| Show FACTS ABOUT LIBRARIES ane pomona cal public library has one book in three years I 1 OF seven hundred boys and girls who drew books from the library of the college settlement in street new york last year only two had american parents AIRS ISABEL YOLAND daugh ter of the late luke P poland has given to the town of Morristown Vt one thousand dollars toward a library which is being established there THE records of the new haven public library show that there were four thousand less books drawn last year than the year previous the decrease being almost wholly in the field of fie tion A SENSIBLE memorial will be that dedicated to wilkie collins it will consist of a small library of choice fiction to be presented to the peoples palace in london fifteen hundred dollars has already been raised for this purpose SOME one has been interviewing a country bookseller book seller in england with an extended business and learned from him that while the ladies are reading a more serious line of books arnold froude and lang the men are taking to novel reading with a vengeance ann the ensuing year the Imperial library of st petersburg will begin publishing a catalogue of aalthe russian books it contains which were issued from the press since the art of printing was introduced into russia the cata logue willbe publish edia periodical installments stall ments under the editorship of a learned commission |
