The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-19
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Av rage Number Of Volumes Issued
Daily Last Week Was $40.

The number OF volumes issued during
the week ending September l6, 1898. is
1926, daily average of 800.
Among the additions OF the past week
are China in Transformation" by A.
r. Colquhoun, 4041.56; Americas For
eign Police" by Theodore S. Woolsey,
1882: THE Control of the Tropics" by
BENJAMIN Kidd, S77.16 and Colonial
Mobile" O519-lS2D. by Peter j. Hamil-
ton, 20S93.15.
In connection with the proposed OBJ
servance of day in honor of Lafayette
by school children during the coming
month, the following references may be
given: Life of Lafayette" 2 v. QsS9),
by b. Tuckerman, BOSSES, and THE
Life Of Lafayette" .1SSS). by Mrs. Lydia
III. Farmer, 3O6S.S5. Also earlier pub
lications, including Memoirs of Gen.
Lafayette" (transIated from the
French. 1S25). 306s.9; La Jeunesse de
3o6S.60: LES Dernieres Annees de La
fayette" d792-1s34). by A. Bardoux,
3O6S.64: "Rccollections of the Private
Life OF Gen. Lafayette" (ed. 1S35). by J..
Cloouet. 3O6S.54; Pictorial Life OF Gen.
LAFAYETTE (1S4T). 306S.59: The Life of
Gen. Lafayette" QS49), by William Cut
ter 306s.66 and THE Life of the Gen.
LAFAYETTE (1s65). by p. c. Headley,
3oss. .33. Also shorter sketches I'm the
Memories du Gen. Lafayette" p. i41-
2O6 OF v. 9 of Sainte- Beuve's Portraits
Litteraires," 3761.22.2; p. 1929 OF Vir
comte de Cormenins orators of
France" led. 1s4), 376S.1: p. 115-210 of
v. s of Lord Brougham's Works, .
o25.20.5; p. 43-72 of Lives of Celebrated
statesmen" us46). by John quincy
Adams. 37sS.22: y. 1888 of " 1 of
Duyckinck's National Portrait Gal
lery" 1S62). 31S.34.1: p. 475-S5 of James
Parton's Peoples Book of Biography
nsss). 3702, and "The Romantic Side OF
Lafayette's Escape from Olmutz," by
II. w. fischer. Illustrated American.
v. % $3.50, p. 205. O5232.22. On Lafa-
yette i'm America during tho revolution.
see '''The Marquis de Lafayette in the
American Revolution" , V, by G..
Tower. Jr., 306S.7I: y. 211-3l7 of v. 2 of
washington and His Generals" ussS).
by ]. T. Headley. s7SIaS.2 y. 3os-35 of
"Reminiscences and Memorials Of Men
zev. sss.70: y. s69-432 Of V. > of The
Works of Charles Sumner" S205.5.
"silas Deane and the Coming OF La
fayette." by Georgianna A. Boutwell,,
New England Magazine V. II CS93). y.
le7, C54.G6.14: when Lafayette Rode
Into Philadelphia" by ]. +. Hallowell.
Ladies' Home Journal. V. II CS90. y. Z.
O5I. 1914. and y. f01-37. y. 1886 of Fig
ures Of the Past" tiss3). bv Josiah
Quincy, 07l.114. On Lafayette in Rhode
Island. see "Our French Allies" l1sS4).
by y. NJ stone. 20s5i.4S. On his return
TO this country about 80 years later see
"I,afayette's Tour In 1924" at y. $3.50
of 'sHistorical Briefs (iSss). by James
schouler. 2so.ai: Lafayette in America
I'm ls2i-2s' led. 1920. by a. Isevasse ur.
aOss 2s: and Lafayette and President
Monroe" by NJ. IIaIstead. Cosmopoli-
tan. v. 81 1897. y. GSl. 05i.G7.23. See
also the memorial addresses on his
death In lsat. including those bv J. A.
Hillhouse. w. ". Sprasue and ~. Up
ham usai-s5,. soes.25 Edward Everett
uS3ii. I'm hie "Orations and Speeches. .
y. i2s-SS. 06i G. and William VI. Seward
uS3i). IN his Works Y. 2. D.. % i3.
S2O.is3: an interesting article for young
readers II entitled How GRANDMOTHER
Met the Marquis dc Lafayette" nv ".
x. Partridge. 81. Nicholas. V. q uSsD.
y. s07. 1sc5.32A