The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-15
HOUGHTON LIBRARY HOUSES
MUCH SPLENDID LITERATURE
Shelves Of New Structure Soon to
be Dedicated Filled With
Good Reading.
BOOKS FOR OLD AND YOUNG

when the Houshton public library
opens its doors 90 the public next FRI
day afternoon the people Who hove o.
read and study wul and it % veritable
storehouse Tor the good thlngs n an
the various branches of literary effort
I'm addition to the books which the
present institution Inherited from the
repositories which form the main part
OF tho contents many new books and
-.ts have been added 90 the original
ISIS. some az these have been rur-
CHASED and some have been donated
from the libraries OF individuals in the
village.
The books present "a very pretty app
poa-ance upon the shelves of the main
recon- az the library ANA are an rop-
erly classified and labeled, the books
of each division of literature being col
Iected together into their proper Sec
tlon Much credit is due 20 the new
librarian Miss WHARF, and her capable
assistant. Miss Stoyle who have been
very busy during the time they have
been waiting for the cork carpet on the
floor Of the main building 10 shrink
or buckle" sufficiently TO announce a
date for the formal opening Of the
building.
Latest Fiction in Stock.
Probably the most frequently patron
lied section Of any library. and ii is
fair to assume that the local Institution
fiction department and il is generally
the latest works that are most called
for. The lovers Of late fiction VIII find
many of the new novels upon the
shelves Of the new library. among them
being the following:
The White Sister by T. Marion
Crawford The White Mice by Richard
Harding Davis. The Score by Lucas
Malet. Jason by Justus Miles Foreman. |
The Romance Of Plain Man by Ellen
Glasgow. Truxton King by George Barr
McCutcheon. The Goose Girl by Har- ,
oh McGmth, The city Of Beautiful /.
Nonsense 10y J.. Temple Thurston /
Red Horse HiH by Sidney Mccall, ola .
Rose and silver by Myrtle Reed \
Girl of the Timber Lost by Gene STRAIT 1.
ION Porter Tho Scarlet Feather by /.
Huughton Tounlsy SIR. opp by Alice +
Hogau-Riac. Thc Pool off Elaine by
lnscph Vance. Marriage Do Mode 10y
Mrs. Humphrey ward. A CartIin Rich f.
Nan 10y William Allen white. The .
Foreigner by Ralph Conor "A Woman
Tor Mayor by Helen ~. Wimlow, Pop
pea or the Postofnca by Mabel Osgood |
Wright and The Fruit of the Gods by I
Marah ellis Ryan.
Many Books for Children.
Another department of the new H. I
hrary which promises To be exception /
ally well patrouized and in which the I
management OF the library takes u /
great deal of pleasure is the childrens !
department 10 this section viii be /
found a great list of fiction books for I
the little tots and an are so arranged /
as 20 make fit possible to select the I
proper story for the individual child /
10 read f..
Following are some of the later books I
60 be added 70 the library: BARRIERS 1
Double Play. Forward Pass and Har- /
rvs Island; Bindloss Young Traders; |
Blanchard's journey of JOY and Play /
mate Polly: Brainerds Winning His !
Shoulder Straps: Brooks Dorothy .
Dainty iu the Country; Burley's with /
pick Pole and Peavy: Camps Jack .
Hau at Yale and The Substitute: /
prysdaIe's Beach Patrol; Douglass
= Little Girl tn old Pittsburg; Dudlys .