The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-12-27
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Average Number Of Volumes That Was
Issued DaIIy During the Past Week Was 1916.

The number OF volumes issued during
the week ending December %. 1885, is
23l5; a daily average OF 3s5. }te.
Among the additions OF the past week
are: 1.-THE Life of Esek Hopkins" by
Edward Field, sOs79.l54; "The Homeric
Palace" by Norman NJ. Isham. 90i1. 3S;
the history OF the "Fourteenth Regi-
ment. II. j. Heavy Artillery tcolored),
by w. III. chenery. 20s5ss0o; all of the
above being Providence books.
There have also been added "The
Great Affimations OF Religion" by
Rev. Thomas II. Slicer, formerly OF
Providence. 50713i; and the very valu
able Military Notes on the Philip
pines" published by the United States
adJutant generals office comprising
3l4 pages and so folding charts. most
OF them reproduced from the Spanish
coast survey charts), 4025.19. No other
work in the library is comparable to
this i'm the exact information thus sup
piled.
In connection with recent interest
In the cathedrals and other ecclesiasti-
cal buildings OF Great Britain, the fol-
lowing references may be given: The
Murray "Handbooks" TO the cathedrals
of England, iR sv., with numerous H.
Illustrations, and ground plans with
scale, 90l4.4.s One of these volumes
tiO1s.3) is devoted to st. PauPs in Lon
don. There are also w. j. Loftie's
The Cathedral Churches of England
and Wales" uS92), with measured
ground plaps. 9ol4.2s; Wrinkles very co.
piously illustrated work, "Our National
Cathedrals" Ted. 1880, i'm three large
volumes, 90l4.2i. Three volumes OF less
value and more popular character are
The Cathedral Churches OF Eagisnd
and Wales" dssD. edited by II. G.. Bon
ney. 90l4.3: "Cathedrals OF England
(only six out of nearly a0, by Dean
Farrar. and six other writer's (ed. 1881,
90l4.32: and The Cathedral Towns of
England. Ireland and Scotland USS3,
407.26. A more valuable work is Mrs
Schuyler Van Rensselaers volume,
English Cathedrals" Gs92). 90l4.27. See
also Mr.. Dodd's rambling hook. "Cathe-
dral Days" 411.23 Descriptions of the
cathedrals will be found in the separate
volumes no tonly on London, but on
other cathedral cities as oxford. York,
Winchester Exeter. Southwell. Carlisle.
etc. On the ecclesiastical architecture
or Great Britain i'm general, see G.. A.
Poole's History OF Ecclesiastical Ar
chitecture i'm England" 901i.1 G. c..
ScoG. Jr's. Essay on the History of
English Church Architecture" 90l41l; I;
A. n. w. Pugin's Apology for the Re-
vival OF Christian Architecture i'm Eng
land" 1S43). 90l4.33; James Barrs AN
glican Church Architecture led. 1S43),
90li.1T, and A. j. Beresford- Hopes The
English Cathedral of the Nineteenth
Century" Gs6D. 90l441. See also c.
Petrie's volume on THE Ecclesiastical
Architecture Of Ireland" 1S45), 90l4. 80
The parish churches OF England may
be studied i'm great number Of illus
trations in ~. II. Bloxam's The Prin-
ciLles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Archi-
lecture" q. g., in England). in 3 vols.
90ii1c; III. II. Bishops Architecture
Especially IN Relation TO Our Parish
Churches" 9ol410; and isolated in
stances such as Strixton, 901i.2i; Taun-
ton, 90i419, etc. On the abbeys. sec
Ross, The Euned Halls OF England
and Wales" in vols. 40714; Dean
Stanley's Historical Memorials of
Westminster Abbey" 407S.13. etc.
AS Monday, Dec. %. is legal holiday.
the reading room only will be open on
that day from . 10 y. m., the hours
being the same as on Sundays.