The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-28
NOW
BEING READ
Marie Core|li Still a.
Prime F avorite.
LITERATURE OF HONOLULU
Miss Burbank ofsPubIic Library,
Tells Of the Popular
Authors.

q A ISIS BURBANK, in charge of the s
dVk public library, reports an addition ,
for the year of between 1850 and
900 volumes to the shelves of the IL
brary. This addition falls somewhat
short of what it would have been under
other circumstances. During the plague.
last spring the circulation department of
the library was closed for two months
and the committees were prevented from
meeting, hence books to be sent for were
not selected for some time, and there
was delay in receiving them. When the
Territorial government was established
and duty was done away with, instead OF
facilitating the receipt of books ordered
from the Eastern States, it only hindered.
Goods were allowed to be brought only
by American vessels, and there were SO
few of these that they were much over t
crowded; Miss Burbank says that on this |
account small boxes of freight were left
over from steamer to steamer, and the
ordered books were left lying in port at
| San Francisco for a long time. After
! these difficulties had been removed the
books began to come in faster, but it
I had caused a great deal of delay.
OF the years addition the larger portion
lare old books that have been donated,
land they are not all as yet catalogued.
iOf the catalogued books there are at
present about IA, 400 volumes. These are
all in the English language, with the ex-
tception of a few which have been donat-'
ed There being no demand for books IN
foreign languages, none have been pur-
lchaSed.
According to Miss Burbanks observa-
ton, the school children and pupils of
the High School are getting the best use
of the library. Under the direction OF
their teachers they are Systematically go
ing through the standard literature winch
1.-The library affords them access to.
A Ernest Seton-Thompson has large
Va sbare of attention from both the younger
/ Hand the older students. His Biography
OF a Grizzly is thumbed to point OF
dilapidation, so great an interest has the
, adventures of little "Waub' created IN
juvenile breasts
Although interest in the African war
has fallen off noticeably, the works OF
Churchill and all literature pertaining to
lBoer affairs are still in demand. Liter
, allure on the Philippines is now pretty
thoroughly shelved.
. Among the most popular authors
. among the school children and students
lis Stanley j. Weyman. His clever pen
! has turned French history into most IN
. tel esting reading, and the teacher finds
, his sugar-coating of the history pill
. great aid.
Two new books on Hawaii have been
!, added to the list These are "Hiwa," by
E. P Dole and "Kelea, the Sur1-Rloe-,
by Alexander S. Twombley.
Among the readers of novels, Marie Co
relli is ever popular. Her late work,
THE Master Christian" has recently
Ibeen added 1.-The Cardinals Snuffbox,
Inv Henry Harland, is also an addition oil
hoo
mand. David Harum'' has fallen away
in popularity, as has also when Knight
hood Was in Flower and other WORKS
under the term popular books, al
though the two named have still stea
ldv demand Miss Burbank says she has
noticed that reading of this Grass soes II
ifads and with the waning OF the crlIicS
tattention the more ordinary ones go u
the shelf to remain there undlsturpeo.
L Among the patrons of the library ther
arr a few Japanese and Chinese, bu
these are pupils of the schools and stu
dents There are very few HaWailahs
The literature perused by the differen
races is about of the same class, as, wit
the school children, they come under tn
same direction of teachers.
The magazine department shows eio
ouent evidence of much appreciation
IMunsey's, Harper's, McClure's, The> Cen
ltury, The Cosmopolitan, and such maya
zines are all well thumbed, ana are hlos
used in the reading-rooms
Fiction, naturally, is the most popula
but according to Miss Burbank, 1t Is u
higher class. Dickens, Scott, Jane Fo,l u
and j. Fenimore Cooper hold first plae
for steady reading
number of new books have peen VI
dered. The committees are endeavorln
to keep we'll apace with the times, an
as promptly as the subscription fune
will permit, the latest literature IS pr
cured and added to the list. There al
only a few books of which the hpral
has more than one copy. On account
the subscription plan, economy mas
he considered, and the agents are
structed to send only one copy at mrs
If the circulation of the book demands
other copies are sent for.
Among other works added this year
: 1.-The Reign of Law by James Lane
len; Sophia" by Stanley ]. Weyma
and Churchills From London to Lao
smith,
LJijn SHINING