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Unpaid taxes of 1882.
$2,258 82
66 " 1883.
7,890 76
Interest accrued on unpaid taxes 389 26
Due from city of Boston.
72 88
66
" Malden 76 75
66 66
" Cambridge 53 00
66 66 town of Lynnfield 135 72
.. " Stoneham
22 26
€
66 “. " Wakefield 8 75
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State Aid account 993 00
66 ". "State Military Aid.
300 00
Unexpended balance of School Fund. 106 72
Cash in treasury. 2.109 69
$14,417 61
$31,939 69
Net debt March 1st, 1884
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SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Town farm and buildings.
$4,600 00
Personal property at town farm 1.961 18
$6.561 18
Cemetery land and lots $2,200 00
Hearse
100 00
House
50 00
2,350 00
Steamer and hose carriage $3,900 00
Harnesses .. 250 00
Eagle engine and hose carriage 500 00
Eagle engine house 200 00
Hancock engine and hose carriage
450 00
Hancock engine house
1,200 00
Hooks and ladders, carriage, etc.
300 00
Hose and furniture 1.750 00
8.550 00
Also, for the use of the fire department. 15 cisterns. av- erage cost about $275 each.
School-houses and furniture, and land. $28.000 00
Piano and apparatus in High School 500 00
Public Library. .. 3,500 00
Land corner of Pleasant and Parker streets. . 2,500 00
New engine house and town offices 7,500 00
Property in town office. 500 00
42,500 00
$59,961 18
The accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and Collector have been examined and found correct. The balance of cash on hand, $2,109.69, as stated by your Treasurer. is correct.
Of the notes of the town, one of $165 bears 6 per cent. interest. one of $100 5 per cent .. one of $500 43 per cent .. and the rest 4 per cent. interest.
EDWARD APPLETON. GILMAN L. PARKER, Auditors. FRANK W. B. PRATT, S
Highways and Bridges.
Appropriation for highways and bridges. . $3,000 00 Received of different persons 35 25
$3,035 25
Wm. L. Jones, for labor 549 25
O. T. Pendergrace, "
48 60
J. D. Jones,
93 60
J. A. Eames, . (
69 50
O. N. Jones,
125 13
J. N. Weston.
71 70
P. Burns, 66
53 73
E. Gaffney.
45 30
D. Damon,
21 75
E. Mears, 66
7 20
D. S. Brown, 66
38 70
T. Riordan,
74 77
H. Litchfield.
136 88
P. Doucette, 66
34 05
J. Meuse,
40 80
S. Morris,
37 80
E. Smith, . 6
166 50
W. E. Moulton,
100 85
W. E. Moulton, stone
4 00
F. Tuzon, for labor
60 72
H. Staples,
23 27
P. Frooton, 66
25 95
E. P. Eames. 66
98 60
J. Stokes, 66
18 60
S. S. Dulong,
9 00
Amount carried forward, $1,956 25
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Amount brought forward, $1,956 25
J. Doucette, labor 15 00
H. Batchelder, “ 12 00
E. Meuse,
9 00
A. J. Bancroft, labor and stock. 4 50
A. Porter, for 66
G. W. Walker, ..
47 08
E. Dillon,
43 50
C. Merrill,
42 00
W. H. Trueworthy
9 00
D. P. Babb, 60
24 00
C. Ballard, 66
30 30
W. Frost,
32 70
C. Barbrick, 10 50
Atton W. Emerson, 66
12 75
Wendell Bancroft. 34 50
C. J. Nichols, 24 75
H. G. Nichols, 60 25 50
H. G. Nichols, for gravel 12 90
A. Abbott, for labor
10 50
J. E. Wilkins, for labor
13 50
J. E. Wilkins, for blasting stone. 3 50
J. D. Canley, for labor 9 00
Asa Parker, for labor 52 50
Asa Parker, for gravel . 13 30
R. M. Boyce, for labor 25 50
J. Sullivan,
18 00
S. M. Bancroft, for gravel.
60 00
G. A. Jones, for labor
28 50
W. A. Emerson, 66
31 50
A. F. Emerson,
42 30
A. G. Emerson, 66
48 00
A. G. Carter, 12 00
J. H. Gleason, for gravel. 11 20
R. D. Temple, 3 00
J. Porter, for labor. 4 50
Amount carried forward, $2,740 87
7 84
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Amount brought forward, $2,740 87
G. W. Atkinson, for gravel. 18 00
A. Damon 2d, for labor 25 50
C. Wakefield, for gravel . 11 52
R. C. Cotten, for sharpening tools, etc 3 70
G. Thayer, for labor 9 00
D. Pratt, for labor. 3 75
D. Pratt, for gravel. 6 48
Jonathan Moulton, for labor 6 00
J. E. Dulin, for labor 7 50
D. C. Sanborn, for gravel. 1 98
E. K. Manning, for labor
6 75
M. Forbes, for labor 20 00
Geo. Beasley,
53 70
T. F. Gould, for sharpening tools, etc
55 00
O. A. Swain, for labor .
2 40
A. J. Varney, 66
1 50
A. B. Day, . .
2 25
G. A. Stratton,
2 25
C. A. Weston,
8 00
Galen A. Parker, for gravel
5 00
M. Bancroft, for stone .. 1 25
Parker & Stone, for nails and spikes. 3 50
Milton D. Parker, for gravel 1 80
A. J. Morey, for milling. 1 00
J. H. Gleason, for gravel. 1 40
C. S. Lombard, 4 98
Albert Nichols, 13 20
3.018 28
Unexpended. 16 97
3,035 25
Report of the Board of Engineers.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF READING :
During the past year our department has responded to the follow- ing alarms :
April 12th, 1883, alarm caused by the partial burning of a house. owned by J. Fullerton and occupied by T. T. Briggs, corner of Pleasant and John streets. Loss. $767. Insured for $3,000. Origin of fire unknown.
June 18th, 1883, Weston's Block on Haven street and a cottage on Chute street were totally destroyed by fire. The buildings were owned by the Reading Savings Bank, and their loss on buildings is estimated at $4,500 ; insured for $3,700. Seth Bessey's loss on meat market and household goods estimated at $3,500 ; insured for $2,150. M. A. Stone's loss on grocery stock estimated at $2,300 ; insured for $2,000. W. H. Twombly's loss on printing office estimated at $3,- 500 ; insured for $3,050. At the same fire J. B. Weston's house was damaged to the amount of $350 ; insured for $1,400. Cause of fire thought to be incendiary.
Sept. 4th, 1883. In response to a request from the Fire Wards of North Reading, a portion of our department repaired to that place, and aided in subduing an extensive fire in the woods, which was burning over a large area of woodland; and, although the engine was useless, on account of the lack of water, the department succeed- ed, with the aid of the Johnson pumps, in saving a large amount of cordwood, part of which belonged to citizens of Reading. As a token of their appreciation, the citizens of North Reading presented our firemen with the sum of $25, which was divided among the men.
Sept. 6th, 1883. an alarm called the department to a fire in the swamp between Reading and Wakefield. No damage.
Nov. 28th, 1883. An alarm, caused by the burning of a dwelling owned by Noble Bunker, near Pearl street. Owing to the lack of
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water, the building was totally destroyed. Loss estimated at $200; insured for $500; amount paid $250. Cause of fire thought to be incendiary.
Dec. 16th, 1883, a slight fire called the department to the house owned by Frederick Miller, on the corner of Spring and Orange sts. Damage nominal. Origin of fire, accidental.
Jan. 22d, 1884, the house of E. C. Nichols, on Main street, was partially destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $1,800; insurance on house, millinery stock, and household goods, $3,600. Had the de- partment been less prompt, or the steamer been less efficient, the town would have suffered å great loss from this fire.
Total number of alarms, 7; total loss, $16,917; total amount of insurance, $19,468 ; amount of insurance paid, $13,785.
During the past year additional apparatus has been added to the department - consisting of one third-size Button steam fire engine, one horse hose carriage, 1050 feet of cotton rubber-lined steamer hose, and twelve Johnson pumps. With these additions, in connec- tion with the Eagle and Hancock engines, and the Hook and Ladder truck, we feel that the town has a department that can successfully cope with and prevent any extensive fire that is likely to occur at present, provided an additional supply of water is furnished. This one great essential is lacking to make the department a success, as the steamer has a pumping capacity of 500 gallons of water per min- ute, and, although we have 24 wells and cisterns in town for fire purposes, and only two out of that number could furnish a sufficient supply of water for the steamer much over one hours' time ; there- fore, if the town does not soon intend to introduce water for domes- tic and fire purposes, the voters will at once see the necessity for a better supply of water for fire purposes. The well at the corner of Green and Elliot streets has been sunk to the depth of sixteen and one-half feet, and is fifteen feet in diameter, and at the present time contains fourteen feet of water ; but we are sorry to announce that, owing to the quicksand and caving of the sides, we were obliged to overrun the appropriation. The cistern on the corner of Pearl and Charles streets has been completed and is fifteen feet deep by fifteen feet in diameter, and is full of water.
We would report that we have about 3,000 feet of hose, of which 2,000 feet is old leather hose, and has been in service eleven years,
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and although it may be used by hand-engines a year or more, it is not reliable. The steamer is capable of doing effective fire service through more than 2,000 feet of hose, yet we have but 1050 that will stand the pressure from the steamer. Consequently, we feel it our duty to call the attention of the citizens to these facts, for their con- sideration and action.
Complaints have been made to us that, on several occasions, after a fire is under control, persons will enter a building and needlessly destroy property, by taking out windows, doors, blinds, mantle- pieces, and needlessly damaging goods by removal ; and it has been suggested that a sort of a volunteer protective brigade be formed, to act in conjunction with the engineers, to protect property from need- less damage.
The expenses of the department during the year were as follows : Paid Henry Orr, services as steward to Hook and Ladder Company. $5 00
William L. Crowe, services as engineer to May 1, 18831. 12 00
C. K. Gleason, services as steward to May 1, 1883. 60 00
George H. Parker, services as engin- eer to May 1, 1883 17 00
A. S. Richardson, services as steward to May 1, 1883. 49 00
Chas. H. Lang, services as chief engin- eer to Feb. 1, 1883 18 75
Wm. L. Crowe, oiling hose. 8 00
D. P. Babb, watching fire and drawing coal .
3 00
Howard Patent Brush Co., repairs on Eagle engine 4 50
Members of Fire Department, services to May 1, 1883 .
1,020 17
W. H. Turner, oil for hose 10 00
W. Bancroft, covering wells and repairs 19 48
E. C. Nichols, services as engineer and labor 15 00
Amount carried forward, $1,241 90
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Amount brought forward, $1,241 90
H. M. Sawyer, oil suits for firemen . .. . 66 00
W. Bancroft, services as engineer to May 1, 1883. 12 00
P. McCall, straps and belts. . . 12 00
F. B. Cummings. services as steward .. 22 50
A. S. Richardson, labor on Hancock engine . 8 20
John S. Judkins, watching fire, Haven street. 2 00
Hunneman & Co., repairing hose. ..... 18 00
Samuel Brown, ladder and repairing ladders . 10 05
Howard Patent Metallic Brush Co., labor and waste. 3 80
H. A. Trull, labor on steamer. 17 65
C. H. Stinchfield, labor od steamer . 17 05 .
Parker & Stone, sundries. 43 89
R. C. Totten, repairs on Eagle engine. . 3 00
E. B. Eames, drawing engines to fire. .. 10 00
M. E. Nichols, setting glass 1 84
Albert J. Bancroft, services as steward to Eagle Engine Co. . 3 00
Albert J. Bancroft, lumber and labor .. 8 63
Everett Parker, labor. 1 25
Wm. M. Titus, stovepipe and labor. 8 38
American Fire Hose Mfg. Co., washers 1 62
H. A. Trull, valves and waste 1 99
George E. Manning, drawing Hook and Ladder to fire. . 3 00
Wm. E. Moulton, filling cistern and re- sponding to alarm of fire 17 00
Wm. LaClair, removing snow from cistern . .
1 00
Wendell Bancroft, coal 36 37
Wm. L. Crow, removing snow from cisterns . 12 92
Amount carried forward, $1,585 04
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Amount brought forward, $1,585 04
J. C. Gleason, coal .. .. 3 50
Geo. E. Lang, express on hose. 5 30
T. Littlefield, labor on stovepipes 2 00
M. A. Stone, sundries 46
Cummings' Express 4 05
G. W. Atkinson, sundries 3 90
Henry Stock, watching fire
2 00
Albert James, removing cisterns . . 1 00
Garfield & Co., painting
17 40
John A. Blunt, repairs on Eagle engine 4 25
$1.628 90
Appropriation
1.700 00
Unexpended .. $71 10
We would recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing
year :
For paying Eagle Engine Co., 40 men $480 00
Steward do. 48. 00
Incidentals, do.
100 00
Hancock Engine Co., 40 men 480 00
Steward do. 48 00
Incidentals do.
100 00
Hook & Ladder Co., 16 men.
182 00
Incidentals do. 60 00
Steamer Company, 13 men 156 00
Engineer and fireman, do., 2 men. . 192 00
Coal for steamer 90 00
Horses for do.
100 00
Incidentals for do.
100 00
$2,136 00
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE H. PARKER, Chief Engineer.
E. C. NICHOLS,
WM. L. CROWE, Assistants. WENDELL BANCROFT, )
WENDELL BANCROFT, Clerk.
READING, March 14th, 1884.
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REPORT OF THE POLICE.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF READING :-
The Police respectfully submit the following report for the year ending March 1, 1884. The force met according to appointment on the 2d of May, 1883, and organized with L. W. Erskine as Chief and J. C. Cook, Clerk.
The Police in entering upon the duties of the year had the sole purpose of seeing that the laws were impartially executed and in this they had the support and cooperation of the Selectmen.
The arrangement of having some member of the force on duty every evening, at places where people are accustomed to congregate, has been continued, and annoyance from that source has been much less.
In the early part of the year Chester C. Richardson resigned and the vacancy was filled by the appointment of Frank E. Brooks, who subsequently resigned, and the vacancy was filled by the appoint- ment of Wm. L. Jones. There has been a lockup built during the year in the basement of the new engine-house on Pleasant street with convenient cells adapted for the purposes required. The officers have been provided with suitable badges, handcuffs. and other im- plements such as are required to make them effective. The whole number of arrests during the year (28) :
For cruelty to animals. 1
" Insanity . 1
" Committing nuisance 1
"' Night walking 1
" Drunkenness and assault 2
Disturbing the peace. 2
" Violation of town by-laws 3
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For larceny 4
" Assault 5
" Drunkenness 8
Three liquor seizures have been made. In two of the cases the parties were found guilty. In the third case, failed to convict. One party was complained of and convicted for keeping a billiard and pool table without a license.
We would recommend that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for Police services to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
All of which we respectfully submit
L. W. ERSKINE, Chief, EDWIN BASSETT, WM. L. JONES, EDWARD B. EAMES. J. C. COOK, Clerk.
Police.
READING, March 5. 1884.
Report of Cemetery Committee.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount in the hands of the committee March 1st, 1883. . . $92 76
Drawn from town appropriation. 100 00
Received from the sale of lots. 163 00
$355 76
Expended in the care of the grounds :-
For labor $280 11
For gravel, &c. 6 00
286 11
Balance on hand $69 65
F. O. DEWEY, G. C. GLEASON, W. J. WIGHTMAN, JAMES A. BANCROFT, F. W. B. PRATT. S. BANCROFT.
Committee.
READING, March, 1884.
LIBRARY REPORT_
The Trustees of the Public Library respectfully submit the follow- ing report : -
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Expenses of 1882 (previously unreported) :
Dog tax, 1882, appropriated but not drawn.
$187 49
$134 00
Paid Librarian, for salary Outstanding bills for books 53 49
$187 49
The foregoing items of the transactions of last year were not reported in our last annual report, as, owing to the sudden death of the former Secretary of the Board, it was found impossible to close the accounts until after the expiration of the last financial year. They are therefore reported here.
Expenses of 1883 :
Appropriation, 1883 $400 00
Dog tax, 1883 204 86
$604 86
Paid Librarian, for salary $132 75
rent of room .
125 00
re-binding books.
35 60
insurance policy
18 75
books for circulation
290 36
expressage on books
2 40
$604 86
Account of fines, etc. :
Received for fines, 1882 $40 00
for fines, 1883 38 85
for cards . 6 20
for catalogues 3 75
for waste paper sold.
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$89 35
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Paid for printing
$2 75
for incidentals . 1 95
$4 70
Balance.
$84 65
STATISTICS.
Number of volumes bought during year 239
Number contributed 11
Total number added . 250
Total number in the library
4,995
Circulation for the year
15,661
The trustees organized at the beginning of the year by the re-elec- tion of Stephen Foster. President, and the choice of H. G. Wadlin. Secretary.
The names of the books added during the year are appended to this report. Besides the number reported as added (250 volumes), a considerable number were purchased to replace volumes already on our catalogue, which had been worn out in circulation. The names of these, having already been published, do not appear here.
The interest in the library continues unabated. To promote its usefulness and to increase its efficiency as an educational institution, there is urgent need of better rooms. Increased shelf-room is im- peratively required. A new catalogue should be prepared, which would serve as a guide to those who wish to pursue particular courses of reading, and thus bring into circulation the better class of books which now remain unused upon our shelves, for the reason that it is not known what the library contains. A mere list of names is of little value, compared with a catalogue which gives some idea of the contents of the books, as well as their titles. A better system of book-delivery ought at once to be adopted, so that patrons may be more quickly provided with the books they desire, and not be com- pelled to wait their turn in a long line of applicants, only to find, when they at last reach the librarian's desk, that the book they want- ed was taken out early in the evening.
The need of the reforms we have mentioned has for some time been recognized by the trustees, but the work has been delayed in
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the hope that a permanent and convenient room might be secured for the library through the action of the town. Properly to accomplish what we have in view requires the shelves and cases to be numbered, and the books classified, and as this involves a great deal of thoughit and labor, much of which might be wasted if the library were to be removed after it had been undertaken, it was not deemed best to attempt anything in this direction while a change of location was being discussed. The present room, as has been pointed out in pre- vious reports, is entirely inadequate to the purposes of a library, being low, poorly ventilated, and of an inconvenient shape. As the question of a town building, to contain the library, has now been decided, we desire to bring before the town another plan for meeting our needs.
The room in the Bank Building formerly occupied by the Select- men, and the small room on the same floor formerly used by the Savings Bank, can be had under lease on favorable terms, and would afford us proper accommodations. The expense for rent would be somewhat increased, but we should be able to make the library more useful to our citizens, and thus derive a better return for the invest- ment the town has made in its establishment. The library ought to be made of the greatest possible use to all, its importance as an edu- cational factor supplementary to the public schools ought to be recognized, and nothing should be left undone fully to develop its resources. To these ends we recommend to the favorable considera- tion of the town the proposition to remove its location to the Bank Building, as the first step in a series of improvements which the trustees contemplate. These improvements, except the increased expense for rent before mentioned, would not add to the annual cost of the library, but would greatly enliance its usefulness.
The terms of Messrs. Griggs and Barrows expire, leaving two vacancies to be filled at the ensuing meeting of the town.
STEPHEN FOSTER, Chairman. HORACE G. WADLIN, Sec'y. JAMES H. GRIGGS, CYRUS M. BARROWS,. HARLEY PRENTISS, CHARLES D. THOMAS,
READING, March 15, 1884.
Trustees.
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LIST OF BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY SINCE MARCH, 1883.
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
Due West.
The Golden Chersonese.
From Ponkapog to Pesth.
Cruise of the Canoe Club.
Three Vassar Girls in England.
The Knockabout Club in the Tropics. Zig-Zag Journeys in Northern Lands. Morocco : its People and Places. Boating Trips on New England rivers. Round About Rio.
Two years Abaft the Mast. Man o'War Life. Orient Sunbeams.
Holland and its People.
A Flight into Mexico.
Angola and the river Congo.
Camping among Cannibals. Woods and Lakes of Maine.
Studies of Paris. Old Mexico and her Lost Provinces.
FICTION AND JUVENILES.
The Ladies Lindores. Hester. A Beleaguered City. A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen. Old Lady Mary. The Modern Hagar.
Inez.
The Gentle Savage. The Led-Horse Claim. For the Major. Whom Kathie Married.
A Daughter of the Philistines, Lost in a Great City. The Admiral's Ward.
Nantucket Scraps. (Sketches of Nan- Madame Lucas. tucket.)
A Fashionable Sufferer.
Robin and his Merry Men. Through one Administration. But yet a Woman. Among the Pines. Thicker than Water. Beyond the Gates. Mr. Isaacs. Banned and Blessed. Jack and Jill.
A Woman of Honor. Fore and Aft. A Great Treason. A Sea Queen. The Little;Duke. Queenie Hetherton. A Woman's Reason.
His Triumph.
His Sombre Rivals.
Lorna Doone.
A Righteous Apostate. The Boys of the Sierras.
Dust. Fortune's Fool.
Boys of other Countries.
The Hoosier School-Boy.
Two Years at Hillsboro'. Recollections of a Drummer Boy.
The White Chief.
The Scalp Hunters.
Phil and His Friends.
The Train Boy.
A York and Lancaster Rose.
Stories from Livy.
Stories from the Greek Tragedians.
Stories from Herodotus.
Shandon Bells.
The Four McNicols.
Yolande.
Theodolph, the Icelander.
Lives in Pleasant Places. Altha.
The Georgians.
Rosemary and Rue. Fanchette. A Lesson in Love.
Damen's Ghost. Homoselle.
The Desmond Hundred. A Nameless Nobleman. Doctor Ben.
His Second Campaign.
Diane Coryval. Will Denbigh. The Wolf at the Door.
Is That All? Marmorne. The Great Match. Mirage.
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Hetty's Strange History. A Modern Mephistopheles. A Castle in Spain. The Miz-Maze. A Wronged Wife. Carried by Storm.
A Terrible Secret.
One Night's Mystery.
A Wonderful Woman. From Madge to Margaret.
The Law and the Lady.
Poor Miss Finch. The Dead Secret.
Page, Squire and Knight.
The Treasure Island.
The Silverado Squatters.
Donald and Dorothy.
Our Christmas in a Palace.
Newport. A Newport Aquarelle. Chateau d'Or.
The Colonel's Daughter.
The Mate of the Daylight.
Judith, a Chronicle of Old Virginia. Louisiana.
"Pansy " Stories :- Four Volumes : Those Boys. The Household Puzzle. The Randolphs. Modern Prophets.
Floyd Grandon's Honor.
An Ambitious Woman.
By Uphill Patlıs.
True Tales for my Grandsons.
The Story of Merv.
Beatrix Randolph.
Marplot Cupid.
Stephen, M. D.
Fighting the Good Fight. Felicitas. Her Washington Season.
The Bread Winners. A Latter Day Saint. Vagabondia.
The Queen's Body Guard.
Bonnyhell Vane. Guenn. Old Mark Langston. The Boys of '35. Some Other Folks. Silas Marner. Story of a Flower.
Carry's Confession. The Siege of London, etc. (Henry James.)
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.
Twelve Americans: Their Lives and 'Times. Records of a Later Life. Paoli : Its Centennial Anniversary.
English Men of Letters (Condensed Biographies of) 21 Volumes, comprising :
Southey.
Landor.
Locke.
Chaucer.
Swift.
Sterne.
Fielding.
Dickens.
Addison.
Gray. Cowper.
Byron.
Bunyan.
Macauley.
Wordsworth.
Pope.
Milton.
Burke.
DeQuincey.
Bentley.
Dryden.
History of the Civil War in America (By the Compte de Paris. 3 Vol.) Life and Times of John Bright. Autobiography of Benj. Franklin. (3 Volumes.)
The Old Regime in Canada. The Oregon Trail. France and England in North Am- erica.
Autobiography of Anthony Trollope.
Creators of the Age of Steel.
Mosaics of Grecian History.
Biography of Oliver Wendell Holnies.
The Pharaohs and their People.
English Poetesses. (Robertson.)
Victorian Poets. (Stedman.)
American Statesmen. (Brief Biog- raphies of.) Six Volumes, comprising,
Webster. Monroe. Jefferson. Gallatin.
Randolph. Jackson.
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American Men of Letters. (Brief Biographies of.) 3 Volumes, comprising : George Ripley. Cooper. Thoreau.
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL.
Popular Scientific Recreations.
Report of the Director of the U. S. Mint. Report of the Chief Signal Officer. (2 Volumes.)
John Adams and his Wife. (Familiar Census of Massachusetts. (1880.) Letters of.)
Report of Com'r of Education of U. S.
R. W. Emerson. (Life, Writings and The Poultry Book. Philosophy of.)
Easy Star Lessons. (Proctor.)
George Eliot. (Life, Writings and Dictionary of Noted Names of Fic- Philosophy of.)
Goethe. (Study of the Life of.)
tion. Electricity and its Uses. Amateur Work.
History of the American People. (Gil- Science Gleanings in Many Fields. The Home and its Surroundings. man.) Virginia, History of the People. Oregon, the Struggle for Possession. POETRY, ESSAYS AND MISCELLANEOUS. Washington. (Young Folks' Biog- The Odyssey of Homer. raphy of.)
History of the War with Mexico. Life of Nelson.
(Bryant's Translation.)
The Iliad of Homer. (Bryant's trans- lation.)
Reign of QueenAnne. (Social Life of.) The Works of Geoffrey Chancer. Conquest of England. (Greene.) (Edited by Gilman. ) 3 Vols.
The Hessians in the Revolution.
Twelve Decisive Battles of the World. The Great Tone Poets.
The Civil War, (Young Folks' His- Farm Legends. (Will Carleton.)
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