z 733 W352 W4 1921 MAIN UC-NRLF B 3 T£l Tb? J WELLESLEY COLLEGE LIBRARY HANDBOOK 1921 WELLESLEY COLLEGE LIBRARY HANDBOOK 1921 Gl ■J-VTi Library Hours :• 8:10 A.M. — 5:45 P.M. * ...7:15 P.M. — 9:30 P.M. Wday 2:30 P.M. — 5:30 P.M. CONTENTS PAGE Plan of the Building 5 History of the Library 9 Description of the Building 10 Arrangement and Location of Books 13 Reserved Books 15 Periodicals 15 Catalogue 16 Abbreviations used in the Catalogue 17 Reference Collection 18 Special Collections Treasure Room 22 Plimpton Room 24 Brooks Room 24 Pierce Room 25 Department Libraries 25 Care of Books 26 The Library Staff 28 Classification of Books 28 Library Rules and Regulations 29 Index 34 458689 Cease not to learn until thou cease to live; Think that day lost wherein thou draw'st no letter, Nor galn'st no lesson, that new grace may give To make thyself learneder, wiser, better. Quadrains of Pibrac, translated by Joshua Sylvester. BASEMENT PLAN FIRST FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY When College Hall was built by the founder, what then seemed ample provision for the Library was made in the fire- proof wing where in 1878, three years after the opening of the College, over 16,000 volumes and more than 100 periodicals were available for the use of the students and members of the faculty; eight thousand volumes having been given outright from Mr. Durant's own library. Chosen by a man of brilliant intellect and scholarly tastes, with the means to gratify them, many of these books have always been among the most precious possessions of the Library, and have grown increasingly valu- able with the passing years. Other early friends of the College gave money and books to enrich the collection, notably Mr. A. S. Sweet, who gave what was then a large sum of money for the purchase of books for the study of the Bible and after- ward added to that gift; and Professor E. N. Horsford, who in 1878 endowed the Library, thus providing a fund for the pur- chase of new books and for various other expenses. These friends of the earlier days have been followed by a succession of book- lovers. In 1904, Mr. George A. Plimpton presented to the Col- lege in memory of his wife, Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton, who was a member of the class of 1884, the collection of Italian manuscripts and early editions since known as the Plimpton Collection. Professor George Herbert Palmer has been and continues to be one of the Library's most generous donors. Besides many other valuable gifts at various times, his collec- tion of first and other rare editions of the works of Robert and Elizabeth Browning was presented in 1911, the collection of such editions of Tennyson in 1918, and of Byron in 1921. In 1920, Mr. Charles E. Goodspeed presented his large and valu- able collection of the works of Ruskin. Gifts of many other donors, and the bequests of Lady Margaret Huggins in 1916 and of Miss Helen Sanborn in 1917 have added much to the resources of the Library. Meanwhile the collection had long since outgrown its quar- ters in College Hall even though from time to time other rooms had been added to the original one, and in 1909 the erection of the present Library building was begun. It was opened for use in the spring of 1910, the books having been transferred from College Hall during the vacation. In 1915-16 the part of the building south of the large Reading Room was added, and has been occupied since the fall of 1916. The Library contains at present (1921) about "^50^ bound volumes, besides several thousand pamphlets, and subscribes to about 350 periodicals. Many more are received by gift. Description of the Building The building is of Indiana limestone and its architecture is of the type known as Italian Renaissance. The bronze doors forming the main entrance to the building are the gift of the Class of 1886, in memory of Professor E. N. Horsford, their honorary member. They are the work of Evelyn Longman and represent Wisdom and Charity. The bronze figure of the Lemnian Athena, goddess of wisdom, on the pedestal west of the entrance was given by the class of 1887, that on the other side, the Hestia Giustiniani, goddess of the hearth, by the Class of 1888. This main entrance to the building leads directly into the Delivery Room. In this room will be found the Catalogue, shelves for books reserved for certain classes, other shelves for the display of recently purchased books and two large desks of 10 which the one on the left is the "North Desk" where all books taken from this part of the building must be charged. All books taken from the Library must be charged and returned here or at the "South Desk" to which reference is made below. On the right is a desk where some of the work connected with the ordering of books is done. Here are kept the publishers' catalogues and trade bibliographies of the United States and foreign countries. Behind this desk is a door opening into the Cataloguing Room and the Librarian's Office; beside it is the entrance to the English Literature Room. In addition to the books reserved for classes this room contains the Chaucer, Spenser, Milton and Shakespeare collections, except such vol- umes as are necessarily restricted from general use. There is also a collection of books covering other periods of English literature, though the greater number of such books are shelved on the first floor of the book stack, the entrance to which is from the Delivery Room opposite that to the English Litera- ture Room. Bulletin boards are placed on both sides of this door where notices and clippings of interest are posted. From the Deliver}^ Room the main stairway ascends to the second floor where are located the Classics, Economics and History Rooms. In each of these rooms there are shelves of reserved books, and a part of the collection of books relating to the subject, while other books on the same subject are as far as possible shelved in the stack room on the same floor. In addition to these rooms there is also on this floor the Plimpton Room containing the Plimpton Collection of Italian books and manu- scripts described elsewhere. There is a door leading to the book stack from the hall at the head of the stairway and also one from the History Room. Opposite the main entrance of the building on the floor below is the door from the Delivery Room into the large Reading Room. In this room, which provides chairs for 140 readers, the dictionaries, encyclopedias and other general reference 11 books are shelved, also sets of the most used periodicals and a number of reserved books for various classes. The current periodicals with a few exceptions are kept in the two magazine cases and on the shelves at the right and left of the door from the Delivery Room. Those on the shelves are arranged alpha- betically. The desk of the Reference Librarian is in this room. On the wall opposite this desk is the portrait of Julia J. Irvine, President of the College 1895-1899, painted by Gari Melchers, and on the same wall are portraits of Ellen Fitz Pendleton, President since 1911, and of Ada Lydia Howard, President 1875-1882, the former painted by Ellen Emmet, the latter by Edmund C. Tarbell. On the opposite wall is the portrait of Helen Almira Shafer, President 1888-1894, painted by Kenyon Cox. Over the fireplace is a likeness of Mrs. Pauline Fowle Durant, one of the founders, the work of Carl Nordell. On this wall near the door is the portrait of Alice Freeman Palmer, President 1882-1887, painted by Abbott H. Thayer, and on the other side of the fireplace is one of Caroline Hazard, President 1899-1910, painted by Cecilia Beaux. The coat of arms at the left of the Wellesley Seal at the end of the Reading Room (over the fireplace) is that of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The latter college, founded in 1505 by *'The Lady Margaret" Beaufort, mother of Henry VH, was the college of Walter Mildmay, who in 1584 founded Em- manuel, the alma mater of that John Harvard who was an early benefactor of Harvard College at Cambridge on this side of the Atlantic. Mr. Durant, the founder of Wellesley, was a member of the Harvard class of 1841. Leaving the Reading Room, and passing the stairway at the South end of the building, one faces the "South Desk" where books from this part of the building are charged. On the right is the entrance to the Science Room, on the left to the Phil- osophy and Education Room. In the latter are the books connected with study in those departments. In the former are most of the books classified in the departments of Botany, 12 Zoology, Geology and Physics. The handsome piece of Chi- nese embroidery on satin hanging in the hallway was a gift to the College many years ago from Professor E. N. Horsford. The Bokhara embroidery hanging on the stairway leading to the floor below was the gift of Mrs. J. N. Fiske. On this lower floor are two rooms, one containing books for the study of the Bible and of the history of religions, the other devoted to the modern languages. On the third floor of this part of the building is a room used at present for a newspaper room, the Brooks Memorial Room, and the Treasure Room, which are described elsewhere. In the large hall are cases containing a collection of jewels, seals, gems and curios, the bequest of Lady Huggins to the College in 1916. Descriptions of articles in the collection will be found on the cases. In the basement of the Library are the students' coat room, a seminar room for the use of small classes and a room reserved for the use of graduate students, besides the Pierce Memorial Room described on p. 25. Arrangement and Location of Books Books are classified by subject according to the Dewey decimal system, and within each class are in general arranged alphabetically by name of author. In the Department Rooms, the arrangement begins on the left as one enters, and shelves should be read from top to bottom and from left to right of each section both in these rooms and in the stack. In the stack each case bears a card stating what numbers are to be found in that case, and a large card near the entrance to each floor shows what subjects, as indicated by the classification numbers, are shelved there. A brief outline of the system of classifica- tion will be found on p. 28. Large books, quartos and folios, are in general shelved at the back of each floor of the stack or at one end of the Department Room in which they may be 13 located. Exceptions to thtbe locations are noted on the cata- logue card which should always indicate clearly where a book is shelved. After finding the entry in the catalogue (see p. 16 The Catalogue), the call number on the upper left hand corner of the card should be copied on one of the slips provided for the purpose, including any letters indicating location or size. It is a mistake to trust the memory, for unless the number is remembered exactly finding the book on the shelves becomes a matter of chance. In the Department Rooms at the South end of the building and at the front of each floor of the stack at the North end are shelves labeled "Return Shelves" where books waiting to be returned to their proper location are placed temporarily. Students should look over these shelves in the room where they expect to find a book before deciding that it is not there. Desk attendants are always glad to assist stu- dents in finding books if the exact call number is brought to the desk. Location of Books Exceptions to these locations are indicated on the catalogue cards. 010- 99 Bibliography Second floor stack 100-199 Philosophy Philosophy and Education Room 200-299 Religion Biblical History Room 300-369, 380-399 Economics and Sociology Third floor stack and Economics Room 370-379 Education Philosophy and Education Room 400-499 Philology Second floor stack 500-599 Science Science Room and Basement stack 600-699 Useful arts Second floor stack 700-799 Fine arts Second floor stack 800-899 Literature 800-829, 839 First floor stack and English Literature Room 830-838, 840-869 Modern Languages Room 870-889 Third floor stack and Classics Room 890-899 First floor stack 900-999 History Third floor stack and History Room 900-999 (oversize books) Second floor stack 14 Reserved Books Books reserved for the use of classes are shelved in Depart- ment Rooms, the Delivery Room and the Reading Room. A guide to the location of shelves and lists of the books reserved in each end of the building are kept at both North and South desks and the attendant at either desk will be glad to assist students in finding the books needed. Reserved books should be returned to the shelf when no longer needed so that they can more easily be found by other students. Other rules for the use of these books will be found on p. 31. Library Rules and Regulations. Periodicals The Library receives about 450 periodicals; until these are bound most of them are kept on the magazine cases and in the drawers underneath them at the north end of the Reading Room, or alphabetically arranged on the shelves at the same end of the room. The current numbers are displayed on the magazine cases, unbound back numbers are in the drawers below. A guide is posted over each case showing where to look for back numbers. On the shelves the current numbers should be found on top of each pile of magazines. A few magazines of very special interest to the departments in question are sent to the Department Rooms. Bound magazines of technical character are classified ac- cording to subject and shelved in their appropriate place. Periodicals of general interest when bound are shelved alpha- betically in the Reading Room and in the stack on the first floor. The Library also subscribes to the London Times, the Man- chester Guardian, Le Temps, and the more important British and French weeklies, in addition to newspapers representing different sections of the United States. The newspapers are kept in a room on the third floor of the south wing. IS The Catalogue The Card Catalogue, which is filed in cases in one corner of the Delivery Room, furnishes a record of the books in the de- partmental libraries of Art, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Hygiene and Music as well as of the collections in the General Library. All of the cards, including author, subject, title, series and reference cards, are arranged in a single alphabet, forming what is known as a Dictionary Catalogue. Here one should be able to find quickly: 1. What books the Library has by a given author. 2. What important material the Library has upon a given subject. 3. Whether the Library has a book of any given title, pro- vided the title is a striking one. 4. How many volumes of any well known series the Library possesses. The call number of each book appears on the upper left hand corner of the card. Here also is indicated the number of copies in the Library, and whether they are bound or unbound; also their location, if kept in any special collection, i, e. Billings Hall, Hemenway Hall, Reading Room, Treasure Room, etc. The letters CI, E, Hs and L are stamped in blue near the call number when the book belongs in the Classics, Economics, History or Literature rooms. If the book is a quarto or a jolio, the letter q or f in red forms a part of the call number, indicat- ing that the book belongs on the special "oversize" shelves. A few suggestions may be of help in using the Catalogue. To find what periodicals the Library has on the subject of Botany, look for the heading, Botany. Periodicals, remember- ing that all subject headings are written in red. Here will be found cards for all such periodicals. To find material on the French Revolution, look for the heading, France. History. 16 Revolution, 1789-1799. Cards for books of poetry on the Great War will appear under the heading, European War, 1914- Poetry. For collections of American plays look under the heading, American drama. Collections. Bleyer . Hozv to write special feature articles will be found by looking either under Bleyer, under the heading Journalism, or under the title. A novel by Hugh Walpole will be found by looking for the name Walpole, or for the title of the one desired, e. g. Jeremy. A title card is seldom made for a book whose title begins with a phrase such as "Introduction to . . ."; History of . . . ," etc. To find Pancoast, An introduction to English literature, or Channing, History of the United States, one should not look for the title but for the name of the author, or for the heading English literature. History and criticism, or U. S. History, as the case may be. Cards for each publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington will be found under author and subject, but a complete list, with the call number for each, will be found under the heading, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Publications. Similar entries are made for many other series, e. g. English Men of Letters series; Mediaeval Towns series; Psychological Monographs, etc. Note: The Catalogue is at present (1921) in a transition stage, the old cards being replaced as fast as possible by cards of standard size. Subject headings on the old cards are not written in red, but are always indented, and size marks are not always included in the call number but are found as part of the information on the body of the card after the imprint. SOME ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE CATALOGUE. abr abridged ausg ausgabe app appendix b bom anon anonymous bd band, bound arr arranged c copyrighted 17 c, ca., cir circa (about) chap chapter cm centimeter col colored comp compiled, compiler Cong Congress cop copy D., 12mo., 12° duodecimo d died dept department ex., exec executive ed edition, editor engr engraved, engraver enl enlarged F., f_°, fol folio facsim facsimile fasc fascicule fl flourished front frontispiece hrsg herausgeben illus illustrated, illustrator inaug., diss. . . inaugural dissertation 1., 11 leaf, leaves Ifg lieferung ms., mss. . . manuscript, manuscripts n.d no date n.f neue folge n.p no place of publication n.s new series nar narrow numb numbered 0., 8vo., 8° octavo obi oblong p., pp page, pages' pam pamphlet pt part ptie partie pi plate, plates port portrait pref preface priv. print privately printed pseud pseudonym pub published, publisher Q., 4to., 4° quarto rev revised S., 16mo., 16° sixteenmo sen senate ser series sess session sig signature soc society sq square suppl supplement T., 24mo., 24° twenty-fourmo t., th teil, theil t tome t.p title page t.p.w title page wanting tr translated, translator ubers ubersetzt umgearb umgearbeitct unb unbound V. vol volume v.p various paging verb verbesserte verm vermehrte vs versus THE REFERENCE COLLECTION. The term "reference books" is used in libraries to indicate books to which one turns to find some special fact, but which one does not expect to read through consecutively. Such books are most often of the dictionary or cyclopedia sort, that is, compilations of disconnected material in an alphabetical arrangement. Some of them are general, — one may reasonably hope to find something in them about almost any subject, — 18 others are confined to some special field. Many of the ref- erence books of the latter, special, class are kept, in this Library, with the collection of that department of the College which specially studies their subject; for instance, the cyclo- pedias of chemistry are in the library room of the Chemistry Building. But the large reading room of the general library building contains a collection of reference books, general and on various special subjects, for which each member of the College is likely to have frequent need, and consequently these books are not to be taken from the room without permission. They are shelved in the order of their call numbers on the west side of the room, the arrangement beginning back of the Ref- erence Librarian's desk. A few words about some of the most used ones may be helpful. The recent cyclopedias published in this country, the New International and the Americana, are probably those taken from the shelves most often, for their aim is to give informa- tion on every topic about which the ordinary American is likely to inquire, under the heading he is likely to look for. The Encyclopedia Brittanica and the French cyclopedia. La Grande Encyclopedie, pay less attention to the United States, are planned for more scholarly readers and generally give their material under more inclusive headings. Pkyfe's 5000 Facts and Fancies is a small collection of concisely stated bits of information about all varieties of out-of-the-way matters. Of the Biblical cyclopedias, Hastings and Cheyne and Black, Hastings is a little more readable and less conservative. East- ing's Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics and McClintock and Strong treat of all religions, and the former is both very recent and very learned. The section of books on sociological and economic matters begins with Bliss' Encyclopedia of Social Reform, which, though published in 1908, is still very useful for the history of move- ments and theories before its date. Several annual publications follow; the World's Almanac is a cyclopedia in little, a book of 19 ready reference for current and perennial facts and figures; the Statesman's Yearbook is an authoritative source for facts of government and administration, and for statistics of popula- tion, commerce, production, etc; the American Yearbook sum- marizes the happenings of the last complete calendar year in all lines, but is especially useful for recent economic and politi- cal history. Among the English dictionaries, choose Murray's Oxford or New English Dictionary for accuracy and fullness in the history of words and their definition and illustration of their use. Of dictionaries published in America, the Century is fuller and more scholarly than Webster and the Standard; the latter are more popular and less historical in their methods and include more words. To supplement the dictionaries in the study of synonymous words, use the small handbooks of Allen, Fernald and Crabb. Foreign language lexicons stand next on the shelves, and other copies of most of them can be found in the rooms of the Modern Languages and Classical Departments. If you wish to verify literary quotations or to learn their authors, the collections of Bartlett and Stokes are gathered from all times and languages. Bartlett is arranged by authors and has an index of subjects and catchwords, while Stokes uses the subject arrangement with an author index. Other collections on the same shelves list quotations from foreign literatures only. Here, too, are dictionaries of the works of three individual Writers, but there are other books of this sort and concordances to the works of some special authors which it is thought best to shelve in other rooms with the works themselves. Coming to historical reference books, Putnam and Nichol are made up of tables arranged so that one sees at a glance the contemporaneous men and events in various countries through the centuries. Larned's History for Ready Reference is a uni- versal history in dictionary form, extending from the begin- nings to 1910, and made up largely by quoting from whatever writers are thought in the case of each event to give the best 20 accounts. Of the two classical dictionaries, Harper and Smith (the latter in three parts), Harper is briefer and rather more popular and generally has its headings in English or refers from the English term, while Smith regularly uses Latin head- ings without references from the English. Smith is fuller and more precise in referring to classical sources. Low and Pulling s Dictionary of English History and Harper's Encyclopedia of U. S. History are often valuable as giving the clues for further reading, though, if bibliographies are wanted, they are usually not so good as the general and biographical cyclopedias. Lippincott is the only purely biographical reference book, aside from Michaud and the Nouvelle Biographie Generale (both in French and far from recent in date though still very valuable), which gives accounts of men of all ages and coun- tries. The Dictionary of National Biography is devoted to sub- jects of the British Empire, and the Allgemei7ie Deutsche Biographie is similarly limited to Germany. Both are very re- liable and of literary value and both take up only men no longer living, though they publish supplemental volumes from time to time so that they are periodically brought near such completeness as is consistent with their plan. Appleton, Lamb, and the National Cyclopaedia of Americayi Biography, the three American biographical works, include living persons and have neither the authority nor the literary value of the English and German publications. Then there are the various Who's Whos, intended to be revised at brief intervals and to include only living men. The original one is published in England but in- cludes very prominent men outside Great Britain. Who's Who in America?, Qui Est Vous? and Wer Ist's? are confined to the United States, France and Germany respectively. The general cyclopedias with which this list began of course include bio- graphical material, in some cases the fullest and most valuable obtainable. Atlases are to be found in the atlas case on the east side of the room. Of those called historical, Droysen, Shepherd and 21 Putzger illustrate situations at all periods of the world's his- tory. Lane-Poole and Dow confine themselves to modern Europe, the former, which is the best historical atlas with English text, to the Europe of modern times. Gardner maps only English history. Bartholomew's Citizen's Atlas, the Century, the Encyclopedia Britannica and Rand and McNally are the most usable of the modern political atlases, and Stieler is the most detailed and accurate. What the Library has of the New York Times Index and the many volumes of the general magazine indexes (Poole and the Reader's Guide), are on the small book case and the table back of the Reference Librarian's desk. Whoever is stationed at this desk is ready at any time to explain the use of these tools, and to her also every student is urged to apply for explanation or .assistance in all her use of the Library. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS The Treasure Room. The Treasure Room on the third floor of the south end of the building contains the following special collections: The Browniiig Collection consists of first and other rare edi- tions of the works of Robert and Elizabeth Browning besides a •number of books of great interest as having belonged to Robert Browning, the proof sheets of Mrs. Browning's poems with corrections in her own hand and directions to the printer writ- ten by Robert Browning, and the original manuscript of Aurora Leigh. The Tennyson Collection consists of a complete collection of 'first editions of Tennyson's works and much valuable collateral material, including the original letters of Arthur Hallam to Emily Tennyson, beautifully mounted and bound. The Byron Collection includes letters from Lord and Lady Byron as well as first editions of Lord Byron's works. Books in these collections are the gift of Professor George 22 Herbert Palmer, with the exception of the manuscript letters of Arthur Hallam just mentioned and the manuscript of Aurora Leigh, both of which were given by Mr. Galen L. Stone. The Ruskin Collection, gift of Mr. Charles E. Goodspeed, consists of a complete collection of all authorized editions of Modern Painters, Stones of Venice and the Seven Lamps of Architecture, the original issues in parts of such works as were issued periodically, many very rare pamphlets, early American editions, literary annuals in which the early work of Ruskin first appeared, selections from his works, publications of Ruskin societies, etc. Besides the above mentioned collections, the Treasure Room contains a large number of other rare and valuable books and manuscripts, gifts of the founders and of other friends of the College. Among the manuscripts might be mentioned the large and handsomely illuminated Gradual of the fourteenth or early fifteenth century, a smaller volume of ritual music of the same date, the original charter given to a monastery in Rome by Otto III in 996, and a charter granting mineral rights to one of his subjects by Charles V of Spain signed by him at Worms on the day Luther was summoned to the Diet, March 6th, 1521. There is also a notable collection of early editions of Luther's works, including the German Bible of 1545, the last edition revised by him, another Bible once owned by Melanc- thon containing notes in his handwriting, and a copy of his Loci Communes with many autographs of German theologians of the time on inserted leaves, and with Melancthon's own marginal annotations, some of them dated. The Library has also a collection of autograph letters, in- cluding some of considerable value, and many valuable auto- graphed copies of books once belonging to famous men. In the Treasure Room are 12 of the 55 examples of incuna- bula (books printed before 1500), owned by the Library. Three of those in this room are the only copies listed in the Census of Fifteenth Century Books owned in America. 23 In 1921 the trustees of the College presented to the Library the portrait of Professor George Herbert Palmer, painted by- Mrs. Winifred Rieber, which is placed in this room in recogni- tion of his interest in the rare book collection to which he has contributed so generously. The Plimpton Room. The Plimpton Collection of Italian books and manuscripts, chiefly of the Renaissance period, was given to the Library by Mr. George A. Plimpton in memory of his wife, Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton, of the class of 1884. It includes a collec- tion of rare and unique editions of early romances of chivalry, which is one of the largest in the world; 43 volumes of incuna- bula, many of them the only copies listed in the "Census"; early editions of Dante, Petrarch and other Italian poets; manu- scripts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and a collec- tion of Savonarola's tracts and sermons, issued during the life- time of the great reformer, now exceedingly rare and having the added interest of containing early examples of ItaHan wood engraving. This collection is kept in the room known as the Plimpton Room, located on the second floor at the north end of the Library. Exhibitions of the rare books and manuscripts owned by the Library are held at intervals in the Treasure Room, and there may always be found interesting examples from these collec- tions with descriptive notes in the cases in the halls outside the Treasure Room and the Plimpton Room. The Brooks Memorial Room. The Brooks Room was furnished in 1921 by the class of 1891 and other friends in memory of Henrietta St. Barbe Brooks, a member of that class and Librarian of the College from 1910 to 1916. The room, which has been given the character of a 24 private library, Is primarily designed for reading rather than study and it is hoped that the collection of choice books in this quiet and beautiful room may increase the number of "wise lovers of books" in the College. In addition to the books purchased especially for it, the Morgan Collection, given in memory of Miss Anne Eugenia Morgan, formerly Professor of Philosophy, and the Jewett Collection, a memorial to Miss Sophie Jewett, Professor of English Literature, are in this room, as well as books from the bequests of Lady Margaret Huggins, Miss Lucy A. Plympton of the class of 1900, and Miss Helen J. Sanborn of the class of 4906.- / "•"•'/- The requirement that these books are to be used in the Brooks Room only and without ink or fountain pens is intended to safeguard the quiet and freshness of the room. The Pierce Memorial Room. The Pierce Memorial Room, furnished by the class of 1891 as a reading room for members of the faculty, in memory of Aliss Caroline F. Pierce, 1891, Librarian of the College 1903 to 1909, contains the collection of theses written by graduate students of the College, the Historical Collection, and the few books remaining from the Horsford Collection of books in and relating to the Languages of the North American Indians. DEPARTMENT LIBRARIES Art Library The Department of Art has its library in the Art Building. Astronomy Library All books relating to Astronomy are kept at the Observatory. Botany Library A selection of books known as the Botany Library is kept in Stone Hall. 25 Chemistry Library Practically all the books relating to the subject of Chemistry are in the Chemistry Building. Hemenway Hall Library The Department of Hygiene and Physical Education has its library in Hemenway Hall. Music Library The Department of Music has its library on the second floor of Billings Hall. SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE CARE OF BOOKS "We are not only rendering service to God in preparing volumes of new books but also exercising an office of sacred piety when we treat books carefully and again when we restore them to their proper places and com- mend them to inviolable custody; that they may rejoice in purity while we have them in our hands and rest securely when they are put back in their repositories. . . . Wherefore we deem it expedient to warn our students of various negligencies which might easily be avoided and do wonderful harm to books." The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury. Directions to children about the use of books might read: "Have your hands clean when you touch books, do not open them roughly or too far, and do not write or draw in them or turn down the corners of the leaves." In speaking to college women, one would prefer to think such directions unnecessary and would make other suggestions. In taking a large heavy book from the shelf, do so if possible by drawing it toward you from the bottom and sides as well as from the top. If in the course of your work you lay one book open upon an- other, be sure that the cover of the upper book will not soil the pages nor its weight break the back of the one beneath. Close heavy books like dictionaries and encyclopedias with particular care. Their first pages, and others also, if of thin paper, take every chance to fold back and become creased, and a page so creased never recovers. 26 Book marks should be thin. Pencils, for instance, shut into books are very likely to break the backs. Do not crowd books on reserved or return shelves by thrust- ing them in horizontally or obliquely. Even when you are leav- ing the Library hastily, do not save time by careless or rough treatment of the book you have been using. Remember that making corrections or annotations in books not belonging to yourself is indefensible even when intended to be helpful. Correction of the text is a dangerous matter even in one's own book. For example, changing certain figures in order to bring them down to date would result in real in- consistency in the book whose argument is based on the figures it gives. Let the preface or copyright date account to each user of the book for the statements included in it. If you are taking a course in the Department of Reading and Speaking, spend a few minutes in making notes of your begin- nings, endings and omissions in each of the selections you choose instead of indicating these by marks which you have no right to make in library books, and which later require, the time of a library assistant for their erasure. If they are not discovered and erased, later users of the book feel the same displeasure you would experience in a like case. Suppose that some mem- ber of your class chooses to repeat the exquisite tale of quaint little Annunziata from "My Friend Prospero," by Henry Har- land, and does it so well that you are moved to read the whole story for yourself. If you find the book disfigured by pencil marks your conviction Is instant that the narrator you heard could not have made them. The person who could so mistreat the book could not appreciate the delicacy of the story. In general the thoughtless marring or injury of the property of another, or of anything which has value, is excusable in an irresponsible child but not in anyone of mature years. There is no surer test of refinement than the manner in which a person handles a book. 27 THE LIBRARY STAFF There are nearly always at least three members of the Library staff at the immediate service of users of the Library^ attendants at each of the loan desks and the Reference Li- brarian or another member of the staff on duty in her place. Attendants at the loan desks will answer any inquiry about the location of books or reserved shelves or about entries in the catalogue. Questions as to the material in the Library on a given subject^ or any question dealing with the resources of the Library, should be asked of the Reference Librarian, who is always ready to advise and direct students in their search. It must be remembered that the resources of the Library on any subject have not been exhausted until the Reference Librarian has been consulted, as material not yet catalogued or not reached by the usual indexes to periodicals often eludes the student. Where the Library lacks material it is often possible to obtain it within a few days from libraries in Boston or its vicinity by means of the inter-library loan system. The Librarian is very glad to see students in her office to talk with them about anything connected with the Library. Stu- dents who consider entering library work after leaving College are especially urged to consult her. Suggestions as to the purchase of books are welcomed from students and as far as possible carried out. Any suggestions or criticisms made to the Librarian or to either of the Associate Librarians will receive careful consideration, as the Library desires nothing so much as complete co-operation with students and members of the faculty. CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS 220 Bible 230 Christian doctrine. Theology 260 The Church 270 Religious history 290 Non-Christian religions 300 Social and Political sciences 28 010 Bibliography- 100 Philosophy 150 Psychology 160 Logic 170 Ethics 200 Religion 370 Education 812 American drama 400 Philology 813 American fiction 420 English philology 814 American essays 423 Dictionaries 815 American orations 425 Grammar 816 American letters 429 Anglo-Saxon 817 American humor 430 German philology *820 English literature 439 Minor Teutonic languages 829 Anglo Saxon 440 French *830 German literature 449 Provencal 839 Danish, Icelandic, etc. 450 Italian *840 French literature 460 Spanish *850 Italian literature 469 Portuguese *860 Spanish literature 470 Latin *870 Latin literature 480 Greek *880 Greek literature 500 Science 890 Minor literatures 510 Mathematics 900 History 520 Astronomy 910 Geography and travel 530 Physics 920 Biography 540 Chemistry 930 Ancient history 550 Geology 937 Rome 560 Paleontology 938 Greece 570 Biology 940 European history- 580 Botany 942 England 590 Zoology 943 Germany 600 Useful arts 944 France 630 Agriculture 945 Italy- 640 Domestic science 946 Spain 700 Fine Arts 947 Russia 710 Landscape gardening 948 Norway, Sweden, Denmark 720 Architecture 949 Minor European countries 730 Sculpture 950 Asia 740 Drawing 960 Africa 750 Painting 970 North America 760 Engraving 971 British America, Canada 780 Music 972 Mexico, Central America 800 Literature 973 United States 810 American literature 980 South America 811 American poetry 990 Oceanica, Polar regions 820-880 sub-divided like 810. LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATIONS Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the famous Bodleian Library at Oxford, ruled that before any graduate or person of note should be given the privilege of the Library he should appear before the Vice-chancellor, or his substitute, and there in the presence of the Keeper should take the oath of fidelity to the Library which should be administered in these words: ''You shall promise and swear in the presence of Almighty God that when- soever you shall repair to the Publick Library of the University you will con- 29 form yourself to study with modesty and silence; and use both the books and everything which pertains to their furniture with a careful respect to their longest conservation; and that neither yourself in person, nor any other whatsoever by your procurement or privity, shall either openly or underhand by way of embezzling, changing, razing, defacing, tearing, cutting, noting, underlining, or by voluntary corrupting, blotting, blurring, or any other manner of mangling or misusing any one or more of said books, either wholly, or in part make any alteration; But shall hinder and impeach as much as lieth in you all and every such offender by detecting their demeanor to the Vice-chancellor or to his deputy then in place within the next three days after it shall come to your knowledge — so help you God, by Christ's merits accord- ing to the doctrine of His Holy Evangelists." Hours The Library of the College comprises the General Library and the department libraries of Art, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Hygiene and Music. Throughout the academic year the General Library will be open every week day, holidays included, except Thanksgiving Day, from 8:10 A.M. to 5:45 P.M., and from 7:15 P.M. to 9:30 P.M., and on Sunday from 2:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. No one may enter or remain in the building during the hours when the Library is closed. Department libraries shall be governed by the rules of the General Library, except that the hours of opening and hours for charging books shall be fixed by the respective departments. The department libraries are located as follows: the Art Library in the Art Building; the Astronomy Library in the Ob- servatory; the Botany Library in Stone Hall; the Chemistry Library in the Chemistry Building; the Hygiene Library in Mary Hemenway Hall; the Music Library in Billings Hall. Loans Books drawn from the Library must be charged at one of the loan desks. When returned they should be left at the same loan desk. Books in department libraries will be charged by officers of the respective departments, at hours fixed by the department. The following books are restricted from circulation. 30 1. The private library of the Founders of the College, com- prising accession numbers from 1 to 8,000. 2. Cyclopaedias, dictionaries, atlases, and other reference books. 3. All books which are rare, costly, or unsuitable for circu- lation. 4. The latest number of every unbound periodical. 5. Books temporarily placed on reserve by instructors for class reference. Books may be drawn for two weeks, but if deemed advisable by the Librarian the loan may be limited to a shorter period. Books may be loaned for the vacations at the discretion of the Librarian. Periodicals, with the exception of the latest number, may be drawn for two days. Books reserved for class use will be loaned under a special time limit, viz.: from 9 P. M. on Saturday until 8:40 A. M on the following Monday, and on other week days from 9 P. M. until 8:40 A.M. of the following day. Not more than two reserved books may be drawn at one time. Students may register in advance for such books, but books charged in advance must be brought to the loan desk to be checked before they are taken from the Library. Books will not be charged to students between 5:30 P.M. and 5:45 P.M. and after 9:15 P.M. At the discretion of the Librarian the restricted books may be loaned for use on special topics or papers; the number of books and the time for which they may be retained shall be specified by the Librarian. Unpublished theses of graduate students shall be loaned only upon a written order from the head of the department under which the work was done. Recalls The Librarian will recall, on request, books drawn for per- 31 sonal use by Instructors, officers, or students, after the expira- tion of two weeks. All books are subject to immediate recall for class work, and must be returned within twenty-four hours after receipt of notice. Fines A fine of twenty-five cents a day shall be paid for detention of a book recalled for class use beyond the twenty-four hour limit. Books from the reserved shelves which are not returned on time are subject to a fine of twenty-five cents for the first hour and five cents for each hour thereafter. On all other overdue books a fine of two cents a day shall be paid on each volume. A fine remaining unpaid for a month shall cancel the privi- lege of drawing books. A student who for any reason has lost her privilege of draw- ing books may not take them in another student's name. Renewals Loans may be renewed at the discretion of the Librarian. Renewals may be made by mail or telephone. Losses and Defacements No borrower shall write in or mark a book belonging to the Library, turn down leaves, or In any way deface the same. No corrections may be made except such as are authorized by the Librarian. Tracing is forbidden except by permission of the Librarian. Fines will be charged for defacement of books or papers according to the extent of the damage, from fifty cents up to the cost of replacing the work by a new copy. A book not returned after one month's notice will be con- sidered lost, and will be replaced at the borrower's expense. 32 Book, Stack, Reference and Department Rooms All readers may have free access to the book stacks, but books taken from the shelves for temporary use should not be returned to the regular shelves. They should be left on a table or placed on the "Return shelves" which will be found so marked at the entrance to each room of the stack and to De- partment Rooms. Reserved books should be returned to the shelves from which they were taken. Books taken from one part of the Library to another should be returned to the room from which they were taken. Books may not be taken from the Reference Room for use in other parts of the Library without permission of the Reference Librarian, who will make a record of the fact at the Reference or the Loan Desk. This record will be cancelled when the books are returned. General conversation is not permitted in the Library. Stu- dents wishing to study together may use the Seminar Room in the basement when that is not in use for classes. Neither ink nor fountain pens may be used in the Plimpton Room, Treasure Room or Brooks Room. Infringement of Rules No deviation from these rules shall be allowed, except by vote of the Library Committee, on written petition. Infringement of the rules will be reported to the Academic Council for action, and will subject the delinquent to a sus- pension of her privileges, or to such penalty as the nature of the case may require. Ignorance of the rules will excuse no one from penalties at- tached to their violation. 33 INDEX Abbreviations, 17. Arrangement of Books, 13; of cards in the catalogue, 16; of rooms, 10. Art Library, 2S. Astronomy Library, 25. Atlases, 21. Autographs, 23. Bibles, Luther's, Melancthon's, 23. Biblical History Room, 13. Biographical Dictionaries, 21. Book Stack, 33. Books, Arrangement of, 13; Care of, 26; Charging of, 30; Circulation of, 30; Classification of, 28; Lo- cation of, 13; Lost, 32; New, 10; Number of, 10; Purchase of, 28; Recall of, 31; Reference. 18; Re- newal of, 32; Reserved, 15, 31; Re- stricted, 29, 31. Botany Library, 25. Bronze Doors, 10. Brooks Room, 13, 24. Browning Collection, 9, 22. Byron Collection, 10, 22. Bulletin Boards, 11. Call Numbers, 16. Catalogue, 16. Cataloguing Room, 11. Charging of Books, 30. Charters, 23. Chemistry Library, 26. Circulation of Books, 30. Classics Room, 11. Classification, Outline of, 28. Coat Room, 13. Coat of Arms in Reading Room, 12. College Hall, 10. Cyclopedias, 19. Delivery Room, 10. Department Libraries, 25, 30. Dictionaries, 20. Durant, Henry Fowlc, 9, 12. Durant. Pauline Fowle, 12. Economics Room, 11. Embroideries, 13. Encyclopedias, 19. English Literature Room, 11. Exhibitions, 24. Fines, 32. Goodspeed, Charles E., 10, 23. Hazard, Caroline, 12. Hemenway Hall Library, 26. Historical Collection, 25. History Room, 11. Holidays, 30. Horsford, E. N., 9, 10, 13. Horsford Collection, 25. Howard, Ada L., 12. Huggins, Lady Margaret, 10, 13, 25. Incunabula, 23, 24. Indexes, 22. Ink, 25, 33. Irvine, Julia J., 12. Jewels, 13. Jewett Collection, 25. Librarian's Office, 11. Library Building, 10; History of, 9; Plan of, 5, 6. 7; Hours, 30: Rules, 29; Staff, 28. Loan Desks, 11. Loans, 30. Location of Books, 14. Lost Books, 32. , Luther, Martin, 23. Magazines, see Periodicals. Manuscripts, 23. Maps, 22; Tracing of, 32. Melancthon, Philip, 23. Modern Languages Room, 13. Morgan Collection, 25. Music Library, 26. New Books, 10. Newspapers, 13, 15. North Desk, 11. Number of Volumes, 10. Palmer, Alice Freeman, 12. Palmer, George Herbert, 9, 23, 24. Pamphlets, 10. 34 Pendleton, Ellen F., 12. Periodical Indexes, see Indexes. Periodicals, 9, 10, IS. Philosophy and Education Room, 12. Pierce Room, 13, 25. Plimpton Collection, 11, 24. Plympton, Lucy A., 25. Poole's Index, see Indexes. Portraits in Reading Room, 12; in Treasure Room, 24. Quotations, 20. Rare Books, 22, 23, 24. Readers' Guide, 22. Reading Room, 11. Recall of Books. 31. Reference Books, 18. Reference Librarian, 12, 28. Reserved Books, IS. 31. Restricted Books, 30, 31. Return of Books, 30. Return Shelves, 14, 33. Rules, 29; Infringement of, 33. Ruskin Collection, 10, 23. Sanborn, Helen J., 10, 25. Savonarola Collection, 24. Science Room, 12. Seminar Room, 13. Shafer, Helen A., 12. South Desk, 11, 12. Special Collections, 22. Statues, 10. Stone, Galen L., 23. Sweet, A. S., 9. Tennyson Collection, 10, 22. Theses, 25. 31. Treasure Room, 13, 22. Vacation Loans to Students, 31. Wellesley College Theses, see Theses. 35 14 DAY USE RETURN TO DESK FROM WHICH BORROWED This book is due on the last date stamped below, or on the date to which renewed. Renewed books are subject to immediate recall. APR 2 6 1960 i General Library LD 21-50m-8,'57 University of California (,C8481sl0)476 Berkeley Insurance Pittas. iNd Boston .jaiLt jsajfa-jt i/i 14 DAY USE RETURN TO DESK FROM WHICH BORROWED LIBRARY SCHOOL LIBRART This book is due on the last date stamped below, or on the date to which renewed. Renewed books are subject to immediate recall. APR 2 3 1963 LD 21-r>0m-12,'61 (C4796sl0)476 General Library University of California Berkeley