Deseret Evening News | 1902-11-08 | Page 10 | The Gladstone Library at Hawarden

THE GLADSTONE LIBRARY AT HAWARDEN b p c II IIi i If a P I III I II I I II 1 I b Ii f fOne I One ot of th the most valuable gifts ever eler presented b by a statesman to the public Is the library opened nt at a few tew weeks arc alo It was presented to his native natho village b by the late William E hailstone Thirty thousand volumes the result of n a lifetime ut tit collecting are arc within Its walls and as the famous i statesman a connoisseur on books some Jj hl a ot of the collection ma may be formed It I Is a public library In every sense or of the word and its 1111 shrewd donor y i saw W to It that no loopholes were left leU whereby shrewd persons who entertain a contempt for tor the common people might deprive them of their privileges