New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-27
ROCKS FOR THE PEOPLE.
ANIMAL, REPORT OF THE NEW-YORk FREE
CIRCULATING L1BRARY-G1FTS WHICH
WILL BE APPRECIATED

ANIMAL REPORT OF THE NEW-YORk FREE
CIRCULATING LIBRARY-GIFTs WHICH
WILL BE APPRECIATED
,,,. ronor, ~ the New-York Free Circulating Ii
hrarv for the year ending November /. 1872 wh'ch
has inst been Issued. gives abundant evidence VI
the continued growth and usefulness OF tnat ihs''-
tuition 1t says, In part; ~ 49,,
The library is now in POINT , OF t corintry be-
ING surpassed only by the public iblares OF IVs.
and Chicago During the year tee o a1ry .be ccu
laon of the previous year. ana lhs WI" y on
Volumes Its shelveA-a high rato Oh e''u'"'o"
70 The iibary has now six at Nos - Bond l
ST., 10 ,,h;r;nenahsi is East One-hundred-a
, West ffthst and 10 West Tweneth-st Five Of
these have hy persens AZ the
open for several hours on sundays, Sc ana rne or
the total circulation. adult and juvenile hciion mar
up about 20 per cent, the remande' De "a I arr
among history biography. traye. sciencc an d.
Al me Ottendorfer Branch, No; l3l second-a'e'
nearly one-half the circulation Is q srnah Harlem
Branch is worthy of SPECIAL meaon ., Ths branf e.,
which opened in the summer OF Si NO
Suaie quarters and Jack of books has made gr, "a.
1ibrarv Committee. reports concernng it,. as fox
lows I'VE glad to be abe to Ie6or r crsmnei
branch was removed IN Suy lr1 remodeei private
Sonse 10 IS East One-hundred- and twenty fifth
s s at the Har en- Library has be unex-
nectedly large numbering 1878 volumes. Will o.
makes This library the third in circulation among az
our branches This library has enjcyel ne as, me-
ton circulating tire greatest nuoe e 81 sneves
Of anv library in the State. ana probably IN IN. NJ,
IN sI wbere we are 10 pay rent the cost OF
circulation has been .css than In the o'nTt hry
Sens y h beaInnnr of the year i6 books. and has
now about 1900 1t is suffering from iack Oh
books and the @ op pegu' Few old cycope
das with hardly moaern 6o9 add li at least 800
umes and a fair number OF reference DOCKS cary
in the coming year ,,,.,o, O, ali
branches Of the library is that Of ana nT the phoc
schools much as possible Mn ,e fo,oHiSg ex
tract from the report OF the chief librarian: J."
the end that the scope he 81 iden.d both in Itself ana
a,so in connection with the pubic schools ol We
teachers in the schools by furnishing them with
cata ogues and bulletins. by making TOT lnei st /,
Of books on special subjects In the curriculum ana
bv lending books in lots of fifty or sixty to any
teacher who viii undertake TO peSoe fpp fheir
safe return to the library with statement oil the
The income of the library during the year was
In round numbers $1,000 Of which $2}oW Was re-
eeed % lat from ,e e ' and saocr
tons and the remainder from fines, me sac OF
cata ogues etc The average cost OF circulation
ali expenses included. has been 81 cents volume,
a phenomenal'y low figure much 100 low IN TACT iact
obiiged to exercise economy in directions where
money should have been spent more 10 .ldIlE. ms
S5 200 but rot ali OF IN VIII be avaabe dirilE thr
current library year. and the amount rscI.f ' ,h
donations Is likely TO be so mnch reduced t1at tne
librarv's resources have net been gr ATTY IL al al;
increased The expense Of the new Harlem Bfahch
and the necessity OF increased eXpe M ture III the
purchase Of books. in salar.es and III iac,' W a.,
to a standslll., make it imperative for rs trends
to do al In their power at once to aid ana unno;d
{, in mo magnificent work il is doing for Ncw-Nork
one way in which al may aid IN the woIk IS ny
Gifts of bOOks-not WORKOUT, useless ~DIhs i.dl
nav he had for one cent apiece at the bookstals
hui live works Of merit In hction history or travel
that nav. been read and cast aside
The fact as stated in the report OF the trustees
mai in the recent consc idaton OF the arge rel
erence libraries of :his city, no provision mas yet
heen made for circulating books In the homes or
re iders 50 that the chief work In this direction -
stiT done by our library, which Is likely TO remain
for an IN iefnite time the chief PUBLIC rcnatng u
snecia, effort in its aid and support