Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-28
THE ROSEMARY PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Nearly 1000 Volumes, Including Many
New Books-The Circulating Feature.
For the Dispatch.

We would like 10 call the attention OF
the public 10 the growth of the Rosemary
Public Library. The list OF October our ac-
cession of books showed that we had been
the recipients of $500 books, magazines.
&c. After culling from this number the
murilated and worthless ones We had 5000
good books upon our shelves, besides
number of sets OF magazines and some
paper backed novels. Since the LIST OF
January we have added about $50 new
books. There are now about LOO novels,
ZOO books on general literature, 200 on
religious works, l25 on natural. science,
fine arts, &C., 800 of biography. 200 OF
travels. 400 OF history, besides numerous
encyclopedias, dictionaries, law-books,
bound volumes OF magazines. &c.
Among our new books we have 81.
Amand's French Women (ten Volumes)
Sir Edwin Arnold's JapOnlca. complete set
OF Matthew Arnolds works, Browning,
Lowell Hawthorne, Mrs. A. Is. Edwards :
Pharaohs, Fellahs, and Explorers. Froude's
Divorce of Catherine of Arragon, set of
Morley's English Men of Letters, American
Statesmen. American Men of Letters.
American Commonwealth Schuylers Peter
the Great, EVELYN and Pepy's Diaries,
Grlnnelps Memoirs, Harward's Heart of
Holland thirty volumes of the Story of
the Nations, Clements Legendary Art,
Painters and Sculptors, and Painters OF
the Nineteenth Century, Huxley and Iyn-
dali on Science, Stanley, Livingstone,
De Hass and Du Chaillu.
Among the noyelists are Alrlch. An
drews, Austin, Balzac, Edna Lyall, Baylor.
Behiens, Bellamy. Besarb, Bishop, Bor-
rowe, Boyesen, Bronte. Brooks, Burnett,
Bunner, Bynner, Champnay, Crawford,
Murpee, Davis. Eggleston Ewing, Ed
wards. Erekmann Chatraln, Captain Ming,
Gaskell, Mrs. Burton Harrison. A. Riyes
Chandler, tanner, Martett, Phelps. Steven
sou, Stockton. Slossor, Tolstol Iurgenieh,
Verne, Whitney. Warren, Virgins, Wool
son. Stoddard. Alcott. Kingsley, Won Schef-
fel, Litchfeld Baring-Gould Frederic,
Meredith, and numerous Others. We have
on our table twelve magazines and numer-
Gus secular and religious papers, beside
the daily papers. We have had the library
catalogued after the Dewey system, which
is now used IN all the large Libraries, and
it is now a circulating library, as well as n
reading-room. The subscription fee Is
only 80 per annum-a very small sum when
we consider the advantages afforded.
Our rooms have been we'll patronlzed by
men and boys. A few ladies have called.
but as 1t il not always convenient for them
TO leave home for any length of time, we
hope they will avail themselves of the cir
cuiating feature. Parents should patron
ize the library because their children can
here be entertained and instructed. Stu
dents should do so, for here they will find
good books of reference on almost every
subject. Here visitors can. while away,
spend pleasant hour and, above ell,
those who cannot AFFORD to buy books can
have the privilege of reading at the Ii
brary-rooms, OF (for the small SUN of 50
per year, of taking the books home with
them. As our busy men and women are
generally found in the latter class. we
hope the circulating feature will suit
them. We would suggest to those who do
not need the library for themselves that
years subscription would be charming
present TO friend who cannot afford even
the small fee of SO.
Indeed, we must all feel that public Ii
brary is necessity and calls for generous
encouragement at the hands of the citi-
Zens of Richmond.