Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association

Chapter II: The Library (2)

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_Milton._ Public Library. Bequest of $2000, from ex-Governor Roger
Wolcott, of Boston, Mass.

_Newburyport._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for the purchase of
books, from John Rand Spring, of San Francisco.

-- Bequest of $4500, from Stephen W. Marston, of Boston.

-- Bequest of $3000, from E. S. Moseley.

_North Adams._ Public Library. Gift of furnishings and decorations of
children's room, value not stated, from William Arthur Gallup, as a
memorial to his children.

_Petersham._ Public Library. Bequest of $12,000, from Lucy F. Willis.

_Plymouth._ Public Library. Gift of a new library building, to cost
about $20,000, from the heirs of the late William G. Russell, of
Boston, as a memorial to their father and mother.

_Salem._ Public Library. Bequest of $10,000, from Walter S. Dickson.

_Somerville._ Public Library. Gift of $4000, from Mrs. Harriet Minot
Laughlin, in memory of her father, Isaac Pitman, the first
librarian of the institution, the income to be used for the
purchase of "works of art, illustrative, decorative, and
otherwise."

_Springfield._ City Library. Bequest of about $70,000, from the estate
of David Ames Wells, of Norwich, Conn., his son David Dwight Wells
having died June 15, 1900, without issue. One-half of the income is
to be expended for publications on economic, fiscal, or social
subjects.

-- Gift of 450 volumes, from Miss Frances Fowler.

_Sunderland._ Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a library and its
equipment, from John L. Graves, of Boston.

_Swansea._ Public Library. Bequest of a library building, cost not
stated, from Frank Shaw Stevens.

_Woburn._ Eunice Thompson Memorial Library. By his last will Jonathan
Thompson, of Woburn, left a plot of ground and the residue of his
estate for the erection and maintenance of a suitable building by
the city, to be known by the above name. Value of bequest about
$70,000.

_Worcester._ American Antiquarian Society. Gift of $3000, for a fund,
the interest of which is to be expended for literature relating to
the Civil War of 1861-65. This fund is in memory of Hon. John
Davis, President of the Society from 1853-54, and was given by John
C. B. Davis, of Washington, D. C., Horace Davis, of San Francisco,
and Andrew McF. Davis, of Cambridge.

-- Clark University. Bequest of $150,000, from Jonas G. Clark, for the
erection and maintenance of a library.

MICHIGAN.

_Albion._ Albion College. Gift of $10,000, to be devoted to a library
building, as a memorial to the donor's daughter, Lottie T. Gassett,
from Mrs. C. T. Gassett.

_Ann Arbor._ Ladies' Library Association. Bequest of $3000, from Mrs.
L. M. Palmer.

-- University of Michigan. Gift of about 1600 volumes, belonging to the
library of the late Prof. George A. Hench, from his mother, Mrs.
Rebecca A. Hench. The greater number refer to Germanic philology.

_Delray._ Public Library. Gift of property, valued at $15,000, for a
public library, from The Solvay Process Company, of that place.

_Detroit._ Public Library. Gift of $750,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

-- Gift of 477 volumes and 1932 pamphlets, from the heirs of the late
Gov. John J. Bagley. "This collection was notable in being almost
wholly available, useful, and valuable to the library."

-- Gift of 418 volumes and 1435 pamphlets, from Herbert Bowen, formerly
a member of the Library Board. "All were of a historical character,
mostly local and relating to Michigan, or institutions and
localities in the state."

_Grand Rapids._ Public Library. Gift of $150,000, for the erection and
furnishing of a library building, from Martin A. Ryerson, of
Chicago, the city to provide site and maintenance. The offer was
made Feb. 14, 1901, and was at once accepted by the Mayor.

_Iron Mountain._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Ishpeming._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Jackson._ Public Library. Gift of $70,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $7000
yearly for library support.

_Marquette._ Public Library. Gift of $5000, toward a new library
building, from an anonymous donor.

_Muskegon._ Hackley Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new
two-story stack room, from Charles Henry Hackley.

_Sault Ste. Marie._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public
library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

MINNESOTA.

_Cloquet._ Public Library. Gift of a site for a library building,
valued at $2500, from Cloquet Lumber Company.

_Duluth._ Carnegie Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new library
building, in addition to a former gift of $50,000, from Andrew
Carnegie.

_Mankato._ Public Library. Gift of $40,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Minneapolis._ Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for the erection of a
branch library building, from ex-Governor J. S. Pillsbury.

_St. Cloud._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

-- Gift of $2000, towards the purchase of a site for the new Carnegie
library building, from J. J. Hill, of St. Paul.

_St. Paul._ Public Library. Gift of $500, for purchase of children's
books, from various friends of the library.

-- Gift of their library of 430 volumes, from St. Paul Teacher's
Association.

-- Gift of 38 photographs of paintings, two pictures and a large cast
of the Victory of Samothrace, from four donors.

_Sleepy Eye._ Dyckman Free Library. Gift of $8000, being the cost of
the completed library building, from F. H. Dyckman.

MISSISSIPPI.

_Natchez._ Fisk Library Association. Gift of $25,000, from Mrs.
Christian Schwartz, on condition that the Association raise an
additional $10,000.

-- Gift of site, valued at $3000, and a library building, to cost
$10,000, from Mrs. Christian Schwartz.

_Yazoo._ Public Library. Gift of a library building, to cost $25,000,
as a memorial to the late Gen. B. S. Ricks, from his widow.

-- Gift of $1000, from Mrs. K. C. Gardner.

MISSOURI.

_De Soto._ Railroad Library. Gift of $1000, for a library for railroad
employes, from Miss Helen Gould, of New York.

_Hannibal._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for the erection of a
library building, to be known as the John H. Garth Public Library,
from Mrs. John H. Garth and her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Goodlet.

_Jefferson City._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a new library
building, from Andrew Carnegie, upon condition that the city
secures a site and appropriates $3000 a year for the maintenance of
the library.

_St. Joseph._ Free Library. Bequest of $20,000, from Jarvis Ford.

_St. Louis._ Public Library. Gift of $1,000,000, for public library
buildings, from Andrew Carnegie, provided the city will contribute
the site and appropriate $150,000 yearly for the support of the
library.

-- Gift of $400,000, to lift incumbrance on block to be used for the
new Carnegie Library, from four St. Louis citizens.

_South St. Joseph._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public
library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

NEBRASKA.

_Crete._ Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a public library
building, from T. H. Miller, provided the city furnish a site
approved by the donor.

_Lincoln._ University of Nebraska. Bequest of 2000 volumes, of history,
literature, and works on education, forming the library of the
donor, from Simon Kerl, of Oakland, Neb. The books are never to be
loaned outside the library rooms.

_South Omaha._ Public Library. Gift of $60,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

_Derry._ Benjamin Adams Memorial Library. Bequest of $10,000, for the
erection of a town-hall and public library building, from Benjamin
Adams.

_Hanover._ Dartmouth College. Bequest of $10,000, as a library fund for
the Department of Philosophy, from Mrs. Susan A. Brown.

_Pittsfield._ Public Library. Gift of a library building, to be
erected, value not stated, from Josiah Carpenter, of Manchester.

_Rindge._ Ingalls Memorial Library. Gift of $1000, as a fund, the
interest to be used for the benefit of the library, from the Hon.
Ezra S. Stearns.

NEW JERSEY.

_Jersey City._ Free Public Library. Gift of 819 volumes and 381
pamphlets, forming the medical library of the late Dr. S. W. Clark,
from his widow.

_Montclair._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Newark._ Free Public Library. Gifts of 1125 periodicals and pamphlets,
from three persons.

_Perth Amboy._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $1200
yearly.

-- Gift of a site for a public library building, value not stated, from
J. C. McCoy.

-- Gift of $1000, with which to purchase books when needed, from Adolph
Lewisohn.

_Princeton._ Princeton University. Gift of $50,000, for library
maintenance, from anonymous donor.

-- Gifts of cash aggregating at least $16,000, from various sources.

-- Gift of $5000, for library of Germanics, from the class of 1891.

-- Bequest of 2739 volumes and 860 pamphlets, from Prof. William Henry
Green.

-- Gift of 1000 volumes, from the library of the late Dr. Samuel
Miller, presented by Samuel Miller Breckinridge.

-- Gift of 310 volumes, from D. H. Smith, of New York.

-- Gift of 255 volumes, from Prof. Henry Van Dyke.

_Trenton._ Public Library. Gift of books, forming the Women's Christian
Temperance Union Library, to the Public Library.

-- Gift of about 2500 volumes, comprising books in "A. L. A. catalog"
not already in library, from Ferdinand W. Roebling, president of
the board.

NEW MEXICO.

_Albuquerque._ Free Public Library. Gift of a two-story brick building,
valued at $25,000, on condition that it be used forever as a public
library and that $1000 additional be raised by the citizens, from
J. S. Reynolds.

-- Gift of $2000, for the purchase of books, raised by popular
subscription.

NEW YORK.

_Albany._ Young Men's Association Library--Pruyn Branch Library. Gift
of building, furniture, and equipment, cost about $20,000, from
Mrs. William G. Rice, in memory of her father, the late Chancellor
J. V. L. Pruyn.

-- Gift of $525, from various persons.

_Angelica._ Free Library. Gift of $12,000, for a library building, from
Mrs. Frank Smith.

-- Gift of a building lot for a library building, value not stated,
from Frank S. Smith.

_Brooklyn._ The Brooklyn Library. Bequest from Mr. James A. H. Bell of
sixteen-seventy-fifths of his estate. This bequest is estimated to
be worth about $10,000. Mr. Bell also left the library 1523
volumes, collected since he gave his library of 10,425 volumes,
three years ago.

-- Long Island Historical Society. Gift of $6500. This amount was
raised by popular subscription, and is to be known as the "Storrs
Memorial Fund," the income to be devoted to the increase of the
library.

-- Bequest of $1000, the income to be expended in "the enlargement of
the department of ecclesiastical history," from Richard S. Storrs,
D.D., late President of the Society.

_Caldwell, Lake George._ Dewitt C. Hay Library Association. Bequest,
valued at about $13,300, consisting of 100 shares of Amer. Bank
Note Co. stock, 35 shares of C. M. and St. Paul R. R. stock, and
$2000 in Duluth and Iron Range R. R. stock, to be held in trust,
the income to be spent for new books, pictures, and objects of art,
from Mrs. Marietta C. Hay, of Tarrytown, N. Y. This library is
established in memory of the donor's husband.

_Catskill._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Cohoes._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for public library building,
from Andrew Carnegie.

_Gloversville._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for new library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city already appropriates $3000
for library maintenance.
_Greene._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library
building, from William H. and James H. Moore, founders of the
Diamond Match Co., of Chicago.

_Hempstead, L. I._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public
library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Homer._ Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for the erection of a public
library building, from George W. Phillips.

_Ithaca._ Cornell University. Gift of $12,000, as an endowment fund for
the Flower Veterinary Library, the income alone to be used for the
increase of the collection, from Mrs. Roswell P. Flower.

-- Gift of $1126, as a contribution toward printing the catalogue of
the Dante collection, from Willard Fiske.

-- Bequest, estimated at about $2000, from C. H. Howland, class of
1901. This is to form an endowment fund, the income to be used for
the purchase of works in the English language for a circulating
library for the use of students and officers of the university, and
is not payable until after the death of the testator's father, who
is still living.

-- Gift of $575, for the increase of the White Historical Library, from
the Hon. Andrew D. White.

-- Gift of 330 volumes, from the family of the late Prof. S. G.
Williams.

-- Gift of 300 volumes, from Theodore Stanton, class of '76.

_Johnstown._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and
appropriate $2500 yearly for maintenance.

_Middletown._ Thrall Library. Bequest of $31,500, with which a fine
library building has been erected, from Mrs. S. Marietta Thrall.

_Mount Vernon._ Public Library. Gift of $35,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_New Rochelle._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city must furnish site and a
yearly maintenance of $4000.

_New York City._ American Geographical Society. Gift of $4455 to
building fund, from various persons.

-- Am. Institute of Electrical Engineers. Gift of Latimer Clark
collection of electrical works, 6000 v., from Dr. S. S. Wheeler.

-- American Museum of Natural History. Gift of 4539 volumes, pamphlets,
etc., on Natural History, including 73 maps, of a value of not less
than $4200, from Gen. Egbert L. Viele.

-- Gift of 3166 volumes of Bibles, dictionaries, travels, cyclopædias,
etc., valued at $6500, from N. Y. Ecumenical Council.

-- Gift of 243 volumes and 33 pamphlets, handsomely bound and valued at
$2000, from Frederick A Constable.

-- Gift of 45 rare volumes on Mineralogy, valued at $250, from Ernest
Schernikow.

-- Association of the Bar. Gift of $10,000, received Jan. 1, 1901,
source not given.

-- Columbia University. Gift of $10,000, from "A Friend of the
University," for additions to the library.

-- Gift of $5000, from "A Friend of the University" (another friend),
for special purposes.

-- Gift of $2250, with which to complete the library's set of English
Parliamentary Papers, from the Hon. William S. Schermerhorn.

-- Gift of the "Garden Library" of 2279 volumes and 145 pamphlets,
consisting of works by Southern authors or bearing on Southern
history, from The New York Southern Society.

-- Deposit of the library of the Holland Society, consisting of books
and pamphlets, mostly in the Dutch language, many of which are
rare.

-- General Theological Seminary. Gift of 2700 volumes, a part of the
library of the Rev. B. I. Haight, D.D., from C. C. Haight, Esq.

-- Gift of 1000 volumes, a part of the library of the Rt. Rev. Horatio
Potter, D.D., from Prof. William B. Potter.

-- Gift of books, number not stated, to the value of $3850, from the
Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New
York.

-- Mechanics' Institute Library. (General Society of Mechanics and
Tradesmen.) Bequest of $5000, from estate of Charles P. Haughan.

-- New York Free Circulating Library. (New York Public Library.)
Bequest of $20,000, from Oswald Ottendorfer.

-- Bequest of $11,250, from Proudfit Estate. This library is now
absorbed by the New York Public Library--Astor, Lenox, and Tilden
Foundations.

-- New York University. Gift of over 1200 volumes, from the library of
the late Prof. Ezra Hall Gillett, D.D., from his two sons.

-- Public Library--Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Gift of
$5,200,000, for the erection of 65 branch library buildings, the
city to furnish the sites and guarantee the maintenance of the
libraries, from Andrew Carnegie.

-- Gift of 1304 volumes, from the Union League Club.

-- Gift of 738 volumes, from Hon. Robert P. Porter.

-- Gift of 592 volumes, from the Misses Ely.

-- Gift of 497 volumes, from Mrs. Gertrude King Schuyler.

-- Gift of 393 volumes, from estate of S. V. R. Townsend.

-- Gift of 343 volumes, from Dr. R. G. Wiener.

-- Gift of 287 volumes, from H. V. and H. W. Poor.

-- Gift of 280 volumes, from Edmond Bruwaert.

-- Gift of 923 groups of steel engravings, all "engravers' proofs,"
chiefly the works of the donor's father, from James D. Smillie.

-- Gift of a large and valuable collection of Japanese engravings and
chromo-xylographs, formed by Captain Brinkley, of the _Japan Mail_,
from Charles Stewart Smith.

-- New York Society Library. Bequest of $1000, from Maria B. Mount.

-- Bequest of $20,004.86, from Charles H. Contoit; during the previous
year $137,000 was paid to the library by this estate.

-- Union Theological Seminary. Gift of 559 volumes, from the library of
the late president, Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, LL.D.

-- Gift of 519 volumes, from the library of the late Prof. Ezra Hall
Gillett, D.D., from his two sons.

-- Washington Heights Free Library. Gift of $1700 by Andrew Carnegie
towards completing sum required by conditional gift for new
building.

-- Young Men's Christian Association. Gift of $5000, to prepare
catalogue of circulating library, from Frederick E. Hyde.

_Newark._ Gift of a library building, costing nearly $25,000; also,
$1000 to send out travelling libraries in the neighborhood and the
salary of the librarian for a year, from Mr. Henry C. Rew, of
Evanston, Ill.

_Niagara Falls._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish a site and a
yearly maintenance of $7000.

_Oxford._ Public Library. Gift of a public library, from children of
the late Eli L. Corbin.

_Oyster Bay, L. I._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, towards a public
library building, by Andrew Carnegie. No conditions were attached
to this gift.

_Peekskill._ Public Library. Gift of the old Henry Ward Beecher
residence, fully equipped for a public library, from Dr. John
Newell Tilton.

_Port Jervis._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and
appropriate $3000 yearly maintenance.

-- Gift of plot of ground for library site, value not stated, from
Peter E. Farnum.

_Rochester._ Reynolds Library. Gift of 900 volumes of United States
public documents, from Hon. Charles S. Baker.

_St. George, S. I._ Arthur Winter Memorial Library of the Staten Island
Academy. Gift of $500, from Andrew Carnegie, without conditions.

_Schenectady._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city council had already
appropriated $5000 a year for library maintenance provisionally in
hope of securing a Carnegie gift. A site is under consideration, at
a probable cost of $14,000.

-- Gift of $15,000, with which to purchase a site for the new Carnegie
library, from the General Electric Company.

_Syracuse._ Public Library. Gift of $260,000, for a new library
building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site and
guarantee $30,000 yearly for maintenance.

_Watertown._ Flower Memorial Library. Gift of $60,000, from Mrs. Emma
Flower Taylor, for a public library to commemorate her father, the
late Governor Roswell P. Flower.

_Yonkers._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

NORTH CAROLINA.

_Charlotte._ Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Durham._ Trinity College. Gift of $50,000, for a library building,
from James K. Duke, president of the American Tobacco Co.

_Raleigh._ Olivia Raney Memorial Library. Gift of 5000 volumes, also
services of a trained librarian to organize the work, from Richard
B. Raney.

NORTH DAKOTA.

_Fargo._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building,
from Andrew Carnegie.

OHIO.

_Akron._ Public Library. Gift of a building for the public library, to
cost not less than $50,000, from Col. George T. Perkins.

-- Gift of library of music (1898), valued at $600, name of donor not
stated.

_Ashtabula._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Bucyrus._ Memorial Library. Gift of $500, for purchase of books, from
Andrew Carnegie.

_Canton._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library building,
from Andrew Carnegie.

-- Gift of property, valued at $10,000, from W. W. Clark.

_Cincinnati._ Natural History Library. Gift of $60,000, for a new
library building, name of donor not stated.

-- Gift of 14,000 volumes, donor not named.

-- Public Library. Gift of $1000, for the purchase of books for the
blind, raised by popular subscription.

-- Gift of 500 volumes in raised type for the blind, name of donor not
given.

-- Gift of 416 volumes and 1600 pamphlets, from H. L. Wehmer.

-- University Library. Gift of 6782 volumes; the Robert Clarke
collection.

_Cleveland._ Adelbert College, of Western Reserve University. Gift of
$15,000, name of donor not given.

-- Case Library. Library property condemned by U. S. government for new
public building; award, including damages, fixed at $507,000.

-- Cleveland Hardware Co.'s Library. Gift of 300 volumes, from famous
people all over the world, many with autographs.

-- Medical Library Association; The Vance Library. Gift of 2000
volumes, from Drs. Dudley P. Allen and A. C. Hamman.

-- Public Library. Gift of 306 bound and 217 unbound volumes, on
Oriental religions, folk-lore and allied subjects, from John G.
White.

_Columbus._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, for maintenance of the
Kilbourne alcove; also 750 volumes, from James Kilbourne.

_Conneaut._ Public Library. Gift of $100,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Delaware._ Ohio Wesleyan University. Gift of 4179 volumes, including
the complete library of the late Prof. Karl Little, from Prof. John
Williams White, of Harvard University.

_Gambier._ Kenyon College Library. Gifts of $15,000, names of donors
not given.

_Geneva._ Platt R. Spencer Memorial Library. Gifts of $1577, names of
donors not given.

_Granville._ Dennison University Library. Gifts of $525, names of
donors not given.

_Greenville._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie, a yearly maintenance of $2000
required. The site has already been secured.

_Hamilton._ Lane Free Library. Gift of $500, donated by citizens.

_Marietta._ Marietta College. Gift of 18,712 volumes, from his private
library, by Hon. R. M. Stimson; to be kept together and in
reasonable repair. The collection is especially rich in Americana
relating to the Mississippi Valley.

_Massillon._ McClymonds Public Library. Gift of library building,
valued at $20,000, name of donor not given.

-- Gift of $10,000, as an endowment for books, name of donor not given.

_Painesville._ Public Library. Gift of new library building, neither
value nor name of donor given.

-- Gift of 385 volumes, name of donor not given.

_Sandusky._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Shelby._ Public Library. Gift of property valued at $6500, for a
public library, from Daniel S. Marvin.

_Steubenville._ Carnegie Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public
library building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Toledo._ Public Library. Gift of $1800, from Mr. Hardy.

-- Gift of $1000, from Mrs. J. R. Locke.

-- Gifts of 1223 volumes, names of donors not given.

_Van Wert._ Brumback Library. Gift of new library building, costing
about $50,000, from family of the late John S. Brumback, thus
carrying out his intentions in completing and furnishing it and
presenting it to the county.

_Wooster._ University Library. Gift of a $35,000 library building, from
H. C. Frick, of Pittsburg, Pa. "This beautiful building is fitted
up with the latest improvements."

_Youngstown._ Reuben McMillan Free Library. Bequest of $5000, received
from Charles D. Arms.

OREGON.

_Portland._ Library Association. Gift of $25,050, from the three
daughters of the late Henry Failing.

-- Bequest of $2500, the income to be used for maintenance of the
donor's private library of nearly 9000 volumes, also bequeathed to
this institution, from John Wilson.

-- Bequest of his private library of nearly 9000 volumes, valued at
$2500, from John Wilson. This library is rich in art works and
examples of early printing, and is to be kept as a separate
collection for reference only.

-- Gift of $1100, for work of cataloging the Wilson Library, provided
for by private subscription, by the directors.

PENNSYLVANIA.

_Braddock_, _Duquesne_, and _Homestead_. Carnegie Libraries. Gift of
$1,000,000, from Andrew Carnegie. This amount has been placed in
trust with the Carnegie Company, of Pittsburg, the income of which
is to be devoted to maintaining the above libraries, founded by Mr.
Carnegie. It will be distributed from time to time, according to
the work done or needed.

_Carbondale._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Duquesne._ _See_ Braddock.

_Easton._ Lafayette College. The Van Wickle Memorial Library building,
erected at a cost of $30,000, from a legacy of Augustus S. Van
Wickle, of Hazleton. Pa.

-- Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library building, from
Andrew Carnegie. The gift was declined March 14, 1901, because of
maintenance requirement, and afterwards accepted (April 11) on
assurance that the site would be given to the city.

-- Gift of money to purchase a site for the building offered by Mr.
Carnegie, amount not stated, raised by popular subscription.

_Homestead._ _See_ Braddock.

_Huntingdon._ Gift of $20,000, for a public library building, from
Andrew Carnegie.

_Idlewood._ Chartiers Township Free Library. Gift of $1500, for the
purchase of books, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Newcastle._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. If the yearly maintenance is made
$4000 the gift will be raised to $40,000. Gift rejected, June 27,
1901.

_Philadelphia._ Academy of Natural Sciences. Bequest of about $500,000,
from Dr. Robert B. Lamborn. Though bequeathed to the academy, its
library will be benefited by the bequest.

-- Bequest of about $75,000, and a valuable collection of botanical
books and dried plants, from Charles E. Smith. The library will be
benefited by this bequest.

-- College of Physicians. Gifts and bequests amounting to $27,500
towards a "Library Endowment Fund," raised through the efforts of the
president of the college, Dr. W.W. Keen, within a period of eighteen
months, as follows:
Trustees of the William F. Jenks Memorial Fund, $7000.
Mr. William W. Frazier, $5000.
Estate of Esther F. Wistar, $5000.
Mrs. William T. Carter, $5000.
Dr. William W. Keen, $1000.
Charles C. Harrison, $1000.
J. Percy Keating, $1000.
Major Luther S. Bent, $1000.
John H. Converse, $1000.
George H. McFadden, $500.

-- Gift of 2466 volumes, from Dr. J. M. Da Costa.

-- Gift of 1500 volumes, from Dr. John Ashurst, Jr.

-- Gift of 272 volumes, from the daughters of the late Dr. William T.
Taylor.

-- The Franklin Institute. 844 volumes and 899 pamphlets, relating to
iron, coal, mining, railroads, and statistics, from the late
Charles E. Smith, at one time president of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Co.

-- Free Library. Bequest of 1215 volumes and 1806 unbound books,
pamphlets and magazines, through Stevenson Hockley Walsh, from Mrs.
Annie Hockley.

-- Gift of 464 volumes, for H. Josephine Widener Branch Library, from
Mr. P. A. B. Widener.

-- Gift of 245 volumes, from estate of George B. Roberts.

-- Gift of several volumes in embossed type for the blind, from Dr.
David D. Wood.

-- Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Gift of $5000, from Mrs. Mifflin
Wistar.

-- Gift of $2041, from Miss Ellen Waln.

-- Gift of $500, from Carl Edelheim.

-- Library Company of Philadelphia. Gift of 900 volumes, from the Hon.
Richard Vaux.

-- Gift of 406 volumes, from Henry Carey Baird, Esq.

-- University of Pennsylvania. Gift of $1750, to be spent in purchase
of philosophical books, from Class of 1889.

-- Gift of $615, for purchase of files of botanical periodicals, from
Robert B. Buist.

-- Gift of about 2500 volumes exceedingly valuable in works of Travels
and Archæology, from the heirs of Robert H. Lamborn, and the
Academy of Natural Sciences.

-- Gift of 1300 volumes, secured at Hunter sale, from contributions of
friends of the University.

_Phoenixville._ Public Library. Gift of $15,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Reading._ Public Library. Gift of $2000, for purchase of books, from
friends.

-- Gift of 681 volumes, from same source.

-- Gift of 356 volumes, forming his library, from Henry S. Comstock.

_Sharon._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Washington._ Washington and Jefferson College. Gift of $10,000 (added
to the $50,000 given by her husband, William R. Thompson, for a new
library building), from Mrs. Mary Thow Thompson, of Pittsburg. The
building will cost $40,000, the balance, $20,000, will be held as a
book fund, the income only to be spent. Mr. Thompson's gift is
intended as a memorial to his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Donaldson
Thompson.

-- Gift of $30,000, towards the erection and maintenance of a new
library building, from W. P. Thompson, making in all from Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson $60,000.

_Wilkinsburg._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

RHODE ISLAND.

_Central Falls._ Adams Library. Bequest of $35,000 from Stephen Ludlow
Adams, as a special trust for the establishment of a library, to be
named as above; $25,000 to be spent on building, the income of
$10,000 for its maintenance.

_Newport._ Redwood Library. Bequest of $1000, from Miss Martha Maria
Anderson.

-- Bequest of $5000, to be paid at the expiration of three years, from
John Nicholas Brown. This is to be used as a fund, the income to be
used for the purchase of books.

-- Bequest of $2000, from Mrs. Orleana Ellery Redwood Pell (Mrs. Walden
Pell).

-- Gift of 316 volumes on angling and hunting, from Daniel B. Fearing.

_Providence._ Brown University. By the will of the late John Nicholas
Brown it is provided that the John Carter Brown Library of
Americana previous to 1801, the estimated value of which is at
least $1,000,000, shall be maintained as a permanent memorial.
The testator sets aside $150,000 for a building and $500,000 as an
endowment fund for its increase and maintenance. This library and
its endowments have been presented, by the trustees of the estate,
to Brown University.

-- Gift of $1000, for purchase of American poetry and drama, at the
McKee sale, from William Goddard, Chancellor of the University.

-- Gift of over 250 volumes on international law, from William Vail
Kellen, a trustee of the University.

-- Public Library. Bequest of $10,000, from Ada L. Steere.

-- Gift of $3000, to be invested and income used for purchase of books.
The name of the donor is not made public.

SOUTH DAKOTA.

_Aberdeen._ Alexander Mitchell Library. Gift of $15,000, for public
library building, from Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie requests that
the library be called after his friend, Alexander Mitchell.
Accepted March 20, 1901.

_Sioux Falls._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

TENNESSEE.

_Chattanooga._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for library building,
from Andrew Carnegie. It is reported that the amount of the gift
will be raised to $100,000, provided the city agrees to appropriate
$10,000 yearly.

_Jackson._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Memphis._ Cossitt Library. Bequest of 942 volumes and 423 pamphlets
especially strong in social science and history, from Gen. Colton
Greene.

TEXAS.

_Dallas._ Public Library. Gift of over 1100 volumes, from various
persons, at a book reception, held Dec. 11, 1900.

_San Antonio._ Carnegie Library. Collection of books, valued at $3500,
from San Antonio Library Association. To be turned over to the
Carnegie Library on the completion of its building, and provided
that the city contribute $50 a month towards expenses until so
turned over.

_Waco._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, by Andrew Carnegie, towards the
library.

UTAH.

_Ogden._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Salt Lake City._ Free Public Library. Gift of $75,000, to erect a free
public library building, and a building site worth $25,000, from
John Q. Packard.

VERMONT.

_Middlebury._ Middlebury College. Gift of the Starr Library building,
erected from a bequest of $50,000, from Egbert Starr, of New York
City.

_Windsor._ Library Association. Bequest of $2000, from Charles C.
Beaman, of New York.

VIRGINIA.

_Hampton._ Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute. Gift of a new
library building, cost not stated, as a memorial to Collis P.
Huntington, from Mrs. C. P. Huntington.

_Lexington._ Washington and Lee University. Bequest of his law library
(1884), made available by death of his widow, from Prof. Vincent L.
Bradford, of Philadelphia.

_Norfolk._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

-- _Seaboard Air Line Travelling Libraries._ Gift of $1000, from Andrew
Carnegie.

_Richmond._ Public Library. Gift of $100,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

_Winchester._ Public Library. Bequest of $250,000, from Judge John
Handley, of Scranton, Pa.

WASHINGTON.

_Seattle._ Public Library. Gift of $200,000, for a new library
building, to replace the one destroyed by fire Jan. 2, 1901, from
Andrew Carnegie, on condition that the city make a guarantee to
provide $50,000 yearly for maintenance and improvement.

_Tacoma._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. Accepted with the proviso that
$7500 will be appropriated for maintenance annually if the gift is
increased to $75,000. A site has already been selected.

WEST VIRGINIA.

_Wheeling._ Public Library. Gift of $75,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

WISCONSIN.

_Appleton._ Public Library. Gift of $663.54, from directors of Prescott
Hospital.

-- Gift of $500, for furnishing room, from women's clubs.

_Ashland._ Vaughn Library. Bequest of the Vaughn Library, valued at
$60,000; also property which will give it an income of $1200 a
year, from Mrs. Vaughn-Marquis, of Chicago.

-- Bequest of 540 volumes, from Mrs. E. Vaughn-Marquis.

_Columbus._ Public Library. Gift of $1300, $1000 for endowment and $300
for immediate use, from Mrs. C. A. Chadbourne and F. A. Chadbourne.

_De Pere._ Public Library. Gift of $2000, towards furnishing a library
of 10,000 volumes and upwards, if accepted before September,
1902, from A. G. Wells.

_Green Bay._ Kellogg Public Library. Gift of $20,000, for public
library building, from Andrew Carnegie, the city to furnish site
and $2500 yearly for maintenance.

-- Gift of a building site for new Carnegie Library, worth $2000, from
Bishop Messmer.

_Janesville._ Public Library. Gift of $30,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie. The city council voted March 19,
1901, to appropriate $3500 yearly for maintenance.

-- Bequest of $10,000, for a public library building, from F. S.
Eldred.

_Kenosha._ Gilbert M. Simmons Library. Gift of a library building and
furniture, costing about $150,000, from Z. G. Simmons, in memory of
his son, Gilbert M. Simmons.

-- Gift of $20,000, for purchase of books, from Z. G. Simmons.

_La Crosse._ Washburn Library. Gift of the Albert Boehm collection of
stuffed birds, valuable but cost not stated, from citizens of the
city.

_Lake Geneva._ Public Library. Gift of 750 volumes, from several
ladies.

_Lake Mills._ Public Library. Gift of $1000, in addition, for building,
from L. D. Fargo.

-- Gift of $1700, for building site, from citizens of the place.

_Madison._ Free Library Commission. Gift of $35, for German travelling
library, from citizens of Milwaukee.

-- University of Wisconsin. The Germanic Seminary Library, comprising
1700 volumes, relating especially to Germanic philology and
literature; purchased from a fund of $3146, raised by
German-American citizens of Milwaukee and presented Jan. 1, 1899.

-- Gift of $2645 for purchase of books for School of Economics and
Political Science, from gentlemen in New York, Milwaukee, Madison,
and other Wisconsin cities.

-- Gift of $2350, for the purchase of books for School of Commerce,
from five citizens of Milwaukee.

-- Gift to the Germanic Seminary Library of 268 volumes, from the house
of F. A. Brockhaus, of Leipzig.

_Marshfield._ Public Library. Gift of $2500, one-fifth to be expended
annually for five years for books, from W. D. Connor.

_Menomonie._ Memorial Free Library. Gift of about $2000, for running
expenses pending settlement of the estate of Captain A. Tainter,
from his son and daughter, L. S. Tainter and Mrs. Fanny Macmillan.

_Milwaukee._ Law Library. Bequest of $10,000, one-half for endowment
and one-half for the purchase of books, from A. R. R. Butler.

-- Public Library. Gift of $10,000, for a collection of books on
literary subjects, from Mrs. A. A. Keenan, as a memorial to her
husband, the late Matthew Keenan.

_Oconomowoc._ Public Library. Gift of $1500, toward library building,
from Mrs. P. D. Armour.

-- Gift of $1500, toward library building, from Mrs. P. D. Armour, Jr.

-- Gift of $1500, toward library building, from Mrs. Bullen.

_Oshkosh._ Harris-Sawyer Library. Bequest of $75,000, toward new
library building, from Marshall Harris.

-- Bequest of $25,000, towards new library building, from Philetus
Sawyer. The bequests of Mr. Harris and Mr. Sawyer were supplemented
by $50,000 from the city. The Harris bequest of $75,000 was made in
1895 by Mrs. Abby S. Harris, to carry out the intentions of her
husband. It was made on condition that within three years an equal
amount should be raised for the same purpose. The bequest of
$25,000 by Hon. Philetus Sawyer was made to assist in raising the
latter amount, the balance of which was secured by the issue of
city bonds. $90,000 remains as a trust fund.

-- Gift of paintings, valued at $5000, from Leander Choate.

_Racine._ Public Library. Gift of $10,000, towards a public library,
from citizens of that city.

_Sheboygan._ Public Library. Gift of $25,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

-- Gift of $1000, or his salary of $500 per annum for two years, for a
site for library building, from the mayor, Fred Dennett.

_Stanley._ Public Library. Gift of $12,000, $8000 for building and
$4000 for equipment, from Mrs. D. R. Moon.

_Superior._ Public Library. Gift of $50,000, for a public library
building, from Andrew Carnegie.

-- Gift of $5500, for a library building site, from citizens of the
town.

_Waukesha._ Carroll College. Gift of $20,000, for a library endowment
fund, from donor whose name is not given.

_Whitewater._ Public Library. Gift of $3000, for a memorial collection
of books, from Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Cook.

NOTE.--Foreign gifts include: For British provinces, Vancouver Public Library, $50,000 from Andrew Carnegie--For Canada, McGill University of Montreal four gifts ($14,000, $1300, $1000, $500) for various purposes: Ottawa Public Library, $100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Windsor Public Library, $20,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Sidney Public Library, $15,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Winnipeg Public Library, $100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Halifax Art School and Public Library, $75,000 from Andrew Carnegie--For Trinidad, Cuba, bequest for public library from Mary B. Carret--For Scotland, Glasgow district libraries, £100,000 from Andrew Carnegie; Greenock, £5000 from Andrew Carnegie; Hawick, £10,000 from Andrew Carnegie.

WAUKESHA CONFERENCE
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
SUMMARY BY STATES OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS. |
=====================================================================
|No.|Gifts in |Money for |Books. |
| |money. |buildings. | |
--------------------+---+-------------+---------------+-------------|
N. Atlantic Division| | | | |
Maine | 9| $6,200 | $145,847.26| |
New Hampshire | 4| 11,000 | 10,000+ | |
Vermont | 2| 2,000 | 50,000 | |
Massachusetts | 44| 280,550 | 500,000 | 6,508 v.+ |
Rhode Island | 10| 532,000 | 175,000 | 566 v.++|
Connecticut | 28| 199,887 | 154,000 | 6,265 v.+ |
| | | | 10,000 pm. |
New York | 74| 128,030.86| 6,025,655+ | 29,737 v. |
| | | | 178 pm. |
New Jersey | 15| 72,000 | 50,000+ | 7,623 v. |
| | | | 2,366 pm. |
Pennsylvania | 45| 1,635,906 | 285,000+ | 13,149 v. |
| | | | 2,705 pm. |
S. Atlantic Div. | | | | |
Delaware | | | | |
Maryland | 2| 26,250 | 50,000 | |
District of Columbia| | | | |
Virginia | 6| 251,000 | 150,000 | law library.|
West Virginia | 1| | 75,000 | |
North Carolina | 3| | 70,000 | 5,000 v. |
South Carolina | | | | |
Georgia | 2| | 20,000 | 960 v. |
Florida | | | | |
| | | | |
Southern Cen. Div. | | | | |
Kentucky | 1| 50,000 | | |
Tennessee | 3| | 80,000 | 942 v. |
| | | | 423 pm. |
Alabama | 3| | 70,000 | yes. |
Mississippi | 4| 26,000 | 38,000 | |
Louisiana | 1| 10,000 | | yes. |
Texas | 3| | 1,000 | 1,100 v.+ |
Arkansas | | | | |
Oklahoma Territory | | | | |
Indian Territory | | | | |
| | | | |
N. Central Division | | | | |
Ohio | 39| 69,402 | 1,002,000 | 49,553 v.+ |
| | | | 1,817 pm. |
Indiana | 22| 94,700 | 370,000+ | 5,275 v.+ |
Illinois | 29| 32,893.50| 685,000 | 4,000 v.+ |
Michigan | 14| 3,000 | 1,090,000 | 2,495 v. |
| | | | 3,367 pm. |
Wisconsin | 40| 90,993.54| 543,700 | 3,258 v. |
Minnesota | 10| 500 | 162,500 | 430 v. |
Iowa | 14| 24,000 | 307,000+ | |
Missouri | 7| 21,000 | 1,475,000 | |
North Dakota | 1| | 50,000 | |
South Dakota | 2| | 40,000 | |
Nebraska | 3| | 70,000 | 2,000 v. |
Kansas | 4| 6,000 | 40,000+ | |
| | | | |
Western Division | | | | |
Montana | | | | |
Wyoming | | | | |
Colorado | 3| | 128,000 | |
New Mexico | 2| 2,000 | 25,000 | |
Arizona | | | | |
Utah | 2| | 125,000 | |
Nevada | | | | |
Idaho | | | | |
Washington | 2| | 250,000 | |
Oregon | 4| 28,650 | | 9,000 v. |
California | 10| 13,000 | 905,000 | 2,500 v. |
| | | | |
Cuba | | | | |
British Provinces | 10| 2,800 | 374,000 | |
Scotland | 3| | 575,000 | |
--------------------+---+-------------+---------------+-------------+
SUMMARY BY SECTIONS OF COUNTRY.
========================================================================
North Atlantic Division|231|$2,867,573.86|$7,395,502.26+ | 63,848 v.++ |
| | | | 15,249 pm. |
South Atlantic Division| 14| 277,250 | 365,000 | 960 v.++ |
South Central Division | 15| 86,000 | 189,000 | 2,042 v.++ |
| | | | 423 pm. |
North Central Division |185| 342,489.04| 5,835,200+ | 67,011 v.++ |
| | | | 5,184 pm. |
Western Division | 23| 43,650 | 1,433,000 | 11,500 v. |
+---+-------------+---------------+-------------+
|468|$3,616,962.90|$15,217,702.26+| 145,361 v.++|
Cuba | 1| | | 20,856 pm. |
British Provinces | 10| 2,800 | 374,000 | |
Scotland | 3| | 575,000 | |
+---+-------------+---------------+-------------+
|482|$3,619,762.90|$16,166,702.26+| |
-----------------------+---+-------------+---------------+-------------+

Total Gifts and Bequests to American libraries from all sources, $19,786,465.16, 145,361 volumes, and 20,856 pamphlets. The above figures do not include several buildings and other gifts, the value of which was not stated. Statistics of this nature must ever remain mere approximations until some uniform system of gathering them is devised and carried out.

REPORT OF THE A. L. A. PUBLISHING BOARD.

BY JOSEPH L. HARRISON, _Treasurer, Librarian of The Providence (R. I.)
Athenæum_.

In accordance with the requirement of the constitution I have the honor to present herewith the report of the Publishing Board for the year 1900. The table of the financial operations of the board is essentially a trial balance, but divided into two sections to bring out more clearly the condition of the board's undertakings. The first section shows in the last two columns the net balance of loss or profit on each of our publications, June, 1901. In general it is true that our book publications, except the "List of subject headings," have not brought in what was expended on them, while our card publications have more than offset these losses by their profits, for although the final balance of all these accounts shows an excess of expenditures over receipts of $830.74, yet it should be noticed that the two largest items in the expense column, $476.84 and $1290.02 are on account of publications which have not yet begun to bring many returns, viz., the second edition of the "A. L. A. index" and the "Portrait index." If these are left out of consideration our other publications show a net profit to date of $927.12. The second section of the table shows what means we have in hand or can count upon. The unpaid bills ($241.69 + $369.52 + $16.50), $627.71, are just about offset by the amount of bills and subscriptions due us, $636.82; leaving the cash balance, $823.64, plus the amount sunk in publications, $830.74, to represent the sum still remaining in our hands of money appropriated to our use by the trustees of the Endowment Fund or received from other sources, $1617.08, plus the sum of the balances still standing on the old membership accounts, $46.41. It should be remembered that the office expenses of the year having been heavier than usual, over $1800, have not been all charged to the account of our different publications, but a balance of $345.55 has been allowed to remain, reducing by so much the balance on this account of the previous year.

As a complement and supplement to the table the following statements concerning the board's publications and work may be of interest:

_Books._

_A. L. A. proceedings._--The board has in stock at its headquarters, 10-1/2 Beacon street, Boston, nearly 2000 copies of the conference proceedings, covering the years from 1882 to date. There are a very limited number of copies of the years 1882, 1886, 1892, and 1893, and it is suggested that libraries desiring to complete sets in order to bind the proceedings by themselves would do well to give the matter early consideration.

_Annotated bibliography of fine art._--The "Bibliography of fine art," prepared by Mr. Sturgis and Mr. Krehbiel and edited by Mr. Iles, which has become so favorably known because of the value of its descriptive, critical and comparative notes, was among the board's publications transferred to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., of Boston (now the regular publishers of the board), in January, 1900, and may be obtained directly from them. The sales of the book, last year amounting to 84 copies, are gradually reducing the deficit incurred in its publication, which at the end of the year amounted to less than $400.

_Books for boys and girls._--The little, inexpensive, paper-covered handbook which bears this title, with its carefully annotated lists, prepared by Miss Hewins, of the Hartford Public Library, for the home use of fathers, mothers and teachers, continues in such active demand that less than 700 copies are now left of an original edition of 3000. It remains in the hands of the Publishing Board.

_Library tracts._--Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have published for the board during the year three library primers, an edition of 1000 of each tract being printed. The first, "Why do we need a public library?" was compiled by a committee of the A. L. A. This was followed by "How to start a public library," by Dr. G. E. Wire, of the Worcester County Law Library, and "Travelling libraries," by Mr. Frank A. Hutchins, secretary of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. They have been well received, and others on practical library subjects will follow as soon as possible. A very low price has been fixed for the tracts, and it is hoped that they will be generously used by clubs, commissions and individuals interested in promoting the advancement of library interests.

_List of books for girls and women and their clubs._--This carefully selected list of some 2100 books "worthy to be read or studied by girls and women" should now be ordered directly of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Nearly 300 copies, including parts, were sold during the year, showing a continued though not increased demand.

_List of French fiction._--Nearly 1000 copies of this convenient list, chosen and annotated by Madame Cornu, of Montreal, and Mr. Beer, of New Orleans, were sold during the year, reducing the stock on hand at the board's Beacon street office, where it can still be obtained, to less than 500 copies.

_List of subject headings for use in dictionary catalogs._--"Subject headings" continues to be one of the most lucrative publications of the board. Nearly 300 copies were sold in 1900, and the accounts of the year show a balance in its favor of nearly $500. Since the demand for the book comes almost exclusively from libraries, it still remains in the hands of the Library Bureau, where orders should be sent.

_Reading for the young._--Sargent's "Reading for the young" is offered by Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. in three forms: the original edition, compiled by Mr. John F. Sargent; the "Supplement," compiled by Miss Mary E. and Miss Abby L. Sargent; and the original and supplement bound together. During the current year the original edition has become exhausted. It is probable that a limited number of copies will be printed at once to supply the immediate demand and that a reprint, with additional matter, will be undertaken in the near future.

_Printed cards._

_Current books._--It need simply be stated under the head of "Printed cards for current books" that the entire reorganization of this part of the board's work has been the subject of active discussion during the year, and that the proposed plans for carrying it on more effectively will be fully explained to the conference by Mr. Fletcher, chairman of the Publishing Board. It may be appropriately added that, as in past years, the thanks of the Association are due to the publishers for their courtesy in sending books, and to Miss Browne for her earnest work in getting the cards to subscribers with--under often adverse conditions--most commendable promptness.

_English history._--The annotated cards on English history continue to be printed at a loss. Mr. W. D. Johnston has been re-engaged, however, to edit the cards for the current year, and it is hoped that in the end their usefulness will be found to justify the work, at least to the extent of making them self-supporting.

_Periodical and society publications._--The Publishing Board is now printing cards for nearly 250 periodical and society publications. During 1900, 2843 titles, or more than 170,000 cards, were sent out. This represents the largest single item of the board's work and an expenditure of more than $1700, which is nearly met by receipts from the sales.

_Miscellaneous sets._--The board has now printed 16 of the so-called "Miscellaneous sets," which are, together with the years or volumes covered, as follows: American Association for the Advancement of Science--Proceedings, 1875-1898; American Historical Association--Papers, 1885-91, v. 1-5; American Historical Association--Reports, 1889-98; New York State Museum--Bulletin, 1892-98, nos. 1-23; Massachusetts Historical Society--Collections, 1792-1899; Old South Leaflets--series 1-4; Smithsonian Institution--Annual reports, 1886-96; Smithsonian Institution--Contributions to knowledge, 1862-97; Smithsonian Institution--Miscellaneous collections, 1862-97; U. S. Bureau of Ethnology--Annual reports, 1879-95; U. S. National Museum--Annual reports, 1886-95; U. S. National Museum--Bulletin, 1875-98, and (books) Depew, "One hundred years of American commerce"; Authors Club, "Liber scriptorum"; Shaler, "United States of America."

These sets simply cover the back numbers of what are now grouped in the board's work as "periodicals and society publications"--completed works like "Liber scriptorum," of course, being excepted. Subscriptions to these periodicals and publications as current continuations begin with the date of the receipt of the subscription, so that unless one has been a subscriber from the beginning there will of necessity (because of the limited number of the cards printed) be a break between the last year covered by the "Miscellaneous set" and the beginning of the subscription.

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