Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
APPRENTICE COURSE - SUMMER
READING FOR PUPILS.

| Members of the first class of student ap-
prentices are just completing their course
at the District Public Library, and all will
receive appointments on the regular staff
| on July 1. The plan has proved SO salts
| factory that hereafter it is expected that
| all appointments to junior positions will be
| made from those who have completed. the
! apprentice course at the library Plans are
| being made to admit another class in the
! autumn, and announcement is made so
| that those who may care to consider join
| ing such a class may make application
now. A circular of information describing
| the apprentice class has been issued and
| Will be sent to inquirers. Blanks on which
| applications must be made will also be fur
| nished on request. The conditions for ad-
| mission to the class may be briefly de-
| scribed as follows:
| Applicants must have the equivalent of
| high school education and must pass an
| examination given by the library on his
| tory, literature and general information.
| Applicants will not be admitted solely on
| their standing in the examination, but con-
| sideration will also be given to personal
| qualities that will be likely to make them
| successful in library work. The apprentice
| course lasts six months, during which time
| students perform duties assigned to them
| in return for instruction in the various
| branches of the library service, which is
| given partly through practical work and
| partly by means of lectures. Positions
not promised to those who complete the
| course; but naturally, first consideration
| will be given to them in case of vacancies.
1t is desired that requests for further in
| formation or for application blanks be
| made by mail.
| Throughout the summer the young peo-
| pies department at the Public Library will
| be open on week days from 10 am. to
| pm, on Sundays from to pm. Stories
| will be told at 1870 m. on Thursdays dur
| ing July and August to boys and girls
| oil nf
| The following books have been chosen
| under the direction of the District board
! of education and recommended for summer
| reading for pupils promoted to the Wash
| ington High and Manual Training Schools.
| Those marked with star 81 are recon-
! mended by the teachers of English In those
| schools. The Public Library will endeavor
| to have enough copies of these books to
meet the demands of the pupils, who are
| cordially invited to secure cards and draw
! books from the library:
Books for Pupils.
Dickens, Charles-David Copperfield'. Lit
| tie Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby. Oliver Twist,
! Old Curiosity Shop, Pickwick Papers,.
Scott, Sir Walter-Guy Mannering, Ivan
hoe*, Kenilworth', Old Mortality, Quentin
| Durward, Rob Roy, Taisman'. Tales of a
| Grandfather. Poems Lady of the Lake.,
Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion.
| Stevenson, r. L.-Treasure ISLANDS, Kid
napped*, David Balfour Sequel to kidnap-
| ped), The Black Arrow
I<ipling, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Courageous.
| Jungle Books.
| Mitchell S. W.-Hugh Wynne.
| Porter, Jane-The Scottish Chiefs.
| Blackmore. r D.-Lorna Doone'.
| Ebers-An Egyptian Princess.
| DOYLE A C.-Sherlock Holiness.
Davis, R. H.-Solders of Fortunes.
&. stockton, F. R.-Story Teller's Pack".
| Hale, e E.-The Man Without a Coun-
| try, In His Name.
| mi, i NJ
Wiggin, X. D.-Rebecca of Sunnybrook
| Farm.
In preparation for THE Idyls of the
Bulfinch-The Age of Chivalry".
| Lanier-The Boys King Arthur.
Pyle, Howard-The Story of King Ar
thur.
| In preparation for the "Iliad":
| Bulfnch-The Age of Fable.
| Hawthorne-Tanglewood Tales and Won
| der Book
| Kingsley-Greek Heroes.
| Nature Books:
Observation-Disclosures and Other Fur
| Bearers Wake Robin@.
i Thompson E. S.-Trail of the Sand Hill
| Stag Biography of a Grizzly, Wild Ami
| mails l Have Known. Wood Myths and Fa-
| bIes, Monarch, the Big Bear.
| MISUNDERSTANDING (read as whole
| for Indian mythology, Read Book of Ruth
in Bible for beautiful English.
Group of local stories (American):
Wilkins, M. E.-A New England Nun.
Page, T. N.-Marsh Chan. On Newfound-
Harris. ]. C-Gabrel Tolliver.
| Johnston, r. M.-Dukesborough Tales.
Fox, John. jr.-The Little Shepherd of
| Kingdom Come.
Allen. ]. 1.-The Choir Invisible.
Gable, G. W.-Bonaventure.
Harrington, Booth-The Gentleman from
| Indiana.
| jackson, H. H.-Ramona.
The titles which follow are those of books
/ recently added to the library
Science and Useful Arts.
Manual of Rural Telephony. J. A. Will
liams-RV-W675.
| Practical Lessons in Metal Turning. Per
cival Observation-Disclosures.
Elementary Mechanics. o. ]. Lodge.-LI-
| LS24e.
Field Operations of the Bureau of Soils.
1903 RGB-Un31.
Water supply for Irrigation. F. H. New
| Geological History of Harbors. N. S.
Shaler.-MK-Sh153g.
Hydrography of the Arid Regions. F. H.
i Newell.-GE-N445
1 Origin and Nature or soils. ~. - Snaler.
| -RGB-Sh153o.
American Irrigation Engineering. H. M.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| Complete Motorlst. A. b. Z. aouhS.-
RX-YS64.
Travel and History.
Ireland's Story. Charles Johnston and
Carita Spencer.-F42-J6432
Ireland: the Peoples History of Ireland.
j. f. Finerty-F42-F493
Second Expedition to Mount Saint Elias.
1. c. Russell.-G945- R913s.
The story of West Africa. NJ. H. Kings
Iey.-F749-K617.
Broadway. Algernon Gissing.-G4oWo-
Newfoundland. Joseph Tfatton and Moses
Harvey.-Fs19-H2SS.
Hardy Country. c. G. Harper.-G45-H233.
Sociology.
The Color Line. w. B. smith.-HIN-
Sm6S.
The Sixth International Prison Congress
Held at Brussels. Belgium, August 1900
IFP-InS37.
| Report on Marriage and Divorce In the
United States, 1S67-S6 G. D. Wright
! KWN-WeS4.