“New occasions teach new duties;
Time makes ancient good uncouth!
They must upward still and onward
Who would keep abreast with truth.”
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INDEX
Abbott, Abiel, library pioneer, [172].
Adams, Brooks, quoted, [81].
Adams, Charles Francis, trustee of Crane Library, Quincy, [308].
Adams, John Quincy, quoted, [294].
Adams, Matthew, lends books to Franklin, [133].
Adams library, Quincy, Mass., [310].
Adaptation of Libraries to Constituencies, paper, by S.S. Green; in full, [307].
Addingham, Eng., home of Robert Collyer, [105].
Addison, Joseph, quoted, [389].
Address at the dedication of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania, by Talcott Williams; in full, [365].
Alexander the Great, quoted, [161].
Alexandrian Library, destruction of, [377].
Allegheny, Pa., gift of conservatories, [42].
Alternatives to tax-support; general editorial introduction, [251].
American Antiquarian Soc'y, [313].
American Library Ass'n,
work of, [70];
catalogue praised.
American Magazine of Civics, article from, [169].
“Americans,” book by Munsterberg, chapter quoted, [79].
Americans as lovers of books, [18].
Americanization, a library function, [326].
Ames, Ohio, Public Library, [26], [164].
Anderson, Col. James, praised by Carnegie, [39].
Angell, James Burrill,
address at Grand Rapids library opening; in part, [425];
sketch of, [425].
Arbor, Mich., library, [27].
Arguments for public support of public libraries, paper by William E. Foster, in full, [215].
Arnold, Matthew,
introduction to Wordsworth's poems, [299];
quoted, [338].
Arnold, Dr. Thomas, on the Reform Bill, [456].
Art Gallery and School, Hartford, Conn., [148].
Art School, Boston; B.F. Butler's attack on, [65].
Art works as donations, [44].
Association Libraries, [21].
Astor, John Jacob, library gift, [49].
Astor Library, [30], [105].
Atkinson Free Library, Southport, Eng., [208].
Atlanta Conference, talk by Melvil Dewey at, [75].
Auditoriums as donations, [45].
Author's League, N.Y., Carnegie dinner, [33].
Bacon, Francis, quoted, [94].
Baird, Henry Carey, quoted, [384].
Bakala, Wallachian peasant, legend of, [92].
Baltimore, Md.,
Enoch Pratt Library, [39];
Peabody Institute, [30].
Barber, Henry Hervey,
article by, [169];
sketch of, [169].
Barnard, Henry, anecdote of, [76].
Barr Branch, St. Louis, [446].
Baths as donations, [45].
Bellevue Hospital, N.Y. City, gift to, [42].
Bequests, effect of, [34].
Bergen, Norway, parks in, [43].
Berkeley, Gov., opposes free schools, [176].
Billings, Dr. John Shaw,
article on public libraries, in full, [329];
biog. sketch of, [329];
pioneer in interlibrary work, [385].
Birge, Edward Asahel,
address at Madison, in full, [109];
sketch of, [109].
Birmingham (Eng.) Free Library, [41], [175], [207].
Blackpool Free Library report, quoted, [206].
Blair, Rev. James, library of, [20].
Boards of Trustees;
general editorial introduction, [265].
See also [TRUSTEES].
Bodleian Library, rule of, [353].
Boers, characterized, [227].
Bolton (Eng.) Free Library founded, [290].
Book Committee of library board, [275].
Book-readers, who are? [222].
Book-selection, [351].
Books and Life, address by Edward A. Birge; in full, [109].
Books and the Public Library, address by James Russell Lowell, in full, [87].
Books, cheapness of, [204].
Booklovers among the colonists, [19].
Boston Art Museum, [313].
Boston Common Council advocates library, [53].
Boston, libraries in, [80].
Boston Public Library; address at its dedication, by Edw. Everett, [127].
Boston Public Library, [280], [317];
children in, [408];
its building, [81];
gifts to, [153];
facilities of, [327];
fiction purchases in, [321];
praised, [151];
George Ticknor on, [50];
statistics in 1885, [234].
Bowditch mathematical collection, Boston, [327].
Bradford, Wm., booklover, [19].
Brashear, John, [37].
Bright, John, quoted, [41].
Bristol, Eng., library report quoted, [208].
British
education acts, [202];
library law, earliest (1850), [39], [151], [172], [289];
amendment of (1866), [290].
British Museum, fiction policy, [322].
Brockton, Mass., reading-room in, [407].
Brougham, Lord, approves travelling libraries, [171].
Brown music collection, Boston, [327].
Brown, Samuel, founds Scottish itinerating libraries, [171].
Brown, Squire Sam, buys books for “Coon-Skin Library,” [26].
Brown University, paper by Pres. Faunce, [343].
Brownwell's writing-school, attended by Franklin, [131].
Browsing commended, [346].
Burnham, T.O.P.H., book-collector, anecdote of, [313].
Burton, R., Historical Collections bought by Franklin, [131].
Business enterprise, library as a, [231].
Butler, Benj. F., his attack on the Boston Art School, [65].
Butler, James Davie,
address by, at Madison, Wis., [140];
biog. sketch of, [149].
Byrd, William, library of, [20].
Cabanne Branch, St. Louis, [446]., [448].
California,
anecdotes of pioneers, [159];
school libraries in, [28].
Calvinism as encourager of reading, [80].
Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, [63], [335], [465].
Carnegie, Andrew,
article by, [33];
sketch of, [33];
praised by Melvil Dewey, [75];
quoted, [433];
library gifts, [329].
Carondelet Branch, St. Louis, [445].
Cassell's National Library, praised, [205].
Castine, Me., library, [25].
Catalogues, uses of, [91], [405].
Censorship, do libraries exercise it? [323].
Chamberlain, Mellen, Supt. Boston Public Library, [280].
Chamberlain autograph collection, Boston, [327].
Charity, so-called, [36].
Charleston, S.C., Library Society, [24].
Chaucer, Geoffrey, quoted, [162].
Chelsea, Mass., address by Lowell at library-opening, [87].
Chetham, Humphrey, library founder, [353].
Children
in reading-rooms, [407];
reading of, [303];
work with, [115], [318], [435];
pioneer work of Mrs. Sanders, [401].
Chicago, library growth in, [169].
Chicago Public Library, [317]; statistics in 1885, [234].
Churches as objects of philanthropy, [46].
Cincinnati, O., Springer Hall, [45].
Cincinnati Public Library, [26], [341] (note);
statistics in 1885, [234].
Circulation,
proposed by Ticknor, [51];
expediency doubted by Everett, [53].
Clark, Charles Hopkins,
opening address at Hartford library, [145];
biog. sketch, [147].
Classics, meaning of term, [5].
Cleveland, Grover,
address in favor of the N.Y. Free Circ. Lib'y, [139];
biog. sketch of, [139].
Clinton, De Witt, advocates libraries, [27].
Club, library as a, [122].
Club-rooms, use of, [449].
Colden, Cadwallader, library of, [20].
Coleridge, Samuel T., quoted, [64].
Collection of Information: general editorial introduction, [379].
College, increased attendance, [110].
College libraries, [20].
Collyer, Robert,
address given in full, [101];
sketch of, [101];
his story of his own life, [104].
Colonies, libraries in the, [402].
Colorado, school libraries in, [28].
Columbia medical school, Vanderbilt gift to, [42].
Committees of Library Board, [275].
Community Center Service; editorial paragraph, [431].
Community relations, general, [15].
Community's Service to the Library; editorial introduction, [183].
Connecticut, school libraries in, [28].
Conservatism, deplored, [457].
Contents, Table of, [7].
Control and Guidance of Reading; general editorial introduction, [395].
“Coon-Skin Library,” Ames, Ohio, [26].
Co-operation Between Library and Community;
paper by M. Anna Tarbell; in full, [257].
Cooper Union, N.Y., [30], [41].
Cornell, Ezra,
bequest, [37];
anecdote of, [98].
Cost of libraries, [176].
Cotton mill, first in U.S., [403].
Countryman, Gratia Alta;
paper on social centres, in full, [433];
biog. sketch, [433].
Crane Library, Quincy, Mass., [308].
Crunden, Frederick Morgan,
paper by, in full, [333];
address on library's future, [453];
quoted, [179].
Crunden Branch, St. Louis, [444].
Curtis, George William, quoted, [98].
Cushman, Robt., booklover, [19].
Cutler, Mary Salome, paper by, [67].
Cutter, Charles A., quoted, [312].
Cyclopedia on cards, proposed, [379].
Dana, John C.,
on interlibrary loans, [383];
quoted, [433].
Dances at libraries, [449].
Davenport, John, booklover, [19].
Defoe, Daniel, “Essay on Projects,” read by Franklin, [132].
Democracy applied to books, [23]; an “unworked theory,” [414].
Detroit Society Library, [27].
Dewey, Melvil,
on the relation of the state to the library; in full, [185];
editor of Library Congress papers, [307];
talk at Atlanta given in full, [75];
advocates card encyclopedia, [379].
Dickens's novels commended, [294].
District School Libraries.
See [SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARIES].
Dix, John A., establishes libraries, [27].
Donne, Dr. John, quoted, [89].
Dresden, beautification of, [43].
Drury, Gertrude G., aid acknowledged, [5].
Dudley, Gov., booklover, [19].
Duties of trustees, [273];
and their relations to librarians; paper by S.S. Green, in full, [279].
Easter, George, quoted, [211].
Education Acts, Great Britain, [202].
Education,
lengthening of, [110];
from libraries, [78], [115], [238], [244], [305], [331], [334], [440].
Educational influence of the librarian, [420].
Edwards, Edward, quoted, [296].
Eliot, Charles W.,
suggests reservoir libraries, [307];
quoted, [335].
Eliot, George, quoted, [192], [441].
Elmendorf, Mrs. Henry L., paper by, [359];
biog. sketch of, [359].
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, [337], [371], [389], [457].
Endowment of libraries, [30].
England,
see [BRITISH].
Entertainment a function of libraries, [221], [318], [331], [421], [427].
Everett, Edward,
letter to, from George Ticknor, [50];
answer, [53];
dedication address of Boston Public Library; in full, [127];
biog. sketch of, [127];
opinions on libraries, [176].
Evolution of libraries (Dewey), [185].
Ewart, William, moves library inquiry in House of Commons, [289].
Ewing, Thomas, quoted, [26].
Fairchild, Mrs. Milton, paper by, [67].
Fairservice, Andrew, quoted, [103].
Faunce, William Herbert Perry,
paper by, [343];
sketch of, [343].
“Feminization” of the library, [116].
Fiction,
use of in libraries, [154], [224], [294], [320], [331], [428];
circulation discussed, [180];
discouraged by J.P. Quincy, [55];
commended by Lowell, [97];
policy of British Museum, [322].
Finance Committee of library board, [275].
Financial Support; general editorial introduction, [199].
Fiske, John, quoted, [361].
Fletcher, William I., quoted, [177].
Flint, Mich., library, [27].
“Flower Band” in Pawtucket, [409].
Foss, Sam Walker,
paper on inspiration, in full, [419];
sketch of, [419].
Foster, William E.,
paper on securing community interest; in full, [193];
paper advocating public support of libraries in full, [215];
quoted, [314], [356].
Franklin, Benjamin,
autobiography quoted, [131];
Everett's gift of autobiography to Boston Public Library, [134];
anecdote of, [19];
founds Phila. Library Co., [21], [170];
education of, [130];
quoted, [22], [165].
Free access, adopted by Mrs. Sanders, in Pawtucket, R.I., [401], [405].
Free Libraries:
an argument against public support, by M.D. O'Brien, [201].
Free Public Library,
essay by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, in full, [63];
article by Henry H. Barber, in full, [169];
evolution of, [30].
Freedom of thought, [455].
Freeport, Ill., Public Library, [387].
Freiberg, Saxony, tanning school, [382].
Froissant, read in rural N.Y., [51].
Function of a Town Library, paper by Josiah P. Quincy, in full, [55].
Future of the library, [453].
Georgetown, S.C., library in, [24].
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, [18].
Gilbert, W.S. (“Iolanthe”) quoted, [457].
Grant, Ulysses S., funeral of, [108].
Glasgow cathedral, anecdote of, [103].
Grand Rapids, Mich., address at dedication of building, [425].
Greece, smallness of, [372].
Green, Samuel Swett,
paper on duties of trustees, in full, [279];
on adaptation of libraries to constituencies, in full, [307];
address at library-openings, in full, [381];
pioneer in library educational work, [239];
praised by Col. Higginson, [66];
praised, [177].
Greenough, William W., Pres. Boston Public Library Board, [280].
Greenwood, Thomas, quoted, [211].
Griggs, Lilian (Barr Branch, St. Louis) quoted, [446].
Hale, Edw. Everett, quoted, [268].
Harper, William R., quoted, [335].
Harris Collection of poetry, [314].
Harris, William T., quoted, [335].
Harrison, William Henry, a founder of Vincennes Library, [27].
Hartford, Conn., addresses at opening of Wadsworth Athenæum Library, [145].
Harvard College library, [20], [80].
Harvard University
donations, [38];
bequest of John Harvard, [90];
rule for trustee's terms, [272].
Haston Library. N. Brookfield, Mass., address at dedication, [381].
Hatboro, Pa., library in, [106].
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, praised, [106].
Herschel, Sir John, quoted, [401].
Hewins, Caroline, praised, [148].
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth,
essay by, [63];
sketch of, [63];
quoted, [268], [313].
Hingham, Mass., library, [25].
Historical Evolution of the Free Public Library in America and its True Function in the Community; sketch by Moses Coit Tyler, [17].
Historical Society, Hartford, [148].
History defined, [95].
Home use,
advocated by Ticknor, [51];
doubted by Everett, [53].
Homer, praised, [366].
Hood, Thomas, quoted, [157].
Hooker, Thos., booklover, [19].
Hosmer, James K.,
praised, [177];
resigns, [433].
Hospitals as donations, [41].
How to Make Town Libraries Successful; paper by F.B. Perkins, cited, [274].
How to Use a Library, addresses by James M. Hubard; in full, [297].
Howell, James, old writer, [90].
Hubbard, James Mascarene,
addresses by, [297];
sketch of, [297].
Huxley, Thomas, quoted, [188].
Idea of a Popular Library, letter from George Ticknor, [49].
If Not a Tax-Supported Library, What? paper in Iowa Library Quarterly; in full, [253].
Ignorance, power of to-day, [413].
Illinois, school libraries in, [28].
Increase of libraries, results of, [97].
Independent, The, quoted, [119].
Indiana,
school libraries in, [28]
Trustee's Association, [265].
Indigo Society Library, S.C., [24].
Influence of Good Books, address by Robert Collyer; in full, [101].
Information Bureau, library as an, [381].
Information-desk work, [387].
Inspiration from libraries, [419].
Insurance of a library, [240].
Interlibrary loans, [312], [381].
International Library Conference, London, Second,
[185].
International Congress of Arts (1904), paper before, [333].
Iowa,
school libraries in, [28];
Library Commission, [246];
Library Code, [253].
Iowa Library Quarterly, paper from, in full, [253].
Ireland, Alexander, book praised, [87].
Irving, Washington,
commended, [105];
anecdote of, [163].
Jefferson, Thomas, quoted, [293].
Jerome, Jerome K., quoted, [117].
Jevons, William Stanley,
approves free libraries, [230];
commends travelling libraries, [171];
quoted, [175], [336], [461].
Johns Hopkins bequest, [37].
Johnson, Samuel, quoted, [58].
Kalamazoo, Mich., library, [27].
Kansas, school libraries in, [28].
Kentucky, school libraries in, [28].
Kittery, Me., “Revolving Library,” [25].
Knox, John, quoted, [245].
Laboratories as donations, [41].
Lancaster, Mass., library in, [25].
Langley, Samuel P., discoveries of, [37].
Larned, Joseph Nelson,
A.L.A. address, in full, [411];
biog. sketch of, [411];
quoted, [70].
Lawrence, Abbott, [50], [52].
Lawrence, James, pres. Boston Council, [53].
Lea, Henry C., library gift, [170].
Leamington Free Library (Eng.), [208].
Learned, John Calvin, paper by, in full, [267];
sketch of, [267].
Lecture courses in libraries, [123], [157], [262].
Lenox Library, N.Y., [30].
Lessing, quoted, [159].
Levy of Library Tribute, paper by Henry M. Utley; in full, [243].
Librarian and his Constituents, paper by Reuben B. Poole; in full, [351].
Librarian,
qualities necessary in, [71], [281],
his relations with his Board, [271], [279];
“who reads,” [420].
Libraries as Bureaus of Information; address by S.S. Green; in part, [381].
Libraries as Leaven, inauguration address at Madison, Wis., Public Library, by James D. Butler, [149].
Libraries,
growth of in U.S., [113];
as donations, [39].
Library; a plea for its recognition, paper by Frederick M. Crunden; in full, [333].
Library and Society; general introduction, [13].
Library and the Social Centre; paper by Lutie E. Stearns, in full, [439].
Library as a Factor in Modern Civilization, paper by W.H.P. Faunce; in full, [343].
Library as a Field for Philanthropy, article by Andrew Carnegie, [33].
Library as a Social Centre; paper by Gratia A. Countryman; in full, [433].
Library as an Inspirational Force; paper by Sam Walter Foss; in full, [419].
Library Association of the United Kingdom, opposed, [207].
Library associations, local, [253].
Library buildings, imposing, [343].
Library Commission,
Iowa, [246];
Massachusetts, [181], [263], [385].
Library Friend, paper by Winifred L. Taylor;
in full, [387].
Library Journal recommended to trustees, [274].
Library of Congress, [79];
advice to “weed out,” [309];
“weeding out,” [371].
Library Schools in U.S., [84].
Library Work from the Trustees' Standpoint, paper by John C. Learned; in full, [267].
Library's Service to the Community; general editorial introduction, [285].
Lick Observatory donation, [37].
Lincoln, Abraham, educated by reading, [297].
Liverpool Free Library, [208];
founded, [290].
Logan, Jas., library of, [20].
London Daily News, quoted, [207].
London Library Conference (1897), [337].
Loomis, Elias, Yale donor, [38].
Louisville, Ky., no free public library in (1885), [233].
Lovejoy, Elijah P., death of, [454].
Lowell, James Russell,
address by, [87];
sketch of, [87];
quoted, [226], [440],
(Hosea Bigelow), [409].
Lowell, Mass.,
statistics of, [403];
reading-room in, [407].
Luther, Martin, quoted, [162].
Lynn, Mass., library statistics (1885), [234].
McGlynn, Father, quoted, [108].
Mackay, Thomas, editor of “Plea for Liberty,” essays, [201].
Madison, Wis.,
library, inauguration address, [149];
Boston man's opinion of, [157].
Maine, school libraries in, [28].
Manchester (England)
Free Library founded, [290], [353];
library use in, [175].
Manchester, N.H., statistics of, [403].
Mann, Horace,
advocates libraries, [28];
favors school libraries, [172].
Manners, Lord John, opposes British library act, [290].
Manufacturing towns, libraries in, [401].
Marietta, Ohio, library, [26].
Massachusetts,
passes first free library act, [31], [172], [289];
growth of libraries in, [173];
Library Commission, [181], [263], [385];
school libraries in, [28], [171].
Mather, Cotton,
“Essay to do good,” read by Franklin, [132];
library of, [20].
Mazzini, on education, [334].
“Mawtucket of Pawtucket,” [401].
Meadville City Library, [179].
Medical Schools as donations, [41].
Melbourne, Australia, travelling libraries in, [171].
“Men and Women,” by T.W. Higginson, essay reprinted from, [63].
Men, library work with, [120].
Methods of securing the interest of a community, paper by Wm. E. Foster; in full, [193].
Metropolitan Museum, N.Y., [41].
Michigan,
libraries in, [27];
failure of district libraries, [29].
Milk St., Boston, Franklin's birthplace, [135].
Milton, John, quoted, [108], [146].
Milwaukee,
school attendance in, [110];
library statistics (1885), [234].
Minnesota, school libraries in, [28].
Minnesota Library Association, paper at, [433].
Missouri, school libraries in, [28].
Monks as librarians, [351].
Moore, Tom, quoted, [154].
Morris, William, quoted, [440].
Mullins, Mr., Birmingham, Eng., librarian, quoted, [207].
Municipal Cooperation in St. Louis, [459].
Munsterberg, Hugo,
chapter quoted in full, [79];
sketch of, [79].
Nashville, Tenn., Vanderbilt Univ., [38].
National Municipal League, article written for, [320].
New Bedford, Mass.,
library opened, [151];
statistics (1885), [234].
New books, necessity of, [232].
New England town meetings praised, [108].
New Englanders, practicality of, [90].
New Hampshire
library law, [172];
mandatory, [316];
library growth in, [174].
New Jersey, school libraries in, [28].
New Orleans, wishes no free library, [233].
New York City, no free public library in (1885), [233].
New York Free Circulating Library; address in its favor by Grover Cleveland; in full, [139].
New York Public Library, [139].
New York Society Library, [25].
New York State,
libraries in, [27];
failure of district libraries, [29];
public libraries department, [191];
travelling libraries in, [174], [191].
Newburyport, Mass., library statistics (1885), [234].
Newcastle-on-Tyne library, [209].
Newport, R.I., library at, [25].
News, triviality of, [93].
Newspapers
as aids to libraries, [261];
influence of, [186], [415].
Nitti, quoted, [461].
North American Review, quoted, [33].
North Brookfield, Mass., opening address at Haston Library, [381].
Northwest Territory, ordinance of 1787, [244].
Norwich, Eng., library report quoted, [211].
Notes, making of, on books, [429].
Objections to libraries classified, [291].
O'Brien, M.D., argument against public support of libraries; in full, [201];
answered by W.E. Foster, [215].
Ohio, school libraries in, [28].
Old and New, paper quoted from, [55].
Olneyville, R.I., reading room in, [408].
Oregon, school libraries in, [28].
Organization of trustees, [274].
Osborne, Mr., gift to Bellevue Hospital, N.Y., [42].
Osborne, Mrs. C.J., Yale donor, [38].
Packer, Asa, bequest, [37].
Page, Father, N.Y. library pioneer, [172].
Palmer, Sir Roundell, opposes British library act, [290].
Paradise Lost, J.Q. Adams on, [294].
Parks as donations, [42].
Peabody Library, Baltimore, [30].
Peabody Museum, Harvard, [38].
Penn, William, booklover, [19].
Pennsylvania Library Club, paper reprinted, [67].
Pennsylvania University Library, address at dedication; in full, [365].
“Peoples University,” library as the, [126].
Peoria, Ill., Mercantile Library, [179].
Periodicals, use of, [356].
Perkins, Frederic Beecher,
paper given in full, [231];
biog. sketch of, [231];
quoted, [274].
Peterboro, N.H., free library, [172].
Philadelphia Centennial, effects of, [145].
Philadelphia, no public library in (1885), [233].
Philadelphia Liby Co., founded by Franklin, [21]; [133].
Phillips, Jonathan, [50].
Phillips, Wendell, on education, [334].
Phipps, Henry, partner of Carnegie donations to Allegheny, [42], [38].
Pierce, Bradford Kinney,
paper by, in full, [397];
biog. sketch of, [397].
Pittsfield, Mass., library addresses at, [297].
Pittsburgh technical room, [121].
“Plea for Liberty,” essays,
extracts from, [201];
quoted, [216].
Plutarch, quoted, [36].
Political meetings in a library, [446].
Poole, Reuben Brooks,
paper on choice of books, in full, [351];
biog. sketch of, [351].
Poole, William Frederick,
paper on objections to libraries, [287];
sketch of, [287];
library study plan, [239].
Poole's Index, [287];
value of, [356].
Portland, Me., library, [25].
Possibilities of Public Libraries in Manufacturing Communities; paper by Minerva A. Sanders; in full, [401].
Pratt, Enoch, praised by Carnegie, [33].
Pratt Institute technical room, [121].
Pratt Library, Baltimore, [39].
Preface, [5].
Presidential Address (A.L.A.), by Joseph N. Larned; in full, [411].
Pretlow, Mary D. (Cabanne Branch, St. Louis), quoted, [448].
Private libraries in the colonies, [20].
Probable Intellectual and Moral Outcome of the Rapid Increase of Public Libraries; paper by Rev. Dr. B.K. Pierce; in full, [397].
“Protection of Majorities and Other Essays,” by J.P. Quincy, quoted, [55].
Providence, R.I., Public Library, [25], [84], [314].
Provision of Books; general editorial introduction, [349].
Public Library and the Public, paper by Frederic Beecher Perkins; in full, [231].
Public Library in American Life, extract from book by Hugo Munsterberg, [79].
Public Library; its Uses to the Municipality, article by Dr. John S. Billings; in full, [329].
Public Library, functions classified, [340].
Public, desires of, [193].
Public Support of libraries
opposed, [201];
advocated, [215].
Putnam, Herbert,
paper on libraries and the community; in full, [315];
biog. sketch of, [315].
Qualifications of a librarian (Dewey), [191];
(Green), [281];
of trustees (Green), [272].
Quigley, Margery Closey;
report on social centre work in St. Louis; in part, [443];
biog. sketch, [443].
Quincy, Josiah, suggests Mass. library act, [289].
Quincy, Josiah P.,
paper in full, [55];
biog. sketch, [55].
Quincy, Mass. Crane Library, [308];
plan of “weeding out,” [309];
Adams collection, [310].
Racine, Wis., school attendance in, [110].
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [18].
Raphael, Italian artist, [166].
Ray, Dr. Isaac, quoted, [57].
Reade's “Griffith Gaunt” condemned by J.P. Quincy, [57].
Readers, classes of, [301].
Reading,
encouragement of, [346];
of librarians, [420].
Reading-rooms, [411];
as educators, [406].
Reclus, Elisée, quoted, [227].
Recreation,
see [ENTERTAINMENT].
Redwood Library, Newport, [25].
Reference work, [389].
Reform Act (British) of 1832, [455].
Relation of Free Public Libraries to the Community, article by Herbert Putnam; in full, [315].
Relation of the State to the Public Library; statement by Melvil Dewey; in full, [185].
Reservoir libraries, suggested by Pres. Eliot, [307].
“Revolving Library” of York and Kittery, Me., [25].
Rhode Island, school libraries in, [28].
Richard Sugden Library, Spencer, Mass., opening address, [101].
Ripley, George, anecdote of, [102].
Rousseau, “Confessions,” favorite of Emerson, [95].
Ryerson Library Building, Grand Rapids, Mich., address at dedication, [425].
St. Louis,
fiction purchases in, [321];
no free public library in (1885), [233].
St. Louis Library School, [5].
St. Louis Public Library,
social centre work at, [443];
Library Board quoted, [340];
Public Library Magazine quoted, [463].
St. Louis World's Fair, [333].
St. Paul, quoted, [460].
Salem, Mass., Social Library, [25].
San Francisco Public Library,
paper about, [231];
statistics (1885) [234].
Sanders, Minerva Amanda,
paper by, in full, [401];
biog. sketch of, [401].
Scholastic libraries in the colonies, [20].
School and library co-operation, [426].
School attendance, increase of, [110].
School District libraries, [27];
failure in N.Y. and Mich., [29];
described by Barber, [171].
School versus library, [337].
Schools, free, opposed, [201].
Scotland, travelling libraries in, [171].
Scott's novels commended, [294].
Seaver, Mayor, advocates library in Boston, [53].
Seneca, quoted, [164].
Sentiment, part played by, in public institutions, [329].
Sever Hall, Harvard, [38].
Shakespeare, William, [163].
Shakesperiana in libraries, [327].
Sheffield Scientific School, [38].
Sibthorp, Col., opposes British library act, [290].
Simon, Jules, on education, [334].
Smith, Capt. John, booklover, [19].
Smoking in libraries, [122].
Social Centre,
library as a, [433], [439];
in St. Louis, [443].
Social consciousness, growth of, [13].
Social Libraries,
foundation of, [170];
in Salem, Mass., [25].
Social meetings in a library, [447].
Socialism opposed, [201].
Socialization, trend toward, [15].
Society Library, N.Y. City, [25].
Some Popular Objections to Public Libraries, paper by William F. Poole, in full, [287].
Soule, Charles Carroll,
paper by, [271];
sketch of, [271].
South Carolina, colonial libraries in, [24].
Southey, Robert, quoted, [92].
Southport, Eng., free library, [208].
Spencer, Herbert,
opposes free education, [201];
opposes free libraries, [178], [292];
quoted, [460].
Spencer, Mass., Sugden Library, [101].
Spenser, Edmund, quoted, [97].
Spofford, A.R., quoted, [57].
Springer Hall, Cincinnati, [45].
Springfield, Mass. library statistics (1885), [234].
Springfield Republican, paper from, [257].
Stages of libraries, six, [17].
Stanford, Leland, bequest, [37].
Statistics of American libraries
(1876), [289];
(1885), [234].
Stead, William T., quoted, [456].
Stearns, Lutie E., paper on social centres, in full, [439].
Stevens Point Library, [123].
Story, Chief Justice, quoted, [150].
Street, Augustus, Yale donor, [38].
Subscription libraries, [21].
Sugden, Richard,
gives library to Spencer, Mass., [101];
sketch of, [102].
Sunday opening, Allegheny parks, [43].
Swimming pools as gifts, [46].
Tarbell, Ida, quoted, [446].
Tarbell, M. Anna, paper by, in full, [257].
Tarde, Gabriel, quoted, [461].
Taunton, Mass., library statistics (1885), [234].
Taxation, dread of, [291];
for library support, [243], [330];
use for fiction circulation opposed, [60].
Taylor, Winifred Louise, paper by, in full, [387];
biog. sketch of, [387].
Teacher, librarian as a, [395].
Teaching, N.Y. investigation of, [77].
Technical rooms
in libraries, [121];
use in libraries, [238].
Technical training, growth of, [110].
Term of office of trustees, [272].
Thaw, William, Pittsburgh donor, [37].
Ticknor, George,
extract from “Life and Letters” given at length, [49];
sketch of, [49];
letter to Edward Everett, [176].
Ticknor Spanish collection, Boston [327].
Tilden, Samuel J.,
bequest, [169];
will-contest, [34].
Tom Sawyer's fence, [422].
Translations commended, [96].
Travelling Libraries,
Scotch, [171];
Australian, [171];
New York state, [174], [191], [316].
Treasurer of Library Board, [274].
Trumbull, J. Hammond, librarian, [148].
Trumbull collection, Hartford, [383].
Trustees,
Boards of, [265];
duties of, [279];
standpoint in library work, [261];
A.L.A. section, [265].
Trustees of Free Public Libraries, paper, by Charles C. Soule, in full, [271].
Two Fundamentals, paper by Mary Salome Cutler Fairchild, [67].
Tyler, Moses Coit,
paper by, [17];
sketch of, [17].
Union St., Boston;
Franklin's house, [135].
Unitarianism in St. Louis, [460].
Universities, foundation of, [36].
University
libraries in U.S., [80];
without a library, [370].
Use of the Public Library, address by James B. Angell; in part, [425].
Usefulness of Libraries in Small Towns, paper by Theresa West (now Mrs. Elmendorf) in full, [359].
Utley, Henry Munson,
paper by, in full, [243];
sketch of, [243].
Vanderbilt gift
to Columbia, [42];
to Vanderbilt University, [38].
Vested rights, influence of, [455].
Victorian Reign, retrospect of, [456].
Villiers, Charles, quoted, [454].
Vincennes, Ind., library, [26].
Virginia, school libraries in, [28].
Wadsworth Athenaeum, [147];
addresses at the opening of its library in Hartford, Conn., [145].
Wallachian legend, [92], [226].
Waltham, Mass., statistics of, [403].
Warner, Chas. Dudley,
opening address at Hartford library, [145];
biog. sketch, [145].
Washington, Life of, inspiration to Lincoln, [297].
Washington, D.C., libraries of, [80].
Watkinson, library donor, [148].
Watkinson Library, Trumbull collection, [383].
Wausaukee Library, [123].
Wellington, Duke of, opposes Reform Bill, [456].
Wesley, John, quoted, [421].
West, Sir Algernon, quoted, [453].
West, Theresa,
see [ELMENDORF].
What a Library Should be and What It Can Do; talk by Melvil Dewey, [75].
What of the Future? address by Frederick M. Crunden; in full, [453].
Where Neighbors Meet; St. Louis report by Margery Quigley, in part, [443].
Wigan, Eng., Library report quoted, [208].
Wilcox, William, English bookseller, friend of Franklin, [133].
William and Mary College library, [20].
Williams, Roger, booklover, [19].
Williams, Talcott,
address at library dedication, in full, [365];
biog. sketch of, [365].
Williamson bequest to Phila., [34].
Winslow, Edward, booklover, [19].
Winslow, Dr. Forbes, quoted, [57].
Winsor, Justin,
Sup't Boston Public Library, [280];
promotes interlibrary loans, [384].
Winthrop, Robert C., quoted, [134].
Winthrops, the, booklovers, [19].
Winyard, S.C., library, [24].
Wisconsin Library Ass'n, address before, [109].
Wisconsin
Library fund used for military purposes, [151];
school libraries in, [28].
Wisconsin University, [109].
Women
as library founders in Michigan, [27];
library work with, [116];
clubs in libraries, [440];
aids to libraries, [260].
Worcester, Mass.,
library statistics (1885), [234];
Public Library, [66], [239], [279];
disposition of old books in, [313].
Wordsworth, William,
quoted, [89];
poems of, [299].
Workingmen and libraries, [209].
World's Library Congress of 1893, paper read at, [307].
Wyer, James I., Jr., suggestion acknowledged, [5].
Yale
Art School, [38];
college library, [20].
Yarmouth, Eng., Library report quoted, [208].
York, Me., “Revolving Library,” [25].
Yorkshire, Eng., home of Richard Sugden, [103].
Young Men's Institute Library, Hartford, Conn., [147].
Young Men's Society Library, Detroit, [27].
Zion's Herald, paper by editor, [397].
Zosinius, history, inaccessible, [151].