REFERENCE    DEPAipl^l 

Acce^ion   No  KJp-O 


THIRTY-SEYENTH 


ANNUAL    KEPOET, 


1888 


[Document  13—1889.] 


CITY  OF  ^^m  BOSTON. 


THIRTY-SEVENTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 

or    THE 

TRUSTEES  OF  THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

1889. 


The  Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  of  the  City  of  Boston 
have  the  honor  to  present  to  the  City  Council  their  thirt}'- 
seventh  annual 

REPORT. 

The  Trustees  cannot  present  to  the  City  Council  their 
customary  report  without  being  deeply  sensible  of  the 
loss  that  they,  in  common  with  all  the  citizens  of  Boston, 
have  sustained  in  the  death,  during  the  past  year,  of 
the  eminent  scholar  and  divine  whose  name  has  been  ap- 
pended to  so  many  of  their  previous  reports.  Dr.  James 
Freeman  Clarke  served  the  city  as  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Public  Library  from  the  time  of  their  incorporation  until  his 
death  in  June  last.  His  great  wisdom,  his  good  judgment, 
his  remarkable  knowledge  of  books,  and  his  clear  compre- 
hension of  the  wants  of  the  people,  were  of  inestimable  value 
in  the  government  and  building  up  of  the  library.  His  gen- 
tle dignity  and  unfailing  kindness  and  sympathy  so  endeared 
him  to  those  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  be  thrown  with  him 
as  associates  or  employees,  that  his  death  was  a  personal 
bereavement  to  all  connected  with  the  Library.  The  Trus- 
tees have  placed  upon  their  records  the  expression  of  their 
appreciation  of  his  character  and  services. 


2  City  Document  No.  13. 

Another  name  that  will  be  missed  is  that  of  William  W. 
Greenough,  Esq.,  who  for  twenty-two  years,  as  President  of 
the  Trustees,  prepared  their  annual  reports.  The  value  to 
the  city  of  his  faithful  services  cannot  be  overestimated. 
For  thirty  years,  as  trustee  without  pay,  he  daily  devoted 
to  the  work  of  the  Library  as  much  time  and  labor  as  most 
men  devote  to  their  private  affairs.  His  connection  with  the 
library  began  in  its  infancy ;  and  to  his  wisdom  and  energy 
are  due,  perhaps  more  than  to  any  other  one  cause,  the  won- 
derful growth  and  success  of  the  institution.  Mr.  Greenough 
felt  compelled,  by  considerations  of  health  and  private  affairs, 
to  lay  down  the  cares  and  responsibilities  of  a  position  that 
required  so  large  a  share  of  his  strength  and  thought,  and 
that  he  had  so  long  filled  with  credit  to  himself  and  advan- 
tage to  the  public.  On  the  records  of  the  City  Council  and 
of  the  Trustees  are  to  be  found  expressions  of  the  appreci- 
ation of  his  distinguished  services. 

During  the  year  Mr.  William  H.  Whitmore  resigned  his 
position  as  Trustee.  In  the  departments  of  literature  in 
which  he  was  a  confessed  master  the  Library  will  sutler  from 
the  loss  of  his  valuable  services,  which  were  always  dili- 
gently, faithfully,  and  cheerfully  rendered. 

The  Trustees  are  required  by  the  city  ordinances  to  ap- 
point "  annually  an  examining  committee  of  not  less  than 
five  persons,  not  members  of  the  board,  who,  together  with 
one  of  the  board,  shall  examine  the  library  and  make  to  the 
board  a  report  of  its  condition." 

They  performed  this  duty  by  appointing  early  in  the 
year  an  examining  committee  consisting  of  the  Honorable 
Frederick  O.  Prince,  chairman  ;  Mrs.  Abba  Goold  Woolson, 
Mrs.  Ellen  S.  Hale,  J.  Wingate  Rollins,  Esq.,  the  Reverend 
Theodore  A.  Metcalf,  Charles  Henry  Parker,  Esq.,  Dr. 
Harold  Williams,  Rev.  8.  E.  Herrick,  D.D.,  George  W. 
Evans,  Esq.,  Harvey  N.  Shepard,  Esq.,  Arthur  B.  Ellis, 
Esq.,  John  Heard,  Jr.,  Esq.,  Philip  H.  Doherty,  Esq.,  Dr. 
C.  Ellery  Stedman,  and  the  Honorable  John  F.  Andrew. 

This  committee  gave  much  time  and  thought  to  the  per- 
formance of  their  duties,  and  made  to  the  Trustees  a  report 
which  they  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  to  the  City 
Council. 

For  some  years  past  the  Trustees  have  endeavored  to 
increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Examining  Committee  by 
appointing  upon  it  persons  who  had  acquired  experience 
from  previous  service,  and  by  appointing  it  early  enough  in 
the  year  to  afford  time  for  a  thorough  examination  of  the 
condition  of  the  Librar3^  The  duties  of  the  committee  are 
arduous  ;  bnt,  when  as  well  and  faithfully  performed  as  they 


Public  Library.  iJ 

have  been  the  past  year,  their  reports  contain  many  sugges- 
tions that  are  of  great  assistance  to  the  Trustees.  Previous 
to  1884  it  had  not  been  the  custom  to  appoint  any  person  who 
had  served  on  a  previous  committee  ;  but  in  that  year  a 
change  was  made  in  this  respect,  and  since  that  time  many 
members  of  examining  committees  have  been  reappointed. 
The  present  committee  report  that  they  "  felt  themselves 
handicapped,  first,  by  the  fact  that  they  were  entirely  new 
to  the  service,  and  second,  by  the  narrow  limits  of  time 
to  which  their  work  was  necessarily  restricted."  They 
recommend  that  "  there  be  some  radical  change  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  committee."  The  Trustees  have  been  im- 
pressed with  the  weight  of  this  reconmiendation  and  have 
decided  to  reappoint  at  once  all  the  old  committee.  They 
hope  by  this  means  to  secure  a  committee  of  experience,  and 
to  give  the  committee  so  formed  ample  time  to  make  a 
thorough  examination. 

The  report  of  the  committee  contains  an  interesting  and 
valuable  discussion  upon  the  circulation  of  the  books  of  the 
Library,  and  the  conclusions  reached  are  in  accordance  vvith 
those  arrived  at  by  the  Trustees.  The  circulation  for  the  past 
year  shows  an  increase  of  79,254  volumes  over  that  of  the 
previous  year,  and  the  Trustees  have  every  reason  to  believe 
that  this  increase  means  an  increase  in  the  use  of  l)ooks  of 
higher  character  than  the  average  of  those  circulated  in  years 
past.  For  the  details  of  the  circulation  the  Trustees  refer 
to  the  report  of  the  Librarian,  which  will  be  found  in  ap- 
pendix "B." 

The  Trustees  would  gladly  follow  the  recommendation  of 
the  Examining  Committee  to  enlarge  the  accommodations  of 
the  North  End  Branch  and  to  change  the  quarters  of  the 
South  End  Branch  were  they  able  to  do  so  within  the  limit 
of  their  annual  appropriation.  They  recognize  the  fact  that 
the  room  of  the  South  End  Branch  is  not  what  it  should  be  ; 
but  it  was  the  best  that  could  be  found  at  the  time  the  Library 
was  installed  there,  and  there  are  at  present  no  funds  avail- 
able with  which  to  procure  a  better  one. 

The  Trustees  agree  with  the  Examining  Committee  that 
"an  application  be  made  to  the  courts  for  a  modification  of 
the  terms  of  the  trust  under  the  will  of  Charlotte  Harris,  so 
that  the  income  from  that  fund  may  not  be  limited  to  the 
purchase  of  books  published  prior  to  1850."  Such  an  ap- 
plication, however,  can  be  properly  made  only  by  the  City 
Council  or  by  some  citizen  of  Charlestown  ;  but  the  Trustees 
respectfully  recommend  that  some  action  be  had  in  the 
matter. 

They  also  agree  with  the  Examining  Committee  in  their 


4  City  Document  Xo.   13. 

remarks  upon  the  Catalogue  Department,  and  trust  that  they 
may  be  able  to  carry  some  it"  not  all  of  their  recommenda- 
tions into  etfect  during  the  present  year.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  l)ef()re  many  years  a  catalogue  of  the  collection  in  Bates 
Hall  may  be  printed  in  book  form,  so  that  the  books  con- 
tained in  that  collection  may  be  more  easily  accessible  to  the 
public.  By  the  aid  of  such  a  catalogue  the  circulation  and 
use  of  the  Library  would  be  greatly  extended. 

The  Trustees  have  given  the  most  careful  consideration  to 
the  recommendation  of  the  Examinino;  Committee  in  res:ard 
to  the  relation  of  the  Library  to  the  public  schools.  The 
subject  presents  great  difficulties,  and,  as  yet,  the^'^  have  ar- 
rived at  no  satisfactory  conclusion  in  regard  to  the  matter. 
It  has  been  their  endeavor  always  to  be  as  liberal  as  is 
consistent  with  the  welfare  of  the  Library  ;  but  it  may  be 
fairly  questioned  if  it  would  be  right  to  grant  one  class  of 
people  in  the  city,  —  whether  they  be  scholars  or  teachers,  — 
privileges  superior  to  those  enjoyed  by  other  classes.  The 
Library  does  not  pretend  to  be  able  to  furnish  text-books  for 
students  ;  and,  indeed,  the  idea  of  the  founders  seems  to  have 
been  that  it  should  be  a  place  in  which  to  complete  the  edu- 
cation of  the  citizen  after  leaving  schools  and  coUeores. 

The  report  of  Mr.  Heard  to  the  Examining  Committee  in 
regai-d  to  the  collection  of  works  on  science  and  technology 
is  a  very  valuable  one.  One  of  the  great  difficulties  in  keep- 
ing up  the  Patent  Collection  of  the  Library  has  been  the 
indifference  or  slowness  of  the  officials  charged  with  the 
distribution  of  such  publications.  The  Trustees  will  do  all 
in  their  power  to  secure  the  establishment  of  some  such 
bureau  of  exchange  as  is  recommended  by  Mr.  Heard, 
"  whose  duty  it  should  be  to  distribute  to  foreign  govern- 
ments a  certain  number  of  official  publications  in  exchange 
for  the  same  numl)er  of  their  own  publications  of  a  similar 
nature." 

The  other  suggestions  made  by  Mr.  Heard  are  valuable 
and  will  receive  the  careful  consideration  of  the  Trustees. 

Full  details  of  the  library  work  of  the  present  year  will  be 
foinid  in  the  rei)ort  of  the  Librarian,  which,  with  its  accom- 
pan^ing  documents,  is  transmitted  herewith. 

The  Trustees  respectfully  call  the  attention  of  the  City 
Council  to  the  fact  that  for  some  years  past  the  amount  of 
money  appropriated  for  the  current  expenses  of  the  Library 
has  been  steadily  decreased,  while  the  size  of  the  Library, 
its  use  and  the  public  demands  made  upon  it,  and  the  service 
re(}uired  of  it,  have  all  steadily  increased.  The  efficiency  of 
the  institution  will  be  seriously  impaired  unless  a  larger  sum 
of  money  is  put  at  the  disposal  of  the  Trustees,  as  it  will  be 


Public  Library.  5 

impossible  to  keep  tlie  institution  up  to  the  standard  of  the 
previous  years  with  the  present  appropriation. 

Ten  years  a^o  the  number  of  volumes  in  the  Library  was 
345,734,  the  number  of  persons  employed  was  141,  and  the 
approj^riation  for  current  expenses  was  $121,000.  Since 
then  there  have  been  established  five  delivery  stations  and 
three  reading-rooms,  and  the  number  of  volumes  has  in- 
creased to  505,410.  N(»twithstanding  this  increase  the  force 
employed  has  had  to  be  reduced  to  135  persons,  and  the  ap- 
propriation, not  including  the  amount  formerly  paid  by  the 
city  for  rentals  and  repairs,  has  been  reduced  to  $115,000. 

The  Trustees  are  of  the  opinion  that  most  of  the  persons 
employed  in  the  Library  do  not  receive  a  fair  compensation 
for  the  skilled  services  they  render.  Probably  in  no  other 
branch  of  the  City  Government  and  in  no  business  establish- 
ment is  the  same  grade  of  work  so  poorly  paid  as  in  the 
Libi-ary.  They  therefore  respectfully  recommend  that 
means  to  remedy  this  injustice  be  placed  at  their  disposi- 
tion. 

During  the  year  the  Trustees  were  requested  by  the  City 
Council  to  report  to  the  City  Government  the  cost  and  advis- 
ability of  keeping  Bates  Hall  open  in  the  evening.  Hitherto 
this  hall  has  been  closed  at  six  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  so 
that  many  citizens  whose  occupation  does  not  admit  of  study 
in  the  da^'time  have  been  de[)rived  of  the  privilege  of  the 
use  of  what  is  by  far  the  most  important  part  of  the  Library. 
The  Trustees  believe  that  the  use  of  the  Library  would  be 
greatly  extended  and  much  good  would  be  accomplished  if 
this  hall  were  kept  open  in  the  evening.  The  annual  ex- 
penditure for  this  purpose  would  be  about  $7,000. 

In  August,  1887,  the  wiiole  force  employed  in  the  bindery 
was  discharged,  and  for  the  remainder  of  the  year  the  binding 
was  done  outside  of  the  Library.  After  a  trial  of  this  system 
it  did  not  prove  satisfactory,  and  in  the  early  part  of  the  last 
year  the  Trustees  determined  to  have  the  more  valuable 
books  bound  in  the  Library  bindery,  and  the  cheaper  l)Ooks 
bound  by  contract  by  outside  binders.  Mr.  Louis  F.  Gray, 
the  office  secretary,  was  appointed  inspector  of  binding,  and 
was  given  full  charge  of  this  department.  The  result  has 
been  entirely  satisfactoiy.  The  cost  of  binding  has  been  re- 
duced, a  much  larger  number  of  volumes  has  been  bound  and 
repaired,  and  the  work  has  been  kept  well  up  to  the  demands 
of  the  Library. 


City  Document  No.  13. 


The  New  Library  Building. 

Last  spring  the  Trustees  were  able  to  present  to  the  City 
Council  the  general  plans  for  the  new  building  to  be  erected 
on  Copley  Square.  These  plans  were  the  result  of  a  year  of 
unremitting  and  faithful  study  and  work  on  the  part  of  the 
architects,  Messrs.  McKim,  Mead,  &  White,  during  which 
time  they  were  in  constant  communication  with  the  Trustees. 
There  were  many  difficult  problems  to  be  solved  in  prepar- 
ing the  plans.  Owing  to  the  unique  position  that  the  Boston 
Public  Library  occupies,  very  little  help  could  be  had  from 
the  study  of  the  buildings  of  other  great  libraries.  The 
Trustees  have  insisted  that  convenience  and  usefulness  should 
not  be  sacriticed  to  show,  and  that  the  internal  arrangements 
of  the  building  should  be  first  considered.  They  did  not, 
however,  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  the  building  was  to  be  a 
"palace  for  the  people,"  and,  as  such,  should  be  a  monu- 
mental building,  worthy  of  the  City  of  Boston. 

The  question  of  economy  was  kept  steadily  in  view ;  and 
the  work  already  done  on  the  Library  lot  was  to  be  utilized 
as  far  as  possii)le.  AVorking  ujwn  these  lines,  the  architects 
succeeded  in  ])roducing  plans  which  the  Trustees  could  pre- 
sent to  the  City  Council  with  contidence  that  they  would 
successfully  bear  all  criticism.  After  a  long  and  careful  ex- 
amination of  the  plans,  models,  and  estimates  of  cost,  the 
City  Council  almost  unanimously  authorized  the  Trustees  to 
begin  the  erection  of  the  building,  and  placed  at  their  dis- 
posal, for  this  i)urpose,  the  sum  of  about  $350,000.  The 
plans  and  estimates,  as  presented,  did  not  include  any  of  the 
platforms,  approaches,  sculpture,  or  adornments  necessary 
for  a  building  of  this  importance,  or  any  of  the  furni- 
ture or  shelving  required  in  it,  but  during  the  year 
the  plans  for  some  of  these  items  have  been  completed. 
As  soon  as  possible  after  being  authorized  to  proceed  with 
the  erection  of  the  building,  the  Trustees  gave  to  Messrs. 
Woodbury  &  Leighton  a  contract  for  the  construction  of  the 
building  up  to  the  Bates  Hall  tloor,  this  being  as  far  as  the 
work  could  proceed  within  the  limits  of  the  fund  at  their  dis- 
posal. On  the  28th  of  November  the  work  was  so  far  ad- 
vanced that  Ilis  Honor  Mayor  O'Brien,  assisted  by  the  City 
Council,  laid  the  corner-stone  of  the  new  l>uilding  with  ap- 
propriate ceremonies.  On  December  24,  the  Trustees  decided 
that  it  would  be  prudent  to  discontinue  all  stone  setting  and 
brick  laying  until  spring.  The  work  thus  far  has  been  satis- 
factory. The  Trustees  transmit  herewith,  copies  of  the  plans 
and  elevations  of  the  proposed  building.  There  will  of 
necessity  be  some  slight  changes  made  from  time  to  time  as 


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the  work  progresses,  but  a  fair  idea  of  the  completed  build- 
ing is  presented  by  the  drawings. 

Conclusion. 

In  conclusion  the  Trustees  would  say  that  the  work  of  the 
Library  in  all  its  departments  has  been  uniformly  satisfactory 
during  the  past  year.  Its  usefulness  as  one  of  the  educational 
institutions  of  the  city  becomes  each  day  more  manifest.  The 
citizens  of  Boston  have  just  cause  for  pride  that  by  their  fos- 
tering care  and  liberality  they  have,  within  a  comparatively 
few  years,  built  up  a  library  that  is  second  to  none  in  America, 
and  ranks  among  the  great  libraries  of  the  world  ;  but  it  should 
at  the  same  time  be  remembered  that  this  end  could  not  have 
been  attained  except  by  the  aid  of  the  devotion  and  skill  of  a 
trained  body  of  officers  and  employees  many  of  whom  have 
passed  the  best  years  of  their  lives  in  the  Library  service. 

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

Truslees. 


City  Document  No.  13. 


REPORT   OF  EXAMINING   COMMITTEE. 

The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Public 
Library  to  examine  the  administration  of  that  institution  in 
its  various  departments  for  the  year  1888,  respectfully  pre- 
sent the  following 

REPORT. 

In  the  performance  of  its  work,  a  majority  of  the  members 
of  the  Committee  have  felt  themselves  handicapped  :  first,  by 
the  fact  that  they  were  entirely  new  to  the  service,  and 
second,  by  reason  of  the  narrow  limits  of  time  to  which  the 
work  of  examination  was  necessarily  restricted.  While  pos- 
sessed of  a  general  knowledge  of  the  work  of  the  Library 
and  its  relations  to  the  community,  but  few  of  the  members 
of  the  Committee  had  any  adequate  apprehension  of  the  real 
magnitude  of  the  institution, —  of  the  extent,  intricacy,  and 
etfectiveness  of  its  work  ;  of  the  variety  and  difficulty  of 
the  problems  connected  with  its  administration.  The  time 
has  hardly  been  more  than  sufiicient  to  produce  an  impression 
of  these  things,  and  a  correlative  conviction  of  the  modified 
value  which  any  suggestions  must  have  that  are  based  upon 
a  hasty  or  superficial  inspection.  The  relations  of  the  Library 
to  all  the  highest  interests  of  the  community  are  too  im- 
portant —  too  vital  — to  be  subjected  to  the  tampering  and 
tinkering  of  novices.  The  value  of  examination  is,  of  course, 
proportionate  to  the  knowledge  and  opportunity  of  the  ex- 
aminers. Under  this  conviction,  the  Committee  have  felt 
grateful  for  the  appointment  to  its  number  of  Mrs.  Hale  and 
Mr.  Evans  from  the  committee  of  last  year,  and  for  the 
knowledge  and  experience  which  they  have  brought  to  its 
counsels.  But  the  conviction  remains,  that  for  the  annual 
examination  to  be  of  much  practical  use,  either  to  the 
Library-administration,  or  to  the  public  at  large,  there 
should  be  some  radical  change  in  the  construction  of  the 
Committee.  That  the  Committee  might  have  time  to  do 
something  more  than  merely  discover  its  own  functions 
before  it  becomes  extinct,  it  is  sufffjested  that  it  mi<xht  be 
well  to  appoint  the  next  committee  for  a  term  of  two  or 


Public  Library.  9 

three  years.  Or,  perhaps,  the  same  results  might  be  secured 
with  less  room  for  objection,  b}'^  appointing  a  committee  in 
three  divisions  or  classes  to  serve,  respectively,  for  one,  two, 
and  three  years,  —  one  class,  say  of  five  new  members,  being 
appointed  every  year.  Thus,  after  the  first  year,  a  majority 
of  the  committee  would  always  have  had  the  advantage  of 
experience,  and  the  incoming  members  would  have  the  benefit 
of  an  intelligent  introduction  to  their  work.  The  Committee 
make  this  suggestion  with  the  greater  confidence,  because  it 
is  found  that  former  committees  have  labored  under  the 
same  difficulties,  without  suggesting  any  measures  of  relief. 

First  in  its  importance  as  vindicating  its  name  by  bringing 
the  Library  most  extensively  and  closely  in  contact  with  the 
public,  your  Committee  regard  the  administration  of  the 
Lower  Hall. 

The  general  character  of  the  books  supplied  ;  the  method 
of  their  selection,  including  the  rules  governing  the  adoption 
and  rejection  of  books  ;  the  causes  which  control  the  demand 
for  books ;  the  people  who  take  them ;  the  qualifications 
prerequisite  to  the  use  of  the  library  ;  the  methods  of  issue  ; 
and  the  general  reading  taste  of  the  persons  using  the  Lower 
Hall,  have  been  thoughtfully  considered  ;  and  your  Com- 
mittee report  that  the  detail  of  the  management  is  of  so  high 
a  standard  as  to  leave  little  to  be  desired.  Difference  of 
opinion  must,  of  course,  exist  as  to  the  eligibility  of  any 
particular  book ;  but  if  those  who  have  such  decisions  in 
charge  err,  they  unquestionably  err  on  the  side  of  conserva- 
tism, which  is  undoubtedly  wise  when  we  consider  the  ulte- 
rior object  of  a  public  library.  As  to  the  rules  and  reg- 
ulations governing  the  home  use  of  books,  the  Committee 
find  them  as  liberal  as  is  consistent  with  the  welfiire  of  the 
Library  itself. 

Another  question,  however,  has  presented  itself  to  your 
Committee,  which  is  attended  with  greater  difficulties  ;  ^.e., 
how  the  number  of  persons  using  the  Lower  Hall  may  be 
increased,  and  its  usefulness  consequently  extended? 

Since  1879,  there  has  been  a  yearly  decrease  in  the  circu- 
lation of  Lower  Hall  books  for  home  use,  the  circulation  in 
1887  being  196,514  volumes  less  than  in  1879  ;  and  a  corre- 
sponding decrease  is  noticed  in  all  the  branch  libraries,  with 
the  single  exception  of  the  Dorchester  Branch.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  opposite  is  true  with  respect  to  hall  use,  with  the 
exception  of  the  Brighton  Branch.  In  this  context,  it  should 
be  said,  however,  that  the  present  year  will  show  an  improve- 
ment in  these  figures  when  the  statistical  report  is  completed. 
The  cause  of  this  decrease  is,  at  first  sight,  hard  to  compre- 
hend,  when  we  consider  that  it  is  in  no  wise  due  to  the 


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establishment  of  branch  libraries,  and  when  we  further  bear 
in  mind  that  the  population  of  the  city  was  369,832  in  1880, 
as  compared  with  425,000  (estimated)  in  1888.  Your  Com- 
mittee have  seriously  endeavored  to  determine  the  cause  of 
this  decrease  in  the  home  use  of  books,  and,  if  possible,  to 
suggest  a  remedy.  If  the  public  is  not  availing  itself  of 
the  Library,  the  chief  object  of  the  Library  is,  of  course, 
defeated.  In  the  opinion  of  the  Committee,  this  decrease  is 
due  to  a  multiplicity  of  causes,  among  which  may  be  men- 
tioned the  cheap  editions  of  books  now  offered  for  sale,  the 
cheap  rates  and  greater  convenience  of  circulating-libraries, 
the  estal)lishment  of  subscription  libraries,  the  withdrawal  of 
works  of  fiction  of  the  more  highly  colored  and  sensational 
sort  from  the  Library,  the  delay  which  must  necessarily 
exist  in  issuing  works  in  popular  demand,  in  consequence  of 
a  limited  supply ;  causes  which  detract  from  the  desire  for 
reading  on  the  part  of  the  general  public,  among  which  may 
be  mentioned  the  increasing  interest  in  out-door  sports ; 
and  lastly,  business  encroachments.  Your  Committee  be- 
lieves that  the  decrease  in  home  circulation  of  books  from 
the  Lower  Hall  is  due  to  a  combination  of  the  above  causes  ; 
and  would  further  say  that,  while  it  believes  the  exclusion 
of  books  by  certain  popular  authors  to  be  a  powerful  fiictor 
in  causing  this  decrease,  it,  nevertheless,  applauds  the  mo- 
tives which  have  prompted  such  exclusion,  and  wishes  to 
place  itself  on  record  as  believing  that  the  usefulness  of  the 
Librar}'  is  not  to  be  estimated  l)y  the  mere  numbers  of  its 
genernl  circulation.  After  careful  study,  we  find  but  one 
thing  to  recommend  in  the  matter;  viz.,  that  certain  books 
of  a  somewhat  higher  character,  and  which  are  now  only 
found  in  Bates  Hall,  should  be  provided  for  general  use  in 
the  Lower  Hall. 

The  examination  of  Bates  Hall  discloses  similar  facts. 

The  number  of  volumes  in  Bates  Hall  at  the  close  of  1888, 
in  approximate  figures,  was  300,000,  of  which  about  50,000 
are  in  the  special  collections, — Barton,  Ticknor,  Bowditch, 
etc.  The  circulation  of  this  library  for  1888  has  been  228,574 
volumes,  while  that  of  the  previous  year  was  200,053,  showing 
an  increase  of  28,521  volumes  for  the  year  just  closed,  —  a 
little  more  than  14  per  cent.  Coniparing  the  year  1888  with 
1878,  we  find  that  there  has  been  duiing  the  decade  an  in- 
crease of  nearly  50  per  cent,  in  the  number  of  volumes  in  the 
Library,  while  during  the  same  time  there  has  been  an  increase 
in  the  circulation  of  nearly  56  per  cent. 

Upon  examining  the  details  of  this  increase  in  circulation, 
which  is  a  very  gratifying  one  in  view  of  the  character  of 
this   noble   library,  the  Committee  are  impressed  with  the 


Public   Library.  11 

fact,  that  during  the  decade  the  home  use  of  these  volumes  has 
been  diminishing  almost  constantly  from  year  to  3'ear,  while 
the  hall  use  has  immensely  increased.  Thus  in  1878  we  find 
the  home  use  to  have  been  80,326  volumes,  and  the  hall  use 
<)6,670 ;  while  in  1887  the  home  use  was  only  61,183 
volumes,  and  the  hall  use  138,870. 

These  figures  show  that  the  Bates  Hall  library  is  becoming 
more  and  more  a  consulting  library  ;  and  it  is  perhaps  not  to 
be  regretted  that  this  is  so,  when  the  character  of  the  books 
is  taken  into  account,  and  also  the  fact  that  a  very  large 
number  of  the  volumes  are  not  allowed  to  go  out  of  the  hall, 
and  were  given  upon  that  condition. 

The  causes  which  have  already  been  mentioned  as  account- 
ing for  the  decrease  in  the  circulation  from  the  Lower  Hall, 
have  doubtless  operated  here  also,  to  a  greater  or  less  extent ; 
while  to  these  causes  must  be  added  the  fact  that  the  pos- 
scsj-ion  of  lai'ge  private  libraries  has  rapidly  increased  in  the 
community  during  the  period  under  consideration.  In  his 
little  monograph,  "A  Glance  at  Private  Libraries,"  published 
thirty  years  ago,  the  Rev.  Luther  Farnham  says,  "  There  are 
within  ten  miles  of  the  State  House  private  libraries  of  one 
thousand  volumes  and  upwards  each,  that  will  count  up  from 
two  hundred  thousand  to  three  hundred  thousand  volumes." 
If  an  estimate  were  to  be  made  to-day,  covering  the  same 
area,  another  cipher  certainly  would  have  to  be  added  to  the 
total.  And  this  may  be  legitimately  taken  as  one  of  the  beneti- 
cent  results  of  that  love  of  good  literature  which  Bates  Hall 
has  fostered  among  the  people.  It  has  done  much  to  make 
a  library  in  the  home  one  of  the  necessaries  of  life.  What  is  a 
natural  and  legitimate  consequence  —  a  state  of  things  indeed 
which  a  great  library  is  designed  to  bring  about  —  seems 
scarcely  to  call  for  correction  or  criticism.  Bates  Hall  will 
probably  become  more  and  more  a  library  of  reference. 

In  the  branch  libraries,  the  system  now  in  operation 
seems  to  be  efficient  in  answering  the  wants  and  needs  of  the 
public.  The  branches  generally  seem  to  be  well  supplied 
with  the  necessary  conveniences,  the  attendants  are  obliging 
and  interested  in  their  various  duties,  and  the  patrons  of  the 
Library  are  well  served. 

If  any  exceptions  are  to  be  made  to  this  statement,  per- 
haps the  North  and  South  End  Branches  in  the  city  proper 
may  be  regarded  as  not  fully  sharing  in  the  benefits  enumer- 
ated. The  North-End  Branch  has  accommodations  for  the 
public  —  for  reading  only  —  in  the  comparatively  narrow 
quarters  afforded  by  the  librar^'-room.  An  average  attend- 
ance of  one  hundred  persons  in  the  evening  would  seem  to 
indicate  that  if  opportunity  for  a  more  frequent  and  liberal  use 


12  City  Document  No.  13. 

of  the  library  were  permitted,  it  would  be  taken  advantage  of; 
and  the  question  arises  whether  the  circulation  of  books 
might  not  be  allowed  in  this  branch  as  in  the  others.  Your 
Committee  would  suggest,  under  the  rules,  that  such  circula- 
tion be  added  to  the  privileges  now  offered  by  this  branch. 

The  room  occupied  by  the  South-End  Branch  is  badly 
ventihited,  and,  your  Committee  think,  detrimental  to  the 
health  of  the  employees,  who  must  remain  from  morning 
till  night  breathing  a  vitiated  atmosphere,  with  no  ventila- 
tion, other  than  open  windows,  for  relief  from  steam-heat, 
so  difficult  to  regulate  ;  and  they  recommend  a  change  of 
quarters,  or  the  adoption  of  some  other  method  of  ventilation. 

In  the  general  administration  of  the  Library  and  its 
branches,  your  Committee  find  little  matter  for  unfavorable 
criticism,  and  much  to  commend.  The  devotion  to  their 
work,  and  to  the  best  interests  of  the  Library,  shown  by 
many  of  the  employees,  greatly  adds  to  the  value  of  their 
service.  The  constant  and  gratifying  growth  in  the  demand 
for  books  of  a  higher  character  has  been  undoubtedly  stimu- 
lated by  the  personal  efforts  of  the  librarians  in  advising  and 
assisting,  especially  the  younger  readers,  in  the  selection 
of  their  books.  None  of  the  salaries  paid  seems  too  high ; 
but  inequalities  exist,  and  in  some  instances  it  would  seem 
that  the  intelligence,  education,  and  the  character  of  the 
service  demanded,  should  be  entitled  to  greater  compensa- 
tion. As  it  is  understood  that  an  effort  is  to  be  made  to 
classify  the  employees  and  equalize  the  salaries,  the  Commit- 
tee refrain  from  making  a  more  detailed  statement. 

Your  Committee  would  suggest  that  an  application  be 
made  to  the  court  for  a  moditication  of  the  terms  of  the 
trust  under  the  will  of  Charlotte  Harris,  so  that  the  income 
from  that  fund  may  not  be  limited  to  the  purchase  of  books 
jiublished  |)ri()r  to  1850,  as  the  changed  conditions  of  the 
Charlestown  Branch  Library  make  such  a  moditication  very 
desirable.  And  the  Committee  would  further  reiterate  the 
suofjjestion  of  the  committee  of  last  year  touchine:  the  sale  of 
duplicates.  ( Vide  Thirty-sixth  Annual  Report  of  the 
Trustees,  p.  13.) 

Your  Committee  have  endeavored  to  "  take  in  some  of  the 
difficulties  which  surround  the  catalogue  department,"  and 
feel  that  no  words  of  j)raise  could  do  justice  to  the  quality  of 
the  work  done  in  that  department.  It  recognizes  the  restric- 
tions under  w^hich  even  its  most  necessary  work  is  often 
accomplished,  owing  to  limited  a[)propriations.  It  would, 
nevertheless,  venture  the  following  suggestions  for  the  con- 
sideration of  the  Trustees  :  — 

First.     That  the  system  of  cataloguing  the  books  in  the 


Public   Library.  13 

branch  libraries  be  enlarged  or  improved  by  issuing  printed 
catalogues  more  frequently ;  and  that,  if  possible,  in  the 
bulletins,  separate  pages  be  given  to  the  books  in  the  re- 
spective libraries. 

iSecond.  Whether  some  arrangement  could  not  be  made 
with  the  Congressional  Library,  or  with  other  libraries, 
whereby  the  large  expense  involved  in  cataloguing  the 
United  States  Public  Documents  by  our  Library  might  be 
shared  by  one  or  more  of  them. 

Third.  Whether,  in  view  of  the  removal  to  a  new  build- 
ing, it  is  expedient  to  provide  better  means  of  access  to  the 
card  catalogue  in  Bates  Hall ;  if  so,  that  some  architect  or 
other  skilled  person  be  consulted  with  a  view  to  securing,  if 
possible,  some  other  arrangement  of  the  drawers,  perhaps  by 
placing  them  in  a  gallery  built  for  the  purpose. 

Fourth.  That  some  means  be  taken  to  provide  better 
ventilation  for  the  catalogue-room. 

Fifth.  That  catalogues  already  printed  in  book  form, 
together  with  class-lists  to  be  hereafter  published,  should 
be  used  in  connection  with  a  supplementary  card  catalogue, 
the  full  catalogue  being  still  continued  for  occasional  refer- 
ence when  a  necessity  for  such  reference  arises. 

The  most  considerable  eflbrt  of  the  Library  to  bring  itself 
into  relation  with  the  public  schools  has  been  the  pupil-card 
system,  in  connection  with  the  two  upper  grades  of  the  gram- 
mar schools.  These  cards  are  granted  to  pupils  who  are  not 
old  enough  to  have  cards  of  their  own,  are  kept  in  the  cus- 
tody of  the  Library,  can  be  used  only  for  books  bearing  on 
some  subject  of  school  work,  and  are  revoked  when  the  pu- 
l)il  leaves  school  or  becomes  old  enough  to  have  an  ordinaiy 
citizen's  card.  In  using  these  cards  the  pupils  apply  for  a 
book  under  some  topic  upon  which  the  class  is  engaged.  The 
librarian  linds  a  suitable  book,  taking  into  account  the  aptitude 
of  the  pupil  and  the  resources  of  the  Library,  and  often  goes  so 
far  as  to  indicate  the  very  page  and  line  where  the  pupil  should 
begin  to  read.  It  is  also  possible  for  a  grammar-school  teacher 
to  take  out  a  dozen  or  more  books  at  a  time  for  illustrative  read- 
ing in  her  class.  The  number  of  books,  as  well  as  the  period 
for  which  they  are  lent,  is  a  matter  of  personal  agreement 
within  the  discretion  of  the  librarian.  The  policy  of  the 
Library  at  present  is  to  grant  teacliers  every  reasonable 
privilege  within  the  limits  set  by  the  just  demands  of  the 
public  ;  and  the  Committee  finds  much  to  commend,  not  only 
in  the  cordiality  of  that  attitude,  but  in  the  willing  and  in- 
telligent personal  service  of  the  oflEicials  whose  duty  it  is  to 
attend  to  these  matters.  It  seems  desirable,  however,  that 
there  should  be  some  formal  action  taken  by  the  Trustees  to 


14  City  Docu.mknt  No.   13. 

give  to  the  public  a  distinct  understanding  of  what  the 
Library  is  ready  to  do  in  cooperation  with  the  public  schools. 
A  meeting  of  the  high-school  teachers  of  Boston,  suggested 
by  the  inquiries  of  this  Committee,  was  held  on  Dec.  20,  1888, 
and  a  plan  was  formulated  by  them  for  cooperation  with  the 
Library.     The  plan  is  as  follows  :  — 

A.  The  high-school  teacher's  card.  This  card  would  be 
issued  to  any  public  high-school  teacher,  should  not  pre- 
clude the  possession  and  use  of  an  ordinary  citizen's  card  for 
miscellaneous  reading,  and  would  entitle  him  to  take  out 
four  books  at  a  time  and  keep  them  four  weeks  ;  if  the  book 
borrowed  should  not  be  called  for  during  that  period,  it  should 
be  subject  to  one  renewal.  This  card  would  be  used,  under 
such  further  regulations  as  the  Trustees  might  prescribe,  for 
books  treating  of  pedagogy,  or  for  any  other  books  which 
the  teacher  may  need  to  use  in  his  [)rivate  study,  with  the 
ultimate  aim  of  improving  his  teaching  work. 

I^.  The  high-school  pupil's  card.  One  card  of  this  kind 
should  be  issued  to  each  pupil,  to  enable  him  to  take  out, 
and  to  keep  for  two  weeks,  a  book  which  bears  upon  some 
subject  of  school-work.  Its  [)ossession  should  not  interfere 
with  the  possession  and  use  of  an  ordinary  citizen's  card  for 
miscellaneous  reading.  The  card  should  be  in  the  custody 
of  the  teacher,  and  its  use  subject  to  his  direction. 

Your  Committee  feel  that  these  suggestions  are  entitled  to 
careful  consideration,  and  would  be  glad  to  see  the  proposed 
plan  tried  by  the  Trustees. 

The  subject  of  the  relations  of  the  Library  to  applied 
science  and  technology  was  committed  to  our  fellow-com- 
mitteeman,  John  Heard,  Jr.,  Esq.,  whose  report,  too  valu- 
able to  be  abridged,  is  subjoined  entire  as  an  appendix, 
and  with  this  report  of  the  General  Committee  is  respectfully 
submitted. 

SA^I'L   E.    HERRICK, 
GEORGE   W.   EVANS, 
HAROLD   WILLIAMS, 
JOHN   F.    ANDREW, 
ARTHUR  B.   ELLIS, 
ELLEN   S.    HALE, 
ABBA   GOOLD   WOOLSON, 
JOHN    HEARD,   Jr., 
C.    ELLERY   STEDMAN, 
CHARLES   HENRY   PARKER, 
HARVEY  N.   SHEPARD, 
J.   WINGATE   ROLLINS, 
PHILIP   J.   DOHERTY. 

Note.  —  The  Rev.  Theodore  Metcalf,  a  member  of  the  Examining  Committee,  is 
absent  from  the  country. 


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To  the  Examining  Committee :  — 

Hitherto  the  branch  of  the  Library  devoted  to  the  literature 
of  science  and  technology  has  not  been  considered  as  a  special 
library  in  itself,  but  only  as  any  other  of  the  lesser  subdivisions 
of  the  whole.  No  especial  efforts  have  been  made  to  round 
it  out,  or  complete  it  in  any  definite  direction.  This  year, 
acting  upon  the  principle  that  a  defective  technical  depart- 
ment merely  suggests  new  questions  and  problems,  without 
explaining  them,  the  Trustees  have  determined  upon  a  more 
thorough  investigation  of  this  department,  inviting  such  sug- 
gestions as  would  enable  them  to  fill  out  and  complete  the 
excellent  skeleton  already  on  hand. 

Owing  to  inadequate  means,  the  acquisition  of  a  complete 
collection  of  works  on  science  and  technology  is  impossible ; 
it  therefore  seems  reasonable  to  limit  acquisitions  for  the  pres- 
ent to  such  works  as  will  fill  out  each  subdivision  of  the 
department  in  such  a  way  that  the  whole  ground  may  be  covered 
with  the  least  possible  repetition  or  duplication,  and  that  any 
subject  may  be  studied  through  all  its  developments  down  to 
date.  It  is  obvious  that,  for  general  purposes,  books  and 
references  relating  to  technical  applications  of  science  will 
prove  of  greater  value  to  those  consulting  the  Library  than 
books  of  pure  science  ;  and  that,  therefore,  the  Patent  Room 
should  be  considered  as  the  starting-point  of  this  department. 

After  the  United  States,  England,  Canada,  Germany,  and 
France  are  well  represented.  In  the  case  of  France,  printed 
specifications  only  reach  the  Library,  in  their  present  form, 
some  four  years,  or  thereabouts,  after  the  issue  of  the  patent. 
It  would  seem  as  though  there  must  exist  some  publication 
other  than  the  ones  at  present  received,  and  furnishing  infor- 
mation of  more  recent  date. 

Spain,  Italy,  Russia,  Mexico,  Chili,  and  Spanish  America, 
generally,  are  not  represented  in  any  way.  Considering  the 
large  proportion  of  American  energy,  enterprise,  and  capital  at 
present  invested  in  the  development  of  both  Russia  and  Spanish 
America,  it  would  seem  advisable  to  have  some  record  of 
their  official  recognition  and  protection,  especially  in  the 
case  of  the  adjacent  Republic. 

Australia  is  very  imperfectly  represented ;  and,  as  the 
conditions  of  its  development  are  very  similar  to  those 
governing  the  development  of  our  Western  States  and  Terri- 


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tories,  it  would  seem  as  though  the  official  publications  at 
least  should  be  within  our  reach  for  comparison  and  refer- 
ence. 

It  is  respectfully  submitted  that  the  Trustees  of  the  Library 
petition  the  proper  department  in  Washington  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  special  bureau  of  exchange,  whose  duty  it 
should  be  to  distribute  to  foreign  governments  a  certain  num- 
ber of  United  States  official  publications,  in  exchange  for  the 
same  number  of  their  own  publications  of  a  similar  nature  ; 
that  the  numlier  of  such  publications  be  so  adjusted  that, 
after  satisfying  the  Government  offices  in  Washington,  there 
remain  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  for  distribution  through- 
out the  United  States  to  large  libraries,  and  the  more  important 
universities  ;  and  that  this  bureau  be  instructed  to  notify  for- 
eign correspondents  of  non-arrival  of  documents,  when  such 
shall  be  delayed  beyond  a  certain  limit.  This  system  of  in- 
ternational exchange  is  admitted  in  principle,  and  the  Smith- 
sonian Institute  receives  a  certain  number  of  documents  for 
distribution  ;  Init  the  returns  are  certainly  very  incomplete, 
and  prove  a  lack  of  systematic  organization,  which  would  be 
obviated  by  intrusting  all  such  transactions  to  a  single  bureau 
under  one  competent  head. 

As  a  room  of  reference,  the  Patent  Koom  in  its  present 
arrangement  cannot  be  said  to  be  satisfactory.  It  may  be 
sufficient  for  a  lawyer  looking  up  a  reference  to  have  access  to 
the  official  record,  only  for  the  sake  of  the  wording  of  a 
specification ;  but  the  technical  man  must  follow  the  patent 
down  through  its  practical  ap}ilications,  and  the  records  of 
these  are  scattered  through  many  scientific  and  technical 
periodicals  which  he  must  consult  one  after  another,  often 
being  obliged  to  turn  to  one  hundred  volumes  in  developing 
a  single  reference.  To  do  this  without  having  the  volumes 
within  easy  reach  is  out  of  the  question,  and  the  undersigned 
could  mention  many  who  would  not  on  any  account  consult 
the  Library,  on  the  plea  that  they  cannot  afford  the  time. 
With  the  present  lack  of  room  this  evil  cannot  be  remedied ; 
but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  in  the  new  building  this  important 
branch  of  the  Library  will  be  so  arransfed  as  to  be  easily  acces- 
sible.  With  comparatively  moderate  additions,  it  could  be 
made  one  of  the  very  first  special  libraries  in  this  country ; 
and  to  all  who  have  been  able  to  appreciate  its  resources  it 
must  be  a  matter  of  regret  that  at  present  its  usefulness  should 
be  so  seriously  impaired. 

A  list  of  the  more  important  books  required  to  round  out 
this  department  is  being  prepared,  and  for  the  sake  of 
guiding  the  Conunittee  on  Acquisitions  they  are  numbered 
in  classes,  according  to  their  importance.    A  few  of  the  more 


Public  Library.  17 

useful  periodicals  are  wanting  on  the  present  list  in  the  Lower 
Hall,  but  as  they  are  few  in  number  it  is  to  be  hoped  they 
may  speedily  be  procured. 

It  is  also  suggested  that  periodicals  be  divided  into 
two  large  classes,  —  the  popular  and  the  special ;  and  that 
some  steps  be  taken  towards  inviting  the  better  class  of 
artisans  to  consult  these  special  periodicals  regularly.  The 
prosperity  of  this  country  depends  largely  on  its  technical 
development,  and  the  ingenuity  of  the  American  artisan  is 
proverbial :  he  is  ambitious,  intelligent,  and  eager  for  infor- 
mation ;  but  as  a  rule  he  is  not  qualified  for  the  proper  under- 
standing of  special  books  or  treatises.  Accustomed  to  tools, 
he  is  afraid  of  books,  though  he  takes  readily  to  periodicals  ; 
and  through  these  he  could  be  educated  up  to  those.  Except- 
ing to  a  comparatively  small  proportion,  the  importance  of 
theLiI)rary  is  awful,  and  they  hesitate  to  try  the  experiment. 
Most  of  them  do  not  even  know  that  the  information  they 
lack  is  within  their  reach ;  and  the  undersigned  is  of  the 
opinion  that  the  Library  might  do  much  to  extend  its  sphere 
of  education  in  this  direction.  The  best  method  of  carrying 
out  this  project  he  does  not  pretend  to  suggest  or  know  ; 
but  he  believes  the  subject  to  be  one  of  sufficient  importance 
to  warrant  the  consideration  of  the  Trustees,  and  also  some 
discussion  and  correspondence  with  other  libraries  that  have 
endeavored  to  put  some  such  plan  into  operation. 

The  simple  subdivision  of  periodicals,  as  suggested  above 
(the  hall  being  equally  divided),  would  class  the  readers  of 
special  papers  by  themselves,  and  give  them  at  the  very  out- 
set the  feeling  of  being  among  fellows,  put  them  at  their  ease, 
and  this  first  step  gained,  the  rest  would  follow. 

The  inadequate  funds  at  the  disposal  of  the  Trustees  render 
the  extension  of  this  scheme  of  education  to  the  branches 
impracticable  at  present.  Yet  it  seems  probable  that  if 
special  periodicals  could  be  procured  for  them,  —  and,  in  cer- 
tain cases,  these  periodicals  could  be  taken  away  overnight, 
the  branches  might  prove  better  channels  for  the  dissemina- 
tion of  information  of  this  character  than  even  the  Central 
Library  itself. 

JOHN    HEARD,   Jr. 


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LIBRARIAN'S  REPORT. 

To  the  Trustees :  — 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  Librarian,  at  the  close  of  each  Library 
year,  to  report  to  the  Trustees,  in  writing,  upon  the  condi- 
tion, management,  and  increase  of  the  Library  and  its 
branches,  and  to  recommend  sucli  measures  as  will,  in  his 
judgment,  extend  its  usefulness.  Agreeably  thereto,  I  here- 
with respectfully  submit  my  report  for  the  year  ending 
December  31,  1888,  together  with  tables  of  statistics  in 
detail :  — 

Growth  of  the  Library. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  1888  the  Library  and  its 
branches  contained  492,956  volumes.  Since  then  14,760 
volumes  have  been  added  by  purchase,  and  3,192  by  gift, — 
in  all  17,952  volumes.  After  deducting  the  books  con- 
demned and  lost,  the  net  increase  remains  12,916  volumes; 
so  that  at  the  close  of  the  year  the  Library  contains  505,872 
volumes.  For  the  purchase  of  books  there  was  appropriated 
$17,000  ;  the  permanent  funds  yielded  $7,148,  and  J.  Inger- 
soll  Bovvditch,  Esq.,  as  for  the  ten  preceding  years  he  had 
done,  gave  to  the  Trustees  $500  for  the  purchase  of  books 
to  be  added  to  the  mathematical  library  of  the  late  Nathaniel 
Bowditch,  LL.D. 

The  sum  ajjpropriated  by  the  city  is  applied  chiefly  to  the 
purchase  of  books  of  a  popular  character,  and  the  proceeds 
of  the  funds  to  purchase  such  classes  of  books  as  were  indi- 
cated by  the  donors.  No  difficidty  has  arisen  except  in 
respect  to  the  fund  established  by  Charlotte  Harris,  Avho 
restricted  the  purchase  of  books  for  the  Charlestown  Branch 
to  those  published  before  1850.  As  in  all  the  branch 
libraries,  so  at  Charlestown,  the  books  most  in  demand  are 
popular  books  in  the  English  language  ;  but  to  find  such 
works  published  before  1850  has  been  difficult,  if  not  im- 
practicable. The  result  is,  that  that  libi-ary  is  tilling  up  with 
literature  that  nobod}^  calls  for.  This  difficulty  grows  with 
the  years,  and  will  prove  to  be  serious  unless  some  modifica- 
tion of  the  will  can  be  obtained. 

The  additions  for  1888,  although  large  in  number  and 
important  in  strengthening  the  general  collection,  include 
less  fhan  the  usual  number  of  monumental  or  extraordinary 
works.     The  subjoined  list,  as  furnished  by  Mr.  Griffin,  the 


Public  Library.  19 

custodian  of  the  shelves,  is  typical  of  the  most  noteworthy 
accessions :    The    Hunterian  club    publications,    comprising 
the  complete  works  of  Lodge,  Rowlands,  and  other  seven- 
teenth-century writers,  — a  timely  purchase,  as  the  club  has 
ceased  its  work,  and   after  supplying  copies  to  subscribers 
will  withdraw  the  remainder  from  sale  ;   the  collections  of 
the   "  Ayrshire   and    Galloway    archaeological    association," 
comprising  charters  of  abbeys,  burghs,  etc.  :  "  Annuaire  de 
la  Societe  francaise  de  numismatique  et  d'archeologie,"  1866— 
88  ;  Burns's  "Coinage  of  Scotland,"  3  vols,  quarto,  sumptu- 
ously illustrated;  Cockerill,  J.,  "  Portefeuille  de  J.  Cocker- 
ill,"   8    vols,     folio,    containing    descriptions    of    machinery 
constructed   at    Seraing-on-the-Meuse,    the    most    extensive 
iron-foundry  and  machine  manufactory  on  the  Continent,  or 
perhaps  in  the   world ;  Colli  not  and  Beaumont,  "  Encyclo- 
pedic des  arts  decoratifs  de  I'Orient,"  6  vols,  folio,  devoted 
to  the  art  of  Persia,  Arabia,  Turkey,  Japan,  China,  Venice, 
respectively;  Delisle,  "  Album  paleographique  "  ;  Dieulafoy, 
"L'art  antique   de    la  Perse,"  4  vols,    folio:  "Espaiia  ;  sus 
monumentosy  artes," — a  collection  of  19  volumes  descriptive 
of  various  districts  of  Spain,  finely  illustrated  ;  "  Les  grands 
maitres  de  la  Renaissance,"  containing  engraved  re|)roduc- 
tions  from  the  Italian  masters  ;  "  Ladies'  cabinet  of  fashion  " 
for   1832-46,  valuable  for  its  costume  plates ;  Martini  and 
Chemnitz,  "  Systematisches  Conchylien-Cabinet,"   64  vols., 
still  in  course  of  publication  ;  "  Mittheilungen  des  Deutschen 
archreologischen    Instituts   in  Athen,"  1876-87,  devoted  to 
classical  archjeology  ;  "  Mittheilungen  aus  der  Sammlung  der 
Papyrus  Erzherzog  Rainer,"  4  vols.  ;  Morandiere  "Traite  de 
la  construction  des  ponts  et  viaducs  enpierre,  en  charpente  et 
en  metal,"  3  vols,  folio,  with  large  plates  of  details  of  rail- 
road engineering ;  Racinet,  "  Le  costume  historique"  ;  Revil- 
lout,  "  Corpus  Papyrorum  ^gypti  "  ;  "  Societe  de  I'histoire  du 
protestantisme  fran^ais,"  Bulletin,  36  vols.     The  library  has 
also  acquired  during  the  year  a  valuable  collection  of  geneal- 
ogies of  Scottish  families,  comprising  24  volumes  in  quarto. 
They  were  in  most  cases  published  privately. 

The  expenditure  of  the  income  of  by  far  the  greatest  part 
of  the  funds  for  the  purchase  of  books  for  Bates  Hall  is  re- 
stricted by  their  several  donors  to  books  of  "  permanent 
value,"  and  in  one  case,  preferably,  to  "books  on  govern- 
ment and  political  economy  "  ;  and  there  are  three  collections, 
which  grow  from  the  increase  of  funds  or  by  donations, 
strictly  applied  to  prescribed  classes  of  literature.  The  first 
is  the  Ticknor  fund,  for  the  purchase  of  "  books  in  Spanish  and 
Portuguese,  five  years  old  in  some  one  edition  "  ;  the  second, 
the  Bowditch  gift  for  pure  and  applied  mathematics ;  and, 


20  City  Document  No.  13. 

thirdly,  the  Green  fund  for  books  relating  to  American  his- 
tory. Mr.  Ticknor's  restriction  was  intended  to  prevent 
the  inadvertent  purchase  of  any  book  which  has  not  given 
evidence  of  vitality  by  survival  for  a  half  decade  ;  and  it  has 
also  allowed  such  an  accumulation  of  the  income  of  his  fund 
as  enables  the  Trustees  to  purchase  some  of  the  more  costly 
works  of  which  he  had  been  unable  to  find  copies,  but  which 
are  now  from  time  to  time  appearing  in  the  market.  Of  such 
works  he  left  a  considerable  list.  Eighty-seven  volumes  have 
been  purchased,  the  rarest  being  the  "  Tratado  de  re  militari," 
by  Diego  de  Salazar,  1536;  the  Dialogos  de  la  phantastica 
philosophia,  of  Francisco  Miranda  Yillafaiie,  Salamanca, 
1582  ;  Las  quatorze  decadas  de  Tito  Livio,  Zaragoza.  1520; 
the  Kefranes  of  Hernan  Nuiiez  de  Guzman,  Salamanca, 
1578  ;  and  the  Historia  de  la  fundacion  y  discurso  de  la 
provincia  de  Santiago  de  Mexico  de  la  orden  de  Predicadores, 
by  AugustinDavila  Padilla,  Brusselas,  1625.  Several  inter- 
esting Mexican  and  South  American  books  have  recently 
been  acquired  l)y  the  Library;  also,  the  new  translation  of 
Don  Quixote  by  H.  E.  Watts.  The  Bowditch  collection  has 
been  increased  by  numerous  purchases,  including  that  of 
eighty  volumes  of  the  British  Nautical  Almanac,  making 
the  set  nearly  complete  from  the  year  1769. 

The  Green  collection  of  "Frankliniana "  has  received  a 
notable  addition.  William  S.  Appleton,  Esq.,  who  has  in 
many  ways  Ijeen  serviceable  to  the  Library,  and  especially 
in  adding  many  rare  engraved  portraits  and  prints  of  Franklin 
to  it,  in  January,  1888,  wrote  to  the  Lil)rarian  from  Paris  as 
follows  :  "  There  is  a  small  collection  for  sale  here  which  ought 
to  l)e  in  America,  and  nowhere  better  than  in  our  Public 
Library.  It  comes  from  the  family  of  Dupre,  the  artist  of 
many  of  our  medals.  It  consists  of  some  of  his  original 
drawings,  models,  dies,  and  essays  relating,  if  I  am  not  mis- 
taken, wholly  to  the  work  done  on  medals  for  the  United 
States,  and  more,  in  fact,  to  the  medal  of  Franklin  than  per- 
haps any  other."  The  Librarian  lost  no  time  in  laying  this 
communication  l)eforc  the  Trustees,  and,  with  their  jjcr- 
mission,  before  Dr.  Green,  who  not  only  readily  consented, 
but  ap})roved  of  the  application  of  the  income  of  the  fund  he 
had  established  to  the  purchase  of  this  collection.  It  was 
purchased,  and  may  be  described  as  follows,  though  without 
the  skill  of  a  medalist :  — 

Tavo  white  metal  proofs,  obverse  of  a  Franklin  medal  by 
Dupre.  Bust  of  Franklin  facing  the  left ;  legend,  Benjamin 
Franklin  natus  Boston  xvii  Jan.  mdccvi.  Diameter,  2 
centimetres.  AYith  these  proofs  is  the  steel  die  from  which 
they  were  struck.     One  of  these  proofs  is  enclosed  in  a  small 


Public  Library.  21 

black  frame,  and  with  it  is  a  proof  of  the  reverse  of  an  oval 
medal,  bearing  the  arms  of  the  Franklins,  having  for  a  crest 
a  temple,  with  a  rod  drawing  lightning  from  a  cloud  ;  legend 
on  the  shield.  In  simpUci  salus,  and  another  below,  Dieu  et 
la  Liberie;  a  palm-branch  on  the  left  of  the  shield,  an  olive- 
branch  on  the  right.  Size:  height,  3  centimetres;  wddth, 
2.3  centimetres. 

The  Franklin  medals,  with  differing  reverses.  These  are 
described  in  J.  F.  Loubat's  "  Medallic  history  of  the  United 
States,"  pages  93  and  95,  and  figured  in  plates  15  and  1(3. 
These  measure  4.5  centimetres  in  diameter. 

Bronze  medallion  portrait  in  profile  of  Franklin,  facing  the 
right;  height,  7.5  centimetres.  This  bust  shows  the  shirt- 
frill  and  five  buttons  on  the  coat.  It  is  fastened  upon  an  oval 
piece  of  fine  marble,  enclosed  in  a  gilt-bronze  frame,  12.3 
centimetres  high,  30  centimetres  wide.  Above  the  bust  is 
a  gilt  crown,  with  seven  stars  on  the  band,  and  sprigs,  one 
each,  of  oak  and  olive.  Below  the  bust  is  a  gilt  scroll,  bear- 
ing the  W'Ord  Franklin.  This  profile  portrait  resembles  no 
one  of  the  Franklin  portraits  in  the  collection  belonging  to 
the  Public  Lil)rary,  but  it  has  a  marked  resemblance  to  the 
medallion  portrait  in  "  bisque"  described  below. 

Bisque  medallion  portrait  of  Franklin.  The  portrait  faces 
the  right;  height  5.3  centimetres;  it  shows  the  shirt-frill  and 
four  buttons  on  the  coat.  It  has  a  close  resemblance,  although 
reduced  in  size,  to  the  bronze  medallion  portrait  described 
above.  The  medallion  is  round,  with  a  diameter  of  9  centi- 
metres. It  is  o-jlded  on  the  edofe,  and  has  two  gilt  bands  on 
the  raised  border.  On  the  back,  apparently  put  on  before 
baking,  is  a  mark  like  the  following  :  — 


^ 
^ 


The  original  design  in  pencil  by  Aug.  Dupre,  for  what 
is  generally  known  as  the  Franklin  Medal.  Obverse  :  —  bust 
of  Franklin  fiicing  the  left;  legend,  Benj.  Franklin,  minis. 

PLEN.     DES      EtATS     UnIS     DE     l'AmERIQUE.         MDCCLXXXIII. 

Reverse  :  winged  tiying  figure,  with  a  rod  surmounted  by  a 
Phrygian  cap  in  his  right  hand,  pointing  w'ith  left  to  a  temple 
in  right  background,  on  which  a  rod  is  drawing  lightning  from 
a  cloud,  his  right  foot  spurning  a  broken  crown  and  sceptre  ; 
legend,  Je  vole  a  V immortalite .  The  size  of  the  design  is  9 
centimetres.     Stamped    in  blue  ink  below,  A.  Dupre,  fecit. 


22  City  Document  No.  13. 

Dupr^'s  Franklin  medal  appears  in  two  forms,  in  which 
the  obverse  is  the  same,  but  the  reverse  differs.  These  dif- 
ferences have  been  noted  in  describing  the  copies  in  this  col- 
lection. The  above  design  for  the  reverse  was  modified 
somewhat  before  the  die  was  cut.  On  the  medal  the  figure 
is  representing  as  standing,  instead  of  flying,  and  for  the 
legend,  Je  vole,  etc.,  was  substituted  the  Latin  verse  by  Tur- 
got,  Eripvit,  etc. 

Proofs  in  white  metal  of  the  obverse  and  reverse  of  the 
medal  given  to  Washington,  in  commemoration  of  the  evac- 
uation of  Boston,  the  gold  original  of  which  by  Du  Viviet 
is  in  possession  of  the  Public  Library.  The  legend  of  the 
obverse  proof  diflfers  from  that  on  the  sold  medal  in  having 
IT'S  instead  of  Y's ;  for  instance,  DUCI  for  DVCI,  etc. 
These  proofs  are  enclosed  in  a  black  frame.  Above  them  is 
a  proof  struck  in  thin  white  metal,  bearing  a  head  of 
Washington  facing  the  left,  with  the  legend,  Georgius 
Washington.      Its  diameter  is  4  centimetres. 

A  copy  in  bronze  of  the  medal  by  Dupre,  struck  in  com- 
memoration of  Gen.  Daniel  Morgan's  victor}'  at  Cowpens. 
Described  by  Loubat,  in  his  "  Medallic  History  of  the  United 
States,"  page  40,  and  figured  in  page  8.  With  this  are  the 
raised  steel  dies  for  both  the  obverse  and  reverse.  There  is 
also  in  wax  on  a  plate  of  slate  an  enlarged  copy  of  the 
reverse,  with  a  diameter  of  12  centimetres. 

The  dies  for  the  obverse  and  reverse  of  the  Diplomatic 
medal,  with  the  legend,  To  Peace  and  Commerce.  This  is 
described  by  Loubat  on  page  115,  and  figured  in  plate  19. 
The  die  for  the  obverse  is  damaged,  the  edge  bearing  the  part 
"  To  P"  of  the  legend  being  broken  off.  With  these  is  the 
raised  die  with  the  figures  of  America  and  Mercury,  for  the 
obverse.  There  is  also  a  round  medallion  in  plaster  with 
these  same  figures  and  in  intaglio.  Its  diameter  is  28  oenti- 
metres. 

A  copy  in  bronze  of  the  medal  voted  to  Gen.  Xathaniel 
Greene  for  the  victory  at  Eutaw  Springs,  described  by 
Loubat  on  page  50,  and  figured  in  plate  11. 

A  l)ronze  medal  struck  in  commemoration  of  the  surrender 
of  the  British  armies  at  Saratoga  and  Yorktown,  with  legend, 
LinKRTAS  Americana.  This  medal  is  fully  described  by 
Loubat  on  page  86,  and  figured  in  plate  14.  With  this 
medal  are  copies  of  the  obverse  and  reverse  in  plaster,  the 
figures  and  legends  gilded,  enclosed  in  gilt-l)ronzc  frames. 

A  copy  in  bronze  of  the  medal  voted  to  Com.  John  Paul 
Jones.  Described  by  Loubat  on  page  97,  and  figured  in 
plate  17. 

With  this  is  a  bronze  medallion  portrait  of  Com.  Jones. 


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The  bust  faces  the  right;  height,  7.5  centimetres.  The 
diameter  of  the  medallion  is  9  centimetres.  On  the  back  is 
scratched,  Dupre  f.  It  need  not  be  said  that  this  collection, 
as  such,  as  well  as  in  many  particular  articles  of  it,  is  unique, 
and  of  great  historical  and  artistic  value.  Also,  what  is 
scarcely  of  less  interest  in  Boston,  the  original  of  the  pencil 
sketch  of  Dupre's  Franklin,  and  a  bronze  medallion  portrait, 
apparently  unknown  to  medalists.  These,  with  the  other 
medals,  dies,  essays,  etc.,  above  described,  lay  the  founda- 
tion for  a  collection  of  American  medals  which  cannot  be 
equalled. 

Accessions  by  Gift. 

The  accessions  to  the  Library  by  gift  have  been  3,192  vol- 
umes, and  9,166  pamphlets,  from  1,065  diiferent  persons 
or  associations,  the  more  considerable  being  as  follows : 
from  the  Rev.  C.  D.  Bradlee,  36  volumes,  896  pamphlets ; 
Estate  of  Mrs.  J.  J.  Dixwell,  274  volumes,  148  pamphlets; 
J.  P.  Earvvaker,  of  Pensarn,  North  Wales,  6  volumes  of  the 
"  Court  Leet  records  of  the  Manor  of  Manchester ;  "  Dr. 
Oliver  AYendell  Holmes,  238  volumes,  32  pamjjhlets  ;  Abbott 
Lawrence,  6  volumes,  214  pamphlets  ;  Estate  of  Charles  E. 
F.  Lyon,  170  volumes,  116  pamphlets;  Mrs.  li.  Anne 
Nichols,  86  volumes ;  Mrs.  Otis  Norcross,  144  volumes,  34 
pamphlets  ;  the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  2  volumes  of  the 
"  Annals  of  the  House  of  Percy  ; "  the  City  of  Paris,  2  vol- 
umes of  the  "  Histoire  generale  de  Paris ; "  Estate  of  Na- 
thaniel G.  Parker,  74  volumes,  121  pamphlets  ;  the  Dowager 
Lady  Vernon,  Lord  Vernon's  edition  of  Dante,  in  4  volumes  ; 
E.  H.  AVare,  98  volumes,  326  pamphlets. 

Of  these  gifts,  that  of  Mrs.  R.  Anne  Nichols  is  of  great 
value.  She,  and  her  sister,  Caroline  Coddington  Thayer, 
from  time  to  time  have  added  to  the  donation  of  their  sister, 
Eliza  R.  Thayer,  making  what  is  now  called  the  Thayer  col- 
lection, one  of  the  most  important  gifts  yet  made  to  the 
lil^rary. 

Samuel  H.  Russell,  Esq.,  has  given  two  volumes  of  more 
than  ordinary  interest,  one  of  which  is  entitled  "  Prodigiorum 
ac  Ostentorum  Chronicon  .  .  .  conscriptum  per  Conradum 
Lycosthenem,  Basiieae,  M.D.LVH."  The  other  is  "The 
Censor,"  a  periodical  which  began  to  be  published  in  Boston, 
though  not  so  stated  in  the  volume  itself,  Nov.  23,  1771, 
and  was  discontinued  with  the  number  dated  May  2,  1772. 
In  its  complete  form  this  copy  is  thought  to  be  unique.  It 
was  an  organ  of  the  loyalists,  and  among  its  contributors 
were  Lieutenant-Governor  Oliver,  and  Dr.  Benjamin  Church, 
a  reputed  Whig,  but,  probably,  at  that  time  a  sympathizer 


24  City  Document  No.   13. 

with  the  preroirative  party.  Some  of  the  papers  are  written 
with  great  ability,  and  state  the  principles  of  the  loyalists 
at  their  best. 

The  Baeton  Catalogue. 

The  printing  of  the  catalogue  of  the  miscellaneous  part  of 
the  Barton  Library  was  completed  just  before  the  close  of 
the  year,  and  the  volume  is  now  ready  for  delivery  to  the 
public.  The  first  part,  published  in  1880,  contained  the 
works  of  Shakespeare,  and  printed  matter  relating  to  him, 
including  all  similar  works  in  the  general  collection  of  the 
Public  Library.  This  catalogue  of  227  pages  and  2,400 
titles  was  well  received  by  Shakespearian  scholars,  both  here 
and  abroad.  The  catalogue  of  the  remaining  or  miscel- 
laneous part  of  the  Barton  Lilirary,  now  finished,  is  a  volume 
of  631  pages.  It  is  rich  in  dramatic  literature,  and  the  his- 
tory of  the  stage,  including  plays  of  the  early  English 
dramatists  separately  published,  or  in  the  best  collections, 
together  with  fugitive  tracts  upon  the  stage,  particularly 
those  issued  during  the  Jeremy  Collier  controvers}' ;  reprints 
of  early  mysteries  and  miracle  plays  in  English  and  French, 
Spanish  autos  sacrameutales,  and  representative  works  of 
the  (ierman,  Spanish,  and  Italian  dramatists.  In  history  will 
be  found  early  English  chronicles,  French  memoirs,  tracts 
printed  during  the  French  revolution  of  1789,  with  works 
ui)on  the  discovery  and  settlement  of  America.  Among 
books  of  voyages  and  travels  are  the  collections  of  Harris 
and  Ilakluyt,  a  fine  copy  of  De  Bry's  voyages.  Of 
])oetry  there  are  first  editions  of  many  separate  poems  by 
English  poets,  their  complete  works,  and  the  standard  col- 
lections, the  works  of  the  classic  poets  of  France  in  fine 
editions,  with  many  examples  of  the  early  French  and 
Provencal  poets.  In  the  classical  portion,  the  Greek  and 
Latin  authors  appear  in  the  best  critical  editions  attainable 
when  the  collection  was  made.  INlany  examples  of  fine 
typography,  of  exquisite  illustrations,  and  of  tasteful  as  well 
as  of  quaint  bindings  give  a  distinctive  character  to  the 
collection. 

Catalogue  Department. 

]Mr.  Whitney,  the  chief  of  the  Catalogue  Department, 
rei)orts  that  during  the  past  year  37,028  volumes  and  pam- 
})hlets  have  been  catalogued  [25,098  volumes,  8,39G  pam- 
phlets, 2,451  parts  of  volumes,  1,083  Congressional  docu- 
ments]. Of  these,  7,929  volumes  were  sent  to  the  branch 
libraries.  Ninety-six  thousand  four  hundred  and  seventy- 
nine  cards  have  been  added  to  the  various  card  catalogues. 
Satisfactory  progress  has  been  made   in  preparing   special 


Public  Library.  25 

card  catalogues  at  the  branch  libraries  for  the  use  of  the 
public.  For  this  purpose  35,929  cards  have  been  copied, 
mostly  by  the  officers  at  these  libraries,  during  the  past 
eighteen  months. 

The  completion  of  the  catalogue  of  the  miscellaneous  por- 
tion of  the  Barton  collection  Ijy  Mr.  J.  F.  Garret,  assisted 
by  Mr.  Arthur  M.  Knapp,  has  already  been  mentioned. 
Mr.  Griffin's  Index  of  articles  on  American  local  history 
contained  in  historical  collections,  which  has  been  issued 
serially  in  numbers  of  the  "Bulletin,"  will  soon  be  pub- 
lished in  a  separate  volume.  A  Supplementary  printed 
catalogue  of  the  East  Boston  branch  library  is  nearly  ready 
for  the  press.  The  Bulletins  of  new  books  have  been 
printed  as  usual,  and  the  Index  of  Congressional  documents 
has  been  continued. 

Mr.  William  H.  Foster  died  November  2,  1888,  after  a 
faithful  service  of  nearly  thirty  years  in  this  library.  The 
catalogues  of  the  Lower  Hall  and  branch  libraries  give 
proof  of  his  painstaking  and  accurate  work.  His  uncom- 
pleted work  of  a  historical  catalogue  of  the  Lower  Hall  has 
been  taken  up  and  will  be  carried  forward  by  the  regular 
force  of  the  department. 

The  Alcoves. 

The  custodian  of  the  shelves,  Mr.  Griffin,  has  been  driven 
to  many  expedients  for  some  years  past  to  find  room  for  new 
accessions  to  the  Library  ;  and  when  it  became  apparent  that 
relief  in  the  new  building  would  be  available  in  not  less  than 
three  years,  it  became  necessary  to  resort  to  radical  meas- 
ures, which  have  been  approved. 

It  is  proposed  to  transfer  the  Patent  Library  to  the  Fine 
Art  Room,  and  shelve  the  present  Patent  Room  for  Bates 
Hall  books ;  to  make  use  of  the  gallery  of  the  Lower  Hall, 
now  occupied  by  the  pamphlets,  and  to  place  a  book-stack 
in  the  room  over  the  Lower  Hall  delivery  room,  used  for 
the  storage  of  duplicate  periodicals.  To  make  practica- 
ble the  use  of  this  gallery  it  becomes  necessary  to  arrange 
for  the  pamphlets,  and,  to  accomplish  this,  the  custodian 
recommends  that  the  practice  of  making  up  pamphlet  vol- 
umes be  abandoned,  and  that  each  pamphlet  should  have 
a  separate  binding,  so  as  to  obviate  the  necessity  of  keeping 
the  collection  until  a  sufficient  number  of  a  certain  subject  had 
been  gathered,  and  he  gives  it  as  his  opinion  that  the  additions 
to  the  liljrary  for  the  next  two  or  three  years  will  be  pro- 
vided for  at  a  comparatively  small  expense,  and  with  the 
least  interruption  of  the  scheme  of  classification.     Of  course 


26  City  Document  No.  13. 

this  will  delay  the  delivery  of  books  called  for,  owing  to  the 
remoteness  of  the  above-mentioned  rooms.  The  appropria- 
tion of  the  Fine  Art  Room  for  the  Patent  Library  may  interfere 
somewhat  with  the  use  of  that  room  by  ladies,  but  it  is  hoped 
that  the  inconvenience  will  not  prove  serious.  The  transfer  of 
the  newspapers  in  the  work-room  to  some  other  locality,  and 
the  use  of  that  room  for  the  Bowditch  collection,  may  become 
necessary,  but  there  would  be  great  difficulty  in  providing 
another  convenient  place  for  them.  The  sections  most 
pressed  for  space  are  those  devoted  to  American,  English, 
and  Oriental  history,  social  science,  and  the  natural  sciences. 
The  late  additions  of  American  and  English  works  already 
occupy  alcoves  originally  assigned  to  other  subjects,  but  so 
arranged  that  when  transferred  to  the  new  building  they  may 
be  placed  in  their  proper  position,  with  the  main  part  of  the 
works  on  their  respective  subjects.  These  and  the  pro- 
spective disarrangements  of  the  books,  on  account  of  the 
insufficient  room  in  the  present  building,  will  cause  some 
difficulty  in  the  prompt  delivery  of  l)ooks,  but  the  effort  will 
be  made  to  reduce  the  necessary  delay  to  the  smallest  limit. 

CiRCULATIOX. 

The  highest  circulation  of  the  whole  Library  was  in  the 
library  year  1877-8,  when  it  reached  the  number  of  1,183,- 
931,  and  the  lowest  for  the  year  1887,  when  it  fell  off  to 
934,593,  — a  loss  of  249,398  volumes.  The  circulation  of 
Bates  Hall,  on  the  other  hand,  has  increased,  in  the  same 
period,  from  146,996  to  200,053.  These  figures  show  that 
the  loss  has  been  in  the  popular  part  of  the  Library,  and,  in 
general  terms,  may  be  accounted  for  in  the  policy  of  the 
Trustees  of  not  replacing  a  class  of  literature  which  fell  below 
what  seemed  to  them  the  proper  standard  for  a  public 
library.  This  seems  to  be  justified  by  the  increase  of  the  cir- 
culation during  the  last  year,  in  both  departments  of  the  Li- 
brary, of  79,254,  as  appears  from  the  following  figures  :  — 


Whole 
NumbtT. 

Bates  Hall. 

Popular 
Departments. 

1,013,847 

228,524 

785,273 

934,593 

200,053 

734,540 

1888      .... 
1887      .... 

Increase      .         .         .  79,254        28,471        50,733 

The  whole  loss  from  1877-8  has  not  yet  been  made  up, 
but  at  the  rate  of  increase  for  the  last  library  year  (which 
has  been  continued  since  the  date  and  the  writing  of  this  re- 
port), it  will  soon  be,  and  the  standard  of  books  circulated 
kept  up. 


Public  Library.  27 

In  connection  with  this  subject  I  call  attention  to  what 
seems  to  me  a  very  encouraging  fact,  viz.,  the  increased  hall- 
use  of  books  reported  from  nearly  all  the  branches,  as  well  as 
in  the  Central  Library.  This  indicates  a  growing  disposition, 
among  young  people  especially,  to  give  less  attention  to 
reading  which  is  merely  attractive,  and  more  to  consulting 
encyclopaedias,  dictionaries,  and  books  of  reference.  The 
Trustees  must  look  wnth  great  satisfiiction  upon  every  fact 
w^hich  indicates  a  disposition  on  the  part  of  the  patrons  of 
the  Library  to  make  original  investigations. 

Registration. 

May  1,  1886,  the  Trustees  directed  a  new  registration 
(being  the  fourth)  of  the  borrowers  of  books  from  the 
Library.  This  had  become  necessary  from  the  crowded  state 
of  the  cases,  which  would  be  relieved  by  the  removal  of  all 
slips  of  those  who  have  in  any  way  lost  the  privileges 
of  the  Library,  since  the  beginning  of  the  last  registration, 
eighteen  years  ago.  The  work  has  gone  on  as  rapidly 
as  the  nature  of  it  allows,  but  not  without  some  embar- 
rassment. There  is  a  considerable  number  of  persons 
who  object  to  re-registration ;  some  on  the  ground  that 
it  gives  what  seems  to  them  unnecessar}'-  trouble,  and 
others  because  an  examination  of  the  record  shows  unpaid 
tines  of  long  standing.  It  has  been  found  impracticable  to 
devise  any  scheme  which  will  protect  the  Library  from  impo- 
sitions by  parties  not  entitled  to  its  use,  without  at  the  same 
time  giving  annoyance  to  those  who  are  ;  but  the  registration 
clerk  is  directed  to  make  it  as  easy  as  possible  for  all  to 
comply  with  the  rules  established  by  the  Trustees. 

The  following  table  shows  the  results  of  the  new  registra- 
tion  to  Dec.  31,  1888,  and  the  figures  represent  the  actual 
number  of  those  availing  themselves  of  the  privilege  of  taking 
books  from  the  Library  on  their  own  cards  :  — 

Central  department     .....  26,482 

Brighton 958 

Charlestown 3,113 

Dorchester          .         .         .         .         .         .  3,451 

East  Boston 3,301 

Jamaica  Plain     ......  2,505 

Roxbury 4,217 

South  Boston 5,038 

South  End 4,035 

Total 53,100 


28  City  Document  No.  13. 


Branch  Libraries. 

The  reports  of  the  branch  librarians,  as  well  as  the  results 
of  their  work,  show  activity  and  devotion  to  the  service.  In 
all  there  has  been  an  increase  of  circuUition  over  that  of  the 
last  year,  and,  what  is  even  more  gratifying,  an  increase  of 
the  hall  use  of  books.  This  indicates  that  young  people  are 
forming  the  habit  of  studying  subjects  for  themselves  in  what 
may  be  called  original  sources  of  information.  This  often 
relates  to  their  school-work  and  supplements  it. 

In  connection  with  this,  I  ask  the  special  attention  of  the 
Trustees  to  the  recommendation  of  the  Examining  Committee 
on  the  subject  of  the  cooperation  of  the  Library  with  the 
public  schools. 

Monthly  meetings  of  the  branch  librarians  at  the  Central 
Library,  adopted  in  1887,  continue,  and  with  marked  advan- 
tage to  the  service.  At  these  meetings,  points  of  lil)rary 
economy  and  policy  are  considered,  and  whatever  has  been 
found  to  be  useful  to  one  is  made  known  to  all. 

MELLEN   CHAMBERLAIN, 

Librarian. 

December   31,   1888. 


APPENDIXES 


LIBRARIAN'S     REPORT. 


1888. 


LIST  OF  APPENDIXES. 


I.  Extent  of  the  Library  (bt  Years). 

II.  Yearly  Increase  by  Purchase  and  Donation. 

III.  Volumes  in  the  Special  Collections  of  Bates  Hall. 

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

VI.  Increase  from  Newly  Published  Books. 

VII.  Bates  Hall  Classifications. 

VIII.  Loaver  Hall  Classifications. 

IX.  Givers  and  Amount  of  Gifts. 

X.  Circulation. 

XI.  Registration  of  Applicants. 

XII.  Books  Recommended.     Use  of  Patent  Library. 

XIII.  Bates  Hall  Reading. 

XIV.  Lower  Hall  and  Branch  Reading. 

XV.  Fellowes  Athen^um,  and  Brighton  Reading. 

XVI.  Periodical  Reading-rooms. 

XVII.  Losses  and  Delinquencies. 

XVIII.  Financial  Statement. 

XIX.  Library  Funds. 

XX.  Library  Service. 

XXI.  Report  of  Examination  of  the  Shelves. 

XXII.  Work  in  the  Library  Bindery. 

XXIII.  List  of  Examining  Committees  for  Thirty-seven  Years. 

XXIV.  List  of  Trustees  for  Thirty-seven  Years. 


Public  Library. 


31 


APPEOT)IX  I. 


EXTENT  OF  THE  LIBRARY  BY  YEARS. 


Years. 

c 
11 

"Si 

Years. 

a  . 

"Si 

■5  a  «> 
a  £-S 

1 

1852-53 

9,688 

961 

20 

1871-72 

19-i,  "S 

100,383 

2 

1853-54 

16,221 

3,950 

21 

1872-73 

209,456 

112,153 

3 

1854-55 

22,617 

6,507 

22 

1873-74 

260,550 

^  4,628 

4 

1855-56 

28,080 

12,386 

23 

1874-75 

276,918 

150,9- 

6 

1856-57 

34,896 

16,053 

24 

1875-76 

297,873 

181,653 

6 

1857-58 

70,851 

17,938 

25 

1876-77 

312,010 

196,958 

7 

1858-59 

78,043 

19,255 

26 

1877-78 

345,734 

212,414 

8 

1859-60 

85,031 

20,707 

27 

1878-79 

360,963 

227,010 

0 

1860-61 

97,386 

27,381 

28 

1879-80 

377,225 

236,534 

10 

1861-62 

105,034 

28,874 

29 

1880-81 

390,982 

250,495 

11 

1862-63 

110,563 

31,043 

30 

1881-82 

404,221 

261,056 

12 

1863-64 

116,934 

31,837 

31 

1882-83 

422,116 

275,425 

13 

1864-65 

123,016 

32,553 

32 

1883-84 

438,594 

292,793 

14 

1865-66 

130,678 

36,566 

33 

1884-85 

453,947 

308,242 

15 

1866-67 

136,080 

44,443 

34 

1885 

460,993 

319,778 

16 

1867-68 

144,092 

47,254 

35 

1886 

479,421 

335,017 

17 

1868-69 

152,796 

61,177 

36 

1887 

492,956 

343,931 

18 

1869-70 

160,573 

74,770 

37 

1888 

505,872 

354,256 

19 

1870-71 

179,250 

89,746 

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

VOLUMES   IlSr  LIBRARY   AND   BRANCHES,  Dec.  31,  1888. 


r  Bates  Hall  ... 
Newspaper  room 
0^^  I  Duplicate  room  . 


[.Lower  Hall 

Total,  Central  Library 


j^^  (  Fellowes  Athenaeum 
a  t. 


K  £  (  City  part 


Total,  Roxbury  Branch 


303,696 
4,202 
15,903 
44.194 


367,995 

15,068 
15,556 


30,624 


East  Boston 

South  Boston 

Charlestown 

Brighton 

Dorchester 

South-End 

Jamaica  Plain 

West  Roxbury  delivery 
North-End 


12,495 
12,814 
27,016 
13,878 
14,760 
10,459 
11,135 
3,297 
1,399 


32 


City  Document  jSTo.  13. 


APPE:^rDix  II. 


YEARLY   INCREASE    OF  THE    WHOLE    LIBRARY   BY    PURCHASE    AN"D    BY 

GIFT. 

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


Yeaes. 

Increase. 

Gifts. 

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

a 
Si 

Vols. 

Pamph. 

Vols. 

Pamph. 

Vols. 

Pamph.  1 

Vols. 

5 

1852-81    

1881-82    

1882-83    

1883-84    

1884-85    

1885  (eight  months)   . 
1886 

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

251,538 
10,561 
14,369 
17,368 
15,449 
11,536 
15,239 
8,914 
9,825 

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

178,866 

8,773 

11,844 

16,203 

10,831 

10,690 

12,500 

8,473 

9,166 

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

67,974 

2,068 

2,525 

1,165 

4,618 

663 

2,740 

441 

659 

7,143 
745 
522 
531 
457 
231 

4,789 
349 
424 

12,583 
520 
575 
778 
899 
663 
922 

1887 

980 

1888 

1,065 

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

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

Details  for  the  years  1852-81  can  be  found  in  Appendix  11.  to  the  report  for  1881. 


APPEOT)IX  III. 


VOLUMES    IN    THE    SPECIAL    COLLECTIONS    OF   BATES    HALL. 


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2,897 

3,003 

3,066 

8,142 

3,259 

3,382 

3,478 

8,513 

3,641 

3,796 

3,985 

Bowditch  libraryi 

3,043 

3,060 

3,152 

3,224 

3,456 

3,701 

3,854 

3,933 

4,510 

4,706 

4,935 

Parker  library  i    . 

12,309 

12,322 

12,337 

12,363 

13,952 

13,971 

14,024 

14,057 

14,069 

14,077 

14,104 

Prince  library  .  . 

2,037 

2,159 

2,230 

2,274 

2,327 

2,397 

2,510 

2,581 

2,706 

2,775 

2,824 

Ticknor  library   . 

5,354 

5,432 

6,454 

5,463 

5,507 

5,544 

5,724 

5,731 

5,764 

5,790 

5,877 

Barton  librarj' .   . 

14,210 

14,301 

14,360 

13,487 

13,610 

13,610 

13,642 

13,652 

13,800 

13,841 

13,755 

202 

240 
893 

292 
920 

357 
1,085 

378 
1,123 

382 
1,175 

392 
1,217 

403 
1,280 

416 

Thayer  library .  . 

1,368 

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APPE:NrDIX  Y. 

INCREASE   OF   THE   SEVERAL   DEPARTMENTS. 


1884 

1885 

1885 
(8mo8.) 

1886 

1887 

1888 

11,216 
52 

10,230 
15 

4,877 
6 

9,733 
12 

8,623 

22 

9,841 

J  Condemned  and  transferred  .    .   . 

155 

1 

11,162 

10,215 

4,871 

9,721 

8,601 

9,686 

2,716 
1,361 

2,099 
1,074 

737 

370 

1,728 
862 

2,523 
980 

2,355 

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k 

J  Condemned  and  transferred  .  .   . 

1.481 

ii 
o 

1,355 

1,025 

367 

866 

1,543 

874 

55 

258 

11 

158 

70 

47 

1^1 

55 

258 

11 

158 

70 

47 

(  Gain  by  addition 

Less  loss  by  exchanges,  etc. 


Net  gain 
.Lobs    .  , 


1,340 

420 

651 

1,026 

892 

528 

211 

274 

1,095 

349 

812 

209 

377 

69 

443 

828 
880 


8 

s-s 

■  Gain  in  books 

Condemned  and  lost 

669 
383 

585 

288 

233 
148 

567 
331 

459 
.301 

403 
233 

286 

297 

85 

236 

158 

170 

1,105 
659 

935 
537 

620 

408 

1,052 
749 

951 
641 

859 

o  I  Condemned  and  lost 

5^1 

676 

i§  S  t  Net  gain 

446 

398 

112 

303 

310 

284 

Gain  in  city  part 

976 

908 

495 

820 

886 

913 

Condemned  and  lost 

428 

540 

373 

458 

624 

633 

? 

«5j 

648 

368 

122 

362 

262 

280 
890 

Fellowes  Athenaeum.    (Net  gain.) 

631 

447 

209 

4,748 

368 

^ 

Total  gain 

1,079 

81» 

331 

5,110 

620 

670 

Public   Library. 
APPE:N^DIX  \.— Concluded. 


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1885 

1885 
(8mo8.) 

1886 

188T 

1888 

g      fGain  in  books 

«  g  J  Condemned  and  lost 

1,999 
1,931 

1,285 
513 

549 

206 

1,352 
672 

1,223 
780 

496 
351 

§*  (Net gain 

♦loss  192 

772 

343 

680 

443 

145 

fGain  in  books 

<  2  1  Condemned  and  lost ' 

262 
98 

142 

60 

88 
24 

251 
65 

262 
116 

181 
135 

164 

82 

64 

186 

146 

46 

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si  P  1 

961 

402 

1,120 
664 

475 
199 

908 
318 

988 
442 

957 
534 

•^      1.  Net  gain 

559 

456 

276 

590 

546 

423 

B      fGain  in  books 

e  i  J  Condemned  and  lost 

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559 
119 

569 
124 

268 
101 

626 
271 

564 
147 

590 
255 

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440 

445 

167 

355 

417 

335 

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386 
291 

400 
441 

252 
232 

393 
419 

362 
158 

538 

278 

li  1 

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95 

loss  41 

20 

loss  26 

204 

260 

Bates  Hall  gain 

11,162 

10,215 

4,871 

9,721 

8,601 

9,686 

Lower  Hall  gain 

1,355 

1,025 

367 

866 

1,543 

874 

Newspaper-room  gain 

55 

258 

11 

158 

70 

47 

Duplicate-room  gain 

812 

209 

377 

loss  59 

443 

loss  52 

East  Boston  branch  gain  .... 

286 

297 

85 

236 

158 

170 

South  Boston  branch  gain  .    .   . 

446 

398 

112 

303 

310 

284 

00 

Roxbury  branch  gain 

648 

368 

122 

362 

262 

280 

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Fellowes  Athenaeum  gain  .   .   . 

531 

447 

209 

4,748 

358 

390 

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Charlestown  branch  gain    .    .   . 

*loss  192 

772 

343 

680 

443 

145 

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164 

82 

64 

186 

146 

46 

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SW 

456 

276 

590 

546 

423 

Jamaica  Plain  branch  gain  .   .   . 

440 

445 

167 

355 

417 

335 

South-End  branch  gain    .    .   . 

95 

loss  41 

20 

loss  26 

204 

260 

West  Roxbury  branch  gain  .    . 

74 

11 

10 

13 

25 

20 

North-End  branch  gain    .... 

143 

411 

12 

295 

9 

8 

16,478 

15,353 

7,046 

18,428 

13,535 

12,916 

♦This  excessive  loss  at  Charlestown  is  required  to  correct  a  mistake  of  some   years' 
standing  in  the  aggregate  number  of  volumes. 


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APPENDIX     Vir. 

BATES       HALT.       CLASSIFICATIONS. 

(Representing  books  located  only.) 


CycIopajdiaB,  etc 

Bibliography  and  literary  history 

General  history,  biography,  travel,  and  geography     

American  hietoi-y,  geography,  biography,  travel,  and  puHti'  liter 

English  history,  etc 

French  history,  etc 

Italian  history,  etc 

German  history,  etc 

Greek,  Latin,  and  philology 

Spanish  and  Portuguese  history  and  literature 

Other  history,  geogi-aphy,biogi-aphy,  travel,  and  literature    .   .   . 

Periodicals  and  transactions 

Theology,  ecclesiastical  history,  etc 

Metaphysics  and  social  science 

Jurisprudence 

Political  economy 

Medical  science 

Natural  history  and  science 

Mathematics  and  pliysical  science 

Useful  arts 

Fine  arts 

Bound  volumes  of  miscellaneous  pamphlets 

Bound  volumes  of  i 
Shakespeare  .... 
Books  for  the  blind  . 


General  Librak 


8     h& 


Total  in 
general 
library 


:J7,494 
30,278 
16,295 
8,956 
■10,572 
6,596 
1,656 


10,330 
d,3S4 
3,580 

14,043 
9,582 

11,663 
6,892 
8,300 


Special  Libraries. 


1S58      1801 


1,421 
1,181 


3,492 
1,360 


1806      1N71       187»      187ft      188U 


Totals 


14,104        2,824        5,877      13,755        1,! 


nbracing  several  countries, 


Explanation.  —  Class  HI.  includes  general  history,  etc., 
and  collected  works  of  hii*torian8. 

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

Classes  V.,  VT.,  Vn.,  and  Vm.  have  the  same  scope  for  the  respective  countries  that  Class  IV. 
has  for  America.  Class  VIIL  includes  also  Belgium,  the  Netherlands,  Switzerland,  and  the 
[Scandinavian  nations. 

Class  XIV.  includes  political  science  and  ethicK,  applied  and  unap2>lied,  education,  phrenology. 


Class  XIX.  includes  mechanics,  military  and  naval  arts,  agriculture,  domestic  arts,  etc. 

Class  XXIV.  does  not  include  tlie  Shakespeare  collection  of  the  general  library. 

The  subdivisions  of  classes  arc  kept  in  ranges  by  themselves,  so  that  for  purposes  of  enumera. 
tion  or  learning  percentage  of  use,  it  is  practicable  at  any  time  to  get  exact  ligures  upon  the  sub- 
divisions; as  also  upon  such  points  as  biography,  travel,  aud  voyages,  etc.,  by  summing  the  results 
of  the  ranges  devoted  to  them  in  the  several  alcoves. 

Note.  —  The  dates  given  in  the  special  libraries  column  show  the  year  when  they  were  acquired 
by  the  library. 


^  Includes  all  books 


I  G,  — 12,108  of  them  belonging  to  the  Barton  library,  as  originally  shelved  there. 


Public  Library. 


37 


APPENDIX  yni. 

LOWER  HALL  CLASSIFICATIONS. 


CLASSES. 


Theology,  moral  and  intellectual  sci- 
ence, etc 


Jurisprudence  and  political  science  .   . 

Medicine,    mathematics,    physics,    or 
natural  science 


Useful  and  fine  arts,  military  and  naval 
science 


American  history  and  politics    .  .  .   . 

Foreign  history  and  politics 

Poetry,  drama,  oratory,  rhetoric  .  .   . 

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

Biography 

Travels 

Libraries,  collections,  periodicals,  etc.* 

German  books 

Italian  books 

French  books 

Spanish  books 

Books  of  reference 


Extent  of  L.  H.  collection 


1887, 


2,144 
492 

3,043 

1,148 
1,404 
1,739 
3,651 

15,723 

3,276 

2,800 

4,335 

1,730 

155 

1,243 

7 

430 


43,320 


1888. 


19 
48 
31 
76 

392 
68 
65 

77 
32 


Ha 


4 

11 

7 
17 

816 

7 

15 

24 

5 


478       922 


43 
100 

1,551 

79 

97 

158 

37 


28 


2,355 


To  he  de- 
ducted. 


"a 


4 
21 
13 
39 

1,148 

25 

26 

75 

31 

0 

19 

0 

1 


1,427 


2,167 
511 

3,111 

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

16,126 

3,294 

2,864 

4,408 

1,736 

155 

1,252 

7 

447 


44,194 


Reported  last  year 43,320 


Gain  in  1888  . 


874 


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

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


38 


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APPENDIX  IX. 


GIFTS,   JANUARY  1,  1888,   TO  DECEMBER  31,  1888. 


Givers  (excluding  anonymous) 

Volumes 

Pamphlets  .... 


1,065 
3,192 
9,166 


GiTBBS. 


Abbott,  Mrs.  Edward,  Cambridge 

Actors' Fund  of  America     ....... 

Adams,  Charles  Kendall,  Ithaca,  N.T.       . 

Adams,  D.  W.,  Auburn,  N.Y.    . 

Adams,  Edward  F.      .......         . 

Adams  Nervine  Asylum      ....... 

Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  of  Alabama,  Auburn, 


Ala. 


Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Auburn,  Ala. 

Ainsworth,  Rev.  Israel,  Peabody         ..... 

Alabama,  Department  of  Agriculture         .... 

Alabama  State  Bar  Association,  Montgomery,  Ala.    . 

Alajajian,  Rev.  H.  S.  ....... 

Albany  Law  School,  Albany,  N.  Y.     . 

Alberi,  Signorina  Giulia,  Florence,  Italy  .... 

Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Amherst  Chapter,  Committee 

Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, Philadelphia,  Fa.         ...... 

Alvord,  Rev.  Frederick,  and  Gridley,  Miss  Ida  R.,  Canton 
Centre,  Conn.  ........ 

American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  .         .         .         . 

American  Antiquarian  Society,   Worcester 

American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science     . 

American  Bar  Association  ...... 

American  Bible  Society,  New  Yoric  City    .... 

American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions, 

American  Colonization  Society,    Washington,  D.  C. 

American  Congregational  Association 

American  Copyright  League        .... 

American  Federation  of  Labor,  New  York  City 

American  Geographical  Society,  New  York  City 

American  Home  Missionary  Society  . 

American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy    . 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  New  York  City  . 

American  Iron  and  Steel  Association,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  . 

American  New  Church  Tract  and  Publication  Society, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  ........ 

American  Numismatic  and  Archaeological  Society,  New 
York  City         ......... 

American  Otological  Society       ...... 

American  Peace  Society      ....... 

American  Pharmaceutical  Association        .... 


Pphs. 


1 
24 


Public  Library. 


39 


Givers. 


1  photograph 


American  Philosophical  Society,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
American  Sabbath  Tract  Society,  Alfred,  N.  V. 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  New  York  City 
American  Unitarian  Association 
American  Veterinary  College,  New  York  City  . 
Ames,  John  N.,  Chelsea      ..... 

Ames,  Paul  K.,  and  Frost,  T.  Gold,  New  York  City 

Ames  Free  Library,  North  Easton 

Amherst  College,  Amherst  .... 

Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company         .    2  i 

Anderson,  Kufus,  D.D,  Heirs  of 

Andover  Theological  Seminary,  Andover  . 

Anne  Arundel  County  Historical  Society,  Annapolis, 

Anonymous  ....... 

Appleton,  Nathan       ...... 

Apprentices'  Library,  New  York  City 
Apprentices'  Library  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa, 
Architectural  League  of  New  York,  New  York  City 
Argentine  Republic,  Consulate  in  Boston 

President,  Buenos  Aires 

Arnold,  Howard  P.      .         .         .         . 

Arnold  Arboretum       .... 

Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Women 

Astor  Library,  New  York  City    . 

Avery,  Elroy  N.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Ayer,  J.  C,  &  Co.,  Lowell 

Badlam,  Stephen,  Family  of 

Bagg,  M.  M.,  mica,  N.  Y. 

Bain,  James,  jr.,  Toronto,   Canada 

Baker  University,  Baldwin,  Kan. 

Baldwin,  William  H.  . 

Bangor,  Me.,  Public  Library 

Barbour,  Edmund  D.  .         . 

Barnard,  James  M.      . 

Barrett,  Joseph  Hartwell,  Loveland,  Ohio 

Barrett,  William,  St.  Paul,  Minn.     . 

Bartol,  Cyrus  A.,  D.D.       ... 

Batchellor,  A.  S.,  Littleton,  N.H.      . 
Battell,  P.    .  .... 

Beacon  Publishing  Company 

Beardsley  Library,   West  Winsted,  Conn. 

Bee,  H.  P.,  Austin,  Texas  . 

Beebe  Town  Library,   Wakefield 

Belfast,  Me.,  Free  Library 

Bell,  Alexander  Graham,   Washington,  D 

Bell,  Charles  H.,  Exeter,  N.H.  . 

Beloit  College,  Beloit,   Wis. 

Bender,  Prosper,  M.D. 

Berea  College,  Berea,  Ky. 

Berkshire  Athenaeum,  Pittsfield . 

Berry,  Ira,  Portland,  Me.  . 

Bibliotheque  Nationale,  Paris,  France 

Biewend,  Rev.  Adolf  .... 

Bigelow,  Mrs.   Horatio 
Bigelow  Free  Public  Library,  Clinton 
Birchard  Library,  Fremont,  Ohio 
Birmingham,  England,  Borough  of    . 

Free  Libraries 

Bisbee,  Rev.  M.D.,  Hanover,  N.H.    . 
Bjoerkman,  G.  A.,  M.D.    . 


C. 


52  newspapers 


edals 
Md 


Pphs. 


55 

1 

127 

1 

I 


16 


1 
40 


457 

3 
1 
1 
3 
1 

1 

7 
1 
2 
1 

1 
1 
1 


99 
2 


2 
1 
1 

1 

15 

1 

2 


40 


City  Document  No.  13. 


Givers. 


Blaisdell,  Frank  C 

Blinn,  Henry  C. ,  Canterbury,  N.H.   . 
Blodgett,  Albert  N.,  M.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Blumenberg  &  Floersheim,  New  York   City 
Bolton,  Charles  K.       . 
Bolton.  H.  Carrington,  New  York  City 
Bolton.  England.     Public  Library 
Bootle-cuni-Linacre,  England.     Public  Library 
Boston,  City  of   . 

Board  of  Health      . 

Board  of  Registrars  of  Voters 

City  Auditor    ... 

City  Clerk 

City  Hospital  . 

Inspector  of  Milk  and  Vinegar 

Lunatic  Hospital 

Overseers  of  the  Poor 

Park  Comraissioners 

Public  Latin  School 

School  Committee    . 

Water  Board    . 

Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce   . 

Boston  Children's  Aid  Society    . 

Boston  Children's  Friend  Society 

Boston  College   .... 

Boston  Fatherless  and  Widows'  Society 

Boston  Gas  Light  Company 

Boston  Journal  Company   . 

Boston  Museum  .... 

Boston  North  End  Mission 

Boston  Port  and  Seamen's  Aid  Society 

Boston  Provident  Association     . 

Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

Boston  Society  of  Natural  History 

Boston  South  Baptist  Association 

Boston  University 

Boston  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 

Bostonian  Society 

Bosworth,  Charles  H.,   Wakefield 

Bourinot,  John  G.,  Ottawa,  Canada 

Bourke,  John  G.,  Washington,  D.C 

Bowditch,  Henry  I.,  M.D. 

Bowditch.  J.  Ingersoll 

Bowdoin  College,  Brunswick,  Me. 

Bowman,  Selwyn  Z.,  Somerville 

Bradlee,  Rev.  Caleb  D.,     1  portrait,  a  lot  of  broadsides 

cards,  and  new.spapers     . 
Bragg,  Henry  W. 

Branner,  John  C,  Bloomingion,  Ind 
Brewer,  Daniel  C.       .         .         . 
Bridgeport,  Conn.     Public  Library 
Briggs,  M.  A.,  Shaker  Village,  N.H. 
Brigham,  William  T.  .         .         .  315  newspapers 

Brinton,  Daniel  G.,  M.D.,  Media,  Pa 
Brockton,  City  of        .         .         . 
Brookline.     Public  Library 
Brooklyn  Library,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Brooks,  Frederick 
Brooks,  Rev.  William  H.,  Hanover 
Brown,  Alexander,  Norwood,   Va. 


Pphs. 


129 


25 
5 
2 


14 
1 
1 


38 


6 
1 
1 
16 
1 


1 

1 
6 

6 
7 
3 
8 
2 
10 

1 

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110 

116 


1018 

17 

2 


21 
6 


Public  Library. 


41 


Givers. 


Brown,  Mrs.  Caroline  M.,  Cambridge 

Brown,  Francis,  D.D.,  New  York  City 

Brown,  Francis  H.,  3T.D.  . 

Brown,  Mrs.  J.  Crosby,  New  York  City 

Brown,  J.  Willard,  Cambridge  .  .      5  broadsides 

Brown,  Leonard,  Des  Moines,  Iowa   . 

Brown  University,  Providence,  R.l.  . 

Browne,  Miss  Alice     .... 

Bryniner,  Douglas,  Ottawa,  Canada 

Buck,  John  H.,  New  York  City 

Buel,  Mrs.  Caroline  B.,  Chicago,  III. 

Buffalo  Historical  Society,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Buffalo  Library,  Buffalo,  NY.  . 

Burbank,  Charles  H.,  Lowell 

Burgher,  J.  C,  M.D.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Burrage,  Henry  S.,  D.D.,  Portland,  Me. 

Butler,  George,  New  York  City 

Byram,  E.  R 

Caldwell,  Augustine,  Ipswich     ...       3  broadsides 
California.     Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics 

State  Mining  Bureau 

California  Academy  of  Sciences,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Cambridge  University  Library,  Cambridge,  England 
Canada.    Geological  and  Natural  History  Survey,  7  map 
Canfield,  Thomas  H. ,  Burlington,  Vi.       . 
Capen,  John        ........ 

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

Carrington,  Gen.  Henry  B.,  U.S.A.,  Hyde  Park 

Cartee,  Mrs.    Susan  Farley,  and  Cartee,   Miss  Elizabeth 

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Carter,  George  T.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
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Chamberlain,  Mellen  .... 
Chamberlin,  Edwin  M.        .         .         . 
Chandler,  Horace  P.  . 
Chandler,  S.  C,  Cambridge 
Chaney,  Henry  A.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Channing,  Walter,  M.D.,  Brookline  . 
Chaplin,  Heman  W. 
Chapman,  Alfred  F.    . 
Charlestown  Free  Dispensary  and  Hospital 
Chauncy  Hall  School 
Cheever,  Rev.  Henry  T.,   Worcester    . 
Chelsea,  City  of  .... 

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Chester,  William  F 
Chicago,  III.    Department  of  Public  Works 
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Chicago  Board  of  Trade,  Chicago,  111. 

Chicago  Historical  Society,  Chicago,  III. 

Chicopee.    Public  Library 

Child,  Francis  J.,  Cambridge 

Chili.     Minister  of  the  Interior  . 

Christern,  F.  W.,  New  York  City 

Christian  Statesman,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Church  Home  for  Orphan  and  Destitute  Children 

Cincinnati,  Ohio.     Board  of  Education 

Public  Library 

Superintendent  of  Public  Schools 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Chamber  of  Commerce 


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Citizens'  Law  and  Order  League 

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Clarke  &  Carruth 

Clay,  Cassius  M.,   White  Hall,  Ky. 

Clement,  A.  J.,   Wilmington,  Del. 

Cleveland,  Ohio.     Public  Library 

Clyne,  Norval,  Aberdeen,  Scotland 

Colby  University,   Waterville,  Me. 

Cole,  Frank  T.,  Columbus,  Ohio 

Coles,  Mrs.  .... 

Coles,  Abraham,  M.D.,  Newark,  N.J. 

Collar,  William  C.       .         .         . 

College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New 

College  of  Physicians,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Collins,  Patrick  A.       .         .         .         . 

Columbia  College,  New  York  City 

Commercial  Club         .... 

Committee  on  the  Banquet  given  by  the  Learned  Societies 

of  Philadelphia  in  Commemoration  of  the  Framing  and 

Signing  of  the  Constitution      ...... 

Committee   on   the    Memorial    Service    for    William    S. 

Gardner,  Lowell      ........ 

Concord.     Public  Library  ....... 

Concord,  iV://.,  City  of 

Congregational  Sunday  School  and  Publishing  Society 
Connable,  E.  J.,  Jackson,  Mich.  ...        1  chart 

Connecticut.     Board  of  Health  ...... 

Bureau  of  Labor  Statistics       ..... 

Commissioners  of  Shell  Fisheries    .... 

Fish  Commissioners         ...... 

Secretary  of  State   ....... 

Connecticut  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  New  Haven, 

Conn.       .......... 

Connecticut  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  New  Haven, 

Conn.       .......... 

Cooke,  John  P.   ........         . 

Coolidge,  T.  Jefferson         ....... 

Cooper  Union,  New  York  City   ...... 

Co-operative  Publishing  Company,  Princeton     . 

Corliss,  George,  Pliiladelphia,  Pa.     ..... 

Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.Y. 

Corning,  Charles  U.,  Concord,  N.H.. 

Cotting,  Benjaniin  E.,  M.D.         . 

Crawford,  Thonias  H.,  Portland,  Or,         .         .         .         . 

Crocker,  George  G.     .......         . 

Crook,  George  F 

Crosby,  Ernest  H.,  New  York  City     .         .         .         .        . 

Crosby,  John  L.,  Bangor,  Me.    ...... 

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

Culin,  Stewart,  Philadelphia,  Pa.      .         .         .         .         . 

Cumberland  Association,  Portland,   Me.     .... 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Henry,  Estate  of    . 

Cutter,  Abram  E.        .......         . 

Da  Costa,  Charles  W.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.  .         .         .         . 

Da  Costa,  J.  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    .         .         .         .         . 

Dall,  William  H.,   Washington,  D.C.  .         .         .         . 

Dana,  Richard  H 6  broadsides 

Danforth,  Miss  Mary  S.       ......         . 

Dante  Society,  Cambridge  ...... 

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Dartmouth  College,  Hanover,  N.H.    . 
Davis,  Andrew  McFarland,  Cambridge 
Davis,  C.  F.,  Keokuk,  Iowa 
Davis,  James  C.  ... 

Davis,  N.  S.,yr.,  M.D.,  Chicago,  III 
Day,  John  W.,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Dayton,  Ohio.     Board  of  Education 

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Deane,  Cliarles,  Cambridge 

De  Mar,  J.  A 

Denison  University,  Granville,  Ohio 
Depew,  Chauncey  M.,  JVew  York  City 
De  Peyster,  Gen.  J.  Watts,  New  York  City 
Detroit,  Mich.     Public  Library  . 
Detroit,  Mich. ,  Board  of  Trade  . 
Devens,  Charles,  Worcester 
Dickernian,  Rev.  Lysander 

Dixwell,  Miss  Caroline  C 17  maps 

Dixwell,  Mrs.  John  J.,  Heirs  of . 

Dodd,  B.  L.,  M.D.,  Orange,  N.J. 

Dodge,  James  H.         .         .         . 

Doliber,  Thomas 

Domestic  Monthly,  New  York  City 

Doncaster,  England.     Public  Library 

Dorchester,  Rev.  Daniel     . 

Dorr,  Miss  Caroline    .         .  35  maps,  a  lot  of  newspapers 

Dorr,  George  B.  . 

Dover,  N.II.     Public  Library     . 

Draper,  George,  &  Sons,  Hopedale 

Draper,  Joseph,  M.D.,  Brattleborovgh,   Vt. 

Drowne,  T.  Stafford,  D.D.,   Flatbush,  N.  Y. 

Drummond,  Josiah  H.,  Portland,  Me. 

Dul)bs,  Joseph  H.,  D.D.,  Lancaster,  Pa.  . 

Dubuque,  Hugo  A.,  Fall  River 

Duren,  EHnathan  F.,    Bangor,  Me. 

Dwight,  Thomas,  ^/.  A) 

Dyer,  Lieut.  George  L.,  U.S.N. 

Earwaker,  J.  P.,  Pensarn,  Abergele,  North  Wales 

Eaton,  Amasa  M.,  Providence,  R.I. 

Eaton,  Charles  H.       .         .         . 

Eaton,  Dorman  B.,  New  York  City 
Eaton,  Rev.  W.  H.       .         .         . 

Edes,  Henrj'  H.  .         .         .    a  lot  of  broadsides  and  cards 

Eliot,  Samuel      .... 

Elisha  Mitchell  Scientific  Society,  Chapel  Hill,  N.C. 

Ellis,  George  E.,  D.D. 

Ellis.  S.  A.,  Rochester,  N.Y.        . 

Elwell,  Edward  Henry,  Portland,  Me 

Ely,  William  D.,  Providence,  R.I. 

Emery,  Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  Taunton,  a  lot  of  broadsides 

Enoch  Pratt  Free  Library,  Baltimore,  Md.,      1  newspaper 

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

Essex  Institute,  Salem         ....... 

Evanston,  III.     Public  Library  ...... 

Evening  Post  Publishing  Company,  New  York  City  . 
Everett,  William,  Quincy    ....... 

Fairmount  Park  Art  Association,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Fall  River.    Public  Library         ...... 

Fausel,  Daniel    ......... 

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Fayette,  John  B.,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 
Fearing,  A.  C,  jr. 
Fellowes  Athenaeum    . 
Ferguson,  Rev.  R.  Henry,  Newton 
Fernow,  Berth  old,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Fisher,  Theodore  W.,  iV.D. 
Fiske,  W.,  Florence,  Italy 
Fitch,  Miss  CM.. 
Fitchburg,  City  of       .         .         . 
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Fitchburg  Railroad  Company 
Fitz,  Reginald  H.         .         .         . 
Fletcher  Free  Library,  Burlington,   Vt. 
Flick,  Lawrence  F.,  M.D.,  Philadelphia, 

Floye,  W.  J 

Flynn,  William,  Worcester 
Folsom,  A.  A.     . 

Forbes,  R.  B 

Ford,  William  E 

Foster,  Joseph    ..... 
Foster,  William  E.,  Providence,  R.I. 

Foster,  William  H 

"Fran9ais,"  Editors  of.  New  York  City 

Free  Baptist  Woman's  Missionary  Society,  Providence,  R.I. 

P>ee  Hospital  for  Women  . 

Free  Masons,  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts 

Fretwell,  John    .         .         .         • 

Friends'  Book  Association,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Friends'  Free  Library,  Germantown,  Pa 

Frothingham,  E.  L.  and  A.  L.,  Baltimore, 

Fruit  Growers'  Association  of  Ontario 

Ganong,  W.  F.,  NoHh  Cambridge 

General  Theological  Library 

Georgia  Bar  Association     ... 

Georgia  Historical  Society,  Savannah,  Ga 

German  Society,  New  York  City 

Gerould,  Rev.  S.  L.,  Ilollis,  Nil.       . 

Gerry,  Elbridge  T.      . 

Gilman,  Arthur,  Cam,bridge 

Gloucester,  City  of     . 

Goddard,  William  N.,  Ilopedale 

Goodell,  Abner  C,  yr. ,  /Sa/ewi    . 

Goodell,  Henry  H.,  Amherst 

Goodnow,  Edward  A.,   Worcester 

Gordon,  Ernest  B.       . 

Goss,  F.  B.,  Barnstable 

Gould,  Miss  Elizabeth  Porter 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.      Public  Library 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Board  of  Trade 

Gray,  Rev.  Andrew      .... 

Gray,  Mrs.  Asa,  Cambridge 

Gray,  Louis  F.     . 

Great  Britain.     Astronomer  Royal 

Commissioner  of  Patents 

Great  Yarmouth,  England.     Free  Library 
Green,  Samuel  A.,  J/. Z>.     .         .         .     a  lot  of 
Green,  Samuel  S.,   Worcester 


Greenough,  William  W. 

Greer,  Capt.  John  E.,  U.S.A.    . 

Greey,  Edward,  New  York  City 


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Gregory,  Samuel  H.  .......         . 

Grube,  F.,  Schleswig,  Germany         ..... 

Guild,  Chester 

Hale,  George  S. 

Hale,  Mrs.  George  S.  ....     2  newspapers 

Hall,  Charles  H 

Hall,  J.  P.,  Detroit,  Mich 

Halliwell-Phiiipps,  J.  O.,  London,  England 

Halsted,  Byron  D.,  Ames,  Iowa  ..... 

Hamburg,  Germany.    Stadtbibliothek        .... 

Hampden,  John,  Croydon,  England  .     a  lot  of  broadsides 
Hapgood,  Warren       ........ 

Harris,    George,    and  Eichardson,   Benjamin  W.,   M.D., 

London,  England   ........ 

Harris,  T.  W.,  &  Co.,  New  York  City         .... 

Hart,  Charles  Henry,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     .... 

Hart,  W.  Fairburn,  Leeds,  England  ..... 

Hartford  Library  Association,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Hartley,  Rev.  Isaac  S.,  Utica,  N.Y.    . 

Harvard  College,  Cambridge      ...... 

Astronomical  Observatory       ..... 

Library    .         .         . 

Medical  School        ....... 

Harvey,  Rev.  M.,  St.  John's,  Newfoundland 

Hassam,  John  T.         .......         . 

Haverhill.      Public  Library 

Hawkins,  Rush  C. ,  New  York  City     .         .         .         . 

Hayden,  Everett,   Washington,  D.C.  . 

Hazen,  Rev.  Henry  A.         ......         . 

Helleberg,  C.  G.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio    ..... 

Herschel,  Clemens      ........ 

Higgins,  John  E.,  Hartford,  Conn.    ..... 

Hill,  Don  Gleason,  Dedham        ...... 

Hill,  Frank  Alden 

Hill,  Hamilton  A.         .......         . 

Historical  and  Scientific  Society  of  Manitoba,  Winnipeg, 

3fanitoba  ......... 

Historical  Society  of  Southern  California,   Los  Angeles, 

Cal 

Hitchcock,  E.,  M.D.,  Amherst 

Hoar,  George  F.,   Worcester        ...... 

Hobart  College,  Geneva,  N.Y.. 

Holland,  Frederic  May,  Concord 

Holmes,  Oliver  Wendell,  M.D.  ...... 

Holton,  Edward  D.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.         .... 

Home  for  Aged  Men 

Home  for  Aged  Women      . 

Home  Market  Club      . 

Homes  for  Inebriates  Association,  London,  England 

Horton,  S.  Dana 

Hosmer,  Rev.  Samuel  D.,  Auburn      ..... 

Hotchkin,  Rev.  S.  F.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    .... 

Howe,  Oilman  B.,  Northborough         ..... 

Hoyt,  David  W.,  Providence,  R.I.     . 

Hudson,  William  M.,  Middletown,  Conn.  .... 

Humane  Society  of  Massachusetts      ..... 

Huntington,  William  R.,  D.D.,  New  York  City 

Hussey,  Curtis  G.,  New  York  City.    ..... 

Illinois.    State  Commissioners  of  Public  Charities 
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Indiana  University,  Bloomington,  Ind. 

Indianapolis.     Public  Library 

Institut  International  de  Statistique,  Rome,  Italy 
Institution  for  the  Improved  Instruction  of  Deaf  Mutes 

New  York  City         ....... 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers,  London,  England 
International  Committee  of  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso 

ciations,  New  York  City 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission 
Iowa  Agricultural  College  . 

Experiment  Station,  Ames,  Iowa 


Cal. 


City,  a  lot 


Irish  Catholic  Benevolent  Union 

James,  Joseph  F.,  Oxford,  Ohio 

James,  U.  P.,  Cincintiati,   Ohio 

James  Lick  Trust,  Trustees  of,  San  Jose, 

Jay,  John,  Katonah,  N.Y. 

Jeffries,  B.  Joy,  M.D. 

Jenks,  Rev.  Henry  F.  .         .         . 

Jenney,  Bernard  .... 

Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md 

Johnson,  Henry,  Brunswick,   Me 

Joint  Counties  Asylum,  Carmarthen,  Wales 

Jones,  Alfred       .... 

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

Jorrin,  Jose  Silverio,  Havana,  Cuba 

Journal  Newspaper  Company     . 

Julien  Electric  Traction  Company,   New  York 

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Kaiserlich-konigliche  Geologische  Reichsanstalt,   Vienna 

Austria   ...... 

Kansas.     State  Board  of  Agriculture 
Kansas  Historical  Society,  Topeka,  Kan 
Kaufman,  A.  C,  Charleston,  S.C. 
Keenan,  John  J.  .         .         . 

Keller,  W.  B.,  New  York  City  . 
Kelly.  W.  L.,  Chelsea 
Kemble,  Edward 

Kennard,  M.  P 

Kentucky.     Geological  Survey  . 

King,  Henry  Melville,  D.D. 

King,  Ilufus,   Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Kirk-Street  Church,  Lowell 

Kittredge,  Henry  G.   . 

Knapp,  Arthur  Mason 

Kneeland,  Samuel,  M.I).     . 

Knowles,  Miss  Lydia  F. 

Knowlton,  T.  S.,   West  Brookfield 

Koeniglich-bayerische      Akademie     der     Wissenschaften 

Munich,  Germany  .... 
Koenigliche  Bibliotliek,  Berlin,  Germany 
Konglige  Nordiske  Oldskrift-Selskab,   Copenhagen,  Den 

mark        ....... 

Kongligt  Universitetet,  Upsala,  Sweden 
Lackawanna  Institute  of  History  and  Science 

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Ladd,  Rev.  Horatio  O.,  Santa  Fe,  N.M.     . 
Ladies'  Union  Charitable  Society,  Lawrence 
Lake  Forest  University,  Lake  Forest,  III.  . 
Lampray,  A.,  London,  England 
Lancaster.     Public  Library        .         .         . 


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Lane,  Rev.  James  P.,  Hyde  Park 
Larison,  C.  W.,  M.D.,  Ringos,  N.J.  . 
Lathers,  Ricliard        .... 
Lawrence,  Abbott        .... 
Lawrence,  Robert  M.,  M.D.,  Lexington 
Lawrence,  Samuel  C,  Medford 
Lawrence,  William  C.         •         .         . 
Lawrence,  City  of       ...         . 

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Leavitt,  Rev.  George  R.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Leeds,  England.     Public  Library 
Leeson,  J.  R.      . 

Lehigh  University,  South  Bethlehem,  Pa. 
Leicester.     Public  Library 
Leipzig,  Germany,  Handelskaramer  . 
Levi  Parsons  Library,  Gloversville,  N.  Y. 
Library  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Lincoln,  Arthur  .... 

Lippitt,  Francis  J.        .         .         .         . 
Little,  George  T.,  Brunswick,  Me. 
Littlejohn,  A.  1).,  D.D.,  Garden  City,  N. 
Liverpool,  England.     Public  Library 
Lodge,  Henry  Cabot   .... 
Lombard,  Richard  T.,    Wayland 
London  Library,  London,  England    . 
Long  Island  Bible  Society  . 
Long  Island  Historical  Society,  Brooklyn, 
Loring,  Charles  G.      .         .         •         . 
Lothrop,  Cummings  L.,  Camhridgeport 
Lovett,  Robert  W.,  J/.i>.    . 
Lowell,  City  of    . 

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Canada 


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Lozier,  Mrs.  Clemence  S.,  M.D.,  New  York  City 

Luke,  Robert  M. ,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Lyle,  Capt.  David  A.,  U.S.A.     . 

Lyman,  Mrs.  Theodore,  Brookline     . 

Lynn.    Public  Library 

Lyon,  Charles  E.  F.,  Estate  of  . 

Macfie,  Robert  A.,  London,  England 

McGill  College  and  University,  Montreal, 

McGuinness,  Edwin  D.,  Providence,  R.L 

McGuire,  Patrick  B 

Mack,  Charles  S.,  M.D.      . 
McKee,  James  C,  Lieut. -Col.  and  Surgeon 
McNab,  William,  Halifax,  NS. 
McNeills,  Bernard       .... 
Madras  Literary  Society,  Madras,  India 
Magoun,  Rev.  George  F.,  Grinnell,  Iowa 
Mairaonides  Library,  New  York  City 
Maine.     State  Library 
Maiden.    Public  Library     . 
Manchester,  England.     Public  Libraries 
Manchester,  i\^.//.     City  Library 
Marcus,  Alfred  A.        .        .         .         . 
Marietta  College,  Marietta,  Ohio 
Marlborough.     Public  Library  . 

Marsh.  Lucius  B 

Marshall,  George  W.,  London,  England 

Marvin,  William  T.  R. 

Mason,  Frank  E 


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Massachusetts,  State  of      ...         . 

Adjutant  General     .... 

Board  of  Arbitration 

Board  of  Health       .... 

Board  of  Lunacy  and  Charity  . 

Bureau  of  Statistics  of  Labor  . 

Insurance  Department     . 

Lunatic  Hospital,  Northampton 

Railroad  Commissioners  . 

Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth 

State  Library  ..... 

Massachusetts  Agricultural  College,  Amherst 
Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechanic  Association 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society 
Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society 
Massachusetts  Infant  Asylum 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology 
Massachusetts  Medico-Legal  Society 
Massachusetts  School  for  the  Feeble-Minded 
Massachusetts  Society  for  Promoting  Good  Citizenship 
Massachusetts  Society  for   the   Prevention  of  Cruelty   to 
Children  ........ 

Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 

Massachusetts  TariflT  Reform  League 

Master  Car-Builders'  Association 

Matthews,  Washington,  M.D.,   Washington,  B.C. 

Mattox,  A.  IL,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

May,  Miss  Abby  W 

May,  Henry  A.    . 

Mayberry,  S.  P. 

Mechanics'  Institute,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  . 

Meigs,  William  M.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Melrose.     Public  Library  ..... 

Mercantile  Library,  New  York  City    . 

Mercantile  Library,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mercantile  Library  Association,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Merchan,  Rafael  M.,  Bogotd,  Colombia 

Meriani,  Rufus  N.,    Worcester      .... 

Mermaid  Club,  Germantown,  Pa. 
Meteorologisches  Institut,  Christiania,  Norway 
Meyer,  Isaac,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Michigan.     Bureau  of  Labor  and  Industrial  Statistics 

Railroad  Commissioners  . 

State  Library 


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Michigan  State  Agricultural  College,  Lansing,  Mich 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States 

Comtnandery  of  Uhio,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Milwaukee,   Wis.    Public  Library 
Milwaukee,   IFts.,  Chamber  of  Commerce  . 
Minnesota.     Geological  and  Natural  History  Survey 
Minnesota  Historical  Society,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  . 

Minot,  C.  S 

Mitchell  Library,  Glasgow,  Scotland 

Mixter,  C.  S 

Molee,  Elias,  Bristol,  Dakota    .... 
Montgomery,  J.  M.,  New  York  City  . 
Moore,  Charles  Leonard,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Moore,  Rev.  William  H.,  Hartford,  Conn. 


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Morehead,  Mrs.  L.  M.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Moroney,  T.  W. 
Morris.  F.  G.,  Easthampton 
Morse,  Edward  S.,  Salem,  . 
Moses  King  Corporation 
Moulton,  Jolin  T.,  Lynn    . 
Mount  Auburn  Cemetery,  Trustees  of 
Mount  Holyoke  Female  Seminary,  South  Hadley 
Mundo,  John  J.  . 

Munson,  Edward  G.,  Cohoes,  N.  Y .    . 
Murray,  Mrs.  Frances,  Cardross,  Scotland 
Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology,  Cambridge    . 
Museum  of  Fine  Arts  . 

National  Association  of  Wool  Manufacturers  . 
National  Board  of  Trade  ..... 
National  Conference  of  Charities  and  Correction 
National  Divorce  Reform  League 
National  Furniture  Association,  Chicago,  III. 
Neale,  Horatio,  Oxford,  England  .  .  4  broadsides 
New  Bedford.  Public  Library  .... 
New  England  Dental  Society  .... 
New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society 
New  England  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children 
New  England  Meteorological  Society 
New  England  Methodist  Historical  Society 
New  England  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia. 
New  England  Society  of  St.  Louis,  Mo 
New  Hampshire  Medical  Society 
New  Haven,  Conn.  Public  Library  . 
New  Haven  Colony  Historical  Society,  N^ew  Haven,  Conn., 
New  .Jersey.     Geological  Survey         ...  1  map 

New  Jersey  Historical  Society,  Trenton,  N.J. 
New  Mercantile  Library,  Baltimore,  Md.  . 
New  South  Wales.     Statistician 
New  York,  City.     Board  of  Education 
New  York,  State.    Asylum  for  Insane  Criminals,  Auburn 
N.Y. 


Pa. 


Civil  Service  Commission 
Regents  of  the  University 
State  Reservation  at  Niagara 


New  Y'ork  Academy  of  Sciences,  Nevj  York  City 

New  York  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

New  York  City  Mission  and  Tract  Society 

New  York  Free  Circulating  Library,  New  York  City 

New  York  Historical  Society,  New  York  City    . 

New  York  Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  New  York  City 

Newark  Library  Association,  Newark,  N.J. 

Newberry  Library,  Chicago,  III.  .... 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  -England.    Public  Library 
Newman,  J.  S.,  Auburn,  Ala.     ..... 

Newton.     Public  Library  ...... 

Nichols,  Mrs.  R.  Anne         ...... 

Nicholson,  James  B.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    ... 

Nizet,  F.,  Brussels,  Belgium      ..... 

Norcross,  Grcnville  H.        .....         . 

Norcross,  Mrs.  Otis     ....... 

Norman,    Rev.   Canon   A.M.,   Houghton-le- Spring ,    Eng 

land         ......... 

North  Carolina.     Board  of  Agriculture       .         .         1  map 
North      Carolina.       Agricultural     Experiment     Station, 

Raleigh,  N.C.  ........ 


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Northend,  William  D.,  Salem 

Northumberland,  Duke  of  . 

Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  III 

Norwich,  Conn.,  Board  ofTrade         .         .         •         .         . 

Nott,  Samuel,  IlaHford,  Conn.  ..... 

Noyes,  William,  M.D.,  New   York  City      .... 

Nutter,  Frank  H.,  Minneapolis,  Minn.       .... 

Oberlin  College,  Oberlin,  Ohio  ...... 

Obstetrical  Society  of  Boston 

Ohio,  Department  of  State 

Meteorological  Bureau    ...... 

Ohio  State  Bar  Association 

O'Leary,  A.,  M.D.,  St.  Louis,  Mo 

Omaha,  Neb.     Public  Library 

Omaha,  ^Vei.,  Board  of  Trade    ...... 

Oneida  Historical  Society,  Union,  N.Y.. 

Orphans'  Home  and  Asylum  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  New  York  City  ....... 

Otis,  Miss  Caroline  M 

Ourt,  A.  J.,  M.D.,  Philadelphia,  Fa 

Oxford  Historical  Society,  Oxford,   England 

Pacific  Bank,  San  Francisco,  Cal.      ..... 

Paine,  Robert  Treat    ........ 

Palestine  Exploration  Fund,  London,  England 

Palmer,  Cliaries  D.,  Lowell         ...... 

Paris,  France,  City  of         ......         . 

Parker,  Nathaniel  George,  Estate  of,  a  lot  of  newspapers 
and  broadsides         ........ 

Parker,  William  Thornton,  M.D.,  Newport,  R.L 

Paterson,  N..T.     Public  Library  ...... 

Paul,  Edward  J.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.       ..... 

Pt-abody  Education  Fund,  Trustees  of        .         .1  medal 

Peabody  Institute,  Baltimore,  Md.     ..... 

Peabody  Institute,  Peabody         ...... 

Peabody  Museum  of  Archaeology  and  Ethnology,  Cam- 
bridge     .......... 

Pellew,  George    ......... 

Pennsylvania.     Committee  on  Lunacy         .... 

Ponilcntiary  for  Eastern  District,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 

Pennsylvania  Academy  of  the  Fine  Arts,  Philadelphia, 
Pa 

Pennsylvania  College  of  Dental  Surgery,  Philadelphia, 
Pa 

IVnnypacker,  Samuel  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    . 

Peoria,  ///.,  Board  of  Trade        ...... 

Perkins  Institute  and  Massachusetts  School  for  the  Blind, 

YiiTvy,  Mrs.  li.Y.,  Greenville,  S.C. 

Perry,  Thomas  Sergeant,  a  lot  of  newspapers  and  broad- 
sides        .......... 

Perry,  William  Stevens,  D.D.,  Davenport,  Iowa 

l'hiiM(lelphia,  Pa.  Commissioners  for  the  Erection  of  Pub- 
li(r  Buildings    ......... 

V\\\\MM\A\\i\  City  InsuiwXe,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  . 

Philadelpliia  Record,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     .... 

Pliiladelphia  Society  for  Organizing  Charity,  Philadel- 
phia,  Pa.         ......... 

Philhin,  .TohnF.,  CTin^on 

Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  Exeter,  Nil.     .... 

Pliilological  Society,  London,   England     .... 

Philosophical  Society,  Glasgow,  Scotland 


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Pike,  Rol)ert  G. ,  Middleiown,  Conn.  . 
Pinson,  H.,  I'ittermaritzhurg ,  Natal 
Pitman,  Robert  C,   Newton         .... 
Plymouth,  England.     Public  Librarj' 
Pollock,  F.,  London,  England    .... 
Pool,  Wellington,   Wenha'in         .... 
Porter,  J.  W.,  Bangor,  Me.  .... 

Portsmouth,  England      Public  Library 

Potter,  Silas  Allen,  M.D 

Powers  Institute,  Bernardston  .... 

Preston,  D.  S 

Preston,  Sidney  FL,  London,  England 
Prince,  Frederick  O.  . 

Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  Diocese  of  Vermont 
Providence,  R  L     City  Registrar 
Public  Library 


Providence  Athenasum,  Providence,  R.L    . 

Psi  Upsilon  Fraternity  ..... 

Putnam,  Miss  E.  C.     . 

Putnam,  Frederick  W.,  Cambridge   . 

Quebec,  Canada.     City  Treasurer 

Queen's  College  and  University,  Kingston,  Canada 

Quinn,  Rev.  D.  A.,  Bay  View,  R.I.   . 

Rand,  Benjamin,  Cambridge       .... 

Rand  Avery  Company  ..... 

Randall,  Mrs.  H.  C,  Newton       .... 

Randolph  &  English,  Richmond,   Va, 

Raymond,  John  M.,  Salem  .... 

Reale  Istituto  Lombardo  di  Scienze  e  Lettere,  Milan, 

Redwood  Library,  Newport,  R.L 

Reed,  Mrs.  E.  T 

Retreat  for  the  Insane,  Hartford,  Conn.     . 

Reynolds,  Rev.  Grindall,  Concord 

Reynolds,  Rev.  Herbert  E.,  Exeter,  England 

Reynolds,  Sheldon,   Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

Reynolds,  Walter  H.  . 

Reynolds  Library,  Rochester,  N.Y.     . 

Rhode  Island.    Adjutant-General 

Board  of  Health 


Italy 


—  Board  of  State  Charities  and  Corrections 

—  Commissioner  of  Public  Schools 


Rhode  Island  Historical  Society 

Rice,  Franklin  P.,   Worcester      .... 

Rice,  Howard  M.,  Providence,  R.I.     . 

Rice,  Rev.  William,  Springfield 

Rich,  John  T.,  Lansing,  Mich.   .... 

Richardson,  William  A.,    Washington,  D.C. 

Rijks-Universiteit,  Utrecht,  Holland  . 

Riley,  James       ....... 

Ritter,  Mrs.  Fanny  Raymond,  Poughkeepsit,  N.  Y. 

Roanoke  Collegian,  Salem,  Va. 

Robbins,  Gilbert  F.,  Providence,  R.L 

Roberts,  Lester  A.,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

Roberts,  Rev.  Oliver  A.       ....         . 

Robins,  J.  W.,  D.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     . 
Rodman,  William  W.,  New  Haven,  Conn.  . 
Roe,  Alfred  S.,   Worcester  ..... 

Rogers,  E.  H.,  Chelsea        ..... 

Rogge,  Dr.  H.  C,  Amsterdam,  Holland     , 


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Rolfe,  William  J.,  Cambridge    . 

Rollins  College,   Winter  Park,  Fla.    . 

Roxbury  Charitable  Society 

Royal  Dublin  Society,  Dublin,  Ireland 

Royal  Observatory,  Greenwich,  England 

Royal  Society,  Edinburgh,  Scotland 

Royal  Society  of  Canada,  Montreal    . 

Royal  Society  of  South  Australia,  Adelaide,  S.A 

Russell,  Capt.  A.  H.,  U.S.A.      . 

Russell,  Samuel  Hammond 

Russo,  Rev.  Nicholas 

St.  Botolph  Club         ...  a  lot  of  newspapers 

St.    Gallische    Naturwissenschaftliche     Gesellschaft,    St 

Gall,  Switzerland  .... 
St.  Louis,  Mo.    Public  Library  . 
St.  Louis  Mercantile  Library,  St.  Louis,  Mo 
St.  Louis  University,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
St.  Paul,  Minn.    Public  Library 
Salisbury,  Stephen,  Worcester    . 
San  Diego,  Ca^.,  Chamber  of  Commerce 
San   Francisco,  Cal.    Public  Library 
Sanders,  Mrs.  M.  A.,  Pau'tucket.  R.L 
Sanger,  Charles  R.,  Annapolis,  Md. 
Sauveur,  Lambert       .... 
Savary,  Rev.  William  H.    . 
Saville,  Leonard  A.,  Lexington 
Sawin,  James  M.,  Providence,  R.I.     . 
Sawyer,  Warren  .... 

Suhermerhorn,  J.  W.,  &  Co.,  New   York  City 
Scholfield  Bequest       .... 

Schwab,  F'mil 

Science  and  Art  Museum,  Dublin,  Ireland 
Scribner's  Sons,  Charles,  New  York  City 
Scudder,  Samuel  H.,  Cambridge 
Sears,  George  E.,  New  York  City 
Seelev,  Montressor  S.,   Wobiirn 

Schaffer,  J.  M.,  M.D.,  Keokuk,  la.     . 

Shakespeare  Memorial  Library,  Stratford-on-A 
land  ....... 

Sharp,  James  C.  ...        1  broadsid 

Shaw,  Samuel  S 

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

Sheffield,  England.      Public  Libraries 

Sheldon,  Rev.  Winthrop  D. 

Sheltering  Arms,  New  York  City 

Shoppell,  Pt.  W.,  New  York  City 

Silas  lironson  Library,    Waterbury,  Conn.  . 

Simmnns,  J.  Edward,  New  York  City 

Sinnickson,  Robert,  Trenton,  N.J., 

1  newspaper,  1  broadside,  1  photograph 

Smith,  Benjamin  G.,  Cambridge 

Smith,  Charles  C 

Smith,  John  C,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Smith,  \V.  Everett,  M.D 

Smithsonian  Institution,    Washington,  D.C. 

Smyth,  C.  Piazzi,  Edinburgh,  Scotland 

Smyth,  G.  B 

Sociedad  Mexicana  de  Geografia  y  Estadistica,  Mexico 

Society  for  Propagating  the  Gospel  among  the  Indians  and 
Others  in  North  America 


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1  portrait 


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

Society  for  the  Protection  of  Animals  from  Vivisection, 
London,  England   ........ 

Society  for  the  Reformation  of  Juvenile  Delinquents,  New 
York  City         ......... 

Society  for  the  Study  and  Cure  of  Inebriety,  London, 
England  .......... 

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

Society  of  Arts,  London,  England     ..... 

Society  of  California  Pioneers,  San  Francisco,  Cat. 

Somerville.     Public  Library       ...... 

Sotheran,  Henry,  &  Co.,  London,  England 

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

Southbridpe.     Public  Library     ...... 

Southern  Workman,  Hampton,  Va.  .         .     3  newspapers 

Spalding,  George  B.,  D.D.,  Syracuse,  N.Y.       . 

Sprague,  Homer  B.     .......         . 

Springfield,  City  Library  Association  .... 

Staedtisches  Realgymnasium,  Leipzig,  Germany 

Stanford,  Leland,  San  Francisco,  Cal 

Stanley,  Edward  O 

Stanley,  H.  M.,  Lake  Forest,  III 

Starck,  E.  G 

Start,  Rev.  W.  A.,  Cambridge  ..... 

State  Historical  Society  of  Iowa,  Iowa  City,  la. 

State  Historical  Society  of  Wisconsin,  Madison,   Wis. 

Stevens,  J.  M.     . 

Stimson,  Rodney  M.,  Marietta,  0.      .         .         . 

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

Stone,  Jonathan  ........ 

Storrs  School  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Mansfield, 
Conn.       .......... 

Strong,  Rev.  Augustus  H.,  Rochester,  N.Y. 

Sturgis  Library,  Barnstable        ...... 

Swain,  George  F.         .......         . 

Swampscott.     Public  Library     ...... 

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

Swansea,   Wales.     Public  Library       ..... 

Swartlimore  College,  Swarthmore,  Pa.       .... 

Swift,  George  B,  Chicago,  III.    ...... 

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

Taft,  Royal  C,  Providence,  R.I. 

Taunton.     Public  Library  ....... 

Technological,  Industrial,  and  Sanitary  Museum,  Sydney, 
NS.W. 

Teele,  A.  K.,  Milton 

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

Thimra,  Franz,  London,  England      ..... 

Thomas  Crane  Public  Library,  Quincy      .... 

Thompson,  A.  C„  D.D 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  Stamford,  Conn.     . 

Thruston,  G.  P.,  Nashville,  Tenn.      ..... 

Thwaites,  Reuben  G.,  Madison,   Wis.  .... 

Thwing,  Edward  Pay  son,  M.D.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Thwing,  Walter  Eliot 

Ticknor,  Thomas  B.    .......         . 

Tiffany,  Edward 


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Tillotson  Institute,  Austin,  Texas 
Titus,  Rev.  Anson,  Amesbury     . 
Todd,  William  C,  Atkinson,  N.  II.     . 
Toledo,  Ohio.     Public  Library 
Tolinan,  A.  VV.,  Brimsuick,  Me. 
Tiipeka,  Kan.     Public  Library  . 
Toronto,  Canada.     Public  Library     . 
Torrey  Botanical  Club,  New  York  City 
Townsend,  John  P.,  New  York  City  . 
Trades'  Publishing  Company,  Philadelph 
Traviller  Publishing  Company    . 
Travellers'  Insurance  Company,  Hartford 
Trinity  College  School,  Port  Hope.  Ontar 
Truman,  Benjamin  C,  San  Francisco,  Cal 
Tucker,  Willis  G.,  M.D.,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Tuckerman,  Joseph,  Newport,  R.I.     . 
Tufts  College,  Medford 
Tullidge,  E.  W.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Tuttle,  J.  H 

Tuttle,  Joseph  F.,  D.D.,  Crawfordsville, 
Tyler,  Arthur  W.,  New  York  City 
"  Unitarian,  The  "      .         .         .         . 
Unitarian  Sunday  School  Society 
United  States.     Architect  of  the  Capitol 

Army,  Adjutant  General 

Chief  of  Engineers 

Paymaster  General 

Surgeon  General 


Jnd. 


Bureau  of  Engineers 
Bureau  of  Education 
Bureau  of  Ethnology 
Bureau  of  Labor 
Bureau  of  Navigation 
Bureau  of  Statistics 
Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey 
Comptroller  of  the  Currency   . 
Court  of  Claiius 
Department  of  Agriculture 

Division  of  Entomology 


—  Department  of  Justice 

—  Department  of  State 

—  Department  of  the  Interior 

—  Department  of  the  Treasury 

—  Department  of  War 

—  Director  of  the  Mint 

—  Fish  Commission 

—  Geological  Survey  .         .    21  maps 

—  Hydrographic  Office 

—  Indian  Commissioners 

—  Life-Saving  Service 

—  Light  House  Board 

—  Marine  Hospital  Service 

—  Military  Academy,   West  Point,  N. 

—  Nautical  Almanac  Office 

—  Office  of  Naval  Intelligence 

—  Ordnance  Office 

—  Patent  Office    .... 

—  Pension  Office 

—  Post  Office  Department   . 

—  Railroad  Commissioners 


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United  States.     Signal  Service  .         .     a  large  lot  of  maps 

Supervising  Inspector-General  of  Steam  Vessels    . 

United   States   Commission   to   the    Paris    Exposition   of 
1889 4  broadsides 

United  States  Naval  Academy,  Annapolis,  Md. 

Universalist  General  Convention 

Universalist  Sabbath  School  Union    . 

Universite  de  Lyon     ..... 

University  College,  Nottingham,  England 

University  of  California,  Berkeley,   Cal.     . 

Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Berkeley,   Cal. 

University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

University  of  Nebraska,  Agricultural  Experiment  Station 
Lincoln,  Neb.  .... 

University  of  Pennsylvania  Library    . 

University  of  Rochester,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

University  of  Vermont,  Burlington,  Vt. 

University  of  Wisconsin,  Madison,   Wis. 

Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Madison,  Wis. 

Updike,  Berkeley        .... 

Upton,  Winslow,   Cambridge 

Vanderbilt  Benevolent  Association,  Charleston,  S.C. 

1  newspaper 

Van  Dyke,  John  C,  New  Brunswick,  N.J. 

Vankoughnet,  L.,  Ottawa,  Canada    . 

Venable,  W.  H.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio    . 

Vernon,  Dowager  Lady      .... 

Victoria  Street  Society,  London,  England 

Vidal  Morales  y  Morales,  ,  Havana,  Cuba 

Vinton,  Rev.  Alexander  H.,   Worcester 

Vogelsang,  Alexander,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Vose,  George  L.,  Brookline 

Walker,  Francis  A 

Walker,  Isaac,  Pembroke,  N.H. 

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

Walker,  Williston,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 

Wall,  Caleb  A.,    Worcester. 
Walling,  Mrs.  M.  F.,  Cambridge 
Wallis,  A.,  Stockholm,  Sweden  . 
Walters,  W.  T.,  Baltimore,  M.D.      . 
Waltham.     Public  Library 

Walton,  J.  P.,  Muscatine,  Iowa 

Wandsworth,  England.     Public  Library 

Ware,  Miss  E.  H.,  Cambridge    . 

Ware,  William,  &  Co. 

Warner  Observatory,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Warren  Street  Chapel 

Washington,  Booker  T.,  Tuskegee,  Ala. 

Washingtonian  Home 

Waters,  Mrs.  C.  E ' 

Watertown.     Public  Library 

Webber,  Samuel  G.,  Jf.Z).,         .         .    a  lot  of  newspapers 

Weeks,  Stephen  B.,  Chapel  Hill,  NC. 

Welch,  Rev.  Edward  H.,  Georgetown,  B.C. 

Wenham,  Town  of      . 

Wentworth,  John,  Chicago,  III. 

West  Brookfield.     Public  Library 

West  Church 

Western  Reserve  Historical  Society,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Westhausser,  Louis,  Paris,  France   .... 


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Wheatland,  H 

Wheildon,  William  W.,  Concord         ..... 

Whiston,  E.  A.,  M.D 

Whitcher,  William  F.,        .        a  lot  of  newspaper  cuttings 

White,  Andrew  Dickson     ....... 

White,  Guilford,  Easton     .         .         .         .         .         . 

White,  Samuel,  Marlborough,  N.H.  .         .      1  photograph 

Whitlock,  L.  L 

Whitman,  Royal,  M.D.        ....... 

Whitniore,  William  H.        ......         . 

Whitney,  Miss  Carrie  W.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Whitney,  H.  M.,  Beloit,   Wis 

Whitney,  James  L.     .         .         3  engravings,  2  broadsides 

Wiggin,  James  Henry,  Cambridge      ..... 

Williams,  Henry  ........ 

Williamson,  Joseph,  Belfast,  Me.       ..... 

Wilmington  Institute,   Wilmington,  Del.     .... 

Wilson,  G.  H 

Wiltbank,  W.  W.,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

Winchester  Home  Corporation  for  Aged  Women 

Wines,  Frederick  H.,  Springfield,  111.       .... 

Winn,  Henry      ......... 

Winnipeg.  J/awiVoJa,  Board  of  Trade         .... 

Winship,  Mrs.  Hannah  E.,  Lexington         .... 

Winsor,  Justin,  Cambridge         ...... 

Winthrop,  Robert  C. 

Winthrop.     Public  Librarj-         ...... 

Wisconsin.     Bureau  of  Labor  and  Industrial  Statistics 

Wisconsin  Academy  of  Sciences,  Arts,  and  Letters,  Madi- 
son,   Wis.  ......... 

Woburn,  Town  of       .......         . 

Public  Library         ....... 

Woman's  Baptist  Foreign  Missionary  Society    . 

Woman's  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia, 
Pa 

Woman's  Medical  College  of'the  New  York  Infirmary 

Wood,  Rev.  Will  C 

Worcester,  Rev.  William,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Worcester,  City  of      .......         . 

Public  Library         ....... 

Worcester  County  Horticultural  Society,    Worcester  . 

Wright,  S.  E.,  Cincinnati,   Ohio         ..... 

Wright,  Stephen  M.,  A'eM^  ForA;  Ci<i/ 

Wyman,  Henry  A.       .......         . 

Yale  University.  New  Haven,  Conn.  ..... 

Observatory,  New  Haven.  Conn.     .... 

Young  Men's  Association  for  Mutual  Improvement,  Al- 
bany, N.  Y.       . 

Young  Men's  Benevolent  Society        ..... 

Young  Men's  Business  Association,  Quincy,   III. 

Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  New  York  City  . 

Young  Men's  Democratic  Club  of  Massachusetts,  a  lot  of 
broadsides        ......... 

Young  Men's  Hebrew  Association,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Young  Men's  Mercantile  Library  Association,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio 

Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Zoological  Society  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.     .... 


Pphs. 


APPEIS^DIX    X. 


CXKCULATION. 
(Books  issued.) 


ToTiL  Circulation. 


1,156,721 

1,065,081 

1,040,553 

1,045,902 

1,056,906 

1,027,39.3 

602,431 

958,629 

934,593 

1,013,847 


3,418 
3,454 
3,380 
2,953 
3,143 
3,041 
3,335 


7,614 
7,029 
7,531 


Bates  Hall 

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101,100 

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96,764 

165,373 

647 

1,046 

63,782 

103,540 

167,322 

552 

1,052 

66,948 

113,127 

180,075 

588 

1,181 

68,080 

119,833 

184,913 

604 

1,220 

78,630 

124,134 

202,764 

667 

1,210 

38,345 

81,507 

119,852 

586 

1,027 

62,672 

140,801 

203,473 

667 

1,236 

61,183 

138,870 

200,053 

6.58 

1,287 

62,103 

166,471 

228,574 

752 

1,349 

Lower  Hall, 


6  * 

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a 

306,148 

10,369 

257,592 

9,271 

239,601 

11,191 

163,811 

32,119 

168,926 

35,066 

150,826 

32,768 

92,847 

18,489 

154,402 

29,.529 

154,007 

29,981 

164,137 

34,549 

250,792 
195,930 
203,992 
183,594 
111,336 


East  Boston  Branch. 

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3,004 

108,201 

303 

951 

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1,849 

97,024 

4,097 

101,118 

318 

989 

828 

1,670 

88,901 

7,073 

(f  95 ,974 

328 

868 

640 

1,301 

92,833 

8,107 

100,940 

329 

876 

667 

1,333 

88,394 

7,048 

95,442 

311 

871 

606 

1,186 

75,710 

8,747 

/84,457 

326 

855 

546 

1,136 

48,288 

4,647 

52,935 

237 

764 

603 

1,362 

70,926 

8,509 

79,435 

260 

813 

606 

1,309' 

60,524 

7,789 

i  68,313 

228 

533 

653 

1,227 

62,148 

11,957 

74,106 

243 

651 

South  Boston  Branch. 


i 

1 

K 

138,309 

6,261 

129,251 

3,607 

125,409 

4,077 

121,939 

4,472 

119,564 

4,656 

123,570 

5,096 

66,547 

2,383 

97,715 

2,277 

81,470 

4,077 

91,954 

5,491 

143,570 
132,858 
129,486 
126,411 
124,220 
128,666 


1 85,517 
97,445 


1,196 
1,137 
1,074 
1,062 
1,161 
1,145 


RoxBURT  Branch. 


119,450 
106,700 
101,534 
105,797 
103,483 
98,350 
•55,863 
79,057 
76,.385 
81,744 


5,480 
4,912 


5,069 
8,459 
10,347 
10,221 


124,930 
110,612 
106,273 
112,525 
111,357 
106,180 
60,932 
87,516 
86,732 
91,965 


1880 

73,302 

1881.    ..... 

78,682 

1882 

85,038 

188:t 

84,560 

1884 

74,453 

1885 

69,181 

1885  (8  m08.)    . 

38,839 

1886 

62,863 

i88r 

69,596 

1888 

60,779 

Oharlestown  Branch. 


a 


1,446 
2,140 
2,281 
2,744 
2,513 
2,360 
1,368 
3,114 
4,7.39 
6,819 


c74,748 
80,822 
87,319 
87,304 
76,966 
71,541 
40,207 
65,977 
65,091 


Brighton  Branch. 


26,406 
26,067 
25,152 
25,965 
24,214 
22,683 
12,265 
19,936 
18,«13 
19,256 


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1,574 

27,980 

2,110 

28,177 

2,292 

27,444 

2,295 

28,257 

1,927 

26,141 

2,209 

24,802 

1,222 

13,487 

1,893 

21,829 

1,378 

20,191 

1,313 

20,569 

Dorchester  Branch 


55,690 
53,904 
53,036 
65,678 
70,260 
71,863 
43,189 
67,862 
62,633 
63,607 


730 
1,449 
1,880 
1,913 
1,639 

914 
2,028 
2,095 
2,812 


56,716 
55,188 

<?54,485 
67,658 

c72,173 
73,502 
44,103 
69,890 
64,728 
66,419 


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177 

541 
541 

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561 

219 

650 

237 

741 

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633 

216 

622 

228 

646 

212 

690 

218 

661 

Sodth-End  Branch. 


77,016 
71,432 
61,453 
76,472 
76,693 
68,362 
S36,470 
59,459 
62,931 
65,781 


2,275 
2,630 
10,283 
17,778 
22,108 
22,495 
13,343 
19,269 
21,370 
23,189 


79,291 
73,962 
t?71,736 
94,250 
98,801 
90,867 
49,813 
78,718 
84,301 
88,970 


Jamaica  Plain  Branch. 


North-End  Branch. 


a 


62,406 
47,797 
46,316 
44,7.58 
43,03! 
41  ,.526 
25,732 
40,851 
37,104 
43,645 


2,220 
2,311 
3,406 
4,379 
8,232 


6,003 
7,493 
6,679 
7,665 


64,626 
50,108 
49,722 
49,137 
51,271 
51,192 
.31,735 
48,344 
42,783 
51,310 


3,.515 
11,630 
/9,748 
9,101 
A19,524 
32,896 
29,206 


a  Includes  the  largest  of  each  department  on  any  day,  -without  regard  to  its  being 
tlie  same  day. 

b  Includes  books  borrowed  on  white  slips,  and  returned  the  same  day. 

c  The  Charlestown  branch  was  closed  from  April  20th  to  the  30th,  to  rearrange  tlie 
books,  and  also  from  May  1st  lo  the  lltli,  1880. 


d  1'he  East  Boston  branch  was  closed  25  working-days. 
"    South-End        "  "         ""      85        "  " 

"    Dorchester       "  "         "        6        "  "       during  1882. 

The  North-End  branch  was  open  177  days  during  1883. 
e  The  Dorchester  branch  was  closed  one  day,  for  repairs,  during  1884. 
/  The  East  Boston  and  North-End  branches  were  closed  44  and  25  woi 
respectively,  during  1885. 


g  The  South-End  branch  was  closed  15  working-days  during  the  period  from 
to  December  31, 1885. 

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

i  The  South  Boston  branch  was  closed  36  working-days,  and  the  East  ] 
branch  4  working-days  in  1887. 


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APPENDIX  XIII. 

BATES-HALL    READING. 


Percentage  of 

Use. 

Classification. 

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English    history,  topography, 
biography,  travel,  and  polite 

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11.1 
5.8 

12.3 

12.2 
5.3 

12.0 

12.4 
4.6 

11.8 

12.82 
5.16 

12.1 

13.27 
5.4 

13.45 

12.72 
5.4 

12  7 

American  (North  and  South) 

12.32 

French  history,  etc 

4.7 

German  history,  etc 

5 

3.4 

3.9 

3.9 

3.9 

3.8 

4.5 

4.09 

4.01 

3.78 

3.4 

Italian  history,  etc 

2 

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1.8 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.6 

1.72 

1.09 

1.46 

1.63 

Spanish  history,  etc 

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.69 

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Oriental  history,  etc 

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.   . 

4.8 

4.59 

4.94 

5.9 

General  history 

3 

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3.3 

3.6 

3.5 

3.5 

3. 

3.19 

3.07 

3.11 

4.31 

Greek,  Latin,  and  philology  . 

4 

3.5 

3.6 

3.9 

3.3 

3.5 

2.9 

3.03 

2.62 

2.7 

3.55 

Bibliography 

2 

1.2 

1.5 

1.6 

1.6 

1.9 

1.5 

1.5 

1.31 

1.14 

1.21 

Periodicals  and  Transactions . 

.   . 

5.08 

6.34 

6.00 

5.54 

13 

1 

8.9 
3.8 

8.7 
3.7 

8.5 
3.6 

8.4 
3.8 

8.3 
3.9 

8. 
3.5 

7.4 

3.6 

7.75 
3.19 

7.21 
3.16 

6.74 

Natural  history  and  science  . 

2.86 

Theology,    ecclesiastical    his- 
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6.9 

fi.57 

6,08 

8.56 

6 

7.3 

7.0 

6.6 

6.4 

7.0 

6.8 

6.5 
1.52 

5.49 
1.47 

5.55 
1.55 

5.09 

Law 

1.15 

5.3 

4.59 

4.52 
5.18 

4.23 
5.63 

4.01 

Metaphysics  and  social  science. 

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5.13 

Political  economy 

.   . 

1.07 

.96 

1.13 

.86 

Mathematics  and  physical  sci- 
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5.87 

6.00 

5.66 

5.74 

Miscellaneous 

3.6 

3.43 

3.53 

3.9 

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


APPEN^DIX 

XIV. 

— 1 

LOWEK 

HALL   AND   BRANCH   READING. 

1 

1 

CLA8SEB. 

The  figures  give  the  relative  per- 
centages. 

1884 

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188» 

(May  1-Dec.  31.) 

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77 

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79 

73.7 

78.6 

73.11 

74.3 

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75 

70 

75 

68.65 

11. 

History  and  biography 

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8 

6 

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6.7 

7.26 

4 

6 

4 

3 

9 

16 

7 

14 

7.36 

III. 

Travels  and  voyages 

4.08 

2.17 

4 

4 

3 

6 

4.55 

4 

24  '       4.2 

4.44 

2 

4 

3 

3.7 

3.2 

6.51 

4 

32 

3.7 

3.91 

2 

4 

3 

6 

3 

4 

4 

27 

6.32 

IV. 

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APPENDIX    XYIIL 

FINANCIAL   STATEMENT. 


General  Library  Accounts. 


Binding  materials 

Binding  books 

Books  

I'eriodicals  * 

Expense 

Fuel 

Furniture,  etc 

Gas 

I'rinting  and  cataloguing  .   . 

Stationery 

Salaries 

Transportation,  postage,  etc. 

Rents 

Repairs 

Electric  lighting 


Total 


1888. 
(Jan.  1-Dec.  31.) 


City  appro- 
priations. 


$2,259  00 

17,000  00 

2,076  00 

2,076  00 

1,165  00 

4,653  00 

6,460  00 

777  OO 

76,413  00 

2,123  00 

3,600  00 

2,066  00 


$120,668  00 


Expended. 


$990 
3,119 

19,015 
4,372 
2,692 
3,430 
]  ,297 
5,721 
5,385 
1,184 

74,075 

2,652 

2,956 

774 

433 


$128,100  97 


Received  from  fines  and 
sales  of  catalogues. 


Year. 


1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
18S3 
1884 
1885 
1885 
(8  mos.) 
1886 
1887 
1888 


$3,092  12 

3,266  31 

2,618  32 

2.984  12 

3,497  03 

2,945  74 

3,2. '3  14 

3,018  01 

2,952  86 

1,965  51 

3,000  00 

3,021  20 

3,192  76 


*The  appropriation  for  periodicals  is  included  in  that  for  books. 

Note.  —  The  expenditures  i'or  books  cover  the  cost  of  tliowe  chargeable  to  the  trust.funds 
account,  as  well  as  those  charged  to  the  annual  appropriations  from  the  City,  and  also  include 
such  as  are  bought  with  the  balances  with  the  foreign  agents  at  the  close  of  the  previous 
year. 

Hills  accruing  subsequently  to  the  middle  of  March  (when  the  last  requisition  of  the 
year,  payable  April  1st,  is  approved)  will  be  audited  in  the  subsequent  year's  account, 
beginning  nominally  May  Ist.  In  this  way  books  added  between  March  Inth  and  May  1st 
may  be  counted  in  one  year,  and  paid  for  in  the  subsequent  year.  The  cost  of  maintaining  a 
branch  after  the  first  year  makes  part  of  the  general  items  of  the  several  appropriations. 

The  money  for  books  bought  on  account  of  the  Kellowes  .Vtheno'um  is  spent  under  the 
direction  of  the  book  committee  of  the  trustees  of  the  Fellowes  fund. 

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

NORTH-END   BRANCH. 
City  Appropriation,  ^4,000. 

{Salaries $672  48 

Hooks 705  71 

Expense 1,027  86 

Amount  actually  expended $2,406  05 

iSN't     *  Balance  of  CItv  appropriation 1,593  95 

*""••»•   i  Expended  for  books 186  08 

(  Balance $1,407  87 

188-1.  ]  Books $415  08 

'  Alterations  and  repairs 506  51 

921  59 

$486  28 
IS*."*.      Books 281  20 

$205  08 
(  Books 95  54 

1886. \  

(  Balance $109  54 

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1888.     Books 85  89 


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APPENDIX   XX. 


LIBRARY    SERVICE. 

CDec.  31,  1888.) 


Name. 


M ELLEN  Chamberlain 

Jnmes  L.  Whitney  .  .   . 
Jo86  F.  Garret 


Louis  F.  Gray  .  .  . 
Adelaide  A.  Nichols 
Effie  L.  Gibba  .  .  . 
John  J.  Keenan    .   . 


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Arthur  J.  Knowles  .  . 
Elizabeth  T.  Reed  .  . 
Carrie  K.  Burnell  .  . 
Annie  C.  Miller  .  .  . 
Ida  W.  Gould  .... 
Mary  H.  Rollins  .  .  . 
Anna  C.  D.Keen  .  .  . 
Dora  L.  Cutler  .... 
Lillian  F.  Seaver  .  .  . 
Julia  C.  Twickler  .  . 
Card  Catalogues. 
Edward  B.  Hunt  .  .  . 
Alice  Browne  .... 
Michael  F.  Duffley  .  . 


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James  L.  Whitney  . 

Job6  F.  Carret 1875 


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1888 
1873 
1881 
1881 
1884 
1886 
1887 
1887 
1888 
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Librarian's  Secretary 

Auditor  and  Cashier 

Stenographer  and  Typewriter 
Librarian's  Runner 


Principal  of  the  department    .   . 

Registrar,  Curator  of  Patents  and 
Engravings,  and  Reviser  .   .   . 


Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant 

Assistant • 

Assistant  in  Patent-room,  ©tc. 

Assistant 


Assistant 
Assistant 
Assistant 
Assistant 


Curator  of  officers'  card  catalog. 

Assistant 

Runner     


Total 15 


Public  Libkary. 


67 


LIBRARY   SERVICE.  —  Continued. 


1 

a 

a 
a, 

C 

Name. 

^8 

a  <" 

Position,  duties,  etc. 

c  «    a 
O      O 

extra  service. 
Total 
employed. 

Harriet  N.  Pike  .... 

Edith  D.  Fuller 

Agnes  R.  Darae 

Mary  A.  McG rath     .   .   .    . 

Michael  F.  Melledy  .... 

Daniel  F.  Mahoncy  .... 

Total 

1867 
1879 
1883 
1868 

1887 
1887 

Chief  Clerk 

s 
■si 
s  s 

Associate  Clerk 

Assistant 

Runner ...       

§. 

6 

• 

Appleton  p.  C.  Griffin, 

William  Roflfe 

William  Walsh 

George  Hamilton 

Matthew  T.  Keenan     .   ,    . 
Total 

1865 
1881 
1888 
1888 
1886 

1 

Ass't  in  charge  of  repairs,  etc. .  . 

1 

< 
<< 

5 

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

Agnes  C.  Doyle 

Alice  M.  Putnam 

George  A.  Phillips   .... 

Edward  T.  Daley 

William  H.  Harvey  .... 

Henry  D.  Gray 

Martin  J.  Conroy 

George  C.  Remlinger     .   . 
Total 

1875 
1867 
1881 

1885 
1886 
1888 
1888 
1888 
1888 
1888 
1889 

Librarian  of  Bates  Hall 

11     . 

Receiving  Clerk 

? 

^ 

.     11 

Edward  Tij-yANY .... 

Mary  A.  Jenkins 

Frank  C.  Bliusdell    .... 

Edwin  F.  Rice  ." 

Caroline  E.  J.  Poree    .  .   . 

Sarah  A.  Mack 

Eliza  J.  Mack 

Annie  G.  Shea 

1878 
1877 
1876 

1885 
1859 
1863 
1863 
1874 

Librarian  of  Lower  Hall    .... 

Assistant  Librarian  ........ 

Curator     of    Lower     Hall    card 

o 

Clerk  for  registration  and  fines    . 

Reading  room  Clerk 

Delivery  Clerk 

Receiving  Clerk 

Assistant 

68 


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LIBRARY   S'EUVICE.  —  Continued. 


Name. 


Mary  Sheridan  .  .  ■ 
Rebecca  J.  Briggs  . 
Agnes  M.  Murray  , 
Elinor  S.  Briggs  .  , 
Ella  K.  Murray  .  . 
NelUeM. Riley.  .  . 
Annie  G.  Murphy.  , 
Evening  Service. 
Fred  W.  Blaisdell , 


William  Roffe  .  .  . 
Amelia  McGrath  .  . 
William  L.  Day  .  . 
Freeman  L.  Zittel . 
John  W.  Regan  .  , 
John  J.  Reardon  .  , 
Joseph  A .  Hogan  . 
James  F.  Daily  . 
Otto  A.  Heimann  . 
Total , 


1880 
1881 
1885 
1885 
1886 
1888 
1888 

1886 

1884 
1885 
1881 
1885 
1887 
1887 
1888 
1888 
1886 


Position,  duties,  etc. 


3.1 


Assistant  . 
Assistant . 
Assistant . 
Assistant , 
Assistant . 
Assistant . 
Assistant  , 


Registration  Clerk  and  Sunday 
service  


Reading-room  . 
Delivery  Clerk  . 
Receiving  Clerk 
Runner     .... 


Runner 
Runner 
Runner 
Runner 
Runner 


■oJ: 


4,    «   4, 


26 


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

John  White 

William  Monahan   .   .  . 

Extra  daily  Assistants. 

Total 


1858 
1886 
1880 
1883 


Janitor 

Night  Watchman 

Porter 

Porter 


Frank  Ryder  .  .  . 
Dennis  J.  Collins  . 
Wm.  Herastead  . 
Sarah  E.  Bowen  . 
Mary  G.  Moriarty 
John  F.  Murphy  . 
Total 


1883 
1888 
1883 
1876 
1875 
1883 


Forwarder  . 
Finisher  .  . 
Pressman  . 
Forewoman 
Sewer  .  .  . 
Apprentice  . 


Public  Library. 

LIBRARY   SERVICE.  —  Continued. 


69 


a 

a 

u 
a 

« 

Name. 

-an 

Position,  duties,  etc. 

Is 

n 

q  oD 
O 

On  time  and 
extra  service. 

Total 
employed. 

Sarah  C.  Godbold  .  .  . 

Alice  M.  Wing 

Emma  D.  Coleman  .... 
Emma  W.  Flanders     .   .  , 

Lizzie  McBride 

Helen  E.  Eldridge    .... 
Olive  P.  Littlefield    .... 

George  II.  Hosea 

Total 

1871 

187-2  \ 

1888) 

1888 

1886 

1888 

1888 

1873 

i 

1 
3 

1 

8 

First  Assistants 

Second  Assistant 

Extra  Assistant 

■S 
1 

^ 

g 

N.  Josephine  Bijllard  . 

Ellen  A.  Eaton 

Idalene  L.  Sampson    .   .  . 

Reata  Watson 

Alice  B.  Orcutt 

Lilla  F.Davis 

Lena  Parker 

Sarah  Baker 

Joseph  Baker 

Total 

1883 

1872  1 

1877) 

1877  1 

1884) 

1881 

1877 

1887 

1872 

i; 

3 

1 

s 

1 

First  Assistants 

Second  Assistants 

(^ 

^ 

0 

Helen  M.  Bell 

Elizabeth  C.  Berry  .... 

Dora  Puffer 

Sarah  W.  Griggs 

Mary  E.  Griffith 

Katie  F.  Albert 

Emma  Bollig 

Julia  G.  Hagerty 

Charles  R.  Curtis 

Total 

1878 

1877  1 

1878) 

1884) 

1885) 

1883 

1888 

1883 

1873 

\\ 

3 

s 

1 

First  Assistants 

Second  Assistants 

fti 

6 

9 

70 


City  Document  No.   13. 

LIBRARY  SERVICE.  —  Continued. 


a 

V 

s 

r 

1 

Name. 

Position,  duties,  etc. 

Is 

n 

O 

U 

a  » 
O 

a/ 

>. 

o 

—  a, 

BS 
o  <o 

Elizabeth  F.  Cart£e  .  . 

Annie  E.  Eberle 

Mary  P.  Swain 

Susan  E.  Livermore    .   .   . 
Alice  G.  Willoughby  .   .   . 

Lydia  E.  Eberle 

Emma  L.  Willoughby    .  . 
Thomas  E.  Smith 

Total 

1886 
1874  1 
1878) 
1879  1 
1882) 
1881 
1882 
1869 

1 

i: 

1 
1 

2 

s 

1 

8 

s 

First  Assistants 

Second  Assistants 

"w 

g 

1 

6 

R 

Mart  E.  Brock 

Mary  F.  Grailey 

Sara  R.  Brock 

James  M.  Brock 

Total 

1875 
1880 
1880 
1878 

1 
1 

■ 
1 

1 

1 

Second  Assistant 

^ 

1 
3 

1 

4 

Mart  Q.  Coffin 

Mary  J.  Sheridan 

Lucy  Adelaide  Wataon  .  . 
Frances  Willard  Pike  .   .   . 

Edward  Norman 

Edward  Davenport  .... 

Total 

1874 

1875 

1880 

1881  j 

1885 

1874 

1 

1 

i; 

1 
1 

6 

1 

First  Assistant 

Second  Assistants 

.   . 

< 

^ 

6 

Margaret  A.  Sheridan  . 

Maud  M.  Morse 

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

Emma  Lynch 

Benjamin  J.  Donovan  .  .   . 
Everett  Damon 

Total 

1875 

1877 

1876  i 

1881 ) 

1885) 

1887) 

1887 

1 

1 

i: 

h 

1 
1 

1 

Second  Assistants 

< 

6 

7 

Public  Library. 

LIBRARY   SERVICE.  —  Concluded. 


71 


a 
v> 

1 

n. 

Name. 

a  " 
P4 

Position,  duties,  etc. 

a    . 

a  « 
O 

i 

a  « 
O 

i 

5  a 

O  tt> 

< 

Anna  J.  Barton    .... 

Nellie  F.  Riley 

Margaret  S.  Barton .... 

Charles  C.  Cook 

Timothy  Johnson    .... 
Total 

1876 
1878 
1882 

1887 
1887 

1 
1 

§ 

8 

Second  Assistant, 

«S 



•? 

5 

Eliza  R.Davib 

Catherine  G.  J.  Mooney  . 

John  McCarthy 

Total      

1887 
1884 
1886 

1^ 

Second  Assistant 

•   ^ 

^c 

3 

•0 

1 

Mary  A.  Hill 

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

Lottie  R.  Curtis 

Samuel  T.  Bowthorpe    .   . 

Bessie  G.  Fairbrother    .   . 

Total 

1875 

1884 
1882 
1886 
1885 
1886 

Custodian,  Lower  Mills 

Custodian,  West  Roxbury    .   .   . 

Custodian,  Mattapan 

Custodian,  Neponset 

Custodian,  Roslindale 

Custodian,  Mt.  Bowdoin    .... 

6 

6 

72 


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SUMMARY. 

Librarian,  Register,  Secretary,  Auditor,  Ste 

nographer,  and  Runner 
Catalogue  department     . 
Purchase  and  Entry  Department 
Shelf  department   . 
Bates  Hall  circulation  department 
Lower  Hall  circulation  department,  day, 

ing,  and  Sunday  service 
Janitor's  department 
Bindery  


East  Boston  branch 
South  Boston  branch 
Roxbury  branch 
Charlestown  branch 
Brighton  branch 
Dorchester  branch 
South-End  branch  . 
Jamaica  Plain  branch 
North-End  branch 
Deliveries 


Total 


Grand  total 


6 

15 

6 

5 

II 

15 
4 
6 

5 

6 
6 
6 
3 
6 
6 
4 
3 
6 

119 
24 

143 


10 


Central  Library. 

68  regulars. 
10  extras. 

78 


Branches. 
51  regulars. 
I  I  14  extras. 


1  j  65 

'J 


24 


AGENTS. 

Messrs.  W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  Boston. 

Mr.  Edward  Q.  Allen  (for  English  patents),  London. 

Messrs.  N.  Triibner  &  Co.,  London. 

Mr.  F.  W.  ('hristern  and  M.  Charles  Reinwald,  New  York  and  Paris. 

Deuerlicli'sche  Buchhandlung,  Gottingen. 

Signorina  Giulia  Alberi,  Florence. 

Senor  Don  Juan  F.  Riano,  Madrid. 


LOCATION  OF  THE  BRANCH  LIBRARIES  AND  DELIVERY 

STATIONS. 

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

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

Roxbury  branch,  46  Millmont  street. 

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

Brighton  branch,  Holton  Library  building,  Rockland  street. 

Dorchester  branch,  Arcadia,  cor.  Adams  street. 

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

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

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

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

Mattapan  delivery  station.  River,  cor.  Oakland  street. 

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

Neponset  delivery  station,  Wood's  block. 

Roslindale  delivery  station,  Florence,  cor.  Ashland  street. 

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


Public  Library. 


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APPENDIX    XXr. 


EXAMINATION    OF    THE    LIBRARY. 


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APPEOT)IX  XXIII. 

EXAMINING   COMMITTEES   FOR   THIRTY-SEVEN   YEARS. 

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


Abbott,  Hon.  J.  G.,  1870. 
Abbott,  S.  A.  B.,  1880. 
Adams,  Nehemiah,  D.D.,  1860. 
Adams,  Wm.  T.,  1875. 
Alger,  Rev.  Wm.  R.,  1870. 
Andrew,  Hon.  John  F  ,  1888. 
Appleton,  Hon.  Nathan,  1854. 
Apthorp,  Wm.  F.,  1883. 
Arnold,  Howard  P.,  1881. 
Aspinwall,  Col.  Thomas,  1860. 
Attwood,  G.,  1877. 
Bailey,  Edwin  C,  1861. 
Ball,  Joshua  D.,  1861. 
Banars,  Edward,  1887. 
Barnard,  James  M.,  1866. 
Bartlett,  Sidney,  1869. 
Beebe,  James  M.,  1858. 
Beecher,  Kev.  Edward,  1854. 
Bigelow,  Jacob,  M.D.,  1857. 
Bigelow,  Hon.  John  P.,  1856. 
Blagden,  George  W..  D.D.,  1856. 
Blake,  John  G.,  !/./).,  1883. 
Bodfish,  Rev.  Joshua  P.,  1879. 
Bowditch,  Henry  I.,  M.D.,  18.55. 
Bowditch,  Henry  /.,  M.D.,  1865. 
Bowditch,  H.  P.,  M.D.,  1881. 
Bowditch,  J.  Ingersoll,  1855. 
Bowman,  Alfonzo,  1867. 
Bradford,  Charles  F.,  1868. 
Brewer,  Thomas  M.,  1865. 
Brooks,  Rev.  Phillips,  1871. 
Browne,  Causten,  1876. 
Buckingham.  C.  E.,  M.D.,  1872. 
Burroughs,  Rev.  Henry,  jr.,  1869. 
Chadwick,  James  R.,  M.D.,  1877. 
Chanev,  Rev.  George  L.,  1868. 
Chase,' George  B.,  1876. 
Chase,  George  B.,  1877,  1885. 
Cheney,  Mrs.,  Ednah  D.,  1881. 
Clapp,   William   W.,  jr.,  1864. 
Clarke,  James  Freeman,  D.D.,  1877. 
Clarke,  .James  Freeman,  D.D.,  1882. 
Collar,  Wm.  C,  1874. 
Cudworth,  Warren  H.,  D.D.,  1878. 


Curtis,  Charles  P.,  1862. 

Curtis,  Daniel  S.,  1872. 

Curtis,  Thos.  B.,  M.D.,  1874. 

Cushing,  Thomas,  1885. 

Dalton,  Charles  H.,  1884. 

Dana,  Samuel  T.,  1857. 

Dean,  Benj.,  1873. 

Denny,  Henry  G.,  1876. 

Dexter,  Rev.  Henry  M.,  1866. 

Dillingham,  Rev.  Pitt,  1886. 

Dix,  James  A.,  1860. 

Doherty,  Philip  J.,  1888, 

Donahoe,  Patrick,  1869. 

Durant,  Henry  F.,  1863. 

Duryea,  Jos.  T.,  D.D.,  1880. 

Dwight,  John  S.,  1868. 

Dwight,  Thomas,  M.D.,  1880. 

Eastburn,  Manton,  D.D.,  1863. 

Eaton,  William  S.,  1887. 

Edes,  Henry  H.,  1886. 

Eliot,  Samuel,  LL.D.,  1868. 

Ellis,  Arthur  B.,  1888. 

Ellis,  Calvin,  M.D.,  1871. 

Ellis,  Geo.  E.,  D.D.,  1881. 

Endicott,  William,  jr.,  1878. 

Evans,  George  W.,  1887,  1888. 

Field,  Walbridge  A.,  1866. 

Fields,  James  T.,  1872. 

Foote,  Rev.  Henry  W.,  1864. 

Fowle,  William  F.,  1864. 

Freeland,  Charles  W.,  1867. 

Frost,  Oliver,  1854. 

Froihingham,  Richard,  1876. 

Fitz,  Reginald  H.,  1879. 

Furness,    Horace    Howard,   LL.D., 

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


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City  Document  No.  13. 


Greenoug//,   William  W.,  1858,  1874, 

1883,  1886. 
Grinnell,  Rev.  C.  E.,  1874. 
Hale,  Rev.  Edward  E.,  1858. 
Hale,  Mrs.  George  S.,  1887,  1888. 
Hale.  Moses  L.,  1862. 
Haskins,  Rev.  Georsre  F.,  1865. 
Hassam,  John  T..  1885. 
Hayes,  ffon.  F.  B.,  1874. 
Haynes,  Henry  W.,  1879. 
Haynes,  Henry   W.,  1881,  1884. 
Hayward,  George,  M.D.,  1863. 
Heard,  John,  jr.,  1888. 
Heard,  John  T.,  1853. 
Herford,  Brooke,  D.D.,   1884. 
Herrick,  Samuel  E.,  D.D.,  1888. 
Higginson,  Thomas  W.,   1883. 
Hill,  Clement  Hugh,  1880. 
Hillard,  J/on.  George  S.,  1853. 
Hillard,  Hon.  George  S.,  1873. 
Hodges,  Richard  M.,  M.D.,  1870. 
Holmes,  Edward  J.,  1881,  1884. 
Holmes,  Oliver  W.,  3f.D.,  1858. 
Holmes,  Oliver  W.,  jr.,  1882. 
Homans,  Charles  1)  ,  M.D.,  1867. 
Homans,  Mrs.  Charles  D.,  1885, 1886, 

1887. 
Homer,  George,  1870. 
Homer.  Peter  T.,  1857. 
Hubbard.  William  J.,  1858. 
Hunnewell,  James  F.,  1880. 
Hv<le,  George  B.,  187!>. 
Jeffries,  B.  Joy,  M.D.,  1869. 
Jenkins,  Charles  E.,  1879. 
Jewell,  I/on.  Harvey,  1863. 
Jordan,  El)en  D.,  1873. 
Kidder,  Henry  V..  1870. 

Kimball,  David  P.,  1874. 
Kimball.  Henry  II.,  1865. 
Kirk,  Edward  N.,   D.D.,  1859. 
Lawrence,  Hon.  Abbott,  1853. 

Lawrence,  Abbott,  1859. 
Lawrence,  James,  1855. 

Leu-is,   Weston,  1872,  1878. 

Linc(dn,  Hon.  F.  W.,  1856. 

Lincoln,  Solomon,  1886. 

Little,  James  L.,  18';4. 

Lombard,  Prof.  Josiah  L.,  1868. 

Loring,  Hon.  Charles  G.,  1855. 

Lothrop,  Loring,  1866. 

Lowell,  Augustus,  1883. 

Lowell,  Edward  J.,  1885. 

Lunt,  Hon.  George,  1874. 

Lyman,  George  H.,  M.D.,  1885. 

Manning,  Rev.  Jacob  M.,  1861. 

Mason,  Rev.  Charles,  1857. 

Mason,  Robert  M.,  1869. 

Maxwell,  J.  Audlev,  1883. 

Metcalf,  Rev.  Theodore  A.,  1888. 

Minns,  Thomas,  1864. 

Minot,  Francis,  1866. 

Morrill,  Charles  J.,  1885. 

Morse,  John  T.,  jr.,  1879. 

Morse,  Robert  M.,  jr.,  1878. 


Morton,  Hon.  Ellis  W.,  1871. 

Mudge,  Hon.  E.  R.,  1871. 

Neale,  RoUin  H.,  D.D.,  18.53. 

Noble,  John,  1882. 

Norcross,  Otis,  1880. 

O'Brien,  Hugh,  1879. 

O'Reilly,  John  Boyle,  1878. 

Otis,  G.  A.,  1860. 

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

Parker,  Charles  Henry,  1888. 

Parkman,  Henry,  1885. 

Parks,  Rev.  Leighton,   1882. 

Perkins,  Charles  C,  1871. 

Perrv,  Thomas  S.,  1879,  1882,  1883, 

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

1859,  1863,  1866. 
Tobey.  Hon.  Edward  S.,  1862. 
Twomblv,  Rev.  A.  S.,  1883,  1884. 
Upham,  J.  B.,  .»/./>.,  1865. 
Vibbert,  Rev.  Geo.  H.,  1873. 
Walley,  Hon.  Samuel  IL,  1862. 
Ward,  Rev.  Julius  H..  1882. 
Ware,  Charles  E.,  M.D.,  1875. 
Ware,  Darwin  E.,  1881. 
Wales,  George  W.,  1875. 
Warner,  Herman  J.,  1867. 
Warren,  Hon.  Charles  H.,  1859. 
Warren,  J.  Collins,  M.D.,  1878. 


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Waterston,  Rev.  Robert  C,  1867. 
Wells,  Mrs.  Kate  G.,  1877. 
Wharton,  William  F.,  1886. 
Whipple,  Edwin  P.,  1869. 
Whitmore,    William  11. ,  1887. 
Whitney,  Daniel  H.,  1862. 
Whitney,  Henry  A.,  1873. 
Wightman,  Hon.  Joseph  M.,  1859. 
Williams,  Harold,  M.D.,  1888. 


Williamson,  William  C,  1881. 
Wilson,  Elisha  T.,  M.D.,  1861, 
Winsor,  Justin,  1867. 
Winthrop,  Hon.  Robert  C,  1854. 
Winthrop,  Robert  C,  jr.,  1887. 
Woodbury,  Charles  Levi,  1871. 
Woolson,  Mrs.  Abba  Goold,  188i 
Wright,  Hon.  Carroll  D.,  1884. 


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City  Document  No.  13. 


APPENDIX    XXIY. 

TRUSTEES   FOR   THIRTY-SEVEN   YEARS. 

The  Honorable  Edward  Everett  was  President  of  the  Board 
from  1«52  to  1864 ;  the  late  George  Ticknor  in  1865 ; 
William  \Y.  Greenough,  Esq.,  from  1866  to  April,  1888. 
Samuel  A.  B.  Abbott,  Esq.,  is  the  present  incumbent. 

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


Abbott,  Samuel  A.  B.,  1879-88. 
Allen,  James  B.,  1852-53. 
Appleton,  Thomas  G.,  1852-57. 
Barnes,  Joseph  H.,  1871-72. 
BiOELOw,  John  P.,  1852-G8. 
Bowditch,  Henry  I.,  1865-68. 
Bradlee,  John  T.,  186'J-70. 
Bradt,  Herman  1).,  1872-7.3. 
Braman,  Jarvis  D.,  1868-69. 
Braman,  Jarvis  I).,  1869-72. 
Brown,  J.  C.  J.,  1861-62. 
BurdiU,  Charles  A.,  1873-76. 
Carpenter,  George  O.,  1870-71. 
Chase,  George  B.,  1877-85. 
Clark,  John  M.,  1855-56. 
Clark,  John  T.,  1873-78. 
Clarke,  James  Freeman,  1878-8{ 
Clapp,  William  W.,  jr.,   1864-66. 
Coe,  Henry  F.,  1878. 
Crane,  Samuel  1).,  1860-61. 
Cdrtis,  Daniel  S.,  1873-75. 
Dennie,  George,  1858-60. 
Dickinson,  M.  F.,  jr.,  1871-72. 
Drake,  Henry  A.,  1863-64. 
Erving,  Edward  S.,  1852. 
Everett,  Edward,  1852-64. 
Flynn,  James  J.,  1883. 
Frost,  Oliver,  1854-55;   1856-58. 
Frothingham,  Richard,  1875-79. 


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

77. 
Howes,  Osborne,  jr.,  1877-78. 
Ingalls,  Melville  E.,  1870-71. 
Jackson,  Patrick  T.,  1864-66. 
Jenkins,  Edward  J.,  1885. 
Keith,  James  M.,  1868-70. 
Kimball,  David  P.,  1874-76. 
Lawrence,  James,  1852. 
Lee,  John  H.,  1884-85. 
Lewis,  Weston,  1867-68. 
Lewis,  Weston,  1868-79. 
Lewis,  Winslow,  1867. 
Little,  Samuel,  1871-73. 
Messinger,  George  W.,  1855. 
Morse,  Godfrey,  1883-84. 
Morton,  Ellis  W.,  1870-73. 
Munroe,  Abel  B.,  1854. 
Newton,  Jeremi.ih  L.,  1867-68. 
Niles,  Stephen  R.,  1870-71. 
O'Brien,  Hugh,  1879-82. 
Pease,  Frederick,  1872-73. 


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Perkins,  William  E.,  1873-74. 
Perry,  Lyman,  1852. 
Plummer,  Farnham,  1856-57. 
Pope,  Benjamin,  1876-77. 
Pope,  Richard,  1877-78. 
Pratt,  Charles  E,,  1880-82. 
Pierce,  Phineas,  1888. 
Prince,  Frederick  O.,  1888. 
Putnam,  George,  1868-77. 
Reed,  Sampson,  1852-53. 
Sanger,  George  P.,  1860-61. 
Sears,  Philip  H.,  1859-60. 
Seaver,  Benjamin,  1852. 
Shepard,  Harvey  N.,  1878-79. 
Shurtleff,  Nathaniel  B.,  1852-68. 
Stebbins,  Solomon  B.,  1882-83. 


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


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