Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-10-16

| II is large and: iweili ,lighted. A small
gallery at each end OF the room Is entered
from the secoudlfioor through the original
doors leading to the two chambers. In
the centre OF the east wall beautiful
mullion window has been made and In
the aicove which is formed between two
book stacks in the centre of the room the
| librarian has her desk In this room are
twelve book stacks. Under the large win
dow Is a wall case of four shelves. Five
windows in what was originally the upper
rooms of thislside OF the house give album
dant light.
The two rooms on the ground floor at
the left OF the hall on entering have
been thrown together by means OF two
archwsys, one each side OF the big Chin
ney, and together they make beauti-
full, well-ligh ted, attractive reading room.
There is a fireplace to each room and
tables are piled with all the best maya
zines and reviews. Upon the walls are
famous old steel engravings OF large size,
the subjects being: 1.-Trinmphal Entry
of Alexander into Babylon; 2-Tri-
umphal Entry OF Constantine into Rome;
3.-Constantine's Victory over Maxentius
at the Milvian Bridge near Rome, with
two smaller engravings OF Shakespearean
scenes.
On the second floor, left, are two rooms.
The front one is set aside as trustees
room, while that In the rear Is used as
stack room for the storage of documents,
pamphlets and volumes In limited use.
Now when we come to the real soul of
this unique and interesting library build
ing we have tried to describe-the books
which have so charming a home--we are
at loss what 10 say for we had little time
in which to examine them. The total
number is something over 4,0O0-about
sixty new volumes having just been placed
upon the shelves. The city appropriates
annually 800 for its maintenance. In 1896
a catalogue of the library was printed and
it has the Dewey card system. The read
ing room-whieh is disconnected from the
library in management--is open every
| evening and the library is open every
| afternoon with the exception Of Monday.
No book-plate is used. There are a few
interesting old books in the library.
Some OF these are from the library OF the
late DIR. Tenney, for many years pastor OF
the Congregational church in Ellsworth.
One especially interesting set is the
twenty-six volumes of the sixth edition
| OF the Encyclopedias Britannica, Edin-
burgh and London; Archibald Constable
& Co., 1923. This set once belonged to the
father OF Judge L. A. Emery and in the
first volume is inserted the following
letter;
BOSTON. July 20. rs.
To L. A. Emery. Esq:
The Encyclopedias Britannica was purchased
at the sale of the famous Webster library by us
and 1t is the copy that Daniel Webster used in
all of his studies. ! thought the Vol. con-
tanned the book plates yet may be mistaken.
Thanks for prompt remittance.
Yours truly,
ESTES & LAURIAT.
The character OF the house selling this
set OF books is conclusive evidence of the
authority of the edition, and that 1t was
once in the library of the great Webster.
Upon the north wall OF the reading
room is an old flint lock mnsket, the in
teresting history OF which is given by its
donor In the letter which we copied:
245 CARLETON AVENUE, BROOKLYN. N. Y.
To the Trustees Of the EIlstcorth Library;
Gentlemen-On behalf Of the library please
accept this gun which was captured June II.
l745. at Louisburg. G. B., by troops sent BY
Governor Shirley under command of William
Pepperell, of Kittery. 1t was used by Ephrainl
Bray. of Braintree, Mass, at Lexington. April
10, IT'S, and at Bunker Hill, june II. IT'S, and
later at the siege of Castine. AT the close OF
the war Mr.. Bray settled near Castine, and In
the year l7ss. sold the gun to the late Major
John Jellison, Of Ellsworth, who at his death In
1850, gave 1t to his son william, then living at
North Ellsworth. William Jellison used the
gun in the war of lsl2in the defense of the
coast near Mt. Desert At the death Of WI.