The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-13
BUTTE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Comparison of Books Drawn
From the Library.
ON REPRESENTATIVE DAYS
An Increase Over Last Year-Mrs. AL
colts Little Women" the Book
Oftenest Issued Hinty and
Munroe Are Popular

The list of books actually drawn from
the library on representative days mas al
ways been of interest. not only TO our
patrons but to people in other places en-
gagged in educational work. Such lists
are of value in many WAYS, but particu-
larly in indicating what is of interest at a
given time.
Last year we published two lists of
books issued from the library the day
before Thanksgiving. one list comprising
the books drawn by young people and
the other those drawn by adults. This
year we purpose TO publish similar lists
and to make few comparisons, First. re-
specting the total number of books
drawn Last year the children drew ON
that day IS books and the grown people
liz This year the figures are llh and 2oa
respectively. That Is, the figures are
more than one-half greater for the chill
dren and less than one-quarter for the
adults This week we shall confine our
selves to the juvenile list, and next week
we shall consider the books issued to
adults.
We notice that the two lists are almost
entirely different, only three books hav-
ing been drawn this year that appeared
on last years record. These three books
are .The Young Lieutenants,' by Will
liam II. Adams: THE Swordmaker's Son
by William O. Stoddard. and "Cudjo's
Cave" by j. T. Trowbridge The popular
authors last year were ]. T. Trowbridge.
four of whose books We're drawn, and
William T. Adams. Horatio Alger, jr,
and James Otis Kaler who each contrib
uted three volumes TO the feast OF the
young people.
This wear there were three authors who
excelled in patronage. four each of their
books having been issued. These authors
are Louisa NJ. Alcott. George A. Henty
and Kirk Munroe Probably the book
which is issued oftenest at the library is
Miss Alcott's Little Women, of which
eight copies have been worn out during
the four years which have elapsed since
the library was opened. As would be ex-
pected, most of the books drawn by the
Young people are such would he listed
as juvenile, but of the IFS drawn about
one-sixth would be considered adult. Fol
lowing is the list in full:
Abbott-Battlefields and Campfires
Adams-Dikes and bitches, Starry Flag,
Young Lieutenant.
Aleott-Eight cousins. Little Women e.
copiesl. Under the Iilacs.
Alden-Stephen Mitchells Journey.
Alger-Phil the Fiddler Telegraph Boy.
Austin-David Alden's Daughter.
Ramford-Lookabout Club.
Barnes-Loyal Traitor.
Bell-Fairy Tale Plays and How to Act
Them.
Bouvet-Little House in Pimlico.
Brooks-Boy Emigrants.
Brush-Inside Our Gates.
Bryant and Gay-I1istory of the United
States.
Burnett-Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Camp-American Football.
Cargill-Big Horn Treasure.
Garpenter-Your Money or Your Life.
church-Lords of the World.
Clarke-Kittyleen, Twin Cousins.
Claude-Twilight Thoughts.
coates-Fireside Encyclopedia of Poetry.
Craig-Your LuclSs in Your Hand
Craik-Agathas Husband
Custer-Boots and Saddles.
DeAiile-B. O. w. c.
Dennison-Romance of a Schoolboy.
Observation-Disclosures Books.
Dixie-Young Castaways.
Dodge-Donald and Dorothy.
Douglas-Whom kathie Married.
Fenn-Dick o the Fens.
Finley-Elsie,s Girlhood. Grandmother Ell
sic Mildred and Elsie
Ford-Doctor Dood's School
Gaskell-Sylvia's Lovers.
Gobel-On the Shelf
Goss-Tom Clifton.
Harpers Magazine-Nol 81.
Harris-Free Joe, and other Georgian
Tales.
Harte-Tales of the Argonauts.
Henderson-Last Cruise of the Mohawk
Henty-Captain Bayiey's Heir In Greek
Waters, In the Heart of the Rockies,
March on London.
Holmes-Cameron Pride.
Howels-Indian Summer.
Jenness-AboYe the Range.
Kavanagh-Rachel Gray.
keenan-Money Makers.
Kellogg-strong Arm and a Mothers
Blessing.
Iang-Blue Fairy Book. Green Fairy
Book q copiesl.
I.illie-Father's Fortune.
IyalI-We Two.
Molesworth-Herr Baby
Muhlbach-Queen Hurtense.
Munroe-Cab caboose, Coral Ship, Ready
Rangers Under Orders.
Murfree-Young Mountaineers.
OMeara-Napoeon at St. Helena.
Peabody--AmeriCan Patriotism.
Pyke-Adventures of Mabel.
Reed-Cadet Life at West Point.
Roe-His Sombre Rivals, Knight of the
Nineteenth Century.
Saint Nicholas-Vol. y. part >.
Schiller-Thirty Years War.
Seudder-children' Book.
Smith-Deb and the Duchess Red Rose
and Tiger Lily.
Stebbing-That Bother of a Boy.
Stockton-Ting-a-Lin Tales.
stoddard-chuck Purdy. Red Beauty.
Swordmaker's Son.
Trowbridge-Cudjo's Cave Lottery Tick
ct.
Wesselhoeft-Frovzle the Runaway. Tor
peanuts the Tomboy
White-Little Girl of Long Ago.
Wooisey-Eyebr
yeats-Fairy and Folk Tales e copies.
Yechton-We Ten.
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