Town annual reports of the officers of Southbridge for the year ending 1909-1912, Part 25

Author: Southbridge (Mass.)
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1078


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185


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


solutely no method of heating, wretched ventilation in all parts of the library. We have about reached the height of what may be done with the present quarters. If there is not an immediate prospect of a new library building, it will be necssary in the near future to make some arrangement for additional room, or the library will have to cease buying books, which latter may not be done under the terms by which the pres- ent library quarters were given to the town. It cer- tainly seems unfortunate that Southbridge should not have a library building worthy of the collection of books of which the town may be justly proud.


During the year unusually many books have been bought to replace wornout volumes. It is just as necessary to have whole and reasonably clean copies of the standard and popular books already in the library as to buy the new books that are coming out. Among the new books purchased have been a goodly number of practical books, such as farming and gardening books, mechanical books, books about furniture and house furnishings. We could especially call your attention to these books in the appended list of new books. Brady's "American fights and fighters" are five volumes of American history in what is practically story form. These books are very popular with men and boys. Most men would be interested in Peary's "North Pole," Whitney's "Hunting with the Eskimos," Roosevelt's "African game trails" and Tjader's "Big game of Africa." 96 French books have been bought during the year. Of these 41 volumes were new titles and the other 55 volumes replaced wornout books.


228 volumes have been rebound, 93 volumes of periodicals have beeen bound.


Through the library art club we have exhibited the following pictures : Jamaica ; Florence ; Shakespeare ;


186


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Pompeii ; Greece ; Whistler ; Famous pictures ; Rise of sculpture ; Dr. Nutting's New England views ; Egypt ; Audobon's birds.


The Woman's education association kindly sent us a collection of Yosemite pictures in February.


During 1911 we shall have two copies of the "Ladies' home journal," one of which may be taken from the library for home use. The "World of to-day" has been added to the reading-room.


During the Librarian's three months leave of absence, Miss Elizabeth Frost, a graduate of the New York state library school, carried on the work of the library very efficiently.


The newspapers have kindly printed lists of new books from time to time as well as notices concerning the library.


ELLA E. MIERSCH,


Librarian.


ACCESSIONS


Bound volumes in library Feb. 1, 1910,


22,081


Added by purchase,


393


by gift,


53


by binding periodicals,


104


550


22,631


U. S. public documents returned,


152


Worn out books,


205


357


22,274


187


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Replaced, 220


Bound volumes in library Feb. 1, 1911, 22,494


Bound pamphlets in library Feb. 1. 1910, 1,664 Added, 53


Pamphlets in library Feb. 1, 1911. 1,717


CIRCULATION


Days library was open,


305


Volumes circulated, 37,798


Average daily use,


124


Smallest daily use, Sept. 16,


23


Largest daily use, Jan. 28,


311


Smallest monthly use. September,


2,722


Largest monthly use, March,


3,775


REGISTRATION OF READERS


Names registered February 1, 1910,


4,309


Names registered February 1, 1910-Febru- ary 1, 1911, 479


Names registered February 1, 1911, 4,788


ACCESSION AND CIRCULATON


Volumes added 9 10 11.


Volumest now in Library.


Volumes circulated in 1909-10.


Volumes cireulated İl 1910-11


Per cent. circulated in 19.0-11.


Fiction,


116


3066


15997


16110


42.63


Children, Fiction,


61


971


9026


9355


24.74


Children. Non-fiction,


25


534


3369


2905


7.53


Philosophy,


5


326


111


86


.25


Religion,


3


554


120


70


.19


Sociology,


12


758


206


153


.41


Language,


1


85


35


15


.04


Science,


13


606


443


353


.94


Useful arts,


21


623


539


531


1.41


Fine arts,


15


452


458


488


1.40


Literature,


12


2242


633


694


1.84


Travel,


35


1298


1144


1161


3.07


History,


13


1562


517


414


1.10


Biography,


24


1577


410


354


.94


Bound periodicals,


104


2786


358


255


.68


Law reports of Mass.


2


234


Mass. public documents,


15


1896


7


13


.04


U. S. public documents,


12


419


French books,


66


637


3357


3307


8.74


Current periodicals,


1440


1510


4


Reference books,


7


955


50


24


.07


Ammidown collection,


9.12


1


188


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


CIRCULATION BY MONTHS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.


|1901-2|1902-3|1903-4|1904-5 |1905-6|1906-7|1907-8;1908-9|1809-10|1910-11


February,


2330


2619


2905


2963


2673


2739


2824


3431


3447


March,


2436


2606


2584


2896


3120


3229


3001


3256


3980


3460


April,


2025


1902


2220


2585


2704


2588


2514


2963


3172


3119


May,


1769


1785


1901


2032


2271


2363


2216


2704


2908


2801


June,


1628


1634


1931


1847


2112


2366


2186


2725


2654


2774


July,


1760


1755


1789


2083


2134


2489


2258


2891


3163


3016


August, .


1692


1784


1821


2077


2201


2276


2313


2877


2925


3244


September,


1519


1735


1604


1902


2218


2066


1982


2613


2863


2722


October,


1923


2079


2163


2168


2367


2169


2236


3033


3223


3018


November,


2205


2225


2359


2323


2102


2842


2835


3218


3179


3154


December,


2095


2270


2649


2572


2591


2628


2697


3535


3128


3268


January,


.


·


2431


2811


2798


2791


2789


2857


3155


3543


3594


3775


Total,


23813


25205


26727


28239


29585


28173


30216 36185


38220


37798


.


.


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


189


190


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY


Pamphlets


Volumes


Acheson Oildag Co.,


1


Agriculture, Dep't of


4


Clement Begin,


1


Mrs. C. F. Donnelly,


1


John F. Dryden,


1


Eddy Town fund,


10


Edward E. Farnsworth,


1


K. C. Gillette,


1


G. A. Gray,


1


Harvard University,


1


Commonwealth of Mass., 47


17


Mass. agricultural experiment station,


A. C. McClurg & Co.,


1


James C. Melvin,


1


C. L. Newhall,


2


Charles Reymershoffer,


1


Slason Thompson,


1


U. S. government,


12


NEWSPAPERS


DAILY


Boston Globe.


Boston Herald.


Boston Journal.


Boston Transcript.


New York Herald.


Springfield Republican.


Worcester Telegram.


191


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


WEEKLY.


Southbridge Press, weekly, gift, George Grant. Southbridge Herald, weekly, gift, W. T. Robinson.


PERIODICALS


d-daily, w-weekly, m-monthly, q-quarterly.


American homes and gardens, m.


American machinist, w.


American magazine, m.


Atlantic monthly, m. (2 copies)


Association men, m., gift, Y. M. C. A.


Bookman, m.


U. S .- Dep't of labor, Bulletin, m., gift.


Cassier's magazine, m.


Century, m. (copies.)


Christian advocate, m., Mynott fund.


Collector, m., gift, C. L. Newhall.


Consular report, q., gift, U. S. bureau of statistics.


Cook's traveller's gazette, m., gift, publishers.


Cosmopolitan, m.


Country life in America, m.


Current literature, m., gift, C. L. Newhall. Delineator, m. Electrician and mechanic, m.


Elementary school teacher, m.


Everybody's magazine, m.


Forum, m. Harper's bazar, m. (2 copies). Harper's monthly, m. (2 copies). Harper's weekly, w.


International studio, m.


192


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Journal of abnormal psychology, m., gift, C. L. New- hall.


Journal of American history, q , gift, C. L. Newhall. Journal of education, m.


Ladies' home journal, m.


Lectures pour tous., m.


Life, w.


Library journal, m.


Littell's living age, w.


Massachusetts magazine, q , gift, C. L. Newhall.


McClure's, m.


Manual training, m.


Methodist review, bi-monthly.


Motor age, w.


Museum of fine arts, m . gift.


Nautilus, m., gift, C. L. Newhall.


Nation, W.


New England historical and genealogical register, q. New England magazine, m.


North American review, m.


Occult review, m., gift, C. L. Newhall.


Official gazette, U. S .- Patent office, m., gift, U. S. government.


Open court, m., gift, C. L. Newhall.


Outing, m.


Outlook, w. (2 copies).


Our dumb animals, m., gift, C. L. Newhall.


Popular educator, m.


Popular science monthly, m.


Popular therapeutics, m., gift, C. L. Newhall.


Protectionist, gift, Home market club.


Reader's guide to periodical literature, m. Reviews of reviews, m.


Reason, m. gift, C. L. Newhall


St. Nicholas. m. (2 copies)


193


REPORT OF LIRRARY COMMITTEE.


Science, w. Scientific American, w. Scientific American supplement, w.


Scribner's magazine, m. Square deal, m. Technical world, m.


Textile world record, m. Two States, m., gift. Y. M. C. A. of Mass. and R. I. Westminster review. m. . World's work, m. (2 copies)


Worcester magazine, m. gift, publishers. Youth's companion, w.


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LIST OF BOOKS ADDED 1910-11


FICTION.


Abbott. Molly make-believe A132.1


Ainsworth. Tower of London A297.1


Atherton. Tower of ivory . A868.6


Balzac. Wild ass's skin B193.9


Barclay. The rosary B244.1


Barclay. Mistress of Shenstone .B244.2


Barr. Sword maker B2685.3


Beach. Going some. B364.4


Bennett. Old wives' tale B470.1


Bennett. The clayhanger B470.2


Benson. The Osbornes B474.1


Blindloss.


Winston of the prairie


B648.3


Booth. Doctor's lass. B724.2


Bosher. Mary Cary B743.1


Brown.


John Winterbourne's family


B877.9


Brown. Duke's price B879.2


Brown.


White roses


B881.1


Buckley. Snare of circumstance B924.1


Castle. My merry Rockhurst C353.4


Chambers. Ailsa Paige . C445.11


Churchill.


A modern chronicle


C563.7


Colbron. Joe Muller: detective C684.1


Cooke. Power and the glory . C771.1


Couch. True Tilda .... C853.8


Crawford. Undersirable governess. C899.27


Cutting. Little stories of married life · C991.2


Cutting. More stories of married life C991.3


Davies. Road to Providence D257.1


195


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Davis. Once upon a time D263.10


Davis. Green cloak. D264.1


Day. The Ramrodders. D275.2


De la Pasture. The tyrant D338.4


Diver. Candles in the wind D618.1


Doubleday. Red house on Rowan street D727.2


Arnim. The caravaners. E434.7


Fielding. History of Tom Jones F454.1


Foote. Royap Americans F689.7


Foster. Cab No. 44. F576.1


Fuller. A literary courtship. F965.3


Gale. Loves of Pelleas and Ettare G153.2


Garland. Cavanagh forest rangers G233.3


Green, Circular study G795.1


Green. House of the whispering pines. G795.11


Grey. Heritage of the desert. G845.2


Hall. The unknown quantity . H176.1


Hancock, Broson of the rabble H234.1


Hay. Right stuff. H411.1


Hay. A man's man H411.2


Hilliers. Master girl H654.1


Hopkins. Meddlings of Eve H795.3


Hough. Purchase price. H838.4


Herrick. Life for a life. H866.4


Hoyt. Personal conduct of Belinda H868.3


Jacobs. Sailor's knots. J17.6


Johnson. The varmint J68.2


Kelly. Little aliens K30.2 King. Wild olive K51,3


Kingsley. Ravenshoe K533.3


Kingston. Peter the whaler K554-1


Kipling. Rewards and fairies K57.11


Landis. Glory of his country L157.1


Laughlin. Everybody's lonesome L374.1


Lee. Happy island. L478.4


196


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Lewis. The boss. L673.1


Lincoln. Depot master. L738.7


Locke. Simon the jester. L814.4


London. Burning Daylight


L847.8


Lynde. Taming of Red Butte Western L988.4


Marlitt. Second wife.


M348.9


Martin. The crossways. M382.1


Martyn. Man outside M388.1


Mason. At the Villa Rosa


M398.5


Mason. The godparents.


M411.1


Meredith. Celt and Saxon M559.7


Miller. Man higher up . M649.1


Montgomery. Kilmeny of the orchard M788.3


Mulford. Hopalong Cassidy


M955.2


Nicholson. Siege of the seven suitors N624.6


Norton. Garden of fate. N887.1


Oppenheim. Illustrious prince. .062.7


Paine. College years P146.2


Paine. Head coach. . P146.3


Paine. Fugitive freshman P146.4


Parker. Cumner's son P239.10


Parrish. Keith of the border. P261.7


: Partridge. Passersby . P275.1


Perry. Dan Merrithew P463.1


Poe. Tales of mystery and imagination P743.1


Pratt. Living mummy


P912.1


Reed. Master of the vineyard


R325.9


Rickert. Beggar in the heart. . R539.3


Rideout, Twisted foot R544.4


Rinehart. When a man marries R579.3


Scott. Shears of destiny S427.2


Sedgwick. Franklin Winslow Kane S449.3


Sinclair. The creators . S617.3


Thurston. Max T545.5


Thurston. City of beautiful nonsense T546.1


197


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Tompkins. Top of the morning . T663,3


Vance. Fortune hunter V222.3


Vance. Big John Baldwin . V223.1


Waller. Flamsted quarries W198.3


Ward.


Lady Merton, colonist


W261.14


Watts, Nathan Burke W349.2


Webster. The sky-man W379.5


Wemyss. Professional aunt. W466.1


Wentworth. Marriage under the terror W479.1


Wharton.


Tales of men and ghosts


W 553.7


White. Rules of the game W591.9


Whitlock. 13th district.


W613.1


Williamson. Lord Loveland discovers


America


W729.8


Wright. Calling of Dan Matthews W949.1


Wright. Shepherd of the hills W949.2


BOYS AND GIRLS.


Abbot. A frigate's namesake J AI26


Baldwin. Fairy stories and fables J B181.3


Barbour. Captain of the crew J B239.6


Barbour. Behind the line J B239.7


Bennett.


Master Skylark


J B471.1


Blanchard. Daughter of freedom. J B639.3


Blanchard. Girl of '76 J B639.4


Brown. Philippa at Halcyon.


J B378


Burgess. Goops and how to be them J B955 Coe. First book of stories for the story teller. . J C672 Craig. So-fat and mew-mew J C887


Cyr. Dramatic first reader J C997


Cyr. Graded art readers, book 1 J CO27.1


Du Bois. Elinor Ardenroyalist J DS15


Dudley. Making the nine. J D847.2


Dunn. General Nelson's scout. J D923


Ellis. Wide awake girls at Winsted JE47.1


198


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Garland. Long trail J G233.1


Gibbon. In the reign of King Cole. J G439


Gillmore. Maida's little shop .J G482


Goss. Jed.


J G677.1


Grover. Folk-lore readers J G883.2


Haines. Luck of the Dudley Grahams. J H153


Jackson. Denise and Ned Toodles J J13.3


Jacobs. English fairy tales. J J17


Lagerlof.


Wonderful adventures of Nils


J L174


Lansing. Fairy tales . J L295.1


Lansing. Rhymes and stories J L295.3


Lansing. Page, esquire and knight . J L295.4


Miller. Kristy's surprise party J M615.3


Munroe. Dorymates J M929.13


Munroe. Flamingo feather. J M929.14


Murray. Story land. J M981.6


Nash. Polly's secret. . J N249


Otis. An amateur fireman J 0887.10


Page. Among the camps. J P147.3


Pier. Crashaw brothers .. J P615.3


Pierson.


Three little Millers


J P624


Pierson. Millers at Pencroft J P624.1


Plympton. Wanolasset. J P738


Richards. Pig brother. J R387.8


Richards. Hildegarde's neighbors J R387.9


Robins. Chasing an iron horse .. J R657


Seawell. Rock of the lion . J S442.3 Shelton. Three prisoners. J S545 Sherwood. Fairchild family J S554


Smith. Farm book ... J S646.1


Spyri. Moni the goat boy J S772.1


Tappan. Dixie Kitten. J T174


Smith. Four on a farm J T385.10


Thompson. American Patty J T467.1


Thompson. Betty Sheldon, patriot J T467.2


199


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Tomlinson. Three colonial boys . J T595.11


Tomlinson. With flintlock and fife J T595.12


Tomlinson. Boys of old Monmouth. J T595.13


Tomlinson. Fort in the forest J T595.14


Tomlinson. Light Horse Harry's legion .J T595.15


Tomlinson. Three young continentals J T595.16


Upton. Gudrun JU71


Waller. A daughter of the rich .J W198


Wiltse. Stories for kindergartens and primary schools J W756.1


Tappan. In the days of Alfred the Great. . . J1A392


Bass. Stories of pioneer life. J1B317


Tappan. In the days of Queen Elizabeth. .J1E43


Guerber. Story of the Romans J1G92.1


Marshall.


An island story


J 1M367


Otis. Ruth of Boston


. J1088


Otis. Mary of Plymouth . J1088.1


Tappan. Our country's history J1T174.1


Tappan. European hero stories. JIT174.2


Hill. On the trail of Washington J1W4


Tappan.


In the days of William the Con-


quer.


J1W716


Tappan. An old, old story book. J3T175


Carpenter. Asia J4C29.1


Carpenter. North America J4C29.2


Henderson. Jamaica J4H496


Hinkson. Ireland. .J4H66


McDonald. Fritz in Germany J4M135


Redway. All around Asia J4R321


Tomlinson, Young Americans in the British


Isles .


J4T659


Wade. Our little Italian cousin J4W119.4


Ritchie. Primer of hygiene . J5R599


Collins. Boys' book of model aeroplanes


J6C712


Dealcombe. Boys' book of airships J6D332


200


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Our holidays, retold from St. Nicholas J7S147 Seton. Boy scouts of America J7S495


GENEALOGY.


Rice, pub. Vital records of Athol, Mass., gift .. G A871 Vital records of Bolton, Mass., gift. .G B694


Vital records of Danvers, Mass. v. 2, gift .G D196 Vital records of Haverhill, Mass., gift. G .H387 Gray. Descendants of George Holmes of


Roxbury, gift G H749


Vital records of Natick, Mass., gift G N277


Vital records of Tisbury, Mass., gift .G T598


Vital records of Warren, Mass., gift G W287


Vital records of Wayland, Mass , gift. G W358 Vital records of Weymouth, Mass., 2 vol., gift.G W549 Vital records of Wrentham, Mass , gift .... .G W945


Stevenson. A guide to biography for young


readers-men of mind C S847


Stevenson. Guide to biography-men of C S847.1


action


BIOGRAPHY.


Brooks. An American citizen B B182


Howells. My Mark Twain B C625


Gilder. Grover Cleveland . . B C633.2


Conway. Charles Francis Donnelly, gift B D665 Evans. An admiral's log B Ev9.1 Gilchrist. Life of Mary Lyon. B L991.1


Johnston. Napoleon B N216.12


Stanley. Autobiography .. B S788


Terhune. Autobiography B T318


Hodges. Carl Wimar, gift. B W757


Yung Wing. My life in China and America. . B W769


201


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


PHILOSOPHY.


Walton. Those nerves. 131W239.1


Abbot. Syllogistic philosophy. 2 vol., gift. . . 140 A126


Upward. New word 141U71


Payot. Education of the will. 159P34


RELIGION.


Rowland. Right to believe 230R883


Moon. Why friends (Quakers) do not bap- tize with water, gift 265M818


Farnsworth. Sophistries of Christian sci-


ence, gift


289.91F236


SOCIOLOGY.


White. The old order changeth 321W587 Addams. Spirit of youth and the city streets .331122


Severy. Gillette's social redemption, gift .335S499 Loane. Neighbors and friends 339L795.1


Lindsey. The beast 351L752


Graham. Civil service self-instructor. 351.3G741


Marriott, How Americans are governed 353M359


Hill. Romance of the American navy . 359H645 Dryden. Addresses and papers on life in-


surance


368D799


EDUCATION.


Ross. Wood turning 371R824


Shields. Making and unmaking of a dullard. . 371S555 Doane. Here and there at Tufts, gift 378T914


LANGUAGE.


Faustine. New reader for evening schools. . .. 428F268


202


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


SCIENCE.


Forbes. History of astronomy 520F69


Elson. Comets 523E49


Jackman. Flying machines 533J12


Hibbert. Popular electricity .


.537H624


Philip. Romance of moden chemistry .. 540P549


Reed. Guide to taxidermy 579R324


Reed.


Flower guide


580R324


Reed. Goldfish, aquaria, ferneries. 597R324


Job. How to study birds


598J62.I


Reed. Bird guide : land birds east of the Rockies . 598R324


Reed. Bird guide : water birds, game birds


and birds of prey


598R324.1


Breck. Wilderness pets .599B829


Roberts. Kings in exile 599R64.2


USEFUL ARTS.


Mueller. Fresh-air book.


. 613M958


Hutchinson. Preventable diseases 616H978


Otis. Great white plague, tuberculosis . 616017


Sadler. Cause and cure of colds. 616S126 Grimshaw. Engine runners' catechism .... 621.1G865 Groth. Welding and cutting metals by aid of gases or electricity . 621.4G881


Hubbard.


Dust preventives and road


binders


625H876


Gerhard. House-draining and sanitary


plumbing .628G368 Davidson. Farm machinery and farm motors. 630D252 McLennan. Manual of practical farming. . 630M164 Roberts. Farmer's business handbook. 630R645 Shute. Farming it. 630S562


203


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Hall. Garden yard. 635H176


Robinson. Poultry-craft 636R661


Lane. Business of dairying 637L266 MacCarthy. Hygiene for mother and child. .. 649M123 Pitman. Shorthand instructor. 653P685


Casson. History of the telephone, gift . 654C345


Thompson, comp. Railway library, 1909, gift. 656T475.1 Osman. Cleaning and renovating at home .... 667083 Hawkins. Polishing and plating of metals. .. 671H393


FINE ARTS


Addison. Boston museum of fine arts. 708 A225


Albee. Hardy plants for cottage gardens 716 A328


Bailey. Manual of gardening 716B155


Stickley. Craftsman homes 728S854


Hammock. Parallel course drawing books .740H2


Sherwin. Your home and its decoration 745S554


Dyer. Lure of the antique . 749D996


Moore. Old furniture book 749M823


Miller. The voice 784M651


AMUSEMENTS


Marcosson. Autobiography of a clown 791M321


Stern. Neighborhood entertainments 793S839


Brewster. Swimming 796 B848


Camp. Book of foot-ball.


797C1


Evers. Touching second. 797E93


Holder. Recreations of a sportsman on the Pacific coast . 799H727.2


Roosevelt. African game trails .799R78.1


Tjader. Big game of Africa 799T625


LITERATURE.


Thomas. Manual of debate 808.5T455


204


REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


Rice, compiler. Toasts and table sentiments. 807.8R84


Litchfield. Les enfants. 811L776


Peabody. The piper .. 812P352.1


Bisland. At the sign of the hobby-horse 814B622


Lincoln. Speeches and letters 815L736


Maeterlinck. Blue bird . 822M186


Phelps. Essays on modern novelists 823P539


Short. Oberammergau. 832S559


Rostand. Chantecler. 842R839


TRAVEL.


Franck. A vagabond journey around the world .. 910F822


Hopkins. Scientific American handbook of travel. .910H793


Paine. The ship-dwellers . 910P145


Sutherland. Teaching of geography. . 910S966


Fraser.


A diplomat's wife in many lands


2 vol. 914F842


Edwardes. Lift-luck on southern roads .. 914.2E26


Bunsen. In three legations. 914.5B942


Renwick. Romantic Corsica. 914.59R42


Davenport. My quest of the Arab horse. . . 915.3D247


Beebe. Our search for a wilderness 915.4B414 Griffith. Behind the veil in Persia and


Turkish Arabia .. 915.5G853


Doyle. Crime of the Congo. 916.7D754


MacQueen. In wildest Africa 916.7M173


Cran. A woman in Canada. 917.1C891


Johnson. Picturesque St. Lawrence 917.1J67


Herbin. History of Grand-Pre, gift. 917.16H538


Wallace. Beyond the Mexican Sierras .. 917.2 W 188 Palmer. Central America .. 917.28P173


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Van Dyke. Spirit of America. 917,3V248 Crawford. Old Boston days and ways .. . .917.44C899 Howe. Boston common, scenes from four centuries, gift . 917.44H855


O'Flynn. Story of Worcester, Mass .917.44033


Hutchins. Houseboating on a colonial


waterway 917.55H974


Johnson. Highways and byways of the Rocky mountains 917.8J69


Williams. The mountain that was "God.". 917.9W723


Feixotto. Romantic California .917.94P379


Mozans. Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena 918M939


Fee. A woman's impressions of the Philip-


pines . . 919.1F295


Peary. North Pole 919.8P363.1


Whitney. Hunting with the Eskimos .. . 919.8W617


Wright. Adventures in the Arctic regions . 919,8 W 949


HISTORY.


Davis. Influence of wealth in imperial Rome . 937D265 Brady. Indian fights and fighters . . 970.1B812


Leupp. The Indian and his problems 970.1L653 McLaughlin. My friend the Indian. 970.1M161


Willson. Seminoles of Florida 970.1W741


Brady. Border fights and fighters 973B812 Hitchcock. Decisive battles of America 973H674


McMaster. History of the people of the


U. S. v. 7 973M167


Brady. Colonial fights and fighters. 973.2B812 Brady. Revolutionary fights and fighters. . . 973.3B812 Roe, ed. Meivin memorial. 973.7M41.8


Brady. Northwestern fights and fighters .. . 973.9B812 Bostonian society publications, v. 6, gift. .974.4B747 Paxson. Last American frontier 978P341


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FRENCH BOOKS.


Barine. La jeunesse de la Grande Mademoi-


selle . .F. B253


Bruno. Le tour de la France par deux en-


fants .. F B898.1


Caro. Le péché de Madeleine F C29 Cherbuliez. Le roman d'une honnête femme. . F C52.5 Coulevain. Eve victorieuse F C835.1


Durand. La fille de Dosia F D93.5


Fleuriot. Petite Belle F F617


Gennevraye. Marchand d'allumettes F G33


Favreau. La grande semaine F G751


Halévy. Princesse F H13.2


Michelet. Jeanne d'Arc .F J43


Julliot. Terre de France.


F J94.1


Lamartine. Geneviève. .


F L16.3


Lectures pour tous, v. 12


F L471


Lemay. Contes vrais. F L549


Lichtenberger. La mort de Corinthe F L699.2


Jouault. Abraham Lincoln F L736


Mael. Fille de rois. F M18.1


Malot. Comte du pape F M29.4


Malot. Romain Kalbris F M29.5


Margueritte. Ame d'enfant. F M331.4


Moreau. Les sports modernes illustrés F M837


Pressensé. Petite mère .F P93.5


Rod. Le silence F R685.2


Rostand. Chantecler. F R83.1


F S4.1


Sandeau. Madeleine


Sandeau. Catherine. .F S4.2


Schultz. La famille Hamelin F S42.2


Theuriet. Helene F T34.6


Tinayre. La maison du péché . F T58.1


Tinseau. La princesse errante F T59.3


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Tinseau. Madame Villefêron jeune .F T59.4


Töpffer. Rosa et Gertrude F T67.2


Urchard. Mademoiselle Blaisot. F U17


Verne. Michel Strogoff, 2 v F V59.12


Vogüé. Le maitre de la mer F V8.1


Masseras. Washington et son oeuvre F W318


Wyss. Le Robinson suisse F W995


REFERENCE.


Bostwick. American public library 027B747


Potter. Children's catalog R 016P868


Zieber. Heraldry in America R G Z65 Reader's guide to periodical literature, v 2-3. R O50R26 World almanac, 1911 R 317W


Everhart. Handbook of U. S. public docu-


ments . R 328E93


Mass-State. Supplement to the revised


laws .


R 340M414


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


OVERSEERS OF POOR


FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1911


It is with pleasure and satisfaction that we sub- mit the following report of our department for the year ending February 1, 1911.


Mr. and Mrs. Honore Dorval, warden and matron. who have had the management of the almshouse. the overseers have secured their services for the ensuing year ; the southwest end of building has been remod- eled making it more convenient for the inmates : a piazza has been also added to same part, so that the in- mates or sick persons may take the fresh air and be under cover. There have been 32 rooms painted and white washed ; at present the almshouse is in the best of condition. We invite the public to pay a visit to the almshouse and see for themselves. We have been told that some prominent men have received letters from inmates complaining about food and clothing ; we would be pleased if some one would investigate the matter and see whether the inmates are right or wrong. On January 17, 1911 we investigated, while at almshouse, with the appraiser, and a report was made to the board by the town physician and the Chairman of the Overseers of Poor.




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