Public Libraries: a History of the Movement and a Manual for the Organization and Management of Rate-supported LibrariesCassell, 1894 - 604 páginas |
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... addition to the dictionary of words , with their pronunciation , etymology , alternative spellings , and various meanings , illustrated by quotations and numerous wood- cuts , there are several valuable ap- INTERNATIONAL pendices ...
... addition to the dictionary of words , with their pronunciation , etymology , alternative spellings , and various meanings , illustrated by quotations and numerous wood- cuts , there are several valuable ap- INTERNATIONAL pendices ...
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... additions . Some of these pioneers may be forgotten and overlooked when opening ceremonies take place , but they have the consolation of having aided in the establishing of one of the institutions which are not for an age but for all ...
... additions . Some of these pioneers may be forgotten and overlooked when opening ceremonies take place , but they have the consolation of having aided in the establishing of one of the institutions which are not for an age but for all ...
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... addition of more than 100 in five years . This indicates that we have reached a rung of the ladder in our national life when these institutions are now looked upon as one of the chief requisites of our modern civilized life , and as an ...
... addition of more than 100 in five years . This indicates that we have reached a rung of the ladder in our national life when these institutions are now looked upon as one of the chief requisites of our modern civilized life , and as an ...
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... addition which it makes to the rates is infinitely more than repaid by the advantages which the ratepayers reap from these institu- tions . The next generation will look back with astonishment at the prolonged opposition , coming ...
... addition which it makes to the rates is infinitely more than repaid by the advantages which the ratepayers reap from these institu- tions . The next generation will look back with astonishment at the prolonged opposition , coming ...
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... addition to that provision , he pointed out that there was needed another provision of a different kind for general readers ; a provision of educational libraries , which would certainly come under regulations of a different kind from ...
... addition to that provision , he pointed out that there was needed another provision of a different kind for general readers ; a provision of educational libraries , which would certainly come under regulations of a different kind from ...
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Página 529 - Therefore, when I say, in conducting your understanding, love knowledge with a great love, with a vehement love, with a love coeval with life, what do I say, but love innocence, love virtue...
Página ii - ... a Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World; Vocabularies of Scripture, Greek, Latin, and English Proper Names ; a Dictionary of the noted Names of Fiction ; a Brief History of the English Language ; a Dictionary of Foreign Quotations, Words, Phrases, Proverbs, &c. ; a Biographical Dictionary with 10,000 Names, &c.
Página 21 - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history ; with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters who have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.
Página 531 - Any Town or City may receive in its corporate capacity, and hold and manage any devise, bequest, or donation, for the establishment, increase, or maintenance of a Public Library within the same.
Página 22 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Página 568 - ... Libraries and Museums established under that Act or the Act thereby repealed shall be considered as having been established under this Act, and the Council of any Borough which may have adopted the said Act of One thousand eight hundred and fifty, or established a Museum under the Act thereby repealed, shall have and may use and exercise all the Benefits, Privileges and Powers given by this Act ; and all Monies which have been borrowed by virtue of the said repealed Acts or either of them, and...
Página 529 - ... cheerless beginnings of knowledge, by the darkness from which she springs, by the difficulties which hover around her, by the wretched habitations in which she dwells, by the want and sorrow which sometimes journey in her train ; but let him ever follow her as the Angel that guards him, and as the Genius of his life. She will bring him out at last into the light of day, and exhibit him to the world comprehensive in acquirements, fertile in resources, rich in imagination, strong in reasoning,...
Página 21 - Of all the amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hard-working man, after his daily toil, or in its intervals, there is nothing like reading an entertaining book. It calls for no bodily exertion.
Página 576 - Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that Schedule mentioned : Provided that...
Página 582 - All powers given by this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred on any local or harbour authority by Act of Parliament, law, or custom...