Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
RAPID INCREASE IN CIRCULA-
TIoN-INTEREsTING NEW BOOKS

From month to month the home circula-
tion of the District Public Library goes on
increasing. In January the figures were
43,4I5, as compared with 33,010 in January.
1905; or. if the circulation from the four
stations now in operation are included, the
comparative figures are: January, 1905,
APO; January, 1905, 30 2S9-an increase
of nearly 80 per cent The circulation for
the calendar year of 1905 was 304. 65I. as
compared with 800. 493 for the fiscal year
1904-5, and 27S 1873 for the previous fiscal
year
The library published not long since a
reference list entitled Interesting Biogra-
plies" The past few years have been par
ticularly rich in this department Of liter
allure. A number of that famous circle Of
New England men and women who made
American letters famous generation ago
have given US glimpses of themselves o I'D
their contemporaries. DR.. Hale's Memo
ries of a Hundred Years. and Lowell and
His Friends" Agassiz's Life and Core
spondence," Higginson's Cheerful Yes.
terdays," and Hoar's autobiography of
Seventy Years are among these treasures.
Stevenson's Letters" are Of great in
terest ard cheer The Browning letters
and Hallam Tennyson's lie or ms ia5het
are stimulating and beautiful. In the last
few weeks Andrew d. Whites Autobiog-
raphy has been in great demand.
other interesting biographies. not on
the list are Stevenson's Life and " all
ina Letters" Phillips Brooks Letters,
Mrs Julia Ward Howe's "Reminiscences"
and Higginson's Part of a Mans Life =
but the list might be extended almost In
The following new books have recently
been added:
Biography and Travel.
,r,,itage r. Two Years in the Ant
arctic G149-Ar55St.
Curtis. w E The Capitals of Spanish
America G9G-C944c.
De Costa. B. F. The Pre-Columbian Dis
covery of America GS01-D356p.
Hosmer. ]. X The Life of Thomas
Hutchinson, Royal Governor Of the PROV
ince Of Massachusetts Bay. E-H9l4h
IL Normand L, M. Paris Moderne WF39P-
y T i9-R, c. ]. D. Koreans. at Home. GG68-
T2l5k.
Brldgman r. L. World organization
J-B763w.
Burgess, John W. Political Science anu
c,ornnarative Constitutional Law. JT-B9l3p.
Maryland immigration Bureau. The state
of MARYLAND and Its Advantages for lmmi-
grants. JSs5T- AI3GSs.
Ross, Charles. Representative doVeFh-
nent and War. JY-R136r.
wharton. Francis ed. Revolutionary DIP
romatic Correspondence of the I. 5. JNS5S-
WJJTr
Economics.
Balch. E. C. Suggestions for Study OF
C,or7i+ions of CITY Life. ZWHC-B1S2s.
Ci,ic center of Washington. Reports on
Educational and Sanitary Conditions In the
Disfrict of Columbia, 1901. HCS59-C40Sr.
Dinwjddie. E. w. Tenants Manual.
Ttrry a.
g 6io 5i ]. c. Child-labor Legislation,
HFM-G563c. ,..
sellgman. E. r. A. The Economic Inter
nretation of History. HC-Sef54e
Education.
Civic Center Of Washington and Collegiate
Alunnae. Public Schools Of the District OF
Columbia IU-C49Sp.
Japan Education Department Education
in Japan. IK67-J272e.
Sage, Elizabeth and Cooley, A. M Occu-
pations for Little Fingers. lkI-Sal 41Zo'
Science and Industries.
Allen. Harrison. Monograph of the Bats
Of North America. PG-A1536m.
Chapman, a. W. Flora Of the Southern
United States. NC-C366f
Coan, T. NJ. The Natives Of Hawaii. PIX
C632
F,lIer. John. Art of Coppersmithing. IT,
F955ar.
Fulton. John Manufacture of Coke and
othar Prepared Fuels and the Saving or
By- Products. RSF955c
Graves H. s. Woodsmans HANDBOOK.
Huntington. Randolph. History of Gen
Grants Arabian Stations. RI-H926h-
Miller. O. c. Semi-civilized Tribes of the
Philippine Islands. PX-M6lo.
II s Signal Office Handbook OF sub
marine Gables. RU-UnS9h
Folk Lore and Literature.
Pergen Mrs. f. D. Current Superstitons;
Collected from the Oral Tradition of En-
glish-speaking Folk BU-B457c.
Cushing. r. H. Zunl Folk Tales. BUS3-
Ca54z.
Ills Hieginson, r w. outdoor Studies. Y
Hh3ou.
High Hiseinson, +. ". Studies in Romance.
Higginson, T. w. Women and the AL
'7 Winsiow. H. NJ. The Woman of Tomor-
row KW-W726w.
Fiction.
Burnham, Mrs c. L. Young Maids and
Old.
Carey, r. n. Uncle Max.
Holland. J. G.. The Bay-Path.
James Henry, jr. An International Epi-
sode,
Wasson George S. Green Shay.
For Boys and Girls.
Bond, A. r. The Scientific American
Boy. -5VM-BG43s.
London, Jack. Cruise OF the Dazzler.
Martineau, Harriet Peasant and the
Prince.
Sloane. r. o. Home Experiments in
Science. jI4A-S1 526h.
Stables Gordon. Westward With Column
bus.
Tinlow, f. W. Cricket
Winslow, r. E. Chlldren's Fairy Geogra-
ply 3G-W736c.
The Successful Poet.
From the Philadelphia Press.
s.rrhesa verses make no sense" said she;