Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-19
Holland County
MANSFIELD CENTER
Lecture on Esypt-AnnuaI Meeting of Library Association-Recent Aeees- sessions Listed.

Owing to the storm no services were held at the church Sunday.
 Tuesday morning many thermomet- CTS registered 20 below zero.
 Members of the Jnnior Endeavor so- ciety enjoyed a meeting at the church Saturday afternoon. Following the meeting a pleasant entertainment was provided for the children.
 Illustrated Lecture.
 The entertainment feature of the En- deavor society's social Friday even ing of last week was a stereopttcon lecture on Egypt, given by Mrs. E. P. Aver.
 Library Officers.
 At the annual meeting of the Mans field Center Library association the following officers were elacted: Presl- dent, George H. Allen vice president, E. P. Aver; secretary. Mrs. G. H. Wy man; treasurer, A. W. Buchanan, Jr; urer's report showed the expenses of the library for 1915 to have been $155, and the receipts from Fourth of July and other entertainments $1S7.
 The librarian reported the circula- ton for the year to be 2,659, divided as follows: Fiction 1.61S, non-flction 5S9, magazines 457.. This includes the circulation of the juvenile department which was 574. The figures show an increase in circulation of 256 books
 
 ized In December. 1908. In 1909 the yearly circulation had reached SPA, in 1912. 1860. and in 1915, 2.659. The cir culation for January, 1916, exceeds that of any month since the organization The library is now serving about 100 Mansfield families and seven schools. gently been established: At Mans field Hollow at Mrs. c. NJ. Kings; at Chestnut Hill ct Mrs. Ella Mason's; at Conantville at Mrs. M. L. Nichors.z and Spring Hill at E. F. Storrs. At the close of 1915 the number of books owned was 1907. 153 of these having been added during the year.
 The following magazines may also he obtained at the library: Delineator, Good Housekeeping. Ladies' Home Worlds Work, Illustrated World, Scribners and St. Nicholas.
 Stands Third in List.
 Tn the report of the Connecticut h. brary committees for 1914-15, recently issued, in a list of 100 libraries of the state showing best character of cir culation, Mansfield stands third in high per cent. of non -fliction circulated, be- ing superseded only by Pennington and Goshen.
 "A Trip to Southern Italy" was the subject of the meeting of the Young Peoples club at the church Wednes- day evening. The lecturer was illus trated with Stereopticon views.
 E. W. Storrs of Cheshire was guest of his brother Walter F. Storrs and family Sunday and Monday.
 Recent Library AceessioNs.
 Among the new books added to the Mansfield library in January are the following:
 Hill-Top on the Maine Aldrich: Touring of Zenas Henry, Bassett: The Adrions, Adams; Gideon's Band, Ca Connor; Thomas A. Edison. Cooper; Story of Cotton, Curtis; Uncle Sam's Modern Miracles, DuPuy: Personali- ty Plus. Ferber; Growing Bulbs Field; (twol More Than Conqueror. Gilbert; Knight on Wheels, Hay; May Iver- sons Career. Jordan; The Congro and Other Poems. Lindsey: Thankfurs In heritance Lincoln: My First Summer In the Sierras, Miner; The Poet, Nich- olson Within Prison Walls. Oesborne: Roll Call of Honor. Quiller-Couch; The Far Journey Ritmarry, Street of Seven Stars. Rinehart; Historic Towns of the Conn. Valley, Roberts; Little Book of Modern Verse, Rittenhouse; Joyful Heart, Schauff1er; Heart of the Antarctic, Shackleton: Looking Att CT Sandy, Turnbull: Sweet Apple Cove Van Scharch; From an Island Out rost Waller: (two) Kind Adventure, Perry: Last Frontier (African), Pow ell: Lure of the Land. Wiley; Home Vegetable Garden. Krichen: (two) When I Was Boy in Palestine, Kaliel Autobiography of a Happy Wo-