The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-03
PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The number OF volumes issued during
thti 'cc~k erding May 30, 1902, vs. Isl; a
daily average OF 800. This is for five days
only, Friday. May 80. having been hoii-
day.
A nong the recent additions are "Schol
Architecture" by r. M wheeiwright,
s0l5.s; BLOW HILL" by @, w. Cable.
11s. 1856; STORY of Cairo" by 8. Lane
Poole, (Mediaeval Towns Series) 2o43i.I (;
Lee at Appomattox and Other Papers, "
by C. r. Adams. 26s5.i, and also the PAM
phlet by d. II. Chamberlain, entitled
Charles Sumner and the Treaty or
Washington" 27s5s.s. which consists of q
volume by Mr.. Adams
References on Bret Harte, biographical
and critical. are as follows: Chats
About Books, Poets and Novelists," by
M. w. Haweis, p. lg7-30S, 37SlS: My First
Book" by Sir w. Besant and others. p.
257-s7 s7ol.1s: Sketch" by w. III. Hud-
son. In Warmers library, d. 69s5, loo.67.l2
American Literature" by G. f. Richard
son. D. <22, l0LS.2a; American Liteia-
ture." by Katherine L. Bates. p. Ye
1923 q; and in the two books Of reference,
''The National Cyclopeda of American
Biography" p. 4o4. 3lsHl.. and Apple
toms Cyclopaedia OF American biog-
raphy, p. 1o4, 31s.l43. Periodical articles
Bret Harte," by N Brooks In scriner 8
same author. His work In California" I"
y. AL In Century Magazine. ost 1870. and
"Ear'y Gays OF the Overland. in Cver-
land Monthly. p. /, n. 3. o64SsS2; and
the two following articles In the same
periodical, Some Hermit Homes OF Cali
fornta Writer'S" by A. Knapp, y.
I: 05tGSls, Literature and Art n Cali
fornia," by w. @. Bartlett, p. 53S. 054. 65.15:
"pret IIsrte'B Country" Qllustrat,d with
scenes from Bret Hartes California" I"
with map. by w. M. Clemens, In Book
man, p. 223-2o.13: American Poetry or
TodaJ. In Current Literature p 2A-s.
15s7.iA26; "A Morning With Bret Harte" Z"
by II. J. w. Dam. IN McClure's Magazine,
p. 3S, 064T1+; Bret Harte." by E s..
Nadel, In North American Review. p. OIL.
l5s7.l.124; Early Recollections OF Bret
Harte." by c. w. stoddard. in Atlantic
Monthly, p. s7s, o641sTs: The First Book
OF Bret Harte." by L. q. Livingstone, I'm
the Bookman, p. H4-6. 15SsSos; "Harte 3
Sketches and Stories" in Atlantic MONTH
ly. y. 2e4. 0541350; His Account of the
s'.o~t FtJry. I'm Ecview OF Re rews. y. .,i,
05I 7s2o; "Recollections OF Bret Harte.'
by I. G. Evans In the New York Times
Saturday Review, p. s23, May II. 1907;
also In the same periodical. 'Remin-
iscences OF Bret Harte." by Mrs NJ r.
w. Sherwood. y. 3oS. May TO- 1907; and
articles In the following current periodi-
Gals: Review OF Reviews. y. sos. June.
1902 Dial, p. S97-ss. May ls. 1902; Public
Opinion. p. e23, May Is, 1904; (portraip In
the Worlds Work. p. 2l43 June. 1902
The library has received from DR. q. AL
der Blumer a publication OF much interest
IN conuection with Martinique. nameiy,
the 1897 issue OF the Martinique Annual
or Blue Book" C'Annuaire de la Mar
tinidue, Adminstratif commercial, agri-
cole, at IndustrielD, Ee3b. IL is n thick
vo'ln,c = moro n an 600 pages. with eto-
logical and climatic details as well as
the political and commercial statistics.
Tho attractive photographs OF birds and
children. loansd by Miss Sarah J. Eddy
a year ago are again In the library, on
the walls q: th~ class room. wh..e they
will remain for several weeks.