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Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., MAY, 1908. No. 1 AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY AT THE OUTSET. This is the first number of a periodical to BOARD OF DIRECTORS be issued by the Aurora Public Library. Its purpose will be to increase the useful- HON. F. G. PLMN, President. ness of the to those who already ALEXANDER Vice-Presidtnt. Library FORSYTE , know it and use and to make its value W. S. BEAUPRE, Treasurer. it, of Aurora who MRS PIERCE BURTON DR. H. MILBACHHR known to thousands people know that there is such an in- W. S. FRAZIPR G. THURNAUER only vaguely stitution. J. H. FREEMAN J. L. JOHNSON A public library is a treasure-house of JAMES SHAW, information and entertainment. Compara- Librarian and Secretary Board of Directors tively few know the extent of the riches contained even in a small library. A re- LIBRARY HOURS mark we frequently hear is, "Why, I did not know that you had that book in the The main room of the Library is open every Hundreds of books are on the day (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) library." to the from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. The children's room shelves, equally unknown general books vitality and inter- is open during the same hours on Saturdays; reader, possessing whose have to touch life on other days from 12:30 P. M. to 8 P. M. est, pages power and broaden The reading room is open on Sundays from deeply, to brighten, beautify as well as 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. it, to make it more enjoyable more useful. CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER It will be the aim of this little paper to Page make more widely known the contents of AT THE OUTSET 1 the library than is possible by the ordinary How TO DRAW BOOKS 1 of It will publish lists of LIST OF NEW BOOKS 2-5 form catalogue. PRACTICAL BOOKS 5 new books added to the library, with ex- GREATEST PICTURES G planatory or descriptive iiolt.-> w'.u-ie that "SOMEHOW GOOD" 7 may seem necessary. It will direct special TOLSTOY 7 accessions. SUNDAY OPENING OF READING ROOM 7 attention to the more important It will give hints and suggestions for the and will en- HOW TO im.VXV HOOKS FROM profitable use of the library, THE JjIBKAKY. deavor to open new avenues for its growth and In short, it will aim to be, (let from the Library a blank application progress. for a reader's card. Have some properly- as its name imports, a guide to those who liolder in Aurora sign the certificate on one use the library, whether for some definite, side; that the signer guarantees Library practical purpose, for enjoyment, or for in- against loss on your account. Sign the struction. "Book-Eorrower's Pledge" on the other side of the blank; you thus pledge yourself to The Cuide will be furnished free to all comply with all Library rules and regula- who use the library. It i.s hoped to make it tions. the so Return blank signed to the of such value that the successive numbers Library, and you will receive a book-bor- will be At it will be pub- rower's or reader's card. Don't lend your preserved. present card; it is given to you for your individual lished quarterly, if circumstances warrant, use. it may be issued more frequently. THE LIBRARY GUIDE

Mahan, A. T. Some neglected aspects of List of New Books war 172.4-M27s Added to the Library, January - April, 1908 Capt. Mahan is the foremost author- ity in the world on the sea-power of nations. He is one of the leading advo- The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates cates of a strong navy for the United that the book is suitable for young people, and may be States. found in the children's room. Quacla iilms. ,1. D. ..Hypnotic therapeu- The abbreviation "Ref." indicates a book in the reference tics 134-Q2h room. Such books are not to be taken from the building A book that will interest all whose without special permission. attention has been drawn to religious therapeutics by the recent address of GENERAL WORKS AND BOOKS Eishop Fallows. "Any minister," says a critic, "who is thinking of taking up OF REFERENCE. such work, will do well to read this book, and heed its counsels." !',( iiliain. W. J. Book of quotations .. Ref . Brady. M. B. Photographs taken on the SOCIOLOGY. battle-fields of the civil war Ref. Barrett, A. R. Modern banking methods. Reproductions of photographs of 332.1-B27m camp and field, taken while the war was in progress. Birdscye, C. F. Individual training in Chicago Daily News. Almanac and year- our colleges. book. 1908 Ref. The author deplores the loss of the direct influence exerted Cumulative book index. 1907-1908. 2v. personal by professors fifty years ago. The fra- Ref. ternity question and related problems Hastings, J., ed. Dictionary of the Bible. are also dealt with. 5v Ref. Bryant, Sara C. Stories to tell to chil- Hastings, J., ed. Dictionary of Christ dren 372-B839s and the gospels. 2v Ref. Carnegie Institute. Memorial of celebra- Lincoln, Abraham. Lincoln album; a life tion, April 1, 1907 378-P681m told by authentic pictures Ref. Crawford, J. J. Bank directors. 332.1-C85b Pepper, J. Cyclopedia of science simpli- Draper, G. O. More: a study of finan- fied Ref. cial conditions 330-D79m Putnam's Monthly and the Critic. Octo- Herrick, C. How to increase the busi-

ber, 1906-March, 1907 Ref. ness of a trust company. . .332.1-H429h

Book iix . :e\v Digest. 1907 Ref. Lloyd, H. A sovereign people: a study Who's Who. 1908. (British) Ref. of Swiss democracy 304-L77s Who's Who In America. 1908-1909 .. .Ref. Mr. Lloyd did not live to finish this work. The materials he left have been MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. edited and the book produced by Mr. Bowne, B. P. Personalism John A. Hobson. It deals with the 120-B67p nationalization of which Deals monopolies, with the relation of sound the Swiss have achieved by democratic to science and philosophy common processes. sense. The author stands for a per- P. L. Literature in the ele- sonal idealism in philosophy and an MacClintock, enlightened orthodoxy in religion. mentary schools 372-M130L J. Investor's primer .... 332-M768i Bruce, H. A. Riddle of personality. Moody, 130-B83r Nicholson, F. C. Mining investments, 332.6-N511m An attempt to answer the questions: "What is the nature of self? Whence Patten, C. B. Methods and machinery its faculties, its capacity for pain and of practical banking 332.1-P27m pleasure? Whence, indeed, its self- T. B. A hundred hence. awareness?" Russell, years 301-R911h Drayton, H. S., and MacNeill, J. Brain and Rate of Hous- mind Contents: progress; 139-D79.:') ing, travel, population; Man of busi- Fleteher, H. Optimism, a real remedy. ness; Newspaper of the future; Utiliz- 149.5-F62o ing the sea; March of science; Educa- tion; Religion; the arts, literature; Shows the life-prolonging influence of economies; The law; Conclusion. of physiologic optimism. Discusses the Age passing of medicine, optimism as op- Strong, J. Challenge of the city. 300-St8c. portunism, and happiness after fifty. Van Vorst. Mrs. J. Cry of the children. The author is noted as an advocate of 331.3-V37C thorough food-mastication. A study of child-labor conditions in Hall. H. F. Inward light 294-H141 various states. Mrs. Van Vorst is one Unfolds the "great and vital principle of the two gentlewomen whose practi- of truth that underlies Buddhism." cal experience as factory girls' is told in The book is a plea for calmness, for a previous book, "The woman who inward peace, and the inner light. toils." b v.l

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Webster. H. Primitive secret societies. sizes the qualities that go to make a 366-W393p successful salesman. A study in the politics and religion Sale*' by, C. W. Conquest of cancer. of primitive peoples. 616.9-S163C NATURAL SCIENCE. Washington, B. T. Negro in business. 658-W269n Adams. J. H. Harper's electricity book Gives detailed accounts of the pro- for boys J537-A214h gress of negroes in various callings, Barnard. (\ First steps in electricity. North as well as South. J537-B25f Young. A. 1$. F. Complete motorist. 621-YSc Jcnks, T. Electricity for young people. FINE ARTS. J537-J4226 Hope, A. Amateur photographer's hand- University Society. Library of natural book 770-H779 history. . . 5v J500-U581L1 Pcinberton, J. H. Roses, their history, Wallace, A. R. Is Mars habitable? 523.43-W131 development and cultivation. 716.2-P361r A contribution to the discussion as to the habitability of our neighbor planet. Rcptcm, H. Art of Landscape garden- Prof. Wallace takes the negative in the ing 710-R293a is a critical debate. This little book An authoritative work, published Lowell's examination of Prof. Percival with the co-operation of the American its Canals." recent work, "Mars and Sociey of Landscape Architects. "A Wright, Mabel O. Gray lady and the valuable manual to all who are inter- birds J598.2-W93g ested in the re-arrangement and better- ment of natural scenery." USEFUL ARTS. Yost, F. H. Football for player and Adams, S. H. Great American fraud. spectator 797-Y798f 614.2-A217g ESSAYS AND GENERAL LITERATURE. An exposure of the methods of medi- cal quacks and quackery. Babbitt, I. Literature and the Ameri- Butterfield, K. L. Chapters in Rural can college 814-B108L progress 630-B978c "A series of essays in defense of the humanities." Some of the subjects Contents, in part: Study of rural treated are: Humanism; Bacon and life; Expansion of farm life; Culture The college and the demo- from the corn lot; Farmers' institutes; Rousseau; cratic Literature and the col-*- movement; Opportunities for spirit; Hesperia Rational of the On farm women; Social side of the farm lege; study classics; question. being original. Kawson, B. Biographical lectures. Confessio Medici 610-C75c 824-D319b A series of medico-philosophical es- Contents, in part: Good Queen Bess; on such themes as "Vocation," says, Sir Francis Milton; of Drake; England "Hospital life," "Discipline practice," during the commonwealth; Foreign "Spirit of practice," "Retirement," etc. politics of Cromwell; Bunyan; Defoe; Kar\vood, W. S. New earth 630-H26n Swift; Dr. Johnson; Goldsmith; Cow- "A recital of the triumphs of modern per; Pope and Byron; Poetry of Words- agriculture in America." Some of the worth; Calvin and Servetus; Sweden- chapter headings: Brain of the earth; borg, etc. Soil inoculation; Breeding new grains; Hauptniann, G. Sunken bell Id-H291s Plant development; Luther Burbank; Omar. Rubaiyat. 2v....I-K52 Horticultural Modern for- Khayyam, progress; A "multi-variorum" edition of the estry; Modern dairying. work of the Persian poet. It is abund- Hodson, F. T. Twentieth century antly supplied with explanatory notes, brick-layer's and mason's assistant. biographies, etc., and is edited by Na- 693-H662t than Haskell Dole. . Lewis, C. M. Genesis of Hamlet. Metehnikoff, E. Prolongation of life. 616-M561p 822.3-L582& Leon M. Concord of sweet The author is the successor of Pas- Linden, teur, and one of the most eminent biolo- notes I-L538C gists of the day. In this work he The author of this little volume of reaches certain conclusions as to the poems is pastor of St. Nicholas' church, causes of the relative short duration of in Aurora. These "sweet notes" come human life, and makes suggestions from a genuine poet. looking to their modification. Lucas, E. V., ed. Gentlest art. . .826-L961g Moody, W. 1>. Men who sell things. The "gentlest art" is that of letter- 658-M769m writing. The book is a collection of from famous men and women, The writer has had twenty years' ex- letters "all sorts and perience as a traveling salesman, Euro- on all sorts of subjects, to pean buyer, sales manager, and em- conditions" of people. ployer. The book discusses and empha- Sudermann, H. Joy of living Id-S943j THE LIBRARY GUIDE

Tolstoy, Li. N., Count. Complete works. Hogarth. William. By G. B. Brown. Translated from the original Rus- B-H67b sian, and edited by Leo Wiener.. 24v. Ibsrii. Ilcnrik. Fy E. Gosse B-I14g 891-T5S Lincoln. Abraham. By H. B. Binns. 1 Childhood; Boyhood; Youth; B-L63b2 The incursion. An Englishman's estimate. Its final 2 landed A proprietor; Cossacks; summing up is in these words: "He in- Sevastopol. tegrated a complex and contradictory 3 Snow-storm; Domestic happi- nature by devotion to duty; that devo- ness; Miscellanies. tion led him on from conquest to con- 4 Linen- Pedagogical articles; quest, till unmeasured forces became measurer. the man's auxiliars. Thus he stands 5-8 and War peace. before us all, erect but stooping a little, 9-11 Anna Karenina. rapt in thought, with kind, strong, in- 12 Fables for children; Stories for scrutable face." children, etc. 13 My Confession; Dogmatic the- Moore, Henry. By F. Maclean. . .B-M778m ology. Moore (1831-1895) was a noted Eng- 14-15 Four gospels, harmonized and lish landscape and sea-painter. translated. Napoleon, I. By T. A. Dodge, v.3-4. 16 My religion; On life. 17 What shall we do then? B-N16il 18 Dramatic works; Kreutzer These volumes complete Col. Dodge's sonata. elaborate study of Napoleon and the 19 Walk in the light while ye Napoleonic wars. It is the work of a have light; Thoughts and military specialist, and will take its aphorisms; Letters; Miscel- place as one of the most authoritative lanies. books on the subject in the English 20 The kingdom of God is within language. you; Christianity and pa- Napoleon, I. By A. Fournier B-N16fl triotism; Miscellanies. 21-22 Resurrection; What is art? An estimate of the great emperor by Christian teaching. an Austrian writer. 23 Miscellanies, letters and essays. Washington, George. Seven ages of General in- 24 Latest works; Life; Washington. By Owen Wister. dex; Bibliography. B-W27w2 Tnrgenieff, Ivan. Novels and tales. Translated from the Russian by Isa- DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.. bel Hapgood. 16v 891-T84 Hewlett, M. Road in Tuscany. 2v. 1-2 Memoirs of a sportsman. T455-H49r 3 Rudin; King Lear of the Hewlett's book "reveals the real steppes. Italy, with its color and fragrance, 4 .Nobleman's nest. which is known only to those who get 5 On the eve. away from the towns and cities." 6 Fathers and children. 7 Smoke. HISTORY. 8-9 Virgin soil. E. The ... 10 The Jew, and other stories. Boxall, Anglo-Saxon. 901-B689a 11 Diary of a superfluous man, Corbett, J. S. England in the seven and other stories. years' war. 2v 942.07-C793e 13 Phantoms, and other stories. J. The a 14 Brigadier, and other stories. Curtin, Mongols; history. 15 Spring freshets, and other Introductory note by President stories. Roosevelt. The author was the first 16 Reckless character, and other to introduce the works of the Polish stories. novelist, Sienkiewicz, to the English- speaking world. BIOGRAPHY. Davis, W. T.. ed. Bradford's history of Beiitham, Jeremy. By C. M. Atkinson. Plymouth plantation 973.2-B72h B-B438a Fleming, W. L. Documentary history of Brooks, Shirley. By G. S. Layard. reconstruction. 2v 973.8-F619d B-B788L The documents embraced in this Erooks was for many years editor work include not only official papers of of Punch, the British humorous period- every description, but private letters ical. and journals, newspaper statements, etc. They relate to a now little known tie. A. White- Coligiiy, Gaspard By W. or vastly misunderstood period of head B-C68w American history. Edison, Thomas A. By F. A. Jones. Hall. H. F., ed. Napoleon's notes on B-E232J English history 942-H14n An authentic record of the life of the These notes were made by Napoleon wizard of Menlo Park, of his principal when he was a young lieutenant, poor inventions and discoveries, and his as a church mouse. They are a curious methods of work. revelation of his thoughts at that time. THE LIBRARY GUIDE

Moshy. J. S. Stuart's cavalry in the Xiemann, A. Coming conquest ol Eng- Gettysburg campaign 973.7-M85s land N55c4 No battle of the civil war has been Oppenheim, E. P. Great secret. . . . O621go the subject of so much and such bitter Peer and the woman O621p2 controversy as Gettysburg. What would Phillpotts, E. Mother of man P54m4 have happened if Stuart and his cav- Roberts, M. Flying cloud R539f4 alry had been with Lee throughout the campaign, instead of riding around the Robins, Elizabeth. Come and find me. rnion army, has been the subject of as R55c4 much as that other famous speculation Sinclair, May. Suspended S615s5 problem, What would have happened if _ Grouchy had come promptly to the aid Sinclair, U. Metropolis S614m2 of Napoleon at Waterloo? Col. Mosby's Taylor, Mary I. The reaping T222rl book is a defense of Stuart, and an at- Van Dyke H. Story of the other wise tempt to prove that Lee had all the man V28s5 cavalry necessary to ascertain the movements of the Union army. Walter, W. W. Pastor's son W168pl Elizabeth P. Walled in W21wl Lea, H. C. Inquisition in the Spanish Ward, dependencies 946.04-L4t>i FICTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. H. of six federal Xewlin. W. Escape Ellis, E. S. Seth Jones J-E47s soldiers 973.7-N453a Fenn, G. M. 'Tention J-F3612 Xewlin, W. H. History of the 73d Illi- Houston, E. J. Boy electrician.. . .J-H81b4 nois volunteers. ..973.7-N458h Infantry Rice, Alice H. Captain June J-H358cl Page, T. X. Old dominion 975.5-P14o Smith, Mary P. W. Boys of the border. Contents: Beginning of America; J-S89o3 Jamestown; Colonial life; Revolution- Stevens, F. Adventures in pond-land. ary movement; Jefferson and the Uni- versity of Virginia; Reconstruction; J-S38a2 Old dominion since the war; An old Stratemeyer, E. Rover boys in southern neighborhood in Virginia; An old Vir- waters J-S89rll ginia Sunday. Whyte, Christina G. Nina's career. Weale, B. L. P. Coming struggle in J-W621n3 Eastern Asia 950-W37C Story-book girls J-W621s5 The concluding book of a series by Wiggin, Mrs. K. D., and N. A. the same author, dealing with the far Smith, east from the point of view that Magic casements J-W631ml "Russo-Japanese rivalry has been the main-spring of the events of recent years. The other volumes are: Man- PRACTICAL BOOKS. chu and of the Muscovite; Re-shaping Much has been said about the large per- far east; The truce in the east. centage of novels taken from most public FICTION. libraries, and an impression quite generally Brady. C. T. Patriots B724pl prevails that a library's chief business is to Cody. Grace E. Jacquette, a sorority distribute fiction, and to cater to the literary tastes of a select few. No mistake 'girl C638J1 greater could be made. DeMorgan. W. F. Somehow good. . .D392s4 Douglas G. House with green shutters. It cannot be denied that a great deal of D742h4 fiction is circulated by the public libraries. Durham. U. L. Call of the south .. .D93cl The appetite for the story, however, needs Freeman. Mary E. W. Fair Lavinia, etc. no defense at the present day. It is as nat- W65fl ural and universal as the appetite for food, It has Grayson. D. Adventures in contentment. though certainly not as imperative. G792a2 always existed. It is the one form of litera- Glasgow, Ellen. Ancient law G46a4 ture that is read by all classes of people. do its full Hains, J. T. Bahama Bill H121bl The public library would not duty Hewlett. M. Stooping lady H49s5 if it did not take note of this universal

Locke, W. J. Beloved vagabond. . .L792b2 craving. that does not that a . But public Morals of Marcus Ordeyne. . .L792m4 imply London. Jack. Iron heel L84i5 library must necessarily neglect the books The road L84r4 that deal with the practical side of life. Maartens, M. Woman's victory, etc. And, as a matter of fact, the average library Mllw4 expends more money on practical and use- McLaws. Lafayette. The welding. .M222w2 ful books than on any form of fiction; and Malet. Lucas. Wages of sin M288wl it takes far more pains and feels much in a useful book in Marclmioiit. A. \V. Greatest gift. . .M328g5 greater pleasure placing Nicholson. M. Rosalind at Red Gate. the hands of an interested reader, than in N521r4 circulating the best novels of the day. And THE LIBRARY GUIDE this is perfectly natural. A novel that is appreciation, enjoyment and study of the a "best seller" goes of itself; it needs no works of the great painters. These books pushing. Eut the person to whom a new are not technical at all, but are intended to of the book on poultry-raising will be useful must popularize appreciation masterpieces of art. They contain suggestions that will perhaps be sought out; the boy who wants enhance the pleasure derived from viewing something new on electricity must be re- a great picture. We give a few titles: membered; the man who asks for a book that will tell him how to make an alloy Ca-ffin, C. H. How to study pictures. 750-Cllh of certain metals must be thought of; the " young fellow who is working all day and The object should be to put oneself in touch with each artist in turn, to on at must not reading up chemistry night enter into his point of view be forgotten; the young woman who desires Then we are no longer content to say, "I know I "I know I suggestions for a fancy dress -for the com- like," but, why like," and our likings are multiplied. ing ball must be supplied with a good book Author's note. on costumes. And so on with all the count- Emery, M. S. How to enjoy pictures. less that arise in com- demands a modern 704-E53 munity. Contents: Enjoyment of pictures; This is work that requires far more Landscapes; Buildings and street effort than handing out a novel over the scenes; Pictures that tell a story; Ani- mals; Portraits; Studies of life and counter. Eut it is work that the library character; Legend and fancy; Religious loves to perform. It is work that pays in themes; Pictures in the magazines; the best sense of the word. And any library From artist to reader; Pictures in the that is worth its salt spends more time In school-room. this than in the circulation of novels. way Sawvel, F. B. How to interpret pic- Never since the art of printing was dis- tures 704-S271 covered has there been a time when so Contents, in part: Historical pic- many and such valuable books were printed tures; Pictures founded on literature; of the Pictures of that deal with the practical work of life. Evolution Madonna; labor; The sea. The Aurora Public Library has purchased liberally such books in the past. It will Singleton, Esther, comp. Great pictures as continue to do so, and by means 'of The described by famous writers. . .704-861 Guide it will be able to bring them to the Four dozen pictures by renowned attention of readers more pointedly than artists are described by writers, many of are as as the artists. has hitherto been possible. whom famous Ruskin, Dumas, Thackeray, Lamb, Sainte-Beuve, Swinburne, Shelley, Mrs. "GREATEST PICTURES." Jameson, Goethe, Gautier, are among those whose pens describe the work of Visitors to the Library should keep an the brush. eye on the bulletin boards to the east and R. of west of the main entrance. These are used Sturgis, Appreciation pictures. 704-S935a for the announcement of new acessions, dis- play of book-posters, and other matters of Van Dyke, J. C. Meaning of pictures. timely or permanent interest. During the 704-V28m last week in there April has been a display Contents: Truth in painting; Indi- of the "world's ten greatest pictures" (en- viduality; Imagination of the artist; gravings, of course). According to widely Pictorial poetry; Decorative quality; in accepted authority, these are: Subject painting. Da Vinci's "Last supper." Van Dyke, J. C. Studies in pictures. Raphael's "Sistine Madonna." 704-V28s Titian's "Assumption of the virgin." Raphael's "Transfiguration." The notes appended to the entries in the Correggio's "Nativity." list of new books are necessarily brief. They Michelangelo's "Last judgment." are not intended to be critical, but only Rubens' "Descent from the cross." descriptive or explanatory. Very often the Rembrandt's "Night watch." title of a book sheds little light on its sub- Murillo's "Immaculate conception." ject, and in such cases a short note is Guido Reni's "Aurora." helpful. Occasionally, the chapter headings In this connection, it may be stated that or the table of contents serve to bring out during the last few years a number of use- fully the scope or purpose of a book, and ful manuals have been published, on the may be used in place of notes. THE LIBRARY GUIDE SUNDAY OPENING OF READING ROOM. TOLSTOY. The reading room connected with the Admirers of the great Russian apostle of library is now open on Sundays from 2 to 6 altruism will be glad to learn that the o'clock p. m. Books will not be issued or Library has recently acquired a complete received on Sunday, but the open shelves in edition of hi.s works. The titles of the the reference room contain 2,500 volumes several volumes are given on page 4. Leo that may be consulted by visitors; and the Wiener, assistant professor of Slavic lan- attendant will supply any book in the library guages at Harvard University, is the trans- for use in the building. The following lator and editor of this edition. The last periodicals are now regularly taken in the volume contains a sketch of the life of Tol- reading room: stoy, a full index to the "thoughts and Monthlies. names" in the works, and a bibliography Harper's Monthly, Review of Reviews, of Tolstoy's writings. The index is a valu- Scribner's Magazine, Cosmopolitan, able feature of the edition, which will be McClure's Magazine, World Today, by every book-lover. Those American Magazine, Putnam's Monthly. appreciated a of the Rus- World's Work, Success, who are making study great Harper's Bazar, Power, sian will find this a very serviceable col- Outing, Ladies' Home Journal, lection of his writings. Century, Steam, Atlantic Monthly, Craftsman, "SOMEHOW GOOD." American Homes and Gardens, new "Some- North American Review, William F. DeMorgan's novel, read. This Country Life In America, how Good," is being widely as a suc- Popular Science Monthly, author has been hailed worthy Vic- Technical World Magazine, cessor of the great novelists of the Electrical Record, torian era. This story is thought to main- Woman's Home Companion, tain the high level reached in "Joseph to Christian Science Journal. Vance." It is, however, not a book be read at a sitting. The rather singular title Semi-Monthly. "In Memoriam." Dial. is taken from Tennyson's which the words occur are Weeklies. The lines in among the most beautiful in that remark- Harper's Weekly, Nation, able poem, and are well worth an occa- Scientific American, Engineering News, sional reading: Outlook, Chicago Banker, Electrical World, Independent, "O, yet we trust that somehow good Literary Digest, American Machinist, Will be the final goal of ill, sins of Collier's, Geneva Patrol. To pangs of nature, will, and taints of blood; London Times, Defects of doubt, Illustrated London News, "That nothing walks with aimless feet, Scientific American Supplement, That not one life shall be destroyed, Saturday Evening Post, Or cast as rubbish to the void, Swedish Tribune-Nr\vs, When God hath made the pile complete." Christian Science Sentinel, of Fiction in the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, The new Catalogue Library is for sale at the counter. Price Dailies. 25 cents. A very useful tool to all who Chicago Inter-Ocean, Record-Herald, wish to make their selection of novels Chicago Tribune, Aurora News. wanted, in the quiet of the home. Aurora Beacon, Extra copies of Harper's Monthly, Scrib- It is a high crime against every user of mutilate one of its books. ner'p Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, McClure's the Library to An act of this kind is punishable by a heavy Magazine, Review of Reviews, American fine under the ordinances of the city. Magazine, Cosmopolitan, World's Work, and World Today are taken, and these extra The new printed catalogue of fiction in be copies may drawn for home-reading, the library is for sale at the counter; price, under the same restrictions and in the same 25 cents. The annotated list of a hundred manner as books. of the best novels is constantly consulted by discriminating readers, the effect of which is Strangers in the city, as well as all resi- shown in a large increase in the circulation dents, are welcome to the reading room. of the books in the list. THE LIBRARY GUIDE

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AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY Well, the Library has grown "some"* since those days. And its growth has been in other ways than that of mere bulk. It BOARD OF DIRECTORS has had a growth of spirit, which is the best HON. F. G. PL* IN, President. kind of growth. As the years roll on, it ALEXANDER FORSYTH, Vice-PtesicUnt. desires to be of more and better service, to W. b. HEAUPRE. treasurer. the people of Aurora to the people that MRS PIERCE BURTON DR. H. MILBACHBR pay the money that supports it. It wants t'RAZI-R G. THCRXAUER to make its influence felt in every line of J. H. FREEMAN J. L. JOHNSON endeavor for mental, spiritual and material advancement, in which citizens of Aurora JAMES SHAW, may engage. It thoroughly believes iff its mission as a unit in a great system of and Board of Directors Secretary popular education, information, and intel- lectual entertainment, and it desires to LIBRARY HOURS worthily fulfill that mission. This is the The utnme" sch-dule of hours is in force Library's aim and thought as it enters upon during July and August. During those months its twenty-seventh year. a 1 departments of .he Library are open on s fiom 9 a. m. to 6:30 m. week-da) p FACTS FRO3I THE AXXUAL RETORT. On Sundavs the Reading Room is open from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. A few facts taken from the Librarian's annual report to the Board of Directors for CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER the year ending May 31, 1908, will be inter- esting, as showing something of the work the Twenty-six yea^s 9 accomplished during year. The number of volumes added to the Facts from the Annual Report. _. 9 Some Important Reference Bcoks_ 10 Library during the year was 1,186. 'Children's Hour" serie- 10 The 998 volumes purchased cost $1,- New set of Dickens.... 10 378.32, the average cost per volume being List of New Books ....11-16 $1.38. The number of volumes now in the TWENTY-SIX YEARS. Library is 23,313. The home circulation of books during The Aurora Public Library is arriving at the year was 97,797, a gain of 2,320 over the an age that marks vigorous maturity. It year previous. completed twenty-six years of life on May From the children's room 31,256 vol- 31, 1908. Two members of the present umes were issued. Eoard of Directors were members of the The per cent, of fiction issued (including Hoard when the Library was ushered into juvenile books) was 75.89; a rather high existence on the first day of June, 1882. per centage. but not discouragingly so These are Mrs. Pierce Burton and Mr. Will- when the amount of innocent pleasure de- iam S. Peaupre. The Library was then a rived from it is considered. The story still puny little institution of about three thou- retains its pre-eminence as the one form of sand volumes, housed in a single room, the printed matter that everybody reads. The books arranged on shelves against the walls, aim of the Library is to improve the quality which were in octagonal form, making the of the fiction read, not to diminish its handling of the books as difficult as possi- quantity. ' ble. Little was known in those days of Among the activities of the Library dur- architecture as applied to the designing of ing the year were the publication of a new buildings intended for the use of public catalogue of fiction, a pamphlet o: libraries. Until 1SS5 the Library was only pages, and the issuance of the first number' open three afternoons and Saturday even- of The Guide, which has met with a ings of each week. There was no reading cordial reception, and promises to be an room connected with it. important feature in the Library's work. 10 THE LIBRARY GUIDE

SOME IMPORTANT REFERENCE the best narratives in prose and rhyme of BOOKS. modern authors. The series is commended Readers will not fail to notice in the list to the attention of parents and teachers. of new books added to the Library several These books have been placed in the important books of reference. Three of Children's room, and as they are somewhat them are worthy of especial note. scattered, according to classification, the The New International Year-Book is a titles of the ten volumes are given below work that will serve as a continuation of in numerical order: any encyclopedia. The present volume re- 1. Folk stories and tales. cords the progress and history of the world 2. Myths from many lands. for the year 1907. It gives not merely the 3. Stories from the classics. facts that make such history, but summar- 4. Stories of legendary heroes. izes the discussions that have led up to 5. Stories from seven old favorites. events, and, in debated questions, gives a 6. Old-fashioned stories and poems. fair presentation of the arguments on both 7. The out-door book. sides. It fills a niche in public libraries 8. Adventures and achievements. that has been awfully vacant since the dis 9. Poems and rhymes. continuance of the Appleton Annual Ency- 10. Modern stories and rhymes. clopedia. Both friends and foes of municipal own- A NEW SET OP DICKENS. ership of public utilities will welcome the It would be impossible to tell, without volumes that contain the full report on that some research, how many sets of the works subject of the commission appointed by the of Charles Dickens have been worn out in National Civic Federation. The committee the service of the people in the twenty-six of investigation was composed of Melville years of the existence of the Aurora Public Ingalls, Albert Shaw, Walter L. Fisher, Library. The number is at least consider- Frank Parsons, Edward W. Bemis, and able, and the facts would probably show other men almost equally well known. that Dickens has been and still is the most Capitalists, business men, college professors, popular of all authors in Aurora. Some of editors, lawyers, workingmen in fact, all his stories are, of course, better liked than classes were represented on the commission. others. David Copperfield is undoubtedly Its work seems to have been thoroughly at the head of the list in the number of well is done. There a good deal of theoriz- times it has been drawn from the Library; ing on this great question; but hereafter and Pickwick, Oliver Twist and Nicholas there can be no exhaustive study of it with- Nickelby follow not far behind. out taking into account the work of this Admirers of Dickens will be glad to commission. learn that a new set of his works has just The New Encyclopedia of Social Reform been acquired by the Library a set that is is a well-known work that has passed almost mechanically perfect, so far as type, through several editions. It is now pre- paper, binding and illustrations are con- sented in a new and revised edition, that is cerned. The earlier books are illustrated replete with facts and arguments in regard, with accurate reproductions of the famous to every question of social reform now be- engravings of Browne, Cruikshank, Leech, fore the world. and other great artists. The enormous weight and influence ex- The set includes a new and revised edi- erted at the present time by all questions tion of the well-known Dickens Dictionary that affect the life, the work and the wel- compiled by Gilbert A. Pierce, with addi- fare of the people make these books of the tions by William A. Wheeler. This diction- very greatest importance. ary gives a key to the plot and sketches of the characters of each story. The prefac? "CHILDREN'S HOUR" SERIES. mentions as a striking evidence of the fer- Among the new books listed in this tility of the creative genius of Dickens that the inhabitants of Dickens- number of The Guide, attention is particu- the directory to larly directed to the ten volumes comprising land contains no less than eighteen hundred the "Children's Hour" series. These books and ninety-nine entries enough to make a contain perhaps the best selection in the good-sized town. language of masterpieces from the litera- ture of every civilized country. As the It is said that the author of Confessio name of the series implies, all the pieces Medici, listed in the last number of The are appropriate to be read to or by chil- Guide, is Dr. Stephen Paget, a son of tho dren; and by means of them, during the famous English surgeon, Sir James Paget. receptive years of childhood and youth, all Dr. Paget was born in 1855, and is th^ may become familiar with the myths and author, among other works, of Ambroise the fables that have come down through the Pare and His Times. Readers of Confessio ages, and are a part of the common heritage Medici will recall the delightful chapter of the race. The selection also embraces which its author devotes to Pare. THE LIBRARY GUIDE 11

tion on all points of politics, finances, List of New Books trade, commerce, industry, crime, edu- cation, and military and naval organiza- Added to the Library, May and June, 1908 tion of every civilized country on the globe. In this issue it has been found The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates necessary to give more space to the that the book is suitable for young people, and may be United States than heretofore. found in the children's room. Le Moyiie, L. V. Country residences in The abbreviation "Ref." indicates a book in the reference room. Such books are not to be taken from the building Europe and America Ref. without special permission. A sumptuously illustrated book, the purpose of which is to describe what the author considers to be the most interest- GENERAL WORKS AND BOOKS ing country residences in various parts OF REFERENCE. of Italy, France, England and America. and Bliss. AV. I). P., id. New encyclopedia of Magazines Reviews Bound Volumes: social reform Ref. American Magazine, v.63-64. 1907. is of a well- This a revised edition American Homes and Gardens. v.4. known work devoted entirely to the 1907. presentation of facts and arguments in Atlantic Monthly, v.99-100. 1907. regard to social questions, and matters Century, v.52. May-October, 1907. few of the rlo.sely related thereto. A Cosmopolitan Magazine. v.43. May- subject-headings, taken at random, will October, 1907. indicate the wide range of the subjects Country Life in America. v.11-12, treated: Adulteration of food, Anarch- 1907. ism, Arbitration, Child-labor, Church Current Literature, v.42. 1907. Cities and their and the workingman, Dial. v.41-43. July, 1906-December, growth, Competition (arguments for 1907. and against), Co-operative stores, Crime Harper's Monthly, v.114-115. Decem- of (including cost in the U. S., income ber, 1906-Novfmber, 1907. criminals, and criminal losses by fire), Independent, v.62-63. 1907. p]ducation, Expenditures and cost of liv- Ladies' Home Journal, v.24. 1907. ing compared, Graft (as a profession, Little Chronicle, v.15-16. 1907. and how to control it), Home ownership McClure's Magazine, v.29. May-Octo- in the U. S., etc., etc. The facts are ber, J907. clearly and briefly presented. It is truly Nation, v.83-85. July, 1906-December, said that "no one can study these pages 1907. without a deepening conviction that he North American Review. v.184-186. is more or less a stranger to the condi- 1907. tions that prevail among the masses as a Outlook, v.85-87. 1907. whole." Popular Mechanics, v.9. July-Decem- ber, 1907. Coll;y, F., ccl. New international year- book. 1908 Ref. Popular Science Monthly, v.71. July- December, 1907. This is a volume recording the pro- Public Libraries, v.12. 1907. gress of the world in science, art, litera- St. Nicholas, v.34, in 2 pts. Novem- finance, industry, political history, ture, ber, 1906-October, 1907. It will serve either as an inde- etc. Scientific American, v.96-97. 1907. work or as a supplement to any pendent Scientific American Supplement. v.63- It fills a that has encyclopedia. place 64. 1907. been an "aching void" since the truly Scribner's Magazine, v.41-42. 1907. discontinuance of Appleton's Annuals. World's Work. v.14. May-October, is not a bare record The present volume 1907. of but includes a summary of dis- fact, World To-Day, v.13. July-December, to which the events rise, cussions gave 1907. and in debated questions recapitulates the arguments on both sides. It gives PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. promise of being a very useful reference work. Abbott, E. H. On the training of par- and eds. Fletcher, W. I., Poole, M., ents 150-A130o Poole's index to periodicals. v.6. 1902-1907 Ref. In his first chapter the author preaches the practice of regularity to The latest volume of a reference work insure health, contentment, and that whose value is realized in every public obedience which is the beginning of a library. child's moral training. Other chapters Keltic, J. S., eel. Statesman's year-book. are on The will and the way. By rule of 1908 Ref. wit, Peace at a price, etc. The book will An English work, generally recog- be of use to every parent and teacher nized as an ideal hand-book of informa- of the young. 12

fails E. Barnes, E. . Where knowledge Scripture, W. Thinking, feeling, doing. 239-B258W 150-S43t

A little book from the pen of a scien- A popularization of some of the data tific thinker. It presents the outlines of of modern psychology. This is a new a belief in which the relations of knowl- edition of the book, and The Dial thinks edge and faith are sought to be estab- it might well have been divested of its lished. more sensational and tactless illustra- tions. Beale, Harriet S. Stories from the old testament J221-B36s Wood, H. A. W. Money-hunger.l74.4-W85m The sub-title of this book its Beers. C. W. A mind that found itself. explains 132.1-B39m theme: "A brief study of commercial immorality in the United States." The work of a Yale graduate who be- and others. and came mentally disordered, and was con- Worcester, E., Religion the moral control of nerv- fined for two years in various institu- medicine; disorders tions for the treatment of mental in- ous 265.8-W889r firmities. His reason restored, he has "The object of this book," says the written a temperate and interesting ac- introduction, "is to describe in plain count of his experiences. Prof. William terms the work in behalf of "nervous James says of the book: "It is fit to sufferers which has been undertaken in remain in literature as a otossic account Emanuel Church, Boston." Some of the 'from within' of an insane person's chapter-headings will give an idea of psychology." the scope of the work: The sub- conscious mind; Auto-suggestion; Causes Bliss. of personality. . . . Carman, Making of The nervous in 150-C21m nervousness; system health and disease; Nature of hypno- The theme of Mr. Carman's book is tism; Therapeutic value of hypnotism, self-culture. In a series of essays he etc. treats of character-building, emphasiz- ZucMin, C. Religion of a democrat. .170-Z8r ing the three phases of personality the Zueblin outlines the of physical, the mental, and the spiritual Prof. religion or emotional. a democrat in six chapters dealing with Temperament and personality, The Laura E. Kindergarten. Bible Cragin, constraint of The of stories J221-C841k orthodoxy, decay authority, Religion and the church, Re- S. E. Bible stories for Da\ves, young peo- ligion and the state, and Impersonal im- ple 220-D317b mortality.- Griggs, E. H. Use of the margin. 170-G874u SOCIOLOGY. The writer's theme is that of using T. American . 359-B467a the time one has to spend as one pleases Beyer, battle-ship. Gives of life for the attainment of the highest cul- an account daily on these as well as much in- ture of mind and spirit. floating fortresses, formation in regard to the. U. S. navy. Inge, W. E. Personal idealism and mys- ticism 10 4-14 5p Corfcin, J. Which college for the boy?.. 378-CSlw Six lectures on: Our knowledge of God; Sources and growth of Logos- A careful study of half-a-dozen repre- sentative Christology; Development and value of American institutions of the a the Logos-Christology; Problem of per- higher learning, among them Harvard, Germanized a col- sonality; Thought and will; Problem of university; Princeton, a technical sin. While the purpose of the lectures, legiate university; Cornell, a primarily, was to stimulate thought, university; Michigan, middle-eastern they antagonize the doctrine of Prag- university; Chicago, a university of en- matism, as stated by Prof. James and chantment; Wisconsin, a utilitarian uni- others. versity.

James W. Pragmatism 104-J23p Dascnt, G. Tales from the fjeld. . 398-D26+ Prof. James teaches that doctrine is DeGarnio, C. Principles of secondary edu- to be valued according to its result in cation 379.1-D36p conduct. The most important thing in An attempt by a well-known writer life, according to this philosophy, is con- on educational subjects to systemati- duct, action, pragma. cally present the fundamental princi- Promlfoot, A. H. Child's Christ tales ples of American secondary education. J232-P944c It seeks to determine the best possible combination of studies demanded in a Royce, J. Philosophy of loyalty. ..172-R81p democratic An attempt to set clearly before the society. American people the need for aiming at Griffith, E. C. Rise and development of the highest ethical ideals in their daily the gerrymander 320-G872r life, in their dealings with one another, An interesting account of the origin and in their relation with the outside and workings of a unique practice in world. American politics. THE LIBRARY GUIDE

<;ri'jrs, E. H. Moral education. 377. 2-G87m port of the National Civic Federation The author has attempted a study of Commission on municipal ownership of the whole problem of moral culture. public utilities. Twenty-five expert ac- "My aim," he says, "has been sanity, countants, engineers, economists and

and not novelty. . . . To-day, par- other specialists have been engaged on ticularly, it is sanity we most need in the report for eighteen months. The education," Some of the chapter-head- investigation covered the four leading ings are: The child world; Unity of public utilities: Gas, electric light, elec- human life; Uniqueness of each person- tric power, and street railways. Exam- ality; Growth-process of human life; inations were made of fifty-three pri- Type of character moral education vate and public plants in the United should foster; Moral education through States and Great Britain. The results play; Moral education through work, have been closely analyzed and thor- etc. oughly digested. It is safe to say that there can be no adequate study of mu- I Liny, E. B. Psychology and pedagogy of without constant ref- reading 372.4-H869p nicipal ownership erence to these volumes. "The reading process," says the au- thor in his preface, "has long seemed Perry, A. C. Management of a city school. to me to mirror the processes of think- 371-P42m ing, and has thus come to seem 'an ap- A treatise on school management, in for propriate subject psychological which the topics are grouped about the book also a his- analysis." The gives principal as the central figure. A use- of and tory reading reading methods, ful manual for any man or woman treats of the of and hygiene reading. called to this responsible position.

II. Socialists at work . . . 335-H912s Kunicr. Pierce, F. Federal usurpation. 3 4 2.73 -P6 6 If This is not the usual argument for "This book," says the author in his the principles of socialism, but a de- preface, "is a plea for the sacredness of scription of the movement as it exists the constitution of the U. S." He at- today, together with an account of its to show "the causes of leaders in various countries. tempts present conditions, to arouse the citizen to an ed. of the Na- Johnson, A., Proceedings appreciation of the dangers of usurpa- tional conference of charities and tion, and to point out remedies for ex- correction. 1907 361-Un3c. v.34 isting evils through amendments to the I.o\v( II. A. L. Government of England. . constitution." 2v 328.42-L958 This work has been announced as do- Sncdclcn, D. S., and Allen, W. H. School reports and school efficiency. 379-S671* ing for the social and political organiza- tion of England what Bryce did for this A popular, untechnical book, which country in his American Common- aims to show how school facts may be utalth. The author is professor of the presented so as to improve the man- science of government at Harvard Uni- agement and increase the efficiency of verity. The powers and duties of the the school. English crown, of parliament and the Swift, E. J. Mind in the making courts are discussed; the systems and 371-S876m methods of local government are fully Prof. Swift starts out treated; and education, the church, and by declaring that the so-called dull has not had the empire occupy many chapters. The boy a fair chance, because the educational summing up is embraced in chapters has been for the that deal with aristocracy and democ- system organized espe- cial benefit of the in- racy, public, private and local interests, bright boy. He growth of paternalism, and party quires what dullness is, and calls atten- to of and class legislation; and there is a con- tion the great number "dull boys" cluding chapter that generalizes the who have become distinguished men. peculiar character of the British gov- He shows that the chief difficulty in ernment. some of the cases was not with the but with the of the edu- MunsUrlurg;, H. On the witness-stand... boys, rigidity 343-M920 cational organization. There are also chapters on the criminal tendencies of This book presents a psychological nervous the school study of crime and various methods for boys, disturbances, and the individual, etc. its prevention and detection. The illu- sions that affect the minds of witnesses Tappaii, Eva M., cd. Myths from many are also the errors due to de- discussed, lands .' J398-T16m fective memory, and the weight ex- Eva cd. Stories of erted by suggestion and hypnotic in- Tappan, M., legendary heroes J398-T16s fluence. It is a book for lawyers and judges to read, ponder and digest. Van Dyke, J. C. The money god. 331-V28m National Civi;- Federation. Report on A forcible appeal against the money public ownership. 3v 380-N189m ideals and many of the business methods These volumes comprise the full re- of the present day. NATURAL SCIENCE. Furman. H. V. F. Manual of practical assaying 669.9-F978m Urchin, A. E. Life of animals. . .590-B742L Dopp, Katlu riiie E. Latter-day cave-men. Kaslm-k, Paul N. Casscl's carpentry and J571-D724L joinery 694-H271C C. Lessons in Dryer, R. physical geogra- Ilaslurk, Paul N., cd. Metal-working. phy 551-D841L 671-H271m Gill, A. H. Engine-room chemistry. Kasluck, Paul N., cd. Wood-working. 545-G3980 694-H721W Contents, in part: Apparatus and Mr. Hasluck is a well-known writer chemicals; Fuels and their analysis; and authority on matters connected Regulation of combustion gas analy- with the industrial arts and trades. sis; Water, boiler-scale, pitting and cor- rosion; Mineral oils; Animal and vege- Juiige, F. E. Gas-power 662.6-J952g table oils. A manual of gas-power, its genera- Houston. E. A. Wonder-book of the at- tion, transmission and application, to- mosphere 551.5-H81w gether with chapters on producer-gas, gas-producers, and the utilization of Prof. Houston is a practical scientist, low-grade fuels, etc. The author is a and a successful teacher of boys. He German expert in gas-power. He has treats scientific subjects in a way to studied the foreign development of the make them interesting to young people. which is said to be far This volume deals with the marvels of gas engine, ahead of the American. the air. Kcllogg, V. L. American insects. 575. 7-K29a Maefic, R. C. Romance of medicine. 610-M162r Kellogg, V. L. Darwinism to-day. 575-K29d A review of the progress and achieve- discussion of scientific A present-day ments of medical science. criticism of the Darwinian selection theories, with concise accounts of the Park, J. E. Educational wood-working.... other more important proposed auxil- 694-P212 i iary and alternative theories of species- Potter, Cora B. Secrets of beauty. forming. 613-P849* Mctclmikoff, E. Nature of man.570.1-M561n Gives a general discussion of the fun- damental of and The great Russian biologist terms the principles beauty health. of the book is concerned chapters that comprise this book Much with common sense rules as to the care "studies in optimistic philosophy." He of the reasons that life in all forms has its body. joys and sorrows. "Life he regards not Smith, J. R. Story of iron and steel. as the soul that sleeps in the plant, 669.1-S658-- dreams in the beast and awakens in Watson, G. C. Farm poultry. . 636. 5-W33H man, but as somehow awake in all, ac- J. V. and cording as its relation to its organism Woodworth, Grinding lapping. is complete." 621.9-W872g A practical and important book on a Sfhmeil, Otto. Text-book of zoology. subject of importance to all metal-

590-S347t 1 working mechanics. Scrviss, G. Astronomy with the naked eye 520-S492a FINE ARTS. "Astronomy with an opera glass," by Ada n?s, J. H. Harper's in-door book for the same author, is a well-known and boys J790-A214h useful little manual. In the present Desmond, H. W. and Frohne, H. W. book he tells the beauty and grandeur a home 728-D46b of the heavens that may be seen by the Building The authors are the editor and asso- unaided eye. ciate editor of the Architectural Record. Eva M. Out-of-door book.J500-T16e Tanpan, The main theme of the book is the USEFUL ARTS. house costing from $5000 to $25,000. It has many helpful and beautiful illus- Blain. H. E., ed. Pitman's secretary's trations. handbook 658-B569p Dorncr, H. B. Window-gardening. Written from an English standpoint, 716.4-D73w but a valuable manual for all who have Glover, Ellye H. Dame Curtsey's book of secretarial duties to perform. novel entertainments 793-G51d Burkett. C. W. Agriculture for beginners. A new edition of a well-known book, 630-B912a which contains a fund of clever sug- Casson, H. N. Romance of the reaper. gestions and practical hints for the 630-C273r jaded housekeeper. Farrington, E. H., and Wall, F. W. Test- Hininu'lwright, A. L. A. Pistol and re- ing milk and its products. .. 614. 3-F24t volver 799-H57p THE LIBRARY GUIDE

Railmiy Shop Up to Date 725.3-R128r Wharton; American colleges; Nations A work compiled by the editorial and the decalogue; Mark Twain; Coup staff of the Railway Master Mechanic. dVtat of 1961 the last a forecast of It has exhaustive chapters on subjects the U. S. in that year. like these: The layout, Locomotive Shaw, G. B. John Bull's other island, etc. shop, Blacksmith shop, Freight car Id-S534j shop, Passenger coach and paint shops, Slide rmaii, H. Magda ...... Id-S943m Planing- mill, Foundry, Power plant, Tappaii, Eva M., ed. Poems and rhymes. Storehouse, Roundhouse. A very useful BIOGRAPHY. manual. Life and letters, Surclte, T. \V., and Mason, I). G. Appre- Bancroft, George. by*M. ciation of music 780-S961a A. D. Howe. 2v...... B-B219h a rich and varied life. Not a technical work; it is intended Bancroft lived for the mu ; ic-lover rather than the Ho is perhaps most generally thought as historian. music student. It aims to provide those of in these days a But as statesman who wish to listen intelligently to music his career a diplomat and w-is was with a practical guide to simple appre- distinguished. He Secretary ciation. of the Navy under President Polk, and LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE. was American minister to Prussia during the war between Germany Bcvcridge, A. J. Meaning of the times and France. He was therefore on the 815-B463m ground at the birth of the German Em- A series of addresses and essays by pire. His conversations with Bismarok, the Senator from Indiana on timely Von Moltke and Von Roon at that time topics. are deeply interesting. Blair, Mathildc, romp. Our holidays; Carr, Clark E. My day and generation. recitations and exercises. . .808.5-B569o B-C229

Burroughs, J. Leaf and tendril. . 814-B94LT Col. Carr's volume contains interest- The famous essay-naturalist has col- ing reminiscences of the men and events lected in this little volume a number of of the last generation. Lincoln, Doug- papers that have been published in the las. Baker, the elder Yates, Lovejoy, magazines in the last few years. A few and a host of others appear in these of the titles are given here: Art of see- pqges. ing things, Coming of summer, A breath Charles The Bold. Life, by Ruth Putnam. of April, A walk in the fields, Gay B-C384p plumes and dull, Straight seeing and A volume in the series, Heroes of the straight thinking, Human traits in the Nations. The Duke of Burgundy was animals, etc. one of the great princes of Europe dur- Hamilton, C. Materials and methods of ing the fifteenth century. He is intro- fiction 80 8. 3 -HI 8m duced by Scott in two of his romances. The writer shows how good fiction is The present volume gives a vivid pic- written; he gives examples, and de- ture of the man and the times. duces laws therefrom. I) e lane, John Thadeus. Life, by A. I. I!uui:tnu:nn, G. Hannele: a dream poem. Dasent. 2v...... B-D37d Id-H291h Delane was the editor of the London Louiislmry. T. R. Standard of usage in Times during the thirty-six years fol- English 420-L931s lowing 1841. Under his guiding hand, A series of essays that have appeared that journal was indeed "the thunder- in a popular magazine. They treat of er." It was the most widely-known such subjects as: Standard of usage, and probably the most influential jour- Linguistic authority of great writers, nal in the world. These volumes reveal Uncertainties of usage, Schoolmastering the sources of its power, and exhibit the speech, On the hostility to certain the close intimacy that existed between words, etc. the paper and successive governments Mal/ie, H. W. Essays every child should of Great Britain. know 804-M123 Douglas, Stephen A. Life, by Allen John-

Moore, P. E. Shelburne essays. . 81 4-M789.3 Fon ...... B-D751 The fifth volume in a series of essays An interesting account of the career by the same author. Among the sub- of the great rival and adversary of ject? are: Greek anthology, Praise of Abraham Lincoln. It is difficult for Dickens, George Gissing, Mrs. Gaskell, this generation to realize that during Philip Freneau, Thoreau's journal, the decade from 1850 to 1860 Senator Centenary of Longfellow, Donald G. Douglas was the most prominent man Mitchell, etc. in the country. The famous debates in Scott, W. D. Psychology of public speak- the Senatorial campaign of 1858, so ing 808.5-S433p often told from Lincoln's stand-point, Sinlgwick, H, D. New American type are here told from the Douglas side. 814-S447n Palmer, Alice Freeman. Life, by G. H. Contents, in part: New American Palmer ...... B-P178p type; Mob spirit in literature; Mrs. Mrs. Palmer was one of the greatest 16 THE LIBRARY GUIDE

educators and noblest women this coun- mately the people and the country. try has produced. She was president of The life and customs of the people are Wellesley College at the age of 24, and vividly pictured, and there are interest- her spiritual and mental growth contin- ing chapters Of the writer's personal ued until her untimely death. The rec- experiences. ord of her life is an inspiration to every Iliji'inljothani, J. U. Three weeks in Hol- teacher. The book is written by her land and Belgium T492-H5321 husband. This little book shows how even a Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives; ed. by Ginn. short trip abroad may be made the oc- 920-P47 casion of profitable sight-seeing and Stephens, Alexander H. Life, by Louis enjoyment. Pendleton B-D844p MvMurry, C. A. Larger types of Amer- Stephens was vice-president of the ican geography T73-M22L Southern Confederacy during the civil war. He was perhaps the most promi- ENGLISH PROSE FICTION. nent of that curious class at the South Bacon, Josephine D. Ten to seventeen. who wen- opposed to secession, but D258L2 "\\cnt with their State." He served Bradford, G. Matthew Porter ...... D72 2m several terms in the* U. S. Congress Brown, Alice. Rose MacLeod B81r4 after the war. Chambers, R. A. Some ladies in haste Tappan. I-'.va M.. cd. Adventures and C35s4 achievements J920-T16a Churchill, W. Mr. Crewe's career. . .C47m3 Victoria. Quern. Victoria, the woman; Crawford. F. M. Primadonna C85f2 by F. Hird B-V66hl rawsmi. W. J. Prophet in Babylon. . D32p5 This life of the English queen em- Kowclls. W. D. Fennel and rue H831O phasizes her individual and personal Lillitridse, W. Dissolving circle.. . .H625d3 character. McCutehcon, G. B. Husbands of Edith... HISTORY. H133h3 i\s the Hague Ordains 947-S416a Mcrriman, H. S. With edged tools M55w3 The journal of the wife of a Russian Parker, <. Pierre and his people. . . .P22pl prisoner in Japan. Parrish, R. Prisoners of chance. . . .P242p5 Fisher, S. >art, girls room J-T121s4 a defeat for Napoleon so crushing that cd. Folk stories and the name of the battle has come to Tappitn, Eva M., tales J-T16f4 mean, in general, irretrievable disaster, Modern stories '. . . . J-T16m4 TRAVEL. AND DESCRIPTION. Old-fashioned stories and poems. . J-T16o4 Corner, Caroline. Ceylon; the paradise of Stories from seven old favorites. .J-E16s4 Adam T548-C18C Stories from the classics J-T16s5

' i Ji. seven years' sojourn in Ceylon fur- VerhocfF, Carolyn. All about Johnnie nished the opportunity to study inti- Jones J-V58a4 A JNIVERSITr tf ILUNOH

The Library Guide.

Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., OCTOBER, 1908. No. 3

AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY monies and divinations practiced on the night among the Scottish peasantry are BOARD OF DIRECTORS fully described. The reader who attempts HON. F. G. PI.MN, President. the poem needs a good glossary to thor- ALEXANDER FORSYTH, Vice-President. oughly understand and enjoy it. It con- W. S. BEAUPRE, Treasurer. cludes with this stanza: MRS PIERCE BURTON DR. H. MILBACHER W. S. FRA/.IBR G. THURNAUER \\ T merry sangs and friendly cracks, J. H. FKEKMAX J. L. JOHNSON I \vat they' did na weary; An' unco', tales and funny jokes.

JAMES SHAW, Their sports were cheap an' cheery; - Librarian and Secretary Board of Directors Till butter'd so'ns, \vi' fragrant lunt, Set a' their gabs a-steerin'; LIBRARY HOURS Syne, wi" a social glass o' strunt, The main room of the Library is open They parted aff careenin', every day (Sundays and legal holidays ex- Fu' blythe that night. 1( .|,i.d) from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. Th'e chil- dren's room is open during the same hours On,c can but wonder that a celebration of on Saturdays; on other days from 12:30 this character should be ever made the oc- P. M. to 8 P. M. casion of hoodlumism and property-destruc- The reading room is open on Sundays tion. Its does not from 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. thorough enjoyment depend on such barbaric accompaniments. CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER We present first a list of books that deal Page with Hallowe'en in its general aspects, its Hallowe'en Reference List .17-19 history, etc.: Illinois Library Association 19 List of New Books 20-24 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS. Reference Material 24 Brand, J. Popular antiquities, v.l, p. In the Children's Room 24 377 Ref. American home Hallowe'en Reference List Campbell, Mrs. H. girl's book. pp. 144-147 Ref. The approach of Hallowe'en suggests the Chambers. R., ed. Book of days, v.2, p. presentation of a reading or reference list 519 Ref. in regard to the ceremonies, superstitions, games, stories, etc., that have their origin Dyer, T. F. T. British popular customs. in the celebration of the vigil of All Hallows p. 394 Ref. or festival of All Saints. This is thought to Glover, E. H. Dame Curtsey's book of be a relic of pagan times, as there is noth- entertainments 793-G51d ing in the church-observance of the ensuing Hofmann, M. C. Games for everybody. . day of All Saints to have originated the ex- 793-H669g traordinary notions that are connected with Mrs. H. B. Bright ideas for en- Hallowe'en. Lincott, tertaining 793-L649b A large body of literature has grown up fable, around the ancient customs that have be- Reddall, H. F.. Fact, fancy and 247 030R24 come a part of Hallowe'en. Perhaps the p. most celebrated bit of this literature is Shepard, W. Curiosities of popular cus- Burns' famous poem, in which the cere- toms, p. 501 Ref. 18 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October, 1908

Wuf-ner, li. Manners, customs and ob- idea respecting Hollowe'en is that it is espe- servances, p. 269 Ref. cially a time when supernatural influences White, M. Book of games 793-W58 prevail, and when visitors may be expected SCRAP-BOOK MATERIAL.. from the spirit world, a number of arti- cles and stories that deal with ghosts in The Library possesses a large amount of general are included: material on this general subject that has been preserved in scrap-books. Much of Descriptive Articles. this is interesting, and will be found ex- Hallowe'en suppers. Harper's Bazar, v.35, ' ceedingly useful in organizing entertain- p. 670. ments. Some of the material is descrip- Hallowe'en supper. Harper's Bazar, v.37, p. tive, and some of it is in the form of 1063. siiM-irs. Those interested will find it worth Novel Hallowe'en party. Harper's Bazar, while to go through it: v.38, p. 1092. Hallowe'en witch Merry moments for Hallowe'en. From La- party. Harper's Bazar, v.39, 1046. dies' Home Journal, October, 1899. p. Hallowe'en Ladies' Home Hallowe'en suggestions. From Woman's Mystic party. Journal, October, 1905. Home Companion, October, 1900. Hallowe'en fun. Ladies' Home Oc- Hallowe'en symbols. From Woman's Home Journal, 1906. Companion, October, 1900. tober, Social affairs for Hallowe'en. Ladies' Home Hallowe'en ghost party. From Woman's Journal, 1908. Home Companion, October, 1900. October, Hallowe'en in and at sea. Curious lore of Hallowe'en. From Woman's Ireland, Scotland, Harper's v.73, p. 842. Home Companion, October, 1900. Monthly, Jolly Hallowe'en party. From Ladies' Hallowe'en Stories. Home Journal, October, 1902. Hallowe'en. Scribner's Monthly, v.3, pp. Merry Hallowe'en larks. From Ladies' 26-119. Home Journal, October, 1903. Hallowe'en wraith. Harper's Monthly, v.81, Mrs. Edison's Hallowe'en party. From p. 830. Woman's Home Companion, October, Hallowe'en reformation. Century, v.27, 1904. p. 48. How the college girl celebrates Hallowe'en. Ghost extinguisher. Cosmopolitan, v.38, From Woman's Home Companion, Oc- p. 689. tober, 1904. Experiences with ghosts. Harper's Weekly, A nut-crack party for Hallowe'en. From v.48, p. 1920. Woman's Home Companion, October, Ghost of the gun-deck. Harper's Weekly, 1904. v.49, p. 1600. Fads and frills for Hallowe'en. From Ghost stories from real life. Woman's Home Woman's Home Companion, October, Companion, v.32, p. 642. 1905. Ghosts and visions that people have seen. A Hallowe'en supper. From Ladies' World, Ladies' Home Journal, v.22, p. 6. October, 1899. Ghostly stowaway. Outing, v.49, p. 28. Hallowe'en revels. From Chicago Tribune, Soldiers and ghosts. Cosmopolitan, v.42, Oct. 24, 1904. p. 37. Hallowe'en plays: Little girl in red; Goblin The ghost. Harper's Monthly, v.115, p. 956. drill; Dance of the bats; Bogie man; Ghost at Point of Rocks. Scribner's Month- Jack o* lantern drill; Games; Charms; ly, v.42, p. 159. Witch-cake. Ghost of Sandy Carr. Cosmopolitan, v.44, Hallowe'en dinner-party. p. 213. Hallowe'en pantomime: A charm that Readjustment. Harper's Monthly, v.116, worked. p. 694. Witch's cave. GHOSTS IN FICTTQN. MAGAZINE MATERIAL). For other material on the subjects of

There is, of course, an abundant supply ghosts, consult Bruce's Historic ghosts and

of material in the popular magazines; we ghost-hunters (133.1-B83h) ; and Lang's indicate below where some of the articles Book of dreams and ghosts (133.1-L25). and stories are to be found. As a leading Ghostly apparitions have long been a part of October, 1908 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 19

the working material of novelists; and some Soul, soul for a soul-cake. St. Nicholas, instances where they have been used with v.10, pt. 1, p. 93. effect, or where the supernatural is a lead- Reading the book of fate. St. Nicholas, ing element in the story, are appended: v.23, pt, 1, p. 33. Balzac, H. Magic skin B21m Children's celebration of Hallowe'en. St. Nicholas, v.32. Clicsnutt, C. W. Goophered grapevine, in Hallowe'en happenings. St. v.35, The Conjure woman C421 Nicholas, p. 51. Ohesnutt, C. W. Sandy sees his own ha'nt, Sneezers. Little Chronicle, v.14, p. 531. in The marrow of tradition. . . .C421ml Suggestions for Hallowe'en. Children's C. Ghost in Christ- Dickens, stories, Magazine, v.ll, p. 88. mas stories D55cl Gould, S. B. Book of ghosts B73b4 ILLINOIS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

1 1 an IV. W. Wine ghosts of Bremen. . . .H29 The Illinois State Library Association held its twelfth annual meeting at Galesburg Oc- Hawthorne, J. Archibald Malmaison. ..H31 tober 12, 13 and 14. The attendance of .James, M. R. Ghost stories of an anti- Librarians was larger than usual, and the quary J231g3 number of trustees present was the largest in the history of the Association. The daily Kipling-, R. Phantom Rickshaw, etc. .K62p sessions were marked by the discussion of that are Maupassant, G., and others. Modern practical topics constantly arising in the management of a public library. The ghosts M44m main thought running through all the dis- Stockton, F. R. Bishop's ghost, and The cussions was, How can the public library be printer's baby, in Story-teller's pack. made a great educational force? How can it make life more S86s6 enjoyable and more use- ful to all classes and all ages? These were Twain, Mark. - Golden arm, in The man the aims, and the path to their working out that corrupted Hadleyburg T91ml was punctuated by all manner of practical details, from repairs of books to intricate Ward, Mrs. E. S. P. Men, women and questions of cataloguing and classification. ghosts W21m2 The one unusually important piece of work turned out at the meeting was to Westall, W. Phantom city W52p authorize the president of the Association, Wllkius, Mary E. Wind in the rose-bush. Miss M. E. Ahern, to appoint a committee W54m to draft a law for library supervision along the lines that have been found so effective HALLOWE'EN FOR YOUNG FOLKS. in the more progressive States of the Union. Hallowe'en celebrations, entertainments, The present Illinois library law, the best in the country when it was enacted and customs are a never-failing source of thirty-six years ago, simply permits municipalities to wonder and to and enjoyment young people, levy a tax to establish and maintain public rightly so. And it is an evidence of barbar- libraries. Something beyond this is now ism to make them an excuse for acts of needed. Isolated communities must be how to avail themselves of lawlessness and property destruction. For taught library privileges. Weak libraries need to be in- information and general suggestions adapted structed, in order that their revenues may to use by young people, consult the follow- be expended to the best advantage. Travel- ing: ing libraries should be organized for the benefit of remote sections. Heard. American girl's handy-book A deal of work in this line has been J-790-B381 good performed of late years by Women's Clubs Campbell, Helen. American girl's home- and by alliances and granges of farmers. book J-790-C15 But the work is too immense to be carried on effectually in that way. It should be S. of Children's White, M. and Book par- undertaken by the State. Nearly all the ties J-790-W578b progressive States in the country now have A few articles from some of the leading their commissions for library supervision and extension. Isn't it time for Illinois to juvenile magazines are also given. These put itself in line with them? contain special suggestions that will be found useful by parents and teachers in ob- The new of Fiction in the servance of the occasion: Catalogue Library is for sale at the counter. Price Witches' St. night. Nicholas, v.6, p. .783. 25 cents. A very useful tool to all who All Hallowe'en myths. St. Nicholas, v.9, wish to make their selections of novels pt. 1. wanted, in the quiet of the home. 20 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October, 1908

AIHMuiv's Magazine, v.30. Nov., 1907- List of New Books 1908. National Review. 49v. 1883-1907. Added to the Library, July and September, 1908 North American Review. v.187. Jan., June, 1908. The letter J preceding the call -number of a book indicates Popular Science Monthly, v.72. Jan.,- that the book is suitable for young people, and, may be June, 1!08. found in the children's room. Putnam's Monthly. v.3 Oct., 1907- The abbreviation "Ref." indicates a book in the reference March, 1908. room. Such books are not to be taken from the building St. Nicholas, v.35. Nov., 1907-Apral, without special permission. 1908. Scribner's Magazine, v.43. Jan., -June, GENERAL WORKS AND BOOKS 3908. OF REFERENCE. Technical .World Magazine. v.7-8. March, 1907-Feb., 1908.' Woman's Home Companion, v.34. 1907. Fletcher, W. I., ed. Annual literary World To-Day, v.14. Dec. 1907-June, index. 1907 .Ref. 1908. work. It in- A valuable reference World's Work. v.15. Nov., 1907-April, dexes contents of nearly a hundred of 1908. the leading magazines and reviews of England and the United States, and PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION.

also the books of general literature Grose; H. B. Incoming millions. . 266-G898i published in the year 1907. A little book on the immigration problem. It is not statistical or politi- La Toilette, R. M., ed. Making of Amer- cal, but deals with the missionary work ica. lOv Ref. thai, is being done for the Americaniza- This work treats the "making of tion of the "incoming millions." America" topically, each volume being T. J. of devoted to a general subject, as fol- Hardy. Gospel pain 204-H22g lows: 1, The people; 2, Industry and HigR'insoii, T. W. Things worth while... finance; 3, Statesmanship and diplo- . . 170-H53t macy; 4, Trade and commerce; 5, -Agri- II. culture; 6, Mining and metallurgy; 7, llysloj). J. Psychical research and Science and invention; 8, Labor; 9, the resurrection :...-.... 130-H99p Army and navy; 10, Public welfare. A new volume by the well-known Moses, M. J. Children's books and read- 'investigator of psychic phenomena. - the, ing .' 028-MSolc "The phenomena," says author, "still accumulate, and increase the duty Webster, N. Universal dictionary. . . . J-Ref. of science to interpret them." Reviews: Magazines and Miles, E. Power of concentration American Magazine, v.65. Nov., 1907- 150-M499p. April, 1908. American Review of Reviews, v.37. National Arbitration and Peace Congress, Jan., -June, 1908. 1907. Proceedings 172.4-N21 Atlantic Monthly, v.101. Jan., -June, 3903. Tierce, IT. G. B., cd. Soul of the Bible. . . Blackwood's Magazine. 8v. 1904- 220-P61s 1907. Edward Everett Hale writes an intro- Century Magazine, v.53. Nov., 1907- duetinh to this book, in which he says: April, 1908. "What Mr. Pierce has done so effect- v.9. 1907- Children's Magazine, Aug., ively is to bring together in a natural Jan., 1908. way parts of the Bible which explain ( 'ontemporary Review. Sv. 1904-1907. and supplement one another. I do not v.44. Cosmopolitan, Nov., 1907-May, rt,merr\ber any other book which thus 190S. brings together in their vital relations Current Literature, v.44. Jan.,-June, the passages of the Bible that are of 1908. permanent worth." Eclectic Magazine, v.1-20. 1865-1874. Fortnightly Review. Sv. 1904-1907. rodmore, F. Naturalization of the super- Harper's Monthly Magazine. v.116. natural 133-P175H 1908. Dec., 1907-May, Traces the history of spiritualistic 6 1906-1907. Harper's Weekly. pts. movements, and produces material that Ladies' Home Journal, v. 23-2 4. 1906- exposes fraud, and yet substantiates cer- 1907. tain marvellous occurrences of psychic Association Record, llv. 1899- Library phenomena. 1907. Littell's Living Age. 16v. 1904-1907. Stniiton, 8. B. The Essential life. 104-S792e October. 1908 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 21

SOCIOLOGY. A book <>f animal stories, dealing with ar and ir.oose, lynx and wolf, etc. liryan, E. l. Musis of practical teach- ing ...... 371-BS37b St. John. T. M. Wireless telegraphy

,- 537.81-S143\v t'ampbell. A. C. Insurance and crime...... 36S-C1481 Contains theoretical and practical in- and directions for The author claims that this book formation, perform- ing experiments on wireless telegraphy enters a field never fully explored be- with home-made apparatus. fore. It attempts a consideration of the effects upon society of the abuses Seloiis, F. C. African nature notes of and recounts histori- insurance, many j. 590-S46Sa cal instances of such abuses. Gives observations made during thir- Against Socialism ...... 335-LS41c ty-six years of adventure in Africa, which lead to the conclusion car- An argument adapted to popular that nivorous -beasts hunt their scent comprehension against the socialistic prey by rather theory of government. than by sight. E. T. Natural history of the ten Halo, A. Savings bank investments ...... f-otoii, ...... 332.2-H127S commandments 590-T37n Harrison. E. Two children of the foot- Mr. Seton's theory is that the deca- logue is not arbitrary,, and for man's hills ...... 372.2-H24t use alone, but exists in the great order Iciiks. T. Our army for our boys. 353-J421q of things, and that the more highly developed animals obey its laws. .lohoimot, J., ed. Grandfather's stories.. .USEFUL ARTS. Barr, J. R. Direct current electrical Mo>

Scott. Colin A. Social education. .371-S426s Gilbert, F. B. Concrete system . 691. 3-G372c The author considers the education This is neither a text-book nor a of the child from the stand-point of treatise, but a set of instructions from the child's relations to society. Several a building contractor of experience to schools are described, in which different his concrete field forces. systems of are practiced. government Kirby. M. arid E. Aunt Martha's cor- The wise and benevolent monarchical 600-K'627a government of the famous school at ner-cupboard Abbotsholme, England, is minutely de- Valuable hints and suggestions in the vcrir>'.% d. as is the famous George Junior line of good house-keeping. Republic nt Freeville, N. Y. FINE ARTS.

SMi>\vi<'k, Airs. A. Home life in Ger- ('allin, <\ II. Child's guide to pictures.. 111, my ...... 390-S56Sh J-750-Cllc NATURAL SCIENCES. The aim of the book is to so explain good pictures that the child learns to Hale. G. E. Study of stejlar evolution. . . ' love them, and to know why he loves ...... 523.8-HlSs them. The last of this the part book, says Rhcad, L. Book of fish and fishing "is and Nation, particularly suggestive 799-R338b valuable to amateur observers who are the provided with moderate-sized telescopes, "The object of this book," says and are skilled in preface, "is to inform anglers about who photography." ' every kind of fresh-water and especially Roberts, C. G. 1>. House in the water. . . marine fish. The fish not angled for are

. 590-R539h left out, and scientific names and de- 22 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October, 1908

si riptions are not considered. Detailed of military history and the art of war; directions are given where, how and find his criticisms of the leading cam- when, and with what to get the fish paigns and generals of the civil war described." were expressed in vigorous language.

Sprit/,. \. Styles of ornament. . ..745-S743s Home, O. B., and Seobey, K. L. Stories Weathers, J. School, cottage and allot- of great artists 927-H779s ment gardening 716-W37 Krrinev, Ida. Struggle for a royal child B-L932k \\inans. W. A. Sporting rifle. . . 799-W718s Extract from the preface: "Whilst Thf. author was a governess in the of the not professing to give a complete de- house Countess of Montignoso scription of every make of sporting during 1906. Her mission was to help return the Anna Monica rifle, or of all sorts of big game shoot- royal child, to her father. The book ing:, this book still describes the prin- Pia, minutely the life of the cipal classes of sporting weapons, and records daily countess enough of the habits of the deer and and her household. boar tribes to enable the in beginner Medicis de, Marie, and the French court. i ifle-shooting to start less handicapped By L. Battifol .- B-M461b than he otherwise would be." An interesting revelation of the man- ESSAYS, ADDRESSES AND GEN- ners and morals of royalty in the time ERAL LITERATURE. of the fourth Henry of France. Amadeus. V. Chapman, J. J. Four plays for children Mozart. Wolfgang Life, by J-Id-C362f Wilder B-M87w Mozart is universally esteemed as one Franklin, F. People and problems of the most fascinating figures in musi- 814-F85p cal history. This work gives Mozart's A collection of addresses and edi- life a:> an artist, as seen by a French- torials, thie author of which was for man. thirteen editor of the Baltimore years Napoleon, I. Bonaparte and the Consu- News. The topics are such as a lead- late; by A. C. Thibodeau.. ..B-N16t3 ing newspaper may deal with from day to day. Taken together, they form Treats of the period in Napoleon's life a sane and vigorous commentary on when he was gradually gathering into "people and problems" that have been his hands supreme power. The reader of popular interest in this country dur- will find here no lurid battle-pictures, of ing the last twelve or thirteen years. but a painstaking study Napoleon as a statesman and man of affairs. Harrison, E. Vision of Dante.. .J-851-D23h Pare, Ambrose, and his times. By S. llcrtog, P. J. Writing of English Paget B-P197p 420-H252W The subject of this sketch was an Kennedy. C. R. Servant in the house .... eminent French surgeon, who lived in sixteenth His his t, Id-K378s3 the century. life, says biographer, was so full of good works, J. N., and Xollen, eonip. Chronology adventure and romance, that it ought

Bibliography of German literature. . . to be known and honored in other 830-N722C countries besides France. at the Phillips, S. Sin of David Id-P539s2 Roosevelt, Theodore. A week White House, by H. W. Bayard I :-i \MioiK I. G. L. Aztec god Id-R21a B-R67h Ballads I-R21b An interesting "study of the Presi- Life in song I-R21L dent at the nation's business." Taft. W. H. Present-day problems...... Spencer, Herbert. His life and letters, 815-T123p by D. Duncan. 2v B-S738d A series of addresses delivered in the An authoritative biography of one of course of the last seven years by the the great philosophers of the last cen- present Republican candidate for Presi- dent. tury. BIOGRAPHY. DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL. Bourne, E. G. Discovery, conquest and DC Peyster, John Watts. Life, by F. of the islands Allaben B-D438a history Philippine T914-B66d De Peyster was an eminent citizen of New York, but little known to the gen- Headland, J. T. Chinese boy and girl. . . eral public. He was a profound student . T51-H34c October, 1908 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 23

Shinv. E. R. Big people and little peo- Keays, Mrs. H. A. M. Road to Damascus

ple T5-S533b . K223r4 HISTORY. Lea, H. Vermillion pencil L46v2 Jennette. Uncle William...... L499u4 Flher, H. A. L. Bonapartism. . 944.05-F53b Lee, Not a history of events, nor a biogra- Lewis, A. H. Wolfville folks L581w4 phy of Napoleon, but an attempt to Lcrimer. G. H. Jack Spurlock, prodigal elucidate the principles upon which his theory of government rested. The LS9J1 writer diagnoses Bonapartism as a Lynch, L. L. Man and master L9S4ml despotism based on popular equality. McCarthy, J. II. Duke's motto ... .M129d5 Jones. H. S. Roman empire 937-J70r MacGrath, H. Lure of the mask. . . .M17L5 A new volume in the popular series, "Story of the nations." Mt-Iiityre, J. T. In the dead of night. . . M183i4 \Viilling-, W. E. Russia's message 947-W154r Montji-omery, Lucy M. Anne of the Green Gables An attempt by an American writer, M758a4 who has spent considerable time in Oppenheim, E. P. Avenger O621a6 Russia, to interpret the social upheaval F. Fellow in progress in that country. "The new Palmer. Big P18b3 llussian ideas," he says, "tend to revo- Parrish, R. Last voyage of the Donna lutionize the basis of modern very Isabel P242L1 thought not only with regard to society, but with regard to all life." Patterson, J. M. Little brother of the rich P274L5 FICTION". Pemberton. Max. Sir Richard Escombe Austin, Mary. Santa Lucia A937sl , P36s3 lia/in, Rene. The nun B342n5 Philpotls, E. and Bennett A. The statue Itcach, Rex. Barrier B35bl P545s5 lioolh. E. C. Post-girl B64p4 Pinkham, E. G. Fate's a fiddler. .. .P65fl Esther and Lucia. Coast of Cliaiiil>crlaiii, Powell, Frances. Old Mr. Davenant's chance .' C348c4 Money P868o4 R. W. Firing line. ..'... .C35f 4 Chambers, Porter, G. S. At the foot of the rainbow Connolly, J. B. Olympic victor C758o3 P833a5

S. Cutting, Mary Wayfarers C978wl Reed, Myrtle. Flower of the dusk. . .R25f4 Davis, C. B. Stage-door D286s5 Richards, Laura E. Wooing of Calvin Davis. R. H. Vera, the medium D29v2 Parks R388w4 Day, IT. King Spruce D33k3 Roberts. M. Blue Peter R539b4 Delaiid, Mrs. M. W. C. R. J.'s mother, Roberts/ T. Captain Love ....R540cl etc D37r Srdgwick, Anna D. Fountain sealed. S447f 4 Eldridge, W. T. Meryl E372m2 Sholl, Anna M. Greater love S558g5

Ellis. Elizabeth. "Fair moon of Bath". . . Smith, F. H. Peter S64p2

-. E469fl Stringer, A. Under-groove S918u4 Ford. S. Side-stepping with Shorty. F742s3 Townley, H. Bishop's emeralds T656b3 Freeman, Mary E. W. Shoulders of Atlas Ward, Mrs. H. Testing of Diana Mallory W65s2 W212t2 Galsworthy, J. Villa Rubein G13v3 Westrup, Margaret. Greater mischief . . . Hamilton, Cecily. Diana of Dobson's. . . . W523go H177d3 White, S. E. Riverman W580r3 Hatfield. F. Realm of light H279r2 Williams, J. L. Girl and the game Henry, O. Heart of the West H39h2 W673g3

Herrick, R. Master of the inn H43ml Williamson, C. N., and Mrs. A. M. Chauf- Hewlett. M. Halfway house. ....".. ,H49hl feur and the chaperon W675c3 Hough, E. Way of a man HSlwl Winslow, H. M. Spinster farm W725s5 24 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October, 1908

\Vi-i.u-hl. Mrs. M. O. Garden of a com- These periodicals discuss in rather heavy muter's wife W931gl but very thorough British fashion every open window W931o4 topic of public interest, from the servant JKTioN FOU YOUN<; FOLKS. girl problem to the balance of power in l;>.ni rol'i. Laura. Twinkle talcs: Europe. Their contents are thrown open to tlie 1. -Mr. \Y Ichmk J-B22U student and inquirer by means of the

'.'. !!. in. lit .lii:i Grow T-I!22t^ periodical index that still retains tne name :;. I'ri.irie ddg-towij J-Bl'iin of poole, as well as by the Reader's Guide, I. I'rinee Mud Turtle J-B22t4 an index of a similar character, Suvar-loat' mountain J-B22t5 published in Minneapolis. :. T\vinkle s enchantment J-B22t6

Itcach. !'. I/. . . J-B35ao Annapolis youngster IN THE CHILDREN'S ROOM. Houjilas, Amanda 31. Helen Grant, grad- The children were favored with some very uate J-D74hS pleasant hours in their room during the va- IVim. <;. M. Trapped by Malays ... J-F36to cation period. One afternoon in July Aliss Jessie Rowe, of Dayton, Ohio, gave a series Fli'tehrr. II. II. Alarjork- and her papa.. of old-time folk-lore and fairy stories to a J-F63ml highly interested audience of little folks. On several in the month of Au- I.finir. \.. rd. Sm>\v-man J-L25s4 mornings gust Miss Ada Foster gave an interpretation 3Ij-li.it.viv. Mari;aivl A. <'ave boy . J-MlSlcl of Dickens' "Old Curosity Shop." These renderings Were of thrilling interest to 3la!mic. I*. 15. \Yest Point cadet . .J-M29w6 large audiences of young people. Little 3lolcs\vortli, Mrs.- 31. L. S. Cuckoo clock Nell, one of the brightest as well as most J-M73C5 pathetic child-figui-es in all literature, was of course made the centre of interest. Miss 3Ii>rs-. I,, li. Road to Nowhere. .J-MS29rs Foster exhibited much dramatic talent, as Ni-*l>it. E. Railway children J-N36rl well as a thorough knowledge of child-

\nycs. 3Iimia JJ. Twilight stories. . J-N87t6 nature, in the rendering of her interpreta- tions. I'ylc. Katliarine. Nancy Rutledge. . J-P991nl Miss Gladys Hull, of the Library staff, St. Nicholas Maj;a/.iiie. Fairy stories, also gave the children a couple of nature- r.-told J-S147fl stories that were much enjoyed.

Sc*iir, Ma!.inie di-. Stoi y of a donkey..' J-S456s5 Melvil Dewey, of decimal classification fame, one of the greatest authorities in the Stratenicyrr. 10. Young explorers of the world on library work and progress, pre- Amazon J-S89p4 dicted when New York State librarian that Warrtc. Margaret. Betty Wales, B. A... the day would come when all well-equipped J-W212b6 libraries would carry sheet music, to be loaned out as freely as books. "Why should C.viliilma. Widow- O'Callag- not the public be allowed to borrow the han's bovs. . . . J-Z7w3 songs of Schubert as well as the songs of he and has REFERENCE MATERIAL. Tennyson?" asked; the question not yet been satisfactorily answered. A It will noticed that the list of new be step in this direction has been taken by the books given in the present number of The Evanston Public Library, a step even be- Guide includes a la r,i?e number of volumes of yond the position implied in Mr. Dewey's the solid English magazines and reviews. question. It has a music room, in which a During the summer the Library's sets of the pianola has been installed, and it has pur- chased a collection of 500 which Contemporary Review, Nineteenth Century music rolls, are at the service of the residents of Evan- (and after), Fortnightly Review, and Black- ston. This novel experiment will be wood's Magazine have been brought down watched with interest by all who are inter- to the beginning of the present year; and ested in library development. also our set of Littell's Living Age. A full set of another English periodical has been The new printed Catalogue of Fiction in shelved in the Library, viz.; the National the library is for sale at the counter; price, Review, which represents the views of the 25 cents. The annotated list of a hundred Conservative and the reac- English party, of the best novels is constantly consulted by lioii from the extreme free trade doctrine discriminating readers, the effect of which Is under which England has been governed shown in a large increase in the circulation for ri<*u-ly three-quarters of a century. of the books in the list. The Library Guide.

Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., JANUARY, 1909. No. 4

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND latter must have had a very high opinion of CHARJDES HOYT. Lincoln's ability; otherwise, he would have As a matter of great local interest in con- engaged some of the able lawyers then liv- nection with the approaching centennial an- ing in Kane County, among whom were niversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, William B. Plato, O. D. Day, John Farns- The Guide presents a fac-simile of an auto- worth, A. M. Herrington, S. S. Jones, S. W. graph letter of Lincoln to Charles Hoyt, a Brown, and others. No County in the pioneer of Aurora, one of the makers of the State had an abler bar than Kane. But Mr. city. The original of this letter was pre- Hoyt passed by these men. He did not even sented to the Public Library by R. W. Gates, go to Chicago for a lawyer. He went down Esq., to whom it was given by Mr. Hoyt. to Springfield, at a time when the capital, The letter, it will be seen, relates to a law- considering the means of communication, suit in which Lincoln had been retained by was ten times as distant as it is now, and Hoyt. The suit had been dismissed in the engaged the services of Abraham Lincoln. United States Court, "with leave to the As far back as 1851 we find Lincoln writ- plaintiff to reinstate at the next term." This ing to Mr. Hoyt from Springfield: "Our

was a victory, as far as it went, for Hoyt. case is decided against us. . . . Very The ca.se being dismissed, the costs would, sorry, but there is no help. ... I do in the natural order of litigation, be ad- not think I could ever have argued the case judged against the plaintiff. But Lincoln, better than I did. I did nothing else but with characteristic caution, advises "to prepare to argue and argue the case from make no movement about costs till aftsr Friday morning to Monday1 evening. Very next term, lest this should stir them up to sorry for the result, but I do not think it reinstate the cases." could have been prevented." This letter is dated July 10, 1855. The Further evidence of the mutual regard preceding winter Lincoln was a candidate and friendship that existed between the two for United States Senator, but failed of elec- men is found in another letter of Lincoln's, tion, Lyman Trumbull being the successful which is published in a recent edition of his candidate. After his defeat, Lincoln de- writings. This letter is as follows: voted himself industriously to his law busi- Clinton, DeWitt Co., Nov. 10, 1854. ness, and Mr. Hoyt's case seems to have Mr. Charles Hoyt Dear Sir: You used been one of the first to which he gave at- to express a great deal of partiality for me, tention. and if you are still so, now is the time. This litigation, it is now thought, was in Sqme friends here are really for me for the reference to the water-power on Fox river, U. S. Senate, and I should be very grateful in which Hoyt had a large interest. While if you could make a mark for me among in charge of this litigation, Lincoln made your members. Please write me at all several visits to Aurora, and Mr. Gates re- events, giving me the names, post-offices members having seen Lincoln and Hoyt re- and "political position" of members round clining on the bank of the river, near the about you. Direct to Springfield. Let this old Hoyt shop, in earnest discussion, no be confidential. Yours truly, doubt, of the case. A. LINCOLN. This was not the only law-suit in which Kane County was then in the third assem- Lincoln had been retained by Hoyt. The bly district, and the men who had been 26 THE LIBRARY GUIDE January. 1909

elected from the district a few days before Other valuable biographies are those of this letter was written were: Augustus Morse, in the American Statesmen series; of Adams, of Elgin, Senator; Benjamin Hack- Arnold, who, although a contemporary and ney, of Aurora, and William E. Patten, of a friend, deals almost exclusively with the Somonauk, Representatives. political side of Lincoln's career; of Ida These were all "Anti-Nebraska" men. Tarbell, who has gathered a fund of anec- The Republican party was then in its birth- dote and reminiscence, of pictures and por- throes. It was composed of men from all traits, that would have been lost to the existing parties, who were simply agreed on world but for her industry; of Herndon, opposition to the extension of slavery. who was a law partner of Lincoln; and of These various elements were not thoroughly Lamon, an old and intimate friend. fused when the Legislature met in January, Below are given the formal biographies 1855. Lincoln, a former Whig, received 45 in possession of the Library, the author and votes at the begininng of the balloting for call number only being given in each case: Senator. Trumbull, a former Democrat, re- Arnold, I. N...... B-L63a H. B...... B-L63b2 ceived 5 votes. After many ballots, it was Binns, Crosby, F...... B-L63c5 seen that the 5 Trumbull men would not Curtis, W. E...... B-L63c vote for Lincoln, so, rather than run a French, C. W...... B-L63f chance of a pro-slavery Democrat being Hapgood, N____ ...... B-L63h chosen, the 45 Lincoln men went over lo Herndon, W. H. and Weik, J. W____ B-L63h3 Holland, J. G ...... B.-L63h5 Trumbull, who was elected. Lamon, W. H...... B-L63L In this contest, on the first ballot, Sena- Morse. J. H. 2v ...... B-L63m3 tor Adams and Representative Hackney, of Nicolay, J. G., and Hay, J. 10 v..B-L63nl Kane, voted for Lincoln; Representative Stoddard. W. O...... B-L63s5 Tarbell, Ida M. 2v...... B-L63t Patten, of DeKalb, voted for On the Ogden. FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. tenth and final ballot, all voted for Trum- Brooks, N. Abraham Lincoln and the bull. downfall of slavery ...... B-L63b This is the Senatorial seat which our Brooks. N. Abraham Lincoln, his youth townsman, Mr. Hopkins, is occupying. Sen- and early manhood, etc ...... B-L63bl ator Cullom has the seat for which Lincoln These two books are practically the same.

C. C. Lincoln. . and Douglas contended in 1858. Coffin, Abraham .J-B-L63c4 Morgan, J. Abraham Lincoln, the boy Abraham Lincoln. and the man ...... B-63m2 Putnam. Mrs. M. L. Children's life of Born Feb. 12, 1809: Died April 15, 1865. Lincoln ...... J-B-L63p2 WRITINGS AND SPEECHES. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS, ANEC- Complete Works. Ed. by J. G. Nicolay DOTES. ETC. and John Hay. 2v 815-L63 Brooks, N. Washington in Lincoln's time Early Speeches, 1832-1856 815-L63e ...... B-L63bS Extracts From [Lincoln's with Speeches; Carpenter. F. B. Six months at the White biographical and critical sketch; House ...... B-L63c by H. W. Mabie Warner's (in library, Crittenden. L. E. Recollections of Lin- v- 16) Ref. coln and his administration. . . .B-L63c3 Inaugural Addresses and speech at Gettys- Dana, C. A. Recollections of the civil war burg 973-D28 ...... 973.7-D1& Letters and Telegrams. 3v 815-L63L Gallagher, J. E. Best Lincoln stories Messages and Papers of the Presidents. v-6 Ref. Gilmore, J. R. Personal recollections of Speeches and Debates. 2v 815-L63sl Lincoln and the civil war. . . . 973.7-G42 LEADING BIOGRAPHIES. Piatt, D. Memoirs of men who saved the Of the numerous of biographies Lincoln, Union (pp. 27-49) ____ .- ...... 923-P57 that of Nicolay and Hay is by far the most Poore, B. P. Recollections of Abraham elaborate. The authors were private secre- Lincoln. (In Parton's Some noted taries of President Lincoln, and had access princes, etc., pp. 347-354) .... 920-P25& to original sources of information, as well Schurz, Carl. Reminiscences. 2v..B-S394 as possessing intimate personal knowledge Schurz first met Lincoln in 1858. His of the man. It is a work in ten large vol- second volume gives many interesting umes, and first appeared in the Century interviews with and impressions of his magazine. It is not merely a biography; it character and career. is a history of the country from the time of Thompson, R. W. Abraham Lincoln. (In Lincoln's first appearance on the national Thompson's Recollections of sixteen stage till his death. presidents) ...... 923-T3T Jannarv. 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 27

THE DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS. Leland, C. G. Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery B-L63L3 The series of debates with Senator Doug- Wilson, H. Rise and fall of the slave of are las, in the Senatorial campaign 1858, power in America. 3v 326.4-W69 given in full in Nicolay and Hay's collection SPECIAL PHASES OF LINCOLN'S of Lincoln's Complete Works, and also in LIFE AND CHARACTER. Debates Speeches and (815-L63sl). Alonzo Rothschild's "Lincoln, Master of volume by the Illi- A recently published men," (B-L63r) is well-termed a "study Historical (997.3-129c- nois State Library of character." It is a notable contribution of the fiftieth anni- v3), in commemoration to a clear understanding of Lincoln's intel- of the event, contains, besides the versary lectual power. This is revealed in a close a vast amount of ma- speeches themselves, analysis of his relations with Douglas, his terial from the newspapers of the gathered early rival and adversary; with Seward, sources. The day and other contemporary Chase and Stanton, members of his cabinet; well-known his- volume is edited by the and with McClellan and Fremont, the two Prof. E. E. The manner in torian, Sparks. generals who gave him most trouble. These these famous debates were reported which were all men of the first rank, along differ- Is described in full; and we have a detailed ent lines, and in different ways; but it ia of each discussion, drawn from the account shown that Lincoln, with all his modesty on both sides of the great ques- newspapers and simplicity, his wonderful patience and which to the reader a vivid tion, convey gentleness, was master of them all. excitement and interest that idea of the Frederick Trevor Hill's "Lincoln, the stirred all classes of people. Lawyer," (B-L63m4), traces his develop- Villard's Memoirs con- Henry (B-V699) ment as a lawyer, and attributes his success on the Lincoln- tain an interesting chapter in the larger field of statesmanship to the attended the de- Douglas debates. Yillard rigorous training he had received in his as a He was a keen bates correspondent. twenty-three years' experience in the courts of as was by his after observer men, proved

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Taylor, H.' Science of jurisprudence List of New Books 340.5-T21s Added to the Library, October-December, 1908 Thompson, S. Cost, capitalization, etc., of American railways 395-T37c White, T. R. Business law '.340-W58b The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates that the book is suitable for young people, and may be XATTJRAL found in the children's room. SCIEXCE. The abbreviation "Kef." indicates a book in the reference Allanach, W. Experimental magnetism room. Such books are not to be taken from the building and electricity 538-A418e without special permission. C. G. Dalmage, Astronomy of to-day. . . . 520-D689a GENERAL WORKS AXD BOOKS OF Gibson, C. R. Scientific ideas of to-day REFERENCE. 500-G352s

1 C. Black bruin Foster, W. T. Argumentation and debat- Hawkes, 590-H296b W. ing Ref . Makower, Radioactive substances Joslyn, R. W., and F. W. History of 530-M28r Kane County, Illinois. 2v Ref. Onken, H. and Baker, J. B. Harpers' book of electrical . . Savage, E. Manual of descriptive annota- worlc. J-537.8-O58h tion for library catalogues. .O20-S263m St. John, T. M. Electrical handicraft .... Salisbury, B., and Beckwith, M. E. Index 537.8-S1436 to short stories Ref. St. Nicholas Magazine. Stories of strange sights retold J500-S147s PHILOSOPHY AXD RELJGIOX. Trenert, E. How to make electric batter- Abbott, L. Home-builder -173-A132h ies at home 537.8-T722h Bigelow, W. S. Buddhism and immortal- Tyler, J. 31. Man in the light of evolu- tion ity 294-B480b 575-T97m Bruce, H. A. Historic ghosts and ghost- USEFUL hunters 133.1-B83h ARTS. Clouston, T. S. Hygiene of mind..!31-C621h Campbell, H. H. Manufacture and prop- erties of iron and steel Drummond, W. B. Introduction to child- 669.1-C15m stucly 150-DS41 Cavaiiagh, F. Care of the body. ..613-C298c C. Hall, G. S. Aspects of child-life and edu- Childe, P. Control of a scourge cation 150-H143a 616.9-C434c J. O. King, H. C. Seeming unreality of spirit- Fagan, Confessions of a railroad ual life 230-K58S signalman 656-F13c LeBon, G. The crowd 150-L49c Fallows, S. Health and happiness 615.85-F19h Lodge, Sir O. Science and immortality. . 216-L82s Howe, H. M. Iron, steel, and other al- loys Kelynack, T. X., ed. Drink problem .... 669.1-H831 ,. 178-K294d Knitsing, P. Long life, and how to attain it 613-K617L SOCIOLOGY. Oliver, T. Diseases of occupation 613.6-O48d Baker, R. S. Following the color line . . . 326-B17f Scott, W. D. Psychology of advertising

Brooks, J. G. As others see us. . .304-B789a 659-S433p Stoughton, B. Metallurgy of iron and steel Coolidge, A. C. United States as a world- power 32-7-C774u 669.1-S889m Spears, J. R. Story of the New E. G. Familiar . . . England Crommelln, legends. whalers 3&8-C882f 639-S438s L. K. WliippV. Mental . Button, S. T Administration of public healing. 615W571m education 379-D948a Woodworth, J. V. Hardening, tempering, etc., of steel Haney, J. P. Art education in the public 669.1-W872h schools 379-H187a FIXE ARTS. Hamis, Paul II. Beginnings of industrial education 371.42-H192b Baron. Dolores. Pictures every child should Marriott, C. Uncle Sam's business know J-750-B13p 350-M342U Hofmanh, J. Piano-playing 786-H668p Mero, E. B. American play-grounds Jenks, T. Photography for young peo- 352.7-M544a P le J-770-J422p Palmer, G. H., and Alice F. The teacher Upton, G. P. Musical memories. .780-Up8m 370-P178t Winter, W. Other days 792-W73o January 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 31

T GENERAL LITERATURE. Mowry, W . A., and A. M. American he- roes and heroism J-920-M87a H. M. and the Alden, Magazine-writing Louis. R. new literature 808-A358m Pasteur, Life, by Vallery-Radot B-P262V Chesterton, G. K. Orthodoxy 824-C42o Pestalozzi, John Henry. Life, by H. Hoi- Harrison, F. Realities and ideals..824-H24r man B-P43h Hodell, C. W. Old yellow book. .821-B821h Wagner, Richard. Personal recollections

Lecky, W. E. H. Historical and political of, by A. Neumann . B-W12n2 essays 824-L49h HISTORY. Phillips, S., and Carr, J. C. Faust. Id-P539f G. of a border Shakespeare, VV. Richard IIT. New vari- Anderson, Story city dur- ing the civil war 973.7-A545a orum edition. H. H. Furness, ed. . . . Id-Sh2-Kr3v Cromer, Lord. Modern Egypt. 2v 962-C878m Shaw, B. Man and superman. . . .Id-S534m Curtin, J. Mongols in Russia.. 947. 03-C94m Swinburne, A. C. Age of Shakespeare . . . 822-Sw6a (Illinois State Historical Library. Transac- Van Dyke, H. House of Rimmon. .Id-V28h tions. 1907 977.3-129 Illinois State Historical Lincoln- Wendell. B. Privileged classes. .. 81 4-W43p Library. Douglas debates of 1858. E. E. TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION. Sparks,, ed 977.3-I29cv3 McDonald, W. Select charters, documents

Amundsen, R. Northwest passage. 2v. . and statutes illustrative of American T98-A529n history. 3v 973-M141s Bovill, W. B. F. Hungary and the Hun- 3Iaude, F. N. Leipzig campaign. 943. 4-M44L ians T436-B665h Pratt, Mara L. Cortez and Montezuma . . Hornaday. W. T. Camp-fires on desert J-972-P88C and lava T791-H78c W7atson, T. E. Waterloo 944.05-W33w How ells, W. D. Roman holidays, etc .... T45-H83r ENGLISH PROSE FICTION. Pratt, Mara L. Australasia J-T93-P88a Atherton, Gertrude. Gorgeous isle..A868g4 St. Nicholas Magazine. Stories of the Bacon, Josephine D. Idyl of all-fools' day great lakes J-T73-S147s D25812 Silver, A. P. Farm-cottage, camp, etc., Bailey, H. C. God of clay B15g4 in Canada T716-S584f Barr, Amelia E. Strawberry handkerchief Whidden, J. D. Ocean life in the old B27s7 ship-days T-W570 Bazin, Rene. Coming harvest B342c4 Wilson, W. R. A. Journeys of the Kit- ' Burnham, Clara L. Leaven of love. .B93L2 Kat club T-42-W69J Cable, G. W. Kincaid's battery CllkS BIOGRAPHY. Carey, Rosa N. Sunny side of the hill.C18s5 Conrad, J. Point, of honor C759p4 Aldrieh, Thomas Bailey. Life, by F. Corelli, Marie. Holy orders C81h4 Greenslet B-A36g Cotes, Mrs. Everard. Cousin Cinderella Columbus, Christopher. Story of, by Mara C82c3 L. Pratt J-B-C72p Charles E. Fair Mississippian Draper, W. F. Recollections of a varied Craddock, career B-D792 , C836fl Crawford, F. M. Diva's ruby C85f3 Eddy, Mary Baker. Life, by Sibyl Wilbur B-E21W Doyle, Sir A. C. Round the fire stories D77r6 Flynt, Josiah. My life B-F67 N. Dr. of the Labrador R. S. Builders of Duncan, Luke, Holland, united Italy D912d4 920-H712b Every man for himself D912e5 Keats, John. Life, by A. E. Hancock .... B-K22h Eddy, A. J. Ganton & Co E21gl Lee, Robert E. Life, by T. N. Page..B-L51p Eggleston, G. C. Two gentlemen of Vir- ginia - F.29U5 Lincoln, Abraham. Address, by G. Ban- croft B-L63b4 Warrens of Virginia E291wl Lincoln, Abraham. Lincoln, as boy and Fowler, Ellen T. Miss Fallowfield's for- man, by J. Morgan B-L63m2 tune F824m3

Longfellow, Henry W. Story of, by Kath- Fox, J. Trail of the lonesome pine. . .F83t5 erine Beebe J-B-L86b Garland, H. Shadow-world G18s3 Morris, C. Heroes of progress in Amer- Gray, Maxwell. Suspicions of Mrs. Allon- ica 920-M83h by G79s5 32 January, 1909

HiiH>cii. AY. X. Gilbert Neal H198g3 Earl, J. P. On the school-team. . . . J-E12o4

Harraclm. Beatrice. Interplay H2315 Ellis, Katherine R. Wide-awake girls. . . Hichens. 11. Spirit in prison H517s4 J-E472w3 Johnston. Mary. Lewis Rand J649L2 Habberton, J. Helen's babies. J-Hllh Jordan. Elizabeth. Many kingdoms. .J76ml Hamilton, J. S. Butt Chanler, freshman

Lincoln. J. C. Cap'n Eri L631cl : J-T177b5 c\ NVhittaker's place L631c5 Hamp, S. F. Trail of the badger. ..J-H184to Mc< utcheon, G. B. Man from Brodney's T. T. Sophomore half-back. J-H218s4 M133ml Hare, Itcjian, Alice C. Mrs. Wiggs of the cab- Alice. Judith of the Cumber- MacGomtii, bage-patch J-H358m2 lands M168J5 Kcffer, C. A. Nature studies on the farm W. H. .An immortal soul. . .M2914 Malloek. J-630-K25n Martin. H. R. . Revolt of Anne Royle .... Johnston, Annie F. Mary Ware, the little . M358r2 colonel's chum J-J64L10 Tillie, a Mennonite maid M358t3 Mason. A. E. W. Broken road M37b5 MacDonald. G. At the back of the north Four feathers M37f5 wind J-M14a5 Mayo. Margaret. Polly of the circus... McNeil, E. In Texas with Crockett M452p4 J-M2314 Mitchell. S. W. Red city M691r2 Maloiie, Paul B. West Point cadet .... Nicholson. M. Little brown jug at Kil- J-M29w6 elarc' N521L3 Otis, J. Minute boys of Long Island .... Ollivant, A. The gentleman O491g2 J-O88m3 Oppciilieim, E. P. Long arm of Mannister Pier, A. S. New boy J-P61n2 O621L4 Plummer, Mary W. Roy and Ray in Paine. R. E. Stroke oar P158.-.5 Canada J-P73r5 Pansy. Browns of Mt. Herman P19b5 Roy and Ray in Mexico J-P73r4 Elizabeth S. life us do Phelps, Though Porter, G. S. Freckles J-P83f5 W2 It3 part Pratt, Mara L. Little red hen J-P88r3 Richmond, G. S. Round the corner in Three pigs J-P88t4 street R398r4 Gay Three little kittens J-P88t5 Robins. E. Mills of the gods R55m3 Ray, Anna C. Sidney at college. . . . J-R21s4 Sedg\vick, Anne D. Annabel Channice . . . Reed, Helen. Irma in Italy J-R24916 ; S447a4 Nina. Brave little Sinclair. May. Immortal moment. . . .S615i4 Rhoades, Peggy Smith. F. H. Romance of an old-fash- . J-R339b5 ioned gentleman S6 4r 4 Schwartz, Julia A. Beatrice Leigh at col-

Tarkington, B. Guest of Quesnay. . . .T17g5 lege J-S399b2 Thomas, A. Witching hour T359w3 Smith, C. C. Bob Knight's diary: Thurston, Katherine E. Fly on the wheel Poplar Hill school J-S646b4 . . T419f4 Camping out J-S646b5 Warner. Anne. Original gentleman With the circus J-S646b6 W240o5 Sterling, M. B. Story of Sir Galahad re- Warren. M. R. Land of the living. .W248L1 told J-S834s5 Webster, H. K. Whispering man. . .W391w3 Stirling, Y. U. S. midshipman afloat. . . . Wharton. Edith. Hermit and the wild J-S854u4 woman W55h2 Stratemeyer, E. Gun-club boys of Lake- White, S. E. The mountains W580m4 port J-S89oll Whole family W626 Baseball boys of Lakeport. . . .J-S89ol2 FICTION FOR YOT7NG PEOPLE. Boat-club boys of Lakeport. . .J-S89ol3 Swett, Sophie. Princess Wisla J-S97p5 Barbour, R. H. Forward pass J-B23f2 Taggart, Marion. A. Six girls and the tea- Harry's island J-B23hl room .' T-T121s4 Beach. E. L. J-B35a4 Annapolis plebe Six girls growing older J-T121s5 Bourke, S. T. E. Fables in feathers if Tomliiison, E. T. Four boys on the Mis- . J-B658fl sissippi J-T59o3 Bouvet. Clotilde J-B661c4 Margaret. Mad Anthony's young scout. . . J-T59ml Burleigh, C. B. All among the loggers. . Soldier in the wilderness J-T59c3 J-B919ul Young rangers J-T59c4

Burnett, Frances H. Good wolf. . . .J-B93g4 Trowbridge, J. Story of a wireless tele- Burnham, Clara L. Quest flower. . J-B932q5 graph boy J-T73s5 DeMorgan, J. Taming the Barbary pirates Wade, Mary H. New little Americans .... J-D39o2 J-Wlln2

Yankee ship and a Yankee crew. . . . Wells, Carolyn. Patty's friends. . .J-W458p5 J-D39ol Wesselhoeft, Lily F. Rover, the farm dog Dickens, C. Christmas carol J-D55c J-W51r4 Oliver Twist J-D55ol Wiggin, Mrs. K. D. Rebecca of Sunny- Dudley, A. T. Full-back afloat J-D86p7 brook farm J-W63r2 6

The Library Guide.

Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., APRIL, 1909. No. 5

AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY to new devices. In this way those institu- tions have paid for themselves over and BOARD OF DIRECTORS over, as have other well managed libraries. of such HON. F. G. PLAIN, President. Ana, in return, the people places ALEXANDER FORSYTH, Vice-President, have supported their libraries with a liber- W. S. Treasurer. BEAUPRE, ality that indicates warm appreciation of the MRS PIERCE BURTON DR. H. MILBACHKR work done them. W. S. FRAZIER G. THURNAUER by J. H. FREEMAN J. L. JOHNSON The Aurora Public Library, in the per- formance of its regular work, is, incident- a score JAMES SHAW, ally, drawing to the city people from Librarian and Secretary Board of Directors or more of the neighboring villages and towns. They come to the library for thj LIBRARY HOURS same reason that the people of those com- The main room of the Library is open munities send their children to our school*. eve'y day (Sundays and legal holidays ex- They get here what their home towns can- cepted) from 9 a. m. to 9 p m. The chil- And we are very glad dren's room is open during the same hours not possibly afford. sub- on Saturdays; on other days from 12:30 p m. to have them come. A few are regular to 8 m. p. scribers to the library; others are occasion- The reading room is open on Sundays from wants. al patrons, with special or transient 2 p. m. to 6 p m. Do these out-of-town visitors to the li- CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER brary trade in the city? That is a mighty which Page interesting question, but it is one on "We and Our Neighbors" . 33 trustworthy statistics. We do Practical Books 34 there are no come here to How to Open a Book .... 34 know, however, that they List of and New Books .... 35-40 read and study. Men and women, boys More German Fooks 40 the last girls have visited the library during few months from Wheaton, Naperville, "WE AND OUR KEIGHBORS." Pia- Plainfield, Oswego, Yorkville, Newark, Ot course a public library is not estab- Wa- no, Sugar Grove, Big Rock, Hinckley, lished to St. promote the physical growth or the terman, Kaneville, Batavia, Geneva, industrial or commercial expansion of the Charles, Wasco. are in- city or town where it is located. Its primary The subjects in which our visitors from commence- aim is the intellectual and moral uplift of terested range all the way the themes in which men its community. It seeks this end by provid- ment essays to seek instruction and inspiration, ing good reading for all classes of its con- and women relief from the common-place- stituents. Yet material results are often a or pleasant Here are some of sort of by-product of a ness of every-day life. well-managed public re- the subjects on which the library has library. cently supplied material to individuals and It is thought that the public libraries oC societies in neighboring communities: Li- Springfield and Worcester, Mass., have done brary statistics; the referendum; matter and their full share in the industries promoting style for a valedictorian address; Jane of those cities by supplying books that havo Addams and her work; Yellowstone Park: stimulated invention, leading to improved historic trees; triumphal arches of Rome; processes, better methods, and often-times modern book illustration; Negro music; 34 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1909 architecture of the Renaissance; Norway of SELF-HELP IN THE LIBRARY. today, politically; bovine tuberculosis. The It is remarkable how quickly young people solid and the decorative, the ethical and the become familiar with the working machinery of the Students of our schools practical, the past and the present, you see, Library. high soon are well intermingled. Communities that learn how to use the indexes to periodi- cal the use and value of the card are stulying such themes are composed of literature, and what the letters and people that it is good to have drop in on catalogue, mystifying and in the northwest corner of you. figures upper the cards mean. also to know the No, we cannot say whether these people They get of a index in a book, and trade in Aurora; but we have our sus- importance good what to expect from it. These things seem of picions. so small importance to the casual observer, but in the of a all have PRACTICAL BOOKS. machinery library they a definite rreaning and purpose. The more Readers who are looking for books that thoroughly that meaning and purpose are will help them in their several avocations known, the better will be the service obtained in life will not fail to notice quite a number from the library. The attendants in the library ol very practical works in the list of acces- are always willing to help inquirers and stud- sions: given in this number of The Guide. ents, but they are busy people, and, after all, Special attention is directed to Dow's self-help is the very best kind of help. Have "Practical Mechanical Engineering," in a little patience in learning how to conduct a three volumes; Henley's "Twentieth Cen- search in reference and other works, and the tury Book of Recipes and Proceses," edited pleasure derived from success will be increased by Hiscox; Crocker and Wheeler's "Manage- ten-fold when you have conducted the hunt ment of Electrical Machinery"; Audel's yourself. "Gas Engine Manual"; Carpenter's "Profit - HOW TO OPEN A NEW BOOK. Making in Shop and Factory Management"; If a book be a large one, take it gently in

Hiscox's "Compressed Air." There are oth- both hands, and hold it with the back on a ers, and the skilled worker will of course go smooth or covered table. Allow the front over the entire list with care. cover to open and then the other, holding Bookkeepers who aim to be accountants the leaves in one hand, while you open a will find in Morse's "Accounts" a thorough few leaves at the back. Then open a few and philosophic discussion of the whole leaves in the front, and so on, alternately subject of accounting, which, in these days opening front and back, gently pressing of complex business organization, is rising open the sections until you reach the centre to the dignity of a science. of the volume. Do this two or three times Teachers of course will be interested in and you will obtain the best results. Conover's "Personality in Education," If you open the book carelessly or vio- Hoyt's "Studies in the History of Modern lently in any one place you will quite likely Education," and Mowry's "Recollections of injure the volume, break the back binding a New England Educator." and loosen the leaves. Philosophers but this is a piece about Is Dickens declining in public favor? pacllcal books; and, besides, philosophers Some authorities say he is. Concrete facts always know what books they want, and do not always sustain that view. Readers where to find them. of The Guide will remember the mention made in a recent number of the purchase The boys will not fail to notice Mr. C. P. of a new set of Dickens' works. A glance Burton's new book in the list of accessions. at the Dickens shelf the other day disclosed "Bob's is to Cave Boys" a sequel "The Boys the fact that thirty of the thirty-two vol- of Bob's Hill," and is a worthy successor of umes in this new set were in the hands of that stirring story. Mr. Burton seems in readers. A pretty good record for an auth- these books to have opened a vein of inven- or on the decline. tion and a capacity for lively narration that Annotations of new books received in the augur well for his future work. His boys are library, which were crowded out of the Lin- the genuine article, healthy, human, and coln number of The Guide, are resumed this young. month. April, 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 35

agree with them in holding that a gen- List of New Books eral European war would be a world calamity, and would produce incal- Added to the Library, January-March, 1909 culable evils, without recompense." Among the subjects discussed are: The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates Peace and war at the end of the 19th that the book is suitable for young people, and may be century; Defects of ancient found in the children's room. civilization; The abbreviation "Kef." indicates a book in the reference Militarism in the ancient world; Na- room. Such books are not to be taken from the building poleon and his wars; Militarism in Eng- without special permission. land and Germany; Pax Christiana. GENERAL WORKS AND BOOKS Key, Ellen. Century of the child. 150-K518c This work, it is said, has gone OF REFERENCE. through more than twenty German editions, and has been in Aurora City Directory. 1909 Ref. published several European countries. Some of Hook Review v.4. 1908 Ref. Digest, the author's ideas are revolutionary, but Chicago Daily News Almanac. 1909. . .Ref. her writings have a wide appeal among Cumulative Book Index. 1908 Ref. progressive people. She is opposed to mechanical methods in the education of Dow, C. S., ed. Practical mechanical en- a gineering. 3v Ref. children, recommending larger liberty in their A treatise on steam machinery and bringing up. apparatus, compressed air as a motor, Fournier, d'Albee, E. E. New light on refrigerating machinery, hydraulic ele- immortality 218-F82n vators, etc. "This book," says the author in his preface, "is an attempt at what we Hiscox, G. D., ed. Henley's Twentieth might call a physical theory of immor- century book of recipes and pro- tality. . . . The to me at all cesses Ref. result, events, has been distinctly satisfactory, A valuable compilation, comprising and although not all the points are fully nearly ten thousand scientific, chemical, worked out yet, I have, so far, failed technical and household recipes, formu- to discover with the la? and processes for use in the labora- any inconsistency laws and experiences of the world we tory, the office, the workshop and the home. live in." Kirkham, S. D. Philosophy of self-help. Lodge, H. C., ed. History of the nations. v.25 Ref. 150-K63p The aim of this book is a systematic This volume contains a general index and scientific a to the entire set. presentation, by psy- chologist, of the application of auto- Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. suggestion to the needs of daily life. 1908 Ref. MacColl, A. Working theology. . .204-M13w PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. The aim of this book, says the pre- face, "has been not so much to fathom Lord. Peace and Avebury, happiness. the ultimate as to set forth a religious 171.4-L96p faith which will prove a strong work- The writer is better known as Sir ing basis for every-day life." John Lubbock, author of scientific J. . is treatises, and also of a similar collec- Pratt, B. What pragmatism 1 tion of essays, entitled, "The pleasures 104-P879w author's of life." The present volume contains The endeavor has been to give a series of sane discussions of vital a presentation of the chief doctrines of themes. Some of the chapter headings: pragmatism, and then to analyze each On happiness; The body; The mind; in turn; and he has sought to show the Aspiration; Contentment; Adversity; bearings of these principles upon the Kindness; Education; Of friends and great questions of the nature of man of universe. enemies; Of riches, etc. and the religious view the The aim is to enable the reader to see Burgess, G. Are you a bromide ?.177-B898a what this new philosophy means. A witty protest against boredom, and defence of bores. "The bromide has no Ribot, T. Psychology of attention .... salt, nor spice, nor savor; but he is the 157-R35p bread of society, the veriest staff of Ribot is one of the most eminent of

, life." the French psychologists. This book, first published in 1888, supplies useful Ferrero, G. Militarism 172.4-F398m data to the student of mental disease. A series of essays by the famous Ital- ian historian. He says in his preface: Royce, J. Race questions, provincialism, "I have written the book in order to and other American questions. 172-R81r contribute my quota to the grand work Five essays on important public ques- of pacifying civilized nations, entered tions. The three not mentioned in the upon by so many enlightened spirits. I title of the book are: On certain limit- 36 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1909

ations of the thoughtful public in economist and the busy citizen. It is a America; The Pacific coast, a psycho- book of facts, free from technicalities, logical study of climate and civilization; arranged with a view to practical use. Some relations of physical training to Civil service procedure and government

the present problems of moral educa- . methods are plainly set forth. tion in America. Henderson, C. R. Industrial insurance in Smyth, N. Passing Protestantism and the United States 368-H38i coming Catholicism 280-Sm9p Prof. Henderson is well-known in An attempt to answer the question; Aurora. He was one of the first of the What shall be the religious faith of the University Extension lecturers who vis- people? ited the city about fifteen years ago, Walton, G. L. Why worry? 131-W169W giving us a thoughtful and stimulating From the preface: "The habit of address on the proper organization of charitable work. His book deals with worry is not to be overcome by unaided a that is before State resolution. It is hoped that the victim subject now many of this unfortunate tendency may find, Legislatures for serious consideration. among the homely illustrations and Ilillqult, M. Socialism in theory and common-place suggestions here offered, practice 335-H555s something to turn his mind into more The author has been regarded by so- healthy channels." cialists as an active worker in their is not Worcester, E. Living word 230-W889L propaganda. His book, however, From the preface: "Although this sim- designed for a socialist audience; it is addressed to men and women ple volume makes no claim to be a thinking wish to for themselves compendium of theology, it does at- who may weigh the best on both sides. . tempt to grapple with some of the arguments greatest problems of that science, the Hoyt, C. O. Studies in the history of nature of God, and God's relation to the modern education 370-H849s soul." It seeks to answer such ques- These studies trace the history of tions as: On what does faith in God modern education by means of a series rest? How is God's goodness compati- of biographical sketches of some of the ble with the evil of the world? Are world's great educators, whose educa- there other spiritual beings? What is tional theories are concisely stated. death, and on what grounds do we hope These men, and what they stand for, to survive it? are: Comenius, and realism in educa- Pes- SOCIOLOGY. tion; Rousseau, and individualism; talozzi, and a psychological method; in education. . Conover, J. P. Personality Herbart, and the science of education; 371-C76p Froebel, and the kindergarten; Horace almost The word schoolmaster has Mann, and school administration. from the language, but the disappeared Merriam, C. E. Primary elections this work is as author of presented 324-M548p "master in St. Paul's school, Concord, A timely work in view of the import- N. one of the most famous schools H.," ance which the primary is assuming in in the country. The subjects discussed our political system. "The purpose of to teachers and parents: The appeal this volume," says the preface, "is to The child; The njursery school; teacher; trace the development of the legal regu- Some of expense; The play- questions tion of party primaries from 1866 down Discipline; The class; Class- ground; to 1908, to sum up the general tenden- Examinations; Religion in the work; cies of the movement, to discuss some College. school; disputed points, and to state certain Dodd, W. F. Modern constitutions. 2v. . conclusions in regard to our nominating 342-D66m machinery." A collection of the fundamental laws Movvry, W. A. Recollections of a New of twenty-two of the most important England educator 370-M871r countries of the world, with historical The writer says in his "foreword": notes. coun- and bibliographical The "My entire life has been devoted to edu- tries whose constitutions are given and cational affairs. In this book I have studied are: Argentine Nation, Austra- tried to set forth a plain narrative of lia, Austria, Hungary, Austria-Hungary, educational methods and conditions Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Den- from the time of my entrance into the mark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, district school at the age of four years Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, (1834), with constant comparisons be- Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, tween those days and the present." United States. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, and others. His- Folt/. E. B. K. Federal civil service as a tory of Woman Suffrage. 4v.324.3-S789h career 351-F728f An elaborate historical account of the A handbook for the applicant for fed- struggle for the extension of the politi- eral positions, the office-holder, the cal rights of women, comprising a full April 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 37

statement of the argument for woman became the workshop and the market suffrage. The agitation now going on place of the world. in England and in Germany, and the re- Davidson, J. B., and Chase, L. W. Farm vival of interest in the woman suffrage machinery and farm motors. .631-D28f movement in the United States give A text-book on the various kinds of these volumes unusual interest at the machinery and motors employed on the present time. modern farm, with instructions as to their care and use. NATURAL SCIENCES. Hiscox, G. D. Compressed air; its pro- Crocker, F. B., and Wheeler, S. S. Man- duction, uses and applications agement of electrical machinery.... 621.5-H62C 537.83-C868m A revised edition of a well-known A new and revised edition of a book, work. The author says in his preface: the contents of which first appeared as "The progress made in widening the use articles in the Electrical Engineer. of compressed air, as well as cheapen- its new inventions and Emerson, A. I., and Weed, C. M. Our ing production by trees; how to know them 582-E528o new sources of power and transmission, Designed to promote a more intimate since the issue of the first edition, has acquaintance with our American trees. induced the author to add more matter, Profusely illustrated. in which some of the later appliances and methods of use are described." Hearne, R. P. Aerial warfare. 533. 6-H351a Contains an introduction by Sir iiolford, H. Twentieth century tool- smith and steel-worker. .. . . 621.9-H712t Hiram Maxim, who says: "The flying From the "This book is .machine has come, and come to stay." preface: written in the interests of all mechanics The book discusses its possibilities as an connected with the working and manu- engine of destruction. facture of steel into tools, and gives all J. . 2-L461i Lea, Romance of bird-life. 598. the secrets and obstacles to be overcome studies of the habits of Interesting towards making steel work or tool- feathered friends of our many grades making a success." and kinds. Johnson, Constance. When mother lets USEFUL ARTS. us cook J-641-J63w Useful lessons for little folks in one Audel, T. Gas engine manual. . 621.4-A899g of the most useful of the arts. A practical treatise on the theory and S. T. Small country .... management of gas, gasoline and oil Maynard, places 630-M45S engines, with chapters on producer gas "The ideal place to live is in the coun- plants, marine motors and automobile try, even though one's business is in the engines. Profusely illustrated. city." That is the theme expounded in S. How to become a suc- Aylmer-Small, this book interestingly and convincing- cessful motorman 621.33-A979h ly. It tells nearly everything that may Contains information regarding the be done in the making of a country dynamo, the motors, systems of control, home. trolley and third-rail lines, etc., to- Morse, C. W. Accounts; their construc- gether with rules and regulations and tion and interpretation 657-C669a examination questions for motormen. The author of this work is assistant Barnard, C. Tools and machines professor of accounting in Harvard Uni- 621.9-B249t versity. "The aim of the book is not to Mr. Barnard is one of the editorial show short-cuts and bookkeeping made contributors to the Century dictionary. easy, but thorough discussion of princi- This little book tells of the origin and ples, so that the student of the book txplains the uses of the common ham- shall be master of something better mer, power-hammers, the knife, the than rules of thumb, and shall be chisel, edge-tools, the great cutters, able to judge for himself what short- etc. cuts will serve his purpose." Carpenter, C. U. Profit-making in shop Priestman, Mabel T. Art and economy in and factory management. ... 658-C218p home decoration 645-P929a This book, according to the preface, Some of the chapter-headings: "is a concise expression of the methods Choosing a color scheme; How to treat which the author has developed, and walls successfully; Concerning halls; which he constantly uses in his own Points to remember when buying car- practice. They have been tried and per- pets and rugs; How to stain floors; fected by him in various large manu- Furniture; Portieres and curtains, etc. facturing plants." Swingle, C. F. Twentieth century hand-

Cunningham, W. Growth of English in- book for steam engineers and elec- .

dustry and commerce. 2v. . . . 609-L91g tricians 621-S978t Traces the growth of English trade A revised and enlarged edition of "a and manufactures till the island empire practical, non-technical treatise on the 38 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1909

care and management of steam engines, phonies, oratorios, cantatas and sym- boilers and dynamos." phonic poems for the concert-goer. The writer is Williams, A. How it is done 620-W67a a well-known authority on Describes in simple language how musical subjects. great engineering feats have been ac- Weitenkamp, F. How to appreciate complished in all parts of the world. prints 760-W434h Railway-building, ship-building, bridge- Written for the unqualified beginner. building, tunnels and tunneling, the The author is curator of prints in the notable canals of the world, the con- New York public library, and is thor- struction of dams and reservoirs, oughly well-informed on the subject of these are all described, with many other which he writes. wonderful engineering achievements. Whitcomb, Ida P. Young people's story Williams, A. How it is made 670-W67h of music 780-W576y Tells how many things in common Presents in popular form the growth use are made. The processes of making and development of the art of music money, paper, matches, pianos, candles, through the centuries. mineral cotton soap, water, glass, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. goods, etc., etc., are described in detail in popular terms. Bruckner, A. Literary history of Rus- sia 891-B83L FINE ARTS. The author is a Pole, and is now pro- Cust, R. H. H. Pavement masters of fessor of Slavonic languages in the Uni- Siena 729.7-C958p versity of Berlin. This work is one of A historical and descriptive account the few attempts that have been made of the famous artistic pavement in the to give a satisfactory account of Rus- cathedral at Siena, with sketches of the sian literature as a whole. craftsmen who made it. Carr, J. C. Some eminent Victorians .... Donovan, M. The Roosevelt that I knew 824-C228s 796-D713r Recollections of some of the eminent Mr. Donovan is a pugilistic expert, men who made the reign of Victoria and this book comprises a series of pa- one of the most memorable in the his- pers giving his experiences with various tory of England. Dante Gabriel Ros- professors of the fistic art, and tells also setti, Edward Burne-Jones, Millais, of his acquaintance with Mr. Roosevelt Leighton, Whistler, Morris, Tennyson, in connection with athletic exercises. Browning, Irving and others are drawn Klein, H. Thirty years of musical life in upon for interesting reminiscences. London 780-K669t Finch, F. M. The blue and the gray A volume of reminiscences that will I-F488b interest all music-lovers. A collection of the poems of the Krehbiel, H. E. Chapters of opera .... author of the famous poem that gives 782-K87c to the volume its title. The author is well-known as the Franklin, Benjamin. Works; edited by musical critic of the New York Tribune. John Bigelow. 12v 815-F85w His book is a history of the lyric drama This, the "collectors" Federal edition in New York from its earliest days to of the writings of Benjamin Franklin, the present time. includes his private as well as official Rhoad, G. W. Treatment of drapery in art and scientific correspondence, together 704-R337t with an unmutilated version of the au- "An inquiry into the principles of the tobiography. folds of drapery, pure and simple, the Jefferson, Thomas. Works; collected and formation of the individual folds, the edited by P. L. Ford. 12v... .815-J35W lines which drapery takes upon the hu- More, Paul E'. Shelburne essays, v.6 . . . man figure, and the general behavior of 814-M789S drapery under different conditions." The titles of the essays included in Taylor, D. C. Psychology of singing.... this last volume of this noted series are: 784.9-T21p The forest philosophy of India; The Aims to develop "a rational method Bhagavad Gita; Saint Augustine; Pas- of voice culture, based on a scientific cal; Sir Thomas Browne; Bunyan; analysis of all systems, ancient and Rousseau; Socrates; The apology; Plato. modern." Sehauffler. R. H., ed. Christmas Two-Family and Twin Houses. . . .728-A674t 808.5-S313C Letter-press description and plates Lincoln's birth-day 808.5-S313L illustrating various styles of "twin- Thanksgiving 808.5-S313t houses." These volumes are the first three in a l.'pton, G. P. Standard concert guide .... series of anthologies on American holi- 783-Up8s days, each being a collection of writ- A handbook of the standard sym- ings from many sources, all having a April, 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 39

special fitness for use in the celebration Rosetti, Christina G. Family letters of; of the various holidays. edited by W. M. Rosetti B-R729r A selection of the letters of TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION. family Christina Georgina Rosetti, giving in- Fleming, T. Around the capital.T753-F618a teresting and intimate views of a family A humorous account of the national distinguished in literature and art. much fun with solid capital, blending Schurz, Carl. Reminiscences. V.3...B-S394 information. The concluding volume of Mr. Fowler, W. W. Social life at Rome in the Schurz's interesting reminiscences. The age of Cicero T37-F82s autobiographical portion of the work An attempt to give the reader a pic- terminates with the year 1869. Thence- ture of the life and manners, the edu- forward the account of his political ca- cation, morals and religion of Roman reer down to his death is written by Mr. society when the forms of a republic Frederic Bancroft and Prof. W. A. were being cast off, and those of em- Dunning of Columbia University. These pire were being assumed. reminiscences of the most famous Ger-

Hulil. A. The other Americans. . . .T8-R85o man-American are well worth reading "The other Americans" are those of by every American citizen. Central and South America, .the cities, Swing, David. Life of the poet-preacher; countries and of which are viv- people by J. F. Newton. . : . .B-S978n idly described. For nearly thirty years David Swing BIOGRAPHY. was one of the foremost preachers not merely in Chicago, but in the whole Beethoven, Ludwig. Life; by Alice M. country "a genius unique, original, do- Diehl B-B39d ing faithfully the work to which he be- From the preface: "How Beethoven's lieved he was called." This book is an ordinary life, with its abnormal trials interesting record of a noble, useful and and temptations, aided or hindered the inspiring life. development of his genuis, can be read Terry, Ellen. Story of my life B-T27 in these pages, which should be of in- The "recollections and reflections" of terest to all students of humanity." one of the most famous actresses of this Boone, Daniel. Life; by C. H. Forbes- generation. Lindsay B-B642L HISTORY. A new study of perhaps the most fa- Bain, R. N. The first Romanovs.. 947-B159f mous of American back-woodsmen. Chapters in the history of the rise of devoted to Ibsen, Henrik. The man and his plays; the Russian empire, largely by M. J. Moses B-114m2 the construction work of Peter the A new study of the great Scandinav- Great. ian dramatist, who would be better un- Bradley, A. G. Making of Canada.971-B72m derstood if it was recognized that he did This work concerns itself with the not pose as a moral teacher, but as an "making" of our northern neighbor. imaginative investigator. In point of time, it covers the period Lincoln, Abraham. The Lincoln tribute from Wolfe's victory on the plains of book; H. S. Krans, ed B-L63k Abraham, and brings the historical ac- This volume brings together the tri- count down to 1814. butes offered by statesmen, men of let- Ferrero, G. Greatness and decline of ters and poets, at home and abroad, to Rome. v.4-5 937-F938g Lincoln. There is bound in the book a The recent visit of Ferrero to this full-face medal, finely expressive of the country lends new interest to the latest nature of the man. volumes of his great work. It is in Lincoln, Abraham. Life; by C. W. these that he has given the world new Moores J-B-L63m2 studies of Cleopatra, Caesar, Antony, A simple, clear and interesting story Pompey, Augustus, and other famous of Lincoln's life, written particularly for personages, and he here tells again the young readers. story of the founding of the Roman em- Lincoln, Abraham. Life; by J. G. Nico- pire. lay and John Hay. lOv B-L63nl Folwell, W. W. Minnesota. . . .977.6-F729m The most elaborate life of Licoln. It A new volume in the American Com- was written by his two private secre- monwealths series, giving the history of taries. It is really a history of the the "North Star" State from the period country during the period when Lincoln of French exploration to the present was on the stage. day. Lincoln, Abraham. Life; by H. C. Whit- Hinton, J. H., and others. History and ney. 2v B-L-63w3 topography of the United States. 2v. The first volume is devoted to Lin- 1843 973-H588h coln, the citizen; the second to Lincoln, Levering, Julia H. Historic Indiana .... the president. . 977.2-L57h 40 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1909

One of the most readable of recent Philpotts, E. Three brothers P54t3 State histories. Weyinan, S. J. Wild geese W54w3 Oman, C. History of the Peninsular war. v.3 1809-1810 946-O54h FICTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Prof. Oman's work is a new of study Burrows, F. R. Alexander in the ark .... the struggle which resulted in Na- J-B94a4 poleon's marshals being driven from the Burton, C. P. Bob's cave . . .J-B949bo Spanish peninsula by the forces under boys. Wellington. Deland, Ellen O. Miss Betty of New York J-D369m3 Ross, J., and Erickson, N. Story of Pisa. 945.5-R728s Linn, W. A. Rob and his gun J-L642r4 Gives the legends, the history and de- Martineau, Harriet. Peasant and the scription of one of the most interesting prince J-M36pl of the Italian cities. Sylvia, Carmen. A real queen's fairy

Seignobos, C. Contemporary civilization. tales . ..J-S958r2 901-S459h The third of a series of volumes giv- ing the history of civilization. The pres- MORE GERMAN BOOKS. ent volume the narrative down brings The library has recently placed on its to the year 1888, and completes the se- shelves about 400 books in the German ries. Of particular value in this volume ' are the chapters on: European peo- language, increasing the library's collection ples outside of Europe; Arts, letters and of books in that language to about 600 vol- nineteenth sciences in the century; umes. These books have been carefully Economic reforms in France and in classified in the same manner as Europe; Democracy and socialism. exactly are the books in English, making the collec- Thwaites, R. G. How George Rogers Clark won the northwest. ... 977-T42h tion a small library, complete within itself A series of eight papers which consti- as far as it goes. It includes several Eng- tute a valuable contribution to the his- lish and American authors in German ren- tory of the old Northwest, the territory derings. Among these are some of thi now occupied by the States of Ohio, In- works of diana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Huxley, Tyndall, Dickens, Kipling, Iowa and Minnesota. The first paper Kingsley, George Eliot, Cooper, Kennan, gives the title to the book. The others Mark Twain, Roosevelt, and Booker Wash- are: The division of the Northwest into ington. There is a small but choice selection States; Blackhawk war; Story of Mack- of the German classics. other auth- inac; Story of LaPointe; A day on Among Braddock's road; Early lead-mining on ors whose works are included are the fol- the upper Mississippi; Draper manu- lowing: scripts. Natural sciences: Bernstein, Bolsch, Gi- Thwaites, R. G. Wisconsin 977.5-T42w berne, Haedel, Heck, Klein, Lassar-Cohn, Another volume in the American Lasswitz, Maeterlinck, Meyer, Slaby, Tschudi, Commonwealths series. It tells an in- Useful arts: Lutzeler, Davidis. teresting story of "the Americaniza- Fine arts: Burckhardt, Grimm, Lange. tion of a French settlement." Literature: Bartels, Brandes (the Danish writer), Heine, Lessing, von Scheffel, Ibsen FICTION. ENGLISH PROSE (Norwegian dramatist), Lessing, Wagner. Harbour, R. H. My lady of the fog. .B23m6 Travel: Gerstacker, Hedin, von Hum- boldt, O'Rell (French traveler and satirist). Bashford, H. H. Pilgrim's march. . .B29p3 History: Korner, Zimmerman, Freytas, Bazin, Rene. "This my son" B342t3 Sigel. H. of . Bindloss, By right purchase. .B51b5 Fiction: Auerbach, Bernhard, Bertsch, Brown, Alice. Story of Thyrza B81s5 Ejornson (Norwegian), Eohlau, Dahn, De- Converse, F. H., and others. Adventures wait, Ebers, Ebner-Eschenbach, Fontane, at sea A244 Frenssen, Freytag, Ganghofer, Gerstacker, Frenssen, G. Peter Moor's journey to Hansjakob, Heimburg, Hillern, Hoffman, Po- Southwest Africa F882p2 Immermann, Jensen, Lasswitz, Meyer, lenz, Raabe, Reuter, Rosegger, von Scheffel. J. Fraternity G13f5 Galsworthy, Schubin, Spielhagen, Stinde, Sudermann. Hough, E. Fifty-four-forty or fight. .H81f3 Suttner, Werner, Wilbrandt. Jacobs, W. W. Salt-haven J15sl In biography, some of the subjects are: Lee, Jennette. Simeon Tetlow's shadow. Bismarck, Ebers, Freytag, Goethe, Haupt- L499s3 mann, Ibsen, Moltke, Richter, Schiller, Spielhagen, Spyri. Lillibridge, W. Quest eternal L625q5 A full catalogue of all these German J. H. McCarthy, Gorgeous Borgia. ,M129g4 books may be purchased at the counter; Oppenlieim, E. P. Missioner O6 2 Im3 price, five cents. OZ7 3/3 6

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Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., JULY, 1909. No. 6

The American Revolution are set forth in brief notes by critics of au- thority. A valuable work.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: THE GREAT HISTORIES. that all men are created equal; that they In a course of reading on the American are endowed by their Creator with certain revolution, the stately historians, like Ban- inalienable rights; that among these are croft and Hildreth, must not be neglected. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Declaration of Independence. Their ponderous periods and sonorous style may be a little old-fashioned in this rapid but HISTORY OF REVOLUTION. age, they have gone to the bed-rock in their philosophic discussion of the causes American native or Every citizen, foreign- which brought about the Revolution. Prof. born, should be familiar with the fairly Chas. Kendall Adams says: "The work of events of the American and Revolution, Bancroft is by far the most elaborate and should endeavor to understand the princi- most carefully prepared history of the co- ples for which the struggle was waged. This lonial and revolutionary periods yet pub- list of books has been with a view compiled lished." And of Hildreth's history he says: of furthering such knowledge and under- "It is the most valuable single work on standing. Brief notes accom- explanatory American history." some of the with a view of mak- pany titles, Volume six of Winsor's "Narrative and ing the list of practical use. Critical History of America," (970-W73) is GENERAL. WORKS. devoted to the Revolution. It is written on the co-operative plan; that is, each feature Channing and Hart's "Guide to the Study of the rise and progress of the struggle, is of American History" (973-C36) will be treated by an eminent writer, the result be- found a very useful guide to the student, ing a series of monographs of the highest not only of the Revolution, but as to Ameri- value. The volume is profusely illustrated can history in general. with maps, plans, portraits, etc. Hart's "American History Told by Con- For the general reader, the reader who temporaries" (973-H25) is a compilation of at the same time is not so general as to papers, reports, etc., made at documents, be incapable of enjoying the philosophic the time of the events to which they relate. treatment of the subject, there is no work The second volume bears on the Revolution. to compare with John Fiske's volume on Mary Shelley Pechin's "Anniversary Book "The American Revolution" (973.3-F54). of the American Revolution" (973.3-P33) is Prof. Fiske's style is clear and simple; his made upon the plan of the so-called "birth- discussions of principles are convincing; his day book." Each day in the year has an description of events is animated and pic- entry of some fact or event of the Revolu- turesque. tion, accompanied by appropriate quotation Fisher's "Struggle for American Inde- from a distinguished writer. pendence" puts before the reader a great Larned's "Literature of American His- mass of evidence heretofore buried in libra- tory" is one of the publications of the Amer- ries and in the archives of historical so- ican Library Association. It is an annotated cieties. guide, in which the scope, character and Pof. Moses Coit Tyler's "Literary History comparative worth of books in selected lists of the Revolution" (810-T971) deals with 42 THE LIBRARY GUIl^E July, 1909

the growth and development of public opin- Lossing, B. J. Our country. 2 V..973-L89 ion and the influence of ideas as seen in the Pictorial field book of Revolution. 2 v 973.3-L89 great mass of pamphlets, newspaper articles MeMaster, J. B. School history of U. S. and other which in printed matter, part 973-M225 created and in part was created by the Rev- Morris. C. Elementary history of the U. olution. Tt is an interesting work, taking S. 973-M83 account of many things which are often Sloaiie. AV. M. French war and Revolu- ignored in the ordinary history. tion 973.2-S63 Trevelyan's "American Revolution" is a Smith, Golchvin. The United States.. 973-S64 view of the Rev- present-day liberal English SPECIAL EVENTS, CAMPAIGNS, ETC. olution and the causes that produced it. Baker. W. T. Itinerary of Gen. Wash- The author is a nephew and the principal ington 973.3-B17 biographer of the historian Macaulay. Four Boltoii. C. K. Private soldier under volumes of this valuable work have been Washington .,,- 973.3-B629 published, -bringing the narrative down to Carriiigton, H. B. : Battles of the Ameri- can Revolution 973.3-C23 the treaty with France. Frothmg'ham, R. History of the siege of "Select Charters and other Documents Boston and of the battles of Lex-

Illustrative of American History" (973- ington, Concord and Bunker Hill. . . . M141sl), edited by William MacDonald, 973.3-F93h Rise of the Republic 973.2-F93 brings together the chief constitutional and Lodge. IT. C. and T. Roosevelt. Hero documents which are the landmarks legal tales from American history 973-L82h of American history. Here may be found Lowell, E. J. The Hessians and other the charters of the various colonies, the auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary war 973.3-L95 acts of the continental Congress and of Roosevelt. T. Winning of the west Parliament, proclamations, treaties of peace 977-R67 and alliance, etc. Sahine, TJ. Biographical sketches of the Royalists of American Revolution . . . MINOR HISTORIES. . . 972-S11 The books named' below are of a minor Stone. W. L. Border wars of the Ameri- can Revolution 973-S88 character, or, being one-volume histories of the country, give necessarily brief accounts BIOGRAPHY. of the Revolution. Some of them are ex- The infant nation, whose independence cellent in and treatment of the style subject: was declared to the world on the 4th of Botta, C. History of the war of inde- July, 1776, was peculiarly fortunate in the of the U. S 973.3-B65 pendence character of the men who assumed the lead- E. S. book of American Brooks, Century ership in that struggle. In their lives may Revolution 973.3-B79 be read the history of the great movement. ButterAvorth, H. Young folks' history of The is rich in this lit- America ...... '.,. 973.4-C65 library biographical erature. Only a selection will be given: Coffin, C. C. Boys of '76 973.4-C66 John. Life; by Morse. . . .B-A194m Eg'glcston, E. First book in American Adams, history 973-E29 Adams. Samuel. Life; by Morse.. .B-A196m Household history of the U. S. Franklin, Benjamin. Autobiography 973-E29h B-F85m Fiske, John. War of independence .... Life; by McMaster B-F85m 973.3-F54W Life; by Morse B-F85ml A smaller book than the one above Life; by Parton B-F85p referred to; adapted to younger readers. Greene, Nathaniel. Life; by F. V. Greene Fiske, John. History of U. S. for schools B-G83g 973-E29h Life; by G. W. Greene B-G83gl A. of the American Gilman, History Hamilton. Alexander. Life; by Lodge. . . . people 973-G42 B-H18 Greene, G. W. Historical view of Ameri- Patrick. Life; by Henry. 3 v. . . . can Revolution 973.3-G82 Henry, .' B-H41h Hale, S. History of U. S 973-H13 Life; by Tyler B-H4U Hart, A. B. Formation of the union. . . . B-H41w 973-H26 Life; by Wirt Thomas. Life; by Randall. Higgliison, T. \V. Larger history of U. Jefferson, S 973-H53 3 v B-J35r B-J35m Young folks' history of U. S Life; by Morse 973-H53y Life; by Schouler B-J35s July, 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE

Ma di son, James. History of; by Rives. Brush, Mary E. Paul and Persis B831 3 v. B-M261r Mohawk valley. Life; by Gay B-M261g Brady, C. T. For love of country. ...B-724f4 Marion, Francis. Life; by Weems. .B-M347 Trenton and Princeton campaigns. Marshall* John. Life; by Magruder. .B-M35 Grip of honor B-724g5 Morris, Robert. Life; by Sumner. 2 v. Fight between the "Bon Homme B-M831sl Richard" and the "Serapis." Paine, Thomas. Life; by Conway. 2 v. B-P16 Chambers, R. W. Cardigan C35c2 Lexington. Washington, George. Life; by Irving. Maid-at-arms 635ml 4 v B-W271 Battle of Oriskany. Life; by Johnson B-W27J Life; by Lodge. 2 v B-W27L Churchill, W. Richard Carvel C-47r Life; by Paulding. 2 v B-W27p Maryland. Life; by Scudder B-W27s Coffin, C. C. Daughters of the revolu- Life; by Weems B-W27w tion C-65d Story of; by Seelye B-W27sl Massachusetts, 1769-1775. Studied Hale B-W27h anew; by Cooke, J. E. Bonnybel Vane C-77 ! Virginia, 1766-1775. POETRY. f Cooper, J. F. Lionel Lincoln C78L7 T. of I-W5 8 Campbell. Gertrude Wyoming.. Bunker Hill and siege of Boston. Carleton, Will. Centennial rhymes.. ..I-C19y Pilot C78p Read, T. B. Wagoner of the Alleghanies Introduces Paul Jones. I-R2.2W ' Spy C78s2 Very interesting collections of the ballads Washington's spy; scene is laid in the neutral ground between the American and songs of the Revolutionary period are and British armies, near New York. given in Duyckinck's Cyclopedia of Ameri- Wyandotte C78w4 can Literature, and also in Stedman and Frontier warfare. Litera- Hutchinson's Library of American Eggleston, G. C. Carolina cavalier. . .E281c ture. Consult index in each work. Carolina campaign. In R. L. Paget's "Poems of American Ford, P. Li. Janice Meredith F74j General Patriotism" (1776-1898) are many selections survey. II. In the valley F87i from the poetry of the Revolutionary period, Frederic, Mohawk valley, 1775-1880; battle of ^Iso much other in and, poetry abounding Oriskany. patriotic "thoughts that breathe and words Hawthorne, N. Septimius Felton. . .H311sl that burn." Time of the Concord fight. G. C. Eggleston's "American War Bal- Hoppus, Mary A. M. Great treason.. ..H772 lads," in two small volumes, is an excel- Arnold and Andre. lent collection of the same material. Hotchkiss. C. C. Colonial free lance. ..H791c For a maiden brave H791f4 Perhaps the most celebrated poems deal- In defiance of the king H781i with themes or incidents ing revolutionary The stories of Mr. Hotchkiss are stir- are Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride," and ring tales of adventure on land or sea Emerson's hymn, sung at the completion of during the Revolution. "In defiance of the describes the battle of Lex- the Concord monument, April 19, 1836, king" ington, and gives a view of Arnold after which with the famous lines: begins his treason. "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Jewctt, Sarah O. Tory lover J55t4 Their flag to April's breeze unfurled. Paul Jones. Here once the embattled farmers stood. Kennedy, J. P. Horse-shoe Robinson. .K3 8 And fired the shot heard round the world." South Carolina, 1780. H. Israel Potter M491i FICTTOX. Melville, Bunker Hill, Paul Jones, Ethan Allen, Altsheler, J. A. In hostile red A46912 Franklin. of Battle Monmouth. Mitchell, S. W. Hugh Wynne M691h Sun of Saratoga A469s Philadelphia and Valley Forge. Burgoyne's surrender. Morgan. G. John Littlejohn of J M82 Atherton, Gertrude. Conquerer A868c3 Valley Forge to Monmouth. Austen, Mrs. J. G. Dr. LeBaron and his Pidgin, C. F. Blennerhassett P59b3 daughters A935d2 Aaron Burr, 1756-1836. Massachusetts. Rodney, G. P. In buff and blue R598 Barr. Amelia K. Bow of orange ribbon 1st Delaware regiment. B27b4 Roe, E. P. Near to nature's heart. . .R621n New York Washington and Arnold. 44 THE LIBRARY GUIDE July, 1909

Siniius, AV. G. Partisan S59pl Mellichampe S59p2 List of New Books Scout S59p3 Added to the 1909 Katherine Walton S59p3 Library, April-June, Forayers S59p4 Eutaw S59p5 The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates that the book is suitable for A series of revolutionary tales, to be young people, and may be found in the children's room. in the above order. deal read They The abbreviation "Kef." indicates a book in the reference with the war in South Carolina. room. Such books are not to be taken from the building without special permission. Thackeray. AV. M. Virginians...... T321vl Braddock's cam-paign and the Revo- lution. GENERAL WORKS AND BOOKS OF Thompson. 1). P. Green mountain boys. . REFERENCE. T38 Vermont, 1770-1779. American Technical Society. Cyclopedia of 6v Thompson, 31. Alice of old Vlncennes . . . applied electricity. Ref. T381a Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry and Capture of Vincennes, Ind., 1779. building lOv Ref. of civil 8v T. Edwin Brothertoft W73e Cyclopedia engineering. AViiithrop, Ref. Introduces Washington. These works are compilations of the FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. more valuable instruction papers of the lilaiuhard, Amy E. Girls of '76. .. .J-B59g American Correspondence School, a de- Revolutionary maid J-B59r2 partment of Armour Institute. Their aim is to create a work Buttcrworth, H. Patriot schoolmaster... "not merely J-B98p which will appeal to the trained expert, but one that will commend itself also First capture. . . J-C27cl Casllemon, Harry. to the beginner and the self-taught, Ellis, E. S. Patriot and tory J E47pl practical man, by giving him a work- River and wilderness series: ing knowledge of the principles and 1 River fugitives J E47rl methods" of the trade in which he is 2 Wilderness fugitives J E47r2 engaged. The volumes are profusely 3 Lena Wingo J E47r3 illustrated. series: Wyoming Caniej-ie Library, Pittsburgh. Books in 1 Wyoming J E47wll the juvenile department, . . . .017-P681c 2 Storm mountain J E47wl2 F. cd. New international 3 The cabin in the clearing. ...J E47wl3 Colby, M., year- book, 1908 Ref. G. E. True to the old flag. . .J-H39tS Hrnty, Records the progress of the world Otis, J. At the siege of Quebec. . . . J-O88a6 during the year 1908 in science, art, lit- J-O88b2 Boys of Fort Schuyler erature, finance, industry, political and Signal boys of '76 J-O88s3 social economy, etc. It will serve either When we destroyed the Gaspee. . . . as an independent work or as a con- J-O88w tinuation or supplement to any encyclo- Scavvell, Mollie E. Paul Jones J-S44p pedia. It is not a bare record of facts, Stoddard, W. O. Guert Ten Eyck...J-S869g4 but includes a summary of discussions On the frontier. J-S869o to which events gave rise, and in de- Red patriot J-S869r2 bated questions recapitulates the argu- on both sides. Stratemeyer, E. Minute boys of Lexing- ments ton J-S89ml Davenport, Cyril. The book; its history Minute boys of Bunker Hill. . JS89m2 and development 090-D267b of from the Tomlinson, E. T. Blue and buff series: Treats book-making earliest times to the 1 Prisoner in buff J-T59bl present day. Some of books 2 Old Fort Schuyler J-T59b2 the chapter-headings: Rolls, Il- 3 In the Wyoming valley J-T59b3 and book-binding; Paper; Printing; Camp-fire of Mad Anthony J-T59c lustrations; Leathers. In the hands of the red coats. . . . J-T59i4 Hubbard, AV. L.. etl. American history

Jersey boys in the revolution. .. .J-T59J and encyclopedia of music. lOv. . . .Ref.

Lieutenant under Washington. . .J-T59L3 Mr. Hubbard, who has been musical War of the revolution series: editor of the Chicago Tribune for many 1 Three colonial boys J-T59w21 years, in his introduction explains the 2 Three young continentals. .J-T59w22 aim of this elaborate work to be to 3 Washington's young aids. . .J-T59w23 give to the non-technical reader the 4 Two young patriots J-T59w24 facts of musical history as well as the True. J. P. Stuart Schuyler series: theory of the art. The titles of the 1 Scouting for Washington J-T76sl several volumes are: Theory; Instru- 2 Morgan's men J-T76s2 ments; Foreign music; American mu- 2v. oratorios 3 On guard against Tory and Tarle- sic; Operas, ; and masses;

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Keltic. J., ed. Statesman's year-book. Dickinson, G. L. Is immortality desir- 1909 Ref. able 1? 218-D561i The 1908 lecture under the Ingersoll An English work, generally recog- bequest. Mr. Dickinson is an nized as an authoritative hand-book of English- man, a lecturer in Cambridge Uni- information on the politics, finances, versity, and an author and scholar of trade, commerce, edu- industry, crime, note. cation, and military and naval organi- zation of every civilized country on the Foster, G. B. Function of religion in globe. man's struggle for existence. . .230-F810 The book which caused the recent B. Church of Christ in chron- Smith, H. agitation among the Baptist clergymen. ological tables Ref. The key-note of the volume is perhaps indicated in a from Magazines and Reviews: quotation Schlier- macher, "Germany's greatest theolo- American Homes and Gardens, v.5. gian": "Not every one has religion 1908. who believes in a sacred book. He American Magazine. v.66-67. 1908- alone hap religion who has religion liv- 1909. ingly, immediately, and therefore could American Review of Reviews, v.38. = most easily dispense with the Bible." 1908. W. I). Self-measurement. Atlantic Monthly, v.102. 1908. Hyde, ..173-H99s Century, v.54. 1908. Seymour, W. AV. The cross; its history, Children's Magazine. v.10-11. 1908- tradition and art 247-S521c

1909. , An elaborate account of the cross as Cosmopolitan, v.45. 1908. a Christian symbol. Profusely illus- trated. Country Life in America, v. 13-14. 1908. Craftsman, v.14. 1908. Thompson, C. B. Churches and the wage- Current Literature, v.45. 1908. earners 260-T368c Dial, v.44-45. 1908. A study of the "alienation of the Harper's Bazaar. pts.1-2, v.42. 1908. wage-earners from the churches;" its Harper's Monthly, v.117. 1908. extent and its causes, and the remedy. v.52. Harper's Weekly, pts.1-2, 1908. Tattle, H. Arcana of nature 130-T881a Independent. v.64-65. 1908. F. Physical expression. Ladies' Home Journal, v.25. 1908. Warner, .138-W24p From the preface: "This work is ad- Library Journal, v.33. 1908. dressed to those who are interested in McClure's Magazine. v.31-32. 1908- Man as a 1909. studying living and thinking being-. . . . Biology, medicine and Nation, v.86-87. 1908. philosophy, with their working hypo- North American Review, v.188. 1908. theses, are drawn upon for facts, ana- Outing. v.52-53. 1908-1909. logies and arguments." Outlook, v.88-90. 1908. Popular Science Monthly, v.73. 1908. SOCIOLOGY. Public Libraries, v.13. 1908. Putnam's Monthly. v.4-5. 1908-1909. Bailey, Carolyn S., and Lewis, C. M. For the children's hour St. Nicholas, pt.2, v.35. 1908. 372-B148f Scientific American, v.98-99. 1909. Coo. G. A. Education in religion and Scientific American Supplement, v.65- morals 377-C646e 66. 1908. From the preface: "This book aims Technical World Magazine. v.9-10. to bring the broadest philosophy of 1908-1909. education into the closest relation to Woman's Home Companion, v.35. 1908. practice; to show how principles lead World To-Day, v.15. 1908. directly to methods, and so to strike World's Chronicle, v.17-18. 1908. the golden mean between impractical World's Work. v.16. 1908. theory and mere routint." Cooley, C. H. Social reorganization PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. ,. 300-C77S The author apprehends his subject on Bow ne, B. P. ..Studies in Christianity... the mental rather than the material 230-B67S side, leaving the individual slightly in the background. The theme is treated An endeavor to combine the new the- under five general divisions: Primary with the Contents: ology old religion. aspects of organization; Communica- The Christian Incarnation revelation; tion; The democratic mind; Social and the atonement; Christian life; Mod- classes; Institutions. ern conception of the Kingdom of God; The church and moral The Graham, W. Human nature in politics progress; 320-W15h church and the truth. Chapter-heading; Impulse and mind Clarke, \V. N. Christian doctrine of God in politics; Political entities; Non-ra-

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political reasoning; Possibilities of prog- USEFUL ARTS. ress; Political morality; Representative J. H. Harper's machinery book. government; Official thought; etc. Ad

Jordan, D. S., and Kellog-g. V. L. Scien- Himeker, J. Egoists 814-H89e tific aspect of Luther Burkank's Contents: A sentimental education; work 580-J76s Henry Boyle-Stendahl; Baudelaire le- Real Anatole The purpose of this book, written gend; Flaubert; France; Pessimist's progress; J. K. Huysmans; by prominent scientists, is to make Evolution of an Maurice Barres; available to the general reader the egoist; of Nietsche; Ibsen; character and value of Burbank's work. Phases Mystics; Max Stirner. The authors have investigated the sub- F. and his ject, both as to its benefits to man- Johnson, C. Shakespeare critics &22.3-J623 kind and as to its bearing on evolution. Outlines the attitude of the leading A. E. Wireless . . . Kenuellj, telegraphy. and American critics towards 537.81-K39W English the plays of Shakespeare. Miles, A. H., ed. Five hundred fascinat- Otis, W. B. American verse, 1625-1807. . . ing animal stories 590-M188f ') 811-O882a

E. T. of a silver fox. . . Seton, Biography C. M. Call of the 590-T37M Robinson, city..814-R561c The author endeavors to interpret the A companion to the author's "bio- lure of the great city in a series of graphy of a grizzly." Its purpose is chapters: The call of the city; The "to show the man-world how the fox- city's beauty; Its human interest; The world lives." city's fellowship, etc. July, 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 47

Thoreau, H. D., and others. In American Vniiderllp, W. B., and Hurlbut, H. B. In fields and forests 814-T391 search of a Siberian Klondike Winter, W. Old friends 814-W73o T57-V2771 The "old friends" of the famous dra- Rumors of gold in northeastern Asia, matic critic of the New York Tribune led to the adventures of two Americans, are worth knowing. They include of which this book is the narrative. many of the distinguished men of let- BIOGRAPHY. ters of the last half of the nineteenth century. We have here delightful Gibson, W. Hamilton. Life; by J. C. of Adams B-G354a glimpses and sketches Holmes, Aid- _. rich, Taylor, Dickens, Wilkie Collins, A life of the well-known author, nat- Curtis, and many others. uralist and artist, that will be appre- ciated by those who have derived plea- POETRY. sure, instruction and inspiration from the work of his pen and brush. ed. World's best Carman, Bliss, poetry Lincoln, Abraham. Lincoln and the Lon- lOv Ic-C21w don Punch. W. S. Walsh, ed B-L63p A valuable collection of British and American Milboume, J. S. Heraldry for amateurs poetry, arranged by subjects 929-M585h with introductory essays, on the office A little manual intended to place the and the beauties of poetry. The title outlines of the science of heraldry con- of the work is hardly justified, since before the amateur student. It the selections from other than British cisely will interest all who are re- and American poets are few in number. making searches in family history. Waller, Mary E. Our Benny I-W152o Napoleon I. Napoleon and America; by H. S. of earth Wiloox, Joys I-W642J E. L. Andrews B-N16a writ- TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION. Recent discoveries of Napoleon's ings afford opportunity for a new sur- vey of his the American phase Collier, P. England and the English .... epoch, T42-C688e of which possesses interest for Ameri- cans. Treats in a readable manner the character of the English people, and Napoleon I. Napoleon at Boulogne some phases of English life and man- camp; by F. Nicolay B-N16n ners. A few of the chapter-headings: Did Napoleon, in 1804, form a vast Who are the English? The land of camp at Boulogne, and devise a vast compromise; English home life; Are scheme of naval and military strategy, the English dull? Sport; Ireland; An which should ultimate in throwing a English country town. French army of 120,000 trained sol- diers on the soil of England; or was G. Old West T422-J348O Jekyll, Surrey it all a "bluff"? Historians still dis- Pictures and descriptions of houses, cuss the question. landscapes, highways, and streams, in a Allan. Life; by G. E. Wood- quiet corner in England. Much space Poe, Edgar berry. 2v. B-P751w is given to old furniture. Prof. Woodberry wrote the life of Malan, A. H., ed. Famous homes of Poe in the American Men of Letters Great Britain. 2v T42-M282m series. The present work he calls "a Descriptions of some of the stately more full and precise biography." These castles and country houses of England. volumes express the more kindly feel- Finely illustrated. ing that has sprung up in recent years masters Mathcws, J. "L. Remaking of the Mis- in regard to one of the great sissippi T77-M432r of literary form. The water-ways of the country are re- Rossetti, \VilIiam M. Some reminiscences. ceiving much attention just now, and 2v. . .B-R732 this volume is a welcome addition to Autobiographic recollections of a the literature of the subject. The au- member of the famous Rossetti family, thor gives an account of the several distinguished alike in art and litera- engineering,.methods by which the Mis- ture. sissippi has been developed, with the HISTORY. cost to date. Allen, G. W. Our naval war with France Mills, Eiios A. Wild life in the Rockies. . 973.4-A4250 , . . T78-M616w The fact that this country, during For than the au- more twenty years the closing years of the 18th century, thor lived most of the time on the was at war with France, is not very mountains of the and for several west, widely known; yet hostilities between years was State snow inspector of Colo- the two countries continued in an acute rado. The record of his experiences form nearly three years, although there is exhilarating and interesting. was no declaration of war on either side. Singleton, Esther, ed. Greatest wonders This book recounts the cause, progress of the world T-S61g and conclusion of this little war. 48 THE LIBRARY GUIDE July, 1909

Bruce, II. A. Romance of American Hutten, Bettina von. Kingsmead H971k3 expansion 973-B83r Inner Shrine 158 Gives a brief account of the terri- King, C. Lanier of the cavalry K58L1 torial growth of the United States, with Kiniisley, Florence M. Glass house especial reference to the achievements K611g4 of Boone, Jefferson, Jackson, Houston, Klein, C. Music master K671m5 Benton, Fremont, Seward and McKin- Lane, Elinor M. Katrine L237kl ley. Locke, W. J. Septimus L972s2 GriiTis, W. E. Story of New Netherland. MeCall, Sidney. Red horse hill M12r2 949.2-G87S McCutcheon, G. B. Alternative M133a4 Larned, J. N. Rise and fall of nations. Michelson, Miriam. Michael Thwaite's 2v 909-L32r wife M578ml A panoramic view of the current of Onpenheim, E. P. The governors.. .O621g4 history, with graphic personal sketches Orcutt, W. D. The spell O64s5 and broad generalizations as to under- Osboume, L. Infatuation O812i4 lying causes and principles. Reed, Myrtle. At the sign of the Jack- Howard, O. O. Famous Indian chiefs I o'-lantern R25a5 have known 970.2-H826f Rice, Alice Hegan. Mr. Opp H358m3 Sketches of two dozen or more In- Rinchart, Mary R. Man in lower ten .... dian chiefs whom Gen. Howard has R468ml come in more or less intimate contact Train. A. Butler's story T681b5 with. Among the more famous In- Vance, L. J. Bronze bell V27b5 dians included are Osceola, Billy Bow- Wallace, D. Long Labrador trail. ..W148L4 legs, Captain Jack, Red Cloud, Sitting Waller, Mary E. Year out of life.. . W212m2 Bull, Geronimo. Warner, Anne. In a mysterious way. . . . Millard, T. F. America and the far east- W240i4 ern question 950-M61a Webster, H. K. King in khaki W391k3 With the advent of the United States Wells, H. G. Tono-Bungay W46H4 as a world-power, its relations with War of the worlds W461wl the yellow races on the other side of the Pacific assume portentous import- STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ance. Mr. Millard's book discusses Blanchard, Amy E. Journal of joy. .J-B59J4 these relations from the stand-point of Burnett, Frances H. Cosy lion J-B93c4 a close observer. Spring cleaning J-B93s5 Craik, Georgiana 31. So-fat and mew- FICTION. mew J-C851s4 Barr, Amelia E. Hands of compulsion.. Foulke, Elizabeth E. Braided straws .... B27h2 J-F82b5 Bell, J. J. Oh, Christina! B41o3 Haines, Alice C. What grandma says .... Bindloss, II. Lorimer of the northwest. J-H12w3 B51L4 When grandma was little J-H12w4 Brennan, G. II. Bill Truetell B754b3 Hare, T. T. Making of the freshman Chamberlain, Lucia. Other side of the team J-H218ml door C348o5 Harrison, Elizabeth. In story-land Chambers. R. W. Special messenger.. .C35s5 J-H245i4 Chalfield-Taylor, H. C. Fame's pathway. Hopkins, W. J. The sandman; his farm T213fl stories J-H771sl Chester, G. R. Making of Bobby Burnit Jackson, Gabrielle. Wee Winkles and C423ml her friends J-J12w4 Crawford, F. M. White sister C85wl Johnson, O. Eternal boy J-J629e5 Cullum, R. Watchers of the plains.. C896wl Kipling, R. Stories and poems every Danby, F. Sebastian D19s2 child should know J-K62s6 Davis, C. B. .Lodger overhead, and oth- Lansing. Marion F., ed. Rhymes and ers D286L4 stories J-L29r3 Davis, F. The whirl D287wl Martin, G. M. Abbie Ann J-M361a2 Davis. Norah. Wallace Rhodes. .. .D289wl Mulcts, Lcnore E. Flower stories.. ..J-M89f4 Deeping, W. Mad Barbara D358ml Olmsted, Millicent. Land of never was. . Dey, F. von R. Gentleman of quality.D52g2 J-O51L1 During. Stella M. Love's privileges. .D9 3 2L4 Pierson, Clara D. Among the meadow Eddy, A. J. Ganton & Co E21gl people J-P612a4 Es- an M. F. Wiles of Sexton Maginnis Among the pond people J-P612a5 E28w3 Rankin, C. W. Adopting of Rose Marie Estabrook, Alma M. Rule of three. .E79r5 J-R161a2 Forslund, Louise. Old lady No. 31....F773o4 Sill, Louise M. Sunnyfield J-S583s5 stories that Futrelle, J. Elusive Isabel F982e4 Stone, M., ed. Children's Glasgow, Ellen Romance of a plain man never grow old J-S879c3 G46r Stratemeyer, E. Dave Porter and his Grant, R. Chippendales G764c3 classmates J-S89d5 Greene, H. Lincoln conscript G828L3 Wells, Carolyn. Marjorie's busy days... Hale, Ixniise C. Actress H132a2 J-W458m2 Harlaiid, H. Royal end H222r4 Wiltse, Sara E. Brave baby J-W71b5 n OF THE UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS

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Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., OCTOBER, 1909. No. 7 AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY HOW TO BECOME A BOOK-BORROWER AT THE LIBRARY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS As this number of the Library Guide will HON. F. G. PLAIN, President go into the hands of many who are not ALEXANDER Vice- President FORSYTH, familiar with the Library and its methods, W. S. BEAUPRE MRS PIERCE BURTON DR. H. MILBA<~HER we repeat here a few general directions for W. S. FRAZIER G. THURNAUER those who wish to enjoy its privileges. J. H. J. L. FREEMAN JOHNSON The Library building is situated on the Island, south of the post-office. JAMES SHAW, You may there obtain a blank application Librarian and Board of Directors Secretary for a reader's card. Have some property holder in Aurora LIBRARY INTERESTS IX ILLINOIS. sign the reverse or certificate side of this There are that the Public signs Library blank. interest in Illinois will date a "new era of That signer guarantees the Library from the of Our Lord development year against loss on your account. 1909. Then sign the application yourself. This The at its last session Legislature passed is the "book-borrower's pledge:" in 'signing an act for the appointment of a Library all it you pledge yourself to comply with Extension Con.mission. The duties of this Library rules and regulations. commission, as denned by the act, are "to Return the blank so signed to the Library information to librarian give advice or the and you will receive a book-borrower's or or of or to trustees any existing library, any reader's card, which entitles you to draw person rj- community interested in starting books from the Library. a new library, concerning the organization, Observe the directions on the card, and or of said maintenance administration endeavor to live up to them. They are by library." It ha? power to appoint an "or- no means burdensome, and are designed to will furnish such advice and ganizer," who protect the Library, and you in your use information, and whose it will be to duty of it. visit the public libraries of the State, assist Don't lend or give away your card. It is in new promoting libraries, establishing given to you for your individual use, and is traveling libraries, etc. not transferable. This commission* has a great work before Besides the 25,000 volumes which your It. of Prof. J. H. Freeman, the Aurora card entitles you to draw from, the Library has been one of Library Board, appointed in its reading-room is supplied with all the its all be members; and we believe this to leading magazines, and reviews, to be read an excellent appointment. in the Library. The privileges of the read- The of the American headquarters ing room are open to all, visitors as well as Library Association have been removed from residents. Boston to Chicago. This will tend to make residents are requested to promptly in- the city on the lake the greatest Library form new-comers In the city of the privi- centre in the world. leges of the Library, and how they may be All things considered, Library interests in obtained. All will receive a cordial Illinois are looking up. welcome. 50 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October, 1909

Marden, O. S. Peace, power and plenty. List of New Books 131-M33p An extract from the preface will give Added to the Library, July-September, 1909 an idea of the optimistic, hopeful, energizing spirit that pervades this The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates volume: "The book teaches that man that the book is suitable for young people, and may be need not be the victim of his environ- found in the children'* room. ment, but can be master of it; that The abbreviation "Kef." indicates a book in the reference there is fate of room. Such books are not to be taken from the building no outside him that without special permission. determines his life; that the cure for poverty, ill-health and unhappiness lies in bringing one's self through sci- GENERAL WORKS. entific thinking into conscious union with the great source of infinite Clifford, H., Curious facts 030-H83c Craftsman, v.15. 1908-1909.' harmony." Mechanics, v.10. 1908. Popular Margoliouth, D. S. Mohammed. . 297-M332m Scribner's Magazine, v.44. 19a8. A volume in the "Heroes of the na- tions" series. It gives a popular ac- PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. count of the life of the founder of one of the of world. Clarke. Helen A. Child's guide to my- great religions the thology J-291-C55c Miller, I. L. Psychology of thinking. An introductory chapter answers 153-M61p the question, "What is a myth?" This The Dial says of this book: "It tells is followed by legends, grouped accord- the student what functional value ing to subject, containing myths about thinking has in the organic scheme; plants, trees, sky and air, the sun, what its connections are with the nerv- moon and stars, mother-myths and ous sub-strata; what its dependence child-myths. upon the sensory stream of experience and upon the motor channels of ex- Euckcn, Rudolph. Problem of human pression; it follows the elaboration life 140-E86p of the simpler experiences into the of the various A presentation philoso- more involved perceptive and imagina- phies of life, as they have taken shape tive fields." in the minds of the great thinkers. The author's design is to afford historical Munsterberg, Hugo. Eternal values. confirmation of the view that concep- . . . .104-M922 of the tions 'are determined by life, not life by Attempts a new expression conceptions. Prof. Eucken last year the meaning of life and reality. The won the Nobel prize for literature. book first appeared in Germany, where it was received as an important philos- James, W. Pluralistic universe. .. 140-J23p ophic effort. The present work is not Eight lectures: Types of philoso- a mere translation. New parts have phic thinking; Monastic idealism; been added, which link it more closely of Concerning Fechner; Compounding with practical life. consciousness; Bergson and his critique of intellectualism; Continuity of ex- Sharman, H. B. Teaching of Jesus about perience; -Conclusions. An English re- the future 232-S529t viewer sums up these lectures as "sub- The gospels of Matthew, Mark and stantially a discussion of the shortcom- Luke are used as the sources of this of ings of Absolutism, as compared with scholarly study of the teaching Jesus as to the destruction of Jeru- Pragmatism, notably in respect to its failure to provide Theism with a satis- salem, the rise of Messianic claimants, factory foundation." the mission of the disciples, the King- dom of God, the day of judgment, life King, H. C. Rational living 150-K58r after death. "A contribution to the science of E. D. Psychology of religion. which makes clear certain con- Starbuck, ethics, 201-S975p clusions for the direction of conduct. "Rightly interpreted," says Prof. It emphasizes a method in ethical William James, who writes the preface study, which reasons from the nature to this book, "the whole tendency of of mind to the practical principles that Dr. Starbuck's patient labor is to bring ought to govern life." compromise and conciliation into the Knowlson, T. S. Education of the long-standing feud of science and re- will 159-K76e ligion." Some of the chapter-headings indi- Smith, GoldAvm. No refuge but in truth. cate the ground covered by this book: 230-S64n Psychology of the will; Mind and body; A series of papers dealing with the Auto-suggestion; Will and health; difficulties that attend most religious Will-power and memory-training; Will- thinking. They discuss: Man and his power in business, etc. destiny; The scope and limit of evolu- October, 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 51

tion; Immortality of the soul; The Out of friends; Adverse conditions in God of the Bible, etc. dependent families. In the last chapter Justice and of the future Worcester, E. Living word 230-W889L prosperity the writer strikes an note. An interpretation of the Emmanuel optimistic movement by one of its high priests. Francis, A. Americans; an impression. The first part of the book is concerned 304-F839a with the belief in God Himself; the The author is an Englishman, and second part deals with intimations of the contents of this book first appeared immortality that may be discerned in as a series of special articles in the or about man. London Times. They comprise a study an observer of certain SOCIOLOGY. by intelligent phases of social and political life in the Baldwin, J. Story of Siegfried. .J-398-B19s United States, critical, but on the whole The writer had Benjamin, P. United States naval appreciative. thought academy 359-B43U there was a drift here from democracy to an elective but the elec- From the preface: "It is the province despotism, tion of Taft he thinks is a "guarantee of this book to describe the education that the cure of the ills of democracy of our young naval officers in the past will be sought in more democracy." as well as at present. This involves not only the tracing of the history of Goodnow, F. J. Municipal government. the U. S. naval academy, and the naval 352-G62ml schools that preceded it, but the tell- The author says his aim in this ing of the story of the American mid- work was to make it of value to that

shipman, , a quaint and humorous son increasing body of students who de- of the sea, whereof even the pranks vote some portion of their time to the and jokes must not be forgotten if the study of municipal government, and representation of his life is to be true." also to make it of interest to the gener- al public. Brown, J. F. American high school. 379.17-B81a Jones. Olive M. Teaching children how The author of this work was former- to study 371-J72t ly professor in education and inspector NoAvmaii, Carrie S. The kindergarten in of high schools for the state univer- the home 372.2-N459k sity of Iowa. He gives first a histori- Inculcates and teaches how to apply cal account of the high school, and then kindergarten methods in the home. discusses its in successive chapters Ostrogroski, M. Democracy and the or- of function, programme studies, organ- ganization of political parties. 2v. ization and management; equipment, ' 329-O848d the teacher, principal, pupil, social life, * A searching analysis, by a Russian etc. . writer and thinker, of the relation of Conyng-ton, Mary. How to help. .361-C763h party organizations to the democratic in The writer has spent seven years form of government. James Bryce, the work of organized charity; in this British ambassador to this country, the book she has endeavored to state himself an eminent statesman and po- underlie all re- principles that should litical writer, contributes the preface lief work. to the book, of whi^h he says: "Few Coolidge Mary R. Chinese immigration. books of our time show equal appre- 325-C77C ciation of the problems democracy has A comprehensive record of the China- to solve or bring more useful materials > man in the United States. Beginning and more acute criticism to their dis- with the time when the yellow men cussion." solution of were welcomed as a useful Paine, T. Common sense 304-PlGc the labor problem of the Pacific coast, Written when the relations of the the author traces the many phases of American colonies with Great Britain hostility they have since encountered, were generally thought capable of and the legislation that has been amicable adjustment, Paine's pamphlet social framed respecting them. The is universally regarded as an epoch- and economic features of the Chinese making document. Dr. Moses Colt question are fully treated; their home- Tyler, in his "Literary History of the values life, their ideals and moral are American revolution," speaks" of it as picturesquely presented. "the first open and unqualified argu-

Cemles. Julia D. Stories to tell. . . 372-C83s ment in championship of the doctrine E. and its causes. of American independence." Devine, T.' Misery 339-D491m Ro\ve. TJ. S. Problems of city govern- An attempt, as the author says, to ment 352-R788p seek the causes of human misery. These Presents an analysis of the general causes are treated under five chapter- principles involved in city growth. The headings: Poverty and maladjust- causes and consequences of this growth ment; Out of health; Out of work; are fully discussed. The relation of 52 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October, 1909

the city to public utilities is carefully Treats of water power and methods considered. of measuring; application of water Sunnier, W. G. Folkways 390-Su6f power to propulsion of machinery; hy- An explanation of folkways and their draulic turbine; construction of water- function in the formation of society. power plants; application of wind- The author shows how the acts of in- power to industry, etc. dividuals grow into habits, thence into Bowman, M. li., and Crossley, B. M. Corn. traditional customs related to social 633-B681C welfare, and later have a philosophy A treatise on the judging, and become rules of conduct. "growing, breeding, feeding, and marketing" of C. F. Weller, Neglected neighbors. this grain, which, like the potato, is a ; 339-W45n native of America. The authors are of conditions in -the slums Sketches professors of farm crops in the Iowa of (he of the Washington, capital great State college of agriculture, and know to one of republic a city claimed be whereof they write. The chapter^ on beautiful in world. the most the the cultivation, harvesting and mar- NATURAL, SCIENCES. keting of corn, its commercial and manufacturing uses, etc., are exhaust- Barrows. AV. E. Electrical illuminating ive. engineering 537.83-B27e Dearmer, P. Body and soul.. . 615. 85-D342b Contents: Light and color; Units of "An inquiry into the effect of relig- illumination and photometry; Pho- ion upon health, with a description of tometry and photometers; Special pho- Christian works of healing from the tometry and integrating photometers; New Testament to the present day." Standards of illuminating power; In- Faith and AVorks of Christian Science. candescent lamps; Arc lamps; Flam- the author of "Confession me Jici." ing arc lamps; Vapor lamps; Shades By and calcula- 615-C756f reflectors; Illuminating " tion. Hatfield, H. R. Modern accounting 657-H28m Holleman, A. F. Text-book of organic chemistry. 547-H718i The Nation says of this book: "With- A translation of the third Dutch edi- in the limits he has marked out for tion of Holleman's work. himself, Prof. Hatfield has produced the best on accounting that has Locy, W. A. Biology and its makers. treatise 570-L812b yet appeared in the United States, and it is difficult to find its in the States the broad features of biologi- superior English language." cal progress, and aims to increase the human interest in the subject by writ- Lukin. J. Boy engineers J-680-L96b ing the story around the lives of the Relates the trials, troubles and great biologists. achievements of a couple of youngsters who undertake engineering work of Richter, Victor von. Organic chemistry. 2v 547-R412o various kinds. A translation of the eighth German Ltukiii, J. Young mechanic ... . J-680-L96y edition of Richter's work. Contains directions for the use of all kinds of and for the construction Salceby, C. W. Parentage and race cul- tools, of mechanical including the ture ,-,- 575-S163p models, art of turning in wood and metal. Dr. Saleeby says in his preface: "There is no greater need for society Mclsaac, Isabel, comp. Elements of hy- today than to recognize that educa- giene for schools 613-M18e tion must include preparation for the Designed to impart "an intelligent supreme duty of parenthood. This in- idea of how food, air, water, drainage, volves instruction regarding those bodi- clothing, occupation and exercise may ly functions which exist not for the affect our health," so that "we can body nor for the present at all, but for avoid those habits and surroundings the future life of mankind." The that are injurious." book deals interestingly and impres- Munsterberg, Hugo. Psycotherapy sively with a subject of supreme im- 615.85-M92p portance. Presents the phenomena used in the Seward, A. C., ed. Darwin and modern various systems of mental healing and science 575-S499d faith cure, frees them from mysticism, Thomson, W. H. What is physical life? fanaticism and fraud, and states them

4 576-E348W as they are, with their possibilities and formulated and explained. Woodruff, C. E. Effect of tropical light limitations on white men 572-W86e XewsJiolme, A- Prevention of tubercu- losis 616.2-N47p ARTS. USEFUL Written primarily as a manual for

. It lat- Ball, R. S. Natural sources of power. . . medical officials. deals w,ith the . .612.2-B21n est recognized methods for controlling October, 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 53

tuberculosis. Though written for an Ilxwe, Maud. Sun and shadow in Spain. English public, it may be read with T46-H83S in this profit country. BIOGRAPHY. Tracy, C. A., comp. Art of decorating show-windows and interiors. ...659-M53a Andrew, John A. Life; by H. G. Pear- One of the extremely practical son. 2v B-A56p books that the Library is adding to its Andrew was governor of Massachu- collection. Its aim is expressed in the setts, 1861-1865. He was one of the 'words: "To make a display of goods in noblest of the little group of eminent your window that is most attractive, "war governors" which included such that will readily sell the articles exhib- men as Morton of Indiana, Yates of Illi- is an art." ited, today acknowledged nois, Curtin o;' Pennsylvania, Sprague will an ' Some chapter-headings give of Rhode Island, and a few others. It - idea of the scope of the book: The was through Andrew's efforts and zeal window, per se; Planning a window; that Massachusetts was enabled to send Framework; Harmony of colors; Back- to the front the first organized Union grounds; Plaster casts; Electricity in troops raised for the civil war. the window; Mechanical displays; Illu- Blaine, Harriet Bailey. Letters by Mrs. sion windows, etc. James G. Blaine, ed. by Harriet S. FINE ARTS. Blaine Beall. 2v B-B571

Caffin, C. H. Story of American paint- Davltt, Michael. Life; by F. Sheehy- ing 759.1-Clls Skeffington. B-D295s A account of the life Paul. Exhibition of contempor- sympathetic Clement, of one of the most disinterested ary German art 759-C49 agita- tors who have planned and toiled for Hnrtman, S. History of American art. better conditions in Ireland. 2v 701-H249h Eliot, Charles AV. By Dr. Eugen Kuehne- Hartt, R. L. People at play 790-H856p mann B-E418k G. L. Art in theory. .701-R21cl Raymond, Robert. Alice ... form. Fulton, Life; by Crary. Representative significance of B-F951s 701-R21c2 U. S. the man of Poetry as a representative art Grant, Grant, mystery; .701-R21c3 by N. Smith J-B-G76s A life of General U. S. Grant suitable Painting, sculpture and architec- for readers. ture 701-R21c4 young Genesis of art form 701-R21c5 Hauren, J. M., and Poland, A. B. Fam- Rythm and harmony of poetry and ous men of modern times 920-H109f music 701-R21c6 Brief sketches of men famous for Essentials of esthetics 701-R21c7 their work in art, literature, science, Proportion and harmony. ... 701-R21c8 war, and statesmanship. Siitro, T. Thirteen chapters of American Kayne, Robert Y. Life; by T. D. Jervey. history represented by ,the Edward B-H328J

. was the S. Senator from Moran marine paintings . . . . 759.1-S965t Hayne U. South Carolina to whom Webster made LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. his famous "reply" in the debate on nullification. The South Carolinian was A. My Cranford 814-G42m Gilman, one of the leading statesmen of the old Nellie C. Art and life primer. . . Jacobs, South, and had a distinguished career J-808.5-J151a as Senator and Governor. G. P. Modern English. . 420-K859m TCrapp, H. in the wilder- Id-M26b2 Lucy, W. Sixty years Maeterlinck, M. Blue-bird ness B-L962 Peck, H. T. Studies in .several litera- The "wilderness" in which this writer 814-P33s tures passed some sixty years was that of Raymond, G. L. Dante, and collected English journalism, in which he has verse I-R21d had a sufficiently varied experience. As Stevenson, Augusta. Children's classics, editor of London News, as a contri- in dramatic form J-808.5-S47C butor to Punch for nearly thirty years, Thorpe, F. N., ed. Statesmanship of An- and as the best known of the men who drew Jackson 815-J12s report and comment on what is Twain. Mark. Is Shakespeare dead?... said and done in the British parlia- 822.3-T91i ment, it has been his fortune to meet nearly all the famous men and women Welch, C. Book of nursery ryhmes. . . . J-I-W46b of England of the last generation. McSpadden, J. W. Famous painters of TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION. America 927-M244f Grenfell. W. T. Adrift on an ice-pan... This book deals with artists, not with T71-G857a art. The lives of West, Copley, Stuart, Greeley, A. W. Hand-book of Alaska. . . Inness, LaFarge, Vedder, Homer, . .T798-G81h Whistler, Sargent, Abbey and Chase are THE LIBRARY GUIDE October, 1909

given with much amusing anecdote and torial games; Roman luxury; The comment. arts. etc. Phillips, Wendell. Life; by L. Sears Hodges. G. Apprenticeship of Geortre B-P541s Washington, and other sketches of sig- of Dr. Sears sums up the life-work nificant colonial personages. . 973. 2-H66a the great orator and reformer from A collection of historical sketches. the standpoint of today. The paper that gives the book its title Rockefeller, John D. Random reminis- shows how Washington's early training cences B-R589 fitted him for later service. The other The papers recently published in a papors are: Hanging of Mary Dyer: popular magazine are here collected in Adventures of Miles Standish; Educa- book form. tion of John Harvard; Forefathers of Jamestown. Saiifcorn, F. B. Recollections of seventy years B-S198 Judson, Katherlne B. Montana. 9 78.6-J9 2m One of the anti-slavery agitators of A school reader, which presents New England, a fricncl and biographer of some of the romantic and picturesque John Brown, a literary man who was on events in the early history of "the land terms of intimacy with many of- the of the shining mountains." more famous authors of New England, Meany, E. S. History of the State of here gives his recollections of men and Washington 979.7-M466h events of the last generation. An interesting account of the devel- of one of the States Shaler, Nathaniel S. Autobiography.... opment youngest B-S528 in the Union. The e,arly period of State- hood was marked Prof. Shaler is a scion of an aristo- by extravagance, which was corrected later adminis- cratic Kentucky family. He served in by trations. The ltst describes the union army in his youth, and be- chapter federal in the in the came one of the leading scientists of activity State, of and customs his day. shape surveys, postal service, judiciary, irrigation. Smith, Gipsy. Life and work B-S650 A popular account of this noted Robinson, Li. E. History of Illinois evangelist. J-977.3-R56h A brief account of the great prairie Sterne, L,aurenee. Life and times; by W. State, suitable for young readers. L. Cross B-S839C Steward, J. F. Lost Maramech, and earli- means of new material the biog- By est Chicago 970.1-S849L rapher has thrown much light on the This book is the fruit of original in- early life of the author of Trisiram " vestigations and discoveries of the Shandy and A sentimental journey. author, who was, and perhaps still is, HISTORY. president of the Maramech historical society of Kendall county, 111., It life the In- Catlin George. My among sketches the history of the Foxes, one J-970.1-C28b dians of the fiercest of the Indian tribes that Gives the most interesting parts of formerly peopled the prairies of north- Catlin's book on the habits and customs ern Illinois; and it tells the story of of the North American Indians. It is their downfall in 1730, near the village profusely illustrated from reproduc- of Maramech, the site of which the tions of the author's famous drawings. author has located as being near Piano. Chase, Annie. Children of the wigwam. . . The book is of great local historical in- J-970.1-C379C terest.

A book about Indians, adapter) to Wells, J. M. "With touch of elbow." . . . very young readers. . . 973.7-W46W account of the career of Churchill. \V. River war; re-conqutst of An personal the Soudan 962.6-C47r a Union soldier, who was a prisoner of war for many months. A detailed account of the campaign in which the British-Egyptian forces Williamson, J. J. Mosby's rangers under Kitchener smashed the power of 973.7-W672m the Mahdi in the Egyptian Soudan. Gives the story of the operations of one of the most famous bands of rebel Anna C. Stories of the U. S. for Davis, rangers that figured in the civil war. youngest readers J-973-D29s Their exploits required courage and Friedlander. It. Roman life and manners audacity, principally audacity. Mosby's under the early empire. 3v. . . .T37-F91r rangers were wasps that annoyed the "Packed with information attractive- Union army; they were troublesome, ly presented," says the critic of the In- but had small effect on the issue of the dependent. It deals with the conditions war. prevailing in a society that existed FICTION. 200<) years ago. Some of the chapter- .A42b5 headings suggest the range of the book: Allen, J. TJ. Bride of the mistletoe. The circus; The amphitheatre: Gladia- Ayscough, J. Dromina A987d5 October, 1909 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 55

Ayscough. J. Marotz A987ml Blanchard, Amy E. Four corners abroad. Baelieller, T. Hand-made gentleman. B12hl J-B59f6 Barr, Amelia E. Hands of compulsion. Burleigh, C. B. With pickpole and B27h2 peavey J-B919w2 H. Greater Bindloss, power B51g5 Carr, Sarah P. Billy Tomorrow. . . J-C228b3 Caine, H. White prophet C12w3 Clark, Imogen. We four and two more. Crawford, F. M. Stradella C85s5 J-C541w2 Crockett, S. K. Men of the mountains. Crulkshank Fairy Book J-C884fl C87m3 Larle, J. P. School team in camp. . J-E12o5 Cullum. R. Compact C896c4 Kllis, E. S. Unlucky Tib J-E47u7 Davis, R. H. White mice D29w3 Ellis, Katharine P. Wide-awake girls. J-E472wl lirummond, A. L. True detective stories.

D83615 Wide-awake girls in Winsted . J-E472wl Zaiic. J-G86s3 Forman, J. K. Jason F76J1 Grey, Short-stop Garnett, Mrs. R. S. Infamous John Hammond, T. W. On board a whaler. Friend G184i4 J-H183o4 Hewlett, M. Open country H49o4 Harvey, G., and others. On track and J-H258o4 Hoover, Bessie R. Pa Flickinger's Folks. diamond H766pl Hunting, H. G. Silver canoe J-H92s3 J. Indian tales J-J15i4 Hornung, E. ,\V. Mr. Justice Raffles Jacobs, fairy . .H785m3 Lang, O. Bee Martin, etc . .J-L251b2 Lillibridge, Will. Dominant dollar. .L625d4 McAllister, E. C. Island secret. .. .J-MlliS 4 McCutchcon, G. B. Truxton King. . .M133t5 Otis, James. Found by the circus. J-O88f MacGrath, H. Goose Girl M17g4 Minute boys of New York City.J-O88m4 Malet, Lucas. The score M288s2 Minute boys of Wyoming valley.

Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Avonlea . . . J-O88m5 M758a5 Sarah Jane J-O88bll L. M. Anne of Green Montgomery, Ouida. Little earl J-O93L2 Gables M758a4 Quirk. L. W. Baby Elton, quarter back. Oldmeadow, E. Antonio O44a4 J-Q24bl O'Neill. Rose. Lady in the white veil. . . . O579L1 Ray. Anna C. Janet at odds J-R21s5 E. L. Bar B J-S116bl Orrkzy, Baroness. "I will repay." .. O642sl Sabin, boys Sliute, H. A. Real diary of a real boy. Orckzy, Baroness. Scarlet pimpernel. . . . O642s2 J-S55S)r2 Paine, R. College years P158c4 "Sequil" J-S559r3 Phelps, Elizabeth S. Jonathan and Smith, Laura R. Seventeen little bears. David W21J4 J-S649s2 Phelps, Elizabeth S. Oath of allegiance. Smith Mary P. W. Boys and girls of W21ol '77 J-S65o4 A. True Tilda C83t5 Quiller-Couch, T. Sparkhawk. Frances C. Dorothy Brook's R. C. Will o' the R63w3 Rogers, Wasp school days J-S736d4 W. W. Doctor's daughter . .W168p2 Walter, Standish, AVinn. Captain Jack Lorimer. Maude R. Peter, Peter. . .W248p2 Warren, . , J-S778J1 WT R. A. Happy Hawkins W28hl ason, Jack Lorimer's champions. .. .J-S778J2 C. There she blows W56t3 WTieeler, J. Jack Lorimer's holidays J-S788J3 White, W. A. A certain rich man. .W583c2 Jack Lorimer's substitute. . . . J-S788J4 Wright, H. B. Calling of Dan Matthews. W93cl Stirling, Y. U. S. midshipman in China. J-S854u5 Wright, Mabel O. Poppea of the post- E. Foot-ball boys of Lake- office . W931p4 Stratemeyer, port . .' J-S89L14 STORIES FOR YOUNG FOLKS. Rover boys on the farm J-S89rl2 Rover boys on Treasure isle. . . J-S89rl3 Sara Sixteen stories. Allison, B., comp. Tomliuson, E. T. For the stars and J-A439s3 stripes J-T59wl Li. F. Tot of Baum, Dot and Merryland. Wells, Carolyn. Marjorie's vacation. J-B32d4 J-W458ml Beach, E. L. Annapolis second-class Patty in Paris J-W458p4

man. . . J-B35a6 Patty's pleasure trip J-W458p6 56 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October, 1909

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GUAGI > Bjursten, H. Gyltas Gratta...... S-B552g5 We have pleasure in reporting, in this Blanche, A. Berattelser. 3v S-B59b2 number of the Guide, the accession of six- Blanche, A. Sonen af Soder och Nord ty-seven volumes in the Swedish, Norwe- 2v S-B59s4 gian and banish languages. These books Blink. C. Gustav Vasa och Hans Sam- have been purchased at the suggestion of tida ?-B61g5 Mr. Justus L. Johnson, a member of the Bull, J. B. Bondeopraret N-B87b4 Board of Directors. They embrace, of Dilliug. Jj. Hverdagsmennesker. 3v. course, but a small selection of the litera- N-D58h5 ture of those countries, -whose hardy chil- Elster, K. Samlede skrifter. 2v. ..N-E49sl dren have done so much for the upbuild- Fljgare. C. E. Efterskord. 3v S-F67e3 ing of the Northwest. The number of such Hamsun, K. Ny Jord N-H18n5 books will be increased in the future should lleiden-tam. 'V. von. Heliga Birgittas fard circumstances warrant it.. The present ac- Pilgrims S-H36h2 cessions are listed below. The letters, S, Heidonstam, V. von. Karolinerna. 2v. N and D preceding the call numbers, desig- S-H36kl nate books in the Swedish, Norwegian and Kielland. A. L,. Arbeidsfolk N-K54a5 Danish languages, respectively: Lagerlof, Selma. Antikrists mirakler. S-L13a4 Xatural Science. Lagcrlof, Selma. Gosta Berlings Saga. Schiott. Jul. Danmarks natur . . , S-L13g4 D-500-S336d Leijonskold, O. En ung Adelsmands Uterature. Eventyr N-L53e4 Gunvor Thorsdatter. Biomson. B. Laboremus N-Id-B55Ll Prydz, U. ...N-P95g5 Meyer. E. Svenska Parnassen. 4v Rydberg. V. Den siste Athenaren. 2v. S-R97s3 S-839.7-M57s I,udner. B. Samlade Skrifter S-I-L61s Jlvdfccrg:. V. De vandrande Djaknarne. . .S-R97vl Oilman. X. P. Aftonunderhallningar. . . S-I-O24a Schnlze. H. Udvalgte Skrifter. . .N-S3 9 Iu2 Odman. X. P. Ungooms och Reseminen; Schwartz, Marie .S. Hoevnens offer. vers och prosa S-I-O24u N-S399h4 J. Rnnebcrg, Li. Samlade skrifter. 2v. . . . Sigurd. Dcd Hjemmets Arrie N-S579h3 S-I-R87s Starback. C. G. Engelbrecht Engelbrekts- Tegnirr. E. Samlade Skrifter, 2v son S-S795e4 S-839.8-T23sl Starback, C. G. Master O'lofs Biollop. Travel. S-S795ml

Solen i Bremer. Fredrika, Hemmen I Nya Thoresen, Magdalene. Siljedalen. Vereden S-T7B75h N-T39s4 Z. Faltskarns beratlelser. Enander, J. A. Valda Skrifter. . .S-T7E 56 v Topelins, 6v 3-Tfi2f 1 reHjcm vi Farlod: DeHjem vi fandt; om Norge og Amerika N-T7H64 Valdemar. Lansmansgarden S V 2 3L Sundbeck. C. Svensk - Amerikanerna deras materiella och andliga Straf- vanden S-T73S957s CONTKKTS OF THIS NUMBER Page Biography. Library Interests in Illinois 49 How to Become a Book Borrower 49 Ibsen, Henry. H. Jager D-B-I14J List f New Books 50-56 Henrik. O. Skavlan..N-B-W49s Wergeland, Books in Scandinavian Languages .... 56 History. Sjogren, O. Det Nittonde Arhundradets LIBRARY HOURS Historia. 2v S-948.5-S625n The main room of the Libra'y is open eve y day (Sundays and legal holidays ex- Fiction. cep eri) from 9 a. m to 9 p m The chil- dren's room is open durine 'he same hours Aanrud, Hans. Sidsel sidsaerk. . .N-A112s3 on Saturdays; on othur days from 12:30 p m. Aanrud, Hans. Storkarer N-J-A114s5 to 8 p. m Andersen, H. C. Eventijir og historic. The reading room is open on Sundays from 3v . ,N-A54e5 2 p. m. to 6 p m. The Library Guide.

Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., JANUARY, 1910. No. 8

AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY Swedish Tribune-News, Christian Science Sentinel, BOARD OF DIRECTORS Springfield (Mass) Republican. Dailies. HON. F. G. PLAIN, President ALEXANDER FORSYTE, Vice-P esid< nt Chicago Inter-Ocean, Chicago Tribune, W. S. BEAUPRE Chicago Examiner, Aurora Beacon, MRS PIERCE BURTON DR. H. MiLB Record-Herald, Aurora News. W. S. FRAZIER G. THURNAUER Extra copies of Harper's Monthly, Scrib- J. H. FREEMAN J. L. JOHNSON ner's Magazine, Century, Atlantic, McClure's Magazine, Review of Reviews, American JAMES SHAW, 'Magazine, Cosmopolitan, "World's Work, Librarian and Secretary Board of Directors World Today, Everybody's and Hampton's are taken, and these extra copies may be THE READING ROOM. drawn for home-reading, under the same \Vith the new year several additions have restrictions and in the same manner as been made to the periodicals supplied to books. the Reading Room. The full list is given Strangers in the city, as well as all resi- below: dents, are welcome to the reading room. Monthlies. Harper's Monthly, Scribner's Magazine, THE XOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE McCliure's Magazine, American Magazine, 1909. World's Work, Harper's Bazar, Outing, Century, Selma Lagerlof, the Swedish novelist, who Atlantic Monthly, Everybody's, has been awarded the Nobel prize for litera- Current Literature, Children's Magazine, ture, is regarded as the principal Swedish American City, Cosmopolitan, novelist since Frederika Bremer. Se was World Today, Putnam's Monthly, in and entered upon a literary Success, Power, born 1858, written Steam, Craftsman, career in 1891. She has many Hampton's, St. Nicholas, novels. Of these the Aurora Public Library Popular Mechanics, possesses "Antikrists Mirakler" ("The mar- Ladies' Home Journal, vel of Anti-Christ) and "Gosta Berling" in American Homes and Gardens, the original. The latter is the book with North American Review, which she first made her mark as an author. Country Life in America, Ihe "Wonderful Adventures of Nils-:." for Popular Science Monthly, is this awarded, Technical World Magazine, which the Nobel prize year ac- Electrical Record, as rendered in English, is among the Woman's Home Companion, cessions listed in this number of The Guide. Christian Science Journal, The Nobel prizes were established from American Boy, a fund left by Dr. Alfred Bernhard Nobel Our Dumb Animals, for the prupose of awarding prizes to those Architectural Record, 'persons who shall have contributed most Educational Review, to benefit mankind during the Railway and Locomotive Engineering. materially year immediately preceding." The value of Semi-Monthly. each prize amounts to about $40,000. The Dial. Nobel for peace in 1906 was awarded Weeklies. prize to Theodore Roosevelt. Harper's Weekly, Scientific American, Outlook, Electrical World, Literary Digest, Collier's, At last the limelight of fame has surely London Times, Nation, been turned on Aurora. It is made the Engineering News, Chicago Banker, scene of a lively story of boy life at school, Independent, American Machinist, in camp, on the diamond, and elsewhere. Geneva Patrol, Survey, The author is D. M. Kagay. and his book is World's Chronicle, Youth's Companion, entitled "Eastside Boys." Twelve or fifteen Railway Age-Gazette, years ago Mr. Kagay resided in Aurora. He Illustrated London News, was an Kastside boy and did the very things Scientific American Supplement, that are so graphically told in his little Saturday Evening Post, book. 58 THE LIBRARY GUIDE January, 1910

is natural and proper; and she puts List of New Books her finger on the sin of permitting vul- gar and evil satisfaction to come Added to the 1909 Library, October-December, through the dance-hall and kindred places, which she says rests on the cities The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates themselves. that the book is suitable for and be young people, may J. et al. Civil service manual. found in the children's room. Ewart, A., The abbreviation "Ref." indicates a book in the reference 3v 351-E94c room. Such books are not to be taken from the building The plan of this series follows close- without special permission. ly the routine of civil service examina- tions. The first volume is devoted to arithmetic; the second deals with Eng- GENERAL WORKS AND BOOKS OF 1 lish and allied subjects ; the third is de- REFERENCE voted to geography, spelling, trial ex- amination papers, etc. American Technical Society. Cyclopedia J. O. the railroads. . of heating, plumbing and sanitation. Fagan, Labor and 4v .^ Ref. 385-F13L "A compilation of representative in- An analysis of labor conditions to- struction books of the American Cor- day, written with first-hand knowledge. respondence School, forming a simple, George, AV. R. Jiunior republic. .. 364-G29J practical and convenient reference The story of the famous boys' repub- work for the shop, the library, the lic, of Freeville, N. Y., by its founder. school and the home." The republic is one of the most inter- esting reformatory experiments of this Reviews. M.agazines and generation. American V. 68. 1908-1909. Magazine. Gauss, H. C. American government American Review of Reviews. V.39. 353-G228a 1909. Deals with the structure of our gov- Atlantic Monthly. V.103, 1909. ernment, and the duties and powers of V.55. 1908-1909. Century Magazine. federal officers. Cosmopolitan. V.46. 1908-1909. " E. R. Elements of Craftsman. V.16. 1908-1909. Johnson, transporta- tion 385-J62E Harper's Monthly. V.118. 1908-1909. A revised edition of a work that first McClure's Magazine. V.32. 1908-1909. five The introduc- Outing. V.54. 1909. appeared years ago. tion treats of the definition and North Amorican Kevit-u-. V.1SO. 1909. scope of The PiMnam's Monthly. V.6. 1909. transportation. general subject is then discussed under three heads: Technical World Magazine. V.ll. 1909. 1, The American World To-Day. V.16. 1908-1909. railway system; 2, the World's Work. V.17. 1908-1909. Railway service; 3, Railways and public.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. Laughlin, J. L. Latter-day problems . . . Clark, W. N. Sixty years with the Bible. 330-L36L 220-C551s Essays on such questions as: Politi- cal and of Deals with the author's experiences economy Christianity; Hope labor unions; Social settlements; Val- with the Bible, and the changes which uation of railroads; of bank have come in his views of its teachings. Guaranty deposits, etc. Harrison, Edith. O. Ladder of moonlight, of etc J-220-H244L Mabie, H. W., comp. Book Christmas. 394-B64 Mocking bird, etc J-220-H244m2 A collection of the best things that Polar star, etc J-220-H244p2 have been written about Christmas. Ed. Text book of true tem- Monahan, M., Mr. Mabie's introduction supplies the 177-M738t perance proper key-note for such a book. Presents the anti-prohibition side of F. 31. How to and the temperance question. McMurry, study, teaching how to study 371-M22h St. Nicholas Magazine. Stories of classic myths J-291-S147S Mody, H. P. Political future of India. . . 320-M72p H. S. how it affects Williams, Alcohol; A study of the aspirations of educat- the and the individual, the community ed Indians. Important In view of the race 178-W67a prevailing (unrest in Britain's imperial treatise on A scientific yet popular dependency. alcohol and the injurious effects of the Psychology and the drink habit. Munsterberg, Hugo. teacher 371-M92p SOCIOLOGY. Presents the essentials of what mod- ern offer to the Addanis, Jane. Spirit of youth, and the psychology may school, city streets 311.84-A222s and the connection between psychology Miss Addams points straight to a city's and education. obligation in relation to youth's desire Xixon-Roulet, Mary F. Japanese folk sto- for play. She shows that this desire ries 398-R75J1 January, 1910 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 59

Kcnnington, Elizabeth D. Story of Rustem most formidable wild-beast of this con- J-398-R29S tinent an animal now well on its way Ko\ve, S. H. Habit-formation, and the towards extinction. science of teaching 371-R789h USEFUL ARTS. Aims to present scientifically the re- Andrews, L. R. White peril. . . 616.2-A567w lation of habit to education, and to The author tells how he cured him- treat the of habit-formation so subject self of consumption at home. The as to render practical assistance to book dwells especially upon the neces- teacher and parent. sity of will-power to fight this dread St. Nicholas Magazine. Stories of chiv- disease. alry J-398-S147s Baterden, J. R. Timber 634.9-B30t Wendell, B. Mystery of education A practical work dealing with tim- 370-W48m bers that are most generally used, and Addresses delivered at various aca- others that are likely to come into the demic happenings. The poem given at market before long. It has chapters Harvard College is the author's first on: Causes of decay and destruction public expression in verse. of timber; Seasoning and impregnation NATURAL* SCIENCES. of timber; Defects in timber; Strength- ening and testing of timber, etc. Atkinson, G. P. Mushrooms, edible, poi- sonous, etc 589.22-A875m Bond, A. R. Handyman's workshop and 680-B638h The author is professor of botany in laboratory from contributed to Cornell University. Besides giving de- Compiled papers Scientific scriptions of the various kinds of the American In the interests of the man." The mushrooms, directions for cultivation, "handy professional man as well as the amateur mechanic etc., the book has a chapter of recipes will find in the book hundreds of in- for cookin-g mushrooms, by Mrs. S. T. Rorer, and a chapter on the chemistry genious ideas. and toxicology of the fungi by J. F. Borchers, W. Electrical furnaces Clark. 669.8-B64e Iteckwith, M. Helen. Domestic animals. Gives a concise review of various de- 599-B382d signs of resistance and arc furnaces, M. sketches of the author's own experi- Hard, E. The Mushroom. .589. 22-H21m mental Another book furnaces, and discussion of vari- on. the mushroom, the ous details of construction. The book cultivation of which is receiving some concludes with a chapter on the advan- attention hereabouts. Mr. Hard's vol- tages of electric heating. ume is designed for beginners. Brigham, Louise. Box furniture. . 684-B76b Laughter, V. H. Operator's wireless tele- Tells how, with a few simple tools, graph and telephone hand book "box furnitiure" may be made tables, 537.81-L,362o stools, book-shelves, brackets, dressers, From the "This book has preface: wardrobes, and scores of other useful been written with the end in view of and ornamental articles. leading the student through the ex- of a perimental stage on up to the more Cleaves, Margaret. Autobiography neurasthene 616.8-C58a complicated types of wireless telegraph and telephone instruments." The experience of a physician who was a neurasthene. His complete re- G. .E. Children's book of Milton, stars. covery should inspire others similarly J-523.8-M69c afflicted with confident hope. Oleott, W. T. In star-land with a three- Howden, J. R. Boys' book of steamships ineh telescope A 52Q-O431 656-H83b conveniently arranged guide for Covers the entire ground of achieve- the amateur astronomer. ment represented (by the steamship, Hotoh, A. L. Conquest of the air its history, design, machinery, work of 533.6-R738.C river and lake boats, as well as ocean Contents: The ocean of air; History steamsihips, etc. For a boy with a of aerostation; Dirigible balloon; Fly- mechanical turn of mind, or Intending ing machine; Future of aerial naviga- to travel, the book Is especially profit- tion. able.

Thomson, W. H. Some wonders of biol- Hutchinson, Woods. Preventable diseases1 ogy 576-ToS !s 616-H97p Contents: Brain and body; Real self Full of information and practical and drugs; Nervoius system and .the suggestions regarding common maladies. blood; Classification of infections; In- Latimer, Caroline W. Girl and woman. . dispensable bacteria; Is this earth the 613-L,338g only abode of physical life? Nature Avowedly a book for mothers and of physical life. daughters. It contains a mass of useful Wright, W. H. Grizzly bear 590-W93g information which Is conveyed in A hunter-naturalist's narrative of his language free from technicalities. experience with and observations of the Sparrow, W. S. Hints on house-fjurnish- 60 THE LIBRARY GUIDE January, 1910

ing 645-S737h The author has resided long enough A book for the housewife seeking to among the Russians to master their combine beauty with economy. language, and he has made it a point to live the and work- White, Marian. Fuels of the household among peasantry interest- .' 644-W58f ing people. He devotes several to the and to the The author is teacher of domestic ing chapters peasant Jew in science in McKinley Manual Training Riussia. School, Washington, D. C. Her book Brandes. G. Main currents of Nineteenth is addressed especially to young house- Century literature. 6v 809-B73m keepers. It gives instruction in the Titles of the six volumes: 1, Emi- economic use of all the well-known grant literature; 2, Romantic school fuels, and also in the use of the tire- German; 3, Reaction in France; 4, less cooker, and the employment of Naturalism in England; 5, Romantic electricity as fuel. school France; 6, Youn-g Germany. FINE ARTS. These volumes constitute one of the earlier works of the famous Danish Board, Dan. Boy pioneer . . . . , J-790-B38b2 critic. The briliant novelty of their Tells boys how to organize a fort, criticism at once gave Brandes high elect officers, choose new members and rank among the world's men of letters. initiate them; how to make snow- S. W. shoes, talk the sign language, make Gillillan, Including Finnegan.... I-G4125 bird-notes, etc. Every boy dreams of leading the life of the pioneer, and this Grilley, C. T. Jingles of a jester. . . .I-G87J tells new Beard book how the dreams Higginson. T. W. Carlyle's laugh, etc. . may be partly realized In a wholesome 814-H53c way Two dozen papers on biographical Bellamy, W. More charades. .. 793-B411m and literary subjects, all of which are The fourth book by the author on treated in the interesting manner that the subject of charades. Its appeal is Mr. Higginson brings to bear on any to those in search of pleasant methods topic he touches. of entertaining social gatherings. Hossfeld, C. New pocket-dictionary of Bond, A. R. Scientific American boy at Riussian and English 491.7-H79n

school . J-790-B638sl Maliaffy, J. P. What have the Greeks A sequel to the "Scientific American done for modern civilization?. . 880-M27w It describes the construction Boy." of A series of papers which sum up con- various devices and with apparatus, cisely the author's conclusions regard- reference to out-door use. particular ing the influence of Greek civilization Burton, F. R. American primitive music. upon modern life. 780-S95a -Meredith, G. Last poems I-M54L A survey of the musical art material indigenous to America, as well as an Xoyes, Miaa-ion L., and Guild, Kate li. account of the author's extended re- Sunshine primer J-808.5-M871s search among the Ojibway Indians, by Shakespeare, W. Pocket lexicon to works. whom he was adopted, in recognition 822.3-Sh2p-Ref. of his efforts to preserve their songs. Sudermajin, H. Roses Id-S943r2 It is interesting to note that the author J. and T. E. For child- of this work was a Thompson, G., (recently deceased) hood days J-808.5-T37f nephew of Mr. Pierce Bturton, of Au- rora. Van Dyke, H. White bees, and other po- ems I-V28w Caffin. C. H. Old Spanish masters, en- graved by Timothy Cole 759.6-Cllo Winter, W. Poems I-W73 A collection of thirty or more of the Zangwill, I. Melting pot Id-Zlm6 paintings of old Spanish masters, as rendered by the famous engraver Cole, TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION. with historical notes and comments. Ditchfleld, P. H. Charm of the English Finek, H. T. Success in music, and how village T42-D63c it is won 780-F49s Partial list of contents: Manors, An account of the careers of famous farms and rectories; Village church; singers, violinists and pianists, and a Village gardens; Cottage architecture; discussion of all the practical questions Inns, shops, mills; Alms-houses and involved in a musical career. grammar schools; Old-time punish-

Van Dyke, J. C. Old English masters. . ments, etc. The book is finely illus-

. . . 759.2-V280 trated. Four dozen of the paintings of old Furlong, C. W. Gateway to the Sahara. . English masters, as engraved by Cole, T612-F97R with historical notes and comments. Contains interesting and valuable in- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. formation aboiut a portion of northern that is visited. Baring, M. Russian essays and stories. Africa rarely - 891-B232r Gould, S. B. Book of the Riviera. T44-G73b January, 1910 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 61

Katlieriiie. in of the French. Hooker, Wayfarers Italy. Fiigenie, empress * Life; T45-H76W by F. Loliee B-E87L Eugenie is the Spanish whom Huttoii, I/. Literary landmarks of Flor- lady ence T455-H97L the third Napoleon raised- to the throne of France. In her old age, widowed D. K. Mediterranean traveler. L/oreiiz, and childless, living in exile, she is one T-L822m of the most tragic figures that modern A handbook of practical information history presents. for the traveler in the countries border- ing on the Mediterranean sea. Foster, John W. Diplomatic memoirs. 2v. B-F811 Lorimer, Norma. By the waters of Sicily. T458-L89b Mr. Foster's diplomatic career began in 1873, as American minister to Mexi- Meiipes, M. Paris T433-M522p co. Since then he has been minister to Miller, R. J. Around the world with the Russia and to Spain; 'and he has repre- battle ships ,.T-M61a sented this country in a number of im- Platt, D. F. Through Italy with car and portant negotiations with foreign coun- camera T45-P69U tries. He has also been the legal ad- Who would not like to go through a viser of the Chinese government. In land like Italy by motor-car, with the these volumes he recounts many ever-ready camera? The next best events of importance, and des3ribes the thing is to read the story of one who social life of the countries in which he has lived. did the trick, and look at the views he . took. Gladden, Washington. Recollections . . . Kaiiisford, W. S. Land of the lion.... B-G448 T6-R13L The record of a busy and useful life, The record of a hunting trip for big enlivened by many anecdotes of and game in British East Africa, including commentaries on prominent men and studies and observations of African na- events. tive life. Grant, Ulysses S. Boys' life of; by Helen Rey, Guido. The Ma-tterhorn. . .T494-R33m Nicolay B-G76n A detailed description of the famous Alpine peak, with narratives of famous Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Life; by S. M. ascensions'. Crothers B-H73c A sketch of the little "autocrat" T. Stories of the west. Roosevelt, great written for the Holmes T78-R67s centenary, Aug. 20, 1909. A highly personal account, The stories here brought together written by one of the foremost essay were originally written for other works. writers of the day. They tell of the pioneers who made possible the settlement of the west. Irving, Henry. Personal reminiscences of; by Bram Stoker B-I72s Syinons, A. Cities of Italy T45-S988C A book of recollections by one who J. S. The Chinese ...T51-T38c Thompson, knew Irving for thirty years. We see Contains a vast amount of informa- the great actor both on and off the tion the oldest most concerning and stage. populous country in the world, with an account of its present financial and eco- Jefferles, Richard. Life and work of; nomic situation. by Edward Thomas B'-J348t Jefferies was one of the most dis- Van Dyke, J. C. New New York. T747-V28n tinguished naturalists of the 19th cen- Describes the various aspects of pres- tury. This account of his life was ent-day New York, telling what it has written by a close stflident of his work. achieved, and forecasting its future. Wise, B. R. Commonwealth of Australia. Jefferson, Joseph. Intimate recollections T94-W748C of; by Eugenie P. Jefferson ...B-J349J A volume of reminis- Ti-eats of the political origins, nature ancedote and cence of the and working of the new federation; perhaps most beloved actor that ever on deals largely also with the ideas and appeared the American customs of the Australian people. stage. Johnston, C. H. Ij. Famous cavalry lead- BIOGRAPHY. ers J-923-J64f C. American Brownell, W. prose-masters. Brief sketches of fifteen of the great 928-B81a cavalry leaders of the world. Of these of and Biographical sketches essays America furnishes four: Stiu- on Marion, Cooper, Hawthorne, Emerson, art, Sheridan, Custer. A fifth might Lowell, Henry James, and Poe. very well have been Gen. B. H. Grier- Cleveland, Grover. Recollections of; by son, of Illinois, who in 1863 made the G. F. Parker B-C589p first .of the great raids that after- A sympathetic record of the life of wards were a notable feature of the the only Democratic president since civil war. With a force of several hun- 1860, with an estimate of his character dred men he penetrated the enemy's and services. country twice the distance that Sher- 62 THE LIBRARY GUIDE January, 1910

man did the next year with a complete Pierson, Mrs. H. W. History of England army. in one syllable J-942-P613h in I, Jin dli i. Abraham. The people's leader; History of France one syllable.. by G. H. Putnam B-L63g2 J-944-P613h This little monograph, includes the History of Germany in one syllable. . speech delivered by Lincoln at the in- J-943-P613h vitation of the Young Men's Republican History of the United States in one Club of New York, with valuable his- syllable J-973-P61h torical annotations. St. Nicholas Magazine. Stories of Greece Meredith, George. Meredith in anecdote and Rome J-938-S147s and criticism; by J. A. Hammerton. . B-M538h Stories of the ancient world J-930-S147S An account of the life and friend- Stories of the middle of one of the of ages ships great figures J-940.1-S147s modern letters. Van Mrs. S. of the Napoleon. I. History of; by W. Sloane. Rensselaer, History City of New York in the 17th cen- 4v. . B-N16s5 '.: 2v 974.7-V35h Thi s admirable piece of biography tury. first appeared in the Century magazine An adequate account of the begin- several years ago. It was not written nings of the great imperial city of the in a spirit of adulation;; nor is it new world. The first volume deals with hostile. Its tone is gravely judicial. the Dutch city of New Amsterdam; The work is profusely illustrated. the second is concerned with New York under the Stuart kings. Shaw. George Bernard. Life; by G. K. Chesterton B-S534c FICTION. Sherman, W. T. Home letters; edited by J. A. Free rangers A469f5 M. A. DeW. Howe . . . . .B-S554h Altsheler, Interesting letters written to his fam- Last of the chiefs A469L1 ily by Gen. Sherman before and dur- Ayscough, J. San Celestino ...... A987sl ing the war. Deeply interesting to the Barr, Amelia E. House on Cherry street. student of that period. B27h4 M. Autobiography; edited Stanley, Henry Barr, R. Cardillac B269cl by Lady Stanley B-S788s B35s3 The famous explorer here gives his Beach, Rex. Silver horde own account of his life. He tells an in- Brady, C. T. Island of regeneration .... teresting story of a loveless boyhood, B72415 his experience in the American civil On the old Kearsarge B724o4 his return to his war, England, early Burton, F. R. Red Cloud of the lakes. dreams and ambitifons, and their final B95r2 fulfillment. HISTORY. Cable, G. W. Posson Jones and Pere Raphael t Cllp4 F. W. Deck and field . .973. 7-Hlld Hackett, Rosa N. to the unknown. Cl8k2 Commemorative addresses delivered Carey, Key on various occasions. Farragut, Scho- Cutting, Mary S. Just for two C978J5 field, and McKinley are among those to Deeping, W. Red saint D358r2 The whom eloquent tribute is paid. DeLand, Margaret. Where the laborers addresses are models of clear state- are few D37w3 ment, and breathe a spirit of lofty Freeman, Mary W. Winning lady. .W65w4 patriotism. Garlamd, H. Moccasin ranch G18m5 Kropotkin, P. A. Great French revolu- tion 944.04-K92g Goodwin, Maud. Veronica Playfair. . G63v2 Written from the standpoint of the Harben, W. N. Redemption of Kenneth people, as distinguished from that of Gait .H198r2 tremendous ' the chief actors in that Henry, O. Options H39o4 drama. is laid economic Stress upon Bella Donna H517b2 conditions. Hichens, R. Marietta. Samantha on children's Lowe, A. M. American people. .901-L948a Holley, rights H72s7 A study of American life from the earliest time to the revolution, deal- Kurd, Marlon K., and Wilson, Jean B. ing with the social and political devel- \Vhen she came home from college. . opment of the people, /rather than with H93w3 the actions and enterprises of a na- Huttcn, Bettina von. Beechy H971b2 tion. Jacobs, W. W. Sailor's knots J15s Liois K. of New Mathews, Expansion Kipling. R. Abaft the funnel K62al England 974-M42e Actions and reactions K62a2 A study of the westward movement J. C. Kesiah Coffin L631k2 of population from 1620 to 1865, and of Lincoln, the New England influence that shared MacGowan, Alice. Wiving of Lance in the movement. Cleaverage M168w3 January 1910 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 63

Major, C. Gentle knight of old Branden- Dudley, A. T. School four J-D86U burg C26g2 Gates, Josephine S. Live doll's play- Nicholson, M. Lords of high decision. days J-G218L5 N521L4 Gihran, B. Son of the desert J-G42s4 (io; 01)1)0111101111, E. P. Jeanne of the marsh- Id, Elizabeth L. Barbara and the es O621J2 five little purs J-G729bl S. B. Old Orczy, Baroness. Man in the corner. . . Gould, English fairy-tales.. O642ml J-G73e9 Page, T. N. John Marvel, assistant. .P14J4 Grimm, J. Lr. K., and W. K. Household J-G88h4 Parker, G. Northern lights ...... P22n4 fairy-tales Popular fairy-tales J-G88p4 Parrish, R. My lady of the south. .P242m6 I-'

, FICTION FOR YOUNG FOLKS. Morley, Margaret W. Donkey John J-M822d4 Baker, Etta A. Girls of Fairmount. . . . Clara. Story-land J-M96s5 J-B17g3 Murray, Nosbit, E. Enchanted castle J-N36e4 H-irbour, R. H. Captain Chub. . . .J-B23c2 Phenix and the carpet J-N36p3 Bain, R. N. Russian fairy tales. . .J-B16r5 Nixoii-Roulet, Mary F. Our little Austra- Turkish fairy tales J-B16t5 lian cousin J-W11L31 Cossack fairy tales J-B16c4 Our little Grecian cousin . . . J-W11L29 Bigliam, Madge A. Overheard" in fairy- Ouida, etc J-O93m4 land J-B15o5 Moufflon, Page, T. N. Tommy Trott's visit to Santa. B. of child-land. . . Booth, Maud Lights J-P14t3 J-B64L3 Raymond, Evelyn. Sunny little lass.... Braiiicrd, N. Winning his shonilder-straps. . J-R22s5 J-B73w3 .' Rhoadcs, Nina. Dorothy Brown. .J-R339d4 Burnett, Frances H. Land of the blue E. Pioneer of the gold flower J-B93L2 Stratcmeyer, boys fields J-S89fl3 Caballero, F. Spanish fairy tales. J-C109s4 Tappaii, Eva M. Chaucer story book.. Hall Yale . . . Camp, W. Jack at J-C148J1 J-T16c3 Substitute J-C148s5 Van Dresser, Jasmine. How to find Hap- Chodsko, A. Slav fairy tales J-C45s4 pyland J-V284h4 Daulton, Agues M. From Sioux to Su- Wales & Co . . san J-D262f6 Warde. Margaret. Betty J-W212b7 Helter-skelters J-D262h2 Wells, Carolyn. Dick and Dolly. .J-W458dl I) t mock, A. W. Dick in the everglades. J-D59bl Marjorie's new friend J-W458m3 K. and N. eds. Doug-Ian, Amanda M. Helen Grant, teach- Wiggin, D., Smith, A., er J-D74MO Arabian nights J-W631a5

Little girl in old Pittsburgh. . J-D74L7 Williams, H. Fairy-tales from folk-lore. J-W67H Douglas, G. Scottish fairy-tales. . J-D742s2 DuBois, Mary C. Lass of the silver Yates, Katherine M. "Chet" J-Ylc3 sword ...... J-D85L1 Yeats, W. B. Irish fairy-tales. ... .J-Y2815 AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., APRIL, 1910. No. 9 AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY as new inventions extend man's dominion over natural forces, as marked social pro- BOARD OF DIRECTORS rvrc.-s is made in this or other countries as any of these things eventuate, at the ap- HON F. G. ^.President ?i.\iis, pointed time along comes Nelson's loose ALEXANDER FORSYTH, Vice-P.esid

.ipi'li (i d to the wide field of universal need be i, () apology for calling attention to knowledge. them. A few we mention. DcMorgan's "It never can happen again'' A new edition of Nelson's Em-y<-lope-lia appeals to a rather select class of readers. l. lias ; ;en constructed and published on the You cannot gulp it down at a sitting without loose-leaf At each principle. intervals, incurring danger of intellectual dyspepsia. - year, as tU.iasties rise and fall, as earth Like some medicines, it must be taken Mink's or ypjcanqefl devastate unhappy por- slowly, and with deliberation. In that way its tions >!' i he earth, as comets emerge from you get the lull benefit of its keen wit, the measureless depths of space, as politi- genial humor, its gentle pathos. So take c-il ideas deve-Iop in various countries and it, and it will do you good.

revolutionize constitutions and governments, Continued on Page 72. 66 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1910

Barton, G. A. Sketch of Semitic origins. List of New Books 299.2-B282S An attempt to locate the cradle of the Added to the Library, January-March, 1910 Semitic race, and to fix the environment of climate and soil where its early in- The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates stitutions were born. that the book is suitable for young people, and may be found in the children's room. Bennett, W. H. and Adeney, W. F- The The abbreviation "Ref." indicates a book in the reference Bible story J-220-B432b room. Such books are not to be taken from the building without special permission. Henry, E. R. Classification of finger- prints 133.6-H39c GENERAL WORKS AND BOOKS Howells, W. D., and others. In after days 21S-H83i. . OF REFERENCE. A series of papers on the great and is there life after Chicago Daily News. Almanac and year- ever- present question, book. 1910 Ref. death? The writers are not clergymen, to whom the subject is usually relegat- ed. calendar .... Derby, G., Anniversary ed, but men and women eminent in 970-D44a-Ref. other lines of work and thought. The Direct Primaries. Selected articles men contributors are: W. D. Howells, 324-D632-Ref. John Bigelow, H. M. Alden, T. W. Hig- A number of articles are given in this ginson, Dr. W. T. Thomson, Ferrero, little book, which consider the primary the Italian historian, and Henry James. historically, theoretically, and practi- The women are represented J>y Eliza- cally. beth Stuart Phelps and the venerable Howe. Finley, J. H., ed. Nelson's perpetual Julia Ward loose-leaf encyclopedia. 12v Ref. Lombroso, C. After death, what? Designed to be, by the application of the 133.9-L83a loose-leaf system, an always up-to-date A discussion of the same general dictionary of general knowledge. Peri- question by perhaps the most cele- odically, new matter is issued, which is brated criminologist_of his generation. inserted in its proper alphabetical order. Lombroso gives an interesting account its modern form. It Hawkins, N. Mechanical dictionary of spiritualism in 603-H297m-Ref. deals largely with Eusapia Palladino, a Gives the meaning and use of terms medium whose manifestations have ex- and phrases in current use in the me- cited great interest in Europe. chanic arts, trades and sciences, includ- Mahau, A. T. Harvest within 230-M27h ing many of their various lines of ap- Captain Mahan, the world's greatest plication. authority on the sea-power of nations, International Text Book Co. Library of has here gathered some of his religi- technology Ref. ous experiences and reflections. Additional volumes: Inorganic chem- Drain- Mallock, W. H. Religion as a credible istry; Cement, paper, sugar, etc. ; doctrine 215-M29r age, sewerage, etc.; Pipes and fittings; A discussion addressed to those \vho Steam, hot water etc.; Telephone, tele- 'doubt or deny the religious theory of life, graph, etc.; Banking, etc. but "who are looking about them for Pbelps, Edith M., comp. Selected arti- some intellectual road by which they

cles on . income tax. 326.24-P313s-Ref. may reach a position of religious cer- Bobbins, E. C., comp. Selected articles tainty." on commission of plan municipal Parsons, F. Choosing a vocation. 174-P249c government 352-R53s-Ref. Prof. Parsons died before this book Rogers, J. E. American newspaper was published. His idea, well devel- 070-R63a oped in the volume, is that it is better An intimate study of the modern to choose a vocation than to "hunt a American newspaper, and a reply to job;" that no one should choose a voca- certain severe criticisms. tion without careful self-analysis; and PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. that expert advice is a good thing for a young person to have in making a Bell, E. A., ed. War on the white slave choice. trade. 176.5-B41w A popular account of one of the Rowland, Eleanor H. Right to believe . . most dreadful evils, not only of this 230-R79r day, but of all former times. A large Prof. G. H. Palmer says of this little part of the book is taken up with book: "Formerly most of the i-upersti- papers written by law officers familiar tions of the day sprang from religion. from with the facts, and by men and women In our time they are apt to come who are devoting their lives to carry- cheap science, and often succeed in ter- ing on the "war." rorizing the religious mind. Such ter- April, 1910 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 67

rors Dr. Rowland's little book has done Fite, E. D. Social and industrial condi- mucii to remove." tions of the North during the civil war Srhinz, A. Anti-pragnatism 104-S336a 937.7-F552S Much has been made of the terrible Smith, TJ. Looking unto Jesus conditions that prevailed in the South . . 232.9-Sm6L during the civil war; but historians Smyth, N. Modern belief in immortality. have taken little note of the conditions 237.2-Sm9m existing in the North during the .same of A discussion of the grounds belief period. Prof. Fite's book gives an in- ar- in the immortality of the soul. New teresting account cf the way the North- guments, drawn from modern research ern people lived and worked and pros- and discovery, which have supplanted pered while they were carrying on the older arguments, are emphasized. that Titanic struggle. H. C. the Chris- Staiiton, Starry universe, Howe, F. C. Privilege and democracy in tian's future empire 237-S791s America Dr. 321.8-H83p Stanton, accepting immortality Mr. Howe takes up the problems now- not merely as a probability, but as a t confronting the nation conservation, fact, enters upon a glowing account of cost of living, monopoly, labor, etc. His the future as the life, revealed by exposition of conditions, present and The mere of his Scriptures. summary past, is backed by striking examples. thesis is truly thrilling: "Paradise not AV- Public education in the Ger- a prison; a metropolis, whence we may Lexis, man . roam at will. What the oracles clearly, empire 370.9-L59g variously and copiously indicate about Lobingier, C. S. The people's law coming powers of celestial flight. Their 342-L778p descriptions of angelic flights. Fore- A study in the evolution of demo- shadowing of such journeyings for us cracy and direct legislation, beginning through the light of countless suns," etc. with the ancient folk-moot, and coming down to the referendum of the Yansant, W. B. Weaning the nation from pres- drink 178-V358w ent day.

SOCIOLOGY. Moore, J. B. Sci'ence of study. . ,374-M78s A useful little manual for teachers. Edith. Women in industry Abl.oit, Moore is 334.1-A131W Prof. superintendent of schools at Lexington, 111. A searching inquiry into woman's po- sition in connection with modern indus- Patriotic Studies 328.734-Un3p conditions. conclu- trial Some general Itol:insOn, C. N. British tar in fact and sions are reached: Women have not fiction 359-R56b mor- "driven out the men;" the public Gives the poetry, pathos and humor on the alist has always insisted employ- of the British sailor's life, as they have ment of women; the basis of criticism been presented and depicted in romance to social is changing from economic and poetry, and by the painter's brush. considerations. Shufeldt, R. W. The negro; a menace to of school- Crane, R. T- Utility higher American civilization 326-S56n . 378-C85u j ng A plea against mongrelization which has made such This is the book that the author fears will threaten the white in educational circles. Part one, a stir race as long as the. negro remains with about 150 is devoted containing pages, us. to a general consideration of the value court. .. 340. of higher education to young men who Wellman, F. L. Day in 7-W458d to Well- have their own living to make. Part A companion volume Mr. former The art of cross- two, about 170 pages, attempts to show man's book, In booka that technical schools are not of much examination. both lawyers and the hu- account to a young fellow who has are, of course, interested; are man interest with which he invests his only himself to depend on. These world, books commends them to laymen. great heresies in the educational Mr. Crane writes vigor- of course; but Stephenson, H. T. Elizabethan people... his ously, and he has fortified position 390-S836e with a good deal of material. A few chapter-headings will Indicate Promise of American life the scope of this attempt to bring be- Crolv ' H. S20-C87p fore us life as it was lived in England Eliza- An attempt to interpret the future of three centuries and more ago: life and based upon the salient dyna- bethan character; Country America, Amuse- mic conditions of American life. character; Life in the capital; ments in general; Rural sports; Cele- C. T. Trusts 338.8-D66t Dodd, S. bration of the calendar; Out-door A defense of trusts generally, with sports; In-door amusements; Love of Standard Oil as the main example of spectacles, etc. their beneficence. 68 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1910

NATURAL, SCIENCES. Feniow, B. K. \o fores-

. . ,4.9-F392h -fenks. Tudor. Chemistry for young peo- try This book ii J , lures de- ple...... J-540-J422C livered to the tudeiiis offorestry at \ .!<( tricity tor young people . J-r>37-J422e Yale University. It briefly' Outlines the Lowell, P. Evolution of worlds. . 523-L95e historical development r Nare.stry in The theme of Prof. Lowell's book is Europe, the United Statt , and other tht- which a world comes in- procet-s by countries. to existence, the phases through which A. B. Artificial wn.t'-r-ways. . . it passes to the condition where it is IIepl;rn, < C26-H39Sa fitted to sustain life, and, finally, its An to the death. This is the evolution, he argues, attempt give concisely as artificial through which every planet in the uni- salient facts to water-ways, and their relation to commercial devel- verse is passing. opment. Manning, H. P. Fourth dimension simply How or, B. O. Christian science, as a re- explained...... , . . 513-M31f and a therapeutic A series of essays sent from all parts ligious belief, 615.S5-F657c of the world, in conpetition for' a prize agent. From the "It is only fair to of $500. Abstract mathematics are not prefa'ce: Christian science and the author to say indulged in. Each paper aims to be a at the outset that I am not a member of "simply-worried, non-mathematical ex- Christian science fellowship; but I planation of the fourth dimension." the am a lover of fair play, and of all things Gene S. What I have done v. ith Porter, that make for a nobler and purer life, ...... J-598.2-P833W birds and the true happiness of the people. The writer gives her own experience At every turn I was confronted by cures in the and treatment of our com- study of cases that had baffled medical treat- mon birds. ment. Furthermore, my investigation of the this , O. P. Curiosities sky... revealed the value of new religious ...... 520-S942C belief as a vital moral agent in a society the more and more sor- Constellations, . comets, meteors, that was becoming zodiacal light, and the Aurora bore- did and grossly materialistic." alis are some of the subjects about Frank, It. J. Science of organization and whi< h authentic descriptions are given. business development . . . .c. . . . 6.">S-F85c Thomas, \V. J. Source-book for social "A treatise on the law and science of origins...... D72-T3Gs organization, reorganization, and man- The material gathered and used is agement of business corporations, with grouped under seven heads: Relation special reference to the financing of of society to geographic and economic modern enterprises." environment; Mental life and educa- Ivorley, C. J. Short talks with young tion; Invention and technology; Sex- .mothers 613-K45s and marriage; Art, ornament and dec- The author aims to help the young oration; Magic, religion, myth: Social mother to a closer acquaintance with organization, morals; The state. and a more intelligent appreciation of Thorpe, Kir E. History of chemistry. . . . the nature and demands of the little ...... 540-T39h life cntiusttd to her care. USEFUL, ARTS. l.indgren, C. New salesmanship. 658-L642n A little volume that modestly claims UITWI% II. W. A. Motor car. . . . 621 -LJ75m Fundamental principles are first dis- to teach "how to win by knowing bow," in cussed; then follow chapters dealing and to be "equal to a school course with the management and maintenance ?alc.smanship." ut a car. Ma< fio, R. C. Air and health. . 613.1-M162a Hrown, C. I{. Faith and health ...... Open windows and draughts and ...... 6t5.85-BSlf colds, the chest and breathing, dust and A fresh discussion of the curative germs are among the divisions of the side of -spiritual life. general subject treated in this book. Draver, J. B. Appendicitis ..... 616.3-D34a Practical lloal Estate Methods 65S-P88 An elaborate treatise on the history, Thirty experts tell how to buy, sell, anatomy, pathology, treatment, etc., of Uase, manage, appraise, improve, and appendicitis. The author is surgeon- Finance real estate. in-chief of the German hospital, \Vifson I{. H. Noble company of adven- Philadelphia. turers 604-\^i694n II. W. to the well ..... Dressrr, Message PINE ARTS...... 615.8.r>-D81m A collection of "Essays and letters on Mam ion. .lessie 11. Game.-; for play- the art of health," by one of the lead- ground, home, school and gym- ing apostles of the "new thought." nasium 790-B219g April. 1910 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 69

1 'ih3 gan. , have been Titles of the ten volumes: 1, Dunbar

collected 1 , amtries and and his times; 2, Surrey and Wyatt; 3,

\vith a , well- his sources, ^ .,, *rf curing Spenser and times; 4, Shakespeare tried and pr> ulin it All sorts of and his times; 5, Jonson and his times; conditions h; .'e been considered, includ- 6, Milton and his times; 7, Dryden and - ing" summe mps, country club.s, set- his times; 8, Pope and his times; 9, tlement woi jtc. Goldsmith and his times; 10, Cowper his Burkley, 10 The line arts. 3v. ...709-B85f and times. A series of studies in sculpture, ar- A mold. M. Sohrab and Rustum, etc.... chitecture, p Anting and decoration, giv- l-A757s ing- tilth- .listory, development and Beaumont, F., ami .Fletcher, J. Works. . principles. ld-B38b ':affiM, C. H. % Story of Dutch painting. . . Browning', K. Ring and book; an inter- 759.9-Clls* pretation by Hornibrooke. . .821-B821h Tells what the principal Dutch paint- An interpretation of the most famous ers accomplished in portraiture, in the of Browning's poems; intended as a representation of landscape, and in the guide lor those who have failed to of life of delineation the the people. grasp its inner significance. M. Little gardens for Iligg-ins, Mjrta Cnsliglhmr, 15. Book of the courtier boys and girls J-710-H52SL . 8:1S-C27b this little book has The preface says One of the famous books of the re- out of author's own been written the nais-an?e period. It was written in the in to and experience trying help boys early years of the sixteenth oentury. It to find the true value of garden- girls sets forth the ideals of the nobility of also find in its in?:. Grown-ups may that age. chapters "what is worth while in a 11. H. Farces: Dictator, Galloper, garden." r>a\is, etc. Id-D29f I loan-til, William. Works, with life, etc. Recommended to amateur performers 3v. 759.2-H675 in search of brief, bright plays, need- These volumes present several hun- ing few properties. dred plates of the pictures of England's Ralph \V. Journals and letters. with anec- Enterson, greatest pictorial satirist, 2v 814-E53J dotal descriptions. These journals and letters reveal the Krehbiel, H. E. Book of the operas... youth and the development of the man 782-K87b who has been called the greatest of Attempts no exhaustive or critical American men of letters. disquisitions, but presents briefly and Esemvein, B. Writing the short story. . . clearly the plots of the great operas, 80S.3-E75W with something of their history, the The author is editor of Lippiricott's famous singers who have appeared in Monthly Magazine. He says in his and their most important musi- them, "foreword": "The art of the short story cal and dramatic characteristics. is gradually crystallizing, its signifi- Majson, W. A. Violin-making. . 737. l-M45v cance is deepening, an;l educators A practical treatise on the most ex- everywhere are giving courses for its pressive of musical instruments; con- study. This volume embodies the prac- tains thirty-one illustrations. tical principles of short-story struc- Morton, C'. Art of theatrical make-up . . . ture, as recognized by British and 792-MS4a . . American magazine editors, and as authors whose Richardson, C. J. Englishman's house. . . -practiced by products 72S-R39e are judged to be of the first order." A manual giving the general princi- (ioelhe, J. W". Poems I-G55p of architec- ples a n,l practical details Jonson, Ben. Works. 3v Id-J73 tural and decorative art. Though writ- O. Works . .Id-M34b ten for England, it contains ideas and Mai-love, suggestions '.hat will bear transplant- Pearson, P. M., e

^ . I : N K. I \\\f LITERATURE. Rhodes, J. F. Historical essays. .814-R34h A collection of and addresses Arl.cr, !:., ed. English songs. lOv essays

. Ic-A6G4e on a variety of topics, historical and bi- 70 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1910

ographical. Especially worth reading tionize the geography of the Asiatic are those which relate to the author's interior." own profession; and not less so are his Miller, J. M., ed. Discovery of the north estimates of some of the great English pole T98-C77d Gibbon, Lecky, Green and historians, A popular account of recent polar others. exploration. Schlapp, George. Erzahlende Dicthtungen and its X-I-S338e Palmer, F. Central America problems T728-P18c the Scot- Scott, Sir W. Minstrelsy of Eased on letters descriptive of visits I-Sco8m tish bor_der. 4v to all the Central American countries, Slumcrman, K. With the professor. S560w3 with introductory chapters on Mexico. A professor of the University of Wis- The chapters vividly describe the shock- consin discourses on the ideals and per- ing conditions that exist in most of plexities, the situations and problems these countries. the college professor of today faces. Schauffler, R. H. Romantic Germany. . . Spenser, E- Complete works I-Sp3c T43-S313r Stimson, J. W. Wandering chords Describes Germany's most pic- I-SS59w turesque and representative towns, in to which a wealth of architec- Thayer. W. R., ed. Best Elizabethan regard tural artistic charm is disclosed. plays. Id-T33b and Marlowe; Contents: Jew of Malta, by Southern Pacific R, R. Co. Pacific slope Philaster, by Alchemist, by Jonson; reference library T79-P114p Beaumont and Fletcher; Two noble isles. .J-T12-T59b kinsmen, attributed to Fletcher and Tomlinson, E. T. British of by Shakespeare; Duchess Malfl, Younghusband, F. E. Heart of a conti- Webster. nent T5-"S 8h VanDykc, H. Spirit of America. . 814-V28s The author gives his impressions and The substance of this book was de- experiences while traveling through livered in the form of lectures at the the Gobi desert, Manchuria, and the Sorbonne, in Paris. Dr. VanDyke en- Himalayas. deavors 1 to present the qualities and BIOGRAPHY. ideals that in his opinion make the of America." Cobbett, Willian. Life; by E. I. Carlyle "spirit B-C632c TRAVEL. AND DESCRIPTION. Cobbett was a vigorous political writ- T6-B781 Bronsou, E. B. In closed territory. er, who led a stormy life in England, Tolls the story of hunting big game the land of his birth, and in the United in East Africa, just before former Presi- States, where he resided at Different dent Roosevelt's trip over the same periods. ground. Evans. Robley D. Admiral's log..B-E921a Curwood, J. A. The great lakes. .T77-C94g In this volume Admiral Evans con- The author knows the great lakes of tinues the reminiscences begun in A has North America, as wejl as what sailor's log, and brings the incidents of been written about them. He gives the his life down to his retirement from the romance of these inland seas, and also service. their scientific, commercial and travel Douglas, Stephen A. Life; by Clark E. aspects. Carr B-D75c Dimofk, A. W. and J. A. Florida en- Col. Carr may be set down as a wor- chantments T759-D59f shipper of Lincoln, and a great admirer The authors cruised for weeks along of Douglas; and he evidently believes the Florida coast, and tramped and that the more he admires Douglas the canoed in the interior. Many phases mere he exalts Lincoln. In this volume of out-door life in Florida are i ictured he gives the "little giant" full credit for and described. great ability and genuine patriotism. of s, Sir A. P. Dominion New Hanson, J. M. Conquest of the Missouri. Xealand T931-D74d B-M348h Many novel political and economic The story of the conquest of the far questions are being threshed in far- northwest is built around the person- away New Zealand, the results of which ality of Capt. Grant Marsh, a great are being watched with interest the combination of pilot, steamboat captain, world over. and Indian fighter. 2v I [([in. Sven. Trans-Himalaya. Abraham, Story of; by Eleanor T515-H35t Lincoln, Gridley B-L63g5 A record of exploration in the in- terior of Asia of great importance and Lincoln, Abraham. Boy's life of; by interest. "Its original maps revolu- Helen Nicp.lay J-B-L63n April, 1910 THE LIBRARY GUIDE

Mirabeau, the Demi-God. Life; by W. Alexander, D. S. Political history of the R. H. Trowbridge B-M67t State of New York. v. 3. . .947.7-A376p A vivid account of a statesman and Mr. Alexander's third volume covers orator of the early period of the the twenty-one years from 1861 to French revolution. The biographer 1882. This is purely a political history, pictures him as more sinned against giving the rise and fall of parties, the than sinning. Had he lived longer, the ambitions of politicians, and the great revolution might have run a dif- achievements of statesmen. One might ferent course. think that such a history would be a dry record. But it is full of human in- A. Napoleon III. Rise of; by F. Simpson. terest. Seward, Weed, Greeley, Evarts, B-N16s2 Conkling, Curtis, Platt are but a few Gives the story of a strange career, of the names that appear in this many years of which were passed in volume. All of these were men of great prison, which achieved an imperial intellectual power, and the careers of throne, and closed In exile. some of them have a fascinating inter- est to the student of republican govern- John Life, speeches O'Reilly, Boyle. ment. and poems of; by J. J. Roche. . .B-O66r O'Reilly was an Irish patriot who Berard, V. Russian empire and czar- was sentenced to death on a charge of ism 947-B45r treason to the British government. The Russia is still, and probably will re- sentence was commuted to transporta- main for generations to come, a puzzle tion to Australia, when the island conti- to publicists and statesmen. This work, nent was a convict colony. He escaped a translation from the French, is one of to this country, became editor of the the many recent attempts to forecast Boston Pilot, and wrote poems and the future of the great northern power. made speeches that could come only To the writer, "czardom," or "czarism" from from a mind of a high order. is simply a necessary development past conditions. How long will it Salisbury, William. Career of a journal- endure? ist B-S167C Kansas. 970. 4-D7 Id Preface: "It tells of nine years' ex- Don Coronado Through An account of the exploring expedi- perience on papers of every shade of tion of Coronado, one of the lieutenants political opinion, on papers yellow and of Cortez; this party of Spanish adven- papers conservative." It makes some turers entered what is now the State singular revelations. of Kansas in 1541, seventy-nine years Stevenson, B. E. Child's guide to Ameri- before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. can J-D23-S847c biography Farley, J. P. Three rivers: the James, sketches of eminent Gives brief the Potomac, the Hudson. .973. 7-F22U Americans. The writer, a graduate of West Point, Washington, George. Letters and recol- who saw service in the great civil war, lections B-W27 weaves about the three rivers much in- A collection of letters written by teresting historical reminiscence. Washington to his private secretary, Faust, A. B. German element 'in the Tobias Lear, and to others, between United States. 2v 973-F27g 1790 and 1799; also a diary of Washing- These volumes tell, in a comprehen- ton's last days, kept by Mr. Lear. They sive way, the great part which the exhibit Washington as a man of fam- Germans have played in shaping life ily, looking carefully after his estate, and thought in the United States. and managing his domestic and busi- Mc-Master. J. B. History of the people of ness affairs. the United States, v. 7 973-M22 Williams H. N. The women Bonapartes. The seventh volume of McMaster's 2v B-B63?wl history covers the decade of the for- Gives an account of tho lives of the ties, a period of rapid growth in wealth mother and three sisters of Napoleon and population. It saw the beginning the and tells of their influence on the of the era of railroad building and witnessed emporer. settlement of the West. It the war with Mexico, and the acquisi- recollections. Wolff, H. D. Rambling tion of the vast territories now occu- 2v B-WS27 pied by Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, A noted British diplomat gives remin- Utah and Nevada. It was a time of life in various iscences of his countries, great material progress. In another HISTORY. volume McMaster will close his bringing his history down to the G. B... Growth of the French work, Adams, war. nation 944-A212g civil A rapid survey of French history Wood, W. B., and Edmonds, J. E. Civil from the Roman conquest to the pres- war in the United States. . .973.7-W85h ent time. An English account of the great 72 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1910

American war, giving an outsider's STOI;M;S rou vou\<; view, which veeins to be just and fair Itarfjoiir, II. II. Double play J-B23d4 to both parties to Die eoniliel. Its con- liiudloss. II. Youn.<-r traders J-B514yl clusion is, that the man of rhis genera- tion may well wonder that "the North Burnett, Franc-es H. Barty Crusoe and ever succeeded in the gigantic work of l.is man Sarurd iy J-r;:>3bl

1^. . . . . J -i;:t:;i;i 1 subjugation that was imposed upon it. I'.iiinliain. Clara Fluttcrlly The conquest of such a vast expanse of < nl) frtson. \IIMC B. At the big house. territory, held by a nation in arms, has J-C89a7 no parallel in history." The authors < 'in-wood, J. O. Gold hunters J-C94g4 think the North achieve'd a greater feat Finneniore, .1. Story of Robinson .J-F492s5

than that which Napoleon attempted, Hrpkiiih. AV. T- Sandman: farm stones. . to his own undoing, when he invaded J-H771sl

Russia. sandman: ;nor3 farm stories. ..1-1177 '. -'2 FICTION. Sandman: ship stories J-H771s2 Athcrton, Gertrude. Tower of .Ivory.... Sandman: sea stories J-H771s4 Ag68t4 INx-k. II. T. Hilda and the wishes. J-P33h3 Stev< B. K. train-master. . Lost borders A937L4 nson, Young Austen, Mary. J-SSSSy6 I). of a Bacon, Josephine Biography boy. Htrateaieyer, E. First at the north pole. D25Sb3 J-S89f

Brigj?s, Olive M. The fir and the palm. Stringer, A. Lonely O'Malley. . . .J-S918L4 B76f3. Ta^-art, Marion A. Six girls, and the J-Tli'lsU l,io\Mi, Demetra and K- Duke's price. seventh one B812d5 Tiinl\v K. \V. April fool twins. . .J-T4Sa i Burton. F. R. Strongheart F-95s5 SOME OF THE NEW NOVELS ("anfield, C. L. City of six C133c3 Cheney, W. His wife C42h3 Continued from Page 65. several of Cloustoii, J. S. Prodigal father. .. .C618p5 Amon-g the new accessions are Connor, K. Foreigner .G65f4 Selma Lagerlof's books. These are attract- Dawson, AV. The scar D319s2 ing attention from the fact that the writer ]>f Morgan, W. It never can happen was awarded the Nobel prize for literature again . . ". I)392i5 last year; and they are well worth reading F.aton, P. W. The treasure .E14t6 for their own -

Forniun. J. M. Stumbling block. . . . F76s5 Frederick Burton's books on Indian life, in, Upgrade dian. We see the red man in his daily <;rc<>ii, Anna K. House of the whisper- life, as son, lover, husband, ^and father; we ing pines G82h5 the ex- 1 see him in his games, on hunting J^au'erloi . Selnia. Invisible links Lil3i4 fn his religious rites, and in his Miracles of anti-Christ . . .L13m3 pedition, Story of Gosta Berling-. L13s5 work. As Mr. Burton presents him to us, l.andis. F. of his . Glory country. .Li227g4 he. is a figure far removed from the roman- IJHle. l-'rain cs. Little sister Snow. . .L72L3 tic savage who tomahawks and scalps in Marelimont, A. AV. Imperial marriage. M32SJ3 Cooper's pages. Mr. Burton gives us the Mariiu. IH'len K. Crossways M358e5 Indian of real life, and we see him as he vn, AV. Man outside M364ml Marl, is brought in contact with a civilization Milford. c. 1]. Hop-along Cassidy. .M888n4 alien to his nature and traditions a truly Perry, li. Dan Merrihew P419dt Mr. Burton lived among Phillips, |>. . White magic Pf,39w3 pathetic figure. Pliilpotts. Kden. Thief of virtue. .. .P5-U2 the Indians, and lie knew the red man well. Po<\ Kdjjar A. Best tales of; ed. by S. Hamlin Garland's "Cavanagh" is a Cody P75b2 of conservation, the subject that is 'gelling Kay. Anna C- Over the quicksands. . . . n.'io.-, into polities with both feet. Mr. Pinchot, ISyau. Ma rail K. Flute of the gods late chief forester, writes an introduction to Ki>r>if3 the story,' and appears in it in a distant sort Tracy, l.ouis. Son of the immortals.... of way. There arc also allusions to a mys- '. T7:sl.

A'am-e. |j. J. Fortum -hunter V27f4 terious personage called "the colonel," who

A'oynu li. l<>. L. Interrupted friendship . . is the hope and the idol of the conserva- V94i4 fonists. Can this be the mighty hunter \\Vale, B. Jj. P. Hum in cobweb W37h5 naturalist is like a AVells. II.

Cromer, Earl of. Ancient and modern List of New Books imperialism 325.3-C878a Added to the Library, April-September, 1910 Dewe, J. A. Psychology of politics and history 305-D51p

Donovan. J. W. Modern jury trials. . . . The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates that the book is suitable for young people, and may be 340.4-D712m in the children's room. found A. S. American education The abbreviation "Ref." indicates a book in the reference Draper. room. Such books are not to be taken from the building 370.9-D79a without special permission. Eastman. C. A., and E. G. Wigwam evenings J-398-E129w

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOX. Elliott. E. Biographical history of the . constitution 342.73-E46b Abbott. F. E- Syllogistic philosophy. E. Handbook of U. S. 2v 166-A126s Everhart. public documents 3?8.7-E928h Baker, R. S. Spiritual unrest ... .261-B17S Fanninsr. C. E., ed. Selected articles on M. The Bible; its origin and na- Dods, capital punishment 342.2-F212c ture 220-D664ta Farrinjjton. F. C. French secondary Kliot, C. \V. Durable satisfactions of schools 379.4-F24f life 170.4-E42d Fess, S. D. Political theory and party or- Homaii, J. A. Prohibition the of enemy ganization in the United States temperance 178-H75p 329-F42p Hopkins. M. Evidences of Christianity. . H. B. of the House. . . . 239-H77e Fuller, Speakers 328.73-F9as Knijrht, W. A. Song of our Syrian guest. . II. Health of the . . 352.4-G54h 223.2-K74S Godfrey, city Mart, A. B. Southern South 326-H26s Alathexvs, S. Gospel and the modern Caroline. College year .. 378. 7-H33c man 230-M42g Hazard, Hill, J. J. Highways of progress. . 380-H55h Orr. J. W. Problem of the Old Testa- ment 221-O75p' Hyde. AV. D. Teacher's* -philosophy/ in and" out of school ...... /.' 3T1 .5-H99t Palmfr, F. Winning of immortality .... 237-PlSw Jenks, J. W. Governmental action . for social welfare 320-J42g Ross, F.. A. Sin and society 172-R73s Lindsey, B. B., and O'Higjfins, H. J. The Smith, S. G- Religion in the making beast 320-L64b 220.83-S659r Myers. G. History of the great American Starke. J. Alcohol; the sanction for its fortunes. 3v 330-M99h use 178-S79T>a Paul, Nanette. Parliamentary law Stephens, C. A. Natural salvation 328-P28p 218-D832n Perry, A. C. Problems of the elementary Thomson, J. A. Bible of nature. .239-T38b school 371-P24p G. for conservation I". S. Brewer's Association. Year book. Pinchot, Fight 1910 178-U3y 338-P65f Riiertiger. \V. C. Principles of educa- AVilliums, H. S. Science of happiness .... 171.4-W67a tion 371-RS2p SOCIOLOGY. Schaeflfer, X. C. Thinking and learning to think 371-S294t in . . Ayres, L. P. Laggards our schools. , 379-A985L Sellers. A. V. Classics of the bar Blmmier, H. Home life of the ancient Greeks 390-B62 Snedden, D. Problem of vocational educa- Brown, Abbie F- Tales of the red child- tion 371.4-S671p J-39is-B798t ren Ward L. F- Dynamic sociology. 2v . . . . Chesterton, G. K. What's wrong with the 301-\V21d world 304-C42w Psychic factors of civilization Cheyney, E. P. Industrial and social his- 301-W21p tory of England 330-C421i WMcox, D. F, Great cities in America. . .

. . 352-W64g Cole, \V. M. American hope. . 300-G669a 74 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October. 1910

NATURAL SCIENCES. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.

J. Time its . Arthur, and measurement. Arnold. S. L., and Gilbert, C. B. S{ep- ." 529-A788t "ping-stones to literature. 3v

Carson. H. X. History of the telephone . . J-808.5-A758S 537.82-C273h Baldwin, J., conip. Fairy reader, from

Clarke, E. C. Astronomy from a dip- Grimm and Andersen. .. . J-808.5-B19f per .520-C55a Another fairy reader. .. .J-808.5-B1 9fi Periunv, B. E. Care of trees. ... 582-F392c Bates. Katherine L., and Coman, Kather- ine. English history told by English Forbes, G. History of astronomy. . 529-F74h poets 803.5-B31e Hageiiback, C. Beasts and men. . 507.7-H12b Beaumont, F., and Fletcher, J. Best Keeler, Harriet L. Our garden flowers. . 2v Id-B38b 580-K24o plays. Our northern shrubs 582-K24o Blatedcll, Etta A., and M. F. Child-life. . 5v J-808.5-B57C Moore, \V. L. Descriptive meteorology. . 551.5-M78d Burton, R. Masters of the English nov- el 823-B95m Mulertt, H. Gold-fish and its culture. . . . 597-M89g Ditismore, Julia S- Verses and sonnets. . I-D61v Parsons. Frances T. According to sea- son 580-D19a Hamilton, C. Theory of theatre 808.2-HlSt Slielton, Louise- Seasons in a flower- Harriet H. Treatment of nature garden F.80-S543s Keeler, in English poetry . 821-R33t Thayer. G. H. Concealing coloration in the animal Kingdom 591-T33c Kennedy, J. M. Quintessence of Nietz- che 838-N55k Wheeler, W. M- Ants; their structure, etc 595.7-W56a Lonnsbury. T. R. English spelling and spelling reform 421.4-L931e Wright, W. H. Black bear. 590-W93b Maxim. H. Science of poetry and philos- USEFUL ARTS. ophy of language S08.1-M45s

Balmer, E. Science of advertising Norris, E., conip. Story of Hiawatha. . . .

059-B21S . J-811.3-N79S Gnldner, Hugo. Internal combustion en- Orage, A. R. Nietzsche in outline and gines 621.4-G95d aphorism 838-N55o Parkinson, E. K. Guide to the country Rostand, E. Chantecler Id-R73c home 630-P222g Story of Chantecler, ed, by M. F. Po<-le, C. P. Gas engine 621.4-P78g Liberma S42.8-R73L Sadler, W. S. Science of living-. .613-S126s Schauffler, R. T., ed. Arbor day. .SOS.5-313a Surface, G. T. Story of sugar .... 633-S96s Schiller, F. Dramas Id-Sch3d of Thomann, G. American beer. . 663. 4-T358a Seccombe, T.. and Allen. J. W. Age Shakespeare. 2v. . 822.3-S444a Whitney, Faith- Two years in a tent...... A G15.85-W611t5 Sheldon, E. ''The Nigger" Td-S543n

Wilbur, Mary A. Every-day business for Speaker. The. 4v '. . 808.5-S741

a .' woman 658-W64e Stewart, C. I). Essays on the spot FINE ARTS. 8l4-SS4!)e

for the Occasion- 8v . .808.5-T391 Gugniore, A. R. Camera adventures in Thoughts' African wilds 799-D87c Twain, Mark. Speeches 817-T91s Van H. Little rivers 814-V28L Evers, J. J., and Fullerton, H. S. Touch- Dyke, ing second; baseball.... 797-E929t Whitmore, Clara H. Woman's work in Harrison, B. Landscape painting English fiction 823-W592w

of . 758 : H24L Woodberry, G. E. Inspiration poetry. 808.1-W85i Holder, C. F. Recreations of a sports- man on the Pacific coast 799-H71r Woodbridge, Elizabeth. The drama, its Jenks, Tudor- Photography 770-J422p laws and technique 808.2-WS5d Me\v, Egan. Old Chinese porcelain...... TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION 738-M570 far east.. Japanese porcelain 738-M57J Blakeslee, G. H. China and the Dresden China 738-M57d T51-B581C Royal Sevres China 738-M57r Brown, A. J. New forces in old China. . Pratt, Helen M.- Cathedral churches of T51-B81n England 726.6-P878c Bronson, E. B. Reminiscences of a Whitlacli, M. Golf for beginners. 796-W59g ranchman T78-B79r October 1910 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 75

Confer, Sarah P. Letters from China . . . Gihnan, Daniel Coit. Life; bv F. Frank- T51-C76L lin B-G421f

Curt in, J. Journey in southern Siberia . . Harland, Marion. Autobiography. .B-H223 , . T57-C94J Tberville, Pierre Le Moyne- Life; by C. DeWindt, H. Finland as it is. . .T471-D51f B. Reed B-112r

Dillon, W. Beyond the Mexican sierras. . King&ley, Nellie F- Four American ex- T72-W148D plorers J-923-K611f Fraiirk, H. A. Vagabond journey round Leeky, W. E. Hartpole. Memoir; by his the world T-F84v wife B-L488L Gardiner, E. X. Greek atMetic sports.. Lewis and Clark. Story of; by Nellie F. T38-G16g Kingsley J-B-L58k Holder. C. F. Channel islands of Cali- Lincoln, Abraham. The tribute of a cen- fornia T794-H71c tury; ed. by N. W. McChesney B-L63m4 Johnson. C. Picturesque St. Lawrence . . T7-JC28p Longfellow, Henry W. Story of; by Katherine Beebe J-B-L86b Melville. H- Omoo; a narrative of the v south seas T96-M491o4 MeCormick, Cyrus H. Life; by H. N. Casson B-M134c Menpes, M. China T51-58C Marx, Karl- Life; by J. Spargo. . .B-M368s H. J. the Orinoco and down Mo/aus, Up W. M. American the Magdalena TS-M87u Payne, Leading essay- ists 928-P292L Peeps at Many Lands, (series) : Platt, Orville H. An old-fashioned Sen- Finnemore, J. England. . .J-T42-F491e ator; by L. A. Coolidge B-P692C land J-T5 69-4-9 Ih Holy Mrs. A. reminis- India J-T541-F.49H Pryor. Roger My day; cences of a long life B-P65 Italy J-T45-F4911 Japan J-T52-F491J Rhodes, Cecil John. Life; by T. E. Full- Morocco ! J-T64-F491m er B-R34f Switzerland J-T494-F491S Riis, J. A. Her,9 tales of the far north . . Grierson, Elizabeth. Scotland.- 923-R44h J-T41-G86SS Thayer, J. A. Astir; a publisher^: Young, E. Siam .'j-T59-Y83s story B-T329 Jungman, Beatrix. Holland J-T492-J95h FICTIOX. Kelly, R. T. Burma. . ... J-T592-K292b Barclay, Florence L. Rosary.... B233r4 J. H. M. South seas Abbott, R. Sword-maker B269s6 J-T93-A132fi Barr, Beach. Rex- Going some...... ' B35g4 Roosevelt, T. Stories of the great west . . J-T78-R67s Besant, Sir W. All in a garden fair. B46a4 Seidmore, Eliza R. China, the long-lived T51-S416c Blackwood, A. Education of Uncle Paul. empire B563e2 Sina-leton, Esther. Guide to the great Booth, v'. C. Doctor's lass B64d4 'cities T4-S61g Post girl B6 4p4 Stanton, G. S. "When the wildwood was Alice. Country neighbors. .. .B81c6 in flower" T78-S792w Brown, Buckley. Edith E. Snare of circumstance. Stoddard, J. L. Lectures. 14v.... ' ' BS5s4 T-S867L-Ref. Clara L. Clever Betsy B93c4 Vernon, M. In and out of Florence Btirnham, T455-V591i Chambers, R. W. Ailsa Paige C35a4 Weigall, A. E. P. Guide to the antiqui- Church, J. W. Deep in the piney woods

. ties of upper Egypt .T32-W422g '. . C468d-2 BIOGRAPHY. Churchill, W. Modern chronicle C47m5

Adieson, E. G. Autobiography. . . .B-A177 Comfort, W. L. Routledge rides alone . . . Benjamin, .Tndah P. Life; by P. Butler. . C728r4 B-B43b Crawford, F. M. Undesirable governess. . F. . Diaz, Porfirio- Life; by J. Godoy. .- C85u4 . B-D54g Crewdson, Mrs. C. W. American baby Egglestori, George Cary. Recollections of C86a4 abroad . a varied life . . : . . . .B-E291 Cullum, R. Sheriff of Dyke Hole. . .C896s3 J. leading American novel- Erskine, K. H. Once upon a time D29o4 ists .928-E73L Davis, H. Ramrodders D33rl Gordy, \V. F. Stories of American ex- Day, braver D364o4 plorers . J-923-G651s Dehan, R. One thing 76 THE LIBRARY GUIDE October 1910

Demarest. Virginia. Fruit of desire STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. D388f5 31. Alden. R. Why the chimes rang. . . . DeMorgaii, W- Affair of dishonor . .D392a3 J-A357w3 Doubleday, K. Red house on Rowan Altsheler, J. A. Forest-runi-crs. . . street D734r2 J-A469y5 Baldwin. J. Thirty more famous stories Dudley, E. L. Isle of D86i5 Whispers retold J-B1913 Dunne, F, P. Mr. Dooley says D72m7 Blanchard. Amy E. Four corners at G. C. Westover of . . Eggleston. Wanalah school J-B59g4 E291w2 Glad lady J-B59g4 Foote. Mary H. Royal Americans. . .F73r 4 I. Beach, E. Annapolis first-class man. . .

Forman, J. 31. Bianca's caughter . . .F76b3 J-B35a7 French. F. F. Skid Puffer F881s4 Brown. Katherine H. Philippa at Hal- Galsworthy, J. A motley G13m4 cyon J-B812p3 Garland. H. Cavanagh G18c3 Campbell. Helen L. Story of little Kon- Haggard. H. R. Queen Sheba's ring..H12p5 rad J-C15s4 of little Metzu Hall. Gertrude. Unknown quantity.... Story J-C15L3 H142u4 Canfield, Blavia A. C. Kidnapped camp- ers J-C16k3 Hopkins. J. W. Meddlings of Eve. .H773m2 Eaton. S. More about the Roosevelt Irwin, Will. House of mystery I723h4 bears J-E14,r5 King, B. Wild Olive K579w3 Roosevelt bears abroad J-E14r6 Klein, C., and Homblow, A. John Marsh's Teddy B and G, the bear detectives. . millions K671J4 J-E14r7 Selma. Girl from the marsh Lagerlof. Haines, Alice C. Cock-a-doodle hill.... croft L13g3 J-H12L6 Land F. of Lonesome hill is. Angel Hughes, R. Dozen from Lakerim L227a4 J-H869L2 Lee, Jeanette. Happy island L499hl Jackson, Gabrlelle. Wee Winkles at the Locke, W. J. Simon the jester L792s3 mountains J-J12w5

Lynde. F. Taming of Red Butte Western. . Jamison. Mrs. C. V. Seraph, the little L986tl violiniste J-J24s2

3IeCnteheon, G. B. Butterfly man. .M133b6 Johnson, H. S. Williams of West Point . . MacGrath, H. Splendid hazard M17s4 J-J627w3 Johnson, O. Prodigious Hickey. . . J-JF29e5 E. W. At the villa Rose. .M37a5 Mason, A. Varmint J-J629vl Mason, Edith. The politician M38p4 3Ic3Ianus, Blanche. Our little Hindoo K. Little of Xbar.. Maule. 3fary knight cousin J-W11L3S B M439L3 Our little Arabian cousin ... .J-W11L32 Meredith, G. Celt and Saxon M54c2 Nesbit, E. Wouldbegoods J-N36\v4 L. 3f. of the or- Montgomery,* Kilmeny Xixon-Ronlet, M. F. Our little Hungar- chard M75Sk3 ian cousin '. J-W11L32 MIIIIII. C. C. Castle-builders M922cl Our little Brazilian cousin. . .J-W11L34 P. Illustrious Oppenheiin, E. prinee.... i>nr little Alaskan cousin .J-W11L3 5 O62H4 .... Odell, 'F. I. Larry Burke, freshman.... Paine. K. D- Cadet of black star line.. J-O23L1 P158cl Otis. J. Wireless station at Silver Fox coach P158h2 Head farm ^ J-O88w3 aviator. .P18dl Palmer. F. Danbury Rodd, Pike, H. L. 31. Our little Panama cousin . . Pratt. Lucy Ezekiel P88e6 J-WllLSfi Kinehart, Mary R. Window at the White Rolt-Wheeler, F. Boy with United States cat R468w3 survey J-R652iil Sehureiuan, J. F. Harold Ware. . . .S386hl sahin. E. L. Range and trail J-S116b2 Sieiikiewicz, H. Whirlpools S57w3 Smith. Gertrude. When Roggie and Reg- Taylor, Mary I. Caleb Trench T222c3 g4e were five.. J-S648r4 Thanet, Octave. By inheritance T32b6 Sparhawk, Frances C. .Dorothy- Brooke's Turner. G. F. Gloria T85g4 vacation : J-S736d5 States in Van Vorst, Marie. Girl from his town. . . Stirling. V. United midshipman V371g3 the Philippines. . : .". '. . J-S854u6 AValler, 3Iary E. Flamsted quarries.... Stratemeyer. E. Dave Porter at Star W152f4 ranch J-S89d6 Ward, Mrs. H. Lady Merton, colonist... Tomlinson. E. T. Four boys and a for- W212L tune J-T59o4 J-T59w44 Warner, Anne. Just between themselves. . Ward Hill, teacher W240J5 Young blockaders J-T59w2 Watts, Mary S. Nathan Burke W344nl Wade, Alary H. Our little Swiss cous- Webster, H. K- Sky-man W391s4 in J-W11L37 X. A. Tales of Wcmyss, Mary C. E. Professional aunt. . Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, W47p5 wonder J-W63H1 The Library Guide. Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., JANUARY, 1911. No. 11

The Library as a Means of Education

A Word to the Ambitious Young Man.

The idea still lingers in the minds of many people that the Public Library is only a means of cultivating what may Joe called the decorative arts of life. It

is thought of, if at all, as the great resource of those who undertake to pre- pare a "paper" for school or club; of the after-dinner speaker, who "crams"

material that will interest, thrill, and perhaps "with flashes of merriment set the table on a roar;" as the resort of the student of by-gone times; or where the novel reader may yield to the lure of romance.

The People's College.

These are, indeed, some of the uses to which the Public Library is put;

and perfectly legitimate they are. But it has a purpose far beyond these, and

that is, to put within the reach of all the means to continue the education they began in the common school. It is the People's College, with neither season

nor semester; it has no fixed time for graduation; its terms are always begin- ning, and yet they never end. It has no professors, no set courses of study, no iron-clad curriculum, no particular hours for classes. On its shelves, in orderly

array, like the tools of a skilled workman, are the books which you may use to continue your education, to absorb new ideas, to enlarge your experience from the experience of others. You may use these books while you continue work at

some calling you want to advance in, or perhaps advance out of. How is this done? Mr. S. H. Ranck, Librarian of the Grand Rapids Pub-

lic Library, tells how one young man did it:

How Smith Got a Raise.

"Hutchins Smith," he says, "is a friend of mine who works for an electri- cal company. He gets several thousand dollars a year, although not long ago he thought he was doing well when he got several dollars a week. "You are interested in the story of Smith? Well, Smith, when he left

school to go to work, started right, and then kept right. He made up his mind

to know all he possibly could about electricity. And he soon discovered that the easiest and best way he could do this, along with his work, was to read the books

(Continued on Page 84) 78 THE LIBRARY GUIDE January, 1911

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. List of New Books 1905-1911 Ref. Schmidt, A. lexicon. 2v. Added to the Library, October-December, 1910 Shakespeare Ref. Shuman, E. J. How to judge a book. The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates O2S-Sr>62h that the book is suitable for young people, and may be found in the children's room. Stephen, L., and Lee, E., eds. Dictionary The abbreviation "Ref." indicates a book in the reference of national biography. 22v Rd". room. Such books are not to be taken from the building without special permission. Tissot, J. J. Life of Jesus Christ Rt-f. Tissot, J. J. Old Testament. 2v Ref. GENERAL WORKS AND BOOKS University of Chicago. Bibliography of OF REFERENCK economics. 1909 Ref. University of Illinois. The Illio. 2v. Aurora, Illinois. City Directory. 1910- 1910-1011 Ref. 3911 ": Ref. Bound Magazines and Reviews: Bailey, It. H. Cyclopedia of American agriculture. 4v Ref. Dial, v.46-57. 1909. Journal, v.34. 1909. Bailey, Jj. H. Cyclopedia of horticulture. Library McClure's Magazine, v.33. 1909. Bostuick, A E. American public library. . 020-B65a Public Libraries, v.14. 1909. Scientific American Supplement. V.67.68. Dictionary. Two Century suplementary 1909. volumes Ref. 4v Ref. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. Dyer. F. II. Compendium of the civil Bradley, F. II. Appeai-ance and reality. war Ref. 110-B72a A monumental work, summarizing This elaborate metaphysical essay all obtainable data in to the regard concludes: "Outside of spirit there is military forces of the Union in the war not, arid there cannot be, any reality; of the rebellion. Part 1 is devoted to and, the more that anything is spiritual, statistics, the formation of various so much the more is it veritably real." armies, departments', etc. Part 2 re- A. Universal cords all the campaigns, battles, and Hunt, Mary Bible; his-tory skirmishes in which Union troops were and her-story; human nature. engaged, losses sustained, etc. Part 3 220-H91u is of gives a concise history of every regi- This book the work an Aurora ment and other organization in the lady. It contains a sketch of her life, ' Union service. A truly marvellous and of the spiritual and mental growth marshalling of historical data. that led to the production of the book. Evans, W. W.. comp. Tri-city Directory; Ingersoll, R. G. Complete works. 12v. Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles Ref. 211-In4w 1-4 Lectures. Fletcher, W. I., comp. Annual literary 5-7 Discussions. index. 1909 <-. Ref. 8 Interviews. Grove, Sir George. Dictionary of music 9 Political. and musicians. 5v Ref. 10 Legal. A new edition of this well-known 11-12 Miscellany. musical work. .last row, J. Qualities of men 170-J31q Keltie, J. S., eel Staternan's year-book. Contents, in part: The sensibilities; 1910 Ref. Ideals of appreciation; Analysis of and circumstance; .International Text Book Co. Library of quality; Quality " social of technology Ref. encouragement quality; Upper ranges of quality, etc. New volumes: Bookkeeping; Gas sup- R. M. Duty of altruism. ply, etc. Mc-Connell, 171.8-Ml?,d Low, S. J., and Pulling, F. S- Dictionary Marden. O. S. Be good to yourself. of English history Ref. 170-M33b A. ed. Who's who in Amer- Marquis, N., Mardeu, O. S. Getting on 170-M3Rg ica. 1910-1911 Ref. Two of Dr. Marclen's optimistic, in- Men and Women of America Ref. spiring, stimulating volumes; the kind Pittsburgh Carnegie Library. Catalogue of books- young people should read; of books for grades in public schools. from them they may learn the possi- 017-P681cl bilities of character-making that are within the reach of all. Potter, Marlon, E. conip. Children's cat- alogue Ref. Strong, W. E. Story of the American

Cumuative book index. . . .Ref. board of missions 266-S924s THE LIBRARY GUIDE 79

Tanner, Amy E- Studies in spiritism. members; Dissolution and consolida- 133.9-TlSs tion of corporations; Semi-public, pub- Dr. G. Stanley Hall, in his introduc- lic and quasi corporations, etc. tion, declares this to be a searching, Taussi"-, F. W. Tariff history of the impartial, critical estimate of the work United States 337-T19 of the Psychical research society. Dr. A new edition of Prof. Taussig's Tanner gives an account of the sittings well-known work, in which recent of six of at- Mrs. Piper, which she tariff legislation is considered. tended. From all her investigations, G. R. S. Leaders of she draws the conclusion that tele- Taylor, socialism, past and 335-T21L pathy and spirit communications are present unsupported by val>d evidence. Character-sketches of Blanc, Blatch- ford, Hardie, Jaures, Morris, Owen, .SOCIOLOGY. . LaSalle, Marx, Shaw, Webb. Addams, Jane. Twenty years at Hull Van Hise, C. R. Conservation of natural House 331-A222t resources in the United States. . 338-V31c A moving revelation of "how the The natural resources of the country other half lives," and a most interest- are treated under five heads: Min- ing account of the noble work that is eral resources, Water, Forests, Land, being done to ameliorate the hard Conservation, and Mankind. conditions that the of press upon poor Wilmot-Buxton, E. M. Stories of Norse a great city. heroes J-398-W68S Brooks, R. C. Corruption in American Wyche, R. T. Some great stories, and politics and life 329-B79c how to tell them 372-W97S Contents, in part: Apologies for political corruption; Nature of politi- An addition to the numerous man- cal corruption; Corruption a persistent uals that of late years have appeared problem of social and political life; on story-telling in the school, the Corruption in the professions and jour- library, on the play-ground, etc. This nalism; Campaign contributions, etc. little book treats both the psychology and the practice of story-telling. It Illinois Bureau of Labor. Annual coal not only answers the question, "What report. 1909 331.1IL5v28 stories shall we tell?" but it deals with Lea, Homer. Valor of ignorance. . 325-L46v matters of form and manner, r practical A series of papers, picturing the and describes the mental and spiritual great American republic as fat, rich equipment that go to make a good and arrogant, easy spoil for any mili- story-teller. tary nation with which it may become / C. .Democracy and the overman. in a for a Zucblin, engaged war; plea large 320-Z8d standing army, and a more powerful is the navy. Prof. Zueblin's "overman" modern "boss," whether in politics or MeMtirry, C. A. Special method in ele- business. The "overman" appears in mentary science 372.3-M221s various forms, as will be seen by some More, Sir T. Utopia 320.1-M783u5 of the chapter-headings: The over- Severy, M. L. Gillette's social redemp- specialized business man; The over- tion 330-S499g estimated Anglo-Saxon; The over-com- Slosson. E. E. Great American universi- placent American; The over-due wages ties 378-S633g of the overman's wife, etc. A study of fourteen universities, NATURAL SCIENCES. from visits made in the year 1908- 1909. These universities are: Har- Armitage, F. P. History of chemistry. vard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Cali- 540.9-A73h Minnesota, fornia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arrhenius, S. Theories of chemistry. Illinois, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Johns 541-A774t Hopkins, Chicago, Columbia. Cole, Emma L. T. Guide to the mush- Stimsoi), F. J. Popular law-making. rooms 589.22-C67g 340-S85P Ostwald, \V. Fundamental principles of "A of the history and study origin, chemistry 541-Os7f present tendencies of law-making by statute." Rogers, Julia E. Earth and sky every child should know 5-500-R63e Sullivan, J. J, American corporations. 347.7-S95a Serviss, G. P. Round the year with the " stars 520-S492r Contents, in part: Formation, powers and management of corpora- Trafton, G. II. Methods of attracting 598.2-T672m tions; Stockholders and other corporate birds 80 THE LIBRARY GUIDE January, 1911

USEFUL. ARTS. Roosevelt. T. African game trails. 799-R67a R. Doubleday, R. Stories of inventors. Tjader, Big game in Africa. . .799-T54b J-608-D738S LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. Miller, J. C. .Power-gas, and the gas- producer 62L4-M61P At water, May R. Stories from the poets Root, C. P. Automobile troubles; how to J-808.5-A887S remedy them 621-R67a Field, E. Complete poems I-F45p Sadler, W. S. Cause and cure of colds. Field, E. Lullaby land J-I-F45L2 616.2-S126C Grover, Enlalie O. Folk-lore readers: FINE ARTS. Primer J-808.5-G9i2f Hanson, J. M. Frontier ballads I-H19f Crawford, Caroline. Folk-dances and games 793-C848f Heine, Heinrieh. Complete works. 12v. 8-38-H36w Elwell, J. B. Practical bridge;-. . .795-E52p 1 Florentine nights. F. . . .795-F81c Foster, R. Complete bridge. 2-3 Pictures of travel. Hind, C. L. Augustus Saint-Gaudens. 4 The salon. 735-S139h 5-6 Germany. Holme, C. Genius of J. M. W. Turner. 7-8 French affairs.

. 759.2-T85hl 9 Book of songs. 10 New poems. Keppel, F. Golden age of engraving. 760-K44g 11-12 Germany romances. Masterpieces in Color: Howells, W, D. Imaginary interviews. 814-H83J Angelico; by J. Mason 759.5-A582m In Mr. Bellini; by G. Hay 759.5-B41h these papers Howells philos- ophizes, often wisely, interest- Bernardino; by J. Mason. ... 759. 5-L9fim always ingly, on vaudeville, women, New York, Botticelli; by H. B. Binns. . . . 759.5-B65b the luxury of travel, dressing for a Burne-Jones; by A.- L. Baldry..759.2-B93b hotel dinner, and' two or three dozen Chardin; by P. G. Konody 759.4-C37k other matters. Constable; by C. L. Hind 759.2-C762h Howells, W. I). My Mark Twain. 817. 4-T19h G. H. 759.5.D68h Dolci; by Hay A beautiful tribute to and apprecia- H. E. A. Furst 759.3-D93f Durer; by tion of a great character. The volume Fragonard; by H. McFall. . . . 759.4-F84m also contains Mr. Howells' criticisms Gainsborough; by M. Rothschild. of Mark Twain's books as they ap- 759.2-G12r peared.

A. E. Mackin. . . . 759.4-G86m Greuze; by Moses, M. J. Literature of the south. Hals; by E. Staley 759.9-H16S 810-M851L

Holbein; by S. L. Bensusan.. . 759.3-H688b Pierce, R. M. Dictionary of hard words. Hunt; by Mary E. Coleridge.. . 759.2-H91c 423-P61d Lawrence; by S. L. Bensusan. 7 59.2 -L43b Seliippcr, J. History of English versifi- LeBrun; by H. MacFall 759.4-L94m cation f . . . . 426-S336h Leighton; by A. L. Baldry . . . 759.2-L519b Shakespeare, W. Two gentlemen of Memlinc; by W. H. J. and J. C. Weale 759.9-M51w Verona Id-Sh2-two-r Millais; by A. L. Baldry 759.2-M59b Suclermann, H. Morituri Id-S943m2 Millet; by P. M. Turner 759.4-M6U Thoughts for the Occasion. 8v. .808.5-T391 Raeburn; by J. L. Caro 759.2-R12c 1. Sanderson, J., ed. Patriotic and Raphael; by P. G. Konody 759.5-R18k secular. J. 759.9-R.28i Rembrandt; by Israels 2. Noble, F., ed. Anniversary and

Reynolds; by S. L. Bensusan. . 759. 2-R33b religious. Romney; by C. L. Hind 759.2-R661h 3. Noble, F., ed. Fraternal and be- Rossetti; by L. Pissaro 759.2-R73p nevolent societies. 4. 1 Rubens; by S. L. Bensusan. . ..759.9-R82b Gregg , D., and others. Makers Sargent; by T. M. Wood 759.1-S245w of the American republic. Tintoretti; by S. L. Bensusan.. 759. 5-T48b 5. Gilbert, J., comp. Cyclopedia of Titian; by S. L. Bensusan 759.5-T53b quotations. Turner; by C. L. Hind 759.2-T85h 6. Sanderson, J., ed. Memorial tri-

VanDyck; by P. M. Turner. . .759.9-V278t butes. Velasquez; by S. L. Bensusan. . 759. 6-V54b 7. Sanderson, J., ed. Bow in the DaVinci; by M. W. Brockwell. 759.5-V74b cloud. C. L. Hind 759.4-W34h Watteau; by 8. Doe, W. P., ed Revivals; how to Whistler; by T. M. Wood. .. 759. 1-W572W promote them. January, 1911 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 81

works. Voltaire, F. M. A. tie. Complete Hamilton, Alexander. Intimate life of; 43v 848-V88W by A. M. Hamilton B-H18h 1 Candide. Holland, R. S. Historic boyhoods. 2-4 Romances. .J-920-H712h 5-14 Philosophical dictionary. Brief accounts of the boy-life of J. 15-19 Dramas. P. Jones, LaFayette, Lincoln, Michael 20-22 Charles XII. of Sweden. Angelo, Mozart, Peter the Great, Ra- 22-23 Age of Louis XIV. leigh, Sir Walter Scott, Washington, 24-30 General history. Bismarck, Napoleon, Boone, Dickens, 31-32 Annals of the empire. Columbus, J. F. Cooper, Ericsson, Ful- 33 War of 1741. ton, Frederick the Great, Garibaldi, 34-35 Russian empire. Andrew Jackson. 36 Poems. Moliere. Jean Uaptiste. Life and works 37 Essays. of; by B. Matthews 38 Miscellaneous. .B-M729m 39 Short stories. Napoleon I. Napoleon and the end of 40-41 Maid of Orleans. the French revolution; by C. F. War- wick -. 42 Biographical critique. B-NlGw 43 Index. Napoleon, T. The Corsican; a diary. Ward, A. W. History of English dramatic B-N16cl literature to the death of Queen .Nightingale, Florence. Life; by Laura E. Anne. 3v 822-W21h Richards J-B-N56r William TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION. Sewartl, H. Life; by E. E. Hale. B-S514h Frascr, J. F. Australia; the making of a Stephens, Alexander II. Recollections. nation T94-F861a B-S844 MeCiitcheon, J. T. In Africa T6-M134i Tzy Ilsi. China under the empress J. O. P. Bland Esther, ccl. Florence as de- dowager; by and E. Kim-leton, Backhouse scribed by great writers T455-S61f B-T99b Leo. L. Lectures. 14v. Tolstoy, Life; by Alymer Maude. Stoddard, J. 2v B-T58m 1. Norway, Switzerland, Athens, The author of this life of Tolstoy Venice. lived in Russia for twenty-three years, 2. Egypt. Constantinople, Jerusalem, knew Tolstoy well for several years, 3. Japan, China. and was a frequent visitor at his home, 4. Indian, Passion Play. and has made a long ana careful study 5. Paris, France, Spain. of his views. 6. Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, HISTORY. Moscow. J. of 7. The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Abbott, W. Story our navy. Mexico. J-973-A12S S. Florence, Naples, Rome. nro\vn<\ J. History of Scotland. 8v.. 9. Scotland, England, London. 914-B81h Can- 10. Southern California, Grand Cok. F. F- Bygone days in Chicago.. Yellowstone Park. on, . 977.3-C77b 11. Ireland, Denmark, Sweden. Corhett, J. S. Campaign of Trafalgar. . 12. Canada, Gibraltar. Malta, 942.07-C799C 18. South Tyrol, Lake Garda, The Dolomites. Da \vson. T. C- South American repub- lics. 1 4. Sicily, Genoa, A drive through 2v 980-D32s the Engadine. Eff^leston, G. C- History of the Con- T-S867L-Ref. federate war. 2v 973.7-F76a

Tucker, T. G. Life in ancient Athens. F.Ison, H. W. Guide to United States T38-T79L History J-973-F49g Whitney, H. Hunting with the Eskimos. Farmer, Lydia H. .Short history of the T98-W61h French revolution J-944.04-F22b BIOGRAPHY. Ficklen, J. R. .Reconstruction in Louis- Carroll, Lewis.. Life; by Belle Moses. iana 973.8-F44h B-C23m Formby, John. American civil war Disraeli, Benjamin. Life; by W. F. Mony- 973.7F76a penny. v.l B-D63m2 Goi'dy, W. F. American leaders and Edison, Thomas A. Life and inventions heroes J-973-GG51a of; by F. L. Dyer and T. C. Martin. Hill, F. S- Romance of the American 2v. ..B-E232d Navy 972-Hf.5r 82 THE LIBRARY GUIDE January, 1911 FICTION. STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. Abbott. Eleanor H. Molly Make-Believe. Appleton. V. Tom Swift series: A128m2 1. Tom Swift and his motor-cycle.. Arnim, M. A. Caravaners A749cl J-A652U 2. Tom Swift and his rr.otor-boat . . Barclay, Florence Ij. Mistress of Shen- J-A65212 stone B233m3 3. Tom Swift and his air-ship Barr, Amelia E. Reconstructed marriage. J-A652t3 B27rl 4. Tom Swift and his submarine boat J-A652t4 Bennett, A. Clayhanger B432c4 5. Tom Swift and his electric run- Old .wives' tale B432o4 about J-AC.~i2t.~> Benson, E. F. Osbornes B44o5 Baum, L. T. Emerald city of Oz..J-B32e4 Brady, C. T. Better man B724b2 Bimlloss, H. Boy ranchers of Puget Brown, Aliee. John Winterbourne's fam- Sound J-B514b4 ily B81J4 Burroughs, D. Jack the giant-killer, jr. Ca Id well, F. Wolf, the storm leader. J-B939J1 C127w4 Burton. C. Bob's Hill braves J-B949b6 Cutting-, Mary S. Unforeseen C978u4 Chapman, Allen.. Railroad series: Dawson, W. Scourge D319s3 1 Ralph of the roundhouse. . . . J-C363rl Del and Margaret. Way to peace... .D37wl 2 Ralph in the switch-tower. ..J-C363r2 Dorset, G. Successful wife D728s5 3 Ralph on the engine J-C363r3 4 on Gilsoii, C. Refugee G42r2 Ralph the overland express. J-C363H Harbcii, W. N. Dixie Hart H198d3 N. Billy Topsail & Co...J-D91b2 Henry. O. Whirligigs H39w3 Duncan, Darton, F. J. Wonder book of beasts. Hoffman, R. T. Mark Enderby, engineer. H67ml J-D25w* Earl, J. P. Captain of the school-team. Hope. Anthony. Second string H77s3 J-E12o6 Hough, E. Purchase priqe H81p5 Forrester. Izola L. "Us fellers" ...J-F77u5 Hutten. Bettina. Green patch H971g5 Kipling, R. Rewards and fairies. .J-K62p6 l.a;ml:iin. Clara E. "Just folks" L36J5 Major, Charles. Little king J-M28L3 La lit. Agnes C. Freebooters of the wil- Hare, T. T. Senior quarter-back.. J-H218s5 derness L37f 5 Olmsted, Milliccnt. Land of really true. J-O51L2 London, Jack. Burning Daylight. . . . L84bo E. H. man of mirth. MeCarter, Margaret H. Price of the Sabin, Magical J-S117ml prairie M126p5 Yamba. Prince and his ants J-B46p5 MacGowan, Alice. Sword in the moun- tains M168s6 Tudor. Book of famous Nicholson, M. Siege of the feeven suitors. Jenks. Sieges. N521s3 904-J422b When America was new. . . 973.2-.T422vv Baroness. Petticoat rule. . . Orczy, O642p2 When America won her liberty.

Paine. K. D. Fugitive freshman. . . .P158f5 973.2-J422\vl

Parrish, R. Keith of the border. . .P242k2 La nt. Agnes C. Canada; romantic stories Phillips, D. G. Husband's story P539h5 of the new dominion's growth. 971-L37c Post. Emily. Eagle's feather P839el F. E. The Indian and his prob- Potter, D. Lady of the spur P848L1 Leupp. lem D70.6-L57i Reed, Myrtle. Master of the vineyard. R25m Mi'Laughlin, J. My friend the Indian. 970.1-M22m Richards, Laura E. "Up to Calvins." R388u4 Martin, W. A. P. Awakening of China. 9ul-M36a Smith, F. B. Village of vagabonds. .S644v3 Plummcr, Mary W. Stories from the Caroline A. Madonna. Stanley, Modern Cid 946-P73S S876m4 Reid. \V. M- Lake George and Lake Stockley, Cynthia. Poppy S859p4 Champlain 974.7-R27L Thnrstoii, Katherine C. Max T419m2 Schaff. M. Battle of the Wilderness. Vance, L. J. No man's land V27n4 973.7-S269b Walk, C. E. Paternoster pufty W147pl Scmple, Ellen C. .American history and of White, W. A. Court boyville W583c4 its geographic conditions . . . .973-S473a

Wiiite, S. E. Rules of the game. . . .W580r5 Smith. A. H. China in convulsion. 2v

Wason, R. A. Steering wheel W28s5 . 951-S64C January, 1911 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 83

The Reading Room

For 1911 the Reading Room of the Library has been strengthened by the addition of several periodicals not hererofore taken. Aside from the usual line of literary and miscellaneous magazines, the following devoted to useful arts and trades, and the interests of the home and garden, are taken: American Homes and Gardens Technical World Suburban Life Engineering News American Forestry American Machinist Country Life in America Railway and Locomotive Engineering Architectural Record Railroad Age-Gazette Electrician and Mechanic Scientific American Electrical World Scientific American Supplement Electrical Record Keramic Studio Popular Mechanics Craftsman Power Graphic Arts (printing)

Extra copies of Harper's Monthly, Scribner's Magazine, Century, Atlantic McClure's, Review of Reviews, American Magazine, Cosmopolitan, World's Work, World Today, Everybody's and Hampton's are taken, and these extra copies may be drawn for home reading, under the same restrictions and in the same manner as books.

Strangers in the city are welcome, and are cordially invited to use the Reading Room.

How to Obtain Books at the Library

As this number of the Library Guide will go into the hands of many who are not familiar with the Library and its methods, we give here a few directions for those who wish to enjoy its privileges. The Library building is on the Island, south of the postoffice. There you may obtain a blank application for a reader's card. Have some property holder in Aurora sign the reverse or certificate side of this blank. That signer guarantees the Library against loss on your account. Then sign the application yourself. You thereby pledge yourself to com- ply with all Library rules and regulation?. Return the blank, so signed, to the Library and you will receive a book- borrower's or reader's card, which entitles you to draw books from the Library. Obse:ve the directions on the card, and endeavor to live up to them. They are by no means burdensome, and are designed only to protect the Library, and you in the use of it. Don't lend or give away your card. It is issued to you for your individual use, and is not transferable. Residents are requested to promptly inform new-comers to the city of the privileges of the Library, and how they may be obtained. The Library now contains nearly 30,000 volumes, several hundred of which are in the German language, and about seventy - five in the Scandinabian languages. 84 THE LIBRARY GUIDE January, 1911

(Continued from Page 77) in the Public Library on this subject, and the electrical papers as they came to the reading-room every week. By means of the knowledge thus gained, Smith worked his way up from one position to another in the company."

What Smith Did, Others Can Do.

What Smith did, other boys can and do accomplish. And they are not limited to the line of electricity. Other lines are open to them for self-improve- ment on the same terms. CHEMISTRY, ENGINEERING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, NAVIGATION OF THE AIR, WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, CONSTRUCTION WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE, ARCHITECTURE, PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE OF ACCOUNTING, FACTORY ORGANIZATION,- in all these lines, and in scores of others, the Public Library aims to get the best books as they appear.

It is for you to make use of them. Are you doing yourself justice if you neglect these opportunities? "Education," says Mr Ranck in the article above referred to, "helps a man to earn more, because it makes him worth more to himself and to his employer. It makes him more efficient; it adds brains to the strength of his arms.

"There is in this city an educational institution that enables you to do this very thing, whatever business, trade or calling you may follow. This institution is the Public Library, with its wealth of books and magazines, all ready to sup- ply you freely with instruction, information and enjoyment." And the great ad-

vantage of this method of self-instruction is, that you may follow it to your heart's content, and hold on to your present job till prepared to step higher. " Hitch your wagon to a star," advised Emerson. If the philosopher had " lived in this day, his far more practical advice would be : Hitch your wagon to the Public Library." The Library Guide. Vol. I. AURORA, ILL., APRIL, 1911. No. 12

Frankel, L. A., and Dauson, M. M. Work- List of New Books ingmen's insurance in Europe. 331. 2-F85w Hamilton, J. J. Dethronement of the Added to the Library, January-March, 1911. city boss...... 352-H18d Hillyer, V. M. Kindergarten at home.

The letter J preceding the call-number of a book indicates that the book is suitable for young people, and may be Holcombe, A. N. Public ownership of found in the children'* room. telephones on the continent of Europe. The abbreviation "Kef." indicates a book in the reference ...... room. Such books are not to be taken from the building .... .384-H69p without special permission. Kciman, K. K. Income taxation.. 336. 24-K36i Person, H. S. Industrial education...... 371.42-P43i GENERAL, WORKS AND BOOKS OF AVeale, B. L. P. Conflict of color.. 327-W:!7r REFERENCE. Woodruff, C. R. Proceedings of national league for good municipal government. Aurora, (East) Public Schools. Annual ...... 352-X211e reports of the Board of Education of Yeates, W. B., ed. Irish fairy and folk- District 131. 1894-1910. 2v ...... Ref. tales...... 398-Yl".H Buffalo Public Library. Class-room librar- ies for public schools ...... Ref. NATURAL SCIENCE. Chicago Daily Ne\vs. Almanac and year- Collins, F. A. Hoys' book of model aero- book. 1911 ...... Ref. planes...... J-533.6-C69b Hopkins, A. A., ed. Scientific American H. and Tousley, V. H- cyclopedia of formulas ...... Ref. Horstman, C., Electrician's operating and testing W. and J. T. En- 3la.v\vfll, H., BTOAVII, manual...... 537-H78e cyclopedia of municipal and sanitary H. Romance of modern engineering...... Ref. MacPherson, astronomy...... 520-M24r North, S. N. D., ed. American year-book. U. W., and Underbill, C. R. 1910 ...... Ref. Massie, Wireless telegraphy and telephony. D. M. of the French Robertson, History ...... 537.81-M38W academy...... Ref. Moorhead, W. K. Stone age in North PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION. America. 2v...... 571.1-M78s Ostvvald, \V. Conversations on chemis-

, John. Folly of building temples try. 2v...... 540-Os7c

of peace with untempered mortar. St. John, T ; M. Things a boy should ...... 172.4-B48f know about wireless ...... J-537.81-S1431 Chapman, J. W. Another mile, etc. Schwartz, Julia A. Wilderness babies...... 204-C36a ...... 590-S399w Hill, L. Two great questions. ... 215-H55t Thorpe, Sir E. History of chemistry. Lodge, Sir O. J. Reason and belief. 2v...... 540-T39h ...... 230-L82r Lot/.e, H. Metaphysic: ontology, cosmol- USEFUL ARTS. ogy, psychology...... 110-L91m Ijaskerville, C-. ed. Municipal chemistry. MrTUggart, J. M. E. Some dogmas of ...... 614-B29m religion ...... 230-M25s Chattertoii. E. K. Romance of the ship. Oi'mond, A. T. Concepts of philosophy...... 699-C3!r ...... 100-O73C DHlner, Hugo. Factory organization and Von Ruville, A. Back to holy church. administration ...... 658-D56f ...... 282-R94b Saleeby, C. W. Health, strength and SOCIOLOGY. happiness ...... 613-L163h FINE ARTS. Rloomficld, M. Vocational guidance of youth ...... 371.4-B62V Boston Normal School. One hundred and Brown, J. F. Training of teachers for fifty gymnastic games...... 790-H23o

secondary schools...... 37Ll-B81t Hamlin. A. D. T. Text-book of architec- Campbell, G. L. Industrial accidents. ture ...... 720.9-H18h ...... 368.4-C15i Hattoii. Henry, and Plate, A. Magicians' Dunniore, W. T. Ship subsidies. . 337. 4-D92s tricks ...... 791-H28m Eastman, C. A., and E. J. Smoky days, Singleton, Esther. How to visit the great wigwam evenings ...... J-398-E129s picture-galleries...... 708-S61h Fairlie, J. A., comp. Taxation and rev- Van Dyke, J. C. History of painting.

enue of . system Illinois.. . 336.2-M1621 ...... 750-V281 86 THE LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1911

GENERAL LITERATURE. McCarter, Margaret II. Price of the prairie W126p5 A. ed I-B448W Beowulf. AVyatt. J., Mitchell, S. AV. Guillotine club, etc..M691g5 Clarke. Helen A. Browning's Italy. Oppenheim, E. P. Berenice O621b2 821-B821C Parker, Sir G. Cumner's son, etc...P22c5 American ad- Denney, J. V., ed. public Patten, G. Bill Bruce of Harvard .P2 7 2b3 808.5-D41a dresses Roliand, R. Jean Christophe R64J2 W. Douglas Jerrold and Punch. Jerrold, Sinclair, May. Creators S615c5 827-J48J Spearman, F. H. Robert Kimberly. ..S739r4 X. of in men. Earned, J. Study greatness Stuart, Ruth M. Sonny's father .... S932s4 814-L32S Thurston. Katlierine. Max T419m2 Russian novel- Phelps, AV. Li. Essays on AA'atana. Onoto. Tama W288tl 821-P51e ists Carolyn. Gold bag W458ga on Johnson. AVells, Raleigh, AV. Six essays AVells. H. G. New Maehiavelli W461n2 824-J62r AA'iggin, Kate D., and others- Robinetta. Richardson, C. F., ed. Daniel Webster W631r4 J-815-W39f for young Americans Williams, J. L. Married life of the Fred- BIOGRAPHY. erick Carrolls W673ml Robert. Life; W. H. Grif- Browning, by H. B. Uncrowned king. . .W93u4 B-B813g2 AA'right, fln STORIES FOR YOUXG PEOPLE. Holland, R. S. Historic girlhoods. 920-H712h Baker, Etta A. Frolics at Fairm-ount. Jav John. Correspondence and papers. J-B17f5 4v B-J33c Bush, Bertha E. Prairie rose J-B96p5 Poo Edgar Allen. Life; by A. Ransome. Channon, F. E. American boy at Henley. ' B-P751r J-C358hl X. Adventures of Billy Top- HISTORY, TRAVEL, DESCRIPTION. Duncan, sail J-D91bl Bardeen, C. AV. Little fifer's war diary. Katlierine R- Wide-awake girls at 973.7-B23L Ellis, college J-E472w3 Howells, AV. I). Seven English cities. Freeman. Mary E. AV. Green door..J-W65go T42-H831s Godfrey, H. Jack Collerton's engine. Hulbert, A. 15. Historic highways of Am- J-G54J1 970-H87h erica. 16v Higginson, Aileen C. Little princess of 1. Indians. Mound-building the pines . J-H528L2 2. Indian thoroughfares. Lucas, E. A'. Slowcoach J-L96s4 3. Washington's road. Molntyre, J. T. Young Continentals at 4. Braddock's road. Bunker Hill J-M179y2 5. Old Glade road. Madison, Lucy F. Peggy Owen, patriot. 6. Eoone's Wilderness road. J-M263p2 7. Portage paths. Lee, Alice L- Freshman co-ed ... .J-L51f5 8. Military roads of Misslssipi basin. Smith, E. B. Farm-book J-S6471 9. Waterways of westward expansion. AVarde, Margaret. Betty Wales on the 10. Cumberland road. campus J-W212b8 11-12. Pioneer roads. 13-14. American canalsT 15. Future of road-making. BOOKS FOR GRADED SCHOOLS 16. Index. FICTION. The Library is extending and developing its work in the graded schools of the city. Allen, J. L. Doctor's Christmas Eve..A42d4 The books listed below have been purchased Baeoii, Josephine D. While Caroline was for this purpose, and are to be distributed growing D258w2 in small collections in such schools. Bennett, A. Book of Carlotta B432b4 COXDUCT. Buried alive B432bo Denry the audacious B432d2 rrysdale, AA*. Helps for ambitious boys. Ghost B432g3 174-D84 Helen with the high hand. . .B432h2 FOLK-LORE AXD XATURE MYTHS. Bindloss, H. Sidney Carteret B51s6 < arletoii, AV. One way out C19o4 Rulnncli, T. Age of fable J-291-B87 Child, R, AV. Jim Hands C433J3 C'ooke, Flora J. Nature myths and stor- Dixon, T. Root of the evil D64r4 ies J-291-C769n Galsworthy, J. Patrician G13pl IlolfcJ'ook, Florence. Round the year in Garland, H. Other main-traveled roads. myth and song J-291-H69 G18o5 SOCIAL AXD POLITICAL SCIEXCE. Grey, Z. Heritage of the desert . .G862h2 Hoover, Bessie R. Opal H766o4 Austin, O. P. Uncle Sam's secrets. Kingslcy, Florence M. To the highest J-353-A937U

bidder. . . .K61U4 Brooks, E. Story of Siegfried. ..J-398-B791s April, 1911 THE LIBRARY GUIDE 87 l-'iske, John. Civil government in the St. John, T. M. How two boys made their

United States 342.73-F54 own electrical apparatus. . 537. 8-S143h a Bulfincii, T. Age of chivalry 398-B87 Things boy should know about Legends of Charlemagne. ... 398-B87L electricity J-537-S143t Study of and Frances N. Legends of King Ar- elementary electricity Greene, magnetism J-537-S143 thur and his court J-398-G83k Scion, E. T. Biography of a grizzly. Marden, O. S. Winning out 374-M33w J-590-T37b Pratt, Mara L. Stories of old Germany. Lives of the hunted J-590-T37L J-398-P88s Lobo, Rag and Vixen J-590-T37L2 St. Nicholas Magazine. Our holidays; Sloane, T. O. Electricity simplified. their meaning and spirit J-394-S147o . . , J-537-S63e Electrical for amateurs. Stone. Gertrude and M. G. toy-making It., Fickett, J-537.8-S63e Every-day life in the colonies. J-390-SS77e Troxvbridge, John. What is electricity? yjlkala, Sarah. Old Indian legends. 537-T75 J-398-Z620 \Veed, C. M. Stories of insect life. NATURAL SCIENCE. J-595.7-W41S Andrews, Jane. Stories Mother Nature USEFUL ARTS. her children J-570.4-A56s told Maker, K. S. Boys' book of inventions. Bailey, L. H. First lessons with plants. J-608-B17 580-B15 Chase, Annie, and Clow, E. Stories of Ball. K. S. Star-land J-523-B21 industry. 2v J-600-C379 Ballard, Julia P. Among the moths and Cochrane, C. II. Wonders of modern butterflies J-595.78-B21 mechanism 620-C64 K. Stories of inventors. Beard. J. C. Curious homes and their Doublcday, 608-D738S tenants J-591.52-B379c Hopkins, G. 31. Home mechanics for Blaiichan, Neltje. How to attract the amateurs 680-H77h birds 598.2-B59h Mowry, W. A., and A. M. American in- Bostock. F. C. Training of wild animals. ventions J-608-M87 590-B649t Sargent, F. L. Corn-plants J-633-S24 and Burroughs, John- Birds bees; sharp FINE ARTS. eyes J-598.2-B94b Squirrels J590-B94s Heard, D. C. American boy's handy book. J-790-B38 Iturt, Mary E., ed. Little nature studies Jack of all trades J-790-B38J1 from John Burroughs. 2v. . J-591.5-B94L Outdoor handy-book 790-B38o5 W. J. of electrical experi- Clarke, ABC and A. B. American ments J-537-C55a Beard, Lina, girls' handy-book J-790-B381 590-H31s Haukes, C. Shovelhorns What a girl can make and do.790-B381 II II. Stories of Indian chil- listed, Mary Canfield, Dorothy. What shall we do dren J-572-H96S now? J-790-C16W 1 [olden, K. S. Stories of the great astron- Chapin, Anna A. Story of the Rhinegold. omers 520-H71s J-782.2-C36s J. in Jolumnot, Friends feathers and Hall, A. X. Boy craftsman. . .J-790-H138b fur J-590-J66f Seton, E. T. Trail of the sandhill stag. Neighbors with wings and fins. 799-T37 J-598.2J66n GENERAL LITERATURE. Judd, Mary C., eomp. Wigwam stories. J-572-J882w Camplifll, L. J., compiler. Young folks' Kelly, Mrs. M. A. B. Short stories of our book of poetry J-Ic-C15y shy neighbors J-590-K291s Carlyle, T. Essay on Burns 824-C19U Long-, W. J. Wood-folk at school. Cook. Agnes S. Story of Ulysses. .J-883-C77s J-590-L857w4 Field, E. Love songs of childhood. .I-F45L Martin, E. A. Story of a piece of coal. With trumpet and drum J-I-F45w J-553.2-M36S Hancock, Mary S. Children of history. Mathe\vs, F. S. Familiar trees and their 2v J-808.5-H19C leaves 582-M42 Holmes, O. \V. Poetical works I-H73 Mcrriam, Florence A. Birds through an Ing-pen, R., ed. One thousand poems for opera-glass J-598.2-M55b children J-Ic-153 Miller, Olive T- Bird-ways. ... 598. 2-M61b Irving-, W. Essays from the Sketch-book. First book of birds J-598.2-M61f 817-172sk Murtfleld, Mary K., and Weed, C. M. Stor- Longfellow, W. H. Complete poetical ies of insect life J-595.7-M96s works I-L86 Patterson, Alice J. Spinner family. Tales of a wayside inn I-L86t . .J-595.4-P27s Lowell, J. R. Poetical works I-L95 88 ,K LIBRARY GUIDE April, 1911

Amies. cd. Book , famous S. li. Story of England. verse ...... Ic-R29b J-942-H21S Koosevelt, T. Selections from his writ- l.odf-e. H. <'.. and Koo.sevelt, T. Hero

ings...... J-815-RG7r tales from American history . .J-973-L821 Thaxter, Celia. Stories and poems for McMurry. C. A. Pioneers of the Missis- children ...... J-I-T33s sippi valley J-973.1-M22 Ip2 Washington. Georye. Pules of conduct. Pioneers of the Rocky Mountains. J-973.1-M221p3 if...... tical works. \\liitlier, G. Complete j Alowry, W. A., and A. M. First steps in

I-W61 the history of our country . .J-973-M87f I'aiiie, A. 11. Sailor of fortune .J-973-P16s p.TOGKAi'in . Vioiifcrs ol the J{e\oliitioii J-973.3-P65 lloom'. Daniel. Life: l>y C. H. Forbes- I't'att, 3Iara It. American history stor-

Lindsay...... J-B-B642L ies. 4v . .J-973-P88a Cody. S. Four American poets. .J-928-C64 Stories of colonial children .J-973.2-P88

T astman. (. A. In

IVanklin. Benjamin, Autobiography . B-F85 retold J-973.7-S147

...... B-F85 Colonial stories retold. . . . J-973.2-S147c ilolden. I-.. S. Our country's flag. Indian stories retold . . . . J-970.1-S1471 ...... J-929.9-H71o Revolutionary stories retold Lincoln, Abraham. Poyhood of; by Elea- J-973.3-S147r nor Atkinson ...... J-B-63a3 Scott. Sir AV. Tales of a grandfather. J-941-S43 Children's life of; by Putnam .J-B-L63p K. K. Men who made the nation. Story of; by Frances Cravens. J-B-L63c Sparks.

. . . 973-S736 Sea\vrll. Molly K. Twelve naval cap- tains...... J-923-S44t TUAVKh VXD l>i:s( KII'TIOX. Soutlnvoi'th, Gertrude V. I). Builders of l-\ (i. Asia J-T5-C22 our rai'iH'iiU'r. country. 2v...... J-923-S728b Australia J-T94-C22 Washington. Georjiv. Life; by H. E. Europe , J-T4-C2L' Watson ...... J-B-W27wl North America J-T7-C22

1 JlJSTOItY. South America J-T8-( -!^ Coe. l-'aiiny !'. Frit/5 in Germany J-T4;!-M14f < ollin, ('. <\ Building the nation. Gerda in Sweden j-T.xr>-Mi4g

...... < ...... J-973.4-C65 Kathleen in Ireland J-T41')-M14k

Boya of 'Cl... c ...... J-973.7-C65 Manuel in Mexico J-T72-M14m

I>rum-l)eat of tlie nation . .J-973.7-C65d Rafael in Italy J-T4;i-M14r

lled.-emiiig the republic. . J-973.7-C65r I'me' San in Japan J-T."i --M 1 4u .Marehini; lo victory ..... J-973.7-C65m SIui\\', K. II. Pig pf'o))h> and little jieo-

Freedom triumphant. . . . J-973.7-C65fr ple iti other lands J-T-S533b n->n. II. \V. Side-lights on American Slocum, J. Around HTC world in the liistory ...... J-973-E4!s sloop spray , T-S634a I-'isk\ .lohn. \Var of independence. Sxveetser. Deli^lit. 'One way round the

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