The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-12
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T. I- library % ..rruH'ing library
conditioned md operated .-f lac any
puuhc ubr'ry -ycrptIug that ~ punuc
- restricted O., tenants and employees.
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young having I'."n started ..'-- thln =
wear az. uuf % already mas about as.
uuuN- IA the shelves AMI new bp"1- are
ruu-,yu'Iv beng purchased under the
Suppression - Or Frink"l mead nf N"
inth,-'r'il d",rr'm"n' e ~" Metropolitan
company Ia" Eve hrs' stacks ar" com
frrunlv allied With ,.s~. fed RS ~
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"n" aTf, hrftru 81 an - which may 10"
drawn "r.' "so"pt 49," 900 ~ - reference
books
Ia u.mb-r - volumes fiction pr-duni.
mates and i most called fur The shelves
arc generally kept about half -mpt'"d
IN 'lI- quarter. and -" girls and young
W'n-u 'npl we'd "a the fCa- IN the
huld'ng nr~ III" PATRONS The library
o. rrH'Ur,' ~ fiction and ~ keep u up
- date has been Jyc, rt''d The PR, il"g"-
1T the Travelling ! .ibrarv. a. though u he
hinged 'u 'h- Public Library system
II - open from \ VI o. > 4 VI except
Oh NI'uriav- - hen II closes al y VI
Fwplpges'- NAV draw bOpk- during the
flr.h"rn hour aud from ~ ." . % clock
Ia" only requirement - that AL applcl-
ton b." signed and IA "a" hands 81 the
librarian for Two davs before thu fret
book - taN"u ou' Tenant applicants
must apply for th" rI-e II The library On
Their oNr l-,t"r heads amt EMPLOYEES
- '"nsIt- must lrnk IN a letter of IN
Production from their irrrs
All bop.s draWu ont NAV he kept two
weiss except the recent worAs ot fiction.
wh IA NAV b" kept only seven DAYS I
~ cents day fin" - the penal'y for
keeping books ON or time The Use ~ the
library - constantly increasing. the
Librarian -avs. and Their" ?r" now about
Ss' regular Applicants. aipri nv hooks
'.HuS ',>"u H.' ''lrh tav " four large
...tInE tables thu r.ran' NUMBER of ell
INSURANCE periodicals NAV I've read dur
ing library hours The" contain all the
current u"sS m IN" insurance" World.
"IEkf,-'u 20! them i"iuC pubAshe~i .hrpai
sud 80 IN foreign languages In all. IA
- les. tn" library Aas "ishty tour rs
SiIrau'| ZOO rrsIs
such Gt"r.rlr. ~ 'r" youth 81 "a"
N"ir p'.E-.I Binding ar" wnu' to -'-'>
o. g. h.' gl"aL'.' from 10" titles Romance
OF III" Insurance. ~ D' tauNaSsIug
! n" lusut..r..' Primer. fGi'a.I"s ~ IN"
i~-'-~.tuen' PIN Law and pi-'rihg-
tom of Cumranl.-- -Thrc" systems
Among ~" w'rNs IN philosophy. "'hic'
and -"'lni" ~ ar" such popular books as
N.ud and v r. Mind .u the Making
= HI,i'u' -. uD,.t,y. Races and Imm,-
grant 90 Aur,r,.H Ten Year, War and
lh- r. 81 a." r..ir"n n" biography
HUoI.i.,- uIus' - the American Statesmen
S.'rI''~ and the lives q SCAR Bismarck
II rlu'. Gree b.. Deurar Ertnkl'n Rich
ard Mansfield \" Among the standard
aYth. r. represented N -" shelves are
Emerson Irving. Pc pngfrllow Jane
Austen Dickens Dumas ElInt blackberry
SCOTT and Stevenson
iy"n m r IMPOSING lu apixnranC" than
'hI- general Ntrtrv - the nv IilTarr.
which w. pIsr"d IA the second hpor
W. .r three mouths as. II - not ye'
SHOWN hsw arg" this library - Tor IN"
20 rdr,1u - -'IllHt work oataloguIng u bat
founded ~ % j. IN the EXTENSIVE" law
hnrtrv the Metropolitan ! n" Insurance
G rlpany 'l- been collecting for years
- - necessarily large and complete
lice Law .Ii Tdry ~ Tor IN" reference us"
e Az the tenants ~ 20" building only
m"mpsr- OF N" company hav" N" priv.
l".e Il taxing away bon~