The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-07-18
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Average Number Of Volumes Issued
Daily Last Week Was 322.

The number Of volumes issued during
the week ending July Is. 1898. is 1888; a
daily average of 322.
Among the additions OF the past week
are: Mature for It's Own Sake" by j.
c. Van Dyke, 8T40.1Os; "The Play of
Animals" by Karl Groos, 607.79; "The
Induction Coil in Practical Work." by
Lewis Wright, 7o747s. and Rothwel's
Mineral Industry" for 1897, 1865.
There has also been received copy
Of the Coast Defence Edition" of the
Scientific American Supplement, July 9,
1898. Other recent references in the IL
brary on naval warfare comprise the
Illustrated'' 1899. published by j. +.
Murphy, 7123.ls; "The Nations Navy,
Our Ships and Their Achievements"
QS9S), by Charles Morris, S024.40;
"Reminiscences of the Old Navy"
Cs9s), by e. s. Maclay, 20s5.70; "The
Interest of America in Sea Power,
Present and Future" Qs9O, by A. T.
Navy" 1775-1S97), 4 ". by j. n. Spears.
20s5,H; Current Fallacies Upon Naval
Subjects" by A. T. Mahan, Harper's
Magazine. June, 1898, D. AZ; Uncertain
Factors in Naval Conflicts" by /. N.
Hollis. Atlantic Monthly, June, 1898, p.
72s: Daily Life of a Man-o-War
Sailor" Public Opinion, April Z, 1898. p.
43S: "A Chapter In the History of War
ship Building in Great Britain and
France" Cassier's Magazine, July, 1898,
y. 234; "Warships' Building on the
Delaware" by III. s. Richardson, Har-
per's Weekly. April 2, 1898, p. 1928: Con
struction and Classification of Modern
Warships," Scientific American Supple
ment Especial naval supplemenD, April
30. 1898, p. 3; Fights Between Iron
clads," by II. Roosevelt, Century. April,
1898, p. 955: Power Transmission on
American Warships," by G. w. Dickie,
Cassier's Magazine, July, 1898, p. 24l;
Mechanism of Modern Naval War"
by G. II. Cramp, Cassier's Magazine,
June. 1898. p. 1871; Auxiliary Engines
and Transmission of Power on Naval
Vessels" by G. w. Dickie, Scientific
American Supplement, January 20, 1898,
D. 1S409; TEST OF Fighting at Sea by
Machinery" Scientific American Sup
plement. May IA, 1898, p. 1850; THE APP
plication OF Electricity on a Modern
Warship" by G.. III. Shepard, Engineer
ing Magazine, May, 1898. p. 2sO; THE
Ram in Modern War Fleets" by w.
l.. Cathcart. Casters Magazine, June
and July. 1898. p. 80 and 215: "The Sub
marine Boat Holland" Harper's Week.
ly, April 16, 1898, p. 1863; 'Harbor OBJ
struction and Submarine Mines" by j.
III. Ford, Review of Reviews, May. 1898,
p. 593; "The Electric Mine for Harbor
Defence" illustrated American, March
rs, 1898, p. 401; "Our Harbor Defences."
by e. Wallace, Illustrated American,
March 10. 1898. p. 1853; Aerial Torpe-
does" by III. Maxim. Cassier's Maya
zine, July, 1898, p. 250; Torpedo At
tacks," by r.. G. Smith. Casters Maga-
zine, July, 1898, p. 237: Torpedo Boat
Designs" by III. @. Gillmor, Casters
Magazine. July. 1898, p. 255; Torpedo
Boats i'm Naval Warfare" by Il. Micon,
North American Review, v. 165 0s97),
p. 400, 1537.1165; Conditions Governing
Torpedo Boat Design" by r. c. Smith,
North American Review, January, 1898,
d. 9S: "The Submarine Torpedo Boat"
by Ii. G.. Kemp, illustrated American.
March 26, 1898, p. 3S4: THE History and
Construction of Torpedo Boats" Scien-
tific American Supplement Especial
naval supplement), April 30. 1898, p. 36;
'"rhe Development of the Torpedo Boat
Destroyers." by J. Platt. Engineering
Magazine, May, 1898. y. 1S9; 'The Span
ish Torpedo Boat Destroyers Furor (de-
stroyed off Santiago July - and Ter
ror," Engineering, v. 63 tS9D, p. 1914,
with illustrations at u. 16. etc, 7521.63.
See also the portions relating to the
United States and Spain in the Naval
Annual, 1898. These are only few out
of "a longer list on file at the inforna-
ton desk, in addition to an earlier list
printed in July 1897.