El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-26
Total Number of Volumes on
Hand at Present, 9119;
Technical Books Stolen
From the Library.

/, 1911, was 9119. The number iof
readers cards were 1858. In part the
librarians report says:
Lists of additions in non-fiction
nave been published at intervals in
/ The Herald In the book lists issued
/ by other libraries of this state and
elsewhere, we are glad to note that we
keep up very well with the new books
! Of non-fiction. It would be impossible
to supply the demand for late fiction.
| We do the best we can, but I do not
know of public library anywhere that
satisfies all it's patrons in this line.
Among our valuable additions to
the reference library are the Cyclic
pedia of Architecture, 10 vols, Cyclic
| pedia of Civil Engineering. s vols. and
| the Cyclopedia Of Electricity, vols.
Books Stolen.
$50 many Of our technical books of
value have been stolen this year We
hesitate to buy anything more. The
! reference collection has suffered most
in this way. Any new book that -
Of technical value seems to disappear
promptly as soon as 1t is put on the
shelf All libraries suffer from such
losses, as shown by their reports. but
most Of them have larger fund to
draw from to replace missing books.
st notice in reports from small Texas
cities that their libraries receive gen.
erous donations Of money for the pur-
chase Of standard literature. Such gifts
are greatly appreciated, and would be
"a good thing for the Ell Paso library.
If some generous minded person wouIo
take an interest in the children's de-
partment, for example, and donate
funds to make the room more attrac-
tive or to add to the supply Of books,
it would be appreciated by the public.
Eel Paso is far behind in its library
work for children. To give them the
best reading is more worth while than
any other thing the library can accom-
plsh in a community. They are an
appreciative little public, too, and
never complain about the small col
lection of books, as the adults do
perhaps. when all the skyscrapers
are finished and the schools are as
well equipped as possible, there will
be a thought given to the little library
in Ell Paso, which should certainly keep
in line with other activities in the
building up Of this great city,
New Books.
Miss Maud Durlin. librarian. reports
quite few new books added to the
library of late. The following non-fic-
ton books have been added since Oc-
tober 1, 1910:
biography.
Adams. Twenty Years at Hull
AS crook. Through Five Adrninistra-
Gilchrist. Life of Mary Lyon.
Glider, Grover Cleveland.
Helm, Jane Austen and Her Country
House.
Howells Ny Mark Twain.
Muller, Carla Wenckeoach.
Stoddart. Recolleetions CO a Player.
Walling, George Borrow.
Psychology and Religion.
Jackson. Ambidexterity.
Fowler, Brain Roofs and Porticos.
Dresser Message to the Well
Garrison, Christian Union.
Hughson. Warfare of the Soul
Rauschenbusch, Christianity and the
Social Crisis.
Rowland The Right TO Believe.
Terrell. Christianity at the Cross
Roads.
Education.
Ayers. Open Air Schools. ,
Jones and Quish, Teaching Children
to Study
McEvoy. Methods in Educatlon
Business Education.
ZimbaI1, Business Speller.
Nelson, Commercial and Counting
House Arithmetic
Snencer Modern Business Law.
Wilbur, Every Day Business for
Women.
Nature Books. !
Abbott, Bird Land Echoes.
Arnold. Sea Beach at Ebb Tide.
Giberne, Mighty Deep.
Holland, Butterfly Book.
Kirkman, In the Open
Thomas Hunting Big Game.
Forestry and Agriculture.
Roth, First Book of Forestry.
Van Hise. Conservation of Natural !
Resources in the United States
Lyon, How to Keep Bees for Profit. !
Valentine, How to Keep Hens for |
Profit.
Technical.
Casson. History of the Telephone.
Clennell, Chemistry of Cyanide So !
luton.
Hoover, Principles of Mining.
Lougheed. Vehicles Of the Air.
Rogers. Pumps and Hydraulics, V. |
Domestic Agriculture.
French, Homes and Their Decora- !
Priestman. Home Decoration.
shackleton, Adventures in Home |
Making.
Art.
Berenson, A Scienese Painter of the I
Franciscan Legend.
Bode. Florentine Sculptors of the
Renaissance
Davenport, Mezzotints.
Dillon, Porcelain
Ditmars, Reptile.
Petrie, Arts and Crafts of Ancient
Egypt
Spalding. Womanhood in Art.
Literature and Poetry.
Bierce, Shadow on the Dial
Clemens Mark Twain's Speeches.
Clarke, Ancient Myths in Modern
Poets
Harvard Classics, vols. 81 to SO.
Huneker, Promenades of an impress
sionist.
Brooke and Roreston, Treasury. of
Irish Poetry.
Keller, Song of the Stone Wall
Stedman, American Anthology.
Travel.
Aflalo, Sunshine and Sport in Flor
ida
Butlin, Among the Danes
Burroughs, In the Catskills
Becquer, Romantic Legends Of Spain.
Cotes. Signs and Portents in the Far
East.
Edwardes, Life Luck on Southern
Roads
Enock, Great Pacific Coast
Fee. A Woman's Impression of the
Philippines.