Norwich bulletin., 1910-10-03
l.7sa.12; furniture, $500: total, $780,.

654a5.
The above amount is made up prih-
cipally of the following funds: Joseph
Otis fund, $11,500; DR.. Daniel Tyler
Colt fund s13,053.22 Charles Boswell
fund, $1,000; citizens subscription
fund (used for the addition to the Ii
brary building). $1S,369.3S; William w.
Backus fund. $4,000; Charles p.
Huntington fund, $4,000 Elizabeth B.
Woodruff fund, $500; Martha p. Foster
fund, $1,940: total, $S2,S62.60.
Receipts and expenditures for the
year ending Aug, 81, 1910. include:
cash on hand Aug. 81, 1909, S91.07;
from town of Norwich. $4.50o; from
fees from non-residents s22: from
$2,923.16; from rent of Thamesvine
property $500: total $S,46s.S4.
The chief expenditures include: Sal
aries. s3,997.4o; fuel, s22l; Lighting,
$2s5.13; new books, s1,6S0.67: period
icals, s74531; reblnding, s273.17; inter
est s64.35; furniture s229.9I; insur
ance, SIS; paid on Indebtedness. $500.
Cash on hand amounts to s69.61.
Librarians Report.
Jonathan TrumbuH the librarian. in
his carefully tabulated statement of the
years circulation. gives among the
principal items OF book demand: Enc
ton for grown people 69126 volumes,
1853, history 1890. literature $3.50. fine
arts LILO, useful arts GAL, science LOAF,
phiology 70, sociology Liz. religion 541,
philosophy 1856. magazines and miscel-
lany 3,575, fiction for young people H.
9S1. other books for young people s,9TS,
books in foreign languages 2,175.
This shows a total circulation of 60.s4
per cent. of fiction for adults and 1913
per cent. fiction for children.
The total number of volumes issued
reached the surprising number of ll3,-
9S5.
New Books During Year.
No less interesting is the classified :
ton of books added during the year,
the principal items being: Fiction for
grown people 139 volumes. biography
102. literature 81. fine arts 81, useful
arts 50. science 49, sociology 1902 re-
ligion y. magazines and miscellany 81,
fiction for young people 204, other
books for young people 205, books in
foreign langua ges III, a total of 2,143
volumes.
Increased Daily Circulation.
The daily average of books issued
was 375 volumes; library open, S04
days; reading room open, 34S days
new book borrowers registered during
the year, 1854: total registration since
June 1. 1898, 21,924; volumes worn out
and discarded 1,286: volumes rebound.
927; new books added, by gift 26s, by
state grant 81, by purchase 1,s24, total
2,143.
Second Biggest Year.
Referring to the record of circula-
ton for the year just closed. the libra
rian says:
1t will be seen that the total issues
of books is only exceeded by one year
in the history of the library. This was
the year ending Aug. 81. 1909, when the
issues amounted to 121,G62 volumes.
pared with that year is 1917 volumes.
and is fully covered by the decrease in
the issues of fiction. $3.50 volumes ffc-
ton for the young, 2,619 volumes, books
in foreign languages, 1913 volumes, a
total of 7,191 volumes.
Hopeful Signs.
The various classes. showing an in
creased issue during the year are all
books OF practical value, so that the
general character of books issued
shows an Improvement as compared
with the previous year, if serious read
ing is regarded as an Improvement
over the reading of fiction.
A feature particularly noticeable in
the comparative statement of issues of
books is the continued increase in the
issues of books other than fiction for
the young. The growth in the issues
of books of this class has been con-
tinuous for a number of years past,
until ii Ilte now Iedtu6u tie nIS nest
number which our records show. This
result has been accomplished without
the aid of a children's department or a
children's librarian. useful as such aids
are Conjecture alone can say what
might have been the result if our libra
ry could afford these useful depart
ments in its growing work for children.
AS it is, we can only do our best to
meet the increasing demand which
comes from children and school teach
ers. and congratulate ourselves that it
is increasing.
Books in Foreign Languages Anpre-
ciatec
The only other marked variatio in
| the issues of books as compared with
the previous year is the decrea Sc Of
| 1918 volumes in the issue of books in
foreign languages. This is accounted
for. probably to a great extent, by the
fact that the library received as a gift
during the previous year more than 800
| volumes in the Hebrew or Yiddish Ian
| guage which were eagerly read by a
large number of people to whom most
| of these books were nav. An attempt
| was made to add some new books to
| this number during the year Just closed
| but in justice to demands in other di
| rections it was only found possible tc
add about thirty volumes to this de-
| partment.
| The library is now attempting tc
! supply books in six different foreign
| languages, viz, French German, Yid-
| dish, Polish Italian and Spanish, many
! of which cover the same subjects If
| the various languages, and most OF