week of September, and has proved very popular. It is located in the gallery, extending nearly two-thirds the length of the building, and contains about 1200 v. One long reading-table is devoted to magazines and periodicals. The department is entirely distinct from the library proper, a separate list of card-holders being kept. There is no age limit.

Newark (N. J.) P. L. The library trustees, who recently returned from a tour of inspection among Eastern libraries, have decided to make a second trip to visit the chief libraries of the West. These tours of inspection are intended to furnish hints and suggestions for the new library building which it is planned to erect in

Newark.

Newton Centre, Mass. Newton Theol. Institution. The new Hills Library of the Newton Theological Institution was formally dedicated on September 27, in the presence of a large audience. The building stands on the crown of Institution Hill, and is a handsome two-story structure in the Greek type of architecture, built of light brick, with freestone trimmings. The exterior is quite plain. In front there is an Ionic portico, flanked by two courts and windows separated by pilasters. In the basement is the stack-room, a reading-room, printing plant, three study-rooms, toilet apartments, and fireproof room containing the heating apparatus. The main reading-room is located on the first floor, and is to be known as the Hartshorn memorial-room. Its dimensions are 40 x 58 feet. It is named in honor of one of the principal donors to the library fund. The entrance vestibules are on this floor, also the librarian's room, offices, and another stack-room. The rooms of the Backus Historical Society are located on the second floor; also the Backus library-room, toilet-rooms, and study apartments. The library has at present a capacity of 50,000 v., with opportunities for an increase of 25,000 v.

by the town, over 4000 volumes, were removed from the present leased quarters to the new building, which was then opened to the public.

Oakland (Cal.) F. L. (17th rpt.) Added visitors to ref. room 8218 (six months only). 3122; total 28,102. Issued, home use 118,605; New borrowers 2045; total registration 8861. Receipts $23,973.14; expenses $23,555.92.

"Since our last annual report four delivery stations have been established for the benefit of those residing at a distance from the main library. They are located in the branch readingrooms at the extreme eastern, northern, and western parts of the city. There is a notable increase in the number of books called for as well as an improvement in the character of books read, notwithstanding the fact that the borrowers are at a loss to know what to send for, owing to the lack of a catalog or printed lists of the books in the main library.

"The central reading-room, which from the inception of the library has occupied the lower floor of the library building, has been removed to more convenient quarters within a short distance of the library. This change has proved eminently satisfactory to the patrons of the reading-room. By the change we were enabled to fit up the lower floor of the library building as a delivery-room, removing some 10,000 volumes from the overcrowded room above. The removal of these books permitted us to arrange and display to better advantage the remaining 20,000 volumes, and convert the room into a quiet reading and reference department. This department is now in charge of an able assistant, who will devote his time to assisting students and others in their research."

catalog has been issued since 1885, and as the number of volumes in the library has trebled since then, it is practically useless."

The trustees call attention to the fact that "the work of cataloging the library is nearing completion. This has taken longer than was anticipated, but has been done in a thoroughly scientific manner and need never be done again. The Rudolph indexer system having been subNorth Attleboro, Mass. Richards Memorial the catalog is readily accessible to every one stituted for the antiquated card-catalog system, L. The memorial library building, presented visiting the library. But there is demand for a to North Attleboro' by the children of Mr. and printed finding-list that can be consulted at home, Mrs. E. I. Richards as a memorial to them, was dedicated on the afternoon of Sept. 16. The would greatly add to the popularity and useand there is no doubt that such a publication new building is a substantial one of brick and fulness of the library and materially increase the stone, costing about $60,000, finely fitted up in-efficiency of the delivery-station system. No side, and allowing for the expansion of the library for years to come. The exercises were held on the lawn adjoining the library grounds. Previous to that time about 1000 school-children assembled and marched to the library, escorted by the Boys' brigade company of the Baptist church and a band. Until within a few hundred yards of the building the band played, but then the children struck up the well-known words of "Onward, Christian soldiers," to the music of which they proceeded to the grounds. There the building was formally presented to the town by Rev. George E. Osgood, and received by the chairman of the board of selectmen, John O. Hennigan. Then came an oration by Hon. John D. Long. The exercises closed with the singing of "America" by the whole assemblage, led by the band. Later the books owned

ber 11, $2000 was voted to the library for the At a city council meeting, held on Septemprinting of a catalog, in accordance with the suggestion of the trustees, that sum being half of the amount asked for.

Omaha (Neb.) P. L. A children's department has been established, with free access to the shelves. The return and delivery of books and the reading of magazines by children are conducted here instead of in the main departments, as heretofore, with most satisfactory results.

Peoria (Ill.) P. L. The corner-stone of the new library building was laid on the afternoon of September 30, a few of the directors and

friends of the association being present. The
exercises were conducted by Librarian E. S.
Willcox. The erection of the building will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.

Philadelphia. THE PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY (in
Phila. Inquirer, Sept. 22), 4 col., il.

An account of the organization, growth, and present condition of the Library Company of Philadelphia, describing some of the more valuable books in the collection; illustrated with four cuts of the various library buildings.

nance.

window shows Gutenberg in the act of drawing a printed sheet from the press, and showing to his companions, Fust and Schoeller, the practicability of his invention. The smaller windows above depict representative facts in the history of literature and printing; these include the names, dates, and arms of Molière, Lope de Vega, Dante, and Goethe; the book-marks of Caxton, Manutius, Vostre, and Plantin; and the names, dates, and arms of Chaucer, Bacon, Shakespeare, and Milton.

Rochester, N. Y. Reynolds Library. On October I the library was opened in its new home There was a large without formal ceremonies. and interested attendance of visitors.

St. Joseph (Mo.) P. L. (5th rpt.) Added 1551; total 12,859. Issued, home use 108,882 (fict. and juv. .818%); ref. use 915 (no record of general ref. use is kept).

"A large number of pictures accumulated in the library have been mounted on stiff paper and sent in portfolios to the schools for the use of the younger scholars. These pictures serve to illustrate history and geography lessons, educate the taste of the little ones and give them pleasure in beautiful things, and have been highly appreciated by both teachers and schol

Philadelphia. T. Morris Perot, president of the Mercantile Library, on October I addressed to the city councils a letter in which he offered to make the Mercantile Library a free public library on condition that the city appropriate a sufficient annual amount to cover its mainteIn his letter, after giving a short history of the library and describing the extent of the collection, Mr. Perot says: “It is proposed to give to the citizens of Philadelphia the full use of this valuable library, and it is offered to the city so as to make it a public institution, open and free to all, the city being asked only to appropriate annually such a sum as will maintain it. Further, if so desired, this institution will accept the care of the libraries established by councils in several parts of the city and continue them as branch libraries. This will make these libraries doubly or trebly valuable to the people of the neighborhoods in which they are situated, as the main library can at any time San Francisco (Cal.) F. L. It has been dethrow into any of these branches 10,000, 20,000, cided to establish a children's department in a or 30,000 volumes. If necessary it can, by esroom on the second floor of the library buildtablishing express wagons between the main li-ing, heretofore used as a ladies' reading-room. brary and the branches, deliver books from one to the other several times daily, thus giving to these branches the advantage of 180,000 volumes, in addition to those owned by themselves."

ars.

"A list of 100 good novels published in December has been influential in improving the class of novels read."

It will be well provided with periodicals and accessible books, and will be used both as a delivery-room and a reading-room.

SHAW, W: B. The Carnegie libraries: notes on a popular educational movement in "the greater Pittsburgh." (In Review of reviews, Oct., p. 429-435.) il.

The directors of the library do not, however, propose to turn its administration over to others. The ownership and control of the entire property is to continue, as heretofore, in their hands, with the addition of three ex-officio trustees An interesting account of the Carnegie Free from the city government. Owing to this fact Library of Alleghany, the Carnegie Free Liand the impossibility of consolidating the library of Braddock, and the Carnegie Library brary - as a central public library under these conditions with the various smaller libraries now established, it is a question if the offer will be accepted.

Piermont (N. Y.) P. L. The,new library building was opened for inspection on the evening of September 16. The library is an outgrowth of the local Village Improvement Association and begins work with about 100 volumes, supplied by the Regents of the state university.

Richmond, Ind. Morrisson-Reeves L. The beautiful memorial window, given to the library in memory of Robert Morrisson, its founder, by his great-grandchildren Bertha and James W. Morrisson, is described and illustrated in an artistic little pamphlet recently issued by the library committee. The window illustrates the discovery of printing by Gutenberg. The central

of Pittsburgh, illustrated with views of the interiors and exteriors of the buildings and portraits of the librarians.

Somerville (Mass.) P. L. The library was reopened on October 1, after having been closed for alterations since July. The book-stacks have been entirely rearranged and a second tier put in, several new windows have been made, and a large book-lift has been installed. The books have been reclassified according to the D. C., and a new catalog has been prepared and printed.

South Norwalk (Ct.) P. L. (5th rpt.) Added 313; total 3182. Issued 17,710. New cardholders 264; total membership 1091; visitors to library, 39.903.

Miss Scott urges the need of more shelf-room and of several standard reference-books.

South Orange (N. J.) P. L. The trustees have adopted plans prepared by Stephenson & Greene, of New York, for a new library building, to be erected on the lot given for the purpose by Eugene V. Connett, the village president. The building will have a frontage of 54 feet, with a depth of 30 feet. While simple in design, the general effect will be pleasing, the high peaked roof covered with red slate being broken by a half-dormer, relieving its plainness. The building is to be constructed of Indianastone up to the water-table, and above that point of gray pressed brick. The trimmings will also be of Indiana stone. The main entrance will be by a wide flight of stone steps leading up to a fine Norman arch. A wide hall runs through the centre of the building, at the rear of which is the librarian's office, opening through wide arches into the library-room proper on the one side, and into the reading-room on the other. There is also to be a trustees' room and the usual offices. The library will have shelving accommodation for 25,000 v., and the alcoves and shelves will be of oak, cabinet finished. The same trim will be used throughout the entire building. Provision is to be made in the erec-elled brick. The interior construction is to be tion of the walls for the putting in of a mezzanine floor of iron whenever in the future this may be desirable, and in this way nearly doubling the shelving capacity. Ground is to be broken at once, and it is hoped to have the building ready for use early next year.

Southampton, L. I. Rogers Memorial L. The Rogers Memorial Library was formally opened on Sept. 28, in the presence of a large audience, who later inspected and admired the building.

The building was designed by R. H. Robertson, a New York architect, who for many years has been a summer resident of Southampton. It is built of hard burned North River brick, with a slated roof, and stands upon the site of the old Southampton academy in the centre of the village, presenting a fine frontage of more than 100 feet, with open spaces on all sides. The plan embraces at the west end a handsome hall, with a seating capacity for 250 people. It is also provided with a large well-lighted readingroom, a reference and librarian's room, and in the centre, lighted from above, is the fire-proof room, of a capacity for the safe keeping of 20,000 volumes. Above are apartments for the custodian. The library cost $20,000, and was built by Holland Emslie, of Cornwall Landing, New York. In addition to the Rogers bequest the sum of $5115 was raised by private subscription, which is to be kept as a permanent maintenance fund. The trustees expect also that the hall will yield a good return. The library begins with about 1000 volumes of standard and popular books, to be increased by the active cooperation of an experienced committee.

University of Illinois, Champaign. Plans for the new library building, for which the last legislature awarded $150,000, were selected on Sept. 22. The plans were submitted in competition, and four were selected as prize-winners. The first choice was given to the designs of E: G. Bolles, of Springfield, the three other archi

tects receiving prizes of from $300 to $100, respectively. The plans chosen call for an artistic two-story building, having east and west fronts exactly alike. The main entrances are through great archways and are reached by steps down to the basement and up to the main floor, all steps being within the loggia. On the first floor are the main reading-room, periodical-room, reference-rooms, parlors, librarian's room, delivery-desk, etc. The arrangement of this floor gives from the delivery-desk an unobstructed view of almost the entire floor-space. The reading-room, 60 by 90, takes the north portion of the floor and extends up through the second story. The administrative offices will be on the second floor. Entering the rotunda from the west, the president's suite of rooms lies to the left, trustees' rooms to the right, registrar's and business agent's rooms directly in front. At the north end of the rotunda is a gallery separated from and overlooking the main reading-room on the first floor. There are three book-rooms, each having shelving capacity for 54,432 volumes, or a total of 163,296. The walls of the book-rooms are to be hollow, with inner shell of buff-enamof the steel skeleton order, with porous tile fireproofing, all heavy inner walls to be of brick. The exterior walls are to be of stone backed with brick, two colors of stone being used, one for the body, the other for trimming. Marble wainscotting and frescoing will be used throughout the structure. It is the intention to make made, and to equip it with every convenience the building as nearly fire-proof as it can be of the most modern and approved design.

Washington, D. C. Congressional L. Work is now in progress upon the underground book railway, which is to be put in operation between the capitol and the new Congressional Library building. A trench 1100 feet long has been made across the capitol park, and in it will be constructed a brick conduit six feet high and four feet wide, which will enter the basement of the library building and the basement of the capitol, connecting by shafts with the main floors of both buildings. A small cable will be run through this conduit, upon which will travel two book-carriers. Telephone wires will also be laid between the buildings, and it is thought that in this way it will be feasible to supply books directly to congressmen with ease and rapidity.

Washington Heights (N. Y. City) F. L. (27th rpt.) Added 626; total 10,063. Issued 22,552; visitors to reading-room 7652. Receipts $2512.19; expenses $1935.83.

"The increase in the number of books purchased has necessitated an increase in our shelving room, and we have about reached the limit about 30 readers per day making use of our of our present quarters. We have an average of reading-room."

Whippany, N. J. The Mrs. J. F. Roberts Memorial Library was formally opened in Whiponong Hall, in this town, on Labor Day. It contains about 2000 v.

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PRACTICAL NOTES.

ious to obey the law in this respect. The libraLeipzig, Germany. The name of C. F. Peters, and held the office in addition to work in the rians were taken from among the professors, the Leipzig firm of music publishers, whose latter capacity. The work fell mostly on the "Edition Peters" has long been the "hallamanuensis, who at the end of the period had mark" of the best in musical literature, is destined the title of vice-librarian. In 1702 the post of lito be perpetuated in the Musikbibliothek Peters, dedicated January 2, 1894. The library, under his régime the library entered on a new brarian was assigned to Erik Benzelius, and which has been open to the public over a year and more prosperous career. The present voland a half, contains about 10,000 volumes, inume by the chief librarian of the library is, it cluding the works of the leading composers. is to be hoped, only the first instalment of a Among the curiosities of the library are the complete manuscript scores of a number of complete history of the institution. A. G. S. J.— operas that have never been printed. The first Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1894. (Upsala Universitets historia intill ar 1702. annual report, edited by Emil Vogel, contains a bibliography of books on music and periodicals 119 p. O.) devoted to the subject issued in 1894; also, a list of the musical libraries of Europe. According to this list Germany has 103 libraries with more or less extensive collections of music, and 14 libraries devoted wholly to music; AustroHungary 39 general, 43 special; Switzerland, 9 general, I special; Italy, 60 general, 5 special; Spain, 7 general; France, 25 general, 5 special; Belgium and Holland, 12 general, 5 special; Great Britain and Ireland, 28 general, 4 special; Denmark and Sweden, 5 general, I special; and Russia, 3 general. In an appendix are printed 10 hitherto unknown letters by Franz Schubert, edited by Max Friedlaender.be detached from the block. This solid block Jahrbuch der Musikbibliothek Peters für 1894. I. Jahrg. hrsg. von Emil Vogel. Leipzig, C. F. Peters, 1895. 116 p. O. pap.)

Upsala (Sweden) Univ. L. A history of Upsala University, by Claes Annerstedt, the chief librarian, has been recently issued which gives an interesting account of the development of the library up to 1702. Although the university was founded in 1477, it cannot be said to have had a library before 1620, when Gustavus Adolphus gave to the university his private library, kept in the former monastery of the Gray Friars at Stockholm. Before that time the professors of the university had used the library belonging to the cathedral. During the times of the Thirty Years' War the library several times received from the king and from successful generals gifts of the libraries of several Catholic monasteries, among others those of Braunsberg and Würzburg. Another of its early benefactors was the favorite of Queen Christina, Count Magnus Gabriel Delagardie, who gave to it in 1669 65 manuscripts, among them the famous "Codex Argenteus,' the oldest specimen of Teutonic literature. After his death the library received, in accordance with his will, his own private collection, which was the finest then in the possession of any Swedish private man. The first 82 years of the library's history, here told, were uneventful. Narrow quarters, insufficient means, carelessness and bad management on the part of the authorities are the main characteristics. But the library grew. At the end of the 17th century it contained 30,000 volumes, most of them foreign, and the greater part Latin, works. In 1675 there were only 80 Swedish works, but in 1692 the library received the copyright privilege, although the printers were at first not over-anx

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PASTING BOOK-PLATES. — Miss C. R. Barnett, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Library, sends the following useful suggestion as to pasting book-plates: "Some of the readers of the LIBRARY JOURNAL may be glad to hear of a simple little device for pasting book-plates. Put a number of book-plates together so as to form a block about three centimetres in thickness. Make the sides perfectly even, and then paste a piece of paper on one side, thus making a block or pad of book-plates. When the back of the book-plate has been pasted it can easily

of book-plates is much more convenient than having a block of wood on which to rest the book plate while it is being pasted. There is no danger of the book-plate slipping off the block, nor of getting paste on the front of the book-plate."

Librarians.

ALLAN, Miss Jessie, librarian of the Omaha (Neb.) City Library, died on September 12, after a lingering illness. The cause of her death was consumption, which attacked her in the autumn of 1893, and in the opinion of her physician was contracted in the handling_of books infected with tuberculosis germs. For the past two years Miss Allan fought the disease bravely, trying different climates and methods of treatment, but without avail. Miss Allan was connected with the Omaha Library for 14 years and had been librarian for 10 years. She was born in Omaha, December 15, 1861, her family being among the pioneer settlers. In 1881, on leaving the high school, she entered the library as an assistant, in 1883 she was made acting librarian, and in the following year, when her sister, who was then librarian, resigned the position, she was elected librarian. In November, 1893, she was granted leave of absence on account of ill-health, and during her frequent long and sad vacations since that time her personal work at the library was necessarily slight. A week or so before her death she resigned her position on account of the condition of her health, and in accepting the resignation the following resolutions were passed by the board of directors

"The directors of the Omaha Public Library, for them. selves and the reading public of Omaha, desire to express