Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-11
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE DUPLICATE COLLECTION
BOOKS FOR LENTEN READING.


| 1t may not be generally understood that
readers at the District Public Library have
| the right TO ask that certain books be re-
served for their use. In the case of all
| non-f fiction. and those duplicate copies of
novels for which a charge of five cents a
| week is made, the reader may leave no.
| tice at the registration desk giving the
| name of the book. which has been found
| to be out, and when that book is returned
| post card will he sent notifying him of
| the fact, and the book will then be reserv-
| ed at the library two days awaiting his
| pleasure. A charge of two cents is made
| for this service
Duplicate copies of the most popular nov
| els are loaned at charge of cents week
| a plan which has been found a benefit TO
| all readers. When a new novel. likely TO
be popular, is announced the library buys
| a varying number of copies, from five TO
| thirty, and four out of every ten OF these
| are put into free circulation Immediately.
The remaining copies join the duplicate
| pay~sollection"; a careful watch is kept.
and just as soon as the book has paid for
| itself. which almost always happens in
| few weeks. ii goes to the shelves with the
| other copies for free circulation. No novel
! is ever in the pay collection that is not
also represented at the same time among
| the free books. BY this method more read
| ers are supplied with recent novels than
would be otherwise possible and the col
! lection of free duplicates is made larger
| than the limited book fund would otherwise
allow
| These books Of the duplicate pay col
lection to be found on the shelf to
the left of the attendants desk in the open
shelf room, and they circulate for seven
days only. Other seven-day books for
which no charge is made. are with the
fourteen-day books on the regular shelves
and readers will find 1t to their advantage
TO observe whether or not the book they
have borrowed has the seven-day label on
the inside of the book cover under the card
pocket.
Works on Christian Missions.
A number of books on Christian missions
have been reserved in the reference room
to be kept during Lent. This has been done
at the request of the officers OF the mis-
sionary society of the Gunton Temple Me
mortal Church. 1t is thought that the de-
sire for books on missions may be fairly
general at this season and that reserving
them at the. library will make them useful
TO large number of readers. Other mis-
slonary societies are invited to register at
! the library and send in their list of wants
| BOOKS not now possessed by the library
| VIII be purchased as far as possible As
| was the case with the application already
| referred to, the sending in of such lists
brings the needs of readers specifically to
| the attention of the librarian and enables
| him TO fill up deficiencies in the collection
A list of the library's most recent addi-
| tlons follow. Especial attention is called
| to the new volumes of poetry. as they are
| attractive editions of the Canterbury poets
| series, containing collections of short
| poems on various subjects from the less
I Ilrir TC
Poetry.
Poems and Lyrics of Nature E. W.
| Kinder. YP-9R473
Poems of the Scottish Minor Poets Sir
| George Douglas. YP-9D745p
| Contemporary Scottish Verse Sir George
Douglas YP-9D745
| Sea-music. Mrs. E. A Sharp. YP-9Sh25s
Australian Ballads Douglas Sladen. Y
| POSI- 132 au
Songs and Ballads of Sport and Pastime
w W. Tomlinson. YP-9T595
| The Sonnets of Europe. Samuel Wad-
| dlngton YP-9W113.E
War Songs and Songs and Ballads of
| Martial Life. John Macleay. YP-9M223
Cavalier and Courtier Lyrists: An An
| theology of 18th Century Minor Verse w
| II. Dircks. YP-9D623
American Sonnets. VIM. Sharp. YP-9
Sh26
Irish Mirstrelsy. H. H Sparkling. Up
9Sp26
Jacobite Songs and Ballads. C. s. Mac
quoid. YP-9M24s
Border Ballads. G. r. Tomson. YP-
| 9T597
Early English Poetry. H. NJ Fitzgibbon
YP-9F574
Fairy Music A e. Waite YP-9w13s
Cradle Songs. Mrs. G. L. Rhys. YP-9R
| $40
Poems. S. T. Dobell YP-D653
Poems James Thomson. YP-T3S6al
| Poems. Allan Ramsay. YPR147
NIa TDnz fNal
| VISA
The Poems of George Herbert. YP-H
| 41Sal
The Poems of James Hogg. YP-H674
HeSperideS. Robert Herrick. YP-H43heS
Poetical Works. George Crabbe. YP-C
Poems. w. M. Praed YP-PsS3
Poems with Specimens of Prose Writings.
VIM Blake. YP-B5sal
The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatter
ton. YP-C3SSal
Education
Elementary Schools w. F. Norris w.
| N794
Working Mems College, 1S54-1904. ]. L.
Davies. IX45W-D3S3
The Education of the Wage-earners.
Thomas Davidson. IK-D2S3e
The College Girl of America and the In
situations Which Make Her What She Is.
NJ c. Crawford. KWE-CS55
Language and Literature.
History of Italian Literature. Florence
Trail. ZY35-T6S5.
Shorthand Dictionary. P. B. s. Peters.
ZDU-5P443
Manual of Library Economy. j. d.
Brown. ZPE-Bs16m.
Elements of Spoken English for Spanish
speaking Students. c. V. Cusachs. X
C952.
Early Illustrated Books A. w. Pollard.
ZUIL-P162.
American Short Stories. C. S. Baldwin.
ZY-B197Sam.
A Manual of Pronunciation. Otis ASH
more. XYFP-As366.
History and Government.
Warwick Castle and Its Earls. Countess
of Warwick F45WW266.
Leading Events of Maryland History. J.
NJ Gambrill. FS57-G142.
The Napoleon Myth. H. r. Evans.
F39442- Ev167.
Roman Historical Sources and Institu-