The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-14
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Average Number OF Volumes Issued Daily
Last Week Was 497.

The number Of volumes issued during
the week ending March IL, 1898, Is 29SS,
IA daily average Of 497.
Among the additions of the past week
are; The Science of Political Economy,
by Henry George, soi7 70; The Life of
Charles Carroll Of Csrroliton, ", 10y
Kate NJ. Rowland. 30SS. 3sS. l-2; The BASES
II Design 10y Walter Crane, 909.53; sand
Birds Of Village and Field, by Florence
A. Merriam, 6077. "a.
The library has received from the Per-
kins Institution the following additions
to it's collection Of about Ill volumes
printed in raised type for the blind: Cae-
sar's Commentaries on the Gallo War. in
Latin, 2033 2l.c; shakespsare's Hamlet,
l22. l.y. 81. and julius Caesar, 122. Ly.30;
Paul and Virginia, by j. III. B. de Saint
Pierre, 179. 4l.c.; IRE a lambra, by Wash
inRton Irving. 1866 l6.v; selections from
Ruskin, 072. III; iwice-toid Tales, 10y Ma
thaniel Hawthorne. l70l.le.ii; Don
Quixote. 10y Cervantes. 1868 l.g; Adam
Bsde, by George Eliot. 1909 5.f.l; and
The Pilot, 10y j. +. Cooper, l70L2.l7 j.
The special type for the blind is discussed
| In Books for the Blind Publishers Week.
| ivMay 10. 1896, p. SS4; A New System of
Writing for the Blind, by A. Iahu, Cath
| oilc World, v. 81, 1895. p. 80. 05k 60.6l (;
| ana Printing for the Blind, by j. X
Dennet, Nation, v. ~, 1871, y. 43l, $50 IL.
| l2
Other works ON the training of the
blind include The Blind as Seen Through
Blind Eyes, 1893, by NJ. de LaSizeranne
S0957 A kindergarten for the Blind, 10y
ID. sturgis, New England Magazine, v.
10. 1896, p. Asa, O54. 6s.l9. Treatment Of
the Deaf Dumb and Blind. 10y :. M. Mil
ler. Arena, v. ~, 1895. p. l30 05i. 72. IL {;
kindergartsns for the Blind, by j. Glenn.
Charities RevisN,v. ], 1892. p. 1863, 1891. LII;
How the Blind Are Taught, by j. Il. Rit-
ter Chautauquan, V. l5 1892, 2. 6S.
054. 40. 15; The Education of the Blind,
by NJ q. Jones, Scribners MaEa-
zine, v, IL Os99), p. 373, 05459.12;
and The Senss of Touch and
the Teaching of tho Blind. Spectator, v. 30,
1856. D. 252, 052 IL. 90. There are inter
esting accounts Of individuals who have
been developed ny this training. On
Laura Bridgman, see The Life aud Edu-
cation of Laura Dewey BridgmaD, 1872
by Mary Swift Lamson, $3.50. 10; and the
articles in the Critic, " H. 1850, p.
| 215, 1887 7S.l4, ana V. /, 1881, p. lis 1884,
81. On Helen Keller. see the articles in
the Century Magazine. v. as, 1891 ..
473, 054. IL 53: Ubautauquan, v. 2S. 1896,
p. 672 O54. ~. %; Critic. v. 20 1896, u.
3O3, 1887 8. 90; Harper's Bazar, V. 20, 1896,
y. las O52. 1929: Harpsr's Monthly. V.
| a2, 1896, p. 962 C5i. 10 81; Education, v.
| IA, 1894 p. 34l, s59l 4.1i and scisnoe v.
III. 1888 p. So, t5o. 101 Tor her sneech
at PhiladelpbIa, 1895. see Lend "A Hand,
v. IL, y. 1i9, 05i.s3.17. On Willie Eliza
betn Robin. gee tie kindergarten Maya
! zine, v. .. 1897, p. 75S. S59l 1a9, On
| Tommy Strinaer. zee Lend n Hand, V. 10
| 1895, D. 243,O51.S S3 rs, See also Three
| Blind Deaf Mutes, Edith thomas, Willie
| Elizabeth Robin, Tommy StrinEer, Popu-
lar Soiente Monthly, V. Az 1896, p. 7l3,
| e50. 2.4S. There are also other cuttin as
on the subject to be seen at tre Informa-
| ton Desk The life Of Thomas IA. Per-
| Kins, founder of the Perkins Instit1tion,
by Thomas Il. Cary, is 3Qss3.sa