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Donations were also received from individuals as follows : Rev. Wilson Waters, 19 volumes; Rev. H. A. Cornell, 5 ; Rev. S. I. Briant, 2; the Misses Hunt, 6; Bureau of Educa- tion, 4 bound and 16 unbound volumes; Civil Service Report, 1, and a large number of unbound magazines, mostly from Mrs. E. L. Bussell. Additional shelves were put in, filling all the space available for that purpose.
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With the material mentioned, the work of arranging, classifying, and cataloguing the books was begun. The ser- vices of Miss Celia P. Battles were procured for that purpose. Such of the books as required repairing, or rebinding, were sent to the book-binders. The popular magazines, where.we had complete volumes, were also bound.
A large number of books were found to be so dilapidated that, in the opinion of your Trustees, the money required for their repair would be better expended in the purchase of new books, and they were, therefore, discarded.
Among the books coming from these different sources ' were quite a number of duplicates which are not catalogued, but are accounted for in the summary given with this report. The expense involved in these preparations after allowing for the Librarian's compensation, it was found would consume the entire appropriation of $200 voted by the town, so that we were not only left without the means for the purchase of books from that source, but we had no funds with which to pay for the printing of the catalogue which had been prepared. In this dilemma the Proprietors of the Social Library generously came forward and paid for the printing, amounting to the sum of $101.80. Since the catalogue, was printed additional dona- tions have been received as follows: Samuel C. Hunt, 19 volumes ; Rev. Wilson Waters, 1; W. Hapgood, 1; Rev. H. A. Cornell, 2; S. A. B. Abbott, Esq., 1; F. E. Blake, 1 ; Prof. A. S. Packard, 13; E. H. Warren, 1; H. S. Perham (map), 1; Chelmsford Social Library, 57, new books.
The Trustees appointed for Librarian Mrs. E. T. Adams, who had served for several years in that capacity for the Social Library.
The library was first opened to the public Oct. 7. At first the patrons were permitted to select books from the shelves, as had been the custom in the old library, but the space was so limited, and the confusion arising from the mis- placing of the books was so great, that it was found necessary to close the doors and pass the books outside as they were
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called for. This unavoidable change has occasioned some dis- comfort to the patrons, as the space where they were obliged to wait could not be heated, but it has been borne quite patiently. The Trustees have had no funds with which to pay for the transportation of books to other parts of the town. This service has been performed for the people of South Chelmsford by Mr. A. Heady Park without compensation, exchanging the books once in two weeks. The other parts of the town have not availed themselves of the use of the library except so far as they have come individually. The library was closed to the public Feb. 17, to enable the Trustees to make an examination of its condition, and give an opportunity for some further necessary work.
The library has been open only four months and ten days. But even that brief period has been sufficient to demonstrate the wisdom of the town in taking measures to establish a Free Public Library. The number of different persons who have taken books during that time was 249, which was more than treble the number during the entire previous year of the Social Library. The number of volumes taken has been 2,647, against 1,910 during the last year of the Social Library .
The centennial celebration of the Social Library (Jan. 6, 1894,) was doubtless a factor in stimulating an interest in the library, and some of the donations of books have been from friends whose attention was called to it by that event. The hours for taking books have been from 3.30 to 4.30 on Wednesday, and from 7 to 8 o'clock on Saturday, but the Librarian has found the hour all too short to supply the throng of patrons.
The Trustees have voted that in future the hours for opening shall be from 3 to 5 o'clock on Wednesday, and from 6 to 8 on Saturday.
From what has already been said we think it must be sufficiently evident that the library is in need of better accom- modations. There still remains sufficient unoccupied space
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upon the shelves to receive what books are likely to be added during another year, and perhaps for a longer time, but there is almost no opportunity to make use of the books of reference, and no facilities for a reading room. The inconvenience to the patrons has already been mentioned.
The Trustees would recommend that the town appro- priate a sum not less than $250 for the use of the library for the ensuing. year.
STATE OF THE LIBRARY.
Whole number of books and documents now in library
2447
Source from which they were received :
From Social Library
1691
South Chelmsford Library
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360
State of Massachusetts
105
Friends in Beverly
50
Magazines bound
90
Public documents
9
Individuals
33
Received since catalogue was printed :
From Social Library
57
Individuals
40
Public documents
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2447
In addition to the above we have 579 unbound magazines, 1 map, and a number of books not yet passed upon by the Trustees.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Money appropriated by town
$200 00
Received from sale of catalogues
18 75
Received from sale of old paper Received from fines
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30
1 95
$221 00
Paid for additional shelves and
fittings
$46 35
Paid for binding and repairing books 55 50
supplies
16 17
cleaning room
1 20
preparing catalogues, classi- fying, etc. ·
66 49
Paid Librarian from treasury $13 40
Paid Librarian from money
received for use of
library room
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1 00
14 40
$200 11
Unexpended balance
20 89
$221 00
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. HARRIET M. BARTLETT, Secretary, LUTHER H. SARGENT,
HENRY S. PERHAM, Chairman, S. INGERSOLL BRIANT, MISS LOUISA A. ALLEN, A. HEADY PARK,
Trustees.
Books Added to the Library Since the Cata= logue Was Printed, March, 1894.
FICTION.
Beric the Briton. G. A. Henty 4.916
Karl Krinken. Elizabeth Wetherell ·
2.704
Caspar and His Friends. Amy Lothrop 2 701 .
Canoe-Mates. Kirk Monroe
3.710
Camp-Mates. Kirk Monroe
3.712
Dory-Mates. Kirk Monroe
3.711
Eleanor's Visit. Joanna H. Mathews
2.616
Elsie's Santa Claus. Joanna H. Mathews 2.618 ·
Fanny's Birthday Gift. Joanna H. Mathews 2.613
Hard Maple. Elizabeth Wetherell
2.700
Hildegarde's Home. Laura E. Richards Hildegarde's Holiday. Laura E. Richards
2.620
Ivar the Viking. Paul Du Chaillu
3.502
Jenny Wren's Boarding House. James Otis
3.500
Mabel Walton's Experiment. Joanna H. Mathews
2 617
Mr. Rutherford's Children. Elizabeth Wetherell 2.702
One of the 28th : A Tale of Waterloo. G. A. Henty 4.920
Peter Budstone. J. T. Trowbridge 3.707
Phil and His Friends. J. T. Trowbridge 3.708
Queen Hildegarde. Laura E. Richards 2.621 ·
Raft-Mates. Kirk Monroe 3.713
Redskin and Cowboy. G. A. Henty
4.918 .
Rosalie's Pet. Joanna H. Mathews 2.615
Saint Bartholomew's Eve. G. A. Henty 4.917 .
3.715
School-boy Days in Italy. Andre Laurie . School-boy Days in Russia. Andre Laurie ·
3.714
Sybil and Chryssa. Elizabeth Wetherell 2.703
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2.619
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The Arabian Nights. Revised and Annotated by Jas. Mason 5.612
The New Scholars. Joanna H. Mathews 2.614 ·
The One I Knew Best. F. H. Burnett 3.501 . The Satin-Wood Box. J. T. Trowbridge ·
3.709
To Right the Wrong. Edna Lyall 2.622
True to the Flag. G. A. Henty
4.919
Works of Jonathan Swift, with Notes and Life of
Author, by Walter Scott. 19v. . 5.900- 918
JUVENILE. .
Another Brownie Book. Palmer Cox 5.429
The Brownies at Home. Palmer Cox . 5.430
BIOGRAPHY.
Admiral Farragut. Capt. A. T. Mahan . 10.810
General Jackson. James Parton . 10.811
General Thomas. Henry Coppee, LL. D. . 10.812
Louis Agassiz. C. F. Holder . 10.712
Memorial of Alpheus Spring Packard 10.1014
Memoir of Jeffries Wyman. A. S. Packard
10.1015
Memoir of Josiah Gardner Abbott. Chas.
Cowley .
10.1013
One of a Thousand. Biographical sketches of
one thousand representative men of
Massachusetts 19.213
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, 2 vol. 11.808-809
HISTORY.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England. A. M. Earle 10.307 .
History of Harvard. Henry S. Nourse 10.1012
. History of Prussia. J. S. C. Abbott 8.610
Lucy Keyes : The Lost Child of Wachusett Mt. Francis E. Blake 10.1016
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The Sabbath in Puritan New England. A. M. Earle 10.306
Twenty Years in Congress. J. G. Blaine, 2 vols. 11.810-811
TRAVELS.
Ascent of the Volcano of Popocatepetl. A. S. Packard 7.421
Europe Illustrated. Edited by F. K. Warren 6.709
Letters of Travel. Phillips Brooks 6 415
Over the Mexican Plateau in a Diligence. A.
S. Packard 7.422
Saunterings. Chas. Dudley Warner 6.619
The Heart of Europe. Leo De Colange ·
6.710
The Labrador Coast. A. S. Packard
7.512
The World's Worship in Stone. M. M. Ripley
6.708
Zigzag Journeys in the Great North-West. H. Butterworth 6 520
Zigzag Journeys in the Mediterranean. H. Butterworth 6 521
SCIENCE.
Zoology for High Schools and Colleges. A. S. Packard
. 20 905
SOCIOLOGY.
The Farmers' Tariff Manual. Daniel Strange. 16.308
AMERICAN PROSE.
A New England Boyhood. E. E. Hale : 18 507
Speeches, Lectures, and Addresses. Wen-
dell Phillips, 2 vols. .
18.505-506
AGRICULTURE.
Entomological Writings of A. S. Packard, 4 pam 21.97-100 Causes of Destruction of Forest Trees. A. S. Packard, 2 pam. . 21.101-102
Fifth Report of U. S. Entomological Commission 21.103
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BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
Notable Episcopal Churches. G. W. Shinn 13.107
Official Congressional Directory 12.207
The Science of Correspondences Elucidated. Edward Madeley
13.108
EDUCATIONAL REPORTS, ETC.
Abnormal Man. Arthur MacDonald.
Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania. F.
N. Thorpe.
Biological Teaching in the Colleges of the United States. John P. Campbell.
Education in Delaware. Lyman P. Powell.
Higher Education in Ohio. G. W. Knight & J. R. Commons.
Report of Commissioner of Education, 1889-'90. 2 vols.
Report of U. S. Civil Service Commission, July, '91 ; June, '92.
Report on Secondary School Studies, Dec., 1893.
Shorthand Instruction and Practice. J. E. Rockwell.
Spelling Reform. Francis A. March.
Statistics of Public Libraries in U. S. and Canada. Weston Flint.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Catechism. Hezekiah Packard.
Map of Chelmsford in 1794.
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