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The summer boarders who wished to avail themselves of the pri- vileges of the Library were required to deposit $2.00 each with the Librarian, as a guaranty of careful use and safe return of books,
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the same to be refunded at the close of the season. The following persons, however, generously presented a part or the whole of their deposits to the Library : Mrs. C. B. Cummings, $2.00 ; Mrs. Frank Jones, $2.00; Mrs. Tappan, $1.00.
The bound magazines, two hundred twenty-eight volumes, pres- ented to the Library during the year, with a few volumes already on the shelves, will constitute a new class, which is to be designated by the letter P. Poole's Index is recommended as a key to this wealth of miscellaneous literature, and it is hoped that sufficient funds may be available for its purchase early the coming year.
It has been found necessary to have more than a hundred volumes rebound the past year, and many more will soon need to go to the binder. Much of this is the natural result of constant use, but it is feared that in some cases the books are not handled with a reason- able amount of care. The Trustees have been sorry -nay indignant -to see costly books returned with pages soiled, and marred by turning down corners. This is probably due to carelessness, but carelessness is malicious when it renders a valuable book, the property of the Town, unfit to be enjoyed by subsequent readers.
The time has come when a new Library building is an imperative necessity. The shelves are so nearly full that it is impossible to avoid confusion in classification. How the present room can be made to furnish accommodation for another year's books is a prob- lem whose solution will tax the ingenuity of the Trustees. As each year improved methods of teaching require of the pupils in our schools more frequent consultation of books of reference, with which the Library is well supplied, the lack of accommodation for such work becomes more apparent. Moreover, our Library, with the added riches of years, is already too valuable to remain longer in a wooden building.
In short we should have a fire-proof structure, with ample shelv- ing for future years ; a good reading-room provided with maga- zines and newspapers ; also provision for the reception and display of such curiosities as have been and may be presented to the Library.
It has been hoped that some generous son of Westford might find it in his heart to give such a building to the Town ; but if that is not to be, Westford will doubtless, with her usual independence, soon provide for the better housing of her Library and the greater convenience of its patrons.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance from last year
$ 7 62
Income from State fund.
68 00
Income from Fletcher fund
40 00
Gifts .
5 00
Fines
10 00
Town appropriation,
150 00
From dog-tax
269 38
$550 00
EXPENDITURES.
For books .
$461 53
Fxpress and freight bills.
6 51
Printing regulations and labels .
4 75
Librarian's ledger
1 50
Binding books
68 83
$543 12
Balance unexpended
6 88
$550 00
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN.
Number of books purchased.
382
Public documents received from the State.
13
Public documents received from the United States.
7
Volumes presented .
295
Number of Pamphlets added .
56
Whole number of books added during year
697
Whole number of books in library
7,507
Number of books issued
8,787
Number of books lost.
4
We recommend that the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appropriated for the purchase of books during the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted :
WILLIAM E. FROST, KATE S. HAMLIN, NETTIE M. STEVENS,
Trustees of Westford Public Library.
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LIST OF BOOKS.
ADDED TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1892-93.
A
Acts and Resolves, 1892. 535
Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts Bay, 1692-1702. 538
Education, Annual Report of Board of, 1890-1 533
Industry of Massachusetts, 1855
539
Journal of House of Representatives, 1892
531
Journal of Senate, 1892. 532
Laws of Massachusetts, 1780-1827, 8 vols 540-7
Laws of Massachusetts, 1780-1822, 3 vols. 548-50
Laws and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1784-5
537
Manual of General Court, 1892.
530
Massachusetts, Special Laws, 1795-1822, 4 vols. 551-4
536
Public Documents, 1891, 5 vols.
539-43
Registration Report, 1891 534
B
Astronomical Expedition .
478
Census, Abstract of 7th, 1851.
466
Coast Survey Report, 1854.
479
Commercial Relations of United States, 1888-91, 2 vols. .
480-1
Comptroller of the Currency, Report of, 1891
482
Constitution and Laws of New Hampshire, 1805
477
Education, Report of Commissioner of, 1888-9, 2 vols.
484-5
Historical Law Tracts, Lord Haims, 1761
476
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1891.
48
Laws of United States, 4 vols ..
472-5
Messages and Documents, 1853-6
467-9
Patent Office Reports, 1851-2.
470-1
Treasury, Report of Secretary, 1890
486
C
Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean, Lee Meriwether, Among the Scotch-Irish, with History of Dinsmoor Family, L. A. Morrison 442
440
Massachusetts Report, vol. 154.
69
Aztec Land. M. M. Ballou
435
Equatorial America. M. M. Ballou.
434
Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, in 1804. E. Donovan, 2 vols.
444-5
Girl in the Karpathians, A. Menie Muriel Dowie.
436
Leith to Lapland. William Hurton ..
441
Nimrod in the North. Frederick Schwatka.
432
Nuremberg and Back. Amy Neally .
443
Race with the Sun, A. Carter H. Harrison 431
Through Russia on a Mustang. Thomas Stevens .. 433
Tramp across the Continent, A. Charles F. Lummis . .. 439
Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. Edward
Whymper. 446
Wild Wales. George Borrow. 438
Zincali ; an Account of Gypsies in Spain. George Borrow, 437
D
Advance-Guard of Western Civilization. James R. Gil-
more .
598
Ancient History. Charles Rollin, 4 vols.
590-3
Ancient History, Epochs of Athenian Empire. Sir G. W.
Cox.
615
Early Empire ; Roman History. W. W. Capes
616
Early Rome. W. Ihne.
617
Gracchi, The, Marius and Sulla. A. H. Beesly
618
Greeks and the,Persians. Sir G. W. Cox.
619
Rise of the Macedonian Empire. Arthur M. Curteis. .. 620
Rome and Carthage; The Punic Wars. R. Bosworth Smith . 621
Roman Empire of Second Century. W. W. Capes 622
Roman Triumvirates. Charles Merivale. 623
624
Spartan and Theban Supremacies. Charles Sankey. Armies of To-day
602
Bedford, History of. Abram English Brown
601
Byzantine Empire, Story of. C. W. C. Oman ..
584
Columbus and Columbia. J. G. Blaine, J. W. Buel, J. C. Ridpath, and Benj. Butterworth 599
Dawn of Italian Independence. Wm. R. Thayer, 2 vols. . Discovery of America. John Fiske, 2 vols .
609-10
Ecclesiastical History of England. Venerable Bede's,
589
Flag of the United States of America, History, and Prin- cipal National Songs. Geo. Henry Preble 578
Florentine Histories. N. Machiavelli, 2 vols . 613-14
France under the Regency. James Breck Perkins 608
French Revolution, Eve of. Edward J. Lowell. 596
Half-Century of Conflict. Francis Parkman. 2 vols
579-80
582-3
also Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Ed. by J. A. Giles .... England, History of. M. Guizot, 4 vols . 585-8
70
Lincoln, and His Administration, Recollections of. L. E. Chittenden . .
605
Maine, Brief History of. George J. Varney 595
Modern History, Epochs of. Age of Anne. Edward E.
Morris ..
625
Age of Elizabeth. Mandell Creighton.
626
Beginning of the Middle Ages. R. W. Church
628
Early Hanoverians, The. Edward E. Morris 629
Early Plantagenets, The. William Stubbs 630
Early Tudors, The. Rev. C. E. Moberly 631
632
English Restoration and Louis XIV. Osmund Airy ...
633
Epoch of Reform. Justin McCarthy 634
Era of Protestant Revolution. Frederick Seebohm .. 635
636
Fall of the Stuarts and Western Europe. Rev. E. Hale, First Two Stuarts and Puritan Revolution. Samuel Raw- son Gardiner 637
Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War. F. W.
Longman
638
French Revolution. Bertha M. Gardiner.
639
Houses of Lancaster and York. James Gairdner 640
Normans in Europe. Rev. A. H. Johnson
641
Thirty Years' War. Samuel Rawson Gardiner 643
642
War of American Independence. John Malcolm Ludlow, On the Border with Crook. John G. Bourke
606 597
Presidential Elections, History of. Edward Stanwood
Real Japan, The. Henry Norman .
581
Rise of the Swiss Republic. W. D. McCrackan.
607
Sabbath in Puritan New England. Alice Morse Earle ....
576
Souvenir of 24th National Encampment, G. A. R., Boston, 1890.
577
Sudbury, Wayland and Maynard, Annals of. Alfred S. Hudson .
600
Three Episodes of Massachusetts History. Charles Francis Adams. 2 vols.
611-12
United States, History of, from Compromise of 1850. James Ford Rhodes. 2 vols. 603-4
594
E
Aristotle, and Ancient Educational Ideals. Thomas
Davidson
Balzac, Honoré de. Katharine P. Wormley . 715
Brigham, C. H. Memoir and Papers 719
Cæsar. Col. T. A. Dodge. 720
Carlyle, Thomas. John Nichol. 718
Checkered Life, A. Col. John A. Joyce .. 705
Citizeness Bonaparte. Imbert de Saint-Amand 694
Vermont. Rowland E. Robinson
691
Crusades, The. Sir G. W. Cox. 627
Edward III. Rev. W. Warburton
71
Court of the Empress Josephine. Imbert de Saint- 696
Amand
Dickens, Charles. Letters to Wilkie Collins. Ed. by Lau- rence Hutton . 686
Farragut, Admiral. Capt. A. T. Mahan 713
Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise. Imbert de Saint-Amand.
697
Hopkins, Mark. Franklin Carter
689
Keats. Sidney Colvin
716
Lamb, Charles, Letters of. Ed. by Edward G. Johnson .. . Lincoln. Wm. H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik. 2 vols ..
687
Loyola and Educational System of Jesuits. Rev. Thomas Hughes. 690
Marie Antoinette and Downfall of Royalty. Imbert de
Saint-Amand.
693
Marie Antoinette and End of Old Regime. Imbert de
Saint-Amand.
692
Marie Louise, Island of Elba, and the 100 Days. Imbert de Saint-Amand .
700
Marie Louise and Decadence of the Empire. Imbert de Saint-Amand . 698
699
Mirabeau, Recollections of. Etienne Dumont
707
Oliphant, Laurence and Alice, Memoir. Margaret O. W. Oliphant. 2 vols ..
708-9
Prentiss, S. S., Memoir of. 2 vols.
701-2
Raleigh, Sir Walter. Wm. Stebbing
706
Sidney, Sir Philip. J. A. Symonds.
717
Simms, Wm. Gilmore. Wm. P. Trent .. 688
Spurgeon, Charles Haddon. Rev. Robert Shindler
714
Washington, Mary, Story of. Marion Harland .
710
Wife of the First Consul. Imbert de Saint-Amand. .... 695
Wilkes, John. Life and Times of. Percy Fitzgerald. 2 vols . 703-4
F 468
Agriculture in Some of its Relations with Chemistry. F.
H. Storer. 2 vols. .
471-2
Astronomy through an Opera Glass. Garret P. Serviss. 479
Man and the Glacial Period. G. Frederick Wright. . .. Natural History of the United States of America. Louis 474 Agassiz. 4 vols. 483-6
Quadrupeds of North America. John James Audubon. 3 vols. 480-2
Religious Aspect of Philosophy. Josiah Royce. 469
Spirit of Modern Philosophy. Josiah Royce 470
Studies of Nature. 3 vols.
475-7
Age of Electricity. Park Benjamin
Marie Louise and Invasion of 1814. Imbert de Saint- Amand
711-12
72
Temperance Reform in Massachusetts, 1813-1883. George F. Clarke. : . 473
Weaving, Theory and Practice of Art of. John Watson .. 478
G
Eastern Church, Lectures on History of. Arthur P. Stan-
ley . 303
Evolution of Christianity. Lyman Abbott. 305
Influence of Apostle Paul on Development of Christianity. Otto Pfleiderer 304
H
Adam Bede. George Eliot. 1668
Afloat and Ashore. J. Fenimore Cooper
1621
Alice. E. Bulwer-Lytton .
1714
Alpine Fay, The. E. Werner. Translated by Mrs. Wis-
ter
1647
American Notes. Charles Dickens.
1698
Barbara's History. Amelia B. Edwards
1664
Barnaby Rudge. Charles Dickens.
1694
Begam's Daughter. Edwin L. Bynner 1641
Better Dead. J. M. Barrie. 1591
Bleak House. Charles Dickens 1700
Bravo, The. J. Fenimore Cooper. 1629
Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon. Hall Caine 1654
Caxtons, The. E. Bulwer-Lytton. 1709
Cecilia de Noël. Lanoe Falconer .. 1614
Chainbearer, The. J. Fenimore Cooper 1630
Child's History of England, A. Charles Dickens
Christmas Stories. Charles Dickens. 1697
1691
Columbus and Beatriz. Constance G. DuBois
1603
Coming Race, The. E. Bulwer-Lytton.
1709
Countess Erika's Apprenticeship. O. Schubin. Trans-
lated by Mrs. Wister.
1650
Crater, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
1623
Damen's Ghost. Edwin L. Bynner
1639
Daniel Deronda. George Eliot. 2 vols.
1672-3
David Alden's Daughter. Jane G. Austin
1642
David Copperfield. Charles Dickens
1704
Day at Laguerres' and Other Days, A. F. Hopkinson
Smith 1601
Deerslayer, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
1618
Devereux. E. Bulwer-Lytton .
1710
Dombey & Son. Charles Dickens
1702
Don Orsino. F. Marion Crawford. 1656
Driftwood. Henry W. Longfellow 1666
Dukesborough Tales. Richard M. Johnston 1658
Ernest Maltravers. E. Bulwer-Lytton
1714
Disowned, The. E. Bulwer-Lytton 1710
73
Eugene Aram. E. Bulwer-Lytton. 1715
Fellowe and His Wife, A. Blanche W. Howard and Wm.
Sharp .. 1634
Felix Holt. George Eliot. 1667
Godophin. E. Bulwer-Lytton
1708
Golden Gossip, A. Mrs. A. D. F. Whitney
1595 Grandmother, The. Bozena Nemec
1602
Great Expectations. Charles Dickens
1693
Great Shadow, A. Conan Doyle.
1646
" Ground Arms." Bertha Von Suttner.
1613
Hallam Succession, The. Amelia E. Barr 1663
Hard Times. Charles Dickens. 1699
Harold. E. Bulwer-Lytton. 1704
Headsman, The. J. Fenimore Cooper. 1626
Heidenmauer, The. J. Fenimore Cooper 1626
Holly Tree Inn, The. Charles Dickens. . 1697
1631
Homeward Bound. J. Fenimore Cooper 1631
1609
Hyperion. Henry W. Longfellow 1667
Ilka on the Hilltop. H. H. Boyesen. 1608
Ivory Gate, The. Walter Besant. . 1660
Jack Tier. J. Fenimore Cooper
1619
Jesuit's Ring, The. Augustus A. Hayes
1596
Kavanagh. Henry W. Longfellow.
1667
Kenelm Chillingly. E. Bulwer-Lytton.
1711
Last of the Barons. E. Bulwer-Lytton. 1706
Last of the Mohicans. J. Fenimore Cooper 1627
1717
Lavengro. George Borrow. 1635
1678-82
Lionel Lincoln. J. Fenimore Cooper
1622
Little Dorrit. Charles Dickens .
1701
Lost Silver of Briffault. Amelia E. Barr 1662
Lucretia. E. Bulwer-Lytton. 1713
1614
Main-Travelled Roads. Hamlin Garland
1599
Man Who Laughs, The. Victor Hugo. 2 vols.
1685-6
Man Who Was Guilty. Flora H. Longhead
1645
Martin Chuzzlewit. Charles Dickens
1692
Mercedes of Castile. J. Fenimore Cooper
1629
Middlemarch. George Eliot. 2 vols .. 1670-1
1623
Mill on the Floss, The. George Eliot.
Miss Bagg's Secretary. Clara Louise Burnham. . 1605 1676
1604
Monikins. J. Fenimore Cooper.
1625
Mrs. Keats Bradford. Maria Louise Pool 1655
My Lady Nicotine. J. M. Barrie
1589
Home as Found. J. Fenimore Cooper.
House of Martha, The. Frank R. Stockton
Last Days of Pompeii. E. Bulwer-Lytton
Les Misérables. Victor Hugo. 5 vols.
Mademoiselle Ixe. Lanoe Falconer
Miles Wallingford. J. Fenimore Cooper
Miss Wilton. Cornelia Warren
74
My Novel. E. Bulwer-Lytton . 1716
Mystery of Edwin Drood. Charles Dickens. 1694
New Arabian Nights. R. L. Stevenson. 1593
New Harry and Lucy. E. E. and Lucretia P. Hale 1606
Nicholas Nickleby. Charles Dickens
1696
Night and Morning. E. Bulwer-Lytton
1708
Ninety-Three. Victor Hugo.
1687
Notre Dame de Paris. Victor Hugo. 2 vols
1683-4
Oak Openings. J. Fenimore Cooper
1624
Old Curiosity Shop. Charles Dickens
1699
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1698
1648
Onoqua. Frances C. Sparhawk.
1652
Our Mutual Friend. Charles Dickens
1690
Outre-Mer. Henry W. Longfellow.
1666
Owl's Nest, The. E. Marlitt. Trans. by Mrs. Wister
1649
Parisians, The. E. Bulwer-Lytton
1707
Pathfinder, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
1618
Pausanius. E. Bulwer-Lytton
1706
Pelham. E. Bulwer-Lytton
1713
Penniless Girl, A. W. Heinburg. Trans. by Mrs. Wister.
1651
Pickwick Papers. Charles Dickens . 1695
1707
Pilot, The. J. Fenimore Cooper.
1620
Pioneers, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
1627
Prairie, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
1617
Pratt Portraits. Anna Fuller 1643
Precaution. J. Fenimore Cooper
1616
Prue and I. George William Curtis
1665
Quality of Mercy, The. Wm. D. Howells
1586
Queen Titania. H. H. Boyesen .
1607
Red Rover, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
1620
Redskins, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
1630
Rienzi. E. Bulwer-Lytton .
1711
Roger Hunt. Celia P. Woolley
1610
Romany Rye, The. George Borrow
1636
Romola. George Eliot. 2 vols ..
1674-5
Roweny in Boston. Maria Louise Pool.
1598
St. Katherine's by the Tower. Walter Besant 1659
1624
Scenes of Clerical Life, and Life of Author. Eliot
George
1669
Scottish Chiefs, The. Jane Porter. 2 vols. 1632-3
Sea Lions, The. J. Fenimore Cooper. 1621
Sherburne House. Amanda M. Douglas. 1657
Silas Marner. George Eliot. 1675
Spy, The. J. Fenimore Cooper . ·
1617
Strange Story, A. E. Bulwer-Lytton.
1705
Paul Clifford. E. Bulwer-Lytton .
1715
Pilgrims of the Rhine. E. Bulwer-Lytton
Only a Girl. Von Hillern. Trans. bv Mrs. Wister
Satanstoe. J.Fenimore Cooper
75
Tale of Two Cities. Charles Dickens . 1703
Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Thomas Hardy
1587
Three Bright Girls. Annie E. Armstrong 1597
Three Fates. F. Marion Crawford
1594
Toilers of the Sea. Victor Hugo. 2 vols
1688-9
Tourmalin's Time Cheques. F. Anstey . 1638
Tragic Comedians, The. George Meredith 1600
Truth about Clement Ker. George Fleming 1637
Two Admirals, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
1628
Utter Failure, An. Miriam Coles Harris.
1611
Van Bibber and Others. Richard Harding Davis
1653
Vice Versa. F. Anstey . 1612
1628
Ways of the Hour. J. Fenimore Cooper
1616
Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish. J. Fenimore Cooper
1622
What Will He Do with It. E. Bulwer-Lytton 1712
When a Man's Single. J. M. Barrie 1590
Wing and Wing. J. Fenimore Cooper . 1619
Winterborough. Eliza Orne White ..
1644
World Went Very Well Then. Walter Besant
1661
Wrecker, The. R. L. Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
1592
Wyandotte. J. Fenimore Cooper.
1625
Zachary Phips. Edwin L. Bynner 1640
Zanoni. E. Bulwer-Lytton
1705
J
Admiral's Caravan. Charles E. Carryl. 885
Battle and a Boy, A. Blanche W. Howard 897
Belt and Spur . . 873
Bob Burton. H. Alger, Jr 894
Boyhood in Norway. H. H. Boyesen 865
Bravest of the Brave. G. A. Henty 889
Captain of the Kittiewink. Herbert D. Ward. 905
Christmas Every Day. Wm. D. Howells 902
Diego Pinzon. John R. Coryell 899
Doctor's Little Daughter. Eliza Meteyard
903
Down the Snow Stairs. Alice Corkran .
868
English Literature, Children's Stories in. Henrietta C. Wright. 2 vols. 869-70
Five Little Peppers Grown Up. Margaret Sidney 864
Flying Hill Farm. Sophie Swett. 898
Giovanni and the Other. Mrs. F. H. Burnett 886
Golden Age, Story of. James Baldwin 872
Grettir the Outlaw. S. Baring-Gould 874
Jackanapes. Mrs. J. H. Ewing 906
Jack Hall. Robert Grant. 891
Jack in the Bush. Robert Grant. 892
Kaleidoscope, The. Margaret Sidney, etc. 856
Knightly Legends of Wales. Ed. by Sidney Lanier. 876
Water Witch, The. J. Fenimore Cooper
76
Knockabout Club in the Antilles. F. A. Ober 879
Knockabout Club Alongshore. C. A. Stephens. 880
Knockabout Club in the Woods. C. A. Stephens. 881 Little People and Their Homes in Meadows, Woods, and Waters. Stella Louise Hook 875
Luke Walton. H. Alger, Jr
895
Margery Merton's Girlhood. Alice Corkran
867 Miss Ashton's New Pupil. Mrs. S. S. Robbins
Oliver Optic's Annual. 890
884
Otto of the Silver Hand. Howard Pyle.
Pot of Gold, A. Mary E. Wilkins.
Robin Hood, Adventures of. Howard Pyle
Secret of the Old House. Evelyn Everett-Green 857
Sir Walter's Ward. Wm. Everard. 866
893
Story of a child, The. Margaret Deland
904 896 877
Three Vassar Girls in Russia and Turkey. E. W. Champney Three Vassar Girls in Switzerland. E. W. Champney .... 878
Two Thousand Years Ago. A. J. Church.
871
Witch Winnie's Studio. Elizabeth W. Champney .
887
With Clive in India. G. A. Henty.
888
Young Folks' Bible History. Charlotte M. Yonge.
858
Young Folks' History of Civil War. Mrs. C. Emma Cheney, 861
859
Young Folks' History of Netherlands. Alexander Young,
86.2
Young Folks' History of Reformation. Fred. H. Allen .. . 863
Young Folks' History of Russia. Nathan Haskell Dole ... 860
Young Lucretia. Mary E. Wilkins.
901
L
At Sundown. J. G. Whittier. 243
Ballads. Robert Louis Stevenson
208
Byron, Lord. Poems, 5 vols.
248-52
Early Ballads and Songs of Peasantry of England. Ed.
by Robert Bell . 205
Eliot, George. Poems.
236
Feast of the Virgins. H. L. Gordon
206
House of the Wolfings. William Morris
204
Idylls of Norway. H. H. Boyesen
211
Lazy Minstrel. J. Ashby-Sterry .
210
Little-Folk Lyrics. Frank D. Sherman
212
Longfellow, Henry W. Poems, 6 vols ..
237-42
Lost Ring and Other Poems. Caroline A. Mason.
231
Makers of Venice. Mrs. Oliphant. 232
Music. Anton Rubinstein . 209
Nature and Elements of Poetry. E. C. Stedman.
234
New Life of Dante Alighieri. Trans. by Charles E. Norton 233
Shakespeare, Wm. Works of, 20 vols. 213-30
88.2 900 883
Store Boy, The. H. Alger, Jr.
Struggling Upward. H. Alger, Jr
Young Folks' History of London. Wm. H. Rideing .....
77
Sisters' Tragedy, and Other Poems. T. B. Aldrich. 235 Whittier, John G. Poems, 4 vols. 244-7
Western Verse. Eugene Field 207
M
Burke, Edmund. Works of, 12 vols. 698-709
Cathcarts' Literary Reader. 692
Criticism and Fiction. Wm. D. Howells. 685
Dante and His Ideal. Herbert Baynes
English Literature, Choice Specimens of. 684
711
English Novel, The. Sidney Lanier.
679
Finger-Ring Lore. Wm. Jones. 681
Garden's Story. George H. Ellwanger. . 686
Humour of France. Trans. by Elizabeth Lee. 694
Humour of Germany. Trans. by Hans Müller-Casenov .. 695
Humour of Italy. Trans. by A. Werner.
696
Little Brothers of the Air. Olive Thorne Miller
683
McGuffey's Fifth Reader .. 690
Miscellaneous Essays. George Eliot
697
Old Concord. Margaret Sidney
714 693
Old English Dramatists. James Russell Lowell ..
Open Sesame. Prose and Poetry for School-Days, 2 vols.
712-13
Plato's Best Thoughts. Comp. by C. H. A. Bulkley
680
Rescue of an Old Place. Mary Caroline Robbins. 688
682
Social condition and Education of People in England. Joseph Kay . 710
Social Life in England, 1660-90. Wm. Connor Sidney 69
Story of My House. George H. Ellwanger 687
689
N
Annual Cyclopædia. 1891 112
Century Dictionary. 6 vols. 116-121
Chamber s'Encyclopædia. vols. 9 and 10 110-11
115
Miracles, Dictionary of. E. C. Brewer 114
U. S. Index to the United States of America. Comp. by
Malcolm Townsend. 113
P
Blackwood's Magazine. 4 vols. 308-11
Every Saturday. 4 vols
304-7
Granite Monthly. 2 vols. 316-17
Harper's Magazine. 21 vols 318-338
Household Words. 2 vols. 312-13
Littell's Living Age. 195 vols
1-195
Scribner's Monthly. 2 vols 314-15
Select Journal. 4 vols . 300-3
Science of Fairy Tales. Edwin S. Hartland.
Swinton's Classic Reader.
Gazetteer of U. S. A. John Hayward.
PAMPHLETS.
A
Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst, Report of, 1891. 20
Amherst College, Catalogue 1886-7. 25
Massachusetts Agricultural College, Report of, 1892 21
Massachusetts Agricultural College, Report on Insects, 1893. . . 22
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Catalogue, 1886-8 .. Massachusetts School for Feeble-Minded at Waltham, 1892.
26-7 30
Massachusetts State Normal School, Bridgewater, Catalo- gue, 1887 23
Massachusetts State Normal School, Framingham, Circular, 1888. 24
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society, Report, 1886. 33
Papers on Drawing, 1870 28
Public Instruction
29
Public Reservations, Report of, 1891. 32
31
B
Consular Reports, Nos. 133-136 137-150
Consular Report, Special.
Gas in Foreign Countries
151
India Rubber. 152
Slave Trade in Foreign Countries 153 Tariffs of Foreign Countries . 154
Education, Bureau of :
Biological Teaching in Colleges of U. S. John P. Campbell .. 136
Fourth International Prison Congress, St. Petersburg, Russia. C. D. Randall . 130
Graded School, Promotions and Examinations. Emerson E. White 134
Higher Education in Massachusetts. George Gary Bush, 133
Higher Education in Michigan. A. C. McLaughlin . . 131 Higher Education in Ohio. G. W. Knight and J. R. Commons 132
Normal School Idea in U. S. J. P. Gordy . 135
Southern Women in Educational Movement in South. Rev. A. D. Mayo.
129
State Library, Report of Librarian, 1892 .
79
M
Bowdoin College, Catalogues. 1886-90. 14-17
Middlebury College, Catalogues. 1891 18
Movement for Better Roads. Col. A. A. Pope. 22
Organization and Management of Public Libraries. Wm.
F. Poole. 27
Personal Experience of a Physician. John Ellis. 24
Proportional Representation 28
School Committee of Lowell, Report 1889 30
Southern California 25
Tewksbury Public Library, Catalogue. 21
Tobacco, Insanity and Nervousness. Dr. L. Bremer. 29
University of Denver and Colorado Seminary, Catalogue. 1892 19
University of Pennsylvania, Catalogue. 1891 20
Utah. P. Donan .. 23
Washington Centennary in New York, 1889.
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1
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASS.,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1893.
LOWELL, MASS .: VOX POPULI PRESS: S. W. HUSE & CO. 1893.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR 1892-93.
A. J. ABBOT, Chairman Term expires 1894
A. A. BICKFORD, Secretary
66 1895
ALFRED WOODBURY
66 1893
A. R. CHOATE
66
66 1895
A. G. POLLEY
66 1893
GEORGE DREW
66 1894
REPORT.
Follow Citizens and Friends :
The first meeting of the School Committee for the year was held March 26th, 1892, and the Committee organized by the choice of A. J. Abbot as chairman and Rev. A. A. Bickford, secretary and super- intendent of schools. The several meetings during the year have been all attended by the entire Committee and in the settlement of the important questions relating to choice of teachers, financial matters, etc., there has been perfect harmony among the members. The decisions arrived at are before you, although the reasons by which we have been governed, which are many and complex, are not always so apparent and cannot be fully detailed here. All the school work has not been of ideal excellence, but we are confident that the year as a whole has been one of much prosperity. A con- siderable number of changes have occurred in our corps of teachers, but they have for the most part resulted happily, and several who have begun their work in the town during the year have proved valuable acquisitions. We believe that we have at present a com- pany of teachers who as a whole are competent, progressive, and earnest. It is exceedingly fortunate for the schools of Westford that so many of them reside in town, as it has been a controlling inducement for them to accept lower salaries than were offered elsewhere. But we cannot depend greatly in the future upon this favoring element in the problem of supplying our school rooms with good teachers. It will perhaps be effective in a few cases, but what shall be done relating to schools where there is no resident teacher of ability, and where the inducement of salary is not suffi- cient to hold any teacher of assured reputation ? The School Com- mittee must be frequently at their wits' end attempting to answer the question. They must resort to much experimenting, and if they are successful in finding a jewel among the many dubious unknown candidates who seek schools continually, they must anticipate soon being outbid by some town that covets our best gifts. The Com- mittee in previous years has called attention to the fact, which has
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