, 1876-11-25
,eptiao Explanation Of Spiritual
;ar,---The Carlyle Anthology.
,.tnanr, chatrian -..Foundling
''it Hospitals at Moscow and
St. Petersburg.
!. s;rex and the Epeira..-Longevity
~ Of Eels-.-Antiquity Of tho
World. \
LITERATURE

NSiasIM ~ asIMFIiCA; THEIR HISTORY, CONDI- |
II TfoS, AID AANAaEhEhT. a srEotnsE nat,s Hxr
rosftt ttnrcA9toN. Washington: Government
q SSrIlu,ns once, 1870. Part l.. pp. List; Part
sMs sioes 1S7o, the Commissioner Of Education at
r..s,nctop, recognizing tho important func.
.'.n n nubic libraries In the general system Of
.sss.,you. has collected and annually published
III, ttstlstIcs. These reports have impaired
m .saeb nscful information, md have aided ID
.,,nu,,fur that dccp interest In the establish
'" ".n, md support Of libraries now manIfcst in
IT rs1ts Of our country. This new and
.4,t,ned interest has called for moro
.,,.nded information respecting methods
II orsnlzlng Libraries, plans Of build
~, scaemcs Of library economy and
S.dmIostrstton, and r,l1es for the selection, ar
,,rqtmept, cataloguipg, binding, and dlstribu-
I'm o, books. Tho special report OF tho Bu-
re.n of Education, now before us, inlparts tho
t,ior,uutiop, together with history Of all tho
rdo,jD.l libraries in the United States, and
ttomnlcto statistical Information concerning all
.,,u,s Of libraries. It Is a bulky octave vol
uns Of about 1,20O pages; and It's Typography,
n,.uted in our National Printing Office, would
Muedltablc to the best prin:inc-houso In tho
lind. lao So'1n''9s.one' m c.."a u VIM. ' A..
Samuel Il. Warren and hlaj. 8. N. Clark,
under whose Joint editorial caro- the work has
hen done, and tho Intelligent collaborators in
tho Office, are entitled to much praise for tho
iaceo,Iou md faithful execution Of tho under
t,tIng. The papers on library-eeonomy havo
ben contributed by the leading librarians Of tho
rppntsT; and several gentlemen outside tho
Folesaon nave S.,.isn W $n' nt'"''s " HULA
rt, and allied SUBJECTS
Oae hundred years ago there was, In all the
Thteen Colonies, no library which, with the
s.s.,no no,y ottschrf, In thc term. wop1l lo
u,. H.a nvh u,,h,,a ,thrarv.,, ,r,t u,,n1 tho tcr
ins wider sense, to Include subscription, So
rttty, md college libraries, there were then ex-
Itinr txenty-nlno sucl libraries, having m ag-
e ertssts of b,02S volumes. In tic wear }SO0 tIlo
NUMBER lumber lad inrroascd to forty-nlnc. with $1,000
ftnoa eIr common and district school COLLECTIONS,
iii ilh.nrrs h .he iJn,teti States. i,ayinE III
h. .errcrate 1a2Ti{)e4 yolumes and 100000
r,mnsfttss Tha statistfca Of MI tllcse lIbrarics
rr rriHciuded in tic volume before us,
,b,1,,..Tss"m n thiS co,,ntry. soan nfter he
Id ses}icd a. a pFIntcr in Philadolphiu, he
nis.d = snhsrrtnttnn of Elm, which wna tne
lmud,tion Of Whit ho Inter ca}led 1.-THE mother
oi III tIo h-Atnerican OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
d,s.N WNo lew wcre TIC readers y be eaye, sat
It'll tmo In ph{iadcinhIa. and Tho minority OF
usxetc 80 poor that was not able, with great
tudutrS 70 flud moro than fifty persons, mostly
a., urns q shs ca ~ md y 70 % sljtngs @ nss
.eean. On this little fund W. began;" r5is
Pailslslphla Library Company, now possessing
N0 volumes.
sslote lso ycrY ltt!s was known 1ae6 q tue "a
Mllfs Of PUBLIC libraries: before 1soo nothins
s:!.,p T. kpgTn; At TINT time committee 81 Tue
British Parliament was investigating the dublcct
o. aMppoftng libraries by local Taxation, anu
Matfsseu Ms letter to tho secretary ot stalc AZ
Washington Tor Information as TO American II
me s'n sdslay, that An attempt was made TO o.
Mn she Information desired, but without aue-
tt*i anu that with evory disposition to
% 10 tho Department tinds that It
aH no means Of gratifying tho wishes
i atf Malesty's Gnvcrnncnt IN TINS respect"
Libraries" He lcported o4 public n1sarles,
s.elussc o. school libraries, with 2,ao,oU yoi-
aMes. " le5v tfie Ivy. W.. Knees guo!lshed ny
Manual ofrubl!c LibrarIca, !" ln which be report,
tts.nall ones 10 could get 10 account eyea oi
VT y ri, 1umber Of volumes Ila reported 70
Tt 20 voumes IN the libraries he could reach
ihefe Has then no library IN the United States
sssHg sssH!ag loo'qOo volumes: There are now niue,
naktng In volumes as follows;
Library Of congross 200, 0OC
h5eston Public Library .,....,....,.... 200, HlI
,.T.!d College Liora.y;... .....".-.....2 ~. 15!
tao, lGsx Acscantlie ";
Pdii,d.inhi. Ncw ioek I'll I'll
III coeSs Iibtasy 'u. III, Sot
Philadelphia Lbsary Company -, i0I, 00t
OF lbrarfra hav,np norc thon mn vol,,,n..
p1pf. Jcwctt n 1a2t ~ rn,ortad GftvSnins. IL
Raees IN 1pso - n.,d III, rcnnrt -
lsG I'D. ~ thesa ~, src ~" n tfe at,t
ii New WI. Sostr rt,'n e., Ats.sach,,sotas M
txenty,nIns IL q r.ont, T.. G,is
tselys cacI, a. iGuasa ~ ,.s,a ~ ,,;a ~ INV a.'
N.r,f,,a. ,an ~ ~ 1ss 1m1 - ntnn., ~ ~
eight n Nav ~ ~ Sa % anu u, wv ~ n ~
indiana Mains, s a,3l AiS Mfssout: ys IN IN Kentucky
Rhode 1slsna nn, ne,.sn ] Ely thpsn i
Gto,ra. Nnrti r4o,n. ~ nUu'n onossna H ,nd wi.
eoasin: ,,so IL naIa,a HdLoma ennsssoc' ~ n W.
nd On. 'Mo y. e ueieWe, Mihneeotal 0no tn1ae
Mt nsmnS - e'a'o EotaEy' III eaen o1 too esa'c
In Mi. o;,h,. AZ. ,.,.a.
" tr.atsd d;auntato @ Iepott tnu ioaao"ne suu!s1di
be I ~sts ,ha ~ ~ sv wora nrd
Pared by III" r%toqa :s W,h,c sMn 4Ress pap,ns 1|t
dttl Ycs,s s ~ stnfst EuenS , otas H,so, nu ~,
A.Ijum fihra,S h1, " T.; =. oe4aaes ccnHDa Mh ~
ri iIb,ar..a.' a'iesi G1ncge L,osar1es M tnsV.ns
Nedrnl H. t;aw Liof41Ss' XXI D. d1.smota Il
uh,sHe, h'fs hn y ~ =. =. nlann9si sSacR.,s' ~,
hiormss,, " !. Gilt Libraries IN f1!soha an
hadno' ~ rTotc3Ssoianips e3.p 81 r n1oas os,a a.'