Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-06
WORKS FOR WORKERS.
A List Of the Phipps Collection in the
Allegheny Free Library
HAS BEEN MADEBY THE COMMITTEE
1t Embraces All the Sciences and Bo-
tanical Literature.
PURCHASE TO BE EFFECTED AT ONCE

PURCHASE TO BE EFFECTED AT 0NCI
The committee selected by Mr.. Henry
Phipps, to choose the collection of works
which-to the value of SO, ,OO0-he has gen
erously donated to the Allegheny Free Ii
brary, has accomplished its task. The de-
tailed catalogue hasabeen made out and, In
day or two, the buying agents will have
had instructions to commence the collection
of. the volumes. These will number 5000,
and will form the most complete library OF
scientific works in the possession of any in.
stitution in the country. Some of them
will be very costly, and correspondingly
rare, and the entire collection will prove OF
value to the residents of cities of so varying
industrial interests as Pittsburg and ALE
| gheny such as cannot be easily estimated.
The committee, consisting of Messrs. John
Brashear Scaife and John Walker, has been
busy on the selection of the collection for a
month past. The gentlemen placed themselves
in communication with the Librarians of the
chief institutions and obtained from them
lists of the scientific works in their posses
sion. AS Mr.. Scaife remarked yesterday,
the curious fact transpired from these in
quiries that not one of the Librarians
could furnish from his collection what he
deemed would be anything near a complete
list of the requisite works for scientific
library.
Very Valuable to Everyone.
Professor Langley was instrumental in
supplying the committee with list IN the
various departments of the Smithsonian
Institute and many scientific gentlemen at
home very kindly furnished their quota of
information. All this necessarily took a
long time. Following the collection of the
material came the selection of those works
which would prove of most use and dgreatest
interest and value to everyone who should
choose to use the library. In doing this the
committee exercised their own judgment;
and that it has been true will be freely
granted when the library is opened to the
public.
'In making condensed list from the
many furnished to us, said Mr.. Scaife, yes
terday-he and Mr.. Brashear were discus
ing the matter when interrupted by the re-
porter-"we have sought to select collec-
tion which will be useful as well to the man
of science as a reference library as to the
general public of which whole the man of
science and the student are part, they do
not form the whole. From the material
placed at our disposal, we have selected list
which we think will be the most complete
collection of scientific works in any single
library.
Embracing All Sorts of Subjects.
Especial attention has been bestowed on
the selection of full lists in mathematics,
civil, mining and mechanical; electricity
this is a very large list and very
complete-geology and paleontology;
biology, zoology, anthropology, sociology,
mythology, comparative anatomy, astron-
omy and meteorology, photography, compar-
ative philology, botany, minerology, eth
nology, forestry, naval architecture and
shipbuilding architecture, carpentry,
and building, and, in fact,
every branch of science. For instance"
Mr. Scaife continued, taking up the list
Literature" and reading, "here are some of
the works under this head Aerial Navi-
CATION Dissertation on Aeronautics, ,
FWeldon's Guide to Fancy Work. Art
Needlework, Needlework, Embroidery and
Lace-you see even the women are re-
membered, indeed, throughout, their special
arts or industries are well taken care Of
'Beeton's Ladies Fancy Needlework,'
Renaissance of the Irish Art of Lace Max
ing, 'How to Teach Needlework in School,
'Beeton's Book of Needlework,' The
Aneroid Barometer, European and ORR
entail Pottery: Amateur Potter and Glass
Making Pottery Decoration Under the
Glaze.
A Young Lady Potter.
"There is a branch of industry about
which our people seem to know nothing"
said Mr.. Brashear, "and vet it is very i'm
makes living by manufacturing pottery,
She has had an oven erected in her house
and makes, finishes and decorates her own
work. How many other girls are there in
here who might not take up the business, if
they knew any thing about it?''
A glance over this one list shows how
very complete it will be, and on the prin-
cipal of ex uno disco omnes the library will
be as fully equipped as the committee de-
clares. Taking them at random there
are books dealing with embalming
and the disposal of the dead, fashionable
furniture, landscape gardening, costumes of
all nations. the manufacture of gas, the ele-
ments of drawing, machine tools, ship
building in the United States, the chemfs-
try of bread making, frework making,
slate workers, soil of the farm, scientific
horseshoeing, how to make candy, a work
on the Interior Decoration of French
Palaces"-a very valuable and rare work
examples of carving by the best masters, the
human hair and its treatment, the cause of
baldheadedness.
''The latter for the benefit of sitters in the
front row." said Mr.. Scaife. "You see the
department of technical literature will be
very full Similar attention has been be-
slowed on the Others"
To Be Purchased at Once.
'1n addition" said Mr. Brashear, "will
be purchased full list of standard period
icafs, perhaps 1900 volumes. Having fin
ished the selection, the next thing to do is
to place the commission for the purchase in
the hands of the proper agents, and this will
be done at once. Some of the works are
rare and will be difficult to obtain, so that
some little time will be occupied in getting
the collection together"
The library will be placed in the Allie
gheny Free Library and will, no doubt,
from its character, become the most popu-
lar annex in that useful institution Mr..
Brashear thinks that resulting from the
use of this library may develop trades
which are practically unknown here. He
instances wood carving. He says that as
far he knew there is only one man in this
city who makes speciality of carving on
wood. He points to the quantity of carved
work yearly imported here from the East as
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