THE NEW YORK P 196785 ASTCR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1939 NOTE This list comprises books of June, and a few previously issued. The list prices are given. A considerable reduction from these prices can be obtained. Librarians and book committees are invited to make inquiries about any of these books. A statement of their value for libraries or for individuals will be given. So far as possible the year of publication of all books not issued in 1904 is given. s indicates that the book is especially recommended for libraries that can purchase few books. C indicates that the book is written by a Connecticut author or is of especial interest to residents of Connecticut. Correspondence with reference to organization, classification, and other library interests is invited. If any library desires to make exchange of books on its shelves with other libraries a list of the books to be exchanged can be sent to this office. Here the list will be manifolded and distributed to all libraries organized under the state law. In this way exchange may be effected by correspondence of libraries interested. CHARLES D HINE Chairman Connecticut Public Library Committee LIBRARY NOTES Below are notes of recent library happenings. From time to time these notes will be issued in connection with the book lists. Librarians and others are requested to send any information which can be embodied in these notes. In this year the towns of Cheshire and Old Saybrook have established libraries under the provisions of the free public library law. In both towns existing libraries became the free public libraries. The number of libraries now receiving the state grant is 72. Of this number 54 receive $100 annually, 2 receive $75, I receives $70, I receives $55, 8 receive $50, 3 receive $25, I receives $20, and 2 receive amounts varying according to the sums raised by the friends of the library. June 1, 1904, $3,130.56 had been expended from the grant for 1904. 2,685 books were purchased with that amount. OLD SAYBROOK The Acton library celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of a library in the town, and the opening of a free library, June 30. The audience gathered at the parish house, where a statement of the change which was to go into effect July I was made by Mr G W Denison, president of the trustees. Miss Hewins, secretary of the Connecticut public library committee, gave an address on "What the town and library can do for each other." Dr. Samuel Hart gave the history of fifty years of library activity in Saybrook. The library, which has been rearranged and catalogued, was open for inspection, and refreshments were served in the reading room. The Saybrook band furnished music during the afternoon. ROCKVILLE The George Maxwell Memorial Library was dedicated at Rockville June 29. Colonel Francis T. Maxwell, as a representative of the Maxwell family, made the presentation to the Rockville public library association. Honorable Charles Phelps of Rockville made an address on "The Rockville public library." Professor George Rice Carpenter of Columbia University gave an address, "The public library in New England life and letters." The building is of Vermont marble. The entrance leads into a large room in which are the children's department, the periodical reading room and the delivery desk. A screen divides the children's department from the delivery room and two book cases afford protection and seclusion to the reading room. This arrangement makes possible supervision of both rooms by the attendant at the delivery desk. The stack room and reference room extend toward the back. The second floor is occupied by a lecture room. The capacity of the stack is 30,000 volumes and that of the reading room 8,000 volumes. A small collection of colored photographs and other views of Venice and Switzerland has been made and is available for any library desiring it. The large collection of books on Venice and 38 plates from Francis Hopkinson Smith's Venice of Today is on exhibition at the St. Louis exposition. At the close of the exposition, this will be loaned to libraries where it will be useful. One librarian writes: "The results of the loan of pictures have been gratifying. About fifty persons have given the pictures careful study. Many others have shown some interest. Six pictures have found their way to the homes of the library patrons." Another writes: "The pictures were exhibited in our library, and used in two clubs, and in our schools both public and private. I should be glad to receive another portfolio at any time." TRAVELING LIBRARIES AND BIRD CHARTS Those of the traveling libraries in good condition and needing no repairs may be loaned to libraries for July and August. Among these are libraries of nature books, and of children's books on miscellaneous subjects. The bird charts of the Audubon society may be loaned to libraries for July and August. ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION The Connecticut public library committee has an exhibit in the booth of the state board of education in the education building. An exhibition case contains pictures of all the libraries in the state from which the committee was able to procure copies. Colored maps show the number and distribution of free and subscription libraries at the time the free public library law was passed in 1893, and the number and distribution of free state grant libraries, other free libraries, and subscription libraries in 1902. The different phases of the work of the committee are fully explained on a large card in the exhibition case. Each class of traveling libraries and loan picture collections is represented by a specimen collection. The memoir of a very brilliant man who with entire devotion identified himself for forty-two years with Harrow Dodd W E Duff MEG This is a perfectly genuine record of the doings of a plain, hard- Edw'ds & Brought'n 2.00 Notes from a diary, 1892-1895 2 V Dutton 4.00 Stories of Victor Hugo, Darwin and many others by a genial re corder Legends of the old Irish heroic days retold in a fairytale form Day H F Reprinted from original edition of 1782 A book of genuine historic value as an indication of the stress 1.00 1.50 Johnson C F C Sargent H C & Kit tredge eds S Wyld M A ballads Cambridge edition Houghton Edited from the collection of Francis James Child 3.00 Longmans 1.00 |