Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24
Puhlic libraries.
MONTPELIER VT,


come of re. completing Is tw'n'y-fIr>t
yer lat month. | library contains
.,h.nt thiry thoI,ln | bpun voum = ana
=, ike number of document, an pm
nhI,.,s. III. increase during the last wear
h..v-n., been in round numbers Two tn IL
sand mun! volumes and twelve hIhdr'"
,..,nJIlrt-. This is certainly Il very cred
it,lI,. record. for 50 youn~ an 'r@An Attl"h
10 he able to show such 4 l'r@e collection
We notice thai the -ncie ' aims /" pc
s,,y.. not only the former history OF the
STATE. 80 t.tr ;,s it can be obtained. but also
m,k,s especial efforts to save. rs each
1,.,r ,r,,.- hv. all newspapers, pamphlets
and o,hcr publications of NE present tii''t
NAV he obtained Aiding the society in
this the Newspaper publishers OF the
state send the sorictv their papers r"gn-
Iarlv-t thing that might be done with
advanta~e to our own Historical >"''e'H'
But it WIS mt Of the progress OF tlis
western library, particularly, that we M
tended to speak. Is report calls to MIN"
the fact that only :. few years ag" the vol
umrs in all the public libraries OF the
country counted up but two or three nun
dr,1 Thousand volumes, and that no" III
almost every state and city, there IS an
earnest effort to make large collections of
books; and that vet our largest libraries
do not contain full line Of such books rs
are called for. The committee say that
they have thousands of calls for works
that are not included in their sixty thou
sand volumes; also that even the great
New York libraries are far from what may
be called " complrte.'
The law providing that all copyright
books shall be represented IN the Library
of CONGRESS i, fast making that collection
a larre one, and is greatly enhancing lis
value. although it receives great deal OF
ouite wor. hlc~s stuff. SO fast are he ac-
cumulation- billing up that the librarian Is
calling for more room, and the only q"es-
tiou i, Il, to what plan of enlargement
shall be adopted. Mr., Morrill,, of our own
state ,alvocatcs the building Of aprojectlon
ON the front Of the capitol or the erection
of a iire-proof building near the capitol III
opposition to the plan Of Srnat Howe
who proposes to have Il building erected
at such a distance that there would DE
little convenience in referring to its col
lcctions.
In orr own state We are glad to see that
N m
in this matter BY the gencr sliy OF llor-
ace Fairbanks the Athcn|am i'll st. Johns
bury has been established and Is dong IN
excellent educational work there. The
Fletcher Library in b arlington, Just start
inc, we doubt not. will prove Il great ben
eft to the pleasant city in which II Is
located. These libraries are for the Use
of the public-:nd in Il sense mo trnl\
wor,hy of the name OF public libraries
than those OF states, historical societies
and colleges. which are confined 10 special
classes and not open to the people III
large.
In this last respect there is a great diff
renee between the course adopted in
riou> : atc>. For nissan i'll our sister
s. tt. of New Hampshire the safe library
l. open "aliy Il f''IeIt' g I'll - - ''i'' ~
be II great COW til''''c' !" WI 'o"' - -,
MT oily III Inc l'illil''i '4 >l~'''', '''' III
remote parts of the Stale IIr library l.
no Ilrgcr thin the state library of Yer
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on during liz III ~ '''' i '''''' >
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li'i ~'t'''-N-
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OF r''i renee III any one VI nan = '.'| W.
p'ttHth'S : "eN '"'i 'i'' i'''' Il VI - ~ ''''
means y lawyer can "''H i It" "l ''i'
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III the Hi>t Pi'ct >0'''N''H ''''i'''''i'' anu
WHICH l'''ii' ''''> W. u Pa - ''i'' '' 1l'''
twenty vi twenty i've III 'i''' '''''i''' >
Inc stt'e ll'I'iH '''''''h' 'ii'>' -
anu |" give 'ile III" NtI> 81 ''ie >'''e 'iie i"'i
otheIlI Oh uie'h i" ''''" pe % I'll throughput
Inc lILhfr''ht th'f''c'eF oi our supreme
court ""'i'' Ill !Ne 'i'e use Vi II mon {
AWKWARD l'r 'llf lawyers ho"eNe e. l'l''h Is
the ease where Il state coh>i''ers us SUI
P'eliie court i nN'"'e,
h''h ''-'Il 'I'' iiie''''''l fraternity sho"i''
III" com lle'e CORRECTION ol o"oA9 Ill thell
oel''rl'h''il' ana li''FuIS beginning has
oe'h li'> l'I ''''' 1t ihlS nus oeeh ny lhe
Necessity oi 'he '''>e'iof viii 'he "ihiihN'lNe
:ihhu" appropriate Il hl'oe ny he state
ioI "0t M 'o"> 1t il,'s pe'h 'llilt"ii 10 90
eVh one iillh9 we'll but Tie TACT re-
nuns 'h'' liie men OIL p'I's IN" powders
are rs hl''ch entitled |" nave collection
OF DOCKS Wth'h the i ''e' [" which they
can refer Win Il toIerahl' certainty OF ind