The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-11

Yrogrsss Of the library.

This excellent institution which is work
ing quietly and efectually for the public
veal, in furnishing cheap and salutary
means of recreation to our citizens during
their moments of leisure, We have frequent
ly had occasion to commend to public sup
port. We now do so again at the approach
of the end of its fiscal year, which ensues on
March 81, at which, time membershipstick.
cts for the year 1s70-7l are to be renewed.
During the control of the present manage
number of books in the library has increased
from 1868 in June 1868, to 5l9 in February
| 1870.
| The library now owns about 1900 volumes.
The total number taken out for the year
ending March ], 1870, was 5,s43. showing
q very general use of books provided oy inc
| library. The number of members drawing
| books from the library has Increased from
| 123 70 o47 a tile more than 10 per cent.
The Y. NJ. L. A provides hight, pleasant,
warm reading room, and a room adjoining,
is devoted to chess and draught playing and
pleasant, quiet social intercourse. All the
principal magazines and reviews, serial pic,
orials, Chicago and local papers, are pro
vided the mem bers, furnishing cheerful re-
sort for young people during the evening
without Objectionable surroundings. This
institution is calculated to do immense good
in the community. 1t supplys the great de
sideratum of Western towns and cities, viz !:
a pleasant place of resort, where means Tor
culsivating the mind and developing the lit
erary taste of the community are provided.
This library, like ell institutions OF the
sort, needs material support. 1t is self sus-
tanning, in a great measure, but its main
reliance is on the sale of membership tick
cts, having no reserve fund to depend upon;
and nothing but the determination of the
managers to do strenuousy with the means
at hand, would hsvs kept it alive thus long,
and in this, their services are entirely grs-
tuitous. Every resident has an interest in
keeping this library alive as a moral SAM.
tary measure, and should respond readily
when called upon for an annual subscrip-
ton.
/ The Library returns its thanks to John B
Hawley, NJ. c., to the Smithsonian Institute.
and the Z. S. Naval Observatory, for valua
bic government publications. The report of
| the latter Institution on the total solar
eclipse of last summer, is very valuable and
instructive. They are also indebted to many
! kind friends for donations of books, miner
ais. etc, and especially to Mrs. Ann Jack
who has taken great interest in the ad
vancement of the institution, and 10
Charles NJ Osborn, Esq, for bound
files of the Rock Island ARGUS
from its first publication, a valuable
donation and OF great and increasinn inter
est for reference. The daily papers OF
Rock Island both furnish issues TO the Lib
rary, and if the public generally were SO
liberal, the library would be well supported
In few DAYS the public will be called upon
! to purchase tickets for 1870 and all should
subscribe. Tickets can always be had OF
the librarian
! The following is the list of books Just
received, and placed on shelves. About
half IS many more have beed ordered and
are now on their way hither These books
are all fresh and the cream of current, popu
lar publications
Primevai world of Hs-Journey to Rraz;,
brew Tradition Life Of Rufus Choate,
Thackerays MiscellA- Gertrude,
MES, vol. Sylvia Hollis Daush
Eliza beth. Land of Thor,
/ Village on the Cliffs. Ashango Land
Wives and Widows. Life in Australia.
White and Red. Every day Subiects in
The Great Empress. sunday Sermons,
Lost IN the jungle. Wonders of Pompeii.
+ ORG sf Religious Be-Astronomy without Ma
let thematics
VIII Sports of thePhemie's Temptations,
World, Rough and Ready,
Prof. Wife. Luck and Pluck,
Puck. Strange Visitors,
Amelia, Rena,
I wo Lives in One, Maiden Widow.
O0mpe nsation. Mauprat,
Happy Boy, Day by the Fire,
Twice Tried The Sun
+ Roland Yorke, Eoine,
+ Under Lock and Key, Why did he Marry Her
Ferd in aDdo CorteE, Helen Erskine,
Old ENGLAND, American Institutions
Wonderful Adventures, Egypt $500 years Ago.
Frank Warrington, Hereditary Genius,
Queens Necklace, Thrilling Adventures,
Down the Rhine, Beatrice.
Jane Eyre Fairy Fingers,