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Our need of additional room is of course growing greater day by day. It seems almost impossible that
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the library should remain much longer in its quarters. It will very soon be necessary to box and store in the museum, books which are seldom called for, the diffi- culty about doing this is that the very book which has not been called for in perhaps two years is suddenly eagerly desired by a borrower. However, there seems to be a more immediate prospect of the new library building than there has been at any time heretofore.
ELLA E. MIERSCH, Librarian.
Accessions
Bound volumes in library Jan 1, 1912,
23.034
Added by purchase,
420
by gift,
45
by binding periodicals,
89
554
23,588
Worn out books,
154
Replaced,
101
53
Bound volumes in library Jan.
1, 1913,
23,535
Pamphlets in library Jan. 1, 1912, Added,
1,760
20
Pamphlets in library Jan. 1, 1913,
1,780
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Circulation
Days library was open,
305
Volumes circulated, 38,971
Average daily use, 124
Smallest daily use, Jan. 1, 22
Largest daily use, March 16,
351
Smallest monthly use, October, 2,628
Largest monthly use, March,
4,009
Registration of Readers
Names registered January 1, 1912,
5,288
Names registered January 1, 1912-
.
January 1, 1913, 402
Names registered January 1, 1913, 5,690
ACCESSION AND CIRCULATION
Volumes added 1912
Volumes now in Library
Volumes circulated | Volumes circulated in 1911 (11 mos.) in 1912
Percent circulation in 1912
Fiction
101
3274
15568
18662
47.88
Children, Fiction
39
1047
7727
7935
20.86
Children, Non-fiction.
37
612
2549
2871
7.37
Philosophy
5
334
62
115
.29
Religion
6
565
45
87
.22
Sociology
21
769
187
381
.99
Language.
3
91
24
49
.13
Science ...
7
625
401
426
1.09
Useful arts
33
689
539
683
1.75
Fine arts
14
485
548
516
1.33
Literature
14
2270
578
628
1.61
Travel
43
1378
1034
959
2.46
History
31
1606
442
584
1.49
Biography
24
1618
368
541
1.39
Bound periodicals
89
2963
178
226
.58
Law reports of Massachusetts.
2
238
.02
Massachusetts public documents
15
1926
7
United States public documents.
8
435
French books
54
713
2838
2733
7.02
Current periodicals
1276
1549
3.97
Reference books ...
8
985
3
19
.05
Ammidown collection
912
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212
CIRCULATION BY MONTHS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS
1903-4 1904-5 1905-6|1906-7|1907-8 1908-9
1909-10
1910-11
1911-12
1912
January
2798
2791
2789
2857
3155
3543
3594
3775
3641
February.
2905
2963
2673
2739
2824
3431
3447
3726
3663
March
2584
2896
3120
3229
3001
3256
3980
3460
3959
4009
April
2220
2585
2704
2588
2514
2963
3172
3119
3330
3209
May
1904
2032
2271
2363
2216
2704
2908
2801
2854
2975
June.
1931
1847
2112
2366
2186
2725
2654
2774
2756
2828
July
1789
2083
2134
2489
2258
2894
3163
3016
2770
3423
August
1821
2077
2201
2276
2343
2877
2925
3244
2972
3558
September
1604
1902
2218
2066
1982
2613
2863
2722
2653
2674
October
2163
2168
2367
2469
2236
3033
3223
3018
2814
2628
November
2359
2323
2402
2842
2835
3218
3179
3154
3198
3278
December
.
2649
2572
2594
2628
2697
3535
3128
3268
3335
3085
26727/
28239 29585 28173 30216 36185
38220
37798
34367/
38971
.
Total
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Gifts to the Library
Pamphlets
Volumes
Anonymous,
1
Francis Blake,
1
A. L. Cady,
1
Mrs. H. P. Colburn,
1
Democratic National Committee,
1
A. R. Graves,
1
Mr. Gatineau,
1
C. C. Hitchcock,
1
Harvard University,
1 17
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
C. L. Newhall,
8
Tacoma Commercial Club.
1
Mrs. Harriet P. Spofford
1
L. M. Zimmerman,
1
U. S. Government, 11
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1
Worcester Academy, 1
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 7
Periodicals
d-daily, w-weekly, m-monthly, q-quarterly. American homes and gardens, m.
American machinist, w.
American magazine, m.
Amoptico, q., gift, American Optical Co.
Atlantic monthly, m. (2 copies)
Association men, m,, gift, Y. M. C. A.
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Bookman, m.
Boston art museum magazine, gift, Museum. Boston Common, m. gift, Publishers. Brown alumni monthly, gift, Brown alumni. U. S. Dep't of labor, Bulletin, m., gift. Cassier's magazine, m. Century, m., (copies) Child welfare magazine, m., Mothers-Teachers Ass'n. Christian advocate. m., Mynott fund. Consular report, q., gift, U. S. bureau of statistics. Cook's traveller's gazette, m., gift, publishers. Cosmopolitan, m. Country life in America, m. Delineator, m. Die Woche, w., gift, A. L. Cady. Electricain and mechanic, m. Elementary school teacher, m. Everybody's magazine, m., gift, C. L, Newhall. Forum, m. Harper's bazar, m. Harper's monthly, m., (2 copies).
Harper's weekly, w. Hearst's magazine, m.
Herald of the cross, bi-m., gift, publishers.
House beautiful, m. Insurance record, m., gift, publishers. International studio, m. Journal of education, m. Ladies' home journal, m., (2 copies). La revue populaire, m., gift, H. J. Tetrault. Lectures pour tous, m. Life, w.
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Library journal, m. Littell's living age, w. McClure's, m. Manual training, m. Methodist review, bi-m., Mynott fund. Motor, m. Nation, w.
New England historical and genealogical register, q. New England magazine, m,
North American review, m.
Official gazette, U. S .- Patent office, m., gift, U. S. government. Outing, m., (2 copies). Outlook, w., (2 copies). Popular education, m. Popular science monthly, m.
Protectionist, gift, Home market club.
Reader's guide to periodical literature, m. Reviews of reviews, m. St. Nicholas, m., (2 copies). Saturday Evening Post, w. Science, w.
Scientific American supplement, w. Scientific American, w. Scribner's magazine, m., (2 copies).
St. Louis christian advocate, w., gift, publishers. Technical world, m. Textile world record, m.
Two states, m., gift, Y. M. C. A. of Mass. and R. I. Vogue, gift, A. L. Cady. Westminster review, m. Western empire, gift.
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Woman's journal, w., gift, publishers. Worcester art museum magazine, m., gift, Museum. World's work, m., (2 copies).
Worcester magazine, m., gift, publishers. Youth's companion, w.
List of Books Added in 1912
FICTION.
Alexander. Beyond the law A377
Andrews. The perfect tribute. A568.3
Andrews.
The counsel assigned A 568.4
Andrews.
The marshal. A568.5
Atkinson. Greyfriar's Bobby A875.1
Blindloss.
Vane of the timberlands. B648.6
Blindloss. The long portage. B648.7
Birmingham. Lalage's lovers B6195
Birmingham. The search party. B6195.1
Birmingham. The Simpkin's plot B6195.2
Birmingham. Spanish gold B6195.3
Bosher. The man in lonely land B743.3
Bower. Lonesome land. B784
Brown. How Phoebe found herself B878.3
Brown. In the shadow of Islam B8794
Bryant. 'The adjustment. B915.2
Burnham. Clever Betsy B966.15
Canfield. The squirrel cage. C222
Clouston. The mystery of number 47 C647
Clouston. The lunatic at large. C647.1
Coolidge. Human beings vs. things C7735
Coulevain. On the branch C855
Coulevain. The heart of life C855.1
Curtis. The woman from Wolverton C9787
Daskan. While Caroline was growing D229.8
Daviess. Rose of old Harpeth D257.2
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Daviess. The melting of Molly D257.3
Davis. The man who could not lose. D263.11
Davis. Frair of Wittenberg D265.3
Day. The red lane .. D275.4
Deeping. Joan of the tower D311.2
Dell. The way of the eagle D357
Dix. The fighting blade
D619.5
Farnol. My Lady Caprice. F236.3
Firber. Buttered side down F346.2
Fitch. At good old Siwash.
F545.1
Fitch. My demon motor boat
F545.2
Ford.
Torchy
F711.2
Gillmore. Phoebe and Ernest G482
Gould. Grandma. G696.1
Graves. Between two thieves G776.1
Gray.
Ensign Russell
G778.1
Haines. The return of Pierre ..
H153
Hardy. Far from the madding crowd. H272.11
Harraden. Out of the wreck I rise.
H296.4
Rice. A romance of Billy Goat Hill H462.5
Holley. Samantha vs. Josiah, gift
H738.8
Holt. Midnight at Mears House. H759.1
Hough. John Rawn. H838.5
Johnson. Stover at Yale J68.3
Jordan. May Iverson tackles life J82.2
Kester. The just and the unjust. K42.2
King. The street called straight. K51.4
Knibbs. Lost Farm camp. K69
Largerlof. Story of Gosta Berling L174
Leacock. Literary lapses. L434
Letters to my son L651.1
Lincoln. The luck of Rathcoole L736
219
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Lincoln. Cap'n Warren's wards L738.9
Lincoln. The postmaster L738.10
Lincoln. The rise of Roscoe Paine L738.11
Little. The lady and Sada San L781.3
London. A son of the sun L847.10
Luffman. A question of latitude. L949
McCarthy. If I were king M123.6
Mccutcheon. The hollow of her hand M133.8
Marquis. Danny's own story . : M357
Martin. The fighting doctor M381.4
Mason. The turnstile. M398.6
Mitchell. John Sherwood. ironmaster M682.13
Morris. It, and other stories M876.2
Napier. The faithful failure N212
Neef. Miss Wealthy, deputy sheriff. N376.1
Nicholson. A Hoosier chronicle. N624.7
Oppenheim. Peter Ruff, and the double four .. 062. 10
Oxenham. Coil of Carne 098.3
Pryce. Christopher. P9785
Richmond. Strawberry acres R533.4
Rinehart. Where there's a will R579.5
Roe. The maid of the whispering hills. R699.1
S468.1
Seltzer. The two gun man
Smith. Arm-chair at the inn S647.15
Snaith. The principal girl
S669.3
Spearman. Mountain divide. S741.2
Stevenson.
The mystery of the Boule cabinet .. S847.4
Stewart. The wrong woman S849.3
Sullivan. The heart of us, gift S952.1
Train. "C. Q." T768.1
Vachill. Blinds down V118.2
Vance. The bandbox V222.4
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Waller.
Sanna of the Island Town
W 198.4
Waller. A cry in the wilderness W 198.5
Wright. The love that lives .G218.6
White. The sign at six W 591.11
Freeman. The butterfly house
W 685. 14
Freeman. Yates pride
W 685. 15
Woodrow. Sally Salt.
W 893
Wright. That printer of Udell's.
W 949.4
Wright. Their Yesterdays. W949.5
BOYS AND GIRLS, FICTION.
Aiken and others. Eyes and no Eyes. JA291
Allen. Cleared for action .. JA432.1
Altsheler.
The quest of the four
JA469.5
Barbour.
For Yardley
JB239.9
Barbour.
Finkler's field
JB239.10
Barbour. The spirit of the school. JB239.11
Bartlett. The forest castaways JB289
Brown.
Their city Christmas.
JB815.3
Brown. Two boys in a gyrocar. JB8783
Brown.
Wonderful chair and the tales it told. . JB882
Butnett. Spring cleaning JB939.8
Burnett. The cozy lion JB939.9
Burnett. Racketty-Packetty house. JB939.10
Burnett.
Queen Silver Bell
J B939.11
Bush. Prairie rose. J B978
Davenport. The likable chap J D247
Dowd. Polly of the hospital staff. J D745
Eggleston. Long knives. J E307
Finnemore. The wolf patrol J F514
Goldsmith. Goody two shoes J G624
Gould. Felica's folks J G696.3
221
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Grinnell. Jack the young canoeman J G868.5
Hallock. In those days. J H192
Holton. Little stories about little animals,
for little children J H758
Jepson. Pollyooly J J54.1
Lagerlof. Further adventures of Nils J L174.1
Lamb.
Adventures of Ulysses.
J L218
LaMotte-Fouque. Sintram and his companions J L235
Mason. Tom Strong, Washington's scout. J M398
Mother Goose. History of Tom Thumb J M91
O'Shea. Old world wonder stories.
J 082.1
Pyle. Fairy tales from many lands J P998.5
Quirk. Baby Eton, quarterback J Q8
Rankin. The castaways of Pete's patch. J R211.3
Stein. The little count of Normandy J S819
Stoddard. With the Black Prince. J S869.15
Stoddard. The red patriot J S869.16
White.
A borrowed sister
J W 589.3
BOYS AND GIRLS, NON-FICTION
Hare. The story of Bayard. J1 B356
Brown & Bell. Tales of the red children J1 B878
Allen. David Crockett J1 C938
Dana. Two years before the mast J1 D171
Seawell. Decatur and Somers J1 D291
Meadowcroft. The boy's life of Edison J1 E233
Hill. On the trail of Grant & Lee J1 G76.1 Johnston. Famous privateersmen and adven-
. turers of the sea J1 J73.1
Tappan. Story of the Roman people J1 R863
Barnes. The giant of three wars JIS43
Tappan.
When knights were bold
JIT174.3
222
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Wade. Our little Norwegian cousin J4W 119.3
Wade. Carl, our little Swiss cousin J4W 119.6
Carter. Lion and tiger stories. J5C324
Eddy. Friends and helpers J5E21
Sulick. Emergencies J5G972
Jewett. Good health. J5J59
Johnson. When mother lets us keep pets. J5J66
Rogers.
Wild animals every child should
know ..
J5R727
Beard. Things worth doing, and how to do them. J6B36.3
Morgan. How to dress a doll J6M848
Ralston.
When mother lets us sew
J6R164
Ravenel.
Ravenel's road primer
J6R25
Chapin.
The story of the Rhinegold
J7C46
Cutter.
Conumdrums, riddles, puzzles and
games .
J7C991
Davis. Harper's boating book for boys J7D263
Wells. Rainy day diversions J7W 583.1
Yale. When mother lets us give a party
J8C496
Tappan.
The chaucer story book ..
Greenwood. Stories from famous ballards. J8L765
Mother Goose. Little Cock Robin J8M9
Mother Goose.
Little Boy Blue
J8M9.1
Mother Goose.
Melodies
J8M9.2
Mother Goose.
Three little pigs
J8M9.3
Mother Goose.
Jingles
J8M9.4
Wiggin. The talking beasts. J9W 655
PHILOSOPHY.
Boas. The mind of primitive man 136B662
Angell.
Chapters from modern psychology ... 150A583
J7Y17
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Dresser.
Human efficiency
150D77
Mckeever. Farm boys and girls 173M15
Fowler. How to save money 174F786.1
RELIGION.
Grenfell.
The adventure of life.
204G82
Moulton.
The literary study of the Bible.
220.8M
Hodges.
Everyman's religion
230H689
Huntington.
Cui bono?
234 H95
Grenfell. What the church means to me.
261G826
Eastman.
The soul of the Indian
299E13
SOCIOLOGY AND EDUCATION.
Butler.
Why should we change our form
of government.
320.4B98
Munro. The initiative, referendum and recall 321.8M96
Autobiography of an ex-colored man
326 A 93
Democratic National Committee.
The demo-
cratic text book 1912
329.3D383
Martin. The passing of the idle rich.
331M379
Addams. A new conscience and an ancient evil 331.93A22
Hitchcock. The socialist argument.
335H67
Greene.
Exemption from taxation
336.29G81
Haskin.
The American government
351H35
Rorke.
Government positions
351.3R78
Bradford. Commission government in Amer- ican cities. 352 B79
Williams. The United States navy . 359J723 Phelps. Teaching in school and college. 371H825 Howes. Beginnings in industrial educa- tion 371.42H25
.
224
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Holton and Rollins. Industrial work for public schools 371.42H75
Snedden. The problem of vocational education. 371.42S67
Montessori. The Montessori method 372M78
Stuart. The education of Catholic girls 376S
Wilson. Working one's way through college. 378W74
Hord. The women of tomorrow 396H258
Parkhurst.
The suffragette
396P 194
LANGUAGE.
Field. English for new Americans 420F 45
Thimm. French self taught 448T 44
Thimm. Italian self taught. 458T 44
SCIENCE.
Williams. Everyday science, 10 v. 500 W 74
Comstock. Handbook of nature-study for
parents and teachers 507C 739
Duncan.
Some chemical problems of today 540D 912
Spencer.
The world's minerals.
549S 745
Creevey. Harper's guide to wild flowers ... 582C 913
Comstock.
A manual of the study of insects595C 73.1
Miller. Butterfly and moth book. 595M 64
USEFUL ARTS.
Mills. Searchlights on some American industries 604M65
Forman. Stories of useful inventions 608F724
Evans. Medical science of today 610E92
Mosher. Health and happiness 612M91
Hutchinson. A hand book of health. 613H97
225
REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Carrington. Fresh air and how to use it ... 613.1C318
Morton. Ideal drills. 613.71M89 Mccullough. Engineering as a vocation ...... 620M133 Hawkins. Maxims and instructions for the boiler room. 621.19H39
Swingle. Swingle's catechism of steam, gas and electric engineering .621.13S97
Dahlstrom. The fireman's guide. 621.19D131
Dickerman and Boyer. Refrigeration .621.57D54
Harris. Audels answers on automobiles, for
owners, operators, repairmen 625H314
Page. Roads, paths, and bridges. .625P132
Saint Maur. Making home profitable. 630S146.2
Burritt. Apple growing 634B97
Harper. Manual of farm animals 636H29
Wheeler. Profitable breeds of poultry 636 W 562
Wright. New England cook book 641W 95
Hutchinson. We and our children 649H978
Tweddell. A mother's guide. 649T969
Palmer. Palmer method of business writing ... 652P17.1 St. John. Wireless telegraphy 654S14
Griffith.
Practical bookkeeping
657G85
Fowler.
How to get your pay raised.
658F786
Gilbreth.
Primer of scientific management.
... 658G46
Parkhurst.
Applied methods of scientific
management. 658P23
Walker. Crucibles, gift .669 W 181
McGlauflin. Handicraft for girls ..
680M146
Universal Portland Cement Co.
691.5U58
Beard.
Boat building and boating
699 B36
FINE ARTS.
McCollon.
Vines and how to grow them .. ... 715M129
226
REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Tinsley.
Practical and artistic basketry
745T59
Claudy. The first book of photography .. 770C615
Talbot. Moving pictures, how they are made and worked. 778T138
Schauffler. The musical amateur 780S313
Sonneck.
Orchestral music catalogue, scores ... 780S69
AMUSEMENTS.
Playground Association of America. Pro- ceedings of annual meeting 790P723
Glover. Dame Curtsey's book of party pastimes .. 793G566.2
Claudy. The battle of baseball 797C615
Foster. Spalding's official baseball record 797F75
Camp. Football for the spectator 797C2
Mathewson.
Pitching in a pinch
797 M42
Spalding. America's national game 797S73
White. The land of foot-prints 799 W 59
LITERATURE
Robbins. High school debate book 808.5R63
Serviss. Eloquence 808.5S49
Cady. Success in letter writing 808.6C67
Cawein. Poems 811C383
Prescott. Poems 811P932
Crothers. Among friends 814C95.2
Flandrau. Prejudices
814F585 Grant. Convictions of a grandfather
814G76
Higginson. Seashore and prairie.
814H63
Tipton. An honest effort ..
814T59
Holliday.
The wit and humor of colonial
days.
817H73
Yeats. Dramatic poems 822 Y 5
227
REPORT OF LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Carson.
An introduction to the study
Shakespeare
822.3S54
Whiting. Four hundred good stories. 828 W 599
TRAVEL.
Read. The last cruise of the Saginaw . .. 910.4R28
Hammond. Hammond's modern atlas of the world 912H22
Butler.
Atlas of ancient and classical
geography
913.3B
Hand. Abroad in a runabout. 914H236
Prentys.
How to visit Europe on next to
nothing
914P92
Bradley.
Highways and byways of the
Lake district.
914.2B811
Collier. England and the English 914.2C699
Rawnsley. Literary associations of the English lakes, 2v 914.2R261
Ward. The real Dickens land. 914.2W 259
Wylie. The Germans. 914.3W 98
Franck. Four months afoot in Spain 914F822
Graham. A vagabond in the Caucasus. 914.7G73
Washburn. The cable game 914.96F392
914.7W315
Firriman Turkey and the Turks
Abraham. The surgeon's log 915A159
Ross. The changing Chinese 915.1R823
Longford. Japan and the Japanese. 915.2L853
Pennell.
Things seen in Northern India. ... 915.4P413
Steel. India
915.4S813
Wilkins. By desert ways to Baghdad 915. 67 W 68 Gaunt. Alone in West Africa. 916G272 Ayer. A motor flight through Algeria and Tunisia 916.5A976
228
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Copping. Canada today and tomorrow 917.1C785
Talbot. The new garden of Canada. 917.11T139
Seton. The Arctic prairies. 917.12S495 Hutton. Among the Eskimos of Labrador .. 917. 19H98 Gillpatrick. The man who likes Mexico. 917.2G43
Bennett. Your United States 917.3B469
Ross. Changing America. 917.3R823
Crawford. Romance of old New England churches 917.4C899.2
Niles. The Hoosac valley, its legends and its history 917.4N696
Packard. White mountain trails 917.42P119
Jenkins. The greatest street in the world ... 917.47J52
Mathews. The log of the "Easy Way" .... 917.7M429
Hudson.
Hudson's dictionary of
Minneapolis. 917.76H88
Mills. The spell of the Rockies 917.8M657
Bryce. South America, observations and impressions. 918B916
Clemenceau. South America today 918C625
Whitney. The flowing road 918 W 62
Lange. In the Amazon jungle. 918.1L274
Skottsberg. The wilds of Patagonia 918.2S628
Clairmont.
A guide to modern Peru
918.5C58
Lindsay.
A voyage to the Arctic in the
whaler Aurora
919.8L748
HISTORY.
Anderson.
Story of extinct civilizations of
the West. 901A545
Fletcher. The making of western Europe .. 940F613.1
Fitzgerald.
Ireland and her people, 5 v ..
941.5F55
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Collier. At the court of his Catholic Majesty . 946C699
Perkins. Builders of Spain. 946P44
Trevelyon.
Garibaldi and the making of
Italy
951T812
Shuster. Strangling of Persia 955S56
Lowery.
Discriptive list of maps of Spanish
possessions in the United States
970L91
Smith.
A captain unafraid
972.91S649
Copp.
Reminiscences of the war of the
rebellion
973.7C785
Kerivan. Memorial history of 17th regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry .. ... 973.7K61
Miller. Photographic history of the Civil war v1-10, gift 973.7M65
Putnam. A prisoner of war in Virginia. .973.9P98 Bostonian society. Publications v7, gift .... 974.4B747 Mass. historical collection. Ser 7 v 8 Diary of Cotton Mather v2 .974.4M414
Eaton. Genealogical history of Reading, Mass., gift 974.4R287
Draper. History of Spencer, Mass., gift .... 974.4S745 Doddridge. Notes on the settlement and Indian wars. 975D64
Cannon. Under the prophet in Utah 979.2C22
Edwards. Panama, the canal, the country and the people. 986E26
GENEALOGY.
Vital records of Andover, Mass. v2 gift G A552 Vital records of Ipswich, Mass. v2 gift. G 164
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Vital records of Newbury, Mass. to the end of 1849 2v, gift .. G N533
Whitaker. Record of the births, marriages -
and deaths of the town of Sturbridge, gift G S953.1
BIOGRAPHY.
Dodd. Statesmen of the Old South .. C D639
Rideing.
Many celebrities and a few others ... C R544
Acheson. A pathfinder. A B177
Angell. Autobiographical sketches, gift. B A583
Autin. The promised land. B A632
Paine. Mark Twain, a biography 3v.
B C625. 1
Conrad. A personal record. B C754 Graves. The farmer boy who became a bishop. B G776 Storey & Emerson. Ebenezer Rockwood
Hoar B H678
Bradford. Lee the American B L479.2
Miles. Serving the republic. B M643
Hassall. The life of Napoleon. B N216.14
Paton. Story of John G. Paton B P312
Hunt. Life of Ellen H. Richards B R515
Fitchett. The Great Duke 2 v. B W 452
White. Two years in the forbidden city B W 588
Hosford. Woodrow Wilson B W 754
REFERENCE.
Who's who, in American v7 R CW628 United States catalog, books in print
Jan. 1. 1912, v 2. R O15U58
A. L. A. List of subject headings R O25.8A51
Catholic encyclopedia v 13, gift R 030C363
New international year book, 1910 R 031 N 532
i
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The world almanac, 1912 R 317W
American year book, 1911 R 317.3A51
Cushing. Rules of proceeding and bebate in deliberative assemblies. R 328C2
FRENCH BOOKS.
Acker. Les exilés. F A182
Bazin. Davidée Birot F B36.4
Bazin. L'isolée. F B36.5
Bazin. Les oberlé F B36.6
Beaume. Le maitre d'école. F B378
Belisle. Histoire de la presse Franco-Améri- caine : F B431
Bentzon. Récits Américains
F B478
Bordeaux. L'écran brisé. F B727
Bourget. La dame qui a perdu son peintre ... F B76.5
Calmettes. Brave fille F C164
Casgrain.
Histoire de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Que-
bec. F C33.2
Chantepleure. Fiancee d' Avril F C459
Chantepleure. Le hazard et l'amour F C459.1
Chateaubriant. Monsieur des Lourdines F C492
Conou. L'oublié F C74.2
Coulevain. Sur la branche F C855.2
Coulevain. L'ile inconnue .. F C855.3
Coulevain. Au coeur de la vie. F C855.4
David. Histoire du Canada depuis la
confédération. F D249
Daudet. Le Nabab. F D26.10 Diegas. Legendes du Nord Ouest F D866.1
Dumas. La reine Margot 2v. F D89.6
Dumas. La dame de Monsoreau 3v F D89.7
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Dumas. Les quarante-cinq 3v F D89.8
Fabre. L'abbe Tigrane. F F123.2
France. Crainquebelle, Putois, Riquet F F81.5
Mignet.
Vie de Franklin
F F831
Funck-Brentano. L'affaire du collier. F F97
Funck-Brentano.
Legendes et archives de la
Bastille
F F97.1
Gagnon.
Le fort et le chateau Saint Louis,
Quebec
F G135
Garnier. De Paris au Tibet F G236
Goncourt. Chérie.
F G635
Yver. Les dames du palais
F H989
Gyp. Le coeur d'Ariane
F J35
Lamartine. Jeanne d'Arc F J43.1
Keller. Sourde, muette, aveugle.
F K292
Remon. Le mot qu'il fallait dire
F K52
LeRoy. Jacquou le Croquant F L619
Margueritte. Poum F M331.6
Masson. L'impératrice Marie Louise F M334
Montegut. Les cadets de l'Impératrice F M775
Navery.
Patira
FN32.4
Rival. La bachelière en Pologne. F R446
Roosevelt. L'edéal Américain
F R78
Rod. Un vainqueur
F R685. 4
Séché. Delphine Gay F S444
Theuriet. Colette F T34.7
Loti. Les derniers jours de Pekin F T65.6
Loti. Les désenchantées F V65.7
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH 1
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
GENTLEMEN :
In compliance with the public statutes the Board of Health herewith presents its annual report. includ- ing those of the Agent of the Board, Inspector of Plumbing and the Milk Inspector, for the year ending December 31, 1912.
The Board organized with Dr. George Webster, chairman; J. Anatole Caron, secretary, it has held monthly and special meetings as required or needed.
The town has been free from any epidemics of contagious diseases, there having been but eight cases of diphtheria, two of scarlet fever, one of typhoid fever and one of infantile paralysis reported in the last twelve months, the typhoid fever report we feel is re- markable, as many of our people drink water during the summer months from wells that are either poluted or not frequently used, this is in a great measure due, to the unpleasant color, odor and taste of the water supplied to the people by the Southbridge Water Sup-
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