The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-19
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Last Weeks Daily Issue Averaged
337 Volumes.

The number Of volumes issued during the
| week ending July ID, 1897, is 202o, daily
| average OF 3G.
Among the recent additions are: Walks
ana Rides In the Country Round and About
| Boston," by Edwin NJ. Bacon, 4ls9.53; "The
| Child and Childhood in EolkThought" by
A. II. Chamberlain, sO33l.6: "Tho Story OF the
Rhinegod." by Anna Alice Chaplin, l7O.229: /:
Peter the Great" by II. Waliszewski, 20d7. 2s f;
Tho Naval Annual" 1897, edited by I. A.
Brassey, 7l23I3ll
Other works in the library, chiefly on re-
cent naval construction. comprise the follow
ing On American vessels, 1.-TWO Powerful
American War Ships" (Katahdin and Brook
Iyn) by II. q. Skerrett, Harpor's Weekly.
Aug. 25, 1894, p. 796, O52 2.3S; the same periodi
cal, " 40, (O522.i0), contains the following;
Tho Trial Trip of the Katahdin," Jan. IL,
1896. p. 81 "Pittsburgs Naval Reserve Gun
boat Jan. Is, 1895, p. 90; Revenue Cutter.
No. 3, for the Pacific Coast" Feb. &, 1896, p.
l42; The United States Monitor Monad-
mock - March 81, 1897, p PSI; "The New Tor
pedo Craft Of the United States Navy" Dec.
20, 1895, p. 1919. Further references on Ameri-
can vessels are: The Holland Submarine
Boat Public Opinion, May "a, 1897. p. 65i;
Military Value OF the Shipyard," by l.. Nix
y. go; A Long Distance Trial Of the Torpedo
Boat Porter," Scientific American. June ~,
1897, p. 302 "swift Cruisers of the United
States Navy" by W. l.. Cathcart Casters
Magazine, July. 1907. p. 1853. "our Naval sure
riority 90 Spain. " by II. u. Kemp. Illustrated
American. July 10, 1897, p. 3S: "The Torpedo
Boat Porter by j. ID. j. Kelley, Harper's
Weekly, July II, 1897, p. 7l9: ''The Beginning
nj N.u og ..
by j. Jenold, Illustrated American,
July II. 1897, D. H. On those of
other nationalities, 'The British Navy" o
v. by Sir Thomas Brassey. 7O23.lAl.8: ENG
lands Torpedo Boats" Harper's Weekly,
Feb. 8, 1896, p. 127, 052.2.4O; Engines Of Sal.
mon and snapper" Scientific American Sup
plement, Nov. 2s, 1885, p. l7439 75o3l.42;
"The Torpedo Boat Turbinia," Scientific
American Supplement. Juno 20, 1897, p. 1920:
1.-The Screw Steamers Pointer and Spaniel"
Engineering, July 2, 1897, y. IL; Develop
mont in Design and Construction of German
Men of War;" by A. Dietrich, Scientific
American Supplement, July Is, 1896, D.. l7l35,
75O.3l.42; Austrian Torpedo VIPER" Scien-
tihc American Supplement, Nov 7, 1895. y.
H,3Ss, 7j03l.42: Torpedo Boat Destroyers
Buror and Terror" Scientific American Sup
plement, Feb. 0, 1897, y. 1885; American
Built Cruisers for Japan" Scientific Ameri-
can Supplement, July 3, 1897. p. 3; Naval
Architecture-The Fight OFF the Yahu
River, by II. A.Herbert, North American Re
view, Nov. 1894, y. 5l3 l537.1l59. The follow
ing relate 10 naval details, but without exclu.
sive reference 20 any one country: "A
Treatise on Naval Architecture and Ship
Building" (ls69), compiled by Il. W. Meade
res buvrfoprnrnt of -Nnvirs During
the Last Half Cent.lry" (lS9l), by s. NJ. Card
ley Wilmont 7093.3l; Elementary Lessons In
Steam Machinery and the Marine Steam En-
gine," etc. QS93), by J. Langmaid and III.
Gaisford. 708s.42 Absence OF Standard in
Battleship Design" by Il. Hunt, Engineering
Magazine, Nov, 1896. p. 202. 752.l0.l2;
aluminium on Warships," Engineering
Maga-sav, Jan, 1891, p. 7l6, 752. O.l2; 'Turret
Deck Steamers" Engineering Magazine. Feb
1897, p. S52 752. 10 IL. Also the Papers of the
International Engineering Congress- Division
Of Marine and Naval Engineering and Naval
Architecture" (l893), V. l.2, 742s,l-2 There is
also material relating to tho subject in Text
Book Of Seamanship" (lsSp. Ivy $. b. Luce,
70232 %, and 1.-The Modern Practice Of Ship.
building in Iron and Steel" (lS9l), 2v., by s.
j. L. Thearle, 702350.l.2.