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2. Connection with the Metropolitan sewerage system, either alone or with other towns. The advantage of this method is that it would solve the question of disposal for all time. The disadvantage is that the entrance fee would be large and it is impossible to predict what extensions of the system in other parts of the district might thereafter be made, in the cost of which the town would have to partici- pate, much as it is now doing in the case of Metropolitan Parks.
3. Some system of purification.
a. Filter bed. The disadvantages of this method are so great that its adoption is not recommended. The original cost is large.
b. Imhoff Tanks. This method only partially purifies the sewage by reducing to some extent the organic matter it con- tains. It is a method only used at the present time as a pre- liminary treatment before filteration. The two are general- ly used in combination.
c. Precipitation by lime. This is expensive on account of the amount of lime required and of the expense of disposing of the sludge which is very great and the residue worthless.
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. d. Activated sludge process. This is probably being more widely experimented with than any other at the pres- ent time. It is a good process in that it produces an excel- lent affluent, but it recovers very little material of value and the cost of treatment is high. In other words, it is not economical.
4. Within a year or so an entirely new method of sewage disposal has been proposed. It is not yet completely devel- oped, but promises so well that it may be very properly re- garded as a factor for consideration by municipalities in- stalling a system of sewerage. It is known as the Miles. Acid Process of sewage treatment. It has been shown to possess many advantages as a method of sewage disposal, particu- larly on the score of economy. Even in its present stage of development, it may be confidently stated to be the most economical process yet brought forward. It disinfects the sewage by reducing the bacteria from millions to hundreds per cubic centimeter. It also deodorizes.
The essence of the Miles process lies in the fact that acid in the form of sulphur dioxide (S. O.2) obtained by burning sulphur is the cheapest form of acid known, and that it can be made at a cost which will allow treatment of sewage and a recovery of values at a profit. Up to the present time it has been thought that fertilizer was the only marketable product resulting from a treatment of sewage, but by the above process the fertilizing feature becomes comparatively unimportant and the main cost of treatment is expected to be in large part if not wholly defrayed by the sale of fats. Several large cities are watching with interest the result of a practical experiment on a large scale which is now being conducted by the city of New Haven.
Under all the circumstances, the board concludes that it will be well to wait before deciding until it has been demon- strated whether such a process is practical for a town like ours to adopt, either by itself or in conjunction with other towns.
But there is one feature in connection with the subject that seems not only practicable but advisable now, and as to which we may safely proceed at once. This is by making a
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start in the work of obtaining a survey of the town with ref- erence to its topography. When completed this will be very useful to other departments of the town, (such as the water department), as well as almost necessary whenever a sewer- age system is adopted, irrespective of the method of disposal.
The town may well begin at once on this part of its sewage proposition and perhaps by the time this preliminary work is completed, science will have made easier a solution of the one great problem confronting the town, as to how to dis- pose of the sewage after it has been collected.
We endorse all that has been said in prior reports of this board relative to the procuring of land for establishment of parks and playgrounds.
The extent to which Webb Park, with its somewhat limit- ed development, has been availed of by the public, affords a demonstration of both the need and advantages of such open places.
Happily, the generous gift of Mrs. Nevins to the town of the land at the corner of Columbian and Main Streets ex- ceeds in area that required for the school house, and a por- tion is therefore available for playground purposes at South Weymouth.
At East Weymouth there is a need for similar privileges. We recommend the selection by the residents of that part of the town of some suitable space and its acquisition by the town for park purposes. The same is true at Lovell's Cor- ner. 1
The organization of the board was as follows :
President :- Albert P. Worthen, 28 Front Street, Wey- mouth.
Vice-President :- George L. Barnes, 544 Main Street, South Weymouth.
Secretary :- Minot P. Garey, 45 Randall Avenue, East Weymouth.
COMMITTEES.
Streets-David M. Kidder, George M. Keene, Wallace H. Bicknell, Burton B. Wright, Russell H. Whiting.
Water-Robert S. Hoffman, James W. Colgan, Wallace
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H. Bicknell, Matthew R. Loud, Frank N. Proctor.
Sewage-Bradford Hawes, Wallace H. Bicknell, Walter J. Sladen, John Reidy, Minot P. Garey.
Housing-John B. Whelan, George M. Keene, William J. Holbrook, Matthew R. Loud, Frank N. Proctor.
Educational-Arthur H. Alden, Fred L. Doucett, John B. Whelan, Prince H. Tirrell, Walter L. Bates.
Recreation-Edward W. Hunt, Frank W. Rea, Fred L. Doucett, David M. Kidder, George L. Barnes.
Town Officials and Administration-Bradford Hawes, Ar- thur H. Alden, Robert S. Hoffman, Edward W. Hunt, Walter L. Bates.
Taxation-George L. Barnes, James W. Colgan, Bradford Hawes, Peter E. Sullivan, Minot P. Garey.
Telephone, Telegraph and Electric Lights-Walter J. Sla- den, Cornelius J. Lynch, Peter E. Sullivan, Burton B. Wright, John Reidy.
Transportation-John Reidy, William J. Holbrook, Cor- nelius J. Lynch, John B. Whelan, Frank W. Rea.
Publicity-Peter E. Sullivan, Robert S. Hoffman, Arthur H. Alden.
ALBERT P. WORTHEN, Pres. MINOT P. GAREY, Sec'y.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Trustees of 1
THE TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASS.
1916
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TRUSTEES.
Louis A. Cook William A. Drake Francis M. Drown James H. Flint
Joseph E. Gardner William F. Hathaway John B. Holland Clarance P. Whittle
Selectmen, Ex-Officio.
Henry E. Hanley Bradford Hawes
George L. Newton Edward W. Hunt
Ralph P. Burrell.
Officers. Clarance P. Whittle, President. Francis M. Drown, Secretary.
Librarian. Abbie L. Loud.
Assistants.
Louisa C. Richards,
Alice B. Blanchard.
Janitor.
Frank D. Sherman.
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INFORMATION.
The library is for the use of all residents of Weymouth.
Temporary residents are entitled to the same privileges as residents.
The library is open every day except Sundays, legal holi- days and June 17th.
Library hours : Daily, 2 to 8 p. m., except Wed- nesday, 2 to 5 p. m., and Saturday, 2 to 9 p. m.
Summer hours : July and August, 2 to 6 p. m .; Wednesday and Saturday as above.
Two cards are issued to each borrower over twelve years of age. A white card for general use and a green special card for non-fiction, including magazines and music scores.
A white card is given to each child between nine and twelve years of age if the application is signed by a trustee of the library.
Teachers and students are given cards which permit the taking of ten or more books, other than adult fiction, for twenty-eight days.
The vacation privilege allows a borrower, when away from home, to take several books, not recent publications, for an extended time.
All books from the circulating department, even the new fiction, may be kept for fourteen days. Recent numbers of magazines are limited to seven days with no renewal.
A book cannot be transferred from one card to another, but may be renewed by mail or *telephone, unless stamped THIS BOOK CANNOT BE RENEWED. The shelf number or title of the book and the borrower's name should be stated when the request for renewal is made.
*Telephone, Weymouth 112-W.
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A fine of two cents a day will be incurred for each day's detention of a book after it is due. When a book is sent for by the librarian it will be at the expense of the borrower.
Signs and abbreviations used in booklists :
R Reference.
+ Gift.
* Not loaned without permission. j Juvenile.
Cases of contagious diseases are reported to the library by the Board of Health and exposed books are burned.
For the convenience of residents living in different parts of the town, books are exchanged through the delivery sta- tions once a week as follows :
Lovell's Corner, W. W. Pratt, Tuesday.
East Weymouth,
Marion F. French,
Wednesday.
Weymouth Center,
Bates & Humphrey, Wednesday.
South Weymouth,
Fogg Memorial Library, Thursday.
South Weymouth,
Marshall P. Sprague, Thursday.
North Weymouth,
J. W. Bartlett & Co., Friday.
Weymouth Heights, W. J. Sladen, Friday.
Application for borrowers' cards may be made at the de- livery stations. Class lists and book lists may be consulted or purchased at these stations.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
The thirty-eighth annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Tufts Library is respectfully submitted as follows:
The library has been open 303 days for the delivery of books during the year 1916, with a total circulation of 58,693, an average of 194- a day. 28,207 of the total number were circulated through the schools and the delivery stations. The largest number given out on any one day was 542 on April 20, and the smallest was 49 on July 31.
The number distributed through the several delivery sta- tions is shown in the following table :
Precinct.
Delivery Station.
Loans.
1
J. W. Bartlett & Co.
6,883
1
W. J. Sladen
2,253
2 & 6
Marion F. French
5,641
2 & 6
Bates & Humphrey
2,326
4
W. W. Pratt
1,222
4
Marshall P. Sprague
801
5
Fogg Memorial Library
1,682
20,808
CLASSIFICATION OF CIRCULATION.
Class.
Loans.
Per cent.
Arts .
2,590
4.41
Biography
852
1.45
Fiction
40,090
68.30
History
2,683
4.57
Literature
883
1.51
Natural science
1,513
2.58
Poetry
782
1.33
Social science
1,236
2.11
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Theology
169
.29
Travels
2,014
3.43
Periodicals
5,881
10.02
58,693
100.00
7 SCHOOLS, including one Sunday School, have received 7,399 volumes; 'and in addition to these, 45 teachers have borrowed 1,230 volumes for their school work.
81 STUDENT'S CARDS have been used, on which 957 books have been loaned.
The REGISTRATION OF BORROWERS shows that there have been 350 applications for cards during the year, mak- ing a total of 4,072 since the beginning of the present regis- tration in April, 1909.
The ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF THE BOOKS shows that 23 have been lost, 3 of which were paid for, and that 14 books are still unaccounted for. 5 books have been burned accidentally and 1 book has been burned on account of con- tagion. 153 books have been discarded because they were unfit for circulation.
265 public documents which were stored in the hall above, the library have been returned to the Superintendent of Documents at Washington, D. C.
The ACCESSIONS numbered 869 volumes, of which 103 were gifts, 141 replacements and 69 bound periodicals. 349 volumes have been rebound. The total number of accessions is 34,260.
The books purchased from the Susannah Hunt Stetson fund, the Augustus J. Richards fund, and the Tirrell Dona- tion are listed in Appendix B.
The READING AND REFERENCE ROOM has received the following additions to the reference department : Ameri- can year book, 1915; Eastman's Index to fairy tales, myths and legends; Hastings and Selbie's Encyclopaedia of re- ligion and ethics, 8v .; Mclaughlin and Hart's Cyclopedia of American government, 3v .; New international year book, 1915; Resident and business directory of Weymouth, Mass., 1913-1914; Sargent's Handbook of the best private schools of the United States and Canada, 1915; Statesman's year-
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book, 1916; Whitaker's almanack, 1916; Who's who, 1916; Who's who in America, 1916-1917 ; World almanac and ency- clopedia, 1916.
The list of periodicals, as given in Appendix C, varies slightly from that of last year. The Engineering magazine is now Industrial management. McBride's magazine has been merged in the Scribner's magazine, and the Harper's weekly has been incorporated with the Independent. The American magazine, Countryside, National geographic maga- zine, and Something-to-do have been added by subscription ; the Congregationalist by gift. America and the National geographic magazine are no longer presented.
The ART EXHIBITIONS have included 16 collections of pictures from the Library Art Club, as follows :
War of the Balkan States and Turkey, 1912-13; Venice, No. 7, The Ducal Palace; Pictures by European artists from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Age of mahogany in English furniture ; Tunisia and Eastern Algeria ; Verona, No. 2, The Art of Verona; North Wales; Pictures for children by Leslie Brooke; The Panama-Pacific international exposi- tion, San Francisco, and The Panama-California exposition, San Diego, California; South America; Kate Greenaway; Pictures in Buckingham palace and Windsor castle, Pt. 1, Flemish, Memlinc to Rubens; The Great War in Europe, No. 1; Dante ; Fifty Salem doorways; The Vale of Kashmir.
The GIFTS of the year included public documents; an- nual reports, bulletins and other publications, presented by 37 libraries ; and books, pamphlets and newspapers from in- dividual donors.
Also, through the continued generosity of Mrs. Mary Fi- field King, numerous additions have been made to the Fifield Collection, among which is a collection of music popular among the singers of Weymouth in years gone by. In an article by Mrs. King, in the Weymouth Gazette and Tran- script of September 22, 1916, she says of this music :-
"From a large collection of old Weymouth music carefully . preserved by the Fifields, some forty or more pieces have been selected to represent, as far as possible, Weymouth's favorites between the years 1840 and 1860. It is hoped that
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these pieces will awaken many pleasurable memories and stories of the past two generations, and perhaps lead to the gathering of interesting facts and bits of pleasant gossip concerning them. Weymouth's musical history is as well worth recording as any other department, for it was both rich and varied and brought much honor to the town through its talented sons and daughters."
Mrs. Warren Weston and Mrs. Elliot C. Pierce have also made interesting contributions to the Fifield Collection. The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor of the East Weymouth Congregational church has donated the Congre- gationalist, and Miss Nellie F. Hart has given some numbers of the Washington Post.
It seems fitting at this time to acknowledge the generous gift of Joseph E. Trask, deceased, who was a former resident of Weymouth, but during his later years lived in Boston. Under his will, which was allowed last year, in a modified form, the town has received six thousand dollars under a partial distribution of his estate and will further receive a similar sum, more or less, under the final distribution of the ,estate, which probably will be made before the end of the current year.
The income from the amounts received and to be received by the town under this will is to be devoted to the needs and uses of the Tufts Library.
The foregoing statistics indicate as nearly as figures can the work accomplished by the library during 1916. Only the books purchased with the income from the special funds are listed in this report, as the new Class List, which is well un- der way, will probably be published during the coming sum- mer. This supplement will list all the books added to the library since August 1, 1910, and with the previous lists will bring the printed catalogue up to the date of publication.
Besides the 265 public documents mentioned above as hav- ing been returned to the Superintendent of Documents at Washington, fifty or more duplicate copies and 188 volumes of the Congressional Globe and the Congressional Record, not accessioned, were also sent back.
There have been several unusual demands upon the ap-
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propriation during the year, including repairs to the boiler and plumbing and a new metal ceiling in the drug store in the library building. It was also necessary in the early part of the year to pump the water from the cellar at consider- · able expense.
It is with sincere sorrow that the trustees report the loss, by death, of Frederick Thayer Hunt, for six years associa- ted with them in the work of the library. His genial disposi- tion and his knowledge of books made him a valued member of the Board of Trustees.
CLARANCE P. WHITTLE, By order and in behalf of the Trustees.
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Appendix A. Table of Statistics.
Appendix B. Books purchased from Special Funds. Appendix C. ¡ Periodicals. Appendix D. Donors.
APPENDIX A .- TABLE OF STATISTICS.
Days open during the year 303
Number of volumes at beginning of year 29,755
Number of volumes added during the year by pur- chase 697
Number of volumes added during the year by gift ... 103
Number of volumes lost or withdrawn during the year 447
Number of books previously reported lost, found.
2
Total number at end of year 30,179
Number of volumes of fiction lent
40,090
Number of volumes lent for home use 51,294
Number of volumes lent to schools 7,399
Total number of volumes lent during the year 58,693
Average circulation per day 194-
Number of delivery stations
7
Number of volumes lent through the delivery stations 20,808 Number of new borrowers registered during the year 350
Number of newspapers and periodicals currently re- ceived (Number of copies, not titles) 108
Number of volumes rebound 349
Number of periodicals bound
69
RECEIPTS FROM PAYMENTS FOR
Town appropriation .. $2,600 00
Books
$1,272 10
Dog tax 655 11
Binding
207 14
Endowment funds .. 655 13
Salaries,
library
ser-
Fines and sale of publi-
vice, janitor service 2,022 52
cations 174 43
Other sources
1,051 50
Total
$5,136 17
Balance to Town Treas-
ury
8 23
Total
$5,136 17
Heat
272 85
Light
186 84
Other expenses
1,166 49
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APPENDIX B-BOOKS PURCHASED FROM SPECIAL FUNDS.
Susannah Hunt Stetson Fund.
Hastings & Selbie, eds. Encyclopaedia of reli-
gion and ethics. 1913-16. 8v. R
McKINLEY. Olcott. Life of William McKinley. 1916 2v. 917.221
Statesman's year book. 1916 R
Augustus J. Richards Fund.
Alderman. School credit for home work. 1915. 313 226
Altshelter. Hunters of the hills j
A469.32
Shades of the wilderness j
A469.30
Automobile blue book publishing company.
Official automobile blue book; touring in-
formation for the year 1916. Vol. 2. New England and Eastern Canada 224.212
Beith. (Ian Hay) First hundred thousand.
1916
633.57
Bennett. Hilda Lessways ,
B4357.14
Benson. The Oakleyites
B443.3
Bosher. People like that
B653.6
Bourne. Gary Schools. 1916
313.225
Brady. Web of steel
B725.19
Braithwaite, ed. Anthology of magazine verse. 1913. Vol. 1 of 817.61
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR. Sayers. Samuel Cole-
ridge-Taylor, musician. 1915 917.217
Comfort. Child and country. 1916 313.224
Comstock. Joyce of the north woods C736.3
' Davenport. Education for efficiency. 1914.
313.220
Dawson. Jan; a dog and a romance
D322.2
Dix. Battle months of George Daurella. 1
D644.13
Dunn. In the service of the King; a parson's story. 1915 833.75
726.272
Fryer. Mary Frances garden book. 1916 j Grey. Border legion G868.10
354
Haggard. Ivory child
Herrick. World decision. 1916
633.53
HOWE. Richards & Elliott. Julia Ward Howe. 2 v. 1916
917.215
Howells. Leatherwood god
H837.41
Hueston. Prudence of the parsonage
H871.1
Prudence says so
H871.2
Keeler. Our early wild flowers. 1916
735.151
Kent. Work and teachings of the apostles. 1916. (Historical Bible. Vol. 6). Vol. 6 of.
833.62
Lincoln. Mary-'Gusta
L632.17
Locke. Wonderful year
L793.10
Long. How Janice Day won
L853.3
Lowrie. My life in prison. 1912
311.178
My life out of prison. 1915
311.179
Mclaughlin & Hart, eds. Cyclopedia of Ameri- can government. 3v. 1914
R M372.2
Masefield. Captain Margaret
Everlasting mercy, and The widow in the Bye street
826.112
Good Friday, and other poems. 1916
826.113
Masters. Songs and satires. 1916
826.94
Morris, Charles. Heroes of the navy in America. 1907
213.124
Morris, Mrs. S. E. W. (Elisabeth Woodbridge). More Jonathan papers. 1915
132.95
Nicholson. Proof of the pudding
N518.10
Oppenheim. Kingdom of the blind
0624.35
Paret. Methods and players of modern lawn ten- nis. 1915
724.273
Parrish. Contraband
P248.11
Parsons. How to write for the "movies." 1915. .
121.73
Puffer. Vocational guidance. 1913
313.219
Quirk. Ice-boat Number one .j
Q46.3
Rexford. Making of a home. 1916
726.271
Rice, comp. Easter : ed. by R. H. Schauffler. 1916
135.125
Richmond. Under the country sky. "Appeared
in the Ladies' Home Journal under title 'Star in the country sky' " R413.10
H124.32
355
Rinehart. Kings, queens and pawns; an Ameri-
can woman at the front. 1915
633.54
Seton. Wild animal ways. 1916 . j
736.174
Shackleton. Book of Boston. 1916 224.209
Sharp. Hills of Hingham. 1916
736.173
Shaw. Story of a pioneer, by Anna Howard Shaw, with the collaboration of Elizabeth Jordan. 1915 917.216
Showerman. Country chronicle
S5593.1
Sidgwick. Hatchways
S5681.6
Sinclair (B. M. Bower). Heritage of the Sioux .. Phantom herd
S6162.10
S6162.9
Smith. Enoch Crane
S647.20
Snaith. Sailor
S669.9
Sothern. Melancholoy tale of "Me"; my re- membrances 917.224
Swift. Learning by doing. 1914
313.218
Taft. The presidency. 1916 314.181
Tarkington. Penrod and Sám
T176.14
Thayer. Germany vs. civilization. 1916
633.56
Wald. House on Henry street. 1915
311.185
Ward. (Mrs. Humphry Ward). Great success.
W217.20
Waters. Visiting nursing in the United States. 1912 726.223
Wilson. Somewhere in Red Gap
W692.4
Wood, E. F. Writing on the wall; the nation on trial. 1916 315.315
Wood, Leonard. Military obligation of citizen- ship. 1915 315.316
Also 46 duplicates and 24 replacements.
Tirrell Donation.
Adams & Stephens, eds. Select documents of English constitutional history. 1916 td314.182
Alexander. History and procedure of the House of representatives td314.183
Brandeis. Business-a profession. 1914 td315.288
Cotter. Authentic history of the United States steel corporation. 1916 td314.186
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Elliott. American government and majority rule. 1916 td315.280
Hart. Monroe doctrine. 1916
td314.184
ed. American nation. 27v. 1904-1908 td615.121
Hill. People's government. 1915
td314.188
Huidekoper. Military unpreparedness of the United States. 1915 td315.319
Macy & Gannaway. Comparative free govern- ment. 1915 td314.187
Munro. Principles and methods of municipal ad- ministration. 1916
td314.165
Roosevelt. Fear God and take your own part. 1916
td315.287
Sherrill. Modernizing the Monroe doctrine. 1916 td314.185 Smith. Arnold's march from Cambridge to Que- bec. 1903 td617.169
Stevens. Story of our navy. 1914 td617.111
Stone. Law and its administration. 1915.
td314.189
Also 1 duplicate.
APPENDIX C-PERIODICALS.
b bi-monthly m monthly S semi-monthly
d daily
q quarterly W weekly
+ gift
American magazine. m
American boy. m
American historical review. q American library association booklist. m
American machinist. W
American poultry advocate. m tArts and decoration. m
t Atlantic deeper waterways. m
Atlantic monthly. m Bird lore. b
Bookman. m
Bulletin of bibliography. q ' Canadian magazine. m Cassell's little folks. m Catholic world. m
Century. m +Christian science journal. m Christian science monitor. d +Christian science sentinel. m
+Church militant. m Collier's weekly. w +Congregationalist. w Country life in America. m Countryside. m
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Craftsman. m Cumulative book index. m
Current opinion. m
Delineator. m
Dial. S Educational review. m
Electrical world. w
Engineering news. W
Etude. m
Everybody's magazine. m
Forum. m
Garden magazine. m
Good housekeeping. m
Harper's bazar. m
Harper's magazine. m 1
House and garden. m House beautiful. m
Illustrated London news. Illustrated world. m
Independent. w
Industrial management. m International marine engin- eering. m
Internationa studio. m Journal of education. w
Keramic studio. m
Ladies' home journal. m
Leslie's weekly. w
Library journal. m Life. w
Literary digest. W
Little folks. m Living age. w McClure's magazine. m Modern Priscilla. m
Munsey's magazine. m
Museum of fine arts bulle- tin, Boston, Mass. b
Musician. m
Nation. w
National geographic maga- zine. m
Nineteenth century and after. m
North American review. m +Our dumb animals. m +Our fourfooted friends. m Outing. m
Outlook. W Photo era. m Political science quarterly. q
Popular mechanics. m Popular science monthly. m Primary education. m {Protectionist. m
Public libraries. m Publishers' weekly. w +Raja Yoga messenger. b
· Readers' guide. m +Record [Insurance]. m Review of reviews (Ameri- can). m
St. Nicholas. m
School arts magazine. m Scientific American & Sup- plement. w
Scientific monthly. m
Scribner's magazine. m Something-to-do. m
Sunset. m
Survey. w System. m
+ Theosophical path. m +Universalist leader. w t Weymouth gazette and transcript. w + Weymouth times. w
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Woman's home companion. m ¡ Woman's journal. W
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