The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-15
ADDED INTEREST IN
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Library Hail Filled with Read
ers Every Day


The increasing attractiveness of the
Public Library is the subject of fire.
quent remarks among strangers visit
ing in the city, who admire its well
kept, orderly air. convenient arrange
ment, and inviting shelves, as well as
to those many Savannahians to whom
it offers an opportunity for extensive
reading which they were long denied
That 1t is an appreciated institution is
evidenced by the many visitors seen
every day at the building. the first ar
rlVlng soon after the opening hour in
the morning to exchange their hooks
for new ones at the librarians desk or
to look over the current magazines and
papers. ''--0
New books are being constantly pur-
chased, on request from the readers.
ana the magazine racks are wen fill
ed and particularly attractive. There
are technical magazines as well as
those Tor general reading; magazines
Tor the engineer, the printer, the cleo
trlclan, the student, and those for liqht
reading. Files of back numbers Are
kept carefully and are made easily
accessible through the assistance of
Foole' Index to Periodical Literature
winch is an index to 40 different peri-
odlcals and has recently been added 70
the reference department.
ms reference department itself is
one OF the best features of the library
invaluable TO the student, a quiet cor
ner, furnished with a table and writ
ing materials, where as long a Inns
as desired may be spent in study. with
access to well-filled shelves of reference
books. Oii0e
Near the entrance are bulletin
boards, artistically arranged. One is
devoted entirely to pictures of the war
In the East, one to current events ana
upon one are posted the covers of All
the new magazines as soon as they are
received. ''ie
Lists of the new books purchased
nave been published in the Morning
News from time to time. The followe
ing is a list of the periodicals. of
which the library now contains a total
OF hfty-nine, some of which have been
presented
Weeklies = Congressional Record
electrical World and Engineer, Engin-
eering News, Graphic (English). Har
pers Weekly, Illustrated London
News (English), Leslies Weekly, Life.
Literary Digest, Nation, Patent Office
-Ofhcial Gazette, Publishers Weekly,
Puck, Punch (English), Saturday Re
n.
Scientific American Supplement,
Youths Companion.
Monthlies-Ainslee's American Bow.
American Monthly Cd. A. RI present.
ed, Arena, Atlantic Monthly. Black
woods Magazine, Bulletin of the Blu
reau of American Republics, Bulletin
of the Department of Labor, Century
Magazine, Christian Science Journal.
presented; Consular Reports, Contem-
porary Review Cosmopolitan, Eclectic,
Electro-Chemical Industry Harper's
Monthly, Inland Printer, Ladies'
Home Journal Library Journal Lit
erary News, Literary World (semi-
monthly, Lippincott's Magazine, Nc
Clures, Magazine of Art. Munsey.
Nineteenth Century, North American
Review, Open Court, Popular
Science Monthly, Review of
Reviews, Scribner's Magazine, South
ern Medicine, presented; Westmin-
ster Review, Worlds Work.
Quarterlies American Historical
Review, Edinburgh Review, Forum,
Monist, New England Historical and
Genealogical Register, Pennsylvania
Magazine, Quarterly Review.