to Miss Jessie Allan their sincere appreciation of her long, faithful, and efficient service as librarian. The best growth of the library has been coincident with Miss Allan's management and in large measure due to her personal effort. She brought to the work of librarian a natural aptitude, but over and above that she showed a peculiar alertness to the needs of the reading public and a zeal in meeting them that more than anything else established the present popularity of the library."" Miss Allan was an active member of the American Library Association, and had attended the conferences from 1888 to 1893, with the exception of the 1889 (Catskill) conference. She was vice-president of the Nebraska Library Association, and was always an interested and effective worker in library matters. She was well known and loved in Omaha and had many warm friends in the A. L. A. and in her profession generally. The Omaha World-Herald says: "She was a little woman, alert and keen, a mere bundle of nerves and intelligence, and with a sort of genius for the work which she assumed. There are born librarians as well as born poets, and Miss Allan was emphatically the former. A knowledge of books came to her as easily as a knowledge of music comes to some persons. Moreover, her knowledge was not sporadic, nor her interest impulsive. She loved books well enough to be willing to labor long and hard, in order that they might be made useful to others. She was in touch with each improvement in the conduct of libraries, and the Omaha Library has been recataloged in the most improved manner, with various devices for assisting borrowers to the volume they desire. Much of this cataloging was done by Miss Allan when she was not in a condition to do any work whatever, but she had a strong spirit and an unfaltering ambition that sustained her when others would have yielded to their pains and lassitude. Under Miss Allen's management there was always the most obliging service at the library. No reference was so remote that Miss Allan or her assistants, acting upon her instructions, would not endeavor to find it. No request was so preposterous that it would not be given respectful consideration. One who has had experience in the libraries of other cities must be keenly aware of the fact that in the Omaha Library was to be found unusual courtesy and obligingness. In short, Miss Allan, in the days of her health and vigor, was possessed of a strong public spirit, and she was determined to make the library as useful as possible to this community. She was well aware of the fact that it was a community which needed many books and good books, and exerted herself to make those books available to all, and to encourage those who needed them to borrow from the public shelves. A memory of the sallow, vivacious, friendly little face of the librarian, of her trig little figure in its dark dress, of her large brow, and intense mentality, her hearty handshake, her reliable knowledge, will linger long with those who knew her. 'gallant lady' and served this city well." She was a BARGER, Thomas. Owing to failing health and increasing years, the library committee of the Liverpool (Eng.) Free Library, under whom he has served now for the long period of 43 years, have decided to recommend that a superrannuation allowance be made to Thomas Barger, keeper at the Free Library, William Brown street, Liverpool. Mr. Barger joined the Free Library staff on the day the library was opened under three chairmen and under three librarians in Duke street, October 18, 1852. He has served - the late John Stuart Dalton, the late George Hudson, and the present librarian, Peter Cowell. During the cotton famine at the time of the American Civil War, some 30 to 35 years ago, Mr. Barger's services were specially in request, the attendance at William Brown street increasing so enormously that the corridors and ante-rooms at the library had to be fitted up, lighted, and requisitioned for readers; an attendance of 750 at one time and a daily issue of 3000 volumes was no uncommon record. After a long and meritorious service, laden with years, at the age of nearly 78, Mr. Barger retires with the respect and earnest good wishes of all his colleagues. BARROWS, Benjamin H., was on September 9 elected librarian of the Omaha (Neb.) City Library, succeeding the late Miss Jessie Allan. Mr. Barrows was born in Davenport, Ia., in 1848, and came to Omaha in 1870, where for 12 years he was city editor of the Republican. He was for some years U. S. Consul at Dublin, and has always been strongly identified with journalistic matters. He was one of the original directors of the Omaha City Library in 1872, and has shown constant interest in its development. HECKMAN, Frank B., of Philadelphia, was on September 26 appointed librarian of Branch No. 6 of the Philadelphia Public libraries newly opened in Germantown. MCCRORY, Miss Harriette, of the Pratt Institute library training class of 1895, has been appointed librarian of the Millersville (Pa.) Normal School. MORSE, Miss Anna, librarian of the Millbury (Mass.) Free Public Library, resigned her position on September 19, to take up the study of library work. She is now enrolled in the junior class of the N. Y. State Library School. NELSON, Miss Sarah C., a graduate of the Pratt Institute library training class of 1892, has been appointed assistant librarian of the new Blackstone Memorial Library of Branford, Ct. Miss Nelson after her graduation was cataloger at the Wilmington (Del.) Institute Free Library when it was reorganized by Mr. A. W. Tyler, recently 'appointed librarian of the Blackstone Memorial Library. Later she cataloged the Stoneham (Mass.) Public Library. SAUNDERS, John M., for 52 years librarian of the Woodbury (N. J.) Library Co., died at his home in Woodbury on 'September 6, aged 83 years. Mr. Saunders was a member of the Society of Friends, and one of the pioneers of the town, in which he had filled many positions of public trust. SMITH, Charles W., was on September 4 elected librarian of the Seattle (Wash.) City Library, succeeding John D. Atkinson, resigned. Mr. Smith has been for the past few years in a Seattle law office. He was a student of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct., and has been librarian of the Cayuga County (N. Y.) Historical Society, and of the Ives Seminary, Antwerp, N. Y. UPHAM, Warren, secretary and librarian of the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, O., was on September 10 appointed secretary and librarian of the Minnesota State Historical Society, succeeding ex- Governor Marshall, resigned. VAN HOEVENBERG, Miss Alma Rogers, on August 1, became assistant librarian of the Washington Heights (N. Y. City) Free Library, succeeding Miss J. P. Price, who had been in the library 22 years. Cataloging and Classification. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Publishing Section. List of books for girls and women and their clubs; edited by Augusta H. Leypoldt and George Iles. Part 4: Education and science. Bost., Library Bureau, 1895. 98 p. Tt. pap., 10 c. consists of a chairman (Gardner M. Jones), a secretary (Miss N. E. Browne), and 15 readers. The readers are divided into sub-committees of three members. The chairman and secretary select such books as they think desirable to have examined, the lists being limited to fiction for adults, and send them to members of sub-committees for that purpose. All books recommended by each one of the three members of a tations being prepared from the comments of the sub-committee are placed on the list, the anno readers. from 31 submitted to the readers; the selection List I comprises 14 books, chosen shows excellent judgment and the notes bring out the character of the book with terseness and lucidity. The lists are especially intended for the smaller libraries, which have a limited amount of money to spend for new books, and to such libraries they should prove a helpful guide. Members of the Massachusetts Library Club receive the list gratuitously; other persons or libraries may obtain them by subscription at 25 cents a year, all subscriptions to be sent to the secretary of the committee, Miss Nina E. Browne, of the Library Bureau, 146 Franklin 5t., Boston. NATIONALIST CIRCULATING L., Austin, Tex. Catalogue; revised edition. 18 p. IO C. A primitive little catalog, listing, by title only, 541 books- a mixed assortment of novels, sprinkled with a few poems, histories, biographies, etc. The OTIS LIBRARY (Norwich, Mass.) BULLETIN contains in its September issue a "List of American historical novels in the library." The Book-Leaf, published by the Carson Harper Co., of Denver, which now contains the Denver Public Library lists," has in its September number a 4-p. list of "Books on education in the Public School Library, September) contains special reading lists on "Woman The SALEM (Mass.) P. L. BULLETIN (September, 1895." and "Reading and the choice of books." GERMANIA MÄNNERCHOR, Chicago. Catalog der Deutsch-amerikanischen bibliothek des Germania Männerchor, 1894. Chicago, 1895. 39 p. il. S. A neatly printed little catalog, listing, by author only, some 500 books. E. LEMCKE (B. Westermann & Co., New York) has issued the second part of his "Catalogue raisonné of world literature." This covers "French literature: the classics and belles lettres" in the same admirable fashion that Part 1. covered German literature. These catalogs, though, of course, publishers' sales lists, are admirable in selection, arrangement, and annotation, and have proved helpful guides to many librarians. The MASSACHUSETTS LIBRARY CLUB has issued the first of the monthly annotated lists of select fiction (for September, 1895), which planned at the meeting held in Boston, March 1, 1895. The permanent committee of selection were " SANBORN, Miss Kate E., has just completed betic order table for the consonants except S and Mr. C: A. Cutter is now printing an alphacarried to the third figure (e.g., Ba 111, Bab 112, Babe 113), and therefore nine times as long as the consonant part of the original Cutter's Tables. It has long been evident that a table of this sort is needed for large collections kept in a single alphabet, like Biography and Fiction. Miss Sanborn had already prepared a threefigure table for the vowels and S, which can be procured of Miss Weeks at the Boston Athenæum, or of the Library Bureau. The new work will soon be for sale at the same places. The SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) L. BULLETIN for Aug.- Sept. has a short list of "Readings for English history." U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE. Library bulletin, August, 1895. Accessions to the department library April-June, 1895. 12 p. Q. FULL NAMES. Supplied by Harvard College Library. Halbert, H: Sale, and Ball, Timothy Horton (The Creek war of 1813 and 1814); Osborn, Frank Chittenden (Tables of moments of inertia); Phelps, James Turner (Life insurance sayings); Porter, T: Conrad (A list of the grasses of Pennsylvania); Wellman, T: Bartholomew (History of the town of Lynnfield, Mass); Weston, James A: (Historic doubts as to the execution of Marshal Ney); Williams, H: Eugene (Temperatures injurious to food products in storage and during transportation). Bibliografy. GAGNON, P. Essai de bibliographie canadienne: inventaire d'une bibliothèque comprenant imprimés, manuscrits, estampes, etc. relatifs à l'histoire du Canada et des pays adjacents avec des notes bibliographiques, Quebec, 1895. 711 p. 8°. JAMES, M. R. Descriptive catalogue of the mss. in the library of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Cambridge, Univ. Press, 1895. 132 p. 8°, 5s. THE "Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen," by his brother, Leslie Stephen, recently published by Putnam, contains in an appendix a bibliography of the principal works of Sir James Stephen. The MICHIGAN SCHOOLMASTERS' CLUB has prepared, through a special committee, an interesting "List of books recommended for a high school classical library." It is a careful bibliography of the most essential and helpful books in classical teaching, and was compiled with the co-operation of representative classical teachers in different parts of the country. The list is divided into 11 divisions, including books of reference, Greek and Latin languages, Greek and Latin literatures, religion and mythology, public affairs, private affairs, the fine arts, philosophy and science, miscellaneous essays, influence of Greece and Rome, and English novels, illustrating the life of classical antiquity. It comprises about 480 titles, giving place and date of publication, publisher and price, and is issued by Sheehan & Co., of Ann Arbor. POHLER, J. Bibliotheca historico-militaris: systematische übersicht der erscheinungen auf dem gebiete der geschichte der kriege und kriegswissenchaft seit erfindung der buchdruckerkunst bis zum schluss des Jahres 1880. Band 3, Heft 5. Kassel, Kessler, 1895. 565773 p. 8°. 8 m. "PRIMITIVE man," by E: Clodd, a recent issue in Appletons' "Library of useful stories," contains a selected book list on the subject (2 p.), with suggestions for supplementary reading. RAINES, C. W. A bibliography of Texas; or, a descriptive list of books, pamphlets, and documents relating to Texas, in print and ms., since 1536. Austin, Tex., C. W. Raines, 1895. 200 p., 8°. $3; pap., $2. SLANE, Baron de. Catalogue des manuscrits arabes du département des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale; fasc 3. Paris, Impr. nationale, 1895. 657-820 p. 4°. SAMMLUNG bibliothekswissenschaftlicher arbeiten, herausg. v. K. Dziatzko. Heft 8: beiträge zur theorie u. praxis des buch- und bibliothekswesens. ii. Leipzig, M. Spirgatis, 1895. 121 p. 6 facsim. gr. 8°. 6 m. THOMPSON, Corrie L. Light railways: a catalogue of books, reports, papers, and articles relating to light railways. Lond., P. S. King & Son, 1895. 2s. 6d. "WHITE servitude in the Colony of Virginia," by James Curtis Ballagh, a recent issue of the Johns Hopkins University studies (13th ser., no. 6-7, 50 c.), contains a 4-p. bibliography of the system of indentured white labor practised in the American colonies. WILLIAM OF ORANGE. A good 4-p. bibliography of William 1. is appended to Ruth Putnam's "William the Silent, Prince of Orange." (N. Y., Putnam, 1895. 2 v., $3.75.) Humors and Blanders. AT the book-counter of one of the large New York department stores a would-be customer recently asked: "Have you 'Ivanhoe'?" No," was the prompt reply, "but we have Westward Ho'!" 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