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Article 4 .- To see if the town will vote to change Article V, Sec. 1, of the By-Laws, to read as follows:
Section 1. All articles in any warrant involving the expenditure, appropriation, raising and borrowing of money, including all necessary current expenses and all special appropriations of any sort whatsoever shall be referred to and considered by a "Finance Com- mittee". This committee shall be constituted as follows:
Seven voters to be appointed by the Moderator upon the first day of the annual Town Meeting, none of whom shall hold any town office. This committee shall have power to fill vacancies that occur in their number during their term of office and shall continue in office for one year and until their successors are chosen, by petition of Barnett Rogers and others.
Article 5 .- To see if the town will authorize the expenditure of a sum not exceeding $7500, for widening Essex Street Bridge over Shawsheen River, according to plans prepared and sub- mitted by the Essex County Engineer, provided the County assumes, as agreed, 45% of the cost, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 6 .- To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $7500, to continue the macadam on Lowell Street; the same to equal an amount which the State and County will severally appropriate, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 7 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $609, the cost of extending the curbing on North Main Street from a point formerly the corner of North Main and Poor Streets; the purpose being to reimburse the abutter for this expense, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
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Article 8 .- To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $3000 for additions to filter-beds as requested by the State Department of Health, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Article 9 .- To see if the town will appropriate $3500 to repair, drain and put in condition for travel the Bailey Road from the Tewksbury line and Pleasant Street to the River Road, on peti- tion of William M. Flint and others.
Article 10 .- To see if the town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $500 to put the room adjoining the new Community Room in the Old Schoolhouse in Ballard Vale and the entrance thereto in proper condition for occupancy, it being understood that the Selectmen may grant the use of this room to the Ballard Vale Village Improvement Society under such conditions as they may approve, on petition of William Shaw and others.
Article 11 .- To see if the town will appoint a committee to consider providing a suitable memorial in honor of the men from Andover who have served in the recent European War; or take any other action regarding the same, on petition of John N. Cole and others.
Article 12 .- To see if the town will vote to install a fire alarm box on Cuba street near Indian Ridge School and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of James Eaton and others.
Article 13 .- To see if the town will vote to place five street lights on Argilla Road, one at the Brook between Mrs. George Baker's and Charles Baker's, one at the turn between Charles Baker's and Wallace Ward's, one between Wallace Ward's and George Rennie's, one between George Rennie's and Mr. Jameson's, one between Mr. Jameson's and Lowell Road and appropriate a sum of money therefor, on petition of Henry E. Miller and others.
Article 14 .- To see if the town will vote to call the public park Daly Park in honor of Michael Joseph Daly, the first Andover boy who was killed fighting for his Country in the European War, on petition of Frank S. McDonald and others.
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Article 15 .- To see if the town will accept Chapter 423, Acts of 1909 and amendments thereto, entitled : An act relative to the sale of ice cream, confectionery, soda water and fruit on the Lord's Day, on petition of Paul Simeone and others.
Article 16 .- To see if the town will vote to amend its By- Laws by inserting under Article 4 thereof, the following Sections to be numbered 12 and 13.
Section 12 .- The Selectmen may, as provided by Section 29 of Chapter 102 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts as amended by Section 18 of Chapter 291 of the General Acts of 1918, license suitable per- sons to be collectors of, dealers in, or keepers of shops for the purchase, sale, or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles.
Section 13 .- A license fee of Five ($5.00) dollars shall be charged for such license and paid to the Town Clerk when the applicant receives his license.
Article 17 .- To see if the town will vote to accept the provi- sions of Chapter 293, Acts of 1916, relative to the licensing by Towns of Motor Vehicles carrying passengers for hire.
Article 18 .- To fix the pay of the firemen for the ensuing year.
Article 19 .- To determine the method of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year.
Article 20 .- To authorize the Town Treasurer to hire money for the use of the town in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Article 21 .- To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations.
Article 22 .- To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Article 23 .- To determine the amount of money to be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
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Article 24 .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
The polls will be open at 6 o'clock a. m., and may be closed at 2 o'clock p. m.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies and publication thereof, seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by the By-Laws of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this fourteenth day of February, A. D. 1919.
HARRY M. EAMES WALTER S. DONALD CHARLES BOWMAN Selectmen of Andover
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PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL
SAMUEL H. BOUTWELL, President HARRY H. NOYES, Treasurer
REV. E. VICTOR BIGELOW MYRON E. GUTTERSON
REV. C. W. HENRY HARRY M. EAMES
REV. NEWMAN MATTHEWS FRANK T. CARLTON
Trustees
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REPORT OF TREASURER
PRINCIPAL FUND
January 1, 1918
Cash in bank
$ 4605.77
Real estate mortgage and bonds
71848.51
December 31, 1918
Cash in bank
4980.77
Real estate, mortgage and bonds
71473.51
76454.28
January 1, 1918
Cash in bank
4605.77
Mortgage paid during year
1375.00
5980.77
December 31, 1918
Cash in bank
4980.77
Investment in new mortgage
1000.00
5980.77
INCOME
January 1, 1918
Cash in bank
1206.52
Interest on mortgage and bonds
3298.33
EXPENDITURES
N. C. Hamblin, Principal 570.00
Edna G. Chapin, instructor
52.63
Helen M. Dunn, instructor
905.00
Sarah B. Codding, instructor
540.00
Natalie B. Upton, instructor
425.00
Marjorie W. Faunce, instructor
300.00
Edna G. Bennett, instructor
300.00
Ella S. Morrill, instructor
20.00
Rogers & Angus, insurance
25.00
Andover National Bank, box rent
5.00
Harry H. Noyes, treasurer
200.00
F. E. Cheever, treasurer of Alumni Association 25.00 Cash in bank 1137.22
$76454.28
4504.85
4504.85
BARNARD FUND
January 1, 1918
Cash in bank
$25.50
Dividends
40.00
65.50
Prizes awarded
First
20.00
Second
12.00
Third
8.00
Cash in bank December 31, 1918,
25.50
65.50
DRAPER FUND
January 1, 1918
Cash in bank
1212 16
Dividends
' 58.24
1270.40
GOLDSMITH FUND
January 1, 1918
Cash in bank
252.36
Dividends
12.12
264.48 HARRY H. NOYES, Treasurer
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
JURY LIST
Abbott, Newton S. Anderson, Burt M.
Angus, John C. Averill, George L. Bailey, Samuel H. Barrett, Patrick J. Bliss, Arthur
Boutwell, Winthrop S.
Burns, David F.
Burridge, George H.
Cates, A. Lincoln
Chambers, Joseph S. Clark, Herbert Cheever, Fred E.
Cole, Roscoe K.
Holt, George E.
Hovey, James H.
Jackson, Arthur
Kendall, Frank H. E.
Leslie, Philip F.
Leslie, David C.
Disbrow, George W.
Dunnells, George C. Duval, James C. Flanders, Charles W. Flint, Edwin M.
Flint, John Houghton Foster, Francis H.
Foster, William H. Garland, George M. Godin, John W. Goff, Fred B.
Greenwood, Charles H. Hannon, Patrick J.
Hannon, Lawrence J.
Hardy, Philip L.
Harrington, Daniel F. Hess, Berton L. Hill, Ira B. Hilton, Everett C.
Holt, George A.
Holt, John V.
Cole, Joseph F. Cutler, Howard A.
Daley, James E.
Dane, Louis A. Davies, Charles E.
Lockhead, Robert
Lundgren, Alfred J.
Lynch, Joseph P. Maddox, John
Mahoney, Timothy J. May, George M. May, James S.
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Morgan, Charles W. McCormack. Daniel J. McGovern, Clarence F. Morse, George E. Mosher, James R. Mooar, J. Warren Michelini, Dionecio
Nolan, Joseph P. Noyes, John L. O'Connell, Walter J. O'Hara, Robert W. Platt, Henry W. Poland, Austin
Riley, Joseph A.
Roggemann, Edward Seacole, Walter H.
Scott, David
Sherry, Richard J.
Todd, Henry
Tyler, Charles F.
Tuttle, Benjamin B.
Valpey, Frank D.
Veit, Henry
Walker, Salmond C.
Whitman, David D. Wrigley, Thomas
Valentine, Franklin S.
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TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
E. KENDALL JENKINS
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
GEORGE F. SMITH
ALFRED E. STEARNS BURTON S. FLAGG NATHAN C. HAMBLIN
FREDERICK A. WILSON
President E. KENDALL JENKINS
Secretary and Treasurer FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL
Librarian EDNA A. BROWN
Assistants
JULIA E. TWICHELL EDITH DONALD
In Charge of Ballardvale Branch MARTHA D. BYINGTON
Janitor RAY DEARBORN
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MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE · BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library have voted that the report of the Librarian be their official account of the ac- tivities of the library for the year 1918. The increasing needs of the work deserve careful consideration. The tributes to Professor Ryder and Mr. Carpenter we'l express the sense of loss felt by the trustees at the deaths of these loyal co-workers.
E. KENDALL JENKINS BURTON S. FLAGG ALFRED E. STEARNS GEORGE F. SMITH NATHAN C. HAMBLIN FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL FREDERICK A. WILSON
Trustees
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TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY In account with the Town of ANDOVER, MASS.
RECEIPTS
Balance from last year
$2258.57
Town Appropriation
1800.00
Dog Tax
621.13
Income from Investments
3194.32
Fines, etc
166.59
Funds to replace lost books
7.00
Gift
1.00
Total
$8048.61
EXPENDITURES
Salaries
$3490.24
Lighting and Heating
512.64
Periodicals
184.55
Book Binding
223.60
Books
708.51
Repairs and Sundry Items
368.95
Insurance
326.30
Cash on hand
2233.82
Total
$8048.61
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Statement of Income and Expense of the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library for the Year of 1918
RECEIPTS
Maint. $2122.72
Books $731.10
Cornell $340.50
Total $3194.32
Income from Investments
Town Appropriation
1800.00
1800.00
Dog Tax
621.13
621.13
Fines
166.59
166.59
Gift, etc.
8.00
8.00
Total
$4710.44
$739.10
$340.50
$5790.04
EXPENSE
Salaries
$3391.40
$98.84
$3490.24
Lighting and Heating
497.92
14.72
512.64
Periodicals
184.55
184.55
Book Binding
223.60
223.60
Books
$708.51
708.51
Insurance
326.30
326.30
Sundry Items
301.72
67.23
368.95
Total
$4925.49
$708.51
$119.79
$5814.79
Unexpended Income
30.59
120.71
Deficit for the year
215.05
24.75
Condition of Funds and Unexpended Income on hand Jan., 1919
Funds
Unex. Inc.
Maintenance Fund
$46600.00
$569.01
Book Funds
17400.00
698.44
Cornell (Permanent)
5000.00
327.43
Cornell (Purchase)
3908.63
432.85
Special
64.94
Total
$72908.63
$2092.67
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INVESTMENTS
Bangor & Aroostook R. R. 4s
$11000.00
Boston Elevated Ry. Co., 4s
10000.00
Boston Elevated Ry. Co., 412s
1000.00
Chicago Railway Co., 5s
9962.50
Montreal Tramways Co., 5s
9962.50
Michigan State Tel. Co., 5s
4981.25
Boston & Maine R. R., 4s
2000.00
Boston & Albany Equip. Trusts 412s
2981.25
Mortgage on Real Estate
4000.00
Savings Banks
15308.63
Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., stock (4 shares)
571.50
Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co., 5s
1000.00
Principal Cash
141.15
Total
$72908.63
Income Cash on hand
2092.67
Principal Cash on hand
141.15
Total
$2233.82
FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL, Treasurer
I certify that I have examined and found correct the above statement as of January 14, 1919, whereby all securities held against the several funds have been examined and the income accruing from same accounted for.
. All disbursements are supported by receipts in proper form and the cash has been verified and found correct.
BURTON S. FLAGG, Auditor
January 27, 1919
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library:
GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit the report of the library for the twelve months ending December 31, 1918.
The number of books issued during 1918 for home use at the Memorial Hall was 33,352. At Ballardvale, 5753 were borrowed. In 1917, we issued 35,731, and Ballardvale circulated 6136.
These figures afford a basis for an interesting comparison. By order of the Board of Health, we were closed during the epidemic of influenza, from September 26th to October 28th. For a second shorter period during November, no young people under twenty-one were permitted to come to the library. Con- sidering that the library was open but 276 days during 1918, as opposed to 304 in 1917, it will easily be seen that under normal conditions, we should have exceeded our record for the previous year, both at the main library and at Ballardvale, and that, in proportion to the time the library was open, its use has been greater. The month of November was especially busy. The period of closing was not without benefit, for it brought home to the town what Andover would be without a public library, and many expressions of appreciation were received when the bor- rowing of books was again permitted. During the time that it was closed, the library was thoroughly fumigated and cleaned.
We have done a large amount of war work during the year. We have collected and sent to Cambridge for distribution, 640 books for the soldiers, which, in addition to 893 volumes sent in 1917, means a big contribution for a town of this size. The books actually shipped are but a part of those collected, for not every- thing brought was suitable for the reading of a camp; the rest were distributed to mission schools or colored hospitals or other- wise disposed of. Only timely and interesting books were sent from Andover to the soldiers.
We have also distributed an immense amount of printed
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literature from the government and from other agencies, on gardens and on food conservation of every kind. Our new bulletin board, changed every few days, has displayed material of this nature, together with bulletins of the Food Adminis- tration, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. We have co- operated in every possible way with the town committees for relief work. Posters of every description have been put up in the library and we have done all in our power to aid publicity work.
The appeal for victrola records for camp use resulted in a large number being left at the library. Another special call was for Baedeker's guide-books, and many to whom the giving up of these relics of past European journeys was a real sacrifice, re- sponded to the request from those whose need was greater. A very appreciative letter came from the War Department to the Library, thanking those who had been willing to render this patriotic service at the call of their country. If possible, these books are to be returned to their donors when no longer needed.
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There has been a great demand for material on the war, and a very marked interest shown by boys and young men in these volumes. The library has taken pains to choose only those of some enduring value, either from an historical standpoint, or as having more than merely temporary interest. Our collection is therefore likely to remain of value through years to come. Many important pamphlets have come to us directly from the English government.
The usual lectures on the use of reference books were given to the high school sophomores this fall. Each group comes for four lectures and for practice work in using the books talked about. The series was not completed until late in December, due to interruption by the influenza. They are of undoubted value, as is proved by the great interest taken by the students and the pride with which they come afterwards to use a library, the resources of which they have never before quite appreciated. It is a dis- covery to most of them, that finding the answer to a question in a library book is as good as a game, neither stupid nor im- possible, but real fun. The reluctance with which they leave at the end of the hour repays the librarian for her time and trouble. They come early, before the library is open to the public, and
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when they can have the freedom of the reading-room. That we have but the one room for all purposes makes it necessary to place more restraint upon the young people than is wholly desirable, and if the period of reconstruction after the war should bring us the additional space our library so much needs, there must be a room especially for the children.
The death of Professor William H. Ryder has been a serious loss to the library. Though he had served as a trustee but a short time, his interest in the work of the Book Committee and his kindly personality left a gap not easily filled. During the year, Rev. Charles C. Carpenter also died. Although not a member of the Board at the time of his death, he had served as such for twenty-five years and the library will always show the result of his loving interest in the formation of the Phillips collection of religious books and in five volumes of clippings from the Con- gregationalist, being a complete collection of the notes and questions issued in the department conducted by Mr. Carpenter during the years that he was connected with that periodical.
Miss Charlotte H. Abbott has presented to the library a valuable collection of clippings on the Great War. In the absence of proper facilities for the use and display of this material, the library can at present only store them. The collection, in years to come, will grow in value as a contemporary record. The A. V. I. S. has provided a second copy of the House Beautiful for circulation.
One of the most interesting services that has ever taken place in the Memorial Hall was the dedication on November 9th, of the temporary tablet to the memory of the Andover men who fell in the Great War for Liberty. The building was taxed to its utmost capacity. Since the Memorial Hall itself is the town's tribute to its sons who served in the Civil War, the place was peculiarly appropriate for this service, and whatever form the permanent memorial to Andover's dead heroes may take, it is to be hoped it may form an integral part of the one that already stands for so much in the history of the town.
The high cost of living affects the library. Books and supplies of all kinds have greatly increased in price, as well as the cost of necessary labor. That we have been able to accomplish as much
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during the year, as we have done, is due to great care and careful management on the part of the trustees and of the library staff. It is most desirable that at the next town meeting, the library appropriation may be made with a full realization that its expenses are increasing with those of every town department.
Respectfully submitted,
EDNA A. BROWN Librarian
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STATISTICS OF THE LIBRARY
Number of books issued for home use at the Memorial Hall 33352
Number of books issued at Ballardvale
5753
Total
39105
Percentage of fiction circulated
70
Percentage of non-fiction circulated
30
New borrowers registered
298
Actual number of cards in use
2676
Books added by purchase
716
Books added by gift
152
Total accessions
868
Books withdrawn, worn out, etc.
339
Total number of books in the library
24318
Volumes rebound
255
Volumes bound, periodicals, etc.
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BALLARDVALE
Number of books issued for home use
5753
Percentage of fiction
80
Percentage of non-fiction
20
Number of cards in use
350
Books added during 1918
112
Books now belonging to the branch
1402
GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY
Gifts of books and pamphlets are acknowledged from state and government departments, from other libraries, the Andover Village Improvement Society and from the following individuals:
Miss C. H. Abbott; J. N. Ashton; Mrs. G. A. Betts; Mrs. J. N. Kidder; Andrew Lawrie; G. B. Ripley; Mrs. George Ripley ; Rev. F. R. Shipman; Miss Elizabeth Smith; Miss M. B. Smith; Mrs. S. B. Stearns; Dr. Roger Tracy; Mrs. G. M. Whittemore.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS OF THE LIBRARY
The Memorial Hall Library is open every day except Sun- days and legal holidays from 9 to 12.30 in the morning, and from 3 to 9 in the afternoon and evening.
Any resident of Andover over ten years of age may have a library card upon filling out an application blank. Children in grades below the Punchard School are required to have their applications endorsed by both parent and teacher.
All grown people are allowed to take any reasonable number of books, provided that only one is a seven-day book. The Punchard pupils are permitted to borrow two, one fiction and one non-fiction.
Books are issued for fourteen days, the date upon which the book is due being stamped plainly on the "date due" slip at the time of issue. A book kept overtime incurs a fine of two cents for every day overdue. A few of the books most in demand are issued for seven days only. All these are labeled upon the book pocket, "Seven day book". Books lost or damaged must be paid for.
Seven day books are not renewed or reserved for anyone. Other books may be renewed if no one else has asked for them, and if a work not fiction, is specially desired for any serious purpose, notice of its return to the library will be sent on request.
The shelves of the whole library are open to all grown people. The books are arranged according to subjects, and it is often much more satisfactory to go to the shelves and examine the books than to depend upon the catalogue.
The only complete index of the contents of the library is the card catalogue. The printed catalogue of the books was issued many years ago, and is out-of-date, besides containing the names of many books which are no longer in the library. The new books are listed at intervals in the weekly paper, and cumulated in the yearly library report, but the only complete record is the card catalogue. This catalogue is arranged alphabetically like a dictionary. To find whether any given book is in the library, look for it under the surname of the author, or under its title. The right-hand drawers of the case contain a second arrange-
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ment of cards where the books are entered according to the subjects of which they treat.
The new books purchased each month are placed for some weeks in a special case on the north side of the reading room, so that the most recent additions to the library may be found there. The library buys only a limited amount of new fiction, but it tries to fill the wants of the community in regard to other books desired. People are invited to suggest for purchase the titles of books they wish.
The library staff is always glad to answer questions or in any way to help visitors find what they want. 1
LIST OF PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS TAKEN FOR THE READING ROOM
American monthly review of reviews
Atlantic monthly
Blackwood's magazine
Bookman
Book review digest
Catholic world
Century
Country gentleman
Christian Endeavor world (gift)
Country life in America
Cumulative book index
Etude
Forum
Garden magazine (gift)
Guide to nature (gift)
Harper's magazine
House beautiful (gift)
Independent International studio (gift) Ladies' home journal Library journal
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Life
Literary digest Littell's living age London weekly Times Missionary review of the world Nation
National geographic magazine
New Republic
Nineteenth century
North American review
Outing Outlook
Popular mechanics
Public libraries
Public The (gift)
Readers' guide to periodical literature
St. Nicholas
School arts magazine
Scientific American
Scribner's magazine
Survey
Woman's Home Companion
World's work
Youth's companion
Andover Townsman
Boston Herald
Boston Transcript
Christian Science Monitor (gift)
Lawrence Telegram
New York Times
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NEW BOOKS ADDED DURING 1918
State and government documents and annual reports are not listed. Dupli- cates, replacements and books for the Ballardvale Branch are also omitted.
GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS
027.2 A82
630.3 B15
394 B22
*Bank and public holidays throughout the world.
424 F39
374 P51u
920.07 W62
Fernald,, J. C., comp. English synonyms and antonyms. Phelps, E. M. ed. University debaters' manual, 1916-17. Who's who in America, 1918-19.
PERIODICALS
051 R32
American monthly review of reviews, v. 57.
051 A881
Atlantic monthly, v. 120, 121.
052 B56
Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, v. 202.
051 B64
Bookman, v. 46.
051 C33
Century, v. 94, 95.
051 F77
Forum, v. 58.
051 H23
Harper's magazine, v. 135, 136.
705 H81
House beautiful, v. 42, 43.
051 138
Independent, v. 91-94.
705 161
International studio, v. 63, 64.
051 L71
Littell's living age, v. 295-297.
071 N21 910.5 N21
National geographic magazine, v. 32.
052 N62
Nineteenth century, v. 82, 83.
051 N81
North American review, v. 206, 207.
051 094
Outlook, v. 117, 118.
621 P81
Popular mechanics, v. 28, 29.
020.5 P96
Public libraries, v. 22.
051 S147 370.5 S35 605 S416
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