IBOOK FOR READERS, 
 
 REGULATIONS 
 
 30ND EDITION, JULY, 1873. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 '"ELL & CUUllCHILL, CITY PRINTERS, 
 ^2 Washington Street. 
 
 18 7 3. 
 
HANDBOOK FOR READERS, 
 
 WITH 
 
 REGULATIONS. 
 
 SECOND EDITION, JULY, 1873. 
 
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 BOSTON: 
 
 ROCKWELL & CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS, 
 
 lj?2 Washington Street. 
 
 1873. 
 
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HANDBOOK FOE EEADEES. 
 
 ^ REGULATIONS. 
 
 Adopted Feb. 2Ath, 1869. 
 
 Amended June 14th, 1870, aiid May 2'Ith, 1873. 
 
 Note. — The words Library and Rfiading Room refer 
 equally to the Branches and to the Central Library, un- 
 less a special qualification is given. 
 
 DAYS, HOURS, ETC. 
 
 Article 1. The Library shall be open on 
 all secular days throughout the year, except 
 the five legal holidays ; namely, Washing- 
 ton's Birthday, Fast Day, Independence Day, 
 Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day, and 
 such other days as the Trustees may direct 
 for the closing of the whole or any part of 
 the Library, — provided always, that the 
 President may direct the Library to be 
 
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)i REGULATIONS. 
 
 closed for a part or the whole of any one 
 day, reporting the fact and his reasoi;s for 
 it in writing to the Trustees at their next 
 meeting. 
 
 Art. 2. The Beading Boom for Periodicals 
 shall be kept open from nine o'clock in the 
 morning until ten in the evening. 
 
 ^o^e.— The hour for closing the Branch Rtading 
 Rooms is fixed in accordance with local demand. 
 
 On Sundays all the Reading Rooms are open from 
 two to nine o'clock, P. M. 
 
 Art. 3. The Lower Hall of the Library 
 shall be kept open for the delivery of books 
 [i. e. for home use] from nine o'clock in the 
 morning until nine o'clock in the evening ; 
 for the use of books within the building 
 from nine o'clock in the morning to ten in 
 the evening. 
 
 I^ote. — The hours for the Branches are the same as for 
 the Lower Hall, except that the use of books in the 
 building ceases with the closing of their respective 
 Reading Rooms. Books are received in the Lower Hall 
 at 8.80, but not delivered till 9 o'clock, A.M. 
 
REGULATIONS. 3 
 
 Art. 4. The Bates Hall shall be kept open 
 from nine o'clock A. M. until six o'clock 
 P. M., from October to March, inclusive, 
 and until seven o'clock during the rest 
 of the year; and the books belonging to 
 that portion of the Library must in all 
 cases be applied for and returned within 
 those hours in the Bates Hall, except that 
 any person who wishes for a book from the 
 Bates Hall, to consult in the Reading Room 
 for Periodicals, in the evening, can procure 
 such book (unless it be one restricted to that 
 Hall) on leaving a written request for the 
 same with the attendant in either Hall dur- 
 ing the same day. No book, so received, 
 shall, for any reason whatever, be removed 
 from the building by the person receiving 
 it. 
 
 ^o^e. — Bates Hall books will be delivered at the 
 Branches, if the applicant's card and slip, properly filled 
 in, are left at a Branch. Bates Hall Catalogues (». e. 
 those in volumes) are kept at the Branches. Boxes pass 
 to and from the Central Library daily. 
 
4 REGULATIONS. 
 
 PERIODICAL READING ROOMS. 
 
 Art. 5. All persons above the age of 
 fourteen years, of respectable chara(;ter, and 
 of such orderly conduct and condition as 
 not to interfere with the occupations and 
 comfort of others, shall have free access to 
 the Reading Room for Periodicals, during 
 all the regular hours. 
 
 Note. — The Central Reading Room for Periodicals is 
 provided with seats for one hundred readers. It has by 
 far the best collection of American and Foreign Periodi- 
 cals in the country, and is amply furnished with Dic- 
 tionaries, Gazetteers, Cyclopaedias, and other books of 
 reference, which are free of access to all. The Reading 
 Rooms of the Branches are on a -less extended scale. 
 When a Periodical is wanted, its name or box-number, 
 together with the name and residence of the borrower, 
 must be written on a slip of paper, — furnished for that 
 purpose at the Desk, — and left with the attendant. [See 
 Article X.] Every Periodical, received from the 
 attendant, must be returned before the borrower 
 leaves the Reading Room; and it must not be carried, 
 without special permission of some officer of the 
 Library, into any other part of the building. Every 
 Periodical, when returned, will bo carefully examined 
 by the attendant, who is required to report immediately 
 
REGULATIONS. O 
 
 any injury which it m^ have suffered. Incomplete 
 volumes of Periodicals are not allowed to be taken from 
 the building, unless for urgent reasons, stated in writing 
 to the Trustees, and upon their permission being 
 granted. Bound volumes of Periodicals in the Bates Hall 
 do not circulate except by permission of the Superin- 
 tendent or his representative. The books of reference at 
 the Desk are to be consulted there, and returned to 
 their proper places. It is not allowable to accumulate 
 them on the tables. AH conversation, all avoidable 
 noise, and unbecoming conduct of every kind, are 
 strictly prohibited. The attendant is required to check 
 every irregularity of the kind, • and, if necessary, to 
 raake report thereof. The attendant is not allowed to 
 converse in this Room, except on Library businees- 
 
 home; use of books. 
 
 Art. 6f The following|persons, when of 
 orderly conduct and condition, shall be en- 
 titled to borrow books from the Library /or 
 home use, upon signing a promise to obey 
 its Regulations. 
 
 First. All inhabitants of Boston above the 
 age of sixteen years; all clergymen and 
 teachers having regular \i. e. professional] 
 
6 REGULATIONS. 
 
 occupation in the city ; all members of the 
 Girls' High and Normal Schools, all Medal 
 Scholars, and such others as shall have re- 
 ceived Lawrence Prizes, or certificates of 
 graduation, if resident in the city, and 
 though under sixteen years of age ; also the 
 members of such other of the higher educa- 
 tional institutions in the city as the Trustees 
 may from time to time permit. All such 
 persons must have signed the application 
 card, and given satisfactory reference to 
 one citizen. 
 
 Note. — This registration takes place in the Lower 
 Hall and at the Branches; and a card issued at either 
 place is good for the Bates Hall, and at tlf% same time 
 for either the Lower Hall or one of the Branches. Regis- 
 tration in more than one of these places is forbidden. 
 The cards issued at the Central Library are yellow ; at 
 the East Boston Branch, pink; at the South Boston 
 Branch, green; and at the Roxbury Branch, white; to 
 change the color of a card all books must first be re- 
 turned at the Libraiy from which they were taken ; and 
 the old card must be properly stamped, showing that 
 the return has been made. 
 
REGULATIONS. 7 
 
 Second. Any other inhabitant of Boston 
 depositing such sum for the volume asked 
 for, if permitted to circulate (or for the set 
 to which it may belong), as the Super- 
 intendent may require, for which a receipt 
 will be given ; which sum shall be repaid 
 whenever the books and receipt are re- 
 turned/ after any fines incurred for injury 
 to the book or its improper detention have 
 been deducted. 
 
 Xote. —Non-residents (when specially permitted, in 
 consideration of the advancement of the public interests) 
 may take books for home use, in accordance with the 
 conditions imposed in each case by the Trustees. "When 
 the ordinary privileges are granted, a " Non-resident's 
 card" is given; if enlarged privileges are allowed, a 
 '* Special Privilege card" <blue) is given. Non-resident 
 tax -payers of Boston are denied the privilege of taking 
 books from the building by a vote of the City Council in 
 1862. 
 
 Art. 7. Any person visiting the Library 
 for the purpose of literary or scientific in- 
 vestigations, may temporarily receive the 
 benefit of the Readinor Rooms, and the use 
 
8 REGULATIONS. 
 
 of the books within the Library building. 
 Any person wishing to consult the Patent 
 Specifications shall be permitted to do so at 
 all reasonable hours, in the presence of an 
 attendant. 
 
 Note. — See under the head of Catalogues. 
 
 Art. 8. All books belonging to the Li- 
 brary may, at the discretion of the Superin- 
 tendent, be used in the building, and in 
 such part of it as he may designate, — a 
 discretion which he is required by the Trus- 
 tees to exercise, especially in the case of 
 minors, and in regard to books of great 
 value or rarity ; and all such examinations 
 of costly or rare works must be made, if 
 the Superintendent requires it, in the pres- 
 ence, and with the assistance, of an attend- 
 ant connected with the Library. 
 
 Note. — The Librarians of the Branches exercise this 
 discretion as far as applicable. 
 
 Art. 9. Encyclopsedias, Dictionaries, and 
 
REGULATIONS. 9 
 
 Other books needed for reference in the 
 Library building ; books not easily to be re- 
 placed, in consequence of their rarity or 
 value ; books expressly given for reference 
 only ; the books deemed by the Trustees to 
 be unsuitedfor general circulation ; also un- 
 bound periodicals, — shall be used only in 
 the building ; provided, nevertheless, that, 
 in order to allow the widest practicable use 
 of the Library consistent with its greatest 
 efficiency, a person desiring to borrow any 
 book or periodical whatever (except such 
 books as may have been given on condition 
 that they should not be taken from the Li- 
 brary), and stating the reasons for it in 
 writing to the Trustees, shall, if the reasons 
 are deemed sufficient, be permitted to bor- 
 row it on proper conditions. 
 
 Kote. — The following vote was passed by the Trustees, 
 Dec. 6th, 1853, and remains in force: — "Ordered, that 
 books of a purely medical character shall be circulated 
 only to persons professionally studying or practicing the 
 healing art." 
 
10 REGULATIONS. 
 
 METHOD OF DRAWING BOOKS OUT. 
 
 Art. 10. Every person allowed the privi- 
 lege of taking books from the Library will 
 be furnished with a card setting forth his 
 right, and bearing a record of his residence 
 as given in his application. If this residence 
 is changed, immediate notice must be given 
 at the Library, and neglect to do so will sub- 
 ject the card-holder to risk of forfeiture of 
 his card. 
 
 27dte. — Bee note under Article 6. 
 
 In either Hallf slips for procuring books 
 will be furnished the applicants, as they may 
 require them. The applicant will write in 
 the ruled spaces on these slips the shelf-num- 
 bers of the books desired, and copy plainly 
 in the prescribed places on the slip the name 
 and residence borne on the card in use ; and 
 both the card and the slip will then be handed 
 to the attendant. If the card is not present- 
 ed on returning or renewing a book, it may 
 
REGULATIONS. • 11 
 
 be detained in the Library at least one day, 
 when next used in asking for a book. If a 
 card be lost, it cannot be replaced till after 
 fifteen days' notice of the loss has been 
 given at the Library, which interval is nec- 
 essary to stop its use in irresponsible 
 hands. 
 
 In the Bates Eall^ no person can procure 
 a book by the use of another person's card 
 (that person not being of his household or 
 in his service) , without a special order from 
 the owner of the card. 
 
 In the Reading Room for Periodicals, 
 whenever a periodical is taken from the 
 Desk, its number, together with the name 
 and residence of the borrower, must be 
 written on a slip of paper (to be furnished 
 for the purpose) , and left with the attend- 
 ant. 
 
 RESTRICTED BOOKS, ETC. 
 
 Art. 11. No person shall have, in home 
 use, more than one volume, from each 
 
12 . REGULATIONS. 
 
 Hall, at a time, or more than two volumes 
 at a time from both; and no book shall 
 be retained by the person borrowing it more 
 than fourteen days, at or before the end of 
 which time it may be renewed, but after 
 fourteen days it cannot be renewed. 
 
 Note. — Applicable to the Branches with the qualifi- 
 cation given in note to Article 6. 
 
 Where one or more cards have been is- 
 sued to the same household, it is not per- 
 mitted to transfer a book to another of that 
 household, for the purpose of retaining a 
 book beyond the period of one month in 
 their joint use; and at the end of this 
 month, the book must remain in the Library 
 one week before it can be drawn again by 
 any member of said household. 
 
 Books marked with one star can circulate 
 only by the written permission of the Su- 
 perintendent. Those marked with two stars 
 have been given and accepted upon con- 
 dition that they should be used only in the 
 
REGULATIONS. 13 
 
 Library, and can under no circumstances be 
 allowed to leave the building. Those bearing 
 three stars shall not be used either within or 
 without the building unless by the written per- 
 mission of the President, or of two members 
 of the Board of Trustees. [See Article 9.] 
 
 i^o^e.— stars are prefixed in the Catalogue [in vol- 
 umes] to the title only which has the imprint, and not to 
 cross-references. 
 
 Books which have one star attached to them are of 
 several kinds. 1. Those not easily replaced. 2. Those 
 belonging to long sets, which if broken, lose much of their 
 value, and which it is often difficult to complete again. 
 3. Those which from their n ature are books of refer- 
 ence, and fitted to serve a greater number in the build- 
 ing than when in circulation. 4. Those in the Bates 
 Hall which are duplicates of books in the Lower Hall, 
 where they freely circulate, and where sufficient copies 
 will be kept to meet the demand, and which are put in 
 the Bates Hall for purposes of reference only. 
 
 Under circumstances requiring it, judged of in each 
 case both as regards tKe book wanted and the applicant's 
 needs, applications for taking such one-starred books 
 will be granted, if filled out in the blanks provided. 
 
 All these books can be used in the various halls without 
 such application, and readers will bear in mind that of- 
 
14 REGULATIONS. 
 
 tentimes they had better subject themselve$ to the incon • 
 venience of consulting them in the building (and Bates 
 Hall books will be retained for evening use in the Lower 
 Hall, if word is given at the Desk) than that the complete 
 eflaciency of the Library should be hazarded by taking 
 them away. The Librarians of the Branches will act 
 for the Superintendent in regard to books with one star 
 In the Branches. 
 
 FINES. 
 
 Art. 12. To protect the Library against 
 loss, and to secure to all a just and equita- 
 ble share in its benefits, any person detain- 
 ing a volume longer than the regulations 
 permit, shall be fined two cents for each day 
 of detention ; and no remission of any fine 
 shall be made except by the Superintendent. 
 
 27^ote. — The day on which a book is taken out is not 
 counted in reckoning the time, under the rules, during 
 which a book may be detained ; but Sundays are always 
 counted, and holidays, and other days on which the 
 Library may be closed, are also reckoned, except when 
 Buch holiday, etc., happens to be one on which the 
 count ends, and then the count shall end at the close of 
 the first day thereafter on which the Library may be open. 
 
 EXAMPI.E. A book Ib taken out ou Monday, Feb. Ist. 
 
REGULATIONS. 15 
 
 If returned on Monday, Feb. 16th, no fine is incurred; if 
 not returned on that day, a mail-notice is sent on the 
 16th, and a fine of two cents is incurred for that day, 
 and every day afterwards until the book is returned. If 
 for any reason the Library happens to be closed on the 
 15th, the borrower may have the 16th, or the first day 
 subsequent on which the Library maybe open, to return 
 the book ; and the mail-notice will not be sent till the 
 17th, or second open day, and on this day the fine begins 
 to be incurred. 
 
 If the book is not returned by Monday, the 22d, — 
 being one week after the sending of the mail notice, — 
 a messenger notice is sent on the 23d, and a penalty of 
 twenty cents is demanded, whether the book is returned 
 early or late on that day, or any subsequent day ; in ad- 
 dition to the two cents per day accruing constantly from 
 the date of the mail-notice. 
 
 If the Library is closed on the 22d, the borrower has 
 the 23d, or the first open day thereafter, to return the 
 book, and the messenger notice is sent and the penalty 
 incurred on the second open day. 
 
 If th« mail-notice is not sent till the 17th, or some sub- 
 sequent day, the messenger notice will not be sent till 
 the 8th day thereafter. 
 
 In the Lower Hall the fine must be paid at the Clerk's 
 Desk and the card stamped before books will be de- 
 livered upon it. In the Bates Hall and at the Branches 
 the fine is to be paid at the Delivery Desk; and the 
 Librarians of the Branches will report to the Superin- 
 tendent cases for remission of fines. 
 
16 REGULATIONS. 
 
 Art. 13. Any book detained one week 
 beyond the time limited by these regula- 
 tions shall be sent for, and the additional 
 penalty of twenty cents shall be collected, 
 from every delinquent, after the detention 
 of a book more than three weeks, and after 
 due notice thereof has been given ; and no 
 book shall be lent to any person who has 
 fines and penalties remaining unsettled be- 
 yond such time as may be publicly fixed. 
 
 BOOKS NOT TO BE LENT. 
 
 Art. 14. No person who has borrowed a 
 book from the Library shall lend it to any 
 one not a member of the same household. 
 
 INJURIES to books. 
 
 Art. 15. All injuries to books beyond a 
 reasonable wear, and all losses, shall be 
 made good, to the satisfaction of the Super- 
 intendent, by the persons liable; every 
 book detained above three months being 
 held to be lost. 
 
REGULATIONS. 17 
 
 27dte. — The following Act was passed by the Legis- 
 lature of Massachusetts, February 26, 1872: — An Act 
 for the Preservation of Books and other Property be- 
 longing to Public Libraries. 
 
 Be it enacted, etc., as folloios: — 
 
 Whoever -wilfully and maliciously or wantonly and 
 without cause writes upon, injures, defaces, tears or 
 destroys any book, plate, picture, engraving, or statue, 
 belonging to any law, town, city, or other public library, 
 shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars, 
 nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
 jail not exceeding six months, for every such offence. 
 
 Approved, Feb. 26, 1872. 
 
 CALLING IN OF BOOKS. 
 
 Art. 16. All books must be returned to 
 the Library at such times as may ber re- 
 quired by the Trustees, under penalty of a 
 fine of one dollar for each volume detained ; 
 but seasonable notice of the time of return- 
 ing them shall be given in the newspapers 
 of the city. 
 
 l^ote. — It is not customary to close the Library for 
 any periodical examination, as that process goes on now 
 without any intermission of the circulation. The clos- 
 ing can only be extraordinary. 
 
18 REGULATIONS. 
 
 BOOKS NOT TO BE TAKEN FROM THE 
 SHELVES. 
 
 Art. 17. No books shall be taken from the 
 shelves in any part of the Library by any 
 person not employed in the service of the 
 Library except such books as are depos- 
 ited in the public rooms for reference. 
 
 CONVERSATION, ETC. 
 
 Art. 18. All conversation and conduct 
 inconsistent with the quiet and orderly use 
 of the Reading Room for Periodicals, or of 
 the Reading Room in the Bates Hall, are 
 strictly prohibited. 
 
 ABUSES, ETC. 
 
 Art. 19. Any person abusing the privi- 
 leges of the Library by unbecoming con- 
 duct, or by the violation of any of the regu- 
 lations, by intentional defacement of a book 
 by writing in it, or in any other way, shall 
 be reported to the Trustees as soon as may 
 
REGULATIONS. 19 
 
 be, and by them excluded from the Library 
 for a time, or permanently, according to the 
 nature and degree of the delinquency or 
 default ; but, in case of any gross offence, 
 the Superintendent or his representative 
 shall act summarily in the matter, and cause 
 the offender to be at once excluded from the 
 building, reporting the case to the Trustees, 
 as soon as possible, in writing, for their final 
 decision. 
 
CATALOGUES. 
 
 Copies of the various Catalo^ies are 
 always accessible on the tables of the Bates 
 Hall, at the Clerk's Desk in the Lower De- 
 livery Hall, and at the Branches. 
 
 BULLETINS. 
 
 A fresh printed list of accessions is posted 
 almost daily in each Library. That for the 
 Bates Hall shows all the books added to the 
 Central Library. Those for the Lower Hall 
 and for the Branches show only the books 
 added to those departments. Broadside 
 sheets of printed titles, about one hundred 
 to a sheet, are also posted, as fast as ready, 
 near the Catalogue Clerk, who prepares the 
 cards for the Card Catalofjues. 
 
CATALOGUKS. 21 
 
 Bates Hall books, whose titles liave not yet 
 been printed in the strips on the Bulletin 
 board, are put in a glass case at the Desk, 
 where their titles and shelf-nurabers can bo 
 seen. They arc removed from this case as 
 fast as their titles are printed. 
 
 The printed quarterly Bulletins contain a 
 selection of all the more important acces- 
 sions, with other matters deemed of interest 
 to the readers. For sale (excepting such as 
 are out of print) at 2 cents each. Books 
 with numbers below 2110 are in the Lower 
 Ilall, and above 2110 are in the Bates Hall. 
 Those with E. B. prefixed to the number 
 are in the East Boston Branch ; with S. B. 
 are in the South Boston Branch ; with BOX. 
 are in the Roxbury Branch, 
 
 The Connolidated Bulletin (kept at the Bates Hall 
 Deek) comblncg In one alphabet the titles contained 
 in the Bulletins which have been iHsued since October, 
 1867, and nhows the more important books added to both 
 Halls of the Central Library since August 3lHt of that 
 year. It has no entries under subjects. 
 
22 CATALOGUES. 
 
 BATES HALL. 
 
 I. The Index of 1861. (Includes the 
 Bowditch books which cannot be taken from 
 the building.) Royal octavo, 902 pages. 
 Out of print, 
 
 II. The Supplement of 1866. (Includes 
 the Parker Library.) Royal octavo, 718 
 pages. For sale at $2.00. 
 
 III. The Catalogue of the Prince 
 Library. (Books and manuscripts on early 
 New England history, and a general theo- 
 logical library, formed by the Rev. Thomas 
 Prince of Boston in the first half of the last 
 century. It numbers about 2,000 volumes 
 as bound. A history of the collection forms 
 an introduction. The books cannot be 
 taken from the building.) Royal octavo, 
 leo'pages. For sale at $1.00. 
 
 IV. The Catalogue of the Ticknob 
 Library. (Formed by George Ticknor, 
 the historian of Spanish Literature, and by 
 him bequeathed to the Library. It embraces 
 
CATALOGUES. 23 
 
 about 4,000 volumes in and relating to the 
 Spanish and Portuguese languages and lit- 
 eratures. In preparation.) The shelf-lists 
 in the mean time can be consulted to ascer- 
 tain its contents by classifications. A sub- 
 sidiary slip catalogue gives brief titles under 
 the names of authors. The titles as fast as 
 treated are embodied in the Public and 
 Official Card Catalogues, and also in a 
 Special Card Catalogue. 
 
 V. PuBLLC Card Catalogue. The 
 printed cards, together with the smaller 
 ones in manuscript in the same drawers, show 
 the books added to the Bates Hall since the 
 issue of the Supplement in 1866. Those in 
 print show also the books added to the Lower 
 Hall since October 1, 1871, and contain all 
 needful cross-references, under subjects, 
 etc. ; the smaller cards in manuscript do not 
 contain such cross-references, but only main 
 entries, under authors, etc. It is the inten- 
 tion, however, to print the titles of these 
 
24 CATALOGUES. 
 
 Manuscript Cards and embody them with 
 the larger cards with the necessary cross- 
 references, as rapidly as possible. The 
 titles from the printed Catalogue of the. 
 Prince Library have been inserted among 
 the printed cards in their proper alphabeti- 
 cal places ; and in due time it is hoped to 
 embody with them, in the same way, the 
 printed titles from the Bates Hall Index and 
 Supplement, from Vol. 1 of the Bulletins, 
 and from the Lower Hall Clasg Lists, so that 
 the public shall have access in one alphabet 
 to a catalogue of all the Books in the Cen- 
 tral Library. Until this is done, the visitor 
 will have to search in various printed alpha- 
 bets in book form, and in the manuscript 
 part as well as in the printed part of this 
 card catalogue. The cards in these drawers 
 are on no pretence to he taken from beneath the 
 wires. 
 
 VI. The Official Card Catalogue, 
 which can be consulted, in cases of need, 
 
CATALOGUES. 25 
 
 upon application, supplements the printed 
 Indexes, and furnishes full cross-references 
 to that part of the Public Card Catalogue 
 which is at present in manuscript. 
 
 J^ote. — A limited number of copies of the Index and 
 Supplement circulate like other books. 
 
 As the books on the shelves are classed 
 according to subjects, the shelf-lists will 
 frequently afford the readiest means of 
 ascertaining the extent of the Library's gen- 
 eral collection in any given department, 
 and these can be consulted on application. . 
 
 E^" The Lower Hall Class Lists must al- 
 ways be examined before deciding that a 
 book does not belong to the Library, since 
 that department contains many books not 
 strictly popular. These Lists can be con- 
 sulted on the tables of the Bates Hall, as 
 well as in the Lower Delivery Room, where 
 they are for sale. 
 
26 CATALOGUES. 
 
 LOWER HALL. 
 
 I. Fiction and Juveniles. — btJi edition, 
 August, 1871, 76 pages. Price 15 cents. 
 
 II. Arts, Sciences, and Professions. 
 2d edition, September, 1871, 71 pages. Price 
 10 cents. 
 
 III. History, Biography aj^d Travels. 
 2d edition, Jul}', 1873. (Contains notes to 
 assist readers.) 
 
 IV. French, German, and Italian 
 Books. \st edition, September, 1869, 45 
 pages. Price 2 cents. 
 
 V. Poetry, Drama, Collections and 
 Miscellanies, 1st edition, July, 1870, 
 128 pages. P/ice 20 cents. 
 
 VI. A Card Catalogue, containing only 
 the titles of works (not anonymous) in the 
 English language which have been added 
 to the Lower Library since the issue of the 
 various Class Lists, has been placed at 
 the Clerk's Desk in the Distributing Hall. 
 In the printed Bulletins, such works are 
 
CATALOGUES. 27 
 
 entered only under the names of their 
 authors. These printed entries have been 
 cut out of the various Bulletins, and in- 
 serted in alphabetical order in a book, 
 which is in the custody of the Clerk, and 
 which can be consulted on application to 
 him. This Consolidated Bulletin, there- 
 fore, and the Card Catalogue, taken together, 
 show all the additions, both under author 
 and title, which have been made to the 
 Lower Library since the publication of the 
 several Class Lists. 
 
 OBSERVE. Many books properly be- 
 longing to the classes of the preceding Lists 
 will be found in No. V, because they form 
 one of a series or collection. 
 
 The old Index to the Lower Hall Library, 
 in a single alphabet, published in 1858, can 
 be referred to for fuller titles than the Class 
 Lists give ; and if a book is twelve years 
 old, or more, it can often be more easily 
 found by means of this Catalogue. 
 
28 CATALOGUES. 
 
 BRANCHES. 
 
 Finding Lists of the books in the Branch 
 Libraries have been printed separately, and 
 are for sale at the Branches. 
 
 CENTRAL PERIODICAL READING-ROOM. 
 
 A second edition of a List of Periodicals 
 currently received (nearly 800 in number, 
 of which about one-half are kept in the 
 Reading-room), issued in April, 1873, is for 
 sale at 5 cents. 
 
 The numbers of the periodicals, when 
 removed from the Reading-room boxes, are 
 kept assorted, and bound by volumes as 
 completed, and assigned to the shelves. 
 (See Articles 2 and 5 of the Regulations.) 
 
 ENGRAVINGS. 
 
 A List of the Portraits in the Tosti En- 
 gravings is for sale at 5 cents. 
 
 Bulletins 13 and 15 contain a list of that 
 portion of the Tosti collection of engravings 
 which is in bound volumes, embracing 
 
CATALOGUES. 29 
 
 nearly 5,100 prints; and Bulletin 21 con- 
 tains a list of the framed prints, not portraits, 
 in the Bates Hall. A Supplemental List, 
 May, 1873 (price 5 cents), completes the 
 Catalogue of the collection. These lists 
 have been bound in a separate volume. 
 
 Note. — The Tosti Engravings, kept in volumes, are 
 shown Mondays and Saturdays in the Bates Hall, ex- 
 cept during the dinner hour of the Curator, who on 
 other days is in charge of the Cabinet and Pamphlet 
 Rooms. 
 
 PAMPHLETS. 
 
 Special efforts are constantly making to 
 increase the collection of pamphlets, and 
 appeals are made to the friends of the Li- 
 brary for gifts of such publications. They 
 are bound and catalogued as rapidly as 
 possible, and are to be sought for in the 
 Catalogues in the same way as books. 
 
 Those not yet bound or catalogued are 
 kept assorted, and the Curator of the 
 Pamphlets can be consulted concerning 
 them. Duplicates not needed are in like 
 manner arranged for exchanges. 
 
30 CATALOGUES. 
 
 NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 The Newspaper Room is in the basement, 
 but the collection appears in the Bates Hall 
 Catalogues, both under "Periodicals" and 
 under the names of the publications. Cur- 
 rent newspapers ai^e not taken ; but some of 
 the principal newspapers are added as the 
 volumes are completed. 
 
 MAPS. 
 
 These are also to be searched for in the 
 Bates Hall Catalogues under the subject 
 or compiler. 
 
 PATENTS. 
 
 The Patent Specifications and Drawings 
 of the United States, Great Britain and 
 France are kept in the Bates Hall under 
 the charge of a Custodian, and can be ex- 
 amined on application at the desk. [See 
 Article 7.] The American volumes are re- 
 ceived monthly, but are about four months 
 behind date. The British volumes are re- 
 
CATALOGUES. 31 
 
 ceived about once a year. For recent 
 British patents, *' The Engineer," a weekly 
 London journal, which is received regularly 
 in the Periodical Reading Room of the Li- 
 brary, should be consulted. It contains a 
 '* Patent Journal, condensed from the Jour- 
 nal of the Commissioners of Patents," and 
 gives abstracts of specifications. These vol- 
 umes cannot be taken from the building. A 
 useful book is ** Patent Laws and practice of 
 obtaining letters patent for inventions in 
 the United States and foreign countries, 
 including Copyright and Trade-mark Laws. 
 By Prof. Charles Sidney Whitman," Wash- 
 ington, 1871. [5667.50.] See also a list 
 of works on Patents and Patent Laws ap- 
 pended to Bulletin No. 25, a copy of which 
 may be seen in the Patent Room. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 The Library is not yet rich in such collec- 
 tions. The Bowditch mathematical mss. 
 
32 CATALOGUES. 
 
 appear in the index of the Bates Hall. The 
 Prince mss. are analyzed in the third part 
 of the Prince Catalogue. The Ticknor 
 MSS. will be found in the Printed Card 
 Catalogue. These volumes cannot be taken 
 from the building. The original parole of 
 Burgoyne and his army is one of the most 
 interesting of the Library's manuscripts. 
 
 DUPLICATES. 
 
 A room in the basement is devoted to 
 storing duplicates held for exchange. They 
 are not catalogued but are arranged by 
 classes. 
 
 THE CATALOGUE SYSTEM. 
 
 The so-called Dictionary System, upon 
 which all the Catalogues of the Boston Pub- 
 lic Library are made, is thought to be more 
 simple than any other. 
 
 There are three things, one of which a 
 person wanting a book must know, and 
 the Dictionary System guides the average 
 
CATALOGUES. 33 
 
 reader more readily than any other, as he 
 always looks in the proper alphabetical 
 place for the entiy he is in search of. These 
 three things are as follows : — 
 
 I. Tlie title. If this is not clearly indica- 
 tive of the subject of the work (if it is, the 
 subject should be looked for rather than the 
 title) , search for it under the first word not 
 an article or a preposition, or under the 
 chief word of the title. 
 
 II. Tlie author. Find this in its proper 
 alphabetical place. If the name is a pseu- 
 donym, there will be a reference from it to 
 the real name. When the initials of the 
 author's names only appear, the last initial 
 is put first. Look also under the names of 
 editors of collections. All editions of the 
 Bible and its parts are entered under the 
 word "Bible." Societies, Governments, 
 Departments, etc., are considered as the 
 authors of works published by them; and 
 such publications will generally be found 
 
 2 
 
34 CATALOGUES. 
 
 under the names of such bodies. In the 
 earlier Catalogues of the Library, however, 
 Societies, etc., were usually entered under 
 the names of the places where they are es- 
 tablished. In the headings of the titles, the 
 names of authors are given in their vernac- 
 ular form. French surnames preceded by 
 Le, Lay or L, are entered under L ; by Du 
 or Bes, under I) ; by de or d\ under the 
 initial letter of the name following this pre- 
 fix. In English names, the prefix is treated 
 as a component part of the surname ; as in 
 De Quincey, Van Kess. In all other lan- 
 guages, surnames are entered under the 
 letter which begins the name that follows 
 the prefix. Compound surnames are, in 
 most cases, entered under the first part of 
 the name. British noblemen and ecclesiasti- 
 cal dignitaries are entered under their fam- 
 ily names with cross-references from their 
 titular appellations. All other noblemen 
 are usually catalogued under their titles. 
 
CATALOGUES. 35 
 
 Initials inclosed within marks of paren- 
 thesis stand for Christian names which are 
 not usually retained by the persons to whom 
 they properly belong ; as About, E. (F. V.) 
 In the headings of titles, the German diph- 
 thongs, a, b, U, are written a e, o e, u e ; 
 Goethe occurs, for example, in alphabetical 
 order, before Goldsmith, instead of after it. 
 An italicized name within marks of paren- 
 thesis following the name of an author is the 
 pseudonymn of such author; as Agassiz, 
 E.G. (Adcea). Brackets, within titles, in- 
 close words added, or changed in form. 
 
 III. The subject. Find this under the 
 most specific head, and consult other heads 
 referred to there ; but observe that these 
 references are not to more general subjects, 
 inasmuch as it is left to the intelligence of 
 the user, to look for matter pertaining to the 
 horse, for example, under such general 
 heads as Natm-al History, Animals, Quad- 
 rupeds, and Mammals, books on which 
 
36 CATALOGUES. 
 
 general topics have, almost as a matter of 
 course, chapters or sections on particular 
 animals. Again, books on the same subject 
 will sometimes be found under different 
 heads, where the terms are synonymous, 
 or nearly so, as, for instance. Coins and 
 Numismatics, but in such cases cross-refer- 
 ences from one to the other will always 
 assist the searcher. Indeed, a multiplication 
 of cross-references is a fundamental idea of 
 the Dictionary System. This necessitates, 
 of course, the disadvantage of turning from 
 one part of the catalogue to another, but 
 there is, on the other hand, a great advan- 
 tage in tlie certainty of getting a clew some- 
 where, — a thing often impossible in a 
 classified catalogue, except to such as have 
 made its system a study. 
 
 ASSISTANCE TO READERS 
 
 will be afforded by officers and attendants 
 of the Library in the examination of the 
 
CATALOGUES. 37 
 
 Catalogues, to such an extent as other 
 duties may permit ; but it should be remem- 
 bered that all in the Library have special 
 duties, and no considerable portion of their 
 time should be held at the exclusive disposal 
 of any individual reader; and it is enjoined 
 upon all visitors not to occupy the attend- 
 ants' time with conversation of any other 
 kind. 
 
 HOW TO OET A BOOK. 
 
 Having found the number attached to the 
 book you want, take a slip furnished at 
 the Desk, and copy in the prescribed places 
 the name and residence on your card. 
 
 Find in the Catalogue the numbers at- 
 tached to the book you want. Put the 
 number before the dot (.) in the column on 
 the slip headed Shelf, and that after the dot 
 (.) in the column headed No. ; and, if the 
 book is in more than one volume, designate 
 the one wanted in the column headed Vol. 
 
38 CATALOGUES. 
 
 Then hand the slip to the attendant at the 
 desk, together wUti your card, which will be 
 returned to you with the book. 
 
 In the Loiver Hall, the slips will be found 
 at the Clerk's ])esk, opposite the Indicator. 
 It is advisable 1,o insert the numbers of sev- 
 ev\\] books, to increase the cliance of finding 
 one of them in. In this Hall, hand in the 
 slip and card at the Receiving Counter, and 
 watch for the calling of your name at the 
 Delivery Counter, where the book will be 
 given to you, with the card. If no book is 
 given with the card, it means that all the 
 books designated onjthe slip are out. Then 
 hand in a new slip, with other numbers, 
 with the card again, at the Receiving 
 Counter. 
 
 If you return a book with your card but 
 without a slip for another book, the card 
 will be given out at the Delivery Counter, 
 not at the place it was put in. 
 
 If you wish to renew a book, mention 
 
CATALOGUES. 39 
 
 that fact to the attendant at the Desk, — in 
 the Lower Hall, to the attendant at the 
 Receiving Counter, — handing in at the 
 same time a new slip properly filled out 
 with the name and residence on your card, 
 and the number of the book to be renewed. 
 
 The Libraries of the Branches are in 
 character mainly a counterpart of the Lower 
 Hall Library ; and the foregoing directions 
 are in most respects applicable to the use of 
 them. 
 
 In the Bates Hall, if you do not find a 
 book in, you can have word sent to you 
 when it is returned to the shelf by writing 
 your name, address, the title and number 
 of the book on a slate, which will be fur- 
 nished at the Desk. In such case the book 
 is not, however, retained for you if another 
 applies for it before you do. 
 
 BOOKS RECOMMENDED. 
 
 Whenever a book wanted by any person 
 using the Library does not belong to it, 
 
40 CATALOGUES. 
 
 such person is particularly requested to en- 
 ter the title of the book on a slip furnished 
 for the purpose, to which the person's name 
 and residence must be added. It must be 
 remembered that the right book may fail to 
 come, if the application is not legibly filled 
 in, and correctly, as regards title, author, 
 etc. ; and, furthermore, that there may be 
 delays in ordering, if obscure penmanship 
 or insufiicient or erroneous data render the 
 labor of verification fruitless or uncertain. 
 
 The book will be procured as soon as pos- 
 sible, unless there is some special reason 
 for not purchasing it; and, on its arrival, it 
 will be retained in the Library three days, 
 subject to the order of the person asking for 
 it, to whom due notice to that effect will be 
 sent by mail. It is not intended, however, 
 to allow applicants to secure the first read- 
 ing of popular books by recommending 
 them before publication ; as such books are 
 purchased irrespective of all recommenda- 
 tions. 
 
CATALOGUES. 41 
 
 If the book recommended is a foreign 
 book (even though it may have an Ameri- 
 can title-page) it is for the interest of the 
 Library to avoid the payment of duties and 
 to gain an increased discount by purchasing 
 through its agents in ;he principal Euro- 
 pean book centres, and six or eight weeks, 
 and in some cases a longer time, must 
 elapse before the applicant can be notified 
 of its arrival. Additional delays take place 
 when the book needs to be bound before 
 it is sent to the Library by its agents, or 
 when recommendations are received just 
 after the despatch of orders, particularly as 
 regards foreign books. 
 
 When the 'book recommended is out of 
 print (and books still standing in cuiTent 
 catalogues are often so) no positive assur- 
 ance of its speedy pi-ocurement can be 
 given. When applicants desire that a du- 
 plicate should be added, they will say so; 
 but judgment of the necessity must be based 
 
42 CATALOGUES. 
 
 upon the Library's records of circulation. 
 Bates Hall hooks are not duplicated ; but 
 other copies or copies of cheaper editions are 
 sometimes put in the popular departments. 
 
 If books are recommended by those not 
 holding cards, no claim for special us*e can 
 be established, even if they are bought on 
 such recommendation. 
 
 American orders are despatched almost 
 daily ; English, French and German only 
 weekly or fortnightly, and those to Italy 
 only once a year. 
 
 THE INDICATOR, IN THE LOWER HALL. 
 
 The object of the '* Indicator" is to show 
 to a borrower, at a glance, without the ne- 
 cessity of reference to an attendant of the 
 Library, whether any book sought is, at the 
 moment, on the shelf or lent out, and there- 
 fore to render it unnecessary to send in a 
 card indicating books which cannot be pro- 
 cured. 
 
 Observe that the •• Indicator," as at pres- 
 
CATALOGUES. 43 
 
 ent constructed, applies only to alcoves 4, 
 7, 14 and 17, wliich embrace icoi^ks of English 
 prose fiction (including Jiivenile Fiction). 
 
 Some works of this description occur in 
 other alcoves, particularly in the 8th and 
 18th, where are placed collections, such as 
 Bohn's "Libraries," Harper's "Family Li- 
 brary," Constable's " Miscellany," and the 
 like. Their numbers are therefore not on 
 the •* Indicator," but their titles are given 
 in the Class List for Fiction, as well as in 
 that which contains collected works ; and 
 they may be obtained, if in the Library at 
 the time of application, by simply writing 
 on the slips provided for the purpose the 
 proper shelf-numbers, and handing the slips, 
 together with the applicant's card, to the re- 
 ceiving attendant in the Delivery Room, as 
 is done in the case of all works not fictitious. 
 
 The slielf-number is to be found at the end 
 of each row of pins. The number denoting 
 the order of the book upon the shelf is 
 placed upon each end of every pin. 
 
44 CATALOGUES. 
 
 The pins are reversible. On one end of 
 each pin, the number is printed in black 
 ON WHITE groundp When the book is ON 
 THE SHELF, this cnd of the pin is always 
 turned outwards. 
 
 On the other end of the pin the number of 
 the book is printed in white on black 
 ground. When the book is OUT, this end of 
 the pin is always turned outwards. 
 
 If the work is in two or more volilmes, 
 the volumes following the first are indicated 
 thus: V. 2, V. 3, etc., on the end of the 
 next pins in order. 
 
 I^' Please erase from your slip, before 
 delivering it to the attendant, any numbers 
 of books in the alcoves indicated not to be 
 on the shelves, or mark distinctly, by a cross 
 against its number, the book found to be in. 
 
 INDICATOR FINDING LIST. 
 
 A manuscript List of the numbers repre- 
 resented on the Indicator, and of the titles 
 
CATALOGUES. 45 
 
 of the books corresponding to these num- 
 bers, has been prepared as subsidiary to the 
 Class List for Fiction, and will be found at 
 the Clerk's Desk. 
 
 As the pins of the Indicator always have 
 the ends bearing hlack figures on a lohite 
 ground turned outwards when the books are 
 on the shelf, this List will furnish the means 
 of readily ascertaining what books are at 
 any time in the alcoves represented by the 
 Indicator. This information cannot easily 
 be derived from the Class List, which is 
 arranged alphabetically under authors and 
 titles, and not numerically according to the 
 books on the shelves. Hence, to learn 
 whether a given work of fiction is on the 
 shelf, find its title and numbers in the Class 
 List, and then consult the Indicator. But 
 to learn the title of a book answering to any 
 number on the Indicator, consult only the 
 Indicator Findino: List. 
 
BOOKS ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS. 
 
 HOW TO FIND THEM, ETC. 
 
 Ifote. — The figures in [ ] are the shelf-numbers of the 
 books referred to in the catalogues of this Library. 
 
 I. GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 
 
 These notes are not intended for the pro- 
 fessed student, but for the general reader. 
 The books to be mentioned are but an insig- 
 nificant proportion of the twenty thousand 
 volumes which may be said to constitute a 
 thoroughly appointed bibliographical col- 
 lection. 
 
 An examination of the Library's cata- 
 logues, both under authors and subjects, 
 will often perplex the user through the mul- 
 titude of titles, leaving him at a loss to 
 
BOOKS ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS. 47 
 
 determine the best book for his purpose. 
 Proper bibliographies have usually some 
 signs of discrimination placed against titles, 
 ■with more or less qualification in the way of 
 notes ; but such addenda are not commonly 
 held to be practicable in mere catalogues, 
 and the presence or absence of such helps 
 makes a chief distinction between the two. 
 
 To use a library satisfactorily, therefore, 
 it is necessary to have some, if not a large 
 knowledge of these bibliographical helps. 
 
 The most accessible books for the ordi- 
 nary reader are, — 
 
 1. Alonzo Potter. Hand-book for Students and 
 Readers. [820.60,] 
 
 2. J. Pycroft. Course of English Reading. Edited 
 by J. A. Spencer. [405.19 and 20.] 
 
 3. Noah Porter. Books and Reading. [404.17; 
 405.2; 2207.4 and 5; 2477.7; B. H. Desk; R. R. Desk; 
 E. B. Desk; S. B. Desk; Rox. Desk.] 
 
 4. Charles H. Moore. What to Read, and How 
 to Read. [406.24; 2207.2 and 3; B. H. Desk; R. R. 
 Desk; E. B. Desk; S. B. Desk; Rox. Desk.} 
 
 5. George P. Putnam and Frederic B. PERBaNS. 
 
48 BOOKS ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS. 
 
 The Best Reading. [1398.5; 6125.7, 8; B. H. Desk; 
 R. R. Desk; E. B. Desk; S. B. Desk; Roi. Desk.] 
 
 6. Free Public Libraries. Suggestions on founda- 
 tion, etc.. with selected list of hooks. [6129.5.] * 
 
 These hooks are all American except Xo. 2; hut No. 5 
 is on the whole the most satisfactory. They indicate 
 choices in the commoner kinds of books. Numbers 1,2, 
 and 3 prescribe courses of reading; and bo does No. 5 in 
 a subsidiary way. Nos. 2 and 3 are valuable as to modes 
 of reading. The selection of books in No.l is somewhat 
 obsolete ; and in No. 6 it is meagre. 
 
 Within the range of history (in a broad 
 sense), biography and travels, the notes 
 which are appended to the subject references 
 in the new Lower Hall Class List of that 
 scope, are intended to aid the reader in the 
 same way. 
 
 A very excellent selection for working 
 purposes of over twenty thousand volumes 
 of the best books in every department of 
 learning is the ** List of Books of Reference 
 in the Reading Room of the British Muse- 
 um," second edition, revised, 1871 [6144.2]. 
 It has a useful index of subjects. 
 
HOW TO FIND THEM, ETC. 49 
 
 It is often a prompt and satisfactory way 
 of discovering the best books on particular 
 persons or subjects, to consult the articles 
 on such heads in various general or special 
 Cyclopedias. 
 
 Particularly, as regards Biography, there 
 is appended to L. B. Phillips's "Dictionary 
 of Biographical Reference" [6242.4] a very 
 good list of Biographical Dictionaries, ar- 
 ranged under heads of 1st, general ; 2d, 
 those devoted to particular countries ; and 
 3d, those devoted to particular classes of 
 persons ; while in connection with each 
 name in the body of this Dictionary 
 there are brief indications of fuller sources 
 of information. E. M. Oettinger's "Biblio- 
 graphic Biographique," Brussels, 1854, 
 [2140,11], can also be consulted to find a 
 copious list of persons whose lives have 
 been written, often by numerous authors; 
 and also lists of general, national and 
 special biographical collections. For Amer- 
 
50 BOOKS ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS. 
 
 ican and British writers, consult Allibone's 
 "Dictionary of Authors" [B. H. Desk; 
 R. R.Deslv; E.B.Desk; S. B.Desk]. Other 
 authorities will occasionally be indicated 
 in works of lesser scope, like Chambers's 
 " Cyclopaedia of English Literature " [392.1 ; 
 2551.2; E.B.Desk; S. B. Desk], Duyck- 
 inck's " Cyclopaedia of American Literature" 
 [B. H. Desk; II. R. Desk; E.B.Desk; S. 
 B. Desk], and the literary histories of 
 Hallam [402.4 ;_2193.1], Craik, and others. 
 The best guides to the writers in foreign 
 languages will be found in the Bates Hall 
 Catalogues, under the heads, Germany, 
 Literature ; French Literature ; etc. 
 
 But the proper biographical dictionaries 
 will often answer every purpose, and more 
 especially regarding persons who are not 
 writers. In Thomas's excellent '• Diction- 
 ary of Biography and Mythology " [B. 
 H. Desk; R. R. Desk; E. B. Desk; S. B. 
 Desk], frequent references to works and re- 
 
HOW TO FIND THEM, ETC. 51 
 
 view articles are given in notes; and the 
 same kind of help, to a less extent, will be 
 gained from Hole and Wheeler's^" Brief Bio- 
 graphical Dictionary " [B. H. Desk ; R. R. 
 Desk ; E. B. Desk ; S. B. Desk] . In American 
 biography there is Allen [2345.5; 2346.1], 
 and a recent work by F. S. Drake [B. H. 
 Desk ; R. R. Desk ; E. B. Desk ; S. B. Desk] , 
 which is the best index to living Americans. 
 A small work, called "Men of the Times" 
 [B. H. Desk] , issued at intervals of two or 
 three years, is an English guide to living 
 subjects of biography ; but it is of little value, 
 exceptmg sometimes as regards Britons. 
 Martin's " Dictionary of Contemporary 
 Biography" [B. H. Desk; R. R. Desk] 
 may also be mentioned. For American 
 Clergymen there is Sprague's "Annals of 
 the American Pulpit " [2346.4] . 
 
 The French work of Vapereau, " Diction- 
 naire des Contemporains" [2242.1], sur- 
 passes all books of this kind. And as regards 
 
52 BOOKS ON SPECIAL SUBJECTS. 
 
 the more general biographical dictionaries, 
 the best in English, like the " Imperial Dic- 
 tionary of Biography" [B. H. Desk], the 
 Biographical Department ^of the English 
 Cyclopaedia [B. H. Desk], and that by 
 Rose [R. R. Desk], are interior to Michaud's 
 ** Biographic Universelle" [2243.1 ; 4134.1.] 
 and to Hoefer's *' Nouvelle Biographic 
 G6n6rale " [2242.6], which last is particu- 
 larly rich in references to sources. Volume 
 IX of the Catalogue of the National library 
 at Paris [6161.1] is devoted to the biogra- 
 phies of Frenchmen. 
 
 Similar methods of research will serve in 
 other subjects than biography. 
 
 The principal general encyclopaedias to be 
 consulted are 
 
 Appleton's New American Cyclopjedia, and its annual 
 supplements. [B. H. Desk; R. R. Desk; E. B. Desk; 
 S. B. Desk.] 
 
 Chambers's Encyclopaedia. [B. A. Desk; R. R. Desk; 
 E. B. Desk; S. B. Desk.] 
 
HOW TO FIND THEM, ETC. 53 
 
 Euglisli Cyclopaedia, based on the old Penny Cyclo- 
 paedia, divided into four grand divisions. [B. H. Desk.] 
 
 Encyclopaedia Britannica. [B. H. Desk; R. R. Desk.] 
 
 Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, 1845. [A. 175.1.] Some- 
 what antiquated. 
 
 Larousse's Grand Dictionnaire 'Universel du XIXe 
 sifecle, as far as completed. [4690.11.] 
 
 Brockhaus's "Conversations-Lexikon." [A. 137.1.] 
 
 Pierer's Universal-Lexikon. [A.142.2.] 
 
 See Bates Hall Catalogues under " Cyclopaedia " and 
 " Encyclopaedia," for others. 
 
 Reviews and other periodicals contain 
 much useful material ; and Poole's *' Index 
 to Periodical Literature" [B. H. Desk] is a 
 convenient key to many of them published 
 before 1852. See also Low's "Index to 
 Current Literature," 1860, 61 [6150.4]. 
 
 A table showing the principal periodicals 
 that have general or comprehensive indexes, 
 covering a number of years, and also the 
 shelf-numbers of the copies in this Library, 
 is given in the last edition of "Periodicals 
 Currently Received," at the Library. 
 
54 BOOKS ON SPECIAX SUBJECTS. 
 
 On obscure and mooted points, it will 
 always be well to refer to the indexes 
 of "Notes and Queries" [3159.1] and of 
 " L'Intermediaire des chercheurs," [5402.1]. 
 
 Many matters in all departments of knowl- 
 edge are treated of in the public documents 
 of the United States, and in the British Blue 
 Books, and a full index to them will be found 
 in the Bates Hall Catalogues, under the 
 headings *' United States," and "Great 
 Britain." See also Index to Executive 
 Documents and reports of the House of Rep- 
 resentatives 1831-39 [C. 159.11] ; McPher- 
 son's Indexes to " Executive Documents of 
 the House of Representatives," 1839-69 [C. 
 251.1] ; Index to Documents of the House of 
 Representatives, 18th-21st Congress [C. 
 159.10], and to "Reports of Committees of 
 the House of Representatives," 1839-69 
 [C. 251.2]. 
 
 Catalogues of other libraries will also be 
 of use ; and those that are made on some 
 
HOW TO FIND THEM, ETC. 55 
 
 systematic division of knowledge will be of 
 assistance as supplementing the "dictionary" 
 plan of the catalogues of this Library, as, for 
 instance, the *' Subject Catalogue " of the Li- 
 brary of Congress [6130. 8], which is arranged 
 by classes and their sub-divisions. See the 
 new catalogue (now in press) of the Boston 
 Athenaeum, particularly under the head of 
 Bibliography. The whole subject of classed 
 catalogues is not without difficulties, as may 
 be apprehended, when it is known that more 
 than one hundred and fourteen diflferent 
 systems have been proposed for classifying 
 all knowledge. 
 
 The extent of the science of Bibliography 
 will appear to the general reader from that 
 thorough specimen of German erudition, 
 the "Bibliotheca Bibliographical [2127.26], 
 which the librarian of the Royal Library at 
 Dresden, Dr. Julius Petzholdt, issued in 
 1866. It contains titles of bibliographical 
 works in all languages, under the several 
 
56 GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 heads of, 1st, General Literature ; 2d, Anon- 
 3'mous and Pseudonymous Books; 3d, In- 
 cunabula, or early printed books ; 4th, 
 Works Prohibited by Censors ; 5th, AVorks 
 on or by Particular Persons ; 6th, Collections 
 of Engraved Portraits ; 7th, National Litera- 
 tures ; 8th, Classed Literatures. 
 
 Similar but far less extensive lists are 
 given in R. A. Guild's •' Librarian's Man- 
 ual, " New York, 18c8. [2122.15.] 
 
 Thomas Nichols's •* Handbook for Readers 
 at the British Museum," London, 1866, 
 [6125.3], contains (pp. 71-81) a classed 
 list of special bibliographies on different 
 subjects. 
 
 II. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 The most useful is Brunet's " Manuel du 
 Libraire," Bruxelles, 1838-45 [4535.2], and 
 Paris, 1860-5 [2142.4], which is both al- 
 phabetical by authors and classified by sub- 
 jects. A German work, based on an early 
 
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 57 
 
 edition of Brunet, is known in English as 
 Ebert's " General Bibliographical Diction- 
 ary," Oxford, 1837. [2140.2.] Another, 
 more copious than Brunet, and like that 
 written in French, is J. G. T . Graesse's 
 ** Tresor de Livres Rares et Precieux " 
 [2150.3], which has not, however, any ar- 
 rangement by subjects. 
 
 III. NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 A Selection only. Consult also the literary 
 histories given, under the names of Coun- 
 tries, in the Bates Hall Catalogues. 
 
 America. — Of books relating to America, there are 
 the bibliographies of Temaux-Compans, down to 1700 
 [2152.11]; Obadiah Rich [2152.4-6]; Henry Stevens 
 [2152.28; 4412.11 and 12; 4462.13; 6152.9 and 10]; and 
 Harrisse. 1492 to 1551 [2150.21; 6152.2], and New France 
 1545-1700 [6158.14]. J. Sabin, of New York, is now issu- 
 ing a very extensive " Dictionary of Books relating to 
 America" [2159. 2J. Tuckerman's "America and her 
 Commentators " [2368,7] gives an account of the different 
 works by travellers in America. 
 
58 NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 Ofhooks published in America, previously to this cen- 
 tury, there is no adequate record. Trubner's " Biblio- 
 graphical Guide to American Literature" [2152.12 and 
 13] covers a little more than the first half of this century, 
 and contains a classified list. See also Triibner's Amer- 
 ican and Oriental Literary- Record [6141.19]. 
 
 Sine* 1820, there is a record of American publications 
 in Roorbach's " Bibliotheca Americana" [2152.1-3], 
 coming down through 1860; and it has been continued by 
 Kelly in his "American Catalogue" [2152.22], and by j 
 Leypoldt in the "Annual Catalogue" [6152.6], through I 
 1871. 
 
 0/ Special American Bibliographies, the following 
 may be named, — Ludewig's " Literature of Local 
 American History " [2152.9] and '"Literature of Amer- 
 ican Aboriginal Languages "[2152.7]; Colburn'e "Bibli- 
 ography of the Local History of Massachusetts" [61o2. 
 15] ; Whitmorc'8 " Handbook of American Genealogy " 
 [2152.25] ; " Lincoln Bibliography " by Boyd and Hart 
 [6152.11]; Bartlett'8 •• Literature of the Rebellion" 
 [2152.20], covering over 6,000 titles, and his "Bibliog- 
 raphy of Rhode Island " [21.52.18]. The American part 
 of the Prince Library Catalogue has a specidl value 
 regards the early history of New England. 
 
 Great Britain. — The principal assistance under 
 subjects will be derived from Watt's " Bibliotheca Bri- 
 tannica " [2150.13], which, however, does not bring the 
 record down later than 1820. It is partly arranged by 
 authors, as Lowndes's " Bibliographer's Manual," pub- 
 
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 59 
 
 lished in 1834 [2153.5], is wholly; but a new edition of 
 the latter by Bohn [2153.20], begun in 1858, is much en- 
 larged in the latter part of the alphabet, and, under the 
 article *' Shakespeare," will be found a very full bibli- 
 ography (also published separately with additions, 
 [2153.8]); but there are some additions to that part of 
 the article which is in the English language, in the ar- 
 ticle on Shakespeare in AlUbone ; and the German bibli- 
 ography by Thimm brings the lists down to 1871, 
 [6162.17]. The catalogue of the " Shakespeare Memorial 
 Library," at Birmingham [6208.15], will be of impor- 
 tance when completed. 
 
 For an alphabetical list of authors in the English lan- 
 guage, with biographical and bibliographical details, 
 Allibone [B. H. Desk; R. R. Desk; E. B. Desk; S. B. 
 Desk] will be of great though unequal ser^nce. As far 
 as the letter O the record generally closes about 1858, and 
 is much less complete than in the latter part of the alpha- 
 bet, where the record comes down to 1870. The classing 
 of writers in the indexes is not adapted to facilitate 
 reference. An index to matters in the body of the arti- 
 cles is much needed. 
 
 Consult also J. P. Collier's "Bibliographical and Crit- 
 ical Account of the Rarest Books In the English Lan- 
 guage" [2155.13], and W. C. Hazlitt's "Handbook to 
 the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great 
 Britain," to the Restoration [2153.17]. 
 
 The comprehensive lists, covering different periods 
 from 1800 down, known as the " London Catalogue " 
 
60 NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 [2153.4], the "English Catalogue" [2153.4], and the 
 "British Catalogue" [2153.4], are alphabetical hy au- 
 thors; while the " Bibliotheca Londinensis," 1814-1846, 
 and Low's "Index to the British Catalogue," 1837-1857 
 [vol. 4 of 2153.4] are classed lists. There are yearly 
 volumes published of the London and English cat»-i 
 logues. 
 
 France. — Qu^rard's various bibliographies are the 
 best, — "La France Litteraire " [2163.1]; and "La 
 Litterature fran9ai6e Contemporaine " [2163.2], which, 
 with Lorenz's Continuation, "Catalogue General," 1840- 
 1865 [2143.10], make a record covering the years 1700- 
 1865. The Catalogue of the National Library at Paris 
 gives full lists of books on French history [6161.1]. 
 
 Germany. — The German bibliographies are gener- 
 ally without notes. That of Heinsius, "Allgemeines 
 Biicher-Lexikon " [2151.2], covers publications from 1700 
 down, and is inconvenient for use because of its many 
 supplements ; and so is Kayser's " Vollstandiges Biicher- 
 Lexicon," from 1750 [2150.15 and 16], but the latter has 
 the advantage of a classified index from 1750 to 1832. 
 There are also classed catalogues by Engelmann [see B. 
 H. Index], and byErsch [2168.2; 2170.35]. 
 
 Italy. — " Bibliografia italiana " [2162.5]. ; 
 
 Spain. — Antonio's "Bibliotheca Hispana" [3090.2,1 
 and 3]. 
 
 PORTDGAi,. — Barbosa's "Bibliotheca Lusitana" [D. 
 190.9], and Silva's "Diccionario Bibliographico Portu- 
 guez" [2164.8]. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PERIODICALS. 61 
 
 Jewish. — Fuerst'8 " Bibliotheca Judaica" [6685.11], 
 and the Catalogue of Hebrew books in the British 
 Museum" [6162.2]. 
 
 Oriental. — Zenker's " Bibliotheca Orientalis" 
 [2164.11] ; and Triibner's American and Oriental Lit- 
 erary Record [6141.19]. 
 
 IIV. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PERIODICALS. 
 
 For current works in English consult Sabin's " Ameri- 
 ■ can Bibliopolist " (imperfect record) [2159.2] and Ley- 
 poldt's "Publisher's Weekly," which has taken the place 
 of the old '■ Publisher's Circular." The London " Book- 
 seller" [6181.1] and "Publisher's Circular" [6155.1] 
 are similar records for Great Britain. For publications 
 in French there are the monthly issues of Bossange 
 [2139.2] and Reinwald [2149.2], in Paris, and of Chris- 
 tern [6150.5], in New York. The " Polybiblion, Revue 
 Bibliographique Universelle " [6143.7], has been pub- 
 lished since 1866. The " Bibliographie de la France " 
 [2164.2] has a yearly index of authors and subjects. 
 For those in German there are the lists of Christern 
 [6150.5], Westermann [6150.12-14], and Steiger [6158.3], 
 in New York. The "Allgemeine Bibliographie" 
 [6150.6], published monthly by Brockhaus, of Leipzig, 
 is a classed Catalogue of the most important European 
 and American publications, and is circulated in the 
 United States with the imprints of the principal import- 
 ers of Continental books. 
 
62 SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 Other useful publications as records of current biblio- 
 graphical issues are Petzholdt's " Neuer Anzeiger " 
 [2127.1 and 6152.24], which has been continued since 
 1840, with useful classified indexes, and the " Sera- 
 peum " [2146.1] now discontinued, also running back to 
 1840, and published twice a month at Leipzig. 
 
 V. SPECIAL BIBLIOGKAPHIES. 
 
 Only a Selection. See further under particular sub- 
 jects in the Bates Hall Catalogues, and under the head 
 *^ Bibliography,^'' in the Subject- Catalogue of the Library 
 of Congress [6130.8]. Consult also '■'■A Concise Classi- 
 fied List of the Most Important Works on Bibliography " 
 in the Astor Library, 1849 [6123.2] ; and Mr. LeypoldVa 
 list in the ''Weekly Trade Circular,'^ new series, Vol.11., 
 Ko. 17. 
 
 Agricultdre. — Lists in Loudon's Encyclopaedias 
 [See B. H. Index], and in McCulloch's Dictionaries 
 [2284.2; 3683.3]. 
 
 Angling. — R. Blakey, 1855 [2173.7]; T. Westwood, 
 1861 [6111.25]. 
 
 Anonymous AND PsECDONYMOrs "Works. — Barb ier, 
 1822, etc., now included in Querard, 1869, etc., [6143.2], 
 See also Ralph Thomas (Olphar Hamst) [2144.17] ; Manne, 
 1868, [2144.13] ; Heilly, 1868, [6149.20]. 
 
 Architecture. B^ee Fine Arts. Also, Gwilt's "En- 
 cyclopaedia," 1854, classified [4107.2], Lacroix [2172.31]. 
 
 Arithmetic. See Mathematics. 
 
SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 63 
 
 Art. See Fine Arts. 
 
 Astronomy. See Science. Also, La Lande, 1803, by- 
 authors and subjects [E. 186.4], Sohncke, 1854 [2172.15]. 
 
 Bible. See Theology. 
 
 Bibliography. See previous sections. Also, T. Gar, 
 " Letture di Bibliologia," 1868 [6163.1]. 
 
 Biography. See Gene' al Remarks. Also, Library 
 of Congress "Subject-Catalogue," under "Biography" 
 [6130.8]. 
 
 Botany. See Science. Also, G-. A. Pritzel, 1851 
 [2170.15]. 
 
 Catholic Authors, who have published in the 
 United States, 1784-1820. J. M. Finotti [6185.4]. 
 
 Chemistry. See Science. Also, E. A. Zuchold, 1859. 
 
 Classical Literature. — Engelmann [2174.6]. 
 
 Commerce. — J. R. McCulloch [3683.3]. T. C. F. 
 Enslin [2177.7]. • 
 
 Domestic and Rurax Economy. — Engelmann 
 [2186.3]. 
 
 Drama. — Baker's "Biographia Dramatica," 1812, 
 authors and plays [2175.3]; Halliwell, before 1700, 
 [2175.20]. For more modern popular plays consult the 
 article "Drama," in the Lower Hall class list for Poetry 
 and the Drama, which has cross-references under authors 
 and plays; also the heading " Drama," in the " Subject- 
 Catalogue " of the Library of Congress [6130.8], and the 
 catalogue of Wm. E. Burton's library [6200.2]. 
 
 " Bibliotheque Dramatique de Monsieur de Soleinne,** 
 Paris, 1843 [2175.1], and continuation to 1861 [6174.18], 
 with a previous continuation to 1846 [6174.17J . 
 
64 SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 Fernbach, " Der Theatrefreund," Berlin, 1860 
 [2175.10], and Heinsius, vol. 4, pp. 245-376, and vol. 
 5, pp. 55-70 [2151.2]. Buechting [6149.15] comes down 
 to 1869. A list of operas published down to 1870 is 
 found- in Clement and Larousse's " Dictionnaire Ly- 
 rique" [8043.55]. 
 
 Education. — Walter Low's " Classified Catalogue of 
 Educational Works," 1871 [6174.11] ; and Trade Circu- 
 lar, vol. 11, ISTos. 2 and 3. 
 
 Engraving. — G. Duplessis, 1862 [4087.12]. 
 
 Entomology. See Science. Also, H. A. Hagen, 
 1862 [2173.17]. 
 
 Fiction. — See the " Class List for Fiction in the Lower 
 Hall," and the article " Fiction" in the Library of Con- 
 gress " Subject-Catalogue " [6130.8], which is arranged 
 by subdivisions, according to authors, titles, and lan- 
 guages. See also "The Chronological Index to Historical 
 Fiction," issued by this Library. Also, the New York 
 Mercantile Library Association's "Catalogue of Novels, 
 Plays," etc., 1861 [2136.28], and vol. 4, pp. 5-238, and vol. 
 5, pp. 5-44, of Heinsius [2151.2]. 
 
 Fine Arts. Qqq Architecture, Engraving, Jfusic. Also, 
 J. Elmes, 1826 [4082.1], M. J. Godde, 1850 [2138,4], R. 
 Weigel [2200.33]. 
 
 The authorities of the South Kensington Museum have 
 issued a " Universal Catalogue of Books on Art," taking 
 the term in a wide sense, but excluding music, covering 
 about 67,000 works published previously to 1870. It is 
 alphabetical by authors [6172.2]. 
 
SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 65 
 
 G-EOGRAPHY. See Mapa. Also, Engelmann [2177.8] ; 
 and the Catalogue of the Royal Geographical Society, 
 1871 [620S.27]. 
 
 Geology. Qee Science. Also, Agassiz [2173.4; 3824.1]. 
 
 Geomktry. See Matheinatics. 
 
 Government. — R. vonMohl, 1855-6 [4285.1]. 
 
 History. — Struve, 1782-1804 [2177.1], and Branet, un- 
 der "HistoJre" [2148.1; 2142.2]. For use of historical 
 material in Fiction see the "Chronological Index to 
 Historical Fiction," issued by this Library. 
 
 Language. — Engehnann [2174.9], Vater [2174.10]. 
 
 Law. — Brunet under "Jurisprudence" [2148.1; 
 2142.2.], the '• Subject-Catalogue " of the Library of 
 Congress, under "Law," [6130.8], for a very extensive 
 list ; also, the catalogue of the Boston Social Law Library 
 [2139.24], Engelmann [2185.1], Enslin [2185.30], For 
 diplomatic law, Martens, 1851 [3615.7]. 
 
 Maps. See Geography. Also H. Stevens's Catalogue 
 of Arqerican Maps, in the British Museum, and "A 
 Catalogue of Maps and Charts in the library of Harvard 
 University," 1831 [2134.1, 3]. 
 
 Mathebiatics. See Science. — Murhard, 1797-1805 
 [2172.33], Sohncke, 1854 [2172.15]. For Arithmetic, I>e 
 Morgan, 1847 [2172.8], Poggendorif, 1863 [2175.55]. 
 
 Mechanics. See Scie^ice. Also, Engelmann, 1844-50 
 [2172.5], Murhard, 1803-4 [vols. 3 and 4 of 2172.33], 
 Sohncke, 1854 [2172.15]. 
 
 Medicine. — Callisen, 1830-45 [2187.1], Forbes, 1885 
 
60 SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 [2186.1], Pennsylvania Hospital Library Catalogue, 1857 
 [2135.1], Engelmann [2186.2]. 
 
 Military Science. — Rumpf, 1824 [2172.27]. Hoyer, 
 1832-40 [2172.30], M. d'Ayaia, 1854 [2172.18], "Cata- 
 logue de la Bibliotheque du depot de la Guerre," 
 Paris, 1801 [2172.17]. 
 
 Music. — Ferkel, 1792 [2170.23], Lichtenthal, 1826 
 [2170.22], Becker, 1839 [2170.24]. 
 
 Natural History. See Botany, Entomology, Geol- 
 ogy, Zoology, Also, Dryander [2131.1], Engelmann 
 [2173.2]. . 
 
 Periodicals. See this heading in Bates Hall cata- 
 logues, and the " List of periodicals currently received 
 in the Reading-room." Annual lists of current foreign 
 periodicals are published. May's "London Press 
 Directory" [6196.1] gives its lists in various classifica- 
 tions. See Rowell's "Newspaper Directory for the 
 United' States " [6130.2], issued yearly. An index to the 
 London "Times" [5356.50], is regularly published. 
 
 Philosophy. — Geissler, 1850 [2174,7; 2176.3(T]. 
 
 Photography.— Zuchold, 1860 [2173.23]. 
 
 Political Economy. — McCulIoch, 1845 [2172.3], 
 Blanqui, 1845 [3647.5]. 
 
 Pseudonymous Works. See Anonymous, etc. 
 
 Railroads. See list in Larousse [4690.11.3.] 
 
 Science, See Special Heads.— Brunet, under head- 
 ing of "Sciences et Arts" [2142,4], Lacroix to 1864, 
 [2172,31], See references under subjects in such worka 
 as the Iconographic Encyclopaedia [A. 164,1], Brande'a 
 
SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 67 
 
 Manual [3971.11], Ure's Dictionary [B, H. Desk; R. R. 
 Desk], "Watts's Dictionary of Chemistry [R. R. Desk; 
 B. H. Desk]. Royal Society's Catalogue of Scientific 
 Papers, lSOO-1863, arranged by authors, as far as com- 
 pleted [2140.8], 
 Shakespeare. See under Great Britain in Section 
 
 m. 
 
 Theologt. — Brunet, under heading " Theologie " 
 [2142.4], Clarke, through eighteenth century [2148.3], 
 Darling, 1854-9 [2142.1], EnsUn, 1823 [2183,1], Winer, 
 1842 [2182.2], Library of Congress " Subject-catalogue," 
 under " Theology" [6130.8], Zuchold, 1864 [2182.6]. 
 
 See H. Malcom's much-criticised " Index to Religious 
 Literature" [2190.19], and references under separate 
 heads in Smith's ••* Bible Dictionarj-," edited by Hackett 
 and Abbot [B. H. Desk; R. R. Desk], McClintock and 
 Strong's Cyclopaedia [B. H. Desk; R. R. Desk; S. B. 
 Desk], Kitto's Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature " [B. 
 H. Desk]. 
 
 Abbot's " Literature of the Doctrine of a Future 
 Life " [6202.7] is probably the most elaborate and ex- 
 haustive specimen of Special Bibliography by an Ameri- 
 can ; and its preface may be consulted for the titles of such 
 bibliographical treatises as Professor Abbot found of use 
 to him ten years ago. See also O'Callaghan's " Editions 
 of the Holy Scriptures printed in America," 1861 [2190.30], 
 and Decanver's [Cavender's] "Catalogue of works in 
 refutation of Methodism " [6185.1 and 6182.10]. 
 
 For the literature relating to Christ, a very thorough 
 
68 SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES. 
 
 bibliography is given in the 4th edition of Hase's 
 " Leben Jesu" [6037.9], but there is a list of suflBcient 
 fulness for the ordinary reader in Clarke's translation of 
 Hase [114.13]. Convenient reference can be had to the 
 authorities given in " Smith's Bible Dictionary" [B. H. 
 Desk], and " Kitto's Biblical Encyclopaedia" [B. H. 
 Desk], under "Jesus Christ." 
 
 Voyages. — Boucher de la Richarderie, 1808 [2177.3] 
 is arranged chronologically under countries; also, O, 
 Rich, 1835-1846 [2152.4]. 
 
 Zoology. See Science. — Agassiz [2173.4; 3824.1], 
 Carus [2173.19], for periodical articles issued 1846-1860, 
 Swainson, 1840 [6177.2]. 
 
 Works issued by Printing Clubs. — Bohn's 
 Lowndes, appendix volume [2153.20], Low's English 
 Catalogue, 1835-1862, appendix [2153,4]. 
 
 Works Privately Printed. — Bohn's Lowndes' ap- 
 pendix volume [2153.20], Martin, 1854 [2184.2]. 
 
 Works Lost, or in Unique Copies. — Querard, 1872, 
 Ltfl64.9]. 
 
RARITIES IN BOOKS, ETC. 
 
 The Library, thus far in its history, in aim- 
 ing primarily to supply the most useful 
 books, has not made any considerable col- 
 lection of early printed books which might 
 serve to illustrate the rise and progress of 
 the art of printing. Block-books were the 
 immediate precursors of printing, being the 
 development of the art of engraving on 
 wood beyond what had before been prac- 
 tised in the making of playing cards, and of 
 these the Library has nothing better as a 
 specimen than a fac-simile of a German 
 block-book, of about 1471 [3441.51], being 
 the Apostle's Creed, after the original in 
 the Munich Library, which is said to be 
 
70 RARITIES IN BOOKS. 
 
 unique. In this connection consult Sotheby's 
 " Prineipia Typographical' [2110.7] and 
 his monograph on the block-books in the 
 Library at Paris [2120.19] ; and also Weigel 
 and Zestermann's •• Anfange der Drucker- 
 kunst," Leipzig, 1866. 
 ■ Germany, in taking the lead in the de- 
 velopment of the art, established a form of 
 letter massive and vigorous, and the Library 
 possesses a few specimens, of which the fol- 
 lowing may be named : — 
 
 A Latin Bible, known as Eggestein's first 
 Bible ; the first volume only. Genesis to 
 Psalms, printed at Strasburg in 1468. It 
 belonged to Theodore Parker. [6010.3.] 
 
 A Latin Bible, imperfect, i)rinted at Stras- 
 burg in 1470. [6010.4.] 
 
 A Book on the lives and deaths of Poets 
 and Philosophers, in Latin, and in Gothic 
 type, by Walter Burley. Imperfect. Printed 
 at Nuremberg, in 1472. It belonged to 
 Theodore Parker. [B. 140.15.i 
 
RAKITIES IN BOOKS. 71 
 
 An incomplete set of the Speculum qua- 
 druplex of Vincentius Bellovancensis, or de 
 Burgundia, in nine volumes as bound, in- 
 cluding two volumes of duplicates. Printed 
 in 1473-76 at Strasburg and Augsburg. It 
 belonged to Theodore Parker. [B. 150.1-6.] 
 The Sermoues of Utino [B. 140.12] sup- 
 posed by Haym to have been printed 1474. 
 
 The Nuremberg Chronicle, so called, 
 with many wood-cut illustrations. Printed 
 in 1493. It belonged to Theodore Parker. 
 [4140.5.] 
 
 A German Bible (Genesis to Psalms) with 
 many colored prints, some of them nearly 
 the same as in the Nuremberg Chronicle ; 
 somewhat imperfect. Printed at Nuremberg 
 in 1483. It belonged to Theodore Parker. 
 [6010.10.] 
 
 The Epistles of St. Jerome in Latin. 
 Printed at Lyons, in 1518. On the inside of 
 the cover is the following quotation from 
 Gerson, in the autograph of Luther: ''In 
 
72 RARITIES IN BOOKS. 
 
 floreno litis, non est obulus ctiaritatis. 
 Maitinus Lutherus." It belonged to Theo- 
 dore Parker. [B. 140.7.] 
 
 A Latin Bible, printed at Lj'ons in 1519 [ ?] 
 in black letter. [5416.20.] 
 
 The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy 
 (flourished in the second century). Printed 
 at Argentoragi [Strasburg?] in 1525. It has 
 49 maps, called ancient and modern, and 
 the last, dated 1522, has the name "America" 
 upon a representation of South America. 
 [2280.7.] 
 
 A set of De Bry's Voyages, in nine vol- 
 umes, printed at Frankfort, 1590-1634, with 
 its interesting maps. -Copies of this work 
 vary much in collation, but this copy is 
 thought to be very full, as the collation given 
 in the Index to the Bates Hall will show. 
 [2360.26.] 
 
 Nine various works illustrated by De Bry, 
 and printed at Frankfort, Metz, etc., 1596 
 and later. The volume containing them 
 belonged to Theodore Parker; [4153.12.] 
 
RARITIES IN BOOKS. 73 
 
 Latin Bible, imperfect, in Gothic letter, 
 without d?ite. It belonged to Theodore 
 Parker. [6010.7.] 
 
 Epistles of Pope Pius IT, bearing date 
 1477, and thought to have been printed at 
 Louvain. In the Prince Library. [00.7.] 
 
 Of early Spanish typography the follow- 
 ing may be mentioned : — 
 
 Cardinal Ximenes's Polyglott Bible in six 
 volumes, printed at Alcala de Henares, 
 1514-7. [5440.1.] 
 
 N^ote. — There are in the Ticknor Library many early 
 printed books, but the catalogue being not more than 
 half finished, it is impracticable to give even a tolerably 
 full account of the rare and curious books in the collec- 
 tion. Among them, however, are the following: — 
 
 St. Isidore's treatise " De Summo Bono," Venice, 1483, 
 folio, in Gothic characters. (D. 231.5.) 
 
 Aloneo de Palencia's Latin and Spanish Dictionary, 
 Seville, 1490, folio, Gothic characters. In the original 
 binding. (D.231.4.) 
 
74 RARITIES IN BOOKS. 
 
 Amadis de Gaula. Venice, 1533, fol. (D.190,3.) 
 
 Montemayor's Diana enamorada, Valencia, 1542, 4*, 
 without the name of the printer. (D.140b.39.) 
 
 Montalvo'sEspIandian. BurgoB. 1587. fol. (D.160a.74.) 
 
 Cervantes'8 Don Quixote, First Part, Madrid, 1605. 4". 
 The fil-st of the two editions printed in 1605. It is of 
 great rarity. [V. 1 of D.142.16.] 
 
 Same. 6th edition, which received the final correc- 
 tions of the author. Madrid, 1608. 4". It is of extreme 
 rarity. [D.142.12.] 
 
 Same. Second part, first edition. Madrid, 1615. 4*. 
 Two lines in chapter 36 have been carefully cancelled, 
 in compliance with the directions given in the Index 
 Expurgatorius of 1667. [V. 2 of D.142.16.] 
 
 Mariana's ''Tractatus VII " Cologne, 1609, fol., muti- 
 lated according to the minute directions given in the 
 Index Expurgatorius of 1667. [D. 272.9.] 
 
 The pseudo " Second Volume of Don Quixote." by 
 Avellaueda (a fictitious name). First edition, Tarra- 
 gona, 1614. 120. One of the rarest of Spanish books. 
 [D.145.6.] 
 
 Lope de Vega's Filis. Madrid, 1635. Sm. S*. Very 
 rare and curious. [D. 149.10.] 
 
 Hita's History of the Civil "Wars of Granada. Vol. 1, 
 Madrid, 1731; vol. 2, Barcelona, 1757. ''Few books are 
 so rare as this. I thought myself quite fortunate to get 
 a decent copy, though the two volumes are of differant 
 editions." — Ms. jwte by MR. Ticknor. [D.127.ap.] 
 
 Barbosa Machado'a Bibliotheca Lusitania, Lisbon. 
 
RARITIES IN BOOKS. 75 
 
 1741-59. 4 V. folio. Very rare, a large part of the im- 
 pression of the first three volumes having been destroyed 
 in the fire that followed the great earthquake at Lisbon* 
 in 1755. [D.190,9.] 
 
 Of French typo^aphy, — The works of 
 Vh'gil, printed at Paris, 1500. [4200.13.] 
 
 The Barton Library has been received 
 so recently that no account of its rarities 
 can be fully given until the classifying and 
 cataloguing have been at least planned. 
 Meanwhile, a statement of its riches will 
 be found in Wynne's "Private Libraries of 
 New York" [2126.3], showing the collec- 
 tion as it existed in 1860, but it was not 
 materially enlarged during the remaining 
 five years of the owner's life. Dr. Wynne's 
 account received the revision of Mr. Barton, 
 and it appears that among the earliest 
 printed books, the collection includes Guide 
 de Columna's Latin history of the destruc- 
 tion of Troy, 1486 ; Thrwoez's Latin history 
 of the kings of Hungary, 1488 ; the Augs- 
 
76 RARITIES IN BOOKS. 
 
 bury edition of the Gesta Romanorum, in 
 German, 1489; and the Nuremberg Chron- 
 icle of 1493. 
 
 Among other rare books may be named 
 the first edition of Holinshed's chronicles, 
 two volumes, folio, 1577 ; a magnificent set 
 of De Bry, 1690-1634, in 16 volumes ; Spen- 
 ser's Daphnaida, 1591 ; the "Vinegar Bible," 
 1717, and many of the original quarto issues 
 of old English and French plays, etc. 
 
 The Shakespearian part of the collection, 
 which is the finest in America, and will take 
 rank among the finest in Europe, embraces 
 about 2,000 volumes. The Public Library 
 before this accession possessed a consid- 
 erable Shakespearian collection, numbering 
 564 volumes in the Bates Hall, and 118 in 
 the Lower Hall, without enumerating what- 
 ever may be properly classed in this depart- 
 ment among the books of the Bowditch, 
 Parker and Ticknor Libraries. Much which 
 in the Barton collection is classed with the 
 
RARITIES IN BOOKS. 77 
 
 Shakespearian part under the seventh, tenth, 
 and eleventh heads of the following state- 
 ment, is not included in the above enu- 
 meration of the previous possessions of the 
 Public Library. Mr. Barton ceased to col- 
 lect at about the date of the tercentenary 
 celebration, and the large accessions of the 
 Public Library from the literature conse- 
 quent upon that event, supplement, rather 
 than duplicate the Barton Shakespeariana. 
 Mr. Barton divided this part of his library 
 into the following classes : — 
 
 I. Ancient Quartos, embracing fifteen to 
 twenty of those that appeared, 1597-1622, 
 previous to the first folio edition, with many 
 that appeared subsequently during the 
 seventeenth century. 
 
 n. Ancient Folios, collected editions of 
 the plays, beginning with the first of 1623 
 (of which the copy is one of the very few 
 that are absolutely perfect, and has also 
 the cancelled leaves in "As you like it"), 
 
78 RARITIES IN BOOKS. 
 
 followed by the second of 1632 ; the third 
 of 1663 (with the later impression of 1664), 
 and the fourth of 1685. 
 
 III. Modem editions. Beginning with 
 Rowe, the earliest editor, and embracing 
 all of distinctive character, down to Halli- 
 well's superb folio edition in 16 volumes. 
 
 IV. Poems. 
 
 V. Doubtful and Spurious jjlays. 
 
 VI. Alterations, Parodies, etc. 
 
 VII. Early ivorks making mention of 
 Sliakespeare, beginning with Spenser's 
 Teares of the Muses, 1591. 
 
 Vin. Professed Shakesperiana. These 
 begin with the close of the seventeenth 
 century, and include all lives, commen- 
 taries, etc., with accounts of Stratford, the 
 Jubilees, the Ireland forgeries, etc. 
 
 IX. Translations of Shakespeare. 
 
 X. Oraphic illustrations, music, etc., per- 
 taining to Shakespeare. 
 
 XI. Shakespearian Sources. Books used 
 
RARITIES IN BOOKS. 79 
 
 by Shakespeare as the sources of his plots, 
 and those to which he has reference, or from 
 which he borrowed incidents, etc. 
 
 XII. Portraits, auiograplis, etc., of 
 Shakespeare and of Shakespearian editors, 
 commentators, actors and the like. 
 
 The Prince Library has some rare speci- 
 mens of the earliest typographical art in 
 British America ; and other books of pecu- 
 liar interest in the history of New England, 
 though not printed in America. 
 
 The Bay Psalm book, which was printed 
 at Cambridge, Mass., in 1640, being the first 
 600A: printed in the British possessions, " The 
 Freeman's Oath," and a small Almanac alone 
 preceding it. What is supposed to be the 
 original draught of the preface to this book 
 in the handwriting of one of the editors, 
 the Reverend Richard Mather, is among the 
 Prince MSS., "Ecclesiastical Papers, No. 
 2." Of the five copies originally in this col- 
 lection, but two remain. [^Cabinet, 21, 14 
 and 15.] 
 
80 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Eliot's Indian Bible, first edition, printed 
 at Cambridge, 1663. \_Cahinet, 21.4.] 
 
 Same, second edition, Cambridge, 1685. 
 ICahineU 21.5.] 
 
 Eliot's Indian Primer. Boston, 1720. In 
 the original binding, and thought in that 
 state to be unique. \_Cabinet, 25.21.] 
 
 Capt. John Smith's " Description of New- 
 England," London, 1616, with its early 
 map. This copy, both in the map and in 
 the leaf containing "The old names" and 
 •' the new," has differences from most copies 
 which have been preserved. [Cabinet, 27, 
 108.] In Veazie's reprint [4491.10], which 
 has a fac simile of the map, it is stated that 
 this map is the only impression of the orig- 
 inal state of the plate known to Mr. Lenox 
 and to Mr. Deane. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 An old MS., ascribed to Perrault, entitled 
 **De institutione religiosorum," is sub- 
 
FINE ARTS. 81 
 
 scribed, '* Sub anno d^ MCCCLXXX." It 
 belonged to Theodore Parker. [B. 144.6.] 
 
 A List of the MSS. in the Prince Library 
 is given at the end of the Prince Catalogue. 
 They contain autographs associated with 
 the early history of New England. 
 
 The Library also possesses books that have 
 the annotations and autographs of famous 
 persons, like the 1704 editions of Newton's 
 Optics [5275.6], with his corrections and 
 additions. 
 
 The Ticknor MSS. are mostly copies; 
 and those in the Bowditch Library are the 
 commonplace books of its founder. 
 
 FINE ARTS. 
 
 In Bates Hall. — Two original portraits of 
 Franklin, one presented in 1872 by Gard- 
 ner Brewer, Esq., and painted by Greuze ; 
 the other, presented in 1858 by Edward 
 Brooks, Esq., and painted by Duplessis. 
 They were both painted in France. 
 
82 FINE ARTS. 
 
 A marble bust of Joshua Bates, of the 
 bouse of Baring Brothers & Co., and the 
 principal benefactor of the Library, who 
 was born at Weymouth, Mass., in 1788, and 
 died in London, in 1864, copied by Noble 
 from one by Behnes, and presented in 1866 
 by Mr. Bates's daughter, Elizabeth van de 
 Weyer, who also gave the portrait in oil of 
 Mr. Bates, painted by Eddis, which hangs 
 in the room of the Superintendent. 
 
 Bust in marble, by Martin Milmore, 
 of George Ticknor, one of the chief 
 friends of the Library, and long one of its 
 Trustees, and the collector of the "Tick- 
 nor Library," bequeathed by him. Pre- 
 sented in 1868 by several gentlemen. 
 
 Bust in plaster of Edmund Burke, given 
 in 1872 by J. G. Loring, Esq. 
 
 Belonging to the Barton Library are a 
 plaster cast of the head of Shakespeare on 
 the Stratford monument, and a statuette of 
 Richard iii, by John Rogers, a single figure 
 
FINE ARTS. 83 
 
 of an intended group, never completed, 
 and of which a few copies only were made. 
 
 Loicer Hall Delivery Eoom. — Busts in plas- 
 ter of Washington Irving, by Ball Hughes, 
 and of Elisha Kane, by Peter Reniers, 
 presented in 1869 by Jonathan French, Esq. 
 
 In Reading Room. — Plaster model of the 
 Monument to Columbus, by Count Brig- 
 noli Sale, at Genoa, presented in 1861 by 
 Alexander Vatteraare. 
 
 Fine Arts Room. — Painting by Copley of 
 "King Charles the First demanding in 
 the House of Commons the five impeached 
 members, 16-41." Presented in 1859 by 
 various gentlemen. 
 
 Portrait by Young of Edward Everett, 
 the first President of the Trustees ; presented 
 in 1870 by various gentlemen. 
 
 Bust in marble of Edward Everett, by 
 Thomas Ball, presented in 1867 by the Com- 
 mittee on the Everett Statue. 
 
 Bust in marble of John Lathrop Mot- 
 
84 FINE ARTS. 
 
 LEY, by R. S. Greenough, presented in 1867 
 by Thomas B. Curtis, Esq. 
 
 Statue in marble of the Arcadian Shep- 
 herd Boy, by W. W: Story, presented in 
 1858 by various gentlemen. 
 
 Group in marble, Holy Family, by Tro- 
 schel, given, 1865, by Gardner Brewer, Esq. 
 
 Statue in marble, "Meditation," by G. 
 Albertoni, 1846, bequeathed by Mrs. Eliza 
 Shimmin, 1873. 
 
 Antique bust in marble of an Unknown 
 Man, which belonged to the late Cardinal 
 Tosti, and was presented in 1869 by his 
 kinsman, Signor Alessandro Ceccarini. 
 
 Silver vase, presented to Daniel Web- 
 ster, 1835, and given 1866, to the Library 
 by various gentlemen. 
 
 Painting in oils. View of the Old State 
 House in State street, in Nov., 1832, during 
 a fire in that building, painted by Salmon, 
 presented, 1872, by John G. Loring, Esq. 
 
 The Tosti Engravings, presented in 
 
FINE ARTS. 85 
 
 1869 by Thomas G. Appleton, Esq., who 
 purchased the collection in Rome. The 
 framed prints, over 600 in number, are dis- 
 played in the various apartments of the 
 Library. About 5,100 prints are in bound 
 volumes, and several hundred more are in 
 portfolios. The catalogues of them have 
 been described. There are also lists of 
 the framed prints arranged numerically, to 
 be had for temporary use on application. 
 
 The previous owner of this collection, 
 which, at the time of its purchase, was es- 
 teemed the finest in Rome, was the Cardinal 
 (Antonio) Tosti, who died March 23, 1866, 
 aged 90. He resided for a long time at 
 Aventine. In 1834, he was made treasurer 
 of the pontifical government, a post which 
 he continued to hold for ten years, when he 
 resigned it into the hands of Gregory XVI. 
 He is regarded as founder of the industrial 
 and artistic school in the Hospital of San 
 Michele, of which institution he was di- 
 
86 ENGRAVINGS. 
 
 rector at the time of his death. He was 
 buried in the church of St. Cecilia, Traste- 
 vere. 
 
 Regarding the entire collection, it maybe 
 said that its strength lies in the Italian 
 school ; and its groupings are rather indica- 
 tive of the taste of its late owner than sug- 
 gestive of any systematic growth, its devel- 
 opment having doubtless been controlled in 
 some degree by his opportunities. As pat- 
 ron of the school of San Michele, in Rome, 
 he stood in intimate relations with two of 
 his scholars, who gained eminence in the art 
 of engraving, — Mercurj and Calamatta, — 
 and he doubtless had their assistance in 
 gathering, whence he could, specimens of 
 their art, while ihej, furthermore, almost 
 always furnished him with the earliest im- 
 pressions of their numerous works. A dis- 
 tinctive feature of the collection is, be^'ond 
 doubt, its portraits. Edelinck, Drevet, 
 Nanteuil, and Schmidt, are here strongly 
 
ENGRAVINGS. 87 
 
 represented. The earlier Italian masters 
 will not be found to be well represented. 
 There are no Marc Antonios, except a few 
 of his fac-similes of Diirer. Of the latter's 
 wood-cuts there are between twenty and 
 thirty, large and small. There is little or 
 nothing of his contemporaries or immedi- 
 ate successors. The English school is but 
 slightly represented ; and etchings, beside a 
 volume of Salvator Rosa's and a few of 
 Rembrandt's, are not numerous. The mod- 
 ern French school from Audran to Lelli is 
 i well set forth. 
 
 GIFTS 
 of Books and of every description of pamph- 
 lets are very acceptable ; and packages will 
 be sent for if word is left with the Desk 
 attendants. Friends at a distance may 
 send by Express at the Library's expense. 
 
88 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 CHKONOLOGY OF THE LIBRARY. 
 
 1841-1847. Various preliminary movements made to- 
 wards a City Library. In 1843 and 1847, books were 
 received by the City, from the City of Paris through 
 M. Vattemare. 
 
 1847. A Joint Committee of the City Council on a Library 
 first appointed. The Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., while 
 Mayor, offered to give $5,000 for a Public Library, on 
 condition that the citizens should add $10,000. Offer 
 not Efiet. 
 
 1848. March 12. Act of the State Legislature, author- 
 izing the City of Boston to establish and maintain a 
 Public Library. Accepted by the Citj- April 3. 
 
 Unsuccessful efforts to procure a union with the Athe- 
 naeutn Library. 
 
 1849. The Hon. R. C. Winthrop, J. D. W. Williams, 
 Esq., Hon. S. A. Eliot, Dr. J. Mason Warren, Dr. J. 
 B. McMahon, and Ezra Weston, Esq., presented books 
 for a library. 
 
 1850. Aug. 5. The Hon. John P. Bigelow, while Mayor, 
 presented $1,000, which was funded. 
 
 Aug. 7. The Hon. Edward Everett presented his set of 
 Public Documents and State Papers of the United 
 States, with other works, numbering upwards of 1,000 
 vols. 
 
 1851. The City possessed 2,000 volumes. 
 
 1852. May 13. Edward Capen chosen Librarian. 
 
CHRONOLOGY. 89 
 
 I/ay 24. First Board of Trustees constituted, with the 
 Hon. Edward Everett, President. 
 
 Tune 28. James Brown, Esq., gave $500 ; spent for books. 
 
 Tuly 6. The preliminary report of the Trustees made, 
 drawn by Geo. Tieknor, Esq., and the President. 
 
 Sept. 24. Samuel Appleton, Esq., gave $1,000 ; spent for 
 books. 
 
 tOct. 1. Joshua Bates, Esq., of London, prompted by 
 the perusal of the report of July 6th, offered $50,000, 
 which was subsequently funded. 
 
 Oct. 12. The first Library Ordinance of the City Coun- 
 cil passed. 
 
 1853. Jfar. 5. James Nightingale, Esq., gave $100; 
 spent for books. 
 
 Jfar. 12. A new act of the Legislature extending the 
 
 limit of expenditures. 
 Apr. 14. The Hon. Jonathan Phillips gave $10,000; 
 
 funded. 
 Nov. 4. N. I. Bowditch, Esq., gave the value of $200. 
 The Library contained 9,688 volumes'. 
 Dec. 4. J. I. Bowditch, Esq., gave $300; spent for 
 
 books. 
 
 1854. Jfar. 20. Reading Room opened in Mason street. 
 Mar/ 2. The Library opened in Mason street. 
 
 Aug. The Library contained 16,221 volumes. 
 2fov. 27. Ordinance appointing Commissioners to erect 
 a building. 
 
 1855. Library contained 22,617 volumes, and circulated 
 81,281 volumes. Mrs. Sally L K. Shepard gave 
 $1,000; spent for books. 
 
90 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 Aug. The Library contained 22,617 volumes. 
 
 Sept. 6. Mr. Bates, in a letter, promised a further dona- 
 tion of books. 
 
 Sept. 17. Corner-stone of the present Library building 
 laid. 
 
 1856. T. G. Appleton, Esq., gave a valuable copy of 
 Audubon's ''Birds of America." 
 
 Aug. The Library contained 28,080 volumes. 
 
 1857. Act of 18tb March, 1853, so far changed, thatj 
 there was no enforced limit to the appropriations of 
 the City for the Library ; and an additional ordinance 
 created the office of Superintendent. Prof. C. C. 
 Jewett was chosen Superintendent. 
 
 The Library contained 34.896 volumes. 
 
 1858. Jan. 1. The present Library building dedicated. 
 Cost, with land, about $365,000. 
 
 Mr. Bates's gift of books completed, amounting in value 
 to $50,000. 
 
 The sons of the late Xath'l Bowditch, LL. D., gave 
 their father's libi"ary of 2,550 volumes, besides manu- 
 scripts. 
 
 Began to receive the Specifications of the English Pa- 
 tents from the British Government. 
 
 Aug. The Library contained 70,851 volumes. 
 
 Sept. 17. The Reading Room opened in the present 
 building. 
 
 Dec. 20. The Lower Hall Library opened, with the 
 printed index to the books. 
 
CHRONOLOGY. 91 
 
 1859. Under the will of the Hon. Ahbot Lawrence, 
 $10,000 received and funded. 
 
 The Executors of Miss Mary P. Townshend's will gave 
 
 $4,000, which was funded. 
 Aug. The Library contained 78,043 volumes. 
 
 1860. The Rev. Theo. Parker's Library, 11,061 volumes, 
 received under his will. 
 
 Geo. Ticknor, Esq., gave a large reference collection of 
 Greek, Latin and Italian classics; his total donations 
 upwards of 3,000 volumes. 
 
 The Library contained 85,032 volumes,, and circulated 
 151,020 volumea. 
 
 1861. A further sum of $20,000 received under the will 
 of the Hon. Jonathan Phillips, and funded. 
 
 The upper Hall, containing over 74,000 volumes, opened 
 ^ to the public; and its first printed index of books 
 
 published. The entire Library contained 97,386 vol- 
 umes. 
 1 1862. Geo, Ticknor, Esq., gave a rare collection of 
 
 books relating to the life of Moliere. 
 Aug. The Library contained 105.034 volumes. 
 1863. The City Council modified the Ordinance relating 
 
 to the Public Library. 
 The Trustees of the Franklin Club gave $1,000, which 
 
 was funded. 
 Aug. The Library contained 110,563 volumes. 
 .1864. , Aug. The Library contained 116,934 volumes. 
 Sept. 24. Joshua Bates, Esq., died at London. The 
 
 Upper Hall, it is ordered, Oct. 13, shall henceforth be 
 
 called Bates Hall. 
 
92 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 Oct. 18- Mr. Ticknor gave a valuable collection of Pro- 
 ven9al books. 
 
 1865. Jan. 17. The Hon. Edward Everett, President of 
 the Board of Trustees, died ; succeeded by Mr. Ticknor. 
 
 The Library contained 123.016 volumes, and circulated 
 
 194,627 volumes. 
 Mr. J. L. Stoddart gave $100; spent in books. 
 
 1866. The ancient Prince Library, bequeathed by the 
 Rev. Thos. Prince, 1758, to the deacons of the Old 
 South Church, containing 1,899 volumes, received on 
 deposit. 
 
 The '• Supplemental Index " of the Bates^Hall published. 
 The ledger system for recording loans displaced by the 
 
 slip system. 
 Mr. Ticknor resigned the presidency; succeeded by 
 
 Wm. W. Greenough, Esq. 
 Aug. The Library contained 130,678 volumes. 
 Sept. The printing of Finding Lists for the Lower Hall 
 
 began. 
 Dec. A new Ordinance reorganizing the Boarid of 
 
 Trustees. 
 The " Indicator " placed in the Lower Hall. 
 Aug. The Library contained 136,080 volumes. 
 Oct. The first number of the Library Bulletin issued. 
 1868. Jan. Mr. Jewett, the Superintendent, died. 
 Feb. 25. Mr. Justin Winsor chosen Superintendent. 
 Aug. The Library contained 144,092 volumes. 
 Nov. "William E. Jillson, the Assistant Superintendent, 
 
 died. Mr. William A. Wheeler was appointed in his 
 
 place. 
 
CHRONOLOGY. 93 
 
 1869. Annual closing of the Library for examination 
 dispensed with. 
 
 A new Ordinance, reorganizing the Board of Trustees, 
 changing the beginning of the Library year to May 1st, 
 and authorizing the establisliment of branch libraries. 
 
 Bindery opened in the building. 
 
 Aug. The Library contained 152,796 volumes. 
 
 1870. J/ay. The Library contained 160,573 volumes. 
 iVor. 28. The Reading Room of the East Boston Branch 
 
 Library opened. 
 
 1871. Jan. 27. Delivery of books began at the East 
 Boston Library. The Catalogue was issued, Mar. 3d, 
 and the formal dedication took place Jfar. 22d. 
 
 Apr. The Spanish and Portuguese Library, collected by 
 
 George Ticknor, and bequeathed by him, was received 
 
 at the Library, numbering nearly 4,000 volumes. Mr. 
 
 Ticknor died Jan. 26, 1871. He also bequeathed $4,000 
 
 as a fund, the income from which is to be devoted to 
 
 the increase of this special collection. 
 May. The Bates Hall contained 135,786 volumes; the 
 
 Lower Hall 30,574 volumes; the East Boston Branch, 
 
 5,936 volumes, — total, 179,250 volumes. 
 Sept. Alterations begxm in the Bates Hall, by which 
 
 the lateral alcoves are subdivided and lighted, and 
 
 completed in 1872. 
 Oct. A printed Card Catalogue of the Bates Hall 
 
 established. 
 
 1872. An agreement made with the Trustees of the 
 Fellowes Athenaeum, securing their co-operation in 
 
94 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 the founding of a Branch Library at Roxhury, and a 
 building for the use of it begun. 
 
 May 18. The South Boston Branch Library opened 
 with nearly 4,400 volumes, the Reading Room at- 
 tached having been opened Apr. 22d, and the Branch 
 was formally dedicated Marj 16th. 
 
 The Bates Hall contained 142.685 volumes; the Lower 
 Hall, 31,827 volumes; the East Boston Branch, 6,767 
 volumes; the South Boston Branch, 4.365 volumes; 
 the Duplicate Room, 7,314 volumes; total, 192,958 vol- 
 umes; besides 100,000 pamphlets. 
 
 June. The City Council appropriated $70,000 for the 
 purchase of the Richardson estate, adjacent to the 
 Central Library on the east. 
 
 Dec. Changes in the Lower Hall Library completed. 
 
 1873. May. The Barton Library, purchased in New 
 York, received. It numbers not far from 12,000 vols. 
 
 June. Additional precautions taken to render the roof 
 of the Boylston-street building safe against fire. 
 
 The Bates Hall contained 150.255 volumes; the Lower 
 Hall, 32,756 volumes; the East Boston Branch, 7,338 
 volumes; the South Boston Branch, 5,241 volumes; 
 the Roxbury Branch (not yet opened), 4,846 volumes; 
 the Newspaper Room, 2,163 volumes; the Duplicate 
 Room, 8,194 volumes; total, 210,793 volumes (not 
 including the Barton Library). 
 
 The Roxbury Branch Reading Room opened June 23d; 
 the building dedicated, July 9th ; the Library opened, 
 July 16th, with 5,000 volmnes. 
 
CAUTIONS, ETC. 95 
 
 CAUTIONS, ETC. 
 
 *^* Prompt notice of change of resi- 
 dence must be given. [See Article X.] 
 Holders of cards must surrender them when 
 they cease to be residents. Other non-resi- 
 dents must do so when the reasons for which 
 Cards were given no longer exist, and they 
 are expected not to give occasion for the 
 sending of Delinquent Notices. 
 
 *^* Borrowers finding any book or peri- 
 odical mutilated or unwarrantably defaced, 
 are expected to report it. (See Laws of the 
 Commofiwealth on page 16.) 
 
 Writing on books, even for mere correc- 
 tions of the press, is unconditionally 
 FORBIDDEN. See the law in Article XV. 
 
 *^* Xo claim can be established because 
 of the failure of any notice, to or from the 
 Library, through the mail. 
 
96 CAUTIONS, ETC. 
 
 *l,* Talking to attendants, except on mat- 
 ters pertaining to the Library, is strictly 
 prohibited ; and gentlemen will remain 
 uncovered .while in the building. [See 
 Article XVIIL] 
 
 *^* There is no admittance within the 
 rails without permission. [See Article 
 XVII.] 
 
 *^* Headers loill confer a favor by reporting 
 to the Superintendent any undue delay in the 
 getting of books. An apparent delay may 
 occur, if they are not careful, in the Lower 
 Hall and at the Branches, to listen for the 
 first calling of their names, and in the Bates 
 Hall to watch at the Desk for the return of 
 the runner. 
 
 Any suggestions, made in writing, may be 
 addressed to the Superintendent. 
 
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