
_ J. B. Gaskell, J.P.
Two water-colour drawings by John Baverstock Knight;
4 presented by the National Art Collections Fund.
64 ART GALLERY.
A Collection of drawings and sketches by Andrew Hunt and
Alfred W. Hunt, R.W.S., of which 152 have been selected and
mounted; presented by Miss Violet Hunt.
‘‘Undine’”’ (marble), by W. Calder Marshall, R.A.; presented
by the Executors of the Artist.
Fifteen etchings, presented by Dr. H. Nazeby Harrington,
viz.:—‘‘ Gloucester’? and ‘‘ Lynmouth,’ by Edwin Edwards;
‘Dundrum River,’’? ‘‘Old Chelsea Church,’ *‘ Harry Kelly’s
Putney,’ ‘‘ Brig at anchor (Moonlight),’’ ‘‘ The Towing Path at
Hampton Court,’ and ‘‘ Kilgarren Castle,’ by Sir F. Seymour
Haden, P.R.E.; ‘‘ Shrine of Henry VI,” by C. W. Sherborne,
R.E.; ‘‘ The Herdsman,” by Samuel Palmer; “Southwark Bridge ”
and ‘‘Temple Bar,’’ by Percy Thomas, R.E.; “‘The Music
Room,’’ ‘‘ Landscape with a Horse,’’ and ‘‘ Vauxhall Bridge,”’
by J. McNeill Whistler.
4.— Deposited on Loan.
“Christ and the Magdalen”’ (oil), by Arthur Hacker, R.A.;
deposited by the artist.
Bird’s eye views of Liverpool and Manchester in 1859 and 1860
(water-colours), by John R. Isaac; deposited by Richard Isaac, Esq.
The Permanent Collection has thus during 1910 been enriched
(apart from pictures lent) by the addition of 284 works, viz. :—
By deceased artists.
7 paintings in oil.
217 ae and sketches in water-colour.
1 miniature.
1 bronze statuette.
1 marble figure.
9 etchings.
ART GALLERY. 65
By living artists.
6 paintings in oil.
7 paintings in water-colour.
1 picture in pastel.
3 miniatures.
4 bronze statuettes.
20 etchings.
wood engraving.
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2 pen and ink drawings.
4 keramic pieces.
; These additions, so far as acquired by purchase, were bought
with the funds of the Autumn Exhibition; no money from the
rates having for many years been expended in the purchase of
- works of art for the Permanent Collection.
_ The purchases of 1910, as regards contemporary art, have been
made with the design, so far as funds permitted, to acquire
examples of various art tendencies, and of different mediums and
_ styles.
r The Committee have also, from the exhibition fund, bought one
bronze statuette, four oil paintings, one miniature, and a collection
of drawings and sketches by deceased painters, chiefly with the
_ object of enriching our collection of works by local artists: a most
important duty of every provincial art gallery, but one for which
no money is specially provided in Liverpool. The Committee have
been fortunate in finding their efforts in this direction generously
seconded by donors; and, during 1910, the total additions in this
‘section numbered 10 paintings in oil, 1 in_ water-colour,
1 miniature, 1 etching, two sets of drawings and sketches,
_ numbering respectively 62 and 152 examples, and two bronzes.
66 ART GALLERY.
There are now 1,166 items in the list of the Permanent
Collection, of which 126 are at present on loan to public buildings
in the City, viz., Town Hall, 34; Newsham House, 24; Central
Library, 20; Kirkdale Library, 9; Everton Library, 7; Wavertree
Library, 12; Toxteth Library, 4; St. Martin’s Hall, 1; Calder-
stones House, 14; Museum, 1.
Preliminaries have been arranged for the adequate cataloguing
of the Permanent Collection. A scheme and estimates have been
prepared for the consideration of the Committee, and it is hoped
that the work may be undertaken during the current year.
The experimental opening of the Gallery on Saturday evenings
until 8 o'clock, during the months October to May, inclusive,
having proved satisfactory, was continued. Sunday opening has
heen, as hitherto, from 2 to 4.30 p.m. during the same period.
During the year, rooms have been used for the following special
exhibitions :—
1. Exhibition of work by students of the Liverpool City
School of Art—from 29th January to 12th February.
2. The Art of Albrecht Diirer: a collection of reproductions
of his paintings, engravings, drawings, and woodcuts,
brought together and arranged in chronological order by
Sir W. Martin Conway, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S.—from
16th April to Ist August.
3. The Centenary Exhibition of the Liverpool Academy of
Arts—from 28th May to 25th June. .
4. Exhibition of Canadian Art, under the auspices of the
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts—from 4th to 25rd July.
5. Fortieth Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art—
from 19th September, 1910, to 7th January, 1911.
ART GALLERY. 67
On account of the value attaching to the notes by Sir W. Martin
Conway in the Diirer Exhibition Catalogue, a special and revised
edition on hand-made paper, limited to 50 copies, was printed after
the close of the Exhibition, and of this sufficient copies have
already been sold to repay the cost.
The Autumn Exhibition was open during 95 days and
65 evenings, from 19th September, 1910, to 7th January, 1911.
The catalogue comprised 2,445 items, as against 2,300 in 1909,
and the collection was similar in plan to that of 1909, including
amongst its special features a room devoted to Continental art, a
complete exhibition of works (100 in number) by members of the
Royal Society of Miniature Painters, a very important black and
white section, and a collective exhibition of works by members of
the Pastel Society.
The Continental section was for the first time adequately shown
by its transference to Room B, which gave more space for an
effective arrangement.
The Subscription Banquet at the opening of the Exhibition,
instituted in 1909, was repeated on 16th September with great
success, there being 140 ladies and gentlemen present, including
the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Liverpool, the Lord Mayor
and Lady Mayoress of London, the Lord Mayor of Manchester,
the Hon. J. L. Griffiths (American Consul-General in London),
Mr. George Hearn, of New York, Sir Alfred East, A.R.A.,
P.R.B.A., Mr. W. H. Lever, Mr. J.Y. Dawbarn, M.A. (President
a of the Liverpool Academy), Sir George Frampton, R.A.,
Mr. A. Bruce-Joy, and Mr. James Paterson, R.S.A.
The attendance of the public at the Exhibition, which showed
distinct diminution as compared with the previous year, was as
follows : —
At one shilling’ (95 days)........0.........04. 20,296
At Sixpence (54 evenings) ..................6.. 10,551
At Threepence (11 evenings) .................. 9,879
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School Tickets : —
At Two Shillings (admitting 24 scholars
and a teacher) 275 tickets, representing
ait PUbSMO MMe UT Ree bterccesertescie. 6,825
Season Ticket Holders : —
EMULEMICTE COS a ene teh oe x. veccornedhe teense ens 204
TeHARES HOR. OO) acting das a tiny ancoe then veered 957
SRO OMS; 2066+ (OR MOM N ie aihsicex ic use pins qeanwa sh 2,550
Gonrplinenhitany sata. we O8 .0. Beasts kes 650
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258 works were sold, the catalogue prices of which amounted to
£3,973 16s. Od. In addition to the official catalogue, an illustrated
edition was, as usual, published by Messrs. D. Marples & Co., as
well as a set of seven pictorial postcards of prominent pictures.
The Committee had valuable professional assistance in the
preparation of the Autumn Exhibition from Messrs. Alfred
Parsons, A.R.A. (now R.A.), James Paterson, R.S.A., and
Gilbert Rogers, of the Liverpool Academy of Arts.
Season ticket holders’ soirees were held on 14th October and
18th November, at the former of which there were present the
Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, and other
civic dignitaries, and the Curator delivered a ‘‘ Talk’’ on “‘ The
Progress of Colour Photography ’’ (with lantern illustrations). On
each occasion there was a programme of vocal and instrumental
music.
During the exhibition, a series of ‘‘ Talks on Art’’ was given
gratuitously by a number of gentlemen in the Exhibition on Friday
afternoons (with the exception of the first-mentioned, which was
delivered in the evening), and these proved a very attractive
feature, The following is a list of the “‘ Talks’ ;—
Date.
. 2st
. 28th
4th
Nov. lth
Noy. 18th
. 25th
. 30th
Oct. 14th | The Curator—“ The Progress of Colour
ART GALLERY.
Lecturer and Subject.
Chairman.
Photography.”
Dr. H. N. Harrington—* Sir F. Seymour
Haden, P.R.E..”
H. E. Rensburg, Esq.—‘‘ Artists and their
Work.”
Edmund Rathbone, Esq.— The Art of pre-
senting Pictures in a Public Gallery.”
The Curator—* As others see us: some notes
on Critics.”
William Archer, Esq., M.A.—‘ Spanish
Cathedrals.”
Sir Edward Russell—* Sir William Agnew.”
George T. Shaw, Esq.—‘ Public Libraries
d and Art.”
J. G. Legge, Esq., M.A.—‘ Art Criticism :
Old and New.”
The Curator—‘ Why should we look at
Pictures ? ”
(Also delivered on the evening of
15th December to the University
Art Students’ Association, in the
Exhibition.)
Gilbert Rogers, Esq.—‘‘ Modern Art and the
Autumn Exhibition.”
The Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor (Alderman W. H.
Williams).
John Lea, Esq., J.P.
John Lea, Esq.. J.P.
John Lea, Esq., J.P.
P. Charles Kelly, Esq.
R. Hield, Esq.
F. J. Leslie, Esq.,
F.R.G.S.
R. C. Herman, Esq.
F. C. Bowring. Esq.
Joseph Bibby, Esq., J.P.
J. G. Legge, Esq., M.A.
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The public interest in the Gallery, as exhibited by the
ati endances, was well maintained throughout the year.
number registered by the turnstiles up to 26th October, 1910, was
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296 260, as contrasted with 291,926 to the same date in 1909.
Thereafter the turnstiles were removed.
The attendance of students during the year numbered 1,346.
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The late ALDERMAN J. N. STOLTERFOHT.
Chairman, Libraries and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, 1900—1911.
FIFTY-NINTH
ANNUAL REPORTS
LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS
ARTS COMMITTEE
CITY OF LIVERPOOL,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER 1911.
LIVERPOOL :
C. Tinting AND Co., Lrp., Prixtiye Contractors, 53, Vicrorta STREET.
1912.
COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS
for the Year 1911-1912.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF DERBY, P.C.,
LORD MAYOR.
Committee:
FRANK J. LESLIE, ESQ., F.R.G.S,, CHAIRMAN.
RICHARD CATON, ESQ., M.D., LL.D., J.P., DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
FRANCIS W. BAILEY, ESQ., M.B.C.S.| PROF. W. A. HERDMAN DSc.,F.RS.
PROF. R. C. BOSANQUET, M.A., F.S.A. | ROBERT C. HERMAN, ESQ.
FREDERICK C. BOWRING, ESQ., J.P. PHILIP DURNING HOLT, ESQ.
RONALD STEWART-BROWN, ESQ., | C. SYDNEY JONES, ESQ.
M.A., F.S.A. | p| CHARLES KELLY, ESQ
JOHN BYRNE, ESQ., J.P. ai Lee
Q | JOHN LEA, ESQ., J.P.,
ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D. (Chairman, Arts and Exhibitions Sub-
ALDERMAN A. CROSTHWAITE, J.P. Conunittee.)
WILLIAM EVANS, ESQ., J.P. | PROFESSOR A. M. PATERSON, M.D.
ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B. | WILLIAM H. PRIEST, Esq.
FORWOOD, D.L., J.P. | HERBERT R. RATHBONE, ESQ., B.A.
ERNEST CG. GIVEN, ESQ., M.1.C.E. | (Chairman, Musewms Sub-Committee.)
(Chairman, Libraries and Reading Rooms | RICHARD RUTHERFORD, ESQ., J.P.
Sub-Committee.) (Chairman, Lectures Sub-Committee.)
FRANCIS J. HARFORD, ESQ., J.P. | COLONEL W. HALL WALKER, M.P.
Ghief Kibrnrinn:
GEORGE T. SHAW.
Deputy-Xibrarian :
HENRY E. CURRAN.
Curator of Wuseums:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, D.Sc.
Deputy-Eurator of Museums :
P, ENTWISTLE, F.R.A.I.
Curator of the Walker Art Gallery:
E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN.
Assistant Curator, Walker Art Gallery:
ARTHUR G. QUIGLEY.
CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE.
The appended Reports of the Chief Librarian and the Curators
of the Museums and Art Galleries, will be found full of interest, as
illustrating the important part taken by those Institutions in the
daily life of a great City. The fact that the use made of the
Lending Libraries alone is, in its proportion to the total population,
three times what it was thirty years ago, will have its significance
for the future historian of social progress. And he will assuredly
not ignore the statistics which show that, although the number of
Borrowers from those Libraries increased, in the year now under
review, by 4,000, the issue of works of Fiction for Home Reading
dropped by 30,000, while the issues in such departments as History,
Biography, Antiquities, and Foreign Literature, were largely
increased. The returns from the Reading Rooms show the same
feature, the Prose Fiction asked for being only 37 per cent. of the
whole issues, as against 63 per cent. in other classes. Without
any wish to question the value of sound Fiction as one of the great
branches of Literature, we must gratefully welcome the growing
popularity of other and even more important branches. It is
pleasing to know that this result may be largely traced to the
increasing interest taken by School Teachers in advising their
pupils as to the books they should read.
Last year the Committee completed and equipped the new
Reading Room in Stanley Road, and two new Libraries for the
districts of Sefton Park, and Walton and Fazakerley. The signal
success of all these, especially the Sefton Park Library, has been
most gratifying to the Committee, and although, for the first time
in Liverpool, readers have been allowed free access to the shelves
the immunity from loss proves once more that if you trust the
public and let them know that you trust them, you will not be
disapointed.
4 CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE.
Each of the two New Branch Libraries is a finer and _ better
stocked building than many a large town’s Central Library,
and it was a great delight to us all that one of them, the Sefton
Park Library, was opened by Dr. Carnegie himself, to whose
generosity we owe these and other equally fine Library buildings
which now adorn this City. The compliment of his admission to
the Civic Freedom was deservedly paid to him on the occasion of
his visit, and his eloquent and touching address in reply will long
live in the memories of those privileged to hear it. The provision,
now in hand, of Reading Rooms at Old Swan and in the Edge Hill
District will complete the series of munificent gifts by Dr. Carnegie
to the City.
In the Museums the scheme of improvements in hand has made
good progress. In the new ‘‘ Liverpool Room ’’ many of the Views,
Maps, and Plans, intended to illustrate the annals of the City, have
been installed. The Committee are anxious to make this local
collection as complete as possible. This they can only do by draw-
ing upon private collections to supplement their own, and they
would be grateful to the owners of any objects of interest for the
eift or loan of them. Mr. Robert Gladstone, Junr., and Mr.
A. H. Arkle have, from their intimate knowledge of local history,
rendered much help to the Committee in the arrangement of this
Room.
The Rooms recently allocated for housing the Egyptian, Cretan,
and Hittite Collections are in course of arrangement, and will soon
be completed. For valuable aid in this work, and for the provision
of many objects of great interest and worth, the Committee are
indebted to Professors Bosanquet, Newberry, and Garstang, who
have given the Museum the full benefit of their skilled knowledge
and experience.
That the Museums continue to be appreciated, both by experts
and by the general public, is evidenced by the numerous gifts of
additions to the Collections, averaging 20 a day throughout the
year, and by an average daily attendance of 1,500 visitors.
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CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE. 5
In the Art Gallery 110 additions have been made to the Per-
manent Collection, either by gift or purchase. The first duty of
the Committee, entrusted to it by the Council, is undoubtedly the
care and safety of the very valuable Permanent Collection of Works
of Art possessed by the City. It has been this consideration which
has induced the Committee to spend a large sum during the past
three years in the improvement of the ground floor rooms. The
Curator refers in his Report to this work, and I may say it is the
intention of the Committee to continue it.
The Curator’s reference to the absence of any fund at the disposal
of the Committee for the purchase of pictures, except the uncertain
surplus of profit there may happen to be from the Autumn
Exhibition, is a timely one. In other cities, and notably in
Manchester, there is a fund annually voted by the City Council,
and immediately available at any moment for the purchase of a
Masterpiece of Art. When such an opportunity occurs there is sure
to be keen competition, and the buyer who can first close the bargain
is the one who gets it. In Liverpool the City Council has, during
the past forty years, made no contribution at all towards its own
_ Art Collection. Some alteration in the position of the City in
the Art world as a possible purchaser is much to be desired, and
the best way of securing it is now under consideration.
The Entrance Halls of both the Art Gallery and the Museum
require renovation; and the Committee hope during the present
year to make a beginning with this and other much needed work
on the various buildings in William Brown Street.
During the year under review the Committee lost by death two
much valued colleagues: Alderman J. N. Stolterfoht, who had
rendered excellent service for eleven years as Chairman of the
Libraries Sub-Committee ; and Professor Sir Rubert Boyce, F.R.S.,
whose wide experience and erudition were most helpful to the
Committee in nearly all departments of their work.
FRANK J. LESLIE,
Chairman.
1848
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
7
HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
Suggestion by the Rev. Canon A. Hume at a meeting of the Roscoe Club,
February 1848, that a Free Public Library be established in Liverpool.
Committee Caer by Town Council, 3rd_ April, on the motion of
Councillor James A. Picton, to consider and report upon the establish-
ment of a Public Library for Liverpool.
Negotiations with the Trustees of the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street,
and Report of the Provisional Committee, 4th September, recom-
mending that an Act of Parliament be obtained for the transfer of
the Royal Institution and its contents (paintings, casts, natural history
specimens, books, etc.) to the Corporation, and that a Public Library,
Museum, and Gallery of Art be established in that building.
An Association of Citizens formed, 10th December, to promote the
formation of the proposed Library, Museum, and Gallery of Art,
and to solicit subscriptions, books, and specimens.
The Bequest by the Right Honourable Edward-Smith, 13th Earl of Derby,
K.G., F-L.S., of his collections of Natural History Specimeas intimated
to the Corporation of Liverpool by the Right Honourable Kdward-
Geoffrey, 14th Earl of Derby, K.G., F.L.S.
Mr. Thomas J. Moore appointed first Curator of the Museum.
The “Liverpool Royal Institution (Transfer of Property) Bill” sub-
mitted to Parliament and withdrawa, May 1851.
The purchase of the Union News Room, Duke Street, for the purposes
of a Library and Museum decided upon, 9th September.
Act of Parliament, 3rd May, to establish a Public Library, Museum,
and Gallery of Art, and to provide Public Lectures. Councillor James
Allanson Picton became first Chairman of the Library, Museum, and
Arts Committee.
Mr. John Stuart Dalton appointed first Chief Librarian.
_ Collection of maps, views, portraits, documents, etc. illustrative of
the history of Lancashire (particularly Liverpool), purchased from
the Executors of Mr. Thomas Binns.
Reference Library, Duke Street, opened by the Mayor of Liverpool
(Councillor Thomas Littledale), October 18th. The Library, Museum,
and Arts Committee were also charged with the management and
maintenance of the Botanic Gardens and Park.
The Museum of Natural History, bequeathed to the town by the Earl of
Derby, was opened to the public by the Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor
Samuél Holme), Duke Street, 8th March.
Two Branch Lending Libraries opened: in (1) the North Corporation
Schools, Bevington Bush, 18th October; and (2) the South Corporation
Schools, Park Lane, 1st November.
A Superintendent of Branch Libraries decided upon. Mr. W. Roulston
appointed.
The South Branch Lending Library transferred from the South
Corporation Schools to premises in Hardy Street, December 1854.
Parliamentary powers obtained, 16th July, to appropriate a site in Shaw's
Brow (now William Brown Street) on which to erect a new Public
Library and Museum building.
The North Branch Lending Library transferred from the North Corporation
Schools to special premises in Great Nelson Street, June 1855.
Offer of Mr. William Brown, m.p., Merchant of Liverpool, to erect a
new Public Library and Museum on Shaw’s Brow.
1858
1859
1860
1862
1863
1865
1866
1867
1869
1871
1874
HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
Books for the Blind provided and circulated for the first time from the
Lending Branches.
Foundation stone of new Library and Museum on Shaw's Brow laid by
Mr. William Brown, m.P., 15th April.
The “Savage” Collection of Ethnography purchased for the Museums.
The South Branch Lending Library transferred from Hardy Street to
special premises in Upper Parliament Street.
Standard music provided and circulated for the first time from the
Branch Libraries.
New building erected in Great Nelson Street, providing additional
accommodation for the North Branch Lending Library.
The Brown Library and Museum, Shaw’s Brow, formally opened by
Mr. William Brown (afterwards Sir William Brown, Bart.), lous
October. The Library was transferred from the old building in Duke
Street, and opened for public service on 3rd December.
Gift of £1,000 by Mr. Joseph Shipley (of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.,
and formerly of the firm of Brown, Shipley, and Co., Liverpool) for
the purchase of important books for the Reference Library.
The administration of the Botanic Gardens and Park transferred to the
Finance Committee.
Mr. Peter Cowell appointed Superintendent of Branch Libraries, in
succession to Mr. W. Roulston, resigned.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the
Library and Museum, 31st October.
Lectures Sub-Committee appointed.
First group of British Birds (Common Bald Coot) with natural
surroundings, prepared in the Liverpool Museum, and exhibited at
the British Association Meeting, Birmingham.
Mr. George Hudson appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to Mr. John
Stuart Dalton, deceased.
The Corporation Free Lectures inaugurated, January 1866.
Councillor Edward Samuelson, s.p., elected first Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee.
The “ Mayer ” Collection, presented to the town by Mr. Joseph Mayer, F.s.A.
Bequest to the Museum by Mr. William Tyrer Gerrard of a collection
of Natural History Specimens from Madagascar.
A large and important collection of Shells presented to the Museum by
Mr. Samuel Smith per the Rev. H. H. Higgins.
An extensive series of fossils from the coal measures chiefly from the
Railway excavation at Ravenhead presented to the Museum by the
Rev. H. H. Higgins.
Bequest to the Museum by Mr. John Mather of a collection of Miniatures,
etc., relating to the Bonaparte Family.
The First Autumn Exhibition of Pictures opened 4th September, closed
18th November, and continued annually in the Museum building
until 1876.
Councillor Edward Samuelson, s.p., elected first Chairman of the Fine
Arts Sub-Committee.
Councillor Joseph Armstrong elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor Samuelson.
Councillor Andrew B. Walker, Mayor of Liverpool (afterwards Sir
Andrew Barclay Walker, Bart.) offered to devote the sum of £20,000
to the erection of an Art Gallery.
Foundation Stone of the Walker Art Gallery laid by H.R.H. the Duke
of Edinburgh, 28th September.
HISTORICAL SUMMARY, 9
1875 Mr. Peter Cowell appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to Mr. George
Hudson, deceased.
Foundation Stone of Picton Reading Room, William Brown Street,
laid by Councillor James A. Picton, J.P., F.s.a., Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 2nd December.
1876 The Chairman of the Museum Sub-Committee (Rev. H. H. Higgins) and
two assistants took part in an Expedition to the West Indies on the
Steam Yacht ‘ Argo ’”’ for the purpose of collecting marine specimens
of Natural History, on the invitation of Mr. R. Ghobawutsley: of
Condover Hall, Salop.
1877 Councillor Thomas Holder, s.v., elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor J. Armstrong.
The Rutter-Phillips collection of Minerals presented to the Museum
by the Liverpool Medical Institution.
Mr. Charles Dyall appointed first Curator of the Walker Art Gallery.
The Walker Art Gallery opened by the Right Honourable Edward-Henry,
15th Earl of Derby, k.¢., 6th September.
The Seventh Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art opened in the Walker
Art Gallery, 8th September.
1879 The office of Superintendent of Branch Libraries abolished, and the duties
transferred to the Chief Librarian.
The Picton Reading Room, William Brown Street (adjoining the
Brown Library and Museum) opened by the Mayor of Liverpool,
Mr. Thomas B. Royden (afterwards Sir Thomas Royden, Bart.)
8th October.
Mr. Charles T. Gatty appointed Curator of the “ Mayer’? Museum.
1880 Councillor William J. Lunt elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee,
in succession to Councillor T. Holder, retired.
1881 Temporary Annexe to hold the Museum Ethnographical Collections built
at the rear of the Walker Art Gallery.
Extension of the Walker Art Gallery determined upon by the City
Council.
1882 Inauguration of the Picton Lecture Hall for Free Lectures, 3rd January.
The Hall is constructed in the basement of the Picton Reading Room,
and was first styled the Rotunda Lecture Hall.
1883 Newspapers provided for the first time in the Reference Library.
{ The Library Association of the United Kingdom held their 6th Annual
Meeting in the Reference Library, 11th-14th September, under the
Presidency of Sir James A. Picton, s.p., F.s.A., Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee.
1884 Evening Reading Rooms opened in five Schoolrooms: Stanley Road,
Queen’s Road, Chatsworth Street, Wellington Road, Low Hill. (In
consequence of the subsequent establishment of Branch Libraries in
| the several districts, these Reading Rooms, excepting that in
; Chatsworth Street Council School, have since been closed.)
First issue of the Circulating School Museum Cabinets to various Schools
: in the City, in May.
Entire cost of the extension of Walker Art Gallery, on completion,
| defrayed by Alderman Sir Andrew Barclay Walker. The extension
| was opened 30th August.
1885 Bequest to the Museum of the Nicholas Cooke Collection of Lepidoptera.
_ 1886 The Major Austin collection of Crinoids purchased for the Museum.
Ioan Exhibition of works of Art from Lancashire Collections, in the
Walker Art Gallery.
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1886
1887
1888
1890
1891
1892
1893
HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
Councillor Philip H. Rathbone, g.v., elected Chairman of the Arts and
Exhibitions Sub-Committee in succession to Alderman E. Samuelson,
retired.
Collection of Skins and Horns of large Game Animals presented to
Museum by Mr. St. George Littledale.
Exhibition of pictures by the Russian artist, Vassili Verestchagin. (A
second Exhibition by this artist was held in 1899.)
First opening of the Museums on Monday evenings from 7 to 10 during
the winter months (October to March).
International Photographic Exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery
under the auspices of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association.
First Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Advancement
of Art and its application to industry, was held in the Walker Art
Gallery, under the Presidency of Lord Leighton, p.R.a., 3rd-7th
December.
Alderman Edward Samuelson, g.p., elected Chairman of the Library,
Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Sir James A. Picton,
who died on 15th July.
Libraries and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee appointed 8th August.
Councillor Thomas Holder, g.p., elected first Chairman.
The Rev. Henry H. Higgins, m.a., elected first Chairman of the Museum
and Mayer Collection Sub-Committee.
Kensington Branch Library opened by the Mayor of Liverpool, Alderman
Thomas Hughes (afterwards Sir Thomas Hughes), 30th January.
Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood, J.p., elected Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Alderman
E. Samuelson, retired. ;
Councillor Andrew Commins, wLu.p., M.P., elected Chairman of the
Libraries and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to
Councillor Thomas Holder, s.p., retired.
Inaugural meeting of the Museums Association held in the Museum,
17th July, under the Presidency of the Rev. Henry H. Higgins, m.a.,
Chairman of the Museum Sub-Committee.
The Library, Museum, and Arts Committee becomes also the Technical
Instruction authority. Sub-Committee appointed, with Councillor
W. E. Willink, m.a., as Chairman.
Photographic Exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery, under the
auspices of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association.
The Permanent Collection, Walker Art Gallery, opened to the public
on Sundays for the first time.
Councillor W. H. Picton elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee,
in succession to Alderman Lunt, deceased.
Reconstruction of the basement of the Brown Library : Special Reference
Room for Specifications of Patents and Newspaper Files opened there,
12th December.
Exhibition of Naval and Nautical appliances, organised at the suggestion
of the Right Hon. Sir Arthur B. Forwood, Bart., m.p., Financial
Secretary to the Admiralty, opened by the Right Hon. Lord George
Hamilton, m.p., First Lord of the Admiralty, Ist February.
Councillor W. H. Picton elected Chairman of the Museum and Mayer
Collection Sub-Committee, in succession to the Rev. H. H. Higgins,
deceased.
Bequest to the Museum by the Right Honourable Edward-Henry, 15th
Earl of Derby, «.G., of a collection of Agates, ete.
The Roscoe Collection transferred to the Walker Art Gallery by agree-
ment with the Trustees of the Liverpool Royal Institution.
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
HISTORICAL SUMMARY, 11
Appointment of Mr. Henry O. Forbes, Lu.p., as Director of Museums, in
succession to Mr. Thomas J. Moore, deceased.
The nucleus of a collection of West African Ethnographical Objects,
presented to the Museum by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chiet Mngineer, tider,
Dempster, and Co.
Central Lending Library established in the basement of the Brown
Library building. Opened 17th June.
Councillor Frank J Leslie, r.R.G.s., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor W. H. Picton, deceased.
The Foundation Stone of the Everton Branch Library and Technical
Schools laid by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor W. H. Watts)
on behalf of the Lord Stanley, m.v., 5th July.
Councillor Morris P. Jones, s.v., elected Chairman of the Museum and
Mayer Collection Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor W. H.
Picton, deceased.
Opening of the Ethnographical Gallery of the Museum by the Right
Honourable the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor W. H. Watts.)
Councillor John Lea appointed Chairman of the Arts and Exhibitions
Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman Philip H. Rathbone, who died
22nd November 1895.
The Everton Branch Library, St. Domingo Road, opened by the Right
Honourable Frederick-Arthur, 16th Earl of Derby, k.¢., Lord Mayor
of Liverpool, 9th October. The Library was transferred from the old
premises in Great Nelson Street. :
The Tristram Collection of Birds purchased for the Museum.
Extension of Kensington Branch Library.
The Technical Instruction Sub-Committee constituted a separate Com-
mittee of the Council.
Sefton Park Branch Lending Library opened in the Public Offices, Lark
Lane, 4th October.
Walton Branch Library opened in the Town Hall, Walton, 11th October.
The Seton Karr Collection of Flint Implements from Egypt purchased
for the Museum.
Exhibition of Pictures by the late Alfred W. Hunt, r.w-s., held in the
Walker Art Gallery.
Foundation Stone of the Museums Extension Buildings and Technical
School laid by Sir William Bower Forwood, p.t., 7.P., Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 1st July.
Expedition to the Island of Sokotra for the collection of specimens of
Flora and Fauna.
Councillor Frank J. Leslie, F.R.G.s., elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman Andrew
Commins, LL.D., M.P.
Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee in succession to Councillor F. J. Leslie.
Alteration of the title “Museum and Mayer Collection Sub-Committee ”
to “The Museums Sub-Committee,’ 24th July.
Bequest by Mr. Hugh Frederick Hornby, Merchant of Liverpool, of his
Art Library (comprising books, prints, autographs, and art bindings),
together with £10,000 for the erection of a building suitable for its
reception.
Alderman Joachim N. Stolterfoht elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor F. J.
Leslie, retired
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1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
HISTORICAL SUMMARY,
Uouncillor Edwin Berry elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor A. Crosthwaite, elected Lord
Mayor of Liverpool.
Key’s Plenum System of Heating and Ventilation installed in the Brown
Library and Museum, June 1901.
Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite, s.e., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor E. Berry.
Toxteth Branch Library, Windsor Street, opened by Mr Andrew Carnegie,
15th October. The Library was transferred from the old premises in
Upper Parliament Street.
Removal of plateau fronting Brown Library and Museum, and alteration of
approaches to the building.
Councillor J. Harrison Jones elected Chairman of the Museums Sub-
Committee, in succession to Mr. Morris P. Jones.
The Wavertree Branch Library, Picton Road, opened by Councillor
Robert Durning Holt, s.r., Deputy-Chairman of the Library, Museum,
and Arts Committee, 12th May.
Opening of the Rawdon Reading Room, Breck Road, Anfield, by Councillor
William Evans, g.v., 18th October.
Mr. E. Rimbault Dibdin appointed Curator of the Walker Art Gallery,
in succession to Mr. ©. Dyall, retired.
The Northern Photographic Exhibition, under the auspices of the Liverpool
Amateur Photographic Association, held in the Walker Art Gallery,
(This exhibition also took place in 1907 and 1911.)
The Kirkdale Branch Library, Brock Street, opened by Alderman J. N.
Stolterfoht, Chairman of the Libraries Sub-Committee, 21st June.
The Andrew Carnegie Branch Library, Green Lane, West Derby (the
gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie) opened by Sir William B. Forwood,
D.L., JeP., Chairman of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee,
27th June.
Extension of the Museum Aquarium completed.
Councillor William Permewan, m.p., elected Chairman of the Museums
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor J. Harrison Jones, resigned.
Inauguration of the Hugh Frederick Hornby Art Library, on 26th
October, by Mrs. Madden, of Sandown Hall, Wavertree, to whom an
illuminated address (enclosed in silver casket) was presented by the
Library, Museum and Arts Committee. During the ceremony a marble
bust of the late Hugh Frederick Hornby, executed by Mr. C. J. Allen
on the commission of the Committee, was unveiled by Colonel H. H.
Hornby, s.p. The Hornby Library building is an annexe to the Picton
Reading Room.
Opening of the New Galleries of the Museums Extension by the Right
Honourable Frederick-Arthur, 16th Earl of Derby, «.e., 19th October.
The Walker Art Gallery first opened to the public in the evening. The
Gallery was first experimentally opened on Monday evenings, this
being afterwards altered (successfully) to Saturday evenings.
The collection of Botanical Literature forming the Library of the Liver-
pool Botanic Gardens transferred by the Parks and Gardens Committee
to the Reference Library.
Dryden Street Evening Reading Room opened, 21st October.
Councillor H. Chaloner Dowdall, m.a., B.c.u., elected Chairman of the
Museums Sub-Committee, in succession to Dr. Permewan.
Exhibition of the Art of W. Holman Hunt, o.M., p.c.u., held in the
Walker Art Gallery.
Memorial Exhibition of the Art of the late John Finnie, R.E., R.C.A.,
held in the Walker Art Gallery.
Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Antiquities held in the Walker Art
Gallery in connection with the Liverpool Sept-Centenary Celebrations.
1908
1909
1910
1911
HISTORICAL SUMMARY. 13
Alderman E. W. Turner elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee,
in succession to Councillor Crosthwaite.
Councillor Frank J. Leslie, ¥.R.¢.s., elected Chairman of the Library,
Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Sir William B.
Forwood, D.u., J.P.
Councillor Herbert R. Rathbone, v.a., elected Chairman of the Museums
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor H. Chaloner Dowdall,
elected Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Art held in the Walker Art Gallery.
The Garston Branch Library, Bowden Road (the gift of Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, Lu.p.), opened by Councillor F. J. Leslie, Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 26th May.
Mr. George Thomas Shaw appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to
Mr. Peter Cowell, deceased.
Establishment of Lending Libraries Depdt for the circulation of special
books and the interchange of books amongst the Lending Branches.
The Herbarium Collection of over 40,000 specimens transferred by the
Parks and Gardens Committee from the Botanic Gardens to the
Museums.
An illuminated address presented to Mr. A. Ridyard, 2nd July, in
recognition of his gift to the Museums of numerous ethnographical
objects and natural history specimens from the West Coast of Africa.
Councillor Richard Rutherford, s.P., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee in succession to Alderman E. W. Turner, resigned.
Inauguration by Councillor William Evans, s.r., of Branch Lending
Library in the Rawdon Reading Room, Anfield, 3rd February.
On 13th October, an address (enclosed in silver casket) was presented
to Miss Mary L. Hornby, in recognition of her generous gifts during
many years, of Braille Books for the blind.
The Art of Albrecht Diirer, a collection brought together and arranged
in chronological order by Sir W. Martin Conway, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S.,
exhibited in the Walker Art Gallery.
The Centenary Exhibition of the Liverpool Academy of Arts held in
the Walker Art Gallery.
Exhibition of Canadian Art held in the Walker Art Gallery, under the
auspices of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Councillor Ernest C. Given, m.1.c.z., elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman J. N.
Stolterfoht, deceased.
Evening Reading Room, Stanley Road, opened by the Right Honourable
the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor S. Mason Hutchinson),
13th June.
The New Sefton Park Branch Lending Library, Aigburth Road, opened
on August 3rd_by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, tu.p., the donor of the
building. The Library was transferred from the Public Offices, Lark
Lane.
Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, pD.sc., Deputy Curator, appointed Curator of Museums,
in succession to Dr. Forbes, retired.
Afternoon Conference of Chairmen of Museum Committees and Museum
Curators from towns in the North of England, held in the Museums,
18th October.
The Walton and Fazakerley Branch Library, Evered Avenue (the gift of
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, Lu.p.), opened by Councillor Richard Caton,
M.D., LL.D., J.P., Deputy Chairman of the Library, Museum, and
Arts Committee, 23rd November. The Library was transferred from
the Walton Town Hall, Rice Lane.
LIBRARIES. 15
CHIEF LIBRARIAN’S REPORT.
= <<<
Gentlemen,
T respectfully submit a report of the work of the Reference and
Lending Libraries during the year 1911.
The attached tables of statistics shew that 2,258,777 volumes
were issued over the counters in the Reference Library, Lending
Libraries, and Reading Rooms. In addition, it is estimated that
there has been a use equal to an issue of over half a million volumes
of the books placed on open shelves in the Reference and Branch
Reading Rooms.
The figures for the Reference Library may be regarded as normal.
Nearly twenty-three thousand more volumes were issued than in
1910, the smaller figures for that year being accounted for by the
fact that the Picton Reading Room was closed for one month for
painting.
The issues from the Lending Libraries shew a nett decrease as
compared with the previous year of 25302 volumes to adults, and
a nett increase of 6488 volumes to juveniles. The decreased issues
to adults are neither unsatisfactory nor unexpected. To some
extent they may be accounted for by the unusually long period of
fine weather, the disturbed state of the city during August, and by
the fact that two of the Libraries were closed for four months
while their stocks were being prepared for transfer to new buildings.
The principal reason, however, is the Committee’s change of policy
in regard to the purchase of novels. Since the end of the year 1909
novels have not been bought until a period of from six to twelve
months after publication has elapsed. The decreased issues of fiction
during 1911 as compared with the issues for the year 1910 amount to
~18518 volumes. In an annual issue of over nine hundred thousand
volumes of fiction, a decrease of eighteen thousand is not a serious
16 LIBRARIES.
matter, but in this case it serves to shew that the Committee have
been justified in declining to continue to cater for the comparatively
limited number of borrowers who only want the latest and most
sensational novels. The delay in the purchase of novels is not only
an advantage to the Committee economically but also enables «
careful selection to be made.
The statistics of issues to Juveniles for home reading are
interesting. The nett increase on the preceding year is 6488
volumes. There were increased issues of non-fictional works
amounting to 18255, and decreased issues of fiction to the extent
of 11767. ‘This result is to be mainly attributed to the great heip
given by the School Teachers to the Children in the selection of the
books to be borrowed from the Libraries.
A word of commendation is due to the Librarian and Staff at the
Everton Branch Library for the large increase in the issues to
children from that Library. Fifty thousand volumes were issued
in 1911 as against 37565 volumes in 1910, and 321685 volumes in
1909.
In the Picton Reading Room there were eight special exhibitions
of books on topical subjects. All were popular, while the exhibition
of Bibles at the time of the celebration of the Tercentenary of the
Authorized Version of the English Bible was visited by a large
number of children from the elementary schools. Several local
Societies held special meetings at the Reference Library when books
on the subjects in which their members are interested were
exhibited.
CATALOGUES.
The preparation of catalogues for the Libraries for children in
the new Walton and Fazakerley and Sefton Park buildings, together
with the revision and passing through the press of the catalogue for
the Central Lending Library, seriously interrupted the work on the
Reference Library catalogue. Progress, however, was made with
this important work, and there is every prospect that during 1912
the work will be satisfactorily advanced.
LIBRARIFB. 17
Indexes have been made to the large collection of Liverpool
obituary notices, and to the biographical, historical, and topo-
eraphical articles.
Tur Moorr MSS ann Documents.
The Collection of Moore MSS and Documents in the Reference
Library have been calendared by Mr. John Brownbill. There are
1344 separate items in this collection, and all have been numbered
and systematically arranged.
LANCASHIRE Dreps.
The Calendar of the Lancashire portion of the Coleman Collection
of deeds which was made by Mr. Brownbill in 1910, has been typed
and an index of the names of the persons and places contained
therein has been compiled and typed.
New Lisrary Burnpres.
During the year three new. buildings were completed and opened.
The Stanley Road Reading Rooms were opened by the Right
Honourable the Lord Mayor (Councillor S. Mason Hutchinson), on
the 13th of June. The Sefton Park Lending Library was cpened
by the generous donor (Dr. Andrew Carnegie), on August the 5rd;
and the Walton and Fazakerley Lending Library and Reading
Rooms by the Vice-Chairman of the Library, Museum, and Arts
Committee (Dr. Richard Caton), on November 25rd. ‘The Stanley
Road Reading Rooms are most popular, and there has been an
average attendance of 211 per night.
At both the Walton and Fazakerley and the Sefton Park Libraries
the safeguarded Open Access system has been introduced and so fax
has proved successful. ‘The success of the latter Library amply
demonstrates that the public of the Sefton Park district appreciate
the increased facilities for reading that the new building affords.
‘The fact that this new building is situated near to the premises in
Lark Lane used for many years as a Lending Library, has enabled
nearly all the borrowers to retain their tickets, while a large number
of new Readers have been secured, In 1911, 2850 Readers’ tickets
18 LIBRARIES.
were issued to adults as against 1404 in the vear 1910. A Lending
Library for Juveniles has been provided in the new building and
1104 tickets were issued to children between August and December.
The new building in Kvered Avenue was erected to supply the two
districts of Walton and Fazakerley, and the site selected for it 1s
half a mile distant from the premises formerly used as a Lending
Library for Walton. It is probable that this distance between the
two buildings has deterred a large number of the Borrowers from
the old Library from claiming their tickets for use at the new
Library. Some of the Borrowers have had their tickets transferred
to the Kirkdale Branch Library, and it is hoped that those who have
not yet responded to the appeals addressed to them may be induced
to take up their tickets at the new building or join either the
Kirkdale or Everton Libraries. There is every indication that the
people of the Walton and Fazakerley districts will make full use of
the splendidly equipped building now placed at their service. A
Lending Library and a Reading Room for Juveniles have been
provided, and during the month of December over 600 borrowers
tickets were issued to children.
Tur Brancy Liprartrs AND READING Rooms.
With the opening of the two new buildings above referred to,
all the Branch Libraries are now housed in modern and specially
constructed buildings. During the ensuing year it is hoped that
the new Reading Rooms for the Old Swan and Chatsworth Street
districts will approach completion. The question of providing a
Lending Library and Reading Rooms for the Scotland Road district
will remain, and when the demands of that district have been met,
the work of the Committee so far as the building of Branch Libraries
is concerned, will be finished until our City has extended far beyond
its present boundaries.
Since the year 1890 the Committee have erected ten new buildings
for Libraries and one for Reading Rooms. The total cost has been
£92347, of which Dr. Carnegie has generously provided £39152.
It is interesting to see to what extent this great expenditure
has been appreciated by the people of Liverpool. The highest
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number of issues of books from the two Branch Libraries in Great
Nelson Street and Upper Parliament Street was in 1880 when a
total of 436415 was recorded. The issues for the past year
amounted to 1578309 volumes.
The increase of readers is also interesting. By deducting from
the population returns the number of persons over 70 years of age
and under 10, an accurate estimate can be made of the number
of possible Readers within the City limits. In 1881 the number of
Borrowers from the Libraries was 1 in 35 of the total possible
Readers. In 1891 it was 1 in 30. In 1901 it was 1 in 20, while in
1911 it was 1 in 11.
STOCKTAKING.
During the year the stocks of the Branch Libraries were checked
and a report submitted to the Committee.
Every effort is being made to improve the condition of the stocks
in the various Libraries. N early eleven thousand soiled and worn-
out volumes were withdrawn, for over seven thousand of which clean
copies were substituted.
A scheme was submitted and adopted by the Committee for a
re-arrangement of the hours of the Staffs in the Lending Libraries.
The services of the extra assistants engaged for evening work were
discontinued, and the economy thus effected enabled the
Committee to carry out a long desired reform of the hours of labour
of the large number of boys employed in the Reference and Branch
Libraries.
The Toxteth Branch Library was painted and decorated and
alterations made to the newspaper stands which enable the Reading
Room to be more effectively supervised.
Lectures.
The number of Free Lectures delivered during the year was
167 (29 in the Picton Lecture Hall and 138 in various districts),
a reduction of eighteen on the number delivered in 1910. The
total attendances numbered 77910. The average attendance of 466
20 LIBRARIES.
at each lecture was an increase over the average for the previous
year. The special lectures to juveniles have been in every way
successtul. ‘I'wenty lectures were delivered, and the total attend-
ances numbered 11286, an increase of 1113 over the returns for the
year 1910.
Picron Lecture Hatt.
The Picton Lecture Hall was re-painted and decorated. ‘he
system of ventilation, hitherto so defective, has heen successfully
re-constructed.
Your obedient Servant,
GEO. T. SHAW,
Crier LIBRARIAN.
The Library, Museums, and
Arts Committee.
LIBRARIES. 21
TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT.
Yaa pacd Approximate estimates. Prints Lecture
application. Volumes. Periodicals. leeued. |AStOOREnES
Reference Library.
cton Rrapine Room:
Volumes issued on application .............cccece000-. 207,000
\pproximate estimate of the issues of volumes
_ of Reference Works and General Literature,
Meme Open shelves .......i.00cc..cccessseseoocese., 122,956
Approximate estimate of the issues of current
Literary, Scientific and Technical Reviews
and Periodicals, from open shelves ............... 111,578
NN Reapinc Room:
olumes issued : Prose Fiction ..........c000cee000--.. 43,488
General Literature, from open
BHOLVGR! Teeth siescasndoe nce 98,198
ipproximate estimate of issues of current
Periodicals, from open shelves ..................... 133,664
PAPERS: Bound Volumes ....0.......000.0. seses 6,686
MRMPUSEARDMIBN TS 5.503 85. doeetccoccacaeeieacca, 36,135
Freperick Hornsey Art Liprary : tae
eee ee | 5,478
; Totals—Reference Library.................. 392,332 | 122,956 | 245,242 | 5,473
hs Branch Libraries.
VOLUMES ISSUED, LENDING DEPARTMENTS
a AND ReapineG Rooms.
Adult. Juvenile. Total.
Biome soe ns. 159,044 — 159,044
iano 136,928 37,937 | 174,865
132,434 68,786 201,220
119,301 28,898 148,199
eanf, 114-761 28,618 143,399
Rete 102,167 60,653 162,820
e 90,901 70,495 161,396
ae 88,638 | 50,751 139,389
86,580 | 23,093 | 109,673
en 77,320 32,484 | 109,804
Exeneeess 64,137 4,363 68,500
fotals—Lending Departments .. 1,578,809)
-,, Branch Reading Rooms 283,136; 1,861,445
+ Lectures (18 centres).
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mebiecture Hall........:sseccccccescone 25,777 )
ict Gecture Halls.............006..... 52,133) Tae
prrand Totals..." eeee. ... 2,253,777 | 199,956 | 245,249 77,910
tfE.—The references to current newspapers and directories are not included
* Closed on April 10th and re-opened in new building, August 4th, 1911.
+ Closed on June 9th and re-opened in new building, November 27th, 1911.
+ The number of lectures was reduced from 185 in 1910 to 167 in 1911.
5,473 |
22 LIBRARIES.
TABLE Il.
Classification of volumes issued in the Reference Department.
Picton Reading Room and Brown Reading Room :—
1911. 1910.
Theology, Morals, Metaphysics ... a : 22,637 23,405
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Physiology, &e. . 26,844 26,934
Natural History ... 13,451 12,354
Fine and Industrial Aris (including Patents). 53 109 { 2
Specifications of Patents ... Ee a . 36,135 J — oe
History and Biography, &c. et oe of ae 58,096 56,464
Topography and Antiquities an i eas 23,427 21,093
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Mvlases ie oe 36,950 28,461
Collected Works, Essays, &c. ... =r 35 bos 83,954 61,384
Jurisprudence, Law, Politics ... a6 12,666 17,196
Commerce, Political Economy. Social Boisnee, ‘ke. is 26,533 26,272
Education and Language... ae Ax nies “se 31,989 27,675
Poetry and Dramatic Literature Sad i cee 20,036 18,984
Prose Fiction ee pee ae 43,488 35,941
Latin and Greek Classics dd Wranaiuhions oss és _ 3,580 4,291
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, &c. ae ae = 14,882 12,948
Newspapers: Bound Volumes .., won ate Sa3 6,686 6,611
514,463 474,057
Hugh Frederick wae Art Library :—
Volumes Issued .... ies re So ree ee 825 1,008
Total ... fs eae - , 015:288 475,065
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the Reference Department :—
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Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Phy alae &e. =F) ee w» = 4,445
Natural History Es st ude 8,984
Fine and Industrial hee (including Patents} he ae at ae” 2170S
History and Biography, &c. ees roe bea Poe “er ae (is
Topography and Antiquities i : = ae ce ane 8,426
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Massa : & a was 7,466
Miscellaneous Literature (principally Collected Works, “Weoage:
Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes) . -- 386,356
Jurisprudence, Law, Politics oe “or tee --- 12,685
Commerce, Political Economy, Social iene’ ke. sab Bo we 5,266
Education and Language ... ber nee awa wes ae ide 3,002
Poetry and Dramatic Literature ... Sos = ale sas bas 5,292
Prose Fiction ... wee ae See <a 5,414
Latin and Greek Glasto ind "Tranalatiots ae ee ae io 1,139
Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference... ave eee re 6,173
Hugh Frederick Hornby Art Library ae oA =e 2 sss, 93860
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TABLE V.—Shewing the numbe
CLASSIFICATION.
Theology, Ethics
Physics, Mathematics...
Natural History .........
Arts: Fine, Industrial
History, Biography......
Topography, Antiquities
Voyages, Travels.........
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Law, Politics
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Foreign Literature
Prose Fiction
Classics: Latin, Greek
Books for Blind
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LrnpDING DrpARTMENTS: ADULTS.
Central. | Bretton | Toxteth [ensingion
2,480 | 1,523 | 1,726 1,086
2,389 | 1,137 | 1,669 1,316
1,959 886 | 1,285 1,194
13,987 | 4,903 | 7,494 8,622
4,561 | 1,911 | 3,722 2,474
1,231 361 789 704
2,462 | 1,449 | 2,394 2,096
2,394 | 6,373 | 6,761 6,142
449 134 185 285
2,268 | 1,160 | 1,425 EN
1,164 552 918 576
1,361 90 226 217
1,782 784 910 946
118,950] 67,111 |107,020 | 105,269
176 130 181 136
1,438 134 223 200
159,044| 88,638 136,928 | 132,434
Walton
Branch.
t
64,137
prark, | "Branch.
1,167 Sey
777 1,386
857 1,700
6,006 6,643
2,654 3,430
877 | 1,049
2,077 2,616
1,412 | 4,946
196 508
691 1,220
762 1,088
516 129
1,384 1,136
67,050 | 87,329
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Kirkdale
Branch.
1,196
1,454
913
5,654
2,434
422
1,435
3,225
220
1,002
1,308
122
1,066
70,152
176
122
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1,184
1,240
1,363
9,198
2,759
742
2,273
5,263
262
1,152
1,188 |
343
1,252
90,831 ST
250
50
t Closed on April 10th and re-opened in new building, August 4th, 1911.
§ Closed on June 9th and re-opened in new building, November 27th, 1911.
TABLE VI.—Shewing the numb
Everton Toxteth |Kensington
Central. Branch. Branch. | Branch.
New Tickets issued during
1911—
PNGTU Mg cg Seciced wekssa ce deeatat 2,934 1,076 1,929 1,747
PMO OD ty ces cenueurhacponerey 429 90 156 114
DUVENILG wos ser. mvacaseseaves — 951 962 1,668
3,363 2,117 3,047 3,529
Tickets now in use, 31st
December, 1911—
AGU lim sp esvsisueedeete seaeeuene 5,777 2,253 3,900 3,540
GU eubS kaa re steetmmneiaeseae 867 181 324 227
MUMVENUG 055s ducksscscsecasene — 1,933 1,781 2,972
6,644 4,367 6,005 6,739
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‘olumes issued for Home Reading.
3 LENDING DEPARTMENTS: CHILDREN.
Total
Issues
Everton | Toxteth | Kensington) Walton Eaton Wavertree | Kirkdale West Garston | Rawdon
Total. Branch. | Branch. Branch. | Branch. Ste Branch. Branch. ek | Branch. | Branch. Biota
Wr ta e+ rower
13,589 229 88 300 30 | 178 103 491 63 198 210
8 13,839 244 154 146 8 | 260 299 421 82 214 130
29 12,749 | 1,785 873 2,480 | 155 | 359 1,016 | 1,839 567 770 | 1,732
392 *76,577 | 1,899 967 2,224 | 214 |1,153 1,255 | 2,856 | 1,358 | 1,397 | 2,268
1| 29,724 | 4,360! 1,867| 3,322) 491 1,633 2,348 | 6,390 | 1,387 | 1,788 | 4,919
8,324 13 so ae (a said ae = ae — | 4,933
5 | 22,277 | 2,151| 990| 1,872| 186 |1,238| 1,872 | 2,707 | 1,569 | 1,547 | 1,418
45,054 | 2,884 | 1,651 | 3,575 8} 93| 2,160 | 2,468 | 2,186 | 2,408 | 403
0 2,889 — — _- — = = = pas = ae
8 12,724 11 rg eae rae =a s fe - 193
9,895 — 24 — 6; — — = = = 128
3,805 — _ —- — = = = = x Ls
3 | 11,445 821 127 870 80 | 536 282 969 194 490 497
7 905,261 | 36,354 | 31,086 | 53,997 | 3,163 |17,643| 19,783 | 52,804 | 21,542 | 23,672 | 43,888
Beams; —| —| — My erect tesa I So ee es
ee 9) Pp P|] oes ee eae cee
BT
7 /1,172,234| 50,751 |37,937 | 68,786 | 4,363 |23,093| 28,618
D:
* Of this total 35,642 were volumes of Music.
+ Includes 10,032 vols. issued from Lending Libraries Depét.
wers from Lending Libraries.
rl ‘Wavertree Kirkdale |West Derby} Garston Rawdon
‘anch. Branch. Branch. Branch. Branch. Total.
ee art
Wa
| 1,647 | 1,207 | 1,765 | 1,113 | 1,007 | 18,440
112 216 181 75 2,287
581 429 773 8,924
2,562 1,723 | 1,855 29,648
| | | |
5,438 | 4,877 | 2,815 | 5,888 57,056
26
CLASSIFICATION.
Theology, Ethics .........
Physics, Mathematics ...
Natural History .........
Arts : Fine, Industrial
History, Biography ......
Topography, Antiquities
Voyages, Travels .........
Miscellaneous Literature
MAW POUDICS) Accesses se
Commerce, &c¢. ...........-
Education, Language ...
Poetry, Drama ............
Prose Fiction ............
Classics : Latin, Greek
POTAUS sss
LIBRARIES.
TABLE VII.—Shewing the number @
ApuLtT Rooms.
Everton
Branch |
778
407
1,465
744
491
683
49
370
283
6,283
70
12,710
149
426 |
Toxteth |Kensing-| Walton
Branch
241
7,698
99
15,139
ton
Branch
Branch
675 106
2,114 196
3,742 109
5,515 552
5,084 159
491 87
1,309 146
3,785 346
172 30
1,122 118
485 109
1,150 101
17,905 1,155
85 —_—
43,634 | *3,214
Waver-
tree
| Branch
382
775
899
2,687
1,578
542
1,372
| 2,472
274
979
995
490
1,763
177
15,385
Kinkdale| Derby
228 327
515 564
370 489
1,331 | 2,021
490 427
137 192
491 304
1,932 1,042
90 92
287 1,358
470 369
273 315
7,767 2,414
68 72
14,449 9,986
Stench | Beene” Ste
|
302 | 69
491 | 247
620) 147
1,230 sunt
749 | 177 |
563} 70
768 | 230 |
969 126
159| 58
546 200
439 246
486 | 197
1,053 1,507
ao!)
$438, 3,788 2,4
* Opened Noy. 27th 1911.
TABLE VIII—EVENI
Reading Rooms.
Chatsworth Street (Council Schools)...... 30
3
Stanley
Dryden
Road
Street
Renee meee eee e eee ee eee eeneee
aes issued in Reading Rooms.
LIBRARIES.
27
CHILDREN’s Rooms,
Mota. | Gretes"| Boztels| Keanine-| wanton | Wace irate
Branch
120 33 99 | 8 418 131
43 73 792 17 322 271
301 720 2.711 59 | 1,327 | 1,647
829 459 1,691 © 105 | 1,928 402
1,468 706 3,619 275 | 3,374 | 2,530
20 35 92 229 — —
545 710 476 88 | 1,377 357
2,709 | 5,678 374 17 | 2,898 | 15,760
5 — — 5 — —
1 eae Oe ee Ses =
UD ee eee ee |e
43 367 415 | 43 312 417
9,796 | 5,518 5,389 1,487 | 1,986 | 10,430
Ee 7 cs ee ath we
Se
15,895 14,318 | 15,658 : "2,348 | 13,942 | 31,945
* Opened Nov. 27th 1911.
Average
per Night.
81
211
70
115,797
Average
per Night.
West
Derby |
Branch
111
384
7,949
Goeston| ota |
468 | 1,388
430 | 2,069
890 | 8,514
1,894 | 8,215
9,955 | 23,372
— 376
6,165 | 10,337
4,265 | 36,496
— 10
— 22
— 21
1,487 | 3,468
12,388 | 54,943
7
4,577
8,224
15,620
25,388
34,117
3,079
17,009
51,883
1,029
5,482
3,818
7,193
105,123
644
17,187 | 37,942 |149,285 283,136
LIBRARIES.
TABLE 1IX.—Shewing classification of Borrowers.
Occupation.
Everton
Central. | Branch.
= — }
Architects, Builders.....
Artists, Draughtsmen ...
Bakers, Butchers, Grocers,
Boilermakers, Riveters |
Bookbinders, Printers...
Bookkeepers, Clerks......
Boot and Shoe Makers
Box Makers. <<c.-.caerscere
Brass, Iron, &c. Founders
Bricklayers, Slaterers ...
Cabinet Makers............
Carpenters, Joiners ......
Chemists, Druggists......
Clergymen, Doctors, &c.
Coach Builders ...........-
Cooks and Waiters ......
Customs Officers, Police
Domestic Servants ......
Dressmakers, Milliners
Engineers, Machinists
Farmers. Gardeners......
IRI GMTCI. Seces siaccee oe biecesn
Hairdressers .......+:0+0++
Tronmongers ......-.+-+++++
Ga MOWLeLSec..-oseneeeece==
Licensed Victuallers, &c.
WWiaginersscne ass </s<csseerse ee
Merchants, Brokers......
Messengers, Office Boys
Music Teachers............
WMMISICIANS J.2scssconnene seer
INSUESES cecleesesmsneanennes see |
Painters, Plumbers ......
Pattern Makers, Turners
Pawnbrokers ......+e.0+-++
Schoolmasters, Teachers
Shipwrights and Riggers
Syral dats) © cocsosceenone Rerkicae
SHdentis seccsecsstewwnce cme
Tailors and Drapers......
Telegraphists, Typists ...|
Tohacconists .....-.-..0.--- )
Warehousemen,
Storekeepers ...
Watchmakers, Opticians
Miscellaneous .....-..+-+-
No occupation
(principally females)...
Second Ticket Holders
37
39
62
(@hwldtertis. cae. sek ose sss ; —
Totals...
6,644 4,367 | 6,005 6,739
Toxteth \Kensing- Walton | Sefton | Waver- |Kirkdale| West Garston Rawdon| - ;
Branch. ton Branch.| Park tree Branch | Derby | Branch. Branch. Tote
Branch. Branch. | Branch. Branch.
12 9 3 14.) “12 4 ae 8 5
| 18 21 2 11 8 3 TO: ks 15
| 86 72 33 56 46 48 43 | 43 61
pees Gal = S|. “BS )) csdlly Ae 5.) Se
|} 22 | 58) — amt 15 25 13 3 38
| 447 503 482 448 342 318 447 | 191 | 461
20 10 1 38 7 3. 3 5 7
Oh ae ee ey ee 18 3 2 4
bid 7 — | 6 6 2) 7 5 2
6 na) 9 Dat, eal) 9 3 4 3
eb 33 — 2 11 10 8 il 4
| 46} 44] 48 24 33 39 19 19 23
36 20 11 23 12 12 11 & 6
6 | 14 23 34 9 9 19.) “SF 11
4 6) 1 4 6 6 ti 1 1
ily 50 4 26 5 a 18 6 22
67 78 20 84 26 41 63 24 45
Biel 24 90 | 80 17 29 25 35 18
54 60 60 70 14 41 36 27 56—
113 106 85 82 27 | 100 72 | 123 64
i| 6) 6| 13) ~i2) ~S| 12)
8 4 4 1 3 4 i 15 1
14 15 2 ra) 3 8 + 5 8
t 8 1 2 5 9 — 5 3
98 92 | an 7 12 49 13 33 20
10 17 1 —_— 4 11 4 4 6
22 13 6 14 | 7 13 10 13 4
14) 26) 9 16 eeetsl 10 SOU ae ae a
119 99 | 32 64 | 59 113 38 15 94
9| 15| 6 7 7 6 8 8| 12
4 25") 13 4 4 5 15 6 8 |
ee Soe eS OS ec ae g| 13} 11 y
48 65 TB alto 1, 17 29 24 23
6 | 2 == 2 5 14 4 iS) 40
/ 8 11 2 | 8 5 3 3 4 4
148 | 150, 252| 252| 102] 122} 186} 36, 194 ]1
tc 4 5 6 2 14, — 23 3
9 14 1 10 8 is} 6 5 3
197) 381 296 | 296 | 681 77 | 197 | 20 | 102
33 68 15 16 14 30 Lae ele 29 |
66 | 62 66 89}. 32 35 58 25 51
8]. 14 5 1 4 8 6 2 7T{
| ]
36 5 ee} 34 16 37 15 ai
7 22 8 8 4 2 3 3
220 | 71) 437 156) 224) 198], 41 76
1,737 | 1,454 1,404 471 1,318 | 742 |1,789 ; 656
| 324 | 927 | 328 | 748 | 338 | 911 | 428 | 297 q
| 1,781 | 2,972" 614 1,104 | 1,044 | 2,982 | 1 119 844 | 2,438
4,372 | 5,361 ae 4,877 | 2,815 | 5,888 t
?
LIBRARIES. 29
FREE LECTURES.
During the year 167 Free Lectures were delivered, the total
attendance being 77,910. Twenty of the Lectures were specially
for children. Twenty-nine Lectures were given in the Picton Lecture
Hall, the remainder in the following district halls, i.e.—
(1) Scotland Road (St. Martin’s Hall); (2) Kirkdale (Branch Library, Brock
Street); (3) Walton (Corporation Baths, Queen’s Drive); (4) Aintree (Aintree
Institute, Longmoor Lane); (5) Everton (Branch Library); (6) Netherfield (St.
Ambrose Mission Hall, Prince Edwin Street) ; (7) Anfield (Council Schools, Anfield
Road); (8) West Derby (Council Schools, Lister Drive); (9) Knotty Ash (Village
Hall, Prescot Road); (10) Kensington (Lundie Memorial Hall, Beech Street);
(11) Wavertree (Town Hall); (12) Sefton Park (Gregson Institute, Garmoyle
Road); (13) Edge Hill (Balfour Institute, Smithdown Road); (14) Garston
(Corporation Baths); (15) Aigburth Vale (Girls’ Secondary School); (16) Aigburth
(Parish Hall, Dundonald Road) ; (17) St. Michael’s (St. Michael’s Church Room,
Belgrave Road) ; (18) Toxteth (David Lewis Club, Great George Place).
LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS.
(Excepting where otherwise stated, the Lectures were illustrated by
Lantern Views.)
Lecturer. Subject. Halls.
Akhurst, Forbes ............... “There is no wealth but | Aigburth—Lister Drive,
life: a Ruskin recital.” West Derby—Kirkdale
—Picton—Anfield—
David Lewis Club.
PAMGYE,HPCLGY <.2c.0c-s00ccedeesess “The land of the Trouba-| Picton—Gregson Institute,
i dours: the romantic Sefton Park—Walton—
cities, lore and legend of David Lewis Club.
Provence.”
Atkins, E. A., A.M.LM.E ...... “Ancient and modern | Kirkdale—Anfield.
é methods of ironmaking.”
- Beer, Adolph W. ..........:06 “King Alfred’s Land (Wells, Garston.
Glastonbury, etc.) ”
+
- Bellingham, Edgar ............ “Caravan and camera: a | Aigburth—Anfield—
eyPsy holiday in the Picton.
and of the Lancashire
witches.”
Blair, Andrew ......ssssse0seees “ Beautiful Austria: a tour | St. Martin’s Hall.
through Tyrol.”
30
Lecturer.
Blake, A. H., M.A.
Brown, H. Grégorius,
F.R.H.S.
” ”
Brown, Samuel E., M.A.,
B.Sc.
Buckeridge, C. H.
Budden, Charles W., M.D.
” ”
Cairns, W. Murray, M.B.
2” 3°
Caton, Councillor Richard,
M.D., J.P.
Clarke, Edgar
Coop, Rev. J. O., M.A.
” ”
Corke, H. Essenhigh,
F.R.P.S.
Costain, Rev. A. J., M.A.
Dibdin, E. Rimbault, Curator
Walker Art Gallery.
9 9
” >
Dunlop, G. A.
Dunning, A. H., F.R.G.S.,
F.R.P.S.
eee eee ene
rere err rrry
.| ‘Down the Thames in a
.| “‘ Japan and the Japanese.”
| “Oxford: City and Uni-
LIBRARIES.
Subject.
“London, picturesque and
historical.”
“The romance of the
London streets by day |
and night.”
“A journey in the Balkan .
countries.”
“On tramp in Austria.”
*“Nature’s sculptors and
how they form earth’s |
features.”
“* New Zealand : its scenery,
products, and agricul-
tural pursuits.”
camping boat.”
“With a camera in the
Scottish Highlands.”
** Some phases of Japanese
life and character.”
“The monasteries of Mount |
Athos.”
‘ Christmas
a recital.”
* Dickens’
Carol’ :
©1812: the Moscow Cam-
paign.”
““The fortresses of Ger- |
many.”
** One hundred English wild
flowers.”
versity life.”
“An artistic tour in
Holland.”
** Art on the hoardings.”
‘* Painters as story-tellers.”’
‘* Spiders and their ways.”
** Among the savages of New
Guinea.”
Halls.
Picton—Kirkdale.
Anfield.
Aintree.
Everton—St. Martin’s Hall.
| Lister Drive, West Derby.
Picton.
| Aintree.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Picton.
Picton.
Wavertree.
Aintree.
Gregson Institute, Sefton
Park.
St. Michael’s—Kensington.
Picton—Garston—Aintree.
Picton.
Knotty Ash—Anfield.
Garston.
St. Michael’s.
Picton—Walton—Balfour
Institute, Smithdown
Road—David Lewis
Club.
LIBRARIES.
31
Lecturer.
Ellis, John W., M.B., F.E.S. ...
Gladstone, Robert, Jun.,
B.C.L., M.A.
Green, C. Theodore, M.R.C.S.,
L.B.C.P., F.LS.
Grensted, Canon F. F., M.A.
Holland, C. Thurstan,
M.R.C.S., F.R.P.S.
Hoult, James
Jenkins, J. Travis, D.sc.,
PH.D.
Johnston, Rev. James,
F.R.H.S.
PRIN GO WIS <i.-.dsscnesesces coos
Kennedy, John, F.R.G.s. ...
Lane, C. Grant
Lund, Rev. T. W. M., m.a. ...
McCullagh, Rev. H. H., B.a.
Subject.
“* Days in Merrie Sherwood ;
with glimpses of Ivanhoe |
Land.”
“Our National Records: |
what they are and how |
they have been treated.”
“The fascination of the
wilderness.”
“The Roman Wall: how |
the Romans held Eng-
land.”
““Voyagers to the Isle of
Man a thousand years
ago, and the relics they
have left.”
“Wanderings in Switzer-
land.”
“The Hundred of West
Derby : historical, topo-
graphical, antiquarian,
and anecdotal.”
“ Village life in Bengal.”
** Mexico, the land of
romance and beauty.”
“The birds of Hilbre
Island.”
...| “‘ Finland, the country and
the people.”
“Wild Australia: adven-
tures in the Bush.”
“The lagoons of Venice.”
“Handel and his music,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
** Johann Sebastian Bach,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
““Some chronicles of an
ancient kingdom :
rambles with a camera
*twixt the Wharfe and
the Aire.”
Halls.
Anfield—Knotty Ash—
Kirkdale.
Picton.
Picton.
Kirkdale—Picton—
St. Michael’s.
Picton—Lister Drive, West
Derby.
Aintree.
Kensington—Knotty Ash.
Kensington—Aigburth—
Knotty Ash.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Aintree—Knotty Ash.
St. Martin’s Hall—Everton.
Gregson Institute, Sefton
Park—Picton—David
Lewis Club—Walton.
Kensington.
Kensington—Aigburth—
Garston—Picton.
Picton—David Lewis Club
|
Kensington— Wavertree.
32
LIBRARIES.
Lecturer.
MacVeagh, Jeremiah, M.P. ...
Marchant, Professor E. W.,
D.S¢., M.I.E.E.
Martin- Duncan, F., F.R.P.S.
Moir, James, B.Sc.
9?
Moore, Miss Marjorie
Nicholas, Rev. T. F., M.A.,
F.R.G.S. -
Noble, William H.
”? 2°
Northcote, Henry F.
seer ween ees
O’Mahony, Michael
>
Parkinson, Rev. George A. ...
Payne, Rev. G. A.
Raymond, Walter
Saxby,Fred W.
eee e eee eeeeeee
Shaw, George T., Chief
Librarian, Liverpool
Public Libraries.
2?
| “The beauties of dust.”
Subject.
** Parliamentary life and |
humour.”
** Hlectric lamps and electric
lighting,’ with experi-
ments.
‘‘In Neptune’s kingdom ;
or, the wonders of life in
the sea.”
“Colour and colour photo-
graphy.”
“Our National songs,”
with vocal _ illustra-
tions by Lecturer.
** Paris, Versailles, St. Cloud,
ete.”
“The glories
Spain.”
“* Lord Nelson and his great
naval achievements.”
of Sunny
“Electric and _light-pro-
ducing fishes.”
“Samuel Lover,” with
musical illustrations.
‘* Songs and their kindred,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
“The Channel Islands:
their customs, beauties,
ete.”
‘“Garibaldi; or, stirring
times in Italian history.”
Kirkdale—St. Martin’s Hall.
—Wavertree—Picton.
Picton.
David Lewis Clubh—
Gregson Institute,
Sefton Park—Garston.
Wavertree.
Gregson Institute, Sefton
Park—Picton.
Aigburth—Gregson Inst.,
Sefton Park—Picton—
Garston.
Aintree—Lister Drive,
West Derby—
Wavertree.
Kirkdale.
Walton.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
Picton.
Knotty Ash.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Wavertree—Kensington—
Picton.
“The Cranford Country :
Knutsford and Mrs.
Gaskell.”
“‘Character, custom, and
dialect.”
* In crystal wonderland.”
“The makers of Liverpool.”
“Public Libraries
their work.”
and
Picton—St. Michael’s.
Gazston—Gregson Inst.,
Sefton Park—Aigburth
—Picton.
Knotty Ash.
Garston—Lister Drive,
West Derby—Picton—
Balfour Institute,
Smithdown Road.
Walton—Aigburth.
LIBRARIES. 33
Lecturer. Subject. Halls.
-——— eee, Er es a
Thompson, George E., “ Life in Tripoli.”” Kensington.
F.R.P.S.
” °
Tillemont-Thomason, F. E.
C.E., F.PH.S., F.R.G.S.
Walshe, Rev. T. J. ..........8.
Wells, Samuel, F.R.G.s.,
F.R.A.I.
bed ”
Wethered, Councillor W. P.
; Wright, Rev. Cecil H.
_ Yardley, Walker R., t.c.P.
ene e eee e eee ee eee
“Portugal and the Portu-
guese.””
“Six hundred miles up the
Nile.”
and mira-
earth move-
“* Marvellous
culous
‘Florence and _ its
memories.”
“* The land of the Vendetta :
Corsica.”
‘“*Where three
empires
meet: Poland.”
“Lake Vyrnwy, Rivington,
and the waterworks of
the Liverpool Corpora-
tion.”
“The life and works of
Giuseppe Verdi,” with
musical illustrations.
“Opera: its origin and
development,” with
musical illustrations.
“* Jamaica, the Queen of the
Antilles.’
“Shakespeare, the greatest
Englishman.”
“* West Country folk songs,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
“John Chinaman: an
account of a journey in
Southern China.”
** Rambles and scrambles on
the Pacific Slope and in
the Yellowstone Regions
of the Far West.”
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
Picton—W alton—Anfield—
Kirkdale.
Picton—Gregson Institute,
Sefton Park.
Wavertree—Lister Drive,
West Derby.
Walton—David Lewis
Club.
Aigburth.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
St. Martin’s Hall—
Wavertree.
Anfield.
Picton.
Aintree—Lister Drive,
West Derby—Knotty
Ash—Balfour Institute,
Smithdown Road—
David Lewis Club.
Balfour Institute,
Smithdown Road.
Walton.
34
LIBRARIES.
Lecturer.
Bullen, Frank T., F.R.G.s.
Cairns, W. Murray, M.B. ......
” ”
Coop, Rev. J. O., M.A.
”? 9
Crowther, Henry, F.R.M.S.
” ”
Green, C. Theodore, M.RB.C.S.,
L.R.C.P., F.1.S.
Hamilton, Rev. James, M.A.
Harris, Rev. Charles, M.A. ...
MORES MNOWIS!) sc eneucerececsesessre
Lund, Rev. T. W. M., M.A. ...
Wright, Rey. Cecil H.
seeeee
.| “The people in the deep
.| “‘ Heroes of the Norsemen.”’
Subject.
ECTURES TO CHILDRE
sea,”
“ Little folk of Far Eastern
Lands.”
“Little pigtails and small
kimonos ; or, the
‘Happy new year’ in
China and Japan.”
“The Conquest of the
Soudan.”
“Heroes of the British
Navy.”
“King Arthur and _ the
Knights of the Round
Table: an introduction
to the age of English
chivalry.”
‘** Country rambles with the
Children.”
** Bonnie Prince Charlie.”
““Eneland in the days of
old.”
“The story of Hilbre Island
birds.”’
“The country of William
Tell: peeps into Swiss
life.”
“The Land of Lyonesse ;
or, stories of King
Arthur in Cornwall.”
Halls.
N.
Garston—Anfield—Lister
Drive, West Derby.
Aintree—Wavertree.
Gregson Institute, Sefton
Park.
Anfield—Garston.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
Kensington—Aintree.
St. Martin’s Hall—Lister
Drive, West Derby.
Gregson Institute, Sefton
Park.
Kirkdale.
Wavertree.
St. Martin’s Hall.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
Kensington—Kirkdale.
LIBRARIES. 85
DONATIONS.
HOC. Beaztey,:F.S.A. :—
Froissart’s Modern Chronicles, 1903-6, told and pictured by
Sir F. Carruthers Gould. (Edition de luxe on vellum paper.)
Tur LATE Proressor Sir Rupert W. Boyce, M.B., F.R.S.:—
Yellow fever and its prevention: a manual for medical
students and practitioners, by Sir Rubert Boyce, M.B.,
F.R.S.
Tur TRUSTEES OF THE British MusrumM :—
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalene, v. 10 (Text and
Plates); Flora of Jamaica, v. 1; List of books forming the
library of the Reading Room, 4th ed. revised, 2 v.; Coins of
the Roman Republic, by H. A. Grueber, 3 v.; Handbook to
the ethnographical collections; Catalogue of romances in
the Dept. of MSS., by J. A. Herbert, B.A., v. 3; Catalogue
of engraved British portraits, by F. O’Donoghue, F.S.A.,
v. 2; Catalogue of the Greek coins of Phoenicia, by G. F.
Hill, M.A.; Monograph of the British lchens, by Annie L.
Smith, pt. 2; Students’ index to the collection of minerals,
24th ed.; Handbook of the tsetse-flies, by E. E. Austen;
Catalogue of the freshwater fishes of Africa, by G. A.
Boulenger, F.R.S., v. 2.
Anprew Carnecie, LL.D. :—
Life of Harry Watts, sixty years sailor and diver, by
Alfred Spencer. 1911.
F.R.S. :—
Bibliography of the writings, general special and periodical,
forming the literature of philately. 1911.
Sir A. W. W. Dats, M.A., LL.D., Vice-Cuancentor, Liverroor
UNIVERSITY : —
Warren’s Book, edited by A. W. W. Dale, M.A., LL.D. 1911.
36 LIBRARIES.
Wiuuiam B. Dickenson :—
The Book of Martyrs; or, the acts and monuments of the
Christian Church, by the Rev. John Fox, A.M. Revised
and improved by the Rev. John Malham; embellished with
engravings. 1811.
E. Gorpon Durr, M.A. :—
The printers, stationers, and bookbinders of York up to 1600,
by E. Gordon Duff; English fifteenth century broadsides,
by E. Gordon Duff; and various bibliographical pamphlets.
Mrs. Fortone :—
Faiths of man: a cyclopaedia of religions, by Major-General
J. G. R. Forlong, M.R.A.S., F.R.G.S. dv. 1906.
Councititor F. J. Harrorp, J.P. :—
Potted golf, by Harry Fulford. 1910.
Miss Mary L. Hornsy :—
Books for the Blind in Braille type, 62 v.
TRUSTEES OF THE JOHN Rytanps Liprary, MANCHESTER :—
Catalogue of the Greek Papyri, ed. by Arthur S. Hunt,
D.Litt., v. 1, 1911. John Rylands’ Facsimiles: No 1,
Propositio Johannis Russell, printed by William Caxton,
circa A.D. 1476; No. 2, A booke in Englysh metre of the
Marchaunt man called ‘‘ Dives Pragmaticus,”’ 1563;
No. 3, A litil boke the whiche traytied and reherced many
gode thinges necessaries for the Pestilence, made by the
Bisshop of Arusiens, London, 1485.
THe Rr. Hon. tue SECRETARY OF STATE For INDIA : —
District Gazetteer of India, 23 v.; Report of the Chief Inspector
of Mines in India, 1910.
Friep. Krupp, A.G. (per Felix Schumm) :—
Krupp’s Steel Works, by Friedrich C. G. Miller. 1898.
LIBRARIES. 37
Messrs. Morrison anv Sons, WAvVERTREE: —
Photographs showing the progress of construction of the
Liverpool Cathedral.
R. D. Ranvcuirre, M.A., F.S.A.:—
Notes on Stanley and neighbourhood, in the township of West
Derby and County Palatine of Lancaster, compiled by
R. D. Radcliffe, M.A. 1910. Special copy, interspersed
with photographs, &c.
SMiruson1an Instrrurion, Wasuineton, U.S.A. :—
Report of the United States National Museum, 1909-10;
Harriman Alaska Expedition, 9v.; and 22 other Reports,
Bulletins, &e.
a oa
Sourn American Misstonary Socrery (per H. W. Rowe) :—
An unknown people in an unknown land: an account of the
life and customs of the Lengua Indians of the Paraguayan
Chaco, with adventures and experiences met with during
twenty years’ pioneering and exploration amongst them, by
W. Barbrooke Grubb. 1911.
_ Tue wate Ricuarp Streez, J.P. :—
Imitation : the mimetic function in human nature and in
nature, by Richard Steel. 1910.
» Rowarp Stewsrt-Brown, M.A., F.S.A.:—
History of the Manor and Township of Allerton, in the County
of Lancaster, by Ronald Stewart-Brown, M.A.; Maps and
plans of Liverpool and District by the Eyes family of
surveyors, by Ronald Stewart-Brown, M.A.: Photograph of
Eyes’ Plan of Allerton in 1568.
Unirep States Government :—
Administrative reports, 1910, 2 v.; Report of the Commissioner
a of Education, 1910, 2 v.; Special report of the Bureau of
the Census, lv.; and 419 other Reports, Bulletins,
Circulars, &e.
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LIBRARIES.
CLEMENT J. WILKINSON :—
James John Garth Wilkinson:
a memoir of his life, with a
selection from his letters, by Clement John Wilkinson. 1914.
Annual Reports have been received from various learned societies
and other institutions; also Annual Official Publications of
the British Colonial Governments, per the Agents-General.
OTHER Books,
the following :—
Aberdeen University.
I. William Adams.
T. G. Adie & Co.
American Museum of
Natural History.
Animals’ Friend Society.
Anti-Socialist Press.
Architects’ Benevolent
Society.
Rev.
John §. Arthur.
Australian Museum, Sydney.
C. E. Baker.
Baptist Missionary Society.
Dr. H. C. Bartlett, M.A.
Bennett & Co.
Thomas H. Bickerton, M.D., |
J.P.
Birkenhead Corporation
Ferries.
Birkenhead Literary and
Scientific Society.
Birmingham University.
W. R. Blair.
Board of Trade, Labour
Department.
Boult, Son, & Maple.
British Association.
British Guiana Permanent
Exhibitions Committee.
British Medical Association.
British South Africa Co. |
British Union for the Aboli-
tion of Vivisection.
R. J. Broadbent.
T. B. Browne & Co.
T. N. Brushfield, M.D., F.s.A.|
Buenos Aires National
Museum.
Government Printing Office,
Burma.
W. H. Butler, M.A., J.P.
Miss Isabella Calder.
Syndics of Cambridge
University Press.
PaMPHLETS,
H. Armstrong, M.A. |
| C. C. Cotterill.
ETC., have
Geological Survey of Canada.
Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
| Catholic Publishing Co.,
| Liverpool.
_ Central Association of
Accountants.
| Howard M. Chapin.
| Chartered Institute of
Secretaries.
Chicago Board of Trade.
Department of Public
Works, Chicago.
A. A. R. Chinnappa, F.R.S.L.
Church Emigration Society. |
Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce.
| Cincinnati Museum Associa-|
/ tion.
| Cobden Club.
Columbia University.
Compendium Publishing Co.
Congo Reform Association.
| Thomas Cook & Sons.
Co-operative Union, Man-
chester.
E. T. Cope & Co.
Cornell University,
New York.
Ithaca,
Rev. J. Bell Cox, M.A.
Crane & Co.
Cripplegate Institute.
| A. A. Dallman, F.c.s.
| Edward Deacon. .
Dublin University.
Mrs. L. B. Dudley.
E. Gordon Duff, M.a. |
| Durham University.
H. Norman Edge.
Edinburgh University.
| Heiman J. Elkin.
Office.
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Emigrants’ Information |
Free Trade Union. |
| Thomas A. Glenn.
| Hampton Scholastic
) Heaton’s Agency, Toronto.
Professor W. A. Herdman,
| M. A. Hughon & Co.
| Incorporated National Lend-
been presented by
James B. Gaskell, J.P.
Glasgow and West of Scot- ~
land Technical College.
R. F. Gould.
G. Grazebrook, F.s.A.
Royal Observatory, Green-
wich.
J. & W. Griffin.
Directory Co.
C. R. Hand.
| Museum of Comparative
Anatomy, Harvard
University.
Borough Meteorologist,
Hastings.
J. Hazelhurst.
Arthur E. Haynes.
D.Sc., F.R.S.
Walter Hill.
J. Hope
James Hoult.
Humanitarian League.
James Hutt, M.a.
Ice and Cold Storage Pub-
lishing Co.
Special Tax Commission,
Illinois, U.S.A.
Illinois State Historical
Library.
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Incorporated Council of Law
Reporting of England and
Wales.
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Treland.
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Charles F. Inston, F.R.P.s,
LIBRARIES.
International Cable Direc-
tory Co.
Charles Janet.
College of Science, Tokyo,
Japan.
Hugh R. Jones, M.D.
Sydney A. Kelly.
Kyoto Imperial University,
Japan.
A. Lamb.
Lancashire and Cheshire
Entomological Society.
Medical Officer of Health of
Lancashire.
Charles and Edwin Layton.
Leicester Literary and
Philosophical Society.
Corporation of Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Littlewood.
Lloyd’s Publishing Co.
R. Cyril Lockett.
City and Guilds of London
Institute.
Society of Antiquaries of
London.
London College of Divinity.
London College of Music.
London Directory Co.
London : University College.
Town Clerk, London.
Louisiana State Museum.
William Macdonald & Co.
Macmillan & Co.
Manchester Microscopical
Society.
Manchester Museum, Owen’s
College.
Manchester Statistical
Society.
Manchester Unity of Odd-
fellows.
R. Sydney Marsden, D.se.
Massachusetts General
Hospital.
Mather & Crowther.
Meany Printing Co., New
York.
Institute of Mechanical
Engineers.
Mercantile Marine Service ©
Association.
Merchant Venturers’ Tech-
nical College, Bristol.
Mersey Conservancy
(Admiral Sir G. 8. Nares).
Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board.
Meteorological Council.
Bureau of International
Exchanges, Montevideo.
T. Moody & Co
Morel Testimonial Com-
mittee.
National Museum of Wales.,
Armstrong College, New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
New South Wales Service
Board.
New York State Department.
of Education.
H. J. Nicholls.
North Wales, University
College of, Bangor.
Northern Counties Educa- |
tion League.
M. O'Mahony.
Delegates of the Local
Examinations, University |
of Oxford.
Commission du Vieux Paris.
E. J. Parkinson.
J. & J. Paton.
Peace Society.
J. Pearson & Co.
University of Pennsylvania
Frederick W. Penny.
Walter Perry & Co.
Phillipson & Golder.
Robert F. Pick.
Lieut.-Col. J. Pilkington,
F.S.A.
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons.
College of Preceptors.
Queen’s College, London.
J. Henry Quinn.
Ragged School Union.
Review of Religions, India.
Royal Astronomical
Society.
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f Art.
Rosal College of Physicians.
Royal College of Surgeons.
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic
Society.
Royal Society of Canada.
Royal Dublin Society.
Royal Hungarian State
Railways.
Royal Institute of British
Architects.
Royal Insurance Co.
Royal Society of London.
Rushworth & Dreaper.
J. F. Ruthven.
J. Paul Rylands, F-.s.a.
St. Catharine Press.
Editors of ‘* Santa Lucia.”
Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland.
William Shone.
Dr. G. Herman Sieveking.
| South Wales,
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University
College of, Cardiff.
John A. Stephens.
Arthur H. Stockwell.
Stonyhurst College.
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| Lucas P. Stubbs.
Stubbs Publishing Co.
| Swedenborg Society.
Sydney University.
Tariff Reform League.
Testimony Publishing Co.,
Chicago.
W. H. Tomkinson.
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| Trades Directories, Ltd.
Trinity College of Music,
London.
George Tutill.
Union Defence League.
United Kingdom Alliance.
Universal Cookery and
Food Association.
University Correspondence
College.
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ment League.
| J. W. Vickers & Co.
Victoria University, Man-
chester.
Volta Bureau.
| W. D. Westervelt.
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| J. Whitaker & Sons.
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W. 'T. Whitley, M.a., LL.D.
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William Willett.
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Wisconsin Geological and
Natural History Survey.
W. Woffenden.
Zoological Society
London.
of
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_ have been received from the
following :—
Aberdeen.
_ Adelaide, South Australia.
| Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Ashton-under-Lyme.
Aston Manor.
Enoch Pratt, Baltimore.
Peabody Inst., Baltimore.
Barrow-in-Furness.
| Barry.
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Birmingham. Fraser Institute, Montreal. Wolverhampton.
Blackburn. Newark, New Jersey. Worcester.
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Brooklyn.
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pest.
Bury.
California State Library.
Cambridge Public Library.
Cambridge University
Library.
Cardiff.
Chelsea.
Cheltenham.
John Crerar, Chicago.
Chicago Public Library.
Chorley.
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District of Columbia.
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Library.
Coventry.
Croydon.
Derby.
Dundee.
Dunkenfield.
Edinburgh.
Fulham.
Great Yarmouth.
Hakodate.
Hammersmith.
Handsworth.
Harvard University.
Hove.
Ipswich. .
National Library of Ireland,
Dublin.
Jersey City.
Kimberley.
Knutsford.
Leeds.
Leicester.
Leyland.
Lincoln.
Liverpool (Lyceum) Library,
Los Angelos, California.
Manchester.
Public Library Commission
of Massachusetts.
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
| Rawtenstall.
| Imperial Library, Tokyo,
| Tottenham.
| Victoria, Australia.
Howard Memorial Library, |
New Orleans.
New South Wales.
Newton, Mass.
Newton-in-Makerfield.
Columbia University, New
York.
New York Public Library.
Norwich.
Nottingham.
Oldham Lyceum.
Ottawa.
Peoria, Illinois.
Perth, Western Australia.
Friends’, Germantown,
Philadelphia.
Public Library, Philadelphia
Carnegie Library of Pitts-
burgh.
| Portsmouth.
Preston. _
Providence, Rhode Island. |
Richmond.
National Library, Rio de
Janeiro.
Rochdale.
Runcorn.
St. Bride Foundation
Technical Library.
St. Helens. .
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ciation.
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Salem, Mass.
| Salford. |
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| Female Orphan Asylum.
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Shoreditch.
South Shields.
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Stoke Newington.
Japan.
Toronto.
Walthamstow.
Wandsworth.
Warrington.
Library of Congress, Wash-
ington.
Waterloo-with-Seaforth.
Watford.
West Bromwich.
Westminster.
LivERPOOL INSTITUTIONS
AND SOCIETIES.
Reports have been re-
ceived from the follow-
ing :—
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Architectural Society.
Art Studies Association.
Artists’ Club.
Auxiliary Bible Society.
Father Berry’s Homes.
Biological Society.
Botanical Society.
Catholic Young Men’s
Societies.
| Certified Industrial Schools.
Chemists’ Association.
Chess Club.
Children’s Country Holiday
Fund.
| Church Schoolmasters’ and
Schoolmistresses’ Bene-
volent Institution.
| City Mission.
| Clerks’ Association.
Convalescent Institution,
Woolton.
David Lewis Northern
Hospital
| Day Industrial Schools.
Engineering Society.
Enquiry and Employment
Bureau for Educated
Women.
| Home for Epileptics, Mag-
hull.
Foreigners in Distress.
Geological Association.
Hahnemann Hospital.
Hospital for Consumption,
Incorporated Chamber of
Commerce.
Infirmary for Children.
Bishop of Liverpool's Fund.
League of Welldoers.
Literary and Philosophical
Society.
Liverpool Dispensaries.
Liverpool Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to
Children.
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Records.
Liverpool University.
Medical Institution.
Microscopical Society.
Naturalists’ Field Club.
Observatory.
Asylum for Orphan Boys.
Overhead Railway.
Peace Society.
Savings Bank.
Philharmonic Society.
Philomathic Society.
Royal Infirmary.
Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to
Animals.
Royal Southern Hospital.
Sailors’ Home.
Savings Bank.
The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c.,
regularly presented :-—
Accountant
African Mail
American Museum Journal
Australian Official Journal
of Patents
Board of Trade Journal
British Architect
Canadian Patent
Record
Clerk of Works’ Association
Journal
Commercial Motor
Daily Dispatch
Decorator
Decorators’ and Painters’
Magazine
Domestic Engineering
Educational Times
Electrician
Esmeduna
Estates Gazette
Gregg Writer
Guild Gazette
Gwalia
Herefordshire Times
~Homeeopathie World
Horological Journal
Incorporated Accountants’
Journal
_ Incorporated Society
Musicians, Journal of
_ Investors’ Guardian
Irish Times
Office
of
| Labour Gazette
| Life-boat
Liverpool Catholic Times |
Liverpool Courier (daily
and weekly)
Liverpool Diocesan Gazette _
Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Express
Liverpool Institute Schools |
Magazine
Liverpool
Commerce
Liverpool Weekly Mercury
Journal of
Liverpool Porcupine
Liverpool Post and Mercury
Liverpool Weekly Post
Liverpool Y.M.C.A. Journal
Local Government Chronicle
Local Government Officer
Locomotive Journal
Mariner
Master Builders’ Association
Journal
Mona’s Herald
Motor
Motor Boat
Motor Cycle
Motor Traction
Musical Herald
National Service Journal
New Church Magazine
Northampton Mercury
Oddfellows’ Magazine
Seamen’s Friend Society.
Seamen’s Orphan Institu-
tion.
Shipowners’ Association.
Sunday School Union.
Workshops for Outdoor
Blind.
Young Women’s Christian
Association.
and others, have been
Official Journal of the Patent
Office
Our Programme
Paper Maker
Patents
| Petroleum Review
Positivist Review
Preston Herald
Printers’ Register
Railway Review
| Reports of Patents, Designs,
and Trade Marks.
Sanitary Record
| Seript Shorthand Journal
Shipping World
| Social |’emocrat
Socialist Standard
Society of Chemical Indus-
try : Journal
Sphinx
Stationer, Printer, and
Fancy Trades Register
Stationery World
Stonyhurst Magazine
Students’ Journal
Timber News
Timber Trades Journal
Trade Marks Journal
University Correspondent
Wallaseyan
| Western Daily Press
Zoophilist
te
REPORT BY THE CURATOR OF MUSEUMS.
I beg to furnish the Fifty-ninth Annual Report upon the
CONDUCT and PROGRESS of the Museums.
1.—GENERAL.
Since 1896, a period of sixteen years, specimens of Natural
History and of Ethnography, totalling over 100,000 specimens,
have been added to the Collections, or an average of nearly 7,000
additions per year.
The visitors to the Museums during the year are as follows :—
Total Visitors Rea Hee es Sie sie a 403,128
Weekly Average it ae 138 ak tae 7,752
Daily Average... tes ee Bee Be oa 1,544
The attendance of School Children under the charge of teachers
has continued, and the latter have availed themselves of the clause
in the Education Code, whereby time devoted to instruction in
_ Museums reckons as school attendance. School teachers make
_ frequent use of the Museums theatre to give special lessons to their
_ pupils—specimens being brought from the Museum cases for
illustrating them. The specimens of various sections, especially
those illustrating the ethnography of primitive peoples, have been
_ in great request. Special lecture courses in geography, drawn up
series of lantern slides has been drawn upon for further illustra-
tions. Assistance has been given to advanced students preparing
for University examinations in Liverpool and London,
44 MUSEUMS.
Twenty-four lectures were delivered by the members of the Staff
and others on Monday evenings in the lecture theatre of the
Museums, specially dealing with the various collections in the
institutions. They were illustrated by specimens and lantern slides.
The number of visitors to the Museums on these Monday evenings
totals 9,239, of whom a large percentage attend the various
lectures.
In all sections of the Museums considerable progress may be
recorded. To the Exhibition Galleries, in addition to the general
conservation and maintenance of specimens already there, numerous
important additions have been made, and many descriptive and
illustrative labels have been added, to aid alike the general visitor
and the student.
In the Lord Derby Museum a number of Mammals (Sun Bear,
Tahr, Maxwell’s Duiker, &c.), Birds, Fishes and Reptiles have
been mounted and placed on exhibition in the General Collections
of the Upper Galleries. In the British Galleries twelve new Bird
Groups, with natural surroundings, and a number of bird migrants
have been placed on exhibition. Many fluid preparations of
Invertebrate animals have been prepared and exhibited, and
collections of British Orthoptera, Neuroptera and Hymenoptera
have been acquired and are in process of being mounted for
exhibition.
In the Botanical and Geological Departments useful work has
been done. The examination and arrangement of the very large
Herbarium acquired from the Botanical Gardens, Edge Lane, has
been continued.
Considerable progress has been made in the transfer and re-
arrangement of the Collection: of Egyptian Antiquities so kindly
undertaken by Professor Newberry. It is anticipated that the
synoptic grouping of the collection, whereby objects of a like nature
and use are associated together into series, will greatly increase
its interest and educational value.
MUSEUMS. 45
A collection of Cretan Antiquities has been deposited and is in
course of arrangement by Professor Bosanquet, and a collection of
casts of Hittite monuments in the Berlin Museum has been received
on loan from the Liverpool School of Archeology, and will be
shortly mounted and placed on exhibition.
The remarkable bronze head, now believed to be of Augustus,
found by Professor Garstang from excavations at Meroé in the
Egyptian Sudan, was on exhibition for a time in the Main Hall.
It is now deposited in the British Museum, but we hope to acquire
a facsimile of the original.
The British and European Ceramics have been housed in new
cases specially built for them, and these important collections can
now be inspected to much greater advantage than formerly. A very
instructive introductory case has been arranged in which is
displayed many of the processes in the production of pottery.
The West African Section continues to be augmented by
donations from Mr. Ridyard. The total number of Mr. Ridyard’s
gifts to the Museum is now not far short of 5,000.
So as to afford opportunities for the inspection éf recent
acquisitions, a special case has been placed in the Main Hall, in
which the acquisitions made both by donation and purchase are
displayed from month to month.
I have much pleasure in acknowledging the conscientious work
and generous co-operation of all members of the Staff.
On October 18th a Conference of the members of the Museums
Association, and others interested in the work of museums, was held
in the Museums, on the invitation of the Libraries, Museums and
Arts Committee. About 60 persons were present, including the
Curators, and in some cases the Chairman or other representative
of the Committee, of the public museums of Manchester, Sheffield,
Hull, Leicester, Stoke-on-Trent, Bolton, Warrington, and other
towns in Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire. The visitors were
received and welcomed by the Chairman, Mr. F. J. Leslie,
46 MUSEUMS.
F.R.G.S., and I gave a brief description of the arrangement of the
collections, after which an hour was spent in the inspection of the
exhibits and in that informal exchange of news and views which is
so useful and pleasant a feature of these gatherings. After tea the
chair was taken by Mr. H. R. Rathbone, Chairman of the Museums
Sub-Committee. The following papers were given by members of
the Staff:—‘‘ Note on the Introductory Series to the Ceramic
Gallery in the Liverpool Museum,” by P. Entwisrre, F.R.A.I.;
‘The Botanical Gallery of a Public Museum,”’ by W. 8. Laverocg,
M.A., B.Sc.; ‘‘ Modern Methods of Taxidermy,’ by Mr. J. W.
Curmore; ‘‘ The Educational Value of Museums for Schools,’’ by
J. A. Cruse, D.Sc.
The Twenty-second Annual Conference of the Museums Associa-
tion was held at Brighton from July 10th to 15th, and I submitted
the following report to the Museums Sub-Committee at its August
meeting : —
‘“‘T beg to report on my visit as delegate from Liverpool to
the Brighton Conference of the Museums Association.
Upwards of 40 Museums at home were represented, as well as
the American Museum of Natural History (New York), the
Australian Museum (Sydney), and the Deseret Museum (Utah).
A large number of highly interesting and instructive papers
were communicated, and many important discussions took
place. In addition to participating in the discussions, on the
special invitation of the Hon. Secretary, I submitted a paper
on ‘The Purpose and Arrangement of an Index Museum,’’
(see “‘ Museums Journal,’’ Vol. II, p. 254), in which the
idea was elaborated of making the Entrance Hall of
Museums a philosophic introduction to the fields of human
knowledge covered by museum collections. The scheme
proposed for the Liverpool Museum, by Professor Newberry
and myself, was outlined, and in the discussion which followed
it was generally agreed that some form of introductory
collection, broad in conception and treatment, is an absolute
necessity in all large museums, in which the multiplicity of
collections bewilder the uninitiated visitor. It was felt that it
MUSEUMS. 7 AT
would serve not only to demonstrate the inter-relation of the
Natural Sciences, but also enable the visitors to get a clear
grasp of what the institution is aiming at. I subsequently had
_ many conversations with fellow-curators, in which the scheme
was favourably discussed. Professor Bashford Dean, of the
American Museum of Natural History, was especially interested
and enthusiastic. ‘ Nothing so comprehensive has as yet been
attempted,’ he said, and he will watch the development of the
scheme with great interest.
‘** T also had the opportunity of meeting Mr. J. Bailey, of the
Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, who has
charge of the Government Grants-in-Aid Fund, and of
discussing with him the conditions and arrangements whereby
pecuniary grants up to half the amount are made to museums
for the purchase of certain classes of specimens. Up to the
present no advantage has been taken of these grants im
Liverpool, but I hope to bring the matter before the Committee
at an early date.
“IT found of great advantage the opportunity, afforded by
these conferences extending over several days, of meeting and
exchanging views with fellow-curators, and these informal
discussions and conversations are of at least equal importance
with the more formal business of the meeting.
‘Visits were paid to Worthing Museum, to the Hastings
Museum, the Sedlescombe Museum, the two Brighton Museums
and Battle Abbey.’’
2.— ACQUISITIONS.
A. LORD DERBY MUSEUM.
VERTEBRATES—
a Porifera.
Presented :
Mass of Encrusting Sponge from Hilbre, collected a:
_ Two Sponges, from Stromness, by Mr. ae Ellison, Loudon
Grove, Liverpool.
48 MUSEUMS.
Echinodermata.
Presented :
Two Starfishes, four Brittle Starfishes, one Sun Starfish, three -
Sea Urchins, and two Holothurians, from Stromness, by Mr. Geo.
Ellison, Loudon Grove, Liverpool.
Vermes.
Presented :
Seven Worms and mass of Tubes of Serpula sp. (indet.), from
Stromness, by Mr. Geo. Ellison, Loudon Grove, Liverpool.
Arthropoda.
Crustacea.
Presented :
Four Swimming Crabs, one Hermit Crab, and two Spider Crabs,
from Stromness, by Mr. Geo. Ellison, Loudon Grove, Liverpool.
Three Hermit Crabs (Eupagurus bernhardus), from the estuary
of the Mersey, by Capt. Archibald, S.H.B. ‘* Beta.”
Masked Crab (Corystes cassivelaunus), by Messrs. Killip & Sons,
Myrtle Street.
Crayfish and Edible Crab, by Mr. G. Y. Elton, 35, Parkfield
Road, Liverpool.
Tracheata.
Presented :
Two Cockroaches (Blatta orientalis), by Mr. P. Entwistle,
Deputy-Curator.
Spider (indet.), from Aboyne R. Abalaliki, W. Africa, by
Mr. John McCreath, 24, Dumbarton Road, Walton.
Dipteron (indet.), by Dr. Hertz, Liverpool University.
Two Dragon Flies (Agrion pulchellum and Ischnura elegans),
by Dr. O’Connell, Heathfield Road, Wavertree.
Beetle (Gibbium scotias), from a cotton mill in Rochdale, by
Mr. J. B. Cox, Rochdale.
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Poplar Hawk Moth (Smerinthus populi), from Roby, by
Mr. John Stone, *‘ Blacklow,’’ Roby.
Golden Y Moth (Plusia iota), from Helsby, by Mr. H. Barnes,
Victoria Buildings, Helsby.
Upwards of thirty Hybrid Ova of Attacus cynthia aud Attacus
ricina, and a number of Ova of Samia cecropia, by Mr. J. H.
Watson, Withington, Manchester.
Grasshopper (Gomphocerus maculatus), from Burton Point,
Cheshire, by Dr. J. A. Clubb.
Beetle (Colymbetes fuscus), by Mr. G. Y. Elton, 35, Parkfield
Road, Liverpool.
Two Beetles (Acanthocinus edilus), from a Wigan coalmine, by
My. Ralph Unsworth, Wigan Road, Brynn.
Longicorn Beetle, by Messrs. Rensburg & Co., Queen Insurance
Buildings, Dale Street, Liverpool. -
Two Dragon Flies (/schnura elegans and Agrion puella), by
_ Mr. P. Entwistle, Deputy-Curator.
= Longicorn Beetle, by Mr. G. Haworth, Wigan.
__ Two Cocoons, from Ceylon, by Mr. Ernest A. Buxton, Linkside,
29, Stanley Avenue, Wallasey.
* Dragon Fly (&schna cyanea), from Huyton, by Mr. W. Y.
; ‘ Diving Spider, three Water-Beetles, two Water-Scorpions (Vepa
cinerea), and a Water-Boatman (Notonecta sp.), by Mr. H.
Varrington, 4, Myrtle Street, Liverpool.
:. Small collection of Butterflies, Moths and Beetles, consisting of
about 190 specimens, from the hills around Sierra Leone,
W. Africa, by Mr. A. Ridyard, Elder, Dempster Line, Liverpocl.
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Purchased :
Small collection of named British Dragouflies, consisting of 25
specimens, from various localities.
Small collection of named British Orthoptera, consisting of 44
specimens, from various localities.
Collection of named British Hymenoptera, consisting of 363
specimens, representing 50 genera and 193 species, from various
localities.
Mollusca.
Presented :
Seventeen Land Shells and four odd valves, from Lagos,
W. Africa, by Mr. J. C. Henderson, Lagos, per Mr. Ridyard.
Ten Gastropod Shells and two Lamellibranchs, from Sassandra,
W. Africa, by Mr. E. Quainoo, Sassandra, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Young Cuttlefish (Joschites cirrhosa), from Stromness, by Mr.
Geo. Ellison, Loudon Grove, Liverpool.
Two Lamellibranchs, three Gastropods (Voluta fusiformis,
Tritonium pyrum, and Dolium sp.), from Australia and New
Guinea, by Mrs. Ellen Parkinson.
Fishes.
Presented :
Roach (Leuciscus rutilus), by Mr. W. G. Blanchard, Wholesale
Fish Market, Liverpool.
Two Catfishes (Clarias bythipogen), from Warri, R. Niger, West
Coast of Africa, by Mr. J. G. Taylor, S.W.S. “‘ Raven,’ per
Mr. A. Ridyard.
Jaws of Shark and fragment of Skull of Vish, from Sassandra,
W. Africa, by Mr. P. HE. Quainoo, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Three Piked Dogfish (Acanthias vulgaris), two Embryos and three
Figg-cases of Dogfish, six Butterfishes (Centronotus gunellus), two
Dagonets (Callionymus lyra and C. maculata), one Gurnard, one
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Lumpsucker, one Pipefish (Sygnathus acus), mass of fish spawn
and three fishes (¢ndet.), from Stromness, by Mr. Geo. Ellison.
Loudon Grove, Liverpool.
Flying Fish, from the Indian Ocean, by Mr. J. J. Edge-
Williams, Rostrevor, Ireland.
Five living fishes, viz., Catfish (Amiurus nebulosus), Umbra
krameri, Sunfish (Zupomites gibbosus), Hybrid Rudd and Golden
Orfe and a Minnow, together with the following specimens in
preservative: Two Lampreys (Petromyzon fluviatilis), one American
Catfish (Amiurus nebulosus), two Bitterling Carp, two freshwater
Gobies (Cottus gobio) and mass of eggs, one Thunder Fish, two
Sunfishes, and six bottles containing fishes (indet.), by Mr. G. Y.
Elton, 25, Parkfield Road, Liverpool.
Six young Eels, from Upholland, by Mr. Fred. Downes,
458, Mill Street, Liverpool.
Two Bullheads (living), from Blackburn, by Mr. H. Warrington,
4, Myrtle Street, Liverpool.
Ray’s Bream (Brama raii), from off the S.E. coast of Ireland,
by Messrs. Harley and Miller, St. John’s Fish Market, per
Capt. Brett, steam trawler ‘‘ Goosander.”’
Seventy-nine Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreutert), from
Foreados, West Africa, by Mr. A. Ridyard, Messrs. Elder,
Dempster & Co., Ltd., Liverpool.
Small number of Gobies, collected officially.
Block’s Topnot (Zeugopterus punctatus), by Messrs. John
Duncan, Sons & Co., 17, Gt. Charlotte Street, Liverpool, per
Capt. Kagle, steam trawler ‘‘ Kileen Duncan.’’
Purchased :
Thirty Crucian Carp.
i Exchanges :
Casts of Polypterus bichir, Neoceratodus forsteri, Amia calva,
Accipenser sturio, and three fishes in preservative, viz., Polyodon
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spatula, Lepidosteus platyostomus, and Amia calva. Received
in exchange from Dr. Bashford Dean, American Museum of
Natural History, New York, U.S.A.
Amphibia.
Presented :
About 60 living Newts, from Orrell, by Mr. Harold Wright,
32, Diana Road, Orrell, Bootle.
Three Salamanders (two Salamandra maculosa and one indet.),
four European Tree Frogs (Hyla arborea), three Natterjack Toads,
one Newt (Triton cristatus), and bottle containing Newts, by
Mr. G. Y. Elton, 35, Parkfield Road, Aigburth, Liverpool.
American Bull Frog (2ana mugiens), by Dr. J. H. O’Connell,
Heathfield Road, Wavertree, Liverpool.
Purchased :
Ten Tree Frogs (Hyla arborea).
Reptiles.
Presented :
Tortoise (Podocnemis sertuberculatus), by Mrs. Shimmin,
4, Harold Street, Egremont.
Carapace of Turtle, from Sassandra, by Mr. P. E. Quainoo,
Sassandra, W. Africa, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Lizard (Lacerta ocellata), by Mr. Bowe.
Two living Turtles, by Mr. Eric Hamilton, 92, Huskisson Street,
Liverpool.
Sand Lizard, from Blundellsands, by Mr. R. Prince.
Gecko, by Mr. T. Jones, 5, Fulford Terrace, Liverpool.
Two Snakes, from the York Town Heights, Hudson River, New
York, by Capt. Turner, R.M.S. ‘‘ Mauretania,’’ Cunard S.S. Co.,
Liverpool.
Hardwick’s Mastigure (Uromastix hardwickii), by Dr. J. H.
O’Connell, Heathfield Road, Wavertree.
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Matamata Tortoise (Chelys fimbriata), from Para, by
Mr. C. W. T. Saunders, Reculver House, Barnard Road,
Claughton.
English Grass Snake (7'ropidonotus natriz), from Berkshire, by
Mrs. Killeen, Longcot, Farringdon, Berks., per Mr. W. Y. Forbes,
Cavendish Drive, Higher Tranmere.
Young African Python (Python sebaw), from Axim, W. Africa,
by Mr. A. G. Ramage, 8.8. ‘‘ Addah,’’ 11, Woodcroft Road,
Wavertree.
Five Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis), one Three-toed Skink
J (Chalcides tridactylus), two Viviparous Lizards (Lacerta vivipara),
three Wall Lizards (Lacerta muralis), three Lizards (indet.), and
two Turtles, by Mr. G. Y. Elton, 55, Parkfield Road, Liverpool.
Young Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), from the Mississippi
River, U.S.A., by Mr. W. A. Gough, 98, Aigburth Road,
_ Liverpool.
Two Snakes, from Burutu, W. Africa, by Mr. Fraser, Burutu,
per Mr. A. Ridyard.
_Eroded Cinixys (Ciniwys eroda), from West Africa, presented
anonymously.
Snake, from Ita, Calabar, W. Africa, by Mr. J. H. Milligan,
_ Chief Engineer, ‘‘ Ita,’ per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Lace Lizard (Varanus varius), from Addah, Volta River, West
_ Africa, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
i’ Terrapin, from New York, by Mr. I. J. White, 28, Bodmin
Street, Walton.
: peeteh- eyed Caiman (Caiman sclerops), by Mr. W. Simpson
Cross, Southport Zoological Gardens.
4 Birds.
_ Presented : ;
g Gadwall Duck (Anas strepera) Q, and a Leach’s Petrel
_(Procellaria leucorrhoa), from Kirkcudbrightshire, by Mr. J,
P Graham, Messrs. Macfie & Sons, 34, Moorfields, Liverpool.
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Red-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) 3, from the Stanley
Park aviaries, by the Parks and Gardens Committee, per the
Superintendent.
Goldcrest (Regulus cristatus) G, from Moreton, Cheshire, by
Mr. F. Gibson, Moreton.
Clutch of four Raven’s Eggs, by Mr. KE. Richmond Paton,
7, Darby Road, Aigburth.
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaétus), by Mr. W. Simpson Cross,
Southport Zoological Gardens.
Ostrich Egg, from Lokoja, N. Nigeria, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Wren’s Nest, from Shropshire, by Mr. Johnson Owen, Stanley
Road, Liverpool.
Nest of Turtle Dove, from Heswall, by Mr. Leonard Brook,
Gayton Cottage, Heswall.
Two Manx Shearwaters (Puffinus anglorum), from the estuary
of the Mersey, by Capt. Griffiths, S.H.B. ‘‘ Beta.’’
Three Bitterns (Butorides javanica), one Bittern (Ardeola grey?),
and two Sunbird’s Nests, by Mr. HE. A. Buxton, 29, Stanley
Avenue, Wallasey. aang
Five Eggs of Turtle Dove (domestic variety), by Mr. Angelo
Minchella, 3, Spring Place, Liverpool.
Photographs of Great Auk and Great Auk’s Egg in the Norwich
Castle Museum, by Mr. F. Lenny, Curator of the Museum,
Norwich.
Photograph of model of Dodo (Didus ineptus), by M. Terrier,
in the Jardin des Plantes Museum, Paris, by Dr. Graham Renshaw,
Sale, Manchester.
Heron (Ardea cinerea), by Mr. A. Ki. Brotherton, Greasby,
Cheshire.
Barn Owl (Stria fammea) 9, by Mr. T. R. Jones, 61, Cockburn
Street, Liverpool.
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Purchased :
Kggs of Rough-legged Buzzard, Goshawk, Common Buzzard, and
Teal. One Golden Pheasant, 9.
Mammals.
Presented :
Young Gorilla, by Mrs. Cox, Manchester Street, Liverpool.
Two Black Rats (Jlus rattus) 9 2, from Stromness, and a Bank
Vole (Arvicola glareolus), from Llandderfel, North Wales, by
Mr. Geo. Ellison, Loudon Grove, Liverpool.
Rusa Deer (Cervus usa), Himilayan Thar (Hemitragus
jemlaicus), Maxwell’s Duiker (Cephalophus maawelli), and an
Albino Porcupine, by Mr. W. Simpson Cross, Zoological Gardens,
Southport.
Two Skulls and Horns of Antelope (indet.), from Burutu,
N. Nigeria, by Mr. J. D. Doherty, Government Dry Dock, Burutu,
per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Common Shrew (Sorea vulgaris), from Berkshire, by Mrs. Killeen,
Longcot, Farrington, Berks., per Mr. W. Y. Forbes, Huyton.
Two pairs of Horns, from the Cameroons, W. Africa, by Mr. A.
Ridyard, 8.8. ‘‘ Addah,’’ Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co.
Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) 3, by Mr. Alex. Pallis, ‘‘ Tatoi,’’
Sefton Park, Liverpool.
Small collection of Human Bones (42), from ‘‘ La Cueva los
Gruanches,’’ near Matangas, Teneriffe, by Mr. José Gonzalez, per
Mr. J. B. Shipley, Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co., Liverpool.
Young Chimpanzee ¢, by Mr. Holmes Seward, Naturalist,
Manchester Street, Liverpool.
Two Mice (cinnamon variety), by Miss Thorburn, 99, Edge Lane,
Liverpool.
Bull Dog, by Mr. Wallis, 45, Gelling Street, Park Road,
Liverpool,
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Purchased :
Black Mangabey, Pig-tailed Monkey, and a Grison (Galictis
vittatus)., / =
Botany.
Presented :
Three Vegetable Sponges, and six small Bottle Gourds, from
Lagos, by Mr. J. C. Henderson, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Pieces of Fungus from decayed wood blocks by the Technical
School, by Mr. J. Phillipson, Engineer, Technical School.
Paleontology.
Presented :
Piece of Caradoc Sandstone showing Beyrichia complicata, from
near Little Stretton, Salop, by Mr. H. C. Beasley.
Fossil Fruits in Carbonaceous Shale, from the Moss Colliertes,
Lower Ince, by Mr. G. A. Haworth, Ince Hall Collieries, Wigan.
Exchanged :
Plaster Casts of Footprints of 7hinopus antiquus, from the Upper
Devonian of Western Pennsylvania, received from Prof. Richard
S. Lull, Curator, Geological Department, Peabody Museum of
Natural History, Yale University.
Cast of Pteraspis rostratus, received from Dr. Bashford Dean,
American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A.
Fossil Shells from Dudley, received from the St. Helens Museum.
Geology.
Presented :
Six small pieces of Rock, ‘‘from the Lower Silurian” (7),
Bettws-Gwerfil-Goch, near Corwen, North Wales, by Mr. T.
Oakes Hirst, Chapelstead, Gateacre.
Two small masses of Crystals from a manganese mine 16 miles
from Pwllheli, by Mr. G. A. Haworth, Ince Hall Collieries, Wigan.
Nineteen various Boulders, from the Boulder Clay at Rice Lane
Recreation Ground, Walton. Collected officially.
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Tur AQUARIUM.
The Aquarium continues, as heretofore, to be one of the chief
attractions of the Museums. The various tanks have been kept
well stocked with examples of both marine and fresh-water life,
and the Seal continues in good health and to be of great interest to
visitors.
SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.
Zoological
Porifera oy eS 2 Species... as 3 Specimens.
Echinodermata Hy 5 Rs 3 PROTA (7 iF
Arthropoda (Crustacea) Hi oa eed Dy lkebed 2 f
Arthropoda (Tracheata) 350 Fi Ee mort 720 i
Mollusca Nis se 9 se 40 M3
_ Fishes rt ‘ge 43 4; a G50 a
a Amphibia a) ee 7 be or can oO mS
Reptiles ee ue, 23 Bs Ce HOt Si ae
Birds AY aut 23 = fis prt bes.) aeons
Mammals... af LW Ay a sah Gt -
486 1169
Botanical.
10 Specimens.
Paleontological.
Zoological and Botanical ... -... a ... 10 Specimens.
Geological and Mineralogical.
Rocks and Minerals oy Pan Meh 75 ... 27 Specimens.
Total additions to the Lord Derby Museum.
S pecimens
1216,
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B._MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL.
As in previous years, the Melanian Department continues to
receive numerous acquisitions from West and South-West Africa,
through the kind offices of Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer (Elder,
Dempster & Co., Ltd.).
(b) Loans anp Deposits.
The facsimiles of a group of Ancient Irish Antiquities, lent by
Messrs. Johnson & Sons, Dublin, still remain on exhibition.
The Collection of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain, lent by Mr.
John Mellor, Junr., still remains on exhibition.
A small collection of fragments of Pottery, illustrating Glazes,
etc., lent. by Prof. P. E. Newberry, continues on loan.
The small collection of Chinese Porcelain, received through
Mr. Gordon Saies, remains on deposit.
A Stone Celt found between Roby and Huyton in 1911 was
deposited for a brief period by Mr. C. S. Bryce.
A Collection of Cretan Antiquities has been deposited by
Prof. R. C. Bosanquet.
A Group of Casts of Hittite Antiquities has been deposited by
Prof. J. Garstang.
(c) ExcHanGEs.
Garters, worn by men and women on the last day of mourning,
and Necklet from the Andaman Islands; received from the Halifax
Museum in exchange for duplicate Peruvian objects. (22.4.01,
14, 140 & 167.)
Stone Implements from the laterite beds, Madras, India;
Knackstone from the River Ken, Banda, India; and Flint Saw and
Arrowheads from the Fayoum, Egypt; received in exchange from
the St. Helens Museum for duplicate bird skins. (B.15.10.07,
14.4.05, 22.7.02, 30.9.11.)
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(d) ACQUISITIONS.
(1) MisceLLanrovs.
Presented :
Admission Tickets to cock fights at Walsall 1811, Worcester
1817, Bridgenorth 1822, and Salford 1826, by Lieut. J. Potter,
R.N.R.
Photograph of an old hand-loom weaver at work, aged 84, by
Francis Ibbetson & Son, Eccleshall, Bradford.
Six Copper Coins from India, by Mr. John Barton.
Silver Coin of Siva Simha with Pramathe Swari Akom, King of
Assam, A.D. 1729, by the Government of Eastern Bengal and
Assam.
(2) Locan AREA COLLECTIONS.
Admission Card, ‘‘ New Cockpit,’’ Aintree, 1834, by Lieut. J.
Potter, R.N.R., and pair of Steel Spurs worn by cocks trained
by Lieut. Potter’s grandfather for various cock fights by the
Earl of Derby and others, in England.
Brass Medallion Contract for Woodside Ferry, 1865 by Mr. R. D.
Radcliffe.
Stoneware Jug, impressed mark ‘‘ Herculaneum,’’ by Mr. F.
Stockdale.
Lithographic Print of the ‘‘ West Prospect of the Town of
Liverpool, as it appeared about 1680’’ (published by Isaac, 1854),
by Mrs. Ellen Parkinson.
** A Plan of the Closes and Land, &c., belonging to the Corpora-
tion of Liverpool, with the Leasehold Tenants’ names and the
several quantities,’ surveyed in 1765, planned by John Eyes,
February, 1767; and a ‘‘ Plan of the Township of Liverpool from
the actual survey taken in the year 1785 by Charles Hyes, by
Mr. Robert Gladstone, Junr.
Silver Medal of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society,
- with seven bars, for saving life on several occasions, awarded tr
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James Martin, also Gold Medal of the first-class, United States of
America, awarded by the United States Government, together with
a photograph of James Martin, for many years master of the
Liverpool Lifeboat No. 1, by Mrs. Watson.
Print of the Crucifixion, by Hilton, from the original painting
in the Museums, transferred from the Free Library.
Purchased :
Water-colour drawing of Shaw’s Bank, 1837; Porcelain Mug
bearing transfer print of the Society of Bucks, signed “‘ Sadler,
Liverpool,’ height 6in.; Water-colour Drawing of St. James’
Mount (site of Cathedral), by Baines, Liverpool, about 1831;
Coloured Lithograph of the First Company, Liverpool Volunteer
Grenadier Guards, or the 79th Batt. King’s Liverpool Regiment
(Rifles), now merged into the F Company, 6th Batt. Territorials;
Verge Watch in silver cases, by Alex. Hollisone, Liverpool ;
Porcelain Jug with puce ‘‘ bat’’ prints, Herculaneum Ware;
Farthenware Jug with red transfer prints, one a “‘ Cottage near
Walton,’’ Herculaneum Ware.
(3) CErRAMICS.
Presented :
Clay, Clay Slips, Steel Die and Tiles in various stages of manufac-
ture, prepared and presented by Messrs. Pilkington’s Tile and
Pottery Works, per W. Burton, Esq.
The ‘‘ Thermoscope,’’ for determining the temperature of kilns,
by Messrs. Holdcroft & Co., per Mr. W. Hawley.
Earthenware Plate with coloured transfer prints, by Messrs.
W. Stevenson & Co., Sunderland, 19th cent., by Dr. Drummond.
Wine Cooler, Davenport Ware; part of a Whieldon Cauliflower
Teapot, Octagonal Plate, and an early English Wine Glass, by
Mrs. H. B. Moore.
Specimens illustrating transfer printing on pottery, and a Jasper
Plaque to show method of applying the relief, by Messrs. Josiah
Wedgwood and Sons.
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' Selection of 17th century Tiles from a Benedictine convent at
Santo Thyrso, North of Braga, Portugal, and pair of Porcelain
Vases, Rockingham Ware, by Mr. R. D. Radcliffe.
Purchased :
a Selection of European Tiles, 17th century; Portuguese, Spanish,
a Dutch, and 19th century English Tiles by De Morgan; Porcelain
Plaque decorated in paté sur paté, Brownfield Pottery, Staffordshire
and four ‘‘ combed’? Ware Tiles.
(4) Erunocrapny.
Mevantan Race.
Presented :
_ List of specimens collected and presented by and through Mr. A.
Ridyard, Chief Engineer, R.M.S. ‘‘ Tarquah,’’ Elder, Dempster
Line, Liverpool.
Africa.—West and South-West.
Sierra Leone.
Carved Wooden Figures, Wooden Bowl and Cover and pair of
_ Calabashes, by Miss Yorke.
Two Carved Female Figures wearing Bundu Devil head-dress,
from Shebro, by Mr. C. D. H. During.
_ Soapstone Figure from the Mendi Country and Woman’s Bundu
Devil Dress from Kenema, Mendi Country, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Berved Gourds, by Mr. Rowland Cole.
Black polished Earthenware Vase, from Quittah, by Mrs.
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Lagos.
Bottle covered with dried grass; Carved Wooden Figures; Red
Earthenware Native Lamps and Shells used as mascots, by Mr.
J. C. Henderson.
Gourd Bowls, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Wooden Figure, by Miss B. Yorke.
Dahomey.
Black polished small Earthenware Bowl and Cover, from
Abeokuta, by Mr. J. C. Henderson.
_ Straw Hat from Porto Novo, and various Photographs illustrating
native manners and customs, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Cameroons.
Earthenware Pipe-head from Bali; Grass Bag; Black Fluted
Stick and Grass Mat, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Gaboon.
Crossbow (Fang tribe), from Eloby, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
N. Nigeria.
Leather Purses, Earthenware Bowls and Covers and Bead
Armlets, from Lokoja; two long Brass Pipes, Hide Bottles, Red
Leather Mosquito Boots, from Kano; Grass Baskets and Lids
from Bauchi, near Zaria; Basket of Coiled Work and Open-work
Trays from Bornu; Brass Pipe from Benue River; Earthenware
Water Cooler, from Egga; Earthenware Water Cooler and Earthen-
ware Vase, from Loko; Bow and Arrows, from the Haussa Country ;
and Red Earthenware Pot and Lid from Keffi, interior of Loko,
by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Earthenware Lamp Stand, painted in colours, by Captain
Carderay.
Grass Basket and Cover from Gia, Baro, by Mr. W. J. Johnson.
Bone Hairpins, from Kano and Sokoto; Calabashes and Lids,
from Yola and Wooden Stool, from Bida, by Mr. J. B. Bailey.
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Wicker Tray, from Kano or Sokoto, by Mr. P. E. Quainoo.
Very fine black polished Earthenware Bowl and Calabashes and
Gourds, from Onitsha, by Mr. John G. Taylor.
Earthenware Dishes, from Ilorin, and Earthenware Bowls and
Covers, from Ibadan, by Mr. J. C. Henderson.
Earthenware Bowl and Cover, from Burutu, by Mr. A. E.
Williams.
Brass Spoon, used for drinking ‘‘ pap,’’ from Lokoja, by Mr.
J. A. Macaulay.
Earthenware Water Cooler, from Loko, and Skin Water Bottle
and Cover, from Lokoja by Mr. A. E. Christian.
Native Basket, from Katcha, and Calabash and Lid, from Lokoja,
by Mr. J. D. Doherty.
Carved Cocoa-nut Bowls, from N. Burutu, by Mr. C. S. Morgan.
Pair of Leather Sandals, from Lokoja, by Mr. E. W. Fine
Country. ;
S. Nigeria.
Coiled Basket and Lid, Gourd Bowl and Club with iron head,
from Ilorin, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Small Mats of Coiled Basketry, decorated with cowrie shells, by
Mr. J. B. Bailey.
Large Karthenware Bowl and Calabashes, from Idah, R. Niger,
by Mr. John G. Taylor.
Ivory Comb, from Calabar; Calabash, Grass Trays, Hide Bottles
and Fly Whisk, from Kano; Alligator in wood, by Mr. S. E.
Thorpe.
Copper Manilla, from Bonny, by Mr. N. E. Halliley.
Grass Basket and Lid, from Jalingo, by Mr. W. G. Johnson.
Poison Leaves called ‘‘ mfri ntan,’’ by Prince Adam Duke,
Carved Wooden Paddle, by Mr. A. Ridyard,
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Portuguese Congo.
Carved Wooden Stick, from Landana, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Rings carved from elephant hide, from the Congo, by Mr. W. O.
Davies-Bright.
S. Africa.
Purchased :
Enlarged Photographs of Bechuana krall and natives stamping
mealies.
Melanesia.
Australia.
Presented :
Shields, Throwsticks, Boomerang and Heads of Spears, from
Perth, by Mr. William Day.
New Guinea.
Purchased :
Carved Canoe Head, from Panietti; Club, from South Cape;
‘Tapa’? Cloth, from Port Rawdon, Goodenough Bay; Lime
Spatulas and Ear-tubes. Selection of Photographs of natives and
native customs in Goodenough Bay District
Solomon Islands.
Purchased :
Carved Cane Ear-tube and piece of Carved Tortoise Shell.
Santa Cruz.
Purchased :
Mat of Plaited Grass.
MONGOLIAN Race,
N.. America.
Presented :
Five Arrowheads, by Mr. John Fagan.
Model Loom, coloured illustration of a Navaho Indian, small
painted Vase, Navaho; Photograph of a Cliff Dwelling; Frag-
ment of Pueblo Pottery, and an Arrowhead, by Miss M.
Thurland.
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Arrowheads from caves near Jacob’s Cavern, Arkansas, and from
Oregon, Maryland, Georgia, Ill. and the Ohio River, collected and
presented by Mr. Warren H. Moorhead, Curator, Dept. of
Archeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., U.S.A.
S. America.
Presented :
Three Quartz Arrowheads, found at Punta Pichalo, Chili, by
Mr. G. R. Langmaid.
Japan.
Purchased :
Group of objects, consisting of Lacquered Boxes, Bowls, Sword
Seabbards, Model Sword Scabbards, Model Quivers and Swords,
Moustache Sticks, Netting Needle, Quivers, Arrows, Baskets,
Sword Bands of Fibre, Belts, Nets, Bows, Reeds, &c., from the
Ainus.
Presented :
Dyak Costume, from Java, by Mr. S. Lowell.
Caucasian Race.
Egypt.
Presented :
Mummy of a child beautifully bound in 12 distinct wrappings,
with painted portrait of the deceased bound in, from a cemetery
at Hawara, Fayum, Egypt, period 1-2 century. a.p., by the
British School of Archeology in Egypt, per Prof. Petrie.
Painted Wooden Coffin of a Priest of Min, 6th Dynasty, found
at Ekhmin, Upper Egypt, Feb. 4th, 1911, by Prof. Newberry and
_ Mr. H. Whitaker; by Mr. Hugh Whitaker, Lymington, Hants. es
_ ~per Prof. Newberry.
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REPORT by E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN, Curator of the
WALKER ART GALLERY.
I have the honour to report in reference to the work during the
year 1911 of the Department under the direction of the Art and
Exhibitions Sub-Committee of the Library, Museums and Arts
Committee of the City Council,
The removal of the registering turnstile at the entrance door
having been sanctioned by the Council in November, 1910, there are
not available any statistics as to attendances. There is not,
however, any reason to doubt that the usefulness to students and
to the public in general of the collection of works of art in the
Gallery is fully maintained. The improvement as regards
convenience and the better appearance of the entrance hall is
generally recognised.
The modernisation of the interior, with a view to the better and
safer housing of works of art, was continued during the year to such
extent as the funds available permitted. The two ground floor rooms
on the east side were thoroughly re-constructed and re-decorated ;
the small front room, formerly used as a cloakroom, being added.
The heating pipes in the dado were removed, and radiators in the
‘entre of the floor were substituted. The windows were filled with
prismatic glass; the walls were panelled with wood; and oak floors
were laid down. The hanging-space, as well as the lighting of the
rooms, was considerably increased; and additional hanging-space
was provided by the introduction of four specially-designed screens,
Tn all, there are now five rooms instead of three, on this floor.
available for the display of works of art, and free from the dangers
ot deterioration due to the old method of heating, with the excep-
tion that in each front room, there is still one unsatisfactory part
where a furnace flue is in the wall, which, though not involving
68 ART GALLERY.
any special fire risk, is likely to affect pictures hung near it. These
five rooms are now devoted to the exhibition of Foreign and British
Old Masters, including the Roscoe Collection, and other pictures
deposited by the Trustees of the Liverpool Royal Institution.
Specially-designed cases have also been provided in each of the
small front rooms for the exhibition of miniatures, illuminations, etc.
The new Cloakroom constructed in an unused part of the cart-yard
has been completed, and it is found of great assistance to the staff
in dealing with the deposits of cloaks, umbrellas, etc., and also the
sale of photographs. In connexion with the latter, a new opening
to the east back room provides special facilities.
In addition to the re-arrangement of the telephones, with an
exchange in the cloakroom, a special connexion has been formed
with the Central Fire Police Station.
During the troubles in connexion with the Railway Strike in
August, a number of panes of glass in the windows on the east side
of the building were broken by rioters. The cost of replacing,
amounting to £12 18s. 0d., was borne by the Watch Committee.
Prior to the falling due of the renewal premiums for insurance of
the Permanent Collection against fire, I entered into negotiations
with the offices concerned, with a view to a revision of the rate
charged, having regard to the exceptional character of the risk.
Eventually, I was able to obtain an abatement of 1s. per cent., which
will result in a saving of £68 on the total annual premium. The
sum for which the Permanent Collection is now insured, including
£3,100 added during the year, is £156,562.
My attention having been drawn to a clause in the new Copyright
Bill, which was calculated to prejudice and perhaps destroy the
Corporation’s copyright in pictures in the Gallery, I approached
the Imperial Arts League with a view to protective action, and, ata
conference on the subject held at Leighton House, at which there
was arepresentative gathering, I was appointed on a Sub-Committee
to take such steps as were possible to get the Bill amended. Lord
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Redesdale and other influential personages took the matter up, and
Sir John Simon, with whom I had an interview through the good
offices of Colonel W. Hall Walker, M.P. (Deputy-Chairman of the
Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee), undertook to give the matter
favourable consideration. Eventually, the objectionable clause
was dropped, on the motion of the Earl of Derby.
With the sanction of the Committee, I attended the meeting of
the Museums Association at Brighton, on 10th to 14th July, and,
while there, being requested to contribute a paper to the proceedings,
I wrote one on ‘‘ The Functions and Scope of a Municipal Art
Museum,’ which provoked considerable useful discussion, and was
afterwards published in the proceedings of the Association in
January, 1912. (Vol. II., No. 7, page 193.)
In the course of the year, the No. 5 Loan Collection of Turner
Drawings, lent by the National Gallery in 1909, was returned.
Twelve casts of antique statuary were transferred to the City
School of Art, and the Model of Rome was removed from the East
Back Room, prior to the alterations which have been referred to.
The care of the Permanent Collection has been greatly facilitated
by the new and capacious gilders’ room, constructed in 1909. During
the year the following special work has been done :—
No. 269, Portrait of Alderman W. Bennett, by W. B.
Boadle, was repaired by the artist.
New frames were provided for No. 407, H. L. Elmes
(Engraving), by T. Oldham Barlow, R.A. (also new mount) ;
39 Etchings and Mezzotints, by John Finnie; 25 Liverpool
Sketch Club Drawings; 39 Hunt Drawings.
The following were mounted:—39 Finnie Etchings and
Mezzotints; 145 Hunt Drawings; 62 Liverpool Sketch Club
Drawings.
The frames of the following were repaired and re-gilt :—
No. 893, ‘‘ Kittie,’ by Frederick Sandys; No. 655, ‘‘ The
Widower,’’ by Sir Luke Fildes, R.A.; No. 330, ‘‘ Tried
70 ART GALLERY.
Friends,’’ by W. Huggins; No. 387, ‘‘ Interior of a Butcher’s
Shop,’ by Jan Steen; No. 285, “‘ Venus beseeching Vulcan ”’ ;
No. 47, ‘‘ Farm Buildings,’’ by Patrick Nasmyth; No. 897,
‘White Pike, Broughton Moor,’ by D. A. Williamson (also
new mount); No. 357, ‘‘ The Progress of Intemperance ”’
(‘Sick and Repentant,’’ ‘‘The Ruined Family,’ “ The
Expectant Wife,’ and ‘‘ The Robber,’’ from this series), by
E. V. Rippingille.
Three pedestals and six small oak block plinths, for the
display of sculpture, were provided; also four screens and two
pedestals with attached revolving frames, for the display of
reproductions.
Four screens were also provided, and two pedestals and
attached revolving frames for the display of reproductions.
Under the Agreement with the Trustees of the Royal Institution,
the work of conserving the Roscoe Collection made further progress.
Twelve works were cleaned and repaired, and the frames re-gilt.
The cost of this work amounted to £108 14s. 8d.
The pictures in the Branch Libraries were inspected. Inscrip-
tions were written on the frames or mounts of 346 pictures, ete.
The attendances of students during the year numbered 1,099.
Twelve new students’ tickets were granted.
During the year pictures have been lent to the following :—
Royal Academy of Arts, London; Royal Scottish Academy,
Edinburgh; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Scottish
Exhibition of National History, Art, and Industry, Glasgow;
The Coronation Exhibition, London; The International Society of
Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers, London; Royal Birmingham
Society of Artists; The Canadian National Exhibition of Toronto;
and the Art Galleries of the following Corporations :—Aberdeen,
Blackpool, Bury, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wallasey, and
York.
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The following additions to the Permanent Collection were made
during the year:
1.—By Purchase from the Autumn Exhibition.
*“ St. Paul’s from the River—Morning Sun’’ (oil), by Henri le
Sidaner.
‘April”’ (oil), by S. J. Lamorna Birch.
““A Theme ’”’ (oil), by T. E. Mostyn..
*** Griselda at the Wheatsheaf ’’ (oil), by Denis Eden.
** Won't you come too ?”’ (water-colour), by W. H. Margetson.
*“ Richmond ’’ (water-colour), by A. W. Rich.
** Sailing Ships ’’ (water-colour), by J. E. Southall.
*“ Chasing the Fleet-foot Roe’’ (water-colour), by Charles Sims,
A.R.A.
‘Bon Jour! ’’ (miniature), by Miss Bess Norriss.
‘** Highland Shearing ”’ (pastel), by J. R. K. Duff.
** Mon petit chou”’ (bronze), by Miss K. E. Wallis.
‘“* Head of Cupid ’’ (marble), by W. J. McLean.
“© The Picture Book ’’ (bronze), by Herman Neujd.
*“ Echo ”’ (bronze), by Miss IL. E. C. Maryon.
** Mother and Child ’’ (bronze), by Charles Ricketts.
‘““The Hum of the Wild Bee’’ (drawing), by Miss Katherine
Cameron.
‘The Poisoner’’ (drawing), by Sydney Joseph.
‘*The Etcher’’ (lithograph), by A. S. Hartrick.
** Professor Tindall’ (lithograph), by J. McClure Hamilton.
** Musicians” (lithograph), by John Copley.
“The Tramp ’’ (lithograph), by Miss E. A. Hope.
**T] Ponte, Venice ’’ (lithograph), by J. Kerr Lawson.
‘A Seaboard Hamlet, Norfolk ’’ (etching), by Martin Hardie.
“Place du Bourg, Bruges’? and ‘‘ Quai Long, Bruges’
(etchings), by Frank M. Armington.
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72 ART GALLERY.
‘* Poole Harbour ’’ (aquatint), by C. H. Baskett.
“The Beguinage, Bruges—Moonlight’’ (colour print), by
Frederick Marriott.
‘The Palace Gardens, Venice’? and ‘‘The Ducal Palace,
Venice ’’ (colour prints,) by Charles H. Mackie.
‘Swan and Cygnets ’’ (colour print), by W. Giles.
“St. Ives Bay ’’ (colour print), by Sydney Lee.
“‘ Waterloo Bridge ’’ (colour print), by E. L. Laurenson.
‘Les pommes de terre ’’’ (woodcut), by Paul EH. Colin.
‘‘ On décharge ’’ (woodcut), by Paul E. Colin.
‘Tes Foins dans les Vosges’’ (woodcut), by Paul E. Colin.
‘Ta Moisson 4 Domrémy (Meuse) ’’ (woodcut), by Paul E. Colin.
‘Le Troupeau ’’ (woodcut), by Paul E. Colin.
Three vases by the Pilkington Tile and Pottery Co., Ltd,
Two vases by the Ashby Potters’ Guild.
* Bought under the terms of the Lord Derby Bequest.
2.—By Purchase.
“ More complimentary than it seems ’’ (original pen drawing), by
G. du Maurier.
“‘ Portrait of a Lady ’’ (miniature), by Thomas Hargreaves.
Portfolio of reproductions ‘‘ Masterpieces of Mimiature
Painting.”
‘“White Pike, Broughton Moor’
Williamson.
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(water-colour), by D. A.
‘“‘ Holyrood Palace,’’ and ‘‘ The Canongate, Edinburgh ”’ (pencil
and wash drawings), by Edwin Moore.
3.—By Donation.
«Till death us do part ’’ (oil), by Sigismund Goetze; presented
by an anonymous donor.
‘“Wensleydale’’ (oil), by D. A. Williamson; presented by
Councillors Joseph Bibby, J.P., and F. C. Bowring, J.P.
J. &. Southall.) [Purchased
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‘“The Great Gale of January, 1839’ (oil painting, attributed to
Samuel Walters); presented by H. Noel French, Esq., on behalf of
the Shareholders of the Liverpool Steam Tug Co., Ltd.
“4 Sunny October Morning” (oil), by Thomas Huson, R.I.,
“Scene in the Vale of Conway ”’ (oil), by John Finnie, R.E., and
“Women of Phenicia ’’ (oil), by Robert Fowler, R.I.; presented by
Arthur Geddes, Esq.
‘‘Fantine’’ (oil), by Miss Bernardine Hall; presented as
Executor by Douglas B. Hall, Esq., M.P.
** Wallasey Marsh ”’ (oil), by William Davis; presented by James
King, Esq.
““Near Lever Park,’’ ‘‘ Rivington Lakes,’’ ‘‘ Lever Park,
Rivington,’ ‘‘ Rivington Church,’’ and ‘“‘ View of Rivington ”’
(water-colour drawings), by Sir Alfred East, A.R.A., P.R.B.A. ;
presented by Sir W. H. Lever, Bart.
“A Sussex Village’ (water-colour), by Vivian Rolt; presented
by Miss Anna Thompson.
** Kittie’? (crayon), by Frederick Sandys; presented by Miss
Ellen Ells.
** Pontoise, France ’’ (two drawings—one pencil and one water-
colour), by Ambrose Poynter; presented by Miss H. M. Poynter.
“The late J. Campbell Brown, D.Sc., LL.W., Professor of
Chemistry, University of Liverpool ’’ (marble bust), by Charles J.
Allen; presented by Mrs. Campbell Brown.
Forty etchings and mezzotints, by John Finnie, R.E.; presented
by Dr. H. Nazeby Harrington, in order to show his appreciation of
the recent development of the Black and White Section in this
Gallery, and with a view of including, as far as possible, an adequate
representation of the copperplate work of the artist.
““Encombe Woods,’’ the original etched copperplate by Sir F.
Seymour Haden, P.R.E.; presented on behalf of the Executors of
the Artist by Dr. H. Nazeby Harrington.
74 ART GALLERY.
“The Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of H.M. Queen
Victoria at St. Paul’s Cathedral, 22nd June, 1897’ (photogravure
after the painting by Andrew C. Gow, R.A.); presented by Henry
Clarke, Esq.
Parts IV and V, Reproductions of prints, third series; presented
by the Trustees of the British Museum.
4.—By Bequest.
Portrait of the late H. Stacy Marks, R.A. (oil), by W. W. Ouless,
R.A.; bequeathed by Mrs. H. Stacy Marks.
5.— Deposited on Loan.
By John Elliot, Esq., J.P., ‘‘ Cattle with Landscape,’’ and “‘ Lions
and Boa-constrictor,’’ by W. Huggins.
By Victor C. Haag, Esq., ‘‘ A Bridal Procession at Damascus ”’
(water-colour), by Carl Haag, R.W.S.
By O. S. Pilkington, Esq., ‘‘ The Virgin and Child,”’ by Cima;
“The Virgin and Child,’’ Flemish School; ‘‘ The Holy Family,’’ by
Andrea del Sarto; ‘‘ Blue Boy,”’ by Carlo Dolci.
By Messrs. Lindsay, Howe & Co., on behalf of A. Rainy, Esq.,
“Mr. Adam Rolland, of Gask ” (oil), by Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.
The Permanent Collection has thus, during 1911, been enriched
(apart from pictures lent) by the addition of 111 works, viz. :—
By Deceased Artists,
5 paintings in oil.
2 nf water-colour.
1 miniature.
1 crayon drawing.
1 pen drawing.
3 pencil and wash drawings.
40 etchings and mezzotints.
1 etched copperplate.
ART GALLERY. 75
By Living Artists.
8 paintings in oil.
11 water-colour.
picture in pastel.
pencil drawing.
miniature.
marble busts.
bronze statuettes.
) lithographs.
5 etchings.
colour prints.
woodcuts.
photogravure.
keramic pieces.
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3 portfolios of prints.
All the purchases were made, as in previous years, from profits
earned by the Autumn Exhibition account; no money from the
rates having for many years been expended in the purchase of works
of art for the Permanent Collection. The annual Exhibition
surplus has, for a good many years, been steadily dwindling, in
harmony with the general experience of Art Exhibitions: the
result probably of the increase of counter-attractions; and, as
a result, the Committee is no longer able to deal adequately with
the duty of enriching the Permanent Collection with new
acquisitions. It is a necessary matter of policy that the money
earned by the Exhibitions should be spent in them, but, as no fund
whatever is provided for purchases, apart from the small income of
the Derby Bequest, which is especially set apart for the encourage-
ment of rising artists, the Committee has found it necessary to divert
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a considerable amount for the acquisition of older works, chiefly
by local artists. In this way, there have been purchased during the
year 1 water-colour, 1 miniature, 3 pencil and pen drawings, and
a portfolio of reproductions.
Cordial thanks are due to a number of generous donors (a list of
whom is given above) who have added some very desirable works to
the Permanent Collection.
Acknowledgments are also due to the kind lenders of several very
important works especially a particularly choice example of
the Art of Sir Henry Raeburn, hitherto unrepresented in the
Gallery.
There are now 1,276 items in the list of the Permanent Collection,
of which 117 are at present on loan to public buildings in the City,
viz., Town Hall, 25; Newsham House, 24; Central Library, 20;
Kirkdale Library, 9; Everton Library, 7; Wavertree Library, 12;
Toxteth Library, 4; St. Martin’s Hall, 1; Calderstones House, 14;
Museum, 1.
The Galleries were opened on Saturday evenings until 8 o’clock
during the months of October to May, inclusive, and also on Sundays
from 2 to 4-30 p.m. during the same period.
During the year, rooms have been used for the following special
exhibitions : —
1. Exhibition of pictures by H. Clarence Whaite, P.R.C.A.,
R.W.S., from 28th January to Lith February.
2. Exhibition of work by students of the Liverpool City
School of Art, from 28th January to 11th February.
3. The Northern Photographic Exhibition, from 3rd to 18th
March.
4. Forty-first Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art,
trom 23rd September, 1911, to 8th January, 1912.
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The Autumn Exhibition was open during 91 days and 59 evenings,
from 23rd September, 1911, to 6th January, 1912. The catalogue
comprised 2,540 items, as against 2,445 in 1910, and the collection
was similar in plan to that of 1910, including amongst its special
features a room devoted to Continental art, a complete exhibition of
works (102 in number) by members of the Royal. Society of
Miniature Painters, a very important black and white section,
including lithographs by members of the Senefelder Club, and
collective exhibitions of works by members of the Pastel Society
and the Society of Graver-Printers in Colour.
The Continental Section, which was shown in Room B, included a
special exhibit of Swedish pictures, 21 in number, which with 28
etchings, etc., formed a collection representative of the art of the
day in that country. For this interesting novelty we were indebted
to the kind co-operation of Mr. H. D. Roberts, Director of the
Public Library, Museums, and Fine Art Galleries, Brighton; the
pictures being selected from those at the Swedish Exhibition held
during the earlier mouths of the year at the Brighton Gallery.
A special exhibition of paintings by Mr. T. E. Mostyn, of 27 items,
which was arranged in Room 4, proved a most attractive novelty.
This innovation, which was strenuously opposed and adversely
criticised by a number of those connected with the exhibition, and
especially by the professional members of the Hanging Committee,
showed emphatically the desirability of getting away as far as
possible in future exhibitions from the indefinite, miscellaneous
character, which has become a tradition.
The Subscription Banquet at the opening of the exhibition,
instituted in 1909, was repeated on 21st September with great
success, there being 110 ladies and gentlemen present, including the
Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress of Liverpool, the Lord Mayor
and the Lady Mayoress of Manchester, Sir W. H. Lever, Bart.,
Mr. J. Y. Dawbarn, M.A. (President of the Liverpool Academy),
and Mr. E. A. Hornel.
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A painting commemorative of the occasion was voluntarily under-
taken by Mr. Arthur J. Lyons, of Paris, on the suggestion of the
Chairman of the Sub-Committee, and this, which contains the
portraits of over 50 well-known Liverpool people, was offered by
subscribers, and accepted as a gift to the Art Gallery. The subject,
an extremely difficult one, was handled with great ability by
Mr. Lyons, who has specialised in compositions of this kind.
Opinions vary as to his success, but those which were unfavourable
may, perhaps, have been due to the natural distrust of anything
unusual in pictorial art—which similarly found expression when
Rembrandt produced his so-called ‘‘ Night Watch,’’ in which he
disregarded the arid conventions regulating such pictures. It is to
be regretted that, as the picture was intended for the Permanent
Collection, the subscription list was not such as to justify the artist
in spending a month or two longer in doing his utmost to make it
worthy of his reputation.
386 works were sold, the catalogue prices of which amounted to
£8,394 6s. 6d. This shows a very gratifying improvement, the
total being more than double that of the previous year, and larger
than that of any year since 1900.
In addition to the official catalogue, an illustrated one was, as
usual, published by Messrs. D. Marples & Co. The Committee had
vaiuable professional assistance in the preparation of the Autumn
Exhibition from Messrs. Adrian Stokes, A.R.A., I. A. llornel, and
Adolph C. Meyer, A.R.E.
The attendance of the public at the Exhibition was somewhat
less than that of the previous year. This may, in part, be attributed
to the shorter duration of the Exhibition, due to the delay in opening
it, caused by the Railway Strike, which prevented pictures being
brought from London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, &c. There is, how-
ever, a general shrinkage in attendance at all exhibitions in recent
years, but it may be noted that, as regards the Autumn Exhibition,
the falling off during the last two years coincides with the great
Charles J. Allen.)
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reduction in advertising on hoardings, and otherwise. The figures
for 1911 are as follows : —
Atjone sailing (Ol Gays). 2.5... 55.005 entndedsben 19,036
At sixpence (48 evenings) ................00085 8,685
At threepence (11 evenings) ............:-.... 7,572
Mipeellanmuast yin: yltorks whe ven tyy dics erhin 579
— 39,872
School Tickets :—
At two shillings (admitting 24 scholars
and a teacher) 294 tickets, representing
Adi; ALLEN ANCE AVE. ic h000 8h: siaco an sd cnadvea nets 7,390
Season Ticket Holders :—
RPCRRIOIGID Ge ore ssn d oe em na tant iapes saan a 162
A aceaes (ese oN ciel. Paap Te ae co. aaah thn nd dhote 728
Pinmetiber mes. (28- (Gd) dad cs acpanencddens=sneess 2,314
MRTUITUMIOIEGRES, C08 go oan estes teavigngiarsasnecsess 650
47,076
Season ticket holders’ soirees were held on 22nd September and
8th January, at the former of which there were present the Right
Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, and other civic
dignitaries. On each occasion there was a programme of vocal and
instrumental music.
The interesting series of Friday afternoon ‘Talks’’ on art
subjects was discontinued, because I found it impossible to obtain
a sufficient number of volunteers to form a programme. I was,
however, fortunate in obtaining one very eminent volunteer in the
person of my friend, Mr. G. Bernard Shaw, who visited Liverpool
specially to give a ‘‘ Talk”’ on Friday, 29th December. It was
unwillingly and with regret that I gave up the ‘‘ Talks,”’ for I should
rather have wished to extend the idea, which proved most acceptable
to the public, by having such things in the evenings as well as in
the afternoons. If an attraction of this kind could be provided, it
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would do much to improve attendance at, and interest in, the
exhibition. It is not, however, possible to do so without some
expenditure of money.
On 18th October, a miniature No. 1,993 ‘‘ Fiona’’ by Miss E.
Macpherson was stolen by some visitor to the exhibition, and
though every possible effort was made, with the assistance of the
police, to detect the thief, no clue was obtained.
On 5th July a proposal to hold an Art Union in connection
with the Autumn Exhibition was approved by the City Council,
and a Committee was formed, with the Right Honourable the
Lord Mayor as President, and Councillor P. Charles Kelly as
Chairman, to carry on the enterprise, which had for its sole object
to aid the Autumn Exhibition by increasing the sales. The project,
after it had been launched, met with a good deal of unexpected
opposition, and this, combined with the delays thereby caused,
greatly hampered the Committee in its work. The sale of tickets
was, however, considerable, the total amount taken being
£1,168 12s. 5d., and out of this—although the preliminary expen-
diture, much of which was in the nature of capital outlay, was
necessarily very heavy—the Committee were eventually able to give
40 prizes, with which the winning ticket holders purchased from the
Autumn Exhibition 75 works of the total catalogue value — of
£635 3s. 6d.
By the much-regretted death of Alderman Stolterfoht, on 8th
March, the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee lost a valued
member since 1896, who had, since 1899, acted as Hon. Treasurer of
the Autumn Exhibition account. On 24th April, Mr. Willam
Evans was elected to succeed him in that capacity.
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A PAGE FROM THE ORIGINAL MS. OF THE MOORE RENTAL,
bequeathed by Mr. HENRY YOUNG, of Liverpool, to the Liverpool Public Libraries.
SIXTIETH
ANNUAL REPORTS
LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS
ARTS COMMITTEE
CITY OF LIVERPOOL,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER 1912.
LIVERPOOL :
C. TINLING & Co., LTpD., PRINTING CONTRACTORS, 53, VICTORIA STREET.
1923
COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS
for the Year 1912-13.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J.S. HARMOOD BANNER, M.P., D.L.,
LORD
MAYOR.
Committee :
ALDERMAN FRANK J. LESLIE, F.R.G.S., CHAIRMAN.
RICHARD CATON, ESQ., M.D., LL.D., J.P., DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
FRANCIS W. BAILEY, ESQ., M.R.C.S.
(Chairman, Lectures Sub-Committee.)
PROF. R. C. BOSANQUET, M.A., F.S.A.
FREDERICK C. BOWRING, ESQ., J.P.
ALBERT BUCKLEY, ESQ.
JOHN BYRNE, ESQ., J.P.
ALDERMAN A. COMMINS, LL.D.
ALDERMAN A. CROSTHWAITE, J.P.
THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF DERBY,
PGy CB:
ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B.
FORWOOD, D.L., J.P.
ERNEST C. GIVEN, ESQ., M.1.C.E.
(Chairman, Libraries and Reading Rooms
Sub-Committee.)
ALFRED GRIFFITHS, Esq.
FRANCIS J. HARFORD, ESQ., J.P.
PROF. W. A. HERDMAN, DSc., F.B.S.
(Deputy-ChairmanMusewms Sub-Committee)
ROBERT C. HERMAN, ESQ.
PHILIP DURNING HOLT, ESQ.
C. SYDNEY JONES, HSQ., M.A.
P. CHARLES KELLY, ESQ.
REGINALD G. LAYTON, ESQ.
ALDERMAN JOHN LBA, J.P.,
(Chairman, Arts and Exhibitions Sub-
Conunittee.)
PROFESSOR A. M. PATERSON, M.D.
HERBERT R. RATHBONE, ESQ., B.A.
(Chairman, Museums Sub-Committee.)
RONALD STEWART-BROWN, ESQ.,
M.A., F.S.A.
(Deputy-Chairman, Libraries
Sub-Committee).
COLONEL W. HALL WALKER, M.P.
(Deputy-Chairman, Arts and Exhibitions
Sub-Committee)
Advisory Members of Museums Committee :
ARTHUR H. ARKLE, Esq.
Prof. JOHN GARSTANG, D.Sc., M.A.,
B.Litt.
ROBERT GLADSTONE, Jun., Esq.,
B.C.L, M.A.
Prof. JOHN LINTON MYRKES, M.A.
Prof, PERCY E. NEWBERRY, M.A.
Chief Wibrarian:
GEORGE T. SHAW.
Deputy-Xibrarian :
HENRY E. CURRAN.
Curator of Wusenms:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, D.Sc.
Deputy-Curator of Hluscums:
P. ENTWISTLE, F.R.A.I.
Curator of the Walker Art Gallery :
E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN.
Assistant Curator, Walker Art Gallery:
ARTHUR G. QUIGLEY.
CHAIRMAN’S” PREFACE.
With this volume the Library, Museum and Arts Committee
may be said to have reached their Diamond Jubilee, for it forms
the Sixtieth Annual Report of their work. The steady progress
of that work, and the way in which, year by year, the departments
under their charge have been made more and more useful to the
community, appear in the interesting Historical Summary, prepared
by the Chief Librarian, on pages 7 to 14 of his Report.
It is a happy circumstance that the donors to whose generosity
we owe the inception of the three branches which are served by the
Committee’s Institutions in William Brown Street, the 13th Earl
of Derby, Sir William Brown, and Sir Andrew Walker, are all
to-day represented on the Committee by their descendants, the
17th Earl of Derby, Mr. Ronald Stewart-Brown, and Colonel W.
Hall Walker. In this fact there is security that in the development
of those Institutions the original intentions of the benefactors are
being duly respected.
The work has grown beyond any anticipations which those
benefactors could have formed. It was said years ago that a
Library could be fairly representative of all branches of literature
when it reached 10,000 carefully selected volumes. But that
number of volumes are issued every day in our Libraries, while the
Museums and Art Gallery are visited by nearly a million persons
in the course of a year.
One very satisfactory feature in the Library statistics is the
greatly increased issues, nearly 84,000 volumes more than last year,
to juvenile readers. There are now 19,500 children holding
Reader’s Tickets in the Lending Libraries, and although a large
proportion of the books they take out come under the heading of
fiction, last year 414,000 volumes were in other departments, more
than half of these being books of Travel, History, Biography and
Fine Arts.
4 CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE.
A notable event of the year was the visit of the Library Associa-
tion in September, after an interval of twenty-nine years since
their last meeting here. They expressed their admiration of our
system of Lending Libraries and Reading Rooms, more complete,
in their opinion, than in any City they had visited. A number of
American Librarians were present, and they were specially
interested in the close co-operation which now exists between our
Branch Libraries and the neighbouring schools, by which on certain
days in the week whole classes are taken to the Libraries for an
object lesson in the use of books. ‘They told us that in that respect
we were ahead of anything which has been attempted in the
United States.
The Report of the Museum Curator shows also the educational
work which is being done there in direct partnership with the
Schools. The Schools Loan Collections, comprising. over 1,000
scientific objects, now circulate among 103 of our Elementary
Schools, and, in addition, daily visits are paid to the Museum by
school classes and their teachers. Over 1,500 Secondary School
and University Students also attended at the Museum during the
year for special work on Students’ days. Numerous school classes,
and many students, have also made use of the Art Gallery.
I especially emphasize these growing uses of the three
buildings, because they confirm and strengthen the view I have
always held that familiarity with the City’s splendid literary,
scientific and art collections should be a recognised part of our
educational system, and that the earlier in a child’s school life
it is taken in hand, the better.
The Local History Gallery in the Museum has grown to an extent
which delights those who are interested in the story of our City.
I would earnestly appeal to all who have in their possession objects
which illustrate that story, to consider whether they cannot deposit
them with us, as gifts or as loans. I venture to think that no better
way can be found of inspiring civic pride and patriotism in our
future citizens than by showing them, as children, the living history
of the City, brought together in such a Gallery.
CIIAIRMAN’S PREFACE. 5
In the Art Gallery our gratitude is due for many valuable gifts,
-which have, with the purchases, added 40 more items to the
Permanent Collection. Towards the urgently needed extension
of the Gallery the late Mr. Thomas Bartlett's legacy of £10,000
is a welcome and important contribution. There is now ample
land for the extension in the hands of the Corporation, designs
have been prepared, and it is to be hoped that there may be no long
delay before a beginning is made.
The revised Catalogues of the Libraries and the Art Gallery, and
the popular Guides to the Museums, are making good progress.
These are very necessary features in the general scheme of in-
creasing the popularity and usefulness of all the Institutions.
FRANK J. LESLIE,
Chairman.
1848
1850
1851
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
Suggestion by the Rev. Canon A. Hume at a meeting of the Roscoe Club,
February 1848, that a Free Public Library be established in Liverpool.
Committee cL ator by Town Council, 3rd April, on the motion of
Councillor James A. Picton, to consider and report upon the establish-
ment of a Publie Library for Liverpool.
Negotiations with the Trustees of the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street,
and Report of the Provisional Committee, 4th September, recom-
mending that an Act of Parliament be obtained for the transfer of
the Royal Institution and its contents (paintings, casts, natural history
specimens, books, ete.) to the Corporation, and that a Public Library,
Museum, and Gallery of Art be established in that building.
An Association of Citizens formed, 10th December, to promote the
formation of the proposed Library, Museum, and Gatiery oi Art,
and to solicit subscriptions, books, and specimens.
The Bequest by the Right Honourable Edward-Smith, 13th Earl of Derby,
K.G., F-L.S., of his collections of Natural History Specimeas intimated
to the Corporation of Liverpool by the Kight Honourable Edward-
Geoffrey, 14th Earl of Derby, k.e., F.L.s.
Mr. Thomas J. Moore appointed first Curator of the Museum.
1852
1854
1855
The “Liverpool Royal Institution (Transfer of Property) Bill” sub-
mitted to Parliament and withdrawn, May 1851.
The purchase of the Union News Room, Duke Street, for the purposes
» of a Library and Museum decided upon, 9th September.
Act of Parliament, 3rd May, to establish a Public Library, Museum,
and Gallery of Art, and to provide Public Lectures. Councillor James
Allanson Picton became first Chairman of the Library, Museum, and
Arts: Committee.
Mr. John Stuart Dalton appointed first Chief Librarian.
Collection of maps, views, portraits, documents, etc. illustrative of
the history of Lancashire (particularly Liverpool), purchased from
the Executors of Mr. Thomas Binns.
Reference Library, Duke Street, opened by the Mayor of Liverpool
(Councillor Thomas Littledale), October 18th. The Library, Museum,
and Arts Committee were also charged with the management and
maintenance of the Botanic Gardens and Park.
The Museum of Natural History, bequeathed to the town by the Earl of
Derby, was opened to the public by the Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor
Samuél Holme), Duke Street, 8th March.
Two Branch Lending Libraries opened: in (1) the North Corporation
Schools, Bevington Bush, 18th October; and (2) the South Corporation
Schools, Park Lane, Ist November.
A Superintendent of Branch Libraries decided upon. Mr. W. Roulston
appointed.
The South Branch Lending Library transferred from the South
Corporation Schools to premises in Hardy Street, December 1854.
Parliamentary powers obtained, 16th July, to appropriate a site in Shaw’s
Brow (now William Brown Street) on which to erect a new Public
Library and Museum building.
The North Branch Lending Library transferred from the North Corporation
Schools to special premises in Great Nelson Street, June 1855.
1856 Offer of Mr. William Brown, m.r., Merchant of Liverpool, to erect a
new Public Library and Museum on Shaw’s Brow.
1858
1859
1860
1862
1863
1865
1866
1867
1869
1871
1873
1874
HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
Books for the Blind provided and circulated for the first time from the
Lending Branches.
Foundation stone of new Library and Museum on Shaw’s Brow laid by
Mr. William Brown, m.pv., 15th April.
The “Savage ’’ Collection of Ethnography purchased for the Museums.
The South Branch Lending Library transferred from Hardy Street to
special premises in Upper Parliament Street.
Standard music provided and circulated for the first time from the
Branch Libraries.
New building erected in Great Nelson Street, providing additional
accommodation for the North Branch Lending Library.
The Brown Library and Museum, Shaw’s Brow, formally opened by
Mr. William Brown (afterwards Sir William Brown, Bart.), 18th
October. The Library was transferred from the old building in Duke
Street, and opened for public service on 3rd December.
Gift of £1,000 by Mr. Joseph Shipley (of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.,
and formerly of the firm of Brown, Shipley, and Co., Liverpool) for
the purchase of important books for the Reference Library.
The administration of the Botanic Gardens and Park transferred to the
Finance Committee.
Mr. Peter Cowell appointed Superintendent of Branch Libraries, in
succession to Mr. W. Roulston, resigned.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the
Library and Museum, 31st October.
Lectures Sub-Committee appointed.
First group of British Birds (Common Bald Coot) with natural
surroundings, prepared in the Liverpool Museum, and exhibited at
the British Association Meeting, Birmingham.
Mr. George Hudson appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to Mr. John
Stuart Dalton, deceased.
The Corporation Free Lectures inaugurated, January 1866.
Councillor Edward Samuelson, s.p., elected first Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee.
The “ Mayer ” Collection, presented to the town by Mr. Joseph Mayer, F.s.A.
Bequest to the Museum by Mr. William Tyrer Gerrard of a collection
of Natural History Specimens from Madagascar.
A large and important collection of Shells presented to the Museum by
Mr. Samuel Smith per the Rev. H. H. Higgins.
An extensive series of fossils from the coal measures, chiefly from the
Railway excavation at Ravenhead, presented to the Museum by the
Rev. H. H. Higgins.
Bequest to the Museum by Mr. John Mather of a collection of Miniatures,
etc., relating to the Bonaparte Family.
The First Autumn Exhibition of Pictures opened 4th September, closed
18th November, and continued annually in the Museum building
until 1876.
Councillor Edward Samuelson, j.p., elected first Chairman of the Fine
Arts Sub-Committee.
Councillor Joseph Armstrong elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor Samuelson.
Councillor Andrew B. Walker, Mayor of Liverpool (afterwards Sir
Andrew Barclay Walker, Bart.) offered to devote the sum of 420,000
to the erection of an Art Gallery.
Foundation Stone of the Walker Art Gallery laid by H.R.H. the Duke
of Edinburgh, 28th September.
1875
1876
1877
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
HISTORICAL SUMMARY. 9
Mr. Peter Cowell appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to Mr. George
Hudson, deceased.
Foundation Stone of Picton Reading Room, William Brown Street,
laid by Councillor James A. Picton, J.p., ¥F.s.a., Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 2nd December.
The Chairman of the Museum Sub-Committee (Rev. H. H. Higgins) and
two assistants took part in an Expedition to the West Indies on the
Steam Yacht “‘ Argo” for the purpose of collecting marine specimens
of Natural History, on the invitation of Mr. R. Cholmondeley, of
Condover Hall, Salop.
Councillor Thomas Holder, s.p., elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor J. Armstrong.
The Rutter-Phillips collection of Minerals presented to the Museum
by the Liverpool Medical Institution.
Mr. Charles Dyall appointed first Curator of the Walker Art Gallery.
The Walker Art Gallery opened by the Right Honourable Edward-Henry,
15th Earl of Derby, x.¢., 6th September.
The Seventh Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art opened in the Walker
Art Gallery, 8th September.
The office of Superintendent of Branch Libraries abolished, and the duties
transferred to the Chief Librarian.
The Picton Reading Room, William Brown Street (adjoining the
Brown Library and Museum) opened by the Mayor of Liverpool,
Mr. Thomas B. Royden (afterwards Sir Thomas Royden, Bart.)
8th October.
Mr. Charles T. Gatty appointed Curator of the “ Mayer’? Museum.
Councillor William J. Lunt elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee,
in succession to Councillor T. Holder, retired.
Temporary Annexe to hold the Museum Ethnographical Collections built
at the rear of the Walker Art Gallery.
Extension of the Walker Art Gallery determined upon by the City
Council.
Inauguration of the Picton Lecture Hall for Free Lectures, 3rd January.
he Hall is constructed in the basement of the Picton Reading Room,
and was first styled the Rotunda Lecture Hall.
Newspapers provided for the first time in the Reference Library.
The Library Association of the United Kingdom held their 6th Annual
Meeting in the Reference Library, 11th-14th September, under the
Presidency of Sir James A. Picton, s.p., F.s.4., Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee.
Evening Reading Rooms opened in five Schoolrooms: Stanley Road,
Queen’s Road, Chatsworth Street, Wellington Road, Low Hill. (In
consequence of the subsequent establishment of Branch Libraries in
the several districts, these Reading Rooms, excepting that in
Chatsworth Street Council School, have since been closed.)
First issue of the Circulating School Museum Cabinets to various Schools
in the City, in May.
Entire cost of the extension of Walker Art Gallery, on completion,
defrayed by Alderman Sir Andrew Barclay Walker. The extension
was opened 30th August.
Bequest to the Museum of the Nicholas Cooke Collection of Lepidoptera.
The Major Austin collection of Crinoids purchased for the Museum.
Loan Exhibition of works of Art from Lancashire Collections, in the
Walker Art Gallery
10
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
HISTORICAL SUMMARY
Councillor Philip H. Rathbone, s.p., elected Chairman of the Arts and
Exhibitions Sub-Committee in succession to Alderman E. Samuelson,
retired.
Collection of Skins and Horns of large Game Animals presented to
Museum by Mr. St. George Littledale.
Exhibition of pictures by the Russian artist, Vassili Verestchagin. (A
second Exhibition by this artist was held in 1899.)
First opening of the Museums on Monday evenings from 7 to 10 during
the winter months (October to March).
International Photographic Exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery
under the auspices of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association.
First Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Advancement
of Art and its application to industry, was held in the Walker Art
Gallery, under the Presidency of Lord Leighton, p.R.a., 3rd-7th
December.
Alderman Edward Samuelson, s.p., elected Chairman of the Library,
Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Sir James A. Picton,
who died on 15th July.
Libraries and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee appointed 8th August.
Councillor Thomas Holder, s.p., elected first Chairman.
The Rev. Henry H. Higgins, m.a., elected first Chairman of the Museum
and Mayer Collection Sub-Committee.
Kensington Branch Library opened by the Mayor of Liverpool, Alderman
Thomas Hughes (afterwards Sir Thomas Hughes), 30th January.
Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood, J.p., elected Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Alderman
E. Samuelson, retired.
Councillor Andrew Commins, LL.D., M.P., elected Chairman of the
Libraries and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to
Councillor Thomas Holder, J.P., retired.
Inaugural meeting of the Museums Association held in the Museum,
17th July, under the Presidency of the Rev. Henry H. Higgins, m.a.,
Chairman of the Museum Sub-Committee.
The Library, Museum, and Arts Committee becomes also the Technical
Instruction authority. Sub-Committee appointed, with Councillor
W. E. Willink, m.a., as Chairman.
Photographic Exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery, under the
auspices of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association.
The Permanent Collection, Walker Art Gallery, opened to the public
on Sundays for the first time.
Councillor W. H. Picton elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee,
in succession to Alderman Lunt, deceased.
Reconstruction of the basement of the Brown Library: Special Reference
Room for Specifications of Patents and Newspaper Files opened there,
12th December.
Exhibition of Naval and Nautical appliances, organised at the suggestion
of the Right Hon. Sir Arthur B. Forwood, Bart., m.p., Financial
Secretary to the Admiralty, opened by the Right Hon. Lord George
Hamilton, m.p., First Lord of the Admiralty, lst February.
Councillor W. H. Picton elected Chairman of the Museum and Mayer
Collection Sub-Committee, in succession to the Rev. H. H. Higgins,
deceased.
Bequest to the Museum by the Right Honourable Edward-Henry, 15th
Earl of Derby, «.e., of a collection of Agates, etc.
he Roscoe Collection transferred to the Walker Art Gallery by agree-
ment with the Trustees of the Liverpool Royal Institution.
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1900
HISTORICAL SUMMARY. if
Appointment of Mr. Henry O. Forbes, uu.p., as Director of Museums, in
succession to Mr. Thomas J. Moore, deceased.
The nucleus of a collection of West African Ethnographical Objects,
presented to the Museum by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, Elder,
Dempster, and Co.
Central Lending Library established in the basement of the Brown
Library building. Opened 17th June.
Councillor Frank J Leslie, F.r.a.s., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor W. H. Picton, deceased.
The Foundation Stone of the Everton Branch Library and Technical
Schools laid by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor W. H. Watts)
on behalf of the Lord Stanley, m.p., 5th July.
Councillor Morris P. Jones, s.P., elected Chairman of the Museum and
Mayer Collection Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor W. H.
Picton, deceased.
Opening of the Ethnographical Gallery of the Museum by the Right
Honourable the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor W. H. Watts.)
Councillor John Lea appointed Chairman of the Arts and Exhibitions
Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman Philip H. Rathbone, who died
22nd November 1895.
The Everton Branch Library, St. Domingo Road, opened by the Right
Honourable Frederick-Arthur, 16th Earl of Derby, x.e., Lord Mayor
of Liverpool, 9th October. The Library was transferred from the old
premises in Great Nelson Street.
The Tristram Collection of Birds purchased for the Museum.
Extension of Kensington Branch Library.
The Technical Instruction Sub-Committee constituted a separate Com-
mittee of the Council.
Sefton Park Branch Lending Library opened in the Public Offices, Lark
Lane, 4th October.
Walton Branch Library opened in the Town Hall, Walton, 11th October.
The Seton Karr Collection of Flint Implements from Egypt purchased
for the Museum.
Exhibition of Pictures by the late Alfred W. Hunt, r.w-s., held in the
Walker Art Gallery.
Foundation Stone of the Museums Extension Buildings and Technical
School laid by Sir William Bower Forwood, p.u., 3.p., Chairman ot the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 1st July.
Expedition to the Island of Sokotra for the collection of specimens of
Flora and Fauna.
Councillor Frank J. Leslie, F.R.c.s., elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman Andrew
Commins, LL.D., M.P.
Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee in succession to Councillor F. J. Leslie.
Alteration of the title “Museum and Mayer Collection Sub-Committee ”’
to “The Museums Sub-Committee,’ 24th July.
Bequest by Mr. Hugh Frederick Hornby, Merchant of Liverpool, of his
Art Library (comprising books, prints, autographs, and art bindings),
together with £10,000 for the erection of a building suitable tor its
reception.
Alderman Joachim N. Stolterfoht elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor F. J.
Leslie, retired
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1SGZ
HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
Councillor Edwin Berry elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor A. Crosthwaite, elected Lord
Mayor of Liverpool.
Key's Plenum System of Heating and Ventilation installed in the Brown
Library and Museum, June 1901.
Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite, s.p., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor E. Berry.
Toxteth Branch Library, Windsor Street, opened by Mr Andrew Carnegie,
15th October. The Library was transferred from the old premises in
Upper Parliament Street.
Removal of plateau fronting Brown Library and Museum, and alteration of
approaches to the building.
Councillor J. Harrison Jones elected Chairman of the Museums Sub-
Committee, in succession to Mr. Morris P. Jones.
The Wavertree Branch Library, Picton Road, opened by Councillor
Robert Durning Holt, s.p., Deputy-Chairman of the Library, Museum,
and Arts Committee, 12th May.
Opening of the Rawdon Reading Room, Breck Road, Anfield, by Councillor
William Evans, s.P., 18th October.
Mr. E. Rimbault Dibdin appointed Curator of the Walker Art Gallery,
in succession to Mr. €. Dyall, retired.
The Northern Photographic Exhibition, under the auspices of the Liverpool
Amateur Photographic Association, held in the Walker Art Gallery,
(This exhibition also took place in 1907 and 1911.)
The Kirkdale Branch Library, Brock Street, opened by Alderman J. N.
Stolterfoht, Chairman of the Libraries Sub-Committee, 21st June.
The Andrew Carnegie Branch Library, Green Lane, West Derby (the
gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie) opened by Sir William B. #orwood,
D.L., J.P., Chairman of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee,
27th June.
Extension of the Museum Aquarium completed.
Councillor William Permewan, m.p., elected Chairman of the Museums
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor J. Harrison Jones, resigned.
Inauguration of the Hugh Frederick Hornby Art Library, on 26th
ctober, by Mrs. Madden, of Sandown Hall, Wavertree, to whom an
illuminated address (enclosed in silver casket) was presented by the
Library, Museum and Arts Committee. During the ceremony a marble
bust of the late Hugh Frederick Hornby, executed by Mr. C. J. Allen
on the commission of the Committee, was unveiled by Colonel H. H.
Hornby, s.ep. The Hornby Library building is an annexe to the Picton
Reading Room.
Opening of the New Galleries of the Museums Extension by the Right
Honourable Frederick-Arthur, 16th Earl of Derby, K.c¢., 19th October.
The Walker Art Gallery first opened to the public in the evening. The
Gallery was first experimentally opened on Monday evenings, this
being afterwards altered (successfully) to Saturday evenings.
The collection of Botanical Literature forming the J.ibrary of the Liver-
pool Botanic Gardens transferred by the Parks and Gardens Committee
to the Reference Library.
Dryden Street Evening Reading Room opened, 21st October.
Councillor H. Chaloner Dowdall, m.a., B.c.L., elected Chairman of the
Museums Sub-Committee, in succession to Dr. Permewan.
Exhibition of the Art of W. Holman Hunt, o.m., v.c.t., held in the
Walker Art Gallery.
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
HISTORICAL SUMMARY. 13
Memorial Exhibition of the Art of the late John Finnie, R.£., R.C.A.,
held in the Walker Art Gallery.
Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Antiquities held in the Walker Art
Gallery in connection with the Liverpool Sept-Centenary Celebrations.
Alderman E. W. Turner elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee
in succession to Councillor Crosthwaite.
Councillor Frank J. Leslie, r.n.c.s., elected Chairman of the Library,
Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Sir William B.
Forwood, D.L., J.P.
Councillor Herbert R. Rathbone, 8.a., elected Chairman of the Museums
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor H. Chaloner Dowdall,
elected Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
. Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Art held in the Walker Art Gallery.
The Garston Branch Library, Bowden Road (the gift of Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, LL.D.), opened by Councillor F. J. Leslie, Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 26th May.
Mr. George Thomas Shaw appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to
Mr. Peter Cowell, deceased.
Establishment of Lending Libraries Depot for the circulation of special
books and the interchange of books amongst the Lending Branches.
The Herbarium Collection of over 40,000 specimens transferred by the
Parks and Gardens Committee from the Botanic Gardens to the
Museums.
An illuminated address presented to Mr. A. Ridyard, 2nd July, in
recognition of his gift to the Museums of numerous ethnographical
objects and natural history specimens from the West Coast of Africa.
Councillor Richard Rutherford, s.p., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee in succession to Alderman E. W. Turner, resigned.
Inauguration by Councillor William Evans, s.p., of Branch Lending
Library in the Rawdon Reading Room, Anfield, 3rd February.
On 13th October, an address (enclosed in silver casket) was presented
to Miss Mary L. Hornby, in recognition of her generous gifts during
many years, of Braille Books for the blind.
The Art of Albrecht Diirer, a collection brought together and arranged
in chronological order by Sir W. Martin Conway, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S.,
exhibited in the Walker Art Gallery.
The Centenary Exhibition of the Liverpool Academy of Arts held in
the Walker Art Gallery.
Exhibition of Canadian Art held in the Walker Art Gallery, under the
auspices of the Royal Canadian Academy .of Arts.
Councillor Ernest C. Given, m.1.c.z., elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman J. N.
Stolterfoht, deceased.
Evening Reading Room, Stanley Road, opened by the Right Honourable
the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor S. Mason Hutchinson),
13th June.
The New Sefton Park Branch Lending Library, Aigburth Road, opened
on August 3rd by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, tu.p.. the donor of the
building. The Library was transferred from the Public Offices, Lark
Lane.
Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, p.sc., Deputy Curator, appointed Curator of Museums
in succession to Dr. Forbes, retired.
Afternoon Conference of Chairmen of Museum Committees and Museum
Curators from towns in the North of England, held in the Museums,
18th October.
14
HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
1912 The Walton and Fazakerley Branch Library, Evered Avenue (the gift of
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, tu.p.), opened by Councillor Richard Caton,
M.D., LL.D., J.P., Deputy Chairman of the Library, Museum, and
Arts Committee, 23rd November. The Library was transferred from
the Walton Town Hall, Rice Lane.
The Library Association held their 35th Annual Meeting in Liverpool, Qnd—5th
September, under the presidency of Councillor Frank J. Leslie, F.R.G:S.,
Chairman of the Library, Museum and Arts Committee.
Hours of duty of Lending Libraries Staffs revised, and the services of Evening
Assistants discontinued.
A Legacy of £10,000 bequeathed by the late Thomas Bartlett, of 12, Pembroke
Place, Liverpool, to be devoted to an extension of the Walker Art Gallery,
such extension to be (if possible) indentified with the Donor’s name.
Mr, Charles Dyall, first Curator of the Walker Art Gallery, died on the 13th
October.
LIBRARIES. 15
CHIEF LIBRARIAN’S REPORT.
GENTLEMEN,
I respectfully submit a report of the work of the Reference and
Lending Libraries during the year 1912.
The attached tables of statistics shew that 2,424,460 volumes were
issued over the counters in the Reference Library, Lending
Libraries, and Reading Rooms. In addition, it is estimated that
there has been a use equal to an issue of 423,000 volumes of the
books on open shelves in the Reference Library.
The issues in the Reference and Hornby Libraries shew an
increase of 23,854 over those for the year 1911. The issues from
the Lending Libraries shew a total increase over those for the
previous year of 185,521 volumes (101,644 to adults, and 83,877 to
juveniles). This is mainly accounted for by the fact that the
Walton and Fazakerley and the Sefton Park Libraries were only
open during a portion of the year 1911. There was an increased
issue of books to adults at the Central, West Derby, Rawdon, Sefton
Park, and Walton Lending Libraries, and a decreased issue at the
Toxteth, Kensington, Wavertree, Kirkdale, Everton, and Garston
Libraries. There was an increased issue to Juveniles at all the
Branch Libraries except Kensington, Kirkdale, and Garston. The
Kirkdale and Kensington Branches are the only Libraries which
shew no increase of issues to adults, juveniles, or from the Lending
Libraries’ Depot. There was an issue of 12,663 volumes from the
Lending Libraries’ Depot, shewing an increase of 1,631 issues over
the previous year. Nearly 2,800 volumes were issued from the
special collection of books for Blind readers—an increase of nearly
450 volumes.
16 LIBRARIES.
STOCKTAKING
The stock of books in the Reference Library was checked during
the year, and a report submitted to the Committee.
Tut Moorr MSS anv DocuMEN's.
The Calendar of Moore MSS and Documents compiled by
Mr. John Brownbill has been typed, and an Index is now being made.
By arrangement between the Libraries Committee and the Record
Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, the Calendar will be printed in
the Transactions of that Society.
PRESENTATIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
Early in the year the Committee received from the Executors of
the late Henry Young, Bookseller, of Liverpool, the original MS
of the Moore Rental, which that gentleman had bequeathed to the
Public Library.
Mr. Henry Nicholson, of Windermere, presented a handsomely-
bound volume of letters which had passed between his kinsman
Matthew Nicholson, of Richmond Row, Liverpool, and Mrs Felicia
D. Hemans, her mother, and her sister Harriet Browne.
These two volumes are valuable historical records of Liverpool
in the 17th and early part of the 19th centuries, and their addition
to the important local collection already in the Library is a matter
for sincere congratulation.
As in former years the Committee have had the pleasure of
expressing thanks to Miss Hornby for her generous gifts of books
in Braille type for the use of Blind readers.
Revision oF LenpinG Lipraries’ STOCKS.
The work of improving the condition of the stock at the Branch
Libraries has been continued, and during the year 3,235 volumes
were withdrawn and cancelled, while 5,172 worn-out volumes were
replaced. The larger number of these volumes were from the stocks
in the Toxteth and Everton Libraries. Needless to say, this is a
LIBRARIES. 17
costly work, and therefore cannot be done rapidly. The revision
of the stocks, apart from their condition, in all the Branch Libraries
will require careful consideration at an early date, as an effort must
be made to make the supplies in the Libraries equal to the demands.
Garston, with a stock for adults of 8,500 volumes, has an issue of
64,600 volumes, while Rawdon, with a stock for adults of 6,300, has
an issue of 117,800 volumes. Kirkdale, with a stock of 10,500
volumes, issued 84,600 volumes, and Sefton Park, with a stock for
adults of 9,250 volumes, issued 160,600 volumes. It is calculated
that every novel in the Sefton Park Library circulated 23 times
during the year, and at the Rawdon Branch each novel was issued
29 times.
CATALOGUES.
A new Catalogue of the books in the Wavertree Library was
published during the year, and Supplemental Catalogues were issued
for the Kensington and Rawdon Libraries.
New Catalogues of the Books for Children in the Kirkdale and
West Derby Libraries were also published.
Fines on Books For CHILDREN.
With a view to diminishing the number of Children’s tickets
detained for non-payment of fines at all the Branch Libraries, an
arrangement has been made with the Headmasters and Head-
mistresses of Council Schools whereby lists are sent to them regularly
of those children in each school who are holding Library books that
are overdue. On the receipt of the lists, the teachers request the
children to return or renew the books, and so avoid fines. The
arrangement has worked most successfully, and thanks are due to
the teachers for their hearty co-operation.
CLEANING AND PAINTING.
The Kirkdale, Rawdon, and West Derby Branch Libraries were
cleaned and painted.
18 LIBRARIES.
MEETING OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
In September, the Library Association held its 35th annual
meeting at Liverpool by invitation of the Library, Museum, and
Arts Committee. The Association had not visited this City since
the year 1883. In the interval all the Branch Libraries and
Reading Rooms have been built. The meeting was in every way a
success, and the Members generally were favourably impressed with -
the Liverpool Public Libraries and their work.
Free LEcTURES.
The number of Free Lectures delivered during the course of the
year was 166, one less than in 1911. Twenty-eight were given in
the Picton Lecture Hall, and 136 in the various District Halls, the
total attendance being 71,148, shewing a decrease of 6,762 compared
with the previous year. The principal reason for the diminished
attendance was the comparatively long spell of abnormally incle-
ment weather during January and February; the attendances at the
Picton Lecture Hall falling from an average of over 950 to as low
as 254. The number of special Lectures for Children was increased
from 20 to 22, and the attendance at the Lectures was 12,084, as
against 11,296 in 1911. The signal success attending this very
important branch of our Lecture work justifies the Lectures Com-
mittee’s action in extending these special Lectures to centres where
children have not previously been provided for.
Your obedient Servant,
GEO. T. SHAW,
Cuter LIBRARIAN.
The Library, Museum, and
Arts Committee.
LIBRARIES.
TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT.
Volumes
issued on
application. |
Reference Library.
7rcTON READING Room:
Volumes issued on application .............:ccceeeeeee 211,208
Approximate estimate of the issues of volumes
of Reference Works and General Literature,
MONT Open SHELVES ....cecccecosecescsscessescoscceces
Approximate estimate of the issues of current
Literary, Scientific and Technical Reviews
_ and Periodicals, from open shelves ...............
-ROWN READING Room:
Volumes issued: Prose Fiction ...............0c00c0008 40,465
ie 3 General Literature, from open
RINOIMOS uescctkck sek -ades coco seats 115,442
Approximate estimate of issues of current
Periodicals, from open shelves .............00-00008
lewsPaPers: Bound volumes .....-......s00c06 veces 6,427
BAMAOMPARTMENT ....00csceccccosdeccssoscerseesscues 36,954
H FREDERICK Hornpy Art Liprary:
BRDEIOISSOCH | <--.25.cucedsbaget cuccedsscshecessedesciees 1,187
SMEG Crete ids feats cudsectiadebdecsccsacsceseceesonses
Totals—Reference Library.............:+++ 411,683
3 Branch Libraries.
VoLUMEs IssuED, LENDING DEPARTMENTS |
: AND READING Rooms.
Adult. | Juvenile. Total.
Eecsek ss 160,667 — 160,667
160,646 53,153 | 213,799
130,252 67,734 197,986 |
Re easet 129,206 34,164 | 163,370
119,328 35,882 | 155,210
Risa 117,808 45,212 | 163,020
112,210 32,364 | 144,574
none 107,539 | 61,292 168,831
Rentks 86,924; 60,354 147,278
fdale ...... 84,602 70,310 | 154,912
es 64,693 29,490 94,183
_ ‘Totals—Lending Departments .. 1,763,830) 2.012.777
y Branch Reading Rooms 248,947) | “7!
Lectures—(17 Centres).
tendances—
sercton Lecture Hall.............ccccoseees angel
Grand: Totals .cuticcscsedasectteoerceivtee 2,424,460
| Approximate estimates.
Volumes, Periodicals.
127,459
104,329
191,896
127,459 296,225
127,459 | 296,225
Prints
issued.
4,205
*4,205
*4,205
Norr.—The references to current newspapers and directories are not included.
* Hornby Library closed for cleaning July 1-23.
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LIBRARIES.
TABLE STi:
Classification of volumes issued in the Reference Department.
Picton Reading Room and Brown Reading Room :—
Theology, Morals, Metaphysics ...
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Bysiclosy ; hie. +
Natural History ae ate see
Fine and Industrial Arts ...
Specifications of Patents ...
History and Biography, &c.
Topography and Antiquities
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Atlases
Collected Works, Essays, &c.
Jurisprudence, Law, Politics st
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Sciedee, ‘ke. a
Education and Language... :
Poetry and Dramatic Literature
Prose Fiction
Latin and Greek Classics and Translations
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, &c.
Newspapers: Bound volumes
.. 36,954
Volumes issued
Total
TABLE III.
“55,390 |
1912. 1911.
22,694 22,637
24,409 26,844
13,390 13,451
92,884 89,244
60,526 58,096
26,764 23,427
42,496 36,950
32,905 83,954
16,075 12,666
26,231 26,533
38,642 31,989
23,417 20,036
40,465 43,488
3,062 3,580
17,518 14,882
6,427 6,686
537,955 514,463
1,187 825
539,142 515,288
Shewing the number and classification of volumes contained in
the Reference Department :—
Theology, Morals, Metaphysics... ot
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Phy eh as &e.
Natural History an aa
Fine and Industrial Arts (including Patents)
History and Biography, &c.
Topography and Antiquities ce
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Atlases ..
Miscellaneous Literature (principally
Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in volumes) .
Jurisprudence, Law, Politics
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Science, ke.
Education and Language
Poetry and Dramatic Literature
Prose Fiction ... =
Latin and Greek Classies and. ianclations
Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference...
Hugh Frederick Hornby Art Library
Totai
Collected W ee
9,568
4,544
9,182
22,351
17,946
8,686
= ae 7,563
Teas
36,998
12,946
5,526
3,125
5,375
5,442
1,155
6,326
7,860
164,593
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LIBRARIES.
TABLE V.—Shewing the numbe
CLASSIFICATION.
Theology, Ethics
Physics, Mathematics...
Natural History .........
Arts: Fine, Industrial
History, Biography......
Topography, Antiquities
Voyages, Travels.........
M’cellaneous Literature
awe “POHPICS! c<- a<s0rser
Commerce, &c.............
Education, Language. (
Foreign Literature \
Poetry, Drama............
Prose Fiction ............
Classics: Latin, Greek
Books for Blind
LenpDiInG DEPARTMENTS: ADULTS.
| Central.
2,219
16,766
4,759
1,615
3,564
4,155
111, 328) 67,462
245
Beaseft | Zea fgptneton) ration | oferk, | “gruice| pense] aby | So
1,165 | 1,379 1,060 1,432 | 1,914 1,091 955 | 1,140
1,212 | 1,196 1,182 | 1,418 | 1,978 1,204 | 1,206 ) a Fe Ui br
831 | 1,035 | 1,070 1,312 | 2,102] 1,495} 929 | 1,432
4,230 | 6,447 | 9,045 9,235 | 9,792 | 6,732 | 5,445 | 9,275 | 4,4
1,996 | 3,008 | 2,188 | 2,770 | 4,127] 2,933 | 2,238 | 2,938 | 1,6
418 690 621 | 831 | 1,878 886 428 776
1,253 | 2,025 1,631 | 2,254 | 3,941 2,733 | 1,627 | 2,421) 06
5,432 | 5,970 | 5,792 | 2,812 | 3,281 5,086 | 2,950 | 4,539 | 3,8
169 263 268 | 132 423 426 214 338 ‘
1,262 | 1,436 1,147 | 1,463 | 1,237 | 1,097 810 | 1,025
483 856 708 | 971 | 1,798 991 | 1,114 | 1,289
103 308 185 | 145 597 125 72 366
571 898 910 | 1,142 | 2,405 984 853 | 1,134
91 ,488 104,116 103,138 124,875] 86,015 |65,492 91,155 | 48,
134 168 100 50 250 221 150 315
203 645 229 — 48 191 97 68
bi 2 ey 4
160,667 | 86,924 |117,812 | 130,252 129,206 160,646} 112,210 | 84,602 |119,328 | 64
* Of this total 43,999 were volumes of Music.
TABLE VI.—Shewing the numb
Central. | Branch, | Branch. | Branch | Bes
New Tickets issued during
1912—
PACE. Sop secesaceas esters snes 2,985 1,020 1,635 1,754
Siitid@nhie Soe se aes anaeeneasese 570 85 166 94
PUVONUE: sacem css esecee dey ate _ 1,502 1,293 1,554
3,555 | 2,607 3,094 3,402
Tickets now in use, 31st
December, 1912—
AGS By Re a 5,919 | 2,096 | 3,564 8,501
SHUM Gr GT, Gece es ose peeec cess 999 175 322 208
JUVEHUG)..2. -2ccs.sesscessseue — 2,453 2,255 3,222
6,918 4,724 | 6,141 6,931
volumes issued for Home Reading.
LIBRARIES.
23
Lenpineg DEPARTMENTS: CHILDREN.
| tora. | rion |gosttn | senatnton ation | 3 | waraten| lent Derby | Garston
14,134} 258 96 193 | 266} 509 136| 433] 127 187
F 14,869 280 136 157 285 846 254 394 123 106
13,950 | 1,821 777) 1,855] so1 1,000 | 1,051] 1,903} 771! 642
*87,930 2,145 | 1,199 1,736 | 1,499 | 1,562 1,398 | 2,964 | 1,388 | 1,152
"31,181 5,485 2,258 2,872 | 2,787 | 3,305 2,545 | 6,261 | 1,648 2,689
9,166 8 Wj = 428 | — — — — | 7
| 25,338 1,835 | 1,190} 1,368 /1,101 |3,029 | 1,869 3,171 | 1,785 | 1,485
| 46,822 | 2.643 | 2.503 2,232 507 256 2,016 | 2,330 | 2,909 | 2,751
| 3,424 = 1 — aM Nez = —_ = i
13,935 37 53 — on | — — _ _— 46
11,550 3 oi eae Be | ea x = = 34
4250; — Sa Eee LS hap Bl hz ae ve =
12,583 914 126 748 | 309 742 331 987 270 480
¥8 0,202 | 44,925 | 36,700 56,573 | 26,110) 41,904 22,764 | 51,867 | 26,861 | 19,845
ES Rs (are) I i I (a
= rato) eS pe
273 ea 45,145 | 67,734 |34,164 53,153} 32,364 | 70,810 | 35,882
Opa a EEE PO ATs Sa |
Garston | Rawdon
Branch.
213
171
2,107
2,420
5,316
4,859
2,064
Total
Issues
Total
2,418] 16,552
2,782] 17,624
12,728] 26,678
17,463] 105,393
35,165] 66,347
5,439] 14,605
18,897] 44,235
19,366] 66,188
2] 3,426
316] 14,251
219] 11,769
a 4,250
5,471] 18,054
42,073 |369,622]1,349,824
29 1,777
2,797
29,490 | 61,292 |489,888 |1,763,767
N
Mironcte” | ‘Geadale [gph Derbv] Garston | pawdon | soya,
a et eS) See
1,579 | 965 | 1,627 632 | 1,731 | 17,897
'176 90 | 206 117 144 23345
657 =| (1,590 712 488 | 1,347 | 10,644
2, 2,645 | 2,545 | 1,937 | 3,992 | 30,886
2,172 | 3,392 | 1,719 | 9,738 | 36,344
202 | ‘492 294 219 4,628
2,859 | 1,293 | 909 | 2,120 | 419/357
5,233 | 5,107 | 2,992 | 5,077 | 60,496
tT Includes 12,663 vols. issued from Lending Libraries Depét.
rs from Lending Libraries,
94 LIBRARIES.
TABLE VII.—Shewing the number o
Aputt Rooms.
‘aa ial “Everton | Toxteth |Kensing-| Walton W3¢er |wirkdale | eft | Garston Rawdon Bryden
Branch Branch wee. = Branch Beach Branch panaht Branch | Branch Branch
Theology, Ethics ......... 342 436 388 74 181 | 198 —
Physics, Mathematics .... 759 | 439 901 114 245 446 —
Natural History ......... 350 | 269 | 592 97| 344 | 220 —
Arts: Fine, Industrial | 1244 1,654 | 3,493 136 1449) 897 2
History, Biography ...... 597 | 592| 933 g8| 475 | 535 60
Topography, Antiquities) 150 196 | 398 og| 149| 78 | 91
Voyages, Travels ......... 355 | 341) 632 23} 285| 347 | 465
Miscellaneous Literature 615 ) 2,047 | 2,261 53) 695 1,163 852 416 | 179 | 1,34
Law, Politics ..........-- 58 | 63 | 136 2) 147 85 95| 130 63 |
Commerce, &c. ......+0++++ 320 381} 710 s2| 235| 192] 320] 205| 146)
Education, Language ...| 269 | 207 | 360 34| 153| 205| 446] 108, 223 |
Poetry, Drama ............ | 256 ) 230 403 25 135 255 347 209 =—s«144 |
Prose Fiction ........-+-.| 4,175 | 5,387| 8,310] 533 | 1541 | 4,293| 9921! 512! 1,238! 33
Classics: Latin, Greek | 104 | g5| 88 a 66 | 35:| 198| ee |
———— = |
TOTALS ...... 9,574 12,327 |19,605 | 1,261 6,100 | 8,969 | 8,117 | 3,662 *3,666 2,42
** Rawdon Reading Room closed April 22nd-May 3rd for painting.
TABLE VIII.—EVENI
Reading Rooms.
Chatsworth Street (Council Schools)...... 309
Dryden Street .......:scceseecseceeeeeseeeee ees 309
Stanley Road ....sccsscesesseeeceeeecereeeees 309
LIBRARIES. 25
volumes issued in Reading Rooms.
CHILDREN’s Rooms.
Grand
tan | Total
ley Total | Everton | Toxteth Kensing-| Walton Asie Kirkdale Bh Garston Total
Branch on Branch | Branch ton | Branch Branch Bran Sa Branch ‘ota
Branch | Branch
200| 2,308, 151 58 696 172] 402] 149 83 | 231 | 1,942| 4,245
—| 3,828 91 | 194 938 109 | 192| 240 79| 277] 2,120| 5,948
97 2,792 743 350 2,330 199 | 1,180 |} 1,243 | 1,425 795 | 8,265 | 11,057
245 12,185| 660| 336| 2,950) 222| 2,493| 647/| 1,856| 902| 9,996| 22,181
1,158 | 5,440 | 1,437| 907| 3,150 367 | 4,508 | 3,365 | 4,722 | 6,180 | 24,636 | 30,046
317 | 1,761 22 35 = eh — = 28| 28%) 2,045
917| 4,171) 713] 828] 1,503 117 | 1,503 | 1,029 | 3,849 | 3,706 | 13,248 | 17,419
1,241 | 10,869 5,309 5,561 392 61 | 3,439 | 11,952 | 7,836 | 3,572 |38,122| 48,991
157 936 Dilvad) EES ect oes = = = 16 952
88 | 2,649 26 fee fgets Cl ees = = 232 | 289) 2,938
(161 | 2,304 A) 4)-— | Bi he = = = 203 | 265| 2,569
269 | 2,327 65 (125 600° 70 | 271| 262| 497] 1,036 | 2,926| 5,253
3,676 | 32,148 | 6,971 6,483 2,532 6,426 | 2,397 | 9,596 | 19,416 | 8,773 | 62,594 | 94,742
= 548 — 4 _ —_ — _— — 9 13 561
8,526 | 84,231 | 16,211 14,909 ails 8,000
16,315
$28,483 | 39,763 | 25,944 1a TIG eae
+ Kirkdale Reading Room closed May 14th-June 11th for painting.
READING ROOMS.
1912. 1911.
_ Attend- Average Attend- Average
ance. per Night. ance. per Night.
24,0385 Cat! 24,498 81
24,231 78 21,412 70
70,022 223 63,904 211
"118,288 a 109,814 iS
bo
for)
LIBRARIES.
TABLE IX.—Shewing classification of Borrowers.
Everton |Toxteth Kensing-| Walton! Sefton | Waver- |Kirkdale| West | Garston] Rawdon
Occupation. Central. | Branch.} Branch. ton Branch.) Park tree Branch | Derby | Branch.| Branch.
Branch. Branch. | Branch. Branch.
Laie | ea | eee
Architects, Builders..... 35 4 13 10 5 15 9 3 20 i 3 |
Artists, Draughtsmen...; 46 3 21 17 12 13 6 3 19 | g 197}
Bakers, Butchers, Grocers 67 65 | 85 74 56 72 24 50 SPAR Mg 0519) 52,
Boilermakers, Riveters 4 8 6 6 5) 4 2 18 2 16 1
Bookbinders, Printers...) 139 38 42 61 16 16 9 20 14 6 23
Bookkeepers, Clerks...... 1,745 | 257 | 433 | 463 | 562 | 505 | 476) 285) 464 | 138] 360
6
Boot and Shoe Makers 10 6 20 4 9 1
Box Makers. :...s:sssccsore 8 25 5 5 —|— — 12 6 it 6
Brass, Iron, &c. Founders 8 21 18 10 _- 5 1 5 5 10 i
Bricklayers, Slaterers ...) 10 8 8 uy 2) — g 5 5 | 3 2
Cabinet Makers............ 30 Sz" 23 26 1 il 4 6 3 | il 3
Carpenters, Joiners ...... 94 31 53 46 Os: | 74: 29 33 21 26 18
Chemists, Druggists...... 59 itt 27 20 19 21 8 7 19 10 12
Clergymen, Doctors, &e.| 40 3 6 16 22 32 7 8 18 23 11
Coach Builders ............ 6 1 6 7 2 4 2 i) 40 1 2
Cooks and Waiters ...... 62 19 29 46 4 18 4 9 10 2 15
Customs Officers, Police) 62 30 84 TAs 18 77 23 35 72) ae 47
Domestic Servants ...... 34 23 81 35 16 i 14 14 24; 13 21
Dressmakers, Milliners 93 23 61 ql 58) 73 16 ail 40 9 51
Engineers, Machinists 142 73 Oe 1930 AO Tee too: |) SSL 85 91 72 46
909 | 2,120 |
Farmers. Gardeners...... 18 4 2 5 | Meath tee) 6 8 13 19 5
FEIN OM cee eees Sone shees 4 T 9 ell Sore! 1 | 6 AD s| —
ITaIFOTesSErs. .....6tocc.0se- 23 15 6 13 | U & | y. 3 6 2 9
Ironmongers ............... if 1 t 7 4 2) 4 1 il 1 2
NEAMOULOLS: wcs.ssccsccness ces 102 90 85 95 12 | 6/ 16 46 ATs 44 19
Licensed Victuallers, &c. 18 6 15 9 | Zl 5 9 5 2 3
WWIAIIMIOUS 5c scsaceesevencees es 12 10 18 15 18 950) 6 6 11 14 4
Merchants, Brokers...... 34 14 5 92 J 26 9 6 48 16 2
Messengers, Office Boys | 204 | 103] 110] 128 53 65 62 | 107 45 14 80
Music Teachers............ 16 8 12 fall 10 6 6 5 14 | 3 19,
WIRTSTOIAINS: So cess seek ieee 25 7 13 22 9 3 3 2 ilk 2 ant
IS bini( Rae Seeppe ee eee 32 2} iy Gls 34 5 4 22 | = ilil
Painters, Plumbers ...... 44 38 36 Gle) Ly 19 21 pte Fo ee | 10) 21
Pattern Makers, Turners} 13 5 5 1 | tf 3 4 18 6 13 3
Pawnbrokers .......--...s- tf tf 11 3) 5 9 3 5 1 3 4
Schoolmasters, Teachers} 235 80 | 163} 140; 268 | 262 110 | 124 195| 44%. 177 |\dm
Shipwrights and Riggers} 19 5 15 5| 192 6, — 12 _- 5 2
ROEMULLS OS crecoteusne sereesee 9 17 8 11}; — 11 6 13 4 12 a
MSGTIGONILAs pons sersaes ee nc cones 233 54 247 76 349 | 314 571 55 213 Aye 132
Tailors and Drapers...... 184 21 55 bon aoe 16 9 18 13 13 24
Telegraphists, Typists ...| 179 18 65 65 | 79 94 28 36 63 21 64
OMACCOMISUS wencetaccsscees Sif 14 13 14]; — 1 8 4 4 3 3
Warehousemen,
Storekeepers ....) 89{/ 380] 38{ 42) 39}| 12 14 28] .18°)) See
Watchmakers, Opticians) 66 6 10 led 7 7 6]; — 1); — 1
Miscellaneous ............ 460 | 102 124 38 | 245} 204 | 230] 174 58 43 | 226
No occupation | |
(principally females)...|1,234 | 775 | 1,372|1,460 1,584 |2,018 |1,401 | 836 |1,702 | 966 | 1,201
Second Ticket Holders 999 | 175 | 322 | 208 | 512) 928] 347] 202) 422 | 294 219
(Gb Are sec eeccce-esedee ese a
2,453 | 2,255 | 3,222 1,362 | 1,857 | 1,227 | 2,859 | 1,298
| | A]
6,918 | 4,724 | 6,141 | 6,981 | 5,686 | 7,007 | 4,800 | 5,233 [5,107
Totals...
2,922 | 5,077
LIBRARIES.
FREE LECTURES.
27
During the year 166 Free Lectures were delivered, the total
attendance being 71,148. Twenty-two of the Lectures were specially
for children. Twenty-eight Lectures were given in the Picton Lecture
Hall, the remainder in the following district halls, i.e.—
(1) Scotland Road (St. Martin’s Hall); (2) Kirkdale (Branch Library, Brock
Street); (3) Walton (Corporation Baths, Queen’s Drive); (4) Aintree (Aintree
Institute, Longmoor Lane); (5) Everton (Branch Library); (6) Netherfield (St.
Ambrose Mission Hall, Prince Edwin Street) ; (7) Anfield (Council Schools, Anfield
Road); (8) West Derby (Council Schools, Lister Drive); (9) Knotty Ash (Village
Hall, Prescot Road) ;
(11) Wavertree (Town Hall) ;
(10) Kensington (Lundie Memorial Hall, Beech Street) ;
(12) Sefton Park (Gregson Institute, Garmoyle
Road) ; (18) Garston (Corporation Baths); (14) Aigburth Vale (Girls’ Secondary
School); (15) Aigburth (Parish Hall, Dundonald Road) ; (16) Toxteth (David
Lewis Club, Great George Place).
LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS.
(Excepting where otherwise stated, the Lectures were illustrated by
Lantern Views.)
Lecturer.
Atkins, E. A., A.M.I.M.E.......
Atkinson, Miss Edith.........
Beer, Adolph W. ............05
Bellingham, Edgar
Blair, Andrew
we wee ees eeeeecees
Blake, A. H., M.A. .......0..--
Brodrick, Harold, m.a.,
F.@.S.
Subject. Hatis.
*“ Ancient and modern | Picton.
methods of iron-
making.’’
“Liverpool to London via
Peking and Moscow..”’
* Haunted England.’’
“The people of the
Desert : personal exper-
iences in Northern
Africa and the Sahara.”’
**On foot in the Austrian
Highlands: a journey
through Tyrol.”
“Galicia, a little-known
corner of Spain.”
“In the Norwegian High-
lands.”’
Lister Drive, West Derby —
Gregson Institute,
Sefton Park—Aiutree
—Everton.
Aintree.
Crosby Home Mission
Hall—Picton.
Lister Drive, West Derby—
Wavertree.
Wavertree—Picton—
Kirkdale.
Kirkdale.
28
LIBRARIES.
AR a es SS Se eee
Lecturer.
Subject.
Brown, H. Grégorius,
F.R.H.S.
Brown, Samuel E., M.A.,
B.sc. Headmaster, Liver-
pool Collegiate School.
Budden, Charles W., M.D. ...
Bustard, Frank
Clarke, Edgar
Cortie, Rev. A. L., 8.J.;
F.R.A.S., of Stonyhurst
College, Blackburn.
Costain, Rev. A. J., M.A...
Crowther, Henry, F.R.M.S.,.--
Dennis, G. P., A.M.I-E.E.,
Lecturer on Electrical
Engineering, Central
Technical School,
Liverpool
Dibdin, E. Rimbault,
Curator, Walker Art
Gallery, Liverpool.
Driver, W. RB. ...e-seseeeeseeees
Dunning, A. H., F.R.G.S.
F.R.P.S.
Ellis, John W., M.B., F.E.S.
>? ”
Enock, Fred, F.L.S., F-E.S.,
F.R.M.S.
“Montenegro and _ its
people.”
** Glaciers and Icebergs. '
** Camping days and ways
on road and river.”
“The seaports of
Northern Europe.”
** Charles Dickens and his
writings.”
““T> the Tongan Islands
in pursuit of a
shadow.”’
“ Oxford: City and Uni-
versity life.”
“Coal mining and its
dangers; with special
reference to dust
explosion.”
« Blectricity and __ its
modern application,”’
with experiments.
“An artistic tour in
Holland.”
“An hour with the micro-
scope.”
« The every-day life of a
Savage.”
«The English Lake Dis-
trict and its assocla-
tions.”
“On and off the Great
Dyke: the scenery and
the
from
antiquities of
Welsh Border
Chester to Hereford.”’
** Insect mimicry.”
Halls.
Garston—David Lewis
Club—Picton.
Picton.
Wavertree—Lister Drive,
West Derby—Picton.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Anfield.
Picton.
Kirkdale.
Picton.
David Lewis Club—
Aigburth.
Lister Drive, West Derby—
Aintree—Kirkdale.
Aintree.
Wavertree—Lister Drive,
West Derby—St. Mar-
tin’s Hall—Picton.
Picton—Kirkdale—Greg-
son Institute, Sefton
Park.
Aintree.
Picton—Knotty Ash.
LIBRARIES.
29
Lecturer.
Fletcher, F. J., F.R.H.s. ...
Gibbs, H. Lionel, m.sc.
Grensted, Rev. Canon F, F.
M.A.
Hamilton, Rev. James, m.a.
Heaton, Professor Noel,
B.S¢c., F.C.S.
Heron, Ernest P. ..............
Hodges, T. R. .....--....ceee ce.
Holland, C. Thurstan,
M.R.C.S., F.R.P.S.
ted ”
Hoult, James
»”» a3
Johnston, Rev. James,
¥.R.H.S.
Kennedy, John, F.R.G.s. ..
-| ** Finland,
Subject.
** The romance of flowers.’’
.| “ Belgium and the
Belgians.”’
** A holiday ramble in
Belgium.”’
“In the Zuider Zee:
Holland, a _ country
made by the hand of
man.”
“Siena and other medieval
cities of Tuscany.”
“Voyagers to the Isle of
Man a thousand years
ago, and the relics they
have left.’’
““Grey Galloway.”
“Crete, the kingdom of
King Minos.”
“The Val d’Anniviers:
off the beaten track in
Switzerland.”’
* Algeria, weird and
wild.”’
** Wanderings in Switzer-
land.”
“* X-Rays and their uses.”
* Childwall and Waver-
tree: historical, anti-
quarian, legendary,
and anecdotal.’’
““The Hundred of West
Derby : historical, topo-
graphical, and anec-
dotal.’’
“* Mexico, “the land of
romance and beauty.’’
the country
and the people.”
Halls.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
Kirkdale—St. Martin’s
Hall.
Walton.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Aintree—Lister Drive,
West Derby—Picton—
Knotty Ash.
Gregson Institute, Sefton
Park—Aintree—Aig-
burth.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Wavertree—Picton—
Kensington—Aigburth.
Everton.
Wavertree—Lister Drive,
West Derby—Kirkdale
—Picton.
Anfield.
Kirkdale.
Wavertree.
Anfield.
Kirkdale.
David Lewis Club—
Crosby Home Mission
Hall—Walton.
30
LIBRARIES.
Lecturer.
Lea, Alderman John, J.P.,
Chairman, Arts and
Exhibitions Sub-Com-
mittee, Liverpool.
Lund, Rev. T. W. M., M.A.
McCullagh, Rev.
B.A.
13ly dle.
Martin-Duncan, F.,
F.R.P.S., F.R.M.S.
Moir, James, B.SC. ............
Neill, Daniel J
Newstead, Robert, M.sc.,
Dutton Professor of
Entomology, Univer-
sity of Liverpool.
Nicholson, Harold, B.A. ......
Northcote, Henry F. .........
Patten, Professor Charles
J., M.A.. M.D., D.SC.,
F.R.A-I., University of
Sheffield.
Payne, ‘Rev. G. A. ...ccsseec-
33 ey
Subject.
Halls.
‘© Tndia and the Durbar,”’
with cinematograph.
«At the foot of the
Cotswolds.”’
«A vagabond in England
with a camera.”
“* Handel and his music,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
*“Nature’s masonry and
Nature’s ruins.”
** Colour and colour photo-
graphy,’’ with experi-
ments.
‘“ With a camera in the
by-ways of the Western
Highlands.”
«A trip to Nyassaland.”’
«© Wander-birding in Ger-
many: a record of a
camping tour.”
‘©The revolutions of
Nature.”’
“A naturalist’s tour in
the Far West.”’
“The Cranford Country :
Knutsford and Mrs.
Gaskell.”
** Wanderings in the
Black Forest.”
“The country as seen by
a naturalist.’
** Protective resemblance ;
or, Mimicry in
Nature.”’
Picton.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
Picton.
Wavertree.
Picton.
Walton.
Kirkdale.
Lister Drive, West Derby—
Aigburth—Aintree—
Picton.
Everton.
Anfield—Garston— David
Lewis Club—Picton.
Aintree—Picton—
Kensington—Aigburth.
Aintree.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall—
St. Martin’s Hall.
Crosby Home Mission
Hall.
Everton.
Lecturer.
Saxby, Fred. W. «.........0...
” cE]
Shaw, George T., Chief
Librarian, Liverpool
Public Libraries.
Taylor, Alfred
seen ee eeeeceeeees
Thompson, George E.,
F.R.P.S.
Tinne, P. F., M.a., M.B. -
Tobin, J. Raymond,
MUS. BAC.
3) Ed
Tupling, Charles
Walshe, Rev. T. J., B.A.,
F.R.A.S.
Ward, Miss Ada, L.L.A. ......
Ward, H. J. B., B.A. ....3:546
Wells, Samuel, F.R.4.s.,
F.R.A.I.
2” 3.
” ”
LIBRARIES. 31
Subject. Halls.
“Dust; its origin and | Aigburth—Wavertree—
influence,” with experi-
ments.
“In crystal wonderland.”
** Marvels of insect life.’’
** Makers of Liverpool.”’
“* Secrets of land and sea
bird life.’’
** Portugal and the
Portuguese.”
-| ** Experiences on the
West Coast of Africa.’’
** Chamber Music,”’ with
musical illustrations.
**English composers of
yesterday and to-day,”
with musical illustra-
tions.
“Rambles in the Fens.”’
“Memories of Rome.’’
“Types and phases of
London life.”
«The poeial life and
labour of Morocco.” °
** Across Europe by water
from the Black Forest
to the Black Sea.’’
“Dead and living cities:
Rome, Naples, and
Pompeii.”
“The land of the
Vendetta : Corsica.”
Picton.
Everton.
Garston.
Wavertree—Kirkdale—
Everton.
Wavertree—Lister Drive,
West Derby— St. Mar-
tin’s Hall.
Crosby Home Mission
Hall—St. Martin’s
Hall.
Aigburth.
Crosby Home Mission Hall
—Lister Drive, West
Derby.
St.
St.
Hall.
Hall—
Mission
Martin’s
Ambrose
Everton.
St. Martin’s Hall—Crosby
Home Mission Hall—
Picton.
Wavertree—Picton—
Kensington—Aigburth.
Picton— Kensington —
Aigburth—Knotty Ash.
Aigburth.
Picton.
Gregson Institute, Sefton
Park—St. Martin’s
Hall.
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Lecturer.
Subject.
Halls.
Wethered, Councillor W. P.
Wing, Tom (late M.P. for
Grimsby)
Workman, Albert E. .........
eee ete teeerneeee
Bellingham, Edgar
Brown, Samuel E., M.A.,
B.SC. Headmaster, Liver-
pool Collegiate School.
Cairns, W. Murray, M.B....
Coop, Rev. J. O., MA. «+++
Crowther, Henry, F-.R-M.S....
“Take Vyrnwy, Riving-
ton, and the water-
works of the Liverpool
Corporation.”
«‘ Life in a trawler on
Northern Seas.”
* Opera: its origin and
development,”’ with
musical illustrations.”’
«© Sir Arthur Sullivan and
his music,’ with
musical illustrations.
« Purcell, a great English
composer,’ with
musical illustrations.
“West Country Folk-
songs,’ with musical
illustrations.
“The cruise of the
‘Defiance’: a holiday
on the Leeds and Liver-
pool Canal.”
“<The life of a river, from
its cradle to its grave.”
“The little folk of China
and Japan, at their
work and at their play.”
‘Little folk of Far
Eastern Lands.”’
«Little pigtails and small
kimonos; or, the
‘ Happy New Year ’ in
China and Japan.”
““The conquest of the
Soudan.”
“Down a coal-pit, and
what may be seen
there.”
** Wonders of the sea and
its shore.”
Garston.
Aintree—Picton—St. Mar-
tin’s Hall—Aigburth.
Walton—Aintree.
Kirkdale.
Aigburth—Picton.
Picton—Everton.
LECTURES TO CHILDREN.
St. Martin’s Hall—
Aintree—Garston.
St. Ambrose Mission Hall.
St. Martin’s Hall.
Kirkdale.
Kirkdale.
Aintree—Everton.
Wavertree—Lister Drive,
West Derby. i
St. Martin’s Hall.
33
Lecturer.
Enock, Fred., F.L.S., F.E.S.,
F.R.M.S.
Hamilton, Rev. James, M.A
Lund, Rev. T. W. M., m.a.
Martin-Duncan, F., F.R.P.s.,
F.R.M.S.
Moir, James, B.Sc. ............
Moir, John M., mise. .........
LIBRARIES.
Subject. Halls.
** Insect architects and Wavertree—Everton—
engineers.” Kensington.
“Bonnie Prince Charlie.”
‘The country of William
Tell: peeps into Swiss
life.”
““In Neptune’s Kingdom ;
or, the wonders.of life in
the sea.’’
** Waves of the sea and
other waves.’’
“Wonders of wireless
telegraphy,’’ with
experiments.
Anfield.
Lister Drive, West Derby—
Gregson Institute,
Sefton Park.
Wavertree—Kirkdale.
Lister Drive, West Derby.
Aintree.
DONATIONS.
Proressor R. C. Bosanaquzt, M.A., F.S.A.:—
Papers by R. H. M. Bosanquet, 1872-1885; An elementary
treatise on musical intervals and temperament, by R. H. M.
Bosanquet.
Oak Stand for large Portfolios of Engravings.
Tuer TRUSTEES OF THE Boston Pusiic Liprary :—
The Public Library of the City of Boston: a history, by Horace
G. Wadlin. 1911.
THE TRUSTEES OF THE Bririsu MusEum :—
National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904: Natural History,
y. 6: Zoology and Botany; Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek
Etruscan and Roman, by F. H. Marshall; Subject index of the
modern works added to the Library of the British Museum,
1906-1910, edited by G. K. Fortesque; Catalogue of early German
and Flemish woodcuts, by Campbell Dodgson, v. 2; Catalogue of
34 LIBRARIES.
the coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths, and Lombards, and of the
Empires of Thessalonica, Nicea and Trebizond, by Warwick
Wroth; Catalogue of the Chiroptera, by Knud Andersen, 2nd ed.
yv. 1; General index to a hand-list of the genera and species of birds,
vy. 1-5, ed. by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera
Phalene, v. 11 (Text and Plates); A monogravh of the Mycetozoa,
by Arthur Lister; Bible Exhibition: Guide to the manuscripts and
printed books exhibited in celebration of the Tercentenary of the
Authorised Version, 1911; A revision of the Ichneumonide, by
Claude Morley, Pt. 1; Guide to the fossil invertebrate animals;
Guide to the fossil reptiles, amphibians, and fishes; Guide to the
fossil mammals and birds; Guide to the exhibition of animals,
plants, and minerals mentioned in the Bible.
STEPHEN M. Burrows :—
Autobiography of Montague Burrows, ed. by his son, Stephen
Montague Burrows. 1908.
ALDERMAN ANDREW Commins, LL.D. :—
Nicholas Chorier. Joannis Meursii elegantie latinatis
sermonis; &c.
Lapy Durninc-LAWRENCE :—
Notes and illustrations concerning the family history of James
Smith of Coventry (1731-1794) and his descendants; compiled by
Lady Durning-Lawrence. 1912.
THOMAS GOFFEY :—
Round the world in 1894-1895.
WALTER GOLDSTRAW :—
Memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by himself. New ed. by
Austin Dobson; &e.
Rosert Guapstone, Jun., B.C.L., M.A.:—
An orthographical designe of severall viewes upon ye roads in
England and Wales, by Daniell King, c. 1660. A photographic
reproduction taken from an original etching in the Harleian MSS
(British Museum.)
LIBRARIFS. 35
Councrittor F. J. Harrorp, J.P. :—
A practical treatise on musical composition, by G. W. Rohner.
1854; A course of counterpoint and fugue, by L. Cherubini,
translated by J. A. Hamilton, 2v. 1837.
Miss Mary L. Hornsy :—
Books for the Blind in Braille type, 32 v.
Tue Rr. Hon. rue Secrerary oF STATE FoR INDIA : —
District Gazetteer of India, 21 v.
CounciLtor C, Sypney Jongs, M.A. :—
Liverpool and Birkenhead in the twentieth century: con-
temporary biographies, ed. by W. T. Pike. 1911.
KK. Bospin LEEcH :—
History of the Manchester Ship Canal from its inception to its
completion, with personal reminiscences of Sir Bosdin Leech. 2v.
1907.
Francis Nicuouson, F.Z.S.:—
Original Letters of Mrs. Browne, Felicia D. Browne (Mrs.
Hemans), Harriet M. Browne, and Matthew Nicholson, of Liverpool,
together with MS poems and other papers, 1806-1816; collected and
brought together by Francis Nicholson.
E. Parry :—
The story of Jesus Christ: an interpretation, by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps. 1898. (12 copies.)
Harry H. PEacu :—
Collection of autograph letters by the late Mr. W. G. Herdman
and others relating to the Liverpool Art Union, 1860; and other
papers.
36 LIBRARIES.
Lirvut.-Cot. Joun PitKineton, F.S.A.:—
Bygone Cheshire, ed. by William Andrews, 1895; Chap-books a
the eighteenth century, by John Ashton, 1882; Cheshire gleanings,
by W. E. A. Axon, 1894; Photograph of a portion of Speed’s
Map of Lancashire, 1610; Photograph of a bird’s-eye view of
Rivington Estate, including Lever Park; Survey of part of the
town of Bury (from the ordnance survey maps) with additions
showing the old course of the River Irwell and the site of the
fortified Bury Manor House.
R. D. Rapcuirre, M.A., F.S.A.:—
Fruits of retirement, or miscellaneous poems, moral and divine,
by Mary Mollineux, late of Liverpool. 1702; The soules solace
against sorrow: a funerall sermon preached at Childwall Church in
Lancashire, at the buriall of Mistris Katherin Brettergh, 1601, by
W. Leygh. 1606.
SryMour DE Ricci :—
Cohen’s Guide de amateur de livres 4 gravures du 18 siecle.
6¢ edition, par Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912.
Roya Society or LoNDoNn :—
Philosophical Transactions, Series A, v. 211. Series B, v. 202;
Proceedings, Series A, 584-599. Series B, 574-584; Year Book,
1912.
Smirusontan Instrrution, WAsuHinaton, U.S.A. :—
Report of the United States National Museum, 1911; and 60
other Reports, Bulletins, &c.
Ronatp Stewart-Brown, M.A., F.S.A.:—
The Herdman drawings of old Liverpool, by Ronald Stewart-
Brown, M.A.; Moore of Bankhall, by Ronald Stewart-Brown,
M.A.; Subject-indexes to the Journal of the Chester and North
Wales Archeological and Historic Society, 1859-1911.
LIBRARIES. 37
J. Carxiron Stitt, J.P. :—
Images de Saints et Saintes issues de la famille de l’empereur
Maximilian I. A series of 100 wood-engravings from the original
blocks executed after the designs of Hans Burgmair. Printed at
Vienna, 1799; and 4 Liverpool pamphlets.
C. W. Sutton, M.A. :—
Paradise lost, and Paradise regain’d; also Samson Agonistes,
and other poems, by John Milton. Liverpool, 1812.
THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE
Unitep STATES oF AMERICA : —
Biblical and theological studies, by the members of the Faculty
of Princeton Theological Seminary. 1912.
J. Marrttanp TuHompson, LL.D. :—
The Bishops of Scotland: being notes on the lives of all the
bishops prior to the Reformation, by the late Bishop John Dowden,
ed. by J. Maitland Thomson. 1912.
THe EXECUTORS OF THE LATE HENRY YounG :—
The original manuscript of The Moore Rental, 1667: ‘A True,
Just, and Exact Rentalie, with chiefe and fee-farme Rents due unto
me Edw. Moore,’ &c.
Unirep States GOVERNMENT : —
Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1910-11, 2y.; Special
report of the Bureau of the Census, 1 v.; and 597 other Reports,
Bulletins, Circulars, &c.
Annual Reports have been received from various learned societies
and other institutions; also Annual Official Publications of the
British Colonial Governments, per the Agents-General.
LIBRARIES.
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following : —
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World.” Tha a ae
American Museum of
Natural History.
Architect’s Compendium
Publishing Co.
Society of Architects.
Australian Museum,
Sydney.
W.E. A. Axon.
T. W. Balch.
Alderman W. Bartlett.
F. C. Beazley, F.S.A.
Bemrose and Sons.
Bennett & Co.
J. Bibby & Sons.
T. H. Bickerton, M.D., J.P.
C. H. Bird-Davis.
Miles Birkett.
Birmingham University.
Arthur Black.
Board of Trade, Labour
Department.
R. T. Bodey, m.a.
British & Foreign
Unitarian Association.
British Association.
British Guiana Permanent
Exhibitions’ Committee.
W. J. Browne.
Government Printing Office,
Burma.
G. J. Burns.
C. M. Burton.
Fisheries Department,
Calcutta.
Syndics of Cambridge
University Press.
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Geological Survey of
Canada.
Superintendent of
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Association.
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Cape Town.
Carnegie Dunfermline
Trust.
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Teaching.
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Liverpool.
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Accountants.
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Great Britain & Ireland.
Medical Officer of Health,
Cheshire.
Chicago University.
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Commerce.
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City and Guilds of London
Institute.
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Thomas Cook and Sons.
Cooper & Budd.
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Manchester.
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New York.
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E. Rimbault Dibdin.
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M. Eschwege.
David Evans.
Fabian Society.
Mrs. Forbes.
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Royal Technical College,
Glasgow.
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wich.
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York.
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REPORT BY THE CURATOR OF MUSEUMS.
I beg to furnish the Sixtieth Annual Report upon the CONDUCT
and PROGRESS of the Museums.
1.—GENERAL.
Since 1896, a period of seventeen years, specimens of Natural
History and of Ethnography, totalling over 100,000 specimens,
have been added to the Collections, or an average of over 6,000
additions per year.
The visitors to the Museums during the year, which show a
considerable increase over last year, are as follows :—
Total Visitors ... Ae Sts a ... 480,666
_ Weekly Average BL? i oe a 9,243
Daily Average... ae Py a Boy 1,820
There has been a large number of special visitors from other
Museums and Educational institutions, and the following, from
among others, may be recorded: Professor Sayce, Professor of
Assyriology, Oxford; Dr. Preuss, Director of the Royal Ethno-
graphical Museum, Berlin; Professor Lehmann Haupt, LL.D.,
Ph.D., Liverpool; Professor Otto Lehmann, Director of the Altona
Museum; Dr. G. Byron Gordon, Director of the Museum of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia ; Sir John Brunner, Liverpool ; Professor
C. U. Hartmann, Director of the Ethnographical Museum, Stock-
holm; N. W. Thomas, Government Anthropologist for West Africa ;
Dr. Arthur Dendy, Professor of Zoology, University of London;
Dr. Lucas, Director of the American Museum of Natural History,
and Dr. W. B. Benham, F.R.S., Professor of Biology and
Curator of Museum, Otago University, New Zealand.
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Twenty-four lectures were delivered by the members of the Staff
and others on Monday evenings in the lecture theatre of the
Museums, specially dealing with the various collections in the
institutions. They were illustrated by specimens and lantern slides.
Over 8,000 visitors were recorded in the Museums on these Monday
evenings, and a large percentage attend the various lectures.
Prof. Newberry, of the Institute of Archeology, gave a course
of eight afternoon lectures during October and November, in the
Museum Lecture Hall, on ‘‘ The Antiquities of Ancient Egypt,’’ in
which special reference was made to the many interesting and
important specimens contained in the Museum Collection. The
course was followed through by an exceedingly appreciative
audience, and the Museum Committee accorded thanks to Professor
Newberry by resolution. It is suggested that these lectures shall
form the basis of a guide to the Egyptian Gallery of the Museum.
Professor Garstang, also of the Institute of Archeology, held a
series of informal discourses and discussions on the replicas of
Sculptures erected during the year in the Hittite Gallery. These
important Hittite Monuments have been deposited on loan in the
Museum, by the Liverpool Institute of Archeology, and have been
examined with interest by many authorities, including Dr. Sayce,
Professor of Assyriology, Oxford. He was particularly struck with
their arrangement, as the side illumination brought out details
which were not so well seen in the originals. The Museum is to be
congratulated on being the first institution in this country having
such a magnificent series of Hittite Monuments on exhibition.
The Cretan Collection, deposited on loan by Professor Bosanquet,
has had some important additions made to it, and the labelling of the
exhibits is being proceeded with.
The Romano-British Collections have been re-arranged in better
cases, and some important casts of representative examples of
Romano-British Sculpture, prepared under the authority of the
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, have been acquired,
and will shortly be placed on exhibition.
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The Local History Gallery has had numerous and important
additions made to it during the year, and the Committee is indebted
to several Liverpool gentlemen (see pp. 60-63) for gifts and loans
illustrative of Liverpool’s history. An important selection, con-
taining several old views, street names in Herculaneum Ware,
and volunteer flags, among other interesting specimens, have been
received on loan from the Town Hall, by permission of the Finance
Committee, and a selection of the Herdman paintings of Old
Liverpool are on view by permission of the Library Sub-Committee.
In the Ceramic Section a number of specimens, suitable for the
purpose, have been placed in shallow frames, and hung on
the walls. They are thus available for study at close quarters, so
necessary in the examination of pottery.
Considerable acquisitions have been made to the Melanian Depart-
ment, and Mr. Ridyard, to whose efforts our West African Section
mainly owes its existence, has now presented, or directly caused to
be presented, over 5,000 specimens to the Museums.
In Natural History, many important additions have been made,
and much useful work done. Perhaps the most important donation
made in this department was the specimen of Red Sea Dugong
(see p. 55). The opportunities of obtaining specimens of these
interesting Aquatic Mammals are becoming less and less, as there is
every reason to believe the family is a dwindling one, and will shortly
become extinct. This and many other Mammals have been mounted
and placed on exhibition. The case of Lemurs, a group of Monkeys
of great scientific interest, has been revised and many specimens
remounted.
The British Series of Birds with natural surroundings is now
nearly completed. Seven new groups, including the Nightingale,
Siskin, and Wood Lark, were mounted during the year and placed
on exhibition. The British Bird Egg Cabinet has also received
a valuable addition (see p. 54), whereby it has been made almost
complete. In all the various departments of Natural History
considerable progress may be reported, and the proper conservation
of specimens has been carried out.
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Special efforts have been made during the past year to enlarge
the direct educational value of the Museum collections, both by
increasing the facilities for students studying the collections in
the Museums and also by adding to and improving the Loan
Collection for the use, outside the Museums, by schools and other
educational institutions, and I submitted a report on the subject
to the Museums Sub-Committee, from which the following extracts
have been taken.
‘Taking the latter part of the work, viz., the loan of Museum
specimens for use outside the Museums, there are now 103
Elementary Schools and two Training Colleges in Liverpool
(requests from schools outside Liverpool have had to be refused)
regularly obtaining specimens from the School Loan Collections.
These applications are continuous, scarcely a day passing during
the period the schools are in session but applications are received,
varying from one to six per day. During the past year 350 of
these applications were dealt with, and that the demand is
increasing is shown from the fact that since the beginning of the
present year, in the first four weeks of the new school session,
93 specimens have been applied for. These collections have been
formed largely by the demands made. Whenever a specimen 1s
asked for, if not already in the collection, it is added, if possible,
from the duplicates of the exhibition series. They now contain
upwards of 1,000 specimens. [ am at present engaged in revising
these collections, and when this revision is completed I propose to
ask the Committee for authority to have a catalogue of them pub-
lished for the use of the teachers.
“The part of the work consisting in the visits of students to study
the collections in the Museums on the day set apart for their use
shows the same satisfactory progress. There are no records of
such visits on days other than the ‘Students’ Days,’ for which,
as the Committee is aware, special tickets are issued, but it is a
daily experience to have enquiries on matters pertaining to the
collections from such visitors. On these 52 days of the year 1,150
Art Students, 390 Science Students, and a few for more general
purposes, have been recorded, averaging over 30 per ‘ Students’
MUSEUMS. 47
Day’ (on one ‘Students’ Day’ 71 students were working at one
time in the Museums). These students are recruited from the
Liverpool University, the Dental Hospital, Edge Hill Training
College, City Technical School, Liscard School of Art, private
studios in Liverpool, Bootle, Wallasey, Birkenhead and Hoylake,
Wallasey High School, Liverpool Institute, several of the Liverpool
Secondary Schools, and a number of students engaged in private
study in preparation for degrees or diplomas in other Universities.
I am constantly receiving acknowledgment of the help obtained
from the collections by private students.
‘‘There is still another branch of this section of the work, viz.,
the visits to the Museums, by arrangement, of school classes under
the charge of teachers during school hours. Last year upwards of
2,500 pupils under the charge of 120 teachers from some 70 schools
thus visited the Museums. There are great potentialities in this
direction, and certain of the masters in our schools are becoming
alive to the importance of such visits, when properly organised
and systematically carried out in consultation with the Museum
staff. During the past year the assistant master of the Pleasant
Street Council Schools has continued his series of lessons in
geography, in which, in conjunction with the physical charac-
teristics, the fauna and flora and peoples of the respective geo-
graphical areas are dealt with. The lessons are given in the
Museums Theatre, in which Museum specimens illustrating the
subjects of the lessons are on view, and in addition lantern slides
from the Museum series are shown. Some of the specimens (such
as will not suffer by transit) are loaned to the school, and on subse-
quent days sketches and models in plasticine and other materials
are made by the pupils from the actual objects.”’
By order of the Committee, I attended the meetings of the
Museums Association in Dublin in July, and the British Association
at Dundee in September. The privilege of attending these scientific
meetings is greatly appreciated, and intercourse with one’s co-
workers is always an advantage to an Institution with so many
departments as this.
48 MUSEUMS.
2.—ACQUISITIONS.
A. LORD DERBY MUSEUM.
INVERTEBRATES—
Ceelenterata.
Presented :
About 100 Sea Anemones (Actinia equina), from Peel, 1.0.M.,
by Mr. P. Entwistle, Deputy Curator.
Sea Anemone (Actinoloba dianthus) and several young Anemones,
from the estuary of the Mersey, by the late Capt. Griffiths, S.H.B.
** Beta.”’
Two Corals, from New Zealand, part of a miscellaneous collection
bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New
Zealand.
Colony of Alcyonium digitatum, from Weymouth, by Mr. Lloyd
Wallis, 1, Chesterfield Place, Weymouth.
Echinodermata.
Presented :
Six Echinoderms, from New Zealand, bequeathed by the late
Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New Zealand.
Exchanged :
Sea Lily (Metacrinus rotundus), from Yokohama, Japan, from
Mr. A. M. Rogers, Perth Museum, received in exchange,
Vermes.
Presented :
Common Lug Worm (Arenicola marina), and Creeper Worm
(Vereis virens), from Birkdale and Seaforth, by Mr. I. Norris,
18, Talbot Street, Southport.
Brachiopoda.
Presented :
Several Brachiopods (Terebratula caput-serpentis and Crania
anomala), from the Hebridean Seas, by Prof. W, A. Herdman,
University of Liverpool.
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Arthropoda.
Crustacea.
Presented :
One Crab (sp. indet.), from India, by Mr. Richard Dawson,
46, Crown Street, Liverpool.
Tracheata.
Presented :
Fifty-one Ova of Silk-Moth (Yama mai), by Mr. Henry Watson,
70, Ashford Road, Withington, Manchester.
Two Scorpions, three Spiders, one Orthopteron, one Beetle, and
two specimens of Hemiptera, by Dr. H. A. Auden, Grassendale,
Liverpool.
160 Butterflies, Moths and Beetles (spp. indet.), from the Hills
near Sierra Leone, by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer,
8.8. “ Tarquah,’’ Elder Dempster Line, Liverpool.
Three Spiders, three specimens of Orthoptera, one Ant, and two
Centipedes, from the Blue Mountains, Australia, by the Rev. R.
Herbert Sewell, B.A., Falkner House, Falkner Square, Liverpool.
Queen Wasp (Vespa germania), from Upton, by Dr. J. A. Clubb,
Curator of Museums.
Bumble Bee (Psithyrus rupestris), from Stoneycroft, by Mr. J.
Connely, Museums Foreman.
Goliath Beetle (Goliathus druryi), anonymously.
Cell of Queen Bee (Apis mellifica), from Dundee, by Mr. &R.
Murray, Edgehill, Dundee.
Buff-tipped Moth (Phalera bucephala), from Craven Arms, South
Shropshire, by Mr. Taverner, Norma Road, Waterloo.
Longicorn Beetle (sp. indet.), from South America, by Mr. H.
Allan, 56, Sheil Road, Liverpool.
Dragon Fly (4schna grandis), from Liscard, by Mr. Henry
Entwistle, 7, Ormond Street, Liscard.
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A number of ‘“ Whirligigs’’ (Gyrinus natator), by Mrs.
Withingshaw, Greystone House, Penketh, Warrington.
Spider (sp. indet.), by Mr. Hill, Messrs. W. Brown & Co., Temple
Court, Dale Street, Liverpool.
Camberwell Beauty Butterfly (Vanessa antiopa), from Knotty
Ash (taken in 1873), by Mr. Ed. P. Thompson, Whitchurch.
Larva of the Oak Egger Moth (Lasiocampus quercus), from
Craigfechan, near Ruthin, North Wales, by Miss J. Formby Bragg,
45, Alderley Road, Hoylake.
Cream Spotted Tiger Moth (Arctia caja), from New Brighton, by
Mr. P. Entwistle, Deputy Curator.
Hymenopteron (Bombus hortorum) 3, from Upton, Cheshire, by
Dr. Clubb, Curator of Museums.
Small collection of 24 Insects (chiefly blood-sucking Diptera)
(spp. indet.), from West Africa, by Mr. J. McCreath, 24, Dum-
barton Road, Walton.
Two Hymenopterons (Bombus pratorum 9, and Bombus
terrestris Q), from the River Dee, and one Hymenopteron (Apis
mellifica) 3, from Liscard, Cheshire, by Mr. C. H. Murray,
Entomological Assistant in the Museums.
Nest, containing embryo of Hornet Fly, from Opeji, about 80
miles from Lagos, West Coast of Africa, by Mr. J. McCreath,
24, Dumbarton Road, Walton.
Two Spiders (sp. indet.), two Beetles (sp. indet.), and two Grass-
hoppers (sp. indet.), by Mr. Richard Dawson, 46, Crown Street,
Liverpool.
Five samples of Spun Silk of the Silk-worm, from Auckland, New
Zealand, and one sample of Silk spun by Spider from the Sandwich
Islands, part of a miscellaneous collection bequeathed by
Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Purchased :
A collection of British Hymenoptera, consisting of 104 specimens,
representing 91 species.
Exchanged :
200 British Spiders, representing 12 families, 66 genera, and
100 species, received from Dr. Cole, of University College, Reading,
in exchange for one Mud Fish, one Cat Fish, and two Walking
Fishes.
Mollusca.
Presented :
Eleven Fresh-water Shells (Anodonta cygnea), from Lymore
Pool, Montgomeryshire, by Mr. Salter, Lawrence Road Bridewell.
Small collection of Shells from New Zealand, part of a
miscellaneous collection bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine
Hodgson, of Auckland, New Zealand.
Series of Oysters (Ostrea edulis), showing stages in growth, by
Mr. Charles Hunt, Curator, Bootle Museum.
Three Nudibranchs, with mass of spawn (Lolis papillosa), from
New Brighton, by Mr. P. Entwistle, Deputy Curator.
Cuttlefish (Moschites cirrosa), from Point of Ayr, I.0.M., by
Messrs. John Duncan & Sons, Wholesale Fish Market, Liverpool,
collected by Capt. Edwards of the Steam Trawler ‘“ Rambler.”
Fishes.
Presented :
‘* Fatherlasher’’ (Cottus bubalis), from the Rock Channel, by
Mr. Cass, 11, Kinder Street, Liverpool.
One Pike from Cressage, Shrewsbury, four Tench, two Rudd, two
Perch and one Roach from Chapel Hill, Lincoln, by Mr. Frank
Vaughan, Sunningdale Road, New Brighton. (Presented living for
the Aquarium.)
Cast made from a specimen of Salmon (weight 36 Ibs.), loaned
for the purpose of casting by Mr. G. F. Rimmer, Rumford Street,
Liverpool.
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Two rostra of Saw Fish and two Sharks’ Skulls, by Miss Simpson,
Berkley Street, Liverpool.
Forty-nine Walking Fish (Periophthalmus koelreuteri), from
Forcados, and twelve Mud Blocks containing Mud Fish (Protop-
terus annectens), from McCarthy Island, Gambia River, Bathurst,
West Africa, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Pipe Fish (Sygnathus acus), from the estuary of the Mersey, by
the late Capt. Griffiths, 8S. H.B. ‘* Beta.”
One Pike (Hsox lucius) and one Tench (Zinca tinca), from
Knowsley, by Mr. Henry Granley, 88, Crosshall Street.
One Tope (Galeus vulgaris), found in the machinery at the
Pumping Station, Huskisson Dock, by Mr. Hamilton, Mersey Docks
and Harbour Board.
One Tench (Zinca tinca), from Cheshire, by Mr. Sinnot,
26, Church Road, Seacombe.
Two Cook’s Wrasse (Labrus miatus) G and 9, by Capt. Eagle,
Steam Trawler ‘‘ Eileen Duncan,’’ Messrs. John Duncan & Sons,
Liverpool.
Purchased :
1,000 Ova of Rainbow Trout (for Aquarium).
Five Lampreys (Petromyzon fluviatilis), from Bangor, N. Wales
(for Aquarium).
Six Conger Eels (Conger vulgaris), from Hilbre Island (for
Aquarium).
Amphibia.
Presented :
Nine Bull Frogs (Rana catesbiana), one Toad (sp. indet.), and
three Newts (Molge viridescens), from the York Town Heights,
Hudson River, by Capt. W. T. Turner, R.M.S. * Mauretania,”
Cunard Line, Liverpool. (Presented living for the Aquarium.)
A number of Crested Newts (Triton cristata), from Market
Drayton, Shropshire, by Mr. T. R. Boughey, Museums Attendant.
(Presented living for the Aquarium.)
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Bull Frog (sp. indet.), by Dr. J. H. O’Connell, Heathfield Road,
Wavertree.
Reptiles.
Presented :
Turtle (Cynosternum scorpioides), by Mr. F. Jones, 18, Myrtle
Street, Liverpool.
Chameleon (Chamaeleon vulgaris), two Lizards (Agama inermis),
four Lizards (spp. indet.), and a Limbless Lizard (sp. indet.), by
Dr. H. A. Auden, Grassendale, Liverpool.
Two Lizards (Lacerta agilis), from the sandhills at Wallasey, by
Miss Paulina C. Prince, 13, Palatine Street, Liverpool.
Four Snakes (spp. indet.), two Snapping Turtles (Chelydra
serpentaria), and two Tortoises (Cistudo carolina, var. major and
Clemmys insculpta), from the York Town Heights, Hudson River,
New York State, by Capt. W. T. Turner, R.M.S. ‘‘ Mauretania,”
Cunard Steamship Co., Water Street, Liverpool.
Grass Snake (Tropidonotus natriv), found in Powis Street,
Liverpool, by Mr. W. Broadbent, 13, Powis Street.
Lizard (Lacerta agilis) G, in breeding colours, from the sand-
hills at Ainsdale, by Mr. Douglas Milroy, 12, Alexandra Drive,
Walton.
Snake (sp. indet.), from Calabar, West Africa, by Mr. J. H.
Allan, 56, Sheil Road, Liverpool.
Gecko (sp. indet.), by Mr. Henry Masters, 67, Page Street,
Liverpool.
Seventeen Snakes and one Skink (spp. indet.), from India, by
Mr. Richard Dawson, 46, Crown Street, Liverpool.
Birds.
Presented :
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix), by Mr. J. Graham, Messrs.
Macfie & Sons, Moorfields, Liverpool.
Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata) 3, from North America, by
Mr. G. 8. Walker, 12, Wellesley Road, Liscard.
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Shoveller Duck (Spatula clypeata), Cockatoo (Cacatua lead-
beater’) 3, Blue Mountains Lory (Trichoglossus Novae-hollandiae)
Q, Laughing Jackass (Dacelo gigas), Amherst Pheasant (Thawmalea
amherstiae), Martinique Water Hen (Porphyriola martinica) 9,
Swan (Cygnus olor)Q, Black Swan (Chenopsis atrata), Common
Heron (Ardea cinerea) 9, Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
9, White Heron (Herodias alba) 2, Guillemot (Uria trotle) Q juv.,
and a Whistling Teal (Dendrocygnus viduata), from the Aviaries
at Sefton, Stanley and Newsham Parks and the Botanic Gardens,
by the Parks and Gardens Committee per the Superintendent.
Two Little Owls (Athene noctua) G and 9, from Huntingdon-
shire, and an Albatross (Diomedea exulans), by Mr. Alfred Culshaw,
3, Union Court, Castle Street, Liverpool.
Fancy Pigeon 3, by Mr. Roger Leslie, Hillside, Knowsley.
Skull of Albatross and Skull of Pelican, by Miss Simpson,
Berkley Street, Liverpool.
Archangel Fancy Pigeon d, by Mr. H. M. Coates, 4, St. James’
Mount, Liverpool.
Two abnormal Pheasant’s Eggs, by Mr. T. Page, Head Keeper,
Charleywood, Kirby.
Scops Owl (Scops leucotis) ¢, from West Africa, and a Bird’s
Nest from the Yoruba Country, Southern Nigeria, by Mr. J.
McCreath, 24, Dumbarton Road, Walton.
Living Virginian Eagle Owl (Bubo virginianus), from St. Simon’s
Island, N.E. of Brunswick, Georgia, U.S.A., by Mr. C. F. Stevens,
per Capt. W. T. Turner, R.M.S. ‘‘ Mauretania,’’ Cunard 8.8. Co.
Parakeet (Agapornis lilianae), from near Lake Pamalonibe,
Nyassaland, by Prof. R. Newstead, University of Liverpool.
Thick-billed Raven (Corvus crassirostris), by Mr. W. Simpson
Cross, Cross’s Menagerie, Liverpool.
Collection of British Birds’ Eggs, representing 154 species, by
Mr. H. McAllester, 17, Galloway Road, Waterloo.
MUSEUMS, 55
Clutch of five eggs of Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus), from
Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim, Ireland, by Mr. T. A. S. Stendall,
Belfast Museum.
Nest and two Eggs of an African bird known as “‘ Jte evye,’’ from
Southern Nigeria, West Africa, by Mr. J. McCreath, 24, Dum-
barton Road, Walton.
Five Birds’ Nests with Eggs, and about two dozen Birds’ Eggs
(indet.), from New Zealand, bequeathed (with other material) by
the late Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New Zealand.
Received in Exchange:
Collection of 107 British Birds’ Eggs, from Mr. Isaac Cooke,
Glebe Road, Wallasey, in exchange for selected duplicate specimens
of Lepidoptera (Cooke Collection).
Purchased :
Collection of 72 specimens of Fancy Exhibition Canaries.
Mammals.
Presented :
Common Shrew (Sorex vulgaris) 3, from Upton, Cheshire, by
Dr. J. A. Clubb.
Skull of Sheep, by Miss Simpson, Berkley Street, Liverpool.
Pair of Horns (indet.), from Northern Nigeria, West Africa, by
Capt. N’dah, per Mr. A. Ridyard.
Dugong (Halicore tabernaculi) 3, from Djibouti, Abyssinia, by
Mr. A. Mallalieu, Roseville, Dee Banks, Chester.
Anthropoid Brain, in preservative, showing internal anatomy.
Found to be unregistered, and now referred to this date.
Mongoose (Herpestes apiculatus), from South Africa, by
Mrs. Frank McNair, 25, Harrowby Road, Seaforth.
Hedgehog (Erinaceus sp.), from Karachi, and a Variegated
Spider Monkey (Ateles variegatus), by Mr.
W. Simpson Cross,
The Menagerie, Earle Street, Liverpool.
56 MUSEUMS.
Prevost’s Squirrel (Sciurus prevosti), by Dr. Graham Renshaw,
Bridge House, Sale, Cheshire. ;
Polecat (Mustela putorius), from North Wales, by Mr. E. Rolyns
Owen, ‘‘ Gru Wen,’’ Pwllheli, North Wales.
Two Human Foetuses, Mummy of Child, Head and Foot of a
Peruvian Mummy, and Skull of a Flathead Indian, all from Peru,
by Mr. Charles Watters, ‘‘ Highfields,’? Woolton Road, Liverpool.
Blenheim Spaniel ¢, by Mr. T. J. Sudell, 25, Southbank Road,
Southport.
Pair of small Mammalian Tusks, a portion of the small collection
of miscellaneous specimens bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine
Hodgson, Auckland, New Zealand.
Botany.
Presented :
Two specimens of Green. Hellebore (Helleborus viridis), from the
Leet, Rhydymwyn, by Mr. Knowles, Houghton Road, Upton,
Cheshire.
Fungus (Polyporus squamosus), from a tree-trunk at Honey’s
Green Lane, Knotty Ash, by Mr. John Cowen, 37, Crown Street,
Liverpool.
Small collection of Dried Plants, consisting of about 85 local
Flowering Plants, six local Sea-weeds, and five non-local Flowering
Plants, by Miss H. W. Jevons, 4, Rectory Place, Chislehurst, Kent.
A few specimens of Plantago maritima, var. hirsuta, three
specimens of the Cornish form of P. maritima, and a small tuft of
P. maritima, var. linearis, from the Black Craig, near Stromness,
Orkney, by Mr. George Ellison, Loudon Grove, Liverpool.
A small botanical collection consisting of specimens of Pandanus
Wood, Olive Wood, Grass, &c., from the Sandwich Islands, and
Plants, Grasses, Ferns and Sea-weeds from New Zealand, and a
copy of ‘‘ Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands.’”’ Portion
of a miscellaneous collection bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine
Hodgson, of Auckland, New Zealand.
MUSEUMS. 57
Paleontology.
Presented :
A small collection of Fossils from the Oolite, Minchinhampton
Common, by Mr. H. C. Beasley, Prince Alfred Road, Wavertree,
Liverpool.
Fossil Shell in Matrix, by Mr. Samuel Perrow, Rose Hotel,
Binns Road, Old Swan, Liverpool.
Small collection of Carboniferous Fossils, including Shells and
Plants, from Wigan, by Mr. G. A. Haworth, The Wigan Coal and
Iron Co., Wigan.
Geology.
Presented :
Small collection of Minerals, consisting of specimens of
Chalcedonic Geode, Radiating Quartz, Chalcedonic Agate, Onyx
Agate, Red-banded Agate, and piece of Silicified Material, from
Salto, Uruguay, South America, by Mr. W. B. Dickinson,
42, Village Road, Oxton.
Seven Minerals and piece of Glass, by Mr. Frederick Collings,
5, Rydal Street, Everton.
Thirty-one specimens of Rocks from Lund and district, Skane,
South Sweden, by Dr. T. O. Hirst, Chapelstead, Gateacre.
Thirty Mineralogical specimens, consisting of Kauri Gum in
Tanpiri Coal, Lava of several kinds, Sulphur, Quartz, Quartzite,
Stalactites, and a sample of ‘‘ Péle’s Hair,’ from the Sandwich
Islands and New Zealand. Portion of a miscellaneous collection
bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New
Zealand.
Economics.
Presented :
Two pieces of Tree Fern Stem turned vase-shape, and six
“Curios”? made from various woods, with a Trader’s List of the
Woods, from New Zealand. Portion of a miscellaneous collection
bequeathed by the late Mrs. Catherine Hodgson, of Auckland, New
Zealand.
58 MUSEUMS.
Two Ornaments of Polished Fluor Spar and Black Fossil-bearing
Marble, by Mr. W. B. Dickinson, 42, Village Road, Oxton,
Birkenhead.
THE AQUARIUM.
The Aquarium continues, as heretofore, to be one of the chief
attractions of the Museums. The various tanks have been kept
well stocked with examples of both marine and fresh-water life,
and the Seal continues in good health and to be of great interest
to visitors.
Donations of living specimens have been numerous, and special
thanks are due to Messrs. Sills, F. Vaughan and W. H. Hurst for
numerous gifts of fresh-water fish; to Captain W. T. Turner, of
the S.S. ‘‘ Mauretania,’ for specimens of American birds and
reptiles; and to Mr. A. Ridyard for West African Walking Fish
and the curious Lung Mud Fishes.
SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.
Zoological
Coelenterata... & 5 Species ... ... 104 Specimens.
Echinodermata a 4 sg as 44, i a:
Vermes ... sae fe, 2 e 2 B
Brachiopoda__.... ese ain ts rh a
Arthropoda (Crustacea) it us
Arthropoda (Tracheata) 294 ,, = i. 600
Mollusca Eh sont tag e ee Pe ag BS
Fishes... SH ae i Giga cy oe aos OD ‘ts
Amphibia Bea We eee Be: ena eee es
Reptiles Cs evn wee e ie a | ms
Birds ae dy ale Oe: Poa ee .. 396 i
Mammals us eee b a3 au qs AS a
659 1,377
Botanical.
Plants A : se zi a ... 127 Specimens.
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Paleontological.
Zoological and Botanical ... rr nee ... 62 Specimens.
Geological and Mineralogical.
Rocks and Minerals es eet ‘i ... 65 Specimens.
Economics.
Economics _... ae a dae sts ... 10 Specimens.
Total additions to the Lord Derby Museum.
Specimens... +e no ey a fr 1,631.
B._MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL.
As in previous years, the Melanian Department continues to
receive numerous acquisitions from West and South-West Africa,
through the kind offices of Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer (Elder,
Dempster & Co., Ltd.).
(6) Loans anp Deposits.
The facsimiles of a group of Ancient Irish Antiquities, lent by
Messrs. Johnson & Sons, Dublin, have been returned.
The collection of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain, lent by
Mr. John Mellor, Junr., still remains on exhibition.
A small collection of fragments of Pottery, illustrating Glazes,
etc., lent by Prof. P. E. Newberry, continues on loan.
The small collection of Chinese Porcelain, received through
Mr. Gordon Saies, remains on deposit.
The collection of Cretan Antiquities, deposited by Prof. R. C.
Bosanquet, still remains on deposit.
The Casts of Hittite Antiquities, deposited by Prof. J. Garstang,
remain on loan.
A collection of Antiquities from Merde, Egyptian Sudan, has
been deposited by Prof. J. Garstang.
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Five Roman Coins (circa 300 A.D.), found June, 1898, during
excavations for Alderman James Ruddin’s Cold Storage Depot,
at the corner of Hood Street and Tryon Street, Liverpool, by
J. H. Ruddin, Esq., per R. Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
Collection of Book Plates, Squibs, Prints, Drawings, «c.,
relating to Liverpool, by Alderman A. H. Arkle.
Liverpool! Policeman’s Truncheon, painted with the ‘‘ Liver’’
Crest and G. 27, circa 1820, by Ernest H. S. Gladstone, Esq.
Liverpool Policeman’s Truncheon, painted with the ‘‘ Liver”
Crest, and C. 10, circa 1820, by A. A. Beloe, Esq., per
R. Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
SPECIMENS FROM THE Town Hatt anp Municipal OFFICES,
DEPOSITED BY THE FINANCIAL SUB-COMMITTEE.
Town Hall.
Large Silver-gilt Mace, presented to the Corporation by Charles,
8th Earl of Derby. Length 3ft. 2in.
Small Copper Mace, presented by Charles, 8th Earl of Derby,
30th September, 1667. Length 17iin.
Silver gilt Mace with Brass Medallions, 17th century.
Sword carried before His Excellency Sir Wm. Norris, of Speake,
on his embassy to the Great Mogul, 1702, and descriptive plate.
Brass Tipstaff, George IV, 1820.
Flag, 2nd Regiment of Liverpool Volunteers, 1803.
Silk Union Jack, Liverpool Volunteers, 1803.
Pottery Name-plates of ‘‘ Castle Street’? and ‘‘ Hanover Street,”
made at the Herculaneum Pottery, Liverpool.
Specimen of the original Dinner Service, made at the
Herculaneum Pottery for the Liverpool Corporation. 144in. dia.
Copper Beer Barrel.
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Municipal Offices (Town Clerk’s Department)
Brass Plate, 25in. by 19in.—‘‘ Leverpoole, 1674, a table of the
Customs and Hallidge Duty,’’ with charges.
Two Brass Plates, 23in. by 181in.—Liverpool Town Duties
(Dues).
Two Copper Plates, by Matthew Gregson, showing the Dock
Improvements, 1810 and 1811.
A selection of local Prints, Maps and Drawings, from the Public
Library, by the Libraries Sub-Committee.
Protest, dated 2nd June, 1713, regarding the undue detention of
the Liverpool ship ‘‘ Penelope’’ at the Island of St. Christopher,
and Letter of Instructions from Foster Cunliffe & Sons, Liverpool,
to Capt. Henry Hayston, of the ‘“‘ Young Foster,’’ instructing him
to collect slaves; by the Committee of the Bootle Museum.
Collection of English Wine Glasses; Model of Two Men-of-war
in bone, and Straw Work-basket and Wool-winder, made by French
Prisoners in Liverpool; Silver Badge of the Liverpool Volunteers;
Coin of Queen Anne, engraved with view of a privateer, the
“ Hawk,”’ of Liverpool; Porcelain Mug, Liverpool transfer printed;
by Dr. Philip Nelson, F.S.A.
(c) ExcHANGEs.
Jug, cream-coloured ware, with transfer-print of Masonic Arms
signed ‘‘ Billinge Sc., Liverpool’? on one side, and on the other-—
a medallion representing Europa with inscription ‘‘ Let wisdom
unite us’’; received in exchange from the Stockport Municipal
Museum, for duplicate pottery specimens, as follows:—Delft Dish,
Zachariah Barnes [12.6.84.3]; Two Cups and Saucer, Turner
jasper ware [1,167]; and Liverpool Delft Tile [2,234].
(d) ACQUISITIONS.
(1) MisceLLanrovs.
Presented :
Surgical Case of Silver, containing six lances, formerly belonging
to “ Dawson, Surgeon,’’ by Mr. A. A. Bleasilale.
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Brass Coin of Trajan, found near Sizel Street, Moor Lane,
Preston, 1864, by the Executors of Mr. James Stelfox.
Bronze Medal—Queen Victoria Jubilee, by Mr. F. C. Beazley.
Purchased : —
Glass Medallion Portrait of Bailley, Mayor of Paris, by Tassie.
Transferred :
Bronze Stop-ridge Celts and Flint Flake, from the Free Library.
(2) Liverpoot History Room.
Presented :
Facsimile of the Charter of John, Count of Mortain (afterwards
King), confirming ‘‘Liverpul” and other lands to Henry
Fitzwarin—undated, circa 1192; Cast of a Seal similar to the one
attached to the above Charter; Facsimile of the Charter of King
John, giving Fitzwarin certain lands in exchange for ‘‘ Liverpul ”’ ;
Facsimile of Charter or Letters Patent of King John, creating
“‘Liverpul’’ a free borough, 28th August, 1207; Cast of a Seal
similar to that originally attached to this Charter; Photograph of
the Patent Roll, showing the entry of King John’s Letters Patent
to Liverpool; Facsimile of the Charter of Henry III, granting
Liberties, &c., to the town, 24th March, 1229; Cast of a Seal
similar to that which was originally attached to the above Charter ;
Facsimile of the Charter of Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, to
the town, 5th February, 1266; Cast of a Seal similar to that attached
to the above Charter; by Robert Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
Coloured Aquatints of ‘‘ Views of Everton, Lancashire,”
engraved by Daniel Howell and published by W. Cowen,
Liverpool, January Ist, 1817; also Coloured Print of Zoological
Gardens, West Derby Road, Liverpool, by K. Barrow, published
by T. Kaye; by John A. E. Rayner, Esq.
Photographs of Printed Circulars presented to Members of
Parliament in connection with the Bill for making Liverpool a
parish distinct from Walton, 1699; by R. Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
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Map of the Environs of Liverpool, by James Sheriff, 1816;
Wooden Snuff-box in form of a shoe; by Mrs. William R. Craddock,
View of Liverpool about 1840, designed, drawn and engraved
by J. R. Isaac, Liverpool; and Map of Liverpool, 1849, by Henry
Austen, Surveyor, Liverpool, published by Thomas Kaye; by
Mr. Maurice Eschwege.
Engraving of ‘‘The South-west Prospect of Liverpoole,’’ by
Mr. M. Morris.
Dials of Grandfather Clocks, made by Josh. Johnson and
R. Boston, Liverpool, by George Eccles & Son.
Dials of Grandfather Clocks, by Green, S. Hurst and Jno.
Weatherill, Liverpool, by Robert Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
Book-plates of Edward Wilbraham Bootle, Edward Bootle
Wilbraham and Charles Lawrence, by Mr. W. H. Williams.
Portrait of Miss Biffin, painted by herself, by Herbert R.
Rathbone, Esq., C.C. (Chairman of the Museum Sub-Committee).
A Plan of the Town of Liverpool, with all the later improvements,
from an actual survey made in the year 1796; by R. Gladstone,
Junr., Esq.
Fragments of Stained Glass, taken from a greenhouse on thu
Otterspool Estate—probably Flemish, 15th century, by Dr. H. A.
Auden.
Roman Coin of Gordianus, found in the garden in front of
Museums, by Mr. A. Davenport.
Lead, Bronze and Bronze-gilt Medals, issued by the Liverpool
School Board to John Jones, by Mr. J. W. Jones.
Purchased :
Slate Sun-dial, 14}in. diameter, “ Ricnarp Metvin fecit,
‘Liverpool’’; Bronze Tally or Ticket of the Royal Colosseum ;
Omnibus Ticket, ‘‘ James T. Galloway, Liverpool’’; Silver and
Gold-centred Medal, Bluecoat Hospital, ‘‘The Howell Medal.
1907 ’’; Silver Medal, commemorating the laying of the Foundation
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Stone of the Liverpool Cathedral by King Edward VII; Silver
Medal, issued in commemoration of the Fancy Fair held for the
Benefit of the Infirmary, Northern and Southern Hospitals,
Liverpool, August, 1849; Silver Medal of the Royal Infirmary
Medical School, Liverpool; Silver Medal of. the Collegiate
Institution, Liverpool; Founders’ Badge of the ‘“‘ Liverpool
Dramatic Lodge, 1609”; Silver Medal, struck to commemorate the
laying of the foundation stone of the Sailors’ Home, Liverpool,
by H.R.H. Prince Albert, 1846.
Cream-coloured Mug, bearing transfer-print of the Farmers’
Arms, signed ‘‘ Joseph Johnson, Liverpool.”’
Miniature Plate, blue printed, impressed mark a “‘ Liver.”’
Aquatint Engraving of Castle Street, Liverpool, by George Perry.
White-glazed Pottery Bust of Admiral Nelson, made at the
Herculaneum Pottery.
Punch Pot, cream-coloured ware, with transfer-prints of men
drinking.
Printed Portrait of ‘‘ Mary Ralphson, aged 110 years, Nat.
Ist January, 1698. C. S. Residing in Kent Street, Liverpool,
February, 1808.’’
Silver Medal, presented by the Saloon Passengers of the
R.M. SS. “ Baltic ’’ and ‘‘ Republic ’”’ for saving life. ‘‘C.Q.D.”’
Circular Snuft-box of papier-maché, with impressed designs—one
coloured—of the emblems of the Society of Bucks.
Coloured Lithograph, ‘‘ View of St. George’s Dock Basin,
St. Nicholas’ Church and Vicinity,’ 1859.
Liverpool Delft-ware Bottle, with finely-executed floral decora-
tion.
Porcelain Plate, flowers painted in centre, Herculaneum
porcelain.
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(3) CERAMICS.
- Presented :
Painted Earthenware Cup and Saucer, marked WepGwoop, and
Painted Earthenware Plate, Wedgwood, by Edward P. Thompson,
Esq.
Large Silver Lustred Jug, made by Davenport for ‘‘ Eyo
Archibong, Esquire,’’ a Calabar King, West Africa, by Miss Jane
Sudell.
Tile, with transfer-prints coloured, by Mrs. Pailly.
A number of Basalt Plinths for Vases, bearing various Wedg-
wood marks, by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
Purchased :
Tea Poy of cream ware, with black transfer prints, by Sadler.
Teapot, cream-coloured ware, globular body, bearing transfer
prints in black of the Reapers, signed ‘‘ 7. Rothwell, Delin. and
Sculp.”’
(4) ErunoGrapny.
Meantan Race.
Presented :
List of specimens from West and South-West Africa, collected
and presented by and through Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer,
R.M.S. ‘‘ Tarquah,’’ Elder, Dempster Line, Liverpool.
Liberia.
Bow and Arrows, Grass Purse, Grass Bag, Pair of Bangles made
of elephant hide studded with zine plates, Dagger and Sheath,
Basket, from the Pessy country, Liberia; Chair, from Brewerville,
near Monrovia, by Mr. W. O. D. Bright.
Gambia.
Basket and Cover, by Mrs. W. KE. Johuson. :
Lagos.
Photographs of Pottery-making on European principles, by
natives, under the direction of Mr. W. D. Roberts, of Stoke-on-
Trent. !
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Sierra Leone.
Two Carved Steatite Figures, from the Mendi country, by
Mr. C. H. D. During.
Gold Coast.
Black Polished Earthenware Bottles, Dishes, Figures of Frogs,
Birds and Men, from Oblogo, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Earthenware Bottle, from Affarmah, by Mr. C. J. Reindorf.
Fibre Brush, from Accra, by Mr. Charles E. Lokko.
Dahomey.
Earthenware Female Figure, from Porto Novo, by Mr. Ashley.
Painted Wooden Masks, and a Carving of a Woman carrying a
Child on her back, from Porto Novo, by Captain A. Halcrow.
Earthenware Cooking and other Vessels, Red Earthenware
Lamps, from Porto Novo, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
N. Nigeria.
Red Earthenware Water Bottle, from Lokko; Basket and Cover,
Earthenware Jug with incised design, and a Calabash, from Bida;
Basket, Carved Calabashes and Plated Grass Fans, from Lokoja;
Leather Pillow Case with painted decoration, Bow and Arrows and
Pair of Red Leather Shoes, from Kano; Hide Whip with three tails,
from Zaria; Black-glazed Earthenware Cooking Vessel with lid,
from Jebba; Earthenware Pot, from Barijuko, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Earthenware Vessels with lids, elaborately painted decoration,
from Lokoja, by Captain N’dah and the Engineer of the *‘ Nkissa.”’
Basket and Lid and Open Baskets, from Kassa; Antimony
Holders of Leather, from Lokoja, by Mr. J. D. R. Doherty.
Earthenware Lamp, from Minna, by Mr. J. A. Macaulay.
Haussa Spear, by Mr. A. C. Couldery.
Fly Whisk, from Lokoja, by Mr. S. A. K. Pratt.
Painted Earthenware Vase and Cover, from Lokoja, by Mr. J. W.
McCarthy.
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Leather Purse, from Jebba; Girdle Dress, Bode Sadu; White
Linen Cap, made by Yoruba people at Ilorin, by Mr. J. McCreath.
S. Nigeria.
Pair of Leg and Foot Straps of plaited fibre used for tree
climbing, Drum used in the dance, Basket, from Old Calabar;
Painted Wooden Masks, from Onitsha River; Matta and Pencil
and Carved and Painted Wooden Figures, from Ikotekpene; J uju
Figures, from New Calabar; Manille of twisted copper, from
Bonny ; Carved Wooden Figures, from Calabar, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Head Ring, worn by members of the Idion Secret Society, Ekret
district, Calabar, by the Rev. G. H. Hannay.
Pipe, clay head and wooden stem, from near Obubra, Cross
River; Brass Wire Rod, currency for 6d.; Iron Bell, Barbed Iron
Fish Spearhead, Knife Blade, from Cross River, by Mr. J.
McCreath.
Wooden Pepper and Salt Dish, from Bonny, by the Ven.
Archdeacon Crowther.
Painted Wooden Paddle, Forcados, by Mr. John F. Freeman.
Wooden Chair on wheels, only used by a chief when a man was -
tried for murder, by Mr. Ellis Edwards.
MELANESIA.
Australia.
Presented :
Necklaces of Seeds and Shells, bequeathed by Mrs. Catharine
Hodgson.
Fiji.
Three Bone Sail Needles, by Mr. H. Ling Roth.
New Zealand.
Jade Adze Head, Bags made by Maori women, bequeathed by
Mrs. Catharine Hodgson.
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Sandwich Islands.
Small group of native objects, consisting of Necklaces of Seeds,
Shells and Beads, Wreaths, Sachets, String of Human Hair,
Spear End, Shell Beads, Stone Adze Blade and Album of
Photegraphs, bequeathed by Mrs. Catharine Hodgson.
Moncoui1an Race.
T hibet. =
Presented :
Two Shell Trumpets, bequeathed by Mrs. Catharine Hodgson.
Japan.
Three Bronze Knife Handles, by Mr. F. C. Beazley.
China.
Purchased :
Head of Buddha in glazed earthenware, Tile with fruit in relief,
an Have Tile and a Gargoyle, all from the Summer Palace, Pekin,
collected by the late R. H. Boyce, C.B.
N. America.
Presented :
Photograph of Prehistoric Cliff Dwellings, by Miss M. Thurland.
Arrow Heads from Colombus, Ohio and New Mexico, by the
Committee of the Institute of Archeology.
Pair of Spurs inlaid with silver, from California, by Mr. F. C.
Beazley.
Purchased :
Basket of plaited grass, Karthenware Spoon, Miniature Harthen-
ware Vase, Silver Finger Rings set with turquoise, Copper
Bracelets and Silver Bracelet, from the Navajo Indians.
Karthenware Bowl with frogs in relief round the outside, and
Fragments of Painted Vessels, found in the Pueblo Dwellings.
Earthenware Bowl, found in the old Cliff Dwellings, New
Mexico. :
Indian Rug, made by the Navajo Indians.
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CaucAsIAN RACE.
Egypt.
Presented :
Slab of Limestone, from the Temple of Osorkon at Atfieh;
Pottery Cap of a Jar with remains of mud sealing; Rectangular
Lid of a Basket, Part of a Basket, Parts of Beds, Fragments of
Legs of Bedsteads, all of the 1st Dynasty; Fragments of Linen of
the III-V Dynasties, by the Committee of the British School of
Archeology in Egypt. ;
Earthenware Painted Bowl, found at Xois in the Egyptian
Delta—Coptic, 5-6 century a.p., by the Earl of Carnarvon, per
Prof. Newberry. ts
Spain.
Two ‘‘Soyslador’’ or Blowers, used to fan charcoal stoves by
the natives of Andalusia, by Mrs. Raffles Bulley.
Purchased :
Reproductions of Mycenzean and Cretan Antiquities, as
follows :—Nestor Gold Cup, Gold Cup with rosettes, Bronze Knife
and Spearhead, Gold Lion’s Head Mask and several Rings. ,
Reproductions in Plaster of Romano-British Sculptures in Great
Britain, as follows:—Head of Medusa and Architectural Frag-
ment, from Bath; The Mother Goddess, Cirencester; Tombstone
of Centurion, Colchester; Lion devouring a Stag, Sun-god and
Imperial Apotheosis, from Corbridge; Inscription of the Second
Legion, from Edinburgh; Mithraic Tablet, from London; Tomb-
stone of a Moor and Tombstone of a British Woman, from South
Shields; Iron Parade Helmet, Bronze Helmet and Brass Cavalry
Helmet, from Newstead.
Seven Roman Karthenware Bottles, Vases, &c., found at Galley
Hill.
Selection of Replicas of Irish Antiquities, as follows :—Shrine
of St. Patrick’s Gospel, Ancient Chieftain’s Minn, Neck Gorget,
Kilkenny Brooch, Antique Brooch, Large Lune, Antique Enamel
Brooch, Armille, Hinged Fibula, Pair of Solid Wheel-shaped
Torque Earrings and the Conyngham Brooch.
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Presented :
Painted Earthenware Water Vessel, from the Benni Zanni
Kabyles; Painted Earthenware Vessel, made in the Mountains
between Bongie, Phillipville and Constantine; Earthenware Bowl,
painted red and black, from the Tuaregs of Tunis hinterland ;
Wooden Stamps for printing patterns on leather, from Biskra,
S. Algeria, by Prof. R. C. Bosanquet.
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REPORT by E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN, Curator of the
WALKER ART GALLERY.
I have the honour to report in reference to the work during the
year 1912 of the Department under the direction of the Art and
Exhibitions Sub-Committee of the Library, Museums and Arts
Committee of the City Council.
During the year, the work of improving the interior of the
building has been pursued so far as funds permitted. The offices,
cloakrooms and lavatories were re-painted, and the extractors on the
roof were re-constructed.
The pedestal screens in Room X were repaired, and the wall
panels in the same room were heightened so as to give more hanging
space. An additional adjustable panel, with swing doors, was
made to cover the doorway leading to the yard.
Nine pedestals and nine small oak block plinths for the display of
sculpture were provided. Room N was re-decorated and hung with
figured damask.
Experimental linoleum surrounds having proved satisfactory, the
same material was laid in Rooms B, C, F, G, O, N and X. Loose
holland covers were obtained for eight settees, and new swing
doors were fitted to the cloakroom.
The new arrangement for the display and sale of postcards,
photographs, and other reproductions in the east back room on the
ground floor having been the cause of increased sales, it was found
necessary for the better storing and display of increased stock to
provide a counter with cupboards. This, which is a distinct
improvement, will, I have little doubt, repay the outlay.
(hos ART GALLERY.
Three showcases were purchased for the display of keramics and
other small works of art unsuitable for pedestals.
The need of a wheeled chair in which infirm visitors could be
taken round the galleries without exertion to themselves had long
been felt, and, as an experiment, an invalid chair was purchased
and placed on hire.
The Government having taken over the control of the telephones,
the Town Clerk intimated he had been notified by the Authorities
that the old system of charges was abolished, and that for the
future the charges would be on the measured rate.
The work of compiling a new and adequate catalogue of the
Permanent Collection has been actively proceeded with, and I was
authorised by the Committee to engage Mr. Thomas White to assist
in the necessary research work. I hope before long to place the
results before the Special Committee appointed for the purpose.
With the sanction of the Committee, I attended the Conference
of the Museums Association in Dublin from 8th to 12th July, and
contributed to the proceedings a paper on ‘‘ The care of paintings,
be
drawings, engravings and other art treasures.’’ This paper created
much discussion, and, I think, proved useful. It was afterwards
published in the Museums Journal, the organ of the Museums
Association, Volume 12, No. LV, page 101-112.
With the permission of the Committee, I also visited the opening
of the John Feeney Galleries at Birmingham, on 16th July.
By resolution of 26th February, the Committee renewed its
contribution of £10 to the National Art Collections Fund.
An application was received from Professor Adshead, on behalf
of the Town Planning Exhibition Committee for the use of rooms
in this Gallery. I was elected a member of that Committee (of
which the Chairman of the Library, Museum and Arts Committee
was Vice-President), attended their meetings, and discussed the
matter fully with them, after which their request was granted by
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the Committee on certain conditions; for lack of financial support,
however, the project was eventually abandoned, at any rate for the
time being.
The care of the Permanent Collection was continued on the lines
of recent years. The following special work was done :—
New frames were provided for No. 921, ‘‘ Fishing Boats off
Yarmouth,’’ by R. W. Macbeth, R.A.; No. 914, ‘‘A Race
Meeting,’’ by Thomas Rowlandson (also new mount).
The following were re-lined:—No. 18, ‘‘ Faithful unto
Death,” by Sir E. J. Poynter, Bart., P.R.A.; No. 422,
** Strangers in a Strange Land,’’ by Albert Starling; No. 32,
** Down in the Reeds by the River, by Frank Walton, R.1.;
No. 496, ‘‘ A Disputed Bill of Costs,’’ by James Campbell.
The frames of the following were repaired and re-gilt :—
No. 422, “‘ Strangers in a Strange Land,’’ by Albert Starling;
No. 32, ‘‘ Down in the Reeds by the River,’’ by Frank Walton,
R.I.; No. 920, ‘‘The Pierhead, Liverpool,’’ and No. 875,
“The Great Gale of January, 1839,’’ both by Samuel Walters ;
No. 126, ‘‘Sunday Morning,’’ by J. Campbell Noble, R.S.A.
(also new glass); No. 18, ‘‘ Faithful unto Death,’’ by Sir
K. J. Poynter, Bart., P.R.A.; No. 882, ‘“‘ Wensleydale,’’ by
D. A. Williamson (also new mount); No. 681, ‘‘ The Virgin
Enthroned,’’ by Ghirlandaio; also a new glass for No. 142,
‘“The Ancestor on the Tapestry,’’ by J. Haynes Williams;
and new mounts for 15 Herdman Drawings.
Under the agreement with the Trustees of the Royal Institution,
the work of conserving the Roscoe Collection was continued. Hight
pictures were cleaned and repaired and the frames re-gilt. The
cost of this work amounted to £102 19s. 7d.
The pictures in the Branch Libraries were inspected.
Inscriptions were written on the frames or mounts of 130
pictures. The attendance of students during the year numbered
950. Ten new students’ tickets were granted.
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During the year pictures were lent to the following : —The
National Gallery of British Art, London; The Royal Academy of
Arts, London; The Burlington Fine Arts Club, London; The
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; The Society of Scottish Artists,
Edinburgh; The Fine Art Association, Stirling; The Canadian
National Exhibition, ‘Toronto; and the Art Galleries of
the following Corporations:—Aberdeen, Belfast, Birkenhead,
Blackpool, Bootle, Newcastle, Sunderland, and York.
The following additions were made to the Permanent Collection
during the year: —
1.—By Purchase from the Autumn Exhibition.
‘“‘Tupercalia’’ (bronze statue), by Conrad Dressler.
“ Joyce and a Manilla Shawl’’ (oil), by Howard Somerville.
(Bought under the terms of the Derby Bequest.)
‘White Azalea Tree’’ (pencil drawing), by Miss Katherine
Cameron, R.S.W.
““The Cloak of Friendship’’ (pen drawing), by Miss Cecile
Walton.
‘“‘ Low-Tide Gleaners ’’ (etching), by T. Austen Brown, A.R.S.A.
“‘Lara”’ (etching), by E. Chahine.
‘* Hoffman ’’ (etching), by Miss Jessie Gavin.
‘‘Bamborough ”’ (etching), by Albany E. Howarth, A.R.E.
‘‘Demolitions, rue Chanoinesse’’ (etching), by Ch. Heymann.
‘‘La Chaumieére & Rousseau’’ (etching), by A. Lepere.
‘“Toledo Bridge No. 7”’ (etching), by D. I. Smart, A.R.E.
‘“George Fox in the Highlands’’ (etching), by Robert
Spence, R.E.
“Wet ’”’ (etching), by Anders Zorn.
“© Moonrise—Lower Thames ’’ (mezzotint), by Frank L. Emanuel.
‘* Our Lady’s Birds ’’ (colour print), by W. Giles.
‘‘Chrysanthéme Simple ’’ (colour print), by Miss E. B. Hopkins.
‘“Girl with a Cat,’’ by Mrs. Plockross-Irminger (Bing and
Grondhal’s Copenhagen Porcelain).
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2.—By Purchase.
“On the Ogwen”’ (oil), by W. J. J. C. Bond.
** Howard in Italy ’’ (oil), by T. F. Marshall.
“The Pierhead, Liverpool’’ (oil), by Samuel Walters.
“Autumn ”’ (water-colour), by Sir L. Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A.
“ Eventide ’’ (water-colour), study for the original oil painting
in the Permanent Collection, by Sir Hubert von Herkomer,
C.V.0., R.A.
“John Robertson ’’ (miniature), by James Pelham, Senior.
3-—By Donation.
““Landseape’’ (oil), by William Davis; presented by Harold
Rathbone, Esq.
“Neptune ”’ (oil), by C. N. Kennedy; presented by Albert Wood,
Esq., J.P., Bodlondeb, Conway.
“‘Melanchthon’’ (oil), by George Lance; presented by Philip
Henry Holt, Esq., on behalf of Mrs. Alfred Holt and the family of
the late Alfred Holt, J.P.
“The Inaugural Banquet of the 41st Autumn Exhibition of
Modern Art (1911)”’ (oil), by Arthur J. Lyons; presented by
subscribers.
“The Heart of the Trossachs’’ (oil), by David Murray, R.A.;
presented by John William Hughes, Esq., of New Heys, Allerton.
“Landscape with Cattle’’ (oil), by Charles Towne; presented
by Colonel W. Hall Walker, M.P.
“Children feeding Pigeons’’ (oil), by Allessandro Zezzos ;
presented by Colonel Thomas Wilson, C.B.
““Nijmi—a Bethlehemite Woman’’ (pastel)—a study for the
Virgin’s Head in the oil painting, ‘‘ The Triumph of the Innocents”’
—by W. Holman Hunt, O.M.; presented by Alderman John
mea, J.P.
“Harlech Castle ’’ (water-colour), by H. C. Pidgeon, and
“The Snowberry’’ (water-colour), by Isabella Nicholson;
presented by R. D. Radcliffe, Esq.
76 ART GALLERY,
“A Race Meeting ’’ (water-colour), by Thomas Rowlandson;
presented by Allan H. Bright, Esq., J.P.
‘“ A Leopard”’ (chalk drawing), by William Huggins; presented
by A. Phillips, Esq.
“Ben Ledi’’ (etching), by D. Y. Cameron, A.R.A.; presented
by the artist.
“Interior of Old Smithy, Knotty Ash’’ (etching), by J. Ford
Jones; presented by W. H. Williams, Esq.
“Cooling Towers, Edinburgh ”’ (etching), by T. Duncan Rhind;
presented by the artist.
A Portfolio of sketches, lithographs, etc., of local interest,
collected by the late John R. Isaac, of Liverpool; presented by
his son, Percy L. Isaac, Esq.
‘‘Sir Wm. B. Forwood, D.L.’’ (bronze bust), by E. Whitney-
Smith; presented by subscribers.
The Permanent Collection has thus, during 1912, been enriched
by the addition of 40 works, viz. :—
By Deceased Artists,
6 paintings in oil.
4 paintings in water-colour.
1 miniature.
1 crayon drawing.
1 picture in pastel.
By Living Artists.
5 paintings in oil.
1 painting in water-colour.
1 pencil drawing.
1 pen drawing.
1 bronze statue.
Howard Somerville.)
[Purchased under Derby Bequest.
JOYCE AND A MANILLA SHAWL,
ART GALLERY. 7
1 bronze bust.
13 etchings.
2 colour prints.
1 keramic piece.
1 portfolio of prints.
40
The foregoing purchases, with the exception of the picture
bought under the terms of the Derby Bequest, were made, as in
previous years, from the surplus of the Autumn Exhibitions
Account.
Cordial thanks are due to the generous donors whose gifts above
recorded have considerably enhanced the value of the Permanent
Collection.
The following pictures, deposited on loan, have been withdrawn
by the owners, viz. :—
“The Nightingale,’ by R. W. Macbeth, R.A.
“Cattle with landscape,’’ and ‘‘ Lions and Boa-Constrictor,’’ by
William Huggins.
There are now 1,316 items in the list of the Permanent
Collection, of which 117 were, at 3lst December, 1912, on loan to
public buildings in the City, viz.:—Town Hall 25, Newsham
House 24, Central Library 20, Kirkdale Library 9, Everton
Library 7, Wavertree Library 12, Toxteth Library 4, St. Martin’s
Hall 1, Calderstones House 14, Museum 1.
The Galleries were open on all week-days as follows :—
November, December, January, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; February,
10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.; March and October, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; April
to September, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; also on Saturdays until 8 o’clock
throughout the year, and on Sundays from 2 to 4.30 during the
months of October to May inclusive.
78 ART GALLERY.
During the year rooms have been used for the following special
exhibitions :—
1. Exhibition of Drawings by children of the Liverpool
Public Elementary Schools, 22nd May to Ist June.
2. Exhibition by Members of the Liverpool Academy of
Arts, 29th May to 22nd June.
3. Exhibition of Lithographs by Members of the Senefelder
Club, Ist to 20th July.
4. Forty-second Annual Autumn [Exhibition of Modern
Art, from 5th October, 1912, to 4th January, 1913.
On 24th July a reception was held, by Sir James and Lady Barr,
of the Delegates attending the British Medical Association
Meeting, and the whole of the Galleries were placed at their
disposal, in conjunction with the Library and Museum.
On the following morning, July 25th, the Breakfast Conference
of the National Temperance League in connection with the above
was held in this Gallery.
On 4th September the death took place of Mr. Thomas Bartlett,
of 12, Pembroke Place, Liverpool. The deceased gentleman, who
was deeply interested in this Institution, bequeathed the sum of
£10,000, to be applied in the building of, or partly the purchase of,
freehold land for and as to residue in the building thereon of an
addition to the Walker Art Gallery in the City of Liverpool, and
to be identified (if possible) with the donor’s name. This bequest,
however, has not as yet been formally communicated to the
Committee.
On 18th October, 1912, at the age of 82, the death also took
place of my esteemed predecessor, Mr. Charles Dyall, first Curator
of this Gallery, who retired from active service in 1904.
The Autumn Exhibition was open during 78 days and 52
evenings, from 5th October, 1912, to 4th January, 1915. The
catalogue comprised 2,614 items, as against 2,540 in 1911, and the
collection was similar in plan to that of 1911, including amongst
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ees
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ART GALLERY. 79
its special features a room devoted to Continental Art, a complete
exhibition of works (96 in number) by Members of the Royal
Society of Miniature Painters, a very important black and white
section, and a collective exhibition of works by Members of the
Pastel Society.
The Continental Section, shown in Room B, included a
special exhibit from Denmark of 9 pictures, with 12 pieces of
sculpture, and examples of porcelain, etching, etc. For this
interesting novelty we are indebted to the kind co-operation of
Mr. H. D. Roberts, Director of the Public Library, Museum, and
Fine Art Galleries, Brighton; the works being selected from those
at the Danish Exhibition held during the earlier months of the
year at the Brighton Galleries.
A special exhibition of paintings by John Lavery, A.R.A., of
28 items, was arranged in Room N, and proved a very attractive
feature.
The Subscription Banquet at the opening of the Exhibition,
instituted in 1909, was repeated on October 2nd with great success,
there being 148 ladies and gentlemen present, including the Right
Honourable the Earl of Derby (Lord Mayor of Liverpool), David
Murray, R.A., John Lavery, A.R.A., W. R. Colton, A.R.A., James
Paterson, R.S.A., Sir Wm. B. Forwood, D.L., Sir Charles Petrie,
Sir Edward Russell, Sir James Barr, Alderman Leslie and Alderman
Lea.
369 works were sold, the catalogue prices of which amounted to
£6,609 17s. 3d., as against 345 works of the catalogue value of
£8,055 18s. Od. sold in 1911. The reduction is partly due to the
curtailing of the amount expended by the Committee, and partly
is in correspondence with the general shrinkage in the returns of
the exhibition. The total, however, is, with the exception of 1911,
the highest since 1904.
In consequence of the retirement from business, through
ill-health, of Mr. William Woffenden, Editor of the Illustrated
Catalogue, I was authorised to prepare an illustrated edition, in
addition to the ordinary issue of the official catalogue. The result
80 ART GALLERY.
was satisfactory as a new departure, and although the sales were
not equal to those of former years, the profit on the catalogues
generally justified the action of the Committee, a considerable
saving as regards the cost of production having resulted from the
fusion of the two publications.
Although the sales of exhibits at the Autumn Exhibition
manifest a practical appreciation on the part of serious-minded art
lovers, the general support in the public attendance showed a
considerable falling off. This is doubtless due partly to the induce-
ments offered in other directions, notably the attractions of the
numerous picture palaces, and the tendency on the part of many to
spend their leisure time motoring. The shrinkage, while dis-
appointing, is less marked in Liverpool than in other exhibitions
throughout the country, but it is hoped that this attitude on the
part of the public is merely transitory. The figures for 1912 are
as follows :—
At one shilling (78 days) ...:/....200 ea. 14,268
At Gd. (43 evenings) ........2..c0ce-ssceeeeree ees 7,244
At Ads (Oe VON gee is oxi cones damesen pte te tins o<y 6,729
Miseellavieois.s, si. pietsea-. Seabee teceseopetet 339
28,580
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At two shillings (admitting 24 scholars
and a teacher) 343 tickets, representing
Att Ate MMawee’ Ok) sists oc okesk a meee 8,575
Seasgn Ticket Holders :—
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diadied (S82 GOs) cccxsrucsen cet scerabeagser den sswee 546
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A season ticket holders’ soiree was held on 4th October, with a
programme of vocal and instrumental music.
On the 21st October the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor (The Earl of
Derby) was made a Freeman of the City at a Special Meeting of
the City Council held in St. George’s Hall. A portrait of Lord
Derby, by Mr. Orpen, and one of Lady Derby, by Mr. Lavery,
were presented by the Members of the Council and other friends.
In the evening his Lordship gave a reception in the Walker Art
Gallery.
The series of Friday afternoon “‘ Talks ’’ on art subjects was not
pursued in regular order, because of the difficulty of obtaining
eratuitous lecturers on the available dates. On Friday, 3rd
January, however, the Rev. T. W. M. Lund, M.A., gave a “ Walker
in the “Grosvenor Room’’ on “‘Some uses of an Art Gallery,”’
which was very successful, and concluded the special items in
connection with the exhibition.
By resolution of the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee on
29th May, 1912, on the recommendation of the City Treasurer and
Controller, the writing up of the Autumn Exhibition accounts was
transferred to his department, and thus brought into line with the
system employed throughout the Corporation.
The Art Union, instituted in 1911, was attended in 1912 with a
larger measure of success. The total sales of tickets amounted
to £1,245 12s. 8d. The number of prizes this year was 70 for £800,
as against 40 for £460 in 1911, and the winning ticket holders
selected from the Autumn Exhibition 110 works, the catalogue
value of which amounted to £1,152 15s. 6d. One of the prize-
winners was the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, Lord Mayor,
who had honoured the Art Union by becoming its President.
The concession by the Art and Exhibitions Sub- Committee of a
single free evening admission to the exhibition during the month
of December to each purchaser of an Art Union ticket was renewed.
E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN,.
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SIXTY-FIRST
ANNUAL REPORTS
TO THE
Libraries, Museums
AND
Arts Committee
OF THE
CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3lst DECEMBER 1913.
LIVERPOOL :
C. Tinztine & Co., Lrp., Printinc Contractors, 53, Vicroria STREET.
1914,
COMMITTEE AND OFFICERS
for the Year 1913-14.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HERBERT R. RATHBONE, B.A.,
LORD MAYOR.
Committee :
ALDERMAN FRANK J. LESLIE, F.R.G.S., CHAIRMAN.
RICHARD CATON, ESQ., M.D., LL.D., J.P., DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
FRANCIS W. BAILEY, ESQ., M.R.C.S.
(Chairman, Lectures Sub-Committee.)
PROF. R. C. BOSANQUET, M.A., F.S.A.
FREDERICK C. BOWRING, ESQ., J.P.
THOMAS BURKE, ESQ., J.P.
HENRY A. COLE, ESQ.
JAMES C. CROSS, ESQ.
THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF DERBY,
P.C., C.B.
ALDERMAN SIR WILLIAM B.
FORWOOD, D.L., J.P.
ERNEST C. GIVEN, ESQ., M.1.C.E.
(Chairman, Libraries and Reading Rooms
Sub-Committee.)
FRANCIS J. HARFORD, ESQ., J.P.
ALDERMAN JAMES HEALD.
PROF. W. A. HERDMAN, D.Sc., F.R.S.
Deputy-Chairman Museums Sub-Committee)
ROBERT C. HERMAN, ESQ.
LAWRENCE D. HOLT, ESQ.
C. SYDNEY JONES, ESQ., J.P., M.A.
(Chairman, Museums Sub-Committee.)
P. CHARLES KELLY, ESQ.
REGINALD G. LAYTON, ESQ.
ALDERMAN JOHN LEA, J.P.
(Chairman, Arts and Exhibitions Sub-
Committee.)
JOSEPH LUCAS, ESQ.
PROFESSOR A. M. PATERSON, M.D.
JOSEPH W. SMITH, ESQ.
RONALD STEWART-BROWN, ESQ.,
M.A., F.S.A.
(Deputy-Chairman, Libraries and
Reading Rooms Sub-Committee).
COLONEL W. HALL WALKER, M.P.
(Deputy-Chairman, Arts and Exhibitions
Sub-Cominittee)
Advisory Members of Museums Committee :
ARTHUR H. ARKLE, Esq.
Prof. JOHN GARSTANG, D.Sc., M.A.,
B.Litt.
ROBERT GLADSTONE, Jun., Esq.,
B.C.L., M.A.
Prof. JOHN LINTON MYRKES, M.A.
Prof. PERCY EB. NEWBERRY, M.A.
Chief Fibrarian:
GEORGE T. SHAW.
Deputy-Xibrarian:
HENRY E. CURRAN.
Gurator of Wuseums:
JOSEPH A. CLUBB, D.Sc.
Deputy-Curator of Museums :
P. ENTWISTLE, F.R.A.I.
Gurator of the Walker Art Gallery :
E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN.
Assistunt Curator, Walker Art Gallerp :
ARTHUR G. QUIGLEY.
CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE.
The separate Reports of the Chief Officials of the Libraries, the
Museums, and the Art Gallery, contained in this volume, form a
collective record of another year’s active and useful work in all those
Departments.
Columns of statistics are usually looked upon as very dry and
unattractive, but facts of great interest and import often lie hidden in
them. Thus, pages 19 to 25 of this volume will in themselves demon-
strate the value to the Citizens of the vast collections of books on our
Library shelves. An analysis of the figures shows that there are, im
all the Libraries under the management of the Committee, 350,000
volumes, grouped among fifteen different Sections, a number which, if
placed side by side on one continuous shelf, would extend from William
Brown Street to Sefton Park. It will-be seen that the largest Section
is that of Prose Fiction, which contains 65,000 volumes, but these only
form 18°5 per cent. of the whole. The two next largest Sections, those
of Fine and Industrial Arts, and History and Biography, contain
respectively 42,000 volumes and 36,000 volumes, being 12 per cent. and
10°3 per cent. of the whole. Thus, in view of the oft-repeated fallacy,
that the shelves of Public Libraries are mostly given up to Fiction, it
is interesting to note that these other two Sections together exceed in
numbers the Section of Fiction by 13,000 volumes. I trust no imper-
tinent critic will remark that the Section of History and Biography
probably contains a good deal of Fiction in itself.
The total issues during the year were, in round figures, 2,389,000, so
‘that, on the average, every book in our thirteen Libraries was issued
more than six times last year. It is indeed surprising how very
few volumes of the 350,000 fail to be consulted at all in the course
of a year. The gloomy picture which has sometimes been drawn of a
Public Library as a ‘‘Cemetery of Dead Books” certainly cannot be
realised in Liverpool. Every day we have cause to be grateful to those
who built up the Libraries in the past, for the sound judgment and
common sense they displayed in their selections.
4 CHAIRMAN’S PREFACE.
Pages 26 to 32 of the Reports contain a list of Free Lectures given
in the year which cannot, I believe, be equalled in any other City.
The fact that 168 Lectures were given, with an average attendance of
425 per Lecture, is very satisfactory, in view of the many counter
attractions of a less intellectual character now provided in the evening
in all parts of the City.
Liverpool was the Pioneer of the Free Lecture movement, as she
has been in so many other spheres of social progress, and it is intended
this year to mark, in some appropriate way, the 50th anniversary of the
first Municipal Free Lecture given in our City.
In the Museums, too, 24 Free Lectures were delivered, all of which
were well attended, the special object there being to bring under
public notice the many valuable and interesting collections in those
buildings. The official recognition of the importance of the educational
side of Museum work, by the British Association, in appointing a Special
Committee on the subject, of which our Curator, Dr. Clubb, was made
a Joint Secretary, is a notable forward step in Museum progress. Much
good ought to result from the deliberations and conclusions of that
Committee.
The list of additions to the Museum Collections during the year,
embracing over 4,000 separate objects, mostly gifts from Travellers and
Explorers, affords once more gratifying proof of the general esteem in
which the Institution is held. The transfer to the Museum last year,
from the Town Hall and the Municipal Offices, of various objects which
have been stored there for generations, gives the public of Liverpool
the opportunity, for the first time, of seeing many interesting relics of
the City’s past history.
Iu the Art Gallery, the problem of exhibiting the Permanent
Collection as it ought to be shown, and at the same time finding room
for the Autumn Exhibition of Contemporary Art, has not yet been
solved, and cannot be so until the much-needed extension of the
(Galleries has been carried out. The legacy of £10,000, bequeathed by
the will of the late Mr. Thomas Bartlett, for this purpose, has not yet
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been received, and, in the uncertainty as to when they may expect it,
the Committee have not felt justified in commencing the work. Mean-
while, the Municipal Art Collection was enriched in 1913 by the
addition of 49 works, some presented and some purchased.
The ever-increasing demands made on the available space, not only
in the Art Gallery, but also in the Library and Museum, have, of late
years, altogether overtaxed the accommodation provided in those
buildings, and the Committee last year adopted a comprehensive
scheme, including a considerable number of improvements and extensions
of different kinds. It is a curious fact that when the Libraries were
built no provision was made for the administrative staff, and as the
work has grown they have had to be housed in various parts of the
buildings, ill-adapted for the purpose, with a sacrifice of both convenience
and efficiency. The books too have long outgrown the space originally
provided for them, and have been stored wherever room could tem-
porarily be found.
The alterations decided upon last year, and now commenced, include
the provision of an additional Book Gallery round the Picton Reading
Room, a more convenient mode of access by the public to that Room,
new rooms for the Chief Librarian and his staff, the remodelling of the
heating system in the Libraries and Art Gallery, a separate entrance to
the Brown Reading Room, a larger Entrance Hall to the Museum, and
a much improved means of communication between the whole range of
buildings in William Brown Street. It is hoped to complete this work
during the present year.
There have, during recent years, been few changes in the constitution
of the Committee to record, but, unfortunately, last year was
exceptional in this respect. Two old and valued Members, Dr. Commins
and Mr. A. Crosthwaite, resigned. Both of them had given efficient
service as Chairmen of Sub-Committees. Mr. A. Buckley and Mr.
Alfred Griffiths also resigned, and Mr. John Byrne left the Council.
The Lord Mayor, Mr. H. R. Rathbone, who had made the Museum his
special care, to its great advantage, vacated office on his election to the
Chief Magistracy, but we hope to see him back again. Mr. Alderman
Heald, and Councillors T. Burke, H. A. Cole, J. C. Cross, J. Lucas,
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and J. W. Smith have filled the vacancies thus occasioned by
resignations.
The Committee unhappily lost a kind and generous friend in the death
of Miss Mary Hornby, to whose constant devotion to the interests of
blind readers it was mainly due that the issue of their special books
had increased from 181 volumes in 1893 to 3,036 last year.
Here again, in the beneficent provision of books for the blind, in all
departments of literature, Liverpool has led the way.
FRANK J. LESLIE,
Chairman.
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
Suggestion by the Rev. Canon A. Hume at a meeting of the Roscoe Club,
February 1848, that a Free Public Library be established in Liverpool.
Committee appara by Town Council, 3rd April, on the motion of
Councillor James A. Picton, to consider and report upon the establish-
ment of a Public Library for Liverpool.
Negotiations with the Trustees of the Royal Institution, Colquitt Street,
and Report of the Provisional Committee, 4th September, recom-
mending that an Act of Parliament be obtained for the transfer of
the Royal Institution and its contents (paintings, casts, natural history
specimens, books, etc.) to the Corporation, and that a Public Library,
Museum, and Gallery of Art be established in that building.
An Association of Citizens formed, 10th December, to promote the
formation of the proposed Library, Museum, and Gallery of Art,
and to solicit subscriptions, books, and specimens.
The Bequest by the Right Honourable Edward-Smith, 13th Earl of Derby,
K.@., F.L.S., of his collections of Natural History Specimens intimated
to the Corporation of Liverpool by the Right Honourable Edward-
Geoffrey, 14th Earl of Derby, k.e., F.u.s.
Mr. Thomas J. Moore appointed first Curator of the Museum.
The ‘Liverpool Royal Institution (Transfer of Property) Bill’ sub-
mitted to Parliament and withdrawn, May 1851.
The purchase of the Union News Room, Duke Street, for the purposes
of a Free Public Library and Museum decided upon, 9th September.
Act of Parliament, 3rd May, to establish a Public Library, Museum,
and Gallery of Art, and to provide Public Lectures. Councillor James
Allanson Picton became first Chairman of the Library, Museum, and
Arts Committee.
Mr. John Stuart Dalton appointed first Chief Librarian.
Collection of maps, views, portraits, documents, etc. illustrative of
the history of Lancashire (particularly Liverpool), purchased from
the Executors of Mr. Thomas Binns.
Reference Library, Duke Street, opened by the Mayor of Liverpool
(Councillor Thomas Littledale), October 18th. The Library, Museum,
and Arts Committee were also charged with the management and
maintenance of the Botanic Gardens and Park.
The Museum of Natural History, bequeathed to the town by the Earl of
Derby, was opened to the public by the Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor
Samuél Holme), Duke Street, 8th March.
Two Branch Lending Libraries opened: in (1) the North Corporation
Schools, Bevington Bush, 18th October; and (2) the South Corporation
Schools, Park Lane, 1st November.
A Superintendent of Branch Libraries decided upon. Mr. W. Roulston
appointed.
The South Branch Lending Library transferred from the South
Corporation Schools to premises in Hardy Street, December 1854.
Parliamentary powers obtained, 16th July, to appropriate a site on Shaw’s
Brow (now William Brown Street) on which to erect a new Public
Library and Museum building.
The North Branch Lending Library transferred from the North Corporation
Schools to special premises in Great Nelson Street, June 1855.
Offer of Mr. William Brown, m.p., Merchant of Liverpool, to erect a
new Public Library and Museum on Shaw’s Brow.
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Books for the Blind provided and circulated for the first time from the
Lending Branches.
Foundation stone of new Library and Museum on Shaw’s Brow laid by
Mr. William Brown, m.v., 15th April.
The ‘ Savage’ Collection of Ethnography purchased for the Museums.
The South Branch Lending Library transferred from Hardy Street to
special premises in Upper Parliament Street.
Standard music provided and circulated for the first time from the
Branch Libraries.
New building erected in Great Nelson Street, providing additional
accommodation for the North Branch Lending Library.
The Brown Library and Museum, Shaw’s Brow, formally opened by
Mr. William Brown (afterwards Sir William Brown, Bart.), 18th
October. The Library was transferred from the old building in Duke
Street, and opened for public service on 3rd December.
Gift of £1,000 by Mr. Joseph Shipley (of Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.,
and formerly of the firm of Brown, Shipley, and Co., Liverpool) for
the purchase of important books for the Reference Library.
The administration of the Botanic Gardens and Park transferred to the
Finance Committee.
Mr. Peter Cowell appointed Superintendent of Branch Libraries, in
succession to Mr. W. Roulston, resigned.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the
Library and Museum, 31st October.
Lectures Sub-Committee appointed. The first Lecture Session comprised
four series, each of ten lectures on a scientific subject, and was
inaugurated on November 3rd. The first Chairman of the Sub-
Committee was Councillor Edward Samuelson, J.P.
First group of British Birds (Common Bald Coot) with natural
surroundings, prepared in the Liverpool Museum, and exhibited at
the British Association Meeting, Birmingham.
Mr. George Hudson appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to Mr. John
Stuart Dalton, deceased.
The ‘ Mayer’ Collection presented to the town by Mr. Joseph Mayer, r.s.a.
Bequest to the Museum by Mr. William Tyrer Gerrard of a collection
of Natural History Specimens from Madagascar.
A large and important collection of Shells presented to the Museum by
Mr. Samuel Smith per the Rev. H. H. Higgins.
An extensive series of fossils from the coal measures, chiefly from the
Railway excavation at Ravenhead, presented to the Museum by the
Rey. H. H. Higgins.
Bequest to the Museum by Mr. John Mather of a collection of Miniatures,
etc., relating to the Bonaparte Family.
The First Autumn Exhibition of Pictures opened 4th September, closed
18th November, and continued annually in the Museum building
until 1876.
Councillor Edward Samuelson, s.p., elected first Chairman of the Fine
Arts Sub-Committee.
Councillor Joseph Armstrong elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor Samuelson.
Councillor Andrew B. Walker, Mayor of Liverpool (afterwards Sir
Andrew Barclay Walker, Bart.) offered to devote the sum of £20,000
to the erection of an Art Gallery.
Foundation Stone of the Walker Art Gallery laid by H.R.H. the Duke
of Edinburgh, 28th September.
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Mr. Peter Cowell appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to Mr. George
Hudson, deceased.
Foundation Stone of Picton Reading Room, William Brown Street,
laid by Councillor James A. Picton, J.P., F.S.A., Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 2nd December.
The Chairman of the Museum Sub-Committee (Rev. H. H. Higgins) and
two assistants took part in an Expedition to the Wer* Indies on the
Steam Yacht ‘ Argo’ for the purpose of collecting marine specimens
of Natural History, on the invitation of Mr. R. Cholmondeley, of
Condover Hall, Salop.
Councillor Thomas Holder, s.r., elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor J. Armstrong.
The Rutter-Phillips collection of Minerals presented to the Museum
by the Liverpool Medical Institution.
Mr. Charles Dyall appointed first Curator of the Walker Art Gallery.
The Walker Art Gallery opened by the Right Honourable Edward-Henry,
15th Earl of Derby, «.c., 6th September.
The Seventh Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art opened in the Walker
Art Gallery, 8th September.
The office of Superintendent of Branch Libraries abolished, and the duties
transferred to the Chief Librarian.
The Picton Reading Room, William Brown Street (adjoining the
Brown Library and Museum) opened by the Mayor of Liverpool,
Mr. Thomas B. Royden (afterwards Sir Thomas Royden, Bart.)
8th October.
Mr. Charles T. Gatty appointed Curator of the ‘ Mayer ’ Museum.
Councillor William J. Lunt elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee,
in succession to Councillor T. Holder, retired.
Temporary Annexe to hold the Museum Ethnographical Collections built
at the rear of the Walker Art Gallery.
Extension of the Walker Art Gallery determined upon by the City
Council.
Inauguration of the Picton Lecture Hall for Free Lectures, 3rd January.
The Hall is constructed in the basement of the Picton Reading Room,
and was first styled the Rotunda Lecture Hall.
Newspapers provided for the first time in the Reference Library.
The Library Association of the United Kingdom held their 6th Annual
Meeting in the Reference Library, 11th-14th September, under tie
Presidency of Sir James A. Picton, J.p., F.s.A., Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee.
Evening Reading Rooms opened in five Schoolrooms: Stanley Road,
Queen’s Road, Chatsworth Street, Wellington Road, Low Hill. (In
consequence of the subsequent establishment of Branch Libraries in
the several districts, these Reading Rooms, excepting that in
Chatsworth Street Council School, have since been closed.)
First issue of the Circulating School Museum Cabinets to various Schools
in the City, in May.
Entire cost of the extension of Walker Art Gallery, on completion,
defrayed by Alderman Sir Andrew Barclay Walker. The extension
was opened 30th August.
Bequest to the Museum of the Nicholas Cooke Collection of Lepidoptera.
The Major Austin collection of Crinoids purchased for the Museum.
Loan Exhibition of works of Art from Lancashire Collections, in the
Walker Art Gallery
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Councillor Philip H. Rathbone, s-p., elected Chairman of the Arts and
Exhibitions Sub-Committee in succession to Alderman E. Samuelson,
retired.
Collection of Skins and Horns of large Game Animals presented to
Museum by Mr. St. George Littledale.
Exhibition of pictures by the Russian artist, Vassili Verestchagin. (A
second Exhibition of works by this artist was held in 1899.)
First opening of the Museums on Monday evenings from 7 to 10 during
the winter months (October to March).
International Photographic Exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery
under the auspices of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association.
First Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Advancement
of Art and its application to industry, was held in the Walker Art
Gallery, under the Presidency of Lord Leighton, p.r.a., 3rd-7th
December.
Alderman Edward Samuelson, s.p., elected Chairman of the Library,
Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Sir James A. Picton,
who died on 15th July.
Libraries and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee appointed 8th August.
Councillor Thomas Holder, s.P., elected first Chairman.
The Rev. Henry H. Higgins, m.a., elected first Chairman of the Museum
and Mayer Collection Sub-Committee.
Kensington Branch Library opened by the Mayor of Liverpool, Alderman
Thomas Hughes (afterwards Sir Thomas Hughes), 30th January.
Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood, g.r., elected Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Alderman
E. Samuelson, retired.
Councillor Andrew Commins, Lu.p., M.P., elected Chairman of the
Libraries and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to
Councillor Thomas Holder, s.P., retired.
Inaugural meeting of the Museums Association held in the Museum,
17th July, under the Presidency of the Rev. Henry H. Higgins, m.a.,
Chairman of the Museum Sub-Committee.
The Library, Museum, and Arts Committee becomes also the Technical
Instruction authority. Sub-Committee appointed, with Councillor
W. E. Willink, m.a., as Chairman.
Photographic Exhibition held in the Walker Art Gallery, under the
auspices of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association.
The Permanent Collection, Walker Art Gallery, opened to the public
on Sundays for the first time.
Councillor W. H. Picton elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee,
in succession to Alderman Lunt, deceased.
Reconstruction of the basement of the Brown Library: Special Reference
Room for Specifications of Patents and Newspaper Files opened there,
12th December.
Exhibition of Naval and Nautical appliances, organised at the suggestion
of the Right Hon. Sir Arthur B. Forwood, Bart., m.p., Financial
Secretary to the Admiralty, opened by the Right Hon. Lord George
Hamilton, m.p., First Lord of the Admiralty, Ist February.
Councillor W. H. Picton elected Chairman of the Museum and Mayer
Collection Sub-Committee, in succession to the Rev. H. H. Higgins,
deceased.
Bequest to the Museum by the Right Honourable Edward-Henry, 15th
Earl of Derby, K.c., of a collection of Agates, etc.
The Roscoe Collection transferred to the Walker Art Gallery by agree-
ment with the Trustees of the Liverpool Royal Institution.
Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, Bart., donor of the Walker Art Gallery, died
27th February.
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Appointment of Mr. Henry O. Forbes, tu.p., as Director of Museums, in
succession to Mr. Thomas J. Moore, deceased.
The nucleus of a collection of West African Ethnographical Objects,
oie to the Museum by Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer, Elder,
empster, and Co.
Central Lending Library established in the basement of the Brown
Library building. Opened 17th June.
Councillor Frank J. Leslie, ¥.r.c.s., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor W. H. Picton, deceased.
The Foundation Stone of the Everton Branch Library and Technical
Schools laid by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Liverpool
(Councillor W. H. Watts) on behalf of the Lord Stanley, m.p., 5th July.
Councillor Morris P. Jones, s.p., elected Chairman of the Museum and
Mayer Collection Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor W. H.
Picton, deceased.
Opening of the Ethnographical Gallery of the Museum by the Right
Honourable the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor W. H. Watts.)
Councillor John Lea appointed Chairman of the Arts and Exhibitions
Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman Philip H. Rathbone, who died
22nd November 1895.
The Everton Branch Library, St. Domingo Road, opened by the Right
Honourable Frederick-Arthur, 16th Earl of Derby, x.c., Lord Mayor
of Liverpool, 9th October. The Library was transferred from the old
premises in Great Nelson Street.
The Tristram Collection of Birds purchased for the Museum.
Extension of Kensington Branch Library.
The Technical Instruction Sub-Committee constituted a separate Com-
mittee of the Council.
Sefton Park Branch Lending Library opened in the Public Offices, Lark
Lane, 4th October.
Walton Branch Library opened in the Town Hall, Walton, 11th October.
The Seton Karr Collection of Flint Implements from Egypt purchased
for the Museum.
Exhibition of Pictures by the late Alfred W. Hunt, r.w-s., held in the
Walker Art Gallery.
Foundation Stone of the Museums Extension Buildings and Technical
School laid by Sir William Bower Forwood, p.u., s.p., Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, Ist July.
Expedition to the Island of Sokotra for the collection of specimens of
Flora and Fauna.
Councillor Frank J. Leslie, ¥F.R.¢.s., elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman Andrew
Commins, Lu.D., M.P.
Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee in succession to Councillor F. J. Leslie.
Alteration of the title ‘Museum and Mayer Collection Sub-Committee’ to
“The Museums Sub-Committee,’ 24th July.
Bequest by Mr. Hugh Frederick Hornby, Merchant of Liverpool, of his
Art Library (comprising books, prints, autographs, and art bindings),
together with £10,000 for the erection of a building suitable for its
reception.
Alderman Joachim N. Stolterfoht elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor F. J.
Leslie, retired.
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HISTORICAL SUMMARY.
Councillor Edwin Berry elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-
Committee, in succession to Councillor A. Crosthwaite, elected Lord
Mayor of Liverpool.
Key's Plenum System of Heating and Ventilation installed in the Brown
Library and Museum, June 1901.
Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite, gs.p., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor E. Berry.
Toxteth Branch Library, Windsor Street, opened by Mr Andrew Carnegie,
15th October. The Library was transferred from the old premises in
Upper Parliament Street.
Removal of plateau fronting Brown Library and Museum, and alteration of
approaches to the building.
Councillor J. Harrison Jones elected Chairman of the Museums Sub-
Committee, in succession to Mr. Morris P. Jones.
The Wavertree Branch Library, Picton Road, opened by Councillor
Robert Durning Holt, s-p., Deputy-Chairman of the Library, Museum,
and Arts Committee, 12th May.
Opening of the Rawdon Reading Room, Breck Road, Anfield, by Councillor
William Evans, s.p., 18th October.
Mr. E. Rimbault Dibdin appointed Curator of the Walker Art Gallery,
in succession to Mr. C. Dyall, retired.
The Northern Photographic Exhibition, under the auspices of the Liverpool
Amateur Photographic Association, held in the Walker Ait Gallery.
(An exhibition under the same auspices also took place in 1907 and
1911.)
The Kirkdale Branch Library, Brock Street, opened by Alderman J. N.
Stolterfoht, Chairman of the Libraries Sub-Committee, 21st June.
The Andrew Carnegie Branch Library, Green Lane, West Derby (the
gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie) opened by Sir William B. f'orwood,
D.L., J.P., Chairman of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee,
27th June.
Extension of the Museum Aquarium completed.
Councillor William Permewan, m.p., elected Chairman of the Museums
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor J. Harrison Jones, resigned.
A special collection of some 5C0 volumes of popular literature (History,
Biography, Travel, Science, Industry, &c.) provided for Brown Reading
Room on open access shelves,
Inauguration of the Hugh Frederick Hornby Art Library, on 26th
ctober, by Mrs. Madden, of Sandown Hall, Wavertree, to whom an
illuminated address (enclosed in silver casket) was presented by the
Library, Museum and Arts Committee. During the ceremony a marble
bust of the late Hugh Frederick Hornby, executed by Mr. C. J. Allen
on the commission of the Committee, was unveiled by Colonel H. H.
Hornby, s.r. The Hornby Library building is an annexe to the Picton
Reading Room.
Opening of the New Galleries of the Museums Extension by the Right
Honourable Frederick-Arthur, 16th Earl of Derby, k.cG., 19th October.
The Walker Art Gallery first opened to the public in the evening. The
Gallery was first experimentally opened on Monday evenings, this
being afterwards altered (successfully) to Saturday evenings.
The collection of Botanical literature forming the Library of the Liver-
pool Botanic Gardens transferred by the Parks and Gardens Committee
to the Reference Library.
Dryden Street Evening Reading Room opened, 21st October.
Councillor H. Chaloner Dowdall, m.a., B.c.u., elected Chairman of the
Museums Sub-Committee, in succession to Dr. Permewan.
Exhibition of the Art of W. Holman Hunt, o.m., p.c.u., held in the
Walker Art Gallery. .
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Memorial Exhibition of the Art of the late John Finnie, R.z., R.C.A.,
held in the Walker Art Gallery.
Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Antiquities held in the Walker Art
Gallery in connection with the Liverpool Sept-Centenary Celebrations.
Alderman BE. W. Turner elected Chairman of the Lectures Sub-Committee
in succession to Councillor Crosthwaite.
Councillor Frank J. Leslie, r.r-c.s., elected Chairman of the Library,
Museum, and Arts Committee, in succession to Sir William B.
Forwood, D.L., J.P.
Councillor Herbert R. Rathbone, B.a., elected Chairman of the Museums
Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor H. Chaloner Dowdall,
elected Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
Historical Exhibition of Liverpool Art held in the Walker Art Gallery.
The Garston Branch Library, Bowden Road (the gift of Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, Lu.p.), opened by Councillor F. J. Leslie, Chairman of the
Library, Museum, and Arts Committee, 26th May.
Mr. George Thomas Shaw appointed Chief Librarian, in succession to
Mr. Peter Cowell, deceased.
Establishment of Lending Libraries Depot for the circulation _of special
books and the interchange of books amongst the Lending Branches.
The Herbarium Collection of over 40,000 specimens transferred by the
Parks and Gardens Committee from the Botanic Gardens to the
Museums.
An illuminated address presented to Mr. A. Ridyard, 2nd July, in
recognition of his gift to the Museums of numerous ethnographical
objects and natural history specimens from the West Coast of Africa.
Councillor Richard Rutherford, s.e., elected Chairman of the Lectures
Sub-Committee in succession to Alderman E. W. Turner, resigned.
Inauguration by Councillor William Evans, s.P., of Branch Lending
Library in the Rawdon Reading Room, Anfield, 3rd February.
On 13th October, an address (enclosed in silver casket) was presented
to Miss Mary L. Hornby, in recognition of her generous gifts during
many years, of Braille Books for the blind.
The Art of Albrecht Diirer, a collection brought together and arranged
in chronological order by Sir W. Martin Conway, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.G.S.,
exhibited in the Walker Art Gallery.
The Centenary Exhibition of the Liverpool Academy of Arts held in
the Walker Art Gallery.
Exhibition of Canadian Art held in the Walker Art Gallery, under the
auspices of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Councillor Ernest C. Given, m.1.c.z., elected Chairman of the Libraries
and Reading Rooms Sub-Committee, in succession to Alderman J. N.
Stolterfoht, deceased.
Evening Reading Room, Stanley Road, opened by the Right Honourable
the Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Councillor S. Mason Hutchinson),
13th June.
The New Sefton Park Branch Lending Library, Aigburth Road, opened
on August 3rd by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, 1u.p., the donor of_ the
meg The Library was transferred from the Public Offices, Lark
ane.
The Walton and Fazakerley Branch Library, Evered Avenue (the gift of
Mr. Andrew Carnegie, Lu.p.), opened by Councillor Richard Caton,
M.D., LL.D., J.P., Deputy Chairman of the Library, Museum, and
Arts Committee, 23rd November. The Library was transferred from
the Walton Town Hall, Rice Lane.
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Mr. Joseph A. Clubb, p.sc., Deputy Curator, appointed Curator of Museums
in succession to Dr. Forbes, retired.
Afternoon Conference of Chairmen of Museum Committees and Museum
Curators from towns in the North of England, held in the Museums,
18th October.
A Special Collective Exhibit of Paizitings by Tom Mostyn (27 items) was
arranged in room N of the Walker Art Gallery, the first of the kind
to be included in the Autumn Exhibition.
The Library Association held their 35th Annual Meeting in Liverpool, 2nd—5th
September, under the presidency of Councillor Frank J. Leslie, F.R.G.S.,
Chairman of the Library, Museum and Arts Committee.
Hours of duty of Lending Libraries Staffs revised, and the services of Evening
Assistants discontinued.
A Legacy of £10,000 bequeathed by the late Thomas Bartlett, of 12, Pembroke
Place, Liverpool, to be devoted to an extension of the Walker Art Gallery,
such extension to be (if possible) identified with the Donor’s name.
Mr. Charles Dyall, first Curator of the Walker Art Gallery, died on the 13th
October,
A Special Exhibit of 28 Paintings by John Lavery, a.R.a., arranged in
room N of the Walker Art Gallery, formed part of the Autumn
Exhibition.
Councillor Francis W. Bailey, m.n.c.s., u.R.c.P., elected Chairman of the
Lectures Sub-Committee, in succession to Councillor Richard Ruther-
ford, J.P.
The Old Swan Reading Room and Book Delivery Station (the gift of Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, LL.D.) opened on 4th June by Councillor E. C. Given, M.1.c.2.,
Chairman of the Libraries Sub-Committee. ;
Site purchased for new Reading Room and Book Delivery Station in Edge Hill
District (Beaumont Street).
Incorporation of Allerton, Childwall, and Woolton. Transfer of the Much
Woolton Public Library to the Library, Museum and Arts Committee,
9th November.
Councillor C. Sydney Jones, m.a., elected Chairman of the Museums Sub-
Committee in succession to Councillor H. R. Rathbone, B.a., elected
Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
The first meeting of the British Association Committee, formed at Birmingham
to report on the work of Museums as institutions for education and
research, was held in the Liverpool Museum in November, The Lord
Mayor was elected on the Committee and attended.
Special items included in the Autumn Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery,
were: (1) Memorial Exhibition of works by the late Sir Lawrence
Alma Tadema, o.m., R.A. (44 examples), lent by various Collectors;
(2) Collection of 61 Paintings by modern French and Dutch Artists,
lent by Denys Hague, Esq., London; (3) Collective Exhibit of works
by Emil Fuchs, m.v.o. (46 items).
At the inaugural banquet, Autumn Exhibition, Mr. Fuchs presented to
the Permanent Collection his marble Sarcophagus, entitled ‘ Sisters,’
to mark his appreciation of the sympathy shown by the Committee
towards his work.
LIBRARIES. 15
CHIEF LIBRARIAN’S REPORT.
GENTLEMEN,
I respectfully submit a report of the work of the Reference and
Lending Libraries during the year 1915.
STATISTICS.
The attached Tables of Statistics shew that 2,268,530 volumes
were issued over the counters in the Reference Library, Lending
Libraries, and Reading Rooms. In addition it is estimated that
there has been a use equal to an issue of over 464,000 volumes of
the books on open shelves in the Reference Library. There is
a decrease in the total issues in both the Reference and Lending
Libraries. The issues from the Reference Library were 53,500
less than in the previous year, while the issues from the Lending
Libraries shew a decrease of over 102,000 volumes. It is impossible
to give any satisfactory explanation of this decrease which is
general, as all the Libraries have reduced issues to adults, while
only four shew increases in the issues to children. There are one
or two cases where the conditions have been exceptional. The
Wavertree Branch Library was closed for nearly a month for
painting and alterations, and the issues at the Kensington and
West Derby Libraries were affected by the counter attractions at
the Exhibition in Edge Lane. The Branch Libraries where there
have been increased issues to Juveniles are Toxteth (13,629),
Everton (6,353), Rawdon (8,019), and West Derby (2,933).
There was an issue of 12,481 volumes from the Lending Libraries
Depot, a decrease of 182 volumes. There were 3,036. volumes
issued to Blind Readers as mapa 2,797 issued in 1912, an increase
of 239 volumes.
16 LIBRARIES.
LENDING LIBRARIES STOCKS.
The work of revising the stocks at the Branch Libraries, as
indicated in my Report last year has been continued, and during
the year 2,610 soiled volumes were cancelled, while 6,396 volumes
were replaced. Over 10,000 new volumes were purchased for the
Lending Libraries (including a stock for the Old Swan Reading
Room and Book Delivery Station), and care was taken to augment
the stocks of those Branch Libraries where the supplies have not
hitherto been equal to the demands.
CATALOGUES,
The Cataloguing staff has been actively engaged on the Reference
Library Catalogue, and satisfactory progress for the year was
reported to the Committee. Catalogues of the books in the Adult
sections of West Derby and Kirkdale Branch Libraries were
published, as well as Catalogues of Books for Children in the
Kensington, Wavertree, and Rawdon Branch Libraries. <A special
Catalogue of Books for Blind Readers was also compiled and
issued.
Brancu LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS.
The Committee will, I am sure, view with satisfaction the
continued work with the schools. Nearly all the Branch Libraries
are now visited for special work by classes from Schools in the
various districts. At the Walton and Fazakerley Branch Library
during the winter months Lectures have been given by teachers
to classes consisting of selected pupils from schools in the district.
New BuILpInGs.
In June the new Reading Room and Book Delivery Station at
Old Swan, the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, was opened by the
Chairman of the Library Sub-Committee (Councillor E. C. Given).
This building represents a new development of our Library work.
The Old Swan is a growing district but not sufficiently advanced
to require a fully stocked Branch Library. In this new building
there is provided a Reading Room with a good selection of News-
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papers and Periodicals, and also a small stock of standard books.
The Assistant-in-charge will obtain books for Borrowers from either
the West Derby or other Branch Libraries, or from the Depot.
Tickets issued to Readers are available for use at either the Book
Delivery Station or at the West Derby Branch Library. There
is every prospect that the facilities thus afforded will be appreci-
ated. During the half-year over 9,000 people visited the Reading
Room, and nearly 2,600 volumes were issued to Readers in the
room, while 4,200 volumes were issued for Home reading.
Wooton AND Districr Liprary.
In November the Committee took over the books in the Library
of the newly incorporated district of Woolton. The stock of over
4,000 volumes was removed to the Reference Library to be revised,
repaired, augmented, and catalogued, and that work is in progress.
CLEANING AND PAINTING.
The Wavertree Branch Library was painted, certain structural
alterations made, and new electric light fittings installed.
Free LECTURES.
The total attendance at the 168 Free Lectures delivered during the
year was 71,464, shewing an increase of 316 compared with the
previous year, when 166 lectures were given. The figures wouid
undoubtedly have shewn a greater and more gratifying increase
but for the compulsory change in the Tue Brook Lecture Centre
from the large main hall in Lister Drive Council Scliools to the
Andrew Carnegie Branch Library, Green Lane, where the capacity
of the comparatively small Reading Room proved quite insuffi-
cient; and where, in consequence, many persons who presented
themselves were unable to gain admission to the lectures. To the
same cause is largely due the reduced attendances of children at
the special lectures provided for them; there having been but 9,026
present at 21 lectures as against 12,084 at 22 lectures in 1912.
Twenty-eight of the 168 lectures were given in the Picton Hall,
the average attendance being but one less than in the previous
18 LIBRARIES,
year. In the District Halls 119 lectures were given to adults, and
here the attendances shew the marked increase of 4,408 on the
figures of 1912. It is always the desire of the Lectures Committee
that lectures be given where possible in halls specially equipped
and suited for the purpose rather than in the Reading Rooms of
our Branch Libraries; and following this course the Kirkdale
Lecture Centre was transferred from the Branch Library in Brock
Street to the Co-operative Hall in Walton Road. It is also confi-
dently expected that the hall at the Lister Drive Council Schools
will again be at the service of the Committee for lecture purposes
during the ensuing Session. Lectures were this year given in the
Low Hill District for the first time.
Your obedient Servant,
GEO. T. SHAW,
Cuter LisprariaN.
The Library, Museum, and
Arts Committee.
LIBRARIES.
TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS OF LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT.
19
Approximate estimate of the issues of volumes
of Reference Works and General Literature,
BEOMVOPOD SHELVES .......00005...ceensseeeecceccoceees
Approximate estimate of the issues of current
ROWN READING Room:
Volumes issued : Prose Fiction .............:00.0eeeee-
+ ‘5 General Literature, from open
PGIV OSs fi226 ce Scee tse coewseenees
Approximate estimate of issues of current
__ Periodicals, from open shelves ..............1-s00++
“Newspapers: Bound volumes _ .....-.......:0008 seeee
MS UICPART MONT 56 ienicacscesnesacecccus senvse sees
HucH FREDERICK Hornsy Art LIBRARY:
BPPRIEEEICRIIBSHOG, ..00ccasataccapocdcecetsscescccescesesceee
EMMA MIB STILE ceo. oc cicksssoPisierscencossenesccosesnccesssads
Totals—Reference Library..................
Branch Libraries. :
VoLUMES ISSUED, LENDING DEPARTMENTS
AND READING Rooms,
Volumes issued on application ............ssseseeee
Literary, Scientific and Technical Reviews |
and Periodicals, from open shelves ...............
Adult. Juvenile. | Total.
..| 157,039 44,872 201,911 |
a 150,391 | 150,391 |
eee 126,713 | 30, ),479 | | 157,192 |
| 116,727 | 58,619 | 175,346 |
i. 110,993 | 58,774 | 169,767
Be 103,470 64,311 | 167,781
.| 102,999 38,815 | 141,814
.| 94,707 32,178 | 126,885
sees 78,558 66,707 | 145,265
4 72,920 64,592 | 137,512
ae... 57,095 24,287 81,382
Bets, 4,204 ie 4,204
Totals—Lending Departments... 1,659,450 ' |
Lectures—(17 Centres).
Volumes
issued on
application. |
197,401
20,045
93,088
5,852
40,222
1,569
358,177
» Branch Reading Rooms '250,903 | | 1s910.353
| Approximate estimates.
Volumes.
120,332
120,332
Periodicals,
126,280
217,833
344,113
120,332
344,113
Prints Lecture
issued. Attendance
3,515 | 71,464
Norse.—The references to current newspapers and directories are not included.
20
LIBRARIES.
TABLE II.
Classification of volumes issued in the Reference Department.
Picton Reading Room and Brown Reading Room :—
NOZRE RM H OE Oo o>
1913. 1912.
Theology, Morals, Metaphysics ae 23,337 22,694
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Physiology, &e. 24,446 24,409
Natural History .. = 12,305 13,390
(Fine and iadaecoel ne ae sea hits 247 i
| Specifications of Patents ae sh .. 40,222 = cee
History and Biography, &c. ... ae ope 50 58,063 60,526
Topography and Antiquities ... , Ate on 23,948 26,764
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Kilades ee Sat 37,799 42,496
{ Collected Works, Essays, &e. ... ae ae fe 64,742 32,905
| Newspapers: Bound volumes .. 5,852 6,427
Jurisprudence, Law, Politics ... A 16,295 16,075
Commerce, Politiedl Economy, Soeial Sgicnes: aa, 24,037 26,281
Education and Language eee ce See so 32,841 38,642
Poetry and Dramatic Literature cme _ ae 19,567 23,417
Prose Fiction... a aA 20,045 40,465
Latin and Greek Gianden: and ean Gaieaee és 3,622 3,062
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, &c. ... “a 500 15,532 17,518
476,340 537,955
Hugh Frederick Hornby Art a —
Volumes issued ; 1,569 1,187
Total tte. see aa: iis 478,509 539,142
TABLE III.
Shewing the number and classification of volumes contained in
Class
Hi bt © BS
rd Ot ee
the Reference Department :—
Theology, Morals, Metaphysics ...
Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Phy siology Ea:
Natural History... :
Fine and Industrial Arts Gaelodiee Batents) sae
History and Biography, &c. ac
Topography and Antiquities
Voyages and Travels, Gazetteers, Aelaces| ct
Miscellaneous Literature (principally Collected Works,
Reviews, Societies’ Proceedings, &c., in vonaIED)
Jurisprudence, Law, Politics
Commerce, Political Economy, Social Beienca, ee.
Education and Language ... 56
Poetry and Dramatic Literature...
Prose Fiction ‘
Latin and Greek Classics and Translations
Encyclopedias and Works of General Reference
Hugh Frederick Horaby Art Library
Totai
eae
9,796
4,646
9,440
22,897
18,288
8,892
7,691
37,603
13,299
5,832
3,231
5,468
5,424
1 19F
6,504
7,860
168,068
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LIBRARIES.
TABLE V.—Shewing the number
CLASSIFICATION. |
LENDING DEPARTMENTS: ADULTS.
Conte. Bromage | Boman Peguangion) grat: | gies, | gearts| brace] Derby | Seis | Sema
A. Theology, &e...| 2,195 | 801] 1,471 969 | 1,633 | 2,100 873 | 686| 935| 497! 86
B. Physics, &ce. “ed 2,971 983 | 1,298 | 1,075 | 1,366 | 1,758 985 962 869 727
C. Natural His....; 2,279 627 848 719 | 1,383 | 2,547 | 1,099 787 | 1,161 490
1D). Ne SEAS icigeeseeee 15,336 | 3,694 | 6,108 | 7,729 | 8,274 | 9,283 | 6,145 | 4,229 6,863 | 3,970
E. History, &c....! 4,704 | 1,811 | 2,688 | 2,056 | 2,666 | 4,440] 2,246 | 1,739 | 2,209 | 1,176
F. Topography ...| 1,349 375 527 570 | 1,031 | 1,549 715 335 531 448
G. Voyages, &c....) 3,479 | 1,007 | 1,879 | 1,720 | 2,213 | 3,342] 2,010 | 1,361 | 2,015 | 1,684
We Mise. Tit: -.2..: 3,637 | 4,879 | 5,500 | 5,058 | 3,659 | 3,243 | 4,670 | 2,757 | 4,481 | 4,179
i oaw, 102. 2b. .-- 568 79 230 276 165 401 241 193-324 159
K. Commerce, &c.| 2,626 897 | 1,392 888 | 1,479 984 803 643 860 639
_ Education ...... 1,603 413 697 542 850 | 1,012 785 869 | 1,105 439
‘a Lit. ...) 1,642 31 370 167 100 524 199 123 231 382
M. Poetry, Drama| 2,045 404 735 791 | 1,130 | 2,726 703 841 802 | -457
N. Prose Fiction..|104, 544] 62,114 | 86,360] 93,548 | 100,727) 122,889] 72,979 |56,981 | 80,361 |41,783 83,641 .
O. Classics ......... 302 145 146 87 37 210 144 154 217 65 |
Blind Lit....... 1,111 298 744 537 _ 31 110 160| 35 =
Teed | P ; =| ae
TOTALS ...... 150, 391) 78,558 |110,993| 116,727 | 126,713) 157,039| 94,707 | 72,920 to3,g00 [aria 103,4
§ Of this total 38,739 were volumes of Music.
* Wavertree Branch closed for painting June 2nd— July 5
TABLE VI.—Shewing the number
Central. | Branch, | Branch. | Branch."
New Tickets issued during
1913—
ING cree esvardces se wnaeas 2,774 979 1,629 1,562
Shadent:..<sc.t. ct vsccsecness 561 56 153 109
Shiyenile .2etc- se ogee dee ce oe — 1,339 1,365 1,364
3,335 | 2,374 | 3,147 3,035
Tickets now in use, 31st
December, 1913—
RRR an tan vaccasan> > cea dvoeze 5,759 1,999 | 3,274 | 3,316
BISONS cernec eee .cste0e+0e 1,131 141 319 203
DRAIN BOUL 5 caucs aes cacecwen vere _ 2,841 2,658 | 2,918
6,890 | 4,981 6,251 | 6,437
Walte
Brancl
LIBRARIES. 93
volumes issued for Home Reading.
Lenpina DEPARTMENTS : CHILDREN.
—<—<—<—<—<_____
Sefton West
motel | Branch, | Beate |Rensington| Walton pratt | "Branch. | Branch: | Derby | Branch, | Brawom, { Total
l | 13,066 | 236 99 64| 220| 143 173 | 324} 121] 160] 177| 4,747] 14,783
14,018 267! 2028 50| 251! 613 217; 310] 174, 85| - 165| 2,335] 16,358
12,876 | 2,229 | 1,160 719 | 684 |1,021 892] 1,623] 992! 480 1,801 | 11,501] 24,377
/§77,840 | 2,247 | 1,414 879 1,273 |1,183 1,375 | 2,260] 1,886 | 915 | 2,306 | 15,238] 93,078
| |
2 27,964 | 5,313 | 2,642 1,587 | 2,418 | 3,050 2,534 | 5,478 1,915 | 2,349 | 4,181 | 31,462] 59,426
8,105 11 73 — 485 | — — — 195 276 | 5,918 | 6,958} 15,063
22,802 | 1,983 | 1,390 655 | 1,027 | 2,326 1,376 | 2,408 | 1,373 | 1,406 | 1,817 | 15,764 38,563
45,397 | 3,064 | 3,518 1,308 | 581} 209 1,712 | 1,908 | 2,371 | 2,004 | 1,521 | 18,196 63,593
Bao; — i Pa BO ee as 31 4 5 42] 2,952
12,227 9 a ee st ee ae ipo = 63 39| 214] 387] 12,614
9,353 10 43;). = Ta eee = a 24; 29} 164} 262] 9,645
3,938 | — a = MN ee 35} = — 3,938
11,576
| 982 149 355 | 462) 521 370 872 247 572 629 | 5,159] 416,735
909,170 50,356 | 48,085 | 53,002 | 23,020 35,806 23,529 49,414 | 29,987 | 15,968 | 45,412 |374,579 1,283,749
1,538
2S te Dah ee 4 x = See to 1 37| 1,575
SG ee od Gey en ee Sy ht | ee
| ‘ |
Lt . } | *
1,175,816 66,707 |58,774 | 58,619 S079 44872, 32,178 | 64,592 | 38,815 | 24,287 | 64,311 483,634 1,659,450
-T Old Swan opened June 5th. { Includes 12,481 vols. issued from Lending Libraries Depot.
ers from Lending Libraries.
Kirkdale |West Derby] Garston | Rawdon Ola Total
ch. Branch. Branch. Branch. Branch. Swan. eee
ia
rk) Wavertree
j “ithe
q
_——— —___
—-1,554 970 | 1,535 934 1,237 212 17,206
Wye 53 158 131 71 11 2,067
647 1,215 662 522 1,037 _ 9,536
2,380 | 2,288 | 2,355 | 1,587 | 2,345 *223 28,809
3,133 1,935 | 3,162 1,566 | 2,975 212 35,120
355 143 364 248 215 11 4,412
1,304 | 2,805 | 1,374 | 1,010 2,384 — 20,180
- a a
4,792 | 4,883 | 4,900 | 2,824 5,574 *223 59,712
* Also 41 West Derby tickets in use at Old Swan.
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OLASSIFICATION.
Theology, &c..........
Physics, &¢. ......--.
History, &c. .........
Topography .........
Voyages, &c. .........
Misc. Literature
Law, Politics
Commerce, &c. ......
Phere ne aR eee oo a
Education
a
ca
Poetry, Drama
=
Fiction
Classics
sete wee e ee reeeee
LIBRARIES.
TABLE VII.—Shewing the number ¢
ApuLT Rooms.
Everton
Branch
poet epee
Branch
724 | 282
463 | 831
184 | 422
1,267 | 2,742
608 | 772
169] 481
295 | 578
1,985 | 3,210
74| 107
292 | 645
195 | 354
264] 338
5,334 | 7,832
70 15
11,924 | 18,669
Walton
Branch
47
124
47
237
104
1,221
va,
163 124
221 426
274 174
1,218 783
395 350
139 74
306 244
386 651
69 81
138 157
169 308
118 257
1,173 | 4,417
31 96
4,800 | 8,147
West
Derby
Branch
235
480
440
2,076
541
210
502
10,189
Garston
Branch
Old
Swan
Rawdon
Branch
K¢
5,114 | *2
** Old Swan opened June 5th.
TABLE VIII.—EVENID
Reading Rooms.
Chatsworth Street (Council Schools)
Dryden Street
Stanley Road
Old Swan
Pee eee eee eOe reer eee reer eee err
eeeree eee reer Peer re eee rece eee reer ree es
olumes issued in Reading Rooms.
LIBRARIES.
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CHILDREN’s Rooms,
Dryden gaeeer
ale)
151 | 2,162
— 3,521
113 | 2,380
172 | 10,929
747 5,460
286 | 1,914
638 | 3,989
1,135 | 11,277
143 753
93 | 2,423
181 | 2,272
160 | 2,133
2,744 | 31,822
= 445
6,563 | 81,430
Everton|Toxteth| Kensing-| Walton | Waver- Kirkdale |
raneh | Branch | ton | Branch | ,'7¢e one
eee Be
71 66 363 142 586 373
7 281 389 160 293 496
410 396 2,542 713 | 1,750 | 3,310
245 518 2,274 | 635 | 2,588 | 1,477
1,233 730 3,912 1,415 | 3,579 | 2,973
4 40 18 211 — —
614 747 1,182 317 | 2,033 | 3,007
2,958 | 3,787 1,560 120 | 1,447 | 9,889
2 _— — 21 —- —
Aes oti wine i — =
45 123 753 246 355 869
6,334 | 7,750 2,929 9,563 | 2,485 | 13,053
EV eee a 9 | er =
11,924 14,441 | 15,922 | 13,561 |+15,116 | 35,447
|
West
Derby
Branch
1,084
21,175
68
Garston |
| Branch |
1
i=)
j
Total
| 2,239
2,111
11,460
10,945
21,307
1,136
13,919
31,673
92
354
155
3,933
70,078
72
44,139 | 18,993 169,473 | 250,903
Grand
Total
4,401
5,632
13,840
21,874
26,767
3,050
17,858
42,950
845
2,777
2,426
6,066
401,900
517
EKADING ROOMS.
1912.
Average Attend- Average
ance per Night. ance. per Night.
24,781 82 24,035 77
23,163 77 24,231 78
65,899 218 70,022 223
9,095 52 — —
122,938 118,288
+ Wavertree Branch Children’s room used as Adult room, through painting, May 28th to August 12th.
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LIBRARIES.
FREE LECTURES.
During the year 168 Free Lectures were delivered, the total
attendance being 71,464.
specially for children.
halls, 1.e.—
Twenty-one of the Lectures were
Twenty-eight Lectures were given in the
Picton Lecture Hall, the remainder in the following district
(1) Scotland Road (St. Martin’s Hall); (2) Sandhills (Crosby Home
Mission Hall, Commercial Road); (3) Kirkdale (Co-operative Hall, Walton
Road); (4) Walton (Assembly Hall, Corporation Baths, Queen’s Drive) ;
(5) Aintree (Aintree Institute, Longmoor Lane);
(6) Everton (Branch
Library, and St. Ambrose Mission Hall, Prince Edwin Street); (7) Anfield
(Council Schools, Anfield Road) ; (8) Tue Brook (Branch Library, Green Lane) ;
(9) West Derby (Village Hall) ; (10) Kensington (Lundie Memorial Hall, Beech
Street); (11) Low Hill (St. Jude’s Schools); (12) Wavertree (Town Hall) ;
(18) Sefton Park (Gregson Memorial institute, Garmoyle Road) ; (14) Garston
(Assembly Hall, Corporation Baths, Speke Road); (15) Aigburth (Parish Hall,
Dundonald Road); (16) Toxteth (David Lewis Club, Great George Place).
LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS.
(Excepting where otherwise stated, the Lectures were illustrated by
Lantern Views.)
Lecturer.
Akhurst, Forbes
Allen, Perey
Benson, Captain W. J. P.....
F.R.G.S.
Blake. tA ikl... Mia ass sopuraiess
Blair, Andrew
ween eee e ween es
Subject.
““Famous prose writers of
the 19th Century,” with
illustrative recitals
from Ruskin, Carlyle,
Thackeray, Dickens,
and others.
** Romances of Old France:
the Splendid Duchy of
Burgundy (South).”
Canal up-to-
date, and the West
Coast of South
America.”
“ Panama
“The by-ways of a great
city; or, the past and
present life of the
Streets of London.”
“Through the snows of
Grisons to the lakes of
Italy.”
Halls.
Wavertree — Tue Brook—
Picton—Low Hill.
Anfield—Picton—Kensing-
ton—Walton.
Aintree—Picton—Aigburth
—Kirkdale.
Tue Brook—Aigburth.
Kirkdale.
LIBRARIES.
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Lecturer.
Brigg, Edwin W. ...............
Brodrick, Harold, m.a.,
F.G.S.
Budden, Charles W., m.p....
Chinnappa, Ananda Royer A.
B.A., F-R.5.1.
2” 2
Coop, Rev..J.O., mA. oc...
Cortie, Rev. A. L., s.z.,
F.R.A.S., Stonyhurst
College Observatory.
Costain, Rev. A. J., wa. ...
Dennis, G. P., a.w.te.r. ...
Lecturer on Electr’cal
Engineering, Central
Technical School, Liver-
pool.
Dibdin, E. Rimbault,
Curator, Walker Art
Gallery, Liverpool.
” ”)
Myer. Wie Fhe. scant ts cco 3
Ellis, John W., m.v., F.F.s
Subject.
“Through Flanders and
Walcheren to a Dutch
Wonderland.’’
“ Romance and legend in
Northern France.”
“In the Norwegian High-
lands.”’
“Camping days and ways
on road and river.”
‘Hunting in the Indian
Jungle”; with folk-
songs.
races of
with native
“The native
India ”’;
songs.
“The fortresses of Ger-
many.”
“The Sun’s surface and
surroundings.”
“Cambridge: City and
University life.”
** Oxford: City and Uni-
versity life.”
** Electricity and its
modern application”;
with experiments.
*“ An artistic tour in Hol-
land.”’
“An invasion of Ger-
many: notes of an
artistic tour.”
“An hour with the micro-
scope.”
“Days in ‘Merrie Sher-
wood,’ with glimpses of
f[vanhoe Land.”
Sandhills.
Tue Brook—Everton
(Branch Library).
Garston—West Derby.
Anfield.
Sefton Park (Gregson Inst.)
Aintree.
Sandhills.
Picton.
Kensington—Picton.
Wavertree.
Sefton Park (Gregson Inst.)
—-Walton.
Scotland Road (St. Martin’s
Hall)—Everton.
Picton.
Kensington—West Derby.
Sandhills—Tue Brook.
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LIBRARIES.
Lecturer.
Subject.
Ellis, John W., M.B., F.E.S..
Enock, Fred., F.L.s., F.E.S.,
F.R.M.S.
Eustace, Harry K. ............
iHlowlkes, “(Bev Be see.ct ences.
Grensted, Rev. Canon F.
BS aA
Hamilton, J. Erik, B.sc. ...
Hamilton, Rev. James, M.A.
Haynes, Arthur FE. ............
Hewson, J. James ............
Heron, Ernest P. ...............
Hoult, James
Jenkins, Miss E. Vaughan..
JONES; VOWS c..cvssatececevovsss
“On and off the Great
Dyke: the scenery and |
antiquities of the
Welsh Border from
Chester to Hereford.”
“Fairy flies and their
hosts.”
“ Hunting and smuggling
in Africa: 1
and adventures in the
Jungle.”
Canal
“Canals and
Folk.”
““ Voyagers to the Isle of
Man a thousand years
ago, and the relics
they have left.’
“ Experiences at an Irish
Whaling Station.”
“Grey Galloway.”
** Off the beaten track in
Finland.”
“Charles Dickens:
dramatist, and the
stage in his writings.’ |
“The Val d’Anniviers:
off the beaten track
in Switzerland.”
“Childwall and Waver-
tree: historical, anti-
quarian, legendary,
and anecdotal.’’
“The Hundred of West
experiences |
actor, |
Halls.
/ Picton.
| Aintree—Tue Brook—
Picton—Aigburth.
Anfield—Garston—Picton—
Toxteth.
|
) Anfield—Picton—Toxteth—
Sandhills.
| Walton—Everton (St. Am-
brose Mission Hall)—
Kirkdale.
| Aighurth.
| Toxteth—Garston.
Anfield—Garston.
Kensington—Toxteth.
Everton (St. Ambrose Mis-
/ sion Hall).
| Picton.
| Walton—West Derby.
|
Derby: historical, topo- |
graphical, antiquarian,
and anecdotal.”’
“The land of the Beaver
and the Maple.”
“The Wild Welshman.’’
(Not illustrated.)
| Sefton Park (Gregson Inst.)
—Garston—Toxteth—
Picton.
Anfie!d—Walton.
2
LIBRARIES.
29
Lecturer.
Subject.
Kennedy, John, ¥F.R.G.s.
Lund, Rev. T. W. ™., m.a..
McCullagh, Rev. H. H., B.a.
33 a”
33 3)
33 >”
3) 33
iaraIiG.o Wi ARhiss tes Poss 3
Marsden, Prosper, H., r.c.s.,
Lecturer in Materia
Medica and Pharmacy,
University of Liver-
pool.
Moir, James, B.sc. ............
Moir, John M., mse. .........
eee eee er re rrr
Nairn, Peter
Neill, Daniel J.
Nicholas, Rev. T. F., m.a.,
F.R.G.S,
..| "A voyage to the Near
| East; with some re-
marks on the war in
the Balkans.”
|“ At the foot of the Cots-
wolds.’’
“Beethoven and his
music’; with musical |
illustrations.
“Brahms: his work, his
friends, and his
critics ’’; with musical
illustrations.
““ Edward Grieg, music’s
northern light”; with
musical illustrations.
“* Handel and his music ”’;
with musical illustra-
tions.
“Mozart and his music ”’;
with musical illustra-
tions.
“On tramp in Dickens’
Land.”
** Moscow, Mother of
Cities: being an ac-
count of a visit to one
of the ancient capitals
of Russia.”
“Waves of the sea and
other waves.
“Wonders of Wireless
Telegraphy ’’; with ex-
periments.
“Wirral, historic and
picturesque.”
“The land of the Gael:
from Stirling to Ben |
Nevis.”’
“The Gambia River and
Protectorate: the olcest
English Colony in
West Africa.’’
|
Aigburth.
Picton.
Picton.
Kirkdale.
Kensington.
Aintree—Everton (Branch
Library).
Everton (Branch Library).
Anfield—Toxteth.
| Picton—Sefton Park (Greg-
son Inst.).
West Derby.
Scotland Road (St. Martin’s
Hall).
Wavertree— Picton—
Aigburth—Low Hill.
30 LIBRARIES.
Lecturer. Subject. Halls.
Northcote, Henry F. ......... |** The Mechanics of the | Picton.
O’Beirne, Calder, formerly |
Professor of Elocution, |
St. Edward’s College.
” 29
O’Mahony, Michael
Parkinson, Rev. George A...
Raffalovich, George
Rea, W. Lawrence
Ross, Rev. William D.,
B.SC.
Saxby, “Wred Wo" rc csdeeten-
Seatree, George, J.P. ........- .
Shaw, George T., Chief
Librarian, Liverpool
Public Libraries.
Universe.”’
“Poets of the four
nations ’’; with recitals
from Shakespeare, Ad-
dison, Tennyson, Hood, |
Le Fanu, Charles T.
Kickham, Aytoun, Hy-
wel ab Eimion, and
Ceiriog.
‘*Shakespearian Recitals,
and selections from the |
Poets.”’
“ Architecture of the Celt
and the Norman in
Treland.”’
“The Channel Islands:
their customs, beau- |
ties, ete.”
“The Folk-songs of
Britain and their |
story’; with vocal
illustrations.
‘From Budapest to Con-
stantinople, via Rou-
mania.”
“To the Highlands of
the Grisons: a tour in
Eastern Switzerland.’’
‘From Hamburg to Ber-
lin, via Sweden, Fin-
land, and St. Peters-
burg.”
“Dust: its origin and
influence ’; with ex-
periments.
**Microscopic revelations
by direct projection ”’ ;
with experiments. —
“Lakeland mountaineer-
ing in summer and
winter.”’
“The Makers of Liver-
pool.””
| Scotland Road (St. Martin’s
Hall)—Picton.
Sefton Park (Gregson Inst.)
Scotland Road (St. Martin’s
Hall)—Kirkdale.
Garston.
Sandhills—West Derby.
Wavertree—Picton—Scot-
land Road (St. Martin’s
Hall)—Kirkdale.
Wavertree.
| Aigburth
Sefton Park (Gregson Inst.)
—<Aintree.
Picton.
| Sandhills—West Derby.
Kensington—Sefton Park
(Gregson Inst.) — West
Derby,
Liverpool |
Public Libraries.
Thompson, George E.,
F.R.P.S.
Tillemont-Thomason, F. E.,
C.E., F.R.G.S., F.PH.S.
irene. PLOW Mas MB. cos.
Tobin, J. Raymond, Mus.
Bae.
eeeeee
Wallace, Rev. Hugh ©. ......
Walshe, Rev. T. J., 3.a.,
F.R.A.S.
Wells, Samuel, F.R.G.s. ....
as Ee)
Whitaker, Trevor
33
»
3)
teen eens
| “ Portugal and the Portu-
guese.”
“ Portugal, old and new.”’
“Experiences on the West
Coast of Africa.’
“Chamber Music”: with
musical illustrations.
“English composers of
yesterday and to-day ”’;
with musical illustra-
tions.
“Music as a language”;
with musical illustra-
tions.
“Vienna, Prague, and
Bohemia.”’
“Through the Dolomites
to Lake Garda.’
“Jerusalem, ancient and
modern.”’
-|“ Across Europe by water
from the Black Country
to the Black Sea.”
“The Land of the Ven-
detta: Corsica.”
“On the main roads of
North Wales and Shrop-
shire.”
“A patriot in London:
legends, romances,
customs old and new.”
“ Wanderings in Warwick-
shire, and the stories
they recall.”
“Through Northera Spain
from the Pyrenees to
the Guadarramas.”
LIBRARIES. 3B1
a a — ee — _
Lecturer. Subject. Halls.
/
Shaw, George T., Chief |“ Public Libraries and | Tue Brook.
Librarian, their work.”
Walton.
Aintree—Picton—Aigburth
—Kirkdale.
| Garston—Picton.
| Aintree.
Walton.
Picton.
Sefton Park (Gregson Inst.)
—Picton—Kensington—
Walton.
Wavertree—Tue Brook—
Picton—Low Hill.
Scotland Road (St. Martin’s
Hall).
Toxteth—Picton.
Aintree.
Toxteth—Picton.
West Derby.
Kirkdale.
| Kensington—Wavertree.
32 LIBRARIES.
Lecturer. Subject. Halls
Workman, Albert E. ......... “Opera: its origin and | Anfeld.
Young, Ernest
Samuel E., M.a.,
Headmaster,
Collegiate
Brown,
B.SC.,
Liverpool
Schools.
Cairns, W. Murray, M.B. ...
” ”
SU MORRO MAC ra. ccc.
>? 2?
” 3”
Lund, Rev. T. W. M., m.a...
Moir, James, B.SC. .....-..000-
Moir, John M., Msc. .........
Northcote, Henry F. .........
Taylor, Alfred, F.R.P.s. ,
-| * Home
development ”’; with
musical] illustrations.”
“West Country Folk-
songs”; with musical
illustrations.
CHILDREN’S LECTURES
“The life of a River from
its cradle to its grave.”’
“Children’s homes in
Japan; or, the daily
life of a Japanese boy
and girl.”
“The little Folk of China
and Japan, at their
work and at their
play.”
“The little Folk of Far
Eastern Lands.’
of
“The conquest the
Soudan.”
“In the reign of Terror:
the story of the French
Revolution.”’
“ Regimental emblems and
their stories.”
‘* A trin round Britain.”
“The country of William
Tell: peeps into Swiss
life.”
““A piece of glass: its
manufacture and uses.”’
“A peep into the wonder-
land of Electricity ”’;
with experiments.
‘ Animals: their ways and
homes.”
life
of Wild
Birds,”
Garston— Wavertree—Scot-
land Road (St. Martin's
Hall)—Low Hill.
Sefton Park (Gregson Inst.)
—Anfield.
Aintree—Wavertree.
Sandhills.
Kensington.
Sefton Park (Gregson Inst.)
Tue Brook.
Wavertree.
Everton (St. Ambrose Mis-
sion Hall).
Anfield—Garston.
Kirkdale.
Everton.
Garston—Kensington—
Sandhills.
Aintree—Tue Brook—Aig-
burth—Kirkdale.
m+
LIBRARIES. 33
DONATIONS.
Mrs. ALFRED BootrH :—
European years: letters of an idle man, by H. J. Warner; ed.
by G. E. Woodberry. 1912.
New letters of an idle man, by H. J. Warner. 1918.
Auuan H. Bricut, J.P.:—
Catalogue of Emblem books and of a few other similar books,
the property of Allan H. Bright, Esq., Ashfield, Knotty Ash,
Liverpool. 1913.
Pamphlets on the South African War, 1899-1902; published by
the National Reform Union, &c. 5v.
Tue TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MuSEUM :—
Catalogue of printed music published between 1487 and 1800, by
W. B. Squire, 2v.; Index to the charters and rolls in the Depart-
ment of Manuscripts, ed. by H. J. Ells, v.2; Queen Mary’s
Psalter: miniatures and drawings by an English Artist of the 14th
century, ed. by Sir George Warner ; Catalogue of the books, manu-
scripts, maps, and drawings, v. 4; Catalogue of additions to the
manuscripts, 1906-1910; Index to the charters and rolls in the
Department of Manuscripts, ed. by H. J. Ellis, v.2; Catalogue of
engraved British portraits, by F. O’Donoghue, v. 3; Catalogue of
the finger rings bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks,
by O. M. Dalton; Handbook of instructions for collectors, 3rd ed. ;
The history of the collections contained in the Natural History
Departments, v.2, by Albert Giinther; Guide to the specimens
illustrating the races of mankind (Anthropology), 2nd ed.; Guide
to the domesticated animals (other than horses), 2nd ed. ; Guide to
the exhibition of specimens illustrating the modification of the
structure of animals in relation to flight; Catalogue of the mammals
of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia), by G. S. Miller;
34 LIBRARIES.
Catalogue of the Ungulate mammals, by R. Lydekker, v.1; Cata-
logue of the heads and horns of Indian big game bequeathed by
A. O. Hume, by R. Lydekker; Catalogue of the collection of birds’
eggs, by W. R. Ogilvie Grant, v.5; Guide to the gallery of
Reptilia and Amphibia, 2nd ed.; Descriptive catalogue of the marine
reptiles of the Oxford clay, by W. C. Andrews, pt. 2; Catalogue of
the Lepidoptera Phalaenae, v.12 (Text and Plates); The house-fly
as a danger to health, by Ernest E. Austen, 2nd ed.; Catalogue of
the British species of Pisidium (recent and fossil), with notes on
those of Western Europe, by B. B. Woodward; Catalogue of the
Chaetopoda: Polychaeta, by J. H. Ashworth, pt. 1; A revision of
the Ichneumonidae, pt. 2, by C. Morley; Catalogue of the plants
collected by Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Talbot in the Oban District, South
Nigeria, by A. B. Rendle, &c.
Mrs. BULLEY :—
The Gentleman and Gardener’s Kalendar, by Richard Bradley,
F.R.S., 1718; Gaston de Latour, by Walter Pater; The works in
prose and verse of William Shenstone, 3v. 1773; Deutsche
Anthologie: a manual of German prose, selected by L. von
Miihlenfels, 1841; Geschichte Friedrichs des Grossen, geschrieben
von F. Kiigler, gezeichnet von A. Menzel, 1840; Saimmtliche
Fabeln und Erzihlungen, von EH. F. Gellert, illustrirt von G.
Osterwald, 1844; and 22 other volumes.
OrvDER oF Notre-Dame or Mount-CarMEL : —
Etudes Carmelitaines, historiques et critiques, sur les traditions,
les priviléges, et la mystique de l’Ordre, par les péres Carmes
dechaussés de la province de France, 1911-1912. ?v.
Tur Co-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY :—
The story of the C.W.S.: the jubilee history of the Co-operative
Wholesale Society Limited, 1863-1913, by Percy Redfern.
(7 copies.)
LIBRARIES, 35
Tue Rigut Hon. tHe Kart or CRAwFORD AND BALCARRES :—
Bibliotheca Lindesiana, v.8. Handlist of Proclamations issued
by Royal and other constitutional authorities, 1714-1910, George I
to Edward VII. 1913.
Haroip Cusiey :—
Engraved Portrait of Thomas Green, assertur of the constitu-
tional right of Election at Liverpool, May 1807 (coloured copy).
E. Gorpon Durr, M.A. :—
Jan van Doesborgh, printer at Antwerp: an essay in biblio-
graphy, by Robert Proctor. 1894.
ALDERMAN Sir Wituiam B. Forwoop, D.L., J.P.:—
Large photographic Portrait of himself taken by Elliott and Fry
of London. Signed: ‘ William B. Forwood, Chairman, Liverpool
Libraries and Arts and Museum Committee, 1889-1903.’
Tue SENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW :—
The Matriculation Albums vf the University of Glasgow from
1728 to 1858, transcribed and annotated by the late W. Innes
Addison. 1913.
Miss M. A. Harpine :—
Pierre et Camille, par Alfred de Musset; Sacs et parchemins, par
Jules Sandeau; Das wahre Gesicht: drama von Max Halbe;
Quisisana von F. Spielhagen; Gedichte in Prosa, von Ivan
Turgenieff; and 13 other volumes of foreign literature.
Curis. HEALY :—
The Irish Nation: its history and its biography, by James Wills
and Freeman Wills, 8v.; Margaret Ethel Macdonald, by J. Ratisay
Macdonald, 1912; The Sorcery Club, by Elliott O’ Donnell, 1912.
Miss Mary L. Hornsy :—
Books for the Blind in Braille type, 37 vols.
Miss Laneton :—
Le secret de la vieille demoiselle, par E. Marlitt, 2v.; Les
derniéres années de la Duchesse de Berry, par Imbert de Saint-
Amand; Mémoires de Madame la Duchesse de Gontaut. 1778-1836:
36 LIBRARIES.
The Light of Asia, by Sir Edwin Arnold; New dictionary of the
English and Italian languages, by Alphonsus de Bermingham; and
7 other volumes.
THE CoRPORATION OF THE City or LonpDoN :—
Calendar of letter-books preserved among the archives of the
Corporation of the City of London at the Guildhall. Letter-book L,
tempo. Edward [V—Henry VII, ed. by Reginald R. Sharpe; Report
of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London, 1912.
Tuer Duc pe Lovusat :—
Le Duc de Loubat: a collection of diplomas, resolutions of
learned societies, &c., addressed to the Duc de Loubat, 1894-1912.
Artuur Lucas :—
John Lucas, portrait painter, 1828-1874: a memoir of his life
mainly deduced from the correspondence of his sitters; arranged
and connected by his son, Arthur Lucas. 1913.
Mrs. LystTer :—
The Imperial Family Bible according to the authorised version,
with notes, references, &c., and engravings on steel after
J. Martin, H. Vernet, and others. 1844.
W. KE. Moss :—
Holograph Letter of George Stephenson to the Mayor of Liver-
pool regarding new dock for Birkenhead, January 1840.
Frank OLLERENSHAW :—
Cobbett’s Paper against gold; with Portrait of William Cobbett
eng. by E. Smith, Liverpool, after a drawing taken on board the
‘Importer’ on her departure from Liverpool, March 1817.
LIBRARIES. 37
Tue Rr. Hon. Hersert R. Ratrusone, B.A., Lorp Mayor or
LIVERPOOL :—
Poll for the Election of a Member of Parliament for the Borough
of Liverpool taken between William Ewart and John Evelyn
Denison, November 1830, with MS notes of sums paid to various
electors.
Henry I. Renspure :—
Arrangements for violin and piano by J. B. Singalee, from the
great operas, viz., Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette, Verdi’s Ernani,
Wagner’s Lohengrin, &c.
Roya. Soctety or Lonpon :—
Philosophical Transactions, Series A v.212, Series B v. 203;
Proceedings, Series A 600-611, Series B 585-593; Year Book, 1913;
Reports of the Sleeping Sickness Commission, Nos. 10-13; National
Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904; Meteorology, Part 2.
JuLius A. SCHROTER :—
Life and explorations of Fridtjof Nansen; The Gunpowder Plot
and Lord Mounteagle’s letters, by Henry H. Spink; Sir George
White, V.C., by T. F. G. Coates; Romance of modern invention,
by A. Willams; First footsteps in East Africa, by Sir R. F.
Burton, 2v.; Deep sea plunderings, by Frank T. Bullen; and 51
other volumes. :
Tue Rr. Hon. tHe SEcRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA: —
District Gazetteer of India, 40 v.
Mrs. E. A. Smita :—
Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, by John Willcock. 1899.
38 LipRaRIEs.
SMITHSONIAN InstirutTion, WaAsHineaton, U.S.A. :—
Report of the United States National Museum, 1912; and 51
other Reports, Bulletins, &c.
Ronatp Stewart-Brown, M.A., F.S.A.:—
The Royal Manor and Park of Shotwick in Cheshire, by Ronald
Stewart-Brown, 1912; Plan of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks,
published by the ‘Liverpool Mercury,’ 1844; Plan of Liverpool
reduced from Gage’s Survey, and published 1836; Statistical
diagram exhibiting by fluxional curves the population, tonnage,
&c., of Liverpool, 1700-1850.
J. Cartton Stitt, J.P. :—
Stitt of Liverpool, by James Carlton Stitt, 1901; Portrait of the
Rey. John Kelly (1801-1876), sometime Pastor of Crescent Chapel,
Liverpool; Book-plate of James Carlton Stitt.
Unitrep States GOVERNMENT :—
Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1911-12, 2v.; Special
reports of the Bureau of the Census, 7v.; and 496 other Reports,
Bulletins, Circulars, &e.
Str WiLtiamM WEDDERBURN, Bart. :—
Allan Octavian Hume, C.B., ‘Father of the Indian National
Congress,’ 1829 to 1912, by Sir William Wedderburn.
J. C. WiLLiaMs :—
A naturalist in Western China, by Ernest Henry Wilson. 2vy.
1913.
Henry YOUNG anv Sons :—
Bygone Liverpool illustrated by 97 plates reproduced from
original paintings, &c., with historical descriptions by Henry S.
and Harold E. Young; and a narrative introduction by Ramsay
Muir. 1918. (3 copies.)
LIBRARIES.
39
Other Books, Pamphlets, &c., have been presented by the
following :—
William Adams.
Publishers of the ‘ African
World.’
Mrs. James Allen.
Architect’s | Compendium
Publishing Co.
John S. Arthur.
Roland Austin.
Australian Museum, Syd-
ney.
W. E. A. Axon, M.A.
Sir R. G. Baggorre.
R. Barker.
Barrow Naturalists’ Field
Club.
Worshipful Company of
Basket-makers of Lon-
don.
Bennett & Co.
T. H. Bickerton, M.D., J.P.
C. H. Bird-Davis.
Birkenhead Literary
Scientific Society.
Board of Trade, Labour
Department.
Joseph C. Bridges, M.A.
Bristol Printing and Pub-
lishing Co.
British Association.
British Guiana Permanent
Exhibitions Committee.
T. B. Browne Ltd.
A. Theodore Brown.
National Museum, Buenos
Aires.
Major W. Roper Caldbeck.
Syndics of Cambridge Uni-
versity Press.
Professor E.T. Campaguac,
and
M.A.
Geological Survey of
Canada.
Industrial Department,
Ottawa, Canada.
Carnegie Foundation for
tha Advancement of
Teaching.
Catholic Publishing Co.,
Liverpool,
Central Association of
Accountants.
Joseph Chadwick & Sons.
Chartered Institute of
Secretaries.
Medical Officer of Health,
Cheshire.
Chicago Board of Trade.
Chicago Bureau of
Statistics.
J. and A. Churchill.
Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce.
Cincinnati Museum Asso-
ciation.
City and Guilds of London
Institute.
Cobden Club.
Collingwood Brothers.
Co-operative Union, Man-
chester.
Crane & Co.
A. A. Dallman.
C. W. Daniel Ltd.
Edward M. Darken.
Dublin University.
A. W. Duncanson.
Sir Edwin Durning-Law-
rence.
H. Norman Edge.
Edinburgh University.
John Edwards.
Thomas L. Elder.
John W. Ellis, M.D., F.E.S.
J. J. Faragher, B.A.
F. W. Faxon.
Financial Reform Associa-
tion.
Bureau of Productive
Industries, Formosa.
William D. Foulke.
Free Trade Union.
Charles W. F. Goss.
Royal Observatory, Green-
wich,
Gregg Publishing Co., New
York.
T. Walter Hall.
Charles R. Hand.
Borough Meteorologist,
Hastings.
G. W. Heaton.
Professor W. A. Herdman,
D.SC., F.R.S.
W. Morland Hocken.
Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore.
Miss Margot C. Horth.
James Hoult.
Howard Association.
Jamieson B. Hurry,
Ice and Cold Storage
Publishing Co.
Illinois University.
Society of Incorporated
Accountants and Audi-
tors.
National University of
Ireland.
Mrs, Nevill Jackson,
Charles Janet,
College of Science, Tokyo,
Japan.
Japanese Financial Com-
mission.
David Jones.
Kyoto Imperial University,
Japan.
Rev. W. S. Lach-Szyrma.
Alcxander Lamb.
Lancashire and Cheshire
Entomological Society.
Union of Lancashire and
Cheshire Institutes.
Charles and Edwin Layton.
Alderman John Lea, J.P.
S. Levy.
Mrs. Littlewood.
Society of Antiquaries of
London.
London College of
Divinity.
London College of Music.
London and Lancashire
Fire Insurance Co.
Louisiana State Museum.
William Macdonald & Co.
Cecil Mackie Ltd.
Macmillan & Co.
Charles Madeley.
Manchester Geological and
Miming Society.
Manchester Microscopical _
Society.
Manchester Statistical
Society.
Manchester University.
Marconi’s Wireless Tele-
graphy Co.
Massachusetts General
Hospital.
Master Cotton Spinners
and Manufacturers’ As-
sociation.
Charles E. Mate.
Institution of Mechanical
Engineers.
Society of Mechanical En-
gineers, Japan.
Mercantile Marine Service
Association,
Mersey Conservancy.
Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board.
Meteorological Council.
George L. Miller.
University of Minnesota.
C. Mitchell & Co.
J. Cooper Morley.
Morrison & Sons.
Arthur Mounfield,
40
LIB!:ARIES.
Publishers of the ‘ Musical
News.’
H. E. C. Newham.
New York Zoological
Society.
State Board of Charities,
New York.
Northern Counties Educa-
tion League.
J. C. Oakenfull.
W. J. Orsman, J.P.
Albert S. Osborn.
Delegates of Local Exami-
nations, Oxford Uni-
versity,
Gregory A. Page.
Commission du vieux Paris.
J. and J. Paton.
Kegan Paul & Co.
ee Circular Publishing
0.
University of
vania.
Walter Perry & Co.
National Academy of
Sciences, Philadelphia
Phillipson and Golder.
James E. Pickering.
Pitman & Sons.
Walter Powell.
College of Preceptors.
John Presland.
Education Office, Preston.
Queen’s ‘College, London.
George Radford, m.a.
Ragged School Union.
Hon, W. Pember Reeves.
Religious Tract Society.
Grant Richards.
Royal Astronomical
Society.
Royal Cambrian Academy
Pennsyl-
of Art.
Royal College of Phiysi-
cians.
Royal College of Surgeons.
Royal Colonial Institute.
Royal Cornwall Polytech-
nic Society.
Royal Society of Canada.
Royal Dublin Society.
Royal Institute of British
Architects.
Royal National Lifeboat
Institution,
Salvation Army.
Jézsef Sandor.
School Dentists’ Society.
Grand Lodge of Scotland.
Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland.
George Seatree.
J. Obed Smith.
Weilen Smith.
M. Sopote, B.sc.
Fernley Observatory,
Southport.
Southport Literary and
Philosophical Society.
Arthur H. Stockwell.
Stonyhurst College.
D. B. Strang.
Mrs. Nathan Straus.
Clement E. Stretton, c.£.
Stubbs Publishing Co.
C, W. Sutton, m.a.
Swedenborg Society,
Public Service Board,
Sydney.
Sydney University.
Tariff Commission.
Tariff Reform League.
Testimony Publishing Co.,
Chicago.
James Thompson.
Tohoku Imperial Uni-
versity, Sendai, Japan.
W. H. Tomkinson.
Tonic §ol-fa College.
Provincial Museum,
Toronto.
A. J. Towers.
Trades Directories Ltd.
Trinity CoMege of Music.
George Tutill.
Union-Castle Mail Steam
ship Co.
Union Defence League.
United Kingdom Alliance.
Universal Cookery and
Food Association.
University Corresponience
College.
Republic of Uruguay.
Vancouver Board of Trade.
Venezuela Legation,
J. W. Vickers & Co.
Victoria, British Columbia,
Board of Trade.
Department of Mines, Vic-
toria, Australia.
Geological Survey of Vic-
toria, Australia.
Astronomical Society of
Wales.
University College of
Wales, Aberystwyth.
University of Wales,
Cardiff.
University College of
North Wales, Bangor.
University College of South
Wales and Monmouth-
shire.
Councillor J. Wilson
Walker.
Mrs. Walter.
National Academy of
Sciences, Washington.
A. Pelham Webb.
F. Parkes Weber, m.a.,
M.D.
Dr. C. Williams.
Wisconsin Geological and
Natural History Survey.
J. Whitaker & Sons.
Working Men’s Club and
Institute Union.
Zoological Society of Lon-
don.
Liprarigs.
Reports, Catalogues, &c.,
have been received from
the following :—
Aberdeen.
National Library of Wales,
Aberystwyth.
Adelaide, South Australia.
Arbroath.
Ashton-under-Lyme.
Bnoch Pratt, Baltimore.
Peabody Inst., Baltimore.
Barrow-in Furness.
Barry,
Battersea.
Belfast.
Berlin Royal Library.
Birmingham.
Blackburn.
Bolton.
Bootle.
Boston, U.S.A.
Brighton.
Bristol.
Brookline, U.S.A.
Brocklyn, U.S.A.
Budapest Municipal
Library.
Bury.
Buxton.
Cambridge Public Library.
Cambridge University
Library.
Cardiff.
Chelsea.
Cheltenham.
John Crerar, Chicago.
Chorley,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Coventry.
LIBRARIES.
4]
Derby.
Dewsbury. 4
Marsh’s Library, Dublin.
Dundee.
Dunedin.
Edinburzh.
Fulham.
Grand Rapids, U.S.A.
Hereford,
Hindley.
Hove.
Huddersfield.
Hull.
Ipswich.
Jersey City, U.S.A.
Kendal.
Kingston-upon-Hull.
Lansing, Michigan.
Leeds,
Lincoln.
Liverpool (Lyceum)
Library. ‘
Los Angeles, California.
Maidenhead.
Manchester.
Middlesborough.
Montrose.
Newark, New Jersey.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
New South Wales.
Newton, Mass.
Newton-in-Makerfield.
Columbia University, New
York.
Library.
New York Public Library.
Queen’s Borough, New
ork. ;
Northampton.
Nottingham.
Osaka, Japan.
Paisley.
Paterson, New Jersey.
Peoria, Illinois.
Friends’, Germantown,
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Public
Library.
Portsmouth, _
Providence, Rhode Island.
Rawtenstall.
Reading.
Mercantile
_ Richmond.
Rochdale.
Runcorn.
St. Annes-on- Sea.
St. Helens.
St. Louis Mercantile Asso-
ciation.
St, Louis Public Library.
Salem, Mass.
Salford.
Shoreditch.
South Shields.
Stoke Newington.
Taunton.
Toronto.
Tottenham.
Victoria, Australia.
Walsall.
Walthamstow.
Warrington.
Waterloo-with-Seaforth,
West Bromwich.
West Hartlepool.
Westminster.
Widnes.
Wigan.
Willesden Green.
Windsor, Canada.
Worcester.
York.
LiverPoon Institutions
AND SOCIETIES.
Reports have been re-
ceived from the following:
Architectural Society.
Auxiliary Bible Society,
Father Berry’s Homes.
Biological Society.
Bishop of Liverpool’s
Fund.
Blue Coat Hospital.
Boys’ Brigade.
Catholic Young Men’s
Societies.
Central Relief and Charity
Organisation.
Chemists’ Association.
Children’s Country Holi-
day Fund.
City Mission.
Clerks’ Association.
Convalescent Institution,
Woolton,
David Lewis Northern
Hospital.
Deaf and Dumb School.
Dental Hospital.
Dispensaries.
District Provident Society.
Dogs’ Home.
Engineering Society.
Home for Epileptics, Mag-
hull.
Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Female Orphan Asylum.
Female Penitentiary.
Society of Friends of
_ Foreigners in Distress.
Geographical Society.
Geological Association.
Hahnemann Hospital.
Horticultural Association.
Hospital Saturday Fund.
Incorporated Chamber of
Commerce.
Incorporated Law Society.
Infirmary for Children.
Insnrance Institute.
Liverpool Institute.
Liverpool Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty
to Children.
Liverpool University.
School of Local History
and Records.
Medical Institution,
Mersey Mission to Seamen.
Microscopical Society.
Naturalists’ Field Club.
Asylum for Orphan Boys.
Peace Society.
Penny Savings Bank.
Philharmonic Society.
Preventive Home for Train-
ing Young Girls for
Service.
Royal Infirmary,
Royal National Lifeboat
Institution.
Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to
Animals.
Royal Southern Hospital.
Savings Bank.
Scripture Readers’
Society.
Seamen’s Friend Society.
Seamen’s Orphan Institu-
tion.
Shipowners’ Association.
Shipwreck and Humane
Society.
Sunday School Union.
Training School and Home
for Nurses.
Training School of
Cookery.
Training Ship ‘ Indefatig-
able.’
United Gas Light Co.
Workshops for Outdoor
Blind.
Welsh Society.
Young Mea’s Christian
Association,
Young Women’s Christian
Association.
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LIBRARIES.
The following Periodicals, Newspapers, &c., and others, have
been regularly presented :—
Accountant.
African Mail.
Australian Official Jouroal
of Patents.
Board of Trade Journal.
British Architect.
Canadian Patent
Record.
Clerk of Works’ Associa-
tion Journal.
Commercial Motor.
Daily Dispatch.
Decorators’ and Painters’
Magazine.
Domestic Engineering.
Educational Times.
Electrician,
Esmediuna.
Estates Gazette.
Gwalia.
Herefordshire Times.
Homoeopathic World.
Horological Journal.
Incorporated Accountants’
Journal.
Incorporated Society of
Musicians, Journal of.
Investors’ Guardian.
Irish Times.
Lahour Gazette.
Life-Boat.
Office
Liverpool Catholic Times.
Liverpool Courier (daily
and weekly).
Liverpool Diocesan
Gazette.
Liverpool Echo.
Liverpool Express.
Liverpool Institute Schools
Magazine.
Liverpool Journal of Com-
merce.
Liverpool Weekly Mercury.
Liverpool Porcupine.
Liverpool Post and
Mereury.
Liverpool Weekly Post.
Liverpool Y.M.C.A.
Journal,
Local Government
Chronicle.
Locomotive Journal.
Mariner.
Master Builders’ Associa-
tion Journal.
Mona’s Herald.
Motor.
Motor Ship
Boat.
Motor, Cycle.
Motor Traction.
Musical Herald.
and Motor
New Church Magazine.
Northampton Mercury.
Oddfellows’ Magazine,
Official Journal of the
Patent Office.
Our Programme.
Paper Maker.
Patents.
Petroleum Review.
Positivist Review.
Preston Herald.
Printers’ Register.
Railway Review.
Report of Patents, Designs
and Trade Marks.
Sanitary Record.
Script Shorthand Journal.
Shipping World.
Society of Chemical Indus-
try: Journal
Sphirx.
Stationery World.
Stonyhurst Magazine.
Students’ Journal.
Timber News.
Timber Trades Journal.
Trade Marks Journal.
University Correspondent.
Wallaseyan.
Western Daily Press.
Zoophilist.
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43
REPORT BY THE CURATOR OF MUSEUMS.
I beg to furnish the Sixty-first Annual Report upon the
CONDUCT and PROGRESS of the Museums.
1.—GENERAL.
The visitors to the Museum during the year are as follows :—
Total Visitors ... > nes ce ... 458,671
Weekly Average at Ev eee et 8,820
Daily Average ae Fa Saat sae 1,750
Many special visitors from other Museums and Educational
Institutions have visited the Museums for the purpose of inspecting
important specimens or for other special purpose. The following,
from among others, may be recorded: Dr. Eduard Seler, Royal
Kthnographical Museum, Berlin; Sir T. P. Martin, Royal
Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; Dr. Gann, British Honduras;
Dr. S. J. Johnson, Department of Biology, Sydney University ;
Dr. Bather, British Museum; Dr. Adolphe Reinach, Paris;
Prof. Green, Sheffield University; Prof. Baldwin Brown,
University of Edinburgh; Dr. Hoyle, National Museum of Wales;
H. Bolton, Esq., Bristol Museum; Dr. J. W. Scott-Macfie and
Lieut.-Colonel Croft Lyons.
Twenty-four lectures were delivered by the members of the Staff
and others on Monday evenings in the lecture theatre of the
Museums, specially dealing with the various collections in the
institutions. They were illustrated by specimens and lantern
slides. More than 9,500 visitors were recorded in the Museums on
these Monday evenings, and a large percentage attend the various
lectures.
44 MUSEUMS.
During October and November, Prof. Newberry, of the Institute
of Archeology, gave a course of eight afternoon lectures, in the
Museum Lecture Hall, on ‘‘The Ancient History of Egypt,’’? in
which special reference was made to the many interesting and
important specimens contained in the Museum Collection. A very
appreciative audience attended, and the Museum Committee
accorded thanks to Professor Newberry by resolution.
Professor Garstang, also of the Institute of Archeology, gave
one or two informal discourses on the replicas of sculptures erected
last year in the Hittite Gallery. These important Hittite
Monuments have been deposited on loan in the Museum, by the
Liverpool Institute of Archeology.
Further efforts made during the past year to enlarge the direct .
educational value of the Museum collections have been attended
with success. Numerous schools under the charge of teachers have
visited the Museums, with the special object of receiving lessons,
illustrated by Museum specimens. The teachers are unanimous
in appreciation of the value of such lessons, whereby the intelligent
interest of the pupil is stimulated by having the spoken word
supported and illustrated by actual specimens. The Loan
Collection for use outside the Museums by schools and other
educational institutions has been considerably added to, and has
been largely made use of.
Many applications for the loan of special objects in the Museums
have been received during the year. On the occasion of the
Royal visit several of the British Bird Groups and a few other
objects of interest were displayed in the Town Hall, and an
extensive series of art objects was loaned to the School of Art on
the occasion of their Annual Exhibition.
By order of the Committee, I attended the meetings of the
Museums Association in Hull in July, and the British
Association at Birmingham in September. One of the more
important matters of interest at the Birmingham Meeting was a
MUSEUMS. 45
joint discussion on the ‘‘ Educational Use of Museums”’ by the
Educational Science and Anthropology Sections of the British
Association. I submitted a short paper in opening the discussion,
and eventually an influential Committee was formed, composed of
representatives from the Educational Science, the Anthropology,
the Zoology, the Botany and the Geology Sections, to examine,
inquire into and report on the character, work and maintenance of
Museums, with a view to their organisation and development as
Institutions for Education and Research, and especially to inquire
into the requirements of schools. Prof. Green, of Sheffield, was
made Chairman, and Mr. Bolton, of Bristol and I were appointed
Joint-Secretaries. Liverpool was selected for the first meeting of
this Committee, which took place on November 26th. The Lord
Mayor (H. R. Rathbone, Esq.) was elected a member of the
Committee, and attended.
Early in the year, the Director of the Federated Malay States
Museums made a generous offer to the Committee, that if they
could see their way to give facilities for Mr. Laverock, Assistant
on the Museums Staff, to visit the Malay States for the purpose of
making collections for the Museums, he would be pleased to give
him hospitality for a period of six months. The Committee
decided to accept this offer, and Mr. C. Sydney Jones, of the firm of
Alfred Holt & Co., the present Chairman of the Museums Sub-
Committee, very kindly offered a free passage. Mr. Laverock left
for the Malay States in October last, and I have pleasure in stating
that his reports are satisfactory, his health remains good,
that specimens are beginning to arrive from him, and there is
every reason to hope that the expedition will be attended with
success, and that large and important collections will be made
illustrating the Fauna and Flora, the Geology and Ethnology of
the country.
In the Exhibition Galleries many improvements and additions
have been made. The Cretan Collection, deposited on loan by
Prof. Bosanquet, remains on exhibition, and a short guide to the
specimens prepared by Prof. Bosanquet will shortly be published.
46 MUSEUMS.
The Romano-British Collection on exhibition has been
augmented by some important casts of representative examples of
Romano-British Sculpture, prepared under the authority of the
Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
The Local History Gallery continues to develop, and questions
of space are becoming urgent. The collection now contains many
remarkable and valuable objects illustrative of the past history of
the City.
Considerable additions have been made to the Ceramic exhibits.
In the section of Liverpool Pottery, exhibited in the Local History
Gallery, several very important pieces have been added.
Mr. Ridyard has continued his donations of West African
Ethnological specimens, and these, together with others received
from other sources, have further enriched the Melanian Section
of the Museums.
The Natural History collections on exhibition have been
increased by some interesting additions. The Giraffe, which was
acquired some years ago, has now been mounted. Other
acquisitions to the Mammal Gallery include the somewhat rare
Ecuador Bassaricyon and an interesting albino Badger. A number
of Monkeys and some of the Dolphins have been remounted, and
the large Tiger group has been renovated and cleaned. Among
the acquisitions for the year is an Arabian Camel, and both the
skin and skeleton have been prepared for mounting.
In the Bird Galleries progress has been made with one of the
introductory cases to the General Collection by the preparation
and placing cn exhibition of over seventy specimens designed to
illustrate, by comparison, the various modifications of the beaks,
feathers and feet of the Birds of the World. This case is to be
supplemented in other ways, and will be of a highly instructive
character. Another highly educational case, added during the
year to the British Bird Gallery, is a collection designed to
facilitate the comparative study of Birds’ Eggs. Several new
MUSEUMS. 47
groups have been added to complete the British Series mounted
with natural surroundings, and the much needed Handbook and
Guide to the British Birds on exhibition is now on sale in the
Museums.
A number of replicas of Fishes in plaster have been cast,
painted and added to the collections, and several wax models to
illustrate small organisms have been prepared.
All the collections of Mammal and Bird Skins in the Study
Cabinets have been kept in proper conservation.
The acquisition list for the year is a large one, over 4,000
specimens having been added to the collections. Perhaps the most
important of these acquisitions is the large collection of Pre-Spanish
Conquest Antiquities, collected by Dr. Gann in British Central
Honduras, during 20 years’ residence. They embrace many
unique specimens in pottery, flint and stone, some of which are
engraved in characters. It is hoped as soon as the necessary cases
are provided to display this collection in a manner worthy of its
importance.
2.—ACQUISITIONS.
A. LORD DERBY MUSEUM.
INVERTEBRATES—
Ccelenterata.
Presented :
Some fragments of Coral from the Nubian Coast, by Major
Lyster, Enfield House, Endbutt Lane, Great Crosby.
Sea Fan Coral from Barbadoes, West Indies, by Mr. Arthur F.
Cummins, 25, Setton Street, Walton.
Purchased :
Enlarged model of Coral (Corallium rubrum).
Echinodermata.
Presented:
Sea Urchin (Zchinus miliaris) from the Isle of Man, by Mr. P.
Entwistle, Deputy Curator of Museums.
48 MUSEUMS.
Exchanges :
25 Echinoderms, representing 17 genera and 18 species, from New
Zealand, Auckland Islands, Kermadec Islands and Chatham Islands,
part of the material received in exchange from the Otago Univer-
sity Museum, New Zealand, per the Curator, Dr. W. B. Benham.
Purchased:
Enlarged model of Starfish (Asterias glacialis).
Vermes.
Presented :
Sea Mouse (Aphrodite sp.) from India, by J. J. Richardson, Esq.,
128, Selborne Street, Liverpool.
Three Sea Mice (Aphrodite aculeata) from the Southport
Channel, by J. Norris, Esq., 18, Talbot Street, Southport.
Purchased :
Enlarged models of Leech (Hirudo officinalis), Lug Worm
(Arenicola piscatorum) and Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris).
Exchanges :
Fifty-seven Annelids, representing 29 genera and 33 species, four
Oligochtes, two Sipunculids and nine specimens of Platyhelmia,
from various localities of New Zealand. Part of the material
received in exchange from the Otago University Museum, New
Zealand, per the Curator, Dr. W. B. Benham.
Brachiopoda.
Exchanges :
Two Brachiopods (Magellania lenticularis), from New Zealand.
Part of the material received in exchange from the Otago
University Museum, per the Curator, Dr. W. B. Benham.
BH hips +x.
MUSEUMS. 49
Arthropoda.
Crustacea.
Exchanges :
Twenty-six Crustaceans, representing 13 genera and 13 species,
from various localities of New Zealand. Part of the material
received in exchange from the Otago University Museum, New
Zealand, per the Curator, Dr. W. B. Benham.
Purchased :
Enlarged model of Crayfish (Astacus fluviatilis).
Tracheata.
Presented :
Four Spiders, from Bjerred, and Six Spiders, from near Lund,
Sweden, by Dr. T. O. Hirst, Chapelstead, Gateacre.
Collection of Exotic Butterflies, Moths and Beetles, containing
about 2,000 specimens, by A. EH. Jacob, Hsq., ‘‘ Brentwood,”’
Aigburth, Liverpool.
Two Clearwings (4geria crabroniformis, Lewin), by Isaac
Cooke, Esq., Glebe Road, Wallasey.
Pill Millipede (Glomeris limbata), from Higher Bebington,
Cheshire, by G. B. Eaton, Esq., Gorsey Hey, Higher Bebington.
Two Larve of Wood-boring Beetle, by Messrs. Milward,
Bradbury & Co., The Atlantic, Brunswick Street, Liverpool.
Two Spiders, from San Domingo, West Indies, by Messrs.
Richard Forshaw & Co., 57, Moorfields, Liverpool.
Three Small Collections of Insects, containing about 60
specimens, from West African localities, mostly obtained by means
of the ship’s arc light, by Mr. G. T. Lochead, Chief Engineer,
R.M.S. ‘‘ Burutu,’’ Elder, Dempster & Co.
One Scorpion and one Caterpillar, from West Africa, by Cyril
C. Talboys, Esq., ‘‘Glenavon,’’ Abbey Road, Rhos-on-Sea, North
Wales.
50 MUSEUMS.
One Hemipteron, one Dragon Fly and one Orthopteron, from
Brazil, by Mr. Mellor, 36, Christchurch Road, Oxton.
Two Millipedes, found in bananas from Jamaica, ae H: A.
Auden, Esq., 13, Broughton Drive, Grassendale.
Scorpion, found to be unregistered and now referred to this year.
Purchased :
Enlarged models of Cockchater (Jelolontha vulgaris), Bee
(Apis mellifica) and Spider (Epeira diadema).
Beetle, from the West Coast of Africa.
Exchanges :
Large Stick Insect (Acanthoderus horridus), two Insects
(Hemideina maori) SG and 9, two Myriopodes (Spaotheriwm
leiosoma), two Arachnids (Nemesia gilliesti) and two sections of
Tubes of Nemesia gilliesti, Part of the material received in
exchange from the Otago University Museum, New Zealand, per
the Curator, Dr. W. B. Benham.
Mollusca.
Presented :
Five odd valves of Shells, from the Southport Channel, by
J. Norris, Esq., 18, Talbot Street, Southport.
Collection of Shells, containing about 250 specimens, by A. E.
Jacob, Esq., ‘‘ Brentwood,’’ Aigburth.
Egg masses of Natica monilifera, from the shore at Formby, by
Miss Reid, LL.A., Formby, per J. W. Wilkie, Esq., Birkenhead,
Purchased :
Enlarged models of the Snail (Helix pomatia), of the Cuttlefish
(Sepia officinalis) and of the Freshwater Mussel (Anodonta cygnea).
Exchanges :
Fifty-six Molluscs, representing 32 genera and 38 species, from
various localities of New Zealand and the Antipodes. Part of
the material received in exchange from the Otago University
Museum, per the Curator, Dr. W. B. Benham.
i, a,
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Tunicata,
Exchanges :
Nine Tunicates (7 Boltenia pachydermatina and 2 Salpa zonaria-
cordiformis), from New Zealand. Part of the material received in
exchange from the Otago University Museum, per the Curator,
Dr. W. B. Benham.
Purchased :
Enlarged models of an Ascidian (Molgula sp.).
Fishes.
Presented :
Agriopus Fish, from Caroline Bay, South Island, New Zealand,
per Mrs. Brewer, 64, Eversley Street, Liverpool.
Muller’s Top-knot (Zeugopterus punctatus), from the St. George’s
Channel, by Messrs. Harvey and Miller, Wholesale Market,
Liverpool, per Capt. R. B. Thorpe, Steam Trawler “ Celtic.”’
Five Butterfly Fish (Pantodon buchholzi), three Fish
(Xenomystus nigrt), from West Africa, and a Catfish (Silurus
wynaadensis), from Wynaada, India, by H. E. Rogers, Esq.,
Cross’s Menagerie, Liverpool.
Rostrum of Saw Fish, from Forcados River, West Atrica, by
Capt. A. Halcrow, per A. Ridyard, Esq.
Freshwater Eel (Anguilla vulgaris), from ““Gorsey Hey,’ by
G. B. Eaton, Esq., Gorsey Hey, Higher Bebington, Cheshire.
One Scabbard Fish (Lepidopus cqudatus), two Cat Fishes, three
Gobies (Hleotris africanus), one Horse Mackarel (Caranx sansum)
and other fishes, from West Africa, by G. T. Lochead, Esq., Chief
Engineer R.M.S. ‘“ Burutu,’’ Elder, Dempster & Co., Liverpool.
One hundred and_ thirteen Walking Fish (Periophthalmus
kelreuteri), from West Africa, by A. Ridyard, Esq., Chief
Engineer, R.M.S. “ Tarquah,’’ Elder, Dempster & Co.
Three Electric Catfish (Malapterurus electricus), from West
Africa, by J. McCreath, lisq., 1, Oxford Avenue, Bootle,
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One Flying Fish, found to be unregistered and now referred to
this year.
Purchased :
Enlarged anatomical model of Amphiovus.
Exchanges:
Two Fishes (Galazias brevipennis) and one Fish (Ketropinna
richardsoni), from Auckland Island. Part of a miscellaneous
collection received in exchange from the Otago University Museum,
New Zealand, per the Curator, Dr. W. B. Benham.
Reptiles.
Presented :
Five Snakes, from China and India, by J. J. Richardson, Esq.,
128, Selborne Street, Liverpool.
Snake, from West Africa, by T. Foran, Esq., per A. Ridyard,
Esq.
Tortoise, by Miss Dobson, 10, Bridge Road, Wavertree.
Wagler’s Viper (Lachesis waglert), from Sumatra, by E. F.
Tolmie, Esq., 832, Hampstead Road, Fairfield.
Skink, from West Africa, by Cyril C. Talboys, Esq., ‘‘ Glen-
avon,’ Abbey Road, Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales.
Sculptured Terrapin (Chelopus insculptus), by W. 8. Cross, Esq.,
Cross’s Menagerie, Liverpool.
Chameleon, by C. Wynne, Esq., 63, Brookdale Road, Liverpool.
Tortoise (living), by Mrs. Davies, 6, Ermine Street, Liverpool.
Snake, from West Africa, by J. McCreath, Esq., 1, Oxford
Avenue, Bootle.
Presented :
Gecko, by R. W. Gick, Esq., 15, Beech Street, Liverpool.
ee
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Birds.
Presented :
Small collection of 38 British birds, containing representatives of
the following species: Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), Black-
tailed Godwit (L. belgica), Ring Plover (gialites hiaticulus), Grey
Plover (Squatarola helvetica), Curlew Sandpiper (7ringa sub-
arquata), Sanderling (Calidris arenaria), Little Stint (Tringa
minuta), Black-throated Diver (Colymbus arcticus), Sandwich Tern
(Sterna cantiaca), Sheldrake (Tadorna cornuta), Mallard (Anas
boscas), Pintail (Dafila acuta), Gadwall (Anas streperus), Tufted
Duck (Fuligula cristata), Scaup Duck (F. marila), Golden-eye
(Clangula glaucion), Longtail (Harelda glacialis), Pochard
(Fuligula ferina), Common Scoter (Hdemia nigra), Widgeon
(Mareca penelope), Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima), Teal
(Querquedula crecca), and Goosander (Mergus merganser), by
David Anderson, Esq., ‘“‘ Rodono,’’ 2, Eshe Road, Great Crosby.
Quaker Parrot (Myopsittacus monachus), by Mrs. Brewer,
64, Eversley Street, Liverpool.
Parrot Finch (Spermophila albigularis), by Mrs. Stone,
61, Elmsdale Road, Walton.
Amazon Parrot (Chrysotis estiva), by Mrs. Arthur Poole,
““Tullamore,’’ Willaston, near Chester.
About 100 miscellaneous Birds’ Eggs, by A. E. Jacob, Esq.,
“* Brentwood,’’ Aigburth.
Female Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), assuming male plumage,
from Prescot, by H. B. Daglish, Esq., Forest House, Prescot.
One Macaw (Ara macao), two Laughing Jackasses (Dacelo gigas),
one Common Guillemot (Uria troile), one Glossy Cow Bird
(Molothrus atroniteus), and one Sheldrake (Yadorna cornuta) 6,
from the Aviaries at Sefton Park; one Purple Heron (Ardea
purpurea) S, and one Tree Duck (Vendrocygna viduata) from the
Aviaries at Stanley Park, by the Parks and Gardens Committee,
per the Superintendent.
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Thrush’s Nest from Upton, by the Curator of Museums.
Robin’s Nest in a carbide tin, from Allerton, by L. Stewart-
Brown, Esq., 3, Derby Road, Allerton.
Cuckoo’s Egg and Meadow Pipit’s Egg from Martin Mere, by
Mr. G. Barclough, Martin Mere, per H. J. Laing, Esq., Netherby
House, Lathom.
Three Wren’s Nests from North Wales, by Geo. Ellison, Esq.,
52, Serpentine Road, Liscard.
Jabiru Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), from the Zambesi
River, Africa, by A. Doughty, Junr., Esq., 11, Redcross Street,
Liverpool.
Parson Bird (Prosthemadara novee-zealandia).
Sixteen Eggs of the following birds: Green Love-Bird, Yellow
Love-Bird, Australian Orange-Cheek, Australian Singing Finch,
Australian Zebra Finch, Black-headed Nun, Silverbill, and
Californian Quail, by R. H. Chapman, Esq., 1, Valkyrie Road,
Liscard.
Skin of ‘‘ Molly Hawk’ (Diomedea culminata), by S. H.
Gould, Esq., 73, Littledale Road, Seacombe.
Ten Fancy Pigeons, viz., Satinette, Bluette, two Turbiteens,
Black African Owl, ditto ditto, small, Pied African Owl, White
African Owl, Blondinette, Short-faced Almond Tumbler, by
EK. Curtis Moy, Esq., Bromborough.
Faleon (Antenor unicinctus) from Chili, by A. Johnson, Esq.,
» 334, New Chester Road, Rock Ferry.
Barn Owl (Strix flammea) from Melmerby, Yorkshire, by Miss
Florence Entwistle, 7, Ormonde Street, Liscard.
Four Cambodian Pastors (Poliopsar cambodianus), two Q ad.,
two ¢ juv., from Cambodia, China, by W. 8. Cross, Esq., Cross’s
Menagerie, Liverpool.
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Purchased :
Kestrel (Valco tinnunculus).
Exchanged :
Albatross (Diomedea exulans) juv., from Auckland, New
Zealand, part of an exchange from the Otago University Museum,
per Dr. W. B. Benham.
Deposited : .
Nubian Vulture (Otogyps auricularis), by Prof. Garstang.
Mammals.
Presented :
Mounted Siamese Cat, by Miss Addenbrooke, Heron House,
Dryden Road, Edge Lane.
Badger (Meles tarus) ¢, albino var., by W. S. Cross, Esq.,
Cross’s Menagerie, Earle Street, Liverpool.
Hybrid Squirrel from the Aviaries at Sefton Park, by the Parks
and Gardens Committee, per the Superintendent.
Scotch Terrier Dog (‘‘ Dick Turpin ’’), by Wm. Scholfield, Esq.,
The Conigre, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, Yorks.
Two Black Rats (Mus rattus) and one Brown Rat (Mus
decumanus), by Dr. Stallybrass, Port Sanitary Offices, Pier Head,
Liverpool.
Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus) from South America,
-by Alex. Pallis, Esq., ‘‘ Tatoi,”’ Aigburth Drive, Sefton Park,
Liverpool.
___- Skull of Horse found in excavations in Dublin 60 years ago, by
_ Miss Evans, 30, Breckfield Road South, Liverpool.
Dromedary, or Arabian Camel (Camelus dromedarius), Q, by
_ the Executors of the late Frank C Bostock (Bostock’s Menagerie),
per Mr. Pillars, Veterinary Department, Liverpool Corporation,.
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Whiskered Bat (Vespertilio mystacinus) from Church Broughton,
near Derby, by Harold A. Auden, Esq., 13, Broughton Drive,
Grassendale, Liverpool.
Entellus Monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) 9, from India, by
W. Holmes Seward, Esq., Hatton Garden, Liverpool.
Pinché Monkey (Midas ewdipus) from New Granada, by W.
Simpson Cross, Esq., Cross’s Menagerie, Liverpool.
Purchased :
Cast of Skull of Pithecanthropus erectus.
Allen’s Bassaricyon (Bassaricyon alleni) from Iquitos, Upper
Amazon.
Hight enlarged Physiological Models of the Human Head, Eye,
Ear, Skin, Heart and Lungs, Larynx, Nose and Mouth, and
Organs of Thorax and Abdomen.
White-whiskered Paradoxurus (Paradoaurus leucomystar), 9
juy.
Deposited :
Horn of Narwhal, by the Historic Society of Lancashire and
Cheshire, now referred to this year’s Stock Book.
Botany.
Presented :
Bird’s Nest Fungus, from Ness, by Mrs. A. K. Bulley, Neston,
Cheshire.
Flower of Fritillaria meleagris, from Winnington, Northwich, by
Miss Louisa A. Jones.
Six Kola Nut Pods. from Sierra Leone, West Africa, and a small
bunch of Fibres, by A. Ridyard, Esq.
Flower Spike of a Palm, from the Hinterland of Monrovia, by
W. O. Davies Bright, Esq., Monrovia, Liberia, per A. Ridyard,
Esq.
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Purchased :
A series of 81 enlarged botanical models, illustrative of the
natural orders of plants.
_ Deposited :
A small collection of dried plants, deposited by the Historic
Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, now referred to this year’s
Stock Book.
Paleontology.
Exchanged :
5 Plaster Casts of an enormous extinct Cirripede, part of a
miscellaneous collection received in exchange from the Otago
University Museum, per the Curator, Dr. W. B. Benham.
Geology.
Presented :
Twenty-three specimens of Rocks from Odensjorn, Rostanga and
Lund, Sweden, by Dr. T. O. Hirst, Chapelstead, Gateacre,
Liverpool.
A group of Crystals of Common Salt, formed in a Salt Pan at
Northwich, by James H. Quail, Esq., 46, White Rock Street,
Liverpool.
Three specimens of Quartz and Marble, by J. Tippings, Esq.,
58, Menzies Street, Liverpool.
Piece of green Slate with dendritic markings, from Honister
Quarry, Borrowdale, Keswick, by W. Kneale, Esq., 133, Islington,
Liverpool.
Purchased :
Fifty-six specimens of Holbrook Aerolite, complete Physical
Series of 200 specimens of Minerals and 200 specimens of Crystals.
Tur AQUARIUM.
The Aquarium continues, as heretofore, to be one of the chief
attractions of the Museums. The various tanks have been kept
well stocked with examples of both marine and fresh-water life,
and the Seal continues in good health and to be of great interest
to visitors.
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Donations of living specimens have been numerous, and special
thanks are due to Messrs. Sills, F. Vaughan, Pennington, Roche
and W. H. Hurst and the Misses Strawford and others for numerous
gifts of fresh-water fish; to Captain W. T. Turner, of the
R.M.S. ‘‘ Mauretania,’ for specimens of American birds and
reptiles; and to Mr. A. Ridyard for West African Walking Fish.
The surplus trout hatched in the Aquarium Hatchery have been
given in exchange for other living specimens for the Aquarium.
SuMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.
Zoological
Coelenterata te Eee 3 Species ... on 3 Specimens
Echinodermata cc 20 2: nee cn ee ae
Vermes ... we ee bes, Fe oe ao e FA
Brachiopoda ae ae il a oe Be 2 ot
Arthropoda (Crustacea) 14 hs Wad Jeg el Be
Arthropoda (Tracheata) 600 > a3: 3 eye aan
Approx.
Mollusea ke sn? 243 sy = to Vee 43
Tunicata pea ee 3 - a ast, BD a
Fishes... ce Sat teu a pha =. 68 s
Reptiles... a ag et 38 an han wl S ae
Birds Ae a | ae ed fa 5 ad
Mammals ee Capek | | ts: roe es: e,
960 3,145
Botanical.
Plants hie oi se a he ... 127 Specimens.
Palzontological.
Zoological and Botanical... es abt at 5 Specimens.
Geological and Mineralogical.
Rocks and Minerals ee AS an ... 89 Specimens.
Total additions to the Lord Derby Museum.
Specimens as 8 Be rH oe me os 3,366
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B.-MAYER MUSEUM.
(a) GENERAL,
As in previous years, the Melanian Department continues to
receive numerous acquisitions from West and South-West Africa,
through the kind offices of Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer (Klder,
Dempster & Co., Ltd.). |
(b) Loans anp Deposits.
The following collections still remain on exhibition :—
The collection of Chinese and Japanese Porcelain, lent by
Mr. John Mellor, Junr.
A small collection of fragments of Pottery, illustrating Glazes,
etc., lent by Prof. P. E. Newberry.
The small collection of Chinese Porcelain, deposited by Captain
H. E. Laver, per Mr. Gordon Saies.
The collection of Cretan Antiquities, deposited by Prof. R. C.
Bosanquet.
The Casts of Hittite Antiquities, deposited by Prof. J. Garstang.
A further collection of Antiquities from Merée, Egyptian Sudan,
has been deposited by Professor J. Garstang.
Five Roman Coins (circa 300 4.p.), found June, 1898, during
excavations for Alderman James Ruddin’s Cold Storage Depdt,
at the corner of Hood Street and Tryon Street, Liverpool, by
_ J. iH. Ruddin, Esq., per R. Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
4 Collection of Book Plates, Squibs, Prints, Drawings, &c.,
_ relating to Liverpool, by Alderman A. H. Arkle.
_ Liverpool Policeman’s Truncheon, painted with the “‘ Liver”
Crest and G. 27, circa 1820, by Ernest H. 8S. Gladstone, Esq.
__ Liverpool Policeman’s Truncheon, painted with the “Liver”
Crest and C. 10, circa 1820, by A. A. Beloe, Esq., per
_ R. Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
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A selection of focal Prints, Maps and Drawings, from the Public
Library, by the Libraries Sub-Committee.
Protest, dated 2nd June, 1713, regarding the undue detention of
the Liverpool ship ‘‘ Penelope’’ at the Island of St. Christopher,
and Letter of Instructions from Foster Cunliffe & Sons, Liverpool,
to Capt. Henry Hayston, of the ‘‘ Young Foster,”’ instructing him
to collect slaves; by the Committee of the Bootle Museum.
Model of Two Men-of-war in bone, and Straw Work-basket and
Wool-winder, made by French Prisoners in Liverpool; Silver
Badge of the Liverpool Volunteers; Coin of Queen Anne, engraved
with view of a privateer, the “ Hawk,”’ of Liverpool; Porcelain
Mug, Liverpool transfer printed; ivory Theatre Ticket, “‘ Thos.
Shuttleworth ’’; Copper Medallion, engraved with ship and
“‘ Success to the Golden Lion,’ Fev.: ‘‘John Fanan, 1786.”
by Dr. Philip Nelson, F.S.A.
SPECIMENS FROM THE TowN Hatt ann Municrpat OFFICES,
DEPOSITED BY THE FinancraL SuB-COMMITTEE.
Town Hall.
Large Silver-gilt Mace, presented to the Corporation by Charles,
8th Earl of Derby. Length 3ft. 2in.
Small Copper Mace, presented by Charles, 8th Earl of Derby,
30th September, 1667. Length 17}in.
Silver-gilt Mace with Brass Medallions, 17 century.
Sword carried before His Excellency Sir Wm. Norris, of Speake,
on his embassy to the Great Mogul, 1702, and descriptive plate.
Brass Tipstaft, George IV, 1820.
Flag, 2nd Regiment of Liverpool Volunteers, 1803.
Silk Union Jack, Liverpool Volunteers, 1803.
Pottery Name-plates of ‘‘ Castle Street’? and ‘‘ Hanover Street,”’
made at the Herculaneum Pottery, Liverpool.
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Specimen of the original Dinner Service, made at the
Herculaneum Pottery for the Liverpool Corporation. 14}in. dia.
Copper Beer Barrel.
Municipal Offices (Town Clerk’s Department)
Brass Plate, 25in. by 19in.—‘‘ Leverpoole, 1674, a table of the
Customs and Hallidge Duty,’’ with charges.
Two Brass Plates, 23in. by 184in.—Liverpool Town Duties
(Dues).
Two Copper Plates, by Matthew Gregson, showing the Dock
Improvements, 1810 and 1811.
(c) EXcHANGES.
Earthenware Jug, bearing impressed mark on a lozenge, on base,
LIVERPOOL; received from Dr. W. Allen, Shotley Bridge,
C.M.
Co. Durham, for duplicate Liverpool printed tiles Nos. 9, 12, 80,
3 and 12.
Cream ware Bowl, bearing transfer print of two ships, inscribed
“* Success to the Ellis and Gregson,’’ received from the Warrington
Municipal Museum, for a transfer-printed Cream ware Bowl,
No. 15.1.74.10, and a Wedgwood medallion portrait of King
George II., No. D.3772.
Flax girdle dress; stone flax beater (Dr. Hockins Coll.); stone
net sinkers; stone adzes; fragment of a stone adze; two adze heads;
three flakes, found at feeding places; obsidian flake; casts of axe
and adze heads, from various localities in New Zealand; received
in exchange from Prof. W. B. H. Benham, Otago University
Museums, Dunedin, New Zealand, together with a collection of
Natural History specimens, for the following duplicate Egyptian
Antiquities : —
10/4/02—11. Cast of a Statuette of ‘‘Betmes,’’ a high
functionary of the IVth dynasty; 10/4/02—2. Cast of a
Statuette of ‘‘ Amen-en-ra,’’ a functionary of the XIIth dynasty ;
16/11/06—418. Sandstone model tablet of offerings. From Esna.
4/10/97—3; Wooden Mallet from Deshaheh. Vth dynasty.
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4/9/07—13; Model of a Soul House. Found at Rifeh, Upper
Egypt, 1896; 16/11/06—408. Pottery votive altar (repaired).
From Esna, XIIth dynasty; 16/11/06—36. Vase, two-handled.
From Esna, XXIInd dynasty; 16/11/06—17. Vase (imperfect).
From Esna, XVII-XVIIIth dynasty; 16/11/06—355. Earthenware
Vase. From Esna, XI-XIIth dynasty; 16/11/06—94. LKarthen-
ware Vase. From Esna,XIIth dynasty; 11/10/98—40. Earthenware
vessel from Denderah; 16/11/00—400. Upper part of a terra-
cotta Coffin Lid with moulded face. From Esna, 100 8.c.—100 a.p. ;
25/9/99—53. Earthenware Vase. Prehistoric; 25/11 /05—137.
Red Earthenware Bowl. From Esna, XIIth dynasty; 25/11/05
—91. Earthenware Vase, banded. From Esna, XIIth dynasty;
25/11/05—201. Red Earthenware Vase. From Hissayeh, Roman
period; 13/10/04—11. Pottery Vase—a votive offering. From
Deir-el-Bahari. XIth dynasty; 13/12/05—5. Red Earthen-
ware Vase. From Kom-el-Ahmar, predynastic; 11/10/98—88.
Tall Earthenware Vase. From Dendareh, prehistoric; 25/9/99
—143. Alabaster Kohl Pot. From Hu, XIIth dynasty;
24/9/00—137. Lid of a Canopic Jar. Amset. From Abydos,
XXIInd dynasty; 13/12/05—11. Slate Palette with traces of
colour on it. From Kom-el-Ahmar, predynastic; 16/9/02—23.
Glazed Ushabti. From Abydos, XXXth dynasty; 24/9/00—163.
Glazed Ushabti of “Hor.’’ From Abydos, XVIII-XXVth
dynasty; 16/4/61—32. Wooden figure of Ptah-Socharis-Osiris;
25/9/99—132. Bronze Mirror. From Hu, XII-XIVth dynasty ;
24/9/00—186. Earthenware Vase. From Abydos; 13573.
Wooden Ushabti of Seti; 11621. Bronze figure of Imouthis;
11409. Bronze figure of Osiris; 11025. Wooden Headrest; Stelae.
Deposits :
1 Tobacco Box; 1 Pipe Rack and Clay Pipes; 1 Grill for Cooking
Steaks, &c.; 2 Irish Forged Candlesticks; 1 Pan for melting Tallow;
1 Tinder-box for Flint and Steel; 27 Rushlight Holders, various
patterns; 3 Hanging Candlesticks and Rushlight Holders; by
Mr. Walter Smith.
Bone Meri or Hand-club, from New Zealand, by Mr. W. E.
Gregson, Moor Lane, Crosby.
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Three large dishes, 16in., 17}in. and 18in. in diameter,
respectively, in Chinese Celadon porcelain; probably made at
Lung Chuan, in the Province of Chekinang, early in the period of
the Ming Dynasty (1368—1643). They are decorated with rough
designs of lotus flowers and foliage incised in the paste under the
glaze. Dish 133in. diameter, of same porcelain, with fluted rim
and wavy edge; the centre plain. Dish, diameter 123in., of the
same porcelain, with rim externally fluted, and decorated inside
with lotus flowers and a foliage incised under the glaze; wavy edge;
the centre moulded with a medallion of trellis pattern; by
Mrs. Caroline B. Horsford, 72, Cheyne Court, Chelsea.
(d) ACQUISITIONS.
(1) MisceLLaNnovs.
Presented :
Lead Matrix of a Seal, found June, 1915, in a garden at Temple
Grafton, Warwickshire. The design is a fleur-de-lys, and the
legend: SIGILL . MATILDE [FILIE?] . ASCELIN . D.G. (The
seal of Matilda [daughter] of Ascelin, by the Grace of God; 13th
century work; by Robert Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
Set of Guinea Scales, in box, and a set of bucket weights, by
Mr. J. Coward, 2, Florence Road, Seacombe.
Model No. 1 Remington Typewriter, first placed on the market
in 1874, by Remington Typewriter Co., Ltd.
Purchased :
Series of Implements illustrative of methods of hafting and
binding flint, and other implements in various localities.
Selection of appliances to illustrate Fire and Lighting.
(2) Liverpoot History Room.
Presented :
_ Dial of a Grandfather Clock, by ‘‘ W. Lascelles, Toxteth,”’
_ by George Eccles & Sons.
Ticket for the Dejiiner given to Prince Albert on the occasion
of the opening of the Albert Dock, 1846, by Mr. W. H. Williams.
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Programme of Entertainments on the occasion of the visit of the
Duke of Cambridge to Liverpool, 1855, by Dr. W. Marland Hocken.
Tron Door-knocker and Smoke Jack, from Edge Lane Hall, by
the Estate Committee, Liverpool Corporation.
Three Clay Pipes, found in the excavation for the ‘‘ Liver ”’
Buildings, by Robert Gladstone, Junr., Esq.
Ribbon of blue silk, worn by Thomas Tesseyman on the occasion
of the opening of the Sailors’ Home and Albert Dock by Prince
Albert, by Mrs. Kitchen, Heswall.
Water-colour drawing of William Brown Street, by H. Magenis,
1882, by Mr. James Cross, C.C.
Three Steel Keys, 18th century; wrought-iron Nail from the
north door of Sefton Church; iron Pot-hook, from a cottage at
Thornton, Parish of Sefton, by Mr. W. E. Gregson.
Set of collotype prints of Church Screens in Lancashire and
Cheshire Churches (see His. Soc. Lanc. and Ches., 1912), by
Mr. Arthur Wolfgang.
Small Oval Bronze Medallion, ‘‘ Galloway’s Liverpool Omnibus,
value 2d.,’? by Mr. John Pye.
Purchased :
Grandfather Clock, in original walnut case, by [J.] “‘ Park,
Liverpool ’’—cirea 1730-1760.
Delft-ware Plate, blue decoration.
Stone Axe and Arrow-head, found in a sluice at Martin Mere,
Burscough.
Earthenware Jug of large size, bearing numerous transfer-prints
both inside and out; inscribed on the base: ‘‘ Andrew Jones,
John McAdam Steamer, Feb. 14, 1837, Charles Dale, maker,
Herculaneum Pottery, near Liverpool.’’
Printed Handkerchief with views commemorating the opening
of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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Porcelain Jug, with painted trophy of Arms and Armour and the
inscriptions, ‘‘ Success to the Liverpool Independent Volunteers,”’
and on either side ‘‘ In defence of our King and Country’ and
“To protect our Families and Property.’’
Oval Brass Badge from a belt of the Liverpool Artillery
Volunteers, engraved ‘‘L.A.V.,”’
below.
in centre, and the ‘‘ Liver”’
Two long painted wooden Staffs, evidently used by the Town’s
Watchman during the Mayoralty of T. Littledale, in 1827, painted
on the top Gg R ,and bird and T. L. M., 1827, below.
Oil-painting, view of St. Nicholas’ Church and the north shore
from the north.
Cream-coloured Jug, with transfer-print in red of ‘‘ The Castle
in Danger,’’ signed ‘‘ I. Poulton,’ &c.
Oil-painting of the “‘ Royal William ’’ steamer.
Cup and Saucer, made for the Liverpool Corporation at the
Herculaneum Pottery, 1827.
Delft-ware Dish, with blue decoration, on back the initials and
date 14M.
1760
Bronze Medallions commemorating the opening of the Museums
and St. George’s Hall, Liverpool.
Coffee Pot of stoneware, chocolate ground, figures in relief,
impressed mark “‘ HERCULANEUM.”
(5) Ceramics.
Presented :
Series of earthenware vessels made from English and African
clay with the object of ascertaining if similar results, under some-
what similar conditions, could be obtained, made and presented by
Mr. W. Burton, Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Works, Clifton
Junction.
Series of Plates illustrative of transfer-printing in line and
bat,”’? by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
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Jasper Portrait Medallion of “‘ John Voyez,’’ from the original
mould at Etruria, by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
(4) Erunocrapuy.
Mevanian Race.
Presented :
List of specimens from West and South-West Africa, collected
and presented by and through Mr. A. Ridyard, Chief Engineer,
R.M.S. ‘‘ Tarquah,’? Elder, Dempster Line, Liverpool.
Sierra Leone.
Presented :
Wooden Mask; white-metal ankle ring; trap for Cray-fish; by
Mr. C. S. Haffner.
‘* Shekiri,’’ or rattle, used in the dance; carved figure to repre-
sent a Government official; wood-carving of an Ostrich and copy of
a European Helmet, made by the Mendi people; by Mr. C. H. D.
During.
Gold Coast.
Presented :
Black polished earthenware figure of a man holding a gun, from
Oblogo; plaited fans; gourds used as enemas; by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Dahomey.
Presented :
Two red earthenware vessels, one with ox-heads and crescents in
relief; bowls, water coolers and other vessels, all in red earthenware;
by Mr. Ashley, 8.8. ‘‘ Ekuro.”’
Nigeria,
Presented :
Large plaited basket decorated with coloured grasses, from Egga,
Nupé country; Basket and cover, from Kano; Basket and lid, small
plaited basket, or calabash, and cover, from Lokoja; by Mr. A.
Ridyard.
Earthenware water cooler, bronzed earthenware jug, earthenware
water-bottle decorated in blue and white, from Lokoja; Ostrich
feather fan, from Kano; earthenware water vessel, from Llorin;
MUSEUMS. 67
basket, from Ebi, Yola country; decorated calabash, from Yola;
by Mr. John G. Taylor.
Large earthenware vessel with lid, painted, from Bida, by
Mr. S. A. Ki. Pratt.
Painted calabashes, by Mr. J. B. Bailey.
Plaited basket; plaited basket and lid of dyed grass; plaited
grass mat and hat; gourd water-botile; calabashes and lids, dyed
and carved; boxes made of hide; carved wooden figures of carriers ;
axe with long iron head and wooden handle; spear; by Mr. Thomas
Foran.
Wooden Juju figure, painted yellow and black, by Mr. W. A.
Stacey.
Model of a trading canoe, made at Ofunamo, Jaws Town, Benin
River, by Mr. A. Ridyard.
Red earthenware bowl, from Cooper Abuyi; ivory armlets, from
the hinterland of Garua, worn by the bush people; by Captain
Smart, S.W.S. “‘Scarborough.”’
_ Pipe, from Garua, by Mr. Thomas Okotcha, 8.8. ‘‘ Oguta.”’
Dagger in leather sheath, from Law, Benue River, by Mr. A. E.
Brown.
Fan of plaited leaves, from Carsha, by Mr. S. Sawyer,
S.W.S. ‘‘ Naraguta.”’
Juju, from Azumiri, Ibo country; and a family Juju and
attendants from the Ogoni country; by the Rev. Archdeacon
_ Crowther.
Walking stick, bound with iron, brass and copper spirals, the
handle in form of a crescent, from the Munchi people; by Mr. Max
Kohn, Seldwebel, Berlin.
Canoe and paddle, from Brass River, by Mr. J. J. Hunt, R.N.R.
Three spears with iron heads, barbed and poisoned, from Garua,
Benue River, by Mr. G. T. Lochead.
68 MUSEUMS.
Group of red and black glazed pottery vessels of various forms
and stages, and photographs of their manufacture, from Tlorin,
collected and presented by Dr. J. W. Scott-Macfie.
Plaited basket, from Ilorin, by Dr. J. W. Scott-Macfie.
East and East Central.
Purchased :
Selection of objects from various localities, comprising, bracelet,
caravan rattle, drinking tube, tobacco pipes, earrings, rest-sticks,
water-bottle, stool and headdress.
Iron arrow heads, from the Pygmy Races of Central Africa,
collected by Major Barlow; by Mr. Harold Laing.
Moncorran Race.
Japan.
Presented :
Six paintings on silk, figures of native women in national
costumes, by Miss Andree.
China.
Purchased :
Fan, with silver filagree handle and frame, the ground decorated
in blue, purple and red; three vignettes with figures, the heads
being painted ivory.
Malay.
Small collection of Ethnographical objects as used by the Sakai
natives, Batang Padang, South Perak, Malay Peninsula, comprising
girdle dresses, bamboo combs, hairpins, necklets, bark cloth, hair
fillets, baskets, &c.; by the Federated Malay State Museums, per
Mr. H. C. Robinson, Director
Phillipines.
Purchased :
Cotton girdle dress, worn by women; woman’s cotton skirt;
girdle, worn by men; working jacket, worn by women; butong, or
purse, with brass wire suspender; fibre blanket; boar’s tusk armlets,
worn by men; brass earrings; rattan case, containing flint and steel ;
tobacco pipes in brass, tin, wood and clay; neck ornaments with
brass pendant; bamboo lime tube; bamboo musical instrument;
MUSEUMS. 69
double-edged knife in sheath: rattan hat; wooden spoon; basket or
bird-cage; carved wooden ladles; carved wooden figure; wooden
hat; wooden rice and salt dish; wooden food bowl; carved wood
box and cover in form of a cow (?); spears with iron heads.
N. America,
Purchased :
Headdress of eagle feathers, worn by Chief Hiawatha; fur
pouch; silver pendant; silver fibula: circular silver brooch; painted
wooden mask; hand rattle, made of a horn; hand rattle, made of a
long-necked chelonian ; pair of dance rattles made of goats’ hoofs;
necklace of teeth and beads; bow and arrow: all from the Six
Nation Indians,
S. America.
Purchased :
Collection of Archeological Remains from burials jn Central
Honduras, collected by Dr. Thomas Gann during many years’
residence there. In many ways the collection is remarkable; some
of the flint-worked implements in form and size may be classed as
unique, and the series of pottery figurines and pottery are
remarkable. The collection comprises several hundreds of objects,
including a celt and a stone imitation of the shell of a bivalve, on
which Maya hieroglyphs are engraved. In the collection are small
figures of reptiles, men, warriors, heads of animals, birds and
men, and the hands and feet off figurines, all in earthenware; stone
and flint implements ; spearheads, knives, celts, knack stones,
pounders, metatas, mortars, knives, scrapers, and obsidian cores ;
necklaces of beads in stone and shell; ear ornaments in stone;
rubbers and beaters and other stone and flint objects; remains of
plaster carvings and mouldings from temples, with the original
colours zm situ, and facsimile drawings of figures of deities? on
the walls of the temples.
India.
Presented :
A small collection of objects from the natives of the Naga Hills,
consisting of hatchets—iron heads and wooden shafts; spears;
70 MUSEUMS.
baskets; shirt; various carved wooden figures and heads of figures,
probably from burial platforms and the decoration of baskets;
girdle belt; tobacco pipes; and earrings; by Miss Andree.
CAUCASIAN,
Presented :
Necklace of sard beads and pendants, XVIIIth dynasty; part
of a basalt bust from the Temple of Memphis, XX VIth dynasty;
blue-glazed bowl with figure of Sekhmat seated, XVIIIth dynasty ;
three scarabs of the XVIIIth and XIXth dynasties, found at
Riggeh (Gerzeh); by the British School of Archeology in Egypt.
Wreath and fragments of wreaths from mummies, found at
Hawara, Fayoum, Ist cent. B.c.; bouquet from a mummy, found at
Dahr-el-Bahari, XVIIIth dynasty; by Professor P. E. Newberry.
Cast of the Bronze Head of Augustus, found at Merée, Egyptian
Sudan, by Professor J. Garstang.
Plaited Basket, from Biskra, North Africa, by Professor R.
Bousanquet.
Purchased :
Selection of casts of Danish Crosses from specimens in the Isle of
Man, as follows: Maughold, St. Michael, Bride, Braddan, Calf of
Man, Onchon, Jurby, Malew, and Andreas.
SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS.
Ethnography and Photographs .-.. mer sa ose .- 307
Ceramics ... <i oes a sis st 3 Si ic, ey
Local History oss ae Be ae me sa = i 28
Miscellaneous Re ae sae 3 se aig se =e 10
353
Gann Collection (approximate) -.. aa oes te -- 800
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JOSEPH A. CLUBB,
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REPORT BY THE CURATOR OF THE
WALKER ART GALLERY.
I have the honour to report in reference to the work done during
the year 1913 under the direction of the Art and Exhibitions Sub-
Committee of the Library, Museum, and Arts Committee of the
City Council.
Some necessary renovation of the interior of the building was
undertaken. Rooms B, C, E, F, H, K, L, M, and O were painted
and redecorated. The ceilings of rooms G and N were painted,
and the walls of Room D. The ventilation of the General
Office being inadequate, an electric fan was installed to extract
impure air.
The care of the Permanent Collection was continued on the
lines of previous years, and the following special work was done: —
New frames provided for the pictures ‘‘ Bootle Land-
marks,’’ by Samuel Austin, and ‘‘Ghemma en Turban
Noir,” by E. Chahine; also outside protection cases for
“Autumn,” by Sir L. Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., “La Vie
Paysanne,” by Cecil Jay, and ‘ Lorenzo and Isabella ” (also
new inside flat), by Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A. The
frames of “The Pierhead, Liverpool,’ by Samuel Walters.
and “Landscape,” by W. Davis, were regilt. Glasses were
fitted to ““ Till Death us do Part,” by Sigismund Goetze, and
“Bishop Shaxton Interviewing Anne Askew in Prison,” by
W. L. Windus (also a new flat to the latter).
By authorisation of the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee
79 loose calico covers were provided to protect pictures while
in store.
The oil painting by W. L. Windus, “ Bishop Shaxton
Interviewing Anne Askew in Prison,” recently presented by
79, ART GALLERY.
Alderman John Lea, J.P., was relined. The large picture
“Virgin Enthroned,” attributed to Ghirlandajo, bequeathed
by Alderman Philip H. Rathbone, was, in pursuance of a
resolution of the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee
transferred to canvas and restored at a cost of £100.
lor the purpose of better accommodation in connection with
the fire alarm attached to the Gallery, a relay bell was
added to the telephone. The fire hydrants previously placed
in the floor of the yard have been removed, and two new
hydrants substituted which will afford greater facilities in
case of need.
On the occasion of the visit of Their Majesties the King and
Queen in July last, at the request of the Lord Mayor the rooms
used by the Royal visitors in the Town Hall were decorated with
special pictures from the Gallery. The front of the Gallery was
also suitably decorated in honour of the event.
Under the agreement with the Trustees of the Royal Institution,
the work of conserving the Roscoe Collection is proceeding.
During the year three pictures were attended to and various frames
re-gilt, and the amount spent on this work since Ist January
amounted to £117 14s. 2d.
In view of recent outrages in other Art Galleries, the Committee
authorised the engagement of two commissionaires to supplement
the attendants on watch duty in this Gallery.
It shaving been found in wet weather that drippings from
umbrellas carried through the Galleries by visitors left ugly stains
on the oak floors, instructions, approved by the Chairman, were
given that all umbrellas be left on wet days with the attendant
in the hall, no charge being made on such occasions.
By authority of the Committee I attended the Annual Conference
of the members of the Museums Association at Hull from 14th to
18th July.
By resolution of the 6th June, the Committee renewed its annual
contribution of £10 to the National Art Collections Fund.
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Attributed to Ghirlandajo.| (Bequeathed hy Alderman P., H. Rathbone.
VIRGIN ENTHRONED.
ART GALLERY. 73
In addition to the current insurances on works in the Permanent
Collection, further insurances amounting to £53,135 were
effected on recent acquisitions.
The Committee having granted the necessary leave of absence,
IT, in company with Alderman John Lea, J.P., paid a visit, at
mv own expense, to the principal art galleries in Germany, the
result of which I reported to the Art and Exhibitions Sub-
Committee at their meeting on the 5th September, as follows :—
“I have the honour to report that, taking advantage of
“the leave of absence so kindly granted me by the Committee,
“T paid a visit to a number of German Art Centres in June
“last, viz.: Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Niirnberg, Miinchen,
“and Kéln, also seeing the Ghent Exhibition on my home-
“ward journey. In each city I visited the Permanent
“Galleries, so far as not already known to me, and the current
“Exhibitions, besides making the personal acquaintance of
“a number of prominent German artists:—Professor Franz
“Von Stiick, Professor Hans Von Bartels, Professor Engel,
“Professor Carl Langhammer, C. Agthe, Professor F.
“ Kallmorgen, ete. At Berlin I also came in touch with the
“ Governmental authorities interested in pictorial and keramic
“art, and obtained some interesting information in reference
“to the means taken to advance the knowledge of German
“art in foreign countries.
“The time available was by no means adequate to the
“visitation of all the chief German galleries or as an
“exhaustive study of the subject as I could have wished, but
“T was able to systematise and extend considerably my know-
“ledge of German art, past and present, to an extent that
“will be most helpful to me in my official work, and my
“general art knowledge has been enriched by the opportunity
“of seeing the pictures of other schools which are contained
‘‘in the German galleries, and of studying the galleries
“themselves. The glimpse I have had of Germany has served
“also to give me some knowledge of the extent to which art
“enters into and affects the life of the people.
74 ART GALLERY.
“ T was fortunate in having Alderman Lea as my companion
“throughout. I anticipate that the experience will prove
“ useful when we have occasion hereafter to deal with questions
“relating to German art.
“T have previously suggested for consideration that the
“Committee might with advantage provide a good and educa-
“tional novelty in the Autumn Exhibition by having a room,
“or rooms, devoted to the art of a particular country, instead
“of a miscellaneous Continental room; and, after seeing what
“is being done by German artists of various schools, I am of
‘opinion that German art may be recommended as a subject
“of a first experiment.”
For various reasons, but chiefly because of difficulties with
lenders caused by apprehensions as to the threatening attitude
of a certain section of the community towards galleries of art, a
proposed Loan Exhibition of pictures by Erskine Nicol, G. Paul
Chalmers, Sam Bough, and Alexander Fraser, was indefinitely
postponed.
On 11th April I was elected a member of the Council of the
Imperial Arts League, from which I anticipate that benefit will
result to the Gallery. The League, founded in 1909, has a member-
ship of about 900, associated to provide a central organisation for
the Empire, to which all members can appeal for advice or assist-
ance in all matters of business in connection with any branch
of the fine or applied arts. One of the principal results of the
League’s influence was their effective aid in bringing about,
chiefly at my instigation, a modification in the recent Act of
Parliament relating to copyright, by which the copyrights owned
by public galleries are protected from infringement.
During the year the various Branch Libraries were visited.
The frames of the pictures in the Wavertree Library were regilt
and the canvases attended to.
The work of compiling a new and adequate catalogue of the
Permanent Collection is now approaching conclusion, and it is
expected that during the current year it will be in print.
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ART GALLERY. 75
Inscriptions were placed on the frames or mounts of 49 pictures.
The attendance of students during the year numbered 794.
Vive new students’ tickets were granted.
During the year pictures were lent to the following:—National
Gallery of British Art; Corporation Art Galleries, Oldham, Bury,
Birmingham; Nottingham; Whitechapel Art Gallery; Canadian
National Exhibition, Toronto; and the Exhibition of Dutch
Mediaeval Art, Utrecht.
Rooms in the Gallery were used for the following special
exhibitions :—
1. Art Studies Association, exhibition of children’s works,
20th February to 8th March.
2. Liverpool Academy of Arts, members’ annual exhibition,
13th May to 28th June.
3. Exhibition of Drawings by infants and young children
attending Public Elementary Schools in connection with the
National Conference of the Child Study Society, 22nd May
to 7th June.
4. The Forty-third Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art, 4th
October, 1913, to 3rd January, 1914.
On the occasion of the visit to the Gallery of the members of
the Liverpool History Teachers’ Association I delivered a lecture
to the members on the Permanent Collection.
During the redecoration of the Town Hall in preparation for
Their Majesties’ visit to Liverpool the Gallery as placed at the
disposal of the Lord Mayor for receptions, etc., and the important
pictures from the Town Hall were stored in the Gallery.
The following pictures were deposited on loan :—Portrait of Her
Majesty the Queen, by W. Llewellyn, A.R.A., the property of
the Corporation, deposited until June; Portrait of the late Mr.
Alison-Johnson as Master of the North Hereford Hounds, by the
late C. W. Furse, A.R.A., deposited by Mrs. Alison-Johnson.
76 ART GALLERY,
A collection of 63 paintings, 61 by modern French and Dutch
artists, one by John Constable, R.A., and one by David Cox,
deposited by Denys Hague, Esq., London. The collection includes
some noteworthy examples of the art of the Barbizon and Modern
Dutch Schools of Painters, and is of considerable interest to art
lovers.
The following additions were made to the Permanent Collection
during the year: —-
1.—By Donation.
Presented by Colonel Hall Walker, M.P.—
“Donkey, Cow and Sheep” (oil), by William Huggins.
“Cattle and Landscape” (oil), by William Huggins.
‘Landscape, with Cattle and Sheep ” (oil), by William Huggins.
“Hen, Chickens and Cat” (oil), by William Huggins.
“The Showman ”’ (oil), by E. J. Cobbett.
* Flora Macdonald and Prince Charles Edward Stuart (oil),
by A. Johnston. .
Presented by Alderman John Lea, a
‘Bishop Shaxton Interviewing Anne Askew in Prison” (oil),
by W. L. Windus.
Presented by Miss May Rathbone.—
Two oil paintings of flowers, by Karel Batist.
Presented by the artist.—
Sarcophagus, ‘ The Sisters’ (marble), by Emil Fuchs, M.V.O.
Presented by J. R. Edwards, Esq.—
Folio of pencil notes and sketches by Samuel Williamson.
Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum.—
Two Portfolios of Reproductions of Prints, Parts VI. and VIL,
third series; also six series of Reproductions of Drawings.
Presented by the artist.—
* The Mouth of the Stour’’ (etching), by Martin Hardie, A.R.E.
ART GALLERY. 77.
2.—By Purchase.
“The Death of Nelson,” by D. Maclise, R.A. (Original pencil
sketch for the oil picture—already in this collection—preparatory
to the wall painting in Westminster Palace.)
A Portfolio of Reproductions of Miniatures in colour fac-simile.
3-—By Purchase from the Autumn Exhibition.
(Under the terms of the Lord Derby Bequest.)
“The Diners” (oil), by Cyrus Cuneo.
“T,’ été mourante”’ (oil), by Morris Meredith Williams.
“St. Paul’s Cathedral from the South Door” (water-colour), by
W. B. E. Ranken.
“ Romola” (decorative miniature on vellum), by W. J. Neatby,
R.M.S.
“ Dorothy’ (miniature), by H. R. Steer.
“Tl Bambino ” (etching), by Emile Friant.
“The Long Barn, Bosham” (etching), by H. Boardman Wright,
A.R.E.
“ Over the Seine” (etching), by Roy Partridge.
“A Distant View of Edam ”(etching), by Martin Hardie, A.R.E.
b
“Tarragona ”’ and ‘‘ Vinaroz Beach ” (etchings), by D. I. Smart,
A.R.E.
“The Lonely Artist of Shepherd’s Bush ” (etching), by Anthony
R. Barker.
“ Falling Plane” (etching), by Miss Anna Airy, A.R.E., R.O.I.
“L’habit noir” and “In the Hill Country” (etchings), by W.
Lee Hankey, A.R.E., R.O-1.
“They that go up to the merciful town,” ‘‘ The Meet,” “ Point
to Point Races,” and “ Bedelia” (lithographs), by G. Spencer
’ Pryse.
“Lavender Woman” and “ Baby with Swag” (glazed earthen-
ware), by Mrs. P. Stabler.
78 ART GALLERY.
Coloured Jar, green and purple lustre, and Vase, plum glaze,
Bernard Moore Ware.
Vase with lid, Vase, Bowl, by W. Howson Taylor.
The Permanent Collection has thus, during 1915, been enriched
by the addition of 48 items.
By Deceased Artists,
9 paintings in oil.
1 miniature.
1 portfolio of sketches.
1 pencil study.
(§} portfolios, reproductions of drawings.
portfolios, reproductions of prints.
1 portfolio, reproduction of miniatures.
By Living Artists.
1 marble sarcophagus.
2 paintings in oil.
1 painting in water-colour.
1 miniature.
11 etchings.
4 lithographs.
7 keramic pieces.
The foregoing purchases, with the exception of those under
the terms of the Lord Derby Bequest, were made, as in previous
years, from the surplus of the Autumn Exhibition account.
Cordial thanks are due to the generous donors whose gifts, above
recorded, have enhanced the value of the Permanent Collection.
There are now 1,364 items in the list of the Permanent Collection,
of which 123 were at 5lst December, 1913, on loan to public
buildings in the City, viz.:—Town Hall 31, Newsham House 24,
Central Library 21, Kirkdale Library 9, Everton Library 6, Waver-
tree Library 14, Toxteth Library 4, St. Martins Hall 1, Calder-
stones House 13.
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ART GALLERY. 79
The Galleries were open on all week-days as follows :—
November, December, January. 10 am. to 4 p.m.; February,
10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.; March and October, 10 a.m. to 5 p-m.; April
to September, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; also on Saturdays until 8 o’clock
throughout the year, and on Sundays from 2 to 4.30 p.m., during
the months of October to May inclusive.
The Autumn Evshibition was open 78 days, from 4th October,
1915, to 3rd January, 1914. The catalogue comprised 2,551 items,
as against 2,614 in 1912, and the collection was similar in plan
to that of 1912, including amongst its special features a room devoted
to Continental art, a complete exhibition of works (84 in number)
by members of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, an
important black and white section, and a collective exhibit of
works by members of the Pastel Society.
In Room G there was a special memorial collection of 35
pictures in oil and watercolour, and in Room X 9 drawings in
black and white by the late Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M.,
R.A., kindly lent by members of the artist’s family and other
owners.
The Denys Hague Collection of Modern French and Dutch
artists was displayed in the same room.
A special exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Emil Fuchs,
M.V.O., of 42 items, was arranged in Room N, which also proved
a very attractive feature.
The Subscription Banquet to inaugurate the opening of the
43rd Annual Autumn Exhibition was held on Wednesday, Ist
October. Ninety-seven ladies and gentlemen attended, including
the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress
(Sir Harmood and Lady Banner). The financial deficiency of
£30 lis. was met by Alderman John Lea, J.P.
425 works were sold, of the catalogue value of £6,155 4s., as
against 369 works of the catalogue value of £6,609 17s. 3d. in
1912. The shrinkage is accounted for by the absence of considerable
purchases for the Permanent Collection other than those acquired
80 ART GALLERY.
under the terms of the Derby Bequest. The sales, however, to the
outside public, including the Art Union prizewinners, were in
excess of the previous year.
The illustrated edition of the Exhibition Catalogue undertaken
bv the Committee in 1912 was continued this vear. The size was
reduced to a more convenient one for visitors, and the illustrations
were produced by a better and more artistic process than that
formerly employed; including 6 mezzoprint reproductions of
special pictures.
Notwithstanding the special attractions in this year’s Exhibition,
and the musical recitals on Wednesday evenings, the attendances
showed a considerable falling off. The figures were as follows.—
At one, shill ays yt. sec fodsc as tocar ae 12,182
At 6d. (Wednesdays and Evenings) ......... 9,244
AtvddetG sevenanips) S301. 220... <.kert ee 3,804
Miscelltneous\0 Lat sas st career eat aetna 25
25,253
School Tickets : —
At two shillings (admitting 24 scholars
and a teacher) 291 tickets, representing
AN Ube AskCe (Ohh. agin ss <p vadzeku hse sh 7,209
Season Ticket Holders :——
Gentlemen (a8.)) c.ccsesswep tvs nist sg tats eee . 98
Ta atesa yak tcc WA oe wasps os tees eae nee 417
Studenta ater {as- (GER. 2.20.5 5. saee has. 28 7 1,181
Ginnip limtewbaiys =o. leon aee 3 ts ovarerans 1st ovens 650
Art Com LGOw poise’ ees suss. estes ote senses 6,315
41,189
A season ticket holders’ soirée was held on 3rd October, with
a programme of yocal and instrumental music,
ART GALLERY. 81
A series of Friday evening entertainments was agreed upon.
On 10th October, Mr. Haldane Macfall gave a lecture, entitled
““The Splendid Wayfaring.’’ Subsequently the entertainments
were held on Wednesday evenings, and eight musical recitals were
given during the period of the Exhibition.
By instruction of the Special Autumn Exhibition Committee,
the usual evening opening from the end of October was suspended,
and the Exhibition was open on Wednesdays from the beginning
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. continuously, admission 6d.: the
hours on other days being 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., admission Is.
From Ist December the hours of opening were 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
continuously, admission after 5 o’clock 6d., except during the last
week, when 3d. was charged in the evening.
On November 10th the Exhibition was placed at the disposal
of Lady Derby for her reception of workers in connection with
the Children’s Happy Evenings Association.
Competitive tenders for catering were submitted by various
firms, and that of Messrs. Mann and Crosthwaite was accepted.
The new arrangements in the Café have proved satisfactory.
The Art Union, instituted in 1911, was attended in 1913 with
an increased measure of success. The total sales of tickets
amounted to £1,407. The number of prizes was 82 for
£950, as against 70 for £800 in 1912, and the winning ticket
holders selected from the Autumn Exhibition 161 works, the
catalogue value of which amounted to £1,067 10s. The Art Union
has thus in three years caused the sale of 346 works, for which
the artists received £2,210.
The concession by the Art and Exhibitions Sub-Committee of
a single free evening admission to the Exhibition during the
month of December to each purchaser of an Art Union ticket
was renewed.
} E. RIMBAULT DIBDIN,
CURATOR.
ARTI GALLERY.
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