TRAVELING LIBRARIES IN

NEW YORK, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN AND IOWA.

By

ALICE LOUISE WING. .

THESIS EOR THE DEGREE OE BACHELOR OE LIBRARY SCIENCE

IN THE STATE LIBRARY SCHOOL

of the

UNIVERSITY OE ILLINOIS

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Introduction------•------——— 1 .

New York traveling libraries

P o u n d i n g ------*--- -— ------7.

P l a n ------8 .

Composition ------9.

Conditions Imposed ------— ■--— -----— 10.

R u l e s ------— ------ll.

Special Features ------

Appropriations and Statistics---- - — 16.

Results ------is.

Sample F o r m s ------19»

Michigan traveling libraries

F o u n d i n g --- -— ------— ------39.

Plan ------= --- .------40.

Composition — ------40.

Conditions Imposed ------— ------41.

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Appropriations and Statistics------— —.---44.

R e s u l t s ------44.

Other loans made by state l i b r a r y ------45.

Sample Forms ------49.

Wisconsin traveling libraries

Founding — ------—-59,

Plan ------61. Page.

Composition------—------,-52,

Conditions Imposed ------63.

R u l e s ------65.

Special Features -- — ------66.

Appropriations and Statistics------69.

Results — ------— ■— ------

Sample Forms ------—---72.

Iowa traveling libraries

F o u n d i n g ------83.

Plan ------■------— ------84.

Composition ------■---— ------84.

Conditions Imposed ------85.

Rules ------86.

Special Features ------87.

Appropriations and Statistics------88.

Results ------90.

Sample F o r m s ------— 91. 1 -

INTRODUCTION.

The traveling library movement in this country has grown

out of a desire to bring good reading into the homes of the country

people and of those living in remote villages. The public library has been called a laboratory in which our people may work to supple­ ment the small store of knowledge gained in the public schools. It was felt that the people of the country districts, as well as the

residents of the towns and cities must be provided with books which would bring them something of the spirit of the present age and the best thought of all time. These small communities could not afford

to maintain public libraries so it became necessary to devise some

scheme by which books could be brought at frequent intervals to these

isolated districts, for the mere cost of transportation. It was

obviously a matter in which the state should be interested and the

question did actually come before the different state legislatures

in turn, with the result that laws were passed and appropriations

made for the carrying on of state systems of traveling libraries.

It was in 1892 that New York state, the leader in all edu­

cational movements, passed a law providing for the maintenance of a

system of traveling libraries. The work was to be carried on through

the agency of the state library and a detailed plan of operation was

there devised. At first small fixed collections of fifty volumes

were sent out to farming districts, university extension centers and

small villages, but the work has grown until now special study libra­

ries, pictures and lantern slides find their way to small communities. The New York system, described in full in the main part of this thesis, has served as a model for nearly all the state systems sub­ sequently adopted.

Michigan in 1895 became the second state to establish a system of traveling libraries. Mrs. Spencer, the state librarian, was most instrumental in interesting members of the state legisla­ ture in the work and in leading them to pass a law for the adoption of a state system. The plan as finally settled upon is modeled very closely after the New York system, though as yet it has not been so fully developed as in that state. In 1896 traveling libraries began to circulate in Wisconsin, at first entirely through private sources

The state library here is not concerned with the work, the system being entirely under the control of the state library commission.

Ohio and Iowa also secured the legislation necessary for carrying on traveling library work in 1896 and closely after followed Minnesota,

Kansas, Maine and Pennsylvania. At the present time, with the ex­ ception of ten states, every state in the union has some sort of traveling library system, either maintained by the state or through the aid of clubs and private gifts. Arizona, Arkansas, Florida,

Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico., South Dakota, South Carolina, West

Virginia and Wyoming have as yet no traveling libraries in circula­ tion.

It is probably no exaggeration to say that there has been nothing which has relieved the monotony in the lives of the farming people to such an extent, as the access to the books sent out in these traveling collections. In YTisconsin, the commission has re­ ceived letters from different people, who have used the libraries, expressing in the warmest terms gratitude for the privilege of bor­ rowing the books and delight in reading them. A woman in Saratoga, Wisconsin wrote, "Those who have never "been de­ prived of the privilege of obtaining good books whenever they wished, do not appreciate the blessing they are to those to whom an occa­

sional book comes as an honored guest. You who can have your pick

of thousands, little know with what delight one who is debarred from

all reading, except newspapers, will devour a chance book which

comes in his way. Living in the country, twelve miles from the near­

est library, I know whereof I speak."

The State federations of women's clubs in several of the

states, especially in the South, have taken up the work with great

zest and carried it on in a most intelligent and practical way. In

Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Oregon and Utah the traveling libraries

are entirely in charge of the women’s clubs and in other states they

send out a number of libraries. In Massachusetts, the Women' edu­

cational association carries on the work, supplementing the work of

the Massachusetts public library commission.

The systems in the different states vary with the special

needs and are developed in proportion to the amount of money the

states can expend. The idea is the same throughout, to give the

people who do not have the advantages of public libraries, access to

collections of books which are exchanged often enough to secure vari­

ety and freshness. An editorial in the Nebraska Independent for

January 7, 1896, in urging the adoption of a system of traveling

libraries in that state, gave voice to this sentiment: "The travel­

ing library does something more than simply supply a dearth of books.

It creates a desire for books in quarters where no such desire has

yet existed. Then follows the establishment of the public library

and no knight ever fared forth in a worthier cause." In all the states which have adopted traveling library systems it has been found that this method of "broadening our system of popular education" is both practical and economical. The travel­ ing library movement has resulted in making good literature, chosen by persons who have the library experience of the country at their command, easily accessible to people in districts remote from pub­ lic libraries. It has proved itself economical for the books are bought at the lowest price and sent out ready for circulation from central offices, so duplication in preparing the books for the shel­ ves is avoided. The plan of exchanging the books at frequent inter­ vals serves to keep up a continual interest in the libraries. Mr.

Frank Hutchins, until very recently secretary of the Wisconsin free library commission, in his pamphlet on Free traveling libraries in up Wisconsin, has summed*the merits of the movement quite happily in

these words: "The traveling library gives an abundant supply of

wholesome literature to the people of small communities at a slight

cost, and not only excites their interest in such literature but

confines their reading to it until their tastes are formed. It is

a free day and night school, which does not close on Saturdays or

Sundays or for long vacations. It instructs, inspires and amuses

the old as well as the young and its curriculum is so broad that it

helps the housewife in the kitchen, the husbandman in the field, the

mechanic in his shop, the teacher in her school, the invalid in the

sick room, the boy in his play and the citizen in his civic duties.

It leaves no room for bad literature and keeps it from circulating

without resort to threats, by the most natural and wholesome methods

The traveling library systems of New York, Michigan, Wis- ohosen consin and Iowa have been^by the compiler of this thesis as being

representative and of most interest perhaps, because of a farther development than is to he found in other of the state systems, due to a longer period of operation. All of these four systems have some interesting special features, and while a few of the states, notably Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota have systems nearly as well devel­ oped as the last three chosen, the special details have not as yet been so carefully worked out as in the systems chosen. There are no state systems of traveling libraries which equal that of New York for completeness of detail and the sending out of special collections.

The Summary of traveling library systems published in 1901 by the Home education department of the University of the state of

New York, gives in a brief form the principal features of the travel­ ing library systems in operation in the several states. It was thought however, that a more detailed study of these four state sys­ tems might prove to be of some service, therefore as complete mate­ rial as possible has been collected from the state libraries and library commissions, touching on the systems in question. It seemed too that a collection of the forms used in the operation of the traveling library work might serve to make the descriptions clearer, so samples were secured from the four states and mounted as part of

the thesis. The material has been obtained entirely from the reports and pamphlets sent out by the different states and the thesis will prove of value only in the fact that it gives in one place all the

information that has been gained from a careful examination of these.

The statistics quoted are not detailed for such are not to be found, but they may give some idea of the extent of the work.

The authorities in charge of the traveling library work in

the state libraries of New York and Michigan and the library com­

missions of VJisconsin and Iowa have been most accomodating in sending samples and verifying information and a sense of obligation is felt by the compiler of this thesis for their repeated favors. NEW YORK TRAVELING LIBRARIES.

Bounding.

New York has "been the parent state in all movements for

educational advancement, and it is here that we must look for the

latest developments in library work. The traveling library system

in New York grew out of the desire to make the state library at

Albany of greater use to all the people of the state. The state lib­

rary's is well known, is one of the institutions of the University

of the State of New York.

In 1889 Mr. Melvin Dewey, director of the New York state

library, outlined a plan for establishing a state traveling library

system, which was adopted by the regents of the university and made

effective by the university law of 1892. This system has served as

a working model, to a greater or less extent, for nearly all of the

state traveling library systems since established.

In New York state the Home educational department, estab­

lished in 1891 does the work which is carried on in other states un­

der the guidance of the state library commission. The Public libra­

ries division, established in 1892, is one of the branches of the

Home education department and its object is to promote the general

library interests of the state and to stimulate the formation of lo­

cal libraries. The whole work of the maintenance and management of

the state traveling libraries is under the control of this division.

The university law of 1892, still in operation in its re­

vised form, reads thus in regard to traveling libraries: "Under such

rules as the regents may prescribe, they may lend from the state library, duplicate department or from books specially given or bought for this purpose, selections of books for a limited time to any pub­ lic library in the state under visitation of the regents, or to any community not yet having established such library but which has con­ formed to the conditions required for such loans."

Plan.

The idea underlying the plan of sending these libraries throughout the state, was the need of helping the small school and village libraries, whose funds were insufficient to purchase new supplies of books at frequent intervals, and of interesting the farm­ ing people of the state in good reading. As early as 1835 libraries were established in the district schools of New York state, but as

often the first selection of books was not carefully made and money to increase was lacking^the collections, the interest of the readers flagged and

the libraries grew to be neglected. To such libraries the law of

1892, authorizing the sending out of traveling collections of books,

was a great boon. Farming communities too, which had no access to

libraries of any kind, were greatly benefited by its provisions.

On satisfactory guaranty that all regent's rules will be

complied with, traveling libraries may be loaned to the following

organizations:

1. Any public library under regents supervision on application

of its trustees.

2. Any community without a public library, on application of

five resident taxpayers.

3. Any regents school, on application of the principal.

4. Any registered study club or extension center, on applica­

tion of the secretary and the guaranty of a real estate owner. 5. Any club, grange, church, summer school, business corpora­ tion or other organization recorded by the regents, on application of the responsible officer and the guaranty of a responsible real estate owner. Loans to this group are not permitted to interfere with the more regular applicants mentioned in the preceding groups.

Composition.

The first libraries which were made up, were composed of one hundred volumes. The libraries were chosen "with reference to their educational value, without disregarding a reasonable demand for recreation." Books of reference and periodicals were not in­ cluded. A few of the better books for children formed part of the collections. The percentage of each kind of literature was: fiction,

22; history, 18; biography, 13; travel, 11; science and useful arts,

9; sociology, 5; religion and ethics, 4; fine arts, 3; other litera­

ture, 15.

Later libraries are composed of groups of fifty and twenty-

five volumes. This arrangement permits the more frequent appear­

ance of a new library and a wider range of choice to the borrower.

Some of the groups contain only the older standard works,while others

include only recent books. The choice of books rests with the book

board, made up of five members of the staff of the New York library.

Selection from the various groups is impracticable, each library

being lent as a whole.

In addition to these libraries in fixed groups for gen­

eral reading, there are 45,000 volumes for supplementary reading

and study. Maps and charts are included, but not text books, dic­

tionaries or encyclopaedias. It has been found most satisfactory to

make up libraries from this collection to fit courses of study adopt­

ed by various clubs, though for a few special subjects, groups of -1 0 - twenty-five and fifty of the best hooks have been collected and print­ ed finding lists have been prepared.

Conditions Imposed.

The books are made ready for circulation as in a well man­ aged public library, the processes of selection, ordering, accession­

ing, classifying, shelf listing andcataloging being carried on in the same way. A simple loan system to be used by the local librarians has been devised, all cards being returned to Albany with the books, enabling the central office to keep full statistics of the use of each volume. The libraries are all sent out from the state library in packing boxes. With each library are sent the necessary cards and blanks for circulation and an oak cabinet with a drawer for holding the cards. A strong oak book case is also shipped separately and is

not to be returned if the local library station expects to receive a number of traveling libraries.

Libraries are loaned for six months, but schools and reg­

istered study clubs whose courses of study last longer than six months are permitted to retain their libraries as late as July first

of each year. In all other cases libraries must not be retained af­

ter the six months has expired except by special permission. If

permission is obtained for retention of books beyond their time lim­

it an extra fee of $1 for each two months is charged. The regular

fee of $2 for twenty-five books and $1 for each additional twenty-

five books is payable in advance. This entitles the borrower to

suitable cases, finding lists if printed, necessary blanks and trans­

portation both ways on one shipment. Extra shipments are made at

the borrower's expense, and local cartage is always paid by the bor­

rower. In the case of a community borrowing, which has no public - 1 1 - library, on application of fire resident taxpayers, some real estate owner must act as trustee and become personally responsible for loss or injury beyond "reasonable wear." The trustee must appoint a suit­ able person to act as local librarian.

Rules.

General.

1 . To insure prompt attention, application should be filed on official blanks and shipments will be made in accordance with in­

structions there given.

2. The library must be kept in a convienent place and be open for delivering and returning books for at least one hour three days of each week, of which due public notice shall be given. Some modification of this rule is permitted to schools and clubs, but un­ der no circumstances may any charge be made for use of books.

Specific.

The following suggestive rules are sent with each library.

1. After signing the agreement, any resident of the local­

ity, over twelve years of age, may draw books as long as he complies with the rules. Persons less than twelve years of age, or residing

outside the locality to which the library is lent, shall be entitled

to the same privileges, when their agreements are indorsed by the

trustee. . .

2. One volume may be drawn by each reader and kept two

weeks.

3. A fine of one cent a day shall be paid for each book

kept over time, and any money thus received shall be used under direc­

tion of the trustees for library expenses. No book shall be lent to

any one to whom a book or an unpaid fine is charged. - 1 2 -

4. A reader wishing a "book not at the time on the shelves, may have ir reserved for him at least forty-eight hours after its return, by giving notice to the librarian. Any reader returning a book which is not reserved, may renew it for two weeks.

5. Notes, corrections of text or marks of any kind on books belonging to the state are unconditionally forbidden; and all losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear, however caused, must be prompt­ ly adjusted to the satisfaction of the trustee by the person to whom the book is charged. . . Librarians are asked to withdraw from circulation books with loose leaves and to either repair them or return them to Albany for rebinding. . .

Special Features.

1. Study club libraries.

In order to aid clubs and the various literary organization^ in the state, in carrying out their courses of study, the Homs edu­ cation department supplies traveling libraries and other helps to clubs which agree to undertake "a serious^ourse of study during a consecutive period.” Such clubs are registered and entitled to the privileges of the state library and the Home education department*

Other literary clubs will be given such aid as is practicable and traveling libraries will be sent to them on application, whenever such loans do not interfere with the rights of registered clubs.

The requirements for registry are (1) five or more mem­ bers; (2 ) an annual report to be transmitted before July first of each year; (3 ) a course of study covering a period of not less than ten weeks and providing for at least ten meetings; (4) a subject of study approved by the Home education department, sufficiently limited in scope to permit of its intelligent study within the time allotted. -13

Clubs are numbered in order of registration and receive a certifi­ cate showing the amount of time spent each year on the course. A few programs have been printed separately by the Home education depart­ ment to serve as aids to clubs in making out their programs.

As the traveling libraries are made up in the order in which the official blanks are received, it is important to file these as early as possible so as to secure needed editions or out of print books, of which the traveling library division has only a few copies.

Applications should be filed on official blanks and with this blank

should be filed(1 ) an outline of the course of study for which the library is to be made up; (2 ) an author and title list of books on

the subject which are already available; and (3) the list of books desired. The usual fee of #2 for the first twenty-five volumes and

$1 for each additional twenty-five volumes is charged. The library

is to be returned within one week after the last meeting of the club, but if members desire to do further reading, permission can usually be obtained to keep the library as late as July first. The club ca.n make its own rules for the circulating of the books, but no charge may be made for their use. As is the case in the sending out of

the general traveling collections, a real estate owner must become

responsible for the library.

Although this is aside from the subject of traveling libra­

ries, we might mention that these registered clubs are also entitled

to loans from the state library in accordance with the rules for

state library loans. Applications for these loans are to be made

through the secretary or regular correspondent and not by various

members of the club. - 14 -

2. Traveling pictures.

Mounted photographs and lantern slides are loaned to reg­ istered schools, libraries and study clubs, to illustrate courses of study. The slides are of standard size and the photographs are mounted on 11x14 inch cards. Almost every subject admitting of illus­ tration is represented, including chiefly reproductions of famous buildings, sculpture, paintings and natural scenery. Lanterns with a screen 12x12 feet are also lent. The fee for fifty photographs or fifty lantern slides or less is $1 and twenty-five cents for each additional fifty, when all are sent in one shipment. The fee for the lantern with screen and attachment is #2 for the first month and

$1 for each additional month consecutively. The collections of pic­ tures or slides should be returned promptly at the end of one month, unless permission to retain them longer has been obtained.

Large wall pictures, framed without glass, are also lent.

They are the Braun and Hegger carbons, Copley prints or Berlin pho­ togravures and vary in size from 16x20 inches to 36x48 inches. The selections are adapted to the use of libraries and schools, a care­ ful selection for high schools being published. The fee is $1 for each picture, payable in advance. Transportation charges are paid both ways by the state. The time limit is six months for libraries and clubs, but schools may retain the pictures during the academic year. guaranty Pictures and lanterns will be loaned on satisfactoryAto

organizations other than clubs, libraries and schools, when such loans

do not interfere with the rights of these recognized institutions.

3. House libraries.

Collections known as "house libraries" are loaned for three

months for a fee of $1 , which covers transportation charges both ways The house library is a plan for "extending through traveling libra­

ries the privileges of the state library to the rural population

living too far from the nearest public library to make its contents

conviently available." Any household in New York, remote from a li­

brary, is entitled to one of these libraries. The application must

be signed by some real estate owner, who stands responsible for the

return of the books in good condition. Blanks are provided that ap­

plicants may indicate definite books desired or may give facts that

will aid in the selection of books which will be best adapted to

their use.

4. Books for the blind.

We make mention here of the loaning of books to the blind

people of the state, for although is not a part of the regular trav­

eling library work, the books are sent out from the state library

and so are "traveling books."

A state library for the blind was founded by the regents

March 19, 1896. Mrs. Salome Cutler Fairchild, vice-director of the

New York state library school, was selected to act as librarian for

the blind, because of her special interest in this work. The state

library for the blind is intended for the home use of all blind per­

sons in New York. Through the liberality of a few interested people,

books are sent at present without charge for transportation. One

volume and two pieces of music may be drawn at a time and kept for

one monthwhen a renewal of two weeks is allowed. A finding list is

sent to the addresses of blind people, from which selection is made.

On sending requests the author and title of the works desired must

be indicated and the type prefered must be mentioned. New York

point and the American Braille are the types most used in this - 16 - library for the blind, although owning to a lack of uniformity in the methods of printing, other types are used to some extent.

The New York state library is aiming to extend this work until every blind person in the state, who can read or will learn to read type for the blind, is reached. In a circular sent out con­ cerning the work for the blind this appeal is made for aid in carry­ ing on the undertaking: "It is not possible to reach those living in small villages and in the country without cooperation on the part of many people. Every one in the state is asked to send in the names of blind persons living in New York state, known to him, even if those mentioned may not use the library ."

Appropriations and statistics.

The funds for traveling libraries in New York are obtained from the appropriation for the Home education department. This a- mount has varied in different yeargsince the establishment of the department, according to the growing needs. In 1903 the appropria­ tion was $36,200 not including salaries. A part of the appropriation

is devoted each year to the purchase of traveling libraries and to­ ward the general maintenance of the system.

The first library of miscellaneous reading was sent out

February 8, 1893,but as early as January 1892, traveling libraries were sent out to university centers. At first the extension libra­

ries were not considered as regular traveling libraries and the work was carried on under different management. Gradually however the

true character of the extension libraries was recognized and all the

traveling collections were put under one management. It is a little difficult to get at the early statistics of circulation as the first

records do not contain reference to these extension libraries. - 17 -

The statistics appear in the yearly reports of the Public

libraries division. No detailed figures are given but from these

reports the following general statistics have been gathered:

Libs, sent Circulation No. of readers3 Vols. lent

1892 46 6,470

1893 139 23,836

Oct.1,1894- Sept. 30, 1895 138 general 21,914 4,306 16 subject 931 373 154 22,845 4,679

Oct.1,1895- Sept. 30,1896 221 general 34,060 5,947 32 subject 830 162 153 34,890 5,109

Oct.1,1896- Sept. 30,1897 253 general 29,342 3,979 19 subject 506 106 272 29,848 4,085

Oct.1,1897- Sept. 30,1898 244 general 22,547 2,365 15 subject 366 90 259 2£,913 2 7 4 5 T

Oct.1,1898- Sept. 30, 1899 244 general 26 subject 275

1900 35,624

1901

1902 33,752

In 1902 , 530 institutions borrowing Results.

As the Hew York traveling libraries have been in opera­ tion longer than those in other states, their influence has been more widespread than elsewhere. To day any organization in the state from the household to the large club and society may have the bene­ fits of the traveling library by the payment of a nominal fee. As has been shown, not only books are circulated but pictures and lan­ tern slides are sent out as serving to illustrate the subjects stud­ ied. There has been some thought of sending out museum material, but as yet this has not been attempted. The whole state is being library reached and the traveling^system is now a recognized institution in

New York. In the Summary of traveling library systems, published

in 1901 by the Home education department, Mr. Dewey sums up the re­

sults in these words: "Traveling libraries have proven to be the

little leaven which leavens the whole lump. The experimental stage

has passed. Traveling libraries have become a vital force in the

educational machinery of New York." IN C O R P O R A T E D i M AY 1784 State Library a n d Home Education

University of the State of New York M e l v i l D e w e y D irector

Departments ADMINISTRATIVE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL Stxxdy Clnbs HOME EDUCATION STATE LIBRARY STATE MUSEUM Traveling Libraries and Pictures Myrtilla Avery Director's assistant

GUARANTOR’S APPLICATION FOR TRAVELING LIBRARY To the Traveling libraries division I hereby apply for traveling library no. for use of * I agree to observe regents rules, to return the library after three months if notified that it is wanted for use elsewhere, and to make good any losses 01- injuries beyond reasonable wear, as provided in § 4 of Traveling library rules. Bookcases are not needed.

[Cross out “ not ” if cases are needed.]

Dated at

1 9 0

T>P46n-Fi-5oo [OVER] University of the State of New York Departments: Administrative College High School Home Education State Library State Museum W illiam C roswell D oane Chancellor W hitelaw R eid Vice Chancellor James R ussell P arsons jr Secretary

State Library and Home Education Traveling Libraries and Pictures

M e l v il D e w e y Director APPLICATION FOR LANTERNS, LANTERN SLIDES OR PHOTOGRAPHS To the Traveling Pictures Division [Name of organization]

an organization registered by the Regents, applies for [Underline items wished and specify number when more than one is wanted]

lantern screen oil attachment lantern slides Welsbach burner hand photographs acetylene attachment and generator wall pictures io pounds of carbid to be paid for at io cents a pound oxyhydrogen attachment electric “ These will be needed 190 and will be returned 190 Regents rules will be observed and any loss or injuries beyond reasonable wear will be made good.

Dated at 190 \Signature~\

Lp49n-Jl3-5oo [over] University of the State of New York Departments: Administrative College High School Home Education State Library State Museum W illiam C roswell D oane Chancellor W hitelaw R eid Vice Chancellor James R ussell P arsons jr Secretary

State Library and Home Education S t L i d y M e l v i l D e w e y Director Traveling Libraries and Pictures

Myrtilla Avery Director's Assistant APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION TRAVELING LIBRARY To Traveling Libraries Division

{Name of organization] an organization registered by the Regents, applies for a traveling library of volumes on

The library will be needed 190

Bookcases are not needed. [Cross out u not ” if cases are needed.] Our librarian is The traveling library will be returned before July 1 next, Regents rules will be strictly observed, and any losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear as defined in Traveling Library Rules will be made good. Dated at 190 Secretary The undersigned being a resident of New York owning real estate therein assessed for not less than $1000, hereby indorses the above application and agrees to make good any loss that may occur through failure of the borrowers to observe the agree­ ment, provided total responsibility shall not exceed $100. Dated at IQO [

APPLICATION FOR ACADEMIC TRAVELING LIBRARY

To the director o f State Library and Home Education

an institution in the University, hereby applies for a traveling library of volumes on

\

The regents rules will be strictly observed, and we agree to return the traveling library before July 1, 190 , and to make good any losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear, however occurring, while said library is in our custody.

Principal INCORPORATED MAY i, 1784 University of the State of New York State Library Melvil Dewey, D ir e c to r

APPLICATION FOR TRAVELING PICTURES To the Picture division, New York state library

an institution in the University hereby applies for

"TvA m \, We agree to return them before | , and to make good any losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear, however occurring, while in our custody.

L122II-F98-1000 Principal INCORPORATED 1784 Traveling libraries University of the State of New York Myrtilla Avery B. A. B.L.S. (N. Y.) Director's assistant State Library and Home Education M e l v il D e w e y M. A . D irector

TRUSTEES APPLICATION FOR TRAVELING LIBRARY

To director of State Library and Home Education

We, the trustees of

a free public library in

under visitation of the regents, hereby apply for the loan of traveling library

no. to be used by said public library. We agree that the regents

rules shall be strictly observed, that the traveling library shall be returned within

six months from its reception, and that any losses or injuries beyond reasonable

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Books should be called for by numbers in left margin opposite their titles; e. g. if Gunton’s Principles of social economics is wanted, write simply 4. J prefixed to class number means that the book is also of interest to younger readers. The source of a critical note is given if taken from a review, whether quoted exactly or given in substance.

200 RELIGION 1 Taylor, W: M. Joseph the prime minis­ ter. N. Y. 1886. Harper $1.50. (221) Retains charm of Scripture story and throws light of modern scholarship on incidents not heretofore well understood. 2 ----- Paul the missionary. N. Y. 1881. Harper $1.50. (225) Interesting and suggestive. 3 Vallings, J. F. Jesus Christ the divine man. N. Y. 18-. Randolph 75c. (Men of the Bible) (232) Stimulating and profitable. Enlivened by poetic parallelisms and other suggestive literary references.

300 SOCIOLOGY * 4 Gunton, George. Principles of social economics. N. Y. 1892. Putnam$i.75. (330) 1 Principles of social progress; 2 Economic production; 3 Economicdistribution; 4 Prac­ tical statesmanship. 5

39 ° CUSTOMS, FOLK-LORE, ETC 5 Kennedy, Patrick, comp. Legendary fictions of the Irish Celts. Lond. 1891, Macmillan $1.25. (398) Worthy to rank with work of Grimm. Stories told accurately yet full of life and local color.— N a tio n 6 Lang, Andrew, ed. Blue fairy book. Lond. 1890. Longmans $2. (398) Delightful collection of standard fairy tales, set down soberly and with a fine literary feeling.

500 S C IE N C E 7 Mendenhall, T : C. A century of elec­ tricity. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1 25. (Riverside science ser.) (537) Sketches growth of science of electricity and its principal applications; avoids technical language. 8 Yonge, C.. M. Herb of the field. Lond. 1887. Putnam $1.50. (J580) Aims to bring wonders of vegetable world to notice of children and to interest them in common plants. 9 Feathers, furs and fins. Illus. Bost. 1889. Estes $2.50. (J 596) Manners, intelligence and pranks of animals

700 FINE ARTS 10 Ruskin, John. Seven lamps of architec­ ture. N. Y. 1892. Merrill $1. (720) The first treatise in English to teach the real significance of architecture, as the most trustworthy record of the life and faith of nations.— C: E. Norton 6 11 Leland, C: G. Manual of wood-carving. Illus. N. Y . 1891. Scribner $1.75. (736) In form of 20 lessons, giving practical and exact instructions for the various processes. 12 Ruskin, John. Modern painters, v. 1. N. Y. 1891. Merrill $5. (75°) 13 ------v. 2. (750) Principles of art and their application in modern painting; this work “has done more than any other of its kind to stimulate thought and disperse antiquated fallacies. ” —Leslie Stephen 14 Good, Arthur. Magic at home. N Y. 18— . Cassell $1.50. (793) Free translation from the French ; rules for scientific recreation and sleight-of-hand performance.

800 LITERATURE 15 Longfellow, H: W. ed. Poems of places. Bost. 1877-80. Houghton$i ea. Italy. (808) 16 ------Germany. (808) 1 7 ------Asia. (808)

813 AMERICAN FICTION 18 Burnett, M rs Frances (Hodgson). Surly Tim and other stories. N. Y. 1892. Scribner $ l. 25. (813) Includes Le monsieur de la petite dame ; Smethurstses, One day at Arle; Esmeralda; Mere Giraud’s little daughter , Lodusky ; “ Seth.” 7 19 ----- That lass o’Lowrie’s. N Y. 1892. Scribner $1 25. (813) The author is at her best in this story of life in a Lancashire mining town. 20 Bynner, E. L. Chase of the Meteor and other stories. Bost. 1891. Little $1.25. (J813) The ‘ Meteor” is a locomotive, with which a plucky boy pursues and brings back a run­ away train. 21 Catherwood, M rs Mary (Hartwell). The lady of Fort St John. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1.25. (813) Historical romance of period of French occu­ pation of Nova Scotia. 22 French, Alice. Otto, the knight, by Octave Thanet. Bost. 1891. Hough­ ton $1.25. (813) With nine other “ trans-Mississippi ” stories. 23 ----- We all, by Octave Thanet. Bost. 1891. Appleton $ 1 50. (J813) Story of a northern boy’s visit to his Ark­ ansas cousins. 71 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Virtuoso’s col­ lection and other tales. Bost. 1879. Houghton 50c. (813) Bound with Carlyle’s Oliver Cromwell. 24 Jew ett, S.. 0 . Strangers and wayfarers. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1.25. (813) 21 stories full of Miss Jewett’s inimitable New England local color. 25 Seawell, M E. Little Jarvis. Illus. N. Y. 1893. Appleton $1. (J813) Adventures of a mischievous midshipman on frigate Constitution. 26 ----- Midshipman Paulding. Illus. N. Y. 1891 Appleton $ 1. (J813) True story of the war of 1812. 27 Stockton, F. R: Hundreth man. N. Y. 1887. Century $1.50. (813) Full of strange situations presented with the author’s inimitable humor. 28 Wiggin, M rs K .. D. (Smith) Timothy’s quest. Host. 1892. Houghton $1. (813) Story with a boy hero and a baby heroine. 29 Woolsey, S. . C. In the high valley. Bost. 1891. Roberts $ 1 25. (J813) Last of Katydid series. Story of Colorado life and an English girl’s impression of it.

814 AMERICAN ESSAYS 30 Burroughs, John. Fresh fields. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1.25. (814) Out-door studies in England. 31 ----- Pepacton and other sketches. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1.25. (814) Mr Burroughs possesses in a marvelous degree what he calls “ A nameless quality that is akin to trees and growths and the inarticulate forces of nature.” 32 ----- Signs and seasons. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1.25. (814) Sympathetic studies of out-door life and color in the neighborhood of New York. 33 Repplier, Agnes. Points of view. Bost 1892. Houghton $1.25. (814) Entertaining and forcible plea for cheerful­ ness in literature and sim plicity in criticism. 9

8 1 7 AMERICAN HUMOR 34 Irving, Washington, Bracebridge hall. N. Y . 1889. Putnam $1 50 (817) Delightful papers on English life, similar in plan to Sketchbook. 35 ----- Knickerbocker. N. Y 1891. Put­ nam $1.50. (817) . Burlesque history of early Dutch rule in N ew York. 36 Mason, E: T. comp. Humorous mas­ terpieces from American literature. N. Y . 1891. Putnam $3.75. v. 1. (817) 37 ------v. 2* (8i 7) 38 —— ----- v. 3. (817) Well chosen and representative.

823 ENGLISH FICTION 39 Boldrewood, Rolf. A colonial reformer. Bond. 1891. Macmillan $1.25. (823) An Australian novel. 40 Dickens, Charles. Christmas stories. Lond. 18- Chapman $1.25. (823) 15 stories including Seven poor travelers; Holly-tree; Wreck of the Golden Mary; Doctor Marigold and others. 41 ----- David Copperfield. Lond. 18-. Chapman $1.50. v. 1. (823) 42 ------v. 2. Dickens’ best novel; introduces much of his own experience. 43 Dougall, Lily. Beggarsall. Lond. 1892. Longmans $1.50. (823) IO

A strong romance, in which the keen psychologic analysis does not interfere with the easy and natural progress of the story.— Literary world 44 Eliot, George, pseud. Daniel Deronda. N. Y, 1876. Harper $125. (823) An interesting feature of Mrs Cross’s last novel is its study of modern Jewish char­ acter and thought. 45 ----- Felix Holt, the radical; Impres­ sions of Theophrastus Such. N. Y. 18-. Harper $1.25. (823) F e l i x H o lt gives a striking picture of the working of new political ideas among the English masses. Theophrastus Such is a collection of essays. 46 ----- Middlemarch. N. Y. 18-. Harper $1.25. (823) Study of provincial life; exhibits the author’s peculiar powers in their highest and widest play. 47 Henty, G: A. The dash for Khartoum. N. Y. 1891. Scribner $1.50. (J823) Adventures of two boys in the Gordon relief expedition. 48 Scott, Sir Walter. The abbot. N. Y. 18-. Harper $2. v. 1. (823) 49 ----- v. 2. (823) 16th century; introduces M ary Queen of Scots at Lochleven. 50 ----- Fair maid of Perth. N. Y. 18- Harper $2. v. 1. (823) 51 ------v. 2. (823) Time of Robert 3 of Scotland; close of 14th century. 52 ----- Guy Mannering. N. Y. 18-. Har­ per $2. v. 1. (823) II

53 ------v. 2- (823) Southern coast of Scotland, 18th century. 54 ----- Quentin Durward. N. Y. 18-. Harper $2. v. 1. (823) 55 ------v * 2- (823) Times of Louis 11 and Charles the Bold in France; later 15th century. 56 Thackeray, W : M. Henry Esmond. Bost. 1891. Houghton $1.50. (823) Story of last days of Queen Anne’s reign. 5 7 --- The Virginians. Bost. 1891. Hough­ ton $3. v. 1. (823) 58 ------v. 2. Follows Henry Esmond. Virginia and Lon­ don, 1756-80; introduces historical charac­ ters. 8 24 ENGLISH ESSAYS 59 Ruskin, John. Queen of the air. N. Y. 1891. Merrill $1.50. (824) Poetic study of the origin in nature and development of the Greek myth of Athena.

8 3 0 -8 6 0 FOREIGN LITERATURE 60 Gothe, J; W . von. Meisterwerke. Bost. 1881. Heath $1.50. (831) Selections from Gothe’s poetical and prose works; with many notes, a vocabulary and an introduction containing a biography. 61 Balzac, Honore de. An historical mys­ tery. Bost. 1891. Putnam $1.50. (843) Story opens in 1803, after Napoleon has been declared consul for life. Fine picture of the time. 6 2 --- Ursula. Bost. 1891. Roberts$i.5o. ( 8 43) 12

Romance of a young girl, written by Balzac for his niece. 63 Bazan, Mme E. P. Morrina. N. Y . 1891. Cassell $ 1.50. (863) Intensely realistic story; interesting study of Spanish home life.

9IO TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION 64 Couch, A. T. Quiller. The Warwick­ shire Avon. lllus. N. Y. 1892. Har­ per $2. (9142) Scenery, legends and historical associations of “Shakspere’s country.” 65 Jerome, J. K. Diary of a pilgrimage. N. Y. 1891. Holt $1.25. (914.3) Humorous account of a journey from Lon­ don to Oberammergau, to see the Passion Play. The play is treated seriously 66 Stevens, Thomas. Through Russia on a mustang. N. Y. 1891. Cassell $2. (9U 7) Entertaining letters to The wor/a (New York) during summer of 1890. 67 Knox, T: W . Boy travelers in Africa. Illus. N. Y. 1883. Harper $3. (J916) Those parts of Central Africa explored by Livingstone, Baker, Stanley and other great travelers. 68 ----- Boy travellers in Australasia. Illus. N. Y. 1889. Harper $3. (J919.3) By way of San Francisco and the Pacific islands to New Zealand and Australia; much information about social and econo­ mic conditions. 920 BIOGRAPHY 69 Parton, James. Captains of industry. Bost. 1892. Houghton $2.50. v. 1. (920) 1 3

70 ------V. 2. (9 2°) Short sketches of busy men; merchants, in­ ventors, manufacturers, teachers, farmers, reformers, etc. 71 Cromwell. Carlyle, Thomas. Oliver Cromwell. Bost. 1851-79. Houghton 50c. (Modern classics) (923.1) Compiled from Carlyle’s edition of Crom­ w ell’s letters of which C: K. Adam s says ‘This book revolutionized public opinion concerning Cromwell.” Bound with Virtuoso's collection by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 72 Lincoln. Schurz, Carl. Abraham Lin­ coln. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1. (923.1) Perhaps best sketch of character and achieve­ ments of the great president. 73 Madison. Gay, S. H. James Madison. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1 25. (Ameri­ can statesmen) (923.1) Admirable study of the statesman and of the political movements in which he took part; written in a spirit at once critical and generous.— N a tio n 74Johnson. Griffis, W :E . Sir William John­ son and the six nations. N. Y. 1891. Dodd 75c. (Makers of America) (923.2) Clear and interesting view of stirring period 173 1-74 on the New York frontier.— N a tio n 75 M arshall. Magruder, A. B. John Mar­ shall. Bost. 1892. Houghton $125. (American statesmen) (923.4) Readable summary of the life of the great chief justice. 76 Napier. Butler, Sir W. F. Napier. Lond. 1890. Macmillan 60c. (English men of action) (923.5) 14

Brisk, condensed and full of snap and vim.— Literary world 77 Nelson. Russell, W. C. Nelson and the naval supremacy of England. Illus. N. Y. 1892. Putnam $1.50. (923.5) Interesting and enthusiastic, but somewhat careless and uncritical.— Literary world 78 D arw in. Holder, C: F: Charles Dar­ win, his life and works. Illus. N. Y. 1892. Putnam $1.50. (925) Popular; useful for readers in general and specially for the young.— N a tio n 79 Poe. Woodberry, G: E: Edgar Allan Poe. Bost. 1892. Houghton $1.25. (American men of letters) (928) Authoritative biography, correcting, sup­ plementing and superseding all others.— C r it ic 930 ANCIENT HISTORY 80 Curteis, A. M. Macedonian empire. N. Y. 1891. Scribner $1. (Epochs of history) (938) Condensed but comprehensive and inter­ esting. 940 EUROPEAN HISTORY 81 Creighton, Mandell. Age of Elizabeth. N. Y. 1891. Longm ans $1. (Epochs of history) (942) Compact; written from English point of view. 82 Motley, J: L. Dutch republic. N. Y. 1885. Harper $6. v. 1. (949) 83 ------v. 2. (949) 84 ------v. 3. (949) Vivid portrayal of Holland’s dramatic struggle for freedom under William of Orange in 16th century. 1 5

85 Poole, Stanley Lane- Story of Turkey. N. Y. 1891. Putnam $1.50. (949) From 1250-1880; chapters on Ottoman lit­ erature and administration.

970 AMERICAN HISTORY 86 Bourke, J: G. On the border with Crook. . Ulus. N. Y. 1892. Scribner $3.50. (970.1) Entertaining and valuable as sketch of life in the southwest, and study of a U. S. general’s practical dealing with the Indian problem. 87 Parkman, Francis. History of the con­ spiracy of Pontiac. Bost. 1891. Little $3. v. 1. (970. i ) 88 ------v. 2. (970 1) More vivid picture of Indian life and warfare 100 years ago than is to be found in any other book.— C: K. Adams 89 Prescott, W: H. Conquest of Mexico. Phil. 1892. Lippincott $1.50. v. 1. (972) 90 ------v. 2. (972) Graphic, eloquent and fascinating but not altogether trustworthy. 91 Parkman, Francis. Montcalm and Wolfe. Bost. 1892. Little $2.50. v. 1, (973-2) 92 ------v. 2. (973-2) Fall of New France and end of French do­ minion in Canada; from Braddock’s defeat to fall of Quebec. 93 Roosevelt, Theodore. Naval war of 1812. N. Y . 1889. Putnam $2.50. (973-5) i 6

Complete account of naval events, careful consideration of comparative ■ and skill of the opposing forces.— N a , 94 Doubleday, Abner. Chancellorsvilh Gettysburg. N. Y. 1892. Scnbne (Campaigns of the civil war) (9;^ Interesting though not unbiased record of these important battles. 95 Nicolay, J: G. Outbreak of the rebel­ lion. N. Y. 1892. Scribner$1. (Cam­ paigns of the civil war) (973- 7) Clear, concise and pointed statement or im­ mediate causes and early events of the civil war. 96 Palfrey, F. W. Antietam and Fred­ ericksburg. N. Y. 1890. Scribner $1. (Campaigns of the civil war) (973-7) Conscientious and temperate; contains a certain flavor of the time which could only be recalled by a participant.— N a tio n 97 Shaler, N. S. Kentucky. Bost. 1888. Houghton $1.25. (Am ericancom m on­ wealths) (976.9) Author disclaims intention of writing a hist­ ory but offers a most readable setting forth of the natural advantages and a historical outline. 98 Barrows, William. Oregon. ^ 1892. Houghton $1.25. (Ame: commonwealths) (9 Only short history of Oregon. 99 Prescott, W : H. Conquest of I Phil. 1892. Lippincott $1. v. 1. 100 ------v 2. (985) Strong imaginative faculty and skill in grouping characters and events give this work the fascination of romance. University of the State of New York

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Lp4i8p-Ja3-iooo Home Education AIDS TO STUDY CLUBS Only one copy of each publication is supplied free to registered study clubs. Study club reports Containing selected outlines of study and reports of registered clubs E n 1895 (234P. 2jc) Outlines on ethics, ancient architecture and sculpture, Shakspere, drama, modern fiction, English travel, ancient history, ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, early Middle Ages, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Germany. E21 1896 (96p. io c ) Outlines on philos­ ophy, political science, household economics, Italian Renaissance art, the modern novel, Shakspere, King Lear, English fiction, early England, Russia, Netherlands, modern Egypt, Mexico, colonial America. E23 1897 (92p. ioc) Outlines on contempor­ ary French painting, travel in Scandinavia, India, America and South America, and history of Greece, Scotland, England, Amer­ ica.

E29 1898 (I04p. i j c ) Outlines on English painting, Italian art, music, American liter­ ature, drama, Greek and Roman epics, Scot­ land, France in the 19th century, Spain, Balkan states, Japan, Mexico and Central America, 3 1 E35 i8gg (^4p. ijc) Outlines on home economics, Italian cathedrals, ancient Semitic history, the West, democracy in the 19th century. E37 igoo (56p. 13c) Outlines on French painting, American literature, Victor Hugo and contemporaries, England, Netherlands, Germany in the 19th century. Out of print±

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ASTRONOMY S5 Rees, J. K. Popular Astronomy. 8p. jc .

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GEOLOGY S36 Brigham, A. P. Geology of New York. 24p. 5c. S46 Scott, W . B. Geology. i6p. jc.

ARCHEOLOGY 593 Starr, Frederick. Prehistoric Archeology of Europe. 44p. 10c.

ZOOLOGY S58 Scott, W . B. Zoologic Geography. I4P. Sc- HOME ECONOMICS S88 Lake Placid conference on home economics. Food. 24p. 5c. 582 ------Home economics. 24p. 5c. 594 ------Shelter. 27p. jc.

ART S61 Goodyear, W . H. Italian Art. i8p. fc. S66 Sculpture. i6p. jc. S66 ------Supplement with Illus­ trations. i6p. jc. 569 Hamlin, A. D. F. Architecture. 24p. jc.

MUSIC 570 K elley, E. S. Modern Music. I2p. jc. S65 ------Music. i6p. jc. 583 ------Wagner. 8p. 5c.

AMERICAN LITERATURE S53 Gilmore,J. H. American Poetry. 2op.jV\ 5

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE S3 Boyesen, H. H. English Literature. 28p. jc. 585 Jackson, A. V . W . English Language. i6p Sc. S26 ------English Literature. i6p. s c- S87 McClumpha, C. F. English Literature. i8p jv. 586 Spence, A. M. English Literature, i6p S^ S34 Truax, J. R. English Literature. 32p. Sc- S20 Price, T. R., Woodberry, G. E. & Jackson, A. V. W. English Drama (to 1640). 2op. s c. S79 Curtis, Mrs J. K. Coriolanus. 36p. 10c. S55 ------Julius Caesar. 40p. 10c. 589 ------King Henry 4. pti. 26p. Sc» S92 ------pt2. I9p. sc. 5 6 7 ------Macbeth. 36p. 10c. 590 ------Merchant of Venice. 2Sp.sc. 568 ------Othello. 4op. 10c. S 8 4 ------Richard 2. 30p. Sc. S78 ------Romeo and Juliet. 32p. Sc- S81 ------Tempest. 28p s c• S47 Crawshaw, W. H. English Novel. 32p. Sc.

GERMAN LITERATURE S32 Boyesen, H. H. Medieval German Literature. I2p. s c» 6

LITERATURE OF INDIA AND PERSIA S57 Jackson, A. V. W . Ancient India and Persia. 24p. jc.

ANCIENT ROME S39 Bennett, C. E. Roman Life. I2p. 5c.

FLORENCE S54 Montgomery, Mrs H. B. Old Flor­ ence. 32p. jc.

FRENCH HISTORY S12 Cohn, Adolphe. French History, 1789- 1875. i6p. sc.

AMERICAN HISTORY S27 Fitch, C. E. Liberty in America. 2op jc. S23 Kaiser, Arthur. Discovery of America. 28p. sc- S71 Mace, W . H. American Colonial Insti­ t u t e s . 82p IJC. 58 ------American Constitution. 76p. 15c. S2 ------American Revolution. 72p. 15c, S50 ------Civd War. 52p. 10c. S37 ------Development of the Nation. 6op. i o c . 59 W arren, H. P. Colonial History of America. 36p. ioc. 7 Traveling library finding lists < Social Science. 25 popular books. Economics. Two lists : 50 and 26 volumes. I Money. 43 volumes. Education. 25 volumes. 1 Child study. 25 popular books, i Biology. 10 volumes. j Agriculture. Two lists : 60 and 34 volumes. Household Economics. 51 volumes. ; Standard Literature. 26 volumes. ; Standard American Literature. 27 volumes. American Literature. 25 popular books. French History. 50 volumes. ^United States History. Two lists: 50 and 26 p volumes. Bibliographies Colonial New England ; Travel in North Amer­ ica; History of the 17th Century. 10c. Japan ; Venice ; Out-of-door Books. 10c. Netherlands; Renaissance Art of 15th and 16th Centuries; History of Latter Half of 15th Century. 13c. Russia. Out of print. Copies available for lending. House Decoration and Furnishing, 3c. Domestic Economy. 15c. New York Colonial History. 35c. 3hina and the Far East. 20c. Frobel and the Kindergarten. 13c. Monopolies and Trusts in America. 10c. TRAVELING LIBRARIES AND PICTURES Applications. To insure prompt attention applications should be filed on official blank: shipments will be made in accordance wi' structions there given. Fees. For traveling libraries, $2 for th 25 volumes and $1 for each additional 25 voh for traveling pictures, $1 a month for 50 picm.^ or 50 slides ; for the lantern and attachment. for the first month and $1 for each consecutiv< month thereafter. All fees are payable in advance Transportation. The fee entitles borrower: to free transportation by freight both ways on om shipment only. Extra shipments are made only at the borrow er’s expense. When books or pictures must b ordered to complete a library, two weeks fo American and two months for foreign publica tions must be allowed. The application blanl should therefore state whether borrowers prefe to pay express on a second shipment, or to hav< substitutes for specified books or pictures, or t« wait till all asked for are received from the pub lishers. Local cartage. In receiving and returnin' boxes, pay local cartage. The department d<= livers free only to the nearest railway, v * stage office. Return. Return boxes in one shipn freight, but if only one box weighing le 5olb is to be returned, send by express. Tim e limit. Return promptly libraiiv.0 « longer in use. If retained after July a secon fee is payable. Small pictures, lan slides are returnable after one month/ special permit. University of the State of New York Home Education Department

New York State

Traveling Library

Subject no. 810

American literature

25 popular books

Lp2gip-F O-2000 Rules for circulation Books lent to a public library may be circu­ lated in accordance with its rules, provided that no charge is made fo r the use o f books. 1 Place and time. The library shall be kept at a convenient place and be open for delivering and returning books at such times as the trustee in charge shall direct, not less than one hour on each of three days in each week, of which due public notice shall be given. 2 Readers. After signing the agreement any resident of the locality over 12 years of age may draw books as long as he complies with the rules.

AGREEMENT Being- a resident of over 12 years of ag-e, I hereby agree, as a borrower from the New York State Traveling Libraries, to pay promptly any fines due from me for over­ detention of books, or for injuries of any kind beyond reasonable wear to any book while it is charged to me.

Persons less than 12 years of age, or resid­ ing outside the locality to which the library is lent, shall be entitled to the same privileges when their agreements are indorsed by the trustee. In agreements of those under 12, the actual age must be written instead of the figures 12 in the printed form. 3 3 Books. One volume may be drawn by each reader and kept two weeks. 4 Fines. A fine of one cent a day shall be paid for each book kept over time, and any money thus received shall be used under direction of the trustees for library expenses. No book shall be lent to any one to whom a book or an unpaid fine is charged. 5 Reserves. A reader wishing a book not at the time on the shelves may have it reserved for him at least 48 hours after its return, by giving notice to the librarian. 6 Renewal. A reader returning a book which is not reserved may renew it for two weeks. 7 Injuries. Notes, corrections of the press or marks of any kind on books belonging to the state are unconditionally forbidden, and all losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear, however caused, must be promptly adjusted to the satisfaction of the trustee by the person to whom the book is charged. TRAVELING LIBRARY

Subject no. 810

2 5 volumes

Books should be called for by numbers in left margin opposite their titles; e. g. if Mitchell’s American lands and letters is wanted, write 810. g M6gi. The source of a critical note is given, if taken from a review, whether quoted exactly or given in substance. 804 Bates, Arlo. Talks on the study of lit- B31 erature. Bost. 1897. Houghton $1.50. Lowell lectures; not limited to discussion of abstract theories, but made practical by concrete examples from classic and cur­ rent books. 810.9 Mitchell, D. G. American lands and M691 letters. 2v. N. Y. 1898-99. Scribner $ 5- Graceful and kindly sketches of American writers and literary conditions from earliest times to Poe. 810.9 Pancoast, H: S. Introduction to p i 9 American literature. N. Y. 1898. Holt $1. From colonial period to present. Best brief manual of the subject.— N a tio n 5

POETRY 811.04 Knowles, F: L. ed. Golden treas- K76 ury of American song. Illus. Bost. 1898. Page $1.25. 147 poems by 61 writers from Freneau to Lloyd Mifflin. Roughly chronologic arrangement. 811.3 Lawton, W: C. New England poets. L44 N.Y. 1898. Macmillan 75c. Biographic and critical studies of Emer­ son, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Whittier, Lowell, Holmes. 811.34 Longfellow, H: W. Poetical works. I Illus. Bost. 1883. Houghton $2. 811.37 Lowell, J. R. Complete poetical I works. Illus. Bost. 1896. Hough­ ton $2. FICTION 813.44 Aldrich, T: B. The Stillwater S tragedy. Bost. 1880. Houghton $1:50. Charmingly written story in which a murder mystery is unraveled. 813.49 Hale, E: E. The man without a H13UL country. Illus. Bost. 1899. Little $1.50. Contains also My double; Did he take the prince to ride ? The skeleton in the closet; The modern Psyche and five other stories. 8i3-33 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The house P of the seven gables. Bost. 1896. Houghton 70c. (Riverside school library) Romance of old Salem. 6 813-43 Howells, W : D. Their wedding jour­ O ney. Bost. 1895. Houghton $1.50. A conventional trip — up the Hudson, to Niagara and down the St Law­ rence—made fresh by keen observa­ tion and humorous character study. 813.49 Page, T: N. In ole Virginia. Illus. P14 N. Y . 1899. Scribner $1.25. Contains Marse Chan; Unc’ Edinburg’s drowndin’; Meh lady; Ole ’Stracted; No haid pawn; Polly.

ESSAYS 814.41 Burroughs, John. A year in the L fields. Bost. 1897. Houghton $1.50. Eight essays selected from his earlier volumes, with beautiful photographic illustrations by Clifton Johnson. 814.37 Curtis, G: W : From the Easy chair. 1892. Harper $1. Delightful selections from the Easy chair papers in Harper's magazine. 814.36 Emerson, R. W. Essays. Bost. 1898. Houghton $3.50. On History; Self-reliance; Compensa­ tion; Love; Friendship; Heroism; The over soul; Character; Manners; Na­ ture, etc. 817.32 Holmes, O. W . The autocrat of the O breakfast table. Bost. 1896. Houghton $1.50. (Riverside edi- ' tion) Charming, semi-personal, discursive, poetic, witty comments, reflections and discourses on life and manners.— Christian union 7 817.24 Irving-, W ashington. Sketch-book. P N.Y. 1892. Putnam 60c. Essays and tales; contains Rip Van Winkle; Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Christmas, etc. 818.31 Thoreau, H: D: Walden. Bost. P 1898. Houghton $1.50. Describes his attempt to solve the prob­ lem of simple living by building and occupying a small house in the woods. Keen observations on animals, plants and birds. 817.41 Warner, C: D. My summer in a O garden. Illus. Bost. 1893. Hough­ ton $1.50. An attempt to tell the truth about one of the most fascinating occupations in the world.— C: D. Warner

DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL 914 Jackson, M rs H . M. (Fiske) Hunt. Bits J13 of travel; by H. H. Illus. Bost. 1898. Little $1.25. Contains her delightful portraiture of a German landlady, and 10 sketches of travel in .South Germ any, Austria, the Tyrol and Italy. 917.44 Wolfe, T. F. Literary shrines; the W83 haunts of some famous American authors. Illus. Phil. 1896. Lip- pincott $1.25. Useful handbook of local literary asso­ ciations and identifications of sites in and near Concord, Boston and Berk­ shire county, with chapter on Walt W hitman. BIOGRAPHY

028. i H igginson. Higginson, T : W. Che H53 ful yesterdays. Bost. 1898. Hou; ton $2. Personal reminiscenses, not of ex' sively personal importance. They give us history in its social setting and have, if we mistake not, permanent worth.— Nation 928.13 Stowe, M rs H. E.. (Beecher). Life St72 and letters, ed. by Annie Fields. Bost. 1898. Houghton $2. Delightful and inspiring, rich in biog­ raphical essentials . . . Compact and workmanlike, full of pith and guiltless of padding.—Dial

HISTORY 973 18 Parkman, Francis. Pioneers of P23 France in the new world. Bost. 1891. Little $1.50. Huguenots in Florida, and Champlain and his associates; ends with 1635. First part of brilliant history of strug­ gle between France and Englan Am erica. University of the State of New York

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TRAVELING PICTURES

WALL PICTURES F e e s ...... 2 L i s t ...... 2 M osq u es...... 3 Churches and cathedrals...... 3 Tom bs...... 4 S c u lp tu r e ...... 4 P a in tin g s ...... 4 Antiquities...... 6 Description and tr a v e l...... 7 U. S. H istory ...... 8 Lp337P-Fi-iooo State Library and Home Education

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W ALL PICTURES Wall pictures of architectural monuments, great paintings and natural scenery are lent to registered schools, libraries and clubs on satisfactory guaranty of their safe return. These pictures are framed without glass and are of the highest grade published, in­ cluding Berlin photogravures, Copley, Foster and Soderholtz prints and Braun, Elson, Hanfstaengl and Hegger carbons. Fees. $i is charged for each picture which may be kept for all or part of the academic year, ending July i. Express both ways is paid by the state. List, ioo of the best pictures for schools have been selected and the list with descrip­ tions and illustrations published as Home education bulletin 32; price 50 cents. For con­ venience, the titles of these pictures are here reprinted with the size in inches of each picture as framed in the traveling collection. Wall pictures 3

LIST OF 100 PICTURES The numbers preceding are the subject numbers used in the state library.

726.2 Mosques 1 Cordova, belfry. 41x53 2 Jerusalem, Mosque of Omar. 42x54 3 Seville, Giralda tower. 42x53

726.5-6 Churches and cathedrals 4 Amiens, choir. 42x54 5 Canterbury. 42x53 6 Cologne. 41x53 7 Constantinople, Santa Sophia, interior.

43X53 8 Durham. 41x51 9 Florence. 38x51 10 Lincoln. 42x53 11 London, W estminster abbey. 42x54 1 2 ------Poets corner. 30x39 13 Milan. 42x54 14 Mont St Michel, cloisters. 28x38 15 Paris, Notre Dame. 42x54 16 Pavia. 41x54 17 Pisa. 42x54 18 Peterborough. 42x54 19 Reims. 42x54 20 Rome, St John’s Lateran, cloisters. 42x54 4 State Library and Home Education

21 Rome, St Paul’s beyond the walls, clois­ ters. 42x53 2 2 ------interior. 42x52 23 ----- St Peter’s. 40x5,1 2 4------interior. 42x54 25 Salisbury, 42x52 26 Venice, St Mark’s. 42x54 27 York minster. 42x54

726.8 Tombs 28 Taj Mahal, Agra, India. 42x54

730 Sculpture 29 Augustus. 37x46 30 Colleoni, by Verrocchio. 41x52 31 King Arthur, by Peter Vischer. 42x54 32 Moses, by Michelangelo Buonarroti. 28x40 33 Otricoli Zeus. 29x42 34 Parthenon frieze, north section. 19x39 35 St George, by Donatello. 26x38 • 36 Shaw memorial, by St Gaudens. 22x26 37 Victory of Samothrace. 30x42

750 Paintings 38 Abbey. Questof the holy grail. 15x118 39 Alma-Tadema. A reading from Homer. 24x40 Wall pictures 5

40 Bastien-Lepage. Joan of Arc listening to the voices. 32x34 41 Bonheur. Ploughing in the Nivernais. 22x33 42 Corot. Landscape. 32x37 43 van Dyck. Charles 1, King of England. 31x38 44 ----- Three children of Charles 1. 31x34 45 Guido Reni. Aurora. 33x51 46 Hobbema. Middelharnis avenue. 30x38 47 Homer. All’s well. 28x34 48 Hunt. Flight of night. 18x26 49 Leighton. Captive Andromache. 25x43 50 LeRolle. Shepherdess. 25x37 51 Mesdag. Return of the fishing boats. 28x38 52 Michelangelo. Delphic sibyl. 31x37 53 Millet. Gleaners. 29x38 54 Raphael. School of Athens. 30x38 55 Rembrandt. Night watch. 31x37 56 ----- Portrait of the artist. 30x37 57 ----- Syndics of the cloth hall. 26x36 58 Rousseau. Forest of Fontainebleau at sunset. 28x37 59 Ruysdael. The hunt. 28x38 6 0 ---The windmill. 32x38 61 Sargent. Frieze of prophets. 24x103 62 Troyon. Return to the barnyard. 28x37 6 State Library and Home Education

63 Turner. Fighting Temeraire. 33x42 64 Vedder. Cumaean sibyl. 22x26 65 Velasquez. Don Balthazar Carlos. 31x37 66 Watts. Sir Galahad. 28x44 913 ANTIQUITIES 913.2 Egyptian 67 Abu-Simbel. 29x36 68 Karnak temple. 38x40 69 Philae island. 32x38 70 Sphinx and pyramids. 42x54 913.7 Roman 71 Rome, Arch of Constantine. 41x53 72 ----- Arch of Titus. 42x53 73 ---Colosseum. 42x54 7 4 ------interior. 42x54 75 ----- Forum. 43x54 76 ----- Pantheon. 42x53 77 Nimes, France, Maison Carree. 28x42 913.8 Greek 78 Athens, Acropolis. 42x55 79 -----Erectheum, Ionic porch. 42x54 80 ----- Caryatid porch. 32x38 81 ----- Parthenon. 42x54 82 ------Theseum. 27x40 83 Paestum, Italy, Temple of Neptune. 28x42 Wall pictures 7 914-17 DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL

914.2 England 84 Haddon Hall. 42x53 85 London, Houses of parliament. 41x54 86 ----- Tower. 42x51 87 Stratford-on-Avon, Shakspere’s house. 28x40 914.5 Italy 88 Rome, Castle of St Angelo. 42x54 89 ----- Vatican library, interior. 43x55 90 Venice, Grand canal. 42x54

914.6 Spain 91 Granada, Alhambra, Court of lions. 42x53 914.94 Switzerland 92 Matterhorn. 42x54.

916.2 Egypt 93 Cairo, Road to the pyramids. 43x54 94 ----- Avenue of palms. 42x54

917.3 United States 95 Garden of the gods. 22x40 96 Mount Vernon Va. 26x40 97 Niagara Falls. 42x54 8 State Library and Home Education

98 Washington D.C. Capitol. 42x52 99 Yellowstone national park, Falls. 27x0

973 U. S. History 100 Leutze. Washington crossing the D ware. 30x38 -35-

University of the State of New York Departments: Administrative College High School Home Education State Library State Museum

State Library ssoHome Education Library for the Blind

M e l v i l D e w e y D i r e c t o r L ib r a r ia n , Salome Cutler Fairchild

Your name has been given to us as one likely to enjoy the opportunities offered by the New York State Library for the Blind. A finding list of this library is therefore mailed to your address. Through the liber­ ality of friends interested, books will be sent for the present without charge for expressage either way. If you wish to borrow from this collection, kindly make out a list of books and music which you would like and send it addressed: State Library for the Blind , Albany N. Y. Give author and title of each work wanted, taken from the catalogue, and always specify the type; e. g. New York point. Tennyson, Enoch Arden Fiske, Civil Government Boston. Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield About io titles should be put on each list as some of the books which you ask for may already be lent to other readers. You may borrow one book and two pieces of music at a time and may keep each of them

LP409P-D2-500 University of the State of New York Home Education Department

Library for the blind

FINDING LIST

December 1901

LP383P-D1-1500 University of the State of New York Home Education Department

Library for the blind

FINDING LIST

December 1901

Lp383p-D i-i5°o STATE LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND Foundation. A state library for the blind was founded by the regents Mar. 19, 1896, by these votes: That there be established in the public libraries division a section of books for the blind, from which any blind reader in the state may borrow books after giving needed security for their safe return. That gifts be invited for this library and that the regents undertake to care for and supervise the circulation of such approved books as may be given for this purpose. That the most needed books printed for the use of the blind be bought as a nucleus for the new library. Librarian. Mrs Salome Cutler Fairchild, vice-director of the New York state library school, has been selected to act as librarian for the blind because of her long-standing special interest in this work. She will bring to it not only technical knowledge of librarianship, but a keen sympathy with the individual readers, and it will be a pleasure to her to hear from them and to have them make suggestions freely in regard to books needed or any other phase of this work. Plans. It seemed wise in starting the work to investigate thoroughly the whole subject of reading for the blind that all Finding list 3 plans might be based on the peculiar needs of this class of readers. The librarian has visited the state institutions for the blind in New York city, Philadelphia and Baltimore and has received hearty cooperation from W. B. Wait, E. E. Allen and F. D. Mor­ rison, the superintendents of these institu­ tions. Further light has been thrown on the matter by a discussion on reading for the blind at a meeting of the American library association at Lakewood-on-Chautau- qua N.Y. July 1898 and at a meeting of the state associations of New York, Pennsylva­ nia and New Jersey, held at Atlantic City N. J. March 1899. Types. The effort to supply reading for the blind is complicated by lack of uniform­ ity in methods of printing. There are four embossed types now used in this coun­ try: New York point, American Braille, Boston line letter and Moon. The types most used by the blind in New York state will be bought for this library. These will probably prove to be the New York point and the American Braille. Gifts will be ac­ cepted in any type. Alphabets and primers in New York point and American Braille both for books and music will be sent to any 4 Library for the blind blind person on application. As both sys­ tems are easily learned by adults, no blind person wanting to read need miss the privilege. Loans. The state library for the blind is intended for the home use of all blind per­ sons in New York. Through the liberality of interested friends, books will be sent at present without charge for expressage either way. One volume and two pieces of music may be drawn at a time and kept one month. How to get a book. Make out a list of books and music (about io works on each list) and address it: State library for the blind, A lbany N. Y. Give author and title of each work wanted, taken from the cata­ logue, and always specify the type; e. g. New York point Tennyson, Enoch Arden “ Fiske, Civil government Boston line Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield Renewal. A reader may renew a book or piece of music, unless it is wanted by another reader, by mailing a request for renewal three days before the month has expired. Care of books. Great care must be taken by each reader to keep the books clean and to rest the fingers lightly on the letters Finding list 5 while reading. Books must be packed carefully for return to the state library. Use the same wrappings in which they are sent. Cooperation. Our aim is to extend the work till it reaches every blind person in the state (about 5000 by the census of 1890) who can read or will learn to read type for the blind. It will not be possible to reach those living in small towns or in the country without cooperation on the part of many persons. Every one reading this communi­ cation is asked to send in the names and ad­ dresses of every blind person known to him living in New York state, even of those who he feels confident will never use the library. We should like to receive the addresses of seeing persons, one or more in each town, who would be glad to cooperate directly with the state library in developing this lib­ rary for the blind either by acting as refer­ ences for blind readers, by visiting the blind in their homes, explaining the plans of the library and the ease with which they may share its unusual opportunities, or by secur­ ing gifts of money to be spent in printing new book.s. 6 Library for the blind

BOOKS IN NEW YORK POINT

LISTS OF BOOKS FOR THE BLIND American printing house for the blind. List of publications. 016.65538

PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION James, William. Psychology. 3V. 150 Ladd, G: T. Primer of psychology. 150 Catholic transcript for the blind, a monthly magazine. 205

Holy Bible. i i v . 220.52 Gift of Philip S. Smith. Protestant episcopal church in the United States. Psalter. 223.4 Stalker, James, D.D. Life of Jesus Christ. 232.9 Caussade, Rev. J. P. de. Workings of the divine will. 240 Gift of Catholic free publication society for the blind. Hillegeer, J. Will of God in trials, difficul­ ties and afflictions. 240 Gift of Catholic free publication society for the the blind. Thomas a Kempis. First 2 books of the Imitation of Christ. 242 Wait, W: B. comp. Hymnbook. 2v. 245.2

SOCIOLOGY Ely, R: T. Outlines of economics. 2v. 330 Johnston, Alexander. History of American politics. 2v. 329 Finding list 7

PRIMERS Wait, W: B. Primer of the New York point system. 371*91 ----- New York point system of tangible literary notation. 3V. 371.91 ----- Key to the New York point system, for literature, instrumental and vocal music and mathematics. 371.91

SELF-EDUCATION Smiles, Samuel. Selections from Character. 374 ----- Self help. 3v. 374

LEGENDS AND FAIRY STORIES Andersen, H. C. Fairytales. 839.836 Arabian nights’ entertainment. 892.73 Baldwin, James, comp. Fairy stories and fables. 398.2 ----- Old Greek stories. 398.2 ----- Old stories of the East. 398.2 Gods and heroes of the north; selections from early Scandinavian literature. 839.5 Grimm, J. L; K; & W; K; Household stor­ ies and popular tales; from the German. 398.2 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Tanglewood tales. 813-33 ----- Wbnder book. 813.33 Jack the giant killer. 398.2 8 Library for the blind

Puss in boots; Sleeping beauty; Cinderella. 398-2

LANGUAGE Collar, W : C. & Daniell, M. G. Beginners’ Latin book. 2v. 478.2 White, R: G. Words and their uses. 2v. 428.3 SCIENCE Broadhouse, John. Student’s Helmholtz; the phenomena of sound as connected with music. 2v. 534 Clodd, Edward. Childhood of the world. 57i Hamerton, P. G. Chapters on animals. 590.4 Huxley, T: H: Lessons in elementary physiology. 2v. 612.02 Lockyer, J. N. Science primer, astronomy. 520.2 Thompson, Ernest Seton-. Wild animals I have known. 599*7 Printed for N. Y. state library by legislative appropriation. Wells, Webster. Elements of geometry. 2V. 5*3 W righ t, M rs Julia (McNair). Seaside and wayside. 4V. in 6. 372.3

POETRY Arnold, Matthew. Sohrab and Rustum. 821.89 F iji ding list 9 Browning, M rs E. B. (Barrett). Selec­ tions from [her] poems. 821.82 Browning, Robert. Selected poems. 821.83 Bryant, W: C. Thanatopsis and other poems. 811.33 Burns, Robert. Selections from [his] poems. 821.67 Byron, G: G. N. Byron, 6ih baron. Childe Harold’s pilgrimage. S21.76 ----- Prisoner of Chillon. 82L.76 Coleridge, S: T. Rime of the ancient mariner. 821.72 Dryden, John. Palamon and Arcite. 821.48 Early English ballads: Twa corbies; Sir Patrick Spens; Robin Hood ; Chevy Chase; Not brown mayd. 821.04 Goldsmith, Oliver. Deserted village. 821.64 Gray, Thomas. Elegy in a country church­ yard and odes. 821 61 Hogg, James. Selections from the Queen’s wake, the Summons, the Contest, the Award, Kilmeny. 821.79 Holmes, O. W. Selections from [his] poems. 817 32 Longfellow, H: W. Evangeline. 811.34 ----- Selections from [his] poetical works. 811.34 Low ell, J. R. V is io n of Sir Launfal. 811.37 Lytton, E: G: E. L. Bulwer-Lytton, 1 st baron. Richelieu; or, The conspiracy, a play in five acts. 822.8 io Library for the blind Macaulay, T: B. Macaulay, i st b aron. Armada and other poems. 821.89 ----- Horatius. 821.89 ----- Lays of ancient Rome. 821.89 Milton, John. L’allegro; II penseroso; Comus; Lycidas, and Hymn on the nativity. 821.47 ----- Paradise lost; books 1, 2 and 3. 821.47 Moore, Thomas. Lalla Rookh; selections from parts 1 and 2 of the Fire-worshippers. 821.75 Morris, William. Life and death of Jason. 821.85 Scott, Sir W alter, bart. Lady of the Lake. 821.74 ----- Marmion, a tale of Flodden Field; a poem in 6 cantos. 821.74 Shakspere, William. Hamlet. 822.33 ----- Julius Caesar. 822.33 ----- Macbeth. 822.33 ----- Merchant of Venice. 822.33 ----- Taming of the shrew. 822.33 ----- Tempest. 822.33 Lamb, Charles & Mary. Tales from Shake­ speare. 2V. 822.33 Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st baron. Enoch Arden; including also The lotus eaters, Ulysses, and Tithonus. 821.81 ----- Idylls of the king: Enid, Elaine, Guin­ evere, and the Passing of Arthur. 821.81 Finding list 11 Whittier, J: G. Selections from [his] poems. 811.36 ----- Snow-bound. 811.36

FICTION Brown, H. D. Little Miss Phoebe Gay. 813 49 Printed for N. Y. state library; the gift of Mrs Jam es G. Beemer. Brown, John. Rab and bis friends. 823.89 Bunyan, John. Pilgrim’s progress. 3V. 823.42 Burnett, M rs Frances (Hodgson). Sara Crewe. 813.48 Cooper, J. F. Pilot; a tale of the sea. 2v. 813.24 Crawford, F. M. Via crucis; a romance of the 2d crusade. 2v. 813.49 Printed for N. Y. state library by legislative appropriation. Defoe, Daniel. Life and surprising adven­ tures of Robinson Crusoe. 2 v. 823.51 E w ing, M rs J. H. (Gatty). Daddy D ar­ win’s dovecot. 823.89 ----- Peace egg. 823.89 Fancies of child life. 823 Hale, Edward, comp. Stories of adventure. 2V. 823 ----- Stories of discovery. 2v. 823 Hale, E: E. D. D. Man without a country. 813.49 Printed for N. Y. state library by legislative appropriation. 12 Library for the blind

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Feather top. 813.13 ----- House of the seven gables. 2v. 813.13 ----- Little Daffydowndilly and other stories. 813.33 ----- (The) old manse and a few mosses. 813-33 ----- Rill from the town pump and Mrs Bullfrog. 813.33 ----- Tales of the White Hills and sketches. 813-33 Jewett, S. O. Queen’s twin and other stories. 813.49 Printed for N. Y. state library by legislative appropriation. Kellogg, Brainerd, comp. Extracts from the leading authors, English and Ameri­ can; a textbook on English literature. • 2 v. 820.9 Kipling, Rudyard. Jungle book. 823.89 Muir, John. Adventure with a dog and a glacier. 813.49 Printed for N. Y. state library by legislative appropriation. Page, T: N. Two little confederates. 813.49 Rolfe, W: J. Tales from Scottish history in prose and verse. 823 Ruskin, John. King of the golden river. 823.89 Scott, Sir W alter, bart. Ivanhoe. 823.73 ----- Kenilworth. 823.73 Taylor, Bayard. Boys of other countries. 813.49 Finding list 13 Thackeray, W: M. History of Henry Esmond. 3V. 823.82 Watson, J: M. Beside the bonnie brier bush. 823.89 Printed for N. Y. state library; the gift of a citi­ zen of the state.

ESSAYS AND SATIRE Addison, Joseph. Selections from the Spectator. 824.52 ----- Sir Roger de Coverley papers. 824.52 Bacon, Francis, viscount St Albans. Es­ says civil and moral. 824.3 Burroughs, John. Birds and bees. 814.41 ----- Sharp eyes. 814.41 Carlyle, Thomas. On heroes, hero-worship and the heroic in history. 2v. 824.82 Emerson, R. W . American scholar. 814.36 ----- Conduct of life. 2v. 814.36 Irving, Washington. Sketch book of Geof­ frey Crayon, gent. 3V. 817.24 Macaulay, T: B. Macaulay, ist baron. John Milton; an essay. 821.89 ----- Pilgrim’s progress by John Bunyan; an essay. 823.42 Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s travels; a voy­ age to Brobdingnag. 827.52 ----- Gulliver’s travels; the voyage to Lilli- put. 827.52 1 4 Library for the blind

FOREIGN CLASSICS Schiller, J; C. F; von. Poems and ballads. 831.69 La Motte-Fouque, F; H; K; fr e ih e r r de. Undine; a tale. 833.65 Boniface, J. X. Picciola. 2v. 843.79 Dante Alighieri. Inferno. 851.15 Virgilius Maro, Publius. Greater poems of Virgil; containing first six books of the Aeneid. 2v. 873.1 Church, Rev. A. J: Story of the Aeneid. 873.1 Homerus. Iliad; books 1, 6, 22 and 24; tr. by Alexander Pope. 883.1 Church, Rev. A. J: Story of the Iliad. 883.1 Aesopus. Aesop’s fables. 888.6

BIOGRAPHY Bryce, James. William Ewart Gladstone. 923.242 Printed for N. Y. state library by legislative appropriation. Franklin, Benjamin. Autobiography. 923.27 Hutton, R: H. Sir Walter Scott; from English men of letters. 928.23 Macaulay, T: B. Macaulay, 1st baron. Frederick the Great. 923.1431 ----- Life of Johnson. 928.24 ----- Warren Hastings. 923.242 Mitchell, D. G. About old story tellers. 928 Finding list 15 Motley, J: L. Peter the Great; an essay. 923.147 Plutarchus. Selections from the Lives. 888.8 T hackeray, W : M. Four Georges. 923.142 ----- Lectures on the English humorists of the 18th century. 2v. 928.27 Webster, Daniel. Discourse in commemo­ ration of John Adams and Thomas Jeffer­ son. 923.17

TRAVEL AND HISTORY Barnes, A. S. & Co. pub. Barnes general history ; a brief history of ancient, medi­ aeval and modern peoples; pt 1 Political history, pt 2 History of civilization. sv. 9 0 9 Slocum, Joshua. Sailing alone around the world. 2v. 910.4 Printed for N. Y. state library by legislative appropriation. Map of the Chinese empire. 912.51 Map of vicinity of Peking and Port Arthur. 912.511 Yonge, C.. M.. Young folks’ history of Rome. 937 Guerber, H. M. A. Story of the Greeks. 2 v . 9 3 8 Yonge, C.. M.. Young folks’ history of Greece. 9 3 8 Montgomery, D: H: Leading facts of English history. 3 V . 9 4 2 16 Library for the blind Yonge, C.. M.. Young folks’ history of England. 942 ----- Young folks’ history of France. 2v. 944 Irving, Washington. Chronicle of the con­ quest of Granada. 3V. 946.03 Parkman, Francis. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis 14. 2v. 971 Printed for N. Y. state library by legislative appropriation. Barnes, A. S. & Co. pub. Brief history of the United States. 3V. . 973 ----- Primary history of the United States. 973 Burke, Edmund. Conciliation with the American colonies. 973-31 Eggleston, Edward. Stories of American life' and adventure. 973 ----- Stories of great Americans for little Americans. 973 Fiske, John. Civil government in the United States. 2v. 342-739 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Grandfather’s chair. 813.33 McClung, J: A. Sketches of western ad­ venture. 917-8 McMaster, J: B. School history of the United States. 3V. 973 United States. Declaration of independ­ ence and the constitution of the United States. 973-3l3 Finding list 17 Webster, Daniel. Bunker hill monument orations. 3°8 MUSIC Upton, G: P. Standard operas. 2v. 782 Wait, W: B. Practical system of tangible musical notation. 3 71 • 91

Musical essays Fillmore, J: C. Lessons in musical history. 786.4 H aweis, R ev. H. R. Music and morals. 780 Merz, Karl. Music and culture. 780 Pauer, Ernst. Elements of the beautiful in music. 780.1 Hymn tunes Eighty-two standard hymn tunes. 783*9

Tuning Simpson, J: A. Notes on tuning. 786.2 Tuner’s guide for tuning the pianoforte, organ and melodeon. 786.2

Instruction Cramer, J; B. Studies no. la n d 2. 786.3 Czerny, Karl. 101 preparatory lessons or elementary studies, opus 261. 786.3 Vocal Panofka, Heinrich. Vocal ABC. 784.9 Piano Classic school Bach, J; S. Allemande from the G major suite. 785.8 18 Library for the blind ----- Courante from the G major suite. 785.8 ----- Fugue no. 2 from the well-tempered clavichord. 785.8 ----- Gavotte from the G major suite. 785.8 ----- Prelude no. 4 from the well-tempered clavier. • 785.8 Beethoven, Ludwig van. Sonatina, opus 49, no. 1 and 2. 786.41 Clementi, Muzio. Sonatinas, opus 36, no. 1-6. 786.41 Kuhlau, Friedrich. Sonatina, opus 20, no. 1. 786.41 M ozart, J; C. S. W . A. Sonata no. 6, F major. 786.41

Romantic school Bachmann, Gottlob. Dreaming heart. 786.4 Baumfelder, F; A; W; Opus 270; child­ hood scenes. 786.4 Behr, Franz. Une perle. 786.4 Bovy, C: S: La baladine; caprice for piano, opus 51. 786.4 Chopin, Ft F. Nocturne, opus 37, no. 2. 786.43 ----- Polish song, opus 74, no. 2. 786.43 ----- Polonaise, opus 40, no. 1. 786.43 Gade, N. W ; Christmas pieces for children, opus 36. 786.4 Giese, Theodor. Opus 293; six simple pieces. 786.4 Finding list 19

Heller, Stephen. Curious story. 786.4 ---- II penseroso. 786.4 ----- Tarantelle, opus 85, no. 2. 786.44 Himan, Alberto. In sommerland. 786.4 Lichner, Heinrich. Bright flowers, opus i n , no. 1, 4 and 5. 786 4 ----- 12 characteristic pieces. 786.4 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, J. L; F. Songs without words, opus 19, 30, 38, 53, 62, 67, 85. 8v. 786.43 ----- Tarantelle; song without words, no. 45- 786.43 Moszkowski, Moritz. Serenata. 786.43 Preissler, A. Morning song, opus 123. 786.4 Schubert, F . P: Impromptu no. 3, opus 142. 786.4 Schumann, R. A. Album for the young, opus 68. 786.4 ----- Bird as a prophet, opus 82, no. 7. 786.4 ----- Novelette, opus 21, no. 1. 786.4 ----- Tarantelle, opus 11. 786.4 Spindler, Fritz. Fleur de salon, opus 17. 786.4 Tschaikowsky, P: I. Chant sans paroles, opus 2, no. 2. 786.43 Dance form Chaminade, C. L. S. Scarf dance; air de ballet, no. 3. 786.4 Chopin, Ff F. Mazurka, opus 7, no. 3. 786.45 ----- Valse brillante, opus 34, no. 1. 786.4^ 20 Library for the blind

Geibel, Adam. Gavotte Allemande. 786.44 Goldner, W. Gavotte Mignonne. 786.44 Ketterer, Eugene. Saltarelle, opus 266. 786.44 Kontski, Antoine de. Grand polonaise, opus 271. 786.44 Mills, S. B. Gavotte, opus 31. 786.44 Scharwenka, F. X. Polish national dance, opus 3, no. 1. 786.45 Schubert, F. P: Menuet from the quartet in D major, no. 8. 786.45

Etudes Burgmiiller, J; F; F. 25 etudes, opus 100. 786.47 Ravina, Jf Hi Etudes de style, opus 14, no. 1. 786.47 Organ Bach, J; S. Little G minor prelude and fugue for the organ. 785*8 Guilmant, F. A. Marche religieuse for the organ, opus 15, no. 2. 786.8 Merkel, G. A. Christmas pastoral for the organ, opus 56. 786.8 Guitar Carcassi, Matteo. New and improved method for the guitar. 2v. 787-6 King, Rudolf. Caprice, arranged for guitar. 787.6 Finding list 21

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LISTS OF BOOKS FOR THE BLIND Pennsylvania, Blind, Institution for the in­ struction of the. List of publications in American Braille. 016.65538

SOCIOLOGY Benjamin, Park. About the navy. 353-7 Dole, C: F. American citizen. 2v. 320.2 Wiggin, E. E. Lessons on manners. 395

PRIMERS Monroe. New primer. 371.91

LEGENDS AND FAIRY STORIES Pratt, M. L. comp. Stories from old Ger­ many: the Nibelungenlied, Lohengrin, Beowulf and Legends of Norseland. 398.2 Story of Sinbad, the sailor. 892.73

SCIENCE Andrews, Jane. Stories mother nature told her children. 500 Bits of bird life. 598.2 Dana, J. D. Geological story briefly told. 55i Gibson, W : H. Eye spy, a-field with nature among flowers and animate things. 595.7 Johonnot, James. Friends in feathers and fur and other neighbors. 2v. 372.3 22 Library for the blind

USEFUL ARTS Greene, Homer. Coal and the coal mines. 2V. 622.33 Hughes, Rupert. Study of the modern battle ship. 623.8 Kirby, Mary & Elizabeth. Aunt Martha’s corner cupboard. 643 Wright, B. K. Practical and economical cookbook. 641

LITERATURE AND RHETORIC English language. 420 Genung, J. F. Outlines of rhetoric and a course of prose composition. 4V. 808 Matthews, J. B. American literature. 810.9

POETRY Longfellow, H: W. Courtship of Miles Standish. 811.34 — King Robert of Sicily. 811.34 — Song of Hiawatha. 2v. 811.34 Lovell, Maria. Ingomar, a drama. 822.8 Lytton, E: G: E. L. Bulwer-Lytton, 1st baron. Lady of Lyons. 822.8 Macaulay, T: B. Macaulay, 1st baron. Horatius. 821.89 Shakspere, William. Romeo and Juliet. 822.33 ----- Twelfth night; or, What you will. 822.33 Finding list 23 Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st baron. Dora. 821.81 ----- In memoriam. 821.81 Wordsworth, William. Selections from poetical works. 821.71 FICTION Andrews, Jane. Seven little sisters who live on the round ball that floats in the air. 813.49 Burnett, M rs Frances (Hodgson). Little Lord Fauntleroy. 2v. 813.48 Clemens, S: L. (The) prince and the pau­ per. 2v. 813.49 Cross, M rs M.. A. (Evans) Lewes. Silas Marner. 2v. 823.88 Curtis, G: W . My chateaux. 813.39 De la Rame, Louise. Dog of Flanders. 823.89 ---- Nurnberg stove. 823.89 Dickens, Charles. Christmas carol in prose. 823.83 ----- Cricket on the hearth and Dr Mari­ gold. 823.83 Dodgson, Rev. C: L. Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. 823.89 Ew ing, M rs J. H. (Gatty). Story of a short life. 823.89 Greenwood, James. (A) night in a work- house. 823.89 Hale, E: E. D.D. Man without a country. 813.49 24 Library for the blind

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Great stone face. 813-33 (The) oiled feather. 813 Sewell, Anna. Black beauty, his grooms and companions. 179.3 Thackeray, W: M. (The) rose and the ring. 823.82 W ig gin , M rs K. D. (Smith). (The) Birds’ Christmas Carol. 813.49

ESSAYS AND SATIRE Emerson, R.W . Four essays: Love, Friend­ ship, Nature, Self-reliance. 814.36 Irving, Washington. Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 817.24 Lamb, Charles. Dissertation on roast pig. 824.75 Warner, C: D. A-hunting of the deer and other stories. 817.41 BIOGRAPHY Hillis, N. D. David Livingstone; a study of 19th century heroism. 923.9 Macomber, H. E. Stories of great invent­ ors. 926 Webster, Daniel. Character of Washing­ ton and the Landing at Plymouth. 923.17 Yonge, C.. M.. Book of golden deeds. 2v. 920.02 ----- Monthyon prizes; Soldiers in the snow; Second of September, Agostina of Zaragoza; from a Book of golden deeds. 920.02 Finding list 25

HISTORY Griffis, W : E. D.D. Japan in history, folk­ lore and art. 2V. 9I5-2 Scott, Sir W alter, bart. Chapters from tales of a grandfather. 941 McCarthy, Justin. Selections from A his­ tory of our own times from the accession of Queen Victoria to 1880. 2V. 942.08 Parmele, M rs M.. P. Short history of Spain. 946 Griffis, W : E. D.D. Brave little Holland and what she taught us. 2v. 949.2 Brooks, Dorothy. Stories of the red chil­ dren. ' 970.1 Eggleston, Edward. First book of Ameri­ can history. 973 Lodge, H: C. Hero tales from American history. 2v. 973 Parkman, Francis. Conspiracy of Pontiac. 973-27 Pratt, M. L. Stories of colonial children. 973-2

MUSIC Characters used in the Braille notation of music. 371-91 Vocal Adam, A. C: Christmas song. 784.3 Brandeis, Frederick. My love is like the red rose. 784.3 26 Library for the blind

Cornell, J: H: Lead kindly light. 784.3 Faure, Ji B. The palms. 784.3 Haydn, Joseph. Now Heaven in fullest glory shone; recitative and air from the Creation. 784.2 Hiller, Ferdinand. Were I a bird of air. 784.3 Johns, Clayton. I love and the world is mine. 784.3 Liszt, Franz. Thou art like a flower. 784.3 Parsons, A. R. Night has a thousand eyes. 784-3 Pinsuti, Ciro. Bedouin love song. 784.3 Schubert, F. P: Barcarolle. 784.3 ----- Erl-king. 784.3 ---- Farewell, our love to sever. 784.3 ----- Serenade. 784.3 ----- Who is Sylvia? 784.3 Schumann, R. A. The farewell. 784.3 ----- He the best of all. 784.3 ----- Moonlight. 784.3 ----- The poet’s love. 784.3 ----- Two grenadiers. 784.3 Shindler, M rs M.. S. B. (Palmer) Dana. Flee as a bird. 784.3

Piano Classic school Bach, J; S. Loure from third cello suite. 786.4 Finding list 27 Beethoven, Ludwig van. Sonata, opus 2, no. 1. 786.41 ----- Sonata, opus 31, no. 1. 786.41 ----- Sonata, opus 49, no. 2. 786.41 Haydn, Joseph. Gypsy rondo. 786.41 ----- Sonata, no. 5. 786.41 Romantic school Chopin, F.‘ F. Ballade, opus 47. 786.43 ----- Etude, opus 25, no. 1 and 14. 786.47 ----- Grand valse brillante, opus 18, no. x. 786.45 ----- Impromptu, opus 29, no. 1. 786.43 ----- Marche funebre, opus 35. 786.44 ----- Nocturne, opus 9, no. 2. 786.43 ----- Nocturne, opus 48, no. 1. 786.43 ----- Nocturne, opus 55, no. 1. 786.43 ----- Opus 34, no. 1-3. 786.45 ----- Polonaise, opus 26, no. 1. 786.44 ----- Polonaise, opus 40, no. 1. 786.44 ----- Polonaise, opus 44. 786.44 ----- Prelude, opus 28, no. 4. 786.43 ----- Valse, opus 42. 786.45 -----Waltz, opus 64, no. 1. 786.45 Grieg, E. H. Elfentanz, opus 12, no. 4. 786.43 ----- Opus 17, no. 1-12, 19, 22 and 23. 786.43 ----- Poetische tonbilder, opus 3, no. 3 and 6. 786.43 28 Library for the blind

Paderew ski, I. J. Menuet a l’antique, opus 14, no. 1. 786.45 Raff, J. J. Nocturne, opus 17. 786.43 Rubinstein, A. G. Melody in F. 786.43 ----- Romance, opus 44. 786.43 Schubert, F. P: Impromptu, opus 90, no. 4. 786.43 ----- Impromptu, opus 142, no. 2. 786.43 Schumann, R. A. Aufschwung. 786.43 ----- Grillen. 786.43 -----Opus 15, no. 5, 7, 8 and 11. 786.43 ----- Opus 68, no. 5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 19, 21» 23-26 and 28. 786.43 ----- Slumber song. 786.43 Wagner, W; R: Elsa’s dream from Lohen- g rin . 786.48 ----- Spinning song from the Flying dutch- man. 786.48 Violin Beriot, C.‘ Ai de. Fantaisie ou scene de bal- let, opus 100. 787.1 ----- Fifth air varie, opus 7. 787.1 ----- Sixth air varie. 787.1 ----- Seventh air varie, opus 15. 787.1 Braga, Gaetano. Angel’s serenade. 787.1 Chopin, F.‘ F. Nocturne, opus 9, no. 2. 787.1 Dancla, Jf B. Ci Six airs varies, opus 89. 787-1 Eichberg, Julius. Complete method for the violin. 2v. 787.1 Finding list 29 Ernst, H; W; Morceau de salon; deux nocturnes. 787.1 Gillet, E . Entr’acte gavotte. 787.1 ---- Loin du b a l; waltz movement. 787.1 Gounod, C.‘ F. Meditation upon the first prelude of S. Bach. 787.1 Gungl, Joseph. Oberlander. 787.1 H arriss, C: A. E. Alexis fantasie. 787.1 Hauser, M. M. Wiegenlied, opus 11, no. 2. 787.1 Lange, Gustav. Flower song. 787.1 Leonard, Hubert. Souvenir de Haydn, fan- taisie, opus 2. 787.1 Louis, L. Departed days, nocturne. 787.1 Mascagni, Pietro. Intermezzo sinfonico; from Cavalleria rusticana. 787.1 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, J. L; F. Song without words, in A major. 787.1 Musin, Ovide. Mazurka de concert. 787.1 Pieyel, I. J. Duet no. 4, for two violins with piano accompaniment, opus 8. 787.1 ----- Duet no. 5, for two violins with piano accompaniment, opus 8. 787.1 Popper, David. Gavotte, opus 23,no. 2. 787.1 Raff, J. J. Cavatina, opus 85, no. 3. 787.1 Schumann, R. A. Traumerei. 787.1 Seybold, Arthur. Petite valse. 787.1 Thome, F. L. J. Simple aveu. 787.1 Vieuxtemps, Henri. Hommage a Paganini. 787.1 30 Library for the blind Weiss, Julius. (Der) fortschritt des jungen violinisten, opus 43, no. 14 and 16. 787.1 ----- Kleine fantasie, aus der oper L ucre- zia Borgia von Donizetti. 787.1 ----- Rondo on theme Der kleine tambour, opus 43. 787.1 Wichtl, Georg. Carnival of Venice with variations. 787.1 Wieniawski, Henri. Kuiawiak, a Polish national dance. 787.1 ----- Legende, opus 17. 787.1

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RELIGION Book of Psalms. 371.91 Presbyterian board of publication. Guide to devotion. 371.91 Protestant episcopal church in the United States. Book of common prayer. 264.03

POLITICAL SCIENCE Nordhoff, Charles. Politics for young Amer­ icans. 320.2 SELF-EDUCATION Smiles, Samuel. Selections from Character. 374 LEGENDS AND FAIRY STORIES Arabian nights’ entertainment. 892.73 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Wonder book for boys and girls. 813.33 Lodge, H: C. Twelve popular tales. 398.2 Finding list 3 i

LANGUAGE Butler, Noble. Practical and critical gram­ mar. 425 Fortesque, W . S. comp. Condensed ety­ mology. 422 Pennsylvania. Blind, Institution for the in­ struction of the. Dictionary of the Eng­ lish language. 3V. 423

SCIENCE Agassiz, Louis & Gould, A: A. Principles of zoology. 591 Dana, J. D. Geological story briefly told. 55i Lockyer, J. N. Science primer, astronomy. 520.2 Nichols, J. R. Chapters from Fireside science. 504

ARCHITECTURE Ruskin, John. Selections from the Seven lamps of architecture. 720

LITERATURE AND RHETORIC American prose. 2v. 818 Anagnos, M. Youth’s library; or, A col­ lection of pieces in prose and verse. 808.8 Brooke, Rev. S. A: English literature. 820.9 Compendium of American literature. 818 Hill, A. S. Principles of rhetoric and their application. 808 32 Library for the blind

POETRY Anagnos, M rs J. R. (Howe). Stray chords. 8 n . 49 Bryant, W: C. Sella, Thanatopsis and 75 other poems. 811.33 Holmes, O. W. Selections from his poeti­ cal works. 817.32 Lowell, J. R. Vision of Sir Launfal and 33 other poems. 811-37 Milton, John. Paradise lost, books 7 to 12. 821.47 Poetry for every day reading. 821.08 Shakspere, William. Hamlet. 822.33 i ----- Merchant of Venice. 822.33 \ Dodd, William, D. D . Life and beauties of Shakspeare. 822.33 j Whittier, J: G. Snow-bound and other poems. 2v. 811.36 Wordsworth, William. Selections from his poetical works. 821.71

FICTION Alcott, L.. M. Little women. 3V. 813.41 Bunyan, John. Pilgrim’s progress 2V. 823.42 Cooper, J. F. Pilot. 813.24 Cross, M rs M. . A. (Evans) Lewes. Silas Marner. 823.88 Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. 823.51 Finding list 33

Dickens, Charles. Old curiosity shop. 3V. 823.83 Goldsmith, Oliver. Vicar of Wakefield. 823.64 Greene, Homer. Blind brother, a story of the Pennsylvania coal mines. 813.4 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Twice-told tales. 813-33 Hughes, Thomas. Tom Brown’s school days at Rugby. 2v. 823.89 Lytton, E: G: E. L. Bulwer-Lytton, 1st baron. Last days of Pompeii. 3V. 823.84 Scott, Sir W alter, bart. Ivanhoe. 3V. 823.73 ----- Quentin Durward. 2v. 823.73 ----- The talisman. 2v. 823.73 Woolsey, S. C. What Katy did. 813.49

FOREIGN CLASSICS W yss, J; R. Swiss fam ily Robinson 2v. 833-69 Saint-Pierre, J. Hi B. de. Paul and Vir­ ginia. 843.61 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. The in­ genious gentleman, Don Quixote. 3V. 863.32 Virgilius Maro, Publius. First six books of the Aeneid. 873.1 34 Library for the blind

BIOGRAPHY Howe, M rs Julia (Ward). Memoir of Sam­ uel Gridley Howe. 923.67 Macaulay, T: B. Macaulay, 1st baron. Frederic the Great. 923.1431 Motley, J: L. Peter the Great, an essay. 923-1431 T hackeray, W : M. Four Georges. 923.142

TRAVEL AND HISTORY Guyot, A. H: Introduction to the study of geography. 910 Phillips, E . C. A ll the Russias. 914.7 Schmitz, Leonhard. History of Rome. 937 ----- History of Greece. 938 Green, J: R: Readings from English his­ tory. 942 McCarthy, Justin. Selections from A his­ tory of our own times, from the accession of Queen Victoria to 1880. 2v. 942.08 Fiske, John. Civil government in the United States. 2v. 942.08 ----- War of independence. 973-3 Prescott, W: H. History of the conquest of Peru. 4v. 985

MUSIC Marx, A. B. Universal school of music, a manual for teachers and students in every branch of musical art. 2v. 871 New York State Library and Home Education Scope of library. The state library in­ cludes general, sociology, law, medical, edu­ cation and history libraries and the Library school. Besides the usual work of a great reference library, its field covers compilation of catalogues, bibliographies, indexes, refer­ ence lists and other aids and guides for readers not having direct access to the library, lending books to students and pro­ motion of the general library interests of the state. Use. As the library was founded for the benefit of the people of the whole state, books not readily accessible elsewhere and not so much used at Albany as to make their brief absence from the shelves seriou are lent under the rules guarding agains loss or undue detention to: 1 Any institution in the University. 2 Any registered public or free library. 3 Responsible heads of state institutions, departments or courts, or to those connected with the state government and needing books for use in their official work. 4 Registered study clubs, extension cen­ ters, summer schools or other recognized educational agencies. 5 Any resident of the state making stud­ ies or investigations in which he needs the assistance of the state library, provided that his responsibility is known to the library or that he gives satisfactory references or makes a deposit covering the value of the books. 36 State Library and Home Education

The library recognizes this lending of books to distant points as a very important part of its work and aims to help the lar— '"1- number possible of those needing its a: ance, not only by lending but ajso by re mending the best books and furnist through its home education department voted specially to such work, printer manuscript aids to those pursuing studies or courses of reading without a teacher. Home education department. This in­ cludes promotion, sympathetic assistance and supervision of summer, vacation, even­ ing and correspondence schools and other forms of extension teaching, lectures, uni­ versity extension courses, study clubs, lyceums, debating societies, literary clubs and other agencies for promoting and ex­ tending more widely opportunities and facil­ ities for education to those unable to attend the usual teaching institutions. The most potent factors in home educa­ tion are: i) putting the best reading within reach of all citizens by traveling libraries and annotated book lists; 2) aid given in organizing new and increasing efficiency of established local libraries by the public libraries division, through which the state yearly expends about $60,000 for the b< of free libraries. This division is de^ to promoting general library interests c state and in all practicable ways assi communities willing to do their pai providing the best reading for their citiz^uo. For further information address M e l v i l D e w e y , director, Albany N.Y. ^ b Sojo.^ O , 19 0

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MI CHI GAIT TRAVELING LIBRARIES.

Pounding.

Michigan was the second state to institute a system of traveling libraries, securing legislation for their establishment in 1895. Mrs. Mary C. Spencer, state librarian, was aroused to the needs of the people living in remote districts, who had no access to libraries. She believed that the state library was not doing the work for the people as a whole, which the tax payers of

the state had a right to expect The use of its books was neces­

sarily limited to the residents of Lansing and those able to visit

the capitol city. In the fall of 1894, Mrs. Spencer wrote to the

New York state library for information regarding the New York

traveling library system and for aid in placing the matter before

the people of Michigan. In response to this appeal a number of the

New York circulars were sfent and later one of the one hundred

volume traveling libraries with cases, finding lists and complete

outfit showing how the same books had previously been lent to a

New York community. This was exhibited before the Michigan legis­

lature, the state library paying transportation both ways. As a

result of these efforts the legislature of Michigan enacted a

statute March 20, 1895 reorganizing the state library and making

provision for the establishment of a traveling library system.

Public Acts, 1895 Section 17 reads thus: "There shall be appropriated from the treasury of the state from funds not

otherwise appropriated the sum of $2500 for the purchase of books -40- and equipment of libraries which shall be designated as the Mich- igan traveling library- Under such rules as the library committee may prescribe, they may lend from the state library duplicate de­ partment, or from books especially given or bought for this purpose, selection of books for a limited time to any library in this state, or to any community not yet having established such library, but which has conformed to the conditions in said rules required by such loans."

Plan.

The libraries are designed for the people living in small villages and rural districts, who are deprived of library advantages enjoyed by residents of larger cities. They are sent on application to the following organizations:

1. 20 or 25 tax payers.

2. Granges.

3. Farmers’ clubs.

4. Reading clubs.

5. Epworth Leagues and similar organizations.

6. Any society organized for the purpose of study.

Composition.

Acting under this law of 1895, libraries of fifty volumes are made up, selected with the greatest care and of the highest literary standard. The collections are miscellaneous in their

character and follow in a general way the plan of public libraries.

Prom fourteen to fifteen volumes in each library are carefully

selected fiction, the balance is ethics, religion, science, social and natural, literature, description and travel, biography and history. Besides these general or regular traveling libraries -41- many of which are duplicated, there are sent to women’s clubs of the state special libraries made up of fifty books bearing on subjects studied by the club. The program of work made out by the club is followed as a guide in preparing them and reports received from these clubs go to show an excellence and thoroughness of work impossible without this outside aid.

Conditions Imposed.

The state library is the center of the work. The libra­ ries are sent out from here in shipping boxes, but oak cases are

sent to be used after the arrival of the books to their destina­ tion. Printed directions relating to the care and circulation of the books are included and printed finding lists accompany each

colection, giving author, title and a brief descriptive note about

each book. Loan cards and all forms necessary for circulation

records are included.

Transportation charges only are required of organiza­

tions borrowing. A yearly fee of $5 pays all transportation

charges on four libraries if they are used during the year. Three

libraries are sent whether or not the year has expired. A fee of

$1.25 pays charges on one library, which may be kept for three

months and the time extended if desired. The fee has been thus

divided for the benefit of localities which, while needing the

books, are unable to pay the whole fee. It is desirable to pay

the yearly fee if possible as that insures libraries for the whole

year. The libraries are kept from three to six months when they

are returned to the state library and a new collection sent out.

The management of these traveling libraries is left

largely to the applicant. One rule holds, that no money can be -42- collected from the readers of these books, except towards the an­ nual fee of $5. The manner of collecting this is left entirely to the judgement of the local organization. The borrowers may use their own judgement also in regard to the circulation of the books

They may, if they wish, extend the privileges of the libraries to others than the signers of the taxpayer’s application, or the mem­ bers of the socities which have become responsible for the libra­ ries. The matter rests entirely with those who control the libra­ ries. Books lent to a public library may be circulated in accor­ dance with its rules, provided that no charge is made for the use of the books. Libraries may be placed in school houses, churches storesorprivate homes, choice being left entirely to local offi­ cers.

As to the selection of a local librarian Mrs. Spencer said in a letter written to the librarians of the Michigan trav­ eling libraries, "We take it for granted that each community se­ lects for its local librarian a responsible man or woman, in full sympathy with the work and anxious to do all possible for the bet­ terment of the locality. The usefulness of the traveling libra­ ries will largely depend upon your efforts... The vital point is to interest people who are not in the habit of reading good lit­ erature. You will find in these libraries the best books publish­ ed on all subjects... Urge these books upon your readers and strive in every way to increase the educational power of the libra ries? -45-

Rules.

1. The applicants shall name a responsible owner of real estate to act as trustee of said library, and he must become personally responsible for any loss or injury beyond reasonable wear. Said trustee shall designate a suitable person to be libra­ rian.

2. An annual fee of $5 shall be paid in advance, which money shall be applied towards the expense of preparing the libra­ ries and for transportation of the same.

3. Such precautions shall be taken in packing as to guard effectively against injury in transportation.

4. Motes, corrections of the press, or marks of any kind on books belonging to the library are unconditionally forbidden.

Borrowing trustees will be held responsible for all losses or inju­

ries beyond reasonable wear, however caused.

5. The traveling library shall be kept not longer than

six months after its reception, except by special permission. It may be exchanged for another at or before the end of three months,

on the same terms, and these exchanges may continue so long as the

state library rules are observed.

6. The librarian shall care for the books while under

his control and circulate them in accordance with the rules pre­

scribed by the library committee, and shall make such reports re­

specting their use as the committee may require.

7. For willful violation of any state library rule, the

state librarian may suspend the privilege of state loans, but the

parties interested may appeal to the governor and the superintend­

ent of public instruction, who shall act as arbiters in the matter. 44-

Appropriations and statistics.

Biennial appropriations of $5000 were received from

1895 through 1902. For 1903-*04 $7000 was appropriated.

The report of the traveling libraries is contained in the biennial report of the state librarian. From comparative tables of statistics given here it is shown that while fiction leads, as it always will, ethics, travel and history show a large comparative increase. The following general statistics of use are quoted:

1895-'96, 44 libraries kept in circulation.

May 1895-June 30, 1896, total circulation of books 7, 473.

No. of libraries No. of books distributed circulated

May 1896-Sept. 1898 307 15.350

Sept. 1898-June 1900 528 26,400

June 1900-June 1902 827 40.350

The latest information gives the number of regular traveling libra­ ries, sent out intact, as 722, and special traveling libraries sent to study organizations as 85. No figures could be obtained for

1903-'04 as the biennial report of the state librarian does not appear until June 30.

Results.

In the report of the state librarian for 1900-*02, we find this statement: "There has been a gratifying increase in the scope of the work and the area covered by the libraries. This is especially noticeable in the upper peninsula where the libraries are pushing their way into the remote counties. . . Michigan may well be proud of this great educational work and her legislators should by generous appropriation provide for the future extension, -45 recognizing the fact that the perpetutity of the nation and strength of the state depends upon the intelligence of the people. "

The traveling library is a means not an end. It has been found in Michigan that where it obtains a good foothold it is not long before its work is taken up by a small public library. The aid granted by the state library and the board of library commis­ sioners has resulted in a growing demand for books, commencing in traveling libraries and culminating in the establishment of free public libraries for the cities and villages. The great needs in

Michigan libraries to-day are "organization and a worker to spend the entire time in the field. The library spirit is well aroused and the educators in every county are fully alive to the impor­ tance of the work. " Lack of funds forbids expansion at present but the commission is holding on to the ground already gained, hop­ ing that in a not remote future, an appropriation willbe made com­ mensurate with the importance of the work.

Other loans made by the state library.

The state library loans books through means other than the traveling libraries and it seems fitting to make mention of the other methods.

1. Associate libraries.

Sections 11-16 of Public acts, 1895 provide for libraries to become associate with the state library. The law reads thus: "Any public, incorporated, school or college library in the state, having not less than 1000 volumes other than pub­ lications furnished by the state, may, upon compliance with the provisions of the rules prescribed by the library committee, become an "associate library" with the state library and be entitled to 46- all the privileges accorded hy this act to associate libraries. . .

Under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed therefor, the state librarian, upon requisition of the librarian of the associate library, may loan any book which may be called for by any patron of such associate library, except such books. . . as cannot be allowed to be taken therefrom: Provided, That all ex­ penses of transportation shall in all cases be paid by associate library borrowing such books. . . The librarian of every such associate library shall make an annual report to the state libra­ rian. . . "

2. Registered libraries.

These libraries are controlled by the board of

library commissioners and are loaned for the purpose of aiding in

the organization of new libraries and of strengthening those al­

ready established, which may need help, by furnishing additional

reading. Under this plan any library which is free to the public

and which has on its shelves one hundred books, not counting gov­

ernment and state documents, may borrow from the board of library

commissioners one hundred books to be kept for six months, when

upon a further purchase of books another loan will be made. This

loan applies to township, district and school libraries, if free to

the public. The books are carefully selected, the object being

to furnish books which will help in an educational way and also at- en tract the general reader. Piction has its proportional represta­

tion, but the intent of the plan is educational. The only expense

is the transportation charge, which is paid by the borrower. Pull

instructions for the care and management of the libraries are sent

with the books and further information will be furnished upon ap­

plication to the members of the board of library commissioners or -47-

by the secretary of the commission, Mrs. Mary C. Spencer. There have been two acts providing for the registration of special or­

ganizations.

1. Women's clubs.

A special act taking effect in 1901, provides for

the registration of women's clubs, organized for the purpose of

study. Such aclub applying for registration must furnish the state

with the names of its officers, its rules, and a copy of its pro­

gram. It then receives from the state librarian a certificate of

registration. Under the prescribed rules, registered clubs are en­

titled to receive from the state library a book or collection of

books to be kept for a limited time. When a collection of books

called a special traveling library shall be sent, the regular trav­

eling library fee shall be paid. If one or several books shall be

sent for a limited time by express, the user of the books shall

pay all charges.

2. Grange libraries.

There is a special act of 1901 also for the reg­

istration of grange libraries with the state library. The libra­

rian of every registered grange library makes an annual report to

the state librarian, and under the prescribed rules can obtain any

book or bookswhich may be called for by any patron of the library,

except such as cannot be allowed to leave the state library.

Transportation charges are paid by the user of the books. In this % way, the use of valuable and costly books may be obtained by the

members of the grange at a trifling expense.

More than this, by a late ruling, any grange in good

standing having an established library of at least fifty volumes

of good books, may borrow from the state fifty books to be kept -4 8 - for six months. At the expiration of that time, upon a further pur­ chase on the part of the grange, the state will loan more books e- qual in number to the amount of the purchase, not to exceed one hun­ dred volumes. It must be remembered that this work has no connec­ tion with the traveling library system, which is carried on under a different law. The granges can therefore, with the help of the state build up their own libraries or they can use the traveling libraries, until a desire for good reading has grown so strong that libraries of their own become necessities. The library commission and state librarian stand ready to help the grange libraries in every way, in furnishing lists from which to select books, in pur­ chasing the books for them, and in planning courses of reading.

By the system of traveling libraries and the plan of hav­

ing libraries which are associate or registered, the state library of Michigan allows a generous use of its resources to even the most remote districts of the state. ESTABLISHED 1895.

MICHIGAN STATE LIBRARY TRAVELING LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT

MARY C. SPENCER, Librarian

Application for Traveling Library for Use of [Name of Grange, Association or Society.]

We, the officers of » [Name of Association.] hereby apply for a traveling library of volumes on to be used by IffiESS&g*...... The State Library rules shall be strictly observed, and we agree to return said traveling library within six months from its reception, or at the end of the course of study if notified that it is wanted for use elsewhere, and to make good any losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear, however occurring, while said library is in our custody. Our librarian, who will circulate the books in accordance with rules of State Library and make any required reports respecting their use, is

Name of Librarian.

Officers.

Dated at...... 19

The undersigned, being a resident of the State of Michigan, owning real estate therein assessed for not less than $1,000, hereby endorses the above application and agreement, and binds himself and his heirs and assigns to make good the above guarantee, to protect the Michigan State Library against any loss that may occur through failure of the borrowers to make good the above agreement, pro­ vided that the total responsibility shall not exceed $!>0.00.

I Name of # I Indorser. Dated at 19

* Two or more names may be signed as indorsers. In case of a Grange the seal may be used. MICHIGAN STATE LIBRARY TRAVELING LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT

M A R Y C. S P E N C E R , LIBRARIAN.

TAXPAYER’S APPLICATION FOR TRAVELING LIBRARY The undersigned resident taxpayers of...... hereby apply for the loan of a traveling library. W e name...... whom we know to be a responsible owner of real estate to act for us as trustee.

(.Signatures0/25 ’Taxpayers.) MICHIGAN STATE LIBRARY

TRAVELING LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT

MART C. SPENCER, Librarian

TRUSTEES’ AGREEMENT FOR TRAVELING LIBRARY Having been named in the application of 25 resident taxpayers of dated------.19—-to act as trustee of traveling libraries lent to them by the State of Michigan, I hereby request that traveling library No____ be sent to me. I agree to comply with the rules of State Library, to return the said library within six months from its reception and to be personally respon­ sible for the same, making good any losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear, however occurring, while said library is in my custody. I nam e.— ...... to be librarian.

Trustee. Dated at MICHIGAN STATE LIBRARY

TRAVELING LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT

MARY C. SPE N C E R , Librarian

LIBRARIAN’S AGREEMENT FOR TRAVELING LIBRARY I cn As librarian of traveling library No...... when lent to ro *

(Institution or Community.) by the State of Michigan, I hereby agree to care properly for the books while under my control, and to circulate them in accordance with the rules of the State Library and to make any required reports respecting their use.

Librarian.

Dated 1901. -53-

^ithiQvin State gifrrartj.

Lansing,......

We are shipping today to traveling library No...... The library to be returned on or before...... If an extension of time is desired, notify the librarian TW O WEEKS before the above mentioned date.

MARY C. SPENCER,

State Librarian. 54

Surname Given name No.

Street and No.

Being a resident of I hereby agree, as a borrower from the Michigan State T raveling Libraries, to pay promptly any fines due frorr\ me for over detection of books or for injuries of any kind beyond reasonable wear to any book while it is charged to me.

.190___ Name signed.,

Date Book Date Date Book Date Date Date borrowed returned borrowed returned 1 borrowed Book returned

Book Author Title •

Date Date Date Reader’s name Date Reader's name returned lent returned lent

•

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RULE XII. Any person taking any book, map, or other publication from the Library shall be liable , for all damages done there-/ to while in his or her pos-/ session, which damages/ shall be assessed by the/ Librarian and paid to him or her by the person taking such book, map, or other publication. Booksmustbe handled\ with care. Leaves of\ books must not be turned^ down, and no marks, w ithx ink, pencil, or anything, madex on the margins.

Acme Library Card Pocket. 5 Under Pat. Sept. 26, '76, "Ref Index File ’

M ade by LIBRARY BUREAU, C h ic a g o . N ew Y o r k . Boston The reader of books sent out by Keep Your Card in this Pocket. the Michigan State Library will please observe the following instructions:

1. Do not turn down the leaves; use a marker. 2. Do not lay the book open face downward; it breaks the stitches and loosens the cover. 3. Do not use the books with soiled hands; they are friends and should be treated kindly.

4. Do not use ink near or on the books; a blot on the cover or leaf can never be removed. 5. Remember that these books will go to a large number of readers besides yourself, and the culture and intelligence of a community can be determined by its usage of these libraries. MARY C. SPENCER, State Librarian. o x \ . 0 "t. o \ o c ^ \

\\ \ e\ MICHIGAN STATE LIBRARY TRAVELING LIBRARIES DEPARTMENT

ESTABLISHED 1895 MARY C. SPENCER, Librarian

INSTRUCTIONS TO LOCAL LIBRARIANS

1. When a library is received, COMPARE THE BOOKS WITH THE CATA­ LOGUES; you will then be sure that NO BOOKS ARE MISSING; REPEAT THIS COMPARISON WHEN THE LIBRARY IS RETURNED.

2. Do not allow the buff card in the book pocket to be lost or injured; it is a record of the usage of the book and MUST be returned with it to the State Librarian. ______cs. request each reader ot the book to write plainly with ink his or her name on the yellow card.

4. The white cards are the receipts given by the borrowers to the librarian. They must be kept in the drawer accompanying the library, arranged alphabet­ ically by the surnames of the borrowers, and a careful record made on them of each book taken by the individual named. When you return a library do not fail to return the W HITE cards. We cannot complete our records without them.

5. Inform the State Librarian of the intended return of a Traveling Library to the State Library, giving date of shipment, and route by which it will be sent.

6. The books should be wrapped separately in paper and packed closely, with the drawer, in the same box in which they are sent.

7. If another library is desired do NOT return the book case. MARY C. SPENCER, State Librarian. “ A book is a treasure more precious than gold; An heirloom bequeathed to mankind; A casket of wisdom in which we behold The kingliest gems of the mind.”

MICHIGAN MICHIGAN TRAVELING LIBRARY TRAVELING LIBRARY No. i No. 16

FINDING LIST FINDING LIST

1901 WYNKOOP HALLINBCCK CRAWFORD CO. OF LANSING, MICH STATE P R I NTIRS.

TRAVELING LIBRARY V ' ^ ' rv ^

No. 35

YOUNG PEOPLE’S LIBRARY MICHIGAN

TRAVELING LIBRARY

No. i

FINDING DIST

Rules for C irculation Books lent to a public library may be circu­ lated in accordance with its rules, provided that no charge is made fo r the use of books.

1 Place and time. The library shall be kept at a convenient place and be open for delivering and returning books at such times as the trustee in charge shall direct, not less than one hour on each of three days in each week, of which due public notice shall be given. 2 Readers. After signing the agreement any resident of the locality over 16 years of age may draw books as long as he complies with the rules.

AGREEMENT.

Being a resident of over 16 years of age, I hereby agree, as a borrower from the Michigan Traveling Libraries, to pay promptly any fines due from me for over detention of Dooks, or for injuries of any kind beyond reasonable wear to any book while it is charged to me. Persons less than 16 years of age, or resid­ ing outside the locality to which the library is

\ lent, shall be entitled to the same privileges when their agreements are indorsed by the trustee. In agreements of those under 16, the actual age must be written instead of the figures 16 in the printed form. 3 Books. One volume may be drawn by each reader and kept two weeks. 4 Bines. A fine of one cent a day shall be paid for each book kept over time, and any money thus received shall be used under direction of the trustee for library expenses. No book shall be lent to any one to whom a book or an unpaid fine is charged. 5 Reserves. A reader wishing a book not at the time on the shelves may have it reserved for him at least 48 hours after its return, by giving notice to the librarian. 6 R e n e w a l. A reader returning a book which is not reserved may renew it for two weeks. 7 Injuries. Notes, corrections of the press or marks of any kind on books belong­ ing to the state are unconditionally forbidden; and all losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear, however caused, must be promptly adjusted to the satisfaction of the trustee b} the person to whom the book is charged. 3

RULE XII. Any person taking any book, map, or other publication from the Library, shall be liable for all damages done thereto while in his or her possession, which damages shall be assessed by the Librarian, and paid to him or her by the person taking such book, map or other publication. Books must be handled with care. Leaves of books must not be turned down, and no marks, with ink, pencil, or anything, made on the margins. T R A V E L IN G L IB R A R Y No. i,

ETHICS. 1 Chester, E* Girls and women. 1891. On health, education, self-support, charity, hos­ pitality, emotional women, etc. Written with uncommon tact and good sense. 2 Hardy, E. J. The five talents of woman. 1892. A gracefully written and helpful series of es­ says for maiden, wife, or mother.

RELIGION. 3 Briggs, C. A. The Messiah of the Gos­ pels. 1894. The author aims to inspire all Christians with a living faith that will make them do away with all that is sad, gloomy and sour in relig­ ion and cling to its brightness and hope. 4 Hughes, T. The manliness of Christ. 1893. The author aims to show that the whole life of Christ on earth was the assertion and the ex­ ample of true manliness.

SOCIAL SCIENCE. 5 E l y , R . T . Socialism and social reform. 1894. Examines nature, strength, and weakness of socialism; concedes merits generously but in the main disapproves, though advocating socialization of monopolies. s

6 Ely, R. T. The labor movement in America. 1886. A history; gives platforms of principal labor organizations. 7 Fiske, J. American political ideas. 1885. The author has endeavored to illustrate some of the fundamental ideas of American politics by setting forth their relations to the general history of mankind. 8 Stokes, A. P. Joint-metallism. 1895. Author presents a plan by which gold and sil­ ver may be made the metallic basis of a sound currency.

F O L K L O R E . 9' Baring-Gould, S. Curious myths of the middle ages. Illustrated. 1892. Wandering Jew, Prester John, William Tell, Fortunate Isles, Swan Maidens, and other legends with historical notes.

NATURAL SCIENCE. 10 Benjamin, P. The age of electricity. Illustrated. 1892. Explains leading principles and more important applications of electric science, avoiding tech­ nicalities. 11 Dawson, J. W. The story of earth and man. Illustrated. 1887. Careful and painstaking, the author never jumps at conclusions, and is never in the habit of pronouncing open questions settled. 6

12 Proctor, R. A. Myths and marvels of astronomy. Illustrated. 1893. On astrology, the pyramids, Swedenborg’s vis­ ions, suns in flames, comets as portents, Sat­ urn the lunar hoax, the constellation figures, etc. LITERATURE. 13 Burroughs, J. Riverby. 1895. The author is recognized, in England as well as America, as a thoughtful and charming es­ sayist on out-door topics. 14 Johnston, A. American orations. Vol. 3. 1884. Illustrating American political history. 15 Mason, E. T. Humorous masterpieces. Vol. 1. 1893. W ell chosen and representative. 16 Eggleston, G. C. American war bal­ lads and lyrics. Vol. 1. Illustrated. 1889. A selection of the most noteworthy ballad poetry produced during the colonial period, the Indian wars, the revolution, the war of 1812-14, the Mexican war, and the civil war. 17 Garland, H. Prairie songs. Illustrated. 1893. These poems delight me. They have a note of their own. The wind sighs through them, wild birds cry in their music. They make me see and feel the very life of the prairie.— Louise Chandler Moulton. 7

18 Riley, J. W. Pipes o’ Pan at Jekes- bury. 1892. I own a great deal of enthusiasm for this later product of Indiana soil, this delineator of lowly humanity, who sings with so much fervor, pathos, humor and grace.— O liv er Wendell Holmes. 19 Tennyson, Lord A., Poet Laureate. Poetical works. 1894- Ten nyson never forgets that the poet’s work was to convince the world of love and beauty; that he was born to do that work and to do it worthily.

FICTION. 20 Doyle, A. C. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated. 1892. 2 1 ------—. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated. 1894. Conan Doyle has proved that the detective story can be elevated to a plane where it is worthy of the consideration of any reader. 22 Frederic, H. In the valley. 1893. Mr. Frederic takes for aback ground the beau­ tiful Mohawk valley and revives the romantic traditions of the French and Indian, and R ev­ olutionary war. 23 Greene, Mrs. S. P. McD. Vesty of the basins. 1892. The incidents are well worked up and show an abundant familiarity with the ways and man­ ners of New England country folk who dwell near the salt water. 8

24 Henty, G . A. Bravest of the brave. Illustrated, n. d.

25 ------— — —. With Lee in Virginia. Illustrated, n. d. A thrilling- tale of the American civil war.

26 Jamison, Mrs. C. V. Toinette’s Phillip. Illustrated. 1894. The scene of this book, like “ Lady Jane,” is laid in New Orleans, where we find Phillip sell­ ing flowers. Later, when Phillip is adopted by a wealthy artist and his wife, the scene of the story shifts to New York. The story is told in Mrs. Jamison’s own entertaining way.

27 Scott, Sir W. Waverlv. Illustrated. 1892. Romance of the Highlander’s attempt to estab­ lish the claim of Charles Edward the Pre­ tender. 1745.

2 8 ------. The abbot. Illustrated. 1892. Sixteenth century; introduces Mary, Queen of Scots at Lochleven.

29 Stevenson, R. I,. The black arrow. Illustrated. 1895. A tale of rapid action and stirring adventure in the time of the “ War of the Roses,” late in the reign of unhappy Henry Sixth. 9

30 Thanet, O. Stories of a western town. Illustrated. 1893. Contains the besetment of Kurt Leiders; the face of failure; Tommy and Thomas; Mother Emeritus; A n assisted providence; Harry Lossing.

31 Webster, "L. Another girl’s experience. Illustrated. 1894. The eldest daughter of a poor minister discon­ tented with home life, accepts a position as companion to a wealthy N ew York lady, but finds that wealth does not bring contentment.

32 Weyman, S. A gentleman of France. Illustrated. 1895. Romance of the time of Henry of Navarre; stirring adventure and excellent historical setting.

DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.

33 Brooks, P. Letters of travel. 1894. Family letters from Europe. India, Japan and California, conveying much personal charm in simple and familiar manner.

34 Du Chaillu, P. Lost in the jungle. Illustrated. 1869. M. DuChaillu has the faculty of making all he says interesting, and there is a charm that reminds the reader of the thrill with which ‘ •Robinson Crusoe” was first read. IO

35 Roosevelt, T. The wilderness hunter. Illustrated. 1893. A n account o£ the big- game of the United States, and its chase with horse, hound and rifle. 36 Taylor, B. A t home and abroad. Il­ lustrated. 1862. 3 7 ------— . A t home and abroad. (Second series.) Illustrated. 1862. A collection of interesting sketches of men and things and the records of short excursions, or episodes of travel.

BIOGRAPHY. 38 Brooks, Noah. Statesmen. Illus­ trated. 1892. In the preparation of this work the author’s aim has been to present a series of character sketches of the eminent statesmen selected for portraiture. 39 Boone. Abbott, J. S. C. Daniel Boone. (American pioneers and patriots.) 1874. The name of Daniel Boone is a conspicuous one in the annals of our country. This narra­ tive reveals a state of society and habitudes of life now rapidly passing into oblivion. 40 Greeley, ^abriskie, F. N. Horace Greeley. (American reformers.) 1S92. Author undertakes to give a condensed, unified and popular presentation of the man and what he stood for in the thick of days which made history rapidly. II

41 Kidd. Abbott, J. S. C. Captain Kidd. (American pioneers and patriots.) 1874. There can scarcely anything1 be found in the literature of our language, more wild and wonderful than the narrative found in this volume. 42 Sumner. Gritnke, A. H. Charles Sumner. (American reformers.) 1892.

HISTORY.

43 Gilman, A. Rome. (Stories of the nations.) Illustrated. 1894. From earliest times to end of republic. 44 Harrison, J. A. Greece. (Stories of the nations.) Illustrated. 1893. An effort has been made in this work to catch and fix the salient outlines in the history of Greece and to throw them into story form. 45 Morrison, W. D. Jews under the Romans. (Stories of the nations.) Il­ lustrated. 1893. The epoch of which this volume professes to treat embraces a period of about three hundred years (B. C. 164 to A . D. 135). 46 Eggleston, E . A history of the United States and its people. Illus­ trated. 1888. Compact, clear and well verified and illustrated with 75 historical maps and diagrams and more than 350 drawings by the best artists. 12

47 Cooley, T. M cl. Michigan. (Ameri­ can commonwealths.) 1888. Good general history of remarkable excellence on various phases of government, and social, political and constitutional questions. 48 King, R. Ohio. (American common­ wealths.) 1888. A concise history of Ohio from 1750 to 1866. 49 Ropes, J. C. Story of the civil war. 1895. A concise account of the war in the United States of America, between 1S61 and 1865. 50 Abbott, W. J. Battle fields of ’61. Illustrated. 1889. History of the war to the end of the peninsular campaign in 1862. For young readers.

MICHIGAN

TRAVELING LIBRARY

No. 35

YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIBRARY i Rules for C irculation

Books lent to a public library may be circu­ lated in accordance with its rides, provided that no charge is made fo r the use of books.

Place and time. The library shall be kept at a convenient place and be open for delivering and returning books at such times as the trustee in charge shall direct. Readers. After signing the agreement any resident of the locality over 16 years of age may draw books as long as he complies with the rules. #

AGREEMENT.

Being a resident of over 16 years of age, I hereby agree, as a borrower from the Michigan Traveling Libraries, to pay promptly any fines due from me for over detention of books, or for injuries of any kind beyond reasonable wear to any book while it is charged to me.

Persons less than 16 years of age, or resid­ ing outside the locality to which the library is lent, shall be entitled to the same privileges 2

’when their agreements are indorsed by the trustee. In agreements of those under 16, the actual age must be written instead of the figures 16 in the printed form. 3 Books. One volume may be drawn by each reader and kept two weeks. 4 Fines. A frne of one cent a day shall be paid for each book kept over time, and any money thus received shall be used under direction of the trustee for library expenses. No book shall be lent to any one to whom a book or an unpaid fine is charged. 5 Reserves. A reader wishing a book not at the time on the shelves may have it reserved for him at least 48 hours after its return, by giving notice to the librarian. 6 R e n e w a l. A reader returning a book which is not reserved may renew it for two weeks. 7 Injuries. Notes, corrections of the press or marks of any kind on books belong­ ing to the state are unconditionally forbidden; and all losses or injuries beyond reasonable wear, however caused, must be promptly adjusted to the satisfaction of the trustee by the person to whom the book is charged. 3

RULE XII. Any person taking any book, map, or other publication from the Library, shall be liable for all damages done thereto while in his or her possession, which damages shall be assessed by the Librarian, and paid to him or her by the person taking such book, map or other publication. Books must be handled with care. Leaves of books must not be turned down, and no marks, with ink, pencil, or anything, made on the margins. T R A V E L IN G L IB R A R Y No. 35

RELIGION.

I H o w a tt, Rev. J. R . Children’s preacher. 1897. That this may help all who seek to help the little ones to the Good Shepherd is the humble prayer of the author.

SOCIAL SCIENCE.

2 Giffin, W . M. Civics for young Ameri­ cans. n. d. This volume contains a brief description of the different forms of government and a full and clear explanation of the import­ ant clauses of our constitution.

NATURAL SCIENCE.

3 Buckley, A. B. Winners in life’s race. 1896. This volume describes the early history of vertebrate animals. 4 Gaye, S. World’s lumber room. n. d. Sources and disposition of dust; animal and vegetable scavengers; refuse and its uses. ■ 5 !

5 Herrick, S . B. The wonders of plant life. 1892. • A description of plant life as seen under the microscope. 6 Ingersoll, F. Qld pcean. n. d. Includes chapters on waves and currents; early voyages; ships and their rigging; dangers of the deep, etc. 7 Noel, M . Buz. 1892. An interesting book on the.life and adven­ tures of a honey bee. 8 Porter, J. H. Wild beasts. 1894. A popular study of the characters and habits of animals. 9 Wonders of marine life. n. d. It is believed that these chapters describing some of the strange denizens of the sea will prove a welcome addition to books of this description for young readers.

LITERATURE.

10 Jacobs, J. English fairy tales. 1893. Rich in folk-lore treasures and the major­ ity of the tales have never appeared before. 11 Field, F» A little book of western verse. 1896. A collection of verses both mirthful and pathetic. 6

12 Field, E. Second book of verse. 1896. Over fifty short poems, on the same lines as “A little book of western verse.”

FICTION. 13 Alcott, T/. M. A garland of girls. 1895. Most excellent advice in duty, health, un­ selfishness, occupation, reading-, man­ ners, etc., is g-iven in M iss A lco tt’s loving-, attractive motherly way.

14 Alden, W. a new Robinson Crusoe, n. d. 15 Church, A. J. Three Greek children. 1892. Mr. Church is an accomplished restorer of the antique and has a keen discrimina­ tion for points appealing- to child-like mag-netism. 16 Cooper, J. F. The pathfinder, n. d. Story of the great lakes associating- sea­ men and savages in incidents that were characteristic of that locality. 17 Dickens, C. Uncommercial traveler Christmas stories, n. d. 18 Eggleston, E. The Hoosier school boy. 1895. The story presents a vivid and interesting picture of the difficulties, which years ago beset the path of the youth aspiring for an education. 7

19 E g g le s t o n , E» Queer stories for boys and girls. 1896. These little tales which have appeared separately at various times have enjoyed great popularity. 20 Ewing, J. H. Six to sixteen. 1896. . Story of the every day lives of two young1 girls. 21 Henty, G. A. When London burned. 1895. A story of adventure, intrigue and heroic achievement. 22 ------Young Carthaginian, n. d. A story of the struggle between the Romans and Carthaginians. It is well constructed and vividly told.

23 Jacobs, J, Book of wonder voyages. 1896. A collection of imaginary voyages, with specimens from different quarters of the world.

24 Jewett, S. O. Betty Leicester. 1896. A very suitable and pretty story for young girls. 25 King, C. Cadet days. n. d. A graphic picture of West Point, giving all the details of cadet life. 8-

26 Knox, T. W. John Boyd’s adventures;, r 1893. - A - The narrative is a succession of exciting 1 adventures, showing the vicissitudes of a sailor’s life.

27 Mtinroe, K. Cab and caboose. 1895. Story of the life of a railroad hoy.

28 Phelps, E. S. Gypsy Breynton. 1894. The story of a thoughtless, disorderly little girl who learns her lessons through severe experiences. 29 Plympton, A. G. Dear daughter Dorothy. 1895. _____ . : A jolly story of a little girl who was her father’s mother in a very real way. 3 0 ------Penelope Prig. 1894. The heroine is a pretty and somewhat selfish little girl and the story of how her conscience was awakened and* her heart touched by the sad story of another little heroine is happily told. 31 Stowe, H. B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 1896. A tale of lowly life on the plantation. 32 Wiggin, K. D. Polly Oliver’s prob­ lem. 1896. The scenes are laid in California. Polly’s problem is how to add to a limited income. 9

DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL. 33 Butterworth, H. Zig zag journeys on the Mississippi, n. d. A book of stories associated for the most part with the Columbian discovery, its aim being- to, in a measure, prepare the reader for the World’s fair.

34 Custer, IJ. B. Tenting on the plains. 1895. Descriptive of incidents in the life of Gen- • eral Custer during the time he spent in Kansas and Texas. 35 Famous discoveries by land and sea. n. d. An account of a few of the most famous discoverers and explorers of former days g-athered from scarce records and trust­ worthy sources. 36 Gray, G. Z» The children’s crusade. n. d. A volume on some of the minor episodes of history. 37 NordhofF, C. The merchant vessel, n. d. T h is volume g-ives a picture of the mer­ chant seamen’s life, with the shadows as well as the lights of this phase of sea life.

3 8 ------Whaling and fishing, n. d. An account of the various phases of the sailors’ existence. IO

BIOGRAPHY. 39 Brooks, I S . Historic boys. 1894. The character of the work is praiseworthy; it is entertaining- and very fascinating- in its brilliant style. 4 0 ------Historic girls, n. d. T h is volume tells the g-irls and boys of today the story of some of their sisters of long- ag-o. 41 Cook, Besant, W. Captain Cook. 1890. One of the best of the “ Eng-lish men of action ” series.

HISTORY. 42 Del^anoye, F. Rameses the great, or Egypt 3,300 years ago. 1893. This volume contains a large amount of in­ formation upon a most interesting- sub­ ject. 43 Monnier, M. Wonders of Pompeii. 1896. Description of an old city buried in A. D. 79, and of what Pompeii was like when it was a live and bustling- place. 44 Scott, S ir W . Tales of a Grandfather. Vol, 1. n. d. 4 5------Vol. 2. 4 6------Vol. 3 A collection of tales or narratives from the Scottish chronicles g-iving- a g-eneral view of the history of that country. 47 Yonge, C. M. Book of golden deeds. n. d. The book is intended as a treasury for young- people where they may find minute particulars of soul stirring- deeds that g-ive life and glory to the record of events. 48 Wright, H. C. Children’s stories of American progress. 1895. A most delightful and instructive collec­ tion of historical events, told in a simple and pleasant manner. 49 Coffin, C. C. The boys o f’76. n.d. This volume gives a concise, plain and authentic narrative of the principal battles of the revolution. g o ------The boys of ’61. 1896. A book of personal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond. -

“A book is a treasure more precious than gold; An heirloom bequeathed to mankind; A casket of wisdom in which we behold The kingliest gems of the mind.”

MICHIGAN

TRAVELING LIBRARY

No. 16

FINDING LIST

1901 WYNKOOP HALLE N BECK CRAWFORD CO. OF LANSING, MICH. STATE PRINTERS.

The following rules may be reasonably modified according to the best judgment of the trustee and librarian.

Rules for Circulation* Books lent to a public library may be circu­ lated in accordance with its rules, provided that no charge is made for the use o f books. 1 Place and Time. The library shall be kept at a convenient place and be open for delivering and returning books at such times as the trustee in charge shall direct, not less than one hour on each of three days in each week, of which due public notice shall be given. 2 Readers. After signing the agree­ ment any resident of the locality over 16 years of age m ay draw books as long as he complies with the rules.

AGREEMENT. Being a resident of over 1 6 years of age, I hereby agree, as a bor­ rower from the Michigan Traveling Libraries, to pay promptly any fines due from me for over detention of books, or for injuries of any kind beyond reasonable wear to any book while it is charged to me. 2

Persons less than 16 years of age, or resid­ ing outside the locality to which the library is lent, shall be entitled to the same privileges when their agreements are indorsed by the trustee. In agree­ ments of those under 16, the actual age must be written instead of the figures 16 in the printed form. 3 Books. One volume may be drawn by each reader and kept two weeks. 4 Fines. A fine of one cent a day shall be paid for each book kept over time, and any money thus received shall be used under direction of the trustee for library expenses. No book shall be lent to any­ one to whom a book or unpaid fine is charged. 5 Reserves. A reader wishing a book not at the time on the shelves may have it reserved for him at least 48 hours after its return, by giving notice to the librarian. 6 Renewal. A reader returning a book which is not reserved may renew it for tw o weeks. 7 Injuries. Notes, corrections of the press or marks of any kind on books be­ 3 longing to the state are unconditionally forbidden; and all losses or injuries be­ yond reasonable wear, however caused, must be promptly adjusted to the satisfac­ tion of the trustee by the person to whom the book is charged.

R U L E X II. Any person taking any book, map, or other publication from the Library, shall be liable for all damages done thereto while in his or her possession, which dam­ ages shall be assessed by the Librarian, and paid to him or her by the person taking such book, map or other publication. Books must be handled with care. Leaves of books must not be turned down, and no marks with ink, pencil, or any­ thing, made on the margins. Traveling Library No* \6<

RELIGION. 1 Banks Rev. L. A. Christ and his friends. 1895. Thirty-one sermons which will bring in­ spiration and comfort to the friends of Christ. 2 Farrar, F. W. The voice from Sinai. 1892. Sermons which are practical expositions of the importance of the ten com­ mandments.

SOCIAL SCIENCE. 3 Baker, C. W. Monopolies and the people. (Questions of the Day.) 1890. Author discusses trusts, competitions and the evils of monopolies, and sug­ gests remedies and practical plans for their control. 4 Phillips, W. A. Labor, land and law. 1886. Care has been taken to present, in as readable shape as possible, a large part of what is known of the various kinds of land tenure among men. 5 Tocqueville, A. de. Democracy in Amer­ ica. Translated by Henry Reeves. n. d. This work has attracted great attention, and is universally regarded as a re­ markably clear and distinct view of our political institutions. 5

NATURAL SCIENCE. 6 Hutchinson, Rev. H. N. E xtinct mon­ sters. Illustrated, n. d. Describes some of the larger and more monstrous forms of the past, the lost creations of the old world. 7 Kingsley, C. Madam How and Lady Why. Illustrated. 1893. A delightful book of earth lore which should be in the hands of every child. 8 Tyndall, J. Hours of exercise in the Alps. Illustrated. 1892. A book of scientific travel and descrip­ tion, deeply interesting to all lovers of natural scenery and knowledge.

AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS. 9 Beard, L. and A. B. The American girl’s handy book. Illustrated. 1893. Everything a girl can possibly do in all seasons of the year has been thought of, suggestions being offered for work as well as play. 10 Gibson, W. H. Camp life and the tricks of trapping. Illustrated. 1881. A unique and desirable book containing comprehensive hints on camp shelter and food, directions for the construc­ tion of traps of all kinds, recipes for the curing and tanning of fur skins, etc. 6

LITERATURE. 11 Jackson, H. (H. H.) Poems. 1892. These artistic productions sing them­ selves into the memory like strains of delicious music. 12 Kendrick, A. C. Onr poetical favorites. (Series 2.) 1881. Being a selection chiefly from the longer English poems. 13 Shakespeare, W. Works, Vol. 6. 1898. This volume is made up of histories, and includes King John, King Richard II, and King Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 . 14 Emerson, R W. Letters and social aims* 1894. Author’s style is clear and brilliant and shows honest and independent thought. 15 Gill, W. F. (ed.) Laurel leaves. Illus­ trated. 1891. An exceptional collection of stories, poems and essays. 16 Holland, J. G. Every day topics. (Se­ ries 1.) 1890. Brief discussions of popular subjects.

FICTION. 17 Alcott, L. M. Little Women. Illustra­ ted. 1894. One of the most charming stories ever written for young people. 7

18 Barr, A. E. The last of the Macallis- ters. 1889. A spirited and pathetic tale. Sketches, manners, character and scenery in the Scottish highlands. 19 Barrie, J. M. Two of them. 1893.

The stories introduced in this collection are in the lighter vein of this au­ thor. 20 Douglas, A. M. The fortunes of the . Faradays. 1888. A home drama with a deeply interest­ ing plot. 21 Henty, G. A. Wulf the Saxon. Illus­ trated. 1894. A story of the Norman conquest; pre­ sents a vivid picture of this import­ ant period of history. 22 Harte, Bret. Tales of the Argonauts. 1892. Stories of hovel incidents, sensational events and typical characters. 23 King, Capt. C. A. Cadet days. Illus­ trated. 1894. A graphic picture of West Point life. 24 Phelps, E. S. Beyond the Gates. 1893. The author leads us on a strange jour­ ney into the land of mysteries. 8

25 Pyle, H. Men of iron. Illustrated. 1891. The time is the fifteenth century, the scene is laid in England; Henry IV and the men of his court are the men of iron. 26 Stockton, F. R. The watch-maker’s w ife. 1893. A collection of short stories told in the author’s humorous and original style. 27 Stoddard, W. O. The battle of New York. Illustrated. 1892. Presents an extraordinary page in our history, as it describes the great draft riots in New York. 28 Swett, S. The Mate of the “Mary Ann.” Illustrated. 1894. The story tells of a little girl’s valiant struggle with poverty and the part she played in a wonderful discovery. 29 Verne, J. From the earth to the moon. Illustrated. 1893. A volume of remarkable adventure and exciting and marvelous occurrences.

DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL. 30 Browne, J. R. The Apache country: a tour through Arizona and Sonora. Illustrated, n. d. Graphic and interesting descriptions of a part of the country which is com­ paratively unknown. 9

31 Francis, Mrs. H. E. B y land and sea. Illustrated. 1891. Chats with young people on incidents of travel, and- the physical wonders of the world; . introduces some history and several interesting tales trans­ lated from foreign languages. 32 French, H. W. Our boys in India. (The roundabout books.) Illustrated. 1892. A story of thrilling adventure narrated in a bright and breezy way which at­ tracts and holds the attention of the youthful reader. 33 Hale, Rev. E. E. and S. A fam ily flight around home, part 2. Illustrated. 1894. A delightful book made up of history,, travel, description and anecdote. 34 Hill, G. With the Bedouins. Illustra­ ted. 1894. ' Description of the Arab nomad tribes, their simple but impressive manners and customs and of the great solitudes they inhabit. 35 Knox, T. W. The boy travelers in central Africa. Illustrated. 1883. Author has constructed an account of travel and adventure that is true in every respect save in the individual characters portrayed. 10

36 Reeves, C. M cCorm ick. How w e w ent and what we saw. 1891. An entertaining account of the adven­ tures of a party who made a winter trip through Egypt, Syria and the iEgean Islands.

BIOGRAPHY. 37 Chittenden, L. E. Personal rem inis­ cences. 1840-1890. Events of the late war and the per­ sons participating. Author also goes back to his youth, describing political and social phases of that time. 38 Columbus. Adams, C. K. Christopher Columbus. (Makers of America.) 1892. Presents in popular form the results of the latest researches in regard to the life and work of Columbus. 39 Marie Louise. Saint-Am and, I. de. The happy days of the Empress Marie Louise. 1893. The brief feign of Marie Louise as Em­ press of the French, and as the wife of Napoleon, is recorded in a fresh and fascinating style. 40 Renrxy 1 Y. Willert, P. F. Henry of Navarre, Illustrated. 1893. Of all the kings who have occupied the French throne, Henry of Navarre still retains the first place in the memory and affection of the people. 11

41 Pericles. A bbott, E. Pericles. (Heroes of the nations.) Illustrated. 1892. This sketch consists of two parts ; part first traces the growth of the Athenian empire, the second describes the gov­ ernment. art, literature and society of Periclean Athens. 42 Raphael, D’Anvers, N. Raphael. (The great artists.) Illustrated. 1892. The author lavishly bestows boundless praise and glowing criticism.

HISTORY. 43 Mahaffy, J. D. and Gilman, A. Alex­ ander’s Empire. (Story of the nations.) Illustrated. 1892. Tells the achievements of the greatest man that ever lived. Important events are selected from the innumerable raids and campaigns, leaving distinct and vivid pictures in the reader’s mind. 44 W hite, Rev. J. Eighteen Christian cen­ turies. 1894. A history of the Christian era, from the birth of Christ to the close of the revolutionary war. 45 Parkman, F. LaSalle and the discovery of the great west. (France and England in North America.) Part 3. 1894. 12

4 6 ------. The old regime in Can­ ada. (France and E ngland in North America.) Part 4. 1894. Each history is the highest authority on the subject of which it treats, and is as interesting and fascinating as a n y novel. 47 Eggleston, E and Seelye, L. E. Brant and Red Jacket. (Famous American Indians.) n. d. The main object of the author is to make the history of the American In­ dian interesting to the general reader, and especially to the young people. 48 Johnson, R. The story of a great con­ flict. 1861-1865. Illustrated. 1894. Told in a rapid, picturesque style which gives the reader a perfect picture of the period. 49 Famous adventures and escapades of the civil war. Compiled. Illustra­ ted. 1893. The readers will not find a page in the book which is not entertaining; the illustrations add greatly to the in­ terest aroused. 50 Carr, L. Missouri. (American com­ monwealths.) 1892. One of the most absorbing of the his­ tories of the States.

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WISCONSIN TRAVELING LIBRARIES.

Founding.

The traveling movement in Wisconsin differs from that in

the other states, in that it received its first assistance from pri­

vate aid and not from state appropriation. Senator J. H. Stout of

Bunn county was the pioneer in instituting this work, and the travel­

ing libraries that he established have been the model for all those

subsequently maintained in the state.

The Mabel Tainter memorial library of Menominee was erect­

ed with the intention that its use should not be confined to the

residents of that town but should be extended to all the people of

Bunn county. The library was well equiped and managed, but Mr. Stou£

one of the trustees, found that the farming people of the county were

making but slight use of the books, because of the difficulty of

getting to the library. He decided to start a system of traveling

libraries at his own expense, to be maintained especially for the farmers of the county and the people living in the tiny villages.

The first libraries were circulated in Bunn county in 1896, Mr. Stout having secured the cooperation of the Wisconsin free library com­ mission in perfecting his plans, selecting and buying the books and

interesting the people. From the first, these libraries were found

to be most successful.

In May 1896, Mr. J. B. Witter of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin established a system of traveling libraries for Wood county, to be circulated chiefly among the country people. His experiment met with

the same success that attended Senator Stout's plan. - 6 0

These two movements had quite an influence throughout the

state. Other counties decided to have traveling libraries circulated among their people. Mr. Bradley of Tomahawk, Lincoln county, in 1897 bought several hundred books with which he started a free library at

Tomahawk and from this center made up smaller libraries and sent them among the mills and lumber camps of the Tomahawk lumber com- pany, of which he was president. Chippewa, Eau Claire,. Marinette, soon followed in establishing traveling library systems and in 1901 the llgislature of Wisconsin passed a law on county traveling libra­ ries which reads thus: "The board of supervisors of any county may establish a board of libraries and elect five directors thereof, of either sex. . . The said board of libraries may appoint a super­ vising librarian for such county traveling libraries at a salary not to exceed #50 per annum, whose duty it shall be to arrange the books in their cases and repair them when slightly injured, keep the rec­ ords, instruct the librarians of the county traveling libraries in their duty and perform such other duties as directed by said board...

It shall be the duty of the board of libraries to purchase suitable books for the county traveling libraries. . . and to distribute such books to as many districts as equally distant from each other as their means will permit. . . Such libraries may be located at suitable places in any town, village or city within the county and may not be permitted to remain in one location longer than six monthf except upon application of not less than five patrons. . . Upon such renewal another library may be loaned in its place successively for similar periods. For the purpose of such traveling libraries, any county may appropriate the first year not to exceed #500 and thereafter not to exceed #200. The Wisconsin free library commission may advise any board of libraries as far as practicable in the 61- conduct of its work. . . "

So it is that the Wisconsin system of traveling libraries differs from that of the other states, in being formed chiefly of various county systems, each independently organized but all under the general supervision of the state library commission, which was established in 1895. Besides acting as adviser to the various county library boards, the commission sends out directly from its head­ quarters at Madison, a number of traveling collections of books.

Until 1903 the books in these libraries came entirely from private gifts, no money being appropriated by the state except for the general maintenance of such libraries as the commission had given to it.

The legislature of 1903, however, appropriated money for books, ena­ bling the commission to supply the demand for these libraries in a manner not possible in former years.

Plan.

As the different county systems of traveling libraries are independent of each other, there is no one general plan as is the case in the other state systems which we have studied. The idea is the same, however,throughout;that these libraries are intended for farming communities, remote lumber regionsand small villages not enjoying public library privileges.

The Stout traveling libraries are sent out from the Mabel

Tainter memorial library of Menominee to any library association in

Dunn county. Most of the libraries are placed in farm houses,others in country stores, post offices and railway stations. The Witter libraries are under the control of the board of trustees of the T . B.

Scott free public library of Grand Rapids, of which Mr. Witter is a member. The country schools and school libraries of Wood county are hardly equal to those of Dunn county, and the books in the Witter - 6 2 -

traveling libraries do not find quite so ready a circulation as those in the Stout libraries, but they are more needed and are accomplish­

ing a great good. In Eau Claire county the libraries are sent out by a woman's club, and in Marinette county by a Shakspere club. It

is usual for the public library of the principal town of the county

to cooperate in the work.

The commission sends its traveling libraries to the follow­

ing places and organizations:

1. Farming communities and villages too small to support public

libraries.

2. Villages and towns large enough to support public libraries,

as an inducement to establish free public libraries.

3. Villages having public libraries, whose book funds are in­

sufficient for the frequent purchase of books.

4. Study clubs without access to public libraries, or where

the public libraries are so small as to be inadequate.

5. Communities having a large German constituency. (Germantrav-

eling libraries sent.)

Composition.

The Stout traveling libraries were made up, at first, of

thirty volumes each. The great standard and contemporary novels,

the most entertaining books of travel, biography, history and sci­

ence were included. There were the "leading books of the day and vv ere books of all time." At first childrens books rewe not added to each

library, because of the number of school libraries in the county.

They were in such demand however, that a few juvenile books were

afterward added to each library. Popular magazines were sent out

with each library, and they were allowed to be retained by the asso­

ciation borrowing. Sixteen separate collections were established -63- in 1896 and the number has been increased from year to year. The number of volumes has also been increased, until now there are about forty or forty-five volumes in the different libraries.

The libraries sent out by Mr. Witter started with thirty volumes each and soon were increased by an addition of ten volumes of childrens books to each collection. German books were included in the libraries sent to German communities. Twelve libraries were sent out the first year, 1396j now there are many more. The number of volumes in the collections differs in the different county sys­ tems of traveling libraries. Nearly all of the collections include unbound numbers of magazines. Several of the counties have special subject libraries as a part of their traveling collections.

The collections sent out by the commission are generally from fifty to sixty volumes in number and are made up of the best popular books in fiction, history, travel, biography, science and literature for adults and children. When there is room, magazines are included in the library box. If this is not possible, the com­ mission is glad to send an additional box of magazines on condition that the station receiving it will pay transportation charges.

Conditions Imposed.

The Stout traveling libraries are sent out in strong book­ cases. A list of the books is fastened inside the doors of the case, and blanks necessary for the circulation of the books are included.

Mr. Stout imposes certain conditions. A local library association of responsible people with a secretary to represent them, must be formed and a librarian must be appointed to deal with the people.

The books must be well cared for and kept in a convienent place, central for all residents of the neighborhood. The books must be -64- circulated free of cost and people destroying or mutilating the books are required to pay proper penalties. The libraries are kept from six months to a year and a fee of $1 is paid for each. This pays for the transportation of the library and the expense of repairing the books and keeping up the supply of blanks.

The Witter libraries are sent out in chests, the local lib­ rary association being required to buy book cases large enough to accommodate about seventy-five volumes. The idea here is that the

"property interest in the book case and in the volumes that may come to the association by gift and purchase may stimulate the growth of V permanent libraries. " About the same conditions of loaning exist,

4 which are found attendant upon the loaning of the Stout libraries.

In all of the county systems, the communities borrowing the travel­ ing libraries must organize library associations and appoint local librarians. The transportation charges are paid, in all except a few cases, by the association borrowing.

The libraries sent out by the library commission from

Madison, are shipped by freight in stout pine cases, all transporta­ tion charges being paid by the station receiving them. A community borrowing these libraries must organize a library association, which must include at least ten taxpayers. A secretary must be elected to act as agent in dealing with the commission and a librarian to take charge of the libraries which the association receives. The libra­ ries cannot be kept longer than six months except by special request.

Associations which can afford to do so are urged to purchase one traveling library, at a cost of $35 and in return to become a per­ manent traveling library station. In this case the commission agrees to exchange libraries twice a year as long as the books "stand wear of circulation, which is estimated to be six years at least." -65-

Finding lists and the neccessary "blanks for circulation are sent

with the libraries. In sending out libraries, preference is given

to the communities which return them in the best condition. Thetrav-

eling library stations are visited from time to time, that the com­ mission may keep in touch with the community it serves. Instruction

is given in the management of the little library and assistance in

advertising the books and extending their use. Where a library has been sent as an inducement to establish a local library, help is

given to bring about the desired end.

Rules.

The commission has made some definite rules for the loan

of its libraries, the most important of which are as follows:

1. Application must be made on a blank furnished by the com­ mission, signatures of ten taxpayers being required in the case of

library associations, those of the president, secretary and libra­

rian being required in the case of public libraries, and for study

clubs, those of president, secretary and club librarian, or libra­

rian of the public library.

2. The traveling libraries are sent in stout pine cases with

iron handles and hinged covers which screw down. They are shipped by freight, all charges being paid by the association, public libra­

ry or club receiving them.

3. The books of the traveling library shall be loaned without

charge to any person in the community who will observe the rules made by the commission. When a traveling library is located in a village, the books must be free to the country as v;ell^town people.

4. Libraries must not be kept longer than six months without

special permission. Requests made for extension of time will be granted when sufficient reason is given. Exchange will "be made as soon as returned "books can conviently be examined and checked.

5. In a community where there is no public library, the travel­ ing library should be kept in the most centrally located and most easily accessible place that can be found. . .

6. The librarian shall care for the books while under his con­ trol and shall keep records of circulation as directed in the cir­ cular of instruction sent him.

7. The library should be open for circulation at least twice a week. . . the oftener it is open to the public the better.

8. Shelves must be supplied for the books by the station re­ ceiving the library. . .

9. Reasonable wear and tear is expected in the use of the books but marks of any kind and unnecessary abuse of the books are ex­ pressly forbidden. The library association. . . borrowing will be held responsible for the safe return of the books. . . Such care shall be taken in packing as will guard against injury in transporta­ tion. The commission reserves the right to suspend the privileges of borrowing a library in case of willful violation of any of the few rules it is obliged to make for the safety of the property of the state.

Special Features.

There are some special features of the traveling library work in Wisconsin, which are worthy of mention.

1. Traveling pictures.

Pictures are loaned by the commission as well as books.

They are mounted on gray cardboard and a pocket is pasted on the back of the picture, in which is kept a library card with the name of the picture written on it. A short written account of the picture and life of the artist is placed in another pocket. The picture has a tape and ring, making it ready for hanging. The names of the pic­ ture and the artist are nea.tly printed in the lower left hand corner of the mat and the whole is enclosed in a stout manilla envelope.

These pictures are sent into country communities through the medium of the school and are allowed to circulate in the homes of the people.

The traveling pictures furnished by Senator Stout to the school districts of Dunn county are in charge of the county superin­ tendent of schools. These pictures are sent out from the Stout manual training school to the districts which have complied with the conditions necessary to secure them, namely to clean and tint the walls of their school rooms. Dive pictures are sent to districts in the order which they apply, one of which, a large portrait of

Lincoln is retained permanently by each district. The other four are kept as long as is thought advisable and then exchanged for another set of four.

2. German libraries.

Public libraries having German patrons may receive German traveling libraries by purchasing one library, whose cost is $35, and in return for such subscription the commission agrees to exchange libraries twice a year as long the books stand the wear of circula­ tion, estimated to be six years at the least. If the commission finds a public library having need of German books, which cannot afford to make such a purchase, exception is made and the books are

sent free of charge.

3. Subject libraries.

Rather recently the commission has made up several sub­

ject libraries. One series is composed of six libraries, all - 6 8 - containing the same hooks. Each library contains fifty-seven vol­ umes, seventeen of which relate to the American revolution. A

student or small society of students may use the group of seventeen hooks to make a careful study of the Revolution. To aid in such

study the printed catalogs which accompany the libraries, include an

introduction to the study of the period, a syllabus, a list of other

works on the subject and references to magazine articles.

A few study club have been purchased by the commission,

but they are so few in number that their use is restricted to clubs

without access to public libraries. Study outlines of programs ac­

company the libraries.

The state federation of women's clubs sends out traveling

libraries, cooperating with the library commission. Besides its

general libraries, there are several subject libraries which are

loaned to clubs for the study year and are accompanied by outlines

of study and reference lists.

4. New book libraries.

Some of the large newspapers of the state, notably the

Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel have contributed a large

number of new books which publishers have sent them for review. The

books are perfectly good and are made up into new book libraries.

They are circulated especially to small public libraries, whose funds

are too small to purchase many of the new books.

5. Magazines.

As has been mentioned in speaking of the composition of

the different libraries, magazines are sent as well as books. It

has been found that such periodicals as Harpers, Me Clure, Century

and Scribner, with Youth's companion for the children, are often more

sought by the farming people than the books. Often extra boxes of these magazines are sent to the traveling library stations and are not required to he returned. Ladies’ Home journal has been found to be very popular and Gartenlaube is widely read by the German patrons of the libraries.

Appropriations and statistics.

Prom the fact that there are so many county systems of traveling libraries, each county being allowed by law to make its own appropriation for the work, there was not until 1903 any special state appropriation for the purchase of traveling libraries. The free library commission of Wisconsin has before this year, taken the money required for the management of the traveling libraries which have come to it through gift, from the general fund appropria­ ted to the commission. These appropriations have been biennial and are as follows:

1895-95, $500; 1897-98, $4000; 1899-1900, $7500; 1901-02, $9000;

1903-04, $18000.

The appropriations for the commission have been increased in proportion as new lines of work have been taken up. The first money was granted simply to meet the traveling expenses of the mem­ bers of the commission in attending its meetings, visiting libraries in the state and for incidental expenses. In 1897 a larger appro­ priation was allowed by the legislature, that the commission might take up the special work of the organization of libraries in the state. In 1899 the summer school for library training was estab­ lished as a permanent institution of the commission and the funds were again increased. In 1901, $1500 was granted for the express purpose of establishing a department of documents and in 1903 the document fund was increased to $2500 and the general fund increased to $15500

The only statistics that have appeared for the circulation

of the Wisconsin traveling libraries are to be found in the biennial

reports of the commission. These statistics are not complete and

are given only in a general way, with no detail. The following fig­

ures are quoted:

No. of libs. No. of vols.

1895-96 23 Stout libs, in Dunn 690 (30 vols. in each lib.) county. 360 (30 " " " ") 12 Witter libs, in Wood county.

1897-98 35 Commission libs. 3 7 Stout " 32 Witter " 82 Different co. M

1899- 1900 238 (54 Com. libs.)

1900- 02 305 (134 Com. libs.) Results.

The libraries sent out from the different traveling lib­ rary systems in the state have had a very marked influence in crea­ ting an enthusiastic "library spirit" throughout Wisconsin. In several of the counties the local librarians in charge of the trav­ eling libraries have had the benefit of library institutes, held at the leading library of the county. These meetings have aroused great interest wherever they have been conducted and in many cases have lead to the establishing of small local libraries.

The library commission has, on every occasion , expressed its desire to promote the free public library interests of Wisconsin and is glad of every opportunity to give personal counsel and aid.

The Wisconsin commission is one of the most active library commis­ sions in the west, and in the less than a decade which marks the period of its existence, the free public libraries of the greater part of the state have been established. The reading lists and aids which the commission furnish have been of inestimable aid to the small libraries, not only of Wisconsin but of the entire middle west.

Traveling libraries will be needed in the state for many years to come, for there are many districts, especially in the north- en part, which can make no attempt to establish their own libraries.

The spirit of the donors of the different traveling libraries is especially commendable, for it is to their efforts that the splendid systems, now in operation, are due. There is no doubt that the in­ fluence of these books, which represent the best thought of all times is making for better ideals of citizenship, in the isolated districts which they reach. APPLICATION BLANK FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES

...... "(t o w n :: ’ "(COUNTY.) * (D A TE.) To the Wisconsin Free Library Commission: W e, the officers and members of th e ...... Public Library Board, apply for a traveling library to be used by the people of

...... and the vicinity. We hereby agree to observe strictly the Commission rules for the loan of libraries; to return each library we receive within six months of its receipt un­ less extension of time is given; to circulate books to the people of the surround- country as well as the town; to make no charge to patrons for its privileges; cf. suitable fines for the loss of books or undue injury to them.

£7 ...... President...... S ec'y.

...... L ibrarian .

APPLICATION FOR THE USE OF THE FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY OF THE WISCONSIN FREE LIBRARY COMMISSION.

W is.,

I, the undersigned, living in ...... hereby apply for the privilege of borrowing books from the Free Traveling L ib rary of th e ...... L ibrary Association. I promise to take good care of all the books I draw, to pay promptly all fines and damages charged against me, and to obey the rules of the library.

N a m e ... A g e ...... Read this pledge carefully before signing. (If a minor.) 1 Fill out with ink. (SEE OTHER SIDE.) Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wis. (NAME OF PLACE.) (NAME OP LIBRARY OR ASSOCIATION.;

Traveling library____ ..containing. volumes ivas

shipped______

Supplies sent: ...... catalogs m agazines 2 book supports ...... reader’s cards rules for circulation record of card-holders ...... signs type-written list of books circular of explanation Y o u th ’s Companions charging tray shipping label

(Signed)..

Report of Library Visitor

DATE PLACE COUNTY LIBRARIAN

BORROWERS COMMUNITY LOCATION CONDITION

r e m a r k s :

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Wisconsin Free Library Commission,

DEPARTMENT OF TRAVELING LIBRARIES.

A Traveling Library is located at

Books may be drawn free of charge. Whole­ some and interesting books on a wide variety of subjects. Good stories. Books for old and young.

THIS INVITATION IS FOR YOU. Wisconsin Free Library Commission Wisconsin Free Library Commission Free Traveling Libraries Free Traveling Libraries

CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION NO. 2 NO. 3 To the Librarian of the Public Library: To the Librarian: The books of all traveling libraries circu­ In order to make the directions for the man - lated from the Free Library Commission are agement of a traveling library entirely plain free to all the people, both of the town or vil­ the following explanation is given of the sup­ lage where it is stationed, and of the surround­ plies sent with it. ing country. If the books of the public libra­ ry are not free to the country people, it will be WHAT THE SUPPLIES ARB necessary for you to use the record of card­ Charging tray. The charging tray is the holders and reader’s cards supplied by the small wooden box which is intended to hold the Commission for country patrons, and the book cards, reader’s cards, record of card hold­ Commission requests that the librarian will ers, catalogs and other supplies which the li­ make especial effort to advertise the traveling brarian needs to keep convenient for use. library to them, by use of the large signs, Record of card holders. The record of card where they will attract attention of the most holders is intended for the signatures of the people, by means of notices in the local news­ borrowers. The lines are numbered, so that, papers, and by personal invitation wherever in charging books, each borrower may be possible. No extra registration is needed for designated by the number of the line on which the regular borrowers of the public library. his name occurs. The borrower’s agreement Receiving the library. The library is on the first page should be carefully read by shipped from the Commission by freight, the applicant before he is allowed to sign. charges collect. When the books have all Book pocket. The pocket, on which is been removed from the box put the screws in­ printed the rules for circulation, is found on side the box for use when the library is re­ the back cover of the book, and is intended to turned. Check the books by the catalog or hold the book card when the book is not in use type-written list, and indicate the contents of and the reader’s card when in circulation. the library box on the addressed return postal card sent by the Commission for acknowledg-

To Librarians of the Wisconsin Free Traveling Libraries.

The usefulness and ultimate success of these libraries will depend largely upon your efforts. The books are suited to va­ rious tastes and people should not stop tak­ ing books because they do not happen to enjoy the first they take. The criticisms of your patrons and your own reading will soon enable you to help your neighbors in their selections. The best of the books for children are enjoyed by everybody. Anybody can get trained readers to take interesting books. Your success will be de­ termined by your ability to train people who are not habitual readers of good books to become so. Be patient and do not be dis­ appointed if you do not always secure imme­ diate results. Help to train people to handle books care­ fully and to keep them clean, remembering always that clean hands are necessary to keep clean books. If each patron will keep his book clean all will have a continuous supply of clean books. It is much easier to teach this cleanliness and carefulness while the books are new than when they become soiled. Many people will do well to cover the books they read. The permanent success of the traveling libraries will depend more upon the good care of the books and the length of time they will wear than upon any other points. Children especially should be cautioned to use great care in handling the books. Good Wisconsin Free Library Commission

Free Traveling Libraries

CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION NO. 3 To the Librarian: In order to make the directions for the man - agement of a traveling library entirely plain the following explanation is given of the sup­ plies sent with it.

WHAT THE SUPPLIES ARE Charging tray. The charging tray is the small wooden box which is intended to hold the book cards, reader’s cards, record of card hold­ ers, catalogs and other supplies which the li­ brarian needs to keep convenient for use. Record of card holders. The record of card holders is intended for the signatures of the borrowers. The lines are numbered, so that, in charging books, each borrower may be designated by the number of the line on which his name occurs. The borrower’s agreement on the first page should be carefully read by the applicant before he is allowed to sign. Book pocket. The pocket, on which is printed the rules for circulation, is found on the back cover of the book, and is intended to hold the book card when the book is not in use and the reader’s card when in circulation. Book card. Each book has a card in its pocket with author’s name and title written at the top. Keep this card in the pocket when the book is in the library. Keep the cards of books in circulation in the charging case, alpha­ betically arranged. Alw ays return book cards to the pockets before returning the library to the Commission. Reader’s card. The reader’s cards are the yellow cards with lines at the top for the read­ er’s name, and his number, which should cor­ respond to the number of the line on which his signature appears in the record for card-hold­ ers. The borrower may leave his card with the librarian when not in use. The librarian will keep these cards in the charging tray. Rules for circulation. This card is for the librarian and gives directions for operating the simple charging system. Catalogs. Printed catalogs are sent with all libraries belonging to the regular series for free distribution. They contain notes which are intended to help readers in the selection of books. A catalog should be sent to the local newspaper on receipt of the box. Typewritten lists are sent with miscellaneous and with study libraries. Signs. The small signs are intended to be used as placards placed above the collection of books, to call attention to them and their source. The large signs are designed to serve as advertisements of the library and should be posted in the postoffice, general store, and any other place where they will attract the at­ tention of the greatest number of people. The spaces for the hours the library is open, and the place where it is kept, should be filled in before the signs are posted. Book supports. The two tin book sup­ ports are to be used in keeping the books up­ right on the shelves. Shipping label. The shipping label, bear­ ing the name and address of the Commission, has been printed for the convenience of the librarian. It should be pasted on the library box when returned. Magazines and Youth’s Companions. When there is room, magazines and bound Y o u th 's C o m p a n io n s are included in the library box. If this is not possible the Commission will be glad to send an additional box on condition that the station receiving it will pay the cost of transportation. The magazines used for this purpose are weeklies like H a r p e r 's weekly, Collier's , Saturday evening post, S u c c e s s , etc., and monthlies like C en tu ry , Harper's monthly , S c r ib n e r 's , M c C lu r e , Cosmopolitan, Review of reviews, Mun- sey's, Outlook, etc. The Youth's Compan­ io n s should be returned unless worn out, but the other magazines may be passed on, when they have been read, to other readers. Circular of explanation. This circular ex­ plaining the use of the supplies and giving di­ rections for the management of the libraries, should be kept with the card. How to circulate books convenient for reference. When there is a change of libra­ rian the circulars should be passed on to the new librarian. The Commission has frequently found that books were not properly packed, the circulation had not been kept on the book cards, or some other important service had been neglected, not because of carelessness, but because the librarian had not received this information from his predecessor.

HOW TO MANAGE THE LIBRARY Receiving the library. The traveling library is sent from the Commission by freight, charges collect. When the books have all been removed from the box, put the screws inside the box, for use when the library is re­ turned. Check the books by the catalog or type-written list, and indicate on the postal card, sent by the Commission, the contents of the library case, acknowledging the receipt of the library. Care of the library. Arrange the books neatly on shelves with the small sign above them, in as prominent a place in the room as possible. Keep the books upright on the shelves with the book supports sent for that purpose. Keep the supplies arranged in the charging case convenient for use. All fines collected shall be kept by the library to defray the expenses of transportation, to replace copies in case of loss, and other necessary out­ lay. The Commission will send notice ten days before the library is to be returned. Unless request is to be made for extension beyond the usual term of six months, begin calling in the books at once and circulate no more. Returning library. When all the books are in, check them up by the catalog or type-w rit­ ten list, wrap each book separately in paper and pack closely that the books may not shift and rub. Return with the library such cata­ logs as have not been used, or the type-written Jist, also all Youth's Companions that have not been worn out. Keep charging tray, book supports, record of card holders, reader’s cards, circular of explanation, rules for circu­ lation and signs unless the traveling libraries are to be discontinued. Screw the lid down, never use nails. If the old screw holes have become worn out, make new ones. Prepay freight charges. Notify the Commission of the shipment on return addressed postal furnished for the purpose, filling out the blank form and indicating supplies needed with next shipment.

Wisconsin Free Library Commission Free Traveling Libraries

CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION NO. 2 To the Librarian of the Public Library: The books of all traveling libraries circu­ lated from the Free Library Commission are free to all the people, both of the town or vil­ lage where it is stationed, and of the surround­ ing country. If the books of the public libra­ ry are not free to the country people, it will be necessary for you to use the record of card holders and reader’s cards supplied by the Commission for country patrons, and the Commission requests that the librarian will make especial effort to advertise the traveling library to them, by use of the large signs, where they will attract attention of the most people, by means of notices in the local news­ papers, and by personal invitation wherever possible. No extra registration is needed for the regular borrowers of the public library. Receiving the library. The library is shipped from the Commission by freight, charges collect. When the books have all been removed from the box put the screws in­ side the box for use when the library is re­ turned. Check the books by the catalog or type-written list, and indicate the contents of the library box on the addressed return postal card sent by the Commission for acknowledg- ment of the receipt of the library, that you may not be held responsible for loss. Care of the library. Do not scatter the traveling library books through the local col­ lection, but arrange them together on a shelf, with a small sign above to call attention to them. Readers will take pains to read books in the transient library before it is returned if separated, otherwise they may be disappointed to find a book gone which apparently belonged to the permanent collection. Do not label or mark books on the covers or mark class numbers or other distinguishing marks on book pocket or book card. Keep the books standing upright on the shelves with the book supports sent for the purpose. All fines collected shall be kept by the station receiving the traveling library to defray the expenses of transportation, or replace copies in case of loss and other neces­ sary outlay. The Commission will send notice ten days before the library is to be returned. Unless request is to be made for extension of time beyond the usual period of six months, begin calling in the books at once, and circu­ late no more. Returning library. When all the books are in check them up by the catalog or type-writ­ ten list, wrap each separately in paper, pack closely that the books may not shift and rub. Return with the library such catalogs as have not been used, or the type written list, also all Youth's Companions that have not been worn out. Unless the traveling libraries are to be discontinued, do not return signs, book sup­ ports and circular of explanation, or record of cardholders and of reader’s cards if you receive them for country patrons. Screw the lid down, never use nails. If the old screw holes are worn, make new ones. P repay freight charges. Notify the Com­ mission of the shipment on the addressed re­ turn postal card %furnished for the purpose, filling out the blank form, and indicating sup­ plies needed with next shipment.

To Librarians of the Wisconsin Free Traveling Libraries*

The usefulness and ultimate success of these libraries will depend largely upon your efforts. The books are suited to va­ rious tastes and people should not stop tak­ ing books because they do not happen to enjoy the first they take. The criticisms of your patrons and your own reading will soon enable you to help your neighbors in their selections. The best of the books for children are enjoyed by everybody. Anybody can get trained readers to take interesting books. Your success will be de­ termined by your ability to train people who are not habitual readers of good books to become so. Be patient and do not be dis­ appointed if you do not always secure imme­ diate results. Help to train people to handle books care­ fully and to keep them clean, remembering always that clean hands are necessary to keep clean books. If each patron will keep his book clean all will have a continuous supply of clean books. It is much easier to teach this cleanliness and carefulness while the books are new than when they become soiled. Many people will do well to cover the books they read. The permanent success of the traveling libraries will depend more upon the good care of the books and the length of time they will wear than upon any other points. Children especially should be cautioned to use great care in handling the books. Good care of books should not, however, be harped upon till people are afraid to use them. The formation of right habits is more valuable than the saving of the money involved. Take the people into your r--~ fidence in this matter and they will be , to aid, especially when they learn tha sending out libraries, preference will given to the communities which rei them in the best condition. Please have books stand straight on the shelves or lie flat on their sides. In return­ ing libraries, pack the books so securely that they will not slide or shift and prepay the freight. If leaves of books become loose do not re-issue the books, but keep them in your possession till the library is returned. If any of your patrons persist in soiling the books unduly, refuse to loan them until you write to the Wisconsin Free Library Commission for instructions. The cost of each book is shown in the catalog, or on the list sent with the library. For loss of a book collect its cost and for undue damage collect a fair proportion of the cost. You will confer a favor by making any suggestions that will lead to the increased usefulness of these libraries. A 5 -

Wisconsin Free Library Commission Free Traveling Libraries

RECORD OF CARD HOLDERS

OF THE

______Library Association.

Borrower's Agreement.

I, the undersigned, living in ______

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This series of traveling libraries will be followed by others built upon the same plan. Each of the companion series will have a group of books upon some period of American history. The individual li­ brary will contain such wholesome and popular books that the gen­ eral reader will enjoy reading a large number of its volumes, and yet it will contain from fifteen to twenty books selected to aid individuals* study clubs or schools in making a careful study of some noteworthy period of our national history. The work of preparing the catalogs* syllabi and references will be done in collaboration with the School of History of the University of Wisconsin. It is hoped that the Uni­ versity and the Commission will find in this union of effort a means of making both institutions more helpful to the small public libraries, and isolated students and study clubs. The Commission has no appropriation to purchase such traveling: libraries, but must rely upon private gifts, and village or neighborhood subscriptions to obtain the means. When a small community will send the Commission fifty dollars to purchase such a library it will be made a traveling library station and be supplied with two such libraries each year for at least five years.

1 Adams, John and Abigail. Familiar letters. Houghton, $2. These letters covering the period of the Revolution, give us an intimate ac­ quaintance with the most noted people of that day, with their every day ex­ periences, anxieties and sacrifices.

2 Alcott, Louisa May. Spinning-wheel stories. Little, $1.25. A company of children assembled for the holidays in their grandmother’s big- country house, listen to stories of the Revolution, of adventure, and a variety of thin gs.

3 Altsheler, Joseph Alexander. In hostile red. Doubleday, $1.50. A spirited romance of two daring American officers, beautiful Mary Desmond* and the Monmouth campaign.

4 Bacheller, Irving. Eben Holden. Lothrop, $1.50. A simple, honest, shrewd Vermonter and an orphan boy move to a new state* and find a home among kindly people who become their friends. A romance is interwoven with their experiences. Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune play a part in the story. 4

5 Beard, Daniel Carter. American boy’s handy book; or, What to do and how to do it. Scribner, $2. Suggests sports for all seasons. Spring: kites and kite flying, making and keeping an aquarium, fishing and fishing tackle. Summer: home made boats, balloons, camping without a te it. Autumn: traps and trapping, training of dogs, taxidermy. Winter: snowball warfare, snow houses, sleds and snow shoes, ice­ boating and skating, winter fishing, fireside amusements.

6 B ellam y, Mrs. Blanche Wilder and Goodwin, Mrs. Maude Wilder, ed. Open sesame, v. 1. Ginn, 75c. Poetry and prose for school-days, prepared with a view to encourage children to learn by heart selections worth learning. Arranged for children from four to fourteen years.

7 Bigelow, Poultney. Children of the nations. McClure, net, $2. A study of colonization by different countries, notably England, Germany, France and Spain, with a consideration of the problems which have arisen, and begin to arise in connection with our own colonies.

8 Blaisdell, Albert Franklin. Story of American history. Ginn, 60c. A short illustrated history of our country, for young people.

9 Brady, Cyrus Townsend. For love of country. Scribner, $1.25. An excellent story of land and sea in the days of the Revolution.

10 Brooks, Elbridge Streeter. Century book of the American Revo­ lution. Century, $1.50. A story opthe pilgrimage of a party of young people to the battle-fields of the American Revolution.

11 Burroughs, John. Squirrels and other fur-bearers. Houghton, $1. Entertaining description of the habits of animals. Contains chapters on the chipmunk, weasel, wild mice, mink, raccoon, and many others, with colored illustrations.

12 Churchill, Winston. The crisis. Macmillan, $1.50. An interesting story of the stirring times of our Civil War.

13 Cooper, James Fenimore. The spy. Scribner, $1.50. A story of the American Revolution in which George Washington and one of his trusted spies play prominent parts.

14 Custer, Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon. Boy general. Scribner, net, 60c. A condensed survey of the life of Major-General Custer. It summarizes his public services from the reorganization of Texas after the Civil War, to the pio­ neer work of himself and his brave soldiers in opening the Northwest.

15 Dodge, Mrs. Mary Mapes. Hans Brinker; or, The silver skates. Scribner, $1.50. A story of life in Holland, profusely illustrated. The adventures of Hans and Gretel make entertaining reading for children between ten and fourteen. 5

16 ------eel. New baby world. Century, $1.50. Stories, rhymes and pictures for little folks.

17 Doyle, Arthur Conan. White company. Burt, $1. A vigorous and entertaininsr storv of the adventures of free lances who fought for fun and booty in the Middle Ages.

18 Earle, Mrs. Alice Morse. Customs and fashions in old New Eng­ land. Scribner, $1.25. Describes colonial holiiays and festivals; home interiors; courtship and mar­ riage customs; travel and tavern; various fashions and practices of our an­ cestors.

19 E w in g , Mrs. Juliana Horatia. Jackanapes, Daddy Darwin’s dove­ cote, and Story of a short life. Little, 50c. Jackanapes is a story of a lively boy who becomes a soldier. In Dadd,a Dar­ win’s dovecote, a homeless child is adopted by a lonely man— a pigeon fancier, and their simple, bu^y life is described. Story of a short life is the charm ing story of a brave little boy.

20— 21 Eiske, John. American Revolution. 2 v. Houghton, $4. The study of American history has been popularized by Mr. Fiske’s books; thousands have first been led by his works to see that we have a national history that is highly picturesque.

22 F o rsyth , Gen. George Alexander. Story of the soldier. (Story of the West.) Appleton, $1.50. This work*outlines the history of the regular army soldier, from colonial times to the Nez Perc6s flight in lb77.

23 Franklin, Benjamin. Autobiography. Houghton, net, 40c. A book for old and young. The story of Franklin’s life, as told by himself is here supplemented by a sketch founded chiefly upon his letters.

24 Frederic, Harold. In the valley. Scribner, $1.50. A well-composed picture of Revolutionary times in the Dutch homes of the Mohawk Valley, at the patroon’s manor house in Albany, and on the field among bullets and tomahawks

25 Greater America: the latest acquired insular possessions. (Com­ panion ser.) Perry Mason, 50c. A new work which treats in a readable way of America’s possessions in Porto Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii.

26 Harris, Joel Chandler. Story of Aaron. Houghton, $2. In this story we meet our old acquaintances, Buster John, Sweetest Susan, and Drusilla, with their new friend Aaron, who knows the language of animals.

27 Hopkins, Nevil Monroe. Twentieth century magic. Routledge, $1. A book for amateur conjurers, giving new experiments, and working notes for the construction of the necessary apparatus. Chapters are headed, The magi­ cian’s s age a id tables, Mechanical magic, Chemical magic, Electrical magic , Equipment and working notes. 6

28 Hubbard, Elbert. Little journeys to the homes of good men and great. Putnam, $1.75. Contents: George Eliot, Thomas Carlyle. John Ruskin. William E. Gladstone, J. M. W. Turner, Jonathan S vift, Victor Hugo. William Wordsworth, W. M. Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Oliver Goldsmith, Shakespeare.

29 Jewett, Sarah Orne. Betty Leicester. Houghton, $1.25. Story of a young girl’s visit with her dear old grand-aunts in a New England country town.

30 ------Tory lover. Houghton, $1.50. One of the popular new stories of the American Revolution in which Captain Paul Jones and the ship Ranger figure prominently.

31 Johnston, Annie Fellows. Little colonel’s house party. Page, $1. How three girls spent a joyous month with “ the little colonel” at her country home in Kentucky.

32 Kingsley, Charles. Greek heroes. Macmillan, $1. Gieek fairy tales, including stories of Perseus, the Argonauts, and Theseus.

33 Kipling, Rudyard. Jungle book. Century, $1.50. A remarkable story for chi dren of life among animals, describing their almost human traits and their f >mily and community life.

34 Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from Snakespeare. Hough­ ton, $1. The stories of Shakespeare’s plays told so simply as to interest children of ten years.

35 Long, William Joseph. Secrets of the woods. Ginn, net, 50c. From a long acquaintance with animals in their native woods, the author he’ps us to learn the habits of the wood m o u s e , the otter, the squirrel, the par­ tridge, the deer, and of their friends and enemies.

36 McClure’s magazine, v. 14. Nov.-Apr., 1899- 1900. $1. This volume contains interesting biographical sketches of Sir Henry Irving and Gen. Leonard Wood : several articles on the Arctic reg oris and Klondike by Lieut. Peary, Walter Wellman and others; three articles on China; Life of ihe Ma«

37 Marlitt, E. {pseud, of Eugenie John). Old mam’selle’s secret; tr. by Mary S. Smith. Burt, $1. A very popular love story, translated from the German.

38 Meriwether, Lee. Tramp trip: how to see Europe on fifty cents a day. Harper, $1.25. The author traveled on foot through Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Russia, Holland, Belgium and England. 7

39 M iller, Mrs. Harriet Mann (Olive Thorne Miller). Second book of birds. Houghton, net, $1. This book will be very helpful in the study of birds, in the woods and at our doors. Attractive in form and well illustrated.

40 Mitchell, Silas Weir. Hugh Wynne. Century, $1.50. A delightful story of the Revolution. Introduces Washington, Andr6, Dr, Rush and others. Excellent in portraval of times and character.

41 Muncnausen, Baron {pseud, of Rudolf Eric Raspe). Tales; ed. by E. E. Hale. Heath, 20c. Only the best of the stories are used. Contains the marvelous tales of The lion and the crododile. The tale of the stag and the cherry tree, The tale o f the frozen music, The tale of the Turkey-bean and the moon, and many others.

42 O’Shea, Michael Vincent, ed. Six nursery classics. Keatn, 20c. Contents: House that .Tack built, Mother Hubbard and her dog, Burial of Cock Robin, The three bears, and other old favorites.

43 Parker, Gilbert. Right of way. Harper, $1.50. A brilliant story, full of exciting incident. The scene is laid in Canada.

44 (The) railroad. (Stories from McClure’s.) McClure, 50c. Contents: The night run of the Overland, The farmer’s railroad, A million dollar freight train, The winning of the transcontinental, Conductor Pat Fran­ cis, An engineer’s Christmas story.

45— 46 St. Nicholas, v. 16. pts. 1 and 2. $2. These volumes contain Bells of Str. A n n ”, by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Bunnie stories, by John H. Jewett, Little Saint Elizabeth, by Mrs. Frances Hodg­ son Burnett. Little the Ttmplin, by Richard M. Johnston, Two little Confed­ erates, by Thomas Nelson Page, Prill; a story of school-boy life, by John Preston True, Routine of the republic, by Edmund Alton, besides many short stories and illustrated articles for young people of all ages.

47 Seawell, Molly Elliot. Paul Jones. Appleton, $1. The mere recital of Paul Jones’ actual adventures is a thrilling romance.

48 Starr, Frederick. Strange peoples. Heath, 40c.

This little book for children gives charming glimpses into many foreign lands •

49 Stoddard, William Osborne. Jack Morgan. Lothrop, $1.50.

A boy’s story of the War of 1812.

50 Thanet, Octave {pseud, of Alice French). Book of true lovers. Doubleday, $1.25. A volume of good short stories. 8

51 Tomlinson, Everett Titsworth. In the hands of the red-coats: a tale of the Jersey ship and the Jersey shore in the days of the Revolution. Houghton, $1.50.

52 ----- Washington’s young aids. Wilde, $1.50. A. story for boys founded on the history of the New Jersey campaign of 1776-

53 Tynan, Katharine. (Mrs. Katharine Tynan Hinkson.) Dear Irish girl. McClurg, $1.50. Just what the title suggests — a pretty love story.

54 U. S.— Agriculture, Dept. of. Year-book. Government. No charge. Contains articles on Weather forecasts, Mountain roads, Orchards affected by birds and insects, Rural mail delivery, and many other subjects. The illus- tions are many and interesting.

55 Vaile, Charlotte M. Sue Orcutt. Wilde, $1.50. Sue Orcutt at school and in college. All her experiences are natural and enter­ taining from her attempt at story writing, which is a failure, to the romance which ends in marriage after her graduation.

56 Whitmarsh, H. Phelps. World’s rough hand. Century, $1.25. A stirring story of adventure in Australia.

57 Wilson, Woodrow. George Washington. Harper, $1.50. Washington at home, in war, in politics, and in the White House.

The books in this library which center on the history of the American Revolution are named in the following list. 1 Adams. Familiar letters. 2 Alcott. Spinning-wheel stories. 3 Altsheler. In hostile red. 8 Blaisdell. Story of American history. 9 Brady. For love of country. 10 Brooks. Century book of the American Revolution. 13 Cooper. Spy. 18 Earle. Customs and fashions in old New England. 20-21 FisKe. American Revolution. 23 Franklin. Autobiography. 24 Frederic. In the valley. 30 Jewett. Tory lover. 40 Mitchell. Hugh Wynne. 47 Seawell. Paul Jones. 51 Tomlinson. In the hands of the red-coats. 52 ----- Washington’s young aids. 57 Wilson. George Washington. 9

These books are selected to suit different ages and tastes, and it is hoped that they will arouse in the community an interest in the study of this period. The men of the Revolutionary era were of a character well worth study; the ideas of liberty that led to the war, and the social and political ideas that grew out of it, were of the utmost importance in our history; the events are stirring and well worthy of remembrance, for they offer a lesson in patriotism that all Americans can profit by; the institutions, such as congress, and the states, that were shaped in the period, are at the foundations of our government; and the manners and customs of the fathers of the republic are full of interest. The his­ torical fiction will not only entertain, but will also give the atmosphere of the period. The library will enable the reader to enlarge his knowledge by read­ ing several of the books, presenting the Revolution from different points of view. If he prefers, he can consult several books on a special topic, such as a campaign, the operations in a particular region, the foreign relations, the career of Washington, or the manners and cus­ toms of the period. For purposes of study, the formation of a little club would be use­ ful. The leader could select topics and assign readings on each topic to the different members of the club; at the successive meetings re­ ports of readings could be made, and thus the fruits of individual study would be shared by the club. In preparing study outlines, the following syllabus, or the table of contents of a school history, or of one of the books of the present library, would serve as a guide. The library may be supplemented by such magazines as may be in the community. Most of the leading periodicals have had useful articles on the Revolu­ tion, or Revolutionary leaders, and the pictures will be helpful. Some of the available articles are referred to below. The importance of using maps in the study need hardly be mentioned; they give definiteness and clearness to the view. It is hoped that the interest aroused may lead the community to increase its own library, and to this end a supple­ mentary list of books on the Revolution is added. Those who wish fuller references will find an extensive bibliogranhy in Winsor’s Narra­ tive and critical history of America, v. 6 and 7 (Houghton); or in Chan- ning and H art’s Guide to American history (G inn).

SYLLABUS.

I. The beginnings of the Revolution. 1. Party divisions in the various colonies in the eighteenth cen­ tury; struggles between governors and assemblies; the es­ tablished church and the dissenting sects. 2. Commercial system of England: navigation acts; writs of as­ sistance. 3. The Stamp Act; congress of 1765. 4. Townshend Acts, 1767; effects in America; Samuel Adams and Boston; Patrick Henry and Virginia; committees of corres­ pondence. 5. Parliamentary acts of 1774; the continental congress. 6. The colonial theory of resistance; the ideas of the loyalists; treatment of the loyalists; English parties and theories; speeches of Burke and Chatham. 10

II. The outbreak of hostilities: independence. 1. Lexington and Concord; Bunker Hill; Washington in com­ mand; siege of Boston; invasion of Canada; attack on Charleston, S. C. 2. Development of congress; organization of state governments; plans for confederation; struggle over the declaration of in­ dependence; validity of the statements of the declaration; Jefferson’s political ideas. 3. Organization of the government; finance and currency. 4. British use of Hessians and its effect in America.

III. Campaigns to cut the colonies in two. 1. Campaigns of 1776; Long Island to the Delaware; Trenton and Princeton. 2. British capture of Philadelphia. 3. Burgoyne’s campaign for the Hudson, 1777; Saratoga. 4. French alliance, 1778; La Fayette. 5. English attempts at conciliation, 1778. 6. Howe in Pennsylvania; Monmouth, 1778; Arnold’s treason, 1779- 1780. 7. Failure of British plans in the North; Washington’s “Fabian policy,” Rochambeau and the French fleet blockaded by Brit­ ish at Newport.

IV. Campaigns to wrest the South from the Union. 1. Unsuccessful attack on Charleston, 1776; capture of Savannah, 1778. 2. Invasion of South Carolina, 1779; capture of Charleston, 1780; Camden; the dark outlook. 3. Greene’s campaigns, 1781; Cowpens; the retreat that resem­ bled a victory. 4. British invasion of Virginia, 1781; Arnold’s raid. 5. The arrival of De Grasse with the French fleet relieves Ro- chambeau’s army at Newport, 1781. 6. Washington joined by the French army, feints on New York and captures Cornwallis at Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781.

V. The war on the frontiers. 1. Occupation of Kentucky and eastern Tennessee prior to the war; the advance of New England into Vermont. 2. The use pf the Indians by British and Americans. 3. Cherokee attacks on the southern frontiers, 1776. 4. Herkimer at Oriskany; Stark at Bennington. 5. Cherry Valley; Wyoming, Sullivan’s campaign against the Six Nations, 1779. 6. Indian raid into Kentucky; George Rogers Clark’s campaign in the Illinois country, 1778- 1779; the Northwestern Indians; Wisconsin in the Revolution. 7. K in g’s Mountain, 1780. 8. Spanish campaigns on the Mississippi, 1779- 1781; seizure of Fort St. Joseph; Spanish claims.

VI. Foreign relations in the Revolution. 1. The effects of the French and Indian War; terms of the treaty of Paris, 176 3 ; the “family compact” between France and Spain. 11

2. French secret aid and final alliance, 1778; Franklin in France. 3. Spanish jealousy of America; attempts at mediation; her dec­ laration of war against England unaccompanied by alliance with the United States; policy to monopolize the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico. 4. French policy adverse to the expansion of the United States; R ayneval’s proposal. 5 . Armed neutrality, 1780; congressional instructions of 1781, after the southern reverses in the south, give France control of the negotiations for peace. 6. Treaty negotiations, 1781, 1782; Franklin’s conciliatory policy; Jay persuades his colleagues to break instructions; prelim­ inary treaty, 1782; its principal provisions; general peace of 1783; United States wins its claims from England. 7. Spanish claims respecting boundaries and navigation of the Mississippi unsettled. 8. American missions to other states.

VII. Other Revolutionory topics. 1. The war on the sea. 2. The weakness of congress in finance and administration; Washington’s difficulties; Conway cabal; the Newburg ad­ dresses; possibility of a monarchy. 3. Democratic tendencies in the Revolution; growth of parties; opposition to strong government. 4. The relation of the public lands to the politics of the Revolu­ tion. 5. Effect of the Revolution upon slavery; churches. 6. Social and industrial life.

SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL BOOKS ON THE REVOLUTION FOR A LIBRARY.

HISTORIES.

*Fiske, John. Critical period of American history, 1783- 1789. Hough­ ton, $2.

Continues the story of the Revolution, showing the history of the confedera­ tion and of the making of the constitution.

Frothingham, Richard. Rise of the republic. Little, $3.50. An old but useful account of the origin of the Revolution.

*Hart, A. B. Formation of the union. (Epochs of Amer. hist.) Long­ mans, $1.25. This little book gives a general view of the events that preceded and followed the Revolution, as well as a good outline of the political history of the period ; it also contains suggestions for study and lists of books.

Hosmer, J. K. Short story of the Mississippi Valley. Houghton, net, $1.20. Useful on the history of the west in the Revolution.

* Tke asterisk indicates the books suggested for first purchase 12

Lodge, H. C. Story of the Revolution. 2 v. Scribner, $6.

Roosevelt, Theodore. Winning of the West. v. 1 and 2. Putnam , each, $2.50. A scholarly and stirring account of the Revolution in the West, by the Presi­ dent. Daniel Boone, George Rogers Clark, and the other frontier leaders are made to live, and the pioneers are shown in their work of expanding the nation while the seaboard fought for its independence.

Thwaites, R. G-. Story of Wisconsin. (Story of the states.) Lo- throp, $1.50. For the war in Wisconsin.

* Tyler, M. C. Literary history of the American Revolution. 2 v. Putnam, each, $3. A most valuable study of Revolutionary literature.

*Lecky, W. E. H. American Revolution. Appleton, $1.25.

Trevelyan, Sir G. O. Am erican Revolution, pt. 1, 1766- 1776. Long­ mans, $3. The last two works are by able English authors wto present the period in a light that is somewhat different from the usual American vi?w. Trevelyan also- gives chatty pictures of the men of the time.

BIOGRAPHIES.

*Hosmer, J. K. Samuel Adams. (Amer. statesmen.) Houghton, $1.25. The beginning ol the Revolution in New England.

* Lodge, H. C. George Washington. 2 v. (Amer. statesmen.) Hough­ ton, $2;'50. The campaigns.

McMaster, J. B. Benjamin Franklin. (Amer. men of letters.) Houghton, $1.25. The causes of the Revolution ; the French alliance ; treaty of peace.

Morse, J. T., jr. John Adams. (Amer. statesmen.) Houghton- $1.25. Independence and foreign affairs.

Pellew, George. John Jay. (Amer. statesmen.) Houghton, $1.25. The treaty of peace.

*Schouler, James. Thomas Jefferson. (Makers of America.) Dodd, $ 1. The declaration of independence, and Virginia’s revolution. *The asterisk indicates the books suggested for first purchase. 13

* Sumner, W. G. Alexander Hamilton. (Makers of America.) Dodd, $ 1. The reaction against the excesses of the Revolution.

Tyler, M. C. Patrick Henry. (Amer. statesmen.) Houghton, $1.25. The beginnings of the Revolution in the South.

SOURCE BOOKS.

American history leaflets. Lovell (Ainsworth & Co., 378 Wabash Ave., Chicago).

Useful for documents; they cost about ten cents each ; among the most useful on the Revolution are : No. 19, The Navigation act«; No. 11, Jeffers on's pro­ posed instructions to the Virginia d e le g a te s , and the dec laration of independ­ ence; No. 14, Plans of union, 1696- 1780; No. 20, The articles of confederation ; No. 22 , State land claim* and sessions; No. 32, Documents relating to territorial administration, 1778- 1790.

Burke, Edmund. Speeches on conciliation with America. Macmil­ lan, net, 25c. Eloquent plea for liberal policy toward the colonies by a great English orator.

Winslow, Anna Green. Diary of a Boston school girl of 1771; ed. by Mrs. Alice M. Earle. Houghton, $1.25.

^H art, A. B. ed. American history told by contemporaries, v. 2. Mac­ millan, net, $2. A collection of con temporal.eous letters, newspaper extracts, journals, eh\, to illustrate the p *riod from 1681 to 1783. The book enables us to look at the Revo­ lution through the eyes of those who shared in the war.

Hill, Mabel, comp. Liberty documents. Longmans, $2. A collection of the principal documents, illustrative of English and American struggle for liberty.

Old South leaflets. Directors Old South Work (Boston, Mass.), each, 5c. The publishers will furnish detailed lists of these useful reprints, which include Revolutionary documents.

FICTION. Churchill, Winston. Richard Carvel. Macmillan, $1.50. Eord, P. L. Janice Meredith. Dodd, $1.50. Thompson, D. P. Green Mountain boys. Burt, $1. Vermontcondifions during the Revolution.

The-periodical literature on the Revolution is exceptionally abund­ ant. The abridgment to Poole's Index will enable the reader to use such magazines as the local library possesses. Consult the work under names of battles, campaigns, leaders, regions, etc. The following ref­ erences are simply suggestive: *The asterisk indicates the books suggested for first purchase. 14

SOME MAGAZINE REFERENCES. Century: Hugh Wynne. (S. W. Mitchell) v. 31, 32. (Nov. ’96— Oct. ’97) Many-sided Franklin. (P. L. Ford) v. 35, 36. (Nov. ’98— Oct. ’99>

Harper’s Magazine: British yoke. (T. W. Higginson) v. 67, p. 428. (Aug. ’83) Colonel Washington. (Woodrow Wilson) v. 92, p. 549. (Mch. ’96) Colonies and nation. (Woodrow Wilson) v. 103, 104. (1901- 2). Dawning of independence. (T. W. Higginson) y. 67, p. 208. (July, ’83) Declaration of independence in a new light. (W. L. Stone) v. 67, p. 208. (July, ’83) Evacuation of New York by the British. (H. P. Johnson) v. 67, p. 909. (Nov. ’83) First American— his homes and his households. (Leila Herbert) v. 99, p. 494, 712, 847, v. 100, p. 146. (S e p t— Dec. ’99) First in peace. (Woodrow Wilson) v. 93, p. 490. (Sept. ’96) General Washington. (Woodrow Wilson) v. 93, p. 165. (July, ’96) How the declaration was received in the Old Thirteen. (C. D. Desh- ler) v. 85, p. 65. (July, ’92) Kentucky pioneers. (J. M. Brown) v. 75, p. 48. (June, ’87) Last days of Washington’s Army at Newburg. (J. T. Headley) v. 67, p. 651. (Oct. ’83) Treaty of peace and independence. (G. T. Curtis) v. 66, p. 666, 833. (Apr.-May, ’83)

Scribner’s Magazine: Story of the Revolution. (H. C. Lodge) v. 23, 24. ( 1898)

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The Forum, Youth’s Companions, St. Nicholas, Century, Scribner’s, The Harper Publications, McClure’s, Cosmopolitan, Ladies’ Home Journal, Ueber Land und Meer, Gartenlaube, Nursery, Popular Science Monthly, and other magazines, illustrated periodicals, and good books as well. Wisconsin Free Library Commission

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EX-OFFICIO.

C harles K endall A dams, President University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

Lorenzo D. Harvey, State Superintendent, Madison, Wis.

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APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

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OFFICERS. James H. Stout, Chairman, Menomonie, Wis.

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Miss L. E. Stearns, Library Organizer, Milwaukee, Wis.

Miss Cornelia Marvin, Library Instructor, Madison, Wis. M a d i s o n , Wis., April, 1900. The Wisconsin Free Library Commission has received and ' distributed many thousands of periodicals during the past three years and has urgent calls for thousands more. The Y o u th 's Companions, the H a r p e r 's and C e n tu r y 's , the Ladies' Home Jour­ nal, St. Nicholas , the Gartenlaube and other periodicals are read with delight in the homes about the traveling library stations in Northern and Central Wisconsin. One earnest woman who had charge of a traveling library in an isolated community in Chippewa county wrote: “The books of the traveling library are constantly out and are doing a great deal of good. One family which had never had any books in the house except school books have taken eight books in the past two months, but in many families where the people work hard all day the magazines and picture papers are more liked than the books. The bound volumes of the Youth's Companions are taken by the teacher and read in the school, and by the boys and girls till they are all worn out. I can’t tell you how they like them and how much good they do. ’’ A tired mother who can only read when the children have been put in bed, wants a bright short story, or an illustrated description of city life, or some account of woman’s work in the great world, which can be read in a half hour, rather than a book. The grandfather or grandmother in the home of a Ger­ man farmer finds unalloyed pleasure in a “ Gartenlaube , ” when a library book would give scant comfort. Even the children get information and pleasure from the pictures of M c C lu r e 's and H a r p e r 's , and the teacher takes the magazines and illustrated papers after they have been read, to cut out the pictures to give something of cheer to a dingy schoolroom. If the boys and girls and the men and women of southern Wisconsin cculd only follow some of their gifts and talk with the people who receive them, they would not waste, or store in darkness, their entertaining and instructive periodicals, but would send them to brighten and bless the homes of the less fortunate. In many a home where the children have only school books, the pictures and short stories of the children’s periodi- cals’sent with the traveling libraries-give the first realization of the fact that reading may be a pleasure. The Youth's Com - p a n io n s are often a “ bridge ” from the school books to the vol­ umes of the school and traveling libraries. Can you not pack one or more boxes of such periodicals and send them to the the Commission at Madison? You need not prepay freight.

OLD NUMBERS.

While the patrons of the traveling libraries wish periodicals of the past few years there are many free public libraries in villages that are trying to make sets of the standard magazines to help the study clubs and high school debating societies. The volumes of the F o r u m are a perfect treasure-house for the boys of a village debating society who are struggling with per­ plexing social and political problems. Volumes of the H a r p e r 's and of the C en tu ry supplement the meager resources of a small library and help to keep alive the interest in a travel or history class The pupils in every grade of the school find old volumes of the St. Nicholas invaluable for supplementary study. The Commission has a “clearing-house” in connection with its office in Madison where old magazines are sorted and exchanges made with libraries that are completing sets. Poole's Index to Periodi­ ca ls makes all this literature of great value to students. Many an old attic in Southern and Central Wisconsin has material which is now little better than rubbish which could be made treasures by struggling libraries. Can you not help to gather this material and ship it to the Commission? The scattering early numbefs of magazines when collected and bound make valuable volumes. The Commission is in constant communication with earnest and unselfish people who can use not only periodicals but good books to the best advantage. Money for traveling libraries is also sorely needed as applications for such libraries are constantly refused because the Commission has not libraries enough to meet one-fourth of the calls. Free Free

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TRAVELING LIBRARY----SERIES \A 1 Adams, Andy. The log of a cowboy: a narrative of the old trail days. Houghton, $1*50. A fascinating record of a five months’ trip with herds on a trail from Mexico to Montana. 2 Alcett, Louisa May. An old-fash­ ioned girl. Illus. ed. Little, $2. About the visit of a winning young couu try girl to the city. 3 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. Marjorie Daw and other people. (Cam­ bridge classics.) Houghton, $1. Contents: Marjorie Daw; A Rivermouth romance; Quite so; A young desperado\ Miss MelietabePs son ; A struggle for life ; Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski; Pere An­ toine’s date-palm. One of the best collections of short stories. 4 Barbour, Ralph Henry. The half-back. Appleton, $1.50. A story of a preparatory school and of the freshman year at Harvard, ending with an account of a Yale-Harvard football game. 5 Barnes, James. Midshipman Farra-- gut. (Young heroes of our navy.) Appleton, $1. Two years of Admiral Farragut’s boy life on Commodore Porter’s ship during the war of 1512. 6 Barr, M rs Amelia Edith Huddlestone, Trinity bells. Taylor, $1.50. A romance of a lovable little Dutch maiden in New Yrork City, a hundred years and more ago. 7 Bostock, Frank Charles. Training* ot‘ wild animals. Century, n et, $1. An extremely interesting account of the methods of animal-training by one of the most successful members of the profession, who has spent his life with wild beasts. 8 Brown, Helen Dawes. Two college girls. Houghton, $1.25. A bright, fresh story for girls. 9 Burrow, Charles Kennett. Patricia of the hills. Putnam, $1. Patricia is an Irish girl who sings in music halls to support her family. Inci­ dentally one gets a glimpse of Irish poli­ tics, of landlords, renters; but the main interest centers in Patricia and her two lovers. 10 Chase, Jessie Anderson. Mayken: a child’s story of the Netherlands in the sixteenth century. McClurg, n et, $1.20. This is a stdrv of the little daughter of William the Silent, while attendant upon Margaret, Duchess of Parma. H Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court. Harper, $1.75. A burlesque of the historical romance in which a modern Yankee is plumped down in the middle of King Arthur’s England. 12 Clover, Samuel Travers. On spe­ cial assignment. Lothrop, net, $1. Adventures of a newspaper reporter, which include an experience with the Moqui snake-dancers in Arizona, and the capture of Sitting Bull. 13 Connoliy, James Bennet. Jeb Hut­ ton: a story of a Georgia boy. Scribner, n et, $1.20. Jeb Hutton is a plucky boy who gains a position in government harbor work through prompt act of judgment and bravery. 14 Crawford, Francis SVlarion. Via cru- cis. Macmillan, $1.50. A romance of the second crusade in which the hero is a young English knight. Intense in interest. 15 Davis, Richard Harding. Soldiers of fortune. Scribner, $1.50. A lively story of adventure. 16 Defoe. Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Russell, $1.50. A charming edition of an old favorite. 17 Dickens, Charles. The old curiosity shop. Burt, $1. This novel combines the pathetic in Little Nell and her grandfather; the comic in D ick Swivel ier and the Marchioness, x\lr. Toots and Tommy Traddles; and the grotesque in Quilp. 18 Dickson. Harris. Siege of Lady Res­ olute. Harper, $1.50. A tale of the time of Louis XIV, in which the scenes are laid in France and America. 19 Edgar, William Crowell. Story of a grain of wheat. Appleton, n et, $1. The author traces the methods used in the cultivation of the world’s most im­ portant staple of food, from the earliest times]|to the present; also treats m illing in the various countries of the world and the influence of these industries on history. 20 Elliott, Sarah Barnwell. The mak­ ing of Jane. Scribner, $1.50. The story of a girl who goes out into the world to earn her living, starting with a small millinery shop. Her success and her love story are both absorbing. 21 Evans, Robley Dunglison. A sailor’s log. Appleton, $2. Personal experiences of “Fighting Bob” Evans during forty years of service in the United States navy. 22 Field, Eugene. Lullaby land. Scribner, $1.50. Delightful poems of childhood which children love to hear read. 23 Fox, John, jr. The little shepherd of Kingdom Come. Scribner, $1.50. The author pictures with unusual charm boy life among the Kentucky mountain­ eers, college life in the simple days before the war, the divided sympathies of the closest ffiends during that struggle, and binds all together by a pretty love story. 24 Gordy, Wilbur Fisk. American leaders and heroes. Scribner, net, 60c. Narratives of the most dramatic inci­ dents in the lives of heroes of American history from Columbus to General Grant. 25 Gould, Allen Walton. Mother Na­ ture’s children. Ginn, net, 60c. An attractive book for children about all kinds of living things, with many pictures. 26 Hapgood, Isabel Florence. Rus­ sian rambles. Houghton, $1.50. One of the best short books on Russia, vivacious, truthful, abounding with accu­ rate information about men and things. 27 Hawkins, Anthony Hope (Anthony Hope, pseud.) The prisoner of Zenda. Amer. News Co., 50c. Duels and hairbreadth escapes, palace intrigues and a pretty romance make up the career of this chivalrous hero—a tale of rapid action and unbroken interest. 28 Hiilis, Newell Dwight. Great books as life-teachers. Revell, $1.50. Partial contents: John Ruskin’s Sev­ en lamps of architecture as interpreters of the seven laws of life ; George Eliot’s Tito, in Rom ola; Hawthorne’s Scarlet letter; Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. 29 Hoffman, Frank Sargent. Psychol­ ogy and common life. Putnam, net, $1.30. A survey of the present results of psychi­ cal research, with special reference to their bearings upon the interests of every­ day life. 30 Irving, Washington. The fur traders ot‘ the Columbia River and the Rocky Mountains. ("Knickerbocker literature series.) Putnam, n et, 90c. The editor has condensed two of Irving’s r “ volumes dealing with the West, A sto ria and The adventures of Captain Bonne­ v ille , so skillfully that he has given us a most attractive and romantic story de­ scribing the life of the hardy and adven­ turous trappers and traders of the North­ west. 31 James, George Wharton. In and around the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona. Little, $2.50. Has the merit not only of enthusiastic appreciation but of scientific and histor­ ical accuracy.— World's zvork. 32 Jenks, Albert Ernest. Childhood of Jishib, the Ojibwa. Amer. thresherman, $1. Story of a little Indian boy,with attract­ ive pictures. 33 Kennan. George. Tent life in Si­ beria. Putnam, $1.25. An account of adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamtchatka and northern Asia. 34 Lang, Andrew, ed. History of Whit­ tington and other stories. Long­ mans, 20c. The other stories are : The goose girl; Trusty John; The forty thieves; The mas­ ter-maid; Aladdin and the wonderful lamp. 35 Lefe vre. Edwin. Wall Street stor­ ies. McClure, $1.25. Entertaining short stories of the world of stocks and markets in New York. 36 Little journeys to the homes of American authors. Putnam, $1.75. Brief sketches of Emerson, Lowell, Whit­ man, A.udubou, Longfellow, Bancroft,Pres­ cott, Simms, Hawthorne, Irving, Everett and Bryant. 37 Long, William Joseph. Wood folk at school. Ginn, n et, 50c. A delightful book for children about an­ imals and birds and how they learn to protect themselves. 38 Moore, Clement Clarke. The night before Christmas. Brentano, 50c. A poem which children have delighted in for many years. 39 Marfill, William Richard. Story ot* Bussia. (Story of the nations.) Putnam, $1.50. Readable short history of Russia from the earliest times to 189U. 40 Poulsson, Anna Emilie. Through the farmyard gate. Lothrop, $1.25. Stories and rhymes for little people. 41 Riis. Jacob August. How the other half lives. Scribner, net, $1.25. Interesting studies of tenement life in New York City. 42 Roseboro'. Viola. The joyous heart. McClure, $1.50. The love story of a sunny-hearted South­ ern girl. 43-44 St. Nicholas, v. 12, pts. 1-2. 1881-85. Century, $4. These volumes contain A mong the laiu- nicikers, bv Edmund Alton ; Children of the cold. b Frederick Schwatka; H is one fault, by J .T . Trowbridge; M ik k e l, by H.H.Boyesen; Personally conducted, by Frank R. Stockton; Spinning-wheel sto ries, by Louisa M. Alcott,besides many short stories and illustrated articles for young people of all ages. 45 Scott, Hugh Stowel! (Henry Se- ton Merriman, f^ eud.) The sowers. Harper, 50c. Au intensely interesting story, picturing the striking contrast of conditions of serf and noble in Russia, in which love and conspiracy both play parts. 46 Shaw, Edward Richard. Discov­ erers and explorers. Amer. Bk. Co., n et, 35c. Lively account of the adventures and daring exploits of Marco Polo, Colombus, Da hama, Cabot, Ponce de Leon. Balboa, Magellan, Cortes, Pizarro, DeSoto, Drake and Hudson. For children 47 Shoemaker, Michael Myers. The great Siberian railway from Peters­ burg to Pekin. Putnam, n et, $2. A graphic narrative of the great engineer-* ing leat and the part the railway plays in the development of the resources of the country. 48 Smith. Francis Hopkinson. The under dog. Scribner, $1.50. A group of short stories, some sad, some gay, some exciting. 49 Stickney. Mary E. Brown of Lost River. (Town and country library.) Appleton, $1. Love story of an Eastern girl who visits her brother’s ranch in the West. 50 Toward the rising sun: sketches of life in eastern lands. (Youth’s com­ panion series.) Ginn, 30c. An interesting little book for children about India, China, Japan, Korea and the islands of the Eastern seas. 51 Thackeray. William Makepeace. The Virginians. Burt, $1. A sequel to H en ry E sm on d , part of the characters coming over to Virgiuia to establish a home and family in the new world. One of the best English novels. 52 Tolstoi, Lyoff Nikolaievich, count, Tales from Tolstoi; tr. by R, N. Bain. Page, $1.50, A collection of admirable short stories portraying life in Russia, by one whose name stands for advanced reform and whose life interests all who find interest in the problems of labor. 53 Turgenev, Ivan. A house of gen­ tlefolk. Macmillan, $1.25. A tragic love story of the higher classes in Russia, written with art and delicacy by one of the greatest authors that coun­ try has produced. 54 Wade, Mary Hazelton. Our little Russian cousin. Page, net, 50c. About little Russian children, how they live and how they play. 55 Wells, Carolyn. Patty Fairfield. Dodd, net, $1.10. Patty is a fourteen-year-old girl who visits four aunts in different parts of the country.

BRIEF READING LIST ON RUSSIA Kennan. Tent life in Siberia. M orfill. Story of Russia. (Story of the nations.) S co tt. (Merriman.) The sowers. Shoemaker. The great Siberian rail­ way. Tolstoi. Tales from Tolstoi. Turgenev. House of gentlefolk. W ade- Our little Russian cousin.

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1. The books of this traveling library will be loaned without charge to all patrons of the local library who use books carefully, and subject to its rules. If there be no local library, they will be loaned to all persons who fill out the application blanks and subject to the rules printed on the book pockets. 2. The local librarian must collect the price of any book, which is de­ stroyed or lost, from the borrower, and must also collect suitable fines for un­ due damage. The retail price of each book is shown in the following catalog. 3. As the officers of the local library, or the members of the local library as­ sociation, are responsible for the safe return of these books in good condition, to Madison, after six months, the local librarian must absolutely refuse to loan them to people who do not keep them clean and handle them carefully. TRAVELING LIBRARY -----S E R IE S S

1 Alcott, Louisa May. Little men. New ed. Little, $2. Sequel to Little women. The charming pictures of this new edi tion add much to the attractions of a per­ ennial favorite with young people.

2 Atwater, Emily Paret. How Sammy went to Coral-land. Jacobs, 40c. How a young salmon made his way from the small stream to the ocean, with many adventures and escapes

3 Barbour, Ralph Henry. Captain of the crew. Appleton, $1.20. A story of school athletics.

4 Barton, William Eleazar. Hero in homespun: a* tale of the loyal South. Lamson, $1. An historical novel giving a vivid picture of the times.

5 Baum, Lyman Frank. Wonderful wizard of Oz. Bobbs, $1.25. A book of modern fairy tales full of bright-colored pictures.

6 Bayne, Samuel G. On an Irish jaunt­ ing car through Donegal and Con­ nemara. Harper, n et, $1.25. A simple narrative of travel through some of the finest natural scenery in the world, brightened by amusing incident, and illustrated with many charming pic­ tures. 7 Benton, Charles E. As seen from the ranks; a boy in the Civil War. Put­ nam, $1.25. Gives an interesting account of the en­ listment, marches, of battles, hospitals, of the fun and hardship of camp life, of peace and the final home-coming—incident to the experiences of a soldier in the Civil War.

8 Betts, Lillian Williams. The leaven in a great city. Dodd, n et, $1.50. A study of social life among the working people of New York.

9 Blaisdell, Albert Franklin. Stories of the Civil War. School ed. Lee, 30c. “ Includes some of the classics of the war, like Mrs. Howe’s Battle hymn of the R epublic and Lincoln’s speech at Gettys­ burg, together with narratives of personal experience selected from various sources.” —Minnesota traveling library cat­ alog.

10 Blundell, M rs Mary E. Sweetman. (M. E. Francis.) The manor farm. Longmans, $1.50. A story of the difficulties that beset two old men, cousins who proposed to unite their farms by the marriage of their children.

11 Brady. Cyrus Townsend. Recollec­ tions of a missionary in the great West. Scribner, $1.25. A vivid picture of the daily life of a mis­ sionary in the great West—a life of mingled work and pleasure, joy and pathos, hard­ ship and fun. 12 Brown, Abbie Farwell. In the days of giants. Houghton, $1.10. Stories about Thor with his thunderbolt hammer; about Odin and how he lost his eye; about the magic apples ; about Bal­ der and the mistletoe; and about other gods, giants and dwarfs of the Norse myth-land.

13 Bunner, Henry Cuyler. Short sixes. Keppler, $1. A book of funny short stories.

14 Castle, M rs Agnes and Egerton. The star dreamer. Stokes, $1.50. “ A romantic love story of the period when George the Third lay dying—when Bath was in its heyday ."—Publishers' weekly.

15 Clark, Solomon Henry, ed. Hand­ book of best readings. Scribner, net, $1. “The purpose in making this compila­ tion has been to select good li erature suitable for reading aloud.” — Preface.

16 Cox, M rs Maria McIntosh. Home thoughts. Barnes, net, $1.20. A series of admirable essays relating to family and social life.

17 Curtis, George William. Prueandl. Burt, $1. A delightful book — half story, half sketch — will be enjoyed by all who love graceful, classical English. 18 Davis, Richard Harding. Captain Macklin. Scribner, $1.50. Young Macklin, humiliated by dismissal from West Point for being out of bounds after dark without permission, determines to win a name for himself in a Central American revolution. His varied and thrilling experiences are interwoven with love affairs. 19 Dodge, Theodore Ayrault. Bird’s- eye view of the Civil War. Hough­ ton, n et, $1. “The book is evidently as much the work of an experienced soldier as a well in formed author. The diagrams that illus­ trate the text are good for their purpose, and, together with the maps add greatly to the value of the b o o k . N a tion . 20 DuChaillu, Paul Belloni. Wild life under the Equator, narrated for young people. Harper, $1. “1 am going to lead you into the great forest of Equatorial Africa. I am going to tell you about snakes, leopards, elephants, hippopotami, and other wild beasts of the forest; about insects, wonderful ants, and many other curious things.” — Preface. 21 Eggleston, George Cary. Southern soldier stories. Macmillan, $1.50. “Short stories ef the Confederate camp written from experience and free from bitterness.” —B a k e r —G u ide to the best fictio n .

22 Famous adventures and prison escapes of the Civil War. Century, $1.50. Experiences described by seven partici­ pants, representing both sides in the struggle. 23 Fiske, John. Destiny of man. Houghton, $1. An able and most interesting: essay on the origin of man and his place in the uni­ verse.

24 Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson. The battle-ground. Doubleday, $1.50. “ Sympathetic story of Virginia home life immediately before and during the Civil War. The affectionate relation often existing between master and slave is de­ picted with great truth and a strong hu­ morous element. The two heroines are charming types of southern girls of educa tion and refinement,” ---Publishers' weekly.

25 Harris, Joel Chandler. Gabriel Tol­ liver: a story of reconstruction. McClure, $1.50. Said to be a story of the author’s own boyhood experiences in a little town in Georgia A happy romance adds much to the charm of the book.

26 Hart, Albert Bushnell, and Stevens, Elizabeth. Romance of the Civil War. (Source readers in American histories.) Macmillan, net, 60c. This fascinating book for young people is made up of selections from many sources, telling of the romance, sad and joyful,'that hung over the war,

27 Hillegas, Howard C. Oom Paul's eople: a narrative of the British- gk>er troubles. Appleton, $1.50. “Mr. Hillegas writes as a citizen of the United States, familiar with the commer- cial interests of his country in South Africa and personally acquainted with the lead­ ing men there, both Boers and English­ men —N a t io n .

28 Holland, Josiah Gilbert. Nicholas Minturn. Scribner, 75c. A charming love story.

29 Jerome, Jerome Klapka. Three men in a boat. Burt, $1. Humorous account of a trip up the Thames in a row boat.

30 Johnston, Annie Fellows. Little Colonel’s Hero. Page, n et, $1.20. Tells of the “ Little Coloners” trip to Europe; what she learns about the Red Cross Society; and the story of the St. Bernard dog Hero, trained for ambulance service in the German army. The book contains a play which children will prob­ ably like to produce.

31 Lang, Andrew, ed. Book of romance. Longmans, net, $1.60. Tales of fairy-land, myth-land and of the age of chivalry; about Arthur and his round table, about the quest of the Holy Grail, about the adventures of William Short Nose, and Robin Hood. The illus­ trations are beautiful, eight of them in color.

32 Lee, Mary Catherine. Lois Mallet’s dangerous gift. Houghton, net, 85c. A good story for girls about a beautiful Quaker girl who visits some city cousins. 33 Lovell, Isabel. Stories in stone from the Roman Forum. Macmillan, net, $1,50. A clear and simple telling of “why the Forum became the center of the nation’s life, why the Romans wore white togas, why the basilicas were built, why the donkeys were decked with cakes during the Vesta’s festival, why the temples stood on high foundations, and many other “whys” that travelers wish to know, and young students enjoy.” —Preface.

34 Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley. Four feathers. Macmillan, $1.50. A remarkable story of an English soldier who believes himself a coward and resigns just as his regiment receives orders. The account of how he redeems himself in his own eyes and in tnose of the girl who loves him, holds one's keenest interest from be ginning to end.

35 Miller, M rs Mary Rogers. The brook book: a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Double­ day, net, $1.35. A most attractive nature book, beauti­ fully illustrated.

36 Nicolay, John George. Short life of Abraham Lincoln. Century, net, $2.40. Condensed from Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln . Among the best of the one volume lives. 37 Norris, Frank. The pit: a story of Chicago. Doubleday, $1.50. A powerful and dramatic novel portray­ ing tragedy caused by speculation on the board of trade. Tiie scene is laid in Chicago.

38 Page, Thomas Nelson. A captured Santa Claus. Scribner, 75c. A Christmas story of two Virginia chil­ dren at the time of the Civil War.

39 Pierson, M rs Clara Dillingham- Among the forest people. Dutton, $1.25. Tells why Mr. Great Owl hatched the oggs, how the red squirrels begin house keeping, about the little bat who wouldn’t go to bed, and many other fascinating things.

40 Porter, Horace. Campaigning with Grant. Century, $3.50. The author had exceptional opportunity of knowing his subject thoroughly, as he was closely associated with Grant through many campaigns.

41 Roberts, Charles George Douglas. Barbara Ladd. Page, $1.50. Barbara is a Southern girl who is adopted by her New England aunt. The story opens in 1769 and leads up to the Revolution Barbara is a rebel and the man she loves a tory.

42-43 St. Nicholas, v. 9, pts. 1-2. 1881- 1882. Century, $4. These volumes contain The froor count's C h ristm a s, by Frank R. Stockton; Don- aid and Dorothy, by Mary Mapes Dodge : Recollections of a drummer boy, by Harry M. Kieffer; The Hoosier school­ boy , by Edward Eggleston : besides many short stories and illustrated articles for young people of all ages

4 4 S co tt, S ir W a lter. Guy Mannering. Burt, $1. Dandie Dinmont, the Scottish veoman, Dominio, the stickit minister. Meg Mer- rilies, the Gipsey, and Dick Hatteraick, the smuggler, are among the most memor­ able personages created by the great nov - elist. The very romantic plot turns on the prophecy of Meg concerning Guy, the abducted Imir.

45 Smith, Alice Prescott. The legatee. Houghton, $1.50. This novel pictures the life in a Wiscon sin lumber town, the labor antagonisms and the catastrophe of a forest fire.

46 Smith, Mary Estella E. Eskimo stories. Rand, 35c. Short stories for very little people.

47 Stevens, Joseph Earle. Yesterdays in the Philippines. Scribner, $1.50. An interesting description of the Philip pines by an American who lived on the islands two years before the wonderful victory of our gallant fleet in Manila Bay.

48 Stevenson, Burton Egbert. Tommy Remington’s battle. (St. Nicholas books.) Century, n et, $1. The story of a boy working in the coal mines and his ambition to make something of himself. 49 Stockton, Francis Richard. The casting away of Mrs Leeks and Mrs Aleshine. Century, $1.50. An irresistibly funny account of perfectly improbable adventures.

50 Stories from McClure’s: Politics. McClure, 50c. Collection of short stories, all relating to politics, which have appeared in Mc­ Clure’s Magazine.

51 Thackeray, William Makepeace. Henry Esmond. Burt, $1. One of Thackeray’s best novels. The story is founded on the connection of a noble English family with the fallen for­ tunes of the Stuarts.

52 Vaile, Charlotte M. Sue Orcutt. Wilde, $1.50. A sequel to The Orcutt s i r Is. Both books are great favorites with girls.

53 Waller, Mary E. The little citizen. Lothrop, net, $1. “Story of a little New York newsboy, who, crippled by a cable car, finds a home on a Vermont farm. An act of heroism wins for him the freedom of two villages and the title of 4 Little Citizen.’ P ub­ lish ers' Weekly.

54 Welsh, Charles, comp. Book of nur­ sery rhymes. Heath, n et, 30c. These rhymes of never-failing joy to very little people are arranged according to interest, and illustrated with many pic­ tures simply drawn. 55 Wilkins, Mary Eleanor. (Afterwards Mrs Freeman.) New England nun and other stories. Harper, 75c. Nineteen short stories of New E ngland- humorous and pathetic.

56 Wister, Owen. Red men and white. Harper, $1.50. Stirring stories about Indians, soldiers, and cowboys on the plains of the great West.

BRIEF READING LIST ON THE CIVIL. WAR. Barton—Hero in homespun. Benton—As seen from the ranks. B laisdell— Stories of the Civil War. Dodge—Bird’s-eye view of the Civil War. Eggleston—Southern soldier stories. Famous Adventures and prison es­ capes of the Civil War. Glasgow —The battle-ground. H arris—Gabriel Tolliver. H a rt—Romance of the Civil War. K ie ffe r—Recollections of a drummer boy. (in St. Nicholas, v. 9.) N ico lay— Short life of Abraham Lin­ coln. Page—A captured Santa Claus. P o rte r—Campaigning with Grant.

FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY goiQe g.

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Wisconsin Free Library Commission

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IOWA TRAVELING LIBRARIES.

Bounding.

When Iowa established her system of traveling libraries

in 1896, she, like Michigan, looked to New York for suggestions and

modeled the scope and character of the work closely after the plan as carried out by that state.

The general assembly of 1896 passed a law providing for an appropriation of $2000 annually for the establishment and main­

tenance of a traveling library system, to be operated by the state library. In 1900 a law was made providing a library commission to

extend library interests in the state and in 1902 the general as­ sembly combined these two interests, transferring the free travel­

ing library system to the Iowa library commission, and provided an

increased annual appropriation for library extension in the state, It both in the traveling^movement and in the encouragement of the es­ tablishing of local, tax-supported libraries.

The state law is as follows: "Thestate library board shall transfer to the Iowa library commission all associate and traveling libraries belonging to the state and the said library com­ mission is authorized to accept the same. It shall be the duty of the commission to operate the traveling libraries to be loaned with_ in the state to libraries, schools, colleges, universities, granges^ study clubs, charitable and penal institutions, and to individ­ uals, free of cost, except for transportation. - 8 4 -

Plan.

The plan in Iowa for sending out these collections of hooks is similar to that in other states. The definite purpose is

to send hooks to persons in remote country homes and to villages and towns deprived of library privileges. As was stated when the

system was first organized, "Free traveling libraries have been legalized and an appropriation made for their support, in order that the helpful influence of good books shall reach the remotest parts of the state. . . The benefits of the system in Iowa are placed within the reach of every citizen for the reason that the public school system is made state wide in its operations, namely that the blessings of education may become general. "

The usual ways of securing books from the traveling libra ries are through the following:

1. The local public library.

2. A library association created for the purpose, where no

tax supported library exists.

3. A group of taxpayers, where no local association exists.

4. Clubs, schools and other organizations.

5. Individuals.

Composition.

Two distinct collections of books are kept for traveling library purposes.

1. Regular libraries.

These consist of fifty volumes, arranged in fixed groups designated by number, with lists of books included in each group.

These libraries are lent as a whole, selections of particular books from these groups being impracticable. These collections contain about fifty percent of fiction. - 8 5 -

2. General loan.

This is a collection of hooks on subjects of interest, from which selection is made when requests are received for material hearing on a special subject or for a special class of readers.

This general loan collection includes

a. Books for study clubs and other organizations.

b. Libraries for young people.

c. Specific books for individual loans.

d. Books for the blind.

Conditions Imposed.

The books are sent out in shipping boxes, accompanied by a charging tray, which is kept by the local librarian as long as the traveling libraries are used, and the necessary cards and blanks used in the circulation of the books are also included.

An agreement must be filed with the Iowa library commis­ sion, which has its headquarters in the state capitol at Des Moines, before the library can be shipped. The library must be centrally located in a convienent place, open for the delivery and return of books at least three hours each week. Transportation charges are paid both ways on these libraries by the organizations borrowing.

The regular libraries are loaned for three months and the time may be extended upon application. No fee can be charged for the use of the books and arrangements should be made in advance by subscrip­ tions or pledges for the payment of transportation charges. -86-

Rules. A local librarian is designated in the written agreement for a traveling library made by the organization with the commis­ sion, and any change of such librarian is always to be reported to the commission. Hot so much freedom as to the management and cir­ culation of the books is left to the local organization as is the . case in Michigan,for certain rules are laid down by the commission.

1. After signing the application card any adult resident of the locality may draw books as long as he complies with the rules.

Minors must obtain the consent of a responsible person.

2. Each borrower may draw one volume at a time, except where a work is issued in more than one volume, where two may be issued.

3. Any book may be kept for two weeks from date of issue and may be once renewed for the same period.

4. A fine of one cent a day shall be paid for each book kept over time, and any money thus received shall be used for the local library association for library expenses. Ho books shall be lent to any one to whom a book or unpaid fine is charged.

5. The pages of the books must not be marked and all losses or injury beyond reasonable wear must be promptly adjusted to the satisfaction of the librarian, by the person to whom the book is charged. Such fees shall be returned to the Iowa library commis­ sion. . . The librarian must collect damages from borrower or the local organization under agreement will be held responsible. Libra­ ries are asked to withdraw from circulation books with loose leaves and either to repair them or to return them to the library commis­ sion for rebinding.

Some general directions.

Store shipping boxes in a safe, dry place. Labels for -8 7 - return will be found in the box* Check the books with list sent and mail receipt cards promptly. On returning, compare books with list sent, examining them as to defacements. Pack the books careful­ ly and send the box, labeled with name of shipper and place of ship­ ment, prepaid by freight or express. In returning a library, send a postal order for twenty-five cents|per box to the Iowa library com­ mission for drayage from depot in Des Moines to capitol.

Special Features.

The maintaining of this collection in the traveling lib­ rary system known as General loan, really amounts to a special phase of traveling library work. As before stated, the aim is to reach four classes by special loans.

1. Study clubs.

Special effort is made to help these clubs, by loaning books on the subjects studied. The year book or outline of study

is sent to the library commission and a selection of books best ad­ apted to its requirements is made. A list of books desired by the applicants, if approved by the commission as being of general in­ terest, may be made the basis of purchase, otherwise the best mate­ rial in the General loan collection will be sent. Not more than ten volumes will usually be sent, the number depending upon the amount of available material and the demand for such material by other clubs.

2. Young people.

The great demand for books for the young people comes especially from the rural schools, as supplementary to their own school district libraries. The "List of library books for school districts of Iowa" issued by the Iowa department of public instruc­ tion in 1900, serves as a basis of selection for the commission in - 8 8 -

purchasing these hooks and selection of the hooks desired may he made from this list.

3. Individuals needing specific hooks.

If hooks for study cannot he obtained through the local

public library or through a local organization already in agreement

with the commission, individuals may secure such hooks by making a

deposit covering the retail price of the hooks, if the importance

of thq^ubject to he studied justifies their purchase.

4. The blind of the state.

Books for the blind are appropriately loaned from the

state center because "the hooks are expensive and most blind readers

are unable to visit a library. " The cooperation of the superintend­

ent of the Iowa college for the blind, has made it possible for the

Iowa library commission to take up this branch of the traveling lib­

rary work. Books are loaned to any blind person in the state who

desires them, upon recomendation of a resident taxpayer, acquainted

with the applicant. Books for the blind are also sent to any local

library in agreement with the traveling library department of the

library commission. The commission will pay transportation on books

for the blind; hence there is no cost whatever to the applicant. As

the New York point system is taught in the Iowa college for the blind at Vinton, the commission has decided to circulate books in

this type. Alphabet sheets for acquiring a knowledge of this system will be sent on request.

Appropriations and statistics.

Prom the establishment of a traveling system until the transference of the traveling work to the library coiranission, that

is from 1896-1902,$2000 was annually appropriated by the general -89- assembly for the maintenance of the system. As to the appropria­ tions after this change, Miss Alice S. Tyler, secretary of the corn- commission writes thus: "The money for the support of the traveling libraries is a part of the general appropriation for library com­ mission work, the traveling libraries being one of the activities of the commission. Therefore it is difficult to institute a com­ parison of our work with other states so far as the financial basis is concerned. Out of the total appropriation of $6000 annually,

$2500 is set aside for all of the expenses of the commission out­ side of salaries and the traveling expenses of the commissions and secretary. The traveling library is supported out of this $2500 so far as the purchase of books, binding, shipping cases and all de­ tails with the exception of salaries are concerned."

We would naturally expect to find the statistics of the circulation of the libraries in the biennial reports of the state library, until the date of the assuming of the traveling work by the commission. These reports however give no figures and Miss Tyler says , in a letter to the writer, that there seems to be no record of the statistics of circulation previous to the time that the trav­ eling library was turned over to the library commission. From her letter the following figures are taken:

Total no.books In regular In general No. of Total in trav. lib* trav. libs. loan readers circu­ collections lation

1902 10,318 4,720 5,598 4,793 14,500 94 trav.libs, of 50 v.each

1903 11,880 5,350 6,530 6,034 16,455 107 trav.libs of 50 v.each

At the end of the year 1903, 223 centers or distributing

W t'I'C points in Iowa, making use of these libraries. -9 0 -

Results.

From the beginnings made in 1896, the traveling system in

Iowa has been improved and expanded until it is one of the most ef­

fective in any of the states. The helpful influence of good books

is reaching the most remote parts of the state, where no local free

public libraries exist. The various study clubs have been especial­

ly appreciative of the assistance given through the loan of special books. The aim of the commission has always been that the loan of

these small collections of books throughout the state, shall tend

toward the establishment of a free public library inMevery city, town, village, county or school district, large enough to maintain

it by local tax.” It is the desire of the state in creating the trav­ eling library system to foster and develop the local library spirit, to the end that such libraries may be established. The Iowa library commission gladly offers every aid that it is able to give, to any community striving to establish a local library. AGREEMENT FOR FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY OF IOWA.

Iowa, 190.

We, the officers, in behalf of...... hereby {Name of organization) apply to the Iowa Library Commission for the loan of books from the Free Traveling Library. We hereby agree to pay the expenses of transportation of these books from and to Des Moines, and to provide a suitable place for them; that the books shall be loaned without charge to any person in the community who observes the rules of the Commission; that we will be re­ sponsible for the safe return of the books in good condition, paying promptly on demand of the Library Commission all loss or damage to books or cases not occasioned by ordinary wear or use.

...... is designated as librarian, and is authorized to represent this organization in all correspondence and dealings with the Library Commission.

(Signature) PRESIDENT.

(o v e r ) SECRETARY.

TAXPAYERS’ AGREEMENT FOR TRAVELING LIBRARY.

...... County, Iow a,...... 190......

We, the undersigned, resident taxpayers of...... -...... - — hereby apply to the Iowa Library Commission for the loan of books from the Free Traveling Library. We hereby agree to pay the expenses of transportation of these books from and to Des Moines, and to provide a suitable place for them; that the books shall be loaned without charge to any person in the community who observes the rules of the Commission; that we will be re­ sponsible for the safe return of the books in good condition, paying promptly on demand of the Library Commission all loss or damage to books or cases not occasioned by ordinary wear or use.

...... is designated as librarian, and is authorized to represent us in all dealings with the Library Commission. (Signatures of taxpayers.)

(o v e r )

LIBRARIAN’S AGREEMENT FOR TH E FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY OF IOWA

As l i b r a r i a n of the Traveling Libraries loaned to

...... -...... -...... by the Iowa Library ( name of organization) Commission, I hereby agree to care for the books while under my control, to circulate them in accordance with the rules of the Library Commission, and to make any required reports respecting their use.

(Signature) ......

Nam e o f town...... [...... Date ...... 190...... 92

T own O rganization L ibrarian

C irculation Loaned L ibrary R eturned E xpiration E xtension R eaders R emarks G en. Loans

'

L ibrary N o.

L oaned own T R eturned E xtension R eaders C irculation IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION, TRAVELING LIBRARY DEPARTMENT.

Des Moines, Iowa,-______.__

Traveling Library------

was shipped to you ------by

via------

Remarks:

A lice S. T y l e r , Secretary. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT Per ON ATTACHED CARD.

------FROM ------— IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION. FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY. CAPITOL BUILDING, DES MOINES, IOWA.

To

IOWA.

C harges, including both Freicht and D rayage, are in no case to be paid by Iowa Library C o m m is s io n .

IOWA

T« I O W A LIBRARY COMMISSION, Traveling Library Department, The Capitol. DES MOINES, IOWA.

Charges, including both Freight and Drayage, are to be paid by the sender, and in no case to be ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ paid by Iowa Library Commission. IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION

FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY SHIPPING RECORD

Date......

Library No......

Town......

To whom ......

How shipped...... Via

Case Box ...... Tray

Signature

IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY RECEIVING RECORD

Date......

Library No......

Town......

From whom......

Books lo s t......

Books damaged ......

Circulation...... T ra y ......

Signature

Iowa Library Commission--Traveling Library, ------D es H om es, Iow a______

R em it 2 5 c. coin in this card for drayage from freight depot to Capitol in Des Moines on Traveling Library returned______190 Enclose in envelope, addressed as above.

Patented April 30th, 1901. The Winthrop Press, Mfrs., New York. J35_

IOWA TRAVELING LIBRARY Dating Slip. This book; may be kept 14 days from date of issue last written below in loan column. See rules for borrower on op­ FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY posite page. This slip must not be de­ tached or removed. OF THE STATE OF IOWA. DATE LOANED DATE LOANED DATE LOANED DATE LOANED

RULES FOR BORROWERS.

Borrowers.—Adults are entitled to draw books by filling out an application blank. Minors must obtain the signature of a responsbile person. Number of Volumes.—Kach borrower may draw one volume at a time except where a work is issued in more than one volume, when two may be issued. Time Kept.—Any book may be kept two weeks from date of issue, and may be once renewed for same period. Fines.—A fine of one cent a day shall be paid for each book kept overtime, and any money thus received shall be used by the secretary of the local library associa­ tion for library expenses. No book shall be lent to any one to whom a book or an unpaid fine is charged. Injuries— The pages of these books must not be marked and librarians are required to collect fines for injuries beyond reasonable wear. Such fines will be returned with the library.

Democrat Printing Co., Madison, Wis.

[...... LIBRARIAN’S r e c o r d o f b o r r o w e r s OF

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LOAN SYSTEM.

Book card used only.

Borrowers' applications.

See that application card is properly signed, and in case of minor, that guarantor's signature is obtained. Alphabet these application cards in the charging tray by surname. Do not return these application cards. They are useful only to the librarian.

Book cards.

Each book has a book card, with author and title written plainly at the top. Keep this, when not in use, in the pocket in­ side the front cover of the book. On this is kept the record of the loan of the book.

Record of borrowers.

A record of borrowers should be kept for each library on the folder furnished for this purpose. The name of each borrower is entered on this record folder the first time he draws a book from the library. Erom this record the number of borrowers using the library is obtained for the librarian's report card, which must be sent to the commission when the library is returned.

Method of charging.

When a book is loaned, take the book card from the pocket in the book and v/rite on it the date and name of borrower in columns indicated. This is the record showing when and to whom the book is loaned and should be carefully filed in the charging tray, alphabeti­ cally by name of author or first word on book card. The date loaned should also be written on dating slip in the book opposite book pocket, to indicate to borrower, as well as librarian, the time the -9 8 - book was loaned.

Return of book.

■When the book is returned find the book card in charging tray, write date of return on book card and place book card in the pocket in the book.

Renewal.

To rene\T a book, enter its return and charge exactly as

if drawn for the first time.

Overdue books.

Examine book cards in charging tray at least once a week

for overdue books and promptly notify each person who is more than a week in arrears, collecting the fine on return of book. Do not lend

a book to any one having a fine unpaid. All fines shall be retained by the local library association.

Reports.

Upon the receipt of the library, promptly mail the receipt

card. Upon return of the library, carefully fill out librarian's

report card and mail when library is shipped.

Miss Alice S. Tyler, secretary of the Iowa library commission,

says of the loan system used in the traveling library work,"Miss

Brown of the office of the commission has given a great deal of care­

ful work to the records and we feel that the loan system is as simple

and satisfactory for this purpose as could be desired. There are

still some features which we hope to perfect as time passes on." 99

AGRICULTURE Manual Training

Soil, drainage, crops, fruits, Cookery and gardening, the dairy, domestic animals N eedlework ------IN THE — ------

This list of books is selected from the General Loan Collection of books on these Public Schools subjects in the Free Traveling Library, Iowa Library Commission. Books from this list will be loaned to any country community, group of people or individuals desiring them, either singly “ Nothing gives greater dignity or in addition to one of the regular fifty to man than a complete realiza­ volume miscellaneous libraries for general tion of the power of being able reading. These books will be found to to do. No joy is greater or be of interest and value to those who de­ more lasting than that received sire to become better informed regarding by doing well with the complete the farm and its many related interests. being—brain, eye, hands, will The Iowa Library Commission desires and judgment—all tools, God- to have the best books on these subjects given tools, to be trained and and if any book is desired which is not in used.” ...... the collection, it will be added if of per­ manent value. Farmers should make use of these books provided by the state and loaned by the Iowa Library Commission. IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY DES MOINES

BRIEF LIST OF ART BOOKS p i r\c\\ " <4 \ i-sL-s

The world of art is an ideal world, The world I love, and that I fain would live in; So speak to me of artists and of art. —Longfellow.

These Books Will be Loaned by the FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY, IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION AGRICULTURE Manual Training

Soil, drainage, crops, fruits, Cookery and gardening, the dairy, domestic animals N eedlework ------IN T H E — ------

This list of books is selected from the General Loan Collection of books on these Public Schools subjects in the Free Traveling Library, Iowa Library Commission. Books from this list will be loaned to any country community, group of people or individuals desiring them, either singly “ Nothing gives greater dignity or in addition to one of the regular fifty to man than a complete realiza­ volume miscellaneous libraries for general tion of the power of being able reading. These books will be found to to do. No joy is greater or be of interest and value to those who de­ more lasting than that received sire to become better informed regarding by doing well with the complete the farm and its many related interests. being—brain, eye, hands, will The Iowa Library Commission desires and judgment—all tools, God- to have the best books on these subjects given tools, to be trained and and if any book is desired which is not in used.” ...... the collection, it will be added if of per­ manent value. Farmers should make use of these books provided by the state and loaned by the Iowa Library Commission. IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY DES MOINES

BRIEF LIST OF ART BOOKS p» c\c\\ " <£,

The world of art is an ideal world, The world I love, and that I fain would live in; So speak to me of artists and of art. —Longfellow.

These Books Will be Loaned by the FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY, IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION AGRICULTURE

Soil, drainage, crops, fruits, gardening, the dairy, domestic animals

This list of books is selected from the General Loan Collection of books on these subjects in the Free Traveling Library, Iowa Library Commission. Books from this list will be loaned to any country community, group of people or individuals desiring them, either singly or in addition to one of the regular fifty volume miscellaneous libraries for general reading. These books will be found to be of interest and value to those who de­ sire to become better informed regarding the farm and its many related interests. The Iowa Library Commission desires to have the best books on these subjects and if any book is desired which is not in the collection, it will be added if of per­ manent value. Farmers should make use of these books provided by the state and loaned by the Iowa Library Commission.

IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY DES MOINES Allen, L. F. American cattle. Allen, R. L. New American farm book. Armsby, H. P. Manual of cattle feeding. Bailey, L. H. American grape culture. ------♦ Horticulturist’s rule-book. ------♦ Nursery-book. ------• Principles of fruit growing. ------♦ Pruning-book. Barry, P. Barry’s fruit garden. Bruncken, Ernest. North American forests and forestry. Card, F. W. Bush-fruits. Carman, E. S. New potato culture. Cheal, J. Practical fruit culture. Coburn, E. D. Swine husbandry. Collingwood, H. W. Business hen. Cook, A . J. Bee-keeper’s guide. Craig, J. A . Judging live stock. Creamery patron’s handbook. Crozier, Wm. & Henderson, Peter. How the farm pays. Downing, A . J. Fruits and fruit trees of America. Elliott, C. G. Engineering for land drain­ age. Fairchild, G. T . Rural wealth and wel­ fare. Farm conveniences. Flint, C. L. Milch cows and dairy farm­ ing. Gregory, J. J♦ H. Fertili zers. Greiner, T . How to make the garden pay. Griffiths, A. B. Diseases of crops and their remedies. Grotenfelt, Gosta. Principles of modern dairy practice. Gurler, H. B. American dairying. Harris, Joseph. Talks on manures. Harris, T . W. Some insects injurious to vegetation. Henderson, Peter* Gardening for profit. Johnson, S. W. How crops feed. ------. How crops grow. King, F. H. Irrigation and drainage. —------•. Physics of agriculture. ------r----* Soil. Landreth, Burnet. Market gardening and farm notes. Lodeman, E. G. Spraying of plants. Martin, G. A . Farm appliances. Masters, M. T . Plant life on the farm. Miles, Manly. Land draining. ------Silos, ensilage and silage. Myrick, Herbert. Book of corn. Peer, F. S. Soiling, ensilage and stable construction. Roberts, I. P. Farmstead. Russell, H. L. Outlines of dairy bacteri- ology. Sanders, J. H. Horse-breeding. Sanders, A , H. Short-horn cattle. Sempers, F. W. Manures; how to m and how to use them. Shamel, A . D. Manual of corn judging. Shaw, Thomas. Forage crops. ------. Study of breeds in Amer­ ica. Stewart, Henry. Dairyman’s manual. Strong, W. C. Fruit culture. Thomas, J. J. American fruit culturist. Todd, S. E. Apple culturist. U. S.~ Agriculture, Dept. of. Year book, 1 8 8 9 . Van Bochove & brother. Kalamazoo cel­ ery. Wallace, Henry. Skim-milk calf. ------. Clover farming. ------. Letters to a farm boy. Waring, G. E., jr. Draining for profit and draining for health. Warington, R. Chemistry of the farm. Watson, G. C. Farm poultry. Wing, H. H. Milk and its products. Manual Training Cookery and N eedlework

------I N T H E ------Public Schools

“ Nothing gives greater dignity to man than a complete realiza­ tion of the power of being able to do. No joy is greater or more lasting than that received by doing well with the complete being—brain, eye, hands, will and judgment—all tools, God- given tools, to be trained and used.” ......

IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY HIS list is selected from the General Loan collection of books on this subject in the Free Traveling Li­ brary, Iowa Library Commission. In ordering books from the Traveling Library, study clubs and other organiza­ tions may use this list by checking those most desired. No one organization will receive all the books on this list at one time, but a selection may be made, and the number sent will depend upon the general demand for literature on these subjects.

Balliet, T. M. Manual training: its edu­ cational value, (pamphlet.) Bamberger, G. Manual of paper folding, clay modeling and cardboard work. Barter, S. Woodwork. Blake, J. V. Manual training in educa­ tion. (pamphlet.) Brooks, Edward. Course of instruction in cooking, (pamphlet.) Butler, N. M. Argument for manual train­ ing. (pamphlet.) Cutler, C. F. Primary manual training. Bay & Buckle. Art in needlework. Eastern manual training asso. Proceed­ ings. (pamphlet.) Ham, C. H. Mind and hand. HapgOOd, 0. C. School needlework. Harris, W. T* Art education the true in­ dustrial education. ' Harris, W. T. Educational value of man­ ual training, (pamphlet.) Industrial school association. Wood­ working tools. ISObel, pseud. Plain needlework. James, T. M. Longman’s complete course of needlework, knitting and cutting- out. Johnson, Anna. Education by doing. Johnson, C. F. Progressive lessons in the art and practice of needlework. Hoffman, B. B. Sloyd system of wood­ working. Lincoln, D. A. Boston school kitchen text-book. Love, S. G. Industrial education. MacArthur, Arthur. Education in its re­ lation to manual industry. Mann, E. E. Liverpool school of cookery recipe book. RiCkS, George. Manual training wood­ work. Seidel, Robert. Industrial instruction. Sloyd bulletin, June, 1901. Containing paper by Gustaf Larsson on manual training, (pamphlet.) Sutcliffe, J. D. Hand-craft. Tadd, J. L. New methods in education. White, S. J. Cookery in the public schools. Woodward, C. M. Manual training in ed­ ucation. ------. Manual training school.

BRIEF LIST OF ART BOOKS

The world of art is an ideal world, The world I love, and that I fain would live in ; So speak to me of artists and of art. —Longfellow.

These Books Will be Loaned by the FREE TRAVELING LIBRARY, IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION t*N ordering the books from the Travel- P ing Library study clubs and other or- ganizations may use this list, checking those most desired. No one organization will receive all the books on this list at one time, but a selec­ tion may be made and the number sent will depend upon the general demand for literature on this subject. A large majority of the libraries of the state are handicapped by lack of funds and the clubs may do much for the local library by contributing to it books on subjects of club study and general reference books. By this means the club not only helps itself, but helps others by making these books accessible to the general public at the li­ brary. This list may be used as a basis for a collection on this subject.^ Small Traveling Libraries on special sub­ jects of club study have been contributed for the use of other clubs by the women’s clubs in several states. These are circu­ lated by the Library Commission of these states, the books being put up in neat cases, each book having a book plate with the name of the club which donated it. Thus, these books carry their message of unself­ ish service to other clubs. The Iowa Li­ brary Commission will gladly be the me­ dium through which.such collections may be circulated in Iowa. Art History and Criticism. Brownell, W. C. French art (new illust. ed.) Scribner. $3.75. Child, Theodore. Art and criticism. Harper. $6.00. Clement, C. E. Artists of the nineteenth century. Houghton. $3.00. ------. Stories of art and artists. Houghton. $4.00. Farrar, C. S. Art topics. Chas. S. Far­ rar & Co., Chicago. $1.25. ------. History of sculpture, paint­ ing and architecture. Chic. Mac Coun. $1.00. Lubke, William. Outlines of the history of art. 2 v. Dodd. $7.50. Yan Dyke, J. C. Art for art’s sake. Scribner. $1.50. P a in tin g. Buxton, H. J. & Poynter, E. J. Ger­ man, Flemish and Dutch painting. 1 Scrib­ ner. $2.00. Caffin, C. H. American masters of painting. Doubleday. $1.25. Chesneau, Ernest. English school of painting. Cassell. $1.50. Fromentin, Eugene. The old masters of Belgium and Holland. Houghton. $3.00. Hartmann, Sadakichi. History of Amer­ ican art. 2 v. Page. $4.00. King, Pauline. American mural paint­ ing. Noyes. $3.00. Poynter, E. J. & Head, P. R. Cla' cal and Italian painting. Scribner. $2 Smith, G. W. French and Spanion painting. Scribner. $2.00. Symonds, J. A. The renaissance in Italy: Fine arts. Holt. $2.00. Van Dyke, J. C. History of painting. Longmans. $1.50. Scu lp tu re. Marquand, Allan & Frothingham, A. L. History of sculpture. Longmans. $1.50. Mitchell, L. M. History of ancient sculpture. Dodd. $1.00. Scott, Leader. Renaissance and modern sculpture. Scribner. $2.00. Architecture. Hamlin, A. D. T. History of architec­ ture. Houghton. $2.00. Sturgis, Russell. European architec­ ture. Macmillan. $1.00. Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuyler. Hand­ book of English cathedrals. Cenlu^. $2.50. I£tcHix\g. Hamerton, P. G. Etching and etchers. Little. $5.00. Biographies of artists are an important part of a collection of art books; such a list will be furnished on application to the Iowa Library Commission. IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION DES MOINES, IOWA LEAFLET NO.6

BOORS

FOR THE

BLIND

LOANED BY TH E IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION DES MOINES, IOWA LEAFLET NO.6 •

LOANED BY THE IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION DES MOINES, IOWA LEAFLET NO.6

BOORS

FOR THE

BLIND

LOANED BY THE IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION IOWA LIBRARY COMMISSION,

Office: The Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa.

MEMBERS EX-OFFICIIS.

Johnson Brigham, State Librarian, President. Richard C. Barrett, State Superintendent of Public In­ struction. G eo r g e E. M a c L e a n , President of the State University.

MEMBERS APPOINTED.

Mrs. Harriet C. Towner, Corning. Mrs. Jessie Waite Davidson, Burlington. Mrs. Elizabeth S. Norris, Grinnell. Capt. W. H. Johnston, Fort Dodge.

Alice S. Tyler, Secretary, Des Moines.

All communications regarding the Traveling Library should be addressed to Iowa Library Com­ mission, Traveling Library Department, Des Moines, Iowa. T IS the judgment of those who have given the subject much thought that “circulation of books I for the blind is most easily and appropriately made from a state center, because the books are expensive; most blind readers are unable or unwill­ ing to visit a library; and there are few blind peo­ ple in any one community, except in the large cities.” The Iowa Library Commission has added this feature to the work of the Traveling Library with the desire of reaching every blind person in the State, either those who have already acquired the ability to read type for the blind, or those who are studying it. The co-operation of the Superintendent of the Iowa College for the Blind has made it possible for the Commission to make a beginning in this work. The plan is to loan books to any blind person in the state who desires them, upon the recommenda­ tion of a resident taxpayer acquainted with the ap­ plicant; or to send the books to any local library in agreement with the Traveling Library Department, Iowa Library Commission, where they may be easily obtained by the applicant and the books may be returned through the library in the same manner. The Commission will pay transportation on books for the blind; hence, there is absolutely no cost to the applicant. The form of application to be filed with the Commission or local library is as follows: Agreement for Books for the Blind.

...... Iowa,...... , 190...., The applicant,...... 7,...... , who desires the loan of books for the blind from the Traveling Library of the Iowa Library Commission, is a resident of...... , Iowa, and is known to me to be reliable and trustworthy. Any books loaned to him (or her) will be duly cared for by the borrower, and their return is guaranteed by me. (Signed)......

Only one book at a time will be loaned to any one person; and selection should be made by naming author and title of the book desired. The plan is largely dependent for its success upon the assistance of those who know persons who are blind and will send us their names. We depend on the librarians throughout the State to interest themselves in this matter to the extent of visiting the blind who are known to them and informing them of the plans of the Library Commission to furnish them with books free of cost, and explain­ ing the ease with which they may avail themselves of this opportunity. Librarians are asked to give publicity to this matter through the local papers. The reserve and timidity of this class of readers makes it necessary that the librarian shall make extra effort to see that the method of securing books is explained. The assumption that blind readers desire some­ thing ditferent from most people and that they wish to spend most of their time on distinctly religious literature is a mistake. They desire books that will give them a broader view of life, and an attempt to gratify this desire will be made. Our aim is to extend this work until it reaches every blind person in the state who desires the books, but it will not be possible to reach those living in the smaller towns, or in the country, with­ out the earnest co-operation on the part of many people. All who read this are requested to send us the names and addresses of every blind person known to them living in the state of Iowa, even if they are doubtful as to the probability of their making use of the books. Inasmuch as the New York Point system is the one generally understood in Iowa, and is taught in the Iowa College for the Blind at Vinton,the Library Commission considers it advisable to circulate books in this type. Following is a list of books from which selection may be made. The list will be increased as rapidly as the demands for the books shall justify it. Alphabet sheets for acquiring a knowledge of the New York Point system will be sent on request. BOOKS IN NEW YORK POINT, Brown, Helen D. Little Miss Phoebe Gay. Burns, Robert. Selections from poems. Hale, E. E. The man without a country. Longfellow, H. W. Evangeline. Macaulay, T. B. Lays of ancient Rome. Macaulay, T. B. Samuel Johnson. Maclaren, Ian. Beside the bonnie brier bush. Milton, John. II Penseroso. Muir, John. An adventure with a dog and a glacier. Schiller, Frederich yon. Poems and ballads. Scott, Sir Walter. Marmion. Seton-Tftompson. Wild animals I have known. Swift, Dean. Voyage to Brobdingnag. Tales of adventure told by adventurers. V. 1. Tales of adventure told by adventurers. V. 2. Tennyson, Alfred. The Princess. Wait's Point primer.

IN RAISED LETTERS. Hutton, R. H. Life of Sir Walter Scott.