The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-10
|OUR WOMEN AUTHORS.
Feature of New jerseys
Representation at the
Chicago Fair.
a MODEL LIBRARY.
Mary Mapes Dodge, Jeannette Gill
der, Mary Virginia Terhune
and Margaret 7.
Yardley.

| Women and their work are to take an
important part at the Chicago Fair in
Chicago next year, and all who visit the
great exposition will learn more than
they dream of now concerning what the
gentler sex has done and is doing in this
great world of ours. The Board of Lady
Managers. who have in charge the repre-
sentation Of New Jersey women, are hard
at work now on many lines, and when
everything is:in readiness they will doubt
less have an instructive and comprehen-
sive exhibit to display.
one OF the latest projects which tho
board has undertaken is the compiling of
list OF all women, either native jersey
ties or who have had residence here for
a length OF time, who have attained any
prominence in literature. Besides the list
an effort Is to be naa aade to secure two cop
les OF all the books these women have
had published. The canvass has been
begun, and all the leading libraries Of
The State and every possible source of in-i
formation on the subject is being con-
suited.
A UNIQUE COLLECTION.
The collection will be valuable one.
and will be something totally unlike any,
thing of the kind ever undertaken. One
set of the books it is intended to place
in the New Jersey building at the fair.
fail to come in contact with
IT. It is expected that the publishers will
furnish the books free of charge. AS the
list Is hardly begun as yet it is impossible
70 say TO what proportions it will grow.
Jersey has had and still has
One of the earliest was Mrs.
Elizabeth Ricord, mother of ex-Mayor
Ricord. She wrote book entitled "Ele-
ments OF Mental Philosophy" and also
attained considerable celebrity as a
patroness of literature, Mary Virginia
her werk in the realm of fiction and for
various books upon domestic economy.
Mary Mapes Dodge, editor of St. Nicholas,
lived in New Jersey for long
time. Jeannette Glider, row one
Good sa1 1ssars satHrs Of Was the for1srIy Critic OF
nected with a Newark newspaper,
Miss Amanda NJ. Douglass, whose novels
are read BY young people in every State
OF the Union, has been for many years a
resident of upper Newark and Bslleville.
These are few that come to natnd at the
moment. and they are but small part OF
the list as it will be seen when completed.
The Board desires tine cooperation of all
VINO nave any Information upon the liter
ary work of women in Jersey, and will
be glad to receive any communications on
the subject 1t is not intended to over
look anyone who has done credit
ableswork from the earliest times ND to
the present day. The more wide the fn-
terest taken in the project the more
accurate and comprehensive the final
results will be. Information should be
sent to Mrs. Margaret I. Yardley,
Orange.
FIVE THOUSAND VOLUMES
In this connection it is not out of the
way to, tell something Of the work that
the American Library Association is de-
ing in anticipation of the big fair. A
library Of 5000 volumes is now IN process
of collection. and when the books are Al at
hand it Is calculated to have the finest
representative library of similar proper
tlons ever gotten together in this country.
The plan is of especial interest to New
arkers, as Librarian Frank P Hill of the
Newark institution is the originator of
1t. MIR. Hill presented this plan at a
| meeting of the association in the White
Mountains year ago this fall. 1t was
adopted and committee was appointed
| to go ahead with the work. of which Mr..
Hill was made chairman. He declined
to serve, however, although he retains
place on the committee, whose headquar-
| ters are at the Library School, in Albany,
N. Y, where the bulk of the work is
being done.
One of the preliminary stages in the
work was the preparation of first list Of
| 5000 books which should seem the most
| desirable among the millions Of books
now obtalnable. This list was made as
near perfect as possible, and as can well
be imagined required great care aud
thought. 1t was then sent In sections to
one hundred of the foremost librarians of
| the country for correction, revision and
addition. This took a great deal Of time,
| of course, and upon the return of the
sections OF the list the changes and addi-
t1ons had to be properly recorded at the
Library School. When all had been heard
| from it was necessary to collect the num-
Der of votes from the hundred librarians
| for or against all changes and addi-
tions, and this final result practically
| determined the makeup of the model
| library" 1t will readily be apprs-
ciated that the joint work of so many
OF the most experienced bookmen In the
United States must have splendid out
come in the character of the library. it
will be of inestimable value, as it will
stand as a most excellent guide for a
library nucleus, Librarians in all large
cities are constantly receiving queries as
to the best books to open a new library
with, etc. Hereafter they need only
point to the representative library.
In preparing the library the American
Library Association has joined forces
with the Bureau of Education, which has
allotted considerable of its space at the
fair for the displaying Of the books. The
publishers have generally promised to
give the volumes. A catalogue is to be
prepared and 10000 copies of it struck
off. At the conclusion of the exposition
the ''model library" will be removed to
Washington. where 1t will remain and
can be consulted at any time.
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