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Show II'IIMC Utll. IN I II LIIATl'ltr. TltnHt. I.oult I'ublld Library contained con-tained ou July I, 1891, -.'out 80,000 volumes. The circulation for the year eudlti with the date mentioned thowoda home Aauo of 1.',U00 vol-umet, vol-umet, and a library reading roomluua of 7S,0H, making ft total laauo of near ly ')0,00(l volume.. Of the home litue nearly ol per cent, of the volumee were lllcllou, find only 37 ptr tent. phllotophy. The totnl nuruUr of phi lotofhlcal workt lakeu home for ute waa 09 1, aud conaulted In the library .91. Thete llgurri provo that HI. l.oult It not a city of phlloaoi bcrt. In theology theo-logy It It not much bttlur. Dnlyl cr cent, of tho ticokt ttken homo were theological, and ut thew coutulted In the library about S per cent, wero of the tame data. Ulitory runa up to about7per cent, aud juvuullo lltora ture about o a.r cent. The ttall.llc! lerlalnlnglo tho Ht-Louli Ht-Louli public library will aj ply nioitly totheaeiaie library In all American dike. I'lctloll It the chief mental food of the preient time. I.veu of the bookicomulted lu the library IS per cxntweru fiction, while only II r cent, wero cj clopedeta, maitazlnet and bookt of reference. Aud yet with nil thlt voracity for llcllou HI. Louli haa notproiuceJ n nuvelltt, exret Mr. McCulhM.il of the Uloto Ptmocrut. Ilia lettere about Utah mu jcrhapt he clai.cd na fJctlon. |