The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-18

braries are divided among Is classes. There
are Z libraries having over 10000 volumes
each. 8 between 800. 900 and 10000, and a
between 100000 and 800. 900. The number of
Libraries having below 5000 volumes is 1854.
OF the 6.38 libraries. 9Ss received So. 2l3, 715
directly from taxation, 1.016 received $2.34s, 2si
from State. county or city appropriations
IA received $.19S.s 55 from endowment funds,
So received s4ss 40 from membership fees
and dues. 2e4 received s5o.742 from book
rents. SO received SSH SO from donations.
and LIZA received $1.0o0.e s from sources not
stated. The total income of 3,1ls Libraries
was $1ys12. 406.
The aggregate Of the endowment funds
reported by S45 libraries is So. 2s7. SIS. and
the value of buildings owned by 40 libra
ries Is 81 .083, sos. The amount expended for
books during the year by 2.912 libraries was
8. o56.675
There Is one library to every 14.11s people
in the United States. and there are 50 books
to every 100 population. The North Atlantic
Division has a library to every $50 persons.
and the South Central Division a library to
every S7.6H persons. Thu District of CO.
lumbia has 500 volumes to every 100 OF popu-
lation: Massachusetts,. 23s: New Hampshire.
176: Connecticut. 10: Rhode Island. 163: Ne
vada. l57; California. 12o: New York. 1913.
and Maine. 1l volumes to each 100 popula-
ton.
The 3.s7s public. society and school libra
ries Of 800 volumes and over and less than
1000 volumes. have 2.ols,e5s volumes. The
number of libraries free to the public in
cluded in the above number Is 2.611; free for
reference. S4. and subscription. 6l9. OF the
total number, 3.ls9 are school libraries. IS
college, Sc general. and 219 other libraries.
h number OF libraries having 800 vol
umes and over is 9.26l. ard the number OF
volumes In these libraries is &c. $40. SO. This
is a gain Of 2.077 Libraries and 12.0li.2 81 vol
umes since 1896. In 1891 the number of vol
umes to every 100 people was Al. in 1896 the
number was a. and in 1900 the number OF
volumes to the 100 population was 50.
From 1891 to 1896 there had been an IN
crease of q little over q per cent I'm the
number Of volumes. Tabl i shows the re-
markable increase Of nearly IS Per cent be-
tween 1855 and 1900.
mitted BY Mr.. George Watson Cole, former
ly Librarian Of the Free Public Library Of
Jersey City, to the American Library ASSOC
iation. concerning the gifts and requests to
American libraries in the course OF the thir-
teen months ending July l. His report
includes all gifts and requests Of $500 or
more, a well as all gifts of 20 volumes and
over. given by any single Individual. A
few gifts have been included. which fall far
below these figures where the i'm
p%ortance or value of the gift seemed to re-
Quire mention.
In the report Of gffts and requests made
BY Mr.. Stockwen. a year ago. covering a
period Of two years. there were given fs
separate gifts. amounting to over $1o.JO.-
90. and distributed among thirty-six States
and the District Of Columbia. This report.
covering only one year. includes 400 sep
arate gifts. amounting to SIG. 80. 22o.12. and
II distributed a follows: 394 in 80 Of the
United States. . In the British Provinces.
and . IN Scotland. To that princely phi
IQntIrO0fut NJ AnHro~ CorDeCia We are
indebted during the past year for gifts
reaching the enormous aggregate OF SILL
41S.e0o. over SO. 600 Of which was given
for the erection of library buildings. In
every case the gift. except where otherwise
specified. was made upon the condition
that the city or town receiving II should
furnish Q ate for the building and appro-
pirate yearly for the maintenance Of The
library . sum equivalent to 10 per cent.
Of the gift.
The most notable gifts Of the year are que
TO the generous hand of Mr.. Andrew Car
negfe. That to the City OF New York OF
&.1oo.00o. fof the erection of IS. or more.
branch libraries. is probably the largest
library gift ever made at one time to 4
single city. His gift of 81. 900. 900 to St.
Louis FOR library buildings and an equal
sum. placed in trust as an endowment fund.
for the Carnegie Libraries at Braddock. Du-
Quesne. and Homestead. Pa. occupy the
second and third position. by reason OF
their mounts. Mr.. Carnegie's gifts dur
ing the year number 10: 1oi in the United
States. lin Canada and 2 In Scotland. Nine
ty-nine Of these gifts in the United States
were for library buildings. OF the
remaining hve. amounting to Si.o2s. 900. one
Of $1,000 will probably be used for . buiid-
ing.
IMPORTANT GIFT OF
LIBRARY OF AMERICANA.
The transfer Of the John Carter Brown
Library to Brown University by the Trus-
tees Of III estate Of the late John Nicholas
Brown. recently announced. Is one of the
most important library events Of the year.
This library contains. II not the finest. at
least one Of the finest collections Of early
Americana IN this country, and possesses
many books not to b found In any other