The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-22
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Average Numb r Of Volumes Issued Daily
Last Week Was 40.

The average number of volumes issued dur
ing the week ending November 10, 1897, is
2S23, daily average of 47o.
Among the additions of the past week are:
''The Days of Jeanne D'Arc,"by Mary fl.
Catherwood, 1905. 200; "A History of Renais-
sapce Architecture in England, ~ 1906 1900 2v.,
by Reginald Bloomfield, 90l. S2;"The Brontes-
Fact and Fiction" by Angus NJ. Mackay,
31,.62; also 'Old Virginia and Her Neigh
bors,' W, by John Fiske, 2Os4.3l; AMI the
new edition Of Mr.. Fiskes "The Critical
Period OF American History" with numerous
illustrations, 20S52. .la.f
On Thanksgiving day the following refer
ences may be gwen "An American Folk
Holiday" by q. Hoffman, Illustrated Ameri-
can, v. 2, p. 0Sl-2 (lS96), 052. 30; "A Novem-
ber Festival" in ''Goosequill Papers" p.
9S-l03 (lSS5), by Louise l. Geriney, 01l.l59;
IAN Old-Time Thanksgiving, by NJ. e. Tai
bot st. Nicholas, W "a, p. 5S (lS96), lS05.3.24.
It's origin in the Plymouth colony may be
studied in Young's Chronicles Of the Pill.
grims," p. 23l, 20s960 IL; also in the History
of New England" l620-l775), v. /. p 1877. by
John q. Palfrey, 2OS6o IL; 'The EccleslSstical
History of New England" v. ted. 1851,
by Joseph b. Felt, $3.50. 5al; beginnings OF
the American Thanksgiving Day." by l.. l..
Gracey, Chautauquan v. fl6, p ia (1s92),
U54. 40 l6; THE First Public Thanksgiving IN
Now England" v. /, p. 312 of "Our Conn.
try" by Benson j. Losing, 2OS5. 46.l. See
also the account of the earliest Puritan
Thanksgivings," at p. 100 OF George 4. Ellis
1.-THE Puritan Age and Rule IN the Colony of
Massachusetts, Bay" 1929 1856, 20s960. 42;
THE First Thanksgiving in America" by
Henry Austin, with one illustration, Illus
trated American, November 70. 1897, y. e54;
THE First and Second Thanksgiving Days"
y. 52-55, Of ''The Story OF Boston" Qss9), by
Arthur Gilman, 20s966l; Customs and
Fashions in Old New England" p. 2l429S
us09). by Mrs. A. NJ. Earle, sO2l.9l. The au-
thoritatve work on the subject Is THE Fast
and Thanksgiving Days Of New England"
(ls95), by W. De Loss Love, S02l. 96. Bee also
the record OF Thanksgiving Days in Rhode
Island in Samuel q. Arnold's History of
Rhode Island" 2v. Cls1s) poses. LIZ. Also
the first national Thanksgiving Proclama-
tion by George Washington" Journal Of Ed
ucation, v. 43, p. 20 (ls96,) s59l.9.43. There
are several school exercises for Thanksgiving
Day in the Journal Of Education, October
81, 1897, p. 22s and 230 and in vol. ~, p. $40,
823 and 359 (ls93), s59l.944. An interesting
narrative Of 1.-TWO Thanksgiviugs in the
hrctic lS gwen ny IrcutTlck SCuWhtkh,
Harper's Young People, v. Z, p 81 (lSS6,)
1906. III. See also John Inglefields Thanks
giving" in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "1he
Snow Image" l7Ol.Llo; "An Old Fashioned
Thanksgiving, by Louise NJ. Alcott, ls00 20.6 /;
"Mischief's Thanksgiving" by Sarah G.
woolsey, ls00l0; The Haunted oven, or a
REGULAR Old d.Fashioned Thanksgiving" and
'The Inn Of the Good Woman" by Hozekiah
Butterworth, in his I'm Old New England"
l100565; also the series of ten illustrations
entitled Thanksgiving Time Fancies." by
Howard Pile and others i'm Scrbner's Maya
zine, v. Is p. 557-j67, 054. 59.is Thanksgiving
day is appropriately commemorated in poet
ry, in Whittier poem, For Autumn
Festival" in his Poems" y. 260, 1851 Is;
"The Pilgrims Vision" by DR.. o. w.
Holmes, In his Poems" l9sl.2: "Thanksgiv-
ing Day" by Nora Perry in her New Songs
and Billiards." p. 122 l2e, 1850. ll2;"A Thanks.
giving" by Lucy Larcom, in her "Poetical
Works " u. 227- go 1880 l5S; and Thanksgiving
Day" in the collection for the kindergarten.
en- titled "In the Child's World" D. gO.G, by
Emile Poulsson s19l 81. See also the numer
ous other references in the Cleveland Public
Library Special Reading List.
As Thursday, November %, is n legal holi-
day, the reading room only viii be open on
that cay from to H. M, the same as on
Sundays.