Books in Italian — Non-Fiction, continued. Oriani, Alfredo. Ombre di occaso. 1915. Contents: Vox clamans. Prologo. Il melodramma. Il mistero dell 'anarca. Andrée. Al mare, al mare. Dalla laguna. La bancarotta della scienza. Il duca di Reichstadt. Pasqua. L'addio. Checco. Il marito che uccide. La vergine. La testa di Bismarck. La poesia del dolore. Epilogo. Pokorny, Aloisio. Storia illustrata del regno vegetale; secondo l'opera del dott. Aloisio Pokorny, per Teodoro Caruel, riveduta, riordinata ed accresciuta dal prof. Oreste Mattirolo. 1913. Sassi, Luigi. I primi passi in fotografia. 1914. Trevisani, Girolamo, marchese. Pollicoltura. 1912. Trilussa, pseudonym. Sonetti romaneschi. 19-? Vico, G. B. Le orazioni inaugurali. Il De italorum sapientia, e Le polemiche; a cura di Giovanni Gentile e Fausto Nicolini. 1914. Wilson, Woodrow. La nuova libertà; invito di liberazione alle generose forze di un popolo. 1914. Fiction Anastasi, Guglielmo. La vittoria. La sconfitta. 1915. Bechi, Giulio. I racconti del bivacco. 1914. Contents: Una veglia in Cirenaica. Il bernoccolo di Bianconi. La piccola amica di Antonicu Sotgiu. Simpatie. "Mannaggia l'ammore!" La fuga di Peretola. Le tribolazioni del capitano Tordello. Il moretto di Siccardi. Moia! moia...! Un incidente internazionale. Dove sarà papà? La gamba di legno. Biagino battaglia coi topi. Tra gli aranci e gli ulivi. L'onore è salvo! La zauia si vendica. L'harem di Rosiello. Una donna! una donna! E chi non muore si rivede... Bencivenni, Ildebrando. Conquistatori; libro per il popolo. 1913. Borio, Maria di. La luce di domani. 1915. Sequel to L'intima gioia. Brunati, Giuseppe. Quaresimale. 1912. Dadone, Carlo. La casa delle chiacchiere. 1914. Milanesi, Guido. Nella scia; racconti e contrasti. 1914. Contents: Quattro profili in ombra. Nella più lontana scia...I racconti della terra torva. Moretti, Marino. I pesci fuor d'acqua. 1914. Contents: La pera. Così così. La serata d'onore. La mamma. Uno per uno. Le operette. Di nascosto. L'età ridicola. La disciplina. Ivetta. Felicina. Economia. Valderi. Il raffreddore. Rosicchio piange. Libera nos a malo. Pirandello, Luigi. La trappola. 1915. Salvatori, Fausto. Storie di parte nera e storie di parte bianca. 1915. Contents: Lo smeraldo. La regina maga. Il sagittario. La protesta per Torre Nova. La solenne udienza. Egloga nuziale. Anfitrione. La statua girante. La colonia felice. Gli avventurieri. "Molto strepito per nulla" in San Pietro. Il carnevale santificato. La danza dei morti. A Villa Pamphily. Il dramma della Rosetta. Una notte a Venezia. Un ballo contro l'accattonaggio. Un' avventura di viag gio. Il re di fiori e la dama di cuori. Battaglie di fiori. Il principe russo. L'eroe minimo. Il cavaliere dalla sella rossa. Il ritorno del dio Kronos. Il satiro. Storia dei paladini di Francia da Carlo Magno imperatore fino alla sua morte compresavi la battaglia di Roncisvalle. Tinayre, M. C. Hellé; traduzione di Italia Sala. 1912. Werner, E., pseudonym. 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THE BOOK LINE RIVINGTON STREET BRANCH, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Come, ye that despair of the land Who doubt what the years that expand Who grasp not the thing which shall be To millions in bondage- and see, At the verge of the slums, These foreign-born children that march In sunshine and storm, through the arch Their race? Ah, what matters their race Of Nations! Yet, if ye would trace All the record unrolled, Take heart from the days that are dead: With Leif or with Eric the Red Braved mysterious seas, Or followed Yermák through the snows Or gave to the eagles the foes Of Imperial Rome; Or tented with David, or ranked In the Balkans those swords That bulwarked all Europe, unthanked, Aye, old at the time of the Flood, Still the law is the same; The Builder shall spring from the blood They trail through the alley and mart Wee urchins, red-hatted and swart And hundreds of quaint little maids. Or scarlet on duplicate braids, Quick-eyed, orderly, clean, And silent. Some take from the shelves Of the volumes a-row Those legends of goblins and elves Yet more choose the stories of men Of Lincoln and Washington, then Who ploughed in a blood-sprinkled sod, Arthur Guiterman in the "New York Times" A SPANISH OPINION THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES Among the institutions of New York most deserving of praise are the public libraries. And what is most attractive about them is their disposition to make the products of human thought a possession in common, accessible to all. London has, to be sure, its British Museum, a magnificent structure, and, as a stronghold for research, unique; but its reading-rooms are closed to those who do not bear the marks of culture, though their learning may be wide enough in range. Whoever wishes to work there must have a letter from his consul, teacher, or superior, certifying at least that he is a person interested in a certain line of study. In addition to the British Museum, it is true each district enjoys a public library of its own, yet however much we might desire libraries like these for ourselves, they cannot compare with the one on Fifth Avenue in New York. This library forms the centre of a network of public libraries which reach the number of forty-two1 for the whole city and its farthest limits. Truly, it is a model institution. Nowhere else have we ever seen a like effect to induce the general public to read and to make work pleasant and agreeable. In an immense hall, which can accommodate nearly 2,000 people, there are directly accessible to the public, without need of papers or vouchers, the most important works in all branches of knowledge together with general works of reference: encyclopedias, technical dictionaries, etc. The reader has only to go to a shelf and select the work he wants. When he is through, he may return it to its place or leave it on the table; the employées have charge of replacing the books, and in most instances prefer they should be left, thus providing more security against the alteration of the arrangement on the shelves. In [the next] room is found the general catalogue, and this also may be used without the assistance of another person, unless it be desired on the part of the reader. When a work is not found in the collection in the central hall, it is a simple matter of a few moments to ask for it at the booths in the same hall where electric indicators show by means of numbers corresponding to the slip, which one has brought, the arrival of the books desired. This not only allows the Library to dispense with the employées who in the British Museum bring the books to the tables, but keeps the reader from being idle until 1 There are actually forty-four. |