The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-14
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Average Number Of Volumes That Was
Issued Daily During the Past Week Was 252.

The number of volumes ISSUED dur
l1S tie week ending Aug. IL, 1899, Is
1917 daily average OF 252.
Among the additions Of the past week
are; Richard Carvel," by Winston
Churchill, l70s.1s7: IAN ode to Girl
hood" by Alice A. Sewall, 1880. .s14;
The book of golf and golfers" by IL.
q. Hutchinson, 9094.64; and THE stat
istician and economist" for 1S99-19OO.
1O.i120.
In further illustration OF Professor
Bailey's recent valuable article, Con-
corning Mushrooms" the following
references TO works in this library may
be given: Among the works which
are devoted chiefly to American mush-
rooms, see in particular, w. II. Glib
sons Our edible -toadsteols-
mushrooms. and how to distinguish
them" us95). with valuable colored
plates). coo. 1O0 Mushrooms and their
USE" (ed. 1890. by Charles Horton
Peck. t06125; also his reports as State
Botanlst of New York. on mushrooms
comprising volumes of colored plates.
i6.1.94-95; and also Mushrooms OF
America, edible and poisonous" (1Ss5).
edited by j. A. Palmer, Jr., 606.45. See
also Edible fungi" b. II Nj. Cope
land, Atlantic Monthly, V. 81. d. 229
0S73), 054.13.31; How mushrooms are
REPRODUCED" by w. @. Smith, Iopu-
lar Scienc Rsview, VIZ, p. SO, dSi6),
65014.1!; Toads toe l-eatir 2, ty ]. a.
Ipf4l II. 81 r.
VII, p. 80. (1S7) 6J0.211 "A few edible
toadstools and mushroor. S." by w. III
t'ibsor, HarDer's Magazine " 80, d.
800, 0S9D, 054.11.S9; Notes for mush-
room eaters" Garden and Forest v. Z.
p. -. IS, 81, 63, 2, and SO. QS9D, 7513.7;
ais IN 20 same psriC. ic al, lush
r ori," by w. Downs. V. s. D. a.
uS'D 7oLS.S; The cultivation OF
m,r hroo.1>." by T.. o. Orpet, v. .,
151.3.9.10; and Poisonous Mushrooms" :"
by c. S. Sargent, V. TO- p. 469. 75l.3.10:
see also Edible and Po sonous Mush-
rooms." by Gerald Mccarthy. Chau-
tauquan. v. q. p. 1874. (1S9S) 05449.27;
How to Identify and Cook Twelve
Edible Mushrooms" Ladies Home
Journal, August. 1898. p. %, 054.7S.15:
"Hcw to Grow Muy rooms" by Will
liam Saunders. p. 1881 of the Repor Of
Eight Edible and Twelve Poisonous
of the Unfted States" etc.
p. 366-73 of the Report of the Secretary
Of Agriculture. 1890: Edible and Pois-
onous Mushrooms" D. 2S2S00 OF the Re-
port of the Secretary of Agriculture,
1892: "Four Edible Mushrooms of the
United States. by Thomas Taylor. in
Food Products. No. published in 1893
by the United States Department of
A griculture. Division OF Microscopy;
Twelve Eilb.e Mushrooms OF the
United States" i'm Food Products. No
l. published in 1894 by the United States
Department OF Agriculture. Division OF
NJ croScopy; How to Grow Mush-
rooms" by william Falconer. in the
Farmers BullJtin. No. SO. published in
1897. by the United States Department
NJ ArricirIture and Thirty Poisonous
Plants cf the United States" by V. X
Chestnut. D. Al of the Farmers Bul-
letin. No Sc pubI'sihed in 1898 by the
United States Deparemcnt of Agricul-
ture The following relate TO British
and other foreign nusfhrcoms: Fungi
Their Nature and Uses" GS7D, by u.
c. Coolue. e0611: also by the same
writer. Edible mi Pohpnous Mush-
ro7-ns." etc. nS9D. 60s9i British
rdibpa Fungi" by c. ]. R-tbinson Ma
fure. v. .. y. SIS. 0S70). 65o72: "Mush-
room Curivation in Jauap,' living
Age. V. 1874. y. $50, lIT). 052613i:
"Japare=e Mushrooms" Scientific |
A r,erican Supplement v. ~. p. tS2s2.
lISo7). 75n.3i4i: and "Freurh Muslh-
rooms" Ponuiar Science Monthly. V.
,too-N .