Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-16
LIBRARY BOARD MEETING.


A special meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the City Free Library was held yesterday
at the Trustees Office in the Library build
ing, all the members being present.
The Committee upon Purchase of Books
presented a list of publications, which it
recommended for purchase, and upon con-
sideration of the Board the following were
ordered: Duty, Plowed Under, Through
Cannons' Smoke, No Name series ~, Dan
Home Books ~, Punch, Peterkin Papers,
Surly Tim, Washington Square, Set Frank
Forester, Boys Own Book, Gunnar, Only a
Girl, Eichhofs, Chateau d Or, By the Iiber,
Sealed Orders, Words-Use and Abuse,
Monday Chats, Oratory and Orators Hours
with Men and Books, Cesar, Hammersmith,
Yosemite, Dick Sand, Pre-Adamites, Set
Prince Metternich, Sketches, Bodley Books
IA, Zig Tag Journeys, Ten Nights in a Bar
Room, Hearts Desire Creole Days. Beauty 5
Daughter, Baron Muchausen, Breton Folk,
alton Camp, Lady of Aristook, Story Uni
ted States Navy, Half Hour Resitations,
Great Conversers, Yesterday with Authors,
Waverly Novels rs vols). Jameson Works
| Il vols J. A Decade of Italian Women z
vols J, Alcock's Japan Y vols. J, Enamel on
Diamonds, Roscoe's Life of De Medici,
! Queen Charlotte's Island, Memoirs of Duke
St. Simon, Ballou's History Of Cuba, Ballan-
tyne's Hudson Bay, Orators of France, Aus
tralian Colonies Life of Pacific Islands.
The Librarian reported that 200 additional
books were recently placed on the shelves
that this fact was noticed in the papers, and the
next day fifty of them were called for. and
the day following the remainder Of the entire
list were taken out by readers
The Committee on Books and Shelves re-
ported that there were only 367 juvenile
works now in the Library, out of catalogue
in the hands Of the committee containing a
list of 7,000 as good as those now in the
Library on the shelves. The committee was
instructed to select and report at the next
meeting an additional list of juvenile books
for purchase. The same committee reported
the books on mythology improperly cata-
! logued under the head of fiction, whereupon
| all works of this class, together with the
| Koran, were ordered by the Board to be
placed upon the catalogue under the head
| OF theological. The classification of the
1 works of Donald G. Mitchell was changed
| from fiction to miscellaneous writings. A
| lively discussion arose upon the cassidca ton
Of De Foes work upon the plague in London,
which was upon the catalogue as fiction. The
classification was changed to that of history.
The Board, by vote of four to one, placed
upon the list Of condemned and excluded
books Leaves Of Grass by Walt. Whit.
man also, 1.-The Quaker City, and all pub
! licstions Of G. w Reynolds.
The Committee ON Periodicals was in.
I structed to have HaYper's Illustrated WteHy
! bound, including numbers from 1871 to date.
| Full power in relation to the same was given
the committee. The committee was also in
structed to report the condition of other
magazines now in the Library, with a view to
having them bound.
| Mr.. Gerrish raised the point of order that
business transacted at meetings of the Board
! held mon Sunday was rot legal. The Pfesi-
! dent Of the Board decided that the point was
not well taken. Mr Gerrish appealed from
the decision of the Chair. and the ruling was
sustained, all except Mr.. Gerrish voting In
/ the affirmative.
Another meeting was appointed to be held
/ or the 29th inst.
CRY LIBRARY REPoRr. = The report Of
the City Free Library shows the total mum
Der Of books issued during the past week,
to have been 704. OF these there were Of
fiction and juvenile, 5s1 history, l6; biog
raphy II travels, %; miscellaneous htera'
ture, "a; poetry and drama, 9; theology,
8; science and art, II. Average number
issued per day, 100. Percentage of fiction and
| juvenile. S.
LEAGUE MEETING AT the regular meet
ing of the Land League held a. Pioneer Hall
yesterday afternoon, addresses were made by
! Mrs. WashburI and Mrs. Smith, and patri'
! otto and comic songs were sung by Hugh
Robinson. There was good attendance.
! Owing TO the picnic to be held BY the Sarsheld
Guard next Sunday, no meeting will be held
by the League.
| In CONSEQUENCE OF more additional extern
sions aud alterations of our buildings than
was a. first contemplated. much more time
will be consumed than calculated on ut the
commencement of the work therefore the
premises will rot be completed until the sea
/ son will have been very far advanced. Owing
10 this fact IL will not be possible to hold our
annual exhibition this year. Weinstock &
| Lubin, Mechanics Store.
FARMERS PIoNIc.-The annual picnic takes
place on Tuesday. Nay 18th, at Beachi
Grove, near Freeport. The roads are in fine
condition, the Grove enlarged and put In nrst
class order, aud the large dancing platform
has been relaid. Games OF all KIND.
Try every house in this city. give them al
| the first chance, and thea visit Hale's grea
center table movement.
LADIES ] INzN CoLLArs, or embroidered
| collars, cents esch, at the Red House