Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
portance to the citizens Of the District, 1t -
hoped that this assistance will be requested

hoped that this assistance Will De Requested
freely.
But In order that this may be done to the
best advantage, small amount of help
from library patrons Is needed. Tnis con-
sists In nothing beyond a few days notice,
80 that the lists may be prepared with sum-
cient consideration to make them useful.
In connection with this line Of work 1t has
become necessary for the library to ADOPT
system of reserving for reading room use
demand. An Illustration will show the NE
cessity Of this
parsifal Books in Demand.
During the week before the performances
of Parsifal 1t was not unusual to have fifty
persons inquire in one day at the issue
desk for books about that opera. OF course.
the first few who came were supplied, took
the books home, and all the others went
away empty handed. It would hardly be
possible for the library to buy number OF
duplicates large enough to supply such
demand, when that demand ceased In rev
days Consequently the method of reservlnG
has been adopted. From any subject lex
elusive of fiction and children's books) like
ly to be in great demand a selection VIII
be made, and the books, temporarily WITH
drawn from circulation, will be kept IN the
reading room. Thus everyone interested In
that subject will have an equal chance to
use the books in the library, and no one VIII
be able to hold them exclusively
L
that copies Of the three Shakespearean plays
to be produced here next week Will DE re-
served in the reading room during the week.
In this plan it is also requested that the
Hbrary's patrons will cooperate to the ex-
tent of giving one or two days notice OF the
subject to be studied, to the reading room
attendants Any teacher who refers her
pupils to the library, any lecturer VINO al
yises his hearers to read certain books, any
participant in a debate, any study cup
which sends its members to the library, eacn
and all Of these, it is believed, Will nnd II
advantageous to give this notice: 1t may be
written or telephoned to the librarian, or
left verbally with the attendants IN the
reading ROOM and in any case 1t Will pre-
vent a few who come early from depicting
the shelves to the detriment OF all the
others.
Last week it was announced that the
books in the library on pure science and
useful arts had been placed in the open
shelf room. Much satisfaction has been eX-
pressed by many readers at the fact that
they are now able to select the BOOKS on
these subjects directly from the sheiVes.
1t was found that there still remained some
unoccupied cases In the open-sheH room.
On these have now been placed the whole
subject of German literature, 1nciudlns
books in the original translations.
selection from the most recent aces
sions follows 1t will be noticed that these
lists contain a large number OF technical
works. These were crowded out of the long
similar list published last week.
Industrial Arts-General Works.
Great American Industries. w. F. Roche
leau. tT-R5S2.
Scientific American Cyclopedia of Re
ceipts. Notes and Queries. preference
book) A. A. Hopkins RAR-H775.
Encyclopedias of the Industrial Arts
Manufactures and Commercial Products.
Preference book. Edward Spon. R-5Sp66
Metal Work.
The Practical Tool Maker and Designer:
A Treatise Upon the Designing of Tools. H.
s. Wilson. TF-W696.
The Manufacture and Properties of Iron
and Steel H. H Campbell. TK-c152.
A Practical Workshop Companion for
Tin, Sheet-irOn and Copper-plate Workers.
L. j. Blinn. TH-B618.
First Lessons in Metal Working. A. G.
Compton. TH-C736.
Advanced Metal-work; Lessons on the
Speed-lathe, Engine-lathe and Planning Ma
chine. A. G. Compton. TH-C136.
Press-working Of Metals Oberlin Smith
TH-Sm66.
Tool-steel: a. Concise Handbook on Tool
steel in General. Otto Thallner. TK-T325.
Steel. VIM. Metcalf TK-M5626.
The Analysis of Steel-work Materials
Harry Brearly. TK-B71.
Business and Economics.
Facts and Figures. Edward Atkinson.
HUS3-At546 sa-
Practical Pointers for Patentees, Con-
tanning Information on the Sale of Patents
F. A. Cresee. RB-Cs67
Modern Business Methods. Frederick
Hooper and James Graham. HK-H766.
The Complete Cost-keeper; Some Original
Systems of Shop Cost-keeping or Factory
Accounting. II. L. Arnold. HKB-AR665.
The Distribution of Wealth. T.. N. Carver.
HC-C255.
Economic Essays. C. F. Dunbar HC-D912.
Improved Bookkeeping and Business Man
ual. ]. H. Goodwin. HkB-G634.
Roadmaking.
A Textbook on Roads and Pavements.
F. P. Spalding. SU-Sp15.
Roads and Pavements in France. A. P.
Rockwell. SU-R59S.
A Treatise on Highway Construction. A.
T. Byrne. SU-B997
Street PayementS and Paving Materials.
G. w. Tillson. SU-T467.
New Roads and Road Laws in the United
States. Roy Stone. sU-st737.
Thomas Codrington. SU-C64S.
Road Making and Maintenance Thomas
Aitken. SU-Ai953.
Engineering and Mechanics.
Pumping Machinery; Handbook Relat-
ing to Steam and Power Pumping Machines
w. M. Barr. TD-B272.
Handbook of Chemical Engineering. G.
e. Davis. S-D292.
The Principles of Fitting; for Apprentices
and Students in Technical Schools. ]. G.
Horner. TA-H7S6
The Elements of Machine Design. w. C.
Unwin. TA-Un9I6.
The Materials of Construction. j. B.
Johnson. SA-J627
The Chemical Analysis of Iron. A. A.
Blair TK-B577.
Safe Building. L. D. Berg. SG-B45s.
The Calorific Power of Fuels. Herman
Poole. RS-P7S5.
Turbines, Theoretical and Practical. De-
Volson Wood. TB-Ws53.
Kinematics of Machinery. ]. II. Barr
TA-B276
Textbook of Mechanical Engineering, W.
J. Lineham. S-L645.
Mechanics and Engineers Pocket Book
of Tables, Rules and Formulas. c. H
Haswell. SHIPS.
Engineering and Electric Traction Pocket
Book. Philip Dawson. SV-D327
Practical Treatise on Gearing. Brown &,
Sharpe Manufacturing Company. TB-BS17
Essentials of Gearing. G. c. Anthony
TAA-AnS54e.
Machine Drawing G. c. Anthony. TAA-
AnS54m.
The Technic of Mechanical Drafting. c,
w. Reinhardt. TAA-R276.
Hygiene and Medical Science.
The Theory and Practice of Hygiene. J.