The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-08-13
200 BOOKS GIVEN
TO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Local Institution Receives
Large Contributions From
ColumbianS.
l20 FROM COL. WEIGH
Mrs. Charles Allen Gives So
Mrs. Davenport Sends
More Than 40.

More than two hundred books hav
recently been presented to the Colum
bia Public Library by citizens of Co
lumbia.
Mrs. Max Miller of Christian Col
lege has presented the library with /
set of books for children, and Mrs
H. J. Davenport. wife of Dean Daven-
port of the University. has contributed
more than forty books, mostly for
high school students
Mrs. Charles Allen has presented
the library with the following thirty
five books:
Chattrrwcl Stories: Young Folks Pie
turc Book. John Locke: Five Little Pep
prr> and How They Grew, Margaret sgd
ury: thatterhoN: ErckmIn -Chatrain. The
'onScript. Madam ThereSe Novels Inva-
sion of France. Waterloo, Hlockadp of
HhalSburg. The PlcbiScitc: Baldwin Read
erS Baldwin: The Silver Key. Nellie X
HliSSctt: HoSalnd AT Red Gate Meredith
Nicholson: The First American King
George Gordon Hastings: lady of The
Lake. Sir Walter scott: LrpiduS the Cen
turiau. Edwin Lester Arnold: Five Little
Peppers Midway. Margaret sydney: Grand
mother Elsie. Martha Finley; The Tapes
try Room. Mrs MurSworth: The Helmet
Of Navarro Bertha Eunkle: Tell Ne =
story and other Stories. Mrs. Wordsworth:
Rolf House. Lucy &. Lille: The Rebel of
the School. l.. r. Mead; Sweet Content.
Mrs MoicSworth: Deb n the Duchess l.
T. Mead: The Household of Glen Holly.
Lucy T. Lille; Captain Polly. Sophia
Sweet: Water Babies. Charles Kingsley:
The Port of Missing Men. Meredith Mich
olson: RoyaliStS ~ Round Heads. -. V.
Caine: The Temptation of Olive Latimer.
l.. ]. Mead: Little Leisure Stories. Mrs. f.
Prentice: The Nirginan. Owen WiSter:
Miss Low. f.. l.. Roe; Little Rose Bud.
Beatrice llarraden: Nathaniel'S Chum. An
na Chaplin Ray; Selected Fables EaSop'S
Fables: Helen Glenn. Lucy &. Lille:
Beautiful Story. J. W Bucl
Colonel ]. b. Welch, is the largest
contributor. He has donated the fol-
lowing 129 books:
Tales of Traveller. Irving: 4 Golden
sorrow. Poole. Maria Louise: The Red
Axe. Crocket: William Cullen Bryant
american AuthorSI; David j. Hill: The
Choice of Books. Richardson: Barbara
Ladd. Roberts: Fridtiof NIansen. Jacob Il.
Bull; Little Dorrit. Dickens; Heart of
oak Books - NolSl. Charles T.. Horton:
Tom Brown AT oxford. Thomas Hughes;
Nilff OF wa NlnttllirS. Maurice IUmpSpu:
Sea Wolf, Jack London: Patricia of the
Hills. &. X. Burrow; Brooks Reader,
Strattun ID. Brooks: ON the Threshold,
Theodore I. Munger; LivingSton'S supple
mentary Readers; Ways of Wood Folk. W.
j. Long: Birds and Bees. John Burroughs:
Plain Mary Smith, Henry Wallace Phil .
lips; Washington. National Epic Edward .
Johnson: Paul n Virginia. J. Bernardn n 4
J." -. Ilerre; CloiSter n the Hearth .
Charles Reade: The Red Triangle. Arthur
Morrison: The Mandarin'S Fan Fergus
Hume: Revolt of the TartarS. Thomas de
quincy; Regeneration of Aunt Mary. Anne
warner; Colonel Carriers Christmas. +. .
llopkinSon Smith: Jane Cable. George
Barr McCutchen; Bleak House Charles
Dickens: Boy Knight. Henty: Thaddcus
of Warsaw. Jane Porter; Lorna Boone
Richard Bel Blackmore; The LeopardS
Spots. Thomas Dixon. Jr.: The Way Home
Basil King; benjamin Franklin. written
hv himself: The Grip of the Bookma ker
Percy White: \ Manifest Destiny. Julia
Nicholas Nickleby. Charles
dickens; The Merchant of Venice Vim.
Shakespeare: The Little Shepherd of King
dom Come. John H. Fox Jr.: Robinson
rusoe. Daniel Defoe: Checkers. Henry VI.
lsloSSom. Jr.: Little Brother of the
Rich. j. VI. Patterson: Sandy. Alice Ne
gan Rice; Natural History Reader. James
Johonnet; The Circle of Century. Mrs
Burton Harrison; Brown, v g. Mrs Alex
lnder; Mrs. Essington. Julia ~ Lucia
chamberlain: The Black Tortoise Freder-
lex viller; Condemned as Nihilist. Hen
fy: Pilgrims Progress. John Bunyan: I
The Last Of the Mohicans. j. Fcnimorc
cooper: Now or Never. Oliver Optic: In
Freedoms Cause, Henty: The Crimson
Wing. II. G. ChatfieId Taylor: RoIla in
Alaska. Abbott: Rolla in Switzerland. Alb
tott: Rolla in Paris a other Volumes.
abbott: E"lla in Geneva. London. Rome
Abbott: Rolla ON the Rhine. in Holland
md Naples. Abbott: GulIiver's Travels,
beam Swift; \ Chicago Princess. Robert
Barr: Mr.. Mile. Bush aud Other Worth
eS. liaden Carrnth; old Curiosity Shop.
'hIrrS Dickens: Boy Tar. Capt Mavnc
Hours with Great HumoriSts: Dawn. Ri
Ter Haggard; True Stories from History.
Iugh pe Normand: The Dragon ~ The
Raven. lIenty: The Prisoner of Zenda. An
\meS Mitchell; Tales of the Enchanted
Stands of Atlantic. Thomas Wentworth
ligginSon: Winning His Way. Charles
'ar!eton Coffin: Call of the Wild. Jack
boyle: Stories "f Persian Wars. Church:
Doc Home. George Ade; Flowers of the
bu>t. John DXenhorn: In the Midst Of
Alarm. Robert Barr: Moon Face Jack
rl Hawthorne; In the High Valley Susan
'"olridge: Little Brown jug at Kildare
l"ridith Nicholson: Little Masterpieces !
'h"maS DE Quincy: Black Friday. Fred |
rick :. lShorn: Robert Cavellor. William
'ana orcult: The CaifornianS. Gertrude
,thcrt"n: Twelfth Night. VIM Shakes !
"are: Selections from Arnold: Selection
rom TennySon'S Poems: oliver GolS-
mith. Irwin: Johnson n Goldsmith M:s,.- ,
uley: Lady Of the Lake. Sir Waiter
colt: Warrior Gap. Capt. Charles King: .
Our BOYS Ellis; Handy Andy. Samuel
over: The Leavrnworth Case. Anna Eath-
rine Greene; by Inheritance Octave
'hIuet; Bill Nyc'S Sparks Edgar Wilson l
we: Tale Of Two Cities. Charles Dick =
MS: The JeSSamy Bride. F. Frankfort
lore: American Indians. Frederick Storr: !
rlndfather's Chair. Nathaniel Haw-
borne: The Grace Of Healing ! W BY ;
Rs: The Trifler. Archibald Eyre: The ! 7
cw Rector. Stanley !. Wyman: Book Of
nlden Deeds. Charlotte Young: Wondcr'l
ook. Nathaniel Hawthorne: Micah Clark
gorge Carey ECgleSton: 4 Jersey Rov in i
10 Revolution Everett Tomlinson: 81.
gorge for England Henty: sketch Book.
wing: Arabian Nights: The Blue Goose -
. l.. Mason: 4 Princess Of the Hills. Mrs |
urton Harrison; Masterpieces of Ameri- I
IN Literature: Treasure Island. Robert |
oUiS Stevenson; Pickwick Papers Charles
ickenS: SilaS Mariner. George Eliot: I
nmm"n Minerals n Rocks. Crosby: IdvIS
the King. Alfred TennySon: For the
cmple. Hcnty: Testimony Of the Rocks.
ugh Miller: Albert Gate Mystery. Louis
rary: Aladdin O'Rrien. Gouvpneur Nor o
:: The Windfal Charles Egbert Grad
'ck: son of the ImmortalS. Louis Tracy II
New VI. L. Assistant Here. "
c. \. Helm of the University of Ne is
raSka arrived in Columbia Friday 81